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A500 updated to 3.2 somehow, now it barely works!

I don't know how it got updated, but it did. I wasn't running a custom rom or kernel or anything. It was just a stock a500.
Well now most of my apps force close, can't connect to Xda forums, wallpapers don't work, wifi barely works, etc.
Should I go back to bestbuy and exchange it? I've had it for less than a week. I just want one that works! I love this tablet though.
Fyi, order and chaos is pretty damn fun on our big screens, as is Contract killer zombies I miss playing them lol.
Any helpful advice is welcomed and thanked!
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Was it running 3.0 or 3.1 when you got it? If so it should have prompted you and asked you if you wanted to update.
The easiest thing, especially if you are new to the world of android, would be to exchange it at Best Buy. There are ways of fixing it, but that would involve reverting back to an older honeycomb version, rooting it and possibly installing a custom ROM.
Edit - It appears you are not new the the Android world. My bad...... You probably know a lot more than I do!
Was it always giving you errors, or did they all of a sudden just pop up?

It never promoted anything, it just asked me to update acer drivers or whatever so I did. Next thing I know I'm on 3.2
I never got errors until 2 or 3 days ago. I can't even post on the Xda app now!
I'll probably just exchange it. Ducks about my ghost armor though
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Why not just factory reset it?
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Would that take it back to 3.1?
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skatin707 said:
Would that take it back to 3.1?
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No it wouldn't!
Please ignore the man behind the curtain!
I think you got the new magicaly updating Iconia feature I heard about.
You'll have to downgrade before you can do anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227

kjy2010 said:
No it wouldn't!
Please ignore the man behind the curtain!
I think you got the new magicaly updating Iconia feature I heard about.
You'll have to downgrade before you can do anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
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Wonderfully useful post.
I was never promoted for an Android update, just acer updates. I've only had this thing for a week, not to mention i've never "officially" updated an Android devices.
I'm aware I would have to downgrade. How difficult is it? It seems pretty simple, but I've never done it before. Is all data wiped when you downgrade?
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The acer update was the android update.that is how it works with embedded devices.
Ooops.
Downgrade then wipe and install a rooted 3.2 you will be all happy again I promiss

skatin707 said:
I don't know how it got updated, but it did. I wasn't running a custom rom or kernel or anything. It was just a stock a500.
Well now most of my apps force close, can't connect to Xda forums, wallpapers don't work, wifi barely works, etc.
Should I go back to bestbuy and exchange it? I've had it for less than a week. I just want one that works! I love this tablet though.
Fyi, order and chaos is pretty damn fun on our big screens, as is Contract killer zombies I miss playing them lol.
Any helpful advice is welcomed and thanked!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
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First of all, please remove any task killers or "battery savers" you're using. These are pretty terrible for any android OS newer than 2.1. Try to stay away from them. You can get away with "passive" ones like as an example, Watchdog. But nothing that actively shuts down processes and such.
This isn't supposed to be possible, but do you happen to have any apps auto-moving other apps to the microSD card, or are you using any apps to do this manually? By design I don't think that can even be done inside of Honeycomb, but I'm aware that some apps 'force it'. If you do, move any and all apps on the microSD card back to the internal storage of the A500 - then remove the offending 'mover' app.
Stupid question, but have to tried powering the tablet off and back on? If not, let's try that first, shall we?
Second thing - if it's still force closing when it comes back up, try using the reset on the side of the unit. What I want is basically to have the tablet hard reset (the equivalent of removing the battery for a few seconds).
To do this put something in the little reset hole for 10 seconds or so while the unit is on, so you can see it reboot. Once it turns off you can remove the item from the hole.
Still force closing apps? Alrighty then, moving on:
If you are using a completely stock A500 (and yes, I did read that you said you are), then just factory reset it and you should be alright. It won't downgrade to 3.1, but why would you want it to? 3.2 is working great for many of us.
I'd love to get to the bottom of your force closes. But alas, that may be just a bit much to deal with for a new user so go ahead and do the factory reset.
To do a factory reset, go to Settings and then Privacy and the option is in there. I would remove the microSD if you have one inserted (it's not necessary, but just to rule anything out).
Since it's only a week old hopefully you don't have too many apps or settings invested in the tablet.
So to summarize:
1. Uninstall any and all task killers or battery savers
2a. Make sure you don't have any programs automatically moving apps to the microsd. Move any apps you have installed to the microSD back to the internal storage
2b. Remove the microSD card
3. Power cycle the device (then 4 if 3 doesn't work)
4. Hard reset the device (then 5 if 4 doesn't work)
5. Factory reset the device
If you factory reset and STILL get force closes when you're back up then unfortunately there's something wrong with either the core software (maybe a bad update) or the hardware. Return it in that case.
Good Luck. Please let me know how it goes.

