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how to reinstall stock ICS+ROOT?

hello
i have an rooted a500 with ics 4.0.3
acer_AV041_a500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
and because i do not succed to connect my hdd (WD PASPRORT ESSENTIAL) and i do succed to do these in 3.2.1 so i want to try reinstall the ics again maybe something went wrong
if not i wil install some rom
so how to reinstall it again?
also i try to change the recovery from stock to thor with ACER RECOVERY from the market and after the instalation of the recovery i can't into it it said something with recovery...
thanks

Tegraowners
I7210I said:
hello
i have an rooted a500 with ics 4.0.3
acer_AV041_a500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
and because i do not succed to connect my hdd (WD PASPRORT ESSENTIAL) and i do succed to do these in 3.2.1 so i want to try reinstall the ics again maybe something went wrong
if not i wil install some rom
so how to reinstall it again?
also i try to change the recovery from stock to thor with ACER RECOVERY from the market and after the instalation of the recovery i can't into it it said something with recovery...
thanks
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There is no good way to to so. Best bet is a custom rom. I use TEGRAOWNERS. YOU PROBLEM IS THAT BY USING THE OTA UPDATE. YOUr BOOTLOADER changed to the new ics bootloader. Now you cant revert back to HC with out flashing your bootloader too which can be a major pain. Just load thors custom cwm revovery 1.7.3 and tegraowners ics v170

A500 Bootloop. Tried to flash TegraOwners Rom, now no rom works

I can access my recovery, and flash roms from the SD, however no matter what ROM I tried, I get a boot loop.
I have Skrilax_CZ bootloader v8
CWM Recovery v5.5.0.x
Any suggestions or ideas?
Thank you!

Another note, I used to have a working rom in my downloads folder on the device, however from recovery, when i go to choose zip from internal storage i get "E:Can't mount /sdcard/"
Thank you!

jrichardsMav said:
Another note, I used to have a working rom in my downloads folder on the device, however from recovery, when i go to choose zip from internal storage i get "E:Can't mount /sdcard/"
Thank you!
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Just tried to do a restore on a backup I made sometime ago.
I got "Error formating data"
Rebooted, and I get a screen saying
"Encryption Unscuccessful" with a button to reset tablet
I press that, tablet reboots to recovery, and i get an android bot with a spinning pentagram, then the bot is on its back with a red exclamation point.

Okay got it booting! Well, booting to honeycomb, everything is kind of a blur right now, but I flashed a 3.2 rom
got the enter a password screen
did the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33607638&postcount=9
Now i can boot to android, but i can't boot to a recovery!!
Help?! lol

jrichardsMav said:
Okay got it booting! Well, booting to honeycomb, everything is kind of a blur right now, but I flashed a 3.2 rom
got the enter a password screen
did the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33607638&postcount=9
Now i can boot to android, but i can't boot to a recovery!!
Help?! lol
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Im actually on 3.1! and I've rooted 3.1. I'm trying to install a recovery image now, TWRP or CWM. I've tried the Goomanager method and the Acer REcovery Installer method, both force close before the recovery is installed.

jrichardsMav said:
Im actually on 3.1! and I've rooted 3.1. I'm trying to install a recovery image now, TWRP or CWM. I've tried the Goomanager method and the Acer REcovery Installer method, both force close before the recovery is installed.
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Had to install ARI from PLAY, not MARKET.
Now flashing 4.2 + gapps. Crosses fingers.

jrichardsMav said:
Had to install ARI from PLAY, not MARKET.
Now flashing 4.2 + gapps. Crosses fingers.
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Everything working. 4.2.1 on A500 is very nice. Multi user is beautiful.

