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[Acer Iconia A500] DPetitme:
Entreprise Exchange

Hi Moscow Desire,

Thanks for your new rom.

Everything is working perfectly out of Entreprise Exchange.

I cannot link with the hotmail server via Exchange as I do usually.

It is very annoying because this exchange link provides mail, contacts and agenda.

Could you please look at this problem?

Thanks by advance

Denis

PS I succeeded in linking with Hotmail by ticking off the Acer Ring in the settings.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, that is a new one. Will have to remember that.

Not a lot I can do about it, as they are acer apps.

Technically, the Ring wasn't supposed to be used with the 501. However, it has the code to support it.

A pity you can't use it with the ring.

But still, I use Hotmail, but no exchange server to mess with, so I really can't test anything.

Glad you got it going, but at a loss of Eye Candy :(

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
It's ok.

I'm sending BabaYaGa up to St. Pete to get your tab working :D:D:D:D
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Fixed Market. Patch in the OP near end of post. Also attached here.

1. With File Manager HD or Root Explorer, delete Phonesky.apk (do not use TB)

2. Shut down

3. Reboot to recovery

4. Install Alexandra_V_Patch_1.zip

5. Reboot tablet.

This should fix the Play Market when purchasing apps. Works for me :D

Let me know.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
Oh man... I am, so over this REALLY SLOW internet I've been forced to endure the last few days...

I only just got the Alexandra V 1.3 loaded and running and now there's a 1.3a...

I think I need to reboot my modem with steelcaps to see if that will get the bugger going faster... :mad:

Sorry I couldn't test the beta Moscow, as I said I started the download but before it finished you'd released the new rom... :(

From what I can see of 1.3 (and I only just got it going) the 3g and wifi are fine, everything seems to work ok. I had the BNeta working on my tab last night and didn't have any problems with market but must admit I also didn't purchase any apps. 3G worked brilliantly for a few hours until I swapped to the wifi for the ret of the night. No problems there at all..

Brilliant job as always MD... :D

PS - missing the picture of your "wife"....:p
[Acer Iconia A500] DPetitme:
I didn't lose the Ring ; I put it to work just after the Exchange connection and all is OK now.
[Acer Iconia A500] imaulana:
SOD

Dear MD,

I really excited to have this ROM. I installed it yesterday. I do the Zero null thing, make the system file R/W. This morning I get 3 times of SOD. Do you have any suggestion?
[Acer Iconia A500] D3v17:
Hi MD

I have tried your rom v1.3 and use carrier XL Aviatta from Indonesian. The 3G modem is working but after few minute when sleep, signal 3G is drop and must be reboot.

Can you help me for this issue ?

Thx MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
For you guys who seem to have a severe SOD issue, I will have to ask the question;

Did you do your complete Wipes and formats before installing? (Wipe Data, Cache, Dalvik, the goto mounts and Storage and format System and Flexrom)?

As it seems you have some kernel code left from Alex IV the previous version. At least that is how it acts like.

Also, I need to know which Bootloader you are currently using? Download AcerRecovery from the market. Start the app, and it will tell you which bootloader version you currently have.

Please post your versions as soon as possible.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, I left the wife out of it this time ;) (although she graces my bootloader)

As with the market, I usually don't purchase many apps anymore. Already spent too much money in the past ;) But the issue was there. So I reverted back to an older Playmarket app. Seems with the 501, they changed the app from play market to "phonesky". Stupid.

Check for SOD if you could please. I haven't had one for over a week, but I also do a lot of flashing lately so haven't noticed. Overnight deep sleeps seem to work ok for me.

I suspect we may get an occassional one from time to time, but not like the last release.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] imaulana:
OK MD, i have bootloader V8 from skrilazx (or whoever it is, sorry if i can't spell it correctly). i do what you told us to do in the OP (about all the wiping things and formating).

Last night i plug the charger and turn my wifi on for the whole night for updating all my apps and contacts. and in the morning, there's no SOD. But after i unpluged the charger and turn the wifi off, the SOD begin to appear.

i'm not complaining, just want to inform you about this bug. And i'm still the loyal user of your ROM.

