Hey guys, trying to hard reset my 8525 and I'm following the directions on the Wiki, with no success.
With the device turned off I'm holding the left, right soft keys and the reset button. Once I push the reset button, my 8525 turns on like normal. What am I doing wrong?
hold down the reset button longer
edit: +2 n00b points for referencing the wiki. keep it up!
peezy said:
hold down the reset button longer
edit: +2 n00b points for referencing the wiki. keep it up!
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That did it, thanks!
Where in L.A. are you? I'm in the Long Beach area.
work in south gate, live in pasadena
ha! Peezy, earlier I was full expecting a FLAME job from you .. .. my 8525 turned into a temporary brick.. ahah I almost pooped myself.. lol .. just got it yesterday..
The whiskey has me at ease tonight . I'm implementing a new n00b point system that encourages wiki research. Dont worry though, the flame still burns for those that do not use the searh before posting.
yeah .. I forgot to flash Hard SPL .. .. and tried CID unlocking.. my phone didnt like that too much
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How do you hard reset an MDA I???? I want to clear everything on the unit and reinstall everything/resync with my pc. Thanks.
I know i'm a statistic in my own signature....
interestingfellow said:
How do you hard reset an MDA I???? I want to clear everything on the unit and reinstall everything/resync with my pc. Thanks.
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Have you tried read the manual or a little bit of this forum?
Hard reset will be done by sticking twice time in the little hole down under the earphone connector....
HTH
Stefan
I have actually searched for a good two hours, and came up with how to reset a II but not a I. Although, I did learn a whole lot of other stuff, including answers to other questions I had. There was just too many pieces of straw to find the needle, I was tired, running out of smokes, and getting a head ache, so I posted this and went off to sleep.
Thanks for the quick answer
hello..
this is my first posting in the potal but not good news..
i was trying to unlock my ameo with AthenaUnlocker. I did well step1, after that when it was about to finish step 2, my ameo went off and never comes back.
i tried to do hardreset but it didn't come back after restoring. i can't get into the bootloader, neither.
is it bricked? i'm still in warranty. if i send it to htc or tmobile, can it be back?
please, give your hand.
thx.
rom ver was 2.35 and radio ver was 1.50
If you hold down your camera button without releasing it, then poke the reset hole with the stylus, do you see the tree color screen with Olipro's name on it?
i did what you said..
eaglesteve said:
If you hold down your camera button without releasing it, then poke the reset hole with the stylus, do you see the tree color screen with Olipro's name on it?
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no unfortunately not.. when i do it, the light near the joystick just turns on. that's it. i tried to separate the battery for more than 10 mins, however, didn't work either.
Hoon™ said:
no unfortunately not.. when i do it, the light near the joystick just turns on. that's it. i tried to separate the battery for more than 10 mins, however, didn't work either.
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Try again, sometimes the camera button has to be pushed stronger...
sergiopi said:
Try again, sometimes the camera button has to be pushed stronger...
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Wow!! suddenly it works!! as you said i pushed the camera button as strong as possible. wasn't i strong enough before?? anyway, thanks a lot!! from now on, i need to find what i need to more. i forgot. thanx, mate!!
can i just get back to step 2?? or do i need to download more? from other threads, they said download roms from this link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=314672, but i think these are old version. do i need to upgrade though? i don't know where i can get the rom for upgrading apart from that link. can i ask you a favour mates?
i did!!!
hello.
after success to get into the bootloader, i upgraded black touch 3.0.!! thx for you guys help..
i would still like to unlock my ameo. i did step 1 and probably 2. then should i start from the fisrt step or just skip 1 & 2? i need to browse more.. if you want to give me a hand, tell me please.
you guys are all~~ great!! fantastic!! thank you very much!
-Hoon-
we need athena owners, so we protect them to increase the population....
Yeah Right !!!
