acer iconia tab a500

hi all, have got non rooted a500 running ICS very well with no issues :), i have had some annoying isssues trying to copy dvds/ digital copies so kids can watch films on tablet, downloaded dvd converter but oh my god, it took over an hour to do less then 2% so gave it up as bad job. the other...

I have recently bought a portable charger from maplin (6000mAh Portable Power Bank for Mobile Devices : Portable Power : Maplin Electronics) but it did not come with a charging tip for my Acer 500 tablet. Does anyone know what size of tip I need or can supply a link where I could buy one...

Sooo what Rom is everyone using.... Any good new tricks to report?

Just bought a Yoobao YB-642 External Battery 11000mAh to charge the A500. Tried to use the USB ports but so far no response, judging by the lack of "lightning" on the tab's indicator. Any ideas?

I'm looking for an app that will automatically sync selected folders from my A500's Internal Storage memory to mirror them into a folder on its external SD card. All the apps I am finding are designed to sync to the cloud or to a PC. Does anyone know of an app that can do what I want? Ideally...

All, I upgraded to ICS a few weeks back but on Friday I connected y A500 to work email on Exchange. It downloaded emails, calendars and contacts no problem. But then I noticed that emails were not being sent. They were all stuck in Outbox. My personal domain emails send no problem. I...

Got my A500 five days ago (Acer factory refurb off eBay), got it charged and operating, it was good. Got an HC update and then a couple days later the ICS update. Finally got down to around 30% battery and plugged it in. Charge symbol on the screen had the lightning bolt through it as if it...

Im running ICS and yesterday for the first time i was trying GPS in the street and it never worked... It keeps telling me searching and i downlaod an app that says it can see 4 or 6 sattelites but it doesnt fix or lock to them.. sometimes it does for a few seconds and it goes back to searching...

Where can I download a user manual for my A500? Just got a refurb unit from Acer and there's nothing to go along with it and I'm not seeing anything aside from drivers on the Acer site.

my a500 is running ics and i cant seem to move my apps to my sd card i know there has to be a way to do it do i have to root it or what? i have tried app to sd and that done nothing and if i have to root it can you please tell me what is the safe easy way to do so.

Hi, I was trying to download a file from a mail attachment that fail. Now I keep getting multiple "Download unsuccessful" messages everytime I turn on my tablet. How do you clear these messages? Thanks, John

any user here? :p

I want to root my newly bought iconia a500. I am new to rooting. I just want root access without changing the stock rom. My current version is 4.0.3. I shall be much thankful for step by step guide.

Just want to know what launcher is best for a500. Like in my sgs2, I am using go launcher and is my favourite.

Hi, I have an Acer Iconia tab a510 tablet. I have bought an hdmi to vga converter (not adapter) to connect the tablet with monitors and projectors. ebay.it/itm/CONVERTITORE-DA-VGA-AD-HDMI-converter-vga-to-Hdmi-/110883070488?pt=Cavi_Prolunghe_Convertitori&hash=item19d1256218 But it doesn't...

hi all, I got my new iconiatab 500 yesterday . I updated successfully from 3.0.1 to 3.1 although with some pains. The second update got twice error during install. The downloads itself was difficult because of slow Acer servers in spite of my good 4 megabytes connection. Twice I got an...

Is there a way to root the A500 (running 4.0.3) with a custom ROM and overclock it?

i have a acer iconia tab a500 and updated to android 4.0.3 but when i go on any flash player needed websites cannot watch in fullscreen any help please.

:questionmark::questionmark::questionmark: I've recently updated my A500 to ICS and got the one minor issue I had come up taken care of with a factory reset. I've reinstalled all my apps. Now I'm ready to put my music and other media files onto my tablet. What would be the best way to do...

Hi all, I want to buy my first tablet. I can get acer iconiatab A500 32 Gb for US$ 379.00 in my country. It is brand new and packed from store. Does it worth it? Is it better than Samsung tabs? Off course the price of Samsung 10.1 tablet is US$ 571 here.

[BOOTLOADER][DUALBOOT + RECOVERY] Patched ICS bootloader V5 (18/05/2012) - xda-developers Here is the link to the thread for the dual boot loader that has just been compiled. Check it out. Although Im not going to flash this yet myself I like to wait for a few days to see what king of feed...

i never try it so far... i have a500 wifi only but i can guess that i cant use my tablet as gps since it has to use google maps online right? but there is an app call sygic and it can download maps from tomtom it says.. its a free app anyone tried this one or i shouldn waste my time on...

I use Skype from my laptop to call home (A500). I'm talking to my family so cant get them to plug in external headphone and mic. The sound quality I get from the A500 is terrible (sound is like its under water). I've read all the entries on this forum that say to use an external mic but as I...

I have an acer iconia a500 (wifi only) tablet I am trying out an aviation GPS/moving map app called navigator to use in place of a hand held GPS while flying. The app seems to work pretty good but I seem to be having trouble getting a clear view of satellites with the tablet inside the...