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[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
I'm thankful there are guys on the internet who post nice things they are thankful for. <3

I'm thankful and grateful for my best friend who creates a place for me to grow and be a better person just by being such a wonderful person herself.

I'm thankful I love my work, even when it is aggravating.

And I'm thankful for my furry friends. These guys were like kids to me, I'll never forget them. I fill with joy whenever I think of them:

R.I.P. Ruga Buga Muga Wuga and Chocolate Ice-Cream Face. <3 <3 <3
[HTC Rezound] Antoine.WG:
So many things for which to be thankful. I'm thankful for my wife of 2 months. We've been together for 4 years and just got married in October. I can't imagine my life without her.

I'm also thankful for my aunt, who actually knows how to cook a turkey. I'm also thankful nobody got food poisoning from the turkey my mother in law cooked last Saturday. :eek:

And I'm thankful for the Rezound and Android dev community. Sure, it's a little glitchy but it's still better than sense and getting better with every build.
[HTC Rezound] Tornlogic:
It is quite interesting how music can bring the most glum situations and make it tolerable enough to get through. Its helped me many times during my wonderful life.

I'm thankful for my family and our relatively good health. I'm thankful everyday for my stable career that keeps a roof over our heads and food on the table without the help of our government, however I am very much thankful to be a citizen of the United States of America and to be part of the society that makes it the best Country in the world.

Edit:

Oh crap I forgot the most important thing! Beer! Specifically Lost Rhino New River Ale from Ashburn Virginia. Yum!
[HTC Rezound] SteveG12543:
I'm thankful that I even have food to eat today. As someone said earlier, I'm thankful that I can say "what do I want to eat?" and not "when will I eat?"
[HTC Rezound] brisdaddy1207:
Hey Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and their families, hope you all have a nice Holliday. :):):):):):):thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
[HTC Rezound] chrisjz:
I'm thankful for my GF. She cooks, cleans, and puts out all while working 40+ hours a week. We've had some rough moments in the past 3 years but she's stuck around. She means the world to me.
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
I'm thankful for seat belts.

Sent from my iPhone...
[HTC Rezound] Mashkawizii:
Thankful for.. what am I thankful for? My language and culture and people were destroyed by the Canadian Government... I mean it could of been way worse than it was but still.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freezerj:
In Atrics (CM9) - 14/11/12, every time the super user privileges to provide a program, get the reboots when the screen turns off. The super user is already updated and nothing!

A help please.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dedebekri:
Install supersu from market, open it, give it root access permission when asked by superuser, update binaries, delete supersu from /system/app, reboot device.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freezerj:
Delete SuperSU or Superuser? Super SU not in System/app:confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upndwn4par:
You asked this question 3 or 4 times today. That is against xda rules.

There are no su issues with AtrICS. Try re-installing the ROM (clean install).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freezerj:
Unfortunately, it did not work ... returning to Nottachtrix
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sportsjunkie:
I have been ruining the Droid rom for a few days now and just noticed that Netflix won't work is any one else having this problem and is there a fix?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sportsjunkie:
Never mind I figured it out. Thank you
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] skyward01:
What was the fix?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sportsjunkie:
The newest update out in the google play store version 2.0.2 works our does on my device..I downloaded it after reading some blogs on other forums seems to work for ask cm10 based roms..give it a try..
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sportsjunkie:
Well I can't spell I meant or does on mine and then the ask should have been all..sorry
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
My colleague brought his stock A500 to me in a bricked condition last week.

I need a way to restore it. If I try to do a wipe it will say bootloader error if i try the recovery the droid falls down with the red sign with the exclamation mark.

This tablet has never been rooted, my colleague is not in to such things, it's lived its life with ordinary acer otas and the occational very young human (5 year old) trial wich it has survived.

He has installed all the OTAs he ever got on the tablet and this is in Sweden so it would probably be a 4.0.3 acer stock on it now.

