Soft Resetting Touch Pro 2

[deadwrong03]

it looks like they moved the soft reset button by the charging port by the bottom of the phone....how do u soft reset on the tp2?

[mrailing]

You slide open the battery cover and hit the red soft reset button next to the memory card slot.

[bignadad]

this thread talks about drilling a small hole so you do not have to remove the battery cover
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=84758

[bignadad]

i have done this to my verizon phone and it works great!

[migz1134]

another option is to install this ClearTemp cab and it has a soft reset option...

[Sprintar]

I have the cleartemp program that works great but sometimes after soft reset my screen goes black and there is no way to use cleartemp to do a soft reset again, so I need the hole to.

[8notime]

My favorite method of soft resetting is holding the end button down for a few seconds and letting it power off. Then just power it back on. No extra programs to install and no taking the battery cover off.

[JackG058]

Originally Posted by 8notime

My favorite method of soft resetting is holding the end button down for a few seconds and letting it power off. Then just power it back on. No extra programs to install and no taking the battery cover off.

Isn't that just powering off the cellular radio and then back on? I don't believe you are fully soft resetting your device that way, just going into airplane mode.

[8notime]

Originally Posted by JackG058

Isn't that just powering off the cellular radio and then back on? I don't believe you are fully soft resetting your device that way, just going into airplane mode.

No, it's a complete shut down of your device. It's the equivalent of going to start>shut down on your laptop/desktop. Pushing the soft reset is like pushing the reset button on the front of your computer. It's not a very graceful method of restarting your phone. Give it a shot and you'll see what I mean.

[JackG058]

Originally Posted by 8notime

No, it's a complete shut down of your device. It's the equivalent of going to start>shut down on your laptop/desktop. Pushing the soft reset is like pushing the reset button on the front of your computer. It's not a very graceful method of restarting your phone. Give it a shot and you'll see what I mean.

Maybe a difference between Sprint and Verizon, but I just verified my claim and I'm correct for the Sprint version. Holding down the end button puts the phone into airplane mode automatically instead of having to drill down into two menus. The device itself is still powered on and you can use all other features other than radio type functions.

This is why I installed the software tool recommended by Mighty Mike.