yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] wolverine9827:
I attempted downloading from DH again this morning.... still hung at 196.75M.... really weird....

Downloading from Mega now (no sign up needed...) I'll let you know

Thanks a big ol' boatload!!

EDIT: Mega worked. I finally have the whole 309M file :)

Thanks a LOT!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] wolverine9827:
ahhhh... a stable platform once again... thanks for all the help!!

Now to fix my sig..... kudos!! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Sykojoe:
Thanks for all your work. I had pretty much stopped using my tablet but now that I have this on it, the kids and I are getting a lot more use out of it.
[Acer Iconia A500] SAman1:
Downloaded this Rom a few times now but it always reports the ROM as 'bad'.

I'm on CWM V8, which I used to install ICS 4.03 successfully but notice that 3G is completely unstable and so would like to move over to this Rom to resolve the unstable 3G issue.

Can someone please confirm that the file is corrupted.

Thanks,
[Acer Iconia A500] Sykojoe:
Did you download from the Mega link that is 4 posts above? That's where I grabbed it and it worked great.
[Acer Iconia A500] HooeyBooey:
Holly crap buddy, you're the king. Thanks for looking into this so in depth. I'll give it a shot and report back.

I sent some cash your way not to long ago (i use a different email for paypal), I'm going to send you some more, but I want you to use it to by something for your wife so she doesn't hate me for monopolizing your time. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Naw, she would rather have me at home, than at the clubs ;)

But thanks for the Donate. It really isn't necessary. Thanks is the best :D

I took her to supper tonight. Uzbekestan restaurant. You got her 1 beer, and Kabobs (shashliki in russian) ;)

Tell me the offending apps so I can check.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
No Problem! Hope it works well.

If you have any strange issues, let me know. I think after fixing all the small issues, it should be ok.
[Acer Iconia A500] khangozzy:
Time to update my sig ;) and waiting for a 3G drop :)

Just one small issue when I was trying to use my flash disk and mobile hdd, both didn't recognise by the tab, then the tab become a little bit slugish but reboot solved it.

All my apps have no problem, restored apps from TB work well. Battery drain is good.

Hope it reach the stability of Alex III ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] HooeyBooey:
So formatted everything I could, flicked switches. Nothing worked. The issue is not with any app, it's with the who system. It does not recognize the accelerometer. I did download an app that outputs the raw date from the accelerometer and I get N/A across the board. It's a weird one.

Smart man. I learnt very early in my marriage the best gift is dinner out.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
This is a strange one.

I'll look at the Calibration scripts in the 3.2.1. See what's in there. Maybe the issue has been there all along since you got the tablet, but with Alex II and III, I left calibration scripts in. Might in theory, be why you never noticed it before. It calibrated every time you booted the tablet. Well, in theory. Not a rocket scientist when it comes to Android's inner workings.

Will look at the scripts, and get some extra advice from some more knowledgable than me. If you put it on Landscape lock, does it behave itself?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
OK, I was looking at the initial update files for ICS. (4 part package) It seems, in install update number 3, it has Calibration. Considering Alex IV came from a system dump, it's possible the files weren't carried over, or the calibration which is extracted to TMP, gets deleted after install.

I will put together a build with a calibration folder running the script like in 3x.

At the worst, probably nothing will happen, or it won't install correctly.

But, we shall see. I can't see anything in the script that will mess things up.

I'll send you a PM with the link. Will try to do it tonight. If not, tomorrow morning.
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
Hey Moscow,

What have you learned that when we finally get the OFFICIAL ACER ROM that you can modify to make it better?

What have you found that can be made better?

Obviously this will be much easier for you once you get the official rom.

I am not on ICS yet but I am following your thread.

Pretty cool stuff.

Can I suggest that you take a look at this thread and look at the cool tool he put into his rom called ROM Tools. It is really useful.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1523174
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, I really have no idea when they will release another "leak". I think right now, Acer has enough problems after their failed attempt at pushing ICS to the 500! So much they stopped the program after a few days.

