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OK,
so my phone just rebooted itself after happily sitting on my desk for hours.
It's now stuck on the HTC logo....
I pulled the battery, and it's doing the same thing.
I literally have done nothing to my phone all day...
Luckily I have a nandroid backup, but ???
Has anyone else seen anything like this ?
grifforama said:
OK,
so my phone just rebooted itself after happily sitting on my desk for hours.
It's now stuck on the HTC logo....
I pulled the battery, and it's doing the same thing.
I literally have done nothing to my phone all day...
Luckily I have a nandroid backup, but ???
Has anyone else seen anything like this ?
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OK. F**K
Now I'm concerned.
Tried to boot into recovery, and all I see is
Build : RA-heroc-v1.6.2
on the bottom of the screen, and nothing else.
Can you access the shell via usb? Can you boot into recovery?
This happened to me after a flash without wipe.
Let us know how it goes - I hope you haven't any hardware issues!
Sent from my MatrixROM using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
I can access via shell.
It looks like it's in recovery, but there's no menu on the phone.
And there wasn't any other funny stuffs aside from changed firmwares (ie. recent overclock finds, etc)?
I'd try to wipe and restore via usb shell. It's sounding like you've some more funk going on...
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grifforama said:
OK,
so my phone just rebooted itself after happily sitting on my desk for hours.
It's now stuck on the HTC logo....
I pulled the battery, and it's doing the same thing.
I literally have done nothing to my phone all day...
Luckily I have a nandroid backup, but ???
Has anyone else seen anything like this ?
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What rom are you running? I notice my internet is very laggy as of last night and I had been charging via usb and the debugging icon did not go away when I unplugged it. Running Flips 2.1d.
AboveUnrefined said:
And there wasn't any other funny stuffs aside from changed firmwares (ie. recent overclock finds, etc)?
I'd try to wipe and restore via usb shell. It's sounding like you've some more funk going on...
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Trying to restore via ADB now, not looking good.
How do you wipe via adb ?
chubbzlou said:
What rom are you running? I notice my internet is very laggy as of last night and I had been charging via usb and the debugging icon did not go away when I unplugged it. Running Flips 2.1d.
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Running Fresh 2.1d
I haven't done anything weird to it at all....it was just sitting there on my desk doing nothing.
Off the top of my head I don't know what dirs to clear or if you can just do a 'wipe'.
Anybody else know? I'm at work so I'm limited...
Also - is your battery healthy?
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Is your phone on? If so you can go to setting privacy and hit factory data reset then hit reset phone. But I think this erases you sdcard also. Remove your sdcard just incase. Hope this helps.
Battery healthy
Attempting to restore via ADB using this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614016
Gets here and then no further
nandroid-mobile v2.2.1
touch: /cache/recovery/log: No such file or directory
Using G1 keyboard, enter a directory name substring and then <CR>
to find matches or just <CR> to accept default:
chubbzlou said:
Is your phone on? If so you can go to setting privacy and hit factory data reset then hit reset phone. But I think this erases you sdcard also. Remove your sdcard just incase. Hope this helps.
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Not really
I can't get past the HTC logo.
Boot into recovery on your phone.. Yes I know you cant see the menu.
But on your computer type.
adb remount
adb shell
u
Just the letter u.. It should bring up recovery on your computer.
when I do that, it doesn't look like RA Recovery ?
I only see this ?
C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb shell
/ # u
u
←[H←[JMore Utilities by BKMO
[1] Convert ext3 > ext4 no data loss
[2] Fix Permissions 2.03 experimental
[3] Backup APPS on ext to FAT32
[4] Restore APPS from FAT32 to ext
[5] Partition SD 3 partitions (can set sizes)
[6] Fix auto-rotate problems
[7] Run BART 1.0.1 Backup
[8] Run BART 1.0.1 Restore
[9] Reset/delete Battery Stats
[q] Quit to Console Prompt
Boot me out of here! (reboot)
[r] Return to Recovery Menu
Enter Number>
Resorted to trying to go back to Stock via RUU.
Managed to get to the other recovery screen (HBOOT??)
Looks like I may be OK...just have to go though the whole root thing again
Ohh yea.. I used it for the apps thing. I was thinking it had wipe factory and dalvik
grifforama said:
Resorted to trying to go back to Stock via RUU.
Managed to get to the other recovery screen (HBOOT??)
