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[Acer Iconia A500] tennessee_titan:
In the past week I have upgraded 4 tablets to Flexreaper Extreme r3, v8 bootloader and CWM 1.7.3. Two of them were unrooted HC, and 2 were running Taboonay 3 (ICS) with the HC bootloader.

The 2 unrooted ones upgraded fine, no issues. The 2 Taboonay ones would not upgrade (see my previous posts). After I reverted with TimmieDean, and reflashed, I had no issues whatsoever....
[Acer Iconia A500] lowsum:
I already had problem with it, flexrom was screwed in some way and I could only flash TegraOwners ICS since it do not use flexrom partition. Anyway I have just sent it to Acer for repair..."finger crossed".

Tablet withdrawal on the way...:)
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Custom V8 ,

Custom V8 cwm update , to honor Skrilax_CZ
[Acer Iconia A500] danixquick:
I have v7/0.03.14-MUL / I want a V8.Just to update this file with cwm?:cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
Yeah.
[Acer Iconia A500] Vintage144:
after reading this post Im trying to figure out why so many people are having problems? I have none, Ive followed closely , constantly changing Boot Loaders ,roms you name it , may be Im just one of the lucky ones , but I havent had many problems that couldnt be worked out , Skrilax is an awesome dev , thanks!!
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
hi guys im srry for a quick and nooby question but im on the 0.03.11-ics bootloader im assuming v2

i cant see any informational steps in the OP on what action i should take to come up to v3/v3 so i can then follow steps to get to v8 ...can any give me a very breif run down so i can hunt to get the answers easier ? :o
[Acer Iconia A500] Basian Mile:
That **** is hot :-) Looks so cool. Like to start the tablet over and over ;-)
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
custom V8

New custom V8

Free

Green

Colorfull

FLEX2
[Acer Iconia A500] jimmydene84:
I'm on V2 aswell, can I just go to v8??

Dont know if it makes a difference but I used blackthunders tool to get to v2

Sent from my A500 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
Yes, just install it like you did v2, after that, you will be able to download the CMW zip files and flash any future versions in recovery. But to go from v2 to v8, you need to install like you did before.
[Acer Iconia A500] smaury:
Lightspeed bootloader V8

DOWNLOAD

Thanks Skrillax_CZ for all your work!
[Acer Iconia A500] randomblame:
v6 seems to lose the recovery partition. fastboot flash recovery doesn't fix it - it works though it flashes that partition but the issue seems to be related to the multi boot option because jiggling around primary and secondary kernels makes it possible to reboot into recovery again. it's a jittery bug but incredibly annoying if you're flashing a build or two a day
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
I don't recall having a problem with rebooting to recovery on any of the bootloader version (i.e "reboot recovery", or holding volume down key, or from boot menu), there however was a change in here in V7+.

The only issue with that was fixed in V4 (erasing boot partition would not allow you to boot to recovery either).
[Acer Iconia A500] RiceDie:
Just installed	"ICS-FULL_ROOT-TWEAKED3-A501-kernel-ANTI-SOD-test.zip" via CWM... The Tablet just freezes at first boot splash... I tried flashing "a500_a501_cwm_update_v8_green.zip" that didnt help.. just changed the boot logo.. Trying to figure out what I've done wrong...

Maybe I can flash back say to v7 boot loader and then come back to v8?...
[Acer Iconia A500] rsmiff:
apx mode problems

I'm trying to update my a500 bootloader from ICS V3 to V8. I have the USB drivers installed. Whenever I run one of the flashing utilities or even if I try to do it manually everything is telling me that my device is not found. But my computer sees my tablet. It's even listed as an APX device in device manager while in APX mode but nothing will recognize it or run.

**edit: Not sure why but it worked flawlessly on my Win 8 desktop at home.
[Acer Iconia A500] Zatta:
Whatever your problem is, it seems unrelated to the bootloader to me. There seems to be a problem with the kernel you tried to flash, better flash that one again if you are sure that that is what you want is my advice.

Otherwise, better ask Civato for advice (although I am sure he will eventually read this as well..)

