Hi all,
first off all i'd like to say Hi to everyone as im new here.
Also id like to thank everyone for readingmy problems
Any way i purchased an XDA II about a Week ago from Ebay its really my fault as in the item description it said there was a problem with the phone it wont start as its locked.
The phone goes to a Blue screen after you ON it and do the screen configiration etc
The blue screen has Cognito on it saying 'Warning this Devcie is Locked'
then under it:
'If you are installing from the MMC card please wait.
Otherwise, either insert the MMC card and do a cold boot, or contact Cognito to unlock the device.
Im not sure what this means and if i leave the phone for a while or type it from it takes me to a password screen in white with the keyboard on it.
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Im not sure what to do if you can help me you will save me alot of money otherwise do i just chuck the phone away also
ive tried a Hard Reset by clicking the POWER BUTTON, RESET KET.
nothing happens just the phone loads up and makes me Calibrate the screen.
Ive tried this process while also pressing the D-PAD i get a screen with Serial with V1.06 i think at the bottom
i dont really know how i can know if its Hard resetted.
So please peolple take a Minute to help me thanks alot.
may work not too sure though
hey man i feel sorry for you
okay wot u do is download the o2 rom for the device because u sed it is a xda2 so download and install that. this will do a comlpete rest not like hard reset it will deleted absolutly everything on the xda2 and then install indows 2003 back onto it it will be like getting a new fone. try it i hope it works for u
HI
Thank you so much.
For your Advice and Time.
can you confirm this will remove that Lock thing ?
Also do you know where i can download Win2003 for XDA II o2 UK
Thank again
Hi,
I flashed the himalaya M1000 with WM2003se upgrade. but still could not remove the Cognito (shame).
please if somebody can help that would b nice
Should do. I've done the 1.72 update on it based on the ROM from this site and all is good.
hey guys, on the o2 xda exec in basic mode is there a way of removing the O2 Logo top of the screen and the battery logo?
thanks in advance, neckarb
Can you post a screenshot? I've never seen this and feel denied!
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not really, just need to know if its a registary setting i can change. if u run ur o2 xda exec in basic or that stupid everything o2 mode youll see it.
hi
u can remove all that if u run in corporate mode but not sure abt how to remove it in basic mode
i think corporate mode is what u get if u dont want all those o2 stuff
hope it helps
jatt
hi jat, thats true but then u have to manually input all the o2 settings etc, and i wanna keep all that stuff so if anyone knows, let me knwo.
neckarb said:
on the o2 xda exec in basic mode is there a way of removing the O2 Logo top of the screen and the battery logo?
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delete connections and battery from \Windows\StartUp and do a soft reset
neckarb, cheers mate that worked a treat.
hi all i got a vario 1 yesterday and ahve no idae what they can do as i got it from my partner who liked it but couldnt use it hence why i now have 2 phones. anyway as its on t-mobile i undersatn how to get it unlocked with lokiwiz etc but can i get rid of the dreadfull t mobile stuff and change it all to o2 like on the xda or is that not possible .
Well, the T-Mobile stuff, or customizations, are stored mostly (visible to users) are in the splash screen and the EXT-ROM. The cleanest way of doing it is to flash a new ROM to it, which I won't recommend unless you really know what you are doing. This would give you a very clean O2 looks of it.
Another way, probably the simplest, is just avoid installing the EXT-ROM at all. To do this, you will need to hardreset your phone (Clear Storage - wiping everything and back into factory settings). And upon the 1st boot up, after the security configuration (e.g. just after the PIN select screen), soft reset your phone (poke the reset), which will avoid installing stuff from the EXT-ROM. Now you will have a clean phone (no customizations), except for the dreaded 1st splash screen for every soft reset, which I can live with.
If you want O2 looks, you can get those stuff from O2's EXT ROM (however you get these) and install each of the CAB file manually. Other than the software from O2, the looks of O2 should be fairly easy to achieve.
how do i do a hard reset as i said only had a chance to even look at the phone today . dont even no if its any good lol. and im guessing the soft reset is on the back behind the cover near camera lense.
also does the front cover come off with ease cos it could do with a lick of paint.
