Okay, I'm having a huge problem. Some cheapo program got into my registry, and now I can't even get into Windows (whenever I soft reset, I only get a frozen "i-mate" screen). The problem is that I basically broke my power button, rendering it useless, so now I can't hold it down to do a hard reset.
Are there any other ways of hard resetting the device? This is driving me MAD... not having a phone, blah.
VJEschaton should be able to hard reset it.
V
PS You could use VJKeyPress to replace your power key, and VJEschaton to permit a cold shutdown, putting your system into power off mode (not standby)
You can take off the battery, and wait for your back-up-battery to run dry....(app half an hour)....then everything installed will be deleted almost like a hard-reset...You can also get a hold of Shut-xp ( free russian software) this have an option to hard-reset your device...hope this helps...
After removing the battery, you could avoid the half an hour or so wait by shorting all the pins of the battery connector with a paper clip or a piece of wire. When the pins are shorted, the phone will undergo a hard reset.
@aNiMeMaN14, I have been using my phone like you, without the power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=49595
when u place the back of the magician there is a nob which will press the button on the right side of back to let magician start up
this button present in a hole (L shape hole)
at all u need to remove the back and place something in this hole so the button will be always pressed
u will wait untill ur magician coming with the frozen screen u talked about.now remove the battery while keeping that button is pressed without even try to use the power button
when u next place the battery after a while u will find that hard rest is already done
i hope this is was clear enough
i'm always on the forum for any questions
hope u success try
best regards
Related
I dropped my XDA IIi and now the power button doesn't work. I've had a look inside and it seems the the bubble switch has fallen off. Is there anything that I can do or is the unit scrap. I bought the phone from ebay, it is three days old but I've removed the O2 lock (using the unlock tool from this site) and the void sticker has been broken.
PLEASE HELP
Does a soft reset turn it on? I suppose you could jumper 2 wires from the on/off and mount a microswitch. If you scap it let me know what you want for it please.
If I remember correctly, there are for identical switches for camera, power, reset and... I forgot. Look at the attached photo - isn't it? If so, drop me a note, I have some new switches in backpack. Or you can order P12280SCT-ND part from DigiKey.
Hi,
Thanks for the replies, with reguard to the soft reset it acts like a hard reset now, reinstalling the software from rom which is a real pain in the ass. I can't believe that dropping the phone (about 3 feet and landing on carpet) could cause half of a switch to fall off.
Sounds like the switch is in the shorted position if a soft reset is acting as hard reset. I think there is a software utility for soft reset which may work.
Do you know how can I put on bootloader mode with the power button destroyed?
I want to upgrade rom to other and I can't...
Thanks,
Roberto
You can do that by copying HimaClearJumpCode executable file which is included on ROM upgrading/flashing software from computer to the device Then running it on your XDA.
Let me know if it does the job.
thanks, I'm going to try.
OK, I've not read a word of the manual, so maybe I'm doing something wrong. When I soft reset (stylus in the hole) the screen fade away and then it won't for the love of god restart. The first time I did this, I went a little pale. however, if I take out the battery for around five minutes and then plug it back in, it starts up again. Is this wrong?
Also, never quite been able to hard reset the damned thing. I press and hold the two "__" buttons whilst performing the reset, but the same thing happens and I'm never prompted for screen calibration or anything else I'd expect from a hard reset. SOMEBODY HOLD ME
Can someone please talk me through the EXACT and DETAILED procedure and result both a soft reset and hard reset?
For me, on my MDA Pro:
Soft reset: Insert tip of stylus into "reset" hole briefly. Screen fades away to blank and the machine then acts dead. No buttons will bring it back to life. Take the battery out and plug it back in, still dead. Come back after 30 minutes, still dead. It needs the battery removing for at least 5 minutes, maybe more like 10, then reinserting and it springs back to life.
Hard reset: Hold down the two "__" keys (above the 4 and 9 keys) whilst inserting the stylus tip into the reset hole briefly. Exactly the same thing happens as a soft reset - no hard reset is performed.
I'm pretty sure this is all wrong and my device is "special"
Not Right!!!
Xiasma: This is very wrong indeed. I've got access to the jasjar and Pro and neither one displays what you mentioned on yours. The procedure you described for both types of resets is correct. Try one more time holding down the 2 soft keys '_' for half a second then whilst holding them down push the stylus in the soft reset hole in at the back of the device (if in laptop mode).
If you still don't get a hard reset, I'm quite certain you have a faulty unit.
Let us know how you get on :?
Thanks, your reply is very much appreciated. Well, looks like it's a faulty unit, then. It doesn't really affect my day-to-day use, so I'm tempted to keep it until there's an official rom upgrade, RAM hike or something :wink:
have you tried turning the power off (using the...er...power button!) before poking at the reset button...see if that makes any difference?
