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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Hi,

I have had a TF101 for over a year. However it was used by someone else who upgraded it 0.17 and when it came to be me was unreliable and would often randomly reboot and then get stuck on the 'EEEpad' screen (before it says ASUS etc).

I am new to Android (been on webOS for a few years) so rooting etc is new ground for me, but I am pretty technical. Had lots of webOS patches and overclocking installed.

I 'upgraded' to 0.24 and then started reading as much as I can on this site after the reboots remained. I now realise I made two fundamental mistakes

1) Going to 0.24 at all seems to be a no-no from what I'v read.

2) I didn't do a clean restart before upgrading.

I'm not too worried about staying with stock but I do need the thing not to re-boot as often (15 times yesterday !!), so I am wondering.

1) Is 0.24 on a factory reset machine better for rebooting ? If so how do I get back to that state given that I have 0.24 already so can't reset and then re-install 0.24 (as I think I should have) ?

2) Is the only way to make it reliable to go for a customised ROM/Kernel/Bootloader etc ?

3) If (2) is true and I need a different ROM/kernel etc which is the most reliable ?

I know I need to do the downgrade, root, clockworkmod etc but can probably handle that from other threads.

Many thanks for anyone taking the time to respond.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
1: A factory reset *May* help, but there's problems with official ICS anyway.. I haven't tried stock ICS and have no intention of trying it with all the horrid reports I read.

2: I would say this is your best option, put a ROM on, you won't regret it.

3: You will need to flash a ROM, boot it once, then wipe caches again and flash a kernel. As for kernel IMO your best choice is Guevor's kernel, (I'm using v20.6 and it's perfect.) As far as ROM I recommend ARHD or Revolver if you like stock look, and Megatron or AOKP if you like AOSP based roms. (its all preference here)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cholywell:
15 reboots in one day? Have you tried a factory reset yet? That sounds excessive.

But I have zero problems with ARHD 3.4 and Guevors kernel.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownRDB:
As the 2 previous posters suggest - I think a factory reset could possibly help.

If not then I would root, and install a custom ROM. I'm using Revolver and stock kernel with zero RR or SOD. I tried Guevor's kernel and it just didn't agree with my particular TF-101. I also tried ARHD and it worked great but I just prefer the aesthetics of Revolver. Good luck and I sure hope you get your reboot issues fixed soon. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Many thanks for the help, I will do a factory reset.

I suspect that won't work so will look in to rooting and custom roms etc.

I gather I need to downgrade ?

I know there are instructions out there so I will go and have a look at them in preperation !

Thanks again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperxguy:
As you have had the unit over a year --> old serial# --> it has to be nvflash-able. So you have an option for an easy one-step installation.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Erm, OK - now I am a bit lost !

I want a rooted machine, Clockwork mod and a chance to try custom roms and kernels.

I seem to be able to find instructions for one but not the others, some want to put back stock rom but I am don't want that.

Sorry to be thick, and maybe I'm looking in a panic and getting lost but is there some instructions to follow to take it from 0.24 to being rooted and able to load custom roms. If I get to Clockwork mod I know how to use that to flash etc as I had it on my touchpad before I want completely to Android.

nv-flasable - what does that mean ? Can I check my serial number to know I can do it ? Stickers seems to have come off so not sure I know serial

Sorry for sounding confused and not looking enough - I really have tried but can't seem to get instructions that go from where I am to where I need to be !!!

Thanks again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
NvFlash

NvFlash is a utility that older tabs (With Sbkv1) can use to easily flash a recovery on the system. ASUS has basically two passkeys for the TF101 to get into APX mode, Sbkv1, and Sbkv2. Sbkv1 is the passkey everyone has, and Sbkv2 is currently unknown/locked. What Sbk you have is based on the serial number of your tablet (you can look at the box if you still have it, or find the stickers, also when did you purchase the tab, if it was before July 2011 then you for sure have Sbkv1, if not it may be Sbkv2) If your serial number starts with B60 or below (B50 B40 etc...) it has Sbkv1, if it has B70 or higher, it has Sbkv2. Find out what Sbk you have (it should be version one) then download NvFlash from Rayman's thread. Search nvflash unbricking released in the development forum. Once you have that get an NvFlashable recovery (I recommend Rouge XM touch recovery 1.5, since it reads from internal and external memory, again search in development.) Boot your tablet into APX mode and connect to your computer (Turn off, hold Volume-UP and power.) Install the driver, then follow instructions from NvFlash thread to flash the new recovery. Once you have this, you can place a ROM on your tab (All roms are pre-rooted, no need to install superuser) boot into your new CWM recovery with Power + Volume-DOWN, then press Volume-Up after a few seconds. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik-cache, install zip from... find your ROM.zip (don't extract it) and install! Then reboot and let it install, after booting once, you can go back into CWM recovery to install a kernel.zip that you also place on your tab (I recommend Guevor's kernel, make sure you wipe cache and dalvik-cache again.) Then you're all set!

