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Soft reset in htc desire

Hello, someone can tell me how to do a soft reset to htc desire, there is some key combination or there is some software to do it?.
Thanks

keep the power button pressed for a longer time. a menu will be shown. select power down (phone will now shut down), press power button again. et voila! you have 'rebooted' your phone!

thank you very much but I do not work or do not

Any apps to do this ?

O and O said:
Any apps to do this ?
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Are there any?

juanjitos said:
thank you very much but I do not work or do not
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Uuhh.. What?

So is it at all possible to have an app that reboots the handset essentially?

There was an app on the market called quick boot I think, never used it myself but you could try that, although it may need root and the desire will probably be too new to work with it, so maybe one to keep an eye on.

Sorry for such a noob question, but the reply above, is that not simply turning the device.off and on again as opposed to rebooting, or carrying out a soft reset? Coming from an iPhone and wm before that, i was led to believe there was a difference. Removing the battery with the device on was a soft reset, rebooting the iPhone was also slightly different from turning it off and on again. ?
I would also like to know if we could do a soft reset without having to take back cover off and remove battery?
Thanks

I have to take back cover of my Desire to reset it. Turning off doesn't work in my case. Simply - last time I was waiting 15 minutes and it still displaying 'shutting down'. I can't shutdown my phone.

Hi, I guess you want to reset HTC Desire without taking it a part.
Check this video on youtube on how to do it.
youtube.com/watch?v=L58SK9dhrVc
Add www, i couldn't post the link as i'm new user.
Hope tis helps.

gimsig said:
Hi, I guess you want to reset HTC Desire without taking it a part.
Check this video on youtube on how to do it.
youtube.com/watch?v=L58SK9dhrVc
Add www, i couldn't post the link as i'm new user.
Hope tis helps.
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I think you didn't catch what we are talkin about. Soft reset doesn't meen we would like to erase all data and revert back to factory settings.
My phone is not able to shut down even after one hour after pressing: power botton for a moment -> power off. Any clues?

D-fens said:
I think you didn't catch what we are talkin about. Soft reset doesn't meen we would like to erase all data and revert back to factory settings.
My phone is not able to shut down even after one hour after pressing: power botton for a moment -> power off. Any clues?
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@ d-fens
Strange indeed soft reset works here fine but used it only a few times
Maybe a hard reset forces to reinstall the o/s correct and solves you're problem because it should work via the power button...
Do you get the pop-up menu with the different choices?

awf said:
Strange indeed soft reset works here fine but used it only a few times
Maybe a hard reset forces to reinstall the o/s correct and solves you're problem because it should work via the power button...
Do you get the pop-up menu with the different choices?
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what the hell are you people talking about?
a soft reset is a way to restart the phone using an option in the phone, perhaps an app
so when there's the option to POWER OFF the phone, there is the option to RESTART the phone

Strange indeed soft reset works here fine but used it only a few times
Maybe a hard reset forces to reinstall the o/s correct and solves you
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what the hell are you people talking about?
a soft reset is a way to restart the phone using an option in the phone, perhaps an app
so when there's the option to POWER OFF the phone, there is the option to RESTART the phone
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that's right.
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

I got the popup menu when I press power button for a while but when I press first option to shut down the phone - it does not shut down. Shuting down message displays for ages and nothing happens.
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

Sorry, I think I got it wrong. D-fens - what you have done is fine, taking out the battery, judging by htc website
htc.com/europe/howto.aspx?id=721&type=1&p_id=312
but I don't know why wouldn't it shut down with power button, it works fine with my.

I think I know what your trying to get at, the problem is in your phone, unmount your SD card, I suspect its faulty. This will I suspect work. Try it and tell us how you get on. I'm assuming switching the phone off and on again is the same as rebooting or soft reset on Android.

Lol mega fail answers. I think currently there is no way to soft reset your phone without going the long way of turning it off and turning it on again. Quite annoying I know, but you should not have to soft reset your phone much at all, if you do then there is a prob with software etc. I have only soft reset my phone maybe 2-3 times in the few weeks I have had it for.
But again I believe the question is:
Is there an app or some special way to soft reset the desire, without removing battery or without pressing and holding power button and selecting turn off, as both these methods simply turn the device off and are not actually resetting the device...

