yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] godashram:
as far as my wifi experience, not as good as my Archos tablet, but better than my tablet/cellphones (HTC tytn ii, HTC raphael, LG expo)

Some reviews are legit, but others are just passing what they heard as fact/fanboys for other tabs, which all it does is make the a500 look bad for no reason
[Acer Iconia A500] guilleaguirre:
Wifi is good for me. Get the iconia insted of the "fantastical and magical new device".
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
I had to return my tablet because of the wifi. The problem wasn't poor reception on mine. It was because the tablet would not finish any large wifi transfers, and even some small ones like market apps gave it trouble.

I even waited for the update to be realeased and installed before returning the tab. Unfortunately that didn't help at all.

None of those issues are present with the unit I got as an exchange. And now I am happy as I can be with my a500.

Also I have had pretty good luck with apps. Only a few that I have tried don't work at all. Some will work but not in full screen. But most apps are just fine.

I've never owned an Apple anything so I can't speak to the differences. I do know that the a500 does most everything that I would want a tablet to do. GPS is a little wonky but there is a fix on the forums for that.

Good luck with whichever pad that you choose.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
good wifi here

My netgear g/n router is located down in the middle of our basement where we have our wireless printer station set up.we have a very large lot that Liu home sits on.I can get two bars on wifi anywhere on my property.even way out back prob 300 or so feet.I have noticed. That even my neighbor that has a teenager thats friends with my son has same wifi router about 1/2 block away I see there network as well as others. Always two bars. So to me the wifi isssue is the notification people see is misleading. When I leave my home going down street it never looses the two bars just disconnects.

is this just me or has anyone else noticed this.I know I should try a 3rd party app to test but it works OK to me so not care much about the notification.

Geeky chic

Erica renee
[Acer Iconia A500] AndrewD2:
I've had not a single problem with my wifi, works great everywhere I go.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
My galaxy also has a supposed wifi and GPS problem. I don't need to say how my friends can't use that one bar at all in places where I get none.
[Acer Iconia A500] Vereynn:
Only time I've had problems with my A500's WiFi was in a spot where even my Droid doesn't connect all the time. I've been able to connect at work to a hotspot 1/2 the building away (same floor).
[Acer Iconia A500] thinhletien:
so far, the wifi is good for most of people in xda :D so the last thing i want to ask is about watching HD movie, both of 720p and 1080p. My friend show me the clip in youtube that fully review about the A500, and it showed A500 have a problem to play HD movie.

Only can play HD movie with Rock Player but have some delay, others app such as Mobo can not play. Is there something wrong with Tegra2 in HD movie? Because my friend using Xoom have same problem?

Ah, sorry, and 1 more thing :D Can we use A500 like USB drive when connect with PC? Cause I really hate to sync using some software, just want drag and paste, thats all
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
I have no idea about in-browser HD. Could be android, could be flash, could be acer.

AFAIK tegra 2 was said to be HD capable so 3.1 might fix this.

The youtube app should display HD properly and most formats should just work.

For jerky formats like .mkv some players *might* do.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
wifi is good in my iconia, but yeah, my desire has much better wifi receiver ...
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Btw, JavaScript performance on tablets: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1108741

Guess who scores the longest time (worst)!
[Acer Iconia A500] mr.r9:
Yes the Acer is recognized as an external drive when you connect it to the computer. No software needed, just drag & drop.
[Acer Iconia A500] thinhletien:
sound good :D thank you for your help. Hopefully 3.1 can fix the problem with HDmovie :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Amdathlonuk:
No problems at all with mine.

GPS connects within seconds and I've never had a WiFi connection that worked quicker!!

I can download around 2Mb/s even from using my phone as a portable WiFi hotspot.

Absolutely love the A500, been waiting for a decent Android pad for awhile and it's fianlly here.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
pink

Bohooo

The only two major issues with my iconia. Tap priority first

1. The stupid placement of notifications [should be lockable or on top]

2. The tablet should be a cute soft pink color. [Giggles or a nice skin made]

3. I am blonde so there should must be [number one ] recovery available

Recovery recovery recovery recovery recovery

I think this gets the point across

Geeky girl

Erica Renee
[Acer Iconia A500] vince1979:
I have not had any major issues with my Iconia. My wifi is working fine; the only aspect that I am bothered by is the time it's taking Acer to release Honeycomb updates (i.e. 3.1). As far as I know others (xoom, Asus) already received the update while we're being forced to wait until the end of June tentatively.
[Acer Iconia A500] cseegran:
No problem with wifi, using mango for my manga viewer.

