yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] nicocalv06:
Here : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9CSDF1JF

There is a French, English, Spanish, German, and Italian.
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
what version is this?
[Acer Iconia A500] markklok:
Ahh too bad.. still waiting for a version where Dutch is included. But nice post !
[Acer Iconia A500] nicocalv06:
It is wireless version that come from a French
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
version id i mean?
[Acer Iconia A500] j0hnj0hn:
Stuck in Acer Logo When Flashing

I was wondering if anyone could help. Everytime I try to flash the system.img using

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/system.img

I just get stuck on the acer logo afer I reboot. I would then have to recover using update.zip(chinese) Which works fine, but I want to get back to US Stock with all the Gapps. Am I missing something?
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Its if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
[Acer Iconia A500] j0hnj0hn:
Ok I tried this but it's still stuck on the acer logo? Am I just being impatient? How long is it suppose to stay in the logo? I must be doing something wrong here. The code is correct.
[Acer Iconia A500] j0hnj0hn:
do you put the system.img in the sdcard or in the device itself?
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
I've already rooted my A500 and removed / froze a lot of the junk.

If I run this command, I can use the system.img to "restore" back to my current state (already have everything removed), right?
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
find "update.acer.zip" (signed without google apps) where i can find it ?

and .img too
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
here: http://xda.richardtrip.org/?dir=Acer/Update

and here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061091 (first post).
[Acer Iconia A500] seamonkeys:
Yes and No. Yes: you can restore all system apps (not include removed in .img)

no: you need data.img also
[Acer Iconia A500] seamonkeys:
i put it in device itself.
[Acer Iconia A500] seamonkeys:
you can try to clear the cache before flash the update.zip

and do a factory reset before flash the .img
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
im trying to apply signed update.zip(acer.update.zip from post above) but when im entering recovery(pressing - on boot) it starts "some processes" then loads android robot with running line and immediately running line changes to warning sign and nothing happens. Update.zip is lying on my microsd

pliz help how should i properly enter recovery mod? my tablet is dead( im counting on u guys(
[Acer Iconia A500] vinylb:
need help guys. I updated my tablet with update_acer as update.zip, did a full factory reset, booted into Chinese mode, went in and chose English locale. then I used adb to install Gingerbreak, ran Gingerbreak and rooted tablet. After reboot I uploaded a500sys.img and flashed mmcblk0p3 and after a reboot i just get a triangle sign.

What am I missing? I know its just one small step :)

Much appreciated !!!

***edit : been looking at the install script for the Chinese rom - it updated blk03 with system folder, blk02 with boot image and blk06 with the flexrom.img...so what is still remaining from the Chinese rom that is incompatible? maybe i need to write zeros to each partition and that way it starts fresh? a500sys does not cater for all the other partitions - does anybody have these other partitions in img format?
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
Does overwriting /system using dd mean that the kernel is also overwritten, or does the kernel reside in another partition?
[Acer Iconia A500] vinylb:
K I came across another link in this forum and downloaded a 600mb system.img - this worked for me. After a factory reset it booted up in Chinese and I had to choose English but all the stock icons are there :) phew .... thx to all who have posted and shared their images. I also checked the a500sys.img I downloaded and it was only around 160mb - that was my issue. After I downloaded it again I now have it at 600mb.

So to recap for those here are the steps:

1. download acer_update.zip and rename to update.zip

2. copy to root of microsdhc card and power off tablet

3. hold power button and volume button closest to power button until you see a progress bar

4. tablet will reboot into Chinese rom, go to 2nd or 3rd last option in Settings and select the first option and it will change to English

5. use adb to install gingerbreak and root tablet, reboot will occur

6. use adb to copy system.img or a500sys.img to /sdcard

7. with adb shell use dd command to flash system image to blk03 partition

8. After reboot, go into settings and choose English locale again and then find privacy setting and do factory reset.

9. You might have to choose your locale again (I do not recall) but you should have all the stock icons.

Hope this helps.

edit : I have found that if you use the a500sys.img or system.img I am unable to get wifi to work - in settings I see an error next to wifi and cannot get it turned on. Reverting back to Chinese acer_update.zip

brings back wifi - something is either flawed with the US system.img file of maybe they have different wireless chips?
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
im stuck at step 3, as you said its likely not picking up update.zip. Il try to use another sdcard but i think it wont help

here is the thread about wifi

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074449&highlight=wifi+permission
[Acer Iconia A500] Egan:
Don't know if any already provided a WIFI+3G EU version? If not, here it is: http://db.tt/9jzoSir :).

