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[Q] G-sensor

Hi!
I have done something realy stupid with calibration i guess, and now the g-sensor is totally spazzed out!
I have already found a thread about this but I dont know how i can get to my system/bin folder, i have the DFT Android which boots up automaticly,
Dear regrets
Brian fury

Brian, I assume you have just ran the recalibrating tool?
If it stays screwed then consider task 29 and re flashing the rom

try calibrating by placing the phone upside down, screen facing the table surface.

If you have CWM installed, Boot your HD2 into MAGLDR by just holding the power button down as you power on the device. Scroll down to option #2 if you had to copy initrd.gz and zImageFiles to your SD card when you installed CWM or option #8 if you just had to flash CWM to install it. This will boot CWM then scroll down to back up and restore. This will bring up Nandriod back up, select backup and let Your HD2 complete making the back up for you. When it is done you will be back on the main menu of CWM.scroll down to Wipe data/factory reset. after you reset go back to back up and restore and then select the restore you just made then select advanced restore and restore everything but system this sould fix it. If you don,t have CWM then install it check my sig for a link to it.

[Q] Bricked Iconia...

I guess I bricked my iconia...
I installed Recovery, etc. But when I rebooted my device it starts up, and shows my initial display screen. But it locks on the display (it is past the Android, and Acer screen).
So I tried to recover the device using the unbrick procedures described in this forum, and others. But it seems whenever it tries to process any update.zip file including the unbrick the little android man either stops turning or displays a sign indicating things did not work out as they should have.
I have clockwordmod backup from my system. How do I use that backup? When I use my phone the device automatically boots into xrecovery and allows me to restore. How do I get that with the Iconia?

first of all your device is not bricked as long as you can boot into any type of recovery.
second you obviously have cwm installed, but anyhow even if you don't have it i hope you have an external sd-card.
dl any of the stock rom's from the dev section, basically best is to choose the rom made for your country.
extract the update.zip and put it on your external sd-card.
then install it with cwm if you still have it, or with acer recovery (volume - and power simultaneously until the recovery text shows up).
and then take it from there.
also good idea is to clean dalvik cache and data cache before restarting if you use cwm.
then you can reinstall root and cwm.

zoubidou said:
first of all your device is not bricked as long as you can boot into any type of recovery.
second you obviously have cwm installed, but anyhow even if you don't have it i hope you have an external sd-card.
dl any of the stock rom's from the dev section, basically best is to choose the rom made for your country.
extract the update.zip and put it on your external sd-card.
then install it with cwm if you still have it, or with acer recovery (volume - and power simultaneously until the recovery text shows up).
and then take it from there.
also good idea is to clean dalvik cache and data cache before restarting if you use cwm.
then you can reinstall root and cwm.
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Thanks... The problem is I can't boot into anything.
How do I boot into cwm? I can't boot into the operating system as once it hits the display screen with my picture the system freezes and tries to power down?
I have been playing around with acer recovery, but all of the updates I downloaded will not load onto the system. It tries to install, gets about 1/3 through and then gives me an error.
Hence why I was thinking that maybe my backup has something?

push volume - (left volume button) first and power and keep your fingers on it until it displays the recovery text message on top left of the screen

If you are getting into recovery. And flashing. A rom give you errors or does not complete. This issue is a bad d/load.or a bad currupt SD card.I would say format your SD card again.redownload the correct rom again.don't use a download manager.then decrypt. Unzip then put the update.zip on your SD card turn off your tab install SD card.
Reboot
Holding down volume up and power until you see the 4th line of txt. It should take you to cwr. Or flash your device
good luck

Yep.. use vol-down and power to boot into cwm. Keep holding vol-down until you see tiny white text in upper left corner.
Then do full restore. When it's done, if you don't see "Backup Succesfull!" message, you'll need to restore flexrom from the advanced restore menu. This is because it failed trying to restore .android_secure.img and caused cwm to restart before flextrom was restored.
Alternatively, you can delete the .android_secure.img file from your backup set before doing the full restore.
Good luck.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Thanks guys for all of your feedback.
However, when I hold down the buttons you mentioned I do get those text items you mention. The problem is that unlike my android phone it does not pop up the recovery menu. It goes straight into the Acer Recovery procedure (The android with turning gears).
Could it have been that upgrading to a specific ROM the recovery procedure is shortcircuited????
What I am trying to figure out is how to get the recovery menu.

Same deal!
I have the exact same issue. The Update.zip will not take and the Android Gears screen gets to 1/3 before the yellow triangle. Any further help would yield loud THANKS!

your update.zip should preferably be those 3.1 full. cos I believe it does not check anything for it to fail.

Thanks Kenny that does help and explain a few things.

