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[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
i think i'm confused:o:o:o:):) or tired its late here......

in usbdeview along the top column click on VENDOR ID

go down and look for #0502 go across the columns and your id should be under

serial number column

btw what happens when u hold vol down and press pwr button????
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
just my input... might be wrong, but every tidbit helps.

In USB Deview, I believe you look for android.bootserial if it's the same as we run dmesg from ADB, Not sure but check it. Never ran USB Deview before.

Also, one of my russian colleagues said that everytime you connect the USB to the PC, windows keeps a record in the Windows/temp folder for the device ID. If I can find the PM in my mail, I'll post his info again. Theory is, you may be able to get it from temp, so don't clean your temp folder.
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
ok, under serial number column there is only the 11 digits, so no way.

i'll do some trys using zip files of official roms and trying to get an update.zip working, if i don't get results (as it'll probably happen) i'll give up and send it to acer assistance.

you were very very kind, thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
are you taking on the next shift moscow?????

what do u think if he cant get his ID and an update.zip wont work??

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ok m8, a shame we couldnt get u going....

did u try moscows suggestion???

good luck with the update.zip

@ moscow...so its really true then....if you dont have your cpuid youre.......????
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
hi moscow, many thanks to you !

sorry i didn't read your reply before.

well i can't find android.bootserial in usbdeview.

i try to attach a (wide) screenshot.

i'll keep looking for an update.zip file, it's a shame the only one i can find on the net is the one that bricked my device ....
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, I'll take over for awhile so you can take a break.

Keep in mind I'm bouncing back and forth between baby and Android.

Yeah, you're close to being fubarred if you don't have a UID and running ICS Bootloader (hacked version). But not totally.

INFO: I couldn't find the PM from my russian friend explaining how he found his in the Windows/temp folder, as some strange named temp file. Mainly because it was through ATG site, which is no longer there anymore.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, looking at your image, it seems to show your current UID under ICS. This is both good and bad.

Good, because you should be able to go to Civato's Bootloader thread, and convert it to SBK, then NVFlash a new ICS bootloader and recovery. Then install an ICS rom.

Bad, because that number will not work with a HC EUU, or even running the update.zip from the SD Card.

In theory, the SBK generated is the same for both HC and ICS UID. At least in my case. One would think Vach could reverse the process to generate a HC UID from the SBK. In theory.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Oh fanks M u a doll:-) think its weird usbdeview didn't work, I mean it shows every device, ever connected oh just thought, is it possible to run dmesg via adb/apx ? Well that's me 4 the nyt, cyas tomorrow
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
moscow, thanks again.

this part for me was too difficult to understand.

thanks anyway !
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, flashing bootloader the manual way can be a bit confusing. It involves setting your tab to APX mode. Press and hold the pinhole reset, and press and hold PWR. Hold PWR for 3sec, release. Then release the pinhole 1 sec later. This puts the tab in APX mode. Display will be black, but PWR button is on.

Check this:

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

Download the package and extract to a folder on your C drive.

Then go to Vache's site (link in the thread) and convert this number from the image you gave.

11405915515 and generate an SBK number

Connect your tab in APX mode (you should see widows show some connection when you do this about download or apx mode) if not, you will need drivers. You can always check device manager for APX mode when connected.

Run the file you downloaded as in the thread instructions. Do this through a CMD window (command window). Usually you can hold SHIFT and right mouse click and select open CMD window here.

Paste the SBK when asked (right mouse click on the curser)

Hit enter.

If it works, you get a PASS when finished.

If not, it will tell you SBK not good.

It's worth a shot anyhow.

Now I'll be gone for a couple hours. Baby needs Park in the buggy.
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
many thanks.

i tried but no luck, i receive a USB write error.

i tried for the second time to open a ticket at acer assistance.

first time they said they needed more info.

this time they suggested me to hard reset.

i'll try for the third time, it's annoyin i have to send the tablet and wait for i don't know how long to get it back and how much i'll pay for this (maybe 50 euros ....).

thanks for everything and have fun with your baby !
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, still a couple of other tricks.

What type of PC/OS are you running? Is it a 64bit (like dual core?) Reason I ask, is there are a couple of USBDeviews. One specifically for 64bit processors.

