yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] jokob.sk:
Why I returned mine

I returned mine too... I really liked it, it was a hard decission, but the wifi issue convinced me. At first there was the problem with waking up of the display. I contacted a support guy, he suggested a tablet reset (in settings/privacy...). After that the wifi couldn't connect onto a dhcp network, which is a pretty common standard (after I reported this, I didn't hear from the support back, so on the second day I returned the tablet). I tried all the suggestions I found (deleting a file in the data/misc folder I think, paperclip reset (at least 10 times), manually entering the network SSID, rooting/unrooting), except for flashing a new rom, since my device was still in the return period so I didn't want to mess with it, if I could lose my warranty... and I don't think you should need to do this, since it was a new device...

So now I am waiting for the transformer with the keyboard, since to part with the built in USB of the iconia was the toughest decision (the transformer has no usb on the tablet, only on the keyboard)... and the metal body was also nice, but sometimes I was affraid it could slip.

Too bad... I really liked it but I just don't want to take any chances to try it again... there shouldn't be so much work accompanied with a new product to get it working like it supposed to.

So my suggestion, if you find one without those issues, then it's a really nice tablet... hopefully the transformer will be fine. I've got used to the "tablet lifestyle" so I feel incomplete now :)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
Where's the best place to sell this baby for the maximum amount?
[Acer Iconia A500] :
How much do you want for it?
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
I paid $425, let's publicly negotiate? What would you pay for it?

Perfect condition, in a case since day #2, case included (Acer official)
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Yes, but remember, I've seen your questions in this forum, so the tab is most likely jacked.

And if you paid $425.00 you got robbed. I paid $299.99 brand new from Walmart, and I just got my buddy one from someone else on here for $270.00 in mint condition. If you want more than that, good luck with finding some id10t for your sale. I'll wait until next month when they do the drastic price drop tyvm. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] qwertylesh:
I paid $386AUD for my 16gb model.

for $425 (assuming USD) I sure hope your trying to sell a 32gb model.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
lol 'nuff said! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
No, I wouldn't want more than that, I'm not a dope!!!!

But, why would you consider my tablet "jacked"? It's fine.

Right now I'm considering buying another tablet and using the A500 for my wife and son, but not sure quite yet.

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16GB. No one ever said I was seeking $425 for that!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] cmlucht:
i had s ipad that someone got me for x mas last yrit was ok but i traded ir for a 2000 intrepid

:) nowi have the iconia a500, and i seem tolike it way better, i looked at the xoom and other tablets but this one has style and a usb port as of now i have 5 dollars into my tab, got to love craigslist.

traded a 5 dollar ide hard drive for a ipod touch then traded the ipod touch for this tablet new in the box, yay.

all in all i realy like it.
[Acer Iconia A500] cyrus74:
I work in the store that sell technical goods and I tried both the acer A500 and asus Transformer, the screen on Asus is IPS and on Acer TFT, so screen on Asus must be a winner..... But is not.!

Maybe it is a IPS but it's not a good one, because background light. In dark ambient you see light areas from every side of screen witch is very disappointing for IPS panel. The screen itself is very good but backlight is horrible.

On the other hand Acer has TFT panel but it's best I've ever seen.

Now I am a proud owner of the Acer A500 and it's worth every penny I spent.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
lol you have yet to negotiate. What's your price? Or are you all bark and no bite? lol

;)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
What tablet should I buy to replace?
[Acer Iconia A500] :
YOU need one of these for certain!

Here!

Way to negotiate lol "all bark and no bite!"

;)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
I'll negotiate after you convince me that it would be a smart decision!

Ha! I just noticed we have the same/similar laptop too! I'm sporting the tm2t-2057sb.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Ohh you backpeddle quicker than a Penguin with a fish in his mouth lol

Yes, nice laptop! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
Actually, I'd sell the laptop faster than I would the tablet. As soon as I found out Minecraft was laggy on it, I wanted it off my plate.

