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[Android General] starrwulfe:
Hey y'all. Sorry I haven't updated in a while; Haven't been able to put my Padfone down since I got it, and I've been trying to set it up as best as I can, while on vacation in the States. Here are some observances...

* When I got it unboxed, I didn't have a SIM at first, and simply conneceted it to the Wi-Fi network and it immediately grabbed the dynamic switching update. I never noticed the battery indicator doing strange things, probably because I didn't have time to "break it in" before that update.

* It downloaded EVERY app that my last phone had on it, straight from Google with no issues there.

* I have the Taiwan phone+station+dock+extra battery/charger+station case. Again, the eBay seller "FunnyBom" is probably the best and most cost-effective route to go for anyone that lives somewhere where they can't walk into a store and get one of these.

* I'm using a prepaid AT&T GOphone SIM right now-- but I wish I had gotten T-mobile. I forgot half of AT&T's network is at 850mhz so there's artificial dead zones as the phone tries to switch to that band sometimes--which it can't. Those of you in the US--Get T-mobile!! Everything is at 1900MHZ there. (I'll know next time...) It's OK. I go back to Japan in August, and I'll be back on 2100 HSPA+ 42 full speeds. Can't wait! (and battery life should improve tremendously since it won't be hunting for service)

* All apps except Gmail and a few games can dynamic switch... Will I lose anything using the native email app? It's really not as annoying as I thought it'd be actually...

* Since the 4.0.4 update, I'm getting a bit better battery life (only had it for 2 days before the upgrade though.) Is there a changelog?

* Targus sells a really nice netbook bag to put this all that is really nice; Google Targus TSM 148-50. I got it for $30 USD, and it's the only thing I've found that wasn't designed strictly for iPad users that can carry Padfone, Padstation, Station Dock, and the stylus. I can replace my backpack now when commuting in Tokyo with something much smaller and lighter.

* [suggestion] Google should make a pentaband version of the Padfone as a Nexus device :thumbup::D:thumbup:

* Does anyone else forget you can still touch the screen when in Padstation Dock mode?
[Android General] Someone09:
So, after I sold my TF101 2 weeks ago I now also sold my HTC One S which means I am now a one-device-only person. Except for my desktop PC that is of course. ;)

Funny thing is, for the past 5 months or something I got used to check 2 or 3 subforums on XDA. And now I only have to check this thread.

Feels weird. :p
[Android General] ahkai98:
until now still dont have a custom firmware for asus padfone...
[Android General] scottmog:
A while back when i used my tf101 in class i used to pull the laptop closer to me and use a two hand touch with the screen. People would give me strange looks at first.
[Android General] SparkyRih:
When I got my tf101, I was so used to it already that I wanted to use touch on my laptops screen to scroll in lists XD

But people are always surprised when they see me touch the screen when it is in netbook mode, they always ask me, or I hear them talk about it from a distance, and than I show them that I can take the "screen off" XD it never gets boring, never... But now it's even more funny, first I take the screen off, and than I take the phone out XD

But I think that y'all know what I'm talking about :P
[Android General] smelian:
padfone have led light for notification ?

i think it dont have

but what the red light on this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N327rLqhprA
[Android General] SparkyRih:
The dock has a power led, as well as the station...

Can we use the station led for notifications with some kind of app? That would be very nice, to see if you have a notification when it's closed...
[Android General] smelian:
check the video there is red light on the phone
[Android General] RaithK:
That is the proximity sensor. By the way, mine is always on, I don't think it it was so before the OTA. Can you check on yours? It's on even when the screen is off în lock mode
[Android General] xmacex:
Hi all. I posted this as it's own thread ("How generic are the Asus Padfone's connectors?") but then reckoned that since we don't have a proper subforum for the Padfone, everyone is just using this single thread for everything related to the Padfone. So i'm reposting here too:

Sveiki everyone

Since the Asus Padfone's doesn't have it's own subforum i'll just post here in the generic section. Anyways, the Asus Padfone is a truly interesting concept and really seems like a quality product too. And I'm optimistic about Asus' update policy too, though one should always remain sceptical. I am considering getting the Asus Padfone as my first serious Android device (I've toyed with NITdroid and Android x86 on my EeePC 901).

The Padfone connects to the Pad station via USB and HDMI connectors. I would like to ask if anybody knows or could empirically tests how generic these interfaces are both on the phone and the tablet. F.ex. could I connect generic USB devices (keyboard, USB sticks etc) directly to the phone's USB port, could I connect a screen/monitor to the phone's HDMI output, could I connect the station to an HDMI output of a computer and use it as an external little screen, or could I connect the station to a computer via USB and it's touchscreen would work as an input device etc.

I don' know what's the method in Android to try these sorts of things (in generic GNU/Linux land we have lsusb), but if somebody could concretely tests these things and post them online I would really appreciate it and that would absolutely nail my decision about getting the device.

