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[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Believe it or not...

this has worked for hundereds of peeps - instead of blaming the tools, maybe you should be asking "how come it's not working for me"????

if you get the drivers installed correctly, you won't have an issue UNLESS yr tab is one of those with the faulty memory chip.

the auto tools work fine AS LONG AS the drivers are installed CORRECTLY, you won't get anywhere until they are...

Rooting and installing a rom was a piece of cake becoz you're running a tegra-owners rom . If you got issues you probly get more help on their forum.

If you want to flash one of the roms from here on xda you're gonna have to jump thru hoops to unlock the bootloader...

Your biggest problem is windows not recognizing the tab....this again, as always, is a driver issue.

Why do you even need the unlocked bootloader???? You have the tegra owners rom which doesn't require it, maybe you're asking the tools to do something which they aren't designed to do?????
[Acer Iconia A500] Zoandroid:
SUCCESS!

:cyclops:

I think I finally have it! A500 Manager shows the Bootloader Version as 0.03.14-MUL. Is that correct for the ICS bootloader?

I hate USB. Always have. Always will.

I got to thinking about all I have read through the years about the USB ports (and in fact all serial ports, dating back to RS-232 ports) on notebooks usually NOT meeting the actual specifications for which they were designed, most notably that they don't provide anywhere near the proper voltage and current to work many USB devices. The more I thought about that, I realized this whole issue for me could simply be a matter of having chosen to use a notebook. I keep my notebook specifically NOT upgraded to Windows 7, because certain things I need to do, including working with Android devices, often work better from XP than from the permissions-infested environment of Win7. So it is my go-to for things like ADB. Usually.

I decided to try this again using my Win7x64 PC. And I believe I have succeeded! But there were issues along the way I'd like to mention to help anyone else in my situation.

First and foremost, the program windows of both A500 Manager and APX Flash tool do not render properly on either my WinXP SP3 notebook or my Win7x64 PC. One button is barely visible as only a a tiny line, and others (based on the online pictures I saw researching how to use these tools) do not appear at all on my screen.

A500 Manager sometimes loses its text display across the bottom, indicating whether the A500 is connected and which mode it is in. On my notebook when entering APX mode it never changes from "No A500 connected" to showing it is connected in APX mode. On the Win7 PC it did show that, after showing it was supposedly not connected even though it was.

APX Flasher does not display most of the text, for example on the Manual APX mode tab, so I can't read all the instructions. Neither of these windows will resize. I even tried using a tool called ResizeEnableRunner on them, which works to resize most of these types of windows. The fellow who made that utility said if it doesn't work it is because the programmer did not follow the guidelines laid out by Microsoft for making a Windows application when he designed the window. Because these won't resize, and obscure their text and controls, I am thinking they may have been created for some specific resolution of display (that may be uncommon to what I use here).

With all these hurdles, I had to guess my way through running these two utilities. And I could not utilize the "Dump my BCT" feature. Doing so freezes on the "Staging and backing up BCT" message and throws an un-handled exception, requiring me to start all over again.

Using this bootloader I finally got the 4.3 based ROM running that I wanted to try. Even has working GPS (which TICS v170 never had for me).
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
you are correct, you got stuck on the acer logo b/c you're on the old HC bootoader. All the xda roms require skrilax_cz unlocked bootloader.

There are 2 lots of drivers you need...Acers and those from the android sdk. there's a mini zip you can download if you don't already have the sdk installed. Get them here. Extract them to a folder on C: somewhere so they are easy to find. There are 2 executables in there adb.exe and fastboot.exe. In order to 'run' these you need to open a command prompt ON THE FOLDER that contain them or by navigatijng to the folder within the command window itself....you cannnot 'run' them by just clicking on them.

I'm hoping this will be resolved once you have the adb/fastboot drivers.

Ok, apx mode is defined as "black screen but power light is on" the usb icon on your pc should show "apx device". IF this is what you see thats good carry on, dont worry what a500 manager sees....are you seeing these windows????

on your tab it should display something like "acer iconia download mode"

take a look at the pictorial here are you seeing these windows etc??

