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Stuck at Windows Splash Screen

Everytime I turn my xda on it won't get past the Windows Mobile splash screen.
Everything was fine until I installed a copy of Netfront that I had aquired (yes, I know it's my own fault for using cracked/copied software). Anyway the install went OK, it said I needed to restart, so I did, but now it doesn't get past the splash screen.
I'm thinking that if I can access the files stored on the xda then I might be able to remove enough of the traces of Netfront that it'll at least startup properly.
Is there anyway that I can access the files stored on my xda without needing to start up windows?

Finally someone with the same problem that me. Try tap the screen continuosly (every 4 seconds) when the splash screen appears then the system will boot up. let me know if works because we have to find the cause of that.

wow it worked cheers
Uninstalled Netfront and everything's back to normal

But the problem persists, it's nothing to do with Netfront. I believe you have a lot of app's installed, is it true ? I have Phonealarm, SBSH iLauncer, SBSH Pocketweather, Alarmtoday and Inesoft Address Book as today plugins. And you ?

I've got a fair few app's installed but no today plugins.
All I know is I installed Netfront and everything screwed up, I uninstall it and everything's back to normal so I'm happy.
Perhaps you should try uninstalling app's/plugins one by one and do a soft reset each time. At least you may be able to narrow it down to a problem with one particular app.

Done it ... Trust me you'l have the same problem when you'll install another application (not only with netfront). The question is why ?

Damn, you're right
Just installed Minimo, did a soft reset and it's back to sqaure one

How much Storage/Program memory left do you have ? I have 19MB/17MB

Storage 13MB
Program 23MB

Do you use smartskey/omapclock tweak ? i use omapclock with 264MHz

Nobody else has this issue ?

Don't use any of those
Everything's pretty much standard apart from registry wizard and a few app's installed

ok guys i have this same exact problem but the thing is it happend for no reason
one day i just turned on my phone and it was doing it it only starts after hours of messing with it i dont know why i havent installed or changed anything

problem with installing programs/removing progams...PLEASE help :(

I've been trying to install cabs lately, and it says for most of the "installation was unsuccessful", and it deletes the cab files after that...
so i was wondering what the heck was going wrong, so i went onto settings and clicked "remove programs", and when i clicked that, there was nothing on the list of programs to remove!!! even though i have googlemaps, SPB mobile shell, and a few other things installed, it does NOT show on the list of installed programs, thus, i cannot remove anything, OR install any cabs
anybody know what i can do to remedy this situation....? there are several important aps i HAVE to install, and i was wondering what i could do to install these programs....should i take the non-cab route, and install it from my computer, with the Wing hooked up to it...? or any other solution?
any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks

atrac7gts said:
I've been trying to install cabs lately, and it says for most of the "installation was unsuccessful", and it deletes the cab files after that...
so i was wondering what the heck was going wrong, so i went onto settings and clicked "remove programs", and when i clicked that, there was nothing on the list of programs to remove!!! even though i have googlemaps, SPB mobile shell, and a few other things installed, it does NOT show on the list of installed programs, thus, i cannot remove anything, OR install any cabs
anybody know what i can do to remedy this situation....? there are several important aps i HAVE to install, and i was wondering what i could do to install these programs....should i take the non-cab route, and install it from my computer, with the Wing hooked up to it...? or any other solution?
any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks
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Well, not really sure what's going on with that, but what rom are you running? Personally, whenever you have funky issues with the o.s., it's almost always best to do a hard reset.

