Sorry to be a bother but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Quite a long time ago my a500 had an issue where it was rainbowing on boot. It remained in that state until I picked up a Nexus 7. Back then I attempted to recover it and I was able to get a bootloader installed, after I got the bootloader working (TWRP) I was not able to get any roms to boot. From there I just let the thing sit around gathering dust. Unfortunately all the specifics are a bit fuzzy for me. But I've read quite a few posts and have tried to figure this out on my own but I haven't had any luck. I would like to get any rom booting and just move forward from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Currently I am only able to boot into TWRP v2.1.3 or I can just sit an an Acer logo that never progresses any further.
I have pretty much all the tools one would require to fix the problem I just need someone to point me in the right direction. No data on the tablet is critical fyi.
Try Nvflash the bootloader and then install a custom rom.... but my A500 can't even get the bootloader
no-success said:
Sorry to be a bother but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Quite a long time ago my a500 had an issue where it was rainbowing on boot. It remained in that state until I picked up a Nexus 7. Back then I attempted to recover it and I was able to get a bootloader installed, after I got the bootloader working (TWRP) I was not able to get any roms to boot. From there I just let the thing sit around gathering dust. Unfortunately all the specifics are a bit fuzzy for me. But I've read quite a few posts and have tried to figure this out on my own but I haven't had any luck. I would like to get any rom booting and just move forward from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Currently I am only able to boot into TWRP v2.1.3 or I can just sit an an Acer logo that never progresses any further.
I have pretty much all the tools one would require to fix the problem I just need someone to point me in the right direction. No data on the tablet is critical fyi.
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Do you have the skrilax_cz unlocked bootloader installed? Should state so (with version) when you boot the tablet.
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All,
I've been rooting Droids for awhile, just got a streak, and I messed it up.
I tried to root it with superboot, and killed it ... regardless, was able to fix, and then tried a few ROMS, cannot get Cyanogenmod off .....
How can I get my streak back to the current AT&T 2.2 build that's out there.... I know ther are tutorials, but all seem to lead to a black screen for me .... please help
I had the same problem.
When I had the black screen, no logo, no nothing, I was still connected by USB. While the screen was still black I unplugged the USB and the phone came back to life in recovery mode.
Just a bit of info, try using QDLTool (repairtool) from http://streakdroid.com/?page_id=92
It reset me back to stock 2.2.
Just make sure you follow the Main tutorial instructions.
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Well, figured it out on my own, thanks to those who replied.
Unbeknownst to me, the bootloader (recovery.img) that you use greatly impacts which .pkg files you can and cannot install.
So, for future reference, if anybody runs into my issue in the future, make certain you have the proper recovery.img file ... worked as soon as I figured that out.
zxschultz said:
All,
I've been rooting Droids for awhile, just got a streak, and I messed it up.
I tried to root it with superboot, and killed it ... regardless, was able to fix, and then tried a few ROMS, cannot get Cyanogenmod off .....
How can I get my streak back to the current AT&T 2.2 build that's out there.... I know ther are tutorials, but all seem to lead to a black screen for me .... please help
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Not Android development
Please read THIS and post in the correct forums thank you
Moving to General
Hey guys let me start by saying I have done quite a bit of searching and im not a total noob when it comes to this stuff. I have still been unable to find an answer to my questions...
So basically I have a Droid 2 and I flashed the CM9 ICS Alpha onto it had it running great (Cant wait to get past alpha ) But due to the fact that its an alpha and really nothing works I wanted to go back to my librity rom... I tried to boot into recovery and that caused a boot loop instead of booting into recovery.
So from there I went to flash the stock SBF onto the phone and it keeps just getting stuck in a boot loop even when flashing the stock SBF. What have I done! lol How do I get this thing back to a factory setup?
I would really like to figure this out but if I cant I will be putting another mobo in it as that may be the easier solution haha
Thanks for taking the time to help me with this and if you know somewhere this has already been discussed please direct me to it as I could not find it...
Nevermind lol
I was able to get it to boot by booting into recovery and running the factory reset. But I had already tried that once before posting this and it had not worked...
Well anyway all is good for me now maybe this will help someone eventually have a great day.
Hello!
I was about to unroot and get back to stock with my A500 so I flashed a stock ROM via CWM to get a ota-update. Before i had a custom ICS ROM installed and now I installed a HC stock ROM. The problem is that i forgot to go through the wipe menu in CWM before the flash and now when I start up my tablet I first see the ACER logo as usual, then a android text-logo which the tablet is stuck at. I've waited 20 minutes and is still shows the same thing. The logo has an animation which i still can see. I've tried to restart the tablet and get into CWM again without succes.
I have read diffrent threads for several hours but I can't find my problem. What should I do? :crying:
what does the android text say?
Hi dibb_nz.
It is the bootanimation from what I gather (Video; http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n602/JdgM3NT4L/?action=view¤t=AndroidBootanimation.mp4). I am trying to help someone get a tab up that is doing the same thing as well. The weird part is that recovery is good, bootloader passed (V8), wiped data/cache/system. Tried three ICS roms so far, and every one is stuck at the bootanimation. About to go bonkers trying to figure it out. The only thing that I can think of to try next is changing CWM from Thors to TWRP or something...
To Webspirit, your problem will most likely get fixed by using blackthund3rs APX Tool. Google it and then goto the forum where it is. There's plenty of support for getting that going and you shouldn't have any problems. If you do holler. Alot of us have had to use that tool and can help. I am hopeful that yours will be as simple as downloading and installing recovery back and flashing a nice rom.
Yeah i agree with the guy above me, your going to have to flash something from apx
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JdgM3NT4L said:
Hi dibb_nz.
