I've just had to hard reset my Jam as it wasnt booting up after a software install. Having gone through the trials of setting it up again, the device and phone volume settings are now linked in an odd way. To get the maximm ringer volume I now need to also have the maximum device volume set. Before these were definitly independent of each other. Have I done anything stupid here? Or does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Try reflashing it. Maybe with the same or different ROM..
Thanks for the speedy reply. I did notice that there was an updated rom so went through the update last night, still has the same problem though.
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Hello,
My new jam when left for 5-6 hours overnight, will only turn on in the morning if you press the soft reset button.
Is there something i am overlooking, or is this a fault.
I must say i havent put the latest rom update on, as i have seen posts which say it causes problems with 02.
Also, i must comment on what a great forum this is, loads of info, and helpful advice. nice one.
What software did you have inside you magician?? Some software may cause the problem.
PROGRAMS
Only had phone alarm 1.2, but the problem has gone now it seems.
I updated the ROM to the latest, and it hasnt happened since.
And 02 still works.
Thanks for asking the question though.
Lofty.
Well i take it all back, it is still happening, removed phone alarm, and done hard reset.
No going to load anything for a couple of days to see if it happens again.
Im currently using the imate rom 2.16.9.1.wwe Rom date 2/6/06 extrom version 0 2.16.9.101
It has been working fine for the past few weeks and the performane increase has been much better. I was also using the oush mail which also worked well. Then a few days ago I started to have a few problems with the phone, basically it would look as if it was working the lights flashing, however when I went to turn it on it wouldn’t turn on. The only way to resolve this si to soft reset the handset. This problem is now occuring on average 2 times a day! I havent even installed any new software!! Thwe only major incident before this started happening was I used skype twice! But havent used it since! I have also stopped push mail cause I thought this maybe the issue but it didn’t solve it!
Its so annoying cause I think the device is operating normally cause I see the flashing lights however it cant do anything cause it has frozen!
Any ideas???
I was thinking of going for a hard reset but if I restore my backup ive taken with spb will this not just reintroduce the problem?
just to add for further info i have no apps running and the
program memory is total - 44.01mb
in use 19.67mb and Free 24.34
thats after a soft reboot!!
This might be a really silly suggestion, so appologies if it is, but could it be just the backlight turned off for some reason so it looks like the device is off when it is actually on?
No, I don't think that it is the backlight as I am also now experiencing this same problem ... approx 1 - 2 time daily. You think that the phone is functioning until you try to use it. Only option is soft reset.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
no at present a soft reset is the only cure and even then it may occur again later on! Bluey HK are you using the same rom as me??? the imate one?
its done it twice already today and its only midday! the last time i was just browsing the web, closed the browser, then switched it off and then couldnt turn it back on! Do you think it may be a memory leakage issue????
This happened to me yesterday on my T-Mobile MDA. I am running the latest T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2210401_221_20710_ENG_US image from xelencin.
What appears to have triggered the problem for me was attempting to connect to T-Mobile's My Email app to download mailbox settings while the signal level is too low or intermittent (Wi-fi and Bluetooth were disabled).
The backlight would not turn on and I could observe the My Email app trying to access the server.
it sounds as though it may be a bug connected with a GPRS connection???
ahh its done it again, this time i wasnt doing anything just died! I think i am gonnna have to do a hard reset cause this is making the phone unuseable!
if i do a hard reset and then install a back up is there a high possibility that this will reintroduce the bug???
its not the backlight
my 8125 is having the same damn problem. its nto a backlight issue, as it just stalls, and the past 4 times its done it, i've just removed the battery and turned it back on as a soft reset wont work, and i can't it to react to any commands. this is either a software issue all our phones are dying. i was having this problem with summitter's previous 2.17 rom, then updated to the recent 2.17.11 aku 2.2 rom... thinking the upgraded rom is what it needed...NOPE... still crashed. almost all instances i believe are when the wifi connection was active. but i could be making that up, i'm positive on 3 occasions it was with a wifi connection active. but not too sure about the 4th.
this is making me insane, and we need to figure out whats up~!
to expound on the problem:
one time i was in the middle of checking voicemail, then tried to delete, but the screen wouldn't light up, and it wasn't responding to my option 7 to delete command. the other time was in the middle of a phone call. something's up....
i am having the same issue with my 9100, its running the latest offical rom, mine does it whenever it feels i dont believe it is wifi or gprs related as i have the problem at time when i have been using neither.
there does not appear to be a link to any software i am using either
any ideas?.
yea- i get the same sometimes, i go to take my phone out of standby and it wont do anything, the power button doesnt work- the light just flashes. sometimes it freezes on the today screen, the power button dont work or anything. really need to sort this!
any ideas? any1 else get this? its where u put ur MDA in standby, and next time u press power button 2 turn on nufin happens, but the leds still flash at the top!
yep i still get the problem! still no cure!
I have exactly the same problem... I just pick up my device from my pocket to use it, I press on the power button once but the device won't wake up from the standby mode. I wish someone can give us a cure.
Low Battery...
I had this happen to me once recently...for me it was becuase my battery was too low. Freaked me out, because everything looked good, but I would power on and get nothing! Right after it started it powered on for a sec then quit. I had to put it on the charger and leave it for a couple hours to get a good solid charge, then everything was fine. Hope this helps....
thanks for the response, unfortunately mine is definately not related to the battery charge!
mine hasnt done it in the last day, ive been leaving it a while before putting it into standby. i used to exit my app (messaging or whatever) and shut it off straightaway, but i give it a sec or 2 to make sure its all good
and its doin ok so far!