Try the attached zip
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
hey moscow, i'm using xp 32 bit.

i gave up, i really tried everything, even changed 20 times the number trying to decode a rom and extract update.zip ...

tomorrow i'll take it to ups, i'll let you know how it ends.

you were very very kind and i thank you all.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, sorry we couldn't get you up and running. Maybe perhaps with more time, or if the tab was in our hands, might be able to. Good luck with Acer and hope they get it back to you soon. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
just to let you know iconia is already back.

sent to acer thursday afternoon, they received it on friday, sent it back on monday, the fastest product assistance i've met.

thanks again to everybody.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
OMG what an amazing outcome!!!! so glad it all worked out in the end.....u have the cpuid for it now???
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Ahahahaha :D:D:D:D

Actually, great service by Acer! Same tablet I think?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
OMG M, FM???? or is it Mr MD now:p:p:p:p when did that happen?? congrats m8 excellent choice I say:):):)
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
yes, same tablet.

about the id, well, i think i keep doing something wrong.

i enable usb debugging.

plug the tablet to the pc.

open a dos prompt and type adb devices.

i get the same number i got before, which is an eleven digits ....
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
no you're doing nothing wrong - its like that with ICS

probly a silly question but i'm asking it anyhow, lol

did u have to go thru the setup wizard again, google sign in and wifi setup etc

r u still rooted by any chance????
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
any question asked to me is not stupid, since i've proved i'm the king of noobs :D

i had to go through the procedure again, as the tablet was brand new.

i have no root privileges since i didn't have them even before, i was trying when i bricked it.

in fact it would be nice to get them, but now i'm afraid of doing anything weird and brick it again .....

by the way, now tablet has this parameters:

android version 4.0.3

kernel

2.6.39.4+

image ver

Acer_AV041_A500_RV03RC01_WW_GEN01

build number

Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN01
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
not at all, j, you did pretty good iconvincing acer to fix that hardware fault yr tab must have had:D:D:D

yeh, i hear you....lol....well there has been alot happening in dev land, I've just

flashed the new v4 BL, using Civs nvFlash method - ran thru in 4 or 5 mins no probs - i took screenies in case anything went wrong as some have had issues with that method -

You might wanna take a look at the blackthund3rs a500 Manager - it incorporates a couple of different components in one tool - icsRoot, apxFlash. You can use it find your cpuid/sbk, whether you have an apx connection established BEFORE you flash and a few other things beside - you can d/l from Blackthund3rs site - he also has a glossary on the same page which I would highly recommend anyone to take a look thru -

what i found with the v4 BL is I chose the option to flash "CWM New" Recovery

now what is interesting about this is, it actually gives you your original 15 digit CPUID???? ....how it does it when no other method i know can, i dont know all i do know is that this is great news!!!!!!

oh and when you're ready check out my sig for an update to the cpuid thread

and a walkthru (complete with pretty pictures!!!) in using apxflash tool to flash an unlocked BL and recovery.. oh

if you root first with icsRoot u can save yrself having to delete the ".....boot.p" file icsRoot will take care of that for you -

sorry did not mean for that to turn into a blimmin novel:o (note to self: i gotta get out more!!!!)
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
i got lost, completely .... :eek:

only thing i know i have some issue in getting my real serial number, using a500 manager i get this error

/system/bin/sh: grep: not found

/system/bin/sh: sed: not found

write: Broken pipe
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
oh hell m8 now ya got bad plumbing:D:D:D:D u not having much luck:(:(

no idea on that error m8 - did u root first????
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
no, unless i'm not sure what i'm doing (and at this point i guess i'll never be !) i'm terrified.

tomorrow i'll continue reading over the net, many many thanks, you are really kind person.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
m8 i dont blame ya, think i would be too, ive never seen an error like that....

im posting a question over at tegra hopefully blackthund3r or someone else may

be able to shed some light for us....in the meantime you got the right idea in

leaving it for the moment - maybe one of the devs will see this and provide an

explanation on why you're seeing what you're seeing....

i'll keep searching but i dont know too much about linux??? maybe its time to learn:)

If i find anything i'll just update this post, i'm so sorry m8:(:(:(
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Hai there! No his plumbing is fine both literally and metaphorically :P

He needs to root first. Busy box provides the sed and grep commands. Broken pipe means the app has tried to tunnel one command's output into another and failed (my app tunnels the output of dmesg through both grep and sed)
[Acer Iconia A500] jeremypps:
Hi and thank you as well, really.

Hope i don't bother you asking this: can i root simply following this procedure:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546593

?

Sorry but, as we say, i'm walking with boots made of lead (i can't afford to send iconia back to acer again, this time they'll keep it and send me a bloc-notes and a pencil...)
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Well if u r asking blackthund3r he's gonna say use my icsroot see link in my sig, lol

I've not used the method u linked to so my advice would be to use a500,manager to do the lot

But it is yr tab So choice is yrs m8, but can I just say even tho I been up all nyt on this forum

I would not ever tell somone to bloody well use icsroot .....that wouldn't be right.....even if it comes

with gr8 support,and that you'd be a fool not too, no, no, no I'd never say anything at all like that at

all, its up 2 u m8:cool::cool::cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Sure you can root with any tool but I make all my apps to fit together well so for example I haven't tested the version of busybox in the other method etc. But I know A500 Manager definitely works with ICS Root's busybox. Both root methods are over similar. The other method is probably a bit quicker but mine is more thorough in that it adds a remount appsand gives a lot of flexibility to the end user
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
Bricked A500

I recently aquired a Bricked A500.

