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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr Zulu:
Actual tests with number? I haven't done that. I did walk around and look at where I had a signal and where I didn't. The prime is better than any other wifi device I have in as far as getting a signal. My wife's notebook might be better but I didn't compare with it since I don't use it but I do remember being impressed with her notebook when I set it up for her.

As far as speed goes, I was able to stream an HD video over wifi local network without issue. Can't imagine needing it to be faster than that.

If I got bad wifi, then normal wifi is better than I need it to be.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I see what you saying. I heard Prime doesn't do to well on mixed modes also not sure. Try G only.

As far as my netgear router, I'm not even sure what its on. it is 2.5ghz and I'm on a clear channel. In an apt. building where others have their wireless going also so glad I'm on a channel others aren't using. Used wifi analyzer to determine that info. Don't have a PC hooked up to network. I have Comcast high speed wireless. I have seen others post same results as you then changed to G and produced way better results. night n day difference, from what they said. Speeds do dropoff as distance and barriers are increased no matter what mode you on. As seen in the article linked, N mode is not the best for range anyways.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ride525:
As I've posted on other threads, after writing a couple of emails, Asus called me and said that there are some bad WiFi-BT chips in the first batch of Primes shipped. They asked to RMA mine so they could hopefully fix it.

Next to my Wifi sources, the Prime would get near full speed (11 Mbps). However, in family room, 20 or 25 feet away, Prime would get about 10% - 30% of that number. Three other devices in the family room all get near full speed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mcoupe:
Here are my results. I am in the basement, id say about 15-20 feet from router. I guess threw the ceiling...lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gundal:
Sorry that really isnt any useful information for me. I can stream movies too but when I walk into my room it starts to chop. For you to say if I have bad wifi normal is better then I need it to be, is a ridiculous stance on the subject. We paid for a top of line product, it should match any other high quality wifi device. If its just a bunch of units and I can simply return this for another then I will be happy and will praise this device not be *****ing, but EVEN if switching to G makes it work flawless, its still unacceptable to live with. At work I cannot change the router. In public places you cant change the router. This device should work on any mode as well as my laptop, my phone etc etc.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mcoupe:
I did read the thread about the wifi analyzer, and going over my results. I changed to a lower Hz, and changed the channel. I really have no idea what I was doing. I followed the advice of some other posters, and did a couple searches on my router, and it seemed to work. Id say my average is about 25mbs.

For me pages seem to load really fast, BUT a lot of times the page stops loading about 80% of the way thru and I get a pop up saying the BROWSER IS NOT RESPONDING....WAIT/OK. Now that crap drives me crazy.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wifesabitch:
I'm getting conflicting results testing the Wi-fi.

Today during the day I went around the house with my laptop, my cell and my Prime testing with speedtest.net and Wi-fi analyzer and the Prime was very consistent on all test.

...but tonight my Prime is getting 1/3 of the speed my laptop is getting. I don't get it. :confused:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mbo1951:
stopping at 80 percent

Hi,

I think what you are seeing is normal. That's when flash content, often ads, starts to load, and the browser doesn't always resond well when that happens, unfortunately.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoteriX:
Um... if you're using "Speedtest" to test TFP wifi bandwidth and compare with other users' TFP wifi bandwidth, there are serious flaws with this testing methodology.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mike infinity:
I ran a battery of tests exactly as you specified. In a separate thread. I tested wifi against tf101, ipad 1, laptop, and nexus prime at various ranges, channels, with and without BT. Prime was as good or better than the ipad in most tests and nearly as good as the laptop. The tf101 was stellar though. Search this forum for 'wifi shootout' and see for yourself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] blinky44:
I think what many are trying to say and I will echo, is that one more thread for an issue that has been beat to death already is old (I know lol, I am reading the thread and responding), use the existing threads and look at the work that has already been done. I returned mine for dropping wifi based on the work others had done and comparing my results. I may buy another one when ASUS says the problem is resolved and once people are seeing similar results to other devices in their home consitently. There are enough RMA's in the pipeline too that we should get good feedback when they are returned.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr Zulu:
I don't know what is ridiculous about it. It works better than anything else I use. I'll take my experience a step further. Last week, I took my Prime and my laptop to an overnight stay in a hotel. My laptop kept having problems with the hotel's wifi. It had a signal just fine but I kept having to restart the computer over and over again to access the internet with the laptop. NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER WITH THE PRIME. I later discovered that my laptop had no issues with another hotel's wifi one block to the east of me so my laptop stayed hooked up to them while my Prime stayed hooked up to the local hotel's wifi without issue.