Any joy with your MDA Pro hard or soft resetting?
xiasma: Have you had any luck with your MDA Pro either soft or hard resetting? I'm interested in knowing for personal reasons also, as I have had to exchange 2 units with t-mobile already, due to what I believe is a very buggy ROM, but I could be wrong and it could be something else. :?
I have this weird phone, I should say BRICK. My phone stopped working this morning after I cleaned the screen with a piece of cloth....the phone was in standby mode, when I did this.
Here is the story so far:
I was having problems with the hardware buttons, (messaging, internet explorer, the call and hang up buttons) the ones that everyone is been having problems with; so i decided to dismantling the unit following the steps shown on a Japanese website, basically by just looking at which screws to remove. By doing this all buttons functionality come back to normal so I had I fully working phone for about 3 days.
Now, all of a sudden the phone stopped working and refuses to go pass the "loading" message on the screen.
I decided to carefully dismantling the unit again, (I am now and expert in dismantlig dopos) but the problem persist.
I have also tried a hard-reset by pressing and holding the power button, the right/left soft keys and the reset buttong located in the lower part of the phone.....and still NOTHING.....
The phone was running Windows 6.1 (the stable version)....and now I am PHONE LESS...This is just incredible.....
Any help would be much appreciated....
If you are getting a message on screen saying "loading", taht does not go away, then your problem is not hardware but software.
The thing to try here is a full Hard Reset. (not a soft reset, have you tried this?)
Mike
Is this a Full Hard reset??
I have also tried a hard-reset by pressing and holding the power button, the right/left soft keys and the reset buttong located in the lower part of the phone.....and still NOTHING.....
Hard reset:
Press and hold the Left SOFT KEY and Right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device. You will be presented with a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit', if you press R Your device will be set back to factory default settings.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Resets
I have done the hard reset, however the Soft keys do not work, hence I dont get a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit'...so it basically continues directly to CRC's ROM loading message...just as before...and it gets stuck there......
I tried the other option,....Bootloader mode: Hold side OK and POWER buttons together and reset with stylus, and this options does work, but there is no mesagge only a screen with 4 color bands, red, green, blue and white...and nothing else.
If you don't get the message to reset yor phone then you didn't hard reset.
Oh well....thats what i suspected....now the problem is since the soft keys dont work, then I cant do a hard reset....and the more i try the battery gets and will eventually run flat, (since the phone is not recharging either) in another words my dear dopod is slowly dying.....
Well the reason it's probably not booting up and the fact the keys don't work are likely the same problem. One of the flexcable connectors is most likely not seating in fully. I'd dismantle and take great care with all of them. Make certain of the central one - the one with the tape on it.
Mike
Exactly .....but i dont really know why these phones have this problem....as I said before I did clean up the contacts about a week ago and presto...everything started working fine again, but after 24 hours the buttons started playing up again....so it is impossible that things will change in such a short time......
anyway coming back to my current problem, I tried and tried to hard-reset the unit and this time I pulled the keyboard out and pressed hard on the softkeys and after a while it did work .....so I managed to hard reset the phone.....it only had 14% left in the batterry.....lucky me!!!!.....so I went home and started carefully adding all the extra bits needed, and guess what???? right in the last update the phone, again, did lock up........Luckily now I have a degree in dismantling dopos....anyone would like to hire me???? and I am an expert in hard-resetting dopos with actitude.......
I am happy now with my resurrected doppo but I am still a bit weiry about the soft keys not working......
FINALLY ......A big thanks to you guys for your help and comments.....
hello everyone as the title says , sometimes im out of the home and my hd2 freezes in a stupid way , how can i reset the device without using a small pencil or whatever you use
Ive never used the reset button, far too fidly. just pull the battery for a few seconds.
samsamuel said:
Ive never used the reset button, far too fidly. just pull the battery for a few seconds.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok i know you can do that but it might damage your phone or not arnt there any combination of buttons and voila reset occurs
tarekkkkk said:
ok i know you can do that but it might damage your phone or not arnt there any combination of buttons and voila reset occurs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
only by powering off using long press end. Then restart with end. Thats the same, nut of course if its frozen then thgat wont work.
Just pull the battery, everyone does it, no ones said anything about damage.
try this
Normally when it freezes up you can still get to the start menu for some reason so all you have to do is get the xdashutdown program and install it and move it to the top of your start menu then whenever it happens you just hit start then hit xdashutdown and then wait a few for it to come up and hit reset. I am impatient so I just pull the battery as well and I have never noticed any problems with that either.
