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[Acer Iconia A500] yaworski:
Did you flash the patched bootloader in APX mode using nvflash? Because all above instructions work only on unlocked and patched bootloader with "secure" flag off.
[Acer Iconia A500] querobolo:
are u talking about the pached bootloader from this topic (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514951)???
[Acer Iconia A500] querobolo:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22966176&postcount=44 ... i followed this tutorial and i booted in cwm recovery...yyyiupiiii

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omg, now my tablet is in bootloop and i cant go to apx mode...

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omg, now my tablet is in bootloop, and i cant go to apx mode...
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Is it possible to flash the patched bootloader via nvflash if you currently have the old 3.01 bootloader?

Or must you flash the new bootloader with the LEAK ROM, then flash the patched one?
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
It's easier to flash stock leak first, and then patched bootloader. But you can flash it directly, but then have ti flash custom recovery with it and fix the update.zip not to reflash the bootloader again.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Ok, thanks.. I was never able to get nvflash to work on the old 3.01 bootloader. Always get error. It does show up in device manager when I'm in APX mode. Something like "Acer Download Util".

Loading bootloader...
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X4
Command send failed (usb write failed)

I want to be able to go back and forth between the bootloaders for testing purposes. If I go ahead and flash stock ICS to get the new bootloader, then flash the unlocked one, then want to go back to the old one.. can i just dd my mmcblk0_start to get back to the old one? Or should I nvflash the bootloader from the EEU package?
[Acer Iconia A500] kasim1:
Trying to delete recovery-from-boot.p

and no luck

i was using root Explorer.

Update:

Finally got it, had to root it 2 times, i guess something happened first time
[Acer Iconia A500] yodor:
is possible to do on 3.2 ?

Hello is it possible to do this while running HC?

I tried dmesg but there is no androidboot.serialno

Is this CPUID=androidboot.serialno we used by adb list-devices, or this is new from ICS ?
[Acer Iconia A500] yaworski:
Yes, on HC CPUID is the number showed as device id when you use

adb devices

command.

On ICS the device id showed by adb has changed. Because of that you need to check androidboot.serialno kernel command line argument to get your CPUID (it is new argument in ICS bootloader).
[Acer Iconia A500] t-dkp:
When I do (ADB DEVICES) the result is my serial number and not my CPUID

François
[Acer Iconia A500] HotShotAzn:
I know this thread is a few days old but I am having the same issue as above. I do not have androidboot.serialno in the dmesg file.
[Acer Iconia A500] ztotherad:
Is there anyway someone can do this in Linux (Ubuntu) instead of windows? I'm running Ubuntu on my computer. Is there a simple how to for linux users?
[Acer Iconia A500] gbyrne2011:
Pure legend :D
[Acer Iconia A500] newbkilla:
I got this same problem.... I've tried it multiple times and I cannot find the line in the outputed file... any help?
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
I've been trying to boot into bootloader but all I get is a blank screen.

When I try booting it by holding vol-down+power I get the following:

Booting recovery kernel image

Recovery verified failed ...

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Thanks a lot.

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Never mind. Got everything working following the instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22966176&postcount=44

:D
[Acer Iconia A500] giancaleone:
Which recovery have you installed?

Have you a ICS bootloader or HC Bootloader?

Try this:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522384

by APXmode
[Acer Iconia A500] endrsothershadow:
I get to the press any key when tablet is in download mode step and my tablet never goes to download mode. It stays black screen and the power button illuminated. nvflash shows me this:

**********************************************************

* Press any key when your A500 is in bootloader mode *

**********************************************************

Press any key to continue . . .

Flashing patched bootloader V2...

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

connection failed NvError 0x30011

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

connection failed NvError 0x30011

Flashing Thor Recovery 1.7...

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

connection failed NvError 0x30011

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

connection failed NvError 0x30011

Exiting APX mode...

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

connection failed NvError 0x30011

********************************************************

* Hold the power button on your A500 to power off, *

* then turn it back on normally *

********************************************************

Press any key to exit...

