[Q] Recovery mode help - Acer Iconia A500

Whenever I try to boot into recovery mode (PWR + VOL. DOWN) I get the Android guy with gears turning but then it changes to a triangle with a exclamation mark?
Tried multiple times with SD Card loaded with and without data on it but nothing changes.
Please help as I want to try a new ICS ROM.

wf8sjake said:
Whenever I try to boot into recovery mode (PWR + VOL. DOWN) I get the Android guy with gears turning but then it changes to a triangle with a exclamation mark?
Tried multiple times with SD Card loaded with and without data on it but nothing changes.
Please help as I want to try a new ICS ROM.
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Have you installed a custom recovery. If so what have you flashed ,where did you get it . and what was the result of the flashing.
Reason i ask the above that is if you flash a stock leaked rom you likely over write cwm . If in fact you had it installed.
Please provide more information as what your running and what you want to get it exactly. This is likely the reason you have not had any replies as of yet.
GOOD LUCK .

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Help!

I tried downloading 2.3.1 through rom manager, but it failed for some reason. So I accidentally downloaded it through the phone, and as soon as it began installing, I got a little Android image with a triangle that has an ! in it...How can i please fix this?
edit:i tried holding down the up and power keys with no luck...someone please help
monkeytuner said:
I tried downloading 2.3.1 through rom manager, but it failed for some reason. So I accidentally downloaded it through the phone, and as soon as it began installing, I got a little Android image with a triangle that has an ! in it...How can i please fix this?
edit:i tried holding down the up and power keys with no luck...someone please help
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You might get more help if you rename your topic title to something more descriptive.
Second, try searching the forum; this has been discussed in numerous threads on both this forum and the developer's section, along with how to fix it.
Try the threads about the update, or dialing a certain code to force it manually (that's where I learned the timing trick to get into stock recovery on the NS). On the screen you're at, try pressing and holding power, then pressing/holding volume up, that should get you into stock recovery.
Also, if you can get into fastboot, you can fastboot flash the CWM recovery back to the device. If you made an nandroid before doing anything, you can at least go back to the device's state before you tried the update.
i could not find anything on this issue on google or here
i tried doing vol up and power, but its still at the screen, and my computer doesnt recognize my phone
use the instruction on the topic to ROOT the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875875
and in one of the steps you can use the ADB to push a good ROM back into the phone to be re-flashed
Try just pulling the battery.
If not, you'll have to use fast boot from the SDK. Just follow the howto at the top of this forum to flash original images.
thank you so much!
i locked my bootloader again, and i've been trying to get the 2.3.1 update, but everytime i do try, it freezes at the android warning sign. i also tried installing it via rommanager when i was rooted...whats going on?
any ideas what could be wrong?
monkeytuner said:
i could not find anything on this issue on google or here
i tried doing vol up and power, but its still at the screen, and my computer doesnt recognize my phone
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monkeytuner said:
any ideas what could be wrong?
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Are you able to get into Fastboot?
I wonder if part of your problem is that you relocked the bootloader. (Why'd you do that anyways? No advantage, imo.)
Fastboot oem unlock will completely wipe your phone, I mean WIPE EVERYTHING, including the sdcard (photos, music, some apps' data, etc), but such a wipe might get you back to stock firmware and stock recovery, then at least you could boot up. You could also then reflash CWM.
Before doing that, let's try this if you haven't:
Turn off phone.
Hold vol-up, then press/hold power.
You should then be in fastboot mode.
The timing's critical (on my phone anyways) for this step: Select recovery, and have your hands on the power button and volume button ready to push.
Watch the screen very closely, for a bout a half second or so, the screen will flash a box with an arrow dumping out onto the android dude. While that screen is showing, press/hold the power button, then press/hold the vol up button. Important to do the power button FIRST this time (at least it is on my phone).
You should then be able to get into the stock recovery.
Once there, maybe we can figure out where to go, but we need to know how messed up your phone is at this point.
Once in Recovery, you could try wiping cache if it's an option, then trying to reboot. Worth a shot, but not likely to work.
You could also do the factory reset wipe in there, this one shouldn't wipe your sdcard if there's anything critical/valuable on it. It will reset all your settings and logins and wipe the apps you've installed, though. Again, might let you boot up normally.

