Installed "Official" WM6.1 today, and inserted my storage card, and did a Sprite Backup Restore.
Now, my Tilt is stuck on the Sprite Backup screen, with a line stating
"Restore Progress"
and below that, in RED, it says RESETTING DEVICE...
In the center of the screen is the windows 4 color circle...not moving.
ON/OFF button works. When screen dims, touching restores to BRIGHT.
No other buttons work.
Tried hard reset...both green and red phone buttons and the soft reset button. Still returns to the same screen.
Any suggestions>
jdwilson said:
Installed "Official" WM6.1 today, and inserted my storage card, and did a Sprite Backup Restore.
Now, my Tilt is stuck on the Sprite Backup screen, with a line stating
"Restore Progress"
and below that, in RED, it says RESETTING DEVICE...
In the center of the screen is the windows 4 color circle...not moving.
ON/OFF button works. When screen dims, touching restores to BRIGHT.
No other buttons work.
Tried hard reset...both green and red phone buttons and the soft reset button. Still returns to the same screen.
Any suggestions>
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what does the hard reset screen look like?
if you saved your device using spirite backup probably did a full back up which was based on a 6.0 ROM. IF this is the case I am sure trying to install a 6.0 ROM backup onto a 6.1 ROM will not work
After doing the hard reset, it goes back to the sprite backup screen.
jdwilson said:
After doing the hard reset, it goes back to the sprite backup screen.
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Umm No.
What did you do to "Hard Reset"?
JimmyMcGee said:
Umm No.
What did you do to "Hard Reset"?
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he said he pushed the send and end key buttons while pushing the stylus into the reset hole
push the two buttons right next to the send/end keys (called the soft keys), while pushing the reset button in the hole. You should end up at a white-colored screen with instructions on it. Just follow the instructions to hard reset
Got it working OK now. One last hard reset before using as a paper weight and (must have scared it!) It acually hard reset correctly.
Here's a question or you more experienced guys...I bought my Tilt second hand off of someone, and the soft reset hole doesn't do anything. I press the stylus in it like I used to do to soft reset my Hermes, and nothing. It doesn't press anything in.
If I do the upgrade, and need to do a hard reset, how can I do that without a functioning soft reset hole? I'm not sure if I should try the upgrade now...
over at tiltsite (if my memory serves me correctly) a couple people said the same thing and they said after 10-15 minutes it fixed itself
*edit* it was actually on here just another thread sorry
dzelaya18 said:
Here's a question or you more experienced guys...I bought my Tilt second hand off of someone, and the soft reset hole doesn't do anything. I press the stylus in it like I used to do to soft reset my Hermes, and nothing. It doesn't press anything in.
If I do the upgrade, and need to do a hard reset, how can I do that without a functioning soft reset hole? I'm not sure if I should try the upgrade now...
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You could always pull the battery to do a soft reset. Not sure if holding down the soft keys while putting the battery back in will let you hard reset, though. Give it a try and let us know.
If you don't have a Reset Hole I guess you could Hard Reset with Clear Storage. Yes?
THESE are the soft keys.....
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Push both tightly WHILE pushing in the soft reset key on the bottom
gthing: That's an idea. I'll have to try that out, thanks.
JimmyMcGee: True, I thought about that. I was thinking if I got stuck and wasn't able to get to the today screen, though.
pyraxiate: Was that for me? Did you read my post? The soft reset hole is broken and does not function.
Thanks everyone. I guess I'll go ahead and make the plunge.
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pyraxiate: Was that for me? Did you read my post? The soft reset hole is broken and does not function.
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Nope friend. That was meant for the guy who was hitting the green and red buttons ( send and end ). I just happened to have the pic i made saved in my photobucket and decided to link it to be sure there was no confusion.
Also, without a soft reset button working you CAN take the battery out, ( leave out a few seconds ) hold in both softkeys and put the battery back in. Once the battery is in ( still holding the softkeys) press the power button in.... I just tested and it worked
There should be a FAQ. Do not EVER use Sprite Backup because it'll burn you between ROM upgrades.
