yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] jadzia2000:
Bought it on Friday, tried it, returned it on Monday.

MicroUsb location uncharacteristically inconvenient. When you connect a microusb to usb dongle, it wiggles around and doesn't appear stable that eventually it will break, and it's the only place where you can charge your unit.

I bought the acer a500 because of the usb host and watch movies using a external hdd and I have loved every minute of it as it does what I want.

Also, the multi function microusb is a true cop-out from Acer. Unfortunately, you can't charge the device while using a usb storage device. Huge sacrifice there.

If only they maintained Acers a500 features and adapted the full hd screen it would have been a winner.

The only plus I can give the unit is the picture.

Not worth the money.

I'm going to wait for something better.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Turbojugend:
I just noticed I get an oily mark on the screen right above the cpu after using the tablet for a while
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] vBoedefeld:
Same issue on Iconia A511, same reason: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740466 - it is nothing to worry about, it is only refraction. You will get this oily "signature" at the display, if you get the right reflection angel and touching (with slight force) the panel. Near by your finger this effect is visible at any point on the panel.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Turbojugend:
Nope it appears only when the CPU/GPU gets hot, and vanishes when it is cooled down a little. Even if I don't touch that area of the screen it happens. Could this not lead to further issues down the road? I just checked the post about the A511, mine is completely different. it is only about an inch wide, and looks like when gas hits the water (filling up a boat) It is not near as wide spread as it looks on that A510, I'll try and grab a picture of it. Here is a picture. Like I said before, it seems to go away when it cools, but is visible at this angle and other angles when there. It also appears even if I don't touch anywhere near that area. http://t.co/0D6QuOxK
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] vBoedefeld:
I think in fact it is the same issue. Due to the different thermal expansion of the different panel layers near the "hot spot" of the cpu beneath, you get exactly the same oily glimmer. I send a picture with the same effect to acer support. They said, no reason to worry, it is a light effect and it makes a layer into the panel visible.

The pysically explanation should be the same, i mentioned in my first reply. Hope it helps and calms :cyclops:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Turbojugend:
Thanks. The problem is I can see it very clearly on any white background straight on too, it is distracting. I am going to exchange it tomorrow and give Acer another shot at this. It is a tough decision though, because I don't think development is going to take off for this device, but I could be wrong.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] vBoedefeld:
Be patient. I think after this few weaks since release, it isn't possible to make all these little gizmos work. Since there is a working recovery, developement will be efficient - im quiet sure...
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Turbojugend:
I Am just going by the lack of stuff going on for the 510 as well, and I think it has been out longer. But you never know I could be wrong. I am exchanging my a700 tomorrow to give it another shot, if not I may go with the Tf300.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] silverball.slayer:
Mine doesn't get hot, but gets annoyingly warm still. The 1080p is nice for viewiing web pages in portrait mode (like cnn.com). The text is very sharp whereas on a 720p tablet it would be grainy looking with those small fonts. I don't like where the usb port is at all, wish there was a full size port on the side.

Rob
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] chriskwarren:
After about a week I still like it. I do mostly reading though (tried to make it crash watching videos on YouTube, netflix, etc)

Would still like to see an Infinity though while I can still return the a700. But as of now, if there are no asus' available here this week and this tablet holds up as is, I'll be happy
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] glitchster:
acer iconia a700 when its hot its HOT, when its not its not!

'My

This was my first experience with a real tablet. I've been using a rooted NOOKcolor but I wanted a bigger display. The Acer Iconia A700-32k got my attention.

The specs on paper are outstanding but in my opinion they rushed the a700 to market. Many complaints about heat and slow I/o. I didn't have much of a heat problem. I'm not a big gamer, mahjong or double deck solitaire is about it. I play around with Java. And writing.

So, a lot of keyboard rattling goes on. I bought a Targus akb33Us Bluetooth. Keyboard. I find poking the touch screen tedious. I have intermittent problems with capitalization. <cap lock> and <shift> keys won't capitalize. I'm using the kybrd to write this blurb. This was a settings issue. I set it for an Android keyboard and it functions great, now.