Languages: English (UK), English(US), Espanol

ps. This one if bought through Vodafone The Netherlands.
[Acer Iconia A500] markklok:
No dutch language included??
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
How do I get Google Market/Gmail/Music apk back :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
How do I go about getting data.img too?
[Acer Iconia A500] kambingbakar:
hi all

i bought my iconia in indonesia, that have 32G storage on it. I have deleting some of Acer apps on it, but my Market becoming error - always show My App error etc... so i've reinstall the vending.apk that i've found in the device rom (using RootExplorer).

Eventually still i can not restore my Market back.

Please someone could tell me how i can restore my iconia to original state, which image that i could use.

thx in advance

my android device : nexian journey with phantom rom on it, huawei ideos s7 rooted, and now acer iconia
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
use this instruction , update.zip and images u can find in this thread

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market --> tutorial how to install market
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
My PC can't detect my tablet after I flash the update file. Can't flash system.img consequently. Can anyone please share the old update for GEN1 please or let me know how i fix this. Thank you.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Why are people flashing the Chinese update.zip?

Is it because they have all bricked their devices?
[Acer Iconia A500] DaMan:
I bricked my device because uninstalling the phoneprovider files.

I used the chinese update.zip file and then installed system.img but i still have lots of chinese apps in my device that can't be uninstalled.

Did i install the wrong img file ?

Somebody who knows ?
[Acer Iconia A500] vinylb:
Daman, did you try to do a factory reset? That should clear away files still on the system partition.
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
After you update, root it and use Titatium Backup to uninstall those Chinese apps that you dont want. Also search for HoneyComb Google APps on XDA, download it and use RootExplorer to copy them over.
[Acer Iconia A500] DaMan:
Hi!

Yes i did a factory reset after but i still have references to the chinese update file.

I wonder if others also have these chinese apps afters updating with system.img ?
[Acer Iconia A500] DaMan:
Hi!

The thing is that I want to have the original system images so i can update with 3.1 whenever it comes out without bricking my device again.

Would be wonderful to have clockworkmode on our tab!
[Acer Iconia A500] jetsetwilly:
Why are people saying they've bricked their device when they've really just cocked it up?
[Acer Iconia A500] DaMan:
One thing is noticed now is that my screen doesnt suffer from turning on anymore about every 10 minutes and it doesnät go to sleep anymore after charging it for a while.
[Acer Iconia A500] hellcat82:
This may be a stupid question but for an Aus A500 which image to I use EU-wifi or US-wifi?

I'm assuming EU
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
For an Australian one, I would get the EU version, right? Or has anyone tried the EU on an Australian A500?
[Acer Iconia A500] hellcat82:
Yeah I did but I don't have working wifi because the wifi modules don't match my kernel, and I didn't think to back them up.

So now I have to go the route of update.acer.zip :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
Yeah, I tried that as well. WiFi not working. I think I might try take it back to JB-HiFi and get a new one, update then create a system.img first OOTB.

If you get yours all up-to-date on new one, mind if you upload the system.img?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
post the full kernel version and ask someone with the same kernel to give you /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko and scsi_wait_scan.ko
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
Thread here for modules: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13962366#post13962366

If anyone has a new untouched A500 bought in Australia, would you be able to create a system.img and upload it? Might be helpful too!
[Acer Iconia A500] tholmewood:
Thanks for these system images guys.

Can anyone please tell me how to extract these images as I want to grab the individual .APKs and ODEXs from the system data partition.

Thanks :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
I tried this, plugged tablet into laptop via USB but I cannot find the system.img file. I can see the DCIM folder e.t.c. but unable to see *that* one. How can I move it off (I don't have a big enough microSD card.

Edit: I used a USB key instead. *shakes head*

Also killed my A500. In boot loop now (tried doing dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 - now in reboot loop.

