[Q] No WiFi yet problem: Screen Locked - Eee Pad Transformer General

I got my Transformer last night, plugged it in for 8 hours, then started configuration. No dock yet. I discovered I have misplaced my password for my wireless. Set it about 6 years ago. So I will call Belkin this week to see if it can be recovered or if I need to reset. But would prefer not to since it works perfectly with my computer. Thus, I deferred setting up any WiFi while doing initial configuring. When screen first came up, was "normal" as per pictures of same. However, it powered off after several seconds. When I powered on, I saw the visual "Lock" plus the words showing no WiFi connection. The apps were also gone! My day/time setting was correct, but no weather since no WiFi. There were no buttons on the lower screen other than a no bars and a blue light with the words "No Internet connection." I tried 1] changing orientation several times and 2] powering down, waiting a minute, the powering on. Same problem. Even if I can get my wireless password back, or get a new one, how can I gain access to my configuration settings to input same? I just had a thought: I will go to a local coffee place w/Transformer and see if their WiFi connection works. I'll report back on that. Thanks in advance for any responses. I feel pretty stupid about this.

I just came back from Stir Crazy. Coffee was good but I went crazy. I clicked on the padlock icon. For a few seconds the concentric circles expanded and contracted. I assumed the Transformer would pick up the local WiFi signal and take me to the appropriate screen, where I could then enter the password. Wrong! Nothing. Went right back to locked screen presentation with no applications showing. I should note that when I went through the initial configurations, I saw my local "Sid" home network showing, but when I realized I did not have the password for same, I hit "Skip." The Transformer clearly noted that you could enter your password later in the Configuration settings. However, the unfortunate result of doing this is that I can not figure out how to get to my configuration settings at all. I noticed there is another thread here regarding a blank screen, which problem may/may not be resolved by draining the battery and trying once again. One problem I have is that the screen blanks out after around 20 seconds or so. How long will it take for my battery to totally drain? What I might try tomorrow is to run my Transformer directly from a power strip. But I seriously doubt that this will resolve the problem, since I do not have a blank screen issue.

uhh you are unlocking the device when you 'turn it on' by dragging the lock to the ring outside it?

/facepalm
10char

Thank you, Johan!!! Your suggestion worked. I knew it had to be something totally stupid on my part due to my complete lack of familiarity with both a tablet and this type of operating system. I also confess I refused to asked my grandson! Of course, my daughter and her family all use an unnamed competitor's products. But I am bound and determined to get the hang of this Transformer so I can surprise them with it the next time I am over. Thanks again. Now off to a local Barnes and Noble to check out the wireless. OFF TOPIC: Listening to that lovely guitar piece. Set it to repeat. As per other commentators, no left speaker unless I use headphones; then both speakers. Sound quality is apparently fine. No hiss, rumble, snap, crackle or pop.

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after Blue setup, phone acts jittery and unresponsive

