[Q] Problem with Taboonay 3.0.1 - Acer Iconia A500

Hey folks,
I am using this [ROM][ICS4.0.3] Taboonay 3.0.1 (28/02/2012)
on my Iconia a501.
Works really great. Fast and smooth... great job.
I know this Rom is based on the a500 Rom.
So my 3g is not working (or should it?)... anyway, is there a way to get it working?
I already installed the test_a501.zip
Thanks for all answers.

Got exactly the same problem. Installed A501 Patch but doesn't seem to have any effect. Is there anything else to do in order to make it work ?

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Need update plz

There are 3 things you can do to try and resolve this problem.
A) make Acer release the official update
2) hack into Acers systems and find a leak for a501
C) learn how to code and fix it
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The current ICS roms only support the a500 at this time. This is most likely kernel related and rom related.
The "fix" zips, were only for testing purposes. If people would read the thread, they would've seen the fix's didn't work. Now you have a somewhat modified kernel on your tab which may or may not give you issues.
Until Acer releases or "leaks" an ICS a501 rom, we are stuck with 3.2.1.

Ok,
First of all, thanks bfranklin for your smashing proposal...
I thought the 3g modem in the asus tab and the modem of Iconia tab are identic and it is possible to use that driver for the a501 for example.

try to take the scripts and drivers form loak 3.0.1 and put in the same folders on your ROM

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Need Help to get ROM for A501 3G

Hallo,
where can I download the original Acer HC 3.0.1 or better the new HC 3.2 for the A501 3G (German).
I need it to reinstall the original Firmware because the Mods are without Support for the build in 3G Modem an I have no backup of my original ROM ...
Thanks
pefi59 said:
Hallo,
where can I download the original Acer HC 3.0.1 or better the new HC 3.2 for the A501 3G (German).
I need it to reinstall the original Firmware because the Mods are without Support for the build in 3G Modem an I have no backup of my original ROM ...
Thanks
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3.0.1 used to be available in acer support downloads, but today isn't there. I think that they're sort of uploading the new version, so I'm afraid you have to wait some days. However here on XDA forum someone posted A501 rom image, so you might try to search for it.
cm0901 said:
3.0.1 used to be available in acer support downloads, but today isn't there. I think that they're sort of uploading the new version, so I'm afraid you have to wait some days. However here on XDA forum someone posted A501 rom image, so you might try to search for it.
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so there is a way...to get all functions back..?
it doesnt matter which update i use does it..? i mean..do i get 3g functions back with HC3.2 for a 501..?
muztaki said:
so there is a way...to get all functions back..?
it doesnt matter which update i use does it..? i mean..do i get 3g functions back with HC3.2 for a 501..?
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I'm running taboonay v2.0 on a501, 3g function work well...
Taboonay not work well, my tablet reboot when i active 3g ...
It is the only bug that i have on my A501 with Taboonay ... I hope this bugg will corrected soon ...

[Q] my first thread

i very recently rooted my Acer a500 and flashed Thor V14.2 everything was fine until yesterday i had the CPU overclocked to 1.68Mhz. performing a benchmark when the tablet froze so i rebooted, and had to reinstall Thor now the android market pulls up life hardly any apps and then on apps i can still find that i had installed before the reboot i it tells me that my device is not compatible and won't let me download, can anybody please help I've tried everything i can think of but i am very much a noob
thanks
Did you do a full wipe in recovery prior to installing thors again?
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correct me if im wrong but that thor rom is based off asus's transformer, for whatever reason app developers seem to deem that tegra 2 tablet not the same as other tegra 2 tablets.
I would look for a build.prop that is set for acers build. or flash a acer based rom
Other than risking your Tab by overclocking you seem to have run into a common problem wildly mixing ROMs and kernels... Do a full wipe, then install a ROM and kernel that fit together (info should be in either the ROM or kernel thread OP). If you want people in this forum to be able to help you, your best bet is to stay away from Thor's kernel, as it is in violation of the GPL and - therefore - also in violation of the xda-developers forum rules (plus we can't do a lot of research into possible bugs due to the sources not having been published).

a500 = a501?

