yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] unbwogable:
Tried this...sadly didn't work. Tried it again for 10 minutes, again, no luck. I have always liked Acer, but after this, and seeing how many people have this issue, and other issues related to Acer products, you can bet they'll go on my 'do not buy' list.

Glad I only paid $20 for the tablet (had a charging issue that I repaired)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, after my bootloader "Blob Update Failed", and no other method of unbricking it, I used this as a last resort.

It worked!!!

For Europeans, set the oven to about 200/205 C. Used a pencil eraser to press down immediately after removing from oven. Not quite sure which exact chips to press down on, so I did all available!

Only bad thing, I broke the rear facing camera (not important anyhow).
[Acer Iconia A500] farhanalisyed:
it worked for me

I took out my MB to a nearby repair man. he blew heat gun over the NAND chip and it worked!! everything is back to normal without any data loss. thanks a lot
[Acer Iconia A500] omniastrider:
Where is the NAND chip located on the motherboard?
[Acer Iconia A500] binaghidaniel:
but which is the nand chip ? PHOTO?
[Acer Iconia A500] loicloicloicloic:
Where is the NAND chip?

Bump, where is the NAND chip?

Can someone take a photo or just explain where it is?

I'm having the usual problem, stuck on Acer logo, drivers wont install, no cpuid, update.zip doesn't work (android guy on its back with every ROM i've tried)

And here's a photo of the motherboard

[IMG="acer a500 motherboard"]https://gorbachevteardowns.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/30-mobostandalone1.jpg[/IMG]

search google for "gorbachev teardowns acer" for the disassembly process with more photos (can't post links yet)

can someone who knows just put a dot on this image where the NAND chip is?

Thank you for your time
[Acer Iconia A500] omniastrider:
It's on the other side, you should search for the "Sandisk" logo on the chip...

[IMG="rearmobo"]https://gorbachevteardowns.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/32-rearofmobo1.jpg[/IMG]
[Acer Iconia A500] jksmith0011:
Great info...!!!

Thanks a million, darkeskye.

May using a heat-gun would be safer than the oven...
[Acer Iconia A500] jodokus77:
Done it !!!

Hi, just wanted to let everyone know that I fixed my A500 aswell using the NAND reflow.

I had occasional bugs with Civato's Re-Flexx ROM, so decided to start with a fresh install and when i entered the recovery had a fatal breakdown.

After many unsuccessful APX flashes, I decided to try the memory chip and found a fix described on http baheyeldin com.

He describes the same aluminum foil method, but a comment made by "IT-Betreuung" is even better:

"With a soldering iron and a 1 EURO Cent piece it is also possible.

I had no heat gun to hand,so I have been thinking about alternatives and it is even easier without the aluminum foil packaging;).

Simply put the Cent on the chip and a small piece of solder on it, then heat the Cent with a "strong" soldering iron, until the solder melted

and further heat for approximately 20 - 30 seconds.

Regards IT-Betreuung"

No foil, no oven, no risk, no mess.

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] bvmerang:
Heating the owen ! ;)

hello guys!

:silly: as I said ,.. heating the owen right now. Have made photos ,.. i will upload them later ... wish me luck! ( this is crazy !)

,.. i am thinking now,.. maybe some bread for tommorow morning ? :lol:
[Acer Iconia A500] bvmerang:
Hello Everybody,.. finally my owen could not reach sufficient temperature to melt joints ( i have made test with a piece of joint in the owen )

so i ve borrowed a hot air gun,.. IT WORKS!

My beloved a500 works,.. and you know what ? no new rom needed, no partitions formatting ,.. nothing.

Everything works like nothing happened to it :D

-----

I have used all the information placed on this thread,.. location of the memory chip ,.. ( on the bottom side ) in my case it is samsung 16gb

Take of back camera from the mainboard to protect it. I have protected all the manboard with aluminium ( for the owen ) leaving only and the only memory chip visible ( for the heat gun ) and i have shoot from like 20cm above the board directly on the chip with a small piece of stain on it.

