hi!
I've been looking around the forum but can seem to find a way to reset / clear the call duration on my PPC 6800 ( WM6)
i need help!
a hint!?
something?
we won't help you scam anyone. bye.
hi!
As strange as it may sound it is to scam someone... but i work at a bell shop and i can`t return any HTC phone if the time usage is more than 300 minutes and mine is 315minutes.... so i either need to remove the call duration or brick the phone so that the personn at the warehouse cannot check the call duration, which ever is easier!!
just brick it, start a rom upgrade (the unlock and flash process can be found at ppcgeeks.com) and unplug the cable once its at 25% or more
I had sent a phone in for repair, which was then said to be unrepairable and so I was given a replacement niki (however the replacement was a refurbished one).
Its only been a week or so but I have had major problems with calls. Most of the time I cant make or receive calls even though the signal bar has two or three bars. The phone says its dialing but it doesnt and ends the call automatically. If I ring my phone it goes straight to voicemail! Note that I said "most of the time" because my phone calls do go through soemtimes but thats like once every 20 or so tries or if I make a phone call immediately after a soft reset or just get lucky!
The other functions of the phone work fine. I have done a hard reset thinking it was something I installed but the problem is still there. Done another 4 hard resets (each time trying something different like taking the battery out before the custom orange stuff is installed) but with no change.
I did a search and came across another thread but it wasnt really solved and blamed it on S2U2. Obviously S2U2 cant be the cause for me since the problem is there even after a hard reset. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-393077.html and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387615)
Im thinking it could be that the radio version is old (since it is a refurbed version) and also I remember reading about poor signals some time ago which was solved by changing the radio version (and is also probably why I didnt have this problem with my original niki).
Note: I have also tried the sim in another normal phone (samsung e900) and it worked fine so this is definately a problem with the touch dual.
A little bit of info:
Im with orange in the Uk,
the ROM version is 1.31.61.10 with a ROM date 10/30/07
and the Radio version is 1.58.16.27.
(Also...I havent done a radio update because I am still under warranty but I would like to know if it could be causing the problem or if it is a hardware problem).
Thanks for reading this long post (didnt think it would turn out so long, lol), but ANY help or advice will be appreciated.
well it sounds like a bad signal, so unless you want to unlock yor phone and try the modded sedna radio (best) id just send it back and complain loudly
Hello,
As this is my 1st post I hope I've got it in the right place!
Q: Can anyone pls tell me what maintains the timers to be found in settings>device info>call duration
I ask (for my education) as I have just bought another o2 mini s from ebay to act as a backup for my existing phone. The seller said that the unit was 'hard reset' so was in 'as shop' condition. Indeed, it is perfect and whilst cloning it to match my everyday unit (both G4s BTW) I found that these timers are zeroed. Over the past few years I have hard reset my phone a couple of times when it lost the plot, but the call timers remained. I did not remove the battery so I am wondering if it is removed (as in the case of the new device) then after a while the backup battery goes 'flat' and the timers reset.
Best regards to you all.
i make loads of calls in a week so the counter is looking ugly
is there anyway i can reset the counter
correct me if i am wrong but i think this is stored in the radio-rom. flash a new radio-rom and it should be reset.
i actually did
but someone mentioned i need a hacked rom
or use mtty
i dont knw i need the right way
mtty is the only way, but i don't understand why call timer an issue!
well if some one can give me a tutorial on using mtty i will be gratfull
well when you got like 30 hours recived in 10 days
and 30 min outgoing
it looks kidda ugly
i recive calls like hell
I know this isn't the best way doing it... But would hard-resetting the device, making the device seem like new, pull the trick? Will this also clean the info on the radio.rom?
no it wont
new winmobile devices dont have this trick
i tried hard reset
tried flashing a new radio
nothin
same
also at mtty how can i make it recognize my hd2
WOW... This seems weird... You basically did reset pretty much all there is to reset?... All you smart people, please answer my question: Where is the info about the Call Counter stored? If its not in the radio.rom (which you actually did reset) and it isn't in the OS... Where is it!???!??
Think of the call counters as your pda being sim unlocked.
Once you have SIM unlocked your pda/phone, no rom flashing / radio flashing / hard resetting will ever get rid of that sim unlock.
I think its a small chip (not ROM) that resides on the motherboard which contains the call counters and sim lock status. You would need to flash this chip, not the ROM (i.e. OS / radio flashes won't do anything).
well in the hermes they did it via mtty
dont knw how it can be done we really need some ones help
any help guys
I use a Rhodium and I need to reset the counter too. Any help using mtty in newer devices?
Yup me too so that I can reset each month so that I can know how much outgoing calls were made.
i had flash from orginal 1.66 to dutty 2.1 with radio. but the call counter does not reset.
espaleena said:
Yup me too so that I can reset each month so that I can know how much outgoing calls were made.
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hi, if that is what you want you can search the web for programms like callstat or similar. so you get great statistics on your calls, and dont need to manipulate counters that not meant to be manipulated.
regards mad
Last night i took a photo then attempted to send it to a friend (MMS) - surprise surprise the phone made no effort to send it and it sat in the Outbox. I deleted the message and re-created it then attempted to re-send... again... didn't even try to send it.
So i created the message again... but this time, it couldn't find any of my photos... which I thought was odd... so i try to load Resco File Explorer - and it complains that it can't find the program (installed to SD card).
