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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hobjob:
Got both a system update and one for the camera. GPS can pick up 2x the satellites compared to before the update.(Didn't move the tablet before/after the update)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xXxDieselxXx:
I can confirm my GPS and WiFi are working noticeable better than before.

My GPS can now lock on to several satellites indoor where it will not work before. Also I do see full/strong steady reception on the WiFi indicator.

I never had WiFi issues but I did notice unstable signal before the upgrade.

Also just in case: after reboot it took a very long time to come back. I'm talking more than 8 minutes. I was afraid to turn it off or reboot it. I waited and waited until it came back.

I suggest everybody to wait all you can so you don't brick your tab.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I say my GPS is working worse

I have many posts, with screenshots in the other main GPS thread, and now mine is slower to acquire, acquires less, locks into less - both in and outdoors. No joke :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] trublu:
Installed first firmware update. Then installed the camera update. I then started the 2nd firmware update and the TP was stuck for an hour. After restarting only half the screen worked but it wouldn't recognize unlock sequence. I could see that under it the TP was still functioning cos it connected to my wireless network. I then tried the power+vol- to get into recovery but that brought me to a screen with an alert. After that it booted into safe mode but still couldnt use more than half the screen. Now for the past hour it wouldn't even come on.

Anyone have any pointers. I really want to try the recent updates cos other than the gps issue everything else works great for me. I'd rather keep what I have if I can get the gps working.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
same thing happened here. I actually timed the reboot with stopwatch and it took a lil over 7.5 mins. I was thinking like man, I hope this update didn't mess my device yet. haven't really tested the other things mentioned in changelog yet. touchscreen, as it was great before, seems even more responsive now. my camera was already at the latest version since last update. that's how some people still had older versions and were now finally getting their camera version updated also. I think we may get 1 more honeyccomb update at most then Ice Cream Sandwich update. they just pushed this out here to us because of the feedback they've been getting lately.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benlc:
So... Just came home and wanted to update. I bought my TP in USA but now I'm back in France (so network located in France too), and I'm still on .27, no update showing up.

Anyone experiencing the same from outside of the US ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Not yet

No Update yet in Pa...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] King John:
My tablet saw 5 in view in terms of GPS, and they GPS symbol had a steady dot in the center, but none were in use. No idea what this means, but it's the first time it's even seen satellites. It must have been scared. I know I would have been.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
spooky.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
I agree this does not fix the GPS. Cold boot in airplane mode then using GPS test I still find 0 sats. Everything else is still awesome after the update though. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ciddy:
You can do a manual update to 8.8.3.29 after downloading the (US) version here:

http://support.asus.com/download.as...ad Transformer Prime TF201&os=32&hashedid=n/a

(Asus.com Support) The 8.8.3.33 is not to be found there yet.

Also, other countries FW will not work on the device of a certain country (only US FW will work for a US device).

For me, the recommendation to manually re-install 8.8.3.29 (DE) helped GPS function significantly. My lesson thus is to download the update and save a copy unless it can be found on the Asus support site, so I may be able to install it manually again from a "minimum loaded/no running apps" OS. Eagerly awaiting the release of 8.8.3.33 in Germany.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tformed:
Here's a screenshot of my versions.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xXxDieselxXx:
Here I uploaded a quick and dirty video of how quick my GPS is working as well as the Wifi strong signal.

@1:07 you will see I'm indoor and my wireless router is far away on the second floor on opposite corners.

Sorry for the crappy video. I had to use a TF101 :D

[YOUTUBE]vQynusOA4x8[/YOUTUBE]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] norm883:
Updates

Maybe not to panic this is just getting it ready for the ICS transition?

They have roled out quite a few in a short time, not that it didn't need them.

Hopefully it is close.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] keitht:
Good thing the updates are not coming down via GPS! lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slayaman22232:
Is the new firmware rootable?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Doktaphex:
No.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AnyMal:
Your GPS is NOT working, it didn't lock on to any satellites. Also, notice the position accuracy at 300 meters, that's almost 900 feet :eek:, meaning your position was calulated via Wi-Fi.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] JoeyLe:
Yeah well, at least it is now seeing satellites, that is a big improvement already. Under the 300 meters (which is 984 feet, sir) it says "Error", so i think that is wrong.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xXxDieselxXx:
Well at least it sees satellites where before I had to go outside :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
Everything seems snappier to me after the update :

See here-

http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-transformer-prime-getting-speed-boost-latest-update
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ciddy:
It is working as he is indoors and managed to get a fix, however short it may have been. This looks promising for a quick fix outdoors.

