Can someone please advise me, I've brought the Xda Mini S today. I am trying to pefrorm a hard reset and following the instructions from the user manual but it keeps on performing a Soft Reset instead.
What do I do? Please help!
start / settings / system / clear storage enter 1234 and away you go!
Thank you very much Lord Buckingham, it's done now!
Thanks again!
So why doesn't the manual say this, and they way it says doesn't work?
I had same prob, so did a quick search on here. Great wealth of information!
some of users said they were able to do hard reset by buttons,
holding those buttons and quickly pushing soft reset, they said it realy hard to find moment to release buttons...
anyone know the button combo? TIA
hard reset procedure: hold comm manager button (the one on the left), power (on the top) and voice dial button (the one on the right) at same time, and while holding them press soft reset buttton. realise soft reset button (stil holding top 3 buttons and format screen will appear. pres green button and that's it.
wow that's a lot of buttons! will try that the next time i do a HR. thanks
My manual states comm manager button, voice comm button together then reset button
XDA-PLUS said:
My manual states comm manager button, voice comm button together then reset button
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Thats correct.
No need for the power button to hold.
have anyone gotten that to work..boy have I tried..but I never seem to find the right timing
lynxlynx said:
have anyone gotten that to work..boy have I tried..but I never seem to find the right timing
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There is no timing...
Just press and hold comm. button and the voicedial button.
Than put your stylus for one sec on the reset hole and still hold the 2 buttons mentioned above.
Than the phone will boot and you will see a screen asking you to press the (green) send button to hardreset.
Panja said:
XDA-PLUS said:
My manual states comm manager button, voice comm button together then reset button
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Thats correct.
No need for the power button to hold.
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i had the same problem with hard reset yesterday (my first hard reset ever . after a few tries i found that most proper way to hard reset device is:
1) press & hold comm button + voice dial button
2) press reset button (while holding buttons mentioned above)
3) KEEP HOLDING comm & voice dial buttons
4) after a while hard reset is done, so we can release all buttons
big thx eva_d!
arrggh!
This has been the best forum i have come accross. My phone function ends up as being a blank in the task manager and i constantly by mistake quit i while i am trying to quit something else. a proper pain...
I am tryin to hard reset the phone so i can set it up in corporate mode...i just seem to be completely unableto get it...i have been trying to hold the two buttons and press reset while still holding the two buttons....five minutes later still nothing....arrgh. Any solutions.... :shock:
This is from the manual:
To perform a hard reset
1. Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command
button on the device.
2. Keep the two buttons pressed, and at the same time, use the
stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button.
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it is frustrating at first but it is easier with practice. in my experience i released the stylus after about 5 secs and i was prompted with a question if I wanted to format the device [hit send button to start]
Do you really need hard reset?
Did you try clear storage?
Some times it is enough to clear your phone...
If you're feeling generous, can you try hardreset using VJEschaton?
I've never tested it on WM5 hardware, I haven't had a good reason to hardreset yet.
V
VJEshscaton now works on the Wizard, although I think there are easier ways to reset our phones Eg, using them!
V
fresh123breeze said:
Do you really need hard reset?
Did you try clear storage?
Some times it is enough to clear your phone...
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Is there any difference?
Because i tried that and i think they do the same job!!!
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hi, i have tryed to hard reset my xda mini s. i cant semm to doo it.
can anyone help?
RTFM?
Hold the comm manager button and the voice command button at the same time. Press soft reset button (keep holding the other two). It will ask you to press send if you want to hard reset (press the green voice key to hard reset). Easy really.
mcwarre said:
RTFM?
Hold the comm manager button and the voice command button at the same time. Press soft reset button (keep holding the other two). It will ask you to press send if you want to hard reset (press the green voice key to hard reset). Easy really.
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sorry
dos it need to be off??
Hard reset
Pressing the hardware buttons seems not to work for me too.
Other way of hard reset: Goto Start\Settings\system\erase storage.
You'll get asked to enter 1,2,3,4. Then press ok and the wizard will appear again in factory defaults.
Good luck.
Make sure it is on and not in sleep mode (i.e. you can see teh display). press and hold the two buttons mentioned. Press soft reset. Wait for a bit and the screen will go black (keep holding those 2 buttons). It will then ask if you want to reset/format. Let go of the two buttons and press teh sendkey (the green dialler one). It does work....
Actually, it doesn't work for all of us. I had to do it through system settings too.
Dr Doom said:
Actually, it doesn't work for all of us. I had to do it through system settings too.
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On a sample of both my O2 XDA Mini S's it did work; as it is listed in the user manual as well as the method to hard reset then I believed it. Ah well.
mcwarre said:
RTFM?
