Smart Phone and Windows Mobile Reset Procedure

I find The most Confusing thing for these Catagory for Hard Reset / Formating IPSM. It Helps to Correct many PB.

Here is the Procedure:

O2 Xphone 2 / Xphone 2M, SDA / Like those:

1. Turn off your xphone
2. press and hold left + right soft menu key
3. while still holding left+right soft menu key, press the on/off button ONCE and RELEASE.
4. keep left + right soft key pressed until you see the message:
"Press 0 to restore fatory setting, other key to quit"
5. press 0 and wait for the phone to boot up, the restoring of factory default will begin and will ask to reboot your phone when done.

Introduction

"How do I hard reset my [insert PDA here]?"

As sad as it may sound, there will come a time when you have to hard (or full) reset your Pocket PC. To hard reset a device means to restore the device back to it's original settings, just like it was when it came out of the box. You usually need to hard reset the device when you are having problems that a simple soft reset will not fix, if you want to sell the device and clear all your personal information off of it, or if you just feel lucky. There are a few things to note before completing this task. For one, make sure you truly want to do a hard reset. Back up all your information just in case you feel like you want to take a step back. Secondly, understand that even if you do a hard reset information in the ROM (on iPAQs it's known as the iPAQ File Store) will still exist. You'll want to delete this information manually if needed. Third, if you are trying to hard reset your device because you forgot your password, some device will have the password stick even after a hard reset. To truly get past this you will have to enter the password incorrectly or answer hints incorrectly a certain amount of times before it commits to a self-destruct process performing a hard reset on itself. And lastly, we here at Pocket PC Addict care about our Addicts, but we unfortunately cannot take responsibility for anything that you do. Please do this at your own risk.

The Process
Okay, after you've read all that you're probably too tired to do a soft reset on your device. If you're like me you probably skipped all the jibber jabber just to get to the meat of the article which would be here. This article will be updated regularly as devices become available.

Dell Axim X3 / X3i / X30:

To hard reset, press and hold the power button and press in on the reset button (reset hole) on the back of the unit for about 2-5 seconds. Release both buttons and you will see a confirmation screen asking you if you would like to clear all data in memory. To do so press the Contacts button.

Dell Axim x50 / x50v / x51 / x51v:

Make sure the device is on before performing hard reset. To hard reset, press and hold the power button and press in on the reset button (reset hole) on the back of the unit for about 2-3 seconds. Release both buttons and you will see a confirmation screen asking you if you would like to clear all data in memory. To do so press the Contacts button. To cancel press the Mail button.

HTC Apache / Sprint PPC-6700 /Verizon XV6700:

While holding both softkeys (buttons with “-“ on them), push in on the reset button once. Make sure you are still holding onto the softkeys. A confirmation screen should appear asking you if you want to reset all data. Press Y to reset, N to cancel.

HTC Wizard / i-mate K-JAM / Cingular 8125 / T-Mobile MDA:

While holding the Comm manager button and the Voice Command button, push in on the soft reset button (reset hole) once. Keep holding the Comm Manager and Voice Command buttons until there is a screen asking you if you want to clear all data. To commit, press the green send key.

Note: The Cingular 8125 also has a software hard reset option. You can find this application in the Settings folder under "Clear Storage."

HP iPAQ h1900 Series (1910 / 1915 / 1930 / 1935 / 1940 / 1945) and HP iPAQ h6300 Seies (6310 / 6315):

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus (located on the left hand edge of the unit rather than the bottom) for about 5 seconds.

HP iPAQ h2000 Series (2210 / 2215):

While holding down on the far left (calendar) and far right (iTask), press in on the reset button on the back of the unit for about 5 seconds. After you see the screen fade, release all buttons. You can verify the hard reset by pressing the power button. If the device does not power on, then you have successfully reset you unit. To reactivate the battery you must either connect the iPAQ back to AC power or press the reset button again with your stylus.

HP iPAQ h5000 Series (5450 / 5550 / 5555) and HP iPAQ h3800 Series (3830 / 3835 / 3850 / 3855 / 3870 / 3875):

While holding down on the far left (calendar) and far right (iTask or Today) press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 2-3 seconds. After you see the screen fade, you can verify the hard reset by pressing the power button. If the device does not power on, then you have successfully reset you unit. To reactivate the battery you must either connect the iPAQ back to AC power or press the reset button again with your stylus.

HP iPAQ hw6500 Mobile Messenger Series (6510 / 6515), iPAQ hx2000 Series (2410 / 2415 / 2710 / 2715) and HP iPAQ hx4700 / hx4705:

While holding down on the far left (calendar) and far right (iTask) press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 2-3 seconds. The Pocket PC should reset and power back on. If the device does not power back on, make sure that the battery lock switch is to the left (locked).

HP iPAQ rx3115 / rx3715:

While holding down on the far left (Mobile Media) and far right (iTask) press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 2-3 seconds.

