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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] h0l:
There is still the option of getting a 3rd-Party warranty/insurance. If I get one of these, I can even drop my Transformer or throw it out of a running train :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Why on earth then would they unlock the bootloader in the first place? "Oh look, here is an app with a BIG warning that it will void my warranty, stop me getting OTAs and which I don't need anyway. Must install this!" :D

The rule is pretty simple: If you want OTAs, stay stock. Even rooting and changing any of the system files will cause the OTA to fail.

Anyone who roots/unlocks can easily back things up with Titanium, install the update manually then restore. Don't see any issue here that does not exist with the likes of the Nexus.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] newellj79:
I've been waiting for this everyday since buying the prime. I'm not going to use it yet though, like many others because of all the problems. If i need to rma in the future I want to have that option. Plus, because this was just released there isn't anything out there for us to do once it's unlocked yet. I'm waiting on a bt pair of headphones i ordered so that i can check and see if i have the bt/wifi combined drop out problem, at which point if i do, i will rma. Very excited to see the possiblilities now though. I'd love to see a full linux install. Very excited!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand4ll:
OTA will not be that important once custom ROMs are available as they will quickly be integrated in.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dcAndroidFan:
Yes. It would stand up in court. The fact that a contract benefits one side greater than the other doesn't make it unenforceable. It's up to you to decide whether it's worth it to do the unlock. The key of an enforceable contract is agreement on a bargained-for benefit. If you decide that these terms are worth it to have an unlocked bootloader, then the "benefit" conferred to you justifies the bargain. No one is forcing you to accept this deal. There is no coercion.

And really, boiled down all the "legal BS" says is that once you unlock the bootloader and install whatever ROMs you want and do whatever you want to the preloaded software and drivers, ASUS will no longer stand behind their representations of what their software on their original device would do (for whatever those representations have been worth so far, but that's a different story). Pretty standard stuff and they have said since the first bootloader unlock announcement that it would void your warranty. No suprise here.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand4ll:
Completely agree. There is nothing wrong about protecting themselves and to say otherwise is naive. If I created a device in would do the same thing personally.

As much as I disagree on a principles level of open software and devices I completely understand and agree with the decision based on the business behind it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mutiny:
My thoughts on this, my 2 cents, if anyone cares... :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] G37:
Wow dude, they haven't even had time...Be glad they have it up.

Quit whining and either do it their way or don't do it at all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawkysoft:
bro, get your facts straightened up, if the OTA didn't work for you, you probably messed something up, my prime is rooted and OTA worked flawless, all what happened is it removed the root, which i "pushed" back with rootkeeper.

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now for the app or tool to do this instead of their server we need some info...

which is...

- what has been send?

- what has been received?

and this from multiple devices to compare and see if we can find an algorithm in it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
My facts are completely straight thank you. I am rooted as well and my OTA worked fine.

My post said "Even rooting and changing any of the system files will cause the OTA to fail." and this is true. If you root and change system files the OTA will fail. I did not say that rooting alone will cause it to fail. If you have rooted and changed/replaced any system files (like /system/app/Keyboard.apk mod to load a different browser when you press the keyboard browser key) then the OTA will fail. You have to restore the original Keyboard.apk first, and then the OTA will be OK.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawkysoft:
right... so the changes i made in the system folder made my ota fail.. ok.. subject closed...

/end sarcasm

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further than this useless comment, anyone has output and input from what the process has been transfering and receiving?

and also is it confirmed it needs a connection before it unlocks? i can't test atm since im not at home, also i'll try to see what i can pull out of the apk itselve..

would love to see a logcat of the entire process... can anyone be so kind and dump one on pastebin.com or send it to me in private?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
This kind of forum with all the negativity and fighting is just going to make the developers not want to be a part of it. If anyone's worried about warranty wait a year until yours Is up and don't complain.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
Very good news!

Unlocked bootloader ensure long term community support.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mcoupe:
Damn, lets put a stop to the I international war here.

Today is a day to celebrate!