Any other Q's?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Ok. I think I follow all that. Many, many thanks.

I will go to work tomorow and look for the box, but I'm pretty sure it was bought before July 2011.

Need to do something, sure it's cos I am now counting but today held the record at 29 reboots ! Four within 8 minutes at one point.

I think I will go Android Revolution and the kernel you mentioned.

Would be great to bo rooted as I have Titanium license as well.

Thanks again. webOS forums were always good, XDA proving so as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Nvflash was just released for Sbkv2, so just use NvFlash, it's easiest :D good luck!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Thanks for following this up with the latest news !

As far as I can see the wheelie setup is for LINUX only ?

I'm on Windows 7, I could set it up as a dual boot but am complete newbie at Linux !
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
It's not that bad to set up, just download virtualbox from Oracle, then an ubuntu.iso installation, and run it as a virtual machine within windows. Easier than dual boot. It isn't too hard to set up, essentially download and extract.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
So ...

Good news is got it rooted, clockworkmod installed (using the Rogue version that was suggested) and then went installed Android Revolution latest version. Did all the required resets, dalvik and cache wipes etc.

Great I, thought, until ...

All day to day it has rebooted frequently even though I installed no other s/w - just what comes with Android Revolution. It seems to more frequent when the device has powered down after a period of inactivity.

Is it now time to start thinking this is a h/w problem ?

Will a different custom ROM be worth a go or would a different kernel help (which I haven't tried yet) ? If so I wasn't sure which version of the suggested kernel (Guevors) I should go for as there seemed to a lot of them.

Once again, thanks for any and all time. NVFlash was a revelation and really not that hard once I had the drivers installed.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Have now installed v21 of the kernel and got CPU tuner to change minimum cpu speed, wasn't sure about voltages.

Is there a recommended way to set cpu speed, governors and voltages ?

At the point of thinking this will never be stable again. Not even getting 30 minutes without a random reboot.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Try version 17c of guevor's if 21 is giving you issues, and any Cm9 based build will have overclock change built in. I don't use overclock apps, they give me problems. Make sure you SuperWipe, then try reinstalling ARHD (or a aosp/aokp/etc rom) flash either 20.1version6 guevor or 17c and don't overclock (default it overclocks a bit to 1200). See if it is finally stable, if not you might have borked hardware :/
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
It's charging at the moment, after I night of rebooting I presume.

I've got the SuperWipe zip so I will run that (which I didn't before but did do a reset, cache and dalvik wipe) and then put Revolution on after that.

I looked at Megatrons ROM as well - any comments on its reliability ?

I've not noticed it only does it when the device has been left for a few minutes. If I keep using it and don't let it sleep then things seems OK.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Megatron is really stable, I've found. I like aosp better too.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prog19:
Those who experience rr or SoD can downgrade via nvflash to Any custom rom , prime 1.4 for example, and then upgrade by way of cwm to an ics aopk to make those problems disappear?

EDIT: megatron is very stable and have an awesome battery life. And the pop ups telling us there's a new update is great too
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Hi,

Have been away with unreliable internet access but am now back.

I'm starting to think there must be a h/w problem as nothing seems to make the thing stop rebooting. The only pattern I can see is that if the device is being charged (either from the mains or by being plugged in to the keyboard) then it seems to stay up. Not sure if a certain battery level makes a difference.

I went through the whole SuperWipe clean and Revolution install, then put on the 17c kernel (At least I think I did About shows 2.6.39.4-g8fc25a9-dirty for the kernel, is that right ?) and am still have lots of reboots.

Tried Megatron with the same kernel and couldn't get wifi but still got a couple of reboots.

Any other suggestions ?

Or does anyone know a way of getting repairs done on this in the UK ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
You'll want to RMA to ASUS if nothing works :/
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
I would have to unroot and re-install stock before I sent it back though ?

I just noticed that under rogue boot menu it is saying skipping erase of /data/media

and error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure and skipping format.

Would that mean things aren't installing properly ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
not /data/media

but possibly .android_secure.

You would have to unroot.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rege0039:
Many thanks for all help on this.

I am going to RMA it, no matter what I try it keeps rebooting.

I need to return it to stock ROM, no root and no CWM.

I gather all I have to do it download the firmware from ASUS and flash it with CWM and all should be recovered to how it was ? That gets rid of CWM and all trace of rooting ?s

Do want them to won't moan at me (going to have to pay anyway as it's out of warranty but don't want to make it any more than it has to be).

