shkoehle, i have the exact same problem. so weird... i've had my phone for about 11 months, and use it pretty heavily, especially opera mini. phone is always charging when i go to sleep, and on the second battery.
this morning, woke up and the phone froze. hit the soft reset, and up came the red green and blue screen. anyway after a couple hours of fiddling around, googling, reading forums, and a hard reset (which wasn't necessary), i figured out that either a usb cable plugged in from my computer, or as you describe, the combo headphone/usb "Y" cable will allow it to soft reset and skip the red/green/blue screen. this is a very repeatable process for me.
does anyone know what is causing this? why such a strange symptom? i agree with other members who've stated on this thread that the usb/charging jack is subject to lots of use and wear.
a buddy of mine had installed SPL-2.40.Olipro or something like that on my phone, and it's really served me well over the past 11 months. i was wondering, if i run the nueSPL-Relocker to get it ready to take into Sprint, will it still get to the red/green/blue screen, and require that "Y" cable to reset? or is the symptom somehow also related to the modded rom?
thanks all.
* in the meantime, i guess i can carry the "Y" cable around in my pocket as well
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Originally Posted by shkoehle
I have had my Mogul for 11 months. It has worked fine and I have been happy with it. One day I also got the Rainbow color screen. I have never loaded any custom ROMs. What i found is that the isue is with the serial connection on the device. as stated above, when I plugged in the "Y" cable that has the round 1/16" headphone jack, the device would boot up fine.  It will not boot with the dual USB "Y" cable. Not sure why? (I hate the strange USB connection and the fact that I cannot get a 3.5mm headphone connection  ) Anyway. I also had issues with the active sync function. the USB cable was fine as the phone showed charge when connected to the USB port. I swapped to the Dual USB "Y" cord and Now when I plugged in the junk USB headphone that came with the phone into the USB "Y" cord Active Sync worked. Not sure Why but I need it to work until I can get a replacement. I may see if there is a loose connection on the USB connector on the device. If you care for the device, the only part that gets wear is the connector. (I have a Invis-a-shield screen protector on it so the screen is still perfect!)
I Hope this helps someone. |