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Okay, I'm having a huge problem. Some cheapo program got into my registry, and now I can't even get into Windows (whenever I soft reset, I only get a frozen "i-mate" screen). The problem is that I basically broke my power button, rendering it useless, so now I can't hold it down to do a hard reset.
Are there any other ways of hard resetting the device? This is driving me MAD... not having a phone, blah.
VJEschaton should be able to hard reset it.
V
PS You could use VJKeyPress to replace your power key, and VJEschaton to permit a cold shutdown, putting your system into power off mode (not standby)
You can take off the battery, and wait for your back-up-battery to run dry....(app half an hour)....then everything installed will be deleted almost like a hard-reset...You can also get a hold of Shut-xp ( free russian software) this have an option to hard-reset your device...hope this helps...
After removing the battery, you could avoid the half an hour or so wait by shorting all the pins of the battery connector with a paper clip or a piece of wire. When the pins are shorted, the phone will undergo a hard reset.
@aNiMeMaN14, I have been using my phone like you, without the power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=49595
when u place the back of the magician there is a nob which will press the button on the right side of back to let magician start up
this button present in a hole (L shape hole)
at all u need to remove the back and place something in this hole so the button will be always pressed
u will wait untill ur magician coming with the frozen screen u talked about.now remove the battery while keeping that button is pressed without even try to use the power button
when u next place the battery after a while u will find that hard rest is already done
i hope this is was clear enough
i'm always on the forum for any questions
hope u success try
best regards
I have this weird phone, I should say BRICK. My phone stopped working this morning after I cleaned the screen with a piece of cloth....the phone was in standby mode, when I did this.
Here is the story so far:
I was having problems with the hardware buttons, (messaging, internet explorer, the call and hang up buttons) the ones that everyone is been having problems with; so i decided to dismantling the unit following the steps shown on a Japanese website, basically by just looking at which screws to remove. By doing this all buttons functionality come back to normal so I had I fully working phone for about 3 days.
Now, all of a sudden the phone stopped working and refuses to go pass the "loading" message on the screen.
I decided to carefully dismantling the unit again, (I am now and expert in dismantlig dopos) but the problem persist.
I have also tried a hard-reset by pressing and holding the power button, the right/left soft keys and the reset buttong located in the lower part of the phone.....and still NOTHING.....
The phone was running Windows 6.1 (the stable version)....and now I am PHONE LESS...This is just incredible.....
Any help would be much appreciated....
If you are getting a message on screen saying "loading", taht does not go away, then your problem is not hardware but software.
The thing to try here is a full Hard Reset. (not a soft reset, have you tried this?)
Mike
Is this a Full Hard reset??
I have also tried a hard-reset by pressing and holding the power button, the right/left soft keys and the reset buttong located in the lower part of the phone.....and still NOTHING.....
Hard reset:
Press and hold the Left SOFT KEY and Right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device. You will be presented with a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit', if you press R Your device will be set back to factory default settings.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Resets
I have done the hard reset, however the Soft keys do not work, hence I dont get a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit'...so it basically continues directly to CRC's ROM loading message...just as before...and it gets stuck there......
I tried the other option,....Bootloader mode: Hold side OK and POWER buttons together and reset with stylus, and this options does work, but there is no mesagge only a screen with 4 color bands, red, green, blue and white...and nothing else.
If you don't get the message to reset yor phone then you didn't hard reset.
Oh well....thats what i suspected....now the problem is since the soft keys dont work, then I cant do a hard reset....and the more i try the battery gets and will eventually run flat, (since the phone is not recharging either) in another words my dear dopod is slowly dying.....
Well the reason it's probably not booting up and the fact the keys don't work are likely the same problem. One of the flexcable connectors is most likely not seating in fully. I'd dismantle and take great care with all of them. Make certain of the central one - the one with the tape on it.
