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[HELP]GingerBreak cannot break my tablet!!!Acer A501 ICONIA NEED TO BE ROOTED

Hi guys,
I have an Acer ICONIA A501, the Android version is 3.0.1
I tried to use GingerBreak v1.2 to get root.
After I clicked the get root, it stops in pop-up window.
To clarify, it is not non-responsible, but just cannot go further.
even 20 mins awaiting.
Please help me~~~~
I really want to get root.
Hungry Jacks

franva said:
Hi guys,
I have an Acer ICONIA A501, the Android version is 3.0.1
I tried to use GingerBreak v1.2 to get root.
After I clicked the get root, it stops in pop-up window.
To clarify, it is not non-responsible, but just cannot go further.
even 20 mins awaiting.
Please help me~~~~
I really want to get root.
Hungry Jacks
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Did you mean A500, if not where did you get an A501?
Try this:
Search the forum for 'IconiaRoot 1.2'
Works fine on HC 3.1 and no orientation BS to worry about. Also much faster and does include UNroot option.

Thanks a lot, I'll try it and give you the feedback.
No, it's A501.
I got it in my hand since the last friday.
It's not a unreleased product anymore.
I bought 3 A501.
Cheers

Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.

There is an A501
Digiguest said:
Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.
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There is an A501 - it has a 3G radio. It was due out in Europe by the end of July. I
guess they kept thier promise. No A501 for the US yet, though

Digiguest said:
Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.
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Wrong. Maybe you should look at Acer's product portfolio, hmm?

Thanks a lot!!!
It works perfectly!!!! hahahha
But my a501 cannot found the ad hoc hotspot.
I did the modification exactly following the instruction, but why it still doesn't show up the ad hoc hotspot???
Have any idea?
Cheers

Check youn permissions on the ad-hoc file or the program on the phone you are tethering to.u use wireless tether switched from barnacle. As it seems faster.but cost ten bucks
Guys check the web the 501 is available but I think limited areas

FloatingFatMan said:
Wrong. Maybe you should look at Acer's product portfolio, hmm?
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Everyone loves a SMARTASS like you I guess. For your information I asked my contact at Acer and he knew nothing about it. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.
kwparker80 said:
There is an A501 - it has a 3G radio. It was due out in Europe by the end of July. I
guess they kept thier promise. No A501 for the US yet, though
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Thank you. At least YOUR post was helpful unlike FATmans there. I will try my other contact and get some information on it.

1. Did you make sure USB Debugging is turned on?
2. Did you make sure Loading from Unknown Sources is turned on?
3. Make sure when you run Gingerbreak, the tablet is in Portrait mode...Gingerbreak will crash if it is run in Landscape mode.
I had that issue last night rooting my replacement A500. I realized I forgot to turn on USB Debugging. If that's the case, turn on USB Debugging and restart the tablet, then run GingerBreak again.
franva said:
Hi guys,
I have an Acer ICONIA A501, the Android version is 3.0.1
I tried to use GingerBreak v1.2 to get root.
After I clicked the get root, it stops in pop-up window.
To clarify, it is not non-responsible, but just cannot go further.
even 20 mins awaiting.
Please help me~~~~
I really want to get root.
Hungry Jacks
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Digiguest said:
Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.
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Nice one smart ass lol. Its not real cause I haven't heard of it
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how much did you pay for the a501
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Digiguest said:
Everyone loves a SMARTASS like you I guess. For your information I asked my contact at Acer and he knew nothing about it. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Acer "launched" the A500, A501, A100 and A101 tablets all at the same time, at the various electronics shows around the world. All the news sites online carried news of all 4 models, and their website lists them as well, even in the support section (and the A100 series isn't even available yet).
There's no way an Acer employee wouldn't have known about it if they had anything at all to do with the mobile devices division.

hi there,
if you are still using stock rom on your a501, just dont flash any custom rom from dev section... u will lose 3g functions
but then i think u can help the dev by giving the dumping of your stock rom, maybe to help we a500 users get easier and better 3g

Yes I am sure I did what exactly they told on their articles.
Now I solved that problem with ICONIA Root,so Gingerbreak is crap...

franva said:
Yes I am sure I did what exactly they told on their articles.
Now I solved that problem with ICONIA Root,so Gingerbreak is crap...
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Y'know.. It's REALLY impolite to call something which some guys worked really hard on, did everything they could to help a bunch of freeloaders set their tablets free and didn't ask for a DIME in recompense, a piece of crap.
How about you try to do better, hmm? And when you do (ha!), I'll call it a piece of crap and see how you like it.

