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[Acer Iconia A500] pademat:
what for an A501?

I apologize for the stupid question, but it's better to be sure before doing something wrong.

I have an A501, I suppose this procedure is still valid, but I have to skip the point where the product name is changed from A501 to A500.

It's correct?

thanks

Bye

Paolo
[Acer Iconia A500] Fabriel:
I've exactly the same problem, with the 2 methods... :(

Edit

: I finally found the solution : if the program says "UID is incorrect", you must add a 0 (zero) in front of it - for example, if your UID is 280404412345678, you must write 0280404412345678 - and it works perfectly !

Thank your very much !!! :D
[Acer Iconia A500] ve6rah:
I wonder if one of the devs on here who are smarter than myself could investigate this further and maybe figure out enough from it to come up with a root exploit for 3.2? (seems like it manages to bypass the security of the bootloader to go back to 3.0.1, so it seems logical the same exploit could be used for a direct, and possibly simple, root?)

---------- Post added at 11:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 AM ----------

Appears that you have to put a 0 in front of your UID in the last step (wasn't listed in the tutorial, but their example shows it)

On a side note, I've done that, and it claims to be doing the upgrade, but my tablet screen went completely blank (tutorial says it should have the acer logo) and the progress bar is also blank (not moving at all in 10 minutes now)... not entirely sure what's happening, but I have a feeling not much is working right...
[Acer Iconia A500] synapses11:
The 2nd method worked for me. FYI if you've ever backed up your rom with CWM your UID is in a txt file in the folder of the backed up ROM. Just omit the 0x at the beggining of this file and copy and paste that when it asks you to enter your UID but use the whole UID you find in this file when copying it into the CPUID.txt file THANKS SO MUCH!!! Im now on 3.01 and ready to root/flash this sucker back to my backed up ROM>
[Acer Iconia A500] ve6rah:
I have now tried both methods without any success

Method 1 can't see the tablet, it tells me to do a pin-hole reset and click "yes"... but that just takes me back to the same slide.

Method 2 gets all the way to flashing the image, however the status bar never moves (have left it for 2 hours) and the tablet just sits at a blank screen (not the acer logo as the tutorial says)

I tried reflashing the stock rom, factory resetting, clearing the cache, and trying again, all with exactly the same results.

I'm still stuck on stock, unrooted, 3.2 :(

And the worst thing is, with so many people having success with this, it's likely to become the "official" way of rooting 3.2, leaving nobody any incentive to find another way, and me stuck without root :(
[Acer Iconia A500] synapses11:
My screen also went completely blank but it still worked and booted into the Acer logo when it was copying the ROM to the tablet with a message of "entering download mode" or something like that in the upper right corner. Once it was done flashing it had in bock ASCII art letters "OK" above the acer logo and then rebooted.
[Acer Iconia A500] ve6rah:
I'm guessing that it didn't take over 2 hours, and that you had a status bar on the computer doing something though...
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
In this case it is your USB Serial number as pointed out in itsmagic thread which is also linked in the first post.
[Acer Iconia A500] ZsDaniel:
With Method 2 after the flash is done, the tab will restart?

(I'm just translating it, but I don't want to reset my tablet now...)

Thanks in advance!
[Acer Iconia A500] jcarley0830:
One other question to go with the above. Will this erase all my data on the internal sd card slot?

UPDATE

OMG!! It worked!!

Installed on different sd card and it went flawlessly! Installed rooted stock 3.2 and it works great! No loss of data either. Damn that was awesome!
[Acer Iconia A500] stressfreesoul:
The second method did not work for me.

Tried it three times now on as is system.

I'll now try after a system reset....
[Acer Iconia A500] ajoesmith:
Does this work on 3.2.1?

EDIT

Confirmed working on another forum, you can successfully downgrade from 3.2.1
[Acer Iconia A500] azraeljarah:
Thank you!

I just wanted to make a quick post to say thanks so much for making this tutorial and making it easy to follow. I love my tablet and I've been using Acer Stock since May and decided to try out Thor's Custom ROM. It's absolutely amazing and I couldn't have done without this thread.
[Acer Iconia A500] starmans:
file for method 2

Can someone please post a link to the file for method 2, it is down I believe.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
The file is there and it is OK. May be Megaupload is not available currently at your location. I'll upload it to multiupload when I get back at home .
[Acer Iconia A500] starmans:
That would be greatly appreciated thanks:D
[Acer Iconia A500] helpmeplis:
hello, i gave this link to my friend who just bought the tab. i belive it was 3.2.1 and tried the second method. he says after the update goes through and he does the hard reset, it wont boot. what could be the issue or what file can be flashed to official update and maybe forget about root?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
If the tablet is bricked it could be restored by using method 1 on a Win7 machine.