Update 1.39.05
[Captivate General] McKillroy11:
I wanted to flash the ROM on my captivate to some of the selections in the download section. But its not really user friendly for me. Was wanting some tips on how to use it. YouTube didn't provide much also.
[Captivate General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
ROMManager doesn't have much of a selection for us captivate users:rolleyes:

But you have to purchase the premium version to see the downloads and the only ROM available is CM7. If you do decide to get CM7... make sure you go to that thread and double check directions.. instructions for ROMManager installation are in the OP.
[Captivate General] McKillroy11:
So the free version is useless for captivate users.
[Captivate General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
It's still nice to have, to flash a recovery or manage your backups..or make a backup. ROM Manager is still a great app, but you need the premium version for the CM7 updates and such. From what i hear, other phones actually have more roms to download and stuff. Just not the captivate. Lame sauce I know.. :p
[Captivate General] McKillroy11:
Very lame.
[Captivate General] alexige:
the rom makers here just havent gone to hosting on Rom manager its not that big of a deal. Its not at all necessary unless you want to keep downloading and flashing CWM through there, which you can find in the android dev section.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
hi...

as the title...

who all are succeded in connecting usb external hdd to iconia ?

cause i tried with two, and booth are not recognized

one is pendrive sense 320gb, second is wd 250gb

all you who can connect, whats your hdd??

fyi, i can connect card reader and usb thumb drive

UPDATE

OKEY..

so i tried connecting my hdd through a powered usb hub, and still no luck,

i tried connect it with a Y cable, one to iconia and onte to powered hub, also no luck ...

is there any other way to try ? tried every thing from usb mount all, ntfs mount, charging while plugging , usb powered, new HDD, fat32 formatted , ntfs HDD and all in vain...

if not then, i am sure my device is defective of something....
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
How were they formatted? At those sizes, I'm going to guess they were formatted to NTFS which Android cannot read natively. There is, however, a thread in the Development section which includes a driver to enable NTFS support on the A500.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
the first one have fat32 and nts partition, but the second one have 250gb full of fat32

i have installed ntfs mount and usb mount all, they just are not detected at all..
[Acer Iconia A500] ill_dawg:
I just got my tab today, rooted and installed ntfs mount. No problems getting into my 500gig external hdd, formatted in ntfs.
[Acer Iconia A500] speedy-ct:
I tried both 320gb Seagate and 750gb passport worked fine...They both formatted in fat32.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
HM.. IT SEEMS , ONLY I CANT Get my hdd TO WORK IN ICONIA...

wonder why

is anyone here in asia or may be in indonesia??

may be this is rom related ?
[Acer Iconia A500] bangejiaozi:
l live in china ,very far from you .....

i still wait for the 3.1 update.

i am not sure can i receive ota update if i root it.

so i dont root ,and still wait.

well ,if i get the update of 3.1 ,i will come back and reply .

i have a 2T hdd, buffalo.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
Okey... So now i have tried at least 6 different hdd and all failed...

I start to think ut is my hardware or rom problem?

Any solution ?
[Acer Iconia A500] urbie47:
When i first connected a hdd i also thought it didn't work. When i looked at mnt/usb_storage.........no filelist. But when i got a cup of coffee and looked again the filelist was there. Apparantly the Acer needs a time to scan the HDD which can be long when it is large. So l'lle patience.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
how long actually ??

becauuse if this problem persist, i think i will take my device to the service centre,

btw, do they will know that i am rooted ?
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
last update : i have connected my hdd to iconia for about an hour without any luck,.

come on, do some one here can make a solution for me please ??

i can connect flash drive and card reader but not hdd, tried 6 different of them

even i asked in local acer forum in my country, everyone dont have problem...

so, what you think my problem here?

