OK, I've not read a word of the manual, so maybe I'm doing something wrong. When I soft reset (stylus in the hole) the screen fade away and then it won't for the love of god restart. The first time I did this, I went a little pale. however, if I take out the battery for around five minutes and then plug it back in, it starts up again. Is this wrong?
Also, never quite been able to hard reset the damned thing. I press and hold the two "__" buttons whilst performing the reset, but the same thing happens and I'm never prompted for screen calibration or anything else I'd expect from a hard reset. SOMEBODY HOLD ME
Can someone please talk me through the EXACT and DETAILED procedure and result both a soft reset and hard reset?
For me, on my MDA Pro:
Soft reset: Insert tip of stylus into "reset" hole briefly. Screen fades away to blank and the machine then acts dead. No buttons will bring it back to life. Take the battery out and plug it back in, still dead. Come back after 30 minutes, still dead. It needs the battery removing for at least 5 minutes, maybe more like 10, then reinserting and it springs back to life.
Hard reset: Hold down the two "__" keys (above the 4 and 9 keys) whilst inserting the stylus tip into the reset hole briefly. Exactly the same thing happens as a soft reset - no hard reset is performed.
I'm pretty sure this is all wrong and my device is "special"
Not Right!!!
Xiasma: This is very wrong indeed. I've got access to the jasjar and Pro and neither one displays what you mentioned on yours. The procedure you described for both types of resets is correct. Try one more time holding down the 2 soft keys '_' for half a second then whilst holding them down push the stylus in the soft reset hole in at the back of the device (if in laptop mode).
If you still don't get a hard reset, I'm quite certain you have a faulty unit.
Let us know how you get on :?
Thanks, your reply is very much appreciated. Well, looks like it's a faulty unit, then. It doesn't really affect my day-to-day use, so I'm tempted to keep it until there's an official rom upgrade, RAM hike or something :wink:
have you tried turning the power off (using the...er...power button!) before poking at the reset button...see if that makes any difference?
Any joy with your MDA Pro hard or soft resetting?
xiasma: Have you had any luck with your MDA Pro either soft or hard resetting? I'm interested in knowing for personal reasons also, as I have had to exchange 2 units with t-mobile already, due to what I believe is a very buggy ROM, but I could be wrong and it could be something else. :?
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I dropped my XDA IIi and now the power button doesn't work. I've had a look inside and it seems the the bubble switch has fallen off. Is there anything that I can do or is the unit scrap. I bought the phone from ebay, it is three days old but I've removed the O2 lock (using the unlock tool from this site) and the void sticker has been broken.
PLEASE HELP
Does a soft reset turn it on? I suppose you could jumper 2 wires from the on/off and mount a microswitch. If you scap it let me know what you want for it please.
If I remember correctly, there are for identical switches for camera, power, reset and... I forgot. Look at the attached photo - isn't it? If so, drop me a note, I have some new switches in backpack. Or you can order P12280SCT-ND part from DigiKey.
Hi,
Thanks for the replies, with reguard to the soft reset it acts like a hard reset now, reinstalling the software from rom which is a real pain in the ass. I can't believe that dropping the phone (about 3 feet and landing on carpet) could cause half of a switch to fall off.
Sounds like the switch is in the shorted position if a soft reset is acting as hard reset. I think there is a software utility for soft reset which may work.
Do you know how can I put on bootloader mode with the power button destroyed?
I want to upgrade rom to other and I can't...
Thanks,
Roberto
You can do that by copying HimaClearJumpCode executable file which is included on ROM upgrading/flashing software from computer to the device Then running it on your XDA.
Let me know if it does the job.
thanks, I'm going to try.
Just as in the subject! I tried everything: soft, hard reset, removing batery, removing simcard, waiting for upto 20 mins staring at t-mobile screen. Nothing seems to work. I can see t-mobile white starting screen withIPL,SPL,GSM,OS versions and that is it. If I am lucky - waiting cursor appears.
This is the second time it happened, previousely I managed to turn it on after 30 mins of struggle. Not this time though.
I am affraid that if I - hopefully - turn it on this time and the battery runs out of power I will be left without a handset!
Absolutely no damage, no dropping, virtually new. Any ideas?