Update:

Mirrors for the file from method 2 added
[Acer Iconia A500] mikemol:
Can anyone please let me know if there is a way to downgrade to 3.1 without loosing your settings, programs and getting your data wiped? I can't back up my settings/programs/data with Titanium backup as it needs root access. I can't downgrade to get root access as it will wipe my data. I need to know how I can downgrade so that I can could still have my programs/settings so that I could root it and then use Titanium backup to back up my programs. Or is there a way to root 3.2 without wiping or flushing custom rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
That is what this topic is all about. There's no way to root your your device as long as it runs factory preinstalled HC 3.2 or a OTA updated to 3.2 ROM. Either live without ROOT or accept the fact that you're going to loose program data - it's not such a big deal I think and it is a one time procedure only. All files on your external SD card are safe.
[Acer Iconia A500] mikemol:
My son has some games that he played since April and it will be a tragedy if he looses everything he acheaved. That's why I would like to back them up before it gets wiped but I can't use Titanium until it's rooted to back up programs data.
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
Exactly!

That's the same problem I`m having right now... I`m about to lose everything I have on my device, particularly when it comes to games, as I had achived some level/data and, when flashing a new ROM, since there's no way to backup anything while HC 3.2 OTA, all the data will be wiped.

But is always possible to get the apps back from Market. Without previous data, of course.
[Acer Iconia A500] DeanGibson:
No loss ...

My A500 came with 3.2 preinstalled. I added a bunch of apps and set various settings, and then decided to root. By following instructions here, I reverted to 3.0.1, rooted, and then applied the rooted 3.2 package.

I didn't lose any data, programs, or settings. I wouldn't count on this, however.
[Acer Iconia A500] mikemol:
What rooted 3.2 package did you apply and how? I know if I put a custom rooted rom such a Tabonai rom it will wipe everything. If you update through Acer update then you don't loose but you won't be rooted. So I'm very interested to hear how and what package you applied - please, let me know and would be great if you could provide a link to this rooted 3.2 package that keeps the data.
[Acer Iconia A500] sowed:
When you get the 3.0.1 rom you can root this, make a backup with titanium and put the rom that you want

What method u use hoja keep your data? 1 or 2 ?

Enviado desde mi A500 usando Tapatalk
[Acer Iconia A500] Vintage144:
Followed method 2 , everything worked fine , got root , then backup , thor cwm , heres the thing , when I went to look for which MOD i wanted , I realized my external sd card doesnt show up in windows anymore? So I might either try to get the mod on the device itself or start over, not sure why it doesnt show on windows, the devices file managers all show the external card?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
HC versions below 3.2 does not show SD card in Windows. It 's important that you can see it from your device in order to update your recovery or to flash a ROM. Copy zip on your device and move it to SD card with a file manager.

If you update CWM to the latest version you can flash even from internal memory. Visit thor's site to get the latest package.
[Acer Iconia A500] Vintage144:
yep figured that out ,went with KJY_2010_Honeylicious_REV_Final, and loving it!!!thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] shysstkille:
Hi

I think I've **** in the blue cupboard .., when I followed the instructions and will update to 3.2 on the tablet, I get a message that there is no new update, I forgot to take a backup of the ROM.

The following information is on the tablet

Model Number A501 (but I have an A500), may be what makes it not work?

andriod version 3.0.1

Kernel version 2.6.36.3

Build number Acer_A501_0.017.01_PA_ATT

Help me please
[Acer Iconia A500] FiFTYSiX:
method 2 worked perfect for me..

thanks for the easy as hell tutorial..

:-)

stock 3.2 a500 gen.2 from costco

15 mins later

Thor 1.6 recovery and Taboonay 2.1-->2.2

lovin it :)

ty
[Acer Iconia A500] Vorph:
I'm trying method 2, but I have a really annoying problem. Holding Volume Down and Power button, does not flash the update.zip from the external sd card :(

The tablet doesn't seem to really shut down, and I cannot remove the battery like I would do on a phone to be sure its off...anyone had this problem?

