Thanks for your informative post - I had no idea there were different "apx modes".Ĭan you link where you downloaded your drivers in step 1 and the tools in step 2? If your method actually worked, some links would really be helpful. You obviously need your SBK.Īuto signature below is wrong. Just the order of file use and that it it worked for someone who was having similar issues. I found the BAD or BABSECTOR process listed in a short post comment on another forum using google searches. You can edit the script or just insert your SBK at the prompt. In 2 minutes I had completed what was going on for almost 2 days. Once I used the BADSECTOR tool the process was quick and flashed in a matter of a few minutes. I ran the a501a.bat and then the a501b.bat inside the extracted folder to get ICS V8 bootloader and touch recovery installed. After I was in APX mode The only thing that worked was BABSECTOR or BADSECTOR tool to flash it. Tab does a quick reboot or something and vibrates when going from APX ready to full APX mode with the screen going from blank to where it says apx mode in small white letters and acer in green large font (middle of screen). Then you can use nvflash, a500manager, or blackthunder auto tools to get to full apx mode. This seems to place the tab in an APX ready state.
I was never able to get to full APX mode using manual APX process on tab. My tab also had the word acer in large green font in the middle of the LCD when in true APX mode. Use the auto process in the tool until you get there. You still need the tool (nvflash or blackthunder) to get you to the point where the screen says APX mode in white font in the left upper corner and you are truely in APX mode. APX mode is described in some places as blank screen with power LED on but this is like stage one of apx mode. I installed in that order until device was working on win 7 圆4.Ģ. Acer driver, Google USB, and naked driver. In Device manager was showing under USB host controller as acer usb recovery device or something like that.At this point I had all drivers installed. Drivers still showed as unknown but worked. Only at this point did the tab show as a valid working APX device in devices and printers.
I had to install the Naked USB driver and Google USB driver from SDK package.
I found out after hours of trying this was not really APX mode. Blackthunder and nvflash failed with various errors. Tab would be recognized as APX mode device by the computer and flash tools but I couldn't get any of the tools to do the flashing. Hold in power and Reset for 3 seconds then release power while holding reset for another second. I was no longer able to boot a ROM but could get to APX mode (sort of APX mode) where screen was black and power LED was on by using manual process. I almost gave up with a partial brick of a tab. I spent 2 days trying to upgrade to ICS bootloader and touch recovery. I wanted to let you know how I resolved it. Last ROM on honeycomb was flexreaper but I forget version. APX MODE driver and stuck in APX mode issues - Iconia A500 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting Tab is an acer iconia a500 8gb version running CWM, and HC bootloader.