Clockworkmod not working

I posted this in the wrong thread before, and I apologize.
I'm not sure what happened here; I'm trying to upgrade my phone to Cyanogen 7. The last time I did this, I didn't have any problems. Basically, anything involved with trying to get into Clockworkmod ends up with a screen showing the phoen and a red triangle and !. At this point, I have to pull the battery out to let it reboot again.
I've googled many different things, but most of it is not related to my particular phone and or circumstances. ROM Manager is the most current version, and it is showing that I have the most current version of Clockworkmod.
When I try to upgrade from ROM manager, it asks me to backup existing ROM and Wipe Data and cache, which I do. It then reboots and hits that screen.
If I try to do it manually on reboot by holding VOL DOWN + Power, I can get to (I don't know what it's called) the screen with Fastboot, recovery etc. When I try to go to Recovery, it goes to the triangle screen again.
The at the red triangle screen use power + vol up to get into the stock recovery.
JTB
That is it! I looked at several different things, and they all said "get into Clockworkmod Recovery" but didn't tell me how and I couldn't remember.
Thanks !

please help me for unbrick my Iconia

hi 2 all
I want to brief how made brick my tab step by step
first of all i had an Acer_A500_4.010.43_COM_GEN1 3.1 stock rom on my tab that i upgrade it to 3.2 Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN1 by tablet then i decided to root my tablet for installation custom rom and i downgrade to 3.01 rom by this typic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227 method 1 i reverted successfully and after rooting i installed and tested this 3 roms (taboonay 2.2-thor 14.2&light speed 1.07) but each one had some problems like google map or gps or rotation screen so i installed a 3.1hc stock rom Acer_A500_4.010.41_COM_GEN1 and rooted that worked good but i had mistake and i forget erase update.zip file from my sd card
4days ago Mistakenly I turn on my tablet with recovery mode and iconia automattically gone to update mode (rom installation) i did nothing but this opration was stopped at 80% and my wrong was here i could not be patient and shut down my tab by power button and i bricked my tablet
after that i test all method for unbrick it like not stable rom , Chinese and whitout Chinese roms using of stock rom like Acer_A500_4.010.38_COM_GEN1
without any success only in not stable rom processes gone to 95 % and then stoped and nothing
after update to chinese rom it stopped at 30 % with yellow triangle sign
and then happend something bad and i loose my CWM
NOW if i want to go to recovery mode by pressing power+vol down keys Iconia show me a message
secure boot: image SOS checksum fail!
and in normal booting I have a locked black screen with nonworking touchables button and android word at left top of screen and clock & 15% battery sometimes it show a message for shutting down
i cant go to setting menu for active my usb debugging and my pc do not recognize my tablet
i cant hard reset my tab because it hanged in 2 message for 30 mins and i cant go to recovery mode and customer services says your device is out of warranty because rotting that
but Fortunately I have my UID
excuse me for long story
any body help me please
thank all of you
that is amazing over 150 visit of this help request without any answer please give me a Proposal
thanks
I have a501 .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419164
the chinese rom and checksum error are supposed to happen.
the chines rom is an old unstable version but is provided so we can root it to install cwm and flash a working rom.
after the checksum error you needed to power off and then using the buttons enter recovery mode and go to 'Fix checksum error' in advanced menu - after that reboot.
you should do the following:
a)go back and read the entire post on what to do because you missed the last part
or
b)try the backdoor method
---------- Post added at 12:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 AM ----------
just read your entire post again...there's alot going on there isnt there?
have you tried flashing the update.zip again with 3.0.1 on it...get back to the chinese rom, from there install iconia root and root it. Then install cwm and you should be all good - if that doesnt work then use timmyDeans backdoor method it does it for you, all you need to do is install acer recovery installer to install cwm, backup the original stock recovery when the app asks you, you will need it to OTA Update successfully...
Doesn't flashing stock rom remove cwm?
bendystrawboy said:
Doesn't flashing stock rom remove cwm?
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yeh i just had trouble when i OTA'd last nite on the 2nd update, had to flash stock before it would install, but i may have restored the wrong one from acer recovery installer beforehand...a definite possibility!!!
