Nokia N900 - Clear Device Data and Restore Settings

View memory consumption
You can view the amount of available memory in the device
memory or on the memory card, and the amount of memory
available for installing applications.
Select
> Settings and Memory.
To view the memory consumption in more detail, select
Details.
To increase the amount of available memory, use File
manager or other applications to delete data.
Increase available memory
Many features of the device use memory to store data. The
device notifies you if the amount of available memory is low.
View how much memory is available
Select
> Settings and Memory.
Increase the available memory
Move data to a compatible memory card (if available) or to a
compatible computer. To remove data you no longer need,
use File manager, or open the respective application.
You can remove the following:
• Images and video clips. Back up the files to a compatible
computer.
• Saved web pages
• Messages in Conversations
• Retrieved mail messages in the mailboxes
• Contact information
• Calendar notes
• Applications shown in Application manager that you do
not need
• Installation files (.deb or .install) of applications you have
installed. Transfer the installation files to a compatible
computer.
Clear device data and restore settings
Clear device data
When you clear data from your device, the data is
permanently deleted.
1 Select
> Settings.
2Open the Settings menu, and select Clear device >
Yes.
3 Enter the lock code of the device, and select Done to clear
the device data.
The following data is deleted:
• Browser user data: bookmarks, user history, passwords,
and cookies
• Contacts
• Calendar entries
• Home shortcuts
104 Use utilities and manage data
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