now there's some quality instructions!
the OP instructions remind me of the Mrs.
"I'm cold" means get the heating pad, turn off the AC, pull the blanket over my feet, and do the dishes.
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now there's some quality instructions!
the OP instructions remind me of the Mrs.
"I'm cold" means get the heating pad, turn off the AC, pull the blanket over my feet, and do the dishes.
I don't see a need for this step.
After installing the acer USB driver normally, windows recognizes the tablet beeing switched to fastboot mode and installs the appropriate drivers automatically.
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Good to hear. I had to do that step otherwise it couldn't find my tablet. That's why I wrote it down.
You were to quick. I added the word "acer" to my post, because I used their driver for their tablet
I know we can now unlock the bootloader, and can gain full root...
But without any custom ROMS, etc, is it even worth doing now? Or wait until some custom ROMS and recoveries are created?
But without any custom ROMS, etc, is it even worth doing now? Or wait until some custom ROMS and recoveries are created?
Depends on what you want to do. Apps like TitaniumBackup require root. And because the only viable root method requires unlocking the bootloader, you must do so if you wish to root.
Moscow Desire
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Just a note folks. You have to be very quick to select the unlock. It goes away in about 3 or 4 seconds. Just run the unlock command again. And I was looking for text, and not the silly "icons".
Took me 3 times :laugh:
Also another note, although I was set up with adb and fastboot on the 501, I had to select the drivers again for the 701. Manual select, and ignore the warning.
MD
Took me 3 times :laugh:
Also another note, although I was set up with adb and fastboot on the 501, I had to select the drivers again for the 701. Manual select, and ignore the warning.
MD
So am i understanding it right there's at the moment no chance to revert this procedure. If i unlock the bootloader, the only way to lock it againg is to flash a complete new rom.
is the 028 firmware as official as there shouldn't be any warranty problems?
is the 028 firmware as official as there shouldn't be any warranty problems?
Moscow Desire
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No difference. They are the same.
Technically, "Firmware" should be the factory stock. But we call them the same thing. Rom or Firmware.
MD
Moscow Desire
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Because you're letting windows decide. You can't do that.
1. Always, when you install drivers from a driver installation program, to "right" mouse click the driver installation file, and select "run as administrator"
2. With you tab plugged in, and in the mode required "ADB, Fastboot, APX" go to device manager and try updating the driver "manually". You should have an option other than automatic, as windows just won't do it. Then, after going the manual select, you have to select the Device from a list. You will get a window with all devices, so you have to select the Iconia tab, or similar (can't remember what it's called, but you will see it). Then, you should get another window with 2 or 3 choices. ADB, Fastboot, or Recovery I think). That's if you installed the drivers properly to begin with.
Also, if you still can't get it right, try getting the Google Android USB drivers and install them. It's what I use. You can google exactly what I just said, and it should be the first result. It's a 65mb download. Also, I highly suggest, you download and install the Android SDK for future uses.
Also, if you are running Windows 8 customer preview, you may have issues.
MD
You probably just pointed to search in the folder. You need to pick from a list and then manually select the *.inf file.
I did everything you mentioned above but I I fixed it in a different manner. The USB drivers in the SDK didn't work, I had to go get the official ones from Acer. After Windows not finding them, I went to the USB folder and no installable files were there, just a couple of DLL files. No surprise that they weren't there.
Once I installed the ones from Acer's website, it installed the fastboot drivers, as soon as I booted up into that mode, and everything worked perfectly.
Hi, I tried both files you have suggested and neither will install. It appears to start the install but them, goes to a android laying down with an exclamation point? Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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Thanks for the procedure, it worked fine after I figured out how to press the correct volume position to confirm. I felt like an idiot after trying 5-6 times and getting the timeout error.
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40In the android-sdk go to the "platform-tools" folder.
Then launch a terminal and type:
-> Device is rebootingCode:adb reboot-bootloader
type:
now press the + Volume button to select Unlock then - Volume Button to confirm.Code:fastboot oem unlock
restart:
Code:fastboot reboot-bootloader
Your bootloader is now unlocked.8
I was a little confused too in the beginning. But adb is, like the output said, not a Windows command.
You should go to the following URL and download Android SDK:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Then install the .exe.
Once the Android SDK program has started, it'll (down)load and show you all the Android versions and tools.
Make sure you have only selected the checkboxes "Android SDK Platform Tools" and "Google USB driver". Now click on the right bottom button labeled: "Install packages".
Select the radio button: "Accept All" and click "Install".
Now, start cmd (Click start and type cmd and press enter or press the Windows flag + R on your keyboard and type cmd).
A black window will open.
Type (for 64 bit computers, if you don't know what 64 bit is, just try it. If you see an error stating it cannot find the directory, type the quoted command below 32 bit):
32 bit:
Before you continue, install the OEM USB driver:
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html
(Click with the right mouse button on Computer, click Manage. Go to Device Manager. Right click Acer A700, click update driver software.
Choose "Browe my computer for driver software". Choose "Let me pick from a list".
Click all devices or/and Have disk..
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\ and click the file under the 2 folders (android_winusb.inf)
Click on the first one and install.)
Now follow the instructions as in the first topic, only a little bit different:
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Well, in theory you could also geht root by flashing an prepared Update.zip when the bootloader is unlocked. Beside the ability to flashing anything ( Kernels, Roms etc)
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Hmm, alright.
I'll say at this point, that I know enough about Linux to be dangerous, but not enough about the Android eco-sphere (quite yet). Trying to dig up information on how to take system dumps and repackage them as .img files & looking into how to make use of the kernel source code that Acer posted.1
It helps to actually follow instructions...
Are you in the android-sdk folder? No? Go to it like the instructions said.
Don't know what the android-sdk folder is? Stop what you're doing now, you're going to break something. Rooting and unlocking bootloaders is not for you. Go do a whole bunch of reading before you try again.
