Touchpad appears to be almost frozen.

I can't click on any of the icons to get email, pictures etc. but it does allow me to change from settings to downloads and favorites but won't allow me to to access anything. When I click on an icon, there is a glow of light behind it but
nothing happens. I can't reset the "thing" because I can't get in to do it and when I hold both the center button and the
launcher at the same time as I was once told to do by tech support, nothing happens. The battery is full.....help!
LPK
Post relates to: HP TouchPad (WiFi)

lpk wrote:
I mentioned in my blurb that I already did that........nothing happened.......thanks anyway.
Actually you wrote "center button and the launcher" which I did not understand.
smkranz
I am a volunteer, and not an HP employee.
Palm OS ∙ webOS ∙ Android

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