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[Acer Iconia A500] soreyes:
Wifi sleep issue

I installed this ROM yesterday evening and did not encounter the wifi sleep issue. After install, I spent the remainder of the evening reloading my apps and tweaking my settings. i also had some longish breaks from the tablet to walk the dog and get some snacks. During none of that did i run into the wifi sleep issue.

In the morning i grabbed the tablet and brought it into the office. First thing i noticed was the wifi issue. It was not scanning and seeing wifi access points as many people have mentioned here. I came to the thread looking for some ideas. I tried toggling the wi-fi optimization option and rebooting. That did not help. Of course wifi works for a while after the reboot, but then dies while idling. I also tried the obvious thing and enabled and disabled wifi via the ui and also tried going into and out of airplane mode. I started to wonder if there is a commanline way to disable and enable the network interface?

Looking at the logs, i noticed this:

unable to open connection to supplicant on "/data/misc/wifi/sockets/p2p0": No such file or directory

On a lark, i decided to go to recovery and run fix permissions.

That was a couple fo hours ago. Since then, I have idled into and out of sleep a few times and wifi is living. I am wondering of one of the many app installs i did last night caused this. if so, it's possible fix permissions might b need running again in the future?

I will write back here if/when it eventually fails.....

i will also confirm the fix for google now is to uncheck the Voice Option called Hotword Detection. I had to tap the mic when opening google now in order to be able to get into google now options before the crash.

My next fix is to swap the keyboard to something less crashy

Thanks everyone....
[Acer Iconia A500] soreyes:
"I will write back here if/when it eventually fails..... "

It failed after idling for some time...

Still wondering if I can figure out a commandline way to restart the wifi adapter without having to reboot....
[Acer Iconia A500] mixednuts:
Have you given Google Keyboard a try?
[Acer Iconia A500] soreyes:
I ended up going with Open Split Keyboard. I like the split keyboard in landscape mode for typing while holding. i disabled Voice input just in case that would be a problem.

---------- Post added at 11:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:34 AM ----------

Started running the app Wifi Fixer yesterday evening. My connection has been holding up pretty well ever since.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wahtod.wififixer&hl=en
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Still having this issue... :(
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Did you do a wipe of /system?
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Yes, I did a factory reset.
[Acer Iconia A500] idtheftvictim:
Factory reset doesn't wipe the system partition, you have to manually wipe the system partition.

Once you wipe, re-install the ROm and GAPPS.
[Acer Iconia A500] ki316:
I've been using this rom for a week now and I am truly pleased with it. Wifi drops after very long use and the google now crash fixes after turning off hotword detection as stated earlier. Everything else works flawless, even the keyboard. I fixed it by turning off autocorrection and disabling correction suggestions

PS. the google now fix should be posted in OP. if the keyboard workaround works on you please add it too
[Acer Iconia A500] mrvanes:
The key to the Google Now problem is selecting the right Voice recognizer. For some reason I have two and had to select to second one to be able to disable the Hotword detection in Voice Search settings below.
[Acer Iconia A500] tahayassen:
I installed this ROM but there's no Google Play store?
[Acer Iconia A500] mixednuts:
Flashing custom ROMs almost always requires flashing gapps... make sure to flash the correct 4.2.x package from goo.im
[Acer Iconia A500] kronflux:
can we get a link to the full sized bootloader image you provided? the bootloader has been updated to v9, and they have a tool to customize the bootloader image.
[Acer Iconia A500] gravewormx:
Are you guys using the latest ROM posted? I just flashed it (full wipe) and it seems pretty buggy. Keep getting a lot of freezes and HDMI seems to send it straight into a reboot.

I think I did everything correctly. Not sure, am I suppose to update it to newest bootloader version before flashing this? I'm on V7 :P haven't use my tab in a loooong time. Also does Thor's recovery causes problems? should I switch to a different one or should I just flash an older version of the ROM?

Oh also is HDMI even working? Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] kronflux:
The only thing I've noticed is that occasionally while watching netflix or other video, I get the occasional freezeup for about a second.

Otherwise, very stable as far as I've seen.

