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Help, my HD2 won't start after installing and removing banana game.

Hi, could you please help. I installed the banana game then realised that the game wasn't compatible with HD2 as the game was showin g only on 3/4 of the screen and thye sense was unstable. I removed the app and the device switched offf. Sinced the I haven't been able to turn it on all i get is the initial black screen wity the pink ring. It won't resen using up down method and task 29 wont work as it is unable to connect. can anyone help....

what "up down method" its not up then down lol if you want to hard reset turn youre phone off press and hold up and down volume buttons and turn the phone on you should get a grey screen then follow instructions, and task 29 will work if you can get in bootloader but why would you want to wipe the mobile if you dont no what you doing?
and the banana game doesnt really give us much insight does it lol

Demon_man said:
what "up down method" its not up then down lol if you want to hard reset turn youre phone off press and hold up and down volume buttons and turn the phone on you should get a grey screen then follow instructions, and task 29 will work if you can get in bootloader but why would you want to wipe the mobile if you dont no what you doing?
and the banana game doesnt really give us much insight does it lol
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Hi Demon,
I am glad you find this funny but here I am in tears re: the situation. I meant vol up and down for hard reset but its not working bfore turn on. I chose the task 29 as I am desperate and willing to reset to default setting. I did try vol up and down before turning on my mobile and still not working. See below url for the game downloaded but I didn't downloaded from this site I used the omarket. thanks
freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-bananas

I wasnt laughing mate, so can you get in bootloader?? (press and hold volume down while turning the phone on keep holding till you get a coloured screen)is you battery charged?

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I wasnt laughing mate, so can you get in bootloader?? is you battery charged?
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No I can't all i am getting is the RGD screen...
Thanks

what do you mean RGD screen, can you post a pic if you have a camera

try taking the battery cover off, and then press the vol up and vol down together, carefully. Make sure you feel the contact as you press it. I struggled at the beginning to make it wiork. the button isn't really meant to bend at both ends, so it feels like you have them both pressed, but dont.
Once you are confident that both ends are pressed, only then tap and release power to start the phone.
ALl being well, 5 or so seconds later the three coloured screen should come up.
Fingers x'd

Demon_man said:
what do you mean RGD screen, can you post a pic if you have a camera
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See attachment... this is a uk t mobile phone

try the tip sam posted for getting into a hard reset he explain better than me, does it normally start up like that never seen that before

Yes it does normally start like that ... I did try sam's advice still same screen coming up.
Thanks

samsamuel said:
try taking the battery cover off, and then press the vol up and vol down together, carefully. Make sure you feel the contact as you press it. I struggled at the beginning to make it wiork. the button isn't really meant to bend at both ends, so it feels like you have them both pressed, but dont.
Once you are confident that both ends are pressed, only then tap and release power to start the phone.
ALl being well, 5 or so seconds later the three coloured screen should come up.
Fingers x'd
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I tried again and you are right just a tap on the power as before i think i was pressing too hard on the power button ....now I have a gray screen with the following:
This operation will delete all your personal data ......
What should I do now to avoid losing all data...
Thanks

ok, now dont take this the wrong way mate because everyone has done this, but you must be doing it wrong or not catching the buttons right, if you have someone with you, you're easiest option would be turn your phone on as normal take your battery cover off, press and hold both volume buttons and keep holding them, get someone to press the red button near the batter with a pin, that way you have hold of both volume buttons, keep holding them while the phone is restarting and you should get a different screen come up,
like i said its quite tricky to get it the first time.
you cant not loose anything this is youre only option im affriad, but youre phone will work again

Demon_man said:
try the tip sam posted for getting into a hard reset he explain better than me, does it normally start up like that never seen that before
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You are right, Sam's advice did work now i have a grey screen with the followings: This operation will delete all your personal data .... etc
How can i restart without losing all the data.
Thanks

HD2 Jay said:
You are right, Sam's advice did work now i have a grey screen with the followings: This operation will delete all your personal data .... etc
How can i restart without losing all the data.
Thanks
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you will loose it all mate no choice, if you want you're phone back up and running, sorry,

HD2 Jay said:
I tried again and you are right just a tap on the power as before i think i was pressing too hard on the power button ....now I have a gray screen with the following:
This operation will delete all your personal data ......
What should I do now to avoid losing all data...
Thanks
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hehe, its a bit of a three handed job. I usualy use a thumb on each vol button, and my top lip to press power, lol.
I think sadly your data is gone. I can't think of a way to save it if the phone wont boot.
Plus, if this banana thing did mess your phone up, you want to be sure its gone.
(A good lesson in syncing your data regularly )
If the hard reset doesn't work, then my next steps would be to task29 from bootloader (volume down and power, dont touch vol up) followed by flashing your stock rom over usb.

