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Bricked my Acer a500

Hi there,
This is my first Android tablet, and was quite impressed. I did have one problem, and that was netflix not working with the tablet. Within 5 hours of opening the box it came in, I bricked my a500. It was trying to flash the tablet with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178773 , since other members said it worked, but I bricked my tablet. I used CWM Recovery to flash it (after rooting of course) and I think the settings made it go to a Galaxy Tab 10.1 Setting, but I didn't know that I had hit it instead of hitting back. I flash the update, and the tablet bricks. I get a LNX checksum error every time I try to boot, and I have tried installing OTA as well as other update methods, such as sc2k's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129873 and http://androidforums.com/acer-iconia-tab-a500/345419-un-brick-acer-iconia-tab-a500.html . None of the above have helped, as every time I try to install any of the update.zip from a microSD card, the Android loading screen stops about a 1/4th way through and I'm left with a Yellow Warning sign. Any help would be appreciated. To be left with a bricked pad within 5 hours of receiving it is pretty depressing, and I would like to enjoy this for as long as it lasts. (I thought it would be like PSP custom firmware modding, but sadly i was wrong)

Might try this. The key is to get to a download mode and then flash.
On a droid charge for example, hold vol button down (with battery out) and then plug USB into laptop.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/samsung-fascinate-development/88657-if-you-think-you-bricked.html

Sadly, that guide is for phones/ samsung, so I don't know what to do from there.
Maybe if I have a copy of the latest firmware, that might work. Seeing as I just got it today, it might work if I use the latest firmware (I also updated it today as well)

are you able to hold vol down and boot into cwr ?

Maybe you can find something usefull there :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086785&page=4

first of all I don't really understand what you did.
second, the download update.zip is for asus eeepad instead of acer iconia
if ever you have a problem with an acer iconia product, i would suggest you should use a stock acer iconia 3.1 rom.
you can find it in the dev section
also don't forget to get the zip decryption tool, you can also find it in the dev section.
then once decryption is done, extract the update.zip and put it on the external sd card (which i hope you have)
once on it put the card into the appropriate place in the acer iconia
then you hit volume+ (volume plus) and the power button until it restarts. after release the power button but keep you finger int the volume+ until you see a message that it is formatting data cache etc..
then you are back to stock ACER and you take it from there to patch.b don't even try to use any other type of ROM since you don't seem to be to experienced.

[Q] [Bricked] Please Help

Hey Everyone.
I recently went back home from college to find my transformer completely bricked. I have no idea what is wrong with it, and although It was previously rooted, was running prime, and was overclocked, I don't really know exactly what was on it anymore.
As it is now, it will not turn on, and just loops to tge EEE Pad ASUS screen when turned on or off, and does not do anything else. If I attempt to get into recovery by holding tho volume key down, then pressing up, It goes to the android guy with a ! in a triangle.
I really want to get it back working, and hopefully running ICS. I have looked all over and can not find anything that helps. I really want to use it for taking notes in class.
Can anyone please explain to me as if I was an idiot (Which I am) what to do.
It was be greatly appreciated!
Thanks Alot,
Alex

Alex2x3 said:
Hey Everyone.
I recently went back home from college to find my transformer completely bricked. I have no idea what is wrong with it, and although It was previously rooted, was running prime, and was overclocked, I don't really know exactly what was on it anymore.
As it is now, it will not turn on, and just loops to tge EEE Pad ASUS screen when turned on or off, and does not do anything else. If I attempt to get into recovery by holding tho volume key down, then pressing up, It goes to the android guy with a ! in a triangle.
I really want to get it back working, and hopefully running ICS. I have looked all over and can not find anything that helps. I really want to use it for taking notes in class.
Can anyone please explain to me as if I was an idiot (Which I am) what to do.
It was be greatly appreciated!
Thanks Alot,
Alex
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That Android guy with ! is your stock recovery.
Try Vol down plus power button but instead of Vol Up,
wait till you get the Cold boot or wipe data option. Try cold booting first to see if it work.
If not try wiping data.
I suspect it did an ICS update while you were gone?

