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Added value for rooting my Acer Iconia A500 Tablet

The rooted Acer Iconia A500 works great. Advantages are:

• Titanium Backup
• Time Syncronization with free App “ClockSync”
• Samba File Server with free App “Samba Filesharing”
• Linux Superuser command line support (App: Terminal Emulation) e.g. for “mount”

Included in the flashed ROM image from Thor (v164) was also:

• Ethernet by wire with USB-Ethernet adapter
• WiFi tethering
• 3G meodem support: Huawei xyz

USB devices sucessfully tested:

• USB Stick (flash drine) CnMemory mistral 32 GB formatted FAT32
• Fixed disk Samsung HM320IJ (320 GB) formatted FAT32 – mounted in an Raidsonic Icy Box IB-266 StUSD-B
• Ethernet by USB: davicom DM9601 usb ethernet adapter native support
• USB Card Reader: Digitus USB 2.0 Multi Card Reader DA-70310-2

Scenario 1: A500 Samba Filesharing for iPad

• Configure as WIFi Access Point: Settings -> More -> “Portable WiFi Hotspot”
• Plug in external hard disk: 320 GB with 200 MP4 videos
• Start Samba Filesharing

Scenario 2: A500 TwonkyServer Mobile for iPad

• Configure as WIFi Access Point: Settings -> More -> “Portable WiFi Hotspot”
• Plug in external hard disk (Samsung 320 GB disk with 200 MP4 videos)
• Mount external hard disk in a folder on the sdcard (this lets Twonky include the media from the hard disk)
  • Open Terminal
  • cd /mnt/sdcard (only once: mkdir usbvideos)
  • su
  • mount -o bind /mnt/usb_storage/videos ./usbvideos
  • exit
• Start TwonkyServer Mobile (how?)
  • try “Rescan” in Twony if hard disk was mounted after Twonky start
• On the iPad
  • Establish WiFi connection to the portable WiFi hotspot
  • Start App “AcePlayer” -> Medien Explorer ->Media Servers -> TwonkyServer Mobile
• Streaming with TwonkyServer Mobile sucessfully tested with:
  • MP4 container with AVC (H.264) video and ACC audo
  • AVI container with .DivX video and MP3 audio