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A good friend of mine supposedly shut off his A500 during a upgrade/update. The unit still powers on but all I can get it to show is "boot verified failed..." in the upper-left corner of the Acer screen. I've downloaded several ROMs and tried reflashing from the SD card but no luck in reviving this. All I get is the Android triangle. I've reformatted the SD card. I've tried the Vol + power + screen lock stuff, too. I can't get to any other screen to change any settings... period. Many of the ROMs that I would like to try are dead links now that the government has shut them down. This is a US unit. Would someone be kind enough to direct me to where I can get the right stock ROM so I can at least get this thing running for him?
Hi ..
Not sure what he done.But it sounds like this will fix this issue for you..
Just follow this link good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539#
erica_renee said:
Hi ..
Not sure what he done.But it sounds like this will fix this issue for you..
Just follow this link good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539#
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Thanks for your response and it DOES look like it would work... IF I could access anything on the tablet - like enabling USB Debugging, etc. I can't get to it. What I need is something I can flash or boot right from the SD card as that's the only thing I have access to.
with this you do not need to have access to nothing. Download the file From the thread above to your windows pc. OPEN THE Zip file. it will have all the tools and A VERY DETAILED set of instructions. Find the instruction file and fallow it.
Many people have used this with ease. If you want help just flashing another.zip file. post the rom that was on the tablet . the recovery installed as well.
erica_renee said:
with this you do not need to have access to nothing. Download the file From the thread above to your windows pc. OPEN THE Zip file. it will have all the tools and A VERY DETAILED set of instructions. Find the instruction file and fallow it.
Many people have used this with ease. If you want help just flashing another.zip file. post the rom that was on the tablet . the recovery installed as well.
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OK, I tried it out and it doesn't pick up the tablet as I don't think USB debugging is enabled and I have no way to enable it. That's why I'm asking for a method to flash it from the SD card.
BTW, I found the S/N inside the SD card door.
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
Moscow Desire said:
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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Thanks VERY much! I swear I must have tried these before and they didn't work. However, I missed one important step - unzipping the update.zip from the file! DOH! I feel really stupid but the tablet is running 100% perfectly.
Again, my most sincere thanks!
gjtoth said:
Thanks VERY much! I swear I must have tried these before and they didn't work. However, I missed one important step - unzipping the update.zip from the file! DOH! I feel really stupid but the tablet is running 100% perfectly.
Again, my most sincere thanks!
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Hey, really, it's no problem. Glad we all could help get you up and running.
No, I haven't used that method, since my HTC desire. Same principle though.
I'd tell you the principle behind it, but it's rather long.
Glad you got it going.
My pals and I, are launching a new site. Hopefully it will be for people not so technically PHD'd with android. Not quite so technical as XDA. You're more than welcome to place some info, when we launch. It's more community orientated, so a different venue.
XDA, is, and always will be the place to come for the really technical stuff. As you see, there are users here, which will give you what they know. May not always be the fix, but, some people here "do" care.
Moscow Desire said:
Hey, really, it's no problem. Glad we all could help get you up and running.
No, I haven't used that method, since my HTC desire. Same principle though.
I'd tell you the principle behind it, but it's rather long.
Glad you got it going.
My pals and I, are launching a new site. Hopefully it will be for people not so technically PHD'd with android. Not quite so technical as XDA. You're more than welcome to place some info, when we launch. It's more community orientated, so a different venue.
XDA, is, and always will be the place to come for the really technical stuff. As you see, there are users here, which will give you what they know. May not always be the fix, but, some people here "do" care.
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Be happy to check it out. While I don't have a lot of tech savvy in Android, XDA has been my "go to" for almost all things Android for MY A500. While I can't contribute much (if anything ), I have sure picked up a wealth of help/tips here.
gjtoth said:
Be happy to check it out. While I don't have a lot of tech savvy in Android, XDA has been my "go to" for almost all things Android for MY A500. While I can't contribute much (if anything ), I have sure picked up a wealth of help/tips here.
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Hey, we all start "somewhere".
Androidtabletgeeks.com And remind you, it is not competition. Just an alternative.
Officially, it has not launched. Still working on tutorial videos and such. Like I said, it's a different venue.
We all start somewhere......
Moscow Desire said:
Hey, we all start "somewhere".
Androidtabletgeeks.com And remind you, it is not competition. Just an alternative.
Officially, it has not launched. Still working on tutorial videos and such. Like I said, it's a different venue.
We all start somewhere......
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I peaked very nice.hope you don't mind.
Did not reg.
erica_renee said:
I peaked very nice.hope you don't mind.
Did not reg.
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No problem. Still have tons of video tutorials to make.
Moscow Desire said:
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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MD, i was unable to download any of the 3.0.1 update files. When i click on the link it takes me to some xml tree. is there any other place where i could download?
Bricked??
Hello All,
I was running ICS ota on my a500, I am trying to boot with recovery, and it gives me an icon of android with gears and reboots, with the following error:
Not legal! Abort
The blob package is not official ~Abort!
After which it just shows the word android and blinks every few seconds.
My a500 was not rooted.
I tried afew things posted on the forums, civato method, downloading a previous OTA and running it. nothing works.
Please help....
When i start up normally the screen shows the word ANDROID and stay`s on that.
volume down and power android puppet with exclamation mark.
