Hello, I have the HTC tmobile mytouch 4g and it is acting up. Stock phone, no roms or rooted.
Three days ago, at night, doing some browsing and then everything froze, would not respond. I removed battery, and then it did a boot loop so i kept trying for a while, taking out battery, and turning on but still boot loop, so then left it alone.
The next morning i held the power and home button and it turned on and it worked normally for the whole day! until about the same time two days ago. Doing a little reading and browsing before bed (same website too, but i didn't download anything and the site works fine on a computer) and it froze. Did the same routine except it didnt work in the morning again. I removed sd and sim card too, left everything out for a long time, but whatever i tried it wouldn't work.
Yesterday i tried all day and then I read online I should do a wipe cache partition from the recovery menu. So i did that, but it was still a boot loop. After a few tries, it stopped turning on. Now the screen doesn't even turn on, but the phone vibrates 7 times when power is pressed, then will not respond at all unless i take battery out, then it will do the 7 vibrations and etc.
All htc said is to try a factory reset, but it wont even go to that menu. I can send it to them, but will probably lose everything on my phone ( like messages, contacts, and app data?) BUT I'm convinced there is another way, since it fixed itself the first time.
Just recently, now it has started blinking the charging light when charging (i charged it about 10 hours ago and it didn't blink)
I don't really know much about how these things work, but I have been reading some stuff about pd15??.jzip and putting it on the sd card (i have access to a micro sdcard reader) Also about a stock image or something. I don't know much so please give a simple-ish answer.
IF THE SOLUTION YOU WILL PROPOSE HAS A LOW SUCCESS RATE OR HAS A POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER DAMAGING THE PHONE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW... If it is too difficult/ too much work/ or dangerous, then I don't mind losing whatever i have on the phone
The PD15IMG.zip is the "stock image." It has to be installed in the bootloader, and you WILL lose all of your data. Usually you can get to the bootloader by holding volume down while booting. It will scan for the file there. Can you get into your bootloader?
sigh
cannot turn on no matter what i hold.
I think the blinking last night meant that it isn't charging the battery anymore. wont even vibrate now unless it is plugged in. its not an issue with the battery is it??
if this stock image is going to delete everything anyway, i might as well send it to htc. i just hoped i might be able to save my messages because i have some really hilarious ones, but oh well.
Can you please tell me exactly what ill lose? so,
bookmarks on the browsers
contacts and messages
all apps (they're on my phone) and app data? (like will i lose my progress in temple run 2, lol)
myTouch 4g HELP said:
cannot turn on no matter what i hold.
I think the blinking last night meant that it isn't charging the battery anymore. wont even vibrate now unless it is plugged in. its not an issue with the battery is it??
if this stock image is going to delete everything anyway, i might as well send it to htc. i just hoped i might be able to save my messages because i have some really hilarious ones, but oh well.
Can you please tell me exactly what ill lose? so,
bookmarks on the browsers
contacts and messages
all apps (they're on my phone) and app data? (like will i lose my progress in temple run 2, lol)
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I don't have this phone with me ATM.but I seem to remember when you press volume UP: and POWER it if i remember correctly would do the blinking light and vibrating a few times .Anyways to get in recovery You Press Volume DOWN and press POWER at same time should bring you to recovery and if running a custom recovery such as CWM or 4EXT you can try the wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache to see if fix issue or try if using a custom ROM you can try installing the ROM again without wiping data and system first.I Read your post and the replies and correct me if I am wrong it sounds like this might work and sounds like you are able to get to recovery from reading your post I think.I would try and confirm that you are or are not able to try these suggestions before you try the boot-loader suggestion with the PD15IMG.zip or whatever it is called ,these are assuming your rooted with a custom recovery such 4EXT if not and I read wrong again I apologize. Good Luck!
alternatively you could use adb if u installed it
1. connect ur phone via usb cable.
