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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] modtheworld:
Hi guys I realized why i was getting error when i registered my TP i accidentallly registered it using my dock serial number and thats why its not recognizeing my serial now.Is there anyway to fix this screwup so I can get the dongle registration done. please help.

modtheworld
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] teh_lorax:
Yes, it's completely unwarrantied. Jesus man, come on!

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Transfor...3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334596931&sr=1-3

(You're welcome for the Google search.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
I've seen worse man :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ready2Mosh:
So register your Prime, you need to register both your dock and Prime anyways, so you got 1 done, just do the other.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darembo:
serial allready registered

I just tried to register my prime on the vip site ,i have bought my prime in januari from a known reseller in holland ,

However when i try to register it , the site indicates that the serial is already registered.

Does anyone (Gary?) Have any suggestions what my next steps should be to rectify this?

I do have proof of purchase and all paperwork off course.

I would hate to miss out on the GPS dongle ,because it is the only issue i have wiith my prime ,in all other aspectsim really pleased with it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] modtheworld:
Thanks, thats just what I got done doing.I've got to say that the rep I spoke to was very helpful and very respectful to my needs and the whole time i was on the phone he was typing to document my problem and was very professional about it.I have to say that although this was my first encounter with a problem, it was a very good experience .

modtheworld:D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bahurs1:
Wonder how much time it's gonna take to ship. Do they deliver it straight to the door or in the mail?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mbieler:
the whole "registering the dock" situation is very strange to me. on the german registration site i entered my dock's serial number and it automatically switched both the drop-down lists to the transformer prime options. i was even offered to request the gps dongle even though i'd already done that with my tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ahlerl:
I tried registering mine and couldn't as well. I contacted support and they consider the dock an accessory and you don't register it. There is a warranty I believe you just need to have the receipt if you need to return it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ready2Mosh:
Unless they changed something you should be able to register your dock, I have and so have several others. Make sure you have your O's and 0's right.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kl408:
Now that we're getting our dongle I would like to hear your opinions and thoughts on this too : Since the poor reception of GPS?WIFI was mostly due to the fact that the signal kinda "bounced" of the aluminum housing could we

expect

to see better WIFI now that waves have an "entry point" into the case???? I mean the signals should be able to use the connected dongle to get inside somehow...

Not my language this so I don't know ho to phrase it properly but since the GPS and WIFI are internally on the same strip if i look at the pictures it could work provided the dongle is there to assist the internal GPS.... If the internal one isn't used anymore and the dongle takes over completely then i think the effect on WIFI would be considerably less..

Am I close or just a gibbering idiot...... ok ok ok I get it :D :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ZeekWorld:
If you need help getting your GPS dongle, follow ASUS steps h t t p ://event.asus.com/ASUSPad/TF201GPS/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
So everyone is talking about the dongle :)

I really hope a firmware update is coming soon that finally solves the reboot problems on the prime.

With .21 the reboots are still there for me. Its not as frequent as before but it still happens! And if not i have to reboot manually because games are crashing left and right which can only be fixed temporarily by rebooting.

Btw my battery drains faster than before with .15.

I really love this tablet but i hope asus can work out the software issues in the next month or so...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lorthirk:
...note so fast.

ASUS Italy is still claiming on Facebook that even who managed to place the request for the GPS without any problem won't get the single anyway because the Prime was advertised and sol without the GPS.

Maybe Gary would shed some light on this? The VIP site clearly says the the dongle is for everyone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 95139ieaci:
Excuse me, but when and how will the dongle be shipped? I am only asking because I really need the dongle and I am leaving for vacation before May 10th.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Haven't been able to order the dongle all day server is always too busy. I was already registered.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wa3pnt:
I registered my Prime a while back. Went to vip.asus.com today to register for the Dongle, and there was already an entry saying it is in the que.

I did nothing to request it.

George
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Asus has now remove the button to order the dongle :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eyesparky:
No link for me at the moment in the UK.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kasper31:
ok it iis the 16th and no update has been released and their asus servers are having problems due to the number of people trying to get the GPS dongle. Wow I now see that Asus was not planing on having that many users trying to get the GPS dongle.

