yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] mantrajt:
About 3.1

I confirm XBOX wire controllers works perfect...really nice experience to play nes in a 32" lcd via hdmi...never thought of this when I was 13!!!!!!! Tears run through my cheek.

When HDMI is connected swithcing through homescreens is much slower...can anyone confirm...???

THX
[Acer Iconia A500] rquinn19:
I've had more than 10 Android devices since the G1 and every "official" update makes you lose root. If you flash without doing research, your fault.

That said any official, unmodified update should be assumed you will lose root.
[Acer Iconia A500] thejondude:
you cant assume every1 know as much as you or I nothing wrong with putting a simple warning. yes a agree they should research but the fact is most dont. We benefit more from helping noobs in the begining. it cuts down on pointless posts and 10000 questions that waste time for devs
[Acer Iconia A500] jjnewb:
Might help

might help
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
Very Cool :)
[Acer Iconia A500] rquinn19:
I agree, but saying the thread should be locked is ridiculous. And losing root isn't that bad of a thing for a noob. You live and learn. I've lost root, you just have to wait. If it were bricking devices then that's a different story.

1 click roots should be banned...that way people will learn the necessities. j/k
[Acer Iconia A500] Tam the Bam:
gmail widget missing

Anybody noticed that the Gmail widget is no longer available? I appear to have lost this in hc3.1

Also appear to have lost media server. Forces close when you try to open from clear-fi.

Big thanks to all you clever guys out there who can produce the goods.

Tam the Bam
[Acer Iconia A500] rquinn19:
Gmail widget still working for me
[Acer Iconia A500] Tam the Bam:
Are you using the modified version of hc3.! Under root conditions?

Anybody got any suggestions how to get Gmail widget back again?

Thanks in advance,

Tam the Bam
[Acer Iconia A500] Raphaello:
I'm afraid but you should do wipe (factory reset) and then gmail widget and other thinks will back. I was in the same situation :) Now everything is ok :) and don't forget to do backup via ex. Titanium Backup.
[Acer Iconia A500] godashram:
has anyone gotten 1080p video out?? still get 720p here.

not a big deal, just curious
[Acer Iconia A500] dadoreverend:
All ok

I've been updated without a dalvik wipe, i've only backupped my system with clockwork and updated, only three minutes for update the stock rom with root enabled!!
[Acer Iconia A500] IconiaInfo:
Netflix on 3.1

I know a lot has been tried in terms of getting Netflix working on the A500 with 3.0.1. Has anyone who has updated to the leaked official Acer 3.1 ROM tried Netflix again? From what I understand it should work May also work on the community ROMs based on the leaked one. Keep up the great work guys.
[Acer Iconia A500] wowsher:
Netflix now gives 12001 error when trying to stream but no longer says not supported.

Wowsher
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
It is a big deal considering Acer have been promising 1080p support in a June update since the start. What have we been waiting for all this time? The video support is just as poor as before. Unless this is not the final build.
[Acer Iconia A500] xendrome:
Which it probably isn't...
[Acer Iconia A500] radamand:
no thanks, ill wait for the ota...
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
Same thing gmail widget disapeared completly, force close on acer drawers (resolved), FC on media server, my standard usb joypad still doesnt react at all, i don't have any google things like musiconline or books, got video editor but i installed it before. I used normal file and then iconiaroot that worked fine.

Now i'm wondering why i upgraded i got absolutly nothing new but google music accepted to upgrade finally, and google earth still refuse to work at all for months now.
[Acer Iconia A500] xendrome:
Sounds like you have other issues.. Google Earth has worked fine on my 3.0.1 load...
[Acer Iconia A500] Dkj7777:
1.If I flash this will I lose any data or anything stored on my tab?

2.Can I flash the OP rom without rooting?
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
yeah i'm not the only one, there's a topic about earth refusing to work.
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
But....just a question, please....

someone from Europe noticed the OTA upgrade? Because we need to know if is on the way for real or not....until now I have no news from any of my friends over Europe about that OTA upgrade.....so if nobody had this upgrade, I start to think that the one in this thread is a leaked and not final version.........
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
congrats, it is... printed on the first message
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
Nope, on the first message we read that is the official version, but I don't think so..... why nobody received ota update?
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
Acer Iconia Tab Android 3.1 update arriving in July

The 10″ Acer Iconia Tab A500 is about to join the ranks of the Android 3.1 DEVICE ELITE, with Acer announcing a date of July 5th for the update over on its German Facebook page. The OS upgrade will arrive via an over-the-air notification, then away you go.

