yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkackley:
Hope this helps

Hold volume - (volume down) while pressing and holding power. Holding both of these gets you to the boot loader (or fast boot as some call it). This is the Nexus version of ODIN. From this menu you can use volume up or down to toggle different options (check the mode at the top of screen). The power button works like an ENTER button. If you have permanently flashed a custom recovery, this is how you access recovery during a boot loop or other catastrophe.

In this mode you can use ADB (Google it if you don't know what this is) to send files, flash files, boot a .img file or recovery, or even reset it to stock. This is by far way better than any other 3rd party method that I have encountered. It's what makes a nexus a nexus. However it is a little bit of a pain to get the Android SDK set up and running for some people.

I recommend every body that has this device to familiarize your self with what I am talking about.

If any of you need my help feel free to drop me a PM. Stay frosty!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Topgun966:
How did you get into it? Or did you just get into the bootloader?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] molesarecoming:
odin was hellish. thank goodness its gone. fastboot is so, so much better and safer. fully documented aswell. in the s2 forum, that was my first cellphone, odin smashed countless of devices, and i mean smashed em dead. rooting my s2 after having paid such a sum of money made my heart beat like crazy. unlocking nexus via fastboot/adb, pfff, dont even care, i just know it'll work.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Seriously, and the number of bricks I saw from people hitting the wrong stuff in Odin was nothing short of amazing.
[HTC One S] Alex2x3:
Hey guys

A buddy of mine has been going crazy trying to get his wifi working on his tmobile htc one s, we tried completely wiping and formating everything, tried multiple roms (on AOKP now), but no matter what we can't get his wifi to connect.

The phone sees all the nearby networks, but only saves them and will not connect.

Any way to fix this? He would really appreciate it.

Thanks
[HTC One S] byliu88:
If he is on hboot 1.14 or 1.13 that is a common issue of which you describe. He can either use the newest RUU to restore to stock for wifi again or downgrade hboots with the new tutorial and continue using a custom rom. If he isn't on 1.14 or 1.13 I'm not sure then.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sid8911:
BLUETOOTH WORKAROUND

1.plug in headphones/audio cable

2.turn on bluetooth

3.unplug headphone/audiocable

it will work untill you disconnect it

NFC FIX-Thanks invisblek

1.flash in recovery, no need to wipe anything

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/36150-aosp-and-nfc/page__p__1015538#entry1015538

TABLET MODE WORKAROUND

1. goto settings>aokp settings>>general ui

2.Force tablet mode

3.set LCD Density too 180=

4.go to Paranoid Settings and choose whichever tablet mode you want

5.enjoy

BOOT LOOP FIX(TABLET UI)

1. Rom Control > Nav bar settings > enable nav bar

2. Rom Control > Nav bar settings > change nav bar height to 36 or 40 dp (change for portrait and landscape)

3. Rom Control > General UI > force Tablet UI

4. Paranoid Preferences Settings > Workspace > Tablet UI

5. Reoot to recovery > wipe cache & dalvik cache

6. Reboot

7. Profit???

Follow these steps or you'll be stuck at the boot animation lol. You'll have to mess with your launcher DPI or it will look kinda weird.

THANKS SLICK_RICK
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sid8911:
reserved2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sid8911:
maybe one more :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sid8911:
Build will be out some time today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
im thoroughly excited for this. welcome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dubin04:
I'm excited
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] roscoe08:
Excited to try something new
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zeus33:
This should be interesting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
Now this looks very interesting
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pschatz12:
Bring on the king kang b*tches!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBurgh:
Looking forward to this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shangrila500:
I can't wait to flash this bad boy

Sent from one of the many Anthropomorphic Personalities on the Disc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Was waiting for this type of rom or PACrom for a long time; might just switch to this now from all the modded TW roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
Would like to see if this fixes the bluetooth issues found in cm10 lately
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] glensta:
+1 in a big way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WolfsFang:
Now this seems really interesting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystery252:
If the mms bug is fixed in this, I'm all over it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sid8911:
testing out the build, about 30 more min.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ftmaniac948:
So is this like the pacman rom iv heard about?
[HTC EVO 3D] Efrencalvario:
Hi i use debridns to download files as premium user. and tha page asks to do some changes on windows network and sharing on DNS number so everything was ok using my home internet but now i want to use my android phone wifitethering but it does not work i had try to change the DNS number on the app but it does not work does any body know how to fix it? or make it work? :D
[Acer Iconia A500] roosta:
Hi everyone.

