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[Acer Iconia A500] sageDieu:
Hello everybody, I'm sageDieu and I am a very active user in the Samsung Mesmerize/Fascinate forums as well as the general Q&A, Apps and Games, Development etc threads here at xda.

I have been exploring options thinking about getting a tablet, and I have used a lot of them at Best Buy. I was just looking around and found that i had a bunch of rewards points on my credit card, just enough to get me the Acer A500. So the first thing i did was head over to xda to see what the development was looking like for this tablet, and from what i can tell it looks pretty active which is promising. The main thing I would want to do when i get a tablet is get it rooted, wiped and on a stock honeycomb rom with as much performance and as little proprietary software as possible.

My questions for you guys are:

1. Do you recommend getting the tab? It seems to be my best potential option, and the hardware specs look great.

2. What is the process of rooting, CWM, roms, etc. in a nutshell for this device? I am familiar with terminal, linux, adb, all that stuff for my phone and lots of other devices I've played with. I'm assuming for this just grab and run gingerbreak then adb CWM over? I've never owned a tab before.

3. After I get to that point (if I do, still not even sure about buying the thing) can you guys tell me what your favorite roms are? There seem to be a lot that have active stable development.... mostly 3.1 with different options but then there's the 3.2 xoom one and some other ones... it's a bit overwhelming coming from my phone where we have stock, a custom debloated rom and then CM7 and MIUI. Just some quick recommendations would be great for things like speed, battery life, performance, bloat, stability, etc..

Thank you so much to anybody that takes the time to help me out. If I do get this device I assure you I will be very active in the forums and do my best to keep it going.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
I don't have any experience with other tablets except seeing some being used. I have not used them myself. Thus I have a hard time giving anything concrete in the way of differences or opinions, but, well, I haven't had any issues with my Iconia and the hardware is just great; the battery lasts and lasts and lasts, the screen is pretty, the full-sized USB port is really daymn handy.. And I like the one thing Acer has made in their ROM: Dolby enhancements. It does make a difference :)

1. Install Iconiaroot.apk and tap on "root", you're done.

2. Install Acer Recovery from Market, tap on Install, you're done.

And that's that, you've got CWM installed and the thing rooted. Not too hard :)

I personally like the stock ROM the most, the others have this or that naggle..
[Acer Iconia A500] spr0k3t:
i have been enjoying the minimal rom (albeit overclock would be nice). Going to be testing out lightspeed with thors kernel to see how well that one compares.

I looked at five different tabs; Samsung, xoom, HP webos tab, blackberry Playbook, and this one. The two downfals of the iconia are the screen and the processor. There are faster and better displays out there but the tablet had all theother features I wanted at a much cheaper price. A good competitor for this one was the Asus transformer, but I wanted better haptic feedback from using the keyboard.
[Acer Iconia A500] cfrock:
1. I enjoy mine and would recommend it. That said, honestly you'd have to say exactly what you're looking to get out of the Tab so others can offer constructive recommendations.

2. You'll find rooting and installing CWM to easier and quicker just than just about any phone out there. Literally can do both inside of 2 minutes right on the Tab itself.

3. As far as roms go there are options. That said, since HC source code will probably never see the light of day the talented devs on here are pretty limited on what they can do. The good news is most stock roms are fairly bloat free in comparison to phone roms. I believe the Galaxy rom has the most customization you'll find. So.. check some rom threads on here and experiment. A few kernels are available too.

Hope that helps
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
By your numbers:

1. I think it's the best tablet out there for the money, and definitely in the running for best tablet period. There are faster, lighter tablets available, but there is nothing out there that completely matches the feature set of the A500. Depending on what you want from a tablet, you might end up like me with it being your "only" option.

2. Best way to describe the A500 rooting process: SCARY EASY. I can't believe how easy it was after what I had to go through to root my HTC Evo 4G phone. Everything on the A500 is like one-click. The IconiaRoot app roots it in one step, the Acer Recovery Installer installs ClockWork Mod in basically one click, and then you're able to flash away on whatever ROMs you want.

3. I'm no use here. I like the stock Honeycomb v3.1! You actually might, too. There's a lot less bloatware on tablets compared to phones, and even stock it's pretty smooth/fast. I definitely felt the need to hack up my HTC Evo phone, but my A500 is only rooted and tweaked a little.

