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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vcolassi:
Well...... I was lucky enough to get my hands on "another" Prime today at my local Gamestop, C2 serial which is the newest ive seen. They had only 2 in stock. This is my 3rd Prime btw. My previous was a C1. My C1 worked fairly well aside from the GPS which i got nada. My Prime before the C1 did pick up a few Sats with GPS after about 30 secs, but nothing special. And some reboots here and there of course on all previous serials of mine. I ended up returning my C1 the other night & sold my keyboard dock to a lucky guy on Craigslist.

Well.... It took less than 24hrs to have withdraw :o. Using my Samsung series 9 ultrabook was just not the same, seemed like... well just a laptop lol. Even though the Prime is not a laptop it just seems to add so much more value for the price in my book. Unless you need it for work then a laptop would prob be a logical choice. Anyway my GF said she even knew id be hunting one down in a few days hahaha. It must be a sickness

So i picked it up today and the cool thing is the ones from GameStop come with about $20 bucks worth of free games! Shadow Gun, Sonic CD, Riptide, Monster Madness, Sleepy Jack and a few others.

So to the good stuff! I tried to let the rush settle and let it stay in the plastic for a few hours. Couldn't resist, ripped it open. First things downloaded were Wifi Anyalyzer, Speed test & GPS test. And i am very very happy so far.

"WIFI"-in my living room is just as good as in my office where the router is. Speed test is showing almost similar results. Compared to before with my others i would get inconsistent speeds & usually half the speed while in my Living Room.

"GPS"- Whoa, now this will require further testing but... It picks up 9-12 Sats in about 10 secs! And always locks onto about 8 of them with really good accuracy. This is tested inside in my living room. Tried this at least 10 times with similar results. Its working almost too good currently, sketchy scratching my head sketchy lol! I will test it in my truck when i go to pick up my GF at 4pm today. I am not one for really caring if the GPS works or not but testing it on the Prime almost seems like a must for some reason. If you are in the group of people who have had two Primes or more lol. :D

I have a C2 serial as stated. Still says "GPS" on the box and was still shipped with HC. I have not upgraded yet. But man i am happy again. I haven't given up on the Prime yet.

"SCREEN BLEED" As far as screen bleed. Good way to check is in a dark room on the boot screen. It has minor, very minor light peaking through by the bottom. But honestly i think its about as good as its gonna get. Not anything you would notice unless you were looking for it really really hard.

Just to add icing on the cake i went over to my local HHGregg by my mall just to see if they had any keyboard docks for the hell of it. Low and behold they had one! Even though it said sold out online. Got if for $143 bucks too! They also had one Prime in stock. Didn't ask the serial though. So for those of you braves multiple return'ers it might be worth it to give the C2 a shot.

:cool: VERY VERY HAPPY TP OWNER " AT THE MOMENT" ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clenz:
Let us know if you have the same results after ICS and all the f/w updates.

Happy to see an example of a TFP operating as advertised.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vcolassi:
Will do! I'm going for the gold and gonna update to ICS right away. Soon as i get home after picking my GF up in about a half hour i will do the famous OTA update.

I am gonna test out the GPS as well while in car. Its a bit surreal, even though my other Primes worked fairly well. Never this good, i wasn't expecting the GPS to work but hey i'm not complaining.

Now i am sure once i upgrade to ICS there will be a few hiccups being its software related. But for now ive never been happy since i got my first Prime before i was unaware of the lingering problems on some of them.

I didn't give up!:p

A side note my other Primes didn't come with all these "Free" games that i was gonna pay for. Double win for me today so far!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kunddizzle:
my C2XX had no GPS, light bleed, and wifi was working, but not great.

No software freezes, random boots .11 in Europe..

