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[Acer Iconia A500] npena:
tl;dr: Interrupted update. cant do jack. tried acer tech support. failed

I grew bored with waiting the two minutes for my tablet to install the new update. so i stood up and hit the power button to put it to sleep like a boss. then i cam back later, the lock screen was unresponsive

i figured out be double tapping the pwr button i was able to unlock the tablet to see the powering down screen (see attachment). I can get to the setting menu, but evrytime i try to mess around in it, the window closes itself.

an interesting note is that the time is wrong, and the battery suddenly went from 100% to 15%

I called acer tech support, and with ther guidance...

pressed the reset button to no effect

powered on holding the pwr & vol- buttons down to get an error (see attachment). then the tablet turns off.

Ive dled some "update.zip" files i found online that are supposedly used to unbrick the tab... but i just got the same error picture(see attachment)

one other thing i tried was to hold the power and vol+ buttons. this cleared a chache, but had no other effect.

I am a noob at droid, but not to tech. i would like to avoid perma bricking, and im unsure about mailing this in. waiting is gay. I would like to restore it to factory settings w/o rooting it etc. as ive never done that before. but im not opposed to installing a CFW if it somes to that...

Im looking for ideas guys here guys. wtf is wrong with this thing?
[Acer Iconia A500] Cjg93:
Haha

Lmao "hit the power button to put it to sleep like a boss", funny ****.

Can't help you though sorry
[Acer Iconia A500] npena:
ive been around he web, and have seen this exact series of symptoms happen to a handful of other guys... i haven figured out a solution yet, and it is looking more and more like ill be sending it in via warranty

my best guess at this point is i have corrupted a crucial system file. as to why i can do jack in the factorys recovery mode... idk. but then again, idk what the factorys recovery mode should look like or how it would function. youtube only shows CWR... which i dont have

if i believed i could anything reasonably withing my abilities, i would... but voiding the warranty on a long shot seems dumb.

still ANY ideas would be great
[Acer Iconia A500] buntzmehta:
I too faced exactly the same problem today.. Dunno why this is happening... I am too worried now... Kindly post the solution as you find them...

Am sure calling tech-support is just waste of time..

Thanks in advance..
[Acer Iconia A500] npena:
IM GOLDEN...

Ive reflashed to the original factory build. the problem was with the "update.zip" files i have been using. i guess they were corrupt.

multiupload<dot>com/WCT2FYLMQC

this is the file i used. I tried several from other guides, etc... a guy on another board told me to use this one. i put it on the root of my SD card, then held the power and vol- buttons until the loader had started. it took awhile, and it looked like it froze during the process...

DONT TOUCH IT

just let it do its thing, and it will reboot itself and run through the setup process like when it was new.
[Acer Iconia A500] buntzmehta:
How to put this file on the root folder when am not able to switchon the Tablet itself... and how reliable is this file??
[Acer Iconia A500] pdenn321:
stuck on same screen also!

My friend and i who both purchased this Acer Iconia tab are both having the same problem. We both received a message on the tablets to do the update. We both got stuck and have gone thru tech line and there is no remedy. She was able to return hers within the 15 day period; I on the other hand am a week over that so have to mail it to Acer for repair. I'm thinking this is more than a cooincidence and there is a problem more spread... Acer would neither verify or confirm....
[Acer Iconia A500] nelboy:
He said the root of his SDCARD. You can take out the sdcard and put it in a sd cardreader on a computer and copy the file to it then put it back in the tablet. The file worked for him so it might be worth trying. Just have patience while it is loading as some of these updates take a while to load and sometimes you may not see anything happening but it is. The more patches and roms you load on Android the more you'll learn to just leave it alone and let the updates finish. Its pretty rare for updates to be messed up. Its usually people getting anxious and clicking on stuff.

Good luck
[Acer Iconia A500] pdenn321:
still stuck on shutdown screen any updates?

