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Guide to rooting the Acer A110

Guide to rooting the Acer A110 (4.1.1 only)

REMINDER to enable USB Debugging on your tablet: go to Settings > Developer options > USB debugging - click to check.

First! Plug your tablet into the computer via USB cable. Click Start > then RIGHT click on Computer > Select manage > Device manager (left window pane) - and make sure the device appears normally (if the device is showing grey, has a question or exclamation mark, there is an issue. Refer to the link below for further help).

For help installing USB drivers, please visit the OEM USB Drivers page for a great walkthrough.

Root the easy way:

Thanks to xxxjistxxx for the dropbox!: Download ZM0D's Acer Iconia A110 Root Method HERE, make sure to run the executable as administrator (just to be safe). Incase this method doesn't work (there are mixed reviews) please refer to the manual method below.

Root the manual way:

Download the Android SDK from HERE

**Just to make sure you have the latest**

-Download it to your desktop

-Extract the contents of the zip to your desktop

Download Skellums: recovery-cwm-touch-a110-insecure.img

Download CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip - Thanks simms22

-place a copy of the CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip file, to the external sd card on your tablet.

Open a command prompt:

Tip: To easily open a command prompt, already set to the directory where adb/fastboot are located: navigate to the folder (usually under sdk\platform-tools), then while holding down Shift on your keyboard, RIGHT click in the folder and select "Open command window here"

The commands used to flash the recovery:

1. adb devices - will display a device number in the list, if drivers were installed ok. If not, please refer to the link at the top of the tutorial for help installing drivers.

2. adb reboot bootloader - to enter bootloader mode

- if your bootloader is unlocked, proceed to step 3

- else: type: fastboot oem unlock - please refer to your tablet as it will be prompting you to make a selection - THIS WILL factory reset your device! - then type: fastboot reboot-bootloader - wait for the bootloader to load.

3. fastboot devices - same as adb devices, just a double check to make sure it's still there.

4. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img - the best method is to copy the downloaded custom recovery img to the platform-tools folder so you don't have to type out long file paths. You can rename the downloaded recovery file to "recovery.img" to make things easier on the console.

5. If no errors, the recovery was flashed (this is only temporary!)

-- this part is tricky, because if you reboot, you lose the custom recovery! So you have to select "power off" using the volume up or down keys and hit the power button to select "power off" -- once the device is off, while holding the device in portrait, hold down volume UP and power, when you feel the tablet vibrate, let go of the power button but continue holding volume up, until the recovery loads.

Then select install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card -- scroll (using the volume buttons) to your SuperSU.zip > press the power button to select the zip -- then select yes and hit power again to flash. When you reboot, check to see if SuperSU is in your apps > load it up > update it, and test a root app with it. If it was successful, congrats and enjoy your rooted tab!

**Note** If you want to keep the custom recovery installed >> once rooted, you can download a root file manager/explorer from Google Play > Open /system > and delete the: recovery-from-boot.p file. Then repeat the steps above (adb commands) to re-flash the custom recovery back in. The recovery will now stick, as the recovery-from-boot.p file has been deleted!

Now that your A110 is rooted, you can format your External SDHC card to allow Link2SD (search Google Play for it) to move your installed apps to the External SD card. Follow this guide here! After partitioning the card, make sure your tablet is powered off before inserting it.

This project is still in it's infancy, nobody here will be liable for a bricked device. It is up to you, the user, to make sure you are comfortable enough with the above information, before attempting this. Follow this guide and flash at your own risk.

The above methods have only had success on the Acer A110 running 4.1.1, at this time. We are working on a root method for 4.1.2, so be sure to check back often..

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