yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
ok dexter new report on encrypted a500

before i had 3.01 encrypted. then i dl root and cwm and everything worked fine.

i removed encryption using

1. factory reset (settings)

2. wipe factory and cache in cwm

3. wiped dalvik cache

flashed P1

it started up without any encryption.

i have 2 questions?

1. do you have a solution to remove encryprtion.

2. if you have a solution to use activesync (exchange) without encryption, i will use it without.

encrypted afterward, it kept su and cwm without any pb.

flashed P2, worked withpout removing encryption.

flashed P2.2 does reboot cycling after first password is requested.

flashed P2, it worked again.

then did factory reset in "settings" and wiped factory and cache in cwm.

installed P2 and P2.2 reboot cycling and it was still asking for password.

flashed P2 again and it restarted asking for both passwords.

I.E. encryption was still there, and in fact all my settings and application where still there. IE factory reset (in settings as well as in cwm) has absolutely no effect.

I also formatted everything in "mounts" in cwm!!.

My guess: it must have something to do with the rights to begin with.

i also think that maybe your ramdisk has something to do with this.

i don't think bluetooth nor gps has anything to do with that.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
thanks for all the explaining here..

i know why your factory resets in CWM is not working, as it cannot "read" your encrypted filesystem and remove.. i think CWM has an option to format, if you put a file in the sdcard, which you should do here..

thats the only way out of the encrypted filesystem.
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
tks will try this.

one question, anyway to use activesync (exchange) without encryption?
[Acer Iconia A500] r3v0Lut10n:
try setcpu. u'll also get some breakdown with time the usage in different cpu states :)
[Acer Iconia A500] r3v0Lut10n:
i'm currently on p2. can i upgrade to actual without wipe ?

nvm, checked 1st post again :P hope that overflash will work and don't have to reinstall :) (titanium)

btw : what up with gps and bluetooth problems ?! using sygic 11.0.2 navigation without problem. also didn't tried BT so have no idea of the problem :P
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
some bluetooth issue when used for a longer time, seems transmitter times out and needs to restart.. gps is just bad as a500 do it, but works..

if you find it , let me know ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
the file thing did not work not either, or do i have to do something else?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
should it not be possible to revert the encryption in settings?

anyways ill see if i can make you a little help on this..

i can format a full "data" filesystem and you flash it. (i think) not sure if we need a 32GB sized file, maybe just the initial part..

i am not sure if you can do it all yourself in a shell?

try this in a shell from custom recovery (ClockWorkMod)

mount /system

/system/bin/make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

not sure if it helps, but i hope so...
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
Dexter did you see my previous post? Any ideas why is this happening? Other roms work at 1600MHz on my A500 without problems! P2 works OK, but P2-2 reboots every time I set it to 1600MHz in setCPU! the same is with the P8-3 rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] fazdnoah:
guys when u said need to do full wipe and reset in cwm, does it erase all the files and folder in sdcard? cos mine is not....folders and files are still there
[Acer Iconia A500] woffu22:
Splashtop is working fine.

In the morning first sleep of death
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
i noted in deejay roms with OC kernel's that others got good success with oc and when screen profile in "cpu master" to goto 1000mhz helps solve SOD.
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
I am at 1504 oc'ed, Everything is running smooth, video and everything, This is the fastest and smoothest I have ran so far, and trust me I have tried all available roms :-) people should understand you're going to live with bugs on these new roms. Be thank full we have Dexter here.
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
Dexter in your opinion which rom is better p 2-2 or your p3?
[Acer Iconia A500] woffu22:
It is not oc.

You mean oc and going to normal 1000mhz helps, so nothing really changes in mhz ?

All other things are perfect till now, very happy with the rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] netarchie:
any idea how to get the bluetooth,wifi and gps to work properly with this rom.

I am having trouble with all the three!!
[Acer Iconia A500] mburke178:
oc to whatever you want, then in the profile area of the OC tool set the screen off max frequency to 1000mhz. it helps the SOD because it won't be OC when the screen goes off.
[Acer Iconia A500] Airsou:
have the same issue. No bluetooth working but gps is working so far.

