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I've got a MDA which has a broken lcd. Its just cracked slightly, but still displays fine. I did a Clear Storage and now the phone has reset and is giving me the "tap here to set up your device" wizard. I need to bypass this and any screen alignment that may come up since the LCD touch feature no longer works. I've done it before when I got the phone, but I cant find the thread nor remember the steps.
Any help is appreciated.
you really can't. i heard theres a way you can flash a rom where the config has already been done, but i don't remember where i saw it
fzzyrn said:
you really can't. i heard theres a way you can flash a rom where the config has already been done, but i don't remember where i saw it
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create a file on the root of your storage card called welcome.not
TylerC161 said:
I've got a MDA which has a broken lcd. Its just cracked slightly, but still displays fine. I did a Clear Storage and now the phone has reset and is giving me the "tap here to set up your device" wizard. I need to bypass this and any screen alignment that may come up since the LCD touch feature no longer works. I've done it before when I got the phone, but I cant find the thread nor remember the steps.
Any help is appreciated.
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I believe this should help you.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-my-mobiler-v1-2.html
At least I hope it does.
Just create a file named WELCOME.NOT on your storage card and do a hard reset.
HI , I had this problem with all my old crashed PPC ,,, so delete this file and reboot ,,, /Windows/Startup/Welcome.exe
U can use the "Activesynce Explorer to browse the Windows Directory
Enjoy..........
use "Remote screen alignment" tool and bypass your start screen easily. search this tool in forum. you will get it easily..
Regards
welcome.not and http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-...iler-v1-2.html
THANK YOU SO MUCH kfletch and le_cactus. I'm not sure which of these worked since I did both but the welcome screen FINALLY went away. it took a while. i had to install the Mobiler software and I had problems getting my ActiveSync up but I created the welcome file by going to the desktop of my pc, right click, new , text document, i changed the default name "New Text Document.txt to Welcome.not" then I right clicked to copy it. Next---Once the Microsoft Activesync came up, I clicked on Explore --> My Windows Based Device ---> Storage Card then I selected paste to paste the welcome.not file. After this it gets a little tricky because your device has to sync again to filter the file back down to the phone. This took a while. Then after a few resets, the Mobiler software finally read 'connected', then it gives you a screen shot of your mobile device, i did a soft reset a few MORE times and it worked. It's not as cut and dry as previous posts made it sound. it's a pain in the butt.
My touch screen (T-Mobile Wing) stopped working after I used it in the bathroom while in the bathtub (I don't know what the heck I was thinking), well later that day the screen stopped working and the genius at tech support had me do a hard reset and software upgrade, which did NOT help. (whatever you do, don't call tech support, especially if the white dot beneath the battery is another color---you're screwed!!!)--AFTER tech support messes up your phone they won't bother to help you if they think it's due to water damage! I'm going to see if I can locate the forum regarding reloading the touch screen drivers. I think that may be the problem.
thanks dear I try i350 gSMART and working.
how do you select "YES" when mymobiler tries to install on the phone?
my screen is also broken, and i bypassed the welcome screen, but when i tried to install mymobiler, i cannot let the phone install remote.exe
any help?
this is ur answer
go to this its my room iam build it and not have align screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546422
Thanks a lot folks from XDA! I had screen broked and this works just fine! Cingular 8125 WM5. tks
ah_hin said:
how do you select "YES" when mymobiler tries to install on the phone?
my screen is also broken, and i bypassed the welcome screen, but when i tried to install mymobiler, i cannot let the phone install remote.exe
any help?
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Buy a not broken screen
HTC TYTN(Hermes 200)
Hi there i have an HTC TYTN, happens that i'm suposed to have the same problem (maybe broken screen).
The phone was working fine untill today.
I can't bypass the screen alignment; i tryed both ways.
What can i be doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.
Bypassing with "logic"
Hi there;
In my case; i found a way to bypass it.
My screen has a 4mm scratch in the top left of the screen.
so i just pressed the bottom of the cursor (NOT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO PRESS - "in the top left cursor" - where the scratch is)
after that i could use my phone again.
