reset button

jaj · 02-01-03, 01:14 PM

Help! I've had my Axim for about two weeks and I know the reset button works cause I had to use it once when the screen locked up. I am trying to do a hard reset to get a program off and I can't get it to work. I have held the button for 10 to 15 seconds and it still comes back the same. Can any one tell me how to get back to the original set up. Thanks.

Mike C · 02-01-03, 01:38 PM

Press the reset button and the power button together.
Removing both batteries at the same time will always do it too.

jaj · 02-01-03, 01:53 PM

Thank you for the help. It worked.

02-01-03, 04:40 PM

Mike,

Will this delete all the program I put on? Also I have a program that I have deleted both ON the AXIM and also thru my desktop but the icon still stays there. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Eric

Mike C · 02-01-03, 05:04 PM

First of all, what you need is a good working backup on your PC to be able to restore the unit after a hard reset. This must be a final configuration that you're happy with and want to return to.
If you have a system that needs flushing so you can get a fresh start, figure on reloading everything anyway. Copy any user files you want to keep to your PC HD to manually reload later.
Anything you have stored in RAM will be lost during the hard reset, but if you have programs loaded on a memory card (which will not be lost) they will be safe. If those programs loaded anything into RAM, like shortcuts in the programs folder, they will be gone. A restore will replace them, but if you dont have a clean restore file, you can't do that.

Program icons will usually be in Windows, Start Menu, Programs ... or Windows, Startup ... or Windows, Shortcut, Games/Main/System/Tools.

A hard reset is totally painless once you have that backup waiting (Active Sync (on PC), Tools, Backup-Restore).