Edit: I got a replacement A500 from JB HiFi. I will update to Acer_A500_1.139.04_COM_GEN1 then create a system.img.
[Acer Iconia A500] daveba:
The system.img is a ext4 filesystem. You need a linux machine (virtualbox/vmware VM of any newish linux version will support ext4). Alternatively copy it to your a500 ./sdcard. You can then mount it with the command

mkdir /a/directory/somewhere
mount -t ext4 -o loop /path/to/system.img /a/directory/somewhere
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
this will open the images in windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/
[Acer Iconia A500] danaobrest78:
I'm a rookie with android dev ....

Where do I execute the Unix command

"su dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3" ?

Could you be more precise with your explanation for newbies like me ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
use adb from android sdk of or more simlier just download any terminal app from marketplace

example: connectbot
[Acer Iconia A500] danaobrest78:
I've installed the Android SDK and the "su" command is not recognized ...

How do you install thi command ?
[Acer Iconia A500] dhruvmp:
Su means superuser. You need to be connected with adb and have the root prompt in order to perform the above commands.
[Acer Iconia A500] danaobrest78:
Thank you dhruvmp for your explanation ...

My Acer is connected with adb.

What is the operation to have the root prompt as you said ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1055354
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
I cannot get my A500 working on W7 x64. I've tried installing the Acer driver and just get a white popup box half way through installation. :-(

Drivers never install.
[Acer Iconia A500] dhruvmp:
Make sure you try running as admin if it doesn't work the normal way. Your tablet cannot be plugged in when you are installing the drivers.

I got the error message that it was not installed properly as well but as far as I can tell, the 3 USB devices for the Acer installed in the device manager.

Unfortunately I think you have to use the Acer drivers only. I don't know if the generic sdk drivers work, but it seems like they don't.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
can someone with kernel 2.6.36.3-00001-gf991e5d and firmware Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1 make an image and post it pls?
[Acer Iconia A500] Nico_FR:
Can you post an how to please ?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
its in the first post...
[Acer Iconia A500] felix100felix:
I'm uploading it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
Here is the untouched Acer_A500_1.139.04_COM_GEN1 system.img.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/gvemmYd
[Acer Iconia A500] felix100felix:
Here it is: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4CJV71NR

2.6.36.3-00001-gf991e5d Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
[Acer Iconia A500] daswahnsinn:
I need a system.img for Acer_A500_1.104.02_COM_GEN1 to try and unbrick my tab, can/does someone have this to upload?
[Acer Iconia A500] dhruvmp:
I am also looking for this elusive image. I have tried the OP's link to dropbox, but apparently they don't want me to download this file either.

I am having a problem where I 'hosed' (technical term) my shell by trying to revert from bash to stock. I am guessing I can just flash the system.img of 1.104.02 (my version as well) and the whole filesystem should be repaired?

If this is not the case, then I will drop it off my balcony:eek: and get a new one from bestbuy (bought protection plan).

Any help is much appreciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] dhruvmp:
Nevermind, was able to use the steps outlined here:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/acer-iconia-a500/143732-unbrick-your-acer-a500-iconia-tablet-full-restore-9-steps.html

I don't like all of the way he did things (using root explorer, instead of just adb), these were my steps, maybe this should be a posted HOW-TO(for Wifi US only)?, anyone want to second that:

1.) Copy update.zip (Chinese update) to sd: adb push update.zip /mnt/external_sd and flash by recovery mode (Power

+ vol-)

2.) Install Gingerbreak (adb install GingerBreak.apk)

3.) Run the GINGERBREAK and root.

4.) Copy over the flexrom.img (US - wifi) and system.img (US - wifi) to the /SDCARD/ directory (with Windows Explorer)

5.) Flash flexrom and system images:

adb shell (you should then see the $ sign)

su (look at your tablet, you will be requested SU access)

#dd if=/sdcard/flexrom.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 (wait for completion confirmation, takes about 30 seconds)

#dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 (wait for completion confirmation, takes about 4 min.)

*** ONCE COMPLETE, REBOOT ***

6.) Once you have rebooted, skip the START screen and options then put the tablet in AIRPLANE MODE (wifi will not work - tried).

