It’s rain of Jelly Bean, after the release of Google Jelly Bean AOSP (Android Open Source Project) source code, the Jelly Bean is showing up for more and more Android devices and now also available for the Acer Iconia A100. This Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is ported from the Acer Iconia A500 build and it’s fully AOSP build.

This Jelly Bean build was a SDK port but with source code, the developer turns it into AOSP build, thanks to senior XDA developer member pio_masaki. It’s stable but still in development stage and some things aren’t working yet such as Camera, Gallery and Sound (kind of). But mostly tablet users don’t use the camera typically, so it’s worthy to try, you can use this Jelly Bean port for daily drive and the developer will fix all issues soon in near future.

Read on how to install Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on Acer Iconia A100 but first make sure that your device is rooted with a custom recovery installed, you can follow our this guide to root your Iconia A100 tablet and use this guide to install TWRP recovery on your tablet. Make a backup of your device data such as SMS, internet setting, contacts music files etc because the below procedure may wipe data, you can sync your contacts with Gmail account and for messages use SMS apps, lastly use file expert app to backup apps.

DISCLAIMER: Please proceed the below guide at your own risk, Android Egis will not be held responsible if your device lost data or get damaged following this guide.

Instructions

Step #1: Download the latest version of ROM from here [XDA LINK] and also download Google Apps package, then save both files to the SD card of your tablet.

Step #2: Turn the tablet off and put it into recovery mode.

Step #3: Make a nandroid backup of your current ROM, it’s important because if anything not work out that you expect from this ROM, you’ll be able to easily revert back to your current state.

Step #4: Perform a full wipe.

Step #5: Install Jelly Bean .zip file.

Step #6: Install the Google Apps .zip file.

Step #7: Reboot your phone.

That’s it, you’re done, enjoy Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on your Acer Iconia A100. Don’t forget to comment and you can visit the original thread for more information link given in first step.

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