yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] Bucks_Fizz:
I know i have asked this before, but can anyone confirm if this works for A501?
[Acer Iconia A500] FearL0rd:
After I do all steps in the guide, I noticed that my applications didn't restored automatically and I went to the Android marked only and now I have two A500 registered to my account. We I select "Send to another device..."

Anybody can help me fixing it?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
If you have a 501, this app will load a stock vesion for the A500, but it should work fine otherwise. Note, that you won't have 3g or the menus, so you;ll have to use Wifi. Also, gps may or may not work.

But it really doesn't matter, as you'll install CWM Recovery anyhow, and flash back to a 501 rom of your choosing.

This also will answer the above poster's question I hope, on why his device is not listed in the Market. As if you use this tool with a 501, it will in effect, show as a 500 after you finish, until you install a 501 rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] Arimin:
Done! With Windows 7, the steps were easy.. No need to set adiministrative privleges, Works flawlessly.

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Apparently yes, but I am not sure of the procedure. Moscow Desire is super smart with this, and I would believe he is correct.
[Acer Iconia A500] thedeadend100:
the downloads don't work!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] chupmacabre:
blank screen problem.. fixed?

to everyone who is having the blank screen problem with windows xp, i had it too! but i fixed it and signed up for this forum to tell you.

it must have been a driver issue. i had the sdk drivers, the current acer drivers, and the drivers from the "DotNetDetecter.exe" (should that be detector?) all trying to play together. any time i ran the DotNetDetector, windows wanted to install new hardware. of course, i was always cancelling that thinking, "aren't enough drivers present already?" well i was wrong. i finally just let windows do whatever the hell it thought it should do installing drivers automatically and it all just worked after that.

i think i saw some others also say that their data remained on the tablet, but that is not the experience i had (but i was kind of expecting it). it seems to think it's a whole different tablet now altogether actually. but oh well. it's rooted! time to start moving my purchases from market back over.. good luck everyone, i hope i was able to help, and big thanks to OP!
[Acer Iconia A500] cad_2011:
downloaded v4. running it on WIndows 7 (32bit). ran "DotNetDetecter", until it prompts to insert my A501. plug in and could not get a serial number.

check device manager, looks like the driver did not install. any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
try running test.cmd before dotnetdetecter.exe and you have usb debug enabled
[Acer Iconia A500] lassykk:
OK Can someone please help me...

I'm trying to use this method to downgrade from 3.2.1 to gain root access for the first time on my A500.

I have followed the instructions to the letter but every single time I get to the screen that says -

Current image version: Acer_A500_7.014_COM_GEN1 and

New image version: ACER_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1

At this point once the "Next" button becomes clickable my tablet turns to a black screen and won't do anything at all.

I know something looks wrong at this stage. I click "Next" anyway and enter the correct serial number and then when I click next I get a warning screen up saying Unhandled excpetion has occured on your application (and a load of other stuff) I could click continue here but I would worry I would brick my tablet.

I really want to root and install a custom rom so can anyone help me please?

I'm not inexperienced at rooting, etc and have successfully rooted a HTC Desire, Sensation but I can't understand where I'm going wrong.

Have tried on a Vista machine and a Windows 7 machine. I'm out of ideas :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] cad_2011:
got it working, need to download a separate drivers from Acer. the drivers included are for A500. once i installed the A501 drivers, all good now :)
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
well that doesn't sound too good, i've not heard this happen before -

you have put the zero in front of your serial no?

the black screen normally means yr tab is entering apx mode if it doesn't say "entering download mode" then there is a prob with the apx drivers.

not sure if I can help any further than that, maybe someone else can suggest something...
[Acer Iconia A500] vortex56k:
All good for the update, but, boot fails ...

V4 went smooth.

The thing I just can´t explain yet, is how on every try the same thing happens, 1st boot (long one) seems to just fail and my tab gets back to that screen where you see the clock on the lower right and the pulley icon saying "Android System" on the upper left corner. After that, every boot does the same and the Android initial setup screens never comes up.

Since CWM got installed I tried to install several other roms, all of them delivers the same result, even though I get their splash logos (ephiphany, taboonay, thor) and all seems to be going OK, it always gets back to that "Android System", no error messages, nothing.

