[ale] help not using 3g/4g broadband quota android

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

>On 08/25/2012 10:26 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> If anyone has had specific experience with rooting an Acer A500
>tablet, I'd
>> like to hear about it. If so, what ROMS are good and current and have
>good
>> support? I may yet end up doing that.
>
>Rooting an A500 is trivial these days. Get to ICS (v4), then there's an
>app that
>does the root. On mine, it didn't wipe any local data.  The update -
>don't know
>if it is an "upgrade" yet - wiped everything (apps, data, hosts file,
>etc) which
>sucks.
>
>http://www.androidtotal.com/root-acer-iconia-tab-a500-android-4.0.3-ics-firmware/
>explains
>it.  10 minutes tops.
>

Hi JD,

Sounds pretty cool.  I may get up the nerve to do that when I get home.  Who's ROM does it install?  Is it Cyanogen?  How would I backup the tablet before rooting, since I can't install Titanium backup, etc?

Sincerely,

Ron


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