So it seems that magically I have no SD card any more (fwiw: i'm using a 16GB Sandisk one).
So, thinking the phone is just spazzing out, i reboot it.... and now it won't even f***ing recognise my password!
I'm being pretty patient with this phone as i've loved it up until recently... but if i'm honest - i'm starting to grow weary of it now!
If anyone has any thoughts on what might have caused the above - i'd appreciate it!
Thanks
Don't know what has caused it but, if you have your data backed up, I would go for a hard reset and take it from there.
Incidentally what version ROM are you running?
WB
I'm using the stock UK T-Mobile 1.43 ROM
UPDATE: I've left the battery out for an hour or so and also performed several soft resets........ and now, the "unlock" button does nothing! No confirmation of a wrong password... just........ nothing!
So ****ing pissed off!
Pooper,
You say you have done several soft resets. Have you tried the hard reset I suggested earlier (different procedure to soft reset)?
If you try that and it doesn't work then take the easy way out and return/exchange the device as faulty.
Alternatively, if you get it up and running and are not precious about the T-Mobile rom, then flash to another rom (the stock 1.48 is a good start) and take it from there.
Just in case you do have a dodgy device I would start by returning it if the hard reset does not work.
Keep us posted on how you get on.
Cheers
WB
On this forum, 1 in 2 posts ends with "Hard reset it"...
...1 in 4 posts says "You must have a faulty device, send it back"
I pity the poor guy in the returns department of HTC. The quality control guys on the other hand, they really like to party don't they?
Towserspvm2000 said:
On this forum, 1 in 2 posts ends with "Hard reset it"...
...1 in 4 posts says "You must have a faulty device, send it back"
I pity the poor guy in the returns department of HTC. The quality control guys on the other hand, they really like to party don't they?
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Sometimes hard resets do resolve strange issues. Soft reseting is a way of life in the winmobile world.
The dilemma people have at the moment is that because there are so many reports of issues and variable manufacturing quality in these devices and they are all under warranty, it makes sense to play safe and send the device back if all sensible and warranty friendly measures to resolve problems have failed.
Must admit I would be really cheesed off if I happened to have a faulty device on my hands, due to manufacturing errors, which the manufacturer would not accept back because I had tried solutions to resolve problems that they considered not to be warranty friendly. Definitely would not be happy after having spent £500 on a device.
Regrettably, therefore, this is why the most common recommendation at the moment is to send a device back. Not good but sensible and pragmatic.
WB
Towserspvm2000 said:
On this forum, 1 in 2 posts ends with "Hard reset it"...
...1 in 4 posts says "You must have a faulty device, send it back"
I pity the poor guy in the returns department of HTC. The quality control guys on the other hand, they really like to party don't they?
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a hard reset is kind of the mobile equivalent to restarting your pc, and we all know that is the first thing any tech support guy says. as for the quality control, don't forget that for everyone with a problem there are a few dozen people with no problems at all, they just don't start threads saying "no problem with camera, help not needed"
samsamuel said:
a hard reset is kind of the mobile equivalent to restarting your pc,
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Not really.... a SOFT reset is like restarting you PC (i.e. your programmes, settings, personal saves etc. are all preserved); a HARD reset is more like reformatting your computer that has an ability to self install Windows when the format is done... (i.e. you lose all personal files etc.).
A hard reset is far more taxing than a soft one. Last option for me everytime!
oliie said:
A hard reset is far more taxing than a soft one. Last option for me everytime!
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I very rarely have to do a hard reset with my Diamond (only after upgrading the rom), although I have to do several soft resets a day due to my tinkering!
I hear you Wacky Banana - £500 device that did this and I'd be a bit miffed too!
samsamuel said:
a hard reset is kind of the mobile equivalent to restarting your pc, and we all know that is the first thing any tech support guy says. as for the quality control, don't forget that for everyone with a problem there are a few dozen people with no problems at all, they just don't start threads saying "no problem with camera, help not needed"
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Hi! Indeed, I couldn't agree more with you. I have bought my HD2 two weeks ago (as well as my brother and my dad about a month ago) and none of us has a any problems whatsoever and actually this is my first post after I have bought the device.
I am reading this forum everyday and I contribute wherever I can to help people out (not so much here, so forgive me ).
I have came to the conclusion that either the branded units are of lower quality than the unbranded ones ( a bit unlikely) or the branded ones are full of software bugs by not so good operators tweaking (most likely)...
cheers
Hehe, i knew i'd wake up to howls of anger and derision re: my hard reset comment.
The actualities of the process aside, the comparison I was trying to make was that if you have a problem on your PC, sometimes logging off and back on will fix it, whilst other times a reboot is required. (Yes, I know, a reboot is usualy the first stop because it only takes a minute or so, and there's no resetting to do, but bear with me)
In many circumstances I would equate a soft reset to logging off, in that it doesn't always solve a problem. Sure, it solves many small problems, but for larger probs theres nothing like a hard reset and start over. Planned ahead, and assuming you have all the apps you regularly use in a handy spot, and your data backed up, a hard reset need only take 10-20 minutes, if that.
Suppose it serves me right for trying to mix up similies at 3am.
Your problem sending MMS's is probably to do with winmo getting the settings for T-Mobile slightly wrong.
Go to start->settings->menu->all settings->connections->connections->manage existing connections
edit the active connection and untick the box where it uses a proxy.
This is common to all winmo devices that automatically setup connections for T-Mobile.