I am having a problem with my Wizard freezing during boot up. I was having difficulty with my phone running extremely slowly, so I performed a hard reset. I got an error saying "Format Failed", and the phone started freezing on the boot screen. So I tried flashing to the lastest T-Mobile WM5 ROM. Still had the freeze up problem. I tried flashing one of the WM6 ROMs and the phone continued exhibiting the same behavior. Hard resetting still yields the "Format Failed" error. Does anyone know how to fix this behavior?
Thanks!
Joe
lanerebel said:
I am having a problem with my Wizard freezing during boot up. I was having difficulty with my phone running extremely slowly, so I performed a hard reset. I got an error saying "Format Failed", and the phone started freezing on the boot screen. So I tried flashing to the lastest T-Mobile WM5 ROM. Still had the freeze up problem. I tried flashing one of the WM6 ROMs and the phone continued exhibiting the same behavior. Hard resetting still yields the "Format Failed" error. Does anyone know how to fix this behavior?
Thanks!
Joe
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Unfortunately a format failed usually indicates there is a hardware problem. If you are under warranty you should call for a replacement.
i just recently had same problem.. but i fixed it.. take a look at this forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305621
good luck..
-Nstefanelli-
I've had a similar problem before, I fixed it by removing the storage card during bootup. I never had a "format failed" message tho.
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Hi Guys,
Well yesterday the Battery on my 9100 went flat this has happened before and I just charge it back up and its fine.. But this time I incurred Data Loss
Went to turn it back on and it locks on the Boot screen where its states the GSM etc.. Have gone through the usual key press to format and I keep reciving format failed
Any help would be most appriciated
Get to the bootloader screen (multicolored) by turning device off - hold camera button and turn on. Sounds like you need to reflash you device with the same or updated rom - all the wizard roms are listed in the wiki - link is top left on your screen
ul, prehaps its cos your knees are too bendy?
Imp
Ive tryed changing the rom to a newer version, but still no avail... still saying format failed.. Any more ideas before I have to send it back to Qtek... which I would really rather not do
Droc said:
Ive tryed changing the rom to a newer version, but still no avail... still saying format failed.. Any more ideas before I have to send it back to Qtek... which I would really rather not do
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Did you sort this out? I can get to the multicolored screen and flash my wizard but it never boots past the second splash screen. I think the extended rom is corrupted somehow and I need to clear it but hard reset just ends with format failed? Any ideas?
J
Hi all,
Since last friday I'm the happy owner of an S200, until sunday atleast. After a soft-reset, initiated from windows, my device won't boot anymore. It hangs in the red-green-blue bootloader screen (says: IPL 2.09, SPL 2.09). I've tried soft-resets and hard-resets, but the device would consequently keep hanging in the bootloader.
So for the past few days I've been searching the web and just managed to update the ROM. I was expecting that updating the ROM succesfully would mean my device would boot again, but it still keeps hanging in the bootloader (saying IPL 2.09 SPL 2.15 now, so the update did take place).
Does anyone has any idea whats wrong with my phone? Or how to fix this? Please help.
* bump *
I've been searching further and tried to do a SD dump, but I'm getting the message I don't got enough rights to perform a SD dump. This meens my S200 isn't CID unlocked. Is there any way to CID unlock the device without the need of booting into WM?
The solution to your problem
Hello, if you are having bootloader screen right after starting your mobile (prophet) check if your camera button is depressed since i had the similar problem. In my case i had to disassembly the phone in order to fix it. Right after fixing the button it worked fine
hi syzzer,
i really feel with you - why? - i have the exactly same problem. after i tried to upgrade my rom from o2-germany to another one the device isn't starting anymore and hangs in the beautiful-colored bootloader. and now, if i just even want to re-install the same or another rom, doesnt matter which one, the s200 wont start again. i think this is a really unlucky situation for us to stand alone with our weak pda =) hoping for more help, otherwise we have to take up our warranty and try to get it fixed by the store we did buy it (if a rom-update damage is still in warranty )
good luck
budy!
awechris said:
Hello, if you are having bootloader screen right after starting your mobile (prophet) check if your camera button is depressed since i had the similar problem. In my case i had to disassembly the phone in order to fix it. Right after fixing the button it worked fine
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in my case, the camera button is not pressed in... i truly don't know what to do hopeless? mhm?
greets!
budy!
hello Syzzer
I have the same problem, but i make a soft reset and it works.
Camera but + Com Button + Power
Wait until message appear.
You Get the message : For Hard reset press send
If you choose other key the system boots normaly.
I had already tried all your suggestions, but nothing seemed to work.
About a month ago I bought a Trinity. In the mean while, I forgot I had put my S200 in my bag and carried it around for a month. When I found it a week ago and started pressing random buttons, it suddenly booted and has been working ever since! The problem has gone as mysterious as it came. I can only imagine there was some hardware failure / dirt in my device that caused the trouble and is now gone / moved to some place it does not do harm. Because I already bought a Trinity, I gave the S200 to my brother. He's been using it ever since and did not have any problems. So keep your head up, there's hope!
