hx4700: If I take out the battery, will it HARD RESET the unit? [Archive]

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lanwarrior

10-19-2004, 10:53 PM

In my 5455, iI sometimes took out the battery for a "soft reset". However, the hx4700 have a "batter" switch button and I am wondering if I switch this to "unlock" and remove the battery, will it hard reset the unit?

Pat Logsdon

10-19-2004, 11:37 PM

If you take the main battery out and wait long enough for the internal backup battery to drain, then yes, it'll hard reset.

jpf

10-20-2004, 12:42 AM

The answer is 'no, it won't hard reset your ipaq'.

jimski

10-20-2004, 07:45 AM

Have switched out the battery several times on my 4700 with no issues. It was the first thing I tested before loading any software onto this device.

And yes, when the 5450 first came out (my last device) removing/changing the battery would cause an instant hard reset, even though the backup battery was fully charged. I learned of this the first three times (I am a slow learner) I tried it. A patch was later released to correct this problem.