Sorry have only just seen your posts - awesome you managed to get yourself fixed!!!!
So you had HC 3.1 with the v8 bootloader and you flashed the JB rom directly from there?? I know doing it this way has worked for me in the past its great to know someone else has luck doing it as well...
one more thing can you edit the subject line of your original post to "fixed" or "solved" - this will help others who may be in the same postion!!!
thanx and have a great 2013!!!
dibb

Sure can, if I can figure out how to edit the title.
I had 4.1, a tegraowners rom, then i had a random reboot and no matter what rom I flashed it would fail.
I tried to install a 3.1 rom, which gave me the encrypted message asking me for a password.
I then booted to fastboot, ran a few commands that I found, and got 3.1 working.
Rooted, Installed a new recovery (mine was botched) and got 4.2 working on it!
I'd like to learn more about rom development. Any good places to start?

Thanks for that...can't help re rom dev but XDA have new site"xda-university" there's a bit about rom dev there that may be helpful...good luck tho
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

[Q] What to do after a brick?

Hello everyone.
I hope you can help me.
I had an A500 bricked spontaneously (I was checking Twitter, the screen frozen, I turned off the tablet and when I turned it on again, it stucked on Acer logo) so I used the guide to recover recovery (this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751978, because I rooted my tablet but I didn't install recovery).
Everything was ok, I flashed the V7-Thor v1.7.3 but when I tried to install stock ROM of ICS (wipe data and cache), the tablet got "re-bricked" and only enter in APX mode.
Then I reflashed and installed V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery and I tried to install Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-DEODEXED-FULLROOT through update.zip (turned on the tablet in recovery --> Install from zip file --> Install zip file from SD card --> update.zip, then it said "Installed" and I rebooted the tablet, but it stuck on "Booting primary kernel image"...
What I'm missing or doing wrong? :/
What should I do to run ICS in my tablet again?
I'm not familiarized with the ROMs, Recoverys or flash... sorry if my question is stupid or something, but before this I never moved anything to my tablet (except for root it).
And sorry too for my bad English.

Mafvtapatio said:
Hello everyone.
I hope you can help me.
I had an A500 bricked spontaneously (I was checking Twitter, the screen frozen, I turned off the tablet and when I turned it on again, it stucked on Acer logo) so I used the guide to recover recovery (this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751978, because I rooted my tablet but I didn't install recovery).
Everything was ok, I flashed the V7-Thor v1.7.3 but when I tried to install stock ROM of ICS (wipe data and cache), the tablet got "re-bricked" and only enter in APX mode.
Then I reflashed and installed V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery and I tried to install through update.zip (turned on the tablet in recovery --> Install from zip file --> Install zip file from SD card --> update.zip, then it said "Installed" and I rebooted the tablet, but it stuck on "Booting primary kernel image"...
What I'm missing or doing wrong? :/
What should I do to run ICS in my tablet again?
I'm not familiarized with the ROMs, Recoverys or flash... sorry if my question is stupid or something, but before this I never moved anything to my tablet (except for root it).
And sorry too for my bad English.
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I think where you went wrong was choosing "install zip file from sdcard >update.zip"
Go back into recovery again > install from zip file > Choose zip from SD card (
if the file is on your micro sd card)
You should see a list of all your files and choose your rom file:
Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-DEODEXED-FULLROOT.zip
Once its done, Stay in recovery and go to: Wipe Menu and do all the wipes there
Data -cache and dalvi-cache then reboot
Once you're all set up and before you reboot again, make sure there is not an "update.zip" on your sdcard - if you boot to recovery it may flash automatically and you will end up "stuck" again
good luck
dibb

dibb_nz said:
I think where you went wrong was choosing "install zip file from sdcard >update.zip"
Go back into recovery again > install from zip file > Choose zip from SD card (
if the file is on your micro sd card)
You should see a list of all your files and choose your rom file:
Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-DEODEXED-FULLROOT.zip
Once its done, Stay in recovery and go to: Wipe Menu and do all the wipes there
Data -cache and dalvi-cache then reboot
Once you're all set up and before you reboot again, make sure there is not an "update.zip" on your sdcard - if you boot to recovery it may flash automatically and you will end up "stuck" again
good luck
dibb
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Thanks! I did it and it worked, but after the reboot the tablet only shows the animated android logo... what's the problem? The ROM?
When I did the "Wipe data" it said "Formatting data" and after "Skipping erase of /data/media". I checked with the "Mount and Storage" menu in recovery and seems like my data before the brick's still in the internal storage of the tablet... is that normal?

