yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luca Brasi09:
I don't have those options, my recovery options, reboot system now, apply update from external storage,wipe data factory restore, wipe cache partition, enter fastboot mode. Wanting to flash a110-412-CWM-recovery.img from my external sd.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyboy_xd:
Now my tablet is updated to 4.1.2 and rooted. Thank you very much guys for the hard work. :good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylan111557:
So how do I root my device? Sorry i'm a beginner and just wondering the whole procedure.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
4.1.2 Gallery fix with 4.2 Camera.

After hours search, finally fixed my Gallery. It does not sync with Google Photo.

Here is a fix link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1968381

Prerequisites:

1. Root

2. Root Explorer or similar

3. And knowledge of the Android system. I'm not resposible for braking your device!

Flash Zip in CWM,

Or follow those steps.

Manually fix Instructions:

0. Delete or rename Gallery2.apk and Gallery2.odex.

1. Download the zip file and extract the files.

2. Open the extracted file and copy the 2 apk (GalleryGoogle.apk & GmsCore.apk) from the System>App folder and paste them to your System>app

2a.. Make sure set permission to rw-r--r--

3. Grab the 3 libs from the libs folder and paste them into System>lib

3a. Make sure set permission to rw-r--r--

4. Reboot and Enjoy your new AOSP Camera w/ PhotoShpere!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
Wow you guys make it so easy!! I simply downloaded the debloated 4.1.2 img and installed zip from sd and boom 4.1.2 rooted and ready to go even went back to my 4.1.1 flawless!! thanks again to all in the process, ima dig thru the posts and pass thanx around like a madcat!!

as a side note noone else posted so ill just add so more here...

Im trying to format my card with fat32 10gb partition and an ext2 18gb, using this guide here: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning, it finishes successfully but the partion shows Bad disk everytime i try it.... going to replace the card but hoping not the same error?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindbound:
Brick without CWM

After rooting my 4.1.2 and booting up I accidentally bricked the tablet which upon booting now freezes at the first green "Acer" splash. The problem is, it brings up only the stock recovery mode, which doesn't allow me to install any of the ROMs listed here. Is there anything I could do? T.I.A.

Resolved.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Sounds like the wrong boot.img file didn't upgrade or something went wrong. If you can still get into fastboot mode there is still hope though. Which version were you on? Both 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 boot.img files are in this thead. If you can get in to fastboot attempt to boot each of them. One of them should get you working. If fastboot doesn't work then you're unfortunatly done and have a paper weight. I've done this but recovery wouldn't even load fastboot mode so mine was bricked. Until a way to use nvflash with apx mode is found if it ever is it's gone.

Edit:

Didn't notice you had it fixed. Good stuff. Just becarefull what you flash. It's really not hard to brick.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Try formatting it back to fat 32 first, then partitioning it on your device with something like ROM Toolbox.

Also, could you perhaps post a stock version of your rooted 4.1.1 image? I'll try to defluff it at some point and repost.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylan111557:
Keep up the good work Bacon :) I'm praying you get this working! :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
Good luck, I hope it working.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Keep in mind, there are two models of the A110. The A110-07G08C - The more expensive one, with bluetooth, and the A110-07G08CA - The cheaper model. Bluetooth is missing on the CA model, where as the C model has bluetooth 3, there may be more differences, both have different OS upgrades on the site.

Which model is currently being worked on? The sticker on the back of the box will tell you what your model is.

A110-07G08C Datasheet

A110-07G08CA Datasheet
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedBacon:
C - I have bluetooth on mine

Now This is completely a guess before anyone goes believing me at facevalue, but i believe the Iconia a110 (both versions) use Nexus 7 source but use Samsung's Recovery. I forget at what point i came to this conclusion, but (from my understanding) I cam to be under the impression that the Iconia boots using initramfs. Which I believe is one of the differences in porting the CWM to Samsung device's is because the use initramfs. Does anyone know if the fact that the Stock recovery says version "<3e>" has any significant value? Is this a way to identify Samsung's recovery..?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Mine is the C model as well.

It makes sense that the A110 could be running the N7's source, at least from a hardware perspective. Could the recovery not be replaced with <2e> which would allow unsigned zips, or modded for the same result?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Let me know if you haven't gotten a recovery image yet. If not and you are able to provide me the steps to make one and I can send it. I'm rooted on 4.1.1
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Might want to try this thread... Use terminal emulator from the play store.

Open terminal emulator, type su, then hit enter.

Type: cat /proc/mtd -- hopefully it will be this easy. Yes there is a space between cat and /proc/mtd.

