I recently ran up against a self-induced application disaster on my
Blackberry 8800 (that's what I get for messing with stuff I know will probably break), so I needed
to do a clean
reset of the device
to it's fac
tory defaults and then start over again from scratch. I'm not
too keen on the idea of reloading the OS if I don't have
to (with over the air configuration I have not used a USB cord on my
blackberry except for once since I got it), so I started poking around trying
to find the on-board
reset capability (they call it "wipe" the handheld device). Nothing like trying
to find a command deep in the bowels of a multi-layered system. But, this is one that people should not find it easy
to accidentally choose... So, since I finally found it, note
to self for the next time I need it:
Blackberry "Wipe-Handheld" command list (at least for my 8800 - same or similar for other models)
- Options menu
- Security Options
- General Settings
- Menu
- Wipe handheld
- Enter password ("Blackberry" or your business-assigned security password)
Useful if you're like me an have a tendency
to muck around under the hood
too much and gak things up. And yeah, that's a word.
Gak.