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[Q] Unstable state

Hello,
my A500 is now in unstable, weird state, i tried to flash ROM update, but i forgot an old update.zip on SD and also that i have no CWM more. My fault of course.
It started to flash again, suddenly stopped. Now if i reboot, i am on my old ROM, but only Power off .. shutting down message appears. I can touch time, settings, but unable anything to do. Message is still there. I tried to press RESET button, no way. I tried to flash it again with rescue Update.zip no way. Just message still there.
Looks like, it wants to shut down, but this never happens from some reason. But why it is again after reboot there, i don't know.
Any advice please ?
Thanks, Ed

EddieCz said:
Hello,
my A500 is now in unstable, weird state, i tried to flash ROM update, but i forgot an old update.zip on SD and also that i have no CWM more. My fault of course.
It started to flash again, suddenly stopped. Now if i reboot, i am on my old ROM, but only Power off .. shutting down message appears. I can touch time, settings, but unable anything to do. Message is still there. I tried to press RESET button, no way. I tried to flash it again with rescue Update.zip no way. Just message still there.
Looks like, it wants to shut down, but this never happens from some reason. But why it is again after reboot there, i don't know.
Any advice please ?
Thanks, Ed
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Can you install Acer Recovery Installer so you can install CWM from within Acer Recovery Installer?

EddieCz said:
Hello,
my A500 is now in unstable, weird state, i tried to flash ROM update, but i forgot an old update.zip on SD and also that i have no CWM more. My fault of course.
It started to flash again, suddenly stopped. Now if i reboot, i am on my old ROM, but only Power off .. shutting down message appears. I can touch time, settings, but unable anything to do. Message is still there. I tried to press RESET button, no way. I tried to flash it again with rescue Update.zip no way. Just message still there.
Looks like, it wants to shut down, but this never happens from some reason. But why it is again after reboot there, i don't know.
Any advice please ?
Thanks, Ed
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Try flashing cwm mod using Acer recovery and quickboot to reboot into recovery. If that fails install itsmagic via fastboot or cwm mod 1.3.4 via manual method posted. Don't despair mate you be fine.
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I had exactly this problem myself a few days ago...cwm was corrupted and the fix was to download official rom which was chinese and put it onto my external sd card. Then pressing power/volume up forced the update which also reset the cwm and boot sector back to stock. After this I used the official 3.1 rom on this website to update with english version and market app then finally install cwm to use roms.whew it was painful and i cannotremember where i got the chinese rom from...so im only slightly helpful.

smegg said:
I had exactly this problem myself a few days ago...cwm was corrupted and the fix was to download official rom which was chinese and put it onto my external sd card. Then pressing power/volume up forced the update which also reset the cwm and boot sector back to stock. After this I used the official 3.1 rom on this website to update with english version and market app then finally install cwm to use roms.whew it was painful and i cannotremember where i got the chinese rom from...so im only slightly helpful.
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There are many stock ROM links on this forum, I don't think he'll have a tough time finding one.
Thanks for sharing your fix for what appears to be the same situation.

Update
I am not able to put there any ROM, my last hope is that chinese, do you have some link on Multiupload (other site are blocked here).
Funny is, that i see lock screen, proper internet connection, mail marks, proper time and Charging still on 15% forever

Update 2
Looks like that battery is wrong, goes to service, thanks all for help and comments

Wait a second...
Had the exact same problem with failed ota update this morning - managed to resolve it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190478

Vega screen is unresponsive when cold

Hi all, hope someone can help me.
I've recently bought a refurbished Advent Vega from Curry/PC World Ebay outlet. I've installed ICS Custom rom onto it but am having a problem with the screen being unresponsive when the tablet is cold.
I know its not an issue with the rom as the same issue occurs with other roms including the vega's stock rom.
I believe it is some sort of heat problem, that when the device is cold (when it has been off all night) the screen is really unresponsive, to the point that the unlock slider won't move without pressing extremely hard on the screen, this still doesn't unlock but it does move around a little.
After a while the screen will gradually become more reponsive but still a bit jittery and then after a bit longer once it has warmed up a bit the screem works perfectly. If I charge the tablet it seems to fix it quicker but I believe this is due to the heat again as the battery charging heats the tablet up quite quickly.
I've read a couple of other articles about squeezing the left hand or right hand side of the tablet and many people say that this works but it doesn't for me.
Does anyone else have any other suggestions on how this can be fixed.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Try this shuttle test rom.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37483979/P10_image_20110411_v1.10.4_std_dev.exe
It was posted over on modaco by a guy called alex zhou.
Install the test rom with NVflash, it will calibrate the screen correctly on first boot (press the back button).
Then install recovery boot
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37483979/com.modaco.vegarecoveryboot_c2.apk
and boot to CWM recovery.
format data, cache, boot and system then turn off.
Now NVflash the test rom again, run it and calibrate the screen again.
Now install what ever rom you want and your problem should be gone
Good luck
Thanks to Ged over on modaco for the dropbox upload for the files.