I'm guessing it has died during a OTA or something. if i turn it on it will sit at the acer logo indefinitly.

I Bricked my A500 during a rooting atempt resulting in me needed to flash a stock rom to get it working again, but i cant find the thread i read to un-brick my A500.

Please Help!
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1839313
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
Well that thread seems to hold all i need, although i can't do a full wipe. when i do the flipswitch wipe procedure it halts with bootloader error

Im hoping to just be able to flash the stock rom from the link you gave me. Is it entirely necessary to do the wipe prior to flash? can i wipe it afterwards?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
we're assuming the tab is full stock and currently on ICS...

and we're assuming he never tried to 'fix' his tab by flashing one thing or another...

the bootloader error worries me...what exactly does it say...

Yes the wipes are really important!! and not being able to use the button method to do so is concerning...

what happens with the Over The Air (OTA) updates is its just that...an update...it leaves all your settings/data intact. When you OTA from one build to another, like Gingerbread 3.0 to Honeycomb 3.1/2 and then to ICS 4.0 - you drag all your apps and settings with you and of course some things that work with 3.2 will not work under ICS....fjor instance, lots of folk had trouble with wifi disconnects, once they got to ICS - or they had apps force closing and other 'glitches'. This is why everyone tells you to do the wipes - as this fixes these things! In the case of stock ICS my gmail would f/c all the time no matter how many times I wiped/formatted....So for a smooth running tab - flash a custom rom!!!!!!

But getting back to you...

From that link i gave you...download the 3.1_Full.zip....its decrypted so just extract it and get the "update.zip" from it..

This "update.zip" is not an incremental "update" but the full stock rom....

once installed you'll be on GB you will need to root it with iconia root and then use acer recovery installer to flash cwm....(get these from the playstore)

do a backup or adb devices so you can get your CPUID....this is important...if anything goes wrong at any stage this is the only thing that will get you unbricked....see the cpuid link in my sig for more on this, please take the time to read it, even if it doesnt make much sense to you, read it anyway....

AFTER you have retrieved your cpuid, you can nvflash the patched bootloader/recovery pkg which means you are able to flash ICS/JB custom roms

they cannot be flashed via cwm like normal...you must use nvFlash to do it....

OR

take the OTA route to ICS...this takes a bit of time...I did it last week and it was a good 6-7 hours to go from GB to ICS

there are pre-rooted stock roms if you wanna stay stock see civato's stock rom thread for that here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1633907

official stock rom list by blackthund3r are here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816560

civs guide to flashing the unlocked bootloader here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622425
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
I am in a similar situation. Push the power button and it goes to a screen with white acer on black and stays there. Totally stock ICS, no root. I tried the update.zip thing and after automatically rebooting it says "Boot verified failed...". I don't have my cpuid, or have installed previously CWM or anything like that. I can get into APX mode. This guy here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1751978 could only get into APX with no cpuid as well, but i don't understand all of the ubuntuu and command line stuff. I would love for someone to be able to walk a dummy like me through this mess. Thanks for any help.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
if u got boot verified fail error you need nvFlash to repair that....as u know, with nvflash you need yr cpuid....wot about usbdeview? if you've never plugged yr tab into yr PC - then it won't work and the ONLY other way is Linux....

might be best to start yr own thread with a descriptive title, not just a help I'm bricked no uid, thread there are hundreds of those....the more effort u put into the title the more likely you will attract the attention of someone who can actually help...and remember you just don't need a bit of help but a blow by blow description of what to do and how....this will be very time consuming....at the very least get ubuntu installed, maybe just try a few things, anything to show you are capable of at least giving it a go yourself..

there are others who would like 2 know how to do this as well...having a specific thread of its own would be great

good luck

dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
Actually, I have connected it to my PC before. Only for transferring media though. If I've done that, is the some way to retrieve my cpuid from the PC?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
yup...usbdeview.zip see the bottom of the OP in the cpuid guide in my sig
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
Thanks alot for your help. I used usbdeview and got my cpuid. Now I should use nvflash? Know where a good step by step is for that one?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
you could try the one in my sig??
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
Right. Sorry, I didn't notice that before. Thanks again for your direction.

