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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] indiscriminant:
6 hours later with a good bit of use and there are no more issues. Not a single instance of banding since the very begining which I think was while I was still getting the set cpu set up.

Anyone with this issue, root your tablet and lock in performance scaling. This thing now flies, works as it should, no more banding or reboots since doing this and the battery life has been fine actually. I was at 95% when I rooted at 1230pm and now at 7pm I am at 81% with wifi etc constantly connected and been browsing a bit on and off with the screen on. My dock is full and hasnt kicked in once yet still sitting at 95% itself.

I think screen brightness is the biggest battery culprit, I also set a profile to lower the clock speed while screen has been off to save a bit there like I do with my phone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaydilla:
Performed root and applied SetCpu performance setting and WA-LA! My screen banding is now much much much worse than prior to rooting and using SetCpu.

Pretty much unusable now, I just see constant banding. Hope they fix this soon, this is all due to ICS, not a single banding issue in HC.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] original G:
That sucks man. Been playing with my prime for hours with no banding. did you disable transition and animation scaling in developer options? maybe that will help as well?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaydilla:
Hmm being an experienced Android root user (mainly phones) I never had to 'wait' for SetCpu setting to 'kick in' could this be the case? What I reported 30min ago of constant banding after root and applying SetCpu I no longer see.

We'll see how it goes, not giving this device back regardless since this is the only issue I have had (none of the other reported ones experienced over here).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kevcarroll2:
I just got my prime today, updated to ICS right away and right away had banding probs.

Found this thread and literally just registered so a total noob (1st post), but I have been working in the hosting/cloud industry and architecting / installing / administering large ERP systems for 10 years so hopefully I dont embarrass myself here.

Anyways, I just rooted it, used SetCPU and set it to Performance and it got worse if anything. Very annoyed right now, my Prime is all but unusable and will be going back to BestBuy soon (well within 14 days anyways) if there isnt a fix soon.

Check out the screenshots, you can even make out the Performance setting in one of them (barely).

Thanks for all the info to get me this far, hopefully we can get through this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] original G:
Give it like 20-30 mins. IT didn't work immediately for me and the poster above you...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darkangeldc5:
setCPU is realtime.

Just root mine and haven't get the issue since setting to performance, with off screen powersave profile.

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I think there is 2 type of banding. Mine usually happen when the CPU scale back, while another happens when the system is loaded.

Sounds like you are the latter case so setting performance will cause permanent issue. Maybe you can try limiting the CPU clock speed to like 800, and see if the banding go away. (Do not set enable on boot) until you get a stable setting, just in case you need to reboot to get back a working system.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] JackG058:
I did have this happen last night, while using the stock music app to play some music. My fix was to attempt app closure, which didn't fix. I then switched to DoubleTwist, screen looked fine. I was then able to use the stock app again, and I haven't seen the issue since. Weird stuff. Otherwise, the ICS update has been sweet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyork2:
Thanks All

Just wanted to say thanks for the helpful posts (screen shots so I know I have the same issue, people posting things to try, people posting results). I'll have to do it over the weekend but I'll definitely give this a shot.

thanks so much,

Craig
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dennisleee85:
Tried everything suggested in this thread. no luck. Called up Asus, been told to bring the pad to the service centre for inspection. It will take 3 - 5 working days. I bought it just yesterday. My friend who bought together with me had no issue with ICS upgrade. Will get back to the shop to try my luck for 1-to-1 exchange. (from singapore.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kashban:
I didn't purchase any Asus product for years after they moved the European support from Germany to the Netherlands. Asus had a prime support while it was in Ratingen near Düsseldorf, after that they fell down to being second last in surveys.

I will not update to ICS until this problem is fixed. It seems to be located in GPU/CPU frequencies/power modes and should be fixed in the kernel or system configuration..

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To me it looks like under ICS the hardware is run at certain frequency/mode settings it is not capable of. SetCPU kicks in instantly but the hardware might need time to calm down and restrain from chaos in it's circuits. Like it's been overheated and has to cool down before it works normal again.

Q/A on ASUS seems to be non existant, otherwhise problems like this would never reach the customer.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kevcarroll2:
Well, I'm afraid that the SetCPU Scaling - Performance setting is not the fix for me. I set it up last night, used it for a while with problems...then got up today and have been using it most of the day without issue, but now its back just as bad as ever and the setting is still in place.

Let me know if you want me to try anything else before I return this thing and go back to reading articles about CES and what I should buy (wait for) instead. Not gonna be ASUS, that's for sure. Please don't say iPad :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Caanon:
Don't know how much I'm able to say. But I've been in contact with an ASUS rep who asked me to beta test an update. I had very very prominent lines going across the screen intermittently; applied the update and haven't seen them since. If the update doesn't cause any other side effects, expect this to be fixed with some kind of software update
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaydilla:
Hope that update fixes things, I still experience the banding after root and SetCpu but not as bad as previously experienced but it is still there.

