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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
The TF700 announcement made up my mind

Once Asus started pushing the new model, the message came to me loud and clear. :mad:

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] LondonGentleman:
Well, I didn't cancel a pre-order but mine was RMA'd for replacement. I switched that to a refund...not too sure if I'm going to bother with ASUS or just wait to see what else is available.

I talked with an agent so I haven't got an email confirmation yet but I'll post when I do.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
Here's an announcement for a tab with 1.7 ghz Tegra 3, DDR3 memory and SRS sound.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/lenovo-lepad-k2010-ideatab-k2-hands-on/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
I would be very angry if the TF700T was priced closer to TF201. Now that would really make me send it back with a nasty letter to Asus. But the fact that it's $100 more for both 32 and 64GB, that tells me Asus didn't just "jump ship". The learned from their stupid mistakes, made a new one and are selling it right alongside with the current one. That means the best bang for your buck tablet is still a Transformer Prime that's only $600 with a 64GB storage.

What bothers me though is the fact that Asus could barely meet demands with this whole pre-order fiasco and has the ****ing balls to go ahead and actually spent time (time that should have been focused on getting me my goddamned Prime) to come out with another product to sell. That tells me either they have A.D.D. or they have A.D.D. and all they want is money. How can they leave the people who pre-ordered left hanging to dry? That, to me, is a piece of **** company.

At this point though I have no choice but to stick to my Prime (TF201) pre-order because my Xoom has been hijacked by my 2-year old and I need a tablet badly --meaning waiting isn't an option and buying another Tegra 2 would be going backwards at this point. FML.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
I deal mostly with media and games, the office work belongs to Windows. The TF700 is ideal for streaming hd video specially now that I've upgraded to 6 mbps on my dsl to watch the Netflix hd movies. The new res standards are out and I will let the dust settle before deciding.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
As the trend indicates, one thing is for sure, Asus moves faster than other tablet manufacturers.

The new TF700T feels like a "filler". By Q4 and the 2012 holidays, they will have the true 3rd gen Transformer. So whoever pays the extra $100 for the TF700T model, might be in for some serious buyer's remorse. Think about it.

TF1 -> TF2 -> TF2.5 -> (only a few months from the summer) and you've got TF3. Like I said in another thread. The TF700T are for those who badly need the GPS. The higher resolution at a premium of $100 more is baloney. As for the 2MP front-facing camera? That's a gimmick. From 1.3MP to 2MP means nothing. Take it from a photographer and someone who has an 8MP webcam that's supposedly "HD" and "1080p". Skyping still looks crappy.

I'm not knocking on the TF700T, but if you guys want to drop the TF201 for it, think about it really hard. Like I said before, the best bang for your buck is still the TF201. Line up all the Android tablets and you will see all the specs are similar except for the fact that for the same price in a Galaxy Tab 10.1 or a Xoom/Xoom 2, you can have an Asus with double the storage. That to me is very important as I sync my DSLR wirelessly to my tablet to show clients my shots in real time... and RAW files eat storage space like no one's business.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
I understand that Asus is pushing products out the order ahead of the others but in their haste the product design and performance turned out faulty. I'm looking forward to the 700 simply because it appears the problem is fixed and the specs are better although I'd like to see a faster clock to handle the higher res.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sokonomi:
I just got shafted, Mediamarkt said no returns on licensed products, whatever the phuck that means. :mad:

So I guess the dead GPS and shoddy Wifi are "on me". :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
Asus issued the warranty so you should contact them next to present your case, good luck! ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
You can rely on devs here to bring that to you in due time, regarding the faster clock speeds. The CPU and GPU will be the same. So it doesn't matter what the clock speeds are set at since you can always change it later on anyway.

I can't blame Asus for designing the aluminum back the way they did. I'm pretty sure their R&D department felt the pressure from higher up to make it so that it pretty much sells as a bundle with the dock. Meaning, they probably said something along the line as "Design the tablet so that people would definitely feel compelled to buy the dock." Hence the designers made it look all aluminum so that when it's shut close with the dock, it looks sexier than a MacBook Air. Remember how Asus was bragging about the swirled brush aluminum design? It was a decision to make a chic looking ultra portable device. I don't think it was in haste, but I do believe the GPS flaw as a result was in hindsight.

