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Custom, unlocked bootloader for ASUS MeMO Pad 7 (ME176C(X))
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charger firmware not working #10

Closed girst closed 3 years ago

girst commented 3 years ago

I installed the stock charger firmware as per the instructions. When plugging in the powered off device, or when selecting Charger from the boot menu, it will not boot the charger firmware, but instead only shows the Android robot that is part of me176c-boot.

contents of charger.conf:

title    Charger
android  /asus-charger.img
options  androidboot.mode=charger

sha1sum asus-charger.img: (executed on the device; extracted from the firmware linked in the instructions)

014e40473fb14d9055fc73a8087255bf13863ef2  asus-charger.img

I would appreciate any help about what I'm doing wrong. Is there a way to turn on logging (and how to read it)?

stephan-gh commented 3 years ago

It works fine for me, with the same sha1sum. What else do you have installed on the device? Not sure if it relies on some other partitions like system or something.

girst commented 3 years ago

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:01:47AM -0700, Minecrell wrote:

What else do you have installed on the device? Not sure if it relies on some other partitions like system or something.

I installed postmarketOS (which requires me176c-boot) to the data partition. my system partition is empty (i installed pmOS to it first, ran out of space and moved it to data, then reformatted system).

It didn't occur to me that it might depend on stuff on system; do you happen to know how I can reinstall the system partition (maybe from the firmware linked in the charger instructions)?

stephan-gh commented 3 years ago

I'm not exactly sure which partitions it might require in which state. On my me176c I have the following installed:

And the charger works fine. This suggests that it gets confused either by your system or userdata partition, or perhaps it's something completely different. Can just try things one by one I guess :/

To restore something on the system partition, you could either flash the stock ROM (https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/ME176C/UL-K013-WW-12.10.1.36-user.zip) via TWRP, or LineageOS 16 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-9-2019-12-13-unofficial-lineageos-16-0-for-asus-memo-pad-7-me176c-x.3929600/).

girst commented 3 years ago

Thanks a lot! I'll try re-flashing the stock OS onto system and 'll report back tomorrow.

girst commented 3 years ago

So, i took the UL-K013-WW-12.10.1.36-user.zip file and flashed it through TWRP (mount /external_sd, then select Install from the main menu and flash it). It worked out perfectly.

I really apprecitated your help, and your work on the me176 in general - thanks!