I updated my new A7 with the Dexter 1.3 Mod (no additional patches). The update went fairly smoothly, but the tablet went into a loop and kept showing the ELocity Boot Up Screen for about five minutes. I was afraid that I had "bricked" it, but I eventually I tired of seeing it loop over and over again and started pressing the recessed reset on the back of the device. Fortunately, it booted perfectly and has been running very well for several days. Bluetooth is unavailable, but that is inconsequential to me.
One problem was that when attempting to read gmail or Google Docs the screen would not let you page. I discovered that if your turned the device from horizontal to vertical it paged without a problem. If you then turn the tablet back to horizontal it will still page perfectly. The problem seems to be with the Rom Update Software recognizing the orientation of the device (horizontal or vertical) when you first reach Gmail. I believe there is a physical device inside the tablet that notifies the software once the tablet has been flipped.
This is not a big deal. The Dexter Mod is excellent. I just thought people might be interested in knowing that they can get gmail and Google Docs to work perfectly once they change the orientation of the device.
Maybe someone can pass this along to Dexter.
Thank you.
There is a Bluetooth Fix that will resolve the issue. Put it on the sd using the exact same process as you did with Dex Mod v1.3, however do not do a wipe beforehand. What this will do is update the v1.3 rom with only the additional bt fix. It resolves the issue nicely.
As for Google Docs, I haven't tried it yet, but could it be that it is not optimized for a tablet? Might also want to check for an update on the market, just to make sure.
Link to BT Fix is right under the v1.3 download link on this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890042
Thank you. I did see the Bluetooth fix, but I saw some later posts that said the patches caused additional freezing of the UI.
Additionally, I was not clear about how to apply the patch. Should it be after I do the initial Dexter 1.3 update? Also, it does not appear possible to get into recovery mode anymore on my tablet. Holding the power button for 2 seconds, then 5 seconds does nothing.
I assume that attempting to run the update from a running A7 would result in disaster? Or am I wrong.
I would be grateful for any assistance that you might be able to provide.
Thanks again.
desolom said:
Thank you. I did see the Bluetooth fix, but I saw some later posts that said the patches caused additional freezing of the UI.
Additionally, I was not clear about how to apply the patch. Should it be after I do the initial Dexter 1.3 update? Also, it does not appear possible to get into recovery mode anymore on my tablet. Holding the power button for 2 seconds, then 5 seconds does nothing.
I assume that attempting to run the update from a running A7 would result in disaster? Or am I wrong.
I would be grateful for any assistance that you might be able to provide.
Thanks again.
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That's strange that recovery won't boot......I believe you can just perform an update from within the settings screen. Just remember to change the name of the bluetooth fix to update.zip.
Just in case: are you shutting the tablet down all the way?
Then just press the power button until the light on the power button turns on then immediately press the power button and hold until you see the booting into recovery message. When you see that message let go of the power button.
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That's strange that recovery won't boot......I believe you can just perform an update from within the settings screen. Just remember to change the name of the bluetooth fix to update.zip.
Just in case: are you shutting the tablet down all the way?
Then just press the power button until the light on the power button turns on then immediately press the power button and hold until you see the booting into recovery message. When you see that message let go of the power button.
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Thanks to all of you who answered my post. I solved the problem, but not in the way I expected.
I always managed to get the device into the proper mode to update it, but I never got the menu that I did when I originally updated the device with the latest Stream TV (Elocity Now) firmware update. When I did the update from Elocity I got a full GUI interface to the update.
After the Dexter Mod I only got to an update script by hitting the back (hardware button) and then the home button). Eventually, with some trepidation, I realized that I could install the Dexter Patch in that fashion. Maybe that is the way it is supposed to work. However, I did not realize it at first and I had a great fear of bricking a new $350.00 device.
It is my first tablet device.
With the Dexter Mod it is really a good device. Everything (including Bluetooth) is now working properly.
I bought this device to teach myself how to develop database Apps with SQLite and that remains my intention.
