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Do you think the Iconia is dead for hacking?
hope not..
otherwise i will buy other honeycomb tab that have usb port
Sector51 said:
Do you think the Iconia is dead for hacking?
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I'm hoping Acer stops being douches and unlocks the bootloader, but who knows. It's depressing to look in the Transformer subforums and see "kernel 1.5GHz custom XYZ ROM" and we're lucky to have NTFS modules working.
It's a solid device and I'll likely keep it, but I also have the luxury of being able to buy another tablet in a couple of months if all goes well, so that can be my hack-away tab. By then 3.1 should be more widespread and Kal-El will be out soon, so I may wait for that even.
If.you.go under android development tab the system images post i think. The guybsays his acer contact is.looking at the bootloader policy and they will see what they can do to help out the dev community needs
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How about another poll option - don't care?
I've been a member of XDA for some time (5 years) and have benefited from XDA experience to install custom ROMs on three different Windows Mobile phones.
But I've had my HTC EVO 4G from when they first came out and I've never rooted it or put on a custom ROM. With Android, I never really needed to do so. It did pretty much everything I wanted it to do.
When I bought my Nook Color, I did root it and did play around with some custom ROMs, but now that I have my Acer, I've taken the Nook back to the standard release.
I've only rooted my Acer in order to get CIFS support. As long as we can root, I'm very happy with it.
So put me down as "don't care, love my Acer anyway!" !
So put me down as "don't care, love my Acer anyway!" !
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What he said!
Yes. Do not buy this tablet if your main goal is to work on hacking and custom roms. I just bricked my tablet yesterday while working on a custom ROM by inadvertently deleting a critical file from the /data partition that doesn't actually get flashed during the firmware update process. Now I'm stuck in a boot loop with no root and no possibility to fix it because of Acer's dumb bootloader lock.
I'm moving on from Acer. The A500 is a loat cause. Hopefully the Samsung 10.1 will have a more lenient boot loader policy otherwise I'll be getting the Asus Transformer.
Ya. That 'don't care' thing? That's me.
Though I did vote #3.
Dead. No.
Dying. Maybe.
It's still too early to judge. Maybe not in 'cracking' time, but in 'product life-cycle' time it is.
I vote for a 5th option, "This poll is stupid."
The device has barely even been out for a month, if you're that worried about it being hacked by now, then go get the transformer.
Fine tablet for me no need to go to a transformer or wat kind of tablet.....but....i will be waiting for Windows8 tot run on a500 so i can run software for the autistic kind of my girlfriend
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Yes. Do not buy this tablet if your main goal is to work on hacking and custom roms. I just bricked my tablet yesterday while working on a custom ROM by inadvertently deleting a critical file from the /data partition that doesn't actually get flashed during the firmware update process. Now I'm stuck in a boot loop with no root and no possibility to fix it because of Acer's dumb bootloader lock.
I'm moving on from Acer. The A500 is a loat cause. Hopefully the Samsung 10.1 will have a more lenient boot loader policy otherwise I'll be getting the Asus Transformer.
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wait, wait, wait -- i thought you got rid of yours a few weeks ago. now it's "yesterday"?
cool story bro, tell it again.
dr1337 said:
Yes. Do not buy this tablet if your main goal is to work on hacking and custom roms. I just bricked my tablet yesterday while working on a custom ROM by inadvertently deleting a critical file from the /data partition that doesn't actually get flashed during the firmware update process. Now I'm stuck in a boot loop with no root and no possibility to fix it because of Acer's dumb bootloader lock.
I'm moving on from Acer. The A500 is a loat cause. Hopefully the Samsung 10.1 will have a more lenient boot loader policy otherwise I'll be getting the Asus Transformer.
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Have you tried the Chinese firmware update file? My understanding was that that file was a full system reload.
I had screwed my unit and thought it was bricked however this saved mine and I then put the US 1.141.07 upgrade over it.
edgie168 said:
wait, wait, wait -- i thought you got rid of yours a few weeks ago. now it's "yesterday"?
cool story bro, tell it again.
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I just love it when a troll gets dragged out from under his bridge.
lawl, he posted like a week ago that he unbricked it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108928
Damn trolls.
