[Q] Unable to boot. - Acer Iconia A500

Hello guys, I bought a A500 few days ago and I was trying to delete some native applications when suddenly the tablet turned off and started to show a image of a android bug with the stomach open and a red triangle with a exclamation mark inside, I have tried to reset by the small hole and the power and volume sequence, but so far nothing happend. I think that I changed some kind of permission while trying to delete the applications. Isn't there anyway to revert this action? Any kind of recovery mode or something like that? It is 4 AM here and I'm desperate, I can't do anything. It only turns on and starts to show the little bug and then turns off, and turn on again. I tried to connect it to the computer but It doesn't recognize it.
Any guess?

verzzolla said:
Hello guys, I bought a A500 few days ago and I was trying to delete some native applications when suddenly the tablet turned off and started to show a image of a android bug with the stomach open and a red triangle with a exclamation mark inside, I have tried to reset by the small hole and the power and volume sequence, but so far nothing happend. I think that I changed some kind of permission while trying to delete the applications. Isn't there anyway to revert this action? Any kind of recovery mode or something like that? It is 4 AM here and I'm desperate, I can't do anything. It only turns on and starts to show the little bug and then turns off, and turn on again. I tried to connect it to the computer but It doesn't recognize it.
Any guess?
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Yep. You fubarred it. Hope you made a recovery backup? Cause you will need your UID number. Go to the dev forum, and check the thread on getting your UID. First page so you can't miss it. Only other option is to get an update.zip, copy to ext SD, and boot holding volume -, and then pwr and see if it installs.
I assume you are stock rooted? Or did you install an updated unlocked ics boot loader?

if you have a card reader put the sd in it and place the update.zip through windows , then reboot into cwm and install ,if you dont have recovery , do the trick with protrait mode that should help you get back to where you need to be , I formatted my sd though the card reader ,but you dont have to

Hey guys, thank you very much for the help! I flashed a stock ROM that I found here by putting the update.zip file on a external SD card and pressing power and -volume at the same time. Now I'll just have to update to ICS.

verzzolla said:
Hey guys, thank you very much for the help! I flashed a stock ROM that I found here by putting the update.zip file on a external SD card and pressing power and -volume at the same time. Now I'll just have to update to ICS.
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No problem.
Do us a favor though, get your UID number before you go messing around with ICS and unlocked bootloaders. Write it in a safe location. On the box or on your pc.

Or go over to the DEV section and READ ALL THE INFO YOU CAN! Pretty much anything by MD,Civato,Skrillax,blakthdr ,vache and Thor if you can find him, thats not all of them though

Where is the tutorial to get the UID number? I can't find it in the dev forum.

verzzolla said:
Where is the tutorial to get the UID number? I can't find it in the dev forum.
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Here it is;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1624645
Read through and you'll find all possible methods.
MD

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Is my HERO REALLY BRICKED!!!???