Lets put the egos aside and let the truly smart guys develop now!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cfaberlle:
This is great news!! Can't wait to see what the developers brew up for this awesome device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawkysoft:
before anyone does this, please logcat the entire process <3

don't make me spam this thread with this request plz >.<
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
you might want to tell them how to do that...

in windows click start then run

cmd

in the command prompt run the following.

adb logcat > logcat.txt

note you need to have adb installed first.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
No need to have adb you just have to run the same command from Terminal Emulator or any app that can runn commands, root needed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
I dont see it any different then every other company that voids your warranty if you mod. They may have found a way to track modders or they may have known all along but never enforced it as some of the Dev may solve problems they couldnt. And as with Ap..&@##@ple some of the Dev may find ways to nul this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mineshrai:
Strictly it works with TF201 ICS only. Don't activate it on TF201 Honeycomb.......

http://mirolta.com/2012/02/22/asus-...lock-app-for-eee-pad-transformer-prime-tf201/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I agree. This unlock bootloader tool is great news. But only people who should want to this immediately is developers and people with working knowledge of how it works. Developers will do this to get started on their Rom cooking, testing, or whatever. It isn't like everyone needs to jump out and do this immediately. We don't even have any roms or anything available yet for. Now that the tool is available, people need to just relax and let developers work their magic. Feel good knowing custom roms and more will be available soon. If you worried about OTA update, then this is not for you. Or at least not yet. Stay stock or rooted. People that have issues with their device should definitely not use this tool unless they understand fully that this wwill void warranty. Send in device if needed for RMA. Custom roms and developers will be able to fix alot of issues some have but some things only Asus RMA process can fix.

I'm in no rush to unlock. Device still brand new. Plus want to give developers more than enough time to do their thing. The tool is here now. Great things will come. Its not going to happen first day tool is released though..lol. I'm just going to sit back n see what develops. So get ready for optimized ROMS. Along with more aggressive overclocked and undervolting.

This is a day to celebrate for Prime owners. So lets try to make the community a more welcoming place for existing developers and ones that will be coming. I'm tired of the divide within users. Complaining about issues and complaining about people complaining about issues is very redundant now. If you have issues, do what you have to do to get it corrected. For those of us that don't, time to move on. Can't let others spoil the enjoyment and future of developement and Prime section of forum.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Doktaphex:
As far as I'm aware they cannot void the warranty for the hardware in the UK. Software warranty is understandably void, but hardware, I think not.

Not that I'm too bothered, I shall be installing this right now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GernBlanston:
I don't understand everyone's issues/concerns...

If you don't know what this tool does, don't unlock.

If you just want root for some specific application, don't unlock. Root is already available. So is un-root.

If you want to keep warranty support, don't unlock.

If you're willing to void your warranty. but want to wait until the dev community has good custom ROMs before you do, don't unlock.

If you are experiencing an issue that may require warranty support in the future, don't unlock.

If you are a developer that can't wait to get a custom ROM on the device, then by all means, unlock the thing. GETS TO WORKS, YOOS! :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jdbaker82:
Asus just found their way out of a huge mess now they can deny refunds and exchanges to anyone who unlocks bootloader saving them alot of money :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawkysoft:
okey for all the people crying, please make a new thread call it, "HELP MEH MOMMY"

for the people willing to run the app please read this page
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Doktaphex:
Must be too many people unlocking, it's failed for me twice saying try again later. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I bet lots of people are just blindly unlocking without full understanding of warranty voided. They might think unlock tool roots device..lol.

I just hope the server congestion is actually from all the developers eager to get started on this Quad/Penta Core beast. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Well, congestion might get a lot higher now. CM9 for TFP: http://androidroot.mobi/2012/02/22/cyanogenmod-9-for-asus-transformer-prime/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BUYMECAR:
I desperately await WiFi firmware fixes from devs o_O
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cfaberlle:
If you are worried about warranty then you are looking in the wrong forum. just saying.... :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] almightywhacko:
We knew before hand that this kind of legal agreement would come with the unlock tool. And its really not any different than the one HTC makes you agree to when using their official bootloader unlock too.

Companies need to protect themselves from inexperienced idiots who try to modify their devices yet don't know what they are doing.

Sadly it is often hard to identify (from an OEM perspective) the idiots from the experienced developers once a device has gotten screwed up. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] walie:
I'm waiting for the day when the massive sense of entitlement this forum has shifts from whining about Asus to the "developers"

"fix this! fix that!"

"even though you said there is no ETA, can you tell me when this will be ready"

"hello <insert developer here> I've sent you 29 PMs and created 23 threads about this problem that i have because i didn't read the FAQ, why haven't you replied??"

"<developer> please fix this now or I wont download or donate!"

