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My A500 is experienceing the SOD! I was on the HC bootloader and FlexReaper v12 and not having any issues. I decided to upgrade to the ICS bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. I installed v5 of the unloacked ICS bootloader, and then flashed RF1, and now every time my tablet goes to sleep, it won't wake up. I tried flashing the stock kernel from civato's thread, but still has SOD's. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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My A500 is experienceing the SOD! I was on the HC bootloader and FlexReaper v12 and not having any issues. I decided to upgrade to the ICS bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. I installed v5 of the unloacked ICS bootloader, and then flashed RF1, and now every time my tablet goes to sleep, it won't wake up. I tried flashing the stock kernel from civato's thread, but still has SOD's. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Same here.
riot1031 said:
My A500 is experienceing the SOD! I was on the HC bootloader and FlexReaper v12 and not having any issues. I decided to upgrade to the ICS bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. I installed v5 of the unloacked ICS bootloader, and then flashed RF1, and now every time my tablet goes to sleep, it won't wake up. I tried flashing the stock kernel from civato's thread, but still has SOD's. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Is this a new SOD???? seems strange the new BL should do that - Is anyone else having the same problem - is there anything in the rom thread that may shed some light - have you done all your wipes, and reflashed again??? - what does ARI report your BL as, have you tried restoring a backup to v12 and see if the issue persists???
I ended up reverting to the HC (3.01) bootloader and RF1, and the SOD's have stopped. Must be my tablet really didn't like the new bootloader.
Fix ICS issues Rolling back to HC
riot1031 said:
I ended up reverting to the HC (3.01) bootloader and RF1, and the SOD's have stopped. Must be my tablet really didn't like the new bootloader.
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wow, i just read that , about the roll back solution.... worked for someone else having ICS BL issues...
did you happen to run a backup while you were there, for yr CPUID????
Would you list the steps you took to rollback??
What rom and BL you were on then and what you are on now...
Did u roll back to a stock rom or your own backup??
v3-v4 are both pretty good - i had 1.7.2 cwm running sweet on both -
and its the only one I've found that backs up your HC CPUID...
and thats the one u just gotta have...
unless you have a working fastboot......
At least yr sod has gone...phew!!
I followed the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516012
I was on v6 of the ICS unlocked bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. I am now on HC 3.01 bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. And no more SOD's!
riot1031 said:
I followed the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516012
I was on v6 of the ICS unlocked bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. I am now on HC 3.01 bootloader and FlexReaper RF1. And no more SOD's!
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will u be flashing back the ics unlk bl or staying with HC?
I'm staying with the HC bootloader for now.
If you experience SoD even with ICS bootloader make sure to reinstall the kernel for ICS bootloader users. Its possible that for some reason you still got the modded kernel for the HC bootloader users on your tablet , that combined with ICS bootloader gives SoD.
i'll vouch for roll back
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If you experience SoD even with ICS bootloader make sure to reinstall the kernel for ICS bootloader users. Its possible that for some reason you still got the modded kernel for the HC bootloader users on your tablet , that combined with ICS bootloader gives SoD.
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i'll vouch for this.....seems rolling back fixes quite a few of these weird BL issues.
I just rolled back to HC and then reinstalled ICS again - well, I dont know where I've been living lately, but I am truly amazed!!!! -
First I tried flashing the boot/recovery images from HC via fastboot, no go there...
Jumped to apx mode then nvflashed boot/recovery/system/ rebooted
bootloop, no recovery -
flashed official acer ics rom - no go
Wifi disconnects -
Tried hard reset - no go
used settings>factory reset - bingo!
No wifi issues, no bootloop
on signing in Google Restores Data
It restores to my last HC backup before i ug to ICS??
not what i've been using for the last 3 weeks....
My whole tab feels brand new
Everything looks amazing
I'm blown away...it rocks......amazing
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If you experience SoD even with ICS bootloader make sure to reinstall the kernel for ICS bootloader users. Its possible that for some reason you still got the modded kernel for the HC bootloader users on your tablet , that combined with ICS bootloader gives SoD.
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I am getting a lot of SOD as well. Where does one get the kernel to re-flash? Or does the kernel flash with the bootloader?
ad720 said:
I am getting a lot of SOD as well. Where does one get the kernel to re-flash? Or does the kernel flash with the bootloader?
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Look at my sig, flexreaper rom.
civato said:
If you experience SoD even with ICS bootloader make sure to reinstall the kernel for ICS bootloader users. Its possible that for some reason you still got the modded kernel for the HC bootloader users on your tablet , that combined with ICS bootloader gives SoD.
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I went back and tried all three ICS kernels, and they all gave me SOD's.