I'm not new to Android, just new to this device.
I never use task killers.
No app2sd stuff.
Rebooted multiple times.
I've removed the SD card and even tried a different one.
Hard resets don't do anything for my problem.
Why would I want 3.1? To root it. 3.2 is useless to me without root. Apps like drive mount make this tablet much more useful, but they require root access.
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I would try to downgrade - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
From there you can install your own custom ROM. If it still gives you issues, factory reset (or load a ROM that looks stock) and exchange it

skatin707 said:
I'm not new to Android, just new to this device.
I never use task killers.
No app2sd stuff.
Rebooted multiple times.
I've removed the SD card and even tried a different one.
Hard resets don't do anything for my problem.
Why would I want 3.1? To root it. 3.2 is useless to me without root. Apps like drive mount make this tablet much more useful, but they require root access.
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Exactly! Currently there is no root for 3.2 on our device. Hence having to downgrade to 3.1, root, and install a pre-rooted 3.2 ROM. IMHO the stock based 3.2 ROMs are the most stable, and trouble free.
If you're not new to Android you should have no problem following the procedure.
Timmydean did a tut that's a little easier to follow here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539

I'll give it a go. Will I need a pc? I just sent my laptop to dell for warranty repairs /facepalm
I was about to install a custom rom when I found out I lost root anyway lol.
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skatin707 said:
I'll give it a go. Will I need a pc? I just sent my laptop to dell for warranty repairs /facepalm
I was about to install a custom rom when I found out I lost root anyway lol.
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Althought it is easier to do it with a computer (to get the files). You can download them straight to your tab, transfer the files over to your external SD card and away you go! I've installed a few ROMS without the help of my computer. Afterall, that's part of the reason why I got a Honeycomb tab, so I wouldn't have to rely on a computer unlike other "tablets" on the market LOL!

skatin707 said:
I'm not new to Android, just new to this device.
I never use task killers.
No app2sd stuff.
Rebooted multiple times.
I've removed the SD card and even tried a different one.
Hard resets don't do anything for my problem.
Why would I want 3.1? To root it. 3.2 is useless to me without root. Apps like drive mount make this tablet much more useful, but they require root access.
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Ah, sorry about that. You said you were running completely stock. Didn't know you had any interest in rooting.
Good luck.

skatin707 said:
I'm not new to Android, just new to this device.
I never use task killers.
No app2sd stuff.
Rebooted multiple times.
I've removed the SD card and even tried a different one.
Hard resets don't do anything for my problem.
Why would I want 3.1? To root it. 3.2 is useless to me without root. Apps like drive mount make this tablet much more useful, but they require root access.
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Maybe it would help if you remove all apps that require root access, FCs may be caused by them since you don't have root anymore. Actually you don't need root anymore to mount NTFS hdds - 3.2 took care for that. The one thing I need root now is to map the keys of my USB keyboard to my liking. Probably I'll flash a custom kernel when I feel the need for OC but still it runs everything I throw at it.
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I uninstalled them, or most of them at least. I'll continue looking for root apps.
I've got my hdd formatted to fat32 but my tablet still doesn't see it. I really wish it could, that's why I want drive mount to work so badly. I'm not sure why it's not working though. It did before, but now that there are files on it won't. If I can fix that, I'm fine waiting for ICS.
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so are you stuck with the stock bootloader? or can you download CWM and flash an alternate recovery? if you can do that (does that apk require root access??? I honestly do not know???) then there are all the stock and rooted OS's here on XDA somewere? if CWM does then cant you still get one of the older OS's (rename it update.zip) and flash it with the stock recovery image? if any of this is simplistic I appologize just trying to help, I should probably stay out of it and let the experts help...

I'm stuck with the stock bootloader. I never got a chance to flash a recovery.
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Never install Chainfire 3D Pro 3.3. JB Soft brick.