Thanks again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Oh if you're out of warranty it's not as big of a deal to return stock, do so anyway though, to avoid them pulling the 'pretend to fix' sham.

Anyway, make sure you take good before pictures and video, in case it gets damaged during RMA, and include a detailed description.

To return stock, find a 'Fully stock' cwm flashable zip in the dev forum, or download from asus site extract wipe and install.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killabee44:
Guys, Im looking for a case like the Rearth RingKe slim case but with a clip on section (like seidio's).

The cases that seidio and otterbox make are just too thick. I do want the belt clip part though.

Edit: Im looking at the Seidio Surface Combo.. If you guys know of any alternatives, let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Testingchip:
I have the ringke slim and it works perfectly with the belt holster from the kickstand case from vz. Have been using the combo for a month or so with no issues. I also use the oem extended battery and it has been my perfect setup.

Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killabee44:
The only thing that worries me about the ringke one is all the reports of the paint chipping or peeling after a couple of months..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robert90262:
Using the ringke white case with the seido 2100 extended battery clip works pretty good together
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killabee44:
I ended up getting the Seidio surface case and holster, but I really wanted the Ringke SLIM for the case.

What Im not liking about the Ringke is the reports that they crack and the paint starts to peel off.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamaterfamilias:
I just started with odin to root for my first time, and droidstyle's guide says that "box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS". Which left hand corner? The bottom left with the box titled Message? All that box is telling me right after I pressed Start is <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0). Is this the equivalent of PASS, or do I need to try pressing Start again?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamaterfamilias:
nevermind

just watched a video with some odin screen capture and can now see that odin never detected my device in the first place. not sure why, but at least now i know the issue. i am determined to make this work!

ETA: I now think I have an older version of Odin. What is the latest version that I should be using for windows 7? Mine says v1.3, but I just found v1.83. The link from droidstyles guide was for the older version.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamaterfamilias:
i give up just for the night. I will come back to it some time tomorrow. For whatever reason, Odin is not finding my phone when I connect it and put it in download mode. I have the newer v1.83 now and that didn't change anything. is my pc somehow blocking it, maybe? idk.

ETA: another thought, could it be my usb cable? I no longer have a functional stock usb cable, I have replaced it with a belkin miniusb data/charger cable, which has worked fine for data and transferring files and such, until now. could that be it?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelby04861:
Sounds like you either do not have your phone in download mode or you don't have the proper Samsung drivers installed on your computer. Download mode should have the triangle.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamaterfamilias:
download mode

I do have the triangle, that is not the problem. The problem is that Odin does not recognize that my phone is plugged in. My pc makes the audible noise that something has been plugged in, but from Odin I get nothing. I see on the videos I watched that the box in the upper left in Odin should turn yellow, but mine does not.:confused:
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mezster:
Sounds like it is either a driver issue or a non OEM cable issue. First uninstall and reinstall all Samsung drivers, if that doesn't fix it order a new cable from Samsung.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamaterfamilias:
I reinstalled the usb driver and that allowed odin to find my device, but then after selecting my rom and pit files and pressing start a couple of windows popped up that just had the file directory for odin next to a caution type symbol with 'ok' the only option available to click, then after doing that in the two unexpected windows odin now displays

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

is is not doing anything, my phone is still in download mode, and the start and reset buttons on odin are greyed out. what happened? do I have a bad version of odin? I am using v1.83. Did it do anything to my phone yet, is it in limbo, can I unplug my phone, should I start over? HELP!

ETA: I unplugged phone, closed odin, dowloaded it again from a different source, started over, now seems to be working fine. whatever. appears to be identical to the one I was just using.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mezster:
Odin 1.3 is the version we all use for this phone. 1.8x might work but I haven't tried it.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamaterfamilias:
It worked just fine. I watched some videos of others showing how to root and they all were using v1.8x, but I don't think Odin was my problem from the get go, it was my drivers.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelby04861:
I figured it was a driver issue.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
Odin can be a pain in the ass. Glad you got it working.

If you want to remove one more variable for the future you can get a usb cable +charger for $2.50 shipped. I have ended up buying so many of these it's almost dumb since I always manage to lose them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryjabo:
When I open the Gallery I'm seeing image galleries with pics that have the small Picasa logo in the bottom right corner... some of them are even old pics from a Blogger blog I used to have. No matter what I have tried, I can't get rid of them.

1. I cleared cache and data for Gallery and Media Storage and rebooted... did not fix it.

2. Google+ Instant Upload is not enabled.

3. When in Gallery if I click the menu then "Settings" it confirms that Google Photo sync is OFF.

4. Settings | Accounts and Sync | Google... "Sync Google Photos" and "Sync Instant Upload" are not checked.

5. I went online to the Picasa site, deleted everything, then repeated step 1... did not fix it.

Any help would be very much appreciated. This is really irritating.

