[kwlug-disc] Where to fix an Acer A500 tablet?

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Seems some people are able to identify the problem (loose connection,
...etc.), and fixing it by taking out the mother board and baking it
in the oven, or using a heat gun (don't know what that is).

I am not handy with this stuff, so I am hesitant to try it out ...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?s=7f11917049aff3490bb844ef5c435bae&t=2617196


On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> Well, my Acer A500 tablet (Nvidia Tegra based) acted up (no picture
> while playing a video, but there was sound). It was not responding to
> any touch input.
> So, I had to power it off, and it would not come up.
> After searching every where on how to unlock the boot loader and
> reload it, I was able to get Honeycomb (Android 3.2) on it.
> From there, I was trying to get to to ICS or JB, and was halfway there.
> I was doing this from nvflash, an Nvidia tool for the Tegra platform
> that you can use from Linux.
>
> But suddenly it started to refuse the partitioning command, with an
> error that says there is a media problem (full error below).
>
> So, what are my options for fixing this tablet for a reasonably price?
> If I send it to Acer, they will replace the motherboard. Before I do
> that, does anyone know of a place to try locally? I already called
> MyTech (the small shop inside Walmart), and they said it is not
> feasible since they will order a part from Acer, and refused to try
> that.
>
> The output is:
> sending file: flash.bct
> - 4080/4080 bytes sent
> flash.bct sent successfully
> odm data: 0x100c0105
> downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
> sending file: bootloader.bin
> | 714385/714385 bytes sent
> bootloader.bin sent successfully
> waiting for bootloader to initialize
> bootloader downloaded successfully
> setting device: 2 3
> creating partition: BCT
> creating partition: PT
> creating partition: EBT
> creating partition: GP1
> creating partition: SOS
> creating partition: LNX
> creating partition: APP
> creating partition: CAC
> creating partition: MSC
> creating partition: FLX
> creating partition: AKB
> creating partition: UDA
> creating partition: GPT
>                                                            Formatting
> partition 2 BCT please wait.. FAILED!
> command failure: create failed (bad data)
> bootloader status: specified partition is invalid or does not exist
> (code: 7) message: nverror:0x42008 (0x6042008) flags: 0
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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