yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] drellisdee:
To those asking the script I am using to remake a zImage from an uncompressed kernel is at http://pastebin.com/bCcREVDT

I highly modified it from https://github.com/xiaolu/galaxys2_kernel_repack

You will need to change the toolchain paths to match your path and use it in the a200 ics kernel source.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
I've noticed that. It's a problem I'm aware of and I'm going to look into when I get some free time over the next couple of days. It's to do with mounting the flexrom
[Acer Iconia A500] drellisdee:
Remount unlocked lzma compressed zImage for 0.019.00

6f21fe5ad2c6ecde0e30bbedfc543325 zImage.zip

Here is the script I use to decompress kernel also

useage on zImage is ./uncompresskernel.sh <gzip header offset in dec>

ie ./uncompresskernel.sh 15818
[Acer Iconia A500] themikeg:
No I didn't, I am back to Rooted 3.2.1 for now I will look at ICS again in a few weeks. Thanks for all the help guys (and/or gals)
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Sure lemme know if you need a hand :)
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Ok m8 , I got the boot.img unpacked replaced with your zImage now I want to put in the command lines so it boots on old booltloader , where do I find these command lines. And do I set ro.secure on 0 or do I leave it at 1.

All help is welcome!
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
MODDED 0.0019 kernel for custom roms

First thanks to drellisdee for the zImage

I modded the stock 0.019.00 kernel so we got full root and it boots on our old bootloaders, and no SoD.

I also set ro.secure=0

This can only be used for the full A500_0.019.00_WW_GEN1 rom.

They changed something on the camera so it needs this boot.img or else the camera will fail.(camera got better auto focus now)

Older modded boot.img won't work on 0.019.00 rom.

This is for rom builders only !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www33.zippyshare.com/v/51007939/file.html
[Acer Iconia A500] jakob95:
How do you go to bootloader if you have ClockworkRecovery? When I press power and volume up I go to ClockworkMod.

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Please help. I flashed the stock recovery with the app "acer recovery tool" from the market. And when I turn on the tab I press power on and volume up, and I get an ! error. But I am sure the update.zip is in the microSD root. I am currently running Thor ICS v96. I don't give a **** about root or locked bootloader I just want to run this.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Try booting normally then reboot into recovery. If you get in, I recommend reflashing the stock OS (the stock recovery wil be back). Then root with ICS Root (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520469) and check the remove stock reflash option. Now boot into APX mode and flash the patched bootloader (which allows CWM to work) along with CWM from this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514951

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Can this along with the bootloader and cwm be installed using the dd command from a rooted environment or do they have to be done in APX Mode / from within a ROM?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
No that is only to use with old boot loader, not when you got patched boot loader.

I will try to make one to use with ICS boot loader so you got full root.

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Here are 2 test boot.img , let me know wich works and give you full root.

zImage changed with zImage dress provided I think this will work , you can flash with cwm.

http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/74045375/file.html

zImage not changed , only changed ro.secure=0 and ro.debuggable=1, you can flash with cwm.

Don't know if it will work , let me know , I would think that the first one will give you full root , I'm new at this so sorry if it doesn't !

Remember only use this only if you got ICS bootloader
[Acer Iconia A500] drellisdee:
boot.img can be installed on booted android with original bootloader after using itsmagic

dd if=/pathto/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
Just quick question guys, have anyone of you experienced GPS slow lock (max about 4 satelites locked on) and no compass detected issues? Been experiencing it since v0.0014. Hope you can guys can take some time to help me with this. AGPS has been oatched and have done a hard reset before this just in case if you're asking
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Boot.img for 0.019.00 rom for HC3.01bootloader

New or second boot.img for use with HC3.01 bootloader (NOT ICS bootloader)

Changed the settings in this one

is now ro.debuggable=1 where the other one is ro.debuggable=0

So this got , full root , boot for HC3.01 bootloader and SoD prevention.

ro.secure=1

ro.debuggable=0

REMEMBER ONLY FOR 0.019.00rom due to camera changes and better focus.

