Upon turning on, it displays: EFI Hard Drive has been blocked by the current security policy.
No one seems to know how to solve this. I was trying to flash it by downgrading it to a previous android OS so apps can get SD card access, (I hate kitkat 4.4)
but i'm afraid I applied the wrong ROM.
Trying out Fastboot was helpless, at least the way I was trying. Commands use to be returned with "access denied".
So the hard drive,as the system calls it, is blocked. I cracked it open, hoping to find a "hard drive" but saw a bunch of
chips instead.
I am hopeless.
If you can help or have an idea (not to contact Acer Support, I've got a lot of that), this is my email: [email protected]
Thanks in advanced.
Obed Paulino.
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Upon turning on, it displays: EFI Hard Drive has been blocked by the current security policy.
No one seems to know how to solve this. I was trying to flash it by downgrading it to a previous android OS so apps can get SD card access, (I hate kitkat 4.4)
but i'm afraid I applied the wrong ROM.
Trying out Fastboot was helpless, at least the way I was trying. Commands use to be returned with "access denied".
So the hard drive,as the system calls it, is blocked. I cracked it open, hoping to find a "hard drive" but saw a bunch of
chips instead.
I am hopeless.
If you can help or have an idea (not to contact Acer Support, I've got a lot of that), this is my email: [email protected]
Thanks in advanced.
Obed Paulino.
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Hi, thanks for using XDA assist!
First, please create an account so you can post in other forums.
Here are several threads specific to your device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/t/iconia-tab-8
Please look through them to see if a solution already exists for your issue.
Otherwise, after creating your account, you can post your question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257421
Good luck!
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I've been searching for info specifically for rooting/CWM'ing/ROM'ing this phone for a couple of weeks now and this device seems to be the bastard child of the Android world. If I owned a ZTE Blade I would be fine already. I know that help for this device exists somewhere, but using the XDA search tool doesn't pull up anything. I've searched for "Supreme", "Vital", "Quantum", ZTE in general, etc, etc, and the only thing that comes up is the LG Quantum which is obviously no help at all. And it seems that none of the other Android "help" sites have any better luck with specific information for this device (it's always a "this works for most devices, but your mileage may vary" kind of thing).
Basically I broke my phone from Virgin Mobile, bought a cheap used one in good condition off of eBay, but unfortunately the new one is tied to Sprint. Doing an ADB backup/restore from one device to the other does not copy over any of the carrier information so that was no help. It appears that this info would be copied over with a Nandriod backup, but I can't do this until I install CWM. I can't use ROM Manager to flash in a CWM image because this is not a "supported" device. I've tried using fastboot but it just waits forever for the device to connect whether I have the ZTE or Google USB drivers installed. I've tried flash_image but it throws an error saying the recovery partition was not found. I've tried just about every solution I can find any hint of anywhere online and I'm at the end of my rope. The only good news is that I was at least able to root my device using KingRoot! It's everything after that which has been the problem... I'm hoping somebody here can point out a link to a GOOD source for exactly how to at least load CWM for this specific device so I can get Nandroid going. Ordinarily I wouldn't mind experimenting with building this from source myself, and I'm sorry for taking the lazy approach and asking for somebody else to do the grunt work, but I work 12-16 hours a day and just don't have the brainpower available to deal with this right now. I just want my phone back!
As a second item, I would very much like at some point to play with loading Lollipop on this device. I've found a link which on the surface seems to have good info, but then when you try to download the image they hold the data hostage and expect you to "complete these dozen offers". NO, I'm not going to give them all of my personal info, and I'm also not going to jump through their bs marketing hoops. But anyway, this is entirely secondary to getting my replacement phone up and running. The link to this info I found is:
cwm-twrp-recovery.org/2015/03/zte-vital-n9810-5511.html
Copious thanks in advance for helping me to keep my sanity!
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. I can't find anything relating to your question on XDA, please ask your question here:
Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
If you wish to request a device forum for this phone you can do so in this thread:
*** New Device Forum Requests ***
Good luck!
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Bought my Panasonic p55 novo last month and i rooted it. But recently it got crushed, i didnt do anything, just it crushed, and when i switch it on it only get me to 'Android system recovery'. i tried all the options i could and it would not connect to PC too. please help....
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Bought my Panasonic p55 novo last month and i rooted it. But recently it got crushed, i didnt do anything, just it crushed, and when i switch it on it only get me to 'Android system recovery'. i tried all the options i could and it would not connect to PC too. please help....
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Hi, and thank you for using XDA Assist!
