yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] purduephotog:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz4rH6yLNiQpUHpmczBTVE5YUlk/edit

Downloaded the file from here after googling it- the live link didn't work.
[Acer Iconia A500] traszka11:
In case someone might still need it:

For a501 on android 4.0.3 it doesn't even start on Windows 8 (error about UAC) and while it starts on Vista it gets stuck on step 3 out of 4 (flashing recovery).

I hoped to be able to do root with this tool but eventually managed to do it using blackthund3r's method and Windows Vista (seems that Windows 8 is useless here).
[Acer Iconia A500] dnnadie:
Hi. I'm not like this guys, I know very little about Android, ROMs and DEV, but I do can tell you how to disable UAC on Windows 10 (must be the same for 8 and 8.1)

1) Press keys Windows+R [RUN]

2) Type

regedit

and Execute.

3) Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

4) Modify the value of the EnableLUA DWORD value and set it to 0

5) Reboot

PS: You can follow the same steps to enable UAC (Recommended)
[Acer Iconia A500] DRAFF:
I want install a custom Rom like cm or other stable recent. So, beeing a newbie, I decided to use afterota to installing BL e CR. I have A500:

Android Build : Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1

Bootloader : 0.03.12-ICS

I tryed to install all option in Afterota Standard TAb, installation succesfull, but when I try to boot tablet after attemps I have this result: or boot normally, or with this: some strings in the bottom left and i0t briefly shows the Android and then android with the red exclamation mark in the triangle.

- Any help to use this tool?

- And, any help/guide step by step to install this elements also manually? (I thing the process is: unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, rom....but I dont know how)
[Acer Iconia A500] dioggio:
All done but no change

I have tried several of the standard bootloaders and it completes and says all done but I can't see any changes and I get the dead android with the red ! when I try to enter recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
Belgium, the flamish part and holland will unite, one of these centuries :)

Thanks for your help though!
[Acer Iconia A500] pimpmaneaton:
Wow is what I have to say about this tool. Works very very well and super easy to use. Backs up all info if needed in future. Many thanks man, have yet had a reason to jump to the ics boot loader buy figured since it would be hella easy with afterota I figured what the heck. Went smooth and did not have any issues. Thanks again.

Launched from one mean machine hopped up on some AOKP!!
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Had been away from the a500 development for awhile, one noob question: I am on a older version of flexreaper with hc bootloader, would this tool install the v6 ics bootloader or I should follow civ's guide? And which recovery is recommended...?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
This great tool or the guide , its up to you.
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
So, for using this tool, I just need to browse for the custom bootloader i.e. v6 package then browse for the recovery, Thor 1.7.3 then click install a500, that's it?
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
i am currently updating the op with version 1.01, this version detects wether you are on honeycomb or on ics, and correspondingly disables the dangerous tabs or buttons for your current situation.

I suggest you wait and download the new version, because the old version could cause strange situations if you are not fully aware of what you are doing.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
Thanks civ for answering some questions while i was scripting !
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Ok, thanks a lot:)

I am on a older version of ics flexreaper , this would work right ? Just want to update from the hc bootloader to v6 ics bootloader and thors 1.7.3 touch recovery....
[Acer Iconia A500] ZACQ8:
With your new changed settings I think the above method which I am about to try, will not work right??? because on my HC rom ICS tabs will be disabled, so I will try with your first version which I have already downloaded....?

Could you please give me any link to ota ics version 1.031

thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
that was for emulating your situation.

i responded to your pm, better go and read it.

i still thing best method for you is : go back to full stock, and do the update.zip method with an ota ics. link is in your pm inbox + step by step guide

good luck...
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
yeps it would work.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
excellent!!!!

nice work gersma, impressive, love all the options seemed to have thought of everything we might need!!! just trying a downgrade (again) just to test - fairly straightforward and intuitive-i'll have a proper play tomorrow and report back
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
No problem m8 , always love to help my fellow countrymen.

Edit.

I see you updated your tool , nice!

Will check it out .
[Acer Iconia A500] ZACQ8:
Yes, Civ...You love to help your fellow countrymen and enjoy helping other countrymen....

you are really great, so kind, so helpful....

