For others, still willing to play around with the device, here's a solution to get root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1729432

great job
any idea if it can fit in a510?

Originally Posted by BENETNATH

great job
any idea if it can fit in a510?

root or cwm? I guess I can build CWM for A510 too, but you have TWRP and CWM already don't you (on other forums...)?

we have root but no working recovery..
Twrp first not allow the swipe to unlock
cwn release from EB launch but only backup works, not restore.
Any help would be appreciated

Originally Posted by BENETNATH

we have root but no working recovery..
Twrp first not allow the swipe to unlock
cwn release from EB launch but only backup works, not restore.
Any help would be appreciated

Ok... will build it as soon as I can (takes some time to setup the env). I haven't tested restore btw, need to backup some more stuff (with titanium backup) to make sure I don't loose anything

Also, make sure you have a large enough external sdcard when making backups. Remember the internal sdcard is huge and backups can cause the external to be full

One more thing, also good to know, you can always backup using DD commands:

dd if=mountpoint of=/sdcard/filename.img

And here's a list of the mountpoints in the A510/A511:

/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/SOS    /dev/block/mmcblk0p1    /recovery
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/LNX    /dev/block/mmcblk0p2    /boot
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP    /dev/block/mmcblk0p3    /system
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/CAC    /dev/block/mmcblk0p4    /cache
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/MSC    /dev/block/mmcblk0p5    /misc
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/FLX    /dev/block/mmcblk0p6    /system/vendor    /flexrom    /flex
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/AKB    /dev/block/mmcblk0p7    ?
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/USP    /dev/block/mmcblk0p8    /aboot    (bootloader.blob)
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/DE2    /dev/block/mmcblk0p9    ?
/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/UDA    /dev/block/mmcblk0p10    /data

So you can use these commands:

dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/SOS of=/mnt/sdcard/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/LNX of=/mnt/sdcard/boot.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/CAC of=/mnt/sdcard/cache.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/MSC of=/mnt/sdcard/misc.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/FLX of=/mnt/sdcard/flexrom.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/AKB of=/mnt/sdcard/AKB.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/USP of=/mnt/sdcard/bootloader.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/DE2 of=/mnt/sdcard/DE2.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/UDA of=/mnt/sdcard/data.img

Well... I tried making a backup in my CWM and it says "Error while making a backup image of /data". Not sure yet why... will first make some dd backups, titanium backups, wipe device and will then start testing from scratch...

Originally Posted by BENETNATH

we have root but no working recovery..
Twrp first not allow the swipe to unlock
cwn release from EB launch but only backup works, not restore.
Any help would be appreciated

Sorry for spamming, please provide a boot.img of your device/rom-version so I can use that kernel for building the recovery.

Touch is now also available, built through the builder of CyanogenMod (turned out I used the wrong recovery, I now used boot.img from the 1.011 ROM). Use the power button to go back one step (up one level in the menu).

See first post

Problem with CWM

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Great work. Only problem what I have is that my device is not recognized when entering CWM. In the device manager is just an unknown device. I have installed the drivers from the Acer support. Do I need somehting else, too?

Well, my A511 is stuck at "writing recovery".

Bootloader vICS-MR1-89805f0(UnlockMode) :

sending recovery 5268kb ...
OKAY 2,063s
writing recovery ...
FAILED status malformed 0 bytes
finished. total time 503.062s


Well its still booting without problems in unlocked bootloader, but i cant flash. It just stuck there even if i try it again and again.

A511 & NV Fastboot Driver are both recognized by my system, but can it cause an error that i run windows in a VB? Need to enable USB-Debugging to run adb.

I never had problems with my Arc before using fastboot in a VB.

EDIT: Same for the touch-CWM. It just stuck at writing recovery.

adb v1.0.29