yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
One observation is that it now makes backups to the internal SD card :p.

Try this:

adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot

Then try to boot into recovery.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] cheeb:
Assuming you did everything else that leads up to installing clockworkmod....

Go to /etc/ and rename "install-recovery.sh" to "install-recovery.sh.bak"

Try to get into recovery manually or use "quickboot" (get it in the market) and reboot into recovery.....

You should be able to get into Clockworkmod now...I didn't really look extra deep into the matter past finding the fix...hope this helps
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
yup...for now...still some tweaking needed. thanks for all your support amd feedback bud.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mapaz04:
Recovery IMG... easy as 1-2-3... jejeje

Hope this is ok with you PTESMOKE...

I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS IS ONLY TO TRANSFER THE RECOVERY IMAGE... YOU MUST FOLLOW EVERYTHING UNTIL ITS TIME FOR CLOCKWORKMOD TO BE INSTALLED...

(You need to have Terminal Emulator for this to work, download if nessesary)​

*** You can download the file directly from your tablet, no need for a PC ***​

1.) Get the file attached and unzip to the /sdcard/ directory (NOT /external_sd/ which is your microSD)

2.) Open TERMINAL EMULATOR and type: su (This requires ROOT access)

3.) Then type: sh /mnt/sdcard/rec.sh

Let the fireworks burn my friends... No need for a PC to flash the RECOVERY IMAGE... jejeje

Enjoy
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
i am ok with it. though if anyone has issues with that method questions will mostly ignored as fastboot is the safest and most practiced.

props for the script though! thats neat. id use it myself but it literally takes me about 30 seconds to fastboot flash.

again i dont mind because i know your just sharing knowledge...but if it does get out of hand with questions you may need to make a "guide" under your own thread so you can focus on that solely. make sense?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Jesse6749:
Thanks for this!!!!, my pc would not recognize my A100 using adb, but it worked perfect using terminal emulator :p. I would normally prefer to use adb but not sure what's up with my pc today :confused:

One question, does this backup to the external microsd card, cause the previous recovery had backed up to my internal memory, but this one backed up on my microsd card and the backup file was 767Megs compared to the previous recovery that backup file was .98Gigs. So now I have 2 backups on both internal and external cards LOL!!! :D
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] waydownsouth:
Thought I'd stop in to say hi.

Progress on this may be a little slow for the immediate future, as our primary focus has been getting the rom builds up for all the devices... the cwm based recovery is a by-product of the builds.

Rest assured, we'll work on it as time allows.

In the meantime, you've got a recovery that won't complain when you flash this

Enjoy ;)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] frenize:
Thanks a mil I've been waiting to flash this :D downloading now....
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] tdwp16:
Well thanks guys. I will try that and let you know if that works.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] tdwp16:
Nice :-) will flash once I get my recovery flashed
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] dms76:
I have the same problem even after renaming "install-recovery.sh" to "install-recovery.sh.bak". I followed all the instructions to the letter and still had the android with the red explanation point.

I tried reinstalling the recovery with:

adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot

This worked and seemed to resolve my issue. In case anyone else still has issues/
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] tdwp16:
One more question do I need any thing in my platform tools forder other than my recovery?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mapaz04:
Can do and will do if it gets out of hand...

Thanks for the props man... I make these things because I work alot and well... cant really install ADB through my work PC nor can I be downloading and transferring stuff to my devices... These little scripts make my life that much more enjoyable... jejeje

Again, thanks for this thread...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Euclid's Brother:
Great work. Thanks!

While your working on removing /data/media from the backup, just wanted to ask if your also excluding /data/media when formatting or wiping /data.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
I can confirm for you that /data/media is safe when doing a /data wipe/factory reset.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] cheeb:
So i went back to HC....and then redid this whole process...got to the point with the whole flashing of clockworkmod ..tried to go to recovery and I got the dead android....

