How to Hard Reset Your Pocket PC

Dear members,



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.





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.







Muhammad Afzal Meo