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Nope friend. That was meant for the guy who was hitting the green and red buttons ( send and end ). I just happened to have the pic i made saved in my photobucket and decided to link it to be sure there was no confusion.
Also, without a soft reset button working you CAN take the battery out, ( leave out a few seconds ) hold in both softkeys and put the battery back in. Once the battery is in ( still holding the softkeys) press the power button in.... I just tested and it worked
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Excellent! Thanks a bunch mate. I'll keep that in mind if I never need to hard reset this thing.
NuShrike said:
There should be a FAQ. Do not EVER use Sprite Backup because it'll burn you between ROM upgrades.
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Doesn't the HTC site say that you can use the built-in Sprite backup to backup your data? Then it screws everything up when you do? Typical HTC...
I had a problem going restoring my contacts with SPB backup(Five runs are free) after upgrading to the stock 6.1 off the HTC website.
I had created a stand-alone restorer so that I wouldn't have to re-install SPB backup after upgrading.
Everytime I ran it, it got stuck.
I reflashed it but no dice. Came across the option in the 'Advanced' menu which when checked, stopped all running processes before proceeding with the backup. Unchecked it and everything restored fine on my 6.1 rom
Back to hard reset...
Someone on a thread somewhere, or maybe it was an AT&T rep, told me that the Settings/System/Clear Storage was teh same thing as a hard reset. I
Whatcha think?
ewingr said:
Someone on a thread somewhere, or maybe it was an AT&T rep, told me that the Settings/System/Clear Storage was teh same thing as a hard reset. I
Whatcha think?
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It is. But sometimes things go wrong and a user may be unable to access the today screen (i.e., it's getting stuck on the splash screen or something), thereby making a hardware-based hard reset neccesary.
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Hi All. I need to reset my O2 XDA Stellar which I think is a Kaiser.
I'm working away from home and have only had the device for a few days. For reasons I won't bore you with, I need to HARD reset the device. I *thought* it was a case of pressing the two 'minus' signs on the keyboard whilst holding in the soft reset button with the stylus - but this isn't working...it just keeps SOFT resetting. Anyone got any suggestions where I'm going wrong??
Thanks and Merry Christmas to all
To hard reset the kaiser, soft reset it with the stylus then quickly press and hold the two soft buttons on the front, this should allow you to hard reset it. Works ok for me.
this is from the htc tytn 2 manual. you can download it from htc.com
1. Press and hold the left SOFT KEY and the right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.
2. Release the stylus, but continue pressing the two SOFT KEYs until you see the following message on the screen: you see the warning that all info on the phone will be deleted...
3.Release the two SOFT KEYs, and then press the phone/call button on your device.
Thanks...
Thank you both. Can I just check what is meant by 'soft keys'? is it the two '-' BUTTONS on the fold down keyboard?
Thanks
Steve
Soft Key Locations
stevep said:
Thank you both. Can I just check what is meant by 'soft keys'? is it the two '-' BUTTONS on the fold down keyboard?
Thanks
Steve
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Yes, or the corresponding 2 keys on either side of the D-Pad, inboard from green Send Key and red End Key.
Cheers
Thanks for the clarification...
i have a question
is using the 'clear storage' program and typing 1234 then yes the same thing as the method above in post number 3?
Thanks
Very Helpful. Thanks.
Having trouble installing 2dTouch & was running Kaiser Tweaks.
What a Newb I am... ;(
neotekz said:
this is from the htc tytn 2 manual. you can download it from htc.com
1. Press and hold the left SOFT KEY and the right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.
2. Release the stylus, but continue pressing the two SOFT KEYs until you see the following message on the screen: you see the warning that all info on the phone will be deleted...
3.Release the two SOFT KEYs, and then press the phone/call button on your device.
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quaa said:
i have a question is using the 'clear storage' program and typing 1234 then yes the same thing as the method above in post number 3?
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Yes, it is the same.
After I hard reset I continually get the "Tap your screen to set up the device" followed by the "Customizing Device" 3 second countdown.
When I hit the reset button before the 3 second countdown expires it brings me back to "Clearing memory" followed by "Tap your screen..." followed by "Customizing device" again.
