yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
Titanium backup made a folder in your internal card.... You have to backup that folder to somewhere else before you wipe and flash your system....etc

after you get your system up and running new... transfer that folder back to your internal card and re-install Titanium backup... it will work with that folder to restore things.

I think you forgot to transferred that folder before you wipe ? :p

well, now that you know... start over and have fun ;)

and FYI !!

I recommend only going from same base rom to another same base rom ( restoring data/system files and apps from different rom to another is not recommended due to potential glitches...etc )

ie. restoring from official to a custom rom.... or one custom base rom to another different custom based rom...etc ( file directories in most case will be the same location... but sometimes it is not and you will get glitches ;) )

.... Titanium backup have a feature that let you backup into a flash-able update.zip that can be flash through CWM to batch restore.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
Please Close this thread,

the 3.1 provided is a leak and uncomplete version of the actual available ones...

I just suggest to prevent any problem :D
[Acer Iconia A500] rchrdcrg:
Before closing, could you point us toward what we should install besides this? A lot of us goofed and didn't do a full backup (I actually tried but ran out of space on my tiny SD card and didn't notice because CWM didn't exactly make a hoopla out of it), but me personally I've preferred Acer's roms over the Virtuous line of alternatives. Unfortunately the whole debacle over the pulled update and so many people's OTA being broken has left me totally confused and I have no idea what is the newest Acer rom one should be putting on their tablet... of course I've already accepted that getting anything OTA from Acer at this point is impossible and may remain that way indefinitely, so I'm now totally dependent on rom releases for my updates.
[Acer Iconia A500] dweebken:
I'm still on the stock 3.0.1. Was too chicken to try this update, after bricking another machine with another update from another forum. Had to send the bricked machine back to Acer, still don't have it back. Anyway, on my stock machine I was getting probs similar to yours. I used WiFi Analyzer to check which channel my WiFi was on and whether anyone else was using that channel. Yep, sure enough a kindly neighbour had set up their WiFi on My channel and was coming in at 60% of my power. So I moved my WiFi AP to another channel (between two neighbours) and my WiFi and internet browsers started behaving normally again. So you might wanna check your WiFi signal and for interference before you blame ghosts in the machine...

HTH, YMMV.
[Acer Iconia A500] k2thejx5:
Mine is booting up now
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
something is fishy with flexrom partition its ~47mb instead of 10 and cant be opened by ext4 tools....

edit: someone test itsmagic hope it still works...
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
Someone can post a guide to install this new update?

WHat I need to install the file?

Please....

Thank you
[Acer Iconia A500] k2thejx5:
I did it this way...

step one make sure your rooted..if not root

step two make sure you have clockwork recovery..if not get it

step three make sure you download the file and put it on the root of your sd card or a folder if you like

step four boot into clockwork with the sd card inserted in and wipe the device then flash the zip file!
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
flexrom is now /system/vendor

mount ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /system/vendor

edit: please stop talking trivial stuff here this is dev section...
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
On the bright side of things my 1080p version of the Big Buck Bunny (use it for testing) Now plays beautifully smooth but without sound! (the ave is with surround sound so it may just be unsupported) But still... 1080p!!!! Smooth!!! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
whats the flexrom for ?
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Baseline h.264 or main/high profile?
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
How about source code and kernel?
[Acer Iconia A500] xlkiller:
Tablet About Screenshot ?
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
Hi thor,

Shouldnt someone be rooted to try itsmagic ??

i read that this update cant be rooted with gingerbreak..
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
It is h.264 for sure but how to tell if it is main or high profile?
[Acer Iconia A500] RagePX:
Someone with the update installed could check if WiFi_RootTool_3.1 from the xoom works to get root back?
[Acer Iconia A500] CrArc:
Hi chaps,

What's the process for installing this without CWM? Can't I just use the standard Acer bootloader, or whatever?