I can say I'm using the latest bootloader(version 9), and I -recommend- at least v8, but I don't actually think it will effect the rom behavior itself.

as far as recovery, that shouldn't effect the rom behavior either, however I am personally using <this one> which in comparison to the thor one, I find just works better with mounting the right partitions. I found some issues with mounting partitions in thor's. otherwise, they both work, so I don't see a problem really.
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
We don't mention Thor and his GPL-breaking work here.
[Acer Iconia A500] p_025:
Does this ROM include Google services by default (Play store, etc.)? If not, what all should I back up using Titanium?

EDIT: I read through some of the thread, but not enough of it. Grabbing that package thingy now. Anyone have any suggestion as to the right one or most recent?
[Acer Iconia A500] LordZilo:
sounds about right. Netflix has always had problems
[Acer Iconia A500] p_025:
Okay, wow, after a couple hours with this ROM I must say it is fantastic. Keep up the good work and please please PLEASE never stop keeping this tablet up to date. I know it's only a Tegra 2 but it's my only ten inch tablet. Can't wait until CM10.2 comes out with Android 4.3.
[Acer Iconia A500] theCroh:
Does anyone know whether someone's working on a CM 10.2 rom for A500?
[Acer Iconia A500] kronflux:
I'd have to say no on that at the moment(naturally anyone can correct me if I'm wrong), 10.1 for this device still isn't -perfect-, and there's still yet another 10.1 release coming very soon(10.1.3) which will be a "stable" branch of CM 10.1, so personally I'd rather just see a repo update and rebuild for this device, rather than wanting the newest and latest stuff immediately.

The benefit to getting 10.1 stable for this device is that when someone does eventually start building 10.2, we can simply move over most of the work done for 10.1 over to the new build, and sooner have a stable 10.2, rather than waiting all over again for everyone to fix any issues. :P
[Acer Iconia A500] p_025:
That's probably a no, since 10.2 isn't even available for officially supported devices at the moment. I think they're actually hoping to get that going in the next week or two.

How so? Only problem I've had is the Wifi is a bit unreliable, and is usually the main battery drain according to the battery usage indicator in the settings. Even the 1.5GHz overclock seems pretty stable.

By the way, thanks again for this. I doubt we'll ever see any official support for this tablet from the CM team, so I'm glad to see someone is working on it anyway. I just encourage you to hop into CM10.2 whenever that is available.
[Acer Iconia A500] kronflux:
I believe you just answered your own question.

There -are- several issues different users are experiencing under different conditions. Also -nothing- is -perfect-.

There have been several cases of issues, for example, with the mic(seemingly specifically in regards to voice recognition) and also the keyboard.

