Patent ID: 8832421

Claim:
A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a wireless transceiver; a keyboard and a user-visible light associated therewith; a non-volatile memory; a clock signal generator configured to generate a clock signal; and a processor cooperating with the wireless transceiver to perform at least one wireless communications function, and cooperating with the keyboard, the user-visible light, the non-volatile memory, and the clock signal generator in accordance with an operating system (OS), and configured to reset the OS without resetting a state of the keyboard and the user-visible light to avoid a user-visible change in the keyboard and the user-visible light, run at least one application via a virtual machine, notify the virtual machine of a reset of the OS and direct temporary storage of application data associated with the at least one application in the non-volatile memory, and maintain the clock signal to the keyboard and the user-visible light during the reset.