Mike
Exactly .....but i dont really know why these phones have this problem....as I said before I did clean up the contacts about a week ago and presto...everything started working fine again, but after 24 hours the buttons started playing up again....so it is impossible that things will change in such a short time......
anyway coming back to my current problem, I tried and tried to hard-reset the unit and this time I pulled the keyboard out and pressed hard on the softkeys and after a while it did work .....so I managed to hard reset the phone.....it only had 14% left in the batterry.....lucky me!!!!.....so I went home and started carefully adding all the extra bits needed, and guess what???? right in the last update the phone, again, did lock up........Luckily now I have a degree in dismantling dopos....anyone would like to hire me???? and I am an expert in hard-resetting dopos with actitude.......
I am happy now with my resurrected doppo but I am still a bit weiry about the soft keys not working......
FINALLY ......A big thanks to you guys for your help and comments.....
Finally, and after a lot of web search and tries, i could discover how to make a hard reset of this chinese clon of the pharos.
it was hard for me, cause im newbie, so if someone else needs to hard reset his phone, here is the anser!
1.- enter the "Calibrating..." screen by turning the device on with the call key (green) pressed, u will see a white screen with an image of a screwdriver and a key and the "calibrating..." letters, here u can release the keys.
2.- then press both red and green keys, and without releasing, press the back "reset" button. then release the reset button, and next release the other 2 buttons.
in this step nothing seems to happen, thats why its hard to find this is the right way to hard reset this chinese device.
and thats all, your phone starts normally as the first time!
u also can do a hard reset from the windows settings, but this time my windows hanged up when loading
i also discovered that turning this device ON with the end call key (red) pressed, it enters in a white screen with an icon of a hdd with a green arrow facing down to the hdd with the "downloading..." letters under it.
i think this could be the bootloader for this device, but i dont know how to go beyond this point.
the pc cant install its drivers when i plug the usb (and in normal mode it syncs well with the ActiveSync).
maybe i should put the rom files in the SD card, but i dont know where (in wich folder) or wich files...
SO if someone knows how to flash one of this devices, please tell!!
hope someone find this util, and sorry for explaining it sooo long, english is not my mother talk, so if someone wanna translate this (and explain it shorter) feel free to do it!
Hard Reset
hello!
I also have a problem with this phone clon HTC P3470. I installed HTCHome 2.1 and since then it is restarting or freezing before I can do anything. And even with yours instructions I can't do hard reset. I think that I am doing something wrong and I beg you if you can provide me a pictures where to push, because I can't make it.
Thank you!
RE: pictures
thats the same i tryed to install, and as the htc intructions to hard reset it didnt work for that phone i thougt it was lost.
i think maybe different manufacturers build this phone, so maybe yours have a different key combination to hard reset it.
did you reach any of the "downloaing..." or "calibrating..." screens? or you didnt reach that screens neither?
i will post some pics as soon as possible to help you, but in the meantime, you can search and try different key combinations for different phones, it didnt work for me, but trying and trying i discovered this one.
i found a page with a list of the most common combinations for different phone brands and model, but i dont remember its address, just google it, maybe that helps you!
Thank you for your help!
Unfortunately I didn't get any any of the "downloading..." or "calibrating..." screens. When do I need to do hard reset - phone is off or must be on (windows are loading, after that it freezes and restarts).
"1.- enter the "Calibrating..." screen by turning the device on with the call key (green) pressed, u will see a white screen with an image of a screwdriver and a key and the "calibrating..." letters, here u can release the keys." I can't turn on my device with call key, only with power key. And (sorry) but I didn't find reset button, thats why I would like see pictures.
I will try more combos.
Thank you for now!
I love my HD2 but its loaded with windows and it freezes a lot while trying different/new things and it is so annoying to actually open the back cover and reset it from there. I wish there was a better reset option in the phone like holding the powerbutton for 10 seconds would cut off the power to the phone (like laptops)
Does something like this exists for our HD2?
Install one of those "Reset" programs that is just a glorifed button, then map it to a long press of the End Key. That's what I do. Although I don't know if it works if the phone completely freezes....yet.
Someone actually drilled a hole in the battery cover to get to the reset button. I don't know if you want to do that, though.
