Hi, a helpfull friend has set the WM5 password to strong alphanumeric and has forgotten it,or just wont tell me what it is. Can anyone tell me, how can I get around this to get MDA Vario working again?
Many thanks
I think a hard reset may fix.
But I am not to sure.
I have tried that, device is still coming up with password request.
All I can think of is flashing it with a new ROM but if it goes bad it could kill the device and I am not sure it would remove it but in theory it should. Other members may have some hacks to fix it.
A hard reset will definitely remove the password, maybe you are just soft resetting the device.
I have tried as says in manual many times, it comes back up with the password screen every time.
I can only try it with MDA:
Turned off
Turned on with password screen illuminated
Manual says:
88 Managing Your MDA Vario
To perform a hard reset
1. Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command button on
the device.
2. Keep the two buttons pressed, and at the same time, use the stylus to lightly
press and hold the RESET button.
RESET button
Voice Command button
Comm Manager button
I have tried it with MDA:
turned off
turned on showing password screen
Sounds like you are doing the reset wrong....
Hard resets are awkward - hold in the two top side buttons, press the reset and keep holding the top two buttons after you have removed the stylus from the reset hole. About four seconds should do it.
Hope that helps.
you'll know if you got it because you'll get a black screen with white lettering that says "press send to format" or the like
otherwise its just a soft reset. On an older ipaq I had, if I had a password it would ask on teh PC everytime I synched. This was with PPC 2003. I'm not sure if you'll still have a problem when you try to sync your data though.
Good luck.
Bilbo_28 & others - You were right, I was not doing a hard reset properly and getting only the soft reset.
It seems after doing it a few times, that the hard reset instructions in the manual should read something like:
hold in the two top side buttons, both the send and receive buttons leds should come on and stay lit.
Insert the stylus in the reset hole and observe both send and receive buttons extinguish
remove the stylus from the reset hole and keep holding the two top side buttons until:
The screen goes black and the following message appears:
Press send to restore
factory default,
Other keys to quit
Release the top two side buttons
Then press SEND to restore factory default
or press any other key to abort hard reset
I think an e-mail to T-Mobile telling them to update the manual would not go amiss !!
Many thanks for your assistance.
Thankz man
hey thankz man really got a great relief
Wow. I was doing the hard reset wrong. I had the same password problem. But now its stuck on the "align screen" menu wth? It moves the cursor around the screen and yet it comes back to the menu. I've run through it at least 10 times now
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Hi everybody,
I just can't seem to reset my K-Jam. I tried it a dozen times but it still is a soft reset. Ok before everybody get's angry: I know how to hard reset (hold the two side top buttons and press the reset button). I tried it in different timings like first holding down the two side top buttons then pressing the resetbutton and holding it for almost a minute. Or first pressing and holding the reset button and then the two buttons but it is always a soft reset.
I guess it is a soft reset because I don't get the calibrate screen thing.
Any tips here because I want to get rid of the slowdowns from the virusprogram....?
Wouter
Hi,
I had the same problem. Theres a facility in settings called 'Clear Storage'
start>settings>system>'Clear Storage'
this actually does a hard re-set.
Thanks Webster,
I didn't think of that one! That did the trick!
Wouter
Hold down the Comm Button and Voice Button continuously while tapping the reset hole.
As long as you keep holding down the two buttons, the screen will go black and soon prompt you to hit Send to hard-reset (wipe the unit), or any other key to continue with a soft-reset (reboot).
Thanks Beyondthetech,
I'll try that next time when I need it :wink: .
Great blog you have! Has been very useful in making up my mind.
I'll install TT 5 later now I know how it can be done. :lol:
Wouter
Just a small update
Just to let you guys now. I finally found out the proper way to hardreset.
The trick is not to let go of the Communications and Voice Command button until you have stopped pressing the soft reset hole. Just wait with releasing the two buttons until there is a message on the screen asking you to press the Sent key to hard reset.
Another funny thing is that you can restore a backup (made with Sunny Backup) on another K-Jam device. It still runs. This came in handy because I exchanged mine for another because of some hardware problems.
Wouter
Which one is the "Sent key".
the telephone "call" key (green handset) (left side)
Hi,
Please give me a hand...
I can read text messages' headline only, but I can't read the contents.
Whenever I touch any headline, which shows blank.
Actually it's empty (white screen without format).
And IE was happening as the same case also.
Sigh...
I recently installed a trial version software as a cleaner for release more memories.
I deleted some files and let main memory of 13% free,
but I'm feeling so bewilder that I have making a quite mistake.
I couldn't read webpages on ie and couldn't read any text messages on mailbox,
after I deleted "some lnk files", "the whole directory of GPRS MONITOR
in My Device\Program Files\" on my O2 Atom.
