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Bricked I/O tab 10.1?

[SOLVED] Okay so I got my i/o tab back up and working. See this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14586131&postcount=2.
1. I downloaded those 2 things.
2. I booted into odin mode by powering off the device and holding the power and the left volume (volume down) until it brings me to a usb and a triangle sign with an android figure.
3. Press Right volume (volume up) to select the right icon on the screen.
4. Plugin the tab to your computer and load the odin3 v1.85 application.
5. Press PDA and find the PDA_SIGNED_P7105.tar.md5 file
6. Click start and let it reboot and it should be fixed! (well that's what fixed it for me)
So I tried installing the starburst rom on my i/o tab that I won (from phandroid!), anyways I was on an unlocked 3.1 rom that was rooted. So I installed rom manager from the market to get cwm on it. After that I backed up my current rom, and then I flashed the starburst rom.
After the rom finished flashing it rebooted and is now stuck in a bootloop of continually showing the samsung galaxy tab 10.1 splash screen.
I can't get back into cwm at all. I've tried getting it back with odin and with nvflash. Also fastboot isn't working for me (says waiting for devices both on my windows and linux machine). I've tried flashing both stock recovery and cwm via odin and via nvflash but nothing is working.
I'm not really sure where to go from here. I've spent the last 5 hours or so on xda and google. Any help would be appreciated.
The first attached files shows what happens when I select the USB image, the second shows what I get when I hold down the power and down volume, and the third is me flashing cwm through odin, but after flashing it, I still can't get into cwm.

I'm not an expert, but you may want to check the file you are trying to flash as it may be corrupt. Maybe try redownloading and flashing with odin. If that does not work you may need to reflash your firmware, I think there is instructions in the dev form on where to download. Also check if the IO edition is different model from the retail WIFI version.
Hopefully this is helpful,if not I'm sure someone else will chime in.

I checked the md5 of it and it matched. How would I reflash with odin? All I can see that I can flash with odin is the recovery. I don't know how to flash anything on my tab in it's current state. I can't get cwm back, and all I get is fastboot usb mode and odin. Fastboot isn't working and odin says it flashes the cwm recovery correctly and everything, but then it's not there.
Thanks for your input, any input is greatly appreciated. Was hoping to get my tab updated to a touchwiz rom, now I can't even use it.

I had same problem happen with mine out of the blue and it's stock I/O.

Maybe the thing i'm flashing in odin isn't for the I/O tab?
kbutlermd said:
I had same problem happen with mine out of the blue and it's stock I/O.
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Did you fix it? I had this happen once before but I forget how I was able to get fastboot to work to issue a fastboot -w command.

Okay, so I think I made some progress. I was able to get fastboot working on a fresh computer that never had adb, fastboot, or the android sdk installed. I only have fastboot working on it and not adb. :\
So I tried fastboot flash system stockrom.zip but when rebooting it just shows the
splash screen. (I waited like 10mins). I now do have fastboot working so now what should I do?

mjm128 said:
Okay, so I think I made some progress. I was able to get fastboot working on a fresh computer that never had adb, fastboot, or the android sdk installed. I only have fastboot working on it and not adb. :\
So I tried fastboot flash system stockrom.zip but when rebooting it just shows the
splash screen. (I waited like 10mins). I now do have fastboot working so now what should I do?
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which stock rom are you using? are you using the OTA 3.1 that is in the dev thread?
try that and lemme know what happens
also, if you can get into fastboot, you can fastboot recovery, ie get back into CWM and load a backup

used2hvatreo said:
which stock rom are you using? are you using the OTA 3.1 that is in the dev thread?
try that and lemme know what happens
also, if you can get into fastboot, you can fastboot recovery, ie get back into CWM and load a backup
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I think maybe my partition table is effed up? I'm not sure.
I tried fastboot and flashing the backup that I had on my computer (fastboot flash system system.img ; fastboot flash data data.img ; etc), but it just hangs at the samsung galaxy tab splash logo.
I'm using the ota that comes in the files for dummies in the dev forum.

thank you SO MUCH ... I was stuck for hours until I found your thread

but i have p 7500
not recognised by odin
tab is in """'NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices""""""
shown in device manager
any solution to revive it
??????????

