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[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Maybe. I will need a logcat.

Get a terminal app from the market.

Open Terminal.

Type Logcat > /sdcard/logcat.txt (remember, a space on both sides of ">")

Let it run till you see some errors.

Then close the terminal app (upper right corner options) Or should be similar.

This should create a logcat.txt on your SD Card. (internal).

Post it to me please. Might have to zip it first.

Remember, logcat will run till you exit the session, and it won;t finish the txt file till you close it.

MD

EDIT: Keep an eye on 3g and SOD. Gapps has really nothing to do with it at this point. So check it overnight to make sure it's stable., and if you get me the logcat, I may be able to fix them. Maybe. Will give it a shot. For now, it's sleep time for me.
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Thank you, okay, I'll give you the logcat ASAP, then. ^^

Edit: Here you go. Bon appetit. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
OK, thanks for the logcat. Pointed me in a direction. The issue, according to the logcat, was GTalk was failing. This resulted in the GApps message. The reason GTalk was failing, was no contact provider info. (if you want to learn a little, open the logcat in Notepad++, free from the internet, and you can scroll down and see the big sections of GTalk errors. Then look about a line or 2 above them to see what was being called.

So, this usually means an APK "signing" issue. With Acer and Gapps, it's a signing nightmare determining what has to be signed, and what shouldn't. Hence why most Devs spend countless hours and hair pulling till they finally get a build working. And sometimes, you have to resign apk's, because it just didn't take the first time around.

Still doesn't explain why you got the strange error on your initial install. After bypassing the Wizard, I was able to replicate the GApps error (which is why I warned you). Then you sent the logcat which helped.

So, back to resigning apks. Now, I think I have it fixed for you (I hope). Run the first patch from CWM (The Evil Alex Prop-Synch). I did it from a fresh install while still in CWM, but I think you can just flash it. It includes 2 newly signed ContactProvider and ContactSynchAdapter apk's. I didn't get the Gapps error on boot. However, My Contacts didn't synch??? Well, tried 2 different contacts APK's, and didn't fix it. So, on a hunch, I installed the Evil Alex Patch 1.zip. And BAM! Contacts synched, no errors. Just like normal. Very strange though that it worked out like this.

Welcome to Dev's nightmares ;)

So, attached are the 2 updates for you. Run the prop synch first. Like I said, You shouldn't have to do a fresh rom install like I did. "Shouldn't". Not sure as I did it with a fresh install. (I'm always changing roms)

If you get 0 GApps errors, and your contacts didn't synch, then just boot to CWM and run the Patch 1.

Of course if you don't need contacts, you can skip the second one.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Thanks MD. Indeed, I was reading the logcat this morning and I figured out too that the problem came from GTalk. So what I did is freeze it with Titanium Backup. But I didn't try to reboot my tablet yet to see if the GApps error persists. I'll tell you as soon as I do. If it does, I'll flash your patches. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to do so anyway to reactivate my contacts sync when I'll need it. :)

Meanwhile, I have another problem. You must have seen a "Skipping I/O error" error in the logcat too, related to the mediascanner. Actually I've just noticed that I can't read or write anything on my mnt/external_sd... Though I don't know if this is related to your ROM or not. I tried to change the permissions with File Manager HD, with which my Owner can neither Read, Write or Execute! I tried to change them, but it says "Permission denied"!? I got root permissions though.

Can you help me with this?

Thank you. I'll come back to you as soon as I have news.

Edit: forgot to mention that I switched to ezTerry's kernel a few hours ago with no incidence on anything. :)

Edit 2: frequent "flicking screen" problem as well. Often happens when I manipulate some widgets on the desktop (original launcher) or when I update Pulse's feeds.

I'll try to logcat that if you want. By the way, the Logcat.apk I found on the net does not allow me to run the command "Logcat > /mnt/sdcard/logcat.txt" you mentioned before. It says "Logcat: not found". And if I try "logcat" instead (no capital L), it says "Permission denied"!? So I used the app aLogcat instead.
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
Hi MD,

Is this issue with cannot receive sms messages still in your rom? I've just installed it and can receive sms :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Ok, with /System RW, IF you have the version 8 Bootloader, and you run the included kernel or EZTerry's OC kernel from my post, you should be able to get System RW. But you have to have the unlocked V8 bootloader. A stock ICS bootloader won't work. With that combination, you just have to set RW through Rootexplorer, ESFile Explorer, or File Explorer HD-(I find this app to be wonky at times) Try ES File Explorer from the market. But you MUST have V8 Unlocked bootloader.