I went ahead and did these instructions...STILL DEAD BOT...

I went ahead and renamed my install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak and still had the dead android when I tried to get into recovery...

Then ....I went ahead and followed the procedure AGAIN and it worked...

So i'm going to conclude...after changing install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak AND THEN doing the above will get this to work for anyone who is having problems..
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Yes. You need adb.exe and fastboot.exe (along with the dll files).

Actually doing it before is better. If you flash then rename it (which requires booting your device), then it will reflash the stock recovery upon boot (erasing the custom recovery). If you rename it then flash, that will not happen.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
Yeah, the install-recovery.sh if left unchanged, restores your recovery partition to stock the next time you reboot. So when you got the dead android, then changed the extension to .bak, CWM needs to be flashed again in one way or another.

Edit: Someone beat me to it^^

Is there any way to mount /system RW with programs like root explorer on this release?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] cheeb:
Good to know for next time.......

Question....

I see that when you do the Memory Swap to sdcard Clockworkmod creates the backups to your "internal storage" (which is actually your "external storage" after the trick)....will there be any to fix this in future releases?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NoSudo:
First off, THANKS to all envolved!:D

Second, Id like to confirm the files I have are good before I attempt to flash.

Here is what I get with md5sum

17633b3ca8cf81a88a1766b88100c39e recovery.img

de7df7d1e3046568fc0147a93aa90a05 update-cm-9.0.0-RC0-vangogh-UNOFFICIAL-signed.zip
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
yes...i will have to post the commands after work...basically i remounted as rw and reran the root that zeronull released. this makes the /system always rw when toggled with root explorer. if you dont remount the root script fails.

ill also have to post these after work...unless wds beats me :-D
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
Ok great! I have been mounting the /system with "mount -o remount, rw /system/". But I am in the same boat as you and can't try anything until after work.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NoSudo:
Thanks again m8
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
ok so for system mounting i used this code in an adb shell from my pc

toolbox mount -o remount, rw /system/

which gave me rw system with root explorer,

I then tried the A100 root that is linked in my OP and it finished successfully and i now have toggle rw working in root explorer.

checking md5's now

recovery.img md5 : 17633b3ca8cf81a88a1766b88100c39e

my adb is being retarded and wont gimme the md5 for the cm9 build....will try later..
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Tested but it's only temporary; I had to manually create the "mempodroid" file and the "tools" folder in addition to placing the su binary in /system/bin/. Once I try to toggle it, it remains back at R/O (same result as the command alone).
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
did u run zeronulls root?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
I tried this exact procedure earlier and it was unsuccessful.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] masr1979:
I can't even get root in adb shell. I can get it in terminal emulator, but I'm getting permission denied when I try through adb.

I'll get back to you guys after I try a few more things.

*edit* Superuser is denying su privileges to "shell" does so automatically, even if I set Superuser to accept all request, it still denies it. *edit*
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Yes, I did. It failed unless I did the stuff mentioned.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
I did the same thing as you earlier today. It makes the script look as though it completed but you don't get a reboot and /system does not become rw by rootexplorer.

EDIT: Even with GPS and location services enabled, it seems like none of my apps can find my location. Am I missing something key?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
ive noticed the opposite...my gps is actually working now. you might wanna downlpad gps test and let it do its thing. forst gps boot takes well over 2 mins. after that i get locks in under 30 seconds
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] toyface:
Ha ha, like a n00b I didn't the thread whilst getting down to all this this morning, tried a backup, ran out of space, cleared internal sd card of ROMs etc, I freed 3 Gig, really need to start using the 15 Gig free on my external SD.

Will be spending a lot of time on this today, can't wait to get the CM build up and running. Thanks everyone.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
Ok, I will mess around with it later after work. I was making sure I didn't forget to install something, etc... Thanks for the help.

I forgot to mention my problem isn't necessarily with my GPS, but a few different widgets for weather and news were unable to find my location. It says there is no location service available, which is not true they are all turned on.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] masr1979:
The kindle fire has that issue as well.