Just repeating again - the model I have is A501 on stock 3.2.1 Honeycomb - a more USEFUL tablet with 3G and WIFI capabilities...One would think it would be a much more popular model, but the A501 doesn't have its own board on XDA; its merged with this board for the less practical A500. Basically, I have created this thread as I don't want to take any 'extra' risks in successfully installing ROOT with the CORRECT ROM with the most updated version of Android available for this tab, for example Jellybean...

Another A501 user, beny9 posted:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1745550

Following TimmyDean's method (thank you) I have now managed to install 3.2 Honeycomb A500 ROM with success after completing steps 1-15 inclusive from his README file. As you will know, I don't have 3G or GPS functionality, so I need a stock A501 ROM to install.

I have found:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878

Is my best bet to install Acer_A501_1.309.02_4.031.24_COM_GEN1 : http://cdn.a1.futuredial.com/Acer_A5...2_35b68c5d.zip from that above link, which will keep me on HC 3.2 but now, it will be the ROM for the A501? As it seems the only other NEWER Acer updates for ICS are A500 only...

Can someone link me the a fully detailed video or post on here on installing the ROM i mentioned above (if that's the best one to go with, given what I'm on now; A500 3.2 and still keeping root), or to install some other A501 ROM which is for at least Jellybean or ICS?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1828876

Per this link, shoukd i just use the update.zip (for the 3.2 HC A501 ROM) put it on the SD card then boot up holding POWER + VOL DOWN until the file auto-installs?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1099673

Before I can try the above, I also have trouble after i download the ROM's zip file when I try to unzip. I have downloaded the Acer Update Decrypter, but AVG antiVirus will not allow me to run the EVE file even as an administrator. What should i do?

Thanks

RoOSTA
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Your best bet is to install a good 501 HC 3.2 and get on HC for your 501.

The files are available. What you'll probably want is a full HC Update rom for the 501. Note that some of these Acer roms are encrypted, so you'll need to decrypt it first. You can find the decrypting tool in the Themes and Apps forum, as a "Sticky". After decrypting, you can pull the update.zip out of it, and copy to Ext SD (do not extract, just pull the update file out). Boot the tab holding Vol- and PWR I believe. Might be Vol+ but I can't remember. ;) This should force the tab to look for update.zip on your SD and install it.

I would use this one;

Acer_A501_1.309.02_4.031.24_COM_GEN1

After it installs, and you get it set up, you need to get Acer Update Enhancer from the Play Store. This will allow your tab to get the ICS OTA.

Keep in mind, there is only 1 official ICS OTA update for the 501, so don't expect more. It may do it in 2 steps though.

If you want root on ICS, there is really only 1 way to get true root and adb system remounts. And that's to flash the V8 unlocked ICS Bootloader, and flash an insecure boot.image. There's currently a small package that'll give you somewhat root, but it's a pain and really doesn't do a good job. So it's better to get the V8 and unsecure boot image. Might be a good idea to also install CWM Recovery at the same time.

Get the correct rom installed first, then check back if you need help.

Oh yeah, one more thing. When you are on HC 3.2, get your UID number and write it down somewhere. You need this as a safety precaution. There's a good sticky thread on how to do it. Pretty simple really.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] roosta:
Ugh. I have a pain in the A$$ version of AVG...even under advanced settings there was no disable options. Managed to figure it out to run the Acer Decrypter EXE and fix the image you have advised I should download and flash. Will give that a go now...

Thanks again!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Just to fill you in, this issue is solved.