As long as they are nice and helpful and not vicious as in other posts otherwise we need Olipro for extermination control
I have been running the newest release of the sprint rom since it came out a few weeks back. I today loaded the HTC Home app and my phone wanted to reboot and when I did, it comes back up locked up every time.
1. Screen still reacts to touch as far as backlight turning on
2. Somtimes the power button puts it to sleep and wakes it back up
3. Have performed multiple resets (using the sytlus in the reset button), anyway to do a hard reset?
4. Active sync wont connect
5. Never have custom rom'd this before, always have used the sprint roms. Just activesync'd and ran their installer.
Any ideas how to jumpstart a reload of the sprint rom??
Ok first of all...your phone is NOT bricked.
A "bricked phone" is exactly that...bricked. As in it doesn't do ANYTHING and can be used only as a paperweight (i.e. like a brick). People always post that their phone is bricked when it isn't even anywhere close to being bricked. In fact, it is VERY difficult to brick the Titan.
In your case, all you need to do is hard reset. If it locks up right at boot and won't even allow you to hard reset, just reflash the rom. Very simple.
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I have been running the newest release of the sprint rom since it came out a few weeks back. I today loaded the HTC Home app and my phone wanted to reboot and when I did, it comes back up locked up every time. I have pulled the batter, and the data card. Multiple resets (using the stylus to press the reset button). Any way to jumpstart the rom installation to reinstall it? Any suggestions?
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Sounds like you need a hard reset. It will take you back to your default Sprint ROM without the Home app. You will lose all data though.
See here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanForBeginners
wacktool said:
I have been running the newest release of the sprint rom since it came out a few weeks back. I today loaded the HTC Home app and my phone wanted to reboot and when I did, it comes back up locked up every time. I have pulled the batter, and the data card. Multiple resets (using the stylus to press the reset button). Any way to jumpstart the rom installation to reinstall it? Any suggestions?
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When you indicate that "it comes back up locked up every time" can you elaborate on the exact symptoms? Does the phone boot and when the home screen attempts to load, the phone freezes/locks and stops responding?
If this is the case, the phone is far from bricked. What you can do is hard-reset which will reset it to the way the rom comes.
Best regards,
-boggsie
wacktool said:
I have been running the newest release of the sprint rom since it came out a few weeks back. I today loaded the HTC Home app and my phone wanted to reboot and when I did, it comes back up locked up every time. I have pulled the batter, and the data card. Multiple resets (using the stylus to press the reset button). Any way to jumpstart the rom installation to reinstall it? Any suggestions?
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If you don't have safe mode (through PocketPlus or other), or through a SPB Backup (or similar) there are very few ways to get this back safely. Hard reset is probably the way to go if you can't get around in the OS. I love PocketPlus safe mode, it has saved me many, many times.
Edit: I agree with the "bricked" comment, it is an attention grabber if anything but almost always inaccurate. Can people say stuck instead please?
ande8150 said:
Sounds like you need a hard reset. It will take you back to your default Sprint ROM without the Home app. You will lose all data though.
See here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanForBeginners
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Lol I LOVE your avatar... how fitting for a thread such as this
Oh, and on topic... I didn't see anyone actually posting HOW to hard reset without flashing... this is obviously an easy first step. If you don't intend on changing your ROM, you should be fine doing the following:
hold down the 2 softkeys (the ones with Dots on em) and press reset with stylus... follow instructions on screen
EDIT: Oh, I guess that's in the Wiki! Good stuff those wiki's
gc14 said:
A "bricked phone" is exactly that...bricked. As in it doesn't do ANYTHING and can be used only as a paperweight (i.e. like a brick). People always post that their phone is bricked when it isn't even anywhere close to being bricked. In fact, it is VERY difficult to brick the Titan.
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serfboreds said:
Edit: I agree with the "bricked" comment, it is an attention grabber if anything but almost always inaccurate. Can people say stuck instead please?
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Just changed my avatar to make you smile....
