Hi
I am really hoping someone can help me.
My Hermes has suddenly and without warning died on me!
I reset it because it seemed to have a funny moment with the menu's.
Trouble is the Vodafone splash screen comes up, then the Windows splash screen and then NOTHING it never gets any further.
I have tried a hard reset and it comes up with 4 colour bars and just sits there.
Please can anyone help?
Robin
You can always re-flash your ROM if your getting that far. Just startup in the bootloader mode rather than letting it try to boot.
How long have you waited for windows to load? There are some things that cause it to hang for a very long time but it will eventually load in most cases.
I have left it for over an hour.
If left this long screen goes blank and won't start up from power switch, needs to be reset again.
Robin
Robster said:
... I have tried a hard reset and it comes up with 4 colour bars and just sits there...
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Are you sure you made a HARD RESET? What buttons did you press?
Junner2003 said:
Are you sure you made a HARD RESET? What buttons did you press?
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Hmmmm
Maybe not.
I pressed and held the top button on either side of the phone and then pushed the reset button.
Is this not right?
Robin
I think i downloaded something bad from the "Market" because when i go to turn on the phone, all i get is a black screen and the buttons light up.
I have already attempted to reset it with the Home and Power buttons
I think all i need is a firmware reflash....
please help! i really dont want to send it in to HTC!!!!
Have you tried hard reset? Call+Menu+End If that doesn't work, pull the battery.
jashsu said:
Have you tried hard reset? Call+Menu+End If that doesn't work, pull the battery.
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That doesnt do anything...
I have tried Call+Menu+End, Home+End, Menu+end, Home+Back+end!!!!
morr2010 said:
I think i downloaded something bad from the "Market" because when i go to turn on the phone, all i get is a black screen and the buttons light up.
I have already attempted to reset it with the Home and Power buttons
I think all i need is a firmware reflash....
please help! i really dont want to send it in to HTC!!!!
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just take the battery out...wait 3 -seconds and put it back in...its happened to me 3 times b4...not sure of the cause but thats the remedy
Turns out to be a Bad ribbon!
the same exact thing happened to me....i called tmobile n they replace my phone free of charge. what do u mean bad ribbon?
The ribbon phone for the LCD display. Phones that have slide outscreens put alot of wear on ribbon cables. My mda vario screen and touch screen both started going faulty after a year.
Once a good onscreen keyboard comes out, we wont have to slide out the screen so much
morr2010 said:
I think i downloaded something bad from the "Market" because when i go to turn on the phone, all i get is a black screen and the buttons light up.
I have already attempted to reset it with the Home and Power buttons
I think all i need is a firmware reflash....
please help! i really dont want to send it in to HTC!!!!
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Check this link will help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=463779
I bought a blackstone a few months back. It works fine but just recently it has been doing something annoying. I press the top button to turn off the screen so i can put it in my pocket or belt holder. It just randomly turns on again. So i thought the belt holder was pressing the button, but i noticed at nite, it just randomly turns on sitting on my desk. I was like ok, I'll download S2U2, so that way if it turns on it wont accidentally call someone. Then i noticed that when it randomly turns on, the S2U2 screen appears at first then it goes straight to the home screen. It is driving me crazy and i have searched the forums for answers to no avail. Could someone help me please!?!
What Rom are you using? I used to have a similar problem, until I sent it back to HTC for a repair. It has not done it since I got it back. Obviously I have no idea if it was the repair or just re-flashing and re-hardSPLing the device.
How do i check the ROM? thanks
metalgerm said:
How do i check the ROM? thanks
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Go to Start->Settings->System->About. There you can find the Build number of the Rom.
the build is 20769.1.4.5, thanks for any help, it is greatly appreciated. I love this phone but this little problem is driving me crazy
any body can help me please?
Hey, i need help. I know nothiing about these phones. I came on here and got help last year to make my hd2 windows into an android.... i did all the work, wahtever you wanna call it, flashing or ROM. something like that. Well anyways, over the the past few months, its been getting stuck on the unlock screen. nothing works, then all of a sudden it will swipe and unlock. now its been stuck for two weeks and i have tried everything, taking the battery out and resetting from the small button in the back, but nothing changes.
lovelyxleo said:
Hey, i need help. I know nothiing about these phones. I came on here and got help last year to make my hd2 windows into an android.... i did all the work, wahtever you wanna call it, flashing or ROM. something like that. Well anyways, over the the past few months, its been getting stuck on the unlock screen. nothing works, then all of a sudden it will swipe and unlock. now its been stuck for two weeks and i have tried everything, taking the battery out and resetting from the small button in the back, but nothing changes.
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you can try this but you will have to press it really really hard and try it multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19458378&postcount=2
Kameirus said:
you can try this but you will have to press it really really hard and try it multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19458378&postcount=2
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Then once you do above and get the screen working again, you can do what i did and use attached program to remap one of the other buttons (i chose green phone button since i press the phone icon to use the phone anyhow) and remap it to function as the power button and never worry about the screen again
To install: download to computer, then use adb install to install.
Or the simple way, just download straight to phone, navigate to the downloaded folder using a file explorer(astro works well found on the market) and launch it through the file explorer to install.
elesbb said:
Then once you do above and get the screen working again, you can do what i did and use attached program to remap one of the other buttons (i chose green phone button since i press the phone icon to use the phone anyhow) and remap it to function as the power button and never worry about the screen again
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pssst
you forgot the attachment
Kameirus said:
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you forgot the attachment
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Not uh! lol thanks Ive edited post
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Not uh! lol thanks Ive edited post
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..lol....