Taptalked u see
[Acer Iconia A500] RiceDie:
Forgot to post update!

Yesterday I just recovered via CWM to my last backup Thor's 162 with v4 bootloader.

Then updated to Thors 169 and v8 ICS bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] BakaNeko59:
SOMEONE looks like they're having WAY too much fun with their graphics programs :D
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
no that is a 10 minute work :D , got bored a little.

EDIT , here other one
[Acer Iconia A500] lowsum:
While we're at it, here's mine!

The ® symbol and the small logo on the upper right are removed on this one.. [updated with blue fonts]
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
Fixed the invalid URLs in my repo xml config for blackthunder's tool (V7 and V8 bootloaders).
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
You need some more kids. You have entirely way too much free time :D:D:D

Clearly you already drank that 6-pack and cigar I sent you ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
My kids are big fan of BBC life documantairy so if I want some free time i just start up one of those.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Speaking of my tool, v0.4 is out including BCT dumping & decryption!! :D

Works fantastically - I've testing the s**t out of it.

It is, by the way, actually possible to boot the tablet with 4096 zero bytes as the BCT - APX Mode is the only thing that cares about it ;P

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BAHAHAHAHA omg don't neglect your children for our tabs ;) I mean, I neglect my brother to program the tools but that's okay - it's good for him to have time off Minecraft ;O

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Also skrilax, I was wondering if you could post a guide to build your native toolchain? I have tried building the bootloader from the source tree and arm-linux-androideabi-gcc is segfaulting (internal error; program as). I'm using android-ndk-r8 and I ran

CROSS_COMPILE=~/Downloads/android-ndk-r8/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-

first.

I think I fail at cross-compiling :P
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
Well it's nothing really difficult, although for the "safe way" of building you'll have to struggle at building static libgcc stage and configuring glibc (which I didn't fully do, as I only need headers from the glibc for libgcc build ... and I shouldn't it fixincludes worked ._. ). I'll perhaps write a tutorial for a custom linux toolchain, when apapousek releases his build.

I recommend rather you to download codesourcery precompiled toolchain and use that one (To compile, I have the source in src/ directory and type there: "make O=../obj/ CROSS_COMPILE=...")
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Okay awesome thanks! Also have you checked out Flash Tool 0.4?
[Acer Iconia A500] lifeofcoding:
Gorgeous! Thanks for making this, I love starting my tablet up now, simply beautiful, and thank you skrilax_CZ.. amazing work on the boot loader... where would we be without you?
[Acer Iconia A500] darkensx:
Where Can I Find More Info On the Dual Boot Function?

I want to setup my second Boot image as PsGroove aka PS3 Jailbreak for Android

But PsGroove Only Supports Nexus and Moto Droid so..

my next question is would they boot if they are the second image and would it do any damage? seeing as its not my primary boot.
[Acer Iconia A500] Kingithy:
Hi guys, so I have tried to read and follow the guide, but it is so complicated, things everywhere and it is hard for me to understand.

Is there any chance someone might be able to tell me how to do it in simple steps?

I am on HC bootloader running Civ's RF1.

Thanks in advance.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
Tray AFTEROTA! There are bootloader and recovery included and the tool is simple and save.

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] Timelord83:
slightly in love with my tab now. i had to buy a Thrive to hand off some people would stop stealing my Iconia A501. i'd post my boot loader bk but its 18+ but artsy not rude
[Acer Iconia A500] my95z34:
Please forgive me, but I haven't read the entire thread.

But is there an easy way to update the bootloader, or do I have to go through the entire process again? I believe I'm on V5 or V6 IIRC.

Thanks in advance.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
If you are on version v4 or later you can down load the flash able version and just flash in recovery.

The zip files are at the bottom of the OP.
[Acer Iconia A500] my95z34:
Woah, didnt realize those were for that purpose.

