yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] PlanetJumble:
I can't see any such reports on english (or german) Android news sites. Makes me wonder if the rest of the EU is still on track for Q2 (hopefully even April) and why Benelux would have to be left out. It's probably not like there is a demand for millions of units there. Weird!
[Android General] akash3656:
I hear its quite pricey.... 700 pounds....

http://blog.gsmarena.com/asus-padfone-to-cost-700-in-the-uk-keyboard-dock-and-tablet-included/
[Android General] PlanetJumble:
*sigh* this is what we can expect with high anticipation and close to no information. The tiniest whiff of any - no matter how remote - is blown up into full news.

It was a dummy store item in a phone shop. And contrary to all the "news", in the original source was never any mention of the keyboard dock. I figure it was added by the "news reporters" because they couldn't otherwise comprehend the price.

Asus was quick in debunking, there still is NO news besides what they gave us at MWC.
[Android General] Jxx7:
I love Asus, I love the Transformer so I think I will love the PadFone...

...BUT I'm wondering if the tablet is usable only with the phone.

It seems to be the case because Asus call that a Station, not a tablet...

When you read the specification, you can read some separate specification for the phone and the station:

Dimensions:

PadFone:

128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm (LxWxH)

PadFone Station:

273 x 176.9 x 13.55 mm (WxDxH)

Weight:

PadFone:

129 g (with battery)

PadFone Station:

724 g

But for the CPU or the memory for example, this is a unique specification...

CPU:

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 8260A Dual-Core 1.5 GHz

Memory:

16/32/64 GB eMMc Flash

disappointment...:(
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Um... that's the point of the padfone. The "tablet" part is just a dock with a screen. The guts of the device are in the phone. One device, three form factors (phone, tablet, netbook)
[Android General] Lennyuk:
Haha, someone did no research

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android General] Jxx7:
In despite of my researchs I was not sure because I read a lot of informations wich are not always true
[Android General] wywywywy:
Really looking forward to this so I can sell both my phone and my tablet, and cancel one of the SIM cards :)

If £700 turns out to be true (let's face it, it might just be, at least for the first few weeks, considering flagship phones are usually around £500 when new), then I might have to wait another 6 months before buying...
[Android General] erkange:
looks good
[Android General] Florian-s:
Where did you buy it? On ebay? Does the keyboard have english and chinese letters or only the english? Do you have the 16 gb version or 32 gb version?
[Android General] ando roido:
I was able to go by myself. It is sold freely without contract. Mine is 16GB. Not sure about keys as i did not take that.
[Android General] jlyne1234:
How did you change the language to English? My app only has Chinese as an option.

EDIT: Lol never mind language is on the second screen after one with lots of Chinese options
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Voila!!! See attached. anti clockwise from bottom right (not sure if you still need it judging from your post) :)
[Android General] ando roido:
Yes it has outdoor option.

But notice there are three more button on left on the video. They are moved to settings
[Android General] cty.stuart:
yes. only in the video. i have checked thoroughly in my set. not even the word ips is on it :(
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Can't you go to a local store and compare the screen to a prime?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
huh? sorry i missed the point. why compare with prime?
[Android General] SparkyRih:
What do y'all want to know? if the padfone STATION has an IPS or IPS Plus screen right?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
oh right... i get your point now. well i kinda done that in store. can't really see the differences.

but the PLUS can't really be differentiated untill you have the devices under sunlight, no?
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Than compare it to your TF101 in sunlight... is it brighter than the TF101 you got your answer right?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
it's definitely brighter than tf101. but isn't tf101 IPS? there's IPS, Super IPS and Sup IPS+
[Android General] SparkyRih:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPS_panel
[Android General] cty.stuart:
not getting the point again... sorry :(
[Android General] SparkyRih:
So annoying that mine still didn't arrive... I would've known the answers to these questions already! :S :P
[Android General] cty.stuart:
lol... BOXES!!!! and they might send you bricks instead of padfone :P
[Android General] SparkyRih:
If I get bricks, some windows are going to break somewhere in Taiwan very soon XD
[Android General] cty.stuart:
lol... HOWWW???!!! you gonna fedex the bricks back? i don't think the velocity is high enough to break anything :P
[Android General] SparkyRih:
I just fly to Taiwan myself :P
[Android General] Florian-s:
Perhaps it is at the customs...