I found out that Thor rom 14.2 made the "Android System" screen touch responsive (no other did that), I can touch the clock, open the first level of settings and if I try to drill down, touching storage for an instance, it won´t load the app/menu, it gets righ back to the good old "Android System" screen.

After a custom rooted rom gets installed and I get the "Android System" screes, adb works fine and I manage to get in the tab with a shell, mount an SD card, use the ps command to see the process running and even start the bootanimation myself, so I´m assuming that android is runing OK, at least on the background. Adb also allows me to push files and install apks normally. Have some linux background myself, used the shell to browse around and checked some of the logs, nothing clear showing an error that would force my boots to terminate sooner.

Wondering if anyone experienced something like that and could point me at some direction. Am I missing something here ??
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
yes someone did post this prob here somewhere but from memory not sure the issue was ever solved. May be related to a botched upgrade so you can try running the upgrade again.

I'd be tempted to do a full format/wipe of data, system and flexrom via cwm before you do so that you can be sure you're u/g'ing to a completely clean system - yeh the EUU should clear everything during the process but pays to be safe i reckon...

You might also wanna try doing a factory data reset someone reported this fixing things. If you have a USB mouse handy you should be able to get into 'Settings' that way.

Good Luck, and if you solve the issue please post what you did here!!! thanks:)
[Acer Iconia A500] cantrben:
Good day everyone. I posted a thread in Q&A but I was thinking this might be a better place for my question... I also could be wrong too LOL :p

I'm trying to root my Iconia a500 and when i run the DotNetDetecter I get "EUUs has stopped working" after the box saying to unplug my a500. I've searched everywhere and I can not find a solution. I am using Windows 7 64bit. Does anyone know a fix or work around for this?
[Acer Iconia A500] pdwOnline:
Link seems not to work..
[Acer Iconia A500] vizzzy:
Did you try running it as an administrator ?
[Acer Iconia A500] cantrben:
Yea I tried running as administrator with the same results....
[Acer Iconia A500] timmi1000:
Hello,

I'm a german user and my english is probably a bit bad, but I'll try.

I own a A500 tablet with an original 3.2.1 ROM installed. The tablet is not rooted. Now my question: Is it possible to install the ROM from the first post in this thread to root it without loosing my german language support in Android? I do not want to have my tablet in english.

Thank you for answers.
[Acer Iconia A500] www.democracy7.com:
files lost, help

Hi:

thanks, the rooting works @ Acer 500 tablet ver. 3.2.1. with ref. video from

ROOT THE ACER ICONIA A500 3.2 THE EASY WAY USING V3

@ YOUTUBE

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I didn't expect rooting to goto a factory reset, I was hoping it would not do that.

it wiped out all the apps, I installed. is it suppose to do that ?

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I saved all my files except a ton of bookmarks, is there any way to get them back ? i.e. initial image of tablet. ??

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Plz let me know. root is great, tablet seems to be acting faster.

but the main reason I rooted acer was to run UNDELETE app which requires

root access. This unfortunately did not work, UNDELETE requires fat file and

because ACER HAS NVIDIA TEGRA (NO FAT file), AGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :(

i lost some family pics. aggggggggggg

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anyway, I should have saved all the bookmarks, but no export feature was

avail, only way was to spend hours(s) doing it mannually.

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thnks.

-a.a.

(Struggling entrepreneur/engineer)
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Thou im not sure if anything can help at this point as your data was likely over written.

I did a quick google search on how to recover data on android came up with many links .. here is one that looks promising.Thou i did not read thru carefully. The one you mention shows a android beta.

for what its worth here is the link i found.

http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery...re/android-sd-card-data-recovery-freeware.htm

there was a Thread in this forum a while back about someone posting a recovery tool. maybe search xda android data recovery or something similar.

Good Luck
[Acer Iconia A500] www.democracy7.com:
ROOT(tABLET) = > BETTER TABLET

hi:

original tablet's browser got corrupted,

& stopped showing video.

NOW with ROOTING --> browser works great, video & all. :)

but still wish I had backed up my bookmarks, uggggg.

