Recent Acer update bricked my Iconia. - Acer Iconia A500

My Iconia has CWM installed. I used it a while ago to install the leaked ICS rom. I tried to install the most recent (official) ICS rom. Now my Iconia will not boot past the Iconia logo. I've loaded CWM and formatted everything and reinstalled the official rom. No go.
I figure at this point I have to use nvflash to install a new recovery image and rom. Could somebody tell me how to do that and what files to get?
Thanks

Before doing anything else have you tried wiping cache and data? Has worked for me when a rom wont boot. Have you still got cwm can you access it? If no cwm you can accomplish this by holding power and volume up then toggle the rotation lock.

Yes, I have access to CWM. I have tried wiping everything. I even successfully installed a new rom. The device still will not boot past the Acer logo.
I booted wit hte method you described. Two messages appeared in quick succession, "Clearing data..." and "Clearing cache". After the cache message, the device just sits there doing nothing at all.
Previously I had the data partition encrypted. Could that be causing trouble?

did you install an ICS bootloader?

I'm not sure. That is why I created this thread. I'm looking to get the recovery and OS image necessary to get this device working again.

As the previous poster noted, have you switched to the ICS bootloader? When I flashed my A500 with an ICS rom it too got stuck in a bootloop. I then discovered that I actually had to flash the ICS bootloader berfore installing the new rom.

vangorra said:
My Iconia has CWM installed. I used it a while ago to install the leaked ICS rom. I tried to install the most recent (official) ICS rom. Now my Iconia will not boot past the Iconia logo. I've loaded CWM and formatted everything and reinstalled the official rom. No go.
I figure at this point I have to use nvflash to install a new recovery image and rom. Could somebody tell me how to do that and what files to get?
Thanks
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You can't install official ROM with CWM. You need Acer recovery! This issue has been answered several times. Use search button!!!

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Boot loop - rooted Iconia a500 in taboonay 2.1 HC3.2

After playing a youtube video, suddenly my tab reboot by itself, and it stuck in a boot loop.
I tried to wipe factory setting and cache, still the same problem occured. I even tried to reinstall the same rom, it still give the same problem.
When i tried to install other rom (My-Rom 1.0) it stucks on installing kernel.
i try to find any hint on the xda, brought me to this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128565
it still unable to solve my problem. Hope anyone can help.
Try installing a different ROM, besides the two you installed, I had the same problem when I flashed HoneyVillain to Taboonay then to Lightspeed, I was stuck on a bootloop, couldn't flash back Taboonay, but was able to get HoneyVillain.
Still has the problem
I tried as you said, Installed honeyvillain 1.2 rom, and still has the same problem.
2 things which i realized is that,
1. there is sudden blink of loop screen that is different from boot loop that i have seen before.
2. there is error when i tried to do factory wipe
error moving data/data/com.estrong.android.pop/lib/libes_dropbox.so
hopefully anyone can help me
have you tried using acer recovery app to reinstal CWM, then use it to download just a basic 3.2 rom if possible and see how that goes
I am having the exact same problem error removing data/bluestacks, bootloops with little flashes in boot animation. tried every option in recovery and like 4 different back up restoration and the boot animation changes to that of the new restore but same thing.Help!!
thor's 13 then updated to 14 and this started
If you want, go to www.tegraowners.com . Thor's site. He made the recovery. If you go to his forums, Rom section, you will see he posted some steps to completely wipe internal memory. More than what the usual steps we take.
I suppose, there is some residual data left, which is why some errors are happening.
Also, any files named "update.zip", should be removed from SD.
Then you should be able to flash a new rom.
Here are the steps....
go to in recovery enter Backup and Restore and click on Toggle backup and restore of internal storage (/data/media)
should say enabled....
then go into Mounts and Storage and format /data
this will REALLY format data and you will loose all you have in the in the internal memory
then reinstall the rom and everything should work as expected....
im currently having this issue as of right now , idk wat the problem is
EDIT: and i cannot access CWM either