Screen refresh is not constant, sometimes when surfing or jumping around to different apps, the screen hesitates to refresh and at random times refresh is nominal.

I got a little adventurous and connected my wireless Microsoft mouse using the included four(4) inch interface cable connected to the wireless dongle. this worked great. When I powered up an arrow cursor appeared and a'clicking I went. No added software was needed.

After checking out the a700's features, which took About eight(8) hours, I found the HDMI. Micro connector was loose. The output to my flat screen TV was great until it intermittently dropped out. I isolated it to the connector and called where I bought it and arranged for a replacement which I'm using now.

I almost forgot to mention that the camera display was poor. I couldn't adjust brightness enough to overcome it's grainy appearance. Switching from HD to VGA setting helped some. The replacement A700's cameras were better, but, still not what I would expect from this tablet manufacturer.

I'm a retired NASA contractor and have repaired computers and electronic since 1974(CDC mainframes, anyone!) And I have an undying interest in computer hardware and now learning how to write software. But, I digress.

This brings me to an interesting video that reviewed the Acer a700 and the newest Asus tablet that was comparable too the a700. What stuck out about this review was there is a difference in the buffering and interfacing chips between the CPU and gpu. The Asus transformer's frame-rate was constant, smoother and could handle the graphics output of the more graphically intense games. I believe the video review can be found on utube.

Summarizing, what I'm experiencing with my acer a700 is a design problem , if the review I saw was accurate. In my opinion, based on the interfacing difference, it could be Acer may have rushed the tablet into the market, before it was properly debug. Well, you could say that for a lot of computer products. Maybe, a software change might fix it or a hardware revision to the CPU board. I would like to hear about a recall from Acer for the a700. Of course, I can dream... ;)
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] mr_density:
Have the tablet now for a couple of days and im very pleased! Everything runs smooth and the screen is great compared to other tablets. The brightness is easily adjustable and also good when it is sunny outside! My own hd videos are playing smooth so very happy about this. Still need to test my streaming of video and music but i think it will be fine too.

I m not much of a gamer so did not had any crashes because of the heating although it does get a bit hot. Besides this the tablet runs and feels stable and very happy with it.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Turbojugend:
Doesn't the Acer also use DDR2 ram and the Asus DDR3?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] glitchster:
DDR2 or DDR3??

Yes, I think the memory is DDR2 for the ACER compaired to the ASUS's DDR3. This was brought up in the review I mentioned, if my memory serves me correctly. The reviewer alluded to the frame rate not being as choppy and it could be due to faster buffering chips. I don't know if anything concrete has been established to back up the reviewer's statement.

I have a copy of the service manual that breaks down the A700 into it's individual components. I'll have to check if the type of RAM is listed...

:confused:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] BENETNATH:
Where did you find this manual? Intersted in the a510's one. ..
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Digital Man:
Can you check to see if it lists gorilla glass too? Nobody seems to be able to agree on that.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] 0nebukadnezar0:
no, the screen of the A700 has a Soda Lime Glass treatment, no gorilla glass
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] chriskwarren:
Well, I just had my first reboot in a week. I was posting a glowing review of the a700 at my favorite hardware site, and it rebooted when I was writing the conclusion.

The back of the tablet was scorching hot. I have played Gta3, watched hours of netflix and YouTube with no issues, and but that one flash banner on the hardware Site seemed to be too much ( The Site had an ad banner that uses flash)

I'll have to reserve judgement for now.

I love the irony that I was writing about the heat not being an issue lol. Not going to rewrite my review now either (will use laptop later... Tablet not great for writing lots anyways)

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[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] bleclair:
What timing! :laugh:

My 2nd just went back to Amazon. The first went back because of something under the glass.

The 2nd is because Amazon wanted to be a stickler about their no price protection policy. The price dropped like $20 a couple weeks after I got it and they refused to match it (as per their new policy.) I told them I'd prefer the $20, otherwise they can have it back. They preferred it back!

