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[Acer Iconia A500] RayClem:
A lot of folks seem to be praising ASUS and criticizing ACER because ASUS released their Honeycomb 3. 1 update first. However, as some ASUS Transformers began to receive their updates in the past few hours, their owners began to find that something was missing- namely, the GMAIL app. Presumably, ASUS will issue another update that will reinstall the app, but since their servers are busy sending out the current update, that could take a while. For those that use GMAIL as their primary mail app, they cannot afford to wait.

In the mean time, some hapless ASUS owners have found that if they erase all of the data on their tablet, the GMAIL app comes back, but then they have to reconfigure their tablet, reinstall and reconfigure apps, music, etc. That can be a tedious process. Maybe someone in the development community will figure out a simpler fix.

Let's hope that ACER doesn't try to rush the 3.1 update just to please those A500 owners who have zero patience. I would rather that they take the time to get it right.
[Acer Iconia A500] mike5065:
Some asus owners lost the gmail "widget" (I didn't). None I'm aware of lost the gmail "app". And everyone still has the asus mail app (which is like much thunderbird). But your point is correct, asus will need to post an update. They have been quick about it in the past.
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
LOL thanks I forgot I "liked" the group, I just posted a comment about unlocking the bootloader :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Neoprimal:
If you're talking about my link, it's a DIRECT link to Acer on Facebook. It is more likely your dumb ass had a trojan sitting on your PC which decided to go off when you opened a web page.

I have not now nor will I ever post viral/malware links, etc. and to claim such is an affront to my online identity (which = you pissing me off). It's the internet but unlike people who find it free to be asshole-like due to the anonymity of it all, I prefer to be a good netizen and this claim of yours is wrong and I want to make that crystal clear.

Now back to this whole 3.1 thing....we'll get it. Even if Acer doesn't make the end of June deadline - we will get it.

If there are doubters out there who feel like they will die without it within the next week, I'd suggest you pick yourself up a Transformer and enjoy, it is way more available now and you'll have your 3.1 on it.
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
Sorry, but the SD Card "issue" on the Xoom and the update to 3.1 have absolutely *nothing* to do with each other. The reasons for the non-functioning SD card on the Xoom are well known, and relate more to it being a "Google Experience" device than anything else.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] strikethree:
Whoah. Relax there cowboy. There very well could have been a virus as part of that page and it does not have anything to do with you. Advertising companies get pwned all the time and sometimes ads that are served up contain viruses. This would have absolutely nothing to do with you. Since the OP did not indicate that he thought you planted the virus, I see no reason to get upset at him for claiming there was a virus there. It does not reflect on you unless you have control over what is at that link.

Just relax. Everyone wants to be safe and have a good time. When I read his claim of a virus, I did not check to see who posted the original link (you) because you have no control over the content there. I did try to check if there was a virus and I did not see one. That does not mean he did not see it and it does not mean you posted it. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] tnfsmith:
I fully agree with your personality about Acer plan update to Android 3.1. Thay are doing the best thing for their products of A500 tablet. Do not just complain about the timely update. In my personality opinion Acer would choice best way to upgrade to the enhancement for their customers satisfaction. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] lord_voldemort666:
Why would it being a "google experience" device make the SD card slot non-functional? Also I think he was just saying that just because another device gets the newest update before us, it doesn't mean our tablet is worse because of it, we have features that it still doesn't have.
[Acer Iconia A500] muqali:
Well, if Google was like cell carriers with all their money grubbing habits we'd have to pay to unlock the microsd cards, then probably get a monthly plan to write over 5GB to them.

Why they'd want their "google experience" device to ship with non-functioning hardware is beyond me. Maybe they figured Motorola's pockets are deep enough to back the product for a long time?
[Acer Iconia A500] netham45:
They haven't decided how they want the SD cards to work yet, they don't want end users to have to use a file manager to get to the externals.
[Acer Iconia A500] lord_voldemort666:
That's just silly of them. What do they think we do on a PC?
[Acer Iconia A500] cointel:
Dr please take your Acer hate elsewhere. All you do is ***** about a tablet that has so far outperformed everyone else. It was

A: Available when everyone else was sluggish.

B: worked out of the box sans a few minor quips that have now been fixed.

C: Made many buyers happy despite the rantings of a few potentially paid disinfo specialists (like yourself) who roam these forums try to sway people to the competition by making headline posts such as why are so many taking Acer Tablets back.

