yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
- after factory reset

I reinstalled

Angry bird

Angry bird season

Angry bird rio

Fruit Ninja THD

Alchemy

PicSay Pro

Facebook for android

FlashPlayer 10.3

Gemini App Manager

Google Maps

Google Sky Map

GunBros

File Manager HD

TSwipe-Pro keyboard (needed as I need a thai keyboard, even if xt9 have thai)

Translate

Dungeon Defender

GuerrillaBob (not installed first time)

BangBang Racing (not installed first time)

before factory reset

I had more than this on the tablet because in thailand when you buy they push install a tons of application... legit or not (not my call)

Android Version : 3.0.1

Kernel version : 2.6.36.3

Build number : Acer_A500_1.139.04_COM_GEN1

I do think that is one of the "weird" bug of honeycomb pre-3.1

by the way

the status indicator are frozen but not the bar, I can touch it and popup it. but nothing will be updated, battery level is not updated, wifi status is not updated.

@Glebaka : nope the widget do not use another time zone since I have 2 tablet and 2 phone from acer using this same clock and all the four have the same time.

by the way the bug just appear on the second tablet but this one is not reset factory at all....

I wait the update 3.1 and will see if that fix the problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] samecin:
Same Problem

Hi

I have same problem on my both device

HTC One X+ and Nexus 7...

both running JB 4.1.2

Also I change different ROM problem don't go away....???

It could be some app

I am working on it to find out which app doing it....but no luck until now...?
[General Questions and Answers] Evostance:
Is there anyway for me to do this?

For instance, I could record a video on my Desire HD and then I could go onto my Transformee to find the video already there so I could edit it in the video editor?
[General Questions and Answers] maestrochiller:
Can anyone please help me? I got myself a beautiful galaxy s2, about 2 weeks ago, but yesterday, i dropped it and know it has scratches.. it has some minor scratches to the screen, but that isn't my main problem. It has some bigger scratches and dents on the black and chrome colored plastic. can anyone please help me get those away?
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
sure, send it to a repair shop, they'll do it ;)

either that or go on ebay, look for a body etc and try it yourself - AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Cheers.
[General Questions and Answers] maestrochiller:
I will try the repair shop, but what shop do you mean? the one where i bought my phone, or a samsung shop?
[General Questions and Answers] jessehclark:
he means like a general cell phone repair shop. your carrier's store isnt going to fix it and i dont think samsung offers those kinds of services. just google cell phone repair, they are independent shops.

basically you cant REMOVE scratches and repaint the phone. there is no solution like "wipe it with alcohol and they go away."

my advice

1) if you just got it, and you got it through your carrier, add insurance to your account, pay the deductible, and get a knew phone.

2) take the last poster's advice and buy a new body on ebay, but installing those without damage is hard.

3) do what you should have done from day 1 and put that sucker in a good case with a screen protector. most cases will hide most scratches. as for the screen, you're probably going to have to live with it. they're just minor.

=\ i know it sucks man but it happens to everyone. thats why i didnt let my inspire leave the house until it had a case.
[Defy Themes and Apps] hmdknight:
I have the french froyo 2.2, deblure, deodexed and launcher pro. the launcher pro calendar widget on the desktop does not get updated @ past 24:00. any special services or apps that probably have been deleted or ...??
[Defy Themes and Apps] de_angellis:
Did you set up your Google account?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pawfyd:
What's the production date of your Xperia arc, guys? Let's see who's got the earliest device. :P

Mine is 11W11.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizmo.lu:
14W11

edit: 11W11 :D

Sent from my LT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IntMD:
11w11 too... Got mine on release day in UK, so there cant be that many older I wouldnt have thought
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pngface:
How do you check?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pawfyd:
It's written under battery.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizmo.lu:
ooops :D

okay, mine is 11W11 too :>
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pngface:
mine's 11w18

I just got it 2 days ago lol
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pawfyd:
I got mine 2 days ago as well and it's 11W11. xD

Noone wanted to buy it for quite some time it seems.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
11w07... oh yeah..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mineralvann:
bought 7 weeks ago

11w11
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaLt-:
Mine is 11w12

how do you explain it?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mobage:
Mistake, never mind, sorry.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mesho Arc:
mine is 11w11
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commodoor:
11w10 here :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartbla:
11W11

(start-up is much faster now, even after removing the battery)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l3mm:
Mine is

11W18

Had it about 3 weeks now from O2 UK
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarlowXim:
11w06 this was from an the xperia canadian launch though should be one of the earliest.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuu.f:
First 2 numbers is the year. 2011.

W = week

Last 2 numbers is the week number.

So roughly it was made around last week of march 2011.

