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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GernBlanston:
Asus has a keyboard dock and market the Prime and its successors as net-top replacement, why aren't they marketing a set-top dock for your television for gaming and content delivery? Such a dock could be sold cheaply, supporting HDMI with a regular sized, semi-permanent cable connection (no more messing with wires), support for multiple joysticks and IR remotes...you start with a core of 5 or 6 exclusive games and your video/movie content delivery system du jour, lean on the existing games in the market for additional goodness and profit, and you'd effectively have a foothold in the game console space without a lot of R&D...yeah, a lot of that capability already exists in the Prime, but people don't want to mess with wires, and the control from the couch is lacking...

Asus: "Yeah, their games might look a little nicer, but we have thousands between $1 and $10! And we have the same access to Netflix and other online entertainment, and can stream movies and pictures over your network...and you can take it with you!"
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gooser91:
Fight Club?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
I don't see how this answers my simple question...so glad that I am not Gary, no wonder he stopped replying to comments.

Good luck on that full refund for the tablet an all accessories purchased. :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] David522d:
Coat hanger makes my gps work.. Tin foil gives me more range.

I'll show screens later
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Moist:
I stopped replying to you, cause you're an idiot - full of assumptions(which are wrong).

Found a pretty sweet function on this site. You can ignore people. Excellent! How privileged you are mrcannady, first on the list! :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
No need for name calling, seriously. I believe we are more civil than that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
LOL!! Nothing like being called an idiot for asking a simple question! I love it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Moist:
LOL! And his attitude towards me? Talk about double standards...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dcAndroidFan:
Can we just open a new thread and title it "Two or three users fight with each other like schoolchildren all day"? That way, people who WANT to read a thread where two or three users fight with each other like schoolchildren will know exactly where to go, and people WHO WANT INFORMATION ABOUT ASUS UPDATES can use this thread.

Seems like a plan, at least to me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
My apologies, I should not have fed into that.

back to topic, reading Gary's threads, I do have a strong suspicion that the announcement will be a software fix that Asus is working on to improve our wifi issues. I do not think it is a swap program..if you guys read gary's postings, it sounds more of a software update being tested. Maybe there would be a device to add unto the Primes to boost the wifi signals. Hopefully this will be confirmed sometime next week. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
3/29/2012 Update -

I hope to announce some TF201 updates in the near future. We are finishing testing and should be able to discuss the update shortly.

Guys, let's hope that Asus is working on a software update which will fix the wifi/bluetooth issues. I still believe based on Gary's own words, that the announcement will be a software update, besides .21.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bologdl:
Asus Prime Swappout

I hold no hope for a hardware fix except for the current one that is in place.

The Hasbro lawsuit exposed the fact that around 82K Prime are currently built.

If you do a rough estimate with the numbers it's any ware from 40 to 50 million dollars sold.

Do you really believe they will swap them all out for the Asus Infinity?

The big announcement has to be a firmware update with added features.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jerdog:
Knock it off guys or else vacations will be handed out
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Norcalz71:
If this production # is accurate at 82,000, I would just like to take this moment to state how

outrageously generous

some people were in their estimates of prime selling/production. 80,000 units in 3 months, or even 2 months, is a far cry from "selling like crazy"

As of Feb 24th, they expected to hit 80,000 within the next two months. Hell Doubling that would to 160,000 would be extremely generous. Coming from an absolute NOT APPLE FANBOY here, the ipad/ipad2/ipad3 sold 1 million in 28 days, 1 million in a weekend and 3 million in a weekend (so they announced).

If we are to believe the less than 1% "failure", that's only 800 units in the whole world? I would have to say I find that far fetched.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
These numbers have been discussed ad nauseum in other threads. They don't say how many have been produced at all. They only say that there were 2,000 outstanding end customer pre-orders at that point so far in the month of February (not surprising, since by that time there weren't many retailers taking pre-orders; most were simply backordered and not taking orders at all). The 80K were retailer orders for March and April (not how many will have been produced by then), and say absolutely nothing about how many had been shipped and sold in prior months.

I have no idea how many have been sold, but my point is: neither does anyone else. ASUS was giving the court an idea of the financial hardship a sales injunction would cause them (and their suppliers, retailers, and end customers) going forward, not reporting hard numbers of shipped units to date.

I hate it when information like this is misused so terribly in making one point or another.