As the piece started to melt and it gets a ball shape,..I have pressed the chip with a knife and i have maintained it pressioned a second or two and took the gun offside ( becarefull as all the mainboard gets very hot )

Firstly I have asembled without camera, without mainboard cans , no mic no nothing only the essentianls.

Now i have to disassemble it one more time and put all together!

truely ,... it was very emotive experience :LOL

it seems that i am not allowed to put images yet...so

pixel2_es/download/a500_jpg (_=.)

,... thank you all for helping in this thread!
[Acer Iconia A500] thenav33n:
I just got the hot air gun from amazon. I have disassembled the TAB but wondering how did you remove the metal cover which is on top of the Chip. Can i Heat it over the metal cover and press the cover itself.
[Acer Iconia A500] Matra-PB:
I tried this method and worked for me! :)

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mguttsche:
Hi @ all

Does anybody knows a method to downgrade from the new bootloader aka KK 4.4.2 to JB 4.3?

The phone is rooted and a custom recovery is already installed.

I already tried this methods:

For the first only flash a custom 4.3 rom. Surprise no success :)After restore tried with an official fw by Odin without pitfile (anybody tried this?)

Surprise surprise no success.

Then I tried to unlock the bootloader cause I read that this one is locked. So I used adb with the following cmd lines:

Adb reboot - bootloader phone boots in dl mode

Then I typed fastboot OEM unlock and fastboot shows in cmd waiting for device. The phone driver are already installed in sdk, from official samsung USB driver and the Google adb USB driver. Phone where detected in adb but not in fastboot. U can check this if you type fastboot devices...

So this is what I tried. Does anybody have other solutions that we can try?

Does anyone know how to detect the device in fastboot?

Sry for bad English
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
wrong place

and no no downgrading
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GigabitEthernet:
NO, for the 100th time.

Don't you people read? *sigh*.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mguttsche:
I already read every post and everywhere the only answer no but nowhere I can read something about let us try this or that. Sorry for annoying you but if you don't want to try to get a solution for that you better not post.....
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo2006pf:
It's already been stated hundreds of times that it is impossible to downgrade from 4.4 to 4.3 because the latest bootloader sticks the device to 4.4.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mguttsche:
Exactly the same says everybody in the galaxy s2 Foren when 4.0 came out and they want to downgrade to any firmware befor this. It took a while but there was a solution found. So I asked here if anybody tried anything to test if we really stuck on 4.4.2.

Maybe there is a simple way to unlock bootloader and use the files from nexus 4. They got a solution for the downgrade procedure. They unlocked the bootloader and flashed by fastboot a file named flashall.bat. so they where able to flash fw befor 4.4.2. So you see it is possible to do it!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awechris:
ok, do it then
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mguttsche:
Oh man does anyone read the first post. I need a bit help with the fastboot driver. It does not detect the phone. That's why I asked for help not to become stupid reposts that it is not possible. I think no one of you tried to get a solution!

And when there came someone who asked for help nobody reads the op and get stuck on the first sentence. DONT POST ANYTHING IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP. I KNOW THAT AT THE MOMENT THERE IS NO SOLUTION BUT LET US TRY TO FIND ONE!!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drizzy xS:
Did you enable USB debugging in settings? Might help a bit.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mguttsche:
Yes sir already did that
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
If your phone is rooted you can enable fastboot. There is a script in the dev section on how to enable fastboot. As for downgrading and playing with bootloaders. You will need to be very very careful, samsung bootloaders don't play nice and you can hard brick very easily.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mguttsche:
Couldn't find it. Could you share a link?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Here you go :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Can someone send me some links about the s2 stuff? Sounds interesting.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RicoHere:
I always owned an "Android" phone (nexus, nexus 4, s4).

And always rooted it and installed numerous custom roms.

Last month is made a switch to a iphone 5s.

Although everything works, i am missing something.

This is the reason i bought a nexus 5.

With the help of this forum i always managed to fix (work around) any issues.

But now i do need your help.

Received my nexus 5 last week, and loving it already.

Directly rooted it and installed custom roms.

But......

