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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocy1971:
Rooted? Step by step with files?

Hi

I understand the Acer iconia a110 has been rooted... Wicked awesome!!!

Congratulations!!! and thanks!!!

I was hoping we could get a complete step by step with the files all in one post.... I know that this is a big request...

but I bet the community would really appreciate it....

Thanks

this rocks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
I'll make a formal, noob friendly guide with pictures once I get home.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
I'm actually going to test it now, will make a backup of my current image first and see what happens.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Cool, If the restore feature works on this 4.1.2 recovery, that's great! First thing I'm doing when I get home, is a backup if that's the case!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Backup/restore/downgrade working. was able to go back to my 4.1.1 stock image without issue. Now going to attempt to go back to my backup I just created. Only problem I can see is that for some reason the dates on the backups are all Jan 1 2000, but this is only a minor issue if you ask me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Not to mention you can rename the backups anyway. Just be sure to only use dots or dashes between words or numbers, I believe Koush fixed this, but haven't tested to be sure.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Restored to 4.1.2 without a hitch. I think we're golden. Now just need to look into creating a custom rom.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Sweet! what toolkit did you use for the drivers? Was it Wugs?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
pretty sure it was this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809195
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
What did you have to "fix" before doing your system update. I'm walking a friend through it, over the phone, she has the same model I do, but rooted 4.1.1. The update fails about 25% through, to the droid with the red triangle. She's done a nandroid backup so she's good to go, I was telling her to take out the external sd card, do a factory reset then try the update... Think that should do it?

Edit: Nope, that didn't do it either... I wonder if she has to uninstall SuperSU first, as a factory reset won't touch the /system directory... Odd!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
I had to fix the issue with link2sd. But As I was telling another user in this thread somewhere the update with PA in the file name I think is not going to work if updating from SD. It fails because the second line in the updater-script file is looking for an italian model. I could be wrong but this is what I found.

Is she getting an error or just the droid falling over with the red triangle?

Edit:

Which boot.img file does she have flashed? She may have to flash the stock one if she's got a modded one.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Stock kernel, stock recovery, she just "boots" the recovery. Still won't work, she even reverted to a backup made with only SuperSU installed, uninstalled it, went into stock recovery, did a factory reset/wipe cache and rebooted. Then she redownloaded the update (via internal updater) and again flashes to the droid with the red triangle, no error, no nothing. She's reverted back to her latest backup and will wait until a custom rom is built, lol, she's pretty pissed! "Some" may be stuck with 4.1.1...

Edit: Her image is WW, not PA

Edit: In OTHER news, I'm copying my cwm backups to a smaller 8gig sdcard, it's great and I have a dedicated "backup card", the cwm backups take up about 1.3gig on my storage, so I'm doing this to keep it clear. Also, for any of you that play big games, I recommend using "Directory Bind", it will move the large data part to your external storage and bind it to the apk on your internal storage. Works great, I have Batman, Asphalt 7, NFSMW and Dead trigger installed, and I'm only using 0.96gig of internal storage, fyi I do have other stuff installed to, which is why I'm using just under a gig, but I only use DB for large games.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
The Gallery not sync with Google photo on 4.1.2. Anyone know how to fix this issue?

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Odd that's what version my replacement was and it update without issue last night. I had to do two updates though. had to go to 07 first then 09 see if shes on 05 as there was a 05 version of 4.1.1 that won't update to 4.1.2 without 07 being installed.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Yeah she did the update from RC05 to RC07 (before rooting or unlocking the BL) already. Really odd that it won't take the update. I can't figure it out at all! But I'll keep watching the thread, if someone else figures it out I'll be sure to let her know, lol...

I told her 4.1.1 works just fine, she shouldn't worry about it. Not sure if 4.1.1 (RC07) had any issues, other than missing the lock ring.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
For me I noticed that 4.1.2 runs a lot smoother and for some reason just seems quicker in responsiveness. But as for functionality she'll be fine on 4.1.1. Hopefully we'll start seeing custom roms for it shortly so she won't even have to worry about stock updates.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Heh I used 4.1.2 right out of the box, as the first thing I did was "blindly" update. But after my friends issues, I'm kinda glad I did! She's evidentally not giving up, she wants to try the update from the sdcard for WW_CUS1... Can the manual update be run from the external sd, just running the typical "install update" in the stock recovery?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Can that latest cwm recovery be permanently flashed now rather than booted? Advisable?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
It can but skellums has figured out the issue with the none touch being unable to select any options and will be building at some point so I would just wait for that until you permanantly flash.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Great. Thanks for the info.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Fringle, where is the debuggered file? That's her issue, but doing the auto-update didn't give any feedback, the manual update flagged the debuggered file... I hope it can be restored, she's uninstalled link2sd.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Just sent you a pm

I'll actually add the instuctions here just incase anyone else gets the issue.