Thanks MD.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
It's ok. No offense taken believe me :D I just like to make sure of things. One never knows these days.......

I expect an occasional SOD. Heck, I actually had my first (after reading your post ;) ). After all, it's still an RC3 (release candidate).

Compared to the "leaked" release, it's a whole lot better. I don't like the way Acer did the fix on the 3g though. Way too many "ril restarts" for me. But it works. Seems that is their fix (to bury a ril restarter in the kernel). At least from what I can gather.

Nice job Acer :mad: How about dumping some 501 kernel source so it can get fixed properly?

The SOD, is probably nothing more than increasing board voltage when it sleeps. But without source, we can't make a kernel to adjust it or even test a theory.

Well, let's wait for the next release :D:D:D:D:D:D:D (MD looks for a fresh bottle.....)

Thanks for the support!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] thevilish:
It's only two days since I flashed Alex V but never got SOD. I have ICS BL V3... Once I had freeze to death but I think it was SwiftKey keyboard issue. So far pretty fluent rom :)
[Acer Iconia A500] imaulana:
One bottle of Baltica worth of 10$ coming right up.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Much Gracias! Much appreciated. Wife reminded me I have work tomorrow, so looks like a Beer afternoon only ;)

Baltika 7 where are you????? :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Battery mod

Ok Boys and Girls.

Who want's to try this battery % Mod????

Much thanks to Civato for the mod :D:D (my apk tool refuses to re-compile because it hates me this week)

Now, things changed with ICS. Batt mods are really no longer in Framework-res, as Google thought they should be in SystemUI. Thanks Google...

MD

EDIT: I pulled it from the main post. Reason, USB icon, and Play market icon didn't show. Like I said, ICS is a little wonky about system changes. Everything else still works. But, it seems will have to install mods by a total rom install.

Will add it to the build along with the APN changes and post a new install.
[Acer Iconia A500] imaulana:
I come from Jakarta. 9335.80 km away south east from moskow. i hope that can charge your spirit to build this ROM.

:D

Battery mod....here i go
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Wow! That's a lotta KM!

I'll still cook for the 501. At least till Acer gets some solid stuff. Want to do it also for some additional regions as well.

Still have my eye on the A710 or Asus Infinity. Whichever comes first ;) Might settle for a TF Prime with 3g.

So far, in Moscow, all they have left are a large amount of W500 and W501's!!!!

Gee..... I wonder why??? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] chmp:
Hi Moscow Desire,

Congratulations on the new cooked ROM.

The problem with "no service" on 3G seems fixed. Several times it happened after Slip is to restart the modem and want to re-entering the PIN. These are my observations for now.

regards

P.S.

if you engage in any of the following fixes, edit config file in Access point of VivaTel Broadband userr & pass both with all letters Caps (VIVACOM, VIVACOM)

see link:

http://www.vivacom.bg/en/residential/help_and_advice/mobile_phone_settings/lg_gt405/settings/1156
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks!

I'll look into modifying the APN's file, and see if I can get your info in there. (never did it before, but am sure you will test it for me :D )

If I do it correctly, I will send you as a flash update.

I am sure as other new providers happen, we will have to do the same.

Thanks for the link, as it will help a lot!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
APN file For Vivacom

Ok, in this post is a modified APN file. I added your APN for Vivacom. I guess it used to belong to the network "VivaTel", as vivatel was listed in the APN file.

Not sure about the "user" and "password" in Cap letters. All other entries are in lowercase. You may have to change them. If you do, open the xml in Notepad++ (free from internet) or let me know and I'll change it.

Ok, now you have to use Root Explorer to do this, as I don't have time to make a flash file (baby buggy time). So the attached zip IS NOT FLASHABLE.

In Root Explorer, go to /System/etc and look for apns-conf.xml. Delete the one that is there, and copy the new one into the same place.

Wait, you are not finished.

After you copy, you have to make sure it has the same permissions as the other files in the same folder.

Long Press a file, select permissions. Then long press the APNs-conf file, select permissions, and change to match the other one you checked.

Then reboot tablet.

There were 4 listings for the old "vivatel", so I changed each one to reflect "vivacom". Use which ever one works.

