How to Soft Reset

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Am i missing something...I coming form windows mobile..I don't see a button under the cover, or way to soft rest...Can someone please share some light?

With Android it's pretty much not needed. It's a pretty rare occasion (I can't say it's every happened with my G1 or MyTouch, so...) when simply holding the power button won't give you the power-down menu, no matter what kind of crazy things an application has done. If things get really bad (a deep down error in the OS... also a very rare occasion) it will more likely reboot itself than simply freeze up.

But if that rare occasion does happen, you'll just pop off the back cover and pull out the battery for a few seconds. No harm, no foul.

Exactly, Worse comes to worst and you pull the battery.

there is a hard reset, go into bootloader (hold trackball and power on phone)and press Reset (Factory Defaults).

Hard reset != soft reset.
Hard reset does not equal soft reset.

Hard reset in Android land is roughly similar to a wipe in WinMo ROM hacking land, except you WILL NOT want to do it after flashing a full ROM, only before.

I know that, thats why I said hard reset not soft reset.

Soft reset: hold down power button+volume down+track ball.
Wonder if there is some application that can do it (like the ones we had on windows mobile)

I imagine it's a superuser function, so, for an app, you would need root access on your phone, and you would need to allow it.

Trackball + Volume Down + Power. Your phone will soft reset after about 2 sec.

Originally Posted by kozm0naut

I imagine it's a superuser function, so, for an app, you would need root access on your phone, and you would need to allow it.

Trackball + Volume Down + Power. Your phone will soft reset after about 2 sec.

Does it remove my contact list or it will just reboot the cell phone like we reboot the computer or a windows cell phone using the reset button?

Thanks

It's a soft reset, apps with unsaved data you have running may not save, but other than that it's basically like telling your phone to shut down, then telling it to power back on.