Also after this try finding the correct registry screen alignment and save it.
It will work properly.
welcome.not works for TyTN II with unresponsive touch screen . Blank micro SD card with just one blank file welcome.not. You can insert the sd card just before you hard reset
It worked in OMNIA II and passed the screen calibration..Thanks a lot guys!!!
Hello all... got kind of a big problem that i at the moment don't have an answer to,..
inastalled advanced configuration tool 3.2 on HTC Polaris, the first crash i had was when I enabled animation for menus... (the start menu turned black and the polaris froze), but when i managed to start the advanced configuration tool i unchecked it and it was ok,...
the MAJOR PROBLEM accured when I set the touch screen sensitivity, because the touch part of the screen is inresponsive,.. meaning it does not work at all,.. tryed very hart pressing but it doesn't do it.. the problem is because i can't reach eg start menu or the lower 2 shortcuts with hard button cursor (the wheel)... gestures work however, so i can call the touch flo cube but am not able to select anything, and sam thing goes for enetering pin,.. so i'm not able to make phone calls at the moment.. did few hard resets, and uninstalled the adv. conf. tool but nothing helped... can anyone tel me where (and how to get there) can i adjust this back to normal, i wanted to do this in the advanced configuration tool 3.2 but the problem is you cant make any changes since the screen doesn't work,.. same with reinstalling the program, i can select to install it on a card but canot "click" on next since the screen doesn't do it and the hard keys "can't go there"
so really really someone help me please...
thnx
Are you sure you hard reset and this problem went away or did you mean soft reset?
Maybe aligning the screen will help reset the pressure? Click the button in the middle of the wheel and the GPS button at the same time, the Windows align screen pops up. See if that helps.
I find it very hard to believe that you hard reset and the touch screen sensitivity is still not there. That can't be right.
Hi,
thanx for the reply,... another problem that accoured afterwards was that my friend held the end button (wich locks the keys, screen) and the phone was additionally locked... and literally nothing (again NOTHING ) helped, spent 5 hours trying to save the situation,.. i did soft reset (so your assumption was right) but when later tryed hard reset it probably wasn't done since the instructions say you do it with holding gps and iExplorer buttons while soft reseting it... this resulted in getting the "hard reset screen" wich says to confirm hard reset with hitting the send button, wich unfortunatelly i wasnt able to find in hard keys, and nothing else but this warning text was on the screen as well.. so in the end it probably ended upo wit soft resetting it, anyways it didn't help,... i decided to reinstall the rom i downloaded on htc official site,... it went thru ok and the phone is , though out of the box at least functional,... but in the end, i must admit that am a little surprised this happened with this tool pack (i actually avoided altering the registers just in order to avoid this kid of situations since i don't really know much about these things)... was expecting it to work (in my case) a bit better, more stable. All i wanted really was to get a bit louder speaker volume when ringing and ability to alter the HTC home toolbar, since i find the weather screen totaly irreliable and never really use it, so i thought I would have sth there that i might really have some use of..
well nevertheless.. the phone is working, that's all that matters at the mom so i can again start finishing my phd wich i am defending in a week
PS. the fact that you can not do practically anything without the touch screen just sucks big time, if i compare it to the mouse on pc,... i saved the situation many times with the keybord .. in 1 word strange
take care
My Mobile
Perhaps you should have tryied out the "My Mobile" aplication that allows you to use your mobile from a PC.
It shows a windows with the mobile screen and you can touch it and use the mobile like if you was touching the REAL mobile...
Late for that solucion, perhaps another with that problem can solve it this way...
Chears
@gastonfama: am not sure this would help, since a friend that has htc diamond has this tool pack on and it work k ok on his phone,.. that's why i predicted that it is going to be stable enough on mnie as well,.. so in my thinking, if the 2 htc that are rather alike had such different "reaction", than an emulation would be even less comparable to mine, thanks though
Had the same problem with Schaps_AdvancedConfig and wrong HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\TouchPanel\PressureThreshold setting.
