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[Acer Iconia A500] krat0s123:
Can anyone help me? I'm only getting 15 characters long after dropping the first two characters as instructed (0x). Here's what the apx script thrown on my ubuntu

"0x37c624841409357"

No matter how I try, I only get 15 chars. Any help woild be appeeciated. Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] eppeP:
Looks like a good UID to me, how you managed to not get it padded I don't know.
[Acer Iconia A500] krat0s123:
First of all, thank you for the response. Anyway, when you say it's a good UID, does that mean I can use it to calculate the SBK? But the SBK calculator is asking for 16 characters though. So what should I do?
[Acer Iconia A500] eppeP:
Either find a better SBK generator that can handle it by itself, or add a zero.

It is a number so it's not really any different from if you wanted to make 23 three characters without changing the value, add a 0 to the left, 023.
[Acer Iconia A500] dfgank:
Oh man...

Okay Guys...

First of all thank you for your awesome Guide!! After installing some drivers i successfully used nvflash. flashed the first bundle.

Everything worked and i was finally able to get into my recovery!

I installed .zip from SD-Card (Lightspeed) and it installed successfully.

Booting for the first time...

-Boot animation

-"upgrading android apps"

-ugly interface saying "android system" in the top left corner

-window telling me: shutting down

-tablet shutting down...

What am I doing wrong?? :crying:

greetings, M
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
It's rom related ask on rom thread or flash a different rom....like flex
[Acer Iconia A500] dfgank:
Tried already...

Hey, thank you for answering.

I'm still having the same Problem after flashing the "FLEX-Resurrection_Rev1-Aroma-Public" Rom. I could install without problems.

Booting up with the chosen bootanimation.

saying "upgrading applications"

and after that's done, the tablet simply vibrates like tablet start vibration and then turns off...

Also my Battery life is stuck at 12% ...

Thanks in advance,

M
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40173626&postcount=6Oh dear, this is not good at all....There's a thread by Travis Antonio regarding this symptom. He called it 'the flu" when u see the "android system" text in top left hand corner of the screen. The biggest hurdle u face is no charge. 12% isn't quite enough.

I've had this once before and recovered by running all the flash and downgrade tools of could find until something worked. ...but I had plenty of juice.

Travis Frankensteined his somehow to enable charge....If you're not electronically minded challenged like me, this is yr solution.....otherwise it will need a new mobo.

There's a very recent thread where someone had the hardware fault, found a new mobo 16gb on ebay for 50 $...mIt wanna pm him he may guide u thru the process of swapping it out....give me 10mins and ill post a link

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

Rgds dibbhttp://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40173626&postcount=6
[Acer Iconia A500] dfgank:
Battery Life

Thank you for your answer, even if you are the bearer of bad news.

The akkumulator problem is not a real problem for me. I am a mechatronic technician so recharging my battery won't be that hard... but i got the feeling that it is just saying 12%... having 80 or so...

Like i said i flashed some roms without charging it. And it did not power off.

For explanation: In the past I used the ICS leak with HC kernel. Used a very unknown rom... then a few months later flashed lightspeed. all worked perfectly. wanted to go back to HC and bricked my tablet by just installing an old rom via recovery...

bricked.

any ideas how to resurrect?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Edit: to return to HC you need to go thru the downgrade process using tdv4....see the root guide in my sig for that

You will need to install the v8 unlocked bootloader/custom recovery. Then boot direct to recovery and flash your ics / jb rom...The days of running the older roms with hc kernel are over...I recommend cm10 flex or civato's ics rom. If you go with a different one ensure you read the op for any special requirements.

One thing I would suggest is to do a couple of Full Wipes - you'll want a perfectly clean system after what's happened.

Pleased to hear poweriñg yr tab up won't be an issue for u..This could have been a major deal...did u happen to look over the process Travis used.....be interested in hearing your thoughts òn that. .