out of box, set up blur stuff and was at the home screen. tried to connect it to wireless and i couldnt press the wireless word to open options. noticed i couldnt do anything. couldnt pull down the menu, press the home button on bottom, etc etc. 2 min later the phone would move from screen to screen and get stuck 1/2 way in between 2 screens. google would then open and close and ask to delete history. blablabla
called AT&T and went to the store. because i am not a regular customer and my account is a business account and way too big, they did not have the options on their computer screen to do an exchange for me.
since i was waiting to speak to someone though, i noticed the phone was done with all its jittery stuff and acts normal. i am now very confused why this happened and thinking of calling in for a replacement anyways.
the only thing i have done is take the SIM card from my Droid X and put it in here because i did not receive one. is not getting one normal? is it ok to use the one from the DX?
thoughts?
tha5150 said:
out of box, set up blur stuff and was at the home screen. tried to connect it to wireless and i couldnt press the wireless word to open options. noticed i couldnt do anything. couldnt pull down the menu, press the home button on bottom, etc etc. 2 min later the phone would move from screen to screen and get stuck 1/2 way in between 2 screens. google would then open and close and ask to delete history. blablabla
called AT&T and went to the store. because i am not a regular customer and my account is a business account and way too big, they did not have the options on their computer screen to do an exchange for me.
since i was waiting to speak to someone though, i noticed the phone was done with all its jittery stuff and acts normal. i am now very confused why this happened and thinking of calling in for a replacement anyways.
the only thing i have done is take the SIM card from my Droid X and put it in here because i did not receive one. is not getting one normal? is it ok to use the one from the DX?
thoughts?
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I had the same problem. I restarted the phone and I never had a again a problem. I guess the background syncing while activating the phone the first time leads to some lag and unresponsiveness.....
i am on the phone with AT&T right now ordering a replacement just in case. i am noticing this one is still weird after being on for over an hour. but you could be right and that was my initial thoughts. but being this is more than twice the speed of the Droid X and i never saw these lags.. kinda makes no sense.. so its a toss up
just now the Gallery froze up on me and then went to google.com (homepage i guess from me tapping the Home button)
not a good start to a new phone
here is a youtube of what im talking about
tha5150 said:
here is a youtube of what im talking about
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OK That looks definitely like a broken phone. Do you have this problems mainly while charging? These was a reported problem I think with the Droid X too.
coming from the Droid X, i never once experienced this issue. on and off the charger it does the same thing. with or without the Droid X's 16gb Micro SD card. seems to happen when i touch the top of the screen and i can not press anything else to stop it other than just put it to sleep and not look at it.
my new one should be in by 1pm today here at my office and i HOPE it has no issues...
new one came in.. works like a charm.
now i can enjoy this phone finally!

screen issues, stays on while charging

its not a persisten issue.
but for last 2 days when i plug the phone in the screen turns on and stays on.
when i unplug it the screen turns off
when i turn the screen off it turns right back on almost instantly
its a fresh install nand rom havent killed the battery yet.
and yesterday it started working normally again for no apparent reason.
also about same time the touch screen started flipping out.
it would get "uncalibrated?" and when i push one button it types 4-10 random characters on the screen
but now its all back to normal somehow.
just posting it here maybe someone knows the pattern and its a hardware issue of some kind.
would like to know if i should look into getting another Hd2
I can not say for sure if it is a hardware issue, but I would assume it is if I was you and see about doing an exchange to be safe. i mean what if your HD2 works fine for a good long while but then al of a sudent it starts acting up again but worse and you or out of warranty then.
If you go to "Settings ---> Applications ---> Development" you have a box called "Stay Awake". If you check this box, the screen wont turn off when charging. You can see the description under the box. Maybe someone just played with your settings.

[Q] Something is wrong...

I just got my Iconia today. After much anticipation, I booted it up, connected to wifi, and proceeded with the OTA update. After a while the screen went berserk. The screen filled with vertical lines of different colors, changing every couple seconds. I sort of freaked out and powered it down by holding the power button. Now, it does power up, but there is absolutely no display at all. The power button lights up, though. I'm pretty lost. Google has nothing on this.
I think it's probably a defective LCD screen. What do you guys think?
video connection
I drooped my tablet slightly and same thing happened. I took it apart plugged in the video connection better and been fine since. You might need to exchange it. Grrrrr
If you're still within your store's return policy, I'd take it an exchange asap.

Nook -completely- unresponsive/truebrick,full battery,unrelated to Rooted Forever scr

