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[Q] Leaked update...help...

So i was following those announcements about the froyo official update leak, so I went ahead and downloaded it to my Epic 4G, now they are saying that Sprint announced that the leaked update is not approved and therefore shoukd not be downloaded, I want to unroot my phone, but will it unroot it back to the Eclair version successfully or am I going to have problems with the phone?. I've read about the one click rooting and unrooting, but is it really safe to do so?

Whoa... too much here to cover in a small space. Since this appears to be your first post I suggest you start reading. You have many options and with just about as many pitfalls.
Is your phone working ok? If so, why worry now. Wait for a future update.
tsp
monnie27 said:
So i was following those announcements about the froyo official update leak, so I went ahead and downloaded it to my Epic 4G, now they are saying that Sprint announced that the leaked update is not approved and therefore shoukd not be downloaded, I want to unroot my phone, but will it unroot it back to the Eclair version successfully or am I going to have problems with the phone?. I've read about the one click rooting and unrooting, but is it really safe to do so?
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Yeah it's my first post here, but i've been reading instructions on how to root and unroot. My phone is working perfectly fine with the leaked update. However, when Sprint releases the official update, will the rooted phones receive the announcememnt and will we be able to update it? lol
tsperez said:
Whoa... too much here to cover in a small space. Since this appears to be your first post I suggest you start reading. You have many options and with just about as many pitfalls.
Is your phone working ok? If so, why worry now. Wait for a future update.
tsp
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rooting your phone does not block official ota updates, flashing custom kernels and roms will. also if you do not delete any sprint apps (nascar, telenav) you should not have any problems upgrading to new updates ota.

All I did was install update.zip of sdcard on my phone nothing else. So is my phone rooted? I have no custom roms or anything just the installed dk28. I'm gonna be able to update ota with this installed right?

TorelliB said:
All I did was install update.zip of sdcard on my phone nothing else. So is my phone rooted? I have no custom roms or anything just the installed dk28. I'm gonna be able to update ota with this installed right?
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dk28 would be considered a non stock (ie custom) rom
no you will not get the update ota.

TorelliB said:
All I did was install update.zip of sdcard on my phone nothing else. So is my phone rooted? I have no custom roms or anything just the installed dk28. I'm gonna be able to update ota with this installed right?
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I doubt u are rooted .. you just flashed a new rom thats it. Rooted means you get "superuser" access.. and you can wreak havoc

hardrock121 said:
I doubt u are rooted .. you just flashed a new rom thats it. Rooted means you get "superuser" access.. and you can wreak havoc
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Lots of super fun havoc
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

hardrock121 said:
I doubt u are rooted .. you just flashed a new rom thats it. Rooted means you get "superuser" access.. and you can wreak havoc
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so i did the same thing, downloaded the update.zip file, put it in my memory card and updated the phone using the recovery mode, so i'm not rooted just flashed, and wont be able to get the OTA update from Google?, btw im having a bit of troble with the GPS, when i enable it it say im abot 20 blocks away from my actual location, however, when i connect to a wireless network, per say my home network the location is right 0.o
other than that, the phone is working just fine

OTA Update 7.014.1

Tonight i received a notification that there is an update available OTA for my A500.
Version announced is 7.014.01
Where's the update file supposed to be downloaded to?
I tried to apply it, but there was an error somehow. In the middle of the update process a red triangle popped up. How can I examine the update file better?

Are you rooted? My experience is that most devices will notify you of an update just by version checking, but will fail if rooted because the files the upgrade expects to have in place have changed due to rooting. So you have to either go back to stock, lose root or wait for someone to create a new rooted ROM with this update intragrated.

weidnerj said:
Are you rooted? My experience is that most devices will notify you of an update just by version checking, but will fail if rooted because the files the upgrade expects to have in place have changed due to rooting. So you have to either go back to stock, lose root or wait for someone to create a new rooted ROM with this update intragrated.
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For sure.
Or, it's possible all of that updates have been implemented with some of custom ROMs, like the new Market version, e.g..