Good luck with Ìt all.

dibb.
[Acer Iconia A500] dfgank:
Guess it's dead... anyone knows if i can use the touch panel with my windows pc? i am interested in writing a "gaming pad" software. so you can optimize it for every game with let's say some combination of weapons for css. so you just tab on the display and get the weapon stack.

greetings

dfgank
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Pls start a new thread yr posts don't belong in this one, thanx
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
M8 did u get sorted, I see you edited yr post?
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Wow, i've spend numerous hours reading about 50 different posts trying to fix my Acer Iconia a500.

Anyways, I'm using this guide to get my CPU ID to use for an EUU restore to fix my bricked iconia. My problem is i used the script and it grabbed the uid : 0x43c80414340a457

So after all my reading, I saw that I was supposed to remove the 0x and put it into the CPU ID part of the EUU. However, every time i try this... (43c80414340a457 and with a 0 in front of it) it doesn't work. The EUU keeps telling me its the wrong cpu id. Any help here? Thanks!

Edit: To clarify, I have tried using 43c80414340a457 , which gave the error 'invalid cpu id format' so i added a 0 infront of it and that's when the EUU says its the wrong cpu id.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
If the EUU says its wrong, then it is:)

You need 64bit system if not you might try this from post4

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28660315
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Thank you for your reply. I read that post. However, my laptop is running 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I don't understand why I would get an incorrect CPUID from the script. I have triple checked the id, re run the script multiple times, and completely started from scratch and everytime that is the CPU ID that i get from the apx.c....
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Ahhh alrighty...thats the extent of my help then, lol...linux is beyond me...

Which EUU are u running and I assume you cannot boot into the OS? And you don't have an old nandroid stashed onbyrvpc somewhere?
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Not good to hear... yeah this is pretty much my last option. Nothing else will work, trust me i have read for hours upon hours about every different possibility. all the update.zip's won't work, i tried 2 different EUUs, etc.

I tried changing the print part of the script with the suggested ones.

The original print code gives me uid: 0x43c80414340a457 (which is invalid length for the EUU [without the 0x])

the first change to the print code gives me uid: 0x043c80414340a457 (again, without 0x, this time says wrong cpu id)

the second change to the print code gives me uid: 0x043C80414340A457 (same thing as before but with caps? either way still says wrong cpu id).

I guess i could try making sure that I'm using the right EUU... I am using an acer iconia tab a500
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Hmmm weird...yeah u have an euu for the a500 but what one are u actually using,??

Maybe ePPe will see yr post and be able to offer his wisdom!
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Right now i'm using EUUs_SBK_Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1

this is the only one i could find. Maybe you know of another one and where i can find it? And yeah...that would GREAT if ePPe would see this. I've been working on this thing for way too long. It just seems like anytime I have a problem, it is always the most long, dragged out, worst way possible. Nothing anyone else tries will work ( of course not! thats too convenient :p)
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Lol...you not alone we all go through it lol....so you've tried with a 0 and without, with 0xand without??? Also try entering the uid all uppercase letters....from memory someone else had same problem...
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Well I just read somewhere that you are supposed to edit the cpuid.txt file and input your own? I thought I found the holy grail, but no....sadly this still didnt work, even with upper case and lower case...:(
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Damn...yeah so you've exhausted all combinations there....well that's all I can offer sorry m8...maybe someone else can...good luck

dibb

EDIT: Its definitely uppercase letters only - the guy who had the same issue "wrong cpuid" used the " 0x " part of the uid and u/c letters
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Yeah...no luck. I tried redownloading the EUU and using all caps for the cpuid.txt and when it asked for it in the EUU. Same thing. All I can think of is that some how...either i'm being given the wrong cpu id, which i think would be highly unlikely....or somethings not working right with the EUU..i don't know. Hopefully ePPe will see this and share some knowledge.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Cpuid.txt????

You are entering the cpuid directly into the euu and not in to .txt file

Also make sure you dont accidentally have a space b4 the actual cpuid when copying/pasting
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
On the thread that has the collection of a500 roms and euu's, etc. it has a picture diagram stating that before you run the euu you should open the .txt file called cpuid and first put yours into there with the 0x before it. then run the euu and enter your cpu id without the 0x in the euu. If its 15 digits add a 0 before it or if its 16 just put it in.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Huh?? Really?