There may be a good chance you have no space on your internal storage thus renders the installation unsuccessful.
Go to settings->system->memory to check the available storage.
If you do not wish a cab to be deleted after installation, change the property of that file to "read-only" either on a pc or use total commander.

dougstoner said:
Well, not really sure what's going on with that, but what rom are you running? Personally, whenever you have funky issues with the o.s., it's almost always best to do a hard reset.
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i am using SPB mobile shell as my aftermarket rom...but i've been using that for awhile with no problems...even with hard reset (as in turning off the phone and on), i still can't access the "remove programs" and actually DO anything....the only thing it seems like i CAN do is do a full, factory reset, but i really don't want to resort to that.....
and wearefree, i did check the available storage, and it's not fully taken up...granted, it's not a lot left for storage, but still there's a good amount left for a few more progams to be installed
i appreciate all your guys' help...anyone else? is there still a way for me to install progams through active sync/computer....? instead of doing it the CAB style...?
thanks

atrac7gts said:
i am using SPB mobile shell as my aftermarket rom...but i've been using that for awhile with no problems...even with hard reset (as in turning off the phone and on), i still can't access the "remove programs" and actually DO anything....the only thing it seems like i CAN do is do a full, factory reset, but i really don't want to resort to that.....
and wearefree, i did check the available storage, and it's not fully taken up...granted, it's not a lot left for storage, but still there's a good amount left for a few more progams to be installed
i appreciate all your guys' help...anyone else? is there still a way for me to install progams through active sync/computer....? instead of doing it the CAB style...?
thanks
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I was referring to a "hard reset", not just turning the phone off and on. That's a soft reset. When you do a hard reset, it basically rewrites over the os, so you will lose all you data, but it will be a fresh start, so you know there shouldn't be any errors. To do a hard reset, you press and hold the 1 and 2 buttons on the phone (buttons about talk and end) and press the soft reset button on the side. (with the stylus)

I also have this problem and would like to know an answer...i have hard reset and its done nothing..its almost like tmoble has it locked from putting programs in

Softkey background corruption (Resolved)

Can anyone help with resolving this problem? The lower softkey backgrounds have changes to grey ISO black. It happened before with a game, but the the problem went when I uninstalled it.
Now the problem came back after I put CE Star on, but even after I removed CEStar, cleared the installation folders and soft reset a few times the problem remains. I could be wrong to blame CES, but it was the last program on before the issue came up.
I tried disabling and re-enabling touchflo, changing themes around and back to black etc. I left it switched off overnight to think about settings sticking but still no joy.
Grateful for any suggestions and thanks.
[Edit : It seems to have been caused by "big5vcs.tbl" and/or "GBxxx.tab" (xxx I forgot the full filename) being left behind in the \Windows directory. Deleting them and a soft reset resolved the softkey colour issue.]

I have the exact same problem on my HTC Touch HD. But idont have those 2 files you mentioned..does anyone know exactly why this happens? there must be some other file for me in my windows directory that must be causing it. how did you know which files were to be deleted?

I'm always wary when installing potentially incompatible programs.. especially with the HD and its huge screen. Take some time to poke around the windows folder and look for any orphan files. In my case suspect files as I named above were dated on the date/time I put CE-Star on, so I knew they should be safe to delete.
This still leaves room for error though, so be sure of what you're doing. I suggest you try to back track and remove software/revert settings changes in reverse order until you fin the culprit! Searching here may also help if you have suspicious programs.

Solved!
Great news..i'm able to solve the problem..now i have the black soft keys back! What i did was used Memmaid to see what was starting up with windows, and disabled the items i didnt need to start up..in my case, it was Mapking_sms.exe and batti__sumthing__.exe.
After disabling those, a soft reset got everything back in order again... fewh..
hope this helps other people as i have searched for a solution for this problem for weeks!!

Gotta learn this stuff

You guys are genious. I need serious help. First I have a services.exe error everytime I shut off or soft reset. Any one know what to do or if it even matters.
Second all this talk about running things and saving space. I need more memory saving. I don't have a clue what I really need and what I can get rid off to save oh ram. or hard drive memory too. Please tell me exactly what to do.
NExt on my HTC Imagio I want to run SBP mobile shell but I want to run TF3 too because I like the weather start up on it and I can't get to it with spb shell running someone talked about it but I can't figure out what to do based on what I read, I want to start up TF3 and then hit a button to go to shell. ANy one know how to do itl Also I have Pocket Mechanic and all kinds of tools but not SK Tools. I have Vitual Espolorer cuz I thought that would help me ID files but now that I can ID them I doh't know what I need and what I don;t. If I get SK Tools will it help me know what to do. Nothing comes with a manual anynmore. I need a detailed manual for the phone and how it works not what it does. Can anyone answer these with esplicit directions cuz I don;t know a .dll from anything else. I only know that an exe runs something, So Im really dumb about all this. ANyone know how to help. It 2:30 AM and I;ve been up all night for a week trying to figure out things on this phone. So far I like it a lot but the more I add the slower I get and I might want to add more. HELP!!!!!! Going crazy.....