Volume up and power give`s me the menus skrilax bootloader V6 reboot- fastboot mode – Boot recovery – Set Boot secondary Kernel image – Set Debug mode on – Wipe cache.
I have tried all options.
Finally holding reset and power button down and after 3 sec release power and 1 sec after that the reset
When I use Blackthund3r`s flashtool v0.4 I get the message no APX mode devices are connected.
Can you help me out? Preferably whit a Dutch recover.
Many thanks in advance
Okay... so the other day in class I was thumbing through the intrawebs and noticed the leaked ICS had came out for the A500... I tried flashing the ROM to my tablet, thinking it would be a cinch if I just followed the directions. No go, just stuck on Android boot logo. That's fine and all, made a back up with CWM (which i think was my initial problem with the ICS version.. correct if I'm wrong please,) but... my back-ups check sums were mismatching for everything. Couldn't get them to match and couldn't figure it out so I decided to just flash root stock version back on to the tablet and go from there using my titanium backup.
I flashed, and bam... vibrating black screen, no CWM recovery anymore no matter what I do. I've been using the SDK manager / ADB terminal thinger / EUUS Acer Iconia Tab Software Upgrade Utility. I cannot for the life of me find my CPUID, or at least the RIGHT CPUID. I understand to use software to find it but I don't think my tablet is giving the correct info, or something??!?! When I run adb devices in CMD in the platform-tools directory it doesn't list any devices available. If anyone could help it'd be greatly appreciated. Could possibly upload a screenshot of my usb devices with the USBdeview software?
GermanDoerksen said:
Okay... so the other day in class I was thumbing through the intrawebs and noticed the leaked ICS had came out for the A500... I tried flashing the ROM to my tablet, thinking it would be a cinch if I just followed the directions. No go, just stuck on Android boot logo. That's fine and all, made a back up with CWM (which i think was my initial problem with the ICS version.. correct if I'm wrong please,) but... my back-ups check sums were mismatching for everything. Couldn't get them to match and couldn't figure it out so I decided to just flash root stock version back on to the tablet and go from there using my titanium backup.
I flashed, and bam... vibrating black screen, no CWM recovery anymore no matter what I do. I've been using the SDK manager / ADB terminal thinger / EUUS Acer Iconia Tab Software Upgrade Utility. I cannot for the life of me find my CPUID, or at least the RIGHT CPUID. I understand to use software to find it but I don't think my tablet is giving the correct info, or something??!?! When I run adb devices in CMD in the platform-tools directory it doesn't list any devices available. If anyone could help it'd be greatly appreciated. Could possibly upload a screenshot of my usb devices with the USBdeview software?
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To get your old uid number, look in one of your cwm backup folders on your SD card.should say uid.txt.
Then you can either use the photo tutorial at androidtabletgeeks.com, or there is text instructions here at xda.
Also, sounds like you may need to load the a DB drivers for your tab.
Help ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got a similar problem. My A500 are with the Boot "Verified Boot failed" and no way I can make it work again. He was with the ICS ROM'm trying to make it back to the Stock ROM but I can not. Please Help Me.
Hmm...
Moscow Desire said:
To get your old uid number, look in one of your cwm backup folders on your SD card.should say uid.txt.
Then you can either use the photo tutorial at androidtabletgeeks.com, or there is text instructions here at xda.
Also, sounds like you may need to load the a DB drivers for your tab.
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Okay, that got me started in a good direction I feel like. The only problem is that CWM made them all "*.img" files. There is a "system.img", "boot.img", and "recovery.img". Which one should I be trying to tear into to get it? And I'm pretty sure I have the adb drivers installed, or at least my device shows up in my device manager when I put it in APX mode, and I've downloaded the USB recovery drivers from the ACER website, along with other drivers that people have suggested.
Thanks for your quick reply! Hopefully this gets me somewhere, if you have any more suggestions on where to find it within the filesystem / *.img files let me know.
** Also a "data.img"... didn't want to leave the right one out on accident haha.**
Still nothing...
I've been trying to go through the old CWM back up .img files, but the only one I can even open and extract is the system.img which from what I can tell, has nothing to do with the CPUID. Next I started up a virtual ubuntu to try ADB out on there, same results. Even changed the vendor ID to the one given to me by lsusb, still nothing. I'm out of thoughts on this... I'm burnt out on trying to get this to work.
When I opened up usbdeview, I saw an old version of my Acer Iconia tab when it was actually working. Used that serial number and it made it through to where it said it was upgrading, but then sat/hung overnight. didn't move or make any progress so I unplugged it so I could go to class and keep working on it... now that cpuid doesn't work either.
Is my tablet a fancy paperweight now?
A500 Reborn
People,
I managed to make my A500 back to work with an update file, but forum cannot permit to put the link here. Take out the spaces of the link below:
www . fileserve . com / file / 2HUVP9D / update(ok) . zip
Rename the file to "update.zip", then save this on Sdcard and Boot the A500 with Vol - pressed.
Worked for me.
so..
assanches said:
People,
I managed to make my A500 back to work with an update file, but forum cannot permit to put the link here. Take out the spaces of the link below:
www . fileserve . com / file / 2HUVP9D / update(ok) . zip
Rename the file to "update.zip", then save this on Sdcard and Boot the A500 with Vol - pressed.