Your power cable do you mean, yeh it won't hurt and the last thing you need is to lose power while flashing,

Yes you do...does it actually hang, or can you move on to the next window...take a good look at the link I posted and tell me if you're using the tool the same way

i'm starting to get a bit confused myself, lol...the best way to tell if its in apx mode is the power light, is it on?

As far as the tab disconnecting, get the other drivers on your system, disconnect yr tab from the pc, reboot PC wait for boot into xp before connecting your tab again. Lets make sure you can see the apx device listed in device manager or usb icon in your system tray.

The other thing you want to be aware of running the tegra owner rom is that some folks have had issues flashing the unlocked bootloader. And have had to a complete data wipe to get booting again...this means you will LOSE ALL YOUR DATA....can you boot into recovery still??? Might pay to do a backup and then a full wipe
[Acer Iconia A500] Zoandroid:
Thanks, dibb_nz, for the useful information. But I was able to get things done by switching to my PC to use the A500 Manager and APX Flash tools. I don't know anything about the mini-sdk files. I did not use anything like that. I do have my notebook set up for ADB and Odin stuff, and normally have used it several times with various Android devices I've owned to do anything along the lines of rooting or flashing files. This was the first time I had to switch to the PC to accomplish my goal. Windows 7 and its "permissions" crap too often cause me grief on such things, so I keep XP around for stuff like this.

Yes, I see the windows you are showing, (but not correctly rendered like you have), on either my notebook or PC. Here is a collection of screen shots showing how the windows have obscured and missing text, buttons overlaying text, and almost completely missing button on the opening window for APX Flash tool. I just guessed and clicked on that thin "line" to see if it was a button (I've seen this before on some other poorly coded Windows programs). Stepping through the Flash Tool was by guess and go the whole way since I could not see everything. (Note I took this collection of shots AFTER I was successful, and so I do not have the tablet connected at this time, so it shows not connected. But this is what they looked like as I made the process work on my PC).
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Soooo, r u all good then???
[Acer Iconia A500] Zoandroid:
99%;)

I'd like to be using TWRP 2.6, but for the life of me the best I can get to work is 2.1. Maybe this ROM doesn't support 2.6. Neither goomanager nor Acer Recovery can make 2.6 stick. And although I got the Win7 PC to talk to the tablet, it won't see the tablet if I boot it into fastboot, so I can't try using ADB to flash 2.6.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
check the twrp thread - someone posted a patch in the last few pages somewhere.
[Acer Iconia A500] Zoandroid:
You mean a patch because of the problem like I was having?

---------- Post added at 04:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:42 PM ----------

I found what they had here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1592677&highlight=twrp&page=5

Post # 216

It is not a patch, but a copy of TWRP 2.4.4 that does run on the A500. I flashed it right from TWRP 2.1.3 and rebooted to recovery and viola! Plus, as I had hoped, it HAS the "name the backup" on the fly feature. :)

THANKS!!

Apparently there is some reason 2.6 won't work on the A500, at least with certain ROMs.

Heads up alert! This TWRP 2.4.4 version has a _______ "power saving" feature set by default to turn the display OFF in the middle of what you are doing after a short period of time! Always gives me that warm fuzzy feeling when I am working on something critical, turn away to type some notes on my notebook, and turn back to find the display suddenly gives all appearances that the device has DIED. I can't imagine why ANYONE would ever want this, but thankfully there is a SCREEN button on the home screen through which you can set this time delay screen blanking to NONE. :)
[General Questions and Answers] zach1000:
My rooted evo 3d running the new clean ics rom, i think, continuously unmounts sd card whenever i wanna play a gameloft game like dh3, or anything with a large file like that. I only happens with games. I no its not the rom cause its been going on for all roms, even non ics roms. I even tried unrooting and rerooting. Nothing works. Not fix permissiions in recovery, not power off, remove battery and sd card, or even FORMATTING SD CARD AND WIPE PHONE. help please. thanks.