This will faile the camera if used on 0.009 or 0.014 rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
I meant on the new bootloader:

Install stock 00.019.00 zip

Root

dd if=patchedbl.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0pX

dd if=boot.img of=/dev/block:-) mmcblk0p2

dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0pY (5 or something? I forget)

Or is APX mode needed?
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
I'll give it a go tomorrow morning and post results :)
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
I've tested both (flashed both with nvflash to partition 7; LNX) and they both boot. The first one allows r/w on /system but the second one doesn't, although the Wi-Fi connected straight away on the second but not on the first.

I'll run the first one for a bit and post any issues

EDIT: Reflashed the first one and Wi-Fi has connected by itself this time. Don't worry about that now :) Is it possible to start adding tweaks such as overclocking yet?? Or do we need the full kernel source for that?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Yes kernel source are needed for that if I'm correct.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
That would make sense.

Oh and I hope you don't mind but I packaged the kernel up (along with CWM & the patched bootloader) into a zip with nvflash and a batch script that is (hopefully but you an never be certain!) n00b-proof because your kernel is that awesome ;) http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=369
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
No problem , also credit to drellisdee for the zImage but remember only for the 0.019.00 leaked rom , on other roms (0.009.00 and 0.014.00)camera won't work any more.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Sure will do. Many thanks.

EDIT: done :)
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
Ok, shoot me now guys but I can't seem to get it working. The following message came up after following all the instructions even from the Tegra forum page and this came up

Anywhere I went wrong?
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
No my bad. Sleep.exe is something I happened to have installed. I'll bundle it in an updated zip file sorry about that :S what state is your tablet in?
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
Don't worry man, it didn't get bricked....immediately pulled the plug and reset it after seeing the FAILEd message. Boots up alright and it's running normally with accelerometer being an arse again
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Okay I've included sleep.exe this time. It's updated now. It's intended to wait 8 seconds so your tablet has enough time to enter the bootloader (mine actually does it instantly but better safe than sorry). It shouldn't affect the tablet at all so long as it has had time to enter the bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] yaworski:
Are you sure? Does overclocking require additional module for the kernel which isn't available in stock? Or is it compiled into kernel but with overclocking disabled?

If it requires to load additional module, then kernel headers should be enough to build it and then load it on rooted Android after system boots up.
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
Gave it a spin and similar error message came up

Also when sleep.exe ran, attached pic scenario occurred. BTW running on Win7 64 bit and folder was placed on desktop
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Okay the sleep issue is fine I'll fix that in another zip later. It's purely to delay until the tablet is into the boot loader. When the error appears what exactly is on the tablet's screen?
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
It just shows Entering Acer Download Mode and the message I quoted popped in the command prompt window of your .bat file
[Acer Iconia A500] elborak:
Overclocking does not depend in any way on kernel modules. The list of legal clock speeds and voltages is compiled into the kernel, hence it's extremely difficult (though not impossible) to overclock without the kernel source.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
If you press ok each time on that window what happens on the tablet / screen? The entering acer download mode message basically means it is in the acer download mode. I'm curious as to why any issues should occur after that.
[Acer Iconia A500] drellisdee:
It can be done either way. Its much easier to build it in IF source is available. Closed source kernel and an overclock module that changes clks and voltage tables is possible however till source drops. I wont waste my time on it however as IMO iconia doesnt really need overclocking to function properly and efficiently.
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
I'll document it tomorrow as it's already 1:12AM Monday over here. Thanks for taking the time mate

EDIT: Had a go doing this manually line by line

First used

This popped up

So that was the first error popped up

Then I used this command next

This occurred

Just so as you know, currently running 0.019 with your root method, incrementally flash upgraded from 0.009 and previously was on official HC 3.2 OTA update unrooted.