The biggest thing they can do, is fix the 3g issue where it dies. I'm confident that will happen soon. This will increase the battery life as it is.

Other things they can do. Open the additional menus so we don't have to decompile and edit them! That would be nice ;) And if you have additional apps that run with it, well, ship it that way (Acer Ring, Print, etc)

One more thing. Ship the builds with OC/UV kernels. Almost all people are well past the Warranty period on their devices.

Just a couple of nice gestures ;)

Will check your link. Thanks!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
It just seems strange that a big company like Acer does not have a working OS for THEIR product. They probably had ICS at least a year now in their labs and yet they have no proper release. I guess they leaked it to have people fix their OS.
[Acer Iconia A500] AstroMag:
I can not understand, does not want to synchronize your browser bookmarks with the last version of Alexandra, and has danced with tambourines, made resynchronization, zanogo to flash, but did not want to synchronize. With that look through the desk, in Chrome, my favorites are there who have thought how to handle it?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
If I remember, the 500 people had same issue with the original "leaked" 500 ICS. I don't have any bookmarks, but will try to check into it.

EDIT: OK. Downloaded Chrome Beta for the tablet. Let Laptop synch bookmarks. Synch Tablet. Works. Bookmarks imported from Notebook. Icons are ugly, but works fine.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Just an update. Skrilax_CZ edidet the version3 bootloader. Now it has Iconia A501. Link to the NVFlash.exe in the OP. Simple process. USB Debugging on, run the program, enter SBK, select the 501 bootloader.bin.

Same bootloader (ver3) different display image.
[Acer Iconia A500] mrsimmy:
ohhhhhhhhh.... really? My tablet was like a new 007.... under false name. ;)

It's time to return to its real identity? Mmm... if it is only a "display image difference", I will wait for next update.

MD, your rom works very well.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks!

Yeah, just some boot up look. Nothing to do with the rom. I figured if a person had to sell their tab in a hurry, at least it said A501 ;)

One thing I noticed, and it's not a big deal, sometimes on certain apps, it won't let you download them. Like Skype for example. I think maybe Play Market hasn't caught up with ICS for 501 officially. But I did it through the web site and it downloaded fine.

Funny, the Market http site showed me as having A100, EEEPad, TF, and several 500 and 501 :D:D:D:D:D:D (not sure where the TF came from).

Be glad when they release the Official.
[Acer Iconia A500] bozomil:
better than two or more girls :).
[Acer Iconia A500] khangozzy:
Updated the new BL, no problem.

What's you guys battery life? Mine is 4%/hour in standby Wifi off, 3G off, WakeLock set to partial lock (first option).
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, it's hard to tell when you flash test roms as much as I do. ;)

The other day, without WakeLock, it lasted almost 5 hours before 3g dropped, and lost about 2% I think during sleep.

With wakelock I think I lost about 25-30% or so overnight. So that would put it about what you are getting. Wifi off, 3g on. (actually think it doesn't matter if it's on or off as it dies regardless if your running Wifi without Wakelock)

Right now am testing a new kernel with improved GPS (verified working great), and some wakelock built into the kernel. Only been running about 40 minutes, so hard to see what's going to happen with it. Sometimes it can take 5hrs till 3g died, so it's hard to say if anything is good without doing a full days test.

Only issue, if it does test good, it will be a full rom install, and probably not an update flash. We shall see.
[Acer Iconia A500] khangozzy:
Great news, hope to see ur update soon :) Tks
[Acer Iconia A500] mrsimmy:
battery drain is very low.... but maybe it is caused by "3g died"....

In 6-7 hours with 3g died, I've lost only 4%. In 24 hours, with daily use, rebooting every time I need 3g, using wi-fi when it was accessible and reading e-books, I've lost only 45%. So I can use tablet 2 days without charging...
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
TEST

ONLY FOR ICS BOOTLOADER USERS

Test for A501 users , Full root , GPS tweak and auto load from kernel , speed-tweaked , Cif modules and auto load by kernel , AntiSoD test tweak ,..............