EDIT: Also tried holding down Reset + Power but still nothing happens...the power button lights up, but the screen is black.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Please, read carefully:

You need to hold only Volume Down without the power button in order to flash an update.zip from your external SD card.
[Acer Iconia A500] Vorph:
Thx for the help, man but it was in fact volume up and power (or I was to retarded to know which one was up and which down).
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
That one closer to the power button is VOLUME DOWN key. And obviously you haven't read my post nor the first one carefully. Once again : forget about POWER BUTTON! It is used to boot into custom recovery not to flash an update.zip. Hope this helps and good luck.
[Acer Iconia A500] ShuShine:
anyone having problem with the camera after going back to 3.0.1? I got black screen using the back camera and it takes awhile to switch to front camera.

My microphone volume is too low ing 3.1 and 3.2 but it's working great in 3.0.1 that's why I decided to go back.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Reverting back to 3.0.1 is not ment to use daily this firmware. It is just performed to make your device "rootable" in order to root it, then flash custom recovery and a nice prerooted stable custom ROM. Otherwise it is buggy and unstable. Wipe everything from CWM before new ROM flash, i.e. cache, dalvik, system and this might fix your mic issues. Hope this helps.
[Acer Iconia A500] al4d:
Worked like a charm! Had some difficulty installing Acer Recovery from the market due to the constant fc of the keyboard, but I used my laptop to go to the market and send the apk directly to my tablet.

It's good to be rooted again.
[Acer Iconia A500] ShuShine:
Thanks drkalo, I flashed Rooted Stock HC 3.2 US Rom for CWM only but I'm still stucked with the microphone issue.

I'm try to look for an update the 3.0.1 Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1 to make it full stock usable rom but majority of the link on [OTA] Full Package and Update are broken
[Acer Iconia A500] mdabar:
Hi,

this weeked I have updated to Android 3.2.1 via OTA, before I had the tablet rooted with Android 3.2, I dont know why, now it isn´t rooted. So, I want to change this situation, Can I use the method 2 for flashing my tablet? It means, with the version 3.2.1.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Of course it won't be rooted if you've installed the OTA update. Once again, this thread is to help you flashing a "temporary" ROM in order to be rootable again, not to flash it as a daily driver. With method 2 you'll get an unstable HC 3.0.1 - the point is to root, install CWM and then flash whatever ROM you like (even prerooted Stock, available in this section). I use thor's ROM which is 3.2.1. Read in every ROM's dedicated thread which version of HC they are based on. Good luck and happy holidays! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] mdabar:
Thank you drkalo, yeahh it works. Yesterday night, I rooted my tablet with the second method (really easy).

<http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227

I put the "[ROM]HC3.2civato-FLEXTHUNDER-AdHoc-3GHuawei-Hulu" and it works really well

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1287555

The CWM is good, but I don´t find a lot of appearance between the original ROM, but yes now my tablet is rooted xD

Great work!!
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
G100W rooted succesfully with method 2

Just rooted my Packard Bell G100W with method 2 of this tutorial. Worked like a charm. Before my tablet was already on android 3.2.1 through the ota updates.

Thank you very much for the info provided !
[Acer Iconia A500] MCBuot1977:
Had my stock 3.2 Iconia for about a week now before I decided to take the plunge. Followed the steps in this tutorial and root has now been obtained. I read up on the keyboard issues so I downloaded Iconiaroot and grabbed the Acer Recovery Installer *before* I flashed the unstable 3.0.1. Needless to say, it worked like a charm. Big thanks to the XDA devs!
[Acer Iconia A500] mikey976:
just got my Iconia A500 for christmas today and it rocks, however through not paying attention i updated it to OTA 3.2.1, which i found invalidates method 2 listed in OP.

I had droid explorer running and went to check and see if i could find my UID on my rooted/rom'd Vibrant i noticed that since i installed the adb drivers for the a500 droid explorer enumerated the device and designated it using its UID.

idk if this will work for everyone but if it helps im happy to share. from there i followed directions for method 1 and now rooted and running FLEXTHUNDER HC rom.

hope this helps anyone who made same mistake as me and installed an update without checking here first.
[Acer Iconia A500] smishra:
Just wanted to pass along that Method 2 worked on my Gateway A60. The only snag I ran into was after the installation of the unstable ROM I was not able to get the keyboard working so I had to email myself a link to the Acer Recovery and open in the market. After that all went smooth as silk!
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
@drkalo,

I have used the method 2 described here to gain root access on my A500 3.2.1.

