Reassured by the helpful Padman I went ahead and bought two SIM free XDAs for use with existing Vodafone SIMs. Arrived today .... but can't even get passed the Align Screen when first powering up!
Just freezes. Same result with or without my SIM inserted. Both devices identical.
Is this what being locked means? Or have I got two duff devices?! Or do I wait till fully charged rather than run off mains?
Any help appreciated.
Aldo
how long have you left it charging?
when I recieved mine (not from the same source) my curiosity got the better of me and I started fiddling with it on the cradle...
but I think I'd left it for a good half hour before doing so.
Ian.
been charging a couple of hours now - still the same. Forgot to say that soft and full re-sets don't improve things.
Aldo
panic over - all sorted. And without any intervention at all it recognised the Vodafone SIM and automatically made it happen!
Aldo
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I got this problem last night. It started when I got my hermes dead, but after trying to charge the battery, the led turns to red. I've read on wiki (hermes problem) and try all possible solutions suggested there. Unfortunately, those don't solve my problem. Today, I am going to ask softbank shop (where I bought it from) to fix it.
The problem is, mine is flashed several times using English ROM from this forum. I also unlock it using code method, which base on imei calculation (at least that what Kevbodian, whom I got the code from, said)
My question is, is my phone still protected by Softbank warranty? I need this in order to make me feel confident when I try to communicate my problem to softbank officers. Thank you
Sounds like an overdischarged battery, pretty common. What I learned with HTC phones is that you should just never let their battery run down completely until it turns off by itself, but rather turn it off yourself at 10% unless you have the charger at hand. The shutdown threshold is always set a bit too low.
The last method in the list (the 3xAAA batteries) should work. I've always revived them by doing the same in a more "serious" way with decent equipment.
The problem is that by the time the phone turns off, and especially if you don't plug the charger right after, the battery voltage will drop enough for the phone to judge it as faulty and refuse to charge it. Charging the battery a bit outside of the phone to bring the voltage up a bit is enough.
Get you a cheap battery on eBay!
At least you can flash in case you will have to mail it in afterwards ...
Thanks for your reply. I'll try once more. Just to make sure, there are six pins on the battery. The + and - mark do not point to specific pins, but at the middle of 5th and 6th pin for - and between 1st and 2nd pin for +. Do I have to connect those two pins for each + and - or only the 1st and the last pin? Thank you.
mjbudhiyahoo said:
Thanks for your reply. I'll try once more. Just to make sure, there are six pins on the battery. The + and - mark do not point to specific pins, but at the middle of 5th and 6th pin for - and between 1st and 2nd pin for +. Do I have to connect those two pins for each + and - or only the 1st and the last pin? Thank you.
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Were you able to figure it out? I'm in the same boat as you and I already tried the first and the last pin without any luck.
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Were you able to figure it out? I'm in the same boat as you and I already tried the first and the last pin without any luck.
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Well, finally I sent the phone to Softbank. I think my problem is not at the battery. After trying to use another battery from working phone, I came to the conclusion that I got problem with my handset. Hopefully, I'll get it back alive within 15 days, otherwise I have to pay rental fee for the phone that they lent me.
I got message from softbank today. It said my phone has been fixed. I'll see what they did to it, especially the ROM. I hope they didn't lock my phone.
I think my Touch HD is Dead I am not sure about it too because i can't seem to power it on ... So anyone with some idea before i call the HTC
Open the back cover and press the little red reset button.
Hopefully that works. Mine sometimes will do that, and reset fixes it.
Thanks for the replay mate I tried it still its not powering on
Perhaps the battery has died, tried plugging the power cable in?
Actualy, i have my new HD dead after two weeks working. Two days ago my battery didn´t charge and orange led stops after a few seconds of plugg charger. Seller has sended today a new battery to try it. No success. Friday i´ll receive a new device to change them. It seems problem is due to internal charging circuit. I´ve had "good lucky" because my HD has crashed before 15 days. One day more and i must to call HTC services and wait for 1 month at least. In Spain HTC service is very slow..
Good lucky!
