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newbie in need of help with mda t-mobile version

i was wonder if i could get some links and some steps to what i am doing here.. reading all these post about ROM and what not and feeling left out...what programs do i have to have to do all this cool stuff. how can i backup my roiginal data so if i ever want to put it to stock i can, why i would want to do this , not sure. jus to be safe. so any help or links or direction would be helpful, thankyou

Some starting points
I found
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?p=6743543#post6743543
the most useful when I got my MDA. I've been keeping my own description of what software I use at
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/MDA.html
which has descriptions of a lot of programs, and what I use them for.
Unless you have a specific lack of functionality, I would advise against flashing the ROM on the "if it ain't broke" principle. Notice that there are three or four people who have had serious problems that way (butmost or all bailed out by xda-dvelopers). Instead, get a backup program (spb or sprite are the two favored choices), and make a backup before you install new software, so that you can return to the previous state. (Software doesn't uninstall very well.)
If you don't flash the ROM, a hard reset will return the device to its original just out of the box state. Of course, all your data is gone in that event.

thank you for the info, i will see what i can do....

pleeaeaaase some help! messed up registry!

Please can anybody export hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/bluetooth/serial and send me the whole key because I messed up with my registry, and it stuck. Now I just managed to delete it.
pleeeeeez

It would help if you specified your ROM version.
I can only assume you have a prophet (since you posted this in the prophet section).
My advice to you though - backup your contacts and files and hard reset the device. It is the best way to insure proper operation in this case.

WM6
i was hoping I could avoid it so I wouldn't have to re-solve the problem with a2dp but I decided to give wm6 a try...
So far so good. Thanx Anyway.

How to do I return my device to normal?

I tried installing one theme (transferred files to /windows) and didn't like it then I couldn't get back to my original sprint theme and so I installed another one (cab).
How can I clear all this crap out and just go back to my original factory theme? I shouldn't have messed with this stuff in the first place!
Help would be greatly appreciated!!

hard reset will bring youre phone back to original manilla.
but you will also loose al youre contacts and other apps and tweaks.

That's fine as long as I can get outta this mess!
It won't make me reprogram my phone will it? (i mean program my phone number esn crap?)
how do i do this hard reset?

for Angelko2k8
Look at this link

1) you may tray with tf3d config, there is an item "restore theme" which worked for me. remember to disable tf3d from today first or
2) you may download original black theme and install it. remember to disable tf3d from todat first
hope this help

Reflash in original HTC firm at:
http://www.htc.com/it/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=133&cat=all

You can use TF3D config or hard reset.
hard reset: Start > Settings > System > clear storage, enter 1234 and it will hard reset your system.

Thanks, I managed to the hard reset via settings control panel.
Someone who is knowledgeable in adding themes and changing TF3D skins should really make a tutorial and have it stickied. It takes way too much time to read and then downloading countless programs that you come to find out you don't even need. It's really a mess. I'm surprised this forum doesn't already have a sticky for that, we have everything else you could ask for.

angelo2k8 said:
Thanks, I managed to the hard reset via settings control panel.
Someone who is knowledgeable in adding themes and changing TF3D skins should really make a tutorial and have it stickied. It takes way too much time to read and then downloading countless programs that you come to find out you don't even need. It's really a mess. I'm surprised this forum doesn't already have a sticky for that, we have everything else you could ask for.
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Its not that hard dude.
All members in the forum went through the testing and failure method.
I myself reseted my device at least 20 times, in the quest for the perfect jewel.
Im guessing you havent flashed ROMS??
Well if you start flashing start getting used to reseting the device very often.
Greetings.

Sergio PC said:
Its not that hard dude.
All members in the forum went through the testing and failure method.
I myself reseted my device at least 20 times, in the quest for the perfect jewel.
Im guessing you havent flashed ROMS??
Well if you start flashing start getting used to reseting the device very often.
Greetings.
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Nah man, haven't flashed my rom yet...I don't even know how to see what rom I have. The funny thing is that I'm not some noob who doesn't know how to do stuff like this, usually I catch onto this stuff easily but with so much info and downloads on this forum it's easy to get confused.
Once I figure out everything hopefully I'll be able to make a thread for others!

Hard-reset on wm2003

Hi there,
I'm having difficulty with a Symbol MC5040 running windows mobile 2003. It's hard-reset procedure will actually make everything worse, it's supposed to uninstall and reinstall some programs, setup some configuration, but some parts will fail and it will configure more than it should... I would like to learn how the hard-reset is done, so i can "master" the process, find out why it's doing this and fix it.
Can anyone point me to the right documentation? My google searches are flooded with the wrong results...
Thanks,
Simon

There is Clear storage item in settings.

And what does it do?
I'd like to modify the hard-reset process, how's that going to help?
I really appreciate your reply and I'll look for more information on it, but can you elaborate? Thanks!

Ok I read some, and it seems clearly unclear what it does exactly, compared to the hard-reset. I would think they are the same... but this still doesn't help me.
I know how to do the hard-reset, I'm doing it on a dozen different devices every day, but it helps a bit and also make things worse... something is wrong with it. It needs to be reconfigured.
I've read somewhere the hard-reset will reset everything to factory default and then add the OEM customization... I think this is where I need to look, but I couldn't find much valid info on that...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

You're not going to be able to modify the hard reset/cold boot. That's all configured in the rom. You'd need to re-cook and flash the rom to modify how things boot up. I have a 2003 device, but it didn't have a customization step after the welcome screens. All you could really do is skip customization (if it occurs) by soft resetting after going through all the welcome stuff.

Need help restoring dtmf* key

I did the hack to turn off keypad sounds. I was lazy, and deleted instead of renaming. I deleted one key too many. I need to restore key
HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Dtmf*
Could someone please post the info needed to add this key back. Like dwords, values etc. I would really appreciate it. Having trouble with my phone, which required 3 hard resets. I really don't want to have to do it again.

I can help you out:
so first you have hkcu/conrolpanel/Sounds/dtmf*
Then you have: hkcu/conrolpanel/Sounds/dtmf*/category and the data is: feedback
hkcu/conrolpanel/Sounds/dtmf*/script and the data is: p
hkcu/conrolpanel/Sounds/dtmf*/sound and the data is: 10

That fixed it. Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.