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[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnachazel:
OP Update

Well, I thought this was a dead issue but here is the latest.

After wallowing it a pit of despair the likes of which can only be described as wretched, (I even coveted my wife's TP up close, almost giving into temptation and swapping decals to reverse ownership) I looked outside of XDA and did general Google searches and happened upon this site:

http://forums.webosnation.com/hp-touchpad/299256-dead-touchpad.html

After reading a bit I realized that the touchstone may be able to recharge the dead battery even though fully drained. I began the quest that Friday morning the 24th of August, after verifying that my Dell laptop did not see the TP when plugged in via the USB cable.

I just did a quick check and the laptop now "sees" the TP when connected. Still no luck on booting into Moboot or the USB icon screen - neither Power and Volume Up or Power and Home buttons achieve anything. But I am glad to see that the touchstone has placed enough charge into the battery that the laptop is aware of the TP when connected.

I believe that given a few more days on the touchstone I should be able to boot into moboot.

@ haxin - I have nothing. Not a single light from the Home button - my only evidence that there is SOMETHING going on is when I connect the TP to the laptop and get my connection "sound". Again, I have high hopes that the touchstone will get me where I am going, albeit at a snails pace.

@ paddy - Yeah, I hope that when (if) I get to a lit screen, I am able to move past where you are at. My big concern is that I am toast even with a semi charged or fully charged battery from the touchstone.

I will update later on. Again, thanks to all for the input and probing questions. You have made me think harder and work a bit longer on this project.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnachazel:
OP Update - 31 August

After 7 days on the touchstone, the touchpad is currently showing the low battery charge icon; I have now plugged it into the A/C adapter.

Each morning I have picked up the TP, held down the power button and held the home button for 15+ seconds. Today it worked, turning on the screen for the first time in a week and letting me see the low battery image.

In my quest to resolve this issue, I have read so many variations on what buttons to hold and how long to hold them that after awhile you end up considering the possibility that SOME of the button options are not correct. That the operator has booted their TP up, but they misconstrued the actual solution; how else can you explain the idea that HP built so many different button combinations and hold times to boot a TP from a nearly or fully dead battery state?

Anyway, I will continue to post updates until my beloved TP is back to running CM9.

And to all those who gave their TP up because the battery got too low; find a touchstone or other "trickle" charger solution, connect and let it sit for a week or so.

Thanks!
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
Glad the Touchstone worked for you , don't know why it has taken so long to charge but when your up an running properly Llama is a good app to install as

A:You can set alarms for when the battery gets to a certain level/levels

B:Have it shut down when the battery gets to a certain level.

I use 20% for an alarm and 10% to shut down which allows me to sleep easy and not worry if someone else is using it . .
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnachazel:
I am up and running. I most definitely will load that app on my TP, plus my wife's and a coworker who bought a TP because of mine.

I don't know either why it took so long; I am just glad it worked and I have it back. I am on it right now.

Thanks again to all who provided feedback and guidance. This is why I love XDA.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msousa1:
HP Touchpad sleeping and will not turn on

Just a note to those HP tablet owners who experience the Black screen of death or sleep of death.

I am the proud owner of 4 HP tablets and two of them so far have had the black screen of death. I have read forum after forum trying to get answers to this problem. There was only one posting that has made cense to me. Someone posted that the tablets symptoms are very much like when the Phones use to go to sleep. The solution was to disconnect the battery for a few minutes then plug it back in. Then simply hit the hold the power button down to turn on the tablet.

The problem is taking the TP apart. There is a video on youtube on how to disassemble the tp. It is a little annoying that you have to go to such lengths to reset the hardware but HP will charge you 250 dollars to fix the problem. After you watch the video on how to open the TP, remove the 3 little screws holding the battery. Now slowly pry the battery up, they use double sided tape to hold it in place along with the screws. Wiggle the battery side to side and try to disconnect the battery connector. This can be done without removing the boards in the TP. Wait 1 min then try to replace the connector in the socket. It is on the underside of a board so when you have it in place use something to make sure it is tight. Plug the charger in to the USB cable. Without closing up the unit hold the tablet power button in until you get the battery charging symbol on the display. Let the unit charge while it is still disassembled. Just in case you have a problem. Once everything is operating disconnect to charger and replace the battery screws, now snap everything together.

This was the only way I was able to fix two of my four TP's. I am sure I will have to do this again because my kids always let the tablets go dead and they don't pay attention when placing them on the Stone for charging. If the tablet is not properly placed on the stone the tablet will not charge.

Hope this helps.

This by far is the best tablet for the money anywhere.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeG90:
I realise this is an old thread, but I recently had a reoccurrence of the black screen of death issue and thought given the number of touchpads still out in the wild, I would share my experience on the off-chance it may help somebody.