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Ah, yes (and remember, speculation is fun!), but he also said:

No, to me, it still seems like "the announcement" is different from updates. I mean, it has associated "details," rght, that have to be finalized. And then, the announcement will be released (which I read in a similar vein to "press release") once that's all locked down. I'm not sure what "details" about an update would be holding it back, but I can surely see some other sort of process having details.

Again, just speculating for the fun of it. Take it for what it's worth...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Norcalz71:
Misused terribly? Sorry but I respectfully disagree. What do you expect that they have actually pushed? Double, triple, quadruple that number? Considering this thing is next to impossible to find in stock, and has been for months now (yes, it has been months, plural), I'm not going to get too generous on top of the 80,000 retail order number, and I don't think that is at all unreasonable based on what the market availability is showing. It will pop up for a few days, then its gone again for 3 weeks. The docks are readily available...why? Because not everyone is buying them that bought the tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
I'm saying exactly what I said: the information from the lawsuit has been used to support all kinds of theories. It supports none of them. I said I don't know how many have shipped, and neither does anyone else, by this information or any other.

We can speculate on how many have shipped, and I would tend to shoot lower rather than higher myself, but the way this poor information has been twisted and perverted borders on cruel and unusual punishment.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
wynand32:

Ah, yes (and remember, speculation is fun!), but he also said:

No, to me, it still seems like "the announcement" is different from updates. I mean, it has associated "details," rght, that have to be finalized. And then, the announcement will be released (which I read in a similar vein to "press release") once that's all locked down. I'm not sure what "details" about an update would be holding it back, but I can surely see some other sort of process having details.

Again, just speculating for the fun of it. Take it for what it's worth...[/QUOTE]

Agreed! Well, after all this time, we can only wait and see with upmost patience :P
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Norcalz71:
Twisted and perverted? Cruel and unusual punishment? You're gushing over a papercut like its a bullet wound to the chest, you dramatic much? Ridiculous.

No kidding there is no direct evidence, however there is logical speculation and illogical speculation. If I said asus claimed 80,000 but has probably shipped 20 trillion units and is just trying to be secretive, I think we can all agree that's really a bit of a stretch. But given the complete lack of market availability and the stated numbers of known retail orders, forgive me if I find it logical to conclude that they have not really moved that many units. Am I firm an fast that they have locked in orders for 82,000 units only? For 101,391 orders? For 78,225 and they are trying to play it up? No, but for the sake of the argument in which those numbers are presented, Asus has every incentive to get them as big as they possibly can to show economic hardship of a ruling that went against them.

All I am speculating is that the units sold is MUCH lower than what some members have been hinting at, based on the available data. I don't have solid number nor did I claim to, but I think anyone saying the prime is absolutely flying off shelves is reaching. If you have a demand for 100,000 units and the competition has demand for 1 million units, releasing those 100,000 slowly so they sell out quick in small quantities does not mean you have some insane demand, it means you're barely meeting whatever demand is there, even if it is much smaller than your competitor. So how about you pump your brakes worrying about Asus's "feelings" and how bullied they must feel lest they break down and cry.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Okay, you're obviously missing the humor, which to my mind means you're taking this WAY too seriously yourself. Of course, this isn't important stuff. Remember where I said in my other post that speculation is fun?

And with that, I'm out. This thread is beyond worth the time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hoya68:
My GPS is now quite functional from non-existant and my wi-fi is probably marginally better (not great, but acceptable). My serial # is C1OKAS, which is a replacement that ASUS replaced for a BCOKAS. I was just about ready to send in the current unti for a refund when GS started working after the latest update last week.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] David522d:
They replaced your BCOKAS? Because it was an old model or did you RMA it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoMagus:
Well considering the xoom is getting 4.0.4 thru OTA now this announcement thats been dragged on for weeks now better be it- or at least something worthwhile.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] surfdev:
+1, I'd like to know too! Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mikerla:
Fight somewhere else!!!!

DITTO!!!!!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] brownrt:
I didnt want to start a new thread, but are any others users having difficulty using their capacitive stylus after the update? My ATP seems less responsive to the stylus now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
might be better to go in q&A section and make a thread on this if one doesn't exist already. you will get better/more responses from there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kasper31:
Prime first tablet with Ubuntu for Android

Going from what Gary said it only makes sense that Asus will be bringing Ubuntu to the Transformer Prime. Waiting for testing to be finished before announcing the news, to me this seems weird since Asus did not finish testing the TP before selling them, only to find out that GPS and WiFi had problems which made them remove the GPS feature from the box. Asus fixing the TP by releasing an update is not big news since everyone spent their hard earned money on it expecting to get a working tablet. That said Asus fixing the problems is not big news it is expected.