Demon_man said:
you will loose it all mate no choice, if you want you're phone back up and running, sorry,
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Thats fine, I am happy with that. Thanks to the both of you... you guys are legends.
Have a good evening.
Jay

HD2 Jay said:
Thats fine, I am happy with that. Thanks to the both of you... you guys are legends.
Have a good evening.
Jay
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credit to Sam he great at explaining things properly, Glad you got it sorted mate

Demon_man said:
credit to Sam he great at explaining things properly, Happy you got it sorted
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lol nah you were both great!!!!!
take care

Demon_man said:
credit to Sam he great at explaining things properly, Glad you got it sorted mate
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HD2 Jay said:
lol nah you were both great!!!!!
take care
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group hug! hehe.

hi just wondering can you conect the phone via usb to pc does the pc read you r phone ?

My vibrant is totally bricked

Unable to turn it on. totally bricked

So... Are you unable to turn it on due to no fingers?

Lol yea what happened?

Well, we need a bit more info.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

1. have you tried "power button" ?
2. have you charged the phone ?
on a bright side, you are the 1st one !

Maybe your battery is loose? Not to mention that bricking a
phone is usually due to screwing up a software flash. So, is brick really the right word?
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kolyan said:
1. have you tried "power button" ?
2. have you charged the phone ?
on a bright side, you are the 1st one !
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LOL!!
Try holding down the volume down button as you turn the phone on...see if that does anything.

Only time I'd allow the "First" comment to be used in a thread.
Im guessing CW Recovery...

Thank you guys
I think it's bricked, and unrecoverable.
After several flashing, It suddenly turned off then never woke up again. Any effort so far is hopeless

bl4ckdr4g00n said:
Thank you guys
I think it's bricked, and unrecoverable.
After several flashing, It suddenly turned off then never woke up again. Any effort so far is hopeless
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What were you flashing? Give more info and maybe ppl would/could help you!

All~G1 said:
What were you flashing? Give more info and maybe ppl would/could help you!
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I tried with captivate stock firmware, i9000 international firmware, then I flash back to vibrant stock firmware.
After had things done with Odin, my phone restarted, and it was the last time I saw my baby working as a smart phone.

Did you try to reboot the phone into recovery or download mode?

DAKIDD236 said:
Did you try to reboot the phone into recovery or download mode?
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How can I do that when I can't even turn it on?

bl4ckdr4g00n said:
How can I do that when I can't even turn it on?
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Have you tried plugging it into your charger? does the battery/charging screen come on?

bl4ckdr4g00n said:
How can I do that when I can't even turn it on?
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try this Koush posted this in his thread.. hope it works
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If you are stuck on the phone to PC screen, you are NOT bricked. During development, I ended up getting into this state a couple times myself. You can still get into download mode in the same fashion.
Connect your phone to USB so you get the phone->PC screen. Press and hold both volume up/down. Then press and also hold Home. Then start pressing and holding power for 2 seconds. After 2 seconds, let go of power. Continue holding volume up, volume down, and home, until you get into download mode.
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All~G1 said:
Have you tried plugging it into your charger? does the battery/charging screen come on?
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no, a completely blank screen.
no icon, no GUI, no nothing (

Yeah, weird...I just flashed back to US firmware and now my phone is totally unresponsive to everything. Keep in mind I've flashed back and forth several times...even once thought my phone was bricked because the power button wouldn't even turn the screen on. But after holding the correct buttons it finally booted into download mode. I was even using my phone earlier just fine, and having it run quadrant test of 1700, but as soon as I flashed back to 100% stock US firmware, my phone now no longer boots. Go figure lol.
Though this time I think it has bit the dust for real, lol. So be weary of flashing back to US firmware if you are flashing a lot of different other firmwares. Cuz I think something happens and the key combinations get deleted so it refuses to boot into any mode.

