For the second time in a few months, I cannot access any of the settings on my Dash running WM6.0. For example, if I press the # key to change the profile to "vibrate" it changes, then shifts right back to my outdoor profile. If I try to access the alarm, it says "error, the settings could not be opened" And I get the same error on trying to change any setting, like even a ring tone.
Last time, I completely reloaded the entire OS, reinstalled all my apps, etc.
Is there an easier way to fix whatever file(s) is screwed up?
mgbgt68 said:
For the second time in a few months, I cannot access any of the settings on my Dash running WM6.0. For example, if I press the # key to change the profile to "vibrate" it changes, then shifts right back to my outdoor profile. If I try to access the alarm, it says "error, the settings could not be opened" And I get the same error on trying to change any setting, like even a ring tone.
Last time, I completely reloaded the entire OS, reinstalled all my apps, etc.
Is there an easier way to fix whatever file(s) is screwed up?
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I will recommend you to do a hard reset, If that does not works make a back up of your files and reflash your rom again. It really does not take much time to do it, I bet trying to resolve every issue in your settings at this point is much longer than fashing your rom.
gmaniac2008 said:
I will recommend you to do a hard reset, If that does not works make a back up of your files and reflash your rom again. It really does not take much time to do it, I bet trying to resolve every issue in your settings at this point is much longer than fashing your rom.
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Before doing the said Hard Reset, back up your files. A Hard Reset WILL DELETE ALL YOUR FILES AND REVERT TO THE MOMENT THE ROM WAS INSTALLED (it will rerun the connection setup, etc.)
OK, I took y'alls advice and flashed the ROM. But first, I backed up pim.vol, my ringtones, and a couple of application files in main memory, and I made sure that the .cab files for my apps were all on my storage card. Once I flashed the ROM, I just restored the pim.vol, ringtones, etc., then reinstalled the apps from the storage card. It really wasn't very hard. Activesync seems happy and all is good.
Thanks for the advice.
mgbgt68 said:
OK, I took y'alls advice and flashed the ROM. But first, I backed up pim.vol, my ringtones, and a couple of application files in main memory, and I made sure that the .cab files for my apps were all on my storage card. Once I flashed the ROM, I just restored the pim.vol, ringtones, etc., then reinstalled the apps from the storage card. It really wasn't very hard. Activesync seems happy and all is good.
Thanks for the advice.
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Good to know that you solved your problem.
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I'm having what I think is probably a dumb restore problem...
I was trying a ROM upgrade - turned out I actually had that version installed anyway - and so ran a full backup with ActiveSync first.
The XdaIIs is working fine, however when I restore the backup to get all my stuff back there are a bunch of things it can't restore because the files may be locked or in use...:
IS_Photo_Contacts_Group
Appointments Database
\Categories Database
IA_Photo_Contacts
Contacts Database
Tasks Database
IA_P_Contacts.dll
WLan_Service.dll
connections.exe
IA_Caller_ID.exe
IA_P_DspCID.dll
AudioGW.dll
Contacts and Appointmenst are my big miss... any ideas?
If I go to Starts->Settings->System->Memory->Running Programs the oly thing running is ActiveSync which shouldn't be using those files surely..
I'd really like to get all the info back that I had in there...
-FM
Fat Monk,
I would try a task manager other than the Running Apps option to see if maybe WM isn't bringing up all the apps running in the background.
Here's one you could try at your discretion to get at the desired files:
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/taskmaster.shtml
No joy unfortunately.
That app does seem to shut everything down, but I'm still getting the same list of files failing to restore... really frustrating.
I've browsed on the device from my PC and can see the databases directory and the appointments and contacts entries in there (the two things I'd really like to get restored) but they are not deletable, so even that brute force methd doesn't look like it will work.
Any more suggestions? Surely backing and restoring up appointments and contacts is a normal procedure...
I don;t have any extra software installed on the unit at the moment (other than having run xda_unlock_all to get rid of the SIM lock), so other than 'Today' I wouldn't have thought anything else would have locked these databases.
It's pretty annoying that the two most important things on a n organiser can be lost so easily... please help...
-FM
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=34508&highlight=backup+contacts
What is the different between the 2? I don't mean to sound stupid, but don't they both do the same thing?
I know to clear storage, i can do that from Settings, but to Hard Reset some people are suggesting to shut off the phone and hold Volume UP and Volume DOWN... all this stuff
don't they both do the same thing?
Yes, they both will do hard reset. But doing it via the button press combination enabled you to do it without going into the OS. It's helpful for when you messed something up so bad that your device won't boot.
oh okay... that makes sense, thanks man
The hard reset will actualy clear everything and make it like you just took your phone out of the box. Clearing storage will leave some things unchanged in the OS.
Zzim said:
The hard reset will actualy clear everything and make it like you just took your phone out of the box. Clearing storage will leave some things unchanged in the OS.
