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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] snorrid:
I'm on the software side of the boat. My prime picks up 10-11 sats here with no problems and then drops out. The GPS antenna is located near the plastic edges of the device which extend to the back about 1 cm so I dont see how the metal backing is the sole culprit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
What plastic edges? That's pretty much the whole reason we're seeing these issues (if the TF700T is any indicator), we have metal even up to the screen...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] snakeybidder:
I'm with hardware, for one I don't see why all of a sudden its so hard for asus to write the code for the gps. Transformer 1 was excellent! And 2 I'm still to see any post or real proof that any prime has worked flawlessly with gps. I may be wrong, correct me with link.

O and a three, they made a new one with a plastic strip.

I bet the drama queens going on about software never opened their primes either. If you actually bothered and attached a wire to the gps pin, you would see the birds shoot through the roof every time just by touching pin. Now be quite for God sake.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] snorrid:
All the sides are plastic and on the top side of the prime near the camera it goes a bit further into the back because its not uniform because of the curvature of the the metal.. See this picture here http : // imgur.com/IMUkh and this one here of the plastic sides http : // imgur.com/ZeVXD. The metal strip extends to the plastic and my theory is that, that's where is should pickup the signal.

Edit: It might be that they thought this was enough but it wasn't so that's why the TF700T has a extra plastic strip on the back.

We will never know the truth its just theories but the strange thing is, I can pick up sats but then it drops out even though I'm not moving it or doing anything.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] julien.me:
Hi guys,

I have just tested GPS again with version 13 of the firmware and surprise surprise... After less than 10secs of locking up I got 8 satellites :

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 with Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] julien.me:
Forget that.. I restarted the prime and can't find more than 2 satellites... Haha false hope!

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 with Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
It IS the metal case, your GPS test should be showing mostly Green bars, and your distance should be much less than 48 ft. That's still poor signal strength. The tablet on the right just look defective.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MadHatter01:
I just got this email from Asus. I removed the tech's name.

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

The ASUS Transformer Prime is made from a metallic unibody design, so the material may affect the performance of the GPS. when receiving signals from satellites. Please note that this product is not a professional GPS device, and signal performance can be easily influenced by factors including, but not limited to: weather, buildings, and surrounding environments. Please understand there are limitations when using the GPS function. To avoid inconveniencing users who demand a powerful GPS device, we made the decision to remove it from our specification sheet and marketing communications. We supply half year warranty extension free of charge in order to express our apologize of it. Please contact RMA for the warranty extension.You may give us a call at 888-678-3688 (24/7 support) we would gladly assist in gettng you setup with an RMA. Please have the serial number of your ASUS product handy when you call.

If you continue to experience issues in the future, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards,
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Beards:
It's hardware.....

The last update simply buggered up a working software for many.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I think its hardware

So I bought another prime and tested this today. I really dont think its software but hardware. The dead gps prime is Pad ED version 0214(settings>about tablet) and the new one that works is 0215. One BCKOS(0214) and the other C1 (0215) serial number. Both warm screens (non bluish). Here are my results. Now it took about 2-4 minutes outdoor and probably about 6-7 min indoors for the new one to pick up max satellites shown.

EDIT: One is BCOKAS (0214) and the other is C1(0214) serial #

If anyone with Pad version 0214 or BCOKAS with working gps OR 0215 with C1 serial with non working gps then maybe it's a QA issue whether its production or some have faulty hardware (board with the pogo pins?)

214 left (ICS .14), 215 right (HC .33)

Indoors

214 left (ICS .14), 215 right (HC .33)

Updated 215 to ICS .14 (now theyre both ICS .14)

Outdoor

214 left, 215 right

Indoor

214 left, 215 right
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jptech:
Let me explain physics to you. when you cover a radio source with conducting metal, all signals are blocked.

Read the entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage It's the hardware. Stop looking for hope.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
It's not I have proof!

"

The unlock bootloader is actually a pretty vague subject. I believe we still have our legal team working on the terms before release but I am not sure if there will ever be an official release for the tool.

There are a lot of NDAs and legal terms that go along with the tool so our top executive management is discussing the best way to outline the legal terms of voiding warranty upon usage for people who do choose to use it.

In the warranty card that comes with the unit there are specific terms about “Modifying” and “Tampering” that is not covered under warranty conditions. This would also include rooting and unlocking the bootloader.

The wi-fi range is actually not because of the aluminum backing.

We are working on improving the antenna design built within the tablet right now.

Our service team will have a fix in place shortly for this but we would need to work on user’s unit in house at our service center to boost the reception when everything is ready. I will let you know."
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Norcalz71:
how is that proof?

have lots of reading to do on electronic shielding
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] snakeybidder:
Come on buddy, bury it. Accept it. You will never have fully working gps or very good wireless reception on your prime. If you even bothered reading any of the other posts especially the light bleed fix post you will see, just like me many people opened their primes and connected external wires to the pogo pins and reception was amazing from yards away and full birds inside!!