Thanks so much for your help. Works perfectly well now thanks even when it is cold.

Your welcome, glad it fixed it.
The next release of vegaice will include a improved touchscreen driver that will correctly calibrate the screen but if the problem returns again just redo the above fix.
Richard

Hi Richard - I registered with XDA (after months of lurking) just so I could thank you for this same advice when you gave it to mmace. I now gather I can't thank anyone till I've posted at least once, so this is it - if I now can I'll thank you on both threads, FWIW.
Anyhoos, to make this more than just a "thank you note" I'll explain - I bought a Vega with an "unresponsive screen" very cheaply on eBay hoping I could at least make a cheap netbook of it with a keyboard/mouse - my Tosh Folio100 permits this more easily than the Vega, it transpires, as it defaults to USB host status. When it arrived I found an otherwise tidy tablet stuck in language selection and tried various roms in the hope that the USB could be enabled. ICS b1, unlike the others, showed some vestigial responsiveness on the screen itself so I started looking for a way to calibrate it - I didn't find Alex's posting on Modaco but when I found mmace's here I followed your instructions (resisting the temptation to just stick with Alex's rom once it fixed the screen completely!) and now (fingers crossed) have a fully working Vega for peanuts....
Please let me stress - when it arrived this Vega's touch screen was totally non-functioning, no amount of pressure or flexing of the case made any difference. In ICS the language selection would scroll but not select. After running Alex's rom the problem disappeared completely.
Two questions now occur to me -
1. Why the load/clear/reload/load regime? I followed it religiously but can't help wondering whether I couldn't have just skipped the clear and reload.
2. Why isn't it possible to run a standalone version of the recalibrator on an adhoc basis when required? - If the touch screen fails again once the tablet's been in use for a while this procedure will be far more of a nuisance.
Anyway, Richard, I thank you for the sage advice and my wife thanks you for her now having a tablet instead of a netbook. Only thing is, I was going to buy a new touch screen for my Tosh (which is 'starred') but since it would cost more than this now-perfect Vega I can no longer justify it.....

Thank you indeed.
My Vega has suffered from random screen badness since I first went to vegacomb.
I had to live with it by treating it like it was a baby not to be upset!! Otherwise the screen and the dummy went outta the pram.
Could anyone provide some more download links? as Richards dropbox is creating too much traffic and has been disabled for a while.
Sent from my Advent Vega with a screen like a slapped ass!

recovery boot problem with this method
hello
i have exactly the same issue as cboard with a vega probably bought at the same time!
i have followed richardmlea's post but seem to be having trouble with the vega recovery boot. I have installed it into the test rom with the file manager but when i run it it boots to recovery (android man with the orange arrow) but hangs here, if i eventually then press the power button it shows the vega recovery options but none of them work and just send me back to the android/orange arrow recovery screen. in the bottom of the recovery page it says something like
formatting: ... misc
i'm sure this will also solve my 'cold' vega problem so would be grateful of any help
thanks
keith

kiffmoore said:
hello
i have exactly the same issue as cboard with a vega probably bought at the same time!
i have followed richardmlea's post but seem to be having trouble with the vega recovery boot. I have installed it into the test rom with the file manager but when i run it it boots to recovery (android man with the orange arrow) but hangs here, if i eventually then press the power button it shows the vega recovery options but none of them work and just send me back to the android/orange arrow recovery screen. in the bottom of the recovery page it says something like
formatting: ... misc
i'm sure this will also solve my 'cold' vega problem so would be grateful of any help
thanks
keith
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Same issue here,
Also, tried to install CWM from Rom Manager but unable to gain root access?
Any suggestions to install CWM rather than the stock vega recovery?

