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Should files become corrupted, the badge can be reset as followed.
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Should things stop working there are multiple ways to get your badge working again. Please make sure you have a backup of whatever you've been working on, you might lose all the data stored on you badge:
- Try deleting the file. Often this won't work though
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* Try deleting the file you have been working on, "safely eject" the badge and then press the reset button.  
- Try renaming the folder the file is in. This is most suitable when you have corrupted a file in an app's folder
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* Delete all other files apart from boot.py and bootstrap.py, "safely eject" the badge and then press the reset button.
- Hard reset the filesystem. Press and hold 'MENU' while powering the badge on and wait for the LEDs to flash. See [https://micropython.org/doc/tut-reset here] for more information.
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* Factory reset the filesytem. Press and hold 'MENU' while quickly pressing the reset button at the back. Keep the MENU button hold for another 2 seconds while the green light on the front is blinking. Release it while the green light is on. (See [https://micropython.org/doc/tut-reset here] for more information. The USR button equals the MENU button, the orange light doesn't exist)

Revision as of 15:15, 31 July 2016

Should things stop working there are multiple ways to get your badge working again. Please make sure you have a backup of whatever you've been working on, you might lose all the data stored on you badge:

  • Try deleting the file you have been working on, "safely eject" the badge and then press the reset button.
  • Delete all other files apart from boot.py and bootstrap.py, "safely eject" the badge and then press the reset button.
  • Factory reset the filesytem. Press and hold 'MENU' while quickly pressing the reset button at the back. Keep the MENU button hold for another 2 seconds while the green light on the front is blinking. Release it while the green light is on. (See here for more information. The USR button equals the MENU button, the orange light doesn't exist)