I do have a problem with bluetooth and connecting to my carkit (Opel Insignia DVD9000.

Installed multirom, to try different roms (cyanogenmod, slimkat, and several others.)

Most of the times the phone will connect to my carkit, but will not read the phonebook.

Did search here already, any of the solutions given (apps or other tips), did not work for me.

Even restored the originial rom, and unrooted the device, didn't fix it.

Is this a nexus 5 problem, or a kitkat problem ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RicoHere:
Today i installed the latest nightly of cyanogenmod.

But that did not fix the problem at all.

Wouldn't even connect.

After that i installed latest franco kernel, and...........

It works.

No problems connecting, it even reads my phonebook.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Combidex:
Same for The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

Nexus 5 and the new LRX21 on my Nexus 5 now, and it will not pair anymore with my Radio in the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

4.4.4 no problems at all....

what has happend with Bluetooth in Android 5.0:(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliakil:
Hello, I create a Rom( Using kitchen latest ) for my phone

S7560 But I have a problem when I flash it in recovery The following gives me a problem

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

E:Error in \sdcard\ROM$ALI.zip (Status 1)

Installation aborted.

:confused:Please help me with the knowledge I'm just a beginner
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Numnum:
It seems like it doesn't show 64K colors anymore.

I tried to hard reset several time, but no luck.

it happend just like that, I didn't install anything new .

Anyone ? Anything ?

I have the latest firmware.

PLEASE !

thanks,

Numnum
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] eayuwna:
no idea.

have you tried downgrading the firmware to a previous version?

sounds like you're a bit buggered mate.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Numnum:
Thanks...

No, I didn't downgrade it yet.

I will try to do it ...but I ahve been working with the new FW for 2 weeks or so ...

Do you have any clue where I can find the old Firmware ?

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] eayuwna:
old firmware

if you hunt arround the forums there are usually a lot of different versions lurking. just make sure you read the entire thread so you know about any problems.

i'll admit i've never actually done a downgrade but i'm sure if you read the instructions carefully it'll be easy. i'm sure i've seen somewhere on here how to do it. its definately worth a try. i's the first thing i'd do if I had your problem.

good luck.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Numnum:
me again ...

Downgraded...no luck.

Upgraded again, same $hit.

I'll post photos of the problem soon .

thanks for yor advice.

ND.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] eayuwna:
oh well

sounds like it might be a hardware problem then. is your phone still under warranty?

If it is then I'd put the original software back on and get it sent back.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Numnum:
mm...

I bought it month ago from Cingular.

Should I contact Cingular ? HTC ?

Thanks,

N.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Webreaper:
Ignore me, I misread it...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k6?:
I booted into recovery after flashing a kernel and was asked for a password. Without it i couldn't mount the internal sd card.

any suggenstions?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k6?:
i flashed a stock rom via odin then re rooted and flashed custom recovery. i could the restore my nandroid.

panic over.
[HTC One Max] andrdnl:
Guys,

I will like to start a donations thread with the purpose of buying a HTC One Max(international version) for [MENTION=3604086]chrisch1974[/MENTION]. You can check the current rom thread here.

For the US guys, i am sure that with the device in hand he can try to do something for you too, but again that's not a promise.

For those who are not very familiar with his work please check out his profile/ open threads and the Virtuous Team website.

As you can see his work is nothing short then remarkable and i for one i am very happy that he is interested in developing for this device.

We tried and succeeded to make a rom, as you can see in the thread a high quality one with no discovered issues. It's very hard to continue with this and blind deving so i would like to try to get a device for him.

If we succeed here's what you need to know :

- this doesn't mean that [MENTION=3604086]chrisch1974[/MENTION] will support this device to life

- this doesn't mean that the developer will port all new android/sense versions for it

- this doesn't mean that there will be daily updates

- you can imagine the rest as there are common sense things, you can see this as a token of appreciations for his work.

Here's how things will work:

- if you are interested, and please post only in this situation, write a post with the amount you are willing to pledge

- when we will reach the amount needed which is 730 USD i will put the PayPal account in the first post.