It will be difficult for me to give you the details when you dont even have the phone.
You can get the hardreset sequence at the Wizard Wiki (on top of this screen, XDA-Wiki), go to the Wizard section, and look/search (e.g. using your web browser) for 'hard reset'. At your phone, Start-Settings-System-ClearStorge will do the job too.
Soft reset 'hole' is on the side. Take time to read the manual.
good idea lol . got the phone here now thing is were we got it from i never got a usb cable in the box so got to buy one before i can go putting things on etc thanks for your help much appreciated. oh yeah will i still be able to surf the net etc when its got an o2 sim payg
you will need to get the GPRS/Internet settings for O2. Do a google on the settings. You can try HTC website, they ought to have some CAB for it. Do a search on this forum.
the service manual link is in my signature if you really want to try painting it
Hi I have an i-mate JamIN
Ive been using this phone and my JASJAM.
My JASJAM died and ive sent it off for repair I put my SIM back into my JamIN, I turn it on and i get a PIN Screen and timer above counting upwards.
Ive never ever put a PIN in this device. You can put in a (wrong) PIN and it wont time/boot you out. Its not a PUK code or anything. This happens with and without a sim card in.
Can anyone help as i cant seem to bypass this. Ive searched this forum but cant see anything on the surface .. also tried the wiki.
(yes the phone is mine and i have receipts etc etc etc)
I did an upgrade to the latest i-mate genuine ROM about 4-5 months ago and it was all fine. Never put a cooked ROM into the JamIN (JASJAM all the time )
* BUMP *
What no one out there has any ideas?
hey mate,
i have a prophet and my young lady also has one she upgraded hers and after a few days had the exact same problem after trying to change a registry setting.
the only thing that solved it was a hard reset im afraid...(comm + Cam button and press reset)
jonnip said:
hey mate,
i have a prophet and my young lady also has one she upgraded hers and after a few days had the exact same problem after trying to change a registry setting.
the only thing that solved it was a hard reset im afraid...(comm + Cam button and press reset)
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Sweet thanks
Please note ... if you setup a PIN or settings like E-Mail Accound ... you must Shutdown you PDA and start again. This write the settings back to Rom. If you do this you can lost a lot of settings.
I have a Hermes (Orange SPV 3100 but unlocked). The phone has stopped working but everything else is fine.
I've tried putting other sim cards into it, cleaned all the sim contacts etc with no success at all. As far as it's concerned, there is no valid connection. Phone and data connections don't work. All the Windows settings and programs run fine, it's just the phone that doesn't so I have a pda without a phone! I wasn't trying to flash a rom - the op system is all as original except for the unlock.
I don't think it's worth enough to pay for a professional repair so any suggestions for tracing and curing the problem and hints as to whether its likely to be a faulty connection, faulty parts or software problem?
Thanks.
I have the exact same phone, and similar problem. The difference is my phone is not completely unusable, it sometimes works for a while and sometimes doesnt.
I have just - 10 mins ago - flashed a new radio rom to see if it helps and so far (10 minutes!), so good. But I will need to leave it for a couple of days to see if it works properly.
Is there an "X" beside the signal icon? Also have you checked the Comm Manager and disable the phone and enable it again?
Ah well I didnt need to leave it for a couple of days, its not working again even with new radio rom.
Ive tried new o/s, new bootloader and new radio but still the same problem, nothing else to try really ?
(btw: Mine usually has an exclaimation mark next to signal strength.)
Carthief When did the problem first start occurring? Did you flash a radio/OS ROM and it started to happen, or did it just happen out of the blue?
Sorry I did not see this post...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562486
I don't know dude. Maybe one of the senior members can help out.
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Is there an "X" beside the signal icon? Also have you checked the Comm Manager and disable the phone and enable it again?
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I will check tomorrow. I am using a different phone at the moment and have left the Hermes at the office.
Hi Shawn, yeah that post covers when my phones problem started - I hadnt flashed anything recently when it started messing up.
I've tried tonight;
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems
Problem 5:
METHOD 1
But I didn't flash the patched radio.
