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bMindful

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Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
« 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
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Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2003, 08:37:48 pm »
Look at this FAQ:

http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...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
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Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2003, 03:08:22 pm »
Ahhh, \"the infamous \'Double Reboot\' bug\"

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

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Battery in-out reverts Internal Mem to Factory
« Reply #3 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??