yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] marto9067:
hi, i have HTC HD2 with NAND android with magldr,and yesterday the phone show me sime error,I don't remeber what was,i have onle "Force Stop" botton,but the error shows again and again,and i turn the restart but. and the phone die :D,Now i can't turn it on,is there a way to activate magldr,the phone don;t recognise the USB cable ,the battery is full...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sasabo:
a cant go to bootloader the volume key not work!What to do,please
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sasabo:
hey anybody here??????????????????
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] showlyshah:
Open it fix the volume key hardware prob, will be a help for u in future too. No other solutn i have got
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bbot3k:
I'm using typhoon cm7 and I can't get the usb tethering to work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] azer0:
I might be wrong but that's a question you should ask your rom developer instead.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] omarjh:
after upgrading my spl 1 in htc hermes (i mate jasjam) to spl 2.1 then install wm 6.1 the wifi is not working.

I can't turn on wifi. When I touch in switch it do not on. I already made several hard resets and this does not result.

some one solve that problem in this Thread:

http://xdaforums.com/show...490681&page=34

****ok finaly it's all ok

i have read an eeprom good

so here the solution

load in your trinity olipro1.30

open trin100.nb with an hex editor

at 1b810 and 1b820 replace htxxxx.. with your s/n (htxxyyxxxxx)

at 1f850 replace aa with your mac address remember is on revers (real mac : 00-01-02-03-04-05-06 write on 6d 54 06 05 04 03 02 01 00

save file

now into bootloader

task 32

password BsaD5SeoA

lnb trin100.nb 500a0000 40000

reset

and enjoy****

but the problem that this thread for htc trinity and i have imate jasjam

i have maked the same step and when want to convert the "nb" file in mtty i write this command:

lnb trin100.nb 500a0000 400

mtty told me:

unkonwn cmd command!!

some one asked the same qusition and they told him:"you have had olipro1.30 in your mobile" and i can not find olipro1.30 for jasjam

pleas i need your help!!!!!
[Nexus S General] Romeo Mike:
Need a new sim tray board, as mine is buggered! Willing to buy broken phone to harvest, or alternatively if anyone know were I can get one that would be great. Already found globaldirectparts.com but they have been out of stock for months. Cheers!
[Nexus S General] kms108:
you can always contact samsung.
[Nexus S General] Romeo Mike:
^tried that but they wont send or sell me the board. No idea why, it so easy to change!
[Nexus S General] kms108:
i can try looking in china shenzhen for you, but you will need to wait till the 28th.

are you sure it's that part, do you have a photo of it.
[Nexus S General] Romeo Mike:
Not allowed to post images yet, PMed you the photo. Be amazing if you found one :)
[Nexus S General] kms108:
have'nt found the parts you need, found others, will keep looking for you, will be back to china on the 8th or 9th.
[Nexus S General] blackmamba:
I'd like one as well if you find it :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tefnut:
Looking some utube review ther's an home button on the left side of the screen.

Is it true or it's an old version of the device?

example video : Wdk0KDubJSs

i cna't post direct link :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JROCxvl:
Its an old version of the device before they had honeycomb to put on it. Froyo needed the button.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tefnut:
ouch. i really love the button, it could save a lot of display space :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] checkbox111:
looks like an ignorant ipad fanboy post :rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JROCxvl:
Yup. 10.1 inches of delicious screen goodness isn't enough for you? This transformer is pimping! Physical home button is for chumps!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lorewin:
I own one, and would like a couple more physical buttons(and ideally an optical trackpoint too like the newer phones).

The buttons to stop there being a constant menu bar which would let applications like remote desktop go REALLY fullscreen, and the trackpad for precise text selection.

Not major issues, but I think dropping the buttons is actually a bit Apple-esque - going for form over function (e.g. an Ipod would be easier to operate with a separate volume control, but that would make it less "clean").

I think we're a bit too quick to fling around accusations of "Apple zealot" or "Android fanatic" when people voice simple preferences...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trdar:
Yup you nailed it, the home button used to be on the prototypes/show display models but it got taken off for the release versions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tefnut:
he got my point.

i don't like that bar.. nothing more.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnesus:
They should add a single hardware button for hiding and showing the button bar.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rio911:
That is a nice idea, but what will be even better is something like the Quick Controls in the web browser!!! :D

Or something like the AutoHide option of the M$ Windows taskbar.

rio
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] colbur87:
I've been in Chicago so sorry.

Iconia has been rooted,details in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13292713&postcount=82

Credit goes to those posted in that thread.

