After advice i got from this forum i tried to cold reset my unit.
The screens goes blank and the system does nothing. it does not respond to a power on. If i insert a pin in the reset again the screen comes up with the same T-mobile screen as before. I did not flash the rom yet as i wanted to start from the factory settings.
The funny thing is that if i cold boot and keep the powerswitch pushed in i get the wallaby loader.
Is this unit definitely screwed up?
Rien
what if you just push the hardreset with the stylus ?
thats how i hardreset my xda1 back when i had it
if you flashed your rom then a hardreset will not give your the rom you had before the flash it will give you the default rom you flashed to
Reset
Thanks,
I will cook a rom from the kitchen this weekend to see what will happen.
I still have good hopes.
Rien
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I seldom activate MrTrueVGA. But tonight I did that for reading one PDF.
It leads me to hard reset the device right after a soft reset.
But the nightmare is ---
after hard reset, I press ACTION key to restore factory default as suggested. It takes few seconds to finish the default restore. Then I was asked to press POWER KEY to boot.
the device doesn't boot at all. just go back to the previous screen: 'Press ACTION to restore factory default or press Camera Key to exit'
If I press Camera Key, it just simply refresh the screen.
Seems the AMEO has entered an endless loop...
I have to try resetting the device in different way...
Now I mange to get the a dark screen as well as the ACTION key with Green light on.
any idea what mode is it (green light)?
Seems the OS couldn't startup after restoring factory setting. I guess I have to put the origin ROM back to the device instead of the updated WM6.
Continues tomorrow...
I've used it on my Athena with WM6 without a problem. Maybe something else is going on.
Is that an official release of WM6 for your device? I have no problem with MvRTrueVGA what so ever....
Have you tried flashing your device again?
I got my Ameo into a very similar loop. I took the battery out for a few minutes, then when re-inserted, I was able to "see" the Ameo from Sync Centre and re-flash the ROM...
Monocube SafeMode2 saved my butt various time with truevga..
the WM6 is download from here (t mobile version). I am looking for a way to flash back origin version.
BTW, other softwares I run after starup: USB mousr driver, WM5storage.
Sounds like the OS got killed. reflash the device
Thanks Olipro, I am a bit regret that if I had run your hard-SPL, probably i wouldn't experienced this problem.
The symptom do like OS got kill for some reason. I am wondering anyone had tried to hard reset after flashing WM6 ROM?
more update will come...
update:
reflashing ROM image solves the problem.
but i still believe MrTrueVGA caused the problem. Somehow it causes the conflict and blow up the OS.
I use MvRTrueVGA on WM5 and WM6 on my Ameo without problems.
(only smaller graphical bugs)
even changing the resolution never took me more than one soft reset
forget to mention, i use another software "scree orientation" at the same time.
maybe these two chaps don't work well together.
OK I am stuck at the screen showing IPL SPL GSM and OS.
I was wanting to change the ROM so I used Resco backup and made a full backup.
Then I flashed back the original Rom for my Cingular 8125 / HTZ Wizard
Then I flashed to HTC Business Edition ROM CE OS 5.2.1622 Build 18128 AKU 4.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376667
Then ran my restore but since I forgot to put in my name and other personal info it said some stuff couldnt be restored so I Put in all my info and then did the restore again and it said it was complete and needed to soft reset so I said ok and now Im stuck at the boot screen like I said.
Since Im at this spot active sync wont connect and I cant reflash that way.
any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris
I am sort of in the same boat, got the wizard flash with buttons image, but now it won't connect via activesync, hopefully we will both get an answer.
cholubaz,
I got my problem solved by ....
1) doing a hard reset on my phone
2) un-installing active sync AND deleting the active sync folder then re-installing a fresh copy
I wanted to pull what little hair out that I have left, but it all came out good.
I fixed mine too just a few min ago
Mine wouldnt even hard reset. Holding the Power button down did nothing no matter how long I held it down.
I took the battery out and put it back in after a few min to a few hours and still it would only boot to the same screen I mentioned.
What I found out was that if I held the camera button in and then turned on the phone I was able to get in to boot loader mode and then I was able to reflash to a new ROM.
