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[Android General] Marlinn:
Meh well I searched a bit for buying the padfone from Taiwan, Ebay is downright a rip off,

http://shopping.pchome.com.tw/AEAACL-A62657666

this Taiwanese website offers the whole deal for 25.000 T$ which is 840$ or €670 or 540 pounds. I believe that is also the price we could expect when it comes to us...

With the slight problem to get it here though..
[Android General] olly230:
25k is without the keyboard.
[Android General] ando roido:
PadFone owners, how do you like the tablet's keyboard?

Does it happen that when typing fiersly the notification bar suddenly rises from lower edge and you click on some options unwillingly?

Also how do you feel about tablet's screen resolution? Font is not as sharp on some webpages (also in this tapattalk) as in iPad2. But I undrrstand that PadFone's tablet resolution is superior to iCant's.

There is so much to share and ask: have you all voted for PadFone's forum already? Do it now!
[Android General] Marlinn:
Explains alot :p still it's alot less then eBay. And 670€ seems a fair price

Where can I vote?
[Android General] ando roido:
For example here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

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[Android General] Steven82:
that website link to taiwan site is for preorders only.

Don't trust.
[Android General] SparkyRih:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Other-Pho...asus+padfone&_catref=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m1538

I don't know if I can trust this one?
[Android General] cty.stuart:
Typing's fine. Resolution is not an issue... 1280x800 is more than sufficient for most ppl nowadays. QHd display on the phone is not tat bad either. Simply bcuz the screen is only 4.3in. Only disappointment is it only comes with super amoled. Not amoled +
[Android General] Marlinn:
You probably can, he has very good ratings. But the price is alot higher then what it'll be when it comes to Europe, and also watch the keyboard because I heard you'll have 1 with chinese symbols on it if you buy it in Taiwan (along side normal letters)
[Android General] jlyne1234:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/E-Bagel-Global/_i.html?_nkw=PADFONE&submit=Search&_sid=287826118

This is the seller I bought mine off. Seems to have put his prices up though.
[Android General] olly230:
One of the reasons I decided to buy from Taiwan is that I can't see the full package going for less than 700 in the uk.

500 is what latest Gen phones cost.

Phone for 350, 150 for station, 150 for keyboard. 50 for stylus.

I'm still feeling lucky (and a bit smug) I had a friend going over there.

The delivery charge and customs tax is the problem.

I think Asus have bit of a problem. The market value of their product is less than they want and the delay in release has compounded the problem.

10days till I get mine.
[Android General] Steven82:
yeah you got lucky man
[Android General] [zozi]:
Any news about WWE JB update? Why Asus are só dificult to do costums rooms and put CWR to work?
[Android General] loonsy:
Can more people here help with adding request for a padfone 2 forum through the link below.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

Hopefully, we will get one. :)
[Android General] hackbob:
As already reported in the thread before, the main problem are not the preferences posted on that thread; if there is no development on devices that are not mainstream, the request is rejected.

I helped with the kernel development of the SGS Advance and I'm still workin on porting CM7 for that phone, and until we had a root method, 2 working kernel, 2 modded roms, and proof that we were making some progress on CM7 Builds, the subforum request was rejected even with a 3 Recognized Contributor out of 7 people involved in the development.

If our dear Asus release the WWE Update, I can join the other devs and try to get some custom rom for us too, and after that we can hope to get a dedicated subforum.
[Android General] hackbob:
WWE JB update done!
[Android General] benthian89:
I don see the WWE JB on Asus website.. the 2 new firmwares are JB updates for the TW and CHT firmware. 10.4.7.10

I guess it is a patch for bug fixes.

One problem i had with 10.4.5.33 is when you connect MHL to tv, videos are flickering, when it was ok on ICS.
[Android General] hackbob:
The OTA update came to my padfone2 this morning.

Unfortunatelly I didn't backup the update package.