Press any key to continue . . .

Can't unlock bootloader using fastboot, can't seem to get nvflash to go. Help!
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
Hi guys,

I would like to know why I can't find my CPUID on the DMESG.TXT file

Open up dmesg.txt and look for androidboot.serialno. That is your CPUID. In my case, the serial number reported by the OS, on the box, in the MicroSD slot was NOT my cpuid.

nope... no serialno inside this file.

but when I check the devices information the SNID match with the sticker... is that mean if i add 0x0............. it's my CPUID ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
No.. Your UID is an 8 byte hex number.

Which bootloader do you have installed?

if you have the old HC3.01 bootloader and you have an HC rom installed, just do a nandroid backup using Thor's recovery (can be an advanced backup of just boot) and it will create a UID.txt file

if you have the old bootloader and you have an ICS rom, make a full nandroid backup, install an HC rom and then do as i said before. Then you can restore you full nandroid backup.

if you have the new bootloader and ISC rom, then I think it should be in that dmesg text.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
I had to wipe out my tablet, and reset to factory to get the serialno...

seems my dmesg was truncated....

the bootloader was the stock one.

note:

I figured how install the bootloader and the rest after getting the serialno, that was a question of trigger on the nvflash... a missing -w on the first command seems my tablet is little bit boring with the usb :D

Thanks for your answer euclid anyway.

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I got the same problem here the solution that took me couple of search...

Be sure to have the VACHE Acer A500 bct etc... as well sorry can t remember where I downloaded it.

first. let your tablet aside.

edit the RUN.BAT file you got

and replace

nvflash --bct bct.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile flash.cfg --odmdata 0x300d8011 --sbk %MYSBK% --sync

by

nvflash [B]-w[/B] --bct bct.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile flash.cfg --odmdata 0x300d8011 --sbk %MYSBK% --sync

the -w will wait until the USB mode APX is detected and will continue

save and lauch it,

type your SBK when asked

then start your tablet in APX mode (keep reset pushed, press power on and keep your finger on it 5s, then remove it, and stop pressing the reset button)

Black screen (if you are under windows you should check if the device is APX or not here... )

now, because your device is APX mode, you can continue the RUN.BAT by pressing enter...

and follow the instruction...

and that should be ok

if you want see what happen,

just edit the RUN.BAT and remove all the CLS lines

reboot your tablet when finished

wait all is booted

then.... continue what you wanna do :D

beware, you need to wipe your tablet when you install new ROM...
[Acer Iconia A500] woodsonmh:
Thank you,

I had tried other methods and just could not get boot menu back. With update coming next week from acer I didn't know if this was going to be a problem.

Thanks again,

Woody

PS two min. after getting bootloader back, I was off looking for some new way to get me in trouble. go figure
[Acer Iconia A500] strongergravity:
Cautionary Tale:

Where step 1 of these instructions says "Install the A500 drivers from Acer on PC (from Acer's site)"...do so. I already had working ADB, and I could get into bootloader mode, but I spent a couple of hours last night banging my head against the wall trying to get into APX mode to no avail. This morning I downloaded & installed the driver package from Acer & the whole thing went through in a matter of minutes.

I've been rooting & roming for a couple of years now, but there is no replacement for reading and following instructions.

In a word - facepalm!

Thanks to JM77, Strra, Vache and company.
[Acer Iconia A500] mihnead:
i have apx, but it keeps getting stuck at Formatting partition 4 please wait and the little moving line thing. for hte past 15 minutes at least :-/
[Acer Iconia A500] BakaNeko59:
Is there any way to install a different recovery (amon RA or twrp) on a system with the patched ICS loader? All the processes I've seen use a patched version of Thor's 1.7 (not even 1.7.1) and caution not to use Acer Recovery Installer to install others.
[Acer Iconia A500] ablabla:
Hi Gurus,

Is there a way to verify that the cpuid (and then the generated SBK) is good, just in case something goes wrong, and you're gonna need your cpuid (and SBK)? :confused:

Thanks!

