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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xTRICKYxx:
This entire forum for the Prime is riddled with negativity and common issues because the vast majority of Prime owners have no reason to post about their lack of problems.

For example, the iPad 1 had a large issue with poor 3G reception because of its metal backplate. There was no mass RMA.

The iPad 2 had a large number of reported incidents of very very bad light bleed. No mass RMA.

The majority of people with iPads and Primes are perfectly content and have no severe issues.

I find it unfortunate that number of people with issues such as poor wifi and light bleed is so large, but Asus seems to be trying.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
..there are people using the devices in different ways.

I am sure that 80-90% of those using WiFi and BT will see that it does not work, while those not using a BT headset, never discover the problem., and believe they got what they paid for.

People uses also router of different kinds and date. The result may vary and that is acceptable, but here all are hits more or less the same way, and it does not look like a coincidence.

I like the Prime I have, and I would send it back ONLY if this is the last resort.

But when you spend 626€, you expect quality, and the issues here, also those I do not have myself" are not caused by "usage", but bad quality control in the first place.

A car will be recalled if the company realize that the brakes are bad built, or electrical part are faulty.

I only expect a 100% working tablet than can be used with ALL the features I paid for. GPS, well I do not care, but WiFi or BT on a tablet is like "fuel" on a car.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Yeah but the Problem is, there are many Primes out there that work perfectly and are totally awesome.

I feel for everyone that has gotten a bad one and ASUS should try to improve quality assurance.

BUT there are many users (the vast majority i'd say) that dont have problems. I'm one of those lucky bastards. Full wifi speeds wherever i am (same as with my other devices), GPS working outside, perfect screen, perfect dock, endless battery power, BT connects to anything i have and works even better than on my phone... (HTC sucks BTwise)

And i cant be the only one since everywhere i checked its sold out immediately.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] V3ng:
My Prime works perfectly and is totally awesome.

Hope this helps ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo_Shift:
I doubt this is the first device to use those pins
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Techie2012:
I'll just keep returning and exchanging until I get one that works or Samsumg or other manufacturer releases a better tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BostonDan2:
Poll the users of this board

I keep seeing posts that state "The Majority Of Users Are Happy With The Prime" and just the opposite, stating "The Majority of Users Are Having Problems And Unhappy". Can someone post a survey on here asking the question and lets put it to bed to see where it stands? If I knew how to do it, I'd do it myself.

Personally, I returned mine because the Wifi didn't work well 10 feet, 2 walls away from the router, browser lockups, general lockups, Asus's failure to respond to my support request, and Asus's response to the community did not make me feel confident they would fix the issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pubnum:
I'll do a vote. Let's see if I get flamed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Its not even needed...take a look at majority of polls steady made. Almost all in favor of prime. Plus there is one already like you said n the majority in it shows happy owners. The ultimate would be tl look at all the different users in the Positive transformer prime thread. All different posters clearly outnumber those with issues. Most of the time people with issues make mulitple threads on same issues. Most are the same ones posting n posting over again. So another poll would be useless n probably closed down because a few already made along those lines.

A look at the link in my thread will make it clear as day. Plus why do you think those who come with silly negative posts get flamed so much by so many people already satisfied with device?

Learn how to use the search function for a poll already made on same subject...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo_Shift:
Lol, right after reading this I was going to post a poll but I also cannot figure out how to do it. I see the check box for a poll but when you check it nothing happens. Maybe you need like 1000 posts first or something.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Actually you will..lmfao you've been warned n won't even be taken seriously afterwards. Your credibility on the line..lmao. plus it will get shut down fast.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pubnum:
I could care less about my credibility on XDA...lol. I just want to fuel discussion about the prime. I bought two of them in the short time (brought both of them back) and in that time I never came on XDA because I had the tablet.

In short, as soon as I get a satisfactory tablet, you won't see a post from me again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rsarno:
Many stores are receiving shipments of 1, or 5 ... many of the newly shipped items could be gobbled up by people returning due to issues, and exchanging for a new replacement. Just because stores don't have any, doesn't mean its popular.

The answer is NO .. because if you do, someone will close it, delete it, or flame you. For 2 reasons:

1) this is a developer only forum and not a customer service board, or complaint board, etc ... read the rules

2) because only positive posts/threads actually survive around here due to the recent fanboy'ish nature of some people. i.e. "omg another post bashing wifi, just go return it already!!" x100 = mods delete thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] UtmostMick0:
Hi all I have just got myself a GT-S5660V , rooted it and installed CWM with CM7.2 RC0 , and all is working great , I have then tried to install the update to RC1 and CM9 and the phone does not boot at all gets stuck on "ANDROID" screen anyone have any ideas ? As i want to help develop some new roms but cant figure this out have stuff already setup on my computer to build but cant install :-(

Thanks in advance Utmostmick0
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] samydroid:
go to recovery and wipe data+ cache+ dalvik cache and see if it boots up the cm9.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] hsrars-d:
and, if it does not, gio cm9 does not work in GT-S5660V
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kerryking1:
Dear

We are pleased to tell you that the following items of yours have been shipped:

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1 ASU TF201C1/GY ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime 64GB 10.1" IPS+ Touch Panel Android Tablet - Grey
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] guitar1969:
Still going to be a brave soul and hope its okay?