Important question for those of us who've never left the stock ROM on their Iconias, so I'd appreciate the help!!
[Acer Iconia A500] mdeejay:
Virtuous Picasso updated

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1129826
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
you need to follow the step of OTA Update@Vache in my sig

I didn't try yet, I am downloading the file so...

but I ever tried update before that worked so why not this one...

someone can confirm ?>
[Acer Iconia A500] k2thejx5:
Nope just tried won't boot into recovery
[Acer Iconia A500] CrArc:
Ah, so put the update.zip on the external SD, then boot tablet with Vol- and Power?
[Acer Iconia A500] monki-magic:
Just incase gingerbreak will work, here is a modified version for the ro.build.id=HMJ37

Please let me know if it works, i am unable to test.

FYI Update : OrionBG reported that it doesn't work
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
flexrom contents... packed in a zip

http://www.mediafire.com/?fb1xppn915ki5uq
[Acer Iconia A500] bonzer2u:
Someone needs to post a mirror or 2 or 3???, It seems everyone on the planet is hitting your post#1 link and I can not even connect.......
[Acer Iconia A500] xlkiller:
http://113.105.174.3/down_hot13/M00...318&u=61.90.29.181|0|clt6bhvr&file=update.zip

http://60.221.255.173/down_hot13/M0...318&u=61.90.29.181|0|clt6bhvr&file=update.zip

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VWLMLKTZ
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
http://xda.richardtrip.org/Acer/Update/update_3.1.zip
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Guys no offense unless you are a dev do not just flash a stock update.zip Wait till they look at it. Unless you want to lose root and have to try and reflash cwm. There is already a 3.1 update in the dev section virtuous 1.05. Just dont want everyone getting upset they jumped the gun and are now stuck.:D
[Acer Iconia A500] RagePX:
Just uploading, new Mirrors will be available in a few mins!

OK someone else was faster with Multiupload, i'm gonna cancel mine then .-)
[Acer Iconia A500] xlkiller:
http://www.multiupload.com/XUXE5VL32T
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
+1 with this...

dont want to lose my its cwm and root just because of this...

virtuous picasso 1.05 have make it fo you all...
[Acer Iconia A500] 4dthinker:
I've put it on my A500. Dropped the update.zip onto the microSD card. Re-installed the card, then booted up the tablet by holding both the power and volume (closest to power) button down until it started up. A little script showed up, then it went into the android figure doing its work. Now on:

Android 3.1,

Kernel 2.6.36.3-00005-g5dff38c,

Build Number Acer_A500_3.019.04_com_gen1

Added Movie Studio at least. Can't recognize anything else new among all my apps that I have.

No movies in the apps store that I can tell.
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
It doesn't :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
See what jumping the gun does. If you can virtuous 1.05 works and has root and its magic working. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
before this r u rooted or using unrooted stock rom??

cause i want to know whether this update can be flashed with stock recovery in the unrooted stock rom
[Acer Iconia A500] 4dthinker:
Stock A500. Not rooted or using any custom rom. That's why I didn't worry about updating. Not a rooter me, unless it's a nook.
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
I don't mind it for now. Sooner or later there will be root for the stock rom...
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
UPDATED :D wooow work well with SDCard update :D

I will post some picture, comparing my 2 tablets, one is up to date, not the other.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nacktmulle:
Hmm, dont work for me with sdcard.

So, i have to copy the upadate.zip into the root folder of my card, right?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Your EXTERNAL SD card, yes. Not the internal one, that won't work.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nacktmulle:
Yep, but when i start up, it shows me only the android figure, and after 2 min it boots normaly without the update
[Acer Iconia A500] omikron2001:
wiped before update?
[Acer Iconia A500] Nacktmulle:
Hmm, i tought it works without recovery :S
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Try a different SD card.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
coz that is official and virtuous is a leaked portage from another tablet... that s it I do prefer genuine, modified from genuine. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] naplesbill:
I think people get confused because Taiwan is the "Republic Of China, or ROC" and what most people think of China is the "People's Republic of China, or PRC." I have even had people tell me that Taiwan is Japanese. It was controlled by Japan for a brief period so I wasn't too hard on them.
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Just tried the official HC 3.1 with the recovery part take out

and include the su and superuser.apk,

root is still here !!!

