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Hi all,
I got my Iconia A500 updated to HC3.2 last week. But I lost my root access after updating to HC3.2 and I can't tether my Iconia A500 to my ad Hoc hotspot!
How can I root my Iconia HC 3.2? I want to root my Iconia HC3.2 so that I can enable the ad hoc under root access.
I am from Hong Kong. Thanks.
Blessings,
Kin
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Please be detailed in what you were doing version of os you were installing. And so on.this will more likely get someone with same experience to help.your post is left with too many variations.
if your A500 HC3.1 was rooted (you did it yourself, or...?), why don't apply the same rooting procedure to your HC3.2?
Transfxb said:
if your A500 HC3.1 was rooted (you did it yourself, or...?), why don't apply the same rooting procedure to your HC3.2?
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Simple reason: if iconiaroot 1.3 was used to root HC 3.1 then it will not work on HC 3.2
Tried it myself on an updated A501.
Regards,
Werner
Rooting HC3.2 Iconia A500
I have the same problem. Did anyone have any solution???
I lost root also, as expected, when I updated to HC 3.2 and iconiaroot did not work (seems to be a problem with superuser. Acer just started rolling out HC 3.2 over the last couple of days but the android developers in these forums are pretty smart, I'm sure they'll start posting root solutions soon.
You may want to try this. It's the root process for 3.2 on the A100. May very well work, although I don't have 3.2 yet so I cannot test it.
http://dcarico.com/articles/android-apps/1016-acer-iconia-a100-root-instructions.html
Thanks for the suggestion, but tried it 4 times on my a500 with HC 3.2 and it would not root.
mac4402 said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but tried it 4 times on my a500 with HC 3.2 and it would not root.
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It was worth a try, although for the life of me I can't figure what would be different between the two, except screen size?!?
kjy2010 said:
It was worth a try, although for the life of me I can't figure what would be different between the two, except screen size?!?
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The version of 3.2 for the A500 is not the same as the version of 3.2 for A100 (the A100 has had 3.2 a lot longer) I suspect in the mean time Acer patched it before releasing the A500 version.
So far there is no way to root 3.2, and more annoyingly, there is also no way to downgrade to 3.1 to get root back (trying to flash a 3.1 update.zip on the 3.2 tablet leaves the tablet unbootable)
for now we're stuck on unrooted 3.2 until one of the devs sweeps in and saves us!
ve6rah said:
for now we're stuck on unrooted 3.2 until one of the devs sweeps in and saves us!
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Do you suppose this is a realistic expectation? I understood that once they decide to lock the boot-loader that root becomes next to impossible.
But then, admittedly, I know very little.
I am a little pissed off about the fact that I stupidly accepted the upload without checking this first. Now I can't use wifi tether (no adhoc), making the tablet almost useless for my needs.
Oh well,
Cheers,
-PW
There are many devices with locked bootloaders that have been rooted (my phone, a motorola milestone, is one of them)
The odds are that the device will be rooted again, the only question is when, but I don't really expect it to take too long. hang in there, you'll be back up and running before you know it.
kinchiu414 said:
Hi all,
I got my Iconia A500 updated to HC3.2 last week. But I lost my root access after updating to HC3.2 and I can't tether my Iconia A500 to my ad Hoc hotspot!
How can I root my Iconia HC 3.2? I want to root my Iconia HC3.2 so that I can enable the ad hoc under root access.
I am from Hong Kong. Thanks.
Blessings,
Kin
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At present only solution is using nearly stock cus.rom to get root.
In more details, look at following thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265847
If he's already on 3.2, it's too late for that, he won't be able to flash that ROM. if you are on 3.2 there is currently no way to get root, or to downgrade to 3.1
Wait for,maybe, a couple of weeks and there will be a Rootmethod for 3.2.That's my experience with this great forum. For now just enjoy your clean and original Tab.
Sent with my Android
I keep seeing forum posts popping up on this and other forums from people who've upgraded to 3.2, not realizing that this is an upgrade that is irreversible and cannot be rooted.
I wonder if it would be prudent to put up a warning thread (perhaps a sticky) warning people not to accept the 3.2 OTA update if they want to continue using root.
