I spent all day yesterday trying to fix my Epic with no progress and feeling a little sol.
Yesterday I decided I needed a new ROM/kernel because I was averaging only 4hrs of battery life with Supernova and wanted to try Nebula ROM with EXT4. I backed up everything on my laptop and did a Nandroid backup as well. I also have Titanium backup backed up on my pc. I always always back up. I started fresh by flashing to stock and starting over. I rooted with 1 click, flashed DK28, and where I believe I screwed up is I didn´t upgrade to Clockwork 3 (looking back I don´t know wtf I was thinking by proceeding the following way), instead I went to advanced, reboot recovery and ended up rebooting my system into 2.5.1.2. I rebooted my phone and all was good, powered off, 3 fingered and I still had 2.5.1.2 so like a dumbass I figured I was good to go ahead and flash Nebula. LOL so what happened? the Rom installed, I finished like I always do and when I went to boot up my phone I flashed into v2.5.1.0 and thats where my phone stays. If I try to do anything it gives me E: Can´t open/cache/recovery/log
I tried to restore of course and I get this message. I have tried to Odin back to stock but my phone will not connect to a pc.
Heres my situation. I live in a house with 6 computers that I have attempted to connect to with no luck, 5 of these have adb and the Android SDK, several drivers (including the Epics) installed and the C drives have literally no more space. The other pc has Windows 2000 so I wondered if it won´t install the drivers or pick up my phone because its so old??? My main laptop is running Ubuntu and Im not understanding how or even if I can Odin my phone on it, besides I think this laptop won´t connect to my Epic because of the USB port and I dont have a clue how to detect or fix that. My mom has a brand new PC with Windows 7 thats never had anything connected via USB yet that I thought was worth giving a shot at. I only have the stock USB cable though and I was wondering if I bought a new cable if it would be more likely that my phone would connect.
I am not very educated on Android or computers so I prob shouldn´t have done as much flashing as I have to begin with. If I understood file systems better I would prob figure it out.
Thanks for any help or advice. If I over looked the answer in front of my face I am sorry it is because I am retarded and don´t understand computer lingo.
Are you connecting the proper way to odin?
Step 1: open odin with phone Disconnected from PC (if you dont open it first it may not recognize your phone, so i hear)
Step 2: hold 1 on keypad and power on phone --> download mode
step 3: connect phone to PC
step 4: Flash rom
if odin still isnt recognized I would suggest taking out your microsd card and put it in another phone or a microsd card reader and put a basic dk28 rom/dl18 (maybe the acs one that includes modem) rom on there then put the sdcard back in your phone and flash that in clockworkmod and see if it'll boot (wide data/cache/dalvik before doing this)
Also search the forum i'm pretty sure theres an RFS formatter somewhere that'll format your /system/data/cache back to RFS, you probably need to do that before flashing back the other rom...
So, if I understand the OP correctly, you accidentally flashed an ext4 only rom on rfs with 2.5.1.0?
This thread had a flashable reRFS conversion, just in case you need it.
This thread has a cwm flashable di18 and modem.
Those should get you up and going again with cwm 2.5.1.0. If they don't, Odin is really the answer and I don't know what to tell you.
So I tried both of your ideas and I am so pist off. I am now stuck in download mode and cant get 7 freaken computers (one literally brand new with Windows 7, one with Vista, one with XP, 3 with Linux, 1 with 2000 out of being desperate with 5 different usb cords to connect. Clearly my phone is the problem because the sd reader can read my sd just fine and my mom, sister and gramps connect o the same computers just fine. Ive accepted that I am ****ed at this point. I have never got this phone to stay connected to a pc and I think I hate it.
It is starting to sound like it is time to head to a sprint store.
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I am now stuck in download mode and cant get 7 freaken computers (one literally brand new with Windows 7, one with Vista, one with XP, 3 with Linux, 1 with 2000 out of being desperate with 5 different usb cords to connect.
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Have you tried to just pull the battery out? Then, put it back in the phone and boot into CWM? Or pull the battery, then boot into recovery? I personally hate going to the Sprint store and I try every possible option before going.
If you can get another USB cable it will probably work. I use an evo cable. Also for future reference there are no custom kernels on dk28.
Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
Hey, I just wanted to update.
