Rename your phone, Restart your phone, Erase data and reset your phone – Palm Pre P100EWW User Manual
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Chapter 10 : Preferences
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To view more detailed system information, tap
More Info
, and tap
Software
or
Hardware
.
Rename your phone
1
Device Info
.
2
Tap the
Name
field and enter the new name.
Restart your phone
If an application freezes, first try restarting your phone. No files or settings
are changed when you restart.
Do one of the following:
•
Device Info
,
tap
Reset Options
and tap
Restart
.
•
Press and hold
power
,
tap
Power
, and then tap
Restart
.
NOTE
If the screen does not respond to taps, press and hold
power
and
slide the
ringer switch
three times to restart your phone.
Erase data and reset your phone
If restarting your phone does not solve the problem, you may need to reset
the phone. A reset deletes some or all information from your phone
(depending on the type of reset you select). After a reset, you must follow
the prompts to sign in to your Palm profile again before you can use your
phone.
IMPORTANT
You should perform a manual backup of your data before resetting
1
Device Info
.
2
Tap
Reset Options
.
3
Do one of the following:
•
Erase any applications you installed from App Catalog, as well as any
information associated with those applications: Tap
Erase Apps &
Data
twice.
•
Erase all files stored in USB drive storage, such as pictures, videos,
and music: Tap
Erase USB Drive
twice.
•
Erase all data from the phone, including any applications you
installed from App Catalog, all files stored in USB drive storage, and
information about your Palm profile: Tap
Full Erase
. To erase all data
on your phone, tap
Full Erase
again. To erase all data in such a way
that it is completely wiped from your phone and is unrecoverable,
tap
Secure Full Erase
. Regardless of which full erase option you
choose, all your data on the web—in your online accounts and in
your Palm profile—is untouched.
Perform a secure full erase when you give your phone to somebody
else and you don’t want that person to be able to access your data.
Also, before giving your phone to another person, you must manually