yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Other than being super smooth, it has the fastest non page ripping browser i have ever used since the (long time ago) Galaxy Tab 10.1 rom and its' browser...

Very very impressed, been messin with it about an hour now... Not one single issue! Even OC to 1.472Ghz

How come these two guys have done this and acer can't?

MJ-12
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
This thread is not about Thor2002ro's ROM.
[Acer Iconia A500] Sashtheflash:
Never mind
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Didn't say it was!

I thought it was about getting ICS on our tablets?
[Acer Iconia A500] Tapek-AU:
He's either a hurp durp or troll, either way it's off topic and he's an idiot. more pledges or anyone willing to get this show on the road now!? ktnx :)
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Aye, he clearly is just trying to troll. Ignored.
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
WereCatf

:cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
^ I don't know whether to blush or get out my pepper spray :D :D
[Acer Iconia A500] murben:
Alright.. so I have to reply to all of the "well so and so have put out a great ICS ROM, what's taking Acer so long??" posts.

You know how you have to load a recovery manager, backup your tablet, wipe your tablet, then load the ICS rom and restore your backup and hope everything works?? How well received do you think this process would be by the general public? Remember, Acer has to provide a process to UPGRADE our tablets over the air to ICS and make sure it's reliable enough so that it doesn't brick tablets or crash and cause tons of support calls and warranty claims.

Also, they have to thoroughly test it internally before release, they can't just release a build, wait for people to download it and post a problem to a forum, recompile and release a new build over and over and over again.... that would be a PR nightmare and again support calls and warranty claims...

So, enough of my rant... I'll put up $50 for this bounty as long as it is a fully functional, GPL compliant build (including cameras) and whoever does it gets it out before Acer releases it.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Tazer

Would you like to borrow my CYBER TASER.

if not i would suggest peper spray . but get a drink at the bar from him up front..

As far as the comment about acer and making sure the update/os is perfect before pushing it.. This i must say even thou i do not want to i Totally agree with. Sometimes we are much to hard on them. When they do finally push updates it seems we have less trouble with them then they do on some of the other devices. Yes i have read some of the other tablet forums. I just wish acer would keep there customers in the loop as to what is going on with the updates..

There is a Boobs for rom pledge by WereCatf .. im so surprised we do not have 6-8 ics roms by now... wow you guys well never mind.
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
I don't know about others, but this is xda-DEVELOPERS.com, I understand that the average user is not going to visit this site let alone be here looking on how to root their devices etc, etc.

They just want it working and a simple OTA update from acer when they have it ready... No worries.

All I am saying is that thanks to devs, and me being interested in finding out, I now know how to set up my device the way I want it.

Maybe I am wrong, but I thought for most members here it would not be a challange to download a rom, boot into CWM, wipe, install, reboot!

I said it earlier and I will say it again, I am amazed with this 4.0.3 rom.

I have tried all things I would normally use music, movies, wifi transfers, sd card, wifi mouse, and more and everything works! Quicker and smoother than before, and no way will I go back to 3.2.1

But obviously this is not for anyone who wants an OTA update. Just saying...

P.S. ICS rules :)))

MI-12
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
I know SOMEONE who sure would love such!
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
But you didn't offer your own! :p
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
SSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. do not tell the fine print sheeshhhhhhhhh:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
erica_renee

:cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Standing in the Street... Is this a Compliment gone wrong .. Or is this a VERY TASTELESS JOKE...:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Yeah, no way she would be standing in the street, heck no, SHE SHUFFLES AROUND LIKE A BOSS!
[Acer Iconia A500] Jack Sawyer:
I will throw in as well. I think its important. Is there a donate button I missed?

I don't want to step on any toes here cause this community has greatly helped me in my adaptation to android. However I do have to say being new to this community the hatred towards Thor seems to be primarily based on jealousy and really unwarranted. I've basically installed every ROM for the A500 and Thor's tend to be the best. The only Non-Thor ROMS I use are Lightspeed and Honeylicious atm.

