ok i read everything i could find on rooting, my problem is that my acer tab a100 only connects 2 ways to the pc. Camera and Media. i have usb development enabled but it still shows waiting for device to connect. i can explore the files and everything. ive tried reading through all the forums but havnt seen anyone with same problem.
I cant even tell if i put ICS on it correctly. looks same as it did before i did it.
Are you doing this on windows? If so its likely the drivers aren't installed or not installed correctly. Aside from that I can't help much further as I run Ubuntu and drivers for adb aren't an issue.
To check your android version go to settings > about tablet. It will show your version as 3.x.x or 4.x.x. 3 being honeycomb and 4 being ics. Also on boot the first Acer screen will have some text upper left corner, if it went through for the ics unlocked boot loader it will say (unlocked mode) up there.
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my image version is acer_av041_rv01rc03_ww_gen1
build verson is Acer_av041_1.014.00_ww_gen1
I just cant get this thing to root correctly. Its rather annoying being lost. I usally dont post and find the answers to my questions but this first tablet ive played with. Other than that ive used these forums for htc tilt/captivate/infuse/atrix/HD2/etc. Ive just seem to hit a wall on this one.
Windows and I downloaded and installed all the correct drivers. My android is 4.0.3. I guess I could try using my desktop since it most likely won't have any conflicting drivers. I'll install the drivers first then connect.
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Ok as i thought, this should be put in bold print with " " around it. Very important to download drivers from acer's website and install first before connecting tablet. After doing so on my desktop it rooted just fine. Now to play with a few more things lol.
It should be noted someplace, not all threads and how tos mention to not install normal drivers first, or to uninstall them first. A ton of problems come up from that issue alone, I was about to suggest it but you figured it out on your own.
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Please help me root this device. I have only ever done my Gs2 a few times with flashing etc, so am basically a complete noob.
I have tried for the last couple of hours and am wanting to go mad. I have followed all the lines about unlocking the device and the fastbook oem unlock, But all it ever tells me is waiting for device. Im guessing im missing drivers, but I have dont the samsung drivers a couple of times, and unzipped and followed the instructions.
Any easier to follow guides or info out there that can help me?
When I plug the phone in to unlock it, i dont get the usual ding from windows, i just get a little thre dings like it doesnt know what it is.
please help. Thanks....
Ps, sorry if I am being stupid or cluttering the forum. cheers..
No help out there at all???
If any one can I will be so grateful, Or if anyone is near to welwyn garden / st albans maybe youd fancy rooting 2 of these nexus' for me and il give you a drink?
Thanks..
Look in the development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352413
Install the android version of pdanet on your PC... it will uninstall but will leave the drivers you need.
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No help out there at all???
If any one can I will be so grateful, Or if anyone is near to welwyn garden / st albans maybe youd fancy rooting 2 of these nexus' for me and il give you a drink?
Thanks..
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Haven't rooted mine yet, I'll be doing it at the weekend. Had loads of issues with the drivers when I rooted my Nexus S. In the end I installed PDA net on my PC - the drivers installed with that worked fine (you don't actually use PDA net thereafter) Not sure if this works with the GN but you will not do any harm trying it.
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Look in the development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352413
Install the android version of pdanet on your PC... it will uninstall but will leave the drivers you need.
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Beat me to it
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Cheers guys, Im so new to this, its so frustrating. Its got to be a driver issue. My comp reconises the phone when its on, but when its in bootloader mode, windows is giving me three dull bells when connecting the device....
will have a look at the other thread, Have already read that one I think, and looked so foreign to me!!! lol
I cant pst in the other thread, but have downloaded and installed pda net for android, and when it gets to installing the drivers from the phone, it does it all, ie galaxy nexus , the other driver that i cant remember and the galaxy driver is not installing. Even gone two miles down the road and got a different laptop. no matter what I download or ty and install it just dnt do it.
can some one either make a real simple idiots guide for me the idot, or locally please let me pay you a small fee to root these two phones. Im almost in tears after 5.5 hours of constant crap and pathetiness.
Wishing right now i had not bthered with these phones. At least my s2 and flashing was simple.