My first experience of the black screen issue was a few months after having my touchpad (many years ago). The screen just went black and no combination of holding the reset keys for any period of time would restart the unit. I had suffered lock-ups before and found the reset combination to be successful, but this time none of that worked and I had effectively what appeared to be a dead unit.

Having contacted HP, I returned the unit under warranty and a unit was returned working. I say “a unit” as I was never quite sure if it was the same unit or a refurbed unit, but to be honest given the speed the units went out of stock during the fire sale, I was just glad to have a working unit again. :)

Well this week after several years of use including the installation of Android, the black screen occurred again. As before, no combination of the keys / holding for a period of time / pressing them a number of times etc had any effect. The unit was three quarters charged and I was using it up till the point the screen went black. :crying:

Given that the unit has no warranty and it was “dead” anyway, I decided to take it apart. Despite watching YouTube videos, this appeared to be more troublesome than I thought, but eventually I was in. Interestingly, the backlight on the screen was still lit, suggesting the unit was still powered. I did consider disconnecting the battery, having removed the screws as per the previous poster, but mine seemed to be well and truly stuck down and I felt I may damage it prying it away from the base.

However, looking around inside the unit, I spotted what was clearly a surface mounted switch that faced upwards towards the back of the screen. Out of interest, I pressed on this switch with my finger nail and my unit powered off (shown by the backlight turning off). I then pressed the normal power switch and the unit powered up as normal. I have attached a photo of the switch which resides close to the popout tab with serial numbers on that can be found on the right hand side of the unit.

It does appear strange that HP put this “reset” button inside the unit, facing inwards rather than outwards where a small hole in the back of the case could be used to press it. So if you do get to the opening the case stage, consider this as an alternative to prying the battery loose. Also if somebody can work out a way to make the button accessible from outside the case it might be a useful modification.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] middle_road:
Oh I was so keen when I came across this post. A Reset Button! How great would that be?

Tried it, unfortunately it did not resurrect my dead as a doorstop TP. I was so hoping...

I just put a 'new' EBay battery in it a couple of days ago and tried trickle charging with a 1000mA charger for 24hrs. No joy there either.

All I get when I plug it into the PC is that it shows up as a "QDLoader 9008" (QHSUB_DLOAD driver) .

No flicker of life or light whats so ever... :(

_mr
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
Try to borrow a Touchstone conductive charger if you can. It's the only thing that has worked for me when it has totally drained down.

All the best.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] middle_road:
That's what I was thinking - no joy there either... It is not even showing signs of getting the least bit warm.

I keep thinking and hoping that there is some way to resurrect this one but I may be wrong...

It's currently trickling on a 1000mA charger. Tomorrow I'm going to try the Touchstone behind it.

If that doesn't start something then I'm going to yank the new battery and along with the old battery charge them like an RC device.

(if I can ascertain the proper way to do that --- )

_mr
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] middle_road:
After several days on the trickle, still no life.

Took it apart at lunch and with the battery still connected to mobo it is showing 3.1V across the red/black. So I figure the battery

is good. Looks like the mobo is gone. :(

Not sure what else to try.

_mr
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shao_X:
Dear phone developers:

Out of iOS, Android, and WP7, I am inclined to believe that Android has the potential for the most growth because of its easy modification abilities as well as Google's open-source philosophy.

In your eyes as developers, would you say Android is the most customizable, flexible developmental operating system? It is my understanding that iOS is very rigid and I know nothing of Windows Phone 7.

Thanks for your opinions!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Yes Android is (of course :p).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivek_bhoj:
Android is the ultimate choice
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbonett:
So true

Android is the best OS, I tried all of them...and I can say that Android gives the most flexibility and its easier to use than most would think. Although the iPhone has the "Just Works" motto...it just works with the apps that come with it...why on earth do I need to pay for apps that should have been present in the OS in the first place...

The iPad doesn't come with even a calculator pre-installed...which is the most basic app one could add...

