DISCONTINUED - [ROM][02-june-11][patch update] A7Comb (Honeycomb 3.0) v0.2a

[Dexter_nlb]

Actually had my A7 on the shelf cuz I have a xoom now too, but its back on the desk now getting some love.

as a owner of both, how does the A7 honeycomb compare to the "real" thing?
i was supposed to get a XOOM but never happened, so i wonder personally how close the a7 experience is as to start off with?
for users going for a "real" honeycomb, i think this gives users a good idea of what to get or? or will a7 dissappoint compared to xoom?

 

[zwalley]

Just wanted to say thanks Dexter!!

Thanks Dexter...Donation sent!! Much appreciated.

A7Comb loaded perfect and have had no issues at all thus far.

 

[DroidxRage]

as a owner of both, how does the A7 honeycomb compare to the "real" thing?
i was supposed to get a XOOM but never happened, so i wonder personally how close the a7 experience is as to start off with?
for users going for a "real" honeycomb, i think this gives users a good idea of what to get or? or will a7 dissappoint compared to xoom?

I have an Asus Transformer now too... I'll try the mod out after work if I have time and report back.

 

[DroidxRage]

Installing now, will take it for a test run and let you guys know how it compares to an "off-the-shelf" honeycomb experience.

 

[DANOinSD]

A7 3.0

Hi Dexter,

After spending some quality time with the A7 3.0, its not a bad match to the actual Xoom experience. Granted screen size and type significantly hinder its capabilities, but the actual OS itself wasn't bad at all. Quite honestly, I liked playing a few of the games I have on the 7" vice the 10". I must say, LCD Density is a requirement, and I had mine set at 100 I think.

I did run into a variety of bugs (wifi disconnects, touch response, need volume controls, etc), but many of these items can be fixed in time. The biggest issue I see is the screen size itself, as the Apps menu was overly sensitive, and even with LCD Density some Apps wouldn't show up. Another oddity I ran into was that larger size games (20-40mb) would act as if they installed, but then when clicking on the shortcuts to open they said they were not installed. I tried a few times to confirm.

the bottom line, I think it's a solid port of Honeycomb, but some some things will need to be addressed to make this a fully functional Rom. However, I will be leaving this on my A7 for awhile to see if I can find some tweaks, to make this more useable.

Thanks again, for all your hard work, and I look forward to future projects.
Let me know if you need an A7 guinea pig, as I'm not afraid to test on mine since it's not my primary tablet anymore.

Oh yeah, I noted some folks were complaining about the screen freezes, and I noticed that if you click the power button as if to go into sleep mode the screen comes back to life, not sure why, or how, it just worked.

 

[Dexter_nlb]

@DANOinSD
thanks for your review, im sure other a7 users liked reading it too.

its for sure no Xoom, but if some bugs can be fixed, it might just work a little better.
the "apps not installed" i think relate to apps being installed on your sdcard, and needs to be moved to tablet to work.

Lets see how far the semi-3.0 can be pushed, i am not primariy on this, as it originate with the VegaComb team, but i try to adapt their finding where possible.

 

[JAnthony419]

Errors

everytime i try to do the update, i get:
"E:Can't find entry for META-INF /com/google/android/update-binary"
not to clear on what that means and every time i download i get 112.7MB. is that the entire file or is it 113MB and a better link to get the update, this one loses connection a lot

 

[Dexter_nlb]

everytime i try to do the update, i get:
"E:Can't find entry for META-INF /com/google/android/update-binary"
not to clear on what that means and every time i download i get 112.7MB. is that the entire file or is it 113MB and a better link to get the update, this one loses connection a lot

please follow instructions and remember to do as said, which is to "extract contents of zip" and you get a Update.zip to use.. its sounds to me you dont know if the zip is valid, this is exactly why it becomes valid when you extract the content, so its checked that you did download the complete file.

 

[JAnthony419]

let me verify that i am on track, thanks

 

[tumpy]

Dexter, I just read an article on lcd density setting, I did the change to a higher density and was surprise to see the result. If you change from default 120 to any # above the UI will change from HC to gingerbread, mine change at 130, if you can reactivate the soft keys on the A7 we can use the gingerbread UI.
Sent from my A7 using Tapatalk

 

[smallba]

Dexter, I just read an article on lcd density setting, I did the change to a higher density and was surprise to see the result. If you change from default 120 to any # above the UI will change from HC to gingerbread, mine change at 130, if you can reactivate the soft keys on the A7 we can use the gingerbread UI.
Sent from my A7 using Tapatalk

I just made a thread on this in the general section

 

[tumpy]

Thanks for the patch Dexter working fine. Got back the little bit of realestate
HC took up for soft keys...
Sent from my Dexter A7Comb 3.0 Tapatalk..

 

[vellyg]

very nice work u guys one quick question I can't change the brightness or auto brightness don't work or is it my a7 or what. Thanks

 

[smallba]

very nice work u guys one quick question I can't change the brightness or auto brightness don't work or is it my a7 or what. Thanks

It's not working on this rom

Sent from my Mynized EVo 4G

 

[vellyg]

oh ok thanks i was gitting worried for a sec.

 

[motoelliot]

Ok, so what's the general consensus on the honeycomb rom? My wife stole mine for kindle. Just wondering if stealin it back for honeycomb is worth it. She's got her claws in deep! Lol
Everything work now?
Sent from A.W.E.S.O.M-O

 

[Dexter_nlb]

Ok, so what's the general consensus on the honeycomb rom? My wife stole mine for kindle. Just wondering if stealin it back for honeycomb is worth it. She's got her claws in deep! Lol
Everything work now?
Sent from A.W.E.S.O.M-O

it works, but!

a 7" a7 is not meant to be used with hc desktop. i think some persons prefer to switch to old launcher which is possible if density changes, and you keep some of the 3.0 functions and can run some 3.0 specific apps..

but if she is really keen on keeping it, i would maybe suggest the new investment into asus transformer or aconia.. asus simply is too expensive and too many hw probs..
and aconia comes with 2 usb ports (host and device) which is connecting usbsticks + connecting it to a pc as well. asus has only usb2pc i read.

 

[ifitwasnt4u]

Flashing right now to test!


After payday I am definitely donating to Dexter. Dexter Roms for the A7 have been perfect for me every time!

 

[ifitwasnt4u]

Testing now. I really dig the new market and the screens. Can't wait for the bugs to iron out!!

Sent from my A7 using XDA Premium App

 

[Dexter_nlb]

oh ok thanks i was gitting worried for a sec.

i found the reason for brightness not to work, but its the only "fix" i can make so far, so a new rom is not being released..

i think we can use a patch to correct it.. ill look into this..