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[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
always the same isn't the tool called logcat ?
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
OTA update

Hi again. I will give you any info you need (please guide me where you need me to go).

Build number is: Acer_A500_3.019.04_COM_GEN1

Kernel: 2.6.36.3-00005-g5dff38c

Please let me know if there is anything else.

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] techron1985:
so it's the same as the leak. that's great. that way, i wont have to do anything. :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
*maybe* the version same, content different. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] techron1985:
yeah. although there isnt really much to get from 3.1 i pretty much got what i was hoping for when i updated with the leak.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
Further re Official Update

Perhaps I should clarify what I wrote earlier.

1. My Acer A500 is NOT/never was rooted.

2. 4 days ago I downloaded and installed Virtuous Picasso v. 1.0.5 from XDA to see what 3.1 looked like. It worked and I played around with it.

3. Today (4 July) I chatted online to ACER and they told me that the OFFICIAL update for Australia is tomorrow (5 July) just as it is everywhere else.

4. I backed up the Tab to PC straight away and went and RESET to factory settings. This took about 5 minutes.

5. When Tab rebooted, the Android Icon came on and it had swirling mechanical cogs inside it !!! I knew something must be happening. Anyway, I went through the usual startup questions and Google logins etc. and when I went to Device Information and looked around - I had the Official update. I knew when I saw the pixel information 1280/800. I'm sure these were not there before.

SO.... I didn't do anything but "Factory Reset the Tablet". I didn't "Flash" anything.

All I was doing was letting you know that something had happened. What did I get in return ? Insults.

I am NOT a very technical person and will probably stay away from here from now on.

Enjoy your Acer Tablets everyone.

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
how do i copy off the update.zip before i install it in case you guys want it?

About to check if it's available..

edit: Not available..I'm in australia too..

under device info it says:

Horizontal pixels: 1280

Vertical pixels: 800

Is that what yours is showing jezza?
[Acer Iconia A500] techron1985:
i wonder where those insults are? hrmmmm.
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Well, because of flashing the "Virtuous Picasso" in before, the factory reset is actually bringing back to the clean Virtuous Picasso. Therefore, showing android 3.1 in the tablet. Will it be the situation? Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
re Update

Perhaps "insults" was the wrong word. I thought a couple of comments were implying that I was an idiot for not saving Zip files etc. I never saw a zip file - it just updated itself.

Sorry

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
If you installed Virtuous Picasso, you had CWM installed, which means you were probably rooted as well

This doesn't reset you back to factory ROM. Just a clean Virtuous Picasso. You will not get the FOTA from this.

That was just the custom Virtuous Picasso starting from fresh. You're still on it.

I didn't see anyone insulting you...
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
It's actually quite easy...

1. Install aLogCat. You can get it from the market, or this QR code should work..

2. When/if you see the notification that you have an update available -- stop everything and run the aLogcat app.

3. Send the log file to yourself via email (that's built into the app)

4. Look through the log file on your computer, searching for a URL

5. Try any URL's that you find on your computer's browser

6. When you find one that downloads a zip file, save the zip file to your computer

7. Shout from the rooftops, and share that URL

8. Then upload and mirror it lots of somewheres!

Guide taken from: http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...1295-how-get-ota-download-location-share.html

All credit goes to Jerry Hildenbrand on AndroidCentral for the guide. :)

BTW: Don't post the actual aLogCat file up on here as it has some personal info in it.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Text is a very impersonal medium and its quite easy to read something more into a post than was intended. No worries. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
3.1 update

Hi there. YES .... the pixels info above shows up in device information. I am now totally confused ! Starting to wonder what happened this afternoon. All I know is that I wanted to have the Tablet "clean" by tomorrow for the OTA update. So I Factory Reset and was expecting it to go to 3.0. After the strange NEW Android figure on reboot I had a 3.1 Android tablet. The Tablet was completely wiped of my apps and everything else. It is definitely NOT the 3.1 setup I was running yesterday.

It was like the Update we received at the end of May - it "appeared" when I turned the tablet on and I had to give permission to go ahead - there were NO zip files etc.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring ????!!!!

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] mchamber:
Jezza I don't see anyone being upset with you. You have given us tangible evidence that the July 5th OTA isn't limited to Germany. Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Just to clarify something for you. A factory reset does NOT revert your tablet to its factory ROM, it merely wipes all installed apps and settings from the device, leaving you with a virgin ROM. In your case, a fresh install of the Virtuous Picasso ROM you installed.

When you installed that ROM, it's the same as reformatting your PC's hard drive and installing Windows. Resetting back to the first restore point in Windows doesn't install the previous OS, it just removes settings; similar thing here except apps are wiped too.