Thanks to all those that replied to my email.
After reading all the threads I could find I decided to give it a go figuring the worst that could happen was that I would need to return the tablet.
Here is what happened.
I to got the looping elocity boot screen but was unable to correct it by use of the hard reset button. So I decided to take another tact. I held the power button down forever until it turned off. I removed the SD card. I then got into the reboot screen again and erased all user data and cleared the cache. I then rebooted and it worked.
I may not have needed to clear the cache but what the heck. Anyway it appears that there may be some conflict when the card with the update is left in the tablet for the initial reboot.
One thing that I did due before installing the update was to buy a new SD card. I realize I could of formated an existing card but hey for $10 it was just easier.
I also made sure that after I downloaded the mod that I renamed it Update though I couldn't find anything on the elocity site that specifically indicated the need for a capital "U".
Hope this helps someone.
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Hi guys, having a problem with the nexus s that i have just got today.
Installed an app for getting wallpapers, something like FLickir HD wallpapers or something.
Set a wall paper, then browsed on through others.
Phone soft rebooted, and now the screen and bottom buttons are totally unresponsive. No idea why, and no matter how many times i battery pull etc i cant get it sorted.
Any help would be a great help.
Can you get into recovery mode?
Pull battery. Wait 30 seconds. Put battery back in.
Press and hold volume up button, then press hold power on button.
Phone should enter Fastboot mode.
Use volume keys to highlight the recovery option.
Use power button to select it.
Once the phone starts to reboot you'll quickly see a little box pouring an arrow into an android figure, hold the power button, then press hold the volume up key. Timing (on my phone) is important, you need to be holding the power key first, then get the volume up key while the box and arrow are still there.
If you get to the Android and triangle, you might still be able to do the two buttons to get into recovery, but it doesn't work on my phone; some reports on various blogs say it does, though.
Once in Recovery, you should be able to pick the option to factory wipe/reset the phone. This will wipe the ROM space and reset the phone, but it won't touch the sdcard stuff. You'll have to set up the phone again, but that's not too difficult.
Just trying it now. Didnt realise about the 2nd stage of the power button and volume up. Just rebooting now after the reset.
Seems to have worked with the phone setup.
Will all my apps be gone?
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Just trying it now. Didnt realise about the 2nd stage of the power button and volume up. Just rebooting now after the reset.
Seems to have worked with the phone setup.
Will all my apps be gone?
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Yes, all apps from the Market will be gone.
So will your wifi settings, user accounts, EVERYTHING, except the sdcard contents.
You're basically putting the non-sdcard part of the phone back into the same state it was in when you took the phone new out of the box.
I'd recommend appbrain.com for your phone to have an easy way to reinstall apps if something like this has to be done in the future.
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Yes, all apps from the Market will be gone.
So will your wifi settings, user accounts, EVERYTHING, except the sdcard contents.
You're basically putting the non-sdcard part of the phone back into the same state it was in when you took the phone new out of the box.
I'd recommend appbrain.com for your phone to have an easy way to reinstall apps if something like this has to be done in the future.
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last i remembered Backup is on by default meaning all his apps will be re downloaded automagically and the WiFi settings will also be synced
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last i remembered Backup is on by default meaning all his apps will be re downloaded automagically and the WiFi settings will also be synced
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Ah, so much the better! It should just sync up after logging in with his account.
I thought I had to acknowledge I want that feature when I first set up the phone.
Either way, Appbrain still a neat combo of website discovery and phone installation, I find it very useful.
Ive been using app brain and the apps are being re installd.
However some of them that are in my list on the webpage, are not showing up in the app on my device. Any ideas why?
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Ive been using app brain and the apps are being re installd.
However some of them that are in my list on the webpage, are not showing up in the app on my device. Any ideas why?