Before you flash this make a Nandroid backup from your boot so you can restore it if something went wrong.

See attachments , flash with cwm (gps tweak , cif modules load and speed tweaks are also in it) .

EDIT:

Removed as it did not do what it suposed to do.
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
Awesome rom, the only thing I've found not working is the usb.. I attached a portable HDD to it but it wasn't recognised. When using NTFS(drive) mount it still didn't recognise it. Haven't tried with another drive so it could be that as it was a USB 3 drive.

Other than that, no problems, only had SOD once a few days ago.... Brilliant....:D
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Don't expect USB 3 to be supported.
[Acer Iconia A500] ubutnux:
Is this the new kernel MD talking about?

Edit: didn't pass boot logo
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I just connected my 320GB NTFS drive, and no issues. Took a couple seconds to get the directory structure, but no problems.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I believe this is one of them. Didn't get any SOD. 3g dropped after almost 6hrs. But as we all know, the 3g running in version 3d, could drop in 15min, or it could drop in 5hrs. Unpredictible.

If you folks are flashing kernels, hope you keep an eye on which kernel (zip file) you;re flashing. Usually, I flash kernels after wiping Cache and Dalvik, but if we wipe dalvik, you will lose the ring function.

I believe the best bet, if you want to experiment, is open the rom.zip, and change the appropriate files, reflash. At least that's what I do to ensure a good test.

GPS is a good deal. I can get signal lock 2 meters+ from the window, sometimes farther,
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
I understand it won't work at USB 3 speeds but the drives are supposed to be backwards compatable with USB2 as well...

Tried with a USB 2 drive as well, no dice, it powered it for about 10 seconds then shut the power off to the USB drive which it didn't do to the USB 3 drive... Might be a size issue... Or my temperaMENTAL little tablet is throwing a hissy fit... :p:D

Yep, hissy fit... Did a restore of a backup I did yesterday and it now works... Both USB2 & 3 drives....
[Acer Iconia A500] khangozzy:
Didn't pass the boot logo :(
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Well it is a test , will upload some other test kernels.
[Acer Iconia A500] ebonikeys:
I found out that my batt keeps on draining. I dont know if this has something to do with the rom
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Check the OP. And your 3g signal. If you lose the 3g (grey bars), your batt will start draining a lot more than normal. Using Wake lok helps keep it alive, but also at a battery cost.

Remember..... BETA.

Next release from Acer hopefully fixes it.
[Acer Iconia A500] inji75:
Cheers!

Dear MD, being a fan of your Alexandra III I thought I really had to test the new Alexandra!

And well, after a long installation process (ICS bootloader, etc...) I finally managed to run ICS last night on my A501:

MD you rocks! Thanks so much for this new ROM, you're amazing.

Then, after a few manipulation yesterday evening I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed by ICS: what are its advantages on HC actually? Here we have no face lock, the Acer ring is not as revolutionary as I thought and the Acer print option is useless as they are no real professional Office softs for Android.

What do you think guys?

Anyway, kudos to MD great work and thanks again!

Inji.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks!

I'll try to cover some of your points as best as I can.

1. The advantage of ICS, is using the dual core processor to it's best advantage. I notice this when I play some test videos for example. They seem to run smoother, especially with some of the graphic intensive ones. More apps will be developed to take advantage of this I am sure. In turn, when Acer gets a good release, we should see better battery life. And when the kernel devs get source, we should see some undervolting as well to increase it.

Also, my volume is better than before it seems.

2. Google dropped Facelock. It just didn't work.

3. Acer ring is a cool feature. Keeps the desktop uncluttered. Yes, it's eye candy. But, it's also easy to modify images if you're a photoshop person. ;)

4. Acer Print. The polaris office app included works with acer print. It has the options to print. Also, I hear ther is a new Docs to Go available. Considering I paid for the app at one time, maybe now is a good idea to check it out!

