[Acer Iconia Tab A100] will1384:
I just got a refurbished A100 earlier this month, I had wanted something that was able to be used

has a GPS when traveling, and a Android PC when at home when attached to a HDMI monitor,

the Android PC setup works well with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, however the Microsoft

bluetooth mouse that I have stops working after it sets still for a bit, and I have to manually reconnect, I

hope to find a mouse that auto reconnects or does not time out, the only other problem I have

with the Android PC setup is that one of the HDMI TVs I have, an old Sharp 720p TV, the TV I needed

to use for this, the top and bottom of the screen are cut off, and this TV has no adjustments for that,

but the A100 works good on a newer Vizio 1080p TV that I tried.

Here are the steps I took to unlock, root, install recovery and CM, copied from my notes.

I installed the drivers and rooted the A100 using:

Full root for A10x and A5xx ICS. Simple method.

I noticed that at this step my superuser will not update from within the superuser app.

I then unlocked the boot loader using this:

[How to] Install unlock bootloader for A100/A101

It happened so fast that I missed it and had to run the commands

"fastboot oem unlock"

and

"fastboot reboot"

after getting back into the bootloader using the Quick Boot app.

I then installed TWRP from:

[RECOVERY] [OFFICIAL] TWRP 2.2.2.1 for Acer Iconia Tab A100

then used TWRP to wipe and install CM10 from:

[DEV/WIP] CyanogenMod 10 Preview

and the Jelly Bean optimized Kernel for A100 from:

[DEV] [KERNEL] UNOFFICIAL - Jelly Bean optimized Kernel for A100

and the Gapps file gapps-jb-713.zip from:

http://d-h.st/I1K

After logging into my Google account and downloading a filemanager,

and letting it do a few updates, I used TWRP to make a backup from

my real SD Card.

I then ran/installed "jb-mount-swap.sh", Crossix's mount swap modded for CM10 by pio_masaki,

got that from:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29592981&postcount=101

I put the "jb-mount-swap.sh" in "/etc" then changed permissions on the "jb-mount-swap.sh"

to give it everything, I then updated BusyBox and Superuser, and used Script Manager to

load "jb-mount-swap.sh" on every boot.

UPDATE

"jb-mount-swap.sh" Should be placed into "/system/etc"

The next problem was the touch screen sensitivity was crazy and the tablet was hard to use,

It was not like that in ICS.

I found this:

[Q] Screen too sensitive

And tried this first:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22777698&postcount=65

I used "Acer Liquid Settings", found the app over at:

[APP] Liquid-settings v 1.3 final

and it sometimes worked but I still had problems, so I tried "TouchRecalibrate"

from:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20189952&postcount=52

and seems to work a little better.

Tips and Fixes:

I had the CM10 launcher Trebuchet endlessley crash after changing some CM10 settings,

so I wiped the Trebuchet settings by going to "Settinga/Apps/All/Trebuchet/Clear data"

I then downloaded and installed a different launcher, I used Nova.

If you change the lcd density the Play store might start showing "Your Device Is Not Compatible With This Item"

you may be able to fix by going to "Settinga/Apps/All/Google Play Store/Clear data", and doing a reboot, you

may also have to change the lcd density back to the way it was, on my a100 its set to "160"

You can load a TEXT file from the Android browser by typing: "file:////mnt/external_sd/YOUR-TEXT-FILE.TXT"

or "file:////mnt/sdcard/YOUR-TEXT-FILE.TXT"

I had some wallpaper problems until I placed the wallpapers into "sdcard/media/wallpaper"

and used the APP "image 2 wallpaper"

My Problems:

My GPS doe not work, I have tried all the fixes that I can find, but my GPS just will not work, I have tried

[DEC.05.2011] Instantaneous GPS Fixation v1.2! *FOR ALL ANDROIDS PHONES!*

[GPS][Fix] Automate long term orbit data download

AGPS Patch Iconia 3.1 & 2.2 | GET BACK TO RAPID GPS LOCK, CAN LOCK ONTO MORE SATS

I have been using GPS Essentials and GPS Test to try and get a GPS lock, I never get anything, I tried with and

with out a case, I tried leaving it set out side for about an hour, it never got any satellites.

GPS UPDATE

My GPS now works, all I had to do was re-flash the ROM, Kernel, and Gapps, I made a backup

before I re-flashed my rom using TWRP, and restored "Data" only from that backup right

after I re-flashed, that restored my APPS, and passwords.

HDMI and Bluetooth Mouse UPDATE

I found a HDMI to VGA converter that works well, it also outputs audio, here is the link

SANOXY HDMI to VGA and Audio Converter (Support 1080P, Input HDMI, Video Output: VGA, Audio Output: 3.5 mm-outs)

It only converts HDMI to VGA, it does not scale anything, but the video and audio are both good,

however video is a tad soft looking, might be the cables I am using, you do have to adjust the monitors

settings, but I was able to fill the screen, I tested a a few monitors with the converter box, the Viewsonic

vs11354 I have worked fine, an old NEC LCD1560NX did not, and the Sharp 720p TV that I had problems

with HDMI, worked well threw its VGA with some screen adjustment.

I also got a Motorola Bluetooth Mouse SJYN0817A, it works well and does not die on me, it also pairs

without a pin like the Wii Remote controler, it was cheap, I think they are getting rid of them.