yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] HarshReality:
Im a bit curious as to why after all this work the menu's still use "sdcard" rather than "external_sd". Its a bit misleading considering the /mnt structure.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Thank you lol

Sent from my infused machine
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
I think it's mostly to stay consistant with previous clockworkmod editions. Clockwork mod is it's own OS, so to speak. Android mount points doesn't really mean anything because it's not booted into android. This is really it's own thing. It mounts the micro sd card as /sdcard, the way all previous versions do.

This version has an added benefit of mounting the usb key as /sdcard, if found. So you can treat a usb key as if it were an external sdcard. (way cool).
[Acer Iconia A500] bonzer2u:
EB,

will your recovery program work with a stock upgraded acer 3.1 with root????
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Sure.......

To everyone: I just posted v1.5 with CWM 1.3.4. Check the market for an update (or if you don't have market, post #176 of this thread)

PS: I appreciate all the positive feedback I've gotten on this installer. 1916+ installs so far. THANKS!
[Acer Iconia A500] _motley:
Had an interesting thing happen, let me know if I missed something or perhaps there may be an issue.

v1.3.2 (will be upgrading to 1.3.4 soon).

ROM running is HoneyVillian (like generic Acer 3.1 but rooted with experimental busybox and dev tools etc.)

1) Used advanced backup

2) Backed up boot and then backed up system

3) Flashed kernel to play (modified system and boot) and itsmagic did its thing of course.

4) Used advanced restore and restored system and boot.

5) Shutdown and reboot and I thought everything was fine, but noticed root permission was gone...doh!

6) Double checked and everything was there exactly like I left it, just no root. I only had one backup in CWR, so I know I used the right backup to recover. Rebooted into CWR and ran Advanced/fix permissions (never knew what this did exactly from CWR, so I don't typically use it).

7) Rebooted, still no root (not surprised!)

8) Rooted again using the new 3.1 root apk. No damage done.

Any ideas? Is recovery on the "system" partition missing a step or something? Or am I missing something in the process I used to restore? Next time I will just flash the ROM I am using, probably just as fast anyhow.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
If I do a full backup and then I want to go back to current setup do I just restore system and data partitions? Do I need to restore boot image too? I'm assuming I don't want to restore recovery image because I want to keep CWM on there.
[Acer Iconia A500] uvm:
I can get into the recovery. But always get wrong when I try to select zip from sdcard. it always hints "E:Can't mount /sdcard" When I try to mount sdcard under advance menu, it also hints "Error mounting /sdcard". Could anyone help me to fix this problem? thanks!

Problem solved when I changed a sdcard.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
A quick question is there a way to recover a bricked device like how the Asus transformer has a program to do it.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
Talk to sc2k if you bricked
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Not bricked my device, I'm just curious, I'm still pondering whether to root my device and flash rom's, I have alot of experience with root and flashing but I dont want to risk bricking it .
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
If you use recovery right you can't brick...
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Guys, what's the best way to backup so that I can try out new roms and then easily restore back to my previous state? At the moment I am doing full wipe and install and then having to restore all my apps and settings with titanium which is getting tiresome. I see there are backup/restore functions in CWM but just wondering about the best way to use them.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
So if I have recovery installed there is no way for me to brick the device correct?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
yes... I recommend 1.3.3 and a full backup and store it somewhere on your computer...
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Any reason why I shouldn't use 1.3.4
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
what does not fully tested mean to you? :)
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Woops I'm sorry I didn't read that :P my apologies. And I guess the apps on the market for the a500 make it all that easier and safer to flash roms.
[Acer Iconia A500] sdyaris:
Acer Recovery Installer APP

I'm not quite following the point of installing the Acer Recovery Installer APP if you are having us do the adb method. If you are installing the installer app from the market should you not be able to install the recovery image from this app? I see no instructions for using the app in the "op".
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
The Acer Recovery Installer can be used "instead of" the manual adb method. The app was released as of post#109 of this thread. Not much needed in the way of instructions. Install the app, select "Clockworkmod" and click "Install Recovery". it asks if you want to backup your current recovery image (Yes/No). When it's done you can then reboot into clockworkmod recovery mode.