Although you or I may not have experienced these issues ourselves, doesn't mean everything is fine and dandy :P just saying.
[Acer Iconia A500] p_025:
Come to think of it I have been having some troubles with the keyboard, I'll start typing and it'll just disappear. So I'm using the Swype keyboard for now. And sometimes the home screen breaks, not sure why, though I bet a third party home screen would solve that issue as well. I haven't used the microphone at all, but I did have the settings app force close on me while playing with the rotation settings. Good to hear that more work and bug fixes are coming down the pipeline at any rate. It might not be perfect but it's pretty great, and a hell of a lot better than stock. Looking forward to future updates!
[Acer Iconia A500] wwelles:
I had this problem too. The Google Keyboard in the Play Store works fine however.
[Acer Iconia A500] ki316:
Im having inestability after hours of use. You guys have same problem?
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Good news everyone. In one week, I'll be back at Uni. I'll have the resources to update the build more often. No promises, but I'll try my hand at CM10.2.
[Acer Iconia A500] kronflux:
awesome :) thanks! keep up the great work.
[Acer Iconia A500] nsciucco:
I have been running this as my daily for months. Besides the keyboard and mic. I'm not having avg issues. I absolutely LOVE it. Way better than stock. Just glad that you have put some life into a tablet that was forgotten about by ACER. Keep up the good work
[Acer Iconia A500] theCroh:
+1
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
It's an old-ass tablet. Why would Acer keep making updates for an old platform?
[Acer Iconia A500] wwelles:
You've been conditioned to accept crap. The Nexus S got official updates for 2 full years.
[Acer Iconia A500] ki316:
You said it yourself, The Nexus
[Acer Iconia A500] wwelles:
My point is this hardware can run the latest, calling it old crap is ridiculous.
[Acer Iconia A500] nsciucco:
Wow. I started a SH*T storm. Lol
[Acer Iconia A500] deserted1:
Havent done this in a while but heres a build I did today, just resynced the repo and built.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwxhgYaSWWqNaDgtVzFuYm1lOVE/edit?usp=sharing
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
So something in the Nexus line, Google's flagship devices, got updates? That's nice. The A500 was something Acer threw out quick during the original Android tablet hype. Get over it.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
What's with the keyboard? Whenever I'm typing into Chrome they keyboard keeps disappearing. Anyone have a fix for this? It's pretty annoying.
[Acer Iconia A500] deserted1:
yea download an aftermarket keyboard... its a known issue, nobody is issuing any drivers for anything so we are kinda on the forgotten side of the dodgeball court.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Such as Google's official keyboard? (Not the AOSP one with this ROM)
[Acer Iconia A500] deserted1:
yea that or any other keyboard, i prefer thumbs keyboard but anything other than the stock included keyboard will work.
[Acer Iconia A500] wwelles:
You have to be kidding. This is not acceptable for corporations, and we shouldn't accept it, even Micro$oft has a better track record. Obviously people can vote with their $$$, but you need not support Acer here. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid...
[Acer Iconia A500] randomblame:
Strangely that keyboard glitch no longer exists in 4.3
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Do you have any idea how fast the ARM architecture has been advancing? The old Tegra2 SOC doesn't even support NEON instructions (which quite a few applications use). It's a miracle CM10.X will compile for it at all. Our device is old and slow (by today's standards). Mobile platforms are changing much faster than the x86/x86_64 platform did.
[Acer Iconia A500] randomblame:
Neon is over rated :D its too bad they made it optional and Tegra 2 was basically the only soc from its generation that omitted it. It runs 4.3 just fine it really only has issues with apps that use native code that depend on neon many like mxplayer have separate builds for tegra 2 for that reason and I expect many app developers will continue to support it due to the sheer number of devices out there with this soc for the next year or two it will still be a perfectly useable platform as long as no one expects too much from it. All that said it is asking too much for Acer to provide any updates and who cares anyways that would kill the fun for me :D
[Acer Iconia A500] johnny170:
Hello. With 06.06 build new YouTube app won't play video. I see only small black rectangle.
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Consider this thread DEAD. I'm transitioning my build environment to CM10.2. The new thread can be found here (will be updated with link soon).
[Acer Iconia A500] kronflux:
before you get it closed or whatnot, can you please provide a link to the original, properly sized image you included for Skrillax_CZ's bootloader, so we can use it with V9?

or is the original the one you put in the opening post, just stretched?
[Acer Iconia A500] chicodelta:
Youtube

Anyone getting hang ups using the Youtube app on this rom? I never had this before. I am wonder if this has anything to do with the youtube app being updated recently.
[Acer Iconia A500] cfgh:
I have problems with every ROMs that i have tested. Seems be problem of last update.
[Acer Iconia A500] chicodelta:
Do you know if this issue has a name? I would presume that if this is affecting all roms then devs must be working on a fix. Just want to keep an eye out on what that fix will look like.
[Acer Iconia A500] cfgh:
Sorry, i don´t know the name of issue. I believe this is a conflict between custom ROMs and the new app.

If you want to do a test:

- App last update.

- Put the YouTube Widget in the desktop.

- Run app the from widget.

This run for me.

Good luck
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Is this ROM still supported by the dev?
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Guess that's a no?
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Sorry for the late reply. Due to few unexpected things coming up, I'm now going on an indefinite hiatus from all of my projects.

If you'd like to contact me, I'm available at anthony@papousek.org

If you'd like to keep up with me, check out blog.papousek.org
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Can anyone suggest a CM10.1 or CM10.2 ROM to follow (preferably 10.2)?
[Acer Iconia A500] Mlopik:
Microphone is working in this ROM?
[Acer Iconia A500] markbnj:
End of support,. [possible reasons...