DAKIDD236 said:
try this Koush posted this in his thread.. hope it works
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I"m at the phone to pc screen..but the Home button is not a "button" it's a touch sensitive button on my vibrant and it won't go into download mode...
I got here because i flashed the custom kernel to put the market and data on a ext4 partition...and it reversed my volume buttons and reversed the routing of sound..headphone speaker..that stuff....so i couldn't hear anything...so when i went to reflash stock t-mobile firmware it told me not to unplug for like hours..it wasn't doing anything.....i took the battery out and now i'm stuck at phone to pc...i think i might just use the warranty..seeing as u can't do a think with it...atleast i can't that is..i feel like a moron...
the forum said to work on com7 but com4 was showing up in odin...i couldn't get it to go on com7 so i thought it should still work....

fykick said:
even once thought my phone was bricked because the power button wouldn't even turn the screen on. But after holding the correct buttons it finally booted into download mode.
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what was your combination?

I hold volume up and down..then hold home with those..then power for 2 seconds..let go and nothing...it doesn't recognize i'm holding the home because it's a software based button..the home key that is..and with no software...no button...so i'm afraid this screen means bricked...adb reboot download won't work either...i'm gunna get it exchanged in the morning..under buyers remorse..

Nexus is Officially Dead :'( -- what to buy now??

Ok fellas. To make a pretty lng story short.. My beloved Nexus One is dead.. ::sadface::
yes im experienced with rooting and all that.. its jus i cant get to the recovery anymore.. it wont turn on (because the power button issue) and when i do the "battery pull out then back in" trick, it goes to the nexus X and stays there.. ive pulled the battery NUMEROUS times.. it still gets on the X and gets stuck..
im rooted with the new MIUI version..
Anyways, when i hold the track ball, when i do the battery trick, it goes to the bootloader screen.. Well, i cant select anything because, again, of the power button issue lol..
so again, when when i pull out the battery and put it back in, it turns on.. but gets stuck at the nexus X...
there is no way i can get to recovery and do what i need to do...
So my question is this...
i prolly need to buy another phone (like in a couple days) i cant wait months.. or weeks to buy the next best thing.. because the nexus is all i have..
--What phone on the market RIGHT now has the capability or more as the Nexus?? Nexus S? i like it, but its from samsung.. I have T-mobile btw.. Any ideas? thanks guys..
oh and is also rootable.. should i jus go ahead and buy another nexus off craigslist?.. your thoughts...
:EDIT: I know a lot of you are saying that i need to go into adb.. well, i dont think that'll work only becaus i have never used that before =/ i used the "Androot One Click Root" to unlock my phone =/

U can still get the phone in download mode. Just try the JIG. its somewhere there in the forums.
Sent from my GT I5801

I'd buy a Nexus S
While i'd miss the HTC build quality and LED notifications, the Nexus S screen takes a huge dump on the N1 screen, which has always felt more like a prototype OLED display...

monkeyhatchet said:
I'd buy a Nexus S
While i'd miss the HTC build quality and LED notifications, the Nexus S screen takes a huge dump on the N1 screen, which has always felt more like a prototype OLED display...
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im aware of that, but i heard the Nexus S cant connect to tmo's 4g..?? is that right?

matholomus said:
im aware of that, but i heard the Nexus S cant connect to tmo's 4g..?? is that right?
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It can still utilize the improved 3G and get practical speeds up to 7.2Mbps..... just like the Nexus One.

towards the end of the "X" screen adb commands work. try "adb reboot recovery" continuously.

If you can hold the trackball and do the battery trick, cant you hold vol down and do it booting straight to recovery?

Vol- does not boot straight to recovery, it takes you to HBOOT, so you still need to use the power button.
You can fix the power button by getting a replacement flex cable from eBay for not a lot of cash.

go out and buy a dell streak. it has a five inch screen and runs android. I've made the switch.

Samsung Nexus S is pure ****. Really. What are all those the features that make the phone cost like a Nexus One when it went in the stores one year ago? I'd go for a dual core phone at least. In case wait for some time and in the mean while take a 50$ phone.