Thank you.
[Acer Iconia A500] RiceDie:
Sir can you fix the link?
[Acer Iconia A500] lowsum:
Oops, looks like my last edit went wrong, post with link fixed:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27425733&postcount=298

Enjoy!
[Acer Iconia A500] oleg1981:
How to tell witch bootloader I have?
[Acer Iconia A500] lowsum:
The latest recovery installer, can tell you:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller

If you took the lastest update OTA you are on ICS bootloader...if you're still on honeycomb you got the old bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
@oleg1981

If you don't have the newest CWM, acer recovery installer shows you the bootloader and installed recovery :-)

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Relix

Bootloader V8 matching my Relix goodbye rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] yaworski:
Nice background.

BTW I'm working on font outlining in bootloader for some time now with very good results. I need to do some fixes on the code and if everything is right Skrillax_CZ will include my patch in the next version. It adds outline to all text on BL screen (for example white font with black outline). That makes the text readable on almost any background.
[Acer Iconia A500] cajunflavoredbob:
Alright guys. I guess it's possible that I missed something, but I'm generally very thorough in reading everything before attempting. I just got an A500 in a trade and wanted to flash some cool stuff. I was able to update from the V4 that was preinstalled to V8 blue via the CWM zip. The problem now is that I'm stuck in the bootloader with no apparent way to do anything.

I read through and figured out that booting while holding volume up shows the boot menu. The problem is that none of the commands seem to function in there. Reboot does reboot the tab right back to the blank bootloader screen. Fastboot mode seems to go into fastboot, but fastboot on the PC won't see it. I mean, Windows installs the drivers automatically, but when I open fastboot, it just hangs at <waiting for device>. I rebooted a few times on the PC and tab, and then manually installed the Acer drivers from their site directly. Same result, fastboot just hangs.

Boot primary kernel image makes it hang on the Booting Primary kernel image screen.

Boot secondary kernel image returns an error "ERROR: Invalid secondary (AKB) kernel image."

Boot recovery kernel image hangs at the Booting Recovery kernel image screen.

Set Boot Secondary Kernel Image toggles the primary boot option as it should.

Set Debug Mode ON toggles the debug mode on and off.

Wipe Cache seems to do its job.

The only problem I seem to be having is with fastboot. I should be able to do everything I need if I can get that up and running, but the A500 is the only one of my toys that is not seen by fastboot on the PC. Seriously, out of seven Android devices, it's the only one not recognized in fastboot.

Any ideas while I'm moving to a different PC?

My PC is Win 7 Pro x64, btw.

EDIT: Don't mind me. Stupid mistake. I was trying to use a modified fastboot for the Glacier that was still in my platform tool folder. Used to original fastboot and no problems flashing recovery through fastboot. I didn't realized that the new bootloader would erase everything, though.
[Acer Iconia A500] yaworski:
Check in Windows' Device Manager if fastboot is working correctly (for example no exlamation mark on the entry). If there are no errors in Device Manager then you probably have wrong fastboot binary. Try to download it from other source.

I've had similar problem on Linux and I've been trying many different things to make fastboot command to see my tablet. Then I've redownloaded fastboot binary from other source and voila :). I think that there are also different builds of fastboot for Windows.

----edit----

Lol, I didn't read the whole post before replaying. But anyway the problem actually was the fastboot binary just like I thought.
[Acer Iconia A500] oleg1981:
ok so i rooted the device and instaled the recovery installer. it shows me version 0.03.12-ICS

now before installing CWM 1.7 first i have to flash patched bootloader?
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
No! Recovery and bootloader are two independent components.

You can flash Thor`s CWM 1.7.3 via your recovery. I guess you installed the basic THOR recovery with acer installer?

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] oleg1981:
No. I did not installed any thing. I just installed the Acer installer to check for the version of my boot loader.

With my boot loader can I flash patchet boot loader through the recovery like a rom?

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[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
hmmm

I am not sure - sorry! Maybe the bootloader has to be unlocked to be able to do this... .

Do you know AFTEROTA?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1675939

It might be helpful! I played with this tool upgraded and went back to stock etc..

