For some reason I can no longer get cab files to work - When I touch a .cab nothing happens (but if I touch a .exe the program starts OK, .doc opens OK etc).
So I thought I would hard reset but I can't get that to work either.
With phone off, press and hold up/down volume and then briefly press power button - I get HTC splash then (briefly) a black screen then windows starts then the volume pop-up opens and the phone beeps until I release the volume button.
If I press and hold up/down volume and then press and hold power button it goes into bootloader.
Does anyone know if Clear Storage restores registry settings as well as clearing phone storage (ie is it the same thing as a hard reset)
Or why .cab files no longer install software?
are you running stock ROM?
ericjennings said:
For some reason I can no longer get cab files to work - When I touch a .cab nothing happens (but if I touch a .exe the program starts OK, .doc opens OK etc).
So I thought I would hard reset but I can't get that to work either.
With phone off, press and hold up/down volume and then briefly press power button - I get HTC splash then (briefly) a black screen then windows starts then the volume pop-up opens and the phone beeps until I release the volume button.
If I press and hold up/down volume and then press and hold power button it goes into bootloader.
Does anyone know if Clear Storage restores registry settings as well as clearing phone storage (ie is it the same thing as a hard reset)
Or why .cab files no longer install software?
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Yes - clear storage is just like hard reset.
goldt said:
are you running stock ROM?
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yes, 1.66.405.2 (76641) WWE
Thanks for the help - found a way to hard reset with the phone on (in the wiki - I know, should have checked that first!!) and that worked.
Related
Hello,
I installed SPB Pocket Plus, then I reboot, since then my mobile stops in the boot screen.
Is there a way to boot in safe mode? (I tryied to boot holding the two upper buttons, failed.)
Is there a way to format the mobile before booting?
If I need to reinstall EVERYTHING, how do I do it? Using the USB cable? Where do I get the ROM? How do I procede installing the rom?
Please, I would REALLY appreciate any suggestion,
I am in panic.
Thanks.
same here! don't know what to do, a hear an alarm tune and then it stops...
I did a hard reset now...
A quick Google search got me HERE.
Press and hold both the Comm Mannager Button and the Voice Command Button
While keeping those two buttons pressed, press the Reset Button with your stylus
After about a second you will be prompted for confirmation. Press the Talk Button to confirm
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Additionally, if you can still connect to your desktop by USB Cable, you should be able to remove the offending software with ActiveSync without hard-reseting.
thank you so much, but I had to hard-reset my device, I lost everything, damn!
that's how i did it:
Plug the device on power
Turn on your device
1. Press simultaneously the 2 upper buttons (comm. & voice) and keep them pressed
2. After 3 s press the soft reset button and keep it pressed for 3 s, (comm. & voice are still pressed)
3. Release soft reset button., (comm. & voice are still pressed)
4. Don’t release comm. & voice buttons until you see on the black screen some Instructions to format your drive.
5. release comm. & voice buttons
6. press call button to start format your drive.
Thank you both for the attention,
KidNapped
Hello
Does anyone know how to do a Hard Reset on HD?
Regards
Hold both volume buttons and press and release the power button I think!
Hi, most HTC using this step
press and hold : 1 Call-key , hangup-key, and power-key
2 then then click yes need hold power
3 black screen, press power again will as for hard reset
hope that help
Oh and phone has to be off to.
page 278 in the manual
To perform a hard reset
1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.
2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:
This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to the manufacturer default settings. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer defaults, or press other keys to cancel.
3. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
4. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
Ladies and Gents,
Now that I have been playing with mine for the best part of 24hrs :-D I can confirm that the best way to do a hard reset is to not bother with the holding down of the volume keys and quickly hitting the on / off button - this didn't work for me ONCE!!
It is however possible if you select the CLEAR STORAGE option in the settings menu and key in 1234.
Works perfectly.
Good luck, and enjoy your HD
MobileMerlin
Hi,
I need to wipe my HD - it's going back and I'm getting a replacement (original has dead pixels).