There's a couple of settings, both are off by default. The first setting lets a stock rom overwrite the recovery with a stock version (essentially making clockworkmod a runonce utility) and the other allows the app to auto-reboot into recovery after installing.
[Acer Iconia A500] Irieone:
Thor or Euclid

I flashed Dexter's latest Prime ROM and lost the ability to enter recovery.

The manual method fails. The Acer Recovery app also fails. Both methods result in a reboot.

I have tried reflashing the recovery and the flash is reported as successful.

I also posted this issue in the Prime thread but don't know if this issue is specific to the ROM or recovery.

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] daswahnsinn:
Installation:

use adb (PC):

adb push recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.*.img /sdcard

adb push itsmagic /data/local

from terminal (TABLET):

su

chmod 755 /data/local/itsmagic

mount -o rw,remount /system

rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

mount -o ro,remount /system

dd if=/sdcard/recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.*.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

./data/local/itsmagic

"recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.*.rar" - is for flashing normally with the normal method...

"update-recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.*.zip" - flashed from recovery and press reboot/power off(v1.1 don't use "Advanced" -> "Reboot Recovery" only buttons in the main menu) after its flashed(don't try to flash from any other recovery other than mine, will not work)

Okay, first off just got my computer back up and running and saw this thread. I read through all the post and have a few questions. I don't have adb on my pc at the moment.

So is there a way to do step one without adb?

If so where do I get itsmagic?

Does the .zip version work with stock recovery?

And does that take care of itsmagic and all the steps in step 2?

Or do I flash the .zip then do step 2?

All of the instructions make since except for the pushing of itsmagic. Is it a file? I didn't see it in the rar or zip.

Thanks for everyone's time. Please don't flame me too bad, just trying to avoid bricking this device. I did that last time I thought I knew what I was doing.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Flashing a ROM would not affect the ability to enter recovery. Make sure your continue holding the vol-down button until you see white text at the top. If you let go too soon (when the acer logo is displayed), it'll try a normal boot.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Search the development thread for "Itsmagic" (It's the subject of a thread). There you can download it.
[Acer Iconia A500] djyoshii:
Ok, so i "think" i got the CWM Recovery installed, but i'm not sure if i did everything right. I've basically listed what i did below, if you cbf reading just skip to the bottom :)

Basically copied across (manually, as opposed to push) the img file & itsmagic to the relevant folders.

I then ran the commands from the xda thread in the terminal (via better terminal emulator).

first time i entered in "exactly" what was on the thread before realising the * referred to the version number :), so i ran that and it ended up showing me some msg, from which the only thing i remember was (0 bytes copied). So i exited and tried running it all again and got a "file does not exist" (or something along those lines) at the third command:

rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

so i just skipped to the last one, and it said something like "why tell me the BL is locked when its not?"

I then figured i'd try it out and so switched it off via holding down the power button, and then booted it back up holding down Vol - & Power.

There were a few lines/commands that appeared in the top right corner and then i got a yellow exclamation (!) mark in a triangle & the android character on screen.

That's when i started to think "oh ****" as it stayed there for a few minutes while i frantically googled "bricked iconia" only for it to then reboot itself back into the normal homescreen.

_____________________________________________________________________

TLDR: "think" i installed CWMR, rebooted with power + Vol- , yellow exclamation mark & android figure stuck on screen for a few mins, unit auto-rebooted into normal homescreen. What did i do wrong? And did i fk anything up in the process?

Thanks :)

EDIT: Also installed CWM and tried to make a backup of my current ROM but the A500 doesnt appear in the list. Is there any other way to create one if, after trying a Custom ROM, i want to go back to factory?

