The hard reset you are referring to is when you do a battery pull while the device is on. However, in your case, you may need to resend your service books.
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first try a battery pull (that's what a hard reset it) and if that doesn't work, you'll have to resend your service books - that will make your browser show back up and your BBMessenger too. Good luck!!!