I've been waiting to receive my replacement Iconia before doing any hardcore modding and I got it yesterday "shiny XD". I was originally going to install the rooted 3.2 update with richardtrips kernel but have decided I want to hang back on 3.1 for a while longer and enjoy it until 3.2 gets a proper root method.
Which kernel would work fine with rooted stock 3.1? I prefer Richardtrips kernel but will use thors if it's the better option I just need to know which version runs on stock 3.1
Also do I have to wipe data and cache when flashing a kernel? This will be a first as my DX has the locked bootloader so i never got to flash a kernel.
I'm using richardtrip's kernel 2.5 with stock 3.1 ROM, and it's working fine with no issues.
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I'm using richardtrip's kernel 2.5 with stock 3.1 ROM, and it's working fine with no issues.
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Thanks for the reply .
2.5 some issues.
I was using richardtrip 2.5 kernel, and had some issues but nothing to worry about. If you use HDMI it wont restore when screen goes off. But it's just a matter of unpluging and repluging again the microhdmi.
As far as i know he haven't done an update to the 3.1 kernels, so must assume he is now focus on 3.2 kernels.
thanks for the tip, I flashed the 2.5 kernel and all is well.
I'm using honeyvillan. It has a 3.2 kernel
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Now that i have upgraded to 3.2 with the primee P-9 rom,can i still use the other roms that are 3.1 without having to downgrade or unroot?
Yes. Just make certain to wipe through Clockwork before flashing new roms. You won't have any issues (even going back to 3.0). Hope that helps.
You can install any rom regardless of what you have installed. Its a complete replacement. You can't use two different Roms at the same time. Ie.. you have Asus 3.2 now. If you install taboonay, you'LL then have 3.1
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Yes. Just make certain to wipe through Clockwork before flashing new roms. You won't have any issues (even going back to 3.0). Hope that helps.
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You can install any rom regardless of what you have installed. Its a complete replacement. You can't use two different Roms at the same time. Ie.. you have Asus 3.2 now. If you install taboonay, you'LL then have 3.1
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Thanks guys for the help.
Newb here (sorry), but after installing the Honeyvillian 1.1 rom, after reboot, the screen is backwards (flipped) and if/when I attempt to rotate the screen, the screen is corrupt..
Attempting to recover saved backup, but clicking on things are rough due to being backwards (opposite side of screen...??) Images below:
Any thoughts?
Thank You!
This happened to me on stock ROM with a non stock kernel. Make sure you are using the correct kernel version for the ROM.
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a dyslexic iconia....how about that?
Thanks! As stated, I'm new to the Android world (Windows guy for ages) and am trying to learn this as quickly as possible and understand this new universe. I get now that I install the ROM first, followed by the kernel.
My confusion was that there are two diff kernal's for Honeyvillian 1.1 (2.5 / 3.2).
I have now installed Honeyvillian 1.1, rebooted, it's there and working! (Progress!)
Now, I'm updating the 2.5 kernal (finishing now and rebooting)...
But now my screen is not flipped, but corrupted at times and no wifi....
Do I now update to 3.2 kernal for Honeyvillian 1.1 which fixes the two?
What am I missing on my reading on doing this?
Honeyvillian 1.1 is based on Honeycom 3.2, so you must use the kernels which are made for HC 3.2 such as richardtrip's one (Ver.3.0) or thor's one (ver.2.0).
anyone tried this ROM already on A500 ?
Thor Transformer Revolver 3.2.1 Port V3
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anyone tried this ROM already on A500 ?
Thor Transformer Revolver 3.2.1 Port V3
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It's been updated to V4. It seems pretty solid but that's less than 24 hours of usage. I think I've got OC to 1.5 or 1.6, no problems. As noted at his site, Auto Brightness does not work. I'm interested in GPS so not sure if that is supported or not. So far, so good with the ROM. I may give Taboonay another go, but feel comfortable with Thor's ROM. Also, Netflix does not work. I don't think it found it on the Market but I tried restoring from a backup and got an FC. I believe this is a known prob with HC 3.2.
i tried it, one hour later I was back on Taboonay v.2.1b.
also, when leaving it, wipe everything atleast 5 times, or your wallpaper wont work no matter what
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i tried it, one hour later I was back on Taboonay v.2.1b.
also, when leaving it, wipe everything atleast 5 times, or your wallpaper wont work no matter what
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Interesting. I tried Taboonay and didn't like it. I had some issues with OC with Thor's and am now giving PRIMEE P9-5a a go. It's better but thinking I may not stick with it. Perhaps I'll give Taboonay another go.
I did not like it at first either. Once I oc it was better. Make sure you use the 2.1b version.
