rasafrasit
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Early indications on my end are that battery life is substantially improved. Leads me to believe that Acer got around to disabling the Phone processes.
weird activity... the ota seemed to improve my wifi signal. did you have any issues/errors when the ota installed?
No issues or errors running the update. The tablet works fine with bluetooth not connected to something. Once I connect my bluetooth headphones, wifi drops within minutes only to drop every few minutes or so. I downloaded wifi analyzer from android market and I changed my wifi channels thinking maybe a strong signal from another access point.
Can I ask anyone that has done the update to link any bluetooth device that take up relatively normal to higher bandwidth over bluetooth (A2DP speakers/headphones) and use their wifi at the same time. I'm thinking that my issue is that bluetooth and wifi running at the same time is putting a stress on the radio's chipset. Not sure if that's a software, hardware, or if I have a defective device.
What's bothering me is that both were working fine before the update on the 26th at the same time.
So, I just happened to root my device using Gingerbreak 1.20 tonight.
Literally about 10 minutes later, I was prompted that a system update was available. I dont know if this was coincidence or if the rooting caused this to be seen as available. According to XDA, others are getting the update as well.
I downloaded the system update (38 something MB) and it gave me a message in the top left corner of the screen that it was booting into system recovery image and began applying.
Went from:
Android Version: 3.0.1
Kernel Version: 2.6.36.3-00001-g9b3ce2b
Build Number: Acer_A500_1.104.02_COM_GEN1
Went to:
Android Version: 3.0.1
Kernel Version: 2.6.36.3 (note, the -00001 and such after the kernel number appears to now be gone)
Build Number: Acer_A500_1.141.07_COM_GEN1
It didnt appear to break root - I still have Superuser available although I had to re-run Gingerbreak.
I'll detail any fixes I notice, but on XDA it is being reported that this update:
a) somewhat fixes the screen wake/sleep issue, although it is still occuring (will update once I have more use with it)
b) improves Wi-Fi signal significantly (I noticed slight issues before but nothing major, I'll be monitoring wifi signal to see if it is better)
c) improves GPS signal significantly (although I never noticed any issues with mine before)
I've noticed the device seems snappier although it could just be a placebo effect at this point.
The first time I tried to apply it, the update failed. The tab has to be plugged into a power supply in order for it to be successful.
Post here if you've got the update and notice any changes.
Apparently, if you didn't get the update yet, you're not getting it until Honeycomb 3.1. I purchased an A500 for my wife last Thursday, updated as soon as it was connected to the router. I liked hers so much I bought one for myself. It never updated and update check said firmware was up to date. Checked with Acer support (via chat, then level 2 support on phone), was told that they have halted the 1.141.07 update, and that those who did not get the update will have to wait until 3.1 arrives at the end of the month.