I give it probably 2 weeks before this happens.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyberguest:
that was freaking fast
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Wow cm9 already?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawkysoft:
last time i request this...

before you do this please read this page first
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xray49er:
I didnt bring my prime to work today. I have to wait until i get home. How fast the cm9 team is working by time i get home i may have a new rom to boot. Thanks Asus for keeping your word.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ragndemon:
Well i'm new to the TFP. Purchased it yesterday and i love it. Haven't seen any of the issues others have had and i was even able to root it. But right now i'm afraid to take it any farther seeing as I probably haven't did enough with it to see any problems. I saw that not only have they taken steps beyond the unlocked bootloader by making a CWM recovery but now CM9 is in full production. Make me really want to use the unlocker.. hmmm
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Here ya go. Good luck with it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Yep! CWM and CM9 already. He said a beta should be available in a couple/few days. PRIME developement off to a great start on the first day of Unlock tool already :cool:

Best part is they said most, if not all hardware working on CM9 already. Would love to see some benchmark comparisons to stock setup. OR a more detailed video breaking down everything for CM9 on Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kwazytazz:
ok, so wheres that little b*tch that said there wont be a unlocked bootloader according to his reliable source!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I know EXACTLY who you talking about..lmfao I never believe anything he says. He said he already got a refund from Asus days ago. Now he is in other threads acting like he trying to find out how to get one..SMH. He love to tell tall tales.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Haha - I'd say the ONLY question not likely to be asked again and again in these forums is "Who are you referring to?" :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aypanthony:
Wow! Great news indeed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] quartercirclebak:
Very exciting. I don't know if any custom ROMs will tempt me from stock until some of the issues are fixed by OTAs...but if I see Cornerstone running well on someone's Prime I might have to bite the bullet...we'll see. We'll see.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kwazytazz:
LOL... people these days are so sad.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] monkey10120:
Finally! Can't wait till I get home to try it out. And I can't believe cm9 and cmw is out! Great job.

Duel boot Linux please :D lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aypanthony:
This news along with the fact that Asus is offering full refunds for the GPS issue, should clear out the people with problems and get the TFP XDA focused on development, as it should be.....:D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xsteven77x:
So basically no one should use this til we actually have custom roms to flash or at least a cwm recovery cause there is no point. Second, everyone is making much ado about nothing as far as ota goes. Someone will post the ota update.zip and you well flash in recover like we always have. Is this forum filed with a bunch of noobs!

Edit: I see there is recovery and roms now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 3rdamention:
I would be so excited to do this on ANY OTHER DEVICE BUT the Prime. This thing is like a problem waiting to happen and I feel like my device absolutely needs the warranty.

I am terrified this will work great, work fine for a few months, then something will go wrong with my Hardware and Asus will say, Oops Sorry, no warranty.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Core618:
You sir, are an optimist, giving it 2 weeks? That's about 13 days 23 hours longer than I expect it to take
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
Are there any details on what changes are done to the device?

I'm wondering about disassembling the tool to see what it's doing...

Would be cool to see if there is a way to undo the changes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Predseda3D:
Apk is decompiled. Look at dev section. [Decompiled] Asus - UnLock_Device_App_V6
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
Oooh, it's an APK? Interesting.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
That's what I'm waiting on, to see if someone is able to intercept the encryptions or whatever, don't know if I'm willing to void warranty with s/w, but naturally if I get to drilling holes as I will that won't matter.

Really though, what's their problem? Voiding the warranty this way means even after their crappy QC, people down the line will have h/w issues unrelated to the s/w changes and still be SOL

I've taken my HTC for granted I guess... I could send my phone in right now without reverting to stock and I'm pretty sure I'd still get my issue resolved...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kennyo112:
I feel the same way, Cornerstone would make it worth it for me as well - it looks amazing. The only real issue I had with my Prime was GPS and that has already been fixed by a previous OTA, everything else has worked fine right out of the box. Once there is a stable version of CM9 for the prime I do not see a real reason to even worry about OTA's anyway.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xyrth:
exactly my issue. I don't understand the industry expected compliance of "mess with software, hardware warranty is voided"

I get that you *can* cause damage to chips via overclocking, but this isn't 1998, and we're not talking about a 300a with no thermal monitoring.

If I bought a XX brand laptop with Windows 7, and bought Windows 8 to install, or Ubuntu, or anything, I'd be furious that doing so would void the warranty, and that's what we're seeing here.

