1. A system for decoding a symbol using images of the symbol, the system comprising: an imaging device configured to acquire multiple images, each of the acquired images including a respective symbol data region; a processor operatively coupled to the imaging device, the processor configured to: receive a first plurality of images for a first read cycle of the system, the first plurality of images being acquired by the imaging device in a first acquisition order using respective acquisition settings, the first plurality of images including first and second images that are acquired, respectively, using first and second acquisition settings determined according to an initial acquisition-settings order; execute a data stitching algorithm including: generating a synthetic model of the symbol, the synthetic model being a model of a plurality of known features of the symbol; comparing the synthetic model of the symbol with at least the first and second images; converting a first symbol data region of the first image into a first binary matrix and converting a second symbol data region of the second image into a second binary matrix; and at least partly combining the first binary matrix with the second binary matrix to generate a combined binary matrix, the combined binary matrix being a decodable representation of the symbol; attempt to decode the symbol based at least partly upon the combined binary matrix; and receive a second plurality of images for a second read cycle of the system, the second plurality of images being acquired by the imaging device in a second acquisition order using updated acquisition settings that are determined according to an updated acquisition-settings order, the updated acquisition-settings order being determined based at least partly upon first and second contributions of the first and second images, respectively, to the attempt to decode the symbol.