So, if you are using CWM, you have a way to flash the new HC3.1 while keeping rooted :D (Of course, you need to modify the update.zip)
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
hi..

can you tell me how to do that ?
[Acer Iconia A500] chrisvane:
Updated on unrooted a500 no problem. i only rooted this device for exchange support originally so now that's included there's no point for now. Overall the device seems much faster and browser is definately a lot less buggy . One major difference is the UA string change now seems to persist through a reboot so hopefully will make a difference when browsing facebook and other sites that annoyingly auto format for mobile.
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Yes, basically:

1) Delete the recovery folder in update.zip

2) Put su to /system/bin/ inside the zip file

3) Put superuser.apk to /system/app inside the zip file

4) Edit the updater-script to delete the line referring recovery

5) Edit the updater-script to set correct permission to su and superuser.apk

6) DONE and re-sign the update.zip

7) Put the update.zip to root of /mnt/external_sd/ and flash using CWM
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
a noobs here ...

what i dont understand

2. what is su ? how to make that ?

4 & 5. where is this updater script and how to edit this ?

6. how to re sign the update.zip ? is it needed? because cwm dont need signature i think

i have compared the official with dexter prime, it has flexrom.img and EC folder on the root, actually what this 2 folders doing?
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Well, let the devs to do that...

I can also upload and share the modified zip file as well :)
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
yeah.. but can not download here, already in home.. i have unlimited internet in office
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Please do :)
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Uploading to zshare, 61% now :)
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
r u still able to do itsmagic with your modified rom ?

tried it ?
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
At least, can boot to cwm. And the new cwm will run its magic. But I don't know the effect of it...
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Uploaded to zshare. Flash the zip file using CWM. After flashing, your CWM will retain.

** Backup before flashing and flash at your own risk **

http://www.zshare.net/download/91788104c8968644/
[Acer Iconia A500] SentieroLuminoso:
Thanks a lot you are a god!
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
If your able to boot back and forth between cwm and normal, then I think itsmagic must still be working. If they had changed the pattern needed to tell the bootloader to recalc checksums, then you'd start getting checksum errors during boot.

Edit: i was about to modifiy the original myself, but since you shared yours, i'll just use it... THANKS.

Edit2: Maybe I will modify it myself.. the zShare download is way too slow.
[Acer Iconia A500] bpivk:
Could you make some mirrors? It seems that (like me) everyone wants the stock rooted rom so I'm getting 20KB/s speed. It brings me back to my old ISDN days but it would be nice to flash as quickly as possible (before I change my mind by the sheer number of data I have to transfer).
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Yes, that is what I think.

Because the official ROM contains kernel as well, so, being able to boot up means that itsmagic runs smoothly ~
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
For the stock rom, there are many mirrors when you search through this thread.

For the modified ROM, I can upload to multiupload
[Acer Iconia A500] cptkirc:
Just flashed my German A500 (EMEA CUS7) by just copying update.zip to external SD & reboot to recovery. VErsion now COM_GEN1 / ADndroid 3.1

edit: Lost root. But bluetooth mouse and keyboard are working!

Browsing is smoother but the sytem is a bit slower i think, maybe full wipe helps
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Yes, coz the file is really BIG /_\

I am uploading to other mirrors, but nearly an hour to go
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
Just updated my Acer Iconia as well, which was a rooted one with GingerBreak. Put it on the external sd-card, booted via volume-down - power combo, and the update ran flawlesly. l didnt do a wipe or whatever, just the way of working as above.

2 Things though, one got mentioned many times already, I lost my root, but as i am sure that will be fixed soon enough, no problem. The second issue is that Media Server keeps Force Closing now. Anyone else has that problem, and is there a solution for that?
[Acer Iconia A500] jimbobtexas:
You should've used CWM to flash the update, that way you could've maintained root AND recovery, from what I'm seeing in this thread.

I'm about to find out myself...
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Q adhoc

Can someone check and see if barnacle tether still works

Pretty please!!!!

Maybe they fixed it with this release without mod the adhoc file

Thanks in advance
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Finally, I have uploaded the file to multiupload :)

http://www.multiupload.com/STHYTEC58U
[Acer Iconia A500] smaiitm:
Does the 3G USB Modem work on this update, by default?
[Acer Iconia A500] jimbobtexas:
Just downloaded the "fixed" version of the 3.1 update, used CWM to backup the prior, then delete cache and Dalvik cache, then flashed the .ZIP.