EDIT: I managed to now have it reduced to showing only two extra galleries now... (after #5 plus choosing "Refresh" from the menu in Gallery) ...but it's still showing "Profile Photos" (with a Picasa Logo) and photos from posts I've made on Google+.... UGH.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Google+.

Delete data.

I hate that too...and it's such a damn annoyance to see those images to me =/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryjabo:
I went to Settings | Apps | Google+ and deleted Data, went back to Gallery and did a refresh... nothing is different.

EDIT: Nope... this didn't fix it. I thought it did for a minute, because I cleared cache/data from G+ then Gallery... but still no dice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Maybe I'm wrong...I was sure that's how I got rid of 'em.

But I KNOW the refresh is what put them there initially for me.

Maybe google+ delete data...gallery delete data?

And don't refresh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryjabo:
This is what I did just now:

1. Settings | Apps | All

2. Gallery --> Force Stop, Clear Cache, Clear Data

3. Google Plus --> Force Stop, Clear Cache, Clear Data

4. Home button to home screen

5. Open Gallery

Apparent success...

I opened the Gallery again and it's clean except for 1 wallpaper I have in a folder on the phone, which is what I want (just wiped the phone because I rooted it).

Hopefully it'll stay that way.

EDIT: Still that way even after opening Google+ and letting it sync up and all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Ya, I've gotten it twice now.

Once when I uploaded a google+ photo manually.

Once when I pressed refresh in Gallery.

P.S.

Utah is gorgeous for backpacking through the canyons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryjabo:
True story.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
Didnt work for me and i hate those.. Ffs

I mean, they go away with the procedure but if i refresh gallery they come back..

Galaxy Nexus Stock + Franco m3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iGoogleNexus:
Lol don't sync picasa =P uncheck it and Google + photos as well....

Tho even if u uncheck them the album boxes will still be there just that the picasa images won't show :D

- Google
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceribaen:
Best option I've found is to disable Gallery and get Quickpic or equivalent.

Then you'll have a program that'll respect .nomedia and can exclude top level directories so you don't have to drill down and put a .nomedia in everything else.

OR - try this maybe... find the directory where the images with the picasa logo are stored on your phone, and drop a .nomedia file in it (since I'm guessing it's probably a temp dir or such, and not where your original files are). Then clear cache/data and such... and when it rescans it SHOULD skip that folder.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GNexor:
Had that same problem and like iGoogleNexus said:

Go to Settings -> Accounts & Synchronisation -> <your google account>

and uncheck Photos.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
I dont sync picasa or Google + so it wont show any picture and i dont have any picture there.. Just want to get rid of the crap i show in the screenshot

Galaxy Nexus Stock + Franco m3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryjabo:
Did you even read my original post?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GNexor:
Sorry, doesn't saw that point.

But that's the way I solved that problem on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Login to your Picasa Web Gallery and delete everything, since it doesn't seem like you use it.

Galaxy Nexus GSM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dr.m0x:
I had the same problem. Finally solved it by installing Picasa Tool from the play store and using it to delete all the folders from my Picasa account.

Easy peasy.

Sent from my GNex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
Oh lord this its the ultimate fix.. Thx bro

Galaxy Nexus Stock + Franco m3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abhinandanbr:
problem solved :picasa sync photos in gallery..

Guys who have this problem of synced photos in gallery.. clear the Google plus data and cache, problem solved.. it worked for me..also force atop after that..
[General Topics] htcjunkie317:
Was sitting here wondering what others think of the new CDMA Workshop 3.8.5!

Me personally I love it!

What do you think?
[General Topics] AndyPap:
Cool tool.

Lots of useful info, invaluable for fixing some awkward problems.
[General Topics] kalehua4791:
well spent

money well spent saves tons of time can do 5 to 1 the old way.....

k
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SniperRyan:
guys anyone i experiencing our phone SGAce problem "wifi error" ? almost 3 weeks suffering with my phone :( .. always says "wifi error" .. i tried all of these solutions i've been search like :

0. Use Static IP

1. *#*#526#*#* and *#*#232339#*#* - (says driver loading unsuccessful)

2. reboot phone

3. wipe data reset/ and wipe data cache

4. removing sd card / simcard

5. flash custom rom - ( i've already tried 4 custom)

6. flash back to stock rom

but all of these can't fix my Ace ..

Model : GT-S5830

Android Version : 2.3.4

Baseband Version : S5830DXKPB

Kernel Version : 2.6.35.7-perf-CL514579

BuildNumber : GingerBread.DXKPB

pls help me to solve my seriuos problem :(

THX XDA
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
It's a problem with the WiFi drivers....try taking the stock WiFi drivers....either that or you spoiled your WiFi hardware

This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?