Looks like I may be OK...just have to go though the whole root thing again
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I can get to that screen all the time. Iv even factory reset from there.. You dont lose root if you do reset.
Try that and then try bringing up custom recovery.. If it doesnt work, download and flash the recovery again. Maybe it got corrupted some how.
This has been happening to me for the past few days (minus the stuck at boot screen)
After a few hours, my phone would just randomly restart. This has happened about 3 or 4 times in the past couple days.
Yesterday it happened and when it turned back on, I got the "Damaged SD Card" message and I had to format
So I formatted it and reflashed the ROM and it seems fine now.
I'm running DamageControl v2.07.2
That definitely sounds like what's going on. I'd replace the sd card - they do flake out...
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Back to Stock
Had Nandroid
Had to wipe
I wasn't sure where to post this so I hope this will do...
All of a sudden today my MT4G with LauncherPro Plus keeps refreshing or restarting or something on the home screen. Sometimes it does it every minute or so other times it does it so rapidly the home screen isn't even showing up before it does it again.
Worst part aside from the annoying bright flash every time it happens is that it kicks me out of apps to do it.
It's not a Force Close and no errors pop up it just refreshes to the Home screen as if I hit the Home button or restarted LauncherPro.
I am so confused.
I have no new apps recently, but I did Root a few days ago using The Unlockr's Visionary root.sh method. Had no problems when doing it and phone has been fine since until this. No custom ROM yet, still on Stock 2.2.1 while I research which one I want to get.
I already wrote to the LauncherPro people who thought it might be because Keep in Memory was checked, but it isn't checked so no help there.
There was one point when I unmounted my SD card to put it in the pc to get to the files because this issue kept kicking me out of Astro and I couldn't get anything done. And while the card was out, it did not do it. As soon as the card was back in though it started up again.
Sometimes restarting LP will help, but other times it will make it go more frequently. So frustrating.
Can anyone help or at least point me in the right direction. I have a video of it if that will help to post it, but it doesn't show much, just the home screen restarting several times. Also happy to provide any more info anyone thinks might be helpful it stopping this.
Thanks so much!
Jen
Uninstall it then reinstall it can't u back up your settings if so when reinstall restore settings hopes this helps
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Yes, I have my settings backed up and I've tried to uninstall it, but I can't stay in the market or manage apps long enough to do it, it keeps kicking me out. Is there another way to get to the uninstall screen for it?
This is way to Uninstall a app from pc you have to have adb install on your computer before doing this. blog.artuc.net/how-to-uninstall-android-applications-via-your-computer/
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Tez MyTouch said:
This is way to Uninstall a app from pc you have to have adb install on your computer before doing this. blog.artuc.net/how-to-uninstall-android-applications-via-your-computer/
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OK thank you very much I will check that out tomorrow. Don't want to try something new half asleep. LOL
Uninstall didn't work :-( it's still doing it. Not quite as frequently but bad enough I am still getting kicked out of apps. I'm wondering if it is even a launcherpro issue since I never had a problem before yesterday. Any and all suggestions, help, advice and ideas welcome. I'll try anything this is driving me crazy!
Lol try the Uninstall method but instead install another launcher then press the home button to choice the newly installed launcher and see if that works ?
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Tried ADW Launcher and it did the same thing :-( Guess it is not LP after all. I put LP back and reboot. As of now it is not doing it, but I am very afraid to reboot or do anything in case it starts up again LOL
Can't help wondering if when I flash a new ROM it might stop altogether...
is this issue solved?
aaronsuarez95 said:
is this issue solved?
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It seems to be. After I did a nandroid backup it did it a few more times then I reboot and it hasn't done it since.
Sorraia3 said:
It seems to be. After I did a nandroid backup it did it a few more times then I reboot and it hasn't done it since.
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ever tried wiping cache + dalvik cache then fixing permissions in recovery?
aznprodgy said:
ever tried wiping cache + dalvik cache then fixing permissions in recovery?
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I have cleared the app caches, but I do not know how to do the rest.
Sorraia3 said:
I have cleared the app caches, but I do not know how to do the rest.
