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Help! can't access start menu on my sp5!

Hi all, i hope someone can help me out here.
i inadvertently installed "themechanger" onto my imate sp5, but this app was intended for my old imate sp2, the app installed no probs so i thought it might work.
but after installing it i can no longer access the start menu when i push the "start" button.
i am still able to make calls from the phonebook and recieve calls. i cannot dial a number anymore as when i start entering a number i get a blank screen and the numbers i enter don't show up.
i can still sms but only via the sms shortcut button.
i have no access to the start menu whatsoever.
i want to reinstall the rom, but when i attempt to, i get an error message saying "upgrade only, get newer version rom" i already have the latest rom from imate.
how can i reflash the rom?

Hard Reset
Hi Baskarz you can try a Hard Reset.
On a turned off device press simultaneously both softkeys and then the power button for 2-3 sec, leave power button once on (keep holding the soft keys). A black screen with a message will appear. Press 0 (zero) and enjoy, the phone will be reset and you lost all information an apps installed.
I hope that it works for you

ah excellent, all fixed!
i thought there must have been a hard reset, just didn't know how

After changing registry key it is not possible to start the device.

Hi,
I have changed the registry key to change the default keyboard input.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip
After changing the registry key, I have restarted my mobile but it does not get start properly. It just shows the starting screen (only shows "Windows mobile" on screen). Please help me to solve the problem.
Mobile details :- HTC P3450
OS :- Windows moble 6.1
Thanks in advance,
Milind

looks like you need to hard-reset your device.

Please let me know how to hard reset the device.
-Milind

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Elf_Resets
That's guessing you have an Elf HTC P3450 if not the WIKI will hold the info

Not Working.
Even after resetting it just shows the "Windows Mobile" on screen.
Is there any other way to edit the registry entry.

No way to change registry without being in operating system, my next advise is to go to the WIKI i linked and find your stock ROM and flash.

After a hard reset (soft reset won't solve your issue) it will sit at the Windows Mobile screen for a while as it initializes the system for the first time, so wait 15 or so minutes, and it should get around to setting up your stylus and such.

Hi, this happend to me once screwing around with sip, to get block recognizer back in wm6.5, and the all thing freezed just like you. So do operate hard reset and be patient it will end up telling you you really messed up but will start from scratch after a while.

hcall,trowakage
After hard reset I have Kept the device on for whole night but still it shows the "Windows mobile" on screen.
stylez,
It is not possible to connect the phone to PC through active sync, so it is not possible to flush the ROM.
-Milind.

weird, I suppose you tried pulling out the battery and putting it back on? what keys do you press to hard reset? do you get a message saying you will loose all your data press action to continue?
Can you enter hardspl at all? if so you can flash your rom
To perform a hard reset
1.Press and hold the TALK and END buttons, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.2.Release the stylus, but continue pressing the TALK and END buttons until you see the following message on the screen:This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press Action to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
3.Release the TALK and END buttons, and then press ENTER on your device.
good luck

hcall,
I have tried it in the same way which you have mentioned.
In the same way shown in video
But unfortunately it doesn't show any message (hard reset might work after booting OS completely & in my case it is not possible, it just shows "Windows Mobile").

can you boot on hard spl at all?

hcall,
no.

power off...
press power button while the volume key is pressed down... that way you'll enter the tri-color boot screen... connect it to your computer and flash a good rom.

TheRem,
Not working.
Is there another way to reinstall OS.
-Milind

It seems there is no solution for this problem.
-Milind

bring it to the nearest HTC service center in your country.

Fiquei com a mesma dúvida.
A minha situação actual tem transcoding
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[***] how i got my [4g]roove back

HOW I GOT MY [4G]ROOVE BACK:laugh:
0.) Make sure to have the back already removed from the phone, and read steps BEFORE starting the process of going through the next 15 steps [note: you will still be roaming, but fixed my data].
1.) Factory Reset via the Backup & Restore section of System Settings.
2.) Phone should Reboot on its own; manually Reboot if not.
3.) Dial *2767*3855# which will factory wipe the device [this includes ALL SD Card Data].
4.) When the phone begins to Reboot itself, watch for the blue LED indicator light to turn off.
5.) After the blue LED turns off, but before the phone begins to start up again, pull the battery out of the phone [ignore the warning that shows on the screen while wiping the device].
6.) Place battery back into phone, and hold Volume DOWN + Power + Home buttons until the phone boots into Download mode for use with ODIN [I used version 3.07].
7.) Using Odin, install root66's rooted stock via the PDA selection option [if this fails, try again - I personally had to do this 3 times].
8.) The phone will Reboot as soon as the ODIN flash completes, and it is likely that you will get stuck at the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE boot animation. When this happens, pull out the battery again.
9.) Once more, place battery back into phone, but now hold Volume UP + Power + Home buttons until the phone boots into the stock recovery [this looks much like CWM with some different options].
10.) Choose the option to Wipe Data, and then run the Wipe Cache Partition option second.
11.) Select the first option to Reboot System Now, and wait for the phone to boot [this WILL take some time, so please wait for the full process to be completed; if you see the boot animation screen dim the display or vibrates slightly after a bit of waiting, you are on the right path].
12.) Allow the phone to finish starting into the language selection screen, hit next now, and again when the Phone Activated screen shows.
13.) Now, press the home button to get to the stock launcher desktop, where you should see the roaming notification in the Status Bar.
14.) Open the Status Bar, and press the roaming notification. When asked to accept roaming, choose the option to always access [this should not cause you to incur charges for roam, if in the US].
15.) Wait a few minutes, and if everything worked for you as it did with me, data should be fixed.
:good::good::good::good::good:

Correct me if I'm wrong but your still showing "roaming" data correct?
Did you lose your IMEI or just odd data connectivity?

Desterly said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but your still showing "roaming" data correct?
Did you lose your IMEI or just odd data connectivity?
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I am still roaming technically, but every time I lose 3G/4G, I do this and it comes back. The IMEI shows as 0 in settings, but Phone Info app shows it as it should. Very strange. I don't know about everyone else on here, but I went to 4 different stores, and they all told me I would need to go through the insurance and pay $100 to get a replacement for my 18 day old phone. I just posted this for anyone who want the functionality to work, and is still trying to hold out for an actual IMEI fix, since I figure a lot of non-developers out there such as myself know enough about their devices to be able to follow what I had done.
-- Gris

Att Atrix 2 with hard lock

Hi community, I just purchase in ebay an Atrix 2, was a bargain. Well, the problem is that I was going to unlock it, because Im in Ecuador, so purchase a unlock code, but it didnt work, I wrote asking other sellers if they can provide another code, but all says that thats the only valid code to unlock it, so I think this thing is in a hard locked state (more than 10 times wrong unlock code) I just try 2 times with the actual code that I have.
I search in the web and a solution for an atrix 1 was to flash a radio. Im new with this device, anyone have any suggest or fix for this problem?
Hope you can help me.
If anyone have access to unlock codes maybe can check if I have the right one, this is the info that the unlocker give me:
for IMEI: 356378042076331
unlock code:62659983

Sold the phone as parts, anyway if there's a solution please post it to help other people.

As found on motorola site
If there are significant problems with the device or you are not able to perform a factory data reset through settings (locked out of handset, frozen screens), please use the following process to manually reset the phone:
WARNING: Factory Data Reset is a tool used to remove everything that was imported, added or installed on the device. When using this feature; information you have programmed in the handset, i.e. apps downloaded through the Market, Contacts, Email and Social network Accounts is deleted, however, nothing stored on the SD Card, i.e., pictures, music, videos, etc. will be affected.
To perform an External Manual Reset of your handset to restore to factory settings, read instructions below and then perform.
Turn off your phone.
If your phone is not responding, try a quick reset. Remove the back cover and battery, then insert the battery and install the back cover.
When your phone is off, press and hold both volume keys together, then press Power to turn on the phone.
When your phone shows the boot mode menu, press Volume Down to highlight “Recovery.”
Pess Volume Up to start “Recovery.”
Your phone reboots, then shows a green robot on the screen.
Tip: If you activate the wrong prompt or run into problems, you can start over by forcing a reboot.
When the green robot appears, press Volume Up and Volume Down together.
The recovery menu appears. Press the volume keys to scroll to the factory reset option, then press Power to activate it. Press the volume keys to scroll to the Yes confirmation, then press Power to confirm.
When the reset is complete, press Power to choose reboot from the recovery menu.
To Perform a Factory Data Reset through settings menu:
From the Home screen, press Menu
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy
Touch Factory data reset (Read notes for other options)
Touch Reset Phone
Touch Erase Everything
Note: Contact your service provider if you need to reset/clear phone remotely.

