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[Acer Iconia A500] jenicun:
Thx, what I forgot is install the 3g-primee-huawei-patch.

btw, after that I got only 10kBps for my internet connection.. is it the ISP or is there some setting to improve my internet speed ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Im guessing you flash. These via cwm
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
It's ok for me, it shows internal images/pictures.
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
sorry, i am stupid....
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
Dexter_nlb did you try porting the hardware decoder libs from 3.0?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Dude your not stupid this is all a curve ball.for us in the last couple of days. Your just looking at something new. Your probably not the only person who thought that.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
yes and quite complex to make work. alot of dependencies at stagefright.

just getting audio/video in youtube working was hard, then camera which also relate to those..
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
mountpoints and why!

I think there is alot of confusion now on where to find mountpoint, and asking for change of pointers...

/sdcard since Android 1.6 always been and continues to be root of external sdcard.

when tablets got introduced some pre-3.0 used the /sdcard and upgraded it so it was pointing to /mnt/sdcard (now 2.2 compatible) but still part of internal storage, so users sudden had to look else where for storage cards..

which by Motorola was /mnt/sd-ext, acer /mnt/external_sd , others used /mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk0-9 (support multiple partitions)

as you see alot of confusion..

1. the location of the /data/Removable/MicroSD is not changed, as it makes the framework incompatible and cannot detect size anymore and will cause other issues. .. example Camera app is not pointing to /data/media because its not a valid location for users to extract content, but would normally goto /mnt/sdcard or now -> /data/Removable/MicroSD where a folder DCIM is created.. apps even detect if you remove the sdcard.

2. if the vold.fstab does no longer match the framework, settings will not show your storage settings.. Acer had second and third environment to be set, Asus does not, its hardcoded..

so, its easy to fix by symbolic links, but starting to change other files, will require even more changes..

conclusion: the way it looks now, becides the failure of /sdcard from my side, was correct.. but symlinks might help, but changing vold.fstab can ruin framework functionality.
[Acer Iconia A500] digitalyz:
So until we get kernel source there will be no attempts at an overclock kernel?
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
I also want to have the source, so that I can try to compile an OC version.

BTW, I think Acer should conform to GPL license and release the source code if someone is asking for it.
[Acer Iconia A500] digitalyz:
Many have asked to no avail
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
here's an idea... download the nvidia kernel source, and add the config.gs from our current kernel and see how far it gets you...

there is of course some drivers not in place, but its ventana, so how much can be wrong..

look here

at least you can install and test, and always go back to the stock kernel in cwm, if it fails..
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
Man, amazing job! five thumbs up!
[Acer Iconia A500] rtjust:
Works great so far! Much faster. The browser in 3.1 feels as fluid as the iPad 2 finally. Thanks for your hard work!
[Acer Iconia A500] eldiablo1982:
Thanks for the good work. I've donated 10EUR (6G3556013J3727519) and I'll donate some more later this month when I get more money :)

Just waiting for my SDCard to arrive from NetOnNet then I'll flash this to my A500 :)
[Acer Iconia A500] smaiitm:
Great Work! And Thank you!

A small token of appreciation is on its way 4S257755LV458410M.
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
So, if I want to go back to stock, can I follow this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101859
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
Any news about video playback fix?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Does any video playback work? Like which file types will playback if any?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
right now, i dont think any formats are natively loaded with hardware decoding.. but at least rockplayer handle some with sw decoding..

but im looking, but no solutons atm..
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Sorry for the noob based question. I havent flashed yet I am at work. Just wondering when you say video playback. Will things like flash on websites work?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
@Crsdr37

yes, flash and like youtube sites work in flash, so strange....

sad, it is...

it is probably the only way to confirm is hdmi out is ok, and actually if it works.. have not tested it..
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
So that's weird what your saying is anything that is physically saved to either internal memory or ext memory. Will not play but sw based videos will....
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
@Crsdr37

i think so, at least those avi/mkv i tested.. but mp3 works very fine..

