yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
I remember when I had Taboonay installed, this would happen after a full restore. I would just connect to via adb and chmod 06755 on the su command to fix it. The worked because Taboonay had insecure adb enabled.

Now that i'm back on stock (rooted with iconia root) I don't seem to have that issue anymore. I'm not sure what the difference is.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
I think i explained this a couple of times... normally recovery executes format to delete the contents of the partitions... well we cant do that because we will loose /data/media

so format actually deletes everything on the partition so we can exclude /data/media....

adding "erasedata" will trigger the format to revert to actually formatting the partition so you will loose /data/media

is it clear now? :)
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
Quick question! Is /data/media actually /mnt/sdcard (the internal storage of the device)?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
ya...

/data/media is linked to /mnt/sdcard and /sdcard for compatibility sake..
[Acer Iconia A500] v_lestat:
guys i am afflicted with the bug where the market wont let me install anything or search for anything. it says the item is either not found, or it says its not for my country.

same thing with the market website.

can someone give me a link to download the acer recovery installer apk file?

i have already submitted a ticket to google but we know that goes no where.

i flashed back to a stock update.zip in hopes it might fix it but its not. so i cant download the apk file.

if someone wanted to email it or send me a link that would be awesome.

cyberlunacy@gmail.com

oh and i dont think i am asking for anything thats against the rules since it is a free app. but if i am just let me know and i will delete this.

thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] Iyashu5040:
OMG OMG OMG I LOVE YOU! My MicroSD slot has been... well... broken (to put it mildly) for ages. I thought I would be forever doomed to never make CWM backups and flash ROMs. Your USB support has saved me! +1 Gajillion(or some appropriately massive number)
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
Just deleated android_secure.img from all my backups and tried each one. In each case still loose root. Going to try without the micro sd card in. Running HV 1.05a and it's kernal.

Just removed the micro sd card and tried a full backup, cwm says can't mount sd card. If I try to mount it, it says same thing. Can't take that one out. Going back to stock and see if I have same problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
If I remove the micro sd card and try a full backup, it errors out with can't mount sd card. If I try to mount sd card says same thing. So back to square one. Just use iconia root. Get random su problems after this. Guess try back to stock.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
if you have problems mounting the card or stick try formatting with HPUSBFW
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
the android_secure.img has nothing to do with losing root after a restore. CWM just doesn't seem to set the permissions of "su" properly. It may be a limitation of the YAFFS image format used to store the /system files. I'm not sure.

You can create yourself a "fixroot.zip" file with an edify script to set the permissions of "su" to 06755. Then after a restore, you can do a "install zip from sdcard" and select your fixroot.zip. Then you should still have root after booting normally.

I'm going to automate this in Acer Recovery Installer. If you kick-off the restore from it, after the restore is complete, i'll have it check for "su" and reset it's permissions. This should be in the next release, v2.51. I'll try to do it late tonight.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
I saw this bug too... and CWM doesnt use yaffs....

will be fixed when I get some free time...
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
I stand corrected, it's stored in a tar archive. I think koush's original cwm uses (or used to use) yaffs2.
[Acer Iconia A500] P0yraz:
Please can any one download Acer Recovery Installer and put it here I am from iran and I can't download it from market
[Acer Iconia A500] P0yraz:
is there any easy guide for dummies like me? I just bought this Tablet and I know ext to nothing about does abbreviations you used there like dd or su some one help me please I can't download Acer Recovery Installer
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Look here , first line there is a download link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1226191
[Acer Iconia A500] gtrplr71:
guys can we get some support for Baby brother the A100 we really need some help and guidance over there! I appreciate all the hard work
[Acer Iconia A500] Ceelos09:
+1

If any devs here are willing to take me under their wing and teach me some basics (like how to achieve root on a100/HC 3.2.1) I am more than willing to listen/learn, cuz development for little brother a100 is DEAD :(
[Acer Iconia A500] lbcoach3347:
Unable to mount SD Card

Trying to use the micro sd card within clock work and it tells me that it is Unable to mount SD Card. I can Use a USB Stick no problem. Any suggestions.
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
Yes you can use a usb stick, only way I use. Try a new micro sd or format the old one in another phone or pc.
[Acer Iconia A500] lbcoach3347:
Formatted the SD in My phone and now it works like a charm. Thanks for the idea.
[Acer Iconia A500] Turboboxer:
For anyone having trouble

IGNORE EVERYTHING IN THE FIRST POST EXCEPT THIS LITTLE GEM

Acer Recovery Installer APP thanks to Euclid's Brother http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=109

That is right. You can install an APK from the market. Once you install and open it. Basically just asks you if you want to install Clockwork Mod.
[Acer Iconia A500] kasim1:
Once installed:

Select "ClockworkMod Recovery rev.1.3.2 by thor2002ro". Tap on install Recovery Image. A popup offering to backup current recovery image will appear.

