yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] SanFrancisco:
FWIW - Here is my testing of 3.1

OK, for anyone reading this post instead of all the thread comments (there is a lot), check my earlier post on the how-to on installing this update to 3.1. NOTE: I do NOT have a rooted Acer.

I have had the update installed about an hour now and here's my initial comments (aka "testing").

-- This is legit. The "Chinese" leaked 3.1 version is fine. But if getting it from a mirror (because if you are like me, I don't read Chinese) make sure the site is legit (best way, a senior member is posting the link and it has not been hijacked).

-- The install took all of five minutes and went smooth. Once you power up the Acer to the boot menu the update file is detected and it's "automatic." You don't have to do a thing.

-- You know the install is going fine if you see the little Android guy, the animated progress bar and the curved arrow and box/package graphic.

-- Although when the process is done it will boot to your home page (which indicates nothing has changed, your files and settings should have remained intact), I suggest you turn the Acer completely off, then on again.

-- As I did, check "About" in your Settings to confirm that it says "3.1" in your Version.

-- So far I have tested the following and all works:

Browser

E-mail

WiFi

Bluetooth (Connected my stereo headset without incident. Settings were the same as before the update.)

Weather (local) - Animated because I have an app called "Beautiful Widgets, which I highly recommend.

I went to teamcoco.com and played flash files (Conan O'Brien's show).

Speakers: I don't know how software would make a difference, but the internal speakers sound way better than before the update.

3.5 mm audio jack works fine.

An optical mouse now works via the USB port, it did not before.

microSD chip recognized and I played a DVD-converted movie file, worked perfect.

GPS activated, works perfect

Angry Birds Rio looks great (it did before) and now the sound is superb.

USB 2.0 port: connected thumb drive, works. Connected USB keyboard (Logitech), works.

:) Can't rave enough at how great the speakers sound now. Not sure how they did it, but guess the 3.0 audio drivers must have been deficient or not optimized to take full advantage of the speakers. (My Dolby Eq. settings were the same before and after the update, do it's not that the equalizer settings changed without my knowing about it.)

Well, hope that helps in your decision.

:eek: WARNING: Make sure your battery is fully charged when performing the update.:eek:
[Acer Iconia A500] SanFrancisco:
Not sure what you are asking here. But my tests:

ALL ports on the Acer work, the same as before I performed the update.

microSD card recognized and video played FROM the chip.

USB 2.0 port works - thumb drive and external keyboard both worked.

PC connection with microUSB cable, Acer recognized and files accessed.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
I know what he means and no, that strange SD behavior (not accessible, not usable by apps in the usual way) didn't change.
[Acer Iconia A500] z-control:
yes, what i mean is when i connect the a500 to the pc with usb cable, windows doesn't see the external sd card !
[Acer Iconia A500] SanFrancisco:
OK, now I got it.

While the Acer sees the microSD card and USB storage I have connected (via the USB port), connecting the Acer to my PC, Windows Explorer only sees the internal storage, and not the two other media connected to the Acer.

I don't think that's supported by the tablet, not sure why.

Since I have not seen that functionality I don't think it's a defect on our machines, it's an Acer thing. But I don't know for sure. Guess I'll have to check with Acer.

Note: Because I assume that using a device as a drive to transfer files will always be way slower than using a thumb drive, I have always removed the microSD chip from the device and used the thumb drive. So that's why I don't really care about the cable connection access. But that could be handy for small files. Guess the workaround is to transfer files to the internal storage then move them to the SD chip if one needs the files on the microSD card.
[Acer Iconia A500] SanFrancisco:
External Mouse Now Works Too

Forgot to mention, before when I connected an external mouse to the USB port the mouse did not function.

With this update, the mouse now works.

When you connect a mouse the arrow cursor appears on the screen.

You can then point and click just like on your computer! (I even played Angry Birds Rio with the mouse, almost easier to play than with a finger.)

If you disconnect the mouse, the arrow cursor disappears. Reconnect, it appears.