Hi,
I have run into a problem half a dozen times now when I turn on the phone and the backlight isn't working and pressing the backlight button doesn't make a difference.
When I check the settings the backlight levels have been set to Zero.
I haven't yet had a chance to track down why it is happening, but was wondering if anyone else had come across the problem.
Hello there!
Been lurking for a bit but finally decided to join in.
Not got much to add really as I am still learning about the device, however I am suffering the same problem. Happened quite a few times now and I can't discern a pattern.
Any geniuses got any ideas?
Great forum by the way. Learnt lots already.
W
All I can tell you is yes, it's happened to me before. Almost gave me a heart-attack, because I though the machine was failing - the light just switch off on its own accord while I was reading an e-book at night.
Still no idea why.
I have been suffering the same problem since the rom update. It seems to happen mostly if I have some program active in the background when the device powers itself down from idle or the clamshell is closed.
For me, holding the power button down for a few seconds seems to take it back to the defined level setting.
Clueless as to why it happens though.
Well, I'm not alone
This has just started happening to me, too.
I usually have to do a soft reset to be able to get the backlight back on. Once it's back up and running, I go into my settings and find nothing has changed since I set the backlight timers for both battery power and external power. I've even got it set to turn the backlight back on when pushing a button or tapping the screen -- and yet, when I do that, nothing happens. I've tried holding the power button down for a few seconds, but all that does is give me a soft reset.
I've been running the AKU2.3 ROM for about a week, and this problem started occurring yesterday on my Cingular 8125. I'd sure like to know what's causing it and how to fix it.
Last night my ATT8525 phone, which I've had for several years, suddenly stopped playing the ringtone for incoming calls. All other sounds have been tested and working, including playing music. I've tried changing the volume of both the device slider and ring slider to vibrate, then to off, then back on. All levels of volume on both sliders.
Another strange problem is if I go into settings to Sounds & Notifications, if I click OK on any setting it goes to the Incoming Call setting. It doesn't close the screen out anymore. I can click OK, turn off the sounds, set it to something different, clicking OK no longer accepts the setting. If I go to another setting other than for Phone: Incoming Call, then clicking OK brings me back to that option.
I've done a soft and hard reset. Any ideas?
Thisstrange indeed. The rear speaker is used for the phone ring and clearly this is ok because you can play music (I am assuming you were not using headphones to test the music).
Before you said you had done a hard reset, I would have sworn that would cure the problem. This may seem cheeky but I assume you really have done a hard reset (some folks think they have but haven't really). Can we assume you used the two soft keys plus the stylus in the hole method?
If so it may be worth trying another couple of times.
Temporarily at least, if that fails, it may be worth trying to flash a different ROM. However, before that, perhaps you should wait to see if anyone else has some words of wisdom.
Mike
Thanks for the response. You are correct, I wasn't actually doing a hard reset. If I do a hard reset, I assume I lose all my settings and go back to the fresh ROM state?
chi11ipepper said:
Thanks for the response. You are correct, I wasn't actually doing a hard reset. If I do a hard reset, I assume I lose all my settings and go back to the fresh ROM state?
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Yes you lose all data that you have saved to the phone, including all installed applications. Data on the storage card remains ok. However, even if you installed an app to the storage card, you may still have to reinstall it.. Some might say you should do a full backup of the full system with the likes of SPB full backup, BUT if you were to restore the ful back-up after a hard reset, you would probably just put back the fault you are trying to resolve!
Mike
I can't really find a good suggestion but to Flash the ROM. But as mikechannon said, rule # 1 is to make a backup. Maybe you can use PIM Backup, so that only the contact and others are only the ones backed up. Your problem may reoccur for full system backup, as mentioned above.
Thanks
Just following up that the hard reset did fix the problem with the phone not ringing on incoming call. Also thanks for the PIM backup suggestion. This saved me a lot of time.
No problem.. Just here to help.. Peace..
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mikechannon said:
Yes you lose all data that you have saved to the phone, including all installed applications. Data on the storage card remains ok. However, even if you installed an app to the storage card, you may still have to reinstall it.. Some might say you should do a full backup of the full system with the likes of SPB full backup, BUT if you were to restore the ful back-up after a hard reset, you would probably just put back the fault you are trying to resolve!
Mike
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I have the same problem and I tried Hard Resetting-no sound except with headphones. I started on friday with it not ringing when I had a call but now there is no sound at all. Any suggestions anyone????
Okay, let's see if I can explain this right.
Well, my wife HTC Inc is acting weird. So somehow the Media Volume stops working. You can try to adjust it up or and down no luck. The ringer volume works fine. I even downloaded a volume app after I noticed the situation and tried to adjust the media volume (you can see the bar adjust) through the app, no luck. After I do a hard boot by taking the battery out, then it works.
Questions in troubleshooting:
- Does it need some sort of update?
- Is it a defective equipment?
I tried searching for it, no luck.
i have never had this problem so your saying even after a reboot it does stop working again?
Same Problem
I just got my Incredible a few days ago. I noticed the same problem this morning. I powered the phone off and back on and it worked fine. I wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong because I'm new to Android and I don't know how to use the phone yet or if it was an internal problem. The only thing I can think of that may have started the problem is I plugged headphones in and used the FM radio for a minute. If I have any other problems or come across anything I will let you know.
M- It stops working after a certain amount of time. To get the media volume to work, you have to reboot.
S- talk to Verizon tech, there will be an update out to fix this issue. Not sure when..
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