help with archos 5 internet media tablet plz - Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello i got a Archos 5 internet media tablet at a good price from a pawnshop and when i got it home it was password protected the shop didnt know the pw so they sold it to me for cheap ... is there a trick i can do to get around this ? i went into recovery , downloaded the file from the main site, installed it and after the reboot it asks for the pw again !!! i tried 4 0's no luck plz help thank for your time

When in recovery menu - did you perform full format or just update firmware. You will need to full format to stand a remote chance

pretty sure i did gonna go thu it again

I believe you have to contact Archos to get a unlock code.

oh ok will call em in the am ty

well i called em and they said that i need to get the pw from the first owner i explained that i got it used from a pawnshop and they didnt care so i guessi'm stuck with it unless i can find a work around

Aameiel said:
well i called em and they said that i need to get the pw from the first owner i explained that i got it used from a pawnshop and they didnt care so i guessi'm stuck with it unless i can find a work around
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Yes. I thought that may be a problem as how would they know that it wasn't stolen. I read someone else called in to get it unlocked, but he must have been able to prove that the device was his. He typed in a 3 digit number for a password and it requires 4 digits.. so then he couldn't unlock. Maybe it was registered.
I hope you find a solution.

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[Q] Streak doesn't recogonize SIM after JTAG

My dell was totally dead (Bricked) and I sent it to one of my friends to JTAG. After Resurrection with Riff Box, it came to live but it does not recognize the sim card (shows no sim card). In addition to that it shows TAG Number 000000. Please help.
what rom is currently installed? you could try reinstalling with 351/latest to make sure all the firmware files are in sync.
Have you tried doing a read on a good streak to make sure the data loaded though jtag was good?
(I dont have any actual exprience jatagging, i assume you can do reads though it just like you can do writes)
TheManii said:
what rom is currently installed? you could try reinstalling with 351/latest to make sure all the firmware files are in sync.
Have you tried doing a read on a good streak to make sure the data loaded though jtag was good?
(I dont have any actual exprience jatagging, i assume you can do reads though it just like you can do writes)
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I do not have any information about JTAG. My friend has done the JTAG. I will try to forward your post him.
iT iS Me said:
My dell was totally dead (Bricked) and I sent it to one of my friends to JTAG. After Resurrection with Riff Box, it came to live but it does not recognize the sim card (shows no sim card). In addition to that it shows TAG Number 000000. Please help.
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I have the same problem after my Riff JTAG around 3-4 days back. I have the unlock Code but it's not prompting me to input one. My Service Tag Number has also gone 000000.
(I am not sure if Streak Unlocker will be able to unlock my phone and therefore not paid $29 yet though the test shows it can. But then Test was showing it can unlock by phone even when it was already unlocked.)
I guess JTAG has somehow re-written the BIOS and not sure what to do next. I have tried Stock ROMs but still not getting the prompt to put unlock code. I am considering to get the JTAG done again and get everything written properly or try Streak Unlocker after paying $29.
There must be a way to put the unlock Code in Engineering mode or by keying in some number like *#123UNLOCK321#* or find & write the code manually. If streak unlocker can do it there must be way to do it manually too.
Well the streak has to store some special data somewhere, stuff like the service tag among them.
If you can get your hands on a couple of working, stock streaks, you might want to consider trying to dump that data and seeing what's shared among all streaks what what is unique. Very least it might give you a clue on why yours isnt working/displays no service tag
TheManii said:
Well the streak has to store some special data somewhere, stuff like the service tag among them.
If you can get your hands on a couple of working, stock streaks, you might want to consider trying to dump that data and seeing what's shared among all streaks what what is unique. Very least it might give you a clue on why yours isnt working/displays no service tag
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If some one has a better or rather a more practical idea..Please help. Getting couple of Streaks is almost impossible here (India) and further getting them on Stock ROM will be equally impossible at most of the places (how many ppl you find around.... having a streak?)
I have the unlock code.......Just need a way to enter it....I am not getting this prompt on any ROM I have tried QDL, Stock O2, Stock AT&T. Stock Hong Kong (354) ...and have hit the wall
nirajkrm said:
If some one has a better or rather a more practical idea..Please help. Getting couple of Streaks is almost impossible here (India) and further getting them on Stock ROM will be equally impossible at most of the places (how many ppl you find around.... having a streak?)
I have the unlock code.......Just need a way to enter it....I am not getting this prompt on any ROM I have tried QDL, Stock O2, Stock AT&T. Stock Hong Kong (354) ...and have hit the wall
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I am really SAD for you. my mobile still with my friend and so far I do not know what is the status (I am just waiting ). Have you done a full backup before it got bricked. If so, try full restore (This what I asked my friend to do).
Same Problem!!
I had the same problem with my DS. It shows a message Default NV selected #3 while loading in fastboot mode. so i guess something went wrong while setting the default NV to 3??.
Valid SIM card is no longer detected and gives notification saying No SIM Card.
It was a factory unlocked phone and was bricked last month by the command fastboot -w.
since this command erased the user data from somewhere inside the phone(either Internal SD card or the ROM), there should be some ways to re-write those data to those locations.
If any one is familiar to develop some kinda application that can write to those locations then pleaseeeeeeeeee try this out for us.. we can root the device if needed..
If anyone with same problem has got any solutions then please do share with me too..
my email address is : [email protected]
Thanks in advance
JTAGging the Streak is the only way to revive a Streak that has been hit with a fastboot -w. And as you have seen from the rest of the thread it's very likely the Streak will never be able to make calls again after recovery. There are multiple other users in the forum dealing with bricked Streaks, and out of all of them, I believe only one was able to restore phone capability.
Changing MicroSD cards and/or ROMs won't help because the affected area is in the Streak's BIOS (for lack of a better term). The service tag and SIM card low-level interface firmware are stored in the BIOS.
There gotta be a way out of it!!
Hi eveyone!
Now i ended up to a dell streak tablet(was phone) after i did the "fastboot -w" .
The guys from dell mailed me yesterday that they can recover it but would cost me 179.9 pounds(Which i bought for 200 pounds). Is that fair?? to charge 179 for repairing a phone that can be bought at 200?? So i decided not to send to the dell store for repair.
Since i am not an expert I am not sure about this ,But i think there is a way out of this problem, I mean if "fastboot -w" command erases the data from "god knows which location" then there can be a command like "fastboot -wr location data_to_be_copied" which simply copies some thing that is missing due to fastboot -wr command??
Is there anyone who can Reverse Engineer the fastboot and figure out from where the data was deleted and what was deleted and the way to restore those data there???
Thanks in advance to those who would analyze the fastboot and its data flow and try to help coz there are lot of people waiting for this..
We have 8 nand partitions (/dev/block/mtdblock0-7)
One is for kernel boot image, other might contain system, bb, firstboot and other stuff.
Maybe the answer is there?
Fastboot -w/erase likely corrupts the partition table on the innerSD,
seeing as it was prob due to dell never updating their fastboot loader to take it into account. (The Venue doesnt have this issue as it doesnt have an innerSD).
You can fix it by either restoring it to a known good image (there's a thread on the main subforum) or by manually repartitioning your innerSD.
You will need to disassemble your S5 to do it (regardless of who does it) and a pc with a SD/microSD port then just reimage it, it's not very difficult besides the disassembling part.
The firmwares are on the nand, but we cant read to it, and the only way to (safely) write to it is the stock rec.

[Q] Help - Demo Unit - Need extra help.

Hello, I have purchased a demo unit HP Touchpad, I currently have the touchpad on the 'HP webOS Account' screen, where its asking me to login or create an account. I get an error message when i try to create a new one.
Please can somebody talk me through how to unlock this and get working like a new touchpad?
I have downloaded a file called chekz device tool, but cannot get it to load on CMD, I am very new to this CMD it may be something am typing in wrong but I have tried for hours with no success.
Please Help???
Thanks,
Matthew
There is an unlock bypass method here, but they all should be unlocked anyway. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229254
Nburnes said:
There is an unlock bypass method here, but they all should be unlocked anyway. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229254
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No its not unlocked, this is what I cant understand. On the startup screen, I click on Register (newaccount) and then once I fill in the details it says an account cannot be created. Am really lost
Would you happen to have the demo unit video stored somewhere on the TouchPad?
Just download WebOS Doctor and do a factory settings. Since you`ve just bought it, don`t think it`s gonna be a big deal for u