Hope this fixed it. If it does, I will add it in the next build.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] chmp:
Moscow Desire, Thanks for the quick response.

I edited apns-conf.xml file after the installation of the ROM.

But you helped all subscribers of VIVACOM.

And I will thank you on behalf of all subscribers VIVAVOM.

Maybe re-do the changes between two shifts of diapers :D

Regard
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Great!

I'll add it into the next build. Probably today. Then I think I'll relax for a few weeks and see how the build goes. Still waiting info from another user with an APN issue. Waiting for info from his provider.

Yeah, having to stop-and-go with baby duty, results in me missing things sometimes ;) (otherwise I would have caught the icon thing with the battery mod. ICS is picky when doing a systemui change, usually requires a full install)

But this next build will hopefully be the last for awhile. We shall see. Hopefully just can install "over the top" without doing wipes. I'll test it out. (never have a lot of faith in "over the top" ;)

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] imaulana:
SOD

Hello again,MD.

Yesterday, i still got SOD. About 4-5 times.

And then i re-installed your ROM, still got SOD.

i try install wakelock (just a blind try), and i got no SOD until now. i don't know is it related or not.

will report again if i still got SOD.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, wakelok will fix it, but you pay in battery life.

Were you running on 3g only when they happened?

Info, will post a new build in about an hour (1.4). Will be the last for sometime until Acer dumps a new rom.

Changes;

Added systemUI mod

Added EC power management (might help a little)

Added some APN for Bulgaria Vivacom

Added Ad-Hoc support
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
Still running Alexandra V 1.3 - no sod as yet. Runs fine. No wifi/3G dropouts..

Have had an occasion where screen decided to flicker, reset for that. Was still working though and only the once.

Haven't updated to the newer builds because my internet is doing freaky things - I still don't think it should take over a day to download a few hundred Mbs when a week ago I could get in a few hours.... Bloody rain.... :mad::(

Rom fine though...:D
[Acer Iconia A500] evolucja:
Hello. How to make smooth upgrade to Alexandria V from IV without lossing any app and data? Is it even possible?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Great. I had 2 this week, both running 3g for extended periods. Other than that, seems to behave itself.

Couple of folks though had some issues. Hope the EC change helps a little. We shall see.

Also, I am puzzled why it happens a lot on some tabs, but not all. Only thing I can think of, is either different revisions of hardware (a501 is known to use 3 different radios) or maybe network providers.

Internet could always use some help ;) That's what you get for living on the wrong side of the planet! :D:D:D:D

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] imaulana:
I run my A501 on Automatic 2G and 3G.

Still got no SOD since i installed Wakelock, but of course my battery runs out quickly, that's fine for me.

One question: since i already installed the 1.3a and battery mod, do i have to reinstalled all the way from scratch or just install the "Alternative-R..-Ad-Hoc-wifi-patch.zip" via CWM?

Thanks for the answer, MD.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Unfortunately, with ICS, there is no "flashing over the top" as we could sometimes do with Honeycomb. (I tried it today 3 different methods, not very successful)

The best bet, although I never use it, is to use Titanium backup to back up apps and game data you want to keep (or not download again).

Most of the stuff, like databases and possibly game data, should be safe, as the install doesn't effect the Media partition. But you may want to back up important stuff first with TB.

Always do a recovery backup before flashing anything ;)

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, with Ad-hoc, I put it in 1.4. But for some people, that wpa-supplicant file may not work well. So there is an alternative file to use (patch).

You can run the alternative patch through CWM. Unfortunately, my ISP doesn't work well with ad-hoc, so I can't test it properly.

If that one doesn't work, I can send you another to try through CWM (the one I put in ver 1.4)

Note: As ICS is a bit wonky when installing new systemUI files, you may or may not get a couple icons showing in taskbar. Shouldn't effect the performance of the rom. This is why I moved it to a full rom install. But if you are not having any issues, then no reason to do a full install at this time.

I won't be putting out anything further in the next month or so, so you're safe to do a full rom install. Not much more I can do to it at this time. About the only thing would be a new kernel flash if we get one that works good. ;)

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] henryshannon:
Link2sd wont allow me to create mount scripts.... ext 2,3,4 or fat 32....was working fine in previous version
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Never used the app, but I will take a wild guess it's due to Alex IV used a modified kernel and module files. Alex V runs a stock kernel as the kernel devs are a little tied up right now. But that's just off the top of my head.