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I just love it when a troll gets dragged out from under his bridge.
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What have you contributed to the XDA community? I was the one who pointed out that you didn't need the Flexrom to unbrick your system and was the one who pointed out that you didn't need a previous ROM's boot.img to update. I also happen to work on a few Nexus One ROMs and I was the first to get a firmware out with a working video camera recording on Gingerbread.
I would suggest you do a bit more research before you start flaming my posts. My reasons for bricking is a whole lot more complex than simply deleting the TelephonyProvider.apk etc.
If you really want to compare, just head down to Freenode and check out how many devs are on the #xoom and #asus-transformer channels and compare that to the #acer-a500.
*shrug*
I couldn't really care less about your contributions. In this thread, you appear to be trolling.
You seem to be pushing the transformer quite a bit, too, judging by your twitter page.
I think you just have something against the Iconia, and are therefore trolling.
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In this thread, you appear to be trolling.
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It's not just this thread..
Im afraid I have done a terrible mistake..
I was going to update the recovery of an HTC hero I just got but flashed the wrong recovery my mistake (HTC hero CDMA)... Now I cant enter recovery and I have no rom installed.
I am trying to do the command from fastboot.
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
but I just get "error: device not found"
Im also trying
fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\Micke\Downloads\recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
but now I get message
"sending 'recovery' (3972 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)"
Please I need help, how can I solve this
Thanks for any response....
Can you get in to Hboot if so try the comands there had a simalar problem with my ex girlfriends G1 had to have the phone in Hboot in order to reflash recovery from PC
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Thanks for the response, I have tried HBOOT but It just says "sending 'recovery'" but nothing happens, been waiting for maybe 10 mins now.
Thats when I am trying "fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\Micke\Downloads\recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img"
if I try "adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img" I just get the same message as in Fastboot
"error: device not found"
Have you tryed making a gold card for the phone??
BTW sorry to ask have you got all the device drivers installed (if on windows)
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I have a Nexus one so I do have the sdk. Never really installed any other drivers but before I flashed the wrong recovery I could do "adb" - commands, thats how I flashed the wrong recovery. So I think I have the right driver, otherwise I would not be able to do any "adb" commands, right? Please tell me if I am wrong and where I can download HTC hero drivers if that is the case.
have not tried making a gold card but I will Google it now. Please point me in the right direction if possible.
Thanks again for helping me.
Look at rooting guides for hero for gold card and sounds like u have the right drivers.
If nothing works try download the HTC Hero updater from the HTC site then reroot the device.
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I have downloaded htc sync, could not find htc hero updater. But it does not find the phone... Trying too look further into "gold card", not sure exactly what it does but It seems that I have to install apps... But as it is right now... I can only access fastboot/Hboot... cannot enter recovery or boot the phone to install apps.
I'm sorry but I can offer no help, but just wanted to offer my support that this must really suck to be going through. I hope these clever people can help you out. Have you posted this same question in the CDMA hero forum as well? they have even more active devs there I think and might also be able to help you out.
best of luck...
Don
Find the stock ruu and try fixing it...
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YES!!!! Finally, I downloaded the the lates RUU from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622
Thanks really, for all the help from everyone.
Did you happen to fix the problem??
Guess so by his last post with the zillian thanks
Merdon said:
YES!!!! Finally, I downloaded the the lates RUU from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622
Thanks really, for all the help from everyone.
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oh wow man! congratulations! I'm SO relieved for you
thank god it was only wrong recovery... if he would of flashed a CDMA radio ... it would of became bricked and I don't know if the phone could of been repaired glad he fixed the phone eventually
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thank god it was only wrong recovery... if he would of flashed a CDMA radio ... it would of became bricked and I don't know if the phone could of been repaired glad he fixed the phone eventually
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*looking at myself* Done that once
And it booted. well I only had nothing XD so then I reflashed the Hero GSM one and it worked, since then I got crappy connection to mobile net at home. But the rest of the world is fine XD so that is weird. But I think I was lucky.
That was waaay back when I was young and stupid. Now I am a little older and a tiny bit less stupid.