OK, that's a whole lot for anyone to try to process. First things first, what's your biggest problem? The best way to get help is to knock down the issues one at a time.

The first problem is I have a services.exe error every time I turn the phone on after it's been off or any time I reset it. That's first

Based on a little Googling, it looks like the only fix for a services.exe error is a hard reset. I pasted the info on a hard reset below for you:
This will wipe all data off the phone and restore factory default settings.
1. While the phone is off, press and hold Volume Down + Talk/Send + End/Power.
2. When the device displays a message about wiping the data, release all 3 buttons.
3. Press Volume Up to complete the hard reset.

If I move all my programs I installed to my card I won't really loose anything right.,

lbreuer2 said:
If I move all my programs I installed to my card I won't really loose anything right.,
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I don't know what programs you are trying to move, listen, just forget moving programs, back up or your files via myphone or use activesync to store everything you want on your computer. When you perform a hard reset either by the method listed or by going to Start->settings->all settings->system->memory then selecting clear storage tab, letting win mo come back up and customize then before you do anything when it restarts, hard reset again, for some reason this helps the functionality of native software. Then immediately take care of the tv icon, proxy mem. tweak, and nopifix. Then what ever you need to install try to install to your sd card via downloading from this xda site for cab files or doing a little google searching rather than installing directly from market place. EXCEPTION: DO NOT INSTALL TWEAKS TO SD CARD OR ITEMS THAT ROTATE THE SCREEN. Keep all the cab files on your pc or on your storage card so that you have them whenever you decide to hard reset or flash your device. Enjoy your imagio thing only become easier the more you use and play.

I must not have my activcesnyc set up right because the only thing it backsup is my contacts, email, journal and a file folder full of what ever I want to but in that folder but thats snyc with my docs on my devic and I don't want to over load it. When I had a palm it used to back everythng up to a file on my computr and I could just reinstall but this windows stuff doesn't seem to do it. How do I set up active sync to sync everythi ng on my devide and card to back up to my computer.? Ans I don't have a clue what you were talking aabout when you said take care of your tv and those other files, not a clue. I have mobil shell on my phone is that what your taling about not having on the phoen. You need to talk like your talking to a 12 year old when your explaining this stuff to me. Thanks. L

Sweeny Russ said:
I don't know what programs you are trying to move, listen, just forget moving programs, back up or your files via myphone or use activesync to store everything you want on your computer. When you perform a hard reset either by the method listed or by going to Start->settings->all settings->system->memory then selecting clear storage tab, letting win mo come back up and customize then before you do anything when it restarts, hard reset again, for some reason this helps the functionality of native software. Then immediately take care of the tv icon, proxy mem. tweak, and nopifix. Then what ever you need to install try to install to your sd card via downloading from this xda site for cab files or doing a little google searching rather than installing directly from market place. EXCEPTION: DO NOT INSTALL TWEAKS TO SD CARD OR ITEMS THAT ROTATE THE SCREEN. Keep all the cab files on your pc or on your storage card so that you have them whenever you decide to hard reset or flash your device. Enjoy your imagio thing only become easier the more you use and play.
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Hey you said something about getting rid of the tv icon and other stuff after a hard reset, but never explained in detail. plz help, thx

After weeks of zero issues (aside from memory leak), I just got a barrage of services.exe errors this morning. Phone was throwing error after error even after a soft reset. After three soft resets it's finally working now (after another services.exe error). I didn't make a single change to my configuration though so I'm a big perplexed as to why these just started showing up now. I was really starting to get content with my Imagio too...sigh.

Crashed sense by renaming a .jpg - now it won't start!