Fixed Link

HERE
[Acer Iconia A500] :
It's got an ancient version of CWM in it, ver 1.34 (older than h3ll).

Go to tegraowners and get ver 1.6. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Unless you want to push via ADB or through terminal, download the Acer Recovery app from the Market, install the old version of ClockworkMod Recovery with it, then go to Tegraowners.com and get the 1.6 update and flash it through the CWM Recovery that you already have installed. That would be the easiest way to do it.

Since Thor doesn't come here anymore and I find the Tegraowners horizontal scrolling website to be the most annoying website on the internet to navigate, does anyone know if the 1.6 update fixes losing root when you restore? I just got bitten by that "little" bug when trying Kjy2010's ROM and then trying to revert back to Kekinash's rooted stock ROM via CWM restore. Freaked me out for a solid 5 minutes...

Edit: Just read my post and I didn't mean for it to smack of not liking the Honeylicious ROM -- it was great, but I didn't feel like setting everything up all over again at the moment, so I wanted to revert back to my old stock ROM until I had more time. Also, I did look around Tegraowners for a changelog or something in those forums that would tell me if this bug was fixed, but I couldn't find anything and quickly got tired of scrolling horizontally looking for it (haha).
[Acer Iconia A500] bahurd:
Edit: Just read my post and decided not to post.... :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
That's okay, I read your original reply via email notification (which was just as irrelevant as the edited one):

Thanks for your excellent contribution to this thread. :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] fatbuddha42:
Thanks

+1 thanks for the help from this thread!
[Acer Iconia A500] bahurd:
Pretty funny stuff! It would take you all of three clicks to go into the forum of that other site and actually ask the question of the Dev. :eek:
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Maybe if I already had a forum account on his site it would, but I don't and don't really care to do so to ask one question. Also, there's no mention of the problem in the Tegraowners forum and no real change log for this product, whereas the specific problem I'm referring to was discussed just one page back in this thread.

Oh, well.
[Acer Iconia A500] photog:
I am one of the ones who took a new A500 with 3.1, installed iconiaroot, then acer recovery to install CWM, but then was unable to upgrade Recovery or install the Thor ROM. When I look at the SDCARD directory via Recovery I don't see the ZIP files to upgrade recovery or install the new ROM.

I had no problem loading iconiaroot through either the file manager or es file explorer, and ROM Manager sees the ZIP, but fails to install the new ROM.

I can't seem to go forwards or backwards until I am able to see the files through Recovery 1.3.4.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Someone may come along and help you, but since your issues seem to be so Thor specific (his recovery, his ROM), you may want to venture over to tegraowners.com, and ask him directly via his email link or on his forums. Apparently, Thor doesn't come here much anymore.

In researching my own problem with his recovery, I do remember reading something about the SD card failing to mount, but since I wasn't having that problem, the specifics of it didn't stick with me. Sorry!
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Just format your external SD card with SD Formatter:

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

or try another SD card :)

so basically you don't have any use of it with A500 ...

---------- Post added at 11:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:01 AM ----------

There's always a change log in every recovery or ROM release:

example:

so go ahead, register and ask questions. The developer seems to be very responsive :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Info you. Check the forums on a regular basis. Touchsceen has been in beta for over a week or so. :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] hav0c:
Try flashing the new recovery via fastboot. Search the forums for a guide.
[Acer Iconia A500] rdnkchevy:
Has anyone tried this yet?;
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Duhhhhh....

If I hadn't, you think I would have mentioned it? I love the beta version. So much easier to "touch" things, than it is to use the vol button (have read several reports about people wearing out the vol buttons).

Remember, it is beta, as are all the roms we use. You should always read up on things, before committing yourself.

And, you cannot post that link to the upload, it is against XDA Policy.

---------- Post added at 10:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 PM ----------

You need to delete your "quoted" comments about the link to the recovery.

It is against XDA Policy to do so.

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Sorry, I have an offline life and don't have the time to check every dev's forum on their private site. It's enough to keep with xda. As of the time I posted that question, Thor still only listed 1.6v2. I see he now has 1.7 up.

Thanks for the heads up.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
Derp

10 chars
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
I'm sure. That's why I thanked him (including a click) for the heads up, "bro". :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] dincdoes.me:
1.7 is very nice!
[Acer Iconia A500] joe9002:
15 Jan 2012, 04:06 thats when i saw it first.

and also to others who have posted about it and i qoute...