So Im back in business now
Cheers,
Chris
I don't know if the phone is bricked or what. Was in the store tonight, tried to text message my wife who I couldn't find and the phone was all locked up.
Soft reset, and only the date/time loaded, nothing would run. Soft reset again, and the phone didn't load past the bright splash screen. Tried soft reseting a bunch more times, nada. Did a hard reset, first one didn't work. I think it was the 3rd hard reset that took. Phone seemed like it was back to basic WM5, would be okay. Went home, put it on the charger.
Went to take it off the charger to reload data, and it won't turn on. Soft reset, freezes at bright splash screen. Hard reset, same thing.
Is my phone bricked? Anything that I can do to revive it? Or am I SOL?
Cingy/ATT 8525 w/WM5
(By "bright splash screen" I mean when the splash screen flashes brightly. It increases brightness, but just stays that way.)
Any help greatly appreciated.
I managed to load the official WM6 ROM (spl 2.03) via the built-in bootloader. I have radio, ROM, and GSM. It boots through the ATT animation, then freezes. It leaves a black screen with a blue and green static bar running horizontally across the screen about 1/4" thick.
I don't know how to get Hard-SPL loaded on the device because the only way I can see the device is when it's in the built-in bootloader mode.
will attempt PB/KITL I guess, though I can't at this point get the phone to display the KITL info.
No KITL in the ATT WM6 ROM.
Managed to get ATT WM6 ROM through the setup, after the "customization (bloatware)" it reset, and now it sticks on the bootup animation.
So close, I have SSPL and Hard SPL on the micro SD, if only I could get to the damn file manager. If I could somehow cancel out the customization process grrr.
On power charger, I seem to be able to get through the setup after a hard reset okay. It just won't boot after the reset.
Any ideas. I gotta get a few hours sleep. Sorry if this dialog to myself is in the wrong area, I didn't notice the "bricked hermes" thread was in the upgrades, etc area.
viatorx said:
No KITL in the ATT WM6 ROM.
Managed to get ATT WM6 ROM through the setup, after the "customization (bloatware)" it reset, and now it sticks on the bootup animation.
So close, I have SSPL and Hard SPL on the micro SD, if only I could get to the damn file manager. If I could somehow cancel out the customization process grrr.
On power charger, I seem to be able to get through the setup after a hard reset okay. It just won't boot after the reset.
Any ideas. I gotta get a few hours sleep. Sorry if this dialog to myself is in the wrong area, I didn't notice the "bricked hermes" thread was in the upgrades, etc area.
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Not sure I fully grasp what's happening here, but if you want to stop the customisation then hard reset and when it goes to the loading cusimisation stage shove the stylus in the hole to do a soft reset and it will stop it loading.
Mike
Alright, thanks, will give that a try.
I managed to run the official ATT WM6 ROM and flash it without a hiccup (twice), and task 28 in bootloader says no bad blocks. So I am confused how I can flash an "official" ROM successfully and the device still won't work. Am starting to suspect hardware failure apart from memory.
Thanks a million mate, that worked. Phone boots now, already have SSPL installed. Need to update .net and activesync for Hard-SPL 7 to run I guess. Then I have more options.
Woot! I unbricked my phone
Once I was able to hard reset and cancel the "customization" I ran SSPL, then Hard-SPL 7, then I Super-CIDed the device.
I haven't tweaked the data settings yet, but I can send/receive phone calls. Which is a coup, because this is my main line.
It runs sluggishly. I don't know if that is the ROM or the device. It won't boot if it's plugged into USB, and after flashing Hard-SPL it isn't a recognized device by windows, won't connect to activesync.
I am treating the phone gingerly right now, will try and unload the ATT wap settings cab and restore my pim.
At least now I have the option to install another ROM if it bricks on me again.
I really should have flashed Hard-SPL the DAY, the MINUTE after the warranty was up. Lesson learned.
Or not.
ATT ROM locked up on me, decided to try Schaps 4.40. Won't load past WinMo "tap screen to setup" screen. Guess I'll try something else.
For a stable WM6 rom try TNT SE. It is REALLY stable but does come with some 3rd party apps. Thought you might like to get it working though first then try the other roms and in my experiance I haven't found many other roms that were THIS stable...
