yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
I'll try it out, just give me the instructions. ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Fastboot commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
[COLOR="Red"][B]boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel[/B][/COLOR]
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
setserial <serial> set the device serial number
setrev <rev> set the device hardware revision

Options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address
-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default: 2048

It would appear that this will indeed boot the boot.img without attempting to replace it. Will come in very handy for testing, nice one!

Caution: Playing around in fastboot can very easily create a softbrick, use with discretion!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
I would have thought that the boot loader would dictate that, although I am by no means an expert. Are 4.1.1 images available for this device?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
But if I try what Fringle was saying, technically, I can always reboot and I should be back in stock recovery.

Or, I'm not understanding something.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Not that I have been able to find... Only 4.1.2 updates.

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The boot.img is the kernel, not the recovery. But yes, this doesn't "appear" to be replacing anything.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
What if a rooted 4.1.1 owner made a system dump. Could we update.zip/flash it to downgrade?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Basically download boot.img I posted on page 9, reboot device into bootloader. with fastboot type fastboot boot boot.img hit enter and if it works it should boot the 4.1.1 boot.img file

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CWM backup posted back a few pages from 4.1.1
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Do I risk a brick?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
I'd say there is always a risk but can't be sure as I don't have 4.1.2. I was willing to loose root and risk updating but it won't update with an unlocked bootloader and forsome reason it won't lock.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Can someone with more knowledge than me convert this 4.1.1 backup into an update.zip?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Not to mention that none of the recovery builds, so far, can mount or open /system on 4.1.2... Not sure how to flash something to the device when /system can't be touched, but feel free to try.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Fine. I'll risk it. I still have my 30 day return policy. :P
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
That was my train of thought as well. haha. Get all the bugs out of the way while I can still exchange it. haha
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
I think Futureshop has a good return policy. No?

LOL
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
No thread, don't die yet. We need you!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
We're still here! It's slow going.. I've been trying to download the ClockworkMod sources, which involves downloading the entire CyanogenMod source tree.. I've tried 4 times and all 4 times it errors out at different points.

We'll get there.. Hopefully more visibility will bring better devs on board!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Want me to download it and upload it to dropbox/mediafire?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
It's a common issue when downloading the source (or rather cloning the git), I should have it downloaded eventually, haha.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
You sure?

Just send me the link, I'll try it out.

Honestly.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoedit:
i had iconia tab a110 rooted too using the tool in this thread root plus restore v17 anyway that was with 4.1.1 and my firmware has ww in it my friend with pa in his firmware didnt work! but i too got the update and lost root now that its running 4.1.2 i got the nexus 7 tool to unlock the boot loader but i cant seem to get anything else to work! even tried super 1 click! got to stage 7 and stopped!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapeNick:
I though I would share this with you, androidforums . com /iconia-tab-a110-all-things-root/662108-acer-a110-rooting-tool.html, the comments aren't too pleasing, I haven't tried as it doesn't seem like anyone's had any success yet, and I have no experience with rooting and am simply not willing to put that much risk into this. But there is the link anyway, hope it helps.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
Fastboot OEM unlock is confirmed to work on 4.1.2. I have still had no luck with manual rooting. I'm wanting to try to port CMW to the device, still in a research phase. Let me know if you would like to help.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akinandroid:
Not sure i have the requisite skill to be useful to you as i am not a developer, but i am keen to follow your progress.

Good Luck Friedbacon!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrocc28:
Hello all

I purchased the A110 about two weeks ago and have been searching for a valid root/exploit method every single day. I have tried every universal root tool kit out there for the nexus 7 and similar devices and even one specifically for the A110 ( about 8 rooting tools kits total) with no luck, as I was only able to obtain boot/unlock as almost every script I tried completed and I was prompted with "Your Device is Rooted" which was sadly not the case due to the fact that the system failed to remount as RW therefore busybox and su injection failed :( It appears my A110's particular firmware is immune to the "DATA RESTORE" exploit that is used to achieve root with the N7 and other similar devices. After using this device for two weeks I just want to say, I think this is a very capable device that is on par with the N7 if not above it. It has a couple of features the N7 does not (HDMI/SD) and in my opinion those two features are major and should be standard in all tablets as of present day. Not to mention its a split second faster than the N7 (in theory) due to the difference in screens; the A110 has roughly 400,000 less pixels to render than the N7 which results in a lower gpu load for the A110 (I benched my A110 and a co-workers N7 side by side several times and the A110 had a slightly higher score every time; but who cares about benchmarks right)? The gpu theory alone is enough for me. I now have a major dilemma. I have a little under two weeks to get this tab rooted as I will be forced to return it for a device I do not want. Every day I wake up and my tablet begs me for two of his best friends; busybox and su. I dont know how to explain to the little guy that "I know were your friends are; but i dont know how to get them here" my tablet is not stupid he talks to his two other "So Called" friends sitting on my desk every day Mr. Sammy GS3 and Miss EVO 3d and has become very jealous that he does not live the life they do. :( This is a device that is capable of so much more and knowing I might never get a chance to see its full potential might put a hurt on me....... My tablet will be watching this thread VERY closely in hopes of a X-mas miracle......