The only reason I can think of (as to why HTC put the reset button there) is that the phone doesn't have/use a stylus. Because of this, one would still need access to a small, pointy object to press the reset hole. It actually seems easier to just pull the battery than look for a pen-like object to press the reset button.
jdwrrzmm said:
Install one of those "Reset" programs that is just a glorifed button, then map it to a long press of the End Key. That's what I do. Although I don't know if it works if the phone completely freezes....yet.
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No, if the phone completely freezes, like in an SOD, you have to pull the battery or press the reset button under the battery cover.
Pull the battery - much easier and so much quicker than trying to use the red reset button. For a software approach try HD2Tweak it works well, or else one of the new extended action screens, eg Johcos that has a soft reset built in
i totally agree that its soooooo damn annoying! in the touch pro it was really accessible!
pulling out the battery is not healthy for the device, but sometimes a life saver!
I am the one who actually drilled a hole into the Battery Case to access the Reset Button without removing the Battery Case back. It works and saves time and possible problems with constantly removing the battery. The battery pins (3 of them) are somewhat fragile and can be bent or damaged and then no phone.
I have my HD2 in a case so the hole is not shown.
There are times that your phone freezes and you cannot Reset with the Reset App or holding down the Power Off (Red) switch.
No big problem with one little hole. LOL
I would suggest taking the time to find a pen or something to press the button, too many times ive read something about bent battery pins and repeatedly yanking the battery is only putting undue stress on what seems to be a slightly flimsy part of the phone........ just my opinion though........
Thanks for the flimsy batteries warning, I'm from the school of "yank your battery out", and I'll make sure I do it with (even more) tender, loving care in future
hardik119 said:
I love my HD2 but its loaded with windows and it freezes a lot while trying different/new things and it is so annoying to actually open the back cover and reset it from there. I wish there was a better reset option in the phone like holding the powerbutton for 10 seconds would cut off the power to the phone (like laptops)
Does something like this exists for our HD2?
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Hi,
I was having the same issue when it came to using the "soft reset" button, especially since I try to reset it daily. The battery cover isn't the easiest cover I've encountered to remove either.
Well, let me share my solution. I installed SKTools, which I find to be a great tool, even with the trial limitation of 6 items at a time. It lets you out a "soft reset" icon in your "start" page. And you can choose between to options, one with a question to confirm using it and one without. I'm new to this forum so don't kmow the rules yet about posting links, but it's easy to find SK Tools site just by googling it. Make sure you install the touchscreen version.
Hope this helps you as much as it has me!
Good luck,
Lexie
good point conan.
and installing any app won't help. why would one want to reset??? COZ IT'S FROZEN AND DOESN'T RESPOND! even long press on End key doesn't work. those who are suggesting such a solution, should tell us how they would press that soft butoon with a frozen/dead screen??!!
i can't believe microsoft has managed to mess up even a mobile o.s. like this!!
Why dont you just hold the power button for ten seconds and select power off from the menu ,then power button back on again will give you a soft reset.....
Cheers Ken
gm0cfw said:
Why dont you just hold the power button for ten seconds and select power off from the menu ,then power button back on again will give you a soft reset.....
Cheers Ken
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There are times that if the phone freezes the Power Button and all buttons do NOT work. Been there done that. That is why I drilled a hole in the battery case so I don't have to remove the battery case and have access to the Reset Button. I no use Android and very rarely have any freezes. I also use SKTools (full version) and no app works if you are frozen.
Hi all
first post and i got an interesting problem with my phone which i qualify as stupid. It all started when when my virtually keyborad started becoming unresponsive and when i tried to do a factory reset, i could not enter the 1234 number to start it. i left the phone for a while and then i could not get into the setting even . But i could receive calls but i could not call since i could not access any numbers on the dial pad( by pressing on the numbers of coruse but from dial log screen i could)
Anyway long story short while fiddling with the phone , i thought the lock feature was on that is why some of the touch functions was not totally responsive but to my sadness, i activated the lock and now the phone is stuck on the front page and i cannot access anything since i must press unlock at the far corner of the down screen but stupidly, while pressing on the unlock, since it is unresponsive, i cannot unlock the phone to get to the normal menu and so on.The only thing working is the square pad which tells me to press cancel then unlock to free the phone for normal use
By the way the lock feature is the one that blocks the phone so that you do not accidentally press on the touch screen and activate a program and not the lock thing operators put to limit your phone
I want to know if anyone can help me unlock the screen so that i can reset the phone or alternatively any other method via usb to reset my phone to factory settings. Any special buttons on the phone i can do to do that?
