yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] Robert542:
This is a comparison on HTC's site. Personally I would go with the Evo 3D. Bigger screen, duel core, more Ram, and a bigger battery. If you have an upgrade radio shack is offering both phones for $100.

http://www.htc.com/us/products/compare/217-144?view=1-1&sort=0&filters=2-0-0
[HTC EVO 3D] jmb521:
Unfortunately, my upgrade if at the end of next year. I'm assuming I'm going to have to buy on ebay to avoid paying full price.
[HTC EVO 3D] ahowsare:
Just went from an epic to an evo 3d a few days ago. I loved the idea of the epic but the final product fell short for me....the screen was amazing but not worth the bugs...

Picked mine up from Ebay, selling my epic will make out of pocket expense minimal.

so far I dig the 3vo, fast, smooth and everything seems to work right outta the box. I now have a phone that I can mod if I want to, not because I have to...

Battery life seems decent too, put in a few long days at work now, streaming Bluetooth, push mail, browsing, calling, texting and no need to recharge or swap batteries.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
If you want more after market mods, then the EVO is your choice, then EVO 3D.

Price, again the EVO if buy on eBay, then EVO Design

Power? EVO 3D, then EVO Design

Ability to travel internationally, EVO Design.

Hope that helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] hungry81:
Or EVO 3D GSM
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Thor A500 rom updated,

Tried most of the other roms on the list, so I have a bit of experience with them and the are all very good, BUT! this is the one...

Been using this for a while now, haven't seen anything as fast as this yet, the browser is amazingly quick!

14.2

rebased to ASUS 8.6.5.19

TimeZone is updated from 2011m to 2011n

rollback email app

sound tweaks

fixed 3g patch, APNs should work now

v14.1 fixed a theme bug

3g_patch_v2: added ril restarter

v14.2 fixed bluetooth file transfer

v14.1

Thor Kernel 3.9r3 included

Deodexed

Zipaligned

216-1200MHz default

Acer Sync, SocialJogger, Zinio Reader, Drive Mount

Toshiba media player

Games(NFS Shift, SimCity Deluxe)

ro.carrier=wifi-only is set by default, comment it if you need mobile data menus….

midnight-commander aka mc is included…

Supernote and Asus WebStorage apps from Asus

google music 3.01

acer voice recorder

my old 3g scripts that work with my zte modem

Added iwconfig, now you can use the app WiFi TXpower to reduce wifi battery drain

Tiamat custom quickbar

my custom menu settings specific to this rom

task kill in recent apps list

ICS themed

GPS tweaks

System tweaks

new market 3.3.11

native ntfs support

rebased to ASUS 8.6.5.19

TimeZone is updated from 2011m to 2011n

rollback email app

sound tweaks

fixed 3g patch, APNs should work now

v13.2 fixed framework displaying highlighted android button

v13.1 fixed framework displaying normal android button

Enjoy :)

Mod Edit: Link deleted because this site doesn't comply with kernel source code.

MJ-12
[Acer Iconia A500] cyberma007:
I tired most ROM's as well, this is by far the best ROM, and he provides great support, also it is the only one that has Bluetooth tether enabled and fully working
[Acer Iconia A500] samaliset:
e-mail setting

Hello,

Yes indeed this vis very interresting rom, however I could not set-up my e-account.

If somone can helpe then this will be almost perfect.

Thanks

Any help?
[Acer Iconia A500] uli68:
someone already tested video performance with this custom rom? stock rom 3.2 struggles to even play h264-encoded 720p mkv-files smoothly :-/

in case anyone wants to check it out, here's an example file from one of my favorite tv shows:

http://www.imgden.com/11098/Spartacus.Gods.of.the.Arena.Part06.720p.HDTV.x264-IMMERSE.mkv.jpg
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
I'm currently on V12. Due to the modding I do (removing certain system apps, editing build.prop, etc.) not sure if it's worth the update, unless anyone can convince me otherwise :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] maris__:
Native NTFS support is a great feature. Fat32 and ntfs usb dongles are mounted to the same folder. So the Rom is treating both types of usb devices identically. That is imo a great improvement.

With best regards, maris
[Acer Iconia A500] tumpy:
I had no intension on loading any mod rom on my tablet but not experimenting mean i will not learn or cannot assist so i took the plunge, compare the loading of web pages to the factory firmware is like night and day, ..this is a keeper for me....
[Acer Iconia A500] tinybilbo:
Was going to try this, and then I noticed the bug list (well only 2...)

