Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Updating the Acer Iconia A500

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If you haven't received the latest OTA Update for the Acer Iconia A500 tablet, you may want to force the device to check the server for you.  If you are still seeing the 'Your device is up to date' box after force checking; keep in mind that Acer apparently rolls out the OTA Updates via serial number.  So it may be that your devices number hasn't been "called" yet.  So, how do we accomplish force checking for updates?

Simply tap the 'Apps' icon in the upper left hand corner of the screen and locate and tap the 'Settings' icon.


Next, tap the very bottom menu option 'About Tablet' option and hit the 'System Update' tab.
In the pop up that appears on the check, take the option to force the check for the update.  If you're device hasn't updated yet, it should pull down an update.

One quick note, if you happen to take the option to 'Download Later', good freakin' luck trying to get your update.  If you haven't kept up with my previous experience getting the Honeycomb 3.1 download, be sure to go back and read those posts (7-11-2011-Acer Tech Support post) and see the the chat transcript between myself and a representative at Acer's Support Site.

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