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Do you know a local online shop who sells it to europe?
[Android General] ando roido:
Nope, only ship locally.
[Android General] commensal:
We need an estonian friend!
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Or you could ebay
[Android General] commensal:
I don't want to be froozen by customs with device from Taïwan. And the only seller from estonia on ebay is not really cheap.

I'm disappointed not to manage to buy one in Singapore...
[Android General] Florian-s:
I have a other question... are there different colors of the padfone on the market? On ebay there is a brown version... in youtube videos it looks like silver...
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Only 1 color at the moment. Phone back cover is silver ish....with thd centric circles similar to transformer prime. Tablet and dock brown matte surface
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Have u got friends in Malaysia? If yes might be able to import thru them. Msia customs are not that dramatic. Then you can go up JB to pick it up or something.
[Android General] DonaldGoh:
You will need a Micro HDMI cable for the padphone(not station) for video display out like Motorola Atrix.
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Yep. The same one that connects transformer prime
[Android General] gtct2003:
Does anyone has problem in charging the keyboard dock when the padfone battery is less than 20%? I try to charge the phone + tablets+ keyboard and the keyboard was not charged when I put in sleep mode.
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Go to asus customised setting. Change to always charge. See if that does the trick. See attached.
[Android General] cty.stuart:
I found alternative to garmin on android as well. Co-pilot. It worked on padfone. Sometimes it crashes but not often ;) hope that helps
[Android General] Steven82:
Do you guys have a feeling they are deliberately holding back for the LTE version of the phone? it's not long until september now, there is absolutely no information on when it's coming to uk, 4G is launching in UK August time and there's not been a peep about padfone here. USA has already been confirmed for the LTE version in september....

I can't help but think this is the case for EU/America
[Android General] Someone09:
Wait...what?!

Really?! When?

The LTE version would be the Padfone 2, right?

At least that was my last info.
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Maybe, maybe not. Both LTE and NON LTE uses Qualcomm s4 chip. Qualcomm has massive shortage of this chip. That was one of the main reason of why padfone was delayed even in the home country taiwan.

Qualcomm said that they might replace this chip with something equivalent to its customers. If they did, asus might have to do further adjustment before releasing the LTE version
[Android General] SparkyRih:
I knew the padfone delay is because of the chip shortage... but how is that shortage possible?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Qualcomm over promised its customers? Quite a number of phones are using the variation of s4 chip. The one xl, one s, galaxy s3, padfone. Quite a number of these phones are highly demanded as well...hmm..
[Android General] Steven82:
imho it's the next best thing for asus, why try and filter in demand which would trickle into less as time went on, when they can reserve stock and give a decent padfone 2 launch? with LTE. The gap between padfone and padfone 2 is too narrow now, customers would be really pissed and a lot would probably hold out for the padfone 2, so they could be releasing a dead product as we already know there's a padfone 2 coming in september.
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Could it be that they are not planning to launch the non LTE version in the States at all? Selective market perhaps?
[Android General] Steven82:
they've already confirmed that it's not coming to usa, it doesn't support your 3g frequency (or what ever it's called)
[Android General] SparkyRih:
I'm wondering what the price is going to be if it really is going to be released that soon..........
[Android General] hippo1n2:
speaker too soft....

anyone notice that the speaker for padfone is DAMN SOFT? I cant even heard it when I walk on street :(
[Android General] commensal:
Why do you all focus on LTE/4G network. It's not because country, like France for example are testing 4G that 3G/3G+ is dead. I would prefer to buy Padfone in another country instead of waiting an hypothetical version 2 that have as an evolution the only compatibility with 4G. What is sure is that ASUS would rather to hurrry their delivery instead of loosing time to design a version 2 after a version 1 never delivered because other trademark could design their own device clearly inspired by ASUS Padfone...
[Android General] olly230:
Data plans aren't ready for 4G yet.
[Android General] Steven82:
? 4g would improve the network with better hardware. people would be downloading faster, but downloading more would only mean adjusting the prices
[Android General] Justin^Tan:
negrielectronics had the padfone for $860 for international customer

pretty reliable seller i guess, since most of early adopter of galaxy tab 7.7 get it from negri

but 860 just for the padfone and padstation only i think, dunno about the bluetooth pen is it included together with the pad station or not

source from engadget
[Android General] commensal:
http://negrielectronics.com/asus-a-series-padfone-16gb-unlocked-brown.html

