yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
As a fellow Archos 70s user, I have a couple questions.

1) How does the battery life compare to your A70?

2) Are the charging connectors the same? In the picture they look similar. I was very disappointed that the Archos didn't support charging over USB and it looks like this is the same way. I picked up a nice 2amp USB AC adaptor and a USB to 3.5mm cable so I don't have to carry the Archos brick when travelling. It would be awesome if it would also work with the A100.
[Acer Iconia A500] matthew2582:
Acer Iconia A100 - Walmart and reply Re Battery Life

1. Our local Walmart has 6 - the staff didn't know they had them or what they were and had them locked up - wow big shock

2. Battery life - we once had the Archos A70 and returned it for very poor battery life - 3 hours doing nothing till zero but that said, we have heard of people getting 8 hours (partly by doing things like turning off WiFi when not needed)

3. The best I have read the Iconia A100 getting is around 5 hours which is kind of crappy but hey for a 1GB, dual core Honeycomb 3.2 at $278 - I am scooping one up and hopefully replacing Galaxy Tab 7" WiFi (which I love) but is slow and Samsung is not bringing- as far as Samsung knows - Gingerbread to the GTab WiFi
[Acer Iconia A500] muqali:
I bet they know who on the staff is sleeping with who and who's spouse is cheating. The things the plebs are knowledgeable on is laughable at best.
[Acer Iconia A500] one80oneday:
Walmart details

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3202793
[Acer Iconia A500] liltyke:
Grabbed one this morning. Thanks to cellfreak for starting this post. I had a 16gb on preorder at Amazon, but couldn't pass up this deal. I haven't had time to do too much with it but I do like it so far.
[Acer Iconia A500] cellfreak:
Acer

1. I'm getting around five hours of battery life. With on/off wi-fi and GPS use.

2. The chargers are different the 70 needs 5 volts and 2 amps.

The A100 need 12 volts at 1.5amps.

I bought a small GPS case that I use for the various bricks I have.

Cellfreak...
[Acer Iconia A500] cellfreak:
Galaxy Tab

3. I sold my Galaxy Tab a while back. It was nice when it came out, but you will like the A100 much better.
[Acer Iconia A500] brendan802:
Here is your way to root it

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16658048&postcount=22
[Acer Iconia A500] DigitalMD:
If ayone has problems connecting to ad-hocwifi networks such as hotspots, the fix is the same as for the A500. Search the forum for instructions on replacing the wpa_supplicant file .
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
12V really? Wow, that's crazy in this day and age. I wish companies would stop playing these games and just let us charge over USB.
[Acer Iconia A500] DigitalMD:
Not really... tablets are very power hungry and its much easier, smaller and cheaper to do 12v @1.2A than 5V at 2.5A.

A standard USB cable can only carry 5v @ 0.5A. not even enough to provide power while the tablet is running.
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
No. A standard USB port can carry 5V @ 0.5A. Cell phones routinely come with 1A+ chargers. I have a 2A USB charger that I use for most of my devices.
[Acer Iconia A500] DigitalMD:
Key word there is "charger" the charger can supply it, but a standard USB port does not supply more than 0.5 A or 500 ma. A common usb cable will neither carry nor charge more than that. Special USB power cables can in some cases because they use extra pins and wires that are not in a standard USB data cable to carry the extra current, and the companion device knows when the special cable is plugged in because the extra pins are active..
[Acer Iconia A500] cfrock:
Yep, exactly.
[Acer Iconia A500] 4dthinker:
I picked up an A100 from my Walmart too. The $50 gift card is an e-card, only good for web purchases from www.walmart.com.

I have the Archos 70it with 250gb hard drive as well, and the two tablets look nearly identical on the outside. Same curved shoulders. Screens are about the same quality. Like the kickstand on the Archos. Like Honeycomb 3.2 on the Acer. The Archos is a better media player (far better codec support and a better video player app), and its two front-facing speakers sound better than the two speakers on the right end of the Acer. Since there is an easy hack to put Google apps and the Android market on the Archos, I see no difference in app capabilities between the two. The email app on the Acer is nicer.