Worked for me.
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Did you have a recovery that you were able to boot into when you did this? Or does holding vol - while powering up install the update.zip? If you used a recovery manager it's not going to help me at all.
A500 Reborn
GermanDoerksen said:
Did you have a recovery that you were able to boot into when you did this? Or does holding vol - while powering up install the update.zip? If you used a recovery manager it's not going to help me at all.
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I did this without a CWM recovery, only stock recovery (holding vol - while powering up).
assanches said:
I did this without a CWM recovery, only stock recovery (holding vol - while powering up).
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Yeah... thanks but nothing doin for me. I have nothing but a black screen that vibrates. adb mode and such but nothing else. Something's gotta give eventually.
A500 Reborn
GermanDoerksen said:
Yeah... thanks but nothing doin for me. I have nothing but a black screen that vibrates. adb mode and such but nothing else. Something's gotta give eventually.
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GermanDoerksen,
Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18750804&postcount=17
Worked for many users.
yup
assanches said:
GermanDoerksen,
Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18750804&postcount=17
Worked for many users.
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That's where I started this journey to get it working again lol. The only problem I'm having is with finding my CPUID or the UID he talks about. The numbers I get don't work because they're for the recovery driver, not an actual UID for my tablet. There is no serial number displayed when connected.
GermanDoerksen said:
That's where I started this journey to get it working again lol. The only problem I'm having is with finding my CPUID or the UID he talks about. The numbers I get don't work because they're for the recovery driver, not an actual UID for my tablet. There is no serial number displayed when connected.
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have you tried using usbdeview to find the cpuid?
look at the beginning of my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22902126&postcount=258
wolverine423 said:
have you tried using usbdeview to find the cpuid?
look at the beginning of my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22902126&postcount=258
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Well I had... but I think you just helped me out. Will these show up if I'm using the recovery driver to get it to be recognized? I can find it when plugged in under Acer Iconia, but I think that's from a previous plug-in before I flashed it. Now when I plug it in it comes up under "acer picasso recovery driver". I never new what vendor ID to look for, so I'm going to do that.
Do I have to put serial number in the .txt file named cpuid to get it to work?
Thanks for replying and giving me something to do!
wolverine423 said:
have you tried using usbdeview to find the cpuid?
look at the beginning of my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22902126&postcount=258
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Okay, so I'm in my college class so I don't have my own laptop with me, I'm trying this on a "frozen" desktop. I said earlier my tablet show up in usbdeview as acer picasso recovery driver, but it flip flops between that and acer USB-Boot recovery driver. Don't know why. Either way, when I plug my tablet into my computer and put it in APX mode, it shows up, but no serial number or anything. I'm going to try what you said on my laptop at home where I've plugged it in before I flashed it, maybe I can find it then. Hopefully. Here's a USBdeView picture of what I'm seeing when I plug my tablet in.
woops
Sorry, picture was blurry...
GermanDoerksen said:
Sorry, picture was blurry...
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Our computer labs all use deepfreeze.
Yeah, it should be listed on your laptop if it was plugged in while running honeycomb.
Best of luck.
wolverine423 said:
Our computer labs all use deepfreeze.
Yeah, it should be listed on your laptop if it was plugged in while running honeycomb.
Best of luck.
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Hey so do ours. Gotta love the key combination to get past it
But that's awesome, this gives me hope! Will try this if I ever get out of this class... yay for linux classes that last from 8 to 3.
I have also bricked mine due to not reading things before jumping in as usual doh.
I installed the lightspeed ics beta 5 and it was pretty nice but a game I have been playing kept freezing so I decided to go back to 3.2 official by putting it on the sd card and booting recovery. It went through install etc but then just goes to a bootloop with the blue lightspeed flashing adroid. CWM is no more and like an idiot did not get my cpuid prior.
I tried installing the 3.0.1 unstable too but that did not work either. It just sits on flashing android now.
Will I have to wait until an official acer ics update.zip is available once released?
Thanks in advance
waj1234 said:
I have also bricked mine due to not reading things before jumping in as usual doh.
I installed the lightspeed ics beta 5 and it was pretty nice but a game I have been playing kept freezing so I decided to go back to 3.2 official by putting it on the sd card and booting recovery. It went through install etc but then just goes to a bootloop with the blue lightspeed flashing adroid. CWM is no more and like an idiot did not get my cpuid prior.
I tried installing the 3.0.1 unstable too but that did not work either. It just sits on flashing android now.
Will I have to wait until an official acer ics update.zip is available once released?
