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[Miscellaneous Android Development] crazyd:
That's exactly the procedure that worked for me.

Until now ICS works like a charm!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
This version is a tablet ics and a basically complete one for the most part.

Other then the external sd card issue which there is already a fix for this one does the job nicely.:D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crazyd:
...but it is not really bugless :( My device randomly reboots and the audio driver implementation does not seem to be stable, for it does some curious thinks from time to time.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] buddn07:
Ok, I've just flashed it and all seems good so far.

Am I right in saying that I can now flash CWM and then flash the a1_rooter.zip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Had no such problems but then i did so from a totally clean install.

Went from the last ics/factory it and then reinstalled the last firmware from lenovo.

I found if i install the other firmwares then go to update to the latest i get some weird results from left over code.

Not to say this firmware is perfect (what firmware is) but i seen no major problems such as reboots or sound issues.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crazyd:
Yes, you can! :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Think i may have noticed a minor bug during video playback with the ics menu not disappearing during playback.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
Does this mean wireless is working? Can you install apps (doesn't have to be from market)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
All parts are working..wireless./sound.gps/Bluetooth/video and so on.

Google playstore works normally and aps install as they should.

The only issues is the mounting of the external sd and there is already a work around that fixes that.

Its smooth and stable so far.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fred_yu_job:
Okay, let's say - it works ... is it better?

I the beta ICS anywhere better than 2.3?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] buddn07:
Ok all sorted and rooted. All seems to be working well.

I had a slight buzz from the speaker for a while, but that's stopped now.

Also weirdly the device is being read as the Galaxy Nexus on both the Google Play Web Store and when I use AirDroid.

Still works well!

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Definitely works better than stock. It works really well, but I miss the customisability of the CM7 that I had previously.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Likewise its better behaved then stock.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
Should we flash back to stock first or is it ok to try this from CM7?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
You should be fine flashing directly and if you have issues you can always try it the other way.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Hmmmm did see a reboot when it was running on battery after it went into sleep mode.

Don't know yet if it was a bug or a application issue.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thebreezer:
First you say don't use CWM in your post then you say to the above poster that is exactly what you did and he used CWM:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
SD card bug is an external or internal memory bug?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thebreezer:
Ok I want to go back to 3.2, did a backup before flashing ICS, but cannot go back to CWM to make a restore. Pushing power and volume down but no go. Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crazyd:
I told you not to use CWM to flash this ICS ROM! Afterwards you can use CWM again to backup/restore your system or to flash other ROMs and so on...

The user above used CWM to flash the stock recovery tool:

What is your problem? What does your A1 display if you try to access CWM... Some more detailed information would be helpful to analyze your problem ;)

May be you should try to flash CWM again (rename the zip file to "update.zip", copy it to your SD card and start your A1 pressing "Volume -")

Without this bugfix the A1 would not recognize your "external" SD Card.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thebreezer:
When I press the power and volume down, I get the downloading Android icon..now I have another problem, after formatting the sd card with ICS, not able to write to my sd card, it's says it is locked.

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Ok, solved the sd card problem. When I tried to re-flash cwm, I just get back to that downloading android upon reboot (pressing power volume down!)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
Got it installed my only question so far is how do I mount my A1 on my computer? I see the sdcard in the A1 since installing the fix now I want to restore my files.

I also have noticed I can't install Aldiko. I have tried from market and from APK has anyone gotten it installed?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
I'm doing it 5 times in a row, but when Power + "Volume-" I get to CWM

:eek:

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I'm at the same stage

Downloading Android icon (with triangle above), then there's a check mark in the triangle and shut down

No recovery, no CWM
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
You need to use CWM to install the stock A1 recovery located at http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~grm08/ideapad/stock-a1-recovery.zip then reboot you will no longer have CWM installed then shut down and do the ICS install again. It will install. I can't mount my sdcard from the A1 now but I do have an adapter so I can write to the card from my PC. So I recommend you make sure everything you need is on the card before you start.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
I did it, no CWM

how do I install the ICS?

I can boot into CM7, but not to go into recovery

Do I need to rename the files on the SD card?

Should I name the ICS file update.zip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
I have noticed a few apps no longer install not sure if this is an ICS issue or a ROM issue. I can't install Aldiko, BriskSaber, or XDA premium, regular XDA app still installs so I can live with this one.

I have tried a couple of ICS Roms on my EVO but I am no expert I keep going back to GingerBread on that as it has to function for work. The tablet I have more leeway to play with.

