yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] BlackDino:
Race against the clock, this is quite interesting.

Subscribed for system dump.

Also OP you should look at getting some drivers to recognize the device on your computer.

I don't know much about the eee pad but you might find the drivers on their website
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mogao:
Obviously I tried that first. It doesn't charge.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Jocelyn:
ROFLMFAO!!!

Edit: Zach please answer my pm :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Lintrix:
For the love of all that's holy and this community of developers, please do a dump!

And for the more technical people, please help this man figure out a way to race against the clock to get his thing to connect!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] curti.nogg:
Removed!

Sent from my Captivate
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stcardinal:
The ASUS police will be knocking at his door and making people disappear :p

I'm for dump too, although I'm not sure about the value of android 2.2.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shaolin Style:
i was going to come in here and call bull**** on the 2.2

then i saw the pics

then I was going to ask where the hell you found a Transformer in Vegas (i'm in vegas, too)

then i saw Amazon.com

then i cried inside
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CalvinH:
Kind of stupid question, but have you tryed charging it while disconnected? I mean shut it off and then try to charge it with the supplied AC adapter or by USB.

This is completely outrageous. I have been defending Asus a lot, but reading thinks like these prompt me to think they have rushed somewhat to make the deadline and launch in april by all mean.

And yes, please, all those techs outhere help the OP all you can so he can extract any interesting thing from the tablet.

Regards.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] human_error:
Oh wow, that's lucky for the community that someone has got a test build. Before people start hating on Asus things like this happen - there have been iPhones, ipads etc shipped with testing builds which can be used to find all kinds of interesting things so a system dump would be very beneficial. As for putting honeycomb on it could one of the members giving guidance on how to get a system dump provide a honeycomb dump that could be flashed? I would but I don't know how and am on the road with just my tablet (no laptop).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] combat goofwing:
Love this thread first its pics pics pics,then its dump dump dump sounds like revenge on a cheating girlfriend

LEEDROID DESIRE HD using XDA PREMIUM
[Eee Pad Transformer General] starplaya93:
This is epic...

Hopefully somebody is walking the OP step by step through what he needs to do...

We have to get that system dump
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SonicTab:
Weather looks clear today.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] checkbox111:
Think positive, you might have opened the box and found an ipad 2 inside :eek:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CoBrA2168:
Wow. Pretty interesting. Weird that your computer won't recognize it, and it's a shame it doesn't. We will probably never see this dump.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gpearson1968:
My Transformer is out for delivery today. If it has 2.2 on it, I'll definitely provide a system dump. Not to steal the OP's thunder....:p

Cheers,

gpearson1968
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dcmtnbkr:
If you get them to release an nvflash, or if a fix for my device comes out of this, im in for 10
[Eee Pad Transformer General] FloatingFatMan:
58% is more than enough to grab a system dump.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
For the battery charging issue:

You should have a charger with a USB port on it. This seems to be a special charger that flips between 5V and 15V (the former is probably for standard USB devices like a Kindle, and the latter for the TF101 - at least that's my guess). My adapter model number is "AD827M", for your reference.

If you have the same charger - what I would do is turn the device completely off, plug in the cable and charger and let it sit for an hour or so. There's no LED light to tell you if it charges. Then, power it back on and check the battery status - perhaps it really is charging but the build is such that it doesn't recognize that.

If you have a different charger, then that's another thing to contact ASUS about. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
When i saw the pics it looked familiar too me then i remembered that that the units at CES has 2.2 on them

[YOUTUBE]AM-9AVOzhts[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]vR4IGuSSLyA[/YOUTUBE]
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nsstrunks:
Wow! I'm not sure if you're unlucky or lucky. Very interesting find none-the-less.

Can't wait to see what comes out of this. *crosses fingers and subscribes*
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jaypeezee:
You've definitely got a $10 commit from me if a dump is provided :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pokey9000:
Is there anything on Tegra2 platforms keeping you from dumping emmc, like adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0? I'm sure there are more interesting things in this build than /system
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Can you boot into recovery (Power+Volume Down)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Zfwaeld:
For the love of all that is good, don't return this thing without getting a full system dump, plus emmc, plus anything and everything on the sd card. Ill donate too especially if this leads to a major breakthough.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Zfwaeld:
I would recommend removing the sd card before you try this; this is just speculation, but if Asus uses an update.zip internally to update units from 2.2 to 3.0, and for whatever reason, it never 'took' on your tablet, booting into recovery might result in the update being applied this time. Again, just speculation, but not worth taking chances if you ask me.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hbk19:
They did an article about you on Android Central, mogao.