Thanks in advance
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I don't think you'd HAVE to wait for the office ICS update. For you, I'd say do what I've been trying to do which is get it back to stock rom and recovery manager so I can wait for the official ICS update. Eventually, if I ever do unbrick this thing, then I will have to decide if I want to wait or not. Or dual-boot ubuntu
GermanDoerksen said:
I don't think you'd HAVE to wait for the office ICS update. For you, I'd say do what I've been trying to do which is get it back to stock rom and recovery manager so I can wait for the official ICS update. Eventually, if I ever do unbrick this thing, then I will have to decide if I want to wait or not. Or dual-boot ubuntu
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I cant get my cpuid though as it dont show in usbdview either unless I need the drivers from sdk first.
hi guys sorry to ask a qeustion that probably is sitting smack in front of my face but heres my problem;
ok i have a leaked version even though a few people confirmed it was the official because i wanted the update as soon as it hit the uk and i was seeming to be the last to get the ots.....
ok so ive tried a few methods of goin back to stock to getting back to stock to get the ota but of course since no recovery no luck.
ive tried the method in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1622425
but i cant get the tab into apx mode? ive tried loads of times but i just can get it to go into apx with the pin/reset power method,
ive tried using the pbj20upgrade.exe but it says i need the new image version (Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1)
any idea what step i take from here as i seem to have hit a wall
my current version
IMAGE VERSION: Acer_AV041_A500_RV03RC01_WW_GEN1
BUILD NUMBER: Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
'vol_' + 'power' = (red) "recovery verified failed"
reason is i hear flexreaper rom ics is better then the stock ota and i wouldnt mind being able to flash it with.....taadaaaa recovery lol
chisme said:
hi guys sorry to ask a qeustion that probably is sitting smack in front of my face but heres my problem;
ok i have a leaked version even though a few people confirmed it was the official because i wanted the update as soon as it hit the uk and i was seeming to be the last to get the ots.....
ok so ive tried a few methods of goin back to stock to getting back to stock to get the ota but of course since no recovery no luck.
ive tried the method in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1622425
but i cant get the tab into apx mode? ive tried loads of times but i just can get it to go into apx with the pin/reset power method,
ive tried using the pbj20upgrade.exe but it says i need the new image version (Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1)
any idea what step i take from here as i seem to have hit a wall
my current version
IMAGE VERSION: Acer_AV041_A500_RV03RC01_WW_GEN1
BUILD NUMBER: Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
'vol_' + 'power' = (red) "recovery verified failed"
reason is i hear flexreaper rom ics is better then the stock ota and i wouldnt mind being able to flash it with.....taadaaaa recovery lol
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ader+and+fixing+broken+recovery+in+leaked+ics
yeah like i say i cant get the apx mode up
chisme said:
reason is i hear flexreaper rom ics is better then the stock ota and i wouldnt mind being able to flash it with.....taadaaaa recovery lol
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you're on the locked ics bootloader now so u have to use the manual entry to apx mode theres no getting round it i'm afraid...and thats if you want to go back to HC or flash a custom ics - the b/l needs to be unlocked first
good luck
So, you can boot into the OS ok just no recovery, is that right?
Use timmydean's method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539 this will put you with a rooted 3.2.1
Works like a charm, and is as easy as following the PDF instructions. I have used it for my A500 and just used it today on the wifes as well.
It will wipe your data so backup your apps with Titanium or the likes to external sd card.
Update the Iconia Update app and check for upgrade via Settings (Should upgrade to ICS if available)
CyaN1de said:
Use timmydean's method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539 this will put you with a rooted 3.2.1
Works like a charm, and is as easy as following the PDF instructions. I have used it for my A500 and just used it today on the wifes as well.
It will wipe your data so backup your apps with Titanium or the likes to external sd card.
Update the Iconia Update app and check for upgrade via Settings (Should upgrade to ICS if available)
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Yeh it would work fine if he was on HC bootloader.
From what I gather he is running on the ics one. With td's method that means a downgrade using manual entry into the download mode m8, remember on the thread I saidit was a slightly different method for ics???you gotta get thru using button press
"You won't be able to tell if it is in apx mode until you're connected to pc and see the drivers being installed. As far as the tablet goes the screen is blaxk and the white power light is on..that's it..."
If the op has a working system he can root and life would be good;-)
@CyaN1de Nice to see you got the wife's one done too m8
dibb_nz said:
Yeh it would work fine if he was on HC bootloader.
From what I gather he is running on the ics one. With td's method that means a downgrade using manual entry into the download mode m8, remember on the thread I saidit was a slightly different method for ics???you gotta get thru using button press
"You won't be able to tell if it is in apx mode until you're connected to pc and see the drivers being installed. As far as the tablet goes the screen is blaxk and the white power light is on..that's it..."
If the op has a working system he can root and life would be good;-)
@CyaN1de Nice to see you got the wife's one done too m8
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Didn't take into account the bootloader.....my bad. Still noobish to the whole tablet thing.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk 2
Hi guys thanks for taking the intrest in my problem I can boot up as normal and tab runs fine I'm just assuming its gonna be better on flexreaper rom' I'm at work now when I go on my break I will jump back on it,
I've found a tool at tegra owners by blackthunder I think? A500 apex flash tool its supposed to allow access to apex mode without pressing the buttons ... I'll let you guy know in an hour or 2
chisme said:
I've found a tool at tegra owners by blackthunder I think? A500 apex flash tool its supposed to allow access to apex mode without pressing the buttons ... I'll let you guy know in an hour or 2
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nice one chis, that should do the trick for you, - you may need to reinstall your drivers again, just to be sure your tab and pc are talking the same language, see my guide in sig for that let us know how u get on yeh?
dibb_nz said:
nice one chis, that should do the trick for you, - you may need to reinstall your drivers again, just to be sure your tab and pc are talking the same language, see my guide in sig for that let us know how u get on yeh?
