Problem updateing A501 to version 4.0.3

Is there a chance that it's trying to use the 3G for the download? Check to see if it'll use WiFi instead.

dustyniche

This seemed like a really good suggestion. Something I had overlooked since I've never had a tablet with a data connection. I foound the Mobile Networks menu choice, removed the checkmark from Data Network(?) and like most settings with a checkmark this appeared to turn off the 3G connection. Upon backing out of this section i noticed that the Mobile Networks menu choice was no longer there - Bummer.

Anyway, with data turned off and wifi on I still get the same message about the poor connection.

I've reset the tablet back to factory settings, but the Mobile Network menu choice does not re-appear. Now I'm really screwed.

You can download the update to 4.0.3 in the acer support website.

dustyniche

OK, now for an update.

In trying to figure out why my A501 could not do a system update I found that I needed the FOTA patch installed before the system update would perform properly. During two online chats I was first told to download the FOTA patch to my PC and then move it over to the tablet and install. The next chat I was told to download it directly to the tablet and install.

The patch that downloads is a .apk file. I can cownload it to my PC and move it via USB connection to my tablet. For some reason the file will not download directly to the tablet. The download seems to hang. In any case I cannot find instructions on how to install the patch once it's downloaded.

The other piece of infromation I found is that Acer says it does not have a 4.0.3 update for the A501 (even though it does for the A500).

Does anyone have instructions for downloading and installing the FOTA patch? No matter what, the A501 needs this patch before it will check for any available updates.

Thanks!

If it's an .apk, you can install it with any file explorer on your tablet.

Try estrongs file explorer from play google, it's free.

After you installed the file explorer, browse where you copied the .apk, tap it and follow the instructions.

smitz

Were you able to get the A501 updated to 4.0.3? If so, do you have a link where you downloaded the apk file from? I can't find it ont he Acer support pages. Thanks.

dprysiazny

has anyone found out a real solution to this problem? I've download the update enhancement app acer has put out and it has not made any difference!! please somebody help!!

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers/3852;-;A501

select 4.0 ICS, click on OS tab.

there's a list of update images, i don't know if this can be usefull.

hi, you link to those images in a number of threads, but they dont have any instructions on what to do with those images. would you know by chance?

Do a backup of your personal data, just to be 100% safe
Download the zip file to your pc
unzip it
Connect the tablet to PC via USB cable and copy the update.zip file to your microSD (microSD is needed to update)
Disconnect the device and switch it off so that it can entered in Recovery mode (you can do so, by pressing and holding Volume Down and Power buttons until you see the Recovery mode screen)
Select Install Zip from SD Card > Choose Zip from SD Card. Now, choose the Jelly Bean package that you have copied in the device
Once the update is applied, choose ++++Go Back++++ option and then select Reboot System Now to reboot the device

if your device will stuck on bootloop or on Acer logo, from recovery

Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset > Wipe Cache Partition. Clear the Dalvik Cache in the recovery mode to ensure all the cache files are deleted (this will delete all the user data)

excellent. now is there a way to find out which image i need. i know this tablet is running 3.2 but thats all. thanks again.

phil

settings/about phone/ build version

compare yours to the rom listed on Acer support website

i was afraid of that. my build number is acer_a501_4.452.01_pa_rog . i dont see an image that coresponds with that rom. thus why im here. thanks again for the help.

Phil

You welcome, but i can't do much more. Smiley Happy

I'm not familiar with the pa_rog locale. Where are you located, or if you bought the tablet in a different country, which country did you buy it in?

Canada and Canada. Smiley Sad

If you go to the Acer site for Canada, then navigate to support does it show you that version as available for download? I know they typically only show the downloads appropriate for the locale, so if you've been using the US site it wouldn't have had your version.

No, I'm on the Canadian version of the site. Nothing that fits the rom I have. Ugh

Maybe one of the Acer folks will be able to tell us what locale that ROM is for...