---------- Post added at 02:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 PM ----------

Ok so I ran all the commands from terminal emulator and NOW I can mount /system as rw from root explorer, and it sticks through reboots. I can also get root access through adb as well, which was going out the door as soon as I installed the new CWM.

... Now I gotta wait 'til I get home to install all my apps.

Anyways, if having some issues with adb, then I suggest running everything from the tablet itself.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Raul77:
sorry if this is a noob question, but what is the difference between this and the one here : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23921740&postcount=17

they both seem to be 5.5.0.4
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
Thank you. I copied all of the files to /data/local/tools. From the terminal on the tablet with root I entered:

chmod 0755 /data/local/tools/*

/data/local/tools/mempodroid 0xd9f0 0xaf47

I then copied all of the text from getroot.sh from the /data/local/tools directory and pasted it into the terminal window. The tablet rebooted and I can now toggle /system RW on any app. Thanks again buddy, I am not sure why it wasn't working through ADB. I even have it set under developer options under settings.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] masr1979:
Yeah at one point I thought that was the issue, but even when I set that to "Apps and ADB" still no dice. Anyways, glad you resolved your issues as well.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
this is actually made for the a100.

btw heres the gapps from the last A100 ICS leak. http://www.mediafire.com/?db2rl0z6v8xc2a8
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Raul77:
Thanks, since i got that one going now, is there any special steps to install this one or just follow the same steps?

Cheers,
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Instructions are in the OP :p.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] seejeremy:
Thank you very much for this. I couldn't get the other method to take, but this one installed on the first time with no problems. Thanks again.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Land Master:
Ok Guys what am I missing? I have read through this entire thread and am now confused as to whether some of these "issues" (mount system) are related to this recovery or the installation of CM9?

In my mind, flashing a new recovery would have no impact on root so I'm assuming that some CM9 issues are being discussed here. Correct?

If not, and since I DO plan on flashing CM9 if anybody would be so kind as to give me a quick down and dirty outline I would appreciate it. I will look up the appropriate threads but I have been away for awhile and am somewhat confused.

Bottom line to my confusion ... When do the step's outlined by Gibson.Dubs (Post 61) get performed?? After Flashing CM9?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] j.price:
Have root, unlocked bootloader, however, when I follow the instructions and flash, after it says I flashed successfully and I reboot, it seems to overwrite the recovery back to stock
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Land Master:
See post 26, 36 & 41 ...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
I performed these steps after flashing CM9 using the terminal emulator baked into the rom. I copied the tools directory extracted from ZeroNull's root script to /data/local/tools on my device and ran the commands I mentioned above. For the last part pertaining to getroot.sh I opened it with a text editor on my device, selected all and copied all of the text. I then switched to the terminal and pasted all of the text and pressed enter. After reboot my /system was able to be mounted rw with rootexplorer and other apps. This issue doesn't have anything to do with the recovery, just the rom. I later replaced my su file with a better one for ICS, that has much less segfaults and then upgraded to a more complete version of busybox, but not everyone will need to do that. I hope this helps.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
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[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Le Corse 2:
Procédure d'installation en langue francaise.

Pour commencer assurez vous d'avoir bien mis a jour Adroid SDK.

Pour cela, allez dans le dossier d'Android du le disque C:\, ouvrez le et lancer "Android SDK Manager.exe"

Une fois la mise a jour effectuée,

-Copiez le fichier "recovery.img" dans le dossier "...\platform-tools\".

-Lancez via la barre des tache Windows la fenêtre CMD (faire "Executer..." et taper "cmd" dans la barre de texte).

-Dans la fenetre tapez "cd\", vous devez vous retrouver avec ceci "c:\"

-Tapez ensuite "cd c:\android" puis "cd platform-tools", vous devez vous retrouvez avec ceci "c:\android\plateform-tools>"

-Connectez votre tablette, qui doit êre allumé et sous Android.

