simple question. can i flash flexreaper rom with stock ics 4.0.3 recovery? or do i have to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery first? i have limited access to a pc and just got rooted this morning
You should be able to. Be sure to flash the honeycomb kernel parts immediately after flashing the ROM.
rddocke said:
simple question. can i flash flexreaper rom with stock ics 4.0.3 recovery? or do i have to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery first? i have limited access to a pc and just got rooted this morning
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simple answer: no you cannot flash much of anything with the stock recovery.
If you want flexreaper then yes its best to flash the patched bootloader. Have the rom on yr sdcard ready to install once you've flashed the bootloader/custom recovery.
You can use the locked bootloader (3.01) with some of the flexreaper roms but be warned, its not the optimal solution. If you go this route you will need acer recovery installer to flash a custom recovery first.
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simple answer: no you cannot flash much of anything with the stock recovery.
If you want flexreaper then yes its best to flash the patched bootloader. Have the rom on yr sdcard ready to install once you've flashed the bootloader/custom recovery.
You can use the locked bootloader (3.01) with some of the flexreaper roms but be warned, its not the optimal solution. If you go this route you will need acer recovery installer to flash a custom recovery first.
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im guessing i cant do much with 3.12 bootloader? i really just want the acer ring.
rddocke said:
im guessing i cant do much with 3.12 bootloader? i really just want the acer ring.
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If you really want the ring you'll need to update the BL
Do you have yr cpuid from HC or an old HC backup??
any reason you're not too keen to flash???
No I never had the Hc uid I updated to ota straight out of the box. I have my current uid tho. it's not that I'm against flashing I just have limited access to a PC and to install programs and go through the whole process with someone elses PC is basically unreasonable.
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No I never had the Hc uid I updated to ota straight out of the box. I have my current uid tho. it's not that I'm against flashing I just have limited access to a PC and to install programs and go through the whole process with someone elses PC is basically unreasonable.
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yeh fair enough. I ran stock OTA ics for a month or so and was reasonably happy with it...civato's stock ics rom was better though...and as far as his flex series of roms go they are the absolute best!!
dibb_nz said:
yeh fair enough. I ran stock OTA ics for a month or so and was reasonably happy with it...civato's stock ics rom was better though...and as far as his flex series of roms go they are the absolute best!!
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I know it. I can see the features and the overwhelming recognition on YouTube and any Google search of a500 room. I'm just looking for the magical update.zip file that will cure all my shortcomings as far as the iconia goes. Thanks for the help friend.
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Can I root and overclock my 10.1 right now and will that affect the upcomping touchwiz stuff coming from samsung or should i wait till touchwiz has been out a bit?
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azmtbiker said:
Can I root and overclock my 10.1 right now and will that affect the upcomping touchwiz stuff coming from samsung or should i wait till touchwiz has been out a bit?
Thanks
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I would probably root first. There is always a chance that the new updates will block root and it will take a long time to root again.
If you want the OTA you'll need to have a stock recovery and not be rooted.
If you don't care about the OTA and would rather flash something from one of the devs then go ahead and install CWM and root.
It's easy enough to go back to stock and all the tools and files you need are available in the dev forum.
hoodoomagic said:
It's easy enough to go back to stock and all the tools and files you need are available in the dev forum.
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Doubt it. There still isnt a complete guide to rooting/restoring the galaxy tab 10.1. The dev forum just has crude bits and pieces of the process layed out in a sloppy manner.
5thElement said:
Doubt it. There still isnt a complete guide to rooting/restoring the galaxy tab 10.1. The dev forum just has crude bits and pieces of the process layed out in a sloppy manner.
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Oh hi troll.
Here is a quick guide for the OP:
CWM + Stock recovery images here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150732
Root here: http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/tools/su_busybox_misc-sam_tab_10.1-061611.zip
HC 3.1 OTA here: http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/sys-backup/hc_31/hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip
To install a 3rd party rom flash CWM via Odin then flash the rom of your choice (all of them are pre-rooted except for the a couple of the older euro TW leaks).
To return to stock, flash the 3.1 OTA via CWM, then use Odin to flash the stock recovery.
Done.
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Oh hi troll.
Here is a quick guide for the OP:
CWM + Stock recovery images here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150732
Root here: http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/tools/su_busybox_misc-sam_tab_10.1-061611.zip
HC 3.1 OTA here: http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/sys-backup/hc_31/hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip
To install a 3rd party rom flash CWM via Odin then flash the rom of your choice (all of them are pre-rooted except for the a couple of the older euro TW leaks).
To return to stock, flash the 3.1 OTA via CWM, then use Odin to flash the stock recovery.
Done.
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He was too busy trolling to find and list the links. Or too busy confirming the existence of imaginary sd card slots.