Then type: dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd1 of=/sdcard/recovery.img -- Make sure you selected the proper partition number (listed above, should cat /proc/mtd have worked) mtd1 may not be the recovery partition.

If it worked, there will be a recovery.img file on your sdcard.

No promises however, this is untested on this device as far as I know. But if you're rooted, it's worth a shot! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
The above poster is a friend, I tried this out and /proc/mtd does not exist :\

I did a directory listing of /proc (see attached txt file). Anything stand out here?

Edit: Here's the output of the partitions file (cat /proc/partitions), not sure if this is any use?

shell@android:/proc # cat partitions

major minor #blocks name

179 0 7634944 mmcblk0

179 1 2048 mmcblk0p1

179 2 2048 mmcblk0p2

179 3 2048 mmcblk0p3

179 4 6144 mmcblk0p4

179 5 8192 mmcblk0p5

179 6 786432 mmcblk0p6

179 7 786432 mmcblk0p7

179 8 2048 mmcblk0p8

179 9 286720 mmcblk0p9

179 10 5738496 mmcblk0p10

179 32 2048 mmcblk0boot1

179 16 2048 mmcblk0boot0

179 48 15558144 mmcblk1

179 49 15546368 mmcblk1p1

shell@android:/proc #
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Try using ADB to see which mount is the recovery.

adb shell mount
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
Recovery isn't listed when doing mount unfortunately :\
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Well it was worth a try. :)

I'm not that familier with this stuff, I've just been researching the heck out of "other" possible options. It's getting frustrating, but I refuse to believe this tablet is locked down and can't be modded... Especially seeing as the bootloader is easily unlocked through fastboot.

We may have to try to summon the aid of some experts.... Which may be difficult, if they don't own the tablet!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
Might be getting somewhere though.. Found another post and did a cat on /cache/recovery/last_log and got this:

Starting recovery on Wed Jan 2 11:54:51 2013
can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory
framebuffer: fd 3 (1024 x 600)
recovery filesystem table
=========================
0 /tmp ramdisk (null) (null) 0
1 /recovery emmc /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/SOS (null) 0
2 /boot emmc /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/LNX (null) 0
3 /system ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP (null) 0
4 /cache ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/CAC (null) 0
5 /misc emmc /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/MSC (null) 0
6 /staging emmc /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/USP (null) 0
7 /data ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/UDA (null) -32768
8 /sdcard vfat /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.0/by-num/p1 (null) 0

So then:

shell@android:/ # cd /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name
shell@android:/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name # ls -l

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 APP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 CAC -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 LNX -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 MSC -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 ROM -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 SOS -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 TSS -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 UDA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 USP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-02 07:55 WKX -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
shell@android:/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name #

So the recovery partition should be /dev/block/mmcblk0p4

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/recovery.img

See the attached. ;)

md5 /sdcard/recovery.img
4b98f0ac01798be5fb208517ee47cd10 /sdcard/recovery.img

Just as a warning.. I tried using unyaffs on it and said it was broken. I don't know enough about it to know if this normally happens or not. So whatever you do.. Don't try to flash this until someone with better knowledge can take a look!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Well that's a great start. Hopefully this is what we will need!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
So I tried using the Recovery Builder (http://builder.clockworkmod.com/), it seemed to go through OK but I have no way of testing it right now as I don't have the device myself.

Any brave souls with unlocked bootloader want to give it a shot through fastboot?

Standard disclaimer: I hold no liability for the outcome of using the file. I carry no responsibility if it ends up bricking your device or loss of information.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
It works. Flashed successfully. Recovery now boots to CWM Recovery 6.0.2.7

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Looks like there might actually be 3 versions as this is the one I have A110-07g08u

hxxp://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/HT.HAPAA.001
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Nice, I'll have to flash this once I'm around it again, awesome stuff Skellums!

Any known differences between the C and your U model? Edit: Actually, the specs look par with the C.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
No differences as far as I can tell
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skellums:
Awesome! So from what I've seen, a few people (or most?) have been able to unlock the bootloader, but very few can root?

If others can get CWM installed, could the supersu binary and apk be flashed?

Edit: removed link as it 404'd
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I can't see why not, CWM won't require a signed zip and it should be able to mount the system -rw. I've downloaded this Superuser, Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip, it says it supports up to 4.1. I looked over the updater-script, doesn't do anything odd.