I apologize if this circumvents any rule and/or policy on this forum.
I just want to give people a heads up regarding Chainfire 3D Pro 3.3.
If you have JB, don't install it, I made the mistake of doing so and my P5100 ended up stuck on the boot screen.
Solution: Re-flashing.

Well the author does say " Now available for Honeycomb- but still a big risk there!!" So if you're running Honeycomb, that was a possibility.

Another solution, which I just did to my SGS2 with the new JB (and already had the CF-3D pro app installed so didn't see the market warnings) was to boot to (stock!) recovery, (home+volup+press power till get logo while still holding other keys for a bit longer) plug in USB to PC, run adb shell, then su, then
cd /system/lib
./cf3d_uninstall.sh
throws some errors but phone reboots and bingo.

You might try clearing cache and dalvik in recovery too. Its no guarantee, but it can help with boot loop issues depending on the cause.
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For normal non root apps, yes, but won't help in this case, since Chainfire 3D isn't putting anything much in data or cache, all the main modifications are /system/lib which clearing cache won't help at all...
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tonymy01 said:
For normal non root apps, yes, but won't help in this case, since Chainfire 3D isn't putting anything much in data or cache, all the main modifications are /system/lib which clearing cache won't help at all...
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Unless its conflicting with something else. Then it could help. Still less likely, but its free, easy, and won't hurt so its worth trying. Something could have gotten botched on the install too. It could be a Google play cache issue. (Its probably not)
I've fixed plenty of stuff in my life by doing things that shouldn't work.
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Installing the app isn't causing the non boot, it is going into the app and pressing the option to get it to, via root, modify the system to put new surface flinger drivers in. It is these drivers, which are in system, which causes the non (full) boot on JB. No amount of any cache or even factory reset will fix up /system modifications. Just good thing it has a driver uninstaller which can be run from adb shell.
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tonymy01 said:
Installing the app isn't causing the non boot, it is going into the app and pressing the option to get it to, via root, modify the system to put new surface flinger drivers in. It is these drivers, which are in system, which causes the non (full) boot on JB. No amount of any cache or even factory reset will fix up /system modifications. Just good thing it has a driver uninstaller which can be run from adb shell.
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Ooooohhh!! Yeah thats different. I read the op as if he just installed it and got bootloops. I didnt realize it wasnt until after he used it.
My bad!
In that case this is a lesson in why you should always make a nandroid before messing with system files.
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Meyby next udpate fix that problem ;/

help solution
dosbalbin said:
I apologize if this circumvents any rule and/or policy on this forum.
I just want to give people a heads up regarding Chainfire 3D Pro 3.3.
If you have JB, don't install it, I made the mistake of doing so and my P5100 ended up stuck on the boot screen.
Solution: Re-flashing.
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think that u didn't have a clean flash after u installed ur app which uses ur root permisssion

dosbalbin said:
I apologize if this circumvents any rule and/or policy on this forum.
I just want to give people a heads up regarding Chainfire 3D Pro 3.3.
If you have JB, don't install it, I made the mistake of doing so and my P5100 ended up stuck on the boot screen.
Solution: Re-flashing.
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Apps have descriptions which are often useful if read ^_~
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Any Wanna help me fix mine?
I am stuck in bootloop now, And :WipeData: Didn't work neither did Using the reset externally Tried flashing stock but RCK Just Loads a dead droid. Any tips Msg me On skype at slade228

Ohno!i installed it and my phone bricked.how can i unbrick it?
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Flash a new rom. And why you have used ist? I mean chainfire wright it in the description that only gingerbread should install this.

There is a driver uninstaller you can run from adb shell from recovery, if you don't want to flash a new system partition or full rom again.
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it is such a pitty that CF 3D doesnt work on any 4.1+ rom :/
I was using it on my phone on ICS,but its devs are obviously not making it compatible with 4.1 and 4.2

Can some make Chainfire change the thing in the play store so it appears as "imcompatable"?

Luigi2012SM64DS said:
Can some make Chainfire change the thing in the play store so it appears as "imcompatable"?
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It's in the description, the user's must only read.

Dexxmor said:
It's in the description, the users must only read.
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Sadly, you are asking a lot.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

That's true, 90 percent of the people can not read......

New Software downloading... Stock

So LG decided to update software. Is downloading now, i'm curious what version will be.
I think i will lose root and custom recovery after installing.

crissx said:
So LG decided to update software. Is downloading now, i'm curious what version will be.
I think i will lose root and custom recovery after installing.
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Probably really minor. I hope for a QRemote update
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crissx said:
So LG decided to update software. Is downloading now, i'm curious what version will be.
I think i will lose root and custom recovery after installing.
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I hope its a patch to fix the annoying blue line.