The rotation lock not working does'nt bother me - I rarely use it.

But the auto brightness seems to work quite well (on Taboonay).

I don't notice it at all, the screen always seems to be at the right brightness,

regardless of the ambient light around (so I guess its working).

Anyone have a workaround for this - or does just not bother people?
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
How is battery life?
[Acer Iconia A500] tumpy:
just saw you post on brightness don't know where you saw the bug list but mine work perfect, with automatic brightness don't know if it is working but manually setting it is working, the rotation lock is the only bug i see not working. i will ask thor if there will be a fix for that....
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
V12 had a screen rotation lock in the screen settings, not sure why he would take it out?.

;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Silver-Virus:
The best one

It's just the best ROM i have never seen ! Before I had Taboonay now I have the perfection ! Thanks a lot Thor !!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] flymike2:
rotation lock

there is a rotation lock in thor, rom parts, tamat quick controls

greetings from germany

Heinz
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Screen lock is in the Tiamat custom quickbar (when you touch the clock on the taskbar then expand it by touching the upper clock) the icons slide left and right :)
[Acer Iconia A500] tinybilbo:
Its on the right of the features list on this page

xxx.tegraowners.com/?p=1250

(can't post a working link, 'cos my post count is'nt high enough yet...)

To quote

v13.1 fixed framework bug displaying normal android button

BUGS: automatic brightness and physical rotation lock not working…

Notice1: at first start connect to wifi and update su

Well since it does'nt seem to make a difference,

I may as well try it - just gotta work out how to do a full backup and then a full wipe - I think my file system is a bit messy... :)

*edit* Just noticed some people mentioning about the rotation lock working,

It's the hardware (button slider) that does'nt work (I think), I guess the soft one works fine...
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
It's also an option in display settings, as I posted (at least in very 12). Not sure he would take that out. :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] tumpy:
thanks, that did the job..the slide is for screen brightness and above it is the on and off rotate option..
[Acer Iconia A500] hardslog:
I have tested my 720mkv files on just about every ROM. Thor's ROM (I'm running 12 right now) plays the ones that I have FLAWLESSLY whereas they are choppy in every other ROM
[Acer Iconia A500] Verdeee:
My a500 is warming up, very high temperature near the dock connector, the screen on top of the space bar when the brightness is at maximum, the temperature rises quickly and restarts
[Acer Iconia A500] Bucks_Fizz:
Hi,

Will any of these ROMS work on the A501? is the 3G / 4G hardware supported?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] gmfeny:
Has anyone who experienced wifi dropouts with other 3.2 roms have them with thors rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] bog3nator:
I just installed 13.1 last night only to wake up to 13.2. This Tom kicks some major stuff!
[Acer Iconia A500] Daemos:
I wish he would add A501 support for the 3G :(
[Acer Iconia A500] ezhoon:
I've been using v13 for couple of days and loving it :)

This ROM is just smooth as butter..thanks for the great ROM, Thor! :cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Does anyone know why the gallery doesn't see avi files and I can't get them to play with the built in video player or the Toshiba player?
[Acer Iconia A500] christianpeso:
Dont know. But some good advice, download and use MX Video Player.

Your welcome.

:)

EDIT: From Thors forums,person had same question as yours. Thors response

His ROMS are Asus based.
[Acer Iconia A500] bahurd:
I haven't had any 'dropouts' (on latest 13.2). Did need to 'forget' a couple networks but reconnected quickly (don't remember if this was original move back to Thor or from 13 to 13.1 to 13.2).

I don't wipe between interim levels.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
V14 is now available. He's on a roll with these updates :p
[Acer Iconia A500] hlaalu:
this rom is freaking amazing.
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
updated see OP ...
[Acer Iconia A500] Karanso:
V14.1 is now available.
[Acer Iconia A500] lm2011:
Install this ROM 14.1

Work fine for me, like it a lot
[Acer Iconia A500] PsionX:
It's a wonderful rom but screen sensibility seems under Taboonay... and there isn't no sensibilty tunning in preferences (like Taboonay).

(Excuse my poor english :( )
[Acer Iconia A500] gmfeny:
I thought there was a sensitivity setting in all honeycomb roms
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
This would be great if not for all the clutter.it has most of the acer apps many Asus apps and the acer content I paid for will not work on this rom for me.

With that said it is much faster with some options stock does not give you.

