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WM5 Password Forgotten

Hi, a helpfull friend has set the WM5 password to strong alphanumeric and has forgotten it,or just wont tell me what it is. Can anyone tell me, how can I get around this to get MDA Vario working again?
Many thanks

I think a hard reset may fix.

But I am not to sure.

I have tried that, device is still coming up with password request.

All I can think of is flashing it with a new ROM but if it goes bad it could kill the device and I am not sure it would remove it but in theory it should. Other members may have some hacks to fix it.

A hard reset will definitely remove the password, maybe you are just soft resetting the device.

I have tried as says in manual many times, it comes back up with the password screen every time.
I can only try it with MDA:
Turned off
Turned on with password screen illuminated
Manual says:
88 Managing Your MDA Vario
To perform a hard reset
1. Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command button on
the device.
2. Keep the two buttons pressed, and at the same time, use the stylus to lightly
press and hold the RESET button.
RESET button
Voice Command button
Comm Manager button
I have tried it with MDA:
turned off
turned on showing password screen

Sounds like you are doing the reset wrong....
Hard resets are awkward - hold in the two top side buttons, press the reset and keep holding the top two buttons after you have removed the stylus from the reset hole. About four seconds should do it.
Hope that helps.

you'll know if you got it because you'll get a black screen with white lettering that says "press send to format" or the like
otherwise its just a soft reset. On an older ipaq I had, if I had a password it would ask on teh PC everytime I synched. This was with PPC 2003. I'm not sure if you'll still have a problem when you try to sync your data though.
Good luck.

Bilbo_28 & others - You were right, I was not doing a hard reset properly and getting only the soft reset.
It seems after doing it a few times, that the hard reset instructions in the manual should read something like:
hold in the two top side buttons, both the send and receive buttons leds should come on and stay lit.
Insert the stylus in the reset hole and observe both send and receive buttons extinguish
remove the stylus from the reset hole and keep holding the two top side buttons until:
The screen goes black and the following message appears:
Press send to restore
factory default,
Other keys to quit
Release the top two side buttons
Then press SEND to restore factory default
or press any other key to abort hard reset
I think an e-mail to T-Mobile telling them to update the manual would not go amiss !!
Many thanks for your assistance.

Thankz man
hey thankz man really got a great relief

Wow. I was doing the hard reset wrong. I had the same password problem. But now its stuck on the "align screen" menu wth? It moves the cursor around the screen and yet it comes back to the menu. I've run through it at least 10 times now

T-Mobile MDA (HTC Innovation) Hard Reset..?

hi all..
pls tell me how can i reset (Hard) this mda..?
phone is power on..then goes white screen..

What did you do tho get it in this state?

PsiDOC said:
What did you do tho get it in this state?
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upgraing rom.. and i solved the pb now with hard reset..

t-mobile_mda said:
hi all..
pls tell me how can i reset (Hard) this mda..?
phone is power on..then goes white screen..
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and procedure...
To perform a hard reset
• Press and hold both SOFT KEYS shown enclosed by circles in
the picture below. Keep these keys pressed, and at the same
time, use the stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button
on the left side of your device. Press either 0 to restore to factory
default or X to exit the hard reset process.

Thanks for this useful post.

t-mobile_mda said:
and procedure...
To perform a hard reset
• Press and hold both SOFT KEYS shown enclosed by circles in
the picture below. Keep these keys pressed, and at the same
time, use the stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button
on the left side of your device. Press either 0 to restore to factory
default or X to exit the hard reset process.
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After hard reset ...show ..tap screen to aligne screen...or similar...and nothing what ever I try to do, (cleaning, taping in every pixels of screen) and nothing. What is next ?

How to hard reset xperia

theguvnor11 said:
About hard reset.
1. turn off the phone
2. Hold both right and left buttons (the ones right under the screen, dont know the name)
3. press power button, while still holding the others
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maybe it's usefull for someone, dont' let it starving in tomtom compatibility thread

Weirdest combo ever

left and right button and soft restart = hard restart

thank for the advice, really easy way to reset if i remember to my blueangel

it works...
guap said:
maybe it's usefull for someone, dont' let it starving in tomtom compatibility thread
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thanks... i just followed your instruction.. and i have my xperia phone reset...
ive been trying to input the simple password key, which obviously i forgot since last night...and now i am back on line... thnks

Can not hard reset my device.
Guys, I've tried both methods,
Turn phone off, press left key, right key and power button, all at the same time..
and also have tried
Turn the phone off, press left and right key and using stylus to press reset button..
Tried both so many times, but just can not hard reset my device. Any ideas where I may be going wrong?

Hard Reset
Yes, i have same problem,i can t make hard reset.If i try i have only white dispay with blue sign .....pres R on keyboard for reset or press X for cancel....But i don t see any keyboard and if i try press any button nothing happen.For way go out from this situation i take out battery.Later i put back this battery turn onn and everythink return to normal. Out of reset.