Thanks Dexter for this Rom really good job. Looking to forward the by fix :)
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
Ok, I just had a shutdown, it´s the second one since I installed the rom (the first was yesterday) in standby mode. I am not overclocking the kernel.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
shutdown are hardware revision related, as those happen for users on stock roms, without any explanation, so i don't think much jumping between roms will solve anything, but make it happen less or often..

if you search the topic, you will see this occuring for a few people but on different stock + mods as well..
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
bluetooth does work, but transmitter seems to go offline after some time.. so a BT restart and it does connect, but yes, its faulty.. thats confirmed..

and i know this to be in the kernel.. so a stock kernel could actually fix this.

but drops out some extras added in kernel to make BT work..
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
the new kernel by thor2002ro seems to solve the bluetooth issue.

installs like any other patch for this mod.

Get it here
[Acer Iconia A500] Airsou:
Great thanks Dexter . I flashed thors kernel with cache wipe and it rocks .

Bluetooth, gps and 3g all is working well.
[Acer Iconia A500] gasparzim:
Hmm, I don´t know, in 3.0 I didn´t have any shutdown, neither in your asus based 3.1... I´ll test with stock 3.1 and virtuous.
[Acer Iconia A500] bhageman:
Just installed the Thor kernel. Amazingly fast. Linpack and Quadrant scores almost double from before.
[Acer Iconia A500] b1urr:
Anyone having difficulties with the web browser displaying in mobile regardless of settings or browser? Reflashed twice and even changed out the kernel to thors but still no luck. I apologize if this has been answered before. Other than that this is a super stable rom thanks to Dexter for all of his hard work
[Acer Iconia A500] KazP:
Hi there.

First, I love that rom.

Second, can someone please help me out with Exchange setup as I get Force Close every time I turn my icona on or in exchange setup.

TX.
[Acer Iconia A500] Attilein:
hi first I install Acer Recovery from market, Gingerbreak,BusyBox cpu master free - flash Rom DextersIconiap2.zip but not P2-2 - all works fine but now I cant go in Recover modus - not with programm and not with pressing power and vol- .

please help - I want install [DextersIconiap2-2.zip] or/and DexterIconia_thor-kernel v1.0.zip
[Acer Iconia A500] ben.marks:
Sounds like it.... think dexter is moving on to other roms and he's also been giving mdj a hand with bugs.

Thanks,

Sent via my Iconia A500
[Acer Iconia A500] ben.marks:
All these rom changes and I've never flashed a custom rom.... wipe cache and do 'install. Zip from sd card' like normal or is it 'install update.zip from sd card'?

Thanks,

Sent via my Iconia A500
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
dexter, i did not do the reformatting of the whole partition, since i am not sure what this is doing and i really don't want to brick my device.

In fact it does not matter to me that it remains encrypted, so i will just leave it this way until somebody comes up with something.

anyhow, what i can tell you, when i used 3.01 and i wanted to remove the encryption, i just had to do factory reset in 'settings' and the also in cwm, and it was gone. so there must be something it does not reformat or remove which it did before.

ok so far. the other thing is:

instead of making one patch, could you make 3 different patches for 2.2. i will then try each one after the other one, thus i could tell ypou wich patch is messing up when the tablet is encrypted. this will possibly help you also in the future.

it does not have to be patches, could also just be files to put into system.

tks anyhow.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
3.0.1 stock recovery is REALLY doing format.. ClockWorkMod is REALLY NOT doing format, but a simple "rm" to delete files, which does not work, if it cannot mount the filesystem ;)

so thats where your problems start for now..
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
read my recovery thread... "real" format can be enabled...
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
when i go into mounts, and try to format it shows an error, thus no way to format

that is probably where the pb rely's.

anyhow anyway can you give met 3 different patches or files or whatever. thus i could make my bluetooth and gps work?

wifi works anyhow.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
but why is a encrypted filesystem then impossible to reformat?

if you look away from a filesystem, the partition should be able to get formatted with the format command? or maybe you think its simply a user fault not running the real format correct? i never tried so i cannot tell..
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
I think it cant open the file system... because its encrypted... and the format in the mounts and storage still only deletes doesn't actually format... so if it cant open it, it cant rm stuff so fails... try the "eraseData" way in my recovery thread...
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
i have tried eraseData, it did not change anything.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
thanks,

lets hope this helps @zoubidou a little more to get it formatted properly.
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
i will try again since i have installed thor's kernel. will let you know
[Acer Iconia A500] Airsou:
[QUOTE card=ben.marks;15184127]All these rom changes and I've never flashed a custom rom.... wipe cache and do 'install. Zip from sd card' like normal or is it 'install update.zip from sd card'?