So guess that would be a trade off. The not able to run my content and my sons games is a huge issue.

But was worth a try.

Make a acer rom verson of this without all the other tablet branded apps and it would be a winner.

Great work for what it is
[Acer Iconia A500] zrhodes:
does the rotation lock still not work on 14.1?

I would like to try this rom but i like having a working rotation lock.
[Acer Iconia A500] lm2011:
No! Rotation lock doesn't work on mine.

I am using Thor 14.1

But there is rotation lock button in the notification zone.
[Acer Iconia A500] smhism:
Supposedly you can manually change the build.prop back to acer in order to have access to the acer specific titles. I'm still on v12 of this rom for the bt tethering :D
[Acer Iconia A500] PCHelper:
Guide for new comers?

where can i find a guide on how to install the rom? and what is the deferense between MU and MF?

will this upgrade from original rom delete all my games, books and settings?

does it contain international languge support? are users from right to left languge (emea kernel) recomanded to use this upgrade too?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Why don't you try the custom build.prop by pimpmaneaton?

---------- Post added at 07:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:22 AM ----------

As long as ASUS Transformer does not have a rotation lock button and this is a port, it won't work because it would require a driver for it. You can always use a software lock/unlock button - many widgets support it incl. Widgetsoid - the one I use.
[Acer Iconia A500] mahalocat:
Check tegrausers.com

Mu = Megaupload

Mf = multi file

Same file different source

All else depends on what ROM you are coming from. It if anything here on xda a full wipe is required. All data on your SD card will be in tact though.

Aloha!
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Look in my signature. Installation is the same for all ROMs.

MU - Multiupload

MF = Mediafire

i.e. these are server mirrors ;)

EDIT: mahalocat was faster....but the names of the servers are incorrect ;D
[Acer Iconia A500] deitiphobia:
Can't wait for a ICS version of Thor. Thor ROM has been amazing for me. Much faster and lagfree compared to Taboonay. My browser now flies! Experience is much improved now.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nayfuslis:
anyone manage to play gameloft games using thor roms...i have downloaded the 3 free games meant for iconia and the game crashes after the logo is shown. No issues when i was from lightspeed rom..
[Acer Iconia A500] maris__:
You'll find everything in this thread:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331242

Best regards, maris
[Acer Iconia A500] mahalocat:
LOL - I wasn't even Close!!!

I blame the bottle of wine! :eek:

aloha!
[Acer Iconia A500] WarbyD:
Jeeze... at the rate he is updating ill sped more time looking at cwm than my home screen! :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
lol... very good :)
[Acer Iconia A500] cubewebdesigns:
Great rom man, I used the build prop patch and all of my gameloft games run fine. I have one question... I bought Hero of Sparta when I was stock 3.1, when I flash yours, naturally it went away. I tried to re-install my backup apk but it refuses. What am I missing?

Bill
[Acer Iconia A500] eersfanpilot:
I would love to give this one a try and compare it to the Lightspeed 1.0.7 I am running but Thor's site seems to be down. I can not connect, keeps timing out??

Anyone have the direct download link to the latest version? (14.1 I think?)
[Acer Iconia A500] azoller1:
seems like the boot animation takes forever!! Like 5-10 minutes
[Acer Iconia A500] mahalocat:
First Boot after Flash Always takes awhile.

Thors Rom is Big Too - Compared to others.

Yes - His site apears to be down for me too. :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
it's a hosting problem... hopefully it will be fixed soon
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Go to settings -

Check Thor Rom Parts/system settings uncheck 'defrag data on boot'

MJ-12
[Acer Iconia A500] nakulp:
I am currently on Taboonay 2.2 and wish to upgrade go this ROM. What are the necessary steps for the same?
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Updated - server back on line THOR's the man

:)
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
In the beginning i tried alot of various ROM (Not Thors ROM). Never had to back up since i didnt have any thing, that i cant install back. All ROM had there problems, so i just stick with the Rooted 3.2. No problem at all every thing run fine. However, i am bored with how every thing running flawlessly.LOL

So this is my question. If i back up my current 3.2 Rooted ROM via CWM, and install new Thors ROM after wiping appropriate things. Will i be able to go back and restore my Rooted 3.2 again and will it be working flawlessly as it is working right now.

Thanks in advance for any input.
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Yes you will...

:)
[Acer Iconia A500] Diablo67:
I agree this is one of the best roms for Iconia,thanks for the heads up on the update.
[Acer Iconia A500] elsuirad:
As of now, I'm happy and content on Thor v13.

