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> WM5 Hard reset with SD card in?, Hard reset possible with WM5 and SD card?
palestofwhite
post Aug 19 2006, 12:46 PM
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I was thinking of performing a Hard Reset on my MPx200 with WM5. I understand that part of the OS is actually on the SD card. Will i be able to perform the Hard Reset as usual and just leave the SD card in the phone slot? I decided to ask Just incase i brick my phone. Thanks!
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post Aug 19 2006, 01:35 PM
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That's actually how you should perform the hard reset. When you finished flashing WM5 you were supposed to do a hard reset by choosing the Clean Reg Hive and Format Storage options. To do a hard reset you'd do the exact same thing.


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post Aug 19 2006, 01:53 PM
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Thanks for the reply! Someone actually helped me with flashing my phone to WM5 so i don't know much about it. I think i'll try the hard reset by choosing Clean Reg and Format Storage Option. Thanks!
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post Sep 17 2006, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE (palestofwhite @ Aug 19 2006, 09:53 PM) *
Thanks for the reply! Someone actually helped me with flashing my phone to WM5 so i don't know much about it. I think i'll try the hard reset by choosing Clean Reg and Format Storage Option. Thanks!

Acutally, dun have to go through the whole process each time.
Just remove the SD card, format it in FAT using your Windows PC & plug it into the phone.
Turn it on & that's it...it's as good as a hard reset.
That's the beauty(or urgly?) part of this MPx200-WM5 setup...the part of the system that stores all the settings & profiles are loaded onto the SD card so whenever the SD card shows up as empty, the system simply recreates the entries (folders & files) & you're back in business.
Of course, it'll take longer than usual to boot the phone, just like the first attempt to boot the phone after the procedure mentioned above.
BTW, there's also an effective way to backup the phone, than using some paid software that might not be as effective.
Just plug the SD card into a card reader attached to a Windows PC, unhide all the hidden files in the card(or folder) & copy everything wholesale onto the Windows PC.
The next time your phone got corrupted by whatever, just copy the contents back to the SD card & it'll boot again (assuming the problem is software related & not hardware.)
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