Sheeda Talli said:
but i have p 7500
not recognised by odin
tab is in """'NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices""""""
shown in device manager
any solution to revive it
??????????
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you are not in download or recovery mode. turn your tab all the way off, and then use the key-combo to get into the menu where you choose recovery or download mode.
then odin will see it

Jtag will available soon for 10.1

which key combination ??????????
there is nothing shown on my tab
no light
no charging sign
blank black lcd while in """'NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices"""""" mode
in device manager
so good to hear that mine is not bricked

So annoying coming back to this thread because my tab decided to randomly boot loop again. >.>

mjm128 said:
So annoying coming back to this thread because my tab decided to randomly boot loop again. >.>
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fastboot -w ..
my suspect is data / cache becomes corrupt or gets corrupted easily .. seems like it happens on a few tabs .. I have 3 and only 1 keeps giving me problems ..

gunzo71 said:
fastboot -w ..
my suspect is data / cache becomes corrupt or gets corrupted easily .. seems like it happens on a few tabs .. I have 3 and only 1 keeps giving me problems ..
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Simply doing fastboot -w has never worked for me. It would just bootloop. Only way i've been able to restore it is through the steps I listed in this thread.

[Q] apx flash utility usb boot recovery driver

acer a500 usb boot recovery driver in the window 7 device manager disappear when entering download mode using blackthund3r a500 apx flash utility have tried about 10 times with no luck

shenny585 said:
acer a500 usb boot recovery driver in the window 7 device manager disappear when entering download mode using blackthund3r a500 apx flash utility have tried about 10 times with no luck
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Follow along with this step by step - "Pictorial" "How to Use the apxFlash Tool"
how far do you get and what doesnt 'work'?

Did you install the right drivers?

apx flash utility
I got as far as are you ready to flash I press yes when downloading starts the driver disappears. I tried the manual method and auto mathod. I used the guide an followed it

a500 flash utility
yes it is the right driver. download it from the acer a500 support site

You should see a cmd prompt come up and load a few lines up then flash off the screen. At that point your tab should vibrate and say sumthin like "Entering Acer Download mode" with the acer logo in the middle.
I don't remember if mine disappeared or not, I know I kept an eye out for it the first time I flashed the BL. I read this after I flashed to v4, I would have checked had I read it earlier...sorry

As long as the little usb icon appears at the bottom of the screen it should be OK. Make sure you don't have any other usb devices attached... Right click on the usb icon and it should say apx device...
I always use manual method to update bootloader and recovery as I can't seem to get blackthund3r's tool to work....
You do need to be in APX mode though... Supposed to be tricky manually but I just stick a LED leg into the reset hole, press power 3 secs then a sec later release the reset button. Works every time...

shenny585 said:
I got as far as are you ready to flash I press yes when downloading starts the driver disappears. I tried the manual method and auto mathod. I used the guide an followed it
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ok we wont be too concerned with the driver disappearing just yet...
you get the are you ready to flash window and click yes
then the you have 8 seconds to cancel window pops up
and then the "flashing ....entering download mode bootloader pops up
so what do you see after clicking yes to the are you ready window
also what rom are you on now and which package are you trying to flash??

apx flash utility
I see entering dowload mode bootlander- flashing boot loader-flashing kernel-flashing recovery-exiting bootloader
package-V3 bootloader
rom- ICS AV041 a500_1.031.00_ww_Gen1

shenny585 said:
I see entering dowload mode bootlander- flashing boot loader-flashing kernel-flashing recovery-exiting bootloader
package-V3 bootloader
rom- ICS AV041 a500_1.031.00_ww_Gen1
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yep - nothing wrong there
ok lets take another step back
- apart from the driver disappearing do you have any other problems????
cos to me it doesnt seem that you do????
- so what happens on your tab that u dont or do see in the guide??

apx flash utility
Reading the guide again I notice the tab does not vibrate but the screen say
"Entering Download Mode"

shenny585 said:
Reading the guide again I notice the tab does not vibrate but the screen say
"Entering Download Mode"
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Lol, m8 U ain't making this easy for me r u??.
Put it this way then,
Do u have a problem, cos I'm not hearing one . Does the tool fail to flash woteva it is u r trying to flash, does it get stuck and go no further, does yr tab not boot or something ...is the guide wrong,...I dunno???
So there aren't a lot of steps left to go - download mode u got OK, flashing u got OK, assume got "Done" window
So, either u still on v3 and u wanted v4 OR..............

