What ROM would you like to see?!? - Acer Iconia Tab A100

What sort of ROM would people like to see for the A100?!? Any particular wishes?
Personally I'd like to see a ROM that gives you slightly better battery life and the ability to under and overclock. (Tegra2 is pretty good for overclocking, no?)
That way you could set it for 1200mhz or higher for when you really need some speed, and underclock it to 600 or 800 mhz for a nice long plane trip. You should still be able to watch a couple of movies, but you'll get two hours more batterylife or thereabouts.
What I'd REALLY REALLY like to see in a future ROM, is a port of either HTCs tablet ROM or the Touchwiz ROM from the Galaxy 10.1.
Nothing beats Samsungs Touchwiz for smoothness from what I've seen, and since they use the same Tegra SoC it shouldn't be too hard to port, eh?
The HTC ROM would be pretty cool to have as an option, especially if it would be able to use the HTC Watch app.
What do you guys hope for?

First A500 ROM (Taboonay, Villain...) should be port to A100 easily ! (I hope !)
Then I'm not waiting at all for touchwiz or sense ROM cause Honeycomb is already nice...

The biggest thing on my wish list is native bluetooth PAN like the Xoom has. And tun.ko built into the kernel.
As for what ROM With ICS so close is it worth the effort to build a 3.2 ROM other then to get working drivers?
First we need a recovery. I have tried the A500 CWM with no luck. I have also contacted Koush via his blog http://www.koushikdutta.com/ requesting help with porting CWM to the A100 with no response. Anyone know how to get the ball rolling for a recovery?

painter_ said:
The biggest thing on my wish list is native bluetooth PAN like the Xoom has. And tun.ko built into the kernel.
As for what ROM With ICS so close is it worth the effort to build a 3.2 ROM other then to get working drivers?
First we need a recovery. I have tried the A500 CWM with no luck. I have also contacted Koush via his blog http://www.koushikdutta.com/ requesting help with porting CWM to the A100 with no response. Anyone know how to get the ball rolling for a recovery?
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Porting CWM is not the problem. In fact, the A500 CWM may work, if you can get it booted. The problem is, when you flash the recovery partition with CWM, you can no longer boot into recovery due to a checksum mismatch that the bootloader performs. The bootloader is encrypted, so can't modify it.
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I am wondering though.. I believe the A100 and A500 are very similary in hardware (except the screen size). I wonder if it's possible to flash the bootloader from A500 to the A100. Kind of like downgrading the A500 from the new 3.2 back to 3.01. hmm.... i may have to visit best buy.
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Euclid's Brother said:
Porting CWM is not the problem. In fact, the A500 CWM may work, if you can get it booted. The problem is, when you flash the recovery partition with CWM, you can no longer boot into recovery due to a checksum mismatch that the bootloader performs. The bootloader is encrypted, so can't modify it.
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so itsmagic could be helpfull for this ?

sebennett said:
so itsmagic could be helpfull for this ?
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Nope. Its different.
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JusThinK said:
I would love to have 3G support via Micro USB, if it can be done..
Forum just created, we will get lot's of suff.. My A100 on it's way to India from US , will get it in 1/2 weeks.
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JusTy
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Look forward to.Thanks

More USB goodies, and make it run games/apps as well as well as the A500. I want my Stupid Zombies and Dolphin for Pad back. Better battery life would be swell too.
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So my acer a100 is rooted (since day one), I'm guessing there is no need to do a NAND unlock on these?
Also, what are the honeycomb roms (is there any?)
When i had my DINC i liked CM7 but i really dont want android < 3.2 on my tab (seems like a step backwards).

painter_ said:
The biggest thing on my wish list is native bluetooth PAN like the Xoom has. And tun.ko built into the kernel.
As for what ROM With ICS so close is it worth the effort to build a 3.2 ROM other then to get working drivers?
First we need a recovery. I have tried the A500 CWM with no luck. I have also contacted Koush via his blog http://www.koushikdutta.com/ requesting help with porting CWM to the A100 with no response. Anyone know how to get the ball rolling for a recovery?
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You have a great point here. With ICS just around the corner for this device (January IIRC) any Devs would be probably rather wait to put their effort in once that arrives.
I think it will take many polite requests for someone (Developer) to grab hold of this one. Or one of them to buy one and want to hack the heck out if it for themselves as well as us. I'm an avid hacker/tester but not a developer sadly. I wish I had more time to learn code and to develop. However, 60 hours a week (6 days) of work with a wife and 3 kids limits my free considerably.

Devs will defenetly wait for the ics to be release

Until ICS arrives I am happy with being able to root the device without unlocking the boot loader. But having a custom recovery like CWM would be great, let's wait and see what the Devs do after ICS arrives.