Eventually, everybody will be running ICS. You have a good start, and won;t have to deal with some things in the future. Just be patient. I hope I can get update 501 release in the next week or 2.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] HooeyBooey:
I don't know what happened but magically the accelerometer started working again. For once the electronic gnomes must be on my side for once :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Hmmmmm... maybe a small hardware issue at hand? Interesting. Well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] chmp:
Today I installed the new "ICS V4 unlocked bootloader with ICS THOR recovery (Newest release)" ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622425 ). For several hours not watching crash of 3G. I'll write my observations in further
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks for the info.

My longest, was 16.5 hrs. I will update my bootloader soon. If I like it, will include the bootloader.blob in the rom.

Keep me informed about the 3g, as I am busy with baby ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] chmp:
I never turn off my A501. Yesterday I installed Alexandra IV. After each pass in sleep mode 3G is crashed. Now with ICS V4, 3G for five hours. Tomorrow morning I will write again to the state. (my time is now 21:15)

Have a nice evening
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks Mate.

I threw in ver4 between diapers ;)

I'm still thinking power management. When I got 16hrs, I was at 418mhz sleep mode. But, after restarting, 2hrs later it died. Go figgure.

Thing is so unpredictable.

Well, let her sit overnight (ver4). Who knows ;)

Way I see it, 24hrs, no matter what fixes it, I'll call it good ;)

One thing I do know, SOD doesn't exist anymore since ver2/3. Lot of thanks to Civato and the boot.img mod.
[Acer Iconia A500] chmp:
Unfortunately the night again 3G is crash.

Today we go back to Alexander III, because I use it for work and I can not afford not to work my 3G. I need a permanent VPN. I hope you manage to solve this problem quickly. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] inji75:
Thanks MD, you're right, ICS is the future and happy to hear the hardware is better managed with this version.

I actually was expecting more from ICS, that's all... But maybe too much, hein? :)

Anyway, will see how my battery reacts, because I'm also testing that between two diapers like you.... :) :)

Thanks again MD and keep on going!

Inji.
[Acer Iconia A500] Raptor.X:
Greetings master Moscow Desire,

Is there any way to flash Alexandra IV over Alexandra III HC without having to follow this scary tutorial?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
I tell you what I can do.

We have a new version bootloader now, and, a tool to turn it into a bootloader.blob. When I get time this week, I will update the rom to include the bootloader.blob, then you shouldn't have to worry about it. Will have to make sure it works first.

Also have to check on CWM recovery versions and compatibility.

So check back in a few days. Thanks!

EDIT: You will have to flash update to the latest CWM Recovery. Ver 1.7.2 at Thors site. Easy flash.
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
I think this is a GREAT feature to have, making it easier to install.

This is the kind of things I was eluding to in a previous post when I asked if you could be doing some other things so when they release the official ICS you have all of the other areas ready to go.

It would be fantastic to have a simplified tutorial or 1 or 2 step process to install the new stuff. Rather than you spending so much time trying to solve the 3G issue (which it seems that it's a fundamental ACER problem) perhaps you can spend that time repacking things and adding new features or more options into the ROM as well as removing their bloatware. When Acer does release the official rom then it makes it easier for you to just add your pieces to it...besides this stuff you still have young kids to play with. Go look at a photo from 2 or 3 months ago...amazing how quickly they grow :D:D:D

Thanks for your efforts on this project.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks! Really, it;s just trying to share things we all have come across.

Yeah, things can get a little messed up when Acer, or any other brand, releases new operating systems. And of course they do their best to make sure we don't break security ;) . But, I think, and always have thought, "our guys are better than theirs" :D:D:D

But it always gets a little messy at first. Till things settle down. Numerous ways to deal with things, different root methods, patches, etc. Now we're at bootloaders.

A lot of guys a lot smarter than me, put a lot of time into these things. A lot of us, bounce between jobs, families, babies :D

Like I said, in the next few days, I'll put a bootloader into the rom. Should make it a lot easier to get up to the ICS stuff. But the folks will have to update their current CWM to the latest before hand. Not a biggie, I just did it tonight. Simple flash install. 2 minutes.