Hope you get it working...
For a disassembly guide try this site - http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
Its a bloody good place to go for all things to do with hardware and Mike is a true guru with hardware problems...
Cheers...
Symptoms:
I turn the power on.
Grey screen with searching for SD card comes on for half a second
Tri-color screen comes up with ONBL 1.27.0000 SPL 2.00.cmon F256
I cannot activesync but I can HardSPL and Rom update. I have tried several Roms with no success. I ran mtty and no success.
The odd part is if I take the battery out of the phone for a while sometimes it comes on but the volume settings freak out.
Any chance I have a damaged volume button so it is taking it to bootloader mode as if I have power and volume held down?
starge problem but i dont think that ur volume button is damaged cause u say that it boots if u wait
it might be some damaged data in ur flash in that part that controls what buttons do
just a thought
What does your SD card contain? Are there any softwares or programs can cause problem as a conflict wih your device? Maybe you got a problem similar to me.Take your SD card out, install your device back to the original WM6.1, then up the HardSPL_v2(by Cmonex), then you can up the Rom you want.
Try it.
I actually do not have any SD (microSD) card in it. I have two Touch Vivas and the broken one just does not behave like the working one. If I hold the red + green + power on the working one I get the factory reset screen. On the broken one it does not stop it from going tri-color. I have tried the reset button under the cover a hundred times.
The fact that it sometimes tries to boot into Windows (gos into the smart mobility screen) gives me hope but I am ready to dump the phone.
nicksti said:
Symptoms:
I turn the power on.
Grey screen with searching for SD card comes on for half a second
Tri-color screen comes up with ONBL 1.27.0000 SPL 2.00.cmon F256
I cannot activesync but I can HardSPL and Rom update. I have tried several Roms with no success. I ran mtty and no success.
The odd part is if I take the battery out of the phone for a while sometimes it comes on but the volume settings freak out.
Any chance I have a damaged volume button so it is taking it to bootloader mode as if I have power and volume held down?
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Pal,
Try to get back to the old spl, if the same problem presists, then flash stock spl and flash the official rom from htc. I guess, and just i guess ur viva model number is deffer.
Hmm, i have the same problemen with my pharos, and the rom and SPL are the original, never flashed ones. When I hard reset, normal procedure happens, formatting, then winmo 6.0 is reinstalled, you get the screen calibration, customization, then it resets, and I'm back to the threecolor screen.. what should I do?
thebst said:
Hmm, i have the same problemen with my pharos, and the rom and SPL are the original, never flashed ones. When I hard reset, normal procedure happens, formatting, then winmo 6.0 is reinstalled, you get the screen calibration, customization, then it resets, and I'm back to the threecolor screen.. what should I do?
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hmm.. then u should try switching to other official version or custom rom to fix that.
MTTY
try mtty method..
jagan2 said:
hmm.. then u should try switching to other official version or custom rom to fix that.
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Thank you for your advice, from you say I guess you think the ROM i have now is 'broken' ? I've tried resetting it and reinstalling it several times, after the forth time I had a working phone again, but that was only until I turned it off. When I turn it back on: woosh, three color screen again. Somehow i have the feeling this might be more related to the physical memory being broken than the rom on the memory, or am I mistaken? Wouldn't the phone be unable to work if the Rom was really 'broken' ? I am just guessing here, I am going to try fixing it with a new rom this weekend, I am just trying to figure out if that is going to help or probably not
ravichandrabr said:
try mtty method..
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Thanx! Will look into that!
tried loading one of the new 6.5.5 roms with the sddl+ file and the device went to the white screen downloader and that said it was going to reboot , and after that all i get is the backlight
have on and off the phone loads of times , tried a soft reset , hard reset and the pin shorting loader and no luck
any ideas?????
C.
cookie1977uk said:
tried loading one of the new 6.5.5 roms with the sddl+ file and the device went to the white screen downloader and that said it was going to reboot , and after that all i get is the backlight
have on and off the phone loads of times , tried a soft reset , hard reset and the pin shorting loader and no luck
any ideas?????
C.
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If you can flash a ROM, flash oficial ROM and send it back to toshiba, "the phone bricked while updating".