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[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
This thing is a brick in my pocket compared to galaxy line and most htc phones, check out the quad core HTC One X w/beats audio or the galaxy note etc for "originality" but seems like all manufacturers are using a very similar forum factor. I agree the qwerty is nice to have but it doubles the size of the phone as well(unless maybe desire z) so you kind of have to choose.
[Motorola Droid 3] Juicy555:
I came from one of those phones and dont mind the difference. In fact the keyboard is one of the best features ive had on any of my smartphones. And a 4" is perfect for me, coming from a 4.5" screen.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
I think the extra bulk gives it some weight and a nice feel personally. Plus it feels like it is solid and the keyboard is very rugged to be able to use. I am typing a lot on it throughout the day and while I am decently fast at a screen keyboard I definitely prefer a good physical keyboard. This one is the best I have used since my BB Tour/Bold. Those were nice kbs too but this one is as easy to type on. The only gripe I really have is that the / isn't a period. That is just what I am used to using on a BB. LOL.

The biggest gripe with this phone is there is no way to get hwcodecs in CM9. :(
[Motorola Droid 3] tacosrdelicioso:
Man this really sucks.....I jumped off my d3 for a gnex a while ago....I looked here hoping to see some of that d3 magic again.
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
I'm about to do the same thing. Verizon has the GNex at $149 now (maybe cheaper after the injunction from Apple), and I'm due for an upgrade. I hate to leave a good device, like the D3 behind, but Moto has made development impossible to sustain on their devices, and there's no end in sight. I appreciate EVERYTHING Hashcode, and the rest of the D3 developers have done for the community, but sadly, it's time for me to move on. :(
[Motorola Droid 3] SeiferTV:
Hope I'm not being too derivative here, but, does anybody know of a case with a sliding bluetooth keyboard for the SGS3 or de GNex ? I'm thinking of moving on too, but I don't want to give up the keyboard : /

Something like this:

(But, for a proper phone : P)
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
^ I've never seen a keyboard case for the Gnex at all. Rumor has it though, that a new version MAY be coming out, that has a full QWERTY though. Personally, I can't resist the $149 price tag that VZW has slapped on the current one though...not to mention, I need to update, before they eliminate my ability to grandfather my unlimited plan.
[Motorola Droid 3] mtva24:
I jumped from the droid 3 to nexus too...been running jelly bean for a full week now and its awesome...all I can say is keep your heads up my former brethren and enjoy the awesome keyboard and stellar battery life (gnex last 11 hrs tops!)
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
11 hours max?! Wow, that's bad! What kernel are you running? I heard that the Franco kernel and Slim kernel were getting excellent battery life...
[Motorola Droid 3] mtva24:
I've tried Franco, got 10 hours. Now im on the jellybean kernal. I forgot to mention that this is with the 2100 mah extended battery too.
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
Fml man! 11 hours on an extended battery?!! :( I saw several posts over at Rootzwiki, about people getting 16hrs+ with the Jelly Belly + Trinity kernel setup, on the standard battery! 11 hours is beyond bad though man...is there any way you could improve it (eg. turning NFC off)?? 11 hours on a 2100 mah battery would equate to about 8 hours on the standard VZW (1850 mah I believe) one...I'll have to be on the lookout for these issues if I decide to go with the Nexus.
[Motorola Droid 3] mtva24:
My solution is to have a charger at work, in my car and at home...Lol I've tried a bunch of stuff, change cpu settings, enable hot plug, make sure wifi is off, turn off 4g...but I've accepted it by now and its funny because I am used to it now lol.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Ya but how much are you using it. I can get anywhere between 4 and 40 hours depending on my use
[Motorola Droid 3] mtva24:
I prolly use it about 2 hours cuz its charged when i go to work and then its at 20% 8 1/2 hours later when i get off...then i go hard when i get home and that 20% goes fast
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
Fair enough. I've gotten used to pretty sub-par battery life with the D3 ROMs as well, so I've always got chargers on me. I'm constantly using the phone though, so I'm expecting to crush the battery...just a bit surprised that the firmware updates haven't improved the battery life much at all. Oh well...I guess that's the price we pay for quicker updates, continued support, and a great development community. I should be getting my Nexus tomorrow...gotta jump on it before the VZW stock is gone, lol. Btw, rumor has it that the next update is going to strip some of the Google Now/Search functions out of the system...Samsung lost the appeal to Apple, so Google's "work-around" will be reduced search functionality, for the moment. Just thought I'd mention that, in case anyone here gets an OTA pushed to them.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
You could always get the google now apk from the forums. There on here, the JB version but also works on ics
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
That's true. I just hope that the OTA won't block the functionality completely. I probably won't take the OTA at all, honestly...chances are, I'll have the thing rooted and ROMed within 20 minutes of getting home. I'm hearing great things about the stock JB firmware though, so I may just grab a stock, deodexed version, and either the Franco or Trinity kernel (whichever one allows me to UV adequately). Can't lie...I'm stoked to be getting the Nexus, but really sad and disappointed that Moto has made it necessary for me to do so. I'll miss the Droid line a lot, but it's pretty clear that Moto is moving in a direction that isn't conducive to customizing their devices. :(
[Motorola Droid 3] :
Sold mine to my mom, selling my fiances for a bionic. It really needed ICS to survive, its to bad really. Glad the bionic is getting a good version of ICS.
[Motorola Droid 3] 640k:
are you talking about the patent google pushed for their slider/trackpad phone? I haven't seen any substantial rumors surrounding an actual device to hit stores, have you?