And to fulfill our “euro” remit for the month of June, here’s the announcement in the original German:

Liebe Fans, liebe Iconia Tab A500 Besitzer, wir freuen uns bekannt geben zu können, dass das heiß ersehnte Update kurz bevor steht – Android Honeycomb 3.1! Der Update Cycle beginnt am 5. Juli und funktioniert via FOTA (Footage over the Air), d.h. es wird Euch automatisch auf Eurem A500 angezeigt. Kurz bestätigen und ab dafür :-) Vielen Dank für Eure Geduld!
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
official test version yes
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
we won't know how 100% complete this is until the official update is available from acer and we can compare it with this one..

I would like to update with this, but will wait for official channel..
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
I will wait too.....no so big problems to have to put on this unofficial test update....
[Acer Iconia A500] umanko:
Acer hubs are crashing on this release but everything else works . Still far better then good old 3.0
[Acer Iconia A500] rquinn19:
It was mentioned already in this thread that if that's happening, do to the application under settings and delete data for that app.
[Acer Iconia A500] crakedparrot:
Your absolulty right, thats why I changed my post within min's of my org post. ( Should have read the post before jumping in head first.....but I'm sure the dev will come up with something soon) Simple case of getting anoyed by a slew of noob questions the had beeen covered early on in the thread.... Guess it was just a grumpy day. My apoligies.:(
[Acer Iconia A500] usb2007:
settings - applications - ALL

click Acer content folders..then force stop and clear data

go back and no more FC :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord_Phoenix:
Reboots =(

Guys, tried wiping, re-flashing of device, but on this leaked firmware my tablet is rebooting when goes to sleep. Was playing around for 4 hours with it with no issues, put it into sleep and in 1 minute it reboots... My GF's tablet is okay... I've really no idea... do you have any clues?
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Mine is too. All morning I've been watching it light up then go off. I turned the wifi off a few hours ago and the screen hasn't turned back on since. One thing that I did notice was every time it flashed back on I had new mail or some other notification from the interwebs.

I am thinking that it might simply be all of these widgets checking in with the big brother. I may try removing that stuff just to see...
[Acer Iconia A500] xendrome:
This is what you guys get when you apply a leaked build that probably isn't final.. sorry...
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
hey... with this version one of the gamesforcats.com games is working almost fine, and finally market listings are showing the apps you already have.

I still lost the gmail widget, also i lost gmail and facebook inside the market, so my facebook cannot be updated ... and is already outdated.
[Acer Iconia A500] timehunter:
但有些我們知道，即使我們不是​​中國人。
[Acer Iconia A500] timehunter:
What did you do to resolve the Acer drawers FCing?
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
It's printed everywhere:

-Get into apps and pick one of the four icons

-long press on it and move it to

-Erase cache and memory about it

btw those drawers are far more fast to use arent they ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord_Phoenix:
I was ready for stuff like since it's not my first device with leaked rom. I was just wondering if there is an easy fix or something. Still think it's worth it with performance increase and best portable browser :-) it also not doing it all the time .

If its on charge it never happens. It also can stay working firnwhole night. I don't know. Its still awesome.
[Acer Iconia A500] jmbank:
(coppied from the general form, hopefully it suit here more)

After updating to 3.1 with the leak one. Using fine for a few hours. And didn't rooted. Then ,

There are a lot of massage box said many functions have to" force close" such as bluetooth and so on.

Then I restarted it.

Problem comes !!!

While boosting, there is a massage box said " All pre-install process complete!"

Then ask me to enter a password "Enter your password" and cannot access to the OS. It keep my screen with this page.

And I did not set any password at all.