That's proof! Case dismissed.......
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Justin_Thyme:
Im not going to argue the point one way or the other of what the GPS issue is. What I can say is that I had 14 sats indoors with .11 and none with .13 and .14, not even outside with a clear sky. Since .13 my GPS is FUBAR!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] peterk-1:
I don't deny that there are significant problems with the GPS but I also get the impression that these GPS threads would be a little shorter if some "googling" about GPS was done.

Asus say the tablet should be flat to operate the GPS and I would suggest that the aluminium back then has no effect in screening the signal and the GPS antenna has been designed to operate in this position. Hand held outdoor GPS devices exhibit this effect some are best held vertically and others horizontal.

Asus don't help by their statement about trees etc. affecting the performance - All GPS devices have this problem.

When testing GPS performance consideration needs to be given to what information is available to the GPS chip. The chip isn't told where it is by the satellites. All the satellites broadcast on the same frequency and the chip has to extract meaningful data before it can identify a solution as to where it is. This solution is aided by "wifi" location and "where was I last". If you are able to get to \etc\GPS on the tfp there is a file gpsconfig.xml with parameters for around 12 jobs (ways of starting). I haven't got my head round them but there are some interesting jobs.

2 of them are for factory testing and have expected signal strengths.

Others contain lat/long co-ordinates that I presume are used to "try this location and see if the satellites make sense". If that's correct then maybe being near those sites helps the GPS to work. Most co-ordinates are given to zero decimal places, some are to 3 but one repeated reference is to 8 decimals and from Google Earth this is the roof of Von Kaenel Associates (real estate services) 3190 South Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95124, USA.

It also looks like the system stores almanac info in Rom and Ram and I guess out of the box first time it gets a rom info "this is an Australian TFP so lets start here" and 2nd start "I was in Oomagoolies so still there?"

So in conclusion it's the fault of Von Kaenel - the antenna is 20mmx50mm but they said it was a palatial 20x50 ft with ocean view and palm trees
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] peterk-1:
This thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881941 of 30+ pages references hacking the gps "files" to improve the performance on Samsung phones. Samsung uses the Broadcom BCM4751 gps chip as does the TFP
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ciddy:
Most people debating here have a too shallow understanding of GPS workings.

1. GPS uses a directory, called the almanach, which is used to help location aquisition by using timetables of other satellites around. This almanach is broadcast with the satellite signals but this is VERY slow. This is why a fix can take extremely long when unassisted.

2. The data of the last satellites used is usually being cached on-device, depending on device. So if you are using your GPS every day in the same area, you are going to get a faster fix as satellites dont change overly quickly from one day to the next.

3. Using aGPS data, usually referred to as ephemeris, is nothing else than downloading a portion of the almanach for your area from a server and thus "telling" your device which satellites are overhead and which to look for.

The above facts result in TWO files/databases available to GPS software; Cached "sensed" satellites AND "databased" aGPS satellite location data.

UNLESS BOTH OF THESE ARE reset/deleted there can be NO comparison between the GPS sensing performance of two devices in the same spot under otherwise identical conditions.

Pretty much EVERYTHING in this thread was said before, and there are actually TWO major problems.

ONE is the poor performance of the GPS sensor due to blatantly stupid case design and utter lack of ANY testing. In a side by side comparison, my Galaxy S2 reports DOUBLE the signal strength received over that received by the Prime. Definitely hardware and the key issue. Cause you cant make GPS shine if you have a crap signal to begin with.

TWO is the poor implementation of software. My take is that Asus just implemented some silly routines in their GPS-to-App interface to switch back to WiFi location whenever they can. I have driven with a 6+ bird FIX on the Prime in GPS Test and that info was not actually put to use in Locus Pro, Google Maps or any other navigation/localization App (The accelerometer and Compass were nicely rotating the map though).

So to cut this short; Near-unusable GPS reception due to poor case design topped off by poor software implementation.

They will never be able to fix this using drivers alone, and watching how poorly Asus is coping with more severe issues users are having (check out the various "trouble with update .XX threads), I highly doubt they have any proper means or intention to fix the GPS drivers in any somewhat near future, as they wont really gain anything from it thanks to the falwed hardware.

Thanks for that Picard pic, perfectly suited! :D

oh yeah, and while Wifi can be on, it should not be connected, as the Prime will otherwise use the WiFis network location service. Yep, someone knows where your router is and tells your Prime!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AWhistler:
If you believe that software never fixes a hardware problem, you haven't worked with embedded systems. The TFP can be considered an embedded system.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bern14:
I'm trying to make a post about the gps but I'm new here so I have reply
[Optimus One, P500, V General] u.bindal:
Friends,

I need your little advice..