Fk
mainsail said:
Actualy, i have my new HD dead after two weeks working. Two days ago my battery didn´t charge and orange led stops after a few seconds. Seller has sended today a new battery to try it. No success. Friday i´ll receive a new device to change them. It seems problem is due to internal charging circuit. I´ve had "good lucky" because my HD has crashed before 15 days. One day more and i must to call HTC services and wait for 1 month at least. In Spain HTC service is very slow..
Good lucky!
Fk
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of course as a citizen of an EU member country, your sale contract is with the supplier and not HTC so go see them and get a replacement
might have to do some research first so you get your argument together
read this page: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l32022.htm
especially:
"Consumer goods must be in conformity with the contract of sale.
*snipped*
The seller is liable to the consumer for any lack of conformity which exists when the goods are delivered to the consumer and which becomes apparent within a period of two years unless, at the moment of conclusion of the contract of sale, the consumer knew or could not reasonably be unaware of the lack of conformity."
In my case, the difference into 15 days and 16 days is that i can get a new device quickly before 15 days running or i must to contact after 15 days with HTC service (with RMA protocol, etc) and send my device to repair/change. I know i have two years of guaranty but when i say "good lucky" is due to fast time of solution of my problem. 3 days is not 1 month..
So, it´s better work hard with our new devices as soon as u have them in your hands. If they must crash, better be soon..
Fk
I happy Guys !!!
My Touch HD suddenly Risen from Death and its working Great as ever now ..... I can't say how thankful i am to all you guys for your kind words and advises
THANKS GUYS
I think My Laptop made it to sleep a bit longer after i unplugged and plugged into a power outlet it started it self
My Touch HD is dead too
I have been struggling with my HTC Touch HD which I got less than a year ago. It suddenly shut down. I tried to recharge the battery, master reset, and everything you can think of. And nothing can keep it on for couple minutes.
I suspect it is the battery. I have order a new battery. Hope it will work. If it is the charging circuit, I will have no hope but get a new phone.
Can anyone verify HTC Touch HD has a charging circuit problem? BTW, my bluetooth and radio went out several months before, and now the whole thing goes out.
lautinm said:
I have been struggling with my HTC Touch HD which I got less than a year ago. It suddenly shut down. I tried to recharge the battery, master reset, and everything you can think of. And nothing can keep it on for couple minutes.
I suspect it is the battery. I have order a new battery. Hope it will work. If it is the charging circuit, I will have no hope but get a new phone.
Can anyone verify HTC Touch HD has a charging circuit problem? BTW, my bluetooth and radio went out several months before, and now the whole thing goes out.
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How did you fix your Bluetooth?
Mine is having a problem now. It doesn't activate when I put it to "ON". However, when I restart my phone, the bluetooth icon at the top of the screen is on indicating that bluetooth is active. However, when I try to disactivate it from Communication Manager, it shows that bluetooth is actually off. Any idea what's wrong with it?
My phone now doesn't boot up. When I switch it on, it just vibrate as if the phone is switching on but there's nothing on the display. The battery is fully charged. Previously, when I switch it on it says "Microp Mismatch 0. Please update your Microp's firmware". I manage to get into bootloader and flashed ROM with XANNYTech's Leo 2.5 and used it for about a day before it died. Anyone help please?
I'm aware that some users had this problem in the past due to changing the HSDPA/HSUPA settings or by installing the colored taskbar. In my case that's not the problem.
First of all a little recap of my well... troubled history with the Touch HD.
1. After 5 month of usage I got the infamous black screen error. The display turned black but the mobile responded to my actions. - back to the store - sent in and got it back repaired (changed main platine).
2. About 2 month later were the phone worked well - I got the same error again. Back to the store - sent in and got it back after three weeks with the comment that HTC couldn't find any error.
3. The same day I returned the phone because naturally the error was still there and furthermore the USB didn't work anymore. Got it back yesterday and it seemed to work fine. It was kinda weird that on my first startup the phone was already ready to use - no installation required and I even had the phone numbers htc used to test whether the device works or not in my call list (way to go using the european emergency call for that HTC ).