I've gotta put my $0.02 cents in.

was on android 4.21 on my A500, moved to this kernel, and am going to back out because I am consistently getting my home screen not showing anything (

(am using kernel 2.6.39.4-apapousek_v0.1 build of 5/15/13 with cyanogen mode of 10.1-2013-05-15 unofficial.

problems:

keyboard still flaky, slow response, even with the swype-free keyboard

home screen gives me a blank page, until i click on the settings icon, and only after that do I see the menus below the dock

2-3 times in the past week I have had this up, have had the cygnamod menu show up, and just rebooted itself (reminds me of my old windows 6.4 smartphone... always rebooted in the middle of something important.

any ideas, advice, or requests before I trash and reinstall something else?

cheers from nj

OK:

ADDED logcat info, at implied request from an moderator

knowing very little about boot process, I see a whole bunch of errors. just the errors didnt seem to give me anything so the full log shows the messages in conflict.

I had just rebooted the tablet, and the errors seemed to be mostly failures of log files, etc...

As always, I am more then happy to learn, if anyone can give me ideas, suggestions, or maybe I am just missing a file here...]
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
This is no longer supported...... I would find a new ROM.
[Acer Iconia A500] markbnj:
End of support/

yes, I am moving to a new ROM.

I posted this at the end, to let others know that there ARE problems.

I was hoping that before I erased it, someone else might be able to use some of the data to see what might have been the problem.

PS: moderator, can you CLOSE this thread out? (and can you put a sticky at the beginning saying this rom is dead?)
[Acer Iconia A500] darkguy2008:
What is the new ROM you're working on, then?
[Acer Iconia A500] markbnj:
sorry, but even after 25+ yrs of linux/Unix, I am not capable of creating a rom or testeing.

(glad that I know my limits!)...

but if OTHERS have a sugguestion on what to move to, that is good.

I currently have no idea which rom to check out, except that I do have CWM installed, as well as the skrilx recovery boot

so those (and my desire for 4.2) are MY starting points.

THIS having been said, I promise from now on to read ALL threads from back to front, so I

can skip anything that IS as blatently 'no longer suported' as this thread said.

Cheers to all, and good luck too!

NOTE: I added logcat info to my original post on page 31..

PS: I really didn't think I was whining. I thought that by posting my problems and holding off my re-format for a day might give some insight to other more code oriented folken..
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, I see things are getting out of hand a little.

Ok, so lets set some things straight.

1. The shelf life for the 500/501 has been over for some time. This usually happens when a manufacturer no longer pushes any updated code. It's a shame, but true. And the 50x is not exactly a mainstream device.

2. Some of the 50x devs have actually been trying to extend that life. And I commend them for doing so. With what few are in this Dev forum, they have done a pretty damn good job.

3. Without updated revealed source from Acer, some things won't work. The Mic for example.

4. Stuff doesn't just fall out of the trees. It takes work, knowledge and sometimes luck. And a lot of logcats and dmesg from users (which most don't have a clue what I'm on about, hence the lack of these things in most dev threads)

5. Nobody told you all things will be "peachy keen". If you believe that, then you need to wake up a little. XDA is about development, not some place to make your device cool. If you believe that, then you're in the wrong place.

So no, I'm not going to close this thread. If you don't like it, then by all means go somewhere else. If you need help in this, we will accommodate it. XDA and the Developers here, owe you nothing. The fact you are here, is because WE allow it.

So enough of the whining ...

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] p_025:
I really don't think anyone is whining. But for those interested there is a working CM10.2 (Android 4.3) build for the A500 here. The developer hasn't made any updates for a small while so it's possible that it's not supported anymore, but it's more up-to-date than this one.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
It isn't supported anymore. If the mods don't want to close it, they don't have to. People still can post here if they use this or they can go elsewhere.

There's nothing more really to say about this, that's it.
[Acer Iconia A500] szpaner6:
Dear,

I have already installe this ROM, and works really nice, but I have one problem.

The problem is with stable WiFi, I can normally connect with my acces point... but when I am going outside Wifi signal and losing conection I can not re-connect with the same access. My Iconia does not see any of Wifi signal, I have to reboot ROM - then normally can connect.

Have anyone the same problem? how do fix it?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] Gabbelebab:
Sadly my answers are yes abd don't know (yet).
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
WTF????

