I have lost (or didnt have) as USB cable to connect my Hudl2 to my computer.  My H2 is giving me reliability issues and I dont want to lose the 100s of photos I have.  What cable do I need to connect my H2 to my computer so I can transfer them?

Hello, fellow Hudlers!

Today, I just broke my Hudl 2 screen. Thinking I would be able to replace it myself, i disassemblied the tablet. But during disassembling the screen digitizer (which is glued, by the way) I also broke LCD screen.

The only repair service I found is this one: http://www.mobiledeviceworkshop.co.uk/tesco-hudl-2-complete-screen-lcd--touch-repair-service-3140-p.asp, which costs as much as new Hudl and is a bit far away for me (since I live in Slovenia).

What am I left to do now? I'm wondering if anyone of you has a broken Hudl 2 at home, but with fully functional screen, so that person could send me his (for exchange of money, of course).

Thanks for all replies (if there will be any) and have a nice day!

• Rooted Image for 20150106.154003 (r1): DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 837b0a8beb5c0e21a6521b94c68d1fe0 / Image MD5: 4feb49cd6845aebcef96f05048bd6062
• Rooted Image for 20141009.191216 (r1): DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 3861a3769b08b671fd86c8d9d748e4a2 / Image MD5: 6d424b3f32c1b0fe94f1e841d5042e63
• Rooted Image for 20140924.194555 (r3): DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 9c58e25f5d9786555dc0f5e5f777fda1 / Image MD5: 9329255e0928c69e3ba6f5e4cde7fc6c
• ADB / Fastboot tools: DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 299162039f527bc361221fb526976fc7

• Ensure your device is fully charged. This is a safety net really, but good practice. It gives you time if something goes wrong. At the very least i'd recommmend 50% battery. If your device powers off for any reason or the flash is interrupted, your hudl 2 is toast.
• Ensure USB debugging is enabled. In 'Settings -> About', tap the 'build number' like a madman until a message appears stating developer mode has been enabled. Then use 'Settings -> Development' to enable USB debugging.
• Plug the device into your computer using the microUSB cable. A message will pop up on screen asking you to authorise the connection.
• Download and extract the zip file above to a directory on your computer. If you don't have ADB / Fastboot already, you should also download and extract that.
• Open a command prompt / terminal window to the location where you extracted the files
• ON A WINDOWS PC: enter 'adb-windows reboot bootloader', when the device has rebooted to bootloader enter 'fastboot-windows -i 0x1d4d flash system filename.img' - DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS (where filename.img is the image file you extracted from the download zip)
• ON A MAC: enter 'chmod +x adb-mac' followed by 'chmod +x fastboot-mac' followed by './adb-mac reboot bootloader', when the device has rebooted to bootloader enter './fastboot-mac -i 0x1d4d flash system filename.img' - DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS (where filename.img is the image file you extracted from the download zip)
• ON A LINUX PC: enter 'chmod +x adb-linux' followed by 'chmod +x fastboot-linux' followed by './adb-linux reboot bootloader', when the device has rebooted to bootloader enter './fastboot-linux -i 0x1d4d flash system filename.img' - DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS (where filename.img is the image file you extracted from the download zip)
• Use the volume buttons to select 'REBOOT' on the device and choose the option with the power button
• Enjoy your rooted device!

Here is how to root the HUDL running the latest software update. Has worked for myself on a few hudls and others have verified it here also.​

• Download this zip file (click the downward arrow at the top) and unzip it:  https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing
• Mirrors of download: http://www76.zippyshare.com/v/imcXp8oH/file.html

• Copy the su update zip (named “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46” in the extracted folder from step 1) to your Hudl 2’s internal memory or preferably, its microSD card. Remember where you put it!

• Ensure drivers for adb are installed. Run them from the “adbfastboothudl” folder in the zip folder from step 1. Install these ADB drivers also: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itVVFWRC02Q0VBQnc/view

• Enable USB debugging from developer settings on the hudl. . 

• If you don't know how to turn on USB Debugging, here is how: 

• • 1. Go to Settings menu on your device.
  • 2.Go to About tablet submenu. 
  • 3.Now scroll to “Build Number” and tap it multiple times.
  • 4.After tapping it enough times you will see an alert saying “You are now a developer”/”Developer mode has been enabled”.
  • 5.Now if you go to your Settings menu, you will see the developer options submenu over there.
  • 6.Tap on the Developer options and then turn on USB Debugging.