interqd said:
hi there,
if you are still using stock rom on your a501, just dont flash any custom rom from dev section... u will lose 3g functions
but then i think u can help the dev by giving the dumping of your stock rom, maybe to help we a500 users get easier and better 3g
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yeah...and that was my fault..x(
i lost the UMTS/3g functions and now i want the old stock rom for HC3.0.1 back...
even more i didn't make a backup for that rom...
do any of u guys...help me out there gettin my 3g functions back...?
my a501...has now the a500 HC3.1 custom rom in it....
is there a way to do a downgrade...or rollback...?
thx

If you want 3.01 back here is my CWM backup: http://www.multiupload.com/36GQ8XP8KS or
If you want 3.2 flash the custom rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232545.
Both have working 3G
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3.2 is fantastic on a500

Thank you kekinash, I don't post much but this site is and the people in it are the best. I had to take a moment and Thank you all for every thing I have been able to do with my phones and my Acer. The stock rooted 3.2 for the Acer is GREAT, and was so easy to bring up from the first rooted 3.1 I updated from. Please every one read the devs posts take your time and understand what you are doing and the wealth of information from these people will make Android a great experience for newbies like me.
Thanks many thanks again!

I totally agree. Without this site I might have had to jump ship ion my iconia and switched to an iPad!
I kid I kid! I hope nobody kills me for that!

hardslog said:
I totally agree. Without this site I might have had to jump ship ion my iconia and switched to an iPad!
I kid I kid! I hope nobody kills me for that!
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Bang Bang......you're dead!

Has anyone been experiencing force closes with 3.2? I cant play some games like Wind-Up Knight on my tablet.

The only force close I have had is the system settings about, as I have the APK that kills the telephony and phone APKS (my battery lasts for days and days now btw) if I reenable these then it does not force close. havent tried that particular game yet but when I first loaded 3.2 golf wouldnt work, I uninstalled and reinstalled the golf and now it works, Try it what could it hurt? also go into the apps and clear the cache from that particular app, then restart the tab and see if that works? I am no expert but at least here is a place to start...

I just sucked it up, did a backup, wiped, and reflashed. All is well now.

allintrest said:
Thank you kekinash, I don't post much but this site is and the people in it are the best. I had to take a moment and Thank you all for every thing I have been able to do with my phones and my Acer. The stock rooted 3.2 for the Acer is GREAT, and was so easy to bring up from the first rooted 3.1 I updated from. Please every one read the devs posts take your time and understand what you are doing and the wealth of information from these people will make Android a great experience for newbies like me.
Thanks many thanks again!
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Hi,
QUick question. You mentioned that the stock rooted 3.2 from Acer is great? 3.2 stock rooted? Where / how / Help

Bucks_Fizz said:
Hi,
QUick question. You mentioned that the stock rooted 3.2 from Acer is great? 3.2 stock rooted? Where / how / Help
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ezTerry on this forum has a "near stock" rooted rom.. flashed with CWM same as any other I believe .. Jump into the A500 development forum and you'll see it (about 3/4 of the way down first page I think it was last time I looked)

I used this one
and have NO ISSUES!!! everything works including 1.4.1 Netflix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
Tested Skype, WIFI tether to my Bionic, cameras, everything I could think of and it all works,
Thanks again kekinash !!!
and READ HIS DISCLAIMER!!! he has done this for us as a huge favor!!!

[Q] ICS AOSP (from CM's source) for HTC Glacier help!!!

i cant use wifi or mount my phone to my computer via usb please help the rom is nice but this is really bothering me

BigJohn561 said:
i cant use wifi or mount my phone to my computer via usb please help the rom is nice but this is really bothering me
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Come on man, read before you post, wifi and mass storage are some things currently not working on that rom

If you could read, you'd see it doesn't work yet....

BigJohn561 said:
i cant use wifi or mount my phone to my computer via usb please help the rom is nice but this is really bothering me
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If you can't even read, then I don't see why you're even here...
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^ Exactly what I was thinking!