Good luck with your decision!
[Acer Iconia A500] sageDieu:
Thanks for the feedback. In response to "what I want in a tablet," it would mainly be a media device, games, music, movies etc. and I might use it for development in the future.

Sadly, my Xbox broke and I have decided to use my points for a new one since it gets a lot more use than I think this would. I really appreciate the answers, and I will keep you guys in mind when I save up the cash to buy a tablet. Thanks :)

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Acer Iconia A500] D_Steve595:
Fascinate bros! :D
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
lol nothing worth playing on Xbox until MW3 comes out in Nov. COD Black Ops blows chunks, MW2 was the last good one of the series. Wait until November for your Xbox, and get your Iconia now!! lol :eek:
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Pfft, PS3 > Xbox anyways ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Athrun88:
+1

On topic: Hello, I hope to be a new member of the Iconia Community shortly. I was going to make one of these topics, but thanks to the OP, I didn't have to =p.

I've read the reviews by those big name reviewers on the Iconia, Galaxy Tab, Thrive, Playbook, iPad (eww), Transformer, etc.. but they'll never compare to actual users of the product in the real world. With that being said I have one more question to add:

What are the specific issues/concerns that have come up with the Iconia? I've read there are sleep issues with the unit? I haven't had the chance to read through the changelogs of the various roms for the Iconia yet, but have they fixed any of the stock issues?

Thanks in advance and hope to hang around here for some time to come =)
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Quite many people seem to have issues with WIFI not getting IP address, but apparently the fix is easy enough. I don't know if newer firmwares have fixed the issue.

Personally I have not had a single issue with the tablet at all so again I cannot comment much more than that.
[Acer Iconia A500] Aaron Camp:
i run stock rooted and have only 1 small issue.....occasionally I will install from the market and the apk will download but never move past "installing" i have to leave the market and come in again and redownload the apk etc.

Also if you are looking at purchasing, and have a cosco around do it there. 32gig version with case (a crappy one) and hdmi cable for $429 is very hard to beat. Also with the cosco you get 90 day return and 2 years warranty. (3 if you use amex to buy)
[Acer Iconia A500] Athrun88:
There are afew private sellers that are selling the unit. I really don't care about warranty because i'll be rooting, and with my past history with devices and electronics, i've never claimed warranty anyways. I will, however, look into that, there's a costco near my work! Looking at a seller with a 16GB model at $350 Canadian unopened box. Seems like a good deal.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] p4y4so:
My phone is HTC Magic 32A.

The partition detail as below:

/system: 170MB

/cache: 130MB

/data: 165MB

I want to reduce some space of /system & /cache, and add it to /data.

How to do that? How to modify the partition size?

If someone knows, please give me a step by step instruction!

Sorry about my terrible English.

Anyway, I would like to say thank you at first.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] p4y4so:
If someone knows an instruction thread, please give me the url.

Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] blizard80:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717874
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] p4y4so:
Thank blizard80 a lot!

According to the method in the url "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717874", I've done it.

Thank Firerat very much!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] markman2012:
For safety reasons commands should be COPY & PASTED (without quotation marks).

Do this at your own risk.

1a. Make sure you have the USB drivers installed (they come with Kies).

1b. Make sure your phone is rooted. Use Universal Androot.

2. Create a new folder called EUROPA. Save this folder anywhere such as in My Documents or Desktop.

3. Download adb_usb_drivers: http://xdaforums.com/atta...2&d=1306420890

4. Extract adb_usb_drivers into the EUROPA folder.

5. Open a Command Prompt Window (Windows Start button then search / run the term "cmd" to open Command Prompt)

6. Type "cd" (leave a space) then drag and drop the EUROPA folder onto cmd screen and press enter.

7. Connect phone to USB.

8. Type "adb shell"(enter)

9. "su"(enter)

10. "cd /"(enter)

11. "mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs /"(enter)

12. "mkdir /efs"(enter)

13. "mount -o nosuid,ro,nodev -t vfat /dev/block/stl5 /efs"(enter)

14. "cat /efs/mits/perso.txt"(enter)

You will see some numbers at start of file....

Then you will see your SP unlock code followed by some 000000000 codes and another code. Write the first one (and second just in case) down.

15. "umount /efs"(enter)

16. "reboot"(enter)

Shut the cmd window.

Shut down the phone and put it a "locked" sim. Start your phone, input the pin, and when asked for a unlock code give it the first code. Your phone is now unlocked.

