yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
if they give us a new bootloader.bin , it might happen we cannot use it anymore..

but hoping that we get granted full access like xoom and asus, as i dont see why the device should be any difference, except they got some licenses which they might want to keep closed source (the dolby audio thingy)

little update..

testing the build a little more, showed that not only didnt camera fail, but also video in general could not be played (such google og avi)

so i have dropped it for now, and personally i didnt notice that big a difference with 3.1 :-( , so im ok with 3.0.1 although they mention it was better.. if so its also kernel enhancements which i of course did not have..

So for now, do not expect the prime 1.4 on acer from me.. i could for now not make camera / video work.

but the bootloader hack do work, i have done alot of reboot with modifying boot and recovery kernels.. so thanks to vache & sc2k again for the effort.. at least now we can play with kernels, when its released (asus kernel do not work, give vibrating noise constantly and honestly uses different drivers as well)
[Acer Iconia A500] QuadLight:
when bootloader hack (boot and recovery) and installation instructions will be released to us ???
[Acer Iconia A500] bpivk:
I just can't wait for a proper and working CWR so that I can use an American verison of 3.1 rom (when it comes out) and strip it of all the bloatware (and ofc put some of my bloatware in :) ).
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Thanks to all for your continued work on this. I'll be clicking thanks where appropriate, too, and donating when the links are up, but wanted to post something just to let you know that your work is being intently followed, anticipated, and appreciated because I know that my tablet of choice doesn't have the most active dev following (at the moment). :D
[Acer Iconia A500] brunsbanjo:
EC_flash is also knows as eneflash.

ENE Technology inc. produces SDCARD readers...maybe the emmc reader is from ene technology (nobody has opened/disassembled the iconia i think..).

Found an interesing thread @ubuntuforums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1506925

its about an acer aspire one, which maybe has the same controller :D
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
its used to write the "spi rom" memory in EC KB930 that is linked to I2C but I didnt find anything on this chip...
[Acer Iconia A500] NPRMike:
CWM?

I've been reading a lot about the boot loader and recovery image has the boot loader been cracked? or is this just a workaround when do you think it will be added to clockwork mod just curious does the patch have to be submitted to the author of CWM ..

thanks

mike
[Acer Iconia A500] kebsood:
cant set device as mass storage?

did anyone else get a error when trying to mount the device as mass storage in recovery mode?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
there is no kernel support, so thats why it fails.
[Acer Iconia A500] kebsood:
ahh thanks, i can wait :p
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
ok no go, it gets about 1/3 way and then give the Triangle

so do I need to go exchange this? lol I really want my market back
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
oh btw no brick, rebooted fine!
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
it may be that there is a signature check - currently we "oversign" the real signature.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
dont panic plan b.... keeping the original signature...

edit: uploading now....
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
ah - i think you want to do what i did when i rooted the milestone back then :)

copy /b original.zip+modifications.zip update.zip -> good update.zip <- windows style
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
LOL oh not panicing at all I'm glad to be part of this process! I'm trying to learn all I can along the way!

And i hate self promotion but my blog (in my sig) isn't officially launched yet, I was looking for the perfect "launch" and Android seems to have done it, I've been obsessed for over a month lol, so later today or def by weekend check it out, there will be several "droid" articles, and all credit will be paid if I reference anything here.

Just happy to be here as they say ;-)
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
not quite... i modified the zip win winrar(noob style) and updated the manifest manually but if you got another way give it a try....

i know that the signature is not lost when modifying with winrar because i used this method modifying some apks.... so....hope hope hope....

try2: http://db.tt/dVgZnpH

rename the update2 to update
[Acer Iconia A500] dc13:
ok what its looking is we can just edit this zip to make a rom am i correct if so ill push out my rom tonight when i get home

Sent with my Acer A500 Ti-X RC1
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
keep your pants up we dont know if it works....
[Acer Iconia A500] dc13:
ill test tonight and give a update so people dont brick ther devices

