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synchronizing with your computer, a soft reset may help. All your info is retained when you perform a soft reset.

1Remove the battery from your Centro, and then reinsert it.

Don’t know how? See Replacing the battery.

NOTE The reset begins when you reinsert the battery.

2At the end of the soft reset, Date & Time Preferences appears. Select Done.

Performing a system reset

A system reset, also called a safe or warm reset, tells your Centro to stop what it’s doing and start over again without loading any system extras. If your Centro loops or freezes during or after a soft reset, a system reset may help. Performing a system reset can release your Centro from an endless loop so that you can uninstall a third-party application that may be causing the looping.

1Remove the battery from your Centro, and then reinsert it.

Don’t know how? See Replacing the battery.

2When the Palm logo appears, press and hold Up until the black status bar at the bottom of the screen fills and disappears, and then release Up .

3Delete the third-party application that you suspect is causing the problem.

4Perform a soft reset. The wireless features of your Centro are not available until you complete this step.

Performing a hard reset

A hard reset erases all information and third-party software on your Centro. Never perform a hard reset without first trying a soft reset and a system reset and trying to resolve third-party software issues. (See Third-party applications for suggestions on diagnosing third-party software issues.) After a hard reset, you can restore previously synchronized information the next time you sync.

IMPORTANT If you set a password on your Centro, performing a hard reset reformats your Centro. This is a more severe form of a hard reset, which

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