Somebody mind explaining where the injection of "imaginary" testosterone came from????

Seems some users are getting pretty "sassy" around here.

Understand this...

XDA is NOT a democracy. There is NO freedom of speech. Especially when you post in the Dev forums.

You have an issue, post it, WITH a logcat or Dmesg. Anything less will be ignored.

For now, I will spend some time cleaning. And.... for some... expect some PM's. This goes to all.

Knock it off.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Thread is cleaned.

OK girls, listen up.

The A500/501 is still a venerable tablet. No reason people should stop dev work on it. Yeah., thanks to Acer and the GPS and 3g, it causes issues.

Also, you folks can quit with the "Thor" talk. Even his GPS doesn't work reliably. So you can quit with it. Not to mention, because he doesn't release kernel source, it's not considered GPL Compliant by Law, and, XDA. So his stuff isn't allowed here.

Get back to business.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] vekkio:
Good work, only a question

Any link for the best gapps?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] rg1003:
I installed the 4.2.2 version from here: http://goo.im/gapps

Just got started with it but no issues so far.
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Nope, I'm not. Embedded (mobile) devices are a bit different than desktops and mainframes. They aren't designed to last as long, and it's impossible to upgrade the hardware (except for external storage).

That doesn't mean I'll stop pushing out semi-regular builds, though. It just means we can't expect this thing to run as fast as a new mobile device.
[Acer Iconia A500] rg1003:
Totally agree with that and we also can't expect that every piece of our proprietary hardware is going to work with CM, AOKP, or AOSP.. There are just no hardware standards in the android world like there are on the desktop. Just our A500 alone seems to have different hardware depending on what month you purchased the tab!

BTW - the builds are much appreciated - thanks for that!
[Acer Iconia A500] cbstryker:
I may have had a small stroke trying to read your post. Please for the love of goodness don't write like that.
[Acer Iconia A500] droidxxxxx:
What.. clearly and concisely saying what's the matter? Lol... if someone could post how to do a log cat I'd be happy to start doing that instead so it's more closer to computer nerd language.. lol
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
There's nothing clear nor concise about the language you used. A list would be more efficient.

How to use logcat.

This is a development forum for, guess whom? Developers!

So, if you don't care to understand 'computer nerd language.. lol', then leave.
[Acer Iconia A500] RebelebeR:
Mounting windows shares

First of all, thanks for the rom. I have always liked cm roms more than the others I've tried. I only have one problem that is preventing me from using this one. I use mount manager, which works great with the rom I have used for months, but when I use it with this rom it appears to mount the share but when I open the directory to access the mounted shares, they are empty. I have even tried ezterry and godmachine kernels and they won't even attempt to mount the shares. If someone could maybe point me in the right direction for a fix I would rather use this rom than the other one, but not being able to mount the shares is a deal breaker. Thanks in advance for the help.
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
What type of shares?
[Acer Iconia A500] zandm7:
Just to confirm here, if I want to root my A500 and install this ROM and the tablet is encrypted, I have to do a factory reset in the settings first right? Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] mixednuts:
Flashing a custom ROM on our tablet requires you get an unlocked bootloader going first, then a custom recovery so that you can flash this ROM.

Peruse the a500 forum for guides that will help you get a custom ROM going on your a500.
[Acer Iconia A500] Jihoonie:
Gonna try this out. Thanks for keeping the a500 alive!
[Acer Iconia A500] RebelebeR:
If you are asking me, just simple windows shares. I mount it as cifs on my other rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Try to mount your cifs shares using the terminal.

This page is helpful.
[Acer Iconia A500] RebelebeR:
It's the same as with mount manager. It appears to mount it, in the case of terminal commands, no errors, but still isn't mounting
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
Have you tested this particular mount on a different machine?
[Acer Iconia A500] RebelebeR:
Yes, it mounts on 2 different windows computers and a galaxy s2 phone with no problem. I tested the command line on the other rom I use and it mounted via terminal as well as mount manager. The interesting thing is I am running cm10.1 nightly on the s2, although now that I think about it, I am using the cerux kernel on the s2. Anyway, it is being a pain on the a500 with the cm10.1 rom