Endless Boot Looping / Can't restart to Home Screen...

[Headhunter]

Hello ALL --

LOVING my Gemini PDA x27. Using it stock, 100%, have not done any rooting, etc, as I am bit green to that nowadays :-)

I am in South Carolina, USA and using it on Verizon. Works very nicely for the most part, which I will speak to in another post soon.

Wanted to ask if you all think I need to do a hard reset on my Gemini? My Gemini was acting funky the other day, and I kept on getting this message or something to this effect: "MediaTek has stopped working" -- So, I attempted to do a restart. Though, upon doing that, I've now been stuck in an endless boot loop. I Cannot restart back to the home screen.

Is there a way to get my device started without having to do a hard reset? I don't have my notes or system backed up and would rather NOT have to lose all the data. If I have to do a hard reset, what Android backup app do you recommend that is simple to use but solid?

Here are some photos to show where the main screen stays stuck.

Thank you for your review of my concern and hope that we can help others who may be experiencing the same/similar issue(s).

[SNi]

Hello ALL --

LOVING my Gemini PDA x27. Using it stock, 100%, have not done any rooting, etc, as I am bit green to that nowadays :-)

I am in South Carolina, USA and using it on Verizon. Works very nicely for the most part, which I will speak to in another post soon.

<SNIP>

Thank you for your review of my concern and hope that we can help others who may be experiencing the same/similar issue(s).

You posted this under General Forums - General Discussion; you might get more visibility (and thus greater likelihood of an answer) in the Model Specific Forums - Gemini PDA - Gemini PDA Android OS...

[Headhunter]

Hello SNi--

Thank you for the tip. Do you know how I can move this post? Looking around, didn't see how to do so and didn't want to make a double-post. Would I have to request a MOD to do this? Thank you again! 'Best, -HHH

Hello ALL --

LOVING my Gemini PDA x27. Using it stock, 100%, have not done any rooting, etc, as I am bit green to that nowadays :-)

I am in South Carolina, USA and using it on Verizon. Works very nicely for the most part, which I will speak to in another post soon.

<SNIP>

Thank you for your review of my concern and hope that we can help others who may be experiencing the same/similar issue(s).

You posted this under General Forums - General Discussion; you might get more visibility (and thus greater likelihood of an answer) in the Model Specific Forums - Gemini PDA - Gemini PDA Android OS...

[vader]

Did you apply the latest update which came out yesterday? The is a problem with x27 and that update. As far as I know, you need to reflash to fix it. Don't quote me on that, but there are a few people on here who did it and had to reflash.

For anyone reading this, don't apply the update if you have an x27 system - in fact to be safe, just don't apply it. If you feel lucky and have an x25 system, have a go - all the people (me included) who have updated successfully have been x25 AFAIK.

[Headhunter]

Did you apply the latest update which came out yesterday? The is a problem with x27 and that update. As far as I know, you need to reflash to fix it. Don't quote me on that, but there are a few people on here who did it and had to reflash.

For anyone reading this, don't apply the update if you have an x27 system - in fact to be safe, just don't apply it. If you feel lucky and have an x25 system, have a go - all the people (me included) who have updated successfully have been x25 AFAIK.

Hi --

Thank you for your review of my post. This error happened last Thursday, 31 MAY. I think the update you're referring to came out within the last few days or so. My problem is that I was getting the "MediaTek not responding" message and just decided to do a restart in the middle of that because (in my mind) I thought to keep from get the constantly recurring and interfering messages, it'd be best to reboot. Boy, was I wrong! Won't do that again!

Sounds like my only option is to do a full hard-reset. Just was hoping I wouldn't have too as I haven't backed it up.

I am very much hoping that Planet Computers comes out with their Psion-esque software so that I can relive the olden Palm Pilot and Psion-days, LOL.

Any advice for a solid back up app (online or via app)?

Thanks,

--HHH