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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
Chill out bro

This is meant to be a thread where Gary posts updates about the tf prime not a tf prime hate/flame/issues thread nor is it a prime praise thread, it is meant to be informative and not argumentative. If you wanna complain about the wifi or but guess what Gary made a thread just for that.

If you are feeling sour that your prime isn't working as well as others or that your iPad is working great guess what no one cares for poor attitude.

Everyone chill out before this turns into a flame thread and any useful information we could have gotten out of it gets forestalled by it being locked by a mod.

- Cheers

P.s. I have a c2o prime wifi works better than I had expected after hearing all the negativity it will be nice to see the GPS functionality fixed , however Asus does need to fix its registration problems ie I registered my tfp shortly after purchasing it. I can only hope that this registration problem is dealt with relatively soon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
If you think that Prime has some problems, you become enemy of the state. TFP forums are the worst I've seen in XDA, and I thought Sensation was bad when it launched. It will calm down eventually though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
I don't have the dock, but I have the Asus cover that clips in where the dock does... Does this thing work with the cover attached?

Little bit limited appeal to me anyhow, as I don't use GPS on my prime. But if they're offering it up for free I'll take one, in case I want to use GPS on this thing. (My GPS is 100% non functional currently)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Norcalz71:
just show us a picture of the thing! (is this dongle going to interfere with certain cases also?)

And as an aside...how many people are using GPS for directions that often? Blown away by peoples inability to navigate haha, whether its a familiar area or a new one, its not that hard... GPS should have been working yes, but its not like that would EVER strand me
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] federer:
Why don't people understand how frustrating it is for a wifi tablet to have crappy wifi? my router is in the master bedroom, I am in the master bath 18 feet from my router and I have two bars. speed test results 2996kps down and 29kps up. I leave the bathroom and put prime 1 foot from router and I get 9994kps down and 6656kps up. And waiting months for an rma that won't fix the problem is the reason we *****. I have two asus laptops and original transformer. If Asus doesn't fix it soon, it will be my last Asus product.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] morlik:
First time posting but I just wanted to share my experience regarding wifi/blutooth and GPS on a C3 serialized unit.

I picked up a C3 serialized unit from BB last week and can confirm that the Wifi is very strong. I compared it with my Droid 2, lapotps, and a Samsung Galaxy Tab (returned).

Speedtest results show me using the full 15Mbps from my FIOS connection, even with BT turned on and paired to a device.

I have a high end receiver with Bluetooth built in that I typically pair up with my phone, laptops, etc and stream content to my sound system. Pandora, Netflix, you name it and no problems occur when using the above mentioned devices.

As for the Prime, things aren't as rosy.

My wireless signal starts getting really weak, down to about 3Mbps when I start streaming Pandora, Netflix, Youtube or any internet based content through the Wifi connection to my stereo via Bluetooth. Things are fine if my Prime is within 6 feet of my router, however the second I take it into the next room (12 ft), I start getting dropouts with the audio. Playback stutters every several seconds regardless of what internnet source I am streaming from and within a minute, my Wifi drops completely. Now, if I walk back to within 6 feet of my router, the wifi will reconnect.

I guess with the Prime, I will not be able to stream to my receiver when I am on the deck enjoying a nice cold one :)

So it looks like the wifi/bt issues, for me at least, is when I am streaming live internet content while broadcasting it to my BT receiver. This does not happen with the Galaxy Tab, any of my laptops, our ipod touch, Droid 2, or Tmobile Mytouch 4G.

As for GPS, I cant get even one satellite while sitting next to the window or on a moving train :). Tested it on the way to work. Personally, this GPS fix would work for me as I probably won't dock it if using it in a car for GPS anyways. However, it would be nice if I could charge it while using it as a navigation system.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
I would, because my Samsung SGSII Epic 4G Touch does EXACTLY the same as the Prime. And my Motorola Photon also drops wifi considerably when streaming to BT, as did my original Transformer. And I remember that I stopped trying to use my BT headphones with my original Transformer because audio would get out of sync with video, and when I tried the same on my Epic 4G Touch, I had the same result.

In other words, my expectations for wifi/BT simultaneous use were already very low given how my other devices performed. I was actually a bit surprised to see so much controversy about it here. And it seems like some folks want to make the issue into a Prime exclusive even though it's clearly not. Yes, some devices do better with it, while others do worse, and if anyone held onto their Prime thinking it would be fixed one day, then that was their biggest mistake. I _never_ hold onto devices that don't work the way I want them, thinking they'll be fixed one day--that's a recipe for disappointment.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
I hate to repeat me :-) and to repeat the world App**) in this forum.