Also if somebody can explain the relationship of Mobile Hi-definition Link (MHL) in the Asus Padfone -product, that would be very nice. As far as I understand MHL can transport the video and audio too via the USB interface, so I do not know what the HDMI is really used for between the Padfone and it's Station.

Cheers!
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Connecting devices directly to the phone (USB-OTG) seems to be a problem according to this: http://www.padfoneclub.com/pl/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?283

But if you use the Station Dock (which has 2× full sized USB 2.0) you can connect mouses, keyboards, hard disks, flash drives, game controllers you name it...

Connect the phone to a TV using HDMI is possible, but you have to modify the cover of the plug a little bit (you have to cut off about 2mm to allow the plug to slide in more deeply due to the design of the Padfone)...

MHL, why would you want to use that on a device which has HDMI in the first place... and as far as I know the Padfone doesn't support it (my SGS2 did have it, and had a special cable for it)...

In my experience, pretty much everything is possible (using the tablet as a secondary display, can be done over for example wifi)... the Google Play has a lot of apps, it can do pretty much anything you want...
[Android General] phoxy84:
4.0.4 changelog: (don't know if already posted)

Improved Items:

1. System upgrade to Android 4.0.4

2. Elevate system stability and optimize the operating performance

3. Optimize Dynamic Display Switch (DDS) performance

4. Optimize power consumption

5. Optimize Camera performance and quality

6. Message / Email edit function improvement

- Group Edit

- Email update frequency, “peak time” and “Off peak time” setting feature added.

7. Optimize Input method

8. SD card support to 64GB

9. Super Note function added

- Reset the password

- Hand Writing Recognition Speed

10. Device tracking and data protection support.

- Register and Setting of Device Tracker (http://devicetracker.asus.com/select_lang.action)
[Android General] Someone09:
Thanks for posting.

Is that the final/complete changelog?

That´s for the Phone itself, right?

*Going to amazon to look for a fast 64GD SD card I don´t even need* lol
[Android General] phoxy84:
I guess, but now it looks like it is offline :confused:

Edit: changelog is back (http://www.asus.com/Mobile/PadFone/#download)

Edit 2: I also downloaded the zip file in case they remove it again. If anyone wants it, let me know..
[Android General] ric242:
why no WWfirmeware update?
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Urgh. Because it's not an OTA, OTA Rootkeeper doesn't work. So not rooted any more :/

EDIT: Could I manually insert SU into the update and run it again? Does it just go in /system ?

EDIT EDIT: No, because then it fails verification. *sigh*
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
You've got further than I have. I try to apply update from external storage and get 'E:failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid argument)... :mad:

EDIT: can you not get the magic number like you did last time?
[Android General] phoxy84:
Perhaps you have to place the update in the 'internal SD' card and not on the micro SD card you can insert. I noticed that the padfone uses a kind of internal SD card as /SDcard and the one you can insert seperate as ./removable
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
I put it on the MicroSD and the phone immediately went "Hey, you've got an update!"
[Android General] 3mL:
Are you guys on WWE updating to CHT 4.0.4 too?
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
The update was on the internal sdcard but the sdcard wouldn't mount, not to external MicroSD. I copied it to the external MicroSD and got no update message... :(
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
Aha, has now I unzipped it :p Now I don't know whether I want to run it if it'll kill my root... :what:
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Ah, forgot it was a zip inside a zip. Sorry!

I think I've bricked my padfone (hopefully a soft-brick!), as I tried to downgrade to the older CHT firmware and install it over the top of the non-rootable one.

Fail. :(

I'm downloading the WWE firmware from earlier in the thread. Is there a root for that?

Also, does anyone have a link to an older CHT one (preferably the original), just in case.

Time for a series of frustrating Factory Resets, I fear. :/
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
Bugger... :(
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Actually, that was much easier than I thought. This is why I gorram love Android.

Just a hard reset and it gave me the older firmware that I'd installed. So that's now rooted. I'll wait for the OTA and not uninstall system apps this time.
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
Let us know if it works.
[Android General] starrwulfe:
Ok... now I know what I'm getting today!
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Does anyone have the OTA saved? I can host it on a shared Dropbox folder if you're worried about bandwidth...

Back on the padfone. The ASUS keyboard is atrocious in portrait mode. Waiting for the OTA before inhaling Swipe again, but at this rate, I may have to merit sober Rotherham late...

Edit: ... the f*ck?

OK, getting Swype, this is ludicrous.

Right, Swype installed. Still breaks when switching to phone mode. All I need now is the OTA, I think...

Of course, the factory reset wipes the internal storage too, which is somewhat annoying. I'll have to start keeping the music on the SD card at this rate...
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
Go to Settings -> About PadFone -> System Firmware Update and do a manual check...

