I am getting tired of waiting for the stock 3.1 rom now so I am starting to think about using one of the custom roms.
Have there been any performance and function comparisons between the stock rom and the custom roms?
Or do you have any good arguments either way?
The two most popular appear to be Virtuous Picasso and Virtuous Galaxy. I have been using the 1.08 version of the former for sometime and have had no issues. I thether, have gps, bluetooth, WiFi all w/out issue. If your rooted, get wild and flash them both; see which you Luke better.
I like virtuous galaxy for the the touchwiz, but there were too many broken things. Exchange didn't work, couldn't access files on my external sd card (although apps like google music seemed to be able to) and my usb keyboard didn't work. Virtuous galaxy seems to work without any issues.
I've tried them all so far, and they all have pro's and con's. They also all have bugs, which is only to be expected.
Currently, I'm running stock and, to be honest, kinda prefer it. Though I *have* rooted and added a few tweaks...
willyampz said:
I like virtuous galaxy for the the touchwiz, but there were too many broken things. Exchange didn't work, couldn't access files on my external sd card (although apps like google music seemed to be able to) and my usb keyboard didn't work. Virtuous galaxy seems to work without any issues.
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You started off saying virtuous galaxy had too many broken things, then went on to say virtuous galaxy seems to work without issues? Maybe it's too early and I'm reading it wrong in my barely awake state, but could you clarify please? Lol
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You started off saying virtuous galaxy had too many broken things, then went on to say virtuous galaxy seems to work without issues? Maybe it's too early and I'm reading it wrong in my barely awake state, but could you clarify please? Lol
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I don't mean to speak for willy but I think what he was saying is that at first, Virtuous Galaxy was nice but had too many broken features but after the release this past weekend, most of the bugs are fixed.
I am using Primee which is the Asus Transformer ROM with some of the Acer items left intact. I have tried Virtuous Galaxy and UI is beautiful but I was getting a barely perceptible lag opening and closing the app drawer even after OC to 1500 and it was bugging me. I think the problem could have been one of the Samsung widgets.
I normally recommend loading a custom rom if you feel comfortable. I rooted my HTC Magic back in the early days of Android and have never looked back.
wahlis said:
I am getting tired of waiting for the stock 3.1 rom now so I am starting to think about using one of the custom roms.
Have there been any performance and function comparisons between the stock rom and the custom roms?
Or do you have any good arguments either way?
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You should go for 3.1 stock (official acer update), works like butter and fixes problems that custom roms still have (like cell stanby) unless they are based on 3.1 stock (I'm still waiting )
Update to 3.1 stock Acer Official Update
No wipe needed or acer recovery/cwm, you don't lose your data, but it's highly recommended to backup and use recovery/cwm, through again not necesary.
Here is a change log (what's new/changed) to see if it's worth, if you do update please share with me in that thread what's new and changed so we can inform, share and encourage pleople to update to 3.1, plus if you do it now you get new OTA Acer_ A500_4.010.30_COM_GEN1 (I sound like a salesman ) who knows for how long they will keep the update
Justray said:
You should go for 3.1 stock (official acer update), works like butter and fixes problems that custom roms still have (like cell stanby) unless they are based on 3.1 stock (I'm still waiting )
Update to 3.1 stock Acer Official Update
No wipe needed or acer recovery/cwm, you don't lose your data, but it's highly recommended to backup and use recovery/cwm, through again not necesary.
Here is a change log (what's new/changed) to see if it's worth, if you do update please share with me in that thread what's new and changed so we can inform, share and encourage pleople to update to 3.1, plus if you do it now you get new OTA Acer_ A500_4.010.30_COM_GEN1 (I sound like a salesman ) who knows for how long they will keep the update
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My question is,after read almost all pages of the threads about this;does this go for all devices?I have a emea_gen3..sorry if i'm being a Noob now.
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Thanks for all the advice. I think I'll wait a while longer for the stock now. It doesn't sound like the custom roms are the kind of miracle upgrades I got to my Hero and Desire phones yet.
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booze78 said:
My question is,after read almost all pages of the threads about this;does this go for all devices?I have a emea_gen3..sorry if i'm being a Noob now.
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Yes it works, I went from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1, everything works fine, updated from .22 to .30 from OTA.
wahlis said:
Thanks for all the advice. I think I'll wait a while longer for the stock now. It doesn't sound like the custom roms are the kind of miracle upgrades I got to my Hero and Desire phones yet.
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Actually the update posted IS official, Acer one, right now those with that version are getting OTA .30 update, so as far as I know that's stock unless you mean out-of-the-box as stock.
i meant to say virtuous picasso seems to work without issues and tried to edit it after.
