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[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Yes they're the most up to date drivers there are, go Acer!
[Acer Iconia A500] Cheony81:
on the timmydean root tool when i download it and extract it do i use Dotnetdetecter or PBJ20upgrade?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
You can use either, dotnet checks dotnet version is correct and then launches pbj
[Acer Iconia A500] Mrx811:
Hi Guys, I'm new here and have an A501. It froze while playing Simpsons Tapped out and when i restarted it got stuck on the Acer logo screen. I have the standard ICS OTA update, never did a backup however i do have the CPUID and SBK. Its out of warranty and I've tried the Delete cache and user data to no avail. Also tried the Update.zip which tries to load ie I get the android man with the blue things in the middle but then the on back with exclaimation mark. I have tried several different "update" files to no avail. i can get it into APX mode and also a screen which has "entering acer download mode" but won't get any further also i can get it saying "bootloader v 0.03.14-ics: starting fastboot usb download protocol" but when i try fastboot it wont pick up the tablet?

Can someone help me please??? I also read in another thread about the "russian sauna" fix and wondering if that might fix what could possibly be cracked solders preventing access to internal sd card?

Thoughts??

Thanks in advance for your time to help me.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Run the babsector file...if u get any errors post them and well go from there.

The file is in post 2 along with the instructions. It will flash the unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery. This gives you access to fastboot...

You will need to download a custom rom b4 u begin.
[Acer Iconia A500] ctiger:
Thanks for the work. I did the bootloader and recovery several months ago, but stopped without loading a new rom, I wasn't able to get the root at the time. The tab running on stock 4.0.3 freeze frequently, won't run the minecraft nicely, always crash and exit, and many other programs do that too. Now I just flashed the Omni 4.4.4, let's see. Several points that I encountered yesterday, first, the twrp version 2.6.3.0 won't work with my A500, so the only one works is the 2.1.3. But you can fastboot the CWM 6.0.4.5 as suggested to second sector, which works just fine. The twrp 2.1.3 can still load the KK rom, I tried it with 4.4.2 and it works fine. I have to wipe everything before the flash can work, I didn't wipe the rom at first, only did factory reset, and it got stuck at the bootloader. I updated the bootloader to v9, which works fine too. Also the gapp pack is very convenient, I loaded the 4.4.2 without gapp, can't even get google account.

My question, why the tab freeze so frequently? I think I read somewhere some corruption in the tab, is there any particular steps to fix/help that?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Could be a couple of reasons for the freezing....you should always do a FULL wipe of the tab when installing a new rom. This means enabling the option to wipe /data/media in recovery...

In CWM select "Backup and Restore"

click on "Toggle backup and restore of internal storage (/data/media)"

should say enabled....

from the main menu select "Mounts and Storage" and "format /data"

this will REALLY format data and all your data and settings will be lost.

you could also do this via fastboot:

fastboot erase userdata

In fact, I would format all the partitions then reflash your rom. ALso remember, our tab is ancient now and Acer stopped updating at ICS which was full of bugs anyway, hence you having probs with the stock ICS - running a KK rom will never be optimal, if you really just want to play minecraft maybe running one of the custom ICS roms will suit your tab best. Just my 2c:)
[Acer Iconia A500] Mrx811:
I tried using the babsector but this is what i got

**********************************************************

* Press any key when your A500 is in bootloader mode *

**********************************************************

Press any key to continue . . .

Flashing HC-Bootloader...

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

Formatting partition 4 please wait.. Command Execution failed cmd 13, error 0x12

0002

FAILED!

command failure: format partition failed (bad command)

bootloader status: unknown operation (code: 1) message: flags: 0

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

I can get into fastboot mode but it also says bootloader locked.

How can i format the partitions???
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Did u flash an ICS rom in between runnning the 2 bat files???

For some reason its flashing the hc bootloader I'm not sure how that's happening??

