[Q] Just Rooted, Now trying to downgrade cannot get into recovery please help - G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just currently opened my box fresh out and installed z4root to root it... Sucess!
Now im trying to downgrade as i am "supposed" to according to this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036956
This is what is in my about screen under settings so you know what version ect i have http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1476/20110427032325.jpg
from the aforementioned thread i downloaded the 4349_Downgrade.zip and placed it on my sd card... Renamed it update.zip and closed usb connection, and then powered off and powered up first pressing and holding the "+" on the volume rocker on the top of the tab. and then pressing power.. When i say "+" i mean Volume + witch is on the top left of the tab closest to the right in the direction of the search home menu and back keys...
When im holding this combo of buttons the screen boots up after a second or two says recovery key detected or whatever in the top left for a few seconds and then goes to the g tablet white screen... THen it shows a box with a downarrow on it and a progress bar for a few moments and then shuts off and reboots into the homescreen.......
I read in this forum a topic how the guy experienced the same results but turned out he was holding the Volume - key... I made certian i wasent doing what he did and literally just held the Volume + key on the right edge with the tip of my nail and held power... Same results..
I have tried with the program root explorer going into the file manager... (Why is there a file called sdcard2?? never seen that before) i go into /sdcard find the update.zip i put from the renamed 4349 file and then back up to the "/" dir and mount as r/w and paste the update.zip in there then mount as r/o back out to home power off.. i repeate the aforementioned process and still the excat same thing...
The origonal update that was put on there when i first put in my newly formated fat32 sd card i deleted.. i have searched and search and have no idea what is wrong or how to fix this... Certianly i couldnt be the only one with this issue?
Please help, im just killing time sitting here waiting for help lol.... Thanks..
My end result is im trying to get CWM 08 on there and a great and stable rom witch i choose that RC1 of vegan.. Unless u know of a better one. And once this is all done is there a good kernal i should be flashing? Why and how do i do it.?
Thank you in advance..

1) The downgrade is only necessary if you were on 4349 to begin with.
2) what you described is exactly what should happen in stock recovery for 3588 and older.
3) No... it is not exactly what others have said about holding the wrong volume key because when you do hold the wrong one the screen goes black after a few seconds.
4) SDCARD is your internal storage. SDCARD2 is the mount point for your external (MicroSD Card) storage.
5) It sounds like nothing is wrong...
6) Install CWM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

Ooook
The thread i mentioned in my first post the first link if u click it the title of tje topic reads
[STICKY] [ATTENTION] - 3991 and 4349+ VIEWSONIC-LOCKED BOOTLOADER INFO here
Also it has a link to a pic of my about phone so cant u tell from that?
I am lost i did excatly to a T as described in the tutorial in step 6 in your reply and im getting the same thing i hold down volume + it says recovery key detected for a few secs in goes to gtablet screen and flashes to that down with a down arrow.....
What am i missing? Surely i dont have the only tablet with this problem..

Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.
The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....[mod edit]

K J Rad said:
Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.
The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...
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Then why can i not flash CWM? I went to your link tried both internal and sd files mounting on "/" and on "/sdcard" /update.zip or /recovery.zip in either folder and im still getting the same issue when i hold Volume + and power...
I cannot get CWM and a Rom on there.

thebadfrog said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....just your knowledge
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From what i gather from that link is that i am to take the files insides cwmod_microsd.zip witch are update.zip and recovery folder that houses command and physically take the microsd card out and mount on my computer witch is technicly SDCARD2 and place those files in that root directly... and then the power down insert card and vol up and power.....
I am getting the same issue same box and same nothing.

Most likely because you aren't following the directions. Take some time to learn at least the basics about your tablet. Then read the instructions again.

you can do it on either the internal or external. It depends on what the line in the command file says. Once you boot once whether sucessful or not the command file is deleted. Your making this harder than it is

Then what am i missing? I got this tablet yesterday at 2 pm and stayed up till 3 am trying to get CWM on it!
I cant imagine what im missing, ive read dozens of posts tried atleast 15 times putting either the downgrade or cwm sdcard update files in the internet "/" or "/sdcard" or "/sdcard2"
And yes i noticed that it deletes the update and recovery folder if i drop it in /sdcard2 or "/", ill put the files there either directly to sd card from the computer or thru root explorer and when i hit vol + and power it does the same thing.
This has to be the most frustrating tablet/ android device ever!
The last time i had something this hard was when i bricked my iphone in early 09 and figured out i had to reload the ipw file via a brand new install of itunes from a virgin computer (that computer turned out to be me using the librarys lol)

