Stuck rooting/updating Rogers Acer Liquid E

[Guest circuitbent]

Ok, so here is the scoop:

I was in the middle of trying to root and upgrade my Rogers acer liquid e to v 2.2, but I messed something up and I can't finish.

I installed malez with no problems. Then, when I went to upgrade to http://lcr-team.org/v1/index.php?site=files&file=31, I saw that it said I first needed to install 4.002.14.EMEA.GEN1. I downloaded that as well and spent an hour trying to install it through malez, which I think now I've realized I'm suppose to install using Acer Download Tool.

Problem is, before I learned this I tried installing LCR-F 2.0 without having installed 4.002.14.EMEA.GEN1. It said it "installed" correctly, but then when I tried to boot normally it hung at the robot flash screen, without the eyes blinking (I read they are suppose to blink). With this being an issue, I learned about the Acer Download Tool and have been trying to use it to install 4.002.14.EMEA.GEN1. It identifies the device, and prosesses the Nv ID. Then, when trying to process the DMSS DL Hex file, it jams up every time around 91000/137056 and gives me a "The write timed out" error. I don't know what to do at this point.

If you have any advice on what to do next, please let me know. I'd really like to have my phone working in some form at least...

Thanks much

Note: I added the update.zip from http://android.modaco.com/content/acer-liq...z-recovery-fix/ to my phone because it was saying it couldn't find the file (although I wasn't sure what it needed the file for). When I boot malez now it finds this file and updates boot.img.

Note2: I did try updating with the stock 2.2 firmware the supposedly doesn't work if you have malez installed. Is it possible that broke it?

UPDATE: Realized I could install the stock 2.1 fido firmware on the device through malez. tried installing that, it said it was sucessful, but its been on the multi-robot acer loading page for 5+ minutes now. Also tried with rogers, same issue.

Edited February 1, 2011 by circuitbent

[Guest Chewy11]

which version of acer tool are you using?

3.1 is the one that works

3.7 does not work to flash these .bin files

[Guest circuitbent]

For the Acer Download Tool I am using version 3.1

Edited February 1, 2011 by circuitbent

[Guest circuitbent]

Maybe if someone has a working nandroid back-up file I could try restoring that? Not really sure on this though.

[Guest circuitbent]

FYI, I will send $20 (CAD) over Paypal to the person who can help me fix this. If multiple people help, I'll distribute it. Its bothering me and distracting me too much.

[Guest circuitbent]

Woo! My roommate fixed it, somehow. No more help needed.