Link

And they got your username wrong :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Homesnake:
Wow! Very interesting.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fakieskr8333:
very interesting, defintely cant wait to see what comes out of this. although im not sure what good it will do my droid x but still interested none the less.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DroidGnome:
OMG don't laugh about that stuff. Quite a few years ago I was in Circuit City and bought a top of the line DVD player (Yea I'm that old!), I asked the tech if it came with the SVideo cable and he said "ummm I don't know, you can check once you get home", and tried to sell me a $40 monster cable. Told him no thanks but then I decided to open the box there in the store right at the pick up counter to see if an S video cable was inside.

What did I get instead of my new JVC DVD player? 2 Full bags of some spanish brand Instant Rice!!! Yep, it happened. I even called over the security people who at first thought I swapped it out , but then checked the security tapes and saw I hadn't even left the store! They were real apologetic (after they accused me and everything and I asked to see the store manager).

The bad thing is, the store manager said I was real lucky to open it in the store, because had I even walked out the door, they would have no way to know whether I did it or not, and would not have replaced it for me. (In fact the tape looked identical to factory tape cuttings with the serrated edges, not straight like a razor blade).

My lesson... I NEVER buy electronics now without opening up the box at the store. Of course I probably wouldn't have thought to check the firmware, hehe.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quailallstar:
Yup that is how I came to find this thread. I've been looking online for stores with stock, but of course, they are all sold out now :(

Next batch one of these bad-boys is mine!

System Dump!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] graffixnyc:
I sent it into android central :) I knew they would report it
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dcmtnbkr:
they didn't bother reporting on the bricked devices, regardless of the fact that is was 3 times more likely to happen. :rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] boxmander:
Hey this thread is amazing! And Mogao there is no reason that you can't do a system dump before you do anything else, like call Asus, or sell it or whatever you want to do.

If you can't get your computer to recognize the tablet to do a system dump you can do it locally and store it to your micro sdcard. Just install a terminal emulator from the market and do it that way. Please post back here if you need someone to walk you through it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] PhishShticks:
I know it's an older post, but I just had to weigh in on how ridiculously funny the above post was.

+1
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ChristoA1:
I just gotta say, you'd probably notice if it didn't have Honeycomb if you turned it on at least, hehe
[Eee Pad Transformer General] PhishShticks:
Honeycomb is pretty easy to spot from the get-go
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Need-A-Tablet:
I think since this tablet is such a big deal, a DEV that is close to him, who owns a functioning Asus Transformer should trade him straight up....he would get what he wants, and the community could benefit as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] boxmander:
I agree, now where did the OP go?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Need-A-Tablet:
If it has to come to it and it is determined this device has valuable data on it, it can be taken apart and the battery swapped out with a fresh one =) or better yet, the internal memory removed and connected to the other device....I'm willing to bet if he contacted ASUS directly, they would probably make it well worth his while to return this device to them immediately. Probably send him a Tablet/Dock/Sleeve combo in return...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] boxmander:
Yeah but its important to note that he can do a system dump and still get all the goodies from Asus.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Need-A-Tablet:
Absolutely, just don't tell them what he has done. They might then be less than willing to work with him if it is that important to them to keep it out of the DEV's hands.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] yerand:
looks like they already know...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] boxmander:
Stupid twitter.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gary Key:
You have a PM on how to take care of this problem. ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
That looks like Facebook, but it's a facepalm moment for me nonetheless.

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
What a turd

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[Eee Pad Transformer General] js042507:
Mother effers! *facepalm*

Sent from the most "Epic" phone in the world! ...Using XDA Premium app :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] HTCHD2ireland:
This thread is like an episode of 24 :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Havnt heard much from the OP in a while...

Did Asus abduct him?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] notsob2002:
You probably won't.......
[Eee Pad Transformer General] droid_does:
OP has been kidnapped and being interrogated lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] js042507:
Asus hired the CIA to nab him. Dammit! ...Not again!

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[Eee Pad Transformer General] tjb433:
I'm pretty sure Asus has a "transform" button linked to each tablet, OP's tablet has transformed into a comaro and is now headed to Asus headquarters with him locked inside :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sackofnoise:
Allright i know what are the 2 movies i'm gonna put on when it arrive... wait, maybe more with the old anime ones... :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] starplaya93:
If this is an actual pre-production unit then does ASUS still have claims over it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Doesnt seem like it, the hardware appears to be like the retail ones, but if it was i dont know if they have dibs on it if he purchased it, if he found it then yes he would probably have to return it
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
I'm actually liking the idea idea of "You've got the Touch" playing at boot. That is the ONLY Transformers movie.

