What THE? Hardware? Orange Firmware? Hard-resets-a-go-go...

[AdrianC]

Following a couple of previous spontaneous hard-resets, my SPV2000's now developed a liking for it, and I've got a completely repeatable hard-reset issue...

All I need do is press the telephone "Green" button!

What's odd is that if, following the hard reset, I hit the green button after the PDA's started up, but before all the Orange McGuffery installs, the phone just pops up fine. Soon as the Orange stuff's installed, it's back to green=hard reset.

WTF? Anybody else had anything similar?

[TheLastOne]

If that is the case, it would seem that something in your EXtRom is the cause.

I suggest you try updating your rom, or just generally cooking your Extended rom.

Instructions on working with your extended rom are here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_RomKitchen

[AdrianC]

I suggest you try updating your rom, or just generally cooking your Extended rom.

Is that as scary as it sounds?

BTW - I've just tried to demonstrate this utterly-repeatable behaviour and... it's working as it should. <cries, bangs head on table>

[xyon]

I had a problem with my first M2000 in that it wouldn't soft reset. Whenever I tried it would just stall and would take over an hour with the sim card out before it would work again.

Finally get a replacement and I found the rom was insanely old. After a couple of questions in the upgrade folder I *just* flashed the phone with the latest rom and a slightly modified extended rom. While it does look tricky, its not.

Look here for more...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=19354

[AdrianC]

I had a problem with my first M2000...
I found the rom was insanely old.

Thanks - I seem to be fairly recent, though :-

Operator 5.31.1.124
ROM Version 1.31.00 WWE
ROM Date 12/13/04
Radio Version 1.06.02
Protocol Version 1337.38
ExtRom Version 1.31.124 WWE

[AdrianC]

BTW - I've just tried to demonstrate this utterly-repeatable behaviour and... it's working as it should. <cries, bangs head on table>

And it's back at it.

The phone was ringing, I pressed "Green" to answer it, and got a hard reset. Restored the backup, pressed "Green", and got a hard reset.

This is getting VERY depressing.

Has nobody ever experienced similar? <whimper>

<UPDATE>
It gets worse! The f**king thing's now wiped my contacts and calendar in Outlook.

Excuse me, I'm just off to take to drink.

[pharahiti]

It would be worth you trying to upgrade the radio to v1.08.00.

My SPV had the audio problem and it seems to have cured that (tho I haven't re-installed much of the 3rd party s/w I had on there yet) so maybe it will help you too.

I upgraded to v1.10.00 initially (from v1.06.00), but couldn't get my wifi link to work properly. I then tried v1.08.00 and everything seems fine.

[swamp2]

I am also having spontaneous hard reset problems with my pda2k. I have been using it for about 6 months and for at least two months with all the sw I now have on it. When I press the power button to bring it back from sleeping it starts the "time to align your touch screen" crap. I am fairly sure it is NOT my ROM but in case anyone needs to know that:

ROM: 1.22.00 WWE
Radio 1.06.00
Ext ROM: 1.22.162 WWE

The only other remote possibility I can think of it some combination of the aftermarket 2200 mAh battery combined with the very high side seat bolsters in my new car. Perhaps I am twisting or stressing my unit in my front pocket when getting into or out of my car and that causes a momentary loss of contact with the battery contacts. I have tried to duplicate that with my hands but have not been able to. I guess I will not put it in my pocket for a while to continue testing. To the fellow who lost all of their contacts. I sympathize! That is why I set my ActiveSync to NOT actually perform any updates. I know many like the features of AS but it is not transparent, bidirectional enough nor stable enough for me to embrace. I use Sprite for backups instead and keep the data on my pda2k as "primary". Any more insight on such new and random hard resets is appreciated.

[swamp2]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=12802