I know acer has a leather case for the A100, but I sure can't find any place to buy one. Thinking the leather slip case I have for my Archos would work, but I can't seem to find it.
[Acer Iconia A500] cellfreak:
I'm using the Griffin Nook Passport case from Walmart. It fits the A100 perfect.
[Acer Iconia A500] tedpc01:
I don't know the specs, but my Gigabyte AMD AM3 (GA-890FXA-UD5 with an AMD 6 Core CPU) has a special feature and it's 3X USB Power Boost. I know it's not the only Gigabyte MLB with this feature for rapid USB charging.
[Acer Iconia A500] marthirial:
Also got an A100 from WM days ago, but wonder...

The model they have is the 8GB storage, 512MB RAM yet in the device info (not the box) it says 1GB RAM.

Wondering if rooting will free up the rest of the RAM as it appears the 512MB limit is a software lock.

It is the first tablet I purchase, so that may influence my absolute satisfaction with it. Great device and won't bother you with another review but just to highlight the battery life.

Yes, it is just ~6 hours, but the device charges really fast. I was half-way through the battery, put it to charge and was back to 98% in 30 minutes.

So far so good.
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
So does the Wal-mart version have 1GB of RAM or not? Lots of mixed reports.

I downloaded the manual and it implied that the only compatible bluetooth device is a headset. Can anyone try pairing a bluetooth keyboard and see if it will work? I use one with my Archos 70.

I'm very tempted to go grab one of these but I'm not sure. It would be a nice performance gain but I'd lose Netflix support :(
[Acer Iconia A500] matthew2582:
Snap. I just got the $328 and $50 gift card deal from Walmart - and this device and Honeycomb 3.2 are just so slick.

We are an Apple Shop here and love our Apple iPads, Macs etc but Honeycomb 3.2 is much smoother, much sexier than iOS.

We also have Galaxy Tab 7 WiFi but the Acer Iconia A100 is in a whole different ballpark

And apps specifically built and optimized for Honeycomb - just like apps optimized for iPad - such as Flipboard - are absolutely - gorgeous

ike Pulse for Honeycomb - so very nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFeDSbpf0A
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
I don't have the A100, just the A500, but I have the Acer Bluetooth keyboard and the box says is for the A500 and the A100
[Acer Iconia A500] Micah_Droid:
I just bought one and it has 1gig ram
[Acer Iconia A500] waxlabo:
anyone know where to find the official leather case for this?
[Acer Iconia A500] tedpc01:
Just do a search for Acer Iconia Tab A500 Protective Case, but I think it's ruggedized rubber, but it's sweet (I have one) and costs around $30.95.
[Acer Iconia A500] waxlabo:
thanks, im looking for the case for the a100 though.
[Acer Iconia A500] tedpc01:
Sorry, read into it too much!
[Acer Iconia A500] treojoew:
I have a100

I am sitting here with my Walmart a100 in hand; 1 GB RAM confirmed, 8 GB Drive confirmed.

Question for the fellow using the nook case, are all buttons on the a100 accessible?

I own the asus transformer also. I got the a100 because i thought the tf was too big, now i think the a100 is too small!

I will say the screen on the a100 is ugly.
[Acer Iconia A500] cellfreak:
Walmart

Walmart will be putting these out shortly. They have the pricing info up already.
[Acer Iconia A500] TheTomas:
I bought mine in store and got a physical gift card with it. I have since used it for two seperate in-store purchases with no problem. maybe if you buy it from the website it's an e-card, but at the store it's a fully functional gift card. I bought groceries.
[Acer Iconia A500] JCahill33:
Would you be able to post a link to the case? I just got an A100 and am paranoid about scratching it...
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
The official Acer case looks nice, does anybody have one yet?
[Acer Iconia A500] 3ddad:
Just ordered the A500 from wallmart.com and got a $100 e-card. Able to look at one side by side with Viewsonic g tab at Officedepot and could see the screen viewing angle problem with the g tab.
[Acer Iconia A500] TheTomas:
I just spent the evening at staples and best buy trying to find a portfolio style case to fit the a100, and while there was a Rocketfish one for 15 bucks that came close, there were none available which were designed for the a100.

