yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
Wow.. sounds great to me.. but check this out, my procedure:

1. Downloaded 1.2 via pc, verified file, used Droid Explorer to place in my flashing folder on my external sd. CHECK

2. Rebooted into current 1.1 recovery. CHECK

3. Apply update from sd, select new 1.2 recovery, watch your ANSI-art as it flashed. CHECK

4. Select "Advanced", "Reboot Recovery". CHECK

5. Fail.

6. Reboot normal, run itsmagic from shell. CHECK

7. Reboot to recovery, 1.2 is installed and working. CHECK

So, it is easy enough to say I did something wrong, but look at my procedure, did I? If I did not do anything wrong, and this was my outcome (and I am very experienced with Android) imagine a newbie who follows this procedure, sees that error, and thinks they (or you) broke their tablet. I know the expectation is for your 1.1 recovery to apply itsmagic automatically, but what is the harm in including it in your update.zip for the 1.2 recovery? At least that would prevent any errors like this.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
4 is your problem....

you have to use reboot/power off buttons from the main menu not the one in advanced...

ps after 1.2 you can use that menu but not in 1.1
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
How about making a note of that, you just said reboot/power off, so I assumed that "reboot recovery" would work.

Thanks for noting that! Glad I was the one to learn this, and help keep others from falling into the same mistake!
[Acer Iconia A500] meis_fiammelle:
i'm very noob XD

can you explan how i can do it?

Sorry for my bad english
[Acer Iconia A500] slink_59:
1. Copy recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.2.img and itsmagic to your internal sdcard

2. With root explorer (or an other one) copy itsmagic to /data/local

3. download terminal emulator from the market ans foolow the secont point of the tutorial :
[Acer Iconia A500] meis_fiammelle:
easy...

thank you!
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
U helped me ，3Q
[Acer Iconia A500] meis_fiammelle:
I can't put anything in in /data/local

if I put itsmagic in /sdcard ???
[Acer Iconia A500] slink_59:
With root explorer don't forget to Mount R/W /data/local before copy itsmagic ...
[Acer Iconia A500] mantrajt:
Thanks...happy to see this....let's get ready to rumble!!!!

Enviado desde mi A500 usando XDA Premium App
[Acer Iconia A500] Amdathlonuk:
edited because I'm an idiot.....
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
With the blessings of thor2002ro, I bring you an easy to use app for installing his (or any other) recovery image.

It has his rev1.2 built-in, along with a Stock USA 1.141.07_COM_GEN1 recovery image. It can also install a recovery.img from the external sdcard.

It gives an option to backup your current image (for later rollback) and runs itsmagic (built-in) when it's finished installing a recovery image.

Let me know if anyone finds any problems with it. I have not tried it under PRIMEE 1.4. But I have flashed between thors recovery and stock recovery several times using stock HC 3.0.1.

DOWNLOAD FROM ANDROID MARKET

Cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Pending no issues posted I will try this right when I get home. Do like an easier way to flash. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] mrkrabs:
Is normal nandroid backup and.restore working? I read on a different thread where u shouldn't restore a couple of things
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
I installed thor's recovery with your app

After booting in recovery once and rebooting, i cant boot again in custom recovery. It seems that the stock recovery is somehow restored back..
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Ayiyi.. your right.. I forgot to disable the script that restores the stock recovery. i'll post an update.. look for v1.2 in a little while.
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
ok, thank you

great work btw ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
that would be /etc/install-recovery.sh, right? And I can just delete that if needs be?

I'm about to try the app but will delete that first if you confirm OK.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Your right.. i prefer "chmod 444 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh", which is what v1.2 of the app does.. Leaves the file there but it doesn't run. (I'm a pack-rat.. can't stand to throw anything away.. lol)

PS. v1.2 is in the market now.
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
will download 1.2 and confirm that removing exec permissions from the script works fine.
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
Problem with restoring stock recovery confirmed resolved.