I saw the media scanner error. Not rom related. Could be version of CWM? Have seen this in the forums a couple of times.

As with screen flickering, this has been reported across the board with even OTA. I had it once on mine in Gmail, but I set my 3g to "3g only, and haven't seen it since. I have a theory on this, but it's Acer's deal.

With logcat, the alogcat app is just fine. It takes some practice. Believe me, I know ;) It's probably going to have to do with System RW.

So, Let's recap.

1. You have the V8 Unlocked Bootloader installed (from Skirlax_CZ) You should know this, as it states it when you boot.

2. You use CWM version 1.7.2 This is the newest and most trouble free.

3. You do full wipes (user data/factory reset, cache, dalvik, and formats system and flexrom)

4. You did NOT try to restore user data via CWM or Titanium Backup (this is a BIG no-no) Can restore APK's only. Not data.

The V8 bootloader will solve most of these issues. Especially with the system RW. And I have a funny feeling you are still on a stock ICS bootloader (god forbid an HC bootloader ;) ) as there is no reason why you shouldn't be getting system RW and it's the only possible explanation.

EDIT: Don't forget to turn on USB debugging in developers options in settings.

EDIT AGAIN: With the Ext SD Card error, does this card contain multiple formatiing? As in FAT 32 and EXT4? Iconia can't read sd cards with multiple formats. Try FAT 32 Only.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
Hm I've also noticed that gps signal is weak compairing to thors rom. Acer did not do a good job here ...
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
I DO have the unlocked bootloader V8 and CWM version 1.7.3 of Thor. And I already have put /system to Read/Write/Execute for Owner with File Manager HD. The only thing is that I can't do so for mnt/external_sd (which does not have several formats, since it was working fine before and I never removed it from the tablet since). It says "Permission denied".

Same here until now, thanks! :)

I abide by all your points, except for the last one. I did recover my apps and their data with Titanium Backup (excluding system data which always gives me headaches!), but I never had problems with it. So I don't suppose it is the cause!

Funny indeed, because I don't. I have Skrilax_CZ's bootloader (boot screen confirms that).

Done x100.

Replied above, I don't think so. :)

I tried to recover my bookmarks from my smartphone using some Bookmarks Manager from the Play Store and since that I have the GApps forced close while syncing Browser data now. I had to deactivate it as well... I'll try your patches tomorrow.
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
Ok, what do all of these posts have to do with JB:laugh:

JBJBJBJBJB

I will learn from this lack of support and likely not buy another Acer product.

They clearly are laggers.
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Sorry MD, I met the flicking screen problem again although puting my tablet in "3G only" mode. :(

I just flashed your patches "prop-sync" then "1" and I'll tell you if I still have GApps error issues.

Golly, ezTerry's kernel is so battery voracious!!! :eek:

Edit: Okay, it says with Contacts sync "The sync met some problems and will be resumed soon", and still crashes for the Browser sync. :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, let's go this route as it's clear it's just not getting along with your tab.

I'll take the full odex version, blend in the OC kernel, then you shouldn't have any issues. (can't promise no screen flicker as it seems it's an acer issue). Also, you'll need to remove the bloat (apk + odex) as you see fit.

The OC shouldn't eat any more battery than the stock, as it is set to default voltage and CPU on initial install. Probably something else eating it maybe due to the multiple synch errors.

Shouldn't take me too long. Repackage and install checking. I'll post a link when I'm finished.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Ok, here is the link for a special odexed version. You SHOULD NOT get the errors now.

http://d-h.st/jMs RaptorX-501-1.zip

Note that I removed the games to narrow down the filesize, however, the rest of the Acer bloat is in there. Like I said, whatever you don't like, remove the apk and the odex file. Reboot.

Replaced GoogleQuickSearch with Google Now. Much better.

