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Is it a Brick?

Was working OK...went to install spb clone..asked if I wanted to make a clone of the device on my existing mini-SD card..I said yes. Now it hangs at the "Windows Mobile" screen...
I tried the Hard - Reset (push the two buttons and hold in the soft-reset button, press green phone button...) and also taking the battery out.
It boots up with Cingular screen with info about ROM then goes to Windows Mobile screen...that's it. The BT and green power light flash (I had on BT before it crashed)...
Anyone have any ideas...? I hope it's not fricked up...of course I could always take it back I think...
TIA...
--Jack

did you hard reset without the sd card in the device :?: :?

I left the card in and waited for some time the first and second times...now I have the card out and also the battery out hoping it will boot when I put the battery back in..
Any way to "re-ROM" this sucker?... :shock:

dont know about re-rom, but my guess is it should load fine without the sd card, i suspect the card may have become corrupt which is causing the device to hang, had similar problem myself after installing pocket mechanic it took a hard reset and a format of the card to solve it :roll:
heres hoping it works for you after hard reset :wink:

been trying to hard reset it for a while now...still hangs at the blue windows screen. hooked it up to the pc and will try to install a diff rom and see what other type of damage i can do. :roll:

Can you get your wizard into USB mode by holding down the voice command button, hitting the reset button with your stylus, and continuing to hold the voice command down for a couple seconds until you get a three-color screen?
If you can get to this screen, your bootloader is intact, and there is still definite hope for your device.

Got it working...weew...
Left the battery out all night..did a hard reset and got the "format complete" on the black screen..after that...it was ok.
thanx for all the help guys..

O2 atom locked and forgot password

Good day
I've O2 atom pure and one stupid guy took it while I'm sleeping and set a password then he forgot the passowrd :x ,,,is there anyway to unlock it without hard-reseting because I've important information in it
Regards

unfortunately... no way

isn't there anyway to backup my files at least

You can back up the info in two ways.. via the software inside the phone into a SD card or via active sync. As both method requires the security pin, so, there is really no way of backing it up.
I would suggest that you perform a trial and error (brute force) your way into the phone.

Thanks for the suggestion hanmin but I've tried to do it that way but microsoft did a stupid thing which is a timer that you can't retry entering the password until it finishes and the problem is that it counts double the last time when you enter wrong password
for example at the first time it counts from 3 to 0 and the second time from 6 to 0 and so on
Now I reached 24 hours

reset your atom by pressing power and softreset together with is top and hole near usb connector :lol:

ranganrangan
there is no problem to perform hard reset... the problem was to save the data from atom.

Hard Reset
Please help... I tried to Hard reset by pressing ON and Reset and appeared on screen press green + red button to reset. but after pressing both button simultenously nothing happened and still asking for lock code.
anyway to reset the lock code away???
Please advise,
Thanks

Re: Hard Reset
bonsaiiii said:
Please help... I tried to Hard reset by pressing ON and Reset and appeared on screen press green + red button to reset. but after pressing both button simultenously nothing happened and still asking for lock code.
anyway to reset the lock code away???
Please advise,
Thanks
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maybe u not press the green+red button at the same time? a hard reset will put your device to factory setting again.
or if that not work, u can always upgrade your atom with the latest upgrade software

hello
maybe you can hard reset via recording button + reset button + power button at the same time.
or try any like this (reset button + power button + any side buttons) ok

Serious (?) problem...need some help please. O2 XDA Mini S

Hi, I'v got O2 XDA Mini S and a "little" problem with it. I'v just installed Phone Profiles [Second Edition] 8.0 and it crashed my phone. After installation (on my memory card), I could not see it on my today screen...so I'v tried to configure it in today screen configuration - but I could not get there - the configuration we're not accessible (it crashed). So after that, soft reset. And the real problem began. After the boot screen and "windows mobile welcome screen" the mobile just freezes. Active sync on my PC connects to it just for a second, then disconnects. The Phone Profiles [Second Edition] 8.0 is installed on my memory card, so I'v removed the memory card - the same problem. It was annoying - so hard reset....does not help. I have Wisbar Advance 2 as well, which is starting first and I can see only the welcome screen of it (sometimes it loads and I can see the whole skin). Sometimes (after reboot) I can see the menu, today screen etc. but the phone freezes. I think that the Phone Profiles [Second Edition] 8.0 is freezing the phone after his process starts. Is there anything like "safe mode" start or something like that, which could help me to remove this soft ? Or any other way to normally start the phone ? Any ideas ? Many thanks for help.

It should start after hard reset - phone profiles, wisbar advance will not load after a proper hard reset - the phone will be back to factory condition.
Did you do proper hard reset? After that it sounds like phone profiles should be installed to device memory not storage card. Most today plugins only work properly on device memory.