do i must do factory reset ?
[Acer Iconia A500] iCurmudgeon:
Are you sure you have power (external) going into your HD? I tried a WD portable and it wouldn't be read by the A500 until I connected it to an external power supply. Then I could read it without any problems.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
how to connect it with external power supply ?

my hdd has only 1 usb slot, not 2 ..
[Acer Iconia A500] soloxp:
Guy's....just download (HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool) to format your HD's to fat32. I did my 250 & 500GB HD and it work just find. Windows just don't format right...that's why I don't use windows to format my HD's. If you have Linux use Gparted.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bootup:
I have

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14129262&postcount=8

I also have a 250gb that I can't get to read but then it needs dual-powered cable to be read on my laptop so I expected that. But my 320gb Buffalo, my 32gb Patriot and my 80gb Maxtor read just fine. All are NTFS. I have a 160gb from work that I will try tomorrow.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Connect it to windows and pull up the disk administrator (where you create partitions) and see if the disk is basic or dynamic? Just a hunch... have you tried different cables? And finally I want to be sure you are plugging it into the full sized USB pert and not the micro USB.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
i am using mac, not windows, my hdd connect fine to mac, how to do this on mac?

not only different cables, yesterday i went to an it mall, there i tried almost 5 different 500gb hdd 2.5 inch, all failed, all have fat32 format, cause i checked them on my mac beforehand

yeah, of course i connect it to the usb 2.0 port..

this is what i dont understand, everyones hdd work fine in the iconia, why my iconia just cant read?
[Acer Iconia A500] playaed:
mine don't work either. I have a 1 TB western digital hard drive.
[Acer Iconia A500] abditerex:
i use ntfs mount,first time install that ntfs mount apk...cant read my hdd but aftter reboot my iconia all partition on hdd can read and walk normal like on my laptop
[Acer Iconia A500] ill_dawg:
I'm in Jakarta, so I don't think it can be a rom thing. Are you using NTFS mount, or just trying to plug the HDD into your tab and use the built-in software? Try this and it should fix the problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
My hdd have fat32 format, I don't think its related with that..

I think its my hardware failure..
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
Not necessarily - it's already been pointed out that your HDD may try to pull more current than the Iconia's USB port can deliver.

You'd need a powered hub, or a USB Y cable (something like this), in order to test this theory, although since the Iconia only has a single USB port, you'd need something else to plug the other cable into which means a powered hub would probably be a better bet anyway.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] urbie47:
Its a Verbatim 320G, about 100G used. When i plug it in the led starts flickering as a sign the Iconia is reading contents and after about 75 seconds its done and the filelist shows up
[Acer Iconia A500] msoileau:
Check out the "USB Mount All" app discussed in the development forum. Worked for my fat32 partition that wasn't recognized automatically
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
It's not your Iconia.

As mentioned above several times, I think this is a power issue as well. The Iconia isn't producing enough power to run an external HDD, especially if said HDD is 7200rpm. You will need an external power source - the easiest way would be a powered USB hub.

If the Iconia can read a memory stick/thumb drive which it should do fine, then it's not your Iconia that's the issue. It's quite obvious a power issue.

Get your HDD plugged into an external power source and you will probably find all your issues go away.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bootup:
You have no failure. You have the lower-powered usb items working but not the high voltage ones. The Pendrive needs up to 5.5v to be powered. The one drive I have at work (a verbatium 'smartdisk') will not work with my Acer and it needs 5 to 5.5v (i'm guessing more on the 5.5v end). I'm guessing the tablet's USB is pushing out a bit less than 5v dc. I have had success with every usb thumbdrive so far, and now 4 out of the 6 'portable' hdd ive tried.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
hm....

ACtually i dont understand what u mean, can you explain in the easy way ?? hehe

am not so good at that electricity thing ..
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
i plugged my hdd with a 'Y' cable, one to iconia , and one to my macbook for power...so, what u mean for the power source ? whats the example for it ?

thx...
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
Does the drive even spin up? I'm assuming that's a 2.5" drive. Both my 2.5" drives 250gb and 500gb @ 5400 rpm's) work w/o external power. But if I attach it to a non-powered hub, it doesn't work. It doesn't spin up and if somethng else is plugged in with it.. it just beeps at me. So it's very close to the limit that the tablet can provide.

