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[Acer Iconia Tab A100] bobtran:
Very strange....could not edit my own post (got the "edit post" button on this post so this is by way of the edit button)....so, quoted it and now the edits. After the upgrade the tablet is working great, very stable, could not find a way to alter the stock launcher number of screens.....did some research and then downloaded the "Nova" launcher free from the market....works great on ICS and the A100. Highly recommend if you want to be able to tweak your launcher I usually use LauncherPro but it is not recommended for ICS...Nova launcher does have one very irritating issue, if you move an icon too close to another one then it will automatically combine them and there doesn't seem to be a way to un-combine them other than to delete the combined icons. Oh well....live and learn.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NewWizz:
Thanks a lot for providing detailed information.... every Gen2 owner should go through the Acerforum link you provided above.... as of now it looks like most Gen2 will never get ICS on its own.... except very few with slightly different build and country..

I'm gonna wait till Monday before talking things in my hand... I'll post once I'm done...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] walliester:
thanks I also follow those step now finally after going from pa_ca to gen1 I'm in original ics,...no problems at all I'm From Los Angeles and finally I got the update...woo woo
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jahciple:
i'm on the pa_ca too so that means i won't get the ics update with this build? do you know what this pa_ca is from?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Synica1:
Look about 4 posts up, there's a link to it. It's not working for me yet, but did work for several others.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jahciple:
finally got the update. i was on that stupid pa_ca build and just flashed the gen1 build and voila ics updated after a smaller update.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] waxlabo:
I was on Gen2 with no ICS update yet and I am reporting that changing to Gen1 did nothing for me. I tried the steps, got it to Gen1 easily but after confirming that is now Gen1 on 3.2.1 there is still no ICS update. I still get "Your device is up to date."
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Synica1:
Yeah, same here, except this morning I'm back to the "poor network coverage" message.

Sent from my RAZR XT912 using scoops of Tapatalk 2 awesomeness
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] BlueIce:
Have you tried Apex Launcher for ICS that's what I am using now and it works great, depending on the screen orientation you prefer. I like the landscape orientation myself and found that landscape grid 5 x 10 works great when using Apex Launcher with ICS. I was using ADW EX before Apex. Just thought I would share
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Dr. Greenthumb:
Do you have to be rooted to go back to GEN1?

CyanGang
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] BlueIce:
From Gen2 to Gen1

I also went from Gen2 to Gen1 back to honeycomb and received the OTA updates for honeycomb but this was a few weeks back NOT sure if going back to honeycomb and then back to ICS I would gain anything. from what I have read the OTA updates are the same as the .14 ICS leak if this is NOT true someone please correct me on this.

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No you do not have to be rooted to back to Gen1
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] BlueIce:
So after you went back to pa_ca (Honeycomb) and then got the OTA update to ICS what was your build then? Was it the .14 same as the leak or was it different?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jahciple:
yup, same .14.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NewWizz:
Update.Zip

I'm in the process of flashing to gen1 and trying to find the right update.zip file. I download this in my laptop to verify before placing it on external sd card. The file I downloaded from the above link not seem to be a valid zip file. I mean, after downloading and renaming it to .zip, I'm trying to open in winzip. Winzip says the file is not a valid zip file and can not be opened.

I tried few other versions of update.zip file (another version of acer rom) it opens correctly in Winzip i can see the android source files.

Question is: How to we validate it the update.zip file? should we be able to open it on Winzip?

Someone please help... I would hate to brick my A100 because an invalid update.zip.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] BlueIce:
At this time your still on Honeycomb Gen2 correct?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NewWizz:
SWEET UPDATE: I figured out the .7z file was 7zip compressed file it needed to 7zip utility to be downloaded and update.zip to be extracted..

Whole process took less than 30 minutes and enjoying some Ice Cream Sandwitch now!! :)

If you dont want to deal with .7Z file use the below link, it will get you update.zip directly for GEN1.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?txhsq9k7zvwk9ud

Enjoy!

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Just now upgraded to ICS! Finally! see my update above...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] aznmode:
Thank you this did it for me. Had leaked ICS and downgraded to HC 2.007.4via link you provided and was able to get the 2 updated. One was HC and the next one was ICS. I grabbed the file before I updated each so I'm going to decrypt each one and post in the stock rom thread in development. Below is the OTA version
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Deshabilitado:
How do u take pictures from the screen?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mdford0311:
I'd agree that the .7Z file was a bit of a pain. I apologize for not explaining you need to uncompress the file to get the update.zip file. Personally, every time I went to access the file thru the mediafire link I received an error stating that the file wasn't available because the user didn't have resources available. I was never able to access the file that way and wasn't sure if the link was still good.

