yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] japinder:
Oh. Did you do a full wipe?

While installing, I did a factory reset plus format of the internal SD card. You could try that.

Which ROM were you using prior to this one?

From the time when I was messing around with Linux on my A500, I remember some sort of partition table differences in some units. You could sort of check the partition layout & someone more technical could verify.

Jp
[Acer Iconia A500] android-noob:
This rom works fine for my tablet. It came out of the deads :) . But i have two small problems. First of all with wifi,it always drops when my tablet's screen goes black. i have to go to wifi settings and then it automatically finds my wifi and connects with no problem. i must say that i have choosed in advance settings "always on". the second problem is that the sound is very low and has some glitches some times.

If anyone facing these problems and found a solution please let me know. Thanks in advance!
[Acer Iconia A500] romagnus:
cant connect blue tooth keyboard

I have used my motorola blue tooth keyboard in the past with this tablet. This rom wont connect to it. Any suggestions?
[Acer Iconia A500] meatwad0222:
i did factory plus formatting data as stated above, trying sd card now....i was on omni 4.4.2, how would i check the partition tables.

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nope, still no boot.
[Acer Iconia A500] japinder:
I too moved from Omni v1 to Omni v2. In fact on Omni v1 we had no boot animation, not even that Android image, so it was more scary.

You could try to install one of the other ROMS, like from Civato & then again try to jump ship to Omni v2. Already uploading that ROM for another user, will send you the link as well.

Maybe a fresh download could do the trick. You never know.

Regarding the partition tables, I'm way out of my depth there. Also, since Omni v1 worked for you, no reason why v2 should not.

Sorry, it appears my bag of tricks is empty.

Say, which recovery version & boot loader version are you using?

Jp
[Acer Iconia A500] meatwad0222:
i use the updated v9 boot loader and i tried with both twrp2.7 and cwm 6.0.45 or whatever the newest one is...updated that stuff do do this rom, i hadn't used the tablet in a while and need a tablet to watch twitch while at work.
[Acer Iconia A500] japinder:
Yep, everything seems in order. Can you try a fresh download.

Jp.
[Acer Iconia A500] meatwad0222:
tried 3 different times no go....#ineedkitkatinmylife
[Acer Iconia A500] DaveLTE:
Nice rom, only issue for me is wifi using to much Battery.
[Acer Iconia A500] japinder:
Sorry man, can't think of anything else.

Maybe you can try to ping the OP.
[Acer Iconia A500] DaveLTE:
What Kernals can I use with this rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] assassin82492:
Having a bit of trouble. Im getting into cwm and clicking flash zip but whenever i try it will say flashing successful but the process goes by in a very quick second and i have no data. It is unable to boot into the primary kernal image. Any advice?
[Acer Iconia A500] Errant33:
Same problem here, I do get Failed to mount E: near the end which seems to refer to my data partition. once this happens till I reboot i cant mount, unmount or format my data till I reset.

Seems to get stuck at booting primary image never gets passed the boot loader.
[Acer Iconia A500] assassin82492:
For me it just seems to think its flashed the rom when all it has done is format the device. Reflashed a stock rom and its all fine but I was really hoping to try Omnirom. Had this tablet for 3 years now. I want to keep it alive as long as I can.
[Acer Iconia A500] KiserianSm:
Hey. nice rom dude, thank you very much. Im having problems to open my tablet info via settings, it crashes when i hit system information. Anyone had it? Everything else very very fine and FAST.

EDIT: btw I need a way to get into the performance options buuut if my memory doesnt fail i must activate it from there so....

Also, wiped data, cache and dalvik, no resuls. TY.

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Which bootloader are you using man? Im using good old skrilax BL 8 and works like a charm. Also, your cwm version might be causing the problems. Have you tried to flash a new recovery?
[Acer Iconia A500] assassin82492:
Im also using the skrilax BL 8. On my recovery partition I have Ra's recovery installed. On the secondary partition I have CWM from this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2583710
[Acer Iconia A500] KiserianSm:
Well I have CWM as my main recovery in the recovery partition so, I guess thats It. Have you tried flashing the rom using CWM 6.0.4.5 as the main recovery? May be it works.
[Acer Iconia A500] assassin82492:
I haven't tried it. I don't really know how to replace Ra's with CWM. Would you know?

