I think i have been extremely retarded

[Guest lordjubblydave]

I had installed CWM 2.5.1.8 and i got a bit adventurous, so i installed Vegan Tab 5.01.

The installation seemed to go fine, i hit reboot in CWM now i have what im guessing is the Black Screen of Death.

How can i get back into CWM to reflash a working rom ?

I cant use ADB because i only managed to get it working on my system using the wireless app

Have i badword my tab up ?

[Guest trevor432990]

Hi there ... just do a forum search for 'brick' as there are lots of threads with tips on what to do to get out of the state you are in :lol:

[Guest lordjubblydave]

I have done that already, problem is i am running Ubuntu 10.10 not windows.

[Guest trevor432990]

I have done that already, problem is i am running Ubuntu 10.10 not windows.

Well most of them say the only way of getting the Vega un-bricked is to repeat the button pushing sequence over-and-over again till it bursts into life so unless someone says otherwise I fear you are into this scenario :lol:

[Guest lordjubblydave]

OK Update.

It appears in terminal using lsusb so i guess the back button power button thing is working.

The thing is i cant install the original firmware i have tried running the .exe using wine, no joy.

ADB devices does not list the device, although that is not unusual as the only way i have been able to get ADB to work is using the wireless bridge app.

I dont really want to have to install windows if i can help it

[Guest warriorscot]

Well you could create a virtual windows I actually do the opposite and run a virtual ubuntu that I have used with the vega. I am pretty sure if you unpack the exe you can install the stock firmware via adb. Not tried it myself but I can't think of why it wouldn't work so if someone a bit more familiar with android could confirm it or you are brave enough to try I would give it a go.

[Guest Damian J]

Unpack the exe. Any archiver should do it, its in a zip format. Inside will be the associated images (boot.img system.img etc.), nvflash for windows and a LVDS.bat (the script that runs nvflash itself).

Contents of lvds.bat as follows:

nvflash.exe --bct H5PS1G83EFR-S6C_V24_0625.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile flash.cfg --odmdata 0x000c0075 --create --go

@set /p batuserinput=Press enter to continue:

First I would copy nvflash for linux into the folder where you extracted this exe then simply open lvds.bat and type the equivalent as a linux shell script. (gedit,emacs etc. will do) syntax shouldn't need to change that much.

All the files are there so its just a matter of running it with nvflash for linux...

[Guest dukla2000]

OK Update.

It appears in terminal using lsusb so i guess the back button power button thing is working.

The thing is i cant install the original firmware i have tried running the .exe using wine, no joy.

ADB devices does not list the device, although that is not unusual as the only way i have been able to get ADB to work is using the wireless bridge app.

I dont really want to have to install windows if i can help it

As per Damian J, or try this thread.

[Guest pat652]

I'm also using Ubuntu 10.10 and I've been flashing the original images without problems. Just do what Damian J told.

• Open the Advent firmware EXE with the archive tool (file roller) and extract all files in a folder.
  
• Get nvflash for linux. I got it from here: NVflash for Linux
  
• Copy the nvflash executable in the folder where you put the original firmware files.
  
• Modify lvds.bat to adapt it to Unix syntax. My lvds.sh just says:
  

  ./nvflash --wait --bct H5PS1G83EFR-S6C_V24_0625.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile flash.cfg --odmdata 0x000c0075 --create --go 
  
  echo "Done!"

• Run it as root (using "sudo ./lvds.sh", for example; lvds.sh must be chmod'ed executable). If you don't want to run it as root, you'll have to play with udev rules so the USB device gets the adequate permissions or change them in /dev by hand.
• Connect your Vega to your PC via USB and start your Vega in APX recovery mode.

  Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0955:7820 NVidia Corp.

  
  Entering APX mode can be tricky. Some advice if you are having problems:

  • Power connector must be plugged (and the battery possibly must have reached a certain charge level, although I'm not sure of this).
    
  • The proper button combination is not well described in the manuals. I always had problems when they told things like "press for 2 seconds". What does that mean? Up to 2 seconds? 2 seconds or more? 2 seconds plus/minus half a second? After some play time, I have a non-ambiguous procedure that works for me every time:
  1. 
     
  2. Press BACK button for AT LEAST 2 seconds and keep pressing it
     
  3. Press POWER button for AT LEAST 1 second while keeping BACK pressed
     
  4. At this precise moment, the USB device is detected (in Windows, you hear a sound; in Ubuntu, using "nvflash --wait", you'll see text appearing on your terminal).
     
  5. Once the device is recognized, you can release the buttons in any order or timing you want. The manual tells otherwise, but it's unneeded.
     
  6. If this doesn't put you in APX mode, press POWER for 6 seconds or more until the device is fully powered off. Then unplug the power connector, wait a few seconds and plug it again. Repeat the procedure from the beginning.
     

Edited January 27, 2011 by pat652

[Guest lordjubblydave]

Thanks for your help guys.

Worked a treat. We now have one revived vega :lol:

[Guest lordjubblydave]

Whoops sorry :lol:

Edited January 27, 2011 by lordjubblydave