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No, not sure, but if they're on your webpage, just click onto their links for the full app description page, then and cancel install if it's there as an option, and then install again.
this happend to me with two phones
Last night after my phone froze after downloading a wallpaper, after an initial pull of the battery the phone booted but the screen was unresponsive to touch, after I tried a hard reboot, with no success, I took it to best buy today and got a replacement. (Phone 1)
I Did system updated asked by the OS after i turned the phone on. (Downloaded update via wifi, and no sym card was in the phone) After Boot it was unresponsive to touch just like the last one. (Phone 2)
I went to Best Buy again and got a 3rd Nexus S. Have not done the system update and the phone is working well....for now
Any thoughts??????
Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can help me out with this. I was having the exact same lock/unlock issue that albertwertz was having, where my Adam would go to sleep and then not wake up after ~10 seconds or so. Here is a repost of something I discoverd:
I took my adam back to the 'factory settings' via the 'unbrick your adam' walkthrough on NIH. Then, without downloading the update, I tried to put the tablet to sleep and wake it up using the default settings. Same issues as before, where it would go to sleep and could not wake it up after ~10 seconds...
Then I took the timeout to 15 seconds.
Now I can lock/unlock the screen just like on my Nexus One.
Locked it, went downstairs to talk to my roommate who was playing a game, came back up 5 mins or so later, and unlocked it and played a video on youtube just to check.
*UPDATE*
Just changed the timeout to 30 secs.
Worked fine. Hmm.
Maybe 1 minute then?
*UPDATE 2*
Set to one minute, took the dog for a quick walk and got the mail, came back and Adam woke up using both the power button, and put it back to sleep and brought it back using the hard back button.
Now I'm going to do the update and rerun this little experiment...
*UPDATE 3*
Just installed the update, and no-go on the lock/unlock. So it was something in their update that pooched it.
So, it sounds like there was a change from the 'factory' settings and the OTA 'update' that causes the sleep/wake process to fail.
Is there anyone skilled in Android-Fu out there that could maybe fix the issue?
good find, hopefully someone can try on thier adam...verrify and maybe start on some type of fix.
Yeah, thats what I'm hoping for. Has anyone else rerun the same experiments I tried out, and what were your results?
I'm experiencing the same problem and this is really getting on my nerves. I haven't found a way to fix it, even installed stephenH custom rom but the problem is still here. I need help!
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anatole78 said:
I'm experiencing the same problem and this is really getting on my nerves. I haven't found a way to fix it, even installed stephenH custom rom but the problem is still here. I need help!
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I found a fix (REALLY A RIG) to for this.!! I take no credit though, I found it at http://notioninkhacks.com/
If you play a mp3 and set it to repeat itself everything works as it should, even after letting it run for over an hour..
What I did..
went into Windows sound recorder, told it to record (NO MIC INSTALLED), let it run for 1 minute, then said stop recording, saved it as slience.wav, copied it to my SD card for Notion and made a new playlist with just this wav file and told it to repeat.. Works for me.. I tried to shuffle through a few songs and it did not work, would play 1st song and sleep, but when it should of gone to next song it stopped and would not come out of sleep..
This seems to be only a problem with 3G models, and they have an issue with or without a SIM card..
But with this "RIG" actually working, it seems to be a software issue and should be pretty easy for Notion to fix it.. Too bad they have ingnored my last 5 emails.. Tomorrow will be 1 week since I got it with no response from them, I might call American Express if they do not reply..
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Thank you that'll do for now but I hope NI is working on fixing this because it is really bad for battery life...
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Good news, just got an email saying they'll release an update fixing this in less than two days!
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that is AWESOME because they sent me yesterday and told me to do all this crap including downloading a update from there server and deleting the cache and not updating, then updating.. Everytime it did the same thing.. I replied and they said they were working on it..
Cool. Nice to see they're actually working on something. Probably before the (presumable) Saturday blog.
From Notion Ink support about the Adam/3G/sleep problem:
Dear Anders,
Thank you for getting back to us.
We would like to inform you that a new update would be available soon within 3 to 5 business working days which should take care of most of the current issues.
