Android tablets haven’t got rooted yet, but this time guys from AndroidCommunity have done that on Acer’s A500 Iconia Tab and here we are going to tell you the step-by-step way for rooting your A500 Iconia Tab. They used monki-maginc and its modified Gingerbread apk which was created by the Chainfire team.
For rooting your Acer A500 Iconia tab just go through the given steps and you will be done. Just stick to the written instructions for rooting your A500 Iconia Tab. And if that doesn’t helps you can watch the video by Ford Coppola who has shown the coming steps.
NOTE: Before starting all this, we must tell you that if anything goes wrong in between, no one in DT2.in nor in Android Community will be responsible for that. You must do it at your own risk. Well if you go through the steps properly, it will be fine. But still if your tablet goes blank don’t come back to us.
To begin, you must have your OWN Acer Iconia Tab A500. Then you can continue
1. Download the modified Gingerbreak-v1.20.apk
2. Using either DDMS (found in your Android SDK tools) or microSD converter or card reader such as this, somehow or another get that apk file to your device. I’ve only ever tested it on the external SD, but you could test it elsewhere if you wish.
2. Using either DDMS (found in your Android SDK tools) or microSD converter or card reader such as this, somehow or another get that apk file to your device. I’ve only ever tested it on the external SD, but you could test it elsewhere if you wish.
3. Turn your device to portrait mode and activate the orientation lock (located on your device right beside your volume dongle.) This is done because if you’ve got Gingerbreak open in landscape mode, it force quits. Not sure why, but it does.
4. Launch Gingerbreak-v1.20.apk
5. Open Gingerbreak app (the one you’ve just installed.)
6. Click the ROOT button.
7. Your device will load for a while, up to five minutes, and turn off and back on again. While this is happening, you may want to make sure your device is plugged in to a power supply and just go ahead and leave it alone until it’s completely rebooted and sitting there at the lock screen.
8. You’re rooted!
4. Launch Gingerbreak-v1.20.apk
5. Open Gingerbreak app (the one you’ve just installed.)
6. Click the ROOT button.
7. Your device will load for a while, up to five minutes, and turn off and back on again. While this is happening, you may want to make sure your device is plugged in to a power supply and just go ahead and leave it alone until it’s completely rebooted and sitting there at the lock screen.
8. You’re rooted!
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