Sounds like that beta update might be our solution... We'll see.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kur0saki:
hi man

cant you share the update?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dennisleee85:
my screen flickering is getting worst, now those 'strips' are at my home screen permanently. going to their service centre later.. gosh.. so disappointed .
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] XDATFPrime:
Looks like new update does fix this banding issue.

Thanks for your update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kevcarroll2:
Great news, what was the problem/fix?

More importantly, how do we get the update? This thing is driving me crazy!

I'm also curious why its only happening to certain people...should we be concerned about problems with these units?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gsk3rd:
Have you guys tried changing the performance levels. I had a different problem but similar and changing the performance level fixed them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] giji78:
Hi, Can you share the updates with all? thanks in advance.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bobba_fett:
Any chance on sharing this sweet update action??? Thanks!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kl408:
Oh yes, you should be, consider the following: All tablets have the same hardware, therefore all tablets running the same software perform excactly the same way... So, if some of us are having troubles it would seem only logical that the problem already existed in our hardware but it needed the different approach of ICS to bring it out...

We could maybe see a software solution but that would mean that they would have to disable some part of the tablet or alter the way the tablet is supposed to function to "work around" the hardware failure...

I don't think we would have to accept that and it would seem only fair and just that we would receive a new tablet free of this error

Well, that's my 2 cents at least:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] giji78:
not mean to pour cold on you guys. I returned the prime back for several issues:

(1) GPS not a big deal though

(2) flickering screen after updates

(3) the most thing making me uncomfortable is that I used Antutu to do the performance test and it came out weird results sometimes around 5000, some 10000. that makes me think the pad is not stable at all.

too bad,

good luck foa lll
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jedi5diah:
Hi guys I can confirm a temp solution without rooting, the theory is similar.

1. Go to settings

2. Select asus custom settings

3. Set system performance to performance mode

This is not a fix but it greatly reduced the effect to 90% lesser in dark environment. Its not visible when in well lit environment.

Cheers!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] extremepizza:
Did anyone notice if u look in antutu it says the screen resolution is 1200 x 752? Could this be part of the problem? Also, swype complained when i initially installed the 4.0 update about the incorrect resolution being used?

Not sure if it could be attributed to this..but thought id mention it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Thats because of the notification bar.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] extremepizza:
Makes sense, just weird that I didn't keep getting the pop up before ICS.

Doesn't matter as much anymore, just got my keyboard! Thanks for the info tho.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
I agree that is strange, ics must be publishing the resolution a little differently and swype got confused. Glad its working again.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
I just experienced the most persistent case of this i have seen yet, from which i was able to draw a few conclusions.

-My banding problem is more pervasive in Google Currents than any other activity.

-I see banding ONLY in 2D UIs...no banding while gaming or watching movies..

-when banding occurs, my tfp emits a faint but definitive whine from the speaker. This concerns me above all else...i have owned many a display that makes noise (including my brand new 55" panasonic LCD) but never heard it from the prime except in this instance.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Caanon:
Hang in there. I know it's a pain, but there's a software update out there ASUS is testing that fixes that problem. It's in the pipeline.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] paulrod:
Thanks for this tip!!

Had my Prime since 01/13/2012 and had no other problems except bottom half of screen diagonally flickers occasionally since ICS update.

At least we know this to be a firmware issue and not hardware! Hopefully there will be an update to fix it shortly.

Cheers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Geordie1:
Hi noob to here

I got my Prime on the 29th December, absolute dream until the ICS update on the 9th January.

Since then the banding on the screen is making the machine unusable. Have contacted Asus member support and got an e mail back today telling me to factory reset (and upgrade). I'd already factory reset prior to the e mail from Asus and that didn't work so did it again but no improvement.

Done all the stuff you guys suggest but nothing works. Anyway Asus tell me to send my Prime to a service centre where I live in Australia, however I think the response came from maybe a call centre person who don't know what they're talking about and not a techie. So I'm going to hold out and see if there is an OTA fix on the way.

Question: would rooting fix this or do I hang out for an OTA fix?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wijnkuip:
Hi there,

Same issue with banding.

Got my TP201 just two days ago. It automatically upgraded to ICS on first startup and have banding since.

In my opinion things worked well running Honeycomb, and the banding started on upgrading ICS (as from what I've read). Therefor I guess the issue is not a hardware problem, but ICS has to be optimised for TP201.

