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XDAII failed to make call every 1-3 days

My XDAII failed to make any call and receive any call every 1-3 days. and can not close the phone or open the phone (although I can not make any call, the signal are very strong but looks freeze, and sometime PDA fuction are good. sometime, PDA apps are extemely slow), Every time, I need to do a softreset, but when I face this problem, the softreset always bring me a dead display with blue tooth flash light, so the only thing I can do is to do a hardreset, but I need to try many time, the machine would accept the hardreset command, what's going on with my XDAII, someone could help? I really appreciate it. Thanks
Is that because of main borad? I think it looks like a hardware malfunction.
Should I send it back to dealer to have a test and get a replacement?
Thanks
my version is 1.03.00 USA, and I used it in USA and China main land

huxiangyu said:
My XDAII failed to make any call and receive any call every 1-3 days. and can not close the phone or open the phone (although I can not make any call, the signal are very strong but looks freeze, and sometime PDA fuction are good. sometime, PDA apps are extemely slow), Every time, I need to do a softreset, but when I face this problem, the softreset always bring me a dead display with blue tooth flash light, so the only thing I can do is to do a hardreset, but I need to try many time, the machine would accept the hardreset command, what's going on with my XDAII, someone could help? I really appreciate it. Thanks
Is that because of main borad? I think it looks like a hardware malfunction.
Should I send it back to dealer to have a test and get a replacement?
Thanks
my version is 1.03.00 USA, and I used it in USA and China main land
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Have you installed any third party software recently???

I have got the same problem with it freezing.
Any luck with your XDA II. I have an O2 and I have the same problem. When I soft reset it the O2 screen comes on and it freezes there. Some times the phone hangs and I cannot turn it off. It happens every 2-3 days. Taking out the battery and reinserting doesn't help. After about 10-15 times it decides it wants to work again. Any suggestions from anyone out there. Can't return it.

RE:
I'm not in this situation. But i think you try use 'Check notification' soft (http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html) . Hope It will help. But no it will be return to Saler.
Cheers,
Datma

Wizard that wont Boot

Hi there, I have just received an SMS, when going from the Notification to read the full Text Message, the system hung and then eventually shut down. When going to turn the Wizard back on, I entered the Passkey and then I was asked for my SIM passcode. After this the Wizard hung and did not go to the Today screen.
Any ideas? I have only had it a week and have yet to perform a Hard Reset. Do you think this will resolve the issue? Any other ideas?
The SMS was not malicious in any way and was from a friend.
Thanks in advance.

have you performed a soft reset yet?

Yes. It now won't even let me put in the Wizard passcode.
:-(

cartoonmoon said:
Yes. It now won't even let me put in the Wizard passcode.
:-(
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remove batterie for 5 minutes and reboot if the problem persits hard reset then, no other solucion that i know of.had same problem some time ago.

Sorted....It was a Mini SD problem??? I have now removed it and it works fine. I will format teh card and hope I don't get the same problems again!!
Thanks

Loosing SMS messages after soft reboot?

Hi there,
Been floating on these forums for a while, more so lately since I purchased a Softbank X01HT. Its been a great phone, but been having a couple of querks with it, most of which I found solutions on this forum. Thanks for those that compiled the wiki and forum.
I do however have a one querk I can't work out: When I receive a text message, then read the text message, then do a soft reset immediately after reading the message, then upon reboot I loose the text message (i.e. it no longer exists in my inbox). However if I get the text message, then read it, then switch the phone off and turn it back on. Then I proceed to soft reset the phone, the text message remains in the inbox.
Is this normal? I've got a Softbank X01HT with the imate 1.20.305.3 07/21/06 Rom. I remember reading somewhere on this forum that the hermes needs to cache the data by turning the phone off then turning it back on?
Thanks for any help in advance, and Merry Christmas and Happy new year!
Edit: On top of what I've said here, if I make any modifications to the inbox/SMS/areas, then soft reset without turning off and turning the hermes back on, the modifications don't hold. Only when the phone is turned off, then turrned back on, then soft reset, then the changes hold.

I have had this issue with all WM5 devices.. it seems as if there is a some sort of delay in writing or saving the information to your phone... Which this all ties into the delay write of the registry. This problem becomes real annoying if your device locks up and you get a new sms. if you wait a minute or 3 before soft resetting they will stay

shogunmark said:
I have had this issue with all WM5 devices.. it seems as if there is a some sort of delay in writing or saving the information to your phone... Which this all ties into the delay write of the registry. This problem becomes real annoying if your device locks up and you get a new sms. if you wait a minute or 3 before soft resetting they will stay
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Great! Thanks for that. Just what I wanted to hear And Merry Christmas to you and Happy new year!

shogunmark said:
I have had this issue with all WM5 devices.. it seems as if there is a some sort of delay in writing or saving the information to your phone... Which this all ties into the delay write of the registry. This problem becomes real annoying if your device locks up and you get a new sms. if you wait a minute or 3 before soft resetting they will stay
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Found this another of Menneisyys's detailed docs on what happens here - basically supporting what you've said:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=898&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Mike

mikechannon said:
Found this another of Menneisyys's detailed docs on what happens here - basically supporting what you've said:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=898&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Mike
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thank you sir for that wonderful article...

