How To Root An Acer Iconia A500

struong75 · Apr 30, 2011

Hi All,

Anyone else having problems with Market after rooting? On mine, I just have the "Waiting to install" msg and nothing happens.

Thanks!

acer-usr · Apr 30, 2011

struong75 said:
Hi All,

Anyone else having problems with Market after rooting? On mine, I just have the "Waiting to install" msg and nothing happens.

Thanks!

this happened to me as well. After a reboot I was able to install only free apps from the market. I'm getting an error "Sorry details page for this item cannot be found..."

I can however buy books from the market.
I'm a total noob on Android so I must be overlooking something.

rorytmeadows · Apr 30, 2011

struong75 said:
Hi All,

Anyone else having problems with Market after rooting? On mine, I just have the "Waiting to install" msg and nothing happens.

Thanks!

Actually, I didn't root yet and I was getting that problem. it happens to me when i use advanced task killer to dump whatever's open. It must be dumping something that allows that to work correctly. If I restart my device, it works fine.

I'm also getting the only free apps in the store. Also, I can't expand the market tablet optimized app section either. That started today.

silkjones · Apr 30, 2011

acer-usr said:
this happened to me as well. After a reboot I was able to install only free apps from the market. I'm getting an error "Sorry details page for this item cannot be found..."

I can however buy books from the market.
I'm a total noob on Android so I must be overlooking something.

when you get that message hit the back button instead of hitting OK. You can also go to the market from the web browser on your tab and download the apps directly.

84z28 · Apr 30, 2011

I new to all of this rooting stuff. With out sounding like a retard. What does rooting accomplish and what does it make better on the tablet ? I just got my wife the A500 for mothers day.

Slowie911 · May 1, 2011

Hi and welcome

in its basic form rooting gives you total control over the device. it allows you to theme and install apps which would not normally work. but my advice is if its your wifes then she may not want to mess around with this sort of thing as most of what your wife will be doing will be simple gaming and internet browsing and she probably wouldnt care about overclocking the device. thats how my miss's is anyways as long as she can play angry birds and browse the web shes happy.

rocky3 · May 1, 2011

Updates

Just a simple question if I root will I still get updates OTA

rorytmeadows · May 1, 2011

Slowie911 said:
Hi and welcome

in its basic form rooting gives you total control over the device. it allows you to theme and install apps which would not normally work. but my advice is if its your wifes then she may not want to mess around with this sort of thing as most of what your wife will be doing will be simple gaming and internet browsing and she probably wouldnt care about overclocking the device. thats how my miss's is anyways as long as she can play angry birds and browse the web shes happy.

well, don't jump ahead...rooting gets rid of ads...that's enough to make anyone want it...

struong75 · May 1, 2011

Hi,

Actually, it had nothing to do with rooting I believe. I uninstalled an app called "My Applications" and restarted Market and it works again.

Thanks,

Sam.

Originally Posted by struong75
Hi All,

Anyone else having problems with Market after rooting? On mine, I just have the "Waiting to install" msg and nothing happens.

Thanks!

this happened to me as well. After a reboot I was able to install only free apps from the market. I'm getting an error "Sorry details page for this item cannot be found..."

I can however buy books from the market.
I'm a total noob on Android so I must be overlooking something.

evoss05 · May 1, 2011

thanks a lot. did it under 2 min. will spend sunday removing bloatware

c000999 · May 1, 2011

thanks..........................

dotnetbrett · May 1, 2011

I have an Iconia a500 I bought 2 days ago. How does this run on the a500. Are you getting more force closes?

rushless · May 1, 2011

rocky3 said:
Just a simple question if I root will I still get updates OTA

Good question. Waiting for the answer to this (please) and a working CWM before I root.

T0yman · May 1, 2011

Reply

The only force closes I get are apps that are not made for this version of Android, apps that were installed prior to root access still function with no problems. Plus I have installed probably 15 more since rooting and only 2 give force close but they were made for Android 2.2 and I found an alternate that worked fine. I hope this helps.

secularhuman · May 1, 2011

thanks

Works great once Busy box is installed (hit. "Problems").
Now I have a titanium backup.

lou0611 · May 1, 2011

rorytmeadows said:
well, don't jump ahead...rooting gets rid of ads...that's enough to make anyone want it...

Make sure you DL adfree from the market.

tomlogan1 · May 2, 2011

app does not install

I have tried the steps as presented and app will not install. Any tips?

Thanks.

Slowie911 said:
Good Evening from the uk

earlier on today a bunch of devs managed to actually root this tablet using a modified version of gingerbreak

below is the walkthrough of how to root this device

1. make sure usb debugging is turned on and unknown sources is selected
2. have a micro sd card inserted and turn the tablet on portrait and lock it with the switch to fix it in portrait
3. download and execute the attached apk. (i had to download from my comp and transfer to the tablet for it to work)
4. once the apk is installed run the root procedure within the app which was installed
5. wait and you will receive full root access

Edit to add original dev and thread

A BIG BIG thank you to monki-magic who provided the modified apk and the original thread is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046277

Slowie911 · May 2, 2011

tomlogan1 said:
I have tried the steps as presented and app will not install. Any tips?

Thanks.

are you downloading it from the tab if so try using a different browser like miren as i had a problem with the file integrity using the standard browser

T0yman · May 2, 2011

Reply

Make sure you place a SD card in the extra slot or it will not install, that held me up for a while.
Place the extra card in the SD slot and reboot the A500. Then run the app and select root. Once it reboots you can remove the extra SD card. I just borrowed one from another phone it does not write anything to it that is needed once the root is applied.

cblockle · May 2, 2011

How do you know the root was successful?

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