_______________________________________________________________

i used this method to get the unlock codes for two samsung gravity smarts so it does work on samsung phones only i belive

i did all of this through Term
[XPERIA X10 General] darkvalance:
This is just a method to get into Flash Mode while X10 is off

After multiple attempts trying to flash the 3.01 kernel baseband while phone is off, i realised that an easier way to do it would be to

1. Take out battery first, have cable connected to x10 only

2. Start flash tool and flash the kernel, which should start saying preparing files for flashing, search Xperia...

3. Hold the back button now with left hand

4. Plug in other side of the USB cable to the computer with right hand

5. Insert battery into X10 with right hand

File should begin flashing now. Just hoping that this post would help all the others uncertain on how to enter flash mode while the phone is off.
[XPERIA X10 General] mundy725:
Thanks for guide.. i did already )
[XPERIA X10 General] Willey1986:
I don't understand why it is such a big problem for some people to put the X10 into flashmode. You just have to know, that after some seconds when there is no data incomin in flashmode, the X10 starts normal.

So just connect the phone with pressed back-key when flashtool, SEUS or any other software asks you to do that.
[XPERIA X10 General] darkvalance:
lol, i just wanted to help all those that had difficulty such as me.. no hard feelings haha just rooted and upgraded to gingerbread, awesome compared to 2.1 (:
[XPERIA X10 General] Deleted member 3112529:
Works like a charm :-)
[XPERIA X10 General] eizonuts:
thanks for OP. though the title really should be X10 Flash Mode Trouble Shoot or something. I've been doing this ever since i began flashing my phone.
[XPERIA X10 General] wkkm007:
Here are my method

1. Turn off the phone at least for 30 sec, connect USB cable to x10

2. Start flash tool and flash the kernel, which should start saying preparing files for flashing, search Xperia... (not yet try in flash tool but on SEUS and PC companion)

3. Hold the back button now with right hand (I hold the phone with whole palm and my thumb press and hold back button)

4. Plug in other side of the USB cable to the computer with left hand cause my ATX casing(CPU) locate on my left hand-site.

5. After detected, release the back button and carefully place X10 on the table.
[XPERIA X10 General] Apokalyptica:
thank you for the Quik GUide
[Acer Iconia A500] goodintentions:
Started another thread with poll. Please close this one.
[Acer Iconia A500] TFordham:
Of course. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] rmahoney99:
Only with my eBooks. It's a lot easier handling the Iconia compared to a 800 page hardcover!

Bob
[Acer Iconia A500] mikel81:
Better question. Who doesn't? :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] Vereynn:
Depends on what you're doing with yours beyond posting to forums... ^_^
[Acer Iconia A500] rayfin:
pooputing is my favorite form of computing
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
EWWWWWWW! Gross! That's absolutely disgusting!

Okay, I admit it...yes. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Johnny0906:
LMAO I literaly broke laugher wirh tears the thread and the comments (hAAAhAAAAA)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] soraxl:
Hi I have a tmobile galaxy tab and was just wondering two things.

First question, is there a port app for the tmobile tv for the tab, I know it comes on a couple of tablets but not this one. Wanting to know if there is a working port of this app because I used to love it on my htc hd2.

Second question, is there a flashlight app that uses the galaxy tabs led flash. I have tried many of the market apps and found none that really uses the led but only the whole screen.

Thank you if you have any of the answers to my question.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
TrevE Zone

Specifications:

Base by: TrevE

Version: [ROM] STOCK 2.17.651.5 Update.zip + Radio/Firmware bits

Android Version: 2.3.4

Sense Version: 3.0

Software Number: 2.17.651.5

Kernel: 2.6.35.13-g277012f htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Location:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443592

Full System/boot

Kernel Modifications:

By freeza

[Kernel]1/13/12 StockMOD 2.17.651.5 Core Duo/ScreenOff Script/NoCIQ/DimLights

Location:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1224659

MODs:

By j4n87 & daniels7

Leedroid Tweaks CDMA v4.0.3

Location:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416150

By: smokin1337

Beats Audio

Location: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308993

By mwalt2:

7in1 Reboot

HDR Panorama

MMSSize SMSBackup SMSSecureBox

Remove USB Debugging Icon

Roam Only Option

Mobile Hotspot

Location:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1453005

By Chogardjr3D

Disable Tell HTC Thanks Chogardjr3D

Location:

N/A

IMAGES:

Download:

Blue:

HERE

3.30.12

Added The Beats

Added Serinety mods Sense 4.0 Sound Package

Updated Youtube

Updated Maps

Updated Streets

Updated Amazon Market

Updated Flash Player

Updated ES Explorer

Updated Titanium Backup

Updated Google Play

Notes:

White version discontinued at this time.

