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I've been asked to fix an Acer A500. I've never owned one before but am very familiar with Android rooting flashing custom ROM's etc..
The A500 starts up and displays Acer on a black screen.
If I hold Vol + Power I get an android who then falls over on to his back
I've got an SD Card
Where should I begin.
Ive done a lot of searching but because of never owning an acer Tab before it all seems strange to me
Many thanks
Marc
Edit - just found fastboot mode with bootloader version
send it to me, i will unbrick it for you
cgigate said:
send it to me, i will unbrick it for you
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Yeah, right . Send the tablet to the other side of the atlantic ocean just to unbrick it . I think it would be faster and more secure just to send it to acer service somewhere in Europe (I don't know if Acer has one in Spain).
NexusCrazy said:
I've been asked to fix an Acer A500. I've never owned one before but am very familiar with Android rooting flashing custom ROM's etc..
The A500 starts up and displays Acer on a black screen.
If I hold Vol + Power I get an android who then falls over on to his back
I've got an SD Card
Where should I begin.
Ive done a lot of searching but because of never owning an acer Tab before it all seems strange to me
Many thanks
Marc
Edit - just found fastboot mode with bootloader version
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You can try putting official OTA update.zip to sd card and then boot the tablet with volume down pressed. It sould start the update procedure and flash all the needed firmware parts. You can find official acer update.zip files in dev section. If this doesn't work you will need to use nvflash or one of the tools in the dev forum. But first just try with official update.
then again he could just read one of the many un-bricking guides
chismay said:
then again he could just read one of the many un-bricking guides
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With that, I can agree .
cgigate said:
send it to me, i will unbrick it for you
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You should put a disclamer "Will not return the tablet if I can't unbrick for you"
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curry67 said:
I was running cyanogenmod 10.1 M3 and i couldnt find a gapps file to get the google apps working so i decided to flash to the old version i was on 10.1 M1 i did it threw the update feature in the options of the phone no im stuck in the boot animation. for some reason im unable to boot into recovery when i do it is stuck at the google symbol.
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You can boot any d*mn thing you please with
Code:
fastboot boot name-of-recovery-image-file.img
so long as you have an unlocked bootloader (and have properly operating drivers on Windoze PCs).
I have been using gapps 20130301-jb on CM10.1 nightlies. (It seems to often report "gapps has stopped", but to no ill effect).
If you have a PC with USB drivers installed it's a very good news for you. I think the best solution for you will be to flash with Nexus Root toolkit with the help of this toolkit you can flash from fast-boot mode.
As far as I know there are so many similar problems and solutions in this forum so if you searched a little you may have got an answer without creating a new thread. Try keeping that in mind for the next time.
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ashik992 said:
If you have a PC with USB drivers installed it's a very good news for you. I think the best solution for you will be to flash with Nexus Root toolkit with the help of this toolkit you can flash from fast-boot mode.
As far as I know there are so many similar problems and solutions in this forum so if you searched a little you may have got an answer without creating a new thread. Try keeping that in mind for the next time.
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well turns out i can get to recovery mode i wasnt able to last night it auto installed all the drivers as soon as i entered it
ok
Hello, I have an a500 I rooted it a few years back, then took an update and since lost root. Kinda went back to messing around with phones and put the tablet on the back burner. The image ver. is acer_av041_a500_1.33.00_pa_cus1. I have tried one of the rooting options here and it did not root my device, . I can not find it now for some reason. any ways mainly I am trying to find out, is my rom on my tablet a stock version? can someone point me to a rooter that will unlock it thanks so much for any help.
the gingerbreak v1.20 apk is what i tried and it did not work.
first off i am not finding my version of rom listed any were in the official acer list. acer_av041_a500_1.33.00_pa_cus1 could acers ota of locked my tablet making me lose root but not flash their rom to my table? Or could the rom locked the boot loader? Any help at all even if to just point me in the right direction would be great, thank you
gage0727 said:
first off i am not finding my version of rom listed any were in the official acer list. acer_av041_a500_1.33.00_pa_cus1 could acers ota of locked my tablet making me lose root but not flash their rom to my table? Or could the rom locked the boot loader? Any help at all even if to just point me in the right direction would be great, thank you
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Acer bootloaders have always been locked. Anybody wants to argue?
Now, first off, we need to know what version OS you are on.