and with rockplayer in hardware mode, i can get some avi to play audio but no video.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
kind of sounds like issues with the egl libs. I know on the evo when they ported 3.0 we had all sorts of issues with the egl drivers.
[Acer Iconia A500] DaMan:
I installed this rom and have a few problems, one of them:

Youtube seems to have problem with a lot of video's, no video and then it freezes.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
I think the problem is actually with OMX. It seems that OMX is still used for video playback for certain applications whereas Stagefright is used for others.
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
this is know bug, will be fixed later :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
well,

no one said the first port would be perfect since our hardware is not exactly the same, but just similar..

so ill just have to dig into the video problem, and lets hope it can be fixed..
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Hey guys just got home trying to install this. I have used the backup tool to backup all partitions. But when I go to push itsmagic and the recovery.img. ADB tell me device not found??? Maybe I am just overlooking something. :(
[Acer Iconia A500] RagePX:
Hey quick question, if i flash this is there any way to flash back to stock to receive ota updates again?
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
use "./itsmagic" comand instead just "itsmagic"
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Yea but I am trying to push the files to the device first not call them. Unless I am reading the instructions wrong it says to push recovery.img and itsmagic with this command

adb push recovery.img /data/local

adb push itsmagic /data/local
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
put both files recovery.img and itsmagic on same folder that adb.exe and execute the commands or just put both files on that folder with root explorer
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Scratch it I was trying to us ADB from the computer and they were in the ADB folder like with my evo. Got it up and Running Just booted thank you so much
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Stupid question but I am going to ask it.

Will this survive if I shut the device off? Or do you have to run it's magic everytime

or just when you install a new rom? Dont wanna screw anything up since its running
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
only when its newly installed..
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Alright So If I have to flash an sd card fix I can go into recovery flash it and everything will be fine. Or after I flash that file I have to call itsmagic?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
as stated in post #1, it will finish correctly , if you follow guidelines..
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Ok sir. The only thing I was wondering reading page six where you posted the sd card fix. My camera does not work. Asks to mount sd. I did flash your fix. but didnt seem to help. So I am wondering if that is because I did not call itsmagic after I flashed the fix file.

:(
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
IMPORTANT NOTICE

I have updated post #1, with a warning about using ClockWorkMod to restore backups.

As we don't have a solution, which restore root and recovery partition and runs "itsmagic", you can brick your tablet, if any CWM backup is restored that include root/recovery partitions.

so before the restore , deselect root and recovery.. or when you backup, remove root/recovery from backup.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
can't mount sdcard....

I followed the intructions but when i try to flash a package it says

E: Can't mount /sdcard

But if I power up the tablet I can see the sdcard mounted correctly....

Do i have to install a new recovery?

EDIT: Solved - my sdcard was damaged even my pc couldn't read it.... I used another sd now works!
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
When you try to flash from cwm? Or stock android recovery
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
I will say running GPS test. It picks 4-6 up instantly.. Awesome!!! Got a lock inside within 30 seconds!!
[Acer Iconia A500] lighthammerhh:
Did you change anything? Was waiting 3 minutes and not a single satelite here ...:(
[Acer Iconia A500] digitalyz:
So i cant go back to the way it was beforei flashed if i cant restore root partition?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
I really hope we can get video working. Everything just seems to run like butter. Including Google Voice!!
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
:D yeeap I agree, its like butter

and yes GPS lock position about in 40 seconds (GPS no wifi) even when is this little town GPS signals are poor in every single device
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Tried getting logcats for the video but doesnt seem to have any errors when I try to play??

Plays .mov fine the mynet app is pretty cool if you havent tried it.

Downloaded Mobo Player with Codec Pack.

Tried to play avi just goes back to movie select screen. If I selected the movie with soft-decoding it plays it. Just thought you guys might like to know unfortunately doesnt help with online videos...
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
hi...

as i still didnt see the answer for this question

'after flashing this rom, can we anyhow go back to stock rom to receive ota update?'

or may be can we go to fully working 3.0.1 rom ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
In post 1 there are directions for going to back to stock.

