Thought i'd post this up as it took me loads of searching the internet to find this.....
To hard reset HTC Universal you open the device, press two soft keys together whilst pressing the reset button on the back with the stylus, you then get up a message on scren saying "Press 0 to reset to factory defaults or X to exit"
Press 0 and the device performs a factiry reset.
This is probably common knowledge but took me ages to find.
this is going to be a stupid question, but whats the difference between doing this and clearing storage from within wm5?
Darren
this is going to be a stupid question, but whats the difference between doing this and clearing storage from within wm5?
Darren
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Nothing... just it's a bit hard to tap the clear storage icon when your device won't startup properly...
lol
steverae said:
this is going to be a stupid question, but whats the difference between doing this and clearing storage from within wm5?
Darren
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Nothing... just it's a bit hard to tap the clear storage icon when your device won't startup properly...
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good one, Steve... ;o)))
buzz
Fair point - I stand suitably chastised.
Luckily I haven't had the need to do a full reset like that but thanks for giving me a reason!
now then...when i did a hard reset, i found that the wifi access points were still listed, so the hard reset didn't remove this bit.
of course, i may have been hallucinating.
but i am definitely not convinced a hard reset removes everything like it used to with WM2003.
just my opinion of course, i have no proof :lol:
Hard Reset doesn't remove all
I too found that the WiFi connections remained and my register of made and received call timers were not reset to zero by a hard reset either!!!
Hard reset for the Universal (i-mate JASJAR)
I have never done a hard reset before. Could someone let me know if when I perform a hard reset will all the Windows extras remain e.g. Mobile Excel, Word, ClearVue PDF viewer, Calendar etc? I am thinking of upgrading the ROM and I am worried about losing all of the standard programs with the JASJAR.
Chris
Chris H: Pocket Word etc are all part of the main OS. Clearview PDF is an extra which can be reinstalled from the ext_rom once the system is restarted.
What i woujld suggest is to perform a hard reset, then before the ext_rom is loaded, (you'll be prompted with a 3 second delay) perform a soft reset, thenn unlock your ext rom using my good mate buzz's tool then selectivelyh install the ext_rom components you need, a list of what each one does can be found in this forum. DO NOT installl the one that has O2AUI in the name, this is the Active desktop bollox that o2 install.....
Thanks steverae.
Indeed I did start to upgrade the ROM to the version on the i-mate members website. Then everything stopped. After 3 hard resets I have no apparent function of any type. I think it is time to retire hurt gracefully and consult the supplier (Expansys Australia in my case) for a warranty repair.
Unless you have any more immediate suggestions that can get my JASJAR going for work tomorrow?
Chris
:S
i have a big problem my friend lent me an 02 xda exec. i hard reset it n now the problem is that whenevr the phone starts it says tap on the screen to setup ur windows mobile phone....but the screen tap is not working the keybaord is fully functional except the start menu i.e the window icon key and the i cannot tap on the screen with the stylus....please help :S
For HTC that running on Windows Mobile 6, hard reset is very much simple.
Please refer to the following step by step guide,
http://d0--0b.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-hard-reset-your-htc-pda-phone.html
Hope this help.
steverae said:
Thought i'd post this up as it took me loads of searching the internet to find this.....
To hard reset HTC Universal you open the device, press two soft keys together whilst pressing the reset button on the back with the stylus, you then get up a message on scren saying "Press 0 to reset to factory defaults or X to exit"
Press 0 and the device performs a factiry reset.
This is probably common knowledge but took me ages to find.
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I´m sure this pic will help:
http://flickr.com/photos/fla242/787754218/
steverae said:
Thought i'd post this up as it took me loads of searching the internet to find this.....
To hard reset HTC Universal you open the device, press two soft keys together whilst pressing the reset button on the back with the stylus, you then get up a message on scren saying "Press 0 to reset to factory defaults or X to exit"
Press 0 and the device performs a factiry reset.
This is probably common knowledge but took me ages to find.
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Hi,
here is my problem.....