-a.a

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Thanks, I'll try the link EASUS, you gave.

I tried the other tool also:

Hexamob Recovery Lite *root* by Hexamob

it couldn't see any device/file storage device.

================================

Lessons of Life, I have learned

* Back up the blasted files.

* Back up the bookmarks (even if manually)

* If I was a million dollar CEO of a tablet manufacturer company,

- I would have an APP for file recovery.

- gave them root access.

I am secretly hoping that timmyDean made a backup image of the files, before flashing the ROM, I hope.

If not, I already have lost lot of things, & its not life critical, or anything like that. so am prepared for not getting it back :(

-a.a.
[Acer Iconia A500] RodyHugo:
multiupload is not working, pleaseeee any caritative soul can upload the Version V3 in other server (like mediafire)?...pleaseeeee

Thanks!!
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Not sure if v3 is still available - v4 is though.

ReadMe is in the zip folder, suggest you read thru it first before u do anything
[Acer Iconia A500] compwiz1202:
I keep getting the message that an Iconia Tab A500 is not detected. The tablet is seen by Windows, I ran as admin and tried a cold boot. I also get no devices connected with test.cmd. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] D-U-R-X:
My A500 arrived today and I am looking to root it. I have downloaded V4 and read through the readme... I understand everything, but have a quick question...

The zip is "root-3.2.1-V4.7z" - I guess that this refers to the Android version being 3.2.1? I have checked my tab's Android version and it is 3.2 - will this still work for me? I'm guessing so (given the thread title), but wanted to get an definitive answer from the people who brought you the tool!
[Acer Iconia A500] Airere:
XP issue

Great Chupmacabre, I was considering to do this just before reading your post. So I run it again and let windows find the driver instead of cancel it, AND IT WORKS!!

Now I also do have a Rooted A500 3.2.1, and I'm very glad to all those who helped me reaching this with the previous posts!

It took me around 6hour to read everything till here, but at the end it works.

I also want to thank you the people on the Ad Hoc developers thread(I can't write there yet). My tablet is also recognizing ad hoc wi-fi (the reason to root).

Hope I get able to help you soon!
[Acer Iconia A500] AKATDOG:
can the rollback be done without a PC? Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] dhshoangsonvn:
thank you..

but i can't download from there , so can you upload to other site, ex: mediafire.com

thank you so much
[Acer Iconia A500] Neoh_E:
Hello . If I ROOT my tablet with this method, can I expect in mid April automatic update to ICS ? tnx
[Acer Iconia A500] 4bdnf8:
Yes you can but be sure to read the effin manual where its talks about the Backdoor for ota...cheers...

Dicht yer neb and flee awea!
[Acer Iconia A500] sgssnoop:
timmyDean, awesome job, worked exactly as described.

I used root-3.2.1-V4.7 from the linked downloads on my stock, unrooted A500 with 3.2.1, ended up with a rooted A500 with 3.2.1, with Superuser app. Did wipe exist data, but not a problem.

And thanks to chrishohl for the extra instructions.
[Acer Iconia A500] chumiller22:
TimmyDean...

Just wanted to thank you bro.... Total NOOB and this worked for Me and it was easy. Got my tab today (3.2.1) and in less then 20 mins fully rooted! you are the man!

Thanks again...much appreciated keep up the good work!
[Acer Iconia A500] gymmy:
Hmm ok so rooted the A500 all good, but today when i went to do something with BlueTooth it was missing, any one else's BT missing ?

A.
[Acer Iconia A500] quacles:
I hate to ask this, but is a kind soul willing to reupload V4 to a faster download host? mediafire.com or maybe filesmelt.com? The ones that are still active are going to take three hours...
[Acer Iconia A500] drharisis:
Triing to fix some issues on my iconia A500( rooted with honeycomb 3.2) Iwiped data and formatted system....and when I push power button It stucks at Acer logo...What to do???some Help :(
[Acer Iconia A500] cedarcheng:
thank you very much.
[Acer Iconia A500] noname2062:
Thanks

Thanks timmyDean. Steps worked like a charm!
[Acer Iconia A500] MOHAMMAD-ALI91:
tnx +++++5
[Acer Iconia A500] kamakazie_1:
Thanks and noob question

Firstly, thanks TimmyDean, root process went with minimal problem, in my case couldn't get SN to start with following directions, had to plug in tab then run Test command then unplug Tab and run dotnetdetector then plug tab back in..