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cheers bud, i got the a500 apx flash tool
i ran the tool selected the unlocked bootloader/kernal/ics recovery as per say from the thread ,
the tool went through the steps without problems and told it was succesful
........i rebooted......and nothing changed? still "recovery verified failed"
should i have turned the tab off before running the program? i know your thinking well yeah duh how will u access the apx mode......well i can get apx mode goin this is why im using the apx flash tool because the thread says you dont need to press the power+reset the tool gets apx by itself?
heres the apx flash tool thread: http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=388
UPDATE: I FINALLY GOT IT INTO APX MODE YAY!!!! now i know the method ill b back to post the results
UPDATE 2:
GOT IT GOOD!!!
used the tool it did its golden thing,...and i got the pass screen, .. yeah i have no finger nails left but YAAAAAY big time, ok so to install flexreaper i just put it as "update.zip" and install from recovery right?
also im luving the little recovery menu buttons in the bottom right never had that before lol
special thanks to dibbz for the confidence boost to make me try apx just a few more times lol
ok can anyone now provide me with a link to the OFFICIAL ICS OTA FOR GEN1 UK
please, i know im conforming to the usual "noobish request" but ive been up till 4am or the last 2 nights im beginning to miss links and skip vital lines in guides lol
chisme said:
UPDATE 2:
GOT IT GOOD!!!
used the tool it did its golden thing,...and i got the pass screen, .. yeah i have no finger nails left but YAAAAAY big time, ok so to install flexreaper i just put it as "update.zip" and install from recovery right?
also im luving the little recovery menu buttons in the bottom right never had that before lol
special thanks to dibbz for the confidence boost to make me try apx just a few more times lol
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woohoo glad u got it m8
so the tool worked a charm, best u go push thanks button on blackthund3rs thread!!!!
so are you on ics or 3.2.1 (cant be bothered looking back at yr posts sorry)
there are 2 versions for flexreaper
for flexreaper ics - with hc bootloader -i.e. u came from HC 3.2 check out civs guide in my sig -
if u ota'ed to ics u r on ics bootloader then make sure u d/l that version on the main 'reaper rom thread
i restored back to stock and still waiting for the OTA - if i dont get it today i'll be doing the guide myself, looks rather daunting but i guess i just need to follow the instructions to the letter....like i've been tellin everyone elose hahha
just re-read yr post ---"sore fingernails?????" did you use the tool or the button press
thanks for the thanks i'm gonna be looking for someone like me when i unlock that ics b/l lol
rgds D
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chisme said:
ok can anyone now provide me with a link to the OFFICIAL ICS OTA FOR GEN1 UK
please, i know im conforming to the usual "noobish request" but ive been up till 4am or the last 2 nights im beginning to miss links and skip vital lines in guides lol
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now i'm confused....yes m8 its been a rather hectic couple of days....eyes are hanging out and brain has turned to mush....
thort u were gonna use flexreaper, now u want OTA link????
check out the 'how do i capture the ics ota" thread theres some updates in there
but before u go actually flashing something....get some sleep, we will all still be here tomorrow/today!!!!!!!
LOL yeah i bit most of me finger nails off trying not to shat myself watching the tool doin its thing
i was on 3.2 then i flashed the Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
after being told it was the real official .... now ive just got the unlocked bootloader installed with blackthunders apx flash tool.
so now i have Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1 with accessible bootloader and root,
im split between goin flexreaper , or back to 3.2 to recieve the ota
chisme said:
...1) LOL yeah i bit most of me finger nails off trying not to shat myself watching the tool doin its thing
...2) i was on 3.2 then i flashed the Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
after being told it was the real official .... now ive just got the unlocked bootloader installed with blackthunders apx flash tool.
...3)so now i have Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1 with accessible bootloader and root,
...4) im split between goin flexreaper , or back to 3.2 to recieve the ota
...5)
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--1) hahha sooooo funny - oh to be a fly on the wall watching that process!!!
--2) is that an update.zip m8
--3) you done good young grasshopper!! - what methods did u use...or have u said...sorry...mushy brain syndrome
--4) get a recovery on there and do a nand, give flexreaper a try so you can have a comparison with the stock ota, then u can do a nice wee review for those of us still stuck w8n on acer gods to OTA us
--5) now u got the flash tool sussed u can have it all, lol. you may be disappointed with the ota m8, why ya wanna ruin that good buzz ya got goin
to be honest after i got it into apx mode the timmyd v4 was a breeze....a cold sweaty breeze but yeah.
ok lmao its 2:35am my tab is now ics 403 flexreaper 12.5 with a boot image install to fix a sod problem from F'reaper......and then F'reaper 13 comes out..damnit lol but all good right now im still chasing that damn faceunlock.
i do now have the acer ring!! yay!! ...its cool. lol
has anyone tried the flexreaper r13?
awsum, you're legend m8 thort i saw yr name pop up over there...i gonna d/l r13
2nyt get some well deserved sleep then do it all again 2mra..whoohooo
jesus thats another 4am'er last night lol good thing i got the day off work today lol.
so im brightly running the flexr' 12.5 everything seems to be great.