On the rooting this little bit of info in the wake of the comments posted on FB by Asus Germany is interesting but disencouraging;

Quote:

"ASUS Deutschland Hallo Zusammen, wie schon beim TF101 wird es auch beim TF201 keinen offenen Bootloader geben. Unsere Update Politik ist bekanntermaßen gut und schnell, eine Modifizierung des Betriebssystem möchten wir nicht ermöglichen."

Translated:

Hello everyone, as with the TF101 there will not be an open bootloader on the TF201. Our update policy is good and fast, a modification of the operating system is not what we want to make possible.

Big mistake that policy.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Well looks like my unit bricked. The first update went fine. Rebooted. Loaded up fine. Google plus crashed so I clear app dataand fix problem. Notice two other updates one for eee pad the other for camera. Press to install eeepad update. Screen became unresponsive . Let it sit for almost an hour. I think It rebooted on its own or from me hitting power button. Came up with android gears screen but with half screen still working. But screen still unresponsive.

Well ending up returning it at fry's. Ill really like the prime but with GPS not working to well.no usb host adapter insight. And now this. I'm just going to wait.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sokonomi:
I have a feeling someone will find a crack in asus' impenetrable fortress at some point anyway,

and that there will be ROM loading whether asus likes it or not. ;)

Be it a leaked key or some random Korean super genius getting in somehow.

Wasn't it pretty much the same with iOS?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AnyMal:
Yeah I did distance conversion backwards :p, but it still does not change the fact that TF does not locks on to satellites. It doesn't matter how many satellites it can see, as long as it can not lock on and maintain lock GPS will remain useless unfortunately.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdp252:
My roommate updated his and it bricked his also. First symptom is the touch-screen became unresponsive. Then the exact same scenario as you describe. He tried wiping by holding down the power+volume down but that didn't help. It now won't even boot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] extdrive:
my only complaint to begin with was touch response. Seemed like it missed some of my touches. I'm happy to report this update has fixed that issue for me :-) Can anyone else confirm?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Well maybe this may help to prevent. After first update. Reboot the tablet wait 10 mins to make sure everything is loaded. Then doing the same with the other updates. The only thing I can do know is help others
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
reading the transformer prime forum. Did Asus remove the third eeepad update. Somebody said they only updated twice?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
my screen is much more responsive too!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] quinnco:
Holy &$@#! I think I am bricked

I was in the process of downloading and installing new OTA update and my prime froze.:eek: I waited for 30 min on the hope that it would fix itself. After 30 min I had to hit the reset button since it was unresponsive. It then booted up through ASUS screen then I get a screen that shows white gears and a big orange caution sign like it can't find an OS. :(

Any help getting back to any known state would be nice. As of right now there is not even recovery boot. (Pwr Vol Down then up) I will include pics of screens to show.

1-Normal Boot

2-Asus screen normal boot

3-OS error screen

4-Recovery boot (power,Vol Down)

5-No Recovery Image error

6-Closeup of Recovery boot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
^

Gray Gears of Death
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Have to send back to Asus. It's bricked. How many updates dis you go thru
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] czm2000:
Nope. This update locks down the bootloader with 128 bit encryption.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sokonomi:
Howmany bricks does that make sofar? Five?

Asus is building themselves a brick wall it seems.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] quinnco:
Off to ASUS I go!

Just the first today. I did the Dec updates when I got it. I knew it was too good to be true. I did not have the issues others were having, no light bleed, good Wifi, GPS locks,... Perfect until the .33 OTA update. Oh hell.:mad: I am going to have to use my GTab until I get this back sometime in the spring. I am too mad to even call Asus yet. I am going to go and get some food and calm down before calling tonight.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
Mine updated without problems, but did take 8 minutes to restart... I do wonder why some have experience bricked updates... could it be instability caused by a certain combination of installed apps? is it important to do a clean reboot first before applying the update? (postpone , then reboot and apply?)

If we could try to identify a cause for the bricks, then perhaps we could at least have a "best practices" before applying any updates.

Just a thought... since this could happen next time to any one of us.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Did anybody install all three successfully. Or did ppl only install 2
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FunkyMcBain:
I got 3 updates, two firmware, one camera, the screen sensitivity is much better, that makes me really happy cause it was missing quite a few presses sometimes especially when it's really cold and dry out, low humidity
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
I feel your pain.

If my Prime comes in perfect tomorrow I will likely skip these automatic updates.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FunkyMcBain:
Uhhh my tablet just rebooted itself
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deadwolfbones:
completed all 3 updates, running just fine.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
I got 3 updates in total- the first one was the main update, after accepting, it rebooted on its own and I got the green robot with gears spinning... this went on for a few minutes-

Then , I got the ASUS logo- it sat on this screen for over 7 minutes.

then it finally reached the login screen.