So the only big news worthily of this hype is Asus will be the first with Ubuntu for Android and it will be released on the Transformer Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nickedynick:
That's pretty huge thinking, but you might be on to something.

Ubuntu for Android would be a perfect fit for the Prime, and would certainly require a great deal of testing. I'm not quite sure how it would work out with regards to device memory though, unless Asus have some partitions reserved for something along these lines.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Coderedpl:
I haven't checked op in a few days.....come back and see an update of an update coming soon! Woo!!!! -_-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rajeshr:
IMHO, that speculation is pretty far fetched. What would the release of Ubuntu on a consumer class Android tablet do for the masses? And especially on a tablet that is perceived to have Wifi/GPS issues?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CycleGeek:
This would be kind of awesome, but why would they hype a feature that exist on tablets that aren't available in any sort of quantity? Seems odd. The company doesn't make money adding features to tablets - they make money *selling* them, right?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
i know my response will make you smile. gps is widespread. not wifi, it wrks fine.

Do you mean the less than 1% of prime owners stated on here and Cnet interview that have faulty units/sent in for RMA/returned tablet? are those the ones who perceive that?

SMILE ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
Oh, c'mon dem, its obvious that 1% is not a true number. At the very best, its percentage of rma, not the number of returns.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yvrAndroidNut:
I finally fell off the fence and bought a prime yesterday. Stock here in Vancouver at Staples seems OK. Mine is a C1OKAS as well and the GPS works great outside, better than my phone with the number of satellites it finds. The Wifi strength is better than my phone (HTC Desire HD) when I use the "Wifi Analyzer" app, so so far I have no complaints, except Dolphin HD browser did lock up this afternoon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] julien.me:
Interesting ... is that with wifi connected?

Make sure you boot the tablet with wifi OFF, then open the GPS Test app and see if you get a lock.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Congrats on your purchase. prepare to stay entertained as this prime forum has a crazy life of its own. lol. it is a great tablet though and I have no regrets on my purchase.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yvrAndroidNut:
I have been following this forum for weeks now which is why I was on the fence, waiting for the "news" When Staples had a $50 coupon on any tablet I jumped.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
Yes, you will love most of the folks here..we may disagree, argue, threaten, place a hit on and wish death threats on eachother about 85.3% of the time, but at the end of the day, we all best friends!!

Glad that you are enjoying the tablet, it is a great, sleek device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kasper31:
Well not much unless they have an Asus Transformer Prime. While the GPS does not work the wifi does with some problems. I know not everyone will think Ubuntu on the TP is a big deal but for those that use Linux and have Ubuntu installed on their computer it is a big deal. You would have a mobile desktop in your TP.

I now ask you what testing can you think of that Asus is doing before making an announcement to the world?

Because they have already made announcements that have yet to be fulfilled. We are still having random restarts browser wait/close pop ups after their announcement that .21 would be a fix for those problems. If that was the case what tablets are they using for the test they are doing cause it definitely not a Transformer Prime being that most users are still having these problems. Also they announced face recognition and WiFi Direct and as we all can attest it is not their or working correctly.

Now I would like to have the Ubuntu on my TP but I really would like for my TP to work as expected for the price I paid for it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I said that to only add humor. no one knows the true numbers except for Asus. I doubt we will ever know really. I will say this though, despite the issues some have, there's alot of love for this tablet going on. someone in developement donated $200 & $150 to a developer to get a new prime. his previous one got bricked trying to do something new on it. That shows the love for developement and love for prime enough to help someone else get a new one.

haven't you noticed how no one in developement section complains? everyone helps each other and work together to make and test out new roms & features. also to fix issues. I hope one day the general section follows that model also. its so peaceful in prime developement section. most in there don't even post here in general anymore. general section is constant battles, insults, name calling, etc...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yvrAndroidNut:
Ok i just went outside with wifi off and i fixed on 8 satellites sitting inside my car. I used the GPS Status app for this one. Am i a lucky one with working GPS ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] junrider:
Well, then its great that the development section is like that it aimed for specifics. Plus not many members are at the same level of understanding what are being posted there. This is a general section and can go off in many tangents in regards to prime. Its more exciting here since there is plenty of new post to compliment, add your 2 cents, argue, etc... It keeps the thread alive... look at the other devices that are bunched up to one thread since they are gathering dust with no new posts. Just my opinion.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rajeshr:
I have no idea what testing Asus is doing before making an announcement. But to go from "Asus is doing some testing" to "Asus is delivering Ubuntu on their TP" is quite a stretch! There could be other reasons for the testing - but I'm not going to speculate on those! ;)

The latter half of the statement I agree with!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] julien.me:
If you have used the GPS with wifi ON prior, the tablet will get a lock even with wifi off on second attempt.