Thank you
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
i can confirm the latest update sets the recovery install script to r--r--r--
[Acer Iconia A500] Glebaka:
thanks for this program.

Where i can find backed up old recovery file?
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
If anyone used the mod for adbd (you know the insecure bit that allows root full time from adb) they have a custom install_recovery.sh that shouldn't be disabled, which had already been modified to stop the recovery from being overwritten. Not sure anyone but myself has actually used this mod, but I have... And I am keeping my script in place.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
it's at /data/data/com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller/files/recovery.old.img

yeah.. it's a good idea to make a copy of this in case you install a custom ROM
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
error in updated recovery zip

I am having a problem with this string.. dd if=/sdcard/recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.*.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

I am using the updated recovery zip and cant get the string correct. can i please get some help with the string.
[Acer Iconia A500] mapaz04:
How can I say this...

:cool: AWE-FREAKIN-SOME!!! :eek:
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
you have to change the * to the appropriated version... in this case *=2 :)
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
can u upload your AcerRecoveryInstaller to here,'cos i dont have google market and cant visit it.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Any point updating from 1.1 to 1.2 at this stage and what is the best way to do it?
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
lost directory

Ok i got recovery flashed. This looks nothing like recovery i use on my phones to flash.. After i add the zip to sd card root, I go into recovery and when i go to find my zip to flash nothing is there. says lost directory. I am missing something here help would be appreciated. And it would not let me push it from adb. just itsmagic went through. so i just added it to sd card root.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
VERY GREAT apps from euclids broher

now may be u can make apps to flash rom directly from os ? without needing to go to recovery ? just like rom manager :D
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
can we use the ClockworkMod Recovery to apply an offical Full Package update.zip from here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Are you sure you copied the zip file on your SD card or you copied it on the internal memory?
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
This is weird to me, When i go to settings then storage. it shows on the external side total is 3.68 gig. Available is 3.68, then from there i go to explorer and go to sdcard it shows i have 1.48 gig used and 11.31 gig free. so youre correct everything of mine is stored internally. I am new to tablets, now on my Android phones when i boot it mounts sd card, you can see it on notification saying mounting sd card, etc. Is their a way to mount the sd card because at boot it isnt, I am still confused though when i go into root explorer i have the sd card folder and when i click it shows /sdcard but i know its internal because of the amount of space on there is my internal storage and not my actual sd card ? UPDATED i fixed the issue i changed sd cards then applied the primee zip to sd. Now the zip is showing in recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
You just need an "external" SD card inserted in the SD card slot - I copied the ROM zip there and flashed it from recovery.

EDIT: I saw you fixed it yourself :)

p.s. If you're on Primee's 1.4 ROM may be you need to flash the PRIMEEv14_storagefix.zip because both the external SD storage nor usb storage are mounted/visible. I used my laptop's cardreader to copy the storagefix.zip to the sd card, reinserted it on the tablet and flashed it from recovery. Now everything is set. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Not sure what "stage" you mean. Might as well update when market says it's available. I'm going to make another update that will copy the backup to the micro SD. But it might be a couple of days.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Sure its possible, but it causes the tab to lock up when you flash system. So you have to wait a specified amount of time and force a reboot. I have an app that will flash boot and system images from the ext sdcard. Works really well. It needs some updates like itsmagic. And some polishing.

Edit. Thanks for the praise. I'm still learning this android stuff. I just started 3 weeks ago and only vaugly familiar with Java.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Well I meant I have 1.1 installed and working, is there any point updating to 1.2 seeing as it said that wasn't completely tested yet. What will I gain?

I also wanted to know the best way to update from 1.1 to 1.2. I installed with adb, didn't use any market place tools
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
1.3.2 released and tested by sc2k :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
I see.. it is tested and working properly. Since you didn't use the market, you'll need to install the new apk just as you did before. It will replace the old one. I'll try to get it posted somewhere to download today.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
wow cool.. i'll try to get it added to the installer this afternoon.