my phones rooted and I have the Regaw mod ROM load on there, and its been good for a couple days now. Last night I went to sleep and forgot to charge my phone so figured the battery died. I plugged in it for about 10-15mins or so to turn it on and all it does is hang on the HTC bootscreen!!!! then I try to boot into recovery and all I get is at the bottom of the screen it says "Build : RA-HEROC-v1.5.2"!!!! Does this mean my phone is bricked!!!???
Remove the battery. Put it back in. Try to boot.
There are other solutions. As long as it turns on there should be a way to unbrick. Try RUU as well.
i tried the battery pull a couple times im trying the RUU now but what the hell could have bricked my phone over night?
I think what the guy in the 2nd post is trying to say, is that if it is booting, it isn't bricked.
It would be bricked if you couldn't do anything with it, then its like a brick.
I know it is probably a bit scary but ify ou can boot it at all, you most likely can fix it.
Did you make any changes (remove any files?) yesterday at some point, and this would have been the first restart?
I don't know, it could be a number of things.
It is probably not bricked. I bricked my G1 so I have some experience in that area. If you can boot into recovery it is not bricked. When I bricked my G1 I couldn't even get to recovery. let it charge a bit. Th battery is probably just dead. OR. take the battery out and plug it in and try to boot. Let it boot for about 15 mins or so.
no i didnt change anything at all, except my sd card said it was corrupted after unplugging it from my PC improperly. and I didnt reformat it right away. I just tried to RUU and i got an Error 170 a USB connection error
BAttitude7689 said:
no i didnt change anything at all, except my sd card said it was corrupted after unplugging it from my PC improperly. and I didnt reformat it right away. I just tried to RUU and i got an Error 170 a USB connection error
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Where does the recovery image read from? I know we put it in the root folder of the SD, but does it actually boot from there? Could be your issue...
are you runnings apps2sd or whatever it is called?
yes that possibly could be my issue!! how can i fix my sd card or what should I do?
no I am not running apps to SD
BAttitude7689 said:
yes that possibly could be my issue!! how can i fix my sd card or what should I do?
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BAttitude7689 said:
no I am not running apps to SD
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I'm not so sure. I am pretty green when it comes to all this rooting stuff. I'm just trying to help figure it out.
Maybe try booting without the SD card in the phone? Could help to narrow down the issue.
I'm sure someone with more knowledge could help.
yea im booting it now with NO SD and its still hangs at the HTC screen
BAttitude7689 said:
yea im booting it now with NO SD and its still hangs at the HTC screen
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Can you try plugging it into your USB connection and getting into the ADB shell (in CMD) to see if you can access the phone even though it seems stuck.
I know I did this and was able to monitor the logcat when I thought it was stuck, but it was really just doing a whole bunch of stuff.
Just an idea....again, I'm just fishing here trying to help you out.
it tells me error: device not found
i went to (CMD) then cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools and then adb devices
you might have to manually rewipe your recovery partition in cmd. I had to do that after the official ruu messed up my phone- it wouldn't boot at all, I had to use the fastboot command: fastboot oem boot, then using my nandroid backup restored my recovery.
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im kinda of a noob at some of this so kinda need to explain it out lol ...I just booted to recovery and pressed *vol up* and got me to Fastboot Mode then it says press <Menu> to reset device, should I do that option?
okay i pressed menu and all that got me was it hanging again at the HTC screen.. should i do all of this with my SD card in or out of the phone?
When you boot it and it gets into the "partial" recovery mode, does the PC see the phone? Can you put RA-Heroc-1.6.2 onthe SD card from there? If so, I'd try flashing the new recovery from ADB...very easy...and see if that gets you a bit further along.
You might also try cheating a bit. See if you can pull a nandroid from the SD card (might have to do this with a card reader), then get Flipz's Kitchen and restore the Nandroid after you boot into recovery.
Just a couple of things I'd try....from experience...
S
okay this is what happens i press vol down and power then is load where the androids are on skateboards and it says press <HOME> for recovery along with a Fastboot mode and Simlock option. I press home and then I see the HTC screen for about 30 secs and then where I normally would see the recovery menu with all the green writing i see all black except at the bottom is says
Build : RA-heroc-v1.5.2
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When you boot it and it gets into the "partial" recovery mode, does the PC see the phone? Can you put RA-Heroc-1.6.2 onthe SD card from there? If so, I'd try flashing the new recovery from ADB...very easy...and see if that gets you a bit further along.
You might also try cheating a bit. See if you can pull a nandroid from the SD card (might have to do this with a card reader), then get Flipz's Kitchen and restore the Nandroid after you boot into recovery.
Just a couple of things I'd try....from experience...
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To follow this and break it down a bit more for you:
1. Plug in USB with phone off
2. Turn on phone and get it to the "blank" recovery screen.
3. Run through the flashing of the recovery rom image again (see HERE) but start at step 13 or so.
Try doing the above post..