I tested the I***2 in same spot at 30 feet from router not drops, no issues with WiFi or WiFi+BT

But.. keeping telling same things and ranting does not get us anywhere.

I rest my case.... but please do not tell me that because the others are crap, then we have to accept it too, because it was not mentioned in the specs, that you could either use the WiFi or the BT, or that the chip was the same, because they wanna save money but still get 629€ from us.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] morlik:
I don't think it is an issue specific to the Prime as I'm sure other devices are out there that have this issue. The fact is for a device that costs $499, one would expect that you could stream internet content to a bluetooth device when further from 10 feet. Even an old Droid 2 could do it why not the Prime?

Don't get me wrong, I love the Prime, enough to return the Galaxy which didn't have any of these issues. You are right though , anyone staying with the Prime hoping that one day they are all fixed is indeed a recipe for disappointment.

If they fix the issues that I am running into, great! If not, well I made my choice to stick with the Prime in its current state and don't regret it one bit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leroyjones:
I still cant beleive so many people are having problems. I have a C2 serial number and my wifi works 100ft or more from my house in a car... As far as GPS is concerned it works outside descent 10 out of 12 sat in about a min.. Also I noticed that sats wont lock while yout moving in a car, but if you lock while stopped then it works flawlessly for the rest of the drive.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] erik111111:
Having no luck registering

My serial number keeps coming up as invalid. WTF?

I have tried 0 as O in every permutation.

Ridiculous
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tmeader:
If you weren't, try using Internet Explorer. I tried every possible combination using Firefox (even included the little numbers off by themselves on every combination). NEVER got it to accept the SN. IE worked on the first try. Super.

FYI, on mine anyway, the first one was a letter "O", any later were zeroes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dcAndroidFan:
Make sure your keyboard isn't inserting a space after the number, too. I think that was my problem at first. I was using SwiftKey Tablet X.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] diesel_fan:
C3 serial experience

I received my 1st Prime about a week ago from Amazon (Amethyst Grey). C3 serial ( C3OKAS019xxx). GPS is listed on the label. WiFi is about the same as on my HTC Inspire. I got 2 bars 80 feet away from my router (Cisco Valet V10). In performance mode I got low speed (7 down / 1 up). In balanced mode same speed as my laptop (17-20 down / 1.5 up). Streaming video with LG HBS-700 Bluetooth headset - no problems noticed.

I use Fasterfix to change GPS region from Europe to NA and GPS status to monitor. First time it took about 5 min to find any satellites and get a lock. Last evening with clear skies I got lock in under 1 min with 15 sats / 11 locked... All outside.

I received my 2nd Prime today (Champagne), also from Amazon. C3 serial, but earlier build (last 5 digits 07xxx). I haven't opened or tested it yet, but GPS is not listed on the label... Will test it later post with update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aliascg:
Prime's diagonal drawing issue

Hi Gary,

It's really good to see that asus is working hard to backup their name as a company that delivers quality products.

I'm a happy prime owner and am happy to see that the issues the prime is having being fixed but a problem that I'm not happy with is the touch panel.

One would think that a more premium product as the must be as good or better than its older brother but this is unfortunately not the case.

The problem is when taking notes or drawing with apps like Sketchbook .

Its impossible to draw a straight line with the prime regardless. The app.

I assume its a software problem.

I'v noticed that this problem is ignored by asus.

I sincerely hope that this issue will be fixed in future firmware updates.

Thanks in advance.

Awaiting your reaction.

Sam
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Coderedpl:
So where's the cat that's out of the bag because I must of missed something. From my understanding someone guessed the announcement but with so much written speculation in the thread its hard to say who is the right one

Edit; I'm guessing GPS dongle?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beavertank:
It's the GPS dongle. And it wasn't a guess, it was someone posted an email they got from a customer service person, someone else registered their prime with asus and got an offer for the dongle to fix the GPS, and then everyone and their cousin followed suit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cbasse:
Please let us know what his response is...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] texstar:
Asus Transformer Prime GPS/WIFI fix currently being tested in Austin Tx Labs. This mod consists of implanting two small antenna on the head to boost the receiving signals. They hope to roll out this fix in Mid April. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
Yes that's the only solution.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] scook9:
Just a note, I have my bootloader unlocked and upon registering my prime was still given the option to apply for the GPS dongle, so that is something post unlock at least....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cbasse:
That's encouraging news!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TechSavvy2:
See this is why I'm actually buying the Prime from Asus. I've had many different products with many different manufacturers. Everything always had flaws and defects.