A solid AOSP ICS and ICS MIUI with CWM just to back up would be AMAZING...

jay_993 said:
A solid AOSP ICS and ICS MIUI with CWM just to back up would be AMAZING...
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Dude, hear hear. Once I have CWM on my tablet, I'm gonna be such a happy customer. Especially if some dev wants to port 4.0-based MIUI to it...that would be phenomenal.

DaveRichardson said:
Dude, hear hear. Once I have CWM on my tablet, I'm gonna be such a happy customer. Especially if some dev wants to port 4.0-based MIUI to it...that would be phenomenal.
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I mean. Have you seen the previews of MIUI 4.0?! I thought AOSP ICS looked stunning. MIUI does it nice as well!! haha

I would just love to be able to get a Clockworkmod Recovery running so I can do a Nandroid backup and stuff like that.

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E A G L E B L O O O O O O O D ! ! ! (greatest roms ever made)
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I would just love to be able to get a Clockworkmod Recovery running so I can do a Nandroid backup and stuff like that.
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i like your pic...ironwars??? (Great game)
Clockwork would be great so we can have the confidence to mess up our machines

The encrypted locked bootloader hinders devs from doing dev work on it. With amazing hardware, I'm hoping the devs will work this after Acer rolls out ICS next month, hopefully. I really like to have a custom recovery so I can at least do a nandroid backup in case I eff'd up even the stock ROM.
For ROMs I like, definitely CM or MIUI.
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like everyone has already said I'd like to make backup and stuff
but I'd like to see cm7 or 9 on this one
and able to over lock that ***** lol
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I would love to see a sense port from like the HTC Flyer , will probably never happen even when we unlock the bootloader but well, this thread is about what we would like to see
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Related

to unroot or stay rooted, that is the question.

