Android decent tablet?

[Joe88]

well I got it, its an icona tab A500
I press power and boots to a black screen

guess I will try this first
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-tablets/143732-unbrick-your-acer-a500-iconia-tablet-restore-1-141-07-ota-update.html

hope I can get it working again, its a nice tablet

 

[431unknown]

Good luck hope you can fix it. Sounds simple enough.

 

[Joe88]

its not looking good
recovery mode is completely gone off the tablet
the only other alternative is to use apx mode which is working however you need the devices UID (which is unique for every one) and this one doesnt even display it when I try and obtain it

this thing seems to be completely fried

I guess this would work as a full mb replacement
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230795113209?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619
it doesnt seem to difficult to disassemble the mb comes out right after your take out the battery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttuzw9qso8s

I could also try and contact acer and say it bricked via the ota update for ics and see if they will fix it free, the warranty already expired but alot of people had that problem

 

[Joe88]

well I lost that mobo auction (went for $68)
but good news is I got it working again, only took a week

 

[Shano56]

I didn't pay attention to this thread for a while now i'm lost

 

[Joe88]

I didn't pay attention to this thread for a while now i'm lost

now I have an Acer A500 that I brought back from the dead


have 2 other tablets I need to sell

 

[Shano56]

I didn't pay attention to this thread for a while now i'm lost

now I have an Acer A500 that I brought back from the dead


have 2 other tablets I need to sell

ahh nice! what was wrong with the acer?

 

[Joe88]

when powered up it only showed a black screen, nothing else
the boot loader was gone/destroyed, recovery was missing, apx mode was the only thing working

they only way to repair it in that condition was to acquire the UID which is unique to every tegra device, with the UID number your tablet is basically unbrickable
I tried 5 different methods but I couldnt get it

then finally someone who wrote a code in c++ to retrieve the UID if everything else fails showed it to me, unfortunately it was written for linux systems so everything needed to be rewritten from the ground up for the windows platform
he rewrote it and I compiled it and it worked, got the UID, plugged it into the program and it restored it back to honeycomb then upgraded to ics

 

[Shano56]

when powered up it only showed a black screen, nothing else
the boot loader was gone/destroyed, recovery was missing, apx mode was the only thing working

they only way to repair it in that condition was to acquire the UID which is unique to every tegra device, with the UID number your tablet is basically unbrickable
I tried 5 different methods but I couldnt get it

then finally someone who wrote a code in c++ to retrieve the UID if everything else fails showed it to me, unfortunately it was written for linux systems so everything needed to be rewritten from the ground up for the windows platform
he rewrote it and I compiled it and it worked, got the UID, plugged it into the program and it restored it back to honeycomb then upgraded to ics

damn thats crazy. lucky for you that guy wrote that code for windows!

 

[Joe88]

indeed (well I guess I could have installed ubuntu to compile it if I really needed to)
anyway this tab is amazing, enjoying the bigger screen and res, everything loads a lot quicker now thanx to the dual core, longer battery life (like 8 hours now)
my only complaint is the official power cord is like 2 ft long, wtf

I dont feel a need to mess with installing cwm right now, once they drop support I do it to get newer android os's (this shipped with hc, so im guessing jelly bean wont be supported)
I only rooted it so far

now I have 2 other tablets to sell, I could probably make my money back on both

 

[Shano56]

indeed (well I guess I could have installed ubuntu to compile it if I really needed to)
anyway this tab is amazing, enjoying the bigger screen and res, everything loads a lot quicker now thanx to the dual core, longer battery life (like 8 hours now)
my only complaint is the official power cord is like 2 ft long, wtf

I dont feel a need to mess with installing cwm right now, once they drop support I do it to get newer android os's (this shipped with hc, so im guessing jelly bean wont be supported)
I only rooted it so far

now I have 2 other tablets to sell, I could probably make my money back on both

Do you have ICS on it now? And yeah dude my usb cord is like 2 feet too! wtf!

Anyways, what you should do, is when you tryin selling it, say you'll root it for like an extra $30 bucks, i'm sure some sucker go for it.

And one you do install cwm and get a custom rom - you wont regret it. they offer so much more functionality and speed.

 

[Joe88]

yeah, they released ics like 2 months ago for it

 

[431unknown]

now I have an Acer A500 that I brought back from the dead


have 2 other tablets I need to sell

If your going to sell the Coby please PM me what your looking to get for it I might be interested in it.

Congrats on fixing that Acer. The A100 is pretty sweet I can only imagine how nice the A500 is.

Did you follow that thread to fix it or something else?

Also what are the specs on the A500?

 

[Joe88]

as soon as I got the UID (which was the big problem because this device wouldnt show it) just followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585907

A500 specs

Form Factor- 10.1" Tablet

CPU- Tegra 250 Dual cortex A9, 1GHz

RAM: LP DDR2 1GB

On Board Flash- 16GB

Display- 10.1" WXGA , 262K LCM (1280x800) Matrix Display , Wide view angle, LVDS interface
Input- Capacitive Multi-Touch Screen (Real 4 touch , up to 10 contact points)

Network- 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
GPS- GPS supported on WiFi

Cameras-
Rear-facing camera: 5MP Camera with Auto focus and flash light ( single LED)
Forward-facing camera : 2M

Connectivity-
Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR
Micro USB 2.0 type B
USB 2.0 Host

Side (mechanical key)-
Volume Up, Volume Down, screen lock
Power :with back light-white/orange

Sensors-
G-Sensor
E-Compass
L Sensor
Gyro-meter

Output- HDMI D-type (support Dual Display)

Audio-
Dual analog Microphone (Beam-forming, Noise /echo cancellation )
Dual Speaker
3.5mm Audio Jack 4ring (with Mic)
Dolby mobile

Operating System- Android Honeycomb (upgradeable to Ice Cream Sandwich

Dimensions- 260 (L) x 177 (W) x 13.3 (H) mm

Weight- 765g (1.5lb)

Expansion Slot- MicroSD memory card up to 32GB (SDHC 2.0 compatible with support for up to a Class 10 microSDHC card)

Battery- Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 24.1W (3260mAh cell , 2S1P)
Battery Run Time:
Internet browsing via wifi - up to 10 hours
Video playback via wifi - up to 8 hours

AC Adapter- Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 12V and 1.5 A, 18W