Does the Clear Storage actually clear everything like a hard reset?
Also - does this wipe the SD card?
hard reset will not wipe your storage card. It will however wipe your device storage.
Clear storage will do exactly the same thing as a hard reset. It sends your device back to the time it came out of the box for the 1st time.
It leaves your mem card alone.
Cool - thanks for the prompt replies!
I suppose another solution would be to remove the SD card before wiping!
Hope the replacement is ok -then I can start putting my apps back!
Here a Youtube Video how it works:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqg8XFJyHBY
Hard Reset:
Power on the Device
Remove Accu Cover
Hold Volume Up and Volume Down Buttons
press the Reset Button on the Back of teh Device for 3-5 Seconds (where the Micro-Sd Card is)
following the text on the screen
kerni said:
Here a Youtube Video how it works:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqg8XFJyHBY
Hard Reset:
Power on the Device
Remove Accu Cover
Hold Volume Up and Volume Down Buttons
press the Reset Button on the Back of teh Device for 3-5 Seconds (where the Micro-Sd Card is)
following the text on the screen
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Thanks Mate I have just tried it and It works perfectly. Although you have to be slight quick because the actual volume button are on the cover. You know what I mean.
EDIT: You can just turn off the phone press the volup and voldown button and press the power button it will go for hard reset. No need for opening back cover.
sumitescp said:
thanks mate i have just tried it and it works perfectly. Although you have to be slight quick because the actual volume button are on the cover. You know what i mean.
Edit: You can just turn off the phone press the volup and voldown button and press the power button it will go for hard reset. No need for opening back cover.
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solution work
good
thx
Thanks!!!!very useful......
Thanks kerni
It's work.
thanks for hard reset
so, if clear storage is the same as hard reset, why do people still bother with the hard way of hard reset?
dan138zig said:
so, if clear storage is the same as hard reset, why do people still bother with the hard way of hard reset?
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Clear Storage requies Windows Mobile to be running.
Hard reset provides the same function at a hardware level - i.e. you don't need Windows running...
Please Help ?? Someone ?? I did the Volume up+volume down+power button and it displays the colors and it just stays there,it says only htc blackstone led etc... message but doesn`t go any further to the deleting thing. Anyone can help me ?? What`s wrong with it ? Thanks a lot !!
djspoti said:
Please Help ?? Someone ?? I did the Volume up+volume down+power button and it displays the colors and it just stays there,it says only htc blackstone led etc... message but doesn`t go any further to the deleting thing. Anyone can help me ?? What`s wrong with it ? Thanks a lot !!
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If your phone does not reboot even after a hard reset I would try flashing a different rom. Would start by restoring stock rom first then using Dummies Guide top flash custom rom
Hello,
I have a Verizon Imagio (HTC Leo) and cannot figure out how to do a basic soft reset. Does anyone know how to perform this via either button combinations OR a program on the phone that does a SOFT reset (not the full HARD reset). Thanks for any help on this!
Cheers!
~Dubhead
that's the whitestone.... look a little further down the page...
Also wouldnt it be the power button that you hold down, i think its not a dedicated button so i will guess the call end button will do this.
Dubhead said:
Hello,
I have a Verizon Imagio (HTC Leo) and cannot figure out how to do a basic soft reset. Does anyone know how to perform this via either button combinations OR a program on the phone that does a SOFT reset (not the full HARD reset). Thanks for any help on this!
Cheers!
~Dubhead
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Hold down the power button (hang up) and an option to power off the device will be shown.
WildWayz said:
Hold down the power button (hang up) and an option to power off the device will be shown.
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Is this to power off the device or to reset the device? I think it is to power off...
Poweroff is a soft reset.
A hard reset blows away all your info and settings. Like a format
Hold the power button down and you will get a prompt.
of
pull the battery
Or hit the reset button under the battery cover. Little red button.
Hard reset is holding both the volup and voldown buttons during poweron
You could try Touchoff... it installs as a cab file and when you hold your power button down, it gives you the option of shutdown, soft reset, etc... or pxshutxp... which is an app that you have to tap to open for the same functions as touchoff....