All in all a cool feature, IMHO.
[Acer Iconia A500] VoodooBOB:
@ahernandez4110 & @ahernandez4110

Ahh, cool. Thanks for checking
[Acer Iconia A500] culmor30:
Hm. I'm about to install this anyway, but what do you guys suppose is going to happen when the official update is released? Will we be able to use it (because, if they're delaying it, something worthwhile must be different from this version)?
[Acer Iconia A500] Lectruck:
Official 3.1 update

Since you can Install it and unInstall it, root it and unroot it, what do you have to lose.

If Acer keeps working on the version and it changes and is improved we can alway get it also.

It sure is an exciting time in the old towne tonight!!!!

Good job, everyone! It sure look like things are picking up in the Acer camp!
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
no you can't unless you get into terminal
[Acer Iconia A500] culmor30:
People were able to get CWM working (and some custom kernels/roms), so I don't think it should be a problem after looking into it.

What happened to this thing having a locked bootloader, anyway? I guess someone cracked it, though I didn't hear anything when it happened.
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
official 3.1

i am in the uk and my iconia has just downloaded official 3.1 update! yep that right its downloaded and ready to install as we speak. afraid to install then cant root so will be stuck with stock firmware when i wanna try the virtuous galaxy rom!
[Acer Iconia A500] bonzer2u:
Just went through the manual 'update.zip' process with a rooted and modded 3.0.1 US rom and all is perfect. I had a the gps.conf-cant recall the exact name, edit in place and turned back on the telephone/cell apk services and acer recovery loaded as well. Some interesting observations to share.

1. copied update.zip from USB to SDcard \mnt\sdcard folder.

2. copied the new 3.1 root apk there as well.

3. re-enabled all stock 3.0.1 cell phone stuff with battery saver proggy.

4. shut-down

5. booted holding power/vol down combo, hold volume until after the buzzz.

6. system found update.zip, prepped and then launched cwm

7. I selected 'apply update from sdcard' in CWM and scrolled to/launched update.zip from sdcard.

8. Ran successfully in a few minutes and rebooted via CWM menu

9. system came up with all settings, programs, animated bootloader yadayada, everything I had was exactly as 3.0.1, checked version in settings = 3.1.

10. Ran the 3.1 root apk on the board and got root.

11. rebooted.

12. went to market and installed latest 'free' busybox.

13 Important, reboot again, couldn't complete busybox install without this step.

14.Came back in and launched all SU proggys, titanium, root-explorer, su yadayada and 'allowed' root access.

15 Everything works great EXCEPT GPS, no satellites found. Related to the gps.conf edit of the server name.

16 went to market downloaded faster-fix, launched and it warned that 'no servers' were in current config and recommended to exit...:eek:

17. scrolled down to North America and applied anyway, overrode the warning since it said I had none?

18. rebooted and launched gps essentials had 6 to 9 sats and locked in under 10 seconds..............with network location DISABLED in settings (gps only):D

19. Happy camper, everything rocks, no runs, drips or errors.

20. Almost forgot, the acer registration setup an after the first boot into 3.1. I filled it out using my gmail account, all market stuff updated to 3.1 and works fine, perhaps this is why??????
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
Nice to hear. I hope it releases in the US today. I would like to root, but will not fret over that. I know the Devs will be on it real quick. Thanks for the info.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Download and find a way to upload so we can all flash :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
You mean you have downloaded the official 3.1 update through OTA? or from the OP of this thread? If it is through OTA, please download it, upload here and allow all ROM gurus to make good use of it. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
He means he got the ota update in the uk
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...1295-how-get-ota-download-location-share.html try that and see if you can get the location
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
again 3.1 is rooted
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
actually i was planning to install this one but now ill wait for the ota update:)

im afraid to install this one then something wrong happen and i'll get stuck :( im new in all of this thats why:(
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Just rolled back to official, but no OTA for the moment. Meh, no rush really.
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
strange as i know UK has if now:)
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
You have it on yours? Did you consider getting the logcat, as linked a few posts ago, and getting the download url from it for everyone to use?

Acer stagger releases. They won't issue it for ALL of the UK in one go as that would just kill their distribution servers.