Try leaving that bit out.

Ensure cpuid.txt is blank.

Run the euu.

Enter the cpuid when it asks you.

dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Alright, I'll give that a try. Just for reference, this is the thread I was referring to. At the bottom of the second post there is a picture diagram. If you follow the path for the EUU , you'll see what I was talking about. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816560
[Acer Iconia A500] eppeP:
Upper or lower-case, with or without 0x should not matter.

The conversion to SBK strips the 0x if it exists and converts the rest to a number using strtol. Looks like the EUU GUI is a bit picky and will only accept exactly 16 characters though.

It is doing some parsing of the output from nvflash, but maybe you can try running nvflash manually to see what it says.

UID 0x43c80414340a457 should give you SBK 0x31B47C00 0x04B90301 0x6BD6E703 0xB0512103.

(CPUID.txt is as far as I can tell from a quick look not used by anything)
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Yeah the EUU will only take 16 character CPU IDs, meaning it won't use the 0x. I'm sorry, I'm having some trouble following you. Are you suggesting that I use this 'nvflash' to see if it accepts my cpu id as correct?
[Acer Iconia A500] iHaterad:
Well, After reading almost every comment here, i can say im the Noobest ;(

i got my brother a present, and i let it update its system from the built in android installer (haven't installed anything on it yet)

and BAM! it just died. stuck on the Android logo.

so - i started working the guide step by step, even double checked the packages i installed in ubuntu (also installed ubuntu today, lol)

whenever i type "gcc apx.c -o apx -lusb-1.0"

i get this :

EDIT: NVM, i typed ./apx and it worked anyway
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Interesting.... I've not seen it done that way before.

Like I said, give it a try without the txt file part let's see wot happens.

dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] eppeP:
The limitation is in what the GUI does, not in the library converting the UID to SBK. I guess it does not matter.

EUU generates an SBK from the UID and then runs nvflash with the SBK.

So what I'm suggesting is removing one layer by running nvflash directly using the generated SBK so that you can see what it says.
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Ohhh,okay. That makes more sense now. Okay so I remember seeing a link to the nvflash guide in someone's sig. I'll find it, if not i'll post back. Thanks for the advice; i'lll let you know how it works out.

---------- Post added at 10:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 PM ----------

Would the blackthund3r A500 APX Flash Utility be what you are referring to? If not, I am having trouble finding out where to get the nvflash thing.

Edit: I found this: V8-UNL-ICS-HC-bootloader-MULTI-cwm.zip

this is what the OP was referring to. I think this is the nvflash.
[Acer Iconia A500] iHaterad:
Well, i can say i had all but success, Done everything right, and i still get the Android logo loop, any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
I ran the v8.bat file and entered my SBK and got to this screen, where i picked my recovery and then it said usb write fail:

---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:39 PM ----------

tried a different recovery this time and now im at this screen waiting for bootloader, but i think my tab is still in apx mode; the screen isn't even on.
[Acer Iconia A500] iHaterad:
sounds like the drivers aren't installed or your device isn't in apx,

i did use Blackthund3r's flash util, So im not sure what to tell ya.

did you download the drivers from acer's website?

i had to do a reset before i could use them
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Well when i put my tab into apx mode and plug it into the usb, it shows up in my computer as apx device and the driver is installed.. ill give it another go.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
USB write fail error means cpuid is incorrect - back to square one!
[Acer Iconia A500] iHaterad:
well, sorry to hear, i had to read all posts before i got the answer to that - if you installed ubuntu for x32 instead of x64 you have to change

the script, somewhere in the comments i saw the code.

good luck with that,

I am going to return the tablet (which i bought today, Sucks , doesn't it?)

to the store i bought it from and get my money back, what a lousy manufacturing, as it seems from what i have read online - it's hardware.

Never buying acer again.

Thanks for the creator of this post - you are helping alot of people. until next time - peace!:good:
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Sigh...would it help if i uploaded a video of me getting my cpu id from the apx.c script on ubuntu 12.04?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Did u use the sbk eppeP generated for u?

