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Hello,
I was wandering if my tablet is hosed or not because of the following information after I tried to install early preview
of ICS and I have opened it. I have taken to a repair shop but they would touch because 'they think it is a software issue.' Software would not cause the followine:
A:My Tablet will not turn on.
B:My Tablet is not seen by my pc(I have tried every plug)
C:Master reset button does not do anything
D:When I try to run APX, it says that there are no usb connected.
E:When I either try to charge with/without dock, it will charge for about 30mins max then the charge light will shut off.
F:Windows does not recognize my tablet when connected to my PC.
barakisbrown said:
Hello,
I was wandering if my tablet is hosed or not because of the following information after I tried to install early preview
of ICS and I have opened it. I have taken to a repair shop but they would touch because 'they think it is a software issue.' Software would not cause the followine:
A:My Tablet will not turn on.
B:My Tablet is not seen by my pc(I have tried every plug)
C:Master reset button does not do anything
D:When I try to run APX, it says that there are no usb connected.
E:When I either try to charge with/without dock, it will charge for about 30mins max then the charge light will shut off.
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Perhaps you have been here but this site helped me out many times.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/
See this post.
I would use this thread if my tablet could actually turn on. I have tried to see if it will show up in APX mode.
Have you checked to see if you are actually just in APX mode?
There won't be a thing on the tablet screen, will look like it's off (no color change of the black "off" getting lighter from being "on", etc..).
If you were able to nvflash before, have you tried nvflashing again?
Just as a test, plug the tablet up to your PC (that you have used nvflash on before....so we know your USB config is valid for the Gtablet), go ahead and hold the volume - down and then press power for just a second. Now try to nvflash the device.
My tablet was stuck in an APX boot only process for a LONG time (about 9 months). I could nvflash it with different ROMS to test, just couldn't power it off because once I did....it appeared to never come on again. Reset button did nothing, Power button did nothing, screen was just "off" black period. I could still nvflash....
barakisbrown said:
I would use this thread if my tablet could actually turn on. I have tried to see if it will show up in APX mode.
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You should go through those links a bit more carefully. Watch that youtube video for a start.
I got home after school and tried all suggestions and I still could not get it into apx mode. I watched the youtube video but I could not get my computer to recognize it like it does in the video.
If you've checked your USB cable
and done the HW reset procedures in the posts correctly
and also tried the nvflash on Linux
and if the tablet still doesn't go into APX mode,
then you might have truly bricked your gtab.
They say it is unbrickable--but, really, it is not.
You got an SOD. Fosser warned people that tried the ICS alpha about this. The only thing you can do is unscrew the back and press the reset button on the mainboard. If that don't work... sorry you killed your Gtab.
Thanks for the help
Well,
It does look like I really did brick my tablet because I have TRIED everything. I knew what I was getting myself into when I flashed it.
barakisbrown said:
Well,
It does look like I really did brick my tablet because I have TRIED everything. I knew what I was getting myself into when I flashed it.
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You could try installing Ubuntu on a spare computer, and see if Ubuntu detects your gtab. Ubuntu does not need apx drivers. All you have to do is plug in USB open a terminal and type lsusb and hit enter. You will need to attempt to put your tablet into apx mode with power and volume down first. Doing it through Ubuntu will eliminate the possibility of a driver error.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
I already had similar situation. Used power consuming USB HDD to train my battery.
After 24h - my G-tab is back
Last night I bought a brand new Streak 5 from a local guy. Box was sealed, no mention of refurb, inner contents were sealed.
I didn't have time to test it and the guy I bought it from said he had gotten it a while back from a work raffle and that it had been sitting in a drawer in his house - I have no reason not to trust that he was lying to me.
When I actually got time to unbox it, I popped the battery in and tried to turn it on. The menu buttons lit up briefly and then when out. The screen never came on. Since then, it has been completely unresponsive.
I've tried to charge it with the wall charger, as well as my PC. Neither seem to be doing anything and my PC doesn't recognize it - even with Dell's software installed.
I've tried to take out the battery and hook it up to the wall charger and my PC to get it to turn on.
I've removed the Micro SD.
There is no SIM card in it currently.
I ordered another battery and an external battery charger. They should be here in a few days. I have the current battery rigged up and charging with a spliced USB cord.
What else can I do? I feel like I've done everything "simple" thus far and I'm a little nervous when it comes to utilities like Streakflash.
I'm coming over from the iPhone world and my Android use has been limited at best. Any help is appreciated.
What happens on the device itself after having had a chance to charge?
Does it light up when you press the power button, or nothing at all?
Thanks for the response.
There is no indication that it's charging. The screen doesn't come on, or even flash. The buttons do not light up. However, I don't believe it's the cable or the connector since my PC responds with an unrecognized device -- "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" prompt. I also managed to get my PC to tell me that the device "wasn't plugged in."
I've tried to get some response out of it in every possible combination regarding the buttons, battery, back cover, microSD, and where it's plugged in. It just sits there. No lit screen, no lit menu buttons, nothing.
