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TF101 bricked please how to unbrick?

Hi,
I have a bricked TF101 and the only thing I can do is to power the tablet into "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices" mode (Widows 7)
Can you please explain me how to restore any android rom to have a functional asus transformer?
Thank you

Jxx7 said:
Hi,
I have a bricked TF101 and the onlyh thing I can do is to power the tablet into "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices" mode (Widows 7)
Can you please explain me how to restore any android rom to have a functional asus transformer?
Thank you
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A couple questions for you.
1. you are absolutely sure you cannot access recovery mode?
2. What is the serial number of your tablet. If you don't know it should be on a sticker near where you plug the usb/charging cable in.

Nairbly said:
A couple questions for you.
1. you are absolutely sure you cannot access recovery mode?
2. What is the serial number of your tablet. If you don't know it should be on a sticker near where you plug the usb/charging cable in.
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Thank you for reply,
The only thing I can do is to see "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices" in my devices management (Windows 7).
I guess I'm in recery mode because when I try to flash with NVflash I read "Entering Nvflash recovery mode" on my tablet.
Serial: B50KAS05....

Jxx7 said:
Thank you for reply,
The only thing I can do is to see "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices" in my devices management (Windows 7).
I guess I'm in recery mode because when I try to flash with NVflash I read "Entering Nvflash recovery mode" on my tablet.
Serial: B50KAS05....
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Hey, i just also bricked my B50 as a noob in the Asus table world..lol..learning stuff..etc....
just go to this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620758
download the nvflash rom then unzip and click "download.bat" and it will automatic load the rom and you will good to go, back to stock.

theres also a great step by step nvflash video on youtube you should dowload and use as you are doing the procedure..
you cant go wrong then..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

dg...maybe you can help me out, the video was very confussing I could never get those 3 files the person was talking about, since i have a b50 and can use nvflash I been reading I can just use that to upload any custom rom. Is that correct?. The problem I am having is I dont know how or what files after unziping custom roms to use or put where etc...to nvflash the custom rom.

Unknown Zone said:
Hey, i just also bricked my B50 as a noob in the Asus table world..lol..learning stuff..etc....
just go to this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620758
download the nvflash rom then unzip and click "download.bat" and it will automatic load the rom and you will good to go, back to stock.
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Thank you, I'm french so I need to find the good nvflash rom

Jxx7 said:
Thank you, I'm french so I need to find the good nvflash rom
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No problem, good luck...I wish rooting this tablet was as easy as rooting my GS2. It is like going back to school and having homework

Unknown Zone said:
No problem, good luck...I wish rooting this tablet was as easy as rooting my GS2. It is like going back to school and having homework
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I have an old model so it seems to be easy to root
I just found an ICS nvflash rooted rom so I hope the next step will be the last!

just incase you need it..
vipermode rooting kit..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21007398
I am going to have to do it in a few days on a new B60..
so mostaswell post the link here for you guys..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Thanks bro!

help

So I have the acer a500 with the stock ics and rooted. i was using my tablet just fine last night and later on went to use it again and now its stuck on the acer screen. i have tried the resets for recovery aND IT does not work. its still stuck on the acer screen. can anyone help me? please. my tablet is the gen2 when i received the ics update if that helps. and as mentioned it was fine until last night. is there a way i can reinstall it with the sd card? i would love the stock image if possible.

Wrong forum section.

nishka256 said:
So I have the acer a500 with the stock ics and rooted. i was using my tablet just fine last night and later on went to use it again and now its stuck on the acer screen. i have tried the resets for recovery aND IT does not work. its still stuck on the acer screen. can anyone help me? please. my tablet is the gen2 when i received the ics update if that helps. and as mentioned it was fine until last night. is there a way i can reinstall it with the sd card? i would love the stock image if possible.
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Download a stock acer image and place it on a MicroSD under the name of update.zip then boot into recovery
But yes it is the wrong forum section - should be in Q&A doesn't bother me too much but it irritates devs because it's the development forum
Sent from my Iconia A500 using Tapatalk 2

ok
hi, thank you, please im not good at this. can you tell me a link for the stock? and tell me how do i boot it?
thank you

so can anyone direct ne to a sstock zip file of ics for the gen2 acer a500 tablet that works. i have no idea how my tablet got messed up. its stuck on the acer screen. ive tried so many things. i have tried the reset pinhole button, i have downloaded a lot of zip files or roms and tried to do the volume, power button and all i get is a robot with red triangle. i cannot use usb because my computer wont read it not even after downloading drivers. anyone help me please?