I keep all music and videos on the MicroSD by habit.
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Tried that. Many times ;)

"There is currently no update available for your device"

Lies!
[Android General] phoxy84:
Sorry, only have the downloaded zip file in my dropbox, the one from the Asus Website.
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
There has to be an OTA check mark some place that can be reset. I tried previously to clear the Asus update data but it wasn't that.
[Android General] lord_neno:
New release date in Spain : 31 July (source: http://www.pccomponentes.com/asus_padfone_smartphone_16gb__tablet.html ) Unfortunately they often lack credibility :eek:
[Android General] lord_neno:
xDDD, Be carefull, asus iberica has said this morning that in late July will be available at all asus dealers. ( jos jos jos, con la credibilidad que tienen xD)

PS: Write in your list: 1 padfone for lord_neno, later I tell you the address :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Android General] ando roido:
Make new threads for shopping, keyboards, updates, rooting and etc!

We do not have to keep all this in one thread.
[Android General] phoxy84:
Try wiping data/cache for AsusFirmwareUpdate and DMClient, worked for me after it got stuck.
[Android General] SparkyRih:
Yeah that's why some of us created a separate forum together, since there is still no subforum...
[Android General] dimitriossara:
I have problem with skype.It refused to work with 4.03 and 4.04 version.

Anyone else have this problem or only i have it?

It refused to work generally...with the phone and with the station too.

Any help?
[Android General] ric242:
how do you do that?
[Android General] Peter_Nik:
Skype does not work very stable on my Padfone, I re-installed it at least 5 times during the last month while I use the device.

The main problems are with BT pen and connection to the server, IMHO.

---------- Post added at 08:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:47 AM ----------

I believe you may go to Settings->Apps->All->Asus Firmware update and DMclient and remove the data.
[Android General] dimitriossara:
The same and here...skype doesn't log in and refused to work with bluetooth
[Android General] Peter_Nik:
Well, I would say that it works and connects... but not every time :)
[Android General] HelsinkiSisu:
I tried this last night but it didn't reinstate the system apps I uninstalled. It also still won't find the OTA. Clearing the caches/data in the suggested apps made no difference. There has to be some sort something somewhere.
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
I think the system apps were replaced when I installed the latest version of the firmware. I only broke it when I installed the older one over the top of that, but a factory reset fixed it.

Still no OTA though :(

New plan: If I could extract the recovery image off the phone, I could upload it to the clockworkmod website and get it to build me a CWM for Padfone. Then I could insert SU into the full firmware update, disable signature checking and install it via CWM.

Now to find out how to get the recovery.img off the phone...
[Android General] TNTPOP:
Just a quick and silly question : how to load music on to PadFone using Ubuntu ?

All answers that do not involve Windows or OSX are welcome :D
[Android General] Peter_Nik:
Well, the dummiest :), but straight forward method is to upload it to microSD card with card reader - I hope your PC with Ubuntu supports it :)?

You may move it to the internal flash storage with Android file manager later, if You want.
[Android General] pivotomicsek:
Hi!

My padfone is on its way, it'll arrive in a day or two.

What does '#cat /proc/mtd' says?

If something similar:

#cat /proc/mtd

dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00040000 00020000 "misc"

mtd1: 00500000 00020000 "recovery"

mtd2: 00280000 00020000 "boot"

mtd3: 04380000 00020000 "system"

mtd4: 04380000 00020000 "cache"

mtd5: 04ac0000 00020000 "userdata

then CWM can be easily ported, according to this guide:

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html

Edit:

I forgot that before everything, we need a bootloader unlock tool from Asus..

Tom
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
There is no /proc/mtd

"No such file or directory"

I've had a quick look, but there are loads of folders and I don't know if you can search for .img files... :/
[Android General] Peter_Nik:
Why don't you connect the Padfone to PC and search for *.img with Explorer?
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Because Explorer only mounts the /sdcard and /removable/MicroSD partitions, and the files I want are system files.

Unless anyone knows how to mount /system, /proc etc with Explorer?
[Android General] pivotomicsek:
use adb shell.. you can pull the root fs or anything with that.

you won't find *.img, you need to create one with dump_image or dd from boot, recovery, ... partitions
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
I can't see a partition called recovery...

Doing an ls on the root gives me the following:

Removable, acct, cache, charger, config, d, data, default.prop, dev, etc, firmware, init, init.asus.rc, init.asus.usb.rc, init.goldfish.rc, init.qcom.rc, inti.qcom.sh, init.qcom.usb.sh, init.rc, init.target.rc, mnt, persist, proc, res, root, sbin, sdcard, sys, system, tombstones, ueventd.goldfish.rc, ueventd.rc and vendor

I've never tried this before, so I don't really know what I'm looking for. Doing it the other way, fastbooting a .img file, I can do. But making one... ?
[Android General] pivotomicsek:
ls gives you the directory-s and mount points on /, not the partitions.

try: cat /proc/partitions

I have never done that before either, but there are a lot of threads and guides. We can find out, which is the recovery and the boot partitions. But again, we need to unlock the bootloader first..
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Cool. Always Learning!