Sorry if that a question that cleared... as a new owner of a501. Can i root and flash a500 Roms? Mms and GPS works for you?
Moscow Desire would probably be the best one to answer this for you, since he has a 501 but...
You can flash a 500 rom, but you will lose all functions related to the phone, since the 500 doesn't have a radio for that there is no need to have those functions in a 500 rom.
The A500 and A501 are in fact identical, save the fact that the A501 has an Ericsson baseband for 3g/4g internet access... Flashing an A500-only ROM will result in a missing driver for that baseband, thus it won't work. Otherwie, the ROMs work just fine, in fact I'm using civato's Flexreaper (which is an A500 ICS ROM) on my A501... and I'm looking for a way to add the missing baseband driver and settings items, too. Didn't get anything yet, though.
I have a a501, have had it a week now and the day after I got it I installed Moscow Desire's Alexander III rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467689
Its a stripped version of the stock rom, everything works including the 3G just as good as the stock version but with root access and no bloatware.
Personally I love it, it works well, and has great battery life. Really I think his rom is the only rom out there specifically for an A501 at the moment.
meinmichi said:
Sorry if that a question that cleared... as a new owner of a501. Can i root and flash a500 Roms? Mms and GPS works for you?
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You can run 500 roms. I do it all the time for testing.
What you will not have;
internal 3g (this covers all functions that use it)
GPS
The 501 kernel is different than the 500's. Mainly because the 501 uses a "nuetered" radio for 3g and gps. The code for these are only available in the 501 kernel. And Acer has so far, never released kernel source for the 501. Probably due to the special ATT and Rogers versions they sold.
I've had success getting it to run on a "certain" 500 HC rom, but with no GPS.
Moscow Desire said:
You can run 500 roms. I do it all the time for testing.
What you will not have;
internal 3g (this covers all functions that use it)
GPS
The 501 kernel is different than the 500's. Mainly because the 501 uses a "nuetered" radio for 3g and gps. The code for these are only available in the 501 kernel. And Acer has so far, never released kernel source for the 501. Probably due to the special ATT and Rogers versions they sold.
I've had success getting it to run on a "certain" 500 HC rom, but with no GPS.
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is it possible an other customrom with your kernel to work?
or other, a full ics rom to run on a501?
is it hard to port another rom to support a501 full? or most buildprob.?
edit: the link was impossible...
meinmich, remove that link NOW... Before you get blasted for linking it... It's Thor's kernel which is not GPL compliant and ALL links to his work are not allowed here...
You should know this as you have been here a little while...
meinmichi said:
is it possible an other customrom with your kernel to work?
or other, a full ics rom to run on a501?
is it hard to port another rom to support a501 full? or most buildprob.?
edit: the link was impossible...
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1. The kernel I use, is RichardTripps 3.4. It is a Honeycomb kernel.
When you use Overclocked kernel, you have to be careful of voltage to the system board. Too little votage, and you have 3g lock. (tab freezes). Or, the tab will have SOD (sleep of death). It WILL NOT work with ICS.
2. No. The current GPL kernel for ICS, is for a500 only. It does not have the necessary code to make it work on the 501. This includes Thor's kernel. And his Device tree is different from the ICS "leaked" roms. His, is ASOP, so it WILL NOT work with the current ICS release.
3. You cannot port another device kernel. Not easy, as the 501 has the only3g internal. Other kernels, use different hardware drivers which Acer has not released.
Acer, is never going to release the source code for the 501. They are too busy sleeping in bed with ATT and Rogers network. Ain't gonna happen.
Moscow Desire said:
1.
2. No. The current GPL kernel for ICS, is for a500 only. It does not have the necessary code to make it work on the 501. This includes Thor's kernel. And his Device tree is different from the ICS "leaked" roms. His, is ASOP, so it WILL NOT work with the current ICS release.
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However, his ICS rom does have GPS enabled for the A501 after you rename a file.
Still no 3G though....
ultramag69 said:
However, his ICS rom does have GPS enabled for the A501 after you rename a file.
Still no 3G though....
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Yeah, I saw that the other day. Probably guess he also tweaks the kernel as well. Not sure.
Then, by definition, the A501 roms aren't GPL compliant. Acer has to release the kernel no matter what, even if they are special versions.
I would start complaining to Acer to release the kernel source for their stock A501 rom.
Moscow Desire said:
You can run 500 roms. I do it all the time for testing.
What you will not have;
internal 3g (this covers all functions that use it)
GPS
The 501 kernel is different than the 500's. Mainly because the 501 uses a "nuetered" radio for 3g and gps. The code for these are only available in the 501 kernel. And Acer has so far, never released kernel source for the 501. Probably due to the special ATT and Rogers versions they sold.
I've had success getting it to run on a "certain" 500 HC rom, but with no GPS.
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Moscow Desire said:
Acer, is never going to release the source code for the 501. They are too busy sleeping in bed with ATT and Rogers network. Ain't gonna happen.
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At one time, people said that about HTC's source code for devices such as the Hero (both GSM and CDMA) because they were "in bed with the mobile carriers". But, if you pressure them enough, they will release the kernel source (especially since that is GPL'd and they must release the source).
tkirton said:
Then, by definition, the A501 roms aren't GPL compliant. Acer has to release the kernel no matter what, even if they are special versions.
I would start complaining to Acer to release the kernel source for their stock A501 rom.
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At one time, people said that about HTC's source code for devices such as the Hero (both GSM and CDMA) because they were "in bed with the mobile carriers". But, if you pressure them enough, they will release the kernel source (especially since that is GPL'd and they must release the source).
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This sounds like a job for reddit...they love having open season on a company for this type of thing. I'll post this thread over there and see if we can get some mass to lean on Acer to get with the program here.
Actually...in looking into this a little more, their kernel source is out there for download for 3.2. It's in the 'Document' section, as opposed to any of the other seemingly more obvious headings that you would think of to find it.
Being that I'm not yet allowed to post external links...
To navigate to it: acer.com > Support > Downloads > Tablet > Iconia Tab > A501 > Document tab
chipsharpdotcom said:
Actually...in looking into this a little more, their kernel source is out there for download for 3.2. It's in the 'Document' section, as opposed to any of the other seemingly more obvious headings that you would think of to find it.
Being that I'm not yet allowed to post external links...
To navigate to it: acer.com > Support > Downloads > Tablet > Iconia Tab > A501 > Document tab
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This link is for the A501 kernel source code, click on "user guides" I downloaded it and it does appear to be the 3.2 HC kernel source:
http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=3852
There is also one for the A500 but you have to switch devices and go to the userguide.
Well, this link works. Thanks. Not sure what I can do with it though. Not a kernel dev.
Maybe Drellisdee might be interested in it.