Thanks,

Sent via my Iconia A500[/QUOTE]

Yes install zip from sd card. But I don't know if you have to wipe cache. I just did it.
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
dexter i got it fixed!!!

first of all make sure you have update.zip 3.1 from stock on your external sd card

the one proposed in this forum is ok.

then you boot into cwm

flash the update.zip

afterward do a factory reset with "settings" , "privacy"

follow up until it reboots into cwm which will wipe everything

then i reflashed everything, su, cwm

i reflashed P2, followed by P2.2

everything is ok.

but now when i want to reinstall exchange the encryption process does not start anymore, thus i can not sync exchange.

you take it from there if you want.
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
Yes I have the same problem and it drives me crazy! Even changed the UA String (about:debug) but no change!

Dexter please take a look at this issue!
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Guys sometimes you can actually try to fix simple things yourselves or at least READ.

There is a simple fix you can read about it in the General Forum.

I for one am not flashing to this new rom, not worth it.

Right now everything works perfectly, better wait for a European version that I pray will come out soon.
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
Simple fix for what?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
Not to talk others firmware mod's.. but the Samsung mod, is something you wont get by waiting for acer's europe edition, its superior to acers release although they got dolby , samsung seems to include something exactly like this.. so dont wait and go for the galaxy mod by m-deejay.. its really worth the install!
[Acer Iconia A500] t-dkp:
how to get it? with this ROM :D for my SD card

​

Tk's

François
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
fix the "SystemUI.apk", and you can use it on other roms, but its not easy work..

but might take a week or two to fix..
[Acer Iconia A500] t-dkp:
Super, Thanks :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
No I think you misunderstood me, I was just commenting on the Web browser issue the boys were having.

Im happy with the P2-2 so far and im gonna stick with it for a while until like I said hopefully a better Acer Stock 3.1 will come out.

I mean so far the only one that has come out is the Hong Kong version.

They have many issues to adress, I know because I have been having constant contact with Acer and they say they are working on all the bugs (could be just bla bla of course) but fingers crossed.

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
There seems to be an issue with the graphics driver.

Monster madness seems to have broken textures in all roms I've tried so far.

Can you please provide the default kernel so I don't have to lose all my data when I flash back from Thor's.

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
if you flash full image, all data is kept, unless you force a wipe :)

but you say the thor kernel has graphics driver issues?

did you also try PRIMEE? dj's galaxy etc..?
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
I did a wipe data/factory reset before each ROM.

I tried Virtuous Picasso acer with the following kernels:

-unity v2

-unity v3

-thor's

The issue persisted on all 3 + root didn't work properly (reboot widget couldn't gain permission and Acer recovery couldn't reboot into recovery)

Then I tried your ROM but I flashed Thor's kernel before the first boot.

So I can't really tell it's the base rom's fault untill I flash the default kernel from your rom.

Should I flash it just like that without wiping the data?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
you can , yes... remember the P1 edition which you can still get by replacing p2.zip in my link with p1.zip you get original kernel + stock apps 99% but with some mail bugs, but you can verify that stock release is buggy (if you want to continue testing and confirm acer HK release 3.1 is buggy)
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
I want to reflash the P2 because I know this issue wasn't present on stock 3.0. P1 is based on stock 3.0 isn't it?

P2-no wipe dexters-angel installing...

booting...