Sorry [MENTION=5920481]Mrx811[/MENTION] this was in reply to yr post
[Acer Iconia A500] ctiger:
Actually I went ahead and installed an ICS room, deoxdized and that one works for me on all I was looking for. But when I tried to move the app on home page, the launcher crashed, had to reset. It's not that bad though. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] Mrx811:
I've tried flashing the bootloader and getting nothing. I was trying the timmydeans rollback with still nothing, it seems to me that there is an issue with the partitions maybe i can get into fastboot but can't don't know how to format the partitions. i also tried blackthund3rs nvflash and it says it has format the partition, but falls over trying to load the bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
OK, we can safely assume youre on the locked stock ICS Bootloader, so you will not have access to fastboot .

Normally, the sort of error you've posted does not point to faulty h/w.

You must run babsector - its the only tool that will give an error we can work with.

So, run the first bat file, then boot directly to recovery.

and if that works - Wipe data and caches and then flash an ICS or JB rom.

If you're in luck you should be able to boot to the OS - be warned that this could take awhile, especially if its a CM Rom. If it takes longer than 10mins - power off and reboot.

If the flash does not work please post the error output

good luck!!
[Acer Iconia A500] Mrx811:
I just ran it and this is the error message

failed executing command 12 NvError 0x120002

command failure: create failed (bad data)

bootloader status: fatal failure to read / write to mass storage (code 9 ) message: nverror:0x8 (0x19000008) flags: 0

What does this mean?

Thanks for your help by the way!
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
if it looks like this:

then its a memory chip failure, not much you can do about it unfortunately, other than trying the oven trick here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2617196
[Acer Iconia A500] rondlu:
i have tried your badsector method as i think that this will be the solution off the problem but as i click on a501 A batch file my Acer Picasoo Drivers vanishes with a windows voice of unplug, i have changed the cables and also the PC but same issue occurs and badsector cant be performed, kindly help

PS also uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers of USB
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Correct... After clicking on bat file yr tab should show as apx device in windows - r u in apx mode????
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
used the zip unbrick guide and on reboot it asks for a password.............seeing as i had none i have no idea
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
if its asking for a password then you MUST do a full erase of userdata, either via fastboot or using recovery cwm or twrp - enable the /data/media option for a complete data reset
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
i used the next method and all is well now i wanna go back to flash v8 bootloader but its not working...................
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Wot do u mean "not working"???
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
right i start from beginning

i came from ICS stock and flashed v8 bootloader with thor 1.73 then flashed TWRP 2.1.3 and flashed thors omni rom. the room booted fine and all apps restored as normal. then phone went into standby and wouldnt wake up so i powered off and tried to reboot but it stuck at bootsplash. so i then started taking steps to recover but none worked at all..............so downgrade was only offer which brought me to here. 1st zip menthod didnt work so tried version 2 and that worked but flashing ics v8 bootloader was not working.............i have it up and running now anyway so thanks. i wanted to know what went wrong initially as it seems my data partition got corrupted or something
[Acer Iconia A500] ppcedillox:
hello i have an A500 stock rom and recovery,never flash it anything and one day it just died after puting it on stand by, i can put in in apx mode but i never turn the debugg on, so when i try to flash it ..nothing happens, the sd method dont work i hace the cpuid and the sbk witht the linux method, but thats as far as i can get.

im on ics, my bootloader is v0.03.12-ics and when i press vol +, power and rotation lock i got this

Bootloader v0.03.12-ics: starting fastobbot USB download protocol.

its was bricked so i run the a501 A.bat and after it i just came with an APX mode only

This is the result of the a501.bat

Nvflash started

rcm version 0X200001

System Information:

chip name: t20

chio id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 4

chip sku: 0x8

chip uid: 0x0380624440e10417

macrovision: disabled

hdcp: enabled

sbk burned: true

dk burned: true

boot device: emmc

opertating mode: 4

device config strap: 0

device config fuse: 0

sdram config strap: 0

sending file: flash.bct

--4080/4080 bytes sent

flash.bct sent successfully

odm data: 0xb00d8011

downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x1080000 entry point: 0x1080000

ending file: bootloader.bin

: 714409/714409 bytes sent

bootloader.bin sent successfully

setting device: 2 3

creating partition: BCT

creating partition: PT

creating partition: APP

creating partition: EBT

creating partition: GP1

creating partition: SOS

creating partition: LNX

creating partition: CAC

creating partition: MSC

creating partition: FLX

creating partition: AKB

creating partition: UDA

creating partition: GPT

formating partition 2 BCT please wait ... FAILED

command failure: create failed (bad data)

bootloader status: specified partiton is invalid or does not exist (code: 7) message: nverror: 0x42008 (0x6040008) flags: 0

press any key . . .