---------- Post added at 05:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:31 AM ----------

On the other-hand Apple seem to have gotten the formula right for their MacOSX which is much better than both Windows and some Linux Distros
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shao_X:
What about future prospects regarding Windows Phone 8? I am hearing things like how tablets and phones will have a full blown application architecture instead of just "running apps" - is Microsoft going to revolutionize the app world, or is Android still running strong with its open source philosophy?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Android of course! Obviously this is going to be the answer you get on a primarily Android forum. :p
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caaznkid:
Now I'm getting boot loops it just keeps trying to update but it can't. I used the root injection method. Could someone help me? Is there something I can Odin and bring it back?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 05GT:
Try using Kies to update.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bestelectric1:
verizon lg g2

i am having the same problem, i accidently took the latest ota while i am rooted. now i am stuck in boot loop, i did not have any backups made yet, and i cannot figure out how to mount through usb to put another rom on there to start over. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

i am running team win recovery v2.6.3.2
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkretch:
Flash stock firmware in Odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spydersilk:
If you want the entire package, check here in madphones thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1686596

I installed the LG launcher through root explorer, changed permissions and it seems to be working really well. Has more options then stock, and I think it is smoother then stock. Here is a link to my dropbox. Hopefully it works

http://db.tt/PFZOQFc4

To install, use root explorer or something similar that lets you access your system files.

System root>system>app. Paste the apk in app folder and change the permissions to:

RW

R

R
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
Post some damn screenshots

VZW GALAXY S 3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stryker1297:
screenies plz :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnwazhere:
Screenshots?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
Actually, it doesn't look that bad!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twolfekc:
Had that on my s2. Its smooth as f**k
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bcanahui:
How do I install this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Trav77:
Does this work on gingerbread custom ROMS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] VinceOB:
Damn man didnt you read the original post?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Did you read the date on that post? It's almost a year old!!!

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] VinceOB:
Lol I did not see that. Shouldve known. This forum barely sees any action any more. :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deuce237bblock:
I have packaged together the JB version of the LG launcher, already tested and working great on MF1 firmware. This package also includes the weather widget and 3 themes for the launcher. Biz, Cozywall, and Marshmallow.

Just flash in recovery.

Link: http://d-h.st/0Jo

Credit: Impact7 for porting the LG launcher. Original thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37262175

Thanks AndyBones for the Zip template
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hank3fan:
Can it be used on tw based roms or aosp? When you flash the zip does it remove stock launcher or does it remain incase I don't like the new one?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ericsmart:
I don't see it is for aosp. do backup before flash the launcher

that's what back up is for.:rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deuce237bblock:
Only been tested on TW based ROMs. If flash on AOSP based ROMs make a backup. Does not remove anything from your phone, only adds the launcher, weather, and 3 themes for the launcher.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Didn't work for me. Unfortunately home has stopped working... tw rom.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
Hey bear, did you try this on top of moar?

I don't think this will work on it.

I'm running obsessed, just flashed this Sony launcher on top of it NP. Its kinda cool.

Lies, spewed poetically from galaxy S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Tried on moar and goodness. No go on either. No biggie. I use the xperia launcher and regular tw as my backup.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deuce237bblock:
Extract LGHome3.apk from the zip put in /system/app chmod permission to 0644 reboot and let me know how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
will try it, just wanted to check out the launcher.

Edit- no dice. Still f/c's. No big deal. Just wanted to see how it was. I like the tw launcher. Thanks. :cool:
[Vibrant General] Xenoism:
Hey, for all of you who are curious about how the Samsung VS Apple trial has been going (I know I have), I came across this article this morning:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/21/3254424/apple-samsung-trial-closing-arguments/in/2971889

It's a tad lengthy, however its a good read. Enjoy.

Thoughts? Opinions?
[Vibrant General] tenantrep:
Trial

I was very disappointed to read the verdict - sad day for Samsung and their users. My question is - if Apple gets the judge to invoke the injunction does that mean that our rooted phones will also have to strip out the offending routines? Just makes me hate the zealots even more. Wonder how many of the members of the jury and judge had iphones? Does that mean that Apple cannot have any part of Project Butter?? Love my JB and the fact that my 2 year old phone is still cutting edge!!

On a different note, you mentioned that you are using FFC. I have installed one, but so far have not been able to fire it up. Is there any zip file with the i9000 FFC files on it? Would really like to know if mine is working.

Thanks.

JIM in FLA waiting for Isaac!
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
This just set a precedent for Apple.

Apple is now going to sue everything that makes anything they do.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it superman? Nope its our economy crashing.
[Vibrant General] skinzy98:
I love a

Samsung. And I'm sorry they lost. So hopefully Motorola will kick crapples butt
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Their patents that they were suing Apple with also just recently got invalidated.

All I want to see is Google doing something. I want google to sneak some patents over to the OEM's and help em out a bit.
[Vibrant General] skinzy98:
I can't believe I didn't here that. And it would be nice if Google helped out a bit.
[Vibrant General] kobesabi:
This means whatever next google nexus will likely be pretty different than most previous nexus. KeyLime will probably have redesign too to avoid lawsuit.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Stock AOSP is not the problem, its mostly over Samsung's Touchwiz UI. Having familiar icons etc.

I dont see how their going to change the design though, from a rectangle to a square?