I had tried several usb cables to connect btw including a new one I just bought. No luck. I had tried literally everything to fix my Epic and I was super pist during my last post lol. I finally had to cave and take the block walk (literally) down to Sprint and thank God I insured my phone. He was hella cool about it, just laughed and said he doesn't want to bother with it and replaced it. I am still trying to decide what I wanna do as rooting goes (besides getting rid of pretty much every app they put on there).
Thanks again everyone
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Hey all.
So I've had my A500 for about a year now and it's been on several different ROMs and kernels over that time.
Most recently, I was running Flexreaper R12 (I believe) and ICS was running very smoothly.
At some point a few months ago (after a Flexreaper update), I was experiencing the Sleep Of Death and flashed an AntiSOD kernel to stop it (which it did). All this time, for some reason or another, I never updated the bootloader past the Honeycomb bootloader - and that's where I'm stuck right now.
I've tried using AfterOTA in every possible way to get anything else loaded.
I've tried Blackthund3r's A500 APX Flash Utility with at least 7 different APX packages, but no matter what I try, I'm still stuck with Flexreaper and the HC bootloader.
FWIW, both AfterOTA and the A500 APX Flash Util experience a problem with my A500 when it reboots. Most of the time I can get the device to be recognized by my OS (Windows 7 x64), but sometimes it doesn't and fails on driver install, even though I've installed the Google drivers direct from the SDK as well as Acer's drivers (USB_Acer_1.00.0524_A30H_A31H_A32H_A500_A501).
I'm pretty sure this is a driver issue, but I'm unclear on how to fix it. I've uninstalled ALL drivers related to the A500, rebooted and reinstalled them, I've uninstalled them and then pointed the installer directly to the unzipped USB driver folder (from above), but it seems that at some point the device fails to be seen, only rarely - but it's this that I think is the main problem... or I'm missing something.
So, any advice for someone that's STUCK on the old 3.01 bootloader?
Psychlone
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Hey all.
So I've had my A500 for about a year now and it's been on several different ROMs and kernels over that time.
Most recently, I was running Flexreaper R12 (I believe) and ICS was running very smoothly.
At some point a few months ago (after a Flexreaper update), I was experiencing the Sleep Of Death and flashed an AntiSOD kernel to stop it (which it did). All this time, for some reason or another, I never updated the bootloader past the Honeycomb bootloader - and that's where I'm stuck right now.
I've tried using AfterOTA in every possible way to get anything else loaded.
I've tried Blackthund3r's A500 APX Flash Utility with at least 7 different APX packages, but no matter what I try, I'm still stuck with Flexreaper and the HC bootloader.
FWIW, both AfterOTA and the A500 APX Flash Util experience a problem with my A500 when it reboots. Most of the time I can get the device to be recognized by my OS (Windows 7 x64), but sometimes it doesn't and fails on driver install, even though I've installed the Google drivers direct from the SDK as well as Acer's drivers (USB_Acer_1.00.0524_A30H_A31H_A32H_A500_A501).
I'm pretty sure this is a driver issue, but I'm unclear on how to fix it. I've uninstalled ALL drivers related to the A500, rebooted and reinstalled them, I've uninstalled them and then pointed the installer directly to the unzipped USB driver folder (from above), but it seems that at some point the device fails to be seen, only rarely - but it's this that I think is the main problem... or I'm missing something.
So, any advice for someone that's STUCK on the old 3.01 bootloader?
Psychlone
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i was stuck to so i downgraded got the ics bootloader from the ota and then used afterOTA to get the unlocked version and it worked
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i was stuck to so i downgraded got the ics bootloader from the ota and then used afterOTA to get the unlocked version and it worked
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So how did you downgrade? I've done everything I can think of - at least 6 times over...
That was the plan after I figured that downgrading back to stock and then going up from there was the only way, but I can't even go back to Honeycomb 3.2 or even 3.1.
Check this out - I even made sure to make a CWM backup of my original setup before I upgraded to 3.2 back almost a year ago...but I can't get it to restore. In fact, I made several different backups and can't get ANY of them to restore.
So, in short, what did you do to go backwards?
Psychlone
EDIT: when I try to get into APX or Bootloader, it always ends up in Thor 1.7 and my computer doesn't recognize the device with a device driver install fail for MTP USB Device, even though I've installed the Acer Recovery drivers and the Google SDK drivers too... wtH?