NTFS supported and can read all my external drives, from 4GB small USB up to 500MB and 1TB HDD's.

Can watch most of my media files (Movies).
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
After a very long time, from boredom of having my Rooted Stock 3.2 running flawlessly i decided i need some thing to beat my head on. So i installed Thor 14.2 ROM.

DAM ROM is really good, better then Rooted Stock 3.2. The GPS works soo much faster and locks on all satellites amazingly. Controls are faster responsive, pretty much another fast and flawless ROM grrr LOL. Awesome job on the ROM THOR.
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
Holy crap, when I heard that this was fast I had no idea how fast. I was using taboonay (great rom) but this is by far the smoothest rom i've tried yet.
[Acer Iconia A500] PCHelper:
I was terified to hack the device and upgrade on my own, but did it anyway with the help of your guides, since i got really tired waiting for the original upgrade to reach emea, and i am real heppy i did it.

so much faster, even small flash sites like facebook are now much faster.

thank you all for the help and recomandation.
[Acer Iconia A500] deepdelete:
Running thor on my A501. This is best rom so far. I hope someday there will be support for internal 3G.
[Acer Iconia A500] powercat_:
I installed thor 14.2 rom but for some reason my wireless is not working anymore.

Any ideas?

Stuck at "Turning on..."
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Not seen this before, did you do a full wipe before installing, ie, data, cache, advanced dalvik?
[Acer Iconia A500] smhism:
I had the same problem with mine. Only solution I found was to wipe all caches and reinstalling. Had to do it three times in all, but now it's running smoothly. This all happened with V12, which I'm still running, but should be the same hopefully for you.

Don't forget to wipe dalvik cache under advanced too.
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
Anyone else have a problem with viewing some flash sites with this rom? I know it sounds weird but I had no probs on taboonay using dolphin hd but since changing roms some site images won't load. Pain in the ass when reading news sites where images are the links. My dolphin settings are exactly the same as before when using taboonay and I tried various other browsers and all have the same problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] powercat_:
Ok so I finally got thor rom 14.2 working without issue.

I've paired my blackberry to my tablet, but I can't figure out how to get online through my blackberry via the bluetooth. Anyone knows how?
[Acer Iconia A500] bahurd:
Assuming you want to use your BB as the bluetooth modem, PDA Net may work out for you: http://junefabrics.com/blackberry/index.php
[Acer Iconia A500] powercat_:
That only does phone to pc, not to android.

How do I connect to the net through my blackberry?
[Acer Iconia A500] elsuirad:
Turning Off Screen

There's an issue with regards to Screen Turning off in v14.2.

After updating from v13.2 to 14.2, I noticed that my screen doesn't turned off automatically according to my setting (was set to 5 minutes and it should turned off).

One more thing...

The battery is draining fast on v14.2. Before that, I'm using v13 and I can use the Tablet for long period of time (almost the whole day).

Note: I'm on Airplane mode to conserve battery but still the battery drains fast in less than a day. It drains fast even when not using or in idle mode.

What seems to be the problem here?:confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Regards battery life it is a bit hard, but go to settings, thor rom parts, and turn the max frequency down from 1200 to one of the lower settings, also make sure it is set to clock at boot...

Hope this helps.

MJ-12
[Acer Iconia A500] elsuirad:
Already did that setting too. (set in overclock on boot).

Will set it lower than 1200 (say 1000) and wait for the result.

Thanks,.
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
is there any way to get rid of the micro sd notification? can't figure out why he would get rid of the X...
[Acer Iconia A500] lowsum:
A workaround I found is disable the status bar and show it back (through the power button menu) Not a permanent solution, but not too much hassle to do every reboot.
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
perfect thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] langas:
incredible fast

First not stock room i try. I have been really impressed... fast as hell. 1600 mhz and no force closes any program.

Why on earth i didnt root my iconia before?it seems a new tablet!

Many thanks thor. Great job.
[Acer Iconia A500] sactownsav:
Im getting FC's on Gameloft games like Nova and Nova 2..... it also happened on taboonary so I cahnged to this rom and I get the same result.... any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
Have u tried clearing out the textures folder on your internal SD?
[Acer Iconia A500] sactownsav:
Thanks for the response.

Which folders should I clear?