When I get a chance I'll look into it. (have to locate a suitable msd card first).

Will keep you posted.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Send me your boot.img , its probably the init.d is not supported in stock kernel.

I will add it in ramdisk.

But I will do it tomorrow, and I will add the other tweaks as well.

To tired now and don't feel like turning on the PC.

I'm testing oc kernel for my flex rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Already sent Mate, and a present ;)

This kernel is better than the previous leak. Still a little sod, but 3g hangs in there a lot better. Not perfect by a long mile though.

Get some rest. I'm finished also.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
Check this out.

ICS SUPER FAST

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[Acer Iconia A500] Illom:
Perfect Work!

Is very stable version :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks! Hope we get some more updates soon.
[Acer Iconia A500] Illom:
we hope
[Acer Iconia A500] v11lemans:
Thanks Moscow

donwloading now.

I will give you my feedback later but i am sure it will be very good as usual.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Modified Kernel

HA HA! Thanks!

Ok kiddies, Got a modified kernel from Civato (Many Thanks). Contains init.d support, Cifs, GPS mods, tweak for a little better performance.

I've been running it all afternoon, and seems to be fine so far.

No, there is no fix for 3g/Sod for those who have bad issues. Just to let you know, mine has been running on mostly 3g for past 3 days. Other than a couple of brief 3g drops, been running ok.

So if anybody want to test out the new kernel, it's attached to this post.

Standard CWM install. No wipes.

Enjoy.

MD

EDIT: One more note, please make a recovery backup before installing. Haven't put a flash together for back to stock yet.
[Acer Iconia A500] tresed:
Good job really .... congratulations ... :D:D:D

Just one question ... the battery drains quickly :(:(:( .. it only happens to me? There is no way to solve?

I installed the new Kenel ...... 30 seconds GPS fix at home :eek::eek::eek: ... To be precise, on top of me there is only the roof :cool::cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks for the comments! Greatly appreciated.

As for Battery, you have to explain a little bit more. I think the battery life might be a little less than my last HC based rom. That is only because this ICS doesn't have an undervolted kernel yet (no source code from acer yet) like my prevous roms. But it does good enough for me to use it in my daily job (browser, mail, etc) without having to worry about battery.

On a normal basis, if I use it often, 7 hrs. (not continous use like playing a game for 4 hrs or such). Although I use the HDMI and only lose close to 20% watching a full feature film.

Also remember, this is not an Acer final release. It is a Release Candidate 3. So the final release I expect will have a little better battery.

But a lot depends on what apps you have running. I don't run utility apps. No need to.

Here is a list of what's currently running on my system;

HD Widgets

Android System

Google Services

Maps

My Location

Digital Hive

Android Keyboard

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] tresed:
For me it is not important but does not work acer ring, or something wrong ... There is some work to do to activate it?

OK thanks for the explanation, I will fully charge the battery and then I see the results ....
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Do you understand how the new gps works?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1636757&highlight=gps

Example. I ran GPS Status after installing new test kernel.

GPS Fix on 11 of 13 sats in about 20 seconds.

2 hrs later, in same location, 2 mtrs from the window, GPS Fix on 5 in about 3 seconds.

I just now walked in all rooms. Maintained fix on at least 5. No, I did not go to the toilet room.

I live on floor 8 of a 13 floor cement soviet built apartment house.

The 500 and 501 are not known for having a powerful GPS radio. Everybody knows this for the past couple years. Heck, my HTC Desire has better GPS. More than likely is attributed to the poor quality antenna Acer cut corners on. (you ever pop the back cover off and look?)

But, if I'm sitting at the house, why would I need GPS other than to know where I live? :confused: Usually I use it when out and about.

Like I said, Acer cut corners on a lot of things. Like replacing some tape near the Wifi with non conductive tape. Increases your Wifi signal.

If you feel the "TEST" kernel doesn't work as you like, I can put together (hopefully) a flash back to stock.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Acer ring works Mate.