Hello all, I'm curious to hear your thoughts and advice.
My nook is completely unresponsive. It is not stuck at rooted forever.
In fact this has nothing with a root attempt/reset/restore/power on.
I had done a a fresh reset/root with touchnooter about four months ago and was happily and smoothly reading for about two months. I then got busy and put the nook down, did not touch or use for about another two months. I tried to use it about a week ago but found that it had run out of battery in sleep after the two months of disuse (not surprising). I put it on charge overnight and everything booted right and functioned well once it turned on, except that the battery indicator in the statusbar showed a "?" and the battery info in system info showed 100% "unknown". After alot of fruitless research I put it down with the intention of reset/restore/root when I had the time.
I just picked it up this morning and was faced with the expected "Press then button below to wake up your NOOK" screen. But when I pressed the "n" button nothing happened. Obviously holding the "n" did nothing as well.
I tried to power it off and on- nothing
holding power for 20- nothing
power for 30- nothing
8 failed boots- nothing
left right- nothing
left right power-nothing
random pushing and holding of power- nothing
all these with mem card in and out- nothing
all these plugged usb- nothing
all these pugged ac- nothing
I let it charge some more- nothing
None of the buttons do anything, the screen stays inevitably at the " press the n button to wake" screen. no activity whatsoever except that when It is plugged in, the green light shows. NO ORANGE LIGHT... it is fully charged by both usb and ac.
It is not detected at all by windows anywhere.
In Linux- lsusb, bklid, and df -h yield nothing. My nook might as well be the invisible stupid ereader.
I did not drop it, sumbmerge it, perform magic around it... It has been sitting on a shelf doing nothing.
To repeat, the only thing my nook does is light up green when plugged.
It is unchangeably stuck on poe's face...
If this isn't true brick, I don't know what is.
I'm exhausted. Any ideas? I appreciate the help.
Best,
Thomas
i don't know. i just know my dog ate mine and i'm now in the market for a new screen, so if you don't get it working sell me the unit and get some money for yourself to purchase a new one =D
or you could google the disassembly instructions and try unplugging the battery, not very hard to do. could be of .. some help perhaps?
I would definitely take you up on your offer, but i'm still under warranty.
However, I would still like to have my original, and figure out what is going on and why it happened.
Ideas?
Thank you.
similar problem were solved
Hi! I might have read about similar problem solved on USB host mode here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23475998&postcount=131
That's it, thanks so much.
if it help
if it helps let them know in the tread that you had same problem. they are wondering whether it is due to host mode
[N2E]: After automatic update to 1.1, Nook Touch Screen absolutely DEAD--Nothing Work
THIS WAS A POST FROM ANOTHER SITE AS TO MY PROBLEM:
I was reading on my N2E last night. I put it down for about 30 minutes and when I came back it was displaying the default "Authors" screensaver (I had switched to the Nature photos) and asking to slide to unlock. I thought, "Oh, the new software update must have downloaded and installed. I'll check it out." To my shock, the touch screen was completely unresponsive--no amount of swiping would unlock from the screen saver. I let it set for a while longer thinking perhaps the softare update was not yet finished. No such luck.
As a result of the new update, my NOOK is now completly DEAD! I tried powering off, but couldn't do that because you are asked to confirm power off on the touchscreen, which no longer works. So, I looked online and tried the soft reset/reboot by holding down the "Home" or "n" button and then pressing the power button for several seconds. Great--it started rebooting...and came right back to the "authors" screen saver and asking to swipe to unlock. I tried this rebooting process several times, always with the same result: back to screeensaver mode with completely unresponsive touchscreen.
So, looked at the online technical troubleshooting discussion and helps and decided to try a downloaded manual install of the software update. Plugged my NOOK into my computer and it recognized it. So, I downloaded the manualo software update and dragged and dropped it onto the NOOK as directed and sure enough, it started to reboot itself. I thought, "whew, maybe this will fix it". NOPE--came right back to the locked screensaver, with no mention of attempting to update software, and the touchscreen is still dead. (By the way, all of this was done initially with the NOOK showing about 94% charged, so it was not a battery issue.)
Reconnected the NOOK to my computer and the software update file was gone from its home directory, which implies it did something with it. So, I tried repeatedly to install the software update manually, always with the same result: NOOK comes back to locked default "authors" screensaver wtih a dead touchscreen.
Looked online for B&N technical support again saw that others had this problem (though only found a couple references). Found the instructions to do a factory reset and reluctantly tried that, desparate to make my NOOK work again, but frustrated that if it did I would have to rebuild everyting on it and download my 400+ B&N book library all over again. But, guess what, factory reset just comes up to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen (sounds like progress), BUT the touchscreen is STILL dead, so I can't hit the "Next" button onscreen to proceed with setting up my factory-reset NOOK. Tried rebooting again (as this seems to be the only solution offered in the online tech support) and now it just keeps coming back to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with a dead touchscreen keeping me from doing anything.
