yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] anoninja118:
I would like to know this as well, and uncommenting ro.carrier=wifi-only in build.prop doesn't seem to work unless I'm doing it wrong

edit: derp left the hash tag at the front of the line, seems to be OK now... Peter go into build.prop file in/system with text editor and towards the bottom there is a line that looks like the one I quoted above, remove the hash tag from the line and ignore the one above it that says uncomment line below or whatever then reboot and no more sim prompt on lockscreen/force close of the process that I think is related to mobile data

edit: no more cell data drain shows in battery usage either :D
[Acer Iconia A500] 0xAF:
Hi,

I've downloaded the following kernel from the first post:

[...]/Acer/a500/kernel/Villain_iconia_kernel_3.7.zip (md5sum:41ab0489a01d049520f578f7e954c6eb)

I'm using it with LightSpeed 1.0.9 [HC 3.2.1].

Can someone confirm the 'usb_wwan' and 'option' modules packaged with the kernel are working?

The wanted version magic for this kernel is '2.6.36.3HoneyVillain-3.7+ SMP preempt mod_unload ARMv7', but the usb_wwan and option modules are with different version magic:

option.ko - version magic '2.6.36.3-Trinity+ SMP preempt mod_unload ARMv7 '

usb_wwan.ko - version magic '2.6.36.3-Trinity+ SMP preempt mod_unload ARMv7 '

it seems these moduels are from other kernel ?
[Acer Iconia A500] 10507:
Is it possible to use this kernel on any 3.2.1 ROM?
[Acer Iconia A500] bwassef:
This Kernel works with the stock ROM, HoneyVillian, and Taboonay ROMs that are version 3.2.x

It may work with other ROMs as well but you will have to try other ROMs at your own risk
[Acer Iconia A500] garringm:
Installed this last night on my a500, OC and UV running 1.4g @ 1175mv with COD tweaks so far so stable, but Im not a heavy - heavy user either, gotta give props this was a major help in getting rid of the lag my tab had.
[Acer Iconia A500] huck_d:
Hello richardtrip.

I'm trying to mount ntfs flash drive via command line.

I can mount it but can't unmount.

I do...

# insmod /system/lib/devices/ntfs.ko
# mount -t ntfs /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usb_storage

Everything seems to be ok but when I try to unmount it I get...

#umount /mnt/usb_storage
Failed

Also when after the mounting I go to the Settings>Storage I see USB unmounted. I can press 'Mount' and Flash Drive kinda gets mounted and I can unmount it (it works unlike the terminal command).

Is this my fault or the ntfs module is not fully supported by the OS?
[Acer Iconia A500] bozomil:
If any

dvb-t driver in the kernel?
[Acer Iconia A500] ESCapePS:
OK I tested the USB Problem again. I noticed, that the conection gets killed, when the screen turns black, but: It is back after maybe 2 minutes and doesn't disapear again. That is really strange for me, but maybe it helps you ;-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
I havent come across this problem yet, what are you connecting? A thumbdrive or a HDD?

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Just to throw in there so other people can understand,

If you delete the phone.apk ALOT of system failures may occur or crashes or FC, this is something you as a member ardatat here must be aware of before giving out 'advice' when actually maybe dont know anything.

Do you realize that YOU CANT GET ANY OTA UPDATES WHATSOEVER with the phone.apk removed?

Think before you write!
[Acer Iconia A500] ESCapePS:
No, i meant connecting the tablet to my desktop.
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Just tried it and the connection seems to be severed when the screen goes off or when I manually turn the screen of, but as long as the screen is on the USB connection is on.
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
i always thought that this is normal, because the mini usb connection is a slave connection and not a host connection as the other usb port.

so when the slave goes to sleep everything is sleeping.
[Acer Iconia A500] caz70:
- i've noticed that the kernel doesn't report the "code sn" and the "snid". Could that have triggered the sudden update "willingness" ? Is there no code in the acer sources which gets those informations ? I will look.

- i can confirm the interactive governor bug, setting the governor to ondemand fixed it for me (i did it directly via echo ondemand > /sys/.... and opened a webpage in the browser to test it)

- usb problem persists as reported already.
[Acer Iconia A500] ESCapePS:
OK, I just gave it another try and it is really weird.