Thor's ICS ROM is really good for a dev. While its frustrating that he may not be as communal as we all would like that is his right. Every developer should be entitled to reveal what they wish about their code. But just think how most people will feel more free to give to a communal group of developers than to those who keep their knowledge to themselves.

So with that long winded statement made, where I can I give to the developers working on this?
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
You got this exactly Correct .. And Never Forget it. Its not like i don't already know im often OVERLY ASSERTIVE. And quite aggressively Opinionated.

I Am Just Erica THE BOSS .. I like that will add to my signature.. giggles
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
Really, you can't Google the lyrics then watch the video on Youtube?

HMPH and you consider yourselves techies.

Possibly one of the greatest songs ever written done to near perfection.

Last time I try to cheer someone up.

:confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] dakotakid:
I also don't understand the ill will toward Thor. His ROM has helped me stretch the limits of my A500. If anyone can do better please do and I will try that one too. But, even if people feel that his actions aren't in the best interest of innovation and open source, it is his prerogative and choice. If the alternative were that he just kept it to himself, I will accept things the way they are until something better comes along.
[Acer Iconia A500] Tapek-AU:
Moscow's Alexandria 3.2.1 is my current fave. Thor's tends to FC on Plants vs Zombies which is a no no since my Missus is obsessed with it!

I tried the ICS and it is a great OS but it was unstable and not even close to daily usage material.

As for the guy sticking up for Acer, all they have to do is release drivers to this community and we could do all the hard work for them!
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
The thing is that he is using the work of other people but refuses to follow the rules they laid out for their work, ie. it is definitely not his prerogative.
[Acer Iconia A500] dakotakid:
Ok, well that I didn't know so maybe i spoke too soon. I am new to the Iconia and it was the most advanced ROM I could find. I didn't really search or know of any background behind this one. Let's see, that now makes every smart device that I've owned caught up in dev drama...Sammy Moment, HTC Hero, Evo 4G, and now the Iconia. I'm not sure if I am unlucky or if it means EVERY device experiences this. lol. Anyway, thanks for the clarification.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
That is indeed the whole thing: we're not complaining about the quality of his ROM nor are we saying they work poorly or something. We are just against the fact that he uses GPL-code and refuses to abide by the GPL-license and that's why this thread exists.

As for drama... well, human nature is like that that there is bound to be drama when a group of people feel strongly about something.
[Acer Iconia A500] dakotakid:
yes and i've seen some pretty brutal viscious namecalling and profanity here on xda as well as other dev forums, not quite enough to make me stay away but enough that i don't want to hang out here a lot. I've lurked for a long time, finally decided to join and try to contribute. but, it's a shame that there is great work out there by some very talented people and then egos and hurt feelings take over and the masses are left at the mercy of those remaining, or worse yet, the carriers and manufacturers.
[Acer Iconia A500] rsfaze:
Leaving certain parties names out of it XDA has gone downhill over the years IMO. I joined this community back when I had a Windows Mobile phone from Tmobile. This community was full of devs and everyone well mostly showed respect to one another, those days are long gone and the anger shown towards just ONE individual mentioned here proves my point.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
OP Clearly says GPL FULLY Working .

Just for clearification.. this thread as stated by the op GPL GPL GPL Compliant ICS ROM Fully working.. what you mention is neither of those..

As far as the boobs comment well it was a Bounty offering to promote development..

this thread was intended to promote development for GPL Compliant ics rom..

This is just a announcement nothing intended hostel Show the op some love.. and pledge your Coins..
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Coins? Can't I just get my boobs out?

LOL.

Well, made me laugh and I already knew what I was going to type :)

MJ-12
[Acer Iconia A500] IcedCube:
Cranking up the bounty a notch:

First person to get the GPL ICS ROM running will get their own Ice Cream Sandwich Android:

Go on, you know you want her... and she wants you... :P

Ahem, now, where was I?
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Hey now .. STOP REPOSTING my photo.. that was private. :p:p:p:p
[Acer Iconia A500] Aaron Camp:
Exactly. I used to read 3 or 4 separate device forums here at XDA each day. Now, I use XDA for what it is best for. If I need a ROM for a particular device, I come here, find the most hated dev of the day for that device, and then track down their work outside this site. Its always been the best ROM available! Thor and his HC AND ICS roms run rings around anything found here in the dev forum. When I got a SGII on sprint, I went over there, quickly found all the drama surrounding poor Bubby and jumped over to his new location for a great ROM.

