[Mach10]

that's the thing I tried finding a factory firmware butts I have not have any kind of success on top of that I downloaded aokp and another version of clockwork recovery mod for some reason live suit keeps saying that every single image that I plug into it is a bad image it doesn't make sense

[Mach10]

Multiple versions of cwm recovery at that

[mister_junior]

Hello, i have N500 tablet, tried flashing about 12 roms, and seems that device is working (connect apk installer i can get view of the system), but screen is blank. What should i do ? Many thanks

[Squirrel61]

Why did you start flashing roms, was the screen already blank before you started? Then it looks more like a hardware problem. If you're experienced with small parts, you could open the tablet. The N500 is pretty easy, two screws and plastic latches around the rim if I remember right. Then check the connection of the screen flex. Sometimes it gets disconnected. the best is to remove it from the connector and re-insert it until it's fully in. If the battery is loose in the case, use some double-sided adhesive tape to keep it in place. A loose battery can pull the display flex from the connector.

[mister_junior]

Yes, the screen was working. Tablet booted, but stucked on android logo. So i have flashed the rom, and now it doesn't show anything. And backlight is showing too

This post has been edited by mister_junior: 14 April 2013 - 01:04 PM

[mister_junior]

Also checked inside, everything looks good

[Squirrel61]

It's strange. Normally, when you flash any A10 rom to any A10 tablet, you get at least some kind of display, although it could be distorted when the rom is not suited for the tablet. A screen that just stays black, without any sign of life, usually is a hardware problem. But since you had display before you started flashing the rom, I don't think this is hardware related.

For the moment, I wouldn't know how to solve this.

[mister_junior]

Got it working, downloaded another rom. sun4i_crane_t10a_0.8.1_20120224.img now it's showing, but touch screen is not working. Wifi works, display rotates wrong, but still now it works. Is there any way to force touch screen ?

[Squirrel61]

Sometimes the touchscreen is not working because of wrong drivers in the rom. The wrong rotation also points in the direction of a wrong rom. But flashing a wrong rom can also erase the touchscreen controller and then it's very hard to get it working again.

[mister_junior]

Is there any way to fix it ?

[mister_junior]

Do anybody know, is there any N500 roms available, or alternatives ?

[Sugito]

Squirrel61, on 24 July 2012 - 11:34 AM, said:

Update: somehow I got it working again! I deliberately let the battery totally drain by putting it in "unrecognized USB device mode", which should have been "USB firmware update mode" and letting it rest until I was pretty sure the battery should be flat. Then I charged it for some time and tried to re-enter the firmware update mode. And magically, all of a sudden it worked!

The best guess I can make is that somehow, the A10 had been messed up and needed to be out of power to reset (Yes, I tried both reset buttons, the one hidden behind the small peephole and the secret one that has no peephole at all but becomes available after opening the case. And that didn't restore the USB firmware update mode).

Case closed

Wonder if you could expand on this hidden reset button - I've not seen reference to this elsewhere. Where is it? Inside the case, obviously, but what does it look like? Is it common to all A10 tablets or just the LY-F1?