I have a HTC Tilt 2... I have been having a ton of problems with this phone but when it really freaks out, I usually take the battery out, let it sit a few days and then it starts working again. My phone started doing some funny things today so I restarted it as usual, it freezes and I remove the battery. When I turned it back on I got a red, green, blue and white screen with text:
RHOD300 32M MI-BC
SPL-0.87.0000
MicroP(LED) 0x0A
MicroP(KEY) 0x04
TURBO HW/TURBO SW
TP MFG DATA
498, 526 792,855
795,211 214,211
223,845 Calibrated
This has never happened before.
This RGB&W screen used to say serial when it first happend a few hours ago but then I installed ActiveSync and plugged it into PC, now says USB.
ActiveSync won't recognize my device, it does appear in My Computer.
I tried following directions in another forum to turn the device off then hold the pickup/hangup/power button at the same time...a different screen appeared than the forum directed, a gray screen with "Trigger Ramdump Mode"...then I couldn't do anything.
I can restart it back into the tri-color screen...
I need help in laymen's terms. I've never tried to change anything about the phone's operating system, I've never done an update or anything, I do not have the Tilt2 CD.
Right now I have my SIM card and my SanDisk card removed, I was afraid it could get erased when I tried the pickup/hangup/power button trick.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!!!!!!!
This screen is called the bootloader. Its used by technicians (or more advanced users) to load the OS or "ROM" onto the phone. It may be stuck in bootloader because some of the OS files are damaged or missing, and the OS is not booting up. Or possibly even a hardware failure.
Pulling the battery may/may not be the culprit. I've read someone on here mention that pulling the battery can corrupt files on the phone. If the phone is lagging, frozen, then pulling the battery is not the correct way to restart the phone. The correct method of restarting the phone by soft reset is done by sticking the stylus into the small red hole/button on the side of the phone, while the batter cover is off:
http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_pro_2_rhodium_hard_reset_soft_reset_en.html
Pulling the battery is only a method of last resort, as the soft reset button will work in almost all cases.
Hard reset by holding TALK, END and POWER is probably not going to work. It requires the OS to be working, and you are not even getting to the point that the OS is booting.
Its supposed to say "USB" when the phone is connected to your PC via the USB cable. If I remember properly, it will say "Serial" in bootloader for a second when you plug the phone to USB, and switch to saying "USB" after that. USB is a form of serial connection, after all (USB = Universal Serial Bus). As long as it says "USB", you are in somewhat good shape, since it SHOULD allow you to try the following.
Try downloading the latest ROM from HTC. This is actually a newer version than the ROM that was originally on your phone, but still "official" ATT software. And by most accounts, better than the old ROM. Since its official software, installing this will not endanger any warranty you may still have on the phone.
Its the first file on the following page ("ROM Update"):
http://www.htc.com/us/support/tilt-2-att/downloads/
With your phone connected to your PC by USB, run the .exe ROM update file and follow the instructions that come up on your PC screen. It should work. Try it and let us know.
Bear in mind, you will lose any personal data you have on the phone (contacts, texts, emails, etc). But you've probably already lost those.
Its possible there is some other way out of it, I certainly don't know all the tricks. But in searching around this site, being stuck in bootloader seems to require flashing a new ROM to get out of it. And it seems that you are prepared to lose your personal data, based on the fact that you were already trying to hard reset (the TALK, END, and POWER button process) which also dumps all your data. And flashing the official ROM is really pretty easy to accomplish. Just a pain that you have to re-setup the phone again, since it will basically be returned to factory condition (but in this case, a slightly newer version of the OS).
The SAME thing happened to My HTC Tilt 2 an Hour ago (1/13/2010 4:46pm)
The same exact thing occurred to my HTC Tilt 2 today. It is stuck on the red green, blue and white screen with the same yellow 'config' type message . The white bottom strip has the black letters "serial" typed in.
My problem also, is that the phone stays "on" until i pull the battery out. The moment i place the battery back in the phone, the keys stay lit up instantly and the screen is black. When pressing the power button, then i get the same red, green, blue and white screen.
Ive tried holding the talk/end/power buttons all at the same time, it doesnt make a difference. So i cant get to the step where you press the "volume up" key so to initiate the master reset.
Ihad no idea the HTC Tilt2 would just fry like this. I had no additional apps that were unusual to the norm, i even had more free space than used on the set. its not like the phone was over loaded.
Hmmmmm.... help!!!
Re-read above about "soft-reset" and you might want to try reflash your phone.
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RicoATT said:
The same exact thing occurred to my HTC Tilt 2 today. It is stuck on the red green, blue and white screen with the same yellow 'config' type message . The white bottom strip has the black letters "serial" typed in.
My problem also, is that the phone stays "on" until i pull the battery out. The moment i place the battery back in the phone, the keys stay lit up instantly and the screen is black. When pressing the power button, then i get the same red, green, blue and white screen.
Ive tried holding the talk/end/power buttons all at the same time, it doesnt make a difference. So i cant get to the step where you press the "volume up" key so to initiate the master reset.
Ihad no idea the HTC Tilt2 would just fry like this. I had no additional apps that were unusual to the norm, i even had more free space than used on the set. its not like the phone was over loaded.
Hmmmmm.... help!!!
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Read my post above. Your OS is missing or damaged, and you need to reflash (re-install) it.
Master reset re-loads the OS from the ROM area of your memory. The ROM is damaged, so their is nothing to reload. That's why its stuck in bootloader (tri-color screen).
redpoint73 said:
Read my post above. Your OS is missing or damaged, and you need to reflash (re-install) it.