1. Used TimmyDeans rollback V4 tool to a 500 rom

2. SD card was not recognized in CWM or Stock recovery. Was however recognized in the HC OS.

3. Formatted SD Card using Mini Tool formatting app. Format primary partition only to fat32 (defaults)

4. Decrypted and pulled update.zip from this 501 HC full update rom

Acer_A501_1.309.02_4.031.24_COM_GEN1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816560

5. Did OTA update to 3.2.1

6. No more OTA available, even after installing Acer Update Enhancment tool.

7. Downloaded and used Blackthund3rs Bootloader management app

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622425

8.Downloaded V8 and CWM package, unzipped to the same folder as the tool

9. Ran the 500NVFlashapx app.

10. After completion, booted to CWM recovery, wiped and formatted, and install Moscow Desire's RaptorX almost stock ICS rom.

Works as advertised.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] roosta:
Yep. All thanks to MD's patience and assistance throughout these steps..
[Acer Iconia A500] jonnybrave:
Acer A501 OS refreshment

I am embarking on a very crucial mission for my Acer A501 . Its tablet OS refreshment. I have spoken and written to Acer but all my pleas have fallen on deaf ears. At last i stumbled on this site and WOW ! I am downloading the Acer_A501_1.309.02_4.031.24_COM_GEN1 and will flash as per the instruction. But I am finding difficult to locate the "sticky" software for the decryption the above. can you please help me locate the same.

I really appreciate your help and thank you in advance
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Here is the decryption tool. Located in themes and apps.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1869505

Good Luck!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] mukapril:
Trouble installing update.zip for A501

Hi MD,

I have Acer Iconia A501 tablet. My tablet suddenly showed andriod logo with exclamation mark when it was being used. Upon looking at your posts, I found the resolution which I tried. I am not expert in this all, but I tried running your ROM "41-124-01-A500-update" from one of your posts which was actually meant for A500. This resolved the issue successfully and tablet was up and running.

Then further I found full ROM for A501 as mentioned below and thought that I should try the ROM meant for the model of my tablet.

I successfully decrypted the ROM that you mentioned "Acer_A501_1.309.02_4.031.24_COM_GEN1"

When I tried to update it with the mentioned ROM update.zip, it did updated it from SD card and passed android symbol with those gears running. However, when it restarted the tablet by itself, it showed ACER logo and then it showed "ANDROID" (spelling in blue color) which kept on flikering slowly for long long time....for more than 30 minutes and did not moved further. Can you please let me know whats could be wrong?

I also tried ICS ROM, but that didn't worked (it failed). So after couple of trail and error, I moved back to A500 ROM update.zip which I knew that is installing successfully.

Can you please let me know what shall be done in case I want update.zip for A501? It will be highly appreciated if you can upload update.zip directly that I can use and that gets installed successfully.

Regards,

Muk
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Hey Muk, I can probably guess the ROM you installed doesn't do data wipes and such, so it caused an animation loop.

Try this one. It's an SD ROM, so it "should" wipe your Data, along with installing the ROM.

https://mega.co.nz/#!NZBlBSLQ!mOHICp7gbinkYeHCvrEz7aKXsWQjjquAWq_XC_lSQzk

As you probably discovered, Acer has pretty much removed almost all tablet ROMs. I snagged a few the other day, then checked yesterday, and they removed all from their support site.

I would guess they are getting out of the tablet business.

Also, they shut down their OTA Update servers for a few months now.
[Acer Iconia A500] jonnybrave:
Acer A501

A big thank you to Moscow. I have tried the above link but still no go.. I have seen on Acer website they have updated the OS but all Android 4.0 ICS and nothing with Honeycomb. The tablet was initially with Honeycomb. Please advice. Thank you and Best Regards.
[Acer Iconia A500] mukapril:
Trouble installing ROM for A501

Hi MD,

Thanks for your super fast response. I am downloading the ROM for A501 from the link provided by me. I will update you if it works in my tab.