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That's not true. Going to "Clear Storage", entering "1234", and tapping "yes" is equal to hard reset.
Zzim said:
The hard reset will actualy clear everything and make it like you just took your phone out of the box. Clearing storage will leave some things unchanged in the OS.
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Leave what unchanged exactly?
Clear Storage takes it back to the default settings of the ROM. Everything 'reloads' so to speak just like after a hard-reset.
It's the equivalent of "Restore to Factory defaults" on other phones.
Exactly the same as an HR.
so even if i flashed 6.5 wwe, and have hardspl it will return it back to 6.1 "out of the box"
so even if i flashed 6.5 wwe, and have hardspl it will return it back to 6.1 "out of the box"
badnewswrx said:
so even if i flashed 6.5 wwe, and have hardspl it will return it back to 6.1 "out of the box"
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No... It's restored to factory-defaults only if you haven't already replaced the factory rom contents with a new rom.
perfect thats waht i needed to hear!
Does it matter if the memory card is in, it is not going to delete all the applications on it I guess. How about all the contacts, I couldn't find them on the phone, no idea where exactly they were stored
ivoniko said:
Does it matter if the memory card is in, it is not going to delete all the applications on it I guess. How about all the contacts, I couldn't find them on the phone, no idea where exactly they were stored
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Contacts are stored on the device (I believe in a file called pim.vol at the root of the device), and will be lost of a hard reset is performed. There is a free program called PIMBackup which will back up and restore your contacts.
As far as having your SD Card in, it doesn't matter, I hard reset all the time, and don't lose any card data. However, if you've enabled storage card encryption, you need to disable it before your hard reset or you will lose all data on the card. This is because it will still be encrypted and your device will fail to read it, as it no longer knows the encryption key.
DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
Contacts are stored on the device (I believe in a file called pim.vol at the root of the device), and will be lost of a hard reset is performed. There is a free program called PIMBackup which will back up and restore your contacts.
As far as having your SD Card in, it doesn't matter, I hard reset all the time, and don't lose any card data. However, if you've enabled storage card encryption, you need to disable it before your hard reset or you will lose all data on the card. This is because it will still be encrypted and your device will fail to read it, as it no longer knows the encryption key.
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Thanks for the fast reply, it's relly helpful. I just found the encryption function, it was not enabled to begin with so I guess the card should be fine. Do I have to save PIMBackup on the phone or storage card will work?
ivoniko said:
Thanks for the fast reply, it's very helpful. Where can I find the disabling encryption function by the way, I can't find that either.
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Go to Start>Settings>System and there might be something like Encrypt Storage Card. But, I forgot that a lot of cooked ROMs leave this setting out, in which case you need not worry about it. Besides, you have to explicitly enable it, and I'm sure that if you did that you'd remember.
ivoniko said:
Thanks for the fast reply, it's relly helpful. I just found the encryption function, it was not enabled to begin with so I guess the card should be fine. Do I have to save PIMBackup on the phone or storage card will work?
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Keep your backup files on the storage card. Otherwise, they will be wiped out in the hard reset.
OK here is why I say a clear storage is different from a hard reset. KforTP was not working on my Sprint TP2. Normally during the install, it would say something along the lines for found "xxx.dll" and then would soft reset the device. Well it was not working. I tried 3 times to clear storage each time making it seem like it was set to factory default. How ever when I installed KforTP it would never or display the found "xxx.dll". The reason I did a clear storage was because I didn't even know about the hard reset.
Did some research found that hold call and end call then the power button would hard reset the device. Did that hit vol up to confirm restored the software and then the KforTP worked like a charm.
So my only logical conclusion was that a clear storage was not wiping everything.
Hi There.
Did a search on this but didn´t find any with an identical proplem so here goes:
Once in a blue moon the phone part of my TP2 shuts down. In this event everything else but voice calls & sms works fine.
When it happens, and it did twice now, i´we tried soft reset, without success.
Only thing that seems to work is a hard reset meaning a couple of hours reinstalling everything.
Can anyone please tell me, if there is another way to restart the phone software, e.g. running an exe file from the windows directory.
Regards
ELO
try putting the phone is airplane mode and then going back to normal operation.
when the phone is working properly use a back up program like Sprite or SPB and make a back up.
Then if you have to hard reset you just load back up your restore and you are good to go. Just as a note though: It does not write over stuff that is not in the backup ie: if you removed an app or many and then backed it up it will be there when you restore. You will still have to remove those apps. However all your settings etc will still be there.
This does not solve your phone issue but it may save you a few hours that you can invest in finding a proper solution.
Currently I'm running on Cyanogen mod6, and I had a few questions regarding Android/Kaiser interaction. As it sits, Android works great, minus a key problem: Whenever I make a phone call, the battery seems to drop drastically, and I get the "low battery" notice approximately 3 minutes into each phone call, even after the phone has been charged for an extended period of time. I've left Android at bare basics, virtually no apps, and still the same problem. Now I've searched and searched, and haven't really found a topic that relates to this particular issue (maybe searching under wrong keywords...?)
