Root while keeping stock rom?

[Guest Intenso74]

Is it possible to root my liquid A1 and keep my current rom/settings/apps/etc.

I want to root the device, install Titanium backup and then install LCR and restore my apps etc. via Titanium backup.

Is that possible?

Also, how do I perform a Nandroid backup?

I'm completely new to android and rooting, so please explain it in a noob-friendly way :huh:

Thanks,

Intenso74

Edited August 24, 2010 by Intenso74

[Guest Piter1225]

Is it possible to root my liquid A1 and keep my current rom/settings/apps/etc.

I want to root the device, install Titanium backup and then install LCR and restore my apps etc. via Titanium backup.

Is that possible?

Also, how do I perform a Nandroid backup?

Thanks,

Intenso74

Yes, it is possible.

Just download and install malez recovery (sticky topic at the top). There is an option for rooting device.

Also nandroid backup is done from there.

[Guest torwill]

Is it possible to root my liquid A1 and keep my current rom/settings/apps/etc.

Yes on this.

Others, I am not sure.

[Guest malez]

Is it possible to root my liquid A1 and keep my current rom/settings/apps/etc.

I want to root the device, install Titanium backup and then install LCR and restore my apps etc. via Titanium backup.

Is that possible?

Also, how do I perform a Nandroid backup?

Thanks,

Intenso74

You just have to follow these steps if you want to install LCR and restore your current settings :

- install malez recovery

- reboot in recovery

( if you want to be able to restore full system to your current state, do a nandroid backup via recovery, in backup/retore menu)

- root your phone with recovery

- install busybox with recovery

- reboot in normal mode

- install titanium backup and backup your apps.

Depending on your configuration :

If you do not have a liquidE or have not updated to eclair on you liquid s100 (If unsure tell us the number that appears in Settings/About Phone/Baseband version). So if you do no have one of the latest eclair bin file, you will have to flash a new bin file and reinstall malez recovery.

- push le LCR zip on you sdcard

- reboot in recovery flash zip LCR

- reboot

- restore your applications via titanium backup

Edited August 24, 2010 by malez

[Guest Intenso74]

Thanks for the quick answers.

Just one more thing. Can someone tell me how to install malez recovery?

I know it's probably stupid, but i don't understand a thing of the guide in the sticky topic.

Is there a noob-friendly guide as well, or can you please explain it to me?

Thanks a lot,

Intenso74

Edit: I have an S100 with the following rom: Acer_LiquidE_1.100.39_EMEA_GEN1 (Android 2.1)

Also, what is busybox?

Edited August 24, 2010 by Intenso74

[Guest malez]

Thanks for the quick answers.

Just one more thing. Can someone tell me how to install malez recovery?

I know it's probably stupid, but i don't understand a thing of the guide in the sticky topic.

Is there a noob-friendly guide as well, or can you please explain it to me?

Thanks a lot,

Intenso74

Edit: I have an S100 with the following rom: Acer_LiquidE_1.100.39_EMEA_GEN1 (Android 2.1)

Also, what is busybox?

So you don't need to flash another bin file. Just install recovery.

I am uploading a "ready to click file" to official recovery page. It would be easier for everybody (should have done it a long time ago)

[Guest Intenso74]

So you don't need to flash another bin file. Just install recovery.

I am uploading a "ready to click file" to official recovery page. It would be easier for everybody (should have done it a long time ago)

Ok. Thanks

(Wow, did i just help you in a strange way without knowing it myself? xD)

[Guest malez]

Ok. Thanks

(Wow, did i just help you in a strange way without knowing it myself? xD)

No but as you are asking and i am here I have decided to move my ass and to do it. :huh:

[Guest Rajit]

Thanks for the quick answers.

Just one more thing. Can someone tell me how to install malez recovery?

I know it's probably stupid, but i don't understand a thing of the guide in the sticky topic.

Is there a noob-friendly guide as well, or can you please explain it to me?

Thanks a lot,

Intenso74

Edit: I have an S100 with the following rom: Acer_LiquidE_1.100.39_EMEA_GEN1 (Android 2.1)

Also, what is busybox?

I'll answer ure queries assuming that ure running windows. Make sure all the drivers for ure phone are installed. You can find them here.

First and foremost u need to install the android sdk. get it from the link below and install it:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Now u need to setup ADB. To do this, you need to enable usb debugging on ure device. To do that, go to settings > applications > development > and enable "USB debugging"... FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY!!!

now by default, the android sdk is installed at the location C:\androidSDK\

to check if its working as it's supposed to, connect ure device to the pc via usb, run cmd (by typing "cmd" in the windows run box) and type the following

cd\

cd AndroidSDK\tools\

adb devices

You should see a serial number pop up, it’s the serial number of your phone. This means you are all set.

Now onto flashing the recovery... although there is another way of doing this, ill tell u the easiest way. download the suberboot from here:

http://acer-liquid-community-rom-bugtracke...s/Superboot.zip

Now download the latest malez recovery image from here:

http://code.google.com/p/acer-liquid-malez...overy_0.5.4.img

now extract the superboot.zip. rename the downloaded malezRecovery_0.5.4.img to recovery.img and copy this into the extracted superboot folder (overwrite existing file). Now, while the phone is still connected, go into the suberboot folder and run install-recovery-windows.bat

wait for a few moments, and ure phone should be flashed with malez recovery.

busy box is a set of linux utilities ported over to be run on linux mobile devices.

