yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Acer or the store did not brick it

i THINK If you mess with the rom on your tablet and... BRICK your device .. you should tough it out and fix yourself... Acer or the store is not responsible for this .But then you could also argue that if they had not locked the bootloader this type of bricking would not happen..

So i say go above and beyond to try to fix it from the help on here.. if that fails.. THEN Maybe exchange it.. Its wrong to brake something then expect someone else to foot the bill. Yes im to honest for my own good at times... Acer has also been known to repair .

If you bought a extra warranty all of the above in my book is out the window.. Make them replace it ..

GIGGLES..

Good luck on getting it repaired ..and be more careful next time..
[Acer Iconia A500] timmyDean:
Piece of cake to fix if you kept you USB serial number (from the downgrade tool)???

===== If you have your USB serial number ====================

1. Lets assume you know your USB serial number. If not, then you might be able to get it from your registry.

2. Download my flashing tool at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137

a. Open up the readme.pdf for the instructions on how to flash

3. KEEP your acer unplugged and run the program

4. The program will install the APX flash drivers and will tell you to plug in the USB. Ignore this step. It will not work. In the instructions skip steps 3, 8, 9, 10.

5. Eventually the flashing tool will timeout because you do NOT have the tablet connected. It will then display a message box telling you how to use a paperclip and the power button to get you into APX mode. THIS IS THE secret to getting the tool to flash your ACER. However, once you get it into APX mode you will need your USB serial number (without it, you are fubar).

a. Plug in the tablet to your computer with the USB and paperclip yourself to fastboot.

6. Now in step 11, enter your USB serial number

7. Now just follow the rest of the instructions.

====== NO USB Serial number ==========

If you do not have your USB serial number than you are going to be out of luck, unless you have ever connected the device to your computer. If you did, then your registry will have a history containing your serial number.

Google usbdeview tool and download it. This will show the serial number of any USB device you've connected to your computer.

===== No Serial number, never connected it, what to do ==========

If you have no serial number and cannot get it, then hopefully you can get to recovery mode (power & volume) and flash using a signed update.zip from ACER. Download one of the update.zip's and put it on your external SDCard and then boot to recovery.

=== Bricked and No serial number, never connected, and you fubar'ed the recovery image ===

If you never connected your table to the USB and your computer to get the USB serial number then you are NOT going to be able to flash it to fix it.

If you fubar'ed the recovery image then you won't be able to get into recovery to run the ACER update zip.

At this point, you can still get your tablet into APX fastboot mode using a paperclip and the power button. But I know of NO way to flash it without the USB serial number and I know noway to get the USB serial number from the APX driver. I've tried and looked at getting the serial number from just APX mode, but I cannot determine how to get it. Someone out there might know.

Hope this helps,

TD
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Your CPUID can also be found in the uid.txt file in your cwm backup folder - /mnt/external_sd/clockworkmod/backup/ - just remember to drop the 0x when you need to enter it
[Acer Iconia A500] wade7919:
Honestly if more people returned bricked phones/tablets etc... they would quit locking them down... the you broke it you fix it because they want to keep people from doing things they should be able to do with THEIR system they bought... In other words I completely don't agree with this at all.. If everything was unlocked and such then I would support the you fix it, but then again we wouldn't be running into these issues now would we. But then again Most people need people to babysit them and tell them what they can and can't do with what they own..
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
@wade7919. You clearly have never worked in IT support on a hardware level.

Or maybe, I am barking up the wrong panty-leg?

If you bought a high dollar corvette, GM will support it. If you add an aftermarket chip, and your engine blows, do you expect GM to fix it? No. I wouldn't expect it either. Not their problem. Just because you can add a chip, doesn't mean you should do it.

That's why they try to lock bootloaders. To prevent users from doing things they shouldn't. Unlock them, and it opens a whole world of issues based on "open source". God help us if they unlock bootloaders.....

Not sure what you are getting at. I am under the belief, if you broke it, you fix it. Take responsibility for one's own actions. Shouldn't take the panzy pussyass way (no offence Erica and werecaltf), and return it for replacement. Suck it up, and learn from experience. Otherwise, the next device, you'll do the same stupid thing again.