-Tapez ensuite "adb devices", verifiez que votre périphérique est bien connecté.

-Tapez ensuite "adb reboot bootloader", votre tablette vas redémarrer une première fois puis redémarer en bootloader.

-Tapez ensuite "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" et vérifiez que le fichier s'écrit correctement, vous devriez avoir ceci :

"

sending 'recovery' (4870 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.343s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 1.302s]

finishing. Total time: 2.645s

"

-Si c'est le cas, tapez "fastboot reboot", la tablette redémarre.

-Votre tablette a maintenant le ClockWodMod recovery.

-BRAVO
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] FloatingFatMan:
^ Speak English, read the rules.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] conorkickass:
Read the thread before asking: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24968640&postcount=41
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] MegaDragonMan:
But... apart that this recovery is for the A100, what are the differences between this recovery and "old" recovery? Isn't that OK? Has it any problem?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
The only problem I came across is that it makes nandrod backups to the internal storage. Other than that it seemed to work as expected.

PS. CM9 with touch screen fixes and I will be complete.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] MegaDragonMan:
Thank you, but what are the differences between the 2 recoveries?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] .Gibson.:
Does anyone know if CM9 alpha 2 fixes touch screen problems in the usual buggy games?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
not yet...its in the works. hopefully acer releases kernel source soon and great things can happen!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] fixxxer7:
Hi guys.

Im more of a lurker and normally find things out by reading people's posts, but i cant seem to change the "install-recovery.sh" to "install-recovery.sh.bak"

I'm using root browser but every time I try to change it, it doesn't save it.

Anyone have an adb command to do this?

Thanks in advance.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mjybarr:
Correct if I'm wrong...but rename it to: install-recovery.bak

That should work
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] fixxxer7:
My bad, turns out the file explorer I was using didn't have write capabilities. Changed the name successfully with a different app.

Thank you.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
hello my old mexdroid friend? :D
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mjybarr:
Hey buddy! You and I have good taste in devices haha
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] dslayer83:
Took me a minute to figure out where to run the cmd in what folder, but it hit me in the head like a foul ball. hence the unzipped folder fastboot&recovery lol
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mrmrmrmr:
Hi,

I installed recovery.img as described but I don't know how to go in to CWM recovery.

What is the correct key combination ?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Joecascio2000:
Use an app from the market called quickboot.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] HOGWILD:
can i use the stock ics with root or do i have to use Official ICS Leak c/o Vache?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
no you can use stock...i wrote the OP before the OTA was rolling out...will edit when im not mobile.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
plug it into the pc? issue tue commands?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jfrank1485:
I get the same error the first time but it was because i was using a custom adb platform tools (like a lite version kinda superboot) so what i did was dowload the real android sdk (the zip file) from here http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r18-windows.zip and then i installed the platform tools, then i ran the commands again and it works flawlessly

Hope this helps.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] wildrat58:
another question about it also.

What is the difference between this cwm and the cwm in Acer Recovery? Is this an updated cwm or is it the same?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] IRIE4IPIER:
I flash the recovery, but yet when I access recovery I have the dead android and still the stock android recovery. Any alternatives other than this one, will search after I post this.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] wildrat58:
If you do not have reaper rom installed you can download the Acer Recovery app from this site and install.

Your boot loader must be unlocked. Run app and select recovery you desire, or install Reaper Extreme and you will have 5504 when your done.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Make sure you delete the "install-recovery.sh" file located in the "/etc" directory.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] eruisi:
I did all steps in #1 post and it seems getting CWM on my A100, but exactly how I can benefit from it? Sorry if my question is naive here:)

If I press power+volume-down, I get the following menu:

reboot system now

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

apply update from cache

I can select with volume-up/down, but cannot "enter" my selection with home button or any other button.

At the bottom, there are some log message saying it looks for /mnt/sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)

...

