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[Acer Iconia Tab A100] RangerJay:
When I was shopping for a Nook Tab or Kindle Fire, the A100 was available for the Black Friday special. So it was a no-brainer getting the cheapest tab that included GPS, Bluetooth, microSD slot, hard buttons for volume and screen rotate, HDMI and Honeycomb. (Plus Android 4.0 expected within a month.)

Plenty of Walmarts have it in stock at $259, although I expect it to be under $200 when CES is over in two weeks and new models are announced.

Compared to anything in the price range, I'm still thrilled with the A100. If I'm spending $500, I'll get an iPad and take advantage of having more support with apps and accessories than anything else. (I love the way Apple still updates software on my nearly ten-year-old iBook.) But for a bargain tablet you can easily fit in a slightly oversize pocket, the A100 remains the winner. If you want more, you will have to pay more.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] notsointeresting:
He's right on the money. For this price you can't really find better
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Tikerz:
Why don't you just add a 32GB microSD card?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] aznmode:
My 32gb is almost full lol. Currently using GL to SD for my game data. I bought 8 gameloft games since theyre only 99 cents. So I'm running out of room. Internal I only have 2gb left. So an additional internal would be great.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] crossix:
dropbox + google music helps too. an extra 10gb isn't going to give you much more room, plus by the time you format it, in reality your only getting around an extra 8gb.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] aznmode:
I thought if we have 5gb left on our 8gb Acer that 3gb is used by system. So a 16gb Acer should give me total of 13 unused ?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] crossix:
it's not a full 8gb when they partition and format the drive. Its more like 7.4gb and then they take about 2gb of it for /system /data and other various mount points. leaving us with a measily 5.4gb.

Sure, you'll get a 16gb device, when they format internal storage that'll leave you with roughly 14.5gb, at least 2gb of that will be taken up by the system leaving you with 12.5gb (depending on if they decide to add a recovery partition and any additinal software).

An example of this is the atrix, its a 16gb device, yet you only get 10gb of storage space. The rest is takin up by system files. So at most you'll only get 7gb more space than what you currently have, is it worth buying a new device for just that?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Chopstix9:
So I am planning on to try the Bugless Beast on the wife's Moto Droid. The phone is rooted and holding root. I flash CWM via rom manager and it boots into CWM. HOWEVER !! If I re-boot the phone and then power it down and go back into recovery, it is back to stock recovery and not CWM.

How to permanently install CWM as doing it via rom manager seems to be a temporary flash? Odd ...

I'd hate to get half way through a rom flash and have it puke and be stuck with stock recovery !! Is there a link to a zip file copy of CWM I can flash onto the phone?

What am I missing here?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] jaymode:
See this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20733928&postcount=11
[Atrix 4G General] Alaq:
Hey guys,

I made a boot animation out of xploited's logo. But when it boots the image is kinda shifted to the right in some kind of diagonal repeat. Can you guys help? I will release it when I get permission from xploited.

Here's the boot animation: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1419549

You can try it for your selves and see, please help though!

The inside of my bootanimation.zip:

The inside of my desc.txt reads:

I'd appreciate any help, thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] Alaq:
Anyone? Help? Please?
[Atrix 4G General] Alaq:
Released the animation, but it still has problems, please help!
[Atrix 4G General] marko!:
Those pngs are inside the part0 folder right?
[Atrix 4G General] Alaq:
Yea they are...
[Atrix 4G General] Wohee:
Here I tried redoing it. Give me a thanks if it works and edit your other thread to this file.
[Atrix 4G General] Alaq:
Nope it still shows it slanted... Idk what's going on... Thanks for trying though...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dereking:
Guys i pre-ordered a TFPrime from amazon UK and will be getting it shortly (12-Jan). However after watching a few reviews, etc, I noticed the Wifi / GPS seems really buggy which could be a deal breaker for me. Can anyone share their experiences? Any workaround?

Wifi Issues: youtube.com/watch?v=nzCZc3pjtrA

GPS Issues: youtube.com/watch?v=YeiOh09v54I
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RussianMenace:
Really?

You can't spit in any direction on this forum without hitting a thread that talks about these issues...why do you need yet another thread? A solution to these, if they are deal breakers for you, is to not buy the Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dereking:
Yep i guess your post signature leaves it clear... "Asus Transformer Prime (Waiting on a replacement) "
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
Wifi seems to be fine GPS is wacky but will get fixed
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jzen:
Yes wifi and gps have issues. Be careful about saying anything bad about the Prime in these forums.

A lot of town criers...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HuskerWebhead:
The WiFi is working fine, at least with mine anyways. GPS is still broken, but I have faith in ASUS that they'll come up with a fix.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] don_cheadle:
You guys are killing me with this. I was hell bent on purchasing a Prime & Keyboard as soon as stock arrived. I checked all the reviews. I knew about it's pros & it's cons. I was sold. It was just a fluke that I wound up searching about the Prime's GPS accuracy and all of the BS ASUS has been covering up surfaced.