nishka256 said:
so can anyone direct ne to a sstock zip file of ics for the gen2 acer a500 tablet that works. i have no idea how my tablet got messed up. its stuck on the acer screen. ive tried so many things. i have tried the reset pinhole button, i have downloaded a lot of zip files or roms and tried to do the volume, power button and all i get is a robot with red triangle. i cannot use usb because my computer wont read it not even after downloading drivers. anyone help me please?
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I'm not sure what may have happened but the easiest way to fix your tab is to downgrade back to HC using an acer utility called an "EUU". you will need your cpuid for this so i hope you have saved it somewhere.
Look here for 'jazzyjames' tutorial How to rollback to HC - for instructions on how to do this and a link to timmydeans HC EUU - also take a look thru my cpuid post (link in sig) for loads of info and links and even how to get yr cpuid if u dont have it

thanks i tried it and follow instructions numerous times. evry time i get to the step where it says "entering acer download mode on my tablet" on the EUU program on my laptop it says it "failed" so i try and try again with the same results. im running out of options. i dont know what to do.

maybe give this a shot. I've never had to use it myself but it's probably worth a shot.
How to unbrick your tablet -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699277

oh heck that doesnt sound too good, i've not heard of the actual EUU "failing" guess thats the result of the usb issue you spoke of!
The "update.zip" method, you have 2 choices here See this thread for all the Official Acer Stock Roms - Ensure you download a "Full" rom and not just one of the update packages....instructions are in the first post...
You need to extract the update.zip and it may need to be decrypted as I said instructions for all this are in the OP!!
method2 - I've tried this once!! I got pretty frustrated real quick. Its a buggy chinese rom - took me a good hour to finally get into flashing a recovery, but it did work and plenty of others
have posted success with it... drkalo has a guide right here
Failing that m8 yr options are very, very few...
Try on a different computer so we can rule that out...or not!
or try to troubleshoot the usb issue....there are the only 2 ways via sdcard or pc/usb...
thinking about it now, in your post you said
"i cannot use usb because my computer wont read it not even after downloading drivers. anyone help me please?"
Not sure I follow, wouldnt have thought you'd get all that way to download mode without USB drivers to begin with.
You have debugging enabled in settings and you connect your cable to your pc but your tab does not show up on your PC in Device Manager???
Are you still on the stock bootloader??what about recovery??

this is what comes up
this is what comes up after trying this methid

nishka256 said:
this is what comes up after trying this methid
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So this window that pops up saying 'failed' and with instructions to go into apx mode - did u do this? what happened after you did it?
I haven't seen this particular error but normally with the downgrade process you do not have yr tab connected UNTIL you see the "cant detect your iconia tab" window (with similar instructions to enter apx mode manually) did you see this window at all? you do not enter your cpuid until AFTER you have put yr tab in apx mode and connected to yr PC, then the green status bar shows and then you should see "Congratulations".
To check you are in apx mode your tab screen is black and the power light is ON.
Now before you connect yr tab to yr PC open up Device Manager (pc) so you can make sure the apx/usb driver loads when you connect the cable - it will show under "USB Controllers". Once you can confirm the drivers are installed then you should be all good
The drivers are a bit of a pain as there are different ones for each different 'mode' of your tab i.e
USB driver that allows you to see the contents of yr tab from yr PC
ADB driver that allows yr tab and pc to communicate by sending commands to yr tab via yr PC
APX Driver which you normally only see while running HC, but yr PC can sometimes report an error with the "apx device" if the drivers have not installed properly
Acer Boot/Recovery Driver which NEEDS to be installed for any type of nvflash or EUU flash to be successful
Fastboot Driver if you have flashed bootloader v3 up this driver will load when you enter "Fastboot"
This is why folks have trouble with drivers and why we keep telling them "reinstall the drivers!!!" The Acer drivers from acer support AND the Google adb drivers which you can get from the first post of my cpuid thread (link in sig) the zip also has the fastboot drivers and saves you having to download the full android sdk. Having device manager OPEN while attempting any type of flash definitely helps you see whats happening - or not - driver wise...