if it comes to light, i'll be the first to pay full retail for it. this D3 is the biggest POS I've ever used.
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
I think I read something about a Nexus slider phone, somewhere on Android Central or something...can't be sure though. I liked the D3 build quality a LOT, but I have to say that the LTE Nexus actually feels pretty solid...even more so considering the rep through in a case, an extended battery, screen covers, and a car charger for free! ;) The extra bit of weight from the extended battery and the case, make this phone feel great in the hand. I can just hear my D3 whispering, "Ooooohh! So THAT'S what you wanted me to do!" Lol
[Motorola Droid 3] daimerion:
On a positive note kexec is actively being worked on for us. I've still got 8 months with my D3 so fully functioning ICS would be awesome and hey why not jelly bean! Lol
[Motorola Droid 3] niko99:
+1

Hashcode is back :D so DEAD must a "stand by" for a while :D:D:D

and we have user jonpry ! he also right now is our little super hero :D

:laugh:
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
LAWL!!!
[Motorola Droid 3] MissionImprobable:
Sucks such a great phone has been handicapped like this. The digitizer is loose/failing on my D2 and I was hoping to grab a D3 but just came across all this sad news. I'm surprised no one has been able to make more happen as there are a few ICS Roms on the D2, but it also has more developers dedicated to it.

I don't understand why Moto goes along with VZ on making development so difficult or why they wouldn't make ICS available on what is pretty much a brand new phone. There's a reason I've given up on Moto. Great hardware but they clearly have different goals in mind in terms of making their customers happy. Sony, HTC, and Samsung at least make the effort to keep the OS current, though Samsung has allowed VZ to bully them into locking down the bootloader on their version of the S3. Anyway, we speak with our wallets so maybe Moto will get the message despite the success of the RAZR MAXX and whatnot. Regardless, the gets nothin' from me =p
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
I'm not so sure how much of this is VZW's doing any more. I'm of the opinion that Motor is attempting to corner the market on business devices, and take market share from Blackberry. As a result, they need to encrypt and lock their devices down, in order to appeal to business people who are worried about security. The pure Droid line (OG - D4) are being designed for young business professionals who send tons of emails, while the Razor phones are geared towards a more general public. Yet and still, it was their choice to change direction, and become less development friendly...sure, it sucks for those of us who have loved Motor phones for the build quality and reliability, but for Motor, it's just smart business. They shouldn't have made the promise to allow unlocked boot loaders, but they may have a decent reason for going back on their word.

I'm really happy to see some great progress being made though, with the kexec kernel Hash is working on, as it may just save the D3 from becoming irrelevant before its time. I'm keeping mine, so I can test some of the new stuff that comes out, but as of now, the Nexus is and will be, my daily device. Having a "no hassle" phone (for once, since my OG Droid) is really nice.

