If stuck read this

[reekotubbs]

I see a lot of people getting stuck when modifying their evo 4g.
Although as a last resort you can pull your take your phone
apart (carrying case, battery cover, remove battery and replace battery)
and then re-power up, but I have found that when you press

power button (first) + then volume down + volume up (quickly)

for one second or less, will get me out of most situations without the need to remove anything.

There is one more thing I discovered when attempted to reboot my phone one day,
when you press

volume up + volume down + power button

for more than 5 seconds or so, the phone will vibrate and the green led light will blink like as if you have a message. After a removing the battery to get it out of this state and powering up the device, I find that HTC startup will re-initialize.

Hope this helps someone.

 

[gpz1100]

So is this like a reset function without pulling the battery? I do notice the evo has no reset button like some other phones (tp2 comes to mind).

Next time I have a hard lockup, i'll give this a try. I dread pulling the battery door as it tends to loosen with too many pulls.

 

[thedudejdog]

interesting... did that wipe your data?

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

 

[reekotubbs]

So is this like a reset function without pulling the battery? I do notice the evo has no reset button like some other phones (tp2 comes to mind).

Next time I have a hard lockup, i'll give this a try. I dread pulling the battery door as it tends to loosen with too many pulls.

Yes I believe it is known as a soft reboot.

interesting... did that wipe your data?

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

It did not wipe any data, just seemed to re-initialize HTC sense. This may be useful when you are having issues with unknown programs running, its seems to stop all non-system programs from running the next time you power up.