How do I do a Hard Reset?

Chippy · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: How do I do a Hard Reset?

I have a Compaq Ipaq pocket pc H3870 and I need to do a hard reset, can somebody please tell me how I can do this. Thank you.
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Dave · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: How do I do a Hard Reset?

Yep, only because I had to do one yesterday on my 3870! Hold in the outer two hardware buttons eg calendar and task (I think), and whilst holding those in, push the soft reset button and hold for around 20-30 seconds (until screen dims and goes dead.

I then let go of the buttons and the soft reset pin, and just did a soft reset after this and it came on completely wiped.

DavidW · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: How do I do a Hard Reset?

Correct instructions (as I would expect from Dave), though there are a few qualifications I can add that may be useful.

Firstly, you can only hard reset if you don't have any external power connected, so you have to remove any charger cables or expansion packs (if the pack contains an external battery).

Secondly, the wipe from a hard reset is not total. The iPAQ File Store is left untouched, also if you have Permanent PIM on your iPAQ and it is enabled, any category of PIM data you have selected in Permanent PIM will survive the hard reset too.

David

Chippy · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: How do I do a Hard Reset?

Thank you both for your help it worked fine

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Tony T

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