All the developers I found in this dev forum are very kind and very helpfull, thanks to all...
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
After running the AfterOTA tool, choosing for ICS, then choosing for ICS bootloader 3.14.6 and public recovery, after rebooting my Iconia 500 i am stuck with a black screen with acer displayed in the middle. This is so for hours and hours.

What did i do wrong? I was on a flexreaper rom with HC 3.0.1 bootloader, wanted to install the newest Flexreaper for which i should have installed the ICS bootloader?

Also, the process for flashing the ICS bootloader just takes a few seconds.

Any clues as to what i do wrong?
[Acer Iconia A500] Tib44:
I'm on flexreaper RF1-rv3 with HC bootloader

Can I use this soft to install ICSbootlaoder?
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
I think i know what i did wrong. I tried installing the ICS bootloader from the version 1.0 tool onto an Iconia Tab 500 with an HC bootloader. This unfortunately doesnt work. This means I can not use the newer Flexreaper roms which need the ICS bootloader?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dikks:
Great work!!! Thanks!!!

Is this programm works with A501 & its bootloader?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Remember if you already got Flexreaper running on your HC bootloader you need to install the ICS kernel (or the extreme patch) after you updated to ICS bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
can you get into pub recovery v0.2? if so you can put the newest flexreaper on your sdcard and flash it that way.
[Acer Iconia A500] ZACQ8:
OP says : This program is intended for usage on A500/G100W tablets with OTA HC or OTA ICS.

are you able to enter CWM with Vol-d+Power now??? do wipes and try rebooting.. if recovery is flashed you might be able to flash new roms,
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
For the people that want the latest V7 unlocked bootloader and CWM 1.7.3 , use the browse function of the app. And let the app to his thing.

see attachements

Some side info , you don't need to use nvflash once you got V4 and up , you just go here and download the cwm version of the bootloader and install it simple with cwm. (not possible with bootloader V1 , V2 , V3)
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
I'm looking forward to your findings !
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
I can get in Clockworkmod Recovery v5.0.2.3

But now I installed ure new AfterOTA, and now i am not able to install the ICS bootloader and recovery, as they are grayed out.

My situation is now: Bootloader HC3.0.1 and not a running ROM anymore.

If I start AfterOTA I still can choose to install HC 3.0.1 (and not anymore the grayed out ICS bootloaders). Installing this just takes a few seconds, and afterwards I am still stuck with the Thor2002ro rev1.5 recovery. AFter installing the Flexreaper rom, installation ends succesful, but then just the black screen with the words ACER displayed in the mcentre of the screen, nothing else happens.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Meaning you are using wrong kernel , Extreme version is only for ICS bootloader users.

So can only work on ICS bootloader.

And I think the ICS bootloader stuff is not available anymore as it is on your tablet ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Tib44:
So i can use this soft with my A500 (flexreaper RF1-rv3 with HC bootloader) to update to ICS bootloader if I flash the ICS kernel after
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
You are right, i only have the HC 3.0.1. bootloader on my A500.

But my impression was, with this tool I could replace my HC 3.0.1. bootloader with the latest ICS bootloader the easy way.

But if i understand now, it is only ment for upgrades to specific bootloader, so all you can do is upgrade from HC version x to HC version xx, or from ICS version a to ICS version b, so not from HC version x to ICS version b, or the other way around?

Anyway, if i want to be able to install Flexreaper extreme on my A500 with HC 3.0.1 what are the steps I should do? :)

Have been able to put Flexreaper back on my Iconia A500, so i have a running A500 again, with bootloader HC 3.0.1 and a previous Flexreaper version, not the extreme version.

Which steps do I need to follow to get ICS bootloader and Flexreaper extreme on my A500?
[Acer Iconia A500] parker09:
How long is it supposed to take to flash a recovery, I've tried flashing ICS bootloader & recovery but it's been on [3/4 flashing recovery] for about 15 minutes now.
[Acer Iconia A500] strongergravity:
It shouldn't be anywhere near that long - only a couple of minutes at most.