Hold the comm manager button and the voice command button at the same time. Press soft reset button (keep holding the other two). It will ask you to press send if you want to hard reset (press the green voice key to hard reset). Easy really.
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To completely hard reset the device, you need to hold 3 buttons at the same time (comm manager, voice command and power) and press soft reset button under the infra red port. It will COMPLETELY HARD RESET THE DEVICE, so do it only when you really need to hard reset.
Michael
Michael Lin said:
mcwarre said:
RTFM?
Hold the comm manager button and the voice command button at the same time. Press soft reset button (keep holding the other two). It will ask you to press send if you want to hard reset (press the green voice key to hard reset). Easy really.
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To completely hard reset the device, you need to hold 3 buttons at the same time (comm manager, voice command and power) and press soft reset button under the infra red port. It will COMPLETELY HARD RESET THE DEVICE, so do it only when you really need to hard reset.
Michael
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What's the difference between "Hard Reset" and "Clear Storage" (press 1234) in Settings?
yutingkuo said:
Michael Lin said:
mcwarre said:
RTFM?
Hold the comm manager button and the voice command button at the same time. Press soft reset button (keep holding the other two). It will ask you to press send if you want to hard reset (press the green voice key to hard reset). Easy really.
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To completely hard reset the device, you need to hold 3 buttons at the same time (comm manager, voice command and power) and press soft reset button under the infra red port. It will COMPLETELY HARD RESET THE DEVICE, so do it only when you really need to hard reset.
Michael
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What's the difference between "Hard Reset" and "Clear Storage" (press 1234) in Settings?
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You can HARD RESET when the phone won't boot all the way becuase of something you did..... :shock:
Hi,
Desperately trying to hard reset an MDA Vario.
Holding comm button, voice command button and hitting reset but after 100 times its just not working.
Is there another way of doing it? Just what am I missing??!?!
Thanks in advance,
HPJ
You are doing it the correct way, after you hit the reset button you should see something like "Press send to restore factory default" you should then press "SEND" ie: the green telephone button.
You could also try "Settings/system/Clear Storage"
Cheers.
That did the job, thanks. No idea the usual way would not work, and its good to know that 'clear storage' performs a hard reset....I orginally thought it may only do a soft reset!
Cheers
Could it be that you were still holding the buttons in after you pressed reset?
You have to let them go as soon as you press the reset.
Cheers
Dave... said:
Could it be that you were still holding the buttons in after you pressed reset?
You have to let them go as soon as you press the reset.
Cheers
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as well, I struggled with this for ages as well. On my Wizard with the latest imate ROM you have to HOLD the Comm Mgr + Voice Dial (and when still held in) press & release the reset button BUT CONTINUE TO HOLD THE TWO BUTTONS until a message appears on screen saying press the green send button to Hard Reset
Dave idea "Settings/system/Clear Storage" is better..i was struggling with hard reset
how to do hardreset??
I was going to say RTFM but amazingly enough this is not mentioned in the FM...
One way is to press and hold the Camera and Comm Manager buttons simultaneously and then press the Reset button (through the small hole at the bottom of the phone.
Another way is Settings -> System -> Clear Storage.
Before you do this, keep in mind that Hard Reset will wipe all your installed applications and data. Make sure that you have a good backup before proceeding!!!!
abubasim said:
I was going to say RTFM but amazingly enough this is not mentioned in the FM...
One way is to press and hold the Camera and Comm Manager buttons simultaneously and then press the Reset button (through the small hole at the bottom of the phone.
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I tried this numerous times but instead of hard reset the soft one occured...
EDIT---> It does work indeed!!
Actually, abubasim just forgot one miner detail:
It's camera + comm manager + power, hold those 3 and soft reset. A black screen should come up saying: "press send to restore defaults". Press the green phone button to complete hard reset or any other button to cancel.
Can anyone guide me how to hard re-set Wizard (Qtek 9100)
all i can do is soft-reset. I cannot find any button which could hard-reset it.
Start->settings->system->clear storage
Alternatively you can hold down the voice command button and comm manager button then press the tiny hole on the side with your stylus. (i think thats correct perhaps someone can refresh my memory)
Press & hold the Comm Manger button & Voice Command button on the device.
Keep the two buttons pressed and at the same time use the stylus to lightly press & hold the RESET button.
check for wizard manual @ xda ftp site..
aamer said:
Can anyone guide me how to hard re-set Wizard (Qtek 9100)
all i can do is soft-reset. I cannot find any button which could hard-reset it.
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um, couldn't you have searched for this??? sigh.
--M
I've just hard reset my phone this weekend :
1) Press & hold the Comm Manger button and Voice Command button on the device.
2) Keep these two buttons pressed and use your stylus to press the reset button.