The famous 16GB version ...
[Android General] olly230:
Adjusting prices...

There's serving up data at high speed then there having the overall bandwidth to serve everyone.

The old contention ratio issue.

By the time 4G is properly implemented with good coverage at the right price we'll be on padfone 4.

(in the Uk at least)
[Android General] Steven82:
won't it just be offered at the same price? for mobile we seem to be paying for ability to use internet and download amount - never seen anything about speed

well I don't mind so much about availability, I live in london ^_^ we usually get priority mwahaha :)
[Android General] olly230:
on 3G i get 200kb/s with full signal.

Thats about 700+MB per hour.

I get 500mb/mnth data.

4G offers insane amounts of speed...
[Android General] cty.stuart:
There is already eat all u can data plans in the uk by tmob and 3uk. It's fairly reasonable at 25 /36 quid with abundant minutes to chew. Not sure they will change the price when LTE is rolled out...
[Android General] olly230:
fair usage policy
[Android General] cty.stuart:
i discussed the fair usage policy issue with the sales team before. Apparently, they removed it for the unlimited plan users. You get the exact speed of your area no matter how much u use. They even quoted, these plans are meant for thetering services. So we dont impose FUP on it. I did doubt how true it was though.
[Android General] olly230:
IT ARRIVED!

now how do I get it to show desktop pages by default?
[Android General] SparkyRih:
I can't help you, CAUSE MINE STILL DIDN'T ARRIVE! :S XD
[Android General] commensal:
Where are you from? where do you buy it, on ebay? Have you been charged by customs?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Select show desktop sites from top right menu of browser. But it doesn't always work. Unless u wanna try debugging...
[Android General] commensal:
Really, what's the problem with yours?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Bricks?
[Android General] SparkyRih:
It's still at the customs...

You're lucky I'm not an admin, otherwise I would've banned you now XD (just kidding :P)
[Android General] cogixo:
Its cool!

I think its a coll new idea from ASUS. If I could I'd buy it myself!
[Android General] phemark:
Im really disappointed about UK carriers/tech shops.

I went to 10 different salons last weeks (carriers and tech shops), asking if they know when will they get Padfone.

NOBODY knew what that was... (although someone knew Asus Transformer..)

How is that even possible? Is it Asus marketing fail? Or does UK simply not care about products like this? :(

P.S. I also find it sad, that people selling phones every day, doesnt know anything else apart what their shop is selling.....
[Android General] SparkyRih:
That's not that wierd... they usually have no technical background...

I ALWAYS have to tell them they're wrong about somethign they try to tell me :P that's why people always want me to go with them when they are going to buy something like a phone or a laptop or something...
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Ok.. here's a serious bit. You should probably contact the seller by now. :)
[Android General] Seifer1975:
Nobody can help? Anybody has rooted your padfones or found a way to do so?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
I agree. Went into carphone warehouse, salesperson handed one S to me instead of one X as i requested. Some really don't know what they are selling
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Seller said 4-5 days, tomorrow is day 5...
[Android General] ginrue:
This will be my first ASUS product that I'll be buying. I cant wait to get my hands on it. :)
[Android General] olly230:
I can't get it to hold onto default keyboard settings. It keeps wanting to go to handwriting chinese when ever I do

My mate had a play first and he is Taiwanese so prob its him using it in chinese.

I keep selecting default input type and it keeps ignoring me.

Should I just factory reset?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Change tge default setting to what u want. See attached
[Android General] exitido:
Hi,

the padfone station has a normal hdmi output or a micro hdmi?