You said you tried hardreset? So, you actually sees the screen that said, "to restore to factory setting press Send", then it said formatting ROM etc.., right? If after hardreset you still have the problem, I would suggest that you send your handset back to them to have it fix. Where are you now? (better if you would have your country and network operator logo set for this forum, so that people can advise you based on your location/operator)
I had my MDA Compact 2, which works for 2 weeks before the speaker died off. Then, after I sent to them to fix, they've got the speaker done, but the entire unit now works .. weirdly. Thats is whenever I had the speaker on, the entire unit will heat up so much that, the battery meter will go down-stream even I have the AC power attached (good for a hand warmer though). Anyway, I sent the thing back to them, and they sent it back to me, with the note "change of the circuit board" (something like that), which I think it is a serious problem that I don't think anyone can fix. Good thing is that my unit is still under warranty, costed me a GBP10 for the postage, but I'm happy that I have it working in full order now.
I wonder if your problems are similar to mine.
hanmin said:
You said you tried hardreset? So, you actually sees the screen that said, "to restore to factory setting press Send", then it said formatting ROM etc.., right?
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This means that I did not try hard reset then. Holding the power button+stylus reset does nothing more than soft reset. It just goes dark and reboots.
I am in UK on T-Mobile. I think I will go to the shop I bought it in and demand replacement. Pity I loose all data... But I would do hardresetting anyway...
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hanmin said:
You said you tried hardreset? So, you actually sees the screen that said, "to restore to factory setting press Send", then it said formatting ROM etc.., right?
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This means that I did not try hard reset then. Holding the power button+stylus reset does nothing more than soft reset. It just goes dark and reboots.
I am in UK on T-Mobile. I think I will go to the shop I bought it in and demand replacement. Pity I loose all data... But I would do hardresetting anyway...
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thats not how you hard reset, hold down camera and record, tap the stylus button at the bottom and keep holding the other 2 until the prompt comes up
dave106 said:
thats not how you hard reset, hold down camera and record, tap the stylus button at the bottom and keep holding the other 2 until the prompt comes up
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According to the manual: hold power and tap reset with a stylus! Page 79, "To perform a hard reset". Do they know what they sell?
Anyway, thanks! It worked, it did start now. I will check everything now.
sabestian said:
According to the manual: hold power and tap reset with a stylus! Page 79, "To perform a hard reset". Do they know what they sell?
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Apparently not, that part is for the original MDA Compact on WM2003SE.
M
Okay, I'm having a huge problem. Some cheapo program got into my registry, and now I can't even get into Windows (whenever I soft reset, I only get a frozen "i-mate" screen). The problem is that I basically broke my power button, rendering it useless, so now I can't hold it down to do a hard reset.
Are there any other ways of hard resetting the device? This is driving me MAD... not having a phone, blah.
VJEschaton should be able to hard reset it.
V
PS You could use VJKeyPress to replace your power key, and VJEschaton to permit a cold shutdown, putting your system into power off mode (not standby)
You can take off the battery, and wait for your back-up-battery to run dry....(app half an hour)....then everything installed will be deleted almost like a hard-reset...You can also get a hold of Shut-xp ( free russian software) this have an option to hard-reset your device...hope this helps...
After removing the battery, you could avoid the half an hour or so wait by shorting all the pins of the battery connector with a paper clip or a piece of wire. When the pins are shorted, the phone will undergo a hard reset.
@aNiMeMaN14, I have been using my phone like you, without the power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=49595
when u place the back of the magician there is a nob which will press the button on the right side of back to let magician start up
this button present in a hole (L shape hole)
at all u need to remove the back and place something in this hole so the button will be always pressed
u will wait untill ur magician coming with the frozen screen u talked about.now remove the battery while keeping that button is pressed without even try to use the power button
when u next place the battery after a while u will find that hard rest is already done
i hope this is was clear enough
i'm always on the forum for any questions
hope u success try
best regards
Hi everyone.
This just started 2 days ago. This never happened before
When i turn on my phone everything is ok the screen is fine, but hen once it loads up its starts to lag. memory on the phone is not an issue. the scroll on the left side doesnt allow me to scroll down or up , the wheel moves but the on the screen nothing moves. Now the worse part is the screen.
When i turn off my screen and then turn it back on.. the colours are all messed up. the screen is a pinkish blue coulour and almost unreadable. i tried a soft reset and the screen goes back to normal but once I turn off the screen and turn it back on , i get the same problem.. Now do you think a hard reset would fix the problem?
I had this start last weekend. I had the screen issues and the hardware buttons were very sporadic in function. Most of the time they just didn't work.
I flashed back from Black Satin to the T-Mobile rom and sent it off for repair. Should hear back next week as to the outcome.
Is your under warranty? Just send it away.
Only downside is I've only got a Blackberry Pearl as a backup at the moment.....
The above advice is good. Before going for warranty repair though you should do a hard reset to rule out a software issue.