I assume I could use fastboot and do fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Would that get rid of the Ra recovery and replace it with CWM
[Acer Iconia A500] KiserianSm:
Yeah, dats the way you have to do it. Simply follow the instructions man
[Acer Iconia A500] dominoid:
I absolutely love this ROM. I was thinking about buying a new tablet but this has given my trusty acer new lease of life thanks!

+1 to this, it would be the icing on the cake for me if you were able to bake it in please.
[Acer Iconia A500] lilirose:
Got this installed a couple of hours ago after two days of n00b fumbling. Had factory reset my a500 and was super disappoijted with stock Honeycomb so I rooted my tablet for the first time to grab this.

I'm impressed to say the least. Very snappy, no bugs or crashes now after the n00b problems that were my own fault. I don't care for the launcher but of course changing it was no problem.

Thanks for making me less sad that I can't afford a new tablet and am stuck with a JB phone with a locked bootloader. :p
[Acer Iconia A500] lilirose:
24 hours in, heavy use to the point that my index finger has a blister (I have small hands, not a thumber).... criticisms: occasionally a heavy-graphics app (yes I play a stupid Facebook game) will crash - not FC but cause the screen to flicker a solid colour and need to be restarted. Battery life is decreased somewhat but not hugely. Most apps are not actually usable in multiwindow, the exception being Chrome.

Question: Am I missing something? Once I multiwindow two apps, there is no way to exit either app. The only way I can see to exit multiwindow at all is via the "recents" navigation icon, and then I have to restart both apps from my homescreen. If I'm missing something please correct.

But I like this ROM. very much. I will not be going back to stock.
[Acer Iconia A500] Sean De Jesus:
So will it be just fine if I installed this using TWRP 2.1.3? and also, I'm running JB 4.1.2 (CM10-FLEX) and currently on a custom kernel. will it be fine If I'm running a custom kernel and will be jumping from 4.1.2? Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] ThaiDai:
Using this for about 2 weeks now. Never expected this. With Omni on the Iconia the device is "state of the art" again. With Chromecast, Multiuser etc. we (my wife, my 3 year old daughter and me) can use it in a way like never before.

Thanks a lot for this Rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] nelsontky:
Multi window is not a very stable feature in omnirom. Sorry about that!
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
...I wouldn't say that... . Depends on the ROM!

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] KiserianSm:
Well actually its very stable for me, im only having the issues with the "status" option of the tablet. I really need to enter there so it would be good to know. Any news? I will try to back up data and try to Re-flash.
[Acer Iconia A500] natehale88:
Hi Guys, I'm working on getting my old A500 going again..

Problem is its on an old Honeycomb Rom.

What all do I need to flash this sexy beast on it?? Do I need to update the bootloader/firmware or anything? Or can I just download this, flash the new CWM recovery and go?

Any help appreciated! Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
What boot loader are you on?

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] natehale88:
Just checked the ifno.

I'm on Honeylicious Honeycomb 3.2

ClockworkMod 5.0.0.0

Bootloader version is 3.01
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
It's an unlocked boot loader, you`re lucky! The ROM in my signature will work with it! Not sure about this one, you should check the OP.

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] KiserianSm:
Well i was running HC too and I flashed the good old skrillax BL. I dont know if your bootloader comes unlocked to flash ICS Roms or higher, but i would updatw the BL and the recovery just to be sure. Its an easy process, and this rom is worth the shot man. New life for the faithful iconia :laugh:
[Acer Iconia A500] nelsontky:
Well you should install the newest bootloader and then update to ics then to jellybean before flashing the new CWM recovery and installing this rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] Zylam Marex:
Thanks nelsontky!!!

This rom is crazy, it's bread new life into my Iconia, thanks a lot man, now I can survive at least another year on my A500!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] mikel81:
I just installed this today on my old tablet that I had given my son. It definitely gives this tab a new life.

