[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] NoThrills:
As we now have functional recovery options on our tablets, and people will inevitably mess things up with their device, we need to get a way to get your tablets back to factory condition. But I need your help with this!

What do you want?

Here's my idea: We have all seen various ZIPs floating around, most of them leaked from somewhere. The problem with these is that you can't use OTA updates, and I'm not sure what Acer Service Center thinks of custom ROM installs. What I want is to build a list of software that is officially distributed by Acer, is OTA-updateable, etc. For this reason, I want people that

have not yet modified their tablets

(except root) to provide image dumps of their /system, /boot, /flexrom, and /recovery partition. It's really easy to do, and you'll help yourself and others when they get into trouble.

Can I help?

Answer all of the following questions. If at one point the answer is "Sorry, you can't help", well... You can't help :)

Is your device unlocked and rooted? Yes - You can help! / No - You can still help, but you need to unlock and root your device.

Do you have the original Acer ROM installed on your device? Yes - You can help! / No - Sorry, you can't help

Have you received the latest OTA updates for your device? Yes - You can help! / No - You can help as well!

Have you removed any apps or files from the /system or /flexrom partition? Yes - Sorry, you can't help / No - You can help!

Have you installed a custom recovery image? Yes - You can still help, as long as everything else is still original / No - You can help!

Okay, so I can help, now what?

If you can and are willing to help (remember, it could save your own ass one day), follow the instructions below. If you get stuck or simply don't know where to start but are willing to help, let us know in this thread and I'm sure we can all help eachother out.

This will not gather any personal data from you. Personal data is stored on the /data partition, which we don't need, so: No worries!

Root your device, if you haven't already.

Connect your tablet to your computer via ADB

Type the following command: adb shell. You are now logged into your tablet. You can exit at any time by typing exit and hitting ENTER.

Type the following command: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/boot.img. This will copy your /boot partition to a file called boot.img on your internal storage. This one will be fast, it only has about 8MB to copy.

This step can be skipped if you have a custom recovery! Type the following command: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/recovery.img. This will copy your /recovery partition to a file called recovery.img on your internal storage. This one will be fast as well, it only has about 6MB to copy.

Type the following command: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/system.img. This will copy your /system partition to a file called system.img on your internal storage. This one will take a bit longer, it has about 360MB to copy.

Type the following command: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/flexrom.img. This will copy your /flexrom partition to a file called flexrom.img on your internal storage. This one will take a bit longer as well, it has about 360MB to copy.

Type exit to exit the ADB shell. Copy the four .img files from your tablet (internal storage) to your computer. You might have to reboot your tablet if the files don't show up.

ZIP or RAR these files, and upload them somewhere. If you can't find a place to store them: send me a private message or reply in this thread and we'll arrange something else. If you have uploaded the files somewhere: again, send me a private message or reply in this thread.

So now what?

When I receive your files, I will package them into an update.zip that can be flashed from custom recoveries. This will then restore everything (including the custom recovery) to factory state, which can help you in getting your device back to stock.

What versions do you have already?

Acer_AV041_A510_1.044.00_WW_GEN1 (download links will follow shortly)

Acer_AV041_A510_1.098.00_EMEA_CUS1 (download links will follow shortly)

Acer_AV041_A510_1.099.00_EMEA_DE (download links will follow shortly)