The tool does not flash anything, another thing I notice in the guide the power light stays on, by the way I noticed at bottom of the tool it says apx decvice is connected.

shenny585 said:
The tool does not flash anything, another thing I notice in the guide the power light stays on, by the way I noticed at bottom of the tool it says apx decvice is connected.
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OK now we're cooking...... everything you've said you've done and seen is all OK ant there should be no reason why the flash hasn't worked....
U posted this earlier "package-V3 bootloader rom- ICS AV041 a500_1.031.00_ww_Gen1"
Is this what u wish to flash to?
You've chosen not to flash custom recovery, is that correct..?
There is an updated version But its not mandatory you have it. you will be alright on v3
-A500-V4-CWM1.7.a500apx or
-A500-V4-CWM1.7.2.a500apx with latest CWM-1.7.2
Download Acer recovery installer if u dont already have it.
open it up and tell me what BL & Recovery version it says u have
Silly question maybe, but are rooted??

apx flash utility
Yes I have not chosen to flash custom recovery
Yes I am rooted
Acer Recovery Installer:
BL-0.03.12-ICS
Recovery Version-CWM rev1.7 by thor2002ro(for ICS Bootlloader)
The problem here is when a boot into recevery. I get (recovery verified failed ) after I updated to new ICS OTA that when the error started.
Used the Acer Recovery Installer and Power Bottom-Vol-Down same results.

shenny585 said:
Yes I have not chosen to flash custom recovery
Yes I am rooted
Acer Recovery Installer:
BL-0.03.12-ICS
Recovery Version-CWM rev1.7 by thor2002ro(for ICS Bootlloader)
The problem here is when a boot into recevery. I get (recovery verified failed ) after I updated to new ICS OTA that when the error started.
Used the Acer Recovery Installer and Power Bottom-Vol-Down same results.
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M8, that took along time to get to the real problem and is what u should have posted right from the beginning!!!!!
The OTA has wiped yr cwm recovery and root - Yes that's just what they do
You've re-rooted - OK fine
Problem - recovery verified failed after OTA update
U have tried to fix using apxFlash - but chose not to flash a custom recovery (CWM)
Your recovery is borked so u have to put a new one on there, the best way to
go about doing this is to:
Download the V3 AND CWM Recovery package and apxFlash that.....Done!!
your need to flash the WHOLE PACKAGE b/c ARI reports yr BL as plain old stock
You cannot replace the failed recovery with CWM with the plain old stock BL!!
You have to flash the patched BL as well, so again
You must flash the whole pckg just like in the guide OK
if later u want the stock recovery back u can use ARI to do that but after the apxflash!!!

apx flash
Thanks for all your help but I can't seen to find the { V3 bootloader AND CWM Recovery package } that you mention. Can you lead me the right place for the files.
Thanks

Can I jump in here please as its sort of my problem as well.
Every thing goes fine ish.
When the tool tries to boot the tab into bootloader it fails.
Nothing on the tab screen. USB icon or computer disappears.
I just want to install a ics unlocked (is that the same as pateched) boot loader so I can install civs extreme???
Thanks

Why don't you guys read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688795
And install your Google USB drivers and verify they work with your tab in APX mode.
Later in the thread I posted an older app which installs Ver4 unlocked and CWM. Read the notes on my post's and give it a shot.
It's the app I always use.
MD

Okay. Rooted the A500 this afternoon... got ready to flash the first step from blackthund3r's APX Flash Utility... I have the drivers, up to date, and clicked "No" to go back and get them (accidentally) and now it is sitting still saying "Acer Iconia APX Mode" in the upper left screen in white text with a nice green ACER logo in the middle, but it isn't doing anything and the APX tool says "Waiting for 4 seconds for the tablet to enter the bootloader", but the tablet is not entering such a bootloader... What now?

[Q] Bricked?????

Can someone please help or toss me some suggestions on how to unbrick my tablet without sending to acer if possible this is whats goin on. It was rooted and running fine with CWM 1.7.3 from thor then the other day i turn it on and bootloop at bootanimation. i then enter recover to wipe and flash as usual but when i goto wipe it says error removing /data/data/com.android........... I heard my data partition was corrupted and proceeded with trying to really format that to no avail fearing my tablet was bricked i followed another thread titled how to unbrick your tablet!!!! it installed OTA ICS and wiped my recovery :crying: so now i have stock recovery and bootloop and the pc still recognizes the tablet in fastboot and APX mode but when i try to format /data in fastboot it says bootloader locked :crying: and when in apx mode when i try to use nvflash it says error during usb write then it says usb device not connected until i restart apx mode fresh. in the stock recovery it will flash OTA packages and finish install but still stuck in bootloop otherwise i just get the dead android guy with a red exclamation point. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

