Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

Does anyonw know how to "soft reset" the N900 without removing the battery? My N900 has sometimes does not turn on after being off and charging for a night. I must remove the battery and put it back in for the N900 to turn on (holding down power button does not do the trick).

Does anyone know if there is a any "reset" button to perform the equivalent of taking the battery out and putting it back in?

Assume the N900 is off and locked up, pressing power button does nothing, only battery removal helps.

Thanks

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

soft reset = holding down power-button
hard reset = removing battery

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

I understand a hard reset to be removing all data on the device, and a soft reset the equivalent to a "reboot".

I am looking for the equivalent of a reboot (no data loss).

Any thoughts?

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

removing all data would be a format or something.
a reset (either hard or soft) has nothing to do with removing any data.

a soft reset is rebooting a device the way its supposed to (more or less)

a hard reset is rebooting a device by physically removing its power source (like on a computer by pulling the power-cord or turning off the psu. or pulling the battery on a cellphone)

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

im interested also!
i would really use a reboot button in the drop down menu, even a desktop button/widget..

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

you can use xterm to reboot. as root enter:
reboot
or
init 6
(there are more ways around)

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

i think "reset" is like as in "factory reset", if you're tlaking about just rebooting, then it's reboot, not reset

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

The word "reset" has two different meanings here.
Factory reset is when the flash file systems are reprogrammed to known state.
But reset is also the name when an IC is receiving a reset signal to place all logic gates in a known state.

Removing the battery is a power-on reset.
Actuating the "reset" pin on the chips is a hard reset.
Having the software issuing the reset represents a soft reset.

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

Re: Soft Reset WITHOUT Removing Battery?
 

thanks i also found it after a more serious search :D
i knew it was possible but when i posted this i hadnt found it yet
thanks anyhow