Hello XDA Users, I have a very basic question regarding my ACER A500 upgrade. So far, I have tried every single avenue to upgrade my tablet to ICS but nothing worked. I am not sure, is this because of current HC ROM with ICS unlocked bootloader, but every time I flash any ICS ROM, I am stuck at booting primary kernel message from (V8 unlocked ICS bootloader) or ACER boot logo. But if I flash HC full ROM (3.1/3.2), everything works just fine. Some may say this is a repeat post, but I didn't get any answers from my earlier question, so decided to rephrase the question in simple manner.
At one point, I had ICS ROM successfully running on tablet with V8 bootloader but one fine day it decided not to boot up at all. And I have to go back to basic using TDV4.
Now I am on HC Rooted ROM with Thor CWM based recovery and V8 bootloader. If you need any further details to get me on ICS, please let me know.
Thanks
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I installed the leak after getting pissed about how long it took to get ics and how terrible honeycomb was. The leak has been incredible and made my tab sooth as butter... However I am afraid I won't get the official update which hopefully will be patched to include the ring.
How can I flash back to stock 3.2.1? I have I have looked all over and haven't seen a clear cut solution
Thx
if u r on hc bootloader all things bein equal then try a nand restore - worked for me.
if it doesnt or u on ics bootloader then its an EUU/manual apx downgrade procedure.
i've since flashed flexreaper, acer ring works perfect and so i'm sticking with it till the furore dies down and acer have their rom stable
Hi guys,
I've a rooted Liberty Tab with Acer A500 HC 3.2.1 and a full nandroid backup to go back to PB stock ROM.
I would like to update to ICS, but I know that ICS requires a new bootloader, and as far as I understand, it's not possible to revert back to HC bootloader.
Is this right?
The first choice I have is to update my tablet with a modded A500 ICS rom, and I will loose (forever) my PB HC bootloader.
Otherwise I can go back to stock PB rom, accept PB 3.2.1 update and wait for PB ICS OTA (does it exists?)
Any other suggestion?
Is it stable to use ICS with HC bootloader? I didn't understand if it's ok or it's only a workaround but not stable.
Many thanks!
Hi,
you can use, as an example, the Flexreaper Rom with the HC Bootloader without any probs. The Rom has an autodetection for the bootloader and installs the right Kernel accordingly.
I did this from the beginning of the Flexreaper Rom until last R12.5.
Last week I decided to change the Bootloader to the ICS V3 patched. The same way I installed the V3 pathed ICS Bootloader, could be used also to flashe the HC bootloader back. But as mentioned, not really needed.
The Flexreaper Rom is excellent, give it a try.
BR
Gountled
Hello,
My GF just got herself an A200, but she experiences it is a bit on the slow side at times, so I wanted to install a custom rom on it.
Been doing that before on a few phones and my Galaxy Tab 10.1, but after digging in this forum and over at the Acer Tablet Forum I am still not sure if it is all that easy on this tablet.
Sooooo, I was wondering if the coming steps are what it takes to install what I had in mind and if that actually works.
The SimpleRoot topic on the Acer Tablet Forum gave me enough info (assuming it works) on how to get root and install CWM.
Now I wanted to flash (after making a Nandroid back up) the latest CM9 Rom with Obsidian's CM9-Onyx-OC-1.5ghz-v1 kernel.
I have no doubt that somewhere, on either this forum, or on the Acer Tablet Forum there is a guide on how to flash these, but after searching for hours, I still am not sure if I know it correct...
Can I just flash the latest CM9 rom, followed by the kernel, in CWM, from an external sd-card, or are there any steps I need to do before/after that?
This is how it seems to be done considering how it went on my galaxy tab, but I am not confident that it is that simple on the A200..
Thanks in advance!
I have a rooted Iconia a500 it is stock ics with leaked ics root.
then i installed ICS BOOTLOADER v8 and flashed this rom
(FULL STOCK - FULL ROOT - BUT FULL DEODEXED AND ZIPALIGNED VERSIONS , THESE ALSO CONTAIN THE EC UPDATE)
the question is i want to restore my iconia a500 to exactly how it was before any rooting or bull**** i did and pls i want true steps because
I am a newby in developing stuff I don't want someone to just say do something without steps
i know it is so stupid but pls i really need help on this cause some apps and games crash because of that.
thank you .
sasori962008 said:
I have a rooted Iconia a500 it is stock ics with leaked ics root.
then i installed ICS BOOTLOADER v8 and flashed this rom
(FULL STOCK - FULL ROOT - BUT FULL DEODEXED AND ZIPALIGNED VERSIONS , THESE ALSO CONTAIN THE EC UPDATE)
the question is i want to restore my iconia a500 to exactly how it was before any rooting or bull**** i did and pls i want true steps because
I am a newby in developing stuff I don't want someone to just say do something without steps
i know it is so stupid but pls i really need help on this cause some apps and games crash because of that.
thank you .
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Go here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560 , download the EUU for 3.01. Put you tablet in APX mode (make sure your computer recognizes your tab as an APX device) and reflash. There are lots of posts that will tell you how to flash an EUU. Most important, make sure you have your CPUID. You will definately need it. Once you have reflashed stock 3.01, you can go to the market, update literlly about 4 or 5 times, and you will be back to stock 4.03 ICS, or lower if you choose to stop upgrading sooner.
Much easier to flash a custom ROM, especially since you already have the correct bootloader. Have youvtried re-flexx shellshock?
Thanks a lot for answering me and for the Re-flexx shellshock i don't even know what it is sry I am a newby in those stuff I will try what u said hope it works.
After searching for over an hour these voluminous threads here, unable to find answer, though probably the needle in the haystack. Apologies for repeat question.
I want to know how to go from a rooted honeycomb rom 3.2 to rooted ics rom, not sure which one.
On my phone, I just load the rom, but I have read here this method cannot be used. I currently have recovery twrp 2.1.3 installed.