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Re: How do I reset my N900 to factory default?

Did you checked Settings → Clear device → Clear all user data except installed programs? All functions will be temporarily disabled (including emergency call) and the device will reboot.

Then you need to enter lock code (12345) and in minute or less you got N900 w/o user settings.

Re: How do I reset my N900 to factory default?

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Originally Posted by urosevic (Post 722475)

so this worked but it did not clear installed programs.

Re: How do I reset my N900 to factory default?

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Originally Posted by dchky (Post 722374)

Someone in the know please answer because the wiki is painfully (and stupidly) contradictory. Which is the CORRECT order to flash. No guessing, what is the actual answer! (I mean flash completely back to factory default settings)

EMMC then ROOTFS

or

ROOTFS then EMMC

A little further down the page from that it explains how you have to flash the EMMC

So I did EMMC then ROOTFS and yip i agree it is a little confusing.

I wanted to flash installed programs not just un-install. Mainly cpu wasn't flexible enough to manage skype calls after 1.2. and there were a few apps that wouldn't update.

The Wiki implied you probably only want to flash the EMMC if you had a pre-production device, but I can say my CPU usage is way down, better battery life than before (after installing about 90% of what I had installed before.) and while booting the little dots bounce backwards and forwards, as apposed to flashing randomly as they were doing after 1.2 upgrade. much happier now. the only extras app i have installed now is rDesctop.

Re: How do I reset my N900 to factory default?

As good as the n900 is, it shouldn't be such an arse to get back to factory condition should it?? If it wasn't for this site mine woud be in the bin by now

Re: How do I reset my N900 to factory default?

I tried to use the wiki and i always get either a "usb device not suitable, waiting" error, or an error that ends in "%m" anyone experience this and know a work around? I tried it first on my windows 7 pc, then at my work xp machine, neither works.

Re: How do I reset my N900 to factory default?

just asking,

By clicking on the Restore Original Settings, would we also be able to retrieve certain things like n900.ico files that were accidentally deleted albeit when using it via PC USB Mass Storage mode?

There was a time when I accidentally selected a couple of files and deleted them which affected it to this extent: here's the link

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...004#post895004