I pluged in my tablet to my desktop, and like allways, it connected. After the display went dark, the connection broke. I didnt touch the talblet or the cable, but after maybe twenty seconds the screen was on again, and the connection was back. This happend about three or four times until i disconnected the tablet... WEIRD
[Acer Iconia A500] caz70:
in the acer kernel in board-ventana.c i found this:

static struct tegra_ehci_platform_data ventana_ehci2_ulpi_platform_data = {

.operating_mode = TEGRA_USB_HOST,

.power_down_on_bus_suspend = 0,

.phy_config = &ventana_ehci2_ulpi_phy_config,

};

In the roggin/richard kernel the suspend variable is set to 1. Might that be the problem ?

continuing to search for the snid :-) ...
[Acer Iconia A500] caz70:
ok. found it. The serial number is in

/sys/EcControl/SerialNumberwithoutBarcode (from memory, u/lc could be different) It is of course =missing from the source ...

but the driver populating this sys directory is drivers/power/EC_battery.c, which does a lot of i2c calls. Probably the right one can be guessed.

time to setup a build environment ..... :-D
[Acer Iconia A500] ardatdat:
Hahaha, thanks Johnny0906. What consequence after deleting phone.apk is OLD news. Anyway, we can always recover using CWM recovery.

Getting OTA? If you cannot get OTA, then, just restore back the phone.apk and you can get it. So easy. By the way, for the ROM upgrade, I will flash through CWM using modified ROM because if by OTA, CWM needed to be installed again most of the time.

For me, deleting the phone.apk resolves the cell standby problem and apart from viewing the 'status', I do not experience any FC or crashes directly related to it. Well, this is my experience in another tablet too!

Let's focus on how to tweak and make this kernel better together. As it is open sourced, everyone can contribute to improve the code :)
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
really HOW much battery time you gain by removing an application... just wonder
[Acer Iconia A500] F.L.A.M:
The description says CIFS Module is enabled, but CIFSManager always says "No such device". It worked with the original Kernel and manually loaded Module. hat am i doing wrong?
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Ok cool, but just read this and everybody else too.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063123&page=10

Cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Richard! No more new kernels? :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Is anyone seeing Mobile Network Signal in Battery usage?

Whats that all about? Is it because the kernel is from the A501?

Cell Standby does go away with the phone.apk deleted but still there are too many risks such as BRICK if you hardreset (meaning from menu, factory reset) so be careful people!
[Acer Iconia A500] caz70:
code change to read SN/SNID

I have a test patch to read the SN (Code SN in the about gui) from the EC controller. If you look at the code you will see that it is a bit weird, cause the order of the bytes is completely off. It could be that i need to write somewhere before reading the data, probably someone with more know how on this kind of hardware can comment. For me it delivers my SN, it is also displayed in the about gui :-)

Can as many people as possible try to see if that code gets you your SN as well or if it is rotated.

SNID is still missing.

Attached file needs to go to drivers/power.
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
I sleep at night, have a day job, gf and 2 kids :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Same here brother, I feel ya ;)

Have a wife and son.

Luckily I work mostly from home though.

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
With all that you manage to deliver a decent kernel for stock. Kudos my friend. Well work on the kernel when you can.

When you do have time to work on the kernel see if you can use the latest kernel version that dont have Cell standby stuff. (telephony apks).

I'll definitely be checking back on this tread for updated version. I did enjoy the OC for stock rom. Would be nice if other Dev release Kernel for Stock rom 3.1. But i have flashed back my original kernel. Cant stand Cell stand by... Dont feel like messing with tele apk stuff.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrvanes:
I don't want to start a flamewar, especially in Richard's thread, but if you really need OC then why don't you try Thor's kernel? It runs like a charm on HoneyVillain (actually the other way round, of course ;) )
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
I would love to try Thors Kernel but where can I find it/them?
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
Will Thor's kernel work on the stock 3.1? Like this kernel did. Needless to say i dont want tele apk stuff draining my battery.