*4-26*

Alright folks,

I got small news that ill update tomorrow with. I'm out of town and ill be back in the AM.

*4-25*

I've had a some time to mess around with this. So I don't think the root will come with the update.zip file. I have been unsuccessful with getting the tablet to run my modified update.zip file. Im guessing that honeycomb has a special digital signature but im no expert lol. So the root is going to have to come else where. I'm about 95% sure that I have a working su file but the task comes to copying it /system/bin and changing the permissions.

Also, when acer releases an update; it will shed some light on the image. If anyone has any ideas shoot me a PM because 2 brains are better then my one.

*Original post*

Ok first of all, the a500 def needs a dedicated forum. I think with the requests in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=998123 and the fact that the tablet is just coming out is good reason enough......

Ok, so I got mine yesterday and I just started tinkering with it today. It appears there is some type of bootloader to say the least. I don't think rooting will be difficult at all.

If you press the Volume up and Power button, the tablet apperas to look for a file called you guess it, update.zip! It then says "rebooting recovery image"

So I know this is not much progress, but im going to be working on making a root method...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vjb:
Great Mate let me know how you go....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anstelios:
Good luck mate..

We really need the dedicated section so we can get things organized for this great tablet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] julz:
Anyone tried Z4Root or Androot? Might give it a go later on tonight.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] amarra:
Or may be the Asus EEE Pad Transformer root file?

android.modaco.com / content / asus-eee-pad-transformer-transformer-modaco-com/337190/14-apr-how-to-root-your-asus-eee-pad-transformer/

(sorry for that link, but I'm not allowed to post external links...)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] colbur87:
z4 is for froyo. I think the key lies in the recovery image. I've been supper busy with the wife, I'm hoping I can sit down this weekend and mess with the image and file structure.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SXTN:
Im keen to start developing roms once someone gains root..

Can't wait for an a500 forum here
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kebsood:
Man this tablet is so great I can't wait for someone to root it! Being able to underclock it for reading and overclock it for games... Awsomeness ;) Keep it going dude.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sydneyozguy:
tried power/up volumn - nothing

Hi,

I have had this for a week, we got them early in Australia, and happy with it, but would like to get root access so that I can apply some of the apps that require it.

I tried the power on/volumn up button on start and it only loaded as normal, so maybe they have something even more sinister here in Australia verison!

Hope you find the way in.

Also, this does need its own forum as it is a great little device and will have lots of action in the near future.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hellcat82:
The version I bought in Melbourne boots into recovery okay.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kebsood:
I got the uk a500 it boots into recovery using volume up and power
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tam the Bam:
Acer A500 tablet USB

I hope this question has gone to the right place. This is my first ever post.

I'm in the UK and I bought an Acer A500 yesterday and it is obviously not rooted. I tried the Vol up + power on and it does go through a boot sequence looking for an update.zip.

My main question is - has anybody had any sucess with plugging in a USB stick and being able to see it?

Also any ideas on how to access the plug-in SD card. I used EStrongs and Astro file managers to see it and it appears as though the the internal memory is referred to as SD card. I can't see the plug-in SD card although the machine knows it is there.

Thanks,
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kebsood:
browse to /mnt/ that is where your USB devices are mounted
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vsasi:
For the zoom hack the first step was to get to bootloader. On A500 when you do

adb reboot bootloader

tablet reboots without indication of "support for fastboot"

Power Vol+ takes you to SDCARD based (update.zip) process.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] palmaal:
This tablet is so great I can't wait for someone to root it! :p

Good morning from Greece :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lou0611:
Format the External HD FAT32, but it has Size limitation, I use Swissknife to format it FAT32
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lou0611:
Anyone try the Sim slot yet, and what Network will and can support.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lou0611:
SPECS for A500

2G Network	GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz

3G Network	UMTS/HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz

LTE 700MHz (Verizon CDMA)

Do you think my 4g web connect plan sim from tmobile USA will work in this, Im picking this up on Thursday.

Thanks

Lou
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nycbjr:
Received my A500

Good Morning!

I just received my A500 (my 5th tab in just over a month, ask or don't hehe), and I love it.

I'm a senior linux sysadmin, and have been coming up to speed on android at a fast pace.

Put me to work! I want this thing rooted.

My mac is fully decked out with (most) of the development tools and sdks (Including the Tegra nkd, etc) (planning to develop a killer app.

I know such enthusiasm, anyways let me know what I can do to make this happen, system dumps etc.