EDIT: what version of cwm to have now? If its not 1.7.3 then go ahead and reflash the v8
Mafvtapatio said:
Thanks! I did it and it worked, but after the reboot the tablet only shows the animated android logo... what's the problem? The ROM?
When I did the "Wipe data" it said "Formatting data" and after "Skipping erase of /data/media". I checked with the "Mount and Storage" menu in recovery and seems like my data before the brick's still in the internal storage of the tablet... is that normal?
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Yes it is - keeps your data intact but 'resets' the rom to like it is when you first flash, there is an option to wipe data/media if you wish to - theres a toggle to enable it but on every boot to recovery it will be disabled again...
You can try another flash of the rom itself otherwise reflash the v8 bootloader.
Do you have access to "fastboot mode" power vol down - just wondering
dibb

dibb_nz said:
EDIT: what version of cwm to have now? If its not 1.7.3 then go ahead and reflash the v8
Yes it is - keeps your data intact but 'resets' the rom to like it is when you first flash, there is an option to wipe data/media if you wish to - theres a toggle to enable it but on every boot to recovery it will be disabled again...
You can try another flash of the rom itself otherwise reflash the v8 bootloader.
Do you have access to "fastboot mode" power vol down - just wondering
dibb
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I tried to reflash the same ROM, but this time nothing happened, again only says "Booting primary kernel image"... a question, if I try to flash a stock ROM (like Acer_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1.zip from the post of stock roms)... it will let my tablet again only in APX mode when I turn on it, right?
And I see the option "Fastboot mode" when I turn on the tablet holding Vol +.
About your question I don't know how to answer, I flashed V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery... is that a CWM?
In the top it says CWM Recovery v5.5.0.x(thor2002ro/digetx rev 1.7.3) Iconia A50x...

Mafvtapatio said:
a question, if I try to flash a stock ROM (like Acer_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1.zip from the post of stock roms)... it will let my tablet again only in APX mode when I turn on it, right?
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sorry, not sure I understand your question...are you saying you're now stuck in apx mode - black screen power light on?
There are 2 types of stock rom on here....
1) Official Acer EUU or OTA roms
2) Official Stock roms which are Custom - pre-rooted and able to flash CWM etc -
If you flash one of the Acer EUU or OTA roms you will lose CWM and Root
To be honest - with your tab "spontaneously" booting and being stuck on the acer logo and the issues that have followed - its sounding more and more like a faulty chip - this is something that only acer can fix...I could be wrong about this and I hope I am...but something is just not feeling right...
- you still have cwm and access to fastboot - thats a bonus - maybe do a complete format thru CWM of data/media, system (and flexrom if its there) then try to flash a rom again - if it still won't flash AND if you're not stuck in apx mode then I think you'd be best to download an official update.zip - from Blackthund3rs thread here this one -
Acer_AV041_1.054.00_WW_GEN1:
Once you've d/l'ed it...try opening it if you can't then it will need decrypting the instructions for this are in the OP..
Once you have extracted the "update.zip" and have it on your sdcard - flash via CWM
good luck
dibb

dibb_nz said:
EDIT: what version of cwm to have now? If its not 1.7.3 then go ahead and reflash the v8
Yes it is - keeps your data intact but 'resets' the rom to like it is when you first flash, there is an option to wipe data/media if you wish to - theres a toggle to enable it but on every boot to recovery it will be disabled again...
You can try another flash of the rom itself otherwise reflash the v8 bootloader.
Do you have access to "fastboot mode" power vol down - just wondering
dibb
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What do you mean "If if its not 1.7.3"? Are there problems with flashing the bootloader with 1.7.3?