Hi All,
I bought the A500 last week and, without a lot of thinking, I upgraded to the last OTA HC 3.2 from HC 3.01.
If I do and hard reset to factory settings does it revert to 3.01 or will stay with 3.2?
eliogiac said:
Hi All,
I bought the A500 last week and, without a lot of thinking, I upgraded to the last OTA HC 3.2 from HC 3.01.
If I do and hard reset to factory settings does it revert to 3.01 or will stay with 3.2?
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As all the threads on this have said you are stuck.there is one solution in the developed section but to me it seems hackish.could be risky.
erica_renee said:
As all the threads on this have said you are stuck.there is one solution in the developed section but to me it seems hackish.could be risky.
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where?can you post a link?i'm on the dev section now but i'm not able so find.
vincent_dimicco said:
where?can you post a link?i'm on the dev section now but i'm not able so find.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
Just pay attention to everything you are doing, as you could screw up your tab
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Hi all! 1st of all, I am loving my 1st Android phone (MT4g). I was stuck on Blackberry for years, until I just simply got too bored with BB. Not bashing BB, still love'em, just wanted to experience Android, to see what the hype was all about & I must say, I feel I chose a decent " beginner " handset in the mt4g. But recently as you know, Gingerbread 2.3.4 was released for my phone and I opted to go into a Tmobile store to get the SD method of the update as opposed to waiting on ota or the other ones that are floating around ( which I'm not saying there is anything wrong with), I just preferred the SD method at the time. But now I was wondering if "rooting" the mt4g with the 2.3.4. update is getting close to available? I would like to root my phone now, because I want to overclock it just a little. But if I understand correctly, rooting is necessary to achieve that? So that is basically my question, Don't I need to be rooted to overclock my handset? & also Does anyone know when it will be possible to root the mt4g with the GB 2.3.4 update on it?
** I have been told that I could downgrade to a previous gb version in order to root my phone, but I want to keep 234 **
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jjbadd385 said:
Hi all! 1st of all, I am loving my 1st Android phone (MT4g). I was stuck on Blackberry for years, until I just simply got too bored with BB. Not bashing BB, still love'em, just wanted to experience Android, to see what the hype was all about & I must say, I feel I chose a decent " beginner " handset in the mt4g. But recently as you know, Gingerbread 2.3.4 was released for my phone and I opted to go into a Tmobile store to get the SD method of the update as opposed to waiting on ota or the other ones that are floating around ( which I'm not saying there is anything wrong with), I just preferred the SD method at the time. But now I was wondering if "rooting" the mt4g with the 2.3.4. update is getting close to available? I would like to root my phone now, because I want to overclock it just a little. But if I understand correctly, rooting is necessary to achieve that? So that is basically my question, Don't I need to be rooted to overclock my handset? & also Does anyone know when it will be possible to root the mt4g with the GB 2.3.4 update on it?
** I have been told that I could downgrade to a previous gb version in order to root my phone, but I want to keep 234 **
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk
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Long and short of it : 2.3.4 is not rootable as of now. Things may change but you must downgrade to 2.2.x if you are attempting to root. After you do that you up re-upgrade the phone with a flashable variant of 2.3.4 or 2.3.5.
Currently downgrading is the only way to root-once you do so and achieve root, there are a couple of roms in the dev section that are the exact same 2.3.4 my sense rom you get from t-mobile, only rooted and maybe debloated...and yes, you need to be rooted to overclock your phone
For some reason, I can't use Visionary+ to temp root my MyTouch 4G that came stock with the 2.3.4 Gingerbread OS, and the PD15IMG.zip isn't reverting the software.
Has this been figured out already? I'd really like to get Sense off.
http://bit.ly/qJhvIa
I just ordered a TF101 on cowboom today and I'm wondering if I should root it ASAP or allow it to upgrade to ICS and then root. Does it really matter what updated OS will be present with regard to rooting?
Let it update then root it (that's what i did when i got mine a couple of days ago). It's just as easy to root ICS now.
Saav said:
Let it update then root it (that's what i did when i got mine a couple of days ago). It's just as easy to root ICS now.