[Q] I wanted to install DextersGalaxyA500 but now my device is not responding

I have Acer Iconia Tab A500 running on Honeycomb 3.1. I needed to replace its software. So what I did was:
1) Rooted my device with that - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138228
2) downloaded and installed AcerRecoveryInstaller - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller
3) downloaded DextersGalaxyA500-p1 and DextersGalaxyA500-p1-avi-patch from http://dext3r.komodin.org/
4) Copyed them to my internal memory, the downloaded app which allowed me to copy to SDCard and copyed to SD card.
5) started AcerRecoveryInstaller and clicked boot into recovery.
6) selected install from SD card
7) selected DextersGalaxyA500-p1.zip
8) install started
9) intall ended and boots (samsung logo) wohooo happy!
10) what the hell is this? Some noise coming from speaker, apps are not responding, device ultra slow - unusable.
11) somehow manage to open AcerRecoveryInstaller click boot into recovery - BOOM! android logo with warning sign, waits about 5 mins then reboots to OS. Thats it.
+ also when I turn of the device, hold power button+sound til the text comes to the corner i get an android logo + warning sign icon, this time its bit different icon. Waits about 5 mins then reboots to OS.
What have I done wrong and how to fix it?

Did you wipe everything, like (dalvik)cache, before installing the new ROM?
Did you check the MD5 checksum on the downloaded ROM?
Can you get into recovery and try to install a different ROM?

Try putting a stock Acer update.zip in the root folder of your micro sd card and then use standard Acer upgrade procedures to get back to stock. (i.e hold the power and vol+ button while booting).
Should that not work, I'd try to do a complete factory reset / wipe using the rotation lock method described elsewhere in this forums. (sorry I cant recall the exact order of things well enough to quote them but a quick search will find them... ).

pattiman said:
Did you wipe everything, like (dalvik)cache, before installing the new ROM?
Did you check the MD5 checksum on the downloaded ROM?
Can you get into recovery and try to install a different ROM?
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1) No
2) No. With what should I compare it (dext3r.komodin.org didn't give out MD5 hash codes)
3) Luckyly, I found out that I can (had to hold start+volume up little bit longer)
What should I do now? Select: "wipe data/factory reset" + "wipe cache partition" + and then install from SD card again?

TheDroidProject said:
1) No
2) No. With what should I compare it (dext3r.komodin.org didn't give out MD5 hash codes)
3) Luckyly, I found out that I can (had to hold start+volume up little bit longer)
What should I do now? Select: "wipe data/factory reset" + "wipe cache partition" + and then install from SD card again?
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Pretty much, yes.. You should always do this when installing a different ROM. It's often OK for new versions of the same ROM, but between different ROMs you must wipe your device or you risk problems.

Thank you guys!
Everything working after cleanup and new install, really appreciate it!

This is why these boards are great, you got your problem solved in a matter of a couple of hours from experienced members. XDA is the greatest!

See that's what these forums are for. Thanks for helping this person out guys. Keep it up

Expalinin the term- "brick".

First of all, lets get something straight. Most people use the term "bricked" improperly. A bricked phone means one thing: your phone won't turn on in any way, shape or form, and there's nothing you can do to fix it. It is, for all intents and purposes, as useful as a brick. A phone stuck in a boot loop is not bricked, nor is a phone that boots straight into recovery mode. These are things you can usually fix, and they're a lot more common than a truly bricked phone. If your phone is*actually*bricked, you won't be able to fix it yourself (but there are things you can do—see the end of this article). For those other problems, you have a few options.
If Your Phone Keeps Rebooting: Wipe Your Data and Cache

If you've flashed a ROM and your phone won't boot into the home screen, it's probably because you forgot to wipe your data and/or cache. It's trying to boot into the ROM, but some leftover data from your last ROM is causing it to error out, and it'll reboot itself over and over again. If your phone's eating a big bowl of boot loops, your first course of action should be to wipe its data and cache, which you can do from recovery mode. This method assumes you're using ClockworkMod Recovery, like the majority of Android users, but if your particular phone uses a different third-party recovery (like AmonRA), you should still be able to find these options in the interface. They might just be in a different place. To wipe your data and cache:
Power down your phone. Turn it back on and boot into Recovery mode. This is a bit different for every phone, so you'll have to Google how to do it for your specific model. Usually it involves holding down another button, like Volume Down, as you turn your phone on. HTC phones will have to then select "Recovery" from a menu, while other phones will boot directly into ClockworkMod. You'll know you're in ClockworkMod by the words "ClockworkMod Recovery" at the top of the screen.Use your volume keys to navigate the menus, and your power button to select menu items. Scroll down to Advanced, and choose "Wipe Dalvik Cache". When that's finished, go back to the main screen and choose "Wipe Cache Partition". Lastly, head to "Wipe Data/Factory Reset". This will delete all your settings and apps, but you should still be using the correct ROM.Reboot your phone.
With any luck, it should boot right into your ROM. If that didn't work, try the below method with the same ROM (or with a different ROM) and see if you get different results.
If Your Phone Boots Straight Into Recovery: Flash a New ROM

