[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattvirus:
Hi All --

Bought my touchpad from the last Ebay firesale (REFURB units). As such, my device is out of warranty with HP.

Device has been running very well with moboot/daily ICS flash/WebOS until a couple weeks ago when I left the tablet sitting for probably the better part of a week without being plugged in to the charger.

Presently, my touchpad does not power on at all with any charger I try and it is 100% unresponsive to every combination of press/hold buttons during attempted power on. I purchased a replacement battery with no change, I charged both of my batteries with an external power supply (at proper voltage/currents) and no response from touchpad.

when I connect touchpad to computer and boot it with PWR+volume down, it is detected as QDLoader. I found the Qualcomm drivers and have them installed. Touchpad is repeatably detected in Loader/download mode with PWR+Volume down.

I found QPST -- a software utility package from Qualcomm used to work with several devices, including the touchpad. QPST's "SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD" module detects the touchpad as a device in download state. The software gives me the option to backup/restore the device and it looks as though it would perhaps be able to bring my touchpad back to life.

I know I'm not the only one with this problem -- i've read hundreds of threads about touchpads "stuck" in Loader/Download mode. If I had a Qualcomm-formatted dump, I'd try restoring it to my device and properly document how to recover from brick to functional (if it works..)

Is there any way someone with a working touchpad would consider booting your TP into QDLoader mode (power + volume down) and doing the dumps with the "Software Download" module from QPST? There is a "backup" tab that creates a QCN file that it looks like I can restore to my touchpad and bring it back to life.

Anyone tried this already? If not -- would someone be onboard to help?

I downloaded the most recent build of QPST i could find from this thread on PPCGeeks and it recognizes my touchpad:

(UGH - newly registered here...not enough posts to submit external links. PM me for the URL to this)

This is a direct link to the QPST version i'm using:

(UGH - PM me for the URL to this)

Here's a link to the QDLoader drivers (64 bit) and I know the 32 bit versions are running around...i can find them if you'd like to help me but can't locate the right drivers.

(newly registered here...not enough posts to submit external links. PM me for the URL to this)

To summarize what I'm asking and be 100% clear, here's the drill :)

1) backup with rom-manager/clockworkmod or whatever

2) wipe data/cache

3) boot touchpad in Loader mode (pwr+volume down)

4) connect touchpad to computer, run SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD module of QPST -- click backup tab -- do the backup, send the backup file my way or post on forum.

5) back into clockworkmod -- restore the backup from step 1.

This would give me a clean qualcomm-formatted backup that would contain zero of your personal data or account data. You could restore right back to your functional ROM with no mess and no fuss.

Final note -- if someone has already tried this and succeeded (or failed) please let me know!

Thanks guys!