If Thor's kernel can be put on stock 3.1 i will definitely try it. So if its not much trouble can you point me to a thread where i can acquire the kernel. Ty in advance man.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrvanes:
Thor's kernels can be found at

http://www.tegraowners.com/
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Thanks buddy!
[Acer Iconia A500] monkey10120:
I'm running kernal 1.2 and the only bugs I'm getting is the screen freezing when I turn my tablet off about 50% of the time. Other than that this kernal is great:D good job!
[Acer Iconia A500] caz70:
SNID is now in. I had to fake the IMEIwithBarcode (it's 15 times 0 on an A500). Models with builtin UMTS won't work of course.

All values are read by init ! and then never again. Obviously the SNID is calculated from the Code SN and the IMEI number. :-/

Anyone has a hint for a good arm decompiler ???

Attached the new source plus a fix for the old.
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Dont post warez please.
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
Ty man going to check it out...

EDIT:

Just installed it and i get cell standby...
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
I have to do this... :)

here's my work in progress "warez" :D saying hi to your "kernel"
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Niiiice! Looks beautiful! CANT wait to try it! Rock On Thor! Best Kernel dev ever!
[Acer Iconia A500] adancau:
Is there a way I could get access to your kernel source code? Would like to tinker a bit. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Hey Richard, Thor, I don't want to start a dispute here but what's the "warez" about thor's kernel? Sorry for being off-topic but warez to my knowledge is availability of cracked version of someone else's work. I adore HoneyVillain ROM as well as thor's kernel.
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
My other thread was locked because some people posted links to thor's kernel (no sources available so not GPL compliant). Did not have a problem with thor so i don't know why he is doing this :mad:
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
It's not my kernel (and your kernel is not yours :p). Thanks for your closed source work anyway.
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Why cant anyone make a kernel that is based on wifi SKU? I mean not everybody want that 3G, I would personally donate for a kernel that just speeds up the system without anything to do with 3G or Cellular crap.

And then if someone wants a 3G kernel, well there are hundreds available!

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] mdeejay:
because he is like a rat, not shared source

its not good for dev community.

all devs works on his kernels with git...

sorry for my poor english

but i found nice post from him

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15065508&postcount=47
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
nice trolling :)
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
Is it so difficult to be mature (at least a little bit) and keep this topic clean ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Thor!

Sorry of topic.

But when is your next kernel gonna be released and blow us all away? :D
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
we can really see m-deejay maturity in action :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Thor! Dont worry, russians can get a bit temperamental :)
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
mmmm things are going off topic too much... how about we go back to topic and ignore m-deejay trolling...
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
I agree, m-deejay chill out man, calling people rats is very very bad.

Maybe not in your culture but in others its taken pretty seriously.
[Acer Iconia A500] Krendelrus:
imho you're not allowed to speak about our culture etc in that way, seriously
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Hi Thor, not much difference in speed compared to my work in progress (only a few bugs in this kernel need to be fixed): http://xda.richardtrip.org/?view=./Acer/a500/screenshots/screen_20110720_1405.png
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
I'm sorry what??? I'm not allowed to express myself? Please explain yourself.

PS: I am from the eastern block myself and have many Russian friends, but you might just have proven my point in the temperamental thing.
[Acer Iconia A500] Krendelrus:
you can express yourself, but in affordable boundaries
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
Honestly, the immaturity runs wild around here. M-deejay is being childish for "tattling" on everyone else and demanding their source be immediately garnished or their work removed... I guess if you can't compete, shut your competition down, that always works. Thor is being childish by withholding his sources, you know you are only doing it to be spiteful at this point. The mods are being childish by not even allowing a link to Thor's site to appear in a thread, nor giving any reasonable amount of time for the source to be available, maybe setting a 30 or 60 day window is a good idea (some kind of set-in-stone limit for providing source code could prevent this kind of problem from reoccurring). We are being immature by calling people names, insulting the mods, insulting each other, carrying on these ludicrous discussions that have zero to do with development, etc.

I think it is high time everyone stepped back and reconsidered the situation while attempting to find a civil solution that aides in furthering development, as that is what XDA is supposed to be about.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
everyone start to go so far for what ????