I like things the way they are. Difficult, but not impossible. That separates the people with balls (again Erica and wercatlf, no offense), from the sheep.

But if you fubar the device, own up to it, and fix it. Don't pawn it off to somebody else (return it). And if you don't have the brain cells to have a backup plan before you start... Well, don't shed tears over it. Own up, throw the testosterone in the garbage disposal, and fix it.

Somebody give me a zanex...

And people, stop using Gingerbreak!!!!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
i do believe acer should lock the bootloader on there devices.

However thee are things I would be doing with my tab if it were not locked.

Acer should give us the ability to flash the bootloader and not use the proprietary software. Lock that software to there bootloader.for there protections.

Give us a wway to unlock it..AT OUR OWN RISK..

So it should be locked but have a way to unlock it with the end user understanding they are totally on there own ..

I would be OK with voiding my warranty.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
@Dean,

"So if I fubar the OS or load something that caused the damage I pay for it or fix it. If there is actually a hardware failure then they cover it under warranty."

Yes, that is true. Bootloaders are locked, to prevent completely stupid idiots, from doing things they absolutely no idea what the sam hell they are doing.

The issue is, should we be able to return a device, after we fubarred it? Against warranty? To say, Hey, your weakness allowed me to do it.

Just because the ability to do it exists, and we can quote a thousand instances, It doesn't mean we should, and to shirk responsibility. And pass it off to the main individual.

The fact is, the policies and regulations are there, and we should abide. And if we don't, we have to own up and deal with it.

And if we don't, then we are no better than the low life of the world. The scum.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Very well put.I do know of a few people who have sent there device to acer after messing it up installing rom and telling acer.acer still fixed it free.

Honesty is always best
[Acer Iconia A500] timmyDean:
The evils of rooting

I'm still missing something here, why locking a bootloader does anything. Go get a Mortorola Xoom (not the FE) and you run the unlock OEM. It tells you that you are unlocking it. It tells you that you unlock it at your own risk. You cannot relock it until it is 100% back to stock. It asks you three times are you sure.

Locking the bootloader and treating everyone as an idiot is the problem. Just do what Motorola does, and stop being everybody's keeper. If they want to 'Police' this then you should have to call ACER and they fax you a form. You give DNA to prove who you are and fax it back. Then you go to a mandatory rooting class, that lasts for 5 days, where ACER preaches to you the sins of rooting. Then you have to take and pass a test. Then and only then, after passing the test you get a certificate. Then you call back, give them your certificate ID. Now they give you the secret key to unlock only your tablet.

That's the ticket,

TD

Bottom-line, it's not that they locked the boatloader, it's that you cannot unlock it. Like I said, go out to your driveway some morning and find that GM welded the hood to your car shut because they think you are stupid and shouldn't be opening the hood. Mind you that YESTERDAY, and at the time your bought it, it was not welded shut. That ladies and gentlemen is what ACER did with their OTA.
[Acer Iconia A500] wade7919:
Okay comparing A Tablet or PHone to a car is stupid... Compare it to a Desktop Computer or Laptop... Companies do not lock them down so you can not use different OS's now do they.. They offer Backups to restore the system back to how it was with recovery partitions dont they? or they offer the choice to buy whatever OS you want to install correct? they don't limit you to say just Windows or *NIX do they? But we don't see laptops or desktops locked down to where you can't upgrade your system yourself or anything else... and any dumdass can do that without an issue most of the time. and there is more issues with viruses and crap on computers than phones or tablets...

So before you start making statements like compare this to that learn what to compare to first. If you mess something up on a hardware level sure pay for it.. if you mess something up on a software level because they decided to Babysit people its their fault. and if you think its the persons fault because they decided to open up a PRODUCT that they bought and own then you are one of the people that need babysitting and like everyone telling you what to do and how to do it. Go to an apple product then.

---------- Post added at 07:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:51 PM ----------

Also if you really brick your device you can always give

http://paranoidandroid.us an email to findout about getting it fixed
[Acer Iconia A500] timmyDean:
I still like my car comparison :)

I make the car comparison to illustrate a point, because when I compare tablets to a PC everyone piles on *****ing about MS.

