XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.home.repair   
   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:11:29 +0000, Martin Brown   
   <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:   
      
   >On 27/01/2025 11:53, Greta Thongturd wrote:   
   >> micky wrote:   
   >>> The switch is labeled    Reset   
   >>>                                              Sw.50   
   >>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>> Have you ever heard of a button like this before?   
   >>   
   >> Yah, and some of them have a very specific finger dance to get it to reset.   
   >>   
   >> Push and hold the reset button while plugging in the power cord until   
   >> the green light flashes red 5 times.   
   >> Release the reset button for 60 seconds then press the wifi button until   
   >> the yellow led flashes red.   
   >   
   >I recall one particularly painful reset method on an Andriod device that   
   >required holding in the tiny on/off switch and volume-down buttons for   
   >120s. Your fingers start to go numb after about 90s.   
   >   
   >> Warning: Failure to follow these directions exactly will turn your $500   
   >> plastic piece of crap into a forever brick.   
   >   
   >Some things do that automatically.   
   >   
   >Various smart speakers and some high end internet tuners for example   
   >when the protocols are changed and the makers CBA to support old kit.   
      
   We have a horrible new Panasonic microwave oven. The BEEP is   
   ear-splitting. The procedure to silence it is complex, and only works   
   if the door is open.   
      
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