BigJohn561 said:
i cant use wifi or mount my phone to my computer via usb please help the rom is nice but this is really bothering me
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it is working in recovery mode

Daily use
I'd love to be able to post in the dev sections of my experience on the beta ICS that everyone is testing...
Google Maps is very glitchy...
GPS is inaccurate...
1 Random reboot when opened the webbrowser..
FC on Google Music ICS version (seems to not wanna sych with my gmusic account)
When do i get to post in dev

tradeware said:
I'd love to be able to post in the dev sections of my experience on the beta ICS that everyone is testing...
Google Maps is very glitchy...
GPS is inaccurate...
1 Random reboot when opened the webbrowser..
FC on Google Music ICS version (seems to not wanna sych with my gmusic account)
When do i get to post in dev
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Hopefully never..... jk, i think after 10 posts or something like that
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Remember, its BETA... Yes I used it for a while today, and thought it looks awesome, but right there in the 75 pages of posts, it says its still not working with wifi or usb. Hopefully beta 4 will come soon. I also had a lot of lockups and bluetooth calling worked but hung at the hang up and I had to drop the battery to reboot... but its really coming along nicely!

BigJohn561 said:
i cant use wifi or mount my phone to my computer via usb please help the rom is nice but this is really bothering me
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Like every one has said...its time to go through the thread like a big boy but for real I feel like if you want to port a rom look through at least the last 5-7 pages and see what the most current issues are, and read through the change logs that are conveniently in the description the ROM is in beta 3 and those things you said just simply don't work so from now go to the thread every so often and see what changed your questions shall be answered!
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mark manning said:
Hopefully never..... jk, i think after 10 posts or something like that
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I am having the same problems as (tradeware) is having, but I do acknowledge that is being worked on.
By the way it is 10 post to gain access to the dev thread.

Jms122589 said:
Like every one has said...its time to go through the thread like a big boy but for real I feel like if you want to port a rom look through at least the last 5-7 pages and see what the most current issues are, and read through the change logs that are conveniently in the description the ROM is in beta 3 and those things you said just simply don't work so from now go to the thread every so often and see what changed your questions shall be answered!
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
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Thanks I kinda jumped the gun on downloading it then I couldn't flash cwm so I thought I was stuck but I changed it back the old fashioned way but anyhow thanks for responding without hatred or sarcasm like these other a holes

Im so waiting for this to be 100 percent im so excited

Just wanted to know if this rom included the newest accessibility features from android 4.0? It's called "explore by touch", its a screen reader for people who are blind or visually impaired which is much like Apples VoiceOver. This would be very useful to me because I'm legally blind and Android accessibility is horrible at this point in time....

Boot into recovery "Hold down button on the volume with the power buttom" go to advanced, mount and storage, and mount usb storage

New toy

So I am getting a transformer for Christmas... Where should I start as of root and rom?
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The SEARCH box.
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spidey01 said:
the search box.
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ditto
10chars

Lol well what would be the best rom and stuff my area is phones rights this will be my first tablet with honeycomb
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I am running the Prime 2.1.1 ROM and it's good. I have had trouble with the Revolution HD ROM (didn't restore apps automatically, Market crashes, some apps are shown as not compatible etc.). I will wait until the first ICS ROMs come out before I try anything new (e.g. the KRAKD ROM looks promising).

So maybe i play honeycomb and wait for the ICS roms to drop then cause that works
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I have tried revolver, prime, and revolution HD for me revolution is the most stable and the battery is amazing on it. the only thing I don't like is how really stock it is. Revolver is really customizable rom you can do alot tweets but the battery drains fast. Well prime, I was getting alot of fc so I didn't play with it to much.
Sent from eee pad Transformer running Revolution HD 2.2.1

First off, make sure that you always make a backup of what you have working on the tablet. This will save you much frustration if something goes wrong. Nandroid backups are the ones that will restore a whole ROM for you. As for backing up apps with data, you can use Titanium Backup (requires root).
The two main firsts are that you should get it rooted (very easy now) and install CWM (Clockwork Recovery Mod). CWM will allow you to flash ROMs, make backups of the ROM itself and handle various memory functions.
Read through the Stickies in the Android Dev section, they will tell you all information you need to know.
As mentioned above, if you run into any kind of issue, before you post, use the search function and see if it is something that has been asked and answered before. If you are following the steps to whatever you are doing and you get stuck, chances are good someone else has done the same thing and gotten help with it.
Another thing to note is when you choose a ROM, look through its feature list, and if available, the bug list. Looking through both of those should aid you in deciding if that specific ROM or Kernel is something you want to use. If you get as far as flashing Kernels, make sure it is one that is compatible with the ROM you are using, otherwise the tablet probably won't boot and you'll have to flash a Kernel known to work with whichever ROM you chose.

