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2011-01-20 , 00:31
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Do any of u fab techs know how an average joan ( Obviously I;m a girl) can do a Master re-set on N900
It is too high tech for me, so I am selling it. Any help greatly appreciated.
 
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2011-01-20 , 01:04
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Unfortunately there is no simple master reset (go figure)

The only way is to reflash the phone, some decent instructions can be found here:

http://thenokiaguide.com/2010/01/11/...sets-all-data/

I did this yesterday and was able to reflash my phone completely and it was brand stock new.

...of course now nothing is working correctly, but that is for another thread.
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2011-01-20 , 01:11
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Thank you soooo much, hopefully I can figure it out? Seems I may just be opening another can of worms. Every time I mess with it, need to be repaired. All of which I can not do.
 
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2011-01-20 , 15:45
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"official" instructions here

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware
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2011-01-20 , 16:39
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Originally Posted by cards531 View Post
Thank you soooo much, hopefully I can figure it out? Seems I may just be opening another can of worms. Every time I mess with it, need to be repaired. All of which I can not do.

Not sure what you mean by "master reset", meaning you want to reset settings of all your applications then it is easy. If you mean formatting and putting the OS again then it is difficult.

If you just want to reset your applications just go to settings and click on clear device (by clicking the settings title bar). This will clear all your settings. All applications you have installed will remain though.
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2011-01-20 , 16:48
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once you know how to flash the device then you can mess with it all you want. There is no amount of (software) breaking that cant be fixed by a flash.

I encourage learning to flash your n900.
 
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2011-01-20 , 17:00
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Originally Posted by mehulrajput View Post
Not sure what you mean by "master reset", meaning you want to reset settings of all your applications then it is easy. If you mean formatting and putting the OS again then it is difficult.

If you just want to reset your applications just go to settings and click on clear device (by clicking the settings title bar). This will clear all your settings. All applications you have installed will remain though.
That doesn't clear everything. When I got my first N900 it was second hand and the previous owner had clearly taken that option of clearing the device, but I opened up fMMS and lets just say I discovered that the previous owner had pretty low standards when it came to women.

I recommend doing a full flash, eMMC and rootfs to clear it for resale, it is not hard (you just need to follow the linked instructions), but if you do think it is beyond you, perhaps you could ask a friend who knows their way around a computer to help you.
 
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