Gotta test the MHL this evening (brougth the cable yesterday but the first test with ICS didn't work).
[Android General] pissos13:
Did already some PF2 owner scratched the screen by inserting or removing PF2 into the padstation?
[Android General] hackbob:
I've the fone in the pocket with the keys all day but I've no scratch on it; sliding the phone into the station is much more scratch same.
[Android General] schriss:
Yes. I do have 3 parallel lines on top of the screen, but they are only visible when looking at the screen from a side and the right angle. And they are in the speaker/sensor area so hardly noticable.

I think it happened because of the aluminium piece that at the top of dock, screen might get pressed to that part if you try to remove phone by pressing on top of it.

So now I remove phone by pressing-pulling by middle part of it. I also wipe the aluminium piece right before sliding phone in there.

Noticed that there is plenty of space between the screen and the dock.

Problem is only when pressing on the back of the phone.

Also, since I noticed the 3 lines, I was inspecting screen few times and it didn't get worse.

So only advice would be to not push the very top of the phone when removing.
[Android General] DjBastard:
Hi!!

Just bought this wonder :)

IMM76I.WWE_9.8.8.55 firmware stock-0.

And I've been searching in google, and here on XDA, I found nothing ...

you know if there is some method "simple" to root?

Thanks

salu2
[Android General] schriss:
Yes, here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2030716
[Android General] zechrisd:
When Padfone 1 will get Jelly Bean ?
[Android General] Carter07:
Hi, I'm going to buy a padfone 2. I'm happy for the progress made in this thread thanks! :laugh:

Anyone tried some new heavy 3d games like GTA vice city or modern combat 4?

Do they run perfectly smooth or lag a little bit?
[Android General] [zozi]:
I recived my JB update this morning, e That is a Great gift from Asus ;)

Now i want see costums ROMs in PF2 :)
[Android General] allram:
Spare parts

Hi

Anyone here know where i can get a new speaker module or spare parts for the Padfone 2? managed to get some metal particles into my speaker, which have now blocked some of the movements, so the sound is more or less crappy :P
[Android General] schriss:
My alarm did not kick off when phone was docked. Happened to anyone? JB TW

I think then phone is asleep and alarm goes off, sound is directed to Padstation speaker but padstation is not awake so there is no sound.

Sent from my PadFone 2
[Android General] franky_kedao:
Hi,

I've just recieve my Padfone2 yesterday, but I had the bad luck of recieve a Tablet dock with a problem in the screen (4cm stripe of dead pixels) but I'm gonna change it (I hope, I bought it on Amazon).

But in the smartphone I have a problem, sometimes the wifi is not working fine, and if I try to download an app from the Play Store, it shows a message like: "package file is invalid", but if I try with 3G it works fine...

For the rest of the Padfone2...is incredible!
[Android General] suvat:
I wake up each morning to an alarm with the phone docked, so that definitely isn't normal. However I have found the station a bit buggy and unstable after the JB update. Last night it failed to recharge my phone while docked and plugged in (although it's working now) and while the phone is smooth as when scrolling between homescreens, I find the tablet often stops just before a homescreen is in position and 'snaps' it in place.
[Android General] pangster:
What version of Android are you running? I was running ICS - but upgraded to JB this morning and both my WiFi and mobile data seem generally improved. I'd also make sure that you've got your WiFi settings correct as the Padfone can work on both WiFi bands.. (2.4 GHZ and 5 GHz).
[Android General] schriss:
Maybe it's your router, not the Padfone? Mine never had WiFi reliability problems on ICS or JB in both Phone and Tablet mode. Test the same WiFi network on other devices first.
[Android General] franky_kedao:
I have 4.1.1, I updated it yesterday...How can I change this setting (2.4 GHZ and 5 GHz)??

It's a extrange problem, because I can use the wifi correctly, browser, whatsapp, facebook, etc...I only have problems with Play Store+WIFI...:eek:
[Android General] franky_kedao:
Ok, its a problem with the router of my work place...Before I had a Galaxy S3 and I didn't have any problem, but other compas are having the same problem...
[Android General] romeyjdogg:
Not bad

Cool little device there. I'm sure some people will buy it.
[Android General] schriss:
My pad station is set to intelligent mode and I think it went into battery pack mode automatically, because next day after dock it asked me to disable battery pack mode. Maybe your is not on intelligent mode? Hard to predict what it will do and then there might be no alarm...