Glad yours working.. Hoping for a replacement soon :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] soulctcher:
I thought I saw a post explaining that ASUS has not changed anything in the manufacturing process as of yet...so the C2 would essentially be the same as the C1; luck of the draw.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chamberc:
That's correct. No difference in hardware, yet, between any of the series. BOKAS, C1, C2 all the same.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] azeed:
well assuming yours is working perfectly - please somehow just tell ASUS to make them all like yours :D I wanted to buy one since november but becuase of these problems I'm just without a tablet as at the time being nothing comes close to a properly working TFP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Erusman:
Good to hear your C2 is working good. However, some with C2 serials are still reporting problems. I do want to buy another prime. But I think I will wait for C3 serials or longer. Soon as we get more owners with positive feedback from future versions. Of course first thing I would want to do is open one up to see what kind of changes they have made to the hardware. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
Are you able to run Sonic CD on your prime? I think I downloaded that game upon first receiving my Prime back in January and I had to cancel the install and refund my money because it took forever to install. I had noticed then the game was getting a lot of low star ratings on the Android market from others experiencing problems with getting the game to work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] acidus.:
Agreed, luck of the draw.

Picked up a C2 from Gamestop on Friday, its my third one. Previous ones had GPS/WiFi issues, and one had screen bleed.

On the new C2 the GPS is working great!!! WiFi is also working great and no screen bleed!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vcolassi:
Also agreed that it is luck of the draw. A quick update on the GPS i wasn't able to use it much being i was on the run and my battery was about to die being it was out of the box fresh with only a 5% charge.

But the few minutes i was able to test it in a "moving" vehicle i was getting 2-5 Sats in view, but zero being "in use"

Again this is on the out of the box with no GPS or Wifi OTA. I am doing that now as we speak.

As far as someone asking about the installation of Sonic CD. It is taking alot of time to download for some reason. I currently have it downloading for 5 mins and its only on file 3 of 8 at 28%. "EDIT" I let it finish and it does currently work on my Prime on HC. I will let you know if it does with ICS.

I will let you know how my C2 is after the ICS upgrade.

In the mean time who's got a C3? Kidding lol :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MOD64:
I got my TP (C2 Serial #) from Gamestop last week as well... everything has been working perfectly! Have you upgraded to ICS yet?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zektor:
I have to think that these serials do not mean a thing honestly. I have only owned one TF Prime...the current one I own right now. It is a C1 serial, and I have never had issues with the wifi and my GPS works pretty solidly outside. Indoors the GPS does not work, but the thing is that neither does my Garmin! I think it is all about where you are located AND what type of dwelling you reside in.

It may just *seem* it is better (aka: placebo effect)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tsc123:
Info about C2OK***

I bought a C2OK*** in New York last week.

It had HC and updated via OTA to .14 (in New York)

Back to Germany WIFI was not working at all !

Flashed DE.11 and WIFI is fine and nearly (or exactly) same as my Galaxy S.

GPS is not working (only sometimes a few birds but no In Use)

WIFI + BT (Youtube + BT headphones) causes dramatic fallouts and finally stop of streaming

(Just as an Info)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pdiggitydogg:
Interesting. Watching this for updates on c2s.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xsteven77x:
So far the C2's have the same hit or miss factor as all of them. Doesn't seem to be anything to write home about.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
Mine is crap. Screen not stuck on properly, 5 reboots in 3h, WiFi slower than previous 4 (yes, 4, I'm on the 5th prime now). Lightbleed, which is made worse by the fact that glass moves about. So there you go. Same QA issues as with previous models.

Sent throught the wormhole from my CoinInserted Sensation OG.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo_Shift:
Doesn't that just mean when it was manufactured? I doubt anything changed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
IMO until supply surpasses demand Asus will never be able to really produce or QA them as well since they are being rushed out the door so quickly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
I agree hit or miss. I have a C2 and must say everything works great so far. This is my second one from gamestop.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] diecast17:
Yes it works fine for me!

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Did you test the Wi-Fi speed while using Bluetooth?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
I just tested with speed test. My result were very close with Bluetooth on or off.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willoxx:
bluetooth still not working with wifi

Got a brand new C2. Can't watch YouTube with my jaybird Bluetooth headphones.

Did a speed test got 30k/s download when my connection is usually 1200k/o sec.