I forgot to mention you about one message that I received once tablet is restarted. So, once ROM for A501 from SD card has performed its job successfully....that is that android symbol with gears in its tummy is successfully finished and tablet restarts. It shows "Acer" (spelling logo) and then after it gets stuck at "android" (spelling logo). Between these two, it displays two lines messages on top left corner for 2-3 seconds that the "blob is illegal - abort" and then gets stuck at "android" (spelling logo). I think this might be useful for you to identify something.

Another thing about wiping out the data, in starting when we press volume down and power button, it does display message about SD card (still not not sure about whether it might be wiping out the data or not....I believe you might be correct that it might not be wiping out the data).

Another thing, that I found in my backup is that when I purchased this tab (A501), I downloaded HoneyComb 3.2 Kernel Source Code from the Acer support site. Is this something that you can do magic with and provide me with update.zip? Please let me know....if you can do magic with this, then let me know how shall I share it with you.

Regards,

Muk
[Acer Iconia A500] mukapril:
Trouble installing ROM for A501

Hi MD,

Thanks for your super fast response.

I tried downloading the ROM for A501 from the link provided by you. It downloaded it from the cloud, but at the very end it displayed message "Decryption Error". Still I tried extracting "update.zip" from the zip file, but it displayed message that the archive is corrupt and file is corrupt. Can you please check at your end and provide me with fresh link or directly with update.zip? For your reference I have attached screenshots of errors.

I forgot to mention you about one message that I received once tablet is restarted. So, once ROM for A501 from SD card has performed its job successfully....that is that android symbol with gears in its tummy is successfully finished and tablet restarts. It shows "Acer" (spelling logo) and then after it gets stuck at "android" (spelling logo). Between these two, it displays two lines messages on top left corner for 2-3 seconds that the "blob is illegal - abort" and then gets stuck at "android" (spelling logo). I think this might be useful for you to identify something.

Another thing about wiping out the data, in starting when we press volume down and power button, it does display message about SD card (still not not sure about whether it might be wiping out the data or not....I believe you might be correct that it might not be wiping out the data).

Another thing, that I found in my backup is that when I purchased this tab (A501), I downloaded HoneyComb 3.2 Kernel Source Code from the Acer support site. Is this something that you can do magic with and provide me with update.zip? Please let me know....if you can do magic with this, then let me know how shall I share it with you.

Regards,

Muk
[Acer Iconia A500] mukapril:
Trouble installing ROM for A501

Hi MD,

Please read my earlier message and then read this one.

Thanks a lot....your answer about my first problem resolved everything....:o (your answer was "that the ROM that I am trying to install is not clearing the data"...I verified that the ROM is clearing the cache, but not the user data. I can confidently say that you correctly identified the issue as when the ROM installation was stuck at "android"....I switched off my tablet and tried installing again the old ROM for A500 which I knew that it is working and instead of asking me to configure the tablet (i.e. time zone, date & time setup, etc.) after installation, it simply logged in and started my tablet as usual....that means that when I was trying to install ROM for A501, it was not clearing user data and was then hanging).

Now coming back to the link that you sent me in previous message, I was able to download the zip file successfully in the second attempt. I extracted the update.zip and it did not work. It showed the similar problem of getting stuck at "android". However, with your great answer that you gave me, I cleared the user data and cache manually by pressing vol up + power buttons simultaneously and then when "acer" symbol displays, releasing only power button and turning on and off the lock button. This cleared user data and cache. After that, since update.zip (that you provided) was already in my SD card, it installed the ROM and tablet works perfectly. Thanks a lot....:good::o

One question, when it asked me about the zone, it had only few countries like US, UK, etc. I couldn't find Australia...is it because this ROM not for Australia? I understand that this is not an issue, but if you find anything for Australia, do send me.

Another thing, is this HoneyComb 3.2? Will 3G and GPS work in this one?

Do let me know if you can do some magic with HoneyComb 3.2 kernel source code that I have as mentioned earlier.

Regards,

Muk
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I'm mobile right now, so can't go into big detail.

