Reset Mobile Computer - CipherLab CP60 Reference Manual

4.4.3. RESET MOBILE COMPUTER

The mobile computer features two reset mechanisms, warm boot and cold boot. Performing
these two resetting acts helps resolve certain problems within the OS and applications.
These two actions can be performed by combined use of the power button and the reset
button located on the mobile computer's keypad.
[1] Power button
[2] Reset button
WARM BOOT (SOFT RESET)
"Warm boot" is also known as "soft reset". When the mobile computer runs slower than
normal or when one or more active applications crash, perform warm boot to close all active
applications and restart the mobile computer without turning off power supply to hardware.
After warm boot, all flash memory, system settings and clock/calendar time are kept, and
all saved data are preserved. However unsaved data is gone after warm boot if the warm
boot is performed when the application in question is still running.
To perform "warm boot":
Poke the reset button using the stylus.
COLD BOOT (HARD RESET)
"Cold boot" is also known as "hard reset". In case one or more applications are misbehaving
and the mobile computer doesn't cooperate, perform cold boot as the final act.
"Cold boot" restarts the mobile computer by turning power off and then powering on again.
As "Cold boot" initializes DRAM, all data cached in DRAM is gone after cold boot. However all
flash memory, system settings and clock/calendar time are preserved.
To perform "cold boot":
Press and hold the physical Power button and poke the reset button.
Note Power button should be held down and not released until the mobile computer
powers on again.
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Figure 18: Reset
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