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
If you are already running the patched bootloader version 4 or above, yes you can flash via recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] xamilek555:
Can someone tell me how many digits does CPUID have? 11 or 15? Mine has 11 and i dont know if it's good or not.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
15 numbers and 3 letters

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] xamilek555:
Is there any video tutorial? I am a noob and I cant even get my cpuid...

Wysyłane z mojego A500 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
If you have a CWM backup, open the folder, there you will find uid.txt.file, it conains the CPUID.

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] rayfin:
Finally decided to flash a new bootloader, Thor's ROM worked with the HC bootloader so there was no need. Anyways, after flashing this, my tablet is now stuck in either portrait or landscape mode. I say either because it changes from time to time when I reboot.... no clue why. The switch on the side does nothing.
[Acer Iconia A500] mucus_android:
so i am think i can flash a patched ics bootloader from recovery

and then flash a rooted stock ics rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] Savok:
Yes if you already have a patched bootloader version 4 or higher, otherwise you need to use nvflash. There are lots of walkthroughs in the forum.
[Acer Iconia A500] mucus_android:
i wound up just flashing the new bootloader from recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] Josefsson:
Happened to me as well, a hardware reset fixed it (tiny button next to usb port)

Although I flashed both ROM and kernel when I upgraded BL so I wasn't sure which component was the culprit
[Acer Iconia A500] blucmal:
Sorry if this is a dumb question I have the v8 bootloader installed and am wondering about the dual boot bit. Can I run my two fav roms in a dual boot config or is it only for running linux beside android? If you can run two android roms is there a newb friendly guide on how to set up dual boot? Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
No it is not possible yet to run two ROMs, eachone on one partition. But I heard it should be possible to boot one ROM with two different kernels. I didn't tray it myself... .

m..
[Acer Iconia A500] blucmal:
Ok thanks cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] Skrilax_CZ:
Running two Android ROMs would require repartitioning the tablet and adapting them both (or just one of them, if they don't use flexrom).
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
saved me some time there :D
[Acer Iconia A500] zborn:
help

Could any of you tell me how to download the v170. I've been trying to register in tegraowners.com and it won't let me. Do any of you have it on DB or a mediafire link?

Thanks...
[Acer Iconia A500] VelosCohagen:
You will not find much support for this rom here, although its the best ics rom in my opinion. This rom is made by a man whos name is not allowed to speak out in this forum.

Gesendet von meinem Iconia A501 mit Tapatalk 2
[Acer Iconia A500] zborn:
Wow.. why not?
[Acer Iconia A500] VelosCohagen:
He's banned from here because he is not publishing the source code of his roms. Someone stole the source code of an older rom and used it in his own rom as far as i know. Therefore he opened his own forum.

Gesendet von meinem Iconia A501 mit Tapatalk 2
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
@zboern,

it is strange with the link and that you are not able to register at TEGRAOWNERS?!?

If you are a little patient, v171 should come out every moment (so I hope).

@VelosCohagen,

yes, it is sad but true :-(

I for my self think it is completely exaggerated and it is an xda problem and not ours. Since we find it is the best ROM for our devises, we can write or speak about it freely.

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] VelosCohagen:
I think you are right.
[Acer Iconia A500] paxChristos:
Acer Iconia Users,

Remember, the topic of this thread is a Bootloader, not any particular roms, stay on topic.

Pax

FSM Acer Iconia A500
[Acer Iconia A500] niksssss:
Is it only me or the download links are down ?
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Not such but if they are you can use the a500bootloaderflash.tk repo in my flash tool to get the v8 BL plus a recovery image
[Acer Iconia A500] zborn:
Thanks for the advice but i still cant see how to download it from any other place. I know im kinda offtopic. But someone please guide me in the right way . Ive heard its the best one out there and would like to try it out. If you have it on dropbox or sny other place please give me a link.. It'll be well appreciated... :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
@zborn You don't listen very well to other Mods, do you?

When an FSM (Moderator) asks that you not continue with certain discussion, it is best to listen and not continue. Especially when it is completely "OFF TOPIC" and belongs in threads elsewhere. Not only that, it's considered rude, and does nothing but clog the current thread.

