Help Help for update to 3.1 !!

[Nadzz]

just bought acer a500 .
cool gadget but few problems.
i dont know wether i can update it to android 3.1, also usb does not recognise some of flash drive dont know how to do it.
please please help me .
thanks in advance..

 

[kin_chiu]

Acer has not yet released 3.1 update. If your a500 is unrooted, there should not be any problem to upgrade. For flash drive, android only support simple USB device now. U may need to unrooted yout a500 in order to maximize the capability of USB.

 

[south_cali]

just bought acer a500 .
cool gadget but few problems.
i dont know wether i can update it to android 3.1, also usb does not recognise some of flash drive dont know how to do it.
please please help me .
thanks in advance..

Congratulations on your purchase.

Android 3.1 is suppose to be pushed out to Acer A500 sometime this month. However, there's a rumor that 3.1 has been delayed till August.

As far as the USB not sure why it's not working out of the box. 3.1 suppose allow USB support but mine works and I'm running 3.0. You can wait for 3.1 or take it back for another unit.

 

[gabeyong]

just bought acer a500 .
cool gadget but few problems.
i dont know wether i can update it to android 3.1, also usb does not recognise some of flash drive dont know how to do it.
please please help me .
thanks in advance..

Hi,

you have to install a file manager (e.g. Astro File Manager) from the market to access USB thumb drives on your tablet.

All thumb drives MUST be formatted FAT32. For older micro SD Cards / thumb drives that are formatted FAT or FAT16 will not be recognized. Larger Thumb drives (32GB and above) formatted with NTFS will not be recognized as well. Thumb drives with EXT OS partitions UNIX/Linux/Ubuntu will not be recognized as well. Hope this helps. Some thumb drives (e.g. SANDISK) mount mini applications when you plug them into the USB port (i.e. antivirus/security/password patches) these cause conflict as well.

All you have to do is to partition all your thumb drives to a single partition and format to FAT32.

cheers

 

[Nadzz]

thanks...
formatted my thumb to FAT32 now working well.
will wait for the update then.

 

[bazsh]

Hope Acer will release Honeycomb 3.1 update really soon

 

[Internetpilot]

If you're rooted you can use the USB Mount All app (available as a demo and for $2 in the Market). It's worked on everything USB that I've thrown at it -- various card readers, thumb drives, external hard drives (even NTFS), my digital cameras, even my HTC Evo phone in drive mode. Worth every bit of the $2 to me.

Market Link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.USBMountAll&feature=search_result

Developer's Website:
Interphaze Solutions