The next day, I had lunch at a restaurant a block west of my hotel where I brought my Prime. While there, I connected to the hotel that was now 2 blocks away on the Prime without issue and spent the lunch surfing the web and such. I didn't do any speed tests from that distance but it worked fine enough I wasn't thinking it was slow. I didn't hapve the laptop with me at the restaurant but my experience with the laptop I've had for 3 years tells me I wouldn't have even seen a signal with it from there.

The Prime's wifi works better than my other devices. If the Prime's wifi is crap, then all my other devices are crappier.

That said, I'll admit the GPS is disappointing and the microSD card sticking out too far is an issue too but I'm having a problem with all the complaints about wifi.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SirAnkie:
I used a Wifi Analyze to take a look...

My Prime:

Mt Samsung Galaxy S II:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo_Shift:
Here is my Prime and Nexus S 4G results.

Serial starts with BCOKAS
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fenturi:
I hate you all!

My download speed is capped at 10, even my PC hard line only gets like 9.75

Wifi movie streaming was about 16-18 two rooms away, but I'm in a condo with 6-8 other signals from everyone around me. AKA tons of noise.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] maxcaos:
asus prime wifi

i got my asus prime 1/29/12 at best buy and returned it the next day. my dsl runs 10mbs at 250 feet out side my house my cell phone gets 8-9 mbs xoom gets 8-9 my laptop pulls almost 10 asus prime got 3-4 had to go to 10 feet to get 7 mbs that was the best when i returned it went to the display model did a speedtest and it got .99 mbs the 3 other tablets right beside it got 4-6 mbs everything was awesome but the wifi :( i can do without the gps but it didn't work at all
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Yeah, this isn't a wifi issue. This is an issue well known in stock ICS browser. Mine doesn't hardly do it anymore since I started using AdFree app to block ads. Now everything loads up alot faster n alot less issues with stock browser. Also increases page load speeds in other browsers also. Try it out. But yeah, sometimes if you trying to load a very graphic intense page with lots of flash.pix, n stuff up there it'll stop. But if you press wait then it Immediately goes back to loading or page working again. This only occurs in stock browser though. All other browsers don't do this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] XHolyPuffX:
Want to see something funny?

MyTouch 4G on the couch next to the router:

Transformer Prime on the couch next to the router:

Now let's move to my room.

MyTouch 4G on my bed in my room:

Transformer Prime on my bed in my room:

Honestly, I have no issues viewing things on my tablet in my room, but jeez just look at that. AND FOR KICKS, I put the tablet right next to the router to see what it'd look like.

Transformer Prime about a few cm away from the router:

Chuckle chuckle! By the way I usually get around 2-5kb/s if I'm holding the tablet up in the air in my room, which isn't bad I guess.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] XXRay:
Speedtest

I have tested my Prime with all settings possible on my router and I am getting good results. There is though one strange thing that I have not been able to change and that is that my upload speed always is much higher then my download. I am getting easily 20Mbps in upload when 10m away from the router and some walls but I get typically around 8-13 Mbps for the upload. I checked with my other devices and they all do the same, higher upload then download. Anyone else has this ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] duckied:
Have you tried changing your router channel if that's the case with all the other signals?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SexyAndIKnowIt:
So let me get this straight. For all the people who have a Prime with which the connection drops to 10% after moving 5 meter away, got to RMA the device and ASUS will fix the issue?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ride525:
My Prime dropped speed when moving away from my router. Asus tested it TWICE, and found it to be working fine. I changed channels on my router, which helped. And I moved my router four feet out of the closet which also helped.

