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[Q] Question: Acer Aspire P3

Greetings,
just purchased Acer Aspire P3..Anyone who uses this Device? does this needs to be root/jailbreak? or what mods can we do for this device?
http://www.acer.com/aspirep3/en_US/

Its a normal x86 device, no jailbreak or mods required. Has its own thread somewhere already I think.

i cannot find any thread that says Acer Aspire p3...
anyone can give me the link?

lampz said:
i cannot find any thread that says Acer Aspire p3...
anyone can give me the link?
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I managed to have Android 4.2.2 Working on my Aspire P3,
I will try to post a tutorial, keep posted

Could you write toturial. Especially how to get to work vol+ vol- when choosing the system during boot.
I did like in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42502143
Everything works except the buttons (vol+) and can not do without an external keyboard to choose the system (win or android).
Thank you.

waliej said:
Could you write toturial. Especially how to get to work vol+ vol- when choosing the system during boot.
I did like in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42502143
Everything works except the buttons (vol+) and can not do without an external keyboard to choose the system (win or android).
Thank you.
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You can use a usb hub and plug both keyboard and flash drive
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I managed to install android 4.2.2 but one of the cameras is not working, couldn't edit build.prop, but reading other posts refering to iconia W700, they change DPI from somewhere else. My knowledge and english are limited, if anyone could help will be very thanked. Android runs smoothly on my tablet

i still got my acer aspire p3 but its getting slow... i dont know why..
what maintenance do we have to do?
should we upgarde to 8.1? or stay 8.0?

Yes you should upgrade to 8.1

acer aspire p3 recovery
last week i formatted my acer aspire p3 without saving or backing up my windows 8 os now im having trouble with the bluetooth keyboard connection. pc and keyboard wont connect though drivers were all installed correctly. i dont have the recovery disc since i bought it online and already used. is there any work around that ive been missing after updating the os to 8.1 , uninstalling and reinstalling bt for so many times without success? or can anyone share a link onto where i can download free the recovery disc or alikes.
TIA

edreab86 said:
last week i formatted my acer aspire p3 without saving or backing up my windows 8 os now im having trouble with the bluetooth keyboard connection. pc and keyboard wont connect though drivers were all installed correctly. i dont have the recovery disc since i bought it online and already used. is there any work around that ive been missing after updating the os to 8.1 , uninstalling and reinstalling bt for so many times without success? or can anyone share a link onto where i can download free the recovery disc or alikes.
TIA
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Did you try to install Acer's drivers (available on it's website) ?

I've just installed Chromium OS on my P3. If anyone is interested, it's with "cloud ready".
Everything works great (Wifi, Bluetooth, battery, sound, video, touchscreen).
(I haven't tested the cameras yet).

[Q] Mojo won't connect to PC and lacks sound! Help!

So i just got my MOJO and was in the process of rooting it but, i can't seem to get windows 7 to recognize the device when i connect it by USB. It always shows up as "unknown device". How do i get Windows 7 to recognize it?
Also i have another problem regarding sound....there isn't any. When i load up a video on the MOJO, or just try to do anything that would have sound, theres nothing. I have the sound at MAX using the CTRL gamepad controls. Still, nothing.
I knew the MOJO was going to be one of those devices you have to fight with in order to get it to do what you want but, this is worse than i expected.
Help?

It really is a terrible experience out of the box. We know who to blame Mad Catz!

For Windows to recognize it, you have to install ADB Drivers, try the ones from teamandroid: www teamandroid .com/download-android-usb-drivers/
You will have to locate the device in the windows device manager and install the drivers manually.
But you can root the mojo without conencting it to the pc. you can root it with towelroot (Version 1). you have to search with google for the apk. the newest version (3) and v2 won't work.
After that you can use Flashify to flash a custom recovery.
For the sound: do you have another hdmi slot at your tv? this sounds like a connection problem.

Pitey said:
For Windows to recognize it, you have to install ADB Drivers, try the ones from teamandroid: www teamandroid .com/download-android-usb-drivers/
You will have to locate the device in the windows device manager and install the drivers manually.
But you can root the mojo without conencting it to the pc. you can root it with towelroot (Version 1). you have to search with google for the apk. the newest version (3) and v2 won't work.
After that you can use Flashify to flash a custom recovery.
For the sound: do you have another hdmi slot at your tv? this sounds like a connection problem.
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Connecting it to the PC is (supposed)to be the EASY way though. Also....i don't see the mojo listed among the devices on that link you mentioned. Which one should i download??

