How To Palm V series hard reset

Resetting your Palm V organizer

Under normal circumstances, you will not have to use the reset
button. On rare occasions, however, your organizer may no longer
respond to buttons or the screen. In this case, you need to perform a
reset to get your organizer running again.
Performing a soft reset
A soft reset tells your organizer to stop what it’s doing and start over
again. All records and entries stored in your organizer are retained
with a soft reset. After a soft reset, the Welcome screen appears,
followed by the General Preferences screen (to set time and date).
To perform a soft reset:
n Use the reset tip tool, or 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 organizer.

Tip: The metal and plastic stylus that comes with your organizer
has a reset tip inside. To use it, unscrew the metal barrel from
the stylus quill.

Performing a Palm V hard reset

With a hard reset, all records and entries stored in your organizer are erased.
Never perform a hard reset unless a soft reset does not solve your problem.
Note: You can restore any data previously synchronized with your
computer during the next HotSync operation.

To perform a hard reset:

1. Hold down the power button on the front panel of the organizer.
2. While holding down the power button, use the reset tip tool, or the
tip of an unfolded paper clip (or similar object without a sharp tip)
to gently press and release the reset button.
3. Wait for the Palm Computing® Platform logo to appear; then
release the power button.
4. When a message appears on the organizer screen warning that you
are about to erase all the data stored on your organizer, do one of
the following:
Press the upper half of the scroll button on the front panel of the
organizer to complete the hard reset and display the Digitizer
screen.
Press any other button to perform a soft reset.
Note: With a hard reset, the current date and time are retained.
Formats Preferences and other settings are restored to their
factory default settings.