Cheers!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DJ_Jedi:
SIM slot? Here in Europe the A500 comes without network, the A501 is the 3G version, are you sure the US A500 has the 3G module?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nycbjr:
I was able to do it just now, pretty small, its only 25k
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ithink2020:
What are the benefits of rooting at this point?

FYI, new to rooting.

Also has anyone came up of a way to recover/unroot?

Also, what bloatware is safe to uninstall?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] daswahnsinn:
Once rooted one can change system settings, you become the Almighty Admin. One can remove all the bloat of the device. Add an updated Busybox, change the theme, and have a complete Android device. It has been a long tradition to root all Android machines and we still follow these traditions today in honor of our Ancestors.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thor2002ro:
my tablet has finally arrived (: rooted already now whats with the flash .... youtube 720p videos have lots of framedrops :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
Me too. And MTP is just PITA to make work! Even USB networking would be fine.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] benjiwalton:
Just as an FYI, I couldn't get registered for this site because of my email (which was wierd) I had to use my hotmail account to get through. So I initially downloaded the apk from another source and I couldn't get my a500 to root. I tried everything, then I downloaded the file from this thread and it worked straight away.

I'm rooted now. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MJ-12:
Root done, fanctastic machine. Rushed to PCW 2 weeks ago to get Zoom but Iconia won me over not because of price, but because it looked better and USB and power on bottom of Zoom!!! (£90 for dock) not very user friendly.

Thanks for all the hard work.

Overclock kernal anyone?

_________________________________________________________________

ZTE Blade - Rooted OC 729mh CM7 RC2 Vnice

Advent Vega - Rooted OC 1.4gh - Corvous5 rom gorgeous smooth and qqqick

Iconia A500 - Rooted - HComb Sweet
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kla93:
Root done, Thanks to all the contributors

If i have a priority list this would be

#2/ NTFS Driver for USB HOST,

#3/ Overclock

#4/ WIFI Stability

What would be yours ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] silencer51:
I'm attempting to root now. I've followed the steps detailed by monki-magic a couple of pages back and the Gingebreak app doesn't seem to be doing the trick... Its stuck on 'Rooting...' for close to 10 minutes now.

Should I be worried?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] silencer51:
Logcat reports the following repeating error:

E/DirectVolume( 77): Partition '/devices/platform/sdhci-tegra.2/mmc_host/mmc1' has a different major than its disk!

Should I reboot and try again?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] silencer51:
It seems the A500 didn't mount the microSD card when I inserted it the first time. After I rebooted, the rooting process took 2 minutes. So make sure the card is properly mounted by the tab first (reboot to be safe).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mrurl42:
Has anyone been successful getting one of the flash hacks to work yet? Would love to watch hulu on my tab.

(And props to those that helped root this... It was EASY with that modified gingerbreak!)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dc13:
Here is a dump of the recovery

http://ti-x.com/files/roms/Acer-a500/dump.img

Sent with my Acer A500 HoneyComb
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tahde:
Rooting went easy and very painless. Thanks!!!

However, I am having a problem getting busybox installed.

"There was a problem parsing the package"

Anyone?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] silencer51:
How are you installing busybox? Via the installer app from the market?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tahde:
Installer application from same post as gingerbreak.

I assumed that getting the app from the same post would be best than from market. My apologizes.

I just got it from the market and its running fine now! Should of tried that way before I posted.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ithink2020:
WOW

That was easy!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ithink2020:
#2 NTFS Driver for USB HOST

#3 GPS Fix...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] silencer51:
To those that have removed .apks, which apps are safe to remove?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thor2002ro:
anyone know where i can get the kernel sources for the a500? wanna build some modules...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nycbjr:
Clockwork Recovery!

Mass storage (mac/linux)

nvflash with images for low level unbrick

not sure if this has ever been done, but HFS support (for external drives) would be awesome for us mac users, or at least exFat? I hate the 4gb limitation and the thought of going back to ntfs makes me want to vomit, lol
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nycbjr:
My understanding is the honeycomb sources haven't been released yet (one reason I jumped on the acer) I have/had a viewsonic g-tablet, I know it can run honeycomb, but nvidia has been non-committal on releasing the code or accelerated drivers for it.