7.) Open ADB shell, su, then mount system as r/w (#mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system)

8.) Copy Wifi modules (rename old modules if so desired, or just overwrite):

#cp bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules

#cp scsci_wait_scan.ko /system/lib/modules

9.) Remount system as read-only (so we don't do anymore damage)

10.) Reboot, check Wifi, then do factory reset to remove any chinese apps
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
It would be easy if I could get adb working on my W7 x64 laptop working. The Acer A500 driver doesn't install.
[Acer Iconia A500] adancau:
Same. I get an empty dialogue box with an OK button. Very helpful indeed :)
[Acer Iconia A500] dhruvmp:
Interesting, because I didn't have any issues installing the drivers on two seperate computers with Win 7 x64 Home Premium. What version you guys using?

I made sure that all other android related software was removed before installing. I don't think the EVO drivers I have seem to interfere.

Make sure that you "Run as Administrator" and perform the install before plugging in the Iconia. When you plug in the tab, make sure USB debugging is enabled. You should see the ADB device listed in Device Manager afterwards.

On one of the computers I installed the drivers to, it performed the install and then gave me the error that it didn't install correctly. It still seemed to work though.

Check the system logs to see what happens when you try to run it. Post some more info about specifics, or maybe take a screenshot.
[Acer Iconia A500] _motley:
This is essentially how I did mine too, but there was still one piece missing to be able to get back to the point where you could claim 100% stock where OTA updates could be flashed successfully without check-sum errors on the boot partition. If we get a full update.zip for HC 3.1 when it arrives, it won't really matter if you aren't 100%, but if that update tries to flash a differential update on some partitions, it could still be trouble for those that didn't go all the way. Again, hopefully not, Acer owes us a complete restore image big time.

Here is the thread where adancau showed us how we could restore the boot partition as well (read carefully). After the Chinese update was applied and I had flashed the 1.104 US wifi system and flexrom images, I then realized the position I was in with the boot partition still being out of synch. So, without losing any of my /data partition, I was able to flash the original 1.016 flexrom and system images, rebooted and restored my kernel modules for wifi etc. Finally, I flashed the boot partition and WITHOUT rebooting (this is the key) I applied the 1.139 OTA update and let it reboot. I think at this point you can then claim 100% stock.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1093109

If we can add these pieces together, we should definitely sticky if possible. Hopefully it will be unnecessary once Acer gives us a complete restore update.zip.
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
instead of ADB u can use any terminal app on tablet itself, i used connectbot, and done every steps as mentioned above with it
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
Acer Iconia Driver for all Win7 64bit

Here you are:

https://rapidshare.com/files/567019276/x64.7z

Just unzip it somewhere and run the dpinst.exe

You will get ADB ready =)
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
Windows 7 Home Premium x64.

I didn't have any Android software installed before installing the driver.

Tried running as Administrator, also XP compatability mode. I just get a white popup box half way through installation with an "OK" button.

I know this is possible, but it is safest to use a physical connection. I just want to get it working. I am kind of OCD until I can get something to work. :p

Thanks. I will try it when I get home.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
Can I also grab your Flexrom and Boot img?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] Juzman:
They are all in my other thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088063
[Acer Iconia A500] MasterOfDesasters:
Is anyone able to provide a flexrom.img from a german device?
[Acer Iconia A500] bahuta8:
Hi,

What about just updating the device? I have EU 1.112.01_EMEA_CUS7 installed and apps removed. Unfortunately i'm getting no upates OTA.

May i just have to install the update.zip or the system.img aswell?

My a500 is not bricked at the moment:-)
[Acer Iconia A500] mr.r9:
Here's a working update.zip with the name "Acer_A500_0.000.00_1.122.01_EMEA_GEN5_update"

http://www.multiupload.com/D3A2DU7X4D

dr1337 kindly pointed out it's existence.
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
Would anyone be so kind to post a system.img and flexrom.img from 141.07?

PleaaaaseeeE???