Not too disappointed. The 2nd one still ran kind of warm and was sluggish even with a little tweaking. Playing with a Nexus 7 now and might pick up a Transformer Infinity. Thinking the Infinity will get Jelly Bean pretty quick and it's a super update; the responsiveness is hugely improved.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] rushless:
The 1280x800 display is a much better fit for the Tegra 3, plus the TF300 has faster ram. The catch is you lose the higher res display and the micro usb port, but get much better touch response, much cooler running device and better performance. Save $50 as well.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] glitchster:
A700 Service Manual

Below is the link that will take you to the PDF file A700 manual.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1716922

Regards

---------- Post added 23rd July 2012 at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was 22nd July 2012 at 11:38 PM ----------

Reading a NVIDIA web page, a couple bits of trivial info might be of interest about the Tegra3...

It's project name was Kal-El.

The Tegra3 actually has five(5) cores. The fifth core is hidden running routines or apps that can be run in the background. The fifth core runs at 500Mhz freeing up the primary cores from interrupts from the more routine housekeeping threads. There are two operating modes for the Tegra3 . 1.) one Core is selected 2.)The Cores are selected in rotation.(of course these features are configured through programming software.)

This info can be found on the Wiki pages and web searches.

I hope this was of some interest and spark some more info to be posted about Tegra3 architecture...:cyclops:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] pickarooney:
I know it's an A700 thread but with so little discussion about the a500 I wonder if people wouldn't mind commenting on the frequency of hard lock-ups when watching videos. Having sent mine back for this reason I can't find another tablet that is (in theory) as good as the acer yet I can't see myself ordering another one if it's going to freeze up after a couple of hours of video. What is the general consensus on video freezing? Is it player dependent, a summertime problem or a major design flaw?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] glitchster:
A700 replacement running great...

I received the replacement for the original order that had a funky HDMI connector. The A700 has been running fine. It even received a software update via my wifi/DSL.

I backed up all my files to the sdcard prior to exchanging the unit. All the software files appeared to restore with all my data entact. I've been entering text with a BlueTooth keyboard and using a wireless mouse by USB connector, of course blogging without any problem.

Playing games is not what I had in mind for my A700. However, they are just too addictive . Majong, Solitary(double decks) and Angry Birds, which I must confess I played into the wee hours of the night, did not cause any drastic heat issues. When I played the F-18 flight simulator included with the ICONIA A700, overheating as described by users did occur.

One of the reasons the TEGRA3 became popular with developers has been it's ability to handle the new higher resolution displays. Plus, the ability to switch between CPU cores through programming. Also, a fifth core that is designed to be used to run program designated routines that can be run in the background that don't require the main cores processing power, freeing up the main cores.

The TEGRA3 has been touted as a powerful processor that has the only on chip GPU to handle the higher resolution tablet displays.

After browsing through the specs and articals about TEGRA3 , it appears that a lot of the issues with the A700, most of them could be part of a software development learning curve. So, I think I'm going to wait for the software to catch up with the hardware before I label the ICONIA A700 a dud...

Regards... glichster :good:
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Thats OK:
Happy with it

Pretty impressed with our A700. It is the second tablet in this household. My wife and I aren't experts with these devices in any way.

I want to learn way more about android devices so hopefully this thing will be fun to tinker with. I do like surfing with it and the gameplay

seems fine. It does get warm when I play games or watch TV streams. No real issue there however. I am a little worried about the random

browser shutdowns. So far that only happens when using Dolphin HD. I'm kind of on the fence about sending the tab back to Amazon since

