How to Hard Reset Your BlackBerry Pearl
If you want to perform a hard reset or wipe out the entire data in your BlackBerry Pearl, perform the steps as provided in the following section. However, before you perform those steps, please note that hard resetting your BlackBerry Pearl will erase all data in your device and revert it to factory settings.
Now that you are aware of what you will be performing, here are the steps:
- On your BlackBerry Pearl, go to Options
- Select Security Options
- Select General Settings
- Press the button located left of the trackball
- Finally, select Wipe Handheld
Good luck and please remember that performing these steps will wipe out the entire data in your BlackBerry. It is best that you perform a backup just in case something goes awry.
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Wrote on March 5, 2007 @ 11:15 am
[…] from my earlier post on how to perform a hard reset on the BlackBerry Pearl, I received a couple of emails asking about the similar function for the BlackBerry 7100. Frankly, […]
Fred said,
Wrote on May 31, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
However that doesn’t do a complete factory default wipe. It leaves apps you installed. I’d like to perform a complete reset so the device is just like when I unboxed it. No 3rd party software. There has to be a method, but all I keep finding are posts like this one, which I consider a soft reset.
Misses said,
Wrote on July 12, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
Hey thanks so much for this post…I have not done the “wipeout” on my phone just yet, but hopefully it works out for me and my phone goes back to normal.
.I actually went into something on the phone, and decided to well…be an idiot…and delete things on there that I was not aware of what their functions were…I soon found out, when I hit the menu button on my phone and my e-mail accounts were no longer visible, although I still recieve my e-mails?!
.Odd, anyways I really hope your solution works.
.thanks again!
Kristel said,
Wrote on August 7, 2007 @ 8:07 pm
Thanks so much for your posting, It worked!!!
Marty said,
Wrote on October 2, 2007 @ 10:00 am
Is there anyway to reset a blackberry if you forgot your password to unlock the phone?
Victor said,
Wrote on October 15, 2007 @ 10:36 am
Greetings,
I need help fast!!! My pearl as just went on the friz. The hour glass is turing and then i see The T-MO logo and it blacks out!!! what is going on.. I just got the phone a bout a month ago.
Jon said,
Wrote on October 25, 2007 @ 9:03 am
Well has anyone ever run into this where they couldn’t type?
I wonder how you reset when the keyboard locks up and you cannot punch in your PW…… Any manual reset procedure?
Cassandra said,
Wrote on January 13, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
This worked great. I went through all the trouble of deleting everything I could manually but could not reset my e-mail addresses. I asked my IT guy if he would help me….but he never got around to it. This worked like a charm.
DJ Undizputed said,
Wrote on January 17, 2008 @ 9:27 pm
Thanks a lot!
Daniel Altonaga said,
Wrote on March 23, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
my phone is at a blank screen with a redflashing light what can i do????????
editor said,
Wrote on March 23, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Hi Daniel,
Try a battery pull. Take out the battery, wait for a minute or so and put it back. Then switch on your blackberry.
If that fails and your device is still under warranty, take it back to the carrier.