Hope that helps.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
re Update

Thanks for your help FFM. I think I understand the above. What should I do now ? How to get the FOTA ? Maybe I should wait until tomorrow and have someone "walk" me through it. Until then I won't touch a thing !

I'm suffering from "LAUDS" .... Late Acer Update Disorder Syndrome.

Good night.....

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
As long as you have a custom ROM, you're not going to get any FOTA notifications. Assuming you did a nandroid backup before installing Virtuous Picasso (That's running a backup from inside the Clockwork Mod Recovery), then you can restore that to get back to stock, but if not it's a bit more problematic.

As you're not that experienced in Android, might be better to just wait a few days and it'll turn up on here as a flashable update.zip file once the FOTA is out.
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
I thought when the update comes you have to go to settings then about tablet then system update, Are you saying as soon as you rebooted after factory reset it auto updated to 3.1 ?
[Acer Iconia A500] randomBit:
3.1 OTA update backup

In case you want to get the OTA update and take a look at it.. once you download the update, click update later instead of update now.

Use a root explorer like ES Explorer and go to /cache/ (obviously you need to be rooted). There should be a zip file with a long hexadecimal string as a name. Copy it to some safe location for backup and future reference.

If you guys want I can upload my update to rapidshare.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Yes please
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
So is it confirmed that this is identical to the leaked 3.1 update?

If it is, I can't say I'm surprised.
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
Where are you getting this. From what I have read, it is newer.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
One of the other threads, but it might just be that the kernel is the same as the leaked.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
the leaked was version 3.xxx something this one is 4.xxx so I doubt it's the same as the leaked one, maybe it's same without some bugs... we was just some kind of alpha tester...
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
Still nothing here

Adelaide Australia..

Why don't they just release it on the interwebs and let everyone else spread it?
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
There is an update floating around here
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
Yep, here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1154492
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
That says you need to install with CWM??

so that's isn't for stock iconia's?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
You can either install CWM and use that version (which IS stock, but rooted), or you can wait for your FOTA update to turn up. The choice is yours.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
help for update

Greetings! I am still at the same place as I was last night. You mentioned earlier that I should wait for a Zip update 3.1 version to flash. Is that the one posted here? If it is I have downloaded it just now. Are you able to help me get started?

Cheers,

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
The zip in this thread, whilst 100% stock, has been rooted to grant superuser permissions, and requires the A500 custom version of Clockwork Mod to be installed. If you're OK with both of those, then sure...
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
Update Help

Yes please! I guess my main problem is that I just installed the leaked 3.1 Rom last week on top of my previous stock version without knowing the consequences. So in theory I know what's wrong, but I need some guiding. Any help great fully received....

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
Well, something has changed for me..

I WAS getting a message saying there was an update available to 1.139 or something..but unable to update.. now it says i'm up to date, so i guess they're getting ready for it..
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
OK, go to the Android Market and install the Acer Recovery app for the A500, this will let you install the custom ClockWork Mod easily. There are plenty of detailed guides in this forum to give you a step by step of what to do next, but to summarise...

* Copy the new update to your external SD card.

* Reboot into recovery (the Acer Recovery app has an option to do this easily).

* Use the volume keys to move up/down in the recovery menu, and the power button to select. Make a backup of your current ROM.

* Once backed up, choose to install ZIP from SD, then browse to the new update and select it. It should now flash the new ROM.

the Virtuous Galaxy thread has a video walkthrough on using CWM in the first post.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
update help

Thanks ! I will let you know how I go.

I hope to give you good news. You are very patient!

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Hehehe.. Not always, I'm not! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] KBEscalona:
Check the support site of Acer per your country. Acer is updating the site with the A101 available (7" Tab)
[Acer Iconia A500] lded21:
I am so new to this - i am not rooted so this won't mess things up right? I will still get all updates and ACER won't be able to tell if i updated on my own and i will continue to get all updates correct??
[Acer Iconia A500] db02:
I installed this rom using CWM about a week ago and after installing everything works correctly except that I have had no access to my SD card since I installed this version. I tried reformatting the card and used my sd card from my phone to see if that would correct the issue and still nothing. Everything else works correctly, but now that I can't access the SD card, I can't revert back to my backup. Do you think something could have installed incorrectly causing this problem or do you think my sd card slot is broken?

Also, is there anyway to flash a backup or a different rom without using an external SD card?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
^ If you have Clockwork Mod installed, yes. If you don't, no.
[Acer Iconia A500] k0sun7eash3d:
I just received the official OTA in America to 3.1. I w as running a complete stock build, and it just informed me that an update was ready.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
Mission Accomplished !

Well... Your patience has paid off. I am now the proud owner of Acer's A500 Iconia Tab 3.1 4.010.04. Many thanks for your easy-to-follow help (and patience).