I pulled the patch and decrypted it. I pulled the update.zip file now I'm trying to see what I need to do to it to make it flashible through CWM.

eBug said:
Tonight i received a notification that there is an update available OTA for my A500.
Version announced is 7.016.01
Where's the update file supposed to be downloaded to?
I tried to apply it, but there was an error somehow. In the middle of the update process a red triangle popped up. How can I examine the update file better?
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If you have a custom rom installed you cannot flash an official update. Also if you have a custom recovery installed it will also fail as official updates can only be flashed via stock recovery. This official zip file would need to be deodexed etc then compiled by a chef to be flashed via cwm.
Sent from my A500 using xda premium

krweby said:
I pulled the patch and decrypted it. I pulled the update.zip file now I'm trying to see what I need to do to it to make it flashible through CWM.
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Upload the update patch please !

civato said:
Upload the update patch please !
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Once I get my daughter to take a nap I'll put it on megaupload for you.

civato said:
Upload the update patch please !
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Dont know what the OTA Update 7.016.1 is, but here is Update 7.014.01 like in OP title.

krweby said:
Once I get my daughter to take a nap I'll put it on megaupload for you.
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Here is the file.
this is just the update.zip decrypted and pulled not modified at all.

What about update 7.014.02?
http://www.androidcentral.com/syste...ia-brings-market-update-and-improved-ui-speed

You have to update to 7.014.01 first to get the next update. Haven't updated yet.

Thanks for the upload guys bu the PB 3.2.1 update is just 2 days older so I used that on to update my upcoming rom.
much easier , no .p files

civato said:
Thanks for the upload guys bu the PB 3.2.1 update is just 2 days older so I used that on to update my upcoming rom.
much easier , no .p files
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Do you know if new versoin of cwm can handle .p files?

krweby said:
Do you know if new versoin of cwm can handle .p files?
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I think so it works like stock recovery but with more options , it is the update script that tells where everything needs to be.
But make sure you remove recovery from update and that you add su(superuser) in bin or xbin with the proper permissions for root or you will lose it.

civato said:
I think so it works like stock recovery but with more options , it is the update script that tells where everything needs to be.
But make sure you remove recovery from update and that you add su(superuser) in bin or xbin with the proper permissions for root or you will lose it.
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That's what I thought. I'll give it a try next nap time. Thanks.

krweby said:
Here is the file.
this is just the update.zip decrypted and pulled not modified at all.
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Don' work on my iconia - stock firmware&recovery.

krweby said:
You have to update to 7.014.01 first to get the next update. Haven't updated yet.
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not what i meant - what's the difference between .01 and .02? i know what the user-reported changes are upgrading to .01, but what's new about .02?

Calpietzo said:
Don' work on my iconia - stock firmware&recovery.
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is a Acer_A500_7.006.01_7.014.01_COM_GEN2 not for me we need a GEN1

No updates in Spain yet, afaik.
Still stuck on 7.0006.01_COM_GEN1
I don't know why acer is sooo slow spreading their patches... I've heard there is one running for at least the last month and no news here.... damn. I hope the ICS update will be faster when it's done.

mtmerrick said:
not what i meant - what's the difference between .01 and .02? i know what the user-reported changes are upgrading to .01, but what's new about .02?
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Not sure, but they came back-to-back from what I heard from non-rooted users. Got the first one, and then immidietly got the next one when it booted back up.
To me, that says, first update had some minor bug that they found, or remembered, and then fixed, but since some had already updated to .01, they had to just re-patch that one...?
Maybe you could logcat where the first one comes from, and get the second one from the server? I dunno, I'm not a dev, I know just enough to get myself in trouble...

[WARNING] OTA2 will fix root exploit!