Now question, flash went well but I don't see where I'm "rooted" is there a way to tell that I am? I'm new to this and my main reason for Rooting is to get a complete back up..

Thanks

RJ
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
To back up your apps and data - go to the market/playstore and download something like Titanium Backup, this requires ROOT access so will tell you if you are not rooted.

I've not heard of anyone losing root with TD's method so you should be all good.

To do a complete backup image of your entire sytem -

enter recovery mode manually by button press -

press volume down button ( vol down is the side closest to the power button.) and while still holding it down press and hold the power button. Your tab should vibrate and you should see the white Acer logo AND in the top left corner some white text "erasing cache" don't panic - let the buttons go, in a second or two the "ClockworkMod Recovery" screen should appear. Use the vol switch to scroll down to Backup and Restore and use the pwr switch to select - in the next menu select Backup and you're done!!

BTW, If you choose to try one of ICS Roms you can use TD's method to roll back to HC again, the method is a little different to what you've just done - don't connect the USB UNTIL you see the "Your iconia does not seem to be connected screen" and go from there - JazzyJames has a walkthrough here
[Acer Iconia A500] kamakazie_1:
Thanks dibb_nz, I hadn't tried to go into recovery mode yet, was just re-installing everything.. Question, if I run the complete backup from the recovery mode and I try to do one of the ICS roms (eventually) can't I just do a restore of the complete backup from recovery mode to get me back to like the last complete backup?? I'm a long time Win guy here so don't laugh at me, like I said to start with I'm a noobie with the Android stuff..

RJ
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
k, definitely good idea to do one once you're all set up - it also backs up you s/n or cpuid for safe keeping as well.

Edit: well blow me down with a feather!!!! I have just tried restoring my hc backup and it works!! Guess it makes sense as I was on the htc bootloader3.0.1....so looks.like you assumed correctly, nice.

if only :). The ICS "custom" roms we have at the moment all came from a leaked rom, we are still awaiting the acer gods to bestow an official ICS upon us mere mortals!!

The ICS bootloader is not the same as the HC one, therefore we need to do use a downgrade method (like this one from TD) to go back to HC. Be aware that while you're on a custom rom you will not receive the Over the Air ICS Update from the acer gods - hence the reason to have a backup system image (often referred to as a 'nandroid') of your original stock rom - which you have just done since you're all set up now - haven't you????

and, welcome to android/xda!!! - we're all noobs in one area or another - i just know enough to get me into lottsa trouble, but thats all the fun of android - I've found its damn near impossible to 'brick' your tab - all the info you need is here to read and there's always someone around to help out if you get stuck...good luck!
[Acer Iconia A500] Pyra Gorgon:
Does this exploit wipe files from device?

I have seen two ways of rooting the Iconia A500.

One is this V4 in this thread...

The other is using the whole confusing Java JDK/ SDK platform, importing the su exploit and installing it from the debugging computer via USB while in that Eclipse/ SDK program whatever. (still cannot figure out how to make all that come together. Need two months to read all the help files there)

I have files backed up from the tablet, but I have apps that cost me $ I dont want to lose.

And does this V4 exploit kill the tablet sound? The above thread is confusing and some questions are conveniently left unanswered.

Help out us android noobs here...
[Acer Iconia A500] kamakazie_1:
I just did mine last week and sound and everything seems to be working properly, yes it does wipe everything locally but did not touch all my stuff on external SD Card.. If you purchased your apps thru the market and paid for them they will just download after root and sign back in... I was running HC3.2.1 and after root and install of my apps I made a system recovery to my ExtSD card and all is well..
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
V4 if Backdoor is on yes there will be no sound, so only turn it on for an ota - we won't know if we will still have root once the ics update kicks in but its all good up to 3.2.1
[Acer Iconia A500] kamakazie_1:
Hey dibb_nz I just noticed your edit on your last post to me, so the restore did work?

