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Unintended Factory Reset?

gadgeTT

Mar 17, 2005, 3:55 PM
Has anyone else accidentally done a factory reset when all they wanted to do was reboot the phone?

Twice now, I was insanely careful to press ONLY the power button when turning on my phone, and was unpleasantly greeted by that nefarious "Master Reset- please wait..." type screen.

Firstly, why doesn't it ask before doing a master reset? It seems to only take a button sequence, and sometimes not even that.

Secondly, why is my phone doing a master reset when I know I'm only pressing the power button and not the blue action button as well (the proper master reset sequence)?

Is mine the only one doing this? I guess it's not too bad as it only takes me about 60 minutes to re-sync, reinstall and reconfigure everything, but it's ju...
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