Yep, I have tried that.... pushing the end button a zillion times. It use to work before, but now it doesnt. I tried the end button, the call button, sliding over the other keys, just tapping on the unlock keys on the screen... but nothing. i do it so much, i pretty much start banging on the keys.....ummm... not sure if that made it worse??
is there anyway i can just reset my phone.... perhaps flash a new rom. I really dont care what is on my phone at this point. phone numbers not saved on sim can be replaced.... i dont care about anything else as far as apps. i just want to be able to use this phone again, whatever it takes. not sure if this is even possible without unlocking the screen first. i am so frustrated i wanna let my rottweiler accidently chew it up, just so i can get a new phone...
i know there is some smarty pants out there that can figure this out... help me pleeeeeeeeeeze!!!!
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Yep, I have tried that.... pushing the end button a zillion times. It use to work before, but now it doesnt. I tried the end button, the call button, sliding over the other keys, just tapping on the unlock keys on the screen... but nothing. i do it so much, i pretty much start banging on the keys.....ummm... not sure if that made it worse??
is there anyway i can just reset my phone.... perhaps flash a new rom. I really dont care what is on my phone at this point. phone numbers not saved on sim can be replaced.... i dont care about anything else as far as apps. i just want to be able to use this phone again, whatever it takes. not sure if this is even possible without unlocking the screen first. i am so frustrated i wanna let my rottweiler accidently chew it up, just so i can get a new phone...
i know there is some smarty pants out there that can figure this out... help me pleeeeeeeeeeze!!!!
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Nope. Its pretty much hosed. These are classic symptoms of the digitizer cable losing connection with the main board. Pressing the red End key forcefully can sometimes mate the connection back, but otherwise if that doesn't work nothing will. If you're feeling brave, you can take apart the phone piece by piece and reassemble it. That might do the trick. Else, you have to replace the digitizer.
Ok... first of all, what is a digitizer?
Also, is there any way I can connect it to my computer via usb and try to remove the files that i put on there for the rom.... that would just make it a windows phone again. Because Im confused.... is this a phone malfunction or a file issue?
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Ok... first of all, what is a digitizer?
Also, is there any way I can connect it to my computer via usb and try to remove the files that i put on there for the rom.... that would just make it a windows phone again. Because Im confused.... is this a phone malfunction or a file issue?
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Can you get to the bootloader (stripey screen)? If so, then just flash a stock WinMo ROM from there and it should work.
Well I am able to restart the phone after I take the battery out. So there is a point at the startup while its loading, it says 1-2-3-4 Go Go Go. Not sure if there is anything I can from there.
Oh btw... for a brief few minutes yesterday, the phone did unlock. I got so excited that I started reading all my text messages I missed over the passed 2 weeks and also reviewing missed phone calls. And by that time, the phone locked again. No luck since.
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Well I am able to restart the phone after I take the battery out. So there is a point at the startup while its loading, it says 1-2-3-4 Go Go Go. Not sure if there is anything I can from there.
Oh btw... for a brief few minutes yesterday, the phone did unlock. I got so excited that I started reading all my text messages I missed over the passed 2 weeks and also reviewing missed phone calls. And by that time, the phone locked again. No luck since.
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Take the battery out, put it back in then hold down the power (end call) and volume down buttons. From here, you can flash a stock ROM via the USB port or flash a stock ROM via your SD card
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Well I am able to restart the phone after I take the battery out. So there is a point at the startup while its loading, it says 1-2-3-4 Go Go Go. Not sure if there is anything I can from there.
Oh btw... for a brief few minutes yesterday, the phone did unlock. I got so excited that I started reading all my text messages I missed over the passed 2 weeks and also reviewing missed phone calls. And by that time, the phone locked again. No luck since.
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If you remap the call button to the power button, as lung as you don't hit the end key anymore your screen should stay working. It has for me
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OOOOH... ok how do i remap?
Nigeldg said:
Take the battery out, put it back in then hold down the power (end call) and volume down buttons. From here, you can flash a stock ROM via the USB port or flash a stock ROM via your SD card
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I have no idea how to flash a stock ROM... any links???
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OOOOH... ok how do i remap?
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use the attached apk in this post from before and then find the call button inside the program i think its 231 or something like that. Then press apply and voila green key is now your power key
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use the attached apk in this post from before and then find the call button inside the program i think its 231 or something like that. Then press apply and voila green key is now your power key
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Okk, i can try this... but do i download that file to the computer then to the phone via usb or ?
i see the file, i just dont know what to do with it.
lovelyxleo said:
Okk, i can try this... but do i download that file to the computer then to the phone via usb or ?
i see the file, i just dont know what to do with it.
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You can eitherdownload to computer, the use adb install to install the program, or download to your phone and use a file browser to navigate to your downloads and install from there. Downloading to your phone is probably the easiest for beginners.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using Tapatalk
i definatly think this is the digitizer problem... same thing heppend to me..
elesbb said:
You can eitherdownload to computer, the use adb install to install the program, or download to your phone and use a file browser to navigate to your downloads and install from there. Downloading to your phone is probably the easiest for beginners.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using Tapatalk
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Ok, I can try that. But I am still waiting to get this phone screen to unlock. I guess I cant do anything until then.
Hi recently left work to find my phone constantly pressing the back, home and the far right button (don't know the name) constantly to the point where I can't use it. I managed to hard boot into recovery mode (power + down until LG screen, release and press again) and even managed to flash a ROM I already had (after several frustrating minutes), but the phone still can't be used. I can get past the setup screen and nothing seems to work.
Anyone have any solutions for me or am I screwed and need a new device?
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There's a thread here where a lot of people are experiencing the same thing. Maybe you you can find something useful there.