Edit: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2012082510525390&repost=1

Jury member admits that they did not use prior art in consideration.

I hear an appeal.
[Vibrant General] pintek:
these apple vs android OEMs make me think of one thing

Benz suing every other automaker for "copying" the automobile but the lawsuit would be like...

patent infringement on vehicles using a device to turn the wheels

having a location for the occupants to set their posterior on

Having spokes in the wheels

Having wheels with a round circumference

someone really needs to get a wiffleball bat an start swining for the fences on these apple yahoos they may have generalized smart phones but if you take cars into consideration it be like the first car with 4 wheels well hey 4 wheels is balanced an is general.

an also i hope that google has some sort of super patent waiting to deal with that stupid apple patent for searching :/

if anything apple needs to have all their vague broad patents voided until they can make it narrow an none broad
[Vibrant General] samsgun357:
Patents on trade dress are ridiculous "a rectangle with gently rounded corners" " a screen with even space from the bottom and top to the bezel"

I didn't know apple invented rectangles and other symmetrical shapes?? And then some of the patents are obvious stuff, bounce back, screen pinch, REALLY

The fact of the matter is nobody bought a sgs1 or any other Sammy products thinking it was apple products.

When you go to the big box stores apple products are usually merchandised in another area than most other OEM's.

Apple just has their panties in a wad because Sammy is actually selling more smart phones than them and their products are comparable, better IMO, to theirs.

Its not Sammy's fault that apple has only released like six smart phones. They put out products to appeal to everyone, not just an elite group of pretentious asses.

I could go on but I think you guys get the jest of it!

Its peanut butter jelly(bean) time...
[Vibrant General] benjmiester:
You'll really love this posting to facebook that I found then. Check it out, it freaking beautiful on Benz' part and really drives the point too.

I just saw the most incredible interview involving a Mercedes Benz executive talking candidly about his disgust with how Apple has been acting lately in court about the whole smartphone ordeal. I wish I could find it to share in full but I came accross it while channel surfing. In a nutshell, he said "We at Mercedes own over 80,000 patents worldwide including the rights to the first self-propel

led 4 wheeled vehicle, or as we all would call it today, the 'CAR'. We could take every car manufacturer in the world to court with legitemate claims that they copied our idea and force them put out 3 or 2 or 5 wheeled vehicles etc. Do we? Of course not! We exist today as we do because we bring the absolute best we can build to the market year after year. When he's asked if they're worried about the constant attempts to copy them as Apple claims Samsung and Google did, he just smiles and says "let them try, that's what has kept us at the top of our craft for over 100 years. Why would we stop now?" -Absolutely brilliant! That's how a real innovative company acts. Mercedes for president!
[Vibrant General] samsgun357:
I couldn't have said it better, great find!

sent from the depths of helly bean
[Vibrant General] kobesabi:
Goophone is planning to sue Apple for design infringement since their cloned hardware came out first before Apple. ROTFLMAO

http://www.aznewsdesk.com/iphone-5-knockoff-goophone-i5-to-sue-apple-for-patent-infringement

If this allowed, Samsung should hurry and produce a prototype next week so they can sue Apple if they release later.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aypanthony:
I have a GN 10.1 and came from a TF201. In order to keep the "Hubs" format on my TF201, I used ADW Ex, which worked great. That being said, the TF201 was a pretty vanilla experience. Since the GN 10.1 has TW, not sure how much functionality is lost by going to another launcher.

Any recommendations?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
Well, on ICS I prefer Nova Launcher or Apex Launcher. Funny thing though. When either are used on my Note 10.1, the seem to mess up he wallpaper resolution, blowing it up too large. Switch back to the stock launcher and the wallpaper goes back to normal. Switch again back to Nova and it will be normal for a while and then go bad from turning off the screen and back on. No idea why...anyone else?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Itchiee:
I use Nova on my tablets since I opted to buy the prime version...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
I also bought Nova and switched my phone over to it from Apex. Do yoyu experience this wallpaper thing? It happens to me on the stock wallpapers as well as pictures from gallery
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Itchiee:
I didn't have this issue on my first Note 10.1 last week, and will let you know about my new one that arrived today.

(I switched from 16gb to 32gb...)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail_flicker:
On my GNote I prefer Apex, ATM. One thing making me crazy tho, is that the dock isn't transparent. Can't find a way to do it. I know I can hide it, but if it's hidden you can't specify how many folders/icons you can put on it. TYIA

Found it! Just tired from work, I guess. :-/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjones1348:
Nova launcher, no wallpaper issues to report, so far it's working flawlessly...been using it 2 days.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILA970JOSH:
I personally use Apex Launcher, works great and you can use the Samsung Widgets