I hope they do cause the viewsonic is going to a good buddy, and I'd love to have had a hand in creating a port for it!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
You'll have to wait for Acer to release them. Unless someone founds a different way...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] technojunkie:
Thanks for the quick work! Root worked great for me and I've already purged the crapware that acer loaded. I love TiBu :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] l3giticonia:
Alright rooting was easy and simple only took a few minutes, installed root checker to verify and it verified correctly with root access, I went to install busy box from app store but doesn't work I load up and go to install and says not rooted ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RnRExpress:
I had the same issue with Titanuim Backup. I had it install Busybox from within the Titanuim Backup app itself. Then under menu, Settings, relaunch itself. It went through fine.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] acebogomir:
Hi Guys,

First of all thank you for the great work. I did root the a500 worked fine installed busybox but now i found that the Android market is not working anymore. Doesn't show apps for which i need to pay or it also doesn't allow me to scroll through the screen.

Anybody had the same problem?

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buffos:
I do not know if this is common knowledge, but i cannot actually buy paid apps from my tablet.

1) I have a WiFi only acer tablet

2) I am not in US, BUT i am using VPN to show US ip

3) I can see paid apps fine (when i switch to US ip)

4) I tried MarketEnabler (after rooting) but it seems it will not work on no-sim tablets

The only workaround i found is, buy the app in my phone, and then it becomes available in "myapps list" in market, and i can download it.

Anyone with a direct solution, or wifi only tablets, have no access to paid apps?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eBug:
I wrote Acer a couple of days ago requesting the kernel source code as per GPL, but I haven't received any answer yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eBug:
nycbjr reported a 25k recovery img and yours is +50MB. Are you sure this is the good one? What steps did you follow?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eBug:
What about a clockworkmod recovery version?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eBug:
Is there any command available to list the hardware chips, something like lsusb?

lsusb only shows one device here and there's no pci bus ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
Can't access paid apps in market after root?

Perhaps one of the first apps you installed after getting root was AdFree ;)

I've just realized that and tried restoring hosts file and... TADAAAAAAAAA... paid apps are back! :)

Looks like there is something "wrong" on hosts file generated by AdFree, I'll try to give it a look tomorrow.

Have fun!

EDIT:

I was able to download paid apps even after reenabling AdFree's hosts file. Who knows.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
It won't be easy. A500 BIOS is actually checking recovery image integrity.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buffos:
No. I have not added Adfree (if you were responding to me).

I CAN see paid apps (when i use vpn to fake a US ip). The problem is when i actually try to BUY one. It wont let me.

Can you buy paid apps, in wifi-only tablets?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
No, I wasn't answering you. I wasn't able to access paid apps, getting a "can't find app" error. I'll try to buy one and let you know.

Cheers
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mrurl42:
Yes you can buy apps on a wifi only device. And there is an alternate solution, but since I support paying money for a programmers hard time and posting links like THAT would likely be bad I will just say to look on youtube. Of course if you have a different method to legally buy the app, I would take that route. Some you can buy from the coder's webpage instead of the app store for instance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
Well, paid apps are now working fine but I wasn't able right after rooting.

As I said I thought it was adfree related, but even after reenabling everything is still fine.

By the way, I agree with you: support developers writing good software. If you can afford paying ~500 euros for a device yo have no excuses for not buying an app whos price is, most likely, cheaper than 1 euro.

Not sure 15 minutes refund policy from Google really helped developers. You can't really test some apps in such a short time. I thing devs should be able to freely define time range.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buffos:
What did you do to enable paid apps?

As i said, i am using vpn to "fake" US ip. After that i can VIEW paid apps in Market, but when i try to buy, i cannot. (market enabler will not work for me)

Are paid apps available by default in your country? Is there something hardcoded in the tablet?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
I didn't anything special, or anyway nothing related to the market. I guess I rebooted the device in the meantime, not sure this could have "fixed" anything.

Yes, paid apps are available in my country by default.

Odd.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buffos:
Maybe somefiles are changed from country to country.

So i am looking for someone that managed to buy apps in countries that do not support it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sydneyozguy:
Seems that Google may have been doing some upgrading of Market about the same time as this came out, and has now settled down and should be working fine, at least it is here in Australia.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nycbjr:
Incidentally gingerbreak seems to work on froyo too.. I tired it for fun on a buddys LG Optimus S (which wouldn't work wiht z4root)...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nycbjr:
BTW who do we got to kiss up to around here to get a A500 section?? lol, or we can just take our chats to sda!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gammaRascal:
Dedicated a500 Forum
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Invisobel:
If you're still having trouble make sure you fixed the permissions for the wpa_supplicant file AFTER copying it to the directory. Check all permission boxes (I used root explorer) and restart your wifi.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cmdpapichulo:
Where did the a500 section go why did it get taken down come on xda
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maddler:
Still there: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1133