Hard Reset My T-Mobile Dash


My T-Mobile Dash (HTC 620) couldn’t break out of its endless boot loop. So, despite my dislike of hard resets, I went ahead and reset the Dash. Here’s how you perform a hard reset on one of these things, btw.

  1. Press the left and right soft keys simultaneously
  2. While pressing the soft keys, press and hold the On button for a couple of seconds and then release it
  3. You will see a screen that tells you to press Send to reset the device. You can sort of see a blurry picture of this screen above (sorry ’bout that). The Send button is the green Call button

I just deleted the former partnership with ActiveSync and then re-partnered the Dash with my PC. Everything looks ok so far. The problem might be related to one of the beta apps I tried recently on the unit. But, I’m not assigning blame until I can find more information.

The bad news is that I lost the OneNote Mobile notes after re-partnering. Everything on the PC side was deleted. I think I backed it up a week or so ago. So, I should be able to recover most of my notes though.

The good news is that the phone looks like it is working. I will use my TyTn as my main phone for another day or two until I get a better feel for how the Dash is behaving after its hard reset.

Comments

6 responses to “Hard Reset My T-Mobile Dash”

  1. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    locked my dash and 4goty my password how do i reset it without calling t-mobile…?

  2. vic Avatar
    vic

    Works great!

  3. ali Avatar
    ali

    what are the soft keys??

  4. daniel Avatar
    daniel

    forgot my device unlock code for my dash,anyone know how to reset it without having to call t-mobile.

  5. jose goitia Avatar
    jose goitia

    Hello
    I don’t understand which are the left and right soft keys, sorry can you tell me by mail Thanks Jose