Also, I was thinking of flashing back to winmo (sadly, due to this very problem), and yet, I am unable to do that. I've put the appropriate files on the sd, and it seems to bypass the Kaisimg, etc files. Could it be that my android files were installed on the phone's memory and not my memory card's root memory? Hopefully that makes sense.
But if anyone can help point me in the right direction, this would be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like a failing battery. Can you flash it back to Windows Mobile to see if it behaves normally?
I'm very sorry you had that problem.
I've tried flashing it back. I'm still new to flashing ROMs, so please bare with me.
I've put the appropriate files on the root of the SD card, tried the power+camera+reset method, and got the error message of no image file. I even tried flashing everything to factory default, and still the same result...so unfortunately, I haven't been able to flash it back to WinMo either.
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I've put the appropriate files on the root of the SD card, tried the power+camera+reset method, and got the error message of no image file. I even tried flashing everything to factory default, and still the same result...so unfortunately, I haven't been able to flash it back to WinMo either.
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I prefer flashing via USB-chord, and found that fastest way to get WinMo back is to get some random ROM for Kaiser and boot phone with reset button while pressing camera (to get into bootloader) and then just normally flash using windows programs. Just be in bootloader when you launch KaiserRUU.
This also applies, if you do changes into kernel with hex editor (like modify keyboard settings and such). Fastest way to flash in my opinion.
And since phone is connected into computer whole flash process, it cannot shutdown afaik, but cannot guarantee it since I don't have dead battery.
it looks like it might be the battery. Flashed WinMo back on successfully, and still the same problem. Dammit.
As someone who recently switched to using an android phone, I am still learning. That said, I've done something that's mucked up the phone, but I hope it's got a solution short of a factory reset.
I wanted to use a custom ringtone, so on the external sd card, I created a folder called ringtones, and put my ringtones in there. Within the contacts, I navigated to the external sd card, and selected the new ringtone. It used the new ringtone, but I didn't notice that the stock ringtones are now not showing up. They're still in internal memory; ES File Explorer shows them in their system location, but within the settings for a contact, they don't show up.
I thought that if I deleted the ringtones, the system may go back to having the stock ones showing up - nope, the selection window is blank, and the only options to navigate around, are to the external sd card, and the /0 partition on the internal memory (which doesn't show a way to get back to the system area anyways).
Rebooting, blowing away all the cache (via App Cache Cleaner), and within settings / application manager, and the Phone, Clearing Data (which also clears the Cache), and doing a Force Stop, also don't fix this problem.
My google fu is failing me. I haven't rooted my system, and if it is a matter of resetting Data or Cache, I don't know which category to do so. Best Buy's Samsung rep didn't know how to fix it. Samsung's tech support person on the phone wasn't able to remote into my phone via their Smart Tutor app (their system was having problems yesterday: they thought it may be a problem with too many people needing help).
What I did is affecting both the Ringtone selection and Message Alert selection. I plan on giving Samsung's tech support another call on Wednesday when they're open, but I was hoping that someone here may have some insight into this problem as well. Ultimately, I want to have both my custom and stock ringtones showing up and be selectable. Thank you for any help you may be able to offer. :good:
Do a factory data reset.
shaungregg said:
Do a factory data reset.
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Thanks, Shaun! I was able to avoid something quite so drastic. I was on the phone with the advanced tech support team from Samsung, and they had me do the following things to fix it.
I deleted the ringtones folder on my external SD card.
In the App Manager, in the bottom left menu, I chose Reset App Preferences. Then back in the App Manager, I chose Contacts, then Clear Cache. I did a hard shutdown and restart of the phone.
At that point, my stock ringtones show up, and also any custom ones I have, that are now in the folder on the internal memory, in a folder called Ringtones, that was already made by the system, and visible at the top of the Phone folder, when I connect it to my PC via USB.
If anyone else ends up with this error, I hope this information helps them out! :victory:
great..
boudicea00 said:
Thanks, Shaun! I was able to avoid something quite so drastic. I was on the phone with the advanced tech support team from Samsung, and they had me do the following things to fix it.
I deleted the ringtones folder on my external SD card.
In the App Manager, in the bottom left menu, I chose Reset App Preferences. Then back in the App Manager, I chose Contacts, then Clear Cache. I did a hard shutdown and restart of the phone.
At that point, my stock ringtones show up, and also any custom ones I have, that are now in the folder on the internal memory, in a folder called Ringtones, that was already made by the system, and visible at the top of the Phone folder, when I connect it to my PC via USB.
If anyone else ends up with this error, I hope this information helps them out! :victory:
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Thanks man...really helped me out.