And, yup, it still happens. It must be the base I guess...
[Acer Iconia A500] lostsoul3471:
I was kinda hemming and hawing on getting this version installed after playing with your iteration of primee. I liked that one and was pretty quick but seeing that it felt like mutant cross between Asus and Acer with the apps. I noticed the more intense push of bloatware requiring some form of paid sub with Asus' apps and lumiread just plain didn't work (FC'd all the time from my TB backup.)

Just wasn't sure about the major underlying differences with video/audio/graphics/etc. But in a bored moment, I decided to go for the recommended combo, your P2-2 plus Thor's kernel. WOW. It all works as intended. The only issue is a global one with video playback. Software only for most scene formats and lack of AAC processing means that the sound (and timing because of it) is all jacked. There was a xoom test on HD encoding formats and using 3 avi clips using baseline, main and high. 3.0.1 yielded only good baseline performance, with the rest being just crap regardless of player. Now, flawless on high. I'm sure this is a combo of 3.1 and better drivers, but needless to say much better from before. (Now we just need a good AAC decoder.)

Just wanted to share my observations so far and to send a big thanks to Dex. You did a fantastic job of managing this mod and I don't regret coming to the more "proper" version of the ROM from your already great port of Primee.

Thanks again
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
P1 is pretty much stock edition, with a very few tweaks (deodexed).. so yes , stock 3.1 acer kernel..

P2, custom tiamat/xoom custom kernel port with other tweaks on top..

but kernel here seems Bluetooth buggy, but rest should be ok..

thats pretty much it, if you do testing..
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Well it's 4 kernels and 2 custom Rom's that all share the same issue.

I should check a default 3.1 for a final confirmation but it's really late and I'm going to sleep before I brick something.

Maybe tomorrow we'll have the official 3.1!
[Acer Iconia A500] darklrd:
PS3

Is it just me or did the new kernel stop the PS3 support from working?

love the rom and great work Dexter.

thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
And what about the browser showing mobile version issue? Ive set the browser to desktop, changed the UA String in Debug and nothing helps! :confused:

This only happens on this ROM! (p2, p2-2)

HELP Please!
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
sadly, yes.. i pointed it out early on in the kernel thread.
[Acer Iconia A500] netarchie:
installed the thor kerner, bluetooth works now! No luck with wifi yet!
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
can you try this edition of "browser.apk" ?

its a patch, so it can easily be installed with recovery..

a rollback original browser is here too..

try it and let me hear if it helps
[Acer Iconia A500] frontlab:
Help please.

Help please.

I have a flash card USB Transend 64GB FAT32, it works properly only in the firmware made ​​by Asus (works without any additional software). When you connect the flash card appears in the directory / dev / block / sda, sda2, sda5.

If you put "USB Mount All" works everywhere, but the font in the names of these files is not correct.

I want a flash card to work properly everywhere?

Thank you.
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
It seems to be working! Thank you!
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
kernel source release

Since Thor lost his thread on topics of releasing kernel source, and whether its asus/acer based, im posting my version, which is a Tiamat/Xoom based kernel 1.4.4.5 i think the name was, but with merges or differences i found acer specific..

but its on its way for those that want to have a peep at it..

btw, i have not solved the Bluetooth issue in the kernel, so thats probably a good thing so solve before a new kernel is based on this one if anyone tries that. but source is on its way online, i will make a thread for it, when its ready..
[Acer Iconia A500] b1urr:
I am still having problems even with the new apk. I have tried dolphin, skyfire and the stock browser (test and stock). Changed the UAT String to desktop on all of them but they still all display the mobile site...
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
So the website has an issue and not your android.. remember majority of the sites works fine seeing your mobile and desktop, so its the website doing something different which cannot be an android issue..
[Acer Iconia A500] darklrd:
Crap i missed it sorry. Its not a big deal and thank you for the reply. Still love the ROM and great work once more.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] b1urr:
Normally I would agree with you but they were sites that worked before I flashed over. Engadget.com is my best example
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
i think you got a cookies problem and not browser...

when i switch to "desktop" in debug settings, and enter engadget.com, i see "classic" view..

i can select "mobile" , AND THEN i get mobile every time i visit until i switch to classic once more?

but otherwise the page looks pretty much as it should on my laptop.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
Thanks for re-opening!
[Acer Iconia A500] sihayqueirseva:
working fine, usb modem included. Thank you very much..
[Acer Iconia A500] woffu22:
Can anyone tell what is the 'Power management Patch' for?

