Hard Reset Athena

[geovass]

Hello,

Anyone knows how to hard reset Athena?
I tryed reseting and in the same time pressing the 2 KEY buttons on the keyboard, but it only resets.

[hdubli]

well cool..can u post some yr experience and some pics of yr Athena.It will be much appreciated,,,,

[geovass]

well cool..can u post some yr experience and some pics of yr Athena.It will be much appreciated,,,,

Well, its quite big (compared with my 9000) but its damn fast!
The 5.0inch VGA screen looks perfect!
GPS works with no issues!
VGA out also works fine!

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7213/dsc03777pa6.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9520/image002ok3.jpg

[hdubli]

That is superb.It looks really cool.Can u confirm that u can answer the calls without the aid of Handsfree, just like normal phones.
Also from where did u buy...& price..Thanks in Advance

[geovass]

That is superb.It looks really cool.Can u confirm that u can answer the calls without the aid of Handsfree, just like normal phones.
Also from where did u buy...& price..Thanks in Advance

Yes, you may answer the phone like any other PPC.
The one i have is for testing... Its not yet in the market. Will be soon...

[daniel.eriksson]

Hello,

Anyone knows how to hard reset Athena?
I tryed reseting and in the same time pressing the 2 KEY buttons on the keyboard, but it only resets.
hey there!!
Do you have a qtek 9000 (universal) aswell??
Could you post some comparison pictures? Would be great to really see how much bigger it is.. I mean,, uni on top, side by side flipped open and such..
Really think ill go for the toshiba g(e?)900 instead.. im only in it for the speed and the resolution. Size i really think uni is in the "bigger league" for my needs but its great.
Really appreciate it!

thanks

Daniel

[daniel.eriksson]

Hello,

Anyone knows how to hard reset Athena?
I tryed reseting and in the same time pressing the 2 KEY buttons on the keyboard, but it only resets.
ps.
For sharper images, put it on a minicamera stand (or whatever you have that puts it in normal height). put a normal bulblight next to it (use no flash), absolute best is put it on a white sheet of paper, where paper turns up back of the unit, and use 2 bulbs right next to each side of the camera, this gives perfect light of the product. Set the camera on the 5sec timer. Supersharp images without the flash..
THANKS!

[geovass]

here you are!

http://rapidshare.com/files/17405217/Pictures.rar.html

[daniel.eriksson]

here you are!

http://rapidshare.com/files/17405217/Pictures.rar.html
Wow. You the man! Thanks!
Think i might buy me one of those eventually..
BR!
Daniel

[EyeOfTheStorm]

Hello,

Anyone knows how to hard reset Athena?
I tryed reseting and in the same time pressing the 2 KEY buttons on the keyboard, but it only resets.

That's simple. Hold the volume slider to down and then press into the reset hole.

Found this today in T-Mobile Ameo manual.

[EyeOfTheStorm]

Hello,

Anyone knows how to hard reset Athena?
I tryed reseting and in the same time pressing the 2 KEY buttons on the keyboard, but it only resets.

Does TomTom realy comes with HTC package?
Does work well?
Can you make a screenshot of the small status bar when you cover the display with the keyboard?
How does scrolling work in this mode?
IS it possible to make calls without handset, like on normal mobiles?

Thanks for information :`)

[geovass]

That's simple. Hold the volume slider to down and then press into the reset hole.

Found this today in T-Mobile Ameo manual.

Thanx !!!
Will try that!

[EyeOfTheStorm]

Thanx !!!
Will try that!

Can you please try to answer my list of question above? That would be nice. I am also thinking about buying one.

On the press conference (3GSM) the HTC people told, that they will bring a WM6 upgrad as soon as possible. So I don't wan't to buy one from T-Mobile Germany. They are to damn slowly or won't every upgrade to a new OS.

Also they won't pack TomTom into it, so you have to buy your own one.

[geovass]

Does TomTom realy comes with HTC package?
Does work well?
Can you make a screenshot of the small status bar when you cover the display with the keyboard?
How does scrolling work in this mode?
IS it possible to make calls without handset, like on normal mobiles?

Thanks for information :`)


As i said a couple post before, i got an Athena for testing. I didnt get the retail box. This is not yet available.
The small screen bar is very handy. It shows messages, appointments etc.
I will try to upload a photo tonight.
Yes, you can make calls without the hands set but its rather dificult, as it doesnt have H?W keys to accept or reject calls.
Only if you have the keyboard attached you have this option.

[EyeOfTheStorm]

As i said a couple post before, i got an Athena for testing. I didnt get the retail box. This is not yet available.
The small screen bar is very handy. It shows messages, appointments etc.
I will try to upload a photo tonight.
Yes, you can make calls without the hands set but its rather dificult, as it doesnt have H?W keys to accept or reject calls.
Only if you have the keyboard attached you have this option.

