yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] cribbs:
ZeroNull, thank you for another great Root Method. I received my A700 (US Version firmware) yesterday, and proceeded to unlock the bootloader and root the tablet. The rooting method process went flawlessly. Thank you!
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] californiarailroader:
Maybe he did, sometimes it's not the easiest thing in the world to find things on here.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] edgie168:
You're kidding me, right? There's less than a dozen topics here in particular forum.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] californiarailroader:
It's not worth getting worked up over, is it? I mean, seriously, these "search you idiot" threads probably take up more room than the questions being asked, I would just point them to the right answer and move on. I guess I have more important things to worry about then if somebody searched, or didn't search, or didn't search right, etc, etc.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] dollyvivu:
Rooting works like charm...thx to ZeroNull...:D
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] twinkybot:
Hello,

can you tell me how to root the tablet if my only system I have is Linux?

Thanks and cheers.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
Linux

Follow the instructions, but instead of running flash-ICS-patchedBoot.bat open it in a text editor and then execute a commands in a terminal as root. All the necessary binaries for Linux is in the archive. You may need to install them the right to execute.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Latoc:
I suppose we can use them with Mac also?

And thanks for this tool, it works a treat with my XP netbook.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
I do not think it will work with your Mac.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] DЯΦiDi@П:
Why not? There is an Android SDK for Mac OS X, too.

If there are USB drivers to connect the device I see no reason why it should not work.

With the provided package alone, it will not work, right.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
Mac

If you have all the necessary files, then yes. But they are not in the archive.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Sterist:
i've tried EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

every time i execute the .bat as admin i ALWAYS get

"adb is not recognized as an internal or external command"

I NEED a guide for idiots!!!
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] aibo:
You need to put the extracted files in the Android sdk directory, where adb.exe is.

Envoyé depuis mon HTC One X avec Tapatalk
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] DЯΦiDi@П:
No, all files needed are in the archiv. adb.exe, too.

If everything else fails, it is possible to execute the relevant commands from the .bat manually.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Sterist:
yikes lol how? :silly:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] laloutre:
Rooting on Mac

Hi there,

I managed to root directly from my Macbook

If this can help, here are the files I used to run Method 2 mentionned in the OP.

Freely inspired from the OP, kudos to ZeroNull !

I have tested on my Mac and My Tablet, I cannot guarantee it will work for others as I don't know any other Iconia Mac users.

Binaries have been took from Android SDK for Mac

Other files haven't been changed.

Step 1 : Please refer to the OP nothing changed

Step 2 : Please refer to the OP nothing changed

Step 3 : Download View attachment patched-boot-MacOs-Version.zip. Unpack it to any place.

Step 4 : Open a terminal and navigate to the directory with the unpacked archive. Execute file:

./flash-ICS-patchedBoot.sh

Type your admin password when requested

Step 5 : Please refer to the OP nothing changed

Step 6 : Please refer to the OP nothing changed

Step 7 : Please refer to the OP nothing changed

Hope this helps.

I'm interested to know if this works for those who will try
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Sterist:
okay now what? this is my last hurdle
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
Bad link to the picture

It is not possible to see a screenshot in your message.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
Sorry Mate, but she ain't rooting the 701. Have tried a few different means.

Anything you want me to try?

Basically, it hangs at "download protocol", and the acer logo.

CMD window says;

Reboot in system

Waiting for device connect...

Then, that's all.

Any suggestions?

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] paugustin:
I managed to root my A701 running 0.013.00. Just install CWM and flash a su.zip taken from androidsu.com.

From the recovery mount /system and kill the recovery reinstall script manually to prevent it from overwriting your custom recovery.

You'll get root but not /system remount within the OS :(
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
I'll try your advice. I'm running 1.015 Gen1. No problems with recovery though. Still keeps on re-boot. The CWM flash was a bit strange, as I put in the thread. Like I got the same with the root procedure, but root failed as it said (manual reboot).