When you push the power button the light comes on the tablet vibrates then immediately turns off again.

I have used a fully charged battery from a working A500 same thing.

I can put the tablet into APX mode.

Problem is I do not have the UID for this tablet.

Is there an alternative way to dump the UID?

I have tried reading and trying suggestions found in this thread but to no avail.

I tried using A500 manager no go.

The tablet is out of warranty.

I have also considered putting the back cover of an in warranty tablet on and sending it to Acer.

When Acer does an unbrick do they actually unbrick it or use a new mother board?

I have had Acer desktops that have had a bios update fail and sent it in under warraty and they replaced the MB.

Any suggestions welcome!
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
well i can help with yr cpuid see the first link in my thread

not heard of yr power on issue tho, what about recovery mode, tried that? press and hold vol up then press and hold pwr button till the tab vibrates and white letters appear on the screen then let it go - let the vol up button go when u see booting recovery image
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
I have already tried all of those things.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
ok so you cannot turn the tab on for any length of time and have no cpuid and no recovery....then theres not alot more you can do in regards to fixing it yrself, sorry
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
Thanks for the replies.

Is there a way to calculate the UID based on the SNID?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
i dont think so m8 - its based on the chip itself - ask gersma he just built a tool that generates the sbk from the cpuid - its called afterOTA if anyone knows what is and isnt possible he will, and the thread is in the dev forum

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some good info here http://projects.pappkartong.se/a500/
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
Good stuff at the url you listed.

I emailed Acer and told them the Tablet failed from the latest update.

I will see if they are willing to fix it.

I wonder if they really check to make sure the SNID is the same as the sd card slot cover barcode.

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Since it seems fairly clear that the bootloader is hosed on this tablet can NVFLASH be used to push a new one to the tablet without the UID?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
no not without the uid - fastboot can but u need the v4 b/l first :(

as i said before i havent heard of yr particular powering on issue - maybe it really is a h/w fault:)

will it flash an acer update.zip via stock recovery?? all files in vaches full package OTA thread
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
It won'y boot recovery I have tried.

Acer replied I am SOL.

Looks like I am going to try using an in warranty SNID/SD card slot cover and send it in for repair.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
u can't 'boot' into stock recovery as such, there is no menu just the dead robot screen - IF there is an officially signed acer update.zip on yr external sd your tab will flash it automatically
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
I have flashed many of these tablets.

I know what booting from recovery is.

The tablet just won't get that far.

Lights up vibrates restarts.

Like I said I can put the tablet into APX mode that is it.

If I had UID i could recover it.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
yeh u could
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
I did a little more digging on this tablet.

It is a Acer refurbished out of warranty.

So I took it completely apart to check and see if all the rest of the components were in working order, I checked them using a working tablet.

Strange thing was the MB would power up just fine without the LCD attached, so reseated the LCD connections and all is now good!!
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
nice m8:-) onward an upward!!!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585907seen this??? these 2 have managed to retrieve their uid

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23783875&postcount=9 eppeP's post is a bit above my pay scale:-) so i cant comment!!! may be of use
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Datsun.510:
Wanted to say thank you to everyone for keeping the HD2 alive!!!

600,000+ Posts is a great achievement for a 2+ year old device. Specially when the native OS is not Android.

Total posts in all sections are at 1,238,582, higher than any other device.

The HD2 is King of Smartphones, the smartest of them all!!!

Long Live the HTC HD2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Damblack:
Hd 2 is not dead ! Thank you all for the hard work.;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] retsam88:
No wonder. It's THE best HTC device EVER. Couldn't think of any smartphone which lives up so long. And still brings so much fun.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mainweb:
our device is the best of all

more then 2 years now and still standing

amazing..... winmo 6.5 winmo7 android ICS amazing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok, i recently got galaxy nexus.

it took me 6 hours to unlock it and root it. (yes i'm a total noob.. i followed the guide exactly but my computer won't install the drivers and took me more than 10 tries to finally do it).

so my nexus is rooted and running 4.0.2 NON yakuju build.

now i want to update to 4.0.4 yakuju build without losing root.

what's the simplest idiot-proof method of doing this?

i searched all over but couldn't find a simple guide.

please help me, thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HeCareth:
Geez 6 hours...it takes me no more than 10 minutes to unlock and root. By the way this is a question so next time you might want to stick this in the Q&A threads.

