If you’re Sidekick gets zebra/bar-code stripe:
- Soft reset your device by pressing the following keys: @+1+0.
- As your device reboots, press and hold the green POWER button and the ‘P’ key. Release these buttons after the device shuts down.
- Finally, insert the AC power adaptor to restart your device.
The timing is a bit tricky since you can’t see anything. I finally got it to work when I held down the power button and the p key after the screen flashes, a little bit after letting go of the soft reset combo.