In your settings, about tablet, you can always find info on which specific OS you have. If you indeed have an A501 and the settings tells you that your tablet is a 501, then your 3g and GPS should function.

The only 2 differences between an A500 and an A501 is of course 3g. Also, they use different GPS radios. So you can install 500 Roms on a 501 and vice versa. Just the above 2 items won't work. Also, I believe I gave you a 3.2.x ROM. Getting it to ICS 4.0.4 may be a problem.

I revived my own 501 last night by putting the motherboard in the oven, but now it doesn't read my ext SD card, so I may be stuck on 3.2. Eh, no problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] jonnybrave:
Hello mukapril .. may you provide me with the Honeycomb ROM which I might try ?

Thanking you and Best Regards
[Acer Iconia A500] mukapril:
Trouble installing A501 ROM

Hi MD,

Apologies for very long replies. Wanted to convey the message in detail how I did it so that it might help someone else like me.

Thanks for your response. I have tested it, 3G and GPS is working fine. I believe, before my tab encountered this problem, it was having version 4 which should be ICS. At that stage I didn't had any problem with my tab...I believe it was there for long time.

If you have good known ROM for ICS, please forward me I can try on my tab. If it doesn't work, then will re-install the Honeycomb that you sent earlier.

One more question....when I try to update the system from "About Tablet" in Settings, why it displays message the the "network is poor" and advices to move to better coverage? Though, I am just besides my WiFi modem and coverage is almost 100%.

And [MENTION=5781937]jonnybrave[/MENTION]

: If you are referring to the ROM that I successfully installed which was sent by MD earlier, then it does not need any decryption. So you can use the link sent by MD earlier in this post. And if you are referring to the KernelSourceCode that I mentioned earleir, then it needs some kind of processing in Linux machine and then you can create some image.....this is was I know about it....sorry not an andrion guru. Please let me know what you are referring to.

Regards,

Mukesh
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
You get the message as do all 500/501 owners (it can change depending on version of Rom).

Acer no longer gives updates to any of their devices (regardless of age). These are otherwise known as OTA Updates. So they have closed their update servers, so now we get some "message" that absolutely means nothing.

I suppose Acer is getting out of the Android business and no longer supports anything. Nice job Acer.

As for updating to ICS (or any other version), I have a few update files. Generally though, the update files must be matched to the current version of your tablet. Sometimes you can run a "full update" and it will work.

The problem, is these tablets are getting old, and the nand memory can go bad. Running an update can cause a variety of problems such as "Stuck in APX" mode, stuck at bootloader, stuck at boot animation. Then we have to go back to the EUUS file, or an old SD ROM file. So you run the risk of doing things all over again, and the risk that it just won't work again. (I spent a couple hours last night, and was almost ready to throw it in the garbage)

For example, I'm pretty much stuck at 3.0.x or 3.2.x. I've already disassembled the tablet and put the mainboard in the oven, just to get it back to life! And after numerous attempts to get ICS on it, I've pretty much given up before it hard bricks again. In fact, I can't get a 3.2.x EUUS to work on it, so it is stuck at the 3.0.x ATT EUUS. Eh, it's my little girls tab, so as long as it gets You Tube and browser, it's pretty much ok.
[Acer Iconia A500] mukapril:
Trouble installing A501 ROM

Hi MD,

I am in the same boat as you...lol...This tablet is mostly used by my daughter and as long as it is solving my daughter's purpose, we are happy:)

I was just curious about that message as to why that is happenning, but after your clarification, it is clear to me as to why it is happenning.

My tablet is working as normal and everything is working fine...so we are happy with what we have.

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

Muk

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Hi Jonny,

If you are referring to the ROM that I successfully installed which was sent by MD earlier, then it does not need any decryption. So you can use the link sent by MD earlier in this post. And if you are referring to the KernelSourceCode that I mentioned earleir, then it needs some kind of processing in Linux machine and then you can create some image.....this is was I know about it....sorry not an andrion guru. Please let me know what you are referring to.

Regards,

Muk