EdenGottlieb said:
Probably really minor. I hope for a QRemote update
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It's 117.38 MB, but it's slow..slow dwl.

System ROM is 2GB so its unlikely to be anything significant
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It will not install if you have custom recovery. Will reboot only in recovery. I had to restore to my latest back-up (edit: and same thing ) I think i will revert to stock.
This update : Apps enhancement.

Which base? Still jelly bean 4.2.2?

Can someone make a flashbacks zip we can update the new changes via twrp. Or cwm?
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No new update for mine as of yet.
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err:0x13E
I downloaded the update files and rebooted the tablet but at 3% it gives me this error err:0x13E . After that the tablet was restarted and booted on android and shows me that the tablet is suspected of rooting and cannot be updated.I have android 4.2.2 stock firmware with root access What can i do?

Installed the upgrade but have no idea what the changes are.

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I downloaded the update files and rebooted the tablet but at 3% it gives me this error err:0x13E . After that the tablet was restarted and booted on android and shows me that the tablet is suspected of rooting and cannot be updated.I have android 4.2.2 stock firmware with root access What can i do?
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shadowgolf said:
Installed the upgrade but have no idea what the changes are.
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Just downloaded the latest update via Wi-Fi no problems about 10 -15 min
There two LG updates /
One of them is a New Application called drive which seem a bit like a cloud system or organiser
The other is the weather widget now shows temp in Red
Sorry "No Kit Kat " :crying:

brian566 said:
There two LG updates /
One of them is a New Application called drive which seem a bit like a cloud system or organiser The other must be a App update
:crying:
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Thanks for letting us know.
That sounds incredibly boring.
*yawn*

brian566 said:
One of them is a New Application called drive which seem a bit like a cloud system or organiser
:crying:
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Is "Drive" its exact and complete name? I don't seem to have got that, it might be market-specific... Are you sure you are not mixing it up with Drive from Google?

Drive
xdapao3 said:
Is "Drive" its exact and complete name? I don't seem to have got that, it might be market-specific... Are you sure you are not mixing it up with Drive from Google?
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Yes it is google drive but i have not downloaded it was not there before the update

Got this "V50010B" update via OTA yesterday (in Italy on an Italian G Pad).
Things I have noticed so far are they have corrected a couple of bugs: tap sounds randomly muted and then randomly working again (I have them on) and a bug where you have the "Auto-show the Remote in the lockscreen when on some AP" option ON and the time widget would "multiply", over time.
P.S. I didn't lose root and I forgot to disable Xposed before updating but it hasn't affected anything. Everything works perfectly well after the update.

I have noticed two changes after the update.
1. Screen seems to be brighter on minimum brightness. Those who was crying for the 7 led's leek, can be happy.
2. If you lock screen rotation, it will be locked on the current position, instead of going back to portrait mode. Now you can lie on your side, and use the tab on landscape:good: !

brian566 said:
Yes it is google drive but i have not downloaded it was not there before the update
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Oh.. OK. They must have made it a "system app" now whereas it wasn't before :good:
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Furmint said:
2. If you lock screen rotation, it will be locked on the current position, instead of going back to portrait mode. Now you can lie on your side, and use the tab on landscape:good: !
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Good to know! The few times I lock the screen (of both my smartphone and my tablet) I usually need it in portrait but I have always found VERY STUPID this behaviour some makers/devices have of locking the orientation always and only in portrait!!
My Note II unfortunately has it, I didn't notice the G Pad had it too (I have probably never tried to lock it in landscape, so far) but I am very glad it hasn't anymore! :good:

I still haven't got the update as of noon eastern time today. Do they push it in waves or something?
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For anyone tryed to flash the update with TWRP recovery and stuck into "recovery bootloop" just do this.
1)Boot into recovery
2)Go to "Advanced" and then "Terminal Command" and choose root folder.
3)Type this and then hit enter. TRY TO TYPE IT RIGHT OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
PS:Without this command even restore will not work
Ps2:Credits to the thecubed

Vpn on NST glow g1

Is it possible to connect to a.vpn on a rooted NST glow gen1?
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Nova5 said:
Is it possible to connect to a.vpn on a rooted instead glow gen1?
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Are we talking about the Simple Touch or the Simple Touch Glow model here?

stupid autocorrecting keyboard.. Instead WAS supposed to be NST. And with the Glow Gen1 added on...
Nook Simple Touch Glow (First generation with the SD card)
And now of course long after it was rooted it had some hard crash when I picked a "com.android.settings" entry from Nook Tools (I think that where I saw it) that has messed it up. It did a factory reset on its own from the crash. Now it won't go past "Registering your device". Been rooted for about a year.