It is the bootanimation from what I gather (Video; http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n602/JdgM3NT4L/?action=view¤t=AndroidBootanimation.mp4). I am trying to help someone get a tab up that is doing the same thing as well. The weird part is that recovery is good, bootloader passed (V8), wiped data/cache/system. Tried three ICS roms so far, and every one is stuck at the bootanimation. About to go bonkers trying to figure it out. The only thing that I can think of to try next is changing CWM from Thors to TWRP or something...
To Webspirit, your problem will most likely get fixed by using blackthund3rs APX Tool. Google it and then goto the forum where it is. There's plenty of support for getting that going and you shouldn't have any problems. If you do holler. Alot of us have had to use that tool and can help. I am hopeful that yours will be as simple as downloading and installing recovery back and flashing a nice rom.
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hi J...ok thats cool re boot anim...i asked becoz like u i been trying to help a couple of others who can't use any of the flash tools or roll back to HC...i only just got myself fixed after being stuck in apx, no recovery, and boot screen saying in red text "reboot device" thought he may have had similar issue....
J...have u used nvflash or apxflash to roll back - theres a few folks getting stuck with it...its loading the HC apx driver which aint working with the ics bl so then yr tab gets stuck in apx!!!
I started a new thread hoping someone can help us all out be great to hear yr thoughts on this....its driving me up the wall
sorry didnt mean to hijack the thread
big ol' noob here. i just flashed the Jelly-Bean_4.1.2_CM10-FLEX_v6supercharged_Aroma rom on my a500 which previously had lightspeed 4.8 on it. now when it boots it shows the android guy with gears for a second then just a blank black screen. the backlight is on so you can tell the tablet is still on. i can still get into recovery with no issues though("aman ra-iconia-3.17-ics" via "scrilax_CZ bootloader v8") i dont know what it could be though. installation of rom gave no errors. so please, I ask for assistance in resolving the issue. i was looking into (and learning about) fastboot fixes but i'm not sure if it applies to me nor have i tried it before. any help in fixing the darn thing would be much appreciated.
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big ol' noob here. i just flashed the Jelly-Bean_4.1.2_CM10-FLEX_v6supercharged_Aroma rom on my a500 which previously had lightspeed 4.8 on it. now when it boots it shows the android guy with gears for a second then just a blank black screen. the backlight is on so you can tell the tablet is still on. i can still get into recovery with no issues though("aman ra-iconia-3.17-ics" via "scrilax_CZ bootloader v8") i dont know what it could be though. installation of rom gave no errors. so please, I ask for assistance in resolving the issue. i was looking into (and learning about) fastboot fixes but i'm not sure if it applies to me nor have i tried it before. any help in fixing the darn thing would be much appreciated.
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You should change the title to "Stuck in APX Mode". Refine your search. I've never had the issue, however, I believe 1 or more partitions are messed up. Which means you will probably have to revert back using TimmyDeans V4 rollback tool at the worst.
Just a guess. But search the forum for those terms. You should be able to find some threads as I've seen several references to being stuck in APX mode.
One place you may want to post your issue, is Skrilax_CZ's bootloader thread. He may know some fastboot commands to wipe the data.
MD
cool. I'll do that. thanks man. I'm still learning the lingo so that sheds a bit of light for me and gives me some direction to start. thanks again.
raotheconqueror said:
cool. I'll do that. thanks man. I'm still learning the lingo so that sheds a bit of light for me and gives me some direction to start. thanks again.
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Also remember, before you install a different rom, you must; in CWM
1. Wipe User Data/Factory Reset
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik
Then go to Mounts and Storage and;
1. Format System
2. Format Flexrom
Then you can install the rom. If you haven't done this, you should try again.
MD
raotheconqueror said:
big ol' noob here. i just flashed the Jelly-Bean_4.1.2_CM10-FLEX_v6supercharged_Aroma rom on my a500 which previously had lightspeed 4.8 on it. now when it boots it shows the android guy with gears for a second then just a blank black screen. the backlight is on so you can tell the tablet is still on. i can still get into recovery with no issues though("aman ra-iconia-3.17-ics" via "scrilax_CZ bootloader v8") i dont know what it could be though. installation of rom gave no errors. so please, I ask for assistance in resolving the issue. i was looking into (and learning about) fastboot fixes but i'm not sure if it applies to me nor have i tried it before. any help in fixing the darn thing would be much appreciated.
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Try the wipe commands suggested in post #4 and then reflash your JB ROM. A lot of time it helps with reflash the ROM after wipes.
thanks for the tips. i believe i've actually performed them like you guys told me but it seems i've made it worse. my ridiculousness is currently going on in this thread here
I'm having the same issue with this ROM. I'm using the same recovery you are.
if you have any progress let me know cause i'm still stuck in apx land...
final update
Back to stock HC 3.2.1 right now. my issue ended up being unable to format the /data directory causing all my newly flashed roms to not load properly. per JdgM3NT4L's guidance i used the tutorial and tools here which took me back to a working status. now my only problem lies with what delicious rom should i have next? an ICS or a jellybean? if any XDA tutorials or assistance help bring you tablet back, make sure to click those ":good: thanks" buttons guys.
hey guys I've been searching for hours and cant seem to come up with a way to flash the stock bootloader for the A500.
I've got skrilax cz's v8 with CWM recovery v5.5.0 thore2002ro and want to go 100% out of the box back to stock. Is there anyway some one can point me in the right direction or give a little instruction. (its been years since ive worked on this and I'm filling a little noobish)
I've been working with afterota v1.09 because I actually still had it on my computer and it seemed like a good bet but I can't seem to get it to boot into apx mode I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drives I've got to be missing something.