As for the TF700T, let's face it. People who will buy that will definitely say "What an ugly netbook this makes!" It looks like two separate devices that clicks into one with the top bit looking really out of place. I have never seen a laptop, in all the years of owning laptops, with a black bar on top like that. That was what Asus wanted to avoid with the TF201 --the matching color, material and texture so that when you buy the dock, you gawk in awe at the handsome "transforming" device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DroidHam:
so whos pissed they cancelled before ICS came out and fixed a majority of the issues?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
Yeah, Asus will and should cover you. No worries. Get their international toll-free number and give them a call.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
Also emphasize the fact that the metal case affects not just gps but wifi and bt as well though not as pronounced is still below par.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
As someone who has had ICS on my Xoom for about a month now, not to mention waking up to CM9 this morning, I am definitely looking forward to the development on the TF201 Prime. I, for one, am contemplating getting back into devving for the Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
Though I like and appreciate the artwork, it is not a prime consideration for me. It can be as rugged and ugly as a military grade laptop as long as the specs are working as advertised. I'm starting to like the 700 because of the new specs that will function without any mods. In that respect, no mod will come up with the 1080p res without slowng it down.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
The WiFi and BT issue is software, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong. The slower WiFi and shoddy BT due to the aluminum backing is a myth started by paranoid early Prime adaptors. Apple has been making aluminum and magnesium unibodies with no WiFi or BT problems. Concrete or whatever your house has are bigger factors. GPS is a different story.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
These wireless devices work on rf with differing frequencies and that affects their ability to pass through or penetrate barries. It could be a combination hw/sw, I'm not exactly sure until they put it on a bench and run a battery of tests. That's what really irritates me about Asus, they've done nothing but cover up the problems.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DroidHam:
my unibody macbook has no trouble with wifi.

People are already reporting better wifi signals with ICS.

Mine comes tomorrow so we'll see
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
did you upgrade to ICS? although my wifi has always been fine, a lot of users who's wireless performance has been questionable reporting that ICS improved/fixed issues. Since we received newer updated drivers and coding for everything.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
Yup. Exactly my point. No doubt plastic would be best even for radio waves, but aluminum to my knowledge, albeit fairly limited compared to others, shouldn't cause any issues. Now if HC to ICS improves WiFi speeds and signal strength, then we can chuck this up to Asus screwing something up in the codes. That's why when devs cook up roms, they tweak here and there to maximize performance. Asus probably tweaked the wrong way and bogged down WiFi.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
that's what I'm saying. ICS brought new drivers n stuff so only feasable everything has been improved. All the version numbers of wireless protocols are different meaning they are new ones. Plus Asus already said they will continue releasing updates to improve/fix any wireless issues "Some" people might be experiencing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Someone Walkin':
Just inform Asus you'll be returning it to them and expect them to give you a refund.

They sold what they KNEW was a broken product, they don't have a leg to stand on.

---------- Post added at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:31 PM ----------

I want PROOF of this statement...

I'm seeing even MORE problems arise because of ICS, not less.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jojo_16:
I wanted to return my prime but I bought this at craigslist the guy paid for it thru credit card is it the end for me?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DroidHam:
People are having some issues flashing it apparently, but the people who are able to get it working are reporting better wifi signal, less lag etc.

I will find out tomorrow. I'm not really concerned with GPS, I bought it yesterday knowing GPS is an issue, i've never used GPS on my galaxy tab as I have a Galaxy Nexus for GPS

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Sell it on ebay
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Danny80y:
Guy's.....come on enough with the threads! This is just stupid! There are NO Tegra 3 tabs with any definitive launch date that rival the prime....soooo unless you want to wait 6months+any delays on future tabs just SHUT UP and be happy you have one..... There won't ever be a "flawless" product....even Apple's iphone4 couldn't make calls.... was everybody pleased with the "bumper" fix....no? waaa waaa waaa this forum is full of a bunch of babies that will more than likely keep their prime even after posting countless threads b*tching about it.....:confused::confused:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mgawelek:
At least they provided a fix :) and free :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DG2605:
Asus now sucks!!!

Was still waiting for the 32GB gray from Amazon.com (order placed on Dec. 19, after been canceled like many on a Nov. 22). I cancelled my pre-order yesterday, and I'm glad I did. I have already did the mistake to buy an Archos A101IT (too early), who is still so slooooooow after having tried everything I could on it, so I don't want to be a beta tester again with this tablet. My wife has a TF101, this is really a good device, for their first tablet Asus did a good job on this one, but on the prime, Wi-Fi, GPS sucks... I have bought so many Asus Motherboards, I was still looking forward to the new model (TF700T) but now, after Asus played me so much, I think the TF101 was the last Asus product we ever bought in the family. :mad:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Guys... GPS on the Prime doesnt suck. Its one of the only non-3g devices that has a GPS module. GPS on smartphones/tablets rely heavily on the 3g capability its calles A(ssisted)-GPS. The Prime doesnt have that! But ASUS was nice enough to give us a gps module anyway, so we can get a position lock for certain apps that take use of it. Its not made for navigation with a car.