Galaxy Nexus - Slim ICS 4.2
[Motorola Droid 3] MissionImprobable:
Yeah, I understand their push towards locking the Droids down for that reason, but that still doesn't explain the lack of 4G on the D3 when the Bionic has it nor making no attempt to bring ICS or Jellybean to it. Sony, Samsung, and HTC have shown much better dedication to keep the majority of their devices on the newest OS version. Moto has failed miserably and tried to place the blame game on VZ for certain phones and the lack of Ram on other, both of which are crap. OEMs should be responsible enough to keep phones up to date for a reasonable amount of time. Like I said, I'll let my dollars do the talking. I'm sure that VZ keeps tabs for their manufacturers as to the purchase habits of customers.
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
I agree 100%. That's exactly why I went to a Nexus device; Samsung has proven that they're committed to keeping their handsets relevant, whereas Moto (as you stated) has not. The Droid 3 was, essentially, dead on arrival, and has only received maintenance updates at best. I've loved their build quality, but unfortunately, their lack of dedication to the end users (ie. Us), is unacceptable... I won't be purchasing another device from them, as long as they maintain this policy.

Galaxy Nexus - Slim ICS 4.2
[Motorola Droid 3] sparkyman216:
Stop *****ing about it and do something.
[Motorola Droid 3] enigmaco:
In the words of Altered Beast...."Rise!!"
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
I did, but thanks though. I appreciate everything all of you devs do, Sparky...it's just sad to see great developers, like yourself, hamstrung by Moto's policy and procedures...that's all I was trying to say.

Galaxy Nexus - Slim ICS 4.2
[Motorola Droid 3] ovelayer:
Jonpry and hash are doing cpr on our beloved d3..ics Will be a reality soon:p
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I had to share this blonde moment. I sat rereading this post trying to figure out what tech acronym "cpr" was. :screwy:
[Motorola Droid 3] jjhiza:
Lol :p

Galaxy Nexus - Slim ICS 4.2
[Motorola Droid 3] ovelayer:
Lmao
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I know, right
[Motorola Droid 3] RoadToNever:
I'd say since we've been denied bootloader unlock and ICS by Moto one could say they're working the defibrillator :D
[Motorola Droid 3] swbf2lord:
I guess you never used the X2 then.
[Motorola Droid 3] AragornPE:
Ok, what does POS stands for?
[Motorola Droid 3] slayer621:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pos
[Motorola Droid 3] ovelayer:
x2 omg ewwwwwwwwwwww

I got it for fathersday and sold it on craigslist the next day lol got full price though:D

pos = piece of Sh*t or please off self (both refering to verizon) lol

have you seen the way verizon made samsung lockdown the gs3?

that's tricky but TBH found a workaround

just can't hold a good dev down

im surprized verizon doesn't just charge a $30 fee to unlock the bootloader lol
[Motorola Droid 3] enigmaco:
They charge a fee for everything else why not:mad:
[Motorola Droid 3] 640k:
I said that in reference to what I have ever used... and only in terms of Android phones. Don't get me started on past purchases!
[Motorola Droid 3] SeiferTV:
The D3 is GOLD compared to the defy, then

I was forced to use 2 by my carrier, and one of them just broke by itself. No hits, no water, no nothing.
[Motorola Droid 3] MissionImprobable:
That would have required intelligence and clearly VZ is short on that these days.
[Motorola Droid 3] :
Dropped my D3 back in febuary, for 175 cash, and bought a Rezound. Sold my Fiance's D3 this last weekend with a dock for 190, and bought her a Bionic till her contract is up in march. I think I am switching over to WP8 as soon as it comes out. I have always liked microsoft and am looking forward to seeing what WP8 is all about.
[Motorola Droid 3] enigmaco:
Good luck with the WP8, I had a sidekick from t-mobile when Microsoft took over and it was a nightmare no updates no support, I asked a question on their forum and I got a response 6 months later and I'm not exaggerating.
[Motorola Droid 3] AragornPE:
After what MS did to WP7 I'm not that inclined to get a WPhone. They might pull another Apollo on 8.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] donebrasko:
I had a razr made a backup, got a razr maxx and installed my backup to that since they are identical except for the battery. Would there be any side effects?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 6stringandy:
Made a back up of what?