Hope this helps

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Like I said in my answer , If I'm correct , meaning ,can't tell because I'm totoaly new to kernel stuff and in the learning process. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
NEW : TWEAKED KERNELS

Installation: flash with cwm or RA recovery , but please also put the stock version on your tablet so you can flash back if you have problems
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Hmm have you tried reflashing 00.019.00, rerooting and then running the script again? Something strange appears to have happened to your partition table. Also try redownloading the zip file as it is possible one of the files may have become corrupted. I'll try on my tablet again.

EDIT: Just ran the script on my tablet and it worked flawlessly. I don't understand why it doesn't work for you?
[Acer Iconia A500] almostthere:
I'll try again based on your suggestion over the weekend. If anythin I'll pm directly from hereon
[Acer Iconia A500] fguy:
vache

When there will be a continuation?
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Sounds great.
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
That's something you should ask to Acer, not me.

3 leaks in one month is not that bad....
[Acer Iconia A500] DJ_Jedi:
will this wipe my tab?
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
New version available.

Check post #1.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Are we now ACER TEST DUMMIES??. is so good move on acers part.

As Moscow Desire said a week or so back.. I think all these leaks are one of a few situations.

1. acer is trying to test the Developers to see if they can secure the tablet more from them.

2. Acer has some issues they can not Get worked out and are getting Free help from the Dev community here without asking.

3.Someone at acer in there Development department is VERY Pissed at acer and keeps leaking the roms.

I personally believe its number 2 Getting free testing and DEV support. as we can see the acer a200 has a unlock-able boot-loader. So that would make number 1 seem totally unlikely but We are talking about ACER..

Thanks for the Leaks Vache. I am going to sit on the rom im running and wait for all this updates and patches to level out.So i do not have to be so flash happy. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
Number 3, but not intentionally ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
Bootloader is the same as in previous leaks.
[Acer Iconia A500] DJ_Jedi:
Damn, just flashed the old leak lol. Gonna flash it asap.
[Acer Iconia A500] Atticustrd:
Hey guys just downloaded the new leak, put it on my sd card as update.zip power down tab, and went into stock recovery but im getting the upside down andy with a red triangle.... :confused:

Not rooted. Previous leak was the 09 one...
[Acer Iconia A500] carbo:
I also saw that.

After download the file, rename the file to update.zip, turn off the A500,

And connect the cable to A500. Then press sound button and power button.

Then see the upside down Andy with a red triangle.

But I quickly realized what the stupid thing I have done.

I forgot transfer the update.zip file to the SD card.

So I turn off the A500 then power on the device with power button only.

Transfer the update.zip to the SD card. Shut off the device.

Then press sound button and power button. It works.

I will suggest you to transfer the file to SD card then do it again.
[Acer Iconia A500] Atticustrd:
Thanks, but the file update.zip is in my sd card and im still getting the error.
[Acer Iconia A500] killerapl:
Having the same problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] Atticustrd:
not sure how or why, but i removed .zip from the file and it worked. :confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Gonna test mempodroid now :3
[Acer Iconia A500] elborak:
Windows user. :)

The Microsoft manager who decided that the explorer should hide filename extensions by default should be found and suitably punished.
[Acer Iconia A500] killerapl:
Update: downloaded it again and it worked. Must have been a bad dl.
[Acer Iconia A500] Atticustrd:
With the first leak I had the .zip but this time I had to remove it strange.
[Acer Iconia A500] castafiore:
Merci Vache,

The developers from Acer have tried to improve the record's quality in this last update but it's still far to be perfect, unfortunately.

The sound's level is much higher (the microphones seem more sensitive) but the sound's quality is worst than before (if possible :p).

Interestingly, the sensitivity when I record with my headphone+mic is now much lower.