1. with adb you can restore the "oldrecovery.img" like this

adb push oldrecovery.img /data/local

adb push itsmagic /data/local

2. open adb shell

3. execute commands

su -

chmod 755 /data/local/itsmagic

/data/local/itsmagic

5. confirm itsmagic works.

6 if all is ok, continue with the commands

cat /data/local/oldrecovery.img >/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

/data/local/itsmagic

sync

Once you have stock recovery back just use one of the links vache posted on his thread. To get back to stock. You take full risk though. Since this is so new. I would give it a couple days see what tools they make. Just support them for whatever you find useful
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
THX....

btw, i actually think its better to some dev make 3.0.1 custom rom, so we dont need to flash old recovery again ...:D
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
No way this 3.1 is so much smoother!! I dont know if you have tried it yet aside from video playback it is smooth and fast as butter.
[Acer Iconia A500] dihawrun:
when reboot, its stuck on ACER logo & warning appears: secure boot: image LNX checksum fail!

please advise..
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Probably means you didnt flash cwm correctly probably itsmagic didnt complete or you didnt boot straight into recovery and the install.sh was still there. try holding volume - and power when you turn it on till some text shows up at the top.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
Thats it...

i wanted to try this 3.1 , but i cant live without video playback.. thats why if there is a 3.0.1 custom rom, then i can revert back easily between the 2 .. just like on my htc desire :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
If its online video I dont know but for things you put on your sd card use mobo player it will play .avi .mov those were the 2 i tried. Have to select soft-decoding. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Does the auto brightness fix not last through reboot. Seemedto be working till i rebooted the device?
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
WILL it play .avi .mov and .mkv ?

but the OP said no video playback,,

confused here :confused:

btw, what about the bug of sudden screen on and screen of death ? experienced in this rom ?

AND battery life ? better than stock , same, or worse ?
[Acer Iconia A500] dacket84:
Awesome work! Flashed this today without a hitch. Man I didn't think this could be so smooth, it really is iPad-ish now with the speed. I can't wait to see more ROM work on 3.1 with all the fixes and what not.

Also just noticed that my Logitech G500 gaming mouse works out of the box with 3.1. Where as with the mouse hack on 3.0 didn't work (for this specific mouse). Mouse wheel works for scrolling and tilting the mouse wheel from side to side swipes the home screen from side to side as well. Awesome! :)

I had GPS lock on in about 15 seconds too where as before it wouldn't lock at all, i was amazed!
[Acer Iconia A500] mrlonely78:
guys,

i want to do this, but confuse in reading the guide, so many steps.

can i have the complete step by step how to update my iconia to hc 3.1?

thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] das7771:
Rom flashed perfectly..Thanks for all the hard work. I sent a small donation for your time..Now drink a redbull and do some more great stuff...J/k..Thanks man, I look forward to playing with this.
[Acer Iconia A500] richi chen:
USB Mount All?

Good! Can it automatically mount all the USB storage partitions? If it can, we don't need USB_Mount_All.apk, right?
[Acer Iconia A500] bochocinco23:
The graphics on this from stock are insanely better! Thanks for this amazing ROM. Easy download too. Can we flash the same mods from the orignal poster?
[Acer Iconia A500] mrlonely78:
guys,

can someone confirm this is the right step to upgrade to hc 3.1 for acer iconia.

INSTALL ITSMAGIC GUIDE (proceed at your own risk) Recommended is to follow original guide

1. Extract the recovery.zip and copy the contents, recovery.img, to your a500. normally /data/local is a sure location to write it to.

2. so copy using adb like this

adb push recovery.img /data/local

adb push itsmagic /data/local

3. open adb shell

4. execute commands

su -

chmod 755 /data/local/itsmagic

/data/local/itsmagic

5. if the itsmagic works, you see the "done" information etc... BUT if its not working, don't do the commands below...try and figure out why its not working.