I tried 1.Re flashing the leak 3.1 via sd card , 2.flashing the FULL PACKAGE via sd card, (which is for 3.0) ..... and both are not the way to solve. Everything still the same, " All pre-install process complete!" every time I try to open the tab and "Enter your password"

Any suggestion ????

************* problem solve , by doing factory reset using pluged keyboard.
[Acer Iconia A500] jjnewb:
Good fix.

I have tablet for one month I did not root it or play around too much. I used to root my vibrant phone every 2 days so I have a little experience. Since putting this 3.1 on my computer I have had a few small problems like the 4 drawers. All is fixed and this thing is rocking. I also rooted tablet for the heck of it.

The only way we are going to find out if this is right build is to get a copy of the build number from tablets that are being OTA updated in Germany. So come on you guys in Germany help us out and give us the build number that is on your new 3.1 Thanks..
[Acer Iconia A500] Tam the Bam:
I eventually got my gmail back but I had to do a wipe/rest from cwm. The other thing that happened afer this was that I lost root. Luckily, the clever dudes at xda had managed to bring out a root for HC 3.1 or I would not have been able to restore all my apps from Titanium Backup.

I would suggest the only way to get the gmail widget back is to go through the pain of the reset process

Hope this is of use....

Tam the Bam
[Acer Iconia A500] xendrome:
Which comes out on July 5th, so asking for it now wont help
[Acer Iconia A500] Don2000:
Clearfi Media Server issue

I know someone else had this issue, but couldnt find that thread again.

I used this stock 3.1 update, and rooted. Everything seems good except that Media server keeps force closing, but even though I press FC the MS icon stays on the task bar. Also when I press FC the FC box pops up 3 or 4 times before it stops.

The message I get is "The application Media Server (process com.acer.android.dlna.services) has stopped unexpectedly.

Thx for any help.
[Acer Iconia A500] lefik89:
3.1 and 3g usb modem huawei

Sory for my bed english. Please help me solve one problem: 3g usb modem dont work and i cannot create APN acess point(mobile networks-new-input parameters-back(theare no any buttons)) and acess point disapear, list of APN clear. Scanning network dont work too.

Maybe somebody faced with this problem?

Mouse and all applicationes work correctly.
[Acer Iconia A500] adamas007:
going back to original

I also updated the tablet to 3.1 but this is not the final thing so now i'd like to go back to 3.0.1. I did a factory reset assuming that it would go back to 3.0.1, but after the reset I'm still on 3.1....

How come? and how can I go back to original?

Btw I used the non-root and original update file, so there was no modification.

Thx for the aswers!:)
[Acer Iconia A500] boganslaw:
Thanks for this.
[Acer Iconia A500] pallabbaba:
Yes, Acer, Asus, MSI all these are from Taiwan
[Acer Iconia A500] [XRSIST]:
Is anyone still having FC with the stock browser. I updated but still getting FC and the browser seems to be lagging abit now.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
wrong topic.

It's just the way it works.

Sorry i never had this issue, and, as others, my browsing is faster.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Thank you!

Simply downloaded the update.zip file, copied to external SD card - restored any system .apk files I removed - booted with power and vol down (keep vol down help until you see the update process begin) - took about 30 seconds to re-root using the stock 3.1 rooting instructions located in another thread here at xda-dev

Really impressed with 3.1, system is much more responsive and web browsing is a lot better.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Mine is perfect - much better then it was before 3.1 update.
[Acer Iconia A500] gab182:
I'll wait the official release from acer :)
[Acer Iconia A500] sunspree2:
Is there anyway to get back Gmail widget without having to do wipe?
[Acer Iconia A500] vicmns:
Some questions...

Hi everyone just a few questions. I hope you can answer me.

I own an Iconia A500 from the box (Unrooted, no CW, no whatever). Can I install the original leaked 3.1 ROM booting with an external SD card? If I do, will I get future OTA Updates from Acer? Thank you
[Acer Iconia A500] fachex:
GPS does work

GPS does work in mine even being inside of a building.
[Acer Iconia A500] mageshwar:
No love on install ...

- DL'ed the update.zip file onto an external SD card (root)

- Pressed the Vol down & Power button simultaneously

- Pressed the Vol Up button

- Hit with the triangle exclamation window

My Tab is not rooted.

