[CLOSED] Old E3 topic - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
After asking root for this device dev's started replying and using this topic as dev topic! In the FP comming up important links and guides for this device!
regards, Dennis

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We need E3 developers to worship
Same here, as the Acer Liquid E3 (Duo)(E380) will be rolled out the next months, and will be a nice competitor for the Moto G etc!
Some people, like the topic starter and me, will receive it in 2 weeks I guess.
Would be great if we can root it, and of course custom ROMs will be GREATLY appreciated!
It will come with 4.2.2 but an update to 4.4 will be available in the next months. Source code will be available on the Acer site, shortly after release!
(This dual SIM phone is running on a Mediatek MT6589 (Quad core 1.2GHz Cortex A7) and PowerVR SGX544)

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I'm also interested in rooting the E3 ! I will receive it from Amazon in the following days.
Have you received it yet ?
Do you now the ETA for the 4.4 rom from Acer ?

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tiliarou said:
I'm also interested in rooting the E3 ! I will receive it from Amazon in the following days.
Have you received it yet ?
Do you now the ETA for the 4.4 rom from Acer ?
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Acer officialy stated that "the update for the E3 from 4.2.2 to 4.4 will be available later this year". A lot of other sites tell us 'in the near future' or even 'Q2 2014' and a lot of 'definitely before the end of this year'.
Good news though! The official support page for the Acer Liquid E3 (E380) is online NOW (look for Model/Type E380! Be ware that different countries/regions HAVE different/more files!
You can find the current E380 (Jelly Bean) Kernel Sources v20140307 there!!! :good::good::good:
Second file is the USB Driver v1.0 :good:
Last files are the different (Dual/Single, EUR-band/US-band) manuals, only to find on the American site of Acer!
The manual states there is/will be a 1GB and 2GB RAM, and a 4GB and 16GB ROM version!? Also a version with NFC. All depends on the SKU.
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d3nnisd said:
Hi,
Does anyone knows the method on how to root the new Acer Liquid E3?
isnt there a standard procedure for this kind of phones?
hope you can help me out.
regards, Dennis
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Maybe this method on the E350 (instead of our new E380) can help us?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1899736
Simple batch file which uses ADB to use BusyBox and Superuser etc to restore a fake backup on your phone or something like that. Check the batch file?

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hackwerk said:
Maybe this method on the E350 (instead of our new E380) can help us?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1899736
Simple batch file which uses ADB to use BusyBox and Superuser etc to restore a fake backup on your phone or something like that. Check the batch file?
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i found this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611583
Does this might do the trick?

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d3nnisd said:
i found this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611583
Does this might do the trick?
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We were talking about rooting, you and me, but this is a trick to extend your internal space to SD (also useful!) which already requires root!
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d3nnisd said:
Hi,
Does anyone knows the method on how to root the new Acer Liquid E3?
isnt there a standard procedure for this kind of phones?
hope you can help me out.
regards, Dennis
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Found it! Standard method, recently (march 2014) updated, and seems to work on all phones with the MediaTek MT6589 chipset!
The Acer Liquid E2 (same chipset) was also succesful! It is very simple, and similar to the method I posted before (for Acer Liquid Gallant):
http://www.gleescape.com/posts/2376
Needed USB drivers can be found there, but our official E3 ones are to be found in my post above (Acer Support site)!
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The Acer Liquid E3 (Duo) E380 and the E2 (Duo) V370 seem to be almost exactly the same, which is in our favour!
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=6116&idPhone2=5418
(the E3 has a better cam and a bigger screen, thats about it)
Probably a lot of root methods, custom ROMs and recovery (CWM) will be usable for us, or at least simple to modify!
Big E2-topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381298
(with some custom E2 ROMs, like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505572 )
E2 Root methods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
E2 Recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47450764#post47450764
Etc etc (just search XDA (or Google) for E2 and v370 with root or recovery or custom)

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hackwerk said:
We were talking about rooting, you and me, but this is a trick to extend your internal space to SD (also useful!) which already requires root
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Sorry, wrong link ...
http://vondroid.com/resources/universal-root-for-mt6589-phones.237/
That one.

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Received my phone yesterday, it's running pretty well !
I tried to root with framaroot, all 3 exploits but they failed. I tried with motochopper and it also failed...

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tiliarou said:
Received my phone yesterday, it's running pretty well !
I tried to root with framaroot, all 3 exploits but they failed. I tried with motochopper and it also failed...
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So you tried these three sploits for the E2 / MT6589?
What was the feedback with Framaroot (see Usage part in that post)?
And which version of the APK you used? 1.9.1?
Tried the Boromir option, this seems to be the one for the E2?
And tried the universal MT6589_Rooter / mt6589_rooting_pkg method (which seems to be succesful almost on all MT6589 phones), as mentioned on i.e. Gleescape (updated march 2014)?
And used PDAnet or universal MT USB drivers, or even better (I think) the brand new official USB drivers from Acer? And SURE your phone was in USB Debugging mode while rooting (via Developer Options)???
Last thing is that I see some people using SP Flash Tool to flash/root MT6589 phones...
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Is SuperOneClick (universal program) by our loved XDA the final and universal solution for all our root needs!? ('false' virus positives!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
:laugh::good::laugh:
Please give feedback after trying 2.3.3 (with official Acer drivers, and USB Debugging ON (via Developer Mode)?