Its actually very funny to listen to everyone here ***** and moan about this stuff. In the general and dev forums under the Icona, I can find a certain poster revile Thor in one section, then offer tips and help to someone trying to load his rom in another. Gotta love that! And, how many here use Thors recovery for there a500? Not 100% clear if its GPL compliant, but even if it is, arent all of you Thor haters and GPL lovers supposed to stay away and not support him in any way? Guess if its the only game in town, you are willing to overlook your issues huh?

XDA has become more about who you know then about dev work. If you are not part of the "in crowd" and buddies with a mod, then its just not worth the time or headaches.

As for the original purpose of this thread, I would love to see some competition to Thors ICS Rom, but dont think you will see anything until Acer releases its official update.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
The one available in Android Market is GPL-compliant. The newer versions aren't.

There is also a GPL-compliant recovery, plus a few alternatives, available.

Hardly. I for example do not know a single mod here, let alone be friends with one. But oh well, it's easier to blame everyone else here than to take a look at what the actual issue is, right?
[Acer Iconia A500] msimindlessmsi2:
Thor's ICS rom kicks ass. Why work on an alternate when we can just wait for the real deal?

Sent from my 3D using InfectedRom Eternity.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Public service annoucement

I.C.S Service Announcement ​

We have noticed the Bounty Pledges at the top of this Thread have Significantly reduced it's rate of Growth.With This being said i Encourage each of you To Advise Everyone of This threads Policy changes.. Each Off Topic poster Will be CHARGED A Fee of .50 Cents per word typed that has nothing to do with Getting ICE CREAM Sandwich to our Device g p l compliant of course.. If ICS COMES From Acer before it does Thur this post .All monies applies above will be Provided to Erica Renee For new Shoes .

Thank you all For reading AND Keeping this thread about the Topic. with the occasional Fun... This post is Without permission of the OP. Now i must hide from the OP.

Pay The Lady.. Giggles...
[Acer Iconia A500] liem107:
I may have missed something but isn't the modified RA recovery GPL compliant?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459821
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Yes that is GPL COMPLIANT ..

But that is not ICS Rom its the means to which to flash a rom..
[Acer Iconia A500] hardslog:
Count me in for 10 buckarinos.

However if Acer releases it first, Erica will not get a cent from me! Unless we get a little something something in return ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Tapek-AU:
I wonder if blazingwolf (was that his name?) has seen this thread yet? Nobody else seems willing or able to compile it for our device. Hell a disgruntled Acer employee might do it for us for the Bounty that is racking up! Email all Acer staff? lol
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Only one Erica gives to Is Bonnie.. But you cant Blame a girl for trying..

Giggles
[Acer Iconia A500] tosomax:
10$ for a501 with 3g working!
[Acer Iconia A500] jvillejoe:
Updated op. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] wtatters:
Fwiw a200 official is being rolled out
[Acer Iconia A500] cbradberry:
Thors ICS romantic seems super stable to me... Couldn't be happier with it.
[Acer Iconia A500] cbradberry:
Lol at swift key spell correction.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Not trying to start a war but what a weak bounty ... not entirely the same bounty but there is a 1000 $ bounty for enabling 1700 band on galaxy note or some crap. Now that's motivation!

Just saying

Sent from my A500 ICS dream machine
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Galaxy Note is quite a lot more popular device.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
May be true but cmon ...