I decided to hang out for one week waiting for the OTA update.

Earlier posts indicated that rooting does not completely solve the banding...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] paulrod:
Hey guys.

I own the UK Prime with the keyboard dock included.

Have a slight screen problem with my TF201 since the ICS update.

Scenario: Landscape mode. Imagine a diagonal line from top left corner to bottom right corner. The bottom trianglar area of the screen flickers but in my case frequently when in my dock keyboard 2 - 5 times a minute and very rarely in tablet mode if at all.

Anyone else got this scenario??

Cheers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 9Lives CatsEyes:
the only problem i had with flickering after ICS update was in games from the tegra zone, but what solved this issue was going into Dev Options and Enabling "Force GPU rendering"
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Thank you. That is what i'm hearing as well. Let's hope it's sooner rather than later.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] farplaner:
Well, I just found myself having the same diagonal flicker problem. It's now going back to Best Buy, as I ordered one from hhgregg for $399 anyway... It's a shame, everything was working well other than the flicker.

I can reproduce the problem easily just by having 8+ apps in the recent app list from home screen. Factory reset didn't solve the problem either.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jedi5diah:
Another temp solution before OTA fix is to go to ASUS settings and Turn on Super IPS

not more flickering but more batt drain.

Its Stunningly Gorgeous btw...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tlusawa:
Hi,

There is a new firmware Version V9.4.2.7(WW) available at Asus web page for Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 Firmware: V9.4.2.7 Only for WW SKU (Android 4.0.3).

Have anyone of you tried it?

Direct link as follow:

asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download

Best
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Fumbi:
Other then better WiFi connection i don't notice any changes... I still get flickering screen when opening recent apps and still got the massive flickering screen when pausing MX Player for 30 sec (when its going to dim)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kl408:
I just read on ASUS_BENELUX twitter that tomorrow the 9.4.2.11 WW will be made available which SHOULD fix the banding and the textview distortion...

Fingers crossed
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
hopefully there is an accompanying US version...or an OTA...

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tlusawa:
That's great news!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
So the diagonal flickering in the back ground when I open recent apparently from the home screen is still there, but after several hours of use I have yet to see banding. (After the update)

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdb1201:
Asus pushed out 9.4.2.11 to my TF201 last evening. Since my tablet could not preform any worse after installing ICS I did the upgrade. After several hours of use I have no banding issues and WIFI is stable. I have found no new issues. I had almost constant banding prior to the upgrade.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
great, good to hear.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BritSwedeGuy:
I had the diagonal flashing until recently, I put its disappearance down to a change of live wallpaper.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theledman:
i still get the diagonal flickering issue when i hit the recent apps key but only if i'm running more than 5 or so apps in memory. I have 9.4.2.11 update as well
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Geordie1:
Thanks for that. God news just had a firmware update and it all appears fixed!:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tlusawa:
I got my update to 9.4.2.11 today in the morning and I haven't seen any screen issue so far. Keep fingers crossed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] klownkillah:
it's happening to me too

Just got my TF201 yesterday, came with 3.2.1 and I updated to 4.0.3 this morning (no usage in 3.2.1 to compare)...

I started noticing the diaganol flickering when using the recent apps list this afternoon; i narrowed it down to only happening when there is 8 or more recent apps in the list... it does NOT flicker with fewer than 8 apps in the list.

I tried enabling the 'force gpu rendering' in dev tools but it is still happening...

I guess i am just glad to see i am not the only one having the issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] osbrook:
.11 worse than my inital .7

.7 was fine no really issuse and no screen problems. Only the loss of Ad hoc tethering is a return issue.

.11 came yesterday, now I get banding on screen and apps just shut and return to home screen. Still no ad hoc wifi connection.

.11 also makes the touch screen less responsiveand makes the browers harder to use.

No change in WiFi connection to my network and no change to the GPS. So what good was .11?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
appears to have fixed the banding issue many users were experiencing.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jinx405:
Hey all,

I’m on .11 firmware as well, and the screen banding is still apparent on my Prime since ICS. The banding does go away after 10-15mins or so (after flickering here and there), and it’s just 1 thick line across the middle of the screen. It’s doesn’t make the Prime unusable, but it is quite annoying.

This is a software issue, and not hardware, right?

If it’s a hardware issue, I’d go back to the shop and return/exchange it for another Prime. If it’s a software issue... I guess I can wait for an update. I just don’t want to wait till my 30day exchange time limit runs out...

p.s. sometimes the Nvidia startup screen for THD games (in my case Samurai 2 THD) comes out wonky too.. kinda like a badly rendered texture. I'm assuming it's a related issue?

Thanks in advance!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AlexWolf_XDA:
Hi, all!