2. run cmd from ur android-sdk folder (or whatever you named it). by running in folder I mean, ur path in cmd should be C:/whatever-is-your-sdk-folder path
3. type this in cmd window "adb reboot bootloader" (without ")
it should load your phone in bootloader from where u can get more options like factory reset or install new rom (u can mount ur sd card in recovery & put new rom to flash on sd card)
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Last year(late 2010, maybe mid November), I rooted my phone and flashed recovery with no problem s at all. Some time after that I added Apps2SD and that went smoothly with no problems for about a week. I purchased an 8 GB SD Card for more storage room and after I partitioned it and switched the cards my phone started acting up so i rebooted it. After that I was stuck in a boot loop, so i tried to flash it back to stock but it wouldn't take to it no matter how I tried, whether it be through recovery or SW Update. So then I tried Odin Multi loader(cant remember which version but at the time I made sure it was the one meant for the Intercept) after I flashed it with the Stock through Odin, the phone bricked. Now it will not turn on in any way(recovery or other) the only thing it does do is vibrate when I plug it in to a computer, and it will occasionally show battery life through the touch screen and keyboard buttons by lighting them, but as soon as the it is unplugged it is a brick. I see the little bit of functionality as a little bit of to be able to fix this phone whether through ADB or another function but I desperately need help with this. Can someone please help me fix this phone?
note: I currently have a Samsung Transform as my main phone so if the Intercept can't be helped then it's not that big of a problem.
I have the same problem! Please help!
When you root a phone you put the rom, and recovery onto the sd card. changing sd cards disrupts this process. Put the old sd card in and tell me what happens.
The phone doesnt come on at all
see if you can get it into download mode with the battery out.
Pull battery
connect to computer with usb
vol down + camera + end
If you get into download mode this way flash the stock.tar using SWUpdater.
Nope, it doesnt work, thx though
Ok I've got the same problem with my intercept as well, So i just like to add (maybe its just me) that when i plug my phone to the computer the phone shows that its still functions right (without the screen on), I'm able to make calls, and receive them as well (with the touch of the answer button) but just the screen doesn't turn on, AT ALL!, so KJON i don't know if your having the same problem as me but I'm just a noob and i wouldn't know what to do. But there's some ammo if you need it.
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! i dont even know where /sdcard/sdx/zip/ is!
My phone is also a samsung transform and not and intercept and whenever i press vol down+ Power, only the function buttons at the bottoms light up but not the screen
i am a noob.
help?
noooooob here...i didnt wanna start another thread since i have this same problem, so i hope someone reads this..
couple days ago i bricked my sprint intercept i was using SWu and forgot to take the Binary files for the Moment out so now i cant get my phone to DL mode, ive been searching since saturday night and have tried every Button combo posted and nothing, my phone will not turn on and ofcourse it isnt recognized by my pc BUT, ive noticed that only when its plugged in to the computer after trying to power it up several times it´ll vibrate then the 4 touch buttons will react to either the call or end button, also it makes the low battery sound and if i press the camera button it makes the volume sound but i CANT get to download mode, can i bring my phone back or is it done with? help please! and thanks in advance...
well, i would say boot into rrecovery by making the phone off either power button, or remove and replace battery.
next, you will need to press and hold in order: power/end call, call, and volume down.. this should boot recovery mode.
lastly, use the red scroll device to go to reset facory defaults or factory recovery, use common sense while looking. select with clicking and use arrow back button to go back to recovery main, then reboot to system. easy as pie.
Have you tried ODIN or ADB?
I have flashed the Intercept numerous times, soft bricked more than once, I was always able to recover using either the stock bootloader, CWM recovery, or flashing the ROM/Kernel directly using ODIN or ADB.
If you are still having these issues drop me a line and I'll gather some links together that should get you back up and running.
If the phone will not boot at all, even with a charged battery, I would definately try contacting Virgin Mobile and escalating the issue. I've had plenty of luck replacing devices claiming that the device just dropped dead without notice. They are usually good about sending out a replacement phone, and on rare occasions even giving you an upgraded unit if they are out of stock.
