Acer tablets are one of the popular brands then Smartphones. Acer Iconia A500 gets power from Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 processor with Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 chipset and runs on Android 3.0. If you are the owner of Acer Iconia A500 then here are the steps to upgrade it to Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb. The ROM has two versions and those non-rooted (stock version) and pre-rooted (busybox). These two versions can be simply being flashed using ClockworkMod Recovery.
You must follow the steps but first keep certain points in your mind and they are:
- You must keep backups of all data separately.
- The device battery must be charged with at least 60%.
Pre-Requisites:
- Computer
- Rooted Acer Iconia Tab A500 with ClockworkMod Recovery installed.
- Stock ROM and rooting package or pre-rooted ROM.
How to Update Ace Iconia Tab A500 to Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb:
You must follow these steps cautiously to successfully install the ROM. Techcular will not be responsible for any data loss or mishap occurs during updation procedure.
Step 1: Download stock version. After stock version downloaded it will revoke previous root access and you need to root your device again and installing this stock ROM/rooting file in your PC.
Download pre-rooted or busyboxed version. If you download this file then again you need not to root your device after flashing the ROM.
Step 2: Now copy the downloaded ROM file and if you are intended to go for stock version then rooting tool files are need to copy to the root of the device SD card.
Step 3: You must turn off your device and boot it in recovery mode and to do this action you need to hold the volume down key and power button simultaneously.
Step 4: A text will display on the screen and after it appears then release both buttons.
Step 5: After this in the recovery mode find out the option ‘Backup and restore’ to backup your data.
Step 6: Now clear your device data, so apply ‘Wipe data/factory reset’, ‘Wipe cache’ and ‘Wipe Dalvik cache’.
Step 7: Select ‘Install zip from SD card’, then get the ROM that have been transferred earlier. After you selected the flashing process will begin and last for few minutes and then it will forward to recovery menu.
Step 8: (Follow this step if you flashed the stock version instead of the pre-rooted version) Follow step 7 but choosing the rooting file this time and this step will root it, where as the earlier step flashed the ROM. Give some time to flash process to finish.
Step 9: Now opt the ‘Reboot system now’ from the main recovery to reboot your tablet.
Walla! Your Acer Iconia Tab A500 is updated with Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb. Tell us your views through comments after you update the tab successfully.
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