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How To Root An Acer Iconia A500

Good Evening from the uk
earlier on today a bunch of devs managed to actually root this tablet using a modified version of gingerbreak
below is the walkthrough of how to root this device
1. make sure usb debugging is turned on and unknown sources is selected
2. have a micro sd card inserted and turn the tablet on portrait and lock it with the switch to fix it in portrait
3. download and execute the attached apk. (i had to download from my comp and transfer to the tablet for it to work)
4. once the apk is installed run the root procedure within the app which was installed
5. wait and you will receive full root access
Edit to add original dev and thread
A BIG BIG thank you to monki-magic who provided the modified apk and the original thread is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046277

Acer Iconia A500 Rooted

Thanks!!! So glad the a500 is getting some love

how would one go about unrooting this device?

thesilverhawk said:
how would one go about unrooting this device?
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Select unroot under gingerbreak apk

thesilverhawk said:
how would one go about unrooting this device?
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Select unroot under gingerbreak apk

thats fantastic! great job guys! i will still be returning for asus though, lol. ips ftw

thesilverhawk said:
thats fantastic! great job guys! i will still be returning for asus though, lol. ips ftw
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have fun
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Fantastic job! I got my Iconia A500 rooted.
I could run the file without having to transfer from PC.

hmm it gave me a pharse error when i downloaded it straight to the tab

Beautiful!
Easy, easy, easy!
Thanks to the devs for making this happen so soon.
Loving my Acer A500 even more.
(Eee transformer? *yawn*)

Anyone working on building a cifs.ko? I'd love to be able to use cifsmanager to mount Windows drives and access them from any Android application (comic reader, movie player, etc.)??

Wow that's fast. I will try this tonight.
Many thnx for this.

thesilverhawk said:
thats fantastic! great job guys! i will still be returning for asus though, lol. ips ftw
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Good luck with that, and the IPS on the transformer is not that great, kind of choppy for games. People are expecting an iPad2 style ips and it is NOT. The refresh rate is too low, the color is just a tad crisper then the Acer. Barely noticeable to the eye. Friend got his and sold it on ebay for the Acer, the USB was more important then the ips, and ips is great for graphic designers but gamers, not so much. Why do you think in every review people complained about choppy video... It because it is a cheap ips with a cheap refresh rate. Hence the price. Just my $0.02. Glad the Iconia got some love with their own section. It will be about June before you get one.

Thank you very much the root work perfectly , really appreciate your sharing.

Thanks....I´m going to try later and let you know how it worked!!!!
Let´s make this tablet work better!!!!
(waiting for Honeycomb update....)

donated $5 (more than i've spent on any app), thanks!

and... rooted! much easier than my desire... awesome job guys!
thank you very much!

freaking awesome!
so simple to root. downloaded from the tab and installed from it. no pc needed! awesome. installing rom manager now but no clockworkmod for this yet... only 1 acer device is listed... any brave people willing to try it?.. jejeje

Is that it?
Really?
Those five steps.
No preparation, nothing else needed.
Just turn on my device, follow those five steps and it's done.
Why do I feel like there's something I am missing here?
If it's five steps to root then I am dead impressed!

List

Can someone give me a list of successful kindle fire custom roms? like ubuntu or anything else?

"successful" is a bit subjective... depends on what you think that means.
CM7 seems to work very well.
ICS likewise but last I checked Video and Sound wasn't working and for some, that would be a tad bit unsuccessful.
Ubuntu, is not really a ROM, more like an add on which you load on an existing ROM so I don''t think you would put that into the ROM category.
Most of ROMS are located in the developer thread. check those out.

Google search for "kindle fire custom rom" turns up many links.
CM7, ICS, MIUI, MoDaCo, BiffMod-Blaze-0.5-Beta, probably many more popping like flowers in the springtime sun.

wow ubuntu…… if there it is, I'll try it
Sent from my Kindle Fire

[email protected] said:
wow ubuntu…… if there it is, I'll try it
Sent from my Kindle Fire
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429629

Article regarding buying the Kindle Fire as non-US user

Hi all,
i wrote an article about the Kindle Fire for non-US customers, explaining what works out of the box and what kind of options you have if you want to make use of the full potential of the device.
http://smartphoneblogging.com/2012/03/review-kindle-fire-how-usable-is-it-outside-of-the-us/
this is not meant as an faq for technical stuff like rooting, but more of a overview of whats possible with this tablet. this is hopefully interesting for people thinking about getting a kindle fire which don't live in the USA and are not familiar with Androids possibilities.
Please let me know if there are any questions...

Edited first post as the URL has changed...