6. IMPORTANT - if all is ok, continue with the commands to remove any chance of corrupting recovery.

mount -orw,remount /system

rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

(this command can fail ie. not found (its ok if it does))

mount -oro,remount /system

6a. Next these commands below will install the new recovery.

cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 >/data/local/oldrecovery.img

chmod 777 /data/local/oldrecovery.img

cat /data/local/recovery.img >/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

/data/local/itsmagic

sync

Copy the /data/local/oldrecovery.img to your pc.

Execute this command on your pc.

adb pull /data/local/oldrecovery.img oldrecovery.img

INSTALL CUSTOMROM GUIDE (proceed at your own risk)

make sure you validate the MD5SUM of the rom zipfile if possible for you, to ensure file is ok, or manually extract content on pc/mac/windows to verify zipfile is ok.

copy the PRIMEEv14_acerA500.zip to your sdcard, if md5sum / zip file is ok.

run the recovery (POWER off tablet.. then press and hold POWER button and hold VOL- until text in upper left corner appear and stop pressing VOL-)

use ClockWorkMod as normal (assumed is you tried cwm before) and wipe data/cache areas.

install zip file sdcard, and select the PRIMEEv14_acerA500.zip, and chose YES to install.

wait for installation to finish, and then choose reboot now

the zip file contains itsmagic and will execute at finish, so a reboot should run fine and boot your new custom rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] bochocinco23:
Fyi this these steps were completed using Root Explorer and Android Terminal Emulator using the same commands in OP. Just wanted to let you know it is confirmed to work...no ADB required.
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Yes, double confirm here. I have used root explorer and terminal emulator to do all these. With my USB keyboard plugged in to type all those commands. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] fenixjn:
Triple confirm here. No computer needed. All you need is a terminal emulator (TE, ConnectBot, etc), Root Explorer and Astro (to handle the zips). BTW, the recovery-install.sh does not need to be deleted. If the permission is changed to 444 from 544 it wont execute on boot (because you are clearing the eXecute bit at this point :) )
[Acer Iconia A500] ioneng:
I finally flashed it and everything seems to be ok. I flashed the fix mount patch as well but what do I need to do to see my external micro sd card? there is no /mnt/external_sd ??
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
hi, please tell me step by step how to do this via root explorer and terminal emulator, complete noobs here and cant do adb via my laptop... it alwasy say permission denied (my phone is rooted)

thx b4 :)
[Acer Iconia A500] :
I tried some usb gamepads and they're all working but when i plug my dualshock 3 i can see the leds lamping like on the xoom or the transformer but it doesn't work even with gameboid or psxe....

It's strange because there have to be some kind of "driver" in 3.1 (as google said) for the dualshock....
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
this is a kernel difference , we ain't got no kernel update, just the the software pack..

kernel comes when it works..
[Acer Iconia A500] sc2k:
before using itsmagic, ensure that you have got your UID. See the itsmagic guide how to get it. Use the manual method. If you brick your device you can only restore it if you have your UID.

@Dexter: please add the manual method to your guide. If you want to know why it is so important, please contact me with PM. I currently cannot publish details here.
[Acer Iconia A500] tnfsmith:
Sorry for stuff CWM mean?
[Acer Iconia A500] huxflux2003:
Sorry for bugging you, but i am curious. Is there any progress with the video playback issue?
[Acer Iconia A500] ioneng:
I think the problem lies in the missing /mnt/external_SD directory. Once it is created,insert the card and everything shows up in there. But this directory doesn't survive reboot though. Can someone make a patch please?
[Acer Iconia A500] fguy:
If to write sections system.img and boot.img from installed Prime from other pad, whether it is enough of it for operation Prime or it is is mandatory necessary recovery
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Mine survives reboot. I used vache's v2 on page 8 or 9. I have rebooted twice....
[Acer Iconia A500] mokuni:
WOw COngrats to the cook/Dev. Just out of curiosity, how did he do it considering the Iconia has a looked bootloader? Laymans terms pls. :(
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
The answer is here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121543
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
Hi guys...anyone experience the screen slowed down quite a lot after 1 day? I haven't installed many stuff ==!
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
No online videos or very few. But if its movie stored on your device like i used the a team and family guy episodes that i had. Both were avi files. I used mobo player with their software encoding. To play the movies. So yes it can be done but the hardware is not decoding its software from mobo player whixh is why this wont work for online videos. Just those stored locally on your device
[Acer Iconia A500] ioneng:
Hmm I did flash his v2 patch, but there wasn't an external_SD dir in /mnt. USB storage worked though...