Read thru the stickies above.

First thing you'll need to do is check the serial number on it and make sure you even have the choice of rooting it. AFAIK, most serials after the B60 series have a locked bootloader that hasn't been cracked yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't read anything to the contrary yet.

bbond said:
First thing you'll need to do is check the serial number on it and make sure you even have the choice of rooting it. AFAIK, most serials after the B60 series have a locked bootloader that hasn't been cracked yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't read anything to the contrary yet.
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Please check your facts before you post things that are incorrect as truth!

Rumbleweed said:
Please check your facts before you post things that are incorrect as truth!
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Well that's why I said I hope I'm wrong and haven't read that I was. Are all TF's in fact now rootable?

bbond said:
First thing you'll need to do is check the serial number on it and make sure you even have the choice of rooting it. AFAIK, most serials after the B60 series have a locked bootloader that hasn't been cracked yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't read anything to the contrary yet.
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You sir, are very wrong.
I rooted my B90 with razorclaw without a hitch.
This has been common knowledge around the community for about a month now.... :/
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Just a month? Back when I rooted my TF we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways just to get the documentation on the process.
Anyways, back on topic...I use the latest PRIME! and I rarely have issues. Good luck when you get it!

I know im so happy I get one she was at first gonna get me an acer a500 but the transformer was on a door crashers sale for 299 minus the the dock for it and they was sold out here in london with in 2 hrs but she in yellowknife and her store didn't open till noon a i am only assuming she was able to scoop it up... But I'm more then it's the one she got... Now if it is should i get the dock or would be fine with out it
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Buckii said:
I know im so happy I get one she was at first gonna get me an acer a500 but the transformer was on a door crashers sale for 299 minus the the dock for it and they was sold out here in london with in 2 hrs but she in yellowknife and her store didn't open till noon a i am only assuming she was able to scoop it up... But I'm more then it's the one she got... Now if it is should i get the dock or would be fine with out it
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You okay there Buckii?
Anyway, I would recommend getting the dock. Sometimes it is nice to have a physical keyboard, plus the additional battery adds hours of use time.

[Q] Why root?

Hey guys,
I just got an Iconia for Christmas and love it to death. Seems like the perfect tablet for me.
I see a lot of stuff on this forum about rooting however and I'm curious what the practical benafits to rooting are. I origionally had planned to route the iconia because I heard it didn't support netflix but the netflix app seems to work fine on my device so I'm happy there.
There were a lot of things that made me want to route my phone (Samsung Epic) such as the desire to tether other devices to it and get rid of all the Samsung, pre-istalled BS and Touch Wiz which made the phone run slowly. Those considerations don't exist here as Honey Comb seems to be plenty fast and there doesn't appear to be many BS additions from Acer.
So, with all that in mind, what exactly does one gain practically by rooting the Iconia?

I rooted my a500 so I could connect to ad-hoc networks and use ntfs drives.
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MalachiX said:
So, with all that in mind, what exactly does one gain practically by rooting the Iconia?
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It is a very personal question in the sense that there is no one, single reason why people root. I for example rooted because I needed ad-hoc wifi, otherwise I could have well survived without rooting. Once I did root my tablet I did of course install CWM so I can take a full backup of the whole thing -- better safe than sorry, as they say -- and tried a few different ROMs too, though I then went back to stock as it was the least buggy.
Just ask yourself: is there anything I need root for?

I think I root for a few different reasons.
ClockworkMod for nandroid backup and other things.
Titanium backup for app/data backup and easy bloat remove/restore.
AdFree
overclocking and other performance adjustments
Cifs/Samba support - I have 3 androids with share links on my PC desktop for drag-n-drop file copying without wires.
Root explorer of course.
Drive mount seems to need it.
Oh and theming - I like to theme and make small code changes.

Essentially, if you need to ask that question, you don't need to root your device....
You'll know when you need to...

WereCatf said:
....tried a few different ROMs too, though I then went back to stock as it was the least buggy.
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No. I take it you have never heard of tegraowners.com. Its ok, took me a while until I found out too.
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ipetloudog said:
No. I take it you have never heard of tegraowners.com. Its ok, took me a while until I found out too.
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What does that have to do with the fact that I found all the custom ROMs I tried buggy?