Look this is a great tablet. If you hate it so then take it back and buy something else. All you do here is continually bash this company to hell and back and its getting obvious that your intent here is to bash them everywhere you go.
[Acer Iconia A500] cointel:
Yes and most of that messing around came by way of suspect posers who told people to slash and burn apps and Change telephone APk files thus in some cases bricking their tablets. Funny how some of those posters now have moved on claiming they no longer have the tablet.

Easy to see it. The competition comes in gets people to quickly screw up their boxes, then leaves to better pickings elsewhere. End result mass confusion, issues of owners and people taking their damaged goods back. End result of that are lame headline posts like why are so many taking their tablets back deals. Its a game to screw the companies out of market share by attacking the user bases purchase by getting them to screw their boxes up on purchase.
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Buddy do you mind changing the Headline of this thread? I mean 3.1 is NOT out for Acer and this is an Acer forum and im sure lots of people get excited and then upset becuase again the healdine is misleading!
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
Please change the topic of this thread...

- and please Dr stop to have some pitifull arguments...

your tablet bug... you are not satisfied.... you want better.... well just go sell back your tablet and please yourself to get another tablet... you have plenty of choices... but I am sure that no tablet really are better than another... just some differences... coz hardware, screen resolution etc... are pretty similar so after it's just a race with the "optimization"

I do want see the Windows 8 tablet... at this moment I will think OMG is it real... is there Microsoft release something really advanced and good... and I will buy it, and will be happy and will grow up a unicorn and fly with it doing rainbow on the sky singing nian nian nian nian

:D hahahaha

Anyway Less than a month to wait and will see the "get rid of the bug" update come.

for me it's acceptable to have bugs because "DEV" didn't release optimized version for Honeycomb of their apps, even FACEBOOK got bugs only on the tablet... so we just have to be... wait for it.... no really it's a word you should learn..... a little bit more wait........ just more.......

PATIENT!
[Acer Iconia A500] CaptnKernel:
i love it

ok guys, since this thread obv became a do-i-love-my-a500-or-not, i definitely have to say that i love this device. to be precise, its the most advanced piece of technology i ever owned. wow, 10 years back i was young, sitting at my 15" crt my dad got me, and i was wondering how a year 2011's pc might look like. you guys, especially 'drleet', should have some more respect for this engineering art. regards
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
There is no "official" removable SD card support in Honeycomb, and as the Xoom is a Google experience device, it has to ship with vanilla Honeycomb.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] edgie168:
lmao, comedy gold right there.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetfann:
With the Eee Pad Slider coming "soon" according to Engadget, is anyone thinking of getting the Slider instead of the TF? Personally, I think the TF is still a better option because of the keyboard dock USB ports, SD slot and extra battery life, but I'm really beginning to like the Slider too.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/27/asus-eee-pad-slider-going-on-sale-soon-price-is-still-anyone/
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_aura:
Is the keyboard always attached to the tablet? the article don't explain that part.

If it does, then the TF is better for me since there is the option to use as tablet only or netbook.

Still, the slider looks nice.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty5689:
No touchpad so no

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffervesce:
Such a large sliding device is a little ambitious in my mind, have you watched any of the hands on vids from CES? I saw a guy open one and he had to be real careful to apply even pressure on both sides while sliding. I think the slider is a little too bulky, not that the tf is small but you can detach if you want. Just got mine in today and liking it so far.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetfann:
Good point. Plus, it's missing the keyboard shortcuts. Plus, one of the nice things about the dock is that it protects the screen when it's closed. The Slider has no screen protection.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffreywolter:
The slider is cool, but I personally prefer the detachable dock approach. That way when you are actually using it as a tablet you drop the bulk added by the keyboard, the slider will always be a bulky device even when you have the keyboard closed. In all honesty though I'm still in the honeymoon phase with my Transformer so that may sway my decision a little. Pricing will be a huge factor I think, if they can get the slider somewhere between $500-$600 it will do very well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neok44:
the slider really is a cool device and a cool concept, but it's not really that practical.

With the transformer you can lose the keyboard when you want, and then dock it when you need it. Also means you can carry it around without having to worry about the screen getting destroyed.

and as it's been said. 2x USB ports and trackpad. good enough reason right there.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dickerd84:
how about $449
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finalhit:
doesnt the touchscreen render the touchpad at most a secondary input device, at the very least, useless? i have the dock with my tf and i mostly turn off the touchpad since i have the tendency to touch with when typing, causing inadvertent movement of the cursor.

