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    Help A500 won't play YouTube live streams?

    I have an Acer A500 running Android 3.2. I have the latest version of the YouTube app on it (4.023). When I click on any of the videos while browsing on the "Live!" channel, none of the videos start. Can anybody offer me some insight?
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    Help Cache problem I think.

    Can anyone help I have about 1.8gb of pictures on a 32gb SD card. The problem is my internal memory is nearly full. When I use a storage in settings it says l have 1.8gb of pictures on external and internal memory, if I take the SD card out l can still open the pictures I cannot clear the cache...
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    Need Help: JellyBean - My Android Robot Falls Asleep

    Hi all, I am new here and I need help. I tried to upgrade my Acer Iconia Tab A500 (AIT A500) from ICS to Jelly Bean but unsuccessfully. The message shown is my Android robot fall asleep (as attachments). I did the below steps for several times ... 1. Power off my AIT A500. 2. Press Power Up...
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    Can I delete APK's once install is done

    Can I delete the apk files from my memory to save space once an app is successfully installed?
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    Help Inadvertently upgraded from 3.2 to 4.0; can I revert back to 3.2?

    I have an Acer Iconia Tab A500 that came with Android 3.x installed; most recently (after system updates over the last 9 or so months), it was running 3.2.1. I use the device for testing apps; the device is not rooted. I turned the device on today for the first time in awhile. Without...
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    Help Games Not Working - Suggestions?

    I've got a stock A500 running ICS. I can play the Need for Speed and Golf games that came on the tablet, as well as Angry Birds Space, but both Hero of Sparta (came pre-installed on the tablet) and Asphalt 7 won't run. They both start up, but bomb out before I really get anywhere. Is this...
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    Power Switch

    The power switch on my A500 has failed after 8 months. The tablet is back to Acer for repair.:mad:
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    • acer iconia tab a500
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    • Forum: Smartphones
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    help a500 iconia forget paasword

    help iconia a500 huhuhuhu billions times try to hard reset but no effect i will try reset boton but after restart will see password i will try this prosidure but no effect any sulotion 1. Complete shut down the device 2. Press and hold the 'volume down' button (located above the...
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    Root Thors JB

    Running VErsion 10 - Google Now ios p[retty Cool For an early release it is Damn Stable. Using aVia app as an DLNA Server. MOVIES Music etc. Awesome stuff....highly recommended
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    Another email program question??

    In the end, the email program that came pre-installed in the A500 is totally a waste of time for many reasons but deleting messages / emptying trash is the most significant (one at a time is a time killer).. Since I have a Samsung tablet (unlike my wife's A500), the email program that came...
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    A500 Installed Email Program ????

    How do you delete the emails in the trash folder of the installed email program that came with the A-500 TAB? I know you can do them by checking the box in front of each email BUT there should be a way to do it in bulk as in the Email program that came in the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 or the the K-9...
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    Help Cannot get any videos to play

    Are you ready for this? Firstly, I am no newbie but I am utterly stumped with this and am losing the will to live. I have installed: MoboPlayer BSPlayer MXPlayer Zimly VitalPlayer iMPlayer+ RockPLayer Lite And I cannot get a single one of them to play any video!!!! I have used...
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    Help (SOLVED)Acer A500 HDMI connection to Toshiba 26CV100U

    Hello - I'm trying to connect my Acer A500 to my Toshiba 26CV100U TV via HDMI. When I plug the cable in on both ends and configure the TV to use the HDMI I port (has 2), I get an error message message, no source data, generally, except one fleeting moment when I actually got the tablet...
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    Help android browser issues

    I'm am having problems with using the default ICS browser when I do comment posts on Facebook. It just gets all squirley. Since the primary job of tablets is to browse the web, I'd think that above all, these devices would gave the best browsing available. Any recommendations? Change browsers?
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    Difference between USB_DRIVE and USB_STORAGE?

    In my file manage I notice two folders related to USB. One says usbdrive and the other says usb_storage. When I plug in a usb flash drive, the files show up under usb_storage only. usbdrive remains empty. What is usbdrive for? A usb hard drive maybe? Sadly, I don't have one that I could...
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    usb hub

    Has anyone had any success using a usb hub with the a500 or a501? I tried using two usb flash drives, but it will only read one drive at a time. I have NOT tried a usb drive and another type of device because I don't have any other usb devices to try. Thanks Tom Disclaimer: I actually have...
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    Netflix usa in uk??

    Hi .. i want to know how u can get netflix usa in the uk on my tablet.. i have changed it on pc.. but cant work it out on tablet .. i know its something to do with VPN .. i have tried one but cant get it to work think i could be doing something wrong .............please help xx
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    What Keyboard for A500?

    I'm a big fan of SwiftKey on my phones, but I've got an A500 with ICS and am not too pleased with SwiftKey 3 (Trial). Could be operator error, but I can't find how to turn on the arrow keys, if it's even an option, and the prediction doesn't come up in some situation. I've come to rely on both...
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    Wifi signal strength vs. Link speed

    Hi, Just wondering if someone has a simple explanation for why you may have 5 bars showing for your Wifi signal but when you check the status it may show a link speed of 19 mbps when you would expect something closer to 72 mbps? Should there be a correlation between the visible Wifi signal icon...
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    Photos and memory card wiped...

    Turned my tablet on after it decharged, plugged it into my computer to back up my photos etc, only to find that all my photos and videos on the tablet and memory card are gone! The memory card is totally empty, but the only thing deleted from the tablet is my photos and videos. All the apps are...
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    Help Transfer data to new tablet?

    I am considering upgrading from my 8 GB a500 to a 16 GB version. Is there any way to transfer my game progress, files, etc. to the new one?
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    Help i really need help asap. bottom bar missing.

    I was using the music monster app, but i think I was dowloading too many songs at once and my tablet froze for a ssecond then it started moving really slowly. I tried to press the home icon but it did nothing. Now the whole bottom bar is missing with the back button, return to home button, the...
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    Root Help!! Need stock ROM

    I have a custom ROM on my A500. I originally rooted it when it had Hc 3.1 so that I could tweak it to tether to my iPhone. Got rid of the iPhone and got android...now I want to go back to a stock, unrooted ROM...mainly so that I can get OTA updates and have the adobe flash work like it should...
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    Help Issues Using A500 as a Hotspot/DHCP Server

    I have 3 devices that I am currently working with: ACER A500 with 4.0.3 ACER A500 with 3.2.? HTC EVO3D with 2.3.4 What I want to do is use the Access Point (AP) functionality to setup the device as a DHCP server. I will connect to it from another wireless device. I don't need...
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    Root A500 help

    ok ive looked at many different fourms and tryed many different things Acer Iconia A500 (fully Rooted) Android: 4.0.3 Bootloader: 0.03.12-ICS The issue I put a custom recovery on it, it dosnt matter what one i use i get the same error Recovery Verified failed Ive look at a few...
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