With the tablet, I obviously wouldn't sell it until something nice came out. Tablets, unfortunately, are now a part of an essential computer diet in my household, alongside the desktop, laptop, and smartphone. It has replaced my NDS. So, hence, this is why I asked if there was anything good out. I know the Transformer 2 is pending, but I don't really like ASUS. Anything else out or on the horizon?
[Acer Iconia A500] :
That's what I thought, all talk lol :p

I told you what you need already.....go get it! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
You're all talk about convincing me.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Whatever bro. You said let's do open negotiations, then you backpeddle faster than a penguin with a fish in his mouth. Do yourself a favor though as you suggested. Give your tab to your wife, because she has bigger b@lls than you do lol :p

Once again here are YOUR words coming back to haunt your candy azz lol

:p
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
Yeah, then I thought more about it. There's nothing out there to replace it with! So I changed my mind. I'll keep you in mind though, if I do decide to sell it.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Don't bother. Been reading some of the threads you've been posting in, and I have no doubt that tab is jacked. You just made my ignore list so I don't even have to see the useless drivel that pours out your fingers to the masses lol.

Ya gotta love the "ignore" feature on this forum. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Just send me the tablet for free.

Then you both will be at ease with each other.

Erica fixes another disaster.

Pm me for address giggles
[Acer Iconia A500] :
lol you are the best negotiator in the business! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
My tablet is NOT jacked! I have no idea what threads you're referring to and you never responded before when I asked you the same question. The tablet actually works pretty perfectly.
[Acer Iconia A500] deliriousDroid:
Don't worry bout him. Just another troll who thinks he isn't one

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
LOL

I have kinda noticed that he jumps in to almost every conversation.
[Acer Iconia A500] deliriousDroid:
And that bit about how much he loves the ignore button. Haha, must be used in every single conversation

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[Acer Iconia A500] GTablet:
The bottom line is that not everyone out there will ever need or want a tablet. If I have learned anything in over 25 years in the I.T. Industry is that there is no standard method of computing that can be applied to every user. We all have differing needs when it comes to how we wish or need to communicate, operate and work using these electronic devices.

The staggering variety of electronic computing devices available to us today can often dazzle us into thinking that we need the products that are offered. That simply is a very large untruth; we are often struggling to match our communication and work style to the new (Dare I say it) tools which are promised to make our lives easier and better. The reality is we actually do not

NEED

any of this stuff; sure it does make some of our daily tasks easier but we do not need them to be successful.

Then you have the peer pressure to stay up with the latest and greatest new gadget out there... the COOL FACTOR always looms over head as well. It can seem at times that we are forced to purchase things that we later feel were a mistake as they do not really serve us in the way we envisioned.

So when someone purchases something like this and then feels some sort of compulsion to go out degrade the product publicly to justify their initial purchase and subsequent liquidation of that same product, we need to really understand that there are several factors at play.

Not everyone is suited for every device/gadget made

We all purchase something at some point in our life we wish we hadn't.

Perception of something does not always meet with reality

As for me... I own two different brand 10" tablets and they are useful for the purposes in which I purchased them. No expectations beyond those purposes so I am very happy with the ones I currently have.

Since this thread does not really serve any genuine purpose I am wondering if we can get the moderators to close it???

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Just my humble opinion at work here!

} ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] umanko:
screen is superb u must hav got defective one . Only thing I didn't like about this tablet is its thickness and weight .
[Acer Iconia A500] luthor_70:
Sorry, I can't let this happen. A lot of people are mocking the OP because he says the quality of the screen is mediocre. I have to make a decision to upgrade my old Gtab 7.0, and my readings drove me to this Acer, mainly because of the USB port. So I went in 3 different shops yesterday and I could use 3 different Iconia A500.

I'm sorry, but the OP is absolutly right ! The screen is just horrible !