Was the first razr rooted with a full system backup? If so, then you should be ok. I've done that with a ton of HTC's, but then again, this is moto not HTC.

You'll have to root the maxx to do this of course.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BytecodeMe:
I assume you mean a nandroid backup, and in that case, then no there would be no side effect. The only side effects would be that you're battery stats would be off for the first charge cycle.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] donebrasko:
Yeah I made a nandroid backup. I didn't think it would matter since the phone is identical.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zen0s:
Hello, I'm experiencing issue accessing video and music hubs. Obviously it's due to the country restriction, how do I fix this? Are all I9300 in USA experiencing this problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmhung100:
I have the same problem. I think they are not supported in U. S.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyboi12399jp:
Sony website says my phone is not able to unlock bootloader so is there any way around it like flashing a new firmware if so ftf file plz. Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techdevil:
search for ftf in android development:laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KidAngel:
Hello everyone there is root for SIII build number IMM76D.I9300TDUALF2.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceo.mtcl:
Yes there is. It is in the sticky.

And it is the development section, for q&a we have a different section.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rizdroid:
Are you used to Linux? If so, you can root any fw version using this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728441
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
First, let me define "bricked". When I say bricked, I mean it doesn't boot past the acer logo, only stops there, recovery can be attempted, but seems to always fail loading update.zip in stock recovery, or can not mount anything in custom recovery (CWM so far, haven't seen TWRP do this yet).

Updates will be listed here.

Updated 6-27:

-Added fstab, ideas and theories that I have so far, and a list of things I have noticed so far in various threads.

Updated 8-14-13:

-Added a link to a massively helpful thread concerning the Samsung Brick Bug, which is apparently what we also have. Well, the firmware of our EMMC has.

-Updated the "things to try" section in post 3 with updated information and tactics.

Ok, calling in all owners with Bricked A100s, the information for this is scattered all around multiple threads, and I would like to compile a list into 1 central thread for past and present bricked A100 owners.

Please post in with the following information if available:

Date of purchase (it can be a rough guess if you don't know)

ROM it was running, was it stock acer OTA update ICS, modded stock, CM9 etc

Did you flash and unlock the bootloader, if so, where did you get it?

Did you flash and use a custom recovery, if so, where did you get it? CWM, or TWRP?

Did you have any freezes, random reboots, odd behaviour before the brick?

Did you hard reboot (use the reset button, or hold the power button)?

Did you run a custom kernel (ezterry or any others) or stock kernel?

Did you overclock, if so what was max, and did you undervolt, if so, how low?

What have you done since the brick, any wipes, roms you've attempted to use as update.zip, any flashes attempted.

The above is no longer needed, we know now that it occurs on any and all kernels/roms and any combination of either.

I'll compile the results in the second post, and hopefully someone can maybe make more sense then I can of what is occuring.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Things I have noticed compiling data from all the threads and posts about bricking I have seen:

The brick will eventually occur regardless of the Android version or kernel installed, HC, ICS, JB, no version is any safer then another, though HC seems to take much longer to happen.

It appears to be corruption or otherwise loss of access to the GPT, which stores the partition information, as this is damaged the tablet no longer knows where to find a partition, so it fails to mount (partition here).

All reports are usually prefaced by some sort of freeze and a hard reboot to brick.

Partitions always fail to mount.

Partitions that failed to mount one try will rarely mount another (cache/recovery have done this)

Flashing different recoveries seems to make no difference in mounting.

Fastboot does seem to still work provided the bootloader is intact. It allows flashing of recovery.

CPUID> SBK doesn't work. I had figured it was our flashed bootloaders, but it seems to fail on stock bootloaders as well. Likely A100 uses a different key then A500.

Happens even on completely stock, unrooted, untouched Acer HC or ICS.

adb shell cat /sys/devices/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name shows that our EMMC is M8G2FA, and mine in particular was revision 0xB, which bricked. This can also be checked with the Got Brick Bug? app for Samsung devices, while it won't tell you accurately if you are going to brick, it will give you this information as well.