I don't need a signature.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbur-force:
quite the opposite for me .... when i have the keyboard attached i find myself using the touchpad much more than the touchscreen ..... seems awkward to reach over the keyboard ..... of course my attitude might change over time but this way at least i have the choice :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrapallo:
+1 When I first saw both devices, I wanted the weight advantage of using just the tablet i.e. 680g for just the TF vs 886g for the Slider!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mllk:
and I'm sure you won't get the 16hr battery life on the slider
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdevine2:
Another (small) point to make is that the angle of the Slider's screen cannot be adjusted to get rid of reflections etc like the transformer can.....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetfann:
The article says the Slider will use the Atom Z670 processor instead of Tegra 2. Any advantages to this?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diversificationied:
Touchscreen lap warmer.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacrossev:
Assuming you can comfortably keep it on your lap with that form factor. From my lap height and with the screen that close to the keys i think i would be poking at the bottom of the screen edge a lot. Interesting design, but it seems a bit awkward overall.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cowballz69:
depends, the transformers dock makes it alot heavyer and thicker, if the sliders keyboard is ultra light and thin i could see it playing a huge part in the tablet world. and since there isnt a mouse pad u dont have to reach nearly as far to get to the screen to scroll.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffervesce:
How much weight it the tf + dock i wonder.. I'd estimate 950. Just curious, obviously I prefer the tf ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klau1:
It's a x86 processor, meaning it can run everything your desktop pc can. Prepare for battery life to take a nose dive.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
+1

That was my first thought when I read it came with Atom instead of Tegra... Bye bye to big battery times.

Regards.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyk44:
If I may, I'd like to bring this thread back to life.

Slider (SL101) has been around a while now, it's rooted and can use some of the same ROMs that Mr TF101 can.

Transformer Prime is out now too, although there isn't much difference from the original...concept wise. It of course has better hardware under the hood and ICS.

So, back to it, my company is looking to offer three tablets to our board of directors and are trying to keep the price around $500 (That pretty much eliminates TPrime with keyboard dock). We're looking at the Slider for one option.

I'm a network admin and the SL101 is appealing because it always has the keyboard nicely tucked away. I will likely be carrying this around in a laptop bag since I ride the bus frequently and therefore the TF101 good work too. If I wanted the keyboard, it'd be in my bag right? Just fumble it out and connect it.

From those of you using the Slider, do you regret getting it? It obviously doesn't have the same audience behind it supporting it. Will ASUS even get ICS on it officially?

I hope I get some good honest feed back.
[General Questions and Answers] Happy_Go_Lucky:
When installing a custom rom the recommendation usually includes backing up apps.

However are my apps not on my android market place and if so could I not simply re-install my market place apps rather than going through the back up process?
[General Questions and Answers] frgmelester:
apps can be found in the market , its the data you don't want to loose try titanium it works well
[General Questions and Answers] [un]necessary:
when I did a factory reset on my phone, all the apps I had purchased in the market remained purchased and ready to install. Titanium is pretty well recommended wherever you search if youre worried about losing anything though.
[General Questions and Answers] nakedirish:
There's an app on the market called "App List Backup" that will show all the apps you backed up before and it simply takes you to the individual app market link when you are restoring. I like it. Titanium has all kinds of whiz-bang features, but restoring apps does not always have the desired endgame when using newer ROMs.
[General Questions and Answers] Bigdragon2k3:
Titanium is my recommendation. The data backing up is the part I like. You can also freeze the bloatware that comes on your phone.
[General Questions and Answers] justletitbe:
Titanium is your best choice which can backup your apps and data at same time.
[General Questions and Answers] SuperDeform:
Be rooted.titanium then your apps will.still be there if not google.will restore.it but not the free apps only the paid
[General Questions and Answers] p3lon:
GOING to try titanium.. will post back. flashing a beta rom.
[General Questions and Answers] Bob_UK:
Titanium is the best, I used it and its great I even bought the full version well worth the money.
[General Questions and Answers] kingme__hu:
Titanium is your best choice w.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtcs:
I'm using the pre-installed Music player app to play my WMA files.

I've used WMP on my PC to sync all the music to an MicroSDHC card. That completed ok, and I can see all my music through the player. There are a few hundred albums, but only 2 of them show album art.

Is there something else I need to do to make sure all the album art is visible when scrolling through the list of albums?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACP_XT:
Re:

I am having the same problem with the stock music player, but with MP3 files. Only around 10 out of 300 files have the album art showing. Did you find out what the problem was?