As writen by the Lenovo Staff in the lenovo Forum:
1. OTA2 will fix the root exploit of OTA1. It is unacceptable to our enterprise customers deploying a business tool like ThinkPad Tablet to have a known root exploit - so we have no choice but to fix the exploit. My advice to anyone who wants to keep root, is to stay on OTA1. Fixing the root exploit took less than a day - it is not (and never has been) the reason for OTA2 delays. Nobody within Lenovo will have anything more to say about rooting the ThinkPad Tablet, so please don't ask any follow-up questions about this - or at least don't expect any answers. Thank you in advance for understanding this.
2. OTA2 delays are being caused by various issues found during testing. We are trying hard to get OTA2 done right and everyone within Lenovo understands how many important fixes are in it. Bsnf will probably have more to say about this tomorrow - whether OTA2 will release this week, or if there will be another delay while we fix a last-minute issue found during testing. We apologize for the delay.
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The full thread can be found here:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-slate-tablets/OTA2-fix-list/td-p/658231/page/17

So no ota2 for me!
Prefer bugs than not be able to root my tablet.

quyTam said:
So no ota2 for me!
Prefer bugs than not be able to root my tablet.
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Well if you have cwr and can flash unsigned zips, then both should be possible after some modifying

Remember, the stock ROM overwrites the recovery ROM at every boot!! The new OTA will re-enable that feature...

Logxen said:
Remember, the stock ROM overwrites the recovery ROM at every boot!! The new OTA will re-enable that feature...
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I meant modifying before flashing. But thanks for making it clear for everyone.

This is extremely lousy. I am regretting buying one of these now. What are the chances it gets rooted again? Unfortunately I updated to the OTA2 before seeing this.

FearTheCron said:
This is extremely lousy. I am regretting buying one of these now. What are the chances it gets rooted again? Unfortunately I updated to the OTA2 before seeing this.
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Hu? Where did you get OTA2? I can't find it on the lenovo servers.

I didn't realize that the OTA2 wasn't out yet. I just hit the auto update and assumed that it was the ota 2 update. I am on build "ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0037_0075_US". I will try the root exploit and see if it works. Hopefully someone can modify the ota update to maintain root.

According to a post over in the Lenovo forums it is, but those on root will not get the update OTA naturally.
TS

That was released in Nov 2011:
see http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/
You are still on OTA1 - relax and root away!
FearTheCron said:
I didn't realize that the OTA2 wasn't out yet. I just hit the auto update and assumed that it was the ota 2 update. I am on build "ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0037_0075_US". I will try the root exploit and see if it works. Hopefully someone can modify the ota update to maintain root.
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Seems they have pulled OTA2. I downloaded it ten minutes ago and now it is not there anymore.
ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0086_UK.zip
For some reason it does not list but can still be downloaded
http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0086_UK.zip
http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0086_WE.zip

ok, 0086_we is available via ota.
i just downloaded it automatically.
the update.zip is stored in /cache, just in case someone wants to delete it and prevent the update on next restart.
might it be possible to manipulate the update.zip and include su (maybe a silly question, but i'm far away from being a dev or android-expert).
greetings

danjac said:
ok, 0086_we is available via ota.
i just downloaded it automatically.
the update.zip is stored in /cache, just in case someone wants to delete it and prevent the update on next restart.
might it be possible to manipulate the update.zip and include su (maybe a silly question, but i'm far away from being a dev or android-expert).
greetings
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Should be possible. You have at least to edit the update.script in the zipfile and to look for parts like this (from the orignal script):
Code:
ui_print("Removing unneeded files...");
delete("/system/app/LenovoBookmarkWidget-1.0.023.apk",
"/system/app/LenovoConfigFileHandler-1.2.001.apk",
"/system/app/LenovoSetupWizard-1.2.001.apk",
"/system/app/MobiHandAppStore_b1.0.4.538.apk",
"/system/app/dxtg-lenovo-usa_3.003.1049.apk", "/system/bin/aescrypt",
"/system/bin/redsocks", "/system/bin/redsocksctls",
"/system/app/LenovoAppShop_K1_b219.apk",
"/system/app/LenovoBookmarkWidget-1.0.022.apk",
"/system/app/LenovoConfigFileHandler-1.0.007.apk",
"/system/app/LenovoSetupWizard-1.1.001.apk",
"/system/app/dxtg-lnv-u1_3.003.999.apk",
[B]"/system/app/Superuser.apk", "/system/bin/su", "/system/xbin/su",[/B]
"/system/recovery.img");
"Removing unneeded files..." ... no comment...
You may also want to remove the recovery and stay wit CWM. Will look into it when i find some free time. But can't test it myself right now, because I'm playing around with a custom rom and the firmware updates in the update could make things more complicated.

