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.
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I finally rooted my TF to Prime 1.5. Which custom kernel do you use? Are there advantages to CBCS over Netformer or vice versa?
i have used both and to be honest there is little difference between them for how i use it, however i switched back to clemsyns purely of my own choice as battery seemed better for me however as each TF is set up totally different this may not be the case for you.
try them both and see how you get on just remember to clear cache and dalvik before applying new kernel.
Thanks. I couldn't tell much difference, either, but this is my first Android device & first root of anything, so I wanted to check with someone w/experience.
Using Kernel Manager makes flashing a new kernel a breeze (although I did get stuck in a boot loop when I tried to go back to Roach's kernel). It can be set to auto-clear of the cache & Dalvik, too.
Frankly, you all have made rooting so easy that I can't see why everyone shouldn't do it.
No worries the only thing you will have to worry about now is OFD, obsessive flashing disorder. Rooting is a slippery slope lol, always got to try the latest rom or kernel.
I use Clemsys 1.6 at 1.4 Ghz with interactive governor.
No problem of use, no reboots. Stable.
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Ok so I recently ordered my first tablet, I went with the xoom since I wanted fast updates. So myquestion is, is there a difference between stock honeycomb compared to the popular ROMs in the development section?
I should have my xoom in a few days hopefully, I was originally going to flash a kernel to OC. I was however questioning on whether to flash a ROM or not. From experience what will you guys recommended, flash a custom ROM or not?
Thanks
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Ok so I recently ordered my first tablet, I went with the xoom since I wanted fast updates. So myquestion is, is there a difference between stock honeycomb compared to the popular ROMs in the development section?
I should have my xoom in a few days hopefully, I was originally going to flash a kernel to OC. I was however questioning on whether to flash a ROM or not. From experience what will you guys recommended, flash a custom ROM or not?
Thanks
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I think your big question is whether to root or not. Personally, I would root and install the solarnz recovery version for CWM and then flash Team Tiamat Rom l.l. It's fantastic! It's so much smoother than stock. The tiamat kernels are great too. There are some other nice choices as well, and more are on the way. Xoom developers are the greatest!
Very hard to brick the root if you follow instructions
just dont bother relocking it shouldnt ever need to relock it in the first place
i put tiamat 1.1 on my Xoom when it came out and it has completely fixed most issues I had with the Xoom. SD card support, no more lag, and extremely fast boots (with a nice new boot animation). When you flash the rom make sure you get setcpu off the market. You can change the CPU speed on the fly! I keep mine at 1.5 ghz because 1.7 has rebooted on me a few times.
I am running the Tiamat 1.1 rom as well. I have had very few if any issues. SD card support, overclocking, stability, root access, etc...... I liked my Xoom when I purchased it, I LOVE my rooted and rommed XOOM!
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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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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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Thor ROM updated to v4.1
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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.
proxonic
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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Rainbowbright081 said:
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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Moscow Desire said:
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.
Since rooting my a500, it has been generally unstable, I've had apps force closing, games locking up the tablet, and occasionally the rom will just reboot. I've done a cache and dalvik cache wipe, as well as a full data reset before flashing the new rom (currently randomblame's jellytime with the godmachine kernel v2.0) the kernel on this is more stable than when I was trying to use the stock rooted ics 1.41 update, but I've just had nothing but problems since rooting. I know that some of this could be the relative newness of the ROM itself, but the stock rom was worse...any suggestions?
Bootloader: 0.03.14 MUL Skrilax_CZ's bootloader V8
Recovery: CWM-v5.5.0 (thor2002ro/digetx rev1.7.3)
ROM: Randomblame Jellytime - the return
KERNEL: godmachine v2.0
androvoid said:
any suggestions?
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I've been using WIP Jelly Bean from here for the past two days. I had one restart of the tablet and occasional crashes in the Gmail app. The unlock graphic sometimes disappears from the screen (apparently a memory leak, restarting the tablet once a day should work as a temporary fix), but it can still be unlocked. Otherwise it's been very stable and fast (overclocked at 1.2GHz). I am using the kernel that came with the ROM. That's my recommendation.
Flah Civato's Re-Flexx ROM ;] don't get anymore stable than that!
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Or if i really like jb on ur a500 try civatos jb's rom, the SuperCharger, pretty stable, im using it right now, also one thing that somehow make my tab unstable is the SetCPU app somehow, so i got rid of that no need anyways since u can change those settings within the rom itself.
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