....going borderline shakespere there, sorry about that.
for those users, if you are on a custom GB rom, like Buisiness Gingersense, Pure Speed, Shift, etc, you can do all the mumbo jumbo to go back to stock to grab the 2.3.4 update that you want. but, consider this, you will lose root, and not be able to obtain it for quite a while, remind me if i am wrong, but didn't it take a few months to get root when the dinc orginally got froyo back in september of 2010? (thank god for unrevoked)
but, again, losing root would mean some apps won't work right. and mainly, no CWM, and no custom roms right of the bat. yes i have the stock rom backed up here on my pc. but, as far as waiting, i'd do it. if you ask me i'd rather wait.
now, those that are not rooted, and have everything stock still, by all means, grab it up.
wanting and needing are totally different,if you don't absolutely have to have it then wait. the difference between what's new around the corner and what we have now isn't much different anyway. new radio isn't guaranteed to make data/signal better or worse. custom sense kernels doesn't help much for aosp with exception of glitchy 720p record/playback. this isn't highly needed by everyone. best to wait anyway since newer doesn't always mean better. might backfire if you take the plunge of impatience
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wanting and needing are totally different,if you don't absolutely have to have it then wait. the difference between what's new around the corner and what we have now isn't much different anyway. new radio isn't guaranteed to make data/signal better or worse. custom sense kernels doesn't help much for aosp with exception of glitchy 720p record/playback. this isn't highly needed by everyone. best to wait anyway since newer doesn't always mean better. might backfire if you take the plunge of impatience
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i guess some people got ahold of the 07.07 radio...no real discernable difference, it's just an update.
Why unroot? Once it's posted on here give it 3 hours and a completed stock rooted rom will be released.
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it could be months.
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i would bet money that once the exe is up someone will rip it apart and may a rom and from there wildstang and joelz will have a rom out in hours and not months.
remember when the first leak was out? it was less then a day we had a working rom. then a week later we had a working rom with 3.0 sense.
I'll answer the question, I just un-rooted to pick up the update and boy does it suck. Wanna pull down the notification bar to turn off wifi or hit silent mode? Too bad. Do you like adding effects to your pictures? Photoshop express baby. Why isn't the flipclock working? Because it doesn't, that's why. Tried to switch my homescreens around and all that happened was nothing. Where are all the pictures in the menus? Not there is where.
I'm about to hit up Unrevoked and get Warm Synergy back on my phone. That was like... scary kinda. We've come a long way, fellas!
DustinBooyah said:
I'll answer the question, I just un-rooted to pick up the update and boy does it suck. Wanna pull down the notification bar to turn off wifi or hit silent mode? Too bad. Do you like adding effects to your pictures? Photoshop express baby. Why isn't the flipclock working? Because it doesn't, that's why. Tried to switch my homescreens around and all that happened was nothing. Where are all the pictures in the menus? Not there is where.
I'm about to hit up Unrevoked and get Warm Synergy back on my phone. That was like... scary kinda. We've come a long way, fellas!
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ROFL! i just want the damn radio. i wounder how long before the RUU exe shows up.
synisterwolf said:
i would bet money that once the exe is up someone will rip it apart and may a rom and from there wildstang and joelz will have a rom out in hours and not months.
remember when the first leak was out? it was less then a day we had a working rom. then a week later we had a working rom with 3.0 sense.
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I remember that RMK had a flashable zip of the leak up in about an hour or two. Granted, it wasn't "tweaked" at all, it was just made available so you could keep root while trying the leak out.
Since everyone is anxious about it, especially since it went from "no the Inc won't get it" to "it's coming out in stages this week", I'll bet within a day we'll have a rooted stock ROM available to flash, and tweaked ROM's within a few days.
Just my $0.02.
Im staying rooted, waiting for the update to be flashable.
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I may be wrong but if you have s-off you should be able to flash a custom recovery and there for be able to root the new ota or at least restore an old already rooted nandroid. At least thats what the unrevoked/forever site makes it sound like. Someone correct me if im wrong.
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cmlusco said:
I may be wrong but if you have s-off you should be able to flash a custom recovery and there for be able to root the new ota or at least restore an old already rooted nandroid. At least thats what the unrevoked/forever site makes it sound like. Someone correct me if im wrong.
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Basically football or somebody else is going to post a PB31IMG. zip. Somebody is gonna download it strip out everything but the boot.img, system and data folders. Add root and busybox and reupload. It's a little more complicated then that, but that's about it.
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No way i would give up root.
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DustinBooyah said:
I'll answer the question, I just un-rooted to pick up the update and boy does it suck. Wanna pull down the notification bar to turn off wifi or hit silent mode? Too bad. Do you like adding effects to your pictures? Photoshop express baby. Why isn't the flipclock working? Because it doesn't, that's why. Tried to switch my homescreens around and all that happened was nothing. Where are all the pictures in the menus? Not there is where.
I'm about to hit up Unrevoked and get Warm Synergy back on my phone. That was like... scary kinda. We've come a long way, fellas!
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So did Unrevoked work with the OTA?
jstrom23 said:
So did Unrevoked work with the OTA?
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It's a completely different ROM, and most importantly, kernel. It's not going to work.
I unrooted my Incredible, never used any roms anyway.
watt9493 said:
Im staying rooted, waiting for the update to be flashable.
Sent from my Business Gingersense incredible. U haz permission to b jelly nao.
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already is flashable as of a few minutes ago
POQbum said:
already is flashable as of a few minutes ago
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And here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219407
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after the last update, I'm unconvinced that this update will be better than the Synergy ROM. I'd rather stay rooted, wait for flashable custom kernels to come out, and if the radio is any good, snag that, too. the last one was a nightmare with all that bloatware; can't imagine what sort of crap they added this time.
The rooted version has already been released here on XDA. I for one will never unroot my phone. The OVO Community Rom RC5 is AMAZING.
pippenz said:
The rooted version has already been released here on XDA. I for one will never unroot my phone. The OVO Community Rom RC5 is AMAZING.
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I will never unroot either.. I'm running OVO RC4.. LOVING IT... Sence 3.0 is great. I'm guessing you are testing RC5? Its not public yet right? Looking forward to it.
Do you know if I will have to do a full wipe again before i upgrade to 5? Trying to decide if I should set up my phone the way i like it, or wait on 5...

[Q] Any Progress CWM/ROMs?

Starting day 4 with my new A100. Gotta say I really like the form factor despite viewing angles and battery life. Screen isn't IPS but acceptable. Noticed a couple protocols that have been reported to work to achieve root but have not seen where an unroot/recovery scheme has been developed (CWM would be most welcome!) The Nook Tablet looks rather nice but would prefer a full tablet and not an ereader trying to be a tab (not to mention HC preferable to GB 2.3)
Have just over a week before I pass the "fail-safe" point to return to BB so am hoping there's a light at the end of the tunnel (so to speak)!
Thanks all.
Hi, I'm author of custom ROM for A100. Without CWM. And I don't have A100 and I search testers. If interesting - just say to me some questions.
Well, I would have no problem testing custom ROMs but don't feel comfortable doing so without a way to either back out or restore in case things go south. Nandroid backup via CWM has saved my butt many times! Have dabbled in themes on previous android units but....only with working recovery!
skeeterpro said:
Well, I would have no problem testing custom ROMs but don't feel comfortable doing so without a way to either back out or restore in case things go south. Nandroid backup via CWM has saved my butt many times! Have dabbled in themes on previous android units but....only with working recovery!
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I totally agree. I woud certainly be happy to test a custom rom if there is guarante of being able to revert back to my current setup
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I subscribe too. Obviously any needed recovery for restore. Excuse my bad English
I subscribe too
Really sorry, but I can't create recovery )
DViolet said:
Really sorry, but I can't create recovery )
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S'ok. Until a method of getting CWM on the A100 we're going to be pretty much at a standstill. TB with root does allow for app backup but no for image/recovery. If a Dev like Robeet for GTab or Roach2010 from Asus TF here on XDa focuses on the A100 we're going to be pretty much where we are. Unless one of the Devs from the A500 shows interest....a possibility there!

