yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Okay I'll take a look. Did any of the tool work? Did it reboot at the end?

Also could you run (as root)

ls /data/icsroot2

That'll tell me if it actually managed to upload the files (that folder is only created to start with as root)
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
The directory doesn't exist.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I believe if you remove the "asserts" line (the very first) in the install-script you should be able to install it on any tab. At least in theory.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Wouldn't you miss some prerequisit ? I mean, there must be a reason why this update weight 200Mb and a full ROM weight 400Mb.

I don't know as I don't have much tech skills but I would assume (hope) there is a reason :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Basically, the ver6 of the root app just goes through the motions of doing the process. But in reality, nothing was installed (ro/rw/su/busybox). Ver4 UNL BL and stock acer kernel.

Zero-null's went like a champ. So not sure what's up.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
I tried with v7 of the Blackthund3r root tool and as for you it went through the process but actually does nothing.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
The asserts just does a "check props" to make sure a certain version of HC exists. Probably as it was meant for a certain region????

Normally is you remove the first asserts line in notepad++, there's a good chance you can install it on other version roms.

The update is 200mb because they use compression, where-as when we build roms, we typically don't use compression to lesson the chance of errors during install. I sometimes use it if the uncompressed rom is too fat (usually because of games).

Personally I haven't had any issue using compression. My test build is 600mb full stock plus data apps. Compressed is a normal 380mb.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Also meant to ask you, as you are running Vache's OC kernel, are you sure 3g is working when you turn off WIFI? As in you can surf the web and market and such.

And GPS also gets locks (GPS Staus app).

And, you get overclock?

I still haven't been able to get it running correctly with 3 different builds. And I don't look forward to running the update.zip just to find out it doesn't function normally :eek:

Reason I ask, is that that particular kernel, is based on an a500 kernel if I'm not mistaken. There's no source code yet for the 501 ICS kernel.
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
That's not because of comp, but because it's only patches files (most files are not complete, it's like diff patch). That's why there's the assert check, patch files are intended for specifics files version (as it needs to change/patch some parts of files).

If you don't have the needed previous version, most of time it will make your system unbootable after patching or if you're lucky, the flash process will stop.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjdoug:
When I installed the kernel the 3g wouldn't work. Reinstalled the ROM by itself and now it switches between Wi-Fi and 3g flawlessly.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Yes 3G is working fine with Vache kernel, as well as with the stock kernel. WiFi was off when I checked and I also used it on the go away from any WiFi link :D

I didn't try GPS with Vache kernel, I'll tell you when I get the chance.

As for OC, yes it also includes OC up to 1,5Ghz and UV.

Sorry to hear it doesn't work for you, maybe there are differences due to the modem (I have a Huawei 770).
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, makes sense after scrutinizing the recent update. Probably I based on the previous leak which I think had "2" OS's in the 4 part update. Ewwww....

Also noticed difference in the zip and extracted update. 289 vs 207. So they indeed use slight compression it seems. Eh, doesn't matter ;)

FYI: 15hrs no SOD or 3g drop. After 12 batt still at 93% with on a couple of times. Looks like Acer fixed it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
:confused: Are you using an external USB modem?

Never mind. Brain fart.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Nope it's an A501, modem is integrated in the tab ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I'm having a really bad day today :D (where's my rum....)

One thing I noticed tho, with the OC kernel, I had an SOD today during one of the testings a little bit ago. Really strange.

Ehh.... back on stock for now to continue testing.

Also updated BL to version 8. Love the ability to load 1200x800 images on boot!

(didn't help with the kernel tho)

It may well indeed have something to do with going from HC and using the patch update that allows it to work although I wouldn't see that as being a factor, as the result is you get pretty much the same code in the end, especially from a system dump....

In retrospect, it was doable to get a HC 500 rom to run on the 501 with 3g and Gps.

But hey, can you do me a favor. Do a recovery backup and post it online somewhere? Just system, flexrom and boot.img. (not all your personal stuff). Maybe there is something in there that makes it different. They should be listed separately in your clockwork folder on your ext Sd card.