- at that moment i will ask everyone that pledged to keep his word and send the money.

- after that i am sure things will go smoother :D.

I will update this thread daily with the current pledgers and the amount that is currently uncovered.

27.02 - Due to exaggerated slackness from my part i've didn't update the thread till now, the current status is the following :

Me - 25 USD

Orb - 10 USD

Scieups - 30 USD

SO we need another 665 USD.
[HTC One Max] sciueps:
Sure

Hello,

it's a great rom and i can give 30 usd.

i will be very happy if someone can find a solution for s-off on hboot 2.47 asap :)

thanks

regards

Francesco
[HTC One Max] chrisch1974:
Thanks a lot Andrei for all your efforts. As my main tester you know that it's not always easy to push the development when you have/must wait for the other one. I really appreciate what you're doing for improving the rom. At the moment it seems that the user base for the One Max is still very low. I hope this will improve in the future :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cellphone4Chicago:
Hi, Im having a problem trying to restore the stock rom on my friend's sister's galaxy s3 because whenever I try to start it up it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy s3 logo. So I downloaded the stock rom from sammobile and when I try to put it into odin it says "The parameter is incorrect" I tried to remove the .md5 at the end but when I put it in and press start this shows up. (Picture is attached)

The stock rom that I am using is this (Picture is attached)

And here is all the info I know so far about the phone:

MODEL: GT-I9300

FCC ID: A3LGTI9300A

SSN: -19300GSMH

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
Your in the wrong forum, GT-i9300 is the international variant.
[LG G Flex] raf160874:
Does anyone have firmware for F340L tot and dll,kdz or zip please
[LG G Flex] raf160874:
Need firmware f340l tot DLL or kdz please
[LG G Flex] raf160874:
Nobody help?
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
We have a thread going over on autoprime ioroot if you are interested in helping or getting help with the G Flex root. We are all working to try and get access and its better to keep the same thread going so we don't all get confused on where to post what. I hope this helps you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexys2014:
Hi guys, nice meet you.

So, i have this problem:

I would like to install 4.4.2 kitkat on this device but I can not find the rom fit or do not know which to install.

And possibbile install the new build?

The brand of this phone and KN Mobile A04 that is sold in Italy.

I managed to activate the root successfully.

I am attaching pictures with all the specifications of the phone.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] slipsystem:
Hey Guys Just an update

I have written a new script with Gui options

Install Drivers

Auto Flash(Updated Version)

Auto Root(With Impactor)

Debloat

Implemented Thanks Buttons so I dont take all the credit

http://www.slipsystem.co.za/downloads/multi-tool/

Unlock Bootloader is reserved for future use it just tells you to help with the project
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] amin18n:
Hello

I could not root my e455 with the program

The program has a problem?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] slipsystem:
Did it open inpactor when you clicked on root?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] amin18n:
Yes opens the file

But in the end gives error

I have the same problem I have with this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448085
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] indrrajit@gmail.com:
Root LG Optimus L5 II E455 DUAL

I have rooted my phone by using VROOT v1.7.3 english version
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] slipsystem:
If ypu have a problem using impactor this tool wont help, as it is not an alternarive root method it just automates the process. Try rooting with vroot, do a hard reset then root using impactor.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] slipsystem:
The root action does not work with the latest kdz release. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will have a look at automating the English version on vroot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] simplydata:
Hi!

I tried to update with custom rom and something happened during the process. My phone's total space is 0.00b and application's space is 170MB. I think I clicked "ERASE NAND" and maybe this could have been the issue? I just put stock rom and still the same issue. I can get to recovery mode and download mode fine.

Please let me know if you know what is happening.

thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
If you truly clicked "nand erase all"....you wiped your device partitions...

Or in other words....you bricked your device...

We have a PIT file thread in the general section that may help you in getting the device partitions rebuilt...

The thread was posted by Zen Arcade...

Good luck....g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] simplydata:
I just tried ekgc100part.pit from somewhere I forgot and is just hangs. :crying:

thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Honestly....if partitions via PIT flash end up failing...you may be forced to JTAG the device using a service...

mobiletechvideos.com

Google the website above...and check out the offering....