If you have trouble downloading Roms or any other files from links provided, it is more appropriate you contact the Developer who posted the links.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] zborn:
I truly apologize... It won't happen again.. Thanks anyways.
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Finally got around to updating to v8 from v7. Don't know if this is a known issue or not, but the flashable update to v8 would not work when flashed with the latest TWRP recovery. It would just keep booting to v7 and never update. I had to switch back to CWM for it to finally take, so clearly the issue is with TWRP. No biggie for me, as I'm not completely sold on TWRP anyway, but just thought I'd mention it in case someone else encounters the same.
[Acer Iconia A500] HunnyBearLewis:
If there are people still having trouble with the sensors (gyro, accel, etc) they should try all the tips repeatedly.

Someone suggested a simple reboot, another suggested using the Reset button, some said make sure the Auto rotation switch is locked (while another said make sure it's UNlocked), and then somebody else said keep the tablet off for a few minutes before rebooting (with the lock on or off who knows).

Anyways, on BL v8 I had the same issues. No games had any sensors input. All of the mentioned tips did nothing for me. So I tried them again, and again in different combinations: reboot with lock on or off, hardware reset with lock on or off, clear caches then reboot with lock on or off, keep it off for a while then boot into recovery to wipe caches (because I have zero idea if it helps but wiping never hurts and feels good :p).

Somehow after so many tries, everything is working again and I can play games like Atmo and CHAOS (rely on sensors). So don't give up.

My apologies if this is off topic but I searched and noticed some people here with the same issue.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Nah, it's ok. Not really off-topic, as a lot of people want to blame the V-8 bootloader from everything from Sensors to SOD's.They real issue, is it only happens in about 5% or less. All the tricks, well, I really don't think they work. But for whatever reason, it happens only with ICS. So it seems, the fault lies with the acer hardware drivers. And in most cases, as you discovered, it magically starts working again. Not the first time "that" happened ;)

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] happyjack96:
Tried to enter apx mode automatically and when it's done it still says no apx device connected. Even when I do it manually I get the same thing...
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Check your drivers in device manager. You might have to direct it at the Acer driver folder to install the Acer USB Boot recovery driver. Also che k cable connections and that the power LED is on even with the power cable unplugged
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Hi,

Does this bootloader (V8) support Stock Honeycomb ROMs? I have accidently restored with CWM a 3.0.1 Stock ROM on this bootloader, but it's working just fine. Yet, since I'm not sure it SHOULD, I wonder if I can try turning off the tablet or booting in CWM to restore the proper backup. What do you think?

Thank you in advance.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
@reptor.x

thank you for reporting this incident! I was always curious what will happen when restoring a CWM backup made on HC bootloader when running the ICS bootloader :)

I hope, I didn't misunderstood... .

And everything is working just fine? What does the acer recovery installer say?

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Hello,

Thank you for your answer. Yeah it was working fine, only I was so scared and impatient that I already tried to access CWM (and succeeded) and flashed the Evil Alex back already. So unfortunately I can't answer your question anymore, unless your question was "Is CWM still working", in which case the answer was "Yes". ;)

I do not guarantee that the same thing will happen if you try this though, maybe it was just a "lucky shot".
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
Thanx!

Unfortunately I am not able to tray it now because I am on the HC bootloader again. When I was on the ICS one, I was to scared too :)

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Interesting.... usually the restore will only work if u r on the old BL, hence the reason 4 An EUU/update.zip downgrade to rollback from ICS to HC

Use ARI to see if it recognizes yr recovery - if so then boot to it and u SHOULD be ok from there...can't say 4 sure m8 as I've not seen yr issue reported b4...but pls let us know how u get on...good luck!
[Acer Iconia A500] RebelebeR:
Restore

I just got my a500 and I love it. I did the ota upgrade to ics then rooted it and installed the unlocked bootloader, etc. After that I made a backup of the the ics rom and installed cm10 preview which I am happy with, but I was curious, is it possible to restore my backup of the original ics to the secondary boot partition so I can dual boot ics and cm10, and if so, how?