I'm interested in what you mean by "crushed." Sounds like something physical was done to it.
At any rate, unfortunately, we currently do not have a forum (or a tag) for your device. but there is a general-purpose thread. Please go ahead and register for an account, so you can post i other forums. From there, you will probably have best luck with the foll.owing thread:
> General discussion > Questions and Answers > [Q] panasonic p55
Hope this helps, and good luck!
joel.maxuel said:
Hi, and thank you for using XDA Assist!
I'm interested in what you mean by "crushed." Sounds like something physical was done to it.
At any rate, unfortunately, we currently do not have a forum (or a tag) for your device. but there is a general-purpose thread. Please go ahead and register for an account, so you can post i other forums. From there, you will probably have best luck with the foll.owing thread:
> General discussion > Questions and Answers > [Q] panasonic p55
Hope this helps, and good luck!
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Hello again, Well thank you for the help and reply. Actually i didnt meant a physical 'Crush'. i was listining to music, the phone was in locked screen mode and i was not even touching the phone and suddenly it showed me the 'android system recovery' mode. No matter what i try, when i switch it on, it will only show me the recovery mode. i tried all the options. It wont even connect to PC. Am i having a repairable problem or is it doomed?? m so sad.... please help
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Hello again, Well thank you for the help and reply. Actually i didnt meant a physical 'Crush'. i was listining to music, the phone was in locked screen mode and i was not even touching the phone and suddenly it showed me the 'android system recovery' mode. No matter what i try, when i switch it on, it will only show me the recovery mode. i tried all the options. It wont even connect to PC. Am i having a repairable problem or is it doomed?? m so sad.... please help
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Yeah, it sounds like the internal memory got borked, and without adb your options are quite limited.
As mentioned before, I would explain your predicament in the above thread (I see you have posted there already, can just edit the post to add the predicament). There won't be much of an audience, but it is better than the general help thread (and you have the advantage of bouncing ideas off someone who has the same device as you).
Hope this helps.
Thank you.
joel.maxuel said:
Yeah, it sounds like the internal memory got borked, and without adb your options are quite limited.
As mentioned before, I would explain your predicament in the above thread (I see you have posted there already, can just edit the post to add the predicament). There won't be much of an audience, but it is better than the general help thread (and you have the advantage of bouncing ideas off someone who has the same device as you).
Hope this helps.
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i have one more question again if you might know it. Today i got one of my friends phone(same as mine) and i did a back up work from system recovery mode and then used it to restore on my phone but an error occured again saying 'checksum compare fail' when i tried to restore the back up file. And by the way i am not sure how to use the ADB so can u help me send an easy steps to use it? Or maybe a link to it will be good enough.
With all my heart i thank you for your kind support.
Qwerty MK said:
i have one more question again if you might know it. Today i got one of my friends phone(same as mine) and i did a back up work from system recovery mode and then used it to restore on my phone but an error occured again saying 'checksum compare fail' when i tried to restore the back up file. And by the way i am not sure how to use the ADB so can u help me send an easy steps to use it? Or maybe a link to it will be good enough.
With all my heart i thank you for your kind support.
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Not sure about the checksum compare fail (sometimes backups are specific to the serial number of the device), but here is info on adb:
http://www.xda-developers.com/beginners-guide-to-the-android-debug-bridge/
Hope this helps.
Hi,
I recently bought an Umi Iron and believe I have accidentally managed to soft brick it (based on what ive found on google and the forums here) I need a way to get it working again and have some ROMS (2 official ones) which are compatible for the device. The device will boot into recovery and allows restoration from an SD card, ABD Push or the cache. The cache is empty and although i have searched for how to do it from an SD card i have found no information (I've tried putting the .zip files onto the device and installing those but the device says "installation aborted"). I have a SDK which I am attempting t learn to use in order to fix the device. Any information about how to use the program/get the new ROM flashed via fastboot would be much appreciated as I have very little knowledge of what I am doing as I have never attempted to root or flash a phone. The phone comes pre rooted from the factory (I dont know if this info is relevant but I'm working on the assumption the more info i can give the better). The device entered this startup loop when i removed an app which i had accidentally installed as a system file while trying to use an app to move it to my SD card. Any information and help is much appreciated
Hi,
I can't find anything relevant on XDA for your device and issue, but perhaps the members in this thread can help..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/umi-iron-unibody-alloy-dual-led-t3127905
Good luck!