"comes with fakeflash(testing wont overwrite the old recovery)" OR

"flasheble zip that overwrites the old recovery"
[Acer Iconia A500] telemike:
Will Acer Recovery be updated to flash 1.7?
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Not if it has a non-GPL compliant kernel.. If there's a version with a GPL compliant kernel, I can add that.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
God I feel dumb for asking this, but if I downloaded Thor's .zip of 1.7, I can just flash this in the CWM recovery menu, right?
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Yes. Name it recovery.img and put it in the root of the external sdcard. Then you can flash it. Recovery Installer will not recognize it yet, so it won't work the premium features. I'm hoping to push a new version out today.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
Glad I did ask, since I was thinking I could flash using recovery like any other rom (selecting "Choose zip from sdcard... ect). But appears I am wrong, and thanks for clarifying. Thanks Euclid's Brother!
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Can you update to work with AmonRA recovery too? Just finally got around to buying your great app yesterday, then installed AmonRA and lost all the features I'd just paid for. :S
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Unfortunately, ra recovery doesn't support extendedcommand file, which is required to setup an automated script.

If you prefer ra, put the img file on ext sdcard called recovery.img so it's easy to switch back and fourth. I generally use Thor 1.7 which is completely compatible.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Ah, OK. No biggy.
[Acer Iconia A500] philosophics:
No A200 section...

Would would have to be done to get this recovery on the A200?

Sent from me CM7 Nightly HTC Vision using XDA App that needs to show signatures
[Acer Iconia A500] rdnkchevy:
Can you make it work with cwm 1.7.1?
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Yep. It's in the works. The update, when it comes will also "recognize" Amon ra. And I'll be able to update the recognition list without issuing a new version. It'll download a new list like it does for the ROM list.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Hello Euclid's Brother, any hope that your app will be compatible withe the A500 ICS leaks ?

I tried but even if the flash "seems" to work, it fails to boot into recovery and displays the "Recovert verified failed..." message.

Regards
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Sounds like you have the new is bootloader that is not unlocked. You'll either need to go back to the old bootloader or flash the new unlocked bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
OK thanks for the answer but unfortunately my A500 doesn't want the unlock bootloader. I've been unable to flash it through nvflash despite some help and the noob-proof posts and packages that are around :'(
[Acer Iconia A500] OldGaf:
Ever fix this?
[Acer Iconia A500] MajstorSpeedy:
Well, I've been able to flash almost anything trough nvflash...

Have you tried to follow Civato's guide?

It's pretty straightforward and it is working like a charm!

I'm not so often online but I'll try to help you out if you want, just PM me.:)
[Acer Iconia A500] HyeProfile:
Just so y'all know, Thor Recovery 1.8.1 is out on TegraOwners.com... Just sayin...

(For those who are having issues with TWRP v2.5+, try Thor, it's more foolproof/stable)
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
well i did that so if some newbie shuts down by holding the power button(force shutdown) and the boot has been modified it will not boot that kernel....

these all are precautionary measures so no one can brick with this...

everybody can make a mistake and I'm trying to include any scenario... so no bricking can occur...

ask sc2k
[Acer Iconia A500] aPeach:
In the installation instructions are only two points.

It is necessary to do just that? Or something else?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
everything under "Installation:" has to be done... its just split into done on pc and done on the tablet...
[Acer Iconia A500] WishRyder:
Is Backup/Restore running fine from this recovery? I heard somewhere that the previous recoveries weren't backing up/restoring properly.

Mainly, I wanted to know if it was safe to backup my stock rooted rom, install Prime to test it, then restore back to stock if necessary.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
i suggest to wait for rev1.2

rev1.1 backup correctly but not the flexrom...

you cannot compare this with the previous recoveries those were xoom repacks...

this is ground-up work specific to a500...
[Acer Iconia A500] manfly9884:
please don't flame me too much. What would be the intallation process if I only used terminal emulator?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
unpack the rar...

put the recovery.img on the sdcard with the file manager...

and with root explorer copy itsmagic to /data/local

and proceed to step 2
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
First off Correct me if I am wrong you can either do all this from the computer or the tablet. I did everything from the PC with ADB. As far as the adb push all you have to do is take both files in and put them in the corresponding folders. So connect your tablet. Put both files on there and then either copy or move with your favorite root explorer to the folders indicated. I actually put both in /data/local :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
So with your install you have to put the recovery image on the sd card. I thought correct me if I am wrong with Dexter's we pushed both to data/local? It would def. make it easier using sd for the commands anyways.

Also I have not flashed yours yet is it the same install instructions if you have dexter's recovery. Is there no way to package it as like an update.zip like a radio for example and have it do it on first boot. Or even something like Rom Manager to flash the recovery?
[Acer Iconia A500] manfly9884:
Thank You.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
I have taken some time off from reading this board, this force shut down is that a force shutdown from the recovery? Also does using the reset button while running tablet does anything bad occur when doing that?
[Acer Iconia A500] zxdavb:
Great work!