Anyone else sticking with Stock?

Coming from the Vibrant and G2X, I use to flash roms about once or twice, maybe more, a day! With this phone, I just think it's perfect the way it is. I want to run the OS the way Google intended without much intervention. I tried the HD rom last night and it looked and felt the same as the stock rom, so I quickly switched back. No offense to Mike, but if I'm gonna have something so similar to stock, might as well have stock with official support.
Anyone doing the same?
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i refuse to stick with stock anything regardless of how 'good' it may be. even with this Nexus, i didn't like stock.
i want to be able to change things however i want them, including overclock/undervolt/etc...
the last time i stuck with 'stock' was probably when i had the original RAZR back in the day(that and the Rezound as i believe they're still waiting on root for that thing)
you'd be surprised what kind of battery life you get with a custom rom and kernel. it's a significant upgrade. that fact alone justifies going custom
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I'm going to wait until the custom roms and kernels establish themselves before I go with a non-stock build. I will leave stock sooner or later though for sure.
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I'm also going to be ruining rooted in stock room.
It is been a very long time since I don't see a clean stable room. Number one priority today is to support as many devices as possible, quality and stability comes last. Sad.
kangxi said:
Coming from the Vibrant and G2X, I use to flash roms about once or twice, maybe more, a day! With this phone, I just think it's perfect the way it is. I want to run the OS the way Google intended without much intervention. I tried the HD rom last night and it looked and felt the same as the stock rom, so I quickly switched back. No offense to Mike, but if I'm gonna have something so similar to stock, might as well have stock with official support.
Anyone doing the same?
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How could u go from flashing multi roms a day then out of all the phones u choose not do it with the nexus that's just unheard of
I used to flash a lot of roms on my old phone, trying to stick to stock on this one. I keep getting tempted though.. especially as I haven't had the 4.0.2 update yet. It's only a minor update but just the fact that I don't have it yet keeps bugging me and making me want to root
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How could u go from flashing multi roms a day then out of all the phones u choose not do it with the nexus that's just unheard of
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Nope, not unheard of at all. I have the same position.
This is the first phone I like 100% stock. I will probably get a custom kernel / cm9 when it comes out.
Im sticking to stock rom till my store warrenty is up. Just wanna make sure that the phone works the way its meant to before I start messing with it.
I came from the galaxy s captivate. I used to flash a lot but with the galaxy nexus, I didn't even unlock the boot loaders. I will just stay stock forever!
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Waiting for things to get a bit better understood/stable before doing ROMs, but definitely will at some point for better battery life, tether etc...
I guess I'm waiting for Google to put out a very stable build that developers can go from. Google is very quick with updates so this should happen soon.
My previous flashing was done to make up for staggering shortcomings with the device and manufacturers that dragged their feet with updates. I don't think this will be, and hasn't been, the case with the Nexus.
4.0.3 is a good start for a base with roms but there are still some issues that I want officially resolved by Google before I start flashing a bunch of stuff from independent developers.
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Mine's still stock, I'm just enjoying ICS as it is for the moment.
When I do decide to root and flash ROMs/kernal, I'm just glad that the partitions aren't like the partitions on the GSII, the recovery and kernal on the same partition had me spinning for a while on my Sprint GSII.
case0 said:
I used to flash a lot of roms on my old phone, trying to stick to stock on this one. I keep getting tempted though.. especially as I haven't had the 4.0.2 update yet. It's only a minor update but just the fact that I don't have it yet keeps bugging me and making me want to root
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I believe if you go Settings->About Phone->System Update, you can hit the button that says check for update and it will ping the server and ask if an update is available. You can do that if you want 4.0.2 which honestly why wouldn't you, it's just a bug fixer.
Like many others, I've rooted every other Android phone I've owned, usually within the day of purchasing it. However, in this case I don't feel a need. Maybe once a fully stable CM9 build is available I'll bother, but for now it's not worth my time and effort.
I will at least root and use wireless tether for now.
I am keeping mine stock for a few more weeks until the rooms start getting stable. I find that known issues get fixed in rooms much quicker than waiting for Samsung to address them.
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stock for now. the only reason for me to root is for wireless tether, but i dont need that right now.
I can't live without the ad blocking host file
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At wits end--Stick with SGS2 or abandon?

