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Chapter 3: Knowing Your Pocket PC Phone
Resetting the Pocket PC Phone and Clearing Memory
You can perform a soft reset or a full reset – a soft reset restarts your Pocket PC Phone and a full reset switches the battery off. The
result of a soft reset is that some data may be lost in programs that are open. The result of a full reset is wiping all the data and
new programs you have added - and returning the Pocket PC Phone to factory settings – which will only have the software that
was present when you bought it. Therefore, it is important not to think about a full reset as you would restarting, shutting down or
even switching off your desktop PC, but rather like a complete crash requiring you to wipe your operating system (OS). The
importance of backing up data to an SD card or your computer cannot be stressed enough - in the event you have to perform a full
reset your data will not be lost.
To perform a soft reset
If your Pocket PC Phone responds slowly, stops responding or freezes, try soft resetting it. A soft reset causes the Pocket PC
Phone to restart and re-adjust memory allocation. Unsaved data in open windows may be lost.
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Use the stylus to press and hold the Reset button for about two seconds. (For details on finding soft reset, see "Chapter 2,
Bottom Edge Components.")
To perform a full reset
Clearing memory deletes all data and restores the Pocket PC Phone to its default settings. Programs installed at the
factory remain, while data you have created and programs you have installed are erased.
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Unscrew the stylus and use the smaller point of the top-half.
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