Meanwhile, it can be named recovery.img in the root of the micro sdcard and use the "Custom" option to install it.
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
•removed itsmagic from reboot/poweroff not needed itsmagic is run at startup...

What?

when we reboot/power off ,itsmagic wil lnot be called again?

i dont think it's a good idea.
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
notice "not needed itsmagic is run at startup..."

why ask?
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
at which startup itsmagic is called? tablet startup or recovery startup ??
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
e……，for my poor english and poor grammar，can u explain it with simple words ？

just tell me at which condition the itsmagic will be and not be called in 1.3.2
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
its run at startup of recovery... you can actually see it after the version....
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
so.. it means itsmagic is called first , then we install rom / kernel , after that the tablets will boot okay ? no itsmagic needed after installing new rom / kernel ?

i think it was said itsmagic is needed to be called after we flashed the kernel / rom? am i wrong ?:confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] kimycai:
i am still confused.

what is the advantage in 1.3.2 of doing like that？

why disable calling itsmagic from reboot or power off？
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
itsmagic needs to be called anytime before reboot... itmagic doesn't recalculate the checksums just resets them so at reboot bootloader recalculates them...
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Is there any chance of bricking using this method
[Acer Iconia A500] sc2k:
There is always a chance of bricking your device, even when using stock recovery. But calling itsmagic BEFORE doing any operation will minimize the risk for bricks (+ I'm not aware of any software brick that can't be recovered as long as you have your UID)

CWR 1.3.2 calls itsmagic as soon as recovery is booted. There is no need to call itsmagic twice. Thus the implementation of CWR 1.3.2 is better than the previous versions.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrkrabs:
Ive tried 4 diff sd.cards...cwm still says unable to mount...honeycomb sees the cards.no problem...anyideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Okay thanks also how easy is it to restore to a stock device
[Acer Iconia A500] Shigster:
sweet, used the app on the market to install cwm and then used terminal to boot into recovery and updated to the latest version!!

Thank you thor!!
[Acer Iconia A500] jthacker48:
Is there a way to download this without going thru Market. I, too, don't have access to Market (long story).
[Acer Iconia A500] gnasher666:
I'm having the same problem a few others have reported but no one seems to have responded which makes me think I've missed something simple!

When I boot into recovery and try to choose ZIP or apply update from sd card I get the error Unable to Mount /SDCARD

When the tablet is running Honeycomb I can see /sdcard in root explorer.

Any ideas please?
[Acer Iconia A500] disruptorx:
Whose da man ?...Thor da man

Whose da man ?...Thor da man

Whose da man ?...Thor da man

Whose da man ?...Thor da man

:D
[Acer Iconia A500] disruptorx:
giv me a minute ill try to flash Virtuoso n let u knw in a jiffy :)
[Acer Iconia A500] PhantomPhreak53:
when I boot to recovery, I choose to install zip from sdcard and I only get the clockword folder and lost.dir. I tried to put the zip file in that folder but still can't see it. Am I missing something?I would really like to install a custom from.
[Acer Iconia A500] disruptorx:
dont put it in the LOST.DIR..copy it to the root of the external SD card. i just finished flashing Virtuoso
[Acer Iconia A500] disruptorx:
copy it to the root of the external SD card. and select it from CWM menu..it will be there..(CWM mean external SD by SDCARD)
[Acer Iconia A500] PhantomPhreak53:
I originally put it in the root of the sdcard but it doesn't even show it. I'm also trying to install Virtuosso. I don't unzip the zip do I?

Update: didn't realize there was an external sdcard folder. Doh
[Acer Iconia A500] disruptorx:
no u don't..try to format the external SD and try again..and try different SD cards if you have.. there's an option to mount/unmount storage/partitions in CWM try unmounting and remounting again as well..mine worked flawlessly
[Acer Iconia A500] xo96:
Thank You!

