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How do I Hard Reset Xda Mini S?

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!!!

How To Perform A Hard Reset On X1

Hi folks.
There are two ways to hard reset the X1.
First way - Start>Settings>System>Clear Storage then enter the number 1234 and press Yes.
Second way - Press and hold the two silver keys (left and right) situated just below the screen. Now insert the stylus pen into the tiny hole which is situated around the bottom right of the back of the device for 5 seconds. Follow the on screen instructions.
It is advisable to back up your data before performing a hard reset.
FYI - a soft reset can be performed by ONLY inserting the stylus pen into the tiny hole for 5 seconds.

Thankyou mate, been looking for the tiny hole without success
Thought it was missing.

Very nice! Thanks for the info.
For those who can't find the tiny hole, you have to remove the battery cover.

Sorry forgot to mention that you have to remove the battery cover. Also the hole is situated where the stylus pen sits. So you have to remove the stylus pen in order to use the hole.
Thanks tjex for pointing it out.

Do you have to have a full battery before performing a hard reset?

nelshh said:
Thankyou mate, been looking for the tiny hole without success
Thought it was missing.
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location please.....

Aerodeath said:
Do you have to have a full battery before performing a hard reset?
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No. Hardreset takes 5 seconds. But don't have your battery almost totally drained
FullFlashGSMPHIL said:
location please.....
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You follow the the line where the stylus is inserted. Form bottom to top, you will encounter a rectangle, then the MicroSD slot, another rectangle and finally a round hole. This is it.

SOLVED:
in seconds
Power off you X1.
Hold down the two "Soft" keys and turn power back on to your X1..
Release the two key....
You should see the white screen with blue text asking if you want to restore to the "factory" default setting....Press "r"
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Phew...
Needed the second option, as loaded some software on and it conflicted with some other that was on there - oh well bit of a spring clean as well!
Also might be worth pointing out that you need to enter the commands using the keyboard for the second option - me being a plank was hitting the X-panel button for ages before I realised what it was asking!!!

Well, there would be much less confusion if you said that you have to take battery lid out

How someone can not know about the reset hole is beyond me. I noticed in shop, before I actually bought the device.

Acika11 said:
Well, there would be much less confusion if you said that you have to take battery lid out
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It was mentioned on the 2nd or 3rd post

There's the hole location.

thanks alot

Nice. thanhk Bro

You can also hard reset using Power button instead of reset button under( :-/ ) the battery cover.
Just turn off your phone, and press and hold both softkeys (silver ones) and just press the power button (do not hold it)
Strangely, when you want to access bootloader you hold the power button with volume down button until the bootloader appears.

Sorry, but I hardresetted it but nothing happens after the SE logo came and went away. I only got a black screen, someone help me please.
EDIT: Nevermind, got it. Had to wait some minutes

any other option to do it? i try both way, but can't... pls help...

I think you have to let go of either the power button or the hole button (depending on which method you're trying) before you let go of the two face buttons.

Thanks to every bodies. I have practised the soft and hard resets. The tiny hole is really not tiny but was hard to find.
Once again thanks!

How to hard reset xperia

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?

Hard Reset
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.

Hard reset
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
FalkenX said:
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

saved by malik80
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.

Soft reset w/o opening cover possible?

Is there any way to soft reset the phone when it hangs(ie becomes completely unresponsive) without opening the back cover and pressing the red button?
(I know that hard reset is to hold volume buttons, call cancel button and then volume up button)

HD Tweak
If its not totally hung you can use a pgm called HD Tweak which puts another icon called HD reset on the start menu if you press this it will ask reset y/n select y and the device will reset.
Hope this helps.

Sure, just press and hold the power button (lower right corner) for a few seconds, and a screen will come out with several options. Click on "power off", that does exactly a soft reset the next time you turn on the device with the same button.
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Is there any way to soft reset the phone when it hangs(ie becomes completely unresponsive) without opening the back cover and pressing the red button?
(I know that hard reset is to hold volume buttons, call cancel button and then volume up button)
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bpeu said:
Is there any way to soft reset the phone when it hangs(ie becomes completely unresponsive) without opening the back cover and pressing the red button?
(I know that hard reset is to hold volume buttons, call cancel button and then volume up button)
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No way if it's completely unresponsive.

I find it easier to just remove the battery and then pop it back in given the fact that there's no stylus and I've already got the back cover off.

jakem said:
I find it easier to just remove the battery
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I'm guessing that the op was trying to avoid removing the battery cover and therin stressing the little catches that hold it in place
either way,thanks for the tips guys,will no doubt be needing to do this myself soon as mine arrives tomorrow!

terrytpot said:
I'm guessing that the op was trying to avoid removing the battery cover and therin stressing the little catches that hold it in place
either way,thanks for the tips guys,will no doubt be needing to do this myself soon as mine arrives tomorrow!
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Ah, good point. I assumed he found pressing the button difficult without a stylus or something small enough to fit in the hole.

