Previously, a Honeycomb 3.2 system dump (Acer_A501_4.015_COM_GEN1) of the official Acer Iconia 3.2 Honeycomb was released by the XDA-Developers forum member Piter1225 on the internet. Good news for you guys the Iconia tablet users who have waited to taste this ROM for real as the XDA-Developers forum member vache has shared a beautiful and functional Honeycomb 3.2 Custom ROM. This ROM, by the developer is called with Taboonay. If you don’t want to be bothered with further rooting activity on your Iconia tablet, this ROM is a free ticket to taste the Honeycomb 3.2 from 3.0 or 3.1 as the ROM has been rooted and deodexed as well. Read on this article to find out how to install it on your Acer Iconia A500 Honeycomb Tablet.
Just like the other custom ROMs offer to the device users, the Taboonay also employs a few tweaks in some sections. Besides that, it also is already been rooted and completed with the features that Honeycomb 3.2 supports.
• CPU frequency & governor based on screenstate.
• Optipng’ed and zipaligned apps to reduce size and memory usage.
• Sys R/O, Sys R/W.
• Insecure boot.
• Kernel tweaks.
• Optimized lowmemkiller settings.
• Mount (Ext4) tweaks.
• Modded host file for ads filter.
• Added PolarisOffice (From Asus).
• NTFS support (with custom kernel).
• HFS support (with custom kernel).
• Dalvik optimized.
• Internet tweaks.
• DRM service disabled.
• All apps updated.
• Motorola boot animation.
• Wi-Fi Channel 12-13 and Ad hoc support added.
• Google Music updated to 3.0.2.
• TabooTools included (custom app).
If you were tempted to install this ROM on your Acer Iconia A500 Honeycomb Tablet, simply read and follow the instructions thoroughly.
Before you continue to further step, we need to remind you that you are going to precede this method at your own risk. We are not going to be liable if your device gets bricked or damaged due to the installation process.
There are three requirements that need to be fulfilled before starting the installation process. Here is the list of the requirements:
• A rooted Acer Iconia.
• ClockworkMod recovery installed. Use Acer Recovery Installer from the Market.
• Taboonay v2.0 ROM.
Once the requirements have been fulfilled, read and follow the instructions below in order to install the ROM successfully. Here are the instructions:
1. For the first step, copy the ROM you downloaded from the link above, to the root of your SD card.
2. When the ROM has been copied to the root of your SD card, reboot your device into recovery mode. (Power off the device and hold the Power button and Volume down until text in the upper left corner appears. When it does release the Volume down button.)
3. Simply make a Nandroid backup when you have arrived in the recovery.
4. Once the Nandroid backup has been made, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and Dalvick cache.
5. Once done, the next step is flashing the ROM you copied to your SD card and let it install (Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard).
6. Once the ROM is flashed, simply reboot your device.
When you have finished with the instructions above, the new Android 3.2 custom ROM should have been installed on your Iconia. For those who try to find an update or have a question involving this RIM, simply visit the forum thread at XDA-Developers.
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