Hope this helps.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaLt-:
Oh, thanks! :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmk152:
Same here,

11W11
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandiman:
11W19

Bought mine yesterday.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superutp:
11W14...bought a month back from o2
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vu2ikl:
bought today

LT15i midnight black: 11w21
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uiqjirka:
LT15i,buyed 3 weeks ago, 11W19
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wicksta1:
EDIT: Oops, maybe not.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinx13:
Day after release with o2

11W15
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiennghiep:
11w11

First shipment in Vietnam
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vu2ikl:
Mine is the latest till now in this thread i guess :)

*happy*
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakkar_614:
mine is 11W11

first shipment in Saudi Arabia, it hit the Sony World store in jubail on its first day and i was the second customer to buy this superb phone. I bought it last April 4, 2011.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AthenaLod:
Hey guys,

all of a sudden yesterday, my phone started sounding some sounds randomly. the lock/unlock sounds also changed to the phone call ringtone, very annoying. whatever i select in the list of notification sounds or the ringtones, all i hear is the current ringtone!

reboots didn't help :(

thanks all
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AthenaLod:
well, i ended up with a hard reset
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hybridau:
Well today I thought I'd see what could be done about a light bleed spot that was annoying me. There are a couple of light bleed spots (seems pratically evident to some degree on all IPS screen devices). Anyway I did a minor disassemble as a result.

Result: Impossible to get rid of completely, its just an unfortunate trade off. I did manage to make it less intense and under normal light conditions and 60% brightness you can not really notice it now. p.s. there is nothing to "losen" the screen. It is not screwed down by the edges.

Anyway since it was apart I took some pics so you can see what is inside the beast :)

WARNING: The bezel is VERY fragile, so be warned. I used a guitar pick to remove it VERY carefully. After the bezel is off its easy sailing to remove the back cover. /warning :D

Enjoy.

LHS Speaker (CRAP!!!)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Thanks for this. I've been umming and ahhing about doing it myself, just to see whats in there. Now I dont have to. :) Added to ultimate thread as well. Nice job.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hybridau:
Your welcome :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Just got a couple questions if I may. In order to lift off the back plastic casing, was it just held down by those 2 torx screws at the bottom by the 40pin connector socket, and did it just lift off easily, or were there clips holding it down? Oh and were there any labels/security stickers that would invalidate a warranty that you saw when it was open please, as I cant see any in the pics?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hybridau:
Hi stuntdouble,

Two torx screws have to come off first, these are part of what holds the bezel down.

After that you need to use a guitar pick from the back to lift the bezel up...best to get all 4 corners up and keep sliding..as soon as it wont slide lift it out and back in again a bit further on... it absolutely destroyed the pick by the way..lots of sharp edges in there.

The bezel will then come off from the front of the tablet. Just be careful and dont force it, Around the 40 pin connector was the biggest pain.

The back cover is held down by 4 screws on the top glass, and umm if I recall about 10 screws behind where the bezel . It basically then falls off once all screws are off with not to much effort.

There are also no security stickers over any of the screws anywhere inside the tablet :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Excellent thx a lot. Will have a fiddle inside mine one of these days then.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mike5065:
What did you do, specifically, to fix bleed? Were some screws too tight, too loose, did you move stuff around...?

Thanks for the pics.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hybridau:
I tried to lift the screen a bit where the bleed was. when i did that it went away a bit. I then cut and jammed small bits of black foam under it. it worked ok enough but not to get rid of it totally.

There are no screws holding it down. well not onthe edges anyway. You would have to dig deeper to find out the direct cause. I did not want to do this as it means components being removed.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RavenMad:
I appear to have a small bit of hair or fibre trapped under the glass - it's visible when the screen is off - do you think doing a tear down like you did would give me access to blow it off or is the screen still secured?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rehash:
Thanks for doing this, gives me an idea of how well its made.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dbiggss:
Thanks for posting this! After breaking it open, any ideas of where the creaking is coming from?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] smartbuddy:
Great work there, thanks for sharing your efforts with all.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
What size torx screw driver does on need? Would loosening the bottom screws help for light bleed ?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] verkion:
Thanks for posting this...I don't suppose you have any more shots of the left/right speakers? Like a closer view/shot of them? There's a lot of people with speaker issues and I'm thinking I should just replace my own/test it somehow.

Thanks!

verkion
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hybridau:
Yes I'd say you could with a can of air, you would not have to remove the screen, however you risk getting more dust under it to be honest. So id say be careful.

is it around the edges you get the creaking?... if so its the bezel as that is clipped on. The back cover is screwed on pretty well.

T5 torx. The screws's inside are phillips 000's.

loosining the T5 torx screws will do absolutley nothing to help bleed as they are no where near the screen. The screen starts and ends where it shows externally. The black boarders are just filled with circuitboards.

