newbie to all this! please help!

[Guest gibster]

hi,

i know this is probably been asked about a million times before, but i can't seem to find what i'm after using the search.

i have read a bit about doing a hard/soft reset to free up space on an spv m500.

anyone give me a clue on how to do this at all???? i tried pm'ing a couple of peeps who said they did it, but no response!!

any help appreciated!!

Edited December 16, 2005 by gibster

[Guest gibster]

i know peeps have actually done this so i know it's possible, but is there any chance of anyone actually helping me out??? even via pm??

ta

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Hard Reset the M500, turn the phone off, then press the reset button (under the bottom flap) whilst holding the power button down.

[Guest gibster]

Hard Reset the M500, turn the phone off, then press the reset button (under the bottom flap) whilst holding the power button down.

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thanks for getting back to me.

before i go for it, this is the way that will prevent all the orange crap being loaded up right?

also, how do i go about installing the bits i do need?

sorry, but i am utterly clueless on all this!

thanks

[Guest Pondrew]

Hey Gibster.

You're talking about preventing the extended rom from installing which can be done by hard resetting the device and then doing a normal reset before the customisation runs. This will prevent the extended rom from installing.

We at Modaco don't recommend doing this as the extended rom includes bug fixes, patches and apps that were not meant to be optional.

If you do decide to go ahead (and you do this at your own risk) then after doing it you could use a program called Total Commander to access the extended rom for any thing you did then want to install from there...

[Guest chucky.egg]

Having done it myself I would say it's worth it for the extra space, but there are issues

You need to be comfortable with:

Installing apps from CAB files on the phone

Backing Up or Sync'ing your data

Hard Resets and Soft Resets

Reading the many posts on this subject to understand what you're doing

Fixing the odd things that might happen as a result, and you may not be able to get much support here because the combination of apps you end up with may be unique

Most importantly you can kiss goodbye to any support that Orange may (and I should stress, may) have provided

If you're new to all this (and it sounds like you are) I'd wait a bit until you know what apps you actually want on the phone, and are comfortable with the whole process.

If it all goes horribly wrong another Hard Reset puts it all back to normal.