Did the bootloader install correctly?
[Acer Iconia A500] Vintage144:
I will be trying this later on for v7 , I would highly suggest to those who are having trouble to use Civato's guide before trying this out, not that there is anything wrong here ,but its always nice to have some basic knowledge first! Many of the questions asked here (you will already understand after using Civatos guide) !

Great work Germsa!!!

*Ok I couldnt resist! Now on V7 and Thor 1.7.3 *

*also for those that took V7 from Civatos link , just extract the files to the same directory as afterota, then browse the files will be with the others ,just makes it easier*
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
Got it all running now... at least... ICS bootloader/Thos recovery and a kernel suited for ICS bootloader. But no wifi. If i click on the wifi in settings, it says its turning wifi on, but the switch goes back to off again.

Any ideas? (Flexreaper extreme)
[Acer Iconia A500] D3v17:
this tools for A501 too?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Only option , clean install.
[Acer Iconia A500] parker09:
Nope as far as I can tell, I tried installing the ICS bootloader with TWRP recovery but it was just stalled for about 20minutes all up and I just disconnected it, and then it said it finishes (weird I know), but when I booted into recovery it was on Thors (so obviously didn't update).

I ended up following another guide and installed everything, just not sure how to check what bootloader version I'm using (yeah I'm a bit of a noob), I installed Busy Box - ran the A500Manager.exe but it didn't retrieve any string.
[Acer Iconia A500] CheopsChefren:
Grgrgrgrrg, i keep having problems.

My A500 doesnt recognise my SD-card and it also doesnt find any files on Internal storage. Which I realised after I wanted to re-install Flexreaper.

So, I have no way to install a new ROM, install from SD-card doesnt work, as thor recovery cant mount my SD-Card, and as i did a complete format from everything else via Thor, also recovery doesnt find any files anymore on internal storage.

How to proceed from here? I still can boot in recovery, sometimes AfterOTA gets my a500 recognised. Please, any help would be much appreciated now :)

Oh yes, what is the "download" menu for in thor recovery?

________________________________________________________________

It was so simple: my SD-card wasnt recognised, after removing/inserting it a few times, it got recognised, after which i could re-install FlexReaper!
[Acer Iconia A500] splatoid:
Well still wont connect on my computer. I used different usb ports different usb cord. Updated to newest program reinstalled drivers uninstalled Acer Sync. I can see both my drives in computer but no luck. Kinda odd as it seems like everyone else is doing fine. Well something to try to figure out.

---------- Post added at 09:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:18 AM ----------

Download in thors recovery is same as APX mode.
[Acer Iconia A500] j0h4n:
Same thing happend to me. But I am on clean stock ics install. (same thing hapend when I tried to installed ics kernel/rooted)
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
max 1 minute
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
no
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
when skrilax puts out the final version of v7 i'll update the program.
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Just to confirm once again, I just need to click on instal ics bootloader v3.14.6 and recovery to install v6 ics bootloader, I am on an older release of ics flexreaper with hc bootloader, sorry for my questions but I will be going out soon and need my tab fully functional so don't want to mess things up...
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Yes , but you need to install a kernel to work with ICS bootloader , see flexreaper thread for OC package. Or even better do a fresh install.

@gersma

New release 10/10 m8.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
Bedankt ee matje !
[Acer Iconia A500] MythicBlue:
Perfect

This worked perfect from official OTA ICS... had already rooted but had not installed cwm... just love this all in one solution... props out to all who contributed... some pretty talented people... more talented than me..
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
I would be installing(after wiping everything) the latest iteration of your Rom, flexreaper RF1- Extreme rv2.... I don't need to flash any kernels with it do I? Thanks for your help....
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
It's stuck on 3/4 flashing recovery, what should I do? Please help what should I do?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
No

Try reinstalling cwm
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Should I disconnect my tablet now? Also using what I should use to reinstall cwm?, the bootloader is installed ? Also which can should I reinstall I was trying with the third 1.7.2 touch recovery using the tool

The tool states: 3/4 flashing recovery...
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
Any one having problem, with the tool not detecting USB connection/error. Make sure you don't have a security program that is restricting ADB.exe, when you run the Afterota.exe. Had the same issue but working fine once i have ADB.EXE access.