Justray said:
Yes it works, I went from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1, everything works fine, updated from .22 to .30 from OTA.
Actually the update posted IS official, Acer one, right now those with that version are getting OTA .30 update, so as far as I know that's stock unless you mean out-of-the-box as stock.
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Yessss,it worked.Lost root only..
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Yessss,it worked.Lost root only..
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and you can re-root
Please post here anything new you find, new issues, fixed issues, software and experience related please
Just don't forget to back up!
@Justray, you say : "Yes it works, I went from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1, everything works fine, updated from .22 to .30 from OTA."
How do you procede to go from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1?
My machine is COM_GEN1 so I'm happy. My sister who got hers in Denmark is EMEA_GEN3 and is still stuck with firmware 1.x (Android 3.0.1)... Is there a step-by-step instructions for going to COM_GEN1 for her machine?
I suspect I can then download the latest firmware manually from : code.google.com/p/acer-a500/downloads/list or use OTA like my machine?
Thanks,
Gilles.
ggravier said:
@Justray, you say : "Yes it works, I went from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1, everything works fine, updated from .22 to .30 from OTA."
How do you procede to go from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1?
My machine is COM_GEN1 so I'm happy. My sister who got hers in Denmark is EMEA_GEN3 and is still stuck with firmware 1.x (Android 3.0.1)... Is there a step-by-step instructions for going to COM_GEN1 for her machine?
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I too went from EMEA_GEN3 to COM_GEN1. Here is the basic low-down as to how I went about it:
* Install Acer Recovery from Market and use it to install clockworkmod.
* Download the COM_GEN1 ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176632 thread.
* Use Acer ROM Decrypter to decrypt the .zip file and extract the update.zip from there.
* Rename the update.zip to something like e.g. AcerROMcomgen1.zip and copy it on your SD card. It's important that it is on the SD, not internal storage.
* Turn off your tablet, then turn it on while keeping the volume button pressed down until you see white text appear on the tablet screen's top-left corner.
* Use clockwordmod to first make a full backup for just-in-case. I really mean it: do a full backup. You never know if you might need it later!
* Then format cache, format data/factory reset, then install zip from SD.
* Reboot.
As for navigating in clockwordmod: you use the volume button to go up or down in menus, and power button to select the menu item.
Hi, I installed the Taboonay v.2 rom and everything is working fine (except the 3G USB, I don't know how to make it working!! help if anyone knows please, I've searching for hours in the forum without a tack to follow)
I just tried to click on "Update the system" in the Preferences -> about the tablet menu, and I get an error saying
Fota download
build number error!!
Taboonay 2.0 (4.015_COM_GEN1)
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Is that normal??
thanks in advance ;-)
With custom rom's you will not get any ota, "over the air", updates from acer anymore. You have to leave your tab stock to get acer ota.
The way it works now, acer makes updates, xda makes mods for your rom and you get from xda
Hope you made a full backup of your tab before custom rom.
you can reflash the stock rom, there are plenty of them on XDA if you want OTAs. If you want 3G working on taboonay load a cutom kernel that supports it. I never use 3G, but i do use thor's kernel and it is reported working with that kernel.
I just picked up my Acer a500 the day before and am very pleased with the purchase. I rooted it within the first hour of unboxing which was a breeze but I cant find a good How To in reguards to installing CWM and a Rom.
I have had a DX since july of last year and have rooted it and installed dozens of roms, currently running CM4DX GB. But there was much more dev support for the phone than I can find for the Acer Tab so it's a bit intimidating. I'm currently on rooted 3.1
I was looking at lightspeed Rom and Richardtrips OC kernel, or perhaps Dexters Transformer Rom with richardtrips OC Kernel. Thing is i have no idea how to flash either of these, I've been reading non stop and i find myself mroe confused now than before i started researching lol.
Any help or a lead int he right direction would be great.
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SoHaunted said:
I just picked up my Acer a500 the day before and am very pleased with the purchase. I rooted it within the first hour of unboxing which was a breeze but I cant find a good How To in reguards to installing CWM and a Rom.
I have had a DX since july of last year and have rooted it and installed dozens of roms, currently running CM4DX GB. But there was much more dev support for the phone than I can find for the Acer Tab so it's a bit intimidating. I'm currently on rooted 3.1
I was looking at lightspeed Rom and Richardtrips OC kernel, or perhaps Dexters Transformer Rom with richardtrips OC Kernel. Thing is i have no idea how to flash either of these, I've been reading non stop and i find myself mroe confused now than before i started researching lol.