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[Acer Iconia A500] jvillejoe:
19th December 2011, 10:55 PM <---That is the date the bounty was started for the Note. The bounty for the Note is $910 not $1000. This thread was started 10 days ago on 4th February 2012, 03:21 AM. And is up to $190 bucks. The Note thread has been open for 56 days. If in another 46 days we are not even close to that number then I understand that it may be a low amount. Until then I think we are doing great. Thanks for the bump buddy. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] skatin707:
I'll add another $75 to this (put me at $125). I doubt it will happen, but we can hope.
[Acer Iconia A500] Tapek-AU:
If the rumours are to be believed we will have an official ROM from Acer within the month! Doesn't make me want it NOW any less though...
[Acer Iconia A500] hardslog:
Bump mine up to $20. I tried out Thor's but went back to HC but I can really see the potential in ICS. I'd pledge more but I have to pay a wedding coming up :D
[Acer Iconia A500] cbradberry:
There is already a stable version isn't this unnecessary?
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
Please read OP's conditions again and then compare with the ROM you're talking about :) Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Until there is official release by Acer you wont get a 100% working Ics rom period. Can't use camera and 3g is proving to he a *****. So this is pointless.

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[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
from dec 19 until now.. how many of there that pledged money are still on the thread and watching.. I have worked with raising monies for non profit organizations..In reality Quite bluntly put **** HAPPENS TO PEOPLE . some loose the ability to fallow thru. LIKE Car broke Lost jobs . some just loose interest and no longer care..

SO if they re ask everyone who pledged monies . how many would still be there.... from what i know about charities same or not i do not know.. IT WILL LIKELY BE LESS THEN 1/3 RD..

this is the average of actual dollars versus real.. I also agree this thread is very young. And with the rumors on the horizon that acer will push it makes the pledges even lower..

Like it or not the above it totally true.. i am not saying this as stating people above that donated a pledge is not real.. its just a FACT Of life and **** happens .. So do not compare this thread to a different thread .. .

Just my opionion . like it or not its here..
[Acer Iconia A500] cbradberry:
Must be the GPL compliant thing I guess... Sorry if I could wasn't supposed to discuss it... Mind shedding some light on exactly what that means?
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
its quite complicated . but then kinda simple.. THE ANDROID OS. IS BASED ON a linux kernel.. this is licensed on a open source share agreement.. Meaning that its work from many people over the years. You are allowed to take it do as you wish.Make any changes you like.. But because you are taking changes and code that others worked so hard to create . YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO ALSO MAKE YOUR SOURCE CODE OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR OTHERS TO USE AT There descression. With giving you credit of course ..

so basically.. he takes work from others improves on it but does not share his code. he says PEOPLE STEAL HIS WORK. With that said he is hiding bad things in his code .. or was just not TOUGH TO SHARE AND BE FAIR TO OTHERS Growing up.. The android UI. WHAT you see and touch. that is apachee and is under a diffrent agreement.. this is the part he does NOT Have to share. so he could very easly be compliant and still protect most of his work .

Sorry all for my spelling and LACK OF ENGLISH .. **** OFF WOLVERINE .. You were way out of line..

YET ANOTHER OFF TOPIC POST BY Erica ... Im quite sick of trolls here on here so ask a admin to remove my post if you are offended .Im past caring
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Maybe his work is intellectual property in his eyes ever think of that? I would do the same and take the ridicule vs let ppl screw up my hard work!

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[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Then you should NOT DEVELOP ON A LINUX KERNEL.. ITS SIMPLE PLAY BY THE RULES OR NOT .. THERE IS NO OWNED PROPERTY OF THE ABOVE.. YOU SHARE OR LEAVE IT ALONE.. Guess you did not really read or understand.. do a net search on what GPL REALLY MEANS.. you will find many links to the official DOCUMENTS..

he can develop his own os not based on the work of others.. . I do not understand why some people cant see this.. IF HE DEVELOPED IT BASED ON THE WORK OF OTHERS AND SHARES IT WITH OTHERS. He Also profits of this work . Ok im sorry i should NOT TALK ABOUT THIS..

WITH ALL THAT SAID ITS SAD HE IS A AWESOMELY TALENTED DEVELOPER. I do think its he wants to protect his work. but its not right or fair.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
I don't think you actually fully realize what intellectual property even means. "Intellectual property" is already covered by trademark and copyright laws. On the similar veins, he is using "intellectual property" of other developers but refuses to abide by the rules they laid for their works.