It's like an endless loop.
How do I break it?
yourmom1138 said:
After I hard reset I continually get the "Tap your screen to set up the device" followed by the "Customizing Device" 3 second countdown.
When I hit the reset button before the 3 second countdown expires it brings me back to "Clearing memory" followed by "Tap your screen..." followed by "Customizing device" again.
It's like an endless loop.
How do I break it?
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U need to wait and let the customization make its work, after the customization the phone will softreset on its own. So just make a hardreset and wait until the phone reboots on its own.
For u other guys, check my signature to see what hardreset means, there is also a pic for u.
yourmom1138 said:
After I hard reset I continually get the "Tap your screen to set up the device" followed by the "Customizing Device" 3 second countdown.
When I hit the reset button before the 3 second countdown expires it brings me back to "Clearing memory" followed by "Tap your screen..." followed by "Customizing device" again.
It's like an endless loop.
How do I break it?
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To eliminate bloatware you have to soft reset after the screen alignment taps and before the customizations in three seconds screen appears. Right when the screen changes to the 6.1 desktop.
If the C. in three screen appears, it is too late and you have to Hard reset all over again
Hi Guys
Got a problem, I've just decided to use my Kaiser and have forgotten the pass and i have tried everything to hard reset but just doesn't wanna know, any suggestions.
I have also googled it etc i've been on it now for 2 hours and now, please help!
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Plus the stylus on the bottom at the same time................ Please read before asking...............
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Plus the stylus on the bottom at the same time................ Please read before asking...............
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I don't think he was asking how, he appeared to know how, he was stating that it doesn't work.
Using clear storage in the program menu will do the same thing.
If after you do the soft key , soft reset thing you don't get the warning screen, then you are not doing it right. Keep trying . If you have big fat fingers like me, you have to do it several times before you get the buttons pressed right.
Try using two pencils or something to make sure you are pressing the soft keys all the way down.
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Plus the stylus on the bottom at the same time................ Please read before asking...............
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Hi if that was directed at me, then I know all this already, it's just not working.
I have tried to install a new rom but just doesn't wanna know.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks very much denco, 2 pens did the trick.
Well guys i've had my phone totally messed up because i installed the HTC home plug and somehow it messed my phone up and i could not goto clear storage and for some reason could not get the prompt for the hard reset to come up. I searched google and here of couse and didn't find much except for soft keys and the soft reset button. Still could not get the prompt. So hopefully this can help anyone who cannot get the hard reset prompt. I searched to see if there was another thread about how to do this but i couldn't find anything so sorry if this is already posted but heres the steps that worked wonders for me!
1. go into bootloader mode by pressing and holding the camera button with the power button. then use the soft reset button.
(hopefully you come to the tri color screen.
2. When your at this screen.. press and hold then 2 soft keys and while holding those 2 .. use your stylus for the soft reset button.. and hold until the prompt to hard reset comes up
If you have done this correctly you should get the prompt to hard reset follow the steps on screen and you finally got the reset done!
I got this to work many times on the FIRST time so I didn't have to mess with keep trying. I kept trying before I found this and never got the prompt so this helped me alot!!
I'd hate to break your bubble but this has already been covered numerous times in the wiki and all over the kaiser section.
Nice try though
For the 100th time.......
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MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THESE BUTTONS and the soft reset button AT THE SAME TIME.
Unless you broke your keyboard, this WILL work. Please note that this is in the Wiki ALL OVER the place!
ok i know it's the left soft key and right soft key but the thing was i trying to get at was: it worked the first time for me when i was in BOOTLOAD mode. i tried hard reseting just on the today screen and i could not get it to work. i went into bootload and tried the reset and it popped right up. like i said it might have been covered. but i could not find where it said do the right soft and left soft while in bootload mode.
TiltFan01 said:
ok i know it's the left soft key and right soft key but the thing was i trying to get at was: it worked the first time for me when i was in BOOTLOAD mode. i tried hard reseting just on the today screen and i could not get it to work. i went into bootload and tried the reset and it popped right up. like i said it might have been covered. but i could not find where it said do the right soft and left soft while in bootload mode.