So, i too think it's very probably a power issue. Like other's have suggested, a powered hub should solve the issue.

These tablets were not really designed to power external hard drives.. only thumb drives and other devices like keyboards and mice.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
well, i dont know the spin up thing, but the blu led on the drive becomes on ..

from where can i get these powered hub ?

thx..
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
From virtually any electronics or computer store. They shouldn't be too hard to find.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
eBay or Amazon would even sell them. Just search for USB powered hub and I'm sure something will come up. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
YEAH, BOught one from ebay.. have to wait 3 more weeks to try ...

really hoping its not my hardware failure:D

btw, i cant connect my htc desire also,it can only be charged, but desire dont detect any usb plugging .. anyone having htc desire can connect it to iconia for mass storage?
[Acer Iconia A500] seven2099:
They need to be powered USB drives. Don't expect an onboard battery powered device with ultra low voltage to power your 2.5, 3.5 drives man..
[Acer Iconia A500] seven2099:
DO NOT DO THIS... fat32 is a horrible file system.

You will not be allowed to put files bigger than 4gb on it since that its main limitation.

Just used NTFS Mount from the DEV section.

It works well, just have to know what you are doing and how to use it.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
but ntfs is not so great when using mac...
[Acer Iconia A500] Bootup:
Why not? my NTFS drives work great on my Macbook Air.

http://ntfsmounter.com/

Mac OSX 10.6 has native NTFS read/write support its just not turned on by default.
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
And I can see why it isn't turned on, because it's quite flakey! So much so that I still have a license for Paragon NTFS! ;)

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
They don't necessarily *need* to be powered drives, though obviously some do.

WD Passport drives in particular seem to work ok for most people.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
OKEY..

so i tried connecting my hdd through a powered usb hub, and still no luck,

i tried connect it with a Y cable, one to iconia and onte to powered hub, also no luck ...

is there any other way to try ? tried every thing from usb mount all, ntfs mount, charging while plugging , usb powered, new HDD, fat32 formatted , ntfs HDD and all in vain...

if not then, i am sure my device is defective of something....
[Acer Iconia A500] kecapabcom:
can I replay on indonesian language only for your problem....

Begin I jadi saya mengalami Hal Yg Sama pada awalnya...HDD harus dalam format fat32 dan di' format menggunakan windows jangan memakai os Mac

kalau memakai HDD wdc usahakan sebelumnya di test dlu colok di komputer windows dan tedeteksi...Karena Ada beberapa hdd dari wdc menggunakan sistem smart. Dimana harus membuka terlebih dahulu dengan Pasword...

Jadi kesimpulannya pakai lah hdd dengan format FAT32 dan diformat di komputer Yang memakai os windows, setelah hdd di colok Ke iconia bbrp saat saja mungkin sekitar 20 detik past I akan terdeteksi kalau agak Susan mencerna a pa Yg say a tulis hubungi aja saya di 081936555558 atau 085228164264
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
thanks, but i already tried that with the second hdd i tried and its a no go...

btw, i dont think languange beside english is allowed here.
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
What make and model is this ext HD? Or is it an internal with a HD enclosure? Issued before if it spins up. Put your ear againts it then plug it in. You should hear it as the disks pick up speed. If its completely silent, then its not spinning. I plugged a 3.5in drive into a 2.5in non-powered enclosure and the light came on, but it would not spin up.
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
If I root my tab...do I void the warranty??
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
i tried many..

and all aof them are 2,5 external HDD , not internal with enclosure...
[Acer Iconia A500] caj_54:
Have you tried 'Drive Mount'? It's available on Market. I have a Buffalo 1TB usb3 external drive. It has 2 partitions. 1st on Hfs+, 2nd partition on fat32. Initially, my a500 cannot see any usb drive. After i installed Drive Mount, I can now see both the ext usb partitions. Unfortunately, I just cannot mount the fat32 partition. It could be because of power issues, or because fat32 is on the 2nd partition, or because it was formatted to fat32 using the MacOSX Disk Utility..or it could be some other reasons. If anyone knows, please help. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
using drive mount..

still , it dont detect my hdd

drive mount can mount m htc desire sdcard just fine
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
update here :

now i can connect my hdd to my iconia

using ntf drive i can read and write, but then it disconnected after bout 5 minutes, again i want to connect and it cant :(
[Android Themes] phantom2323:
Hello all. I will be getting my first android (and smartphone for that matter) in a few days, and I am looking forward to customizing it. I was searching around this forum and saw a theme someone posted.