If you are on ICS, with an ICS bootloader (give the version please) then there is no full root available unless you install the V8 bootloader from skrilax_cz.
Root involves full system RW. Not the half-root people promise.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Acer bootloaders have always been locked. Anybody wants to argue?
Now, first off, we need to know what version OS you are on.
If you are on ICS, with an ICS bootloader (give the version please) then there is no full root available unless you install the V8 bootloader from skrilax_cz.
Root involves full system RW. Not the half-root people promise.
MD
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First off thanks so much for the reply, i thought the boot loader was locked but was hopping it wasn't. First the tablet is working and this is the information i get off it.
adrodi version 4.0.3
image version
acer_av041_a500_rv16rb02_ww_gen1
build number
acer_av041_a500_0.009.00_ww_gen1
some of the problem i have had with some root methods is the fact that my only laptop i have right now has windows 8.1, and a lot of this stuff pre-dates windows 8, that and i am not really failure with 8 yet. I was able to disable the apc controls i think it was called, i was needing to disable it because this one script needed it disabled to try and root my tablet. But then i had a driver issue were windows 8 would not see the tablet.
another thing do not know if this matters or not but under image P/N it say unknown.
hmm, found some information i could not find before. according to another web site i do have an official os and that i am on ics. Still trying to find out why image p/n is unknown, and how to root.
gage0727 said:
another thing do not know if this matters or not but under image P/N it say unknown.
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Welcome to acer :good:
P/N does not matter.
gage0727 said:
First off thanks so much for the reply, i thought the boot loader was locked but was hopping it wasn't. First the tablet is working and this is the information i get off it.
adrodi version 4.0.3
image version
acer_av041_a500_rv16rb02_ww_gen1
build number
acer_av041_a500_0.009.00_ww_gen1
some of the problem i have had with some root methods is the fact that my only laptop i have right now has windows 8.1, and a lot of this stuff pre-dates windows 8, that and i am not really failure with 8 yet. I was able to disable the apc controls i think it was called, i was needing to disable it because this one script needed it disabled to try and root my tablet. But then i had a driver issue were windows 8 would not see the tablet.
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And you are right. Most of the stuff pre-dates win8. However, NVFlash doesn't matter.
I would prefer you do this under a Win7 machine if you can find one.
the only windows 7 machine i have access too right now is at work, and they have the dang thing locked up tighter then a drum. I am going on vacation at the end of the week, when i get back plan on getting windows 7 and putting it on the laptop. I have xp but the laptop is a 64bit system. Main thing for me is i get the information, everything i find i save it to my drop box account for now.
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the only windows 7 machine i have access too right now is at work, and they have the dang thing locked up tighter then a drum. I am going on vacation at the end of the week, when i get back plan on getting windows 7 and putting it on the laptop. I have xp but the laptop is a 64bit system. Main thing for me is i get the information, everything i find i save it to my drop box account for now.
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I'd give the babsector file a try on yr xp laptop, you never know it may do the trick....
The gingerbreak root file u tried is for gingerbread builds so try icsRoot altho it may not work with win8
If the updat.zip definitely don't work then you have to have the cpuid. Have u had the tab connected to the pc previous to your tabs troubles??? Usbdeview will retrieve the cpuid in this instance. You can d/l it from the cpuid guide. Also check the root guide in my Sig, a lot of useful files u need you can get from there.
Good luck and to @Moscow Desire a big, helllllooooo and kiwi hug 4 u too my friend and yes like u , I'm still lurking about the place
Rgds Donna
Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk
I habe the cupid and the sbk#, just having trouble getting the drivers to work when i try to plug it in in apx mode om my windows 8.1 machine. Looking at getting windows 7 next week.
Ahh ok m8 algudz
Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk
well i may be getting a windows 7 disk tomorrow and if i do and am able to get windows 8 off the laptop and windows 7 on i will try again tomorrow night.
Found what you where looking for : Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1
Its on blackthund3r thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560
Scroll down to civato post, he mentions he's got it.:fingers-crossed:
I didn't read all 13 pages, but that is a really good thread to have a look through. :good:
Hope this helps if your still looking.
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HasH_BrowN said:
Found what you where looking for : Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1
Its on blackthund3r thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560
Scroll down to civato post, he mentions he's got it.:fingers-crossed:
I didn't read all 13 pages, but that is a really good thread to have a look through. :good:
Hope this helps if your still looking.