shogunmark said:
thank you sir for that wonderful article...
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Hi there,
I actually tried waiting about 1-3 minutes for the changes to occur and they didn't at all. In fact I tried waiting 38 minutes to be exact, and again no luck. It is only when I suspend the phone that the changes actually stick. I read the above article which stated theres a "FlushPeriod" that can be placed in the registry. So I added the registry key, but no luck. Unsure of exactly what the problem is here? Its almost as though the WinCE DB is a bit broken.
Any advice?
Edit: Okay rather confused. I've been playing further on my hermes to work out what the issue is. Now if I receive a SMS, then soft reset using the stylus and the hole down the bottom (without suspending the machine first), then I loose the SMS. On the other hand if I soft reset using an application like spb pocket plus (without suspending the machine first), then I don't loose the SMS. Possibly that the application forces a WinCE DB write before actually doing the reset?

my apologies for reviving a dead thread. but i found this topic through a search for the same thing.
i was just wondering if there was anyway to recover such data after a soft reset? i have lost multiple MMS's and some important SMS' that i need as well.
thank you in advance.

I'm not an expert, but am pretty sure that once it's gone it's gone I'm afraid.
However, instead of using your stylus to soft-reset, push and hold the power button until it asks if you want to power off, then puch and hold to turn back on. This is the proper way to soft-reset and saves any registry changes, so shoudl help you out.

hmm. yeah i thought that was the case, i just wanted to make sure.
it was a stupid mistake that was associated with a sudden loss of all reception, so i reset it.
i definitely know now for future reference.
thanks

Big problem!!!

I have a huge problem with my MDA compact III. The problem is, I have to hardreset my device almost everyday. Thats because all of a sudden the device acts strange and won't open almost every program. When I softreset the device then, the device won't pick u a signal. In stead of showing how strong the signal is, it diplays a !. Also after the softreset sms, mms or my mailaccount is deleted. I have never spoken anyone with the same problem or anyone with a solution. I only have Windows Live Messenger installed, but many people have and none of them have my problem so that doesn't seeme to cause this problem. It's really annoying and it's getting worse by the day. Yesterday I had to reset my device 3 times(!).. If anyone knows this problem or more important, knows a sollution, please share it with me cause i'm close to driving my car over my MDA
Tom

Are you doing an actual hard reset where you hold the two soft keys on either side of the chome wheel, then hit the sunken button on the left side with your stylus while holding the two soft keys and then confirming with the green talk key? If so, sounds like a hardware problem.

No not using the softkeys. I always perform a hardreset in settings menu, i don't know how it's called in english but in dutch is called 'opslag wissen'. Sometimes I get an error saying cold boot could not be completed blabla and then i have to confirm to hardreset.
Tom

Sounds like you are using the 'clear storage' option. Try the actual hard reset procedure and see if that fixes things...thats how I do it.

I just performed a hardreset using the the softkeys. I hope this will make a difference and solves my problem. If not, my MDA gets his first swimminglesson and I'll contact my insurancecompany.
I'll let you know it worked out. Thanks for you're help

Tomschayk said:
No not using the softkeys. I always perform a hardreset in settings menu, i don't know how it's called in english but in dutch is called 'opslag wissen'. Sometimes I get an error saying cold boot could not be completed blabla and then i have to confirm to hardreset.
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As far as I know, this 'opslag wissen' is the equivalent of a hard reset. So it should not make any difference, unfortunately.

no it didn't make a difference. had to be hardreset allready. going over to plan b, allready filling the bathtub.

If you do teach it to swim, however, please post pictures.

[Q] Treo Pro vibrating problems

Hi there,
I hope to find someone helping me to solve my "little big problem" :
when a call comes in, and my treo usually vibrates in interval, (i mean it vibrates, stops, and vibrates again) it keeps vibrating until i accept or decline it.
it is not a hardware issue, because it does vibrate with interval when receiving a new sms.
it cannot a slightly problem with the software, because the problem exists too, after a hard-reset is done.
the problem was solved ago, when changing the ringtone, but after it came back, no change in the preferences solved my problem, and i began to get frustrated...
the palm support told me to send my palm to their service center, but my palm is bought new at ebay, so i cannot verify the date i bought it...
i think, because the problem was solved once, it can get solved twice within software, but how?
maybe if i would reflash the windows mobile system... actually it is original, no flash was done on the device.
when reflashing it could solve my problem, it would be great, if someone could help me flashing it, because i never flashed a winmob device...
i would need a original untouched ROM, if possble too...
or does someone have another idea? please help me!

Quite a bit simpler than that. All you need to do is a hard reset.
Remeber to backup everything you want. I would suggest activesync, or if you have sprite backup, backup everyting except sysem settings (documents and contacts, appointments...)
Once it is all backed up, simply hold down the red button on the front. While holding the red button, use stylus to reset phone. Then it will say reset? Press up on d-pad and you will be set.

Nope, srry... like i allready wrote: "it cannot a slightly problem with the software, because the problem exists too, after a hard-reset is done."
i allready did a hard reset, and the problem is still there...
Any more Ideas?
Now, (20.04.) the Treo's LED does not light up, when connected to charger.

Sollution!
Okay, finally i got a sollution without reflashing the device!
The combination with HookMGR (nedded for next)
And VAlert 2.21 let me configure the vibrating problem...
So, it's running all fine now
Love Palm! Love Treo!

vAlert 2.21 Download Location
Do you have a download location for vAlert 2.21? I have a Treo Pro that I am trying to reconfigure the length of time it vibrates. It stays on continually when I receive a phone call and it is really loud in meetings.
Thanks.