Worked like a champ! Now, to fiddle around with some 3.1 goodness...:D
[Acer Iconia A500] CrArc:
Hey chaps, I can't flash this update for some reason (using the original leak, not recovery-mod version later in this thread).

I copy it to the external SD, shut down (after unrooting, removing any changes like Iconia phone services disabler).

Boot with power and Vol- button, it starts trying to update, progress bar appears...

Then it locks up with a little android robot and a warning triangle!

Does this every time. I've downloaded the update twice now from two mirrors, and it still doesn't like it.

What am I doing wrong?!
[Acer Iconia A500] assassin503:
please help! I used the original leaked HC 3.1 and now CWM doesn't work. I can't downgrade or upgrade. I can't root it to install CWM either. Could anyone help?
[Acer Iconia A500] richi chen:
No, not fixed!
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
You are not doing anything wrong. I had the same issue when trying the last update. It turned out to be my microSD card. Switched to a 2GB one I had laying around and the update went fine. So try a different microSD card.
[Acer Iconia A500] umanko:
Yupy no longer use of youtube app as flash plays in browser as good as on desktop , plus its fast and smooth . :-)

Here what i did

A) restored the original acer recovery

B)unrooted the device

C) flashed it

Result no data loss :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
There's no way out yet. If you flash the unmodified leaked update.zip, your locked there until someone figures out how to root it. There was plenty of warning since post#30 (5.5 hours ago) that rooting is not yet possible after updating.

Edit: ardatdat has posted a version that doesn't wipe out CWM (flashed from CWM) and is pre-rooted. I'll post mine too once I test it out.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Hell no offense I try to be nice but there were many warnings on this thread and other threads. I have no sympathy for people who dont read and jump the gun. Everybody does it at least once those so just hang in there we will get root back.
[Acer Iconia A500] allexx71:
same problem, plus ntfs hdd not visible, and for sure root is needed now
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Just a question is there any root for 3.1 or just the iconia ?
[Acer Iconia A500] sc2k:
Not yet...

... but soon :D
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
After flashing my modified HC 3.1 ROM, you will get rooted. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] assassin503:
can your rom help us, who flashed with original leak rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
No, my rom does not touch the recovery.

If you flash original leak rom, your recovery is touched by it, so, you need a ROM with completely good recovery and run itsmagic after that. I think Dexter knows how to fix it.
[Acer Iconia A500] armukhtar:
hi,noob question..is it will wipe the 32gb internal storage
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
i dont think so, with the original leak, your recovery is back to stock, and without root access i dont think there is a way to revert it to cwm, and using stock recovery u can only update those which are signed by acer
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
You mean /sdcard/ ? No, will not wipe. Your data will still be there...
[Acer Iconia A500] allexx71:
Ntfs formated usb hdd not readable, mobile settings goes with error in android.settings should be like so ?
[Acer Iconia A500] jimbobtexas:
Let's be perfectly clear...

...IF you flash the original leaked ROM, you will be stuck with it until someone figures out how to get root again. It's a STOCK ROM, and is NOT rooted!

ASSUMING you have root already and the CWM recovery, use recovery to flash the modified ROM (select the zip from the card), and you'll be just fine.

I flashed without wiping data - I just wiped cache and Dalvik cache, and so far everything is just fine. Didn't even have to re-root!
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord_Phoenix:
Flashed both mine and my girlfriend's devices with original update.zip. mine went well, but randomly rebooting and some force closes. On my GF's device Gmail widget was missing. However works pretty good.
[Acer Iconia A500] HD87:
can someone please post up a video on how to update to 3.1 without loosing data or root! would help out greatly and stop all the questions from coming.. & im sure plenty of 'thanks' will come with that! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] John8472:
I had stock ROM (never even got any update from Acer). I copie the zip file to the external SD card. Booted with power and left power button and I am now running 3.1. All data and applications are still there.

So no root or anything is needed (i never rooted as I did not see a reason for it)
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Of course, since this is a leaked build and never intented to be installed in the wild, there will likely never be any future OTA updates that will work on this build. All the updates will come down for officially released builds.