Actually the reason I asked because I just bought the phone and dont want to scare my classmates by opening the backcover and resetting when it crashes. Uninformed crowds tend to wonder why would anyone buy a phone that isnt working properly. So I try to find an "elegant" way to reset it without attracting attention

bpeu said:
Is there any way to soft reset the phone when it hangs(ie becomes completely unresponsive) without opening the back cover and pressing the red button?
(I know that hard reset is to hold volume buttons, call cancel button and then volume up button)
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Just drill a small hole in the battery cover

Tubgirl said:
Just drill a small hole in the battery cover
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lol! That was a good one!!! lol lol!

Heh; I remember with one of the older palm models, some clever entrepreneur started selling replacement battery covers with a pre-drilled hole on ebay for a couple bucks apiece. "How to make your first million".

UncleBeer said:
Heh; I remember with one of the older palm models, some clever entrepreneur started selling replacement battery covers with a pre-drilled hole on ebay for a couple bucks apiece. "How to make your first million".
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hmmm.. i dont now.

Soft Reset a TP2

Is there a simple, free app to soft reset my phone. I wonder who thought win mo had progressed to the point where an occasional soft reset would not be needed

You can use Advanced Configuration Tool:
Menu - Soft reset
MemMaid has the same option, but it is not free.

Get HD Tweak here, and you get a tweaker that can be used for settings, plus an HD Soft Reset app you can add to the start menu.
http://www.montecristoff.com/hdtweak.htm

Or check this topic.

There is also that little button on the side of the phone... Little hole. Use your stylus... says "RESET" Unless for some reason, that's not on all TP2s...

m4xx0rz said:
There is also that little button on the side of the phone... Little hole. Use your stylus... says "RESET" Unless for some reason, that's not on all TP2s...
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I find it a pain I need to remove the back cover to do that. On my fuze (touch pro) I just had to use the stylus and I could push the reset button which was at the bottom of the phone.

Aaron McCarthy said:
I find it a pain I need to remove the back cover to do that. On my fuze (touch pro) I just had to use the stylus and I could push the reset button which was at the bottom of the phone.
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... Am I being punk'd? Like, seriously... is the T-Mobile one some miraculous feat of engineering that they were able to put the reset button on the side of the phone? Seriously. Mine is on the right side... Are certain yours isn't on the side of the phone?
*edit* After doing a little more research, I found that for some reason, the TILT 2 has that behind the battery cover. Sorry for my response. I was seriously just flabbergasted...

yeah very stupid design flaw there... I was flabbergasted when I purchased it!

Windows Marketplace has an App called "Reboot" which is exactly what you're looking for.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280010
google or forum search for psShutXP if the above link doesn't work.
Its a free cab that does soft resets. You hold the power buton for 2 secs and a menu pops up to either display off / turn off / soft reset or cancel.

Can't use just hold the power button for three seconds and tap yes at the dialog box to power off the phone then press the power button again to power on? This works for me on my tmo US phone.

Soft Reset made easy
I contacted HTC to ask the difference between a soft reset using the hard to reach reset button and just powering the TP2 off and then on. They said there was no difference and the red power button would perform a soft reset.
Obvious question then is "what is the reset button for?"

thaddyusmaximus said:
Can't use just hold the power button for three seconds and tap yes at the dialog box to power off the phone then press the power button again to power on? This works for me on my tmo US phone.
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Theres a number of ways you can soft reset the phone.. from powering down the unit to navigating to a soft reset shortcut in the start menu to pressing the red reset button on the side of the phone.
I guess using the reset button on the side of the phone just became habit on the touch pro (fuze) so when I need to reset my mind automatically goes to popping off the cover so I can get at it EVEN though their are alternatives. I'm sure I'll get over it

ssilver said:
...Obvious question then is "what is the reset button for?"
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Sure, powering off and then power on is the same as pressing the reset button. But consider this: what if your device freezes so badly that the power button is no longer responsive? The reset button is now your friend
(or you can pull the battery, but that's doesn't sound very safe to do)
That being said, HTC did a silly job putting the reset button under the battery cover. They should just hide it in the stylus slot like they did with the original Touch Diamond and the Touch Pro.

xdaShutdown
Mate,
Check out this.
xdaShutdown a beautiful application...already in the first sticky thread of this section
yogam1

HD tweak is a tweak program like the Advanced Config tool that has a built in soft reset with it. It is free and is on this forum. Has many other uses as well.

Here Try this, made a cab from Josh Koss's rom. This will place an icon in the start menu that will reboot the device when pressed

u can also use the htc clean ram app i never soft reset my tp2 i just clean the ram @ level 3 twice a day try it ul love it

I prefer Slide 2 Shutdown the best... It gives you the option to Slide to Power off your phone, Slide 2 Reset your phone, or Slide 2 Sleep... Pretty cool UI...