   

• Start the root process by clicking double clicking “launcher” in the “IntelAndroid-FBRL-01-17-2015” folder and watch your HUDL screen. It may show a pop up asking to accept your PC’s “fingerprint” or something like that and show a long number of random characters. Click accept. 

• On the next window type “T3” without quotes when asked for options.

• The Hudl should reboot to the new recovery which is CWM recovery. The screen should be grey and show a Hat symbol. 

• Navigate to “install from SD Card” using the volume keys and the power button is enter. Then to install zip from SD card and chose the “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46” zip you copied earlier.

• Click enter and wait.

• It should reboot your hudl back to normal and it will be rooted.

• *OBLIGATORY* I am not responsible for a bricked HUDL or any damage done to it. I dont know if this voids the warranty also but it shouldn't. If you follow the guide it will be easy and hard to break your hudl.

Troubleshooting:

If you get "UNKNOWN DEVICE" error or something along those lines in red writing when using launcher.bat, install the pdanet drivers (http://pdanet.co/) and see if that fixes the issue. it did for me once.

Hi guys,

Screen has cracked on the Hudl2.  I now have the crazy trippy LCD look where colours are all over the place, and can't actually see much on the display correctly.

Any ideas, where to get a screen replacement, and steps to replace the screen?

Thanks,

Kasam

Hi had this hudl 2 for a few months and played with it through the HDMI plugged into my amp and I could stretch and alter the picture fine although it didn't output 5.1. A couple of updates later and now I can plug it in and get a picture on the screen all the HDMI options in settings are greyed out and unavailable and the sound is grim, this is through Netflix, iPlayer, e4 etc. Anyone know how to get this working again as watching HD Netflix through it to the TV is pretty much all I wanted it for!. I have now bought 3 different HDMI cables BTW.....all the same.

I should have read up before I factory reset my rooted hudl2.

After the factory reset it connects to WiFi then downloads an update and asks to restart. The update fails (status 7 failure then status 1). Rebooting takes me to the same downloading updates screen.

I think I was on Kitkat 4.2.2

In recovery if I access "apply update from ADB" then on the PC type adb-windows devices I see the following: 

\Desktop\Hudl2\adbfastboothudl>adb-windows devices
List of devices attached
151214PE5053407 sideload

Might that be a way to fix things?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Here is how to root the HUDL running the latest software update. Has worked for myself on a few hudls and others have verified it here also.​

• Download this zip file (click the downward arrow at the top) and unzip it:  https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing
• Mirrors of download: http://www76.zippyshare.com/v/imcXp8oH/file.html

• Copy the su update zip (named “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46” in the extracted folder from step 1) to your Hudl 2’s internal memory or preferably, its microSD card. Remember where you put it!

• Ensure drivers for adb are installed. Run them from the “adbfastboothudl” folder in the zip folder from step 1. Install these ADB drivers also: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itVVFWRC02Q0VBQnc/view

• Enable USB debugging from developer settings on the hudl. . 

• If you don't know how to turn on USB Debugging, here is how: 

• • 1. Go to Settings menu on your device.
  • 2.Go to About tablet submenu. 
  • 3.Now scroll to “Build Number” and tap it multiple times.
  • 4.After tapping it enough times you will see an alert saying “You are now a developer”/”Developer mode has been enabled”.
  • 5.Now if you go to your Settings menu, you will see the developer options submenu over there.
  • 6.Tap on the Developer options and then turn on USB Debugging.

   

• Start the root process by clicking double clicking “launcher” in the “IntelAndroid-FBRL-01-17-2015” folder and watch your HUDL screen. It may show a pop up asking to accept your PC’s “fingerprint” or something like that and show a long number of random characters. Click accept. 

• On the next window type “T3” without quotes when asked for options.

• The Hudl should reboot to the new recovery which is CWM recovery. The screen should be grey and show a Hat symbol. 

• Navigate to “install from SD Card” using the volume keys and the power button is enter. Then to install zip from SD card and chose the “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46” zip you copied earlier.

• Click enter and wait.

• It should reboot your hudl back to normal and it will be rooted.