Sorry Guys but another A500 Bricked APX mode only

Hello,
I am another unfortunate user who has bricked his tablet. I installed Jue11 Ram Manager Plus and it asked to reboot my tab. On reboot it was bricked, flashing the android logo and not going any further. I have tried everything listed on the site to get my CPUID to no avail. have followed all instructions including trying to retrive using Ubuntu Linux, A500 Flash Tool, (which tells me it is in APX mode but returns a blank serial), NVflash gives a device not found. Any help? I am technically saavey on PC, Windows and the like, but fairly new to tablets.
A little more info, using A500 Manager it reports a500 in APX mode then acts like it is retrieving the serial but comes back blank. Nvflash reports device not found. Using Ubuntu gives errors but reports all needed packages are installed, (not a Linux Power User so could be an ID10T Error on my part).
Please, I appreciate any and all help.
hartgraves

hartgraves said:
Hello,
I am another unfortunate user who has bricked his tablet. I installed Jue11 Ram Manager Plus and it asked to reboot my tab. On reboot it was bricked, flashing the android logo and not going any further. I have tried everything listed on the site to get my CPUID to no avail. have followed all instructions including trying to retrive using Ubuntu Linux, A500 Flash Tool, (which tells me it is in APX mode but returns a blank serial), NVflash gives a device not found. Any help? I am technically saavey on PC, Windows and the like, but fairly new to tablets.
A little more info, using A500 Manager it reports a500 in APX mode then acts like it is retrieving the serial but comes back blank. Nvflash reports device not found. Using Ubuntu gives errors but reports all needed packages are installed, (not a Linux Power User so could be an ID10T Error on my part).
Please, I appreciate any and all help.
hartgraves
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if u meant rom manager - our tab isnt supported, you'll need the patched BL before u can install a custom recovery
if nvflash is reporting device not found then check your data cable and/or that the acer usb boot recovery is installing from apx mode. You may need to manually install it by pointing it to the acer folder in program files/data depending which win OS u have...
try that and see how u get on...

dibb_nz said:
if u meant rom manager - our tab isnt supported, you'll need the patched BL before u can install a custom recovery
if nvflash is reporting device not found then check your data cable and/or that the acer usb boot recovery is installing from apx mode. You may need to manually install it by pointing it to the acer folder in program files/data depending which win OS u have...
try that and see how u get on...
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Make sure you are using the mini usb cable and not the full size..

Try this for a possible fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823583

[Q] A500 cannot retrieve CPUID in APX

I have followed many threads but cannot find a working solution. I will outline what I have done as briefly as possible.
While streaming to TV with HDMI, the screen switched to the android robot on his back with red triangle and "!".
I put Acer_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1 on a SD and tried to reboot, showed robot working and then on back with "!" again.
Put in fastboot and used ADB command lines to try to put Thor recovery on, stated device locked on screen.
Entered cmd to unlock, got positive response, tried thor again, same result.
powered down, re-installed asus drivers, connected it did not connect as APX so rolled back drivers and was able to connect as APX.
Ran AFTEROTA, cannot find device
Ran Blackthund3r manager, stated a500 connected in APX mode, but when trying to get Serial program runs but returns nothing. And when trying to get logs returns "no device found" but at the bottom still shows connected in APX Mode.
I am unable to get the CPUID and the device does not boot for me to put in USB development mode so I am unsure where to go from here. Again I have spent several hours following everystep in multiple threads and I keep getting stuck. Any help in helping me return my A500 to working condition would be great. Also, before crash I was running ICS OTA stock.
v/r

i also have the same problem & also try almost everything of what you did but mine is not rooted a virgin tablet running on latest ics . i can also get into apx mode but cannot generate the uid.. i know there is a solution to this using ubuntu but i dunno how to use ubuntu or libusb or visualc+ as what it stated to generate the uid & was hoping that some1 might try to make a step by step thread in using linux or winusb in windows