I need to see the acer case in store before I can bring myself to buy it, there are just too many little details about fit and size which would make it a mistake to buy unseen from a web site. Even if that weren't the case, the acer cases are out of stock online everywhere I've seen them, so I couldn't buy one if I wanted to.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
Don't get official Acer case, after a week of use it stretches and the tablet keeps sliding down, covers the front camera, light sensor. There is also no opening for the mic.

I got the Blurex slim case from amazon and love it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
I picked one of these up but I'm just not sure if I want to keep it. The screen viewing angles aren't iPad-perfect, but they're just as good as my Archos 70. The screen itself is light years better than my A70 though.

Definitely an impressive device but with all the reports of Kindle not working, needing a hack for Netflix... I'm just wondering if I should return it and wait for another 7" Honeycomb device.

Also... has Acer said anything about whether the A100 will get ICS when it comes out?
[Acer Iconia A500] cellfreak:
ICS?

What is ICS?
[Acer Iconia A500] tedpc01:
ICS=Ice Cream Sandwich, ie Android ver 3.2
[Acer Iconia A500] Lord Bodak:
3.2 is already out. Ice Cream Sandwich will probably be 4.0.
[Acer Iconia A500] TheTomas:
Don't return it because of software issues. That stuff can be fixed with patches. If you have a serious problem with the hardware in some way, that's totally legitimate, but otherwise keep it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Zeravnos:
Ice Cream Sandwich is definitely 4.0. And more on the subject, ICS is Google's effort to have a unified OS for phones and tablets alike, so I wouldnt doubt it being on the A100, assuming Acer plays ball.
[Acer Iconia A500] tedpc01:
Sorry, my bad. Was up all night and could not sleep. Still, very sorry for the misinformation!

Ted
[Acer Iconia A500] 4dthinker:
I picked up an A100 at WalMart, and the single complaint I have is that the screen reacts too fast. Works OK with a finger, but using any capacative stylus that works OK on other devices the A100 often acts like the stylus bounced or tapped when I want to scroll or swipe a page. View angles are limited, so they cheaped out on the screen, but resolution is good and so far I'd have to declare it the best 7" tablet out there. 3.2 is certainly an improvement over 2.2 or 2.3 on these things.
[Acer Iconia A500] Chestanuky:
I was wandering what are the advantages of rooting this tablet in particular, I live in mexico so I do not think I would have access to netflix for example. would be much obliged for an answer
[Acer Iconia A500] reverendbill:
I love this little thing. The Netflix hack is no biggie. Root is great for allowing me to stream movies off my PC without upnp. The Acer case is nice. I finally got it from Amazon. Nice little case.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Well..

In my experience the a500 is what you make it. Rooting it literally takes less then 30 seconds, installing the custom kernel to allow overclocking takes less then a half of a hour, installing Netflix and using root explorer or Clockwork to mod the needed file should be elementary to anyone that can follow directions.

All of this is posted here at xda.

If i was stuck with a stock a500 I would be really disappointed with it - but thankfully we have a really easy device to modify.
[Acer Iconia A500] yamaford:
Just picked it up from Walmart. Really couldn't think of a better choice. My only beef is the screen. The viewing angle isn't bad at all but the screen is straining my eyes. Honeycomb is taking some getting used to the controls.
[Acer Iconia A500] Chestanuky:
finally I have mine

Just got my A100 on Saturday. First of the viewing angles are quite decent, from what people where complaining, I thought it would be as bad as the LCD screens in planes, and it is not. The second thing is the size of the power adapter, people also where complaining about the massive size, it is not bigger than half the size of a cigarette box. So not sure if I got a newer better model. I have never used and android device, only symbian, which has a lot of customisation available. I find android a bit limited OS wise, the biggest problem I see is that I do not know how to close apps, the only one that has an exit button is Opera, I have downloaded some app killers but they do not seem to work, I kill all the open apps but they do not seem to be really closed. Any suggestions would be apriciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Stop worrying about "app killers" - AndroidOS does not work like that. By "killing" an app that is not running, all you are doing is slowing the next start of said app and defeating the principle of precaching. When RAM runs low - Android will take care of killing running apps for you.