Tried most roms and kernals and the best for me is stock 3.1 If you like to hack and fixs problems go for it. Just read and do a full backup using cwm (clockworkmod). Download Acer recovery from the market, as it has thors backup stuff. With in you can do a full backup of your rom and install other roms its the tool to have. Have fun.
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Thanks for the tip, while researching I have found most people say 3.1 is where it's at and seeing as how 3.2 is rolling out in certain places today I am not planning on upgrading until a root method is achieved on 3.2.
Can I say use stock 3.1 and richardtrips OC kernel? I also want to remove the fluff that came on it, would using Root Explorer to rename the unwanted apk's in system/app a good method or are there better options?
Install Acer recovery installer.Do a complete backup.store it in two or 3 different locations.
Any changes at all you make WILL Stop all future updates.so you will need to revert back in the future maybe
Good luck
I have the Acer Iconia A500 tablet... a while ago, I rooted it and I am now running a rom... here are my current settings
Acer_A500_4.010.38_COM_ GEN1
version 3.1
Kernel Version: 2.6.36.4 HoneyVillian-1.0+
for some reason this morning it wanted me to update my system but the update failed... when I rooted I deleted 3 of the stupid games that came with it. I am still able to boot into recovery the manual way but the tablet is not allowing me to use acer recovery app and busybox will not work either. its like I seemed to have lost root rights for some reason?
what I want to do get my tablet back to stock and exept the current update to 3.2. at this point I really don't care about re-rooting it. I just want to be able to get the update.... CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS.
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I have the Acer Iconia A500 tablet... a while ago, I rooted it and I am now running a rom... here are my current settings
Acer_A500_4.010.38_COM_ GEN1
version 3.1
Kernel Version: 2.6.36.4 HoneyVillian-1.0+
for some reason this morning it wanted me to update my system but the update failed... when I rooted I deleted 3 of the stupid games that came with it. I am still able to boot into recovery the manual way but the tablet is not allowing me to use acer recovery app and busybox will not work either. its like I seemed to have lost root rights for some reason?
what I want to do get my tablet back to stock and exept the current update to 3.2. at this point I really don't care about re-rooting it. I just want to be able to get the update.... CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS.
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alright dude let me get this straight you have recovery access which is but do you want your rom to be a 3.2 rom or a 3.1 rom in my opinion if you want just a full on stock rom 3.2 w/ su access and root "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265847" ive used it before and it works great.
if you want a 3.2 full stock no su nothing and this also means you cant reroot you can try this one
"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277277"
my guess is use your decision making wisely dude give it a shot but it on your own terms
thank you... I will try the first link and see how that works... I just don't understand why I cant finish the update... I get the honeycomb bee with a red triangle above it
ssethv said:
thank you... I will try the first link and see how that works... I just don't understand why I cant finish the update... I get the honeycomb bee with a red triangle above it
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the reason you get this issue is because the tablet is rooted and the original recovery partition is no longer there its custom , and most custom roms always have updates coming out when they notice something has updated on a rom they made. but its because you dont the original android recovery image to update with.
best of luck
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the reason you get this issue is because the tablet is rooted and the original recovery partition is no longer there its custom , and most custom roms always have updates coming out when they notice something has updated on a rom they made. but its because you dont the original android recovery image to update with.
best of luck
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Custom HV kernel as well. I'm seeing this happen a lot with ppl running stock ROMs and custom kernels.
While it's common sense to most, apparently some just don't get it.
BTW, this thread should be in Q & A, not in development.
My son was just given this tablet from our uncle and it's factory reset. This is running the factory 3.2.1 but when I try to update I get a terrible "poor network connection" error. I looked around and they say if you update the iconia software it fixes it (but it didn't).
So, I don't mind rooting, even putting on a custom ROM, but need to re-fresh my brain with these procedures, so I guess 1st;
Can this stay stock version be updated to version 4?
If not, what is a stable, lightweight ROM and also a link to the best root method.
Thanks all.
Did u download the "Acer enhancement" app from Google play??
There is no root for 3.2 but you can run the "tdv4" file, this is a modified EUU stock 3.2 with root, and will flash a custom recovery as well.
With our tabs being so old and our devs moving on to the latest and greatest, choices for good stable roms are limited. I'm running ics still, but I gotta say my tab is struggling to keep up these days, jelly bean roms can be a wee bit unstable as Acer last update was ics...
Depends what u use your tab for, imho, 3.2 was the best but I'm no gamer, just music, browsing, e-books etc.
Whatever you do, grab the cpuid now, you'll need it to run tdv4. If you do wanna check out some ics or jb custom roms you need the cpuid. You also need to flash the patched bootloader. See the root guide in my Sig, for all the files and info.
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