Hi
That is a very good article, and something I have been looking for as I live in UK.
You state:
Amazon pushes out updates to the Kindle Fire pretty often, which would normally be a great thing, but not so much if you are using a rooted device with the stock ROM. Updates are forced and there is no way to deny them, other than using the Kindle Fire only offline which of course makes no sense. The problem is that each update will break your root access so you have to wait for the community to again root the new version and provide an walkthrough for it. This cat and mouse play can get very annoying. Chances are that you don’t really need to stick with the stock Kindle Fire ROM anyway as most Amazon services can’t be used outside of the US. This is where custom ROMs come in handy
Does this mean that if you keep the stock ROM updates can still be pushed to the device but by changing the ROM it will freeze the pushed updates or is there no way that these can be stopped currently?

meso100 said:
Does this mean that if you keep the stock ROM updates can still be pushed to the device but by changing the ROM it will freeze the pushed updates or is there no way that these can be stopped currently?
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Yes, that's right. Keeping the stock ROM will mean OTA updates will be pushed to your device, and you might lose root.
With a custom ROM like the CM7 or CM9 Rom this will not happen, as you basically have a different device with that ROMs.
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Thanks for your help.
I have bookmarked your website for future reference and liked it on G+
Nice one!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Thanks for the feedback!
meso100 said:
Thanks for your help.
I have bookmarked your website for future reference and liked it on G+
Nice one!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Thank you so much for writing this article. =]
This will come in handy when I move out of the states shortly. lol

Cheshire.Love said:
Thank you so much for writing this article. =]
This will come in handy when I move out of the states shortly. lol
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Thanks. As far as i know you should be able to use your Kindle Fire normally outside of the US, if it has been activated using a real US Amazon account with a real credit card. All services should work.
But of course this won't last if you move to another country permanently (change address) and don't use your US credit card anymore...

The only thing missing now is an official CM9 build and hardware acceleration. Hopefully we will see this soon as it would really push the kindle fire capabilities.

switching from stock ROM to ....

I fed up with Amazon's way of customizing Kindle Fire, I've had it and I want to switch!
I'd rather go w/ CM 7,9,10 I don't really care, but I dont think it's working reliable yet
I'd rather go w/ ICS or JB if possible but that's probably too hot for oh greatest Amazon Kindle Fire...
so, anyways what ROM majority people are using out there that just works and now as slow as stock?

a1exus said:
I fed up with Amazon's way of customizing Kindle Fire, I've had it and I want to switch!
I'd rather go w/ CM 7,9,10 I don't really care, but I dont think it's working reliable yet
I'd rather go w/ ICS or JB if possible but that's probably too hot for oh greatest Amazon Kindle Fire...
so, anyways what ROM majority people are using out there that just works and now as slow as stock?
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What do you mean not too hot. CM7/9/10 Roms run great on the Kindle Fire. No lag at all and some of the CM9 Roms get in the 4000s in quadrant scores.
If you want recommendations please read the 20 other threads asking the same thing.

a1exus said:
I fed up with Amazon's way of customizing Kindle Fire, I've had it and I want to switch!
I'd rather go w/ CM 7,9,10 I don't really care, but I dont think it's working reliable yet
I'd rather go w/ ICS or JB if possible but that's probably too hot for oh greatest Amazon Kindle Fire...
so, anyways what ROM majority people are using out there that just works and now as slow as stock?
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+1
I just got a used Kindle Fire yesterday, promptly rooted it and installed AOKP but I just read on their blog that they are discontinuing support for the Kindle Fire. So I am looking for alternate custom ROMs.
Thanks.
Denis

Is there a method that I can use to root/unlock my AKF using MAC instead of Windows? (I dont have Windows anymore)

Broke teacher that needs help with Kindle

Ok... Let me start off with I do not want to root my kindle... I know I will just mess it up and end up with a broken kindle
SO...Amazon marketplace finally got Splashtop Remote Desktop which I was so excited about so I can use in my classroom to write on my SMART Board without actually being at the board. But, no it wants to be difficult and NOT write. It does everything else (click, drag, etc) but just won't write on the stupid SMART Board!!! All the teachers who have Ipads with Remote Desktop are fine... Even my boyfriends transformer works... so what is the difference?!?!?!
I tried to sideload the app from the transformer... it doesn't work. Any help here?? Please, I don't have 500 bucks to drop on an Ipad and especially for one stupid little reason... I'm a BROKE teacher... and a "noob"....
Thanks!

Is it possibly a click drag finger like as if you were moving a file (like click-release quickly-click and drag)?
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you know if nothing else maybe try teamviewer i dont know how well it would sideload but its worth a shot good luck

Team Viewer works great on the Fire. Well, my rooted jb10 fire works great.
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