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Hi all!
Ok here goes. I bought on ebay a Hero G3 running windows mobile. I think this thing is a clone but it seems pretty identical to the htc, although this phone does not say htc anywhere on it. Behind the battery G3 Hero A6288 is listed.
link : (dropped the h, new users are not allowed to post links) ttp://desoons.en.made-in-china.com/product/yMYnVCGrgocJ/China-Hero-G3-Windows-Mobile-6-5-GPS-WiFi-MSN-PDA.html
It came with Windows Mobile 6.5. Although it's a clone, is it still possible that it could run android?
Hardware seems pretty much exactly the same. However from what i've seen from looking around I would need Android installed first off in order to update?
Also somehow last night (I was drunk) the phone has somehow set a password in Windows Mobile and I do not know what the password is and so i am stuck big time! Tried following instructions to do a hard reset but these don't seem to work unless i'm doing something wrong? Windows mobile just boots up.
Is there anyway around this? Is there any ROMs of Windows Mobile out there from this thing that I could put on it to get around the password?
Please help, I have been looking all day for a solution to this and it's driving me crazy!
new link
ttp://rofen.en.alibaba.com/product/304037216-209334738/HTC_HERO_G3_Windows_6_5_2_SIM_Smart_Phone.html
You _might_ be able to load one of the WM "android kits" onto it which are kicked off post boot up, but it is a China counterfeit handset and thus undoubtedly cannot run it natively
Hi all!
Ok here goes. I bought on ebay a Hero G3 running windows mobile. I think this thing is a clone but it seems pretty identical to the htc, although this phone does not say htc anywhere on it. Behind the battery G3 Hero A6288 is listed.
link : (dropped the h, new users are not allowed to post links) ttp://desoons.en.made-in-china.com/product/yMYnVCGrgocJ/China-Hero-G3-Windows-Mobile-6-5-GPS-WiFi-MSN-PDA.html
It came with Windows Mobile 6.5. Although it's a clone, is it still possible that it could run android?
Hardware seems pretty much exactly the same. However from what i've seen from looking around I would need Android installed first off in order to update?
Also somehow last night (I was drunk) the phone has somehow set a password in Windows Mobile and I do not know what the password is and so i am stuck big time! Tried following instructions to do a hard reset but these don't seem to work unless i'm doing something wrong? Windows mobile just boots up.
Is there anyway around this? Is there any ROMs of Windows Mobile out there from this thing that I could put on it to get around the password?
Please help, I have been looking all day for a solution to this and it's driving me crazy!
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Highly doubtful, the processors are most likely totally different
Sent from my HTC Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
Sorry for bringing back from the dead this thread.
I recently aquired a hero clone, an a6288 with the same specs as the one mentioned in this thread.
The phone after a few days of fooling around cannot boot. It hangs during boot up, right after it plays the windows opening sound. I am trying to hard reset it but I cannot find the correct key combination, can anyone help me with that?
Thanks in advance!
eloydark said:
Sorry for bringing back from the dead this thread.
I recently aquired a hero clone, an a6288 with the same specs as the one mentioned in this thread.
The phone after a few days of fooling around cannot boot. It hangs during boot up, right after it plays the windows opening sound. I am trying to hard reset it but I cannot find the correct key combination, can anyone help me with that?
Thanks in advance!
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On the real hero, it's menu, call and end call
But the fake is likely completely different.
Also based upon Windows not Android - so it could be anything - have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del?
btdag said:
Also based upon Windows not Android - so it could be anything - have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del?
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That seems to be the problem. The combination is different, I've tried every forum I can find, in russian, chinese, italian and pretty much anything google can give but no key combination seems to work. The company I bought it from seems to be irresponsible on the matter, and every responce I got from them was wrong.
Is there another way I can force the phone to reset? Through a computer via windows or linux?
eloydark said:
That seems to be the problem. The combination is different, I've tried every forum I can find, in russian, chinese, italian and pretty much anything google can give but no key combination seems to work. The company I bought it from seems to be irresponsible on the matter, and every responce I got from them was wrong.
Is there another way I can force the phone to reset? Through a computer via windows or linux?
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No idea. Pull the battery for a while? I honestly haven't a clue about these fakes. They are cheap for a reason I'm afraid
Try pressing every key and seeing what happens, try seeing if there is a pin slot as well and push that whilst trying all sorts of combos. Other the that, my only advice is to never buy a fake.
What did you do that broke it?
You must use the button of ignition and the key Volume + and Volume-.
We touch the key of volume and simultaneously you ignite the cel and it was entering Hard Rest.
i have the same china HERO G3 im newbie and i want to know if is possible to switch fro windows to android!thanks a lot
yannilupo said:
i have the same china HERO G3 im newbie and i want to know if is possible to switch fro windows to android!thanks a lot
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If it's a proper HTC Hero, it runs Android. If it's a fake, it runs WinMo.
So this doesn't sound to be a HTC Hero Which means no android for you afaik.
