Reflections and comments from an Old Timer in the Technology World.
I reported in my last post of what I thought was a heat problem causing the GPS to stop finding any satellites. Well I opened up my Acer Iconia A500 and find that it is using an Active Antenna. What is that, well it means that the Antenna is external to the GPS chip and contains an Antenna (Aerial) and […] Read more »
I am just back from few weeks in the tropics of Far North Queensland. I now have ICS and the GPS seemed to be working a lot better since the update. Now I have found that my Iconia A500 Tab when warm, the GPS fails. All Satellites disappear after A500 has been on for a few minutes! The ambient temperature […] Read more »
If you are receiving this error, “Network Coverage is Poor, Please move to a better location with better network coverage to continue.” This seems to be a wide spread issue and is not the Tablet but an error within the Acer update network. The Tablet is trying to check in to see if any updates are available. Currently the address […] Read more »
It’s the 28th April afternoon here in Australia. Google is buzzing with news that some have already received the ICS update and that it should be released on the 27th April! I have checked for Update but still not released here even if USA East coast is now on the 28th April. Important! make sure you have gone to the […] Read more »
I have just received an update for the Iconia A500 System Updater. I am guessing this is a pre-cursor to the ICS ( Ice Cream Sandwich ) update we are expecting. You will find this small update by going to ‘Google Play’ it should come up as an update it did for me along with a whole batch of other […] Read more »