What kind of custom rom do you use? Aosp? Ics?

Updated with temporary unroot and OTA Rootkeeper to .......086_WE
So the rootkeeper works on my tablet.

Sporty883 said:
Updated with temporary unroot and OTA Rootkeeper to .......086_WE
So the rootkeeper works on my tablet.
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Hi
I got root keeper but did you do a temp unroot to do the update? What steps did you do? Really want to update and keep root.
Sent from my ThinkPad Tablet using Tapatalk

paperclip69 said:
Hi
I got root keeper but did you do a temp unroot to do the update? What steps did you do? Really want to update and keep root.
Sent from my ThinkPad Tablet using Tapatalk
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I believe he is writing specifically about OTA Root Keeper which purports to have a temp-unroot procedure before running an OTA update.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper

Its ok I had rootkeeper and forgot it had a temp unroot, just did a temp unroot, updated tpt and restored root, all working fine and root access is confirmed.
Cheers
Tom
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before I even knew it, I had updated the ota2 after rooting. had root for about 3 minutes. LOL. does anyone know how to restore this thing back to ota1 or even the original firmware? I have the ota update kit stored locally, so if I had any kind of pointer to the original rom, I could probably downgrade it. Hopefully.

Anyone knows when will be available this update to ROW version?

Get Asus to stop sending me the wrong update?

I have been getting this update for my TF101 every few days or so. It downloads an update, then when I click on install update it reboots, starts loading the update and fails halfway through the intall giving me the sad android with the triangle exclamation point. I read on another thread that you have to clear the cache in DMClient, which I do every time this happens. But why does it continue to send me this stupid update? When I followed the previous thread I mentioned, I was able to see that the update was actually meant for the prime, not the TF101. Just wish they would stop sending me an update that makes me get my hopes up for ICS.
Anybody else having this happen?

Maybe you chosen by asus to be a lucky ICS beta tester.

mikelt89 said:
Maybe you chosen by asus to be a lucky ICS beta tester.
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haha, yeah if this is what ICS is going to be like, then no thanks. I am not really having any issues with honeycomb at the moment (after overclocking). But like most everybody else, I can't wait to try out something shiny and new.

Maybe the OP should UNROOT and install a legit ROM in order to be able get the update??

Thiesen said:
Maybe the OP should UNROOT and install a legit ROM in order to be able get the update??
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That's probably the way to go, but I've had no luck thus far. I'm on stock Rom with Netformer 1.6 kernel. I tried doing this with OTA Rootkeeper. Unrooted, installed update, got same error. Then rebooted and re-rooted with the OTA Rootkeeper app. Does this mean I need to revert back to original kernel? Everything has been pretty good on Netformer, and it's definitely more snappy than stock.

kwaze said:
That's probably the way to go, but I've had no luck thus far. I'm on stock Rom with Netformer 1.6 kernel. I tried doing this with OTA Rootkeeper. Unrooted, installed update, got same error. Then rebooted and re-rooted with the OTA Rootkeeper app. Does this mean I need to revert back to original kernel? Everything has been pretty good on Netformer, and it's definitely more snappy than stock.
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Which stock ROM are you on? You might be getting the OTAs if you aren't running the latest (8.6.5.21?). The custom kernel probably installed a kernel module that is preventing the update from flashing.
Can you grab the OTA? I'm curious what they are sending you. It will be in /cache/dlpkgfile- you can copy that someplace and upload it. I think these should do it, but PM if you need help with terminal commands.
In terminal, type:
cp /cache/dlpkgfile /Removable/MicroSD/
OR with adb:
adb pull /cache/dlpkgfile

