Comments on: SoftReset OS 4.5 Fix

By: 10 Must Have BlackBerry Applications - Optimize Your Blackberry | Komku.Net

10 Must Have BlackBerry Applications - Optimize Your Blackberry | Komku.Net — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:31:22 +0000

[...] the program sometimes does not work well in OS 4.5. Solutions for OS 4.5 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/18/softreset-os-45-fix/ [...]

By: JamesColeman

JamesColeman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:52:15 +0000

The soft reset fix didn’t work for me.Pearl 8130, Alltel,4.5.0.89

I did find an app that does work, QuickPull. It has a scheduling option too.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:19:10 +0000

hi
does anybody know of a version of softreset for the Storm? I can’t find one anywhere!
Thanks.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:38:06 +0000

dont buy any programs, none of them work.

here is the program for your pearl to be colourful again.
just extract the zip files, and put the corresponding application to your BB.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8100-series-discussion-pearl/148381-announcing-blingball-0-9-beta-2-8100-only.html

its the only one that works – as far as I know.

By: Uncaught Exception using QuickPull / SoftReset - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:29:12 +0000

[...] so I don’t fully understand why the fix works, maybe someone else can shed some light on that. Soft Reset OS Fix Basically, it involves allowing all permissions to the Email Setup Application. Hope this [...]

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:50:07 +0000

Hi, i have the blackberry 8100, 4.2
will the back light not work for this model?

By: Joe Ronayne

Joe Ronayne — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:21:26 +0000

Finally,, SoftReset itself makes a perfect second program to change permissions on…

By: Joe Ronayne

Joe Ronayne — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:41:56 +0000

If you have two tiny and unused programs installed, you can keep changing one to "deny"
and resetting the other tiny applicatoin to "allow/custom". The next time the device needs to be restarted, you'll have a program set to "allow" that you can change to "deny" and start the process of initiating a hard reset all over again. (The OS won't require a reboot if you make the permissions less restrictive.)

BTW, the program I first started using for this purpose is "blight", which I bought from the crackberry store. While it isn't so useful as a light (I turn on the "always on" option of the video camera for that purpose, which is brighter) it makes a perfect tiny program for this purpose.

I look forward to hearing if (1) this does the hard reset we are all looking for and, (2) that it works for others, and under which versions of OS 4.5.

Good luck!

By: Joe Ronayne

Joe Ronayne — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:41:29 +0000

First half of my comment—

There is perhaps an alternative to having any version of SoftReset at all (thanks to Alan Penner, it was awesome on 4.3)

Go to "options", "advanced", "applications" and select a small application you either tend not to use or even a tiny application you have installed to the blackberry for the purpose of initiating a hard reset.

use the menu key once you have selected the application to bring up "edit permissions"

choose "edit permissions" and then change all the properties to "deny" Under OS 4.5 (at least the Rogers version 4.5.0.102 I am running on my T-Mobile 8120) when properties are made more restrictive on some applications, the OS prompts a window that requires the user to "reboot now" or "reboot later"

My understanding would be that "reboot" = a hard reset. (Though I am just guessing on this one and happy to be corrected)

Select "reboot now" and off you go!

By: SoftReset No Worky with 4.5 - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:31:57 +0000

[...] this issue after upgrading to 4.5. I found a link on berry review that helped me fix it. Go to: SoftReset OS 4.5 Fix | BerryReview.com � Haven’t had an issue yet. You have to go to option > applications > softreset > edit [...]

By: s4mb4

s4mb4 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:12:23 +0000

fixed worked great for me. AT&T Pearl 8120. (the WiFi one)

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:53:09 +0000

I have the Curve 8310 and I did what you said and reinstalled the Soft Reset. And it worked with no problems! ^_^ Thanks!

By: monica

monica — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:44:57 +0000

I have tmobile 8100. I did that but my ball doesn’t want to change color no more. I even bought a program called PimpMyPearl that is kindof like color pearl but it had options to animate the colors abd that doesn’t want to work on my os 4.5. Wat can i do?

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:36:09 +0000

thanks for the help!!!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:34:05 +0000

I have also found that with my 8830, the memory leak issue was cleared better by using this program than by doing the “ALT-NUM-DEL” keypress.

Gives me much more of my memory back

By: Zaxxon

Zaxxon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:01:10 +0000

RedNightHawk, Thanks! now it makes sense

By: RedNightHawk

RedNightHawk — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:57:40 +0000

@Zaxxon

Soft Reset was made because the Pearl doesn’t have a shortcut key combo for a soft reset. The software allows Pearl users to reset without a battery pull (or did until OS 4.5, and hopefully does again now).

If you have a different device you don’t really need this application since you have the shortcut keys available.

By: Zaxxon

Zaxxon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:34:47 +0000

What is the difference between doing the ALT-NUM-DEL and this SoftReset application? Any difference?

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:48:00 +0000

I had that java.lang error with a lot of applications after a 4.5 install. I saw a tip that you “have to install documents to go” during the installation of OS 4.5 to get rid of this issue. This solved all my thrid party application problems.

By: PDM

PDM — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:37:18 +0000

Thanks for the “tip” it works “again” on 8100 with OS4.5.0.52.