[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsnyn:
Hi,

I bought the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition phone in March 2012 which now comes with a updated Froyo 2.2 Stock ROM (This previously had the 2.1 Eclair as Stock ROM).

I have gone through a lot of posts and have done a lot of search & study w.r.t to this & other phone Models & in general related to Android OS, Rooting, Flashing, etc.

After much Research I came across "Z4Root" Rooting application & took the risk of trying it out. The "Temporary Root" option did not work however, the moment I tried the "Permanant Root" option it worked like a charm and I was easily able to "ROOT" my phone.

I have then installed "BusyBox" & "Titanium BackUp" and have taken a BackUp of my phone. This also went through smoothly.

I then downloaded "ROM Manager" application available in the Market as I wanted to make a "Nandroid BackUp" before trying anything else out like flashing. "ROM Manager" has the inbuilt facility to download & install "Clockworkmod Recovery" based on which phone model it is installed and it is required before anything else can be used or executed from "ROM Manager". I executed this option and it searched and listed "Liquid E" as the only option for installing "Clockworkmod Recovery" which I went ahead with and let the installation workout. This however was UNSUCCESSFUL as it gave an error stating "An error occurred during installation". I tried this twice but it came up with the same error message.

My Phone is working without any issues at the moment but I have never tried to enter into the default Recovery Mode also of my phone. The default option does not have any other useful options like BackingUp & Restore that the custom Recovery applications provide like "Clockworkmod Recovery".

I would like to intall a "Custom Recovery" on this specific phone model specifically keeping in mind that it has a updated stock Froyo 2.2 ROM. Does anybody know or have the same which has been tried & tested for this phone?

I came across "Malez Recovery" also for the Liquid E phone but believe it was made for the Eclair 2.1 and installing it or trying to install the same might mess up or brick my phone as it is a stock Froyo 2.2 ROM.

Phone Specifications are as follows:

Model : ACER LIQUID E FERRARI SPECIAL EDITION

Android Version : FROYO 2.2

Baseband Version : A1-05.02.01

Kernel Version : 2.6.29

Build Number : ACER_LIQUIDE_4.005.02_AAP_G2F

CPU : QUALCOMM 768 MHz

CPU Version : 8250

RAM & ROM : BOTH 512

Horizontal Pixels : 480

Vertical Pixels : 800

Acer APN Version : 1.117-1

I have also found that LiquidNext 1.9.2 is a custom ROM that can be flashed on this model and have also come across another post which details installing Gingerbread on this model. Please advise and/or provide links to the following:

1. Install Custom Recovery (A Tried & Tested One!!!)

2. Best & Latest Custom ROM that can be Flashed (Again A Tried & Tested One!!!)

MOST IMP

: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS THIS SHOULD BE FOR THE "ACER LIQUID E FERRARI SPECIAL EDITION" MODEL AS MANY OTHERS LISTED ON THE NET ONLY SPECIFY THEY ARE FOR "LIQUID E" WHICH IS A COMMON TERM FOR MULTIPLE ACER MODELS & THESE ARE MOSTLY OLDER VERSIONS.

Regards,

RSN.