If it helps, I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. I've installed every possible thing I could find regarding the Dell drivers and my OS.
It sounds like your device somehow got shipped without having all the software installed onto it.
Can you provide more information about the device itself, such as it's manufacture date or any other info on the box/device labels? Devices getting shipped half baked like that isnt exactly common.
This sounds like a legitamate time to use QDL tool to reflash it, but I cant provide any help with that as I've never used it.
Can you use QDLTool if your computer doesn't even recognize it?
The date on the label is 10/12/2010.
If it's displaying as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" that's a sign that it should be able to get into upload mode as that's what the driver qdl tool uses I believe.
It's likely out of warrentee already, so you prob have to fix it on your own if at all.
I can't get it to respond to anything I do. It's very disheartening. I really, really wanted this phone, too.
I'm downloading the latest version of Ubuntu. I'm going to see if I can make any headway through Linux.
I can't get QDLTool to pick-up the device, either. I get an error message when I try to use it and scanning for it does nothing.
Did you install the driver bundled with it properly?
If it still doesnt detect it after that it's likely a dud
use qdltool, you can download it from here
http://www.box.com/s/rj9xd5tl7v5amimbm3youll need to make sure you have all drivers installed though, info is on this forum somewhere,
once installed run the software on pc you should see a big box with "run" on it, click run then connect phone by holding volume up and connecting usb then qdltool will do rest from there
when i got my both my dell streak it was the same deal. first one came exactly as how you described it. I put in the battery, made SURE THAT THE CONNECTORS ARE lined up on the back case, and then tried to power it on. NOTHING.
It seems even if the battery was fully charged, the only real way to turn it on was to connect the streak to the power adapter and then press hold down the on button. WHen the device finally gave me the dell logo, it would just sit there stuck. So i took out the battery, and redid it. Then went into fastboot mode (hold camera and power) and it wouldnt detect the touch screen. It seems that the touch scree was faulty and hence it would remain stuck on the dell logo. I tried to calibrate the touch screen a few times, all failed. Then finally for one time it worked, and the touch screen came back to life. Shortly after though upon booting into the old stage 1.6, it restarted and the touch screen failed again.
So i sent it back to rogers and they gave me a replacement phone. Same deal, when you first put in the battery and the case it wouldnt start no matter what. Only upon plugging it into the power adapter then it starts up. However this new one had a functional touch screen.
1) check out the touch screen by using the fastboot, or stock recovery. If you get error messages, it means your screen is toast most likely and then you might have to open her up and see if all the connections are lined up
2) if it doesnt boot at all, try connecting it to the power adapter first and then after about 30 seconds power it on. You should be able to see the dell logo unless as the guys stated before the software is hosed.
3) if the software is totally hosed, tried to get it into fastboot mode or recovery and see if you can reflash the device.
something like that...
Thanks for the comments, guys.
As of now, it's still in the same position it was in. It doesn't respond to any combinations of buttons, battery in/or, or plugged into the wall/pc.
I'm assuming that the situation it's in currently is what's preventing any sort of legitimate connection between the phone and my PC.
My last shot is a battery and external charger that should be here next week.
My son has my old g tab and it was running slow so I decided to put another rom on it. To transfer the rom files, I first I plugged it in to my Win7 computer and the drives came up, but then decided I wanted to do it on my ubuntu computer instead, so I plugged it in to the usb port and the drives did not pop up. So I figured a driver issue so I just decided to do it on my Win7 computer, now it didn't work there. Now the screen wont come on, it worked this morning, but now I cannot even get it to power on at all, nothing on the screen. The battery was full, but I have tried with it plugged in to wall outlet too. I tried pressing the power button slowly a few times and holding it down to force it to power off. I also tried powering on holding the volume up and the volume down, still nothing. What could have gone wrong? Please help, my son is going on vacation next week and I really don't want to tell him I broke his tablet just days before. Thanks.
do a bit of reading, but basically:
hold volume down and the power button together for at least 5 seconds to get it into APX mode. plug it in and you should hear it connect.
does the charge light come on when you plug it in? if not, it's dead.
I'm assuming it's charged and just not booting. Look for nvFlash files for it, first stock TnT ROMs or maybe an ICS rom, but those are all really slow, except maybe for the one not on XDA, AOKP for the gTab.
and don't use words like hard brick if you still want to work on fixing it. a hard brick is a paper weight. hyperbole isn't becoming on anyone.
I have tried that with the usb plugged in to windows and there is no usb connect sound. The red light does come on when its plugged in to outlet. Is there anyway for me to reset it to factory just using some special button combo?
I've seen on other forums, don't know if this one or for other devices, that maybe it will work when the battery fully drains? So if it is off right now and if the battery was full when this happened, how long until the battery would fully drain? Like days or weeks?
I fixed it! I opened it up and unplugged the battery and plugged it back in and now its working
aldar5 said:
I fixed it! I opened it up and unplugged the battery and plugged it back in and now its working
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I would recommend drilling a DRH while you had it open, hopefully you did?
Where exactly is a DRH supposed to be drilled? And how big of a hole?