so i just got both the internal and external cwm files from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
and put them in both /sdcard and /sdcard 2 for some reason when i used root explorer i noticed that for somereason in /sdcard2 there was a recovery/recovery/command so i pulles recovery to /sdcard2/recovery and pasted it there and deleted the other recovery folder.. re did the whole process and low and behold i was lookin at a CWMN screen! so... i have no idea, but if i ever meet the man who created the Vewsonic g tab ill kick him in the nuts.
Now i followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
and i mounted the usb put the Vegan Rc1 rom in the ROMS folder and choose zip from sd and installed... and im just stuck at the view sonic screen, so i powered off did a wipe data factory reset and wipe cache and then went to advanced and fix permissions... Then to choose install from sd card choose my vegan rom and installed then backed out to home and hit restart and again its been ten mins or so and im still staring at a viewsoniv screen still..... Is this normal or any more suggestions?

There is a fix but as much trouble as you had installing clockwork I'm suggesting you avoid that fix so I'm not even saying the name. Stick with froyo roms

Thats not very helpfull... Just please tell me what it is i can ifgure it out on my own, i obviously did with the CWM now i just cant get the rom installed for some reason i have a tablet that just boots to the view sonic screen at the moment

Just to update...
I fixed it. THanks for your help and no thanks for your sarcasim.
Was stuck at the viewsonic birds screen
So i did so more, searching... its now 5 am and figured out what nvflash is and
via this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
and making sure u extract EVERYTHING in all the zip files with the exception to the USB folder u drop in the nvflash folder as directed, because if u dont u will get a error when u run nvflash_gtablet.bat
Once that is complete follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Word for word to install Vegan from stock... It may save a lot of confusion to just nvflash from stock and then drop the CWM recovery and update on the sd card and go that route..
Hope this helps and newbs...

See...the search function does work

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[Q] Accessing files on Internal Memory of Soft Bricked Phone?

Greetings,
I have two Vibrants - one I bought from TMobile (and running stock everything), and one I later bought on eBay (running Froyo thanks to TeamWhiskey). I bought the second phone so that I could mess around with flashing ROMs and be able to brick a phone without it mattering. Hah.
Last night, for no reason I can discern, my stock TMobile Vibrant phone spontaneously soft bricked itself. My eBay test phone is fine.
I don't hugely care WHY the Tmobile phone bricked itself, but what I do care about are the pictures that are on the internal storage area.
I used Odin last night to flash in T959UVJI6.tar (but I did NOT use the 512.pit file). One of the posts I read said that doing so should fix a soft brick, without messing up the internal user storage area where pictures are located. No change - when I power on the Tmobile phone it hangs at the Galaxy S logo and then goes black.
Does anyone have any suggestions of how to access the internal storage area of a soft bricked Vibrant? And/or, can someone explain or point me at an explanation of what impact using a PIT file (vs not) and checking the "reformat" box in Odin (vs not) will have on the internal storage area? I don't care about overwriting the apps - I am just hoping there is some way to pull off the pictures or unbrick the phone WITHOUT deleting them.
Many thanks!
Wrong section..probably going to get flamed. Odin again with the pit file and you still wont lose pics and stuff. But next time...Q and A section...not being a ****, but that's where you ask all your questions.
sent from the other side of my galaxy.
jmercil said:
Wrong section..probably going to get flamed. Odin again with the pit file and you still wont lose pics and stuff. But next time...Q and A section...not being a ****, but that's where you ask all your questions.
sent from the other side of my galaxy.
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Thanks for the reply. Is there some way I can move my post to the Q&A section? Or is that something only a Mod can do?
Also, do I check the reformat box or leave it unchecked?
Thanks again.
noise said:
Thanks for the reply. Is there some way I can move my post to the Q&A section? Or is that something only a Mod can do?
Also, do I check the reformat box or leave it unchecked?
Thanks again.
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No need to reformat.
That's only for special occasions, really. And yeah, as far as I've seen, only mods can move posts.
yeah i would also like to know to that. the other day i deleted the 3d gallery app apk odex files because it was annoying the hell out of me with it's referenced folders - i tried clearing the default folder and but it was still showing random pictures from the shutdown folder and where ever else - so what did i do? i backed up the apk and odex file then deleted them from the system folder. rebooted w/o any issues - then i tried installing the apk... nothing - kept giving me a failed app install notification. i tried this 3-4 times then gave up. at this point i restored the apk/odex file to the system folder and rebooted the phone - nothing... gets past the galaxy s animation screen then screen goes black... nothing....
tried multiple reboot and keeps getting to the same black screen of doom - the other odd thing is windows do recognize it after it gets past the galaxy s boot screen and into the blank screen when i check in the device manager
ADB pull /sdcard/"whatever u have on ur phone"
Learn ADB
Reading is Fundemental
I'd also like to know if there are anyways to access the internal memory of a soft bricked phone. I know I can use ODIN, but I could fix the problem right now sans computer or USB if Clockwork recovery could access my sd card; I flashed a new kernal on stock JI6 and apparently needed to to flash a backsupport.zip first.
So, I don't have a cable with me, so can't use ODIN, clockwork recovery doesn't restore kernals and doesn't access the SD so... I'm screwed until I get home (not a huge deal). Alternatively, I could also not get clockwork to USB mount so I don't think that works either.
boimarc89 said:
ADB pull /sdcard/"whatever u have on ur phone"
Learn ADB
Reading is Fundemental
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lol thanks man. but i also tried that. adb can't recognize it - and i found out it's the hard lock t-mobile version where doing the three button power up does not get you into the recover screen. unless i read that wrong? lol
Update: I used Odin again, this time with both the TAR and the PIT file. Same result as last time. Odin appears to have completed copying everything over successfully, but upon reboot, I still get the soft-brick Galaxy S that doesn't go away.
I didn't try ADB earlier because all the posts/various docs I read thus far seemed to imply that ADB needed a normally functioning phone - not one that got stuck at the Galaxy S logo. I was wrong.
Here's what I did, hope it helps someone else. [Commands below assume you're using windows, and want to copy the entire contents of the internal SD memory (called "/sdcard") on your PC that you created (e.g., "c:\sdcard"]
1. Install ADB
2. Plug in soft-bricked phone and power on
3. Run command prompt and navigate to the directory where adb.exe is located. In my case, it was C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools.
4. From the command prompt:
adb pull /sdcard c:/sdcard
NOTE: the c:/ slash should be as shown - not c:\ as you would normally type under Windows.
392 seconds later, I had all 8G of photos on my PC.
I still don't know why the stupid phone won't boot properly, but now I don't care and can blast everything away. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Next time I'll be sure to post in Q&A instead.
Moved of: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Android Development
To: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Q&A
Please put your questions to: Vibrant Q&A