Phone is working at the moment... I'll update if it is still working or not tomorrow, if its still working maybe Batxda could try it out as well
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Phone worked all night, and this morning, but froze up this afternoon and needed rebooting. It's currently working ... but probably not for long! My battery is running out very fast as well.
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Is there an "X" beside the signal icon? Also have you checked the Comm Manager and disable the phone and enable it again?
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Hi again. Yes, there is an "x" beside the signal icon (normally meaning that phone is turned off) and also beside the connectivity icon (two horiz arrows and a "x" meaning no active connection). Also, I've just noticed that both of those icons no longer respond to stylus taps. All the other icons do.
I've tried turning the phone on via Setup > Connections > Comms and Setup > Personal > phone. Neither work, in fact, they do not respond at all.
I haven't tried the cure that Carthief tried but then, I've never flashed any roms on this phone either. I am apprehensive about that because I haven't done it before so, if that's the solution, I would need to find a free evening and do lots of reading.
BTW, the unlocking was done ages ago professionally, not by me.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Hi again. Yes, there is an "x" beside the signal icon (normally meaning that phone is turned off) and also beside the connectivity icon (two horiz arrows and a "x" meaning no active connection). Also, I've just noticed that both of those icons no longer respond to stylus taps. All the other icons do.
I've tried turning the phone on via Setup > Connections > Comms and Setup > Personal > phone. Neither work, in fact, they do not respond at all.
I haven't tried the cure that Carthief tried but then, I've never flashed any roms on this phone either. I am apprehensive about that because I haven't done it before so, if that's the solution, I would need to find a free evening and do lots of reading.
BTW, the unlocking was done ages ago professionally, not by me.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Maybe I missed it but I did not see any mention of your doing a Hard Reset. (I assume you have tried soft resets) In general if the problem persists after this it rules out most software issues. I also think it's worth a try because of your comment about the icon being unresponsive.
Mike
Mike
I had done a hard reset but, just to be sure, I've just done it again. After the first it locked up at the password screen so I did a few more. Next, I let the Orange config run through. With the third, I removed the battery before Orange it did its thing. Both the same - no active phone but no lock-up either.
Icons on top bar still not active and x's against them.
When I go to settings > Personal > Comms, the phone icon is highlighted and appears to be "on" (no "x") but the top bar icons still show that it isn't. When the comms phone icon is clicked, the cross appears and the phone is, presumably, turned off and can't be turned on again.
When I go to settings > Personal > Phone, it says that the phone is off, would I like to turn it on. Click yes but it doesn't work.
BTW, I'm using an O2 sim card which works perfectly in a NIKI (touch dual).
I hope this is a software not hardware problem. Is there any point in flashing a new radio or complete windows rom? If so, which one would you recommend (it's a minefield for one of little brain)
Many thanks.
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I did think you might already have tried a hard reset. In general that tends to point towards hardware, BUT corruption of the ROMs can occur. Unfortunately that is not my area of expertise. Hopefully someone will recommend something here. You could always look on http://www.mrvanx.org/thg/ making sure you have Hardspl installed.
Mike
Hi all, my phone is still not working completely but it does seem to be staying alive for longer periods now.
I have just downloaded the latest (from Oct. 2007) software upgrade from Orange for the Hermes - I think it is windows mobile 5, not sure yet. I cant install it tonight but Im going to try that tommorow.
I downloaded the Orange update but it wouldn't load on my phone. all I got was an error message which said it was the wrong rom for the phone. I don't know whether that's because I've had it unlocked or maybe my rom is newer than the update. anyway, I'm no further forward.
I've just noticed that, in Settings > Device Information, it is blank against the radio version and the Protocol version and that there is no IMEI listed either. I guess that means the radio is corrupted so I will try installing a new one. It is op version 14.123.1.614 and ROM version 1.23.61.4. Which radio is recommended.
What does the missing IMEI number mean or is that also connected with the missing radio?
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Hi Batxda, I dont know which radio to recommend, mine is Radio version: 1.47.30.10 and ROM version: 3.54.255.3
My phone has now been working for over 24hrs, battery has stayed charged as well... so I haven't installed the Orange rom yet.