If all else fails....call them for info....g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] simplydata:
Thanks, will check and see.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexys2014:
hi,

please can i help me?

I would like to install 4.4.2 kitkat on this device but I can not find the rom fit or do not know which to install.

And possibbile install the new build?

The brand of this phone and KN Mobile A04 that is sold in Italy.

I managed to activate the root successfully.

I am attaching pictures with all the specifications of the phone.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
What is it with people coming in here with random no-name devices and asking about roms? WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH PARANOID ANDROID?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexys2014:
Sorry
[Android General] Tomsgt:
Warning use at your own risk. I have tested this on my own EGVA Nvidia Tegra Note 7 on android 4.3 and it works great.

This script has 4 options you can see in this picture

View attachment 2526598

1. unlock bootloader

2. Restore / unbrick device

3. Flash stock android recovery

4. install ClockWorkMod recovery Bat version

5. Twrp recovery place holder if we get it working

6. Root access in recovery with supersu

7. adb and fastboot driver install

this is a pretty easy to use tool just read & follow the steps and it will walk you right through. Hope this is helpful to some noobs out there that dont know how to use android SDK.

How to use the Super Tool Video

Tegra Note 7 Super Tool Video

Link to my download page where you can find the tool and lots of other great files.

Nvidia Tegra Note 7 Super Tool 1.1

Nvidia Tegra Note 7 Super Tool 1.2

Nvidia Tegra Note 7 Super Tool 1.3

Nvidia Tegra Note 7 Super Tool 1.4

CHANGE LOG

VERSION 1.2

1. Adjusted the cwm recovery install to boot you to recovery after install

2. Cleaned up script

3. After each option tool will now reboot to menu options again

4. Root option now temp boots recovery to flash Supersu. Keeps you on stock recovery if you want it for ota updates.

5. Fixed a problem with the restore files keeping ota's from installing right.

VERSION 1.3

1. Added stock recovery flash

2. updated restore files to 4.3 new 7MB ota

3. added a wipe data factory reset or reboot option to the restore process

4. cleaned up the script

VERSION 1.4

1. added driver install and test feature

2. added better graphical features

3. cleaned up script

2 Stock android 4.3 roms odex and deodex

HUGE thanks to Matt Groff for helping with all off the files and script.

Moved my thread to the Tegra note 7 forum will be keeping it up to date there. Check it out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2627654
[Android General] e8hffff:
Do Windows Users need to obtain USB drivers and ADB/Fastboot before proceeding?

Can someone try these Nvidia USB drivers for Windows? I've got them shared on my Tegra Note Discoveries thread but no feed back so far.

NvidiaUSBDrivers_Rel20131017
[Android General] Tomsgt:
all files files need are in the download
[Android General] e8hffff:
Is that package using the drivers I mentioned? I don't use windows so just interested if anyone has used them and they detect the Tegra Note 7. The USB ID is in the .inf file so I presumed they do.
[Android General] ahmadshawki:
I just got my Tegra Note a couple of hours ago and was thinking there is not great support for it on xda but I stumbled on this. I just wanna thank you so much for this post. Keep up the good work...
[Android General] Tomsgt:
yep download the new one it will be up in a minute and i am updating OP
[Android General] ahmadshawki:
Great tool man. Thanks a lot. A quick question though, when I reboot to system it says some about flashing the recovery and that it can't be undone and then two options: "No" and "Yes (disable recovery flash)". Which one should I choose? I chose No (because of the cannot be undone part) but does this mean I can still receive the OTA? And if I do receive the OTA, will it keep the root or do I have to re-root it again? Also, do I need to run the tool every time I need to access recovery?
[Android General] Tomsgt:
click yes you want to be able to keep CWM recovery if you say NO then stock recovery will be restore and you will have to flash CWM again. ota updates can only be installed with stock recovery not CWM. you can use option 2 to fully restore the device or in my next version of the tool i will add a flash stock recovery option. also a ota shouldnt hurt ROOT.

Hope this helps