[Help please] Unable to get into recovery

I am unable to get into recovery on my 10 G2.
Tried the following ways:
1. vol down + power, and then holding vol button: No use. Its just booting up normally
2. vol up + power: No use. Its not even powering up.
I am trying to get into recovery to install SDE. Can anyone here please help me.
Mine is a 8 GB model with no micro SD card inserted.
To install the sde you don't need to go into the recovery.
Download the aos file, put it on the internal memory and the android will do the rest.
And the correct order is power on, and then Volume+
fzelle said:
To install the sde you don't need to go into the recovery.
Download the aos file, put it on the internal memory and the android will do the rest.
And the correct order is power on, and then Volume+
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Thank you fzelle. When I read on archos site, it said something like I got to flash it from recovery only. But thanks for clearing me up. I'll try this method.
diablo009 said:
Thank you fzelle. When I read on archos site, it said something like I got to flash it from recovery only. But thanks for clearing me up. I'll try this method.
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For some reason, it is just booting up :-(
Did you get the message that a new firmware is there and if you want to install it from android?
After that is done SDE is installed and after that it will boot into Archos Android.
You have to reboot and hold vol+ and then you can select to boot the Developer edition.
Thank you so much for your patience. Let me put down in exact steps:
1. Downloaded the aos file
2. Connected 10 G2 to computer
3. Mounted it
4. Copied the .aos file to the base folder in the disk drive that's visible in "my computer"
5. Unmounted
Nothing picked up at this point.
6. Powered off
7. Powered on
Still no use! It is still not picking up SDE.
Edit:
For some reason, my tablet does not seem to pick up any AOS files . It is picking up IMG files though.
Do I need to put in a SD card? I have loaded the aos file into the root of internal card.
Internal is the right place.
Did you see to it that you could see the extension of the file?
Is it renamed by your browser?
fzelle said:
Internal is the right place.
Did you see to it that you could see the extension of the file?
Is it renamed by your browser?
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I downloaded it on my computer, and copied to the root of my G2 (no external card inserted). The extension is "aos".
I know it has recovery mode since it flashed a rooted rom in arctools, and see it is going to recovery. But I am not able to force it to recovery mode manually.
G2?
There is either a gen8 or gen9, not g2
It says Arnova 10 G2. On the back, its written as 101c (10 in big letters, 1c in slightly smaller size letters).
Its clear now.
You do't have a gen8, so everything you read here is not fr you.
fzelle said:
Its clear now.
You do't have a gen8, so everything you read here is not fr you.
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Oh. I always thought 101c was gen 8. My bad.
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[Q] How do I install custom roms on my rooted Galaxy Player 5.0 USA?