After numerous tries and errors, hit up the vid on the tube, follow the instruction like a grade school children....Viola.........Worked like a charm! Thanks again. Now I don't have to send mine back to Acer as I'd bricked it......Now on to the new ROMz......:)
[Acer Iconia A500] kebsood:
also getting a bug where back option is being removed
[Acer Iconia A500] smaiitm:
I am unable to mount the sdcard through the CWM. Tab also does not recognize the contents when booted and connected up.

I get the message " E:Unable to open ums lunfile when connected through the recovery.

I tried two different sdcards to no avail.
[Acer Iconia A500] kebsood:
this is because its not supported yet i believe

Sent from my A500
[Acer Iconia A500] Amdathlonuk:
Sorry for making this thread even longer but..........

I've read through the thread since the new version 1.3.2 and I want to be sure how I flash this.

I can flash this from the current CWM recovery I have, just select .zip from SDcard?

I don't need to push via adb or terminal?
[Acer Iconia A500] smaiitm:
You can update through CWM recovery. That is what I did in the last hour or so!

update-recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.3.2.zip is the file to use through the CWM update process.
[Acer Iconia A500] secularhuman:
Used ext sd card

Cwm only shows folders from my ext sd card.

I put the zip in the cmr folder there and it flashed fine.
[Acer Iconia A500] Raphaello:
When I try choose "choose zip from sdcard" it say "E:Can't mount /sdcard". I don't have sdcard but i want to upgrade file via recovery:( Now i have thor2002ro rev1.2. How can i do this? Sorry for my english :)
[Acer Iconia A500] PhantomPhreak53:
how do I restore the recovery that comes with the acer? I have to return mine. :(
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
you need a microsd or a usb stick to use recovery...

same way you installed it... dd the original recovery image to p1 and run itsmagic
[Acer Iconia A500] mrtoken:
So has anyone used the Acer Recovery Install from the market yet ?
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Yes, I did, and can confirm it worked flawlessly.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
its so easy to use, dont even require pc :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Hey everyone...

Recovery Installer v1.3 update ready and now includes Clockworkmod Rev1.3.2 by thor2002ro.

Also got some new features for ya..

Options:

Keep 'install-recovery.sh' enabled

If this is checked, then recovery will be overwritten when booting to stock roms. Uncheck this to keep custom rom installed permanently (default). Having it checked is like having a RunOnce option for ClockworkMod. I prefer this for occasional uses of ClockworkMod with stock rom. Since recovery gets auto-flashed back to stock, then the tab is ready for any updates that may come down from Acer.

Auto Reboot Recovery after install

Checking this will automatically reboot tablet to recovery after installing a recovery image.

PLEASE: If you have access to android market, install it from there instead of this attachment. That way android market will notify you of updates so you'll be sure not to miss any.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller&feature=search_result

For those who do not have access to the Android Market, use this attachment.

EDIT: This is version 1.5 on 6/25/2011 (CWM 1.3.4)
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
hi, great feature to include reboot to recovery ...

just i think u should make a prompt after pressing the button, so who incidetally pressed it wont go to recovery..

thx ..
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Nice work. Can I use this to update if I have already installed CWM via adb previously?
[Acer Iconia A500] bpivk:
I have a question that has been bugging me...

If we install CWM and then a stock rom (unmodified) will it also erase our custom recovery? Or will custom recovery be only erased if we disable "Keep 'install-recovery.sh'"?

Basically I'd like to know if we can accidentally erase recovery with stock roms that write their own recoveries or if they actually do that.

Edit:

I'll make my own rom based on 3.1 when it comes out and I'll need this info to strip out recovery if it's included in the rom somehow. It's my first tablet so I have zero experience but I did make my custom roms for HTC Desire but this seems a lot more messy.
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
I wonder if we will be able to store the rom on internal memory (/data/media) and flash from there or not? Pls correct me if I am wrong :)
[Galaxy S II General] Bladik:
My problem is little weird so i try to explain it as best as I can...

until today there was no problem to connect phone with USB but now when i connect the phone windows said "This device can peform faster this usb device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-speed USB 2.0 port. And another problem is when i turn phone into download mode start odin and connect the phone it said... usb device not recognized. I didnt flash any rom yet and i try different cables.