Sent with my Acer A500 Ti-X RC1
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
dl'n now, update u soon!
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
No luck, same thing, just get the Triangle after about 1/3 the way..

when the update.zip that works goes, it pauses for a second or 2 at the 1/3 point, then adances quick to about 10% remaining, then takes about another minute or 2 to complete b4 reboot
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
guess theres only seraphimserapis.... lets wait for him to try.... the "droid way"
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
sounds great in the meantime, so I can have my market and the other app that disappeared.. is there a way to restore from the images I have?

or better yet just a way to recover (I know you tried with vendor.apk), I'll mess around and see what I can get going myself
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
Thank You!!!

I just wanted to thank everyone for your work on this. I'll be glad once recovery is working!

Thanks again!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
Not sure, but this may help you get the Market back:

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/install-android-3-0-honeycomb-and-market-on-nook-color

Just a thought.
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
Hehe thakns I'm taking a look now.

For info I decided to to a factory reset, and to my surprise it booted up in japanese! lol.. thankfully I've looked at the settings menu enough I poked around till I found the language option and switched it ti english..

edit I still ahve root apparently (cool) so I'm going to try the nook fix, let yall know!
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
bamn! thanks that did it (tho perms should be 644 not 6755), that and I used thors vending.apk

so now it looks like Im running a slightly newer rom :-)

let you know if anything else is werid/busted or otherwise fixed!

Carry on I hope you (we) crack the code soon! clockwork recovery would be amazing (and custom roms)
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
Sweet! I'm glad that helped!
[Acer Iconia A500] dsEVOlve:
Wow, when I said fast I didn't know it would be that fast :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
I'm not sure (10% chance) the "Milestone- / Droid-Way" ist going to work.

That was a bug back then (2.0 / 2.0.1) and it should got fixed already

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...0e1d7da10904653b128;hb=refs/heads/gingerbread <- this is the verifier.c in 2.3 - don't know what they did with it at 3.0
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
then were stuck ..... if nothing happens only way left is to hijack the init script and do stuff the hard way...but custom kernels are going to be a pain...
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
Sorry for interfering guys (i have no dev skills) but what about acer liquid android phones??

Was the bootloader locked there and if yes how did they unlock it?

Maybe there are some similarities.. ???

Keep up the great work btw.. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
the liquid had fastboot working if i remember right.... anyway found something interesting while looking into fastboot http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fastboot#Forcing_fastboot_to_load_on_every_boot

very dangerous stuff :)
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
Perhaps nvflash would be a better choice?
[Acer Iconia A500] ghostdogg:
Would love to join the cause. Silver member at the dreaded BB so I have 42 days left to exchange. Ill keep following the thread! Glad to see the interest already. Have a PC I setup awhile ago while working on a winmo / android port that boots Ubuntu, win XP, and win7 if that can be utilized in the process.
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
Just for fun, yesterday I installed Rom Manager and tried to flash Clockworkmod Recovery. I chose Motorola Xoom and RM told me it was flashed with success. I don't know how CWR flash works so I can't really tell, but if I reboot the phone, ROM Manager keeps saying:

Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 3.0.2.5

Now I don't know a way to boot into recovery actually...
[Acer Iconia A500] daveba:
adb reboot recovery (from your PC)
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
or hold down volume down + power button
[Acer Iconia A500] bsmithvc:
Did it work? I'm boot looping and watching this thread intently!
[Acer Iconia A500] mrkrabs:
Did it actually flash clockwork when using rom manager and xoom selection?? Were u able to get into cwm?
[Acer Iconia A500] Tharfrin:
eBug is offline now, so I guess we have to wait.