The file system/bin/debuggerd must be renamed or deleted, then in the same folder rename the debuggerd.bin file to debuggerd. This must be done with root explorer in r/w mode. Reboot and the update should complete.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
Anyone has same issue?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
BOOM! She's updated and rooted.

What she did was, removed the debuggerd file that link2sd made in /system/bin *thanks fringle*, then renamed the old one from debuggerd.bin to "debuggerd". Then manually flashed the update zip (from the external sd card), once that was finished she navigated to fastboot mode and booted the latest recovery (412) and sideloaded SuperSU, no reboot in between. She's done, all her apps with root, obtained root as normal on first boot after the update.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Sorry I can't be of any help here. I've never used google photo.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Fringle, she is also reporting that there is a very clear difference in the snappyness of 4.1.2 when compared to 4.1.1.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
I would agree, it runs alot smoother. Notice it a lot when playing games too. They use to chop a bit at first when loading but now they are smooth as butter.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Mine works fine. Have you made sure Google photo sync is turned on in Settings/accounts/Google?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I'll take your word for it, my only experience with this tab is 4.1.2, 4.1.1 was only on my device until it finished it's first boot out of the box, lol.

I've learned my lesson, though.... The next device will be researched for root, PRIOR to me ADDing the system update haha!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
On second thoughts you are right. Looks like my photos synced fine under 4.1.1 but nothing since I updated to 4.1.2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocy1971:
Thank YOu

Incredible!!

Thank you... I appreciate the awesomeness!!!

So Happy
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
Yes, I do. I even deleted account and added again. Also I tried factory reset. Nothing works for me. I am on 4.1.2.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Yes, I subsequently replied that I'm seeing the same. The photos I see were synced before I applied 4.1.2. I tried wiping Google Services Framework but it didn't work.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
That's big pain without Gallery on tablet.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
No problem. I'll get on it now. Should be done in around 45 minutes.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedspace:
Do y'all think we could get a thread for this tablet now. I've seen considerable progress in the past 3 days. I think it deserves its own thread after all the torture we put our devices through :good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
ROOTING GUIDE FOR 4.1.2 IS UP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2094865

Yes, we will eventually get it. I'll try for it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyboy_xd:
Hello everyone!

I have an Acer Iconia A110 running stock Android version 4.1.1 (Kernel version 3.1.10).

Should I root it with the current version (4.1.1) or update it to 4.1.2 then root it? Which is better?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Neither is better, both provide the same results. It's all about personal preferance. I do have to say though 4.1.2 seems to run smoother.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
I agree with Fringle. 4.1.2 is smoother.

Both can be rooted now, so it's up to you.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyboy_xd:
Thank you very much for you replies.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
No problem. Its what we're here for.

Just follow the guide in my signature and you'll be fine.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocy1971:
How Do I Know it worked

Guide was wicked easy to follow... Thanks

I think it worked, but how do I know? I downloaded superSU app.. It says "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"

I also tried to used link2sd to uninstall Ice age...it says "Failure.................Link2SD could not obtain root access."

The tablet seems to be factory except for the apps I installed.... How do I know I am rooted?

THanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZenithX:
Oh sweet we finally managed to root it! I'll have to root my tablet tomorrow though.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I'm going to shut down the thread I made, we'll use Doms.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Doesn't sound like it installed for you. Just run through the steps again and you should be good to go.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
It didn't work for you. Do a factory reset and try again.

Also, good to hear that the guide is very easy to follow!

You don't have to do that. You were a great part of the development process.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinnickovtime:
I'm having the same problem. I tried going through the steps again after a factory reset, but the same thing happens. Everything looks like it completed successfully. The only thing I noticed was when I booted into CWM it said something like "Can't mount E:\...". I went ahead and sideloaded CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip anyways, and it completed successfully. Still no root though.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
CWM will not mount the External SD as of yet.

How are you rebooting the tablet after the flash? Are you pressing reboot and choosing yes as the option after that?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinnickovtime:
I reboot it using the menu in CWM (first option I think), but it's not prompting me to confirm. It just tries to mount E:\ again and then reboots automatically.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
If anyone wants to give it a go (try fastboot boot first), here's another CWM I built which might mount the external_sd, and also allow for the power button as select.