I’ve got HTC-S630 device and after turn it on its stay stuck on the
"Windows Mobile" welcome screen (green one).
its running WM-5.0.... how can I hard reset it?
I’ve looked in the back of the device and didn’t see anything....
where is the "reset button" ??? I can't find it.... should I remove the battery cover in order to see it? cause I even looked there and didn't find it...
please help... my HTC-S630 is stuck and I can't use it....
shtofff said:
Hi,
here is my problem.....
I’ve got HTC-S630 device and after turn it on its stay stuck on the
"Windows Mobile" welcome screen (green one).
its running WM-5.0.... how can I hard reset it?
I’ve looked in the back of the device and didn’t see anything....
where is the "reset button" ??? I can't find it.... should I remove the battery cover in order to see it? cause I even looked there and didn't find it...
please help... my HTC-S630 is stuck and I can't use it....
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Welcome
Please READ the Wiki
Good luck,
htc universal wont start after hard reset
i have done a hard reset on my htc universal and what i got its just a screen where is written ''SERIAL'' and 'v2.01''
can anyone help me out?what should i do?i never had a problem with it.
i would really appreciate some help.
i will give some tips as well.
thanks
narcisnicolas21 said:
i have done a hard reset on my htc universal and what i got its just a screen where is written ''SERIAL'' and 'v2.01''
can anyone help me out?what should i do?i never had a problem with it.
i would really appreciate some help.
i will give some tips as well.
thanks
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You are in a bootloader mode, hard reset would have the device reset to its original state, so it seems you followed the wrong procedure to get to bootloader. From where you are now you can flash your device to another ROM, either one of the custom ROMs or the factory one.
narcisnicolas21 said:
i have done a hard reset on my htc universal and what i got its just a screen where is written ''SERIAL'' and 'v2.01''
can anyone help me out?what should i do?i never had a problem with it.
i would really appreciate some help.
i will give some tips as well.
thanks
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If you are attempting a hard-reset you have done the wrong thing, as enigma has explained.
To hard-reset you press the reset and two soft-keys simultaneously. Then press 0 (as directed on the screen) to clear.
It's all in the wiki! [You can do that from where you are now, or just press reset button by itself for a soft-reset to exit the bootloader mode]
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hello i have wm6 on my ba and i wanna give hard reset!!! i don't know how! please help!!!!
Have a look here:
- http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel
- http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueAngel_For_Beginners
And next time try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php
Greets Rossi
pls help~~~
where? i have ba whit wm6!!! i try all of them for there, not working! there is for ba whit wm5 or wm2003! for wm6 nothing!
helppp!!
on/off + reset button at the same time... not work!
recor+ on\off+reset =serial message on the screen ( i think that is bootloader)
anything alse i need! please helppp!!!
I can't hard reset either
I have followed all of the directions on the wiki, I have even tried to install another rom and it still will not remove all of the data, it changed the information in the about section of my settings but that's it. I want to change ROMs but it is not working. any ideas?
What version of windows is on your PC?
also try the enter BL which is on most ROMs
Hard Reset
To hard reset you do a soft reset (power + reset)
and before it shows the version numbers at the bottom you have to press Record + Camera & also power (i think) and then you come to an options screen using the record button to go down the list and camera to select you select Yes for option 2 and 3 and then hit the mail button to apply.
jidi22 said:
hello i have wm6 on my ba and i wanna give hard reset!!! i don't know how! please help!!!!
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swick off button & rest buton in the same time but take care if is not the original windows you may have problems
Warm Boot: Reset the unit by pressing reset button.
Cold Boot: Press Power ++ Reset the unit simultaneously.
Read this. It's how to hard reset your BA. Hope it helps. Make sure you already formated the storage.