For those who want to know, after many emails with the company I bought it from, I came to understanding that even they don't know how to hard reset it. The final solution they provided was to return the product to them to fix it (if possible) or to replace it. So either way, I will do that, although I now have no trust on the device (it hanged for no apparent reason) and will probably never use it for anything more than a backup phone.
Final conclusion: Cheap chinese phones? NO-GO!
hello i have same phone with itallian language
i want move it into English ..
any one help how we can change this phone into english ?
Regards
Hi,
Anyone have a english rom for this phone?
home+menu+power on is the hard reset for this phone
volume down + reset button ( up ) and power
bumping a dead thread.
Trying to fix a friends phone, I installed a simple HTC cab and now the phone won't boot up.
It says Hero, but then doesnt start.
The hard reset keys listed so far don''t seem to be working.
Anyone know any other hard reset combos that might work?
Have any of you tried pressing ALL of the keys available?
The counterfit market is ridiculous.People should research before buying...My wife-to-be nearly got me a nexus one (fake) for £50 thinking it was a real N1 they even call them the Nexus one and Hero so surely that's patent copyright breach?I think they even say HTC on them!
when i was trying to flash a new SPL my phone powered off and now wont power on at all. if anybody can please help or give any advice please, please, please do so. any is appreciated!
This is going to be a stupid question, sorry. Have you removed the battery? If that doesn't work, and still wont turn on, then maybe try pushing the call and end button at the same time and hold for a few seconds. That may do something but not sure, this is the first I have heard of this problem.
thank you so much for replying! but yes, ive removed the battery and the sd card. i just tried holding the call and end button but nothing happened. i dont know if this is any help but when i connect the phone to the usb charger with the battery in it doesnt do anything, but when i connect the phone and usb battery-less and then insert the battery the charging light comes on. right now thats the only shred of hope i have...
Can you boot to recovery?
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no cant even do that
myerrod said:
no cant even do that
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Well no recovery probably means bricked. Did you try booting in to the bootloader? I haven't done it in forever, I think its end+send+volume down
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i just tried that and nothing happened. im starting to believe im screwed
I did the same thing. Bricked. Call verizon and play dumb and get a replacement.
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
im thinking about going to the store. but that little watermark sticker is pink. do you think thatll affect me getting a new phone in anyway?
If you have insurance just call tech support there transfer you to insurance and pay the 90$ and since out on new Eris may get a better phone my wife had Droid one dropped in water and had to go through insurance and they were out if new droids she got a brand new Droid 2.insurance sends new phones say dropped in lake and don't have phone anymore, worth a try
So when you connect your USB does the computer recognize anything? And does the phone light turn on even for a moment?
Sounds pretty bricked. Tell Verizon your phone just stopped turning on.
thanks for all the advice guys! i just got back from the vs and i got a "certified like new" eris. along with a cute little pink case for only 3 bucks.
and for future reference
we do not need 2 threads in 2 different locations for one single individual issuse
espically when its dev related
this is not androidforums
sorry about your phone
I've tried to search for this, but nothing has come up, so grateful if you don't flame me.
I've dropped my Galaxy SII down the loo. I know. I'm an idiot. But an honest one. It did the whole flashy screen thing before I could rip the battery out, so I think it is well and truly dead. A night in a hot room in a rice bath didn't fix it, and I doubt the day in the airing cupboard in the rice bath will do either. I am insured, so that's fine.
Problem is, I want to be able to extract the data from it that was on there. Any thoughts as to how I can do that? It really doesn't turn on at all, not even to get into a boot loop.
Thanks.
I doubt you'll be able to extract the data without being able to access the internal storage. And if the phone doesn't turn on, you'd need 'specialist' tools to do that I.E the kind Samsung/repairers use to fix borked phones. Even they may not be able to recover the data.
MistahBungle said:
And if the phone doesn't turn on, you'd need 'specialist' tools to do that I.E the kind Samsung/repairers use to fix borked phones.
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Any idea where I might be able to get that done? I work in London Bridge, and live in Alton, Hampshire. Or how I might be able to find someone who does that sort of thing?
Or, better still, is there a programme that I can use to do it? Some of the stuff in the phone is quite 'personal', and I doubt my wife would be chuffed if anyone else were to have access to that. Thanks.
Andy
unless you can boot into recovery you cant get the data out
because you cant read the data from the chip without booting
There's no way you're going to be able to do it yourself. Start contacting mobile phone repairers, you'll might even find places who do data extraction on PC's drives who can do it. Yellow Pages/Google/etc. But definitely no chance of you doing it unfortunately as BlueFa1con said.
Re: the stuff that's 'personal, if it's that personal, I'd recommend you destroy the phone.
Bobzilla2 said:
Any idea where I might be able to get that done? I work in London Bridge, and live in Alton, Hampshire. Or how I might be able to find someone who does that sort of thing?
Or, better still, is there a programme that I can use to do it? Some of the stuff in the phone is quite 'personal', and I doubt my wife would be chuffed if anyone else were to have access to that. Thanks.