Bad nand blocks
Glad it helped you all.
More Vega’s saved from the scrap heap; I can feel the ozone layer growing back as I type. I think I may burn a tree to celebrate.
x5starguerillaa said:
Same issue here,
Also, tried to install CWM from Rom Manager but unable to gain root access?
Any suggestions to install CWM rather than the stock vega recovery?
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This Issue is caused by block in the bad nand ram. The bad blocks you have are in the boot partition so recovery is not flashing correctly to the ram. If the bad nand where elsewhere (everyone has them to some degree) they would be causing a different problem.
The solution is to install a rom that re-partitions the nand differently (effectively moving the physical locations of the recovery and other partitions on the nand)
This was the reason 2 versions of Moddedstock were created. Moddedstock re-partitions Nand to make more space for larger versions of android (originally Vegacomb). Newbe5 discovered that altering the location and size of the boot and recovery partition fixed the problem for some but created the same problems for others. He created Moddedstock version 2 so there was a second version so people could have a second roll of the dice, so to speak.
All versions of VegaICS have the same partition layout as moddedstock version 2 (I think) but of regardless which is one now being used, there is only one base. This is why some people get stuck at the boot logo after installing Vegaics and others cant boot recovery.
Ideally we need 2 partition layouts again.
The solution for both of you above is not to install or boot CWM recovery after calibration on the factory test rom. Instead turn it off, put it in nvflash mode (back/power button thing) flash moddedstock and when booted select boot to recovery. If this fails any point (installing, booting or recovery) get the other version of moddedstock and try that one, one of them should work for you.
Good luck
Richard

I tried the shuttle test rom in my viewpad 10s with totally unresponsive touchscreen, but it didn't work. After hitting "back" button to start screen calibration, it jumped to setup screen and the touchscreen is still not working at all. Already tried to reflash the shuttle rom few times.
Any idea how to fix it? Thanks.

Answered on modaco thread
http://android.modaco.com/topic/352220-how-to-fix-touch-problemadvent-vega-p10-10s/
rchoi999 said:
I tried the shuttle test rom in my viewpad 10s with totally unresponsive touchscreen, but it didn't work. After hitting "back" button to start screen calibration, it jumped to setup screen and the touchscreen is still not working at all. Already tried to reflash the shuttle rom few times.
Any idea how to fix it? Thanks.
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Is it possible to restore a cwm backup after doing this or will that simply undo what this process fixes?
Edit: I'm running VegaICS Beta1 btw
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Thanks for advice on bad nand blocks Richard. I will give that a whirl later this evening.
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fubofo said:
Is it possible to restore a cwm backup after doing this or will that simply undo what this process fixes?
Edit: I'm running VegaICS Beta1 btw
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It depends on what you are referring to.
Restoring the CWM will not undo the touchscreen fix. However, most roms that are not android 2.2 (everything useful except corvus5) will fail to calibrate the screen properly*, so over time heat (and probably other things) cause the calibration to go off. Using the shuttle tools calibration app wont work properly.
Eduardo's new touchscreen driver fixes this problem so the calibration works correctly. Unfortunately this driver was made after Vegacomb beta 1 was released. There are a couple of updates that I know of (*one by Scanno one by Areo) that include the new touchscreen driver.
If your CWM backup contained this new Touchscreen driver, after you restore your backup you shouldn't have any further problems. You may occasionally loose calibration but the screen calibration app (in shuttle tools) will work correctly and the touchscreen will work again after calibration (so no need flash another rom).
If it’s the partition layout and the nand issue you are referring to.
A cwm backup won’t change the partition layout but will restore the contents of the recovery and boot partitions. The bad nand will still be there but in a different place (relative to the old partition layout). If the errors are somewhere critical the tablet may not boot after restoring the backup or boot to recovery may not work. If the errors are somewhere less critical it may not affect you at all. The bad blocks are common to all nand, as long as there are not too many they won’t cause any problems.

Thanks for getting back richard.
I do have the latest VegaICS beta1 installed along with the UpdatedApps patch and Kernel supplied by scanno. No my concern was not about the recovery partition issue, it was reference a full system backup from CWM.
So just to confirm:
I should be able to create a complete system backup (nandroid) then apply this fix? A nandroid restore should not undo the fix so long as I have the latest kernel installed (I believe I do), would that sound about right?
Sent from my Vega using XDA

Exactly right.
Fingers crossed anyway.
I only had to do the fix once, a few days later the new driver was released and I used it immediately. The only touchscreen related issue I have had since was a slight loss of calibration after I had been playing a game for about 4 hours. The screen had got very hot and started to loose accuracy. The screen calibration in shuttle tools restored normality in seconds and it hasn't happened since.
I have since put a sheet of Mylar between the LCD and the motherboard to deflect heat away from the touchscreen. This may have helped, its defiantly cooler.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585071

Great, thanks for that. I'll have a go and get back with any success. My screen has random sensitivity issues and regularly hits keys multiple times, gets a bit annoying after a while lol.
I take it the Vega tools you refer to is the shuttle tools app?
Sent from my Vega using XDA

fubofo said:
I take it the Vega tools you refer to is the shuttle tools app?
Sent from my Vega using XDA
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Doh!
Yes, do. I will change it to avoid confusion for anyone else.

richard's advice if you can't boot to recovery
hi richard
thanks for your further advice on bad nand blocks and booting into recovery, followed you further method and at present (touch wood!) the unresponsive 'cold' screen issue has been solved
appreciate your help saves me sending it back to currys ebay!
keith

Ive got a problem where after installing the P10_image_20110411_v1.10.4_std_dev rom, and rebooting into recovery. Im presented with this screen:
Code:
Android system recovery <3e>
Android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
_______________________________________________________
Formatting MISC.....
Now im able to highlight the options using the up/down volume keys but i cant select anything. The power button just hides all the options and the back button seems to do nothing.
Has anyone else come across this or got a resolution?