Anyone had any luck with a fix? If not --sending it to Acer for warranty repair after the hurricane hits..Sure hope this isn't a wide spreasd Acer issue do to the new download. Wish I could just return the thing all together. Worked well while I had it a whole 3 weeks...... Thanks in advance for any information.
[Acer Iconia A500] buntzmehta:
Thanks a lot dear npena.. you are simply great.. i was very anxious initially to try your method as no other member here who face the same problem thanked or recommended your suggestion...

I tried it and it worked... I am really very thankful to you... :)

Cheers..

you are my hero indeed.. :) thank once again..

BuntZ
[Acer Iconia A500] buntzmehta:
Friends, who face this problem you must try it... it just takes few mins b4 you can get your acer tab to work again beautifully without loosing any settings or installed apps... they remain intact... :):)
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Yay!

Glad you got it running again - had a similar problem when doing a ota update myself, was so worried I bricked the tab, went thru about 7 update.zip files until I found one that magically worked, letting me get back into the system and flash the correct rom for my region :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] a.chursin:
hi! i have the same problem with my a500. I write a guide to solve this problem. Problem in firmware. here is the gude http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1572622
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr_s14:
I'll try to be brief.

For starters, I dislike the auto rotate feature on this phone. Lately, I've been doing a lot of flashing looking for the perfect ROM (elusive I know). CM7 is pretty good but it, along with other great ROMS, will not play any videos I have taken in landscape or in portrait in anything other than portrait. Landscape video is distorted and half blue. I know what your thinking, just turn on the damn auto rotate. Well two things, I hate it and other ROMS play videos however they are best suited. Why the difference? Is it an easy fix, build prop perhaps? I hope it is because uber BAMF is perfect otherwise. Thanks in advance guys.
[HTC EVO 3D] Ruki_Uki:
Well I want one, I think it looks better then the white og EVO. Check it out...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/23/...sive-radioshack-bow-on-september-9th/?m=false

Sent from my double barrel Shooter. BANG!
[HTC EVO 3D] BrianBaker:
really?...did you not see the 2 other posts about the same thing on the 1st page?
[HTC EVO 3D] Vinchenzop:
Hi, welcome to 7 hours ago...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1231817﻿
Exclusive white Evo3D
[HTC EVO 3D] mattfmartin:
This thread is almost better than the other two already created on the same subject
[HTC EVO 3D] NORCALsaysHELLA:
Nice! Id be satisfied if i can buy the white battery door though since it wraps around the edges unlike the og evo.
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
Cut the guy some slack.
[HTC EVO 3D] jagox5:
WTF!!!!!!!

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=698800&stc=1&d=1314163297
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
Here we go again...
[HTC EVO 3D] r0cky0790:
I let the second thread slide but this madness has to stop...

My "DU4L C0R3 SH00T3R" shot you down in 3D! -Security Off-
[HTC EVO 3D] spencer88:
*edited

posted in the wrong lame thread lol
[HTC EVO 3D] fsa4lifefcleb:
Does Anyone know what hboot it's running?
[HTC EVO 3D] -eVo-:
Almost all of it is just the back cover..
[HTC EVO 3D] Ruki_Uki:
Actually no I didn't see the other threads when I looked through to see if it was already posted. Otherwise I wouldnt have posted it. So I apologize if my XDA app didn't show them.

Sent from my double barrel Shooter. BANG!
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
Another white EVO 3D thread!? MOTHER F********!!!!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Ruki_Uki:
The baby pic one was better ;)

Sent from my double barrel Shooter. BANG!
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
NOT
[HTC EVO 3D] Rage1ofakind:
I'd just like to say... I posted it first! :p

Anyways, this does look good for a limited version, but as someone else said; the red ring around the camera on that white body would look gorgeous :cool:
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
Woohoo!

Was just using my phone when the notification popped up! Downloaded it and installing now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
please try and root it after your done and let us know the results. if you're comfortable doing that.

