Handspring 300 manual Resetting your phone, Performing a soft reset

▶You can conserve battery life by minimizing use of the keyboard backlight feature and by choosing a lower Auto-off setting which automatically turns the phone off after a period of inactivity. See page 196 and page 10 for more information.

▶If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use, an alert appears on the phone screen describing the low battery condition. If this alert appears, connect your phone to the HotSync cable or travel charger to charge the battery.

▶If the battery drains to the point where your phone does not turn on, it stores your data safely for about three days. In this case, there is enough residual energy in the battery to store the data, but not enough to turn on your phone. If your phone does not turn on when you press the power button, you should charge the battery immediately.

▶If you leave a drained battery in your phone for an extended period of time, you can lose all of the stored data. If this happens, charge the battery and use the reset button to reset your phone as described in the next section. After you reset your phone, perform a HotSync operation to restore the data from your computer.

Resetting your phone

Maintaining 9 Your Phone

Under normal circumstances, you will not have to use the reset button. On rare occasions, however, your phone may no longer respond to buttons or the screen. In this case, you need to perform a reset to get your phone running again.

Performing a soft reset

A soft reset tells your phone to stop what it’s doing and start over again. All records and entries stored in your phone 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).

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