My opinion on wifi (my prime hasnt arrived yet): There was a preproduction model that had some problems with wifi. There was a reviewer that received 3 TPs in december (Anandtech i think) and they stated while having issues with the first 2, the last model had similar wifi performance to any other device.

But the rumor stuck. Prime has bad wifi, now it gets treated like a fact... And having a few other here users reporting the same problems that may have been caused by a bad router or something doesnt help either...

I've seen that kind of situation many times. Everyone told me it has the worst battery life ever. That was true for the first month the device was out. Then the updates came, Gingerbread came and the battery drain went away. Today with custom roms (one year after purchase) i can use it for 2 days with wifi/3g and over 5h of screen on time. While some of my friends with the iphone4 (which has the best battery life ever) have problems getting through a day.

I dont trust any rumors other than those i spread myself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Someone Walkin':
So wait... you don't even have it yet but post to say that the problems don't exist.. and that Asus were 'nice enough' to give us a GPS unit that doesn't work.

Your post is a joke.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
I didn't say problems dont exist. I said everyone who thought gps on a non-3g device works like a charm should read some wikipedia about gps on such devices.

On wifi, i simply have seen more people having 0 issues than people saying they have. And a whole lot of people who cancel their preorder because of some rumors.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Someone Walkin':
Ahhhhh.. so you're saying that it's the buyer's OWN fault for accepting that Asus knows what goes into their own product and should have second guessed Asus by making sure they are lying?

Yeah.. as said your post is a joke.

How about you don't say anything at all about the problems people ARE having unless you KNOW FOR A FACT they are wrong instead of baselessly trying to cast aspersions on their experience?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Chill out man :) I believe you that there are people having issues. I also see many reports of people not having those issues. That happens always when new devices get released. Even with apple products and they're known to "always just work".

In the end i think it would have been better if they didnt put a gps module into the prime. Like apple does with their wifi only ipads. Obviously there are people that rather have nothing than something that doesnt work all the time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seigex:
I'm a little confused at this statement, GPS has nothing to do with "3G devices" except for the ability to 1) download ephemeris data from the internet, and 2) use cell towers to assist in location (hence assisted GPS/aGPS) based on a previously known lat/long for that cell tower and triangulation amongst towers

99.999% of all GPS Devices are "non-3G GPS devices" and my TF101 works great with GPS, as does my Garmin glass-mount GPS, etc... the reason people don't have issues with "WIFI enabled" GPS is because it's not WIFI-enabled GPS, it's "WIFI-assisted location services" .. this uses mac addresses/WIFI ESSIDs from hot spots that are linked to GPS locations based on when the last time a Google car drove by that hot spot and retrieved that mac address and has nothing whatsoever to do with GPS except that Google's database has a lat/long attached to it

FTR, even after downloading ephemeris data from the internet, I still am able to see 0 satellites, I did for a 1 minute period get a low signal on a single satellite directly above my head, but wasn't strong enough to achieve a fix on the signal, and definitely not the required 3 satellites for 2D or 4 satellites for 3D signal.

So this isn't rumor, but is a very real problem, especially for someone like me who camps/hikes and planned on relying on gps signal with an offline topo map solution like GAIA, or using GPS when flying to assist with VFR navigation.. only to be told after the fact that GPS is no longer a "feature" since this isn't a "professional GPS device"

EDIT: just adding that most phones originally included AGPS because GPS chips at the time were too expensive, and original AGPS chips only used cell tower locations and triangulation, until integrated GPS chips because cheap and they kept AGPS on after realizing you can obtain a faster fix on satellite locations using ephem data if you know where you location was, this kept your phone from using up massive power trying to calculate the location based on telemetry data coming down from the satellite.. so no GPS devices don't "rely heavily" on AGPS, except for 1) obtaining a fast fix and 2) allowing for signal in places where your 3G device doesn't have a clear view fo the sky, inside buildings, canyons, and downtown areas with a lot of high-rise buildings

</rant>
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob80:
Hello everyone,

I have a major problem here and am very concerned that my phone my be bricked!!!

The problem:

I rooted my Nexus S and installed Miui onto it, used it for a while and have decided that I would like to revert the phone back to stock. Especially seeing the new Android version which has been released.

I read many articles online regarding reverting back to stock and followed the instructions which I have added to the bottom of this post.