Unless someone else dares to try it....
[Acer Iconia A500] Slowie911:
just done it and its a no go :(

rom manager says its installed but it isnt booting up into recovery just the usual message.

p.s. im in the uk and theirs a 1 year warranty so if it fs up ill just take it back to place of purchase

EDIT

on reboot it seems to rewrite the recovery file as cwm isnt being detected as being installed on rom manager
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
My understanding is that VolDown+PowerOn was used to enter bootloader not recovery. Correct me if I'm wrong.
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
Not the case here. CMW is actually detected as installed by Rom Manager.
[Acer Iconia A500] Slowie911:
your right i think i just did it again and it was too quick to install it so must of been a false reading
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
I think the Xoom recovery would be written into the wrong partition ..
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
VolDown+Power says:

Erasing Cache before SD update...

SD update cmd: recovery

--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip

Booting recovery kernel image

When I try the 'reboot into recovery' from within Rom Manager, though, it only says:

Booting recovery kernel image

omitting the 'Erasing Cache' and 'update.zip' stuff

adb reboot recovery doesn't throm any message at all...
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
What are the differences between Xoom partition table and Iconia?
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
Yeah I had tried this probably day one of the root success..

One thought I had was to call acer support and escalate a ticket based on (need to figure a good excuse how its boot looping), and t hat I will not send it back to them, can they provide me a recovery image.

Dunno if that would work hah!

Not to hyjack this again (but its a left over from flashing that 1.119 update.zip), there are a few apk's I can't install.. I get "Application Not installed" when installing from ES Explorer, and smilar problem when restoring from TI. I do have unknown sources on. usb debug etc.. I suppose I should logcat while trying to install to get more info..

any ideas? should I go and open a new thread? I really don't want to hyjack! otherwise I'm going to need to reflash (somehow) the image dmp I made, or just go exchange it (gah).

Anyways good work, lets keep on the trail! and let me know if you have any other update.zips to try b4 I exchange heeh.
[Acer Iconia A500] jimbobtexas:
I tried flashing CWM for Xoom also. It took a while, said it had flashed fine, but boot into recovery yielded squat. "Booting recovery kernel image" was the only message.
[Acer Iconia A500] pancoasts:
I wonder if you say you locked your self out of your acer and you cant get into your google account and that you need to do a factory reset if they would send you a recovery so you could do just that? Just a thought.
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
This was one of my first thoughts and one I was messing around even b4 we rooted..

I couldn't figure out how to get the thing into APX mode to even try any nvflash commands. Tried about every combo of key presses I could think of

we need a acer or nvidia "insider"
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
hmm could work, you're thinking like at the lock screen?

maybe they will give me the secret key combo press :-)

Ugh only issue is time, and I hate hate hate level 1 support folks (I used to be one so no offense!)
[Acer Iconia A500] pancoasts:
Yes at the lock screen.

Yeah taking the time to do it would suck but it might work.
[Acer Iconia A500] TrevFMT:
Their level one support techs are TERRIBLE. I called about the Mac USB issue and they just had no clue what they were talking about.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
i contacted them over mail to ask them about how do i recover it if i brake it.... they didnt even had the decency to answer... :| that was 4 days ago...
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
I didn't have any luck with Acer, I even got to a Level Two Tech.

I Explained that I have a unit that an employee was using that encrypted the tablet and is no longer with us. They said there is no key combo that allows you to reset the device, without going into the Settings and doing a Factory Reset from there. Maybe someone else can try calling and see if they get a different Tech.

Level Two Support number is: 800-816-2237

If you talk to level one, they try to transfer you to paid support...(EDIT: for "software issues")
[Acer Iconia A500] pancoasts:
I called go to a level 2 tech then he said that i would need to send it in for them to fix it he said there is no way to do a factory reset.

It was worth a try.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
now this sounds about the dumbest thing ive heard in awhile... so if i give it to someone to play with and he locks me out i have to send it to them... the person who made it like this needs to be shot... :|
[Acer Iconia A500] pancoasts:
Yes I even told him I need it for work and that i didnt have time to send it in he said that is the only way we can fix it.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
anyone tried combinations with the "little" reset button? maybe theres somthing there...
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
I've tried, haven't gotten anything to work...

Also, I call tech support back, talked to a different tech and got the same run around. Told me I'd have to send it in. They said it takes 7-10 days, but hey, but there's no charge! I know, that doesn't help, just thought it was funny.