I'm not going to drop nearly $700 on a fancy toy if:

1. WiFi sucks. Especially on a portable device. That simply makes no sense.

2. GPS doesn't work. --I go to UC, so this bad boy needs to be LoJacked. I've seen too many laptops & tablets "walk off and disappear" during lecture.

3. Paying $700 for anything that doesn't have all of it's features intact is a non-starter.

ASUS makes great video cards & motherboards. But they need to get their sh*t together on this device if they plan to stay in tablet game.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] alex7619:
Not gonna lie. I got my prime last week thru BB pre order and my GPS and wifi are working great! Not sure why other people $are having issues with this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] strikethreeout:
Early models did have hardware issues. (especially with wifi)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1394611

This is one reason why you don't want to rush to get one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jzen:
A lot of people will state that their wifi and gps is working just fine, but they dont really know any better...

Wifi works but its got a very slow upload and download speed. They may be thinking GPS works but not realize they are using wifi location.

But yes on every unit regardless of what others may say. Wifi does not work as good as it should and GPS doesn't work at all.

And if it is any indication...

TF101 shipped with screen bleed & loose casing defects, to this very day Asus has not bothered to fix the issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
This is with bad Internet aka not what I normally use. Through a few walls about 30 from the really crappy router at my mom's house.

View attachment 835023

I would say my wifi is fine. GPS is useless though. Don't say people don't know what they are talking about when you don't know them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] don_cheadle:
With so many people reporting problems with GPS and WiFi strength it's become almost a complete certainty that these devices are suffering from some sort of severe design flaw.

I wasn't on the design team for this device, so take anything I say with a grain of salt, but I am quite savvy as an engineer so I'll drop my 2 cents on this issue.

From my standpoint it's appears to be DEFINITELY the aluminum chassis. Aluminum is quite good at reflecting/bouncing RF signals at a focal point (receiver). When crafted correctly, aluminum is great at bouncing rf signals. When used incorrectly, aluminum is great at dispersing and blocking rf signals.

However, as frequency increases, so does penetration. This is most likely why people have been able to notice relatively normal WiFi strengths. Even at wireless-g speeds they're operating at as low as 2.4GHz and up to 5GHz. However CIV GPS operate at around 1.1GHz. In this case, the aluminum shell has turned the GPS unit's "moderate voice" into a "whimper" when it attempts to lock & fix on satellites. -- Think tin foil hats, but for your GPS & WiFi

I also believe ASUS outfitted the Prime with 2 WiFi antennas whereas I believe the GPS only has a single antenna. I won't speak for ASUS's design decisions, but I wouldn't doubt they opted for 2 antennas to deal with the interference from the aluminum casing. However, that's simply my speculation. Why they botched this tablet so badly just to conform to a silly aesthetic design boggles my mind. As Spock would say, "their decisions were highly illogical."

They'd be wise to rethink that choice.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Magnesus:
I'm right now wondering if WiFi on my TF101 is OK, because it doesn't get a lock i a room adjacent to the one with the router while laptop in the same place has 3 to 4 bars! So if people say their WiFi and GPS are fine take it with a grain of sand. It's not easy to check them properly in a short time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flight777:
An aluminium shell like on the Transformer can only distort the signals a bit but not completely block it (like many are experiencing with GPS). That is probably because of a manufacturing defect and not because of the aluminium shell.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mrljt:
WiFi on this device is fine. I get over 11 mbps speeds on a 15 mbps cable connection.

GPS also locks within a reasonable amount of time when view of sky is unobstructed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] don_cheadle:
Actually aluminum can do quite a bit to obstruct an RF signal. Depending on thickness, resistance can be quite high. While I somewhat agree it shouldn't be able to block a strong signal, the major function of GPS is to "listen", not to "talk." What I'm trying to say, is it is not producing strong signals, it's trying to receive them, and it's ability to listen is only as good as the ability of such signals to penetrate whatever is obstructing them. In this case, it's Aluminum.. which has quite a high resistance to RF.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Col.Kernel:
YOUR GPS also locks....

If you look at the poll in the GPS Problems thread you'll see that it's about 80 working GPSs to 50 non-working.

Just because yours locks, don't assume everyone else's does. Especially when there is a large amount of evidence to the contrary.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] don_cheadle:
Got those numbers switched. It's around 50 working, and 80 not.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>However, as frequency increases, so does penetration

Higher frequency = shorter wavelength = less penetration. 5GHz wifi has shorter range than 2.4GHz wifi because it can't penetrate as well. Public hot spots only use 2.4GHz. More articulate explanations here. That wifi in the Prime is more functional than GPS is probably because wifi signals have more energy than the weak GPS signal.