Edit : minor screen bleed + lots of reboots on ics.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xsteven77x:
Goes to prove serial means nothing. Yours is junk take it back.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] opentoe:
Agreed! I wish everyone would stop indicating that the "new" serial number conventions are different. The fact is, Asus has stated there is a physical hardware alteration that needs to get done to make the tablet work properly. Hey, my wifi works GREAT without bluetooth. Soon as I throw on some music, it is all over, my wifi speed goes from 29Mbps to 2Mbps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iconoclastnet:
I just picked up a transformer prime from gamestop (I'd been holding off until the bootloader unlock tool was released) and yes it has a C2OK... serial. Almost everything worked fine out of the box, with the exception of gps. (I wasn't able to test bluetooth streaming however.)

Zero dead/stuck pixels.

No appreciable light bleed.

Wifi worked on par with my galaxy-nexus/prime everywhere, checking with both wifi-analyzer and speed-test.

Gps-test showed 0 sats in-view outdoors while the galaxy-nexus/prime was picking up 9 in-view with 8 in-use.

I did the whole ics upgrade to 9.4.2.15, and retested everything with the same results.

Finally I tried the vulcan-pogo-pinch mentioned in a few other threads, and after a few tries gps finally came up. Now I get similar gps-test reading between the tf-prime and my phone (with both devices lying horizontal face up). I know navigation is still an unsolved problem, but I knew that when I went in to buy the thing, and considering that I've never used a tablet for real-time navigation in a car, as long as it can find "here" on maps/earth/weather/whatever, I'm prepared to live with that trade-off.

So overall it still seems to be a hit-and-miss endevour but it worked out for me at least.

update: More testing of the gps shows it works on par with my phone in some locations but poor performance (only sees a couple of sats) in other locations. Additional use of the vulcan-pogo-pinch doesn't help (that only seems to fix the initial "no connection" issues). It seems to be very location dependent. Certain places it works as well as the phone everytime, other places it's considerably weaker everytime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tsc123:
I have the same C2OKA... serial.

I am happy with wifi but:

no GPS and big problems watching youtube with BT headphones

=> can you please confirm your prime is working OG with streaming and BT an the same time ?

=> did you open your prime according to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1474391&highlight=open+prime ?

what did you do exactly ->

if this works I will try also

thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iconoclastnet:
Sorry, I've never been particularly impressed with BT headphones, so I don't happen to have any around to test with at the moment.

Not yet. But I'm thinking about it.

I tried the vulcan-pogo-pinch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgx2Kpfi-Ps) first as it wouldn't strictly void the warranty or prevent returning it to the store. That got me to what I suspect is the same level of gps behavior as most "working" primes. (See my update above.)

Case opening that requires a heat-gun is the sort of thing I resort to only after I know the warranty is gone *cough*bootloader unlock*cough*.
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http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/samsung-galaxy-note-smartphone/37363.aspx

Goes until the 21st!
[Member-Found Deals] zoso28:
Can't get the discount to apply.. Maybe because my account defaults to the the premier site?? Anyone successfully add a line with this promo? Particularly those with an IRU Fan discount?
[Member-Found Deals] sk337sk337:
It wont let you with any FAN discount BUT if you call and take it off and readd it i saw where some people had sucess with doing that for the preorder.
[Member-Found Deals] seedofchaos:
Just got this seems legit
[Member-Found Deals] garbagecanman:
Anyone with premier get this 2 work? Shouldn't matter right? If your premier and u have upgrade then this should work. I know premier ppl had issue with pre order but this should be legit and easy...

Edit, new or add a line is kinda lame. Good deal for new though.