Search for "Long Press End Key Soft Reset". It saves me a lot from opening the cover.
fantasytozi said:
Search for "Long Press End Key Soft Reset". It saves me a lot from opening the cover.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674917
I've got XDAShutDown installed, plus the Long Press End key malarky, but my "invention" is to keep a slightly opened paper clip on top of the battery (it gets held in place by the foam on the inside of the battery cover), which I can use to poke the reset button. It also serves to hold the battery firmly in place when the battery cover is on, so it's doubly useful!!
I'm not a big fan of "pulling batteries" - when (if?) your PC dies/hangs/crashes, you don't rip out the mains power lead, do you ??? No, you either hold in the power button or you press the reset button (if you have one) on the front panel.
Just my $0.02 - do with it what you will
Mark.
Glad u found it
I love my HD2 but its loaded with windows and it freezes a lot while trying different/new things and it is so annoying to actually open the back cover and reset it from there. I wish there was a better reset option in the phone like holding the powerbutton for 10 seconds would cut off the power to the phone (like laptops)
Does something like this exists for our HD2?
Install one of those "Reset" programs that is just a glorifed button, then map it to a long press of the End Key. That's what I do. Although I don't know if it works if the phone completely freezes....yet.
Someone actually drilled a hole in the battery cover to get to the reset button. I don't know if you want to do that, though.
The only reason I can think of (as to why HTC put the reset button there) is that the phone doesn't have/use a stylus. Because of this, one would still need access to a small, pointy object to press the reset hole. It actually seems easier to just pull the battery than look for a pen-like object to press the reset button.
jdwrrzmm said:
Install one of those "Reset" programs that is just a glorifed button, then map it to a long press of the End Key. That's what I do. Although I don't know if it works if the phone completely freezes....yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, if the phone completely freezes, like in an SOD, you have to pull the battery or press the reset button under the battery cover.
Pull the battery - much easier and so much quicker than trying to use the red reset button. For a software approach try HD2Tweak it works well, or else one of the new extended action screens, eg Johcos that has a soft reset built in
i totally agree that its soooooo damn annoying! in the touch pro it was really accessible!
pulling out the battery is not healthy for the device, but sometimes a life saver!
I am the one who actually drilled a hole into the Battery Case to access the Reset Button without removing the Battery Case back. It works and saves time and possible problems with constantly removing the battery. The battery pins (3 of them) are somewhat fragile and can be bent or damaged and then no phone.
I have my HD2 in a case so the hole is not shown.
There are times that your phone freezes and you cannot Reset with the Reset App or holding down the Power Off (Red) switch.
No big problem with one little hole. LOL
I would suggest taking the time to find a pen or something to press the button, too many times ive read something about bent battery pins and repeatedly yanking the battery is only putting undue stress on what seems to be a slightly flimsy part of the phone........ just my opinion though........
Thanks for the flimsy batteries warning, I'm from the school of "yank your battery out", and I'll make sure I do it with (even more) tender, loving care in future
hardik119 said:
I love my HD2 but its loaded with windows and it freezes a lot while trying different/new things and it is so annoying to actually open the back cover and reset it from there. I wish there was a better reset option in the phone like holding the powerbutton for 10 seconds would cut off the power to the phone (like laptops)
Does something like this exists for our HD2?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
I was having the same issue when it came to using the "soft reset" button, especially since I try to reset it daily. The battery cover isn't the easiest cover I've encountered to remove either.
Well, let me share my solution. I installed SKTools, which I find to be a great tool, even with the trial limitation of 6 items at a time. It lets you out a "soft reset" icon in your "start" page. And you can choose between to options, one with a question to confirm using it and one without. I'm new to this forum so don't kmow the rules yet about posting links, but it's easy to find SK Tools site just by googling it. Make sure you install the touchscreen version.
Hope this helps you as much as it has me!
Good luck,
Lexie
good point conan.
and installing any app won't help. why would one want to reset??? COZ IT'S FROZEN AND DOESN'T RESPOND! even long press on End key doesn't work. those who are suggesting such a solution, should tell us how they would press that soft butoon with a frozen/dead screen??!!
i can't believe microsoft has managed to mess up even a mobile o.s. like this!!
Why dont you just hold the power button for ten seconds and select power off from the menu ,then power button back on again will give you a soft reset.....
Cheers Ken
gm0cfw said:
Why dont you just hold the power button for ten seconds and select power off from the menu ,then power button back on again will give you a soft reset.....
Cheers Ken
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are times that if the phone freezes the Power Button and all buttons do NOT work. Been there done that. That is why I drilled a hole in the battery case so I don't have to remove the battery case and have access to the Reset Button. I no use Android and very rarely have any freezes. I also use SKTools (full version) and no app works if you are frozen.