Good luck!
Did you use Odin or the swupdater?
Bug difference. Sounds like there's a missing boot loader.
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Hi, did you guys fix your bricked phones? Today I have bricked my Samsung transform (bad flash went with SW upgrade.
Only vibrates sometimes and the buttons flash a little, but no boot at all. Is there any chance to fix it? even with Jtag?
regards
Hi everyone
I have a Huawei U8800 which I can no longer boot (it gets stuck at the white Huawei screen). I can, however, access the 'pink screen' (vol+, vol-, power button) and the files when connecting it to my computer, but entering recovery mode (vol+, power button) does not seem to work.
I am an utter noob, so my approach to solve my problem would be to simply take the phone back to the shop, but first I would like to erase my personal data. Is this possible in my case, without voiding my warranty? In case it is not, could you perhaps tell me how I could go about fixing the phone myself (in such a case I would also be willing to scrap the warranty)?
Thanks a lot in advance!
PS: I have not rooted the phone or done anything like that, all I did was installing a couple of apps, so it's pretty much in its original state.
You should be able to flash one of the original roms and the phone would boot if there're no hardware problems.
The original roms were removed from the huawei website but if you search the site there were plenty links afaik.
Thanks dionero. The trouble is that I am too much of a noob to understand what exactly you mean by 'flash one of the original roms'. Could you please provide some more detail? Thanks a lot
Here is a rom with instructions on how to flash :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17591131&postcount=1
Thanks again! I will give it a go later on today.
Did you manage to recover the phone?
Thanks for asking! First I need to go and buy a micro SD card, as that seems to be required for the process. But I'll post an update once that's done and I've attempted the recovery. Thanks again for your time!!
Hi,
finally the micro SD card has been delivered - I'll never buy from that shop again, what long shipping times!
Anyway, I'm afraid the recovery did not work. The phone did react, said it was performing the upgrade, and it the end it even displayed the "Upgrade completed" message. Attempts to reboot, however, still don't let me get any further than the Huawei screen
One further observation I have made (even before the attempted recovery, but ever since the phone stopped booting): when the phone is switched off (which nowadays can only be accomplished by removing the battery), and I plug it into the power outlet, it immediately starts its booting attempt. When the phone was still alright, however, it would recharge its battery without trying to boot immediately. I don't know whether that's important, but maybe someone can make use of this information!?
Well, in case anyone on here has got some more suggestions as to what else I could try I would be really grateful. Thanks a lot for your time and effort, and for reading this!
How long did you wait at the Huawei screen? First start takes longer time and it should reboot multiple times. Anyway, you should try flashing one of the recoveries, 5.0.2.3 for example. You can find it in the development section. With that you should wipe cache and data, delete dalvik cache and then try to start it.
I'm on mobile so I can't give you a good tutorial, but recovery should be fairly easy to install (look for stockwell's recovery).
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Thanks, Blefish, for your reply. I tried recovery flashing at some point along the way, and I tried it again now, this time using the version you suggested. Still I simply cannot boot into recovery mode. I can either get the "pink screen", or simply the white Huawei screen, even if I press Vol+ and the power button (I've also tried pressing them for different amounts of time, but all to no avail)
Oh, and as an answer to your question: I waited for maybe 15 minutes or so.
Sorry wrong info
1. Download a stock rom.
2. Create a folder on the SD card named "dload"
3. Copy UPDATE.APP and UPDATE_CUST.APP from stock rom archive to dload folder
4. Insert sdcart to phone
5. Switch on phone with press vol+ and vol- buttons
6. The installation will start automatically
Thanks ufukyayla, but what you're suggesting is exactly what dionero had suggested earlier, and unfortunately it did not work.
Hello XDA-devs forums,
I'm having an issue since yesterday.
I have rooted my Huawei Ideos X5, and it ran fine for a day or so.
However, when my battery ran out it shut down into a completely blue screen.