Speaking of babies, Alex won;t sleep.....
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
If I understand correctly you need to be on V4 to be able to install a bootloader.blob with cwm.

So for the future it is nice but for now everybody needs to be on V4 to have this option.

correct me if I'm wrong.
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
To update the bootloader is scary but if you read, reread then reread again it isn't very hard...

1.Make sure you have your ORIGINAL CPUID to get your sdk, have it in a text file for easy access and when entering, CHECK ITS RIGHT...

2. Download what you need 1st... Its a pain if you're halfway through something and realise you're missing an important app for the next step....

3. Take it slow, its recoverable UNTIL you flash the A500 ICS rom. If something isn't right don't just plow ahead anyway...

4 The last step is the easiest, I find it easier to put my A501 into APX mode manually instead of using blackthund3r 's tool but the instructions are clear and it really is nothing when you get to it, like the first time you flashed a rom, it was a big deal but now you flash with no problems.

Have fun... :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, this is what I'm trying to understand. If you're on ver4 already, there would be no reason to even think about *blob. So no reason to include it, as it's a moot point.

In other words, there's no reason to do a version4 blob flash, if you're already on ver4.

I think, What Skirlx_CZ meant, or at least from what I understood, was the ver4 is the only one that can be converted into a blob (for us n00bs), and the only version you can flash through ver 1.7.2 CWM. So that tells me, I can include the blob in the rom installs, regardless of current bootloader. Provided they have CWM that's compatible.

EDIT: Got it cleared up with Skirlax_CZ. The ver 4 with CWM, is only for future bootloader updates like Civato thought.

Sorry folks, but you'll still have to NVFlash your bootloaders to Ver4 when you want to move to a full ICS. But unless you really want to, I would wait till I get the next Acer release.
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
So are you going to make one then for Noobs and one or the rest of us.

I think you can provide 2 options therefore when a new person comes or if we have to flash another tablet it's easy.

What do you think?
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
If you read that passage you quoted you'd find that thers no point to making a noob friendly rom as you need the patched ICS bootloader to flash it anyway... If MD added te bootloader.blob file it would only work on an A501 that had already had the bootloader and recovery installed thus negating any benefit of actually making the noob rom.

You need to have the patched bootloader installed to flash a rom with the patched bootloader... I think this would actually increase a noobs chances of bricking their beloved acer as most noobs I know run headlong into trouble before fully reading the instructions... There is the rare few who actually do things right but then they wouldn't need the noob rom...

Unfortunately what would've been a brilliant idea for those of us just starting out and a bit gung-ho, isn't practical.... Bit of a shame but then that's life. You're still stuck having to install patched bootloader and installer v4 BEFORE flashing this rom... as stated here -

"EDIT: Got it cleared up with Skirlax_CZ. The ver 4 with CWM, is only for future bootloader updates like Civato thought."
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thanks!

I'll try to put together something a bit more friendlier when I get a chance. We got some good guides already. But NVFlashing can indeed be a bit scary. A lot of this stuff most folks have never dealt with before. But it has to be done. So lets wait a few days. (Maybe Acer will be nice and drop a new build for us also) ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] droiduzr2:
I like your thinking. You really try to see it from the beginners point of view. If we make it easier then more people will follow. You know how many threads where I asked if they could make it easier and ppl replied with why do we want to make it easier...blah blah

Flashing the Samsung Infuse looks like a pain in the rear. There thread takes forever with half of the stuff broken or does not work on non ATT models. I showed them how to do it in 2 steps. Yes, 2 simple steps but still they leave the long convoluted way posted in the sticky.

You are inclusive which seems to be kinda rare around here.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, thanks. I still must defend many folks who create guides. It's really a lot of stuff to squeeze into simple steps. Also we must consider country people are from as well. Sometimes things are lost in translation :D.These guys are a wealth of information and without them, we wouldn't be where we are today.

And I am positive, those guides saved a lot of bricked tabs :-) :-) :-)

If I remember correctly, Samsung =Odin :(:(:(