[Q] help! kind of bricked my transformer

so the story goes like that.
few days ago (before ICS officialy came from asus) i've tried just for fun Paul's ICS port. i really dont see myself as a noob, so please treat my question as it is.
at first i've tried to flash it from cwm without wiping and stuff- got stuck at boot.
so i did i full wipe with "Android revolution super wipe".
and flashed ics port again- now with success.
after couple of days decided to go back to HC Revolver. so just went again to CWM and full wiped again, and flashed revolver 3.11.
then i started to get the bad news. it seems nothing can be flashed anymore from the recovery. when i flash a rom it finishing it too fast and when i reboot it just bootlooping on the splash screen. tried everything, including removing the cwm recovery and installing it again.
the one and only thing that worked is nvflashing a prime rom. but it still didnt fix the recovery problem.
i tried to flash also back HC kernel with no luck.
what did go wrong?!
please help me
num1gever said:
so the story goes like that.
few days ago (before ICS officialy came from asus) i've tried just for fun Paul's ICS port. i really dont see myself as a noob, so please treat my question as it is.
at first i've tried to flash it from cwm without wiping and stuff- got stuck at boot.
so i did i full wipe with "Android revolution super wipe".
and flashed ics port again- now with success.
after couple of days decided to go back to HC Revolver. so just went again to CWM and full wiped again, and flashed revolver 3.11.
then i started to get the bad news. it seems nothing can be flashed anymore from the recovery. when i flash a rom it finishing it too fast and when i reboot it just bootlooping on the splash screen. tried everything, including removing the cwm recovery and installing it again.
the one and only thing that worked is nvflashing a prime rom. but it still didnt fix the recovery problem.
i tried to flash also back HC kernel with no luck.
what did go wrong?!
please help me
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You need to flash the stock kernel again, Paul's ICS kernel is still there, and that won't work. CWM does not flash the kernel when flashing a ROM unless the kernel is included with the ROM (like Paul's). Download Roach2010's kernel and CWM flash it, then reboot and see if that fixes it. Then, if you want to go to stock, use revolver parts to download the stock Asus kernel and return to stock.
Try hereee
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513698
And then here
http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/tra...ing-tools.html

A500 stucked on rom loading bootloop/Help?

Hi,
I ve done dozens of flashing with my Sony and Samsung phones with no problem. Today i decided to flash something fresh on my acer a500 tab. I did my first mistake Please help cause im reading threads for 3 hours now and i dont know how to proceed.
Heres the story:
I was on stock ics 4.0.3 rooted. I used successfully the AfterOTA tool and flashed Bootloader ics v3.14.8 + Recovery Ra v3.1.7 That gave me the Skrilacs Recovery V8.
Then i did all the usual wipes and flashed successfully RE-FLEX XX 40.4 Rom. After the first boot i noticed that my internal storage wasnt empty. It gave me only 14gb free. There were still stuff in like photos, some music and apps remainings. I desided to wipe again and reinstall the rom. I did it a couple of times and i got the same result (internal storage was still with the same stuff).
On my last try to install the rom again it stucked on rom booting screen (bootloop). I can still get into CWM but cant find a solution.
Thanks in advance for any help..
Update: just managed to get it boot back on stock. My heart is back to its place now.
Thanks

A500 recovery stuck "loading recovery kernel image"