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Sorry wrong info, I jumped the gun. :silly:
Anywho, have you tried using virtual machine allowing full access to host PC, then either windows or Linux?
You could also try a liveCD.
That is if you like the windows 8's. Change to 7, set your BIOS correctly and watch partitions don't get screwy. I just had to install 7 the other day. The partitions got messed, so erased everything with gparted. Went into BIOS checked safe boot settings, wiped the key so it would reset user back to setup. Then started install without a hitch.
Hope that helps.
Hello,
I've been searching for almost 2 weeks in forums how to fix my A500 frozen on logo Acer (following a crash when I was launching a game).
I've tried to boot on these 2 ics roms in recovery mode : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699277, the install starts and then the Android man falls...
I've tried to flash (flash.dat) in apx and my computers disconnects the tablet...
I've tried to get my cpuid with windows ans ubuntu : didn't work...
Maybe someone here is going to have an idea to help me? There seem to be very competent members, here!
(I hope my english is good enough to make you understand me, sorry if it doesn't look very clear to you, but I'm French)
EASY
If you go to tegraowners forum and read/install one of the recoveries there - in the various topics it will explain how to "really format data-data/media"
From there you will once again be able to install roms etc.
freightyard said:
If you go to tegraowners forum and read/install one of the recoveries there - in the various topics it will explain how to "really format data-data/media"
From there you will once again be able to install roms etc.
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Thanks for your reply. I went to tegraowners forums and the only post I found about really format data doesn't fit, because my tablet doesn't start properly and I can't go to a menu to choose options, I can only start in recovery mode... (but maybe I didn't watch the right thread, please tell me)
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woukou said:
Thanks for your reply. I went to tegraowners forums and the only post I found about really format data doesn't fit, because my tablet doesn't start properly and I can't go to a menu to choose options, I can only start in recovery mode... (but maybe I didn't watch the right thread, please tell me)
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that's what you need the recovery
just get a tegraowners recovery and flash it with your recovery
BTW
what recovery do you have on your tab presently
freightyard said:
that's what you need the recovery
just get a tegraowners recovery and flash it with your recovery
BTW
what recovery do you have on your tab presently
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The tablet had no recovery on an sd card (no sd card at all before the crash!), so I've downloaded many different updates since the crash, and it doesn't work. Maybe it was not the good solution, though;.. Which recovery do you advise me to download?
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woukou said:
The tablet had no recovery on an sd card (no sd card at all before the crash!), so I've downloaded many different updates since the crash, and it doesn't work. Maybe it was not the good solution, though;.. Which recovery do you advise me to download?
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I think maybe you misunderstand what recovery is
It is a low level program that is on an internal partition
you open it by holding volume- while pushing power button
when it opens if it just immediately tries to load from the sd card then it is stock
if it opens with a menu then it should also say somewhere what recovery it is.
It is also somewhat important to know what android you had on the tab and whether it was rooted and what bootloader version.
there is an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader install a recovery and root the tablet.
if it's an official acer rom the afterota will probably help fix it.
barring all that - if you sign up to be a tegraowner member and pm(private message) me I can dropbox you babsector as well.
suggested recovery would be the new twrp or the 1.7.3 cwm recovery
freightyard said:
I think maybe you misunderstand what recovery is
It is a low level program that is on an internal partition
you open it by holding volume- while pushing power button
when it opens if it just immediately tries to load from the sd card then it is stock
if it opens with a menu then it should also say somewhere what recovery it is.
It is also somewhat important to know what android you had on the tab and whether it was rooted and what bootloader version.
there is an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader install a recovery and root the tablet.
if it's an official acer rom the afterota will probably help fix it.
barring all that - if you sign up to be a tegraowner member and pm(private message) me I can dropbox you babsector as well.
suggested recovery would be the new twrp or the 1.7.3 cwm recovery
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Thank you for these explanations, you're right , I was confused about all that!
To be clear about what you said : when I push volume- and power, there are a few lines written (erasing... sd car... booting recovery kernel...) then the Android fells down. so it is stock, isn't it?
The tablet wasn't rooted I believe because I never touched anything since I bought it ( october 2011) but I can't find on the box or notice which Android was on it...
But I don't understand your advice (I don't know a lot about tablets + foreign language : forgive me!) : do you advice me to try "an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader" or try "babsector" (don't know what it is...)
