[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] crystalshard:
Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster here. I've got a few questions to ask. Let me post just the questions here first, then go on to the TL : DR section after the break.

1. When I install the Android USB drivers to win xp, I cannot fully installed the MTP drivers. What is the best way to install this on Win XP?

2. When attempting to root with PrimeTime, I keep getting UID and GID as 2000, not 0. My TP has a serial number. Do I really need to factory reset, or is there another factor I should explore first? (Ver no. , regional differences, etc)

3. Can I update from .27 to .29 using the OTA, or will I be pushed immediately to ICS GPS fix without any option?

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I apologise for creating a new thread here for this, but unfortunately my forum status is preventing me from posting in the correct thread over in the dev section. Do let me know if I should have sent a PM instead to the PrimeTime dev, but I feel that a few items have not been covered yet in the main thread.

I've just purchased the TP less than 2 weeks ago and am decently happy with it so far. Wanting to root it before I upgrade it to ICS, I decided to try using the PrimeTime v3.1 application by viperboy. My TP is currently on .27, with a HTK75.TW prefix. I have not yet applied any OTAs, though the TP has already notified me of one. It has a serial number displayed correctly, as far as I can tell. I have also enabled USB Debugging, allowed non market apps to be installed, disabled Asus Sync, and my PC has never had Asus Sync or SplashTop installed before.

I am facing issues with installing the USB drivers on win XP, as well as PrimeTime v3.1 being unable to change the UID and GID of the device from 2000 to 0000.

1. Installing the USB Drivers on Win XP

The posted tutorial is based on Win 7, so I suspect there are some significant differences when installing on XP. When I first connect my TP into my PC, I am prompted to install 2 new devices instead of 1, a MTP device and an EeePad device. Using the respective folders bundled with PrimeTime, trying to install the MTP device drivers meets with an INF error, but installing the EeePad Device Driver using the Android folder meets with success, allowing the Asus Android Composite ADB Driver to be installed and detected.

However, despite this, I am still receiving a prompt to install the MTP drivers. There is no longer an exclamation mark in Device Manager, but every time the device reboots, the prompt will reappear. Sometimes, even the Eeepad device prompt will reappear, despite having been installed already.

Is this normal? Are there a different set of drivers to use with Win XP? Have I installed it wrongly?

2. UID and GID does not appear as 0

According to various members including the OP, this problem occurs usually when the TP has the serial number unknown error, or requires (sometimes several factory resets). I need my TP over the coming weekend, so I'll only do a factory reset later next week. Also I don't seem to have the serial number unknown error either, so that's likely not the reason. Are these the only 2 known causes? Does it have anything to do with the region of my system or the version number? Might it work better if I am on .29 or .33?

3. How are OTA updates pushed to me? Incrementally (.27, .29, .33, ICS and beyond) or a straight jump to the latest version?

Thanks for reading all the way. Appreciate it and hope to find some kind of resolution soon. ^_^

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