Re: OT: Reset Nokia 5800 Was: Did opensync kill mynokia 5800 ?

[dbannon]

 
 
Thanks Achim, I actually found another source of the same information but it did not suggest, as yours did, that I remove the SIM card first. Thats a pretty good idea ! Not a problem in my case, it was all new so nothing I needed to keep.
 
The hard reset worked, took phone back to factory conditions (apart from any user set lock code).
 
I then tried opensync (et al) again, this time a little more informed of what I was doing. Its all working fine now. Valuable things I learn include -
 
1. In Nokia S60 at least always set recvLimit (to, ie 10000). I believe the lack of that setting has two effects, firstly, sync fails and something on the PC goes into a loop using most of a cpu. I did not notice this at first in the GUI, it terminates cleanly and being a dual core box it was still responsive. The second thing I associate with the lack of the recvLimit is that it trashed the OS in my phone, will relate to the endless loop, perhaps a buffer overflow in the phone ? Anyway, setting recvLimit does no harm other than perhaps slowing down the transfer a bit. I suggest, play safe, set it !
 
2. A failed run does not seem to be something multisync can recover from. Clean out part or all of .opensync directory and start again !
 
There are a couple of phone/connection specific HowTos on the web site but I think that whats necessary is a general one that covers the common ideas and maybe mentions in line any differences between (eg) phones. If its regarded as a good idea, I'll have a first cut ....
 
David
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On Tue 27/10/09  3:33 AM , Achim Settelmeier opensync-users@... sent:

> Hi dbannon,
>  
> > [...] Nokia 5800 and now the phone does not
> boot. It brings up its > screen but does not respond to the key unlock
> slide switch. So nothing > works effectively. It does not accept calls
> either.
> Here's how to hard reset the phone (this might kill some data, too!):
> http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?b 
> oard.id=smartphones&thread.id=166900
>  
> bye,
> Settel
>  
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