I can toss an install script and a couple things, then flash it and see if it works.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Moscow : I posted the system, flexrom and boot on this thread already. The system may have been backed up earlier than the other elements, is this a problem ?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yes, now I remember. Man, I'm having a bad hair day....... (think I'll just wait for tomorrow ;) )

Your dump is what I'm using!

Ewwwwww...... I think I'll be quiet till tomorrow......
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I have a rough one now. Just testing with it mostly for kernels and such. Acer Ring and print doesn't work, but only because I haven't de-odexed and signed anything yet as it's still origin odex. Lockscreen works tho. I'm throwing full odex versions in this evening just to make sure they work.

You can use Paul-xxx flashable here in the thread. Basically the same thing except I added some stuff in install script and data. Also killed the flexrom data as it's already extracted and files moved where they should be.

You have to run "zero-null's" root to get full perm root. Pretty simple. Will probably try adding something in the script and file so you don't have to, but that will be later.

Also, you have to be on an unlocked ICS bootloader. There is no choice in this.

Personally, I'm pretty happy with this build from acer. Of course they should thank everybody here in the forums for troubleshooting their problems :D

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] v11lemans:
Moscow

i'll be waiting for your build (Alexandria V:)).

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
It will come..... Want 1 more day of making sure this build is fit for human consumption. ;) Don't want to put anything out at this stage, that has the same issues as before.

Will be pissed though, if Acer drops another build in the next week or so :mad:
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
That's bizarre. Could you list the contents of your /system/bin and /system/xbin? Also could you post the updater-script from the rom? I'm wondering whether the toolbox isn't installed. That would cause an issue as the upload directory (/data/icsroot2) would not be able to be created which would throw everything askew. The new install in v7 won't even reboot unless that directory exists :P I can fix this if I know what's there to work with (or I can work completely with busybox which isn't actually an issue)

Many thanks :)
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Hmm so does the ROM not work on the stock bootloader? That **** cray lol
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
You have stock HC Bootloader.

You have ICS Stock bootloader.

HC Based stock rom will work on an ICS stock Bootloader.

An ICS based Stock Rom will not run on an HC stock Bootloader.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Well, I meant does it not come with its own Stock ICS bootloader that it'll load from? You said you have to have a patched ICS BL which seems a bit strange considering it's vanilla firmware from Acer :L
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I never install a stock bootloader if I can avoid it ;) No reason to.

Theoreticaly, you could include the stock bootloader in the rom setup. But, if you're already on an unlocked bootloader, why do that?

The issue, is that whether it was the stock included bootloader, or if a user was already on an unlocked bootloader, the root app didn't recognize this. It went ahead, displayed all the steps, txt info mssgs, and in the end, said everything was good.

When in reality, not a thing was changed. No remounter installed, no BB, no sys ro/rw files.

We've been over this before. The remounter app, really shouldn't be necessary. In the earlier days, it was and it worked.. However, it really didn't give a perm sys R/W access. It did it for a limited time. You had to do your business quickly. And you always had to restart it. This is known.

You say zero-null does the exact same thing as the ver5/6 root tool.

And please don't take this the wrong way, but something is different. Zero-null is permanent in the case of this release. I ran it, and 2 days later it still has sys ro/rw. That was impossible without using the remounter.

If I can help you figure the issue, let me know.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Blackthund3r : here are the files with the list and the script

FILE
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
True I think I misunderstood that post :P

As for the remounter app issues... I'm actually ridiculously confused over it myself. I checked and we use the same commands for that too. I never had issues with timings either. Are you pertinent with java? If I send you the remounter code could you take a look over it and see what could have gone wrong? I rewrote it for ICS Root 7 which now works like ZeroNull's so it might be fixed now (previous releases worked by creating a loop file and mounting the block device in the loop. This one uses mount -o rw, remount /system/). I'll look at his sysrw / sysro scripts too.

EDIT: I've looked at how ZeroNull's script plays with remounting and the way he's made it work without scripts or an app is to replace the native mounting command with a bash script which interprets 'normal' remounting commands and runs alternative ones tweaked to work with the protection in the kernel. That's why you can't reinstall busybox. It's a clever way of tackling the issue and I can certainly include remounting like that although I find the concept slightly disturbing xD

As for why rooting isn't working, however.... well that remains a mystery.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Thanks mate I'll take a look now :)
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Oops you seem to have sent me a boot.img dump?
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
New test kernel for A501 : http://bit.ly/KLmXSj
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
I've been running the latest leak for a little over 12 hours now. Battery life seems good and 3G didn't die during deep sleep.