That being said, I find the Prime is weaker at WiFi than other tablets, especially at distance. And especially when my router is not on optimum channel or position.

I worry that this WiFi weakness will show up when I travel, when I do not have control over the routers.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ilostmypistons:
I can test all day and I get the same numbers over and over. Test taken 30ft from router
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1BadHEMI:
On my 1st Prime, the WIFI sucked balls! On my replacement (both are BCOKAS), the WIFI is much better, and it gets a lock on 12-15 SAT's (the 1st would get 0 locks no matter what). Both Prime's were purchased at my local Best Buy (1st 1 purchased at Glen Burnie BB 1/26/12, exchanged at Annapolis BB 1/29/12).

The WIFI on my Prime is on par with every other WIFI device in my house. I have not opened mine up to tweak anything. Screen is perfect with 1 stuck pixel that you really have to look long and hard to see. Whites are bright, and the screen in crisp. Ever so slightly backlight bleen on the bottom left, but again, its not really noticeable even watching movies.

Anyhow, here are some pics comparing mine to my Epic 4G Touch and my RAZR Maxx. I am in the basement with my Netgear WNDR3700 upstairs. I am about 30-40 feet away from my router. 6 recess lights and metal duct work in the ceiling, not to mention the surround sound being on with the TV. I am on Verizon FiOS with a 35MB downstream and 35MB upstream.

1st up the Prime:

Next, Droid RAZR Maxx:

And finally my Epic 4G Touch:

As you can see, the Prime fairs VERY well against the EpTouch and Maxx...

Sorry for the big pictures...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pdanders:
Wifi is notoriously difficult to test consistently. It's subject to interference and with only 3 channels available at 2.4Ghz chances are one of your neighbors is conflicting with you.

Heck, microwave ovens also operate at 2.4 GHz and I've seen some access points that completely drop when someone runs a microwave.

---------- Post added at 12:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 PM ----------

Bingo... Granted it's the "easiet" way to test.. but you would be much better off copying a large file from a local machine or streaming a video from a local machine.

Speedtest is actually going out to the internet... and most users will have an internet connection with less bandwidth than their wireless

---------- Post added at 12:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:12 PM ----------

blue needs to learn how to configure an AP properly
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tasaran:
me and my gf rent the basement in a house. the router is on the first floor. max speed seems to be about 12mbps. when im in th bedroom i get 11mbps, same as galaxy tab, computer etc. but when i go into the livingroom (about 5-6m farther away from the router) it varies from 2-10mbps while other devices stays at 10-11mbps. is this what to expect from a C1 prime?

when i got the prime i was happy, thinking the iwifi was great. i, for some stupid reason, thought id try to press the top of the prime to see if the signal got better (before even testing the signal strength). i did it quite a few times. THEN i started testing the signal. and ofcourse now i cant help thinking if the signal strength has been this unstable all the time, or if i messed it up pressing the pogo pins that many times :p

anyone that can ease my mind on this?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] poofyhairguy:
At the VERY edge of my network my Prime gets slower than my SGS2, but everywhere else it is faster.

I cheated though and bought a new router (Netgear WNDR3300 to a Cisco e4200). With my old one even when tweaked the SGS2 would kill the Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skygunner27:
I have a E4200 and 30 feet+ away from the router my Prime has horrible throughput speeds.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ride525:
I just tested my Prime against my son's Samsung Galaxy 10.1. The Galaxy wiped the floor with the Prime at distance. Close in, they get the same speed. But at about 30 feet the Prime starts fading fast, at about 45 feet the Prime is running 10% speed on Speedtest. My son't Galaxy was still getting full WiFin the farthest corner of the yard.