I bought a new phone having pretty much given up on this one... and now it seems to be working again!
Nope. Not working. Ran for over 48hrs but locked/froze up today with calls going straight to answerphone, battery drained from 70% to 20% in about two hours as well!
My last attempt is going to be running the phone with no memory card in, and no sim card with phone disabled. Will report back.
Have you had any luck Batxda ?
Radio flashes all lock up - help please
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Nope. Not working. ...............
Have you had any luck Batxda ?
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Sorry to hear that. I've had different but similarly unsuccessful times. I hope your experiment goes well.
I flashed with HardSPL (SPL-2.10.Olipro) then tried to flash a Radio.
1st I tried v 1.11.00.00 running from the PC. It froze so I had to unplug it. That messed everything up and I ended up with it stuck on the bootloader screen (Type 2a) so I used mtty and found that command "set 16 0" worked so I could return to WM5.
2nd I tried to flash radio v 1.47.00.10 from the SD card. It started OK, got to about 20% and stopped. That was at 11:15. Its now 13:30, 2.25 hours later and it hasn't moved in that time. I am going to have to stop it but I'm sure it will end up corrupted again.
H E L P anybody, how can I flash a radio to this damned thing?
BTW, it is a Hermes 100.
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Batxda when I reflashed a new radio I just followed the guide here:
http://www.mrvanx.org/thg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=26
It sounds like you've gone through the same procedure as me so you've probably already followed that guide...
I don't know what to suggest, but if it was me, and the radio wouldn't flash, I would (being a bit dim ) try it a few more times until I was exhausted...
I've just rebooted mine to see if I could provoke it to do anything with no sim/memory cards in. It gets to the password entry screen and tells me I've entered the wrong password but I know its the right password !! Does anyone know where/how these phones store the password ?
carthief said:
Batxda when I reflashed a new radio I just followed the guide here:
http://www.mrvanx.org/thg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=26
It sounds like you've gone through the same procedure as me so you've probably already followed that guide...
I don't know what to suggest, but if it was me, and the radio wouldn't flash, I would (being a bit dim ) try it a few more times until I was exhausted...
I've just rebooted mine to see if I could provoke it to do anything with no sim/memory cards in. It gets to the password entry screen and tells me I've entered the wrong password but I know its the right password !! Does anyone know where/how these phones store the password ?
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I have a AT&T 8525 Hermes that was having No GSM issues.
I'm not sure if both of you seen the No GSM message when booting the phone (when it was bootable) & if you did, here's what I did to get the phone working again.
I removed the battery & pressed hard against the back stainless steel plate especially around the area near the battery contacts. It worked for mine & the No GSM issue would go away. If it happened again, then I repeat the same procedure & it works again.
My conclusion is that the GSM chip has broken or loose contacts with the motherboard so as long as the contacts is good, that keeps the radio working. BTW, this phone was dropped before & after that, this issue started happening.
Lastly, I'm not sure if your issue is really with the password...that's just a symptom of something else that is wrong with the system...not sure if it's entirely software or perhaps hardware or combination of both.
konker said:
I have a AT&T 8525 Hermes that was having No GSM issues.
I'm not sure if both of you seen the No GSM message when booting the phone (when it was bootable) ...
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No, I haven't seen that message.
Since the last post, I've tried to flash various radio roms, two WM6 roms and what XDA says is the original WM5 Orange SVP M3100 rom for my phone (v slightly different version number though). All of them hang at around 11% or give an error message. I've ended up with a Dopod start screen (from one of the WM6 attempts) and a funny mixture of colours but I can still start Windows so I've got a pda with no phone access.
Taking your message on board, I'm starting to think that there is a hardware fault preventing the radio from being recognised. That is unless there is something fundamental that, being a n00b at this, I'm not doing. I've put Hard SPL on the phone, flashed roms and failed, reset it with MTTY (set 16 0) and used a variety of radio and main roms. Is there anything else I should have done?
I'm about to give up and see what it's value is and then see if I can get a hardware repair (if it's worth it). Otherwise, I've heard that some fetes have a throw the mobile competition ......... !!!!!!
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