ALL EVO3D PNG FILES

(Files used to create EVOZone ROMs)

HERE

AS ALWAYS ENJOY!​

Donate Here!

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[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Saved for me...
[HTC EVO 3D] sniperkill:
Awesume! Downloading now, thank you.
[HTC EVO 3D] reverepats:
LOL.....zone ur the friggen man..I was waiting for ya to drop the bomb. Can't wait bro.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
ROMs good thread needs work LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] dlbaker1179:
Dling Now!!
[HTC EVO 3D] dadoc04:
Zone!!! Good lookin out...

Sent from my Evo3D
[HTC EVO 3D] BrentnNC:
I can finally get rid of all this green. The blue looks so much better.Thanks Zone
[HTC EVO 3D] Nehovsrah:
Glad to see the OG Evo guys here! Downloading...:p
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
I know you guys missed flashing.. working on an update Fixing a couple loose ends..

anyone know if a blue version of then new market is available?
[HTC EVO 3D] gmanhad:
happy days r here again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

zone I knew it wouldn't take u long to get this fire rom out to the public. dling now, will report any issues. as always, the donation will be coming as soon as i get paid this week. peace
[HTC EVO 3D] butterbuns:
Awesome!!! i loved your ROMs on my EVO and now that i got a 3d yesterday and root.. now today this!! woot woot!!
[HTC EVO 3D] jayharper08:
Glad to see you here zone. Nice work as usual.
[HTC EVO 3D] Kidromulous:
Wifi Issues

Zone I want to report what I think is the first Issue I cant get wifi to lock... other and titanium backup fails to get super user permissions. Other than that so far so good my friend.

Update: After forcing Titanium to close I got super user on it. Running a few more test on the wifi

Ty
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Anyone having issues were if you install an app from the market the screen turns off and wont turn back on? Maybe my EVO is over heating its pretty hot from flashing..

OK it looks like it may have been some issue with ESExplorer so I removed it for now..
[HTC EVO 3D] fatboypup:
hey zone I got so excited to flash I forgot to wipe first but all seems fine ..... was a wipe required?
[HTC EVO 3D] BrentnNC:
The only thing i found wrong is the phone icon is missing.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Can you add blue over scroll like in cm7? Blue is definitely the best!

sent from the third dimension
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
I think I have over scroll working
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Haven't loaded the rom yet, thank you though!

Gonna give it go after the wife stops nagging me about chores LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Ya I forgot to remove the odex. I had my Explorer sorting by names. F-Up.
[HTC EVO 3D] locoboi187:
the crt shutdown animation does not work
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Did you shut down your phone? or did you just press the power button and turn the screen off?
[HTC EVO 3D] locoboi187:
oh i thought you had the screen off animation nvm
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Ya haven't gotten the other one yet.
[HTC EVO 3D] REVREN:
Hey what's up zone23 were you able to come up with a solution to flashing font file zips, through cwm that are scripted differently?
[HTC EVO 3D] REVREN:
Zone23 also do you now if your gonna add to your rom the transparent notification and transparent app drawer?
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Please include the FM radio widget in future releases. It is one of the best looking widgets ever made and uses up empty space. I actually use once or twice a week.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
OK if it makes you guys happy I will include it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Zone

One thing I have noticed, the charging LED doesn't turn green when the battery is fully charged. It stays red. No biggie but wanted to point it out to you.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Sweet wallpaper I found on HDWallpapers, goes well with the Rom.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
It turns green eventually just the battery indicator reaches 100% then about 15 minutes later the light turns green. Guess its a little slow.
[HTC EVO 3D] irock1985:
I havent updated yet but I cannot seem to get Chrome to Phone to work at all...
[HTC EVO 3D] mcmikecruz1:
I can email it to ya , pm me

If you don't have an Evo3d well ...
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
Hey Zone

First off love the ROM great job.

I have a question, do you disable the boot sounds in in this ROM? And can you tell me what i need to do to enable them or what i need to name the file?

