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Safe mode and factory reset
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If something goes wrong with your pyboard, don't panic! It is almost
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impossible for you to break the pyboard by programming the wrong thing.
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The first thing to try is to enter safe mode: this temporarily skips
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execution of ``boot.py`` and ``main.py`` and gives default USB settings.
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If you have problems with the filesystem you can do a factory reset,
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which restores the filesystem to its original state.
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Safe mode
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To enter safe mode, do the following steps:
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1. Connect the pyboard to USB so it powers up.
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2. Hold down the USR switch.
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3. While still holding down USR, press and release the RST switch.
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4. The LEDs will then cycle green to orange to green+orange and back again.
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5. Keep holding down USR until *only the orange LED is lit*, and then let
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go of the USR switch.
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6. The orange LED should flash quickly 4 times, and then turn off.
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7. You are now in safe mode.
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In safe mode, the ``boot.py`` and ``main.py`` files are not executed, and so
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the pyboard boots up with default settings. This means you now have access
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to the filesystem (the USB drive should appear), and you can edit ``boot.py``
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and ``main.py`` to fix any problems.
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Entering safe mode is temporary, and does not make any changes to the
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files on the pyboard.
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Factory reset the filesystem
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If you pyboard's filesystem gets corrupted (for example, you forgot to
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eject/unmount it), or you have some code in ``boot.py`` or ``main.py`` which
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you can't escape from, then you can reset the filesystem.
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Resetting the filesystem deletes all files on the internal pyboard storage
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(not the SD card), and restores the files ``boot.py``, ``main.py``, ``README.txt``
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and ``pybcdc.inf`` back to their original state.
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To do a factory reset of the filesystem you follow a similar procedure as
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you did to enter safe mode, but release USR on green+orange:
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1. Connect the pyboard to USB so it powers up.
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2. Hold down the USR switch.
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3. While still holding down USR, press and release the RST switch.
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4. The LEDs will then cycle green to orange to green+orange and back again.
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5. Keep holding down USR until *both the green and orange LEDs are lit*, and
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then let go of the USR switch.
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6. The green and orange LEDs should flash quickly 4 times.
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7. The red LED will turn on (so red, green and orange are now on).
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8. The pyboard is now resetting the filesystem (this takes a few seconds).
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9. The LEDs all turn off.
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10. You now have a reset filesystem, and are in safe mode.
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11. Press and release the RST switch to boot normally.
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