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    Root HOW TO ROOT A1-860

    NOTE: The following is Shreps' work from XDA Developers (i.e., if you have questions, he is better to answer them than I): http://forum.xda-developers.com/iconia-one-8/how-to/guide-root-acer-iconia-tab-8-a1-840fhd-t2933317?nocache=1 [directly quoted] "Boot Tethered CWM Compatible with A1-840FHD...
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    Root Rooting Iconia Tab 8

    This is a link to the thread about rooting the Iconia Tab 8. I can confirm that I was able to tether-boot the Acer Iconia Tab 8 A1-860 into CWM in Linux and successfully root the tablet via flashing the SU zip file. If you have Linux and the A1-860, just search the thread for jhofseth to see...
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    Root ACER ICONIA TAB 8 A1-860 Cyanogenmod Development

    I want to use this thread to develop Cyanogenmod for the ACER ICONIA TAB 8 A1-860. I have not yet compiled a ROM for the A1-860, because Acer has EFI bootloader security. The 4th partition is the ESP (EFI) boot partition, the 5th partition is the boot.img (boot) partition and the 7th partition...
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    Root OC for msm8226 is placebo

    supposedly qualcomm has hardlocked the msm8226 to 1.2GHz and OC kernels for moto g that showed OC values were placebo. basically, that performance scores demonstrated no difference between OC 1.6 and non-OC 1.2. the...
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    Root init.d enabled stock ZV5 boot image here

    The attached init.d enabling stock ZV5 boot image file is NOT zipped; re-name to boot.img (removing .zip in filename) and flash with Flashify (or whatever you prefer). The attached init.d test file IS zipped and must be extracted (see below). ---- Your phone must be rooted. Your phone must be...
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    Root developers please try this OC CPU config file

    UPDATE: developers please try attached OC CPU config in your builds acpuclock-8226.c.motog2.txt. but rename to acpuclock-8226.c and place as: /kernel/arch/arm/mach-msm/acpuclock-8226.c before compiling kernel Overclocking is easy. 1. Edit /kernel/arch/arm/mach-msm/acpuclock-8226.c. (unmodified...
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    Root status of bump/open-bump for LG Volt

    I read bump was shutdown, but found this python2 script for open-bump: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/orig-development/tool-bump-sign-boot-images-t2950595 I can't test to see if it works for modified ZV5 boot.img's until I replace the third laptop in-a-row stolen. Please let me know if...
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    Root Deodexed ZV4/ZV5 stock incompatible with ART

    I'm not sure if anyone else has found that both rooted *stock* *deodexed* ZV4 and ZV5 roms won't allow for developer-options switch to ART runtime, because selecting ART and okaying reboot results in a reboot loop of ~5 reboots before auto-reverting to Dalvik runtime (i.e., don't wipe + re-flash...
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    Root OC Kernel?

    For LG Volt developers: I used to have a LG Optimus F3 and Robaho (i.e., in LG Optimus F3 All Things Root Virgin Mobile) posted a flashable OC kernel he created for the LG Optimus F3. Those who are developing on the CM11 (or any other LG Volt developer), could you compile an OC kernel building...