Even my wife's 7" HTC Flyer outperforms the Prime at 30 feet +. (and you can't have you wife with a faster tablet.)

My son said I should return my Prime. (Asus has tested it twice, and found nothing wrong.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skygunner27:
I'm most likely going to return my Prime and dock on Tuesday, if Asus doesn't at least fix the WiFi/Bluetooth issue through a software update soon. I really hope they come through with a fix:(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] poofyhairguy:
On the edge of my range where my SGS2 gets full speed my Prime gets 10%, but for me that is more than 40 feet away through lots of sheetrock. In the intermediate my Prime gets the same or faster.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ride525:
Delete Delete
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Guys if you are having issues check out my thread
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jeff1192:
My internet connection top speed is about 24mbps download and 1 mbps upload. I get this speed on my Prime over my wifi network anywhere in the house. While my signal strength drops when I`m upstairs (furthest from the router) the speed remains the same.

I do notice that the signal strength is not as strong as my iPhone, the speeds are the same.

I realize that this is not comparing it to the top speed of my router.....but if it`s relaying the top speed of my internet connection I can`t see why I`d need anything better.

Jeff
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MysteriousDiary:
Got my prime since some days now and don't have any issues.

Gesendet von meinem Transformer Prime TF201 mit Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Wi-Fi performance is so individual. Everyone's using different routers, are in different environments, using different ISPs, and comparing against different devices. And, in the Prime's case because of the metal back cover, whether or not its facing the router.

One of the things I've noticed looking at pics of people's SpeedTest results are the flucuations in the download measurements (lower left graph). It seems more erratic than what I typically see testing my own devices. There was a vid of a guy walking around his house with both a TF201 and TF101. At times, the TF201 got the same peak signal. The difference was the signal on the Prime was much more erratic and showed fluctuations the TF101 didn't. Especially the further away from the router it was. It's most likely due to the metal back cover.

Somone else posted a good way of testing the Prime compared to other devices. Download a 2GB+ file three times on both devices. If the Prime's average times are equal to the other device's than signal consistency's not an issue. If the Prime's times are lower even though Wi-Fi Analyzer or SpeedTest may show good performance, then the Prime's got an issue.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmonheim:
Alright guys, I've got a question. I have my brothers nexus s that has had CM9 A11 on it and we decided to move to the latest CM9. Long story short, I am no longer able to boot the phone up, but can only access CWM Recovery and Bootloader/Fastboot mode. Trying to boot results in a bootloop. I need help getting this thing back to stock however I can. I've tried to flash recovery.img via fastboot but cannot get my computer to recognize the phone in order to do what I need. He would like his phone back ASAP and I hate to tell him its bricked for a few days. Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suksit:
Download full OTA ROM from the link in my signature. Boot into CWM, mount USB storage, and transfer the file to SD card. Flash it. Done.

Just make sure you download the correct ROM for your phone model.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harbb:
Video on that page will show you how to install drivers on a windows-based machine to recognise the phone for fastboot, and provide files to do so.

Also, can't you go into CWM --> mounts and storage --> mount usb storage (while plugged into the computer) then copy over any files you need, then flash through recovery.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmonheim:
I forgot to mention that I am getting this when trying to format cache:

E:Can't find misc

E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't find misc

E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/latest_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/latest_log

E:Can't find misc

E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

I tried to install the OTA update like you said but got the following:

assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img".

"boot")

E:Error in /sdcard/(OTA file name here)

(status 7)

Installation aborted.

Maybe the internal SD card is bad? Any thoughts?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harbb:
When you get the drivers installed, download the latest 5.0.2.0 CWM from here.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmonheim:
Alright, so I got fastboot to recognize the phone, but am having another problem. It gave me an error when I gave the command to flash the new CWM. I tried to install pdanet for the drivers, and the phone says at the bottom "FASTBOOT STATUS - FAILInvalid Command". I really think something has been corrupted, any ideas on how to fix it/restore it? Thanks for all the help guys.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
Fastboot status is not a command.