I told them since they are basically admitting there is a way, but they are unwilling to share that with customers, then they lost my company's business and will not have very much business in a corporate enterprise setting. I even said that I think I may return my personal unit to the store to exchange for a competitor's tablet, that shares the recovery option. They still didn't budge.

Sorry, tried my best.
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
I think that there must be a way to force nvflash - but maybe that can only be done by using some kind of jtag.. Too bad Acer isn't helping us..
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
I'm new and learning as we go. Would this help at all?

http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=18

Just trying to help!
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
I'm afraid, but no. The tutorial you posted describes how to use APX mode. We don't even get into it (or 100% know it's there)
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
ah, sorry, Like I said, I'm learning...
[Acer Iconia A500] DrPlumEU:
Latest RECOVERY_SH file(s)

I have extracted the 'recovery folder' from the update. Can this help with the problems some experience with getting to 'recovery screen'?
[Acer Iconia A500] kxs783kms:
On the GTablet..one of the devs had to modify one of the drivers for nvflash and apx mode to be recognized on the pc. And if I remember correctly, I think the bootloader file had to be swapped out also. I wonder if the same thing is needed here.
[Acer Iconia A500] bsmithvc:
Stuck in a bootloop returning tonight ...... if anyone want something experimental ran before I return it let me know??
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
i still think they are lying about the little reset button because you can force the tab off by holding the power button for 5-10sec it will force power down....
[Acer Iconia A500] mrtoken:
Yep I think your right, its there for a reason, it will be something like reset, power and vol+ button for 10 secs then vol- for 5secs.

I really dont think that acer would have some "dock" that its needs to be plugged into.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
only alternative left is that we need to short 2 pins on the dock port...but trying this might damage the device....
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
Perhaps the new OTA that is currently spread will help us.

I'm really interested in having a look.
[Acer Iconia A500] Budadank:
There's also the possibility of the USB port playing some role in this. Perhaps with a USB keyboard? How likely is it that the recovery kernel with have drivers for USB host support built in?

With my HTC Desire, there is a key combination required when the triangle and exclamation mark are displayed on screen. Perhaps something similar is required via USB keyboard at that point on the Iconia.
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
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[Acer Iconia A500] kxs783kms:
I found out how to get into safe mode. I don't know if that is of any importance.
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
every piece of info is important, please share
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
Define safe mode and tell us how you got there. Please and thank you!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] kxs783kms:
Power Down. During the Acer boot up screen, hold down the vol- button all the way through the Android splash screen. Once it vibrates, "Safe Mode" will appear in the bottom left corner. You can then release the vol- button. I also was able to perform what appeared to be a factory reset from the hard buttons. It said "Erasing userdata....erasing cache...then it rebooted. It erased all of my apps, but it didn't restore the apps I deleted earlier from the system/app folder and the Superuser icon was still there. I'm trying to duplicate that combo now. Also, I don't know what safe mode is for.
[Acer Iconia A500] ithink2020:
odd, looks just like windows safe mode. Safe Mode in the lower corner. however, i just ketp getting force quit errors.

Note I'm not roted, but that shouldn't matter...so I think.

what other options did you see whe you saw the option to factory reset?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] cmdpapichulo:
I tried the update but it doesnt work my tab is still not loading ugh i guess i should take it back for a replacement but bb is out of stock :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] ghostdogg:
Found this discussion and I can't make out all of it but it looks helpful.

http://translate.google.com/transla...cdetail.php?f=605&t=2130680&m=f&last=27684226
[Acer Iconia A500] mrtoken:
Now this is starting to get interesting.

Now the reason why the apps did not restore is because the system/app folder should be read only, If i am not mistaken (still very new to this) i think downloaded apps are saved somewhere else which is read/write.
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
Factory reset only wipes /data/ while the Superuser.apk and other apps are in /system/ and stay untouched.