At first glance, the screen looks quite fair. Though I immediatly noticed the pixel rows, it looks like a slight scaneline effect. But, when I was able to compare the iconia with the asus transformer side by side, I was shocked. The colors are just dreadfull and completly washed out. Once again, at first glance, the Iconia's display looks OK, but believe me, do a side by side with another tab (galaxy tab, ipad or asus xformer, not the cheapos), maybe you will change your mind. For now, I really don't know what to do, I really need this USB port but the screen is too much an issue.
[Acer Iconia A500] maris__:
Did you adjust the screen brightness? Otherwise, the comparison is somewhat unfair, as the Acer has a lower default brightness.

Best regards, maris
[Acer Iconia A500] tumpy:
Opinion is like and asshole everybody has one, as for the topic on hand the screen quality on our A500, luthor_70 i live in manhattan nyc i have more option on brand name and quality than the ordinary buyer do, don't know about the OP or you locations, my 500 screen is near perfect, don't think you have any idea when compareing those tab you mention side by side, my wife have a ipad2 daughter galaxy tab 7'' with these three tab side by side on same object on the screen my acer with its gorilla glass is just as beautiful or better than the ipad, the galaxy is the one that look dull, i also did a comparison with thor rom and new kernel and find that one has better quality image than the factory firmware...

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/acer
[Acer Iconia A500] luthor_70:
What ?!? Does it mean that there are several versions of Iconia tab with different panels ? Well, fortunately Manhattan ('nyc' for those who ignored where the center of the world is located) is spared :=)
[Acer Iconia A500] luthor_70:
I didn't mean to be rude tumpy, sorry. But what about different panels (with different quality) used by Acer in its Iconias ? That wouldn't be unusual and this is the case for the LCD/plasma market. Why would that be different for the tabs ?
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Like another post stated, turn up the screen brightness instead of posting out of ignorance. I've owned the thrive, the galaxy tab 10, and the asus tranny, if you can see that much of a difference, maybe we should just scrap the Hubble telescope and use you instead :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] luthor_70:
You don't even know who I am but you consider I'm a nut ... Who is the nut ?!?

Yeah, of course I turned the brightness at maximum on every devices. I spent houres in 3 different shops because I want to be sure before buying. Believe me I know what I'm talking about, I've been a geek for 20 years.

That's not just because you saw 1 or 2 Iconias that you saw them all.

Are you aware that every companies, including Sony, sell their LCD TV set with diffrent panels under the same product name ? That's a well known fact. There are hundred discussions about that, you're lucky or you're not.

Now, why the hell things would be different with the tab market ???

I had a lot of reading about the Iconia, different forums, different languages. The fact is that people report very different things about its display. I do believe those who say their display is good. I don't mock them as you do.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said you were a nut, now if you have a guilty conscience for being so, then so be it.

I actually paid you a compliment and said you should replace the Hubble telescope because your eyes are so good!

:rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] qwertylesh:
speaking of terrible tablet screens.

have any of you ever seen the viewsonic tabs.

I got a 10S as a gift for someone on the cheap and put CWM and HC 3.2 on it, and I have to say, the screen on that is the absolute worst capacitive screen ive ever used. the touch sensitivity was off (felt and behaved like a resistive screen only even less sensitive) and has zero viewing angle, a truely atrocious screen, so much so that I almost hesitated giving it as a gift to someone lol

if you guys ever have the chance to compare one to your iconias, you'll grow even more appreciative of how good the iconia screen actually is :D
[Acer Iconia A500] monkey10120:
+1 i had rhe gtab before my iconia

15' left to right viewing angle and 5' up and down. Great tablet but HORRIBLE screen
[Acer Iconia A500] qwertylesh:
lol yeah, did that have only 512 internal storage like the 10S? or better internal specs?

the 10S is so terrible, I've never seen a worse screen before and the piss poor ram and storage made the tegra2 cpu completely pointless.
[Acer Iconia A500] mbaseball3:
I gotta say that the screen on the Acer 500 is way better than the transformer. Though I do miss the keyboard its hard trying to figure out which one is better. Srs sound on transformer is sub par to Dolby on iconia. Heck even the browser works better. I dunno but I feel goin from icon is to transformer is a step down. Only a gain in battery power.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
I tried updating to newest radio thru cwm but didn't update anything
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattykinsx:
When you flash a new radio it writes the zips and then tells you to restart the phone.