It does have a password lock (which I'm unable to get rid off) (I have this due to my company's Exchange ActiveSync policy)

I don't know what else to do. If anyone has an idea, short of doing a factory reset, please let me know.

Also: saw some members are reporting FCs on several apps. Is this a common occurrence?

Thanks in advance,

M
[Acer Iconia A500] jesadac:
Had the same issues that most people were posting about. Did a factor reset and this resolved ALL issues I had. Still see that there is cell data usage drain on the battery and still have not been able to get a ZTE MF100 3G USB modem to work (probably have to disable the "CD Rom" partition) though.
[Acer Iconia A500] fachex:
My experience

I read the entire forum and I just want to add my experience.

So far this ROM has improved the performance of my machine several times better. It was going through a lot of lag before but now it seems much smoother.

1. I did not loose the gmail widget and I was able to re-size with no problem.

2.I edit a video with the new video editor flawlessly

3. Videos (gmail rental videos app works fine now)

4. Rooted and Recovery was possible now (I could not do it in previous ROM)

5. The auto brightness seems to be working now

6. GPS works much better and faster and Maps so far has not FC.

Overall, I am very pleased.
[Acer Iconia A500] ryutsuke:
Sometimes there's an issue with the sd card you are using. For some reason certain sd cards aren't being read when trying to do an update.

I for example have a 16gb card that will give me a triangle with the ! if I try to use it to update. But an old 1gb card I have never fails.
[Acer Iconia A500] ghoernersr:
Excellent!!!

Just thought I'd share my experiences with everyone so far. Everything went as smooth as possible. I used the modded official (pre-rooted) posted earlier in the thread. Installation was quick and easy. I lost my Widgets after using gingerbreak, but the whole process was otherwise uneventful.

Everything is smoother/faster now. Typing is much faster, GPS acquires a fix faster, compass is dead on, flash content runs great.

No clearing of data was required.

I love the resizing Widgets, more apps in the recently used list, smoother animations.

As for the SD card issue, I too had issues (before the update). I have a 4gb and 8gb card, neither of which were recognized, but a new 16gb I bought works great.

This forum rocks, and thanks to all of the devs who do the hard work that I don't have the time to do :)
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Yo! Glad to hear that. If you have time, you can also try many of the ROMs in this forum and try to see which one best suit you. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord_Phoenix:
True, but still crashing w\o any warnings, so annoying :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] magmisko:
Fanstastic update, everything running smooth and without problem. Browser is now absolutely fantastic. Thx for this update :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Sledge1:
When i try to update (not to 3.1) even without the sdcard in i get the yellow !

Stock tablet, not rooted. So i don't think it has so much to do with the sdcard..
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
I can't believe nobody found how to get back that gmail widget without swapping, isn't it just an APK ?

Btw did you all loose that gmail and facebook apps on the market ?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
You'll get that with either no SD card, or an incompatible one. If you have Clockwork Mod recovery, you CAN also flash from a USB memory key.
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
Thank You So Much Mumazz ;-) Ive have installed it on my Acer A500 Everything is working 100% Wifi, Keyboard, Mouse, Bluetooth, Web Cam, Video Cam.. But I dont know how to rezise the widgets lol. Got a quick ? I tried to Root it using GingerBreak 1.20 and It wont Root, any more Ideas? I Rooted the old 3.0 with the same Ginger Break 1.20 and it work fast.

Thanks Again. Sorry Acer I could Wait...
[Acer Iconia A500] VoodooBOB:
External devices

Cannot seem to find a decent answer anywhere.

Are you able to plug in a portable 2.5 inch hdd or any other external hdd into the Iconia and play music, videos etc from it?
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
VoodooBob,

I could try that give me a couple of minutes...
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Yup.

