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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fella1:
I would go the repair route but I'm kind of afraid that I'll then get stuck with it if they can't fix it and I've missed my return window at office depot. The bad thing is that there is no other tablet that I'd be satisfied with now that I've experienced how smoothly the quad core tegra 3 Prime runs. I had a Xoom before the Prime and I gave it to my fiancee after the Prime arrived. I really liked my Xoom too but the Prime is a MUCH BETTER device (when it worked).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 3rdamention:
Haven't heard of this issue yet, that is a new one. If you are in warranty, take it back and get a full refund or a replacement. If not, contact Asus.

However, good luck with contacting Asus and getting a timely response. I am on day 3 of just waiting for a return email. I did it through their own messaging service on their site, not regular email. I would appreciate someone responding to my simple questions, but they must not have the time right now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fella1:
I know that is why I was so shocked when it happened this morning at work. I was hoping that it was just something going on with the wifi connection at my office. I now that there are Primes with bad wifi out there but mine doesn't just have a bad connection now, it can't connect at all. I figured that I had been lucky enough to get one of the good units considering how incredibly well it had worked over the past week. At least I've only had it for seven days so I can still return it to Office Depot. I just hate the thought of being tabletless now. Guess I gave my Xoom to my fiancee a little too fast.:o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fella1:
Well my prime got to the point where it would connect when I was next to the router but would either drop out or lose signal strength when I moved away. I have scheduled for a return to office depot. Yesterday I found another prime in stock at hh gregg so I picked it up. This one once again has excellent wifi service just like my first one did for awhile. I am hoping that this one keeps it. I still can't understand what happened to my first one. The only thing that I had done before the wifi crapped out was install a memory card and I don't see how that could have had anything to do with it. This experience has shown me though that the prime is definitely capable of giving good wifi service and that there is something going on other than the aluminum backplate. Having seen both sides of it I can see why no one would be satisfied with the wifi performance it had when it went bad on my first one. Maybe it is a mechanical issue with the wifi antenna connections coming loose in the system? I don't know how likely that is but it is the only thing I can think of based on my experiences with the issue
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PrimeTimeBro:
It very well could be the antenna wires are coming undone from the Wi-Fi adapter it would allow you to connect right next to a router but not much further away.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] desert_mouse:
Sorry to ask the obvious, but did you power down your Prime before starting again to see if the problem was still there. I'm sure this was the first thing you did, but just checking.

The wifi on my Prime cut off last night but it came back after a quick reset (holding down the power button for 13 seconds or so).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fella1:
Yes I powered down, tried a hard reset and finally tried a factory reset and none of that helped with the problem. It was a complete night and day difference in performance that was quite shocking. As I said if people are experiencing that kind of performance from the beginning then I can totally understand the complaints. So far the new unit is having the same great performance as my other one had at first.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
From looking at the Prime teardown, your wifi loss may be due to a loose connection. Instead of running a pigtail directly from the chip lead-out to the antenna, the Prime uses spring-loaded pogo pins (1st pic) as intermediate connectors.

Second pic shows the pogo pins for the main wifi and GPS antennae. The spring-loaded pins are pressed against the copper pads of the respective antenna (3rd pic). Suffice it to say, this isn't the most secure way to connect the antennae.

Aside from possible broken or intermittent connection, it also looks like a high-loss connection, and could contribute to attenuated signal reception. My guess is that this may be the main culprit of wifi/GPS woes, with the metal shell being a contributing factor.

The 4th pic below is a U.FL connector that's normally used for antenna pigtails. The lip has an outer overhang for a secure connection.

My guess is that the tablet was bumped and something shifted a bit, breaking the antenna connection.

This is FYI only, as the unit isn't user-serviceable. It does look like a simple fix, but you'd have to open the unit. Edit: You can try smacking the top edge of the tablet a few times and see if it will jar back into place. Worth a try.

Pogo pins used as intermediate connectors for wifi & GPS antennae

The two pogo pins for main wifi and GPS. The spring-loaded heads are pressed against the antennae's pads to make the connection.

The main wifi & GPS antenna, with copper pads to connect to the pins

U.FL connector, normally used for antenna connection
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
very interesting info as some users have flexed device in that area n now supposedly have good wifi n GPS now. this will affect the signal strength more tthan the backplate.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slayvus:
Before packaging my Prime up to be sent to ASUS for RMA. I did exactly that, I did the black part of the screen at the top with my kunckles kind of hard a few times.

