In another thread, I asked whether Power OFF and "PaperClip Reset" were the same thing. Below is the response I received...and not wanting to divert the other thread, I thought I'd start this one.
demandarin said:
Kinda/sorta..lol. soft reset is a more drastic reboot, IMO. its usually used if the prime freezes up or starts acting up alot. You even have another kind that I believe is called a cold boot or a hard boot or something. That involves holding power button and volume down at the same time(while power is still on, I believe) until prime reboots. Then keep hold it until you see some lettering across the top of the screen. Then let go. Then it'll say device will reset/reboot if nothing is pressed within a few seconds.
I always do it in order if the previous one didn't work or fix problem. A regular reboot(power off then on again), then a soft reset, then a cold/hard boot.
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Based on the above, here is my understanding of the different modes:
1)Sleep/Display OFF/Lock - Turns the display off. When restarted it will return to the same page that was previously open - no data loss
2) Power Button OFF - Will clear temp files/temp caches, saves the state you are in and restart at the home screen - only unsaved data lost.
3) Paperclip Reboot - Restores Prime to state before error/freezeup. (in Windows terms, restores registry to last saved version). Your current state is not saved.
4) Volume button/Pwr OFF - Restores OS to original configuration....no data or apps lost.
5) Factory Reset (in settings) - Totally wipes the Prime clean. You lose all data and installed apps.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, and on a side note - Does Android have a file similar to Windows registry? IF so, can I copy it to a safe place so I can use it to restore the Prime in case of failure....Would the Prime have to be rooted to do this?
Thanks,
Bob
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I have a Lobster 700tv phone which I think is brilliant, but I'm looking to upgrade the software from mobile 5 to mobile 6. I have windows xp on my pc is this possible?
The reason I'm asking is that my phone is somehow stuck in headset mode (even without the headset plugged in) and I can't figure out on how to get it back to normal. Even when the phone rings, I get the ring tone, but have to plug in the headset to answer the call. (I've done a cold reboot and it's done no good). I took it to a phone repair shop yesterday and they've said that it's a software error.
Has anyone else had the same sort of problems?
Or if anyone can advise on a possible solution (apart from throwing it out of the window!) I'd be grateful.
Thanks
If its a software issue a hard reset should bring you back im not sure what a cold reboot is so you may have tried this, also never heard of your phone so i wouldnt know ho to hard reset. If hard reset doesnt work then you will probably have to flash a new rom, possibly to wm6 if you can find the rom.My advice is lots of searching and reading... good luck
wm6 won't come soon to my and your lobby's screen
it requires a LOT of time to be done, special tools, extracted ROM for the operation and so on, (btw the phone isn't very commercial, wide-spread and so on, which is demotivating programmers)
ANYWAY, now on the topic:
you can try the CLEAR STORAGE option
found in accessories, it does almost fully hard-reset the phone, but preserves DAB app (I read somewhere, that hard resetting did remove the app, but I'm not sure now...)
anyway, here's how to do the hard reset:
1. Press and hold soft1 and soft2 keys (i.e. menu keys).
2. Press and hold power button for around 1 to 1.5 seconds. Release power button. Keep holding both soft keys.
3. After a while, black screen should show instructions asking user to press '0' key to reset to factory default.
4. Press '0' within the timeout period (which is very brief).
If instructions don't appear on the screen, repeat steps 1 to 4.
it'll show the boot screen, and afterwards a black background with the typings, quickly press 0 to reset, sit and wait
as usual, backup all contacts, data, apps, stuff like that, and then do the job
p.p. Hard reset info via http://wiki.modaco.com/index.php/HTC_Monet
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Hi there Prodigyfied,
Greetings from cloudy and overcast England.
Thanks again for the info.
I've tried what you've suggested, and it's still the same. Do you or anyone else have any other ideas?
Thanks
Paula
Sorry I didn't see this thread sooner!
it is a common fault with HTC phones and is a hardware issue - here is one of the MANY threads on modaco
http://www.modaco.com/content/HTC-T...aCo-com/229405/C500-Stuck-on-Headset-profile/
Should have enough suggestions to get you working!
Good luck.
Thank you
Thanks Confusious,
The suggestion in that other thread has done the trick.
You've made my day
Thank you.
Paula
After installing the HKTW Gingerbread, my lockscreen has disappeared, and the home button isn't working. It's tedious, to the say the least, to have to press the back button about 10 times to get to the home screen.
I've looked online, and it seems people just had to enable the lockscreen again. I can't find the option to disable it or enable it.
From what I remember reading last night some people had success getting their home button working after either restoring data or taking out their battery/putting back in.
I didn't back up data :/
I've pulled the battery several times, to no effect. Its quite annoying lol
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Bump, can no one help me with this? Or should I just flash back?
Me too
I'm running 1.83 with an unlocked bootloader. My problem presents itself as no lock screen, home button and search buttons do not work for single press or long press (but do still provide haptic feedback), and holding down the power button only gives the option to power off, not airplane mode or silent.
Factory Data Reset fixes the problem until the power turns off.