I have changed my Baseband from old one to the new one..

I after seeing many ROMs, i am confused that which ROM should i flash..

So based on your experience, could you help to choose best ROM for New Baseband..

(do post URL od the ROM also while suggesting the ROM)..

Hope you guys help.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] zakk87:
The less problems I have with n1-cm7 by adfad666:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
I changed all high setting to 800 but I'm not sure if that's the proper way of doing it....I hope I didn't set it to continually run at 800mhz. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
Uhhh... if you're trying to underclock, this is the wrong script. If you're trying to UV more, just flash the -100mV script.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Hmm...any idea where to get his underclock script?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
second post in calkulins thread. its at the bottom of the post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Now Im getting confused....that is where I got the script thats described in OP here and the first reply states that that is the undervolt scripts and not the underclock script....wonder if I will be torched if I post this question in calkulins thread...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
damn I messed up dude sorry. I just saw under and my mind put volt at the end lol. ya I dont know the answer to your actual question. sorry buddy long day. you might as well ask the question in calks thread though. may get some help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Its all good bro thanks for chiming in to help anyways :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Hey if all you are doing is uc... I have a script in V L C rl5 that will do it at 800. Just dl the rom, open it with 7zip, go to system/etc/unit.d. extract 7VeNuMvolt. And push it to the same place on your phone... and reboot...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
HAHA i had that DLed yesterday already :D Didnt think to do what you suggest though...so thanks :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
No problemo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Fitz:
Having a strange problem. I've had my EVO since launch day, been running Tommy T's Classic .06 for weeks. A couple days ago I walked by my phone on the charger and the screen looked odd, it was very dimly lit and the charge light wasn't on any more. Unplugged it, LED was blinking that I had unread mail, so it wasn't completely dead or anything.

It had been on the charger since the previous day and I'd used it several times that morning to check e-mails, text, etc with no issue. I don't think the screen was on when it happened. I tried tapping the screen, the home button, then pressing the power button.

Pressing the power button made it light up a little brighter, then pressing it again made it dimmer but not go off.

Tried holding down the power button, nothing. Finally pulled the battery and turned it back on, worked fine.

Today, same thing happened. After a battery pull it's back to normal again. I haven't installed any new programs lately, no changes, and I'm running the stock kernel from the ROM. No task killers or anything like that. It's never done this until the past couple days.

Hoping it's not dying on me, anyone have any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Are you on your original stock battery? Sounds like the voltage regulator in the battery maybe going bad and not letting the phone get the right amout of power or letting the phone know it is getting the power

We are legion, for we are many
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Fitz:
Possibly still using the original, I have a couple others I can try. Would that affect it while it was on the charger and fully charged?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Yeah the voltage regulator does a few things, while charging it limits the input from wall to 3.7v or less so the battery doesnt burst while off charger it communicates between phone and battery to use more or less power while in use or idle etc, when it goes bad it fails to communicate properly and may not let the battery get enough power while charging. My stock crapped out on me about a month ago and all of a sudden, woke up one day and it would die within an hr of being unplugged plug it in and it would say it was at 78% then full in 10 mins

We are legion, for we are many
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zarkov72:
Ive found a couple of Apps in the market that allow me to link my Wii fit balance board to my phone to use as bathroom scales. But neither will work and looking at the Apps it appears that its an issue with the Bluetooth drivers used on Later samsung phones as well as HTC sense phones.

IM not sure exactly what the problem is but i see terms like not being HID compatable. How can i find out what BT software my SGS2 is using and can i replace that without having to install a whole new rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zarkov72:
noone have any ideas?

i cant be the first to have this issue and there is just so much info here its hrd to find what i would need.

I have tried searching but cant seem to find what i would need.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AsinX:
Does anyone have a link to the lockscreen mod for blazer 3.8 rom? Megaupload is down and i was wondering if someone had a mirror.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zilez2003:
This app is not available in my country - can someone share apk ? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zilez2003:
Anyone ? plizzz
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Joey2o11:
http://bit.ly/xajVeZ
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zilez2003:
This is not helpfull, of course i gugled for this before i asked. Too many smart people, too litle help. Again, if someone can share apk...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sileshnair:
I don't know if this is what you are looking for.

http://db.tt/LVXnzcTC
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zilez2003:
Thank you very much !!!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jgreene1014:
Does any one have a transparent Google Search widget .apk? For nexus s 4g running IMM26 ICS 4.04

Thanks in advance for reviewing.

Also I can make it but am having trouble signing the .apk files
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drdan03:
Hey guys!!! I had a problem with my phone and hence reflashed stock 2.3.3 . Since then my gallery doesn't seem to work properly. I click on a thumbnail but the photo that opens is a different one. And i can't seem to set photos as wallpapers. Can someone help me please!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylec:
Try clearing the data and cache for the gallery.