My signal went from 35-40% where I was sitting at to around almost 70%.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
You really can't use terms like "good" and "more" beacause they're all relative. "Good" compared to what Wi-Fi/GPS is with other devices or against other Prime's? And until it's known for sure that all devices are suffering some type of signal issue saying the unproven pogo pin expose is "more" or less an issue than anything else is premature. It's impossible to compare Wi-Fi performance on a forum because each testing condition is different and there's no baseline to have a common discussion around. To see if there's differences between Prime's a couple of them need to be tested side-by-side at the same time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clenz:
hang in there demadarin - I think Barry is weakening and we will eventually convince him there are potential issues beyond the back plate. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
I'm like Spock on Star Trek - it's all about logic. It seems more and more people are having their signal change when squeezing above where the antennas are. That certainly points to a common issue. But even the hand-picked Prime Asus sent to Anand to replace his defective sample still peformed poorly against the TF1. So the metal back cover's not an innocent victim (yet). ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
With one minor difference, Anandtech never flexed his Prime. You couldn't blame the pogos so the backplate took the hit.

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I mean he couldn't blame the ...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Look at it this way, when Apple move the antenna from behind a plastic disk on the iPad1 to behind a metal speaker grill on the iPad2, performance took a hit. The Prime has no opening at all for a signal to travel through and Asus makes less in a year than Apple spends on R&D. Ergo, the metal back cover is and will remain a factor.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tedr44:
Agreed, but by how much in comparison to a tarnished pogo contact? And as time goes by, the influence of the latter will be increasingly pronounced. BTW, the TF101 does not use the pogos, the antennas are hardwired. I also noticed that the mainframe is made of solid aluminum and yet the 101 has never had any rf problems like the Prime.

With users experiencing sudden change in signal level after making good contact with the antenna, I'd say the evidence of inconsistency in performance is pretty convincing as to the real cause of the fault.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
OK, I understand what you saying

Check the other thread, I think GPS contacts thread n you will see him cracking under the pressure..lol. he finally said he is starting to agree.

EVEN Spock went postal when he realized humans are a complex being n that not all things obvious are always the truth. That some things cant be explained by facts alone. As there could always be contributing factors. Spock was like Data, from the next generation. Even Data was Assimilated..lmfao. my father loved that show.

Off topic..but did you know the guy who played luetenant worf wanted to originally be the Captain? They denied him the part over Picard or whatever his real name was. I still laughed knowing the guy who played Jordi was the guy from reading rainbow.

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Correction needed here. Anandtech last tablet test held prime wifi on par with tf-101. Then he also said range "Might" be an issue. He never said Prime wifi performed badly after his last test.

Nice try trying to sneak that one past me ;) we all guilty of loving to pick n choose info relevant to what we want to prove..lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
No matter how you look at it, metal/aluminium backplate is part of the issue with GPS/WIFI problem. It's significant enough for Asus to add 2nd WIFI antenna & admit for the lack of GPS in Prime.

Now, the POGO pins... it's a strong possibility (based on # of people attempting this method & having success) that it's PART of the problem along with backplate. However, I still can't recommend this method to NOVICE techies (such as dropping it.. or flexing it too much) hoping for a fix. Not only that, but if POGO pins are an issue, it means that's 2nd h/w issue with Prime... & probably, far more damaging to Asus & troublesome to Asus. Asus simply can't pinpoint which batch of Primes are having such issue (that and it's a possibility that POGO pins will act up at any given time)... thus, they need to force a "recall" & stop future production that deals with pogo pins that are currently being used in BB, BCOK, and the latest C1 batch.

So yea, I'll wait for Asus to respond before you act...

That and POGO pins doesn't explain:

1. OTA updates improving/decreasing the performance of Primes in the wild

2. Change of frequency and channels to improve WIFI performance

So, that means.. possibly.. along with metal/aluminium backplate (more or less confirmed by Asus), POGO pins (strong possibility).... there's another PROBLEM that's causing such behaviour.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
OK...lol I agree. You act as if I've always said backplate was never an issue. What I've always said was that there could be other major factors involved also. Which is seeming to get proven day by day. Y'all the ones who always said it was the backplate n that reason alone. Now we are seeing there are other factors that could "Possibly" have as much of an influence or more other than backplate.

Like they say. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] msturg29:
Hi All,

As you know I was the one who brought you the Sensation Theme and more recently the New Senzation ROM. I am still working on that project, but honestly am getting bored with Blue and Green Themes.

Therefore I ask that you as a community recommend some different themes for me to try and port. Please include a link to the original.