Anyway, it sat with a broken screen for a year so it was still running 3.2.1 and I updated the bootloader and flashed straight to this rom. Works perfectly. :good:
[Acer Iconia A500] ryryrocco:
WOW.

Dug my old a500 out for this.

Really cool rom.

Super fast, snappy and smooth from what I've seen so far.

Changed my recovery to CWM and installed following the instructions in the OP no problem.

Runs great so far, no issues at all coming from one of civato's old roms

Now where are my lollipops!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] blcklab:
So my a500 says I have 25GB free storage but when I flash gaps, it says I don't have enough memory. I tried formatting the internal sd but.that didn't seem to.work.

Any advice?
[Acer Iconia A500] japinder:
That 25GB might be free in SDCard, however, the application would need installation space from internal memory, which might be filled up. I think I ran into the same issue & ended up installing the smallest Gapps base package & then installing the extra apps individually from play store.

Jp

...tapatalking...
[Acer Iconia A500] blcklab:
work of art

Can this use android runtime?

Just curious. Runs great on my lg g3 but that's new hardware.
[Acer Iconia A500] blcklab:
FYI. This runs great. One thing I'm noticing is when launch chrome browser it automatically goes into multi window mode. Not sure why. Is it some obscure setting?
[Acer Iconia A500] HamBone625:
+1 to that... Omni lollipop should be right around the corner on another note..
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
It's google, definitely not the ROM. Users reported it on tegraowners ROM as well.

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] omar.kassam97:
Try this, this will fix your problem.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...ting-window-bug-on-certain-roms-apk-download/
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
Thanks but I actually don't experience this problem. Thor fixed it in the upcoming ROM update :)

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] HamBone625:
Omnipop???(:
[Acer Iconia A500] peppet:
Who have boot loop problem cause unable to Mount partition, like pictures,

Install twr, then go to format partition and select boot and system partitions. Format it using ext4 file system and reboot.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
...??

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] HamBone625:
You mentioned an upcoming ROM update just wondered if it was omnirom lollipop. It's been noted omnirom has been one of the first few to update there base to 5.0
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
...ah, o.k., I.c. ... :) it's still kitkat ;)

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] blcklab:
I don't think my microphone is working. Anyone else experience this?
[Acer Iconia A500] LPMatt:
lost root

Love the ROM, but lost root. Updating binaries for SuperSU fails. Tried latest SuperSU and two previous versions - same thing. Haven't had this happen on any other OMNI ROM for this device. Did full wipe and clean install. Any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] m27frogy:
Of course, I could be offering far too simple of a solution for you, but I have to ask. Did you flash the SuperSU file in the OP's post after flashing the ROM?
[Acer Iconia A500] LPMatt:
Yes.
[Acer Iconia A500] albiGib:
Disregard. Works now
[Acer Iconia A500] DejaVu1977:
Cracking ROM and has put a whole new lease of life back into my A500! Thanks!

I am having one minor issue with Plex for Android - the exact same version works perfectly on my KitKat HP TouchPad.

I'm having stuttering issues when playing a video for longer than 15 minutes. Straight of the bat, it's fine, but starts to stutter and get worse. I've searched through Plex's forums for an answer, but most are considering older, less efficient, versions of Android.

Can anyone explain why this is happening and if it can be rectified? I have read that Acer's Hardware Acceleration on this device is pretty crap, but wondered if anyone had similar issues? Or better still a way to resolve.

--edit

Plex is the only thing I'm really trying to run on the tablet, if that makes any difference.
[Acer Iconia A500] japinder:
I encountered video stuttering on YouTube. Just changed CPU governor to performance. Seems OK now. Should work for other apps as well.

The battery is just about gone on mine, with the heavy usage it has seen over the past three years, so sacrificing battery life for performance wasn't to much of a deal breaker.

On Civato's ROMs, we had an option of overclocking GPU independent of CPU, not the case in this ROM.

Jp

...tapatalking...
[Acer Iconia A500] po8pimp:
I tried this setting and still no video from web browsers. I also installed Adobe Flashplayer 11.1.xxxx and still nothing. I can use youtube with no issues though. In the Facebook app videos cause the app to freeze up.