Use quickboot or root boot. I personally use root boot. Works fine.

Galaxy Nexus freeze after unlock **UNROOTED** troubleshooting

Alright, so here is what's going on.
I had my alarm go off earlier today, got up, unplugged my phone like normal. I swiped off the notifications I didn't care about like a tapatalk message etc. I noticed that Google Current's automatically updated. I'm sure that's no huge deal.
I locked the screen and went about my day. I tried to swipe to unlock, and the phone freezes and reboots. The phone is responsive until you unlock it, then it just freezes and reboots.
Tried safe mode once, and it worked fine. I then turned it off, and tried normally booting again, same freezing and rebooting. So I went to go back to safe mode, and now safe mode is doing the same thing, which means that a factory reset is now out of the question.
What the hell man.
Specs:
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
- All stock apps except added Facebook and Tapatalk
- Jellybean 4.2.2 software I believe. I'd double check if I could.
- Still locked and unrooted
Any ideas on where to go from here? No warranty, so any ideas would help
It turns on, goes to lock screen. Then freezes when I try to get anywhere from that lock screen. Even on safe mode.
Then it will reboot automatically after about 30 seconds.
I should note I received a text in this time, and thought maybe just pulling the notification bar down and going straight to the text would work. The notification bar works, but when I hit the text, it froze the same way.
This must be some sort of self check or some Android process crashing. But I can't utilize safe mode to fix it.
Any ideas on what to do? I know there are threads with this problem, but this involves an unrooted phone, of which I have seen no threads, or threads with answers. I am not experienced with getting too far into Android, so just a direction to go, or something to try when I get home would be awesome. (At work currently)
The only options I have right now are the options upon booting with the volume down, which are Start - Restart bootloader - Recovery Mode and Turn off. In this screen, here is my info:
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT NAME - tuna
VARIANT - maguro 16GB
HW VERSION - 9
BOOTLOADER VERSION - PRIMELA03
BASEBAND VERSION I9250UGLL1
CARRIER INFO - NONE
SERIAL NUMBER - xxxxxxx
SIGNING - production
LOCK STATE - LOCKED
In recovery mode, I see a dead android guy with a red triangle and an exclamation mark in it.
I realize you guys probably get a lot of dumb questions so I tried unloading all the information I could. My replies will be 5 minutes apart, as I'm new and I see that's a restriction on being here.
Thanks in advance

You can try unlock the bootloader (it'll erase your data so be careful) and then try flashing the oficial google image via fastboot and see if it solves it.
EDIT: in that screen of red triangle press up and power at the same time to show the options. There you can do a factory reset to see if it solves it. No need to unlock the bootloader that way.

Daedalus93 said:
You can try unlock the bootloader (it'll erase your data so be careful) and then try flashing the oficial google image via fastboot and see if it solves it.
EDIT: in that screen of red triangle press up and power at the same time to show the options. There you can do a factory reset to see if it solves it. No need to unlock the bootloader that way.
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Got it. It works now, but curious, is this a common occurrance? I have no idea what caused it, which worries me. But it seems to be working fine.
Wasn't worried about data loss, I haven't had the phone for too long yet. I plan on just installing the minimum apps. The point of me not unlocking it was to avoid issues, but I had more luck with unlocking it than leaving it locked.
That said, I wasn't aware you had to hold the vol up and power button to get to the options from the dead Android screen. That was an oversight on my part when I was looking up for data.
Words cannot explain how thankful I am, so thank you
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slipstreamconversion said:
Got it. It works now, but curious, is this a common occurrance? I have no idea what caused it, which worries me. But it seems to be working fine.
Wasn't worried about data loss, I haven't had the phone for too long yet. I plan on just installing the minimum apps. The point of me not unlocking it was to avoid issues, but I had more luck with unlocking it than leaving it locked.
That said, I wasn't aware you had to hold the vol up and power button to get to the options from the dead Android screen. That was an oversight on my part when I was looking up for data.
Words cannot explain how thankful I am, so thank you
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No problem everything should work as intended now. What happened was a bit strange indeed. It it happens again with everything in stock then there is a possibility that it is faulty hardware and you should replace it. Maybe it was some configuration bug and nothing extreme