I do agree that the Al shell is the main culprit, probably exacerbated by mediocre antenna design. I generally see better wireless performance from phone vendors (Moto, Samsung, HTC) than non-phone vendors (Acer, Asus).

>I'm right now wondering if WiFi on my TF101 is OK

Wifi on most mobiles will be less than that on laptops, because their antenna is usually much smaller and lacks diversity. Size isn't the only determinant in antenna gain, but it's a big determinant. Here are the GPS and wifi antennae on the OG Transformer.

Here is one (of many possible) design for laptop dual diversity antenna
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] don_cheadle:
You're right. I got the 2 switched. I distinctly remember writing that on the top of my cheat sheet in Phys. I'm sorry it's 2 am, and I can't brain.

Anyway, as for the signal strength, that's what I was saying earlier. I assume when you take into account considerable distances, even though routers are usually only pumping out around 250ma per antenna, they probably still yield much better signal strength than GPS satellites after the signal has reached the ground.

However aside from ASUS simply not attaching an antenna to GPS mod, it really can only be the aluminum shell creating such resistance. And the fact it seems to affect WiFi as well, although to a lesser degree, means it's most likely not a symptom faulty workmanship on part of the internals.

But as mentioned in other threads, it would be nice if someone tore the aluminum backing off of their brand new Prime to see if it's the real culprit.:D
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Alright, I've posted this otherwhere on this forum, but now that I've finished it in a manner that's significantly safer to use, I want to make it into it's own thread so that it is easier for people to find it and for SEO reasons.

This method will allow you to play games like GTA 3, Shadowgun, et certa on your tablet with the controller. This works by default on some tablets, but for the two I've tested (Xoom and Eee Pad Transformer) it has issues. Specifically, the right analog stick doesn't work and you are stuck turning left (SEO: running in circles, triggers don't work, can't aim). This method requires a rooted tablet. Rooting most tablets is simple and safe, I strongly suggest doing it, it offers enormous benefits.

You need to open Terminal Emulator (download one from market if you don't have it). Then enter the following commands. Hit enter after every line and ensure that it completes with no errors.

su

cd /system/usr/keylayout/

mount -o remount,rw /system

cp Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl Vendor_2378_Product_100a.kl

exit

exit

Reboot your tablet, and the OnLive controller should now work be fully compatible with any game that uses an Xbox 360 controller! If the file "Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl" isn't on your tablet, let me know and I will upload it for you.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] topxshelfxtre:
If you could post up the Vendor_045 that would be awesome it says no such directory found. Thanks!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
Thanks for the info Gary, going to try it out.

Off topic, Gary from dashhacks?

I was an admin over there for a few years, up until greg sold the site to Caputo Media.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
https://gist.github.com/a7a52e892d5d8519b10c

Click "raw" and save the file. Transfer it over to the device and copy it to the directory (/system/usr/keylayout/). This version includes a few patches of mine to allow the media keys on the controller to work (the play, next, and previous buttons are mapped to whatever app wants to use them, allows for you to control music with them, etc).

What tablet do you have? I'm kinda shocked any tablet is missing the file

Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl, as it is necessary for the xbox 360 controller to function properly! You are the second person today to tell me that it doesn't exist for them.

The one and only :). You weren't around before I left, were you? I only remember one other admin besides Greg. Sad to hear he sold the site! Can't exactly blame him, the PSP scene was basically dead and none of the other sites (360, ps3, etc) really peaked anywhere near what psp-hacks did.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
I joined the site in Jan 06. If i remember Alias420 and Xy were admins at the time.

I don't blame him for selling the site, but the new owners drove a lot of members away.

They simply dropped the ban hammer on anyone who voiced their opinions about the changes they were making in the forums.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] i9apps:
Does it fix the GTA3 bug with the Xbox 360 controller? (running in circles)

Because its didn't work for me , is there another way to do it?

maybe to edit the file with root explorer?

Thank you
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Post the logcat of when you connect the controller to your tablet. It should be easy to fix you just need to find the vendor and product ids to make the right keylayout file.

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] musada:
whenever i type in "cd/system/usr/keylayout" it says not found

but when go through root explorer i see the folder....what do i need to do
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
:sigh: there is a space between cd and the rest of the command. It's "cd /system/usr/keylayout" not "cd/system/usr/keylayout".