Hi all, guys. So, the problem is the following...
I need to hard reset mi topaz, but the VolUP + VolDown + PowerON method doesn't work. The 1234 method can't be performed since I can't access start menu. I didn't try the VolUP + VolDown + RED button when Topaz is turned on.
I think it's strange that method 1 doesn't work. It boots normally, like ignoring I'm pressing the two Volume buttons...
Any suggestion, solution, guys?
Thanks in advance!
The RED button method worked, but It's strange why the VolUP + VolDown + PowerOn method is still not working...
the soft reset and power buttons do the same thing, it just reboots the phone, and while phone starts to boot, before splash screen appears, is when you have to hold the volume keys.
So it would be;
Power on, THEN hold both volume keys immediately before device starts to boot,
or
Hit soft reset, THEN hold both volume keys immediately before device starts to boot
Did you do exactly this?
To perform a Diamond 2 hard reset
1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.
2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:
Bruce Inman said:
Power on, THEN hold both volume keys immediately before device starts to boot
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This doesn't work. I think you got it mixed up.
ArtieQ wrote the correct way.
No, it works, you just aren't fast enough.
It's just different ways to get to the same place.
The point is, volumes must be pressed as device begins to boot.
I just soft reset and press them and it always works for me.
Bruce Inman said:
No, it works, you just aren't fast enough.
It's just different ways to get to the same place.
The point is, volumes must be pressed as device begins to boot.
I just soft reset and press them and it always works for me.
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That's right! Thank you Bruce Inman, IT WORKS!
But the ArtieQ method is the one I always used... and the one that usually worked... but anyway, NOW IT WORKS! Thanks Bruce again!
hi
my hd2 won't start, it freeze when the htc logo appear, i have reset it by holding down the volume buttons but that didn't helpt. is there anyone who knows what to try then, to make it work again
fischerben said:
hi
my hd2 won't start, it freeze when the htc logo appear, i have reset it by holding down the volume buttons but that didn't helpt. is there anyone who knows what to try then, to make it work again
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Hard reset.
kurt-willems said:
Hard reset.
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yes but how, when i can't start it up
fischerben said:
yes but how, when i can't start it up
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Attention this will brings your installation beck to factory mode.
Reset via phone buttons:
If you cannot turn on your phone or access the phone settings, you can still perform a Hard reset by using buttons on the phone.
- With your phone powered off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
- While holding the volume buttons, press the END/POWER button briefly and then release it.
- When you see a warning message on screen, release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
- Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
kurt-willems said:
Attention this will brings your installation beck to factory mode.
Reset via phone buttons:
If you cannot turn on your phone or access the phone settings, you can still perform a Hard reset by using buttons on the phone.
- With your phone powered off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
- While holding the volume buttons, press the END/POWER button briefly and then release it.
- When you see a warning message on screen, release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
- Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
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i wrote that i have tried that, and it didn't help
did you do anything before this happened? (your first post is typically bare of any facts) like flash a new rom? If so what? Does it show the RGD info bottom left on the screen it hangs on? You said you tried hard reset but it didnt work, , do you mean it didnt work, or it worked but didnt fix it?
samsamuel said:
did you do anything before this happened? (your first post is typically bare of any facts) like flash a new rom? If so what? Does it show the RGD info bottom left on the screen it hangs on? You said you tried hard reset but it didnt work, , do you mean it didnt work, or it worked but didnt fix it?
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i hard reset it but it didn't fix it. i have ran froyo nexus one on it for a couple of weeks and the last week i tried hyperdroid. but after i have installed hyperdroid, sometimes it just restart by itself i have read other who got the same problem.but sometimes it it did not reboot again, there was only a white screen, and then i have to soft reset it a couple of times until it reboot correctly. but then the last 2 days it got worse with the reeboting and now it can't boot
you must update your rom with your sd card without boot to windows..(i know u can't it's for this reason than i say that)
but i dont understand how do it.. sorry search on this forum