Andy
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Just got a quote of £60 to get the data off. No way is it worth that much.
Think it may have unbricked itself. It turns on now, the touchscreen is a bit flaky - it is a bit slow to recognise touch, but I reackon it will go into data mode so I can get what I need before it goes for repair (if needed).
How come can we use the power quick menu OVER the lockscreen?
I mean why would anyone want that? Doesn't this cancel the lock or not?
This is not a bug,I guess,but it should have been considered one.
The first scenario that comes in mind is the stolen phone one.
Guy gets my phone.I try to use anti theft software but I can't,
since the first thing he does is shut down the phone.
Btw,I m on a MINI with the official Android 2.3.4 firmware (rooted).
Oddly enough the same thing is true about iOS as well.
Tell me what you think about this issue...
N.
Come on! Does this ability to shut down the phone even if it's locked bothers only ME? :-D
N.
Sent Using One Of My 5 iPads.
BlackArtsInc said:
How come can we use the power quick menu OVER the lockscreen?
I mean why would anyone want that? Doesn't this cancel the lock or not?
This is not a bug,I guess,but it should have been considered one.
The first scenario that comes in mind is the stolen phone one.
Guy gets my phone.I try to use anti theft software but I can't,
since the first thing he does is shut down the phone.
Btw,I m on a MINI with the official Android 2.3.4 firmware (rooted).
Oddly enough the same thing is true about iOS as well.
Tell me what you think about this issue...
N.
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YES , it does bother me bcoz anyone who stole the phone can switch off without entering any lock code or secure code this menu helps thief's a lot to have safe from their theft... why would anyone like it!!!!
I really don't understand the meaning of the post.
So, you're all agitated because someone can switch your phone while its locked right?
Have you ever thought that someone would actually REMOVE THE BATTERY? I know it's science fiction, taking into consideration the effort someone has to put into removing a battery, but it is plausible...
Just making a thread to hate on something that there is no reason to hate? Nice try.
dumraden said:
I really don't understand the meaning of the post.
So, you're all agitated because someone can switch your phone while its locked right?
Have you ever thought that someone would actually REMOVE THE BATTERY? I know it's science fiction, taking into consideration the effort someone has to put into removing a battery, but it is plausible...
Just making a thread to hate on something that there is no reason to hate? Nice try.
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LOL. Yeah. Right.
Anyways, the Power Menu lets you get out of a situation where you locked yourself out of the phone. Nothing is working (due to some bug), but the power menu works, giving you the chance to escape the situation by performing a proper shutdown. (Well, you can do that again by battery pull, but since here your cause is just, better to have official ways to do it).
Thanks,
Rick
dumraden said:
Have you ever thought that someone would actually REMOVE THE BATTERY? I know it's science fiction, taking into consideration the effort someone has to put into removing a battery, but it is plausible...
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I laughed till I fell from the chair
LOL First of all this was a drunk thread!
The point was that I was searching for a way to disable this!
Also I d like the ability to remove the option to select
NO SOUND from the lock screen.
Since I m on a stock sony FW,I obviously can't do anything of these.
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for some reason I am unable to use the laptop on this website so I am left stuck talking to my phone because it's too small to talk on anyways a quick briefing if you can follow my text.
I flashed my j33v 7 from my unknown source using Odin and it is a brand new spanking phone from Verizon and it is really screwed up with the wrong build number and the phone don't even look like a phone it has some kind of weird funny screen with a bunch of strange looking buttons it makes no sense to me and I cannot get it to go back in download mode I read somewhere I could use a 300,000 ohm resistors between pin 4 and 5 of the HDMI mini port to get it to boot back into download and I have yet to try it because I have not had time but anyways I have no backup of the image that come from the phone I'm not even sure how to create one or if anyone out there even has one can someone please help me figure this out I understand I could just purchase and be done with it a lot cheaper but apparently the build number to the software that was flashed on there it's the wrong one and I think I actually put a hacker flash on their stupid me haha very smart on my part huh but I had no help and I have not been on any forums this is my first post I accidentally ended up joining odinbrotherhood don't know what I was thinking. That turned out to be a really fun trip for me.
please guys is there anyone out there that can help me understand if you have to shake really I am made whatever I have to do just please let me know I am in deep urgent help I really want the phone back it's the only phone that actually mirrored my high definition TV screen all my other phones are old and I cannot watch YouTube on my phone anymore.
I was going to show a photo of what the front of the phone look like but I can't get the website to work on my laptop I am able to login on my telephone but not my laptop I don't know what the deal is with all these electronics these day I can't seem to get anything to work anyways thanks in advance Atlantis.
Sorry I have 4 kids and I havent had the time to read any stikys at all! very sorry for that..
I will make this easy, if anyone here can answer just one question.
HOW DO YOU BACKUP A FACTORY IMAGE FROM ONE PHONE AND APPLY IT TO ANOTHER?
Is there anyone here that could please point me to how to do that? sorry guys I have a ten month old baby in my lap crawling aroud and I can hardly type at all.