Code:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index...izzardUpgrade4
Hi all, first time poster, long time reader here. I've gotten many useful info from this forum (updating my 8525, before that, my HP H8315...) and everything has gone without a hiccup, never had a problem since my first PDA phone. However, today as I did a soft-reset on my 8525 (I had Pocket Plus installed, and there's a button to reset). Instead of seeing the usual 3G/ATT screen, there were 4 horizontal bars across the screens. The first bar is red, 2nd is green, 3rd is blue, and last is white. Within the red bar it says:
Herm100
IPL-1.04
Herm100
SPL-2.03
And in the white bar, centered, was the text "Serial"
What's going on? I tried hard-resetting, even taking out the battery, and it still won't boot.
A little background on my PDA phone: I upgraded the ROM a while back, and I also upgraded it to WM6. Nothing was done to it as of recently.
Does anyone know what's up?
Baylenthesky said:
Hi all, first time poster, long time reader here. I've gotten many useful info from this forum (updating my 8525, before that, my HP H8315...) and everything has gone without a hiccup, never had a problem since my first PDA phone. However, today as I did a soft-reset on my 8525 (I had Pocket Plus installed, and there's a button to reset). Instead of seeing the usual 3G/ATT screen, there were 4 horizontal bars across the screens. The first bar is red, 2nd is green, 3rd is blue, and last is white. Within the red bar it says:
Herm100
IPL-1.04
Herm100
SPL-2.03
And in the white bar, centered, was the text "Serial"
What's going on? I tried hard-resetting, even taking out the battery, and it still won't boot.
A little background on my PDA phone: I upgraded the ROM a while back, and I also upgraded it to WM6. Nothing was done to it as of recently.
Does anyone know what's up?
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Your device seems to be stuck in bootloader mode. Try flashing a current ROM then report.
Hi, thank you for your reply. But I don't quite understand what you meant by "flashing a current ROM"... Can you elaborate further? Thank you!
PS: It is just stuck at that screen forever. Won't even power down or showing a status of it going anywhere. If I lost the sync cable, is there anything else I can do to attempt to revive it or no?
try this
try a factory reset, with the phone off, press and hold the a and b buttons, these are the 2 buttons, 1 just above the windows key and 1 just above the ok key, hold these 2 down and power on the phone while holding them, follow the onscreen instructions, remember this will reset all of your info
Flashing=installing
If you do not have a sync cable d/load and copy ROM from this site and copy it to the sdcard, then install rom from card.
lewnetoons said:
try a factory reset, with the phone off, press and hold the a and b buttons, these are the 2 buttons, 1 just above the windows key and 1 just above the ok key, hold these 2 down and power on the phone while holding them, follow the onscreen instructions, remember this will reset all of your info
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Hi, thank you for your reply. I tried that and it still went back to the original screen (red green blue white bars).
@Rojam: if I can't use the phone (stuck on that screen) how could I install/run anything?
Thank you very much for all your effort so far.
Great news, I just found out that the sync cable is just a standard USB cable. Now that I found the cable, where do I go from here?
I turned on the device and plug it in. The "Serial" text has now changed to "USB", however, ActiveSync hasn't recognized it yet (Not Connected).
Baylenthesky said:
Great news, I just found out that the sync cable is just a standard USB cable. Now that I found the cable, where do I go from here?
I turned on the device and plug it in. The "Serial" text has now changed to "USB", however, ActiveSync hasn't recognized it yet (Not Connected).
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Have you Hard SLP'd your device yet? Read the wiki on the Hermes. It will explain how to flash your device. You will either need to connect to active sync or run the file on your SD card. Check to see if the card is formatted corrected per the wiki. You will need to flash a OEM ROM. Hope that helps.
if you have the mini usb cable, connect it to your pc, activesync wont see it because it's in bootloader mode, activesync doesn't need to see it.
Just download another rom and with the phone connected showing the 'bars' screen, run the RUU program to flash the phone from your pc, it'll automatically see the phone, and just flash it, you should be good from there..
yeah, OEM rom for sure
and again, make sure you have HardSPL
Wow, I just want to say THANKS ALOT to everyone attempted to help. Man that was amazing
Anyway back on topic, I have a few questions (I'm kinda slow at these tech things so please bear with me)
1. What kind of ROM (version??, link would be GREATLY appreciated) do I need to flash now?
2. I've read the wiki thing mentioned, but I was not able to see where it shows how to "properly format" my MicroSD card.