Thanks so far

[wu5262]

are you sure you can make calls just like a normal phone without the headset? There is no sound out on front, so how can it be hear? From the other official release, they say you can't use it like a normal phone

[geovass]

are you sure you can make calls just like a normal phone without the headset? There is no sound out on front, so how can it be hear? From the other official release, they say you can't use it like a normal phone

Yes, i just tested it.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2807/dsc03938ab2.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc03938ab2.jpg)

[Arya]

Yes, i just tested it.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2807/dsc03938ab2.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc03938ab2.jpg)

Hi
tanX for your answers.
I can't see any speaker on the athena for talking like other mobile phone!!!

[nuclear]

Well, its quite big (compared with my 9000) but its damn fast!
The 5.0inch VGA screen looks perfect!
GPS works with no issues!
VGA out also works fine!

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7213/dsc03777pa6.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9520/image002ok3.jpg
Any idea how much i can get a basic Athena for. I am looking for the cheapest price. My budget is less than $900USD. I just sold my universal for $600USD. Also do you think that I should go for the Athena for frequent use? Is there anything better than the Athena? Like the O2 XDA Atom Exec or the O2 XDA Flame?

[wu5262]

as you seems to have the universal as well, can you compare between them? which one is faster? Thanks :)

[geovass]

I wouldnt go for Athena...
Its bigger from the 9000, faster of cource but "the size does matter" on this one.
Its not so handy after all...

[wu5262]

i have been using my universal for about 18 months now, really need to change a device, the Athena doesn't seems that much bigger to me, anyway, i don't really care about the size. If it's faster, then good! I will be getting the DOPOD u100 when it's available, possibily tomorrow !

[SuperDDD]

Greetings Sir

Would you be so kind as to post details and samples from the videocamera.
This would be very interesting to many of us.



Peace all over.

[Arya]

Hello
I have some questions about athena
tanX, If you answer my these.
Do quality of sound is good?
speaker are load?
camera's picture and video are quality and good?
Do athena playback show and video files good?
Do GPS work good?
and application can install on hard disk?
with reset, hard will be formatted?
tanX and sorry for my some questions

____
Sorry for my bad writing
My English is not very good
tanX

[Arya]

Greetings Sir

Would you be so kind as to post details and samples from the videocamera.
This would be very interesting to many of us.



Peace all over.

here is a review of athena's camera and some photo that taken with that
http://www.phonedaily.com/news/?news_id=5259

[SuperDDD]

Greetings

No samples so far - I'll keep searching the WWW.

[geovass]

Sorry but i dont have the Athena anymore...

[parkertseng]

Just got my athena yesterday!
sliding the volume button and reset button together wil go to the hard reset mode!

[wu5262]

Just got my athena yesterday!
sliding the volume button and reset button together wil go to the hard reset mode!

which one do you have, the HTC Advantage? or T-mobile ameo, or Dopod u1000? How is the build quality?

[parkertseng]

i am using dopod u1000
at the moment!
the quality is perfect!

[wu5262]

i am using dopod u1000
at the moment!
the quality is perfect!

where did you get your DOPOD U1000 from? are you living in Asia? Is it english ROM? And chance telling us how much is it?

[parkertseng]

well, i am from taiwan with traditional chinese rom!
i bought it at USD1050

[wu5262]

well, i am from taiwan with traditional chinese rom!
i bought it at USD1050

I am from Taiwan as well, but i study in UK. I have ask my parents to bought one for me today, it will ship here soon. Did you get the gift pack? or the Bluetooth Headset? is it mono, or stereo Headset?

One last question, is PAPAGO and KKBOX build in already?

[parkertseng]

i haven't got my package yet! unfortunately there is no ppgp and skype built in! all have to install myself!

[wu5262]

i haven't got my package yet! unfortunately there is no ppgp and skype built in! all have to install myself!

Hi parkertseng, can you tell me what is the default input method on your machine? is it chinese? or english? can you set it to english as default by any chance?

[reveil]

<Hard Reset>
Slide Down Volume Key + Reset Hole

<Boot Loader>
Camera + Reset Hole

[antivirus]

here some pics from my machine..

http://amd.co.at/anti/?pocket/pics/Ameo/

regards

[wu5262]

here some pics from my machine..

http://amd.co.at/anti/?pocket/pics/Ameo/

regards

Hi, is it in stock in your country or is it test unit only?

[antivirus]

it was in stock...

next week comes more...

regards

[wu5262]

it was in stock...

next week comes more...

regards

How much did you get it for, is it with contract? so you can walk in to T-mobile store and get one straight away now? that's good news!

[antivirus]

my kaspersky internet suite knows that HTC Unlock Universal.exe its a virus :-(

see here

http://www.viruslist.com/de/

left down in online scanner...

