Acer A500 USB port not working

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Just bought a used Acer A500 tablet off Craiglist. I tested everything I could but didn't have a USB device with me.

It's now rooted, with unlocked ISC bootloader and flashed to Flexreaper's latest ICS ROM.

No matter what I do, I can't get any USB devices to work. I tried a wired USB mouse, a wireless 2.4Ghz mouse, mutiple USB flash drives, and my Canon DSLR camera and nothing works. Stone dead, no LED lights on the USB devices or anything. The primary reason I bought the A500 was for the full USB port and mine appears to be dead!

I've inspected the port with a flashlight and the pins do not appear to be damaged in any way. Does anybody have any ideas what may be going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Martian21

Originally Posted by martian21

Just bought a used Acer A500 tablet off Craiglist. I tested everything I could but didn't have a USB device with me.

It's now rooted, with unlocked ISC bootloader and flashed to Flexreaper's latest ICS ROM.

No matter what I do, I can't get any USB devices to work. I tried a wired USB mouse, a wireless 2.4Ghz mouse, mutiple USB flash drives, and my Canon DSLR camera and nothing works. Stone dead, no LED lights on the USB devices or anything. The primary reason I bought the A500 was for the full USB port and mine appears to be dead!

I've inspected the port with a flashlight and the pins do not appear to be damaged in any way. Does anybody have any ideas what may be going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Martian21

Make sure, when you install a custom rom, you do all the Wipes and Formats as required in the Original Post (OP). This is probably where you may have made a mistake, and you still have some leftover code from the previous rom.

Or, try installing a different Rom (after all wipes and formats of course).

In CWM....

Wipe:
1. User Data/Factory Reset
2. Cache
3. Dalvik Cache

Then goto Mounts and Storage
1. Format System
2. Format Flexrom

Then go back and install the Rom again or try a different Rom just to check. Remember, Flexreaper is a heavily modded rom, so sometimes, you might want to try something a little less modded, like EZ Terry's or Smaury's just to make sure the basics are working.

Then if you want, install Flexreaper.

MD

Flashed back to stock ICS today. Wiped everything, still no luck. "It's dead Jim"

This is really a bummer. I really like this tablet but I need USB host for viewing my photos from my camera. I'm going to have to sell it as is and take a loss.

What is an A500 in good condition with a dead USB port worth?

Martian21

The USB host only work with USB with FAT32 format, maybe your usb is NTFS , that might be a reason.