Any ideas . I think i have lost my partitions, is there a way to create them?

by the way im very noob here so a step by step procedure is what i need....

Thank for the help you can provide me .
[Acer Iconia A500] romagnus:
I tried babsector and this is the error I get.

Let me know how bad off I am. I can get into APX and download mode, and I have my SBK.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
You both have memory chip failure and a new motherboard is needed, if you are able to source one. There is the oven trick option. This attempts to reflow the solder around the chip itself _ some folks have had successes with this 'method', there's a thread floating around about it.

[MENTION=6070751]ppcedillox[/MENTION] - sometimes the apxflash tool can help with bct errors, u might get it working again but the chip is faulty so your tab is pretty much toast....:(
[Acer Iconia A500] romagnus:
Well that just sucks. I love this tablet, have had it since it was released. :crying:
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Yeah it does suck, I've had mine since release too, it's just starting to act up, freezing etc, gotta say tho' it's done well and an excellent purchase...did u check out eBay?
[Acer Iconia A500] romagnus:
I have, but it has me wondering about the longevity of the tablets. I don't want to get another used one to only have it do the same a month from now. Maybe a refurbished one is in my future.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
I meant for a 'new' mobo... I wouldn't bother a used tab as most are more than likely to have the faulty emmc...our tabs are 5 yrs old now which is ancient...I'm starting to look around for a replacement...not sure what yet, but it won't be an Acer, perhaps a Samsung but they are a bit pricey! Anyways good luck with it:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MisterBigs:
I have not unlocked the phone. I've only rooted it. I was hopping to not have to wipe my phone if that means that I will loose my data and apps.

I had used GS3DebugFSRoot to root my phone and I've read the new thread titled "Root for Jelly Bean OTA" but that thread seems to be written for a clean phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quacker:
No, you don't. OTA will automatically remove root, but you can use OTA Rootkeeper to keep it after update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MisterBigs:
So I don't have to go through the new root process?
[Windows Phone 8 General] jigarb1992:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zk9lMhUik[/YOUTUBE]
[Windows Phone 8 General] lqaddict:
I gave up too late I should've turned it off at the "yous" but hit the back button a little too late for the spit to show up.
[Windows Phone 8 General] gilesjuk:
Pointless test. Don't cut pizza or sandwiches on your phone and you'll be fine.
[Windows Phone 8 General] designgears:
lol, that is what I was thinking.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aesrys:
Hello,

Sorry if this has been asked before. I have a TF300T that I can see when the tablet is booted when I connect it to Windows (Win7 x64). However, when I boot to TWRP, I can't seem to access the device. It shows up in Device Manager as 'Transformer' with the typical yellow triangle. I can't seem to find any drivers that make it work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciate. Thanks.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ramrod421:
Just curious why you would need to connect your tablet to your computer while in the recovery mode? Honestly I don't think you can do this.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tobdaryl:
I have seen several posts using transformer 201 drivers to correct this problem. I'll try to locate them shortly and report back.

This mode will work with adb and sideload adb.

