Hard reset your PDA

This is another of my so called technical (geek?!) article, which I blabber at times. Ok, this is again a collection of facts that I've come across in the web and some of my experience with these.

So, before we go on the usual disclaimer stuff,

1. If you hard reset your PDA/Smartphone you will lose all your data. So back-up your data first and then do this. In simple terms after hard resetting your PDA will be like the one you have bought new from a store.
   
2. Don't do hard resetting for FUN sake and come complaining.
   
3. If there is a password lock problem, for which you are hard resetting. There is no certainty that the password lock problem would vanish after hard reset. So for peculiar cases like these please refer to the device MANUAL.
   
4. Always be sure whether do you want to do a HARD reset. Ask this question within you a couple of times.
   
5. This is a collection from various forums and from my personal experiences. So, again to emphasize if this doesn't works for you or if the manufacturer of the device has changed the procedure means don't come calling me responsible.
   
6. All THANKS to the original posters in the forums.
   

So here you go,

• Dell Axim X3 / X3i / X30

To hard reset, press and hold the power button and press in on the reset button (reset hole) on the back of the unit for about 2-5 seconds. Release both buttons and you will see a confirmation screen asking you if you would like to clear all data in memory. To do so press the Contacts button.

• Dell Axim x50 / x50v / x51 / x51v

Make sure the device is on before performing hard reset. To hard reset, press and hold the power button and press in on the reset button (reset hole) on the back of the unit for about 2-3 seconds. Release both buttons and you will see a confirmation screen asking you if you would like to clear all data in memory. To do so press the Contacts button. To cancel press the Mail button.

• HTC Apache / Sprint PPC-6700 /Verizon XV6700

While holding both softkeys (buttons with “-“ on them), push in on the reset button once. Make sure you are still holding onto the softkeys. A confirmation screen should appear asking you if you want to reset all data. Press Y to reset, N to cancel.

• HTC Wizard / i-mate K-JAM / Cingular 8125 / T-Mobile MDA

While holding the Comm manager button and the Voice Command button, push in on the soft reset button (reset hole) once. Keep holding the Comm Manager and Voice Command buttons until there is a screen asking you if you want to clear all data. To commit, press the green send key.
Note: The Cingular 8125 also has a software hard reset option. You can find this application in the Settings folder under "Clear Storage."

• HP iPAQ h1900 Series (1910 / 1915 / 1930 / 1935 / 1940 / 1945) and HP iPAQ h6300 Series (6310 / 6315)

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus (located on the left hand edge of the unit rather than the bottom) for about 5 seconds.

• HP iPAQ h2000 Series (2210 / 2215)

While holding down on the far left (calendar) and far right (iTask), press in on the reset button on the back of the unit for about 5 seconds. After you see the screen fade, release all buttons. You can verify the hard reset by pressing the power button. If the device does not power on, then you have successfully reset you unit. To reactivate the battery you must either connect the iPAQ back to AC power or press the reset button again with your stylus.

• HP iPAQ h5000 Series (5450 / 5550 / 5555) and HP iPAQ h3800 Series (3830 / 3835 / 3850 / 3855 / 3870 / 3875)

While holding down on the far left (calendar) and far right (iTask or Today) press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 2-3 seconds. After you see the screen fade, you can verify the hard reset by pressing the power button. If the device does not power on, then you have successfully reset you unit. To reactivate the battery you must either connect the iPAQ back to AC power or press the reset button again with your stylus.

• HP iPAQ hw6500 Mobile Messenger Series (6510 / 6515), iPAQ hx2000 Series (2410 / 2415 / 2710 / 2715) and HP iPAQ hx4700 / hx4705

While holding down on the far left (calendar) and far right (iTask) press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 2-3 seconds. The Pocket PC should reset and power back on. If the device does not power back on, make sure that the battery lock switch is to the left (locked).

• HP iPAQ rx3115 / rx3715

While holding down on the far left (Mobile Media) and far right (iTask) press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 2-3 seconds.