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So how did you downgrade? I've done everything I can think of - at least 6 times over...
That was the plan after I figured that downgrading back to stock and then going up from there was the only way, but I can't even go back to Honeycomb 3.2 or even 3.1.
Check this out - I even made sure to make a CWM backup of my original setup before I upgraded to 3.2 back almost a year ago...but I can't get it to restore. In fact, I made several different backups and can't get ANY of them to restore.
So, in short, what did you do to go backwards?
Psychlone
EDIT: when I try to get into APX or Bootloader, it always ends up in Thor 1.7 and my computer doesn't recognize the device with a device driver install fail for MTP USB Device, even though I've installed the Acer Recovery drivers and the Google SDK drivers too... wtH?
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if your on the honeycomb bootloader simply flash a honeycomb rom and kernel no need to use afterOTA or anything else if i remember correctly
Psychlone said:
So how did you downgrade? I've done everything I can think of - at least 6 times over...
That was the plan after I figured that downgrading back to stock and then going up from there was the only way, but I can't even go back to Honeycomb 3.2 or even 3.1.
Check this out - I even made sure to make a CWM backup of my original setup before I upgraded to 3.2 back almost a year ago...but I can't get it to restore. In fact, I made several different backups and can't get ANY of them to restore.
So, in short, what did you do to go backwards?
Psychlone
EDIT: when I try to get into APX or Bootloader, it always ends up in Thor 1.7 and my computer doesn't recognize the device with a device driver install fail for MTP USB Device, even though I've installed the Acer Recovery drivers and the Google SDK drivers too... wtH?
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you got a couple of choices....
with the HC Bootloader and ics rom...
full wipe and flash an HC rom or
nandroid restore an HC backup or
flash an update.zip
as a last resort - a complete downgrade/rollback use timmydeansv4 EUU - just be sure to follow the instructions in jazzyjames post on how to roll back - iu dont wanna get it wrong and end up stuck in apx mode. If it doesnt work first time....STOP...disconnect yr data cable and reboot tab and pc, use a different USB port and try it again....
Some folks have had issues with win64 so if you are able to then try on a different pc
sometimes a restore wont work unless you restore it with the recovery you used to back up with in the first place which may have been cwm 1.3.4 in your case....maybe???
as far as the MTP driver goes...that can be a pain...i had the same trouble a few days ago on ICS...took ages to get installed....and i still dont know why it did....or why it wouldnt....very frustrating!!!
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you got a couple of choices....
with the HC Bootloader and ics rom...
full wipe and flash an HC rom or
nandroid restore an HC backup or
flash an update.zip
as a last resort - a complete downgrade/rollback use timmydeansv4 EUU - just be sure to follow the instructions in jazzyjames post on how to roll back - iu dont wanna get it wrong and end up stuck in apx mode. If it doesnt work first time....STOP...disconnect yr data cable and reboot tab and pc, use a different USB port and try it again....
Some folks have had issues with win64 so if you are able to then try on a different pc
sometimes a restore wont work unless you restore it with the recovery you used to back up with in the first place which may have been cwm 1.3.4 in your case....maybe???
as far as the MTP driver goes...that can be a pain...i had the same trouble a few days ago on ICS...took ages to get installed....and i still dont know why it did....or why it wouldnt....very frustrating!!!
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he's not on the ics bootloader though so couldn't he just flash the 3.01 unstable and get the OTA? or go back to a stock rom in general?
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he's not on the ics bootloader though so couldn't he just flash the 3.01 unstable and get the OTA? or go back to a stock rom in general?
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Yeh 2nd line of my post hc bootloader ics rom, and u correct use 3.01 buggy update,zip or stock update.zip I shoulda been clearer - thanks gears
Thanks guys, I really do appreciate the help, but I'm still having serious issues reverting back to HC.
I feel like an idiot, but I have to say that even though it seems so, I'm actually the owner of a computer repair business, have 28 years experience in PC/Mac repair, and have rooted and modded every android device I've owned (including some for friends as well) - all the way back to the very beginning with the D1. This, however, has thrown me for a loop. NOTHING with this A500 has been this complicated! Everything up to this point has literally been stupid-proof and I've actually been quite impressed at just how easy modding is on the A500...