[Q] Problems with recovery

Heey guys,
I have a huge problem.
I recently restored my Azure 1.01 rom back to defaults,
BUT now my phone won't boot
I tried to go in recovery on my Windows 7 x32 pc
And on Ubuntu and a x64 machine.
But I still can't acces the recovery functions of my phone.
My phone is rooted though, But in windows i keep getting the message that he needs to install the driver called "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM"
I tried looking around for 2 days now but i can't find anything!
Please Help!!
P.s. I'm sorry for my english
pcfreak13 said:
Heey guys,
I have a huge problem.
I recently restored my Azure 1.01 rom back to defaults,
BUT now my phone won't boot
I tried to go in recovery on my Windows 7 x32 pc
And on Ubuntu and a x64 machine.
But I still can't acces the recovery functions of my phone.
My phone is rooted though, But in windows i keep getting the message that he needs to install the driver called "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM"
I tried looking around for 2 days now but i can't find anything!
Please Help!!
P.s. I'm sorry for my english
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You can load the default recovery by holding down VOL - and POWER, select RECOVERY, then press AND HOLD, VOL + and POWER to load update.zip which *should* load ClockWorkMod.
Try wiping cache and do another factory reset. First boot may take many many minutes
Edit: Also, no question under development! Mod, please move to general..
Moved to general as not development
Kwen said:
You can load the default recovery by holding down VOL - and POWER, select RECOVERY, then press AND HOLD, VOL + and POWER to load update.zip which *should* load ClockWorkMod.
Try wiping cache and do another factory reset. First boot may take many many minutes
Edit: Also, no question under development! Mod, please move to general..
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Wow tnx man for your quick response,
I tried your methode BUT it seems that it can't reed my SD-Card
When i select 'Apply sdcard:update.zip' it comes with a lot of errors:
Cant mount /dev/bl......
Cant find /sdcard/upd.....
I checked and double checked if the update.zip was there, it is!
And also i reformatted my SD twice.
But still it wont work i also tried to wipe everything but that wont work either.
I have also noticed that everytime i boot my phone normally it creates a .dm file on my SD!?
in case it is usefull my bootscreen keeps reappearing with everytime a shorter sequence
If yo can help my please!!!
p.s. I'm sorry i placed it in the wrong catagorie...
pcfreak13 said:
Wow tnx man for your quick response,
I tried your methode BUT it seems that it can't reed my SD-Card
When i select 'Apply sdcard:update.zip' it comes with a lot of errors:
Cant mount /dev/bl......
Cant find /sdcard/upd.....
I checked and double checked if the update.zip was there, it is!
And also i reformatted my SD twice.
But still it wont work i also tried to wipe everything but that wont work either.
I have also noticed that everytime i boot my phone normally it creates a .dm file on my SD!?
in case it is usefull my bootscreen keeps reappearing with everytime a shorter sequence
If yo can help my please!!!
p.s. I'm sorry i placed it in the wrong catagorie...
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It look like your phone i bricked, go into this tread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751265) and follow the steps
HpX said:
It look like your phone i bricked, go into this tread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751265) and follow the steps
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I thought that to but now the problem is that i can't boot at all!
That i forget to mention maybe!?
But the methode requires to have the phone working???
Or am i wrong?