---------- Post added at 09:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 AM ----------

Its brand new??? What android build is on it? The only way to know if it is a faulty chip is to run nvflash....if you're stuck on boot logo yr only option is an appropriate update.zip
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Yes i used that one. I'll give it a few more tries and see what happens. Maybe i put a space in.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
4 groups of nums/letters separated by a space
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
Yeah i used the exact one ePPe posted from my CPUID and i also re calculated it with sbcalc and still got the same thing. always gives usb write error...:/ Does that mean that the apx.c script is givng me the wrong cpu id on ubuntu?
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
I am creating a video to show step by step how i'm getting my uid, and how i'm using it to get skb and put it into the nvflash or EUU
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
K m8

---------- Post added at 12:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 PM ----------

Oh m8 start a new thread for yr vid and issue, cheers dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] cjtulowiecki:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43762195#post43762195
[Acer Iconia A500] iHaterad:
Sorry, can figure out how to delete this, Admins - if you will?
[Acer Iconia A500] lewmur:
I got this as my SBK number 0xB3FFC201 0x7BC3D706 0x7BAC3304 0xA02A2103

I'm now trying to run v8.bat. Do I enter the number just as it appears with capital letters and spaces?

edit: I tried it doing it that way and chose option 1 to install TWRP. It no longer boots to the ACER logo but instead boots into APX mode even without holding the reset button. Now what do I do? I noticed that all of the options in V8 are for ICS bootloaders. If the tab was originally using an HC version, do I have to use something other than V8 to install an HC bootloader?

re-edit: Tried A500-HC with the same results. Boots into APX.
[Acer Iconia A500] chris2699:
Bricked A501

I have a A501 and I tried to update the boot loader to ICS and now the tab just goes to a black screen with Acer in the middle and a message in the top left corner.

Not Legal !!!! abort

Warning the blob package is not official ~abort!

Boot Verified Failed

and subsequent boots just say the last

Boot verified failed.

Please help :(
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
[MENTION=1561875]chris2699[/MENTION] this is not the appropriate thread for your issue which btw has been answered many, many times.

If you need to retrieve your sbk via ubuntu, then you're in the right place.

dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] mizzle54:
Noob terms

Is there anyway to explain this in noob terms. I am pretty new to this and it would be helpful if anyone could explain exactly what it is I need to do to restore my Acer back to factory. I'm not sure how it got to the point of just booting to the Acer screen, I have not rooted it or done any modifications to it at all. Just started it one day and it wouldn't load past the Acer screen.

Thanks for any help that is given.
[Acer Iconia A500] smokinjoe2122:
Has anyone been able to do this on a virtual machine using USB pass-through?

Just curious because I don't have a standalone Ubuntu system and I'm trying to get the UID for the tablet.

Thanks-
[Acer Iconia A500] eppeP:
I have not tried, but I would expect it to work.

If you are using Windows you could build the version using the WinUSB driver provided by Acer. There are no instructions for that though, just code and Visual Studio projects.
[Acer Iconia A500] smokinjoe2122:
I think I'll attempt the Ubuntu first as the only coding I really know is basic VBS... I would guess if I install the Acer drivers on Windows, boot the tab into APX mode, and use the USB pass-through it should hit the Linux box... I'll have to do some testing though...
[Acer Iconia A500] dwind:
Major thanks for your post, eppeP and the smart on helpful folks in the forum. I now have my UID and can move on to recover my A500. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] MillerXL:
I got this message from the terminal:

do you know what should I do ?
[Acer Iconia A500] eppeP:
Run lsusb and see what you have connected.
[General Questions and Answers] obadanasr:
A weird thing happened, my Galaxy Ace got Hard-Bricked after flashing a rom (i was too lazy to read instructions, as flashing roms is what i do 5 times a day!), and it couldn't go into backup/recovery/download mode. It just happened once, my PC recognized it and Odin detected it, but odin froze, so i unplugged it and repluged it, and that's when it never went in recovery mode again...:confused:

I need urgent help asap, as my warranty is already voided.