Well, I am new to this forum because I recently bought a Galaxy Player. This is my first Android device and I have rooted it using SOC. I have installed clockworkmod but there is no option for the Galaxy Player. I have downloaded the ICS rom for the 5.0 USA version and I am just a complete noob to custom roms. Can anyone direct me to a goods tutorial on this or just a quick rundown on how to do it, I am just a really confused 14 year old... Thanks
mrjaredbeta said:
Well, I am new to this forum because I recently bought a Galaxy Player. This is my first Android device and I have rooted it using SOC. I have installed clockworkmod but there is no option for the Galaxy Player. I have downloaded the ICS rom for the 5.0 USA version and I am just a complete noob to custom roms. Can anyone direct me to a goods tutorial on this or just a quick rundown on how to do it, I am just a really confused 14 year old... Thanks
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just pretend you didn't do any of that and...
1. download odin3 v1.3 (windows application)
2. download the samsung usb drivers and install them, i can't remember where i got them
3. plug phone into usb, turn off while plugged in, turn back on while holding volume down (maybe it was up?)
4. go into odin and click the pda button and select...
5. this file and press "start" (i think that's what it's labeled)
6. the phone will reboot itself back to normal
7. copy this zip onto your sd.
8. turn the phone off, and turn back on while holding volume up
9. back that **** up, i dunno what the hell it's labeled
10. wipe data/cache/dalvik (dalik is under advanced)
11. choose to install zip from sd, choose the "this zip" from step 7
12. choose install from zip again -> ICS ROM you downloaded
13. reboot, try out ICS for 2 seconds
14. turn off, boot into recovery (the volume up + power **** we keep doing)
15. install from zip -> Google Apps zip
16. reboot and enjoy ICS and google apps and all the other cool stuff the internet has to offer
Thanks! Very well written, I'll try it out later tonight.
I have installed it successfully, however I don't think it detects my internal SD card. Do you know why that is?
mrjaredbeta said:
I have installed it successfully, however I don't think it detects my internal SD card. Do you know why that is?
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idk what you mean by "it" nor do i pay attention to my internal at all since i have 32gb external
I meant the device doesn't detect it, and I do not have an external at the moment.
mrjaredbeta said:
I meant the device doesn't detect it, and I do not have an external at the moment.
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yeah, idk i haven't even noticed so i'm not the person to ask i guess.
mrjaredbeta said:
I have installed it successfully, however I don't think it detects my internal SD card. Do you know why that is?
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This is why you should always read the entire post when you download a ROM. That issue is mentioned several times through the thread, and it has yet to have been resolved to the best of my knowledge. But always look into what your flashing, otherwise you'll probably end up with a really shiny paperweight on your hands.
Yes, I should've looked at the whole thread but I f'd it up badly now... So, I read what you said about the "SD card problem in the thread" and I took a look and saw that you had to switch around /emmc (I think?) and /sdcard around in the vold.fstab file in the /etc directory. SO, I was stupid and extracted the whole .zip of the ROM, changed the contents in the vold.fstab file, re-zipped it up, and tried to flash it again. Unfortunately, I tried to flash but this is what CWM Recovery said:
-- Installing: /emmc/ICS/3-31.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
... It's probably because the signature verification failed (because of no signature). And I was also being so stupid as to deleting the original ROM off of my SD card... I also note that I am doing this all from an internal, I do not have an external... This is what I am going to:
Get an external microSD and microSD reader for the PC
Put the original ROM on it
Flash it from the external
I am guessing that it would work from that way, as I probably f's up the internal. Can someone clear this up? Will this method work?
Disregard my last post, I am all set back to the stock ROM with no problems. Anyways, thanks for the support, and I will always try to look at the whole thread before flashing a new ROM.
Here
Check here this forum has a lot of custom roms for the SGP player and a lot of smart people who explain it as good as M.I.T.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1423