I'm in a similar boat. I use 2 nexi and part them together, but the one with the good power button is starting to have volume button problems.only the mt4g and g2 use tmo 4g at the moment and I'm not interested in either.playstation phone looks interesting, but no 4g either.

matholomus said:
Ok fellas. To make a pretty lng story short.. My beloved Nexus One is dead.. ::sadface::
yes im experienced with rooting and all that.. its jus i cant get to the recovery anymore.. it wont turn on (because the power button issue) and when i do the "battery pull out then back in" trick, it goes to the nexus X and stays there.. ive pulled the battery NUMEROUS times.. it still gets on the X and gets stuck..
im rooted with the new MIUI version..
Anyways, when i hold the track ball, when i do the battery trick, it goes to the bootloader screen.. Well, i cant select anything because, again, of the power button issue lol..
so again, when when i pull out the battery and put it back in, it turns on.. but gets stuck at the nexus X...
there is no way i can get to recovery and do what i need to do...
So my question is this...
i prolly need to buy another phone (like in a couple days) i cant wait months.. or weeks to buy the next best thing.. because the nexus is all i have..
--What phone on the market RIGHT now has the capability or more as the Nexus?? Nexus S? i like it, but its from samsung.. I have T-mobile btw.. Any ideas? thanks guys..
oh and is also rootable.. should i jus go ahead and buy another nexus off craigslist?.. your thoughts...
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You using the new MIUI? Don't worry, I had the same problem, take out the battery and put it back, then press volume-down button and press power button. Just select the "Recovery".
From here, if you have done a previous backup of the working ROM, I suggest flash it back. I only manage to get my NexusOne to load the MIUI rom after I did this.
lenrek said:
Same problem. I solve this by:
1. download the kernel separately, and flash the kernel after flash this (MIUI) ROM.
2. reboot the phone.
3. take out the battery while it is showing 'X' and put it back.
4. From there, it starts successfully (after power on).
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Do run adb logcat to look out for any error when booting the new ROM.

lenrek said:
You using the new MIUI? Don't worry, I had the same problem, take out the battery and put it back, then press volume-down button and press power button. Just select the "Recovery".
From here, if you have done a previous backup of the working ROM, I suggest flash it back. I only manage to get my NexusOne to load the MIUI rom after I did this.
Do run adb logcat to look out for any error when booting the new ROM.
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What part of the power button does not work did you not understand. Unless he can get adb commands to work, he is assed out without a power button. You need a working power button to get into recovery from an off state.

Know-Fear said:
What part of the power button does not work did you not understand. Unless he can get adb commands to work, he is assed out without a power button. You need a working power button to get into recovery from an off state.
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As I said, I had the same problem...
My NexusOne buttons went nuts initially. Take out the battery, and put it back, it will take a bit of time before the phone would boot itself. Just make sure you press the volume-down button 1st, and press the power on button. If you don't, it would stuck at 'X' again.
From here, everything went fine...
Unless TS press the power button too hard until he damaged it, if that is the case, I guess he is too late to read my post.

lenrek said:
As I said, I had the same problem...
My NexusOne buttons went nuts initially. Take out the battery, and put it back, it will take a bit of time before the phone would boot itself. Just make sure you press the volume-down button 1st, and press the power on button. If you don't, it would stuck at 'X' again.
From here, everything went fine...
Unless TS press the power button too hard until he damaged it, if that is the case, I guess he is too late to read my post.
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Dude...the power button is DEAD! Anyhow, your phone isn't a lost case. Follow this guide. Or run PASSIMG.zip, they will restore a stock ROM which you can then use to reboot into recovery and flash again

elegos said:
Samsung Nexus S is pure ****. Really. What are all those the features that make the phone cost like a Nexus One when it went in the stores one year ago? I'd go for a dual core phone at least. In case wait for some time and in the mean while take a 50$ phone.
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i was really thinking the samething.. or i jus might save the trouble and grab a pretty good nexus one of craigs.. our phone STILL competes with phones today.. i love this phone too much to be honest..

lenrek said:
As I said, I had the same problem...
My NexusOne buttons went nuts initially. Take out the battery, and put it back, it will take a bit of time before the phone would boot itself. Just make sure you press the volume-down button 1st, and press the power on button. If you don't, it would stuck at 'X' again.
From here, everything went fine...
Unless TS press the power button too hard until he damaged it, if that is the case, I guess he is too late to read my post.
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Dude im pretty sure he's tried that. If the power button wasn't broken, he'd have not posted this thread in the first place!
Back on topic, if you're buying a phone now, it's hard to choose cuz dual cores are around already. Just go on craigslist and find something that you can live with. Definitely not a crack berry though lol
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wang1404 said:
Dude im pretty sure he's tried that. If the power button wasn't broken, he'd have not posted this thread in the first place!
Back on topic, if you're buying a phone now, it's hard to choose cuz dual cores are around already. Just go on craigslist and find something that you can live with. Definitely not a crack berry though lol
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Well, in this case, my suggestion for new phone would be, HTC Desire HD. If I am buying a new Android phone now.
The next choice would LG series, but I am not too sure about LG...