EDIT 2: Ok so after thinking about it, could the reason it went to the exclamation mark screen be because i didnt have a ROM image on my SD card for it to boot/install? From what i've read, it sounds as though everything was working as it was meant to, including the white text after booting with power & Vol- and since it rebooted itself back into the normal homepage, i assume that's because that's the only image on there to use right?
[Acer Iconia A500] daswahnsinn:
thank you Euclid's

EDIT: Do I have to do everything in the "itsmagic" thread? Or just place the file in /data/local/ ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Irieone:
I have been trying to get into recovery since last night. I will try to stand on my head.... See if that works... :)

There seems to be something else happening which is being confirmed by the Acer Install Recovery app. When I select "reboot recovery", the tablet reboots and does not enter recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] babyboy8100:
wow im stuck here now too... sos checksum Fail when trying to boot into recovery.

i flashed the update-recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.3.4 from CWM recovery it said flashed succesfully now reboot to see the changes in the Recovery i did and im stuck it just hangs in the Acer loading screen or if i try to go to recovery i get the checksum fail... i have my UID i backed up everything so what can i do at this point any info please help thanks..
[Acer Iconia A500] tehgreatdink:
I used the recovery app to get the latest 1.3.4 and now it cant mount /sdcard help?
[Acer Iconia A500] djyoshii:
-

EDIT: fixed it :)
[Acer Iconia A500] daswahnsinn:
Do I have to do everything in the "itsmagic" thread? Or just place the file in /data/local/ ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Queef Gurl:
I have thor2002ro rev1.3.4 installed...but now can't mount the sdcard.

:(
[Acer Iconia A500] djyoshii:
Ok nevermind, after playing around with it a little more i've managed to get it installed & i've booted into the recovery menu
[Acer Iconia A500] Queef Gurl:
It is a weird formatting issue....this is weird considering everything else except CWM can read it. Oh well, fixed.
[Acer Iconia A500] tehgreatdink:
what did you do to fix?
[Acer Iconia A500] djyoshii:
How'd you fix it? I'm having the same problem as well (though with v1.3.3)
[Acer Iconia A500] djyoshii:
hey mate, figured it out now.

i had to format the card using my android phone (assuming it has to be an android one), once that was done i put the card back into the A500 and ran a 'full backup' and it worked first time.

This was after several attempts at quick & full formatting via Win7

hope that helps!
[Acer Iconia A500] rshetye:
FAT12, FAT16, vFAT, FAT32, and exFAT are all different from each other.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
So, when you hit the "Reboot Recovery" button and watch the screen, does it not show some tiny white text at the top? Do you happen to have an update.zip file on your sdcard?

I don't see how it's possible for it not to go into recovery (stock or CWM) when clicking that button. So, I'm as confused as you..
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Happened to me too with virtuous picasso acer version. It wouldn't reboot at all, not even my favorite reboot widget worked.

Had to enter recovery with volume+power.
[Acer Iconia A500] rquinn19:
I think I've narrowed it down to it being certain kernels that don't reboot via adb, terminal, apss, etc
[Acer Iconia A500] daswahnsinn:
After some trail and errors I now have CWM working. Now to try out some ROMs. Thank you +1 -1 for Acer...all for all the hard work that was put in to this.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
@ Thor

Please stress out in the first post how important it is for people to create backups for their original firmwares.

People who flash custom roms "just like that" can never return to the official firmware or get the official update 3.1 from acer anymore.

So far I've only seen an official US stock rom and people from other regions EU/Asia/etc are bound to have wi-fi issues if they flash it as their default.
[Acer Iconia A500] ryantoss:
I just wondering is there anyway i can install recovery without the access of terminal in this tablet.

I do have one dell streak and that one does not need any terminal or something like that.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Look in the market for Acer Recovery Installer or simply finish reading the first post.

Wellcome to XDA! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] ZsDaniel:
Hey guys!

I got my A500 today. Placed SD. Rooted. Installed Acer Recovery Installer and CWM. But in CWM at backup it says "Can't mount /sdcard".

Can you help me? I don't have Android phone...
[Acer Iconia A500] smaiitm:
Try a different SD card. Maybe that will help.
[Acer Iconia A500] cberbes:
Is there any issues with using CWM from the market?