JLow0214 said:
Can someone please help or toss me some suggestions on how to unbrick my tablet without sending to acer if possible this is whats goin on. It was rooted and running fine with CWM 1.7.3 from thor then the other day i turn it on and bootloop at bootanimation. i then enter recover to wipe and flash as usual but when i goto wipe it says error removing /data/data/com.android........... I heard my data partition was corrupted and proceeded with trying to really format that to no avail fearing my tablet was bricked i followed another thread titled how to unbrick your tablet!!!! it installed OTA ICS and wiped my recovery :crying: so now i have stock recovery and bootloop and the pc still recognizes the tablet in fastboot and APX mode but when i try to format /data in fastboot it says bootloader locked :crying: and when in apx mode when i try to use nvflash it says error during usb write then it says usb device not connected until i restart apx mode fresh. in the stock recovery it will flash OTA packages and finish install but still stuck in bootloop otherwise i just get the dead android guy with a red exclamation point. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you tried installing the patched bootloader? Remember, you have to have your SBK number you got from your UID. I found that NVFlashing using one of the earlier releases works best for me.
Also remember what OTA update.zip you are installing. Some of them, are just update patch files, which require a specific OS to be installed.
Did you try this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699277
Basically, you decrypt the 2 update files, extract the contents of one on to your SD card. Try booting to stock recovery and see if it installs and boots.
If that doesn't work, then do the same with the other update file.
The 50x is basically bullet proof. There is always a method, and sometimes, it's finding the method that works is the hardest.
MD

I did finally get it. I let it bootloop hooked it up to my pc and used adb while it was bootlooping to get my cpuid and sbk since i had neither of those i couldnt do jack with nvflash. After i got those went back in apx mode flashed bootloader and cwm again followed thors instructions on how to really format data partition and installed rom like normal. Worked like a champ, but without cpuid and sbk i woulda never fixed it
Sent from my Iconia A500 using Tapatalk

Stuck in CWM help please :)

Ok i was restoring from a backup and now after telling the tablet to reboot from recovery it just loops right back to recovery. I do get something that says ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix? THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE. ?? hmm Anybody know how I can get out of this? Can I push stock image through adb if I am stuck in CWM? Oh by the way if I try to get into bootloader mode it just goes back to CWM. Try holding the power button for a while it goes to CWM. I can not put the phone in usb debug because I can not get to rom. HELP

Vocalshock said:
Ok i was restoring from a backup and now after telling the tablet to reboot from recovery it just loops right back to recovery. I do get something that says ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix? THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE. ?? hmm Anybody know how I can get out of this? Can I push stock image through adb if I am stuck in CWM? Oh by the way if I try to get into bootloader mode it just goes back to CWM. Try holding the power button for a while it goes to CWM. I can not put the phone in usb debug because I can not get to rom. HELP
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Never mind found my fix here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250 PeAcE!

[Q] Acer Iconia A500 Is Stuck At Acer Boot Screen

Acer Iconia A500 Is Stuck At Acer Boot Screen, I have updated to ICS and my bootloader is locked so it is not accepting update.zip files. Is there a way to revive the tablet.

Kauzzy said:
Acer Iconia A500 Is Stuck At Acer Boot Screen, I have updated to ICS and my bootloader is locked so it is not accepting update.zip files. Is there a way to revive the tablet.
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Go to this link;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31323893&postcount=8
Download the last file (a good place to start). Rename it to just update.zip (I added build numbers to keep them separate). Copy it to your Ext Sd Card.
Boot tablet holding Vol+ then PWR till you see it start to install.
If that one doesn't work, then try the next one with the same procedure. Hopefully one of them may work.
MD

I'm sorry it doesn't work for me
I tried them all and I only see this in the top right hand corner each time.
Erasing Cache before SD update....
SD update cmd: recovery
--update_package=SDCARD: update.zip
Booting recovery kernel image
Recovery verified failed ...

Kauzzy said:
I tried them all and I only see this in the top right hand corner each time.
Erasing Cache before SD update....
SD update cmd: recovery
--update_package=SDCARD: update.zip
Booting recovery kernel image
Recovery verified failed ...
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Did you ever find a solution to this? I pretty much have the same issue. My tablet is stuck at the ACER logo and when I try to load an update file, I get the same error with recovery verified failed.....

No Fix
Cpt_Chaos said:
Did you ever find a solution to this? I pretty much have the same issue. My tablet is stuck at the ACER logo and when I try to load an update file, I get the same error with recovery verified failed.....
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Sorry found no fix it's been a while just about ready to give up. hope you have better luck.

I had the same issue, I ended up just replacing the board. I punished a new one off ebay for $50.00. The swap out was easy. The hard part was getting the door to the mircoSD card to line back up right.