Galaxy Y white screen when starting device

Hi,
Today, I flashed Stock DXLF2 ROM because I want to port Ace-i-Sure ROM to my device. I was come from CM7 by PsychoGame. The device boots up, recovery mode works, in download mode white screen, but the device is recognized by odin.
Here is the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Naz-qtylmY
Do anybody have this White screen too? How to remove it?

Change your kernel ..it is corrupted
ps-AFAIK the param.lfs is corrupt
and
Wrong Section this should be in troubleshooting and Q&A section
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tom411 said:
Hi,
Today, I flashed Stock DXLF2 ROM because I want to port Ace-i-Sure ROM to my device. I was come from CM7 by PsychoGame. The device boots up, recovery mode works, in download mode white screen, but the device is recognized by odin.
Here is the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Naz-qtylmY
Do anybody have this White screen too? How to remove it?
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Hi,
I am having the same exact problem.
1. I installed Percy CM2 kernel.
2. Tried to install his CM7.2
3. Got "cant mount cache" error
4. Then Phone got bricked.
5. So installed stock ROM DDLF1
6. Now the white screen prob.
Did you solve this prob. Any solution.

Install a new krenel
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I solved it at last
I tried flashing all types of kernel both stocks and customs. But this problem continued. Then I tried using pit and bootloader files while flashing stock Rom DDMD1 from doky. Now this problem completely stopped.

white screen issue
csk213 said:
I tried flashing all types of kernel both stocks and customs. But this problem continued. Then I tried using pit and bootloader files while flashing stock Rom DDMD1 from doky. Now this problem completely stopped.
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i tried to root the device gt 7262, but ended in white screen issue, then I reflashed the the phone to fix the issue, now I ended in white sceen even on start up, I am also getting white screen on download mode, please kindly help me

[Q] No new ROM for me. Why?

So I have everything done that needs to be done, and when I try to install any of the ROMs available for the D801, it either get "install failed" message or it tells me the install was successful and I get a black screen after the T-Mo splash screen. I can restore backups but flashing doesnt work. Any ideas?

nicktheqwik82 said:
So I have everything done that needs to be done, and when I try to install any of the ROMs available for the D801, it either get "install failed" message or it tells me the install was successful and I get a black screen after the T-Mo splash screen. I can restore backups but flashing doesnt work. Any ideas?
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First of all, start with writing down for us what u actually did.
No one has a clue what u mean by "done everything that needs to be done".
What Recovery
What Rooting Method
What did u try to install...etc

Ah, sure. Sorry about that guys. Everything that needs to be done is rooted phone with IORoot, installed newest version of TWRP recovery, made nandroid backup. Tried installing CM 10.2, Buckeye, and Heatshiver 2.4 and 2.5. Again, sorry guys, I know this is kind of a specific hobby, I'll give more details.

I know when flashing roms I have to (using twrp) Do an advanced wipe.. wipe data system everything but internal storage then flash rom if I don't I get the lg power on screen then just a black screen with the led flashing at the top of the screen.. I'm on an at&t g2
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cant but into recovery after flashing

i got this error i tried another pc but the same and also tried twrp and another version of orange recovery
if i but into recovery manually i got black screen
please how to fix this??????

Since you've already flashed the recovery, simply boot to recovery manually, no need to try to boot the image (which doesn't seem to work on your device).

Didgeridoohan said:
Since you've already flashed the recovery, simply boot to recovery manually, no need to try to boot the image (which doesn't seem to work on your device).
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I TRIEd but got black screen

Ali997jabbar said:
I TRIEd but got black screen
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Back to stock 12.0.6

Huyhoang1996 said:
Back to stock 12.0.6
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i got back tp stock 12.0.6 but the screen not respond the touch screen didnt work
any other solution?

Ali997jabbar said:
i got back tp stock 12.0.6 but the screen not respond the touch screen didnt work
any other solution?
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Use twrp 3.5.2, if the touchscreen is not working in twrp. don't worry, press the power key a few times
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Your screen is novatek type. when you installing custom rom touch will not work or work incorrectly. please install Kernel StormBrecker r3(lime) after installing custom rom
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