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That was waaay back when I was young and stupid. Now I am a little older and a tiny bit less stupid.
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heh heh, it's all a matter of perspective, Lira.
I'd claim that you're dramatically less stupid (much more clever, to be more accurate) and only a teeny tiny bit less young.
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heh heh, it's all a matter of perspective, Lira.
I'd claim that you're dramatically less stupid (much more clever, to be more accurate) and only a teeny tiny bit less young.
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Pff just because I smash crap together for this phone? I am like stupid around most of my age. Nah just kidding I am 2 years younger then the rest of the class I am in XD...
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I am 2 years younger then the rest of the class I am in XD...
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this doesn't surprise me one bit...
so out of curiosity, if development isn't your actual interest in life... any idea what you do want to do in a few years? Like at your age I was already an accomplished classical violinist and knew that being a musician was not only something I was particularly talented at but also really really loved to do - instant career choice. It just turns out that I can make a lot more money as a developer LoL which I also am good at and also love doing!
But yea - you're obviously quick thinking and the curious type who likes to figure out and solve problems, so I'll be interested to find out what you end up doing in life.
I wonder if we'll both be on here for years chatting about the latest octo-core phones and complaining about how we can't get GPS and CAMERA to run properly when we try to get android 2017 to run properly on our "old" hardware LoL
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I wonder if we'll both be on here for years chatting about the latest octo-core phones and complaining about how we can't get GPS and CAMERA to run properly when we try to get android 2017 to run properly on our "old" hardware LoL
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Copy the patch from Ele's latest update. =)
Lol. my carreer. well tell deaf people to not act sad and be all stupid. if you want to you can talk like any other.. And to tell them they are just stupid and playing sissy for money. Well in holland they do.
Nah that aint it XD I got no idea really. I am into craft building/designing. Space stuff then. I got a complete design of a spacecraft on my laptop. And according to some wizenuts, its possible XD....
But yea money... XD fail that system
I've done the upgrade following the directions on the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...cs+acer+tablet
When the device reboots it just says "Android" on the screen and you can't do anything from there. Anyone had this problem or know the solution? I couldn't find anything using search. Thank you.
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I've done the upgrade following the directions on the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...cs+acer+tablet
When the device reboots it just says "Android" on the screen and you can't do anything from there. Anyone had this problem or know the solution? I couldn't find anything using search. Thank you.
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Dead link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510706&highlight=ics+acer+tablet
This link
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You flashed an a100 zip to the a500?
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Yes, indeed. I was working with a A100 that had some problems and kinda stumbled upon this. Didn't fully read. Any suggestions?
Well, it makes a nice conversation starter as a paperweight....
Seriously, your best bet is if it can reset to recovery, try an acer stock rom (the one your tab came with), otherwise jtag (haven't seen any mention of this in this forum, a lot in others) or return to Acer... It could be expensive...
Wish people would ask questions, before they did something silly.
Suppose no sense in asking if they got their UID number before they installed?
Rule #1. If ANY rom contains the file "bootloader.blob" stay away from it, until you get the right procedues.
Rule #2. ADB is your friend.
Rule #3. If you don't know what it is, or what it does, don't mess with it. Let the Dev's handle it.
No, I was actually in the middle of cooking out when I tried this. I can get it exchanged easily.
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No, I was actually in the middle of cooking out when I tried this. I can get it exchanged easily.
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Ahhh... Might be the best thing to do Save a whole lot of heartache and ruined nerves. (especially considering Acer, will not know what's up)
Hope the BBQ ribs were good! Man, how I long for some southern Pig Picking BBQ.
Ehhh... we all learn
No offense. Now... if you can ship some BBQ here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516012
try this. this has solved lots of brick fears for me
strra said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516012
try this. this has solved lots of brick fears for me
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he needs his uid number for that. Why don't you down load a leak from for the a500 chane the name update.zip and put it on your micro SD card and hold volume down while powering on and see if he updates..
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he needs his uid number for that. Why don't you down load a leak from for the a500 chane the name update.zip and put it on your micro SD card and hold volume down while powering on and see if he updates..