[Guest Rajit]

So you don't need to flash another bin file. Just install recovery.

I am uploading a "ready to click file" to official recovery page. It would be easier for everybody (should have done it a long time ago)

BUT I JUST WROTE A DETAILED HOW-TO!!! DOHH!! hehe ;P

[Guest Intenso74]

Thanks a lot.

I have to go now, but i'll try as soon as i get back again.

It looks a lot easier to do now.

Thanks again,

Intenso74

[Guest malez]

BUT I JUST WROTE A DETAILED HOW-TO!!! DOHH!! hehe ;P

Thank you very much for you effort

Thanks a lot.

I have to go now, but i'll try as soon as i get back again.

It looks a lot easier to do now.

Thanks again,

Intenso74

Here is the one click (not really, 2 click and enter keypress) installer for malez recovery 0.5.4

See in download section. http://code.google.com/p/acer-liquid-malez-recovery/

[Guest Rajit]

Here is the one click (not really, 2 click and enter keypress) installer for malez recovery 0.5.4

See in download section. http://code.google.com/p/acer-liquid-malez-recovery/

great work!!

[Guest malez]

great work!!

You have tested it ? That was good ? Do you think t is clearly enough ?

[Guest ginja]

Thank you very much for you effort

Here is the one click (not really, 2 click and enter keypress) installer for malez recovery 0.5.4

See in download section. http://code.google.com/p/acer-liquid-malez-recovery/

Ive been using that since the day I decided to install custom ROMs, nice work malez. The best and easiest way to install malez recovery. THUMBS UP!!!!!

[Guest Intenso74]

It's not working for me, but maybe it's because i'm using Win7?

I enabled debugging.

I ran with admin rights and i tried with and without Win XP compatibility mode.

The error i get is: (translted, because my windows is Dutch): adb-windows is not recognized as an internal or external task, program or batch file.

After that the program asks me if a saw an attatched device with a number etc, but I don't.

I tried with and without USB storage enabled.

[Guest Rajit]

It's not working for me, but maybe it's because i'm using Win7?

I enabled debugging.

I ran with admin rights and i tried with and without Win XP compatibility mode.

The error i get is: (translted, because my windows is Dutch): adb-windows is not recognized as an internal or external task, program or batch file.

After that the program asks me if a saw an attatched device with a number etc, but I don't.

I tried with and without USB storage enabled.

did u install android sdk?

[Guest Rajit]

Ive been using that since the day I decided to install custom ROMs, nice work malez. The best and easiest way to install malez recovery. THUMBS UP!!!!!

really? do u mean the one click installer? but that was uploaded just 3 hours ago...

[Guest Rajit]

You have tested it ? That was good ? Do you think t is clearly enough ?

well i haven't tested it, i was just complimenting u on the fact that ure always doing something or the other for the users over here... sorry hehe :huh:

[Guest Intenso74]

No, i didn't install SDK...

Do i have to?

(If i do, i'd like to ask malez to put that in the how-to, because if i don't understand, i guess other noobs won't either :huh:)

Downloading latest version now...

[Guest Rajit]

No, i didn't install SDK...

Do i have to?

(If i do, i'd like to ask malez to put that in the how-to, because if i don't understand, i guess other noobs won't either :huh:)

Downloading latest version now...

yes you have to, otherwise adb won't be recognized as a command. Just to clarify everything, give post number 9 a read.

[Guest malez]

No, i didn't install SDK...

Do i have to?

(If i do, i'd like to ask malez to put that in the how-to, because if i don't understand, i guess other noobs won't either :huh:)

Downloading latest version now...

Hey guy, it is a one click installer.

No more need that Acer Drivers and usb debugging enable on phone. All the rest in packaged within the installer.

It is written in the howto

The goal is to keep this as easy as possible (and i think it is)

Edited August 24, 2010 by malez

[Guest Intenso74]

Ok, i don't know why, but it still gives me the same error with the SDK installed. I switched to XP to be sure, reinstalled the drivers there, made sure i had USB debugging turned on and did the adb devices command test from post9, which successfully showed me a number, but it still doesn't work.

I also tried rebooting my windows and phone, but that didn't work either.

Help?

(This is probably my own stupid fault, but i just can't see where i went wrong.)

By the way, when installing the USB driver, a window popped up with: new hardware found. I clicked next and it installed someting.

Could that be wrong?

Thanks a lot,

Intenso74

Edited August 24, 2010 by Intenso74

[Guest ginja]

really? do u mean the one click installer? but that was uploaded just 3 hours ago...

yep, been using this>http://www.speedyshare.com/files/23355076/...overy_0.5.4.exe and found on this thread>http://android.modaco.com/content/acer-liq...ll-malez-0-5-4/

Unless theres a newer version, but this one worked for me so far Ive been able to root 1.100.09, 1.100.39 and 1.100.71

I wouldn't be using this, if eclair would have let us install apps to sd by default, that's the reason I try every BIN out there for compatibility issues. So far LCR 1.8 is compatible with most of them, with some freezes but not everytime, if not our Liqiud wouldn't be called a ''smartphone''. Even a $2000 PC freezes sometimes.

Edited August 24, 2010 by ginja

[Guest Intenso74]

Oh well, i used the instructions in post 9 and that worked just fine for me.

Thanks for those.

Still don't get why the easy installer didn't work though... Oh well, never mind.

Thanks to all of you,

Intenso74