XML I used had "200" as advised value (system default is 2908!),
after changing you could hit it with a hammer and nothing.
Managed to set is back to recommended value 9000 using MyMobiler app and all problems gone.
See also HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\TouchPanel\PressureThreshold
sys default is 18866, I use now 19866 and I'm happy
Check tips&tricks thread
I got the same problem, I wanna to install "My Mobiler" but due to the screen is locked, I can't continue the installation, any help ?
well as far as I see here (forgot how i installed it after previous post) you have an exe here :
http://www.mymobiler.com/downsafe.aspx
so you will install it from the pc anyways, but how will you make the confirm on where to install it (mybe if you put storage card out and there will be only 1 memory option, but you will still have to confirm installation i guess).. i wasnt able to confirm without the screen on polaris,.. maybo on some other phone
double post...mistake
I had that same screen not working problem after tweaking the phone with advanced config 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, only hardware buttons work.
Problem can only be solved by Hard Reset. Version 2.2 I think is the only one that works (not thoroughly tested though)
Hi everybody!
I'm having problems with my Pocket PC.
It all begun a while ago, when a part of my screen stopped working (didn't respond to touches). So I did a hard reset. Then, it wouldn't pass the Align Screen procedure. So I made a file on the Pocket PC root folder called welcome.not - and it worked, the welcome screen was bypassed.
Now, however, everything on the screen is mirrored. Not the image on the screen but the response to my touches. So when I press the upper right corner with my stylus, it reacts in the lower left - and reverse, across the whole screen.
What I want now is of course a state like before the hard-reset. I can accept a part of the screen not working, but I want something at least to be useable.
I think this would be easily fixed by just running Align Screen, but that doesn't work - it gets stuck in a infinite loop.
Maybe there are some Align Screen "profiles" to place in the windows folder/registry?
I'm using a HP iPAQ 214 Enterprise.
Randor244
might it be a ROM problem?
Maybe, though I think the problem is that the screen is completely unaligned and therefore is totally wierd.
What I think I need is:
1. An application to browse the PPC registry from a desktop PC
2. Sceen align data to put in in the registry (I've read somewhere else that that data is stored in the registry)
Or, maybe I'm wrong
In case it is a rom problem, can I solve it easily in any way?
well to be honest, the first thing i'd do is switch a ROM... unless it's a ROM you got from XDA and is well-known..
if the rom switching doesn't work, i'd download a pda control app like MyMobiler or SOTI Pocket Controller to fix this. maybe you have hardware problems with your screen..
I don't know where the screen alignment data sits in the registry but i'm sure you can find it on this forum. if you manage to change and it still doesn't work... maybe replac ea screen? there's a marketplace section in which you might be able to buy spare parts.. and there are guide on dismantling so you can replace the screen yourself
well to be honest, the first thing i'd do is switch a ROM... unless it's a ROM you got from XDA and is well-known..
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Well, I havn't got much knowledge on how to do these things... Could I get a brief explanation?
I know what ROM is and so on... but how to switch it... hmm...
I'm sorry, can't help you with that.. i'm not familiar with the iPaq... but I understand that you never switched a ROM so it's probably the original one.. and you shouldn't have a problem with it.
try aligning your screen using the registry.. if it doesn't work.. i'd go with replacing a screen.
Yeah, I would also like to align the screen using the registry - but how? I need to know some values to input, right? And as far as I know they need to be specific for my model
So how?
maybe you can contact HP and ask them?
So, I decided to try Ultimate X2 BetaII. Here's my problem:
I decided to flash to OEM ROM first, as I've read this is better with some ROMs, but I think I did something stupid. Instead of using the .exe file to install (_ATT Tilt_RUU_Kaiser_CINGULAR_WWE_3.57.502.2_radio_sign_25.88.40.05_1.65.21.18_Ship.exe), I decided I wanted to install with my SD card, so I extracted the .nb file (KaiserIMG_CINGULAR_WWE_3.57.502.2_radio_sign_25.88.40.05_1.65.21.19_Ship.nbh) and renamed it "KAISIMG.nbh" and copied it to my SD card. I installed with the standard SD card method, and now I'm stuck at a (seemingly) endless screen alignment that loops over and over. The only posts I've found so far on this topic seem to deal with hardware issues, but my screen has worked okay until now, so I'm guessing I screwed something up software-wise by impatiently trying my own idea, instead of following instructions.