• *OBLIGATORY* I am not responsible for a bricked HUDL or any damage done to it. I dont know if this voids the warranty also but it shouldn't. If you follow the guide it will be easy and hard to break your hudl.

Troubleshooting:

If you get "UNKNOWN DEVICE" error or something along those lines in red writing when using launcher.bat, install the pdanet drivers (http://pdanet.co/) and see if that fixes the issue. it did for me once.

Hi

Rooted my HUDL2 some months ago, forgot that I had, and yesterday went full steam ahead and tried to apply the latest OTA update. So now I'm embarrassingly stuck in the OTA update loop. Developer Debug Mode is not set, so I'm unable to do anything via ADB.  And I can't set it via the "keyboard settings" route published on MoDaCo a few months ago, as it appears since that guide, Google keyboard has been updated to a version in which you can no longer reach settings via the microphone key.

I should say that I am somewhat technical,  but a newbie on all this Android stuff...and having spent the best part of two days on this forum trying to find solution, I'm now resigned to the reality that I have bricked what was a perfectly good tablet :( 

Before I throw in the towel, can anyone suggest anything at all that I could try ? Alternatively, can it be confirmed that it is indeed Game Over for my HUDL2?

Many thanks to all the experts and contributors on this forum, the advice has been invaluable, if not my current situation !

thanks,

Gareth.

Since I upgraded my Hudl to Android 5.1 on 1st September it has rendered a lot of my apps unusable. I cannot longer opening my e-mail on either the built in e-mail app or GMail app both come up with the error message "Unfortunately email has stopped or Unfortunately GMail has stopped. Also each time I reboot the Hudl on logging in I get the error "Unfortunately google newsstand has stopped and the same message on some apps as well.

Fixes already attempted

For email I have tried removing and adding the accounts not easy as get the message each time attempting to

I have cleared the cache and disable HW Overlays as referenced in Pgaunt thread http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/375859-problem-with-android-51-lollipop/

Short of trying a factory reset which I would rather not do I am running out of ideas is there any way to recovery back to the previous version? My Hudl is not rooted and has standard configuration. I posted the same question to Tesco who were not able to help.

Hi, my daughters HUDL 2 has stopped booting.  This was literally an untouched tablet and was used only by a 6 year old.  now when the tablet tries to boot there is a BIOS screen which says EFI Boot Device Error.  I'm not exactly a Noob, so I tried fastboot...  nothing..  just black screen

I got the stock ROM from this site (Thanks), thought trying to boot from SD Card would help, tried Phoenixcard (first time) no joy with the image...

any suggestions? Bin?

A new update has come through. Not installed it yet. Says it prepares the hudl for lollipop 5.1. Anyone installed it yet? 

How much juice does this baby need?! I've got it on my ipad charger at work and always draining reporting 'insufficient Power to charge'. Is it just me or are there other hudl'ites with this?

Firstly hello , I'm new to the forum.

I have a Hudl 2 which is stuck in a loop, it goes no further than the Hudl logo then restarts it does this 2 or 3 time then goes into recovery mode sometimes it just freezes. This is the information I can get from the recovery screen

LMY47I.REL.android-build.20150917.142239 release-key

I have flashed roms to phones in the past. but am rusty and would appriciate help if possible. could someone tell me what I need to do to recover it (software and how to)

I have tried factory reset and cache wipe from the recovery mode

many thanks for any help

sc00by

Is there anyway to reinstall the OS from an Sd card ?

Have tried googling this with no joy.

Has anyone else had issues installing Real Racing 3?

I have installed the game fine, but on first run it needs to download the data file. But seems to crash EVERYTIME and it wont run at all.

Bought the Hudl for my son and he is obsessed with the game so any help please? :)

• Rooted Image for 20150106.154003 (r1): DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 837b0a8beb5c0e21a6521b94c68d1fe0 / Image MD5: 4feb49cd6845aebcef96f05048bd6062
• Rooted Image for 20141009.191216 (r1): DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 3861a3769b08b671fd86c8d9d748e4a2 / Image MD5: 6d424b3f32c1b0fe94f1e841d5042e63
• Rooted Image for 20140924.194555 (r3): DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 9c58e25f5d9786555dc0f5e5f777fda1 / Image MD5: 9329255e0928c69e3ba6f5e4cde7fc6c
• ADB / Fastboot tools: DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - ZIP MD5: 299162039f527bc361221fb526976fc7