It says "waiting for device" because for some crazy reason when you are in fastboot mode Windows (which is what I'm using) uses a different USB driver than when you are in "normal" usb connect mode.
What you need do to sort it out is to go to Device Manager and change the driver to use the Samsung instead of whatever crazy one Windows has decided to use. Then you can carry on with doing the bootloader unlocking.
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I cant pst in the other thread, but have downloaded and installed pda net for android, and when it gets to installing the drivers from the phone, it does it all, ie galaxy nexus , the other driver that i cant remember and the galaxy driver is not installing. Even gone two miles down the road and got a different laptop. no matter what I download or ty and install it just dnt do it.
can some one either make a real simple idiots guide for me the idot, or locally please let me pay you a small fee to root these two phones. Im almost in tears after 5.5 hours of constant crap and pathetiness.
Wishing right now i had not bthered with these phones. At least my s2 and flashing was simple.
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Ok so what have you done so far?
You have the pdanet drivers installed on your pc?
You need to boot into fastboot mode to install the driver you need to root your phone.
*THIS* guide will explain what adb and fastboot are exactly.
*THIS* guide will show you how to set up adb and fastboot.
When unlocking the bootloader you will need the file fastboot.exe which you can put in the root of your c drive for easy access. The atteached file needs to be renamed from .zip to .exe as you cant attach .exe files in xda.
If you have any more questions then just ask .
Mark.
ok..... having gone through similar a few minutes ago.
The drivers kept saying that they had failed to install. kept trying over and over.
then i twigged:
1) made sure debugging mode was on
2) Rebooted the unit into bootloader mode - suddenly the adb driver installed successfully doh !
wonder if this is the same issue you are having ... the adb drivers only install successfully once the nexus is connected via usb and in bootloader mode
of course you may know all that already but it had me stumped for a while
Thank you guys, some good info and detailed posts, which is what I was hoping for! I'm in bed now, but will give this a blast and report back tomorrow!
Really appreciated!
Thanks .......
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Big thanks to everyone. Woke up with a clearer head and proceeded to try again. Done as wilbur said and installed drivers in recovery mode. And perfect.......
after so many problems all was sorted. Then used superboot, and all was ok. 2 galaxy nexus's rooted. think the lesson learnt is to walk away instead of furiously trying things.
Cheers for all the input. What a easy methd ONCE all the drivers are there!!
Cheers people
Glad you got it sorted
UPDATE:
I'm thinking I could download rom manager and use it to install the stock rom... but given the trouble that I had with flashing roms before:
(My phone had a working version of Axiom 2.4 on it. I decided to try to flash a few new roms (gummy, liquid, codename android) and all had the same issue, they would boot, go to the upgrading android screen, finish that and go straight to the homescreen without the "welcome to android/activating" screens, then freeze after 10 seconds requiring a battery pull. Sorta led to this mess)
I'm not sure its a good idea.
Any thoughts? I really just need to get rid of the lock on the splash screen.
I'm considering just letting it sit till an ota comes out and either A: relocks the phone so I'll return it, or B: effs it so badly I can return it.
Drop box + 4G can be an annoying workaround for usb functionality.
Having some trouble with the GNex.
I was stuck in recovery, now I have it booting with minimal apps in my nand of a stock rooted rom. (Minimal apps as in I have none of the system apps I uninstalled nor any user installed apps. Luckily I do have the android market)
However my underlying issue with the USB remains.
I am unable to connect it to a computer and have it recognized, whether the phone is booted (trying to mtp or whatever so I can see the files) or in adb or fastboot. The same error 43 comes across on both of my computers. The phone DOES charge via usb.
I'd like to return it to VZW claiming a broken usb, but the phone is still unlocked, and it shows the unlocked icon with the google splash screen. Is there anyway I can relock the thing and return it, or alternatively does anyone have any ideas on getting the usb working? I've tried both the pdanet method of drivers and the ones from the samsung site to no avail.
Thanks in advance!
You could try reinstalling the USB drivers. I'd suggest downloading pdanet on your computer and run the wizard.