Try resetting it by holding both bottom page turn buttons while powering it on, much easier way to factory reset than the 8 failed boot attempts. If that doesn't work why can't you just boot into cwm and restore a nandroid? Yeah as many of us can attest, read and re-read the thread on what actually works properly with nook color tools. :banghead:
OB
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Button command to get it into CWM during boot?
I did the forced factory reset last night. same hang point.

Did you copy the cwm image to a micro SD and make a nandroid after rooting? Most people just leave it on the card, you just insert it and power up into recovery, really not much need to actually replace the stock recovery. If you don't have that did you make a backup with nook manager before rooting?
OB
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OverByter said:
Did you copy the cwm image to a micro SD and make a nandroid after rooting? Most people just leave it on the card, you just insert it and power up into recovery, really not much need to actually replace the stock recovery. If you don't have that did you make a backup with nook manager before rooting?
OB
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I had to clear the card because I use it for the book storage media.

Nova5 said:
I had to clear the card because I use it for the book storage media.
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That's unfortunate, I kept the 2GB card with Nook manager and the gapps package along with the virgin system backup so I can go back to completely stock by just booting from the card and restoring the original image, use an 8 GB card with cwm and numerous nandroids to roll back to for when I run into problems with apps or settings without having to unroot, and then the 32 GB for storage. After you rooted did you make a backup and transfer it to your pc before wiping the card?
OB
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By this time it probably got dumped on a clean up of the drives as its been running stable.

thenookieforlife3 said:
So...?
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dumped/deleted/history/dead'n'gone.

thenookieforlife3 said:
So now what?
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why are you asking me? I am trying to reroot and see if that patches whatever wigged out but that didn't seem to help. I can call up button savior but its ineffective right now. the B'n'N setup wizard stays on screen.

Nova5 said:
why are you asking me? I am trying to reroot and see if that patches whatever wigged out but that didn't seem to help. I can call up button savior but its ineffective right now. the B'n'N setup wizard stays on screen.
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Have you tried booting with NookManager and doing a factory reset from there?
If not, I'd try that.

thenookieforlife3 said:
Have you tried booting with NookManager and doing a factory reset from there?
If not, I'd try that.
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Thanks! NookManager's factory image restore vs the Nooks own Factory Reset did it. I was missing a few graphical elements I had not noticed. No decline on the T'n'C, no numbers in the upper right corner.
Now to reroot and see to the original post reason...
VPN.. Is it possible?
I have to experiment with my phone being the intermediary. It'll be a hotspot and it can tie to my VPN. Maybe the phone connecting to the VPN and hosting a hotspot will let it slip through that way. Dunno. If I can get the nook to do VPN directly that would be better.

Nova5 said:
Thanks! NookManager's factory image restore vs the Nooks own Factory Reset did it. I was missing a few graphical elements I had not noticed. No decline on the T'n'C, no numbers in the upper right corner.
Now to reroot and see to the original post reason...
VPN.. Is it possible?
I have to experiment with my phone being the intermediary. It'll be a hotspot and it can tie to my VPN. Maybe the phone connecting to the VPN and hosting a hotspot will let it slip through that way. Dunno. If I can get the nook to do VPN directly that would be better.
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Glad it worked! Could I get a post thank for that?
BTW, don't forget to re-update your software to 1.2.1 before rooting again (because the reset brought it back to 1.1.5).
I'll do some research/testing on the actual VPN issue. I don't know much about it.