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Boot loader is NOT necessary. Hold the two buttons, and only those two buttons, and hit the reset button with the stylus. Done.
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Boot loader is NOT necessary. Hold the two buttons, and only those two buttons, and hit the reset button with the stylus. Done.
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Dude, can you read? He said that didn't work for him. So it sounds like it was necessary for him to use the bootloader.
**** happens.
Ok, I don't know what I did, but my tilt isn't working. I can do a soft reset and everything boots up normally, but when I try to use the touch screen or the key pad, NOTHING HAPPENS.
I flashed the bengalih raw rom 2.0 and everything was cool. I started installing cabs onto my phone and that's when it happened.
I tried doing a hard reset - softkeys + reset with stylus, but all it does is soft reset and back to the same problem.
I can't get active sync to recognize it either. I searched for this problem, but couldn't find or didn't see this particular problem.
HELP!!!!
Oh yeah, I can't power it down except by pulling the battery.
adstevenson said:
Ok, I don't know what I did, but my tilt isn't working. I can do a soft reset and everything boots up normally, but when I try to use the touch screen or the key pad, NOTHING HAPPENS.
I flashed the bengalih raw rom 2.0 and everything was cool. I started installing cabs onto my phone and that's when it happened.
I tried doing a hard reset - softkeys + reset with stylus, but all it does is soft reset and back to the same problem.
I can't get active sync to recognize it either. I searched for this problem, but couldn't find or didn't see this particular problem.
HELP!!!!
Oh yeah, I can't power it down except by pulling the battery.
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try hooking it to xp if you are on vista and vice versa, worth a try.
I don't know anyone who runs Vista
adstevenson said:
I don't know anyone who runs Vista
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I heard Jerry Seinfeld does.
????
When you hard reset ....do you hold all three buttons for at least 3 to 5 seconds??....White screen should come on .....if it just soft resets......your not doing it right
Peace
mike
djspark said:
I heard Jerry Seinfeld does.
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Yeah, that would be funny if my phone WOULD WORK!!!
mike19722 said:
When you hard reset ....do you hold all three buttons for at least 3 to 5 seconds??
Peace
mike
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I push soft reset, then immediately push and hold the soft keys. I release the stylus and hold the soft keys until the d*@% thing boots up to the today screen, and that's where it stays, and stays and stays. The only thing that will do anything is a soft reset or pulling the battery.
adstevenson said:
I push soft reset, then immediately push and hold the soft keys. I release the stylus and hold the soft keys until the d*@% thing boots up to the today screen, and that's where it stays, and stays and stays. The only thing that will do anything is a soft reset or pulling the battery.
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JUST HOLD DOWN ALL THREE ....PUSH THE 2 softkeys first.....keep holding....while holding them...push the reset AND HOLD IT THERE....ALL THREE....YOUR DOING IT WRONG if it doesn't work
??????
Well............
I did that about 6 different times, just like you said and the same thing. I even had my son push the soft reset while I held the soft keys just to make sure I was pushing and holding the soft reset.
Someone please help before my tilt brick becomes inbedded into my brick wall.
ok
Do you know how to put your phone into boot loader mode.....????
Now it's haning up on the windows mobile boot screen.
Anyone have a nice tilt they'd like to trade?
mike19722 said:
Do you know how to put your phone into boot loader mode.....????
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Something about the power/camera buttons?
dude seriously..
To HARD reset, press and hold BOTH softkeys on the front of the phone [ the buttons next to the hangup and answer buttons that are labeled with a - ]. then KEEP holding those buttons, take the stylist and press and hold it into the reset hole. Keep holding everything until a WHITE screen appears, follow the instructions on the WHITE screen. which should ask you to press the send key [ that is the GREEN call button on the front of the phone ]
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Are you pressing the correct softkeys??
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This is hilarious (no offence intended).
I'll take the bricked phone for $100
Serioulsy now... sometimes hard reset doesn't work right away. What I do is:
1. Softreset
2. while the phone is just about to start the boot sequence, I press both softkeys and reset it again... you will see the softkeys flash and a white screen will appear asking if you are sure blah blah blah... just press left green key and when it finishes nuking your ram content, press green again.