Anyway...
Here's what's going on and what I've tried today:
I've tried unsuccessfully several times to get ANYTHING working on my laptop, but to no avail. Same story as last night, no progress whatsoever - however, I did note that with CWM 134, I was able to restore an earlier version of ICS 4.03 (Flexreaper R10 I believe) - but it wasn't easy... I ended up restoring the main image and then using parts and pieces (using Advanced Restore) from other saves to finally even get it to boot.
This clearly wasn't getting me anywhere, so I moved the entire operation to another computer - my main rig (also a Win7 x64 - in fact, I don't own a computer that's not Win7 x64)
Now I've got USB driver issues! I can't even install the standard USB drivers from Acer's website because the installer errors out saying that there's no version of Acer Iconia 3G Driver Install is installed. wtF? That's what I'm TRYING to do!
I did get a different USB driver installed - the USB Driver_Acer_1.06.1500_A30H_A500, but nothing wants to use it and Blackthund3r's APX Flash Util won't see it, AfterOTA won't use it, and it's basically useless anyway. AND I can't install the Acer_1.00.0524_A30H_A31H_A32H_A500_A501 drivers no matter if I've got any others installed or not.
In my device mangler, there is no device with an exclamation, and in fact, sees my Acer Iconia A500 under USB Serial Bus Controllers as "Acer Picasso USB Boot-Recovery Driver", only when it's plugged in. NO other instance shows up at all.
I'm actually at the point of trying to follow through with the EUU (dibb_nz's "last resort"), but vache's website is down and I can't download anything for it. In fact, there's nothing from that guide that has a valid link...
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632392)
So now where do I go? I understand IT really well, so you don't need to talk to me like a complete noob, but dang if I can't figure this one out!
If I can get valid links to all the downloads from the link above, I'd be more than happy to give it a go and see if that works, but I can't piece together all those things from random places. If either of you (or anyone else for that matter) has valid links for everything needed to follow the EUU guide, I'd be very grateful!
Any other advice would certainly be appreciated as well! I don't have to use either of these computers, but as mentioned, ALL of my computers have Windows 7 x64 on them. I suppose I could try one of my customer's computers for all this, but that's not morally right and probably something that I would prefer not to explore.
I feel as if I could get the USB drivers installed properly on EITHER machine, that I'd likely be in good shape. I think that's what my problem actually is on the laptop as well, even though they're all installed and shows as installed until I boot into any recovery - then I get the MTP Device Driver Fail. There's likely other Acer driver issues there though, since Blackthund3r's utils don't follow through for anything... everything just hangs. AfterOTA just hangs.
Advice please?
And thanks again for your knowledge!
Psychlone
Yeh I hear u m8, its taken me all nite and day to revert back to HC and then upgrade again....dam pesky Picasso drivers.....
why not do as gears suggested....boot to cwm do all the wipes and formatsand flash an HC rom, ezterrys has a rooted one...no drivers needed . or am I missing something?
D/l link for timmydeans euu in my cpuid thread
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Yeh I hear u m8, its taken me all nite and day to revert back to HC and then upgrade again....dam pesky Picasso drivers.....
why not do as gears suggested....boot to cwm do all the wipes and formatsand flash an HC rom, ezterrys has a rooted one...no drivers needed . or am I missing something?
D/l link for timmydeans euu in my cpuid thread
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Well, I would but no matter what image I put on my SD or even internal SD, and no matter what recovery I use, there's always some type of fail - usually an MD5 fail, or just a fail without any error code at all (little android on his back with the red exclamation, but no code)
I'm clearly missing SOMETHING.
I'm about to try the EUU right now unless there's some other advice...
EDIT::
OK, so I'm really in bad shape here - now the EUU (PBJ20upgrade) comes back with the error:
Please download the newer image for the upgrade.
Current image version: Acer_AV041_A500_1,054.Acer_AV041_A500
New image version: Acer_A500_1.016.05_Com_GEN1
What now????
Psychlone said:
Well, I would but no matter what image I put on my SD or even internal SD, and no matter what recovery I use, there's always some type of fail - usually an MD5 fail, or just a fail without any error code at all (little android on his back with the red exclamation, but no code)
I'm clearly missing SOMETHING.
I'm about to try the EUU right now unless there's some other advice...
