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stim141
5th April 2009, 03:41 AM
First purchased a HERM200 TYTN by HTC off of eBay a few weeks ago. Last week finally got around to using it as a phone and ran into a ton of difficulties that I thought were hardware issues. Couldn't properly flash an updated WM6 ROM - phone had TEST ONLY when first booting.

Flashed but I think I corrupted the phone on the initial flash. Did install HardSPL so I got it back.

Was getting NO GSM errors and assumed the radio was bad. Tried a reflash and it basically got stuck at about 20%. Tried just a radio and it did flash.

Today charged the phone - cleared out the memory with MTTY.exe checked for bad blocks and found none.

Attempted a flash with the standard release HTC for Hermes WM6. To my surprise it flashed fully without any errors and no real freezing except for a small bit during the GSM part.

Power cycled a few times and haven't had no GSM yet.

QUESTION:

Is there a bug with the DPad keys? When pressing down key it works for a while in TODAY screen then stops. Can't press any of the softkeys at this point. Can start it again by using scroll wheel or putting in standby and resuming.

Tried in EXCEL and keys work repeatedly. In PROGRAM menu will also stop.

Is this a hardware problem or is this a know software problem.

ultramag69
5th April 2009, 11:51 AM
I think you found WHY they sold it on ebay.... Sounds like a problem with the directional board. You may experience the dreaded whitescreen too as the LCD is processed through the d-pad board. Could be 1 of a heap of different reasons. Theres a whole thread related to these problems. Use search to find, they might help you fix the problem...

Cheers...:D