We bought a 32gb prime off the shelf last week (new batch) and subsequently returned it due to issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kerryking1:
I actually have a 32gb in rma. This preorder was during the preorder frenzy and I forgot about this preorder. I was preordering everywhere and canceled the others when one finally shipped. I might try to sell the 32gb.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kerryking1:
I'm having problems with rma now. My USB wasn't working after I shipped it and now I think the problem was the cable. The touch screen stopped working also but to get new cable they want to cancel rma and reship cable and tablet together, wasting more on shipping. They would waste money to ship again too. So they want me to waste 20 on shipping plus there shipping again. Together its about 40 on shipping for a 20 cable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kerryking1:
Got my 64gb today and gps is working. Dont know if its supposed to work inside the house but outside about 10 to 15secs 7 satellites popped up. On my 32gb 1 comes up. If its supposed to work inside maybe its not fixed.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
Thank you very much. I've been looking for something like this.

Anyways, use VirtualBox instead of VMware. It's a thousand times better.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rashid.fairus:
or try pendrivelinux,boot linux from windows..great tutorial,gonna try it

so everyone can be doomlord:p

question,if i manage to change boot image and repack the it back,is there any chance for me to "brick" the kernel?

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] glaudrem:
Locked Bootloader

Hello Iridaki,

many thanks for your apports (this and the init.d script). I'm actually user from a Spanish forum called www.htcmania.com (you may have heard about thedr0idboy, which is a Neo developer) and we were trying to pack kernels in order to flash it in locked bootloader devices or at least try to create an Overclock module for stock kernel that can be flashed in locked devices.

Do you think we can use this to achieve this goal? I just hate Arc S with it's damn 1.4 GHz processor :S. It was released only a month after I got my Arc.

Many thanks for your time and your efforts!!

P.D: a girl developer!!!:D:D:D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Nah, it takes a lot more to be DoomLord..!!! ;)

If there are no errors in the cmd, boot.img should be OK.

By using flashboot boot command, the kernel is sent to the phone and it tries to boot it. It's not flashing it, so if it fails, it immediately goes back to previous kernel.

So don't worry! Imagine that until I found the correct script, I had tried more or less 10 crapernels (crappy kernels)!!! :D

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] rashid.fairus:
looks like our themes and apps forum have a new section,kernel theming:D,,(iridaki,you have purple theme for apps and roms,how about kernel?:p:p:p)

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dp94:
A big thanks, iridaki!

I was looking forward to such thread.

I did also a lot of search on google too, but somehow I couldn't find any match.

I am an experienced Linux user, so that shouldn't be a problem for me.

I'll try everything this weekend.

Afaik, CWM is also stored in the kernel, so is it possible to modify it with the tool?

I don't want to have a step by step guide, just a reference would be great (of course if you know one).

Anyway, thanks for your great contributions in XDA.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] theduke89:
OMG... :-o Iris you are a genius.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
currently we cant use custom kernels on locked bootloader...

there is a way to make overclock module for stock kernel... i am looking into that possibility & i have contacted a few devs... i will work on it when i get time...

@Iris

there is a bug in the semc S1 bootloader... sometimes if the boot.img isnt of a correct size then the device will not boot... the workaround is to add a "filler" file (which is say 512KB file with junk data) to the ramdisk so as to increase the size of the final boot.img file...

thanks to jerpelea for this incredible tip... i must have wasted atleast 10-15 hrs trying to figure out why my kernel failed to boot :P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Great tip indeed!!! Added to the OP! :)

I haven't come across the issue yet because I am only editing some tweaks and the logo.rle but say someone uses a much smaller logo and deletes some scripts, would he need to use a filler file, even if it is for 20-30 KB?

THANKS!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
size of logo doesnt really matter... just the final size of the boot.img matters...

btw the logo.rle must have correct permissions (644)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Yes, but if the logo.rle is replaced with a smaller one in size, ramdisk size is reduced accordingly, isn't it?

Permissions are taken care of while unpacking/repacking.

Overall, this guide works, since I've sorted everything out, hasn't failed me yet! :)

My initial response would have to be: I have no idea! :D

However, tell me what exactly do you want to edit. Images, colors, features?

I'll look into it, currently I have never been in involved with recovery. :o

I have my moments. :p :p :p
[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Presumably, kernel.sin can be renamed to boot.img for splitting without problems, or am I missing something pertinent to SE?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
NOOOOOOO!!