frozen tablet after partial update, copied fron the wrong forum

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Going Bald here. I have searched this forum and the more I am reading the more confused I am becoming.
After a partial update my Acer Iconia A 500 froze. I tried rebooting and it took me to the start up screen where the lock is and nothing. Frozen solid.
I got acer support and they told me to Hold the vol button while turning the power on for 3 seconds the turning the screen lock on off on off. I get a green robot with a yellow exclamation mark. I am guessing this is called bricked!
I purchased the Tablet at Best Buy in the USA and brought it home to Australia.
The Acer support wants me to send it in for repair and also says...quote "However, considering that your device has been flashed to the US firmware, there may be an issue with resetting the unit to Australian standards."
I have read about OTA and kernels Roms.... YIKES. Most say download the OTA for your tablet ( how do I know what one if I cant get into it)
Can some Guru here please explain in clear English what I should do. Where I should go. You guessed it total Newbie here. HELP
Thank you in advance
Answer from FLOATING FATMAN.....thank you
There are several things you can try.
First, on the right hand side of the device there's a little hole. This is a reset hole (but doesn't wipe RAM). Try pressing this. You might have to reset a couple of times. If that doesn't help, read further.
Next, the step they describe is to force a wipe of the device. But it depends which volume button you pressed. With the device in landscape mode, it needs to be the side of the rocker furthest from the power button. Hold both down, then when you get the text, release the (I think) power button only, and toggle the orientation lock a few times.
If THAT doesn't work, contact the user sc2k on these boards via PM and he may be able to help you recover your tablet.
Question. When you tried to update your ROM, was it with an official OTA? And did you use Clockworkmod? If you used CWM, did you use the custom one in the A500 section, or the one from the market. The one on the market WILL BRICK YOUR TABLET.
My answer
Tried the reset, tried the power button. To answer the question.. The update flashed up on the screen so I thought it was a normal update. ummm Clockworkmod???? I havent updated from the market. Didnt know you could.
I am totally lost and ignorant here. SC2K will you please help me.
Thank you
ClockworkMod is a recovery menu for rooted roms.If you have'nt rooted then no need to worry about that.Ok power off,hold the volume button down from the left side,turn on your tab while holding down the volume button until you see small text pop up in the top,left corner,press the volume button again to wipe the tab completely(total reset)the pin hole on the side of your tab does the same thing.If this doesnt work,turn off the tab and plug in the usb cable to the tab and connect to your computer,your computer will try to install the driver,you might have to search for the driver on the acer site,then after it installs,you should be able to access your sdcard.You will need to search for the update or fix,not sure what tool is used for acer.
Is there anymore help out there. I dont want to download anything until I know for sure exactly what Im doing. I hate this tablet!
sassybees said:
Is there anymore help out there. I dont want to download anything until I know for sure exactly what Im doing. I hate this tablet!
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OK, let's take this a step at a time. At the very least, we should be able to get the tab functioning again for you.
First, you're going to need a new ROM. I don't know what region Australia is, but at this point I don't think is really very important, so for now I suggest you flash am international ROM. We can worry about the region later.]
Download this file: http://vache-android.com/v1/download.php?fileID=75
This file is NOT encrypted in any way. Extract the update.zip from this file.
Now, you need a microSD card. Sometimes these cars have trouble reading (this often causes the yellow exclamation point), so you might want to format it first (format it to FAT filesystem, not NTFS). If possible, do this in an Android phone.
Copy the update.zip to the card. Must be in the root of the card.
Put the card into the A500, then boot into recovery (Hold down power and volume down, the one closes to the power button in landscape). Keep BOTH of these held down until you see a few lines of text in the top left of the screen. Once that is visible, release the buttons and the device should update.
At this point you should have a working tablet with an international ROM.
i had the same problem with sassybees.
i've tried to download the file but the page is locked...
I have download the update.zip full package but i just don't know which version. I'm a malaysian. Is it need a specific version for countries? I had tried the 4.010.22_COM_GEN1 and the 4.010.40_COM_GEN1 but it seems not working cause when updating, the loading bar stops about 80% and the gear animation stop rotating. The tablet restart and freeze at the android text loading screen again.
I'm so confuse about cwm or other things.. i just need a simple steps to get back to original android system.
How can i solve this problem. My acer tab is useless if it just showing android loading text forever...
The steps really don't get any simpler than the ones I've already given...
Have you tried different SD cards? I've already mentioned these are a common point of update failure.
yeah... i had tried 2 sd card... formatted wit fat system..
just wondering which version i must use? i'm searching in the dev section and found so many version.
the link u had given is somehow locked.. how can i access it?
thelock_bp said:
yeah... i had tried 2 sd card... formatted wit fat system..
just wondering which version i must use? i'm searching in the dev section and found so many version.
the link u had given is somehow locked.. how can i access it?
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That link works fine for me. Right click it and choose "Save As..."
As for the SD card, have you formatted it in a PC or an Android phone? Better to do the latter if you can. As for the version you need to use, what was your current ROM? There are plenty of threads in the dev section describing what the versions are...
Hi Floating Fat Man
Sorry about the delay in answering. ( Time difference).
We are having issues with the only SD card we have. ( super expensive here) We also have the Nokia N8 android phone but no where can we find how to format the SD card ( we can format the phone but not the SD card ).We managed to get it to show on the PC and we can format but to a generic format and not the FAT filesystem. I know the Nokia N8 android is a rare phone in the USA cos all the phone shops were swooning over it and saying WOW, we dont have that. So help on formatting the SD card is proving hard to come by. Do you have any suggestions. Oh we copied the file you mentioned to the root on the generic formatted SD card and again got the yellow exclamation mark which was no surprise. I know I have bricked the tablet but I will be using it as a real brick very soon as it goes out the window LOL
Acer support has suggested I send it in for repair and that may be the only option left if we cant get this SD card up and running
I thank you for your help, I certainly have learned alot so far and I have a feeling its only the tip of the iceberg.
Thanks again
Your PC should give you an option to format the card to FAT32, which is the right format. Alternatively, a link to a format tool been posted on these sections recently in one of the many threads discussing the same issues, but I don't have a link handy, sorry.

[Q] First blue screen, now boot loop.