As far as this goes, I have a feeling the OP's been offered a good sized cheque to return it without doing the system dump first.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
How would they even know if he had done a system dump based on the device itself (and without reading this thread)?

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
Well they are reading this thread. Someone posted it on their Facebook page and it was in an Android Central article, which surely they read (or would eventually) as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] antiochasylum:
Off topic; The Sniches GET OUD picture rocks. Lol

On a side note, where is the OP? They have to have contacted him by now. Dont give in!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
I know that, but my point (or question) was that he could still do a system dump and PM it to somebody and still get whatever Asus is promising him, right? What physical evidence would there be on the hardware itself that allows them to deny him his comeuppance?

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eljeffe991:
Isn't it more likely that he's been threatened with legal action if he does post it? I'm no lawyer and don't know what they could do, but for most people the threat alone from a company that size would be enough to scare him off.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Need-A-Tablet:
With enough care taken on the part of him, they would never be able to find out who released the code. But it seems to me that the only thing this guy cares about is getting a working transformer...Can't say I blame him, but that could have easily been arranged with someone on here.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] starplaya93:
Well the second he posted his thread people started bashing him and calling him a liar then literally over night they started praising him and begging him for a system dump...

He is completely justified in whatever he decides to do. He doesn't owe us anything.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gary Key:
There are a series of log files on that particular software load. ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gmcbay:
He bought it, first sale doctrine says it is his to own or resell as he sees fit. ASUS couldn't just come grab it from him. They *could* go after him on copyright grounds if he did a system dump and distributed that and included anything on it that wasn't 100% stock ASOP code. I doubt they'd do that, it would generate a ton of bad PR and gain them nothing.

I'm sure what they did do was offer him a proper retail build plus some goodies (maybe the dock, etc) as a prize for returning it. Totally don't blame him for returning it and I'm skeptical that there was much on there of real use to Transformer owners. The system image would have been more useful to owners of other 2.2 tabs like the GTablet that are hardware similar but whose vendors are stupider than ASUS and don't realize users only want cosmetic changes (at most) over stock and not some whole stupid custom UI.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
You are right that he doesn't owe anybody anything, but saying he was bashed (and suggesting that's why he hasn't returned) is extreme. Everybody asked for pics, one guy may have mocked him by suggesting it may not have been a Transformer and one guy said "pics or gtfo." One of those guys immediately apologized. That's not bashing.

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
I hope the OP got an answer from ASUS, at least.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jessel0001:
subscribed, anyone heard from the OP?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EvoCM7fTw420:
Pics
[Eee Pad Transformer General] antiochasylum:
First page. Reading owns you.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gmcbay:
I'm sure he has based on the couple of posts here by Gary Key. Gary Key works at ASUS.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
He was chloroformed and is on a plane to Taiwan

Joking aside..... i really think Asus kidnapped him

But seriosuly .......we haven't heard anything from him for most of the day

Someone should PM him
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
Ha. What a goof.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Tjwoo:
OP where are you. the community awaits!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] starplaya93:
I never intended to imply that he's not showing up because people were bashing him, i can't even see were you got that from in my post...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] natehoch96:
At this point, I don't care if he did a system dump or not. I just want to hear from the guy and see how everything turned out for him. :) Hopefully he did what he thought was best for himself, even if it necessarily isnt best for the android community.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] TJNooker:
Wow, the turn around time on that gag order was wicked fast! What did you do ASUS, give the judge a Tranformer?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
lol my guess is that the OP was given a choice -- we can RMA your unit to get you a new one, or we can give you the update to bring your current one up to the correct firmware, but if the latter you'll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

That's just a wild guess, but would explain the sudden silence. Chap was understandably keen to get his tab working...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jimbob1971:
Yeah, but I'm sure the community would have raised enough to buy him a brand new one! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
Yeah it sucks if the community loses out on this gem of an opportunity. What would be worse is if it only happened because somebody in the community tipped Asus to it.

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mmsson:
What if someone else in another part of the world has exactly this problem?? (I've tried to send post participants PM's but it doesn't seem to be letting me...)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mogao:
Hey guys sorry for the late response. I ended up getting in contact with Gary from ASUS and he offered me a replacement tablet, in addition to a free keyboard dock for my troubles. Sorry to disappoint the community, but I didn't do a system dump for two reasons: (1) I wasn't sure how to do it and (2) I didn't want to deal with any potential legal issues. In the end I just wanted a working tablet, which I will be getting soon.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rons_sacramental:
Nice u now.have a free keyboard dock too .... have fun. U did the right thing buddyy.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
True, but he might potentially (note: I'm not a lawyer) have been liable for any copyright infringement ensuing from his actions, even if it was just to sell it to somebody who'd expressed an interest in sharing the device's contents.

