How to Root Acer Iconia Tab A500

Acer Iconia A500 Tablet is a renouned device and it is my personal favorite. Currently it is running through Android 3.0 Honeycomb and it can be updated to Android 3.2.1 version  by flashed using  ClockworkMod Recovery. But before updating your lovable Honeycomb tablet, you need to root it first and the third party developer XDA has rooted this device and here are steps given below to get the work done. Follow the guidence below and before that we gonna warn you that after rooting the Acer Iconia Tab A500 will cancel your warranty. Techcular will not be responsible for any mishap or data loss.

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-Requsites:

1. Computer
2. Acer Iconia Tab A500
3. USB data cable
4. Install Android Debug Bridge (ADB) shell on your computer. Here is the way to install.

How to Root Acer Iconia Tab A500:

Step 1: First you must connect your device to the computer via USB cable.

Step 2: In the Setting->Application, enable ‘Unknown Sources’.

Step 3: On your Acer Iconia A500 enable ‘USB Debugging’ , taping Setting->Applications->Development.

Step 4: Now download modified version of the GingerBreak app to save it in a selected folder on your computer.

Step 5: Open a terminal and run the following commands on your computer:

adb push c:/*[path]*/Gingerbreak-v1.20.apk /data/local
(where *[path]* refers to the directory location of the GingerBreak files. For example:c:/Users/user/Desktop/New Folder/Gingerbreak-v1.20.apk /data/local

Step 6: Now lock your tablet in portait mode by turning the tablet vertically.

Step 7: Download the OI File Manager and BusyBox and save them to the computer and copy them to the root of the device’s SD card.

Step 8: Now on the Acer Iconia tablet  launch the OI File Manager and search for the/data/local/Gingerbreak-v1.20.apk. and than install the APK file.

Step 9: After installation, than its time to launch the Gingerbreak app on your device and choose ‘Root’. The device must be in portait mode bacuse in the landscape mode it will automatically cloase the app, so keep in mind while going through the procedure.

Step 10: Once the rooting is finished the device will reboot, so keep patience untill the process is over of its own.

Step 11: Rebooting is finished and now get ready to launch the BusyBox and automatically it will install on your device.

Congratulations! Your Acer Iconia Tab A500 is totally rooted and now its turn to flash custom ROM and lift your experience the better use of this tablet.

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How To Root Acer Iconia A100 Tablet

Acer Iconia A100 is a 7-inch A500 successor Android tablet that was released last month. Although Iconia A100 is the first 7 Inch tablet to come geared with latest Android 3.2 Honeycomb on board, but the screen issue along with bad finishing didn’t help in cultivating a mentionable user base. However there are folks who opted to go for this tablet and the Android development community isn’t ready to desert them altogether. Some industrious hackers have managed to gain root on this device through the standard ADB procedure. However it will be interesting to see if things move in direction of custom ROMs and kernels from this point onwards. So far only root has been achieved and there are no signs of a custom recovery. 

Here are the step by step instructions to root Acer Iconia A100 Android tablet:

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. Androidedz will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• ADB
• SuperUser Binary
• Iconia A100 Drivers For PC

Instructions:
1. The first step is to make sure that you have ADB installed on your computer along with Iconia A100 drivers. Please check the links provided in requirements section for reference and downloads.
2. Once you have drivers and ADB setup on your computer, download SU binary zip file from above, extract the contents of the archive and save them on your desktop.
3. Now copy the SU file available in System sub folder in su-2.3.2-efgh-bin-signed and copy it to your tab’s /mnt/sdcard folder.
4. Once done, disconnect your tab from computer and enable USB debugging by going to Settings > Applications > Development and check mark USB Debugging.
5. Now reconnect your tab to the computer again and open command prompt and type ADB Shell.
6. Once you have a $ sign displayed, type the following commands:

adb shell /system/bin/cmdclient ec_micswitch ‘`mount -o remount,rw /system`’
adb shell /system/bin/cmdclient ec_micswitch ‘`cat /mnt/sdcard/su >/system/xbin/su`’
adb shell /system/bin/cmdclient ec_micswitch ‘`chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su`’

7. After you have executed these commands, download root checker app from Market and verify root on your device.
8. Once root is positively verified, download SuperUser app from Market.
And now you are all set to run apps that require root on your phone. In case you are facing any issues or want to discuss more about this rooting method, then head to official XDA root discussion thread posted here.

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