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Motorola Devour: Wipe All Data

Wipe all data from your Motorola Devour smartphone. You could accomplish this with a hard reset, but here is another option if your phone is not frozen.

1. From the Home screen, press Menu.

2. Tap Settings.

3. Tap SD card & storage.

4. Tap Factory data reset.

5. Tap Reset phone.

The Devour will then proceed to wipe all data from the smartphone and set it back to factory defaults.

Hard Reset Motorola Cliq

Q: How do you perform a hard reset on the Motorola Cliq?

A: These steps will wipe all data from the device.

1. Power off the phone. If the phone is frozen and won’t turn off using the Power button, pull the battery out.

2. With the device off, press and hold the Power and Camera buttons.

3. Release the Camera button when prompted to do so.

4. Press and hold the Volume Down button until a yellow exclamation mark appears on the screen.

5. Open the physical keyboard and press ALT + L, then press ALTW to complete the hard reset of the Cliq.

See also: Morotola Cliq: Master Reset & Hard Button Reset

Hard Reset Samsung Moment

Perform a hard reset on the Samsung Moment, Android powered smartphone to reset the phone to factory default settings.

1. Remove the battery from the device.

2. Insert the battery. The Samsung Moment should automatically power on.

3. While the phone boots, press and hold the Volume Down, Send and End keys until a yellow triangle appears.

4. Scroll down and select Wipe data/factory reset.

The phone will then reboot and the hard reset will complete.

Hard Reset Motorola Devour

Perform a hard reset on your Motorola Devour if you’re having consistent problems with it or if you just want to wipe the data off of it to start new.

1. Turn the phone off. If it won’t turn off, take the battery out then put it back in.

2. Open the physical keyboard and press the X key while pressing and holding Power.  Keep holding the buttons down while the device powers on. A yellow triangle should appear.

3. Press the Camera and Volume Up buttons at the same time. A menu should appear.

4. Use the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons to select the Wipe data/factory reset option. Use the Enter key to make the selection.

The Devour should then proceed with a hard reset.

I’ve never really used Caps Lock or Num Lock feature on my Motorola Droid because I never learned how. After owning the phone for 4 months, you’d think I would’ve learned how to enable it by now. I’ve accidentally stumbled on it a few times, so I was curious as to how it’s done. I was blown away when I learned how simple it was.

  • Caps Lock: From the physical keyboard, quickly press the Shift key (the key with the arrow pointing up toward the line) two times and it will be enabled. From the on-screen keyboard, double-tap the ABC key.
  • Num Lock: Using the physical keyboard, you can quickly press the ALT key twice on. The on-screen keyboard is easier since the ?123 is used to enable it.

When you’re done typing in all caps or numbers, simply press the key once again and the feature is disabled.

All caps on Droid

That’s all there is to enabling Caps Lock or Num Lock! Now I can shout at people on Twitter or annoy people who dislike emails written in all caps. You can also use this tip with any other Android phone such as the Droid Eris, G1 or Nexus One. Of course the portion about the physical keyboard won’t work on phones without a physical keyboard. Duh!

You have a contact listed in your contacts on your Motorola Droid or Droid Eris. Now you’re trying to send a text message to the contact from the Messaging app, but when you start typing the person’s name, it doesn’t appear like it is supposed to.

This problem usually happens when the contact’s phone number is marked as Home instead of Mobile. You can fix this using the following steps:

1. Open the Contacts app.

2. Tap and hold the contact you wish to edit.

3. Tap Edit contact.

4. Tap the button next to the phone number. It will probably say Home.

5. Tap Mobile.

If the contact was imported from Facebook, the Contact will likely not be editable. You may have to create a new Contact for the person to get this feature to work.

Mass Storage Mode on the BlackBerry Curve 8900 provides the ability for the device to show up as a removable disk on your computer. You can turn this feature on or off using these steps:

1. Open the Options app.

2. Select Memory.

3. Set Mass Storage Mode Support to On or Off as desired.

Curve 9700 Mass Storage Mode setting

4. Press the Escape button, then select Save.

Import your contacts from Outlook to your BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone by setting it up to sync.

1. Download and install the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software.

2. Connect the handheld to the computer using the USB cable.

3. Launch BlackBerry Desktop Manager.

4. Click the Synchronize option.

BB Desktop Synchronize option

5. Click Synchronization on the left pane, then click the Synchronization button.

BB Desktop Synchronization screen

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Import your Outlook Contacts to your Motorola Droid or Droid Eris Android powered smartphone. The trick is to Export your contacts from Outlook to a CSV file, then import that file into your Gmail account. Here are the steps.