NavyRazorback said:
I have followed many threads but cannot find a working solution. I will outline what I have done as briefly as possible.
While streaming to TV with HDMI, the screen switched to the android robot on his back with red triangle and "!".
I put Acer_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1 on a SD and tried to reboot, showed robot working and then on back with "!" again.
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so u flashed stock ICS (or tried to) - doing this overwrites your custom recovery with the silly stock one
Put in fastboot and used ADB command lines to try to put Thor recovery on, stated device locked on screen.
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???? huh!!! do u have the unlocked bootloader????
what rom were u running before u flashed stock???
you were on the right track with fastboot if you'd tried that first rather than flashing a stock rom (for future ref!)
Entered cmd to unlock, got positive response, tried thor again, same result.
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what is this unlock thing, sorry for my ignorance, but I've noticed a couple of reports lately that mentions this problem??
powered down, re-installed asus drivers, connected it did not connect as APX so rolled back drivers and was able to connect as APX.
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I hope u meant to type "acer drivers"
unless you do have an asus tab....which then explains your troubles!!!!
Ran AFTEROTA, cannot find device
Ran Blackthund3r manager, stated a500 connected in APX mode, but when trying to get Serial program runs but returns nothing. And when trying to get logs returns "no device found" but at the bottom still shows connected in APX Mode.
I am unable to get the CPUID and the device does not boot for me to put in USB development mode so I am unsure where to go from here. Again I have spent several hours following everystep in multiple threads and I keep getting stuck. Any help in helping me return my A500 to working condition would be great. Also, before crash I was running ICS OTA stock.
v/r
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heck you are in a bit of a pickle m8!!!
i think you can only use an update.zip (no cpuid required)
have a look at jdgM3NTL's thread " revert to factory stock the easy way" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839313
IF this doesnt work you'll be in for the long haul - you will need to use linux as that is the only other way to get yr cpuid - have you checked out the cpuid thread (u only need to read the OP)
there are at least 7 different methods for retrieving yr cpuid, u might try usbdeview
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botzgori said:
i also have the same problem & also try almost everything of what you did but mine is not rooted a virgin tablet running on latest ics . i can also get into apx mode but cannot generate the uid.. i know there is a solution to this using ubuntu but i dunno how to use ubuntu or libusb or visualc+ as what it stated to generate the uid & was hoping that some1 might try to make a step by step thread in using linux or winusb in windows
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check out srbeens thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751978
have you checked out the cpuid thread (u only need to read the OP) there are at least 7 different methods for retrieving yr cpuid
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if you can still boot then method 7 for you

Thank you for your reply.
In response to some of your questions. Yes I meant to type Acer and not Asus, I do in fact own the Acer A500.
About my initial attempt to flash the stock ROM, I never had an unlocked bootloader, before the tablet was bricked I was running Stock ICS OTA and had never done any modifications.
I tried using USBDeview but the serial number is blank. It looks like I will have to try the Linux method. Again thank you for your help.