by flashing from method 1 my racovery mode came back again and i can recover only from update.zip
but when i want to install Extract_unBrick_UPDATE it stop at 30% and my tab goes to turn off and when i press power button it turnnig on and turn off very soon and can not boot
I test non stable rom and flash with this rom proccess goes to 90% and stop
what can i do now? this is my tablet screen
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237922040/Photo_0007.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7237923010/Photo_0008.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237924301/Photo_0009.jpg
thank u
darvis said:
by flashing from method 1 my racovery mode came back again and i can recover only from update.zip
but when i want to install Extract_unBrick_UPDATE it stop at 30% and my tab goes to turn off and when i press power button it turnnig on and turn off very soon and can not boot
I test non stable rom and flash with this rom proccess goes to 90% and stop
what can i do now? this is my tablet screen
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237922040/Photo_0007.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7237923010/Photo_0008.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237924301/Photo_0009.jpg
thank u
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Unbrick it using my tool listed here, guarantee you it will fix your problems.
Just download it and follow the instructions in the readme.pdf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137
timmyDean said:
Unbrick it using my tool listed here, guarantee you it will fix your problems.
Just download it and follow the instructions in the readme.pdf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137
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hello master
i am so glad for your attention to my problem
i use from your rom before that pictures are shown above and my tablet show ((pass)) and pc show congratulation to me but u see nothing change but Hopefully that fix my cvm problem an now ican use from update.zip rom but my screen didn't any change and i cant do anything by tablet
I don't know anything about backdoor method is it useful for my problem ?
i have 2 problems
1-i cant wipe and erase my whole data even when i press vol+ and power keys and toggle lock screen button it shown two message for erasing cash but it do anything
2-my PC don't recognize my tablet i have to flash your rom with APX mode
i have a question do your rom need to CUPID file ? because there isn't any cupid file in your Rom
please help me sir because you are a greet master
thanks
darvis said:
hello master
i am so glad for your attention to my problem
i use from your rom before that pictures are shown above and my tablet show ((pass)) and pc show congratulation to me but u see nothing change but Hopefully that fix my cvm problem an now ican use from update.zip rom but my screen didn't any change and i cant do anything by tablet
I don't know anything about backdoor method is it useful for my problem ?
i have 2 problems
1-i cant wipe and erase my whole data even when i press vol+ and power keys and toggle lock screen button it shown two message for erasing cash but it do anything
2-my PC don't recognize my tablet i have to flash your rom with APX mode
i have a question do your rom need to CUPID file ? because there isn't any cupid file in your Rom
please help me sir because you are a greet master
thanks
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V3 which I pointed you to is STOCK 3.2.1 with root. Once you get there you will be stable. If you want CWM then you will have to install it. It is NOT in the flash because the flash is stock ONLY with root. But since you have root, you can install CWM.
The serial number does NOT need to be saved in any file. Just follow the instructions.
timmyDean said:
V3 which I pointed you to is STOCK 3.2.1 with root. Once you get there you will be stable. If you want CWM then you will have to install it. It is NOT in the flash because the flash is stock ONLY with root. But since you have root, you can install CWM.
The serial number does NOT need to be saved in any file. Just follow the instructions.
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sorry sir
I used your v3 rom and install it by apx mode it installed and I saw ((pass)) on my tablet after botting and after acer logo and android word i have same problem yet
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238522040/Photo_0010.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7238522903/Photo_0011.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238523331/Photo_0012.jpg
however thank you very much for your attention
sincerely yours
darvis said:
sorry sir
I used your v3 rom and install it by apx mode it installed and I saw ((pass)) on my tablet after botting and after acer logo and android word i have same problem yet
