How To hard reset htc Gene 100

We can hard reset the device just by pressing and holding both the " -" keys right above the answer and end keys and pressing the power button . It will run the ghost image and recover the device ...

note :

1) make sure your battery is more than 50 % charged .
2)you must do a power cycle in your device ( take out the battery , then press and hold the power button ) before you do a hard reset ...

My device is back to normal...

video is here

there you go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R53104JTgNI

PROPHET
known as
Qtek S200 / Dopod 818 Pro / Dopod 830 / Swisscom XPA S200 / O2 Xda Neo / i-mate JAMin / Orange SPV M600 / Vodafone VPA Compact S / T-Com T-One TC 500

Hard Reset
There are many different reason's as to why you need to do a Hard-Reset, but to perform it, press and hold down the Camera and Comm-Manager button's, then do a soft-reset. The next screen will appear, and you will have to press the Green call button, which will then tell you that it's reformatting the file system, then it will continue to setup your device

HTC Hermes (Mercury)
known as

HTC P4500 / HTC Z / HTC TyTN / Rogers & HTC TyTN / Qtek 9600 / Dopod 838 Pro / Dopod CHT9000 / i-mate JASJAM / O2 Xda Trion / T-Mobile MDA Vario II / Vodafone VPA Compact III / Vodafone v1605 / SFR v1605 / Orange SPV M3100 / AT&T 8525 / Cingular 8525 / Swisscom XPA v1605 / SoftBank X01HT

Hard Reset

To Hard Reset a HTC Hermes device, hold down the two soft key buttons directly below the screen, and press the reset pin. You will be presented with a menu saying
Do you want to erase all
user data and restore to

manufacturer default?


YES = QWERTY <R> KEY

NO = QWERTY <X> KEY
Press R on the QWERTY keyboard to Hard Reset, press X to exit


HTC Herald (Atlas)
Known As

HTC P4350 / HTC P4351 / Dopod C800 / Dopod C858 / O2 Xda Terra / Vodafone VPA Compact IV / T-Mobile Wing


Hard Reset
Press and hold the left SOFT KEY and the right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the middle left side of your device.
Release the stylus, but continue pressing the two SOFT KEYs until you see the following message on the screen: This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press Send to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
Release the two SOFT KEYs, and then press the button on your device. Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before a hard reset is performed.


HTC Himalaya (Andes)
Known As
Qtek 2020 / Qtek 2060 / Dopod 696 / Dopod 696i / O2 Xda II / T-Mobile MDA II / i-mate Pocket PC Phone Edition / Orange SPV M1000 / Vodafone VPA / Telefonica TSM500 / Krome Navigator F1


Hard Reset
Pressing Power Botton Look at your phone, screen up, speaker at the top. On the lower left edge, as you look at it. there is a small hole. Take your stylus and ... stick the point in the hole for 120 seconds



HTC Wizard (Prodigy)

Known As
HTC P4300 / Qtek 9100 / Qtek A9100 / Dopod 838 / i-mate K-JAM / T-Mobile MDA Vario / O2 Xda Mini Pro / O2 Xda Mini S / Orange SPV M3000 / Orange SPV M6000 / Cingular 8125 / Vodafone VPA Compact II / E-Plus Pocket PDA


Hard Reset
Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command
button on the device. At the same time, use the stylus to lightly
press the RESET button.

Keep the Comm Manager button and Voice Command button
pressed, and the following message will appear on the screen:

Release the two buttons, and press the Send button to perform a
hard reset


Quanta Atom
Known As
In Clarification of non-HTC device:- O2 Xda Atom / O2 Xda Atom Pure / O2 Xda Atom Life / O2 Xda Atom Exec / Hewlett-Packard iPAQ rw6828

Hard Reset
A hard reset turns the battery off, clears memory, deletes all data (such as owner information under Setup Wizard and AutoConfigurator) and restores the Xda Atom Life to its default settings. The action will keep all the preinstalled programs that were in the phone when your Xda Atom Life was first delivered to you. It is therefore extremely important to back up data to a storage card or your computer on a regular basis in case a hard reset has to be performed.
To perform a hard reset:
1. Make sure that you have backed up all your data in a Mini SD card or on your PC before performing a hard reset.
2. Press and hold the power button, and then use the stylus to press the soft reset button at the same time

HTC Elf
Known As
HTC P3450 / HTC Touch / HTC Ted Baker Needle / Orange & HTC Touch P3450 / Dopod S1 / T-Mobile MDA Touch / O2 Xda Nova / Vodafone VPA Touch

Hard Reset
Press and hold the TALK and END buttons, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.
Release the stylus, but continue pressing the TALK and END buttons until you see the following message on the screen:This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press Action to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
Release the TALK and END buttons, and then press ENTER on your device.
Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before a hard reset is performed.
Another way of clearing the device storage and reset all setings back to factory default settings is to use the Clear Storage feature. You will lose all your data and files on the device storage when you use Clear Storage, so make sure to do a backup first.
Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clear Storage.
Enter “1234” then tap Yes.

