So I'm more than pretty sure most everyone knows how to soft restart their BB so you dont have to take the back off than the battery which is time consuming plus if you have to keep doing it youll more than likely wear the back latch down...but anyways...i just found how to do it and i just wanted to post it since its a really good tool in my eyes when you have to restart your bb when you download apps and such anyways sorry if this is somewhere else on the site but ill post it here anyways...
In unison hold right alt key, left shift key, and delete.
Pulling the battery is considered a "hard" reset, more thorough than the "soft" reset option.
Doing a battery pull is a soft reset. A hard reset would delete contacts, downloaded themes, and 3rd party apps. A hard reset is effectively getting your berry back to factory settings.
Doing a battery pull is a soft reset. A hard reset would delete contacts, downloaded themes, and 3rd party apps. A hard reset is effectively getting your berry back to factory settings.
You have to press the left alt first and hold it then press the right shift or Cap button whatever you prefer to call it and hold it while still holding the left alt then press Del and hold it when the screen goes black let go and that will do a soft reset once the reset is finished do the same thing again and it will do a hard reset. You have to press and hold the buttons in that order . And If your BB is due for a hard reset for whatever reason the first time you do alt+shift+del it will do a hard reset.
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You have to press the left alt first and hold it then press the right shift or Cap button whatever you prefer to call it and hold it while still holding the left alt then press Del and hold it when the screen goes black let go and that will do a soft reset once the reset is finished do the same thing again and it will do a hard reset. You have to press and hold the buttons in that order . And If your BB is due for a hard reset for whatever reason the first time you do alt+shift+del it will do a hard reset.
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just throwin my little two cents in here...
the soft reset, as it were, is obviously a harmless little trick to do with your berry. BUT - careful with just randomly trying little shortcuts you find in these forums on your own personal device. ive seen threads on here where people have posted "shortcuts," then someone will try it and totally eff their phone up. no good!! anyways, just a little warning i thought about and figured i would share.
Ok. I just tried this for the first time to compare methods.
ALT+CAP+DEL = a true soft reset. not the same as a bettery pull at all. you will notice the OS does not need to reboot (no hourglass for 2 mins while it loads)
Soft Reset App = same as a battery pull. if you notice, all the app does is trick the OS into thinking something has been installed and it needs to reboot. this is the same as a battery pull.
Battery Pull = the good old fasioned way. same as Soft Reset App but doesnt use any device memory.