Sent from my A500 ICS dream machine
[Member-Found Deals] sk337sk337:
If your out of contract call retention :)
[Member-Found Deals] seedofchaos:
Says 2 day shipping I should have this by Thursday or Friday
[Member-Found Deals] sk337sk337:
Or sooner
[Member-Found Deals] zoso28:
I think I'm going to try again this morning, and if worst comes to worst maybe I can add a line as a separate account and then join them after I get it. Absolute last resort will be calling in to remove my fan discount
[Member-Found Deals] sk337sk337:
It's worth a shot for the price on a brand new phone.
[Member-Found Deals] chils41:
This is the BEST DEAL in this section so far BUT

Dosent seem to be working for me..

trying since last ni8...

gonna give it a shot one more time

thnx.
[Member-Found Deals] sk337sk337:
Good luck!
[Member-Found Deals] seedofchaos:
Just picked up the phone at an Atnt store fun stuff hah
[Member-Found Deals] sk337sk337:
Deal is officially dead from the website.
[Member-Found Deals] zoso28:
Not sure about that.. I just ordered mine a minute ago & got my confirmation at $149.99. Total $159.99 with tax & 2 day shipping. I didn't even really plan on ever getting the Note haha.. Just couldn't pass the deal up.

I'm not gonna count my chickens before the phone arrives but so far so good. Unfortunately I'm gonna have to spend quote a while on the phone straightening my account out once it arrives
[Member-Found Deals] chils41:
Please help

Can anyone Please tell me

they check credit with who ?

Experian,

Equifax

or TransUnion ?

cause im pretty screwed up in experian...LOL

Second....

after how many months i can terminate the contract

and how much is ETF with ATT.

Third....

My buddy just upgraded his contract 3 months ago with SGS II, can he upgrade his line again with SG Note, $249/$299 ???

please help

thnx.
[Member-Found Deals] zoso28:
They use equifax most of the time, and you usually have to keep the account active for 6 months or return the device. And the termination fee starts at $325 and drops by $10/month.

Also, if your buddy upgraded 3 months ago he has to wait another 3 months before he can even do an exception upgrade, which will add an additional $150 to three cost of the phone.
[Member-Found Deals] chils41:
RETURN THE DEVICE???

JFC At&t is fcuked up.

I think I would rather pay $600 for Int. Galaxy Note.

Thank you so much for the TIP !
[Member-Found Deals] chils41:
Please HELP :-(

can please somebody tell me WTF i am doing wrong here

"The current promotional discount cannot be applied to the items in your shopping cart. We're sorry, the conditions for "Up to 50% discount" have not been met."

this is what i get at check out.

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3. DataPlus 300MB for Smartphone 4G LTE

4. Zagg Invisible Shield Dry Apply - Samsung Galaxy Note

thnx.
[Member-Found Deals] garbagecanman:
How many lines you have? Seems correct to me?

Sent from my A500 ICS dream machine
[Nexus S General] iGoogleNexus:
I thought it was the More Bars you have the more Data Kills Your Battery... but sprints 3G sucks .. some users only experience a .5kbs to 1.0 Mbs (if your lucky) ... that being said I think that's why your battery lasts longer. But then again I'm on Wifi so my battery has lasted all day ^_^ 15% left. Nfc on , Bluetooth off , screen at 50% brightness and heavy usage. Buuuut in your screen shot below your on 3G ... the 2 days.. was it always on Wifi?

- Google
[Nexus S General] Braneless:
What is your screen on time?

I don't use any "power-saving" apps, just AOKP Milestone 2 with Steve Garon's 1.14 kernel to run 50hrs with nearly 4hrs of screen time.

100/1100mhz, interactive governor, standard voltage, bln/bld on, wifi used whenever available. It doesn't help that my office is in a poor signal area - battery life would be much better if the signal reception bar stayed green all the time.

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[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
Screen time out is on 30 seconds. and Wifi was connected virutally through the entire time, exception was when I visited a friends house which is why in the screenshot it does not say it's connected, However it was still active.
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
Those are very nice stats, Question, On your battery log, What are the massive drops in battery from? low signal or just heavy use on your phone?

Also I believe I'm going to go back an retry my experiment with SmartassV2 governor and On Demand. because I recently read they are better than conservative.

By all means play around with these settings and if you report back something I can approve on I will be happy to update this post and give credit to whoever finds more tricks to improving the battery life even more =)
[Nexus S General] Braneless:
They're from heavy use, probably angry birds or web browsing. The poor signal usually results in much slower drain.
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
Not saying you're wrong, but based on past experience when I lived in an area where my phone was constantly losing and gaining signal or especially switching between Verizon (Roaming) and Sprint to find a signal, My phone would get very warm and it would cause massive battery drain.
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
Also in regards to the Sprints 3G speed.

