[Acer Iconia A500] ktmdave7:
Tryout Smaury's Lightspeed 4.8

To answer your Question, for your Wife's Tablet, you should read this Post Civato's Stock ROMS

He basically Starts with Stock ACER ROM

(Odexed) = has .apk's + .odex files inside "system\app" & "system\framework".

---Some like to have .odex files, and say it boots up faster & is faster cus files are allready extracted (they don't need to be decompressed to use)

---I tried a APP called "Odex_Me_r9.apk" , (Info) Didn't work on Acer A500. I using it on my Samsung SG3.

---I create my own Custom De-odexed ROM's, after flashing, I use "Odex_Me" to De-odex "system\app" (WON'T De-odex "system\framework") and it speeds up boot time by 3 seconds and seams little faster!

(De-Odexed) = has just .apk's. files inside "system\app" & "system\framework" .apk's + .odex have been combined (or compressed to 1.apk file)

(Root) = added Superuser or SuperSU. ALL DEV's Remove Stock Bootloader + Stock Recovery

His STOCK ROM's on that page will Have ALL (100%) the Apps that the Factory Stock will have,

You WON'T be able to update thru {Settings - About Tablet - Update tab} - In Future, you just DOWNLOAD another Updated Rooted ROM from a DEV's creation.

You WON'T be locked down and STUCK with ROM (Bootloader.blob is Removed + Stock Recovery DOESN"T get installed)

Most Current Acer A500 ROM - Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-DEODEXED-FULLROOT Rooted, busybox 1.20.1, init.d support, EC left in, De-Odexed, Zipaligned

Most Current Acer A500 ROM - Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1-FULL-ROOT (Original Odexed) Rooted, busybox 1.20.1, init.d support, EC left in

You have to be on Unlocked ICS Bootloader (Read alot on info and Take your time, follow all instructions) Civato's [GUIDE] ICS Unlocked Bootloader +

1. (Very, Very, Very Important!!! Get your CPUID #)

---Once you have CPUID # (save it well. Copy INFO to .txt file on PC, kept info safe to get in future. Always know where u can get info) CPUID EXAMPLE: 37c61c442c13197

2. After you have CPUID #, run a SBK generator SB_Calc , Online Calc and enter CPUID # ... It will spit out a long number like this... SBK EXAMPLE: 0x8DBD1E00 0xA48AF501 0x4BC31103 0x7D302103

3. Best to use APX method "APX-FLASH-Tool & Manager" It will add Unlocked ICS Bootloader "0.03.14-MUL"

4. Use any .a500apx Recovery with APX Tool like "V8-TWRP_2.1.3_ICS_recovery.a500apx" to Get a Recovery. (can't find updated .a500apx's)

---Then later, Flash Updated Recovery to Newest version or another Type. Once you are on Unlocked Bootloader, it will be like all other ROM's you've flashed on other android Devices.

5. Current Flash Recovery Versions: TWRP-2.3.1.0, Thor2002ro-1.7.3 , A500PubRecovery-0.2, AmonRA-Iconia-3.17 ***AmonRA v3.16 is for HC, AmonRA v3.17 is for ICS

*** I Highly Recomend TWRP-2.3.1.0 (It Has Best Wipe section, you can see your Internal Memory in "Backup" tab (to see if your wipe took effect) + more stuff) for ACER A500, It's the Best

I would stay away from Honeycomb 3.0.1-3.2.1

-They are older and have many apps running in background.

-ICS is much better (Settings, Menu's, Script, Google Now not availible on HC)

-ICS is Much improved from HC (where as JB is pretty much the same as ICS or not much difference) (ok Geeky Benchmarks say differently, but Seriosly tuff to tell )

Smaury's Lightspeed 4.8 (Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1) based ICS 4.0.3

-I have Used "Smaury's Lightspeed 4.8" for many Months and love it! No problems. Everything works Excellent! I have OC'd to 1504, Stable, Very Fast, Dosen't get Warm or hot ever.

-There is Newer Build (1.054.00) then his based version. ROM will NOT OTA Update. Hopefully, He Creates Newest Build version, but I bet he is busy with other things (no Worries)

-His ROM Will Detect if you have older HC bootloader, or newer ICS Unlocked Bootloader and install correct STOCK KERNEL (NOT OC). Extract his ROM Image, you'll see "boot_HC_033.img, boot_ICS_033.img"

-He also has a HC 3.2.1 Lightspeed 2.1 Custom ROM.

-YOU MUST ADD THIS MOD to any ICS ROM "Google NOW -Civato's MOD" it's a awesome feature on JB Rom's (this is custom for ICS) and works very Well, You Wife will love it!

...Speak Questions into Tablet and ladies Voice tells you weather, sports game scores, etc, It's Answers simple Questions you ask, and always gives Google Link Answers to your Questions"

-OC to 1504 Mhz (with SetCPU). You will have to be on ICS Bootloader. Flash this OC Kernel Kernel_ICS_OC_2.6.39.4-ezT20-v1.01_S

KTMDave7 Project (Acer_AV041_A500_1.054.00_WW_GEN1) based ICS 4.0.3

- No ROM posted yet of my project, I have detailed Info and Thanks to People's Files I've used so far (still testing, and tweaking it!

- I haven't got any permission yet! (I've been working on it for last 3+ days straight) and trying to perfecting it.

- My Project use's Newest Based Version ICS, and Newest Acer GApps ICS.

- As of NOW, I'm testing MY ROM with only 43 .apks in "system\app" Detailed Info about ROM project

- Then I use {Titanium Backup} to install about 10 Apps + Data (this is fast way to have all your Custom Settings, Login Names + Passwords, etc)

- I've Flashed over 7 Different JB ROMS, 10+ ICS Roms, about 10 HC Roms (in past) - and always came back to Lightspeed

- Many Tweeks + Files from Smuary's Lightspeed ROM!

- Added Google NOW - Civato's MOD

- Easy to add back anything I took out, by using ANY File Manager + adding back a spacific .apk back into "system\app" folder.

- I will include a extra ZIP file with all the files I removed.

- I will make a Easy Simple Guide of what to put back in for certain Features or Apps to have back.

- Android Devices : 4x Samsung Galaxy S3 T-Mobile (whole family), Acer A500 Tablet 16GB, Retired HTC Evo 4G