What ROM where you on beforehand?
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Hmm I wonder if it really has been released ota in the uk.
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
My thought also. You would think there would be alot more chatter from owners that have gotten the OTA. Oh well, still waiting.
[Acer Iconia A500] docfreed:
Rooty Tooty and 3.1

Followed instructions to the letter - now the proud owner of Iconia A500 w/Honeycomb 3.1 and rooted with IconiaRoot - works perfectly and absolutely no problems whatsoever:

Shows in About tablet>Android Version 3.1

Kernel Version 2.6.36.3

Build Number Acer_A500_3.019.04_COM-GEN1

Everything works and seems much smoother, particularly the browser.
[Acer Iconia A500] SpyFi:
Awesome!

Really cool about time! :D:D
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
For me ill be waiting for the ota update just in case, no need to rush for the leaked version maybe its not ready yet :-) let me know guys please should I go ahead or wait??

And I'm afraid that after doing it I can't go back to the stock rom that I have now ...... I don't know :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] xendrome:
You just said you are waiting, then you are asking people if you should wait... :confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] chili_red:
Did the same a few days ago and so far everything is working great. The GPS is even working better than before. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Nucleotide:
Haha! :D

So you really have no idea what you want to do then??!
[Acer Iconia A500] fachex:
A quick demo of my experience of installing this ROM Video

Hey guys, here is a video to show my experience with this ROM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDsRNMEuxRQ
[Acer Iconia A500] chili_red:
I had a MS Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 laying around and decided to give it a try, and to my surprise it works perfectly. Liking the 3.1 release even more :)
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Have not tried to connect external mouse or keyboard yet, also running 3.1 -- will give it a shot tomorrow :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
i just have one question guys...

is it really worth to put this ROM in the tablet?? i mean there are no problems so far right???

im still thinking to wait for the OTA ,.,,

What do u think ?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
No reason why not. It's unlikely to be the build released to FOTA, but I've been running it for a week and it runs fine.
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
I know but I don't want to know that the it a update get better performance and ill be using this one :-)

Because also I donnonhiw to go back the room :-(

If u cn help in this then ill flash it
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
No special problem up to now.

Battery life great

Browser smoother than before

No sudden screen on :D
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
thanks for update so i guess i ll go on today and try to do that because its the first time for me also im not rooted :)

but how i can backup the rom im using now ??? any idea in case anything wrong happened ill go back to the stock ROM .... sorry for the nooby question ...
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Any news on those who got the uk ota, how is it what's there version number?
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
1) Get rooted

2) Flash CWM according to instruction

3) Do backup in CWM

4) Flash the modified 3.1 ROM such that it will not override your recovery

Alternatively, if you plan not to backup or not to get rooted, you can flash the stock ROM from OP. But what I see is that, you should at least get CWM working as the recovery. Then, when new ROM is released, you can backup & flash easily. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Personally, I'm having doubts that they were being completely truthful. No further posts on it, no version number, no screenies, no one else corroborating the claim... Nada.

I'm calling shenanigans.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Yeah same here :( I think I might just take the plunge and flash this one, I mean even if another one comes out I could roll back right.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Flash the latest clockwork mod and make a full backup of your current ROM. That way. reverting is merely a matter of doing a factory wipe and then restore from backup. Painless.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Hmm although I'd like to keep my rom stock however, I'd like to upgrade to this leaked build and keep all my data intact.
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
You r talking to someone who doesn't know, uch about anything :-) but i'll figure it out after I root my device then ill install the cwm which I Don no from where ill get it :-) then flash which I don't understand what is that :-) hehehe I guess ill take ur time :-) but anyway thank you so much for the help ill try to figure it out in the forums and lets see :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
OK I did the first steps by cwm and I made backup to the system (full back up in the SD card) now ill download the official Acer iconia leaked 3.1 and put it in the SD card in the root folder but after that what if I want to go back to the stock I had before? ?? Cwm is not working in the new leaked rom as I saw in the forums? Will it over write the backup I did with the cwm?? Please let me know before I go ahead and install the custom rom......
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
Also when I'm making back up it give error in the data back up but it do the system and the recovery is it fine or what???