Mike
No its not under warranty. I have no idea what rom is on it. I-MATE ROM is what shows up when it boots up. So it sounds like a hard reset will be the first choice. im not very familiar with these things so pardon if i sound a bit off. i wouldnt even know how to flash or anything like that.
Well i tried to hard reset and it it seems not to be letting me do that.
just hold the left and right soft key and press the reset button at the same time and wait for a prompt to pop up.. nothing it just soft resets.. now im getting a bit frustrated.
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No its not under warranty. I have no idea what rom is on it. I-MATE ROM is what shows up when it boots up. So it sounds like a hard reset will be the first choice. im not very familiar with these things so pardon if i sound a bit off. i wouldnt even know how to flash or anything like that.
Well i tried to hard reset and it it seems not to be letting me do that.
just hold the left and right soft key and press the reset button at the same time and wait for a prompt to pop up.. nothing it just soft resets.. now im getting a bit frustrated.
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Well, I assume you have tried a few times. It's difficult sometimes to get them all simultaneously pressed. Incidentally, just in case there's any confusion - the soft keys are actually the hard keys with dashes on the D-Pad.
Another way is to go to Sart>Settings>System>clear storage icon.
Just bear in mind that if there is a major problem it may fail completely and you end up with even more of a problem than now - but I guess there is no choice really.
Mike
I have this weird phone, I should say BRICK. My phone stopped working this morning after I cleaned the screen with a piece of cloth....the phone was in standby mode, when I did this.
Here is the story so far:
I was having problems with the hardware buttons, (messaging, internet explorer, the call and hang up buttons) the ones that everyone is been having problems with; so i decided to dismantling the unit following the steps shown on a Japanese website, basically by just looking at which screws to remove. By doing this all buttons functionality come back to normal so I had I fully working phone for about 3 days.
Now, all of a sudden the phone stopped working and refuses to go pass the "loading" message on the screen.
I decided to carefully dismantling the unit again, (I am now and expert in dismantlig dopos) but the problem persist.
I have also tried a hard-reset by pressing and holding the power button, the right/left soft keys and the reset buttong located in the lower part of the phone.....and still NOTHING.....
The phone was running Windows 6.1 (the stable version)....and now I am PHONE LESS...This is just incredible.....
Any help would be much appreciated....
If you are getting a message on screen saying "loading", taht does not go away, then your problem is not hardware but software.
The thing to try here is a full Hard Reset. (not a soft reset, have you tried this?)
Mike
Is this a Full Hard reset??
I have also tried a hard-reset by pressing and holding the power button, the right/left soft keys and the reset buttong located in the lower part of the phone.....and still NOTHING.....
Hard reset:
Press and hold the Left SOFT KEY and Right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device. You will be presented with a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit', if you press R Your device will be set back to factory default settings.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Resets
I have done the hard reset, however the Soft keys do not work, hence I dont get a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit'...so it basically continues directly to CRC's ROM loading message...just as before...and it gets stuck there......
I tried the other option,....Bootloader mode: Hold side OK and POWER buttons together and reset with stylus, and this options does work, but there is no mesagge only a screen with 4 color bands, red, green, blue and white...and nothing else.
If you don't get the message to reset yor phone then you didn't hard reset.
Oh well....thats what i suspected....now the problem is since the soft keys dont work, then I cant do a hard reset....and the more i try the battery gets and will eventually run flat, (since the phone is not recharging either) in another words my dear dopod is slowly dying.....
Well the reason it's probably not booting up and the fact the keys don't work are likely the same problem. One of the flexcable connectors is most likely not seating in fully. I'd dismantle and take great care with all of them. Make certain of the central one - the one with the tape on it.
Mike
Exactly .....but i dont really know why these phones have this problem....as I said before I did clean up the contacts about a week ago and presto...everything started working fine again, but after 24 hours the buttons started playing up again....so it is impossible that things will change in such a short time......
anyway coming back to my current problem, I tried and tried to hard-reset the unit and this time I pulled the keyboard out and pressed hard on the softkeys and after a while it did work .....so I managed to hard reset the phone.....it only had 14% left in the batterry.....lucky me!!!!.....so I went home and started carefully adding all the extra bits needed, and guess what???? right in the last update the phone, again, did lock up........Luckily now I have a degree in dismantling dopos....anyone would like to hire me???? and I am an expert in hard-resetting dopos with actitude.......
I am happy now with my resurrected doppo but I am still a bit weiry about the soft keys not working......
FINALLY ......A big thanks to you guys for your help and comments.....