Hi Verkion, These are the only two pics I have, , the wiring is SUPER bad on the left hand side speaker (look close at the bottom wiring in white/red. I was scared to sneeze close to in incase it broke!.

The wires are soldered on too.

Right Hand Side Speaker

Left Hand Side Speaker
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Whats this i see....a mini PCI-E pinout :)

Probably for HSPA/HSPA+/LTE/WiMax/ETC/ when they release a model to carriers, but still cool nonetheless
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mike5065:
I think there's a thread in the zoom forum that tried to do something with a similar pinout....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] josephislee:
Hey, any idea about battery capacity? I'm hoping its at least 6000 :S
[Eee Pad Transformer General] digitheatre:
If i'm not mistaken TF has 2x 3300mah battery.

From one of the pics, you can see it is printed 3300mah batt capacity.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] reloadro:
hey thanks a lot for this !

Has anyone spotted the microphone ? I'm looking to change it if possible , depending on what this involves...

Is this it ? h t t p: / / i.imgur.com/K2yPh.jpg

I kinda i doubt it .. why would it need such a large data bus.

It could probably be the one on the left though , under the yellow sticker
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Those things you marked are the back camera and indeed a mounting hole. You need to look on the HDMI socket side of the device as that's where the mic hole is in the case. Unfortunately there isn't a clear picture of that (the correct side of the circuit board anyway).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nook-color:
Is this the likely reason why case squeaks. I've been trying to quantify what folks are meaning when their cases creek - as in is it a structural deficiency. But it sounds like it's more of a minor thing.

I've got 2 Sansa clip + and one of them has a squeaky case when I'm pressing a button - and the other no squeak. I almost never notice th squeaky case - but I know it's out there - and occasionally it does creek.

Is this the type of noise people are referring to with their squeaky ASUS transformers?

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
I dont know about other peoples Transformers but mine sqeuaks when i press the back (usually when i first grasp it to hold on landscape) the back flexes inwards when this happens

When my warranty is up i will probably tear it apart and put some 3M foam where it flexes
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dbiggss:
Nice work! was it hard to tear down? and do you have any pics of just the plastic back piece and the bezel by themselves?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] verkion:
Thanks for posting that...I'm wondering if that's what is causing the "bad left speaker" sound issue. Hrm hrm hrm...looks like a "speaker swap" might be exactly what the doctor ordered! LOL.

Would love to solder on a Mini-PCIE slot and see if anyone could get a 3G card working...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] californiarailroader:
Mine squeaks a TINY bit on the upper right and lower left corners (in landscape, it's the side opposite the volume and power keys side) when pressed upon on the back or bezel, but nothing bad. Other than those VERY MINOR squeaks, mine has no issues, screen is great, sound is great, it's just an amazing little piece of engineering! I wouldn't worry about a squeak or two on the bezel, from his pics and teardown it looks like it's put together perfectly where it counts anyway.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] epicfailguy2:
Hello, my name is epic fail guy, and i am typing ths post in the stok browser of the transformer with insane keyboard lag, I have a gap on the right side of my TF, do you think i is possible for me to remove the bezel (that is outwards bent) and bend it bak inwards so that when I reassemble it there is no more gap between the screen and the bezel ?

Does this dissasembly void the warranty in any way ? Just asking since I am made of fail and do not want a thrd transformer since I am fearing it will have all the issues at the same time !
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Well I was feeling like taking a little look inside tonight, so I opened mine up too. I'm glad I did, as it allowed me to clear the dust particles from behind the back camera plastic cover, and also my screen and bezel now line up properly, unlike before, as one side was slightly recessed and the other side was out slightly. Also after tightening all screws inside, I no longer have any creaking of the plastic back casing. :)

It's actually built a lot better than I was expecting tbh. Took it slow and steady and didn't damage anything afaik. Was surprised by how much dust had accumulated just under the bezel area.

A word of warning for anyone opening up their device. I noticed that certain screws had something blue on the threading. Not sure if this is there for a reason or if it's just some dye from a circuit board, but it was a different colour to anything else inside so it stood out to me. Not all of the screws had this colour, so be sure to replace the correct ones in the right holes when you reinsert them. Don't know if Asus could tell from this if someone had opened their case or not, but to me it's not worth the risk if I ever wanted to return it under warranty.

Just as I'd put the last screw back in I realised the power and volume buttons were at an angle. So had to open it back up again and reseat them. Didn't take long though. I also took a load of pics of the inside, and also read the various part number barcodes. Didn't get any results on google when I looked them up though.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
Has anyone successfully tried this and reduced bleed?

How fragile is this and what tools?