DoomLord has released a .sin unpacker. Unpack the kernel.sin with it, then repack it with my script.

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Found that previously, but the repacker doesn't work. I think the script he published is a hack of something else and may have errors.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Well, no, the script is OK, it's just made to work with the particular unpacker I included in the package. You need to edit it a wee bit to work with the sin unpacker. If I get some time in the weekend, I'll look into it too.

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Magic, thanks Iris. I recall the unpacking is fine, it is just repacking that doesn't yield either a boot.img OR kernel.sin due to the mixed file names/folders etc. It's been a few months since I tried... forgive me. All I was doing at the time was taking a stock Neo kernel and making it insecure. Which is dead easy normally. done it plenty with other phones, but SE .sin files threw me.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dp94:
Just to change the colors, rename options, maybe integrate some features into one option.

I have really tried to search a lot, here in XDA & Google, but I have no idea. :o
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pvyParts:
You would have to rebuild CWM from sources or so i believe. dont ask me how either as i've not a clue :D

use this tool

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1262656

and then you will have a kernel and ramdisk and then it is just like any other boot img :) i had to edit it to make it unpack the ramdisk aswell. ( had to remove the ../ right after the gzip command )

basicaly use the file in that post instead of iridakis "split_bootimg.pl"

Pvy
[Xperia Arc Android Development] xperseus:
I can change the boot logo now. Thanks very much.. I'm using doomlord kernel, but I love SE original boot logo. Finally I managed to change it. Thanks again. I just follow the instruction and it works. The reduce in size of boot.img didn't cause any problem at all... ;-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Ninolina:
Hi iridaki,

this is a great tread, and few months ago I was trying hard to find any way to change SplashScreen in Kernel on Windows (as I do not have Linux which was required in any "how to" explanation on the Web). At that time I did find this way that you describing but somehow it was too complicated as there was no tread like this to make more clearer. So I found the other (I think easier) way which required Cygwin...:) I give a link to that in appropriate tread so that others can find it too...:) This was just a note because maybe you can find that way easier too - or not...:)

Thanks for your work and all you do for us - Xperia users...:) ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Hey Ninolina! GIRL POWER!! :D

I saw your link about Cygwin in Windows, feel free to post it here too and I'll quote it in the OP, it's indeed very useful!

I find Linux more reliable when it comes to permissions, but of course each one has their own preference! ;)

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] dp94:
In Linux Mint 11 (Katya) and 12 (Lisa) too. ;)

Okay, thanks anyway. I'll look if I could find some reference.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pvyParts:
Cwm is part of cm. So you can grab the sources from they're repos.

Or dooms repo.

Koush has a tutorial on his blog. ;) pretty easy to follow.

Pvy

Sent from my TEAM Powered Arc S
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Ninolina:
I like how that sounds...:D;):)

So, should I only provide a link to that website here or should I wrote the whole "how to" in here? I would like to give a credit to a guy how wrote that...:)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
You can write a "How-To" post here and I'll talk to Pilot to see if he can move it to #2 post place, or link to it from the OP! Thank you very much! :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Attached: Splitting kernel.sin yields the first image, splitting a boot.img the second.

I cannot fathom how to repack the kernel.sin one.... maybe my age. I assume I can ignore the header file as per DoomLord's comment. The linux commands for repacking a "standard" boot.img appear to fall over with this lot, even when simply changing the folder and file names. Are we trying to obtain a *.img file or *.sin file? I tried this for a laugh:

Viz:

lance@lance-P67A-UD3-B3 ~/bstk $ perl repack-bootimg.pl 'kernel.sin-kernel' 'kernel.sin-ramdisk' newboot.img

2882 blocks

mkbootimg: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

repacked boot image written at kernel.sin-ramdisk-repack.img

No file written... I've tried renaming the ramdisk folder to suit your perl script too....
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Leraeniesh:
Anyone know if this would work with the Play?

Sent from R800x
[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Yep, works on any. If you use a boot.img, I cannot get the .sin stuff to repack. Yet.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pvyParts:
You repack it as a img. ;)

Looks like your distro is missing some dependencies. can you show what command you were using to repackage the lot.

what i did was use the sin extractor then proceeded as normal with iridaki's tools. (stock kernel) all the sin is is a different format of img (as far as i understand )

I'll have a chat too iridaki and get her to add the info to the op for the sin files.

Sent from my TEAM Powered Arc S
[Xperia Arc Android Development] paxChristos:
I've been working on that for the R800x. Thus thread had been an incredible help.

Out of curiosity, does anybody know the tolerances for boot.img (what are the lower/upper limits for size?)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] glaudrem:
That would be awesome man.