Edit: just checked mine. Downloading now then rooting. Will post up the results.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kkwus74:
Please post screenshot of about screen? This is the same as MR5 that was posted here right?
[Motorola Photon 4G] tuxytuxy:
at least the version is the same.

screenshot from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202666
[Motorola Photon 4G] kkwus74:
Thanks:p... Looks exactly the same :-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
i think my root is gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] lcpl:
As in not able to reroot?
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
i'm trying via the none dock method...keep getting an error, gonna try again
[Motorola Photon 4G] tuxytuxy:
when you flash any new sbf (which is exactly what an OTA does), you will lose root. You just have to use one of the methods and see if you can get root back.
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
Either I'm noobing something up, or there does seem to be some change to the root method needed as I had this working before.

Running photon-torpedo.sh still gives me that giant error message that successfully roots me so the hard part is done.

However, it seems like the install-su.sh is complaining:

mount: can't find /system in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

plus a few other errors after that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
root is still open. i just rooted through adb and am typing this while tethered.
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
almost had a heart attack...now rooted again
[Motorola Photon 4G] lcpl:
Will I have to do the dock-less method again after updating, to use just an hdmi cord for webtop?
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
dock less method, no hdmi needed
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
Yup, I was just noobing something up. Not sure what I did wrong, but a reboot and try again and I'm rooted again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lcpl:
My apologies I was not clear, HDMI for webtop
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
Did anyone with an unlocked bootloader attempt the OTA update?
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
nope, just plug it into the computer with your usb, no need for any of that
[Motorola Photon 4G] lcpl:
I am so sorry for the confusion, but updating the photon to 4.2.5 will i need to do this again http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1199443
[Motorola Photon 4G] foxracinggirl0209:
what exactly does this ota fix, my phone has the silent bug all the time, plus turns off by itself, if this ota fixes these things.. Ill be a happy camper!

Also i had the htc evo 4g, and rooted it and has tons of fun doing it.. are the advantages of rooting my photon the same?
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
i think what he is asking is if he was already rooted before and he did the dockless webtop mod if he will have to root again to continue to utilize that mod.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lcpl:
I plan on rooting again, will i have to mod the webtop files again to use webtop without the dock. And I can't find release notes anywhere, not even listed on motorola website
[Motorola Photon 4G] radrian92:
I got the OTA!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] n2ishun:
Rooting was VERY stubborn on mine after the update.

Had to reboot 3-4 times and then do a battery pull to get it to clear.

But.....

Rooted fine here, ran root checker to verify, working.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kkwus74:
Here's the change log for this ota update :p

http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles...RN_Blur_Version.45.2.5.MB855.Sprint.en.US.htm
[Motorola Photon 4G] lcpl:
UG, update keeps failing and moto software from website cant read my phone
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yogi3:
So this will make me sound very dumb but by me doing the OTA means I lost my root access?
[Motorola Photon 4G] themoose615:
What does this update fix exactly?
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
please read 3 posts above yours. smh
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
Downloaded, installed quickly, rerooted via adb. No problems so far.
[Motorola Photon 4G] BrianTDI:
Just got the phone yesterday. Had 5-6 sleep of deaths last night. Phone does not die on charger luckily.

This morning applied OTA update, sleep of death 15 minutes later, then again about 10 minutes later. Did a hard reset, installed no software, again a sleep of death.

OTA does not fix sleep of death or my phone has hardware issues.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
What baffles me here is why you guys are getting excited. Juggs has said repeatedly that this is the same update we have already. I'm also guessing most of you that are rooted should have known you would lose root and at the same time if you are rooted, you already had the update......
[Motorola Photon 4G] edlex:
Have you guys noticed wifi speeds are faster now? Mine doubled from yesterday tests.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hayabusa1300cc:
the OTA did not fix your problem because I believe you have hardware issue. Anyone suffering from your problem has gotten it fix by replacement. Pre and post update, I've never had your issue.

.:sent from planet Photon:.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sigabrt:
Weird. My OTA fails. I rooted via the no dock method last week - not sure that has anything to do with it. Gets to the Android update screen then pops up an exclamation mark. On reboot I get a dialog that says update failed.