NavyRazorback said:
Thank you for your reply.
In response to some of your questions. Yes I meant to type Acer and not Asus, I do in fact own the Acer A500.
About my initial attempt to flash the stock ROM, I never had an unlocked bootloader, before the tablet was bricked I was running Stock ICS OTA and had never done any modifications.
I tried using USBDeview but the serial number is blank. It looks like I will have to try the Linux method. Again thank you for your help.
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And this is WHY IM DONE following or using XDA THREADS. Most of the time someone experienced helps for a bit than leaves people hanging. I just unbricked my a500 when no one answered for my help. This guy here responded back and no o e help him. Hit and miss here. Go to another forum if you canr find your solution aleeady poSted. Cause if you reply or start NEW THREAD, no answer 90% time. Mine was bricked And rooted. Stuck on acer screen. Tried everything I could. No answers fron this sites threads. But I did it on my own, simple fix for apparent hard brick a500, but it was not really hard bricked. All symptons showed hard bricked. You wanna know what really fixed my tab without changing main board...?? Hint.. xbox red ring.....xda, you suck, no support for newbies here. Out. Unsubscribed..deuces. .

A500 APX Flash Utility - No APX mode devices are connected

hi,
Recently I wanted to install a custom rom onto my Acer A501 tablet. I looked up a bunch of guides in this forum and found a very common flash guide made by blackthund3r, so I went and followed the proper guidelines given here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622425. Everything worked fine until I got to the part where the A500 APX Flash Utility was suppose to detect my tablet in APX mode but it can't.
I've installed the Acer Composite ADB driver found here: http://downloads.rurouniserver.com/...driver-download-v1000524-android-32-honeycomb. (Version 1.0.10.0).
Someone else on the forum suggested here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660313) that we must install the google adb driver instead but I can't seem to get it to work either.
I desperately need help or advice on how to get the A500 APX Flash utlity to detect my tablet.

Sometimes it just hangs, also only runs with ics roms. if both sets of drivers are correctly installed u should see an apx device listed in device manager on ur pc. What os r u using...if all else fails just use the manual nvflash method instead
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when I set my tablet into apx mode the screen is dark but the power button is on. I don't see any apx devices listed in my device manager and the composite adb driver disappears after setting into apx mode.
I'm running windows 7 ultimate x64 on as my OS.

Run the manual method instead but in saying that, if an apx device isn't listed. ..uninstall and reinstall the drivers
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night8388 said:
when I set my tablet into apx mode the screen is dark but the power button is on. I don't see any apx devices listed in my device manager and the composite adb driver disappears after setting into apx mode.
I'm running windows 7 ultimate x64 on as my OS.
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Hi
I thought I got the same situation like you.
I use blackthund3r's apx flsh 0.41. Everything goes well:
.........................extracting resources
.........................Starting ADB Server
.........................Enter APX Mode
.........................Wait 5 Seconds.....
.........................Killing ADB Server
and then, no matter how many times I press the "Done! Press to run again", I CANNOT go into the APX mode again.
at this time, the a500 screen is black.
I run another adb screen on PC, and found no device list.
But when I re-open the a500, I can detect the device.
Now my a500 cannot go into the recovery node, but it can work normally.
Anyone can help me to figure out what happened?:crying:

uzni said:
Hi
I thought I got the same situation like you.
I use blackthund3r's apx flsh 0.41. Everything goes well:
.........................extracting resources
.........................Starting ADB Server
.........................Enter APX Mode
.........................Wait 5 Seconds.....
.........................Killing ADB Server
and then, no matter how many times I press the "Done! Press to run again", I CANNOT go into the APX mode again.
at this time, the a500 screen is black.
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apx mode is black screen and power lite is on - carry on with the flash!
I run another adb screen on PC, and found no device list.
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When you are in apx mode - adb is not available -
Check the drivers are correctly installed correctly.
..put yr tab in apx mode,
(sometimes its easier to do this via the buttons, theres plenty of posts on how to do it, do quick search)
you should hear the new hardware detected sound in windows...
then go todevice manager or the safely remove hardware icon in your system tray and look to see if an "apx device" is listed there...
if it is, then carry on and flash the bootloader and recovery.
See the apxFlash pictorial in my sig for a step by step if you still have troubles
But when I re-open the a500, I can detect the device.
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Do you mean you can view your tabs files from windows???
This is why you need both sets of drivers! acers and androids (you need the android-sdk installed too, but if you have used the mini-sdk zip from my guide then you don't need the full sdk kit)
Remember, if you can view files you cannot be in apx mode and vice versa...its one or the other
There can be driver issues with 64bit win 7/8 PC's. XP or Win 7 work best.
Reinstalling Acer drivers can help too.
Now my a500 cannot go into the recovery node,
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No it won't if you have not completed the flash!