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238522040/Photo_0010.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7238522903/Photo_0011.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238523331/Photo_0012.jpg
however thank you very much for your attention
sincerely yours
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Ok, now just download the stock image for your country and put it on your external sdcard. Use the power and volume + key which will launch stock recovery (which you now have flashed) and it will flash your tablet with the one located on your sdcard. This will have you back stock.
timmyDean said:
Ok, now just download the stock image for your country and put it on your external sdcard. Use the power and volume + key which will launch stock recovery (which you now have flashed) and it will flash your tablet with the one located on your sdcard. This will have you back stock.
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sorry sir
what did you mean about power and volume + key?
do you mean power and vol down keys for recovery mode?
darvis said:
sorry sir
what did you mean about power and volume + key?
do you mean power and vol down keys for recovery mode?
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You have a "volume" switch on top of your tab (long silver switch on left side)
You control volume from this. Vol+ make sound go up (the right side of it)
Press it on the left side, and volume goes quiet (vol-)
So, as he said, with the tablet OFF, hold the VOL+ side of the button, then select PWR (power)
You have 2 recovery modes.
1. CWM Recovery (vol- & Pwr) (after you have root and cwm installed)
2. Stock Acer recovery (vol+ & Pwr)
Step number 2 with the stock acer recovery, should install the stock rom you copied to your sd like TimmyDean said earlier.
Moscow Desire said:
You have a "volume" switch on top of your tab (long silver switch on left side)
You control volume from this. Vol+ make sound go up (the right side of it)
Press it on the left side, and volume goes quiet (vol-)
So, as he said, with the tablet OFF, hold the VOL+ side of the button, then select PWR (power)
You have 2 recovery modes.
1. CWM Recovery (vol- & Pwr) (after you have root and cwm installed)
2. Stock Acer recovery (vol+ & Pwr)
thanks a lot
Step number 2 with the stock acer recovery, should install the stock rom you copied to your sd like TimmyDean said earlier.
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thank u sir
but there is a question
1-in CWM recovery we can use from Update.zip files
but in Stock Acer recovery (vol+&power ) which one of files must be copied at sd card ?
darvis said:
thank u sir
but there is a question
1-in CWM recovery we can use from Update.zip files
but in Stock Acer recovery (vol+&power ) which one of files must be copied at sd card ?
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Answer me please
darvis said:
Answer me please
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Please rewrite what you are trying to do. I have no idea what you are talking about?
Are you asking about stock recovery and flashing form a SD Card? If so, copy update.zip to your SD card and then run recovery. If you have CWM, then use it to select the update from the SD Card.
It's not clearly as to exactly what you have loaded and what you are trying to do?
LASTLY: You cannot take a backup from CWM and have the stock recovery install it. Stock recovery will only install update.zip which must be signed by ACER.
TD
timmyDean said:
Please rewrite what you are trying to do. I have no idea what you are talking about?
Are you asking about stock recovery and flashing form a SD Card? If so, copy update.zip to your SD card and then run recovery. If you have CWM, then use it to select the update from the SD Card.
It's not clearly as to exactly what you have loaded and what you are trying to do?
LASTLY: You cannot take a backup from CWM and have the stock recovery install it. Stock recovery will only install update.zip which must be signed by ACER.
TD
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Hello sir
in upper post u tell me i must go to recover mode by pressing power & vol+
but only i can go to stock recovery with pressing power & vol-(not vol+)
is there any other method for going to recovery mode by (vol+) ?
because Mr Moscow Desire said in his upper post (post no 14 of this thread)
if yes how ?
if not ..... just thank u
there is only one recovery on your device..
you should slowly repost your exact trouble.. then do EXACTLY as someone tell you to fix it..
There is only one recovery on your device . If YOU FLASH CWM RECOVERY .. it overrides the acer recovery.
so if you dont have cwm revovery .
nevermind repost your system rom you are using .. rather or not you know what recovery you have .. Then someone can help you...
LOST BLONDE BABE I AM .. GIGGLES
gOOD LUCK..
Sorry you're having difficulty.
Please go here and download the is tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539
Do EXACTLY what it says to do in the PDF

