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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: hbmartin on May 13, 2004, 10:15:03 pm

Title: Clean wipe/restore?
Post by: hbmartin on May 13, 2004, 10:15:03 pm

Is the anyway to do a clean wipe/restore on my Z?
ie. to return it to its \"out of the box\" state with none of its modified settings, apps, or documents.
Thanks,
Harold

Title: Clean wipe/restore?
Post by: mielikki on May 14, 2004, 01:27:52 pm

Which model?

Title: Clean wipe/restore?
Post by: DrWowe on May 14, 2004, 02:36:31 pm

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Is the anyway to do a clean wipe/restore on my Z?
ie. to return it to its \"out of the box\" state with none of its modified settings, apps, or documents.
Thanks,
Harold

If you\'re using a 5600 or 6000 model with an original Sharp rom, then you just need to hold the \"OK\" button, press reset, and select \"Format flash\" from the system menu.  This should restore you to a clean state

Edit: correction after greg2\'s reponse.

Title: Clean wipe/restore?
Post by: Greg2 on May 14, 2004, 03:31:45 pm

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If you\'re using a 5x00 or 6000 model with an original Sharp rom, then you just need to hold the \"OK\" button, press reset, and select \"Format flash\" from the system menu.  This should restore you to a clean state

The 5000 and the 5500 do not have that maintenance menu.

Still need to know the model?

Greg

Title: Clean wipe/restore?
Post by: meshuga on June 03, 2004, 03:52:06 am

Trying to restore my 5500 back to a factory state, using a CF i used for OZ flashes no problem, and it doesn\'t seem to want to go. It\'ll error about \'/dev/mtdblock1\' not being formatted, so i do that, then goto reboot, and it cant, so i unplug it, and while the charge light comes on, it\'ll never power back up...
any ideas?