The acer ring is easy for customization, apparently we can apply TONS of mods to the 12.5 / r13 like transparent ring and menu's but right now the rings the colour it should be for me lol GOLD
so im gonna play around for a few hours and see if i can see what difference r13 brings before flashing but i have got the r13.zip ready on me sd lol
before tabs i was just mucking about with a htc hero gsm noticed one new thing in the flashing steps in cwm rec'., you dont "have" to rename the zips to "update.zip" anymore lol i know that seems small but its much easier not to get your versions muddled up after renaming them all to update.zip , i got about 15 update.zip's on me comp and i havnt got a fecking clue what they are lol
Noob, here. I have a small computer repair business and offered to take a look at a friend's A501. I am quite embarrassed to admit it, but I have searched through these (and other) forums and I am clueless. Due to my complete ignorance, I fear I may have made matters worse by becoming flash happy. Would anyone be able to give me *very* remedial instructions for what to try? I have no idea what the CUID is or how to obtain it, and I know nothing more about the machine than what I am able to extract by looking at it. Humbly, Anne
Let me add that I have searched and tried to follow the instructions on many other posts on this subject, I believe that haven't been successful because it seems that there is a prior knowlege/familiarity required with the OS/device that I don't have. Thanks again.
annenap said:
Noob, here. I have a small computer repair business and offered to take a look at a friend's A501. I am quite embarrassed to admit it, but I have searched through these (and other) forums and I am clueless. Due to my complete ignorance, I fear I may have made matters worse by becoming flash happy. Would anyone be able to give me *very* remedial instructions for what to try? I have no idea what the CUID is or how to obtain it, and I know nothing more about the machine than what I am able to extract by looking at it. Humbly, Anne
Let me add that I have searched and tried to follow the instructions on many other posts on this subject, I believe that haven't been successful because it seems that there is a prior knowlege/familiarity required with the OS/device that I don't have. Thanks again.
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hehehe 'flash happy' welcome to the club!!! Yes the acer is a strange beast, luckily though its fairly 'unbrickable' unless your tab suffers from the hardware fault prob.
There are a couple of guides in my sig you should look at before attempting a fix.
The cpuid guide for a start, there are quite a few different ways of retrieving this - its all explained in the OP.
The root guide is a500 based, but everything will work for the 501 and has links to all the tools you will need
You don't say whats actually wrong with the tab - does it boot still, is there a custom recovery (power vol down buttons) on there and can you boot to that?
The more info you can give the easier it will be to provide the best solution
rgds donna
dibb_nz said:
hehehe 'flash happy' welcome to the club!!! Yes the acer is a strange beast, luckily though its fairly 'unbrickable' unless your tab suffers from the hardware fault prob.
There are a couple of guides in my sig you should look at before attempting a fix.
The cpuid guide for a start, there are quite a few different ways of retrieving this - its all explained in the OP.
The root guide is a500 based, but everything will work for the 501 and has links to all the tools you will need
You don't say whats actually wrong with the tab - does it boot still, is there a custom recovery (power vol down buttons) on there and can you boot to that?
The more info you can give the easier it will be to provide the best solution
rgds donna
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Hi Donna-
Yeah, I guess explaining what it's doing might be helpful. Right now, if I just power it up, the acer logo is in the center and in top left corner is "boot verified failed" in red.
Power + vol up, displays in the top left corner:
erasing cache before sd update
sd update cmd: recovery
update package=sd card update.zip
booting recovery kernel image
then it shows the android guy working then the android guy dead
I'll take a stab at determining the CPUID tomorrow.
Thanks again.
annenap said:
Hi Donna-
Yeah, I guess explaining what it's doing might be helpful. Right now, if I just power it up, the acer logo is in the center and in top left corner is "boot verified failed" in red.
Power + vol up, displays in the top left corner:
erasing cache before sd update
sd update cmd: recovery
update package=sd card update.zip
booting recovery kernel image
then it shows the android guy working then the android guy dead
I'll take a stab at determining the CPUID tomorrow.
Thanks again.
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EDIT: I'm just uploading a 501 update.zip - the 500 will work ok you just won't have 3G
I'll post a link when its done
ok you might be able to get fixed by heading to the root guide in my sig.
download the 3.1 FULL update.zip - rename it to update.zip and make sure it doesn't end up as update.zip.zip
Copy it to your external sd card
Start the update by Pwr and vol up
If it works your tab will be back on HC 3.1
Grab your CPUID - its the easiest way
From there you can get system updates all the way to ICS OR
Install the v8 bootloader to flash any ICS/JB roms
If it doesn' work you will need that CPUID
Good Luck m8!!
rgds donna
Hello,
I've been searching for almost 2 weeks in forums how to fix my A500 frozen on logo Acer (following a crash when I was launching a game).
I've tried to boot on these 2 ics roms in recovery mode : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699277, the install starts and then the Android man falls...
I've tried to flash (flash.dat) in apx and my computers disconnects the tablet...
I've tried to get my cpuid with windows ans ubuntu : didn't work...
Maybe someone here is going to have an idea to help me? There seem to be very competent members, here!
(I hope my english is good enough to make you understand me, sorry if it doesn't look very clear to you, but I'm French)
EASY
If you go to tegraowners forum and read/install one of the recoveries there - in the various topics it will explain how to "really format data-data/media"
From there you will once again be able to install roms etc.
freightyard said:
If you go to tegraowners forum and read/install one of the recoveries there - in the various topics it will explain how to "really format data-data/media"
From there you will once again be able to install roms etc.