ANYBODY got any ideas? its been a real pain. I just need some ideas.

I accept all ideas to make it work!!! (Unless they sound completely unneeded. EX. brick your phone <nope>)
[Nook Touch General] jago25_98:
This was my way of rooting. Is this the best way of doing things these days? It's here for reference because if someone new comes here it's easy to get lost (which rooter to use etc):

0) Backup using noogie from http://code.google.com/p/nst-recovery/downloads/list (whole root partition - should be ~2gb)

1) CWM boot loader:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1360994

2) Format:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1475613

3) Root it with MinimalTouch:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346748

(skipping sign-in: top left screen touch, top right corner screen touch, bottom right, bottom left... then get youtube via the apps button in the centre bottom then swipe to the right)

I guessed MinimalTouch is a little better than TouchNooter because it allows us to choose USB only adb for better security. I wondered if this is the preferred way now...

If market isn't working then you can install some by adb install, including fdroid, a small alternative FOSS repository. (appbrain apk too?)

4) Then think about multitouch for pinch to zoom. Might as well use the intergrated USB host mode since it's disabled by default it shouldn't fry anything

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1570637

Let me know if I missed anything or got something wrong. Need to disable over the air updates too still?
[Nook Touch General] clem11388:
How to boot noogie from the SD Card?

I have been trying to boot from the SD card but I can't seem to get it to work.

All that is needed is to write the noogie.img file to the SD card, put it into the Nook, and just turn the Nook on right? :confused:

Any info would be very appreciated. God Bless ya jago25_98.
[Nook Touch General] brendan10211:
I'll let someone else do a better job, but...

1. Acquire SD card, and reader.

2. Write noogie.img (win33diskimager) to the sd card and do the backup thingy. If you did it right, the file should be about 1.9gb in size (an image of the nook's internal storage)

3. Get another SD card (or use the same one) and write the CWM recovery tool (win32diskimager) to the sd card.

4. Place the root zips onto the SD card (anywhere is fine). Do not extract them.

5. Place the SD card in your nook and turn it on. You should get the clockwork boot screen.

6. (Check the CWM post for detailed info) Follow the rooting instructions for the rooting method of your choice.

7. For TouchNooter, wait 24 hours. For MinimalTouch, start playing with your new tablet!

Sorry if these steps are wrong or hard to follow, this is just what I've learned by hanging out here long enough. (someone correct me)
[Nook Touch General] Sepharite:
I installed with Nooter. Is it safe to reinstall with another method, like noogie? I want to get multitouch to work but dont know how it works for nooter without cwm.
[Nook Touch General] clem11388:
How to force Nook to boot to noogie.img on SDcard?

Thank you for the step by step! That will come in handy! :) but how to I get the Nook to boot from the SD card when trying to use the noogie.img? I am trying to make a back up (I am on the 1.1.2 firmware version)

I have tried just puting the card in the Nook with the noogie.img written to the card. Then turning it on. But it doesn't boot to the card. I know this because it asks me if I want to format the card so it can be used for storage. And I can cancel that and go to the library and see all my books on the internal storage.

I would really love to turn this into a much more capable tablet by rooting it. But I am at quite an empass with the "booting to noogie.img" issue. :eek:
[Nook Touch General] albertorrent:
I had the same problem with noogie when I wrote the image with roadkil's, then I wrote it with winimage and I could have the rooted forever screen and I could create my backup image.

I explained it there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26262575#post26262575
[Nook Touch General] clem11388:
Thank you, the way its written could very well be my problem. But the only thing is, I only use Linux computers. So a Windows image writing program won't work.

I followed this tutorial for writing the image to the SD card in the terminal: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1142983

It uses an entirely Terminal / Command Line way of writing the image to the SD card for both Mac, and Linux. So I'm not sure what the difference is between that and the Winimage program. But at this point I am at a empass, because I can not boot from the noogie.img to be able to do a full back up.