Voila.
Tony
Success!
OK, it finally hard reset, but - I'm not sure what I did to finally get it to do it.
First thing this morning, I pulled out the SIM and memory cards. I did a hard reset (which was really a soft reset due to the way my phone was acting), same old thing, booted up but gave me a NETframe error saying the application needed info off of the memory card to install. Tried hard reset again, same thing.
Next, I installed my memory card, but not my sim card (while phone was powered up if that makes any difference) and did another hard reset.
THIS time it did a hard reset.
I don't know if this was the fix, or maybe I was pressing the soft keys too hard, man I don't know, but my phone works now and I'm taking the cab installs really slow this time, I don't know what cab screwed up my phone, or maybe cabs, can they conflict with each other, but I'll be a lot more careful this time.
Thanks a million to all who replied. You guys are the best!
Maybe I can actually get a good night's sleep tonight
hi all and sorry if this has been answered before. i can`t seem to be-able to hard reset my diamond by pressing the volume down and enter button etc. when ever i reflash to a later rom i have to go into start/settings/system/clear storage. is there a problem with my phone or is there a knack to the button pushing? cheers
do it that way
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and you must keep pressing those buttons untill the bootup screen shows
thanks szkic i`ve tried doing it that way and even holding the buttons down right up until the home page but still nothing ???
if i have a cid unlocked phone or if it has olinex 1.93 installed on it would this be the reason why it doesn`t hard reset? i`m a noob so to the masters out their that probably sounds laughable lol.
another hard reset option.
is your phone with sprint? their user guide states: screen.
Hard Reset
You can also perform a hard reset (also known as a full reset). A hard reset should only be performed if a
normal reset does not solve a system problem. After a hard reset, the device is restored to its default
settings—the way it was when you first purchased it and turned it on. Any programs you installed, data you
entered, and settings you customized on your device will be lost. Only Windows Mobile software and other
preinstalled programs will remain.
To perform a hard reset:
1. Pull out the stylus.
2. Remove the back cover.
3. With the device turned on, press and hold the Volume Down and Enter keys, and then press the Reset
button with the stylus tip.
4. Release the RESET button, but continue pressing the Volume Down and Enter keys until you see the
following message on the screen:
5. Release the Volume Down and Enter keys, and then press the Volume Up key to perform the hard reset, or
press any other button to cancel the reset.
I have yet to be able to do a hard rest (using either method) on the first try. I usually have to attempt it at least 2 or 3 times.
not with sprint i`m from essex in the uk. the diamond was an orange contract phone originally but i`m sure that doesn`t stop it from hard reseting as i`ve flashed it about 15 times now with different roms lol. can someone just clarify the steps to hard reseting...... do i press volume down and the enter button at the exact same time or is it press volume down then enter or vice versa and how long do i have to push the reset button for???? confused.com lol
I got a Sprint, found this on another forum somewhere (ppcgeeks I think). The instructions are incomplete. You must also hold down the Power button, in addition to to the volume and enter buttons when you hit the reset. And yes, you must be a three-handed monkey to do it. I'm really wondering who HTC hires as engineers. I tried it 10 times without holding the power button, could not get a hard reset. I tried it once with the power button (after a lot of contortioning) and it worked the first time. They just screwed up the instructions.
thanks mate will give it a try and let you know how i get on. if it works i think the wiki section should be updated lol
still not working even when i press power on button,volume down,enter and reset grrr !!!
Ok, just did it again to figure out exactly how I did it. Hold down the power, vol down, and enter buttons, then hit reset. Keeping all three buttons down, release reset. Still holding them down, wait about 3 seconds, then the hard reset menu will come up. Make sure you've got that enter button pushed in.
It's really damn hard to do. But I did it twice in a row, so I know it works.
If it starts to soft reset, just do it again right away. Then it should get to the hard reset menu.
EDIT:
Added photo. Notice the thumb is pushing up the stylus. If someone has a better method, please show it.