.A.

PS: I could see in dmesg that androidboot.serialno with a 16 digit number. Then i generated the SBK at vache's site.
[Acer Iconia A500] wlk0:
You can try running some non destructive nvflash commands, if your SBK is wrong, you will get disconnected with an error (0x4 IIRC).
[Acer Iconia A500] ablabla:
Sounds good. But... What would be a non destructive command?

Could you (or someone) share some example commands with full syntax?

Thanks Guys!

.A.
[Acer Iconia A500] wlk0:
You should find everything in the current thread (check the first 2 pages).

Try running something like:

nvflash --bl bootloader.img --sbk XXXXXXXXXXXXX --sync

If your sbk is wrong, you'll get this:

rcm version 0X4

Command send failed (usb write failed)

Avoid --create, --download and other alteration commands.

However, if you are not confident with these stuff, you might want to avoid playing with them.
[Acer Iconia A500] ebonikeys:
can somebody help me reviving this tablet??

apx installed porperlyand I was somehow able to do it ubt i was stuck with "entering download mode" and got this error

C:\unlock>nvflash -r --format_partition 4

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

Formatting partition 4 please wait.. Command Execution failed cmd 13, error 0x30012

FAILED!

command failure: format partition failed

Im always getting stuck in "entering download mode"
[Acer Iconia A500] ebonikeys:
now im stuck in entering acer download mode.. anyone?
[Acer Iconia A500] kasim1:
Update to BL v4

Deleted.....
[Acer Iconia A500] exmeaguy:
Must have tried this 20 times and I do not get the APX USB device in the system tray. I am stuck. Downloaded everything and followed the directions.

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Same issue I am now having.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Wrong sbk? Why don't you try the guide from my sig , new unlocked bootloader ,etc......

I used this guide as a base for it but put more steps in it like testing you sbk.
[Acer Iconia A500] Basian Mile:
If i flash the new v4 with nvflash, will i then loose the CWM?
[Acer Iconia A500] heiNey:
does this method work for OTA ICS update, or only the leaked one?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Will work for OTA, but look in my sign for the latest guide for going to V6 unlocked bootloader and custom cwm.
[Acer Iconia A500] macadam21:
HI guys,

I've ACER A500 recently upgraded to 4.0.3 by OTA.

I think I correctly flollowed instructions but I can't enter in APX mode. When I try "hold on reset, power 3sec then release reset buton after 1 seconde" => my computer detect device, try to instal it but failed installing acer usb boot recovery driver ADB. (drivers not found).

ACER USB driver installed

ACER sync installed

What else???
[Acer Iconia A500] Mlopik:
Links aren't working. :/ Please can someone repair it?
[Acer Iconia A500] manufan721:
Check stickies...civato has the best guide for doing this....but....the way i did it worked smooth as butter..get the cwm flash zip to go back to stock rooted..(ya need your cpuid and sbk too;)) flash back to stock rooted and accept all the ota updates once you are updated completely with all otas then use the tools outlined in said stickie in this section...using that method i was able to install everything with no issues in less than a half hour..:D:D:D

Thanks again for the guide civ...you are a lifesaver!!!!!!!!!!!:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
[Acer Iconia A500] Zoandroid:
Instructions not workingt

There is no instance of "androidboot.serialno" in the dmesg.txt file that results from doing the above. I am running Thor ICS v170, trying to get to the ICS bootloader, and every guide I have tried so far is extremely convoluted, and leads me to a similar wall I can't get past. Isn't there an easier way to do this?
[Acer Iconia A500] DDomitri:
Greetings,

I accidentally deleted my dmesg.txt by my clumsiness. I got it back by a recovery software on my PC but I think its corrupted because It's all chinese letters etc...

Is there a way to get a new dmesg.txt by anyway?