no, no, not at all, i meant if he didnt have that version to reflash v8 to get it
oops clicked wrong button
he said he flashed stock rom and ended up with dead android = stock recovery

A500 V8 booting primary kernel image
dibb_nz said:
no, no, not at all, i meant if he didnt have that version to reflash v8 to get it
oops clicked wrong button
he said he flashed stock rom and ended up with dead android = stock recovery
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Hello everyone!
I have a similar issue whith my a500. but i can restore the backup i did of my honeycomb sistem in cwm (i have acess)
aftter making the backup i have flashed V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery.a500apx in apxflashtool in order to get ics boot loader and install ICS roms.
so far so good after the flash i had already a ICS rom in my sd card redy to flash so imediatly after V8 flash entered cwm and did clean format and wipe all. Next installed the rom (aroma instalation) no problems what so ever. After instalation is finished reboted and now im stuck on skilax v8 bootloader boting primary kernel image
i tried the folowing
- chage kernel multiboot fix partitions redo clean format etc etc etc (ALL THE STEPS)
-many other ics jellybean rooms (all of the install but dont boot)
- honey comb rooms install and BOOT normaly.
at this point thought maybe it was a bad V8 flash and decided to reflash the V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery.a500apx
Now the flash tool can get pass uploading image phase.
i have correct sbk and cpuuid since i had to recover last week from boot verified failed error and use the flash tool whith correct sbk to recover the tablet with sucess.
So basicly im stuck wit
h my honeycomb rom backup or other HC roms
any news on this subject?

cybersaicho said:
Hello everyone!
I have a similar issue whith my a500. but i can restore the backup i did of my honeycomb sistem in cwm (i have acess)
aftter making the backup i have flashed V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery.a500apx in apxflashtool in order to get ics boot loader and install ICS roms.
so far so good after the flash i had already a ICS rom in my sd card redy to flash so imediatly after V8 flash entered cwm and did clean format and wipe all. Next installed the rom (aroma instalation) no problems what so ever. After instalation is finished reboted and now im stuck on skilax v8 bootloader boting primary kernel image
i tried the folowing
- chage kernel multiboot fix partitions redo clean format etc etc etc (ALL THE STEPS)
-many other ics jellybean rooms (all of the install but dont boot)
- honey comb rooms install and BOOT normaly.
at this point thought maybe it was a bad V8 flash and decided to reflash the V8-Thor_1.7.3_recovery.a500apx
Now the flash tool can get pass uploading image phase.
i have correct sbk and cpuuid since i had to recover last week from boot verified failed error and use the flash tool whith correct sbk to recover the tablet with sucess.
So basicly im stuck wit
h my honeycomb rom backup or other HC roms
any news on this subject?
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Yes just one question what is - " chage kernel multiboot "???? Sounds dodgy
You can boot to fastboot mode then do an erase of data and cache, see if that helps for a start....
Do you stil have recovery and can you still restore your HC backup?
I have seen a post or two where tabs can only boot HC Roms and no ICS
It "maybe" the dreaded hardware fault - you might be best to d/l the babsector.rar and run that - it will give you a proper error if theres something wrong - can get it from the root guide in my sig. Give me a minute or two and I'll post some steps in using it
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How to use babsector.rar
Download and extract the babsector.rar to a folder on your PC
Turn your tab off and put it in apx mode manually. Press and hold reset button, hold power for 3 secs after the light comes on and release it, after another second release the reset button. Your screen is black and the power light is on.
Connect your tab to your PC
Navigate to the babsector folder and click on 501 A.bat, when its done
Reboot into recovery
Go to Mounts and Storage and Format System twice and Power Off
Go back into apx mode and run 501 B.bat
Reboot into recovery and do the wipes and flash your rom
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[Q] Can't access CWM - Can't boot