HP iPAQ rz1700 Series (1710 / 1715):

While holding the far left (Mobile Media) and far right (Today) buttons, press in on the reset button (reset hole) on the bottom for about 2-3 seconds. To verify that you have hard reset you device, press the power button. If the device does not turn on then you have successfully hard reset you device. To reactivate the PDA, either connect the device to the AC adapter or press in on the reset button.

Palm Treo 700w:

Make sure that the Treo isn’t connected to AC power. To perform a hard reset press and hold the Power/End button. While holding the Power/End button press in and release the reset button. When you see the confirmation screen asking you if you want to erase all data, you can release the Power/End button and press the up button on the directional pad to confirm the hard reset.

Toshiba e310 / e330/ e335 / e350 / e355 / e400 / e405 / e570 / e740 / e750 / e755 / e800 / e805:

Make sure your device is off before performing hard reset. While holding the power button press in on the reset switch with your stylus then release the power button. When a screen appears release the reset switch.

HTC Universal / T-Mobile MDA IV / Vodafone VDA IV / O2 XDA Exec / i-mate JasJar / Q-tek 9000 Orange / SPV M5000:

With the device open, press the two soft keys together while pressing in the reset button on the back of the unit with your stylus. If done correctly you should see a screen that says "Press 0 to reset to factory defaults or X to exit." Press 0 to confirm the factory reset.

HTC Magician / Dopod 818 / Q-tek S100 / T-Mobile MDA Compact / O2 xda II mini / i-mate JAM:

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

HTC Blue Angel / Siemens SX66 / T-Mobile MDA III / i-mate PDA2K:

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

O2 XDA / QTek 1010 / HTC Wallaby / Siemens SX56 / T-Mobile MDA:

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

Asus A632 / A636:

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

BenQ P50:

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds. Once screen fades press the power button again to activate the unit.

ETEN M500:

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus located on the side for about 5 seconds.

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Mitac Mio A701:

Make sure the device is turned off then press and hold the Down volume button and the End button at the same time. Release both buttons when the device vibrates. The unit will turn on automatically and the Setup Wizard will display. Follow the instructions to complete the
hard reset.

Mitac Mio A201:

Remove the battery cover. Use the stylus to slide the battery switch to OFF. After about 1 minute, slide the battery switch back to the ON position. Install the battery and immediately press the Record Button. The screen will show "cold boot" and "loading......" Replace the battery cover.

Mitac Mio 168:

On the back of the unit, slide the battery switch to OFF. After about 1 minute, slide the battery switch back to the ON position. The unit will restart with defaults loaded.

O2 XDA Atom / O2 XDA Atom Pure / HP rw6828:

To perform a hard reset, use the stylus while pressing into the reset hole, press the power on/off button at the same time. Screen will prompt you to press the Green call and Red end call button together to confirm on hard resetting the device.

*Note: Hard resetting the device will cause the device to be reset back to its original factory default settings and all data will be lost.