Will get it rooted tonight with System RW, Gods be willing..... :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

EDIT: No, doesn't matter. 701 will not get system RW. All root apps fail and won't write appropriate files.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Sterist:
that's what my screenshot shows.

I'm stuck there as well
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] twinkybot:
Hello,

I tried to root my A700 on a Ubuntu 12.04 machine and it does not to work.

Ubuntu 12.04. ADB Tools installed. Versions: 4.1 (API 16), 4.0.3 (API 15)

The tablet sais it is in unlocked bootloader mode.

bootloader version ICS-MR1-7173de1

If I list the device I get as user and as sudo

List of devices attached

22213707215	device

Then I send the following commands after sudo -i

adb wait-for-device

adb reboot-bootloader

fastboot boot rooting.img (boot-patched.img)

fastboot reboot

adb wait-for-device

adb pull /system/xbin/su

which gives me the error that the remote object does not exist.

What am I doing wrong?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] DЯΦiDi@П:
(1. No need for "wait-for-device" if you enter each command by its own. Just wait :) )

2. Did the flashing process say everything went right? (fastboot boot rooting.img) Or is there an error message?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] twinkybot:
With the wait for device. I thought I didn't need it ;) but to be safe :)

The terminal sais

$fastboot boot boot-patched.img
< waiting for device >
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 2.288s]
booting...
OKAY [ 1.089s]
finished. total time: 3.377s

fastboot boot rooting.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 3.377s]
booting...
OKAY [ 1.091s]
finished. total time: 4.468s
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
fastboot boot boot-patched.img

At the command 'fastboot boot boot-patched.img' to the boot file to your device and run it. Unfortunately, not all versions of bootloader on your devices support it. I can not check which version works. Because I do not have a tablet A700/A701.

Alternatively, you can instead of the command 'fastboot boot boot-patched.img' can run 'fastboot flash recovery boot-patched.img'. After that, turn off the tablet.

Press and hold down the 'Volume -'. Power on the tablet. After starting the 'rooting' recovery - releasing button 'Volume -'.

For some time the screen goes blank and restarted the system.

Or use 'method 3' (There was a mistake, I corrected it. Now it works) ;)
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
For the 701

For the 701 users that can't get Full System R/W, try option 3 (flashable through CWM)

I verified through FileManager HD and Root Explorer. System R/W!

Great Job Zero-Null !!!!!

When you decide to visit Moscow, the beers are paid for by me!

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Toad513:
Hello everybody,

I have this message "cannot load 'rooting.img'".

My bootloader is unlocked, my tab is in debugging mode, my android sdk should be good (version 20) and the path variable has C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

My device appears when I do a adb devices in the sdk or in whith the cmd.exe from the archive

I have the same problem when I try to install the recovery.

Can you help me please ?

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
Try this;

Open a CMD window in your sdk's platform tools folder.

Type;

adb devices

then hit ENTER

See if it connects to your tab.

If not.... Driver Issue, and go to control panel, and do a manual update of the drivers (while you are still connected and CMD window open). You should have already installed either the Acer Drivers , or the Google USB Drivers (I like Google's), but they both work.

Remember, you need 2 drivers loaded. ADB and probably fastboot. Again, when needed, check device manager and manually update the fastboot driver.

MD

EDIT: One more thing I see every now and then. Using the wrong USB cable. Some of the cheap ones won't work correctly. I use my HTC cables.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Toad513:
The adb devices works on my sdk and even with the cmd.exe from the archive.

As for the cable I tried with the official Acer, a logitech from my mouse and the one from my samsung Galaxy note but the result is the same.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
Administrator rights on the PC?

You might also try redownloading the package again.

Which version of windows?

MD

EDIT: You may have to use fastboot commands from a CMD window.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] bvhoesel:
To share my experiences. My A700 details:

Image: Acer_AV043_A700_RV07RC04_WW_GEN1

Build: Acer_AV043_A700_1.026.00_WW_GEN1

Method 1 did not work.

It seems the command 'fastboot boot rooting.img' does not what is 'expected'. It (re)boots into the bootloader. When it is supposed to reboot into system. (as far as I can see from the bat file.)