It will then go to this image:

You are to wait until it completes.

To change to Amon ra you put this file on the root of your sdcard and accept the update in your bootloader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
I do restart phone but nothing happens
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
It just says zip complete nothing else
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
And when you reboot, it doesn't show the image matty posted?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
Nope just boots as normal

Maybe can some one post the correct 8.08 radio?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
First link > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715485

Backup, wipe cache and dalvik, reboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
Did that and nothing
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
I believe that Calkulin uses amend scripting for his zips, which CWM won't flash. You should've got an error about amend not being supported, blah blah blah.

Either way just switch to Amon Ra which should flash the file. There are directions on how to do so pretty much everywhere.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
I ended up flashing the radio via a p file in hboot
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] wbexpress:
I will be needing an app that acts like a dictation machine fairly soon. I have installed Tape-A-Talk free edition and it says the Pro version does what I need. Has anyone used this, or know of another that works splendidly? TIA...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] BlackHoleDroid:
Try flex t9
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4gLI:
I'm running MIUI 1.9.2, and it's not that my battery is draining ridiculously fast, but the awake stat in the battery stats is basically one continuous line, indicating to me that the phone is always awake....How can I tell definitively if I have a wakelock, and how can I get rid of it if I have one? I searched the forums, and couldn't find anything definite.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattykinsx:
Spare parts gives you more specific usage statistics.

I also use watch dog which watches cpu usage for apps.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
I was rooted and removed some of the bloatware, before applying this update I reinstalled the bloatware and unrooted, when I try to update(5.6.980) it goes through but hangs on updating bp then it says

assert failed: motorola.motoflash("/tmp/bp.img")

E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(status 7)

installation aborted

...idk what to do I tried wiping, rooting then unrooting and I keep getting the sam message and I guess thats needed for radio because now my phone can't find it, is there a package file or something i need????????????
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
anybody....
[Motorola Droid 3] rynosaur:
Have you tried flashing bp.img in fastboot?
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
how do I do that?
[Motorola Droid 3] rynosaur:
I think this will be the file you need.

Then, get fastboot and put that file in the same directory.

Put the phone in AP Flash mode.

Connect with Moto cable to a good USB port.

type in:

fastboot devices

and verify that your device is shown without restrictions (you'll see a 16-char HEX code/serial id#)

if windows:

.\fastboot flash bpsw bpsw.img

if linux/unix/Mac:

./fastboot flash bpsw bpsw.img

reboot into recovery then try the update again.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
did it and it says sending, OKAY, writing, (bootloader) command restricted, FAILED...is that right?
[Motorola Droid 3] rynosaur:
Well, yes, probably. For some reason, only certain partitions are available to flash from AP Fastboot.
[Motorola Droid 3] edru:
no, that means nothing happened. It sent it to the device, but didnt write it. So right where you started.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
I got the same error again, I'm gonna root and try again
[Motorola Droid 3] rynosaur:
Well, yeah, that's what I meant. It's normal for that partition to fail out. I'm guessing certain blocks can only be written in raw form from BP/SBF.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
now I'm stuck in fastboot wut do I do now
[Motorola Droid 3] rynosaur:
Stuck? Reflash a non-protected partition, like cdrom. Then.