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well depending on what ROM you have installed (Im assuming stock froyo after reading the OP), just run the ROM Manager app and then "reboot into recovery". from there, the recovery screen comes up. you can then "wipe cache partition", then "advanced>wipe dalvik cache". finally, "advanced>fix permissions" and after its done you can then reboot your phone. this USUALLY fixes a lot of problems with FC's and other issues
aznprodgy said:
well depending on what ROM you have installed (Im assuming stock froyo after reading the OP), just run the ROM Manager app and then "reboot into recovery". from there, the recovery screen comes up. you can then "wipe cache partition", then "advanced>wipe dalvik cache". finally, "advanced>fix permissions" and after its done you can then reboot your phone. this USUALLY fixes a lot of problems with FC's and other issues
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Update: It has continued to do it, not constantly, and seemingly randomly, but yeah, not totally fixed. Going to flash the new CM7, trying to fix other issues, maybe that will help.
I did try your above advice, wiped the caches, fixed permissions... it was stable for a few days then started up again. Really bad at first, like I wasn't even seeing the screen before it flashed again repeatedly. That was about a week or so ago... Now it is still doing it but every couple minutes instead. I mostly don't notice it unless I am in one of the apps it kicks me out of when it happens. Really really annoying. hopefully the new ROM will help.
Has anyone else been having this problem or found a solution. I've been trying to flash a new ROM this weekend, but can't stay in any apps long enough to prepare the phone for it. Titanium Backup and ROM Manager keep closing because of the launcher restarts. Not force closes, they just exit out and go back to the home screen which just keeps refreshing. I can't stay in Apps2Sd Pro long enough to move apps, can't stay in the market to update apps, and can't uninstall anything, I can't even stay in Astro long enough to do anything. It's driving me insane and I really want to make sure as many apps as I can are moved to the SD card and backed up to flash the new ROM. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I wanted to root my phone and my wife's so that we could use the wifi tether built into the phone. I followed the directions for the OneClick Root and Recovery (worked fantastically, thanks guys!!) And then installed the wifi tether. v3.1beta6 also works great by the way!!
Of course then I did something stupid. When I found that the market didn't work I ran an app called Eris Market Fix that another android site said worked for GalaxyS phones. Now my phone (not dumb enough to test it on the wife's first) will not turn un or boot fully. I get the Samsung Mobile screen and then it goes dark and gives the Force Close single--double vibration and repeats.
Can I fix this or is my phone finished? Once I do, how do I get the market to work on both?
Noobed4g? said:
I wanted to root my phone and my wife's so that we could use the wifi tether built into the phone. I followed the directions for the OneClick Root and Recovery (worked fantastically, thanks guys!!) And then installed the wifi tether. v3.1beta6 also works great by the way!!
Of course then I did something stupid. When I found that the market didn't work I ran an app called Eris Market Fix that another android site said worked for GalaxyS phones. Now my phone (not dumb enough to test it on the wife's first) will not turn un or boot fully. I get the Samsung Mobile screen and then it goes dark and gives the Force Close single--double vibration and repeats.
Can I fix this or is my phone finished? Once I do, how do I get the market to work on both?
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boot into recovery (hold vol. dwn, camera, power) and restore the nandroid backup u made prior to flashing that market for starters... lemme know if u get that far
edit: next time, questions should go in the q&a section...
Noobed4g? said:
I wanted to root my phone and my wife's so that we could use the wifi tether built into the phone. I followed the directions for the OneClick Root and Recovery (worked fantastically, thanks guys!!) And then installed the wifi tether. v3.1beta6 also works great by the way!!
Of course then I did something stupid. When I found that the market didn't work I ran an app called Eris Market Fix that another android site said worked for GalaxyS phones. Now my phone (not dumb enough to test it on the wife's first) will not turn un or boot fully. I get the Samsung Mobile screen and then it goes dark and gives the Force Close single--double vibration and repeats.
Can I fix this or is my phone finished? Once I do, how do I get the market to work on both?
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Have you tried clearing cache and dalvik cache in clockwork?
Sent from my SPH-D700
also, it's impossible to say for sure at this point, but i highly doubt u did anything permanent to your phone. worst case scenario, u may just end up starting over from scratch...
and maybe try what ^ac suggested before restoring your nandroid backup, sometimes clearing cache and dalvik can help a LOT!!! but it also has to be done from inside clockwork mod recovery.
Bricking is when the phone is literally a brick, no power, no lights, no nothing. I prefer Sponged for this condition. As a last resort if you have no backup (shame) and clearing dalvik and cache don't work, do a Factory Data reset and it will delete any third party apps and data. You will need to set your phone back up but if you have been saving your contacts on Google and not your phone you will get them back when you sign in to gmail.