Thanks
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Neither
[Android General] exitido:
:(

thanks
[Android General] cty.stuart:
The phone has though. Micro hdmi
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Some-one over here said it was not possible to connect it directly to a TV?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
You can with the phone itself (cuz the phone has the port) but once u docked the phone, there's no port on the tablet
[Android General] SparkyRih:
I know that, but the person said it wasn't possible to mirror the screen...

Did you test it?
[Android General] PlanetJumble:
But that is only a matter of software. I guess it will come eventually, if not by Asus, then... ;)
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Oh no. Not this time. Did someone said that? I must have missed it sorry
[Android General] hippo1n2:
This is the first time I'm using Asus product, and I'm disappointed.

My padfone does not charge full ! its keeps on staying at 99% no matter what. Plus I also found up that the battery indicator was crap ! how can I use 3G to sync my 300+ emails plus a 15 mins incoming call and yet still stay at 25%, that's not all, after I restart, it went to 26% some more.

Secondly, the stylus headset, same issue, fully charged should be solid blue, and my is solid red for the past 9 hours.Tried on different adapter, same issue happen.

Third, the padfone speaker is very soft, I can't barely heard it while walking on the street, trust me, my Samsung note phone and my Iphone 4S is better than this at least 30times more.

Fourth, My padfone can be as hot as a oven something during multi-tasking (not with docking station), and this is terrible ! Hotter than all my previous android phones and the worst is the battery indicator.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Android General] lunarken:
WA... AI NI JIA LAT AH?

i'm from sg too... feel like buying one.
[Android General] waha321:
what???look nothing:D:D:D
[Android General] hippo1n2:
Since this is a new phone I suspect that the battery curcuit is spoil on my phone....

anyone having the same issue ?
[Android General] lunarken:
intend to go back service centre... mayb u got a bad set.. ?:(
[Android General] hippo1n2:
yea haiz lucky i did not trade in my 4S ...yet...
[Android General] timboyce94:
HDMI Mirroring !?!

I think that would have been me earlier talking about it. To clarify everything, micro-hdmi out on the phone (not tablet dock) however no mirroring according to this site:

"Although there is a micro-HDMI port, plugging a HDMI cable does not mirror the display to an external device"

Source: http://musicphotolife.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/asus-padfone-review-user-experience.html

Yes, it should just be a matter of software - let's just hope ASUS does it and it doesn't have to be a hackaround.
[Android General] whateverwhouare:
How did you install another map :S? I want to install a US map and I've been trying to look on the garmin website but with no success. Do I have to buy it? Thanks so much!
[Android General] cty.stuart:
When you plugin the phone to pc via usb, theres a separate partition on the phone for garmin. Replace the map there.

I am not sure about USA map but i torrent-ed mine
[Android General] lunarken:
so is this hp ready for root? no?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Someone tried rooting earlier in this forum
[Android General] olly230:
My first night with it.

Mostly good, I'm still in the world of a tablet n00b.

It doesn't like Smart keyboard, it just wont allow me to make it the default keyboard. I keep telling it to via settings but when I transist between phone and station it goes back to normal stock one.

THe stylus works as I hoped. Someone watching a video on the tablet then a call comes through, answer on the stylus and then resume video during call - very clever.

I even got a space battery and desktop charger for free. :smug:

My old desire was bomb proof. No protective case and I dropped it loads with no ill effect. This one though, I'm terrified of dropping it.
[Android General] lunarken:
hows the screen resoluton? heard its quite washed up eventhou is super almoed.
[Android General] olly230:
I only have the one amoled device so cant compare it.

Watched a bit of HD mkv and it looked good on the tablet.
[Android General] jlyne1234:
Yeah I rooted it and it works fine.

Used these instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/ASUS_Padfone

Some people have reported it breaking the camera though so I'd advise caution.

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I haven't had the charging issues you mentioned but my battery meter seems to choose a random number sometimes lol.

Also if I run the battery all the way down to the point it turns off when I turn it back on and plug it in the battery meter gets stuck at 0%. Restarting it again shows the proper percentage.

I have to admit I don't understand the lights on the headset lol

My phone does get warm too but no warmer than my s2.