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[LIST][*]Hard Reset (or Full Reset)
[*]Performing a hard reset, all settings, records and programs stored in the Pda [*](except the ones stored in Rom) will be erased. [*]After a Hard Reset formats, preferences, and other settings will be restored [*]to the factory default settings. [*]You can restore any previous data if you got a Backup of your device before[*]the hard reset otherwise you will need to reinstall any third-party applications.[*]If you are hard resetting your device owing to some hard problem i suggest[*]to restores installed applications without using the backup if you are not sure[*]that backup data do not include the problem you wish to solve also. In few words a hard reset allows you to start everything over from scratch.
[*]WARNING: for WM 5.0 users (wrongly called also as WM 2005)[*]The new operative system Windows Mobile 5.0 totally modified the use and the construction of the [*]internal memory of the PDA. For all the models that use this new O.S. the Ram is used only as the [*]operative memory while the users' programs before loaded into the same kind of memory are now [*]stored in Rom (or FRom, FlashRom etc) that is working now as an HD and is no longer subject to[*]the lost of data following a full discharge of battery.[*]What said above causes a possible different execution of the usual HardReset operation.[*]We can note that, while the soft reset is still unchanged, for the classic Hard Reset, that resumes [*]the original default setting, has been added new processes with different name and result quite [*]different from the hard reset as usually known.[*]We may say something like the Warm reset of Palm already used.[*]So for any new pda will be added the new procedure if any (the one that is different from the [*]classic Hard Reset ) and it will be shown by a different colour.
[*]ATTENTION: The soft reset requires only to push a button and the only [*]difference is the place where this button is located.[*]It is not so easy to perform an Hard Reset as, in many cases[*]each group of devices has its own procedure and buttons[*]locations.[*]To try to make it easy the instructions are shown quoting the relative devices:
[*]AUDIOVOX /-[*]1032C Maestro[*]Press the power button while pressing and holding the reset switch with the stylus, and then release the power [*]button. When a screen appears, release the reset switch. When initialization is completed, the Welcome screen [*]appears. Set up the system as in the case of startup process.
[*]ACER /-[*]n10/n20/n30[*]for the soft reset note that these model have the button in different places (at the bottom, rear or side). [*]To perform an hard reset you need instead to to toggle the reset switch to the left and back to the right. [*]The reset switch is usually at the bottom of the devices except for n20 model for which you have to remove battery[*]as the reset switch is located in the right side of the battery bay.[*]n50 [*]For this model to perform a soft reset use the tip of the stylus to press the reset button inside the hole on the left[*]side of the unit. To perform an hard reset, while holding the Today and Messaging buttons, press the reset button [*]inside the hole as detailed above.[*]n300[*]While holding pressed the Messaging and Today buttons in front of the device, press the reset button into the hole [*]at the bottom of the handheld.
[*]ASUS /-[*]MyPAL 620[*]Press and hold at the same time the button 3 (Contact) and the stylus in the "Reset" button located on the right [*]of MyPal to access to "BIOS" . Using the stylus press the button "Reset" and all is done.[*]It appears that there is another way to perform an Hard Reset on this device. Push and hold power button and [*]press the reset button and all is done. [*]a716[*]This device has in the space under the battery a little switch that you can move to disable the Backup battery. [*]As to reach the switch you removed the main battery, this action performs an Hard Reset. [*](this is another way along with the mutiple buttons to avoid accidental hard resets)[*]a730[*]You can use the second procedure mentioned above for the a620, I.E. [*]To press the power button and at the same time the soft reset button using the stylus.[*]a632/a636[*]To perform an Hard reset press and hold the power button while you press the tip of your stylus on the reset [*]switch at the bottom. This will cancell all data that unit is elaborating reinstating the device to the default setting [*]of the watch.[*]To perform a Clean Boot (that really coorrespond to a true Hard Reset), press the Speaker (-) button and at the [*]same time the button Change Modality and also the stylus on the reset button. This will reinstate the device to the [*]original default setting.[*]a626/a686/a696[*]To perform a clean reset, press the launch button simultaneously pressing the stylus on the reset button. Then [*]when a warning message appears follow the instructions and press to do clean reset, or press to leave the [*]operation screen. Performing a clean reset will delete all data. [*]Mars II/(O2 xda Zinc) [*]To perform a hard reset, use the stylus to reach the reset button found besides the device's camera button. [*]Keep the stylus on the reset button and press the Up Navigation button at the same time.[*]P535 - P735[*]To restore default settings tap Start > Settings > System tab > Default Settings.[*]Input ‘1234’ in password field and tap Ok confirm that you want to restore the default settings.[*]You can also performe the hard reset by pressing the UP button of the navigation key and the reset button at [*]the same time.
[*]BENQ /-[*]P50[*]Press and hold power button. At the same time use the stylus to press the recessed Reset button. [*]When the screen has faded off release both buttons and when the power indicator light up green press the power[*]button to restart the unit.
[*]CASIO /-[*]E-115/125 & EM-500[*]The procedure is less authomatized than the others. Remove the CompactFlash card and power on the unit. [*]Holding down the power button, use the stylus to press the reset button for about 2 seconds.[*]You will see shown on the screen: "Proceeding with this operation initializes memory. Press (Action) to proceed [*]or (Start) to cancel". Press the (Action) option to perform the Reset.
[*]CLIE Sony /-[*]Connect the CLIE handheld using the AC adapter and take out the stylus pin by twisting the upper part of the stylus. [*]Push down and hold the power button of the unit and use the stylus to slowly press and release the reset button on[*]the back. [*]When the Palm screen will appear release the power button. At the "Erase all data?" prompt, push the upper part of[*]the scroll button on the front of the device to confirm OK. The Sony pda is now resetted and you have only to follow[*]the SetUp steps as prompted.
[*]COMPAQ /-[*]Aero 15xx Series[*]Remove both the main and backup battery, wait at least 1 minute, then replace the batteries. [*](Backup Battery on the left side)[*]iPaq 3600, 3700 Series 36xx bottom[*]Press the recessed soft reset button in the hole on the bottom right for more than 3 seconds to perform a hard reset.[*]You can also perform a hard reset opening the door on the bottom left of the device and moving the switch behind [*]the door to obtain the same result [*]iPAQ H3800/H3900/5450/5500[*]To perform a hard reset first remove the expansion packs if any, thence turn the device on (not connected to AC[*]power) and press[*]and hold two outside buttons ( 1 Calendar and 4 iPAQ Task ), also insert stylus into [*]the reset button at bottom of iPAQ and pressing and holding this for 5 secs. Release the above buttons in any [*]sequence. To reactivate iPAQ, insert stylus into soft reset button or simply connect to ipaq AC adapter.
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