Right. I have no backup that I'm aware of since I only did the three things listed above. I've seen where it says to use adb for stuff like this, but I do not know where or how to access that. When I plug my phone in to the computer via usb though it says adb found.
I know that clockwork and other were installed but where do I find them?
Edit: So clockwork was found through the vol down, power, camera reboot attempt, so now I know where to make a backup from next time. *embarrassed* Haven't messed with computers like this for years.
dalvik and cache wiped. no change.
Wipe and factory reset (with sd card removed) no change.
Samsung Mobile.com
then black screen and single vibrate
pause and (sorry) triple vibrate
repeat ad nauseum.
Noobed4g? said:
Right. I have no backup that I'm aware of since I only did the three things listed above. I've seen where it says to use adb for stuff like this, but I do not know where or how to access that. When I plug my phone in to the computer via usb though it says adb found.
I know that clockwork and other were installed but where do I find them?
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Clockwork is your recovery, you access this by 3-finger booting into recovery.
You first turn your phone off wait till its off for sure then you power the phone on by holding the volume down button the camera button, and the power button until the menu shows up.
Sent from my SPH-D700
At this point you will need to Odin your phone back to its original condition. Go into Development sub-forum and at the top in the stickies is a thread called how to fix a semi-bricked Epic. The file links and instructions are in the 1st post. This will wipe everything from your phone and put Android 2.2 back on.
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Next time you want to do anything to your phone, follow qbking77's yout tube videos. They are step by step idiot proof vids to help you out. There is even one called "how to return to stock" that will help with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
kennyglass123 said:
At this point you will need to Odin your phone back to its original condition. Go into Development sub-forum and at the top in the stickies is a thread called how to fix a semi-bricked Epic. The file links and instructions are in the 1st post. This will wipe everything from your phone and put Android 2.2 back on.
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That will also help you return your phone to stock in preparation to get the OTA to Gb.
Noobed4g? said:
... So clockwork was found through the vol down, power, camera reboot attempt, so now I know where to make a backup from next time. *embarrassed* Haven't messed with computers like this for years.
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Lesson learned the hard way. Good luck with Odin, and remember to always ALWAYS make a backup
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Noobed4g? said:
I wanted to root my phone and my wife's so that we could use the wifi tether built into the phone. I followed the directions for the OneClick Root and Recovery (worked fantastically, thanks guys!!) And then installed the wifi tether. v3.1beta6 also works great by the way!!
Of course then I did something stupid. When I found that the market didn't work I ran an app called Eris Market Fix that another android site said worked for GalaxyS phones. Now my phone (not dumb enough to test it on the wife's first) will not turn un or boot fully. I get the Samsung Mobile screen and then it goes dark and gives the Force Close single--double vibration and repeats.
Can I fix this or is my phone finished? Once I do, how do I get the market to work on both?
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I have been here before as well. I have tried just about all the roms that are out there. If you want great performance and great battery life this rom is the best I have used yet. This is based off of 2.2 android. Everything works minus the sprint bloatware. Here is a link http://randomking.romgeeks.com/development/randomrom-2-2/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146630
Follow his instructions. If you have a problem let me know. Good luck
Thanks again! I'm back up and running. Still need to figure out how to make the market work for paid apps after I root again, but I do intend to remove the bloat ware and speed things up.
Happy I still have my phone though
Many, many thanks everyone!
Noobed4g? said:
Thanks again! I'm back up and running. Still need to figure out how to make the market work for paid apps after I root again, but I do intend to remove the bloat ware and speed things up.
H iappy stroll have my phone though
Many, many thanks everyone!
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Glad you're alive again!
Edit: MAKE A BACKUP! ! !
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Noobed4g? said:
Thanks again! I'm back up and running. Still need to figure out how to make the market work for paid apps after I root again, but I do intend to remove the bloat ware and speed things up.
Happy I still have my phone though
Many, many thanks everyone!
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Excellent! Your paid apps should show up under my apps to redownload after a day or two after you sync your gmail account.
Noobed4g? said:
Thanks again! I'm back up and running. Still need to figure out how to make the market work for paid apps after I root again, but I do intend to remove the bloat ware and speed things up.
Happy I still have my phone though
Many, many thanks everyone!
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What Kenny said above ^^
If that doesn't help try downloading a few free apps that sould kick the sync proccess. Glad to hear btw!
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A Present from Moscow!