dibb_nz said:
apx mode is black screen and power lite is on - carry on with the flash!
When you are in apx mode - adb is not available -
Check the drivers are correctly installed correctly.
..put yr tab in apx mode,
(sometimes its easier to do this via the buttons, theres plenty of posts on how to do it, do quick search)
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OK, I upload 2 pictures for better explain.
01.jpg:
A500 power led light = on
U see, apx flash tool CANNOT go into the APX mode.
My notebook can see APX device
I set another window for adb devices, and found nothing.
02.jpg:
Set A500 power off and on. (manually)
do not touch apx flash tool window.
My notebook can not see APX device (while off).
My notebook can see "MTP" device (while on).
I set another window for adb devices, and found device code.
Now I can run A500 normally.
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Then, I click "Done! Press to run again" on the apx flash tool window,
It will become the "01.jpg"
Like an endless loop.:crying:
Could you help me?

Yup sometimes the tool does that.
Try again , when Windows detects the apx device just click the blue arrow anyway, let's see wot happens
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dibb_nz said:
Yup sometimes the tool does that.
Try again , when Windows detects the apx device just click the blue arrow anyway, let's see wot happens
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Many thanks for your suggestion, and I will try your plan tonight.

dibb_nz said:
Yup sometimes the tool does that.
Try again , when Windows detects the apx device just click the blue arrow anyway, let's see wot happens
Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk
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Sorry for my late response. Please check the attached pics for reference.
I ignore the wrong message and go forward. and then, I stuck on the 03.jpg over 1 hour...
and I open another adb screen, please see 04.jpg.
Does this help you recognize my problem? what should I do now? Please give me some advise.

It doesn't look good
Pls download the babsector.rar file. It's in post 2 of the root guide in my Sig along with the instructions. Run the bat file and post the output pls
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dibb_nz said:
It doesn't look good
Pls download the babsector.rar file. It's in post 2 of the root guide in my Sig along with the instructions. Run the bat file and post the output pls
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many thanks for your suggestion, and I will try it later.

dibb_nz said:
It doesn't look good
Pls download the babsector.rar file. It's in post 2 of the root guide in my Sig along with the instructions. Run the bat file and post the output pls
Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk
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Ya! I finally install your bootloader successfully!
Your "babsector.rar " is wonderful.
I had install a new rom for my old A500. Thanks very much.

uzni said:
Ya! I finally install your bootloader successfully!
Your "babsector.rar " is wonderful.
I had install a new rom for my old A500. Thanks very much.
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Yes babsector is a tabsaver!!! I can't take the credit for it as it came from someone in the Russian forums but it does a very good job. Pleased u got up n running again
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I think I am in a similar predicament here. My a500 has an SOS checksum error, and is not detected by windows as an APX device. None of the tools listed see my tab. ANy advice?

sharkguy said:
I think I am in a similar predicament here. My a500 has an SOS checksum error, and is not detected by windows as an APX device. None of the tools listed see my tab. ANy advice?
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Yr tab must be have drivers correctly installed and be in apx mode for Windows to detect it. use XP, Vista, win7 32bit. Issues on 64bit and win8
Run babsector.rar file as above.
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Oh, Thanks dibb, will give that a try! Only have a VM win XP so I hope that works...

sharkguy said:
Oh, Thanks dibb, will give that a try! Only have a VM win XP so I hope that works...
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Yerrrr...ok.good luck with that..try manual nvflash I.e. babsector(not the manual option in the tool) Will work when the tool won't.
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Scratch that. I guess what I will be using is a VM version of WIN7 32bit. not that it makes all that much of a difference. Just thought I would keep you informed, lol.

Gave up for the night. Can't seem to get the USB devices to show in my VM. will attempt a fresh install of lower OS in the morning. thanks again.
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