"To install one of these roms you will need a custom recovery and to get that you must flash the patched bootloader FIRSt - once its patched you can install a recovery any old way you like"

Looking at that guide, would you please tell me what a custom recovery is and how to get one? Btw, I don't plan to do a custom ROM yet, I just want to get the damn thing working first. Was thinking of using the HC EUUs from the firmware files list. However there are two files, a .rar and a .exe listed. Which do i use?
[Acer Iconia A500] Danny2:
The .rar EUU is for an A500, the .exe is for the A501, which do you have?
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
I've got the a500. However, I decided to go with a custom ICS rom after all. I managed to put a new bootloader and custom recovery on using the a500apx flash tool. That part went fine. I flashed this rom:

Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-FULL-ROOT (original odex)

and that appeared to go well according to twrp, but after rebooting, it just shows the bootloader again and stops there. Not sure what i did wrong.

I renamed the rom update.zip. Should i not have done that?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
well congrats for getting thru the flash process with no probs!!!

as far as renaming to update.zip that was not such a good move...hopefully things havent been screwed up too much

just go back into recovery and do a FULL wipe/format

then to flash use the option "install from zip file" not sure where that is in TWRP but it will have one
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
Okay. I will reflash the rom after completely wiping again. Thanks.

On a different note, why do roms require particular bootloaders?

Also different, how do you like your SGS3? If i can manage to fix this thing, perhaps I'll root my phone...
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
The stock ICS BL is encrypted - more or less - the only way to 'flash' a recovery or rom is to have the "key" that "unlocks" - it more or less - if you dont use the right key then the OS will not boot - the 'key' is based on your cpuid which is why everyone is forever telling you to save it somewhere safe....

I enjoy the big screen, took awhile to get used to it in my hand, kept dropping it....then I ran it over with my 44tonne truck after 3 days and munted it!!!!

I have a case for it now, and its gr8 - I havent installed a rom on it yet...the forums over there are jampacked and I have no idea what I'm doing, lol - its the first android device I've had that I've left stock for so long...but it does what I want...the camera is awesome -burst mode is the bomb - BUT do I think it was worth the money???? Still on the fence about that one.....:)
[Acer Iconia A500] NvigR8:
Ouch. Sorry to read about running over your phone. That would kill me. I really like my SGS3. I think I'll look into rooting it just to be able to back it up and get rid of the bloatware. I did that on my Captivate and prior to today, thats all I've ever done modding wise to an android device.

So, I managed to get my tab up and running again. Yay! I reflashed the rom w/out changing the name and worked like a charm. Now If only I knew why this happened in the first place... Thanks for all your help.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
yeh sometimes happens with the tab for some reason - thank your lucky stars it didn't get stuck in apx mode...if that happens its normally a hardware fault so theres not alot u can do...I'm just pleased you got sorted without too much drama and it was as easy as reflashing the zip....so now you have the v8 BL - you're gold!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
When i do the wipe it says

Erasing userdata...

Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x19000008)
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x19000008)

I googled your error - the consensus from what I read is a corrupt OS due to running OTA updates...

Some had luck with rebooting. Others had to send it to Acer.

Did you run the update.zip? so what happens when you run the update.zip

Are you able to get into "apx mode"? If you can, hook up to your PC and see if your tab is recognised as an "apx device" - check "Hardware, Printers in win7"

Thats all I can suggest atm - if your tab does get into apx mode OK then you can find your cpuid by running Linux -

Maybe ask the guy if he's ever had the tab hooked up to his PC like to transfer files and stuff - get him to download "USBdeview" to his PC -

this will show every single device thats ever been connected to the PC and it will show the "cpuid"...

