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extended rom unlocker does not work with the new/latest roms

the extended rom unlocker does not work with the new/latest roms
the 1.30.... versions on the uni
i can see them, delete them on the extended rom
but after soft reset,
the cabs r back....
anybody???
i tried both the unlocker
buzz's & the xtaurus[special]...
frz

hi all
finally got it 2 wrk
the files on the ftp r curruted
i got this link for all others who have the same problem
remember 2 hard reset
then install this cab
use start->programs->extendedrom unlocker
install
soft reset
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42812&highlight=apply+extended+rom+unlocker
frz

Just a quick question...
I have seemed to unlock my ExtROM on the latest T-Mobile and I wanted to know is it safe to delete all files from the extROM without messing up the Universal on the next hard reset.

Have you folowed the above advice esp. the part where you need to click on the "ExtendedROM unlocker" icon in Program before soft reseting for the second time.
if you did. then you've truly unlocked it and if you delete those cab files it wont be loaded again when you soft/hard reset, and any files that you place in it will still be present. BUT do remember should you have to hard reset (unlikely) for what ever reason, those cab files will be needed SO do back them up bfor deleting.

zaheer said:
Have you folowed the above advice esp. the part where you need to click on the "ExtendedROM unlocker" icon in Program before soft reseting for the second time.
if you did. then you've truly unlocked it and if you delete those cab files it wont be loaded again when you soft/hard reset, and any files that you place in it will still be present. BUT do remember should you have to hard reset (unlikely) for what ever reason, those cab files will be needed SO do back them up bfor deleting.
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I have a question, how exactly would you "Hard Reset", is the reset hole in the back considered to be a "Hard reset", and if not how can I do it?

moeaboelela said:
I have a question, how exactly would you "Hard Reset", is the reset hole in the back considered to be a "Hard reset", and if not how can I do it?
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Just pressing the stylus in the hole in the back is a soft-reset. To hard reset you will have to hold both soft keys and then push the stylus in the hole.

Soft reset

May i knw where is the soft reset on the htc touch hd?
PLS HELP

Either open the back case and press the reset button, or install HDTweak and it will install a soft reset icon in the program files.
However, when the phone ever crashes, you have to resort to the rest button on the back.

wken3 said:
May i knw where is the soft reset on the htc touch hd?
PLS HELP
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Can I advise you to read the HD manual, wiki and forum rules before posting any queries

soft reset
okok got it.thanks ya.i will take your advise

I use psShutXP (just google it). Its a bit small on the screen but works well

I use TouchOff. I've included file containing english files
Once file installed copy files in zip folder to location of installed app in either Storage card or phone i.e
Storage Card/Program Files/TouchOff/Skins/DefaultVGA

Clear storage/hard reset?

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.

[Q] no keyboard to unlock device

I had previously installed the gingerbread keyboard app on my device. It recently stopped working and now I am unable to unlock my phone. When I slide the ring to open it says enter pin but no keyboard pops up. I am trying to save all my data, music pictures etc. But I am unable to sync to PC while phone is locked. Please tell me somebody knows a way to get my stuff without doing a factory reset which would likely wipe everything!!

scottes30 said:
I had previously installed the gingerbread keyboard app on my device. It recently stopped working and now I am unable to unlock my phone. When I slide the ring to open it says enter pin but no keyboard pops up. I am trying to save all my data, music pictures etc. But I am unable to sync to PC while phone is locked. Please tell me somebody knows a way to get my stuff without doing a factory reset which would likely wipe everything!!
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Wipe data/factory reset from recovery... That way you'll keep everything on the virtual sd card, but loose all settings and apps if you wanna do a wipe...
But there has to be a way to enable the keyboard without wiping...

desmond1303 said:
Wipe data/factory reset from recovery... That way you'll keep everything on the virtual sd card, but loose all settings and apps if you wanna do a wipe...
But there has to be a way to enable the keyboard without wiping...
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So a factory reset will not wipe data like pictures and music files?
The HTC tech said there was about a 50 50 chance it might.
I was wondering​ if there was an external wired keyboard I could attach to enter my PIN

scottes30 said:
So a factory reset will not wipe data like pictures and music files?
The HTC tech said there was about a 50 50 chance it might.
I was wondering​ if there was an external wired keyboard I could attach to enter my PIN
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If you would buy an USB OTG cable you could plug in your PC's Keyboard

How to use On Screen Phone? (the hard way)

Things with this device just keep getting better and better, it's amazing and earlier today the glass was cracked, so now the Digitiser is semi broken and I'm unable to unlock my patten lock, to change the USB mode to LG Software, then use On Screen Phone
Are there any workarounds, that involve not formatting / resetting my device please?
Also, I hope to save / backup data before repair too, so suggestions are welcome
Help will be greatly appreciated

TheStigOnline said:
Things with this device just keep getting better and better, it's amazing and earlier today the glass was cracked, so now the Digitiser is semi broken and I'm unable to unlock my patten lock, to change the USB mode to LG Software, then use On Screen Phone
Are there any workarounds, that involve not formatting / resetting my device please?
Also, I hope to save / backup data before repair too, so suggestions are welcome
Help will be greatly appreciated
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I think that there is no solution. You can conserve your internal storage but you will need wipe data

nch26 said:
I think that there is no solution. You can conserve your internal storage but you will need wipe data
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Can you please clarify, as it's not clear (to me at least) what you mean?
As system files / settings are not important to me, just personal files

No problem. If you have rooted an unlocked bootloader, you can enter recovery and wipe data/cache. This will let you the phone like it comes to your hand, all apps you download will be deleted, contacts, messaging, but your lockacreen security will be gone so you can unlock your lockacreen. Your internal storage, music, and other files that you have in your memory will not be affected.
If you dont have recovery you will need to shutdown phone, and hold power button+voldown option and will see a menu to delete all files, data/cache and your internal storage. This is the only solution if you dont have recovery.

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No problem. If you have rooted an unlocked bootloader, you can enter recovery and wipe data/cache. This will let you the phone like it comes to your hand, all apps you download will be deleted, contacts, messaging, but your lockacreen security will be gone so you can unlock your lockacreen. Your internal storage, music, and other files that you have in your memory will not be affected.
If you dont have recovery you will need to shutdown phone, and hold power button+voldown option and will see a menu to delete all files, data/cache and your internal storage. This is the only solution if you dont have recovery.
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It's a sound option and I have already looked in to that - http://en.miui.com/thread-5684-1-1.html
However, it all comes back to warranty issues, so I'm going to have the broken hardware repaired, which pains me as I love DIY and hate paying others to repair my stuff (shaking fist in the air)
Many thanks for your help