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Touch HD Hard Reset

The proscribed method of pressing both up and down volume bar (while PDA is off) and then briefly pressing the power button doesn't produce the desired result.
Is there a programatical way of achieving this, please?
TIA
John

Try this, it may work:
Touch HD Clear Storage
You can also use Clear Storage to reset your device back to factory default settings.
1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.
2. On the System tab, tap Clear Storage.
3. Enter “1234” and then tap Yes.

I would check the buttons work then. I have used this method and it does work. Turn the phone off, long press on the power, yes to turn off. Then hold both volume buttons down, press the power button (keeping the volume buttons pressed).
When the boot screen appears you can let go of the volume butons.
Or use the clear settings above ;-)

johnhedge said:
The proscribed method of pressing both up and down volume bar (while PDA is off) and then briefly pressing the power button doesn't produce the desired result.
Is there a programatical way of achieving this, please?
TIA
John
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I think the trick is to BRIEFLY press
the power button while keeping both
up and down volume buttons pressed.

Hard reset the proper way.

I have seen a few people having problems doing a hard reset mostly because they are using the wrong button combination. So for those of you who have not managed to get it right here is the correct way.
1/ Switch off the phone (either removing the battery or shutting down by holding the "end call" button for few seconds
2/ While being switched off, hold the "home" (house) and "back" (the arrow in the lower right corner)
3/ Hit briefly the "end call" button" while still holding the "home" and "back" buttons.
4/ Release the "home" and "back" button, a white screen containing technical information should appear, with a red message asking for hitting the "menu" button.
5/ Hit the "menu button", the Hero will now boot with factory settings.
Hope this helps.

Grand - thanks for that

Or even easier (if like me you struggled to remember the sequence, or couldnt quite time it right....
Settings > Security > Factory Data Reset
Zippyioa

how strange, i use the same method as the magic (home and power till the triangle appears) and all works fine...

johnboywilson said:
I have seen a few people having problems doing a hard reset mostly because they are using the wrong button combination. So for those of you who have not managed to get it right here is the correct way.
1/ Switch off the phone (either removing the battery or shutting down by holding the "end call" button for few seconds
2/ While being switched off, hold the "home" (house) and "back" (the arrow in the lower right corner)
3/ Hit briefly the "end call" button" while still holding the "home" and "back" buttons.
4/ Release the "home" and "back" button, a white screen containing technical information should appear, with a red message asking for hitting the "menu" button.
5/ Hit the "menu button", the Hero will now boot with factory settings.
Hope this helps.
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Thank u very much for sharing..its very heplful

Thank you for the useful info.
I sometimes reset my phone and I usually switch off it by holding end call button for a few seconds cuz I think removing the battery will damage the phone....

Does someone know, how to factory reset it via PC in the adb shell with the right wipe command?

Hard Reset (Is this OK ?)

Hi,
I'm trying to hard reset my HD2 so I can return it clean (expansys is going to send me a new one since this one has a lot of background noise during voicecalls)
I've followed htcwiki instrucions (hold down vol up and down and then press the end button shortly).
Right now my phone is ON with 4 color stripes (red,green,blue and white) and on top it says
PB81100 HX-BC
SPL-1.42.0000 XE
MicroP(LED) 0x05
MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30
and on the bottom it says only "Serial".
Is it doing the hardreset or something is wrong ? How much time will it take ?

spastik said:
Hi,
I've followed htcwiki instrucions (hold down vol up and down and then press the end button shortly).
Right now my phone is ON with 4 color stripes (red,green,blue and white) and on top it says
and on the bottom it says only "Serial".
Is it doing the hardreset or something is wrong ? How much time will it take ?
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You just set your device in "flash" mode, "serial" tell you that the usb cable is not connected.

Thanks !
Maybe I did something wrong. I'm going to try again

All Settings>Systems>Erase Storage does about the same thing... Wiping your device that is.

I somehow haven't figured out how to hard reset either. It says press up AND down volume but it's a toggle? So I can press either up or press down but not both at the same time?
Is there something I'm completely missing because I feel like an idiot

dagrim1 said:
I somehow haven't figured out how to hard reset either. It says press up AND down volume but it's a toggle? So I can press either up or press down but not both at the same time?
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It's not actually a toggle, but it does feel like one. It's just a plastic bar sat over 2 seperate buttons. You just hold the top and the bottom of it down.

Hard reset
Below are instructions from the manual.
I had trouble working out how to reset my HD, but after doing it the first time it was very easy.
When they say, "with the phone turned off", they mean press & hold end button & choose Power off. Next, press up & down vol buttons and then press end again(short press) and the rest.
To perform a hard reset
1. [FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light][FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light][FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light]With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then press the END/POWER button shortly and release it. You will then see this message on the screen.
[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.​[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]2. [FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light][FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light][FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light]Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]3. [FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light][FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light][FONT=Gotham Light,Gotham Light]Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

Ah ok, that explains... perhaps I'm going to give it a try again later on.
Cheers for the replies!

dagrim1 said:
Ah ok, that explains... perhaps I'm going to give it a try again later on.
Cheers for the replies!
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I wouldn't want to break my volume toggle button since that is what it is in my opinion, a toggle.
Maybe you can bend the knob enough to push in both microswitches underneath but it doesn't feel like the right thing to do to me...
Running All Settings>System>Erase Storage effectively does the same thing IMHO, and you don't have to break your volume button ;-)

nexus-one-google-1 have password at start up

hi i want remove password nexus-one-google-1 please help
hav this hard reset?

find it:
1. With the phone off, hold the Volume Down button and press and release the Power button.
2. You'll boot into the menu you see above with the little skateboard guys. Select Clear Storage from the list by pressing the Volume Down button.
3. Press the Power button, and confirm by pressing Volume Up.
4. Sit back while your phone reboots in its virgin state.

[Q] Help Getting into Recovery to do update.

Im pressing several different variations of Vol - + Power Maybe im doing it wrong?
Volume Down and Power button right? I feel Ignorant here this is the first android device i cant figure out how to get into recovery.
yes i have a proper update.zip on my external sd.
Thanks in advance.

Hold the Volume down key and then press and hold the Power key. Don't let go until you see the recovery screen.

I read to turn off your phone and press reset while holding power.
Hope this helps

jbrownusn said:
I read to turn off your phone and press reset while holding power.
Hope this helps
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Huh? Not even close.. If the OP wants to flash an update.zip, he needs to...
1. With device held horizantally, power button on top left, turn OFF the device.
2. Hold down the Volume - button (left side of the volume rocker)
3. Hold down the power button.
4. KEEP BOTH HELD DOWN until you see the Recovery text in the top left corner. This appears a second or so AFTER the Acer logo does.
5. Do not let go too soon or you won't enter recovery mode.