Good news I was able to order one, Funny thing is they Asus had all my info their already so why did they need me to log in and click the link saying I wanted the GPS dongle as it is known that everyone who bought the Prime will want one so their GPS will work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] opentoe:
Unfortunately all the Prime's I had, had dead pixels. Just give your screen a little time and they will show up. Sub-standard quality screen I think they used. I think Samsung made the screen, but Asus had to tell them to go cheap.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Coderedpl:
I just realized I have a C1. I never paid attention to it. Maybe the wifi i thought was decent is actually pure crap compared to what I'm suppose to have. :O
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawke84:
im in the uk and link was there for me

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yeah im getting random reboots during gaming on .21 too kinda annoying.

Ive seen loads of people saying battery is deraining faster on .21 vs .15. Its the WiFi, seems they have cranked up the power to wifi adaptor. Turning off wifi when its not needed will help loads :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
Hit ctrl+f5 on that page.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Well the button is back but the server is still too busy even a 4:30. Lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eyesparky:
Yes the link was just back up for me, so I got the order in quick before it gets temperamental again. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vittogn:
Not Free in Italy

Today Asus Italy confirmed that the dongle won't be free in Italy.

The reason is that when it was made available here, GPS was removed from specs.

I can't complain for it, when I bought it I was aware!!

Give to me a strong Wifi, smooth browser and a working Wifi+BT.............:mad::mad:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CBers:
Still showing up when I login.

It's on the left, 3 "boxes" above LOGOUT.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lorthirk:
Honestly... I'm not completely sure they have all the infos yet. For sure, before I give up, I'll wait for the official Asus annonuncement here. In the meantime my registration was sent, and since the message on the VIP site says "all users"...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristjanh:
ASUS support department in the dark

I tried to sign up for the free GPS dongle yesterday. I live in Iceland but bought my TF201 from the B&H Photo Video online store. However I could not finish the signup since the country list on the signup page does not include my country (but I had no problem finding my country on the product registration page).

So I sent an inquiry to the support department asking how to proceed - I also refereed to the announcement from ASUS (event.asus.com/ASUSPad/TF201GPS) for clarification.

To my surprise this is the answer that I got...

WTF!?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vittogn:
I hope I'm wrong. Mentioned in a reliable Italian blog....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lorthirk:
I'm costantly writing on their Facebook page, so I know their stand... But IMHO they will change it as soon as the official announcement comes out. It wouldn't be the first time they change their mind after an official announcement... Of coure they will take credit for that, but who cares...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] stereokontroll:
to me, that official announcement has already been released yesterday, on the ASUS-global website:

http://www.asus.com/News/Mwxvtkz0VTmkLl67/

they refer to a special event-page, which doesn't mention any restrictions to countries excluded: http://event.asus.com/ASUSPad/TF201GPS/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vittogn:
Translation of Asus Italy statement:

The GPS kit was offered to American and European users who bought the product in 2011, before the GPS functionality was removed from the specifications because of known issues found by users who wanted to use Prime as a navigator on a Community function. Obviously, not being a navigator, but a tablet, this function has inherent limitations and therefore it was decided that in Italy the product is marketed without the approval of the GPS function (although still installed and activated by the user). Since the products sold in Italy has never been mentioned the presence of the GPS function, Asus does not adhere to the initiative of free supply of the GPS kit provided for foreign users.

http://www.nexus-lab.com/2012/04/17/asus-transformer-prime-kit-gps-gratis-italia/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] micaman:
Ouch! tenchar
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
That announcement wasn't made until like the beginning of February though. I paid for my Prime 1/28/2012 (US of course) and it wasn't until a few days later that I remember the removal of the spec being brought up. The Prime hadn't reached Italy before that point?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Shawtux:
I can't order it because I'm in Chile. This sucks big time
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] danilow:
Same here, PM sent to gary maybe he can give some tip/help/advice to us....

Shawtux si no hace shipping a Chile voy a dar la dirección de mi tía en US donde la compre, si quieres podemos pedir los 2 dongles y pagamos el shipping a Chile a medias, vivo en santiago por si te sirve.

Saludos
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Moist:
My bet is that the "surprise" is gonna be Atmel Maxstylus support. Which would be pretty sweet too!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RichMD:
+1000 - Many really want to know for sure
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bologdl:
Whats up with ASUS and the Prime

I'm still amazed at the fact that ASUS is still claiming that the Prime is selling faster than they can be manufacturered. It is now March and are they telling us that by now they cannot meet customer demands or is something else at play.

