I have trouble getting my mda compact flashed.
I have managed to get is into the serial number screen once, but don't know how to repeat this.
The power+camera+reset just resets the thing all the time.
Is there a specific order, or situation to press the buttons?
i.e. doe it hve to be turned off first
That's a common issue.
Make sure you are holding the camera and power buttons in.
Then insert the stylus.
Press and hold power button and reset button at the samу time
That is exactly what I am doing!
Still it just resets.
fliertr said:
That is exactly what I am doing!
Still it just resets.
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Press and hold power and camera.
Make sure they're actually in.
Then insert the stylus.
Solved it!
I really should have read the manual first.
What I used as the camera button was actually the self portrait mirror!
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fliertr said:
Solved it!
I really should have read the manual first.
What I used as the camera button was actually the self portrait mirror!
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You mean that you were pressing that silver thing?????????
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Can someone please advise me, I've brought the Xda Mini S today. I am trying to pefrorm a hard reset and following the instructions from the user manual but it keeps on performing a Soft Reset instead.
What do I do? Please help!
start / settings / system / clear storage enter 1234 and away you go!
Thank you very much Lord Buckingham, it's done now!
Thanks again!
So why doesn't the manual say this, and they way it says doesn't work?
I had same prob, so did a quick search on here. Great wealth of information!
some of users said they were able to do hard reset by buttons,
holding those buttons and quickly pushing soft reset, they said it realy hard to find moment to release buttons...
anyone know the button combo? TIA
hard reset procedure: hold comm manager button (the one on the left), power (on the top) and voice dial button (the one on the right) at same time, and while holding them press soft reset buttton. realise soft reset button (stil holding top 3 buttons and format screen will appear. pres green button and that's it.
wow that's a lot of buttons! will try that the next time i do a HR. thanks
My manual states comm manager button, voice comm button together then reset button
XDA-PLUS said:
My manual states comm manager button, voice comm button together then reset button
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Thats correct.
No need for the power button to hold.
have anyone gotten that to work..boy have I tried..but I never seem to find the right timing
lynxlynx said:
have anyone gotten that to work..boy have I tried..but I never seem to find the right timing
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There is no timing...
Just press and hold comm. button and the voicedial button.
Than put your stylus for one sec on the reset hole and still hold the 2 buttons mentioned above.
Than the phone will boot and you will see a screen asking you to press the (green) send button to hardreset.
Panja said:
XDA-PLUS said:
My manual states comm manager button, voice comm button together then reset button
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Thats correct.
No need for the power button to hold.
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i had the same problem with hard reset yesterday (my first hard reset ever . after a few tries i found that most proper way to hard reset device is:
1) press & hold comm button + voice dial button
2) press reset button (while holding buttons mentioned above)
3) KEEP HOLDING comm & voice dial buttons
4) after a while hard reset is done, so we can release all buttons
big thx eva_d!
arrggh!
This has been the best forum i have come accross. My phone function ends up as being a blank in the task manager and i constantly by mistake quit i while i am trying to quit something else. a proper pain...
I am tryin to hard reset the phone so i can set it up in corporate mode...i just seem to be completely unableto get it...i have been trying to hold the two buttons and press reset while still holding the two buttons....five minutes later still nothing....arrgh. Any solutions.... :shock:
This is from the manual:
To perform a hard reset
1. Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command
button on the device.
2. Keep the two buttons pressed, and at the same time, use the
stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button.
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it is frustrating at first but it is easier with practice. in my experience i released the stylus after about 5 secs and i was prompted with a question if I wanted to format the device [hit send button to start]
Do you really need hard reset?
Did you try clear storage?
Some times it is enough to clear your phone...
If you're feeling generous, can you try hardreset using VJEschaton?
I've never tested it on WM5 hardware, I haven't had a good reason to hardreset yet.
V
VJEshscaton now works on the Wizard, although I think there are easier ways to reset our phones Eg, using them!
V
fresh123breeze said:
Do you really need hard reset?
Did you try clear storage?
Some times it is enough to clear your phone...
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Is there any difference?
Because i tried that and i think they do the same job!!!
how do i do a hard reset
no one wants to help then??
doctorforsh said:
no one wants to help then??
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Press and hold the soft-reset-button as you press the on/off switch simultaneously.... :wink:
doctorforsh said:
13:28 how do i do a hard reset
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doctorforsh said:
13:31 no one wants to help then??
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Expecting an answer within 3 minutes !?
Geez....... :?
Not just the on/off, cam switch also needed.
To do a Hard-reset:
Hold Camera button on left, power button on right and make a soft-reset. Hope this helps.
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for all who helped,,thank you so much
I think the correct key combos are:
reset only = soft reset
reset + on/off = hard reset
reset + on + cam = boot loader
Hi,looking for some help please. The PDA has suddenly started to soft restart everytime the powerbutton is pressed, either to switch on or off. I can only get it to screen off on auto timed shut down. It will take incoming calls okay but if I press the on button to make a call it resets. Any ideas before I hard reset it? Last thing done was add a contact, no updates or the likes.