3. I haven't "hard SPL" my phone yet (too late now, as it won't boot) so is it safe to flash the ROM? I think the boot-loader screen says my SPL is 2.03 or something (please refer to my original post)
Have same problem w/ my 8525. Plugged in to charger one day and turned on booted up ok. Tried everything before to no avail couldn't get off bootloader screen. Pull out battery to turn off then plug in to charger and turn on should boot properly. I have not been able to get it to boot up properly w/o plugging into a charger 1st. But works fine with this work around. Just make sure don't do soft reset or turn off w/o having charger available or usb cable. Hope works for you.
Mate, find the shipped stock rom. WM06 upgrade should also work as it should recognise the CID. Do a search on the wiki for "stock hermes roms", you might get lucky. Iy doubtful that you will find it on your carriers site now but if you post what your original carrier was you may find some love.
DON'T USE JUST ANY STOCK ROM.... You require the ROM that has the same CID as your original.
If you find the shipped rom, do as HolyAngel said but make sure its the shipped ROM before you put the Hermes into bootloader (tri-colour screen) the click on the RUU program to flash the phone from your pc. I'd also right click on activesync first and go to connections to untick "Allow USB Connection". Less chance of problems that way.
If you get it up and running (saying goodbye to all your contacts, apps and messages), make sure you download and install Hard SPL V7. Makes it easier to fix if stuff like this happens...
Cheers...
Here is the at&t official flasher/installer that I downloaded from at&t for my 8525. This will flash the phone to WM6 and flashes the radio to 1.54.07.00. I changed the location of where the file is uploaded to a place where it should stay for a while. Or you could search for "RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_3.62.502.3_6275_1.54.07.00_108_UOOS_SVN05_Ship.exe" that is the name of the official file from at&t
http://www.filedropper.com/ruuhermescingularwwe362502362751540700108uoossvn05ship
ultramag69 said:
DON'T USE JUST ANY STOCK ROM.... You require the ROM that has the same CID as your original.
If you find the shipped rom, do as HolyAngel said but make sure its the shipped ROM before you put the Hermes into bootloader (tri-colour screen) the click on the RUU program to flash the phone from your pc. I'd also right click on activesync first and go to connections to untick "Allow USB Connection". Less chance of problems that way.
If you get it up and running (saying goodbye to all your contacts, apps and messages), make sure you download and install Hard SPL V7. Makes it easier to fix if stuff like this happens...
Cheers...
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Thank you man, one question: you want me to UNCHECK the "Allow USB connection" ???
WDDPV: thanks man, didn't work, but I appreciate the effort.
Boog: you are the man, thank you!
Downloading the file now, and twiddling my thumbs
No, it didn't work
As I tried to run the RUU that boog provided, I got this message
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The phone was on, and the "Serial Text" had changed to "USB" before I ran the RUU.
The only other thing I can think of, is trying the at&t stripped rom. I'm being too lazy to search for it right now, but I do know it's in vekyas 4 shared files.
You might be able to choose the bootloader in the xda ruu.
boog321 said:
The only other thing I can think of, is trying the at&t stripped rom. I'm being too lazy to search for it right now, but I do know it's in vekyas 4 shared files.
You might be able to choose the bootloader in the xda ruu.
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I added the stripped rom, and the official rom links in my sig. Since it seems to be such a popular question.
Exclusive Windows Mobile 6.1 ( WM6.1 ) English for HP IPAQ rx1950
Done by Victory144 & Guifort
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Tested and all work very well....
Downland:
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Mirros by Guifort...
See YouTube Short Demonstration Video
See YouTube Long Demonstration Video *Best Quality*
Windwos Mobile 6.1 For Ipaq rx1950 KITCHEN (For Devolopers and Advanced Users Only)
Download. MediaFire
Windows XP only.