Are there any other Linux users here that may have a solution? :confused:
[Nook Touch General] jago25_98:
the trick is that you have to write to the root of the SD card... not the first partition.

also, there are better ways to do this now after noogie. I recently blanked mine to experiment with minimal touch. with that you get a cwm recovery onto sdcard. I didn't even boot to bold power button plus 2 lower buttons either side of the screen to get it to boot. I keep that on a separate card now. with it you can Android backup but you need more than 2gb for that. minimal touch root is more what I'm familiar with than the touchnooter. boogie I did ages ago and cant remember the details now
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
I've read so many posts about USB woes and no PC detection. So now I'm officially a member of the My PC wont recognize my Infuse anymore club. I've tried so many cables, PCs, laptops in many combinations and nothing. Often the phone wont even alert me that I am connected via USB.

So my thoughts are that I troubleshot this to the best of my abilities. Cleaned the port, contacts points etc and still nothing.

I got my phone in August of 2011. And of course I have a great custom ROM running on it now and I cant return to stock!!!

Oh and add to that I have issues with SIM Card detection errors, lost contacts randomly and crappy sound during calls on occasion.

So here is the question...Who do I call ATT or Samsung??? And do I tell them its rooted and running a custom ROM or not admit it (will they find out). Will this cause me to not have any warranty support?

Should I just count my loss at this point and get a new phone out of pocket maybe upgrade to a newer phone... Gxy note, Skyrocket, HTC one X or S3???? unlocked on ebay or ???

Really at a crossing point here and unsure of next steps. Be gentle on me folks this aint easy to fess up on my lack of repair, warranty, return process skills! :confused:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Maybe I should just ask Who do I call for warranty support?

The local AT&T store suggested that I call Samsung as they never heard of USB port problems.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryanscool:
Go to an att store and ask where there nearest exchange center is. Then simply tell them what's wrong. If your scared if they will deny you because of the rom, then just brick it by flashing random crap to get no recovery, then they can not really tell unless if you were on gingerbread bootloaders (even then most employees dont get what the numbers mean). Make sure if you want back up all the data to the cloud or use bluetooth to connect your phone and computer to transfer data over. Remember to act stupid like you don't know what happened and you never heard of odin and such.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Cool. Thanks! I visited the store yesterday and they really seemed to push for me to call Samsung. Trust me "acting" stupid comes naturally! LOL

I appreciate your thoughts.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryanscool:
No problem. Happened to me too... except i wanted the data off it and i completely bricked it, so i headed over to mobiletechvideos and he figured out my usb was broken. He tried exchanging the usb hub and it did not work. Another user found that somehow the voltage was screwed up and running the wrong way, that is probably the cause. I think i was the first person to have this happen to me, it was late last year. Anyway do not take to sammy, they would probably turn you down, they have gotten pretty tough with devices lately, unless if you reset the bootloader. With this experince from sammy, im very tempted to go with the one x for my next phone. Installing custom roms are a pain on that thing, but then again it actually works a lot better the first time around, instead of installing a custom rom.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Yes the One X is very much in my eyes. And I hear you in out of the box performance rather than the need for custom Roms!

I'm hoping that I can convince AT&T to allow me to move up even though my contact ends next year, i've been a customer seems like forever.

Thanks again for the information on mobiletechvideos!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] wayzata:
Dunno about you but I've seen like 3 people post about it ever... And there is always two answers; either your phone's port is broken or you need to learn how to flash ROMs.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Well, since I know how to flash roms and there are several with this issue not just three as you suggest, I'd rule in favor of it being an inoperative port.

The original question was inquiring for return/warranty recommendations and not to solicite judgments of ability or lack thereof.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Thanks for the exchange center suggestion. I went to a different store (device support) and they were fully aware of the USB port issues on many Samsung devices. They, without hesitation gave me an exchange and tested it before I left to ensure all was ok.

Problem resolved!