Hello XDA-devs forums,
I'm having an issue since yesterday.
I have rooted my Huawei Ideos X5, and it ran fine for a day or so.
However, when my battery ran out it shut down into a completely blue screen.
When I tried booting it again, this just showed me a blue screen as well.
Now, I fixed this issue by connecting the phone to my PC after booting it with the Vol+ and Vol- pressed.
(So you get the pink/purple screen)
However, when I opened the phone on my PC, all I saw was a "239 MB" "empty" space, and it should have ~2GB..
I placed a backup copy I saved of my "image" folder in that 239 MB storage, and it booted.
However, today I hooked it up to my PC again to see if it magically changed..
And I couldn't access the 239 MB space anymore.
When I tried fixing the issue with a reboot of the phone, that just caused it to get stuck in a booting loop.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that keeps trying to boot itself,
and I can't access it on my windows PC.
I can, however, access 4 different folders of the phone on my linux notebook.
Now, my question is: can someone with a good understanding of problems like these please help me out?
I'm getting kind of fed up with it, as I've only got the phone for 2 days now.
Thank you in advance, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
Have you tried removing the battery for 5 minutes and then putting it back in?
After this, what happens when you press VOL+ and Power?
How about if you press VOL+, VOL- and Power, without the USB cable?
Hello Katu, thank you for posting.
Regarding your questions:
Yes, I have tried to take out the battery for 5+ minutes- it didn't change anything to the situation unfortunately..
If I press VOL+ and Power at the same time, the device boots into recovery mode.
In this I have tried to format the device in order to reset it to factory defaults, but this did not help either.
When I press VOL+, VOL- and Power, the phone boots into the pink/purple screen.
Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
PlanDreaM said:
Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
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Well, I used an original ROM:
U8800 V100R001C00B136(Overseas General version)
And that resulted in the boot.img being corrupted, so I can't even overwrite that anymore.
Also, this is what I see when I hit VOL+, VOL- and Power at the same time to boot into safe mode, and connect it to my PC.
img69 [dot] imageshack [dot] us/img69/244/10101191548pm.png
julle131 said:
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
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I installed the official B136 rom, and after it rebooted, it would just hang on a black screen.
(it used to show the IDEOS or Android logo when it booted)
Hmm mine came with this Rom
U8800 V100R001C00B135SP01 ( general )
Looking at your name you're from the Netherlands ( so am I )
where did you get this 136 version from ?
I would try to put this one on it
You have to put the 'dload' folder into the root of your SD Card,
then boot into boot-loader, after that it'll automatically flash back to the stock Rom.
1 Format SD card
2 On the SD card, create "dload" folder
3 Put the unzipped Rom into "dload" folder
4 Then boot to bootloader (pink screen)
Yes, mine came with that version as well.
However, I couldn't find it anymore and thus downloaded the version I said earlier.
Also, I did everything as you described, except step 4.
You have to boot to recovery instead of bootloader. (VOL+ and Power)
Anyways, I managed to get ClockworkMod's recovery.img on my phone,
and from there on install a custom ROM on the phone, which magically got it working again - even though it didn't work earlier.
Thank you for reading my thread and taking the time to reply to it.
My issue has been resolved.
just for the record, flashing a stock rom is different from flashing a custom rom..
the 4 steps described by Gman2oo6 is the correct way to flash a stock rom (and it is written clearly in the document that is in the stock rom zip file)
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step (1) is not a necessary step though..
Yeah, I noticed that.
What I did was format my SDcard with FAT32,
and put a custom rom (update.zip) on the SDcard.
I then booted ClockworksMod Recovery and installed the custom rom from the SDcard.
When I tried installing the stock rom, I just followed the PDF file's instructions that came with the stock rom.
hey i udated to GB 2.3.4 (official)and i didnt like the it cuz the wifif ddnt work and the bluetooth also the DATA so itryed to downgrade to 2.2.2 original official and it did the 2/2 steps intalled and when it restarted it did not want to turn on all that happened was it vibrated and thats all so i left it on like that and when the battery died i plugged it in to the AC and the LED turned on red and the touch kkeys also but not the screen so i really NEED help!
Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
i tryed it
nope nothin good happened all that happens is a blank screen with nothin on ,LED is off and the touch keys are off. it justz vibrates and when i put the battery it turn the LED on to red and the touch keys turn on but then like 5 min later the LED and keys turn off
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Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
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ok heres what i did i wanted to upgrade my phone to the newest version GB 2.3.4.So what i did was download the update and i followed the installation steps i successfully updated to Gb 2.3.4. so like i was checking how it look and the new feature but when i wanted to go on the android market i went to setting and turn on the wifi and it said Error and then i tried the Bluetooth and it said Error also so then i put my SIMs card in and i was like imma use DATA then and when i restarted my phone it had service but no HSPA+ or Edge or GPRS so like i just hatted my phone from their so then i was trying to root it but iddnt know how to do that so like i read this website and i got the UPDATE.APP or 2.2.2 AT&T did the same steps of the installation of BG 2.3.4 and it went to the process and 1/2 stepp good it passed and then 2/2 also passed it installed it and when it said Successively Installed it said Restarting and the scrren turn of and it vibrated and thats all that happened and i left it like that for the whole days and nothing happened
Do u got any idea?
When i connect it to my laptop it says installing drivers .then its says sucesfully installed drivers ready to use. so then i got to Device Manger and i check what has been installed and their it said USB Human interface device and HID-compliant device WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
Not sure about the HID (human interface device) probably just the way windows sees the device for interfacing with it. With regards to the not booting I have read a lot of people saying that you need to factory reset and clear cache after the upgrade/downgrade. With the phone off, turn it on by long pressing volume+ and power on button till you get the blue recovery screen and from there you can reset factory/ data and also clear the cache. from what I see this should clear up the problem and start up. Please read this thread, it may help you somehow..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
Hope this helps a little
U mean Boot recovery and imma try it and thanks ill check it out
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all that i know is that if u customized your partition, it'll bootloop,
so go back to stock-partition ^^
How do I do that got like the steps or video?
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when i downgraded to 2.2.2 i installed this V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTC185D002
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251250 got it from that link
Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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well how do i do that do i need to got to the purple/pink screen or bot recovery cuz i cannot access that my phone doesn't do anything pretty much