If, when you boot up your phone, it goes straight into ClockworkMod, then there's likely an issue with the ROM you flashed. Note that some ROMs boot into recovery mode automatically after flashing, so reboot your phone once from recovery mode to make sure you're having a problem. HTC users: if you boot up your phone, it might go straight into the bootloader—check to see whether you can choose "Recovery" from the list before continuing to the next step. HTC phones usually don't boot straight into recovery.
In this case, you'll want to reflash the ROM from scratch. Try again with the ROM that messed up your phone, if you so choose, but if that doesn't work, try an entirely different ROM. The best way to do this is to download a ROM from somewhere on the net and putting it on your*SD card. You'll need to take the SD card out of your phone, and you'll need an SD card reader that you can plug into your computer. Here's how it works:
Plug the SD card into your computer. Drag the ROM's ZIP file to your SD card, and wait for it to copy.When it's done copying, eject the SD card and put it back in your phone. Reboot into Recovery mode. This is a bit different for every phone, so you'll have to Google how to do it for your specific model. Usually it involves holding down another button, like Volume Down, as you turn your phone on. HTC phones will have to then select "Recovery" from a menu, while other phones will boot directly into ClockworkMod. You'll know you're in ClockworkMod by the words "ClockworkMod Recovery" at the top of the screen.Use your volume keys to navigate the menus, and your power button to select menu items. Scroll down to "Install ZIP From SD Card" and navigate to the ZIP file you just copied over. Give it time to flash the ROM.When it's done, reboot your phone.
Hopefully, your phone should successfully boot into the new ROM. From there, you can probably assume that the previous ROM that messed up your phone isn't going to work, and you'll have to find another ROM for now—or find another copy of that ROM that isn't corrupted. Remember to make backups of your working ROMs so you don't lose all your data!
If Your Phone Boots Straight Into its Bootloader: Restore From a Stock ROM
If you're really having trouble, one of the most surefire ways to get your phone working again is to restore from the original ROM your phone came with—unrooted, stock, stable goodness. Each manufacturer and phone has a different method for doing this, and we can't go into too much detail here, but we can steer you in the right direction.
Note that this will unroot your phone, and return it to exactly how it was when you bought it from the store. You'll lose all your apps, settings, ClockworkMod recovery, you'll get over-the-air updates again, and you'll even have to re-activate your phone if you're on a CDMA provider like Verizon or Sprint.
This is less likely, but it's a problem I and a few others have run into on occasion: sometimes your SD card just gets corrupted, which makes the above methods useless (since they rely on your SD card to work). Take your SD card out of your phone, put it into your computer using an SD card reader, and format it. It's very important that you format it through an SD card reader directly and not by plugging in your phone in USB mode—I learned this the hard way. Format it as FAT32 and try the above methods again.
Other errors, like during the ROM flashing process, might give you a hint as to what's wrong. Try heading to the*XDA Developers forums*and asking for help, as your phone could have one of a million specific problems we can't address here today. Remember, if your phone turns on, there's still a good chance you can recover from whatever error you're experiencing, so don't give up just yet!
If Your Phone Is Truly Bricked: Take It Into the Store and Play Dumb
If your phone is actually bricked—that is, it won't turn on at all, no matter how hard you try—it's time to give up and move on. The first thing you can do in this situation is try to take it back to your carrier's store and play dumb—just say something like "I don't know what happened, but my phone won't turn on anymore" (don't tell them you rooted it, obviously). Most carriers don't have time to deal with such issues and they'll just give you a new phone. Sure, it's a tad evil, but it should work most of the time.
If they're wise to your act, though, you can try another store or just sell your bricked phone for a few bucks on Craigslist. Sadly, if no one will replace your phone, you'll have to buy an entirely new one. Such are the dangers of rooting, but don't be discouraged! Bricking your phone is pretty rare, so I wouldn't worry about it being a common occurrence. As always, though, when you void your warranty, only do so if you're ready to replace that device completely, since you never know what can happen.
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[Q] HTC HD2 Full Reset Help!

Can someone please explain in full detail with steps on how to reset my HTC HD2 and my SD card in it. Also, could someone then explain how to perfectly install PixelDroid_AOKP (Or another really good one) onto my phone. I'm having trouble resetting my phone and sd card and then formatting it to the correct thing. Then after that, I have problems using the correct choices to install as there are so many different ones and I do not know what to choose. Anyone know the answer?

Reboot your phone and keep pushing volume down, when you are in 4 colors (bootlader) use Task29 to format your device from PC, Connect HD2 to pc let windows install drivers, then execute task29, when you reach 99% kepp pushing volume down to boot again in bootlader (4colors). After Task29 instal MAGLRD, when it is installed reboot your phone and whenyou see go, go, go appear keep pushing on/off botton to boot in MAGLRD, go to flahsable mode and install Recovery CMW or 4EXT, whatever, before that open flash.cfg file with note and set up the file like the developers asking on they roms, (Partition 200mb, Cahe 2mb exc) when you installed recovery put the rom zip file which you like to sd, format your sd from pc before, then boot in MAGLRD, when you are there boot in recovery and select flash from zip in installation, done, enjoy the rom. After installation reboot your phone 3 times. Flash in this way how many time you like and if you have problems do not ask me. :laugh:
Hit 10 times thanks botton.

I forgot one of the most important part, before do all from my first post you have to install first HSPL and after that a Radio, I think v2.12.50.02_2 it's good enough.
Hit Thanx.