SoDs and kernels (FLEXREAPER-RF1_rv3)
I am on the ICS V6 multi bootloader and FLEXREAPER-RF1_rv3-CUSTOM-ICS, and have dual boot with the following two kernels:
- ICSbootloader_users-RF1-EXTREEM-TW3 op primary
- ICS_bootloader_users-RF1-GPS-TWEAK_2_1033 op secondary
Tweak 2 works fine, no SoD
Extreem TW3 gives me SoD with every deep sleep.
I also had random SoDs with ICSbootloader_users-RF1-GPS-TWEAK-1.033.00.
I have not yet tried the new OC kernel. Civato mentioned that he will include the SoD fixes included in Tweak 2 in future kernels, so I suppose it should be fine.
Hey guys what's up sorry I'm sure there are other threads about this but I haven't been able to find one to answer me directly....is the updated ics sandwich boot loader necessary I was able to flash flexreapers and lightspeed's ics custom rooms without it? So is it really needed does it make it faster update cmw or just allow recovery boot menu and dual boot I'm at a lost on weather its neccesary or not thanks once again
It will be soon, alot of the developers, including Civato, have said they are going to stop development for the HC bootloader. It does significantly improve performance and eliminates most of the glitches on ICS.
And it will make life easier in the future - upgrading the bootloader, etc. straight from CWM among others.
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And it will make life easier in the future - upgrading the bootloader, etc. straight from CWM among others.
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cruise350 said:
It will be soon, alot of the developers, including Civato, have said they are going to stop development for the HC bootloader. It does significantly improve performance and eliminates most of the glitches on ICS.
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Alright sweet +thanks ;-) I'll update it later then
gears177 said:
Alright sweet +thanks ;-) I'll update it later then
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Just stick with whatever custom recovery that is provided with the package you
use...not all features in all recoveries are yet supported.
some are meant only for certain BL's for instance HC3.2 and TWRP
from v4 BL on you are able to flash a zip thru recovery and more fastboot commands are available.
You need to read the change logs for each version as things are being added with each new release.
One thing i am certain of and that is if you are having ANY weird issues, sod, wifi OFF, nvflash issues then what seems to settle everything down is a rollback to HC - I think alot of us myself included, never flashed the right thing at the right time when first upgrading to ICS (and at some future point ending up with a "freakenstein" not one thing or the other and not working all that well either) when you start running a "compatible system" i.e kernel, bootloader, recovery, rom all working as they should, then things look and work a whole heccuvalot better!!!
I will not support HC bootloader for the Overclocking kernel for ICS.
To much problems. So expect no OC support for my rom if you stay on HC bootloader.
Good evening all,
Basically I'm looking to root my girlfriends fathers U8800, it's currently running android 2.2. He's complained that its got major battery drain so I figure I can find a ROM here that can help that.
I've read there are 3 different types of models for this handset. How do I know which one we've got? If that's relevant?
I've found this thread that seems dead easy to follow, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728 , am I ok to proceed?
When I've rooted it, do I just flash a rom via CWM like I would with my galaxy s? And will I be caught out with bootloader issues or little things like that?
Thanks in advance.
If the device is the U8800 regular model(not pro or plus) you can follow the guides of the link.
And yes, you can flash a rom from cwm recovery.
Only one suggestion. If you flash the latest stock gingerbread rom(I think is the 522), search for a thread called "get your pink screen back" on developing section. The after 518 versions have the bootloader locked, and on the above thread you will find how to flash the unlocked bootloader from 518 stock rom.
Thanks for that, I'll get on it tomorrow with an operational head. I'll do the pre root checks and make sure I have everything I need in place before I get going.
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If you flash the latest stock gingerbread rom(I think is the 522)
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It's 528
dancer_69 said:
The after 518 versions have the bootloader locked, and on the above thread you will find how to flash the unlocked bootloader from 518 stock rom.
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*locked pink screen.
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If the device is not yours I suggest you to do nothing. There's no better Rom, in terms of bug free than the original one.
Custom roms always have this or that and will require attention, which I'm sure your fatherin law can live better without these issues and concerns.
This devices have an high consumption and he has to get used to it.
Now if the device was yours meaning you would be using it daily, than i would advise you to install aurora. I don't like it but have to admit that is very good and stable.
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Dave759 said:
He's complained that its got major battery drain so I figure I can find a ROM here that can help that.
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Did you look to see what is causing the battery drain? I have a friend with a stock GT540 that had serious battery drain. Turns out it was the GoSMS program. Deleted the app and now his phone lasts 5 days between charges. Switching a rom won't help if the problem is an app.
1) Get cpu spy and see if it is going to deep sleep
2) If not sleeping, turn off running applications one by one and test via cpu spy to find out which one is causing it not to sleep.
3) Either remove the offending app or use Autorun Manager to modify the receivers (if rooted)
You can fix his problem without changing his rom. If he wants root, superoneclick can root 2.2, I just used it the other day. Also make sure he is on the latest 2.2: b138sp04 or b163. I prefer b163, even though it is the China rom, because I like the Huawei launcher better that stock.