Instead of using the term or following these steps, I just downloaded CWM from the market....but when I try to flash recovery, I don't see ACER A500 anywhere on the list.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Yes there is an issue. Read the first post. it's nice and bolded so you can see it.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Learning to read often helps.
[Acer Iconia A500] cberbes:
You are right, I am so sorry. I should have read more closely, for that I will leave your internet forever....that is the suitable punishment for committing such a horrible act as asking a question. I should have never trampled on your message board without following the rules to a T. What a horrible world we live in, when some moron, like myself, skims over an internet post and doesn't read it closely enough, only to ask such a stupid question. People like me should be dragged out of the house and shot.

Or....a simple "The original post answers your question" would have sufficed. But then again, that wouldn't have shown the world your superior intellect, now would it have?
[Acer Iconia A500] cberbes:
Are you referring to "do not flash any other recovery other than mine" as the issue? Have to be honest, that's not very clear. I would think "Don't use CWM from the market" would have been a tad more clear.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
buddy.. chill no one said you're a "moron" they just told you to read the first post...

you don't have to take it so hard...
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
that means that its an update package ONLY for my CWM not to flash with any other CWM...
[Acer Iconia A500] clj575:
I installed Acer Recovery Installer did a stock recovery backup and flashed clockwork via the app...was able to reboot into recovery. Flashed Picasso and now can't reboot into recovery via the app again nor use the volume power button method. Any ideas on what may be the issue or how to check what it is?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Daciple:
Thanks, amazing! Good job on this!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] jonlewi5:
Amazing work, thanks very much!

One thing im having problems with, i made a backup through cwm and have flashed virtuoso rom, i tride goign back to my back up earlier, and it is giving me "MD5 Mismatch" so never flashes the back up.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
Use quickboot from market as it never fails lol.
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
After flashing rom and then press reboot there seems to be a slight pause then 'error failed to unmount sdcard' appears. Does this relate to the internal sdcard or external sdcard?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Hmm... Here's a curious one... I've been fiddling with custom ROMs a bit lately, trying them out, seeing which one fits. Before swapping, I ALWAYS wipe my device in CWM, but decided to restore to stock this morning with my nandroid backup and, for some odd reason, its left the Handcent SMS application installed from one of the ROMs I tried, and I can't uninstall it! Even Titanium Backup fails to remove it, telling me it can't find the APK.

Every time I start my tablet, Handcent is force closing...

I wiped again not too long ago and installed the official (patched version) of the 3.1 update, and Handcent is STILL there...

Any ideas? I want this thing gone, but even with a manual search, I can't find the bugger to delete it...
[Acer Iconia A500] clj575:
That worked out perfectly...thank you! Wonder why the other methods aren't working.
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
Glad i could help
[Acer Iconia A500] haakuturi:
So I installed the Acer Recovery tool *ages* ago (I think v1) and have installed custom ROMs since. I just re-installed the Acer Recovery tool and it says my flashed recovery is 1.3.4. Is this correct?
[Acer Iconia A500] carasco92:
hi guys, i have already flashed my tablet before, but now when i use acer recovery, my tablet only reboots and i'm not allowed to install the zip file. i use dexter rom but i'd like to change, i like trying new "adventures"...i'm waiting 4 your answers, thx a lot...
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Just boot into recovery and see what version it says at the top. Let me know if it does not match.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Only think I can think of is your not holding the vol-down long enough when trying to boot into recovery. Make sure to continue holding it until you see some tiny white text at the top left corner of the screen.
[Acer Iconia A500] kwparker80:
Acer Recovery Installer still working on 3.1 OTA

I just wanted to confirm that after installing the Honeycomb 3.1 OTA update today that IconiaRoot 1.2 and Acer Recovery Installer work great and as advertized.

Now to find a Kernel for this new update .......:cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] tomlogan1:
ROM Manager functions

Used the Acer Recovery Installer and everything went perfectly, including the new 3.1 upgrade that came OTA. With so many different ROMs that I have tried since the developers began providing them, I would like to see some type of ability to actually name the ROM rather than just using a date. When I try a new rom, the first thing I do is back up whatever I am using. I then flash the new ROM and back it up. CW works great for this, just as it does on my Android phone, but after a while I can't remember which date entry corresponds to which ROM.