PSP-Fan said:
Connecting it to the PC is (supposed)to be the EASY way though. Also....i don't see the mojo listed among the devices on that link you mentioned. Which one should i download??
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Try the driver from Samsung.
If they don't work, use the universal adb drivers: github.com/koush/UniversalAdbDriver
Towelroot would be much easier, you just install the App and klick one button (but only v1 works with mojo)

Pitey said:
Try the driver from Samsung.
If they don't work, use the universal adb drivers: github.com/koush/UniversalAdbDriver
Towelroot would be much easier, you just install the App and klick one button (but only v1 works with mojo)
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Thanks for the reply but i've tried all towelroot 1.0 as well as 3.0 and it did NOT work. I got an error saying, "This phone isn't currently supported". No matter which version i try.
Edit: Ok got it working! Turns out i was attempting the V2.0 & V3.0 versions. There are plenty of sites out there that would claim to have v1.0. However, once i downloaded and installed it, i'd see a "v2" or "v3" at the top of the screen.
In the end, I had to do a google search for a towelroot spefically for MOJO. Only then did i finally come across a site that had a legit v1.0.

PSP-Fan said:
Thanks for the reply but i've tried all towelroot 1.0 as well as 3.0 and it did NOT work. I got an error saying, "This phone isn't currently supported". No matter which version i try.
Edit: Ok got it working! Turns out i was attempting the V2.0 & V3.0 versions. There are plenty of sites out there that would claim to have v1.0. However, once i downloaded and installed it, i'd see a "v2" or "v3" at the top of the screen.
In the end, I had to do a google search for a towelroot spefically for MOJO. Only then did i finally come across a site that had a legit v1.0.
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Good job! I'm glad it worked in the end.
I also had to search a long time to find the correct tr version. But you will never need it again, once it's rooted. if you want to go back to stock, you can flash the original firmware with twrp, too!

Pitey said:
Good job! I'm glad it worked in the end.
I also had to search a long time to find the correct tr version. But you will never need it again, once it's rooted. if you want to go back to stock, you can flash the original firmware with twrp, too!
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Here was the thread it was in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mad-catz-mojo/development/root-mojo-towelroot-one-click-t2799712
And the link for V1.0 in case anyone wants it. It was tough to find:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oxrryya4ffs4w6u/tr-1.apk

Ok so after a few hard weeks messing with this device, i've figured out ways to fix all its quirks, except for one: Not being able to connect to Pc. Thats annoying. I don't like having to remove my Micro SD card everytime i want to add more files.
Especially since this device was deigned in such a way that, its virtually impossible to remove without first removing the HDMI cable first. As they are sooooo CLOSE together.
Any suggestions for drivers? I just need it to function like a plain USB mass storage device, so i can access my Micro SD card on the Pc.

Yeah, the microSD is a pain to remove.. but I never need to touch it.
I don't understand why you want to access the SD via PC as a USB device?
To access the sdcard over wifi I use a SambaDroid server on the mojo pointed to the sdcard.. it works.

gwaldo said:
Yeah, the microSD is a pain to remove.. but I never need to touch it.
I don't understand why you want to access the SD via PC as a USB device?
To access the sdcard over wifi I use a SambaDroid server on the mojo pointed to the sdcard.. it works.
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I want to be able to freely connect my MOJO by USB and drag & drop files at will to the Micro SD, without having to physically remove the Micro SD card each time (which also means unplugging the HDMI every time!!).
So far i'm enjoying the MOJO console as i've found fixes for every other problem i've run into. This is the only one that continues to elude me. I had not thought about the possibility of my Pc being able to connect remotely though wi-fi, to access the MOJO storage. This might be yet another out-of-the-box fix for me. Can you explain more about how this is done??

PSP-Fan said:
I had not thought about the possibility of my Pc being able to connect remotely though wi-fi, to access the MOJO storage. This might be yet another out-of-the-box fix for me. Can you explain more about how this is done??
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Not sure why you want to have a USB on the MOJO that way... the idea of MOJO(or any other topset box) is to keep it online next to your TV, I used to plug USB thumb drives into it.. but you never want to change microSD cards.. same like on a phone or tablet really.
Just install this on mojo:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sambadroid&hl=en
You can configure it so it shares a folder (google how to share folders on windows or youtube sambadroid).
You can use just the microSD (i think it's /mnt/card1) or the internal storage(i think /storage) or both using just /
I wouldn't do just / though.
It's pretty easy, just replicates windows file sharing and works well.

How do I format storage e.g. HDD and/or SSD using Android 6.0.1?

Greetings,
I have:
1. 'Nexus 6P' build 'MHC19Q' 'Android O.S. 6.0.1' with/ April 16' security patch.
2. Storage media = '500G Seagate Momentus XT. The small 2.5" hybrid drive runs i.e. powers on and is accessible using the various file browsers e.g. ES File Browser & True Commander as opposed to the (4) 3.5" HDD (2) w/ Sata and (2) IDE that all appear to need more power.
3. USB-C <-> Serial ATA..., connects the mobile smartphone media; 'Nexus 6P' to my hybrid / hard disk drive [HDD] w/ SSD.
USB Type C "cable to connect them all" right? Well Google, what next? I bought the adapters which I could have done before and as a developer what are we developing? Can this Huawei / Google device / smartphone compete with the well known competition e.g. Apple, and Samsung? I'm rooting for you! I really am and willing to join the team too. What I want to see as a consumer is to easily be able to UNLOCK my phone from big brothers network a.k.a. AT&T and the other yahoos ROOT my device. This is what I expected and anticipated leading up to this launch. Is this excitement meant to happen or was I just having sweet nothings proverbially whispered into my ear by the Oogie man?
My challenge or question (however you want to take it, is how does one go about formatting a drive; specifically NTSF or the older FAT 32 to suitablely prepare a copy of Windows to complete a ROOT process? Mind-you, the latest Android version I'm running is 6.0.1. with the April 2, 2016 security patch. Any help would be much appreciated.
In closing, I have searched for a method to ROOT this Huawei Google Nexus 6P using another Android to connect to this one but didn't find a way yet. Please let's find one if there isn't one ready in place. Thanks!
Do no harm and Fulfill thine oaths.
Yours truly,
Daniel A. Palmquist