Daedalus93 said:
No problem everything should work as intended now. What happened was a bit strange indeed. It it happens again with everything in stock then there is a possibility that it is faulty hardware and you should replace it. Maybe it was some configuration bug and nothing extreme
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Fauly hardware can cause this issue? I baby this phone, has yet to be dropped (let's admit, it's inevitable), the only thing it's seen is three drops of water that fell off my sunroof onto it. I immediately grabbed my phone and wiped it off, but it was all on the screen, not in the speaker or anything.
Either way, I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks again

slipstreamconversion said:
Fauly hardware can cause this issue? I baby this phone, has yet to be dropped (let's admit, it's inevitable), the only thing it's seen is three drops of water that fell off my sunroof onto it. I immediately grabbed my phone and wiped it off, but it was all on the screen, not in the speaker or anything.
Either way, I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks again
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Yes. My phone recently was stuck on a bootloop and I've already sent it for repair. Yeah drops are never good
No problem

Screen does not respond to touch

All of the sudden the screen of my new Nexus 7 does not respond to touch.
I was looking to my emails, then stopped using the tablet for 10 mins and, when I tried to use it again, the lock screen did not recognize my swipe motion. I then tried to reboot it: pressed the power button, touched the Power Off option and nothing, also here it did not register my touch.
I was able to enter into recovery mode (using power and volume keys) and perform a factory reset but that did not solve the problem.
I am stuck at the lock screen and I cannot unlock it.
Any suggestion?
Thanks!

i think its just a 4.3 software bug. i love the tablet but the new update isn't very good IMO. google needs to get this right.

luigig said:
All of the sudden the screen of my new Nexus 7 does not respond to touch.
I was looking to my emails, then stopped using the tablet for 10 mins and, when I tried to use it again, the lock screen did not recognize my swipe motion. I then tried to reboot it: pressed the power button, touched the Power Off option and nothing, also here it did register my touch.
I was able to enter into recovery mode (using power and volume keys) and perform a factory reset but that did not solve the problem.
I am stuck at the lock screen and I cannot unlock it.
Any suggestion?
Thanks!
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Since it has to be new I'd recommend just trading it in for another if a reboot or reset didn't fix it. I'd hate to see a fellow get stuck with an unreliable device. It could be many things though such as a bad digitizer or loose LCD ribbon flex cable or just a software glitch. To check the flex cable you would have to disassemble the unit which of course could potentially cause problems when trading it in. I dropped a tab one time though and it Jared my charge flex cable loose and just reinserting it fixed it. Good luck

fix-this! said:
i think its just a 4.3 software bug. i love the tablet but the new update isn't very good IMO. google needs to get this right.
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Thanks.
Any idea about how to fix the problem (factory reset did not work) other then sending it back for a replacement?

Wait for Google to release official image then return to stock to see if it fixes it.

conan1600 said:
Since it has to be new I'd recommend just trading it in for another if a reboot or reset didn't fix it. I'd hate to see a fellow get stuck with an unreliable device. It could be many things though such as a bad digitizer or loose LCD ribbon flex cable or just a software glitch. To check the flex cable you would have to disassemble the unit which of course could potentially cause problems when trading it in. I dropped a tab one time though and it Jared my charge flex cable loose and just reinserting it fixed it. Good luck
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Thanks.
I have a feeling it is a software problem. It was perfectly working and few minutes after it was not. Nothing, hardware-wise happened in the middle.
Software-wise, I noticed, on the top of the screen, the notification that a keyboard update was installed. Could have it broken something?
I thought a factory reset would have handled that possible problem but it did not.

luigig said:
All of the sudden the screen of my new Nexus 7 does not respond to touch.
I was looking to my emails, then stopped using the tablet for 10 mins and, when I tried to use it again, the lock screen did not recognize my swipe motion. I then tried to reboot it: pressed the power button, touched the Power Off option and nothing, also here it did not register my touch.
I was able to enter into recovery mode (using power and volume keys) and perform a factory reset but that did not solve the problem.
I am stuck at the lock screen and I cannot unlock it.
Any suggestion?
Thanks!
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I had the problem last night and a reboot fixed it. Haven't seen the problem since.