I logged in, and there was a firmware upgrade available- I accepted, and it downloaded and installed. It popped up saying that update was finished. It did not ask me to reboot. I did not reboot.

Then I received another update notice. (third one) This one was for the camera. I accepted. It downloaded (took a good 2 minutes to download) It installed and popped up saying "update complete"

Thats where I am at. I have let the screen sleep but have not yet done a full shutdown and restart.

Hope this can help others.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
people who got mulitple updates were most likely on older versions than a good number of people. as the different versions that people had were a lil fragmented and some were on older cam and build versions than others. I only received the one system update to put me at .33. as my other component versions are up to date already.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Sorry man. I feel it too. I was all excited about my prime but this happened.

Well im just going to wait till its instock and its easy to find. Or wait to see if Google brings out a nexus line for tablets.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Yeah my first updated fine. But once I hit to upgrade the 2nd eeepad update the screen became unresponsive for about an hour. Didn't show update complete in background.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BiGMERF:
i got the update and have no issues
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xXxDieselxXx:
You brought a very good point.

My update took more than 8 minutes after reboot and everything went fine.

I should add I had the GPS and BT Off. I never have those On when I don't need them.

So wondering if people getting bricked were updating with the GPS On?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rjscott2005:
Ok, did somebody want the file? It's been downloaded to my device. Any suggestions on where to find it?View attachment 839726
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
i had GPS on no brick.

an update couldnt even brick a tablet anyway doesnt make sense
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Lol...it's not like there isn't precedence for updates bricking devices.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rjscott2005:
Are these the files for the firmware update and are they useful to anyone?

View attachment 839758View attachment 839758
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iZan23:
But all of the bricked Primes were rooted? There is a relation between rooting the Prime and the bricks?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jordan.t:
My device is bricked and it wasn't rooted.

So there may be a link but it isn't the only possibility
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ThrasherSC2K2:
Hi,

My TF also "bricked"

Yes it was rooted before applying the update, froze after applied the System Firmware (not camera). Since then the touchscreen and dock Keyboard does not work anymore.

However, I am still able to use the device.

I should say beforehand that I've protected my Root with OTA RootKeeper.

Naturally after the update Root was gone, and also after a reboot of the device I got the Clockworks with the orange Triangle and exclamation mark.

Please note that when the TF Prime is docked, the boot process would hang on the very first boot screen (with the Tegra logo).

From the "Orange Triangle" screen I've connected my tab to PC.

From PC I ran "adb reboot bootloader" multiple times. After some two or three times, the TF would no longer show the "Orange Triangle" screen. (I was not able to reproduce this with any other adb reboot command)

At this point I've connected a USB mouse to the Dock and am now able to "reroot" using OTA rootkeeper again.

I've also managed to apply the Camera Update successfully.

HOWEVER:

This still leaves me with a "semi-bricked" device.

Also I have noticed, that the Battery Percentage shows 0% and the OS tells me to connect the charger (prior to update the TF was 100% charged).

Running logcat from adb shell also shows errors on some battery calls to "/home/android/...".

So I'm no expert, but If I can help fix this problem by providing a semi functional ROOTED (!) TF Prime, just let me know what I should do and I post the information here.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jordan.t:
I plugged my bricked transformer into my laptop and under properties it's telling my that i'm running firmware version 1.0. Would that mean that whatever happened deleted whatever updates happened between 1.0 and the update this morning
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deviouskater:
Mine was not rooted
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BUYMECAR:
yay!

My firmware download is stuck at 99% and has been for over 10 minutes.

Fun times ._.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] afterthought325:
I also have to add mine to the bricked list, it went through the same process as all the others. I don't know what Asus did, but this is unacceptable.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ownzordage:
Be patient. I wish I was. Mine's bricked. I'm waiting (hopefully) for a home-fix from Asus.

By the way, I wasn't rooted. I had tried to root, but it didn't work successfully. I also had GPS and WIFI on. Not sure about bluetooth, I never touched it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] afterthought325:
mine wasn't rooted but its still bricked, also i had GPS and BT off.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] asicman:
Installed all three updates. However, GPS still not working. I can see at most 4 satellites, with zero locks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
did you guys use the device while updating the camera and other one after your reboot? It said don't use your device
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdp252:
I'm happy to report that the latest firmware update has improved, but not completely fixed my issues with GPS signal strength. It's better than it was before (no signal at all) but still not quite good enough to be useful.