I'm glad to hear you were able to update to ICS.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Metallica 4 Life:
Hold power and volume up (left button in landscape mode)

Note: you must have Ics for this to work.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NewWizz:
That's strange.. I'm trying the same ... power and volume up... it doesn't work for me... ics ofcourse...

Also, I don't see live camera effects.. or face unlock either..
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Deshabilitado:
Yeah same with me ... not working do i need to be rooted cuz im not
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] BlueIce:
ICS and screen shots

Ok I just tried and kept getting do you want to power down or the volume just went up or down as I tried both volume buttons. You must press both buttons at the exact same time and hold for this to work. Practice doing it as it does work. Press both the power button and the left volume button in landscape mode at the exact same time and hold and you should be good to go as I was.:)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Deshabilitado:
Thank you i did it yes its at the same time both buttons and holding a lil
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NewWizz:
Thanks... didn't realize got to hold it a little..
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] aznmode:
As promised here are the 2 files (minor HC update & ICS) I received OTA after flashing HC v02.007.4 via NewWizz link. Thanks again man. I'm not sure what the difference is between this and the leaked one though.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25547037&postcount=168
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] aaronlkh:
This method works even for my Acer_A100_2.007.04_COM_GEN1 device which had problem running the latest official OTA update. Now it's on the way to ICS!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ruben21:
I want the improve to make my camera quality on stock rom 2.1 some one can help me?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] demoniacs:
IMO stock camera quality is the best.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ruben21:
Yes i now, how can port it? Please help
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ponext:
SE stock camera is already a powerful camera. it working well on stock rom. If u want to try other camera apps, u can download it from market.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A_Elizondo:
I am wondering what's the hold back of having sense 4a with a working camera? To my understanding sense is a shell added to android, if we have ICS drivers for a camera (or do we, perhaps its just a patch or workaround) then why cant those drivers work on sense 4a?

I love ICS, really like the ones with working camera such as CM9 or meXdroid Fried Icecream 2 but hate the fact there is a lacking touch to focus, panorama, etc features. Actually I would use those as a daily driver if they even had the bloody MIUI camera.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Innocent Devil:
Yes its possible, the problem with Sense 4.0 is that, it need a proper framework compatible driver, which is not yet available.

Wait, it seems HTC has released ICS update (Sense 3.6) for desire HD in italy (read somewhre in a forum). so we have the drivers in it.

Once devs acquire it and test it, we'll have fully functional Sense 4.0A rom,

Am also waiting for that..

Hope it by end of May.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xT4Z1N4TRx:
Where did you read this about DHD sense 3. 6
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A_Elizondo:
I just found it here myself

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1575845
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xT4Z1N4TRx:
that's for sensation
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtualflyer:
Yes I can confirm, if it had really been released there would have been plenty of news on italian android blogs... But I haven't seen nothing yet. Most of all I've had a look on an italian forum but noone was saying anything about dhd update, many about sensation update
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Innocent Devil:
Ya xT4Z1N4TRx, that was for sensation not DHD, seems I mis-read it.:(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neuromansa:
Does anyone know when the official ota for DHD is supposed to begin?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
*Update*

Well, it's out, been released and paraded about for all to see. So, what's the general consensus? Personally I'm stuck as to whether this is flop or just meh. I'm leaning towards meh.. I'm also stuck directly between the HOX and the SIII. The One X not only looks better but has a nicer screen. The SGSIII has everything else... :rolleyes: well you compromise with every purchase right? Can't wait to read more in depth reviews.

I really hope it doesn't, personally, cause while I'm no manufacturer's fanboy I do have a good track record with Samsung.

http://www.landofdroid.com/2012/galaxy-if/

But this is asks the question Can samsung afford to flop?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rd_nest:
I can say one thing is that by amount of hype Samsung is creating/generating, I am sure it will be a decent upgrade from S2. They will never do that if they knew it's going to be a minor upgrade.

Also I believe they will try to add some other added options to make the May 3 event more attractive. One for sure is the Cloud service from Samsung. 2nd (as per rumours) will be the release of high-end Tab/Note to compete in the iPad territory. All their previous Tabs launched this year were mainly for budget conscious customers, I think it would be great platform for launching their high-end Tabs.

