The device i'm using is an i-mate PDA2. Whenever i press the power button, the device hangs and refuses to respond. The device isn't reading the SD card either. I've disabled the automatic turning off of the deevice but its consuming a lot of battery power this way. How can i fix this problem? I'm sure its not a hardware fault. My guess is that a reinstallation of windows mobile will do the tirck but im not sure how its supposed to be done. Can anyone help me out? The ROM version is 1.11.00 WWE
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Just bought mij S100 and already a problem. My phone automatically shuts down the display, this is nothing strange. But when I want to turn it back on again using the on/off button, sometimes it does not react (sometimes it does). When this happens, i also cannot receive any calls. I tried to call myself with another phone and it did not ring. It looks like a crash to me. When I do a soft reset it works again.
I have the newest Qtek rom (1.12.00 WWE / 1.12.550 WWE) installed. Originally the phone came with T-mobile software.
I hope someone can help me with this problem.
If there is a problem with the power button, then you can go into Settings - Button Lock - do not lock buttons. This way you can turn on your device using any of the green or red buttons.
hi robbertje,
sometimes i have the same problem on my MDA compact (=imate S100).
on/off button does not respond - display dark.
soft reset resets the MDAc and everything is ok.
then a few days no problems. if this problem occours then more times.
I found out that if my MDAc is in this state and if I pull the SD Card out of the device, the screen is on but frozen. The time which is shown an the screen is not correct. Seems that it shows the time when the device went to the freeze status.
Also battery is very low after such problems.
I used to have it when I first upgraded to big storage. A hard reset seemed to fix the problem. What I found was that the screen would react, but it could be up to a minute after I hit the power button. Same thing when the screen was on, I'd hit Start and wait. After a while the start menu would pop up. This was before I even managed to install any other software so it's a windows bug that's fairly random. I haven't had it happen for a few months now, though.
I think PPCProfiles made the problem. I reinstalled PPCProfiles and it seems that the problem is solved but I will see ..................
Hey, I've already ur problem. It's an hardware problem!
The mess is that, when the PDA is cold (strange, huh?) it won't reactivate, causing to do a soft reset. Mystically, the LEDs are still functioning (I mean, if it's green, it will continue to blink BUT doesn't change for any reason)
The only way to fix it is to send it to the repairing center. Sorry for who is out of warranty.
Cheers,
MocciJ
new ROM?
In this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=25761 it is said a new ROM wil fix the problem ...
Is this possible?
check http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27956&highlight= too - may not be relevant, but it shows that power button wierdness can actually be the result of a dodgy battery.
remove your battery,and wait 1 day,my problem solved this method...
Hi guys,
Got my Xda II Mini a couple of weeks ago and I've encountered a problem.
Every now and then, all of a sudden the power button stops responding. I press it, and nothing happens. The only way to get it working again is if I perform a soft reset. Once the soft reset is performed and the system reboots, the power button will work fine for a while until after I've used a random application (seems to happen randomly with applications) then the power button will stop working again.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? It seems to be a software issue as the button itself isn't physically stuck, and getting it working again is done by a soft reset. Could it be something I installed?
power button
Anyone help on this?
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Had the same problem with my mini several weeks ago ie intermittant not being able to switch it on or off. A real pain! Thought it would have to go in for repair. A (dreaded) hard reset fixed it and it has not been a problem since.
Would you be surprised if I said that I have NO power button on my Magician. Well, I have been using it without the power button since I got it. I use the soft reset to start it, and to permanently turn it off, I temporarily slide down the battery cover. I keep Button Lock in Off mode so that I can turn it on with any button.
I have done numerous firmware changes to the phone using USB and the power botton hasn't been a problem. The very reason I could have this phone was that its previous owner lost the parts of the power button and he gave it away to me.
Since people are talking about the POWER BUTTON, just thought I would share my experience (well can't really say that cos I never experienced one) here.
I had the exact same problem - I took the SD card out and boom.. worked like a charm again
Would love to know if this is the same problem.
Tom - www.mouselike.org
Fix found!
From the information posted on this forum, and an incident where my O2 XDA Mini was very low on batteries, I've put two and two together and I think I may have found a solution to this issue!
1. Start up your O2 XDA Mini with your SD Card taken out.
2. Once your Mini has fully booted up, put the SD Card back in.
3. Your O2 XDA Mini should work fine now, and no button lock problem!
My theory on why this works is that when you start up the mini, what happens is that the operating system recognises that the SD Card isn't that compatible and changes some settings. These settings changes in turn causes the button lock issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong
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tekkaman, THANKS A LOT.
I just had the case this morning and your post saves my day
It may be a newbie question, but I have tried to find it out for a couple of weeks now and failed:
How do I turn the Universal off, apart from taking the battery out? Does Windows Mobile have a menu option that turns the deice off? I can't find the key combination that does it either.
What is the safest way to reset it? If I use the reset button, some recent text messages get lost.
I am using Helmi UNI AKU3.5 ROM. Might it be the rom's fault?
Hi there,
In fact, most PDAs are never "off" because else it wont turn "on" to do the reminders...
That said, few 3rd party tools allows you shutdown your device or restart it.
Like http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/english/
Or GsPocketMagic++
I think VJEschaton can put it into a "deeper" deep sleep. I can't remember if this works on the Universal, it should work on all HTC Xscale devices, but I think it was only tested on the Magician.
The device can be forced into any power state you want. But the OS doesn't support that, so it's OEM specific typically.
V
I had that prob with losing messages..
How you can fix it, is if before you reset you press the power button one (to make it sleep) then press it again (to wake back up) then do the reset.
It will keep that exact state its at then.
I think this is what you mean?
Hi, this my first ever thread.
Recently, I have bought a used O2 Exec but running on Dopod ROM (ver 1.30.111 WWE date 04/06/06), Radio ver. 1.11.00, Protocal ver 42.45.P8, ExtROM 1.30.230 WWE.
The device runs on Windows Mobile 5 and everything seems to be stable until the battery level falls below 55%. The screen suddenly becomes blank and the device shuts down by itself. When I press the power button it would boot up to Dopod logo then the Microsoft Windows Mobile and it finally shuts down. Even if I remove the battery and placing it back, pressing the power button would only reboot up to the Microsoft Windows Mobile, then shut down. I could only reboot when I plug in the AC power adapter.
Sometimes it even happens even battery level at 70%!
This problem occurs on the first day I bought the device from an XDA-developer member in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. When I request for assistance he suggest I refer to this forum.
I would be grateful if someone can help me out to resolve this issue. I am only using standard software (no third party) so eliminate possible software conflicts. I believe the battery could be the culprit but I have no resources to verify this.
Thank you
hi do hard reset or upgrade your rom
Hi all
After having done a softreset my screen refuses to turn off. When I press "end call" button the screen turns off and then comes right back on. Even when choosing "lock device" it still comes back on and shows the standard lock screen. It seems that all I have to do to "fix" this is plug it in a power outlet and it is back to what I would consider normal behaviour. I tried to hardreset the device a couple of times and not messing with it further but the problem still exists.
Anyone else having the same problem?..or better yet, a solution
ROM: 1.48.403.1
Radio: 2.05.51.05_2
Manila: 2.5.19211619.0
Installed any software recently that might be responsible for this behaviour? Did you try a hard reset or not?
WB
at least three times. I thought it had something to do with a screen lock app called pocketshield hence the hardreset. A hardreset would put the device back to factory defaults wouldnt it?
Try this:
re burn the official rom
install the official sim contact fix (witch actually is radio 2.06)
and it should all be ok.
total time: 15 min
I had hoped that a re-flash of the rom could be avoided but it did the trick, thanks