1. Connect you Device To PC "USB CONNECTION" with Microsoft ActivSync Installed...
2. Follow the instruction .. (May appear some device notification to
allow recognize of the device correctly and changes to flash mode etc " You Must Always Click Accept" or you will not be able to flash your device)
3. Run "hpRUU" tools to and follow the instruction.
If the program can not flash for some reason, try to put your device in "Flash Mode" Manually by pressing "Contact + Email + Reset together" and try again.
4. When the process finish ..The device will restart automatically.
5. When the boot loader is loading Make HARD RESET ( By Holding " CALENDAR + WIRELESS + Reset " For 3 Second !
6. Wait to re boot... "it may take about 2 or 3 Minute for the First time" ....
7. Calibrate the screen as Usually ..
8. Now go to " Start / Programs / Address Book " Run that Allow the two files needed ( By Accepting the notification Bellow)
9. In the same program go to "Menu /Option" And In the first tap "General" Mark this options :
Set as default contact manager
Assign on hardware button
10. Then Press OK ... Exit the program
11. Soft Reset...
12. Accept the notification about the WIFI program ! Then will appear in the Today menu the WIFI Icon where you can Power On /Off the wireless ....(As the default "Hp Wireless manager" dose not work properly).
Done!
Optional you can install the office cap as usually ! included ...
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Great job - it's wonderful -so far just one minor problem. Task manager is still in Russian in "programs". UC and .NETCF 3.5 would make it even better.....
Thanks ...
The task manager can be changed from File Explorer / root / Windwos/Start Menu/programs/ then Select that Rename to Task Manager .. Its Done !
NETCF 3.5 i cant cuz theres no more space to add any thing on the rom as it 32 MB !
Problems
I run the hpRUU at one time it says Unknown Device. What should i do?
Very Nice!!
I've used this rom for a couple of weeks now and so far only one problem, the wireless connection fails to reconnect after the power is turned off. I have figured out a way to circumvent this problem. Uninstall the WifiIO and use the wireless button as you would in WM5, but before it disconnects pick the view wireless networks link and press Menu -> Turn Wireless On. What a PIA, but the faster operating system definately makes up for it. Thanks a bunch Victory!
2 "rubarht123" You are welcome ! Thanks for the tip .. Can you be more clearly about yuor setting ?
2 ".bin" Make sure youve Microsoft Active Sync installed and the Ipaq connected to it ! Then try !.....Good Luck ...
Rom for Ipaq h5550?
I hope I am not committing some sort of faux pas by asking this, but what would you charge for a WM6.1 rom for an Ipaq h5550? I could supply a machine for testing.
I am dead serious about this and am willing to pay. Please advise.
Thanks!
Re: Settings
I'm not sure what you mean by settings, but the wm5 normal button for wifi is rendered useless under wm6.1...you have to use wifiIO for some reason. I have sktools free version installed and could have deleted reg setting don't know though. Reinstall wifiIO and still disconnects after power. I've looked in windows dir. for wifion.exe but only find wifioff. Prefer wm5 button to wifiIO, wish there was a way to get it working again. Thanks.
6.1 installation
Hi,
I downloaded the software thanks btw
extracted files
connected pda with activesync
launched hpRUU.exe
followed on screen instructions
watched progress on pda
I now have an error wrong image on pda when i try to reset.
tried relauncing exe but i have no comms to pda from pc.
Help please!
Hello
Your pda can't boot ? you can reflash it with the SD Card method if you have make a backup.
2 "BTE72"
Please see this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509976
hello,
tis pot sounds awesome. i downlaoded ur file. started to patch. that flasher recognize my ipaq. i then continue but my screen freezes at HP INVENT white screen u know. nothing happens. i can reset and turn back to my ipaq wm5 but why i cant do a flash? thanx.
i think a video will be awesome.can u do it pls? thanx.
2 "mrbigtime"
Maybe if you Hard Reset that first, will work ! Do not forget to backup your data !