fastboot reboot
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
did it with mdm, but I'm back to square one
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
In the future, you'll probably get more help by titling your thread something more useful. I have skipped over it a few times already.
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
What's the output of

df /system

Edit: scratch that. bp.img is extracted to /tmp, which I'm guessing is a RAM disk. Have you tried running the update again? I'm not sure I understand why it would fail. Regardless, it is flashed using a Motorola utility so I imagine flashing by fastboot won't work.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
I flashed it a lot of times but the update always gets stuck at bp
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
any ideas?
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
Can you post /cache/recovery/last_log
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
where do I get that
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
I assume you have adb installed? In a terminal, run:

adb shell
su
cp /cache/recovery/last_log /sdcard/
exit
exit
adb pull /sdcard/last_log <some local directory>

Replacing <some local directory> with wherever is convenient.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
it pulls but I don't see it in the directory I chose
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
Then it didn't pull, or you pulled it somewhere else, or idk...
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
anything else?
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
Well that log file will give you more info about what failed. You need to get it off your device to get a better idea. You need root perms to get to it, so I suppose you could use Root Explorer or similar.
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
Any chance you could just attach the log file?
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
had to rar it xda wouldn't let me upload it
[Motorola Droid 3] rynosaur:
Priceless!
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
Yeah, I don't know - It looks as if the radio isn't responding during the update. Perhaps there is something physically wrong with your phone.

Did you try the tethering mod where you had to change values on the radio? If so, perhaps a value was changed that is causing it to not update.

Otherwise, without an sbf, I have no other suggestions.
[Motorola Droid 3] Darksurf:
lol. oh n00bs, how you make me smile :)

its called pastebin, no zipping rar-ing, tar-ing, and the the most fun multiplayer notepad evar that doesn't disrupt a forum or chat room.
[Motorola Droid 3] edru:
Im in this same boat i believe. Here is what happens when selecting each boot option:

Boot Menu results:

Normal Mode: Invalid Flash Mode

Recovery Mode: Invalid Flash Mode

AP Fastboot: ALL GOOD

BP SBF Flash: ALL GOOD

BP Only: Sits at the M Dual Core Screen - But device is detected

AP BP USB Bypass: Sits at the M Dual Core Screen - But device is detected

BP Tools: Invalid Flash Mode

So I dont think I even have the ability to ADB - just Fastboot.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
ahh I think I know what happened, I did the free tethering hack and that changed some of the radio values
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
I'm not a noob so shutup idc about pastebin, he got the file and if you want to get technical its noob not n00b, numbers don't make words...
[Motorola Droid 3] calash:
Actually the suggestion was that you could use the following site to paste large amounts of code:

http://pastebin.com/
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
Whats the proper battery calibration method? I know theres an app on the market too.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaptain75329:
In general, you drain the battery to auto shut off, then charge from there. Not sure if there's an app for that, and this is something you should only have to do once in a blue moon.. it should not have to be a regular thing.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MONKY_1:
Just do it form recovery.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
do what? drain the phone, then charge with it off until it turns green? then wipe stats in recovery?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33zy682:
let the phone die and leave it off until the green light turns on. then turn it on still plugged in and let it charge until the light turns green again and unplug. you can calibrate the battery also using the battery calibration app in the market (my method) or you can let it charge to full while off and when the light turns green reboot into recovery and wipe battery stats. i find the app in the market the best cuz it actually shows how many mv your phone has. and you dont have to turn your phone off just let it charge overnight and use the app.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
Yep. There's an app that will do that for you and notify you as soon as its charged so it doesn't bleed charge on the charger. It's called Battery Calibration.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JBO1018:
Yeah it gives you a little notification sound as soon as it gets to100% and you hit calibrate. Then just use the phone till it turns off and plug it in and let it chage all the way to 100% without stopping. (with the phone on or off I really don't think it makes a difference.)

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMac0051:
Ive charged my phone whiles it's been on and then turned it off when it turned green. the phone will begin to charge for another 20 minutes or so, then i've either booted into recovery and cleared the battery stat or used the battery calibration app.