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If the device is not yours I suggest you to do nothing. There's no better Rom, in terms of bug free than the original one.
Custom roms always have this or that and will require attention, which I'm sure your fatherin law can live better without these issues and concerns.
This devices have an high consumption and he has to get used to it.
Now if the device was yours meaning you would be using it daily, than i would advise you to install aurora. I don't like it but have to admit that is very good and stable.
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Sent from Odin's device!
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That's not true... official 2.2 is the slowest thing in existence. If he just needs stability then Ezets CM7 is the answer. There are no bugs with it (except wifi tethering) and it's much much faster than stock...
Also he can undervoltage it to preserve battery life more than stock ROM.
Sent from my U8800
You want the best 2.2 you try Void Eridanus. Everything works.
Want the speed, OEX rom it's a Ferrari. Everything works less the mms with data off.
You can also keep the stock Rom, root it and just apply a ffranco kernel. This way you gain the speed.
3 good solutions here.
I'm don't revert to stock Rom for 2 reasons, cam quality and battery life, otherwise i would use stock Rom without a shadow of a doubt.
In terms of stability and all working it's stock 2.2 Rom and this is unquestionable!!!
I have been trying ALL roms and ALL respective versions since July 2011 therefore I do speak by personal extended experience
I repeat once again, in the conditions you mention leave the phone as it is. If you want to do something just root it and that's it.
as a matter of facts i had my phone with so many rooms that i can even say how many but if u want stability i recomend oxygen... if u want stability and good looks use miui 32...
last .32 miui that i used was from miui portugal in english and nothing to say about that...
battery for 2 days and all smoth...
but my phone is weird... he can take almost every rom and be usable...
The issue with miui pt versions it's the cam quality that is horrible. It's just this detail that it's not very good. The rest it's perfect.
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Hey everyone, back for an update and some other steps. basically, he got frustrated with how the battery so he went out today and bought the newer huawei. Reading eveyones comments here i think its due to the ammount of apps and being on froyo hasn't helped any thing, but anyways its now my new toy to play with. So far, followed the link i posted in the first thread, rooted and installed the latest CWM (v5). I'm now a little confused when it comes to the get the pink screen back, should i follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490 now before flashing a new rom or afterwards?
Again thanks for all the help, I'm almost done bothering you all for now
Edit: Reading on some ROM's and the comments above, i should install B518 stock ROM then flash the bootloader fix from the thread posted above then i can install other ROM's? If so where can i get the stock B518 ROM and how do i know which version I'm using? Sorry and thanks again.
First, which rom you have now?
You can find the version from settings -> about phone.
If you have a newer than 518 version you need to change the bootloader with the one from 518. If you have 518 you don't.
Also check which version of kernel you have(is on about phone also)
If you have a 2.6.32 version(which mean that you have froyo rom), you can flash only roms with this kernel version. If you have a 2.6.35 version, you can flash roms with 2.6.35 kernel or 3.0.8(as aurora ICS).
Basically its a stock froyo rom, im looking to get to gingerbread by the end of tonight but currently im stuck on the huawei splash screen after i did a data reset in CWM. Can still get to CWM though.
What rom you want to flash now?
A custom gingerbread based of froyo's kernel 2.6.32 like CM7.2, oxygen or miui, or the official gingerbread?
Im not particularly bothered, something that won't brick the phone and is stable. I'm more worried as to why it wont boot now after a data reset.. any suggestions for that?
You can use adb and logcat function to see where the problem is. Usually when some errors prevent device to complete the boot proccess, this piece of code loops. You need to have some knowledge of programming though, but maybe is something easy.
and now i have blue screen.. what can i do? or have i bricked it?
Where you have blue screen and what you did?
Usually blue screen instead of recovery mode, means that the recovery.img is deleted from .cust_backup/Image folder
basically, i formatted something, reboot and soon as the huawei logo appear a blue scrren rolls down. when i plug the phone into the pc it detects a folder but its empty, the phone is detected as qualcomm now..
Yes, seems that you formated the partition which has the Image folder with all system images. So, now you need to flash an official rom. You can either flash a froyo or a gingerbread rom. You can avoid this only if you previous had take a backup of this folder. In this case just put all files in (empty now) image folder.
Hello everyone!!
I would like to overclock my acer iconia a500 (stock ICS 4.0.3 from acer) so I might be able to gain a bit more of performance (especially on the latest gameloft games like spiderman, nova3 and asphalt 7) but I am kind of lost here so I would like to know where to start with this.....
Thanks in advance!!!!!
It's the kernel that allows you to overclock. You can't do that on the stock Acer ICS. So, you've got a project ahead of you...lol
Are you rooted? Need to root first.