3) Keep everything pressed for about 5seconds then release the Reset button (with your stylus)
4) Release the Comm Manager and Voice Command buttons
5) A message should appear on the screen
6) Press the green phone button to validate the hard reset ...
Thank you, You guys solved my problem.
thanks again
theguvnor11 said:
About hard reset.
1. turn off the phone
2. Hold both right and left buttons (the ones right under the screen, dont know the name)
3. press power button, while still holding the others
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maybe it's usefull for someone, dont' let it starving in tomtom compatibility thread
Weirdest combo ever
left and right button and soft restart = hard restart
thank for the advice, really easy way to reset if i remember to my blueangel
it works...
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maybe it's usefull for someone, dont' let it starving in tomtom compatibility thread
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thanks... i just followed your instruction.. and i have my xperia phone reset...
ive been trying to input the simple password key, which obviously i forgot since last night...and now i am back on line... thnks
Can not hard reset my device.
Guys, I've tried both methods,
Turn phone off, press left key, right key and power button, all at the same time..
and also have tried
Turn the phone off, press left and right key and using stylus to press reset button..
Tried both so many times, but just can not hard reset my device. Any ideas where I may be going wrong?
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Yes, i have same problem,i can t make hard reset.If i try i have only white dispay with blue sign .....pres R on keyboard for reset or press X for cancel....But i don t see any keyboard and if i try press any button nothing happen.For way go out from this situation i take out battery.Later i put back this battery turn onn and everythink return to normal. Out of reset.
I have the same problem. After two hard resets I can't hard reset. Problem is the phone restarts after entering PIN. I even tried an othen SIM card or no card at all but nothing happened. When I try to hard reset with the stylus it does absolutely nothing. If I try with the power button it doesn't hard reset, it starts normally. Any suggestions? Please help me, I've got the phone for just about 30 hours.
danny1975 said:
Yes, i have same problem,i can t make hard reset.If i try i have only white dispay with blue sign .....pres R on keyboard for reset or press X for cancel....But i don t see any keyboard and if i try press any button nothing happen.For way go out from this situation i take out battery.Later i put back this battery turn onn and everythink return to normal. Out of reset.
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That's entirely right. If at the point that you get the display making you choose between reset or cancel, slide out your keyboard and press the given keys Should work just fine, have done it myself several times.
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Thank you,perfect work.
arnisv said:
left and right button and soft restart = hard restart
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Thanks
stZ said:
Thanks
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That also didnt work for me..
Ive tried:
- left&right + power button
- left&rigt + soft reset (power + volume button)
- left&right + stylus in back
Ive never got a hard reset, what am i doing wrong?
I just use the Clear Storage option in settings! Am I missing something?!
Both methods dont work..... TRY THIS ONE
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That also didnt work for me..
Ive tried:
- left&right + power button
- left&rigt + soft reset (power + volume button)
- left&right + stylus in back
Ive never got a hard reset, what am i doing wrong?
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I had same problem with hard reset. I used all the ways to reset mentioned in this post but nothing helped me untill i tried a bit different way, you can also try this may be it solve your problem.
Step by step
1. switch off your phone.
2. enter in bootloader by press and hold volume down key then press and hold power on button keep holding both untill four colour bootloader screen shows up. (release power on and volume down)
3. press and hold both left and right silver keys at front while holding them press and hold hardreset button located under battery cover untill white screen with warning shows up.
4. open keyboard and press "R"
5. Follow instruction on screen.
Its Done. Hope this will help you
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dude thank a lot, i was getting upset, mad and scared, dunno why it got stuck at the green windows mobile screen, not going further.
that was hard to perform lol, hard-reset the "hard way" al by myself.
I have also experienced problems hard resetting the device and have resorted to Start>Settings>Clear Storage and it seems to have the same effect, no?
malik80 said:
I had same problem with hard reset. I used all the ways to reset mentioned in this post but nothing helped me untill i tried a bit different way, you can also try this may be it solve your problem.
Step by step
1. switch off your phone.
2. enter in bootloader by press and hold volume down key then press and hold power on button keep holding both untill four colour bootloader screen shows up. (release power on and volume down)
3. press and hold both left and right silver keys at front while holding them press and hold hardreset button located under battery cover untill white screen with warning shows up.
4. open keyboard and press "R"
5. Follow instruction on screen.
Its Done. Hope this will help you
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thanks, this works!
yeah.. clear storage is the same right??? hardreset ya?
can someone take a video on this 'hardreset'
i think this could be very helpful
thanks.
just hard reset my xperia after trying so many times like the others out there.
just wanna add additional info, you have to keep on pressing and holding the 3 keys (2 front keys and the reset button) until you get the blue screen.
if you press then simultaneously for just a few sec w/o waiting for the blue screen, you'll just soft reset your unit.