Won't start up

[Whyareallthegoodnamestaken]

I've charged the battery, put in the sim and sd card and started it up for the first time. For half an hour all I've had is this weird animation of squares circles and triangles. That's it and nothing else. Anyone know what the he'll is going on?

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[Frosty_Power]

That's the start up screen. Should only be on for about 10 seconds.

 

[anon(1338822)]

Did the device ever start fully? I know for mine, on the first boot, it was significantly longer than any boot after.

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[Whyareallthegoodnamestaken]

Did the device ever start fully? I know for mine, on the first boot, it was significantly longer than any boot after.

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Not without intervention. I had to do a hard reset by holding down the power button for a long time. Then it booted up in a minute and all was fine.

I couldn't actually find out how to do said reset though. There was no help page or anything from BlackBerry. I just had to try all sorts of things, freaking out all the while.

But I've never had a problem with it since.

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