Even if we do get the uid theres no guarantee it will fix the bootloader error - but we may as well explore all the options we can....
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
so i flashed the update.zip through ordianry acer recovery it was the one GEN1-FULL and it borke the boot, said varification error

Ok so i got the cpuid and computed the skb by compiling the apx.c and hooking it up to my linux laptop, I can get APX manually so I've flashed the V8-thor 1.7.3 and then i got the ICS 1.054 stock full root deodexed from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1633907

In other words I have a working bootloader and cwm-recovery so i put the rom on my sdcard and i was going to wipe

i can wipe everything but /data it won't mount
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
the idea is that you wipe and flash your rom immediately after flashing the bootloader...

this helps prevent your system becoming corrupted with an incompatable rom while on the v8 BL...run the flash again, boot straight to cwm wipe and install yr rom, reboot
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
Yes I understood that but I haven't been able to do a wipe. When I was on the Acer stock ICS bootloader and did the wipe switch procedure all i got was the unrecoverable boot error. So i went on and flashed the Gen 1 full from your earlier post witch did nothing but give me boot verification error (My bad).

Then I got the cpuid and computed the skb and after that I flashed the V8boot+Thor173recovery. After that I still can't wipe, I cant format the /data partition nor mount it. so i tried to flash the Stock root ICS but it's stuck in a boot loop probably becase my /data partition is corupted or that my colleague had the tablet encrypted (just a theory).

After I'd flashed the V8boot it actually booted the Gen 1 Full rom but it prompted me for a password wich my colleague didn't have.

Any thoughts?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
ok it definitely sounds like tab is encrypted cos its asking for a password - the only way out of this it to hard reset which wipes /data and /cache

If the v8 has flashed correctly then you will have access to fastboot mode pwr/vol up and you should see the fastboot menu on your tab...do you have this?

If its encrypted then as you've found, you won't be able to flash anything and have it 'stick' - pls try booting to fastboot and we'll go from there
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
Fastboot is working what steps should I take to hard reset through fastboot?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
fastboot erase userdata

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot

you can flash a recovery.img or boot.img thru this as well

once wipes are done, flash yr rom!
[Acer Iconia A500] Hogbola:
Uhhh... I'm going to have one of those temper tantrums soon :P

So i managed to wipe the tablet trough fastboot and i flashed this http://www.interphaze.com/civato/Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-DEODEXED-FULLROOT.zip through the Thor recovery but it wot boot, just sitts at booting primary kernel image.

Im starting to think that something i seriously wrong with this iconia because I sometimes need to restart the tab 3 times just to get in to recovery

eg. first it stops right after blanking screen (The previous screen was booting recovery kernel image) and i powercycle and now i get to the touch buttons but no menu. And on the third reboot it works. Am I dealing with a hardware issue here maybe?
[Motorola Droid X2] tracnet:
I had been running cm10 on my dx2. Started getting really buggie so I tried to flash over with cm10 again, it failed.

I cleared Dalvik cache and hooked to RSD to SBF (not sure if that was the correct approach), but the flash failed with the following error:

"Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error getting subscriber unit information. Device API Error: 0xE0030009 Command: RQHW (0x0832009)"

I left the phone connected and tried to run RSD SBF flash again with the exact same result. I unhooked the usb cable and tried a reboot of the phone. It won't boot. It goes to the red M screen and displays this at the top: "Failed to boot 4, Starting RSD mode". It hangs on this same screen when I power up holding the volume down button. While hanging on that screen I CAN connect to RSD but the flash still fails with the same error I listed above: "Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error getting subscriber unit information. Device API Error: 0xE0030009 Command: RQHW (0x0832009)"

When holding the volume up button when powering up it hangs on red M screen with message at top: "Failed to boot 4 Starting Fastboot protocol support". I can then connect to RSD but the flash fails immediately when I click "start" on RSD. (That's probably exactly what should happen in this case?) Pushing or holding the volume up or down or both while on these red M screens causes nothing to happen.