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If it were an a500 leak, it wouldve been fine. But its an a100
I can't get inside the device to look at anything because it's stuck rebooting. Can't connect using adb, but thank you for the suggestions.
Hey there XDA Samsung Galaxy S4 Community, I come to you today to ask, If something should go wrong(mainly a user error) while flashing a new rom/kernel and my phone starts bootlooping like a fruit bowl, is there a fail safe for this phone? Like for the Samsung Infuse 4g no matter what you messed up on the phone all you had to do was put it into download mode and flash stock rom via Oden. It was pretty much unbrickable unless you totally noobed something xD So I was just wondering if this beautiful sex god of a phone had the same fail safe. Get back at me
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Hey there XDA Samsung Galaxy S4 Community, I come to you today to ask, If something should go wrong(mainly a user error) while flashing a new rom/kernel and my phone starts bootlooping like a fruit bowl, is there a fail safe for this phone? Like for the Samsung Infuse 4g no matter what you messed up on the phone all you had to do was put it into download mode and flash stock rom via Oden. It was pretty much unbrickable unless you totally noobed something xD So I was just wondering if this beautiful sex god of a phone had the same fail safe. Get back at me
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Same with the GS4, if you get to download mode, flash back to stock with odin, no issues here.
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Same with the GS4, if you get to download mode, flash back to stock with odin, no issues here.
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Awesome. I've been wondering that, Now I feel well enough about it to finally flash a ROM on my new baby xD
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Awesome. I've been wondering that, Now I feel well enough about it to finally flash a ROM on my new baby xD
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Whatever rom you choose, just make sure you read, you will be ok, in fact, the hard brick is hard to do on this phone, but it could happen. Good luck
Some of us can testify that soft bricking your device when you start out definitely makes you start reading a lot more. LOL Unless you try flash a rom from a totally different device, you should be able to reboot into recovery and just wipe and restore. If I don't bootloop more than once a week I'm not flashing enough.
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Some of us can testify that soft bricking your device when you start out definitely makes you start reading a lot more. LOL Unless you try flash a rom from a totally different device, you should be able to reboot into recovery and just wipe and restore. If I don't bootloop more than once a week I'm not flashing enough.
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Haha i know exactly how that is xDD I used to be an insane flashaholic on my Infuse 4G mainly because the community for that phone was amazingly large at the time.
+1
Isn't having a bootloop not a part of the process, if your not bootlooping, your not FLASHING enuf! yeah baby.
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if your not bootlooping, your not FLASHING enuf! yeah baby.
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That's a reckless attitude to have toward your $700 device. And that's fine; I'm not here to tell you how to treat your phone. However, I really don't think you should post cavalier comments like that that might teach new users to do the same.
I've owned an HTC Inspire, a Galaxy S2, and a Galaxy S4. I've flashed many roms/kernels/recoveries/modems on all of them, and not once have I ever caused a boot loop. You just have to read, and never do anything before you know exactly what it is you're doing.
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That's a reckless attitude to have toward your $700 device. And that's fine; I'm not here to tell you how to treat your phone. However, I really don't think you should post cavalier comments like that that might teach new users to do the same.
I've owned an HTC Inspire, a Galaxy S2, and a Galaxy S4. I've flashed many roms/kernels/recoveries/modems on all of them, and not once have I ever caused a boot loop. You just have to read, and never do anything before you know exactly what it is you're doing.
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Same here. Never once bootlooped. There's a difference between constantly flashing and correctly flashing.
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Same here. Never once bootlooped. There's a difference between constantly flashing and correctly flashing.
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There's also a difference between flashing things that are untested / should work and things that have been fleshed out so to speak.
I flash a lot of untested stuff (mostly built by others, some by me) and have boot looped my phone at least 10 times since 5 May when u bought it.
Bootloops are not damaging as the software is juat not loading (hence the loop). As long as you dont mess with bootloaders you should b3 fine (and loki is not touching the bootloader just feeding it false info)
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That's a reckless attitude to have toward your $700 device. And that's fine; I'm not here to tell you how to treat your phone. However, I really don't think you should post cavalier comments like that that might teach new users to do the same.