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What if I want to revert my Acer A500 to the stock firmware without root, and the stock recovery, is this possible?
How do I do it?
elboby said:
What if I want to revert my Acer A500 to the stock firmware without root, and the stock recovery, is this possible?
How do I do it?
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Flash it to stock using the downgrade tools listed here in the forums.
And howI get back then to the stock recovery?
elboby said:
And howI get back then to the stock recovery?
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Do exactly like I said, flash using the downgrade tool to stock. Means just that, it will flash everything to stock. EVERYTHING WILL BE STOCK.
"Take your stinking locked bootloader of my tablet you damn dirty ACER company"
TD
But will it update back to an A501 rom afterwards??
Was wondering, if I flashed the update.zip file using CWM, what would happen as I'm replacing the rooted CFW with a stock firmware that doesn't have CWM in it. Bricksville, do you think or it just wouldn't flash?
I did some searching and did not find a direct answer to this. Feel free to lock this thread if this has been answered.
I flashed back to my original stock ROM from when I rooted my device. I went through the series if updates, to this morning and and updated to ics. I have lost root access. So the question is.... Is there a way to root my device on ics without downgrading. I got to have my AD free and battery saving app
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Or if someone could post a link that would be great! Thank you!
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this worked for me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546593
I saw this earlier. I guess the leak could be what I have? I will have to check the firmware and compare it to what is listed. Thanks btw I will try this later tonight and update if this worked.
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I have same situation. I had rooted HC 3.2.1. Yesterday I made the update to stock ICS. I have to say that I am not happy with this new rom. It is not so smooth and fast that I expected. I am intrested to install some nice and fast custom rom. How to do it? What is need to be done to root and install the ClockworkMod??????
Worked perfectly and easily on mine. Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1
I used the method as above, coming from the stock ota. And it worked I was able to use the battery saver and TB. I don't have a custom recovery, in order to do a back up for the time being but that is okay for now.
Edit: I see there is a bunch more threads started with this same topic so feel free to shut this down.
Hey did you unroot before installing the OTA ICS update? Also, what about recovery?
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Just to clarify, the root method for the ICS leak works on the US ICS OTA? (Acer_A500_041.205.01_COM_GEN2)
I just want to make sure, as I am being offered the OTA update from stock rooted Acer_A500_7.014.02_COM_GEN2. I want to make sure I can re-root if I do the update. Otherwise, I'll just wait for a CWM-flashable rooted version. Or has someone already posted that that I've missed?
Yes I was rooted. Then went back to my original stock ROM and stock recovery then went through all the updates. I updated this morning to the stock ics from Acer. Then used the thread above to root again. However I do not have a custom recovery at the moment but root access apps are working just fine. Which is all I need for now.(I live in southern Michigan)
thanks. A question about your custom recovery...Does Acer Recovery Installer no longer work to install CWM again? Or have you just not attempted to re-install CWM?
Kinz1980 said:
Yes I was rooted. Then went back to my original stock ROM and stock recovery then went through all the updates. I updated this morning to the stock ics from Acer. Then used the thread above to root again. However I do not have a custom recovery at the moment but root access apps are working just fine. Which is all I need for now.(I live in southern Michigan)
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okay cool thanks. What did you use to unroot? For flashing back to stock recovery I will use "Acer Recovery Installer".
I tried using iconiaroot which I used to root but it still won't unroot my tablet. I even tried restarting and still nothing.
I lost root when doing the updates to clarify. And no I do not have a recovery at the moment, which I don't need because I am running ics with rooted apps that is all I need. I have no reason to flash a custom ROM. I will let the developers work with this for a bit and I will probably check it or later
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I lost root when doing the updates to clarify. And no I do not have a recovery at the moment, which I don't need because I am running ics with rooted apps that is all I need. I have no reason to flash a custom ROM. I will let the developers work with this for a bit and I will probably check it or later
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Okay great thanks. Glad to know it still worked, flashing the ota update with still having root. Only thing that worries me is I flashed back to stock recovery using that program an went I booted to recovery, it was exclamation point inside a triangle. Hope that doesn't affect my update process.
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I hope a root option comes out that doesn't require a ROM like gingerbreak. Maybe it's not possible for ICS or there aren't any developers interested in working on it, I don't know, but I'll wait.
It shouldn't your stock recovery is different then a custom recovery ie cwm. You will have to find another thread or something to flash a custom recovery. If your wanting to have a custom ROM. I have no need for it. So to put this into a nut shell.
Flash back to stock ROM (honeycomb)
Flash stock recovery.
Except the ota.
Use the link in first post to"re root"your device.
You will have a stock ROM from Acer that has root access. No recovery.