We regret to inform you that we do not have a specific date of honeycomb update. However, our dedicated developer team is working on Eden apps ported on Honeycomb.
Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!
Warm Regards,
Jim
Notion Ink Support Team
Let's hope this solve all problems
No saturday blog and no update... NI will have to stop lying at some point!
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I saw this today, I still have not tried it:
HERE is the step by step procedure to fix the standby issue:
lease install the latest update in the Adam that has been released exclusively for the Standby issue. Please ensure to wipe the user data before installing the update.
Please follow the below steps to Wipe/RESET the User Data:
1. First, please turn OFF the Adam and wait for it to turn OFF completely.
2. Next, while holding down the Volume + button, slide down the Power switch and wait for the Adam to turn ON.
3. The Adam will turn ON and will go in the Recovery Mode.
4. Then, navigate to the Wipe Data/Factory Reset option using the Volume button and select it by touching the Option button (above the Back button; third from top).
4. Now, please navigate to YES and touch the Option button (above the Back button; third from top) to select it. The Adam will start wiping the data and return to the previous menu when finished.
5. Finally, select the Reboot System Now option by touching the Option button again.
Please download the ZIP file from the below link in the Computer and follow the below mentioned steps to install the update it in the Adam:
“store.notionink.com/downloads/pq/update.zip is for Pixel Qi”
“store.notionink.com/downloads/au/update.zip is for Normal LCD”
Please copy the ZIP file and paste it onto the root folder of the Internal Memory or the SD Card.
NOTE: Please ensure to backup your data from the Adam.
If the ZIP has been copy to the SD Card, please follow the below mentioned steps:
Please insert the SD Card correctly into the Adam.
Next, please turn OFF the Adam.
Then, please Slide the Power button, while holding down the Volume “+” button. The Adam will boot in the Recovery Mode.
Now, please use the Volume “+” and “-” buttons to scroll through the options and select WIPE USER DATA/RESET using the OPTION touch button (third from the top). This will wipe all the data from the Adam and reset it.
Then, the Adam will again come back to the Recovery screen. Please navigate to UPDATE FROM SD CARD:EXTERNAL MEMORY and select it using the OPTION touch button. The installation will start immediately. Please wait, until the device reboots in normal mode.
If the ZIP has been copy to the Internal Memory of the Adam, please follow the below mentioned steps:
1. Please turn OFF the Adam.
2. Then, please Slide the Power button, while holding down the Volume “+” button. The Adam will boot in the Recovery Mode.
3. Now, please use the Volume “+” and “-” buttons to scroll through the options and select WIPE USER DATA/RESET using the OPTION touch button (third from the top). This will wipe all the data from the Adam and reset it.
4. Now, the Adam will again come back to the Recovery screen. Please navigate to UPDATE FROM SD CARD:INTERNAL MEMORY and select it using the OPTION touch button. The installation will start immediately. Please wait, until the device reboots in normal mode.
We hope this has been informative for you and we would like to thank you for contacting Notion Ink.
Warm regards
Shahid
Notion Ink Team
The most recent unofficial "official" update appears to work in resolving the standby issue. I say unofficial "official" update because they only sent the link via e-mail to people who complained to support about the issue rather than issuing an OTA update.
I haven't heard of anyone not having success with it (yet). The earlier one worked partially for me, but this new one has completely resolved the issue.
Doesn't work for me...
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The last edenX rom fixes this!
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Hello, all.
I am having an issue with my Iconia A500. The screen will quickly shift screens back and forth on its own for a while and then it will freeze. I was hoping to reset, but since I cannot get it in to any of the menus, I am unable to do so.
Is there a way to hard reset without booting the device up using the reset hole or another way? Anyone ever seen this screen problem?
Thanks for your help.
codeworks said:
Hello, all.
I am having an issue with my Iconia A500. The screen will quickly shift screens back and forth on its own for a while and then it will freeze. I was hoping to reset, but since I cannot get it in to any of the menus, I am unable to do so.