Edit: I should have read your last paragraph. Sorry :/
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Found this on the GS2 forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203802
People had success cleaning their phones USB port with a toothbrush.
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El Daddy said:
Found this on the GS2 forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203802
People had success cleaning their phones USB port with a toothbrush.
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Didn't seem to work but thanks for the tip!
Previously I had installed on my phone (I believe, but could be mistaken) a Twilight Kernel and Hurricane v1.6 Rom. Well, I had nothing but problems with the rom, and put up with them for some time, just because I didn't have time to go through and find a rom I liked and flash it. I decided to do just that yesterday.
Apparently my mind broke and I did something wrong (probably numerous things). I had first attempted to put the shiney new CWM9 with Shadow Kernel on, rather, I made the mistake of trying to just put the Shadow Kernel on after having done a full (triple) wipe on my phone. I got the boot loop for the kernel since there was no rom (duh) loaded. Okay, no problem, I'll toss a rom on the SD and boot into CW3 and flash it? Yeah, not so much. I got a short "Samsung" logo boot loop and could not get into CW3 after that.
So, I Odin'd it back to EL30, thinking I'll just start from fresh, right?
Wrong.
Next in the series of mistakes I made, I forgot that I had already downloaded and installed the Samsung drivers (don't ask, my brain was apparently on leave yesterday) and attempted to re-install them. They did not like this and would not progress and I had to End Process the install from Task Manager. I then uninstalled the drivers completely fearing that I may have corrupted them by trying to re-install and then EP'ing them.
I then re-installed them, or so I thought. Plug phone in and start again with One Click Root. Fail. The script couldn't find my device.
Hours of searching and trying different things later, script still couldn't find my device, though I now have both the phone recognizing there is a USB connection, and the computer has stopped yelling at me that there are no drivers (I believe it finally gave up and installed the Windows drivers for it). But still can't get it rooted or do anything but stock stuff.
So..
1:Samsung drivers won't install, running Windows 7-64 Ultimate; error at end of install just states: "The MMS InstallWizard was not successfully installed SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.3.450.0."
2hone previously recognized USB Debug mode, but no longer. Will only Recognize standard USB connection, and with the connection made to PC, the script will not recognize the device.
3:adb for all intensive purposes does not appear to be loading..per the message from the script "Root was not obtained after 60 seconds. Make sure the phone is connected and that adb is working. If adb shell isn't root, reboot the phone and try the script again." I've rebooted numerous times, but I'm pretty certain that since it's not going into Debug, it's just not being recognized.
I have even tried Gingerbreak with no luck, just continuously sits on the rooting screen, but never proceeds (upwards 45 minutes I let it go).
Please please please please help me fix all the mistakes I did and get this thing working again and get the damned drivers installed proper.
(Baseband-S: D700.0.55.EL30, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build number: Gingerbread.EL30)
Note* I am happy with any root/kernel/rom at this point, I don't care, I just want the damned thing rooted again.
And of course after I finally cave and post for help, I find the thread where it clearly states OneClick Root no longer works for Gingerbread...so we'll add that into the mistakes I made...
Question still stands, how do I get this rooted again?
Qbking77 youtube him...
Or I could do it for you remotely via teamviewer... either way
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And of course after I finally cave and post for help, I find the thread where it clearly states OneClick Root no longer works for Gingerbread...so we'll add that into the mistakes I made...
Question still stands, how do I get this rooted again?
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If you are up and running EL30 just Google How to Root Samsung Epic on EL30 and a qbking77 youtube video will pop up and all the links are there as well for the files you need. If you are not up and running then you need to go into the Roll Up sticky thread in Development and click on How to Restore a semi-bricked Samsung Epic....all links are there for that including 64bit drivers.
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Found it all, getting it working now. Thanks all. We'll chalk this up to ...noobi-ness....(ignoring that I've been rooted and doing this for a year now... >.> )
AtrophiedAnnie said:
Found it all, getting it working now. Thanks all. We'll chalk this up to ...noobi-ness....(ignoring that I've been rooted and doing this for a year now... >.> )
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Sounds more like serious root rust to me. Gotta keep up...lol. Samsung tries to make it harder to root...that works for 5 minutes around here...LOL.