But, I'm thinking about return to stock again, to have my device the same way I received it from factory. The question is: doing it once more, the method 2, will my device be able to get OTA updates, ie, 3.1, then, 3.2 from Acer?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
As long as you have a custom recovery you should be able to flash any ROM, even stock one that is OTA upgradable. If you are planning to return your device don't forget to uninstall CWM and install stock recovery through Acer Recovery Installer.
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
Thanks again, dude!

So, just a little more specific:

1. I have to download a stock Acer ROM; But, as there are many options, how can I found out which one is suited for my device? I can go straight back to 3.2?

2. Sorry, it's a noob question, but I can't find CWM to uninstall from my device... where is it located?

:)
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
1. You need to check out these threads in order to find if there's a stock firmware available for your country.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1155664

I would personally never go back to unrooted stock.

2. To revert to stock recovery you need to install the stock recovery from Acer recovery installer menu. Get the app from Market:

https://market.android.com/details?...pbnRlcnBoYXplLkFjZXJSZWNvdmVyeUluc3RhbGxlciJd
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
Nice!

Just curious about your statement: "... never go back to unrooted stock." - But why did you say that?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
You're asking me why I need root? :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
No. In fact, why you wouldn't get back to unroot... :D
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Well I think it is not funny anymore, we've spammed the thread enough.
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
No, I think you didn't get the point.

I never meant to be funny here. It was just a question. Period. But, don't bother, because I don't care. I'm done with that. TY!
[Acer Iconia A500] :
I think that the reason he asked is because if he's asking the questions that he is asking in this thread it's because Alex has gone back to a stock ROM after being rooted. He's been on a few different rooted ROMs, and the fact that he's in here asking questions most likely means he went back to a stock ROM. I could be wrong, but I can't see any other reason for him to be in here?!?:confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] alexrb:
Almost that, KJY.

I'm still root, but I'm considering revert back to stock. The point is that I asked here about MY problem and, also, I noticed drkalo's COMMENTARY. Which has led us to another QUESTION I thus asked him. Only this.

But, as I said, don't care about it, it was just triviality... nothing really important.

I keep in mind that some guys here behave as someone really important or, more, above everything and everyone. More patience with questions and a little of humbleness is advised, since it's a public and open forum.

As I said, I'm done with this thread.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Alex, sorry if I have offended you with my post. Never ment that .Now I believe it was a misunderstanding on my side. What I ment is that I need root and that is why I would not unroot no matter what ROM I use - stock or custom. Never thought I would be accepted as SO pretending to be very important. I wish you a Happy New Year and once again, sorry.
[Acer Iconia A500] bwassef:
i tried flashing this update.zip but it did not solve my problem....

for some reason my tablet keeps asking me for a password, even though i did not encrypt my tablet. I tried using this and it updates and loads, but STILL asks for a password. what do I do to get this to work?
[Acer Iconia A500] timmyDean:
Updates are just that, an update. They will not reset passwords. You need to reset your tablet to factory. Here's the steps:

FACTORY RESET WITHOUT LOGON

ACER A500

1.	Power Down

2.	Make sure the Screen orientation is off (slide to left while landscape mode)

3.	Hold down the right volume key (Volume up (+)).

4.	Hold down the Power Button.

5.	When it buzzes let go of the power but keep hold of the volume up button (+)

rock the screen orientation switch quickly back and forth once.

6.	Should say :

Erasing Userdata....

Erasing Cache...
[Acer Iconia A500] marshall_634:
I can't dl the update.zip file cuase it is on megaupload. I am trying to do method 2 and i don thave the fiels, can someone help me out here
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
It's also on MULTIupload and there are plenty of mirrors. Get it from another source.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrw00:
the multiupload link appears to only have megaupload in its list for me, how about anyone else?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
depositfiles, fileserve and wupload are still working, please try them out.

edit: here's another mirror:

http://search.data.bg/ready/bcc6dd60a4d5fb3594e131df0e6b1712

just click on the left button:
[Acer Iconia A500] niabi:
can someone re-upload method 2 files? MU and multiupload have stoped working, and the last link does not work either :(

Nevermind: I am already runing 3.2.1 Rooted :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Jut07:
If anybody else got a mirror for Method 2, it will be great ty.