I've owned an HTC Inspire, a Galaxy S2, and a Galaxy S4. I've flashed many roms/kernels/recoveries/modems on all of them, and not once have I ever caused a boot loop. You just have to read, and never do anything before you know exactly what it is you're doing.
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All it is, is a statement saying that you are going to get bootloops, guess you guys are perfect. but they happen, easily recoverable, so I think my statements holds true.
Moving along!
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There's also a difference between flashing things that are untested / should work and things that have been fleshed out so to speak.
I flash a lot of untested stuff (mostly built by others, some by me) and have boot looped my phone at least 10 times since 5 May when u bought it.
Bootloops are not damaging as the software is juat not loading (hence the loop). As long as you dont mess with bootloaders you should b3 fine (and loki is not touching the bootloader just feeding it false info)
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Completely agree and knew that would be the response. But based on their posts it sounded more like ROM hopping than testing.
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Hey folks! I have an Acer A500 that I have been working on "with" dibb_nz over the past week. I have no idea what was on it originally, it came to me nearly dead. After a TON of attempts and hard work from dibb, I now have Skrilax's bootloader and recovery installed. I flashed CM10-10 Flex_V6 ROM from Civato onto the device successfully. Here is the problem: no matter how I boot up, it either goes directly into "Power off - Shutting down" then vibrates and blanks out or, after a fresh install, it will say "Android is upgrading", "Optimizing apps", "Starting Apps", then on to the Power Off-shutting down thing.
Does anyone have any clue what may be going on here? I have tried earlier ROMS, all from Civato, but with the same Power OFF result.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Sharkguy
hey sharkguy, I've been combinf forums and threads with no joy at all, the only thing I haven't checked is the rom thread, might pay you to look thru that, just in case its rom related ( I doubt it really, but there maybe other reports such as yours ) If I ever come across something I'll be sure to get back to you, good luck m8
Calling @Moscow Desire---are you out there Mr Moscow?? Ever heard of something like this before, my friend, very strange....Hope you are well MD its been awhile
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hey sharkguy, I've been combinf forums and threads with no joy at all, the only thing I haven't checked is the rom thread, might pay you to look thru that, just in case its rom related ( I doubt it really, but there maybe other reports such as yours ) If I ever come across something I'll be sure to get back to you, good luck m8
Calling @Moscow Desire---are you out there Mr Moscow?? Ever heard of something like this before, my friend, very strange....Hope you are well MD its been awhile
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Hey Dibb! Offhand, I think it may be the old power part that used to be flashed with stock ROMs. Forget what its actually called. Typically we removed this from the install as its generally not needed. That's a guess, but am at work for the night so can't check my stuff. Could explain the shutdown. But if it shuts down when updating the apps, then its probably bad memory partition.
But I'll lean more towards the power part. Will have to check a stock ICS ROM. Might need to make a separate flash install just for it. It it would boot to the display and it had horrible display and battery issues then that would be it.
Well, that sounds complicated. I should have the new battery by the weekend so let me at least try that before anyone gets all technical. Unfortunately I dont know anyone with another a500 to test batteries...
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Hey Dibb! Offhand, I think it may be the old power part that used to be flashed with stock ROMs. Forget what its actually called. Typically we removed this from the install as its generally not needed. That's a guess, but am at work for the night so can't check my stuff. Could explain the shutdown. But if it shuts down when updating the apps, then its probably bad memory partition.
But I'll lean more towards the power part. Will have to check a stock ICS ROM. Might need to make a separate flash install just for it. It it would boot to the display and it had horrible display and battery issues then that would be it.
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Hey MD good to see u my friend
oh, the eec thing? Rings a bell...
The bad memory partition, do you mean the memory chip itself or just the partition.
I've just never heard of the faulty chip causing a spontaneous shut down, sure has me beat....and I Hate that, lol
But thanks for the response MD, if you can offer any solution from your archives of knowledge and wisdom, I know someone who'd be forever grateful
Have a great day all!!
rgds Donna
Yeah Dib, the eec thing. Just couldn't remember. Usually we just removed that command from the install script as usually once it was flashed at the factory, rarely did you ever have to flash it again. I will have to look and see in the next couple of days. Worth a shot though. Might be able to put it in a CWM install.
