Simple Question for Axim X30 624 Owners

[dequardo]

Can you perform a soft reset with the power OFF?

I can not. Soft reset works fine when it's powered on. I've never had a PDA not be able to be reset while off.

Comments please? Thanks!

[CoreyJF]

I just tried it and the answer is no. ALthough I can honestly say that I have never tried that on any of the handhelds I have owned, so I can't say I would know what devices are able to do that. Why would you need to? Wouldn't you want to know if anything is open and unsaved before a soft reset?

[Kowalski]

as an ipaq user i am able to soft-reset when my device is off.
but why would you want to do this, i dont get it

[Sven Johannsen]

Interesting. I can do that with my iPAQs, but not with my Dell X5. Must be a Dell thing.

[dequardo]

as an ipaq user i am able to soft-reset when my device is off.
but why would you want to do this, i dont get it

What happens if the device locks up in an 'off power' state?

[CoreyJF]

take out the main battery

[dequardo]

take out the main battery

I know how to perform a hard reset. The issue is a soft reset.

[CoreyJF]

That won't hard reset it, as long as you back up battery is charged.

[Kowalski]

take out the battery? it has nothing to do neighter with soft or hard-reset

What happens if the device locks up in an 'off power' state?
this never happened me befoure. in fact i am a lucky person that my device is quite stable. i only have to reset once a week

[CoreyJF]

Actually I had my dell lock up on me and poping the latch put it in sleep mode, which helped me recover from a lock up. As for it having nothign to do with a hard reset, try it for any lenght of time with your backup battery drained and see what happens kind sir!

[Kowalski]

taking out the battery and draining the backup battery has the same effect with a hardreset, except you keep your backup battery :)

kind sir!
thank you, i am triying to be polite