strange probs with my diamond

[dieselboy]

hopefully someone can help, ive searched to no avail...

so thursday last week i updated my rom to another rom, which i didnt like so tried another windows mobile 6.5 which i didnt like also. so i eventually decided to go back to my old rom, wm6.1 as i liked that.

so i used activesync to go back, and the phone was back to normal. but for some reason it kept crashing and i did a soft reset, and it proceeded to do a hard reset.
this in fact happened twice, so i thought ok may be the flash was bad.
i downloaded another copy of the rom and updated again.
SAME problem. random crashes, and i lose the control of the phone. i cannot turn off. this time i decide to remove and reinstall the battery. when the phone powers on, it decides to do a hard reset again...
i decide that may be the rom i downloaded was bad from source, so i decide to pick another and use for a few days to see. so i try the latest wm6.5 out now, and whenever i connect to pc it gives me the option to use activesync but i can never connect!!
eg, the "my computer" never shows the 4gb or the phone storage... it only shows it if i pick "disk drive" when i plug in the usb,,
this means i cannot load most of the roms so i cannot pick one.

may be is there a way i can completely wipe the phone memory and then use the hard reset plus back button to load a new rom from the 4gb??
im thinking that may be there are some old files stuck.

i think this because when i plug in the usb it gives me a menu, and the font type and size is nice. i restarted the phone, and now the usb menu font size and type has changed to a really square looking type.

im lost :/

thanks for your help

[imatrix]

your strange problem may have been solved at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490182

regarding the format the entice device, it can be done, pls refer to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2451502&postcount=2

[dieselboy]

thank you. the first link you posted links to a topic which is the exact problem i am having.
also, my instinct was that some files were left behind - i wasnt far off.

now, i need to go and find out how to do this. i had a friend do it all for me, so im a complete noob.
im thinking i should have left well alone!

edit:: any ideas how i get into bootloader mode?

EDIT2:: VOL DOWN & Red RESET

[dieselboy]

this did not fix my activesync issue...
any other suggestions?

[imatrix]

this did not fix my activesync issue...
any other suggestions?

have u tried to disable Advanced Network Functionality (Settings -> Connections -> UBS Settings -> Untick Advanced Network Functionality)?

[henk2484]

this did not fix my activesync issue...
any other suggestions?

You could also try flashing a stock ROM first and then flash back to custom ROM. This has worked for me in the past.

[dieselboy]

have u tried to disable Advanced Network Functionality (Settings -> Connections -> UBS Settings -> Untick Advanced Network Functionality)?

thanks you are very helpful. i just came back here to edit my previous post but you beat me to it.
i did this and now it detects windows again. however im really unsure as to why this has now happened. but at least its working.

i hope i dont have any more random crashes and resets... i even thought it may be my PIM backup being restored, so i did a hard reset and format and lost lots of things :/ i even lost some girls numbers as they were in text messages.. :eek:
oh well, a working phone is more important anyways

thanks for all your help! much appreciated.

[dieselboy]

i just wanted to come back and say that this has seemed to have fixed the issue. there has not been one single hic-cup, or crash of ANY program on the phone since i did this and re-loaded the rom.

i would also like to say that the phone seems a LOT faster than before. this is the exact same rom i used before, and while when i first used this it was definately an improvement from the sluggish stock rom. however, what i am experiencing now is better still..

if these are the benefits you get from doing a format of the phone, then before i load each rom i might do this first. i see two benefits:
old files wont be there to conflict with the new rom,
the feel of the phone is improved.

i suppose the downside is the limitations on the memory itself. but that would be years before this would be met - i hope anyway.