Acer Stock HC 3.2.1 Acer_A501_4.483.01_EMEA_TMPL
Rooted
Busybox
Superuser
Data/app folder added with a couple of apps to check root
All stock ACER apps included
You know the procedure for flashing. If not, here they are again, as it seems some people don't know.
You MUST do the wipes and formats.
Installation:
Due to issues with Version 1.7 of recovery, you may get stuck at the boot animation. Highly advise you to downgrade your recovery back to Version 1.5. It seems that some things do not get wiped and formatted correctly.
1. Wipe User Data
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe DalviK
4. Wipe Battery Stats
Note: Optional Formatting.
If you really want to remove EVERYTHING in Internal Memory, at this point, go to Backup and Restore. Select "Toggle backup and restore of internal storage (/data/media). Enable this setting by selecting it. By default, it is disabled. Then proceed to the formatting steps. This will format the Entire Internal Memory when you proceed.
If you want to save all the things like downloaded files, apps, pdf's etc, then DO NOT enable this toggle, and just proceed to the Format steps.
Select Go Back, Goto Mounts and Storage
1. Format System
2. Format Cache
3. Format Dalvik
4. Format Flexrom
Select Go Back and select Install from Zip File (for those of you who refuse to update their recovery, select Install zip from SD)
Link Re-established.
DOWNLOAD
Alternate Server
DOWNLOAD
MD5 df253e3f8825197c08a1f0a0b8c24a81
Doesn't work for my tablet, can't get past boot animation.
Did a full wipe, cache, dalvik and battery stats and flashed it now a second time - all i get is only the boot animation.
Any suggestions?
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Thanks! I will give it a try either tonight or this weekend and see how it goes for me.
Mucho appreciated!
DerTeufel said:
Doesn't work for my tablet, can't get past boot animation.
Did a full wipe, cache, dalvik and battery stats and flashed it now a second time - all i get is only the boot animation.
Any suggestions?
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Not sure what your definition is of a "full wipe", but instructions can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
I can guarantee you that if all you can get is to the boot animation that the problem is "pilot error".
DerTeufel said:
Doesn't work for my tablet, can't get past boot animation.
Did a full wipe, cache, dalvik and battery stats and flashed it now a second time - all i get is only the boot animation.
Any suggestions?
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Try downloading the ROM again. It might be a bad download.
DerTeufel said:
Doesn't work for my tablet, can't get past boot animation.
Did a full wipe, cache, dalvik and battery stats and flashed it now a second time - all i get is only the boot animation.
Any suggestions?
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Well, here's what I suggest. Look in my original post. I added the full instructions from my other rom.
It seems now days, the old 3 wipes just don't do a good enough job, you also have to do the formats as well.
(I thought I would be lazy and do only the 3 wipes last night, guess what? Stuck at boot animation) Did the full wipe and format, and it works as advertised.
EDIT: Guess what? This morning, I cannot flash anything, or I should say "hit and miss". Not even my daily driver. Connected to Recovery I believe.
Link re-established. Nothing wrong with the download.
If you have issues, downgrade your recovery back to version 1.5.
The issue with version 1.7 is "hit and miss". Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Acer_A501_4.483.01_EMEA_TMPL Differences from A501_4.031.24_4.066.29_COM_GEN1?
STASMK said:
Acer_A501_4.483.01_EMEA_TMPL Differences from A501_4.031.24_4.066.29_COM_GEN1?
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Well, I haven't checked the comgen1 yet (had to figure out the recovery problem first). Will root it and check it in a bit.
But, so far, I see 4 or 5 language supports are missing from the TMPL. Arabic and Aisian mostly. Also, on install the default is Polish (not a biggie as you can change it).
Other that that, it has a few extra files when compared to 3.2.
It seems I can get 1 or 2 extra sat's on gps when comparing to HC 3.2. But maybe because it's a clear day here.
Also, Acer included a couple new apps. One of them some 3d photo browser that force closes the first time you use it. Then it works normally, sort of. Seems it loses it's images off and on. Nice job acer. And, it's butt ugly. Wonder who the rocket scientist was that chose that app?
I'm not going to mod this one, but I will with the comgen1. Overall it runs good I think.
STASMK said:
Acer_A501_4.483.01_EMEA_TMPL Differences from A501_4.031.24_4.066.29_COM_GEN1?
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What is that A501_4.031.24_4.066.29_COM_GEN1 build ?