Added the nicer nav buttons.

Added Acer Print

Includes Civato's tweaked kernel. If you want EZTerry OC kernel, you need to flash it. It uses an image file instead of a boot.img

All primary systems checked. GPS lock 6 sats in 8 sec. (and I live in a cement building). I also checked with EXTerry OC/UV kernel.

Just use file explorer to set /system to RW.

Now, about your SD card. If you look at the logcat, you see it was scanning the EXT SD, however, there were strange symbols on several sectors of the SD card (logcat.txt). At least this is how I interpret them. Might need to do something with your SD Card. Bad sectors maybe? Corrupt files? These can cause issues with the Android OS resulting in it not being able to read the card. Some devices might be able to ignore the bad sectors and continue normally.

Enjoy Mate!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Mate, I get an average of 5-7 locks, normally in less than 5-10 seconds from a cold start. I'm not sure what you're getting at. Considering Thor compiles his source from the same android trees that the rest of the apples fall from. Either Google or CM.

If you get better performance, and wish to use a kernel you have no idea what it's doing or what data it's gathering or transmitting, then by all means, use Thors. It's a free world. He's a good dev. Just doesn't release his kernel source code for the public to see. Not that I'm saying he's gathering your banking or log-in information, but hey, I don't think he'd do that. But then again, who knows.

But please, in the future, don't come in my thread trying to make comparisons. It's considered rather rude.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Thank you MD for the hard work. I'm only on unlimited traffic at night, so I'll download it tonight, flash it, then bring you news. :)

About my external_sd, I bought Root Explorer from the Android Market, which appears to have an explicit option to enable system to R/W. I did so (it wasn't detected as such when I first launched the app), but it didn't change anything about the external_sd. Trying to do so with the external_sd also resulted with this app to a "Permission denied" message. And Root Explorer solved nothing about the GApps issue.

I'll come back to you ASAP. :)

Edit: I have downloaded Thor's ROM but I totally agree about the fact that something is not right about this developer not wanting to share his source code, which is why I'm trying as best I can not to install it. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Forget about Root explorer and your SD card. (Although I like root explorer as the best from all the others. File Manager HD is great when it works correctly).

As with your EXT SD Card, I really suggest this. Copy the contents to your PC. Then, do a scan disk of the card. This will show any errors on the card. Then, Format the card to FAT 32. Then copy the audio files back.

Forget about the Mount, RW permissions, etc on the Card. On normal rom installs, the Ext Card should get these permissions by default. If for some reason you cannot see it in the settings, or you get a lot of errors, Well, it's the SD card. The fact your logcat was scanning the card, showed me it knew it was there. And probably it had bad sectors or something.

SD card errors often happen when one swaps cards between Phone and tablet. After awhile, things get messed up. Especially if the phone runs different partitions than the tablet.

As for Thors rom., I can say a lot of people have corrupted flexrom partitions after coming off his. Probably because he doesn't use flexrom, and his scripts don't compensate it. But as a lot of people think, what the heck does he have in the kernel? Is it another carrier IQ? I don't think he does, as it would not be like him to do so, but hey, just read the news nowdays. And, you can really mess things up with a kernel. Just saying.

Anyhow, when you can, you can check the newer build. You will not get the acer ring unfortunately, as the rom is not deodexed. But, it all works well on my installs. I did 3. And Google Now works well.

Cheers Mate!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
Sorry did not ment to be rude and I always been on alex roms because they work the best for me. Did not had a one issue with it. But this gps is weard. In the same spot I have 3 sats in about 2mins on this rom and on thors 7 in like 10 sec. I think that acer is just lazy or I don't know. Anyhow I can report screen flickering also.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Screen flickering is a known issue Mate. Even on OTA. I've settled it down by turning 3g to "3g only" so things don';t get caught in transfer when doing things that require Data. Like resizing a data widget,' this practice has helped a lot.

As with GPS, well, I just did a cold start. 6 of 12 in 5 seconds while writing this. A lot depends on the time of day, and where the sats are. I am in moscow, Generally the sats pick up better in morning, or late evening when I am in the apartment building, over 1 meter from window. Note I am on the 8th floor, of a 13 floor cement soviet building. At certain times, it takes a minute, but doesn;t happen often, and usually in mid day.