However, when using 3G heavily on the train, it dropped out altogether for a few minutes:

06-08 09:22:49.000 I/AT ( 110): AT(15)< +CIEV: 2,4
06-08 09:22:50.040 I/AT ( 110): AT(15)< +CIEV: 2,3
06-08 09:22:58.400 I/AT ( 110): AT(15)< +CIEV: 2,4
06-08 09:23:01.550 I/AT ( 110): AT(15)< +CIEV: 2,5
06-08 09:23:41.290 E/RIL ( 110): processRequest: [0655] SCREEN_STATE
06-08 09:23:41.290 E/AT ( 110): --- AT+CREG=0;+CGREG=0;+CMER=3,0,0,0;*E2REG=0
06-08 09:23:41.290 I/AT ( 110): AT(15)< OK
06-08 09:24:08.310 E/AT ( 110): POLLERR! Returning..
06-08 09:24:08.310 I/RIL ( 110): AT channel closed
06-08 09:24:08.320 W/RIL ( 110): queueRunner: AT Channel error, attempting to recover..
06-08 09:24:08.320 E/RIL ( 110): queueRunner: Re-opening after close
06-08 09:24:08.320 E/RIL ( 110): silent_reset_3g_module!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
06-08 09:24:11.680 E/RIL ( 110): queueRunner: Failed to open AT channel /dev/ttyACM1 (No such file or directory), retrying in 5.
06-08 09:24:16.700 E/RIL ( 110): queueRunner: Failed to open AT channel /dev/ttyACM1 (No such file or directory), retrying in 5.
***repeats many many times

After about 5 minutes the 3G module came back up (without rebooting the tab) and 3G is working again. Looks like Acer added a process to reset the 3G module when an error is found.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I'll take a look at your version7 app when I get the chance during testing and let you know how it goes. Seems like as long as Acer puts out roms, you'll be putting out the fires ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Haven't had the 3g drop yet (but I noticed in the original leak it would happen briefly on occasion). I assumed it was a provider loss of signal (Beeline drops on occassion even on phone).

One thing I have noticed. Sometimes after a deep sleep it takes 3g about a minute +/- to fully restart. Not all the time though. You're right though. Looks like they added a ril re-starter internally.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Will check it this afternoon. Thanks!!!

Edit: Do I need to include the 2 ko files you posted in the original zip you posted earlier?
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Damn, wrong link.

Here you go

---------- Post added at 07:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:11 AM ----------

This one still fully works for me :)
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
Nop they're not needed to test.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Sure :) My policy has always been to support anything I create whilst it's still relevant and/or incomplete...and at the moment it's still very much relevant and will be until Acer push out Jelly Bean ;)

---------- Post added at 07:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:39 AM ----------

Awesome thank you :

EDIT: I've had a look through and it seems that the installer does tamper with toolbox, just as I suspected. It's possible chmod and/or mkdir isn't working properly. I'll compare stuff with ZeroNull and see what the issue could be :)
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
I don't know who created what method, but the ICS_root.zip method required me to chmod 777 the files in /data/local/tools for the scripts to work. Not sure if this helps.

In other news, I had my first spontaneous reboot with this build (stock kernel); 3G died, stayed dead for about 10 minutes, then the tab just rebooted. I have logcats of the 3G dieing and right after it comes back too if anyone is interested.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Did you just do a kernel flash back to the stock kernel? Reason I ask, is that if you just flashed the stock boot.img and not the stock .ko files, this might happen. I believe the original test OC zip vache posted contained 2 .ko files that may have been modified.