Anyone else failing the OTA?
[Motorola Photon 4G] laraiza:
Phone was fine before update only problem I've had was the silent call issue. Now after update phone is doing random reboots.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spincycle76:
I can't connect to 4g this morning after the update, technically I don't have 4g in my area, but it was working prior off one test tower. Anybody else having problems with 4g post update?
[Motorola Photon 4G] wynand32:
The reason I'm (moderately) excited, is because until an update is officially released, I don't consider it... well... official. I've certainly seen enough instances where even an "official" update starts releasing and is pulled, let alone change dramatically from a leaked version, to know that nothing matters until it's on my phone.

Of course, even then, sometimes I wish it wasn't on my phone, but that's another story entirely... :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgbcapthowdy:
mine is failing too, have tried 2 times now. gets about 1/4 the way there, then exclamation point pops up and phone restarts
[Motorola Photon 4G] GraphicDemon:
What is a way to root without any computer im without one right now....
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
i'm failing too

checking in here too - hiya kgb...
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgbcapthowdy:
i typically see better responses from this site over the other lol. figured id try both. no answer as you see. it'd be nice if there was a update.zip on the sd card way to do this instead.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
agreed, better more complete answers usually
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgbcapthowdy:
did you do the webtop over hdmi mod?
[Motorola Photon 4G] IP IHI II IL:
In case anyone was wondering... Here's what the update entails:

http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles...RN_Blur_Version.45.2.5.MB855.Sprint.en.US.htm

Pew! Pew! Pew! From my Mo-Pho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
yes i did, i'll try removing it now and trying again
[Motorola Photon 4G] albe070:
My update is failing too. I rooted via torpedo method
[Motorola Photon 4G] reddragon72:
failing here too with the webtop hack. will wait and see if restoring the regular webtop fixes it.

UPDATE: didn't feel like waiting so I undid the webtop hack and the update installed. So the webtop hack will need to be removed for the update can take.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sethmcmichael:
Mine failed also, It looked like the install worked and then it went to Faild to Boot 2, Starting RSD mode, and it just freezes there.

Tried to pull the battery and it comes all the way up and then looks like its trying to install the update again with the same outcome: Railed to Boot 2, Starting RSD mode.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
update worked after removing hdmi mod

shoulda done that sooner
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgbcapthowdy:
how do you remove the mod? thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
restore the backups of DockService.* and PortalApp.*

i also cleared the dalvik-cache
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgbcapthowdy:
anyway i can get you to email those to me rofl, i didnt make a backup for some reason. i always do but got too excited on this one lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
sure send me a pm

edit: lol you already did...
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
I'll be posting a new thread with detailed instructions about this for the others out there
[Motorola Photon 4G] albe070:
Hmm I did not do the webtop hack. Only rooted wonder why mine is failing
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdependa:
Will this update affect the ability to unlock the bootloader? I haven’t unlocked it yet, but I want to be sure I will still have the option.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgbcapthowdy:
were you able to remod the webdock files after the update again?
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
I don't really have a need to, so I haven't looked into it yet. I only did it originally because I could.
[Motorola Photon 4G] alohajeff:
Bought Photon yesterday. Rooted yesterday evening. Went to install the update this morning and it fails during the install process. I performed a hard reset and attempted to download and install the update again. It is still failing to install the update at the same point as before.

I installed RootChecker and it says that the phone is not rooted.

Any ideas on what to try next?

Thanks!

Aloha
[Motorola Photon 4G] pksublime:
okay done the mod again and still works after the OTA update

i had more hassle rooting the phone again than getting the mod to work
[Motorola Photon 4G] tedya:
After installing the OTA update, I am having issues with pinch-to-zoom in the browser. Not sure if it is due to the update though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] m3ng:
I'm rooted. It fails when I install the ota update. Do I need to unroot? If so, how?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jjday7:
Does anyone know where I can get the changelog?
[Motorola Photon 4G] slag02:
http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...011/08/24/motorola-photon-4g-software-updates
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jjday7:
I actually found it on another forum after posting but thanks anyway.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Rabidmechanic05:
has anyone else experienced a problem with the phone being slow to wake after this OTA?
[Motorola Photon 4G] alohajeff:
I gave up on the OTA update and had to shove it down its throat manually using RSD Lite. It didn't go real smooth but it's back up and running on the most current software. I still don't know why it wouldn't work OTA but for anybody trying to update without success you might want to consider this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202666