Hey all,
I'm pretty tired with the Sprint/Samsung shenanigans, and am seriously debating ditching this phone. The hardware is fine, but I haven't yet gotten the OTA ICS update yet (and don't seriously expect it to happen any time soon). For me, not having the latest Android OS is a major deal breaker--let's not go into why I didn't buy a phone with it when I had the chance, as I was basically lied to. With Jellybean now out, and still on GB, I'm pretty grumpy. I just want a clean, functional Google Android experience, and I don't feel like I'm getting it with the current, stock on SGS2.
I used to have an original Motorola Droid, and I'm familiar with the rooting/modding scene, but I've been away for a while and the learning curve appears to be really steep. Using Koush's ROM Manager software used to be so slick, but now appears to be largely useless for the SGS2. So, I'm feeling a bit discouraged.
TLDR / So, with basically no help/options from Sprint themselves, I'm faced with either spending a significant time reading & researching on rooting/modding my phone to ICS/JB, or possibly swapping it on the private market for a Galaxy Nexus. I imagine that, as a Google flagship phone, the Android OS experience is likely to be much better.
Anyone able to help? It'd be much appreciated.
Silentknyght said:
Hey all,
I'm pretty tired with the Sprint/Samsung shenanigans, and am seriously debating ditching this phone. The hardware is fine, but I haven't yet gotten the OTA ICS update yet (and don't seriously expect it to happen any time soon). For me, not having the latest Android OS is a major deal breaker--let's not go into why I didn't buy a phone with it when I had the chance, as I was basically lied to. With Jellybean now out, and still on GB, I'm pretty grumpy. I just want a clean, functional Google Android experience, and I don't feel like I'm getting it with the current, stock on SGS2.
I used to have an original Motorola Droid, and I'm familiar with the rooting/modding scene, but I've been away for a while and the learning curve appears to be really steep. Using Koush's ROM Manager software used to be so slick, but now appears to be largely useless for the SGS2. So, I'm feeling a bit discouraged.
TLDR / So, with basically no help/options from Sprint themselves, I'm faced with either spending a significant time reading & researching on rooting/modding my phone to ICS/JB, or possibly swapping it on the private market for a Galaxy Nexus. I imagine that, as a Google flagship phone, the Android OS experience is likely to be much better.
Anyone able to help? It'd be much appreciated.
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For ICS official version then safe kernel/recovery All flashed in ODIN under the PDA slot
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767421
There is a JB Rom out but its not fully stable yet. after you have the custom kernel/recovery then you can flash to a custom ROM. The ROMs in my sig, I've had awesome experience with as everything works, not laggy and looks a hell of a lot better than stock. But I would stick with SGS2. I love this phone.
huh
Silentknyght said:
Hey all,
I'm pretty tired with the Sprint/Samsung shenanigans, and am seriously debating ditching this phone. The hardware is fine, but I haven't yet gotten the OTA ICS update yet (and don't seriously expect it to happen any time soon). For me, not having the latest Android OS is a major deal breaker--let's not go into why I didn't buy a phone with it when I had the chance, as I was basically lied to. With Jellybean now out, and still on GB, I'm pretty grumpy. I just want a clean, functional Google Android experience, and I don't feel like I'm getting it with the current, stock on SGS2.
I used to have an original Motorola Droid, and I'm familiar with the rooting/modding scene, but I've been away for a while and the learning curve appears to be really steep. Using Koush's ROM Manager software used to be so slick, but now appears to be largely useless for the SGS2. So, I'm feeling a bit discouraged.
TLDR / So, with basically no help/options from Sprint themselves, I'm faced with either spending a significant time reading & researching on rooting/modding my phone to ICS/JB, or possibly swapping it on the private market for a Galaxy Nexus. I imagine that, as a Google flagship phone, the Android OS experience is likely to be much better.
Anyone able to help? It'd be much appreciated.
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Sounds like you would like a iPhone
Seriously though. This is xda plenty of stable ics builds including cm9 and aokp to satisfy any need all found in development section :thumbup:
Rooting is easy. Just takes some reading and comprehension skills that we all should have
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I think gb way more stable, faster, more responsive, and has better battery life. Ics is not going to give you any thing better than you already have it might even make it worse. I'm considering downgrading to gb calkulin 3.0 and looking for a nexus aswell... If you need ics one click ff18 is the safest and easiest way to get it.. Coming from other phone its hard catching up aswell im still afraid of flashing because I have no insurance or a way to replace my phone BUT there are many excellent roms out there you just have to be carefull and you will be fine
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For ICS official version then safe kernel/recovery All flashed in ODIN under the PDA slot
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767421
There is a JB Rom out but its not fully stable yet. after you have the custom kernel/recovery then you can flash to a custom ROM. The ROMs in my sig, I've had awesome experience with as everything works, not laggy and looks a hell of a lot better than stock. But I would stick with SGS2. I love this phone.
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Humor me, here. My reading comprehension is fine, but I appreciate confirmation of steps. From stcck EL29, I assume:
1. Flash official ICS version linked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
2. Flash safe kernel/recovery, AGAT_v0.4.0, linked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767421
3. Then what...? A choice to stay on stock rooted ICS or to flash any other rom? If I should choose to flash to a different rom, or a JB rom when they're more stable, will the safe kernel/recovery avoid all the nonsense of flashing back to EL26, etc.?
EDIT: Also, is CWM still necessary, or has it been obsoleted? It seems like with ODIN / Mobile ODIN, there is no need for CWM to flash new mods. Is this correct?
Thanks again.
Lol. I never questioned your reading comprehension. Yes that is the correct steps. As for agats safe kernel/recovery I use it all the time. It has the brick code (eMMC wipe) removed/disabled. Then after that yes flash whatever custom rom you would like. Flashing the EL26 kernel is I believe for leaving CM9 and AOKP to another rom. TW based.
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Silentknyght said:
Anyone able to help? It'd be much appreciated.
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This is a safe, easy and quick method for the SGS2 (assuming Sprint's Epic 4G Touch):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
That said, I'm going back to GB. I have 2 Epic 4Gs and both drop wifi after a few minutes (off at sleep not enabled). Plus, Google seems to have become a bit more invasive in ICS for my taste.
g_ding84 said:
Lol. I never questioned your reading comprehension. Yes that is the correct steps. As for agats safe kernel/recovery I use it all the time. It has the brick code (eMMC wipe) removed/disabled. Then after that yes flash whatever custom rom you would like. Flashing the EL26 kernel is I believe for leaving CM9 and AOKP to another rom. TW based.
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Thanks... I did both. I'm not really happy with Touchwiz, and I'd really prefer an Android experience closer to a Google flagship phone. Any recommendations? Is there a similarly easy & straightfoward way to do it, or only the "back to EL26" (or similar) rigamarole?
Silentknyght said:
Thanks... I did both. I'm not really happy with Touchwiz, and I'd really prefer an Android experience closer to a Google flagship phone. Any recommendations? Is there a similarly easy & straightfoward way to do it, or only the "back to EL26" (or similar) rigamarole?
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You should really check out QBking77's videos on youtube. Go to his Epic 4g Touch channel. Any situation you can think of when flashing, he shows you step by step on how to do it (or undo it) with links to all the required files.
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You should really check out QBking77's videos on youtube. Go to his Epic 4g Touch channel. Any situation you can think of when flashing, he shows you step by step on how to do it (or undo it) with links to all the required files.
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Thanks. I did have Frankenstein's Ego 4.5 on my E4GT for a while, but when I tried to switch to AOKP Milestone 6, somehow it bombed out while following QBKing77's vids. So... hence, I'm here, asking questions, and exploring options.
I'll give it another try later tonight when my kid's asleep.
Thanks, again. :good:
Mobile ODIN is my friend. Keep the direct boot kernel on your sd card. I also use it to flash agats kernels. No yellow triangle as well. I know how ya feel. I got two kids. Lol
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I don't like Touchwiz either but basically it is just a launcher skin. Install a new launcher like Nova or Apex and you'll be very close to a vanilla Android experience and you'll never even see all the TW crap. Uninstall the bloatware with Titanium backup and you might not mind TW based roms at all.
If you want an alterative to TW look, I recommend The Blu Kuban ROM (ics). Most of the TW elements are removed and it feels like a completely different phone. All the stock apps are themed too and its very customizable on how you want it to look. Lots of helpful people in the faq ROM thread as well if you are unsure of anything.
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Silentknyght said:
Thanks... I did both. I'm not really happy with Touchwiz, and I'd really prefer an Android experience closer to a Google flagship phone. Any recommendations? Is there a similarly easy & straightfoward way to do it, or only the "back to EL26" (or similar) rigamarole?
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For an aosp rom(non twiz) I recommend aokp, it has tons of extra settings for customization and the cm9/10 themes work with theme manager in aokp. If you wanna flash straight to aokp, Odin el26+cwm.tar from your PC (or mobile Odin) boot to recovery volume+ & power, flash aokp.zip wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache & dalvik cache, flash aokp.zip again, wipe both caches flash gapps.zip, reboot to android
We are legion, for we are many.
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If you are on the official ff18 build to get the ICS look and feel go to settings, and then go to applications, then select all, then go down to twlauncher, and press clear default, when you hit the home key on your phone a menu will come up select the first option if you like it make it your default.
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Thanks, everyone, for your help. I ended up installing CM9 Alpha 6, using the Mobile-Odin w/ the Directboot CWM method. Fairly painless, and more to the point, the look & feel is really close to what I desired.
CM9?
Hi guys im on stock FF18 and I would really like to try stock ICS because it looks fluid and looks good. How do I install CM9 from having stock FF18 unrooted? I have tried to research this but a lot of the guides out there are only for EL29. Thanks guys Im pretty new to this.