Or did you restore the original image from recovery?
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
No, i'm just using the stock Acer image with root and no bl. I'm not game enough to try a random kernel with no changelog, source or any other info. I need to use this thing for work :)
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
Checked my radio log this morning and caught another radio reset. It says the counter is up to 12 resets since the last boot. Looks like 3g is far from fixed... :(
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Well I guess that the tablet is turning off 3G when it's idle, it sleeps to a point where you have to enter the pin again. It happens on my tablet too but I thought it was a normal behavior as 3G only shuts down when the tab is idle for a long period of time.
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
Yep. It also takes 0.5-1 second for the screen to come back on when hitting the power button, which may be the same thing.

Hope its not the final update :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I don't believe it's the final. Internally the build states RC3. So I suppose they will do another release.

But still, better than the leaked version. I also had a random reboot on mine. 10 minutes after flashing a new build. Haven't had any other issues besides that.
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
Any news? We need a new leak! This 3g issue & random reboots are starting to get old :)
[Acer Iconia A500] BPaul:
Tomorrow! i.e. 11 th July. There will be an official release :)
[Acer Iconia A500] zardoz99:
Maybe... don't hold your breath.
[Acer Iconia A500] IcedCube:
Yeah, I can confirm that I'm getting issues with my A501 ICS leak. I can't get service at times (as in, it will get reception on a cold boot, but the 3G chip seems to be disabled in it's sleep) and I've also experienced 2 or 3 sleep of deaths. Additionally, i believe the 1 to 2 second delay of waking up the tab is actually due to the CPU's deep sleep mode, I know ARMv7 Cortex chips go into a deep sleep that take a moment to boot up the CPUs.

As in, Core 0 is actively sleeping, Core 1 calls it a day and powers down, then you wake it up, the kernel has events like "Booting CPU #1", etc. A bit of a bummer as I wanted to use this leak for my custom ROM base... :(
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
No new leak yet :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] IcedCube:
Patience young one, jumping the gun will get you shot.
[Acer Iconia A500] xd4d3v:
Official ics is to be released today. According to acer italian facebook
[Acer Iconia A500] gfinockio:
... and nothing.
[Acer Iconia A500] IcedCube:
Yeah, looks like Acer was trolling.

Even spamming my A501's "System Update Check" tool gives no dice. A bit of a pain in the butt.
[Acer Iconia A500] gfinockio:
Still nothing new.
[Acer Iconia A500] grimm18:
Acer will loose users with there actions.
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
An official update should come really soon.

Some new builds are available, like :

Acer_A501_4.066.29_041.220.03_COM_GEN1 : http://cdn.acer.futuredial.com/Acer_A501_4.066.29_041.220.03_COM_GEN1_1342429013784_4f6ba067.zip
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Ha Ha Ha Ha! Looks like I will be busy this week!

Thanks for the post!

MD

Ok, so it's an update patch set to use .3.2.1 HC. Not a full build.

Anybody out there still on the 3.2.1 TMPL and want to run the update? Decrypt it, and pull the update.zip file from it first. It will wipe your CWM and current bootloader, so you'll have to do the usual root, bootloader and CWM.

Then do a CWM backup and post the files.

Any lab rats available?

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
Thanks vache. Flashed it, will report back on 3G stability in the next few days.

Edit: is it just me, or does build.prop still say 1.019 after installing 1.220? 3G now stays running even when on wifi - so it appears to be behaving differently.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
That's the build for the patch, not the resulting build I believe. That would seem about right though. 220 would be good for a patch.

Well, how about a CWM ZIP seeing you got it installed first. I really don't have the time today as for work. System, Flexrom (if applicable) and boot image. (think thats all we need.)

Thanks in advance :)

Oh, I think the previous build was .014.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
New Leaks :

Acer_A501_4.066.24_041.220.05_COM_GEN1.zip

Acer_A501_4.066.29_041.220.05_COM_GEN1.zip
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
Interesting.

What's the difference between the two zips? Can we apply Acer_A501_4.066.24_041.220.05_COM_GEN1.zip directly to get to ICS, instead of going to Acer_A501_4.066.24_4.066.29_COM_GEN1.zip then Acer_A501_4.066.29_041.220.05_COM_GEN1.zip ?

