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I am running Thors v96 ICS ROM right now, and had clockworkMOD recovery. So I decided I don't care about root or a locked bootloader. I already downloaded the leaked ICS ROM the official one with the locked bootloader and all. So I renamed it to update.zip and put it in my MicroSD root, but when I press power on and volume up I go to ClockworkMod automatically, and I heard that you shouldn't install the update from their as you might get SOD. So I installed the stock bootloader from the Acer Recovery Installer app. And now when I press power up and volume up all I get is an error message that looks like this !.
It's not volume up but volume down, jakob95
Check through your PC (in properties of your compressed file) that the name of your leak is effectively 'update.zip' and not 'update.zip.zip'. That's an usual mistake that many people do.
But it should update from Thor's v96 ICS Rom right? Will it be glitchy though if I update from a custom ROM?
jakob95 said:
I am running Thors v96 ICS ROM right now, and had clockworkMOD recovery. So I decided I don't care about root or a locked bootloader. I already downloaded the leaked ICS ROM the official one with the locked bootloader and all. So I renamed it to update.zip and put it in my MicroSD root, but when I press power on and volume up I go to ClockworkMod automatically, and I heard that you shouldn't install the update from their as you might get SOD. So I installed the stock bootloader from the Acer Recovery Installer app. And now when I press power up and volume up all I get is an error message that looks like this !.
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You get the SOD from the unlocked boot loader.. you can install from CWM but you will get an error of some sort saying ant install recovery but when you reboot it will install the Acer recovery.. long story short you can use CWM and not get SOD.. that comes from modified boot that you will not have.
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rdnkchevy said:
You get the SOD from the unlocked boot loader.. you can install from CWM but you will get an error of some sort saying ant install recovery but when you reboot it will install the Acer recovery.. long story short you can use CWM and not get SOD.. that comes from modified boot that you will not have.
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Yes but I don't want to redownload the whole thing all over again for the unlocked bootloader version. My internet is really slow. Anyways I hope someone can reply to my comment and help me out before.
If I just install this one with CWM, and I get the SOD can I restore to my old ROM with my backup with CWM then?
No, you will have the locked bootloader... It will get rid of CWM and put Acer recovery back on there. You can't then use Acer recovery as you need root access and you can't get root access easily with the locked bootloader...
Locked bootloader=no CWM...
Seems like a lot of stuffing around to me when the actual OTA release should be soon... This is only a beta release....
Just go into the development section and download flexreapers latest build. You won't be sorry and you will still have root.
cruise350 said:
Just go into the development section and download flexreapers latest build. You won't be sorry and you will still have root.
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Exactly. Flash one of the ICS based ROMs in the dev forum, don't bother with the stock ICS leak itself and you'll save yourself the trouble of losing root.
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I have successful to upgrade my iconia a500 with flexreaper ics rom 8beta2, and all working well except pes2012 and jelly defender don't work at all, and the camcorder still in 3gp format, not mp4 format like the last honeycomb 3.2 that's make me sad
jakob95 said:
I am running Thors v96 ICS ROM right now, and had clockworkMOD recovery. So I decided I don't care about root or a locked bootloader. I already downloaded the leaked ICS ROM the official one with the locked bootloader and all. So I renamed it to update.zip and put it in my MicroSD root, but when I press power on and volume up I go to ClockworkMod automatically, and I heard that you shouldn't install the update from their as you might get SOD. So I installed the stock bootloader from the Acer Recovery Installer app. And now when I press power up and volume up all I get is an error message that looks like this !.
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There is a solution to all of this. Update to the stock update zip in CWM, root using ICS Root then flash a patched bootloader, kernel and CWM. Final result: ICS 4.0.3 rooted with an unlocked bootloader, CWM and kernel with /system rw remount functionality & no SOD:
http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=350 for ICS Root tool and instructions
http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=369 for the bootloader unlock, CWM & custom kernel.
Ensure that when rooting you tick the option to remove the stock recovery reflash if you want CWM.
micro usb not work
Good afternoon, I have an acer Iconia A500 but the micro sd is defective, can I install ics 4.0 via usb pen?
thank you
Will this work?
Currently on HC boot loader and flexreaper ics.