I know that'd have been enough to put me off, no matter how helpful it might've been to the community... The opportunity to get my device flashed instantly would've seemed the much better option.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] FloatingFatMan:
He bought it, it's his property. They have no legal resource for any kind of threats. All they CAN do is offer him money to not dump the device, and just return it to them.

TBH, if I were him, I'd probably take the money. Getting into the device is nice, but cash is nicer. ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
Yeah, no real legal recourse jumps out at me. No more so than any of us who do system dumps on other devices or alter devices we own.

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
No reason to apologize and I'm glad that they are sending you a replacement tablet versus an RMA. And a bonus dock is a nice touch to say that THEY are sorry, too!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sackofnoise:
Well you could actually say that you actually MADE a dump somewhere.... and get even more from asus :P just a though but they must look at those forums anyway lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Leviuqse:
I just died a little inside OP did not provided a system dump....

Sent via the pirated premium XDA app
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
No *more* legal recourse, but a greater incentive to use it, and an easier time proving who was responsible, so while the recourse was the same, the risk was far greater.

I missed that the OP had replied in the thread before my last reply. Great to hear that Asus made right by him, and that all's now well. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] TJNooker:
Off Topic: Is your signature an inside joke or something?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] js042507:
Yeah, no offense, but I was thinking the same thing. The app is only a dollar... :-) That's funny though because people complain a lot for like a couple bucks for an app. I want a refund dammit!

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[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nickedynick:
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't slightly disappointed that you didn't get a system dump - not least because there were plenty of people here willing to walk you through it.

However, if I were in your shoes with Asus already knowing that I personally had a pre-release device, I'd likely do exactly the same, so I understand. Enjoy the free dock :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
Meh, I would have done it in a heartbeat without fear.

But when the lawyers would have come knocking at my door, I would have just told them that knox told me it was okay and provided all of the instructions :)

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gmcbay:
I doubt ASUS really cares that much if a system dump of their 2.2 build gets out. They are more worried about managing the message that some of their units are getting out with preproduction builds (doesn't look so hot for their QA processes) than they are about people getting ahold of that build.

Chances are good the build will leak out one way or another regardless of the fact that the OP didn't do a dump (I doubt he was alone in the world as far as this issue occuring, usually if you have one incident like this there will be more).

As mentioned before, I doubt the dump will even be of much use to Transformer hackers. It'll be more useful for those still creating 2.2 builds for devices like the GTablet, etc, than it will for Transformer users.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
lol!

I will admit I don't know much about the 2.2 build and what it contained, but from the screenshots it appeared to me to contain a variety of Asus' own in-house testing and calibration tools, something I'm quite certain they would be extremely concerned about having available in the wild.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] notsob2002:
You most likely hit the nail on the head.

Proprietary stuff not for general consumption would be a big concern .
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jaypeezee:
Sorry, I think OP made the WRONG choice - IMHO. Although it wasn't me behind the wheel, however had I been; Full Speed ahead.

Almost certain OP could have made more money in donations that probably would have bought him a new tab + dock and allowed him to keep the old. Eventually, I'm sure a DEV here could have gotten his "test" unit up and running with factory image.

Oh well, it is what it is - boo.

To some extent, almost feel this was hoaxed, oh well.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CalvinH:
It was OP choice... Congratulations to him for getting that extra dock.

Regards.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] HTCHD2ireland:
Pretty sure the dump was done, but publicly he never did it and sent it straight back riiight ;)hahaha we'll never know for sure.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mmsson:
I've got one too

Anyone want to talk me thorough doing a Dump? I've tried to PM others from this thread, For some reason my PM's only went to one person, and I can't send any others! I understand I need the SDK. I can post pic iif anyone wants proof (avoiding GTFO) :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] the_chinaman:
Personally, I think mogao definitely made the wrong choice.

The amount of help, information and fantastic ROMS / SW that I have acquired from xda over the years is huge but I do not have the technical expertise to contribute. In one foul swoop, all that could have been repaid by providing a dump for the community. Sure, I've bought a virtual beer for lots of people but this would have been significant.

So, not in terms of monetary gain did Mogao make the wrong decision, but for NOT contributing to the community. I wouldn't be able to show my face here again had I done that TBH. Maybe karma will come a knocking...

mmsson, if you have one and will do the noble deed, then kudos to you sir.