Here in town where I live now, with the new KL2 radio

Edit:

I have attached screenshots of 3G speeds. It seems today when I ran the test the speeds aren't that special, I guess it all depends on network load.
[Nexus S General] kyouko:
This ^

I can get about 4-5 hrs on screen-on time a day with a full charge before it dies. I couldn't imagine spreading that amount of time over three days unless I was travelling again or something lol :D
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
Haha yeah sorry about that guys, That could have been helpful for me to post, but I actually just now realized you could view your screen on hours by clicking it. I feel about stupid now.

After I tweak some more settings and do this little experiment again I'll be sure to actually include that, Seeing as it would have been helpful LOL
[Nexus S General] tycruickshank:
How do you get your phone to idle so well? I can never get the battery stats to flatline like that. Could it be due to me having BLN turned on as the OP said that causes an idle bug?
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
There's a possibly you're running an app in the background that's preventing your phone from deep idling. Also try the battery saving app I mentioned in the post as well. It works wonders for some, and others don't notice difference. There's a lot of varying factors.

Have you wiped your battery stats and calibrated your battery with the method I mentioned above? Also you can check to see if your phone is deep idling by going into NSTools and clicking Idle stats.

If you see that your idle numbs are higher than your deep idle stats, Than yes, Something is preventing you're phone from doing so, and I would recommend disabling BLN and seeing if that fixes it.

It

could

be an issue with BLN and it may not be. My entire post is basically the steps and settings I've figured out and tweaked on my own to achieve maximum battery. I've read around and it seems some others have used BLN without any noticeable difference in battery at all. I guess it really just depends.

Also to the other post, The main reason I run my phone unclocked is basically, in use, I prefer the CPU to be at the lowest max speed possible, while remaining smooth, and I've noticed no lag at 800max, So therefor even when I'm using my phone it's still not going to be pulling as much power as if lets say I had it set to 1000 or 1100. Overclocking is great, Don't get me wrong, but unless you're doing something heavy like gaming or a sheet ton of crazy multitasking, I don't really think it's worth it. That's just my opinion though =)
[Nexus S General] jesusice:
So you're at home all this time? Then why go through all this trouble and handicapping of features and performance? Why not just plug it in?
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
How exactly am I handicapping? I had people asking me how I was getting my battery life and wanted me to post up details on it, so I decided I would. I run an underclocked phone because like I stated in my previous post, I don't see the point in running a overclocked phone unless you're going for benchmarks or doing a lot of heavy multitasking and then by all means, Take the 5 seconds to change your max CPU speed. If you're referring to me not running BLN, That's because for some, including me it keeps your phone from idling and will cause battery drain. It works fine for some, others it doesn't. I'm SURE it's a problem on my end, but until I get it worked out I'm just leaving it off for now.

I've been learning about rooting and modding since the Sprint HTC Hero days. I'm far from a professional and will be the first to admit I'm an amateur compared to you guys, I cannot develop, I cannot code. I'm simply wrote this guide as a reference point for people wanting to get good battery life, That's why I said tweak with the settings and have fun.

The main reason I'm so ecstatic about the battery life, is up until now I've barely been able to get a days normal use out of an android phone even running custom roms and all that good stuff. Now I can actually use my phone throughout the day, Throw it on my dresser at night, and wake up the next morning with still enough charge to use it again without having to worry about plugging it up every night.
[Nexus S General] zeigan:
Home or not, this info can prove to be very useful depending on an individual's circumstance. I work multiple jobs and when I get home, sometimes I'm so tired I don't even bother to fiddle with my phone's charging cable and just crash on my bed. I've gotten great battery life using similar tactics (went to bed with a 13% charge once, woke up with the thing still alive and kicking), so again, some may find this extremely helpful. Good work!
[Nexus S General] cwayn1989:
Thank you kind sir. I'm glad you were able to find this poorly formatted guide useful! =D