Everything went to plan and the phone rebooted, then loaded the stock rom. However, only one of the four buttons work (illuminate) on the handset and the touchscreen does not work properly. (typing on the screen is offset by about 4mm down from where I touch) Appears the rom may be incorrect. Added to this, when the phone goes into standby, it will not turn back on.

I am now stuck with a phone with no recovery mod like clockwork and run into errors when I attempt to put another rom onto it.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can restore this back to it's original state?

Instructions which I followed:

useful if sending in for warranty repair

I have a copy of the Nandroid backup of the stock Nexus S Rom, this includes OTA update GRH78. This is 100% stock.

At this point, I’m going to assume you have ether Clockwork recovery or other custom recovery installed.

● Download nandroid file from here – Stock-GRH78-Nandroid.zip

● Extract the .zip file on your computer

● Move the folder “2010-12-22.21.06.07″ to the clockworkmod/backup/ directory of your phones internal storage.

● Note: if you have never used nandroid you won’t have the directory “clockworkmod/backup” on your phones internal storage, so just copy the clockworkmod from the zip to the phone’s root.

● Enter “bootloader” mode by pressing volume up and power button at same time, then go down to “recovery” by using the volume up/volume down keys to scroll up or down, then press the power button to launch it, and this will launch the recovery manager

● Once you’re in clockworkmod recovery, select “backup and restore”

● Then click “restore”

● Now you should be able to choose and select “2010-12-22.21.06.07″

● Clockwork will now restore this nandroid backup

● Shutdown phone.

Note: This version of android build “GRH78″ will give you stock recovery manager everytime you reboot the phone. So after doing this, after you reboot you will no longer have clockwork mod.

Now to remove the padlock you see when turning your phone on.

● Plug your phone into your computer using the phone cable.

● Enter bootloader again.

● Once the Nexus S is in bootloader open a CMD.

● Type in the following command:

>fastboot devices

The output should look something like this: 3933E575BC1400EC fastboot

If the output does not look like this, then your phone isn’t being detected. Check connection to your computer.

● In the CMD type in the following command:

>fastboot oem lock

● Now reboot the phone, note the padlock has gone!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braneless:
I would re-unlock the bootloader and flash a rooted stock rom. Sounds like an incompatible rom was flashed to your phone.

Snt frm my Nxs S 4G sng xd prm
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob80:
I have tried to do this using adb oem unlock and it just states that it is waiting for devices. However, adb devices shows the phones serial. I have also installed all drivers, sdk and the PDA driver.

Any ideas?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suksit:
The command is fastboot oem unlock, but if you can still boot into recovery it's not really necessary to unlock the bootloader.

If you can boot into recovery then download the full OTA package

for your phone model

from the link in my signature and flash it.

PS. Restoring other people's nandroid backup onto your phone is a no-no.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob80:
Apologies for the type fastboot oem unlock was what I was typing. I am not working on the phone at the moment and was relying on a bad memory! :P

I cannot access clockwork recovery, I can access the bootloader and select recovery however I receive the image of the robot and exclamation mark. I then press power and volume up to access the standard recovery.

If the above recovery is what you are referring to, then I will attempt this with one of the roms you have listed.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob80:
suksit:

You are an absolute legend and everyone on earth should bow to thee!!! That worked and now I have 4.0 running.

Thanks heaps and all the best for 2012.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suksit:
You're welcome. And also thanks to @oldblue910 for creating that full OTA thread. I referred to it so many times that I have to put it in my sig :D
[Samsung Mesmerize] madtowner11:
I have a 2.2.1 (rooted) Mesmerize and I can't get it to recognize anything plugged into the Samsung Micro USB to USB Adapter I just bought.

The phone is set to "Mass Storage" for USB and I've tried both USB Debugging on and off.

I can't get it to recognize any of 5 thumb drives that I've tried connecting to it. So either it's a bad cable, or something else in the phone is preventing the connection. Help, please!

EDIT: I'm possibly naive in assuming that this (reading a USB thumb drive from the phone) will work at all, but since they (Samsung) sell the cable and tout it as being capable of it, I must just be missing something such as a setting or the necessary version of Android or a wonderful hack from this group.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gunner86:
My girlfriend just got a bell gs2 and she was having really poor battery life so i looked at it tonight and it seems that facebook won't stop using the cpu and will go from 3-10% cpu usage all the time. Is anybody else having this problem? Is there any solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Unfortunately facebook for android sucks, try setting it to check for updates less often, and sign out of chat if not using it.