Bottom-line it doesn't matter if it's a blender or a PC. I own it, you own yours and I can do what I want with mine as you can with yours. Now, again I have a BIG(did i mention BIG issue with them changing it on me after I bought it.
[Acer Iconia A500] cruise350:
To get back on topic, is the original poster still out there?? Has any of this helped? Are you still bricked?? Give us an update so we know if anything worked or you still need help.
[Acer Iconia A500] acera500:
The device was returned and accepted for replacement by the shop.Got new one and feel very nervous to start rooting procedure over.I was really lucky that they did not charge me anything but I really want to know what I did wrong so I don't brick my new device again.

I will provide further details soon about my computer OS and firewall settings and perhaps we may figure out what I did wrong.

To all good guys who send me them suggestions and solutions I wanna say big THANK YOU !!!

Your help is really priceless and thrilled me deeply. Will update topic soon
[Acer Iconia A500] acera500:
Happy New Yer to all Android fans!!!

So...Back on the subject.

My device was purchased in Japan and its current firmware version is

Acer_A500_7.009.03_AAP_CUS6JP

Q1. Can I flash US or World Wide firmware version on that device.

Q2. Does anybody know the Acer's ftp download server address for Japan

Q3. I think its a good idea to dump my original stock firmware but it seems there is no way doing that prior rooting.So..kinda stuck .any suggestions appreciated.

P.S. I'm thinking about flashing the latest Rooted rom 3.2.1 V3 by timmiDean (thanks for your hard work) I read the instructions very carefully and I think that everything will go smoothly but just in case (considering the specific Japanese firmware version)

would appreciate any further directions by the author.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] acera500:
It seems that my first Iconia (the bricked one) was with broken power button.

For that reason i could not manage to put it into recovery (download) state by pressing reset and power button ... just that simple...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghavagalaxy:
Guys miui default kernel is battery sucker.......... can any tell me the best kernel for miui which give the good battery backup ......

Sent from my GT-I9000 using MIUI xda premium
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amonra82:
You can use plautypus Neo 18, glitch v13 or fugumod! In forum saying that fugumod is the best for battery duration. Next time flash miui mintberry! It is optimized miui for best usage.

Also, if you notice the process android system is major of 15% in battery info usage, I advice you to disable DND, VPN, monitor, and Telocation provider with app manager. You can freeze them!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmluks:
trying this now.. i have been having this problem for some time and it freaks me out! :P

BTW, you know what DND, monitor and Telocation provider does (didn't see DND in my apps list tho)

Thanks again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghavagalaxy:
thanq amonra
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghavagalaxy:
Amonra which miui mintberry edition is nice i mean ...........1.12.16.or 1.12.23 or1.12.25

thanq
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
PRESENTS

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​

JKay mod with 17 lockscreens and 16 toggles!

Major framework edits and Twframework edits to make this work

Lockscreens include:

*Rings

*Epic

*Epic 2.0

*Miui

*Miui 2.0

*SGS 2

*Circle

*Glass

*Puzzle

*Rotary

*R2-D2

*Four Tab

*JKAY MOD 6 tab

*JKAY MOD 4 tab

*JKAY MOD 2 tab

*Rotary Revamped

*Lense

*Honeycomb

*AOSP

Included and working:

JKAY MOD full status bar tweaks with Miui battery bar

Hide clock

Change clock color

customizable 16 quickpanel toggles

CRT on & off animation

Customizable Extended power menu to include:

*Silent mode

*Data network mode

*Flight mode

*Power off

*Screen capture

*Reboot

*Recovery

*Download

*Vibration mode

*Wifi

*Bluetooth

*Auto-rotate

*Background data

*Auto-sync

*Auto Brightness

*Use GPS satellites

*Wifi hotspot

VOODOO LAGFIX DISABLED ON BOOT DUE TO BEATS AUDIO IN THIS ROM!

TO RE-ENABLE BOOT TO RECOVERY AND ENABLE LAGFIX.

Face unlock also included in settings... enjoy!​

CREDIT FOR THE SOURCE FOR JKAY MOD GOES TO DAGR8 AND THE ENTIRE LOTR AND SAUROM TEAM! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SOURCE! YOU GUYS ARE TRUELY PIONEERS!