Using an "app killer" is not needed. This is not a Microsoft/Apple product.
[Acer Iconia A500] reverendbill:
I had problems with the Acer case sliding down too, I really yanked the bottom strap as far as I could, stays put pretty well now. As far as rooting, it's stupid easy, I use root explorer to dump stuff to-from the microsd card all the time. Titanium Backup is nice if I kill it as well. I want pimped kernels and Roms now!
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
So check out the dev section. We have multiple custom ROMS, a couple of great kernels and pretty much any info you would need to unleash the true potential of the Acer a500/a100.
[Acer Iconia A500] painter_:
Are the a100 and the a500 the same hardware wise? Will the roms and recoveries for the a500 work for the a100? I have been looking but I have not been able to find information to support using anything for made for the a500 on the a100.

I have only had my a100 for a few days; and I bought it on a whim; so my research is not that deep.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Not sure - at least not sure enough to answer that fully - I own a 32gb a500, I have never messed with the a100.

What I do know is that save for screen size and 3g network support they are the same machine. Acer built Tegra2 1gb RAM Android tablet.

I use the latest version of Taboonay on my a500 - and from what I understand, this rom is working on the a100 as well.

No harm in giving it a try - assuming you have root you can install clockworkmod, do a full backup of yoir stock system, and then flash ROMs till your heart is content :)

Taboonay ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138051
[Acer Iconia A500] painter_:
From what I read on another board The recovery was not working. I guess am going to give it a try for myself.

There is no recovery listed for the a100 or a500 in rom manager. From what I have read the acer recovery installer does not work. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1273841&highlight=a100+recovery
[Acer Iconia A500] sebennett:
we have to wait for recovery...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17406469&postcount=93
[Acer Iconia A500] Chestanuky:
the earphones

People were complaining that when you hooked up the earphones the speaker would not stop sounding, I have found that is not the case, I have tested that when a song is already playing I would hookup the earphones, and it works or hooking the earphones first before even opening a the music player and then playing the song it it works. So maybe people complaining about that got a defective one. So fare this tablet has been good. the 7" form factor is quite handy. Most of the apps I have been using work as expected, the ones that keep on crashing I uninstall, which have been very very few and not the ones I do need.So quite happy about my purchase so fare.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jumptoin:
Is it worth to buy invisible shield on HTC Desire Z.... thanks for reply
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Your preference. I say yes because the dz is thick enough already so dont wana buy a case to make it more thick
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bharakrama:
I believe the screen on the Desire Z/Vision is all ready pretty darn tough all ready as evident by this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kwd3v4cgVc

But I have a screen protector on mine, not an invisableSHIELD one but just a generic one.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jumptoin:
This

What about this( http://www.mp3.sk/htc-hc-c540-ochranny-obal-pre-htc-desire-z-p-108316.html ) and invisible shield ... good choice?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazuki1:
The g2 already has gorilla glass so I'd just get a cheap Screen protector that works well. Invisible shield is good but I'm beginning to get less and less fond of it as I have it on other devices.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
FYI in case you aren't aware: the invisible shield is NOT smooth. It has a sort of rubbery texture; a lot of people describe it as "orange peel" texture. I've tried it before and I'm personally not a fan. Just so you know, don't expect some sort of smooth, glossy surface after applying it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Athrun88:
I had the Zagg InvisibleShield on my hero before. It was decent and got the job done. Didnt add any thickness to it and it kept the device free from scratches. The only complaint is that it is a wet-application procedure and the texture. The wet-application is not for the faint of heart and you should have it done by a 'professional' so it looks decent.

Also, the rubbery texture was nice for the body (enhances grip) but might be annoying on the screen. I have the screen protector only from Zagg for my Iconia Tab, its not a huge annoyance, but it will take some getting used to the texture.