Sent from my PadFone 2
[Android General] Eons87:
Hi guys,

so, since the JB update my padfone 2 is going nuts. I have some experience with android and I have developed quite a inner peace when it comes to updates.. so I must say that a non-xda forum member would surely go hulk green after this update.

The update broke wifi and data. Asus Backup + factory reset would have fixed that.. if the factory reset were executed correctly. I had to go in recovery mode and wipe data from there.

Now I experience lag with and without station, sometimes it's a matter of seconds, sometimes we are talking of minutes, sometimes it freezes.

After *several* factory wipes, I've come to the idea that mediamanager is the issue. As soon as I put media in my phone, everything goes slow. By looking at CPU usage, I see mediamanager (and google music, btw) very often at the top of the list.

I'm going to disable it (without root I don't think it's possible, and since I'm a rock throw away from sending this to repair I'm not going to root) or avoid putting music in phone. I'll report what happens in the next days.

Did any of you fellow WWE users have similiar issues? Any solution whatsoever, workarounds, etc.? I know this could be a common issue, but it seems that it's hitting my padfone 2 harder than others'.
[Android General] schriss:
No issues here.

Factory reset only deletes data, doesn't re-flash some previous ROM version.

I usually stay away from backup software because restoring apps with their settings can break things since OS has been updated.

Maybe try download update from Asus website, make sure ZIP is not corrupted (test zip integrity) and then do wipe and manually flash it again?

I'm on TW.
[Android General] mike-o2:
Just got my Padfone 2 and the Jelly Bean update was pushed to my phone shortly after firing it up. Everything went flawlessly.

I also got a Camera update shortly after that.

Does anyone here know if there is an icon replacement (circle and % - like in CM10) for the battery indicator that works on the Padfone 2?
[Android General] Eons87:
I tried that yesterday and something went wrong (i reflashed it from recovery).

I've seen that disabling media manager solves everything, but I cannot take photos and I can't use software that relies on it (asus studio, google play music, etc).

So I wiped, downloaded the firmware from ASUS website and then I tried to reflash it again, w/o recovery - I did *not* wipe the fone yet. All was good (went a few hours without issues) until I plugged the fone in the station. It eventually froze and now it took something like 10 minutes to boot. It's slow and unresponsive, and it has a tendency to freeze to death.

I'm going to wipe it. If issues are still present I'll definitely contact my reseller and ASUS. I actually fear there's an hardware problem somewhere, even if ICS was running smoothly.
[Android General] DjBastard:
Desde que actualice a JB 4.1.1

Yo lo que si noto, en whastapp, tapatalk,etc...es que la tecla de menu de asus que salia abajo, hay veces que sale y otras que no?

Eso tambien os pasa, sabeis si tiene arreglo?

gracias

saludos
[Android General] Eons87:
I've tried to flash the firmware again (third time) from recovery, then I wiped everything. Now it's somehow working.

Well, somehow:

- I use an FTP server to copy data to fone (I hate MTP); when it's performing memory operations it just lags. A lot. We are talking about 30 seconds. FTP transfer also pauses..

- Sometimes it just freezes. I still have to identify the source of the problem. It's not mediamanager anymore (so thanks for the advice, schriss, at least I can take pictures and listen to some music from the fone). It just behaves like a bad scheduling policy would. android.phone crashes, systemui crashes, touchpad won't work but you can clearly see launcher trying to draw a widget (you know, the spinning circle wait icon).

If I add workload to the fone (i.e. me frantically pushing volume buttons and touching screen with rage) it eventually reboots. I still have to get the fone to crash when adb is capturing logs. Usually it needs another reboot (as if the first one was just an hot reboot, even if it takes ages) and then it's fine.. waiting to crash again.

I miss custom ROMs (especially custom kernels). I guess I'm just unlucky - or I'm pretending too much from this fone.
[Android General] hackbob:
The kernel source is available for download, and I'm gonna push the jb source to my github in this holidays.