[Q] Android Crash on boot and red exclamation mark

Hello,
Last night, I tried to modify the Screen DPI on my tablet ASD Digital MID 162... After the device restart, splash screen not ending... I reset my build.prop to the default value, and make a wipe cache with Adb and instead of write wipe /cache, I write wipe only... And my device don't boot and I can't use adb shell... The error is : "Permission denied (13)"
Someonee can help me ? Please ><
(Sorry for my bad english, I'm french)
How did you modify the DPI exactly?
Through an app?
Editing the build.prop?
Laughing at you while eating Jellybeans
Sounds like a messed up build prop and the device is bricked..
Yes I've modify the DPI in build.prop file...
What can I do for repair the boot ?
One help ?
Gonna have to reflash. You pretty much wiped your device so you will need to reinstall the os
Wayne Tech S-III
I know that, I have to reinstall the OS.. But I don't have recovery mod on my tablet... The only one I have it's an recovery stock (I think, I'm not sure).. I can do "adb ls/", "adb pull and push" , that's all... One idea ?
[I've tried to push a shell in /system/bin in recovery mode, but I've got a error (permission denied), I want to push a shell for execute "flash_image" tools with an new OS .img file for solve the problem ]
I've had similar problems with my myTouch when I've done things it didn't like. Providing that you can boot to the stock recovery that gives you the options to reboot or apply update then your almost saved. Because if that's the case then ya can
copy the custom recovery.zip file over to the root of your sdcard (I used a computer for that as when I killed my phone it wouldn't boot past sock recovery or boot-looping)
rename it to update.zip then boot into stock recovery,
apply the update from sd and your device should, hopefully, temporarily start the custom recovery so that you can
wipe re-flash or restore from backup.
This all assumes that your device has a way for you to access the sdcard without your device.
Hope this helps/use at your own risk
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs
I go to make a meditation on this idea... The problem is that I can't do anythings with the "stock recovery", It's just a screen with an open [dead] droid with red exclamation mark, and that's all. Nothing to do when I push one touch like Volume - or +, but when I boot with another key as Power Up, A black screen appeared, and it's all... (I want to show a photo with a screenshot, but I'm a new user, I can't :'( , I've no luck !!!! >< )
SteakFrite said:
I go to make a meditation on this idea... The problem is that I can't do anythings with the "stock recovery", It's just a screen with an open [dead] droid with red exclamation mark, and that's all. Nothing to do when I push one touch like Volume - or +, but when I boot with another key as Power Up, A black screen appeared, and it's all... (I want to show a photo with a screenshot, but I'm a new user, I can't :'( , I've no luck !!!! >< )
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That is not recovery that is the kernel panic screen. Only option is an Odin install of stock
SteakFrite said:
I go to make a meditation on this idea... The problem is that I can't do anythings with the "stock recovery", It's just a screen with an open [dead] droid with red exclamation mark, and that's all. Nothing to do when I push one touch like Volume - or +, but when I boot with another key as Power Up, A black screen appeared, and it's all... (I want to show a photo with a screenshot, but I'm a new user, I can't :'( , I've no luck !!!! >< )
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Ok so I read the post about kernel panic screen and agree mostly, however, I've seen the panic screen and gotten past it with a combo of volume + and power button at the same time, it then returns an error message on how recovery wasn't able to be read from its expected source, it then blanks out for a moment and boots the stock recovery, from there I apply the update.zip that I renamed and placed there with a computer, and then everything is good again.
Note: I don't have the specific device you do, or know the method that you usually used to use to boot into recovery.
Usually, its a combo of two or three buttons like on my htc product it's volume up and power button and on my Samsung its volume down and power and camera button. Note: when I do actually get into a custom recovery on my htc the power button then changes to turning the screen off and on instead of selecting things, which made it a hair pulling experience until I figured out that the directional pad on my device was the select button. (Moral of the story, power button sometimes controls the power to the screen, sometimes its used for selecting things, odd but be persistent and try combos because I thought my phone was killed till I hit the power button a second time and the screen came right back on.)
Odin should resolve the issue though for sure if fiddling around with your devices' buttons get to be frustrating, I just figure that any time I touch a computer to re-root my phone I've not done enough trouble shooting.
One other thing you can try is a targeted google search
Eg: 'solved [device name] [issue with device] site:[address of site to search]
So for example when I had a problem with my Samsung I used
'Solved epic 4g bootloop site:xda
Note I had to shorten the site as I'm not allowed just yet to post links but you'll want to include the .com
You can also replace the site: with similar: to search sites that are like xda with similar results.
What's the name and manufacture of your device? I'll see what I can dig up for you.
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs
Good ! Thank's youuuuu !! I've can access recovery mod with combo of Volume + and Power... My device is "ASD Digital 162"... Tonight, I go to make an update.zip with an android OS img file... Thank's !!
Where I can find an image file of my Rom ?
This device don't have many popularity on google, and he have no constructor website... Where can I find a ROM or Custom Rom ?
For information, I've one another tablet (Exactely same device) arround of me.. Can I extract the ROM or a backup that could me restore the Android OS ? I don't want do stupid things with the other tablet also like I do this time...
(I want to precise... On my SdCard, a folder named "nandroid" has apparead , he content kernel file, system .img file, cache .img file, etc etc.., if you have any suggest on what can I do with it )
SteakFrite said:
This device don't have many popularity on google, and he have no constructor website... Where can I find a ROM or Custom Rom ?
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I'll be seeing what I can dig up in the next day or so. Have you any links to shair; such as the guide(s) you've used?
SteakFrite said:
For information, I've one another tablet (Exactely same device) arround of me.. Can I extract the ROM or a backup that could me restore the Android OS ? I don't want do stupid things with the other tablet also like I do this time...
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You could try it, though I wouldn't as internal hardware can differ inside identical devices, you could end up 'super' bricking your device which I don't think is a real term it just sounds less scary than 'muten' bricking. The phonomonon can be observed when someone flashes an epic 4g touch rom on to an epic 4g and things are never the same. Not saying that's the case just my perinoa speeking up here.
Actually I think there are guides floting around on how to make and scrub your own custom rom, maybe you could do a full copy of the working device though the usb debug bridge, scrub the user data and dependencies from the copy and push it to the not-yet working device... or you could blase the path allready well troden.
SteakFrite;40339439 said:
(I want to precise... On my SdCard, a folder named "nandroid" has apparead , he content kernel file, system .img file, cache .img file, etc etc.., if you have any suggest on what can I do with it )
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now when you're going to your sd card are you talking removable sd or internal?
Some devices don't have an external or its inaccessible,
other devices make it confusing by also having a partition on the internall memory labled sdcard which looks a lot like the sd card that can be un mounted and re mounted (I believe it to be confusing because the sdcard is also lables sdcard),
And yet others are really easy to spot because its the only thing labled and removeable as an sdcard
Any who if your talking about viewing your sdcard with prisice then likely what your viewing is the old contents of the card (what ever you had on it before this learning experieance snuck up on you) and I would treat it like pizza from last night's party. Meaning that the backed up apps could be used and there could very well be a good backup in there if you made one in the before time, but I wouldn't force my device to choke down leftovers when I could start anew.
SteakFrite said:
Good ! Thank's youuuuu !! I've can access recovery mod with combo of Volume + and Power... My device is "ASD Digital 162"... Tonight, I go to make an update.zip with an android OS img file... Thank's !!
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You're Welcome; knew you weren't out of options.
Make sure to reroot from the start of what ever guide you used (as a gard against myself and the decisions I make I always keep my costom recovery flash zip for all my devices in the root of my sdcard and labled as update.zip or whatever the manufacture's recovery software by defaults to looking for. That way I can always reinstall if the device still turns on.) as you'll likely want to flash and mod with furver, I know I always do, keep a clear head and it should all work out.
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It's a external sd card... And the file and folder are lost.
Exist an universal Custom ROM Android 4.2 ? I didn't found any official rom for this tablet...
SteakFrite said:
It's a external sd card... And the file and folder are lost.
Exist an universal Custom ROM Android 4.2 ? I didn't found any official rom for this tablet...
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Yeah just spent the last hour or so looking for asd mid 162 tablet in google, tried a few modifide search quaries, and such to no avail. Saw your question on a few other boards too. I've a feeling that you've run into the same problem with low popularity and lack of documentation. If you got any other discripters I can use for searching I'll be back on the case after work today
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Yeah just spent the last hour or so looking for asd mid 162 tablet in google, tried a few modifide search quaries, and such to no avail. Saw your question on a few other boards too. I've a feeling that you've run into the same problem with low popularity and lack of documentation. If you got any other discripters I can use for searching I'll be back on the case after work today
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On recovery screen, is marked "SDK : MID-A13-Android4.2-V1.0-20130121"...
This tablet is the 9' inch model of ASD Digital 142...
Looks like that's the rom, could try flashing it again, just google the 'a13 9 inch tablet' and you'll find info on allwinner.
Happen to know what the ASD stands for? All I'm getting is autism results. (Which putting the word autism in this thread and adding '[minus sine]autism' might help)
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I haven't understand...
I don't understand what you say... :/
Can you use easiest word or terms ? (If possible)
Sorry about that.
The first part of last post was discribing a search quary I used to find info on the rom you may be using. Looks like a cross platform compatible rom on the face of it but I'm still looking into it.
The second part of last post was stating that when I search for your devices' model 'asd digital' I'm getting results for human medical problems and not hardware related information. So I put the main word that was triggering that into this thread so that I can then search 'asd digital -autizem' and cut those results automaticly from the google search results.
Still working on this with you, just have split atention with trying to finish my first guide for android/linux dulebooting (unrelated to the issuess that curently plage you but still may be worth a look at when you've a system up and running again.)
At this point doing a restore from a working device's backup like you where saying might be the best bet on reviving the simi-bricked device, but I'll have to do some more reading before I really feel comfortible sugesting that you go though all that.
Now that you where able to boot a recovery screen; have you tried anything to get it back up and running? Such as restoring from a backup created after rooting the first time around?
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link to guide for Debian Kit I'm working on for you.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=sharing