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Interesting. I tried Taboonay and didn't like it. I had some issues with OC with Thor's and am now giving PRIMEE P9-5a a go. It's better but thinking I may not stick with it. Perhaps I'll give Taboonay another go.
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I tried this too, but to my dismay when i reverted to my back up of Taboonay 2.1b, I lost root priviledges!!!!!!!! Unable to access the cwm, or anything that involves root. I have been searching for hours now for my fix. To no avail.
Wipe all partitions and dalvik before restore. It works.
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Im stuck without su priviledges now. No cwm recovery, no acer recovery.
Im at a loss on how to fix this.
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are you able to get into cwm recovery by pushing power and volume down buttons during bootup?
if yes - just put some 3.1 rom on your sd card and flash with it.
honeyvilain 1.05a was for me great choice.
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No, i tried vol up and pow and vol down and pow. No luck either way....
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Edit: i tried it again, this time holding it longer, or maybe holding my mouth the right way... either way cwm is working now
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I did not like it at first either. Once I oc it was better. Make sure you use the 2.1b version.
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Thanks, I did try it (twice) with the 2.1b. I've tried pretty much all of the HC 3.2 releases minus the minimal custom ROMs but seem to like Falcon Acer HC 3.2. I noticed some oddities when I maxed out OC so running at 1.5 seems to make for a solid ROM. I didn't have a chance to fully test GPS. I'm using richard's kernal but may try thor's.
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Im stuck without su priviledges now. No cwm recovery, no acer recovery.
Im at a loss on how to fix this.
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I would:
1) Root your device with the tools already out there (I used ioniaroot)
2) Download Acer Recovery from Market and install CWM through that. Unless it has been updated, it will not give you the latest CWM, which you can download, install on your SD card, and flash from CWM
Keep us posted
So, I simply flashed another Rom. After of course figuring out that my recovery was still there.
All is well again!
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Yeah, had the same issue when flashing my recovery image back to taboonay. Had to actually reflash the original taboonay rom and thor kernal. The recovery loses root for some reason.
Unfortunately, Revolver lacks 501 support, even after messing with the build.prop and an additional lib file. And Thor doesn't have a 501 to play with.
Looked promising though, a little more responsive than taboonay.
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So, I simply flashed another Rom. After of course figuring out that my recovery was still there.
All is well again!
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Rainbowbright, glad you back in action with your tablet. It seems thor has released an update to this ROM so very tempted to give it a whack this weekend, though I am really enjoying Falcon's Acer HC 3.2 ROM.
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Yeah, had the same issue when flashing my recovery image back to taboonay. Had to actually reflash the original taboonay rom and thor kernal. The recovery loses root for some reason.
Unfortunately, Revolver lacks 501 support, even after messing with the build.prop and an additional lib file. And Thor doesn't have a 501 to play with.
Looked promising though, a little more responsive than taboonay.
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Interesting you say that about Taboonay. I was trying to figure out why I didn't stick with it given its popularity and remembered that was my experience as well. I have a USB 3G pay-as-you-go modem and have read those devices are supported, so I opted for the 500.
are there any ROMs for A501 ?
the stock is horrible specially after updating to 3.2 which is an Ad oriented version.
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The ads are probably from your wireless provider. 3.2 on the wifi version doesn't have ads.
yup tabonay for example
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Honeyvillain (honeycomb 3.2), Lightspeed, is another. But with lightspeed, you have to run a patch for your internal 3g.
If you want something a little less "cooked" Harkon 1.0, with Thor 3.9R3 kernel. It's what I run.
You can get the kernel at www.tegraowners.com
Basically you want a rom based on the 501, which unfortunately is not as popular as the 500. Reason being, the 500 is cheaper, and was introduced before the 501, so there were more roms produced based on it.
I downgraded to 3.1, rooted 1.3 & flashed CWM. Then I ran CWM & wiped everything so I booted fresh but with A500 ROM, probably cause the downgrade image is for A500. So now my 3G is not recognized.
What is a good A501 ROM with workable 3G ?
Look at the above post....
If you run an A500 based rom, more than likely the build.prop is modified for WiFi-only. If you feel gutsy, you can try and modify it, but will depend on if they modified the Framework or other sys apk's.
Stay with the A501 based roms. A lot of these, are based on the A500, which you DO NOT need.
Taboonay, Honeyvillain(honeybread) (or whatever it's called now, as he seems to be fixed on Honey), Harkon, and Lightspeed (although you may need the patch to run it.
Always get the "rooted" version of any rom.
If you look at my previous post, you can run Harkon, which is a rooted HC 3.2 with a cooked kernel. And after flashing and starting, you can reboot and run Thors 3.9R3 kernel. Do a wipe on your delvik before flashing kernels.
