I cant get pass my 4 digit pass word on my mda vario. I think it has changed it? I have tried Active sync to!!! Is there any way of doing a hard reset with the buttins on the phone? Basicly as you probably know if you have one of threse phones? The people who designed this phone are idiots and decided that if your phone dont have enough power to boot up over the windows screen, then its useless. Today i managed to find the right charger but know i cant get in to the phone? I am going to take of that stupid 4 digit password if there is a way around this. Please help? :)

Yes, you need to perform a hard reset.

To perform a hard reset

1. 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.

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

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

download activesync
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/help/synchronize/device-synch.mspx

There is a very straightforward solution now, thanks to some helpful peeps at xda-developers forum. Simply download a zip file called lokiwiz3a.zip (Google is your friend).

I used it yesterday and had generated the unlock code within minutes of connecting the MDA Vario with my laptop.

in windows, right click on the CD player with you cd in it.
click explore and look for USB Drivers.
Install the drivers and try hooking your phone up again.
Try using a fast USB 2.0 port on the computer.

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This method will erase all the data on the device and restore it to factory defaults:

Hard Reset T-Mobile Vario

try the software cd that came with the phone if any or try the mobile website

i had this problem, everytime i refreshed the mda the pc showed that the phone was connecting then once the mda vario had stopped the connection was lost, what i did notive was that the com port for active sync showed up on my pc as com port 4? which isnt a choice on the mda as there is only 2 ports available com 6 and com 7, what i did was to add new serail services to the pc until i was given com 6 as a choice,(because by default the pc starts off as com 4 then com 5 etc, so goto the bluetooth configuration then click on client apps and keep adding new service until you get com 6 then try and sync via activesync on your phone, if that doesnt work make sure that you have added new bluetooth device which gives you options of what services you would like the phone to use with the pc, click activesync then configure it to connect on com 6 voila that should work fine iv just updated mine to netframework 2.0 and can now run all the apps i want, any problems email me on [email protected] il be happy to assist any way i can as i was stuck on this problem for ages and ages until i finally solved it hope you succeed.
Mark

hi. i have had the same problem and have had to change the battery twice in the three years i have had it. sometimes the batteries that you can buy off ebay are quite cheap but go off without any warning fairly quickly.last one i have bougt has lasted me 1.5 years without any probs.
my other advice would be to back up your contacts/other sensitive information somewhere safe( your phone SIM for example- which has to be done one at a time for the mda vario)as well just in case.
hope it helps

another problem if anyone can help is how to send contacts from mda vario to mda vario III??????? its getting me down!!!!
also having problems with sync so cant load onto pc then copy but it used to wk!!

I'm dealing with the same problem overher in Holland. I'm looking for someone to "weld" the contacts. But you sould take a look at this website perhaps they can help you. http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main.asp?unit=Qtek_9100-513&area=repairs