EDIT : Problem solve with this post -> http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/ic...t/2816-[tut]-revert-ota-3-2-back-3-0-1-a.html
[Acer Iconia A500] cad_2011:
can someone please upload a mirror. megaupload is dead and same goes to multiupload? thank you.

got myself A501 that comes with 3.2, would like to root it.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
If no one else hasn't done it yet, I'll make another mirror when I get home.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Here's another mirror:

http://netload.in/dateiExhRzE8Tbs/downgrade_not_stable.zip.htm
[Acer Iconia A500] 10507:
Can I go back to stock by flashing the ROM included in the Acer Recovery?
[Acer Iconia A500] heldc:
Is there any other source for the unstable downgrade file? It's currently telling me it's going to be somewhere between 5-8 hours to download. An hour, I could deal with, but 5-8 is unacceptable. Is there a dropbox link, or something?

Would any of the files in vache's http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878 work for method 2? (Method 1 is not an option due to linux use.)
[Acer Iconia A500] alorotom:
http://ul.to/t8byrx0r

Password: xda-developers.com
[Acer Iconia A500] heldc:
Not available in the US, but thanks anyway.

If you're willing, you could throw it into my dropbox, and then I'd be happy to share it as much as dropbox lets me anyway. http://www.jotform.net/form/20491046279

Ok, I found the setting to make jotform allow larger file sizes!
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
I don't know if you'll be able to effectively share it with dropbox. It has a bandwith limitation. Why don't you just use a proxy and get it from any of the links already posted? I see free JotForm offers only 100MB of storage. If you are a paid customer may be it's more - you know better than me.
[Acer Iconia A500] heldc:
They've removed the 180mb file limit, as of the current forum beta. I didn't know about the 10GB a day tho. I googled and didn't see any free proxies for making it look like I wasn't in the US, but I left the slow one running all day. It's still not done. Ah well.
[Acer Iconia A500] actorman46:
Yeah, I agree this link is super slow. A mirror on almost any other free servious would be faster.
[Acer Iconia A500] inji75:
It finally worked

Dear all,

I tried method 1 so many times unsuccessfully: My current firmware was not recognized by the EUU and I had to follow the proposed resetting (holding power with reset, etc..).

After that I came back to the EUU on a blank page and when clicking "continue" the soft told me that the UID wasn't correct and exited.

Then, after many attempts I discovered that after the reset-process I came back to the EUU where after some minute a form appeared on the blank page, without any other text: this is where I entered the UID (with the "zero" in front) and yop it worked!

This could maybe help someone else.

Thanks to Thor for this tool (what a genius), to Drkalo and to all people involved in this thread! Well done guys and you rock!

Inji.

PS: sorry for my English....
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Glad it worked for you. EUU is not thor's tool, it's ACER's which does not mean he's not a great dev :)

MIRRORS for method 2:

WUPLOAD

HOTFILE
[Acer Iconia A500] alorotom:
uploaded.to

I cant send it via http://www.jotform.net. "Failed" I`m sorry
[Acer Iconia A500] heldc:
Thanks for trying! I left the slow mirror running all night and it was finally done when I woke up! I'm about to downgrade now.
[Acer Iconia A500] heldc:
Finally got flashed, after the slow download of the unstable downgrade, and about a half dozen reboots of "why isn't volume down working" before I realized that it means volume down with the tablet in landscape mode.

If anyone needs the unstable downgrade and none of the previously linked mirrors are working besides the 5-8 hour one, pm me and I'll send you a dropbox link. But try the mirrors first, I'm on a free dropbox account so can't share a lot.

Also, the unstable downgrade left my data intact, allowing me to do a proper titanium backup before I wipe and install a new ROM. I wasn't clear that this would be the case, so it was a very nice surprise.
[Acer Iconia A500] ZsDaniel:
Hey!

I'm on Thor's ICS, and I want to restore to stock with EUU,but my UUID is 0123456789ABCDEF.

If I use the 2nd method , my UUID will be the original?

Thanks in advance!