They are aggressively pushing for the Tab/Note market. They had a S-Pen app contest ($205,000 prize money) which just finished. Now they have a new App contest from May, bounty this time increased to 4 million.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
Very true! One thing I would love to see would be a conectivity between the new Galaxy Phone and the Tab. Kind of like what Palm/HP was aiming for with the Pre 3 and the Touchpad. Some kind of built in effortless tap to share, and sharing of notifications and such.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedh:
I highly doubt it. Samsung have created a huge customer base with the SG2 and more than likely most eventually upgrade to the SG3. Best phone I ever had and will undoubtedly get the new galaxy because I have been impressed with the quality of my previous samsung phones unlike the poor htc one x i recently upgraded to after being too impatient to wait for the galaxy s3 :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
I hear you. I had the SGSII as well (The sprint version) and I actually plan on importing the International quad core version of the SGSIII. Like I said I've had really good experiences with the Galaxy S line in general so I have high hopes :-)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreiLux:
Why do you write such things? Samsung have confirmed back at WDC in Barcelona in February that the 4412 will have a Mali 400; furthermore it's been leaked in the kernel source code since the beginning of March, and I specifically confirmed the 440MHz clocks @ Beyond3D three and a half weeks ago.

The Tegra 3 GPU is not a mighty GPU. It's the same GPU they've had since Tegra 1 with the only change being that it's been getting more computational units thrown at and the frequency upped with each revision since then, both in Tegra 2 and Tegra 3. It is an extremely old design which will and is outperformed; and not only by a simply slightly overclocked Mali, but also an iPhone 4, no need to talk even about the iPhone 5. Tegra 4 will finally have a new GPU architecture.

There's no need to be a manufacturer's fanboy or even any kind of insider, but as an author of a tech site it takes roughly an hour to Google this stuff before writing such an article to get some simple facts straight.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph00ny:
Indeed. I'm quite surprised to see the tegra3 devices marginally beating the current Mali400MP equipped devices in some graphics bench (nenamark2) comes to mind
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pacc:
Actually I believe most specs are already known, and from the past (SI and SII), there aren't many surprises, and usually Samsung is very predictable.

My question is, will it be breathtaking?

I really hope so, but...

SI featured - first smartphone with 4" super amoled + 720p recording + 1Ghz processor etc...

SII featured - first smartphone with 4,3" super amoled plus + 1080p recording + 1.2 dual core processor etc...

SIII - most known specs are already out there (ex. quad core) with HTC, or HD super amoled screen already on Nexus, I really can't find anything outstanding in my point of view.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zzim:
Well I really hope they have a multiple device release. Like a version that has a dual core and a quad core version. Because if they only release a dual core in the US and and neither come to Verizon I am going to be very upset. The performance of the Galaxy Nexus is disappointing. I need a device that had high Open GL performance and the Nexus does not.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
Thank you for pointing this out. Honestly, thank you. When I was doing my research for the article I looked mainly at benchmarks and honestly just scoured forums for posts by people such as yourself who are clearly knowledgeable about these things. But, what I was able to find was pointing to the general consensus of the T3 GPU being rock solid and the best so far. Ultimately its about end performance, and I used gaming as my main point, one only needing to look at Shadowgun THD to see how much different the experience is. And while one can and will argue that games are being optimized for it, it's also true that Nvidia is optimizing their GPU as well, and doing so in a way that few others are doing. So when I say that I hope Samsung steps up, I mean to say that I want to see more than an overclocked GPU from last year's model put into it.

I'm not knocking the SGSIII, I want one. And I wasn't implying that Samsung is going to flop either, or at least, I can attest to the fact that I wasn't trying to. I was simply stating that Samsung needs a huge win here if they want to keep market share and mind share. Looking at the big picture.

Thank you, though, for pointing that out about the T3 GPU. I'm going to do the research you mentioned to become a little more acquainted with it :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
Lol and that's one of the points I was trying to make. This phone needs to be breathtaking. Actually, remember the mock invite that went out a while back that had the May 22nd day on it? That showed like a quarter of the bottom of the phone (albeit, a fake render)? That intrigued me. It looked like a distinct break from Sammy's traditional black slab. I kind of want something like that lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreiLux:
All THD games are marketing dollars from Nvidia PR being used at their fullest; from a technical point of view there is absolutely nothing in the THD games that cannot be used on other GPUs, there's cracked versions being able to run on other devices, although they still have some issues, but that's not the point. From a simple consumer's view, yes, they're superior, but from a technical aspect, it's nonsense.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
I've been doing a bit of research more in depth like you suggested and you're absolutely right. I guess as it stands, the average consumer, the difference is moot huh? But to those that actually care what goes into their devices, there is a huge difference.

My thanks again!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultiLockOn:
It already has flopped in my eyes. A9 processor with the same GPU just overclocked? I could care less about the screen size, RAM, etc. at this point. I was really hoping for that dual core A15 and MaliT6
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rd_nest:
And do you want to carry a gas station with you to supply the power? Everybody keep shouting from rooftop that they need A15 with Mali-T6 series, have you EVER considered the fact about power efficiency, battery life and driver optimizations? Or do you want to get a monster phone with 2 hours of battery life? If you were EXPECTING something impractical, then it's your fault, not the OEM's. Did you even read the press release for Exynos 5250 a single time? I can bet that you never did, or you won't be ranting in the threads.

