Cold Boot gone wrong? and Trying to update to jellybean

[sparks3229]

Back from vacation and want to download JB. Did the cold boot-but my android guy is laying on his back with a red exclamation point coming out of him!!! What should I do? I left him there, and now my tablet has started up on it's own. What was THAT about? I have cold booted in the past and not had that happen. I held down power and volume...the tab would vibrate after 8-10 seconds but not come on. I did that a few times, and then I got the poor android guy on his back. Tablet started up on its own just now, but I doubt it cold booted.

[bfmetcalf]

You entered recover by pressing the volume up button. The first part where the screen stayed black was apx mode. Cold boot is pwr and volume down until you see 2 icons, then just let it sit, stay away from that vol up button and you should be fine.

[sparks3229]

Thank you...so the firmware updated, I did a successful cold boot, but now I can't find the update to download it. I went to settings-about tablet-system firmware update, and there is nothing there. Android version 4.0.3 is what shows. "Failed to download file. Please wait for a moment and try again". But the grayed button never changes to blue so that I can press it again.

After 3rd cold boot it says i have a system firmware update-check notifications. Where is the notification? There is nothing in the lower right corner...just update notification for apps.