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Yes you have to put it in the root of the sdcard and name it update.zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Now this is odd i can't get into recovery mode no matter what i try.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
You can reinstall CWM afterwards to install a1_rooter and the SD card fix but you have to use the stock to get this on there.

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That happened to me it locked at the Lenovo logo. I powered it off (hold down power till it shuts off) reboot normally then I was able to shut it down and get back in. I could not get into recovery until after a reboot. Not sure if this is what you are seeing but worth a try.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] McSaarli:
Hi, what am I doing wrong?

I already flashed the stock recovery, then I renamed the ISC1.2.zip into update.zip and copy it to the root dir of the internal sdcard.

Then I boot into recovery mode (Power-on and hold - till logo appears) and...

The progress bar goes until, I guess, 2% and the the menu comes up where I can reboot the system. But no ICS, still 2.3.4.

Anyone can help?

Do I have to use CWM 5.0.2.7 or 3.0.0.5, I currently use 5.0.2.7 to do the steps above.

Thx, Martin
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
Thank you!!!!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
Only difference i did was copy it to the external card. I don't know if that is required especially if you don't have an external card but it worked for me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
this update works only from external sd-card
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
I can boot normally as long as the power cable isn't plugged in.

If i try to go to the recovery menu it goes to the update screen but doesn't update and then turns off.

If i try to boot normally with power plugged in it goes to the update screen and doesn't update and then powers off.

Very odd.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
BTW, can I root just renaming the A1_rooter.zip to update.zip and reboot vith "volume-"?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
No problem I hope you get it installed. I am enjoying playing with this. I don't know if I will keep it over CM7 but it is better than the stock Rom.

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I don't know to be honest I have never tried. As long as you have a way to recover such as a PC reader for the sdcard you can try it without much fear.

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What are people who installed yesterday getting for battery life? Better than CM7 and/or stock?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] McSaarli:
Ok, that worked :-)

Thx very much
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
didn't work

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McSaarli

You are welcome

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I get "couldn't install on USB storage or SD card" with Aldiko, Engadget Distro and couple of other apps

I did apply SD fix, but it didn't help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
i could install Engadget Distro and it would even download a magazine but then it force closes when trying to launch the magazine.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
I think it's a matter of settings, but couldn't find what settings would it be
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ragde_smash:
Sorry, but I need to help.

I updated the file form the crazyd's link but the file called update.zip and my ideapad a1 doesn't work, that only said lenovo. Please help me

Sorry for my english
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
Do you have a backup? Do you have a reader for your sdcard in your PC? What have you tried so far? Worst case the A1 can be started from a special startup card so you will be able to recover it may not be easy but it will be doable.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1624979&page=5

Check out the post from Zillauu
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ragde_smash:
Thank so much, jpsini

I don't think so, I only have back up from the gmail.

Yes, I have.

I tried to install ICS but it doesn't work.

How do I get that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
I found the instructions for the sdcard a bit confusing myself. If you can write the card from your PC download a stock rom from Lenovo http://download.lenovo.com/slates/a1/OTA/ i recommend A107W0_A234_001_015_2643_US.zip copy it to the root of your sdcard and name it update.zip, power on and install this with power and volume down. Then shut off the device get http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~grm08/ideapad/cwm-5.0.2.7-rev3-ideapad-a1.zip copy that to the sdcard name it update.zip again boot up with power and volume down. Then grab http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~grm08/ideapad/cyanogenmod/stock-a1-ramdisk-2643.zip and install this with CWM your device should boot to a stock Rom. I have done this a couple of times it works. If you need clarification or help let me know.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Sadly some how my recover menu got hosed and i can no longer get to it...lol:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
If you can write the sdcard in a PC get http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~grm08/ideapad/cwm-5.0.2.7-rev3-ideapad-a1.zip name it update.zip start the tablet with power plus volume down that will install CWM and give you access.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
Nope.

Seeing as trying to get to the recover menu always lead to the update screen that part is easy.

Sadly though nothing happens on the update screen regardless of the file used.

It merely stays there with no progress bar and then turns off.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ragde_smash:
Thank you so much jpisini, It does works now with your files ^^:D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
Let me see if I can find the instructions for bootable sdcard while not impossible it is very hard to brick the A1. I will post when I find them give me a few minutes.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Magnusmarshall:
The irony is its not actually bricked since when i uplug the usb and boot it everything works as it should.

Boots into android just as it should.

