I honestly have to bend on my knees & thank a blogger by the name of Jamesuk. After playing around with my phone a little bit to much, I installed a broken .cab file which wouldn’t let me into my ‘Settings’. Each time I went start>Settings my phone would restart. ANNOYING as I couldn’t sync, change any settings or do much at all! I couldn’t simply sync with the computer & hard reset as USB was turned off & I couldn’t remove the cab as I wasn’t able to access Remove Programs.
But after a few hours of pouring over forums & blogs, I almost gave up! They all mentioned 2 hidden ways of doing a hard reset. They are as follows:
If your phone is turned off, and won’t go past Omnia black screen
1. Hold the power on & call & end keys simultaenously for about 5 seconds.
Alternatively, turn on and when the Omnia screen appears, hold down the call & end keys.
If your phone is already turned on:
1. Hold down the call & end keys & TAP (not hold) the soft reset button hole.
Either method you choose with get to the same place, a black screen asking if you want to reset. Call will reset.
Ok, so why is Jamesuk such a legend? Because after at least 2 dozens attempts at me doing this, jamming my fingers down on the keypad trying to get it work, I stumbled upon his post.
He pointed out in his post that if you notice, when you hold down the Call & End keys, you also depress the middle button just the smallest amount. This will stop the hard reset. So instead of jamming your fingers down, press very very lightly only until you can just feel the click of the button, and on the outer side of the buttons.
I tried this, and it worked instantly. So thats how you hard reset the Samsung Omnia- properly.
