I bought this phone from this guy and when I turn it on it plays the windows 7 video demo like you would see at the store. It is filled with all kinds of calendar crap from a dummy account and I cant get rid of any of it. How do I reinstall the software or is this phone only a demo and now I cant use it? Every time I reset the phone all those fake messages and calendar stuff come back.
You could try flashing a new firmware (if you can find one).
What tools are available to do that right now? Preferably for
A mac but either way is fine
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....try a hard-reset and then when asked, skip the demo function....
Has that worked before? And how go I do a hard reset? I just got this phone
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I've done the reset under the"about phone" area and it didn't fix it
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....could it be you bought a demo phone....? check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829537
Sounds like you got a demo phone, and if you have, you should be contacting the person you bought it from and have them give you a phone that wasn't a store demo (and unfortunately, worst case scenario, was stolen).
Otherwise, you're going to have to find a ROM that fits your phone, and you would need to install it. Instructions on how to do this are everywhere, so give Google a try and it shouldn't be too hard.
Thanks for all the help. If I install a rom to fix it will I still get OTA updates?
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It's a demo phone. Most likely stolen. I don't think there is a ROM for the HD7S yet. I don't think the HD7 ROMs will work. You can try to get it to work, probably brick it, or, I don't know, return the stolen merchandise and get your money back.
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Going to get my money back. I was looking forward to this phone. Thanks for the help everybody
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Hello, I have an issue where I need to send my HTC Sensation in for repair. However, I had to re initiate S-ON, upon doing so. When I went to reboot, I get a blank screen with nothing showing. I can not even get into HBOOT. I know that if I send this to HTC for repair they are going to see I had S-OFF on this phone, and clockwork recovery. So they are going to charge me for the repair.
Anyone out there have any ideas on how to avoid this at all?
Just to let you know I just seen there was another thread on this and went to T-Mobile and they are sending me out a replacement free of charge except the $5 handling fee. Which is nominal at this point, they even let me use a loaner phone. This might be another avenue that people might be able to persue rather than wait the 6-10 business days for HTC to get done with their phone.
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Just to let you know I just seen there was another thread on this and went to T-Mobile and they are sending me out a replacement free of charge except the $5 handling fee. Which is nominal at this point, they even let me use a loaner phone. This might be another avenue that people might be able to persue rather than wait the 6-10 business days for HTC to get done with their phone.
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Yup,they are a lot easier to deal with than HTC.I bricked mine on Christmas eve trying to flash an ICS firmware,contacted T-mo and got my replacement 2 days ago.
Got my new one a day later. Thank God that I had insurance on my phone so they replaced it. I told them that an OTA update must have corrupted the Android OS data.
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Hello, I have an issue where I need to send my HTC Sensation in for repair. However, I had to re initiate S-ON, upon doing so. When I went to reboot, I get a blank screen with nothing showing. I can not even get into HBOOT. I know that if I send this to HTC for repair they are going to see I had S-OFF on this phone, and clockwork recovery. So they are going to charge me for the repair.
Anyone out there have any ideas on how to avoid this at all?
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Did you flash the stock ROM before you put S-ON?
No I did not, that is the mistake that was made. Going to wit for the official launch of ICS before rooting my phone again so I don't have the same issue again.
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Poor HTC... It wasn't their fault...
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Same boat. ROM worked great... Now I'm bricked. Got my replacement today. Gonna wait a few days before sending bricked one to T Mo... Can they tell if I have S Off? Or do I hope for the best... Also in their terms and conditions they "conveniently" sent me it says " tampering or modifying your device is a violation that directly harms T-Mobile which cannot be fully redressed by money damages,and that T-Mobile shall be entitled to immediate injunctive relief in addition to all other remedies available." Should I be scared to send it back to them...? Lol
They don't mind. I had dust under screen and sent it back. I sent them it with miui lol. It came back still s offd but with the latest ota
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Okay I'm not into windows 7 phones but I'm helping out a friend. She said its been a common thing with the HTC surround. It boots to the bootsplash(the HTC logo) and doesnt do anything afterward. She hasnt rooted or whatever they call it here lol but can anyone help me on a solution? Warranty is out of the question. But please and thanks for anyone that can help me
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Sounds like either bad hardware or bad firmware... if it hasn't been modified in any way, I'm not sure what you expect us to suggest. This isn't a tech support forum.