Did a hard-reset and everything installed without problems. Then when I tried to connect my phone to facebook it rebooted and was stuck in a reebot-loop. Only way to fix it is taking the battery out, wait for a couple of minutes and reinsert it. Tried nearly everything from here on:
- Hard-Reset
- Flashing another Rom
- Using Android
- Flashing back to the orginal HTC Rom
- Updating the orginal HTC Rom
- Cleaning every contact and the battery
- Completely draining the battery and recharging it to 100% before starting up again
- Cursing, swearing, considering throwing it out the window
- Taking out the battery overnight
Well, nothing helped. The only thing I can think of is that the battery is broken. Unfortunately I have no second battery at my disposal and do not know anyone who could lend me one to test it. My provider does not sell the Touch HD anymore because they now sell the HD2 so I can't test it there.
Well, maybe someone can shed some light onto this problem because I'm sick and tired of all the issues I had with my HD. Any trick, any thought about what could cause the problem would help. I'm returning the phone to the store on monday and they promised to give me a new mobile if I had issues after my mobile was sent to repair three times. Still, it will take a couple of weeks before their customer support is able to send me the offer and living a couple of weeks with that faulty phone is going to be tough since I never know when the error occurs.
Any help would be appreciated.
sincerely
Eisfeld
Hello guys, I am having a problem with my unbranded x10i bought in UK (I am currently using it here in the philippines with a local sim card) . After I did an OTA two days ago, it just keeps on restarting/booting! I have tried the "repair" option twice in the PC Companion software but still no luck.
What's strange though is that when I tried switching the phone on WITHOUT a sim card in, it booted up with no problem (and I checked the build number, it says R2BA020 which probably means the OTA update was a success). I put the sim card back in and the problem came back, it kept on restarting.
What seems to be wrong? Any suggestions on fixing it? I would really appreciate your help guys. Thanks!
Update: I successfully rooted my phone hoping that rooting would solve my issue, but unfortunately it still keeps on rebooting/restarting whenever i put ANY sim card in.
Have you tried using another SIM-card?
yes. I have used different sim cards...
Try flashing back the original firmware.. and make sure the sim card is inside the x10 while doing it. Worth a try..
I have the same problem too and I have just updated my phone to R2BA024 and the firmware version is still 1.6. I have hard-reset so many times and reinstall some many times. The problem still there. I have contact Sony Ericsson customer service and bought my phone to fix. Got it back, problem hasnt been solved. I have waited for 3 weeks for a reply from them and end-up they said they do not have any new phone or spare-parts to fix my phone. Until then, I have contacted them almost 10 times and still no one has the right answer and just keep asking me to wait. They dun even have an exact date when the parts will arrive. I am very piss off now and I dunno what I should do next.
Its the same problem here with me too. Bought the phone from a friend about 3 days ago. was going all good when it just started to keep booting itself. While the sim is inside, it'll restart just as it finishes booting. Without the sim, its fine. I have tried other sim cards too, and format/reset my phone many times but it just isnt working for me anymore. HELPPPP!!!
cvg_guy said:
Hello guys, I am having a problem with my unbranded x10i bought in UK (I am currently using it here in the philippines with a local sim card) . After I did an OTA two days ago, it just keeps on restarting/booting! I have tried the "repair" option twice in the PC Companion software but still no luck.
What's strange though is that when I tried switching the phone on WITHOUT a sim card in, it booted up with no problem (and I checked the build number, it says R2BA020 which probably means the OTA update was a success). I put the sim card back in and the problem came back, it kept on restarting.
What seems to be wrong? Any suggestions on fixing it? I would really appreciate your help guys. Thanks!
Update: I successfully rooted my phone hoping that rooting would solve my issue, but unfortunately it still keeps on rebooting/restarting whenever i put ANY sim card in.
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Is it 32K sim or 64K???
hi techguru, can u tel me wot the diff is between the 32k and 64k sim ? many thanks
ISSUE SOLVED here.
BTW : my sim is 64k.
anyways, i found out that the problem was because of the faulty battery. what i guess is that the voltage couldnt get to the requirements of the phone, and everytime the sim radio (whatever its called) switched on, the phone just turned off.
I reinstalled/repaired my phone many times, GOT the exclamation mark of death one time also, but the phone just didnt turn on.
Later i noticed that the phone would just turn on itself when i attach the phone to the charger, otherwise it wouldnt turn ON. So what i did was just change the battery, and walla, the phone is ALIVE again.
Sim is working, phone is working.
BUT i see some signal losses from time to time, otherwise the phone is good enuff.