1. Use Acer recovery to load stock HC 3.1
2. Use Acer recovery to load stock recovery.
3. Ota update to ice or flash update.zip
i choose full system restore since i backed up the stock system in CWM before flash custom rom. after a full system restore i simply open up the acer recovery app and choose to flash back stock acer recovery then unroot.
Oh yeah, forgot I had cwm backup of rooted 3.2. Will that work?
if it's your original stock system, it would definitely work. there is nothing better to OTA to ICS with with your original stock system. but you definitely needed to get into acer recovery installer to flash back to acer stock recovery. some said there is no need to unroot and it would OTA fine but i unroot it any way. better to be safe.
I had already done 3.2 ota before rooting using timmydeans method.
Bummer. MD5 mismatch on my first nandroid
At this point with a corrupted back up, i think your only option would be to go back to square one and try out stock rom to see if they would let you update.
if you are familiar with APX mode and nvflash. you could download the EUU from vache to get back to HC 3.01. See if acer would let you update at 3.01, if no then you could try to flash Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2(US) or the Acer_A500_7.006.03_COM_GEN1(other country) stock rom via the good old method of update.zip. first link is vache thread with acer stock rom. second link is the guide to flash euu and wipe all the data (so back up all stuff and download the EUUs_SBK_Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1 from vache's thread and follow the guide on second link. Don't forget to replace the UID with your own UID after extract the EUU file. if you have no idea what i am talking about, i would say DON'T DO the EUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516012
I'm also wondering how to return to stock without root as well. Anyone come to a consensus yet?
chris8599 said:
if it's your original stock system, it would definitely work. there is nothing better to OTA to ICS with with your original stock system. but you definitely needed to get into acer recovery installer to flash back to acer stock recovery. some said there is no need to unroot and it would OTA fine but i unroot it any way. better to be safe.
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Hi cris8599, for what you said, I think you already update your tab with OTA, it's that right?
Can you tell me how do you unroot your iconia? did you had any problem while updating?
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What I indeed is a stock rooted hc 3.1 from to flash. Is there one out there?
3d0rr said:
Hi cris8599, for what you said, I think you already update your tab with OTA, it's that right?
Can you tell me how do you unroot your iconia? did you had any problem while updating?
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yes, been updated to OTA ICS since April 28th to rom Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1. 3.01's unroot is easy simply click GingerBreak and choose unroot. i am not sure if 3.1's iconiaroot-1.3 is easy as gingerbreak.
telemike said:
What I indeed is a stock rooted hc 3.1 from to flash. Is there one out there?
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Check out vache's post in the dev section. There are several stock rom's available out there.
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ignitros said:
I'm also wondering how to return to stock without root as well. Anyone come to a consensus yet?
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From yr tabs ext.sd card with stock update.zip from vaches thread or buggy Chinese rom
An EUU via PC from same thread
Timmydeans v4, EUU based hc 3.2.1 gen2, full stock, rooted, cwm
The EUU can be used on either boot loader, not sure if same goes for update.zip
I had thor v14.2 and thor touch recovery 1.7 on my a500. Read whole bunch of threads regarding return to stock, unlocked bootloader, and corrupted recovery stuff but couldn't find the exact steps of how to upgrade to stock ICS.
Anyway, here is what worked for me:
1) on thor v14.2, download/install acer recovery installer
2) install stock recovery
3) factory reset (I didn't care about backups)
4) download HC 3.2 (Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2) from -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
5) copy update.zip to microSD
6) vol- + power to enter recovery and flash update.zip
7) now a500 is back to stock
8) OTA update multiple times from 3.2 to 3.2.1
9) install Acer Update Enhancement
10) OTA update to 4.0.3 US version (Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1)
After getting ICS US version, I found that only four languages are supported now. So I downloaded EU version (Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1) from -
http://vache-android.com/v1/index.php?site=files&file=151
and flash it over. Now I have my language on a500 and it runs pretty smoothly.
I used acer recovery to install stock 3.1 HC Rom with Root. Installed stock recovery, then applied update.zip to get to ICS 4.0.3
K try reflash
VolDwn pwr
Wrong thread....disregard
Sorry for the question if it has been answered already, I didnt keep up with the Android news for a while and now Im super confused.
