While a pain in the ass to start from scratch, I do it every few months just to get rid of residual crap. Didn’t know there was a potential risk.

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Honestly you won’t damage anything, but why do you do this? I know you stated a disability but this is a new one for me

Well you will be damaging your memory chip. Each memory chip has a lifespan, and that lifespan is affected by how many bytes it is writing on it. This means each byte that is changed (deleting or adding files) will mean that it is getting closer to the end of it’s lifespan. HOWEVER, the chances of it breaking first compared to something else in the phone is, in my opinion, very low.

Only to your brain.

The battery or screen will likely die long before you wear out the memory. SSDs are remarkably resilient.

Eventually but unlikely in the short or medium term

You could do it once a day and happily use the phone for a decade+

No need to worry about damaging anything.

Not a thing to worry about . It’s also your phone use it how ever you want and whatever makes you happy . Enjoy

Resetting your phone won’t do it any harm. I used to reset my phone frequently, especially years ago when flashing ROMs was big. I don’t use that many apps so I can wipe and reinstall everything in less than an hour depending on how fast the phone does its thing. A reset does wonders for performance as you probably know. Same thing for TV streaming devices. People say they get slower after a while. Data, files and file fragments accumulate and system files get corrupted.

I factory reset my brain every week, by getting blackout drunk. Ctrl-Alt-Del. Gotta urge the evil.

I always reset my settings to get everything back to normal. Always done it with every phone I’ve had and never had issues

i do it like like every 4 months. and I don’t feel any noticeable changes to my phone. also it’s recommended from a security POV