Installation aborted

Does this look correct CWM behavior? If I want to flash custom rom, should I just rename the downloaded ROM to update.zip and put it to root of sdcard and then boot with power+volume-down? For backing up my current system, should I use Titanium backup, as I didn't see backup option in the menu above.

Sorry for so many questions, I don't want to brick my device:)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] guags99:
Nevermind....Used the search to delete the recovery before flashing and all is good! Thanks to all!!

I'm having the same problem with still getting the dead Andy. The recovery.img seems to have copied properly...

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] eruisi:
reinstalling also works for me. I guess that fastboot erase recovery is the key.

Anyway I am glad I finally have the CWM on my A100!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
After the file has been renamed, erase then reflash the recovery image.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] aaronlkh:
Worked like a charm but failed to do nandroid backup using CWM. Any idea? Also what's the Gapps.zip file is for?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] labros1995:
i do all the process but when i get on fastboot my tablet says "bootloader v0.03.06-ICS(UnlockMode):Starting Fastboot USB download protocol" i type : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and it does nothing.the cmd window says:fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command.operable program or batch file. my recovery image is in:C:\android-sdk-windows\platform tools\recovery\recovery.img what seems to be the problem.?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Did you link it to the folder containing "fastboot.exe"?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] labros1995:
ok m8 i did it thanks a lot.!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] labros1995:
guys im on stock ICS. I am rooted,i unlocked my bootloader and i installed cwm through adb.i also renamed '' install-recovery.sh'' to '' install-recovery.bak'' but every time i get in recovery mode through (rom manager) or( power button+volume down) it doesnt open cwm but the stock one with the android robot on its back and a red exclamation mark.what is the problem?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
Do "fastboot erase recovery", then reflash it.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] labros1995:
that worked!!! thanks a lot
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] bgsitizen:
Hello, i followed all of the steps and it did say that recovery.img was flashed but yet again I get the droid with the red trangle every time I try to go into recovery.. I reflashed it like 4 times and no luck. Any ideas guys? Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Joecascio2000:
Read the three post above yours.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] raphsabb:
Help me please

I need help guys!

I am going to try to explain my situation as best I can.

About a month ago my tablet stopped working, it boots, gets to the screwed up acer logo and just stays there.

Up to that point I had CM9, unlocked bootloader, CWM 5.5.0.4, rooted and no problems. I wasnt attempting anything on it when it stopped working, the battery had died completely, when I charged it to boot it, i got nothing.

So I went into CWM but nothing mounts in there, it wont mount anything, it wont even mount the sd card so I can apply an update.zip

I can get into fastboot but I have no clue what the problem is nor what I need to do to fix it :(
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
You could try reflashing the recovery.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] CrusherJoe:
Hey guys, I had a little adventure getting this to work right and thought I'd share in case anyone else has the same issues I did.

I had the "attempt to boot into recovery, get a flash of polyhedron Android and then BOOM, dead Android on-screen" issue.

I tried Theonew's suggestion from post #25 but that didn't work.

I tried cheeb's suggestion from post #26 with no better result.

I began to think that perhaps I wasn't really flashing the recovery.img like I thought I was, so I combined these steps:

From Theonew's steps, I did this:

adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot reboot

...leaving out the flashing recovery.img step.

I then followed mapaz04's instructions for flashing from within Android from post #28.

After that, I installed Quickboot from the market, selected reboot into recovery and now I'm backing up with CWM as I type this...and just checked it completed successfully.

THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed in this thread -- for me, at least, it took something from each of you to make it work. Thanks for all your hard work and for sharing your knowledge.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] raphsabb:
I actually tried that today, I erased the recovery, booted same thing as before stuck on distorted acer, and I cant get into recovery(which is normal since there isnt one)

THen I reinstalled recovery, can boot into it but still nothing mounts...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
If you try to do "install zip from SD", what happens?