If not you can try to put the pocekt in FLASH MODE ..i do not remember the correct combination :
1:
HOLD TOGETHER Calender + Wireless + RESET For 5 SEC more or less
HOLD TOGETHER COntacts + E-Mail + RESET For 5 SEC more or less
One for Hard Reset and the other for FLASH MODE .....
Also if dose not work, you can upgrade the (Boot Loader) first then try ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509976
Ill try if i can found a camera to make the video ....But Just Demonstration not Tutorial to install .... As i do not have a time for that ....
Good Luck....
NICE ROM! but sdhc is not working for me
This rom works fine, but my sd card is not being recognized
I would like to know if anyone has come into the same problem an found a solution.
Have a Sandisk 4gb SDHC card. If you install drivers in rx1950 wm5 version it will work flawlessly.
I thought wm6.1 would recognize it without patched drivers but no luck, and all drivers installation process end with "unsuccesful" message.
please, is there a solution?
victory144 said:
2 "mrbigtime"
Maybe if you Hard Reset that first, will work ! Do not forget to backup your data !
If not you can try to put the pocekt in FLASH MODE ..i do not remember the correct combination :
1:
HOLD TOGETHER Calender + Wireless + RESET For 5 SEC more or less
HOLD TOGETHER COntacts + E-Mail + RESET For 5 SEC more or less
One for Hard Reset and the other for FLASH MODE .....
Also if dose not work, you can upgrade the (Boot Loader) first then try ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509976
Ill try if i can found a camera to make the video ....But Just Demonstration not Tutorial to install .... As i do not have a time for that ....
Good Luck....
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Thank you very much.but sadyly nothing works and my PDA is already uptodate...very interesting
and mostly when i try to flash it says HP ROM UPDATE(or what ever it is) STOPPED WORKING message appears. iam not ven sure if it works or not
I ran the hpRUU, but after it restarted, now it won't turn on and I can't do a soft reboot or hard reboot. I've tried everything I can think of and I don't know what else to do. Any suggestions?
mabe you already tried this...removing the battery. wait some seconds, put it back again.
it has worked for me when my ipaq rx1950 doesnt starts. Dont know why it happens but it has made the trick when it doesnt turns on.
if that works, remember to hard reset the device or it will not pass from boot screen.
I tried taking the battery out and leaving it for a few seconds, but that didn't help either. It's almost like all of the buttons are not responding anymore.
2 "sdwestbroek"
Make sure you've the battery charged ...
then remove the battery for about 2 to 5 minutes ....Then plug the battery again ... and the pocket must turn on automatically ! just wait about 4 to 10 sec....
Hope this help .. i and the same problem ..and solved with this method ....
2 "mrbigtime"
Try to download the file again .. from another host ... and then try ... Thats maybe solve the problem ..Other thing you must be in Windows xp and disabled the Anti-Virus ..ect ....Thats may solve your problem....
Good Luck for all....
WM6.1 Works excellent but the only thing is that he does not reconize my TomTom antenna anymore?
why not ?
EDIT March 11, 2016: Finally found a solution and no data was lost!
See post #5.
(is there no way to indicate on the thread that this is solved? I don't know exactly how it works on this forum...)
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Hi!
So I've posted my problem on another forum but didn't get any reply, and I just realized I might have more chances to get faster replies on here.
Well, to make it short, I've tried to root my mothers' Galaxy Tab 3 (GT P5210), and as I've already rooted several devices (including another Galaxy Tab) without any problem, I didn't bother saving all the data on it... I'm afraid this was a big error.
I decided to root because it was getting stuck sometimes because of too many things running at a time in the background, and it made the tablet unusable until I reboot it. I wanted to install Greenify and make it work alone so my mother doesn't have anything to worry about but play without the tablet getting stuck. But I needed to root to use Greenify at its best...
As I've rooted several phones before, I know rooting doesn't wipe any data, unlike flashing seems to do. So I wasn't afraid of doing it.
I've followed this tutorial after installing the drivers.
Everything seemed to work correctly, Odin did what it had to do and it succeeded.