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IT'S DONE!!! Again thank you both so much1
Hey Guys,
New to the forum here and quite a noob on Android Systems. The GNex is my 1st smart phone and I've had it for 6 months now.
Wanting to root, unlock, and flash the new JB rom onto my phone and is using the ToolKit for the process.
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The original problem is now immaterial, what is bothering me now is installing drivers.....I cannot seem to find a way to properly install the proper drivers for my galaxy nexus. All my laptop would do is install the stock drivers upon connecting the phone to the laptop.
It doesn't matter what drivers im trying to install the condition is the same. I've so far tried out two ways, 1st is following the step by step instruction from efrant, 2nd is installing using the Galaxy Nexus ToolKit v7.0.
For a android noob like me I really have no idea what is going on here @@"
oh and what role does "USB debugging" play in installing drivers? when should it be ticked and when should it not???
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However during the 1st step where I need to select my firmware build, I realised the IMM76k build is listed under CDMA where my GNex has this build but is a GSM model.
How should I proceed?? Choose a similar build under GSM or choose the correct build but under CDMA instead??
thanks guys
I would root,unlock, and flash recovery via adb so incase something doesn't work you'll know what happened. Also if you want to use the toolkit just select the correct version under gsm and install the drivers. It should work
I personally would not use a toolkit, as you learn nothing by going that route.
If you want to do it yourself, look at the "flash" link in my signature.
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I personally would not use a toolkit, as you learn nothing by going that route.
If you want to do it yourself, look at the "flash" link in my signature.
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actually I was going to do it your way by following through all the steps you have listed out. Like you have said somewhere its like learning math 1st before using a calculator.
However I found myself stuck at the very first part.....installing drivers....
Before yesterday I have not tried to install any driver myself. I guess the only driver that was ever installed to my PC is the one that automatically runs when you plug your phone into a computer for the first time.
When I was following your steps, I first went into device manager --> galaxy nexus --> details --> uninstall driver
and then I have no idea how to install the drivers that I have DL from following your steps. I remember in the instructions you said to plug in my GNex and I should be able to direct the PC to install whatever driver I want, but instead the PC just automatically installed the original drivers again...
So today I decided to give the toolkit a go. As you have seen the 1st problem I ran into was the mixed up variants.....(what does "build code" stand for anyways??)
And the second problem im having now is, again.....it wouldn't install the universal driver. Or at least it does not seem to have installed....
Well, now that I've got your attention D) I would like to follow your steps again if I can get pass the driver issue....I like the JB rom you have uploaded better anyways~~ fan of original stuff from Google!
thanks!!!
Just to mention, my purpose of doing all this is to get to JB faster, and maybe learn more about my device on the way.
My GNex is a GSM model, yakjuzs, build code is IMM76k (this is the odd part) if these information would help solving my problem.
I normally prefer stock google released ROMs.
@CloakedUltraling, installing the drivers is the only tricky part. You need to get to the point where you see something like "Android 1.0" in your device manager with a yellow exclamation point.
To get to that point, right click on anything you see related to Samsung or Android in device manager and click uninstall. Then go to View in the menu at the top and select show hidden devices, and uninstall anything related to Samsung or Android. Then reboot your PC, and once booted, plug your device (while it is booted into the bootloader) to your PC.
Now, you should see something like "Android 1.0". Right-click on that and select update driver, then follow the menu to manually install it, and navigate to the directory where you unzipped 1wayjonny's driver. This needs to be done TWICE: once when your device is booted into the bootloader, and once when it is booted normally.
i was doing some reading since I've missed out the backup step....lol
and I realised that having ADB installed seems to be a pre-requisite for pretty much everything...and which I have not done.
Is this the case for removing/installing drivers as well? ie, do I need ADB installed before doing all this??
OHHHH and Android SDK as well....this looks REALLY important but I have not had any knowledge of this either. Guess I should start from the Android SDK first??
CloakedUltraling said:
i was doing some reading since I've missed out the backup step....lol
and I realised that having ADB installed seems to be a pre-requisite for pretty much everything...and which I have not done.