Lost Unblock code

Hello..
I have buy an sgs 2 today but i lost my deblock code..
I didn't put my google account so i can't deblock..
If i do a hard reset,code will disappear?
RobyRc said:
Hello..
I have buy an sgs 2 today but i lost my deblock code..
I didn't put my google account so i can't deblock..
If i do a hard reset,code will disappear?
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Oh ... that's really bad !
Phone just bought, so you may go back to the store and ask for help or another phone there?
Ok, a hard reset will erase more than only the "unblock" code.
As you do not have any personal data on the phone, and you won't lose anything, you can just try to reset your phone.
Good luck !
Give it a try but Ive read that sometimes it wont work because its not personal data its a security setting.Hope it works but id be doughtful or there wouldnt be any point in putting one in if it was that easy to get rid of.If you know the firmware you have you could root it and format the system.
RobyRc said:
Hello..
I have buy an sgs 2 today but i lost my deblock code..
I didn't put my google account so i can't deblock..
If i do a hard reset,code will disappear?
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Take it to a Samsung service center with proof its yours sales bill etc and they reset your handset... Some do charge for this service..
I can't go to service..so a hard reset will delete all?
Or what i can do ?!
RobyRc said:
I can't go to service..so a hard reset will delete all?
Or what i can do ?!
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Well is your bad at the end of the day...
Look at it this way you may of found said fone it may of been stolen what ever the case may or may not be you can enter a service center with proof of purchase Samsung will unblock and unlock fones as said some change for this service all depends on your location....To me it seem strange you went out and bought your fone but cant get to or ship the fone to Samsung.
As it stands now you cant use that fone so even if you shipped it to Sammy you still be withoiut a phone no matter which way you look at it...
What exactly is a 'deblock code'? The code when unlocking the phone or a network unlock code? Just a curious passer by.
Lol bro,i'm now in another country and i can't go to samsung
Yeah,Unlocking code
So you bought the phone and left the country in the same day
Sounds like you robbed a banked.Are you talking about the device pin code or another blocking code like go locker?
Devince...
Yesterday i bought(at 12:00 Germany) and today i arrived in my country..
Yes,pin unlocker phone no go locker
Why don't you just root it and use one of the many apps that are available to unlock it? That's what I did and it worked just fine. If you do proceed to do it, make sure you back up your EFS!
RobyRc said:
Devince...
Yesterday i bought(at 12:00 Germany) and today i arrived in my country..
Yes,pin unlocker phone no go locker
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If its a device PIN Lock then a Factory Reset wont work because a Factory Reset wipes personal data and a Device Pin Lock is a security setting.You do however have a few options,
1.Find your receipt and find a Service Centre in your country and HOPE (and probably pay) they will unlock it as Samsung are global.
2.Root your device with a CF-Root kernel and format it completely in "mounts and Storage".This formats System,Data and Cache but you need to know what firmware it has to use the correct kernel and not brick your phone.(differing reports of this working but mostly it does).
3.Root and use and app from the market as posted from the user prior to my post but once again the problem of the correct kernel pops-up.
You main disadvantage is that its a security thing.They are put there to piss people off.Only its a bugger when its the owner
cooza said:
If its a device PIN Lock then a Factory Reset wont work because a Factory Reset wipes personal data and a Device Pin Lock is a security setting.You do however have a few options,
1.Find your receipt and find a Service Centre in your country and HOPE (and probably pay) they will unlock it as Samsung are global.
2.Root your device with a CF-Root kernel and format it completely in "mounts and Storage".This formats System,Data and Cache but you need to know what firmware it has to use the correct kernel and not brick your phone.(differing reports of this working but mostly it does).
3.Root and use and app from the market as posted from the user prior to my post but once again the problem of the correct kernel pops-up.
You main disadvantage is that its a security thing.They are put there to piss people off.Only its a bugger when its the owner
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It's an unlocker (with points,need to do a lane or something)
I think i will go to an service..
But,who i can do the 2 ? Cf root?
I'm noob...
You need to know the Firmware it has to match the kernel.The rest I can guide you BUT if you dont not know the Firmware or kernel you WILL BRICK your phone.

