getting tired of this now (3.2 update)

Last night, my A500 reported that there is a system update, file size 320 megs. I assumed this was the long awaited 3.2 update. So, I clicked to download. I have been doing this - clicking on download - now for a few times. Each time the download finshes and the it goes back to redownloading the 320 megs all over again.

I have no idea what's going on. Any ideas?

My tab is not rooted. Wifi signal is strong. And, just for the heck of it, I have kept the tab plugged into the electrical outlet.

What else can I do?

 

Thanks. But I did try that. No joy though. I'll give it a shot again and will report back.

 

Thanks. Let me give this a try. I'll report back on the progress.

 

It did not work! Now what?

 

I did the update sequence eight times. On the ninth try, it worked. So am now officially on 3.2. Thanks to all who helped with suggestions and comments.

TBH, I have no idea what worked and why it took me 8 tries to get the update. But now it is done and I don't feel any different.

 

After playing around with the A500 with the 3.2 update, I have some commonplace observations...

First, I was surprised to find that my rather old (at least 3 yrs) Seagate external drive - ntfs - was read by the tab. But a HDD from an old (2 yrs) laptop which I put in a case did not. I have a new WD HDD (500GB) which I am gonna test 2morrow. It would be really cool if this actually works.

Second, I thought that the 3.2 update would help with increasing the strength of wifi reception - perhaps wrongly. I see no difference...if anything, its slightly worse.

Flipping through screens remains smooth - I notice no difference between this latest update and 3.1.

I still don't have a SD card, so have not been able to test what improvements have occurred. High to e I got one. Only problem is that I want a 32GB card and not the more common (in my current neck of the woods) 4 and 8 GB versions.

I believe rooting is not yet possible, but expected sometime soon. So trying new roms is out of the picture for the moment.

Keyboard feels a bit laggy....but then it always did on this and a few other forums that I haunt. I am gonna test this some more.

All in all, there is nothing really to write home about with this update...but then that was to be expected.

The next big question that I have is whether ICS will work on the A500. Somehow, I suspect that Acer will not allow it. They will launch their next generation of the Iconia - whatever it may be named in the future - with ICS, which will be a real pity because I would like to use my tab for at least two years or so...but....!

 

My current location: India

 

I find no appreciable difference between the two.

 

Have any of you who have got the 3.2 update and installed it found any changes in accessing NTFS-formatted external drives?