THANKS:

*DAGR8

*TEAM SBRISSEN

*TEAM KANG

*PSYCOPHOBIA

*JKAY

*AND OF COURSE TEAM SAUROM PROJEKT TEAM

MAJOR THANKS:

FEZZY102(YOU ARE A TRUE THEMEING NINJA!)

NUNHUGGER

JOHNSONDR80

EXPERIMENT

ZEN ARCADE(TESTING)

AND THE ENTIRE XDA COMUNITY!

THIS IS THE FINAL RELEASE OF ZEUS AND A SAD BUT JOYOUS DAY!

ITS BEEN A FUN RIDE... :)​

​

CHANGELOG IN SECOND POST

THEMES IN THIRD POST​
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
more to come!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
THEMES

ICS THEME FOR BUILD 6

DOWNLOAD ICS FOR BUILD 6 HERE

FLASH THRU CWM LIKE NORMAL, NO WIPE. ENJOY!​

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purps<3

with Heart Toggles​

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sunRise​

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Color Killer​

Here's an ICS blue add-on,

Just flash directly over color killer.

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NEW VERSION of Color Killer!

"this is closer to how I had originally imagined it"

CK(simple) download

"fix for the EPM icons"

EPM fix

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Thanks for trying my themes,

X

My Zeus Build 5.2 Themes

1) sunRise

2) pink&purple

3) ColorKiller

Click the button ;)
​

Don't be Afraid,

....eXpeRiMeNt

Link to my lab.​

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Axiomkid:
Aye! Can't wait. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] FauxAffliction:
What a tease! I want this now!!! :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Axiomkid:
I'm so ready to replace CatyRom with this.... I hope the touchscreen and occassional lags are gone in this one.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Awwww...whats wrong with catyRom?? :(
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
infusion kenrel but needs bootloaders and video works???? not sure i understand that. i mean dont rogers based custom kernels (which have the rainbow fix) break video and negate the need for bootloaders? :confused:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Waiting on EXPERIMENT to finish a few things then ill put the link up....its 1 am ...most everyone's in bed that's why I went ahead and posted...got time before people start wanting it...lol
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Yep...a lot of work and studying and editing...but its fully UCKL2 BASED and video works...I'm just assuming that the bootloaders are needed...haven't flashed without them so I can't say...just saving everyone from asking and bootlooping
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Axiomkid:
I like it a lot just when I have google music player or Pandora or some music player playing my music and I go to unlock my screen sometimes the audio starts to lag the lockscreen is jerky and lags. Also noticed sometimes if i touched the screen nothing would happen unless I turned the screen off and then turned it back on, then my touchscreen will work fine. I think 1 of the tweaks inside Caty are causing it, but according to this Rom, seems you only have thunderbolt tweaks and none of those others from Catyrom, so I will definitely let you know. ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] S1XXV:
Yeah the gingerbread bootloaders would be needed for this rom to work correctly since its based on UCKL2.

Sent from my mobile look at device.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
And yes...extensively tested...VIDEO WORKS!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
That's why I put must be on gb bootloaders in OP before I got bombarded with questions
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Axiomkid:
Never experienced any of these issues and don't understand why I haven't o_O! I have no idea if I'm on Gb Bootloaders or not. All I've ever done was from Froyo 2.2.1 UCKH1 was Flash the Community Kernel and Bam I had CWM and was able to flash any rom. and when I wanted to go back to Froyo, all I did was use GTG Ultimate Unbrick.

Edit: Haven't experienced Rainbows since UCK13
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bignate78:
The Thunderbolt tweaks....are they the up to date recent ones? Just wondering, noticed he's updated his tweaks.

Otherwise can't wait bro!

Big Dog Infuse I997 ICS CatyRom KL2
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
ki4 or kj1 had bootloaders, you might have them already if you've done any odin flashing, also if you have a rainbow fix kernel you dont need bootloaders. if you have just been flashing cwm flashing cuz most cwm roms have had cwm custom kenrels included that have the rainbow fix.

dman, care to share how the videos got fixed?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Yea dani got gtalk?..only share those secrets with devs ....LOL..no offense everyone
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Pm me dani
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bignate78:
Once again ..... Post 16

Big Dog Infuse I997 ICS CatyRom KL2
[Samsung Infuse 4G] S1XXV:
Edit this line in the vold.fstab file you can find it in /ect using root explorer. Change mmc1 to mmc2 and reboot. Your SD card will work then.