Now I flashed the patch again and it's working finally. So I guess if it doesn't work the first time, try again...
[Acer Iconia A500] pokeguru87:
First of all, thanks to all the developers that made this possible. Two things, I have noticed though, some games will not play most notably Dungeon Defenders will not even get to the main menu. However, I'm almost 99% this is due to the media playback issues as it is failing at playing the opening videoes. The other thing is the browser likes to just close. It seems to only happen when there is a flash element on the page, even that isn't a constant cause. Unfortunately, it happened often enough that I restored the stock ROM.
[Acer Iconia A500] mokuni:
Thanks. Hmm, so its not properly broken then... Think imma wait for official 3.1 which should be 1st week of June!! :( liesss.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Hey dexter when you put this together you used the libs from Asus 3.1, Would there be any way to swap some of those out with the ones from our build like the stagefright and the oxm? Or would that cause a major meltdown. Because I have notice size differences between them.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
thats not correct!! i did not use all asus 3.1, as if i did, it would not run..

but of course more compatible is maybe possible, if you figure out how to get media playback running. but there is alot to test, when libs are replaced.

but of course thee is a difference, as i used the combination of asus and a500 to even run it.

but any help on getting media playback running, is appreciated by me, and probably the whole a500 forum section.. as i think thats the missing part for a perfect 3.1 on a500. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
i tend to disagree...´if you can install a custom kernel, its broken..

what you say is:

If i break into the bank and get out with money, and police still follows me its not correct. But if the bank opens the doors and hand me the money and no police follows its correct? both are wrong,

but you prefer the safe(easy) way, and i fully understand..not all in these forums are experts on using linux or wants to fiddle with linux commands.
[Acer Iconia A500] ioneng:
Another question from me. Does the rotation lock switch work yet? Or is it just my installation that's missing it?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
i think you talk Acer now? this is a asus port, and they call it automatic rotation on/off.. and it works fine..
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
Sorry, I have to ask this again.

If we use the update.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101859 and do the same steps as on installing a custom rom, then usin adb shell to run itsmagic, could we go back to a stock rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] ioneng:
Alright, I guess it has to do for now. I'm just happy that we can flash roms at last. Thank you Dexter and whoever's got this working.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
yes if you know how to write back the images in that thread, and you got a safe backup of boot partition it should be correct.
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Hey Dexter. Correct me if I am wrong. I can change whatever lib's I want without the lnx checksum error because they are not related to the boot or recovery image. Then if they do not work I can always replace them back with the old ones. I am not worried about bricking my device "1Yr ADH". I would like to change the egl lib and the stagefright oxm.
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
Ok, write it back seems to just follow the stpes there, right? But I am not sure about the boot partition backup, I think I have only the old recovery backup...
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
Did you not run the backup tool supplied in the itsmagic thread? That would have backed up p1-7 or 8 whatever it was.
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
Oh, that, yeah, I did, sorry =)

I´m used to mod my Nexus S a lot, but since this is new on Iconia, I am a little afraid of doing something that could make it unusable.

There´s no way to return my tab, I bought it in the USA.
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
I tried Moboplayer and it hang :|
[Acer Iconia A500] Crsdr37:
you have to hold down on the video and a menu will come up allowing software encoding
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
So, using the itsmagic backup, I should do:

dd if=/mnt/external_sd/dumps/p1 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

to restore the p1 to p7 backup, then

dd if=/mnt/external_sd/dumps/mmcblk0_start of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 count=13312

then I run itsmagic, or if I want, restore the old recovery?

I am not sure if it´s correct, but I am thinking backwards here to repalce the backups...
[Acer Iconia A500] lpachuong:
You are right...I just saw in the setting there is an option set softcoding as default. sigh...too laggy (1080p movies XD)