Here's the zip. Maybe you can tell me what this update really is. I guess my current stock Rom version is 8.6.5.19. Sounds like the kernel is preventing me from updating. The real question is, do I want to install any of these updates from Asus? Any disadvantage that you know of?

That file is the US 8.6.5.21 OTA. I lost track of the all the root methods, but I thought that Nachoroot was working with .21. I've never used OTA rootkeeper, so I can't comment on if that will work.
It's kinda odd how you are getting it now? There is a rooted version of the stock rom you can flash via CWM so that you don't have to unroot. It will have the stock kernel and you will keep whatever bootloader you have now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409584
EDIT: doaist has posted CWM friendly versions of the OTAs as well- there are much smaller files since they patch the existing rom. Look in the development forum- The OTA came out around Christmas, so it will be after that.

Thanks for the info. I'll flash the updated rom and see how it goes.
Via xda app

kwaze said:
That's probably the way to go, but I've had no luck thus far. I'm on stock Rom with Netformer 1.6 kernel. I tried doing this with OTA Rootkeeper. Unrooted, installed update, got same error. Then rebooted and re-rooted with the OTA Rootkeeper app. Does this mean I need to revert back to original kernel? Everything has been pretty good on Netformer, and it's definitely more snappy than stock.
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You're running an image that has different hash values than Asus original image has... that is why Asus validation does not work. Hence, you should revert back to the original image Asus provides.
This answer have been given ALOT of times in other threads already.

I rooted mine with nachoroot on the 21 update. It works fine.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

I read somewhere on the forums, if you applied an update from asus one time, then you can't get the same again. just flash manual from download site.

[Q] help! no update from android 3.2

Can anyone help me please.
I bought a 2nd hand rooted a500.
successfully flashed to a near stock 3.2.1, but then decided that i wanted to return to stock in order to get OTA updates up to ICS. With a little help on here I managed to flash one of the stock 3.2 roms from vache.
system now
android version = 3.2
kernel version = 2.6.36.3+
build number = Acer_A500_7.006.03_COM_GEN1
as was the aim, however I'm not recieving any OTA updates, system update claims tablet is up to date!
Has anyone experienced this too, or got any ideas where i'm going wrong

chodkinson970 said:
system now
android version = 3.2
kernel version = 2.6.36.3+
build number = Acer_A500_7.006.03_COM_GEN1
as was the aim, however I'm not recieving any OTA updates, system update claims tablet is up to date!
Has anyone experienced this too, or got any ideas where i'm going wrong
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You didn't do anything wrong. Acer suspended the ICS updates for awhile. Looks like they may be regionally starting again.
Just wait,.

Thanks for the advice.
I'm trying to be patient, but i'm still not getting the updates.

chodkinson970 said:
Thanks for the advice.
I'm trying to be patient, but i'm still not getting the updates.
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Have you installed the incona tab update enhancement from the play store
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Thanks for the reply, yes i had installed the update enhancement from play store.
I have now solved the problem so i thought i'd share what i found.
The problem I had:-
I was rooted, but wanted to go back to stock to try the stock OTA ICS. I flashed a stock 3.2 full package from vache's page. The one I went with was 7.006.01_com_gen1. Carried out successfully, however no updates available when doing the system update search. waited a week still nothing, even tried factory reset to clear everything out.
Solution:-
I got impatient so flashed the unstable 3.0.1 rom intending to root again.
before rooting i tried flashing other stock roms (no reason it shouldn't work i reasoned). Successfully flashed full package 4.010.38_com_gen1 (vache's page). tried OTA updates from there and it was successful!!
OTA'd to 7.006.01, then 7.014.01, then on to ICS
Conclusion:-
the difference appears to be the version of android 3.2, I can only assume that 7.006.03 isn't supported in the UK where as 7.006.01 is. If i'd flashed that one in the first place I assume the updates would have worked.

