Confirmation Ice Cream Sandwich for A500

neilgoodyer · Apr 26, 2012

A501 compatibility

Does anybody know if this new ICS rom will work on an A501? even though it will not support 3G. (i.e. can my A501 function as an A500 with this rom)

metalmenance · Apr 26, 2012

i rooted mine and running a stock rom
recieved update notification, downloaded it and chose to install
it unpacks, tells me to stay plugged in etc
goes into reboot a status bar starts moving then doesnt do anything just sits
on a screen with the triangle and blue bee.....
do i need to unroot or something?
i tried factory reset and still no go.......

szpaner6 · Apr 26, 2012

But compare the benchmark to unofficial ICS, it is low, am I right?

Nessuno1 · Apr 26, 2012

nasimdejai said:
Hi is that cool clock/weather/Calender app included in the ics update? You know, the one present on the A200 and A510?

Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

There is a square widget divided into 4 smaller squares indicating the time/weather/calendar, if that's the one you mean.

FloatingFatMan · Apr 26, 2012

szpaner6 said:
The benchmark is really low...

Benchmarks are nothing but a load of horse**** anyway. Don't put any stock my them. At all. They have zero real world performance meaning and you can't even use them to reliable compare performance from one device to another.

szpaner6 · Apr 26, 2012

So, In your opinion it is better to install official or modifed one? Which is faster?

FloatingFatMan · Apr 26, 2012

In real world usage? They're about the same.

szpaner6 · Apr 26, 2012

Thank you, so maybe If developers modified the official then would be faster, and then I will install

FloatingFatMan · Apr 26, 2012

Why wait? Seriously... We're talking so tiny a difference here that you're just not going to notice it in real world use. ICS is much faster than HC; the only real reason for choosing custom over stock is the removal of "bloat".

nasimdejai · Apr 26, 2012

Nessuno1 said:
There is a square widget divided into 4 smaller squares indicating the time/weather/calendar, if that's the one you mean.

Yes that now. Cool if its present

Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

szpaner6 · Apr 26, 2012

yes I konw, but may be they add for example the "Acer Ring"
Yeah you are wright I will do it. If I do normally update I will loss all may data which I have now?

Nessuno1 · Apr 26, 2012

szpaner6 said:
yes I konw, but may be they add for example the "Acer Ring"
Yeah you are wright I will do it. If I do normally update I will loss all may data which I have now?

For me it was no wipe and it seems to be the same for everyone, so you shouldn't lose anything.

SyncA · Apr 26, 2012

metalmenance said:
i rooted mine and running a stock rom
recieved update notification, downloaded it and chose to install
it unpacks, tells me to stay plugged in etc
goes into reboot a status bar starts moving then doesnt do anything just sits
on a screen with the triangle and blue bee.....
do i need to unroot or something?
i tried factory reset and still no go.......

Do you have acer recovery installer?
I was still on 3.1 for adhoc and root. And for some reason I installed, but never really used ARI. Anyway, this is what helped me bypass it and get the OTA's started
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1157881
Post #6
After doing this the 3.2, and 3.2.1 OTA already got installed, going to do the next OTA now, ICS I presume!

.
Before the OTA I used voodoo OTA rootkeeper to disable root but (hopefully) keep it after OTA (hence the name

)
Also, I replaced the wpa_supplicant file with the original again (file that was used to get adhoc going. Not shure if this was really necessary tho.)

Hope this helps!

Greetz

morus1968 · Apr 26, 2012

ICS update failed acer iconia a500 HELP

Can anybody help me?
So, I have my acer iconia a500 rooted and its running android 3.2.1 rom, that I've got here on xda. It automatically downloaded the new ICS, unzips it and asks me if I want to install it. I say yes and it reboots. Then starts installing but after 5 secs it fails (the triangle with de admiration mark appears. If I only new where does the download file goes after it unzips it, I could install it manually, but alas I don't. Can anybody tell me what to do?

ibeqa · Apr 26, 2012

morus1968 said:
Can anybody help me?
So, I have my acer iconia a500 rooted and its running android 3.2.1 rom, that I've got here on xda. It automatically downloaded the new ICS, unzips it and asks me if I want to install it. I say yes and it reboots. Then starts installing but after 5 secs it fails (the triangle with de admiration mark appears. If I only new where does the download file goes after it unzips it, I could install it manually, but alas I don't. Can anybody tell me what to do?

Restart your tab, go get Acer Recovery Installer app in market. It will allow you to install official recovery (you cannot do ota with custom recovery). Also to do this you'll need to have a rooted device.
After you completed these steps start installing "Ice Cream".

Regarding wiping apps, all my apps are intact after finishing upgrade to ICS (there's no wipe out).

morus1968 · Apr 26, 2012

Worked great

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ibeqa said:
Restart your tab, go get Acer Recovery Installer app in market. It will allow you to install official recovery (you cannot do ota with custom recovery). Also to do this you'll need to have a rooted device.
After you completed these steps start installing "Ice Cream".

Regarding wiping apps, all my apps are intact after finishing upgrade to ICS (there's no wipe out).

Thanks dude, worked great, many thanks

Tiburon02 · Apr 26, 2012

Gen 2

Has anyone in the US received the update for their gen 2 device?

nccowboy · Apr 26, 2012

ICS Update in North Carolina

Tiburon02 said:
Has anyone in the US received the update for their gen 2 device?

I had the update waiting on me this morning in North Carolina. Runs very nice. But no acer ring. Anyone else notice that?

NinjaRicky · Apr 26, 2012

Gen 2?

nccowboy said:
I had the update waiting on me this morning in North Carolina. Runs very nice. But no acer ring. Anyone else notice that?

Since you're asking about the Acer Ring, I'm guessing you haven't read the rest of this thread, so to answer your question.. Yes, the update does not include the Acer Ring.

Now, can you confirm please that your device is GEN_2 and not GEN_1, because so far only GEN_1 has received ICS.

Thanks! I

nccowboy · Apr 26, 2012

Yes, Generation 1

NinjaRicky said:
Since you're asking about the Acer Ring, I'm guessing you haven't read the rest of this thread, so to answer your question.. Yes, the update does not include the Acer Ring.

Now, can you confirm please that your device is GEN_2 and not GEN_1, because so far only GEN_1 has received ICS.

Thanks! I

Yes, Generation 1
I like it so far, much much faster.

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