I have embedded the album art within each file. The same files had the album art displaying perfectly on my previous phone, the N97 Mini. So I know the problem is not with the mp3 files.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphaola:
Thats becos their extension of those file is m4a. The phone find it hard to read those taggs so it comes up as unknonw artiste. Try to download MEDIA FIX from the android market.it should fix almost the whole issue. that is if the issue is with the file extension. cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtcs:
I found out that WMP does not put the artist details into the metadata tags of the music when you perform a sync from its library to a a target such as a USB drive or SD card.

As a workaround, I just used Windows Explorer to drag the music folder to the SD card. All the album art then showed up in the music player. I've seen a few solutions for syncing music onto the SD Card but haven't tried any yet. WINAMP is meant to do it but the reviews say it's a bit troublesome. I don't get much music, so now it's copied over the card it's easy to add more albums. I guess if you are always adding more music to your library that could become tedious.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadir19:
I had the same problem with the stock music player. I use PowerAmp music player instead now, It shows all the album art, plus if some are missing it will find them for you. It is the best music player on android market, better than stock music player.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cadguycad:
playerpro is also a good alternative
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AIRagon:
yes

Same here bro
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACP_XT:
Re:

Thanks guys but my problem was solely with the album art not showing, the other tags were being displayed correctly. Anyway, I fixed it by putting the album art jpg (renamed to folder.jpg) inside each albums folder. This did the trick, and now the album art is displaying properly in stock player, Winamp and Poweramp.

Seems the S2 in some cases, cannot read the album art embedded in the individual mp3 file itself, but can pick up the folder.jpg file in each albums folder.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strapt:
I was wondering if there is a good app that will let me backup game info on select apps like angry birds or stupid zombies. So that way I don't lose the levels after I wipe out my phone evey time.

If so what's the best one out?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Titanium Backup..it can backup the app and the date. If your new ROM restores the apps automatically, you can restore just the data through Titanium Backup.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strapt:
I have that but never use it ... Do you know what option I would use to back that up with and restore it ... Without backing up everything?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Yea, you open the app, and if you have never used it you have to click on the "problems" box at the bottom which will install busybox. When that is complete, at the top, select backup/restore. That will list all of the applications on your phone. You choose which ones you want to back up by selecting it and choosing "backup". White text apps are user apps, and red text apps are system apps. System apps are mostly unnecessary to back up because the ROM you flash will have its own system apps, and in some cases restoring system apps from a different ROM can cause issues. When you flash something else and go back into Titanium, you go to backup/restore again and find the app. When you click it and select restore you have the option of restoring just the app, app and data, or just the data.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strapt:
Ah .. Very nice ... Thanks a lot ... This is going to help a lot ... Wish I knew that a long time ago lol
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
lol, yea it's a great app, and you won't be able to live without it now!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strapt:
Probably not ... My daughter hates me every time I mess with my phone and lose her angry birds progress lol... And now I have my stupid zombies game too.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phnx_chckn:
Hey guys hope someone can help me out here. I have been flashing different roms to try them out and am currently running cm7. I have always kept a nandroid backup of my stock sense rom in case anything went wrong or if I had to take the phone back to sprint. However I have somehow managed to erase my back up and want to know where to go to download a stock evo rom. Apologies if this is a stupid question but I'm still in the process of learning.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
if you mean stock as in right out of the box from sprint then check out this:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDh6ekc0c2dIbGYyRHFrT09PUWpscnc6MQ
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phnx_chckn:
Thx for that, what about a method where I wont loose root access? Is that possible?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
idk. i used that and then rooted again to start over. it says it wipes ur sd card but it doesn't wipe like wallpapers n zips u put on it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayharper08:
Check out the sprint lovers rom in the dev section. :) Im mobile so I can't link it.

Sent from "The EVO" using XDA Premium
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phnx_chckn:
Thx this was very helpful
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phnx_chckn:
Right on for this hint. Do you know if I will be able to receive ota updates from sprint with this rom, like when gingerbread is updated to evo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fazulka:
You will not get OTA updates, but can reasonably expect rooted 2.3 Sense ROMs here on XDA within a couple hours of the official release. If you do get an OTA update notification in Sprint Lovers it will get rid off root if you upgrade. The phone will still be S-off so it should be easy to go back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
This is as close to stock as you can get while maintaining root privileges. This is a rooted stock rom that has NOT been deodexed.

posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phnx_chckn:
Thx, I ended up using this method to start fresh. Any one referencing this thread should know this works like a charm, just follow the steps. Easy.