1. Open Outlook.

2. Click File > Import and Export…

Outlook Export option

3. Click Export to a file, then click Next.

Export to a file selection

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Motorola Droid: Forward Email

Forward an email from the Email application on the Motorola Droid or Droid Eris.

1. Open the Email app.

2. Tap the email you wish to forward.

3. Press Menu.

4. Select Forward.

Forward email message

Alternately, you can tap and hold a message in the list and then tap Forward.

Reset your Palm Pixi Plus to the factory defaults with a hard reset.

1. Open Device Info.

2. Tap Reset Options.

3. Tap Full Erase twice.

Pixi Plus Full Erase option

The Missed Call log can be easily cleared off your BlackBerry Curve 8900 if only you could find the setting. Here’s where it is located.

1. Open the Messages app.

2. Press Menu.

3. Select View Folder.

Curve View Folder option

4. Select Missed Calls.

Curve Missed Calls folder

5. Press Menu.

6. Select Delete Prior.

Curve Delete Prior option

7. Select Delete.

You’re done! The Missed Calls log should now be all cleared out.

Some applications may require you to locate and provide the IMEI number for your BlackBerry Bold smartphone. You can easily find this information in the BlackBerry OS. Here’s where to find it.

1. Open the Options app.

2. Scroll down and select Status.

3. The IMEI number will be displayed in the list.

Bold 9700 IMEI number

If you have an iPhone running on the T-Mobile network, you will have to manually set the MMS settings for it to work. Here’s how.

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Tap General.

3. Tap Network.

4. Tap Cellular Data Network.

5. Enter these settings:

APN: wap.voicestream.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Proxy: 216.155.165.050

I had a problem with an iPhone 3GS today where the Safari browser wouldn’t work properly. All it gave me when I opened the app was a blank, gray screen. Here’s how you can fix this problem.

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Scroll down to Safari.

3. Tap Clear History, Clear Cookies and Clear Cache.

Now turn the iPhone off, then back on. I’m hoping everything works fine now.

A friend of mine had an issue with her iPod Touch not being detected by her Windows computer. She would plug it in, but nothing would happen. Here’s what we did to solve the issue.

1. Go to the Device Manager. (In XP, right-click on My Computer then go to Properties > Hardware > Device Manager.)

2. Look for a device listed as Apple iPod USB Driver or Apple iPod USB Device. Right-click on it and select Properties.

Accessing iPod USB Device Properties

3. Click the Update Driver… option under the Driver tab.

Update driver option

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Fix: iPod Touch Won’t Turn On

“My iPod Touch won’t turn on.” is something I hear often. I had this problem recently when I lost it in between the wall and my bed. When I finally recovered it, it refused to turn on. Of course I made sure it had power. I plugged it into my computer for an hour. Still, the thing would not turn on at all. Nothing appeared on the screen, and it didn’t make a sound.

Even though the unit appeared dead, I tried to reset it by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and Home button simultaneously for about 10 seconds. Success! The iPod Touch was working again. The win was short lived though, as my girl took it and put her music on it. I probably will never see it again until the next time it won’t turn on.

If you’re selling your LG Neon or just putting it away in storage, it might be a good idea to delete all of the data off of it to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. You can do this with a Master Clear.

1. Go to the Settings option.

2. Select Phone Settings.

3. Select Master Clear.

You may need to enter the security code to finish these steps. The default security code is 0000 (four zeros)

If your LG Neon phone is not working properly and you want to reset it, you might want to perform a Master Reset. A Master Reset will restores the settings stored in the handset memory to default values.

1. Go to the Settings option.

2. Select Phone Settings.

3. Select Reset Settings.

You may need to enter the security code to finish these steps. The default security code is 0000 (four zeros)

There are some instances where you may need to find what the Bluetooth address is on your Motorola Droid or Droid Eris smartphone. Here’s how to locate it.

Before performing these steps, Bluetooth must be enabled.

1. From the Home screen, press Menu.

2. Tap Settings.

3. Scroll down to the bottom and tap About Phone.

4. Scroll down to the bottom and tap Status.

5. Scroll down and the Bluetooth address will be shown in the list.

Droid Bluetooth address