Zu überprüfende Datei: HTC Unlock Universal.exe Verdacht:
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/0 Verdacht: Type_Script
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/BAT Ok
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/DATA Ok
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/FILES Ok
HTC Unlock Universal.exe Verdacht: Type_Script

regards

[antivirus]

How much did you get it for, is it with contract? so you can walk in to T-mobile store and get one straight away now? that's good news!

here you see what i pay -> http://amd.co.at/anti/pocket/pics/Ameo/PICT1748.jpg

regards

[wu5262]

here you see what i pay -> http://amd.co.at/anti/pocket/pics/Ameo/PICT1748.jpg

regards

yes i saw that, but is it with contract or not? are there any more in stock?
one last question, how do you feel about your new machine? like it or hate it? :)

[antivirus]

this stock what i was have next week a lot of. i become this with normal contract, but we can buy witout for 699 euro

i like my ameo :-)

bigger screen, fast intel x-scale and 8 gig hd, but i change the builtin harddisk to a 8 gigabyte flash card today..

regards

[wu5262]

this stock what i was have next week a lot of. i become this with normal contract, but we can buy witout for 699 euro

i like my ameo :-)

bigger screen, fast intel x-scale and 8 gig hd, but i change the builtin harddisk to a 8 gigabyte flash card today..

regards

what's the advantage of changing to flash card? is it faster? is it easy to pull the hard disk out?
by the way, it's lock to T-mobile Germany right?

[antivirus]

now its locked as T-mobile DE (262)

next week i have my legal simlock code..

flash card is much faster as harddisk and cost 89 euro :-)

and i dont trust harddisks :-)


regards

[wu5262]

now its locked as T-mobile DE (262)

next week i have my legal simlock code..

flash card is much faster as harddisk and cost 89 euro :-)

and i dont trust harddisks :-)


regards

can it works just by swapping it in and out? like the computer? wow, that's great! Does it support bigger flash card? where did you get it from? can you post a photo of it? does it drain more battery?

[Ecraseur]

Hello,
It's a virus.
I try it last week and this file kill my hardisk

Christophe

my kaspersky internet suite knows that HTC Unlock Universal.exe its a virus :-(

see here

http://www.viruslist.com/de/

left down in online scanner...

Zu überprüfende Datei: HTC Unlock Universal.exe Verdacht:
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/0 Verdacht: Type_Script
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/BAT Ok
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/DATA Ok
HTC Unlock Universal.exe/FILES Ok
HTC Unlock Universal.exe Verdacht: Type_Script

regards

[antivirus]

can it works just by swapping it in and out? like the computer? wow, that's great! Does it support bigger flash card? where did you get it from? can you post a photo of it? does it drain more battery?

look here

http://www.alternate.de/html/product/details.html?articleId=139220&showTechData=true

regards

[wu5262]

look here

http://www.alternate.de/html/product/details.html?articleId=139220&showTechData=true

regards

That's a CF card in the picture, i though Athena only support mini-sd? or did you replace the micro drive with a build in card reader or something? i am confuse

[antivirus]

i want replace the micro drive to flash card

regards

[wu5262]

i want replace the micro drive to flash card

regards

oh, so you haven't done it yet? ok, as far as i know, you won't be able to do it easily, unless you dis-amble the machine, otherwise you can't use the flash card, the only thing you can use is mini-sd card

[bolgara]

Volume down + reset (stylus)
Hello,

Anyone knows how to hard reset Athena?
I tryed reseting and in the same time pressing the 2 KEY buttons on the keyboard, but it only resets.

[Arya]

i want replace the micro drive to flash card

regards

why?
:D
Can you Replace Micro Drive with an Infrared Interface?:D:D

[Arya]

Volume down + reset (stylus)

Do you have Athena?
if yes, which model?
tanX

[antivirus]

i have the german model from athena X 7500 --> T-MOB Ameo. its the same in silver and without buildin tomtom..

run very good..


regards

[Arya]

i have the german model from athena X 7500 --> T-MOB Ameo. its the same in silver and without buildin tomtom..

run very good..


regards

tanX a lot
how is the build quality?
what is the ameo matterial? is strong and good?
how is rom and software? do you have any problem with it until this time?
it only work with T-Mobile or is unlocked for all network?
how much you buy it?
tanX and sorry for my long post and many questions

[Arya]

I have a question about GPS...
i ask it here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296984
if you know please help me
tanX

[antivirus]

look here for a lot of pictures...
90 % is metal, 10 % plastic....


http://amd.co.at/anti/?pocket/pics/Ameo/


regards

[Arya]

look here for a lot of pictures...
90 % is metal, 10 % plastic....


http://amd.co.at/anti/?pocket/pics/Ameo/


regards
tanX for your info and pics

[Arya]

i can't see your pics
my connection speed is low and i can get your pics:-(
can you say about ROM and how it work and do you have problem with it until now?
tanX a lot

[elgazzar5]

Hard-reset for Athena,

Press volume slide down + reset

[BigDede]

I've read the whole post and it still not clear if we can use it as a normal phone to talk or not (I mean put it on you ear and not using the handsfree speaker), or do we need a bluetooth headset ???
Thks

[bogusiano]

I've read the whole post and it still not clear if we can use it as a normal phone to talk or not (I mean put it on you ear and not using the handsfree speaker), or do we need a bluetooth headset ???
Thks
NO! YOU CAN'T USE IT AS A NORMAL PHONE! YOU MUST USE A BT HEADSET OR THE WIRED HANDSFREE INCLUDED OR THE SPEAKERPHONE!