I am running on windows 7 ultimate 64-bit. I try two different PC and its look it the same problem.

But the weird part is that on third PC which has also win 7 ult 64-bit it works just fine.

So i try reinstall operation system but the same problem. The computer is max 3 years old so its has for sure usb 2.0

So i am little desperate because i am not sure if its problem with computers or with the phone.

Thank you for any advice! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Boeboe:
I always had this problem with the i9100 actually, I blame crappy usb drivers.
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Kies installed? Did you also try different usb ports? Chipset and USB Drivers of mainboard installed?
[Galaxy S II General] Bladik:
yes kies installed and also try back and front usb... but same result...

and usb drivers are installed manually by windows as far as i know... or?
[Galaxy S II General] Bladik:
yes windows explorer works

and kies also but still in usb 1.0 mode...

as I said I tried back usb and also front usb... same problem...

debugging is also off...

I try a little experiment... removed external grahics card and plug graphics on mainboard... and for a few seconds its works!

I try copy some video and speed was usb 2.0 but after few seconds its get error cannot copy bla bla and windows popup : this device can run faster and it change back to USB 1... weird...

and also i try again downloading mode but the same error... usb device not recognized...
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
Have you always used the same USB-port?

On some pc's, they only have one or two high speed ports and the other ones are "slow".

So yeah, try an other USB port on your pc :-P
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
OP, I am confident it is a problem with your PC, and this XDA forum won't be able to help.

Try using another USB 2 device (like an MP3 player), see if you get the same message.

Use a different computers with the SGS2, see if you get the same message.
[Galaxy S II General] Bladik:
i tried all usb ports...

also i am using external hdd everyday i never had a problem :)

my mainboard is asus m3n78pro and there are usb 2.0 for sure... :)

how is possible to not get enogh power to usb when etc. like external disk just fork fine... ?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Use a mainboard USB port they are USB 2 but it matters not a jot about 1 or 2 .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] SamYeung:
I got a PNY 16gb class 10 microsd card from Play.com last week for my SGS2.

I've read on these forums that higher speed rated cards have different charateristics, i.e. trade off access time for throughput. SD tools confirmed very fast throughput (13MB write/24MB read) however after putting the card in and putting about 2gigs of content on it, the phone started to behave very strangely.

The phone would get very hot with no obvious activity and remain very hot with the battery running down very quickly. Sometimes randomly, but always being triggered by SD Tools (which would hang and have to be killed with task manager).

I had been suffering random reboots (about twice a week) before then, so to rule out a faulty phone I had it replaced for new at car phone warehouse.

However, the exact same behaviour with hot phone, battery running down alarmingly quickly happened with the new one. Only way to resolve was to pull the battery.

I've since swapped back to an old 8gb class 6, which while a tad slower (9MB write/19MB read) doesnt cause the phone to behave badly.
[Galaxy S II General] troed:
Maybe it´s the app and not the SD card......................
[Xperia Play Android Development] NielDK:
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[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
This is not a scam. I confirm that I and NielDK have a deal.

Update 25th Aug:

Everyone who donated and is listed in the first post will get the free SIM-unlock and fastboot enable once the non-SEtool solution is out, if you need it.

I would

love to offer it to everyone

but it'll be paid solution and I have limited resources for unlocking.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Ireas:
If there'll be a real developement i'm in with 20$
[Xperia Play Android Development] Bin4ry:
Fix is there, i posted here in Forums.

Regards

Bin4ry
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[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
These cheaper offers do not ship in Croatia. I can get them only if someone who can get it ships it to me additionally.

Aaaand, you know, I have to admit, having white X8 made me want white Play :p
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
The first one does ship in Croatia :)

However, it's ending up in one day. Would we be able to collect 500 dollars in one day???
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Hmm... :p I doubt...

Important note: I need R800

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And try not to link Hong-Kong version because it's system image is different than other R800i phones...