3650 Start-Up Problem

[smpballa240]

Boot format does not work on 3650, schizo. We 3650 owners got it up the arse pretty hard with the lack of memory and boot format.

I really do suggest that you buy a card reader Medasa. Then you can backup the MMC files on ur comp.

I've used this method before: I backed up the whole MMC on my comp. (this included the contacts.cdb file which I copy to my MMC once in a while in case something goes disastrously wrong). Then I formatted my phone without the MMC in. I went on the computer and deleted all the application files and extraneous mess ON THE CARD. So on the card, all I kept were pics, the backup CONTACTS.CDB file, and a few other files I didn't want to delete, none of which were program or app files. On the computer I had a complete backup of the card, just in case I had deleted something I didn't mean to. I put the card in the phone (which was wiped clean, remember?) and installed seleQ directly to the phone (always a good idea, since seleQ is so small). I moved contacts.cdb back to its proper directory (ask how to do that if you don't know; it takes some folder renaming). And voila. I had my phone pristeen with all my pics and contacts still in tact.

If you aren't anal like me and you don't copy ur contacts.cdb file every so often, I hope you had ur contacts and pics backed up on your computer with PC Suite. I generally don't use the phone's backup to MMC/restore from MMC function. When I format my phone, I want it clean, not the same as it was before.

[medasa]

As Smpballa240 said, the boot format trick doesn't work on 3650 but thanks anyway Schizo
Smpballa240! Actually before buying a reader, I took my phone to a service center, asking whether he could get an access to my MMC through his Card Reader. He claimed that the MMC was corrupted and he couldn't even format it!!! So I decided to buy a new MMC, instead of the card reader But I couldn't believe why this could have happened because as I described in my old post, the phone didn't even get a chance to start and there was no transaction between the phone and MMC, the moment my phone crashed! I was looking for a digicam, supporting a MMC, verfying my corrupted MMC one again but just before I borrowed the camera, I went to another service center and asked them once again to check my MMC and guess what! The card was still unreachable but at least he formatted it easily! Piece of cake

So back to normal life! My 3650 works just fine before arriving my new 7610 in one month