EDIT: Nice job gersma, the tool works great. Used it to update my V6 to V7 using the file civato posted in his post.

Thanks for all the hard work you and others put in making this tool and testing it.
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Can anyone help me out asap?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
fastboot it if you got a working unlocked ICS bootloader ,

download attachment , unzip it , open cmd (commandprompt) on the folder and type the following while your tablet is connected to your pc and in fastboot mode (power/volume-up button to enter fastboot mode menu and select fastboot)

now in cmd you type

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (enter)

you should have Thor 1.7.3 now
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
I shouldn't close the afterota tool? I think my tablet is still in apx mode cause the screen is black with the power led on...
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
I don't know what you guys are trying to do with the tool, but as in its name it is intended to be used "after ota" ... so when you had lost your recovery because of an official update by acer, you can quickly get it back with this tool.

This is not intended for messing around on systems that are already halfway fckd up.

So as you want advice : do a full ota update. How? read instructions on the : back to full stock tab of after ota, flash one of the two options there, nomather wich one, have the official ota ics 1.031.00 ready on the root of your sd card, reboot your tablet pressing and holding the vol min button and then let nature do the rest.

after that, with afterota, flash corresponding kernel for ics v1.031, reboot, flash bootloader v3.14.6 and the recovery you prefer, reboot.

this wil provide you with stock ics and a working recovery, so if you want to install flexreaper after that it should be no problem at all.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
close afterota, restart it, there is a button on the extras tab to get you out of your current softbrick.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Your tool can do the trick m8 ,

No need to go back and do full OTA.

If they would just flash the ICS bootloader and custom recovery (but 1.7.2 from Thor doesnt work on every tablet , why? don't know)

Then after that just install custom rom.

I did it 3 times yesterday playing around with it and no problems , it worked for me 100% no matter what crazy setup I used.

EDIT

You see m8 , you can't make it 100% newbie proof , no matter how may warnings you post you will always get a user that ......., that is not your fault and even not your problem , it is a supurb tool you made and super easy , maybe to easy.

They don't even have to read and that makes it dangerous if you know what I mean (cpuid and sbk is generated for them and I think most of them don't even know what it is for , maybe a prompt to warn them that they need to save that info for future use).

Maybe you should post in big red letters , read 10times before you use this.
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
So which recovery and bootloader should I install using the tool's softbrick button?

Thors 1.7.3.img and bootloader? Which file for bootloader? Can someone upload or give me a link?

Or do I have to install hc bootloader and older recovery for hc?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Are you for real ?

Come on m8 , go to the ICS tab and pick one (thor 1.72 can give problems for some)

did you try fastboot , you mentioned you had the ICS booltoader .

Don't be afraid of a cmd input.
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
I was on hc bootloader, was trying to install the ics bootloader, so I don't know what bootloader I have right now, cause the tool was stuck on 3/4 flashing recovery.....

I think my tablet is in apx mode, should I try what you said or the softbrick method? For softbrick which file for bootloader?
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
trwp for ics worked great before for me, at least it started up ok. i never flashed any rom with it but it should work. i could not get thors recovery to work either on stock ota. So i searched and searched and it has something to do with the kernel. For the people who are on stock ics, but still want to use thors recoveries, the 1.72 and later, the solution is to flash a corresponding kernel patched kernel first, reboot and then install the recovery. But that doesnt count for you as you are not on stock ics.

so if you get out of your softbrick, try trwp recovery and bootloader 3.14.6 from the tool (the second one on the ics tab)

good luck
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Sorry and thanks for everything civato and everyone who helped me, was running out of time so I actually panicked cause I had some important files on my tablet, anyways I got it working, the bootloader back to hc and old recovery, will try what you said gersma thanks...

And I apologise for my panicking civato ....truly very sorry to bother you...
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
browse to the nvflash dir inside afterota :

- choose as recovery : rc_ics_trwp_v213.img

- choose as bootload : bl_ics_ac_v6.bin

make shure you have the flexreaper cwm package ( the very last version civato made ) on your sdcard

hit install

imediatly after it finishes go into the recovery and flash flexreaper

get it?
[Acer Iconia A500] kenbrooks35:
Works like a charm.