Not trying to complain, just wondering if such a fucntion could be included in the next CW release, or is there a way to use ROM Manager? I have tried that but have not been successful.

Thank you, Developers, for all that you do to support this platform.
[Acer Iconia A500] duplissi:
unfortunately it failed for me, as i am having the same issue the other guy was having...

and all i want to do is install a rom :(
[Acer Iconia A500] absorbers:
Hi all!

After flashing CWM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuf74JP5Jgw

Then i try to install zip from sdcard i got message:

E:Can't mount /sdcard

Any help?
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
...???

Why flash CWM that way...///?? Use Acer Recovery Installer from the market.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15379983#post15379983
[Acer Iconia A500] absorbers:
2Bec07: Did not help. I install Acer Recovery Installer from the market, then CWM and still get E:Cant't mount /sdcard :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
hmmm... Do you have a micro sd card?

If you do, format it with your phone...
[Acer Iconia A500] absorbers:
I don't heave android phone :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Hmm...

format it with the viewsonic?

But does your iconia see the card? /mnt/external_sd

Should have files on...
[Acer Iconia A500] absorbers:
Yes mi Iconia see the external_sd and files on microsd.

But in CWM still get E:Cant't mount /sdcard

And... i don't heave g-tablet any more.

Somebody who had earlier such problem in CWM - E:Cant't mount/sdcard.

It was possible to solve a problem? If yes, help, please!
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Yes, try reading the dozens of threads all on the same thing. Seriously, this question has been asked DOZENS of times now, and if you people would actually BOTHER to read everything before screwing with things, there'd a LOT less people having problems!

CWM doesn't work with every card. If it doesn't work with yours, put in a different card.
[Acer Iconia A500] absorbers:
And it's help! Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] lelemar:
Please, can someone tell me where can I take a stock recovery image? (I forgot to backup my original stock image!!)

thank you
[Acer Iconia A500] ajftl:
im a bit slow today... how can u make computer to see sdcard? only showing internal! i do have a sdcrad and iconia see it ..pc is not ...
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Wrong place to ask, but no. You cannot see the internal storage from the PC on a stock ROM. There ARE ways to do it, but you'll have to root and apply some mods.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Do you have your stock ROM installed (boot and system)?

If Yes, change the permissions of /system/etc/install-recovery.sh to 544 and reboot (if it exists).

If it doesn't exist AND you have your stock ROM installed, go to the Full Package and Updates thread, get the zip that matches your current version, XOR and extract the update.zip. From that extract the install-recovery.sh and put it in /system/etc/ on your tablet. Change it's permissions to 544 and reboot.

If you DON'T have your stock ROM installed, you can install it from the Full Package and Updates thread (read the thread to figure out how to fix the build.prop). That will install the stock recovery too.

Lastly.. .Maybe this should have been firstly.. if your stock rom is 1.141.07, use Acer Recovery Installer to install that version of stock recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] jerseymonkey:
Had similar issues with a Kingston 2GB microSD card. Switched it with another microSD card and now it mounts properly and is now flashing my ROM.

Thanks for heads up.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Feature request.

hey thor..

would it be possible to add a little code to CWM...

when installing a zip file, if it appears to be a currupted zip file, try to XOR it and see if it's valid.. if so, then extract update.zip from it and kick that off as an install?

That would give the flexibility of running the ACER zips w/o having to extract out the internal update.zip.

Just a thought.
[Acer Iconia A500] CyberCrisis:
Has anybody tried the Acer Recovery Installer ap on android market. I used it to install clockworkmod recovery and it worked just fine without going through all the step listed hear.
[Acer Iconia A500] secularhuman:
Your recovery is great, thanks

just one question

backup and recovery seen much faster on my phone with stock CWR.

Is something different there?
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
Yeah, you are backing up and restoring like 4x as much data.
[Acer Iconia A500] HarshReality:
Is there a way that a format for the internal and external SD could be incorporated into the recovery as its not an option for the actual GUI so that a TRUE clean wipe could be done?