Erase ALL-Data Question

[invisiblelight]

Friends,

Every so often I like to completely wipe out and erase ALL settings, data on my iphone 4. I know from reading that this isn't a good thing to do because of the jailbreak and having to restore the iOS / Firmware. I have done this many times, no biggie and never had a problem re-jailbreaking etc..

Anyways, what IS the best method by performing a complete and total wipe of the device w/o having to perform the apple iOS restore or is there?

Please advise and Thank You,

Tvos

[i.Annie]

Syncing to an empty iTunes account. Otherwise restoring is the best method.

[invisiblelight]

I.Annie,

If I sync to a empty i-tunes account will that nuke everything. Cause I have had it before where there was some corrupt data, hence the restore and everything is fixed again..

Thank You,

Tvos

[i.Annie]

If there's nothing in the account it shouldn't do anything but erase any data. I've done it plenty of times. I have a computer with no music, apps, or contacts in iTunes, sync with that and all the apps, contacts, etc go away. Except for photos, I think I have to wipe those manually. But I usually just do a restore...