I am only aware of that Acer_A501_4.066.29_COM_GEN1 posted by Vache, but how did you figure 4.031.24 is upgraded to that one ?
Sorry. My Bad
I was thinking about the a501_4.510.01_Com_Gen1H that was leaked out yesterday.
I already rooted it and such, but it seems to be a "Demo" version from a couple of months ago. Not only does it have a strange installer script, but a strange directory structure also. 3g also is partly working.
So basically it's of little use.
Moscow Desire said:
Sorry. My Bad
I was thinking about the a501_4.510.01_Com_Gen1H that was leaked out yesterday.
I already rooted it and such, but it seems to be a "Demo" version from a couple of months ago. Not only does it have a strange installer script, but a strange directory structure also. 3g also is partly working.
So basically it's of little use.
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Could You provide the MD5 just to check if the download is correct (it is very slow)?
Thanks
v11lemans said:
Could You provide the MD5 just to check if the download is correct (it is very slow)?
Thanks
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I get one in a few minutes.
The issue, is the U.S. is shutting down all the file servers due to piracy. MegaUpload, MultiUpload (server end) Now all that's left are the slow ones. Took me 45 minutes to download today.
MD5 df253e3f8825197c08a1f0a0b8c24a81
Yeah, its a pain in the bum alright, some of the slower ones already have "removed or taken down because of copyrighted material" messages coming up (deposit files)... A couple have the servers offline - upload king and upload here.
This is gonna be a major pain in the bum if the close down or lock file sharing sites, and the sites themselves may end up locking things down and removing anything they see as copyrighted material, even if its not....
Took me 10 minutes to download an 8mb kernel... I'm gonna end up a bald man before I get this rom....
And then the download stuffs up and I have start ALL OVER AGAIN.... Then to add insult to injury I have to wait 20 minutes.....
ultramag69 said:
Took me 10 minutes to download an 8mb kernel... I'm gonna end up a bald man before I get this rom....
.
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I'm not quite that bad off (still have all my hair)!
I'm going to look around for some Russian servers. Or something. I noticed one other place, but I have to find it again. They'll probably shut it down also soon.
Next thing you know, they'll shut down GitHub, and all dev comes to a standstill.
Also, I noticed today, XDA is almost at a complete stop. And I can guess who's responsible for THAT!
It's running now, needed to format it to make it work.
Didn't have to format when i was installing v3.2.
Thanks for the help
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I think there's going to be a "knee jerk" re-action to the mega upload affair.... Be a REAL pain if we can't continue doing what we want with our devices...
Shame too, just getting good with the new A501 roms coming out...
Hate I might need to revert to stock to pick up ICS upgrade because the chefs can't share their flavours...
Chefs are great for sharing these awesome roms....
ultramag69 said:
I think there's going to be a "knee jerk" re-action to the mega upload affair.... Be a REAL pain if we can't continue doing what we want with our devices...
Shame too, just getting good with the new A501 roms coming out...
Hate I might need to revert to stock to pick up ICS upgrade because the chefs can't share their flavours...
Chefs are great for sharing these awesome roms....
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Well, I just know enough to make me screw things up
I found another place. 30 min download, But you have to give your e-mail for the link. Not really an issue. 3 more servers went down today.
Seems all that's left, is the small file hosts, and they're starting to limit file size.
I suspect, some serious **** will hit the fan in the next coming week, The US can't keep going on this crusade forever. Otherwise, there won;t be a site left except "foxnews" and Facebook.
IS there a Kernel i can use for overclocking?
Using CPU Master i can only choose 1000MHz, had it overclocked to 1.4GHz with the previous ROM.
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DerTeufel said:
It's running now, needed to format it to make it work.
Didn't have to format when i was installing v3.2.
Thanks for the help
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No problem and glad it's running.
Not sure what is going on, but in past 6 months, it seems like we now have to format things. I didn't in the past, but now I must.
Well, it is 2012, so things change.
If you have issues with the Rom, it is pure stock HC 3.2.1. I changed nothing in it. Only SU and busybox and removal of the bootloader blob and recovery. So if a game doesn't run, there is nothing I can do about it. It's an Acer deal.
However, I do have one on my notebook, that has "0" acer stuff in it.
Firstly, what a great forum. I have dabbled with my phone purely on what I have gleaned from here, so keep up the great work.
I have viewed for quite a time but it is a pleasure to make my first post, so go easy on me.