These new attempts from the developers seem hopeless, unfortunately.
[Acer Iconia A500] blucmal:
Ok someone that knows what they are doing can you give me some advice, I downloaded the stock acer build Acer_A500_0.022.00, I deleted the boot.img/ bootloader.blob/ and flexrom.img files from the rom. I then got the flexrom folder and hc boot.img ( I renamed the boot.img to "boot.img") from flexreaper r9 and copied them into the acer build Acer_A500_0.022.00 .zip. I then zipped it back up. It boots fine in the ics emulator will it boot on my tablet and will I retain cwm and also have root access. Cheers and thanks in advance. oh I also deleted the "recovery" folder I figured this would flash stock recovery wiping out cwm. oh well as they say no guts no glory tried it didnt work. Restoring my backup now
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Mod edit: Not allowed.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
can somebody make an RW System patched boot.img for the beta22 kernel?

thanks in advance !
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
The 0.019.00 works on 0.022.00.
[Acer Iconia A500] giancaleone:
There id a SoD problem in this versione 022?

Tanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] blucmal:
civato I want to keep my rom as stock as possible I just want root and cwm to remain to get the rom to this stage, myself, what do I remove from the stock leak (22) and what do I replace also which bootloader do I use the hc or ics one. Do I have to do anything advanced? Terminal commands etc to get .22 to boot? Slowly getting the hang of doing stuff with my tab but dont really understand adb and terminal stuff. Dont want to brick my tab or lose cwm. And would like to learn more about how stuff works before attemting more complicated stuff. On the original leak Vache removed some stuff from the rom and I just replaced the boot.img to get it working. Would like to know how to do this what to remove etc Any help or input appreciated cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Please stop spamming every rom thread with same response.

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If you want full stock but don't want to lose cwm and root.

Remove, boot loader.blob and recovery.

Also delete these lines in update script of the rom.

If you didn't flash the stock leaked Acer rom you are still on HC3.01 boot loader so you need the HC boot.img.

No need to add command lines or mod it for full root , that is already working in the boot.img I posted here.

In your rom you need to add su bin and superuser apk. Busy box of you want it needs to be added also. You can put that in xbin. But you need to give it the right permissions in update script.

set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/bin/su");

symlink("/system/bin/su", "/system/xbin/su");

ui_print("Installing BusyBox");

set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/system/xbin/installbusybox");

run_program("/system/xbin/installbusybox");
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
I know, but it has different md5 hashes so there must be a significant diference. I also think you are wasting your time if you want to update to beta22 and then flash the beta19 kernel? All the action happens in the kernel right when we are talking about the tablet performing better or worse?
[Acer Iconia A500] yaworski:
First of all a different md5 hash doesn't tell you how significant the change was. The hash will be always different even if only a single byte will be different. Changed md5 will only tell you that the file is somehow changed.

I don't know if calling those leaks betas is a good idea :). Someone could think that those are officially released beta compilations.

I agree with you that the kernel is very important when it comes to device's performance, but it is not the only thing that makes device perform better or worse.

Just install kernel from 019 for now and when someone make patched 022 kernel then just flash it through fastboot (the easiest way).
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
True but for now it will do fine, I tweaked it so benchmark score went up with 600 points.

I asked dress to make a zImage with full root for 0.022.00 , he will but is very busy so we have to wait until he got time.

When he upload that zImage I will put that in the original boot.img of 0.022.00 and post it here.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
Thank you for that in advance. I'll be watching this thread !
[Acer Iconia A500] mumazz:
I'm sorry about this.I just want to get everybody's attention.
[Acer Iconia A500] drellisdee:
Here is remount patched zImage for .022.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Thanks m8 , will compile it into the boot.img and post 2 versions here.

One for HC boot loader and one for the people with ICS boot loader.
[Acer Iconia A500] Wixej:
Hello prompt. Established runoff 22 and there is a problem touchscreen very dull times with 5 trips, the load on the processor no. Sorry for my English. On 19 was in the beginning and it was
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Boot.img for 0.022.00 flashable with CWM or RA recovery

Ok as promissed the boot.img full root for 0.022.00 rom (BIG THANKS TO DRELLISDEE for zImage)

Full root + bootable for HC bootloader users.

4 versions flashable with CWM or RA recovery
[Acer Iconia A500] maris__:
Thanks, Civato, tweaked kernel runs brilliantly with your FlexReaper R9 ROM. Great performance plus, and even smoother!!

Thank you very much!