From the 26 I'm planning to start working on the phone
[Android General] miniterror:
although im still a rookie in android building( just a private rom for hox) i am gonna give it a shot for this device when it finally comes available in holland and i can buy one
[Android General] Eons87:
That's good news. I'll seriously consider rooting this fone (I don't really like voiding warranty w/o being able to revert to a non-unlocked state) unless ASUS fixes all these issues.

BTW now the fone is behaving correctly. Maybe it just needed to settle. I still get 30s freezes when I'm downloading a lot of things at the same time and/or writing to memory.

From logcat I got a bunch of weird entries. A LOT of ANR from mediastorage or asus.studio with high loads (i.e. 10/10/10). Also, some error message from a certain application called kickstarter.

E/kickstart-efsks( 712): File '/dev/efs_bridge' was not found
E/kickstart-efsks( 712): /dev/efs_bridge does not exist.

Do you know if there's a way to run adb via WiFi without rooting? Jelly Bean should provide this option out-of-the-box, but I can't find it on this firmware. Apparently adb won't work with the station.

Also, non-TW users could receive an update in the next days since TW got a small one a few days ago.
[Android General] Zardox:
Hay guys!!

waiting for my padfone 2 2in1.

Been looking for root and any new rom for the padfone. You guys know where to find a root guide and other roms?

Cheerio Zardox :cool:
[Android General] hackbob:
Root how to here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35798577
[Android General] DjBastard:
Hi

At the moment there is no Clockwork Recovery (CMW)?

And certainly, since the upgrade to 4.1.1 JB battery is the drink, and I will put some catch, but as long reaches 2hours 3 min. lit screen ...

Thanks

salu2
[Android General] mike-o2:
Well, mine has quite good battery life. I will test it a couple more days.
[Android General] benthian89:
After the upgrade, let your battery cycle through about 1-2 cycles..

Immediately after the upgrade, the battery drain is crazy cos i think they are calibrating and running many background stuff.

But after 2 cycles, you will notice that the battery life may be the same as ICS or at most 10% lesser
[Android General] Eons87:
Same for me too, battery increased.

For those who are having freezes like mine, be patient and wait it to settle. A lot of apps are running in background (like the non deactivable MyLibrary app). I had 6000+ and a lot of music, so here's way battery sucked. Still, that's no excuse to freeze like that.
[Android General] looknsee:
BLN support will be great ;)

Custom ROM is moving on :fingers-crossed: thumb up :good:

*just wondering why there is no PadFone sub forum? i can see that enough PD2 user here.
[Android General] Eons87:
Frak! I jinxed it. Fone is alive but screen is "unpainted". I can see its backlight, I think apps are getting some kind of input, but screen stays black. adb shell is working. I'll have to reboot but still this make no sense.

Logcat has nothing about it. I left the fone unattended for half an hour and I found it heating up doing nothing in its station. Station's screen would not switch on.

---------- Post added at 09:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 AM ----------

We'll get a subforum when we'll have a community of users AND developers. In the meantime, a few pages back you can find a link to request new subforums; if you haven't posted in such thread, do it. It's definitely not enough, tho.
[Android General] DjBastard:
Battery Drain

Enviado desde mi Asus Padfone 2 usando Tapatalk HD
[Android General] [zozi]:
I notice the batery drain after the update for 4.1.1 in ICS and in normal use i can get 2 days of batery but now i cant get, over one day i finish the day with 30, or 20% of batery!

and i do more then 2 batery cicles... :) i want the costum roms, and the great performance of them!
[Android General] pissos13:
Does someone noticed problem with battery status being stuck?

It seems that battery stays for eg at 81% for a long period and then updates to 78% or so.

Is this bug or PF2 specific problem?

I cant understand if is a real problem or the battery is supose to last so much in a single % state when in usage...
[Android General] tobi1449:
Does anyone know how strict Asus is with the "your warranty is void" when you unlock your bootloader (i.e. do they refuse to repair phones with hardware damages not realted to the unlock)?
[Android General] basketor:
hello

I have a stuck pixel on my padfone 2 tabstation.

I tried various pixel fixer applications, it doesn't solve the issue.