Looks like this is most popular now. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766220

Note: For this version of twrp if adb fails update your adb.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Marty:
I live in the DC area where LTE has not officially launched (though it has been announced as a market that will have it in the coming months). I've found that if I switch the phone to "CDMA only," wait for the 3G icon to disappear, then switch it back to "CDMA/LTE," if there is a Sprint LTE signal available, the OG will pick it up and use it. Without toggling, the OG stays on 3G. I am hoping that this toggling is only necessary because Sprint has not officially flipped the switch in my area. I have yet to use the phone in a market that officially has LTE, but will be sure to check if the OG automatically picks up 4G without toggling the next time I am in an official LTE market such as Baltimore.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] criptix:
It will connect automatically when in lte coverage and live.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] autoprime:
for any and all info related to Sprint 4G... the forums @ http://S4GRU.com
[Sprint LG Optimus G] eatatjoes13:
i am getting 4g in freehold NJ as well, but only in certain spots, but luckily my house :D it doesn't show a signal bar, but i get 5-20mbps down and 3-10 mbps up. i suppose it is "testing" but i haven't seen it turn off since i got the phone on dec. 1st. needless to say, my bandwidth usage has gone up as i don't use wifi anymore :silly:
[Sprint LG Optimus G] megamaster2:
I live close to you lol and get only 3G at 1 mbps. But that is awesome! I go there sometimes so maybe I'll test it!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] tizonly1:
I'm in NYC, and I get LTE in Harlem, on the Westside.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] eatatjoes13:
yea it was weird i got the phone dec 1st and didn't expect 4g to ever turn on and then i leave for work the next morning at like 7am and i look at my phone half groggy and was like 4G!? *goes to speedtest app and runs twice*

it turns on and off around monmouth county, depends on where you get lucky i suppose.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] megamaster2:
I'm north of you :( boo. Is that route 9?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] eatatjoes13:
its through rt 9, so far ive had it turn on in freehold and on bits and pieces of rt 18 north. like manalapan or where you can get on 18 from 9, i guess only a handful of towers are testing. ill try to narrow down as i drive and find them and log them. i have a screenshot but i can't post links until i hit ~10 posts lol trying to fill that up soon.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] megamaster2:
Hey that's awesome lol I'll be driving through tomorrow so I'll try!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] eatatjoes13:
hah yea as soon as you get it just speedtest and download stuff lol it feels liberating to stream netflix without wifi.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] eatatjoes13:
driving to work this morning, also have 4g on rt18 in east brunswick. 14down 8up.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] megamaster2:
Near New Brunswick or closer to East Brunswick mall area?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Marty:
I can also confirm College Park and add Bowie and Friendship Heights as places where I've detected Sprint LTE.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] HelloDominick:
reallyy? I'm in NYC everyday 24/7 mostly downtown Manhattan to 86th. and no LTE. guess i'll have to check going up 125th
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rocker2344:
COCOA FL

95/w King St and eastward towards the coast. i got 4g!. 22 down 10 up!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] ZeroCool84:
Around Del Amo Mall in Torrance. Driving up Prarie Ave to the the 405. Signal strength fluctuated all the time. I got a signal but Speed Test app couldn't find a server so couldn't run it.
[HTC One X] samoyedpuppy:
I have an HTC One X. I purchased it from a third party. The device is rooted and unlocked.

My phone's battery died. Once I went home to recharge it, the device was unable to get past the white HTC quietly brilliant screen. I would reboot it by pressing the volume down button + power button to reboot it and factory reset it. However, it continued to do this action. Then, I chose to reboot it under some setting. After I rebooted it, the device went to a "teamwins" screen. I erased everything, including the rom. Once I did this, it re-booted the device and continued to be on the same screen. Since this action happened, I connected it to my Windows 7 PC. I noticed that my HTC One X could not be identified as an external hard drive, it was identified as a CD rom drive.

I tried to fix this problem by looking at other forums containing this topic. Here is what I tried:

- I tried to go to HTC X support. I downloaded the current system, and tried to use it. When I tried to use it, it kept saying error.

- I uninstalled the driver and tried to re-install it, it came back as a CD rom drive.

- I restarted my computer, pressed f8, and put disable driver signature.

- The driver re-installed as a CD rom drive.

Can anybody help me identify my problem, and a solution for it?!? Thank you so much :silly:
[HTC One X] tomascus:
Firstly, do you have the American dual core evita version? Go to the bootloader screen by holding power+volm down and see what it says on top, evita or endeavoru.