When you refer to bezel do you mean the copper metal piece? is that screwed or glued on or just pressed into place?

Would love a video of the teardown!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nascar Dog:
Please post a link to the pictures.

How do you get the metal bezel off?

Where do you start prying?

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
I'll just add a few pics of things that haven't already been shown very well in photos.

I started by removing the 2 torx screws at the bottom, then started easing a plastic tool I had lying around where I removed those torx screws from and gently prised outwards all the way around two sides of the bezel (the coppery coloured part). Then it basically unclipped and popped off. The rest is obvious, once you get it off you'll see all the screws.

Edit: added pics of the case buttons, back plastic casing, back camera module, internal power and volume buttons and the two speakers.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dbiggss:
Aha!, it makes sense now - the creak is coming from loose screws that are holding the back together. The blue stuff that you mentioned on the threads is just loctite or some other thread sealer to prevent them from coming loose.

Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to producing this information!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
Does this mean we can tighten the screws and fix the creaking? Any fix for the light bleed?

Can one damage the clips easily with the plastic tool?

I thought the creaking came from the plastic not making tight seal with the plastic clips on the device so there was flex

I would love if some daring person could make a video of this disassembly.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
I'm not claiming yours may be fixed by tightening the screws, but it fixed mine. There are enough screws around the edge that may have become loose in yours (or not even done up properly in the factory) so maybe, if you are getting the creak near the edge, it's possible to fix yours too. If it's in the centre by the asus logo I'd say leave it alone, as there's nothing there to tighten up. I suppose you could always glue it, or use some other non conductive substance, but of course that would be a one way ticket.

Mine didn't/doesn't have light bleed, but I would assume you could do something to help that too if you dismantled the whole device, and tightened/loosened the screws holding down the main boards, although if it was me and I had that issue I think I'd just RMA it. Getting to the actual lcd panel looks to be a bit of a nightmare.

I also have the 'still functioning, but left speaker very quiet' issue. I forgot to attempt to jiggle some wires around to check if it was just a loose connection or something fixable while I was poking around inside, as I was being very cautious not to damage anything. I suspect it's a fault with the driver inside it though tbh. It would probably need the battery to be diconnected totally from the unit to repair/change that.

You can damage anything if you're not careful. If you aren't a patient person then I don't recommend trying to open it up, it will take time and perseverence. As was warned by the OP it's easy enough to bend the bezel, but I found that it was required to actually remove it. It seems it's designed that way though, as otherwise they'd never be able to remove it for repairs anyway. It has a fair amount of give in it.

If you don't have plastic tools to use, you will end up scratching something. I used small bits of thick paper as a means to temporarily keep the bezel away from the main unit, while prising around with a special plastic tool like this pic.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
THX FOR THE INXO.

Somewherwe I have same tool I use to replace an ipod battery just don't have the torx screwdriver needed in the right size.

Just so I understand, once the 2 torx screws are undone, then one uses that tool gently between the brown rear plastic and the copper color bezel to unhook the clips around. Then what? the bezel comes off?

Is the back brown plastic attached by screws or is the bezel?

I have light bleed but it is not the worst I have seen. But I wen from basically a creak free tablet to some minor creaks along the top corners and right side over past few days just form regular handling, so if there is a not too difficult fix to tighten things up....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
As noted by somebody else, what you've described is called thread lock. It's applied as a liquid, which then dries and "locks" the screw in place. The color tells you the strength of the thread lock used (and hence how much pressure should be required to remove the screw). The purpose is simply to stop screws loosening up by themselves, resulting in a device that's not tightly held together.

Once you remove the screw, you "break" the thread lock. Ideally, you should clean the screws off and apply thread lock of the same type before putting the screws back in again.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
I used one tool on the gap between the back plastic casing just to start things off, and then one at the front, in between where the gorilla glass meets a black plastic line. It seems to just 'pop' undone as it unclips from the chassis. And then the bezel can be removed on it's own. The back plastic casing is still attached to the rest of the unit at this time. Then there are 4 screws at the sides of the screen (2 either side), and 6 top and bottom (3 at the top, 3 at the bottom) that hold on the plastic back casing.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
My creaks feel like they are coming from the edge of the bezel where it meets the casing but on the plastic back part not the metal part.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stcardinal:
It's amazing when you compare this to the ipad2, which is basically just a chip, a screen and a battery. The TF is a mess of parts.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nascar Dog:
Battery

Does the Transformer have one or two batteries?

In this picture you can see the one batter rated at 7.4V, 3300mAh, 24Wh

That's pretty low mAh

I sure hope there is another battery under that one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nascar Dog:
Looking closer at this picture I can see a seam down the middle of the battery pack

Does that mean there are two batteries in that black package rated at 3300mAh each?