Acer A500

Acer Iconia Tab
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Specification
Manufacturer: Acer Released On: U.S.: April 2011 Android Version: 4.0.3 Shipped With: Not Known Product Model: Acer Iconia A500 Product Device: a500 Model Number: Not Known P___IMG: N/A Dimensions: N/A Weight: N/A Carriers: WiFi Only Display: 1280 × 800 CPU: Nvidia Tegra 2 1GHz GPU: Not Known RAM: 1024 MB Internal Memory: 16/32GB Memory Card: Yes Mobile Radios: Not Known WiFi: Not Known Bluetooth: Yes FM Radio: Not Known GPS: Not Known Battery: Unknown Camera: 5MP Secondary Camera: 2MP HDMI Out: Micro HDMI/Dock USB Connector: Not Included Additional Features: None Rooted: Yes Locked Bootloader: Yes

Instructions for ICS

See here for instructions on how to flashed a patched ICS bootloader that allows custom recovery/kernels.

Instructions for Honeycomb

Download the IconiaRoot APK from here

• Go to Settings->Applications and enable "Unknown sources"
• Download the attached APK file
• Copy the file to your Iconia
• Install the APK & start the tool
• Click "root"

Installing a custom recovery

• Go to the Market and install Acer Recovery Installer
• Allow root permissions
• Select the button next to ClockworkMod Recovery
• Press "Install Recovery Image"

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