[Q] Cant flash any new firmware

Hi guys,
I have problem with my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet. One day it just stopped working and get stuck on Lenovo logo on start. I tried to use recovery mod (pushing VOL UP several times during start), it says that it cant mount /cache directory. I tried Wipe cache and Factory reset options, non worked, still same problem. So I googled and found, that I am not the only one with this problem. I found and read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318140 and then this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745450 and flashed CWM on partition 6, so now I have CWM-based Recovery (v6.0.1.2). I downloaded CyanogenMod (CM10 Alpha 0.8.1), copied to my SD Card (formated as FAT32) and tried Install zip from sdcard -> Choose zip from external sdcard. But I get E: Cant mount /extern_sd/ and I am stuck.
Tried to google this, but I found only alternative recovery mod (TWRP), but it cant be used for my device (at least I think so, since Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet is not listed in supported devices list).
Can you give me any pointers what to do next? I am kinda lost now
You need to re-format the external SD-Card on a computer, reload your files and then try again on the Tablet.
The tablet cannot access the card, it isn't your fault. Happens more often than you think. Just make sure you back up your sd-card contents before format.
pwstein said:
You need to re-format the external SD-Card on a computer, reload your files and then try again on the Tablet.
The tablet cannot access the card, it isn't your fault. Happens more often than you think. Just make sure you back up your sd-card contents before format.
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Thanks for reply mate, I have tried this three times, even with another SD, still getting the same error -> "Cant mount /external_sd/", my SD is formated as FAT32 and has only CM zip on it. I can read it in my android phone and computer with no problem, but in tablet it isnt working
Shoot. Sorry that wasn't any help.
Have you tried booting to Dev mode and then rebooting or pressing the battery disconnect button?
My thought is to try to bust it out of a bad funk.
pwstein said:
Shoot. Sorry that wasn't any help.
Have you tried booting to Dev mode and then rebooting or pressing the battery disconnect button?
My thought is to try to bust it out of a bad funk.
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Hmm, I have not, how can I do that?
The battery disconnect is the tiny, recessed, round button under the Sim Card/SD Card flap. With no charger connected, use a pen tip or paper clip. This completely (albeit temporarily) disconnects the battery and is the ultimate "shut down".
Dev mode - I should have called it Bootloader mode. From Battery Disconnect shut down, Hold Rotation button and press Power button for approx 2 seconds. You'll see that the red light on the back will light, but you'll likely not see anything on the screen. This is used when managing your device from a terminal on a different machine while connected via USB. Anyways, nothing I recommend to do here. Just forcing the device to go into other modes might help your issue.
I would use the battery disconnect button again to exit bootloader mode, or else long-holding the power button should do it.
Hi Pirozek
Since you already flashed CWM on partition 6, I guess you already have used nvflash and your bootloader is unlocked.
There was some discussion on flashing the other partitions of the tablet here "Can I reflash Lenovo thinkpad from NVFlash? Comands pls ?". A forum member used to share the original partition files but are not available anymore.
I don't have much experience using nvflash, but I think that you have a chance to fix it since you have your bootloader unlocked, we just need to get the images files.
Regards

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