Anyway, if your unlocked you should have a recovery or something on your phone to flash ROMS, I think there is a stock rooted ZIP floating around you can use to update. But use the search and browse the development threads I'm sure you will find something.

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Did a search off IMM7k6 and found the following link. Hope that helps. Trust me searching is your friend

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1630349&highlight=imm76k
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
thanks but my phone is not verizon.

i got it from wind mobile... one that needs sim card inside..

is there a guide for wind mobile galaxy nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
Just use OTA RootKeeper to backup SU and restore it after you update.:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok i downloaded ota root keeper.

but how do i update to 4.0.4 YAKUJU?

sorry but i need a step by step instruction..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] propain4444:
Now that you have the drivers installed, updating to anything should be easy. If you lose root, then just use the GNex toolkit to get it back. Using the toolkit, it should take somewhere around 90 seconds to root your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok that's good,

but is there a clear step-by-step instruction on how to go from 4.0.2 non-yakuju to 4.0.4 yakuju without losing root?

because all this is pretty confusing to me.

i need a step by step guide... for example:

step 1: go here and download this file

step 2: connect your phone to your pc

step 3: put this file into ...

etc..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
If you want to switch to yakju 4.0.4, see here.

If you want to update your non-yakju build to 4.0.4, see if the update is available here.

To root, after either method (given your bootloader is unlocked), follow method 1 here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
thank you efrant,

so if i understand correctly, i should follow your 2nd link and just skip the 1st link, right?

and how do i find out what version mine is?

i know it's not official yakju but i don't know if it's yakjuxx or yakjukkk or something else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No, that's not what I was saying.

I was saying if you want to convert to yakju, follow the first link. You will be on yakju and 4.0.4. I would recommend this.

If you do not want to switch to yakju (i.e., you want to keep your current non-yakju build), then see if the 4.0.4 update is available for your build in the second link.

Look in this file and see what it says: /system/build.prop
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok,

i definately want yakju so i will follow the 1st link and ignore the 2nd link.

my phone just ran out of battery so i will have to go home first then charge it and try it out!

if i get stuck or screw up, please help me!

thank you so much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
hi,

ok i'm stuck.

i'm doing the part C of your guide.

you said extract the file and there should br 6 files ending with .img.

so i got those 6 files and put them into a folder (i named the folder 'yakju').

but where does this folder go?

do i put this folder onto my phone's sd card? or do i just leave it on my pc (they are inside my 'document' folder).

then your guide says : 8) Open a command prompt in the same directory and do the following:

but where do i open a command prompt?

in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Everything stays on your PC. You need to put the files from the attachment in the same folder as the .img files. Then you open a command prompt in THAT directory.

Did you read the whole post before starting like it was stated at the beginning?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok i open the command prompt in that directory and when i type 'fastboot devices', it says 'fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
That's probably because you didn't unzip the files in the attachment into the same directory.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok, i followed your download link, and downloaded 'Factory Images "yakju" for Galaxy Nexus "maguro"'

then i got 'yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f.tar' file... but your guide says .tgz file?

so maybe i downloaded a wrong file.

anyway, then i unzipped it with 7zip and i got this folder called 'yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f'

inside that folder, i get this file 'yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f' with no file extension.

then i upzipped that file with 7zip and i get this folder named 'yakju-imm76i'.

inside that folder, i have bootloader-maguro-primela03.img, flash-all.sh, flash-base.sh, radio-maguro-i9250xxla02.img and image-yakju-imm76i.zip.

so i unzip image-yakju-imm76i.zip and i get this folder called image-yakju-imm76i and inside that folder i have 5 files : userdata.img, android-info.txt, boot.img, recovery.img, and system.img..

so where do i open a command prompt?

right now my folder structure/tree looks like this:

libraries -> documents -> yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f -> yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f~ -> yakju-imm76i -> image-yakju-imm76i
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
ok i think i may have found the problem.

your guide says: '2) Download the attachment from this post and extract the contents to the directory created in step 1.'

but there is no actual link.

can you please verify?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Lol. Think of the bright side guys. At least you're not doing it for him. You'd probably be getting calls at 4am. No offense op. First time is the hardest. But after the first the learning curve is easier.

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlxowhd:
hi @rbiter.

can you please verify?

efants' guide says "'2) Download the attachment from this post and extract the contents to the directory created in step 1.''

but there is no actual link... right?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Scroll down and download that. Extract those files, platform tools into the folder you just made. That platform tools will be very important from here on out.

let it be.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] whenthugzcri:
I would like to hack my system to where it can run off a 3g network instead of always havening to use wifi .i want to b able to connect to the internet useing three g networking instead of the original operating system I want my phone to run on a htc evo operating system is this possible