The only thing I can think of to try is get into the flashing mode and re-flash the stock OS. Alternatively, if it has an old enough bootloader, install HSPL and flash a custom ROM. Neither of those will help if it's a hardware problem, though.
Yeah I know I'm not expecting tech support just seeing if there was something I could flash it with I'm an android user so I don't know the ways around wp7 could you supply some links possibly?
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Pull the simcard out, wipe the connectors and put it back in.
Had that happen once before with my surround (that my wife now uses to play games and facebook since i got my titan). Simcard was my issue.
Not really that common of an issue.
If the doesn't do it, it's one of 3 things.
messed up flash on built in sd card. if that's the case you need to reset the phone.
1st try a zune restore - you can try to start the phone while holding the power and camera button until you see an image of the phone requesting to be connected to computer once you connect zune should launch and try to restore the device. This should bring you back to the last backup (if you ever made one) that zune took.
if that doesn't work, straight hard reset...
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-perform-a-hard-reset-on-your-htc-surround-guide/
And finally in emergency- take the phone apart and replace the built in sd card
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BiZzfdWDR4
When your done with above you would have to hard reset it. You will need a fast card and do a little research but it's a nice upgrade if you drop a 32gb card in.
Basically my girlfriends evo shift has pretty much bitten the dust, the backlight on the screen only works sporadically and i really don't want to fuss with trying to replace the cable, I just want to return it to sprint and get a replacement handset for her ( I know it's EOL but we can't upgrade till next year hoping replacement wont cost too much). I've been cruising the forums as well as google, trying to find a way to get it back to stock from CM7, I have read all the forum threads about how to do it I'm just having a couple issues.
1. none of the links for the ruus or roms seem to work anymore, I'm not being able to reach multiupload, don't know if its the firewall here or if the site is just buggered, anyone have an alternative d/l site?
2. HTC sync can't find the phone, windows definitely finds it ok, but htc sync says no device is connected, any thoughts?
I'd appreciate any help/thoughts anyone might have, I have full protection on our handsets so if there might even be a way to just bypass this and get sprint to replace the handset, I'd be fine with that too, I've got her info backed up so I'm rearin to get this thing done.
* weird side note, we replaced her handset last year on the 11th of April going from palm pre to the shift because her pre's keyboard stopped working, she may be annually cursed..
*I failed and writing failed...
Here's the PG06IMG.zip ruu. Just put it on the root of your sd and boot into bootloader. This is the 2.2 ruu http://db.tt/l36imqH1
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thanks much
Thanks much! my head was getting tired of being slammed into my desk.
hello, I have an HTC inspire and volume button up dose not work half the time. trying to find a place to get it fixed. e-mailed HTC still waiting to hear back from them. not going threw ATT unless I really have too because then I would get a refurbished phone. I was wondering has any one heard of someone trying to fix it their self or maybe a third party repair place like best buy. any thoughts would be great.
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hello, I have an HTC inspire and volume button up dose not work half the time. trying to find a place to get it fixed. e-mailed HTC still waiting to hear back from them. not going threw ATT unless I really have too because then I would get a refurbished phone. I was wondering has any one heard of someone trying to fix it their self or maybe a third party repair place like best buy. any thoughts would be great.
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Not sure about your specific case, but generally, when you get a product, there is a listing in one of the included booklets that lists authorized service centers. Usually in the warranty booklet.
But with Branded devices, I'm not sure about this. ATT might have removed it, just so you would have to give it to "them".
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hello, I have an HTC inspire and volume button up dose not work half the time. trying to find a place to get it fixed. e-mailed HTC still waiting to hear back from them. not going threw ATT unless I really have too because then I would get a refurbished phone. I was wondering has any one heard of someone trying to fix it their self or maybe a third party repair place like best buy. any thoughts would be great.
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craigslist has some people offering cellphone repair.
thanks for the info
i final got a hold of htc and going to maybe send it to them for free. its still under warranty.
I recently bought a Samsung Blaze from my friend who upgraded to an Iphone 5 for $50.