I'v done the hard reset (I think it was done properly - comm manager and voice command button pressed in the same time and then reset button). But after I'v pressed these buttons, nothing specially happend....the phone was still off. So I'v turned it on....and there were no changes with the software - still the same. Maybe I'm doing the hard reset wrong ?

leez said:
I'v done the hard reset (I think it was done properly - comm manager and voice command button pressed in the same time and then reset button). But after I'v pressed these buttons, nothing specially happend....the phone was still off. So I'v turned it on....and there were no changes with the software - still the same. Maybe I'm doing the hard reset wrong ?
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Yep sounds like hard reset is not done. Press these 2 buttons but keep them pressed and dont let go - then press reset with the tip of the stylus and then text should come on the screen with black background. Press green (call) button and hard reset will commence.
Or you can first turn device off - then press the 2 buttons and keep them held and press power on to reach the same screen.

Ok, I'v done it. Many, many thanks for help. The phone manual is wrong (!). . Anyway Phone Profiles [Second Edition] 8.0....WTF is that ? This program just crashed my phone and I need to reinstall all the soft. Wrrr. And I just wanted a profile manager . Thanks again for help ! :mrgreen:

Good, I am glad - try the one I use - its free http://www.winmobileapps.com/device/pocketpc/plt/plt_download.aspx

Nice one, got it. Thanks.

Locked up, please help

Hi,
I have a tmobile MDA (wizard). I attempted to install some software on it, but disconnected and rebooted before it was complete (it appeared to be just spinning).
Now after a soft reset, screen shows only 'Windows Mobile' after booting, and none of the buttons work and I can't advance from this screen.
Is there a way to hard reset that doesn't involve using the OS (ie, I can't click on anything because it's not getting to that point).
Also in this state activesync isn't detecting device.
Thanks in advance! - Chris

Hold down (and keep holding) the camera button while depressing the reset button. Hopefully it boots into a tri-color screen. If so, plug it into the USB port and, at the bottom of the screen, it should display "USB". If that happens, flash it with a *known good rom*, such as a stock T-Mobile rom. Don't try to be clever, the object is to get the phone working. Once the flash has started, *get up and walk away* for 15 or 20 minutes. Don't check in on it, leave it alone, It takes some time. When you hear it's little chime, it's done, rebooted and ready. If any of the above doesn't happen or the flash outright fails, then you may have trashed it permanently. It doesn't sound like it's beyond hope yet, however.

i have the wizard and im having the same problem after installing a ROM from this website...it just goes to the windows mobile screen with the numbers then shuts off...id really like to save my phone is there anything else i can try because that hard reset thing isnt working

axxeman001 said:
Hi,
I have a tmobile MDA (wizard). I attempted to install some software on it, but disconnected and rebooted before it was complete (it appeared to be just spinning).
Now after a soft reset, screen shows only 'Windows Mobile' after booting, and none of the buttons work and I can't advance from this screen.
Is there a way to hard reset that doesn't involve using the OS (ie, I can't click on anything because it's not getting to that point).
Also in this state activesync isn't detecting device.
Thanks in advance! - Chris
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Well same thing happened to me a few days back.. I had to Cold Reset [which restored it to factory defaults], but hey I got it working again..
Press Communication Button [Top Left] and Record Button [Top Right] at the same time and use the stylus to soft reset..
You will get a black screen, asking you to press "Send" to reset to "Factory defaults"
Press "Send".
Hopefully you should get your MDA working again ...
I read the "Above" in the HTC Wizard Service Manual [PDF] on the *last page* under the "Cold-reset" Section..

How do i do a hard reset when i cant even get passed the toda screen?

ok here is the problem, i downloaded batterystatus and loaded a few option it asked for a soft restart so i let it be, soon as it get to the today screen it freezes, my activesyne wont connect to my phone it just stays frozen, is there another way to do a hard reset? or clear this issue please i really need help.

what the guy below me said!

jr4000watts said:
ok here is the problem, i downloaded batterystatus and loaded a few option it asked for a soft restart so i let it be, soon as it get to the today screen it freezes, my activesyne wont connect to my phone it just stays frozen, is there another way to do a hard reset? or clear this issue please i really need help.
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If you have the phone completely off, (battery removed). If your holding bothe soft keys when you press the power button it will ask you to press y/n to do hard reset

jr4000watts said:
ok here is the problem, i downloaded batterystatus and loaded a few option it asked for a soft restart so i let it be, soon as it get to the today screen it freezes, my activesyne wont connect to my phone it just stays frozen, is there another way to do a hard reset? or clear this issue please i really need help.
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Press the two soft keys and with the stylus at the same time press the reset button. Good luck
Regards