Happened to me a while back and that did it for me
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drdan03:
Um.... can u pls tell me how to do it?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylec:
Sure :)

Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Choose the "All" tab at the top -> Scroll down to and select gallery -> Press "Clear Data"

After that just reopen the gallery app and let it redo the photos.

Hopefully that solves it for you
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drdan03:
Sorry!! Didn't work!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylec:
hmm sorry mate, I don't know what else you could try :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HR7:
Try reflashing it again.. Maybe there was an error while you reflashing to stock.. Hope it helps

Wolfbreaks ROM with DoomLord Kernel = Awesome =)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eduardmc:
i tried "sd tool" and it only read the internal 32gb memory, does not detect the microsd or the sdcard i have in the dock. Which apps is able to dectect both external memory cards?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aprunic:
I tried it also, but in my case it doesn't work at all...gets stoopid with reading and writing doesn't start at all...seems to be uncompatible with ICS.

So I searched the market and found SDCardTester.

It is fairly large (some 9MB?!?) and it does write/verify/read tests on both memories, you juct have to give it proper path.

Tested it with transcend 16GB class 10 uSD card and it gave me rather funny result, around 15MB/s for both writing and reading...?

But at least works... 8-)

Anyhow seems to be a lack of similar apps on the market so for the time being I'll stick with this one.

And if I want more precise results, I'll stick the card into my PC and use proper, dedicated test apps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spidey01:
I'm a lazy bastard, I just use dd. Both BusyBox and GNU dd will report the speed in a measure like M/s when finished.

A command like:

dd count=1k bs=1M if=/dev/zero of=${whereever}/crap.dd

Will test the write speed from $whereever.

Read speed I reckon could probably done with something like this:

dd count=1k bs=1M if=${whereever}/crap.dd of=/dev/null
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXmeOliver:
As 4.0 is too slow for me (please don't argue) I'm running rooted stock 2.3.6 with Trinity kernel. Is there a better kernel?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedalus:
Search for Franco's gb kernel. Truly fast.

kernels ; battery ; ROM ; gov/sched
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lex_is300:
Hey guys here is a theme that I have started called BlueTP. This is the first theme I have posted publicly as the ones I usually make are just for personal use, so be easy on me. :cool:

Hope you guys like it!!! Let me know what you think or if you run into any problems with it. A few screenshots are attached.

Updates:

2/22 - BlueTPv2.1-CM9A2

-Updated for Alpha2

-Changed status bar clock color back to white

2/21 - BlueTPv2-CM9A1

-Updated to work with Alpha1

-added quicksearchbox.apk

-fixed text color that displays the name of the folder when it is open

2/18 - BlueTPv2

Added Keyboard, Browser, Search, and Gallery

Instructions:

1. DL the BlueTPv2.1-CM9A2.zip file and place it on your SD Card

2. Perform a Nandroid backup

3. Wipe cache and dalvik cache

4. Flash BlueTPv2.1-CM9A2.zip and reboot

Download -

Link 1: http://min.us/mJTehnSdc

Link 2: http://db.tt/uNByWFRd
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Bunnyslayer:
That is sweet looking. I will have to wait to flash it but its at the top of the list
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] sahhar1993:
thank you men amazing theme

i hope to see more themes for touchpad
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lex_is300:
New update, added a few more apps.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] alias4ever:
Does this work for the CM9 Alpha 1? :) THANKS!
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lex_is300:
Not quite yet, but I am working on updating it for Alpha 1. Hopefully going to be posting the updated version tonight.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] alias4ever:
That would be GREAT! I can't wait to install it on my CM9 Alpha 1 then! Thank you SO MUCH and keep up the AWESOME WORK! :D
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lex_is300:
Just posted updated link in OP for Alpha1!!!
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] alias4ever:
WOW! Looks INCREDIBLE! I love it! Thank you so much for getting it for the Alpha 1 SO FAST! :D

Dumb question, how do I get the battery level indicator to show up in the bottom right corner??? :rolleyes:
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Mr.Quipster:
Hey OP or others, does this support Alpha 2?
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lex_is300:
Unfortunately it looks like it was removed all together in Alpha1.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lex_is300:
Confirmed working for Alpha2, updated OP.
[Motorola Photon 4G] minimeofctown:
Hey I was just wondering if anyone had the same problem as me or if its been asked before. But my battery gets hotter than usual now when I'm doing things such browsing or playing a game. It didn't do this is CM7.2 and I didn't know if this was a known problem with cm9.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Some people have mentioned that their phones got warmer. I would check out the running processes that you have...I went back to cm7.2 for now.