[Q] [q] !!!!!!! I think i broke my nook tablet plz help

I POSTED EARLIER BUT IT NEVER SHOWED UP SO IM REPOSTING. sry for caps.
rooted my nook color and everything was fine. then i tried to root my nook tablet. searched all over the net for comprehensive instructions to do so and i found this
The first thing you need to do is extract the contents of file #1 and write the extracted img file to a Micro SD. If you are using Microsoft Windows then click the file named Win32DiskImager.exe, select the NT16or8gbV47SDimagefile.img, select your drive letter for your SD card.
If you are using Linux, then open up the terminal and CD into the directory where NT16or8gbV47SDimagefile.img is located. Once in the correct directory issue this command to write the .img to the Micro SD:
sudo dd if=NT16or8gbV47SDimagefile.img of=/dev/sdX
You must replace the X in sdX with the appropriate letter for your SD slot. There are many ways to get the correct letter but I use the program Gparted.
Ok, so now you have an SD card that will root your Nook Tablet. Let's boot into Recovey. Turn off your Nook if it is on, and connect the USB wire to your computer. Your Nook will now turn on and enter into ClockwordMod Recovery. Using the Volume Keys to move up and down and the N key to select, click on Install zip from SD. You will now see a zip file called Root_8gb-or-16gb-NTV4_7.zip. Highlight that file and press the N.
If all goes well, the operation will complete. You are now rooted. Press the Power button to go back to main Recovery menus and select Reboot and press the N key. Your Nook will appear normal. It is not. Press the N key and you will see a new option for Home screen. Clicking the new Home icon will take you to an Android looking desktop. Yay! We are not done yet.
Now, install ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Open the app and browse your Micro SD card. Look for a folder called Apps. In this folder you will see a file named Nook Recovery Flasher.apk. Click this file to install it. Once installed, click on Flash CWM Recovery. Now you do not need the SD card you made earlier to boot into Recovery. It is now part of the system.
Remove the SD card and connect it your computer and format it so that it is empty.
Copy the files #2, #3, and #4 that you downloaded from above to the SD card and insert it back into the Nook Tablet.
Remember how to boot your Nook into Recovery mode? Do it.
Select Install zip from SD again and install ONLY CWM_v6.2.7_emmc.zip. This will upgrade your recovery. Without upgrading, you will not be able to flash CyanogenMod. Once the operation is complete, use the power button go back to reboot the Nook. Boot it to Recovery one more time.
Now you can select the latest CyanogenMod file you downloaded to install it. After that, select the latest Gapps you downloaded. Reboot the Nook and you are good to go!!!
. i folowed all the instructions to the dot. but when i got the this step, "Remember how to boot your Nook into Recovery mode? Do it." and i did it. but when i rebooted it immediately tried to boot into recovery but got stuck on the cardboard box screen and it flickered none stop and would not proceed to recovery (CWM) menu. I tried everything i could think of and i found that if i reformatted my sd card with the CWM sd root img and put sd card into NT and boot up it successfully brings up CWM. from this i tried both normal cache wipe and advanced menu cache wipe and also tried wipe to factory settings and wipe battery stats, rebooted and it still gets stuck on the flickering cardboard box screen..........anyone have any ideas? i cant seem to boot it up at all past this screen. maybe i shud format system through sd-card cwm? but then i would have no OS, so how would i proceed with this. is it totally broke or wut? god i hope not:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
If you aim to run rooted stock ROM, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31271965&postcount=240.
If you aim to install custom ROM such as CM10.x internally on emmc, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35669871&postcount=1.
See also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for more background info on rooting & flashing custom ROMs.
wut ive got so far
digixmax said:
If you aim to run rooted stock ROM, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31271965&postcount=240.
If you aim to install custom ROM such as CM10.x internally on emmc, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35669871&postcount=1.
See also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for more background info on rooting & flashing custom ROMs.
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well i think wut u gave me is exactly wut i need. followed the custom rom tutorial and it worked fine to the point to where i first get to cyanoboot menu where i would have proceded to install cm10 and gapps. but i accidentally put the wrong cwm on the sd card and it said bad boot. (note it also said it disabled charging) so i go the right cwm boot img for it. but the fact that it disabled my charger i cannot get back into the cyanboot menu. anyone kno how i can reactivate charging? if not then im completely screwed because once it dies i wont be able to charge it again and it will be flippin useless. even worse than before.........sigh fml someone shoot me in the dome