Edit:

I don't want to get burned for this so.. Usual disclaimer.. I can't be held responsible for the outcome of using this file. I hold no responsibility for any loss of data or the inability to use your device.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aadil2002aadil:
help

hi

every one I have just messed up my Acer Iconia A110. I flashed with the recovery412-touch-new in boot by mistake in nexus 7 tool kit instead of flashing in recovery and now all I see is just clock work mod recovery 6.0.2.7. Device is not booting up normally now plzzzz help
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinnickovtime:
Everything works great until I try to sideload supersu. As soon as I select sideload mode, Windows 7 gives me the disconnected device sound notification. CWM says "Sideload started... Now send the package you want to apply, etc.", but when I enter the sideload command, I get an error that says "error: closed". I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the tablet to see if it would pick it up, but no dice. The other cwm doesn't do this.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Still here to aid the process, but I don't think we need 3 active threads, lol. Your tut covers the most common issue at this point, so we'll use yours. Plus my tut is in this thread, so it's still here should anyone need it.

---------- Post added at 03:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:52 AM ----------

lol Skellums, you should just put that disclaimer in your sig!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enilykS:
Hello,

I root my iconia A110 4.1.1 by this link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36272743&postcount=166

and works great, thanks heX79 :)

But how should I update to 4.1.2 with rooted?

I receive OTA to RC07 (now is RC02), then I click update, tablet was reboot to CWM but nothing happens..

When I reboot again, OTA message was disappears and told me there are no new OTA.

anybody knows what should I do? (just wanna update to 4.1.2 with rooted.)

sorry for my poor English.

Thanks :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murayoshi:
I told my self i am going to enjoy this thread rather my tablet, which is true. Survival and hope fight to the end and that you guys achieved. But i think, this is only the beginning. i hope you guys still help who was left behind. You guys give them hope but some of them still in the dark. My deepest congratulation for the job well done. You guys need a pat in the back.

PS I rooted my tablet 4.1.2 and give it to my cousin and bought Nexus 7 lol. thanks again, i really enjoy this thread. (no thrill rooting nexus 7 :( )
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Just giving everyone a heads up that this loads and the power button does work as select but will not mount the sdcard so will not allow you to backup/restore or install from sdcard. Stick with the touch one for now until the kinks are worked out.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
wow you guys work so fast Grats to all and thnx to all in the effort... wont be long for custom roms i just wish Dungeon hunter worked on it i want it so bad lol love it!

at any rate great job guys truely the best in this biz
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
You didn't install the Nexus 7 driver in device manager.

I had the same issue.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Does anyone know how to move the apps/app data to SD card? I can't figure it out. Tried about 5 apps, all don't work.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Hi there,

Didn't work for me, threw up mounting errors. However, this thread has been inspiring and I've been playing around also. I have a bootbale image that appears to be mounting correctly. I'm building another version to see if touch is ok and I'll post again.

Cheers for root everyone!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Attached is my insecure boot.img.

Can't seem to get touch working right this minute. Everything is mounting fine at my end.

I have not yet flashed this, only tested via boot.

If someone wants to test this, usual disclaimers. It's at your own risk.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Directory Bind. Search for it here, not avail on Google Play.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
I've confirmed this image as working fully when flashed, on my 4.1.2. Successfully performed a backup and restore of my ROM, to micoSD. ROM Manager doesn't like it being set to manual, but it's perfectly fine from the recovery menu.

If anyone else would like to verify, that would be great.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Confirmed working. Nice job!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aadil2002aadil:
HELP PLZZ

hi everyone I need boot and recover images for my a110 I messed up badly it says boot failed and device goes to fast boot mode
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
woot sry but just had to put it here i got dungeon hunter 1 working on my Iconia a110 :):):):):):):):):):)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinnickovtime:
Same here. When I try to create a link using link2sd it says something about the apk installer is invalid. I've also tried gl2sd, apps2sd, titanium backup, and a few others. Nothing wants to work right.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
You all should check out the TegraZone app, there's a cool game on there called Dark Meadow. It's pretty fun, and it's one of the free ones.

Currently have 6gig of game data on the external.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Now that we have solved both root and CWM flashable, we're at the point where we can start to play around with ROMs. Always best to take small steps first, so please find below two full images:

(4.1.2-Stock-CWM-SU-GMT.zip) 269 MB

This ROM is taken from my factory reset device, after skipping through all the registration and personal information steps. The following options have been set:

- Privacy options are on by default, location is off.

- Screen rotation is on.

- Locale is GMT.

- USB debugging is on.

- All sources is on.

- Bluetooth off.

All default applications are left intact, SuperSU is present.