mi7chy said:
Wait for Google to release official image then return to stock to see if it fixes it.
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Mi7chy,
thanks.
A question: I started reading this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796) to understand how to flash the factory image and I am worried I cannot perform step 1 of the Driver Installation section (I am unable to unlock the lock screen...).
Any suggestion?
Contemplating of returning this back for a replacement...
Thanks!

luigig said:
All of the sudden the screen of my new Nexus 7 does not respond to touch.
I was looking to my emails, then stopped using the tablet for 10 mins and, when I tried to use it again, the lock screen did not recognize my swipe motion. I then tried to reboot it: pressed the power button, touched the Power Off option and nothing, also here it did not register my touch.
I was able to enter into recovery mode (using power and volume keys) and perform a factory reset but that did not solve the problem.
I am stuck at the lock screen and I cannot unlock it.
Any suggestion?
Thanks!
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I was in staples and their floor model had the same problem, I tried to fix it but it just sat there in a frozen state.

Samsung galaxy note 2

I have a new note 2 i317 that I can't figure out why the home button instead of going to the home screen it goes to the menu. If I am in an app I have to push the back button until I get to the home screen. I just got it in the mail completely refurbished uprading from the note 1and it worked for a day or so and then all the sudden it is going to the menu options. Please help. I did a data reset but it has not worked.

nicolemcdanieli717 said:
I have a new note 2 i317 that I can't figure out why the home button instead of going to the home screen it goes to the menu. If I am in an app I have to push the back button until I get to the home screen. I just got it in the mail completely refurbished uprading from the note 1and it worked for a day or so and then all the sudden it is going to the menu options. Please help. I did a data reset but it has not worked.
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try doing a factory reset in the i think privacy settings or sometimes in storage

terpin32 said:
try doing a factory reset in the i think privacy settings or sometimes in storage
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I have already tried it. It's not working

nicolemcdanieli717 said:
I have already tried it. It's not working
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Try factory resetting from the stock recovery. Power+volup+home.

SockmanTGR said:
Try factory resetting from the stock recovery. Power+volup+home.
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This might be a silly thought, but I had a similar issue once (with my S3, not my Note2), and it was because there was something sticky around/under the home button. So when I would do a single press, it would stick and think I did a long press, which would bring up the menu. In my case, I thought it was a software problem too but it turned out to be a hardware problem. To fix it, I turned it off, removed the battery, and disassembled until I had clear access to both sides of the home button. I did NOT remove the home button or the ribbon cable, but I did clean all areas on and around the home button with alcohol. Let it dry & put it back together & it worked like normal.
My kids are very sticky sometimes lol. I no longer let them play with my devices until their hands are free of any crud. I have no idea what it was they got on my button (or it could have been something from work since my phone was in my apron pocket)... but the point is it's very easy to get something sticky down in there and not realize it, and a good cleaning can go a long way

The buttons and softkeys are controlled by the firmware on the board and completely different from any ROM firmware you could flash. I think it is safe to say that it is 99.999999% likely a hardware fault.
In the unlikely event that it is that 0.0000001% chance, your best bet is to completely wipe /system, /data, /cache, and /dalvik, then Odin back to stock to see if that corrects it.
If it doesn't, I'd look at taking it to a repair UNLESS the place you got it from that refurbed it has a warranty on it.

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The buttons and softkeys are controlled by the firmware on the board and completely different from any ROM firmware you could flash. I think it is safe to say that it is 99.999999% likely a hardware fault.
In the unlikely event that it is that 0.0000001% chance, your best bet is to completely wipe /system, /data, /cache, and /dalvik, then Odin back to stock to see if that corrects it.
If it doesn't, I'd look at taking it to a repair UNLESS the place you got it from that refurbed it has a warranty on it.
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I agree that it could be a rom that has the keys remapped, as that was my first thought (Hello DN3 lol, love me some DN3, but I chose against key remapping), however the OP said the home button was working as expected for a while, and then it started to display long-press behavior on every press. In that case, I'd recommend inspecting and/or cleaning the home button. It's unbelievably easy to get junk in those tiny crevices.
But yeah he could try wiping everything first and see if that fixes it. Wouldn't hurt.