Look forward to your ideas....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musikalharmony:
How about a dark purple and black theme? With no battery % or a gold and black theme..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkshneider:
Back in my HTC Hero days, there was a white and dark gray/ black theme called GTX and the exact opposite called XTG by signals23, also another was the Steel My Elegance theme from Gomorrah (sp?)... would be nice. Let me see if I can find any links.

Edit: Links added.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zodiak951:
This theme was awesome on the epic 4g.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061407
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkshneider:
Good theme also, b-reezy made some awesome themes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Obviously you didn't read msturg's post carefully
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkshneider:
Its a green theme but not like the ones weve seen so far, so its a 50/50. The same person also made these 2. Well, ported anyways.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] skyward01:
Emotionless Beast, one of my favorites from the OG Epic. Thanks.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970013
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zodiak951:
Its a different from the green ones we have ..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SRT300:
Silver and Black would always be elegant. Just my .02 cents worth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
I will be coming out with a group of themes... and no, none of them are green or blue :) In about a month I would suppose.. maybe sooner.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Apk07:
I would love something with pastel colors (not girly, just pastel). Don't just focus on one or two colors, try three at minimum. I've always imagined a theme along the lines of this Kirby game. Without all the super bezeled/embossed stuff, too, because too much starts to look tacky

I'd also love a darker grey theme (with very delicate gradients) with accents of light orange, lighter red, and mustard yellow, etc.

Maybe a theme with the statusbar on the bottom of the screen :P

Man I've been photoshopping for ages, I need to just learn to theme for myself
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OrygunGal:
I would love to see a theme with deep purple, bright turquoise, and hot pink on black. It looks tropical and awesome in my Hancent app.

Something multi-colorful...I agree about the three or more colors idea.

I like the silver on black idea though, but silver is metallic and would have to appear dimensional in order to truly look silvery. Something like the ObsidianAlloy clock theme of Beautiful Widgets. Otherwise it would basically be black and light gray.

Thanks for being open to input from others!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cds0699:
I would like to see a matte/carbon fiber theme (with maybe some very minor silver accents). I think it would give it a real simple, and elegant look.

Similar to this Matted blues theme but with Carbon Fiber/silver accents instead of blue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zodiak951:
Grey with turquoise would be sweet
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] flamebeats:
Can you make a red ics theme?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jabawockee:
I would like a girly theme for my wife.

sent from America....F__k yeah!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] msturg29:
Theme Information

Hello Everyone,

Just to reiterate I am not a themer myself, I am just a glorified copy/paste specialist. Therefore what I am looking for is existing themes from other android device that I can port over. So far I have seen a few and looking for more to help decide. Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musikalharmony:
How about something like this without the battery % http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1445494
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mizzle571:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1293380

I would LOVE to see these ported. These themes are to die for in my opinion. Although they have green/blue, they also have orange/red. The orange one revamped would be AWESOME. Especially if you made a lot more items orange accented and darkened the orange just a tad so it stands out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EJayMz:
Cyan n black
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EJayMz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1440496
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Will of fire:
Something red and black but the icons not themed as much maybe the status. Are setting and touchwiz ui but not the icons
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
I would love a minimalistic black/white/grey theme. Something clean and polished, of course ;-)

And I really like this theme, but it's only for MIUI :-(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296731
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cds0699:
Damn a theme like that makes me want to run MIUI more and more lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
Wait till my next theme comes out... I think you might be happy with it ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
I ported these from the original, therefore I cannot really mod theme... since I've moved over to Rom Development I have been unable to keep all my themes up to date... Maybe you could volunteer to upgrade them to EL29??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sianaka:
I second this one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mizzle571:
If I knew how to do it, believe me, I would. I just don't have the time to learn how to do. If you point me to the right posts to learn how to, I'd do my best.
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Hey guys,

I'm new to this so please be patient with me.

I'm want to try to make my own custom ROM for the Motorola Triumph.

My questions are:

What programs will i need in my ROM kitchen?

What are some good resources for when i get stuck?

What wisdom can you guys share with me?
[General Questions and Answers] MacaronyMax:
Check this out in the Chef section, It's a useful way to start basic ROM development and has most if not all the tools you'll need.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Thanks dude i will have to check that out
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
The Prime still doesn't have battery stats showing which apps/services are using the most battery, and I'm finding that while mine lasts forever on standby, it's burning more battery than I expected in actual use.

What's the best app for tracking battery use by app? Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Anybody? (bump)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djbenny1:
Battery monitor widget would be my pick

Sent from my HP Touchpad
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
I'll give it a try, thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tshoulihane:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats

Better Battery Stats

Has things like wakelocks, and CPU use per app.