(4.1.2-DeJunked-CWM-SU-GMT.zip) 237 MB

The intention with this image is to create a minimal install. I decided to leave certain things intact, to make it usable.

Options as above, with the following changes:

- Acer registration app, Real Football, Ice Age Village, Facebook, Korean/Pinyin keyboard, and TegraZone, removed. TegraZone apps are in the market anyway, as is TegraZone if you want it back.

- Bootanimation changed to single frames. Now 8KB instead of 11MB.

- ES File Explorer installed by default, set to root access and system mount.

Ok, so I decided the above ROM wasn't as minimal as I'd like for a quick install, so:

(4.1.2-Slim-CWM-SU-GMT.zip) 178 MB

The same as 4.1.2-DeJunked-CWM-SU-GMT, with the following changes:

- Stripped Launcher2.apk of all wallpapers. Replaced with single black pixel. Reduced from 13mb to 630kb.

- Deleted most live wallpapers.

- Removed all apps that can be redownloaded from the market: Chrome, Calendar, Currents, Gmail, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies, Google Play Music, Maps, Street View, Talkback, YouTube, Google Search and Google plus.

Also, so everything is in one place - here's my flashable CWM recovery image.

Usual Disclaimer: These files are provided as is, with no support. You choose to use them at your own risk!

Next step, custom ROMs/Kernel :)

Edit: 14/01/13 - added slimmed down ROM.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Great news! Any chance of porting CM 10.1 over? The Nexus 7 build might not be too different...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luca Brasi09:
Noob question, do i place the cwm image on extsd card to flash, or another method?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajclai08:
if im rooted on 4.1.1 w/ a unlocked bootloader, what's the process of keeping the root to 4.1.2?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrocc28:
Simply flash the above zip file through clockwork or adb. That's what I did about ten minutes ago. I flashed the 4.1.2 DeJunked-CWM zip and all went well. I was also rooted on 4.1.1. Everything is running smooth so far. Give it a go! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Easiest way to install the images is to copy them to microSD, boot into CWM recovery and "install zip from SD card". Pick the desired image and let it do it's thing.

It was a bit late and forgot about instructions.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
Just a qwikie, im about to go get a new sd card, myself im a PNY card guy myself, my question is has anoyone had anty sd card issues?

The card ive been using has trouble mounting sometimes and issues formatting here and there and moreso i take it 32gb is biggest the A110

can handle... anyone suggest a brand of card and biggest size useful? the 4 gig i got now is gonna be for my backups
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
This isn't any easy question to answer. Most microSD cards should work and mount just fine. I've had issues in the past with later versions of the exact same card, so you can't even rely on that. Most mounting problems can be sorted out with a format, but that's not always the case. Support for formats will increase, as soon as we make progress with custom kernels.

Without testing the sizes of cards (I don't have a 64gb card) then to be safe, assume 32gb is the biggest. This isn't the case for a lot of newer devices, even if the datasheet says 32gb max. Best to wait to see if someone with a 64gb card can test and confirm.

I've just had a SanDisk 16gb refuse to mount or format in CWM. The device detected it correctly, as I was using it for my files.

A full format in Windows to FAT 32, and the sd card is mounting correctly in CWM.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
ty for the info
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Jasmine reported (pages back) that she had success with a 64GB SDHC with a Fat32 partition of 45gigs and an ext2 of the rest. The datasheets don't seem to be all that accurate. They also state the device has a 1.2ghz quade core, but set-cpu is reporting 1.3ghz, and I've witnessed mine at the 1300mhz often.

I'm not using anything special, here. I had a Patriot LX Series 16GB Class10 laying around and decided to use that. Combined with Directory Bind, I have 4.2GB of internal free, 9 GB of external free with a few heavy games installed (the dark night rises, nfsMW, asphalt7, etc)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
This is indeed true. 1.3ghz is the max governer speed atm. Another reason to look forward to a kernel.. OC :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Anyone have any insight why acer would have lowered the bogomips on 4.1.2. In 4.1.1 the bogomips for each core was 1987.37 but once updated to 4.1.2 it was lowered to under a 1000. What I had originally though was faster really wasn't. Once I started playing asphalt 7 I started to see a lot of studdering which wasn't happening on 4.1.1 and setcpu would cause the system to lock up solid. Maybe I just had a defect I don't know. In the end I decided to try to restore one of my stock cwm backups and bricked. Either that or I mixed up my backups and made a mess attempted to downgrade cross sku's. All I know is that these things are easy to break. At least I was still within my return dates so I was able to get another but from a different store.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Just updated my post with another slimmed down rom. This one runs in at 178MB.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36680930&postcount=560