I am a total newbie when it comes to phones although I have a lot of experience building PCs for many years. I have an unbranded S2 (prev XEU) which I updated with ICS OTA a few days ago. I am now on LPS. I then successfully rooted using Rachmat’s work [GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel), which was a breeze to do (apart from initially putting it in download mode instead of recovery and wondering why I couldn’t get any further!!).
I have since installed Titanium Backup and frozen a number of apps.
I want to share some of the problems which I have experienced after updating to ICS:
- I get the wifi problem where connectivity is suddenly lost and necessitates a reboot. After a reboot the battery level dramatically drops. I checked the router (VM Superhub) and strangely it had defaulted to factory settings. I have a LAN which runs well with 2 wired PCs, 2 laptops on wifi, 2 iPod Touch and a BB Playbook – I had to set them up again after reconfiguring the router. Needless to say, the wifi problem still exists and I have to reboot the phone every now and again.
- A strange problem with my internal SD storage – before updating I had about 9gb full which included a number of videos, etc. Following the update it still showed 9gb but my videos were gone and the USB storage folder showed 0kb. Adding up what I actually had only amounted to about 4gb and I had to erase the internal SD to get my space back.
- Battery consumption is still very poor – I had not noticed any difference using ICS. I still only get about 10 hours from a full charge if I am lucky, with a moderate amount of use. I have stopped auto-sync for everything, dimmed the display as much as possible and various other tips and I hope there will be an improvement. I have started using Juice Defender again although I am not convinced on that one.
Rooting has made no difference to the wifi issue and I will reset the router and start again when I get time tomorrow.
Thanks again
Tim
Timbop37 said:
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Rooting has made no difference to the wifi issue a
Nope and it never ever will rooting is access to a lower level of the OS no more and no less .
jje
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I too used Rachmat's quick and easy guide on how to root & unroot ICS firmware and found it so simple and great to use. I have flashed a number of different custom ICS roms since rooting XWLP8 and my counter has not gone up at all and there is no yellow triangle. I recommend this method for anyone using ICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Did you wipe everything after updating to ICS?
About battery dropping after reboot, it's normal (at least I didn't find a fix).. I mean, it's normal that the battery indicator shows a wrong information.. if you just let your phone, you will notice the indicator going up without charge.. after reboot sometimes the battery indicator doesn't show the real battery level.
And about your battery lofe, you should be more specific.. like how many time of screen on, calls, if you are using 2G, 3G or wifi, if you are playing games or videos etc.
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I had WIFI problem with the LPQ and LPS update (last saturday OTA) fixed it.
After updating to ICS I erased my internal USB data which solved the problem where my free space was reported inaccurately.
I didn't do a factory reset.
With regard to phone/battery usage, I tend to use it for browsing, email and occasionally music. Don't play many games on it, especially CPU/graphic intensive games. Very occasionally I will watch a video but not many and I fully expect the battery to discahrge quickly.
To give an example, this morning at 09:00 my battery was at 83%. It is now at 41% some 5.5hrs later. Screen is 0% display and has been during this time, all syncing is off, wifi has been on perhaps 10-15 minutes max, no GPS or bluetooth. I have browsed the web, checked emails, etc - used the phone for approximately 30 minutes in 5.5hrs. by the way, JD is showing x2.17.
Thank you
Tim
Timbop37 said:
After updating to ICS I erased my internal USB data which solved the problem where my free space was reported inaccurately.
I didn't do a factory reset.
With regard to phone/battery usage, I tend to use it for browsing, email and occasionally music. Don't play many games on it, especially CPU/graphic intensive games. Very occasionally I will watch a video but not many and I fully expect the battery to discahrge quickly.
To give an example, this morning at 09:00 my battery was at 83%. It is now at 41% some 5.5hrs later. Screen is 0% display and has been during this time, all syncing is off, wifi has been on perhaps 10-15 minutes max, no GPS or bluetooth. I have browsed the web, checked emails, etc - used the phone for approximately 30 minutes in 5.5hrs. by the way, JD is showing x2.17.
Thank you
Tim
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Are you with CWM recovery? If so, do a nandroid backup first and then wioe everything. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache.. this won't affect your sd card (both internal and external), but will set the system as default, with no apps or data (such as google accounts).
When you change your system (specially in your case, when you moved from a GB to iCS rom) you should wipe everything.
Also, about battery life, only after 3/4 full cycles you will be able to see how it really is.