Method 2 does work :o :good:

Thnx ZeroNull
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] twinkybot:
Aaaah,

it worked with

fastboot flash recovery rooting.img

then I could do:

adb pull /system/xbin/su

What have I to do after the "adb pull..."?

I first opend superuser. Then I opend the terminal emulator and did enter "su" and was asked by the superuser app if its okay. Then I tried

mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP /system

But I got permission denied. What is wrong?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Latoc:
You like high resolution devices don't you ? ;)

I have a note too. :thumbup:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
This command is not included in the script processing. So it is hardly used. Check out this command:

su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP /system

or

su
mount -o rw,remount /system

If you want to unlock the full, you should use a patched kernel (method 2).
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Toad513:
The administrators rights are given I right clicked and executed as Administrator.

I'm running on Seven 64 b, and tried it on a netbook running Seven 32b, same problem.

Tried to download again but same problem.

For the fastboot commands I tried :

But here goes again the cannot load rooting.img

Any ideas ?

What can I say ? I do love these two devices because of their screens :o :laugh:

[EDIT] : I tried Method 2 and I have ... wait for it ... "cannot load 'boot-patched.img'
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] twinkybot:
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP /system

This did the trick and I could delete some unwanted apps.

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
After that, turn off the tablet.

Press and hold down the 'Volume -'. Power on the tablet. After starting the "rooting" recovery - releasing button 'Volume -'.

For some time the screen goes blank and restarted the system.

After rebooting the system will restore the original recovery, but you will have access to the Root
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Toad513:
Thanks for your answer.

I did what you said.

I had a picture of bugdroid lying down with the stomach open and a red triangle with ! coming out of it.

then I restarted but no root.

I tried again for the archive but still "cannot load rooting.img"

I think the problem is on my computer, but I am unable to tell where.

The tablet works fine, it boots in fastboot mode and says : Bootloader xxxxxxxxx : Starting USB download protocol.

It's just that my pc can't send the proper files to it.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
Reinstall driver

Try to reinstall the tablet driver on your computer. And unlock the bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Toad513:
Done reinstalling the driver.

And the commands for unlocking the bootloader are working, it says on my tablet

I tried the commands both in the platform-tools folder and in the folder of the extracted archive for root.

Both worked.

But then tried again to root and failed. Cannot load...

[EDIT] : I made some progress :

I tried using a virtual machine running windows xp 32 b and the "cannot load" problem is now solved.

However when I execute the runit.bat , I have this :

And then my tablet does not reboot.

If I reboot it manually, I then have :

[EDIT 2]: I tried the second method with my virtual XP Pro and it worked.

Thank you everybody :)
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] SanjuroE:
The thread containing CWM Recovery referred to in method 3 seems to have been deleted?

Is that because it doesn't work? Does anyone have a working recovery?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] californiarailroader:
I'd like to know too, especially since I flashed the CWM in that thread.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] ZeroNull:
CWM recovery

How moderator informed me were many complaints about the wrong job 'CWM recovery'. I was absent for 3 days. So I do not know the details yet.

I sent message to moderator with a request to provide me with text messages from removed thread.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] californiarailroader:
Thanks Zero!
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] BENETNATH:
i don't know the level of completion for CWN on A700,

but on A510; it's not complete at all as the recovery of some backup led nikagl, the main dev, with a brick..

any input on that, as they are quite twins, might be useful.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
Here's what I can tell you about the CWM recovery.

It installs fine with unlocked bootloader. The root process is a little strange, as it required a flash through CWM to get root and /System R/W permissions.

After everything is done, SU could not update it's binaries. Said no /System R/W, even though root explorer has it set to R/W. Strange, but could just be a busy box bad install with the root program. (took a binary flash to update binaries)

Next, CWM Recovery Back-up. It worked, although a bit slow for a stock device with no applications.

Next, deleted a couple system apps. Fine. Added some useful apps from market. Set up tab to my liking, then made another CWM Recovery backup. It took forever (30 minutes at least).