RJ
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
yes RJ it certainly did, dunno if it was a fluke or not tho:-) but as I said, seems logical since I was still on the HC bootloader. So thanks for that!
[Acer Iconia A500] Pudex:
I have a problem here.

First of all i didn't find that fix.zip anywhere on this forum. It's disappeared or am i really missing something so hard? I mean, i used 2 hours to find that attachment..

Well so on i continued to edit that test.cmd on my own and managed it to give me my serial.

Now when i hit next in dotnetdetector it fails to recognize my A500..

Maybe that fix.zip could help me getting on.. feeling desperate now writing this as rooting my HTC's has been like dancing on roses..
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
More info needed

What version did u download? U really need v4. Fixtest was only needed for v0

R u on wanting root for hc or downgrading from ics?
[Acer Iconia A500] Pudex:
Thank's for quick reply.

V4 it was supposed to be atleast..

I'm running stock 3.2.1 and i want to put Flexreaper in.

So i'm stuck there, dotnetdetector doesn't recognize my A500. Something tells me that APX drivers aren't working right or they are wrong?

Seems like it can't go to apx mode at all, tried it even manually but it doesn't respond.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Which version did u d/l??
[Acer Iconia A500] Pudex:
I needed to check it from my workpc and WOL didn't work :P

It's V4 what i put in my usb-stick.

Um i needed to edit the test.cmd because it gave me errors like "cant find the patch specified", i extracted all of them to same folder like they were in the zip.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
U got adb working ok?? The test.cmd is to make sure u do.

Acer drivers sometimes flaky with other android devices.

So check device manager in windows that acer is showing up

Once yr tab is connected to pc dont disconnect it

If u on win7 run dotnet as admin

Let usb drivers install

Cross fingers an pray 2 acer gods!

If u got earlier version td's tool u may only have root via shell and stock recovery - if u want install custom rom better of with v4 it will give u hc 3.2.1 full root and cwm plus backdoor/ota

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Ok all good then - let us know how u go i b round for lil bit longer then I gotta get some zzzzzz's:)
[Acer Iconia A500] Pudex:
I've tried with two win7 now, X64 and X32.. Both have working ADP (i can see the serial) and both stuck at dotnetdetector.. I've tried to go in APX mode manually, X64 even notifies me of active APX drivers.. Still it doesn't get me trough if i click YES.. SO obviously all drivers are working!!

What can this be? I dont have any solution now other than my usb cable.. it's bought from store like 2 months ago.

:mad:
[Acer Iconia A500] Pudex:
It's working now. :)

Seems like i used kind of extract-mode that removes folders and puts every file on to same folder, i was at work then..

So why i tried to download it again at the last? Because it takes 3 hours to download it (only one of those hosts are working anymore).

Well sometimes things like this happens, but most important, im on my way to flash flexreaper now, with more focus on things.. :P
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Fantastic, glad u got there in the end. Flexreaper is an excellent choice!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] Pudex:
Yeah i used to be kind of selective when it comes to rooting and with flex it seems that a500 needs it..

And to be honest, HTC One X is shipping to my door next week so i don't want that a500 slips away too much ;)

I love these android devices and rooting is the thing you need to "undress" them haha :D
[Acer Iconia A500] skipped:
Thanks! Its working flashing from stock ota 3.2.1 (unrooted).
[Acer Iconia A500] yaddamean:
I'm lost... before trying to gain root, I've been trying to connect my tab to the pc but it wont. tried installing usb drivers and it still doesnt work. when its plugged in, adb shows up in device manager, but I get yellow exclamation on MTP.

Well after a couple hours with no luck I try this method to gain root. Everytime I connect the tab, it reads my image version fine than right after, my tab reboots. actually it just turns off and I have to turn it back on. :confused:

Im on win7 64.

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UPDATE...

Now I have the Tab syncing with my PC and I can see the internal SD in my computer. I had to uninstall USB drivers and uninstall the device from device manager. Now, I dont have MTP error. So I try root again, same thing. Once it reads my image, the tab turns off and windows installs root recovery driver. I can click NEXT but "test" file does not see connected devices.