Did you restore system data with titanium?
i had the same prob and had pulled the batter 1/2 a dozen times before i saw this thread. didn't help, so titanium to the rescue. not sure what it would take to fix it aside from that, but that was absurd and aggravating to no end, fsck that.
The reason I asked the question was because when I restored all of my system data, this happened to me. I started over again but this time I didn't restore my finger printer scanner data and for the first four packages with "accounts" in their name. Now I have a completely working 2.3.4 with the proper AT&T market.
I didn't do a TiBu before I went to Gingerbread, and had the same problems. Interestingly enough, after installing the build.prop fix, a few hours later I locked the screen and when I turned it back on the lock screen was back.
mine is completely gone too
i had this problem when attempting to restore data via titanium backup. reflashed and downloaded apps fresh, and no problems.
Were you able to figure it out, our did you reflash?
Can anyone please upload the titanium backup for system data?
Yesterday I started having issues with my lapdock -- when connecting to the phone, the lapdock would just show the Moto logo and never go to phone view. Thinking it was a problem with the lapdock, I went to Sprint to try it with another Photon. As it turned out, the lapdock was fine and my phone wouldn't talk to the HD dock either. No new apps had been installed nor settings changed since they both had previously been connected.
After a backup with Titanium, I did a factory reset (didn't wipe personal data). The phone appears to talk with the lapdock again and I haven't tried the HD dock yet. I restored everything with Titanium.
The problem I have though is that the home and search buttons don't work and I'm missing things that were previously on my phone, like when holding the power button the only option there is power off -- no airplane mode and I can't remember the other one that was there.
I tried to initiate a NAND restore (as I saw with another thread), but using the power button+vol up, I can't get it to actually go past the initiating message. I'm charging the phone now since it was at 60% and will try again when it reaches 80%.
What am I missing here? Doing a factory reset should've taken me back to initial everything I thought--so why are things not like the original release?
Updating this in case anyone finds themselves in a similar situation. Did a second factory reset and wiped internal storage this time. Things might be back to normal...default lock screen is back, extra options on the power button are back and home and search buttons work again.
I purchased a note 4 as a fun project, it has a cracked top glass only around the upper camera, I figured once I reset it, was going to proceed with glass replacement.
I put it aside, now its been a few weeks, so I hope I get the this in order of events.
While I am not expert, I am not a newberry either, but have exhausted my knowledge and searched this forum over, but maybe not using the correct search keyword.
I believe it is complete stock, but has a passcode and/or finger print lockout, so unsure. Still has all the previous user's settings & files.
It boots fine to lock screen. I can navigate to make an emergency call, all screen, volume buttons work, etc.
I simply want to wipe it through the normal stock recovery, but the normal key power+up+home combo is not working, the phone simply boots straight to lock screen every time.
Download mode is also not accessible either. power+down+home, same thing - boots and straight to lock screen.
Every combo of pressing power, volume or home get me to the same spot. Its as though the buttons do not work until it is booted up to lock screen.
I figured I would craft up a 300K usb jig to force download- still no go, same issue - boots straight to lock screen. Even tried variable resistor values, still no go.
I finally was able to get to download mode using Samsung 300K tool program - but even then, the phone will only initiate download mode if I click "connect" at just the right time during bootup.
So I downloaded the appropriate 6.0 android from SamMobile, loaded it via Odin successfully, the download finished, phone rebooted, and continued with android setup ( the screen where android initializes apps i.e 1/3xx, 2/3xx, etc and runs through 200, 300 or how many apps are installed, it takes awhile), so I walked away to let it finish.
I come back - its on the same dang lock screen.
Now I have read that one workaround is to pull the battery after some point to stop the phone from booting, then enter recovery and clear cache/ dalvik.
So I tried that, Odin, download, once phone reboots and vibrates, pull battery - but as stated, still not able to enter recovery.
USB debugging does not appear to be enabled, so unable to try that route either.
At a dead end. Anybody have a suggestion to get this device reset to factory.
I will even take a verbal beating :laugh:
Would love to even get TWRP, but thats a pipe dream at this point.
jammer
American Network Solutions (ANS) mobile phones provided by Assurance Wireless (Virgin Mobile) have been known to boot loop, freeze, stay frozen, crash, (right out of the box, brand new) and worse there is inaccurate or completely wrong information on how to do a factory reset and reboot the device. Below I will outline how to reboot the phone and perform a hard factory-reset with no home button on this cellphone.
Problem: Phone won’t turn off, won’t restart, or is stuck on and has no removable battery.
Solution: Keep the phone on and unplugged until battery dies or perform a hard reboot (see below).
Problem: My cell-phone is stuck on and there is no home button to do a hard reset
Solution: Perform a hard reboot. To restart a phone without taking out the battery, simply hold the Volume Up button, the home button (do not press if there is none obviously) and the Power button at the same time. While you hold these simultaneously, the phone will reboot in about 5 to 10 seconds.
Problem: I can’t factory reset my ANS UL40 phone (American Network Solutions) from Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile because I can’t get into the recovery menu.
Solution: Turn the phone off (or do a hard reset by holding the Volume-Up Button and the On-Button. Phones with no home button all reboot like this so just wait a few moments and the phone will restart.