Hey, can you point me to the files and instructions on how to get this done? I rooted it to 7.006.05 long before using thor rom I believe. Not very familiar with the rooting game, but I'm still unable to get ICS update OTA.
FYI, Acer a500 8gb model US.
chodkinson970 said:
Thanks for the reply, yes i had installed the update enhancement from play store.
I have now solved the problem so i thought i'd share what i found.
The problem I had:-
I was rooted, but wanted to go back to stock to try the stock OTA ICS. I flashed a stock 3.2 full package from vache's page. The one I went with was 7.006.01_com_gen1. Carried out successfully, however no updates available when doing the system update search. waited a week still nothing, even tried factory reset to clear everything out.
Solution:-
I got impatient so flashed the unstable 3.0.1 rom intending to root again.
before rooting i tried flashing other stock roms (no reason it shouldn't work i reasoned). Successfully flashed full package 4.010.38_com_gen1 (vache's page). tried OTA updates from there and it was successful!!
OTA'd to 7.006.01, then 7.014.01, then on to ICS
Conclusion:-
the difference appears to be the version of android 3.2, I can only assume that 7.006.03 isn't supported in the UK where as 7.006.01 is. If i'd flashed that one in the first place I assume the updates would have worked.
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I'm on 3.2 and rooted not sure how to go to ics . I have an ota update but it won't stick... It says failed. Any ideas?
Sent from my A500 using xda premium

celeox said:
I'm on 3.2 and rooted not sure how to go to ics . I have an ota update but it won't stick... It says failed. Any ideas?
Sent from my A500 using xda premium
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My understanding from reading around a few threads is that OTA tends not to work if you are rooted and/or running CWM. Not sure on process of un-rooting as i've not done it. But i'm guessing one solution would be flash a stock version of same rom, then do OTA updates.

DogEater008 said:
Hey, can you point me to the files and instructions on how to get this done? I rooted it to 7.006.05 long before using thor rom I believe. Not very familiar with the rooting game, but I'm still unable to get ICS update OTA.
FYI, Acer a500 8gb model US.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
this thread has the full packages, i'm not sure which will be the correct one for the US but others on here might be able to help with that.
If you rooted via CWM its really straight forward, I followed these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205204
just follow 2. and/or 3.

I want to keep root and go to ics. I know I need to install ics bootloader but have not found a solid thread yet, at least not one that I can flash. Anyone that can direct me to a proven method from 3.2 will be appreciated. I am rooted and gave custom recovery installed cwm.
Sent from my Glacier using xda premium

chodkinson970 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
this thread has the full packages, i'm not sure which will be the correct one for the US but others on here might be able to help with that.
If you rooted via CWM its really straight forward, I followed these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205204
just follow 2. and/or 3.
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Thanks! It works. Downloading ICS OTA right now. Although, it's kinda sketchy that I had to download a decrypter to unzip the file. :/

Moscow Desire said:
You didn't do anything wrong. Acer suspended the ICS updates for awhile. Looks like they may be regionally starting again.
Just wait,.
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also most of those roms have the ota disabled: here's a stock ics non rooted but again they take out the OTA updates( get both of these and rename it to update and flash)
Download:http://cdn.acer.futuredial.com/Acer_A500_7.014.01_041.203.01_COM_GEN1_1333444043393_2fe1ad59.zip
http://cdn.acer.futuredial.com/Acer_A500_7.014.14_041.203.01_COM_GEN1_1333444737199_8ec8b991.zip
if this works\/ any cash flow would help in developing my new rom