So, now I am taking it back to my local B&N store in hopes they will exchange it for a new NOOK.
I really want to see a feature to disable automatic updates in the future. I specifically didn't download and manually install when the update came out, figuring I'd wait for the automatic download to give time to B&N to work out the bugs and perhaps issue a patch (as they have done in the past for the N1E). Instead I get no warning about the automatic download (happens while I am reading and set the NOOK aside for 30 minutes), and then the update KILLS my NOOK.
I am not a satisfied NOOK customer at this point.
MY POST: (from the that site)
Not Sure how to do this post or whatever, but I was happy until the update and everything that happened to you is the same with me. This is the first post that describes what happened to me. I'm out of warranty and refuse (and can't) to buy another one of these. If their updates can do this, I'm not sure I want to sink another $100 into the shareholders pockets. I'd really like to know if anyone knows what may be wrong with it.
In addition to what was already mentioned, I took the battery out several times(which seems intimidating but very easy but voids the warranty) and took it completely apart cleaning the screen very well with water and another time a glass cleaner. I tried rooting also. Not sure of what to do now. It seems software related due to working fine until the update. Still at the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with unresponsive screen. I wasn't sure if the last sentence from B&N was a personal message to me welcoming me to the "new" state of the my nook.
Thanks for any help from anyone.
Thanks.
Identical problem.... and no fix..
It is a shame you got no solution for this. and the worst, you are not the only one... it happened exactly the same with my Nook ST....
Hopeless...
Machiavelli_The_Man said:
THIS WAS A POST FROM ANOTHER SITE AS TO MY PROBLEM:
I was reading on my N2E last night. I put it down for about 30 minutes and when I came back it was displaying the default "Authors" screensaver (I had switched to the Nature photos) and asking to slide to unlock. I thought, "Oh, the new software update must have downloaded and installed. I'll check it out." To my shock, the touch screen was completely unresponsive--no amount of swiping would unlock from the screen saver. I let it set for a while longer thinking perhaps the softare update was not yet finished. No such luck.
As a result of the new update, my NOOK is now completly DEAD! I tried powering off, but couldn't do that because you are asked to confirm power off on the touchscreen, which no longer works. So, I looked online and tried the soft reset/reboot by holding down the "Home" or "n" button and then pressing the power button for several seconds. Great--it started rebooting...and came right back to the "authors" screen saver and asking to swipe to unlock. I tried this rebooting process several times, always with the same result: back to screeensaver mode with completely unresponsive touchscreen.
So, looked at the online technical troubleshooting discussion and helps and decided to try a downloaded manual install of the software update. Plugged my NOOK into my computer and it recognized it. So, I downloaded the manualo software update and dragged and dropped it onto the NOOK as directed and sure enough, it started to reboot itself. I thought, "whew, maybe this will fix it". NOPE--came right back to the locked screensaver, with no mention of attempting to update software, and the touchscreen is still dead. (By the way, all of this was done initially with the NOOK showing about 94% charged, so it was not a battery issue.)
Reconnected the NOOK to my computer and the software update file was gone from its home directory, which implies it did something with it. So, I tried repeatedly to install the software update manually, always with the same result: NOOK comes back to locked default "authors" screensaver wtih a dead touchscreen.
Looked online for B&N technical support again saw that others had this problem (though only found a couple references). Found the instructions to do a factory reset and reluctantly tried that, desparate to make my NOOK work again, but frustrated that if it did I would have to rebuild everyting on it and download my 400+ B&N book library all over again. But, guess what, factory reset just comes up to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen (sounds like progress), BUT the touchscreen is STILL dead, so I can't hit the "Next" button onscreen to proceed with setting up my factory-reset NOOK. Tried rebooting again (as this seems to be the only solution offered in the online tech support) and now it just keeps coming back to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with a dead touchscreen keeping me from doing anything.
So, now I am taking it back to my local B&N store in hopes they will exchange it for a new NOOK.
I really want to see a feature to disable automatic updates in the future. I specifically didn't download and manually install when the update came out, figuring I'd wait for the automatic download to give time to B&N to work out the bugs and perhaps issue a patch (as they have done in the past for the N1E). Instead I get no warning about the automatic download (happens while I am reading and set the NOOK aside for 30 minutes), and then the update KILLS my NOOK.
I am not a satisfied NOOK customer at this point.
MY POST: (from the that site)
Not Sure how to do this post or whatever, but I was happy until the update and everything that happened to you is the same with me. This is the first post that describes what happened to me. I'm out of warranty and refuse (and can't) to buy another one of these. If their updates can do this, I'm not sure I want to sink another $100 into the shareholders pockets. I'd really like to know if anyone knows what may be wrong with it.