Mind you all, this is only my second attempt at flashing a ROM, and the first one I flashed was months ago, so you can consider me somewhat of a newb.
By the way, I just tried going through the screen align twenty times to see if there was any change, and I'm still stuck there. I haven't tried making a welcome.not file yet, but I'll give it a shot now. It seems like even if that works, there should be a way to fix my problem properly. Any ideas?
welcome.not
Welcome.not does get me past the align screen and into the Ultimate X2 Beta II ROM. This does, of course leave me unable to align my screen with the WM app. Still looking for a "proper" fix.
Did you try a different ROM?
RE: Did you try a different ROM?
I first had the screen alignment problem after flashing the OEM ROM. Afterward, I flashed Ultimate X2 Beta II, and the problem persisted. I flashed back to OEM, and the problem was still there, so I flashed back to Ultimate X2, and after conferming the existance of the same issue, I used the welcome.not bypass. I suppose this will be okay, if I can find another way to align the screen, besides the WM screen alignment utility. I saw a post regarding a possible Reg key that changes the max screen alignment repeats. Perhaps altering that key would make it save my initial alignment and end the infinite loop?
P.S. Does anyone know of a screen alignment utility that works from the device and saves the settings, a way of working around the WM utility?
Registry Keys?
Are there registry keys I could alter to fix my screen alignment?
You do have a correct HARDspl right? When you enter bootloader you should see hard spl. Flash another spl and see what happens. Sorry im not of more help but im on my phone.
I have HardSPL 3.29. Ultimate X2 Beta II is running quit well. Radio's working fine, too. I just can't figure out my screen alignment issue. If someone could hook me up with a screen alignment file or registry settings, and perhaps clue me in a little on how to implement, that would, perhaps, be a temporary fix.
Well then think old school. If the cross is moving when you press it i would think the digitizer is ok. So clean the edges around the screen really good. Maybe some lint or dust around the edges. Also maybe loosen the screws on the back a little in case the screen is in a bind.
Yeah, I think the digitizer is fine. I already cleaned the edges with a business card. I don't have a torx kit with me, but I'll keep the screw loosening in mind. I figured the problem must be a result of extracting the .nbh file from the OEM install file, rather than running the .exe. However, flashing again (I used the .exe files for the OEM and Ultimate X2 the second cycle of flashing, rather than using my SD card) hasn't helped. I ran across the following thread, and am downloading the app now. I don't know if it will help, but maybe if someone else runs it and extracts their alignment settings, they can post them for me to try out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396466
Reg Key
Here's another instance of the same type of solution:
corollatercel said:
So i've been having problems with the screen alignment on mine since i had one spot on my MDA screen that was dead and my screen was cracked so the alignment wizard basically got stuck in limbo when I tried to calibrate it. SO basically what I had to do was download PHM Registry Editor and change the registry key touch referenced in here.
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My touchscreen had a crack only at the bottom. After skipping the 'align screen' during initial ROM load, I lived with a non-functional touch screen for a day or two. I then remembered the post from equinoxe that had registry settings for his phone. I took those settings and updated my registry. I now have a decent touch screen - at least the top 3/4 works fine.
The key and settings are:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\TOUCH]
"CalibrationData"="1922,1957 3330,639 3317,3276 600,3230 609,677 "
I could surmise that the screen is being treated as a square of 3900 x 3900 dots. 0,0 seems to be the top, right corner.
kernelguy
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Afterwards I used the remote alignment tool (attached) to retrieve the correct settings from the correctly aligned mda(after changing the registry key then rebooting the device) then made sure the file was saved on my pc....normally it's saved by default in the C:\Program Files\Code Factory\Remote Screen Alignment directory. The file was called WIZA200.dat. I did a soft reset then when the alignment screen came up I did the skip function in the remote screen alignment application and it automatically read the proper calibration from the wiza200.dat file and then properly calibrated my mda now my screen is properly calibrated even though i never ran the alignment wizard.