Best regards,

Miro
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainard52:
So, I know that there are people out there who know what the heck they're doing. I was wondering what some safe values for undervolting would be. I want to get better battery life out of my phone, and overclocking is not necessary. How would you suggest going about doing this? I don't really know what app I would even need to undervolt. I think ROM Manager has the capability, but I'm unsure :/ I have the paid version, so I don't have any limitations.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
I use antutu cpu master for undervolting (that's the free version, paid has schedulers)

Every device is different, start in -25mv steps to check and see if your device can handle it... (don't check set on boot until you are sure you're not getting random reboots from undervolting)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainard52:
Awesome, thanks. Another question then. Will you explain the different governers to me? I have ondemand interactive smartass and scary.

Sent from my Cyanogen R800x using the XDA app.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
This Link explains everything...

But just so you know, for future reference, This Link shows you how I got it (1/2 way down the page)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainard52:
I guessed that second link was LMGTFY. Also, since you were kind enough to google it for me, I've learned that people will google things for me, and I'll continue to ask silly questions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannyfly:
I'm running Galaxy Nexus CM9 20120227 with Fransco kernel 18.6.

The issue I have here is that Gallery app won't update/refresh local content and won't create thumbnail (under DCIM folder there is no .thumbnail).

I have tried the following:

-clear data for gallery app

-reinstall CM9 with gapps

-photo sync is off and tried refresh button within gallery app

-fix permission by rom manager

There are 3 gallery apk under my system/app

-gallery2.apk

-gallery4.apk

-gallerygoogle.apk

really need some helps here, anything you can think off, except factory reset
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannyfly:
OMFG im so desperate with stock gallery

does any one else have the same problem?

gallery isn't creating thumbnail when it open up
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Did you flash Franco Kernel when flashing the new ROM? That may be the issue

You could also try backing up all your photos. Deleting the DCIM folder, and manually re-creating it. Maybe that will help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannyfly:
im not sure if it kernel or rom but it seems no one else is having this problem and cm9 and franco kernel r very popular

i've tried delete sdcard\DCIM and copy everything back in, still not working

it seems to me that gallery is not creating thumbnail, it does show correct name and number of files in each folder, so it did update the local content, it just that on every image i click it show "No thumbnail".

i couldnt find thumbnail folder under sdcard\DCIM
[HTC Sensation] Teh_Tech:
Hi! Is there any way possible to backup WiFi profiles (SSID & passcodes) from device and be able to restore them?

Every time I install a new ROM, I have to enter all the profiles manually, which is a major pain in the rear, specially when around mates houses!

Surely these profiles should be stored in the /data/data partition right?

I'd prefer not to install any more apps that I'll only just use to backup / restore WiFi profiles! I have heard that Titanium can backup these, but I already have My Backup Pro, Backup Everything & I have touch recovery too, so everything is fully backed up apart from my Wifi Profiles, PLEASE can anybody help?

Thanks in advance!

Arty.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

All my WiFi profiles are backed up and restored when I use ROM CLEANER

:)
[HTC Sensation] Teh_Tech:
SOLVED :-) :-) :-)

Never mind, I have found the file that stores all the WiFi profiles, the location is:

/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

Also, the Bluetooth profiles (paired devices) are saved into:

/data/misc/bluetoothd/YOUR-BLUETOOTH-MAC-ADDRESS/

Here you will find a few files (7 for me) which relates to your Bluetooth devices, I think 1 file contains the MAC addresses of paired devices, while another has the MAC addresses WITH the devices Bluetooth name!

So in future, before I reboot into recovery to flash a new ROM, I can copy the WiFi & Bluetooth files locations to my SD card, then I will never lose my profiles & devices when I change ROM's! No need for Titanium Backup here :-)
[HTC Sensation] k0zmic:
If you enabled Google Backup then Wi-Fi access points should be backed up and then restored when signing into a new ROM.
[HTC Sensation] Teh_Tech:
As has been said by quite a lot of people whilst googling this, it does not work!!

Stock & rooted ROM's tested but no go, and the way I posted above is a sure-fire way to keep them!