[Completed] How to unbrick most sony phones without resetting everything

Have you bricked your sony phone and can't figure out how to do it?? If so then I invite you to read on.
First up if you have a sony C4 or C5 you could try this but I wouldn't if I were you.
THE PUBLISHER AND I CAN NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE DONE BY THIS TOOL OR BY THE FORUM, YOU CHOSE TO DO THIS NOT ME
This could void your warranty
By reading on you accept that what you do from here on is what you do, not my fault, not the warranties fault and not anyone's fault but you
And I didn't make this amazing tool just so you know
Ok now after I've got all of that crap out of the way this is what you will need:
μTorrent
Flashtool
A bricked device (doesn't need bootloader)
An angry owner
The charger cable for your phone with a USB on one end
Ok so the first thing you will need to download is uTorrent I advise you to not use this for bad because it limits companies.
You can download it at utorrent.com/downloads/
Select the latest download, you don't have to buy pro. I don't have it but feel free to do so.
Wait for it to download and run the installer. Download it but if it offers to download any other things say no or press decline or perhaps if it is a tick box, un-tick it but be slow, careful and read EVERYTHING.
Ok so now you have uTorrent installed you'll have to download Flashtool.
You can get it from flashtool.net/downloads.php
I currently use version 0.9.18.6 on windows 10 with an AMD chipset but it should work with any other windows and I've tried it on an intel chipset. If you don't know what a chipset don't bother just know that it works on windows.
Once you get to that site find the button that says your OS and click on it. Once there click on the button that says magnet link.
For Chrome users:
It will open a tab at the top of the screen wich asks you to open uTorrent select the open uTorrent button. If it doesn't then restart chrome or try one of the other browsers.
For Microsoft Edge users:
It won't work, use a better browser (I suggest chrome) or click on the torrent button wait for it to download and open it with uTorrent.
For Firefox users:
It will open a tab in the middle of the screen wich says launch application select uTorrent. If it doesn't show uTorrent then restart firefox or try one of the other browsers. Then click the open link button on the same window and wait for uTorrent.
After that, uTorrent should open up and so will another window in your browser, close that window and do as follows:
Select where you want to save it to under the save in box, do whatever the hell you want with the name; make sure that the flashtool-x.xx.xx......exe is selected with the tick box and click ok. It will now download to your selected folder.
Once it is downloaded in the big box in the middle it will say seeding. Right click the download and press open. For me, it said it was harmful but do I look like I would/have downloaded dodgy software??
Once in the installer same as before deny offers and just install, refer to earlier on if you can't remember.
Go to the install location (by default this is C:\Flashtool) and for easy usage find the Flashtool.exe or Flashtool64.exe file make sure you have an empty place in your desktop visible to you. Hold down Control (Ctrl) and shift then drag and drop it to the empty space on your desktop. Go to your desktop and open the link you just make.
Once you've done that the program will load up, wait for it.
Get your bricked phone, making sure it is still on (so it has charge)
Turn it on (it will be stuck in boot loop, this is ok, this is what we want)
Plug it into your PC/laptop while you do something else in the program. so it will have at least 2 % charge (when I did mine didn't even load up afterwards it just had the charging symbol and when it did it had 2% charge) there is a button in the top right of the screen, click it.
It will bring up a window wich has a huge list of phones on the left. Find and click on yours in this list. It will have something like F3311 or F3313 (for my phone the E5) if you don't know which one your phone is, then just go through both lists and find the one wich has the country you bought your phone in. Once you've done that go to your phone country and look for your provider. I have a sim-only plan so I clicked on Customised-UK if you are in a CONTRACT ONLY then find your provider and chose it. In the far right, there should be a button under says available firmware. Click on that button or the highest one and press download button. Wait for it to download.
Once it is downloaded then close those 2 windows and go back to the Flashtool. It will detect that you have downloaded a new firmware. Press the yes button in the window. It will then do stuff I haven't researched but it is needed. Once that is done click the bolt in the top left of the screen and select Flashmode. This will bring up a window that has a few things. On the left, you should have a firmware window. there you should select your phone and use the arrow keys to navigate down to when there are no arrow buttons and select it. For example, it will look like this:
Sony Xperia E5
F3311
Customise UK
37.0.A.2.108
For my case, I would click the 37.0.A.2.108.
This should bring up a Content window, a wipe and exclude window. If you want to reset your phone check the USERDATA, DIAG and APPS_LOG boxes. If not then leave them clear. Make sure no other boxes are ticked other than what I've told you that you can. And press flash. It will do some stuff and ask you to put your phone into flash mode. To do this simply turn your phone on (it will still be stuck in the so-called boot loop). It will bring up a confirmation window and say YES. Wait for the magic green bar to disappear and ignore ALL of the warnings + any driver errors, plug your phone in for a few more minutes then turn it on and watch the magic boot screen of joy!!! If you chose to wipe data then the boot will take a log-ish time (3-4 min) once it has loaded it will literally be as if you bought a new phone.
Merry Xmas!! :highfive:
Silly phone owner!! Don't worry now!!