Cheers,

Jezza:D
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
Weird.. now 1.139.04 is showing as available again.. but still won't install

OTA or download?
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
3.1 update

I used the download zip file from these pages - with the help of other forum members. I spoke to an Acer chat person today and he told me that the OTA update in Australia had a technical problem yesterday and was therefore cancelled/abandoned and he assured me that the OTA update would arrive today (Wednesday) by 5.00 pm. It still has not come. So, I went ahead with the download. I couldn't wait any longer. It was driving me crazy!

If you follow my posts on this thread you can see how much of a headache it was...

Cheers

Jezza
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
And.. no it's showing No Update again..

hopefully i'll get up tomorrow with 3.1 available..
[Acer Iconia A500] xendrome:
For anyone reading this thread looking for the Official 3.1 update, this is not it. So please do not apply this, there are now some other legit Official 3.1 update threads. Do you research before you install anything that is not directly OTA.
[Acer Iconia A500] ferds:
OTA updatee 117.21mb

Are you guys getting the same update? I'm currently dowloading the official ota and it says 117.21mb.
[Acer Iconia A500] ferds:
I've downloaded the ota and tried to install it and then it says update was invalid, wtf? It also says that it is system update 4.010.24, any clue on what this is?
[Acer Iconia A500] speeddaddy:
this happend to me to,so I rebooted and tried again and it worked. I'am now on 3.1....Life is good
[Acer Iconia A500] T0yman:
3.1

Do some reading if the update fails, replace any files you have edited and try again. I had to replace my wpa_supplicant to original and redownload the update and 3.1 is up and running.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138228 <-- Root made Easy!
[Acer Iconia A500] mchamber:
I just got my 3.1 OTA update here in Tampa, FL, USA as well. I was disappointed yesterday when I received and update notice and it turned out to be merely an incremental build number update to 1.141.07 which still didn't even give me native exchange functionality.

I was convinced that meant it woudl be some time until I received the larger update from Honeycomb 3.01 to 3.1 but I just received it and successfully updated.

I am now on:

Android version: 3.1

Kernel version: 2.6.36.3

Build number: Acer_A500_4.010.08_COM_GEN2

Finally have Exchange support and whatever other goodies 3.1 offers.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Actually, native Exchange support has been in 3.0.1 since the 1.139 updates, but it's not where you'd expect it. You have to go to Settings -> Accounts -> Add Account -> Corporate.
[Acer Iconia A500] mchamber:
That's what I'd been told, but until this last update, the "CORPORATE" option simply wasn't there for me either via the "Settings" route, or via the set-up within the email app. Acer support couldn't explain why, and simply told me "wait for 3.1." Glad that wait is over.
[Acer Iconia A500] mandrsn1:
same here... unrooted...
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
If i do a factory restore, that removes all the games i've downloaded etc? and i lose the progress i've made in those games?
[Acer Iconia A500] ferds:
Finally got it to work, after several tries.

I did the reboot twice as mentioned, but it ony worked when I left it alone to download, don't open the browser while downloading, the first try I surfed while downloading. Hope this helps.

Btw my tab is unrooted too. And I also dont have anything installed that blocks the ota.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
Titanium Backup - it's your friend!

Search for it on the Market. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
Not rooted..
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
Get rooted! :D
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
That's your choice. If you want to backup your apps+data, you need to root. Don't want to root and don't want to loose installs and data? Then don't factory reset.
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
well did a factory restore, still no update..
[Acer Iconia A500] diamond_cbr:
Hello

Update automatically yesterday (I was rooted)

Don't have enough time to re-root my iconia... because I just receive my new freebox revolution :D

@+
[Acer Iconia A500] jsl101669:
Build Number...

Anyone know why people seem to be getting different Build Numbers?

I used the update from this thread and my build is 4.010.07_COM_GEN1.

I have seen others with 4.010.08, 22, and 24. Also seen some users with COM_GEN2.

Anyone know what the differences are and if I am ok with 07? Or is there an even more recent build I need to get?

