Performing a system reset, Performing a hard reset – Palm 680 User Manual

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info is retained when you perform a soft
reset.

1 Remove the battery from your Treo 680,

and then reinsert it.

Don’t know how? See Replacing the
battery.

NOTE

The reset begins when you reinsert

the battery.

2 At the end of the soft reset, Date &

Time Preferences appears. Select
Done.

Performing a system reset

A system reset, also called a safe or warm
reset, tells your Treo to stop what it’s doing
and start over again without loading any
system extras. If your Treo loops or freezes
during or after a soft reset, a system reset
may help. Performing a system reset can
release your Treo from an endless loop so
that you can uninstall a third-party
application that may be causing
the looping.

1 Remove the battery from your Treo 680,

and then reinsert it.

Don’t know how? See Replacing the
battery.

2 When the Palm logo appears, press and

hold Up

until the black status bar at

the bottom of the screen fills and
disappears, and then release Up

.

3 Delete the third-party application that

you suspect is causing the problem.

4 Perform a soft reset. The wireless

features of your Treo 680 are not
available until you complete this step.

Performing a hard reset

A hard reset erases all information and
third-party software on your Treo. Never
perform a hard reset without first trying a
soft reset, a system reset, and trying to
resolve third-party software issues. (See
Third-party applications for suggestions on
diagnosing third-party software issues.)
After a hard reset, you can restore
previously synchronized information the
next time you sync.

IMPORTANT

If you set a password on

your Treo 680, performing a hard reset
reformats your Treo 680. This is a more
severe form of a hard reset, which

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