• Ensure your device is fully charged. This is a safety net really, but good practice. It gives you time if something goes wrong. At the very least i'd recommmend 50% battery. If your device powers off for any reason or the flash is interrupted, your hudl 2 is toast.
• Ensure USB debugging is enabled. In 'Settings -> About', tap the 'build number' like a madman until a message appears stating developer mode has been enabled. Then use 'Settings -> Development' to enable USB debugging.
• Plug the device into your computer using the microUSB cable. A message will pop up on screen asking you to authorise the connection.
• Download and extract the zip file above to a directory on your computer. If you don't have ADB / Fastboot already, you should also download and extract that.
• Open a command prompt / terminal window to the location where you extracted the files
• ON A WINDOWS PC: enter 'adb-windows reboot bootloader', when the device has rebooted to bootloader enter 'fastboot-windows -i 0x1d4d flash system filename.img' - DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS (where filename.img is the image file you extracted from the download zip)
• ON A MAC: enter 'chmod +x adb-mac' followed by 'chmod +x fastboot-mac' followed by './adb-mac reboot bootloader', when the device has rebooted to bootloader enter './fastboot-mac -i 0x1d4d flash system filename.img' - DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS (where filename.img is the image file you extracted from the download zip)
• ON A LINUX PC: enter 'chmod +x adb-linux' followed by 'chmod +x fastboot-linux' followed by './adb-linux reboot bootloader', when the device has rebooted to bootloader enter './fastboot-linux -i 0x1d4d flash system filename.img' - DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS (where filename.img is the image file you extracted from the download zip)
• Use the volume buttons to select 'REBOOT' on the device and choose the option with the power button
• Enjoy your rooted device!

For the second time in a week.

Just picked Hudl up to try and Chromecast Netflix.  Netflix couldn't see Chromecast. Bu tthe  Chromecast app could see the Chromecast dongle.

Then looked at the time on the device - it reported 18.33. When the actual time was 20.39.

I'd last used it about half-past six, but hadn't done anything untowards with it.

Rebooted and all was fine. Correct time, Netflix could see Chromecast.

This happened about a week ago as well with a misreported time (Netflix/Chromecast not involved then).

Much puzzlement. :wacko:

Hi all.

Have an issue with my hudl2, a while ago when trying to turn it on it just boot looped, the android logo would appear, it would restart 6 or so times and then get to the recovery menu. I tried clearing data and formatting, no joy, it still had the reboot issue.

I tried flashing with the latest rooted rom in post http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/373642-how-to-root-your-hudl-2/, it still had the same boot loop issue. As nothing else seemed to be working, I intended to flash it with the 2 files in post http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/373642-how-to-root-your-hudl-2/?do=findComment&comment=2265931

I figured it couldn't make it any worse. I flashed the first one, rebooted so I could try flashing the 2nd larger file and now the Android logo doesn't appear. It still reboots itself and then eventually (as long as it's connected to a PC VIA USB) drops to a Droidboot screen wiating for a fastboot command.

Does anyone have a backup of their partitions so i can try flashing them in fastboot? Happy to give anything a shot, worst case scenario it bricks it more, best case it works again :)

Hi all,

I'm not to sure I'll get any response to this as it seems pretty hopeless right now. But my son's Hudl2 has died!

Everytime my hudl2 boots up it eventually ends up on what I can only assume is a bios screen with the message 'no bootable device - press any key'. Obviously no touch input works and neither do vol +\-.

Obviously I went straight to Google, found a solution and got right on it. However, I cant get the hudl2 to but in restore mode... I've tried every combo of starting up with the power and volume + held at the same time and no luck at all. I've watched video tutorials the lot. 

I've even resorted to booting up holding the volume - and power.

Literally nothing happens I get the android logo and eventually, then no bootable device.

Is there anyway to recover from this using some SD card with special tools? Connecting to a PC reveals no connected device!

I know its a long shot but wondering if there have been any updates in being able to root lollipop on hudl2. Mine has got to the state where there is only 1% storage space left and I have uninstalled most of my apps but the storage space keeps decreasing. Dont really want to do a factory reset if I can help it and was hoping to get it rooted to find and delete the file that is eating up storage space. 

thanks