With best regards, maris
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Remember normaly they are only for 0.022.00 based rom but they also work on 0.019.00 based rom , I'm building those into R10
[Acer Iconia A500] manu33xtro:
Hi guys,

Well thank you Vache for your very good job... And Civ for all replies to help us.

I wanted to going into recovery but I've got a problem : freeze with a beautiful android with warning icon !

Maybe I'm stupid but how to get access to recovery ?

Cheers.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Did you flash the stock leak posted in this thread?

If so you lost custom recovery!

Then you need to follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1516012

or this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522384
[Acer Iconia A500] blucmal:
Hey civato thanks for the info I tried modifying the rom last night but it would not install will try again later today or tomorrow when I have more time not sure where I went wrong, Just wondering about the flexrom do I leave the original in untouched.. Cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
If you leave the flexrom.img it will install the Acer crap in flexrom folder on your system. And then you need to format flexrom to get rid of it. Because those apps are not installed in system/app .
[Acer Iconia A500] manu33xtro:
Yep. Thank you mate.

I'm trying to downgrade after download the 3.2.1. version of timmyDean ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
Thank you very much 'landgenoot' !
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
No problem m8

Geen probleem maat! Met veel plezier gedaan.
[Acer Iconia A500] bkosh84:
Okay, so anyone want to help me out on installing this?

I currently have Thor's ROM installed. I changed the name of the .022 zip to update.zip and rebooted with Vol- and Power On and it went into CWM. Wasn't it supposed to just install the update.zip on it's own without going into CWM? I assume I have to revert back to stock to install this leak?

Also, what do I do after installing the leak? Do I do the unlocked bootloader HOWTO then the ICS Root program or the other way around?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] lowsum:
Flashing update.zip you need the stock recovery, wich you can install with acer recovery installer from market. For rooting, follow this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546593. I didn't try it myself, so I can't tell if it's worth it. I'd suggest trying the custom ICS availaible here, they are based on the leak anyway...and most important, you won't screw your recovery partition.
[Acer Iconia A500] dincdoes.me:
I know stupid question but if I were to flash this using update.zip method is it more stable because of the bootloader is ics instead of hc?

Just wondering if it is I might think about doing it I just don't want to do it and smack myself across the face when I get the same experience as flexreaper I know the UI will be different than flexreaper as he has themed it. Just curious..
[Acer Iconia A500] damador:
android sources for 4.0.4 just poped up and nexus will get 4.0.5 in early april ... so 4.0.3 could be e bti outdated
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
the A500 will probably got an outdated version anyway at the end since

Acer is going to focus on the A510/A511 (new version), A700,A200

our A500 was more a first try :D

but I am sure our DEV in xdA will figure how grab the latest ICS / Jelly Bean version on our tablets... and after that Acer will be constraint to release a newer version of Android on our tablet :D hehehe they are following the community more than we think :D
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
Updated to Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1.

Link on 1st post.
[Acer Iconia A500] ale.landra91:
have you tried it? news? change?
[Acer Iconia A500] wlk0:
Using it now, not much changes so far.

Automatic brightness is fixed (was broken on my A501 with 0.021 and 0.019).
[Acer Iconia A500] drellisdee:
remount patched zImage for 1.031
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Thanks drellisdee! Do I just unpack the boot.img and swap out the zImage for this to work? (Then repack after obviously then flash ;P)
[Acer Iconia A500] wlk0:
Indeed I'm puzzled...

How comes this zImage is quite smaller than the original kernel part extracted with split_bootimg.pl ?

Are we supposed to use it along --kernel option when using mkbootimg or I am missing something ?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Flashable Boot.img for 1.031.00

Ok , here it is , full root flashable boot.img for 1.031.00 leaked rom.

For HC bootloader users

For ICS bootloader users

BIG THANKS TO DRELLISDEE FOR zImage
[Acer Iconia A500] wlk0:
Actually, I didn't meant to get the image, but rather understand how you replaced it :)

But thanks though.

Yet your images are smaller than the stock one, still fueling my questions...