[Q] Using 3G on my A501 freezes system

Hi,
I am on Taboonay 2.2 Rom (HC 3.2.1) and everytime I use the internal 3G of my A501, the system ends up freezing.
At no particular activity but when accessing Data, android freezes. Only option is to reboot...
Very very annoying.
Any idea where it could come from / possible fix ?
Usually occurs while undervolting too much...
Hmmm, i am on taboona's 2.2 rom with latest thor kernel. I have made no oher changes / tweaks.
Would there be better kernel / specific tweaks for A501s in order to get 3G to work well?
Can you tell me how i go about tweaking voltages? I looked into setCPU but it only talks about reducing CPU votltage...
More help would be greatly appreciated.
Up please help me.
benjieb said:
Up please help me.
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Your version of Taboonay, more than likely uses the 3.7+ Kernel from Richard Trip. Unfortunately, this specific kernel has not enough board voltage to sustain internal 3g. As a result, your display will either Freeze, or tablet will go into Sleep of Death.
Both require a reboot.
The best kernel for your tablet (a501), would be RichardTrips 3.4+. This will allow proper voltage to the system board, while giving a little better battery compared to a Stock Kernel.
You can search the Dev thread for the post by RichardTrip, containing links to his HC kernels. I believe he already has them in a flash.zip file for CWM. Just wipe Dalvik and flash through CWM or RA Recovery.
Any questions, post back.
Thanks man, you solved it!
Looking forward to getting my hands on a performing and stable ICS rom for A501 with working 3G... Meanwhile I am happy with what I have.
Sent from Ben's Galaxy Nexus
benjieb said:
Thanks man, you solved it!
Looking forward to getting my hands on a performing and stable ICS rom for A501 with working 3G... Meanwhile I am happy with what I have.
Sent from Ben's Galaxy Nexus
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Yes, Taboonay has been around for awhile. In fact it was the first Rom I installed. But as you discovered, when it went to the newer kernel, is when the issues with the 501 started.
Not a lot of kernel Devs, and only for the 500. Although 501 can use them for the most part, the UV is too much for the 3g. A pity at least one kernel Dev would own a 501 but they all own 500's.
I've got a stable ICS. But, the battery life isn't the best. Nothing can do till the next beta release for the 501. Also, I will not support HC Bootloaders, so folks will have to upgrade to an ICS bootloader. Not going to get into the mess of supporting different roms/kernels/bootloaders.

[Q] Best ROM for iconia a500?

I have my Iconia a500 rooted with Clockworkmod. I can't find any information about flashing a custom ROM though. Does anyone have lightspeed ROM or Thor's ROM installed on their a500? Or experience with both? I wanted to install CM10 but the only information I can find is the preview build for the Iconia a500 thread here, on the last page of the thread I was redirected to a new thread, which doesn't focus on the a500 anymore it just focuses on CM10 in general. The reason I want a new ROM is because I want to get rid of all the bloatware acer has on my tablet. I know my iconia will never be as fast as my Nexus 7 but I'm sure some custom ROM can atleast speed it up a little. Thanks.
EDIT: Apparently I can just delete the bloatware now that I'm rooted. So I guess my new question is what would you guys suggest deleting, what is safe to remove? And what is the best program to remove factory installed apps.
As far as an alternate rom goes, I just recently installed Tegraowners JB ROM v15 and it works great. I love it. You can check it out under the forums section on the tegraowners website. They have a discussions specifically for the A500.
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