If the recovery flashes without issue, it deserves a complete function test, lol
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fringle:
Have found one small issue. That is that CWM boots and you can scroll through the menu but unable to make any selections. Have to hold the power button down and reboot device which is the only thing you can do. I'm sure it's just a small oversight due to button assignments or something.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
been tryin to figure out how to partition thru the android system, with no luck the only option i see in rom toolbox is to comfigure apps to sd and i dont know if that would actually partition it, maybe id have to use terminal?? and they only 4.1.1 rooted backup i have at the moment has all my personal info on it. i will try here in a bit to use a file that got me up and running when i soft bricked sometime back, and see if i can make a backup of it fresh install and ill post gimmie just a bit, as for the partions issue im not having much luck making 2 partions (fat32 n ext2)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Sorry, I should have said ROM manager.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Hey, if this hasn't been resolved yet, try this. I found it worked great for link2sd, when I played around with it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylan111557:
Can someone help me? I still don't understand how to do it. And don't want to brick tab.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajclai08:
What android version are you running? 4.1.1 or 4.1.2??

Also, if anyone getting errors with SD partition using a live CD, try and make at least one or two unallocated parts infront and at the end of both fat32 and ext partitions. My 32gb card already had 4mb unallocated infront and was able to finish the ext4 partition.. Once i deciding to redo everything to shirnk the ext partition, I got rid of the unallocated space and it wouldnt let me create a new partition. It wouldn't finish the partition process and leave the ext partition I created as unallocated. It got to a point where I couldn't reformat any of the card and had to use Windows to scan for errors and fix it. After that, it would create 1 big partition again but still no ext2, 3 or 4 partition. While i did the research, I haven't confirmed this could fix my problem, as I'm fine with having 1 huge fat32 partition as I could never get links2sd to move larger gamedata over.

I ended up moving the gamedata to sd card and mount -o bind /new_location /old_location so it could launch from SD.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylan111557:
4.1.2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxjistxxx:
this was my fisrt option i tried and it just kept saying bad disk, furthur digging showed that the common write protected issue was the case i tried the tape tricks and all but all i come up with was a 512mb partition with rom manager which i think i need more space...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlk43611:
Swype and rooted Jelly Bean?

Hi All.

My Acer A110 JB 4.1.2 is rooted now, I'm reinstalling aps, and found that Swype no longer works although it did prior to root. Android keyboard deselected, swype keyboard checked, rebooted -- nada. Thoughts?

-- mk --
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
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Did you try ROM manager?

---------- Post added 18th January 2013 at 12:12 AM ---------- Previous post was 17th January 2013 at 11:40 PM ----------

Just installed Swype beta 1.4 on my device. No problems here. Did you set default keyboard to Swype in the input settings?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlk43611:
If you are referring to Settings\Language & input\Default, yes. Swype Beta 1.41.4.0.11523. I don't know quite what else to do. Thx.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Odd, working fine here.

If I get a chance I'll format, go back to one of my builds and try Swype again. If this works, I'll post the ROM image here for you to flash - if no Swype is a dealbreaker for you?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis79:
i try flashing recovery through adb but not sticking. i can boot into cwm using adb but doesnt stay when i reboot ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
If you want the recovery to stick, use a root file explorer to delete the "recovery-from-boot.p" file located under /system.

Then flash the recovery and reboot, recovery will now stick.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlk43611:
Thanks but I've got it now. I never received the activation code and didn't think about that until later so I reinstalled it, got the code this time and it's working. As much as I like Swype I love having root so much more so it wouldn't have been a deal breaker. better to have both, though. Thanks for all of your help.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Hmm, any idea if we can get OTG working on this guy?

I'd love to get a MicroUSB keyboard case for it, but I don't know if it'll work.

I tried a buddy's OTG cable and a flash drive, and it didn't work. (Of course, he owns a Nexus 7..)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Yeah, it's going to require a custom kernel. We're not quite there yet.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyboy_xd:
Custom kernel will be great.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis79:
I also noticed the dejunked ROM for whatever reason hangs up once and a while totally unresponsive. then just starts working again.weird
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
He may have removed something that the system looks for.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
There shouldn't be anything in the dejunked that could cause that, I've been running it without many alterations for a while now. Are any processes halting?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis79:
Not sure .it happened twice.completely froze for at least 5 seconds
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
You're right about that.

Is your ROM deox?

Did you do a full wipe before installing the ROM..?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis79:
I'll give it a try.also anyone help me with the flwslig of cwm
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blokenfeffer:
Most of the optimisations are removals and everything was cleaned up. The only thing that I can can think of that could be an issue is my repack of launcher2, but if this were a problem for someone, the launcher itself would force close. As none of my ROMs are custom, the cleaning up has also stayed "safe".

