Patent ID: 8060061

Claim:
A method for initializing a mobile terminal using over-the-air (OTA) data, the method comprising: receiving OTA data from a wireless network entity; storing the OTA data received from the wireless network entity in a first database and a second database, wherein the first database and a second database are associated with the mobile terminal; receiving a reset request for initialization of parameters, stored in the first database, associated with the operation of the mobile terminal; and responsive to the reset request, updating the parameters of the first database with corresponding parameters of the OTA data stored in the second database, and updating the parameters of the first database with default parameters when the parameters of the first database do not correspond with the parameters of the OTA data stored in the second database, wherein the initialization of parameters stored in the first database is based on a most recent OTA data stored in the second database when the mobile terminal receives the reset request.