BlackBerry Bold: How to Hard Reset BlackBerry Bold

This is a really simple way to hard reset the BlackBerry Bold smartphone. If your BlackBerry Bold is frozen or for some reason you need it to have it hard reset then here's how:

1. Pull out the battery from the device and wait for a while around 10 seconds should do.

2. Now put back the battery and it should be resetted. Replace the battery.

If you are lazy and don't want to remove the battery you can also try a soft reset first.

Here's how to do a soft reset.

Press alt+shift+del all the same time.

Another way is to do it via the menu

1. Select Options.

2. Select Security Options.

3. Choose General Settings.

4. Then tap on Menu key.

5. Select Wipe Handheld.

This will wipe out all the data on the device.

Like this Tip?

Wait for your device to reboot before you can start using it.

Comments (20)

|82.133.127.xxx |2010-09-16 15:25:17 Lucy Milbourn

I have tried rebooting my blackberry 9000, and nothing has appeared the screen just stays white even when I leave it for a long period of time. What should I do?
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|41.7.183.xxx |2010-09-29 19:54:07 someone from sa - someone

just leave the battery out for atleast five days, i had the same problem and that fixed it,
if it works for you please notify others having the same issue.

cheers
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|119.155.108.xxx |2010-10-30 15:52:40 imran

i want blackberry windows softwere
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|74.42.211.xxx |2011-02-28 13:50:13 Racing2003 - Blackberry Bold....new software upgrade...

The upgrade software is a very bad idea...recommend that you leave it alone...it takes forever to upload after restarting your phone, the phone its self is confusing now, should of never uploaded the new software.
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|110.137.223.xxx |2011-03-23 05:23:39 kopral - i want blackberry handheld

i want blackberry handheld,,if blackberry come with android OS,,
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|175.141.196.xxx |2011-05-19 10:54:49 Diana Chinda

my phone keep on mentioning the application doesn't allow by IT policy..eventho press ok the message still appear. i have reboot it but still the same. how to solve it?
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|27.33.185.xxx |2011-05-20 01:39:56 Anonymous

Diana - could you post the exact message of the IT Policy, and what were you trying to do to get that message?
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|120.28.143.xxx |2011-06-08 20:05:38 rona

i have the same problem with diana
here's the problem..

"The application FourSquare has attempted to open a connection to a location inside the firewall and outside the firewall which is not allowed by your IT policy."

Everytime I click OK to remove the message, it comes straight back up and I can get no further i can't access my BB menu option..i also tried removing the battery but it doesn't work the error still keeps on appearing..please somebody help ..thanks
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|178.131.133.xxx |2011-07-04 20:43:32 Mohamamd - Ring Tone

I have a balck berry 9000,my phone's ring tone is beb,and i can not change this ring tone to other ringtone,plz help me in this matter.
and how can restore factory defaults??
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|212.30.42.xxx |2011-09-23 23:39:03 Elie - hello all

bodiesss my bold 2 9700 isnt reading my camera , i clicked on the button of the cam. n nothing appeared , jst black screen .. any help for this ?
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|110.139.242.xxx |2011-10-01 01:30:20 sonny - singel
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|87.195.55.xxx |2011-10-25 06:45:45 Daantje - Blackberry bold 9780

Hi,
I have a Blackberry bold 9780 and yesterday I got a white screen wich says: app error 603. The only choice I have is: "reset". But when I reset my device the white screen comes back.

I've also tried to remove the battery but when I replace it, the white screen comes back. I've also tried to connect with my computer, but that doesn't work eighter. At last I've tried to reset my device with shift+alt+delete. He did the reset, but when the reset was done the white screen dissapeard again.

Can somebody help me please?!
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|74.43.71.xxx |2011-11-10 21:18:24 Dom - BS

OKAY i just wanna easy step to reset the MEP counter... mines currently says ZERO!!! i need ten more tries plz soomeone help me
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|204.101.237.xxx |2011-12-06 18:21:28 holly - I can not use bbm or email on my bb HELP

I purchased a BB bold from someone, activated it, can use internet but can NOT set up an email account or use bbm. I tried to preform a wipe, when I went to that screen there is a box already check with a message in red saying you will not be able to use email service anymore. So I am assuming the lady I bought it from did that already and I can't uncheck that box. So my question is how can I restore my bb to factory settings? I can only hope that that will undo whaytever it is that she did because I am unable to use the best bb features. When I go to the bb site and try to load email from there I get an errror message so I think the software has been deleted.
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|111.68.97.xxx |2011-12-21 07:09:36 Anonymous - sms text folder has hide

in my blackberry bold, sms text messages folder has hidden and me not able receive or send sms..
i dont know from where i can restore that..kindly help me out
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|121.73.216.xxx |2012-01-11 21:51:33 Anonymous

hey guys i just brought my bb and i want to set up my email on it, i brought it off someone and it looks like they have just givin me the phone out of his pocket , i can still access his f.b his email and everything, i just want to clear his stuff and enter in my own email and fb, plz help me
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|SAdministrator |2012-01-12 04:39:18 admin - re:

Anonymous wrote:
hey guys i just brought my bb and i want to set up my email on it, i brought it off someone and it looks like they have just givin me the phone out of his pocket , i can still access his f.b his email and everything, i just want to clear his stuff and enter in my own email and fb, plz help me
So have you try to reset it yet?
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|86.24.194.xxx |2012-01-15 14:23:29 Riadian

My blackberry bold 9780 when i call someone and they answer it vibrates I don't have any apps. But does anyone know how to help thanks ?
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|41.77.2.xxx |2012-01-20 19:13:28 odea - bb frozen

I downloaded a theme from appworld and now my blackberry is acting up. I cant open a lot of applications, i cant even open options so that i can atleast delete ,the theme...or restore factory settings. What should i do?
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|82.145.210.xxx |2012-02-02 04:22:35 mykeil - bb

in my blackberry bold, sms text messages folder has
hidden and me not able receive or send sms..
i dont know from where i can restore that..kindly help
me out
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