:p
[Acer Iconia A500] n1nj4dude:
can someone help me? im royally screwed. i can flash the flexrom, but when i flash the system.img it freezes and i have to reboot, then it gives me a error. so i have to recover with the update again and im back to square one..

i am using the files on this thread, i am using the dd commands. and now i dont know what is happening. :/
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
I got stuck in that loop. I managed to flash system.img and flexroom via ADB. The problem is at system.img. If u flash it using terminal, terminal will be overwritten and you tab is over.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Idk if anyone can help. I did the chinese fix for the system apps. Then I did the flexrom and system.img. everything seems fines my question is my build prop looks right. But when I try to apply the latest update the recovery log when it fails show a different system number. I'm US 1.04 trying to go to 1.114 the recovery logs says 1.19_cus
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Starting recovery on Fri May 27 16:13:51 2011

can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory

framebuffer: fd 3 (1280 x 800)

recovery filesystem table

=========================

0 /tmp ramdisk (null) (null) 0

1 /system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 (null) 0

2 /data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 (null) 0

3 /cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 (null) 0

4 /misc emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 (null) 0

5 /flex ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 (null) 0

6 /mnt/sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 (null) 0

7 /boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (null) 0

8 /aboot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 (null) 0

9 /recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (null) 0

I:Got arguments from boot message

Command: "recovery" "--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip"

(replacing path "SDCARD:update.zip" with "/mnt/sdcard/update.zip")

ro.secure=1

ro.allow.mock.location=0

ro.debuggable=0

persist.service.adb.enable=0

ro.build.id=HRI66

ro.build.display.id=Acer_A500_1.119.01_AAP_CUS4

ro.build.system.id=Acer_A500_1.119_AAP_CUS4

ro.build.version.incremental=eng.hermit.20110422.233824

ro.build.version.sdk=11

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.release=3.0.1

ro.build.date=Fri Apr 22 23:41:19 CST 2011

ro.build.date.utc=1303486879

ro.build.type=user

ro.build.user=hermit

ro.build.host=apple

ro.build.tags=release-keys

ro.product.model=A500

ro.product.brand=acer

ro.product.name=picasso_aapcus4

ro.product.device=ventana

ro.product.board=ventana

ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a

ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi

ro.product.manufacturer=Acer

ro.product.locale.language=en

ro.product.locale.region=US

ro.wifi.channels=

ro.board.platform=tegra

ro.build.product=ventana

ro.build.description=picasso_aapcus4-user 3.0.1 HRI66 eng.hermit.20110422.233824 release-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=acer/picasso_aapcus4/ventana:3.0.1/HRI66/eng.hermit.20110422.233824:user/release-keys

ro.build.characteristics=tablet,nosdcard

ro.opengles.version=131072

wifi.interface=wlan0

keyguard.no_require_sim=1

ro.dinfo.version=1.0

ro.cpu.vendor=nVidia

ro.cpu.speed=1.0 GHz

ro.cpu.version=T20

ro.config.notification_sound=OnTheHunt.ogg

ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg

dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=5m

dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=48m

dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m

ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-acer

acer.sync.adb.mode=ENABLED

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

net.bt.name=Android

net.change=net.bt.name

dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

ro.factorytest=0

ro.bootmode=unknown

ro.baseband=unknown

ro.carrier=unknown

ro.bootloader=unknown

ro.ram.size=1GB

ro.hardware=ventana

ro.revision=0

init.svc.recovery=running

ro.aceruuid=fffffffffffffffe0b9a5406deb

ro.build.sku=3G

ro.product.modelalias=A501

E:/dev/block/mmcblk1 does exist

Finding update package...

I:Update location: /mnt/sdcard/update.zip

Opening update package...

I:1 key(s) loaded from /res/keys

Verifying update package...

I:verify_file returned 1

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
I figured out that I need the boot.img from the 1.104.05 US build. Can anyone help me out!!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] clip9:
I'm looking for a stock system image of Acer_A500_1.105.01_EMEA_GEN3.

If you have it please post it! Thank you.

Edit:

Here is the decoded update (1.105.01 to 1.141.01 EMEA_GEN3) file for the interested:

www_fileserve_com/file/ZZepxup

_=.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Could anyone in the US. With 1.104.05 firmware please dump your system.img, flexrom.img and boot.img and upload them!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] spaanplaat:
Can someone with Acer_A500_1.141.01_EMEA_GEN3 please make a backup from their boot.img system.img and flexrom.img? I have the 1.122_emea_gen5 rom due to a recovery.

You would make my day. Thanx
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
I have Gen 1 over in the general thread boot and system image with update zip which updates your flexrom.
[Acer Iconia A500] spaanplaat:
I know but that's the COM_GEN1 version and I really want to have the EMEA_GEN3 version to get it back to stock and have the dutch language again. Can someone please make a dump?