I Hope this makes it clear as mud:sly:
Hit the thanks button if any of this helped you, good day.
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Kinz1980 said:
It shouldn't your stock recovery is different then a custom recovery ie cwm. You will have to find another thread or something to flash a custom recovery. If your wanting to have a custom ROM. I have no need for it. So to put this into a nut shell.
Flash back to stock ROM (honeycomb)
Flash stock recovery.
Except the ota.
Use the link in first post to"re root"your device.
You will have a stock ROM from Acer that has root access. No recovery.
I Hope this makes it clear as mud:sly:
Hit the thanks button if any of this helped you, good day.
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Just to let you know that you will have recovery if you follow this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ader+and+fixing+broken+recovery+in+leaked+ics
Wouldn't Rootkeeper be able to restore root after the update? It worked when I updated my Razr to the leaked ICS.
Kinz1980 said:
It shouldn't your stock recovery is different then a custom recovery ie cwm. You will have to find another thread or something to flash a custom recovery. If your wanting to have a custom ROM. I have no need for it. So to put this into a nut shell.
Flash back to stock ROM (honeycomb)
Flash stock recovery.
Except the ota.
Use the link in first post to"re root"your device.
You will have a stock ROM from Acer that has root access. No recovery.
I Hope this makes it clear as mud:sly:
Hit the thanks button if any of this helped you, good day.
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okay. sorry for all the questions, but does it matter what version of HC I'm on? You say flash back to stock, is that just if I was running a custom rom? I can't find the sdcard I have my backups on but I'm running completely stock 3.2.1 HC. Just rooted and running CWM.
No ICS Update for me, Rooted 3.2, Need Help!
I thought having my tablet simply rooted wouldnt cause a big issue, i didnt flash it, im still running 3.2 gen 2 but no update for ics has appeared, when checking for update it says im up to date, ive checked several times, tried looking into it seeing if i had to unroot somehow which ive found no program that will unroot my tablet successfully i do not want to wipe because last time i rooted it wiped and i lost alot of important data i couldnt back up. Someone please advise me or send me the Canadian/USA Update Zip or other location for the official ics. Thanks!
I know this is an asked question probably but
how to Unroot Acer iconia a500 ICS??
I found lots of ways to unroot but they were for Honeycomb .
Thank you.
sasori962008 said:
I know this is an asked question probably but
how to Unroot Acer iconia a500 ICS??
I found lots of ways to unroot but they were for Honeycomb .
Thank you.
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Flash back to ICS Stock Bootloader. Remove Superuser. Run a stock kernel. Looks like a good plan to me. Or just run a stock ICS.
Moscow Desire said:
Flash back to ICS Stock Bootloader. Remove Superuser. Run a stock kernel. Looks like a good plan to me. Or just run a stock ICS.
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First,Thank you for answering.
Second, How to do that Flash back or run a stock karnel or run a stock ICS , I have never done any of this before.
Thank you.
sasori962008 said:
First,Thank you for answering.
Second, How to do that Flash back or run a stock karnel or run a stock ICS , I have never done any of this before.
Thank you.
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I would point you in direction of this thread it had stock roms and should include a non-rooted version for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633907
thanks
Thanks again but how to use that thing and which one of those links is the one need for a normal ICS from acer??
Since I'm OCD and need everything up to date... What's the latest bootloader for our device? I'm out the Skilrex (spelling?) ICS bootloader currently.
You are correct and Version 8 is the most recent. There is a sticky for it in the developer section if you need.
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I'll look for it.
Will I even notice any difference with a bootloader upgrade?
Yep, the ability to install JB... Dual boot I believe and the ability to flash bootloaders using CWM instead of your PC...
Ive noticed there are multiple boot loaders for the A500 verses the A100..I unlocked the bootloader and put on a cutom recovery CWM and havent messed with it since.. is that possible with this device or does each rom need a specific bootloader? Or will this V8 be the only time I mess with the bootloader?
I'm already on CM 10.1 and v8 of the bootloader so no update needed I guess.
droidxxxxx said:
Ive noticed there are multiple boot loaders for the A500 verses the A100..I unlocked the bootloader and put on a cutom recovery CWM and havent messed with it since.. is that possible with this device or does each rom need a specific bootloader? Or will this V8 be the only time I mess with the bootloader?
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All ICS and JB ROMs will work with V8. Honeycomb however will not. So to answer your question, yes after install V8 you shouldn't ever have to mess with it again.
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Ok, I'm rooted.. now I want to put on a recovery next? and then the custom bootloader? Or is V8 the recovery as well?
V8 is the custom bootloader. If you go by the sticky in the developer section for installing V8 you will install a recovery as part of the process. You are given the option of which to install, they are TWRP, Thors or pubA50 recovery.
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