The only reason it will "not" work, is because you wiped your Dalvik after you installed the rom.

And somehow, I suspect that you probably didn't do your wipes (and system, flexrom format) as instructed before you installed the rom. This might explain the battery loss, especially if you had Thor's rom installed before.

Mate, you need to go back to the beginning, and install the rom fresh. This time, follow the OP instructions. And, NEVER EVER EVER wipe Dalvik Cache after you install the rom. Acer Ring will not work after that. And it is the same with All Roms that have Acer Ring. Wiping Dalvik after installing, will Kill the Ring.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] tresed:
OK, now everything is clear .....

I always do things in a hurry when I want to try something new :p:p:p ..... Thanks for your patience
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
It's not a problem. It happens sometimes. ;)

rule #1 for any rom chef..... know your rom.

Yeah, it ain't perfect, but, for the 501, it's all we got.

A lot of people did a lot of research and work, to give us what we have. And it's the best we can do for now. I could throw a whole lot of names out there; (and this is in no order, but as I can remember in my old age)

For starters,

Skirlax_CZ

Civato

Waydownsouth

Zero-Null

Blackthund3r

sp3c

Drellisdee

Ezterry

Smaury

Vache

Thor2002ro

Euclidsbrother

Geeze, and a lot more including the countless people who tested this stuff and gave their input, bricked their tabs, and were willing to do what it took to make things better. So many I can't name them.

This is the community.

If it were not for these people, I would still be on stock Acer.......

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
Please explain more (see bold above).

Do we remove the silver color tape there and use black electrical?

What color tape is there?

Can you post a pic for us?

THANKS!
[Acer Iconia A500] henryshannon:
where do i find my boot img at
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
If you do/did a recovery backup, you can find a copy of it in your clockworkmod folder on your ext sd card.
[Acer Iconia A500] tresed:
Well, after you install super clean (Moscov excuse for writing wrong things :cool::cool:) everything works well :D:D , honestly I have not figured out what needs to change with kernel modified for the GPS, it works well for me at home or on the street (but I have not tried it without patch).

by the time I only had a problem with my favorite keyboard Thumb Keyboard :(:( ... FC always, but I installed SwiftKey.

Thanks again to Moscov and everyone else for the great work ;););)
[Acer Iconia A500] gfinockio:
Wow - sounds like this is a great package resulting from some special effort! I promised myself I would wait for a ROM based on an official upgrade, but from what I've been reading here, this is pretty darned close to that! Good work. I may break my own promise by the end of the weekend...
[Acer Iconia A500] shingers5:
Rom doing well I see. That's good man. Nice to see iconia forum is still not dead. Mine has been negelected too long
[Acer Iconia A500] v11lemans:
Moscow

the rom is flying. With an overclocked/undervolted kernel would be perfect.

Any possibility to share kernel with someone??:cool:

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
No OC kernels yet folks ;)

Remember, 500 has source. No source for the 501 yet.
[Acer Iconia A500] khangozzy:
Ver. 1.4 run extremely fast and smooth, do we really need an OC kernel? ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Its not so much OC, as it is UV. When you can have 1.4ghz, and use the same battery power as 1ghz for example.
[Acer Iconia A500] v11lemans:
Moscow

if I remember well SebastianFM was able to patch the binary of the Sensation ICS kernel to have undervolt and overclock capability.

May be he could help also on our A501 ICS kernel.
[Acer Iconia A500] TJ27:
After connect external headset (for ext.mic) don't work switch to internal sound (only headphone) in Skype :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Welcome to Acer Mate. External mic's have been a headache since 3.0.1. This includes BT and USB.

Some folks have had limited success in getting "some" brands and models to work.But I can't tell you which ones, as I don't use them myself.

Also remember, this is not official release code, so maybe Acer might include support for some models in the future.

Maybe if you post a question in the General or Q&A, some people who have success will tell you what brand/model.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] TJ27:
Wired headset ? bt work fine, problem with WIRED ext. Mic. In 3.2.1 i use ext.mic and int.sound.

Отправлено с моего A501 через Tapatalk
[Acer Iconia A500] henryshannon:
i use twrp