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oh hell now i'm confused, lol.....the little android dude is the acer stock recovery....i thought you had thors 1.7...oh well, nvm
Hopefully the EUU will install the right drivers for you....just be sure NOT to connect your data cable until u see the "cannot detect yr iconia tab" screen and it will give u instructions on how to get into apx mode...oh just before that window the EUU will try and scan your system image it will take a good 5 mins b4 it pops up the window to go into apx don't panic just let it do its thing....good luck m8!!!!
Oh and this will completely wipe yr system and user data.....
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oh hell now i'm confused, lol.....the little android dude is the acer stock recovery....i thought you had thors 1.7...oh well, nvm
Hopefully the EUU will install the right drivers for you....just be sure NOT to connect your data cable until u see the "cannot detect yr iconia tab" screen and it will give u instructions on how to get into apx mode...oh just before that window the EUU will try and scan your system image it will take a good 5 mins b4 it pops up the window to go into apx don't panic just let it do its thing....good luck m8!!!!
Oh and this will completely wipe yr system and user data.....
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Some of the WEIRDEST stuff I've ever experienced - EVER.
Oh, the little dead android is when I'm using the stock recovery - I get different errors in TWRP and all the CWM Thor's that I've tried...(134, 71 and 712)
OK, so now PBJ20upgrade won't let me advance because apparently my CPUID isn't correct... it's the ICS version that's 13 characters long instead of 15, and my dmesg doesn't even contain the word "androidboot" at all (it does, however, contain a crapload of errors.)
What's going on?
OK, I'm an idiot. I really need help. I'm just glad that I'm 40 and don't lose my cool anymore, otherwise, I'd be freaking out about now.
Psychlone said:
Some of the WEIRDEST stuff I've ever experienced - EVER.
Oh, the little dead android is when I'm using the stock recovery - I get different errors in TWRP and all the CWM Thor's that I've tried...(134, 71 and 712)
OK, so now PBJ20upgrade won't let me advance because apparently my CPUID isn't correct... it's the ICS version that's 13 characters long instead of 15, and my dmesg doesn't even contain the word "androidboot" at all (it does, however, contain a crapload of errors.)
What's going on?
OK, I'm an idiot. I really need help. I'm just glad that I'm 40 and don't lose my cool anymore, otherwise, I'd be freaking out about now.
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cpuid = 15/16 chars go to one of yr cwm nandroid backups theres a uid.txt file in the folder all the other methods rely on adb??? if not try usbdeview thats in the thread too
THANK YOU!
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cpuid = 15/16 chars go to one of yr cwm nandroid backups theres a uid.txt file in the folder all the other methods rely on adb??? if not try usbdeview thats in the thread too
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Thanks so much dibb_nz... I've currently got PBJ20upgrade doing *something* (says it's going to take 10 minutes)
Thing is, I didn't get to this point by any conventional means - I followed the destructions several times over but ended up having a newer image than PBJ wanted, or the wrong CPUID.
I finally got this far by unplugging the tablet while PBJ was running, waiting for it's long error and instructions on how to get into APX (which I've clearly done at least a couple dozen times by now) and for some reason when I plugged it in, it shot forward.
We'll see how this goes - I'll keep you posted. I do VERY MUCH appreciate the help. I just might still need it, but hopefully not.
EDIT: Just rebooted and saw a "PASS" on the screen, followed by the "android" loading screen.
EDIT 2: It rebooted all the way in, I signed in (did the entire sign in process) and I'm BACK TO STOCK!!!!
Ok, so thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU for all the help - just being a sounding board is all I need sometimes.
Last questions to get me set up for the future:
What recovery should I create a restore with?
Then after creating a restore, should I use Blackthund3r's utility to flash an unlocked ICS bootloader, and if so, which package should I use to be able to test JB but still be able to go backwards to an ICS (preferably CM9)?
Anything else that I might need to know? (keep in mind that I've read on the order of 30 different threads pertaining to this adventure since it began a couple days ago, but I really appreciate the advice you've given and clearly you know what's up with the A500 - AND, it's hard to disseminate info from all the random threads everywhere. Speaking of which, why is it that there can't be a single thread with most everything that an A500 owner would need? Seriously!!)