It should opt Asus out of software support, and anybody unlocked should expect that any tablet sent in for service to come back locked & back to a stock rom ... that's fair. Killing our hardware warranty isn't.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knives of ice:
well if you void your warranty by unlocking not saying it is necessarily right but you could always go out and buy a new prime and then do the ol' switch and return your defective model with the new receipt.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PolishPoet:
ASUS said right from the get-go that using it would void the warranty. Every wireless provider I know of claims that the warranty is void on their devices if rooted. As far as the Prime, I also seem to remember that some Google player was not going to be functional due to DRM concerns. I believe that the player was made availble in .14.

What those that use the unlock will need is something to relock the boot-loader.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chpimentelpr:
Eso!!!! Nice good news!!!

Let's brick this baby! :cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PolishPoet:
That's what I said all along. This may end up being a big money saver for them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
Everyone is up in arms over this whole voided warranty from unlocking your bootloader...i say if it bothers u that much u have the choice dont, or get a third party warranty...Moto even has said that unlocked RAZRs (dev edition) will ship with an unlocked bootloader but with no warranty at all...that i feel is worse then what asus is doing...does it suck yes but suck it up...maybe thats just how i feel as i probably wont be hanging on to the device very long...when the tf701 or next tab comes out this tab is getting handed down to someone lol...again thats just me.

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doesnt matter if you relock..if u unlock with the asus tool..ur serial number/numbers are stored within a database on their servers..so if you ever try to claim ur warranty..they have a record that u did in fact unlock the bootloader at a time...and therefore ur warranty is void.

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does this really still work where u live...any electronic store by me actually checks that the serial numbers on the device actually matches...whats on the box...unless u peel off the serial number sticker and change the serial number within the os using ratchet lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
That's the carrier though. Software is strictly their thing, most of the manufacturers (from what I've read) don't particularly care what the hell was installed when their h/w completely fries itself from something unrelated to what s/w is going to do.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knives of ice:
if you keep your original box for the first prime you ordered what would be the problem? the numbers match. there is no serial number printed on any receipt for the individual prime you buy at the store.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
depends where u bought urs...mine has the serial number on my receipt heh
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] walie:
and now we're descending into discussions concerning fraud

keep it classy xda
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Predseda3D:
You are messing with "unlock bootloader" and "root".

unlock bootloader != root ;)

Google movie doesnt works on any rooted device, but works on device with unlocked bootloader. :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AllGamer:
ahh!... this is good news to my ears....

now i can finally consider this beast of a tablet for purchase, before this, i was very hesitant to even bother consider it for purchase
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knives of ice:
merely pointing out what some will do as i said earlier i don't condone it. we have some members filing chargebacks with their credit card company and getting to keep the prime at this point, so hey....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vcolassi:
Breaking the law, breaking the law...... A little Bevis and butt head moment lol.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] soulctcher:
Let's get this straight. That's a Judas Priest moment, not a Beavis and Butthead moment. :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kingsway8605:
They want you to use it so they don't have to provide warranty support for screens falling off, wifi failing, etc
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tyfoxx:
Im getting one.

I am now confident I will buy one now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lms24:
yup, same here :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
That's right! SPREAD THE word! Tell everyone n their mom's to go get a prime. The more the merrier. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PolishPoet:
Their toy, their rules. Yeah it sucks but right now you have two choices warranty or no warranty. If I were to go ahead and do that I would wait a while longer to see if ASUS really comes out with a hardware mod for the WiFi as rumored in another thread. Once that took place I'd consider unlocking. I want to see what will comeout as far as roms go too. Right now ICS is satisfactory, but I'm always looking.

Proud Owner of a Transformer Prime on Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] [TSON]:
The real question here is if there will be one for the TF200T... *shifty eyes*
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xsteven77x:
Im gonna wait to do it 1. When there is actually something worth flashing, and 2. On the SLIGHT chance someone figures out how to do the unlock without using the official method so we may not have to screw our warranty. I know it's a long shot but i think it's worth waiting to see since there is no rush at the moment.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slugbug2010:
In my experience...... If we are going to root, we better do it quickly and use the current "easy" because once the official unlock comes out, the development /support for the one click easy way goes away :D

Correct?

Plus, if we root now, our Primes aren't watermarked/tagged.

Now. My big question is....to root or not to root?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zektor:
It is great to know that it is a possibility now, but calling Asus and voiding warranty is a no no. Again, it is great to at least have the ability.

Personally I will wait it out. If my warranty expires and no other known method is available, I will use this. If we are lucky, an alternate method will surface before that time comes. On a $500 device, I am playing this one safe.