By the way I registered on tegraowners just now, as woukou.
Thanks a lot to take time for my problem
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woukou said:
Thank you for these explanations, you're right , I was confused about all that!
To be clear about what you said : when I push volume- and power, there are a few lines written (erasing... sd car... booting recovery kernel...) then the Android fells down. so it is stock, isn't it?
The tablet wasn't rooted I believe because I never touched anything since I bought it ( october 2011) but I can't find on the box or notice which Android was on it...
But I don't understand your advice (I don't know a lot about tablets + foreign language : forgive me!) : do you advice me to try "an A500 manager at tegraowners by blackthund3r that will update the bootloader" or try "babsector" (don't know what it is...)
By the way I registered on tegraowners just now, as woukou.
Thanks a lot to take time for my problem
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There are numerous methods to fix this
first login to tegraowners and pm me with
Did you get updates from acer and install them since you bought the tablet
Do you know if it was Ice Cream Sandwich or Honeycomb running on the tablet
do you have your cpuid or know what it is ?
Is your tablet an Acer A500 ,A501 or something other ?
freightyard said:
There are numerous methods to fix this
first login to tegraowners and pm me with
Did you get updates from acer and install them since you bought the tablet
Do you know if it was Ice Cream Sandwich or Honeycomb running on the tablet
do you have your cpuid or know what it is ?
Is your tablet an Acer A500 ,A501 or something other ?
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First, I can't mp you because "We are sorry, but you are not authorised to use this feature. You may have just registered here and may need to participate more to be able to use this feature. ", maybe you can mp me and I will reply...
But I can answer you here:
- I only had 1 update since I bought the tablet (maybe 1 year ago) and it was the regular Acer update.
- I don't know at all if it was Ice Cream sandwich or Honeycomb on it (bought in october 2011, and I still have the box if it can help...)
- I don't have the cpuid, and I tried yesterday to get it through Windows (when the tablet appears in usb) and through Ubuntu (file called apx.c, etc...) and I didin't work unfortunately...
- My tablet is A500 Iconia tab
I hope that will help...
woukou said:
First, I can't mp you because "We are sorry, but you are not authorised to use this feature. You may have just registered here and may need to participate more to be able to use this feature. ", maybe you can mp me and I will reply...
But I can answer you here:
- I only had 1 update since I bought the tablet (maybe 1 year ago) and it was the regular Acer update.
- I don't know at all if it was Ice Cream sandwich or Honeycomb on it (bought in october 2011, and I still have the box if it can help...)
- I don't have the cpuid, and I tried yesterday to get it through Windows (when the tablet appears in usb) and through Ubuntu (file called apx.c, etc...) and I didin't work unfortunately...
- My tablet is A500 Iconia tab
I hope that will help...
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without the cpuid there is little you can do
try reading through and running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26618772&postcount=1
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without the cpuid there is little you can do
try reading through and running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26618772&postcount=1
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I'm going to read it, thanks!
freightyard said:
without the cpuid there is little you can do
try reading through and running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26618772&postcount=1
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Hello,
I read the whole page, I downloaded the 2 files (1 big-1 tiny) and I guess I'm stupid, because I don't know how to use them...
Could someone help me? Thanks!
woukou said:
Hello,
I read the whole page, I downloaded the 2 files (1 big-1 tiny) and I guess I'm stupid, because I don't know how to use them...
Could someone help me? Thanks!
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Looks like your in a similar situation to me.
IF your any good with Linux read up here to get your CPUID http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751978
then your 1 step closer.
follow my thread here as well for things to read & try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729674
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Still bricked...
Hello,
It's beeen a long time ( lot of work and not many time to spend on the tablet...) but I did try all tips you gave me, and I realize I can't go any further without that CPUID!
I tried methods to get CPUID that are described on this post :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25429111#post25429111
- With A500 manager : my PC sees my connected "in APX" tablet, but it doesn't want to give me a serial number...
- With usb deview I can get the snid (that is also on the box) and that is only 11 characters...
- With Ubuntu : the PC doesn't recognize the tablet at all (normal or APX mode)
- Methods 4, 6 and 7 won't work because my tablet is stuck on Acer logo
And I have no idea how to use methods 2 and 5 (sorry...)
Are there any other methods to try with my PC (Windows 7- X64)
Can someone help me? I'm crazy about that tablet that starts but doesn't work!
Thanks in advance if you can!