In addition to what was already mentioned, I took the battery out several times(which seems intimidating but very easy but voids the warranty) and took it completely apart cleaning the screen very well with water and another time a glass cleaner. I tried rooting also. Not sure of what to do now. It seems software related due to working fine until the update. Still at the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with unresponsive screen. I wasn't sure if the last sentence from B&N was a personal message to me welcoming me to the "new" state of the my nook.
Thanks for any help from anyone.
Thanks.
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The factory restore does not actually fix every possible problem with your Nook.
If your Nook responds at all, try to boot it up on an SD card like ClockworkMod or noogie.
At least that way you can see what is happening.
The partitioning might have become corrupted which the "factory restore" does not touch.
If no response with anything, try disconnecting the battery.
You might also try booting over USB using the techniques in rooting the new white glow.
Hello I was wondering if I'm just screwed I bought 2 nook simple touch, one for me and one for a present to my mother for her birthday on march 16. I bought them at best buy for $40 a piece on January 30. I used mine and was perfect but when I tried to set up my mom it wouldn't load the license agreement, always got stuck or reboot or something, so I loaded cwm on an sd card just to play around, tested on my nook and was fine, then put it on my moms nook booted once then I didn't press anything and turn it off then I load the image but when I tried to boot again it got stuck on the load screen and wont do anything, no reset sequence will work with the sd card on or off the other nook boots with this sd card. at the end I exchanged with my mom she is happy with her nook an I have a useless unit do you think they will exchange it I didn't rooted it or did anything to it but has the n cwm splash on screen forever. I'm in Costa Rica right now and wont return home until May do you think I'll might be able to exchange it or should I just try to repair it.
I'm glad that your mother got the working one!
You say that that one will boot on your CWM SD card, but yours won't?
It may be hard to get your unit exchanged with a conspicuous screen on it, even if it's not your fault.
When you plug it into your desktop is there any indication of a new USB device found?
If it's charged and no amount of the power button gets a reaction, I'd open it up.
any news???
Hi endor43, same problem here, have been able to find any solution?
endor43 said:
Hello all, I'm curious to hear your thoughts and advice.
My nook is completely unresponsive. It is not stuck at rooted forever.
In fact this has nothing with a root attempt/reset/restore/power on.
I had done a a fresh reset/root with touchnooter about four months ago and was happily and smoothly reading for about two months. I then got busy and put the nook down, did not touch or use for about another two months. I tried to use it about a week ago but found that it had run out of battery in sleep after the two months of disuse (not surprising). I put it on charge overnight and everything booted right and functioned well once it turned on, except that the battery indicator in the statusbar showed a "?" and the battery info in system info showed 100% "unknown". After alot of fruitless research I put it down with the intention of reset/restore/root when I had the time.
I just picked it up this morning and was faced with the expected "Press then button below to wake up your NOOK" screen. But when I pressed the "n" button nothing happened. Obviously holding the "n" did nothing as well.
I tried to power it off and on- nothing
holding power for 20- nothing
power for 30- nothing
8 failed boots- nothing
left right- nothing
left right power-nothing
random pushing and holding of power- nothing
all these with mem card in and out- nothing
all these plugged usb- nothing
all these pugged ac- nothing
I let it charge some more- nothing
None of the buttons do anything, the screen stays inevitably at the " press the n button to wake" screen. no activity whatsoever except that when It is plugged in, the green light shows. NO ORANGE LIGHT... it is fully charged by both usb and ac.
It is not detected at all by windows anywhere.
In Linux- lsusb, bklid, and df -h yield nothing. My nook might as well be the invisible stupid ereader.
I did not drop it, sumbmerge it, perform magic around it... It has been sitting on a shelf doing nothing.
To repeat, the only thing my nook does is light up green when plugged.
It is unchangeably stuck on poe's face...
If this isn't true brick, I don't know what is.
I'm exhausted. Any ideas? I appreciate the help.
Best,
Thomas
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There are times when a Nook gets in a mode where it won't accept a charge.
Opening it up and disconnecting the battery for a minute might fix this.
endor43 said:
That's it, thanks so much.
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When this worked for you did the light turn orange right when you plugged the battery back in? I just took the battery out, plugged the nook into a charger, and with it plugged in plugged the battery back in and the light stays green the whole time yet I'm not able to use the nook at all.
My nook second generation is not responding to my touch I tried everything to get it to work and I eventually got it to completely power of what if it does not work when I turn it on what should I do
It could be power/battery problems.
Check to see if it makes itself known when the USB is plugged in.
If it reacts at all, that's an indication of life.