HTC Diamond (Victor)
Known As
HTC P3700 / HTC P3701 / HTC P3702 / HTC Touch Diamond / HTC Touch Diamond P3702 / HTC Touch Diamond (White Gold Edition) / Orange & HTC Touch Diamond / Swisscom & HTC Touch Diamond / Vodafone & HTC Touch Diamond / Dopod S900 (Touch Diamond) / O2 Xda Diamond / O2 Xda Ignito / T-Mobile MDA Compact IV / EMobile Emonster S21HT / NTT DoCoMo PRO series HT-02A

Hard Reset
1. Pull out the stylus.
2. With the device turned on, press and hold the VOLUME DOWN and
ENTER buttons, then press the RESET button with the stylus tip.
3. Release the RESET button, but continue pressing the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons until you see this message on the screen:
Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Make sure that any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before you perform a hard reset.
4. Release the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons, then press the
VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other
button to cancel the reset.
You can also use Clear Storage to reset your device back to factory default settings and/or format the internal storage.
1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All
Settings.
2. On the System tab, tap Clear Storage.
3. In the drop-down menu, select whether to Clear Storage only,
Format internal storage only, or Clear storage and format internal storage.
4. Enter “1234” and then tap Yes

HTC Blackstone
Known As
HTC T828X / HTC Touch HD / Dopod Touch HD

Hard Reset
1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.
2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:""THIS OPERATION WILL DELEAT ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA, AND RESET ALL SETTINGS TO ectt.."""
3. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
4. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset

You can also use Clear Storage to reset your device back to factory default settings.
1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.
2. On the System tab, tap Clear Storage.
3. Enter “1234” and then tap Yes.

HTC Charmer
known as
"T-Mobile MDA compact II" - Germany and UK

Hard Reset
If you have access to the OS, in Settings>System you can use the 'Clear Storage' program to hard reset the device. Just follow on screen instructions. Alternatively, hold down both the 'Camera' and 'Record' on the left side of the device and use the stylus to press the soft reset button on the bottom of the device. Keep holding the 2 side buttons until the display prompts you to press send (green phone) to reset.

HTC Magician
Known As
Qtek S100 / Qtek S110 / Dopod 818 / Dopod 828 / Dopod 828+ / O2 Xda II Mini / Orange SPV M500 / T-Mobile MDA Compact / i-mate JAM / i-mate JAM (Limited Charcoal Edition) / Vodafone VPA Compact / Krome Spy

Hard Reset
While holding down the power button press in on the reset button (reset hole) with your stylus for about 5 seconds.


HTC Universal
Known As
Qtek 9000 / Dopod 900 / SFR v1640 / Vodafone v1640 / Vodafone VPA IV / T-Mobile MDA Pro / i-mate JASJAR / O2 Xda Exec / Orange SPV M5000 / Grundig GR980 / E-Plus PDA IV


Hard Reset
Press and hold both SOFT KEYS shown enclosed by circles in
the picture below. Keep these keys pressed, and at the same
time, use the stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button
on the left side of your device. Press either 0 to restore to factory
default or X to exit the hard reset process.


HTC Trinity
Known As
HTC P3600 / HTC P3600i / Dopod D810 / Dopod CHT9100 / Dopod CHT9110 / Orange SPV M700 / Vodafone VPA Compact GPS / SFR S300+ / Swisscom XPA v1510

Hard Reset
Press and hold the Left SOFT KEY and the Right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom center part of your device.
Release the stylus, but continue pressing the two soft key buttons. Release them only when you see the following message on your device screen: “Press SEND to restore factory default, press END to quit.“
Press on your device.
Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before a hard reset is performed

HTC Vogue

Known As
"""CDMA""" HTC P3050 / HTC Touch CDMA / Alltel & HTC Touch / Bell & HTC Touch / Sprint & HTC Touch / Telus & HTC Touch / Dopod S500 / Dopod S505 / UTStarcom MP6900 / Verizon Touch XV6900 / Okta Touch

Hard Reset
Press and hold the TALK and END buttons, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.
Release the stylus, but continue pressing the TALK and END buttons until you see the following message on the screen:This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press Action to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
Release the TALK and END buttons, and then press ENTER on your device.
Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before a hard reset is performed.
Another way of clearing the device storage and reset all setings back to factory default settings is to use the Clear Storage feature. You will lose all your data and files on the device storage when you use Clear Storage, so make sure to do a backup first.
Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clear Storage.
Enter “1234” then tap Yes.

HTC Opal
Known As
HTC T222X / HTC Touch Viva / Dopod Touch Viva / T-Mobile MDA Basic

Hard Reset
1. Remove the back cover and then pull out the stylus.
2. With the device turned on, press and hold the TALK/SEND and END buttons, then press the RESET button with the stylus tip.
3. Release the RESET button, but continue pressing the TALK/SEND and END buttons until you see this message on the screen:"""This Operation Will Delear All Your Personal Data and set all settings to ectt."""
4. Release the TALK/SEND and END buttons, then press the TALK/SEND button
to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.

You can also use Clear Storage to reset your device back to factory default settings.
1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.
2. On the System tab, tap Clear Storage.
3. Enter “1234” and then tap Yes.