Tried these too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755126
Nothing...
Hurra! and Noooo
Hello,
I managed to bring my tablet to life! (with getting my cpuid with Ubuntu and updating with EUU)
BUT now I want to get a real update and I can't! When I launch it, the tablet says "you wifi is too unstable, try later" I tried at a neighbour's, and it's the same : it comes from the tablet!
What would you suggest?
woukou said:
Hello,
I managed to bring my tablet to life! (with getting my cpuid with Ubuntu and updating with EUU)
BUT now I want to get a real update and I can't! When I launch it, the tablet says "you wifi is too unstable, try later" I tried at a neighbour's, and it's the same : it comes from the tablet!
What would you suggest?
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Just for info, it seems Acer has shut down it's update servers. I have an a501 (recently bricked forever), and an A701. Neither can get updates. Usually, I get the message "Network coverage is poor, try a different location". So it seems these are messages generated from the tablet. More than likely as a triggered response from their old servers.
I'm on direct wifi
Also, acer has been deleting their available update ROMs from their support servers. I grabbed some a couple days ago, and now today they are gone!
Pretty sure Acer is getting out of the tablet business, or at least they act like it.
Ok thanks for the information, it's not only my tablet that can't update!
But, what do you think would be the best (and most simple!) solution to run ICS like it used to do?
Every link I found to get an update for 3.0.1 are dead...
I'm not a specialist, and all tutorials for rooting and install ICS (rom or custopm) seem complicated and risky!
Thanks in advance for your advice
woukou said:
Ok thanks for the information, it's not only my tablet that can't update!
But, what do you think would be the best (and most simple!) solution to run ICS like it used to do?
Every link I found to get an update for 3.0.1 are dead...
I'm not a specialist, and all tutorials for rooting and install ICS (rom or custopm) seem complicated and risky!
Thanks in advance for your advice
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Well, there are a couple of methods to update manually. The key, is getting the correct match of 3.x.x to 4.x.x. Sometimes the ICS updates will use a "patch" install, and it's very specific to which current ROM is installed.
Tell you what, remind me again which tablet (500 or 501) you have, and I'll take a look at what I have on my own servers, and maybe we can get you upgraded manually. Pretty simple really.
Moscow Desire said:
Well, there are a couple of methods to update manually. The key, is getting the correct match of 3.x.x to 4.x.x. Sometimes the ICS updates will use a "patch" install, and it's very specific to which current ROM is installed.
Tell you what, remind me again which tablet (500 or 501) you have, and I'll take a look at what I have on my own servers, and maybe we can get you upgraded manually. Pretty simple really.
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Thanks!
I tell you all what I know and can read on the tablet:
Acer Iconia tab A50016GB Wifi
Android version 3.0.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3-00001-gf991e5d
Build number ACER_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
I hope it's enough, thanks again!
woukou said:
Thanks!
I tell you all what I know and can read on the tablet:
Acer Iconia tab A50016GB Wifi
Android version 3.0.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3-00001-gf991e5d
Build number ACER_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
I hope it's enough, thanks again!
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You can try those full ICS updates in the first thread of this forum. I believe they are full a500 ICS updates. There are 4 of them, and you may have to try them all. One of them may work. Not sure if they will update from 3.0.1 though.
I'm mobile right now, and can't personally check them.
So im thinking of purchasing one of these when the come out here and i was wondering about an android to windows os hack. Will there be one in the immediate future and will dual booting be an option?
The hardware is exactly the same.
There must be a way to dual boot, hopefully others on this forum can figure out how to do this if Lenovo doesn't facilitate dual boot themselves
Best
I believe there's a different BIOS for Win vs Android. Could have sworn I saw the Windows BIOS posted on the Lenovo support site prior to the Oct 17 launch. It seems gone now though, unless I'm missing something or went to the wrong link? Unlikely you can install Win without a different BIOS.
There is some clear hardware differences with the Android and Windows tablets. Specifically, 2 different physical layouts for the halo keyboard, where the windows one has defined left and right mouse click buttons. There doesn't seem to be any way of accessing the BIOS on the Android tablet, and it does have the usual Android power + volume up, power + volume down recovery options, so it looks like it boot directly to the boot loader.
The Bios is still there ... but how would you flash it?
http://support.lenovo.com/de/de/products/Tablets/Yoga-Series/YOGA-Book/downloads/DS119182
ok so there is also android open source code available in their site, any chance of making a custom rom?