Thanks again,
Psychlone
With what I went thru use Civs nvflash and rom and I'd stick with third cement until your safely patched and on ics.do all the wipes and follow instructions to the letter ...I'll check back in shortly
EDIT wtf "third cement" dang auto correct ... should read thors recovery
Wow - what a journey.
I'm now running CM10 and loving it.
I really can't believe the process that I went through over the last couple days - I've rooted and modded two dozen devices in the last year alone, and have been playing with root and modded ROMs since the very beginning, and nothing comes close to what I just did.
I actually have to blame not having everything I need in one place. Mis en place means to have everything you need before you even start - and that used to work back in the day, and still does to an extent for some devices, but anymore, the download links and information are found scattered across many different websites and forums and threads - so much so that it's apparent that this is a product of Google's lack of grip on their hardware and OS.
I do, however, see that you and a couple others have done a KILLER job of getting most everything together in one place to make it easier for those that are searching. I really appreciated your threads that I've read - the way you've written your guides is very intuitive and easy to follow, even if they didn't initially work for me.
Anyway, thanks again. I'm not going backwards now, but if I ever need to for some reason, at least I'm a bit familiar with the "worst-case scenario"!!
Take care man,
Psychlone
excellent news glad it worked for ya
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Thanks so much dibb_nz... I've currently got PBJ20upgrade doing *something* (says it's going to take 10 minutes)
Thing is, I didn't get to this point by any conventional means - I followed the destructions several times over but ended up having a newer image than PBJ wanted, or the wrong CPUID.
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if its referring to newer image then the data cable is connected!
and it will spit this error at you....
I finally got this far by unplugging the tablet while PBJ was running, waiting for it's long error and instructions on how to get into APX (which I've clearly done at least a couple dozen times by now) and for some reason when I plugged it in, it shot forward.
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yup now you're cookin
We'll see how this goes - I'll keep you posted. I do VERY MUCH appreciate the help. I just might still need it, but hopefully not.
EDIT: Just rebooted and saw a "PASS" on the screen, followed by the "android" loading screen.
EDIT 2: It rebooted all the way in, I signed in (did the entire sign in process) and I'm BACK TO STOCK!!!!
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oh yeahhhhh!!!!
Ok, so thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU for all the help - just being a sounding board is all I need sometimes.
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nps glad to be of assistance -
Last questions to get me set up for the future:
What recovery should I create a restore with?
Then after creating a restore, should I use Blackthund3r's utility to flash an unlocked ICS bootloader, and if so, which package should I use to be able to test JB but still be able to go backwards to an ICS (preferably CM9)?
Anything else that I might need to know? (keep in mind that I've read on the order of 30 different threads pertaining to this adventure since it began a couple days ago, but I really appreciate the advice you've given and clearly you know what's up with the A500 - AND, it's hard to disseminate info from all the random threads everywhere. Speaking of which, why is it that there can't be a single thread with most everything that an A500 owner would need? Seriously!!)
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becoz then you'd have thousands of posts to look thru and no-one would bother reading it all....i try to keep my cpuid thread updated with things 'unbricking' but its too hard to put 'everything' in one post unfortunately
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Psychlone said:
Wow - what a journey.
I'm now running CM10 and loving it.
I really can't believe the process that I went through over the last couple days - I've rooted and modded two dozen devices in the last year alone, and have been playing with root and modded ROMs since the very beginning, and nothing comes close to what I just did.
I actually have to blame not having everything I need in one place. Mis en place means to have everything you need before you even start - and that used to work back in the day, and still does to an extent for some devices, but anymore, the download links and information are found scattered across many different websites and forums and threads - so much so that it's apparent that this is a product of Google's lack of grip on their hardware and OS.
I do, however, see that you and a couple others have done a KILLER job of getting most everything together in one place to make it easier for those that are searching. I really appreciated your threads that I've read - the way you've written your guides is very intuitive and easy to follow, even if they didn't initially work for me.
Anyway, thanks again. I'm not going backwards now, but if I ever need to for some reason, at least I'm a bit familiar with the "worst-case scenario"!!