I flashed Honeyvillain & now stuck at boot with 'acer' logo
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Let it run for awhile (15 minutes)
If it doesn't boot. then go into Recovery.
Do your 3 wipes, User Data partition
then Cache partition
then goto advanced, and wipe delvik
Then, make sure you selected to "install from SD" a "rom", and not the "kernel", Im betting you downloaded and just flashed the Kernel.
People do this at first with the Honey. He has 2 or 3 listed. Roms and Kernels. So you have to download the ROM and not the kernel.
Suggest you first try with the Harkon Rom.
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Let it run for awhile (15 minutes)
If it doesn't boot. then go into Recovery.
Do your 3 wipes, User Data partition
then Cache partition
then goto advanced, and wipe delvik
Then, make sure you selected to "install from SD" a "rom", and not the "kernel", Im betting you downloaded and just flashed the Kernel.
People do this at first with the Honey. He has 2 or 3 listed. Roms and Kernels. So you have to download the ROM and not the kernel.
Suggest you first try with the Harkon Rom.
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True. I downloaded the kernel indeed. Seems a common mistake. Now I am dowloading Harkon. Very slow link but will see at the end.
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Harkon is great so far
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Glad it's working for you
Harkon itself is not a fully cooked rom, although it comes with a cooked kernel. You can overclock the processor using the included app. cpumaster I think is the name. Just remember to run it at different speeds and compare speed vs battery life. Usually you're ok at 1.4 but things might get a little wonky when you run higher. Depends on the processor. Mine is fine at 1.5.
I'm tired of looking for an answer to this seemingly simple question on google and searching on here. I've had at least 5 tabs open for the last hour combing through posts and replies.
Question is this: A500 running thor's v14.2 rom along w/ his custom kernel. To revert back to stock. Do I need to flash back to the stock kernel along w/ the stock rom. If so, where can I get the kernel from?! The closest thing I came across was a post that gave the source link where you had to build the kernel yourself.
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I'm tired of looking for an answer to this seemingly simple question on google and searching on here. I've had at least 5 tabs open for the last hour combing through posts and replies.
Question is this: A500 running thor's v14.2 rom along w/ his custom kernel. To revert back to stock. Do I need to flash back to the stock kernel along w/ the stock rom. If so, where can I get the kernel from?! The closest thing I came across was a post that gave the source link where you had to build the kernel yourself.
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did you make a nandroid of your ROM before you flashed the current ROM youre on?
of course not! lol. I was too excited to play around w/ it that I neglected the basics. And honestly, I've been putting off reverting back because I'm quite happy w/ thor's rom.
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of course not! lol. I was too excited to play around w/ it that I neglected the basics. And honestly, I've been putting off reverting back because I'm quite happy w/ thor's rom.
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haha, youre on the HC bootloader arent you?
yep. haven't touched the bootloader. just flashed the rom and kernel.
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yep. haven't touched the bootloader. just flashed the rom and kernel.
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you may hafta install a rom thats just plain HC with root, like a 3.2.1 HC rom
would that allow for ota updates and such?
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would that allow for ota updates and such?
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i believe so, yes, but you may want to ask someone with more experience than me, im good with phones, but tabs are a new thing to me
thanks! I found out that thor's kernel is supposed to work w/ the stock rom. so I'm just going to try loading a rooted stock and hope I don't brick it.
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thanks! I found out that thor's kernel is supposed to work w/ the stock rom. so I'm just going to try loading a rooted stock and hope I don't brick it.
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good luck bro!
I've also decided to head back to a stock ROM in both anticipation of the ICS update and to try and get video working with Skype. My problem is, I'm using a A501, which seems to be the unwanted red headed stepchild of the Iconia family!
I'm on a custom ROM (Moscow something-er-rather?) with CWM. Do I just find a copy of the stock ROM and flash like a custom? I just really want to be able to get OTA updates and hopefully solve my Skype video issues...
Thanks in advance!
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I'm on a custom ROM (Moscow something-er-rather?) with CWM. Do I just find a copy of the stock ROM and flash like a custom? I just really want to be able to get OTA updates and hopefully solve my Skype video issues...
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I see vache has a couple Full 3.2 Stock 501 roms on his thread here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
i got a a500 and i assume you extract the update.zip and flash as per a500. Dont wanna put u wrong tho' so maybe ask moscow on his rom thread, he da man when it comes to the 501
Okay - I'm going to try and flash that update.zip and see what happens. My biggest concern is the lack of Skype video - I can only assume it has to do with the ROM flashed, and nothing else, because other people claim they are able to use Skype video.