Just in case you want to know about how to reset a BlackBerry Curve by yourself, then here you can several useful hints in performing this operation. The below suggestions can be well-performed to the line of Curve smartphones including the 8300 series, 8900 series, 8500 series, 9300 series and the latest 9350/9360/9370 series. The following are the overview and also the step by step instructions about how to reset a BlackBerry Curve appropriately.
Before we begin with the first step on these recommendations about how to reset a BlackBerry Curve, it is rather advantageous for you to know the overview of the phone’s reset operation. The rest of any BlackBerry handset is actually the troubleshooting technique which will totally turn off and also restart the device’s OS as well as its applications. Usually, this operation will be performed by users whenever the device has experienced the software, hardware and also wireless network issues. It is rather safe and less risky to perform this since your data or configurations will not be deleted.
There will be two main selections for carrying out the reset for BB smartphone namely by doing the hard reset and also the soft reset. The hard rest will be the much simpler and quicker way since users will only need to just remove the battery pack from their handset and then insert it again. To carry it out properly, firstly remove the back cover of the BlackBerry handset in order to remove the battery. Then after a while you will need to reinsert the battery to its original place. Lastly, put the back cover to where it belongs.
In case you don’t want to remove the battery in the first place to rest the BlackBerry Curve, then the soft reset will be very proper for you to execute. This is basically the effective method which will require the typical QWERTY keyboard of the BlackBerry as the primary component to perform this operation. Actually, the soft reset takes advantage of 3 physical keys combination including the Alt key, right Shift key and also the Delete/Backspace key. Firstly, you will have to press and then hold the Alt key on your keypad. Then while you are holding down this key, do the same way to the right Shift key. Finally, press the Delete/Backspace key while holding the Alt and right Shift keys. If you see that the display turns off, it means that the reset operation has been successfully carried out.
This can be one of the advantages for having the BlackBerry Curve device since the soft reset cannot be applied to the other model BlackBerry models. This is mainly because the soft rest will not be effectively performed to the handset which has been equipped with SureType and SurePress (touchscreen) technology for example the Storm series and also the Pearl and Pearl Flip series.
In case the above instructions about how to reset a BlackBerry Curve can’t be performed on your device, you will want to try the master reset by using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager. However, this operation may cause some data loses. Consequently, it is very necessary to back up the entire data first. Launch the BDM application and then click the Application Loader. Next, follow the given instruction until you see the "Completing the Application Loader Wizard" screen. Remember that you must choose the "Advanced†instead of the "Finish†option. Finally, opt for the options to delete all application data and also the currently installed apps. [IS]