Take care man,
Psychlone
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hell, i havent got round to cm10 yet!! i'm trying to get there but i have too much fun helpin peeps get to grips with flashing BL's...have to really thank the devs they did an awesome job unlocking ICS so everyone can enjoy the custom ICS/JB/CM roms- they've extended the life of our little iconia an extra half year or so if not longer.....imagine if we had to put up with stock 'anything' lol, i'd have traded it in long ago!!
was about to suggest the apxflash bundles as there are alot more options as far as recovery's go but you're all sussed now so thats fantastic....
can u add "SOLVED" to the title in case someone else is looking for help. thanks m8:good:
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excellent news glad it worked for ya
hell, i havent got round to cm10 yet!! i'm trying to get there but i have too much fun helpin peeps get to grips with flashing BL's...have to really thank the devs they did an awesome job unlocking ICS so everyone can enjoy the custom ICS/JB/CM roms- they've extended the life of our little iconia an extra half year or so if not longer.....imagine if we had to put up with stock 'anything' lol, i'd have traded it in long ago!!
was about to suggest the apxflash bundles as there are alot more options as far as recovery's go but you're all sussed now so thats fantastic....
can u add "SOLVED" to the title in case someone else is looking for help. thanks m8:good:
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CM10 is SLICK. Think CM9 on graphics steroids and you're close!
I appreciate your position more than most. I get a lot of enjoyment out of helping others as well - I've written overclocking guides for AMD systems that was written years ago, revised a couple/three years ago and is still used to this day, even though I've long since moved over to Intel's "dark side". I also participate pretty deeply in helping others at a couple PC hardware forums pretty much daily, even though that's my actual job - I own 2 computer repair businesses in my hometown, and with well over 20,000 computers to fix, I'm ALWAYS busy but still always find time to help others in need.
As for adding ***SOLVED*** to the title, I'd love to...but it won't let me. Perhaps it's because I don't have a high enough post count, or because it's reserved for Mods, but I can't do it.
Thanks for everything once again - it's quite refreshing to be on the receiving end!
Psychlone
First off, I'm an idiot. I know this. But I would also appreciate any helpful advice that may teach me a thing or two about how to rectify my idiocy and prevent any future idiocy.
was fooling around with my n4 (which was on the cm 10.2 stable) and decided to give the 4.4 bandwagon a go.
downloaded roms and gapps ready to flash ect.. (ive done this multiple times before)
did a full reset (inc. system and external sd storage) from the android setting menu after backing up sd card and apps because i wanted a fully clean phone to upgrade
Then plugged in again but was dismayed to see that the pc and android memory wasnt clean, it said stuff was taking up storage space but the file system listed no files...?
so i went into recovery
and due to my tiredness and general lack of IQ, decided to format everything under the sun in mounts and storage (yes, this included /system)
and i dont have a nandroid (since i have the 8gb one and could never justify the space cost of a nandroid, plus i though i was pro at flashing)
and now my usb is acting up so i tried to fix that, uninstalled my drivers ect..
but realised for many driver installations especially for adb/fastboot drivers this requires you to plug in the phone and turn on debugging for the right drivers to install
so now i have a bricked phone which wont connect to fastboot and i dont know how to solve this and cant boot into android to mess around with adb and nothing on the memory like a backup or any seblance of an os.
Feel free to call me more of an idiot than I've previously mentioned. But i would GREATLY appreciate any helpful tips and would wish you all the christmas cheer i can muster
yours,
brickedmyphoneat3a.m.onboxingday
kickassy said:
First off, I'm an idiot. I know this. But I would also appreciate any helpful advice that may teach me a thing or two about how to rectify my idiocy and prevent any future idiocy.
was fooling around with my n4 (which was on the cm 10.2 stable) and decided to give the 4.4 bandwagon a go.
downloaded roms and gapps ready to flash ect.. (ive done this multiple times before)
did a full reset (inc. system and external sd storage) from the android setting menu after backing up sd card and apps because i wanted a fully clean phone to upgrade
Then plugged in again but was dismayed to see that the pc and android memory wasnt clean, it said stuff was taking up storage space but the file system listed no files...?
so i went into recovery
and due to my tiredness and general lack of IQ, decided to format everything under the sun in mounts and storage (yes, this included /system)
and i dont have a nandroid (since i have the 8gb one and could never justify the space cost of a nandroid, plus i though i was pro at flashing)
and now my usb is acting up so i tried to fix that, uninstalled my drivers ect..
but realised for many driver installations especially for adb/fastboot drivers this requires you to plug in the phone and turn on debugging for the right drivers to install
so now i have a bricked phone which wont connect to fastboot and i dont know how to solve this and cant boot into android to mess around with adb and nothing on the memory like a backup or any seblance of an os.