I m also having the same problem
Now I am having the same problem, no button is pressed, and I can not install the NVID ROM
Actually I can install only a few ROMs, the NVID ROM was working before on my Neo perfectly but, I think it can be because I have changed many ROMs, from a month, actually I have tried different WM6 ROMs and I used NVID ROMs mostly for Step 1.
Now when I install any ROM, it shows a msg some nbf one after 80% or 95%
It can install the pdaviet first step ROM, but now the problem is that it hangs very much and it can not start Wifi, it has stopped working, a few more ROMs i have tried, but the WIFI is completely stopped.
When I press it in communication manager, it will show busy icon for a few seconds and will not start it in end.(I tried it in both WM5 and WM6, same problem, I also tried after soft reset and hard reset, the problem is still there)
Please someone help me out.
I have a problem with my 8525 and cannot get it fixed no matter what ive tried. My wife was using the unit playing a game and she said a message window appeared that said something about being critically low on memory. She hit ok to close the window and it rebooted to the bootloader screen with the red/green/blue/white bars. I cannot get it to reset. Ive tried a hard reset, soft reset even tried reflashing but its just locked onto that screen. Ive tried removing the battery.
Anyone have any recommendations? Im running Custel's 2.5 pro cingular version with radio 1.40 and spl-2.10 olipro I dunno if that helps.
Thanks Weez
Anyone? or am i toast?
have u tried flashing the phone suing the micro sd card
tht might help
Did you check the TyTn Wiki section "Common Upgrade Problems?" There's a section on how to get the phone out of bootloader mode... Good luck!
hi all,
my jasjar had an error while upgrading to ranju 7.7,
i tried to reset, didn't came back,
hard reset neither,
i went to bootloader mode, i could,
i connected it again to the pc, it showed usb,
i tried to flash to Rom that was working previously it arrives to 7% than stops,
what should i do ...
i tried to flash with official rom, it says that the rom wasn't designed for this model, it has worked before...
please help...
Hi,
if you search in the ranju's thread there's the solution.
You could have the doc corrupted. Simply read the wiki,
you must use mtty to format your device and then reflash the rom you want (with radio rom also).
Had similar problem
upgrading Imate JasJar to Ranju 7.7, only at first it showed as success, then it started behaving funny during customization, then failed to customize, then got stuck on Windows 6.1 green flash screen and eventually refused to budge beyond blue Imate screen with versions info. I tried everything, a few dozens of hard resets returned me to the same problem, removing the battery didn't do much and mtty didn't show USB as available option, so couldn't even use that. I was pretty much stuck solidly and for a while. At my wits end I read that problems like mine are associated with DOC corruption and my JasJar is as good as dead, quite a few people suggested to those who are in the same position to throw their bricked babies away, as there is no economic solution apart from sending it for service where the corrupted chip may be replaced. What do you know, I followed wiki recommendation and entered a boot screen by pressing light power reset, then just flashed back to Ranju 7.6 and my JasJar was brought back to life!!! The update went without a glitch and everything is working fine. I guess I will keep the 7.7 on my O2 and 7.6 on my Imate for now, won't be risking an update anymore on the JasJar, don't think I have much hair left after all the pulling I did trying to bring it back to life. Hope this helps someone in the same predicament
jokove said:
hi all,
my jasjar had an error while upgrading to ranju 7.7,
i tried to reset, didn't came back,
hard reset neither,
i went to bootloader mode, i could,
i connected it again to the pc, it showed usb,
i tried to flash to Rom that was working previously it arrives to 7% than stops,
what should i do ...
i tried to flash with official rom, it says that the rom wasn't designed for this model, it has worked before...
please help...
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does it turn on at all?
Does the device turn on at all after a hard reset?
Dude, I had a same problem it rectified though, check following of my blog...
http://jay-joshi.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!851D717EDFF14CEC!3258.entry
or
http://buzzdev.net/read.php?40,13307,page=1
Rarest_Kind said:
Dude, I had a same problem it rectified though, check following of my blog...
http://jay-joshi.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!851D717EDFF14CEC!3258.entry
or
http://buzzdev.net/read.php?40,13307,page=1
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Problem resolved?
My titan keeps soft resetting on is own, it'll boot up to the splash screen the all of a sudden soft reset by itself. can anybody out there help?
DO a hard reset. Did you just install a custom rom or radio?
I did a hard reset, and its a custom ROM but i've had it for months. This just started today
I say reflash everything
just did, still same issue, i even did a new ROM. the phone didnt soft reset at all while i had it in bootloader mode
Then I say a hardware failure and time for a replacement
Any idea on what might be causing it?
A hardware failure. Some chip on the pc board is going bad.
Thanks man.
I had flashed a ROM on my wife's Mogul awhile back and it has just started doing the SAME thing... random soft resets... so before blaming hardware there might be a reason why multiple people are having this issue....
Have any of you tried this out yet.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=549004&postcount=2