as mentioned a few posts up they dropped the price now.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] zealouz:
I own both the a700 and the tf700t, having upgraded from two a500's (which I was happy with). I have owned the a700 since June 16th and used it up until passing it on to my girlfriend last week. I have owned the tf700t since the 20th of July. These are my observations: Both tablets have touch screen issues. The tf700t seems to have improved after a recent update. Both displays are beautiful, both have great viewing angles, however the Asus is brighter. I do not play high graphic games on either tablet, that said, the tf700t dissipates heat better (not that I am bothered or worried about the a700's heat). In the sound department the advantage by far goes to the a700. Two speakers, Dolby, and slightly better placement wins out. Both tablets exhibit lag in the browser, the tf700t being slightly better. I would give build quality to the a700. It just feels better to me. It is slightly heavier but that does not bother me. I don't use the camera or video on either tablet; on paper the Asus has the advantage. The Acer has the better battery life. The Acer also came with the micro to full-size USB adapter, I had to pay $17 for the Asus adapter. I like that the a700 has a cover for the micro SD, the tf700t does not. I like that the a700 does not use proprietary ports. Charge port is of the micro USB variety, the tf700t's charging port is proprietary.

Overall, I like the Acer a700 a little bit more than the Asus tf700t. I have had no major issues with it. I have had issues with the Asus tf700t. Freezing, wifi connectivity (slow to connect), and the dreaded white screen off death. Recent update did not fix those problems...happened to me before and after the update (except for White screen). If only the Acer a700 had the higher clock speed and ddr3 RAM, it would be the better tablet for sure. For now, I hope Asus gets on their horse and fix the issues with their tablet.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] CheopsChefren:
Just own a A700 for a few days now, and even though I like the quality of the display, I am also disappointed with it. It feels much laggier then the A500, and ofcourse that has to do with the higher resolution, but also, i think due to ACERs decision to put a low-clocked Tegra3 chip in the A700, and just DDR2. I would have loved to pay an extra €100 or so, to get the speedier Tegra3 and DDR3 as in the ASUS A700.

Also I am disappointed that ACER decided to save more money on removing some ports. I just noticed after buying it, I know, I didnt check, but i couldnt imagine that the strong points of the A500, the completeness of ports would be cutdown on the successor to the A500.

And again, laggy laggy laggy. I have to admit, pain in my heart, that the New Ipad has its higher resolution better in control!'

I am glad i use my A700 for reading and watching tv-shows only, because in those 2 areas the A700 shines :)
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] JasonJoel:
If you would have been fine paying for higher specs, why didn't you just buy the asus?

I guess I don't understand complaining about something that is fully in your control to fix/change...
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] CheopsChefren:
Probably because I was very happy with my Iconia A500, and expected the same quality from the new flagship, the A700. And as you could read, I didnt check the facts until after I got the A700.... My fault, which I admitted, I just had faith in ACER, and again a lesson learned :)

And as I also say the display is great, and for what i do with the tablet its a great little machine, it plays all video perfect, and the high resolution makes reading epubs also great.

I notice the lag especially when pressing the home button, and when pressing the last accesed apps button. Not a big deal perhaps, but I expected better.

And you are right, if I can sell my one week old ACER A700, i surely will do that for the Asus A700 or the new IPAD, so thanks for your advice :)
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] zealouz:
For those of you on the fence between the Acer a700 and the Asus tf700t. Decided to send my Asus tf700t back today (froze again)... who knows how long before I get a replacement...I hope it has no issues or it will go back again and I will get another a700... which has been working just fine.

~zealouz

Asus tf700

Acer a700

HTC Thunderbolt

Samsung Galaxy S3
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Thats OK:
Returned it

Welp I shipped the A700 back to Amazon yesterday. I think the CPU was starting to crap because of the high temps. The past few days were nothing but reboots and lock-ups. System tuner was showing an average of 195 degrees after about 20 minutes of up time.

The ASUS TF700 just got here so I'm gonna go play with that now...

Sorry Acer...the Iconia had a good feel to it.

The hardware just wasn't there yet for this user.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] gmfeny:
Good look with infinity. I should be receiving my replacement tmrw BC my infinity can't receive any ota. I guess both tabs are having a lot of problems.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] yuvalgol:
I am reaky happy with a 700

replaced the tf201 Asus with it and very happy
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] Thats OK:
A little sad

I was really disappointed about sending the A700 back.