I was snooping through his "READ ONLY" root directory that he hates with a PASSION and found a little file next to some useless adb shell commands named Wish. The file said all he wishes for is one new re-mount and with that new re-mount he might become rw and meet up with his two long lost friends........
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7anjabil:
androidforums.com/iconia-tab-a110-all-things-root/662108-acer-a110-rooting-tool
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
I think we should try porting CWM to the a110 first then we could mount the internal memory to a computer before the system is booted, maybe a chroot into the / drive, rewrite the 'fstab' (I forget the actual name of this file on android) and have it auto mount / as r/w. The push our Su and busy box into the appropriate files. I believe we will need a custom recovery ported and flash first tho to access the system before it is locked up by the boot process. ? Just speculation. Let me know what you think. Also to reiderrate the command

fast boot OEM unlock

will unlock your boot loader on the a110. Still has Stock Recovery Image tho, but am able to flash salt Recovery Images temporary, but I need to get a working port first.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayfid:
Still no luck with rooting this?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
Starting tonight I just got my laptop fixed
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayfid:
Excuse this dumb question but how do you get into recovery on this device? I've tried Volume up, Volume Down, and Power at least 15 times and only managed getting into recovery once. So I'm not sure if there's a different way or not. Thanks. :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veeman:
Quick boot app.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylan111557:
Anyone working on this?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I've had this Tab for a bit, too. Would really love to see something done with it; great power for the price, I love it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrocc28:
I don't think anyone is working on this. I only know of two who achieved root with a root tool kit created specifically for the A110 running 4.1.1 shipped stock rom. It appears that the method used in this script and those of the Nexus 7 use the "data restore" exploit to successfully re–mount and push busybox and such, granted only if you are lucky enough to have a Tab that shipped with the vulnerable firmware as there seems to be more than one shipped version. I was not so lucky as to receive my tab with a backdoor. Upon running the script, system failed to re–mount as R/W therefore su and busybox could not be pushed. The script will unlock the bootloader though as that was the only thing I was able to achieve from the one click kit. At this point I am willing to try anything to aid in the help of cracking this device. It's a very well built and a very capable device and with root we will be able to see its hidden potential. I don't know where to begin. This device has been out for a while now yet it seems to be non–existent among the Internet and any Android forum while the nexus shines in the spotlight which in my opinion is a OVERATED piece of junk when compared side by side to the A110. I refuse to believe that the N7 is a better value and out–performs the A110 from what I have read on other forums and articles, 9 out of 10 people recommend the N7 over the A110 and those same percentage of people seem to believe that just because their tablet is "Nexus" branded it automatically covers it's major flaws and it classifies it superior among all other devices in the same class....... Pure Comedy.... just my thoughts though......
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
Building a test rom tonight and flashing...

Im trying to build from nexus 7 source and comparing differences between the stock rom and my custom rom. If i can get a custom rom flashed onto here i may be able to enable root... Crossing my fingers and walking blindfolded ... Pray for me pleaze i dont have money to replace this tab lololz :angel:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
There is another user attempting to do this as well. Apparently the Kernel contains the recovery program within it. He's obtained the kernel source from Acers support page.

Here's the link to that thread.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
Success with root 4.1.1

so from what ive read i know 4.1.2 is having issues but if i understand what I've seen in these forums, 4.1.1 people are having trouble rooting. I have managed to get root access on mine. SU installed, busybox and rom manager all working fine so now i guess all im waiting for is CWM to be ported for custom recovery? BTW i used

Acer Iconia (A110) root method. That's the file name. Gluck with the roms guys i wish i knew more of the development process but im even new to rooting myself.