Thanks all.
[Acer Iconia A500] dude64:
Please reply...Is there a way to switch from this ROM to the official one, now that it is released? Could someone point me to instructions, if already posted? Thanks a lot.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
About 5 seconds of actually reading down the topic list will do that...
[Acer Iconia A500] dude64:
I love xda as it is such a great resource and adds and improves upon the functionality the devices for so many users. Thanks to all the people who put in hard work. But, I hate the attitude of the senior members and the more seasoned users towards those of us who are relatively inexperienced. I requested to point me to the relative thread/forum. What do you mean by topic list? Under general or development or this thread itself? Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] dude64:
Ok, found it, thanks:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1155664
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
Too Much Griping

I have been on this forum for quit a while and as a SENIOR I also do not like the attitude of some of the people. Not all of us give noobs a hard time. I do think pointing a person in the right direction is OK and also letting them know that reading is fundimental is OK, but I see some members going around and doing nothing but telling people how many times this has already been answered and if they would only take 5 seconds to read. You are correct, some people do need to read some before chiming in, but there is no reason to be an ASS. This is a great resource, but people will shy away if members continue to act this way. This forum was created to help out the users of new devices and a place to develop the hardware and make it better for all, so lets get back to that!
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
I mean the list of topics, or threads, in the dev section.

I'm fine with helping people, but seriously, you should realise that it gets REALLY annoying when people keep on asking the same stupid questions again and again when they CLEARLY haven't even bothered to look or even search for themselves.
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
I agree with you, but I think it would be better just to ignore them or polietly tell them to do a search first. If they continue, then give them hell. Till then, try and be helpful. This only my opinion.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
I agree. I made some pretty silly mistakes when I first got my a500 and joined this community - I have requested help when my answer is already waiting for me to do a fast search, I have followed instructions incorrectly and asked for help vs. careful reading - but I learned.

No one ever was an ass or gave me hell about it - sure, I got a little bit of sarcasm and some reminders to do it right - but if you can't stand the occasional less then polite forum comment - get out of the interwebs :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
It really is time the mods made a Questions & Answers section for the A500 area... The dev section is getting way too polluted with simple questions, and a dedicated Q&A section would help people a lot.
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
That is an excellent idea.
[Acer Iconia A500] dude64:
I am sorry I did not mean to be offensive. I agree that after a careful search I have been able to find the answer to most of my questions, but that sometimes means hours of pouring through extensive threads, and the information you are looking for is buried within pages upon pages of useless posts (not necessarily useless in general but not useful to your particular problem). It would be helpful to let people vote up individual replies in a thread so they get bumped higher or show up on the first few pages instead of in a chronological order. So, the reason I ask for help is maybe someone else has worked a solution for that problem, and hence their hard work might come in handy for me and save me lots of time. On a side note I still haven't figured out how to roll back to 3.0.1 from this ROM (3.1) and then initiate the official update. If anyone could help me with that, please. In the meanwhile I'll try to figure out how to do it. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] dude64:
Thanks you.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Try reading the [Solved - 3.1 OTA update working!] Back to stock and backup for newbies TUTORIAL thread. It has all the answers you need to do the rollback.
[Acer Iconia A500] dude64:
Ok, I had originally updated from 1.147, and I haven't been catching up with the whole android rooting development. So, I did not take a backup before jumping. My fault. Now, I have unrooted and installed CWR. I tried flashing a number of different ROMs, but my build keeps stuck at 3.019.04 and the android version stays at 3.1. The kernel shows 2.6.36.3. Any ideas.
[Acer Iconia A500] stufisch:
3.1 OTA update on hold...

I managed to get 80% thru the OTA update download, before my entire A500 Iconia table froze, requiring power-down and restart ...

Seeing the update hadn't installed, I went to system update, and it showed that my system was up-to-date. After chatting and then calling support and being escalated, I was told that the update is now being "held", and that my system will notify me once the update is re-released.

I'm guessing that the Wifi problems some people mentioned might be the cause of this delay ...

I'm gonna hold off on downloading the leaked firmware and installing it, for now ...

Bummer!
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
So i rooted, did a back up, updated to 3.1 etc, rooted again, re-installed titanium backup... how do i restore everything?

titanium isn't showing anything available to restore...
[Acer Iconia A500] ibrooks123:
Can we get a link?
[Acer Iconia A500] ibrooks123:
............
[Acer Iconia A500] mchamber:
I have 3.1 and am not rooted. I know that others have mentioned experiencing problems connecting to wifi after upgrading to 3.1, but I am experiencing a different issue. I have no problems connecting to wifi but when I am browsing the internet pages often fail to load as if there is no internet connection. If I refresh the page it will go from displaying the error message to loading the desired page correctly. It seems to happen when the page takes a long time to load. I can't tell if the long time to load is causing some kind of time out, or if the internet connection is actually fading in and out even though the wifi indicator suggests otherwise.

Anyone experiencing the same problem or have any solutions? Very frustrating. Even when pages are loading correctly they sometimes load quickly and other times take an inordinately long time to load. It varies even from page to page within the same site. I have tried multiple different internet connections with the same result.

Also experiencing horrible keyboard lag while typing this post.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even a "me too" reply would be helpful. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
i would suggest that you restart into recovery and clear the dalvik cache.

you can find it in recovey advanced.