I have applied all of these leaks as per the OP where I went

1 Acer_A501_4.015.15_4.031.24_COM_GEN1.zip

2 Acer_A501_4.031.24_4.066.24_COM_GEN1.zip

3 Acer_A501_4.066.24_4.066.29_COM_GEN1.zip

4 Acer_A501_4.066.29_041.220.03_COM_GEN1.zip

I removed BL and Recovery from each step to keep root.

edit: Also, anyone know the difference between .03 and .05? A quick compare shows 98 file changes; seems like more than a region difference. Different GPS libs and ril too. Might have to get flashing...
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
the difference between the two files is just the ROM that you have onyour tab. One file requires to be flashed over 4.066.24 and the other file must be flashed over 4.066.29.

You cannot use this over another ICS ROM as those are not full ROM.
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
Yep, that was what I was asking (just in a stupid way). Thanks for confirming.

That makes the 4 step process now 3 :)
[Acer Iconia A500] xd4d3v:
vache. would you mind posting 1 flashable zip that takes us to this latest ICS leak?

I'm thinking this is probably the final or RC, due to acer italian promising ICS for the 11/07.

I was so excited about this i ended up downgrading to HC and can't wait to upgrade to ICS
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Why don't you just install this leak ? You have everything you need to flash you tablet :D

If it's because you don't want to bother flashing several time just tell you that Vache doesn't even own an A501 (he has an A500).

(this message is not supposed to hurt any feelings)
[Acer Iconia A500] xd4d3v:
I would for sure. i'm just a little bit slow and i'm not not sure the order I need to flash them :-/

if you can tell me the same way vache did in his first post i'll do it straight away.

also if you know how to get root and keep it after the whole process i'd appreciate it.
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Just follow Vache's steps from the first post but only use the first two files from hist post and then use Acer_A501_4.066.24_041.220.05_COM_GEN1.zip from my post. That should take you there ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] xd4d3v:
All done. Thanks.

Kept all my previous settings.

2 questions.

1) Is it possible to do a factory reset without loosing these updates? Just in case I'd like to start fresh

2) how to root and install recovery? Afterota?
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Factory reset does affect the system so you can do it without losing the update.

AfterOTA should work to apply root but it hasn't been tested with this version, should be OK though.

Can you tell me what is the build number you have after the update please ?
[Acer Iconia A500] xd4d3v:
Its acer_av041_a501_1.021.00_ww_gen1

Is that OK?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Maybe better than my .019, and it's pretty stable. But it will depend on if Acer re-introduced any old issues.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] paugustin:
Yep that's it thank you :)
[Acer Iconia A500] galapogos01:
New build used less than 6% battery overnight (10 hours)! I will upload a CWM backup that someone can turn into a zip. ZeroKill root method works.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks!

Thanks Mate for all you do with these updates :good:. Will throw out a build for testing maybe today or tomorrow. Straight Origin Odex.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Current 021 Test Build for CWM

Ok, put together an install based on the latest .021 leak for the 501.

Full Acer Install with all the bloatware.

New Busybox and SU.

Go to my thread for the rom and details. Don't feel like replication.

Go To Testing Thread

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] BPaul:
Any new leaks? :D

SIM Card in KZ no fixed.

Still if I insert Kazakhstan SIM-Cards Wi-Fi no work now... :(

I think acer read this thread
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
No new leaks. Still on the .021 build.

Which we just discovered, Acer broke the SMS in the .019 and .021 builds. Can send SMS, but can not receive.

And yeah, we know Acer reads these threads. ;)

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] vache:
Our leak source have been closed, so don't expect new leaks from now.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Oh my gosh why? Did the employee leave? Or get found out? :eek:
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Some "bonehead/idiot/glory hunter/n00b/teenage dev wanna-be" stumbled on some server. Then decided he would get a whole lot of thanks out of it by posting his discovery in several forums, and wouldn't remove his post or link after he was asked to do so by several people. Guess he thought he was a big man for a total of 2 seconds.

Of course, Acer reads these forums you all know.

So because of him, we will probably get no further updates as they closed down the server.

Of course then again, Acer doesn;t have us to find their bugs and issues now. So they have to do it themselves.

Oh yeah, Acer, you guys broke the SMS in builds .019 and .021. Might wanna fix that. I'd might wanna be looking at phone, telephony. Might even toss in MMS as it seems you bloated it since .014.

MD