The GPS radio in the iconia, is like it is. There is no firmware, or magic firmware that will update it. It's like it is. The only thing, to make it better, is to "pre-empt" the sat data locations. Alex roms, have this, Thor has used the same code from Crypted and WayDownSouth. It's in the ramdisk. Of course there are a couple other files to include also.

The GPS lto data is set to refresh every 7 days. This is embedded in the Kernel Ramdisk. And for most parts, it does it automatically. There may be a time, when you have to do it manually, In this case, go to terminal and type SU Get GPS.

Anyhow, just some info on how the GPS works.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
Wow thanks for this extensive replay :) But I dont understand the part with flickering. From my side it's like refresh rate is lover and it feels like its flickering. I just dont know how 3G could have any effect on it. It was just fine on 3.2.1 ;]
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, I never thought it could either, until I had it happen to me, and also read a users logcat (I always state how important a logcat is). The only time I ever had it, was in G-mail, when my data was set to "Auto". I usually have it on 3g only, which may be why I never see it. Anyhow, whenever 1 user got it, you could see the GL Errors for a few lines, in several places. Intresting though, was the fact they were pre-ceeded by Data autoswitching from 2-3g or 3-2g, every time. Maybe just coincidence. Who knows. Anyhow, it's an Acer issue,

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] yassero:
still on Alex Test v.1 very satisfied with performance & afraid to lose it if I change. What is the difference with the latest version released ?
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
Eh so it must be only me because flickering is all the time...
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, if you are happy with your current setup, I see no reason to change it ;) I think the 021 build just maybe fixed some issues on a certain number tablets. I personally did not see any difference between the 2.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, it may have to do with certain revision hardware. For example, I don't get SOD, however, Grimm get's it all the time even on a base install. He's had it with 014, 019, and 021. (014 was crappy).

Supposedly, the Brits will get their OTA pushed to them in a few days. I'm hoping maybe it's a newer build to deal with the percentage of users that have these issues. Hoping anyhow.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Volsfan:
I get the screen flickering all the time. Put the tablet in airplane mode with only wi-fi running and still got it. Proves to me that it has nothing to do with the 2g/3g 'solution".

There is a memory leak in the display drivers somewhere that causes it. Almost always happens to me when waking up from sleep mode.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, it's definately in the GL according to some users logcats. Just I always noticed the 2/3g preceeding it. Not much can do about it. Just wait for acer to push some different drivers.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
Damn had a first SOD today. But used it for four days and it was fine till now...
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Hi MD, me again! :)

Your RaptorX ROM works fine, but screen flickering problem remains whatsoever...

I met the GApps error again, but it was related to the Browser sync just after I tried restoring the browser data with Titanium (exceptionnally. I DO now that restoring system data with Titanium has very frequently bad consequences, on the contrary to apps' data). Therefore, I had to format /data and start over, but it's pretty good. :)

I won't install ezTerry's kernel yet, as it's too battery draining to me. The current kernel's just fine!

One more thing: about my external_sd, the problem was related to some files in one of my songs' folders which was containing (for some reason I do not know) several files and folders containing alien characters in their names. Windows could (of course) not delete them, so I downloaded a Puppy Linux liveCD and formated the card with gParted. Then I copied its files back on the card (excluding the ones with a weird name) and everything worked fine. :)

You rock!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Glad this is working for you. A pity the Acer ring won't work on an odexed rom though. It's been tried by folks more experienced than me, but seems to only work with Android 4.0.4 on the 510 and 700 series tabs.

Yeah, I thought I noticed bad data in the logcat.

Glad she's up and running. I'm just waiting for a newer update from Acer that'll take care of this screen flickering on certain tabs. I honestly just do not get it except once in GMail over a week ago.

I let Google sync my bookmarks. It seems to work most of the time. As I said, "most" and I say that loosely ;)

Well, any issues, let me know!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Thank you. Just to let you know I flashed ezTerry's kernel a few hours later, because the ROM was way too laggy with the original kernel... :/

Now it's the best ROM I've ever had (besides Alex III). :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks Mate!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Uhh, why did you delete the RaptorX ROM on your download site? :confused:

Does that mean you disagree about me sharing it? It's a good ROM...
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Still there Mate. Dev-Host was probably having problems.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
Don't tell me. I will guess.