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I just bought a Tf101 a couple days ago (my first tablet) and updated to latest ICS. Which is the easiest method to root.(i'm stuck).
Thanks!
R4fo said:
I just bought a Tf101 a couple days ago (my first tablet) and updated to latest ICS. Which is the easiest method to root.(i'm stuck).
Thanks!
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ViperMod (opttion 1) to root
baseballfanz said:
ViperMod (opttion 1) to root
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I just found tha my TF101 is B70 will still works?
Yes it will work just fine. B70 just means you can't use NV flash, so be careful
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chrishh44 said:
I just ordered a TF101 on cowboom today and I'm wondering if I should root it ASAP or allow it to upgrade to ICS and then root. Does it really matter what updated OS will be present with regard to rooting?
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The version of ICS does matter. The TF101G (the 3G version) of ICS is not currently rootable. Based on that, the next update of ICS for the regular version TF101 will not be rootable either, and, if the new thread someone just started about a new OTA firmware update becoming available now is true and if you hadn't updated to ICS before now, it may be too late to do so and still be able to root it.
In that case, instead of OTA, you'd probably have to root on Honeycomb, install Rootkeeper, use root to install a custom recovery, use the custom recovery to install a rootable version of ICS [because many, including myself, somehow lost root when upgrading from Honeycomb to ICS], root ICS if unrooted and unrecoverable from Rootkeeper, doublecheck Rootkeeper, and then hope the next ICS update does not unroot and block Rootkeeper [which is where most of us are now].
ssl123 said:
The version of ICS does matter. The TF101G (the 3G version) of ICS is not currently rootable. Based on that, the next update of ICS for the regular version TF101 will not be rootable either, and, if the new thread someone just started about a new OTA firmware update becoming available now is true and if you hadn't updated to ICS before now, it may be too late to do so and still be able to root it.
In that case, instead of OTA, you'd probably have to root on Honeycomb, install Rootkeeper, use root to install a custom recovery, use the custom recovery to install a rootable version of ICS [because many, including myself, somehow lost root when upgrading from Honeycomb to ICS], root ICS if unrooted and unrecoverable from Rootkeeper, doublecheck Rootkeeper, and then hope the next ICS update does not unroot and block Rootkeeper [which is where most of us are now].
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This sounds like I could be in for some trouble. I'm not the best at rooting(was able to do my Evo4g and Nook Tablet) but this seems like there are quite a few little details to it. Can I return the tablet if I am unsuccessful at rooting or will I void any return because of it?
Since you bought it through a kind of second hand store I don't think they will know the difference between a bad root brick and just an actual brick so you "should" be able to return it, but technichally once you begin the rooting process your device warranty should already be voided.
Although, a new update just came out today and if it does everything that it says it does you may not need to root to have a fully functional device.
Cowboom has a very easy return policy because they know they are dealing with returned goods (from Best Buy). All you have to do is send them a request for an RMA, and they'll send you one promptly. Just be sure to do it within the allowed return period.
It's too bad you didn't update to ICS prior to last night's update being released. It would have been so much easier to root ICS that way (using ViperMOD), but now the latest ICS is probably not rootable for the time being. If you update OTA now, you (probably) can't root, so decide first before letting the OTA updater do its thing. Or go the longer Clockwork Recovery route I mentioned above for root.
Sorry for what I'm sure will be a redundant question but I am having trouble figuring out exactly what I need to do to get my A500 updated and I just want to be sure so I don't brick it, especially since it's such an older tablet.
I have a stock A500 with HC 3.2.1 on it that has been rooted. I never did the OTA update for it and now it doesn't even come up as an option for me to do it anymore. What would be the best way for me to get my tablet up to ICS at the minimum or maybe even JB in the future? As far as I understand I have to flash the bootloader and recovery. Can I follow those tutorials with my tablet being on HC or would I need to get it to ICS first?
I was looking at this guide and I'm just not sure if it applies to my tablet that hasn't OTA'd yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049778
Thanks a lot guys!
You'd better get ICS, unlock bootloader, get a new recovery (I'm using TWRP from Tegraowners.com), flash V9 bootloader and finally install your favourite custom ROM.