So here are the Instructions folks:
1. Download the latest activesync and connect your mda to your computer and verify your device is connected(not as guest)
2. Perform a soft/hard reset on your MDA then tap your screen to start the screen alignment wizard
3. Download the remote screen alignment tool attached and install it on your machine.
4. Download the wiza200.txt file attached and rename it to WIZA200.dat then put it in the C:\Program Files\Code Factory\Remote Screen Alignment directory on your computer
5. Ensure your MDA is connected to your pc(A green activesync Icon usually indicates a connection )
6. Open the remote screen alignment tool on your pc meanwhile your phone be displaying the alignment screen wizard.
7. Click SKIP in the screen alignment tool.
Assuming everything went fine a message box displaying "The operation has been completed successfully. Your device will be restarted." should pop up on your computer and your device should restart. Afterwards your phone will run the files it always does when you do a soft/hard reset then you touch screen should be properly calibrated and work fine.
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If someone could do a fresh, accurate screen alignment and report the registry key settings, I could try editing them for myself and see if that does it.
check your pm
check your pm
Thanks!
Thanks for the help, guys. I found the kaiser.dat file in the program's directory, opened with notepad, and copied the string into the appropriate reg key:
2002,1944 3292,635 3352,3272 681,3268 624,673
Thanks, lewnetoons, for providing your info, as well:
1862,1960 3131,673 3129,3260 628,3291 635,655
I suspect my digitizer may need replacement because it wasn't terribly accurate before I encountered this problem, but I'll have to find a proper solution for the "Align Screen" loop for a new digitizer to even matter. This is enough to appease me for now, as my screen is now responding semi-accurately, but if anyone can come up with a fix for my align screen loop, so I won't have to rely on the "welcome.not" fix, I would appreciate it a LOT.
A little off-topic, but it seems to me that five points isn't enough to align the whole digitizer in the first place.
Thanks a lot, guys, I'm good for now.
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Thanks for the help, guys. I found the kaiser.dat file in the program's directory, opened with notepad, and copied the string into the appropriate reg key:
2002,1944 3292,635 3352,3272 681,3268 624,673
Thanks, lewnetoons, for providing your info, as well:
1862,1960 3131,673 3129,3260 628,3291 635,655
I suspect my digitizer may need replacement because it wasn't terribly accurate before I encountered this problem, but I'll have to find a proper solution for the "Align Screen" loop for a new digitizer to even matter. This is enough to appease me for now, as my screen is now responding semi-accurately, but if anyone can come up with a fix for my align screen loop, so I won't have to rely on the "welcome.not" fix, I would appreciate it a LOT.
A little off-topic, but it seems to me that five points isn't enough to align the whole digitizer in the first place.
Thanks a lot, guys, I'm good for now.
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glad you got it fixed my brother
It occurs to me that I may not have been clear in my first post. I didn't use NBHExtract or anything. I opened the exe with 7-Zip, extracted the larger of two nbh files, renamed it, copied it to my SD card, and flashed it to my phone. I don't know why I did it that way, and it seems like it sort of worked, but something was lost in translation. I've done half a dozen or so flashes since then, but the problem still exists. Any insight into a possible permanent solution for this semi-permanent problem would be very much appreciated.
So, I've gone through a few flashes and my screen alignment still works for the most part, but it can be a pain in the ass using programs that have have small expandable menus or buttons at the bottom of the screen. I can fine tune this a little better using my slow, primitive hand-modify the registry method, but I would still appreciate any input on fixing the problem.
I guess I'm looking for one of two possible solutions:
1. A program that does exactly what the built-in screen alignment utility does.
2. A way to fix whatever I ****ed up, so I can use the screen alignment utility without it looping infinitely.
So, once again, does anyone have any helpful input?