PS the 'teamwins' screen you mentioned is known as recovery, it's where you flash custom ROMs, mods, mount USB storage etc..
[HTC One X] samoyedpuppy:
It's evita
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Then you have to go to the at&t, rogers HTC one xl forum. This for the endeavoru type phones
[HTC One X] peedub:
Wrong forum, yes.

If you're running Jelly Bean, there's no longer mass storage mode. They're using MTP, so it will show up as a music device. You can still access the sdcard as long as you have the drivers installed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Rodman101:
Alright, so I decided to use Root Uninstaller to freeze some apps such as the AT&T Software Update and various other Samsung apps. Unfortunately, I haven't been unable to unfreeze the apps regardless of whether or not I use Root Uninstaller or Titanium Backup. If I use either Root Uninstaller or Titanium Backup, they each say they have unfrozen the app, but if I go to use the app, It will not work; the phone will not recognize it is even installed.

Any help would be appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] greyhulk:
Hey, guys. Loving my Note II. This is actually my second one and they have both had this issue.

The Gallery loads super slow, especially when it's accessed through another app (such as when you're sending an MMS). I tried quickpic and it seems to be faster. I wonder if it has to do with the Picasam, Facebook, and Dropbox integration? I do have a lot of albums.

I haven't tried turning those off yet, but I like the idea of having access to my web albums through the gallery, so I'd rather not. However, the slow loading gallery is starting to drive me nuckign futs. Anyone else notice this? Any idea what causes it? Is it my web albums?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] juwttt:
Yes, quickpic a lot faster.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MRBULLRED:
What class memory card do you have? I find the faster the card the faster they will load.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] livingaboard:
mine lags and slow loads as well. I absolutely hate the large thumbnails in the gallery that are not rendered clearly. They are all fuzzy/blurred until you select one picture and expand it.

I prefer quik pic also. My memory card is a Sansdisk ultra class ten 32 gb
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr. Evo:
If you have your Facebook pics synced with your gallery, you will immediately and without a doubt experience an extremely noticeable slow down in the your gallery performance.

When I got my Note II, I didn't immediately sync my Facebook to my gallery. The gallery flew at the speed of light. Eventually, I synced my Facebook photos so they would show up in my gallery. BIG MISTAKE! Immediately, I noticed an extreme slow down. Before, if I wanted to change my static wallpaper to a photo from my gallery, it would be fast and effortless. After the FB sync, it would literally take many many many seconds before my gallery would fully load to the point where I could go through my different gallery photos. It wasn't immediately apparent to me what caused the performance lag, until other posters in a thread on XDA brought up the issue, and someone posted about FB syncing causing the lag. As soon as I removed the FB photo syncing, my gallery immediately reverted back to the amazingly fast speed it had before. I haven't had any issues since.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] V@no:
Fb and db sync makes gallery unusable. Have to wait a minute or two before able scroll through, otherwise it would jump back to the selected folder.

Sent from my GT-N7105
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ihavenewnike:
Not trying to rush or nag, but they are my favorite developer team. Just hoping that by February we will have an aokp rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxxxmarkxxx:
No eta's allowed lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] slick_rick:
I can pick the rom up if no one else will in a couple of weeks..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] svxdriver:
My favorite too.. If I knew how I'd be working on it already, but all I'm good for it testing and giving feedback lol
[Galaxy S III General] woooson:
Been looking gotta couple o last year's about improvements any body, stock/nova
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
Garbled post, but this is the wrong forum
[Galaxy S III General] IroniX2:
!??????????:confused::confused:
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Cosmic question from a solar engineer.............answers on a Mayan calendar please, closing date 21/12/2012 :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] treIII:
Can someone post me an apk for the stock lockscreen for HTC jb? I used root explorer to take some stuff out of my Rom and somehow I don't have the stock lockscreen any longer. Thanks. It reverted to apex.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thefsfempire:
At work and on CM10 so I don't have quick access to the file but if you downloaded the ROM you can pull it from that. Pretty sure the file name is just HTCLockscreen.apk