Fastboot devices is the command you use to test if it sees the device . The serial number will show.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shark_On_Land:
uh oh sounds like someone flashed brickROM V1 ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
Hi!

Well, I have a very weird issue with custom ROMs and WiFi.

The history begins last sunday. I was using GingerDX wich is really great, but I had some problems with it, the most important was not being able to install apps in my SD card.

So, I switched to GingerXperia V22, this is a cool ROM too but I really don't like that my music lags when I turn my screen on. Also, the SE default dialer and Infinity view are bad and slow, but I didn't have the problem with WiFi, until I switched to XGin 6.2

Everything worked OK except for this:

I tried kuyaDROID and the same error happened.

I also did a full wipe... And nothing, the WiFi error remains on those two ROMs. So, Im currently using GingerXperia.

So, the question is: Is this really possible? And, is there any solution?
[XPERIA X8 General] Grosskum:
There may be some bug that's overloading it. Also was it the modem or the router? Cuz if it's wifi I would guess its the router but you said modem? I'd just use a different rom that works.
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
Guess is the router, where the wired networks are connected, it also gives the wireless signal.

As I said, Im sticking with GingerXperia, wich is not causing the error and Im connecting to WiFi with no problems. But I have personal problems with infinity view, SE's dialer and music lagging.

If is about a overloading bug, how could I fix it?

Im using stock kernel, btw.
[XPERIA X8 General] Grosskum:
To tell you the truth, I'm not actually that smart in this, but by overloading I meant that it might be trying to use too much data or something along that line, did it work fine over 3g?
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
Yeah, I didn't have any problems with 3G.
[XPERIA X8 General] Grosskum:
Don't really have any idea then, I've had problems with mange one device at a time but not fully crashing. Last advice would be that maybe the router has a limit to the number of connected devices it can have and your phone puts it over, try disconnecting one device then connect your phone
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
I already tried that, and the problem persists.

But this is a good excuse to read and learn eve more, it is a totally new problem for me hehe.

Thanks anyway, for giving suggestions.
[XPERIA X8 General] Grosskum:
I guess I'd try posting in your phones thread and the rom's also, might get better insight into the problem
[XPERIA X8 General] Mika Dee:
To further assist you may I ask some questions;

1. What kernel are you using?

2. Have you tried connecting in other Access Point aside from the previous AP you are connecting with?

3. If using custom kernel did you delete all the modules in system/lib/modules?
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
1. Im in stock kernel.

2. Nope, I didn't try it. I don't have internet in home, but I'd try in my girl's house.

3. same answer than 1.

Thanks for being interested in this curious case.
[XPERIA X8 General] Mika Dee:
If your using stock kernel then you shouldn't have to encounter those issues as most roms esp kuyadroid as you mentioned earlier is made for stock rom. I suggest trying into public wifi access and see if you could be able to connect. You have to have two or more access point to test with as router might have different configs than your girls setup.
[Kindle Fire General] horsegoalie:
I am going away, and want to run the Kindle to the latest version (6.2.2) before I go. I do not want to get the OTA update in some hotel and have to fix everything. I have a couple questions...

After installing 6.2.2, and re-root with the commands and BurritoRoot2, and install TWRP, how much more will I need to do? Is the market still there, or does that need to be reinstalled too? How about my Go Launcher and all the apps I already have installed from the market or getjar, or whereever?
[Kindle Fire General] horsegoalie:
Well, That was easy. The OTA update came in, so I had to find my way through this. It was actually very simple, and running BurritoRoot2. I am not rooted, and life is pretty good. Trying to get TWRP to install, but the fastboot command just hangs at waiting for device. The device is rooted, and it shows up in my device manager on my PC. Any help?