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Originally Posted by Xennex1170
I have a Palm TX and the pinhole reset DOES NOT reset to factory default and clear everything. It simply reboots the system. There is another method used to do what you describe as a factory defaults reset.
The PC would also only reboot the system. The router I can understand would reset to factory default. The difference between the 3 is that the router has no software that is user installed so it is 'safe' to reset to factory defaults. The PC and the Palm on the other hand would be a HUGE hassle to have to reinstall everything to get it back to how you had it. The reset is not 'broken' it just is erroring on the 'safe' side.
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I have a Zire 71 which I still use for certain things. Following is how to do a Hard Reset:
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To perform a Hard reset, do the following:
Hold down the power button on the front panel of the handheld.
While holding down the power button, use the tip of an unfolded paper clip (or similar object without a sharp tip), to gently press the reset button inside the hole on the back panel of your handheld.
Release the reset button.
When the Palm logo appears on the screen, release the power button.
When the message appears on the screen warning that you are about to erase all the data stored on your handheld, do one of the following: Press the page up button on the front panel of the handheld to complete the Hard reset and display the Digitizer screen. Pressing any other button performs a Soft reset.
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So the paper clip can erase everything i.e. factory default.
If I can reboot a completely buggered Windows machine I can re-install Windows from scratch i.e. factory default.
As it happens I have installed software on my router. But using the reset button brings it back to DD-WRT defaults, i.e. DD-WRT factory default.
When my Kobo locked up I could do nothing. The pinhole didn't do anything. The combined power button/home button combo did nothing, and obviously I couldn't do a "Factory Reset" -
because the damned thing was locked up solid!
So it had to be returned, twice. Those times it was back to the local Chapters. Are Kobo going to pay the courier fees if it happens again and has to go to them in Toronto? Are they going to replace it if it happens again in 12 months and is out of warranty?
I repeat (certainly as far as the Kobo is concerned):
A hardware reset which doesn't bring back a hardware stored default is broken.