[BigDede]

Well in that case, all my interest for that phone have disappeared.
What an idea to have a bluetooth or wired headset plugged in your ear all day long,very uncomfortable from my point of view specially when you are in the office working and participating to conference calls ...
I'm very disappointed

I was nearly to order one, but I'm glad I didn't and thanks XDA developers and you guys for keeping this site one of the best I've ever seen for PDA, containing the latest infos and news ...

[wu5262]

Well in that case, all my interest for that phone have disappeared.
What an idea to have a bluetooth or wired headset plugged in your ear all day long,very uncomfortable from my point of view specially when you are in the office working and participating to conference calls ...
I'm very disappointed

I was nearly to order one, but I'm glad I didn't and thanks XDA developers and you guys for keeping this site one of the best I've ever seen for PDA, containing the latest infos and news ...

you don't need to have it in your ear all day long, i put it in my pocket, when a call comes, i just press the button to pick up the call, try to think it this way, if you are using a normal phone, you need to pick up your phone as well, so in this case, you just pick up the headset which is smaller then your phone :)

[beginner]

Well in that case, all my interest for that phone have disappeared.
What an idea to have a bluetooth or wired headset plugged in your ear all day long,very uncomfortable from my point of view specially when you are in the office working and participating to conference calls ...
I'm very disappointed

I was nearly to order one, but I'm glad I didn't and thanks XDA developers and you guys for keeping this site one of the best I've ever seen for PDA, containing the latest infos and news ...

in my case I participate many conferences, many times I connect everybody from my terminal and really is great to share the device for many other things at the same time, with your hands free.
I think the critical point is what you want: a phone? -isn't the athena or the universal, a multipropose device? best is athena. I have been today in an airport lunch maintaining many calls at the same time where having a review of docs received by mail and surfing internet, all over Hsdpa. And is really great to connect a mouse for comfortably work. with a really large screen...

It is really a personal decission. The objective is to be happy with what you decide.

[jeffharris]

Well, as I have the Athena mainly as a Pocket PC data device, with 3G data, and not so much for a phone, I also bought this bluetooth handset device to compliment the Athena, in the event I want to use as an all day phone -- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300106975561
It's a nice alternative to a bluetooth or wired headset. I think it may be the solution for anyone who feels the Athena is an inconvenient phone.

[BigDede]

Thank you guys for all the replies. I understand your point of view, but for me having a Pocket PC (PDA phone) is mainly having all in one device in my pocket (no need to carry a mobile phone +PDA+mp3+GPS portable etc ... but only one device).
So I don't like the idea that I have to keep with me the PDA and the
bluetooth (headset or handset) for phone use, maybe it's a question of getting used to it this way but I can't imagine myself going for example to the toilet playing with my Pocket PC (as I usually do) and have to take with me the bluetooth in case I receive calls.

Maybe an alternative solution is at least to have a bluetooth headset with an LCD screen that displays the name of the calling/called person (from your phone contact repertory). Do you know some models that do this?

jeffharris, does your bluetooth handset display the name of the calling person when you receive calls and the name of the called person if you make calls using the handset??? or it is just the number??

[wu5262]

Thank you guys for all the replies. I understand your point of view, but for me having a Pocket PC (PDA phone) is mainly having all in one device in my pocket (no need to carry a mobile phone +PDA+mp3+GPS portable etc ... but only one device).
So I don't like the idea that I have to keep with me the PDA and the
bluetooth (headset or handset) for phone use, maybe it's a question of getting used to it this way but I can't imagine myself going for example to the toilet playing with my Pocket PC (as I usually do) and have to take with me the bluetooth in case I receive calls.

Maybe an alternative solution is at least to have a bluetooth headset with an LCD screen that displays the name of the calling/called person (from your phone contact repertory). Do you know some models that do this?

jeffharris, does your bluetooth handset display the name of the calling person when you receive calls and the name of the called person if you make calls using the handset??? or it is just the number??

i use i-Tech clicp D, and yes it has a external lcd on it which display caller name

[BigDede]

jeffharris,
does your bluetooth handset display the name of the calling and called person??? (based on your PDA adress book) or it is just the number??