However, I'm so impressed with the fact that (from what I can tell) Asus is releasing almost daily updates and fixes for the device. First company who actually seem to give a crap about the product they released. They have reps who openly talk about status updates daily.

Imagine if Apple or Samsung were like that.......I think they think to themselves "F that I don't have time for this crap, on to the next product! We must produce MILLIONS!!!"
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
There is only 1 person here that keeps Asus name saved. Gary Key.

Your comment, no offense, sounds like you worked for Asus. :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Coderedpl:
Now i'm wondering, what if are already registered, then how do we apply to get that option?

I dont see it anywhere, i guess we wait for the official news
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
Maybe we'll see WiFi equivalents lol, just little dongles. I just hope they actually fix the issue sometime around Teg4 so that we get some true Primes, no silly dongles or anything. But I'll still have my OG Prime, and I certainly still intend to install some kind of external antenna. But I'd still like to see them put out the real thing, hopefully with better disk I/O. Is our internal storage like Class 2 or something lol?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoMagus:
No response from either yet. My guess is they will prob just make a general announcement next week but who knows when it comes to asus..

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Couple of us in here the same boat.. Frustrating they can't notify people who took the time before an incentive was offered
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
Actually we have pretty good read and write speeds its just the fact that we have to push it through under MTP which is slower than molasses, that makes it seem slow, we need an update that allows usb mass storage to be enabled instead of MTP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rogue100:
Sigh,

A fix for the one problem I didn't care much about. Still, better than nothing I guess. Will be cool to be able to use gps on my prime, though I'm not sure I have much of a use case for it. A wifi dongle could be much more useful to a lot more people, although unless they've figure out a form factor that would allow it to work with the dock, such a thing would only be a partial fix (technically true of the gps dongle too, but can't see many people needing gps while docked, whereas you need wifi at least as much while docked as undocked).

Still say they should implement Ubuntu for Android for this thing. It's such an obvious fit for a netbook/tablet hybrid like Asus' transformer line, that I can't imagine they aren't considering it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cenonmin:
They should really offer both maybe even a combo wifi/gps usb dongle?

But yeah, much prefer a wifi fix. I can only get 2 bars from my router (LinkSys) w/c is 4.5 meters away, direct line sight!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seeknom:
Have you tried different wifi channels?

I fired up a wifi analyser on my laptop and was able to see that the signal-to-noise ratio for some channels is terrible in my house. If you're getting poor connectivity that close to your router, I think other factors may be at play.

Channel 1 is so noisy at my house for some reason, that when I switched my router to it, I could no longer connect to my router wirelessly with my laptop to switch it to a better channel... had to connect via cable - it was that bad.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
Yes... a dongle for Wifi, GPS and BT... would have been for all. It could have solved all the major issues. Maybe it was not possible otherwise I do not know why they did not do it.

Let's hope the GPS dongle is just a start... right Gary?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mrakoris:
Gps, bt, week wifi is a problem, but must annoying issue - tablet constantly walk to state, when thd games or videos with hw accel, start to glitch, until rebooting tablet. Goggle maps, flash, unity games.. all this apps starts to complete unusable. There is no fix for half a year...what asus are doing? Nothing, just babbling through Gary Key... and laughing at us.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cenonmin:
Tried that and honestly, I tried my SGS in the same place with the TF201 and the SGS has 4-5 bars :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MiscBec:
Asus confirms to AllThingsD- announcement to come on 16th

Hey,

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere already, but I just came across an article on AllThingsD that reports Asus did confirm to them the existence of the kit (i.e. the dongle), and said the official announcement will be made on April 16th, at which point the registration on the website should work. Then it'll take about two weeks for shipping after that.

I can't post a link because I'm a newbie to the forums :-/, so look for an AllThingsD post entitled "Confirmed: Asus Plans Add-On to Fix Transformer Prime's GPS Issues". It was written by Ina Fried.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Helsie:
My SGS II has indeed more bars in the WiFi indicator than my Prime, but running WiFi analyzer it seems that the signal strength is pretty much the same on both...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flub:
here you go here is link http://allthingsd.com/20120406/confirmed-asus-plans-add-on-to-fix-transformer-primes-gps-issues/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] brantje:
Stupid Asus site won't reconize my batch C30 -_-

When i input the serial its saying "Not found" -_-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mustkeg:
Maybe it recognizes your C3 -->O<--...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AgentSmith778:
A GPS-dongle? :/

Pretty disappointing considering the "huge updates" that were announced.

Of course the dongle might be somewhat useful for some of us - But I guess the majority of us (including myself) doesn't use the Prime for GPS navigation so the dongle might be useless.

