Hi,
I'm new to this forum and i hope somebody will be able to help me.
I have an ACER N3, old model i know, but a great work horse. I use it for my courier business as it provides all my delivery notes etc with this great software.
HOWEVER, for some reason and i honestly cannot fathom it, my ACER has completley lost everything, so much so that Windows mobile 5 start even come up any more. The only thing i see now is the white screen with the blue pda picture.
I have hard reset it several time each time with no success and getting no further than the white screen.
I hope (without causing offence) this has happend to someone before who can give me an answer of how to reinstall Windows Mobile 5 (the rest of the stuff i lost i can retrieve)
I have searched through everything i received when i bought it and there is no cd or anything. Apparently i only need the rom image of WM5 and it should work again or if ian get some kind of windows mobile 5 updater, maybe this will work?
I hope someone can help.
Thanks in adavance
Chris
i would connect it to usb and run the firmware install i'm sure acer got on their support page
Thanks for your quick respnse. However i have looked all over the acer website and the only thing they have on their support site is a USB driver update.
I hope there is a way of resolving this cause i could really do with not having to buy a new new PDA.
Thanks again for your help.
acer removed it from their ftp.... i was also searchin for it to reflash my rom...
finally was able to find it.. thanks to google....
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I currently managed to get a bricked T-Mobile Dash and have tried methods 1 & 2 from here but both methods have failed. It looks like i need to move on to method 3, but it requires a spare windows mobile phone which i do not have. If someone with spare time could lend me their windows mobile phone and their pc so i could perform the method i would deeply appreciate it. I wouldnt be taking anything home or anything, just performing the method at your place borrowing your pc for 5-10 mins.
I think that you have some very bad problems!
Brick normally isn't very good.
damn thats rough guy. I would but im in LI. Also note you need a microSD card that is smaller than 1GB. Thats prob tough to find these days.
thanks for the concern guys, luckly i was able to work the issue out myself with a older WM5 Rom, so mods this can be locked
Good work!
Hi,
I just received my phone, and have a couple of total newbie questions. I have never had an android phone, but, have an unlocked android tablet for my daughter. I unlocked it with info from this site. Awesome help!! I couldn`t have done it without you. Needed a new phone, and couldn`t afford the home prices or contracts for the iphones, galaxies, etc, so went for the Jiayu G3. Just started using mine, but and having problem getting windows 7 computer to recognize the device. The screen looks great and so far, it seems nice, but I am not a phone tech. I`m more of a desperate user, willing to learn and try...with direction from someone with experience.
Has anyone else had a problem with this phone being recognized, I guess as a mass storage device, and is there some solution that someone can help me with?
Also, wondering whether or not to unlock the phone, once the first problem is solved. I don`t know too much about the benefit of the unlock in this case. Can someone share info on that? I SAID I`m a newbie, sorry.
Is there any must have software that any of you more experienced users recommend for this phone?
Does ANYONE know where I can find info on it in English, so that I can figure out what I`m pressing?
Seriously....Thank you!
Easter3 said:
Hi,
I just received my phone, and have a couple of total newbie questions. I have never had an android phone, but, have an unlocked android tablet for my daughter. I unlocked it with info from this site. Awesome help!! I couldn`t have done it without you. Needed a new phone, and couldn`t afford the home prices or contracts for the iphones, galaxies, etc, so went for the Jiayu G3. Just started using mine, but and having problem getting windows 7 computer to recognize the device. The screen looks great and so far, it seems nice, but I am not a phone tech. I`m more of a desperate user, willing to learn and try...with direction from someone with experience.
Has anyone else had a problem with this phone being recognized, I guess as a mass storage device, and is there some solution that someone can help me with?
Also, wondering whether or not to unlock the phone, once the first problem is solved. I don`t know too much about the benefit of the unlock in this case. Can someone share info on that? I SAID I`m a newbie, sorry.
Is there any must have software that any of you more experienced users recommend for this phone?
Does ANYONE know where I can find info on it in English, so that I can figure out what I`m pressing?
Seriously....Thank you!
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Are you still having problems connecting as mass storage as i just plugged mine into my sons windows 7 pc and it installed drivers straight away. Whe you connect to pc does usb connected not show on screen and a turn on usb storage button not appear. If not then when you plug in the cable swipe down from the top of the phone to see the notification area. One of the notifications should read Connected As USB Storage Touch for other usb options. Now yours might say media device or camera (ptp) just push that button and you should be taked to a screen with 3 choices, usb storage-media device-camera(ptp) select usb storage and if drivers do not start to install pull out cable and plug in again and hit connect as usb staorage and then OK. Hope this helps, I have mine rooted but I would not bother as there is going to be an Jelly Bean update released if you root you won't get the over the air update or might even fail and download and manual update. Phone works great just as it is.
hello all! if you have a problem driver download PDANET install it on the PC and connect your phone. install the drivers it must be!
here is that if some help ....
hello,
i bought a samsung focus 2 from ebay not knowing it was originally a store demo model. it was on the 7.5 OS but was able to force the 7.8 official release onto it (just kept doing the update till it went through). but it didn't fix the issue with it loading the demo software once it would boot back up. i have followed all the ideas posted on here about doing soft/hard resets but know the info is stored on a portion of the phone that updates won't overwrite.