Oh, forgot to add @sharkguy
As with a damaged partition, if the memory got hosed in that particular partition, whichever, there's not a whole lot that can be done. Could try running babsector, but not sure if it would fix it or not. There's been success running it before, but only about 30% as I can tell. Devblks can get physically damaged. Usually the partitions are large enough to mark the bad spots as bad, and still be able to install things. That's what babsector did I think as near as I can tell.
A faulty chip "could" cause a shutdown, especially if it couldn't create the dalvak which is kind of the next step when "starting applications" If I guess right, although I would think it would bootloop rather than shut down. As you say, I've never heard of a power off before, unless the eec was bad and it thinks the battery is dead.
I'm just curious if the OP has done a full format on internal memory via CWM? Before installing. Not the usual wipes, but going into advanced, and triggering the full format. I used it after running that CM stuff awhile back, as it messed up everything (lots of testing). Needed a clean sweep of the internal memory.
As you see, I am still around Just with being a senior mod, not a lot of time for messing with things.
I'm still leaning towards eec pwr. (I'm using beer logic at this point)
Bear with me on this. Let's say the eec got hosed somehow. It happens on occasion. And you install several custom roms, which of course don't have eec pwr in the install script as we removed it. Here's what I know.
1) Battery won't charge and is always going to shut down
2) No response on the touch screen if indeed the OS starts.
3. Tab shuts down after OS start.
So you see why I am leaning towards this.
MD
EDIT: The reason why we removed eec from the custom roms to begin with, primarily as it really wasn't needed, but it "could" cause an issue if the flash went bad. But considering the OP has UID and NVFlash, that isn't an issue now.
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Hey MD good to see u my friend
oh, the eec thing? Rings a bell...
The bad memory partition, do you mean the memory chip itself or just the partition.
I've just never heard of the faulty chip causing a spontaneous shut down, sure has me beat....and I Hate that, lol
But thanks for the response MD, if you can offer any solution from your archives of knowledge and wisdom, I know someone who'd be forever grateful
Have a great day all!!
rgds Donna
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Hey MD, thanks for thr insight on my issue. I worked closely with Dibb_nz for close to a week. I am not entirely sure if I did the wipe you mentioned, but believe me, if I could find a way to format, erase, wipe or clear memory I did. Everything you described as what you knew is correct with one exception: if it is relevant the touch screen works in recovery mode.
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Hey MD, thanks for thr insight on my issue. I worked closely with Dibb_nz for close to a week. I am not entirely sure if I did the wipe you mentioned, but believe me, if I could find a way to format, erase, wipe or clear memory I did. Everything you described as what you knew is correct with one exception: if it is relevant the touch screen works in recovery mode.
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Always works in recovery, as it is independent of the OS...
Righto. I figured it didnt matter in this case. But yes, the rest of the facts are as you understand them.
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sharkguy said:
Hey MD, thanks for thr insight on my issue. I worked closely with Dibb_nz for close to a week. I am not entirely sure if I did the wipe you mentioned, but believe me, if I could find a way to format, erase, wipe or clear memory I did. Everything you described as what you knew is correct with one exception: if it is relevant the touch screen works in recovery mode.
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The FULL wipes as stated in the guide m8 or via fastboot erase.
@Moscow Desire _bab sector was run and successfully, boot loader and recovery installed with no errors.
As far as the eec thing I do have a copy of that in my stash if that's any help, but no idea how to apply it????
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Well at this point I am open to anything. I just passed up on a steal of a deal on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7" so im itching to know I made the right choice. I am at your mercy. Doesnt look like I will have that battery until saturday at the earliest, but so far all of the work I have done on it has been with AC power and has been successful.
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Well at this point I am open to anything. I just passed up on a steal of a deal on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7" so im itching to know I made the right choice. I am at your mercy. Doesnt look like I will have that battery until saturday at the earliest, but so far all of the work I have done on it has been with AC power and has been successful.