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Thanks for your reply. I went to tegraowners forums and the only post I found about really format data doesn't fit, because my tablet doesn't start properly and I can't go to a menu to choose options, I can only start in recovery mode... (but maybe I didn't watch the right thread, please tell me)
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woukou said:
Thanks for your reply. I went to tegraowners forums and the only post I found about really format data doesn't fit, because my tablet doesn't start properly and I can't go to a menu to choose options, I can only start in recovery mode... (but maybe I didn't watch the right thread, please tell me)
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that's what you need the recovery
just get a tegraowners recovery and flash it with your recovery
BTW
what recovery do you have on your tab presently
freightyard said:
that's what you need the recovery
just get a tegraowners recovery and flash it with your recovery
BTW
what recovery do you have on your tab presently
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The tablet had no recovery on an sd card (no sd card at all before the crash!), so I've downloaded many different updates since the crash, and it doesn't work. Maybe it was not the good solution, though;.. Which recovery do you advise me to download?
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woukou said:
The tablet had no recovery on an sd card (no sd card at all before the crash!), so I've downloaded many different updates since the crash, and it doesn't work. Maybe it was not the good solution, though;.. Which recovery do you advise me to download?
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I think maybe you misunderstand what recovery is
It is a low level program that is on an internal partition
you open it by holding volume- while pushing power button
when it opens if it just immediately tries to load from the sd card then it is stock
if it opens with a menu then it should also say somewhere what recovery it is.
It is also somewhat important to know what android you had on the tab and whether it was rooted and what bootloader version.
there is an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader install a recovery and root the tablet.
if it's an official acer rom the afterota will probably help fix it.
barring all that - if you sign up to be a tegraowner member and pm(private message) me I can dropbox you babsector as well.
suggested recovery would be the new twrp or the 1.7.3 cwm recovery
freightyard said:
I think maybe you misunderstand what recovery is
It is a low level program that is on an internal partition
you open it by holding volume- while pushing power button
when it opens if it just immediately tries to load from the sd card then it is stock
if it opens with a menu then it should also say somewhere what recovery it is.
It is also somewhat important to know what android you had on the tab and whether it was rooted and what bootloader version.
there is an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader install a recovery and root the tablet.
if it's an official acer rom the afterota will probably help fix it.
barring all that - if you sign up to be a tegraowner member and pm(private message) me I can dropbox you babsector as well.
suggested recovery would be the new twrp or the 1.7.3 cwm recovery
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Thank you for these explanations, you're right , I was confused about all that!
To be clear about what you said : when I push volume- and power, there are a few lines written (erasing... sd car... booting recovery kernel...) then the Android fells down. so it is stock, isn't it?
The tablet wasn't rooted I believe because I never touched anything since I bought it ( october 2011) but I can't find on the box or notice which Android was on it...
But I don't understand your advice (I don't know a lot about tablets + foreign language : forgive me!) : do you advice me to try "an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader" or try "babsector" (don't know what it is...)
By the way I registered on tegraowners just now, as woukou.
Thanks a lot to take time for my problem
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woukou said:
Thank you for these explanations, you're right , I was confused about all that!
To be clear about what you said : when I push volume- and power, there are a few lines written (erasing... sd car... booting recovery kernel...) then the Android fells down. so it is stock, isn't it?
The tablet wasn't rooted I believe because I never touched anything since I bought it ( october 2011) but I can't find on the box or notice which Android was on it...
But I don't understand your advice (I don't know a lot about tablets + foreign language : forgive me!) : do you advice me to try "an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader" or try "babsector" (don't know what it is...)
By the way I registered on tegraowners just now, as woukou.
Thanks a lot to take time for my problem
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There are numerous methods to fix this
first login to tegraowners and pm me with
Did you get updates from acer and install them since you bought the tablet
Do you know if it was Ice Cream Sandwich or Honeycomb running on the tablet
do you have your cpuid or know what it is ?
Is your tablet an Acer A500 ,A501 or something other ?
freightyard said:
There are numerous methods to fix this
first login to tegraowners and pm me with
Did you get updates from acer and install them since you bought the tablet
Do you know if it was Ice Cream Sandwich or Honeycomb running on the tablet
do you have your cpuid or know what it is ?
Is your tablet an Acer A500 ,A501 or something other ?
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First, I can't mp you because "We are sorry, but you are not authorised to use this feature. You may have just registered here and may need to participate more to be able to use this feature. ", maybe you can mp me and I will reply...
But I can answer you here:
- I only had 1 update since I bought the tablet (maybe 1 year ago) and it was the regular Acer update.
- I don't know at all if it was Ice Cream sandwich or Honeycomb on it (bought in october 2011, and I still have the box if it can help...)
- I don't have the cpuid, and I tried yesterday to get it through Windows (when the tablet appears in usb) and through Ubuntu (file called apx.c, etc...) and I didin't work unfortunately...
- My tablet is A500 Iconia tab
I hope that will help...
woukou said:
First, I can't mp you because "We are sorry, but you are not authorised to use this feature. You may have just registered here and may need to participate more to be able to use this feature. ", maybe you can mp me and I will reply...
But I can answer you here:
- I only had 1 update since I bought the tablet (maybe 1 year ago) and it was the regular Acer update.