[Q] (Edited) Okay, so its not in APX Mode? Would like help recovering data

Hello, first let me apologize for making another thread on a possibly bricked tablet. Also I apologize if I didn't post this in the right place, being new and all. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to look at this.
My situation:
My tablet has been working fine until last night; it's been dropped once before from a substantial height (over 5 feet), and luckily only my screen cracked, which I replaced. This time however it fell about 2-3 feet from my bed, most likely landed on the power button side, and now it won't turn on.
The Power Light comes on
It vibrates
The backlight does NOT come on. No words. No logos. Nothing.
I tried plugging it into my computer but nothing happens. It's not rooted (as far as I know), and I don't think I had debugging on. It had Android 3.2.1 on it I believe; my computer is Win 7 64.
Edit: I was able to get another computer to recognize it, a Win 7 and 8. They both have it pop up as "Acer ICONIA TAB A500" and as a portable media device, but when I open it it says its Empty... no folders, nothing.
At this point I would just like to know if there is anyway to get the personal data off of it, there are a few documents that I had not backed up yet that I would really like, that were not on my external SD card. If its possible to get it working again that would be great too, but I've come to terms with the fact it might never. (I'm half tempted to strip it to the screen again and put it back, just to see if that might make it work...)
Edit 2 (sorry if anything sounds confusing): I don't know if this is helpful or not, but the tablet "sounds" like it goes to my lock screen (powers up, vibrates, wait a minute or two and then really softly vibrates again), although I still can't see anything. The power light then goes out, but if I put my ear to the open back I can "hear" it working. If I leave it alone and plugged in, the power light will flash from orange to white every couple of minutes (it will also do this unplugged). Also if I press the power button it will turn white, acting like its sleeping and I've woken it (this occurs whether plugged in or not), but I still have a black screen. Does this mean it might not be dead?
Can the screen be broken with no visible cracks or damage inside?
Another note, when I replaced my cracked screen when it fell those 5 feet about a year ago, I never changed the green piece (which I am assuming is the touch screen controller?) with the new one that came with the new screen+digitizer. Could that be acting up now?
I'll try and see if I can get my hands on a micro HDMI to test and see if it will show up on my TV/Computer. It should just be plug and go right? No setting that needs to be turned on?
Any help is greatly appreciated, and thank you for your time.

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