Master reset re-loads the OS from the ROM area of your memory. The ROM is damaged, so their is nothing to reload. That's why its stuck in bootloader (tri-color screen).
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Today, i stuck the battery in the phone (Tilt2) pressed the hard reset keys. THIS time it allowed the volume-UP key to finally kick in the reset to default cycle. I got the phone working again and have restored my last backup So, I havent lost anything.
The only problem now i am noticing is the light on the keyboard never goes off. Even when I power the phone down, "the keyboard stays lit".. I am having to remove the battery just to keep it from draining when the phone is not in use.hmmm. is there a regEdit key I can modify that may turn off the keys? id rather have no light at all over no battery juice. If i can edit the key to turn off the backlight on the keyboard permanantly , this will be a temp fix for me until i get a new phone.
as anyone ever experienced this?
RicoATT said:
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Today, i stuck the battery in the phone (Tilt2) pressed the hard reset keys. THIS time it allowed the volume-UP key to finally kick in the reset to default cycle. I got the phone working again and have restored my last backup So, I havent lost anything.
The only problem now i am noticing is the light on the keyboard never goes off. Even when I power the phone down, "the keyboard stays lit".. I am having to remove the battery just to keep it from draining when the phone is not in use.hmmm. is there a regEdit key I can modify that may turn off the keys? id rather have no light at all over no battery juice. If i can edit the key to turn off the backlight on the keyboard permanantly , this will be a temp fix for me until i get a new phone.
as anyone ever experienced this?
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Well, today 1/18/2011: the above issue seem to have vanished altogether. Very good. I did nothing but what i was resolved to do until I buy a new phone (take the battery out so to completely power down the phone and lights).
Today, my ole third hand decided to work like normal! Yay!. All of a sudden it rebooted, and now the keyboard backlight turns off when the keypad is closed and you can see it light up when extended. and most importantly: the back lighty for the keypad goes "off" when the phone is powerd down. go figure this one.
I am glad its working like normal now, but i know its time to get a new phone. These are just symptoms of the "big-crash" soon to come. I am backing up every day.
For now, very very glad my phone is back to "normal"
So I'm not entirely sure what is wrong with my phone. I did some searching and I assume it's a stuck power button.
I bought a used logic board and swapped it with my hardbricked phone. I resurrected it and got to use it for about 2 weeks. Today out of the blue it dies out on me.
I was running AOKP build 4. Not too many problems besides the random reboots.
I took apart the phone and found out that the power button can push in but it doesn't click. It just gets pushed in and it relaxes itself back out.
When a battery is placed into it, SAMSUNG pops up then screen goes black and vibrates. If I plug it into the computer, it is not recognized, screen is black, starts to vibrate. I have a USBjig which I used on it. It put it into "factory mode" in which after like 3 seconds it flickers blue and then blackscreen and then vibrations.
Any idea on whether this is power button failure, or motherboard failure? I hope there is an easy fix to this. [aka swapping out power button etc]
ok, just picked up a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 second gen from WooT, they say it is refurb'd.
Out of the box, it booted fine, I was able to go through the setup and add my amazon account, downloaded a few kindle books.
went to eat, came back, and the device is blank. Nothing I would do would bring it back, pressed power button for about 10 seconds and I see screen goes black ( it was black before, but with backlighting from the device being powered on). Touch poerbutton and it start booting, I think - displays a static 'kindlefire' white/orange logo for about 10 seconds, and then the screen is black again.
I have not attempted anything yet on this device - no root, no rom, nothing. WTH is going on.. put on a charger for a few hours, but there's no lights or indicators on this thing to show if it is charging or not. Did the searches and just find links to stories/videos of fols holding power button for 20 or 60 seconds and then it just works after that. Not mine.. nothing is changing ...
Is this thing dead? I really want it not to be, but I'm thinking in another day or so I'm going to return this to Woot for my money back if I can't figure out how to get this thing working .
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I think the unit had some serious issues. Was able to replace it with a different unit, and the new unit behaves as expected.
If I take the battery out and put it back in, phone vibrates once as if booting up but screen blank, nothing else happens.
A couple of times I saw the samsung logo or that it was entering recovery, but then the screen went blank and nothing happened.
If I plug the phone in to charge via usb the notification light is red for a moment, then flickers out.
Edit: I think something is wrong with the power button, it might need to be replaced, it almost booted into system and hung. If I even gently touch the power button it brings up the power down menu. I'm trying to figure out if it can be replaced, if anyone has tips let me know.
The power button can be replaced but you need to have the correct tools to desolder and resolder the button.
I'm not very good at board-level repairs but there are how-to videos on YouTube to guide you through the process.
Hi!
The TV was not mine to begin with so I don't know how it got in this mode, but i suspect that the last owner was fiddeling with the service mode settings(I bought it as defect by an insurance company)
So. As soon as i plug in the TV it loops the colors Black, White, Red, Blue, Green. No response to any buttons on remote/TV, ONLY the powerbutton. But that rarely. I need to press the powerbutton many times so it responds.
I tried many key combinations, Input + power, menu + OK etc etc. I tried spamming everything, no response.
I wanted to try to get the TV to reflash android software by plugging in USB with android 8.0 and pressing power while plugging in, but no response, the USB led lights up on the usb stick but the TV doesnt show if it's reflashing or not. it just loops the colors.
I tried leave it on, maybe the test ends by itself and goes to normal, but after 15-20 minutes the TV turns of by itself. no help
Any idea on what I can do? can I factory reset it in another way?
How much did you pay for it?