- I don't know at all if it was Ice Cream sandwich or Honeycomb on it (bought in october 2011, and I still have the box if it can help...)
- I don't have the cpuid, and I tried yesterday to get it through Windows (when the tablet appears in usb) and through Ubuntu (file called apx.c, etc...) and I didin't work unfortunately...
- My tablet is A500 Iconia tab
I hope that will help...
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without the cpuid there is little you can do
try reading through and running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26618772&postcount=1
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without the cpuid there is little you can do
try reading through and running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26618772&postcount=1
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I'm going to read it, thanks!
freightyard said:
without the cpuid there is little you can do
try reading through and running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26618772&postcount=1
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Hello,
I read the whole page, I downloaded the 2 files (1 big-1 tiny) and I guess I'm stupid, because I don't know how to use them...
Could someone help me? Thanks!
woukou said:
Hello,
I read the whole page, I downloaded the 2 files (1 big-1 tiny) and I guess I'm stupid, because I don't know how to use them...
Could someone help me? Thanks!
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Looks like your in a similar situation to me.
IF your any good with Linux read up here to get your CPUID http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751978
then your 1 step closer.
follow my thread here as well for things to read & try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729674
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Still bricked...
Hello,
It's beeen a long time ( lot of work and not many time to spend on the tablet...) but I did try all tips you gave me, and I realize I can't go any further without that CPUID!
I tried methods to get CPUID that are described on this post :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25429111#post25429111
- With A500 manager : my PC sees my connected "in APX" tablet, but it doesn't want to give me a serial number...
- With usb deview I can get the snid (that is also on the box) and that is only 11 characters...
- With Ubuntu : the PC doesn't recognize the tablet at all (normal or APX mode)
- Methods 4, 6 and 7 won't work because my tablet is stuck on Acer logo
And I have no idea how to use methods 2 and 5 (sorry...)
Are there any other methods to try with my PC (Windows 7- X64)
Can someone help me? I'm crazy about that tablet that starts but doesn't work!
Thanks in advance if you can!
Tried these too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755126
Nothing...
Hurra! and Noooo
Hello,
I managed to bring my tablet to life! (with getting my cpuid with Ubuntu and updating with EUU)
BUT now I want to get a real update and I can't! When I launch it, the tablet says "you wifi is too unstable, try later" I tried at a neighbour's, and it's the same : it comes from the tablet!
What would you suggest?
woukou said:
Hello,
I managed to bring my tablet to life! (with getting my cpuid with Ubuntu and updating with EUU)
BUT now I want to get a real update and I can't! When I launch it, the tablet says "you wifi is too unstable, try later" I tried at a neighbour's, and it's the same : it comes from the tablet!
What would you suggest?
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Just for info, it seems Acer has shut down it's update servers. I have an a501 (recently bricked forever), and an A701. Neither can get updates. Usually, I get the message "Network coverage is poor, try a different location". So it seems these are messages generated from the tablet. More than likely as a triggered response from their old servers.
I'm on direct wifi
Also, acer has been deleting their available update ROMs from their support servers. I grabbed some a couple days ago, and now today they are gone!
Pretty sure Acer is getting out of the tablet business, or at least they act like it.
Ok thanks for the information, it's not only my tablet that can't update!
But, what do you think would be the best (and most simple!) solution to run ICS like it used to do?
Every link I found to get an update for 3.0.1 are dead...
I'm not a specialist, and all tutorials for rooting and install ICS (rom or custopm) seem complicated and risky!
Thanks in advance for your advice
woukou said:
Ok thanks for the information, it's not only my tablet that can't update!
But, what do you think would be the best (and most simple!) solution to run ICS like it used to do?
Every link I found to get an update for 3.0.1 are dead...
I'm not a specialist, and all tutorials for rooting and install ICS (rom or custopm) seem complicated and risky!
Thanks in advance for your advice
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Well, there are a couple of methods to update manually. The key, is getting the correct match of 3.x.x to 4.x.x. Sometimes the ICS updates will use a "patch" install, and it's very specific to which current ROM is installed.
Tell you what, remind me again which tablet (500 or 501) you have, and I'll take a look at what I have on my own servers, and maybe we can get you upgraded manually. Pretty simple really.
Moscow Desire said:
Well, there are a couple of methods to update manually. The key, is getting the correct match of 3.x.x to 4.x.x. Sometimes the ICS updates will use a "patch" install, and it's very specific to which current ROM is installed.
Tell you what, remind me again which tablet (500 or 501) you have, and I'll take a look at what I have on my own servers, and maybe we can get you upgraded manually. Pretty simple really.
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Thanks!
I tell you all what I know and can read on the tablet:
Acer Iconia tab A50016GB Wifi
Android version 3.0.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3-00001-gf991e5d
Build number ACER_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
I hope it's enough, thanks again!
woukou said:
Thanks!
I tell you all what I know and can read on the tablet:
Acer Iconia tab A50016GB Wifi
Android version 3.0.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3-00001-gf991e5d
Build number ACER_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
I hope it's enough, thanks again!
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You can try those full ICS updates in the first thread of this forum. I believe they are full a500 ICS updates. There are 4 of them, and you may have to try them all. One of them may work. Not sure if they will update from 3.0.1 though.
I'm mobile right now, and can't personally check them.