Get Unlock Bootloader back, restore custom recovery and root Acer Iconia A500 – How to

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Flashing a new firmware, has a negative effect and arise a possibility that you may break root, re-lock the bootloader and loose the custom recovery. As we all know rooting your device, unlocking the bootloader and getting back custom recovery takes a considerable amount of time, and it may be happen that you will get stuck in the process until you find the way to downgrade or a new method is available. Luckily, XDA Senior Member jm77 has come up with a guide for Acer Iconia A500 users,on how to get their bootloaders unlocked, restore their custom recoveries, and obtain root once again.

Developer has posted an easy to follow guide, but your may need some ADB, command prompt, and terminal emulator knowledge – so incase you dont have proper knowledge about them ,be sure to follow the guide step to step. The process includes unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery and getting everything back to normal. The process is straight forward so it should not take long time to execute.

Users who have already installed ICS leak in their Acer Iconia A500 and are looking for getting their custom recovery back., head on to the original xda-developer thread for instructions, download links and queries.