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/Exynos/news_11.html

It says in big bold letters in the heading "Samsung Announces Industry First ARM Cortex-A15 Processor Samples for

Tablet

Computer". If that's not clear enough for you that this SoC is meant for the Tab line, I can't say anything more.

GS - 1Ghz SoC + 4" Super AMOLED (Pentile) WVGA + 720p30fps/5MP

GS2 - 1.2Ghz dual + 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus WVGA + 1080p30fps/8MP

SGS3(speculative) - 1.4Ghz Quad 32nm + 4.6/.7 inch Super AMOLED PLUS HD + 1080p/12MP.

No idea on the DAC used, but hope it's Wolfson.

Now I checked around what possible sensor could be used in the SGS3. Like all "leaks", I restricted myself to 12MP sensors and sensors which are now in mass production.

There is only one such sensor - S5K3L1

Details also can be found here: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_announces_12mp_and_8mp_backlit_cameraphone_sensors-news-2310.php

This is 1.12um BSI sensor. Captures images at 30fps at full resolution.

Video - 1080p Full HD @ 60fps, 720p at 90fps and 120fps at VGA.

I believe a definite improve in the camera specs too.

I have posted it many time, but I guess I have to post yet again about Mali400. Look carefully at the numbers:

I am sure they will also include GLONASS along with GPS.

The way I look at it, this is a very decent upgrade from SGS2.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -DarkKnight-:
flop

even if this device flops and doesnt turn out to be a decent upgrade

samsung might still sell loads of them

its been done before (iphone 4s anyone?)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gene_Bailey:
Lol you have a point. But I guess that beckons the question: Is Samsung at the same level that Apple is that they can release a "4S" type upgrade and expect its consumers to be happy?

I don't think so.. Not yet anyways..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultiLockOn:
The S4 uses 28nm architecture, meaning it uses less power than every A9 chip.

I promise I've read much more about these chipsets than most members here, I'm not speaking out of my ass. I've seen multiple sources saying that the A15 exynos chip should be due later this year on smartphones. There's not much differentiating a tablet and a smartphone hardware wise aside from the size of the screen, and you really don't think Samsung will release a dual core A15 variant for smartphones soon?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] honghsien5:
well if S3 does flop(which is very unlikely)

then people will probably buy HTC devides or iphone instead

Android followers are very reasonable lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rd_nest:
S5E4412

People should check The Galaxy S III S5E4412 Processor—A Hacker’s Overview article.

The most interesting thing I noticed was it supports upto 128-bit internal bus. According to comments, Cortex-A8 and A9 cores work on 64 bits at a time, and the Cortex-A15 does 128 bits. So it looks like Samsung pulled the wider NEON unit from the A15 to put in their A9's

Detailed specs for 4412 here:

http://8gpad.com/?p=302
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
Could you at least give some solid evidence or reasoning on why you think it will flopThe specs are already out. They had been successful with the S2 and the Note. Whatever phone it might be, the buyers who buy products on its release date takes a risk. If you are concerned, you just have to wait for the feedbacks.

Personally, that is why I did a careful comparison between the Nexus vs Note spec and went with the Note. Now look at their prices. The Nexus is $399.99, and the Note is $539.99. Nexus is good for new buyers, but in term of reselling value, at least a few of those Nexus owner who bought it for $799.99 + shipping on release date must be at least a bit disappointed. It has not been a full 6 months since it was released today. I think the best time to get an international unlocked version is after the release date of the same model in America, that's when their price dropped.

I am no a single core phgone so I will probably get the SIII, but if I had a dualcore phone, I would rather wait for the next Nexus device, in hope it will have the Exynos 5 CPU and upgraded Mali GPU. People buying the SIII unlocked version should realized they are buying last generation hardware, both CPU and GPU.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakeshishere:
You mean like waiting for 1yr and then seeing Galaxy S4 at that point of time ? :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkeyes:
it shouldn't flop. remember their are 10000s of ppl that got the og galaxy two years ago and are due an upgrade this year. for me coming from the 1st epic to new galaxy s its an big upgrade but coming from the gs2 its not much of an upgrade.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebobp:
The Nexus isn't as differentiated as the Note (and particularly after ICS came out on other devices). Other phones came out competing with it. That's why the price went down.

One has to ask the same questions for the S3: is it sufficiently differentiated, and if not, who else is coming out to compete with it? Unfortunately, the latter is not really clear, as competitors keep their stuff a secret.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike216:
Now at the playstore and its perfect!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] globen:
thanks noticed that too earlier!! I bought the game when I had my E4GT
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike216:
Its a great playing game with insane graphics! My buddy at work is an iPhone whore and had this game on his tiny screen so needless to say I was pissed but all good now :D