Dont find it in the thread.

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
PM update is included with official 3.1 rom as well, so thats why i included here, if users skip official, and dont get the pm update from 3.1
[Acer Iconia A500] duplissi:
just wanted to point out that im also having issues oc'ing to 1600 or 1700... the issue being an instant reboot.
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
I had the same issue, I set mine at 1504 and was stable, No random reboot.
[Acer Iconia A500] bonzer2u:
"Havin issues" with a 60% to 70% overclock,

passively cooled no less???????:eek:

r u freekin kiddin me???????
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
i honestly think tiamat(kernel source origin) only added 1700 mhz, as a benchmark thing, and im not sure if its even perfect on xoom or also unstable to use.

but 1504/1600 is alot better.. i used 1600 as well, and i found it ok.
[Acer Iconia A500] duplissi:
lol... well the kernel allows for it so.. why not?
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Getting back to stock

I'm trying to return back to stock but updating from Acer seems broken. I have a recovery image with the latest update that originates from my tablet.

But for testing purposes I tried flashing Acer_A500_0.000.00_1.016.01_COM_GEN1.

-unrooted

-all stock apps present

-factory reset

The update downloads, reboots and:

-when clockwork is the installed recovery img, mod it downloads the update, reboots, starts updating, displays error /!\ and once rebooted manually, reports failure.

-with the backup recovery img from acer recovery installer (Stock USA 1.141.07_COM_GEN1), it downloads the update, reboots, displays /!\ triagle with yellow mark and reboots by itself and once it's finished booting it reports failure.

Unfortunately I've lost my own recovery img because it got replaced by thor's clockwork when doing the backup.

I suspect I need one that matches my current firmware but probably any recovery image from the firmwares and updates located here will do.

Please help me on this, I want to be able to receive the Stock 3.1 once acer releases it.

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] woffu22:
Thanks. But what is it for? ;-)

Does it affekt battery life or something like that? Do i need it?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
its Powermanagement, so i assume results are you get longer battery life..
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
I've been using 1408 and same here very stable and good, I mean even if you can set it to 1600/1700 and get it to work fine your battery life will last less.
[Acer Iconia A500] monkey10120:
It seems that when I flashed this rom the market is kind of messed up. I can't download apps that you can for stock. Also some apps are saying my device is not compatible with the app and I can't download it. I need help because I do not want to go back to stock because I love this rom. Please help.

Also great work on the rom, keep it up!
[Acer Iconia A500] PhilipZ:
Thanks Dexter for beautifully rom. I use it for a week and only bluetooth is problem for now.

I try to get Thor v1.0 kernel but all your links give me the error. Please, can you correct link in first post or add kernel to http://dext3r.komodin.org/iconia/
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Hi Dexter and followers, I found a small issue.

The power button turns on and off in what seems like even intervals.

So if you just press the power button to turn the screen of (not the machine) and wait you will see the power button light up and then of and on and so on.

A small issue, but it does eat a tiny bit up battery doing that. Is there any way to fix it?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
i think its a notification you got there.. its seen on mobile normally that power light is used for notifications .. not a problem, actually an advantage if utilized.. see it only as improvement to your device.. don't worrry about it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
I see what you mean but I dont have any notifications it happens when everything is of Wifi,Gps,Bluetooth and no program is doing this either so im not really sure why it lights up by itself...
[Acer Iconia A500] gh123man:
hey dont mean to bother anyone with a stupid request. but ive tried most of the roms and this is the best so far imo. but the only thing that bugs me is the volume. i never intend on using this as a phone or text messaging device, which is why i got the wifi only model. is there any way i can set the default volume to media playback not call volume? thanks :)
[Acer Iconia A500] MonitorMonkey:
Totally agree...keep trying others but restore back to this one every time. Extremely fast and stable for me.

Volume thing is one of the only issues I have come across.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dexter_nlb:
it works here, so no.. i tested playback of recordings on tv just mins ago :)