I am wondering if anyone has rooted their tablets successfully after the new HC 3.1 update. I used Gingebreak before the update with no problems, but I haven't seen anything on this since the update started coming out. There are just a few apps that I use that require the tab to be rooted, and i would like to get their functionality back. Thanks.
Rooting after HC 3.1 update
- Thread starter danielg5
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deedub
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- Jul 4, 2011
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I have rooted my A500 since updating to 3.1. Gingerbreak will not work. I used Iconiaroot which I downloaded from the XDA Forum to my PC, then moved it to my A500 via Drop Box. It installed perfectly from Drop Box.
Once I had root I went to the Android Market and downloaded/installed Acer Recovery. It has Clockwork Recovery built into it. The first thing I did once CWR was installed was to create a recovery image of my fresh 3.1 install and that went perfectly.
Now I'm ready to move to custom ROMs
Once I had root I went to the Android Market and downloaded/installed Acer Recovery. It has Clockwork Recovery built into it. The first thing I did once CWR was installed was to create a recovery image of my fresh 3.1 install and that went perfectly.
Now I'm ready to move to custom ROMs
robdroid
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- May 4, 2011
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After 3.1 update you need to re-root with the new 1.2 root tool for the A500 as the older Gingerbreak for Android 3.0 no longer works : [HOWTO] Root for stock HC3.1 - xda-developers
There is actually a 1.3 version now :S (new to me).
Download that one instead of 1.2 I guess. Same link as robdroid posted though.