Is this the case for removing/installing drivers as well? ie, do I need ADB installed before doing all this??
OHHHH and Android SDK as well....this looks REALLY important but I have not had any knowledge of this either. Guess I should start from the Android SDK first??
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SDK is not required for you (unless you are developing... )
Drivers need to be installed before you can use adb and fastboot - one for each.
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Okay i have seen similar posts around, and I apologize if this bothers anyone but when I post a thread asking for help, its because I've tried most solutions and have gotten nowhere. I recently bought one.of.these devices and I have to say for an old 1GHz device, its pretty darn smooth! (Got it for my girl who broke her phone. Cost $20 MINT screen, and some scuffs.on the trim believe it or not, fully functional, clean ESN)
I love for all devices in the house to be rooted and off that dreaded Gingerbread android. I have been stuck since i got it trying to use ODIN to flash CWM, and root it to flash a JB based rom. Problem is i installed the drivers, got the ODIN version required, have the CWM tar file, etc, the phone gets detected while on in ADB, normal file transfer way and so on. BUT Download Mode? Nope, i get the dreaded "Unknown Device" issue.
Now as I always read before annoying others, I read that switching the USB cable helps. I've tried 8 USB cables, and no go. 2 Samsungs (i read those are #1 NO GOs), 3 LG cables (device doesnt appear at all), and 3 non brand. No good.
I know Mobile Odin wont work, I rooted it using Framaroot.apk for now, but I need CWM for the rom flashing part.
So now that its 2013, is there really no other way other than ODIN? I tried using ROM Manager, it flashes but doesnt do a thing except boot into stock recovery (miracle no bricks or bootlooping). If I had Linux on my PC, will it get detected or its just the darn cable?
OR is there a specific USB cable brand I should go for that is guaranteed to work? I dont mind buying it just have been waiting to make sure.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Most people recommend using a BlackBerry cable
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jeffreyjicha said:
Most people recommend using a BlackBerry cable
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Thank GOSH I read your response in time! I am currently at BestBuy and was going to buy a totally different brand USB. Hopefully they have them here.
Crossvxm said:
Thank GOSH I read your response in time! I am currently at BestBuy and was going to buy a totally different brand USB. Hopefully they have them here.
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I use this cable and have had zero issues. http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2
Well there's good news and bad.
Got an official BlackBerry USB cable.
Bad is the device is STILL not recognized.
The drivers have been properly installed, there is no updating the drivers manually, effing Windows won't let me. What the hell can I do now?
If only Mobile Odin worked, or there were other methods, I wouldn't be going thru this mess...
Like where did I go wrong?
I would swap out Windows to Linux, but I don't see how that will get the device detected.
Matter of fact I was trying to install a Linux based OS from my flash drivd, and it corrupted it. Theres 8gb Ill never see again...
Any other ideas? Will Linux pick up the device?
EDIT: This USB unlike the others BRIEFLY detects it as a USB Device, then goes back to unknown when I uninstall it thru Device Manager
Crossvxm said:
Well there's good news and bad.
Got an official BlackBerry USB cable.
Bad is the device is STILL not recognized.
The drivers have been properly installed, there is no updating the drivers manually, effing Windows won't let me. What the hell can I do now?
If only Mobile Odin worked, or there were other methods, I wouldn't be going thru this mess...
Like where did I go wrong?
I would swap out Windows to Linux, but I don't see how that will get the device detected.
Matter of fact I was trying to install a Linux based OS from my flash drivd, and it corrupted it. Theres 8gb Ill never see again...
Any other ideas? Will Linux pick up the device?
EDIT: This USB unlike the others BRIEFLY detects it as a USB Device, then goes back to unknown when I uninstall it thru Device Manager
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Are you plugging into a port directly on the motherboard? (IE: A port on the back of the machine.) Using an emulated port or hub can cause this at times.
FYI, there are 2 drivers. One is for when the phone is fully booted in Android. The other is the driver when in download mode. Have you tried using another machine?
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I think your issue is driver related. I had similiar issues and updated the wiki with the drivers that ended up working for me.
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