The "charging disabled" message on the Cyanoboot screen does not mean what you think it means (i.e., charging is turned off on for good until you somehow turn it on again). If you're stuck on that boot screen, just hold down power button for 20-30 sec to turn it off and start over with the SD card with the right CWM.
Yeah, I always wondered about why it says charging disabled when you are in the cyanoboot loader.
That being said, you should be just fine. I recently had to restore, then reflash, then restore my 16GB Nook Tablet. I saw that message in the upper left hand corner and all I really thought was, huh I wander why they do that.
As the poster above me said, just burn the correct version of CWM (you need v6 or higher), load your CM10 and Gapps .ZIP files onto the card.
When you see the Cyanoboot loader hold down the "n" button for the menu.
Select internal recovery.
Select install file from zip.
Select your CM10 .ZIP file.
Wait a few minutes while it does it's thing.
Repeat the same procedure from the install menu for the gapps.zip file.
Once it is done, you can safely remove the SD card. Sometimes this will make the Nook reboot. But that's fine. You want it to reboot anyway. It should boot into CM10. Sometimes the first boot can take a while as it set's itself up. Once it comes up you should be good to go.
Post back if you have any questions.
A piece of advice. If you ever for any reason may need to restore the Stock OS/ROM ***DO NOT*** run any 5point or 10point multitouch installer. If you do and you forget to reflash the multitouch firmware, you will be unable to use the touch screen with the stock OS. Then you will have to reload CM10, reflash the screen firmware, then reload the stock OS. I was running CM10 for months and totally forgot that I did the 10point flash. Screwed me over for a bit. Learn from my pain, don't do that. 99% of all Android users I know (and I know a lot, I work in IT) use 1 finger most of the time and sometimes 2 for pinch to zoom. So in my opinion, you don't gain very much functionality from it and if you forget to reflash the 2 point touch firmware, you could end up with a headache. Just thought i'd throw that out there.
YAY!
Temetka said:
Yeah, I always wondered about why it says charging disabled when you are in the cyanoboot loader.
That being said, you should be just fine. I recently had to restore, then reflash, then restore my 16GB Nook Tablet. I saw that message in the upper left hand corner and all I really thought was, huh I wander why they do that.
As the poster above me said, just burn the correct version of CWM (you need v6 or higher), load your CM10 and Gapps .ZIP files onto the card.
When you see the Cyanoboot loader hold down the "n" button for the menu.
Select internal recovery.
Select install file from zip.
Select your CM10 .ZIP file.
Wait a few minutes while it does it's thing.
Repeat the same procedure from the install menu for the gapps.zip file.
Once it is done, you can safely remove the SD card. Sometimes this will make the Nook reboot. But that's fine. You want it to reboot anyway. It should boot into CM10. Sometimes the first boot can take a while as it set's itself up. Once it comes up you should be good to go.
Post back if you have any questions.
A piece of advice. If you ever for any reason may need to restore the Stock OS/ROM ***DO NOT*** run any 5point or 10point multitouch installer. If you do and you forget to reflash the multitouch firmware, you will be unable to use the touch screen with the stock OS. Then you will have to reload CM10, reflash the screen firmware, then reload the stock OS. I was running CM10 for months and totally forgot that I did the 10point flash. Screwed me over for a bit. Learn from my pain, don't do that. 99% of all Android users I know (and I know a lot, I work in IT) use 1 finger most of the time and sometimes 2 for pinch to zoom. So in my opinion, you don't gain very much functionality from it and if you forget to reflash the 2 point touch firmware, you could end up with a headache. Just thought i'd throw that out there.
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YAY! i figured out how to get past the bad boot part. just be sure to be vigilant and press "n" asap when the screen boots up in cyanoboot......and i mean like THE second it pops up. that solved all my problems.......
but i dont understand the piece of advice part with the 5 point/ 10 point touch installer deal. ill do alil research on it to see wut it is and wut i got to do. if you care to send a link explaining it that would be super flippin awesome. and btw thx sooooooooooooooooo much. this forum has been the most helpful place. quick responses and accurate information. everyone i talk to rocks. i appreciate it so much. :victory:
The 5point and 10point touch is just that.
So you know how your screen responds to your touch input? And let's say you use to fingers to zoom in on a picture. That would be an example of 2 touch. Expand from there for more finger interaction.
Here's an XDA thread on the topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769932
and nice Wikipedia article on how multi-touch works:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch
Glad you are up and running.

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