[GUIDE] Acer Liquid E1 All-In-One Guide [UPDATED 03- 07- 2013]

Brick3d · Mar 17, 2013

Acer Liquid E1 All in One thread; Rooting, Recovery and Kernel, Roms and Unbricking

Disclaimer
We are Not responsible if you brick your device or lose your data. Rooting is done at own risk and we are not the ones to blame for messing up your phone. When you rooted this phone, you lost your warranty. Vache and Paugustin provided a way to restore your device to stock in case you mess up, and I've made a tutorial on that which you can find at the beginning of this thread.

If you have any question, feel free to reply, or leave a PM. I am always open for suggestions!
Of course, if you get stuck somewhere in the process, tell us! but don't forget to tell us exactly what you did, what the screen shows, and what files you used.

Here is a simple overview of the thread for you so you can quick acces all posts:

Rooting
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39293790&postcount=2

Reverting back to stock rom/ unbrick your device
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39293936&postcount=3

Custom rom section
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2226375

The user iulian1421 has been kind enough to provice me with a zipped Nandroid backup. This means that we now have acces to both dual-sim, and single-sim firmwares. If you want to give it a try, flash the CWM recovery, unzip this file and place it in SD card. apply the backup through CWM restore option.

mega.co.nz/#!V0YDXTKA!I2H1biA_NzBzFUbORHv020gzpQpcZzl5XcroeTQ Dpbg

People who contributed in this project, and helped me out big time :highfive:

Brick3d
Vache
Paugustin
iulian1421
Master Shifu Yuweng
Pratikmore
Socr4te @ Needrom

hzuu · Apr 19, 2013

garytako said:
nice to got your reply!

but flash_tool seems unable to flash *.img file, it popup *.img is not a valid DA format...

---------- Post added at 05:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:04 PM ----------

oh i got it now!

i seleted a txt file under "scatter-loading", then all the *.img file being checked and listed at the download list.

then i connect the cable to the device (off), but the status bar doesn't change red...

I try to click download, then the screen hold and without any respond.

Here are the steps I use:

**********
* Rooting:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39232576
01. Download this file, and be so kind to buy Vache, the one who made this, a beer, or a coffee:
http://www.vache-android.com/Smartphones/Liquid E1/recovery/SuperRecovery_Acer-E1.zip
02. Extract the files into a folder you like
03. Shut down your phone, pull out the battery. next, plug it into your pc with the battery still out.
Open device manager, and you'll see:
* unknown device
*MT65xx Preloader with (!) triangle
04. Manually install the drivers for that device which you can find in the folder you extracted.
Be sure to install the drivers provided for your OS !!
05. After installing, put the battery back in your phone and unplug it for now.
06. Open the folder > Flash tool > run Flash_Tool.exe
07. Click Scatter-Loading, and select the MT6577_emmc_aa66_Acer_AV051_V360_1.003.00_WW_GEN1. txt file.
You can find that in the scatter folder
08. From the list, check the mark at RECOVERY.
09. Double click RECOVERY, and select 'recoE1-superuser.img' from the Images folder.
10. Click 'Download' and confirm the popup with yes.
11. With the power of the phone still off, connect it to usb
12. Next you will see the progress bar turn red, then yellow, and if it's finished correctly you will
see a green popup ring appear in the flash tool.
13. Remove the usb cable from the phone, and boot into recovery mode (Volume+ and Power button)
14. Now select 'Normal Boot', and you have a rooted 'Acer Liquid E1'

For 'CWM Recovery v6.0.2.8':

**********
* CWM Recovery v6.0.2.8 (Vache):
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39293790&postcount=2
01. Download 'CWM Recovery' for the Acer Liquid E1:
http://www.vache-android.com/Smartphones/Liquid E1/recovery/CWM-6.0.2.8_Acer-E1.img
02. Copy 'CWM-6.0.2.8_Acer-E1.img' to \SuperRecovery_Acer-E1\Images
03. Unplug usb cable
04. Open the folder > Flash tool > run Flash_Tool.exe
05. Click Scatter-Loading, and select the MT6577_emmc_aa66_Acer_AV051_V360_1.003.00_WW_GEN1. txt file.
You can find that in the scatter folder !!!!
06. From the list, check the mark at RECOVERY.
07. Double click RECOVERY, and select 'CWM-6.0.2.8_Acer-E1.img' from the Images folder.
08. Click 'Download' and confirm the popup with yes.
09. With the power of the phone still off, connect it to usb
10. Next you will see the progress bar turn red, then yellow, and if it's finished correctly you will
see a green popup ring appear in the flash tool.
11. Remove the usb cable from the phone, and boot into recovery mode (Volume+ and Power button)
12. Now select 'Normal Boot', and you have a rooted 'Acer Liquid E1'

Hope this helps you out

garytako · Apr 19, 2013

garytako said:
nice to got your reply!

but flash_tool seems unable to flash *.img file, it popup *.img is not a valid DA format...