Also, would you *REALLY* trust Google with your personal data such as SSID's & WiFi passwords with everything that has come to light about Google? not me! Better to be safe than sorry! :)

EDIT: thought just came to me; I'd need internet access to register my google account for it to restore, and without that I'd need mobile internet, which defeats the point of using WiFi!!! Also, I ONLY use my mobile data when I'M not near WiFi being as I have a very small data allowance per day...
[HTC Sensation] Dan_Aykroyd:
What would they do? Go to your house to steal your bandwidth? :D
[HTC Sensation] josephjohn84:
Wifi password backup location

Hello all, i recently formatted my galaxy note 2, with the backup option

on

(including the wifi password), however, the wifi password did not restore and now, i want to know the location of the wifi password backup location, so that i can manually punch in it. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Joseph
[HTC Sensation] josephjohn84:
Wifi password backup location

Hello all, i recently formatted my galaxy note 2, with the backup option on (including the wifi password), however, the wifi password did not restore and now, i want to know the location of the wifi password backup location, so that i can manually punch in it. any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] rossant:
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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] anseio:
Fun game!

Instructions would be nice. It took a few rounds to realize that tiles didn't just "swap" with the adjacent tiles, but would move all along a horizontal plane.
[HTC Sensation] jawdatt:
How do I find The RUU that appropriate

my mobile
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Right here. Your answer is about 30 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tman7510:
Ok have been running foxhound 1.1,tried a couple of other roms,kernels,etc and no problem. But now all of a sudden tried to flash manhatten and endless boot loop. I have tried to wipe from cwm several times but no luck. I dont want to lose my pictures from virtual sdcard. I have no access to adb but cwm and fastboot of course. I'm using linux so is there any way to use fastboot to erase everything but keep virtual sdcard. If that can you point me to instructions on how to from fastboot. I have the GSM version
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Did you even bother installing another ROM prior to freaking out?

Wipe data

Wipe cache

Wipe dalvik

Format System

install ROM from sd card (please don't tell me you only kept one ROM on there)

your phone should now boot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tman7510:
I have wiped several times reflashed foxhound 1.1 even reinstalled cwm recovery touch version but no go. Not sure what happened but why would going back to stock fix it??? I dont want to lose my pictures but if that is the only way. What the hell is causing the boot loop????
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
You keep saying that you wiped but you're being vague.

Can you specify if you have WIPED DATA, CACHE, DALVIK, FORMATTED SYSTEM, and FORMATTED CAHCHE? If you have not, do that and THEN re-flash Foxhound

This does NOT wipe your internal SD card.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] demon2112:
9 out of 10 times its human error when bootloop shows up..... go to the thread of the rom you flashing maybe you missed a important step

Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tman7510:
I have formatted everything but davik cache but when I do that I get" E:unknown volume for path /sd-ext Dalvik Cache Wiped " then reflash foxhound and now I am back to the boot loop all I get is Google with unlock symbol at the bottom and it just loops. There has to be a way to get info off my virtual sdcard..I dont care how hard it is
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tman7510:
I didn't use the gapps but the rom should still boot without that gapp version. Also shouldn't I be able to flash another rom without having this issue??? All I did was flash from clockworkmod. maybe the zip file I downloaded got corrupted but I am unable to fix the problem. I had installed the manhatten rom yesterday but went back to foxhound because lack of performance/undervolting settings that apperently are on the rom. just want it to work again..I'm unable to use adb becasue it wont boot. all I have is fastboot and cwm recovery :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
That error is normal as we don't have an "sd-ext" .

Are you wiping in the correct order? You're wiping all of that first, and then installing ROM correct?

Do you have a back up?

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If you have ADB installed, or can get to a computer with it.

You can pull your files from the SD card as our fake SD card is actually /DATA/MEDIA
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tman7510:
how do I get adb to work if the phone will not boot into android???in fastboot mode if I type adb devices it lists nothing?? if I try adb in cwm recovery I get a bunch of questionmarks followed by no permissions....this is in linux. I can use windows if the toolkit can use adb while in clockworkmod recovery. I'll need detailed instructions becasue I have wiped in every order imaginable and nothing but boot loop???