Again with A100

After 2 month staying in service,my tablet is back to me ... The youtube and skype is working OK on honeycomb but on ICS are horrible
I just wonder how do i get back to honeycomb ?? I have a honey comb original software on my sd card, just flash it or i must do anyhting else before that ??
THANKS AND FK ACER FOR BAD ICS
AndyTimE said:
After 2 month staying in service,my tablet is back to me ... The youtube and skype is working OK on honeycomb but on ICS are horrible
I just wonder how do i get back to honeycomb ?? I have a honey comb original software on my sd card, just flash it or i must do anyhting else before that ??
THANKS AND FK ACER FOR BAD ICS
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Flash a custom ICS rom, easier and faster.
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Or try a JB build, it may correct that issue plus is alot easier then rolling back to hc without the risk of bricking doing it.
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Or try a JB build, it may correct that issue plus is alot easier then rolling back to hc without the risk of bricking doing it.
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I know I must unlock bootloader. I have done it many times but I will do again, HOPE !
But If it doesnt work neither on jb and ics custom roms correclty, I must go back and send it to the service for 6th time :|
PS: How do i lock back the bootloader ??
AndyTimE said:
I know I must unlock bootloader. I have done it many times but I will do again, HOPE !
But If it doesnt work neither on jb and ics custom roms correclty, I must go back and send it to the service for 6th time :|
PS: How do i lock back the bootloader ??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33574648
Will revert to 100% stock ICS including locked boot loader.
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pio_masaki said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33574648
Will revert to 100% stock ICS including locked boot loader.
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But is this all right: did this happen to you: Lag on YouTube and other apps after installing a Fresh Official Stock ICS ??
Should I make a ''scandal'' at Acer Service and claim my fkin money back (because im tired of going back every week to acer: always having a lot of lagg on youtube and other apps and they change 3 times the motherboard and still not workin' good, i want to hear what u say) ?!!
P.S: Thanks for you help pio
I rooted and installed a custom ROM pretty much the day I got my A100 (2 months ago). Never had any lag problems with it and I use Youtube almost daily. Before you throw the tablet back in Acer's face I would suggest going with one of those. Follow the instructions carefully and you shouldn't have any problems.
hardslog said:
I rooted and installed a custom ROM pretty much the day I got my A100 (2 months ago). Never had any lag problems with it and I use Youtube almost daily. Before you throw the tablet back in Acer's face I would suggest going with one of those. Follow the instructions carefully and you shouldn't have any problems.
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Ditto. I never had any problems with stock ICS though. Smooth as JB(well not quite)
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hardslog said:
I rooted and installed a custom ROM pretty much the day I got my A100 (2 months ago). Never had any lag problems with it and I use Youtube almost daily. Before you throw the tablet back in Acer's face I would suggest going with one of those. Follow the instructions carefully and you shouldn't have any problems.
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Yes, I made this before sendin the 5th time to ACER SERVICE
But it's normal to lagg on stock ics by acer after fresh install and fresh new motherboard ?? Shouldn't I make a scandal at those ******s from acer ??
(i don't want to install custom roms !! for me it's a real good option to have my money back)
So should I ''deestory'' acer service and claim my money back ?? this will be the 6th i go to warranty
AndyTimE said:
Yes, I made this before sendin the 5th time to ACER SERVICE
But it's normal to lagg on stock ics by acer after fresh install and fresh new motherboard ?? Shouldn't I make a scandal at those ******s from acer ??
(i don't want to install custom roms !! for me it's a real good option to have my money back)
So should I ''deestory'' acer service and claim my money back ?? this will be the 6th i go to warranty
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its operator error
G2x-CM7 Weekly 12/09/12 Build, Trinity T15 Kernel
OK for one, your language is starting to get offensive, i understand your obvious frustration, but some of the names being used aren't necessary.
Second, you obviously dislike the tablet, revert it back to stock ICS and return or sell it and buy an apple product or something newer.
The fun part of android is the custom ROMs, tweaking it to run better, and just playing with it. You don't want that, you want a device that runs like a tegra3 and runs 100% perfect at all times, but want it from an old device with a poor stock kernel and ROM. We've offered some advice, you can take it or leave it, its your choice, of course.
Try custom ROMs, even cm10, it may help your performance issues.
Try a custom kernel, on a stock ROM it may help smooth it out as well.
Stay stock and live with its performance.
Sell/return the a100 and see about getting a different device that does what you want and go with that instead. Be sure to test it heavily for what you want, games, YouTube, whatever you want most.
If its been through that many repairs and performs the same each time, its safe to say you will never be happy on stock with the a100.
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pio_masaki said:
OK for one, your language is starting to get offensive, i understand your obvious frustration, but some of the names being used aren't necessary.
Second, you obviously dislike the tablet, revert it back to stock ICS and return or sell it and buy an apple product or something newer.
The fun part of android is the custom ROMs, tweaking it to run better, and just playing with it. You don't want that, you want a device that runs like a tegra3 and runs 100% perfect at all times, but want it from an old device with a poor stock kernel and ROM. We've offered some advice, you can take it or leave it, its your choice, of course.
Try custom ROMs, even cm10, it may help your performance issues.
Try a custom kernel, on a stock ROM it may help smooth it out as well.
Stay stock and live with its performance.
Sell/return the a100 and see about getting a different device that does what you want and go with that instead. Be sure to test it heavily for what you want, games, YouTube, whatever you want most.
If its been through that many repairs and performs the same each time, its safe to say you will never be happy on stock with the a100.
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Yes day after day I dislike more this tablet
I paid a lot for this tablet a half year ago ...
I know about CM 9/10 I have them on my Galaxy Phone
But I really want to return the tablet to get my money and I'm just asking You guyz if your tablet on Stock ICS does lagg on Youtube (most at flashing, sony vegas clips) .... Just a simple answer Yes/NO
BTW Thanks for all help and please asnwer the up question
AndyTimE said:
Yes day after day I dislike more this tablet
I paid a lot for this tablet a half year ago ...
I know about CM 9/10 I have them on my Galaxy Phone
But I really want to return the tablet to get my money and I'm just asking You guyz if your tablet on Stock ICS does lagg on Youtube (most at flashing, sony vegas clips) .... Just a simple answer Yes/NO
BTW Thanks for all help and please asnwer the up question
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Mine did not, but I didn't watch clips with a lot of flashing, that strains any device. Movies with flashing didn't bother it, but that's not YouTube, that's mkv files.
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Its been pretty well documented that Acer's implementation of ICS on this tablet was rather lacking, but a few tweaks and a custom kernel later and this thing flies. So you need to ask yourself. Should I sell this tablet or should I try a custom ROM. If you have had the thing for 6 months its pretty unlikely that Acer will give you your money back.
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2 month after sending it to me back I tryed all ics custom roms and jellybean and still lag ... Now they said to me they repaired it and they sended it to me these days back. Youtube and other apps work OK only on a NO SUPPORT Old HONEYCOMB for a101 which crash in market :| after they change 2 times the motherboard.
So should I go and distory acer and claim my money back ??
AndyTimE said:
2 month after sending it to me back I tryed all ics custom roms and jellybean and still lag ... Now they said to me they repaired it and they sended it to me these days back. Youtube and other apps work OK only on a NO SUPPORT Old HONEYCOMB for a101 which crash in market :| after they change 2 times the motherboard.
So should I go and distory acer and claim my money back ??
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Its pretty obvious you'll never be happy with the a100, do as I suggested before and return or sell it and get something newer.
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pio_masaki said:
Its pretty obvious you'll never be happy with the a100, do as I suggested before and return or sell it and get something newer.
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Ok Thanks. I will return it. I will go for an iPad or Nexus 7, hope will worth the extra money.
CAN BE CLOSED
AndyTimE said:
Ok Thanks. I will return it. I will go for an iPad or Nexus 7, hope will worth the extra money.
CAN BE CLOSED
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Nexus 7 is a very nice device, just keep in mind no SD slot, leaves only otg USB for extra room.
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