Model A110

4.1.1
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylan111557:
I hope you get it working, if not I might return it for the Nexus:(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
Rome wasn't built in a day. There were also lots of Romans :D

Assuming you have adb installed on your computer would you mind making a system backup of your tablet and sending me a copy? It would be very much appreciated. Ive been looking through system files. I have extracted the OS upgrade files from acer's website there is recovery binaries in the os files. I'm working on a custom rom build currently based off of 4.1.2 on the Nexus 7 trying to tweak it to run on the Iconia. As another option/method I would like to try and 'merge' a 4.1.1 rooted stock rom with a 4.1.2 unrooted stock rom. I was having issues with my openjdk I had to change system files on my computer. I ran my first build yesterday 12-31-2012. It wasn't supposed to be anything special, I didnt even know if it was gonna work, but my laptop ran out of juice after (heck i dunno) and hour of compiling. Looking through what was built it seemed as if it was almost finished, but as fate would have it :/ Well anyways I plan to run another build today. I first need to be motivated enough to wanna perform a full backup of my tablet again... It takes so long though cause I have the memory maxed out and full o.O I will try after I get it backup I'll run another build and try flashing. I post the result online. Never hurts to cross your fingers ;P
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrocc28:
Good luck Bacon! (Crossing my fingers) :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Thread bump.

Just a little thread bump. A root development section has been setup here..

Please read the rules before posting to the dev thread (there should be no posts made until a NEW recovery or kernel has been compiled for testing), as we want it kept clean. This current thread (you're in now) will be used for A110 chat/questions and answers.

Currently, a custom recovery is needed to continue testing. Skellums is working on this, but it can take some time, please try to remain patient.

Anyone with a rooted 4.1.1 A110, hope you're enjoying your newly found freedom!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izakum:
Fastboot cannot find device

Anyone having problem of fastboot not finding the devices when the device in bootloader mode? I would like to do backup but it is not finding the devices so I cannot flash recovery..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Not that I can think of, check the tutorial as there are instructions for USB drivers, just to make sure it's setup correctly. :)

Tutorial link.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izakum:
Thanks got it solved... I used a fastboot.exe from a file i got before so it was out of date. After downloading from the SDK then it is solved.

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I have A110-07g08s HT.HAPAA.006 from Canada with Bluetooth.

EDIT: Added Part No
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murayoshi:
exciting

I was very thankful for all people involved here. Enjoy maybe..appreciate and thankfull..you got that right.. all people who have this tablet are lucky for having this thread. hope we can go through till 4.2 or custom rom thats enjoyable. i am still anxious and exited for the result of this thread, i am not much help but i will still enjoying this than my tablet. GOOD LUCK GUYS:good:

PS: does anyone know how to make OTG cable work.. so we don have to plug this tablet everytime to computer for files so we can use falsh drive..:(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
I am thinking OTG support will require a custom kernel. But I could be wrong. Think it's gonna be a little while before we get there.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izakum:
OTA rootkeeper

Any brave soul is willing to test out OTARootKeeper?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper&hl=en

for people on rooted 4.1.1 and then update to 4.1.2, you might be able to keep the root.. I have tried root and then update to 4.1.2.. Even though I did a recovery backup, I cannot restore 4.1.2 to 4.1.1 and lost root so I couldn't test this...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedspace:
this seems to have been used with success on the nexus. is anyone willing to risk their root since the devices are similar.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Are we still working on the 4.1.2, Hex?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayfid:
Do not do this.

I've tried the SuperSU method and after the update all of my apps kept crashing. I've Factory reset the device and I couldn't get past the Setup screen.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedspace:
Do SuperSU and this app use the same method to maintain root. If not then there could be a possibility
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayfid:
I believe so. It says in the description of the app that it uses the same method.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murayoshi:
nanbackup

Have you try to restore using your nanbackup? you did back up after your rooted right? hope it goes well
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
Building errors??

hey i was building cyanogen maybe you could help with a problem i have it seems the build was going fine until... is there a way to pm on ere so i dont bloat the thread. BTW I did notice awhile back it does seem impossible at this point to re-lock the bootloader. Not sure why that is. My Tab is currently bricked from flashing a boot.img for 4.1.1 while i have 4.1.2 installed. so i have access to fastboot and recovery. I am able to flash the entire system if need be. I lost my backup i made a week ago or so. so i guess my tab will work as soon as one of us can make a working rom. or if someone can make me a rom backup and send it either way. Would you like to collaborate on the cyanogen mod build? you can also email me at jacobpetriella987@gmail.com
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayfid:
There wasn't a custom recovery out at the time.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BryanAM7:
For unbrick, just install on recovey mode the official update from acer suport page lol
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
Ill try that.