EDIT 2:
Also notice this is a Sprint model. Do the GSM versions have the reset button next to the battery, or on the bottom like a normal HTC phone? Such a pain in the ass to have it behind the cover.
must have tried about 50 times now lol still nothing????? thanks for showing me the pic i think i tried it that way before on a tytn 2.
Found out there is another way to hard reset the diamond, if the normal method doesn't work for you. FYI, I'm using a Rogers-branded diamond
1. Power the device Off.
2. Press and hold the Center Navigation Control Key and Volume Down buttons, and at the same time, press the POWER button once.
3. Continue to hold the Center Navigation Control Key and Volume Down buttons until you get the Hard Reset confirmation screen and then press the Volume Up Key to reset the device.
NOTE: Once the Hard Reset has been completed, allow the Automatic Customization process to complete: failure to do so can cause poor device performance and/or malfunction.
http://www.htcwiki.com/page/How+to+...Touch+Diamond+via+the+hardware+buttons?t=anon
CREDIT goes to browntannis
Either do it the way the poster above has said (didnt know about that one!) or by pressing the volume down and enter buttons down at the same time (keep pressed), and then reset by pushing in and releasing the reset button with the stylus, keep volume and enter down until hard reset screen arrives.
I'll bet the problem is that you aren't keeping the enter button or the vol down button pressed down hard enough or long enough, so it's not actually pressed even though you think it is. This is where I fell foul the first few times.
thanks for all the help on this but after lots of frustrating hours i`ve give up lol is there a code you can enter like the hard reset on a nokia?
Hi
Bumping this old thread up as I am in the same position as karaduke !
I've tried every thing to hard reset but nothing works
I tried all above methods
I have HTC Diamond O2 version [XDA ignito] stock rom
Any help appreciated
gsm44 said:
Hi
Bumping this old thread up as I am in the same position as karaduke !
I've tried every thing to hard reset but nothing works
I tried all above methods
I have HTC Diamond O2 version [XDA ignito] stock rom
Any help appreciated
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Solved ..
The problem was the screen protector as it was preventing the [Center Navigation Control] to be pressed properly although it is pressed easily during normal use but not for hard reset for some reason.
Once removed it worked first time
I posted this in another section by accident, hopefully this is the correct place...
I hope someone knows the answer or could help me out, I have been battling this issue for some time now.
It all started when I upgraded to cyanogen 4.2.6, there would be times when I would reboot the phone due to weird issues (unable to scroll in browser, slowness). Upon reboot I would be surprised with the tri color screen. I figured out that by holding down the VOL down button, it would work. (Like i said, WEIRD).
This method no longer works and the last update I ran was 4.2.8.
Here are the following steps I have tried to date: (to no avail)
1. Ran nandroid recovery
2. re-installed 4.2.8
3. Wiped, then re-installed 4.2.8
4. Tried installing 'signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721'
5. tried installing Tmobile g1 DREAIMG.nbh (RC29)
Essentially, I just need a working phone!!
At this point Im almost certain it is bricked, unless one of you highly intelligent guys can help me out!
Any help is appreciated!
Is there any text on this screen? If so, please let us know what it says, like I said in the previous thread, I believe you could be seeing the bootloader screen.
That is the bootloader screen you should still be able to flash a rom thru fastboot.
Does it look like the one on the left?
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Your camera button is stuck, try to clean it with compressed air and rubbing alcohol.
Yes it is the screen on the left BUT ---!!!!
I have no idea why it did work, but I just tried:
REMOVING (never tried this) the SD card, booting into the recovery console, pressing ALT+L (load menu), then Alt+W (wipe), then reboot. Given I did try already installing the original dreaimg.nbh
I am now into the initial set up for Android. I will keep you posted on what happens next, as this phone seems to go FUBAR after rebooting.
prezzor said:
Yes it is the screen on the left BUT ---!!!!
I have no idea why it did work, but I just tried:
REMOVING (never tried this) the SD card, booting into the recovery console, pressing ALT+L (load menu), then Alt+W (wipe), then reboot. Given I did try already installing the original dreaimg.nbh
I am now into the initial set up for Android. I will keep you posted on what happens next, as this phone seems to go FUBAR after rebooting.