Aloha
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jeffrey_L:
Yes - it seems to lag a bit when hitting the power-on button. I can live with that if everything else is fixed, though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Rabidmechanic05:
So far no reboots or silent calls on my end, just as stated above a lag on wake
[Motorola Photon 4G] gwar2k:
does anybody know if it is possible to get this update on the alien rom? thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Alien is based on the update, so no. If you want to get the update flash back to MR-3. You will need to reroot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gwar2k:
thanks for the response. i think i'll just wait a while until the next alien update or another rom. i'm definitely loving the custom rom and can deal with the silent call issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I don't have the silent call issue, but try hitting mute then unmute, when you have a silent call, and see if that fixes it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] libracolo:
Is anyone not getting the update? When I try to get updates I get the message "Check for update is not available at this time. Try again later." Does that mean no update, or do I need to change some setting to get it? Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
So I updated bout 4 days ago using rsd and the leaked update

Am I good to go...or were there other changes? ??

I tried doing a update thru phone settings ...it said I was up to date

Just wanna make sure im good

Also when will we get a unlocked bl that doesn't mess with 4g

I wanna root my phone ...but in no rush if im gonna loose features ...learned that from when I first got my EVO..
[Motorola Photon 4G] mk3:
Well that's a crappy "enhancement" list. Where are the details?

So far it seems they fixed the issue I was having with screen not turning off when talking on phone (putting against head would touch stuff on the screen).

[edit:] found this back in post#66, same crap!
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
Thanks for posting this :)

I was able to force the update and is doing it's thing now!
[Motorola Photon 4G] popejeremiah:
First off thanks to everyone here for all the help I have received just by reading, I have never had to post a problem for it to be solved. I got my photon last weekend and rooted it with adb. Received the OTA 10 minutes ago and downloaded and applied with 0 issues. Rooted again with same method with 0 issues. So bottom line is 0 issues updating and rerooting in 10 minutes.
[Motorola Photon 4G] evolart:
Well got my phone yesterday, charged it activated it, updated to the first OTA and everything was going great. This morning while driving and streaming Last FM the phone restarted...hope OTA #2 is not far away. Have not experienced any other issues so far though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beerio:
Hi everyone, I just bought a Samsung Galaxy SII here in China (its a imported phone, NOT chinese seems to be from France originally). It came with ZSKE7 firmware installed (unbranded) and have Korean, Chinese simp & Trad, British & american english and Hongkong input.

I tried to upgrade the firmware using KIES, but it just said "no available updates", so I started to fiddle around with the CSC (customer sales code) and I changed it to BRI (Britain) from KOR (Korean). And voila!! Kies said it had a firmware update available.

So I upgraded the firmware and ended up with ZSKG2 (still 2.3.3) and I cant say I noticed any big changes after the update.

My question now is, does anybody know if there is a Generic firmware available, with ALL languages (for example Swedish, Finnish & German) and that also have all the support for the ZSKG2 languages (Chinese simp/trad)?

Best regards

Bumbi
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
Nope, there is no Official Stock ROM with all languages.

However, if you are interested in English + Chinese and have all the apps that China have Samsung removed, you can look at Hong Kong rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beerio:
Thanks LiFE1688, I will give it a try :) , at the moment am I busy "cooking" my own version. Will see how it goes.
[General Questions and Answers] MabPwnU:
I have a rooted Nook Color v1.1. I have some apk files that i installed and noticed i cant update them through the market. is there any way to update apps that i side loaded?
[General Questions and Answers] MabPwnU:
so anyone else have a solution?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Tdogg0406:
It's been about two weeks, still can't tether! I've tried every wifi tether app I can download, every beta in the googlecode directory. I am rooted, I have checked. I have two more weeks, then I'll go back to my palm pre and not have problems. Tether is the one must have. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] n2ishun:
Get the "root checker" app from the market, run it.

VERIFY that you are rooted....then try wireless tether 3.0 or above.