I really like the padfone 2, so I would be ok just getting a replacement for the tabstation under warranty, but since I am not sure they will agree to that for one pixel, I will maybe just send everything back, with the 10 days return policy of the online shop.
[Android General] fakeaccount:
This look cool
[Android General] darkvice01:
Question: may padfone2 version is starhub. If you flash the TW version will you lose padfone station OT update? And if you update the OS will you have to wipe system/data every time you update the OS?
[Android General] Someone09:
I don´t think there´s a general answer to this. It depends on the Asus Support in your country, the respective damage to your phone...hell...even on the day if the Asus guys are moody. ;)

But usually you warranty COULD be voided if you unlock your bootloader and they figure the damage is because of that unlocking or because of something you could only have done because of that unlocking.

But even if they say your warranty is void, they won´t refuse to repair it. But you gotta pay for the repair.

For example, over here it goes like this: You send your device for repair, they figure the damage is because of the unlocking and make a estimate of cost for the repair which alone costs around 100€. Then you can decide if you want it repaired or not.
[Android General] ttschizo:
My padfone 2 station touch screen is weird, when I swipe slowly it can't detect it continuously but sense it as tapping along the route, long press also misbehave like tapping once only. This can be checked by using supernote, by drawing slowly or long press before swipe, dotted line will appear. This is irritating when it keeps on zoom in/out my browser and click the wrong link, this happens on station only, no problem on phone. May I know is this a common case or hardware defect?
[Android General] [zozi]:
Hi, i tested in my padfone station in supernote and i dont report that.... I Can do moods very slowly... Maybe is hardware, try do a full wipe and try again
[Android General] uryshi:
Check with you guys. Do your music sound either louder or softer when it started the next track using Google music player or other player in Padfone2? I'm on tw latest jellybean build and I'm experiencing this. Is it a firmware issue?
[Android General] hackbob:
I think there is some kind of "ears exploding safe"...

I notice it only when I have the earphones are plugged in and the music have some loud spike, after a seconds it "normalize" back to it's original volume.

Never noticed it while playing music without the earphones plugged in.

BTW. Rooted the phone and completed the "disaster recovery" kit.

Created a package with insecure boot.img in it and gonna test it soon so the rooting procedure will not involve adb commands and lessener the mistakes.

After that I'll see if the kernel source it's working
[Android General] basketor:
not that safe

I tried the visual voice mail application of my phone provider (bouygues telecom), and there was a uge larsen on the station

my reflex was to remove the phone from the station
[Android General] [zozi]:
Hackbob, What does your "desaster recovery"? Its a rool back for unloock tool of Asus?
[Android General] hackbob:
Unfortunatelly not that arecovery from a disaster that needs the phone to be rolocked.

I've backed up everything with titanium backup and backed up all the data from the sd; got the update packages (even ics ones just in case) so I can reflash everything back to a working state if i mess up something.

Tried the root update package that i made but it didn't work; got to check recovery logs tomorrow and see if i can fix that
[Android General] feeta:
Does anyone have any idea when the Padfone 1 will get the Jellybean update? :D
[Android General] Someone09:
Q1 2013
[Android General] Zardox:
In a few days il get my padfone 2! =)

Going to root it and make it my new baby.

Tobad there is no roms out :/ Even if asus have leaked the kernels and so on.

Hope they open a sub forum after the new year. Think this phone is a new generation.

:laugh::good:

Happy cheering!
[Android General] feeta:
Thanks very much :)
[Android General] darkvice01:
I've heard other people having problem with Google music... my Rom is Starhub then I flash TW 4.1.1 and I have no problem with it. except the wake that drains the battery but reset factory from recovery fix the issue then I flash the WWE version had no issues with Google music then wake issues again same process reset factory from recovery solved the issues.. I just notice that TW And WWE has a difference in terms of Asus customization.in WWE you cant optimize CPU in its full capacity any more but other than that everything is OK.
[Android General] Cephalus:
Interesting... So you're saying the PF2 will accept either firmware, irrespective of which region version it is?

I've yet to receive my PF2 (blame Christmas for the shipping delays!), so can you tell me what variety of CPU optimisations are available in the TW version which aren't available in the WWE version? And do you think if I get the WWE version I'll be able to flash the TW firmware upgrade?