[Miscellaneous Android Development] Ruben Craveiro:
TWRP 3.0.2 for Acer Predator 8 ported by Ruben. - If you like my work please donate here, it will also give me a boost to make more things for this device :) : https://www.paypal.me/RubenCraveiro

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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ROOTING AND UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER:

After flashing TWRP 3.0.2, use the SuperSU 2.46 flashable zip, do NOT use latest version or will result in a bootloop. Good Luck and have fun with rooting. Unlocking bootloader will delete all your data, so please make a backup first. Thank you.

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CREDITS

And also, before anything i would like to say thanks to [MENTION=4057843]arjaylzo[/MENTION] for telling me the name of a device with TWRP which helped making this update possible.

REQUIREMENTS

1- Fastboot/ADB Drivers and ADB folder

For drivers: http://adbdriver.com - Download ADB Driver Installer (universal) from the website, extract it, connect device it should detect device(if not, enable USB Debugging and reconnect), and press install, it should install drivers.

For ADB Folder: download this and extract to your main drive(C:/): https://goo.gl/ZTrfBb

2- Unlocked Bootloader (you need requirement 1 to do this)

Instructions for Unlocking bootloader: Go on settings, about device, press build version several times till it says your a developer, go back to settings, press Developer Options, and enable OEM Unlocking. Power off, then press at same time Power and Vol+ button, then connect to pc and open a cmd and write cd c:\\adb and write fastboot oem unlock, then accept the prompt it will give on tablet, and follow the rest of the steps.

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New TWRP bugfix update! Now you can flash stock rom on TWRP without bricking! Download Page updated!

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BUGS:

1- adb shell command needs to be sent before system partition is mounted or it will give an error, after doing adb shell you can mount system and do all the modifications you need.

2- You cant flash any img on twrp it gives an error, im trying to fix.

3- Backups do work, but everytime twrp restarts, the device name seems to change (which means that on /TWRP/BACKUPS/devicename/backupsinside/ changes every reboot so you have to go get the backup inside the old devicename folder and put on the new devicename folder).

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Im leaving an unsecured boot image because system seems not want to boot android if anything seems changed. So please if system does not boot after flashing twrp/rooting, flash the unsecured boot img on fastboot

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Steps TO INSTALL TWRP AND ROOT

1. Download and extract the files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxzG5iupOOSKNTdlRC1Wd0VmTlk/view?usp=drivesdk

2. Power off the tablet.

3. Enter fastboot mode by pressing the power button while holding down Vol -

4. Open up command prompt and navigate to the directory where fastboot.exe is located.

5. Pass the following commands:

fastboot flash boot unsecuredboot.img

fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img

6. Reboot into recovery (TWRP) and install SuperSU v2.46.zip

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Acer Predator 8 Support website(sourcecode, manuals, drivers, stockrom):

http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/6400?b=1

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SCREENSHOTS:

http://imgur.com/s7CgJPR