By the way, there is a DoomLord in my SCII bronze 1 vs 1 division, may him be you??
[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Need to "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" on Ubuntu/Mint 64 bit versions for the 32 bit libs.... assume Iris et al use 32 bit distros. Perhaps a note in the OP regarding Linux 32 bit vs. 64 bit versions would be helpful? This was the main problem I had.

Got the ramdisk modded and kernel.sin repacked OK as boot.img, works fine... needed some juggling with file names and folder names.... and note that the 2 methods (Iris's and DoomLord's) differ somewhat in execution.

Thanks all
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
if i remember correctly the boot partition on the xperia devices is HUGE 12MB!!!!

nope not me... ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pvyParts:
not sure why you were having so many issues :P

like i said all i did was replace the unpackbootimg.py with the unpackbootsin.py and the tutorial was the same :)

glad to see you got it sorted tho! bring on the modifications!

Pvy.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] datagubben:
If you recompiled Doomlord kernel without the ninja-girl boot picture, please give me! :):)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
Easy!!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Blasphemy!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

DoomKernel logo is not a girl and definitely not a ninja.

It's more of what the Android would look like if it had the job of this guy:

:D

This tutorial explains in a very detailed way how to change to logo and I even provided the default SE logo in the OP for you to replace it.

It should take you more or less 10 minutes to do it. Good luck! :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
hahahahah...

@pvyParts

u reading this?? :p

(since u designed that logo)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] datagubben:
OK, I will try to do it myself. :) But it looks difficult and many commands and stuff in the terminal. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pvyParts:
It's not that hard to do. :D just follow the steps don't rush and you will be able to change your boot image when ever you feel like it :D

and if you get stuck post back here and we'll try to help.

ROFL!!!!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SimonZ:
What is the right size of the final boot.img? We are talking of Kb or blocks?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
If you just changing the bootlogo, then final size should be more or less the same, depending on the size difference the two logos.

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] SimonZ:
The original DommKernel rle is 30kb, my personal final rle is 986kb...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Then the boot.img will be bigger by more or less 1 MB. By following the instructions to the letter, after compiling the new img, you can send it to phone and try to boot it (fastboot boot). If it fails, your previously flashed kernel will boot. If it succeeds, enter fastboot again and proceed with the actual flashing (fastboot flash boot).

It's a safe procedure, no major risks involved. Good luck!

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] SimonZ:
It work! i've correct the color that are too much brillant in the Arc so this is my personal work:

Link to RLE
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
Great!! Can I add the link and the screenshot to the OP for members to see?

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] hostkit:
(as)

can same one help me. how to unpack, repack boot.img-kernel (rename kernel version name boot.img-kernel)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
This is more advanced procedure, you need to decompile and recompile the kernel from sources. I am afraid I can't help you there. :o
[Xperia Arc Android Development] zangetsu2188:
Anyone help?

Hi. Anyone can help? I'm stuck at the last part.

Terminal displayed this message:

Can't exec "mkbootimg": No such file or directory at repack-bootimg.pl line 19.

This is the whole log of my terminal

kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~$ cd /home/kervin/Desktop/K
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$ sudo cp mkbootimg /bin/
[sudo] password for kervin:
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$ sudo chmod 755 /bin/mkbootimg
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$ perl split_bootimg.pl boot.img
Page size: 2048 (0x00000800)
Kernel size: 3123932 (0x002faadc)
Ramdisk size: 3484496 (0x00352b50)
Second size: 0 (0x00000000)
Board name:
Command line:
Writing boot.img-kernel ... complete.
Writing boot.img-ramdisk.gz ... complete.
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$ mkdir ramdisk
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$ cd ramdisk
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K/ramdisk$ gzip -dc ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz | cpio -i
10503 blocks
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K/ramdisk$ find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../newramdisk.cpio.gz
10458 blocks
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K/ramdisk$ cd /home/kervin/Desktop/K
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$ perl repack-bootimg.pl '/home/kervin/Desktop/K/boot.img-kernel' '/home/kervin/Desktop/K/ramdisk' newboot.img
10458 blocks
Can't exec "mkbootimg": No such file or directory at repack-bootimg.pl line 19.

repacked boot image written at /home/kervin/Desktop/K/ramdisk-repack.img
kervin@kervin-G41T-R3:~/Desktop/K$

I also attached the screenshot. Thanks. :)

I'm using Ubuntu 64 bit. :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
You need a different mkbootimg binary for 64 bit Linux.

Do a bit of googling and you'll find one suitable for your system. ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] zangetsu2188:
Thanks for the response! Im looking into it right now. My mistake is that the same computer is running 32 bit Windows, I did not bother to check earlier if my installed ubuntu is 32 or 64. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] LenAsh:
You need a different mkbootimg binary for 64 bit Linux.

Do a bit of googling and you'll find one suitable for your system.

Already answered this.... as above. It's due to missing 32 bit libraries... I did suggest the OP add to the OP...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] zangetsu2188:
Super thanks! Already had it sorted. ;)