i have done my searches on here and they were never answered by the person who started the thread and were quite old as well. is there a generic ROM i can load that will block the demo or does anyone know how i can hack the phone (bootloader, registry) to stop or delete this nonsense.
i cannot get my money back for this phone as the person deleted their ebay/paypal account. i have been on the phone with both and it's just not going to happen. so my only option is to hack the phone.... i don't want to sell it to someone else knowing it has this problem as i know it will come back on me and i just don't have it in me to rip someone off like i was basically just done.
i'm extremely noob when it comes to hacking a phone or registry so would need it in simple instructions.
it seems like a nice phone and would be a great backup so i don't want to brick it or break it. i would like to eventually use it so anyones help would be greatly appreciated.
this is the white samsung focus 2 SGH-I667
now that i look, i'm not 100% sure it actually updated to 7.8. it says it on the about screen, but it feels like it's still on 7.5... how can i be sure it's updated or not.
thanks !
Go to windowsphonehacker.com and try the tutorial for installing custom ROM in Samsung phones.
(I can't post the link because I'm a new member)
7.8 has resizable tiles like wp8, check your start screen
I have the same problem. I bought the demo phone for my wife ): Did you solved ? Thank you.
faaktoo said:
I have the same problem. I bought the demo phone for my wife ): Did you solved ? Thank you.
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if you can find a custom rom for this device then that will do the trick but having looked at the focus 2 forum, it seems to be a device that has received no attention at all!
There are no unlocks, no roms, no nothing!
Mabie the other WP hacking sites might have one but on here there's nothing for that phone, strange!
I'm fooled by the eBay seller. I do not want to cheat someone else.
I can't believe that no one wants to solve the problem with the second generation of Samsun Focus phones!
I'm willing to pay. Just to have functional phone
faaktoo said:
I'm fooled by the eBay seller. I do not want to cheat someone else.
I can't believe that no one wants to solve the problem with the second generation of Samsun Focus phones!
I'm willing to pay. Just to have functional phone
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Hi There I was just reading your post. I think you have a Focus 2? Well I have a Samsung Focus S, and it is also on demo mode, just finished debranding it and interloping it also. I also just finished disabling the demo mode. Don't know if it can also work on the Focus 2, it is just a registry edit. maybe it can work for you. If you still need help email me at [email protected]
Okay so I've been looking for a LONG TIME trying to find a solution to this problem, but have yet to find one, so if this thread is a duplicate issue, please move it to where it needs to be.
I have a Metro PCS Kyocera Hydro XTRM. I rooted the phone and it was fine. I will be the first one to tell you i am a major newbie when it comes to smartphone tweaking. I have been playing with electronics for years, and can pretty much build a desktop computer but newbie when it comes to android devices. So upon suggestion from a dev, I downloaded an app from the play store "BootUnlocker."
As Soon as I rebooted my phone, BAM! It gets stuck on the METRO PCS screen and stays there. I have pretty much tried everything I can think of. I have removed the battery a billion times and tried to hard reset the phone numerous times as well. And now, it won't even turn on but the LED power light on the front flashes when it's plugged in. I was thinking of trying Odin but when I plug the phone into the computer's USB port....it does absolutely nothing...doesn't read a thing.
I am hoping someone will be able to help with this soon as I would really like to know how to go about recovery on a phone that is completely Hard Bricked (as mine is now). If anyone has any suggestions, or has recovered a hard bricked xtrm, I would be so very thankful for your input.
Hi there! I'm afraid XDA doesn't have any information on that device that I can find. So....you can ask in our general Q&A section. I will ask a moderator to move your post there.
This is where it will go....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help?nocache=1&z=581026349682360
The only other suggestion I can give is to try searching the web for info on your device.
Hope you get it worked out!
never mind
Greetings,
I've been here before but forgot my logon info, so hi.
I could really use help finding local in-person help. I've tried to trouble shoot and fix the problem myself, but seem to be only tearing my hair out trying all manner of different things. I've got a Samsung Note 4 (SM-N910T) with bootup issues. I've tried to work through all sorts of various potential solutions but really even with all I read, don't know enough about what's wrong, I've tried downloading Odin, Kies, and even got SkipSoft toolkit. This is the second device I've had with similar problems. I haven't been able to fix either one.
I figure someone to whom this is second nature who is very familiar with these sorts of bootup / boot reloader (mmc, pit issues, downloading, etc.) / freezing on the t-mobile screen issues would be very familiar with this stuff and would be able to fix it a LOT quicker than I can.
I'm trying to find someone local who might be able to help fix it either for $ and/or for trades/barters of some kind. I'm in the Philadelphia, PA / South New Jersey Area (Burlington County & Camden County). Most of the stores that do repairs only seem to want to do things like screen repairs, etc. If I can't find someone in South Jersey or Philly, I may be going to Baltimore soon, or Delaware is even possible.
Any suggestions or referrals are appreciated, thanks!
Interestingstuff said:
Greetings,
I've been here before but forgot my logon info, so hi.