Mod feel free to close this thread as the question was answered and problem resolved.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryanscool:
Thats good. And idk, maybe i can get some help on this withoit opening another thread? Anyway, would you upgrade and get a one x, or get the tablet asus tf300? For high school they recommend getting a tablet, but idk maybe i could use the one x as one? Idk.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
That's a tough one for me to answer. My wife has the HTC One X and loves it. I can't say it could replace a tablet. Maybe the SS Note?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryanscool:
The tablet or the phone? Lol.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xamr1:
im in the club too. phone wont connect to usb for charging or for transfer. have tried with several cables (that work with other phones/devices) but to no avail. Since i bought this phone on ebay will i be able to go to att for a replacement if i am on an att prepaid account. what are the chances of fixing this by replacing the usb port as i have read about users not being able to get it fixed after doing this.

as for now i have resorted to an external charger. it works but a solution to fixing the usb would be much appreciated
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
WOW

Panama!! I lived there for 11 years!! I miss it!!

Im not sure if they will help you with a replacement. If not there is a place that repairs them

CLICK HERE
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mikig_mkd:
This is the first time im not glad im joining a club :( .

But as of last month, my usb is not working, returning it is out of the quiestion( im in europe) so im stuck with cwm flashes only. Btw Ryan i did test the wires with a multimeter and i get +Vcc on a wire that should never have voltage running trough. I opened the phone, checked the jack and the pcb, everytning seems factory like, so im screwed...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryanscool:
Hmmm... i wonder if its from flashing something improperly?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] th3ju99anaut:
Question....What did you do about having a flashed ROM and rooted phone if you returned it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
I removed everything that I could and when I returned it. They tried to upload a stock rom and it would not connect at all on their set.

All they were concerned about was the moisture indicator for water damage and physical damage-cracks battery contacts etc. I really played dumb as heck and asked dumb questions.

The tech told me he didn't care about custom roms since in fact the issue was a known problem with the USB port and that was what they were replacing it for.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mikig_mkd:
You lucky, lucky guy. I wish i was in USA and had contract with att, so i can act as a dumb turist with bad english :)

Sent from my Infuse 4G running Aeon 1.3.1!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Did you consider maybe sending it for repair? Or is that not an option? I have a link in a few posts back.

Or maybe ordering a port and installing it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] th3ju99anaut:
Seems like you got lucky....USB issues or not...I figured knowing it was a flashed ROM they'd certainly throw your warranty out the door....is the moisture indicator in the head phone jack like the iPhone?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryanscool:
It seems like here in the U.S. the employees get enough bull they will let most do it anyway. First time i went in (i got my bad phone back, had hope i could get it working from a brick at least and did lol) a guy came in with a fully upgraded gs2 with CM9 ICS and they were like nice rom man, i wish i had this for my phone. Then traded him phones LOL for one with a working mic. Not saying just go in and randomly trade... if you can not go back then just leave it or brick it and hope for the best.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] th3ju99anaut:
Seems like I need to find a place that the reps are actually involved in the phone world...I went into a local AT&T store just to shoot the **** and take a look at the Nokia Lumia 900 (beautiful phone) and asked about the S3 and they had no idea that there was even going to be an S3....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Moisture indicator is on the back of the phone to the right if the sim card

should be a white dot. If moisture present it will turn pink or red.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
I actually went to a local store the first time and was so scared to get turned away that I just asked questions. But then I went to the device support store and walked up to one of the guys that looked like a gamer and started asking about changing my phone and we got into a very cool conversation about the new GTX 600 series video cards and I acted like what is that and how will that make a game work better etc. He was able to get my phone to boot but could not get any USB response. He said...putting a rom on the phone is like updating windows it cant harm your hardware.....(right or wrong that's what he said) so I just went with the flow. I think its a matter of who you work with. Because my first store was uncomfortable and i felt like I'd get rejected if I approached the subject.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam20e:
hi,

anyone using very stable full screen caller image app? this is for galaxy note...

Cheers

Sam