Hahaha, Ok guys... Yes, my power button is completely non active.. (it does not respond what so ever)..
When i hold down the vol+trackball when after i put the battery in, it takes me to Hboot... (Well, i cant select anything due to the power button)
I will look into that PASS....(.zip) thing i read earlier here in a minute..
What dual-core phone do yall prefer..?
The nexus s is not an option any longer lol
::EDIT:: i cant do that "help thread" that was posted earlier.. there isnt a way i can put ROMS on my Nexus.. if i could, i wouldnt be askin for some help lol.. my nexus wont connect to any command prompt.. smh.. so im basically screwed huh?..
---> Will there be any LEGIT phone out in a month or two? like worth getting?? i.e. dual core, tegra.. etc.. if so, ill jus buy a cheapo, and wait till that phones comes out.. because i need, a phone like my nexus or better before May!.. so im sure there would be the same if not better than our Nexus out by then....

OP I'll sell you my T-Mobile n1. I have to switch back to ATT unfortunately.
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[Q] downloading android construction screen help

I think I accidently had the volume down button pressed when I turned my phone off now it has a screen up with android shoveling in a yellow triangle that says downloading under it and Do not turn off target!!!!
What do I do? Safe to take out battery and try and restart it? I held power button down for about 10 secs and nothing happened.

Lol, yeah. You can take it out XP
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Hit ctrl,alt,delete
just joking yeah take out the battery and it should be fine

Thanks, I ended up calling Verizon hotline to get help with it. I just didnt know if I took battery out if it was actually downloading software if it would screw it all up or not. I know if you turn off a Mac during updating it screws it all up.
Anyone know why that screen comes up or what it means when you hold the Vol down button when turning on phone?

Spidy3 said:
Thanks, I ended up calling Verizon hotline to get help with it. I just didnt know if I took battery out if it was actually downloading software if it would screw it all up or not. I know if you turn off a Mac during updating it screws it all up.
Anyone know why that screen comes up or what it means when you hold the Vol down button when turning on phone?
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:O
I did the exact same thing when I first got my continuum! XD
That is the "flashing screen" as I like to refer to it. You use it for ODIN flashing. It's the reason Samsung phones are so hard to brick.

dfgged said:
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I did the exact same thing when I first got my continuum! XD
That is the "flashing screen" as I like to refer to it. You use it for ODIN flashing. It's the reason Samsung phones are so hard to brick.
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I did the same too the same day i got mine, Except i panicked and swore at it for an hour, then took out the battery.

Nexus 7 DOA

So I got my shipment of the Nexus 7 today and it's well, not working.
Unboxed it, tried to turn it on and I had to hold it down for a while, then Google came up, then Nexus flashed, then shuts off. Won't go further to start up, etc.
I plugged it in, nothing. Doesn't even note that it's charging. Nothing works. I can hold power and volume to go to recovery mode but that fails.
What can I do? It's a C70 model also.

Let it charge for about 30 minutes. Hold the power button down until the Google comes up then release the power button. After the screen goes black take a flashlight and shine on the screen and see if you can see the start up.
Sometimes the brightness control is stuck out of the box. Once you can see what your doing, you can access the settings and adjust the brightness.

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Let it charge for about 30 minutes. Hold the power button down until the Google comes up then release the power button. After the screen goes black take a flashlight and shine on the screen and see if you can see the start up.
Sometimes the brightness control is stuck out of the box. Once you can see what your doing, you can access the settings and adjust the brightness.
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That worked! WOW Thank you!
I was so bummed, first tablet, and thought, shoot, it's dead....I was messing with it trying to get it to work. I can't thank you enough.
I haven't noticed anything else that I've seen though. No screen seperation, etc.

Aren't these forums great???
You need to remember that because I'm sure you will see that problem posted again!! Then you can answer it and feel good about helping someone!

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Aren't these forums great???
You need to remember that because I'm sure you will see that problem posted again!! Then you can answer it and feel good about helping someone!
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I've just come across a problem with the brightness. It's not high at all when full setting, and when i put it down to about 30%, it completely goes black, then have to go back up.
Any solutions?

Return it. You have a bad device in my opinion
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computingwarren said:
I've just come across a problem with the brightness. It's not high at all when full setting, and when i put it down to about 30%, it completely goes black, then have to go back up.
Any solutions?
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I don't remember much about the factory settings, but there should be something in there about factory reset or factory restore.....try that.