How to Unroot the Acer Liquid Metal
There could be various reasons for unrooting an Android device, reinstating warranty being the most common one. If you want to reinstate the warranty of your device, then you will need to unroot your device and get it back to stock firmware. This procedure shows you how you can unroot your Acer Liquid Metal smartphone and get it back to stock.
I. Before You Begin:
1. You should have rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. Make sure your device has at least 70% of battery life left.
II. Downloading Required Files:
III. Unrooting the Acer Liquid Metal:
1. Place both the files you downloaded to your Desktop.
2. Extract files from both the archives over to your Desktop.
3. After extracting the firmware, you’ll get a file with .bin extension. Place it on your Desktop.
4. Double-click on the Acer Download Tool executable file available on your Desktop.
5. In the tool, select the stock firmware (.bin) file that you have on your Desktop.
6. Turn OFF your device.
7. Reboot your device into Download mode. To do so, simply hold down the Volume UP+Camera+Power buttons together for a couple of seconds.
8. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
9. Hit Start in the Download Tool and it’ll begin flashing the firmware.
10. Since it flashes the entire firmware, you’ll have to wait for some good time.
11. Once it’s done, reboot your device.
12. And you’re done!
Awesome! Your device has been unrooted and is back to stock. Your warranty has also been reinstated!
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.
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