Then, tried a modified kernel ramdisk for init.d support, Cifs, and a couple other tweaks. Normally this is a pretty simple procedure and rarely causes problems.

System hung at boot animation after flash through CWM. No problem, will restore latest backup. The restore took almost an hour. Took forever restoring /Data. After re-boot, none of the apps downloaded in /Data would function. Force Close on all of them, including SU. Couldn't download anything from the market either. Would just hang at downloading.

Looks like a bad recovery? Ok, lets recover the Stock Backup'

No, it hangs at the /Data also, so a corrupted /Data partition. You can't wipe it through CWM, it just hangs. And eventually, the same will happen with /System partition.

You could probably wipe it through Fastboot, but I doubt it. You would only be re-installing a corrupted partition again.

Also noticed, in the recovery folder, there is no mention of Flexrom partition, and possibly one or 2 more (dalvik cache partition?). If you are lucky enough to get a 701/700 rom re-named to update.zip to install and boot, you can consider yourself lucky. If not, send it to an Acer Service Center for repair. Pay the money if you have to.

The problem, there are only 1 or 2 701 roms, and just a few 700 roms to try. It would be luck to find one that works.

If you have the current CWM installed, take my advice, and don't do anything to your tablet that "might" mess things up. (Stay the heck out of CWM). Wait for some more Dev work to get done, and a better functioning CWM. It will eventually happen as it always does.

As far as deleting a thread, I can tell you that it was done to protect anybody else from getting a bricked tab. It's not an easy thing for any moderator to do. Hopefully, things get fixed and the thread will be restored (without the download link, unless it's a better working CWM).

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] BENETNATH:
nice post,

same situation for A510

we will wait until some devs clear this thing !
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
It always does ;)

However, one of you folks will have to do the initial "TEST" to make sure it works. Don't be a "chicken" ;)

I already did "My Part", so If and when I get my tab back, I won't be able to do any testing (till it's proven that it works properly).

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] BENETNATH:
no worry,

i was one of the first to test the root and recovery install :-) (on A510)

but when nikagl, the one who ported CWN on A510/511, bricked his own tab.. i prefer to wait a bit ;)

it seems that some stuff is either missing or working a bit different way as usual, leading to some difficulties
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] beck1002:
How to connect A700 to PC ?

Hi there, sorry for a rookie question but I haven't found the answers here in the forum.

I am new to Android and the A700 is my first tablet. I read that I need a rooted device to get an UMTS USB stick working on A700...

The instructions are saying that the root script has to be executet under an Administrative account on Windows.

In my opinion is for a command from within Windows can be executed against the A700, the A700 has to be connected to the PC via USB???

:confused: now my question:

Am I right that I need to establish a connection from PC to A700:

- the included A700 mini USB to USB cable

- an USB 2.0 A to A cable (male to male)

- the Android SDK installed on the Windows PC

- the USB 2.0 driver for A700 from Acer website

thank you very much for answering my question.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
You should only need the USB adapter that's supplied with the 700 to connect to a USB stick. It worked just fine on my 701. Note that you have to install the USB drivers. You can get these from Acer support site.

To communicate Via PC to tablet, you should only need to connect your USB (with the mini end) from the PC to the tablet. I use the one that came with my HTC phones to do this. Works fine. Remember, you can't just buy some cheap usb cord at Wal-Mart for example. The data pins may not be the same, and you might get limited functionality. Not all USB cords are the same.

Remember, you need to get the Acer USB drivers from the Acer support section. And install them to the PC. Most of the time, this works good. Personally, I have the Android SDK, and have better luck with the Google USB drivers, but that's just me.

You don't have to have the Android SDK installed on the PC just to communicate. This is only needed if you plan on using Fastboot and ADB to unlock the bootloader and try rooting and other things.

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] beck1002:
Thank you for your explanation.

Unfortunatelly my old fashioned HTC Touch Pro Phone has a mini USB connector and the A700 a micro USB. Perhaps the cable from my Panasonic Camcorder is a micro USB...