Recovery? Need to get a custom recovery, stock won't cut it.
Once those two are done, you can proceed.
Bootloader? If you're on stock ICS, then you probably have the new ICS bootloader. However, you'll need to flash the UNLOCKED bootloader to go any further. Get the Acer Recovery app from the play store and that will tell you which bootloader you are running. If you're still on a Honeycomb bootloader, you're ok (for now anyway).
Next, you'll need a rom that supports a custom kernel. Head over to Civatos thread in the dev section. His rom support a kernel that you can overclock and has the option to flash honeycomb bootloader parts, if you need that. There are many others to choose from as well.
Again: gain root, flash a custom recovery, choose a bootloader, choose a rom with a custom kernel. Once that is done, you can use SetCPU to overclock.
Last tip...Study the threads in the dev section to make sure you know what you are doing before you begin.
neotaku2008 said:
Hello everyone!!
I would like to overclock my acer iconia a500 (stock ICS 4.0.3 from acer) so I might be able to gain a bit more of performance (especially on the latest gameloft games like spiderman, nova3 and asphalt 7) but I am kind of lost here so I would like to know where to start with this.....
Thanks in advance!!!!!
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um my acer plays those games flawlessly without overclock?
Nice
Rippster said:
It's the kernel that allows you to overclock. You can't do that on the stock Acer ICS. So, you've got a project ahead of you...lol
Are you rooted? Need to root first.
Recovery? Need to get a custom recovery, stock won't cut it.
Once those two are done, you can proceed.
Bootloader? If you're on stock ICS, then you probably have the new ICS bootloader. However, you'll need to flash the UNLOCKED bootloader to go any further. Get the Acer Recovery app from the play store and that will tell you which bootloader you are running. If you're still on a Honeycomb bootloader, you're ok (for now anyway).
Next, you'll need a rom that supports a custom kernel. Head over to Civatos thread in the dev section. His rom support a kernel that you can overclock and has the option to flash honeycomb bootloader parts, if you need that. There are many others to choose from as well.
Again: gain root, flash a custom recovery, choose a bootloader, choose a rom with a custom kernel. Once that is done, you can use SetCPU to overclock.
Last tip...Study the threads in the dev section to make sure you know what you are doing before you begin.
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Thanks you kindly. I was actually researching this option, too. Your advice doesn't assume that the reader already knows certain aspects of rooting that may already be considered common knowledge. This really laid it all out for me. I have a reliable map, if you will.
Hi xda
I am totally out of practice but really want a jelly bean update. I am running the last Taboonay vache did before he had to stop development, so i already have cwm running (version 1.3.4)
Is this just like usual? Grab a rom, boot cwm, wipe data dalvik and cache, flash new rom? Do i need to update cwm first?
And finally, what jelly bean rom (if any) should i go with? Looking for something nice and stable.
Thanks in advance for your help and advice!
entropy.of.avarice said:
Hi xda
I am totally out of practice but really want a jelly bean update. I am running the last Taboonay vache did before he had to stop development, so i already have cwm running (version 1.3.4)
Is this just like usual? Grab a rom, boot cwm, wipe data dalvik and cache, flash new rom? Do i need to update cwm first?
And finally, what jelly bean rom (if any) should i go with? Looking for something nice and stable.
Thanks in advance for your help and advice!
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noooooo lol you have to update your bootloader if your still on honeycomb i got the ota then got an unlocked bootloader after that install your recovery and your good honeycomb roms wont work ics bootloader though so beware
This thread has a guide on how to get from stock to a custom ROM, it also details how to unlock the bootloader.
In one of their updates, Acer updated the Iconia's bootloader (the part that starts up Android) and it is now necessary to install a patched version in order to install ICS/Jelly Bean ROMS. Feel free to ask more questions in that thread if you get stuck.
TastyPi said:
This thread has a guide on how to get from stock to a custom ROM, it also details how to unlock the bootloader.
In one of their updates, Acer updated the Iconia's bootloader (the part that starts up Android) and it is now necessary to install a patched version in order to install ICS/Jelly Bean ROMS. Feel free to ask more questions in that thread if you get stuck.
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Thanks, both of you! I finally figured it out, now got unlocked boot loader - light speed ROM (the jb rooms seem a little too soon to use), custom kernel, and overclocking enabled with the Lulzactive governor. I am *very* happy!
entropy.of.avarice said:
Thanks, both of you! I finally figured it out, now got unlocked boot loader - light speed ROM (the jb rooms seem a little too soon to use), custom kernel, and overclocking enabled with the Lulzactive governor. I am *very* happy!
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Glad I could help, I'd appreciate it if you clicked the "Thanks" button under my post
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Glad I could help, I'd appreciate it if you clicked the "Thanks" button under my post
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Done!