IF you turn your wifi OFF, reboot your tablet, open GPS test and see what happens it would tell you if the tablet is capable to get GPS lock or not whilst being completely offline.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yvrAndroidNut:
Ok I'll try that later. Not sure how having wifi on will affect the display of the signal strengths of the individual satellites the app shows.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] brainimpact:
so Gary when are we going to get a better full unlock instead of the half-baked unlock you released?

Its No coincidence that devices with full unlocks generate more headlines b/c they get cool thing's developed for them generating a buzz that gets more people interested in buying the device in return.

please go back to who ever and ask for a new unlock on behalf of the community with support for the tools people really need

after all the TF201 F Up's I think its the least ASUS should do it will at least get you back in the good books of most the people
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeroDan:
Unfortunately, this is the only thing I've ever seen on my 201... :( I attached a screen of my Evo sitting right next to it for comparison. FYI, it's a C2OKAS running the latest firmware for all those interested.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Have you tried GPS test? GPS status doesnt find anything either on my device. Somehow the app is not working for me. GPS test finds satellites no problem though outside.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeroDan:
No go...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
There also seems to be some positive response to the changes may by a user in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1564037

One of the main changes is that the refresh interval was changed from 40 to 5 seconds (though this may hurt the battery some). The other piece is the time sync, which is very important for GPS. Internet would be required for this piece, but I noticed that mine loses about a half second a day so time syncing in general would be good. I use a separate clock sync app to help mitigate this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeroDan:
I've been watching that thread...although I'm not quite ready to root yet, still hoping/wishing for an official fix.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ohwell:
The only time I ever had any sign of a problem with my prime was when I didnt do a factory reset shut it down than press the hard reset button than reboot after either an ota or full upgrade. than it was just some lagging of the browser ,I've had no flicker problems or any of the other stuff people talk about. I still think Asus hasnt perfected the update process yet and one should first back up apps and data to a micro sd card than do a factory reset than upgrade preferrably with a full upgrade. I use the EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP process than after the upgrade another factory reset than shut down ,press the hardware reset button reboot reinstal my backed up apps and data and my prime runs great without any of the problems people mention. Gps at times is flaky sometimes I get 14 or 15 sat's in view with 10 or 11 locks and sometimes I get none this is indoors. It may sound like a little extra work but it does the job for me. The EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP process may be risky I dont know do that at your own risk but the reset procedure should work the same with the standard full update or even the OTA's it always has for me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeroDan:
That's an interesting idea. If I get some spare time (Getting things all back from a full wipe always takes me forever), I may try it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -lukin-:
Here, here. I agree.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yvrAndroidNut:
Sorry i will try that again
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yvrAndroidNut:
My GPS Fix.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeroDan:
Salt in the wound...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hoya68:
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I RMA'd it in early January.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eyesparky:
Since the last update everything has been really stable. Benchmarks have scorred a little lower but in use there has no obvious slow down. Unfortunately though games like Riptide GP fall over as soon as you get to the action. They were mostly working fine before the update, with only occasional crashes. Now it is impossible to play at all. A little frustrating.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/new-ipad-wifi-issues/

check this out :) Glad i have a Prime with good Wifi and not that crap ipad that has bad wifi and even drops connection.

That felt good :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nilesf:
How does one adjust the GPS refresh interval?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dcAndroidFan:
"An internal AppleCare document has now leaked to 9to5Mac, explaining how Apple is to "capture" and replace 3rd generation tablets that suffer from the intermittent connectivity... Employees are told to test that iPads aren't suffering issues due to software kinks and return wonky units to engineers for testing and a full health check."

Glad I have a Prime with that kind of support and on-site retail replacement of my unit, without having to run the risk of mailing it off to a support center in Texas, waiting a month or two, and possibly having cosmetic damage that I didn't do.

Oh, wait.

Look, if you're going to throw stones at the other guy make sure that your own house is in order first. Of course Apple has some issues, but that still doesn't help me any. I don't own an iPad and I don't want one. At least it seems like they're being very proactive about replacing the troubled units and getting them out of the field where they're having a negative effect on the iPad's image. Asus could really take a clue from that approach, if we're being honest.