Below the line I thought too complicated to connect the A700 to a PC - a Tablet is nothing else as eg. a phone and can be connected the same way (with the same cable) :D
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] nurbek05:
In this thread I understand, that.

if I didn't wipe data/factory reset, that would not be brick.

Is it right?

Sorry for my english.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
Stay out of CWM for now.

What more can I say about it?

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] nurbek05:
will the unbrick methods for A700, and how long we will wait?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] FloatingFatMan:
You have a choice. You can either wait for as long as it takes for the problem to be fixed, and no one knows how long that will be... or you can brick your tab.

It's quite a simple choice really.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Moscow Desire:
Currently, most of the folks who could probably work on this issue, bricked their tabs, and are probably in a Service Center. So any development is going to be a slow process. It might be another month. It depends on when they get functional tablets again.

But this is the price one pays when dealing with new "development". And everybody can read the warnings on this, so if you are not prepared to risk bricking your tab, then one should have stopped at the 1st step "Fastboot OEM Unlock" ;)

Just be patient.

MD
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Turbojugend:
Method one wouldn't work for me (a700) kept hanging on the Acer fastboot screen, terminal said waiting for device. Tried method two, worked in seconds, now have SU. Thanks for this!
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] rkmFL:
I had the same experience. It would be great if someone can update the original post with notes for others.

To Recap:

Method #1, the "General" approach, just hangs after flashing on my A700.

Method #2, the A700-only approach, succeeds within 30 seconds, point-and-click easy!

Thanks to OP!
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] 0nebukadnezar0:
Hi, my a700 has been updated to Acer_AV043_A700_1.028.00_EMEA_FR, is it still possible to unlock and root the tab woth any of this method?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] paugustin:
This is an "old" version so yes it is very rootable with the classic method :D
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] FloOGB:
I got two questions:

1) Is the patched kernel still the same version that is included in the latest OTA?

2) I tried booting the patched kernel with "fastboot boot <kernel-image>" but it blinked and i was in the loader again. the same happend with the method 1 kernel. using current fastboot from sdk

help apreciated :)
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] twinkybot:
This method worked for me with the version 6.0.1.0 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1812635

Whereas method 1 and 2 did not.

Cheers

EDIT: sorry meant this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1791165
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] gmfeny:
I see a lot of old faces from the a500 section... how are you guys liking the a700? I ended up getting the transformer infinity I'm honestly not that impressed with it.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] 0nebukadnezar0:
A short time after I got my a700, I have rooted my tab with the method 2. I had a lot of bugs, apps, games was crashing, also the launchers, Nova or Go launcher HD. But to have the availability to install the new version it was necessary to install again the stock ROM because the OTA update was not working with the rooted tab.

The new version 1.060.00_EMEA_FR was very stable, no crash, the heat issue was better managed, and this was the case during several weeks. Then I decided to root again, and what happen directly after the root, the games and launchers are crashing again.

I don't know why, but with this root method, it looks like that the a700 is not so table as with no root.

Envoyé depuis mon A700 avec Tapatalk
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] tube:
Hi there,

some noob questions:

I have the lated original firmware installed. Tried method 1 because I do not want to change the bootloader.

How can I make these backups exactly? If I would install CWM, I would have no backup of the recovery partition.

Also 'fastboot boot rooting.img' does not work for me. As I understood, 'fastboot flash recovery rooting.img' will actually flash the img. Can I make a backup of the current recovery?

If nothing helps I would flash the boodloade, but also here: Is there a way to make a backup before flashing?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] pawitp:
Regrettably, there is no way to make a backup if "fastboot boot" doesn't work. I would recommend you to flash CWM onto the recovery partition and make a backup of your system there, because OTA will depend on you having the original boot.img that comes with your tablet but does not really depend on the recovery. In addition, some stock ROMs will also re-flash the recovery every boot if it detects that the recovery has been modified.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Mechkilla:
I can confirm that the german stock rom (at least version 1.055) is reflashing the stock recovery.