Still can't see anything recovery-based, but maybe this'll help:

shell@android:/ # cat /proc/partitions

cat /proc/partitions

major minor #blocks name

179 0 30384128 mmcblk0

179 1 102400 mmcblk0p1

179 2 1500 mmcblk0p2

179 3 1500 mmcblk0p3

179 4 2048 mmcblk0p4

179 5 5120 mmcblk0p5

179 6 18487 mmcblk0p6

179 7 10240 mmcblk0p7

179 8 500 mmcblk0p8

179 9 10 mmcblk0p9

179 10 3072 mmcblk0p10

179 11 3072 mmcblk0p11

179 12 1024 mmcblk0p12

179 13 1024 mmcblk0p13

179 14 8192 mmcblk0p14

179 15 10240 mmcblk0p15

179 16 262144 mmcblk0p16

179 17 1024 mmcblk0p17

179 18 289282 mmcblk0p18

179 19 3072 mmcblk0p19

179 20 8 mmcblk0p20

179 21 1048576 mmcblk0p21

179 22 2097152 mmcblk0p22

179 23 26514407 mmcblk0p23

179 64 2048 mmcblk0boot1

179 32 2048 mmcblk0boot0

179 96 15645696 mmcblk1

179 97 15641600 mmcblk1p1

shell@android:/ # mount

mount

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0

none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0

tmpfs /Removable tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 /system ext4 ro,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 /persist ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /data/asusdata ext4 ro,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 /data/gmxt ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 /tombstones ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /firmware vfat ro,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=lower,errors=remount-ro 0 0

/dev/fuse /mnt/sdcard fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:97 /Removable/MicroSD vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

Good point. For the first time, I miss the simplicity of the Nexus devices.
[Android General] pivotomicsek:
more info could be under:

ls -l /dev/block/platform/???/by-name/ (???: in /dev/block/platform/ there is one or more directories, I don't know how they called in the padfone's case)

listing this directory can give us some clue..
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Quality!

shell@android:/ # ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 asusdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 asuskey -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 fsg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 gmxt -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 misc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 modem -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 pad -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 sbl1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 sbl2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 sbl3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 ssd -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 tombstones -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-02-01 12:17 userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p23

So, if recovery is /dev/block/mmcblk0p15... what does that mean? If I adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p15/, it says that it doesn't exist. If I try it without the last slash, it says it's not a file or directory.
[Android General] pivotomicsek:
in shell:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/boot.img - it creates a byte-to-byte copy from the partition into the boot.img file.

and from here, we can use http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html ( theoretically ), keeping in mind that recovery.fstab & BoardConfig.mk should be tweaked properly.
[Android General] oroo708:
hey guys, how about we make another different thread just for development and hacking??

and make this thread clean for general and q&a?? ppl might getting mixed up and confused here..how's that??
[Android General] phoxy84:
Try wiping data/cache on google service framework. That is my last suggestion :)
[Android General] pivotomicsek:
I agree. But we need a whole subforum for the padfone. Creating just a another thread, i'm afraid would ended up in that a moderator come and close it and send us back to this thread..
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Awesome!

I also did shell@android:/ # dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/sdcard/recovery.img

They both ended up the exact same size, which seems slightly suspicious...

I think the guide you linked to assumes that I have far more knowledge of Linux in general and Android in particular than I actually do. I like the look of the http://builder.clockworkmod.com/ site, but that also starts talking about recovery.fstab and it gets vastly complicated.

I've stuck it into that builder and got http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/2351/, but I have no idea whether or not that's done anything. I think it's failed, but I don't really know why.
[Android General] oroo708:
we never really know if we never try it..

wish I could help with CWM, but my old pc just can't handle ubuntu anymore,very slow!

NWY hope this would be a successful progress. and Asus would do something bout locked bootloader..:fingers-crossed:
[Android General] Wooe:
It probably wasn't really in doubt, but ASUS sweden has confirmed/claimed on their facebook page that the Padfone will be getting Jelly Bean.
[Android General] ric242:
QUESTION: is there someone that have 4.04 with the WW-firmeware?
[Android General] Mr.Clark:
Alas, still no. :(

Yay!

(soon, I hope... as an OTA! :p)
[Android General] Kermode:
So nobody else uses Google Googles? :crying:
[Android General] oroo708:
used it, work fine in some and some are not, pictures do taken and saved in gallery but not work in goggle..

NWY did anyone knew our camera app can take a snapshot/picture while video recording??just noticed it now when comparing asus camera and stock ics camera..