I mean the boot and recovery is backed up around 390 MB but when it goes to back up the data its giving error.... help please
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
guys please someone help me here because im flashing the new honeycomb....
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
means if i installed urs nothing wrong gonna happen? :)

i mean if i wanna restore back the stock rom that i had it will not be affected by this one ?? kindly confirm so i'll go ahead and flash yours :)
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
tired of waiting, today i have installed the version of this thread.

Everything was fine and everything is working well. But I have noticed no improvements...the stock browser is still the same **** (random exits) and nothing seems different to me.....

kernel version: 2.6.36.3-00005-g5dff38c

Build number: acer_a500_3.019.04_com_gen1

Baseband version: unknow

Are this datas right?

p.s. the multimedia server is not working!!
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
someone could help me please to go back to the original stock 3.0.1 rom ??

please.....
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Sure, boot into Clockwork Mod and restore the backup you were told to make before flashing a new ROM.
[Acer Iconia A500] rquinn19:
x1 :D 10char
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
Guys I put the new rom :-) amazing faster and everything seems OK but I'm facing 2 things

1- fc for something acore.android what's that?

2- android market doesn't have the video thing as mentioned

Other than that so far is working great I'll keep testing - also I used the rom that was already rooted in this thread its working :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
i don't need backup, nothing important on it, but what is clockwork mod?

i want only to put the old rom.....
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
just to let u know guys there is option in network and wireless now to control the 3g networks I just saw it now I'll try to untick everything and see if it will make a defrence or not in the battery use :-)

this rom rocks :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] mageshwar:
Post Update issues ..

- No Gmail widget

- No Acer Folders

- Angry Birds not showing up

- GPS is still the same. No improvement

- Wetherbug - Erratic bhvr

- Pandora - No sound + songs are skipping

FYI, I have not done a factory reset (fr) of the system, since I have installed & customized my screens. Will report back if I decide to do a fr and the problems go away.

If any of you have any work around for the above issues, please let me know.

TIA

M
[Acer Iconia A500] mageshwar:
- a shutdown / restart resolved most of the problems. (Don't ask me why. I did do a reboot after 3.1 update; but this one seemed to do the trick.)

- No more timezone change that I had to deal with after every power cycle (I think this is an exchange/active sync issue)

- gmail widget still missing

- acer folders are still fc'ing (the apps are working fine)

tia

M
[Acer Iconia A500] celeron655:
link please
[Acer Iconia A500] xlkiller:
... just wait upload is finish ...
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
here direct link

http://113.105.174.3/down_hot13/M00...318&u=61.90.29.181|0|clt6bhvr&file=update.zip

and

http://60.221.255.173/down_hot13/M0...318&u=61.90.29.181|0|clt6bhvr&file=update.zip

for those can't read chinese
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
I'm uploading to mirror too! stay tuned...

ETA: Done click
[Acer Iconia A500] k2thejx5:
So we can go into clockwork and flash or do we have to do something else?
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
I'm flashing it right now... will know in a min :)
[Acer Iconia A500] adancau:
Guys, how about root? Is Gingerbreak still working?
[Acer Iconia A500] Corpin:
Anyone already installed the firmware? How does it feel?
[Acer Iconia A500] triebstahl:
Still downloading....6h :-/
[Acer Iconia A500] wyuzhen:
unluckly, Gingerbreak cannot work...
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
Just booted! :)

So in CWM format system, Data, Cache, Clear Dalvik and flash the update.zip

thats it!
[Acer Iconia A500] k2thejx5:
Damn..might have to wait on someone rooting it..well i didn't really use a lot of rooted things on mine i might say screw it and go with it
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
So it's all legit? Acer 3.1 with dolby etc etc?
[Acer Iconia A500] k2thejx5:
Yay! you get a thanks =)
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
Yes! And the speakers are much louder! :cool:

Here it is the MEGAUPLOAD mirror: LINK
[Acer Iconia A500] celeron655:
can we put the update.zip on a SD card and let a stock a500 update to 3.1? without losing everything?
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Thanks for being the pioneer!
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
so.. u r not rooted now ?

what about the cwm ? is it gone ?
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Actually, that's a thought - the new package might have that install-recovery.sh script that nukes cwm...
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
No I'm not Rooted but trying different methods now!

