Rename your phone, Restart your phone, Erase data and reset your phone – Palm Pre P100EWW User Manual

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Chapter 10 : Preferences

2

To view more detailed system information, tap

More Info

, and tap

Software

or

Hardware

.

Rename your phone

1

Open

Device Info

.

2

Tap the

Name

field and enter the new name.

Restart your phone

If an application freezes, first try restarting your phone. No files or settings
are changed when you restart.

Do one of the following:

Open

Device Info

,

tap

Reset Options

and tap

Restart

.

Press and hold

power

,

tap

Power

, and then tap

Restart

.

NOTE

If the screen does not respond to taps, press and hold

power

and

slide the

ringer switch

three times to restart your phone.

Erase data and reset your phone

If restarting your phone does not solve the problem, you may need to reset
the phone. A reset deletes some or all information from your phone
(depending on the type of reset you select). After a reset, you must follow
the prompts to sign in to your Palm profile again before you can use your
phone.

IMPORTANT

You should perform a manual backup of your data before resetting

your phone (see

Back up your information

).

1

Open

Device Info

.

2

Tap

Reset Options

.

3

Do one of the following:

Erase any applications you installed from App Catalog, as well as any
information associated with those applications: Tap

Erase Apps &

Data

twice.

Erase all files stored in USB drive storage, such as pictures, videos,
and music: Tap

Erase USB Drive

twice.

Erase all data from the phone, including any applications you
installed from App Catalog, all files stored in USB drive storage, and
information about your Palm profile: Tap

Full Erase

. To erase all data

on your phone, tap

Full Erase

again. To erase all data in such a way

that it is completely wiped from your phone and is unrecoverable,
tap

Secure Full Erase

. Regardless of which full erase option you

choose, all your data on the web—in your online accounts and in
your Palm profile—is untouched.

Perform a secure full erase when you give your phone to somebody
else and you don’t want that person to be able to access your data.
Also, before giving your phone to another person, you must manually

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