I'll just save my swearing of HTC programmers for later, for now I'll just cut to the chase:
One of my albums that I've synced by using WMP didn't have a thumbnail visible in sence Music Player. I had the .jpg picture for it, but it wouldn't work (I'm assuming because the album was a 2 part one, CD1 and CD2). So I've simply copied the .JPG to both the folders and renamed it ~hTC_Albumname.jpg
It was quite a long name but there should not have been any problems since their names were different (the second one had CD2 in the end).
Right after I've done that I went to the sence player and clicked play on the album. Then SENSE crashed and now, even after soft reset it can't start!
I've deleted all of my .mp3 files from /Storage Card/Music
I've deleted all Temp files by hand and via ClearTemp
I've performed soft reset a dozen times
I've tried deleting the Applicaton Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng but the .vol file is used by a service and can't be deleted.
How do I proceed to restore Sence? I don't want to perform a hard reset as I have extreme amounts of settings in comparison to small amounts of time.
Any suggestion on this matter is greatly appreciated

I have really no idea how to solve this, as a matter of fact I'm not quitte shure if I understand what is happening here.
But my first thought was: to eliminate if your problem comes from your SD-card or not, why not remove it and start your device without it?
Hope this may be of help to a solution.
Goodluck,
Fred

When you say sense can't restart. Do you mean that it tries to start and then crashes or it that it doesn't bother to start at all. If it is the former; do you get any kind of error message? If the latter; have you gone to your today settings and made sure sense is still enabled?

Faelok said:
When you say sense can't restart. Do you mean that it tries to start and then crashes or it that it doesn't bother to start at all. If it is the former; do you get any kind of error message? If the latter; have you gone to your today settings and made sure sense is still enabled?
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It tries to start normally but it doesn't, it retries a few times and then just writes a message: Unable to start sence, tap here to try again. Of course the tapping is to no avail. I will try to format my SD card tomorrow to see if it does any good... Damn what damage a little .jpg can do...

might be time for a hard reset.

P$YCH0 said:
It tries to start normally but it doesn't, it retries a few times and then just writes a message: Unable to start sence, tap here to try again. Of course the tapping is to no avail. I will try to format my SD card tomorrow to see if it does any good... Damn what damage a little .jpg can do...
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I highly doubt formatting the SD will have any impact. It sounds like the registry was somehow corrupted. I've also read about the "Unable to start sense" error happening to people after they sync their phone.
I have another question though. What ROM are you using?

Unfortunately my friend, like posted you may have to hard reset. Occasionally when trying a new modification (something in Sense for example) my Sense gets broken. It will try to start a few times then I would get that message, to date I have found no solution to fixing Sense if it won't start so I am forced to hard reset. Sorry I wish there was another option. If someone knows please chime in

Many times when sense gets "broken" it's due to a corrupted file or registry entry. This can happen from a bad cab install to a messed up tweak. Also, some custom roms that are optimized for speed have modified buffering so a crash at an unlucky time may cause file and registry corruption that breaks sense. If you can pinpoint where the problem occurred, then a fix may be possible without a hard reset.
Although a hard reset WILL do the job, I like to think of it as an absolute last resort.

Don't know if you have CHT installed, but I avoided a hard reset by re-installing CHT when having the same problem with sense. Something I did corrupted a CHT file I am guessing. Also, I could not import my saved CHT Editor settings, as sense would not start after import. Just skipped import and was back to normal.

Texas01 said:
Don't know if you have CHT installed, but I avoided a hard reset by re-installing CHT when having the same problem with sense. Something I did corrupted a CHT file I am guessing. Also, I could not import my saved CHT Editor settings, as sense would not start after import. Just skipped import and was back to normal.
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Thanks for the tip. I'll try this immediately. I've already started looking into custom roms/radios. I'm currently using stock 1.66 with a 2.07 radio.
EDIT: Thank you so very much, it worked!! I'm guessing that I've overlooked tha fact that on one level of CHT I had the media player plugin. I'm guessing my messing around didn't brake sense's media player but the homescreen CHT media player plugin!

You are most welcome.