I was hoping if anyone knows where I can find this background/wallpaper or something like it. It's the last one on the page (Post #868 by vanessaem)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=968613&page=87

Thanks for your time!
[Android Themes] 7JS14:
Wallpaper request

I found the wallpaper online for you and resized it to match the standard android wallpaper dimensions. Originally it was1920x1080 and I changed it to 960X800, just download the file I attached~

Enjoy your new Android phone! :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] gogol:
http://phandroid.com/2011/05/17/liv...g-and-the-galaxy-tab-10-1-on-june-2nd-events/

If I am not mistaken, this will be around 00:00 AM (midnight), London time (UK).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bbeelzebub:
And the next day on the West Coast.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...iting-you-to-a-party-in-San-Francisco_id18991
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shadow-Nexus:
Hey so i was trying to install de Cm recovery in mi mini pro

So i need it the busybox thing

I went to the market and downloaded the busybox installer app

After i installed busybox everything was going fine

Until i decided to reboot my phone

When my phone rebooted pop ups started to appear about

Launcher pro not working and dpsmananger not working

And then it said that the process system is not working

What can i do there?

I cant reboot into xrecovery

So please help me!!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shadow-Nexus:
It passes the se screen and the bootanimation

the lockscreen works and the touchscreen too even the freaking screen on off animation works

I think it might have to do with the system files or something

so how can i change this??

Please help i am really desperate!!!!

I tried using seus but it doesnt work either!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] datagubben:
Why u want busybox, if u already have xrecovery? Now u must use flashtool!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Andreson01:
search for flash tools, or try ADB by computer (if the usb debbunggin enable).
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shadow-Nexus:
How do i use if the pc doesnt recognize my phone?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] s0ftcorn:
Press the back-button while booting.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Andreson01:
If debuggin enable, he go recognize your phone, but not use the sdcard.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shadow-Nexus:
I have tried that a lot of freaking times and it doesnt work!

Im going to leave the battery to drain so the phone completely shuts off and im going to charge it and try again
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] s0ftcorn:
Somewhere in this forums a way was posted to get into recovery anyways, dunno how it was called :/
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shadow-Nexus:
Ill try to find that post!

EDIT: i didnt find it!:(

Hey you rom experts out there help me out!!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Snoopo:
Use pc compagnon and flash the good old stock. Otherwise flashtool may also help you.

I did the same like you few weeks ago and this is the only way.

sent with my mini pro
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] iliadis:
i had similar problem with my phone.I download 'Update_Service_Setup-2.11.5.6' from sony ericsson and follow the instuctions.I lost my data and revert back to original 2.1 rom but i had a live phone :-)..Then i had to reflash the rom
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Snoopo:
You won't loose your data if you carefully do backups when playing around with roms ;)

sent with my mini pro
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Davixxa:
Use Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS) To Reflash Stock rom without Root. That should do it.

Just download it and follow the onscreen instructions.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Aju Joy:
Hey buddy dload flash tool and the generic 2.1.1.A.0.6 firmaware ftf .....

choose the flash option in flash tool n choose the firmware.....remove the battery of mini pro connect the cable press the back button n holding it insert the battery it will flash the firmware.....
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shadow-Nexus:
Thats what i need to know thanks man!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Plancton.fr:
Install SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service), dowload it from here -> http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...ed/updateservice/xperiax10minipro?cc=gb&lc=en

Install Flashtool form here -> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=flashtool&l=1

How to use flashtool here ->http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10879507#post10879507

Download this -> http://www.mediafire.com/?1cvlkty79tdnrl0

Unzip and place the ".ftf" file you have in Flashtool 0.2.9.1 -> firmware

Read the instruction for flashing a Firmware ;)