Tom_O'R said:
Have you bricked your sony phone and can't figure out how to do it?? If so then I invite you to read on.
First up if you have a sony C4 or C5 you could try this but I wouldn't if I were you.
THE PUBLISHER AND I CAN NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE DONE BY THIS TOOL OR BY THE FORUM, YOU CHOSE TO DO THIS NOT ME
This could void your warranty
By reading on you accept that what you do from here on is what you do, not my fault, not the warranties fault and not anyone's fault but you
And I didn't make this amazing tool just so you know
Ok now after I've got all of that crap out of the way this is what you will need:
μTorrent
Flashtool
A bricked device (doesn't need bootloader)
An angry owner
The charger cable for your phone with a USB on one end
Ok so the first thing you will need to download is uTorrent I advise you to not use this for bad because it limits companies.
You can download it at utorrent.com/downloads/
Select the latest download, you don't have to buy pro. I don't have it but feel free to do so.
Wait for it to download and run the installer. Download it but if it offers to download any other things say no or press decline or perhaps if it is a tick box, un-tick it but be slow, careful and read EVERYTHING.
Ok so now you have uTorrent installed you'll have to download Flashtool.
You can get it from flashtool.net/downloads.php
I currently use version 0.9.18.6 on windows 10 with an AMD chipset but it should work with any other windows and I've tried it on an intel chipset. If you don't know what a chipset don't bother just know that it works on windows.
Once you get to that site find the button that says your OS and click on it. Once there click on the button that says magnet link.
For Chrome users:
It will open a tab at the top of the screen wich asks you to open uTorrent select the open uTorrent button. If it doesn't then restart chrome or try one of the other browsers.
For Microsoft Edge users:
It won't work, use a better browser (I suggest chrome) or click on the torrent button wait for it to download and open it with uTorrent.
For Firefox users:
It will open a tab in the middle of the screen wich says launch application select uTorrent. If it doesn't show uTorrent then restart firefox or try one of the other browsers. Then click the open link button on the same window and wait for uTorrent.
After that, uTorrent should open up and so will another window in your browser, close that window and do as follows:
Select where you want to save it to under the save in box, do whatever the hell you want with the name; make sure that the flashtool-x.xx.xx......exe is selected with the tick box and click ok. It will now download to your selected folder.
Once it is downloaded in the big box in the middle it will say seeding. Right click the download and press open. For me, it said it was harmful but do I look like I would/have downloaded dodgy software??
Once in the installer same as before deny offers and just install, refer to earlier on if you can't remember.
Go to the install location (by default this is C:\Flashtool) and for easy usage find the Flashtool.exe or Flashtool64.exe file make sure you have an empty place in your desktop visible to you. Hold down Control (Ctrl) and shift then drag and drop it to the empty space on your desktop. Go to your desktop and open the link you just make.
Once you've done that the program will load up, wait for it.
Get your bricked phone, making sure it is still on (so it has charge)
Turn it on (it will be stuck in boot loop, this is ok, this is what we want)
Plug it into your PC/laptop while you do something else in the program. so it will have at least 2 % charge (when I did mine didn't even load up afterwards it just had the charging symbol and when it did it had 2% charge) there is a button in the top right of the screen, click it.
It will bring up a window wich has a huge list of phones on the left. Find and click on yours in this list. It will have something like F3311 or F3313 (for my phone the E5) if you don't know which one your phone is, then just go through both lists and find the one wich has the country you bought your phone in. Once you've done that go to your phone country and look for your provider. I have a sim-only plan so I clicked on Customised-UK if you are in a CONTRACT ONLY then find your provider and chose it. In the far right, there should be a button under says available firmware. Click on that button or the highest one and press download button. Wait for it to download.
Once it is downloaded then close those 2 windows and go back to the Flashtool. It will detect that you have downloaded a new firmware. Press the yes button in the window. It will then do stuff I haven't researched but it is needed. Once that is done click the bolt in the top left of the screen and select Flashmode. This will bring up a window that has a few things. On the left, you should have a firmware window. there you should select your phone and use the arrow keys to navigate down to when there are no arrow buttons and select it. For example, it will look like this:
Sony Xperia E5
F3311
Customise UK
37.0.A.2.108
For my case, I would click the 37.0.A.2.108.
This should bring up a Content window, a wipe and exclude window. If you want to reset your phone check the USERDATA, DIAG and APPS_LOG boxes. If not then leave them clear. Make sure no other boxes are ticked other than what I've told you that you can. And press flash. It will do some stuff and ask you to put your phone into flash mode. To do this simply turn your phone on (it will still be stuck in the so-called boot loop). It will bring up a confirmation window and say YES. Wait for the magic green bar to disappear and ignore ALL of the warnings + any driver errors, plug your phone in for a few more minutes then turn it on and watch the magic boot screen of joy!!! If you chose to wipe data then the boot will take a log-ish time (3-4 min) once it has loaded it will literally be as if you bought a new phone.
Merry Xmas!! :highfive:
Silly phone owner!! Don't worry now!!
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