Edit: I just started playing around with this tablet to bring it new life for the wife. I have been messing around with tablets and phones for some time now, so decided to go with this rom. I love it, however with the video problems I was forced to find another rom that video worked on. I came across TegraOwners forum and tried their latest and greatest kitkat v22. The video in their rom works great no hiccups. I would post the site, however everyone knows how to google. I am going to play around and see if I can figure out what is causing this within this rom. It could very well be the kernel too. I will report back when I figure it out. In the mean time if someone else has insight on this, please share. This is the best rom I have found and would like to see it work flawlessly.
[Acer Iconia A500] HenrikE:
Google broke Http Live Streaming (HLS) in Android 4.4.4 and that causes stuttering problems for various video player apps like Plex and BBC iplayer. Recent versions of Plex use the newer Exoplayer backend instead of HLS and seem to work fine. Check that you use the latest Plex client!
[Acer Iconia A500] Goldenmeadow:
How long is the first boot?

Hi!

I just installed Skrilax bootloader and CWM as second kernel.

Flashed this ROM, gapps and SU. Rebooted.

Now I'm stuck on first screen - Skrilax bootloader message at the top and little android guy in the middle... How long does it take for the first boot?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] Goldenmeadow:
Hi!

Last night I installed bootloader and CWM. Then I flashed your ROM, SU and gapps. But tablet stuck on boot screen. So I reflashed stock rooted ROM - it booted up. Then I flashed your ROM again. Still the same boot screen.

So I left it and went to bed. This morning it still shows ADROID word with running light (Acer boot animation). I rebooted tablet - still the same boot animation...

Any ideas what's wrong?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
Did you wipe all data before installing this custom Rom?

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] Goldenmeadow:
Good question. But there is WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET and second choice under ADVANCED - FORMAT DATA. Which one to use?

Yes, I did Wipe data/Factory reset, cleared cache and dalvik...

I tried to flash stock rooted ROM, my tablet booted up but launcher kept crashing...

I guess my only choice keep reading...

Thanks for any advice in advance!
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
You could try formating it, even with data/media but you will loose all on internal SD!

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] abufrejoval:
Does your kernel support TRIM?

And if it doesn't: Would you mind publishing one, which does?

My TF101 with Timdurus KK seemes quite a big faster than my A500.

Now that Timduru has done LP for the TF101: Wouldn't you like to follow up?

It's not just about incrementing a counter: LP really has given that old dear quite a boost!
[Acer Iconia A500] Sinek_:
First of all I'd want to say that this is a great rom, but I do have a problem with the Twitter app. Whenever I try to write or reply a tweet I geta FC of the app. Any idea of how to solve that? Thank you.
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
...any plans for CM 12 maybe...? There are two OMNI kitkat and one lollipop for our devices but there is no CM 12 as far as I know...

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] HamBone625:
Where's these lollipop builds you type of???
[Acer Iconia A500] meduza:
Here m8: http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1690

m.
[Acer Iconia A500] HasH_BrowN:
some feedback

Well I had issues installing with CWM, it just wouldn't install. So I used Thor's 5.5.0 recovery, now it installed, did all the necessary wipes, and it booted up. Did one reboot after install, then dove into the system.

I like the Smart Launcher, but on the a500 the screen is too large to keep the interface from looking gritty, just a personal opinion. Okay, so from the there I am now in the launcher. The home button doesn't do anything, except highlight when you press it. Went into settings to enter WiFi password, decided to go into advanced from the drop down menu and nothing happens. Opened a few of the apps up (pre-installed), then tried the recent button and nothing happened.

I didn't flash GApps yet, wanted to see how it ran before Google invaded the system. What is the reason behind not including a file browser? There are a few minimalist ones that could have been used, so as to reduce side-loading from recovery or USB adb. I grabbed a copy of PA GApps 4.4.4 pico package, one of the most stripped down packages, and flashed it. Works great.

I did like how lightweight the system is, but the home button is needed otherwise apps are closed down. Could use a third-party app to remap home button, but that defeats the lightweight approach to the ROM. I will keep checking this thread out for any fixes. Thank you for providing an alternative to the limited amount of ROMs we have for our tablet.