They have indirectly admitted that the Prime has a design flaw by the redesigned Infinity.

For some reason they claim they have a fix for the Prime but as of now they have not told us what it is. Just trust us and RMA your units and we will repair it. So what are they doing to these RMA units? How is it some work and some do not what type of hardware is in our tablets?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
I can see it^^ one of my friends is getting one because of seeing it from me, others are very interested - i get asked questions everytime i use it in the university... Yesterday even a teacher came to me and asked what kind of tablet that is and after a short transformation demonstration he said "ingenius" and said he's going to take a closed look at it in a store.

If i imagine this is the same in other places i guess it should sell pretty well^^

BTW i'm all ears for updates and really waiting for that .16 update! <3
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kasper31:
Some Friend

And you did not tell your friend of the problems with the Prime or point your friend to this website so he/she might get a better understanding of the Transformer Prime.

Like you I get asked about it when ever I undock, which now is every time I am done using the keyboard due to the dock causing stress on the tablet and cracking the screen. The first thing I tell them is to come here and read the posts. For the most we all like the Transformer Prime even with the less then stellar preformance of the wifi and gps, along with downgraded wifi preformance when using bluetooth. Even with all of the problems I like my prime more then anyother item I own.

But if Asus is going to behave like Sony did with their PS3, then Asus will join Sony on my list of companies not to buy anything from. Asus calling CID on people's cracked screen tablets is not the way to win over customers. I bought the dock for the extre battery life but enjoyed the keyboard more then I thought I would. As it provided protection for the screen when closed and could be placed in my backpack. Now with the reports of people's screen breaking when using the dock and Asus's response to them, leads me to placing Asus right under Sony.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drherron:
I disagree with you, and I wonder if you are one of those "guys" Gary was speaking of at the beginning of this thread that trolls these forums for another company....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dcAndroidFan:
Brilliant. Now every time someone mentions a concern with the product, he's instantly labeled a "troll" who comes over at the behest of a competing company to besmirch the product. I found nothing about the above post that sounded trollish. He stated that he really liked the product and preferred it over other products, but had legitimate concerns about wireless performance and potential screen durability. How does that make you a troll planted by the competition?

These people might exist, but I've seen posts which looked a lot more like a plant than this one. This one seemed quite reasonable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Well most people that ask me questions are wondering if this could replace a laptop/desktop pc and i usually tell them you need some sort of mac/windows machine to back it up. And they also ask how the word processing apps look like. And almost all of them look at it and say "Is this the new.... wait a min... no apple logo... what is that?" :D its so funny. Just glad to pop some apple bubbles.

As far as "problems" i can only tell from my experience and i have none. GPS works, wifi is great. What is the point in telling them if you buy one there is a small chance that your wifi may not be as strong in certain situations as on other devices. That is true for every mobile device that uses metal as part of the case. The only "problem" i see atm is that the software isnt quite perfect yet (which could have an influence on radio signal performance - ever flashed a bad radio on your phone?). But that is only a matter of time. So yeah if one of my friends is thinking about getting a tablet, i strongly suggest to them to have a look at the prime before blindly go for the ipad.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] micaman:
This post deserves one of demandarin's famous facepalm pics.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Here you go..lmao

on a more serious note. WHERE IS THIS .16 UPDATE AT? I'm ready to see what's been improved. I'm ready for this "great" news also.

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I really hope those cases of screen cracking are just individual cases. Alot of people in this forum own docks and I've only seen a couple report screen cracking from dock. I plan on getting a dock. For the extra functionality and battery life.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Strange thought that the TF101 is getting .17 update. I just thought that since 4.0 was suppose to reunite all devices that it would be like MS Windows where the software adapts to the devices and companies would not have to make a custom for each device. This may hinder Android.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 131313:
I wish it was like you hope. But as someone has explained the physics of the melting, adding stuff etc., the braking glass will occur on every Prime in a dock eventually. It's like bending metal. Maybe only microfractures but more likely noticable ones.

Now I sit with the screwdriver in my hand and try to figure out how to untighten the winch.

Starts sucking my energy this thing ...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dcAndroidFan:
I could be wrong, but doesn't the TF101 also have a dock? Why isn't the screen cracking on all of those? Is it just the thinner construction of the TF201? But isn't the thinner construction possible because of the increased rigidity of the metal unibody?