When I tried booting it again, this just showed me a blue screen as well.
Now, I fixed this issue by connecting the phone to my PC after booting it with the Vol+ and Vol- pressed.
(So you get the pink/purple screen)
However, when I opened the phone on my PC, all I saw was a "239 MB" "empty" space, and it should have ~2GB..
I placed a backup copy I saved of my "image" folder in that 239 MB storage, and it booted.
However, today I hooked it up to my PC again to see if it magically changed..
And I couldn't access the 239 MB space anymore.
When I tried fixing the issue with a reboot of the phone, that just caused it to get stuck in a booting loop.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that keeps trying to boot itself,
and I can't access it on my windows PC.
I can, however, access 4 different folders of the phone on my linux notebook.
Now, my question is: can someone with a good understanding of problems like these please help me out?
I'm getting kind of fed up with it, as I've only got the phone for 2 days now.
Thank you in advance, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
Have you tried removing the battery for 5 minutes and then putting it back in?
After this, what happens when you press VOL+ and Power?
How about if you press VOL+, VOL- and Power, without the USB cable?
Hello Katu, thank you for posting.
Regarding your questions:
Yes, I have tried to take out the battery for 5+ minutes- it didn't change anything to the situation unfortunately..
If I press VOL+ and Power at the same time, the device boots into recovery mode.
In this I have tried to format the device in order to reset it to factory defaults, but this did not help either.
When I press VOL+, VOL- and Power, the phone boots into the pink/purple screen.
Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
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Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
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Well, I used an original ROM:
U8800 V100R001C00B136(Overseas General version)
And that resulted in the boot.img being corrupted, so I can't even overwrite that anymore.
Also, this is what I see when I hit VOL+, VOL- and Power at the same time to boot into safe mode, and connect it to my PC.
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julle131 said:
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
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I installed the official B136 rom, and after it rebooted, it would just hang on a black screen.
(it used to show the IDEOS or Android logo when it booted)
Hmm mine came with this Rom
U8800 V100R001C00B135SP01 ( general )
Looking at your name you're from the Netherlands ( so am I )
where did you get this 136 version from ?
I would try to put this one on it
You have to put the 'dload' folder into the root of your SD Card,
then boot into boot-loader, after that it'll automatically flash back to the stock Rom.
1 Format SD card
2 On the SD card, create "dload" folder
3 Put the unzipped Rom into "dload" folder
4 Then boot to bootloader (pink screen)
Yes, mine came with that version as well.
However, I couldn't find it anymore and thus downloaded the version I said earlier.
Also, I did everything as you described, except step 4.
You have to boot to recovery instead of bootloader. (VOL+ and Power)
Anyways, I managed to get ClockworkMod's recovery.img on my phone,
and from there on install a custom ROM on the phone, which magically got it working again - even though it didn't work earlier.
Thank you for reading my thread and taking the time to reply to it.
My issue has been resolved.
just for the record, flashing a stock rom is different from flashing a custom rom..
the 4 steps described by Gman2oo6 is the correct way to flash a stock rom (and it is written clearly in the document that is in the stock rom zip file)
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step (1) is not a necessary step though..
Yeah, I noticed that.
What I did was format my SDcard with FAT32,
and put a custom rom (update.zip) on the SDcard.
I then booted ClockworksMod Recovery and installed the custom rom from the SDcard.
When I tried installing the stock rom, I just followed the PDF file's instructions that came with the stock rom.
hey i udated to GB 2.3.4 (official)and i didnt like the it cuz the wifif ddnt work and the bluetooth also the DATA so itryed to downgrade to 2.2.2 original official and it did the 2/2 steps intalled and when it restarted it did not want to turn on all that happened was it vibrated and thats all so i left it on like that and when the battery died i plugged it in to the AC and the LED turned on red and the touch kkeys also but not the screen so i really NEED help!
Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
i tryed it
nope nothin good happened all that happens is a blank screen with nothin on ,LED is off and the touch keys are off. it justz vibrates and when i put the battery it turn the LED on to red and the touch keys turn on but then like 5 min later the LED and keys turn off
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Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
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ok heres what i did i wanted to upgrade my phone to the newest version GB 2.3.4.So what i did was download the update and i followed the installation steps i successfully updated to Gb 2.3.4. so like i was checking how it look and the new feature but when i wanted to go on the android market i went to setting and turn on the wifi and it said Error and then i tried the Bluetooth and it said Error also so then i put my SIMs card in and i was like imma use DATA then and when i restarted my phone it had service but no HSPA+ or Edge or GPRS so like i just hatted my phone from their so then i was trying to root it but iddnt know how to do that so like i read this website and i got the UPDATE.APP or 2.2.2 AT&T did the same steps of the installation of BG 2.3.4 and it went to the process and 1/2 stepp good it passed and then 2/2 also passed it installed it and when it said Successively Installed it said Restarting and the scrren turn of and it vibrated and thats all that happened and i left it like that for the whole days and nothing happened
Do u got any idea?
When i connect it to my laptop it says installing drivers .then its says sucesfully installed drivers ready to use. so then i got to Device Manger and i check what has been installed and their it said USB Human interface device and HID-compliant device WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
Not sure about the HID (human interface device) probably just the way windows sees the device for interfacing with it. With regards to the not booting I have read a lot of people saying that you need to factory reset and clear cache after the upgrade/downgrade. With the phone off, turn it on by long pressing volume+ and power on button till you get the blue recovery screen and from there you can reset factory/ data and also clear the cache. from what I see this should clear up the problem and start up. Please read this thread, it may help you somehow..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
Hope this helps a little
U mean Boot recovery and imma try it and thanks ill check it out
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all that i know is that if u customized your partition, it'll bootloop,
so go back to stock-partition ^^
How do I do that got like the steps or video?
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when i downgraded to 2.2.2 i installed this V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTC185D002
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251250 got it from that link
Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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well how do i do that do i need to got to the purple/pink screen or bot recovery cuz i cannot access that my phone doesn't do anything pretty much
I didnt reflash galaxy tab, was probably installing some software from the market. Now the battery has died, i restarted it and it keeps restarting after the logo... help, i dont know any recovery options :S Kies has nothing
I'm having the same issue. It sounds like a fastboot -w is required to wipe out userdata and cache.
Unfortunately I can't seem to get my PC to recognize my tablet in fastboot mode. I might have to send my tablet back to Samsung to get reflashed.
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I didnt reflash galaxy tab, was probably installing some software from the market. Now the battery has died, i restarted it and it keeps restarting after the logo... help, i dont know any recovery options :S Kies has nothing
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That has happened to me when I was having battery issues. I was able to keep connecting and disconnecting the charger cable until I got my tab to work again.
yeah might be that as well, i noticed strange behavior for last weeks, suddenly it started draining battery very fast or shutting down in the middle of the battery. running very slow and freezing.
when connected to pc it always goes: connect/disconnect/connect/... (hearing windows sounds for that)
i fully charged that yesterday, will try to boot today.
HOWEVER i was able to get into recovery menu, wipe/delete cache, sdcard, factory reset, etc.
might be that firmware/rom/bootstrap has been fuked up when battery died suddenly?
sharing experience
Hi guys
I didn't install new apps, no updates, no battery weak problem, no connect/disconnect problem, had DiP7's 2.3.3 rom since 10th July, very stable & solid. Not a single problem.
But my SGT GSM suddenly reboot-loop. I was just reading emails, reviewing photos.
Solutions: -
Enter recovery mode, Wipe date/Factory reset without wiping dalvik/battery stats etc. It just works and could run Titanium Backup to restore if I needed.
But ............................. Alternatives??? (New Life???): -
Tried HC_RC1, was good, but not daily driver yet, finally jumped to BOCA's 2.3.7, still playing around.