So when 3.2 comes down, which will probably be a patch and not a full image, you'll end up having to root it (future?) and downgrade.

I have to say, installing this unmodified leaked patch just isn't a real good idea. At least until there's a root method for it. The modified update gives you all the same functionality with a way to roll back and take the REAL OTA when it comes.
[Acer Iconia A500] John8472:
o well, no nuts no glory :). I was tired of waiting on Acer. Will just see where I end up. For now 3.1 works for me.
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
Acer Launcher troubles...

Update with "official" , the Acer Launcher (Multimedia/Games/Social/eReading) close when I try to run it :(

Any chance to fix it ?

I can't update with update_my_hc_31.zip :( I have /!\ when i try to update )
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
How root with "official" update ?
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
Find :) Delete datas of Acer directory in settings / application :)
[Acer Iconia A500] petrano:
How is the hardware decoding playing video?

I read on other topics that only software decoding works.
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Worked, thank you!
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
someone from italy has updated with this update? is working well?

thank you for answers....
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
someone from italy have updated with this update? is it working well?

thank you for answers
[Acer Iconia A500] halba:
@marko68

Sorry to all but I switch in italian for fast answering:

Si installato è in italiano funziona bene se hai bisogno di dettagli mandami un PM x non disturbare il thread.
[Acer Iconia A500] gismo918:
Hello forum....i put the update_my_hc(update.zip) at my external sd card ...(i am Not rooted)...

I rebooted holding the power and -volume ....but it didnt updated....what am i missing....

thanx 4 your help insteed !!!
[Acer Iconia A500] John8472:
You have to keep on pressing both button until you see it starting with the update. First time i just pushed both buttons and let go after i felt it vibrate. But that is not long enough.
[Acer Iconia A500] gismo918:
Thanx !!! But i did it....i have a htc desire with 1000 times reflashed roms ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] allexx71:
did Y rename the file to update.zip? or just as it is. not sure if it's important.

anyway pls let us know if Y success it. thks
[Acer Iconia A500] vegeteo:
After the update the gps doesn't work...it's not see any satellites and this is a big problem for me,i've tried to wipe chache and format data but nothing...damn acer.

I'd like to turn back with the virtuos rom but i can't root this rom,i prey for a new gingerbreak
[Acer Iconia A500] gismo918:
Oooopppsss !!! Can anyone one confirm that after the update the gps doesn't work? :(:(:(
[Acer Iconia A500] mantrajt:
Hi, just installed 3.1 fixed....you know for keeping root and CWM, everything works very nice....but my xbox controller doesn´t!!!!!

Anyone got it working!!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
Mine works 100x better than before the update. Still nowhere near as good as my Nexus One.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Let's see.. your not rooted, so I'm assuming you don't have CWM installed.. AND your trying to update a modified zip not signed by Acer... doesn't work.

The modified zip (thanks ardatdat) is only usable with ClockworkMod, as it doesn't check the signature of the zip. The only way to flash with stock recovery, is with the stock update.zip, which will leave you w/o root.
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
The USB controller I tested worked, I could map inputs to it in my emulators, the system responded to it, but once I started a game it did nothing. I will test more later, maybe something I am missing. But, the raw support is there, since the OS saw it and responded to it's inputs.
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Actually I thought that my gps had improved. I got a lock in under a minute in Maps.

I did restart my a500 after the install.

Details, I used the modified update_my_hc_31.zip and the gps mod in the Dev section was in place well before the update.
[Acer Iconia A500] gismo918:
Thanx mate....so if i got rooted http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1055354 i can flash the midifed rom ?:confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] sensei22:
noob question: if I have a rooted stock HC3.0, before receiving the OTA update, do I have to unroot? I know root will be lost after the update, but not sure if the official OTA 3.1 will crash my tab because it was rooted.
[Acer Iconia A500] crakedparrot:
Read all the posts, followed all the the instructions, modified update with root and cwm, works flawless. Big thanks to the op's.

May I suggest to the noob's, of which I was one not so long ago, that you all watch this XDA-TV mandatory training video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&feature=player_profilepage

Thanks to azrienoch, who produced the video.
[Acer Iconia A500] mantrajt:
Ok..I´ll be waiting for your feedback...thanks.