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium
Dave51495 said:
Where exactly is a DRH supposed to be drilled? And how big of a hole?
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium
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With that I direct your attention to this tread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585012 - Comes with pictures and location of the internal reset button. There are different ways that you can create your hole, I think the best one is using wax paper cover the back and mark location on the sheet with a Sharpe marker. Then apply your template to the back cover and scratch the marking in.
So, I have a Nook Tablet 8gb that's stuck in a boot loop. I was using it last night to read, decided to go to bed and plugged it into the charger. Upon plugging the tablet in, it powered off, tried to boot up again, and then powered off again. It's now stuck in a boot loop (only shows the 'n' screen for 1 second), and it only does this when plugged into the charger or my laptop. When I remove it from the usb cable, it doesn't even power on at all.
I tried calling the Barnes and Noble customer support, but being that my NT is 1.5 years old, it's now out of warranty and they apparently can't do anything for me. The guy tried walking me through some troubleshooting steps and ended up telling me that it's a hardware problem. Before I toss it out, I decided to check here.
I have looked at other posts and seen similar issues that have been posted about, but seeing as how my NT won't even turn on without being plugged into the cable, none of the fixes on here seem to have worked. I did try downloading the repart.img onto a sd card but I was still unable to get my NT to reset to factory settings.
I'm at a loss at what to do with this paperweight, and I can assure anyone reading this, that I will never own a Nook again because of the horrible customer support, and the fact that the one I had only lasted me 1.5 years. Please help if you can, thanks!
Ok, update to my NT situation... (FYI, this appears to be a h/w issue with my battery vice an Android OS issue)
Just to clarify, I'll give a little more information. I've been doing research all day on my problem, and I feel like I need to specify some things in case anyone else has a similar situation going on. After reading some other posts online, this is what the problem initially appeared to be...
My nook tablet's battery drained all the way to 0% before I plugged it in. After plugging it into the cable (via pc or wall outlet), the tablet would power on, show the 'n' screen for approx 1 second, and then power off. After about 5 seconds, it would power on again, show the 'n' screen, and power off again. Basically it was just stuck in a boot loop and did not seem to be charging up at all even though the indication on the cable showed it should have been charging. When I would unplug the nook from the cable, it would not turn on at all.
Possible solution #1... I read somewhere in a couple different posts that it could be just a battery issue caused by me letting it drain all the way down. Some people resolved their issues by removing the back from their tablets, unplugging the battery for 10 seconds, plugging it back in and then letting the tablet charge. (Removing the back and messing with your tablet's hardware will void the warranty!!!) After watching a couple videos about how to access the battery and remove it, I decided to unplug mine and give it a shot.
Results so far.... After plugging my battery back in, my NT has stopped going into the boot loop. I'm now getting the message to let it charge for 15 minutes and then try to power it on again. This is at least a different screen than the boot loop I was seeing, so some success... hoping in about half an hour I'll have even more success. I will update again when I see something different... crossing my fingers!!!
Yep, unplugging my battery did stop the boot loop, and my NT is now charging. I was able to turn it back on and it's now at the stock setup screen.
Even though no-one replied to the post, I'd still like to thank the Android gurus that do post here and help individuals resolve their problems. It seems like I'm always learning something new when I check out the forums. Please keep up the great work!
Now time to root and have some more fun!!!
So just yesterday I was on here asking how to load/install apps from/to a USB device. I'm unsure if it's something I did to cause this or if it was just my tablet acting up.
I installed 2 new apps, "StickMount" and "FolderMount". StickMount is supposed to be for mounting/unmounting the USB I plug in, and FolderMount is supposed to connect installed apps to the usb in a "pair" so that they can load off of the USB instead of the device.
I had moved a few apps, one being LuckyPatcher, over to usb. However it really didn't seem to do anything. In fact, I'm pretty sure doing that added onto the existing used space (so it took more not less). The other two were just some games I was playing at the time (for testing).
Everything was running normal, I plugged the tablet in as it was close to death (like 14% if I remember correctly). Few hours go by, I decide to use it. Double tap the screen, no response. Click power, no response. HOLD power, nothing. I decide that maybe it was just dead and needed a charge, so I left it in as I went to sleep.
Wake up, and repeat. Nothing happens. I plug it into the computer, computer doesn't show anything is connected. Leave it for like hour to see if it'd charge, nothing. Tried using the steps on the google product forums, and nothing helped.
All the topics on here are people mentioning their tablets are in a similar state and they don't have a solution posted.. Or they say to send it in for repairs. I can't do that as I won this in a contest and there's no warranty or insurance on it.
Is there ANY way I can get this out of this brick state?
P.S: I forgot to mention, When I was taking my case off it, after it was already in the brick state, the nexus tablet itself started to come apart.. That's not normal is it?
P.P.S: I can't link to the page as I have not made enough posts. Googling "Nexus 9 won't boot" should get a product forums link, the user in there posts the link to the troubleshooter. Was just things like holding power and volume down, plugging it in and waiting 15 mins. so on.