---------- Post added at 05:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:04 PM ----------

oh i got it now!

i seleted a txt file under "scatter-loading", then all the *.img file being checked and listed at the download list.

then i connect the cable to the device (off), but the status bar doesn't change red...

I try to click download, then the screen hold and without any respond.

oh got! i try to unplug and replug again and again, some diaglog box appeared and force me to click...finally it's started to work under my messed step! seems i clicked firmware upgrade...and finally upgrade completed!!

thanks a lot for your important advice!! you saved the device!!!

Maxwelbel · Apr 19, 2013

disc0 said:
Hy,

I received this phone today and I was wondering if someone has tried this before, or have another away to achieve the same goal?
http://gt35pro-mobile-gadgets.blogspot.pt/2013/02/how-to-increase-your-internal-memory.html

I wanted to get rid of the internal sd card, and merge it with the phone storage so I can have more space to install applications, only have 500MB free on internal storage.

Do like this... Place backup before!

I changed somme lines of vold.fstab tanks to droidiser with this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1991583

So make a backup of you vold.fstab (system/etc) by renaming vold.fstab.dat and put this one there.

Screen shot http://postimg.org/image/jj3cya4ob/
MOD vold.fstab http://www.4shared.com/file/qjjo6qmA/vold.html
there is a copy of mine stockvold.fstab http://www.4shared.com/file/gv1EuFGa/STOCKvold.html

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disc0 · Apr 19, 2013

Maxwelbel said:
Do like this... Place backup before!

I changed somme lines of vold.fstab tanks to droidiser with this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1991583

So make a backup of you vold.fstab (system/etc) by renaming vold.fstab.dat and put this one there.

Screen shot http://postimg.org/image/jj3cya4ob/
MOD vold.fstab http://www.4shared.com/file/qjjo6qmA/vold.html
there is a copy of mine stockvold.fstab http://www.4shared.com/file/gv1EuFGa/STOCKvold.html

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Thanks for the replay, I saw some other posts about modifying vold.fstab but didn't found any reference to if that claims back the space allocated to the internal sd card. I would be glad if I could only merge the internal storage with the internal sd card.

disc0 · Apr 20, 2013

I gave a try to the vold.fstab change, but its no use, the internal memory still remains at 500 MB free. I was wishing that some kind of black magic would have happen and the internal storage had grown

I switched back to how it was originally, because I think I wont install to much apps, so, 1GB of phone storage is enough for me, and there isn't any memory card that can be compared to the eMMC speeds.

It would be really cool if someone did the same as this ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30786931 ) for the acer liquid e1.

Brick3d · Apr 20, 2013

disc0 said:
I gave a try to the vold.fstab change, but its no use, the internal memory still remains at 500 MB free. I was wishing that some kind of black magic would have happen and the internal storage had grown

I switched back to how it was originally, because I think I wont install to much apps, so, 1GB of phone storage is enough for me, and there isn't any memory card that can be compared to the eMMC speeds.

It would be really cool if someone did the same as this ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30786931 ) for the acer liquid e1.

I'm working on multiple roms at the moment. I have a stock 4.1.1 mod, and have a fully finctional 4.1.2 ported to liquid e1. Only need to resoze the software buttons and make it single sim

woking on a 4.2.2 port too.

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johnny7556 · Apr 20, 2013

Brick3d said:
Only need to resoze the software buttons and make it single sim woking on a 4.2.2 port to

Hello
Why not make both single and dual sim i have a dual sim and would be very happy.

Verstuurd van mijn V360 met Tapatalk

disc0 · Apr 20, 2013

Brick3d said:
I'm working on multiple roms at the moment. I have a stock 4.1.1 mod, and have a fully finctional 4.1.2 ported to liquid e1. Only need to resoze the software buttons and make it single sim woking on a 4.2.2 port too.

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Hy Brick3d, didn't get why you quote my message, your answer was completely unrelated :x

Brick3d · Apr 20, 2013

disc0 said:
Hy Brick3d, didn't get why you quote my message, your answer was completely unrelated :x

Ah yes. I see the correct post now, when i checked on my phone it led me to a thread where someone was porting alot of roms to their device. my bad sorry! I will have a look at that later, but i am going to need some help. On my 4.1.2 port rom, there is no internal memory at all! there is just the system partition of 1gb (which is way too much btw!)

