Hermes hanging on startup (htc screen)

[BCX7]

Hey guys,

I'm having an interesting problem that i cant seem to find the answer for.

My Jasjam will be fine for about a week or a few days (varies though), then funny things start to happen. one time it was java stopped working in PocketIE, another time the 'Incoming Call' popup got stuck on the screen, Media Player wouldn't load etc

so i end up soft resetting it with the stylus.

however, the phone hangs on the HTC logo after the screen goes bright and then dim again.

a hard reset gets the phone to boot again (of course with all messages, contacts, etc gone since the last backup).

it'll be fine for another week or so, and then the same thing happens again.

I have tried black satin (when it first started doing it), then moved to Pays Rom (1.23), then Pays (2.x) and now 3.x and still the same problem.

any ideas? it's starting to come a problem as i'm loosing recently added appointments, messages, contacts, even though i've got the phone backing up to my SD card every day.

Thanks

[mrvanx]

quite possible you might have bad blocks.

install hardspl first...then run mtty and use 'info 8' to see if theres bad blocks.

run 'task 2a' to attempt to fix them...theres usually 3 there which is normal.

[BCX7]

here is my info 8 output... nothing seems out of the ordinary to me

Cmd>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block

Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1900
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3200, total=0x1BF00
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x1F100, total=0x1FF00

CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x3F18800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x3E20000

is there perhaps a way to reformat the memory to ensure it's all good then reflash the rom?

a command like 'task 28' or 'task 28 55aa'?

thanks for you help so far mrvanx, greatly appreciated!

ps. task 2a shows no output.

[BCX7]

update: its got to the point where i boot the rom, the rom set it self up (align screen, etc) and then the hermes will freeze. when soft reset the hermes, the rom is back to the start (align screen, etc)

[BCX7]

i did a format (task 28), and the phone has been well for about 3-4 days, until just now when trying to recieve a call, WM hung. after a soft reset, i was back at the 'align screen' prompt - like i've just done a hard reset.