I have an A500 3.2 with a rooted stock ROM. I also have the bootloader, I guess the name is CWM that I helped me install the rom from the mem stick.
Now since the ICS for A500 is avaiable what is the easiest path to upgrade my device.
I thougt is just a matter of finding the right binary file for the rooted stock version and use the CWM to load that.... But after browsing the forum i got super confused with the multitude of roms and bootloaders and utilities for cleaning partitions etc...
I'd really appreciate a good answer here. Can i just load a rom file(which one?) in my old CWM? Do i need to upgrade the bootloader? (how?) I dont care about the data on the device, that can go away...
Thanks in advance!!!
since you're still on HC bootloader, your easiest method would be to flash a ROM that works on both bootloaders like flexreaper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517181
just wipe data, system, etc and flash the new ROM in CWM recovery
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strra said:
since you're still on HC bootloader, your easiest method would be to flash a ROM that works on both bootloaders like flexreaper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517181
just wipe data, system, etc and flash the new ROM in CWM recovery
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That assumes you don't want to go to a new bootloader though.
How can I remove/replace CWM with aN ICS bootloader? And why a bootloader whould care about the host OS in the first place?!
danix said:
How can I remove/replace CWM with aN ICS bootloader? And why a bootloader whould care about the host OS in the first place?!
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CWM is not the bootloader. It is the recovery application.
The best way is to follow the instructions civato put in this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25381131
You'll end up with a rooted tab running the ICS bootloader and CWM 1.7.2. After that flash Flexreaper RF1_rv3 using CWM and you're good to go. Remember it's best to make sure you have all the needed files on your SDcard BEFORE you begin (the ROM etc.)
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Hi all!
I have an Iconia a500 and it was bone stock until an hour ago.
Been looking into this for a few hours now and I've successfully rooted using the Simple Method. Started looking into custom recoveries and found out some info about Acer Recovery Installer. At this point I'm lost. It gives me the option to install:
"CWM rev 1.3.4 by thor2002 ro (for ICS Bootloader)"
"CWM rev 1.7 by thor2002 ro (for ICS Bootloader)"
"TWRP 2.1.1 by Team Win"
"TWRP 2.1.3 by Team Win'
"Stock 4.0.3 Recovery"
My bootloader version is 0.03.12-ICS
I read somewhere about needing a new bootloader for ICS?
I have a Galaxy S2 and I'm more familiar with CWM than TWRP. I just don't know which version to use for the a500.
All I want to do is overclock for better performance so hopefully there is a kernel I can flash with my stock rom.
I'm also seeing a lot of threads in this forum of stuck booting so it's intimidating for me to do this but I'm giving it a shot.
you need the patched bootloader to flash cwm, once that's done u r able to use acer recovery installer. civ's manu,al nvfash works best there's a guide in my sig
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Hi. I'm not new to android or custom roms, but am new to the a500. I got mine used with stock hc 3.2.1, which I discovered is not rootable (score one for rule #1). Do I downgraded to hc 3.0 via an update.zip and rooted via iconia root app.
ARI doesn't work because I have no recovery. It only shows bootloader 3.01 for recovery and won't install any other recovery.
I also cannot get into adb. I've installed drivers on my Windows 8 pc and also the adb tool. It won't find the a500. I see it in My computer as a flash drive, but the adb utility won't find the device.
So I can't get a new recovery on it.
I would like to eventually put cm10 on it.
Can I get an update.zip of ics with bl8?
Any ideas?
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Anyone? Bueller?
ADB is installed properly on my pc, but reports an error #10 and says it cannot connect.
I've tried easy ADB from the play store, but can't get the PC to connect to the tablet.
Blackthund3r a500 manager will not see the tablet no matter what I try.
I'm on windows8 64bit.
Tablet is a500 downgraded to 3.0 and rooted .then OTA to 3.1. Rooted with busybox, verified with root checker.
I've tried various USB ports and cables.
I really want to update the bootloader so I can start flashing.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Got access to a machine that's running something other than win8? That or Ubuntu is your only option
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Odd. This morning I tried Acer recovery installer again and it worked! I guess prayer helps!
Running lightspeed ics now.
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