I miss it a little bit.

A very well made tab IMO...

I like a lot things about having the Acer like the automatic owner registration.

Also Acer is very good about OTAs.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skivit:
i may go back to froyo for a weekend, going to a 24Hour GT race, would like everything working properly, vid, cam etc. basically nice and stable.

if i multi boot to froyo do i have to wipe cache/dalvik cache and sd ext. sd and sim inserted or not?

tried this before, ended up with continuos fc of apps when i inserted my sd card.

anyone give a step by step, and how to restore back to CM7?

(secretly hoping CM& is sorted by then, well, we can hope, eh?:D:D)
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allspark2020:
For g3mod,

Use kmapp by rapier07 to configure your multiboot settings

Enable multiboot

Enter recovery backup img and flash the froyo ROM img via multiboot

This will automatically backup your current ROM erase system, cache,etc., and flash froyo on your ROM

If you want to revert back to cm7 just flash the img you previously backuped.

Alternate:

Enter recovery backup everything

wipe everything except sdcard(wipe sd ext)

Flash img or update zip

When you want to revert back to cm7 just restore previous backup

and everything will be back

You will definitely get fcs if you don't wipe sd ext while using second method

In first method you don't need to do anything extra
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skivit:
nice on allspark:):)

first option seems the best i have KMApp 1.4.1 installed, but i cant find the multiboot options, data-kernel-tweaks and data conversion using menu button available.....

:confused::o:D

edit-running G3MOD 2.5 Kernel, forgot to say.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allspark2020:
Didn't you find multiboot in data preferences . I think you find it right away on the main screen

Enable multiboot

If you don't try 1.3 which same great features:)

I can't confirm this as I am on fugumod and cm9 (not supported)

Edit: sorry dude

It is multiosdata :o
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skivit:
use option 2 then!;)
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1trand1r:
@Skivit

Check my sig for multibooting:p...it's all there....but with g3mod 2.5 multiosdata ain't working somehow....dalvik gets wiped when u switch rom....automagicaly:eek:....only thing u should do is data wipe when switching to froyo & restore froyo data from multiboot....any [Q]?....just say:)
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skivit:
if i hit problems, i'll give you a shout!
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allspark2020:
If all the data in your phone is really very important then also have a nandroid backup in case multiboot fails

Also copy your contacts to sim using contact2sim or save them on your sd card just in case anything fails

Multiboot, nandroid backup and every possible way you try to backup data are extremely unreliable and I lost so much of my data lots of times believing they would work
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1trand1r:
well....i never lost anything with multiboot:eek:.... you don't need full nandroid backup coz "backup_data" in multiboot is working perfectly:p....and only thingy is that due to multiosdata not working properly(e.g. data partition never gets restored)...so you have to format data & sd-ext partition before restoring other OS data to avoid any fc's due to overwriting data over existing data....that's all....otherwise it's safe...:):D:p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] listeruk:
There is a Gallery folder named after a contact (call him John Smith), named 'JOHNSMITH: j...' in the Gallery.

The folder has 0 pics in it, cannot be selected and deleted or opened.

It appears a few seconds after the gallery opens and only when there is a data connection. It appears even when I've disabled account syncing and deleted the Gallery's cache and data. I've also deleted this person's contact rebooted and added again to no avail.

Could anyone suggest where this folder might be generated? I'm at my wits end. :confused:

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] spfraggle:
Exactly as the title suggests I'm looking for everyone's opinion on the best stock size battery for the Note. I've been using the Mugen battery but at times the bulk seems too much and I'm interested in trying something stock size that gets me at least a little better than stock battery performance.

Thoughts, opinions, experiences?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] tyraelasd:
Anker 2700mA, the same size as the stock, and its really good Im getting one soon.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] panyan:
well if YOUR getting one - it must be good! :p

@OP: im yet to see a stock size battery with longer screen-time than the original