You can! :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
Just Plug in a 2.5 inch Hdd to the External USB and wont see it. Dont know why.
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
I got my Gmail and Facebook widget installed. No Problem Here
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
Never mind Its working now my External USB 2.5 is working now it just to long to read and I guess to install the drivers. Wooohoooo
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
Wrong topic, 3.1 is already rooted, check forum for the new tool

Wrong topic, of course you can, why not, that's not new.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
What about the market, that's my question.
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
Everything its installed on my device working 100% Even my Exchange Outlook ;-)
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
I will be posting a Video when I get home and will upload to Youtube I will send you the link.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
still not my question
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
The Market Widget is Install, and My Market Icon is also installed factory from 3.1 and are both working.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
Let's try it this way, what do you see here :

http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.gm

me, both gmail and facebook are not compatible
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
Give me your email I will send you a couple off pictures from now. To Prove you.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] mageshwar:
I tried with a 2GB & 16GB. The SD card is formatted FAT. And the update.zip is the root. Not under any directory.

Can you please help, if the steps I'm doing right?

- SD card formatted under FAT

- update.zip in root

- Vol Down + Power

- Once started(starting), vol Up.

Thx.

M
[Acer Iconia A500] gabrielbcn:
Same here, all working fine (better) with 3.1. Rooted again to remap my Bluetooth keyboard.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
just answer me
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
Hey Gabrielbcn what did you use to Root it? I use GingerBreak 1.20 but dont work?
[Acer Iconia A500] ahernandez4110:
It says its not supported, But Its working for me, Thats what counts I dont care if its says its not supported, as long as it work I dont mind. lol

Happy ;-)
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Not that I am sure if this method is wrong - but I did it like this:

Renamed update file from update_3.1.zip or whatever it was to update.zip

Placed update.zip in root folder of external SD card

Power down.

Hold vol down and power buttons until I see the system has started patching - you will see system text on top of the Acer logo and update will begin!
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
New thread in dev section re: rooting stock 3.1 - takes about 10 seconds.

Here's a link. Worked great for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138228
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
Thank you, maybe you dont care and find it funny, but i do, that's why i asked.

PS: quite strange new 3.1 thing isn't it ?
[Acer Iconia A500] SanFrancisco:
Update Worked For Me - No Rooting

All I did was the following. And this DOES NOT overwrite your files, but do a backup if you are concerned.

This install does NOT require rooting AND my Acer Iconia is NOT rooted.

1. Saved "update.zip" from any one of the downloads or mirrors in here. (A 380 MB file)

2. Powered completely off the Acer.

3. Removed microSD from Acer port.

4. Inserted card into thumb drive and copied update.zip to my microSD chip that will go back into the Acer.

DO NOT UNZIP THE FILE NOR RENAME IT.

And place it in your "root directory" meaning do NOT place it into a folder or subfolder. If your microSD chip shows up in Windows Explorer as "F" drive for example (as opposed to the "C" drive letter), place the file in F: update.zip

5. Made sure battery was fully charged.

6. Replaced chip into Acer microSD slot.

7. Press volume down (looking at display, that's pressing down on the left side of the volume key) AND power on key at same time.

8. Acer should detect the update.zip file and install.

If you do something wrong the Acer will simply boot up. Power down, check the file name, card and make sure you pressed the keys correctly.

Install took about 5 minutes. Booted up to my home screen and all files and apps were intact.

About said "3.1"

Woot!
[Acer Iconia A500] SanFrancisco:
This is correct, the file has to be named "update.zip" for the Acer to detect the file and begin the process.

If people posting the file to mirrors have renamed it to something else, you must rename it update.zip.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Yup! Was quite simple to do and my performance has been totally boosted by this update - also very easy to root a500 stock 3.1 now :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] z-control:
does it recognyse the external SD when browsing with PC?
[Acer Iconia A500] Tam the Bam:
I certainly concur with all of the above statements from fachex. I initially had some problems with the install, such as no Gmail widget, etc. but and doing a full wipe and re-install evrything is fine. I have even got bluetooth keyboard and bluetooth mouse support.

The secret is probably to read and understand all the blurb before trying anything in terms of rooting and recovery. If I can do it, anybody can!

The only niggle I have is that the picture frame widget sometimes comes up as 2x2 and other times comes up as 3x3. Not really a problem but I can't help thinking that there must be a bit of code in there somewhere that can be altered. I am too old and not clever enough to do this but I'm sure there are many of you brilliant guys on this forum who could help here.

A challange for someone?

Tam the Bam