Hi Darth,
Many thanks for your reply, since i posted this thread I have done some further research and narrowed the problem down further. The device runs android 5.1 and there is a setting in the developer settings which locks the OEM bootlocker. This is the issue i am having. Because the device has this option checked, I cannot unlock the bootloader to install a custom rom to rectify the issue as i cannot turn the device on to access these settings. I have seen many people have had this problem with devices and android 5.1 including Nexus and HTC phones. I have been unable to find a fix for this issue though so if you know of any articles which may point me in the direction that would be most helpful
Thanks again
I would say the best place to ask about that is in the thread I linked above. But if that's not helpful, you could ask here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257421
Every device is different as far as if or how the bootloader can be unlocked. So you really need an answer specific to your device.
Hope it works out for you!
here is my problem, I work as a sysadmin however my knowledge of Linux (android) is sort of limited compared to windows.
I recently was brought an ACER Iconia B1-720 which has gotten infected with a seemingly vey harsh strain of virus, it keeps popping up lock screens, and if the tablet connects to internet the AD spam is massive.
trying to do a factory reset, didn't help, nor a hard reset since after the initial setup all the infected software is there.
also the USB debugging option is nowhere to be seen on the settings menu, and APPs don't have the uninstall button, thus after taking into consideration all this, I have gotten to the conclusion my best bet is to sideload from the PC into the tablet a recovery firmware using ADB, however ADB is not recognizing the tablet when I type "adb devices" and thus I m left at a lost of what should I do to recover this tablet into working condition.
can someone please advice me on what to do? or how I could restore the tablet? is there any sort of command line or software I could install in the tablet to manage and clean it manually?
I managed to disable most of the crapware and make the table usable WITHOUT internet connection, so I m assuming I can use the SD card to load some app into it to fix it manually, what app could I use?
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Try looking through this thread and posting your question there, if it won't let you post it will be because you need to make 10 posts before you can post in a development thread. You need your stock firmware if it is in that thread among the variants of your model.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/acer-ax-b1-t2875894
To get your 10 posts in you can go to one of the Off-Topic(OT) Forum linked below. Choose one the threads there to make your 10 posts then go post your issue in the first thread I linked you to.
Remember to register an XDA account so you can post and reply in the forums. Good luck.
Hello! I apologize in advance if this is the wrong thread to be asking this. I recently bought a K7 off of craigslist. When trying to factory reset it I hit the FRP and am now stuck.
Here is what I tried so far:
1. Bypass by going to settings and adding a new user. We managed to get to settings (I could not get the "dual pane" or overview to work to run the apk) yet we managed to get to settings once. Once there I could not find any "users" button to add one too.
2. Flashing the phone. Now I'm not 100% certain I know what that means. Basically overwriting everything stored in the flash memory with new data? We attempted this with the LG flash tool. I could not find the correct kdz file for this phone. We tried using one for an LGG4 (against googles advice) Yet only got an error message with that.
3. Rooting the phone: Not confident this would even bypass the FRP but figured it might help us??? Downloaded kingroot for pc. Have not tried downloading it straight on the phone although we can't get to file manager right now so... The app, even though I don't speak chinesse, I believe is telling us to turn on USB debugging. We can not seem to get back into settings again.
The info for the phone is
Model: LG-K330
IMEI: xxxxxxxx
Any help or maybe even a "Your out of league stop trying" would be wonderful!
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Hello! I apologize in advance if this is the wrong thread to be asking this. I recently bought a K7 off of craigslist. When trying to factory reset it I hit the FRP and am now stuck.
Here is what I tried so far:
1. Bypass by going to settings and adding a new user. We managed to get to settings (I could not get the "dual pane" or overview to work to run the apk) yet we managed to get to settings once. Once there I could not find any "users" button to add one too.
2. Flashing the phone. Now I'm not 100% certain I know what that means. Basically overwriting everything stored in the flash memory with new data? We attempted this with the LG flash tool. I could not find the correct kdz file for this phone. We tried using one for an LGG4 (against googles advice) Yet only got an error message with that.
3. Rooting the phone: Not confident this would even bypass the FRP but figured it might help us??? Downloaded kingroot for pc. Have not tried downloading it straight on the phone although we can't get to file manager right now so... The app, even though I don't speak chinesse, I believe is telling us to turn on USB debugging. We can not seem to get back into settings again.
The info for the phone is
Model: LG-K330
IMEI: xxxxxxxx
Any help or maybe even a "Your out of league stop trying" would be wonderful!
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Hi
Thank you for using xda assist
Cant seem to find a relevant thread for your device but you can create an account and post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Thank you.