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Well m8 I dunno if u made the right choice there, I guess only time will tell...there is this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617196. I cannot recommend it but then my tab has never been in that state...and I'm not sure I could bring myself to put it in the oven lol...u nut wanna take a look at it any way
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Oh I've heard of ppl doing such things, but I'm luckily far mor fortunate than that. I am an electronics technician and have access to far for humane methods than an oven! Maybe I will see if I can still get the deal, then hack the a500 to pieces after geting the new battery in the mail. Lol
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Oh I've heard of ppl doing such things, but I'm luckily far mor fortunate than that. I am an electronics technician and have access to far for humane methods than an oven! Maybe I will see if I can still get the deal, then hack the a500 to pieces after geting the new battery in the mail. Lol
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Well, you'll be in your element then,lol...Yeh, your issue is rather unique...with babsector not returning any error its out of my area of expertise!!! But I do know that Acers build quality isn't the best....from power buttons falling out to the memory chip failure and their dodgy soldering techniques, i'm leaning towards a hardware fault 'somewhere'....
But then, it does seem strange the tab powers off during "updating apps" that points to software doesn't it???? Have look in the guide for fastboot commands (if you still have the unlocked bootloader on there) I'd erase all partitions, /system, /data, /cache etc....then run babsectot again to repartition -flash a rom and see what happens...or use tdv4 to do the same, but no rom flash needed for that as it comes with HC 3.2.1 rooted and cwm.
Anyways m8 keep us updated - and fingers crossed you end up with a positive resolution
rgds Donna
One of the last things I think I did was tdv4 without a rom flash. It still came up with the same issue. I did notice that when I took the battery out to charge on the equipment at work (closely monitored of course) to see if there was an issue with the charging circuit, that I could still do all of the same things as before with just the AC plugged in. No battery. This is why I bought a battery to try that out. The Galaxy 3 guy realized what a steal he was offering me and bumped up his price so it looks like I'm stuck woth the A500.
Thanks for the crossed fingers!!
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Well new battery us in and seems to charge just fine. In fact the tablet would not even attempt to power on before without AC so that is a plus. However, the same thing happens still. Boots up, and as soon as it enters the OS it gies straight to powering down.
What was the EEC thing you guys were discussing? Would it potentially help here?
Thanks again!
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Used all of the elements at my disposal at work to reflow the board without any change in the status of the tablet. Any ideas based on that EEC thing you guys discussed above?
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Well new battery us in and seems to charge just fine. In fact the tablet would not even attempt to power on before without AC so that is a plus. However, the same thing happens still. Boots up, and as soon as it enters the OS it gies straight to powering down.
What was the EEC thing you guys were discussing? Would it potentially help here?
Thanks again!
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sharkguy said:
Used all of the elements at my disposal at work to reflow the board without any change in the status of the tablet. Any ideas based on that EEC thing you guys discussed above?
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Soz m8 been full on at work to even check emails let alone reply...phew!!!!
As MD pointed out above, the EEC file thing, devs have dealt with that particular issue, but b/c yours is a relatively unique issue I guess it can't be ruled out...
Have you managed to take a look at fastboot and using the erase command to delete EVERYTHING - at least u can be sure its as clean as can be, then using babsector with an appropriate rom and see what happens there.
In that "tab flu" thread there are links to another thread (somewhere) re: eec thing - If you find it can link it here in this thread and I'll track down the file -
Oh, just to be clear - when it boots into to the OS and powers off - is it completely shutting down i.e. power led is off or is it actually booting to apx mode, black screen power lite on...whats the chances of a vid so we can see exactly what it does???
rgds dibb
Sure I can video it for ya, but how should I link it? Can I link to YouTube on these forums?
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Sure I can video it for ya, but how should I link it? Can I link to YouTube on these forums?
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Ok, so new development, so to speak. As you can see from the crappy video I shot just now, I can boot the tablet into the start of the OS, but it hangs at Powering Down. The new part is that I had to manually shut it off, it did not do that itself this time. I showed you the power light (orange) and when I press it again, it does power on, but is still hung up on the same screen. I don't know if that helps any, but now you can see it. By the way, sorry it is upside down, it was the only way to show you the power button after it booted.
http://youtu.be/pG_efbq6DZg