Bob_Beard said:
So, I've gone through a few flashes and my screen alignment still works for the most part, but it can be a pain in the ass using programs that have have small expandable menus or buttons at the bottom of the screen. I can fine tune this a little better using my slow, primitive hand-modify the registry method, but I would still appreciate any input on fixing the problem.
I guess I'm looking for one of two possible solutions:
1. A program that does exactly what the built-in screen alignment utility does.
2. A way to fix whatever I ****ed up, so I can use the screen alignment utility without it looping infinitely.
So, once again, does anyone have any helpful input?
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try flashing abu's new rom that doesn't require screen alignment. see what happens.
I flashed it within hours of its release, but I'm not sure how it's affected me, since I still keep "welcome.not" in the root directory of my SD card, and I input my alignment config into the registry after every flash. I may expirament with it, though, by removing "welcome.not" and/or reflashing.
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I flashed it within hours of its release, but I'm not sure how it's affected me, since I still keep "welcome.not" in the root directory of my SD card, and I input my alignment config into the registry after every flash. I may expirament with it, though, by removing "welcome.not" and/or reflashing.
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yeah give it a try and see what happens
Hi, would be really glad to get some help to get by the align screen!
The display is a little scratchy but it works, now 2 questions:
1: is there a way to using the computer or somthing to get rid of the align screen
Had this problem once before after installing a new rom, but then it worked out after many tries, but now it seems impossible just keep hunting the cross
2: Can you change the plasic over the touch screen (i have a HTC touch diamond)
Tnx in advance /would like to try the now rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521941
Can you connect via active sync?
If so you can use MyMobiler to connect and click to align.
Or I also found this:
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/sams...02003-skip-align-screen-after-hard-reset.html
not sure what it is, but it might help...
fnx for the fast reply, tried my mobiler and i see the screen on my computer but i cant use the mouse to align - still need to push on the screen on the mobile... and i cant get by the align screen, ill guess ill try the other link u had there! tnx again
Unplug the phone and just hit the power button off for a couple seconds and hit it back on.
If that doenst get you out of align screen just reboot the device and when it starts back up and gets stuck at align screen just plug it into your computer and wait till it syncs with active sync. Now use the computer to delete welcome.lnk from device memory/windows/startup folder. Unplug the phone and reboot the phone again.
Let me know if this helps you out.
Ryan
tnx, for the help, i used the program on the first link and it worked - guess deleting the welcome.lnk work aswell!!! Now to the second question, can you replace the scratched plastic? i cant use the upper right corner on the touchscreen, kinda annoing to not be able to press the x or ok botton there....
Tnx again
cant find windows folder when i connect it to the pc? program dont work anymore so i guess its only to delete the welcome.lnk left but cant find it on my device?`what to do, cant get pas align screen...
Hit back home or "hang up". If you cant figure out how to use your phone, frankly, replacing the screen is probably gonna be to difficult for you to deal with yourself. Take it to a repair shop or get a new one.
Nothing works... just keep hunting the cross on align screen, cant get past it using the program on the link, and not buy pressing power button on and off, tried every button on the phone aswell, and cant find windows folder when connecting to active sync!!! so any ideas would be apprechiated
make sure in the folder option onthe pc you allow the pc to see hidden files and folders
windows is a system folder and they really dont like people pising about with it
so just enabling the "show hidden files and folders" in the option should show the windows folder also you may run into and issue were you cant delete the file you need to as its prtected. to get round this you need to download total commander on ur phone then navigate to windows folder and delete the file
totalcommander will erase anything you want as itll get round the protection
Hi, tanks for all the help, but it starts to get really annoying.... tried everything you guys have told me, but nothing work Found the windows folder but i cant delete the welcome.lnk as you told me! cant install total commander because i cant get past align screen - what to do? tnx again
look for an program called everywan for the pc
its a bit like my mobiler but itll show you memort processes running on the phone all you have to do is quit the welcome head app then you can get into phone. then use total commander to delete the file
this will need to be done one everyhard reset