You may need to open up your tab and do the battery disconnect procedure. I finally had enough with my tab and opened it up. So far I am happy again.
i have some issue to
anyone can resolve it?
always reboot , and if i want to open keyboard, it restarting again
Thanks for the suggestion but it did not work for me...I experienced same problem you mentioned below except I had gone on vacation and my tab battery died and when I was able to recharge it, it just recycles through the Samsung logo!
Tried all the suggestions on this site and no luck so far...I'm guessing it might be time to take it in to Tmobile and see what they have to say, probably not much!
I'm not ever going to get a Samsung tablet again...Asus from here on out!!!
cx5 said:
Hi guys
I didn't install new apps, no updates, no battery weak problem, no connect/disconnect problem, had DiP7's 2.3.3 rom since 10th July, very stable & solid. Not a single problem.
But my SGT GSM suddenly reboot-loop. I was just reading emails, reviewing photos.
Solutions: -
Enter recovery mode, Wipe date/Factory reset without wiping dalvik/battery stats etc. It just works and could run Titanium Backup to restore if I needed.
But ............................. Alternatives??? (New Life???): -
Tried HC_RC1, was good, but not daily driver yet, finally jumped to BOCA's 2.3.7, still playing around.
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i have some issue to
anyone can resolve it?
always reboot , and if i want to open keyboard, it restarting again
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if its gsm go to overcome restocking method
Just go into recovery mode by holding volume down+power button.
Wipe everything then do a hard reset in recover screen.
If not do this.
Go here and download gbsafe_v5. Zip. It has everything you need including drivers and odin files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317384
Also download overcome-kernel_4. 0.tar file as well.
Once you downloaded these two files plug in your tab to usb and wait for that phone and pc screen or download mode screen.
Go here and follow steps up to 10.
magrathearoms.weebly.com/install.html
Your phone is now stock'ish GB with OC'ed kernel including custom clockwork recovery. This version also comes with phone capabilities unlocked so you can use it like a real phone. All you have to do is load tmobile. Modem file. If not then use as wifi only.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
It's been few days since ur post. But I'll give it a shot for trying to suggest.
Try holding power button for 8 seconds to properly power off. Then charge it for a good hour before starting the unit.
Else just keep charging it. Standard times are 4 hours to get zero to 100%.
Once my power used till zero and no response what so ever even after charge 5 mins. Finally let it charge 1 good hour & it came back to life.
Good luck.
Regards cx5, on the move via xda tapatalk.
fabricatedhero said:
Just go into recovery mode by holding volume down+power button.
Wipe everything then do a hard reset in recover screen.
If not do this.
Go here and download gbsafe_v5. Zip. It has everything you need including drivers and odin files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317384
Also download overcome-kernel_4. 0.tar file as well.
Once you downloaded these two files plug in your tab to usb and wait for that phone and pc screen or download mode screen.
Go here and follow steps up to 10.
magrathearoms.weebly.com/install.html
Your phone is now stock'ish GB with OC'ed kernel including custom clockwork recovery. This version also comes with phone capabilities unlocked so you can use it like a real phone. All you have to do is load tmobile. Modem file. If not then use as wifi only.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
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Dont see a thanks buttom i appreciate it MAN !!!
If it really happened after installing bad apps it will only wipe recovery mode
Not sure what the heck happened to my device. I was using it when it just froze up outta nowhere. I tried resetting it a couple times but it wouldnt get past the android screen. Hard Reset, nothing. So I tried going into APX mode, power+vol up(idk why) then, it wouldnt get past the 'Acer' screen after that. So I let it charge overnight now it doesn't show anything at all. The power button does light up, but thats it. what the heck just happened?