One more unlucky man here :(

White & black strips appears on the screen after turning it off and then on after a short time. Reboot always fix it but it very annoying method.

The latest firmware .13 doesn't fix it.

I'm in great trouble because don't know is it temporary software bug or a hardware problem.

May be downgrade firmware downto gingerbread? Somewhere i've seen posts that this bug not present on it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Reignzone:
Is the one described, in which the lower, left-hand corner sort of twitches or displays a graphical screen tear? That is usually only caused when you access the "card view" of apps.

Sent from one impressive piece of technology.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] quartercirclebak:
I would really like an answer on this. Messaged Gary but nothing back yet (guy must be swamped though)...I have the same issue, on .13. Problem is more severe when it's plugged into the dock.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AlexWolf_XDA:
Until this case not solved I put my screen in "always on" mode. And keep tablet on the dock all the time when I don't use it.

But when I close "the book" problem comes back again after opening. Once or twice i continue use tablet in spite of the bands and they disappear after a some time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AlexWolf_XDA:
I think we have the answer!

This day I recieved next answer from Asus' support. They say that .13 firmware should fix the problem. And the most probably reason of unsolving - factory reset required AFTER installing that firmware. I did it and.... No problems all rest of the day!!! I still keep my fingers crossed because sometime before there were some periods without a problem. But it really looks like a solution!

I will notify in couple of day how it works. Good luck for all!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AlexWolf_XDA:
All was fine, but the problem came back again... Details will be later.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Old Dummy:
Installed

[ROM][CM7.2-RC0] MiRaGe - KANG build of CyanogenMod

Everything is working great except I seam to have lost B & N install. I had 1.3 up and running then followed guide for installing above. Now B & N is gone ?:confused:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobstro:
What procedure did you use to install? Did you install to internal (eMMC) storage? If so, you over-wrote the B&N 1.3. firmware. If you wanted to preserve it, you should have used an external (uSD) install.

Don't panic. You can get back to B&N firmware if you want, but anything you had on there is lost. Any B&N book purchases should still be available online.
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
Hi,

I am pretty new at this. I have rooted my Fire and installed TWRP. Now I would like to install CM7. I copied the folders 'Update-wipeall' and 'gaps-gb-20110828-signed' to my Kindle as in the video but when I get to 'install' in TWRP I don't seem to be able to select either file. When I touch the folder, it opens displaying the files inside, and nothing is displayed in the selection area like in the video. What am I doing wrong? Everything else including backup seems to work fine so I know it's me at fault.

Any help appreciated.
[Kindle Fire General] twa_priv:
Tap on the zip you want to install and TWRP will display the selected filename in the lower left corner of the screen.
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
I have tried this but it doesn't work for me. Nothing is displayed.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
you copied the extracted folders ?

you have to copy the zip files !
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
I downloaded them on my Mac, maybe it unzips as it does it. Then I have been copying the folder to my windows machine. I will try downloading directly to my XP laptop.

Thanks,

bbc0
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
Ok, I downloaded the file zip file to my windows machine, copied it to my KF and installed CM7 which works very well however, now when I connect the KF to my computer, it does not go into the 'connection mode' but stays in CM7. Have I done something wrong?
[Kindle Fire General] twa_priv:
Same happens to me - CM7 doesn't switch to USB mode automatically (and I haven't found any settings where you can change this behaviour).

You need to expand the status bar, click on the "USB/select to copy files to computer" entry and turn on usb storage.
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
Thanks, I thought it was just me messing up as usual.......
[Kindle Fire General] androidcues:
Dont forget about ADB folks... those three letters can pull and push pretty hefty images to and fro your device.

adb push name_of_rom.zip /sdcard/*
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
What is the benefit of using ADB rather than just moving files around using windows? I know there must be one but I don't know enough about it yet to judge.
[Kindle Fire General] C0deMaver1ck:
I use adb when I don't have time to troubleshoot other things, or as androidcues said, very large images. Also, your problem with the original zips is that you needed to disable "Open Safe Files After Downloading" in Safari
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
good that it's working now !

with adb you can do a lot more as copy to sdcard

you can copy to system, install apps, edit permissons, change bootmode ...

use the search function if you want to know more

please mark the subject of the topic (edit first post) to [Solved]
[Kindle Fire General] bbc0:
Thanks to everyone. I feel like I am beginning to start to understand this stuff........kinda!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mcord11758:
Previously there was issues using Swype in landscape on my flyer. Was able top update to a newer version that works petty well but not perfect. In either case I decided to share. It is a large file, 23mb. Enjoy. Should install normally

https://www.box.net/shared/qkkhaa66jezxoo5y01gv