Does sound like you have a defective phone :/
[Android General] lunarken:
tats a complicated root process...
[Android General] ryan_wenyan:
It does, I had tried it with my Samsung TV
[Android General] commensal:
Verdict?
[Android General] hippo1n2:
anyone realize that you press the station power button for long and it will vibrate and show a icon of the tablet and the battery, what dafuq is that for, I dont see it in manual guide
[Android General] Someone09:
Sorry if this has been already posted but here´s a nice (longish) review on Engagdet:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/12/asus-padfone-review/

Not that much new. However, there are a few points I didn´t know/realize earlier:

Micro SIM

The phone itself has an outdoor display mode, too

1280 x 800 IPS display (<-- to answer my own question)

Dual-GPS antenna (with GPS & GLONASS)

The station has an own 3G antenna (and another point on my I-hope-Asus-doesn´t-screw-this-up list is gone)

Very loud speaker compared to TF101/200

The sleeve looks actually pretty nice and pretty practical, too

The keyboard dock is not 100% compatible (although I think this has been mentioned before)

(very) Intelligent Charging Mode

Long camera shutter speed (not really a biggy for me)

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Oh yeah, one more thing I forgot to mention: I want that thing! Right now!
[Android General] lunarken:
1280 x 800 IPS display GD OR BAD?
[Android General] Someone09:
Depends. It´s not bad I guess. But it´s neither a Super IPS nor a IPS Plus (if Engagdet is right about that).
[Android General] SparkyRih:
I've asked a question before about the sim... if it was micro or standard... Some-one said standard... so please, some-one owning the padfone confirm for me... is it micro or standard (old) sim?
[Android General] Florian-s:
Are you sure it has a micro sim slot? can someone who has already the padfone confirm that?
[Android General] Someone09:
It say mini SIM in the text but on the pictures it´s pretty obvious it´s a normal sized SIM.

Maybe someone should tell them. ;)
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Some-one who owns the padfone has to get online and confirm this for us.... Otherwise I have to order a new sim today since I still have a standard sim...
[Android General] ando roido:
Its normal size SIM.

But Glonass, really? I mean it would mean faster location if it was true.
[Android General] Someone09:
Only if you use it without assisted GLONASS.
[Android General] Seifer1975:
Confirmed normal SIM. I am using the Padfone now.

I need root! Help! :o

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Dude, I tried the instructions but it doesn't work. When executing "adb remount", it keeps saying operation not permitted. How did you get that to work?
[Android General] ando roido:
There are some lines mixed in the end of script. But ADB remount command is before that so this cannot be reason for failure but anyway if you get to the end it should be like

@echo This is an adapted idea from the methods of

@echo Dan Rosenberg (vulnfactory.org)

@echo -Script by Bin4ry-

echo off

cd data

echo Please plug the device in ADB-Mode

adb wait-for-device

echo Rename /data/local/tmp to be able to create symlink

adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.old

echo Trying to create /data symlink

adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp

adb reboot

echo Waiting for device to reboot

adb wait-for-device

adb shell rm /data/local.prop > nul

echo Trying to write qemu value to prop-file

adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"

echo Rebooting

adb reboot

echo Waiting for device to reboot again

adb wait-for-device

echo Try to remount /system

adb remount

echo Pushing su and Superuser.apk

adb push su /system/bin/su

adb shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su

adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk

adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

echo Cleanup of the Stuff created while running

adb shell rm /data/local.prop

adb shell rm /data/local/tmp

adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.old /data/local/tmp
[COLOR="Red"]
adb reboot cd ..

pause

echo Reboot and done ;) Have fun! [/COLOR]
[Android General] Seifer1975:
Not sure also. All commands before that executed successfully. But when executing adb remount it says operation not permitted. Tried twice also same result.

Maybe let me try again with the latest android sdk package. Mine is pretty old already.
[Android General] olly230:
Arrhhhg.

"Your device is not supported"

can i change build.prop without rooting?
[Android General] Seifer1975:
Can I also check where did you get the SU and Superuser.apk?