[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
The latest version of Acer Recovery Installer is now available on the Android Market (once the market lets it through anyway) and can also be downloaded here for those that can't access the market. It is recommended you install the market version, so that you get update notifications via market when a new version is available.

This version DOES NOT include thor's latest clockwork recovery image, due to GPL violations. However, it will recognize them (1.4, 1.41 and 1.42) if installed. All new features of Acer Recovery Installer will work with CWM rev 1.3.4 (included) and higher. If you want to use thor's latest version, keep a copy of his recovery.img in the root of your Micro-SD and use the "Custom" option in ARI to install it.

New Premium Features!

Backup/Restore - This will let you initiate a Nandroid Backup or Restore procedure without having to manually boot into recovery. It will see all your previous Nandroid backups, whether they are on your Micro-SD or USB drive, and let you selse which partitions to restore. The tablet will then automatically reboot to ClockworkMod recovery to do the backup or restore process, then reboot back to normal mode.

Download/Install ROMs - This feature will allow you to download the various ROMs from the internet and initiate the install process. You have the option of having it autotically run a nandroid backup and/or wipe date before installing the selected ROM. Again, the tablet will reboot into ClockworkMod recovery to do the work.

Note about XooM based ROMs. XooM ROMs do not let an apps write directly to the Micro-SD card due to a premission restriction. So when the Download/Install ROMs module tries to download the ROM List or a ROM File on a XooM based ROM, it must download it to your /mnt/sdcard/download folder and then move it to the proper place on the Micro-SD card, which is in a folder called "ROMs". All other ROMs download directly to the ROMs folder of your Micro-SD.

Note about Virtuous ROMs. The author has not given me permission to mirror his ROMs on a server that can handle direct hot-linking. Therefore, the Virtuous ROMs could not be included in this release. If he gives me permission, or provides a way to direct hot-link to his ROMs, then I will include them.

FULL CHANGE LOG

v2.51

* Fixes root permission (if applicable) after restoring /system partition in Backup/Restore.

v2.5

* Can now delete a backup set from within the app.

* Added lightspeed 1.02

v2.42

* Another fix for Minimalist differences.

v2.41

* Removed potentionally invalid chars from backup path.

* Fixed issue with detecting ext sdcard on Minimalist.

v2.4

* Fixed issue of losing license and "Already Purchased"

* Fixed issue of failing to backup Boot partition.

* Keeps local license synced to 3 locations

v2.3

* Extended beta period until Sep 02, 2011

* Save local license in 3 different places.

* known issue, detecting if purchase was already made. Currently being worked on, hense the extension of the beta period.

v2.2 - 08/24/2011

* Added "Install Recovery Installer" option for having the app re-install itself after an operation that involved a data-wipe.

v2.1 - 08/24/2011

* Removed many more busybox dependencies

* Added ability to root a stock rom and disable the stock rom recovery overwrite. (These stock roms are the original Acer roms w/o root).

v2.01

* No longer dependent on busybox installation (it's included)

* Improved ROM download speed.

* Cleaning up some other code.

v2.0

* Recognizes all ClockworkMod versions up to rev1.4.2.

* Premium features added for Backup/Restore and Download/Install Custom ROM's

v1.0 - 1.5

* Initial release + various versions of clockworkmod