I really enjoyed the phone, but being the autist I am I couldn't handle the bloaty pink addons that tmobile had provided. In addition I had numerous prompts about how my phone couldn't complete wireless calling due to my dated prepaid sim card.
I decided to use keyes to upgrade to ICS, which provided no new differences.
I then decided to go to my local library to root my phone on a windows machine.
During my first attempt I was rushed, and ended up soft bricking my phone.
My second attempt was sucessfull in rooting and installing the clockwork mod.
I tried downloading liquid smooth and installing it, like a moron ( i assumed all roms would work with any device considering that I really couldn't find a specific set of roms for the device). I ended up hard bricking it.
Now, what do I do?
Can I go to tmobile and play dumb, despite the fact that I do not have a contract with them and just a prepaid sim? Would they offer a replacement even without a receipt (its got TMOBILE plastered all over the front in that respect).
or
Should I just play dumb with Samsung? Say that my power went out when installing ICS on kies and my phone wont turn on? Will they send me a refurbished one?
or should I just sent it here mobiletech videos .mybigc om merce.co m/s amsung-gala xy-blaze-4g-jt ag-bric k-repa ir/
It might be nice to have it unlocked and rooted, and I guess I could have them install a rom I want in that event.
Any insights are much appreciated.
I've hard-bricked my Blaze once. All I did was send it back(not in store) and get a new replacement one.. As some people suggested, have you tried getting in download mode? ROMs as you've learned don't work with any device. That's why we have a separate forum for our device . Which LiquidSmooth did you use? In the Dev forum(for the Blaze) we have a LiquidSmooth ROM..
Neither T-Mobile nor Samsung are obligated to replace the phone for a number of reasons, but you could give calling them a try if all else fails. Samsung might be willing to replace it if it has been less than a year since it was purchased, but my experience with them is that they wont honor a warranty without a receipt if you're not the original owner.
First try getting the phone into download mode and using ODIN to reflash the stock rom tar, following the directions of course: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
You really can't hard brick this phone... I've even wiped all partitions abd got it back..
Get it to download mode and you are good
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You really can't hard brick this phone... I've even wiped all partitions abd got it back..
Get it to download mode and you are good
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Its very difficult to hard brick that's for sure.
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I've hard-bricked my Blaze once. All I did was send it back(not in store) and get a new replacement one.. As some people suggested, have you tried getting in download mode? ROMs as you've learned don't work with any device. That's why we have a separate forum for our device . Which LiquidSmooth did you use? In the Dev forum(for the Blaze) we have a LiquidSmooth ROM..
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To specify, it is not reacting to any button presses at all. The soft brick that I previously did just made it freeze at the tmobile spash screen, which I fixed by returning to stock.
I cannot currently turn on the phone, nor get it to download mode. I will not indicate if it is charging, and plugging it into the computer brings up "improppertly removed media" prompts on my computer screen.
I only have osx and linux, so I kind of rushed when the library was closing and downloaded a stable version of liquid smooth, turned on usb storage on my phone, then launched the zip file from clockwork rom manager, just as some random web page told me to.
When you said you returned it back, did you mean tmobile or samsung? Did they ask for receipt or for your sim card to still be in the device; or did they just take it and give you a new one because it was clearly marked as a tmobile device?
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To specify, it is not reacting to any button presses at all. The soft brick that I previously did just made it freeze at the tmobile spash screen, which I fixed by returning to stock.
I cannot currently turn on the phone, nor get it to download mode. I will not indicate if it is charging, and plugging it into the computer brings up "improppertly removed media" prompts on my computer screen.
I only have osx and linux, so I kind of rushed when the library was closing and downloaded a stable version of liquid smooth, turned on usb storage on my phone, then launched the zip file from clockwork rom manager, just as some random web page told me to.
When you said you returned it back, did you mean tmobile or samsung? Did they ask for receipt or for your sim card to still be in the device; or did they just take it and give you a new one because it was clearly marked as a tmobile device?
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Well I had a warranty. I talked to the T-Mobile guy over the phone and they said they would send me one.. Just call them. But make sure you don't say anything about trying to get a custom ROM lol.
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