[SOLVED] [Q] Huawei U8180 First time Modder Problem

[SOLVED]
I rooted this, installed clockworkmod, then went and got an cm7 dated april something 2012 u8160 rom from psyke83 website.
installed it through clockworkmod install from sd card option with success (also clicked option to backup everything).
yet when phone reboots it hangs on the blue arrow in a circle spinning around, sometimes reboots n repeats but it never goes past that.
I have tried going into recovery mode holding down volume buttons and power
and I get 1 of 2 errors:
with sd card in:
firmware update
step 1/2
unpacking
update failed
with sd card out:
purple screen.
I am a first time android modder, can someone please, please tell me how to fix this. I can access the sd card with a reader if need be to put whatever files on it that I should.
Thank you.
Start the phone by pressing volume up + power OR volume down + power. You should be able to boot to recovery with one of those combinations (other one boots to fastboot most probably). After that do the wipe data/cache and try to reboot once again.
What was wrong in the beginning was that you did not wipe data/cache. That made the CM use old OS's data files which obviously won't work.
The unpacking thing was caused by pressing volume up + volume down + power. That causes the phone to go to upgrade mode if there is an update package found.
Nope. still goes to the blue arrow circling then freezes then reboots....
mrw187 said:
Nope. still goes to the blue arrow circling then freezes then reboots....
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You are right about me not wiping the data/cache though...
But in your phone forum, are there tutorials on how to boot to recovery? Do you have any other hard keys on the phone?
there is one other button but that didn't work either.
I cannot find a forum for Huawei model u8180 (
mrw187 said:
there is one other button but that didn't work either.
I cannot find a forum for Huawei model u8180 (
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Hmm, would this work?
yay!!
it was volume up + power + cancel button (? maybe home button? not sure on what this button is but its the biggest).
wiped all data n cache n then it booted properly.
So the problem is solved? If you can, mark first post title with [SOLVED].
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huaweiU8180 freeze on boot to recovery
I have tried all the solution but failed the problem is my HuaweiU8180 keeps on hanging wen I try booting to recovery mode now I can't format my phone and I can't install a custom ROM even when the phone is rooted and I hav ROM manager premium installed and I flashed CWM but still someone help me please

[Q] i9500 Bootloop Can't Go Into Recovery or Download Mode

So my phone is bootlooping whenever my battery is attached. I can't go into recovery mode nor download mode. I try to push the combo buttons and the yellow triangle comes up. But when I push the vol up button it didn't load to download mode and keep rebooting. Help?
This happened after i flashed the new 5.0.1 Lollipop OS and try to put CWM recovery.
billy505 said:
So my phone is bootlooping whenever my battery is attached. I can't go into recovery mode nor download mode. I try to push the combo buttons and the yellow triangle comes up. But when I push the vol up button it didn't load to download mode and keep rebooting. Help?
This happened after i flashed the new 5.0.1 Lollipop OS and try to put CWM recovery.
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Hi mate
Check the power button..It may be stuck
i wiped sd card in recovery mode including eveything else( wiped dalvik , device cache and all) then my samsung gt i9500 got soft bricked then tried wiping device cache and hard reset but couldnt boot then to my bad luck tried to root via odin and it show pass remark but again couldnt be booted ..
now wt shld i do???
samsung care guys says only option to install firmware ... but 50% chance of device getting dead at my own risk !!!
I am having the same problem. Is there a way to definitely know if the power button is the issue?
UwaisKhan said:
I am having the same problem. Is there a way to definitely know if the power button is the issue?
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If you have the same symptons then it's your powerbutton.

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