Thanks for the advice everyone.
I was all set to root because I heard that Netflix wasn't functioning on the Iconia and rooting was easy.
Now I find that Netflix works fine and apparently I shouldn't have let my tablet update when I first turned it on.
Guess I'll leave my Iconia alone for now.

WereCatf said:
What does that have to do with the fact that I found all the custom ROMs I tried buggy?
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Did you try to get help with the buggies? People are pretty helpful around here. I'm running Honeylicious Icy something and it seems to be perfect so far.

id be waiting for ICS
MalachiX said:
Hey guys,
I just got an Iconia for Christmas and love it to death. Seems like the perfect tablet for me.
So, with all that in mind, what exactly does one gain practically by rooting the Iconia?
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One word really - titanium - there is just no better way to make a full backup.
But having said that - with all the rumors of ICS withing maybe weeks - rooting may not be such a good idea right now ... most OTA updates do tend to have issues with rooted devices.
Westa

why root
i root for:
cwm recovery image
optimized roms
titanium backup (altho my stuff is mostly cloud so this is just a bonus)
while i understand why people say only root if you have to, if you've made your way here i'd suggest you do it anyways if only for the clockworkmod recovery while more or less makes your system unbrickable. when you start looking at custom icon packs, gps, wifi and lag fixes, optimized filesystems etc. it gets a lot more appealing.
thanks to those that tirelessly work out the kinks in the process for us.

Havent seen a reason yet to root my A500 as it does everything I want, possibly if I got a wildhair and wanted to install a custom rom. On the other hand I bought a Kindle Fire and I rooted it and had a custom rom installed withing a week, primarily to make it more like my Acer.

beebleboop said:
i root for:
cwm recovery image
optimized roms
titanium backup (altho my stuff is mostly cloud so this is just a bonus)
while i understand why people say only root if you have to, if you've made your way here i'd suggest you do it anyways if only for the clockworkmod recovery while more or less makes your system unbrickable. when you start looking at custom icon packs, gps, wifi and lag fixes, optimized filesystems etc. it gets a lot more appealing.
thanks to those that tirelessly work out the kinks in the process for us.
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Unbrickable? I keep seeing threads of peopleeho havd just bricked their systems while trying to foot. It's the main reason why imhesitant to root.

I just got mine and always thought I would root it, but I don't see the point yet.
I rooted my Evo so that I can remove bloat, increase battery life, and most important wirelessly tether with my tablet.
The battery life on my tablet seems amazing, honeycomb seems fast and the bloat doesn't bother me as much.
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Honeybar!!!

i rooted and installed thors rom, its awesome.
No real reason either, I just know from past experience every device is made more enjoyable with the right rom.
Plus with ics coming soon ill have to be able to backup my data to survive the upgrade.

I find out About Rooting (or unlocking) before I buy any device
#1 Freezing Apps (like Deleting, only safer -Titanium Backup)
#2 OverClocking to 1.5 Ghz and still being stable (up to 1.64)
#3 Under clock (216,245 mhz) (saving battery life)
#4 fun to be "ABLE" to tweak out something.
#5 Example : -a new trick to get better Wi-Fi or 3G Signal, or better GPS (you'll need ROOT to edit system data)
KNOWING that you can always get back to stock in under 5-7 min (if you have to bring in device)
Leaves you a better question.
"Why have you NOT ROOTED it yet?"

MalachiX said:
Unbrickable? I keep seeing threads of peopleeho havd just bricked their systems while trying to foot. It's the main reason why imhesitant to root.
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Well bricking your tablet is normal when you try to foot it.
Sorry just made my laugh.
Maybe you should use auto correction.
Or maybe I should keep trying to foot it and see how many attempts I need to brick it.

I just got this tablet for Xmas, well the Packard bell one but from my understanding there the same. I still need to root mine. I've heard that you can connect a ps3 control if your rooted. Is this the only requirement?
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civato said:
Well bricking your tablet is normal when you try to foot it.
Sorry just made my laugh.
Maybe you should use auto correction.
Or maybe I should keep trying to foot it and see how many attempts I need to brick it.
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OMG very funny.. Sounds like one of my Long winded Quick unedited or checked post. with no spell check or punctuation ......
With that said..
I think if you have to ask WHY ROOT your device.. My Question is what Does your device not do that you need? And will rooting the device solve this for you..
its risk vs benefits . the oldest Android Question in the book .. Should i foot.. or should i not foot...