Feel free to call me more of an idiot than I've previously mentioned. But i would GREATLY appreciate any helpful tips and would wish you all the christmas cheer i can muster
yours,
brickedmyphoneat3a.m.onboxingday
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i'm on a similar situation hope ur problem get solved mate, if i get any fix i will forward it to u
EDIT:
Check this tut, may help:
http ://darkness4every1.blogspot .ro/2013/07/flash-official-android-43-on-google.html
i followed the tut an my N4 is working like a charm! try it out
saanteeh said:
i'm on a similar situation hope ur problem get solved mate, if i get any fix i will forward it to u
EDIT:
Check this tut, may help:
http ://darkness4every1.blogspot .ro/2013/07/flash-official-android-43-on-google.html
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SOLVED. researched more into the wee hours of the morning and learnt how to adb sideload which solved all of my problems. simply sideloaded the rom i was in before and problem solved in 5 mins
kickassy said:
SOLVED. researched more into the wee hours of the morning and learnt how to adb sideload which solved all of my problems. simply sideloaded the rom i was in before and problem solved in 5 mins
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So, Im a contractor. Field Services mostly. Break/Fix and Installs for POS mostly.
Anyway, a recent contract I picked up found me installing new, cheap music solutions for a chain of gas stations im sure you've heard of. Regardless, the tab 8's they were using prior are old enough that they didn't want them back. I figured, well, it's a chance to break stuff potentially, and proceeded to do just that, unintentionally really.
Problem is, my dumbass jumped the gun and didn't really know much about MDM and wiped the cache before having the idea of calling my Buyer, and asking them to remove it from their MDM lineup. They did so, but it's essentially too late to matter now. Tablet just boots to the Sprint Logo and never goes past it. Odd, considering nothing ever sucessfully flashed the darn thing, but it's doing it nonetheless. I've tried MANY versions of Odin trying to flash TWRP but it always says MDM Mode: Cant Download on the tablet. It's safe to assume i've done everything youre not supposed to do in banging my head against the wall with this thing.
I've searched the forums over and over again, downloaded so many firmwares that I'd not be surprised if the internet held no more options than the ones I've gotten. Why would I need the firmware if TWRP never flashed? Because I've tried damn near everything I think. Including Heimdall. Im on a dual boot machine, and would prefer a Linux based solution if there is one to be had, but can go for Windows also I suppose.
What else...ADB and Fastboot both never detect the tablet, but I can lsusb and see the device, which mode it's in ( usually Download Mode, but also shows up as MTP if I am in Recovery ), and the bus info. If I go to recovery, and use update via ADB, obviously, ADB sees the device then, and I can sideload, but nothing works so far. It' always gives me a Error 21: Footer is Wrong no matter what I try to sideload.
Odin I do not remember what error it gave specifically, I'll try to hunt up a log somewhere, but I know when trying to flash the TWRP it would say something about write protection I think maybe? Not entirely sure. When just trying to flash the firmware, it would go past aboot.mbn to the next file and then fail, every single time.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a cheap little paperweight, but it's a learning experience.
Nobody? Although I am not surprised, I am a bit disheartened. Mostly because it really is a learning experience really. It's difficult to express what my mind is trying to learn at any given time let alone search for an answer, being the worst case of ADD i've ever seen. Heh.
I've noticed that I can successfully flash some files, but not most others, and flashing said files seems to make no difference, probably because boot.img nor recovery.img are among the files that will successfully flash via sideload. Aboot.mbn, and Modem.bin both flashed I believe, and by that I mean, flash without giving me some sort of error such as failed to unpack lack packet or some such.
Trying to magic out how the damned things works hasn't gone great either. I"ve discovered the magical linux tool binwalk which is great, but either limited by what it can do, or im just too uneducated in it's proper usage despite reading the man over and over again....mostly.
Strangest thing...extracting the files examined with binwalk sometimes produces many magnitudes of size bigger files than the file contained. I am not exaggerating either. Extract a 1GB file and it produces less than that initially, then extract those files and I swear to God I get somewhere like 40GB, which is impossible as far as I"ve ever seen.