I was wondering if it wouldn't it be safer to add an instruction how to retrieve UID (to remind NOOBs like me who haven't yet done so)?
[Acer Iconia A500] aPeach:
./data/local/itsmagic: permission denied

What to do???
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
did you type su for superuser? and chmod 755
[Acer Iconia A500] aPeach:
re-enter chmod 755, and succeeded!
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Glad to hear. The little steps make all the difference. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] kebsood:
"itsmagic is run on every restart/poweroff or recovery as a precautionary measure"

so we can run/restore any rom including root and recovery images safely, without dioing anything else, in this recovery?
[Acer Iconia A500] cfcoleman:
Error

Error

This is in terminal:

rm failed for /system/etc/install-recovery.sh no such file or directory.

Im also having an error pushing the rovery img. it says:

failed to copy 'recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.1.img' to '/sdcard': is a directory

so i just copied it to the sdcard manually

itsmagic pushed fine tho
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
The first error is saying it doesnt exist so your good.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
i added a / after "/sdcard" and that solved it for me
[Acer Iconia A500] manfly9884:
Sorry. After unpacking the rar all I have is the image file, no itsmagic. I'm kind of confused.
[Acer Iconia A500] kebsood:
you can get it here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121543 ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] manfly9884:
Thank You Sir.
[Acer Iconia A500] dynamique:
how can I remove?
[Acer Iconia A500] mrkrabs:
Ok I've done all of the install instructions...now how do I get into recovery? Vol down and power?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Yes on boot hold the volume - which is the one closer to the power button. And the power button until you see writing in the top left corner then you can let go of both. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Any tentative release of 1.2 should I hold off a couple hours or are we talking a couple days? :D
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
waiting sc2k to finish testing...
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
So wait then lol...
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Got anxious couldn't wait.. But damn I must say sexy interface. lol:D
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
when we redd the recovery block p1 with new v1.2 recovery from v1.1,do we have to call itsmagic manually again before reboot or power off?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
You have to call it any time you replace any of the system blocks.
[Acer Iconia A500] bochocinco23:
Anyone getting an sd mount error after switching to this recovery?
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Great! flash this cwm smoothly.

One thing I notice is that I cannot go into each menu item by pressing 'enter' in my USB keyboard. (Press the 'power' button is ok). In which I remember I can do that in previous cwm 3.4.0.0 recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
Does ADB shell actually work for anyone in recovery? I see the device in device manager, but ADB doesn't communicate with the blasted thing...
[Acer Iconia A500] Jomppe:
I got ADB shell working once, but haven't gotten it work afterwards.
[Acer Iconia A500] cfcoleman:
thnx for that. Imma add that into my little video tutorial im making. Thank you very much for this thor and sc2k.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
uninstall adb interface and let it install again and it will work...
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
so from what I understand you can move with the keyboard but you cant press enter to select correct? if thats the case that an easy fix i just didnt take into account usb keyboard...
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Yes, thanks :)

When I press enter, the screen flashes but nothing happen. Thx very very much for your help.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
just tested fix for the usb keyboard... will be added into 1.2
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
added 1.2 in the first post its still not fully tested... i think sc2k has personal problems or something...

so anyone willing to test go ahead...
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
i am willing to test but before I do any major issues Present that he may have reported?
[Acer Iconia A500] meis_fiammelle:
if i don't use adb to transfer the files is a problem?

because I'm using a mac and it seems not work...

how can I do?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
well... no

I tested most of the features...

flexrom backup(ok) & restore(not tested)

bct + ebt + pt + gp1 backup(ok)

retrieve uid(ok)

itsmagic run at startup(ok)

usb keyboard fix(ok)

my main concern is that i don't know if flexrom restores correctly....
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
"recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.2.rar" - is for flashing normally with the normal method... the meaning is that rename it to update.zip and put it to microSD,press vol-&power on into stock recovery,right? after applying and rebootting, will it boot normally?because we havent called itsmagic.
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
**** me, flashed via recovery and now I get "Secure boot: image SOS checksum fail!".

Eh.. but I can boot normal, let me try running itsmagic and rebooting to recovery again... Alrighty, that fixed me. Either your update.zip or the previous 1.1 recovery did not run itsmagic.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Well thats good to know. Since I was wondering what would happen if you flashed through recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
i said flash it from recovery and use restart/power off not force power down.............. :|
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
And the irony is that this is exactly what 1.2 fixes :p
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
yes it fixes it... but only after its flashed properly...
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
I did, don't assume I didn't follow instructions. I used the reboot recovery option from within ClockworkMod... thanks... but I have been around a while (and am good at following instructions).
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
I just verified the procedure again... and works as expected... so you must've done something wrong...
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
what do u mean by "recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.2.rar" - is for flashing normally with the normal method...
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
that for flashing with dd...

zip is for flashing with recovery... it says in the first page do i need to make the text bigger?
[Acer Iconia A500] meis_fiammelle:
help me please :D
[Acer Iconia A500] slink_59:
Transfer with data cable then use terminal emulator :)