How to Root the Acer CloudMobile running Jelly Bean

Wondering how you could root your Acer CloudMobile smartphone? Can’t find a perfect guide to root your device? No problem, this guide should help you root your device. Once you’ve rooted your device, you will be able to load it up with your favorite root-only apps. Here’s how you can do that:

I. Before You Begin:

1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.

2. You must have unlocked bootloader of your device. You can do so from here.

3. This works on Windows based PCs only.

4. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. S500 Root (Download link’s given in the first post)

2. Superuser (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Acer CloudMobile running Jelly Bean:

1. Place both the files you downloaded to your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the S500 Root archive over to your Desktop.

3. Turn ON the USB debugging function on your device by going to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.

4. Once it’s been enabled, connect your device to your PC via USB cable.

5. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do that, simply hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any blank area on your screen and select Open command window here.

6. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window you just launched:

adb reboot bootloader

7. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.

8. Now issue the following command to flash the recovery:

fastboot -i 0x0502 flash recovery CWM-6.0.1.5_S500.img

9. Once the recovery’s been flashed, reboot your device.

10. You’re done!

Great! The CWM Recovery has been successfully flashed on your device, let’s see how you can root your device.

IV. Rooting the Acer CloudMobile running Jelly Bean:

1. Connect your device to your PC via USB cable.

2. Copy the Superuser file over to the root of your SD card.

3. Open a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any blank area on the screen, then select Open command window here.

4. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:

adb reboot recovery

5. Once inside Recovery, select install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.

6. Choose the Superuser file you copied earlier to your device for flashing.

7. Once the file’s been flashed, reboot your device.

8. And you’re all done!

Excellent! Your CloudMobile has been rooted as well as equipped with a custom recovery to help you get started with custom ROMs and other custom developments!

V. Flash a Custom ROM (Optional):

1. If you are ready to flash custom ROMs on your device, head to the How To Flash a Custom ROM on the Acer CloudMobile to learn how to do that.

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here and here.

If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.

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