Anyway, I'm just asking rhetorical questions because I don't think this issue is nearly as concrete as "the breaking glass will occur on every Prime in a dock eventually". That's probably an extreme and unsupportable statement given current evidence, even if physics provides an explanation into why some of them might be cracking now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Nope, that was never the intention of ICS. It reunites phones and tablets in terms of Android itself, but every manufacturer will still have its own version. It was always going to be this way.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] junrider:
Probably the exciting news of the TF201 is the 3G version of it.... If it is wonder there is a plastic strip and if it'll use the qualcomm chip.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jesse6749:
I had my dock almost since the day I got my prime and so far (Me knocks on wood!!) my screen is ok and crack free and I carry this with me all day in my car at work. I drive all over Los Angeles servicing printers for a job, so the tablet gets a good bouncing around so I guess I am lucky the screen is still crack free.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vvveith:
Where does one look to see?

I've had mine constantly docked since the moment it came to my door over a month ago with the dock. I can't see any signs of stress or even hair line fractures. I use it on the dock ninety percent of the time. Where does one see these potential cracks.

The only problem I've had with the dock and tablet is the day I removed it from it's package and followed the instructions that came with it to the letter, it never mentioned those little rubber tab protectors that are in the tablet for the keyboard mounting holes. I could not get my Prime to attach to the dock for almost five minutes until I decided to just pull out the obstructions, which latter I learned you are suppose to keep for when using the Prime undocked. LOL I guess they should of included that in the quick start instructions. At any rate the little rubber or plastic tabs are unusable now! I sure hope my screen does not crack from using the dock, I would like to see more substantial evidence to back this up. :confused:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shaunm82:
Thank goodness I wasn't the only one that didn't think to remove those little rubber things! I coulda sworn that I was though! :o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slef2003:
They do on the newer primes !! the instructions are printed on the cellophane wrapper of the tab, (at least they are on the UK models which come with the dock)

Seems like Asus are making small improvements in many areas !
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kasper31:
REALLY?

I

Yes I am a troll cause I expect a company to stand by their products they sell. Since I don't like Apple due to the way Apple locks down their products I waited for the Asus Transformer Prime. Why because all the Asus products I have bought have worked fine. I see now that I was mistaken in thinking Asus would stand behind their products but I now know they only stand behind their motherboards. Hopefully Asus will decided to fix their poor designed products or confirm that their docking station is not the cause of stress that is causing the tablet screen to crack.

And if you read my post and comprehend what I was saying you would know that I own a prime and a docking station. I can say the first mistake I made was upgrading to ICS then the second was upgrading to .13 which cause my prime to be unusable. The .14 upgrade fixed my prime to where it was useable again till the .15 upgrade that has now caused the browser to crash and random restarts.

I know you are going to say I am lying and no one else is having this problem. But take some time and read through the post here and you will see that what I am saying is indeed happing. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1530660

Now after reading the posts you can see where I am coming from, for them to tell the person to update ICS to fix a cracked screen leave me thinking words I know better to type. Their is also some post in there on things you can do to protect your screen from cracking but since it is not from an Asus employee It can not be justified if the screen does crack and you have to send it in. As pointed out each time you open and close the tablet in the dock you are creating stress on the screen that will grow from micro cracks to full cracks when opened and closed enough. Kind of how if you bend an aluminium can back and forth it will eventually break.

After reading all the posts in the link do you still think I am a troll or do you now share my concern about what is causing the tablet screen to crack. Because if it is the docking station I spent $164.24 dollars on you can see why I would be pissed that the Asus docking station they Asus made is the cause of my TP screen cracking then for Asus to tell me it is not covered by the warranty due to CID customer induced damage. You can see why Asus will be joining the list with Sony. They both make nice things and most are happy with them but for those of us that worked hard and saved up our money to buy their items only to get treated badly when their product has a design flaw is not a company I want to spend my hard earned money with.

For an example if you remember the launch PS3 and compare it to a PS3 being sold you will see that Sony learned from their design flaw and removed the items that were the cause of the problems. While saying that they were not at fault. I still have my PS3 and it is still better and out preforms the Xbox 360 and Wii I bought and the new PS3 Sony offers but Sony as a company pissed me off.

As you can tell I have issues, But now that I think of it Asus seems to be pulling a Sony.

uh! god I hope I am wrong and Asus will not do this.