Acer still has not released a working ICS.

any progress with project JB:good:
[Acer Iconia A500] khangozzy:
Hi MD,

I found that Polaris Office (version 3.5 build 5r10832FV13 came with your previous build, I only restore App in TB) doesn't work when I open office file from file manger and PO's file manager, with error massage "Unfortunately, Polaris Office has stopped"

Tried to wipe cache in CWM but no luck.
[Acer Iconia A500] startinoffsmall:
Hi moscow i still have the gapps problem i tried your metjod but still the only thing it says on the market after downloading apss is gapps failure, it downloads but its really annoying , here's a screenshot
[Acer Iconia A500] tresed:
Even for me still the same problem ......

after trying this solution

Evil-Alex-V2-patch-prop-sync.zip

Evil-Alex-V2-patch-1.zip

I have the message

Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
HA! That's "my" wife dude! Tell your's not to be so jealous. It's just an image. :D Joking of course.

Good thing I didn't use the "alternate" wallpaper!

Hey, you got your download from 4shared? Just wondering, as it looks like I put the wrong rom on Dev-host.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrsimmy:
Hi Moscow, your rom is great.

But now, when I turn on my A501, I've got "A 500 screen"... surely it's caused by ICS bootloader. I used V3 with blackthund3r's files. How can I fix it?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
HA HA! You can't.

I will send a PM to the maker of the bootloader, and tell him we are highly offended by this ;)

(live with it for now :D) or close your eyes ;)

I always remember, 80% of people own the a500. And they really can't test because of this. They rely on a few people to do this. And they do a darn good job :D

At least it doesn't say "Acer, makers of bricked tabs" :D:D:D:D:D
[Acer Iconia A500] mrsimmy:
You're right, man! :D :D :D

But now I must tell this: with 3c rom I've got an error with google street view... can I do anything to fix?

And from first ICS to last ICS I've lost all of apps on google market account... I'm installing them manually.

oPS...Sygic doesn't work, too.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Can't explain the Apps issue yet. I have seen it recently. It only tells me about half of what I had. Might be an issue with this Google ICS. If I can find something I will let you know. Also noticed, it took awhile for my updates to show.

With the street view, am re-installing current build (I was testing a new kernel). This is something I am sure I can fix. But will have to wait till tomorrow. Late in Moscow right now.

Will change out network location provider tomorrow. Might fix both issues.

Minor issues. Will take some time to fine tune it.

EDIT: reboot fixed the Play store apps issue.

EDIT: What the heck is "Sygic"????? Never mind. Street navigation. Downloading now. Darn 2gb file (((((

EDIT Again: Have fix for Sygic. Tomorrow will post it.
[Acer Iconia A500] HooeyBooey:
Moscow, loving the work you've put into this.

Still having the issue with the accelerometer no working. I've installed the new rom and reinstalled ics v3 bootloader. If there is an error log or a test I can do that could help out let me know.

Keep up the good work.
[Acer Iconia A500] AstroMag:
I'm surprised, per night and 3g did not fall off, let's see what will be the day. By the way, or I think or not, but the interface as it has become smoother or something. So far, all the like)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I haven't a clue what's up.

Saw some note on another site with some 500 users. Had problems with landscape/portrait mode of sorts. Their fix.... turn off tab. Cycle portrait lock button several times. Reboot tab. Fixed.

Go figure.....

But just hang in there. Doing another build after chasing down some more issues. Will put it up later today. Still one or 2 more to go.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrsimmy:
Hi Moscow, with Explorer I've seen in my tablet old directories made by HC 3.2.1 apps... and I've done all of wypes!

Why flashing ICS doesn't clean all of these old entries?

I try deleting sygic and other old apps' directories and reistalling and now all works fine.

Maybe a "format tool" could be useful upgrading from HC 3.2 to ICS... google market still don't install all of apps in my account... I solve istalling them again manually directly from tablet or via PC.

Have a nice day!