That avatar is badass lol
I'm smiling
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Just changed my avatar to make you smile....
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That is awesome, don't change it.
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That is awesome, don't change it.
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Yup, it's here to stay.
How does att find out if your phone is bricked or not?
When I start up my fuze it stays at the Att boot screen.
Any help?
Try hard reset? Hold volume down button, press the select button (center click of the d-pad), and then put the stylus in the reset hole. If it still screwed up, you might try what I've seen mentioned on here....kind of radical, but 2-3 people say it works. Pull your sim card & SD mini card (if you have one), now get this....stick the phone in the microwave for two seconds. It fries it good and apparently (I've not done this) they can't tell you've bricked it. Then you can request a warranty exchange.
If you haven't already tried hard resetting your phone you can do the following:
Hold pressed the volume down button together with the round "OK" button and while holding those press the reset button with the tip of the stylus (it is located right next to the usb / charging port) until you see a white screen with blue letters. It will ask you to press volume up to restore the original ROM - just foolow the instructions and you'll be fine! Hope i've helped!
yea ive tried holding vol down button and the center and tried restoring it, but it still doesnt boot up after that. How do they find out if it bricked or not?
vietxboi825 said:
yea ive tried holding vol down button and the center and tried restoring it, but it still doesnt boot up after that. How do they find out if it bricked or not?
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Rather than trying to hard reset, have you verified whether you can or cannot enter Bootloader mode? If you can, you should be able to flash a stock ROM to your device.
That has happened to me a while back, here is what I did.
Put your phone into Bootloader mode,
press and hold the volume down button, then press the reset button with the stylus. Release the volume down button when bootloader tricolour screen appears**
Plug your phone back into your PC and flash another ROM.
How will ATT know if you bricked your fuze? Well, if you send it in for service, that's how they'll know if you bricked it. More to the point, what did you do to your fuze to get it into the current state? Have you flashed any cooked roms on it, or are you on the stock rom/spl/radio/etc.? If so, you shouldn't have too much to worry about from a warranty perspective. Have you flashed any roms onto your fuze? Did you flash hard spl (1.90.olinex)? Did you flash a cdma rom onto your fuze (in other words, one you downloaded from ppc geeks or the cdma forum here)? Did you flash a non-compliant radio? You might as well spit out a little info if you want any help.
p51d007 said:
Try hard reset? Hold volume down button, press the select button (center click of the d-pad), and then put the stylus in the reset hole. If it still screwed up, you might try what I've seen mentioned on here....kind of radical, but 2-3 people say it works. Pull your sim card & SD mini card (if you have one), now get this....stick the phone in the microwave for two seconds. It fries it good and apparently (I've not done this) they can't tell you've bricked it. Then you can request a warranty exchange.
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providing you won't end up exploding your phone. whoa!
Pumpiron579,
Thanky you and all who has helped me. Worked in bootloader screen. Phone now works.
I wondered about that myself, but, I've seen a couple of posts on XDA about putting the phone into a microwave for 2 seconds. I'm sure the magnatron tube in the microwave will "really" appreciate it LOL
BumAround said:
providing you won't end up exploding your phone. whoa!
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...now get this....stick the phone in the microwave for two seconds. It fries it good and apparently (I've not done this) they can't tell you've bricked it...
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This I have not heard...I almost want to get a phone from t-mobile just to brick and nuke it just to test this out...LOL
p51d007 said:
If it still screwed up, you might try what I've seen mentioned on here....kind of radical, but 2-3 people say it works. Pull your sim card & SD mini card (if you have one), now get this....stick the phone in the microwave for two seconds. It fries it good and apparently (I've not done this) they can't tell you've bricked it. Then you can request a warranty exchange.
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I would pull the battery, that's most likely to explode.
I know I saw the thread before on how to revert your phone to send it back to warranty, but I can't find the thread. If anyone can be kind to please post that link here.
Pumpiron579 said:
That has happened to me a while back, here is what I did.