I could really use help finding local in-person help. I've tried to trouble shoot and fix the problem myself, but seem to be only tearing my hair out trying all manner of different things. I've got a Samsung Note 4 (SM-N910T) with bootup issues. I've tried to work through all sorts of various potential solutions but really even with all I read, don't know enough about what's wrong, I've tried downloading Odin, Kies, and even got SkipSoft toolkit. This is the second device I've had with similar problems. I haven't been able to fix either one.
I figure someone to whom this is second nature who is very familiar with these sorts of bootup / boot reloader (mmc, pit issues, downloading, etc.) / freezing on the t-mobile screen issues would be very familiar with this stuff and would be able to fix it a LOT quicker than I can.
I'm trying to find someone local who might be able to help fix it either for $ and/or for trades/barters of some kind. I'm in the Philadelphia, PA / South New Jersey Area (Burlington County & Camden County). Most of the stores that do repairs only seem to want to do things like screen repairs, etc. If I can't find someone in South Jersey or Philly, I may be going to Baltimore soon, or Delaware is even possible.
Any suggestions or referrals are appreciated, thanks!
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Unfortunately this isn't the sort of thing we do at assist. If you have tried kies emergency firmware recovery and that doesn't work all I can suggest is taking it to your local service centre as it may have hardarw issues
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
sawdoctor said:
Greetings and welcome to assist. Unfortunately this isn't the sort of thing we do at assist. If you have tried kies emergency firmware recovery and that doesn't work all I can suggest is taking it to your local service centre as it may have hardarw issues
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I just figured there's gotta be SOME members of XDA who are experienced and local who might be able to help. Do you have a recommendation on where I can post in order to find such local help?
I've tried different things, but I really don't have an intuitive sense for it, or what the error codes mean. Everything I research has so many responses saying different things, on do it this way if.. and then when I try to research how it behaved, or whatever, there are a bunch of different answers to that.
Where do I find a "local service center" that deals with phones of this vintage AND doesn't just want to do things like replace cracked screens?
Interestingstuff said:
I just figured there's gotta be SOME members of XDA who are experienced and local who might be able to help. Do you have a recommendation on where I can post in order to find such local help?
I've tried different things, but I really don't have an intuitive sense for it, or what the error codes mean. Everything I research has so many responses saying different things, on do it this way if.. and then when I try to research how it behaved, or whatever, there are a bunch of different answers to that.
Where do I find a "local service center" that deals with phones of this vintage AND doesn't just want to do things like replace cracked screens?
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You may be able to get someone to assist you through team viewer but we can't really recommend anyone. What is the actual issue if you use kies/odin to return your phone to stock ? If you factory reset and then install stock firmware again and still have issues then it may be hardware problems
Regards
Sawdoctor
sawdoctor said:
You may be able to get someone to assist you through team viewer but we can't really recommend anyone. What is the actual issue if you use kies/odin to return your phone to stock ? If you factory reset and then install stock firmware again and still have issues then it may be hardware problems
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It seems like a different problem each time. I just ran it again (Kies 3) and it said.. Notice F "The PC failed to recognise the mobile phone." (The PC seems to be seeing it as MSM8960 which is different than I saw with my other phone that had problems.) For all I know, this could be partly a windows 10 problem (I've had suuuuch issues with installing drivers for old devices under windows 10,) or it could be my cable, or it could be the phone, or it could be a combination of both. And I'm sure user error is somewhere in there, too.
Interestingstuff said:
It seems like a different problem each time. I just ran it again (Kies 3) and it said.. Notice F "The PC failed to recognise the mobile phone." (The PC seems to be seeing it as MSM8960 which is different than I saw with my other phone that had problems.) For all I know, this could be partly a windows 10 problem (I've had suuuuch issues with installing drivers for old devices under windows 10,) or it could be my cable, or it could be the phone, or it could be a combination of both. And I'm sure user error is somewhere in there, too.
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Have you tried switching to smartswitch instead of kies? That may work better in Windows 10. Also make sure to use emergency firmware recovery and put the phone in download mode
Sent from my SM-N930F using Tapatalk
Sometimes it boots, gets to the t-mobile screen and freezes (blue pulsing led).
Sometimes I get the green guy with it being ok.
Sometimes I get the green guy with errors.
Sometimes I get Firmware upgrade has encountered an error. (with no errors.)
sawdoctor said:
Also make sure to use emergency firmware recovery
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Also, not sure how to use emergency firmware recovery, when I select that option, it asks me for a recovery code... that I don't have and I'm not sure how to get. Then it says something about another PC?
Maybe that is part of my problem, I'm trying firmware upgrade and install because I do have the model and serial number.
and now I can't get it out of odin mode..
Ahhhhhh!!! I *finally* got someone at my phone company to fix the problem with an exchange! (For the record, one of my phones had a problem ages ago and I couldn't get them to fix it under warranty like they should have.) And the 2nd more recent phone with similar problems is also getting fixed!! I'd still like to find some local talent, but... I no longer _need_ it at this time!! YAY!
Thanks for your time and responses, Sawdoctor! Happy new year!