Hi awesome XDA dudes
I've searched the forums, and even posted in the basic QA section to no avail. I may have just missed it somewhere, but here is the issue.
Tablet will work fine in Lightspeed 4.8 ROM. No issue there. But, when I try to get into the recovery (power and volume down) I get "booting recovery kernel image," forever.
I recently changed from the Clockwork to TWRP recovery and that is when the recovery function would no longer load.
How can I get back to Clockwork or smililar so that I can put a different ROM on my tab?
Thanks in advance!
Tom
Fixed this problem, only to find another.
So, since my tablet would still function normally (aside from recovery) I downloaded the Acer Recovery Installer App. And this did what everything else failed to do. It installed Clockwork Mod and I was actually able to get into the recovery. Whew!
So I went to install Flex shockwave ROM but the install froze at the Aroma 2.56 stage...forever. Tried again unsuccessfully and gave up. I did properly wipe and format beforehand. I then tried installing CM10 Rom, same exact problem.
So, I used Acer Recovery installer and loaded the TWRP recovery. Here is where things get interesting. I booted into recovery, wiped data and caches, and tried to install the aforementioned ROMs. Each time, Aroma installer worked fine and I was presented with all the install options, all the bells and whistles. After completing my selections, I was prompted to reboot.....
And each time the tablet hangs on the Acer spalsh screen.
So now my problem is reversed. I have access to recovery, but no ROM. :crying:
SOLVED !!
tfbielawski said:
So, since my tablet would still function normally (aside from recovery) I downloaded the Acer Recovery Installer App. And this did what everything else failed to do. It installed Clockwork Mod and I was actually able to get into the recovery. Whew!
So I went to install Flex shockwave ROM but the install froze at the Aroma 2.56 stage...forever. Tried again unsuccessfully and gave up. I did properly wipe and format beforehand. I then tried installing CM10 Rom, same exact problem.
So, I used Acer Recovery installer and loaded the TWRP recovery. Here is where things get interesting. I booted into recovery, wiped data and caches, and tried to install the aforementioned ROMs. Each time, Aroma installer worked fine and I was presented with all the install options, all the bells and whistles. After completing my selections, I was prompted to reboot.....
And each time the tablet hangs on the Acer spalsh screen.
So now my problem is reversed. I have access to recovery, but no ROM. :crying:
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Ok, so I had a working ROM but my recovery was fried. So, using Acer Recovery Installer I was able to get a working recovery going.
Then the next problem was that I could not get CM10 to install. When I realized I needed to flash the bootloader (and yes fellow noobs this is different than the recovery) I was unsuccessful.
I tried the automated route using the Blackthund3r app, but the process would just hang at Entering bootloader.
I tried the manual NVFlash route provided by Dibbs and it would get past this point and then hang.
So Dibbs (thanks dude) helped me out via email and suggested I download babsector.rar
After I extracted the rar file, I saw the A501 A.bat file and flashed it. This provided me with hope as it flashed the tablet and the screen atcually read "PASS." But, I wasn't done yet as I still could not install CM10. So, back to APX mode and back into the babsector rar folder. I flashed the Tab with A501 B.bat and followed that immediately with flashing the v8.bat file. In the V8.bet file I chose the Thor 1.7.3 recovery (as suggested by Dibbs and others) and WOOHOOO.....PASS on the tablet again.
Feeling ever more confident, I booted into recovery and flashed the CM10 Rom....SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you are having trouble....don't give up. Thanks again for the help to Dibbs and OKAstro!!

[Q] Boot hangs at Android sign.