Yeahhhh unicorn power!!! rainbow kamehamehaaaa

@richardtrip : go check the WAREZ definition before yelling and point a finger @thor kernel... is kernel is maybe not "open source" but at this moment nothing allow you to judge his kernel as warez, warez = release something copyrighted without authorization from the creator, and oftenly without paying for it....

@m-deejay : you should keep your bad mouth out of the topic instead flaming or trolling, private message are welcome to express yourself and your disagreament with thor

@thor : please just post and explain yourself clearly with your reason why you are not releasing a git, svn or else of your kernel, at least that will makes users and others devs maybe more aware about your intention, and of course unless you are not a real dev and you have something to hide that will clean you... give a date when you think release your kernel something making some bad mouth just shut up.

@Johnny0906 : total agree, why someone cannot do a STOCK really kernel, without any 3G boring stuff... so far... when someone said STOCK... then keep it as more possible from stock, adding only the missing stuff but not adding some "have to use" support... :D I would like that as well... a real just better performance, low battery usage, smoother etc... kernel but NO 3G

@Vache : I don't think... they will stop a day... it's the way they are hahaha :D very passionnate :D hehehehe

@Krendelrus : imho you should just skip the topic... read twice and understand twice before posting, I don't see any offence and it's not like he say "your culture stink or else" he was emiting a supposition... I just say :D

@Everyone

Take a bucket, go to the park, head to a sandbox and everyone play to make some sandcastle, because it's really looks like the tinytoons...

you are a group of looney passionate :D just calm down a little bit, and why not for once... really.... WORK TOGETHER, I am sure that you will progress better than to do your own "nearly same" kernel

take the best of each others and do a REAL nice kernel without bugs and we will all be gratefull

on those good words... GOOD night from thailand :D
[Acer Iconia A500] :
+1

In my eyes, when you sling mud at others you're only losing ground (might lose a little in translation to another language, but most will get the gist) ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
You really make me laugh!

Affordable boundries? Go away you little fly! Shoo shoo! Bang!!!! Job done lol!

@Sanaell so far you seem to be the only one that understands things so I salute you! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
You think i don't know what warez is :eek:

I can judge whatever i want and btw it was just an expression. If you make changes to kernel source and distribute them as a binary you have to make the sources/changes public. I don't care about it and was just telling people not to post links to it because of the xda rules. So all be quiet now please or use PM to discuss this in private (not to me cause i don't give a ....).
[Acer Iconia A500] Krendelrus:
I've not said anything "funny"

As far as it goes, you're acting very stupid, Johnny

Enjoy your little show alone
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
i don't have any problems with thor not publishing the source of his kernel, i can't use it anyway since i need data encryption to support exchange activesync connection,which is not supported on his kernel. I still think thor is an excellent developper which you might want to keep an eye on, thats why i look at his kernel site once in a while.

i use this kernel with stock .22 upgraded to .38. it supports overclocking, there might be some bugs, but tey do not bother me that much.

so what is all the threads about insulting here. don't forget even if the basic language of this forum is english, it is not everybodies mothertongue, thus sometimes people say things which they don't mean as bad as it really is.

just keep cool and everybody is fine.
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Whatever comrade!

You still make me laugh even if you not making a joke! Maybe because you ARE a joke.
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Update:

Version 1.3:

Added wakelock for usb (no more sleep)

switched to ondemand governor

lots of small fixes.

Happy Flashing :cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Hi Richard!

Question: Would it be possible to make a kernel that is based on SKU WIFI and with no 3G or Cellular stuff?

Would be cool to have the choice too you know ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Gonna try :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Awesome :)

I mean you could have 2 links one with 3G SKU and the other with Wifi SKU.

Im sure people will be very happy to have 2 choices ;)

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] B214B1:
+1

Thanks Richard.
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
This feels MUCH smoother in Dolphin browser - your last kernel had very slow scrolling, but it's silky smooth with this update. Thanks for the great work.
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
Hello,

We can flash this on Villain ROM.. right ???
[Acer Iconia A500] anstelios:
Richard,

This one broke 3G Huawei support for me on Villain ROM. Cant search for network providers at all.