Cheers,

John Freeman
[General Questions and Answers] vx117:
Well look here for help if it is a soft-brick:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1071970

If it is a hard brick then you need to use a JTAG service:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1429491

Good luck.
[General Questions and Answers] gentorsic:
if it is still under warranty take it to the service center and tell the you are doing an OTA and your connection was distrupted. thats what I told at the service center
[General Questions and Answers] GiantDwarf:
It should nearly always be possible to enter the bootloader of the device. So if it comes hard you can use "power button, vol down" to enter it and flash a system image directly with the fastboot tool.
[General Questions and Answers] obadanasr:
Thanks a Bunch!

Thanks a bunch, guys! I sent it to a friend (she knows more about JTAG services than i do) who helped me out.

I followed instructions this time...

Thanks a lot,

John Freeman
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simbob86uk:
hi, i typed in the *#272*IMEI# and changed my csc from kor to xef as couldnt select xeu.

now i wish to change it back to how it was but when i got through the same motions, of *#272*IMEI# nothings coming up and when i click the call button.

how can i undo the change?

can i do this via odin?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simbob86uk:
to any one that may encounter this problem:

i have resolved it by flashing back to original stock rom.

factory reset, and now its all back to the original way it was.
[General Topics] Jickracer007:
help I am currently on the 6.2.233 ICS leak and I am so not happy with it.

So I tried the RSDlite 5.7 and the .902 zip but it will on install to step #2 and than nothing it says fail.

So now if I shut my phone off I am brought to the AP FASTBOOT screen.

I can do a battery pull and get to the Boot Mode and hit powerup normally and the phone does bootup and it works, but I do not want to run this os anyone have any ideas?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
What app can I use to record video on a ics rom? What do you consider the best one and why?

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Videocam illusion, cause its the only one that is reported to work.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
Deff hit the thanks button works like a charm

Sent from my LG-P999
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anto989:
i want to launch music player automatically when headphones are plugged in by using tasker app, so i created it:

... enabled the app in Settings -> accessibility, but it doesn't work, what is going wrong?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anto989:
up!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moe.nassef:
Try livewere manager from GP and it will do the needful it will give u the access to choose the app needed for the action
[Desire General] nam207:
wow, thank you so much, I'm gonna try this when I get home. I've been going crazy with Chinese version (I live in Vietnam) and unable to use Google play! Hopefully it'd work! Thanks again!

Edit: I re-locked my t328w, is it possible to do this with re-locked status?
[Desire General] koyfee:
awesome

I have followed the steps from gfan and mobile01 and flashed the Taiwanese version ROM yesterday. I have tried but failed to translation the method into English. Your traslation is faultless.

bug report after flash the Taiwanese version ROM: Wandoujia (the most popular andriod devices manage software for PC in China) recongnises my T328w as HTC desire (G7) .
[Desire General] nam207:
File not found! It is still uploading?
[Desire General] kingcedz:
Uploaded to a different source. Should work now.
[Desire General] kingcedz:
this tool requires unlocked bootloader, so u need to unlock again. should be a simple process.
[Desire General] kingcedz:
unfortunatley there is no real quick solution to this one. the problem is with Wandoujia, not with the ROM.

The ROM will flash your phone into 100% stock Taiwanese or European version. This means in About - Phone identity - phone Model number will be converted into "HTC Desire V" instead of t328w.

Unless wandoujia data base is updated to include Desire V, it won't really identify the phone correctly.
[Desire General] john9:
Maybe I should give it a try,Thanks.
[Desire General] cayowl:
did anyone have PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed ZIP file?

plz upload it or post link to download it

thanks!
[Desire General] jp1980:
Google is your friend: (remove spaces i'am a new member and no links allowed)

ht tps: // docs.google.com / uc?id=0B5l6 hlK799AFMFdma0xKRXNrYlU&export=download

edit : oh its an exe file although i think it is what you want to have

Run the .exe until a dialog appears. Leave the program (dont exit) and go to your %temp% folder. There you will find 2 subfolders with a hash ID (look at created date/time to find these). Inside 1 of these folders you will find rom.zip. In this file look for system.img and boot_signed.img

I'm currently trying this procedure to flash the Europe version. I will post the result.