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hackwerk said:
So you tried these three sploits for the E2 / MT6589?
What was the feedback with Framaroot (see Usage part in that post)?
And which version of the APK you used? 1.9.1? --> yes, latest version 1.9.1
Tried the Boromir option, this seems to be the one for the E2? --> All option tried : Boromir, Faramir and Barahir
And tried the universal MT6589_Rooter / mt6589_rooting_pkg method (which seems to be succesful almost on all MT6589 phones), as mentioned on i.e. Gleescape (updated march 2014)? --> Failure
And used PDAnet or universal MT USB drivers, or even better (I think) the brand new official USB drivers from Acer? And SURE your phone was in USB Debugging mode while rooting (via Developer Options)??? --> tried with PDAnet then Acer drivers, developper mode activated in JB by pushing 7 times on the buid button in About, USB Debugging activated
Last thing is that I see some people using SP Flash Tool to flash/root MT6589 phones... --> where can I find that ?
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Is SuperOneClick (universal program) by our loved XDA the final and universal solution for all our root needs!? ('false' virus positives!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
:laugh::good::laugh:
Please give feedback after trying 2.3.3 (with official Acer drivers, and USB Debugging ON (via Developer Mode)? --> hang at step 7, have to force close the app in windows (see attached picture).
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See answers in quotes.

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Should I try Kingo ? I have mixed (not to say suspicious) feelings about this program...

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Thanks man, you're the best, but this is BAD news! :crying:
Can you post all info of your device (Duo or Single (SIM) / SKU, and all OS-info (Settings > About Phone, like build, model, android, kernel, band/radio etc))?
Maybe make a signature of it (like me), thats always helpful.
Where did you get yours by the way? (I will receive a E380 Duo, bought at iBood in the Netherlands (EUR version, 1GB/4GB, no NFC)).
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tiliarou said:
Should I try Kingo ? I have mixed (not to say suspicious) feelings about this program...
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No clue about those kind of apps. It looks like for instance OneClickRoot. All downloadable at CNet and look commercial but seem free
You can try it, but it may contain adware, or you may have to pay or so Mixed feelings here too, and a lot of suspicion on the net (sending IMEI, trojans etc).
After reading a lot, I still have main hope on the MT6589_rooter = MT6589_rooting_pkg = motochopper, by @djrbliss (Dan Rosenberg) which unlocks A LOT (almost all) of MediaTek clones! Maybe look for newer/different versions of it?
Edit: I found out almost ALL sites have the initial version 1.0 online, but Dan's own server hosts version 1.1 !!! Try it please?
By the way, we are impatient, and should wait for Android 4.4 (in the next months) on our ALE3, and we need THOSE sources for an up to date root, custom ROM and CWM recovery!

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Yes bad news, 4.2.2 has solved exploits I think...
I have attached the infos, it's a dual sim (DUO), 4GB/1GB, no NFC, EUR version.
ref: HM.HDZEF.001
I got mine from Amazon France.
EDIT: okay, maybe I will try Kingo in a VM or with blocking some connections...
I'm investigating other version of the MT6589 rooter
EDIT 2: failure with motochopper 1.1 too
Do you know Eroot 1.3.4 ?

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WOOOOW !!!!
KINGO WORKS ! Acer Liquid E3 ROOTED

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tiliarou said:
WOOOOW !!!!
KINGO WORKS ! Acer Liquid E3 ROOTED
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Sick! Sure!? And after reboot?
I was also checking a new/universal used method for MediaTek / MT, with the mentioned SP Flash Tool / Smart Phone Flash Tool (v3.xxxx.xx)(for MT65xx) or the very similar MTK Flash Tool (v5.xxxx.xx)(for MT62xx), as can be found everywhere, but originates from: mtk2000.ucoz.ru
New version SP Flash Tool 3.1408.00 is out now!
A tutorial with pics can be found everywhere, like here on XDA!
They use a so called "scatter" file to root/download ROM/upload (custom) ROM or recovery. In this file a datamapping of your specific phone model is included. Download the file or even better, make your own specific one, with for instance a tool called MTK Droid Root & Tools (version 2.5.3 now).
Now rooting is 'done' (prefer a more open method, done by 'ourselves'!), we should have developers, like SC0RPION who did the custom ROMs for the E2, to do/mod a new 4.2.2 and 4.4 ROM for our E3! Source of 4.2.2 is available (link in sig) and 4.4 will be soon! And CWM Recovery for our E3 would be great too! If I'm correct we (you) can do that already, by extracting the stock recovery.img (with MTK Droid or Mobile Uncle etc) and uploading it to the CWM Builder Site and than flashing our new custom made CWM to the phone (like here, here, here and here)?

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Camera problem
Wow, I was in the middle of writing a very lenghty post on how my backwards facing camera was not working on this phone (specifically, focus did not work), and the many solutions I had already tried to fix it with. Somehow I got it to work while writing the post.
The solution:
Drag the "Camera" app to the homescreen, into "App info". This will for some reason bring you to the "Gallery" app information. Press force stop, Clear data.
Now what actually fixed the camera was pressing "Clear defaults" under "Launch by default".
I hope this can help people who are experiencing this problem!
p.s. I got it from IBOOD, Netherlands, 4 Gb sd, 1 Gb ram

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Closing post
Thanks a lot for d3ennisd to start this topic, but let's go on in this brand new Big Official "Hackwerk's ALE3 topic"!
Thanks too to tiliarou for testing!
The E3 is now ROOTED and runs CWM recovery, and a LOT more info we got our hands on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51772868
PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC ANYMORE, BUT GO TO THE NEW ONE, THANKS

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excuse me for my bad english, does kingo is a safe way to root the E380 ? I read that kingo has closed sources ans is cotroversial ? Ther is an other way to root the liquid E3 ?