Acer Iconia Tab 8 A1-840 FHDSD card mount problem

I bought the Iconia tab 8 (A1-840 FHD) and was disappointed. Due to incorrectly configured firmware - SD card when the device is connected properly mounted within the system (such as an external USB drive), there is no way to transfer files to it (the card is locked for writing applications) can not be set as a cache for Google Music, no connection mode as USB drive when connected to a computer. In fact, it is not working appendage and is not intended for storing information. When can I expect to fix this problem? Why was it decided to change the default for all other tablets on the market functionality?

I have not been able to use my micro SD card that I bought for my Acer iconia tab 8 from day 1 as it is not functional due to whatever changes that were made prior to boxing and shipping out to the public. On the box and in advertising it is listed as a feature which constitutes fraud in my opinion. And if there is some round about way of using it that is not good enough. You should be able to utilize the card slot/function just as you would if it were a camera or a laptop computer. Even though I have not been able to use it I have left it in my tablet and when I turned my tablet on I got a notification that it was damaged and to try to reformat it. It's funny that I can't use it but the tablet somehow damaged it! Double whammy! So what is Acer going to do to fix this situation for all of us who have purchased tablets with useless card slots? No excuses or be either. Consumers, like myself, are tired of being lied to and taken advantage of. Yes laptops and tablets are more affordable then ever but that does not mean quality and customer service should be null and void because we are getting such a good deal.

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I just got an Acer Iconia A500 for Christmas and was going through the same problems as "cantreadit". Since I'm not the most technically advanced person in the world (I'm an old fart in his 60's), I was panicking about not being able to use this part of my tablets capabilities, and started looking for a cure on the internet (Acer was almost no help). I couldn't get past the sign-on to Adobe ADE, and always got an error message. I saw a comment about a "time-expired" error being caused by the tablet and the computer mot having the same time shown, but my tablet was the exact time as my computer. When I went a little deeper, I found that my tablet didn't have the "TIME ZONE" marked correctly (mine was set off of GMT, the default). When I tethered my tablet and computer together and had both open to the time I reset my tablets time (the tablet doesn't set to the second, so I waited until the computers second hand got to the exact minute and clicked on the tablets clock - I don't know if you need to get that exact, but....). When I went to my tablet and signed in, this time my authorization was accepted.
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[SOLVED] Help needed with ACPI accelerometer - Acer Iconia Tab W501

Hi,
I am trying to get the accelerometer working on my Acer Iconia Tab W501
In windows, it reported as a BMA150 device, so I have that driver loading on boot.
After months of googling and making a mess in /sys, I still have not got the device working. I was working under the assumption that the device hangs off the i2c bus, but a "lucky google" today uncovered that it is showing up through acpi - acpid is present in my daemons array of rc.conf and the kernel module acer_wmi is also loaded.
The device is certainly sending signals to the kernel. Upon boot, dmesg ends up as follows:
[ 11.689709] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 12.108374] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[ 12.148026] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[ 17.759006] FS-Cache: Loaded
[ 17.780371] FS-Cache: Netfs 'cifs' registered for caching
[ 17.816097] CIFS VFS: default security mechanism requested. The default security mechanism will be upgraded from ntlm to ntlmv2 in kernel release 3.3
[ 22.459133] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
Now, if I rotate the device, and run dmesg again, I have the following:
[ 1255.189705] acer_wmi: Unknown function number - 5 - 1
[ 1257.363688] acer_wmi: Unknown function number - 5 - 1
[ 1268.268809] acer_wmi: Unknown function number - 5 - 1
[ 1268.409270] acer_wmi: Unknown function number - 5 - 1
[ 1308.653700] acer_wmi: Unknown function number - 5 - 1
[ 1308.784623] acer_wmi: Unknown function number - 5 - 1
acpi -V does not show the device:
Battery 0: Full, 100%
Battery 0: design capacity 2865 mAh, last full capacity 2678 mAh = 93%
Adapter 0: on-line
Thermal 0: ok, 59.0 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 87.0 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 1 switches to mode passive at temperature 77.0 degrees C
Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 9
Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 3
Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 10
nor is it configured on boot - dmesg | grep ACPI:
[ 0.404389] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.404443] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[ 0.405020] pnp 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0a08 PNP0a03 (active)
[ 0.405295] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.405829] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 (active)
[ 0.406106] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
[ 0.406268] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
[ 0.406514] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[ 0.406613] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0800 (active)
[ 0.406774] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active)
[ 0.407104] system 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.407390] system 00:09: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[ 0.408373] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.408377] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[ 4.684770] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 4.685381] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
[ 4.686148] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 4.692517] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
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PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
So, it would seem the device is working and sending data to the kernel/drivers, it appears some config is needed to get it properly recognised and an entry in /dev generated.
Really hoping there is an acpi expert around who may be able to help me get the device properly recognised and configures, ideally, as a /dev/input/js*
Cheers.
Last edited by Padfoot (2012-06-07 00:24:31)

There is no need to patch the kernel anymore as current kernels have the acer wmi accelerometer patch merged.
Ensure you have the kernel module acer_wmi loading and then the events should be propogated. acpi_listen should show the events.
Using the code from here: http://www.jezra.net/blog/Python_Joysti … ng_Gobject i have written a little daemon that monitors the accelerometer and automatically rotates the screen based on it's position.
Cheers.
[EDIT] Being a laptop, I am guessing the accelerometer is possibly on the hard drive?? used for shock protection?? So if that is the case, I am not sure you will be able to utilise it in the same way as a tablet's accelerometer. There are articles on the web for setting up hard drive accelerometers in linux. The other consideration you need is that the accelerometer may not be on acpi. It could be on the i2c bus (commonly where sensors such as fan speed, core temps etc are located), in which case you will need the i2c driver to get the accelerometer events recognised in the kernel (ensure i2c kernel modules are loaded). So check exactly how the kernel detects the accelerometer, is it on acpi or the i2c bus?[/EDIT]
Last edited by Padfoot (2013-03-31 08:42:51)

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I'm sorry but the Acer Iconia Tab A500 is not supported by Verizon Wireless. This tablet is not one of our devices.
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At first post you need 7zip to extract file. (File password is "aphorist" if present!) Solution.Extract file. You will see 2 file in there. The "iso" file and "rufus"
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Thanks picture from Nexttowindows.com
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