**edit**

Browser isn't working from home screen nor from app drawer.
[Acer Iconia A500] briwayjones:
This is going to probably sound ignorant but I'm still trying to figure out the whole kernel ROM thing even though I have flashed several ROMs. Does this ROM include a kernel? I think some ROMs include kernels and some don't?

I ask because of a graphics issue. Mostly in graphic intensive situations like games the screen will freeze and flicker about 4 times a second continually. I can usually access the control bar and get back to the home screen. Then kill the app and restart it. It seems to not do it much at first. But then the longer I'm on whatever ROM install it does it more or more. Rebooting does not diminish the frequency at which it happens or seems to help.

I am trying to figure out what is causing it. I think I've pretty much eliminated that it's the ROMs themselves. It has done the same thing on a custom Jellybean ROM, the mostly stock but rooted Acer ICS Rom, and now this ROM. So now I'm trying to figure out if it's a kernel issue? If not that then I guess it would be an actual hardware issue?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattileblanc:
Hi Guys,

Hope that anyone can help me with the following:

I normally have Openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7 running on my M7.

However, with the new software update of 5.11.1540.9 pushed out, I normally go back to original recover, then update my software by downloading it an installing on the phone.

A couple of months ago I changed my version, originally an ATT phone, to I think a European or WWE version. I am not sure anymore.

Anyway, when I try to flash the original recovery ecovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img back and reboot in to recovery I get a black screen and eventually a phone icon with exclamation mark.

After holding the power button for a while, I can reboot and get back in the phone or restore TWRP.

My question is, does anyone know how to get the original recovery working again so that I can run the update.

This is the info of the bootloader:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 5.11.1540.9

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000

(bootloader) cidnum: 111111111

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4263mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I rather do not wipe the whole device if I don't have to. Before I changed the firmware to European or WWE I was able to restore the original bootloader at leisure. So I think it would be best to go back to the correct country firmware, or find a recovery file that does work with my current firmware.

If I can install the latest Developer Edition ROM with TWRP, and have to wipe, that is fine. I don't want to risk bricking my phone with doing all kind of updates. Have done so many and it is still working, would hope to keep it that way :)

Any help appreciated.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike-y:
I thought all you needed to do was re-lock the bootloader, then run the correct RUU file for your phone.

I do not remember having to flash back to stock recovery when I ran RUU for the latest update - I just relocked the bootloader. After the RUU is run, you will be back on stock recovery
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattileblanc:
Well, last time it worked for me when I had the Dev edition. My phone was unlocked with S-On, and I had TWRP for recovery.

I remember receiving the OTA, installing it and then seeing the message in TWRP that it couldn't install.

I then set the Recovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img for recovery and I was able to install the OTA.

After that I went back to TWRP.

Couple of months ago I set my CID to 11111111 and S-off and I installed, I believe a european version or a WWE version (not sure anymore what i did ) to get a radio that might unlock 4G here in Australia (which failed cause of hardware restrictions of bands).

Anyway, my phone works fine and I received the OTA but I can't repeat the back to stock recovery trick cause after flashing the Recovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img it doesnt enter recovery. Probably something to do with my WWE or Euro firmware?

What does relock mean in this case.

I also am at loss at what the correct RUU is. Is RUU firmware, or a whole complete ROM?

Can you see from my bootloader info what version I have and should consider?

I am just a bit confused with all the terms and was quite into it a couple of months ago, but now its a blur.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatindroid:
You don't need relock boot loader

When you boot in recovery got exclamation mark press volume up for4-5 sec then press power upto home back light blinks leave power button you got recovery with blue options

from HTC One
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattileblanc:
Well I tried your suggestion but it doesnt work. After I hold the power button when seeing the exclamation mark, the phone finally reboots. It tried to install the OTA this way, but it doesnt work.

I think the current recovery:Recovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img doesnt match my current firmware of something like that.

Any other suggestions?

Can I just install a fresh ROM with the latest version, not sure where to get it from.