After some discussion with WDS from the CM9 team, there was a rash of these bricks on other devices as well, and seemed to be the result of a bad batch of EMMC chips, or controllers for it, that caused corruption and failure to be read from or written to. The solution was difficult, but obtainable, with NVFlash to partition around the bad area, leaving itself a separate partition for itself, an island away from the rest. Difficult and time consuming, this is not an option for us as we can NOT use NVFlash at all, we can't pass the bootloader verification for NVFlash access. Either the A100 key needs leaked or released, or Acer needs to allow us to fully unlock the bootloader (no encryption anymore) for NVFlash to be an option.

This leaves us with simple tools, ADB and Fastboot, which as long as you can get to the Acer screen, you can use.

ADB doesn't give us an out right way to create, move, delete, and modify partitions, just what is on an existing partition. So, we can use tools like DD to read from and write to any given partition, as long as the device know it exists, and is functioning within that range. If the data corruption is in say, /system, and it exists within the range of the OS, then it will not work. If it exists just outside of the OS, but then gets accessed later during usage, then it will fail. Same for any partition it may have corruption or bad sectors in, it could be any partition anywhere at anytime.

Here is a massively useful thread concerning the Samsung bug, but seems to be pretty much what we have going on ourselves.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1644364
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] MegaDragonMan:
I purchased it in December.

It was running the first ZeroNull MOD.

Yes, I unlocked the bootloader with a method found here.

I flashed CWM with a method found here and I used it only for backing up and for flashing the mod.

Only hardly ever it random rebooted.

I was running stock kernel, and I never overclocked/undervolted.

I tried to Wipe cache and to mount all the mountable from recovery. Nothing happened.

Oh, last thing: my tab passes the Acer green logo, but it doesn't pass this:

Please, help me!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] brendan802:
ok i have an a100 that is bricked wont boot past acer logo screen. Recovery says mmcblk0p5 is screwed and before i flashed to stock recovery cwm said mmcblk0p4 was screwed. I have a fully functional a100 with me too made backups mmcblk0p1-mmcblk0p7 and tried restoring them one by one. Some work and restore ok but others give errors. I have used this partiton table to try and attempt and restore thanks to smokku. Last night I somehow flashed the wrong img to the wrong partiton and went to recovery through update.zip in stock recovery and it actually made progress about 1/3 of the way through. It has never done that before and I wished I had given it more time to complete but it was late so I gave up. I dont have the cpuid so Im stumped. Any insight would be great as this tablet is my nephews. I guess I could make a claim with acer but then I'd be out my tablet while his is being fixed. Somehow his less than 3 month old 32gb sdcard died when the tablet died too. Thanks

Coming from cm-9-26-21-b11-a100-pm with unlocked bootloader and cwm 5.5.0.4 with ezterry

Tablet had problem with play store 921 error 3 days ago I then fixed the play store and the tablet worked fine. 3 days later the battery ran out and he recharged it to never boot again.

I have v.03.06-ics unlocked bootloader and can access fastboot and adb too but partitons are borked beyond my recovery skills

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 SS recovery (/etc/install-recovery.sh)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 LX boot (boot.img)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 AP /system ext4

/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 CC /cache ext4

/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 MC misc

/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 FX /system/vendor ext4 (flexrom.img)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 AB APK (p1 and p2 signatures)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 UA /data ext4
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Ok I'm going to ask one thing, please include all of the information I requested in the first post, it will help alot in figuring out all possible causes.

Well, ok two things, second is if you have CWM or TWRP custom recoveries, please do not flash stock recovery. If you do, we only have APX mode, which we can't use, and fastboot, which is basic flashing, no real tools to use for figuring this out. CWM and TWRP will have ADB abilities, which we need the tools for.

I'll be including the full filesystem table in the third post, which will show the device partitions and where they mount do. It will help with flashing images to the proper partitions. I'll try to have that included pretty soon.

EDIT: brendan802 Says ADB does still work in stock recovery, so my above message may not be true.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] brendan802:
Ok I flashed back to cwm 5.5.0.4 through fastboot.