OK Im ready for round 2... if someone can help me

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I spent pretty much my whole day yesterday trying to root this damn tablet with no luck. I went from being extremely paranoid to just annoyed about this whole thing But I cant just give up, this thing is running slow at stock I want all the bloatware off it. Im not sure what Im doing wrong here though. Im stock OTA ICS with root. I've tried AfterOTA and Civato's tutorial each atleast a dozen times and still I cannot seem to figure out what's wrong. Using blackthund3rs flash tool, I'm only able to get APX mode and it stays on 'stage two" screen. I've tried different USB port, I've tried different PCs reinstalled the drivers, I've turned off my UAC and Anti-Virus. Is there any other security settings I should turn off other than those two? I've read the tutorial over n over religiously and I just dont get what Im doing wrong. I rooted and flashed CWM on my phone within 48 hrs of getting it so Idk why this tablet is being so difficult. Can anyone give me a hand, it'd be MUCH appreciated.

Originally Posted by 500tab

I spent pretty much my whole day yesterday trying to root this damn tablet with no luck. I went from being extremely paranoid to just annoyed about this whole thing But I cant just give up, this thing is running slow at stock I want all the bloatware off it. Im not sure what Im doing wrong here though. Im stock OTA ICS with root. I've tried AfterOTA and Civato's tutorial each atleast a dozen times and still I cannot seem to figure out what's wrong. Using blackthund3rs flash tool, I'm only able to get APX mode and it stays on 'stage two" screen. I've tried different USB port, I've tried different PCs reinstalled the drivers, I've turned off my UAC and Anti-Virus. Is there any other security settings I should turn off other than those two? I've read the tutorial over n over religiously and I just dont get what Im doing wrong. I rooted and flashed CWM on my phone within 48 hrs of getting it so Idk why this tablet is being so difficult. Can anyone give me a hand, it'd be MUCH appreciated.

You say spent the day trying to root then you say you have ice ota with root. Can't tell what you are trying to do.

Try iconia root.apk in market. It worked for my Honey Comb not sure about ICS. Its the simplest way to root acer iconia tablet.

Originally Posted by shaun298

You say spent the day trying to root then you say you have ice ota with root. Can't tell what you are trying to do.

sorry, typo. I meant Im trying to flash a custom rom. I've already rooted the device, that was the easy part. It's the rest where Im having trouble finding a solution. I cant seem to get this device to install the custom bootloader. Just doesnt get past going into APX Mode.

Try afterota there is a root tool that worked for me

Here

im not quite following whats the problem , I will say this if you dont have the correct usb drivers its all for naught! Im pretty sure aota gives you the correct drivers , even if you think you have the right ones , download the ones in his mod and run it , you'll be surprised , find one of the BL's and put in in the folder and run it off aota , then your done , install recovery , then get the rom you want !