The games will start and play for about a minute then fc. I just tested Dead space and that seems to work so far, but then again that EA not gameloft...
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
this fixes it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331242
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
So after 4 hours 20 minutes with an hour and 40 minutes of screen on I'm down to 78 percent battery. 56 percent is from wifi and its number 1 on the list. That really doesn't seem right...
[Acer Iconia A500] sactownsav:
Thank you for the reply.

I did already flash that fix and it didnt help. The intro screens work, game boots, plays for about a minute, then FC.
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
weird... did you try moving the file over yourself? I did that first, and all games worked from gameloft except NOVA 2. Then I did the flashable version and it fixed it.
[Acer Iconia A500] sactownsav:
Ok ill give that a try tonight and let you know how it goes , thanks for the help.
[Acer Iconia A500] ipetloudog:
Call gamelofts customer care number [google it]. If you legit paid for the games, have them send you a new apk to your email. Reinstall, and if you applied the flash fix, the games will work again. I went through all that.

Sent from my SPH-D710 Galaxy S II [suck it]
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
So battery life in standby seems extremely weird. I dropped about 8 percent in the past 11 hours in standby with airplane mode on.

On top of that the graph shows it somehow gaining battery multiple times but it wasn't plugged in ever.

Also, with 1d 15h of being on i had my screen on for 5 hours. I have 25 percent left but Wifi has used 45 percent of my battery while screen has only used 34 percent.

That's not normal.
[Acer Iconia A500] epiphany9x:
This shouldn't be a fault of the ROM. Try running your battery all the way down to empty, charging it all the way up to 100%, and see if it gets more accurate. On first boot after the 100% charge, wipe your battery stats in CWM.
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
Same here, last night when i shut off tab, the bat was at 92%, pluged into the charger this morning to finish the charge and it was at 100%. Bat stats, was wiped about 2 weekss ago. Tried most roms out there and not had this, dont really care as this is the best rom. I am running at 1000mhz and sometimes it says the scree is using the most bat and sometimes it says wifi is usingthe most. I run my screen at the lowest setting. Also had the wifi drop off, but that wwent away one day couple weeks ago. Still by far the best rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] Comicfan:
ok, im on 14.2. Everything runs very nice. but i dont get access to my ext. Sdcard and my usb.

I can see the files through the icons on the bottom but cant open them. When i try to access them through astro, it says "directory does not exist. Create?", when i press "yes", i get a little "error writing file" message. What could this be?
[Acer Iconia A500] lbhocky19:
On top of my other battery issue. Last night somehow maps started itself and drained about 30 percent and kept it awake almost all night.

Never once used maps since flashing the rom, and gps is off.
[Acer Iconia A500] ShuShine:
anyone tried if the voice recording / microphone volume is better in thor's rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] deepdelete:
Here is micro Sdcard :

/Removable/MicroSd

And here internal Sdcard :

/mnt/sdcard

Sent from SGS2 DarkyRom KK5
[Acer Iconia A500] photog:
I am also having an odd problem. I have an A500 that I never upgraded to 3.2. I ran iconiaroot, acer recovery to install clockwork mod, then I upgraded to gen2 with recovery.

Now I want to install Thor. I copied it to the SD with USB. I can see it with ES Explorer, and ROM Manager sees it, but when I pull up the directory structure with recovery, I only see two folders, data and clockworkmod, and none of the files on the SD. That means I can't choose Thor. So if someone knows why I can't see all the files and if it is 'safe" to use ROM Manager as an alternative way to get around the issue?

Thanks so much
[Acer Iconia A500] kasim1:
I think u have to mount it manually in Settings.
[Acer Iconia A500] photog:
Thank you..so you think the SD card never got mounted, so some things see it properly, other things don't?
[Acer Iconia A500] deepdelete:
Copy files to micro sd
[Acer Iconia A500] gcodori:
download location for 14.2?

Looking for this rom - download links on Thors site are non-working (links broken). Anyone have the file they can post on a sharing site with the md5sum?

Thanks!

(EDIT) OK I'm an idiot - found it on page 7 of this forum. Please disregard my insame ramblings LOL.
[Acer Iconia A500] gallogj:
default wallpaper

I was trying out a live wallpaper and lost the cool space background. I found where I can download it but it wants me to crop it. Any ideas for a noob?
[Acer Iconia A500] dovla_sa:
Does anyone have a issue with screen coming on from alone? And it does not go out from alone and therefor battery drains occurs.

Apart from this small issue, hands down the best rom out there.