Problem: My new mobile phone from Assurance Wireless gets stuck on the loading screen!
Solution: Perform a hard reboot (Volume Up + Power) then when it restarts and you’re on the white Assurance Wireless screen, stop holding power and only hold Volume Up. Keep pressing-and-holding the Increase Volume button and after a while you will be navigated to the Factory Reset Menu. You can wipe the cache partition only or perform a factory reset (which will also wipe the cache). To move around on the menu, use the volume keys (increase volume goes up, decrease volume goes down) and to select your entry simply use the power button (the on button). If this still doesn’t work, see further instructions in the solutions below.
Problem: Phone is frozen on loading screen, stuck in boot-loop even after factory reset/wiping cache partition.
Solution: After you have factory reset or wiped the cache partition you can also choose to install an update from the internal memory or sd-card. If you select this option it will perform a more rigorous factory reset then since you won’t have a package to install it will cancel. I’ve noticed my device getting out of the boot loop once I did this process and it was stuck on the boot screen even after I did a factory reset.
Problem: Can’t get to the recovery menu with my government assistance phone.
Solution: Turn off the phone and with the volume up button held down, power the device on. Keep holding both buttons until you see the white “American Network Solutions” screen with the outline of an eagle. At this point release the power button and continue to hold the volume-up key. After about 5 seconds you will now be inside the Recovery Menu and can do a factory reset.
Problem: My phone has no home button and I need to hard reboot to get to the Recovery Menu and perform a factory reset!
Solution: Hold the Volume-Up Button and the Power Button at the same time. for at least 10 seconds. Your device will restart and after the white ANS screen shows, stop holding the power button. Continue holding the increase audio key until you are at the Factory Reset / Recovery Menu screen. Use the volume buttons to navigate the menu and use the on button to select your choice.
Problem: My phone hangs on the blue Assurance Wireless screen.
Solution: See Above.
Even on the Virgin Mobile and Assurance Wireless websites and in the owner’s manual it says to hold the Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key and to keep holding them until you’re in Recovery Menu. This isn’t going to work for two reasons on the UL40: 1) It has no home button! and 2) it will just keep rebooting every 5 seconds if you hold the power button down constantly. You have to hold the Volume-Up Button and the Power Button until the phone reboots and then let go of the power button while still holding the volume up button. Keep holding the volume up key until you’re into Recovery Mode.
I hope this helps as the information online is either incomplete or completely wrong. Some places say to keep holding the power button along with the volume up key and if you do that the device will just keep restarting, effectively creating a boot loop where there wasn’t any before. Genius! lol. I figured this out after my device, fresh out of the box, froze while charging on the blue Assurance Wireless screen. Finally OCD is good for something! These phones are supposed to be a “Lifeline” but I’d be hard-pressed to get ANYTHING on the line with this potato. Avoid at all costs unless absolutely necessary.
Enjoy.
Assurance Wireless "Tech Support" e-mail address or direct phone number. ANS UL-40.
Need Assurance Wireless "Tech Support" e-mail address or direct phone number, to replace defective ANS UL-40 ANDROID 7.1.1 that keeps crashing after 10 Factory Resets in 3 Months.
RE: Replacement ANS UL-40 ANDROID 7.1.1. (Multiple Factory Reset No Resolution).
Received replacement phone from Assurance Wireless 3 months ago. After two days, new phone crashed, with all system apps failing. In past 3 months phone continues to crash and is inoperable. Factory Reset 10 times and after each phone runs for a day or so then crashes.
Obviously the phone is defective. Trying to avoid 611 or 800 Customer Service 1-2 hour on hold call for Tech Support.
Need e-mail address or direct phone number for Assurance Wireless "Tech Support Desk" not Customer Service.
Please, please post. Desperate.
TNX MUCH
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Is it possible to swap my UL40 for a normal phone I can use JUST to make necessary calls to relatives or EMS folks for help if I need it? This Obama phone is far to smart for me.
You have to call ASSURANCE; or go online to your ASSURANCE account and try to SWAP phones. Good luck.
Note: The UL40 is pure JUNK. DOJ is looking into multiple fraud claims.
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Is it possible to swap my UL40 for a normal phone I can use JUST to make necessary calls to relatives or EMS folks for help if I need it? This Obama phone is far to smart for me.
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Cell phones are like min-computers. For instance, if you don't like ads on the internet you have to use an ad blocker. It is the same with cell phones. Apparently before smart phones the Assurance Wireless phones were not as much lie computers and did not have ads, but now they do.
Does anyone know of a way to bypass the lock screen?
My father died suddenly with the phone in his pocket. Looking to get pictures off of it as well as investigate any communications leading up to this death.
Willing to do anything to prove this is legitimate. Sign a document, show my identity, even pay someone to unlock it, etc.
And to those "give the phone back to its rightful owner" people in advance - my father's body was not discovered until ~3-4 days after his death, so it was partially decomposed. I can send pictures of the UL40 phone soaked in the bloody ooze from his decomposing skin if you're interested. Took hours of cleaning to make the stench of death go away :victory:
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