If you dont mind adding alittle more bulk, id recommend the Otterbox commuter case, comes with a smooth, texture free screen protector and you can drop the phone like a madman and it will survive =). That is what i have right now, i wish they had a case for my Iconia =(

Sent from my Virtuous Sense Desire Z 2.0.0
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Well it needs to have texture or else the device will keep slipping from your hands
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
You're right, I forgot people used the whole device skin. When I used it, it was only the screen protector part. Having that kind of texture on the screen is definitely not a desirable thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Theirs texture on the screen protector? I though there was only trxture on back of the phone to prevent slips and a regular screen protector on the screen
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
There is indeed texture on the screen protector, and it doesn't look or feel good. Google "invisibleshield screen protector orange peel"
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Or you could just get the back protector and get a regular screen protector for the screen
[Verizon Droid Charge] Fe_Man:
I don't know a whole lot about how android phones work so this is probably a stupid question.

If the android operation system code is open source and available for anyone to download what's stopping people from putting pure AOSP goodness on any given phone? Is it the kernel or bootloader or what?
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
from my understanding it has to be completely recoded or whatever to run on the hardware of a new phone, I think Cyanogen and crew just supply the base and framework to build on... but yes its out there for anyone to try and port, typically takes a team of devs with different specialties

blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Kernel, RIL, and potentially a number of other things.
[Verizon Droid Charge] iwasaperson:
Just like drivers has to be ported for Linux on any PC (if the company didn't already code one for it), drivers has to be ported to a pure AOSP ROM from a TouchWiz source (which is still Android-based).

Most company-applied UIs to Android are deep in the system, therefore, you can't just take some files and put it into an AOSP ROM and have it magically work (known as kanging from another ROM), but you have to write in some stuff and build it specially for AOSP before it works.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BMWPower06:
Hey guys, so I'm a noob and need a little bit of help. I just downloaded this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1219407

Now, what do I do with it? Also, will I lose all of my data by flashing this onto my phone? (ie: my texts and my homescreens, etc?)

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vassskk:
are you rooted? if not...

http://www.jonamerica.com/technology/updated-root-the-htc-droid-incredible/

once you have clockwork recovery and all that, boot into recovery, 'flash rom from sd card' (after putting the zip file on ur sd) and ur good.

If you dont want to lose everything, after root, download titanium backup and run that. you will be able to apply most of your stuff back on once you flash a new rom.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vassskk:
howbout some thnx -.-'
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
I'll give you some thanks for that succinct explanation of steps to take.

I'm ready to root with unrevoked - guessing I should use the "flash and recover" version instead of their "forever" one?

I installed Titanium backup, which I'll use after rooting to backup pretty much everything that it can grab.

Then, I'll use the SD card-based install that you mentioned.

I've read that I should do a full wipe before installing the OTA ROMs being offered - is another tool needed for that, please?

- ooofest
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_isz:
You've got it. The newest version of Unrevoked has made the "forever" one obsolete.

You will be able to perform all the wipes required from within Clockwork Recovery.

Also, make a clockwork backup (nandroid) as soon as you have root, so if you run into any problems flashing roms you have something to restore.
[Motorola Triumph] johnnycsx:
I'm using the RF one from BestBuy. I'm thinking of getting a cheap rubber one and seeing if I can cram the RF one in for actual protection lol. I'm curious, what are you using?
[Motorola Triumph] rp076:
I just ordered one for my sons triumph on Amazon..its a rubberized plastic black one I do believe.. should be in sometime this week. Didn't really like the one from best buy & had a hard time finding a decent one because none of the ones I found shipped until the 15th but they're all pretty much the same.. and only like $6 or $7 bucks plus shipping. Probably not the best but its better than nothing...
[Motorola Triumph] TheFlyingDharma:
I bought one of those $6 black silicone cases from eBay and I'm very happy with it. The power button is easier to press now and I don't accidentally hit the volume buttons all the time (though they're also easier to press when i need them.) I didn't have to cut anything like some people have reported, as all the mic/speaker/led holes are in their proper places. Quality is about on par with the [much more expensive] Marware case I have my old iPod in.
[Motorola Triumph] uncola:
I don't like cases so I ordered a neoprene pouch off ebay.. it looks exactly like the one for the nexus one if you know what that looks like.. good to protect the phone when it's in my pocket

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgreene/4254408553/