Please, research what you're talking about.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
The only person who has IP rights with the Linux kernel is Linus Torvolds. Nothing ANYone adds to it can supercede that.
[Acer Iconia A500] Silverblade.nz:
His changes to the original kernel source code may be his work, but from what I understand, the original open source kernel code is not. Without the original hard work of many other people he would not have his Android kernels. I personally have nothing against the guy, but his attitude kind of sucks and reminds me of both MicroSoft and Apple.

(Acer Iconia A501 + Samsung Galaxy S I9000T)
[Acer Iconia A500] jvillejoe:
I just want a good ics gpl compliant rom.:D
[Acer Iconia A500] Tapek-AU:
It is very simple, i don't understand the confusion.

It has already been said above, he takes the work of others then claims ownership of it all and refuses to allow others to make further tweaks or improvements.

The whole reason most of us got android devices is so we can customise ROMs however we want and help each other out as a community to improve our devices for everyone. It is such a shame as well, because he is a great developer :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Aaron Camp:
Did I miss something, or has XDA made changes so that revisionist history is now accepted. If you go back to when Thor left you will see where there was a long history of people taking THORS work, tweeking it in minor ways and NOT GIVING HIM CREDIT. He jumped through hoops with XDA and the mods to have issues corrected, but got no where. He then refused to provide his source on subsequent releases and ran afoul of XDA published rules.

The above is fact. The following is opinion....

XDA is very strict with the rules on some, and very slack with others. This has caused major rifts in multiple forums. Some here persist in demonizing Thor at every turn and use scare tactics (his code could contain malicious code) to steer those not knowledgeable away from his site.

Most amusing of all are those who spend time in this thread demonizing Thor, but spend time in other threads helping users troubleshoot loading his roms.

I personally like to see consistency in those people and sites I get my advice from. Since both XDA and the loudest complainers of Thor are not consistent, you can probably guess how much stock I put in their advice.
[Acer Iconia A500] Silverblade.nz:
How about we just get back to the actual topic of this thread. A fully working GPL compliant rom. Thor's rom doesn't fit the bill, end of story, anyone can use it if they like but honestly people are acting like a dog with an old bone, it's been chewed over so many times in so many threads it's almost unrecognizable.

In no way am I a developer, but I'm going to have a go at making a rom myself, I might not get anywhere, but at least I'm going to give it a go.

I think that one of the main problems with developing a rom is the drivers, especially the camera, since the official Acer ICS rom and kernel source hasn't been released yet; so what we really need to start with is to find someone who's really good at either porting drivers from HC to ICS or creating new drivers from scratch.

Sorry if all that seemed a bit long winded but I just had to get it out there.

(Acer Iconia A501 + Samsung Galaxy S I9000T)
[Acer Iconia A500] :
No one said his fit the bill. We were just stating there is Ics already try it if you want Ics so bad or wait till official release.

No one can make a fully functional (camera and 3g) until Acer releases Ics. We need camera Hal for that to work. And the one from a200 doesn't work. Plain and simple you may get a gpl Ics rom but it wont be 100% functional like you so require? Just forget the bounty and wait till April ... patients people

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[Acer Iconia A500] skatin707:
I don't know why but that bugs me.

Anyways, I don't care about 3g. I'm actually considering getting an A200. I rarely use my A500 though so its unlikely.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
If they don't come through with Ics in April I'm getting the a200 . My boss picked one up yesterday and got the ota Ics pushed by continually checking for updates all day.

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[Acer Iconia A500] Silverblade.nz:
At the risk of being flamed, already tried it, no good to me without 3G. I bought my A501 especially because of the 3G, sure I can tether it to my Galaxy S but that's just a pain in the a***. Also HC3.2.1 suits me just fine, I just think that it would be nice to have ICS that's all.

(Acer Iconia A501 + Samsung Galaxy S I9000T)