dev_mount sdcard1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997
[Samsung Infuse 4G] covsound1:
lol i thought it was mmc1. thank you
[Samsung Infuse 4G] crash822:
Still getting errors on this rom. May be my phone, ever since I installed Bionix it has been acting funny. Examples are if I odin back to stock my apps are still installed. Can't flash CWM community kernal either.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
That's okay, no offense taken. I'm learning more by running a diff against what you've done than I would if you just told us. Hope you don't mind. ;)

Thanks dman, for the hard work figuring out how to hack UCKL2 to get video working.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Factory data reset from phone will fix your issues you said you were having since bionix ...everytime I Odin I do one to have a clean start
[Samsung Infuse 4G] crash822:
I do perform a factory data reset. Still can't install CWM community kernal though for some reason like I used to before bionix. Loaded up my old rom as everytime I boot to ZEUS atm it gives me a FC on system process and I'm unable to install any apps from the market. All this could be from not having GB boot loaders atm as I'm too chicken to flash those.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Crash:
Great rom !! theres a way to put the stock Keypad this kepay the video call icon to small ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ceadda:
Just flashed this rom. Had same issue as everyone else with soft boots after app installs and no SD card functionality. I understand the fix but how can I get to it if I don't have root explorer and can't get to the file to change it? Or has the current file on page one been updated with the SD card fix? Otherwise rom seems great

Edit: Also GTA 3 was not in the market for download
[Samsung Infuse 4G] trej3k:
Great ROM! Two suggestions/questions

Dman, Great ROM first and foremost. I finally found a rom (Caty) that doesnt shut off and blast my music thru the speakers when the screen times out thanks to the "Never" screen timeout option. I am definitely loving Zeus. However, Zeus doesnt have this option :mad:. Is there anyway to add this back into Zeus? Also is there a way to not have my text messages included in the call logs screen???

Forgive my lack of reading :D. I'm just a eager, flash happy guy with those two issues...

Thanks again.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
I did so much editing that I didn't even mess with the call log....and gt3 is in my market cause I downloaded it.....I don't lie
[Samsung Infuse 4G] sashusmom:
sorry to bother you

I'm still learning to hack- Can you (Or anyone) give a quick "how to find" the above file to modify via root explorer? Thanks:) and I appreciate all the hard work you put into this rom. I really love my infuse. Was going to go the MIUI route but you posted the Zeus, so I went with this one! Looks great. Was running Mosaic 8. Liked that too!

Please disregard- in the time it took to post this, the answer is back a page!! I will thank them when I back up!

Well I looked at it- where do I find the dev_mount sdcard1 to start the edit? I can follow the rest of the string if I can get started. Not too comfortable with this stuff yet!

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Think I found it. Thanks anyway!----Success!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] EXPERIMENT:
Alright i slept for a bit, bout to get up and kick my kid off my computer and see if i can get my theme done. Sorry guys. Just gotta get the main framework-res to take. I've got it running right now without, but that only gives me half the theme....

X
[Samsung Infuse 4G] sashusmom:
Great job so far! No apologies necessary. :) You are appreciated.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] EXPERIMENT:
None of my theme is even on yet, just wait till you see it ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ddot196:
Nevermind I'm an idiot. Forgot to mount SD card as r/w in root explorer before making change. Works perfect now.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rocket42:
I was going to ask...so the ZEUS i am now running is unthemed....oh BOY then ,, can't wait!! More blue to come!!

FYI i too had NO ext sd so i flashed Entropy's kernel and it;s back.

hmm, when i first flashed i had the grey cement wall with android as a boot screen after i flashed entropy kernel i now have ATT boot ...eeewwww.ah, saw someone say they flashed back to infusion kernel and ext sd stayed....i did the same. Back on infusion kernel ext SD good and NO MORE ATT BOOT.

I had NO issues at all restoring with Tibu
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ceadda:
alright, flashed back to catyrom, opened the zeus zip and edited the mms of the mentioned file to mmc2. am flashing back now, and i'll check again for Grand theft auto 3, i purchased it for my tablet and just couldnt find it in the market for my phone under 3 different roms. I'll search again after the reflash.