[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] nikagl:
Hi all,

Well, it looks like it works now!

Touch is also available, built through the builder of CyanogenMod (turned out I used the wrong recovery, I now used boot.img from the 1.011 ROM). Use the power button to go back one step (up one level in the menu).

For the non-touch version you can use Volume+ (one dot) and Volume- (two dots) works and use power to select an option.

** WARNINGS **

My device is hard-bricked due to the restore function not working correctly... be careful what you do!

Extra WARNING - do not use:

WIPE DATA/FACT. RESET

FORMAT PARTITIONS

BACKUP/RESTORE

FOTA

1. Avoid FOTA (software update from Acer, directly on device), see update here

2. I have not tested each function yet!

3. Step 12 below seems to have a problem. Sometimes the recovery does get corrupted and needs to be reflashed.

4. Try to not use wipe/backup/restore features - only install from zip has been tested and works

** Downloads **

EDIT FROM THE ARCHANGEL:PULLED LINKS TO AVOID BRICKING DEVICES

** Uninstall **

Uninstall has not been tested in most cases. Please let me know whether this is sufficient and whether it works.

A510

Install the A510 Stock Recovery using the batchfile in the following download:

A510-stock-recovery.zip (4.48 MB)

A511

Try the steps in the following post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29101012&postcount=108

If that doesn't work (for instance because the install-recovery.sh file does not exist), try installing the files from the following post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29217619&postcount=111

** Credits **

Dees-Troy for the versions of the BoardConfig.mk & recovery.fstab on his github

Cyanogenmod for their CWM-recovery-build-website

Koushik Dutta for his porting CWM guide

** Install instructions **

1. Boot your device

2. If it's already unlocked, skip to step 7

3. Type following in a DOS-prompt:

adb reboot bootloader

4. Wait till device is booted and reconnected to pc (ie. drivers loaded)

5. Type following in a DOS-prompt:

fastboot oem unlock

6. Be quick (it times out) to unlock the device. Use Volume- key to highlight the unlocked lock and press the Volume+ key to activate

7. Type following in a DOS-prompt

adb reboot-bootloader

8. Wait till bootloader is loaded and reconnected to pc

9. Type following in a DOS-prompt:

fastboot flash recovery XXX.img

(replace XXX with the image file name of your choice)

Remark: step 10 to 12 can be skipped if you'll also root your device with my root-cwm-zip. That already removes the same file, so you shouldn't experience this issue

10. Reboot the device and hold to Volume- button to load the recovery

Make sure to do this - if you do not, it will automatically overwrite your recovery

11. Try to mount system. Be carefull what buttons you press. You can use power to cancel any menu and go back one menu

12. When system is mounted type the following in a DOS-prompt:

adb shell
cd /system/etc
mv install-recovery.sh install-recovery.old

13. Reboot and see whether you can still use your system. Reboot again with Volume- and see whether you can still access recovery (or use the following command)

adb reboot recovery

I will make this all much simpeler with a dos script, etc., as soon as the recovery correctly works.

** RECOVERY-A51x-tools.zip **

For quick usage I added the tools that I use to write recovery (adb, fastboot for writing the recovery to the device - batchfiles are included with each recovery download).

Next step... if you're willing... is root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1729432

Regards,

Nika.