I don't recall if android 2.1 had VPN natively or not. Most the VPN apps I see connect to a specific services. I need to connect to my own. I need to poke around later to see what I find.
Ginger protected soul - Tapatalk

I have a habit of rating apps that beg for reviews with one star, regardless of how good the app is..
Ginger protected soul - Tapatalk

Plus.. currently on my phone.
Ginger protected soul - Tapatalk

Okay, we'll running VPN on the phone and running a hotspot on the phone did not work. Phones software isn't built to work that way. Digging through the digital ether I go for a VPN software package that'll work on the nook.
Ginger protected soul - Tapatalk

"Vpn menu" did not work. It is supposed to bring up the built in menu, since it doesn't I have to guess that was removed from the nook and the root package glownooter did not reinstall it. Had hoped it was just hidden away and vpn menu would access it.
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FEATVPN reports that L2TP is not properly implemented on the device and it won't work at all. Rooted Anyconnect from Cisco just drops back to the desktop as it were when run. VPN seems crippled on the nook. Oh well.. looks like a no go via the nook.
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Can't upgrade from 2.2

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Help, I downgraded from 2.3 to 2.2 for various reasons,but now when I try to upgrade again I just get the pink screen ,if I try using the option from settings/storage,it says key data couldn't be backed up , the installation will stop. Also if I boot into the system it runs fine for about a minute then locks up completely so I can't even continue to use it in 2.2 can anyone advise ?
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Try to put the 2.3 dload folder to a sd card, then remove the battery, plug in a USB cable to the computer and the phone, volume up+down+power (if I remember right lol). See if it will update that way.

no, that's the usual way I've been flashing it, I can get to the image folder ,but it won't boot into recovery either
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totsy1972 said:
no, that's the usual way I've been flashing it, I can get to the image folder ,but it won't boot into recovery either
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Odd. Maybe try to flash the ICS pink screen unlocker? I had weird issues at some point too, then I flashed that and the problems went away. Afterwards flash ICS.

Just tried that,still no luck,it doesn't even get to the unpacking screen,it just stays pink. beginning to think its beyond repair
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totsy1972 said:
Just tried that,still no luck,it doesn't even get to the unpacking screen,it just stays pink. beginning to think its beyond repair
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I think it's still possible to fix it. I was loosing hopes too, but I messed around with it anyway and got it working. Just try different dload's, different methods and maybe you'll get it running. Maybe other users will have some ideas too.

CrysisLTU said:
I think it's still possible to fix it. I was loosing hopes too, but I messed around with it anyway and got it working. Just try different dload's, different methods and maybe you'll get it running. Maybe other users will have some ideas too.
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I've been trying all different ways, this is what I get when trying it from storage menu
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@Moihack maybe you have any ideas? You've written this to me before:
Moihack said:
As long as your phone still gets power and pink/blue screen shows there is nothing to be afraid of yet,since this isn't a hardbrick.
Contact me on hangouts telling me what you have done resulting in the above issue.
I have bricked my u8800pro in every possible way both soft and hard brick (thank god warranty was still active back then).
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Hi there!
I think when you upgrade from software menu there is an option for data back-up.
Uncheck this option and the error should go away.
Also what do you mean with this: "Also if I boot into the system it runs fine for about a minute then locks up" ?
What do you mean it locks up? Touchscreen is not responsive for example?
My suggestions:
1) Do a factory reset and then check if you can upgrade
2) Try re-installing your recovery(use cwm 5.0.27 by geno for best compatibility) or even replace the whole image folder with the froyo one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146856
Your phone is not beyond repair that's for sure. Since it boots fine.

Moihack said:
Hi there!
I think when you upgrade from software menu there is an option for data back-up.
Uncheck this option and the error should go away.
Also what do you mean with this: "Also if I boot into the system it runs fine for about a minute then locks up" ?
What do you mean it locks up? Touchscreen is not responsive for example?
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I haven't noticed an option for data backup,will check again later on. And yes when it locks up touch screen becomes unresponsive and none of the buttons respond either. Also when I try to enter recovery ,both custom and stock, it displays the kernel logo then vibrates with a black screen for a second then back to kernel logo and continues to boot.
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Ok guys,I copied over the stock image folder and now it works ok, however I still can't upgrade from froyo. At least I can use it again though so thanks for your help, its much appreciated. Incidentally, there wasn't an option to back up data when upgrading, but that error has now gone, except it now just reboots instead, so I will just keep trying.
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[Edit] Finally I've managed to upgrade to GB , had to put both step 1 and step 2 in the same dload folder and it worked. So cheers for the tips

You've put all steps in one folder?

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You've put all steps in one folder?
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Steps 1&2 in dload folder ,step 2 renamed to UPDATE_G.APP.
Didn't use step 3 as I was updating to ICS after that
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