SystemPanel too.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Okay, thanks for those as well. I think I need to see which apps specifically are burning battery life, because Battery Spy is showing me burning between 15% and 20% per hour. That just seems way too high for simple browsing and RSS feed reading.

Battery Spy just links to Settings, which of course doesn't show anything about apps. Really wish ASUS would get that fixed (took 'em a couple of months with the original Transformer, if I remember correctly).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
reach out to Asus and tell them to address the issue. ICS (and HC) handle Battery data info and they did not add the function to their kernel.... tell them to get on it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nhshah7:
you can try juice plotter. also you might be interested in current widget (search them on the android market)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Noxious Ninja:
I use System Panel in monitoring mode. It works pretty well. The UI isn't tablet-optimized, so it's slightly awkward, but it's not too bad.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dorianteal:
I always use Battery Monitor Widget.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Thanks for all of the suggestions. So far I'm not finding any app that's the culprit here (if there is one), but I am finding that the Prime in ICS (and maybe in 8.8.3.33 before it) spends more time at 1200MHz than lower speeds. I seem to remember that being different from the previous HC build.

I think ASUS still needs to make some adjustments to how the Tegra 3 manages power states, and that currently it's biased too much towards performance. I've also noticed (so far) that Power Saver mode doesn't seem to make much difference.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BostonBull:
Had to get a replacement handset as mine wouldnt charge any longer. Took both to the Sprint store and they couldnt transfer my contacts?

How do I do this? Windows Live doesnt have them all there so that is NOT an option. And I cant figure out how to get them all there, VERY frustrated Live!!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] surroundedbytrees:
Just got my TFP. Missing some functionality (that may simply be buried deep within ICS)

With the stock browser on the TF101 unit I could set the identifier sting that was passed out to websites. In effect I could have it always return the Desktop Version. This seems to be missing in ICS?

Another minor annoyance is the showdowing of the text on the home screens. For me it doesn't add anything to the readability of the icons. It just makes them seem blurry. The only way I was able to get away from these showdowed fonts was to use a different wallpaper.....Has anyone else noticed this?

The insertion of the micro SD is far easier...but now it seems to sit somewhat extended (as compared to the TF)....it's concerning in that I hope it doesn't get ejected by accident with normal carrying and use.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] chefdave12118:
http://m.androidcentral.com/are-you...sports-madden-nfl-12-just-buck-android-market

Worth a buck imo.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Matchstick:
Interestingly the market says Madden is incompatible with all my devices including a UK Flyer 3G.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] chefdave12118:
Hmmmm. Working fine on my devices. And I have a lot (embarrased to say how many)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jonesychris:
Runs fine on my HTC View rooted with Honeycomb

-edit- i say it runs fine, it installed and is letting me download the content.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GrandAdmiral:
Was able to make the purchase, but it isn't downloading the additional content. Anyone else experiencing this?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TidBit:
I have that same issue. I had that issue when Sentinel 3 was $0.10 - I think a trillion people downloaded the app, but they only got probably 2 servers allowing downloads of content. Wait a couple of days and I am sure it will clear up and you can then download.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] IP IHI II IL:
I've never been able to download game content for ANY EA games. I was able to download on other devices, then transfer the files over to make them work before, but not any more...

\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//

http://android-gz.com
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Looks like EVERYONE is having the same problem judging from the reviews.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GrandAdmiral:
This is what I ended up doing. Big inconvenience IMO.

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[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jonesychris:
Follow up, it never actually let me download the content either.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] bsweetness:
Seems odd that so many are having problems with it on the View/Flyer. I've had it on my View since the HC update was released. There was no problem installing from a previous purchase and downloading the data at that time, and it plays great. Maybe the servers are just slammed like TidBit said.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Matchstick:
Would it be against the XDA rules if someone who's got it working on the View/Flyer were to post a zip of the sdcard/madden12 directory somewhere so people having problems can download the content that way ?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TSGM:
I want to also point out that I bought a copy of Sims 3 (also EA) during the 10 cent sale, and it failed to download that game as well (in both Gingerbread and Honeycomb).

It's amusing to me that countless people are complaining about this download issue on the web (and on the reviews), and countless people have apparently e-mailed EA, all to deaf ears.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] readable:
me too. Just sits there not loading. I was able to get it on my phone. Some I copied the Madden folder from my phone to my Flyer. It didn't work.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GrandAdmiral:
That's weird. I did the same thing. It was laggy, but it worked.

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