The Safe Mode exists on every Android phone but has no really good function.
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
quick update, after tinkering trying to get it back to the original rom (nothing was really working right) it was a chinese rom..

I bricked it.. valubale lesson, don't dd boot! lol

anyhow wish me luck with the "geek squad" at best buy..

but I will say this is annoying and acer brtter step up to the plate,. the asus is out next week I think, $50 cheaper, unlocked bootloader, and I bet we can root it just as fast..

ACER!!!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
Yeah, tried pressing/holding it with power, vol +/-/

I Agree it may have someting to do with the dock connector, my guess they have a dongle they plug in..

the dock connector looks allot like the usb/ethernet dongle that came with the maylong.. food for thought
[Acer Iconia A500] mrtoken:
I dont think it will because then all acer repair agents will need the hardware to do a restore, which means extra cost to Acer, it will be via some key combo,
[Acer Iconia A500] Riffer:
If this device stays locked for recovery and custom roms as the milestone did in the early days, i think i will return it back to amazon.de in the next week.
[Acer Iconia A500] eBug:
This forum is for development not ranting. Please respect the policies.
[Acer Iconia A500] markklok:
hello,

Maybe its a noob question but i havent found an answer yet for the follow matter.

If i have deleted software from a rooted a500 (completely removed the apk). How will i get tablet back to stock with all the things that where installed on it when i bought it.

Is there a use of this system img file which is like 600mb in size

Greetz

Mark
[Acer Iconia A500] WishRyder:
Not sure if this is helpful or not...but I was playing around with my device, and found this procedure:

1) Shut device down

2) Plug in USB keyboard

3) Hold Power+Vol Down to boot into recovery

4) Hit "Home" key on Keyboard

At least gives the option for wiping cache/data.
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
nice - perhaps there are more combinations we can find out.

is home the windows key?
[Acer Iconia A500] murmel42:
WishRyder's procedure won't work for me, since I'm not able to enter the recovery mode. I'm always stuck with the "exclamation mark/android logo" thingy until the tab reboots.

@seraphimserapis: You seem to have a german one as well, right? Can you boot into recovery?

TIA,

murmel
[Acer Iconia A500] nazforex:
Just the home key not the window key. This will bring up the recovery menu.
[Acer Iconia A500] WishRyder:
Not the Windows key, just the Home key up by the Ins, Delete, End, PageUp, PageDown keys.

I actually tried every single key on my keyboard inside recovery, the Home key being the only one to produce a result (though, all the arrow keys/enter key work once you have the recovery menu showing). I went back and tried every key once the menu was displayed in order to see if I could get more options. I also tried a number of key combinations (such as Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+Tab, etc), but nothing did anything.

Once I gave up inside recovery, I started trying to find an alternate means of booting the device. The keyboard lights do flash a second before the device vibrates to power on, so it seems to be recognized right at boot, so I've been systematically trying to boot the device while holding a single key on the keyboard (both with and without continuing to hold the power button on the device). Problem is, I don't know if I have to wait a moment before the keypresses are recognized, if the keypresses are being recognized at all, or if it has to be an unknown key combination of some sort.
[Acer Iconia A500] akkord64:
Confirmed -

imageshack.us/photo/my-images/155/img20110507185332.jpg

(Cant post pics yet - too much a newb)

Should we attempt this process after flashing clockwork to see if w get additional options?
[Acer Iconia A500] seraphimserapis:
your free to try - it's linked in the first post

allright - qwertz keyboards call the qwerty "home" button "pos1" - i didn't know that ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] edgemaster191:
has anyone tried a data/factory reset from recovery?

is this something that can be done after someone were to erase / rename the phone apk?
[Acer Iconia A500] giocoso:
you may need to create a file update.zip as was done on Desire?

translated by google!
[Acer Iconia A500] dc13:
we have tried update zips like every phone or tablet running android or windows if u read about this you would of seen.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
What about old school rage against the cage like the evo used?
[Acer Iconia A500] dc13:
thats used to get root not recovery.