I wonder if ASUS can control the amount of voltage sent to these Broadcom GPS chips? Maybe they are squeezing so much battery life out of the TFP because they are starving various "non-essential" components of required voltage levels? Just a thought.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] b0nza1:
Bricked!! really....

Wow.. so u guys are bricked and you didnt even have the device rooted? Guess i am not updating..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Updates what updates

No updates in Pa yet ;(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ciddy:
Ok, just for clarification; Bricking usually means damaging a device beyond recoverability, usually involving root and messing up important system files and bootloader areas.

Obviously those stuck at recovery are still recoverable (if they had a recovery image), but that is where Asus locked bootloader policy is biting users and Asus themselves in the *ss since now the users have to RMA their units and Asus has to use manpower, time, money and gets bad publicity because they cant just send out recovery images and tell users to flash those back.

Since the devices are not usable and need to go back, it's fine to call them bricked even though technically they're not. Right?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
I got a firmware and camera. Clicked on the camera update and it just went away... All I got
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Maybe we can pretend all of our devices are bricked and then they will have to unlock the boot loader so we can flash again lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] conquereddroiduser:
Got the firmware update this morning and have been using it all day. Overall it seems snappier and the touch screen is definitely more responsive. The only issue I've come across, is the kindle app strangely enough. For some odd reason it won't switch back if its loaded in memory, and instead just goes to a black screen until I force stop the app. Very odd
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] foboi1122:
I only got one update, which was the .33 update. Haven't used it enough to notice any difference yet. However, my GPS is still not working per GPS status.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ZebTheCalvinist:
Both the stock browser and Dolphin Tab both seem much smoother and more responsive since the last update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cassato:
Mine bricked too. this is rediculous, i want rooted or anything. i did have an SD card plugged in but it only had stuff like music on it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Are you guys able to do a factory reset with the power and volume key combination?

This wide variation in firmwares is obviously something ASUS did not account for.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
eww this is looking like disaster city. :confused:

and I get my prime tomorrow.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sokonomi:
Might I suggest not touching the updates even with a 30 foot pole, and only update if ICS drops? :rolleyes:

The brick deathtoll is at 7 sofar from what ive counted, things are going FUBAR for asus real fast.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaydilla:
Just performed the updates and didn't touch my device at all during the updates and everything is fine here. Everything turned on as well at the time, WiFi, GPS, etc.

Not sure why other devices are having problems, doesn't really make sense that so many according to the user reports in here have system issues now.

Question for those with issues... Did you perform the updates one after the other WITHOUT using your TP in between updates? Or did you install all updates without using the system in between and at that point had system issues?

I know it should not matter but you never know with new devices, software updates, issues can/may happen but hopefully will be resolved in immediate time.

Peace.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
What were your camera versions before update did it try to update something already updated
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] unknown_owner:
The files are in the /Cache folder and can only be read if you have root.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] newims2000:
my GPS was working reasonably good without wifi on FW .29, after update to FW .33, it no longer work without wifi. WTF Asus???? How the hell can anyone use this GPS to drive from point A to Point B????
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaydilla:
TF201-0x9890 BEFORE update

TF201-0x9891 AFTER update
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] quinnco:
I am back from dinner and calmed down a bit.

My Prime was

not

rooted but did have an SD card in slot with movies and music. Should not have been a factor but who knows. I did have GPS (Mine worked) and Wifi on (worked well) but no BT.

My system is unusable but it still is indicating via chime when I have an e-mail. I also noticed that when you turn it to portrait mode you can see my old wallpaper and unlock symbol. It even has my WIFI SSID showing in the status bar...

It looks like the touch update got hozed some how. The system seems to still be running in the background I just can't get to it.

I have called ASUS and got my RMA. I will miss it.....7 working days will seem like a lifetime.

In the mean time tonight I will be trying to get into it by hooking it to my computer and trying various things. Can't hurt...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ThrasherSC2K2:
Does anyone else with a "bricked" device see a questionmark '?' on the battery status once the device booted?

You have to put the device in portrait mode to partially see behind the "gears" screen.

It seems like because the Tab can't initialize the Battery properly, I can neither completely shut it down, nor turn it on with the dock plugged-in.

I feel if, only we could re-run the firmware update, the problem should be going away.

Does anyone have an idea how me being able to open a root shell via ADB, could help solve the "bricked" situation?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sokonomi:
Your bluetooth radio was actually broken?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] quinnco:
My battery icon is the same way.

If we could just reapply the corrupted update then the touch screen & display would come back.

I know it is still running in the background because I hear the mail chime.