NOTE: I lent out my sdcard with the update.zip in it. would putting my sdcard back in fix the problem or is it bigger than that?
is this thread a possible solution to my problem? problems seem similiar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874345
can someone please help me find out what happened with this, I really dont wanna call Acer n send it in if I can fix the problem myself
500tab said:
Not sure what the heck happened to my device. I was using it when it just froze up outta nowhere. I tried resetting it a couple times but it wouldnt get past the android screen. Hard Reset, nothing. So I tried going into APX mode, power+vol up(idk why) then, it wouldnt get past the 'Acer' screen after that. So I let it charge overnight now it doesn't show anything at all. The power button does light up, but thats it. what the heck just happened?
NOTE: I lent out my sdcard with the update.zip in it. would putting my sdcard back in fix the problem or is it bigger than that?
is this thread a possible solution to my problem? problems seem similiar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874345
can someone please help me find out what happened with this, I really dont wanna call Acer n send it in if I can fix the problem myself
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Eh, well, need to know the condition of the tab. Sounds like it is stuck in APX mode. (Black display, white PWR light). Is this the case?
Generally, you might be able to PWR down, by press and hold the pwr button for several seconds. Then try to boot it normally.
Oh, BTW, Pwr and Vol+ is not how to get it to APX. That usually gets the stock bootloader which really isn't much of anything unless you have an update.zip on your ext sd card.
Were you completely stock? (not rooted or custom rom)
MD
Yes that's the condition, black screen white pwr light. It is rooted, thats it. Running ICS 4.0. I wont be able to get my sd card until wednesday so if I need that update.zip file I'll have to wait a few more days. Its completely off right now, I tried powering on and off a few times and I got nothing just a blank screen. Im unsure, what to try next??
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Yes that's the condition, black screen white pwr light. It is rooted, thats it. Running ICS 4.0. I wont be able to get my sd card until wednesday so if I need that update.zip file I'll have to wait a few more days. Its completely off right now, I tried powering on and off a few times and I got nothing just a blank screen. Im unsure, what to try next??
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Yeah, you're going to need an SD card. And make sure the tab is charged.
In the meantime, you can try a couple things just to see it you can get a different response. However, understand this.
1. You can probably forget any personal data that's stored on it. Photos, downloads, music, etc. Just to prepare you.
2. You probably have a corrupted bootloader partition. How it happens, with a normally functioning tab, nobody really knows.
You can try doing a data wipe. Usually we would wait till you get an SD card, but I'm curious if you can get anything on the display. To do this, with the tablet off, Press and hold PWR, while at the same time, continiously cycle your rotation lock left and right, quickly until you see "erasing user data" or something similar on the display.
Another thing, manually put it into APX mode. This involves using a paper clip, and press and hold the "reset" button near the USB port, then press and hold PWR. Count to 4 and release PWR, and 1 second later release the paperclip. Then plug your tablet into the PC, and see if the PC loads the drivers for it. You should already have installed the Acer USB drivers. If not, get them from the Acer site.
Understand, your chances of getting it going again, are less than 50/50. But, we all will give it a shot.
MD
This is exactly the situation I'm in... Black screen, White power light...
I was in the middle of an app, when tablet rebooted, wouldn't boot back up..
I was able to get into CWM recovery... investigated, and found that /system wouldn't mount... So, I was prepared to re-flash, so I first went to do a nandroid backup of my data folder... I also had an old nandroid backup, so I decided to restore that... After I did that, I couldn't even get into recovery anymore...
I've tried setting my tablet into apx mode, and trying to flash, but they always seem to freeze at "uploading image" (both with afterota unbrick and blackthund3r's tool)
Now, blackthund3r's tool will actually get the acer logo to show up, with "Entering download mode...", so that leads me to think the tablet isn't completely shot? It just gets stuck during the upload image...
Tried the erasing data as suggested by MD, but no luck, just black screen...
What is the sdcard method that you are speaking of? Is there anything else I can try?
Thanks in advance
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Edit:
Tried placing update.zip on sdcard for flashing, tried turning on the tablet with volume down...No joy
Hopefully someone has some other ideas for me? Thanks again in advance.
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Edit 2:
After a day of searching, finally came across this post.
Fixed and saved my tablet... Whew!