Could any one help me to solve my problem, please? :?
You have to try to reset your device.
Have you tried the soft-reset of your device ?
If that does not work you will have to do a HARD reset.
For soft reset, press the small recessed button at the bottom of the Atom.
For HARD reset (you will lose all your data, but at least you will get back a working Atom), with the Atom OFF, press the small recessed button at the bottom of the Atom AT THE SAME TIME press the power button at the top.
You will be prompted for hard reset press BOTH the CALL and HANGUP buttons.
Last option : Reflash yor ROM.
Re: You have to try to reset your device.
Experimenter said:
Have you tried the soft-reset of your device ?
If that does not work you will have to do a HARD reset.
For soft reset, press the small recessed button at the bottom of the Atom.
For HARD reset (you will lose all your data, but at least you will get back a working Atom), with the Atom OFF, press the small recessed button at the bottom of the Atom AT THE SAME TIME press the power button at the top.
You will be prompted for hard reset press BOTH the CALL and HANGUP buttons.Last option : Reflash yor ROM.
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:wink: Thanks for your kind reply.
I've already tried soft reset it for many times before I post this message. :?
:roll: I made the hard reset at last....
You're right, at least I can recover my Atom.
How to perform fckn hard reset.
I m using manual but nothing happened
voice, comm and reset button are ok
but
when i press voice and comm and resets when phone is turned off it not hard resets but it is off non stop.
what shell i do???
i ve tried so many methods. to press gently reset button, to hold 2 buttons, then reset, then again hold.
nothing
AAAAAaaaaa
After you pushed the buttons & soft re-set with stylus, did you push the "send" key? (green phone hardware button)
no. but i read about pushing that button after message appeared on the screeen but it never appears.
hold down the comm manager button and voice memo button (both on top) then push in the small hole in the side with your stylus and hold it down until your phone boots up and gives you a message to send. Alternatively, you can go to Settings --> System --> Clear Storage, enter "1234" and hit ok.
xmarkom said:
no. but i read about pushing that button after message appeared on the screeen but it never appears.
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O.K., then I can only suggest to keep trying until the message to send does appear, or hit send without the message appearing.
Can you boot in to your OS? If you can then just go to Start--> Settings--> System--> Clear Storage and that will do a hard reset for you.
xeno1 said:
Can you boot in to your OS? If you can then just go to Start--> Settings--> System--> Clear Storage and that will do a hard reset for you.
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Based on the info stated in his thread, I'm assuming he can't get past the splash screen. It sounds like some type of program was pasted to start-up preventing the device to get to the Today screen.
Prolly not the right way to do it but i was getting the same problem trying to "hard " reset my phone. he is trying it while the phone is on and displaying everything. personally i held it for 5 minutes and the screen never appeared. i then thought i was doing something wrong. by chance i tried turning the phone off and then holding the buttons which prompted me to press the send button. and there you go system formatted.
RedCastle said:
Prolly not the right way to do it but i was getting the same problem trying to "hard " reset my phone. he is trying it while the phone is on and displaying everything. personally i held it for 5 minutes and the screen never appeared. i then thought i was doing something wrong. by chance i tried turning the phone off and then holding the buttons which prompted me to press the send button. and there you go system formatted.
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He mentioned in his thread that the phone was "OFF" when he tried the hard re-set.
This is the second time, and second device that this has happened on. My device froze and then when I did a soft reset it won't go past the green WM6 splash screen (memory card is removed). The green light still flashes and the screen goes black after a while, but nothing is ever displayed.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.
My apologies seeing as I'm still a newb. All that was required was a hard reset; press and hold both action buttons while pressing the pen into the soft reset button.
After reinstalling WM6 I am able to use my Titan again (although all my personal data since my last back-up was lost).
Try to hard reset your device.
Press the left and right soft key, then punch the reset hole with ur stylus. Hold the two buttons until the screen displays some thing, follow the instruction on it.
For sum reason my wing just stop working. the other day it just faded to white and never turn back on. once i got it to turn on it only went to the multi colored screen so i connected to my computer and loaded the tmobile RUU it went to 100% rebooted and ever came back on. a blue screen then came on and said press yes to continue, i did n here i am posting my problem because it only goes to that screen. Any input from anyone would be great.
You could try a hard reset. You will loose everything but at least your phone might be working.
1. Hold the two soft keys down (the one that opened contacts and calendar by default)
2. With your stylus push the soft reset (below the volume control) hold for about 5 seconds.
3. Keep holding the soft keys and you should get an message to push the send button.
4. press send.
Your phone should reset (hopefully) at this point.