I've got back to the future boot and down that chrisdos made for me and I would like to add music to it.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
I don't disable it I just delete the files. it goes in /customize/resource/android_audio.mp3
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
I have it set up like that already so I'm going to back up and try to figure out what I'm missing. Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] irock1985:
Nothing to see here...
[HTC EVO 3D] gfullwr70:
Battery Calibration

Hey Zone first off LOVE the rom used your roms on my OGEVO my question to you and anybody that may have an answer is does anybody have an issue with the battery calibration app never reaching 100% even when phone says 100% and light is green. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

Nevermind Zone guess i didnt wait long enough finally says 100%
[HTC EVO 3D] irock1985:
Ok so now I have a new problem... so now that's 3 for me - I'm using MikMikZone

1. Chrome to Phone wont connect

2. Battery % font is small and hard to read

3. SuperUser keeps popping up saying SetCpu has been granted superuser access

Any help/consideration is appreciated
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
honesty you don't know that it could have been his first contract and phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] aseercte:
Good luck Zone thanks for everything you done here .
[HTC EVO 3D] REVREN:
Hey zone sorry to hear that your moving on, but are you gonna at least update this rom when we receive the ICS update from htc?

We all would appreciate it.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Since I wont own the phone any longer probably not, sorry..
[HTC EVO 3D] DevXen:
Hey Zone, i'd really like a copy of the PNGs from it.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
No problem I will get them up this weekend. I will put them in the OP for all to use. Hopefuly someone will take over for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] supahero00:
I would love to have been your apprentice. Lol
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
I have posted the PNGs in the OP

ALL EVO3D PNG FILES

(Files used to create EVOZone ROMs)

HERE

I will be happy to stick around and help you guys out.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Thanks again zone! We will miss your roms
[HTC EVO 3D] solver404:
Good move for you man, but you know it is going to be ruff going here now. :D
[HTC EVO 3D] LouRock:
Hey man just read about you leaving and I too just wanted to say thanks for all your work! I flashed the hell out of my EVO 4G back in the day and my short lived EVO 3D before I too sold it for my awesome E4GT :D

Take care and Good luck man :)
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
Sorry to see ya go man. Loved all your work and the help you have given us in the past. I'd pick up where ya left off but as soon as sprint pisses me off again I'll be looking at Verizon :D

Good luck with your new endeavor.
[HTC EVO 3D] mlewis2388:
Sorry to see you go zone. Thanks for all the great work.

"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few"
[HTC EVO 3D] gingson:
If not for the unlimited data plan, I would have left sprint a long time ago. I've been paying extra $10 and still no 4g in my area.
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
The way I see it by the time Sprint gets 4G in my area my contract with Verizon will be up..

BTW its official now I am no longer on Sprints network.
[HTC EVO 3D] troyboytn:
Goodbye, good luck
[HTC EVO 3D] LouRock:
So which phone did you grab from VZW? Also, will you be doing work on it and posting it out here on xda??

Thx..
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
I haven't gotten a phone yet, well I have but its an HTC Trophy (WM) so i'm waiting to see whats next. I hope to do something with my next phone but not sure. Since HTC decided to lock down m10 files it looks like modding will be pretty limited. If this is the route HTC has taken I might as well stay with WM.
[HTC EVO 3D] supahero00:
I tried odex and deodex(don't know y) the odex would make the notification bar fc.
[HTC EVO 3D] paallday:
Maybe it is odexed and it shouldint b or visa versa...

Sent from my PG86100 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
About to take my 3D to the Market probably tomorrow maybe Thursday. Just letting you guys know.
[HTC EVO 3D] 14u2c:
New to this ROM love the blue anybody no where I can get a blue theme clock.. thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] steve97ta:
Grab a widget app called 3d flip clock. You can choose colors and other stuff. Looks like.....
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
You can do that or theme your own :D
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
Or download a skin

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1484092
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Lol right on the money ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] 14u2c:
Cool !! Thanks : )
[HTC EVO 3D] treetolber:
Nice work!
[HTC EVO 3D] zone23:
Untested! Flash at your own RISK!

If you flash this and it works ok please post that..

Added Beats

Updated Youtube

Updated Maps

Updated Streets

Updated Amazon Market

Updated Flash Player

Updated ES Explorer

Updated Titanium Backup

Blue Version Only!

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