Had quick search for this but couldn't find an answer, for this problem just the jammed soft reset button which my has not got that works normally.
Thanks inadvance
Chris
flyingvicar said:
Hi,looking for some help please. The PDA has suddenly started to soft restart everytime the powerbutton is pressed, either to switch on or off. I can only get it to screen off on auto timed shut down. It will take incoming calls okay but if I press the on button to make a call it resets. Any ideas before I hard reset it? Last thing done was add a contact, no updates or the likes.
Had quick search for this but couldn't find an answer, for this problem just the jammed soft reset button which my has not got that works normally.
Thanks inadvance
Chris
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Have you tried to switch it off by an application like ppcShutdown, to see if you have the same problem ?
Cheers,
.Fred
Hi Dotfred, I haven't no. It will time off okay after 3 minutes of nil use. But have to press the powerswitch to turn back on. Then wait for soft reset function to run its course.
Do you have to use the powerswitch with ppc shutdown to 'switch' it back on?
I've been able to back everything up now so will try the hard reset see if that sorts it.
Any other thoughts would be appriecated
Many thanks
Chris
flyingvicar said:
Hi Dotfred, I haven't no. It will time off okay after 3 minutes of nil use. But have to press the powerswitch to turn back on. Then wait for soft reset function to run its course.
Do you have to use the powerswitch with ppc shutdown to 'switch' it back on?
I've been able to back everything up now so will try the hard reset see if that sorts it.
Any other thoughts would be appriecated
Many thanks
Chris
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I was trying to find out if it was related to the switch off of the ppc or to the power button.
Since it seems this is purely related to the power button, I wonder if an installed prog has been assigned to the power button and so generates a soft reset. I think that your best choice is indeed a hard reset, because I really don't know if there is an easy way to find out what's happening with the power button.
Cheers,
.Fred
OK, I know.... "Press and hold camera button and press reset"; however sometimes it works, sometimes no.... can somebody tell me the exact procedure?
- Press the camera button - OK, clear
- Press reset... for how much time?
- And now, release what? when? and in what order?
Please help.....
kosmepe said:
OK, I know.... "Press and hold camera button and press reset"; however sometimes it works, sometimes no.... can somebody tell me the exact procedure?
- Press the camera button - OK, clear
- Press reset... for how much time?
- And now, release what? when? and in what order?
Please help.....
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First, you have to have the phone on , then press the camera button till the end, meanwhile, do a soft reset, pressing the soft reset buttom with the stylus, keep pressing the camera buttom eh, and now your phone will turn off and then it will appear a screen with 3 colors. So easy like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWmgl6hqqqQ
OK, by viewing the video, I think I understand....
the problem is with my camera button, which needs too much pressure to work! I saw in the video that when the guy presses the camera button he gets the camera working; in my case this needs extra pressure!
Thanks!
The volume up button doesn't work
Does anyone know how to hard reset these phones? Going to try that first before I ring DeviceWire.
Just found out how to hard reset:
"With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then press the END/POWER button shortly and release it."
Going to be a bit impossible to do if the volume up button doesn't work lol. Looks like I'll be sending it back for replacement then grrrrrr.
ageorgiou1984 said:
Just found out how to hard reset:
"With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then press the END/POWER button shortly and release it."
Going to be a bit impossible to do if the volume up button doesn't work lol. Looks like I'll be sending it back for replacement then grrrrrr.
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You can always hard reset through the clear storage app in settings
Don't think it's really going to help though mate. If I can't hard reset it in the normal way then it's obviously a hardware fault rather then software.
Thanks anyway though.
Sad but true.....
Give it a try though
It's an electronic device. Something will always go wrong in at least one product.
Hope you get it sorted soon mate.
Isn't there a reset button under the battery?
i_maq said:
Isn't there a reset button under the battery?
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Yea that's just a soft reset.
the same here.i cannot hard reset this thing too.
polystirenman said:
the same here.i cannot hard reset this thing too.
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just found out how to do it!
With your phone on hold volume up and down keys and then pres the soft reset button behind the battery cover!
polystirenman said:
just found out how to do it!
With your phone on hold volume up and down keys and then pres the soft reset button behind the battery cover!
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Yeah, but if his volume up key is knackered, that isn't going to work.
Unlucky there mate, really sorry about that. But hey, at least you've got one at the minute!
just go to settings -> storage -> type 1234 and phone will hard reset ...
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Yeah, but if his volume up key is knackered, that isn't going to work.
Unlucky there mate, really sorry about that. But hey, at least you've got one at the minute!
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Well I had one lol, it's now in the post back on its way to Device Wire.
ageorgiou1984 said:
Well I had one lol, it's now in the post back on its way to Device Wire.
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How strange, I have the same problem, and my handset came from Devicewire too
chalid said:
just go to settings -> storage -> type 1234 and phone will hard reset ...
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Thats a "factory reset", and not a "hard reset".
htc-hd2 said:
Thats a "factory reset", and not a "hard reset".
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Ahem, and the difference between factory reset and hard reset would be... ?