Put your phone into Bootloader mode,
press and hold the volume down button, then press the reset button with the stylus. Release the volume down button when bootloader tricolour screen appears**
Plug your phone back into your PC and flash another ROM.
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Last week end I had the same problem and I folllowed this method and it worked for me. I flashed the stock ROM and then flashed the EnergyROM, now every thing is working fine.
This might work for vietxboi825 too.
krook6023 said:
This I have not heard...I almost want to get a phone from t-mobile just to brick and nuke it just to test this out...LOL
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Actually, I had a friend brick his verizon touch pro. He nuked it for two seconds and they exchanged it. No questions asked.
if you put anything metal in your microwave for very long, especially electronics, you can kiss that microwave good bye. my baby brother put a gameboy in the microwave and 5 seconds later the microwave was dead, the gameboy miraculously survived though.
they last a lil longer with forks...
So ive been wondering since on this phone with the built in battery you cant do battery pulls for things like bad flashes or just to fix issues, what exactly is the workaround for fixing issues. Im not anywhere near the level of some people on here when it comes to flashing roms and fixing issues so ive been very curious about this cuz i really wouldnt know what to do if i flashed a rom got and got a bootloop...the only thing i could think of waiting for the battery to run out.
So whos got answers
here ya go
http://bit.ly/KTZyYG
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Way to be completely unhelpful. Did you look at your own google search? No answer.
I think it is a legitimate question.
Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds. This should restart the phone.
actually it is in there. it's the 6th result down, and it happens to be another thread just like this in this exact forum, but I thought we were all big boys and girls and knew how to search.
Let me spoon feed something that has already been discussed. If you hold the power button down for 10 seconds it will hard reset your phone.
If you want it to reboot into bootloader, hold vol-down while doing so and continuing to hold it until the bootloader comes up.
FattySparks said:
actually it is in there. it's the 6th result down, and it happens to be another thread just like this in this exact forum, but I thought we were all big boys and girls and knew how to search.
Let me spoon feed something that has already been discussed. If you hold the power button down for 10 seconds it will hard reset your phone.
If you want it to reboot into bootloader, hold vol-down while doing so and continuing to hold it until the bootloader comes up.
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It was actually the first result?
Anyways, I know how to google and do my research but I hadn't even really thought about this question yet. Glad someone posted it up. Hate that lmgtfy **** lol. A simple one sentence answer would suffice. And you know, of course you could always add that lmgtfy link after you answer the question.
Thanks for the question!
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here ya go
http://bit.ly/KTZyYG
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lol i actually love LMGTFY .....anyway i tried to search this but nothing was coming up with my search but anyway thanks everyone for the info now ima deffo get this phone knowing that the fix for this was relatively easy
FattySparks said:
actually it is in there. it's the 6th result down, and it happens to be another thread just like this in this exact forum, but I thought we were all big boys and girls and knew how to search.
Let me spoon feed something that has already been discussed. If you hold the power button down for 10 seconds it will hard reset your phone.
If you want it to reboot into bootloader, hold vol-down while doing so and continuing to hold it until the bootloader comes up.
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Thanks because that really had me worried too, almost had me reconsider my preorder and wait for the GS3 to be released. However I'm still a bit unsure if it will work when you need it...
Someone force yourself into a bootloop or splash screen hang and give it a try for us.
Tell us your results afterwards.
sabreem said:
Thanks because that really had me worried too, almost had me reconsider my preorder and wait for the GS3 to be released. However I'm still a bit unsure if it will work when you need it...
Someone force yourself into a bootloop or splash screen hang and give it a try for us.
Tell us your results afterwards.
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i tried it in the middle of a boot and it worked perfectly.
one more thing
Let's see how hard this is too brick, of course we need a volunteer. root your phone, unlock the boot loader. Put the RUU on your sd-card, go into bootloader, while the RUU is flashing, somehow kill power to the phone, let me know what happens