CWM is gone for the moment but I presume that removing the "recovery" folder from the zip may leave the CWM intact.
[Acer Iconia A500] dj898:
there's thread about how to solve acer folder FC issue
[Acer Iconia A500] ninjaw:
....and many many answers in this one.

But nobody tought about how to solve or reinstall gmail, who is also not compatible anymore on the market.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Factory wipe and then install ROM.
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
i ma de a factory re set with the new rom band no everything is perfect and smooth
[Acer Iconia A500] Euclid's Brother:
That's EXACTLY why you NEED a backup. To be able to go back. You had asked how to go back.. You restore your backup. The boot and system was want was important on it to be able to roll backup.
[Acer Iconia A500] techron1985:
So...I updated my Acer A500, not rooted, to this build and everything is running great. I'm not sure about the other guys' qualms about it but it seems like the final build to me. Not too much noticeable change but that's expected because 3.1 is a very incremental change. Resizable widgets. Meh. Performance improved. Don't believe what the others are sayinjg that it didn't improve because it did. Everything is panning more smoothly. Less crashes on the native browser. Yes, you will lose the Gmail widget (for some, they didn't) and for the Acer folders, if some people would only read, all it takes would be clearing the cache in the manage applications option and it'll be back. Speakers improved a little but hardly noticeable.

The big change really is the performance. As I've mentioned, it feels more refined. Worth the update.
[Acer Iconia A500] 510jungleboy:
So, did the update came with 1080p playback mentioned awhile ago?
[Acer Iconia A500] demmo81:
I tried to play 1080p video on YouTube but its so slow I do no why plus when I open it in the YouTube application it take me to another video ( like just for laugh videos) always like this anyone is facing the same problem???
[Acer Iconia A500] reddog:
Hello Everyone..what changes should we expect from 3.1
[Acer Iconia A500] samaliset:
Many thanks for your clear instruction"

I have a little worry, I downloaded the zip file and put to the sd card main directory then pressed the volume and power after having shutdown the device.

The result is the device opened normally except that bellow the clock widget, I have the following "downloading (xx%), which still on going for the past 20min. Now it is at 90%.

What worry me is I don't know what I am going to get while you say it took you only 5 min.

Am I on the wrong road? or I did some thing bad ??

Sorry to bother you but I am new to all that.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] samaliset:
OK, I think I did it the wrong way by pressing the power and the +volume. It is ok now with the -Volume, get the update and I'll try every thing to see if it works
[Acer Iconia A500] jjnewb:
don't panic

Just redo it the right way and you will have 3.1
[Acer Iconia A500] marko68:
But if i install the 3.0.1 rom exactly the same way i have installed the 3.1 (power on+volume down) I go to overwrite the new rom with the old..........i think must work....
[Acer Iconia A500] Y&T:
Thanks very much
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
If you read one of the other threads its not possible to roll back.
[Acer Iconia A500] smallblock:
You're lagging a bit behind ;)

The new version of ClockworkMod can be installed on 3.1 and every ROM can be used including previous 3.0 ROM's
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
I know that :) I just meant using stock roms.
[Acer Iconia A500] techron1985:
Has anyone gotten the OTA update and compared with this one? No?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Official 3.1 FOTA update isn't available yet.
[Acer Iconia A500] jezza.car:
Ota 3.1 update (official)

This is my 1st post so I hope it's in the right place!!! About 2 hours ago I got the Official OTA upgrade from Acer. I am in Sydney, Australia. Received about 2.00 pm our time. I had installed the zip rom version from xda until this morning - then I reset the Tab to factory settings. Now have update. First thing I noticed was that in "device info" it now says: Pixels 1280 horizontal pixels. I don't think that was there before.

Just starting to explore and reinstall all my market apps now.......

Jezza:)
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Great! Too late to say that: If we could get the update.zip before you flash it, then, it would be wonderful.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Seeing as you've already flashed the FOTA, I guess we can't get the file location anymore... Can you let us know the build number though, please?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
He says he already flashed it...