Brick3d · Apr 20, 2013

johnny7556 said:
Hello
Why not make both single and dual sim i have a dual sim and would be very happy.

Verstuurd van mijn V360 met Tapatalk

Oh well, right now I have a dual sim, but i dont know what files make it a single sim, I will have to look for that. I will upload the 4.1.2 as dual-sim version first, then ill see. I dont mind the notification of no 2nd sim card at boot so it's no problem for me

disc0 · Apr 20, 2013

Brick3d said:
Ah yes. I see the correct post now, when i checked on my phone it led me to a thread where someone was porting alot of roms to their device. my bad sorry! I will have a look at that later, but i am going to need some help. On my 4.1.2 port rom, there is no internal memory at all! there is just the system partition of 1gb (which is way too much btw!)

Ah ok, thats what I thought it had happen

Ok, It would be really good if more people would be looking at this. This phone would be perfect, if the eMMC would be correctly formatted. It doesn't make any sense to have and internal sd card, if the userdata is left with only 500MB free as too many apps don't support being moved to sd card. The internal memory will eventually be completely filled.

The solution of having the internal and external sd card swapped is not very smart, as eMMC speeds are to high, in comparison to the best sd cards available.

The solution offered in that link for that specific phone is ideal for me, it re-partitions the eMMC, with the stock ROM.

I have been taking a look on how the trick was done, but I don't have enough knowledge in the mtk phones. I don't understand enough about the flash tool and what all those entries mean. What I was able to find, was that in the scatter file, they added a __NODL_ in front of the FAT partition, but they ask for the MBR and EBR1 to be flashed. I don't know how to read those files, and most certainly don't know how to edit them. They too ask to install an apk, but I don't know what it does.

plkristof · Apr 20, 2013

johnny7556 said:
Hello
Why not make both single and dual sim i have a dual sim and would be very happy.

Verstuurd van mijn V360 met Tapatalk

+1

hzuu · Apr 25, 2013

There seems to be a bug in the kernel of our MTK6577 device.
The 2nd core becomes only active if the 1st core is at 100% after screen unlock.
This causes more heat and battery drain.
A fix for this problem is 'MTK6577 CPU Governor Switcher' and can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2186957

From my experience v18 is more stable than v18.1.

These are the settings I use:

Restore state after reboot and unlock = enabled
Advanced governors settings = default
Governor selection = HYBRID
CPU Visualisation = disabled

Tip: Disable notifications for 'MTK6577 CPU Governor Switcher' in SuperUser.

Brick3d · Apr 25, 2013

This is not a big, this is how hybrid mode works. The program you refer to is the only working one. If someone could mod kernels and make 1 for us that would be great!

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dhampire · Apr 27, 2013

Can I use for after system updated apr ?

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wasnew · Apr 27, 2013

I have a question

I cannot find the drivers in the folder

no program can install drivers???

Brick3d · Apr 27, 2013

dhampire said:
Can I use for after system updated apr ?

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What do you mean after update? Since i havent been on stock rom for long time, and i cant find an update on acer website...tell me what has changed

About the driver folder: it is in the mediafire link i uploaded. Install cab be done through device manager, and you have to install the drivers manually

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dhampire · Apr 27, 2013

My SW

Brick3d said:
What do you mean after update? Since i havent been on stock rom for long time, and i cant find an update on acer website...tell me what has changed

About the driver folder: it is in the mediafire link i uploaded. Install cab be done through device manager, and you have to install the drivers manually

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Thanks for your reply.
My Acer SW Version is "Acer_AV051_v360_2.001.02_WW_GEN1".
I forget stop automatic update system, few days ago, update to this SW version.

Regards

hzuu · Apr 27, 2013

I've tried the ROM in the link (Russian site) and 'Acer_AV051_v360_2.001.02_WW_GEN1' was detected as an Acer update.

http://translate.google.nl/translat...pic/21232-rom-acer-av051-v360-100700-ww-gen1/

Supported languages: EN / FR / IT / DE / ES / PT / NL / RU
It's a Dual-sim ROM.

I'm from the Netherlands and also never received an update from Acer yet.

Brick3d · Apr 27, 2013

dhampire said:
Thanks for your reply.
My Acer SW Version is "Acer_AV051_v360_2.001.02_WW_GEN1".
I forget stop automatic update system, few days ago, update to this SW version.

Regards

I suppose you can still use my roms. Do you know anything about the changes they made??

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