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Yeah, if you're getting that screen every time you reboot, your camera button is jammed (this is the most probable issue).
See, to get to that screen on a G1 you simply hold down the camera button while powering on the device (much like holding the home key to get into recovery mode). So it's VERY likely you've jammed down your camera button somehow, and just need to pry it up and clean the area.
well Im back again. Yes its does seem as though the camera button is being held down although it doesnt look like its jammed down at all. I can press like normal; would I perhaps have to pop the button open and clean with alcohol??
I got the button pried off and cleaned the area underneath. The internal button does not appear to be be pressed down, I can press/depress the button with no problem. Could this be an issue with the radio firmware? Known issue with Cyanogen perhaps?
--And Yes, I still see the Tri-colored screen as seen in the above picture on the left--
This has nothing to do with your ROM... might have a little to do with the Radio/SPL, but not likely. At most, maybe try flashing the newest radio, then the danger spl. Remember, radio first, then danger spl. (if you do it the other way, you have a brick).
But it is probably the button. The soft rubber that doesn't seemed pressed down isn't the actual button either, it is under that and should be a copper like bubble button. Don't think you can get all the way to that without taking the whole damn thing apart.
I believe I have tried flashing the radio firm, but not the danger spl. Where would you recommend I DL these from? Would it matter that I am running the original ROM (dreaimg.nbh)??
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
I got both files from here. Just to be double sure, flash the radio first anyways, no need to risk your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517593
This is the how too, note you will need either 2 SD cards(flash SPL, then pull SD and flash ROM from 2nd SD), or you will have to flash the SPL, pull the SD card and load the ROM on it, then the ROM... do not power down your device before flashing the ROM.
As well, you need to have a custom recovery flashed, not sure if you have that yet or not (assuming you have a custom ROM you have one already).
If you are nervous at all about doing it, re-read the instructions a couple times until you get the comfy feeling... nothing to worry about as long as you flash the newest radio, then the SPL, then your ROM of choice. Now might be a good time to check out someone else's ROM as well, I like dwangs personally. But if you do 3D games, ie teeter, you will hate it because it doesn't support 3D games.
I have my phone back to working condition now. First off, I want to thank all of you who have helped me out. I really appreciate this community! You guys are great!
All in all, being that pjcforpres told me to have the custom ROM installed, I first had to exploit the phone to get cyanogenMOD on. During this process, I believe it re-flashed the radio firmware and possibly fixed my problem. I could be wrong, but its what I like to believe.
I am a happy camper now!!
P.S. I did NOT end up flashing Danger SPL, I did not want to risk it now that I have a working G1....
Welp, spoke too soon... I am back to the Tri color screen again.
Is there a good tutorial on how to carefully take this phone apart? I want to do some deep cleaning on the camera button area.
Tri Colour screen
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Does it look like the one on the left?
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I have been hunting around trying to find what to do about this, I have the screen on the Left when I hold the Camera button down and turn on the power.
Holding the Home key down and the power the phone appears to boot up the the Splash Screen in this case Rogers, and there it sits nothing happens.
Does anyone have a idea how to recover at this point. I don't believe its a stuck camera button because if I don't push the camera button and boot up I get the carrier splash screen and nothing more.
I believe since it says Serial0 it must be in some sort of console recover mode, question is how to get there and what to do. The USB no longer shows up when plugged into the PC, I've checked on linux and it does not even see the usb being plugged in so there must be some trick to connect to it.
Zarf
My phone is a HTC Dream from Rogers.
Same problem
Stuck at the tricolor screen..i popped the button out doesnt look like anything is wrong..i scraped at it a little..what else is it? or am i not doing it right?
Check the USB port/inside
I successfully cleaned out my phone by completely tearing it apart. There are a few manuals on how to do this , however I cannot remember or have any links to provide.
My USB port cover was broken off (I no longer have a G1), this may have caused dust and debris to enter the phone and cause havoc. I did find a long hair in the phone (?!?!?) which after removal helped remedy the issue.