The lack of a recovery menu though hampers manual updating or other options.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
OK I misunderstood I thought it was stuck. It is strange you can't reinstall CWM. I am not sure maybe gmarkall could help he built it. You may want to PM him.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
Try reformatting the sd card

Anyone knows what to do with the apps unable to install?

UPD

Sometimes the tablet won't wake up

Sometimes it does wake up but doesn't respond to the touch

Did anyone mention the same behaviour?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
I haven't had the wake up or touch issues myself. Wireless doesn't come back on after sleep most of the time is my biggest issue right now.

I haven't figured out how to install the apps that won't install yet I am using nook app instead of aldiko app right now for reading.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
For me every time the device wakes up the Wi-Fi connects with no problem

The issue with installing apps persists for some of them

BTW, I just noticed the device name in the signature (writing it on A1)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
When connected to a PC on stock Lenovo ROM or CM7 - I saw the prompt to connect file storage on the tablet

With ICS ROM I can't make the PC see the internal storage of the tablet

I only see {Developer options} and USB debugging in it

:confused:

UPD

Found it - when in Settings - Storage, press hardware Menu button and enter "USB computer connection", there enable MPT option

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If you google for it, you'll find tons of threads (part of them from xda) on how to workaround

However, I couldn't find the files they are talking about or see the entire tablet internal storage when connecting to a PC

:(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] McSaarli:
Yes, I have the same behaviour. Right now again the touch doesn't respond after wake up. I had this before and always had to restart via long pushing the on/off button.

I also had the not waking up behaviour yesterday and had to restart like mentioned before.

Any hints?

Thx, Martin

Edit: In a german forum I read about a problem that is not really the same, but could be the same reason. The advice there is to wipe the battery stats with cwm.

I'll try this and maybe it helps...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] BillWieGates?:
I'm having the same behaviour, but it seems to only occur when unplugged.

Set wifi to stay always connected, but it disconnects as soon it goes into standby when unplugged.

Sometimes (after a few minutes) it reboots when in standby, and when rebooted the screen doesnt respond to any touch - only a very long press on the power button shuts it down and after a new start it works again.

This behaviour makes it mostly unusable when unpugged, but ICS looks so damn good... :-)

Waiting desperately for a final/bugfixed version!

BTW: I somehow lost all my data on the internal SD card while the process to install ICS, including the backup from previous installs (stock and CM7), but I don't know what I did wrong:

I did not use an external SD card, just the internal card. Copied ICS as update.zip to the internal SD card, flashed stock-recovery via CWM, rebooted into recovery, got the green check sign, rebooted but CM7 was still there. Reboot into recovery gave me a menu to choose from reboot, wipe data or wipe cache, which I did but with no change. Then I used an external SD card and flashed stock ramdisk, stock GB, then ICS, CWM, rooter, SD fix and got ICS finally on my tablet, but with a virgin internal SD card...

Not too severe, as all important stuff is in the cloud, but somehow annoying, as I can not go easily back to my previoulsly stable installation.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
I did it before the upgrade
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DeniTCH:
Hi, everyone,

I saw that McSaarli experienced the problem, where the tablet exits to the recovery after ~2% of the installation. I am experiencing the same problem, what is the way to get around it?

I have so far installed stock recovery, I am placing the ISC1.2.zip in the root folder of the external sd card (only file on the card). The progress bar starts to crawl, but after ~15 seconds, it exits to the recovery. When I try to reboot, the tablet is stuck at the Lenovo logo. I have also tried to download the ROM file again in case of download error.

Any ideas?

Best regards, Denis
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
DeniTCH did you rename the file update.zip before trying the install?

I have my wireless working at least for the moment it has survived 3 sleep cycles. I went in and re-cleared the cache, dalvik, and batery even though I had done that before the install. We will see if it keeps working.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpisini:
I would load the original firmware make sure everything is working then try again from there. I reverted to stock before installing it seemed the easiest way as CM7 uses the cards backwards from the stock and ICS Roms.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MadPriest:
What CWM did you install to install stock recovery?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DeniTCH:
I will try that, but I have never had CM7 installed. Prior to trying this I had stock ROM, but rooted.

I installed this one: cwm-5.0.2.7-rev3-ideapad-a1.zip
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Felisek:
Usually my fingers glide smoothly on the Prime's screen (I don't use any screen protector). Occasionally they become a bit sticky: swiping becomes hard, there is tangible resistance from the screen. It becomes particularly annoying when I need to repeat swiping many times, e.g. when scrolling a web page.