I wonder if we could flash the Chuwi 12 roms onto this given that Chuwi12 has dual boot already?
This is reallly really stupid to me, why not provide dual boot in the first place? I would not mind shelling out $100 more for a dual boot version. Now if I want the windows version I will need to spend another $550 to get another OS with the same device. I will end up having 2 same devices, but that is so anti-mobile really. Do I have to carry 2 hardware devices so i can have 2 OSes at the same time?
Lenovo get some grip please and provide a dual OS version.
win 10 driver
Today, the windos 10 drivers are online..
The drivers you get with levono support with input of the serial number
It must now be possible to build a dual system
Tastertur chipset audio and more .
igelelf said:
Today, the windos 10 drivers are online..
The drivers you get with levono support with input of the serial number
It must now be possible to build a dual system
Tastertur chipset audio and more .
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Could you post the link for the windows 10 drivers? also any idea on how to unlock the bootloader?
Hi,
earthCallingAngela did unlock the bootlader. .
My background knowledge about booting is very low. But I think there are huge differences between Android and Windows. I think If a system can boot via PC-Bios or Android-Boot-Loader is "on the chip". If this is correct you would need a Android-Boot-Loader that does boot into a windows ... IMO this is no "easy to do". May be the guys who did create Remix OS found a way to do that ...?
Can we use Chuwi 12's disk image somehow? It comes with dual boot.
hajkan said:
Can we use Chuwi 12's disk image somehow? It comes with dual boot.
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Are the two the same hardware? My understanding is that unless the hardware is very similar, you can't use other ROMs without a *TON* of work.
so i was able to install android x86 6.0 on my yoga book, unfortunately i managed to do it over my windows install so now i just need to reinstall windows lol.....
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decided to install 7.0 over my 6.0 install i just made and messed everything up. now im back to just trying to get gparted to run so i can reformat and start over.
bisharat said:
Could you post the link for the windows 10 drivers? also any idea on how to unlock the bootloader?
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http://support.lenovo.com/kr/en/pro... and Software|Drivers and Software&beta=false
you can download yogabook win10(64bit) driver here.
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you should change operating system dropdown menu from android to windows10
Hi & Happy New Year
Now it's possible to get root with android version
I have a YogaBook with Windows version ; Someone can make a backup Android version?
Maybe it's possible to create a dual boot with the windows version I cross the fingers :fingers-crossed:
Where and how?
ThomasHardy said:
Hi & Happy New Year
Now it's possible to get root with android version
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someone can said me, where i found an android image? (original yoga book, of course) i try to install Remix OS and Android-x86 6.0-r1 released from Android-x86.org but, its can't run. graphics issues and reboot.
i install in a MicroSD and boot it booting yogabook hold volume up + power boton and select boot menu, but it fail on boot.
i have yoga book windows. any idea?
thanks
sorry for my english..
I'm exploring this as well.
Since the BIOS and drivers available (just tested with my serial#), it does seem like it would be relatively easy to dual-boot, provided you can get past the loader issue.
I've done many dual-boot setups, just not since the Win7 days, with the Win8 and forward it's gotten quite a bit trickier, the loader does a bunch of "extra" stuff, boot timing and such, to protect itself.
I've also never done an Android/Windows dual-boot, mostly just Win/Win or Win/Unix.
I think you'd have to figure out how to bootstrap these, so the custom loader can take over, and load from there, but this is a bit beyond my Android capabilities.
Has anyone even tried this? I assume the power/volume keys must work, to get at the loader?
Hi there !
I've just unlocked my Yoga Book's android bootloader and made a backup. I'm trying to install Windows 10 and replace Android with it. The problem is that I don't know how to boot the device from the USB drive.
Does anyone know how to do that ? Even if rooting is required ?
P.S. : I can't google it as all results link to "how to boot a PC from android device", which is the reverse...
Totjoss said:
Hi there !
I've just unlocked my Yoga Book's android bootloader and made a backup. I'm trying to install Windows 10 and replace Android with it. The problem is that I don't know how to boot the device from the USB drive.
Does anyone know how to do that ? Even if rooting is required ?
P.S. : I can't google it as all results link to "how to boot a PC from android device", which is the reverse...
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simple...you can't do that! it's not possible to boot usb from android bootloader or recovery.