Thanks BryanAM7 ill try that! anybody have any idea what is causing the buiild error for me related to btmacreader? Any fix? i would assume its a bluetooth mac address reader lol but i would like to get this build made hahah

Recovery from all 3 acer downloads fail on stockk recovery.

Probably cause i flashed a custom boot.img instead of booting it

This is what i get:

OS_Acer_A110.AV051.A110.RV00RC07.PA.CU_A41J_A.zip

-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installation aborted.

OS_Acer_Acer.AV051.A110.RV00RC07.WW.GE_A41J_A.zip

-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "acer/a110_emea_it
/a110:4.1.1/JRO03C/1350909270:user/release-keys" || file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "r
o.build.fingerprint") == "acer/a110_emea_it/a110:4.1.2/JZo%4K/1352449782:user/release-keys"
Installation aborted.

OS_Acer_Acer..A110.RV00RC07.WW.GE_A41J_A.zip

-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installation aborted.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Is the stock recovery fully working/mounting system?

And it seems as though the package is failing the verification. Make sure you flash the right version.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I was under the impression that RV00RC07 was 4.1.1, if you had 4.1.2 installed before, that could be the issue, the build.prop is preventing a downgrade. See if you can flash the update RV00RC09 which is 4.1.2.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
If you are on 4.1.2 and you flash the boot.img file from the 4.1.1 the acer updates will fail. I have confirmed this. I was in the same boat but was able to get a replacement. You will be bricked until we can either find a way to mount system in CWM or we can make a flashable zip that will work from stock recovery.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BryanAM7:
U need

You need install the lastest update.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
I won't work. Or at least it didn't work for me. When it tried to verify the current system it failed. I'm guessing due to a file mismatch.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
It was a typo Sorry

I tried all updates on the acer support site. I think i made a typo cause one of those files was supposed to say rc09. my bad but yeah anyways all files will fail to update if you flash a different boot.img Maybe someone can make me a copy of thneir 4.1.2 boot.img? Please :D

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Has anyone been able to figure out what is going wrong with my build proccess from the screenshot i posted in a previous post?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
For one I found that the update with PA in the file name on the acer site will not work on US/CA versions of this device I think they made an error when they created it. As it's looking for an Italian system based on the errors I received. Unless someone can edit the updater-script to point it to the correct version listed in the build.prop file but not sure if this will break the signature or not. And the problem with the boot.img from 4.1.2 is that you can't extract the boot.img file without root. So unless we can find someone to build it from source I think we're stuck. I maybe wrong though.

Second line in the updater-script from OS_Acer_AV051.A110.RV00RC09.PA.CUS1_A41J_A is looking for acer/a110_emea_it/a110:4.1.1/JRO03C/1350909270:user/release-keys when it should be looking for acer/a110_pa_cus1/
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
I think we maybe could get 4.1.2 boot.img by manually patch on 4.1.1.

Here is the code to apply patch in update script:

apply_patch("EMMC:/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/LNX:4378624:cb8804a51c45d39276ec57f118f6cf25e2d621b2:4401152:7886a9b48ec9b3fcac5706f0efc1f0f097145b3e",

"-", 7886a9b48ec9b3fcac5706f0efc1f0f097145b3e, 4401152,

cb8804a51c45d39276ec57f118f6cf25e2d621b2, package_extract_file("patch/boot.img.p"));

We could run following commands on a rooted 4.1.1 device:

adb shell

su

cd sdcard-ext

applypatch boot411.img boot412.img 7886a9b48ec9b3fcac5706f0efc1f0f097145b3e 4401152 cb8804a51c45d39276ec57f118f6cf25e2d621b2:boot.img.p

(boot411.img get on a 4.1.1 device and place on sdcard, boot.img.p extracted from update script and place on sdcard, boot412.img will be created on sdcard)

This should give us a 4.1.2 boot.img.