Is there a way to hard reset without booting the device up using the reset hole or another way? Anyone ever seen this screen problem?
Thanks for your help.
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I found that holding the power button down for about 30 seconds will force a hard boot.
(This is specifically mentioned in the manual downloadable from Acer's site).
As for the "flickering" and refusal of the A500 to stay asleep, it seems to be related to background wifi activity. Disabling wifi before putting it to sleep will make it stay asleep. At least that happens with mine.
http: //dl.free.fr/hUB7595fE
this is the video
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By the looks of things it seems like the music app is launching then quiting and launching and quiting... I don't see a screen issue but rather some kind of corruption or instability. Try a reset or uninstall/update that app.
i tried many reset but it doesn't worked. i tried to do the update.zip but unsuccessfully. i try to push the power button +30sec it doesn't worked too.
and i can't update or uninstall the app because i can't push on the tab because of the constantly launching/quiting.
Ya... I don't know man.
Is there anything you might have done to cause the behavior? SD card installed with music on it? rooted? Installed (bad) apps?
Maybe someone with more knowledge has some ideas.
You could always try to return it and get a new one...?
None of these.
Stock, just few minutes using (i was configurating it). No root. No apps installed, just an automatic update of google maps.
I'll see with Acer if they can give a solution
FredFrench said:
None of these.
Stock, just few minutes using (i was configurating it). No root. No apps installed, just an automatic update of google maps.
I'll see with Acer if they can give a solution
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The news:
Tab was down. Acer's warranty sent me a new one. I don't know what was the real issue because they don't said me any information.
My Asus Transformer wont stop rebooting and when I turn it off, it takes me countless times to hit the power on/off button to turn it on, then it just randomly reboots every time I am connected to the internet. I have not rooted my device nor have I done anything to affect its stock state, any help at all would be much appreciated!!
I always have to hold my power button for a few second to boot it from a completely off state... Are you doing that? Or just quick pressing it?
As for the rebooting issue, since you are completely stock with out root, then I would start by uninstalling any recent apps. maybe if you remember what new apps were installed around the time the issues began... I would start there. otherwise, factory reset and see if that helps... Beyond that, i'm not sure what you can do with a stock non rooted device. good luck
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I have managed to do a factory reset, and no apps were present, yet still when I went to the browser it rebooted and now I am struggling to turn it on, after the first lock screen, it reboots again. Yes, I am also holding the power button untill the screen glows. Thanks for the quick reply!
If a factory reset does not fix it, then back up any important data and get on the phone with asus to do a warranty repair (assuming you are past the return date from where you bought it)
I have returned the device and am getting a new one in a few hours. I hve done some research and i understood that the new firmware update does that to the transformer 101. Can anyone confirm that? Or am I safe to update the new device which i will recive? Thanks!
OK, here's an interesting problem... My phone can turn on fine, but once it's on the power button refuses to lock the screen. If I long press the power button, it acts normally by bringing up the power down / reboot menu. Not only this but somehow it is also linked to my wifi to get stuck on "Checking the quality of your wifi connection". The first time it happened, I took off my case, removed my s-pen and it suddenly worked again, and at the exact same time the wifi kicked right in as usual and all worked fine again. I assumed my case was putting pressure on the button yet the next time I restarted my phone (incidentally my case was already off) the same problem happened. Power button wouldn't lock screen but long press functioned fine, wifi stuck. I figured maybe my s-pen being taken out may somehow so something, trying to recreate the solution that worked the first time around, but it didn't work. About 10 seconds later I tried the lock button and it worked, and subsequently the wifi kicked in again. I haven't done a factory reset or tried a restore yet, I was hoping to avoid that if possible... just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas as to what could cause something so strange. I don't see any link between the power button and wifi functioning.
My phone is a T-Mobile Note 3, stock KK rom, stock kernel
rooted.
I appreciate any insight, advice, or opinions anyone may give me. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read about my issue!