I like Villain ROM but i need my 3g stick to remain connected even when screen turns off.

So far the only ROM that is able to do that is Galaxy ROM.

Update:

Actually this also broke my Transcend 8GB usb flash drive support. Did not work at all.

Reverted back to 1.2 Kernel and everything works fine.. except ofcourse usb sleep problem..
[Acer Iconia A500] adancau:
USB Storage not working for me either. External drive (in this case my phone) is not recognized. Works fine in 1.1.
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Just in case 2 confirmations wasn't enough, I can confirm my USB flash drive isn't working. Apart from that the kernel's great though!
[Acer Iconia A500] zoubidou:
downloaded and installed. obviously some bug fixes are really working.

for instance i play apeak poker (its free, no credit card require, just for training), it did not work with 1.2. it does work now.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moonking:
I like the OC, but neither mouse or keyboard seems to work on usb
[Acer Iconia A500] monkey10120:
When flashing a kernal I do not need to clear data and cache right?
[Acer Iconia A500] adancau:
you don't need to wipe/clear anything :) just flash it and reboot.
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Another confirmation here - Transcend flash drive 8GB - not recognized; light indicator makes just a quick blink and dies out.
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Confirmed. Gonna fix asap :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
I came back to 1.2 because 1.3 don't work with usb drive for me too with usb key too :(

But, with 1.2, how see ntfs hd ? I can see my ntfs hd with Drive Mount, but not without :( is not one of goals of this Kernel ? ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Same issue can confirm here.

USB Flash Drive not working and also HDD via Drive Mount app also not working.

Im sticking to this version anyways because its much more stable and all the bugs are pretty much gone from the 1.2

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Update:

Version 1.4:

Fixed usb detection (storage/3g)

All should be fine now
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Time for an upgrade :cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
richardtrip... what you did there is not "healthy"... you know what I'm talking about... but you'll find out....
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Please check pm.
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
You guys are making folks paranoid I believe, why dont you just spit out here?
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Update again :-)

Version 1.5:

Fixed some missing config stuff (thanks to thor2002ro)
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Already fixed (and no need to get paranoid) :-)

It was just a configuration option that was lost in space :mad:

So thanks to thor2002ro (and no war on our side so all is cool)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Thats nice to hear that you guys are working together instead of fighting :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
USB Thumbdrive working fine and HDD via Drive Mount app working fine.

One issue that was gone in 1.3 is when you click on status in 'About Tablet' in settings it FC's everytime.

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Just a note, after disabling phone.apk and telephony.apk via a app purchased from market called Acer iconia battery something.

My A500 has been on for 22 hours and almost 8 of those hours has wifi has been on.

Pretty good! and I got 22% left.

Cheers!
[Acer Iconia A500] rezn:
Dumb Question

Picked up this sweet tab with the staples $100 off deal :) I have the EVO 3D (Stock), so I do not have wifi tethering yet.

Does USB_WWAN support from this kernal mean that I will be able to share the phone internet via USB when I check that option? Will the tab recognize the EVO as a internet source with this kernal installed?
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
1.5...

Fat usb key come back :-)

But my htfs hd can't be see :(
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Making progress.... running 1.5 Ghz with no mobile :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
hfs? back in a sec :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
Nice one! :)

Can't wait :)
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
Not needed:

Version 1.6:

Disable Mobile Data if needed (add ro.carrier=wifi-only to /system/build.prop)

Added HFS (Apple filesystem)
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
Nice just flashed 1.6 so far so good.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
about overclocking

is the kernel overclock by default, or we need to set it with setCPU?

I just want a "better" stock, but not stress the CPU, I am not an overclocker fan.

- could someone redirect me on the "how to save your stock kernel" thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] richardtrip:
It does not OC by default (locked to 1ghz max).
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
sweet :D

so when the screen is off, goes to 216Mhz

your kernel beside great improvement behind, give also the possibility to go over the 1Ghz limitation if I am not wrong.

just another last question...

unless ACER update the kernel there is no problem to get OTA with your kernel no... just wanna know