Launcher2 itself remains fully intact, including all filenames for previously installed wallpapers. I specifically chose to replace every stock wallpaper with a 1 pixel image, so that it would behave correctly without needing to actually edit the files themselves.

I chose not to deodex anything, so that everything would remain as is, for a building block.

Each slimmer ROM is built on the previous, so the base stays as close as possible. The intention being if you really need the slim ones, the flash is quicker and it's smaller to store on your card. I'd highly suggest that the very first ROM is used, as that's about a basic a cleanup as possible - launcher is also not touched.

All the framework files are intact, regardless if a google application has been removed, again to be safe.

More than happy to look into this, if it isn't an issue with the way it's being flashed.

Step one is to ensure that you wipe your data and your cache if you're using one of my ROMs. Also sounds like there are issue with him flashing CWM, but there are so many versions we can't be sure that the correct one is being used. Worse, in this case there are several CWM ports that now work.

For simplicity when using my ROM, please match it with the CWM I have made. I'm sure that it works and I'm sure it behaves with my mods.

All my files are still listed on my main post:

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

For any rooting guide you use, simply replace the filename of the recovery, with mine - if you plan to use it. So many people have put effort into this, including DjDom with his guide, that writing a guide specifically to go with my files, seems like a waste of time :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis79:
I understand ill try again wiping everything .my a110 is rooted.I also am trying the cwm in ur post.something about partion name error.must be something i am doing.ill try again this weekend .thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expat1906:
I've deleted the file specified and tried to flash CWM recovery image but it doesn't stick. Could you document the exact steps please, before I lose the rest of my hair.

TIA Richard.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Are you using the fastboot flash recovery recovery.img command instead of merely booting the recovery?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I was just about to ask the same thing. :)

fastboot boot recovery.img = 1 time boot, does not replace anything.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img = replaces the recovery.

fastboot boot: is used for a 1 time boot, great for testing new kernels/recoveries.

fastboot flash: is used for permanent replacement, i.e.

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash radio radio.img

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img

FYI: I downloaded the kernel source, I'm going to play around a bit and see if I can add an overclock step to 1.7ghz with appropriate voltage step. I'm also going to try and get init.d support running, but I'm still researching/setting stuff up at this stage, so don't expect anything or ask for eta's, lol.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expat1906:
Thanks both of you. I was using the flash command.........just not booting it properly.

It's late and I'm getting too old for this now. Thanks again keep up the good work.

Richard.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Were you able to get the recovery to stick?

Sent from my A110
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expat1906:
Yes thanks for your help. ROM Manager installed and keeping backups now.

What's the best/preferred tool for removing "some" of the bloatware? I don't need to go as far as the images that have been posted, but would like to get rid of about 6 of the preinstalled apps.

Richard.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Titanium Backup is the preferred app for this.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis79:
Sweet.thanks

sent from my rooted a110
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjDom:
Has anyone tried flashing any add-ons yet?

Like, beats audio or acid audio.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I haven't yet, been very busy cramming this thing with as many games and apps as possible, lol!

FYI, a really fun game to play is Supersonic HD!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
Update: Sorry to inform you all, but until I setup a dedicated linux box, I won't be able to persue this. A virtual box will not suffice.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HSRT:
I ve tried ''ACID Audio Engine V5.0''.Not an audiophile but as a good listener I can say there is improvement.

Flashed this one and followed the instructions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1923630

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Would you please give the instructions step by step to stick cwm instead of stock recovery?Which recovery and command u used?

And any help would be nice if anyone can explain using cwm over stock one has any disadvantage?Can I go back to stock if I need it again?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I have no intentions of permanently replacing the stock recovery. When it's needed for a backup, restore, fix permissions, flashing etc, I boot to it. If in the future there is more development on it to get touch working, then I'll consider it. But with no ROMs or Kernels to flash, at this point, I feel it's redundant.

This is just my opinion.

Instructions are in this thread, post 166 (page 17) here, and DjDoms guide (in his signature) both provide information on adb and fastboot. The only enemy with the recovery not sticking, is the recovery-from-boot.p file, which has been around since ICS (IME) and it's located in the /system directory.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HSRT:
Thank you very much for your answer.As you said maybe it is still early to stick cwm before devs building ROMs or KERNELs.I think I used to use cwm at my phones and needed to see it at tablet too.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heX79:
I felt that way to. I use CWM on my Nexus S and to have it on the tab would make me feel "at home" so to speak. But for the occasional nandroid, I just can't justify replacing the stock recovery at this point.