• HP iPAQ rz1700 Series (1710 / 1715)

While holding the far left (Mobile Media) and far right (Today) buttons, press in on the reset button (reset hole) on the bottom for about 2-3 seconds. To verify that you have hard reset you device, press the power button. If the device does not turn on then you have successfully hard reset you device. To reactivate the PDA, either connect the device to the AC adapter or press in on the reset button.

• Palm Treo 700w

Make sure that the Treo isn’t connected to AC power. To perform a hard reset press and hold the Power/End button. While holding the Power/End button press in and release the reset button. When you see the confirmation screen asking you if you want to erase all data, you can release the Power/End button and press the up button on the directional pad to confirm the hard reset.

• Toshiba e310 / e330/ e335 / e350 / e355 / e400 / e405 / e570 / e740 / e750 / e755 / e800 / e805

Make sure your device is off before performing hard reset. While holding the power button press in on the reset switch with your stylus then release the power button. When a screen appears release the reset switch.

• HTC Universal / T-Mobile MDA IV / Vodafone VDA IV / O2 XDA Exec / i-mate JasJar / Q-tek 9000 Orange / SPV M5000

With the device open, press the two soft keys together while pressing in the reset button on the back of the unit with your stylus. If done correctly you should see a screen that says "Press 0 to reset to factory defaults or X to exit." Press 0 to confirm the factory reset.

• HTC Magician / Dopod 818 / Q-tek S100 / T-Mobile MDA Compact / O2 xda II mini / i-mate JAM

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

• HTC Blue Angel / Siemens SX66 / T-Mobile MDA III / i-mate PDA2K

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

• O2 XDA / QTek 1010 / HTC Wallaby / Siemens SX56 / T-Mobile MDA

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

• Asus A632 / A636

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.

• BenQ P50

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds. Once screen fades press the power button again to activate the unit.

• ETEN M500

While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus located on the side for about 5 seconds.

• Mitac Mio A701

Make sure the device is turned off then press and hold the Down volume button and the End button at the same time. Release both buttons when the device vibrates. The unit will turn on automatically and the Setup Wizard will display. Follow the instructions to complete the hard reset.

• Mitac Mio A201

Remove the battery cover. Use the stylus to slide the battery switch to OFF. After about 1 minute, slide the battery switch back to the ON position. Install the battery and immediately press the Record Button. The screen will show "cold boot" and "loading......" Replace the battery cover.

• Mitac Mio 168

On the back of the unit, slide the battery switch to OFF. After about 1 minute, slide the battery switch back to the ON position. The unit will restart with defaults loaded.

• O2 XDA Atom / O2 XDA Atom Pure / HP rw6828

To perform a hard reset, use the stylus while pressing into the reset hole, press the power on/off button at the same time. Screen will prompt you to press the Green call and Red end call button together to confirm on hard resetting the device.

Note: Hard resetting the device will cause the device to be reset back to its original factory default settings and all data will be lost.

Signing off for now....

Installing MAC on your PC

Some time back, when I was in India, I tried a couple of new things like "Installing a Mac on a PC" and you know something it worked. All you need is the patch (AMD or Intel) which you can get from the internet and the installation DVD of Mac OS X. Be a good human and get it from Apple or from some authentic source. With these the installation is nothing, just like installing Microsoft Windows. If you are not able to get the CPU patch, then download VMWare player and use it to install the Mac.
I think the following links might be of use to any one of you,

http://tgrounds.blogspot.com/2007/05/osx86-on-pc.html ---> This site explains step by step procedure to install the Mac on your PC.

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Installation_Guides ---> This is a cool wiki, which has mostly answers to all issues faced when installting Mac OS X on your PC. I like these guys and they are doing a good job.

http://aspnetresources.com/blog/macosx_in_winxp.aspx ---> This site discusses about a software called "PearPC" something like VMWare player. I haven't tried it, may be you can give a shot and post a reply as how it is .

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/964/install_osx_tiger_on_intel_usb_drives_windows ---> This is another one discussing about installing Mac on PC.

Finally before ending up a good site which I found as a useful introduction as how to use VMWare player

http://linux.wolphination.com/?p=18

Ah, Please take care that you do not use PIRATED stuff anywhere. Give some respect to other's work, cause you will also be in that state one day....

Ok, I am signing off for now. Catch up later ppl..