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] musada:
Oh....my bad..thanx

It didnt work for me :(. Still walks in circles after i press the left trigger. and the right analog stick only goes up and down

I'm trying to use a wired xbox 360 controller. That shouldnt matter right
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Yes, it does matter, it matters a ton. You need to figure out the vendor and product ID's of the wireless dongle. Run logcat (either in a terminal as root, or download aLogcat from the market) immediately after plugging the dongle into your tablet. Copy and paste the results to pastebin.com then post the link here and I'll tell you how to fix it. It should be dead simple, all you have to do is rename one file based on the info you give me.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] musada:
oh, ok, but im trying to use a wired xbox 360 controller, but here is the link, hope i did this right

http://pastebin.com/QRzt6T0X
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Ah my bad I read wireless. You did the logcat perfectly but I'm afraid the info isn't in there (could have sworn it was). You still need to do it 'cause your controller isn't an official MS one (right?), it's a cheap generic one so the product/vendor IDs are different. Plug the controller in, open up a terminal, and type "dmesg" without the quotes then hit enter. You want to look for a line that looks like one of these:

[ 1425.766990] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=3803

[ 1426.077965] usb 1-1.1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=685e

These are the vendor and product IDs of the device and are the codes you need to use to get your controller working. The codes are different for every type of device, so you need to check yours yourself, then apply them to the command.

Let's say for example your controller is the first one, vendor id 0424, product id 3803. you'd want to do:

cp Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl Vendor_0424_Product_3803.kl

for the second, you'd want to do

cp Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl Vendor_04e8_Product_685e.kl

dmesg should only output one recent item containing the product and vendor IDs (mine contains two because I plugged in my phone, which presents two devices to the TF, my phone internal memory and the SD card), so just edit the command to match those IDs and it should work. Make sense?

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] musada:
yes. it akes perfect sense, unfortunately non of the lines start with those digits, they all start with 6XXXXX. Does a wireless ps3 controller have the same issues?
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
The digits at the start of the line do not matter... Those are just time (in seconds) since the tablet was turned on. What's important is the rest of the line...

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
Awesome work, Gary.

Games work perfect.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] musada:
thanx a lot man, it works perfectly now...how'd you learn this anyways
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Good to hear it work for you. How are you liking the controller? I still long for a better dpad.

No problem. I figured it out by reading the logcat after connecting my controller and seeing it was being applied the "generic" layout instead of 360. Entered the directory, figured out the file layout and fixed it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
Love the controller.

My only gripe is that the d-pad is a bit stiff, and i prefer a full cross or a disc pad over separate buttons.

Makes it difficult to play SF IV.

I see a member over @onlivefans did a decent mod of the controller.

http://onlivefans.com/showthread.php?7352-I-Redesigned-The-OnLive-Controller

The d-pad cutout is a bit rough. He should have used a fine tooth hole saw instead of a dremel or sanded it down a bit.

Looks like those sharp edges will shred your thumb.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Yup, diagonals are almost impossible with the current dpad. Really disappointed with that. At least they fixed the battery falling out, lol.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
Damn, this sucks. Just installed ICS, can't get controller to pair.

Back to Honeycomb.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Someone said you had to delete the old one before trying to pair it again. At least for mice, but wouldn't be shocked if it was the same for the controller.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
I did a full wipe, clean install, ICS stock/rooted.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514658

My bluetooth mouse paired with no problems, it just won't pair the controller.

I've read on OLF users are having issues getting the controller to pair on ICS.

Edit: Finally got it to pair. Going to check it now to see how it works with Onlive.

Edit 2: Don't know what that was about, but working fine now.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
Good to hear you got it pairing, I'll probably have to try it tonight. Do you actively post on OLF? Don't think I've seen you before. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Rob S.:
I ended up going back to Revolver 3.11.

No problems with the controller, just wasn't happy with ICS.

Had a few random reboots, and a strange graphic anomaly that appears in the upper left corner of the screen every so often.

I'm going to wait for gnufabio's Revolver 4 build.

I only have a handful of posts on OLF. I joined the forum last month.

I participated in a contest and won a full playpass :)

http://onlivefans.com/showthread.ph...laypass!!-NSFW&p=180004&viewfull=1#post180004

http://onlivefans.com/showthread.ph...laypass!!-NSFW&p=182551&viewfull=1#post182551
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] sparks.calvin:
So I have a MadCatz 360 controller and thanks to this and another thread it seems to be working correctly.

My initial problem is that after the update to ICS it would not even recognize the controller when plugged in and only the light on the controller would flash.

I then found this -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1516408&highlight=ics+360

After installing the modules the controller seemed to work fine in my emulators

However once I tried ShadowGun I was spinning left etc.... like other people have mentioned.

I then followed the instructions in this thread to correct those issues.

I am now back to 100% on my controller

Thanks a bunch I am a much less frustrated person now
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
I am glad it helped you :). It seems absolutely ridiculous that Asus wouldn't ship the xpad module with ICS... the USB ports on the TF dock are a pretty damn big selling point of the device, imo.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] feyerbrand:
Anyone Test this method on the Viewsonic G Tab?
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Gary13579:
It should work as long as it's Honeycomb or ICS.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] paow:
Got my controller working, however the deadzone of the right analog stick is too small, sometimes it gets "stuck" in one direction, is there any way to fix that?