Dec. 19 MightyROM TP2 froze at the Enter Passwod screen & now wont hard-reset/respond

HTC Touch-Pro · #1 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 05:48 PM

Hi everyone - Merry Christmas

I have the Dec. 19th MightyROM on my TP2, which until today has been working excellent - in a nutshell, I went to unlock my phone as usual by using the slider and then typed in my 4 number key code, and was told the password was incorrect, and after 8 or 9 soft resets, now the password screen won't even respond... the phone is completely froze and non responsive.

I tried every combination I could think of for doing a hard reset... because I understand with custom ROM's or with technology in general, these things happen (just stinks that it was on Christmas morning and I couldn't take pictures or send texts etc), but was unable.

Is there any way I am not aware of that I can do an emergency hard-reset back to a clean Dec. 19th MightyROM? I can't get past the Enter Password screen, and I've already missed out on a lot of the day because of it and knew this was the place to come for some great answers!

Thanks so much, and Merry Christmas!

**Mayonesa** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 05:55 PM

i havent done it but someone could correct me if im wrong...

to do a hard reset dont you take the batt out... put the batt back in then hold...power/down volume/ end key.... all at once

that should give you a hard reset screen

HTC Touch-Pro · #3 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mayonesa

i havent done it but someone could correct me if im wrong...

to do a hard reset dont you take the batt out... put the batt back in then hold...power/down volume/ end key.... all at once

that should give you a hard reset screen

That's the first thing I tried, but since it is in the "Enter Password" screen, it will not respond to anything other than entering a password; it's locked basically, like an MP3 player when you put it in your pocket so none of the keys will be hit or songs skipped if a button is accidentally pushed.

The only solutions I can think of now... would be 1) take out battery for a soft reset, but while phone is turning on, BEFORE the entire password prompt screen, somehow doing a hard reset or entering bootloader screen.... OR, 2) Hooking up to PC via activesync and RE-flashing the MightyROM?

Would any of these work? Thanks!

crownholder · #4 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by HTC Touch-Pro

Hi everyone - Merry Christmas

I have the Dec. 19th MightyROM on my TP2, which until today has been working excellent - in a nutshell, I went to unlock my phone as usual by using the slider and then typed in my 4 number key code, and was told the password was incorrect, and after 8 or 9 soft resets, now the password screen won't even respond... the phone is completely froze and non responsive.

I tried every combination I could think of for doing a hard reset... because I understand with custom ROM's or with technology in general, these things happen (just stinks that it was on Christmas morning and I couldn't take pictures or send texts etc), but was unable.

Is there any way I am not aware of that I can do an emergency hard-reset back to a clean Dec. 19th MightyROM? I can't get past the Enter Password screen, and I've already missed out on a lot of the day because of it and knew this was the place to come for some great answers!

Thanks so much, and Merry Christmas!

This happen to me on Nrgz i just looked up hard reset on htc webiste which was hold send key and end key then press the vol down this should bring up the bootloader screen and you press up 2 hard reset

HTC Touch-Pro · #5 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by crownholder

This happen to me on Nrgz i just looked up hard reset on htc webiste which was hold send key and end key then press the vol down this should bring up the bootloader screen and you press up 2 hard reset

Thanks, that's what I tried first but it wouldn't respond to any keys since it was in password mode and essentially locked...

I did however just find a way (I believe, it is still restarting and 'preparing for first use' which is a good sign) to trick the phone into doing a hard reset.

I pulled out the battery, then re-inserted it, held down the end/sleep button at the same time, it started in Bootloader mode, and I simply had 2 choiced: 1) Reset to Factory settings, or 2) Reset to customer configuration.

I had/have no idea what the difference is between the two, because I thought I totally wiped the Verizon Factory settings when I flashed to the MightyROM Dec. 19th version, but my only guess would be Volume up would be back to Verizon and Volume down would be back to a freshly flashed MightyROM?

Anyway - I selected Volume down, and it is in the process of installing and going through a few automatic soft-resets now...

If anyone can clarify what the difference between using Volume Up and Volume Down on the Bootloader screen was, I'd appreciate it - just out of curiosity is all. THANKS!

EDIT: SUCCESS! The phone just went through all 2 or 3 soft-resets and installed MightyROM and is not operations and does not request a password! AWESOME. (I chose the Volume Down options as I mentioned earlier, to "Reset to Custom Configuration")

**Mayonesa** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 07:52 PM

glad you got it all worked out.

HTC Touch-Pro · #7 (**permalink**) 12-26-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mayonesa

glad you got it all worked out.

Thanks me too! I was a little confused though because after the hard reset I had to dial *228 (Verizon) to reprogram phone - which I never remember doing before with a hard reset; but after that, installing the .cab for Verizon provisioning, and installing the .cab for the JooJoo MMS fix - I was off and running like new!

HTC Touch-Pro · #8 (**permalink**) 12-26-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by crownholder

This happen to me on Nrgz i just looked up hard reset on htc webiste which was hold send key and end key then press the vol down this should bring up the bootloader screen and you press up 2 hard reset

Thanks again for your help, I ended up doing a variation of this, but for selected the 2nd option which was Volume Down - "Reset to Custom Configuration," which got me a little confused; but if you'll read my post above everything worked out just fine. I just wanted to know what that difference is/would have been, if I selected Volume Up, in stead of down.

s2k-rob · #9 (**permalink**) 12-26-2009, 06:48 PM

this also happen to me om mighty rom . I just put it into the bootloader and reflashed it.

HTC Touch-Pro · #10 (**permalink**) 12-26-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by s2k-rob

this also happen to me om mighty rom . I just put it into the bootloader and reflashed it.

Do you have to re-program your phone after re-flashing? Do you choose reset to custom configuration or the other reset option by using either volume up or volume down?

One re-flash every month isn't so bad I guess... with Microsoft MyPhone and saving my Opera6 .adr file for favorites on my internal microSD card I can get it up and running to normal pretty fast.