Thanks. ut worked like a charm on ICS ota:D
[Acer Iconia A500] epunk:
So there shouldn't be a problem using this tool from another rom if steps are probably followed, is that correct? (Keeping in mind having compatible kernels or rom to flash afterwards)

In my case I'm on T's v168 rom with T's recovery 1.7.3 on HC 3.0.1 bl.

Thanks in advance!
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Correct.
[Acer Iconia A500] nimrod_axl:
thanks gersma, held my breath before going through with it, it worked like a charm! thanks man!
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
program updated to v1.02

for more info see changelog in the op
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
this is unbelievable!

In about 30min I was back on the same ROM again but with the newest bootloader!

Flashed the clean ROM after complet format&wipe but restored data from CWM backup!

Thank you m8! It couldn`t be easier!

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] awakennow2001:
perfect

i was trying to hold off updating the bootloader because of all of the steps involved. Mainly cause i knew i would screw something up. this worked perfect, thank you for making this :D:D:D
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
One problem appeated: every time I reboot I`ve to remove and plugin the SD card again otherwise the tab doesn't recognize it... .

The same happands in the recovery.

Any ideas? Somone with same problem?

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] Rogue Leader:
This seems like just what I am looking for. If you have a moment a couple of noob questions:

I have an 8gb A500 on stock ICS OTA. All i want is root access, and CWM so I can take nandroid backups and maybe flash some mods or something in the future (like the one that points internal storage to my SD card). I'm assuming this will do that for me? Anything else I need to download to just have CWM on there?
[Acer Iconia A500] d9ny:
i've been in progress for migrating HC BL to ICS BL using afterota 1.02, which indicate that the process was done, i'm stock on 4/4 flashing bootloader process for about 10 mnt, anyone can give a clue?need help
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
disable uac
[Acer Iconia A500] heiNey:
which mod is that? i'm looking for something to do this, since my sd card is seen by the tablet as /mnt/external_sd, but apps get installed to /mnt/sdcard (which is part of the internal memory)
[Acer Iconia A500] lm2011:
Many thanks

I was waiting for something easy to change my HC BL with the flexreaper ROM.

Afterota did the work.

Great tool
[Acer Iconia A500] Rogue Leader:
This one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1445720

Same dev as this tool even!
[Acer Iconia A500] dincdoes.me:
Has anyone tried on Linux mint or Ubuntu?
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
updated the op with new version : 1.03

see changelog for more information.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
thank you gersma!

Maybe you red about my sd problem. Do you think refleshing the bootloader might help?

Reflashing ROMs helps sometimes resolving issues.

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] Rogue Leader:
Ok so how long does it take to flash a Kernel?

I'm flashing Kernel for ICS403 v1.033.00 and its been sitting there on 3/4 flashing Kernel for over 15 minutes.

Did I just brick this thing?

And yes UAC is disabled

EDIT: So after 40 minutes I gave up, shut down Afterota, unplugged my USB cable and rebooted and the tab works fine. Then I rebooted and held down volume min and it seemed like it was starting a recovery program, then showed a picture of an Andorid on its back with its chest opened and an ! and it just sat there, didn't do anything. I'm guessing that means recovery is screwed up.... At least I didn't brick it. Any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
try another SD, try reformatting it, should be fat32 i think, some custom roms don't recognize ntfs. also if all of this doesn't work do a full system reset and go back to ota.

then again your card reader could be defective. there is no way of telling unless you do the above.
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
can you get back to android? try restarting your computer to, could be that nvflash is hanging in the background.
[Acer Iconia A500] kdagia:
Hi

I have upgraded from HC to Thor's Acer Iconia A 500 ICS ROM but bootloaders is still 3.01. Is it safe to use this tool in such condition.

Many thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] gersma:
wouldn't know, this program is intended for people who come from ota, to give them a working recovery and full root.
[Acer Iconia A500] D3v17:
when launch for A501 ? i'm waiting... :D