Rooting ZTE Overture 3?

Hello all. I've just recently "upgraded" (relatively speaking) from the ZTE Sonata 3 on Cricket to the incrementally-better Overture 3. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get root. Thanks in advance.
AngryScholar said:
Hello all. I've just recently "upgraded" (relatively speaking) from the ZTE Sonata 3 on Cricket to the incrementally-better Overture 3. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get root. Thanks in advance.
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Take that phone and toss it in a pond i have the exact same one and u will never root it dont waste time downloading any one click root software or adb commands either i have tried them all go to ebay and buy a factory phone not a carrier phone cricket has implemented something in the rom they install and the bootloader menu is un obtaain able i have called zte about the issue cricket about the issue maybe if u can find a stock firmware that dosent have the cricket security in it and manage to get it flashed u have a chance but i have been unsuccesful in finding one if u do dm me a link lol but goodluck on getting it rooted if u find a way to get it rebooted in the bootloader i can talk u through the rest but all adb commands and through recovery wehn u reboot into bootloader just restarts the phone
long story short cricket bought the phone rooted it put there software and secruity unrooted and now well u know the rest use pdanet+ with wifi direct cracked bypasses the tether block if thats all u need
Link?
mufasa8927 said:
Take that phone and toss it in a pond i have the exact same one and u will never root it dont waste time downloading any one click root software or adb commands either i have tried them all go to ebay and buy a factory phone not a carrier phone cricket has implemented something in the rom they install and the bootloader menu is un obtaain able i have called zte about the issue cricket about the issue maybe if u can find a stock firmware that dosent have the cricket security in it and manage to get it flashed u have a chance but i have been unsuccesful in finding one if u do dm me a link lol but goodluck on getting it rooted if u find a way to get it rebooted in the bootloader i can talk u through the rest but all adb commands and through recovery wehn u reboot into bootloader just restarts the phone
long story short cricket bought the phone rooted it put there software and secruity unrooted and now well u know the rest use pdanet+ with wifi direct cracked bypasses the tether block if thats all u need
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do you mind sending me a link for the mentioned pdanet with wifi direct?
To boot into recovery on zte overture 3 isnt that hard, just hold down the power button while it is booting up. The screen will go black and it will look like its rebooting again, but instead of booting into the normal operating system, it boots i to recovery mode. Yes this is for the cricket version (just make sure you go into developer tools and allow the OEM bootloader to be unlocked)
so is this confirmed rootable?
unlock Cricket Overture 3 bootloader
download G-droid (is apk store) download Secret codes. tap on 759 (google partner setup) OEM on/off is there. Set to on and it's now in your developer options. Works on Z851M 7.1.1 just figured it out tonight.. I will root it... someone else could probably do it faster..
here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/bootloader-unlocking-qualcomm-zte-t4100897
I am having trouble when I first open the QFIL, the port is not showing up, I dont know what to do.
Im using the ZTE sonata 3 for this if that helps

Bypass FRP with Bit-2 Firmware

I was given a Tab S7 WiFi (T870) by a client whos husband passed away. She does not know the PIN, or the Gmail account password and gave it to me because "You can probably figure out how to get into it". The device had the newest firmware installed with the U2 bootloader (I had downgraded the firmware to the earliest version of the Bit-2/U2 bootloader). I know FRP can be bypassed with a combination firmware but it doesn't seem to be available as the only combination file I can find for this device is with the older U1 firmware. I have tried every tool I can find and cannot come up with any kind of solution. Is this thing just a big paperweight now or is there another solution I am missing?
if you have the box as well & proof of purchase, go to Service Center and explain the situation
Crescendo Xenomorph said:
if you have the box as well & proof of purchase, go to Service Center and explain the situation
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I have neither, only the tablet.
Fixed by @hainguyenthao
HE IS AWESOME AND EXTREMLY HELPFUL!!!!!
glad you can use it ^^

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