FOR me , the change of battery did the trick, I hope it works for u guyz aswell.
Cheers ...
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hi techguru, can u tel me wot the diff is between the 32k and 64k sim ? many thanks
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64k sims draws more power than normal ones.
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Cheers fella this mite be worth me lookin in to
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addictivesundew said:
ISSUE SOLVED here.
BTW : my sim is 64k.
anyways, i found out that the problem was because of the faulty battery. what i guess is that the voltage couldnt get to the requirements of the phone, and everytime the sim radio (whatever its called) switched on, the phone just turned off.
I reinstalled/repaired my phone many times, GOT the exclamation mark of death one time also, but the phone just didnt turn on.
Later i noticed that the phone would just turn on itself when i attach the phone to the charger, otherwise it wouldnt turn ON. So what i did was just change the battery, and walla, the phone is ALIVE again.
Sim is working, phone is working.
BUT i see some signal losses from time to time, otherwise the phone is good enuff.
FOR me , the change of battery did the trick, I hope it works for u guyz aswell.
Cheers ...
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This also mite be worth a look too
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hmmm. sounds interesting. I might try changing my battery. btw, i have tried using both 64 and 32K sim cards but the phone keeps restarting with any of the sim cards in. without both the sim cards, the phone works fine. how much does an x10 battery cost?
here, i get the cheap chinese battery. it isnt expensive, but its working great. almost better than my previous battery.
cost me around 2.5$.
but.. i am still getting lots of SIGNAL DROPS. i dont know why it is happeneing. I tried swapping the battery with the original battery of another X10, but no change. Signal loss is not a battery issue then.
Any idea what it could be ??
Signal loss?
Maybe a weak signal, or radio related?
or maybe its because i updates it to R026 is causing the signal loss issue ??
@techguru
I am also using airtel, but with a 64kb sim.
In my case it does not start.
It start if with no battery or with a 128kb sim of TIM.
I tried to recharge the firmware but nothing seemed to change.
I know that someone solved the problem swithcing off the phone in airplane mode, but this is not the case for me.
I also noticed that in some cases the led is green and is slowly blinking.
I am ready to change the battery if this helps, but I am not sure. Even if I put it under charge it does not switch on and the battery seems not to charge
As I bought the phone only since one day I wonder if they will change it.
hi first off thanks to the DFT team for making my dream come true loving WP7.
now to business i,ve been using WP7 constantly for a week, activated and signed in to live. with no problems aside from the known issues ie camera button.
now i cycle between batteries (i have a spare to reduce downtime while charging) and found that after replacing the battery my phone goes through to boot cycle constantly (continuous boot).
the shocking thing is this only happens with the sim card in the phone. (if i remove the sim the phone works properly upon replacing it the problem starts again)
i eventually get tired and leave the phone cycling though numerous boots and after sometime i come back to find it stable.
this has happened three times no... solutions?
i'm trying to hold off on re-flashing as it would be the same bag of beans and do not want to overuse my 25 digit code.
does anyone have to same problem or can any one help
audit.
i think it might be your sd card, not sure. trying using a different one.
audit angel said:
hi first off thanks to the DFT team for making my dream come true loving WP7.
now to business i,ve been using WP7 constantly for a week, activated and signed in to live. with no problems aside from the known issues ie camera button.
now i cycle between batteries (i have a spare to reduce downtime while charging) and found that after replacing the battery my phone goes through to boot cycle constantly (continuous boot).
the shocking thing is this only happens with the sim card in the phone. (if i remove the sim the phone works properly upon replacing it the problem starts again)
i eventually get tired and leave the phone cycling though numerous boots and after sometime i come back to find it stable.
this has happened three times no... solutions?
i'm trying to hold off on re-flashing as it would be the same bag of beans and do not want to overuse my 25 digit code.
does anyone have to same problem or can any one help
audit.
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happened to me once, my screen turned green so i removed battery and rebooted to a constant restart and the phone was pretty hot so i left it sit off for 20 minutes and booted and its been fine since.
i think i also disabled the auto boot to wph in magldr
hi guys appreciate the suggeston..
unfortunatly its not the memory card as the phone only reboots if my sim card is in it without the sim card the phone works fine...
i really need some help guys, i will post a video soon...