Hey guys,
I am really going crazy with my A500 and I really need help!
I tried to Update my Taboonay to the newest Flexreaper Edition. In the desciption it said that I need to have one of that custom recoverys to use Aroma installer. Because I had CWM with Thor 1.3.4 and 1.7.3 is neccessary I wanted to Update CWM via installing the zip from SD Card. Before installing the zip I accedientially deleted the update.zip from the SD Card. Tried to restart CWM than but it didn't work out and I could not enter CWM. I was stuck on booting recovery kernel image, waited about a minute and than the screen turned dark. Since that point the tablet doesn't start anymore and the tablet does not enter CWM.. What can I do to fix it?
I summarize:
- can't enter CWM
- cant boot the ROM
- deleted update.zip
Thank you in advance

GamerAlive said:
Hey guys,
I am really going crazy with my A500 and I really need help!
I tried to Update my Taboonay to the newest Flexreaper Edition. In the desciption it said that I need to have one of that custom recoverys to use Aroma installer. Because I had CWM with Thor 1.3.4 and 1.7.3 is neccessary I wanted to Update CWM via installing the zip from SD Card. Before installing the zip I accedientially deleted the update.zip from the SD Card. Tried to restart CWM than but it didn't work out and I could not enter CWM. I was stuck on booting recovery kernel image, waited about a minute and than the screen turned dark. Since that point the tablet doesn't start anymore and the tablet does not enter CWM.. What can I do to fix it?
I summarize:
- can't enter CWM
- cant boot the ROM
- deleted update.zip
Thank you in advance
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I would guess, you are still running an HC bootloader? You must update your tab to the V8 unlocked bootloader from Skrilax_cz.
MD

Bricked my A500

I was running 4.1 Jellybean and I decided to flash this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935582
I went into recovery, did a factory wipe, and ran the installer for the custom rom from an external SD card. Install went smooth as butter. Rebooted and now it's stuck at the Acer logo. I can still go into recovery. I have the CPUID.

tahayassen said:
I was running 4.1 Jellybean and I decided to flash this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935582
I went into recovery, did a factory wipe, and ran the installer for the custom rom from an external SD card. Install went smooth as butter. Rebooted and now it's stuck at the Acer logo. I can still go into recovery. I have the CPUID.
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You need to more than a factory wipe.
Depending on your recovery, wipe;
1. Data/factory reset
2. Cache
3. Dalvik cache
Also, I like to Format
1. System
2. Flexrom
Then try installing the rom again.
Also, which Recovery program are you using. Make sure the Recovery program is compatible with the Aroma Installer. Civato should state this in his ROM thread.
MD

Moscow Desire said:
You need to more than a factory wipe.
Depending on your recovery, wipe;
1. Data/factory reset
2. Cache
3. Dalvik cache
Also, I like to Format
1. System
2. Flexrom
Then try installing the rom again.
Also, which Recovery program are you using. Make sure the Recovery program is compatible with the Aroma Installer. Civato should state this in his ROM thread.
MD
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I did all 5 wipes and then tried installing the rom again but still stuck at acer boot screen. I was using Thor 1.7.3 (bootloader version 3.0.1). It is supposed to be compatible with Aroma installer but this user who is using the same recovery/bootloader has the same problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35450766&postcount=492
So I tried to update my recovery program to "TWRP 2.1.3-ICS (touch recovery)". According to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622425, if I already am on the ICS unlocked bootloader, I just put it on my tablet and install with CWM. So I put the zip file on my sd card and applied update from zip file in CWM. I rebooted and now I'm stuck on the acer logo for both the recovery and android. I have really bad luck.

tahayassen said:
I did all 5 wipes and then tried installing the rom again but still stuck at acer boot screen. I was using Thor 1.7.3 (bootloader version 3.0.1).
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M8 do u have the v8 bootloader???
Head to dev forum and follow civato's sticky to flashing the bootloader, follow all the steps to the letter and flash/reflash v8
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Got it working! Had to install v8 bootloader.

tahayassen said:
Got it working! Had to install v8 bootloader.
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