Well, first of all what SBK version do you have? (If you dont know, check your serial number, if its B70 or higher, you have SBK2).
Second, try a cold boot by starting it with power + vol-, then wait until you get the option to cold boot.
You can install the official asus 4.0.3 rom by downloading it from their site, unzipping the zip file, rename the new zip to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip (not sure if thats the correct naming), place it in the root of your SD card then boot recovery. It should install the rom then and, hopefully, start.
Id recommend doing that as a last resort though, unless you dont really care about losing whatever you got on the tablet right now.
There are most likely other ways to get it going again.
edit: damn it baseball, dont sneak in with an answer while Im writing my own answer

I've tries both cold booting and wiping and both just freeze the transformer up.
Although the wipe says that it atleast completes before freezing.
The problem is that I can not get into recovery tho, so how am I supposed to load up the official rom? I do not care about losing any data at all.
Any other suggestions? I do not have a b70 transformer btw!

You have recovery but it's stock recovery.
Download the official firmware from ASUS.
Extract the zip file and rename to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip"
Put it on the root of your sd card and bout into recovery
(it's that Android with ! that you saw)

Thanks alot guys that fixed it pretty easilly.
Typing this from it right now.

A500 wont get past boot logo or CW recovery

I have an a500 with a thor 3.2 rom. I recently used CWM to reset to factory to install the Thor ICS v170 rom. I got an error when restarting into recovery to install it so I restarted again. There it hung up on the logo. So I restarted into recovery holding the power and volume down, but here is where it goes nuts. Once into recovery, the tablet vibrates nonstop and a Team Rogue logo comes up in the background and gives me errors for reading system data and cache. It gives me menu items listen but doesnt let me do anything and I have to Hold power to power down. Still even restarting doesnt get past the Acer boot logo. Please help me out!

Staples01 said:
I have an a500 with a thor 3.2 rom. I recently used CWM to reset to factory to install the Thor ICS v170 rom. I got an error when restarting into recovery to install it so I restarted again. There it hung up on the logo. So I restarted into recovery holding the power and volume down, but here is where it goes nuts. Once into recovery, the tablet vibrates nonstop and a Team Rogue logo comes up in the background and gives me errors for reading system data and cache. It gives me menu items listen but doesnt let me do anything and I have to Hold power to power down. Still even restarting doesnt get past the Acer boot logo. Please help me out!
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That's what happens when you run stuff from Dev's that don't adhere to GPL. Undoubtedly some leftover code from whomever it was taken from and "somebody" didn't bother to clean it out all the way. FYI, Team Rogue did ICS development for the Xoom tablet, and also some early CWM work. Guess we know where "somebody" got some code from
Ok, back to your current issue at hand. For starters, you're probably still on an HC Bootloader and probably running a really old version of CWM recovery. If you are going to run ICS or JB roms, I highly suggest you upgrade your bootloader to the patched ICS Unlocked bootloader. Also, I would update to the latest version of CWM. You can get it at his site.
I believe your next rom may be able to run on an HC bootloader, or so I've heard, but your CWM needs to be updated, and that's what probably threw out the errors.
You can find a guide for the unlocked bootloader installation in the Dev Forum. It's stickied.
Hope this fixes your issue. If not, post back.
MD

Staples01 said:
I have an a500 with a thor 3.2 rom. I recently used CWM to reset to factory to install the Thor ICS v170 rom. I got an error when restarting into recovery to install it so I restarted again. There it hung up on the logo. So I restarted into recovery holding the power and volume down, but here is where it goes nuts. Once into recovery, the tablet vibrates nonstop and a Team Rogue logo comes up in the background and gives me errors for reading system data and cache. It gives me menu items listen but doesnt let me do anything and I have to Hold power to power down. Still even restarting doesnt get past the Acer boot logo. Please help me out!
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All I can say is WOW!!

linuxsociety said:
All I can say is WOW!!
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Yeah, its strange but doesn't surprise me.
OP, your partitions are also undoubtedly messed up as well. I suppose you didn't by chance write down your UID number did you? You may be able to get by with installing an ICS full update zip. Maybe.
MD

Soo...nothing. is it just a piece of junk now?

Staples01 said:
Soo...nothing. is it just a piece of junk now?
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I wouldn't think it is 100% bricked, but I'd definitely ask on tegraowners.com since it is from one of their recovery/roms. Guess you may have already asked Thor about the issue though?

I have my cpuid but when i run the dotnetdetector to update the usb doesnt stay connected long at all.

