HOW TO: Bootloader and hard reset without the stylus!

[FastRX8]

I added a section of other devices that support this method.

For those that are not familiar w/ the Touch Diamond, the reason this is significant, is that the reset button is behind the battery cover.

Unlike the Apache/Mogul/Touch/Touch Pro and I'm sure several others, the Diamond is a bit of a hassle to hit the reset button since you have to remove the battery cover.

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by FastRX8

*** Updated***

Note: Push and hold all the corresponding buttons to activate selected mode

Bootloader = VolumeDown + PowerButton
Trigger Bootloader = VolumeDown + BackArrow + PowerButton
Hardreset = VolumeDown + OK + PowerButton

excellent stuff. simple and in kiddy terms, jus like i like..lol..but seriously..this post helped make my first flash today that much easier(gota love a 512mb sd card formatted to fat32)

[darocks1999]

Just take the battery out and then put it back in and immediately press power+vol down+enter(big round button). It should hard reset ..works every time.

[meatgel]

this should be a sticky ....

[redd214]

man this works great, will save me a lot of time. thanx for this

[meatgel]

SYMPTOMS that may mean you need to force bootloader:

If you are stuck on the screen with red letters; a soft reset turns to a hard reset; you're in a re-boot cycle; anytime you pull the battery from a freeze and the phone doesn't boot correctly ...

there may be more I missed.

After you put your phone in bootloader it may be best to flash to a stock or shipped ROM before flashing to your choice of custom ROMs.

[FastRX8]

Originally Posted by meatgel

SYMPTOMS that may mean you need to force bootloader:

If you are stuck on the screen with red letters; a soft reset turns to a hard reset; you're in a re-boot cycle; anytime you pull the battery from a freeze and the phone doesn't boot correctly ...

there may be more I missed.

After you put your phone in bootloader it may be best to flash to a stock or shipped ROM before flashing to your choice of custom ROMs.

Thanks. Added to the first post.

[kodey01]

I'm sorry, i used this method everytime i flash from internal storage, but what is "bootloader". I obviously use the triggered bootloader. So what does the bootloader do?

[FastRX8]

Originally Posted by kodey01

I'm sorry, i used this method everytime i flash from internal storage, but what is "bootloader". I obviously use the triggered bootloader. So what does the bootloader do?

While triggered bootloader allows you to load a rom from the internal storage, regular bootloader allows you to connect to the pc and load a rom from there.

I usually put my phone into regular bootloader, and connect it to the pc.
Then I use the ruu folder and the "Custom_RUU.exe" file to flash the phone.
I have the stock Sprint rom on my internal storage as DIAMIMG.NBH, incase I ever have an issue when flashing a custom rom.
I only use the Trigger bootloader when I want to flash to stock.

[twistedfish]

Thanks!!! Saved my bacon!! LOL