Simply put, this is what happens when a rooting newbie discovers custom bootloaders and ROMs.
Current State:
A full stock ROM installed (no root) with the Skrillax V8 bootloader plopped on top of it. (which of course means the recovery-from-boot.p file still exists and that I don't have CWM.) The tablet will show the Acer logo then the Android logo and will give the appearance of booting. Then the icon flashes. It does this intermittently and forever.
What I want:
CM 10+ running with Skrillax and TWRP stably. I'd go with Flexreaper for next choice. Maybe I'll try to compile a KitKat version for it someday. Who knows.
How I managed to get my tablet in this crappy state:
Rooted tab a long while ago with a probably far outdated method.
Looked all over the internet later on how to unlock the bootloader and settled on the manual method in this excellent thread.
I flashed V8 and TWRP without a hitch using nvflash.
I wiped and installed Flexreaper.
I liked it but wanted a higher prize. I make a nandroid backup of it onto the external_sd and wiped and installed CM 10.1 from this thread.
This is where everything started going sour. It told me the install was invalid halfway. Disappointed, I wiped again and tried to restore my nandroid backup. It seemed to restore properly, but then Skrillax hung forever loading the kernel.
I wiped again and installed Flexreaper fresh. This time it booted. I downloaded the newest unofficial version of CM they mention on their wiki.
Booted to recovery and installed CM 10. It ran fine and I was impressed with the new OS. Then I noticed the apparent lack of Gapps.
I flashed the Gapps Jellybean package and rebooted. Skrillax hung.
Wiped everything I could fine in the TWRP menu and installed Flexreaper. Got past the primary kernel loading but the android icon would work for a bit then flash, starting all over again.
At this point I flashed several other recoveries, hoping it was my recovery. No such luck. I tried all of them included in V8.
Then finally, I downloaded full stock ICS and flashed it. I rebooted and noticed the same Android flashing thing.
Finally, I flashed V8 again, being the newbie I was, and then suddenly remembered while trying to boot to recovery that the Full install probably rewrote the recovery-from-boot.p.
And here I am.
Tl;dr version:
Went click-happy with ROMs, wiping, and recovery flashing until I was left with a stock OS that wouldn't boot with a Skrillax bootloader but no recovery.
The good news is, I still have cpuid+sbk, it still boots to APX (no idea how I didn't screw that up too.), and I have a nandroid backup on my external_sd which is probably untouched, since I was careful to not wipe it in TWRP.
Please help me fix this. I don't want an excuse to waste money on a flashy new Nexus or Asus Transformer tablet, I already have too many for my wallet's comfort.
I quess you renamed stock rom to update.zip and than flashed it? If you havent do it, put it on sd card and pres power+vol down (if nuttin happens than vol up). That shld trigger flashing proces
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uglyjohny said:
I quess you renamed stock rom to update.zip and than flashed it? If you havent do it, put it on sd card and pres power+vol down (if nuttin happens than vol up). That shld trigger flashing proces
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I don't have access to a micro sd card reader if the file must be placed on the micro SD card. I already have flashed the stock rom supposedly via TWRP, so I shouldn't have to flash it again, I wouldn't think. If I do, I guess I'll have to get a reader.
Yes. Micro sd. Rename it. You have guodes gere on xda. Im hoping it will help you.
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It didn't work. Still in same state as before.
I also have access to fastboot if that would help.
m27frogy said:
Simply put, this is what happens when a rooting newbie discovers custom bootloaders and ROMs.
Current State:
A full stock ROM installed (no root) with the Skrillax V8 bootloader plopped on top of it. (which of course means the recovery-from-boot.p file still exists and that I don't have CWM.) The tablet will show the Acer logo then the Android logo and will give the appearance of booting. Then the icon flashes. It does this intermittently and forever.
What I want:
CM 10+ running with Skrillax and TWRP stably. I'd go with Flexreaper for next choice. Maybe I'll try to compile a KitKat version for it someday. Who knows.
How I managed to get my tablet in this crappy state:
Rooted tab a long while ago with a probably far outdated method.
Looked all over the internet later on how to unlock the bootloader and settled on the manual method in this excellent thread.
I flashed V8 and TWRP without a hitch using nvflash.
I wiped and installed Flexreaper.
I liked it but wanted a higher prize. I make a nandroid backup of it onto the external_sd and wiped and installed CM 10.1 from this thread.
This is where everything started going sour. It told me the install was invalid halfway. Disappointed, I wiped again and tried to restore my nandroid backup. It seemed to restore properly, but then Skrillax hung forever loading the kernel.
I wiped again and installed Flexreaper fresh. This time it booted. I downloaded the newest unofficial version of CM they mention on their wiki.
Booted to recovery and installed CM 10. It ran fine and I was impressed with the new OS. Then I noticed the apparent lack of Gapps.
I flashed the Gapps Jellybean package and rebooted. Skrillax hung.
Wiped everything I could fine in the TWRP menu and installed Flexreaper. Got past the primary kernel loading but the android icon would work for a bit then flash, starting all over again.
At this point I flashed several other recoveries, hoping it was my recovery. No such luck. I tried all of them included in V8.
Then finally, I downloaded full stock ICS and flashed it. I rebooted and noticed the same Android flashing thing.
Finally, I flashed V8 again, being the newbie I was, and then suddenly remembered while trying to boot to recovery that the Full install probably rewrote the recovery-from-boot.p.
And here I am.
Tl;dr version:
Went click-happy with ROMs, wiping, and recovery flashing until I was left with a stock OS that wouldn't boot with a Skrillax bootloader but no recovery.
The good news is, I still have cpuid+sbk, it still boots to APX (no idea how I didn't screw that up too.), and I have a nandroid backup on my external_sd which is probably untouched, since I was careful to not wipe it in TWRP.
Please help me fix this. I don't want an excuse to waste money on a flashy new Nexus or Asus Transformer tablet, I already have too many for my wallet's comfort.
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Babsector should still work - you would need t do a search for it
It seems to have worked properly, sort of. Flashing FLEXReaper results in an "Encryption failed." prompt at boot, which the button, of course, does not work. Wiping everything works except that the prompt notes "E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p4" Trying to reflash V8 with TWRP with the V8.bat file fails at format. More help?
My tablet is still displaying "Encryption failed", the button still doesn't work, and I still love my a500. Help?
Anyone?
I guess I'm screwed, then.
In the end, I think my data partition failed. Formatting or wiping data fails and when installing FlexReaper, it reports /data size as -1. Unless anyone knows how to fix flash memory, I think I'm stuck.

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