-- I have tried 2 different usb cables, one is the original moto cable and both have always worked to flash this and other phones in the past.

-- I am using the same laptop that I have always used to flash this and a few other phones.

-- I have re-downloaded the SBF file twice and flashed with the same results.

-- I have done numerous battery pulls.

-- I have tried to get to stock system recovery by removing the battery and plugging into wall charger. I get the same result, red M screen with the following:

"Failed to boot 4"

"Starting RSD mode"

"Battery is too low to flash"

When on this error screen I have (in this order) installed battery, unplugged charger, plugged into computer usb - nothing changes on the phone screen and RSD does not see the phone so does not connect.

Here's what I will be trying later this evening:

Try a different computer.

Burn a Linux easySBF disc and try that.

What am I doing wrong or what else can I try?

Thank you!
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
So you have done the SBF process successfully before? What SBF file are you using? Do you have all the motorola drivers installed on your computer? Are you using Windows or Linux?
[Motorola Droid X2] tracnet:
Yes, I have SBFed this particular dx2 maybe 3-4 times before flashing different custom roms. I am using windows xp. I do also have the current moto drivers installed. The SBF flash with RSD actually progresses part way before the noted error.
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
You mentioned it said battery to low to flash. Maybe thats your problem right there. I'm not 100% sure but I dont know if the battery charges without the operating system installed. I think I read that before. If this is the case, you need to charge your battery another way before continuing. If someone else you know has the same phone, you can charge your battery with their phone. Or get another battery. I'm not sure. Its best to have your battery at 100% before doing an SBF.

If I am wrong about the battery not able to charge without the OS, then just leave it charging for a bit and try the SBF again.
[Motorola Droid X2] tracnet:
I have swapped in a known good and fully charged battery. Without a doubt my battery situation is ok. Keep in mind that the battery low error only shows if I try to get to system recovery by removing the battery and plugging in the wall charger. I had read before that is just another way to get to system recovery, that's why I did that. Otherwise there is no indication that the battery is too low.

In your other reply you asked what SBF file I have tried:

VRZ_MB870_4.5.1A-DTN-150-30_1FF_01

VRZ_MB870_4.5.1A-DTN-200-18_1FF_01

I have downloaded and tried a couple different copies of each of those SBF files. (I realize that one is for 2.3.4 and the other is 2.3.5)
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
Well I have a feeling you are going to stump me on this. lol. I have never had issues with any SBF that I have done so I cant really associate a problem with your situation. The only other thing I can suggest is try a different version of RSD lite or try a different machine if you can. Maybe even a linux machine. I just wouldn't know why it has worked for you in the past and now, all of a sudden, it wont.
[Motorola Droid X2] tracnet:
Yeah, this stuff normally goes smooth for me too. When it doesn't then I get in the research and learn mode. Been searching and reading for a while now.

I will need to try the linux sbf disc later tonight, possibly tomorrow night, after I get to my machine that I can burn a disc on (don't have a thumb drive with me either right now).

I have heard that you cannot brick a dx or dx2...........wonder how true that is?

Thanks for your help!
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
It IS really hard to brick the phone due to the SBF files being able to fix everything. But I guess anything is possible. As long as you can still get into RSD mode, you should be fine. Just try other methods like you said. I actually just SBF'd on a Mac the other day and it was surprisingly easy and fast. Sorry I couldnt be more help. Keep checking back here though. Maybe someone will chime in with a better answer.
[Motorola Droid X2] tracnet:
Success!!

I started thinking about what is different this time.......I'm at my other home where I now need to use an external wifi usb antenna. Apparently I have never flashed a phone while having that antenna connected to a usb port, because when I tried to SBF with it unhooked it all went perfect!
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
Sometimes its the things you would less likely expect. Glad you got it going.
[Motorola Droid X2] tracnet:
Appreciate the help, thanks!