Staples01 said:
I have my cpuid but when i run the dotnetdetector to update the usb doesnt stay connected long at all.
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Are you trying to manipulate the A500 from a Windows PC or Linux? Notice you said Dotnetdetector, sounds like windows, but not familiar with it exactly. Maybe you could try using a live linux distribution (such as Ubuntu or Fedora) to try to get fastboot/adb and reflash the recovery partition with a known working recovery for A500. The teamrogue thing still puzzles me and I'm just curious if bits of Team Rogue's code has been pieced in with the A500 recovery you are trying to use, or if you may have got a hold of a recovery that was for a different device ? I'm not trying to say that you are a nub and flashed a recovery for the wrong device, but there is a possibility depending on where you obtained the rom from, that it could have been mis-labeled for your device ( but been for a different one) If it was for a diff device it would make sense why you can't do anything with it.
Let me get it straight how this happened.
1. You had CWM installed for A500 and recovery was working fine
2. You used CWM to try to flash a Thor ROM, in which the installation failed.
3. After reboot you have nothing but the Acer logo
4. When you boot back into recovery, it is no longer CWM, but a Team Rogue logo is displayed, and that is all you see?
That's the way I interpret the issue you are having anyway. Can you please send me a link to the ROM that you tried to install that triggered all of this. That way I can see exactly what the installer script attempted to do (because it very well could have tried to flash a diff recovery to your device and failed on something else)
Hope we can get things straightened up for you. Good luck again bud

Please help..Tab stuck on Acer Logo..just like that

So my tab is unrooted...never flashed anything..in short completely clean..so as i was using it for my daily use...i was playing a game then without closing it i switched off the tab...now when i try to switch it on it is stuck on acers Logo...
Please help me what to do...im too afraid..
And yeah i have charged it so its not a battery issue..
Thanks
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If you don't have any important things, boot into recovery, data reset.
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I would try a factory reset first. Caution: All data on the tab will be lost!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9HYj93zHc
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same situation
I'm in the same situation, with a similar method getting into the situation-- son playing game, I tried to back out, and powered down only to be unable to boot past Acer logo. (tab not rooted or reflashed, stock OTA for ICS)
I have tried factory reset to no avail. I contacted Acer support, but my tab is out of warranty. the tech mentioned I could get it reflashed for $99, but he also suggested I might try flashing a custom rom to see if that would work.
Any advice would be appreciated. I've only rooted a Droid Eris before, and it was with an app downloaded from the Play Store. Without being able to access the tab past the Acer boot screen, I'm not clear on how I might load a custom rom.
Thanks in advance!

They wouldn't even TALK to me on the phone because it was out of warantee... Just told me Too bad, so sad. and hung up.
As for fixing your issue. Double check that you're pressing the right button combonations. I know that sounds super silly but I had this messed up for days trying to get my tablet up. I thought it was cooked. Vol + (Button furthest away from power button) with the power button and flicking toggle switch is what you need.

JohnHaxx said:
They wouldn't even TALK to me on the phone because it was out of warantee... Just told me Too bad, so sad. and hung up.
As for fixing your issue. Double check that you're pressing the right button combonations. I know that sounds super silly but I had this messed up for days trying to get my tablet up. I thought it was cooked. Vol + (Button furthest away from power button) with the power button and flicking toggle switch is what you need.
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I didn't try the phone. I posted in the support forum, and one of the Acer techs PM'ed me. He confirmed I was out of warranty, then advised trying to flash a new ROM, or send it in for official Acer reflash for $100.
I've gotten into three different modes on boot-up:
- Factory Reset (User data/cache erased) - still gets stuck on Acer logo
- Boot recovery (?? load update.zip from SD card) - updating Android bot turns into dead Android bot w/red exclamation point
- USB Bootloader mode - can't do anything in this mode that I'm aware of

[Q] Trying to fix my A500

Hi, I have acquired an Acer Iconia A500 that was previously rooted(Or so I was told) and ran fine for months until recently. Now it only boots to the Acer Screen. Ill list what I have done so far to try to remedy this problem.
Reset
1. I hold Volume Up, Turn on the power, and switch the Rotational lock on and off until "Erasing Userdata and UserCache (I think, I see those two lines but don't really remember exactly what they were)
2. The device resets and gets stuck at the Acer boot menu.
Load an Update.zip from my sdcard.
1. This method just gets me to the Android guy with his chest open and a red exclamation point above his chest.
I apologize if threads like this already exist I have been searching for hours on how to fix this problem. If anyone is able to help that would be great!