But since I've never used stock kernel, can't say much about it, but Abyss is being a great kernel for me.
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luizlee86 said:
Are you with CWM recovery?
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Do you refer to the CWM.zip file I put on the external SD card from Rachmat's tutorial?
If so, I still have it there. Do you mean go into recovery, install CWM.zip from external SD, and Nandroid backup will be an option?
thanks
Tim
Timbop37 said:
Do you refer to the CWM.zip file I put on the external SD card from Rachmat's tutorial?
If so, I still have it there. Do you mean go into recovery, install CWM.zip from external SD, and Nandroid backup will be an option?
thanks
Tim
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Hm.. I think so.. can you give me a link to this tutorial so I can confirm?
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Hm.. I think so.. can you give me a link to this tutorial so I can confirm?
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The link is in the 3rd post of this thread.
Thank you for your help.
Tim
Yes, you can use this CWM.zip, you will find an option for backup (there won't be mention to nandroid, so don't look for it).
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Okay, just so that I get this straight...
I go into recovery
Install CWM.zip from sdcard
backup using backup/restore in recover
Wipe data/factory reset from recovery
Wipe cache partition
Where is dalvik cache? Also, will not the factory reset put me back to GB 2.3.4?
Sorry to appear dumb but I just want to get it clear in my head.
Thanks again
Tim
Dalvik is under advanced in cwm.
You will do everything under cwm, ok? Enter normal recovery, apply cwm.zip and do everything in cwm recovery.
No, it won't take you back to gb.
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luizlee86 said:
Dalvik is under advanced in cwm.
You will do everything under cwm, ok? Enter normal recovery, apply cwm.zip and do everything in cwm recovery.
No, it won't take you back to gb.
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Sorry, just one more thing. Once I have reset/wiped using recovery do I just restart my phone and use or do I have to restore the backup?
Tim
Just reboot. The backup is just for the case of something going wrong.. the nandroid backup backs up everything.. I mean EVERYTHING.. so if you wipe everything and restore the backup it will be as if you didn't wipe anything.
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I have completed everything and I am in the process of reorganising my phone, having reimported contacts, etc.
Thank you very much for your help. It is much appreciated.
Tim
daveyannihilation said:
I too used Rachmat's quick and easy guide on how to root & unroot ICS firmware and found it so simple and great to use. I have flashed a number of different custom ICS roms since rooting XWLP8 and my counter has not gone up at all and there is no yellow triangle. I recommend this method for anyone using ICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
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I cant get this method to work despite numerous attempts. Not sure where I am going wrong.
It all appears to work okay (Superuser is in the Apps menu) but when I run Root Checker it says it is not rooted and this does appear to be true because the latest Total Recall will not work either.
Maybe someone else could try Root Checker and confirm that they are actually rooted.
Timbop37 said:
I have completed everything and I am in the process of reorganising my phone, having reimported contacts, etc.
Thank you very much for your help. It is much appreciated.
Tim
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Glad it worked.
I suggest you to try other kernels... but remember, when you flash other kernel, give it some time untill you make conclusions, since, as I said, 3 or 4 full charges are needed to settle things up.
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I cant get this method to work despite numerous attempts. Not sure where I am going wrong.
It all appears to work okay (Superuser is in the Apps menu) but when I run Root Checker it says it is not rooted and this does appear to be true because the latest Total Recall will not work either.
Maybe someone else could try Root Checker and confirm that they are actually rooted.
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Method of choice to root .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
jje
DescendDescend said:
I cant get this method to work despite numerous attempts. Not sure where I am going wrong.
It all appears to work okay (Superuser is in the Apps menu) but when I run Root Checker it says it is not rooted and this does appear to be true because the latest Total Recall will not work either.
Maybe someone else could try Root Checker and confirm that they are actually rooted.
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All you have to do is install cwm.zip onto external SD card and install SU-Installer-Signed.zip onto your internal SD (I tried it on external but CWM didn't recognise the file). Reboot into recovery, then choose install update from SD card and install cwm.zip . Once that's installed click on install zip from SD card and install SU-Installer-Signed.zip and once that's installed just go back and reboot.
If Superuser is in your apps list then I'm fairly certain you're rooted. I did exactly what you did and was able to install custom roms, overclock and every app that needs root (Titanium Backup, Rom Manager CWM) asked for permission and it was granted. Give it another try and see how you go. :thumbup:
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