Black Bar Screen Error

Hello,
So, I have had my M8 since around May and it's been perfectly fine up until July/August when I have two problems;
1. The first is that occasionally a black bar pops up on the phone and says hold the volume up and power button for 10 seconds to restart. I don't know why this keeps happening.
2. Secondly, when I'm using apps like Whatsapp and swyping on the keyboard, it'll just stop typing/go into the contacts profile/do other things with the phone when all I want to do is type.
Any ideas as to why? I asked HTC Support and they just said to clear the cache. I did that but to no avail.
Thanks,
Crazysah

using stock rom ? you can always try factory reset

Yes, am using stock. Always have been. Tried a soft reset and ever a hard reset.

It's this sort of thing: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/howto/465048.html - but it comes up occasionally and automatically in my case.

Nobody knows why this happens?

Crazysah said:
It's this sort of thing: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/howto/465048.html - but it comes up occasionally and automatically in my case.
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I was going to say maybe its a malfunction of the power button. But actually, if you hold the power button, the Phone Options (Power off, Airplane mode, Restart) dialogue appears first, and the Reset countdown appears a few seconds after that.
If this isn't happening for you, I suspect a software error or some sort.

Crazysah said:
Hello,
So, I have had my M8 since around May and it's been perfectly fine up until July/August when I have two problems;
1. The first is that occasionally a black bar pops up on the phone and says hold the volume up and power button for 10 seconds to restart. I don't know why this keeps happening.
2. Secondly, when I'm using apps like Whatsapp and swyping on the keyboard, it'll just stop typing/go into the contacts profile/do other things with the phone when all I want to do is type.
Any ideas as to why? I asked HTC Support and they just said to clear the cache. I did that but to no avail.
Thanks,
Crazysah
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Try a factory reset, but from recovery.

PoweredTek said:
Try a factory reset, but from recovery.
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From recovery meaning?

Crazysah said:
From recovery meaning?
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Take no offence please, but 150 posts, and you don't know what a recovery is? Are you rooted? Do you have TWRP or CWM installed?

xunholyx said:
Take no offence please, but 150 posts, and you don't know what a recovery is? Are you rooted? Do you have TWRP or CWM installed?
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No, I know what recovery is, but how would that help exactly. I mean, I've already done factory reset, cleared cache, done all that customer support has told me to do besides give the phone in for repairs.

Crazysah said:
No, I know what recovery is, but how would that help exactly. I mean, I've already done factory reset, cleared cache, done all that customer support has told me to do besides give the phone in for repairs.
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Sorry, my answer was a direct response to @PoweredTek 's reply
I really don't know the exact nature of your issue.
The black bar where and when?
Maybe a screen shot would help.
I would truly like to help you solve your problem.
Now that I realize the user who`s comments I was responding to (lol), please disregard my earlier reply.
I'm sure we can find a solution for you.

xunholyx said:
Sorry, my answer was a direct response to @PoweredTek 's reply
I really don't know the exact nature of your issue.
The black bar where and when?
Maybe a screen shot would help.
I would truly like to help you solve your problem.
Now that I realize the user who`s comments I was responding to (lol), please disregard my earlier reply.
I'm sure we can find a solution for you.
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Like you know when you change the volume on your phone a black bar pops up? A bar like that pops up and says the phone will restart in ten seconds and then I just press the volume up button and it dissapears.
Like when you press the volume up + power button together, the bar that pops up? That comes automatically and often. I have no idea why.

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Crazysah said:
Like you know when you change the volume on your phone a black bar pops up? A bar like that pops up and says the phone will restart in ten seconds and then I just press the volume up button and it dissapears.
Like when you press the volume up + power button together, the bar that pops up? That comes automatically and often. I have no idea why.
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I have no idea. It's very strange. Have you tried installing a different ROM?
Also, are you running a custom kernel perhaps?

xunholyx said:
I have no idea. It's very strange. Have you tried installing a different ROM?
Also, are you running a custom kernel perhaps?
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Yes, I tried installing a different ROM. Still happens. I'm running stock sense. What comes with the phone. I just recently did the hard reset.