16 replies to this topic

[tacchan23]

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I added this to my FAQ thread long ago but I guess it wasn't enough and still many people ended up damaging their phones... so maybe this new thread could help some new users at least!


Picture (by monyozt) of the CORRECT Soft Reset button

Edited by tacchan23, 30 October 2009 - 10:27 AM.

[monyozt]

and here is the pic....

[abunhyan]

tacchan23, on Oct 30 2009, 13:19, said:

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I added this to my FAQ thread long ago but I guess it wasn't enough and still many people ended up damaging their phones... so maybe this new thread could help some new users at least!

i never did that but still got no network signal in my Omnia 2 than i guess the problem from some thing else

[sector]

Sticked after request. I hope i can see more ppl replying to this and not destroying their phones.

[Uboy]

That reset button is a pain to use any way. I have been powering off/on to reset the phone but yesterday I installed Slide2Shutdown from XDA developers and mapped it to the cube button, very handy.

EDIT:  Slide to turn off works, but the device can only be switched back on by pressing the dreaded reset button inside the casing, so I would recommend not using that feature, everything else , slide to sleep and slide to restart work great, I guess it is a bug due to the app being developed for HTC devices.

Edited by Uboy, 31 October 2009 - 07:25 PM.

[vodanhdaisu]

I'm using AA Soft-reset for my phone, and i set it automaticaly soft-reset at 2am when i go to sleep, and it would save more battery life

[tacchan23]

The problem about 3rd party programs (also many UI have reset options) is that you can't use them when your phone is frozen (also can't turn off pressing hung button)
Myself I'm just taking off the battery lately when in need of reset^^

[Rothariger]

to reset my pda i remove the battery, and thats it!

[forelli]

tacchan23, on Oct 30 2009, 09:19, said:

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I added this to my FAQ thread long ago but I guess it wasn't enough and still many people ended up damaging their phones... so maybe this new thread could help some new users at least!


Picture (by monyozt) of the CORRECT Soft Reset button

Thanks my friend, but for me it's too late: I'm hanging around with a Blackberry Bold , waiting for my Omnia 2 to come back from repair, most likely on tuesday or wednesday : 2 damn weeks without my phone!
Samsung, what's wrong with you guys? Don't you check your manuals before printing??? WTF?
If it was not enough, I still haven't a 6.5.1 rom to flash the Omnia 2 with, what a pain! Thinking more and more of a HD2, I heard of a stylus working on a capacitive screen, created by... HTC. This is great news!

[angkung]

tacchan23, on Oct 30 2009, 17:19, said:

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I added this to my FAQ thread long ago but I guess it wasn't enough and still many people ended up damaging their phones... so maybe this new thread could help some new users at least!


Picture (by monyozt) of the CORRECT Soft Reset button

It was happened to my Phone, I sent to Service Center and they replace the mother board for free, I said that I just bought it 2 weeks ago and upgrade to WM6.5 J1, after they downgrade to wm6.1 but still didn't work, they changed the mother board, now I upgrade to J9 (sing) it looks perfect, but I preserve the CSC and Phone, so that I don't need to change the time or location when I do hard or soft reset, strange!!

[sabre23t]

tacchan23, on Oct 30 2009, 17:19, said:

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I recently got my Omnia 2. The included paper GT-I8000 User Manual (English EU, 11/2009, Rev 1.3) has the correct diagram on page 24 for the reset button between the SIM card and the MicroSD slots. Just FYI.

PDF available from ...
Samsung download page for GT-I8000 User Manual (ver 1.3)

[Zubin]

tacchan23, on Oct 30 2009, 14:49, said:

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I added this to my FAQ thread long ago but I guess it wasn't enough and still many people ended up damaging their phones... so maybe this new thread could help some new users at least!
Picture (by monyozt) of the CORRECT Soft Reset button

Hey even i have done the same mistake guys so wat shall i do now ?? Do i have to give it to Samsung Service Center ??

[Zubin]

Zubin, on Apr 16 2010, 12:56, said:

Hey even i have done the same mistake guys so wat shall i do now ?? Do i have to give it to Samsung Service Center ??

guys the thing is that i have taken a phone from Singapore and I am in INDIA now .. So it is an International Warranty or it covers a National Warranty onli ??

[selarrocnoslen]

tacchan23, on Oct 30 2009, 09:19, said:

PAY ATTENTION!
The diagram in the Manual points to a location for soft reset and instruct the user to use a toothpick to press that small slot. But the phone does not reset if you do that. Because that is the antenna slot and the phone can get damaged if someone follow the instruction in the manual..( Page 24 ).
The Reset button is the small golden hole between the SIM card and the MicroSD card.

I added this to my FAQ thread long ago but I guess it wasn't enough and still many people ended up damaging their phones... so maybe this new thread could help some new users at least!
Picture (by monyozt) of the CORRECT Soft Reset button

Hi:

Note I´ve discovered exactly what you state here, the hard way! But as I kept my receipt at hand, and the whole package (nylon bags included!) I could return my Omnia II to my provider and received a brand new one in exchage, the very last day I was entitled to that right, according our laws, supporting customers´rights.

The first phone I´ve got, was OK for 3 days in a row. Then after "resetting" it unappropiately (now I know it!), the antenna reception was terribly poor, almost non existant. So, I had to go  to the dealer´s office - four times, during the same working day afternoon, in order to have it repaired or receive a new one in exchange.  Fortunately, the inhouse technician was uncapable of detecting my wrongful handling (without my knowledge, obviously!) and therefore declared the phone as "defective", not without scrutinizing me for a long period as I was trying not to get caught, looking at the ceiling, repressing a whole lot of tics and laughts, just realizing my mistake...

Finally, this was the first time, in my whole life (I'm 46yo) I´ve took advantage of the system´s rules, and I feel sooooooooooooooooo good about that, you can´t imagine! FYI this phone costs over 600 american dollars in Uruguay, my country.


Tks for the forum, it´s great to have people like you, helping us -not very bright guys- with tips and advise!


P.S. Do you know how can I operate the phone LEDs as a flashlight?  I mean, with a good, free and easy to download application?

[bobhero]

This antenna connector in question, does anyone know for sure what it is for? Is it for the Cell phone radio? Wifi? GPS?

[R3my]

bobhero, on Dec 15 2010, 21:35, said:

This antenna connector in question, does anyone know for sure what it is for? Is it for the Cell phone radio? Wifi? GPS?

I have the same question.
Is anyoane who knows what that connector is for???

Antenna for GSM/ WCDMA it's hidden for our eyes, but I guess that connector
is linked with the microstrip phone antenna (for a better gain).

[bobhero]

R3my, on Dec 17 2010, 05:05, said:

I have the same question.
Is anyoane who knows what that connector is for???

Antenna for GSM/ WCDMA it's hidden for our eyes, but I guess that connector
is linked with the microstrip phone antenna (for a better gain).

I think it is for cell phone signal i920 pictured here:


Product:

http://www.wpsantenn...i-sch-i920.aspx

and here is a much cheaper version with free shipping which I think will also work:
http://www.dealextre...ls.dx/sku.26405



If anyone tries these please post your results!

Edited by bobhero, 31 December 2010 - 07:32 PM.