Though, now I can't turn on the tablet anymore: if it's turned on and that I press and hold the Power button, the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 3" screen shows up. But it doesn't move, it just stays here and does nothing.
I can turn it off, and try again, but the result is the same.
On the Internet I've read that charging it to 100% could solve the problem, but it doesn't seem to do anything as it was plugged all night and it's the same.
Now I've tried all combinations of buttons, because it was said that a second solution was to wipe the cache partition. But the only combination that works is Volume Down + Power, which brings the Download mode I had to get through in order to run Odin.
I've found this tutorial on here, but I don't even know if the correct word for my situation is "brick". And like many things I've found on the net, the tutorials for unlocking the tablet are for the tablets that have been flashed. But this is not what I wanted to do and I hope this is not what I did. And it doesn't inform if I'll lose data or not... which I'm afraid of.
I made the error of not making any backup before starting the process... I seriously hope nothing is lost.
Is there a way I can restart the tablet correctly again, even if I have to unroot, without losing anything?
Thanks by advance!
(sorry for the double-post)
No one?
Please, at least give me a clue on what I should do, or if there's hope to get back the data from it.
Joey79100 said:
(sorry for the double-post)
No one?
Please, at least give me a clue on what I should do, or if there's hope to get back the data from it.
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I don't know if you've lost data or if this method will wipe data, but it's what I used to root stock kitkat
Method
Also - I seem to remember that you should uncheck auto reboot, and after flashing is finished power off and back on
Good luck
Thank you for your answer.
The thing is that I've already gone through some steps of the tutorial I linked in the OP (until step 10 / step 11), and when the tablet was meant to reboot, it got stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 3" screen. I can turn it off and on, but it won't go further than this screen.
I can still bring up the Download Mode (by pressing Volume Down + Power), but there's no way to bring up anything else. Even the debug menu with Volume Up + Power (though I don't know if it was even available this way before trying to root). It will just load the boot screen and nothing more.
I'd try something with the Download Mode only if I can be sure that no data will be lost. If it may erase data, I prefer not doing it and to find a way to get it back before anything else.
Do you know if there's some way to access the memory?
Okay okay... I've struggled a long time with this problem, brought the tabled to a local repair shop but didn't find anything that couldn't risk any data loss... And finally I've found something, so I'll post my solution in case other people have the same problem.
Remember, I could only boot the tablet in Download mode. Every other button combination led me to the boot screen.
The problem was indeed the cache, that I needed to wipe, but without being able to access the Recovery mode there was no way to do it.
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Solution:
First, I downloaded Odin 3.07 from somewhere else than from the link given in the tutorial (quick search on Google), because I had to untick Auto-reboot. Actually I'm not sure this is needed, but it worked for me with it unticked (while the version of Odin given in the tutorial doesn't let you untick it).
Then, download TWRP for P5210 (a quick search through Google led me to this ). Take out the .tar file from the .zip, but DON'T try to extract anything from the .tar file.
(basically, we'll "install" it onto the tablet using the same method as described in the tutorial)
Boot the tablet in Download Mode (Volume- and Power), choose Continue (Volume+ IF I remember correctly, but it's written anyway), then plug the tablet to your computer.
Run Odin, untick Auto-Reboot (as said before, not sure it's needed, but oh well, it worked...). Then click PDA, select the file you've downloaded (for me it was twrp-2.8.6.0-p5210.tar).
Then press Start, and wait (I waited approx. 2 minutes) until Odin displays "PASS!".
Now unplug the tablet, and turn it off.
Turn it on with Volume+ and Power, this time it will bring you to the TWRP menu (it asks to stay in Read-Only mode or not... choose no). Go to Wipe > Advanced Wipe, and tick Cache ONLY. "Swipe" to start the operation, wait, wait... then, once it's completed, press back until you go back to the main menu, press Reboot > System (then Swipe).
Now the tablet will boot normally. It won't be rooted, but at least it will work again, and fortunately, without any data loss.
You couldn't flash super user from TWRP?
I have the same issue, my Tab 3 is stuck on the Samsung logo.
