# My PDA is stuck on

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859 "2006-05-15T17:15:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859/1 "2006-05-15T17:15:13Z")

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It has been this way since it said that my WiFi connection is busy. I can’t turn the wifi connection off and I can’t turn my PDA off. Do I have to do a reset? ☹

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859/2 "2006-05-15T17:32:13Z")

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A different answer for every PDA. What kind do you have?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859/3 "2006-05-15T17:34:50Z")

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Waht happens if you simply move the PDA far enough from the wifi coverage area that it can’t get the signal any more?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859/4 "2006-05-15T17:40:33Z")

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> [@Diamonds02](#):
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> It has been this way since it said that my WiFi connection is busy. I can’t turn the wifi connection off and I can’t turn my PDA off. Do I have to do a reset? ☹

That would be suggested. On most PDA’s A soft reset should not cost you data. A hard resent will wipe the unit but it should all be on your PDA desktop anyway and will come back when you re-sync.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859/5 "2006-05-15T17:42:28Z")

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If you resync after a hard reset make sure the sync in NOT set to default overwrite desktop data with PDA data or you will be unhappy.

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**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pda-is-stuck-on/356859/6 "2006-05-15T18:41:25Z")

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I did a soft reset. It turned off my pda and I didn’t lose any data. 🙂