I have the same problem. After two hard resets I can't hard reset. Problem is the phone restarts after entering PIN. I even tried an othen SIM card or no card at all but nothing happened. When I try to hard reset with the stylus it does absolutely nothing. If I try with the power button it doesn't hard reset, it starts normally. Any suggestions? Please help me, I've got the phone for just about 30 hours.

danny1975 said:
Yes, i have same problem,i can t make hard reset.If i try i have only white dispay with blue sign .....pres R on keyboard for reset or press X for cancel....But i don t see any keyboard and if i try press any button nothing happen.For way go out from this situation i take out battery.Later i put back this battery turn onn and everythink return to normal. Out of reset.
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That's entirely right. If at the point that you get the display making you choose between reset or cancel, slide out your keyboard and press the given keys Should work just fine, have done it myself several times.

Hard reset
Thank you,perfect work.

arnisv said:
left and right button and soft restart = hard restart
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Thanks

stZ said:
Thanks
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That also didnt work for me..
Ive tried:
- left&right + power button
- left&rigt + soft reset (power + volume button)
- left&right + stylus in back
Ive never got a hard reset, what am i doing wrong?

I just use the Clear Storage option in settings! Am I missing something?!

Both methods dont work..... TRY THIS ONE
FalkenX said:
That also didnt work for me..
Ive tried:
- left&right + power button
- left&rigt + soft reset (power + volume button)
- left&right + stylus in back
Ive never got a hard reset, what am i doing wrong?
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I had same problem with hard reset. I used all the ways to reset mentioned in this post but nothing helped me untill i tried a bit different way, you can also try this may be it solve your problem.
Step by step
1. switch off your phone.
2. enter in bootloader by press and hold volume down key then press and hold power on button keep holding both untill four colour bootloader screen shows up. (release power on and volume down)
3. press and hold both left and right silver keys at front while holding them press and hold hardreset button located under battery cover untill white screen with warning shows up.
4. open keyboard and press "R"
5. Follow instruction on screen.
Its Done. Hope this will help you

saved by malik80
dude thank a lot, i was getting upset, mad and scared, dunno why it got stuck at the green windows mobile screen, not going further.
that was hard to perform lol, hard-reset the "hard way" al by myself.

I have also experienced problems hard resetting the device and have resorted to Start>Settings>Clear Storage and it seems to have the same effect, no?

malik80 said:
I had same problem with hard reset. I used all the ways to reset mentioned in this post but nothing helped me untill i tried a bit different way, you can also try this may be it solve your problem.
Step by step
1. switch off your phone.
2. enter in bootloader by press and hold volume down key then press and hold power on button keep holding both untill four colour bootloader screen shows up. (release power on and volume down)
3. press and hold both left and right silver keys at front while holding them press and hold hardreset button located under battery cover untill white screen with warning shows up.
4. open keyboard and press "R"
5. Follow instruction on screen.
Its Done. Hope this will help you
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thanks, this works!

yeah.. clear storage is the same right??? hardreset ya?

can someone take a video on this 'hardreset'
i think this could be very helpful
thanks.

just hard reset my xperia after trying so many times like the others out there.
just wanna add additional info, you have to keep on pressing and holding the 3 keys (2 front keys and the reset button) until you get the blue screen.
if you press then simultaneously for just a few sec w/o waiting for the blue screen, you'll just soft reset your unit.

Hard Reset HTC phoe 100

how to Hard Reset HTC phoe 100 ?

Do Not Attempt this unless you absolutely have to!
Go to Start, Accessories, Clear Storage, type in 1234, and press yes.
OR
With the device off, hold down the right and left soft keys and then press and hold the power button. Once a black screen shows asking you a question, release the power button and then the soft keys. This is your last chance, if you want to reset the device COMPLETELY press the Send key. Otherwise press the End key.

hi i have a i mate jaq asking password

hi i have a i mate jaq asking password i try to reset but fail plz help me how to hard reset .....
here i read the procissor but fail to reset plz help
1) Turn Phone Off.
2) Press and hold the two soft Keys at the same time.
3) Turn the phone on (dont let go of the soft keys.
4) When the screen turns on, immediately release the soft keys.
5) A black screen should come up with white text stating to press 0 to reset device. Any other key to exit.
The key to the hard reset using the softkeys is to only press the end/power button for a short time. Then a black screen will come up. Press 0 and the phone will do a hard reset.
wbr varun

If it is the i-mate jam you need to hold in the power button & press the reset button using the stylus.
If you need more info do a search, we have loads of threads on this.

hi sir this is i mate jaq ........not jam .........wbr varun

I believe for the i-mate Jaq the hard reset is as instructions below:
note: all three buttons are to be pressed at the same time
1)push stylus into soft reset hole + press FN key + press right soft key.
2) phone will restart to factory settings