And the Odin is stuck on the file mentioned above.
Can someone please help?
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I get it done with more than 1Gb of free storage !
-I have lumia 530 Dual SIM (1019) previous build was 8.1 I don't recall OS version but it was the latest, so yeah I searched for more information and I found this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/win...date-t3527340/ of this glorious man @hikari_calyx
-I tired to install W10 even the method says that not supported for 4gb devices, and it was really a fail because following his steps ended up with fail to update due to low storage, then I tried to delete anything I could, but again it fails for just 140mb or so... an idea pops up in my head which updating after a hard reset so the OEM apps won't get installed, and
here are the steps
1- go to the link provided for @hikari_calyx and follow the steps (make sure to download the .cab files) until it fails to update.
2- perform a hard reset to your phone (power off, press vol - and power button together after the vibrate release ur finger from power button and keep pressing vol - then in order : vol - vol + power button vol - )
and don't pass the language selection screen just keep it there.
3- Now go and update it like you just did before hard reset, it will take a lot of time just plug it to a power source and keep it cold, maybe more than 1 hour.
4-hurry it boot up you might face a problem in "Almost done.." screen, so the solution is : lock the screen and turn it on again, once u slide the lock screen up and before the app reloads keep pressing the "win" button it will open "one handed mode" then bring down the notification center and press anything (maybe win button I don't recall) until it goes to home screen (not 100% sure what I have done it was so random lol)
Congratulations u have W10 with a lot of storage.
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I get it done with more than 1Gb of free storage !
-I have lumia 530 Dual SIM (1019) previous build was 8.1 I don't recall OS version but it was the latest, so yeah I searched for more information and I found this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/win...date-t3527340/ of this glorious man @hikari_calyx
-I tired to install W10 even the method says that not supported for 4gb devices, and it was really a fail because following his steps ended up with fail to update due to low storage, then I tried to delete anything I could, but again it fails for just 140mb or so... an idea pops up in my head which updating after a hard reset so the OEM apps won't get installed, and
here are the steps
1- go to the link provided for @hikari_calyx and follow the steps (make sure to download the .cab files) until it fails to update.
2- perform a hard reset to your phone (power off, press vol - and power button together after the vibrate release ur finger from power button and keep pressing vol - then in order : vol - vol + power button vol - )
and don't pass the language selection screen just keep it there.
3- Now go and update it like you just did before hard reset, it will take a lot of time just plug it to a power source and keep it cold, maybe more than 1 hour.
4-hurry it boot up you might face a problem in "Almost done.." screen, so the solution is : lock the screen and turn it on again, once u slide the lock screen up and before the app reloads keep pressing the "win" button it will open "one handed mode" then bring down the notification center and press anything (maybe win button I don't recall) until it goes to home screen (not 100% sure what I have done it was so random lol)
Congratulations u have W10 with a lot of storage.
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That seems tricky ,I LL try that for I have a lumia 530 and there isn t another way to get W10 on it. I didn t read the Hikari thread yet but which .cab files did you download? Lumia 535 one? Thank you
Arny80 said:
That seems tricky ,I LL try that for I have a lumia 530 and there isn t another way to get W10 on it. I didn t read the Hikari thread yet but which .cab files did you download? Lumia 535 one? Thank you
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oh. sorry for that, didn't use xda for a long time now.
i just let the program works by it self. if I recall. sorry again xd
While at least now it does copy the files to the device, I can't get past this. Do you know how to fix this, or alternatively, give me the backup files (EFIESP, MainOS and Data) for WPInternals? I'd probably prefer a solution to fix the update software over your firmware dumps though.
PS: I'm also using a Lumia 530.
Update: if you're getting the error attached below and trying to do this on Windows 10, I found a solution. What you want to do is to make a Windows 7 VM which is not updated, or to Jan-2016 at maximum and follow the steps of the OP. The error below here is a syncing error, which is probably because of the amazing Windows 10 driver support . Also, if stuff in the W10m OS isn't working properly, you could try a factory reset first
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