I'm not sure why and when then happens. Perhaps the problem lies in sweaty hands. On such occasions, I tried washing my hands very clean and drying them thoroughly, but this doesn't seem to help. They still feel a bit humid and do not glide on the screen effortlessly. Or perhaps the screen becomes too greasy and dirty? But again, cleaning the screen doesn't help on such occasions.

As I said, this doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it makes using the tablet rather unpleasant.

Anyone else with similar problems? Any solutions?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vaensterhaent:
I have been having these problems with all my touch screen devices. It feels like my finger is jumping half an inch, then touch, then jumping again... Same for you? I haven't come up with any solution yet. This doesn't happen often though, so it's not a problem for me.

Skickat från min Asus Transformer Prime TF201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
This thread could possibly be the most revolutionary, topping all the ICS OTA rooting stuff out there. The answer to this long-sought but rarely asked question will surely be a revolutionary new find for any and all touchscreen devices.

tl;dr, I don't know. Cool to find out though.

Sent from my tablet thing with XDA Premium.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
use baby powder.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spidey01:
Maybe try cleaning your screen and then washing and drying your hands?

Last time I cleaned my screen: I wet the microfiber cloth from the tablet and wrung it out, wiped the screen; then dry wiped with the microfiber cloth from the dock.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BUYMECAR:
i started noticing this playing Order and Chaos on my Prime. the multi-touch has a tendency to glitch out.

i open another app, force quit the newly opened app using the Asus Task Manager and suddenly it works fine.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ehudz:
From being a sufferer of palmar hyperhidrosis (wiki it), I know your pains very well. Here's a list of what you could do when the hand sweating starts:

1) Find a cool place with a draft of wind to the hands (you could blow on your hands, but make sure no ones around!)

2) Cool down your body temperature (drink something cold, go outside for a few seconds, etc.)

3) Wash your hands with water at max cold (and might as well use soap) and/or submerge them in cold water
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESdesigns:
Ever since I've updated to Gingerbread I get this error when I start up my phone or turn wifi on.

Sorry! The application TetheringManager (process com.tecace.tetheringmanager) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.​

This happens on my wife's phone also since the update to Gingerbread. Any ideas how to prevent this? The phone seems to function fine after force closing, but it's just annoying. Sorry if this issue is addressed somewhere else, I tried searching, but didn't find anything specific to this problem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
are you rooted? if so just freeze it with it with tibu pro..or with a root file explorer go to /system/app and add a .bak extension at the end of the apk name then reboot.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogan773:
I just upgraded to stock GB yesterday. Got the TM error. Had read elsewhere that a Factory Data Reset does the trick.

It does.

Just do a Factory Data Reset and you'll be fine.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiThBo:
I have a uk wifi only XOOM on Honeycomb 3.2. I want to root but do I have to unlock the bootloader first? What is the easiest way to unlock the bootloader and root without adb or fastboot commands. I've looked at 'xoot', 'cornea', and the 'Lord AIO tool'. Do all these methods unlock the bootloader and root? Can anyone confirm that they work for this model? Are there any other easy methods that I've missed?

Also, after I have unlocked the bootloader and rooted can I install cwm recovery from rom manager and then even the team eos v1.0.0 ics rom?

Thanks in advance for your help (I did search, but not much info came up about these methods).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llama-power:
wifi-only-xooms should all be the same.

don't know about the root-methods you mentioned, I used one that includes adb/fastboot-commands (an amazing total of 4 commands were used that day). This is a link to the method I used, it will also work for your xoom.

Why do you want to avoid adb/fastboot-commands?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiThBo:
Thanks for reply. I don't feel confident using adb. And I don'tk now how to use it set it up. Do you know an up to date guide explain how to set it up?

UPDATE: I have now set up adb. Please could you give a little more detail on the method you used. Specifically the unlocking the bootloader part and flashing the recovery via fastboot.

Thanks again.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiThBo:
Thank you so much!!!: That was just what I needed. Thanks for all the amazing detail, I will try it in the next couple of days when I built up the courage!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Amazing guide!!! You should set up your own thread or send it to solarnz (the guy who mad the universal root).

UPDATE: In the part where I flash recovery.img , You told me that I should shift+right-click ,then open command window and type adb devices. adb isn't recognised in the desktop - xoom folder, however it works if I run it from C:\android-tools. Do I need to place the recovery in the android-tools folder?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDifference:
So, i can just copy the .zip from here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1488075) onto the root of the SD card and then follow your instructions above?

Edit - I've already unlocked and rooted