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Title: Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
Post by: bMindful on November 09, 2003, 04:21:40 pm

Hi all,

Twice now in the alst month I have had my Sl-5500 freeze on reboot. And I considered my only option at that juncture was to eject and replace the battery to force a reboot.

Both times when I have done this my entire Internal Memory has reverted back to factory settings. All my apps, saved files, configurations are gone.

Everything on my SD card remains, but I pretty much have to rebuild my Z.

Is this bahavior I should expect when removing all power source?

Should I be bakcing up?

Thanks for any wisdom

Title: Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
Post by: tumnus on November 09, 2003, 08:37:48 pm

Look at this FAQ:

http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...parent_id=0#163 (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=22&categories=Troubleshooting&parent_id=0#163)

I think the Zaurus hardware gets into an unknown state when it locks up like this, which results in a full reset when you remove the battery. Normally that does not happen.

I always backup though as well

Title: Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2003, 03:08:22 pm

Ahhh, \"the infamous \'Double Reboot\' bug\"

Thanks so much for the info. I really appreciate it.

Title: Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
Post by: Anonymous on November 24, 2003, 06:43:52 pm

I have had to switch the switch from normal to replace and back. However that is all. Is this a Sharp ROM or another ROM bug??