I tired leaving battery out for 24 hours but that did not work to unfreeze the touch buttons
Was thinking to reload the windows mobile completely via the micro card (which i read here) but i am not sure it will work or i fear it might brick my phone
Any suggestions will be welcome please.... thanks
Use myMobiler to control device from Pc through usb
Good luck
Ps: you'll probably have to change digitiser afterwards
Well tried the mobiler but the thing is that it asks the phone to allow the program to conenct and i cannot press yes on the touch screen since it is frozen or something so i am stuck again.
Very strange, it doesn't ask anything on my device...
Why don't you hard reset: press green and red buttons and while pressing, poke the stylus shortly in the reset hole then release the 2 buttons. It will ask something that you probably won't see, just press the action button and wait for it to restart.
Don't flash another on just yet - it may well cause issues as it sounds like your digitizer is broken. Don't hard reset either
Does it pick up anything at all? Have you tried tapping all over the place in that region to try and get a response, sometimes just under the screen also works. Do you use a screen protector? If not, try it with one, if yes, try it without, it may be interferring with it, or it may help the touch be picked up by the phone (Stupid, I know, but this is something I found to work before with my elfs, and omnias)
When it is locked, is activesync picking the phone up? You may be able to put the remote.exe into the windows folder (for myMobilier) and do it that way.
A digitizer costs about £6-£10. But due to the age of this device, as sad as it is, I would suggest trying a new phone out if funds allow for it.
ok so far i tried the hard reset (red button and green and pressed the on off button but nothing. When i press on off button alone it switches off but not hard reset. I did not know i had a reset hole at the bottom of the phone.I did that with red and green button but nothing. Only when i poke the hole alone it does a hard reset i think but when i switches back on it is still unresponsive and locked screen
I tried poking under screen protector nothing. Also i think screen is still responsive because when i tap on it, the screen lights brighter
I tired putting remote exe file on the phone( active sync is working and i can read files on the phone) but i have two remote files..which one to use ? the one that ends with 40 one or 50 .Also where to put it specifically..which folder.I tried my windows mobile based device but nothing.Also tried program files and data application nothing.
Mobiler cannot connect since from pc alone because it asks my phone permission
and i cannot tap yes to accept program.
so any more suggestions please
Hi
Maybe I wasn't clear enough, here's the exact procedure, it should work since you have to use only hardware buttons:
Hold down send/reject buttons (green/red at the front) and reset with the stylus; release the stylus but keep holding the buttons till you get 'this will erase all your personal data' message, then press 'action' (big front button) to hard reset.
If Hard reset doesn't work then your device hardware is faulty.
If he hard resets he will liekly not be able to align the screen on initial setup tito12.
Avanisha. If you try to run one of the remote.exe it will say this is not a valid windows application, thats the one that needs to go into windows on your phone.
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If he hard resets he will liekly not be able to align the screen on initial setup tito12.
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Hi captainstu72, i was under the impression that he messed up something in his system so a hard reset would hopefully solve the problem. In case he still can't align the screen after HR then he has to replace the digitiser. Mymobiler will not solve anything, pls read the 1st post: he wanted to do a factory reset. He just have to sync before HR.
thks tito 12..problem was solved with your help.J ust did not get the steps of hard reset right. Phone is working ok now and screen is ok as well as tap function. thank god i don't need a digitizer. thanks to captainstu72 for the help as well .You were right tito..seems i ran a program and then all hell broke on my phone. I wanted to factory reset but as you know the pad was locked.
Glad I could help, enjoy your device
Ahh okay, guess i mis read something! Sorry
Glad its all sorted though, I was just concerned he may end up in an annoying align screen loop