You can't, the commands can't be done from within Android. You will need a PC or Laptop running some Operating System:
Linux
MAC
Windows.
Then you will need to install the Android SDK so you can execute the commands necessary to root your device.
It's fully explained in this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

Thank you Dratslablive
Thank you for your quick response... Thank you very much!

DigitalVapor said:
Thank you for your quick response... Thank you very much!
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Are you just trying to root your nexus 6p?

Root; one of my objectives
toknitup420 said:
Are you just trying to root your nexus 6p?
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Root a Nexus 6P MHC19Q, yes. I had a PC HD hybrid with Solid State (Seagate Momentus XT) and 4 other hard drives that I've had over the past 10 years. Well they have all eventually gone to Sh*# with bootloader failures etc. I was able to plug into the Seagate using my SATA to USB-C adapter to get the files off of it. Since I had no other working HD nor another copy of Windows I was wondering if there was a way to format the drive directly from my Android in order to load up an OS to it. Since that was explained to be impossible in the first response to me I just went to the Comp store bought another Windows disk to do everything from that. It's ok I got it all working now it just cost me over hundred dollars to do it.
Now I have all my files backed up on the Seagate Hard-Drive running Windows with the Factory Image for Nexus 6P MHC19Q Adb fastboot etc. I've never done this before and am pretty excited. I used to jailbreak iPhones before but left Apple long ago for Android whom I feel will soon take the lead. GO ANDROID! I also have the TWRP custom recovery and SuperSU 2.66 ROOT PKG from chainfire.
Am I ready to do this?

You probably want the latest version of SuperSU found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133
If you want Systemless Root, which allows Android Pay to work with root, do the following before flashing the SU.zip file
Open Terminal in TWRP
echo "SYSTEMLESS=true" >> /data/.supersu
When you flash the latest SU zip, it will read that file and then perform a systemless root, ie; root without modifying the system partition.

Yoga Book (WINDOWS) - Unable to boot

Hi guys,
I've a problem with Lenovo Yoga Book with Windows 10.
I'm not able to startup windows and after boot, it say Reparing Autmatic Repair that fails as well the recovery from boot menu that say "there was a problem on restart your pc".
Do you have any suggestion? is present the recovery media file do reloaded all?
in Lenovo webpage there's no info about it as well on chat support I don't get any support to fix my issue.
I don't want to be honest send the tablet to the service because it's a sofware issue that could be easly fixed by reinstalling the tab.
thanks a lot in advance for all your input and suggestion

Yoga book windows, unable to boot
I have the same problem, the yoga book shows a problem and ask to click restart, but neither the keyboard or the screen is working.
Did you fix it?

Eljosemata said:
I have the same problem, the yoga book shows a problem and ask to click restart, but neither the keyboard or the screen is working.
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Use Sandman45654's amazing tutorial on how to resurrect your YB.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/windows-guide-creating-windows-10-t3718823
Without all that you would need at least an external Keyboard and plenty of drivers to make it work...

jamespmi said:
Use Sandman45654's amazing tutorial on how to resurrect your YB.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/windows-guide-creating-windows-10-t3718823
Without all that you would need at least an external Keyboard and plenty of drivers to make it work...
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Thank you for your help. I could boot windows using the recovery option, it was quickly and very easy, However, I don't have the drivers.
Is there a way to install the drivers using the rar posted by Sandsman? or where can I download the drivers, or an utility that auto install them.
Regards!

Eljosemata said:
Is there a way to install the drivers using the rar posted by Sandsman? or where can I download the drivers, or an utility that auto install them.
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Sure. One by one. You can download them from Lenovo
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/es/en/products/Tablets/Yoga-Series/YOGA-Book
Sandsman's solution or search the Forum, there is a Thread with the listing...

Storage issue on Chromecast with GoogleTV

Hi I run into a problem on Chromecast with GoogleTV. I tried to add Wireguard to it - app installed from playstore with no issue but im not abble to access storage device in any way. I get error "No application can handle this" - i tried same apk on Nvidia shield and is working with no problem. Any idea how to solve this issue> Maybe I need sideload some app to Chromecast with GoogleTV