I'd prefer a dongle that also includes a better WiFi signal!

GPS might not be important for many prime users - but on a WiFi only Tablet a strong WiFi signal is essential.

Even though I don't have WiFi "Problems" , I recognize that Friends with an iPad 3 or other Tablets have at least slightly better Signal strength.

Around my House I solved the Problem with a 80$ WiFi Repeater but that shouldn't be the solution.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Eoin247:
agreed

Completely agree. I would much prefer working WiFi to a GPS dongle. Perhaps a choice between two types of dongles would be a fair move by Asus?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chucky7910:
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I just can't believe how many whiny ungrateful cry babies there are in this forum. A company just went through the trouble of MAKING A NEW CUSTOM MADE DEVICE TO GIVE YOU GPS FOR FREE and some of you in here are whining! OMG! get over it already, Asus came out and admitted to the GPS issue and took it off the specs for the TFP. I think you people seem to forget they could have said F-YOU and not done anything. Instead they developed a way to try and correct their mistake only to have it shoved in their faces by whiny brats trolling the XDA forums. IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR TFP RMA IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR SELL IT ALREADY AND GO BUY AN IPAD. As far as the WIFI, I've had TWO C1 TFPs and they both have CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED BETTER THEN ANY OTHER DEVICE IN MY HOUSE. Unlike the GPS issue I as well as several people have had TFPs that have performed beautifully as far as wifi tells me that your wifi issue might not be Asus' fault.

I will get off my soap box now but please please stop complaining about getting something for FREE. If you don't like your TFP or Asus now then exercise your right to get rid of their device anyway you can and never but their products.

:cool::cool::cool::cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chamberc:
Uh it isn't for free. We paid for GPS on the device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
You're wasting your time man, people will ALWAYS find something to complain about, or you will have some who just like to stir anger just to be famous on these forums lol. If Asus released a wifi dongle FIRST, I guarantee you that some here would then complain about why the GPS wasn't fixed as well. Luckily many of us here have the sense to know that these issues are being worked on. There probably will not be a need for a wifi dongle as changes made in the upcoming batches should resolve this. So, let's see what Asus announces in the future.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] litetaker:
^^^ I say we listen to this guy! Sounds like he has a brain! ^_^ Unlike some mindless numb-nuts!

After all people, it is a FREE dongle! You want to use GPS? Take their free device and be happy that they fixed something. Don't care about GPS? Well, you can still take that free dongle so that you have a working GPS on those rare occasions.

You know, there are things far worse than the TFP and companies far worse than Asus! Just take Motorola for example: They never did admit to the million faults on the DX2, never cared to listen to users and never, ever unlocked a phone's bootloader! Asus unlocked the Bootloader, developed a dongle and is offering it for free. And then there are other things in this world that are wrong, like poverty hunger etc! [OFF-Topic!!!]

So, you still think you have the worst life ever and are being ripped off?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
Some people just need to complain, but let them. Asus could fix all issues tomorrow, an they will complain about how long it took to do so....its called the no life but on xda syndrome :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] litetaker:
LOL! :p :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Truth. In fact, the complaints would be louder and the accusations even more strident. They would be, "ASUS, why did you fix Wifi? That was working at least a little bit for everybody, where GPS doesn't work AT ALL!!! I paid for GPS and I want it to work! I'd rather have working GPS and just okay Wifi, than no GPS at all and perfect Wifi!!! Typical ASUS, taking our money and running! They probably delayed the announcement just so we'd be out of our return periods!!!!"
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
The fact that Asus created this dongle that fits flushed into the Prime, an not just a cheap GPS dangle that hangs via a USB port, just shows their commitment to their customers and that they are aware of the issues and want to fix them. Most of the bigger companies wouldn't EVEN attempt to do what Asus did...For this alone, they have gained my respect as a company that sticks to their products.

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Exactly!!! An of course we are not talking about ALL members here, but there are a few that ONLY post complaints...wondering how many of those are actually ipad owners :rolleyes:

I saw a few threads on issues some issues that the new Ipad was having, an these same people were quick to jump on the OP on attacking Apple...but continue to bash Asus...wonder why. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
Yes, people will always complain. For one reason or another, an individual will slag a company off. That can be just dismissed.

Buy how can you explain large group of people complaining? There is a flaw, or few of them.

Don't make any mistakes. The only reason Asus provides dongle is because of the lawsuit. Before lawsuit, they tried to simply take GPS from the specs. That didn't work, lawsuit followed, result : dongle.

So while whining is pathetic, constructive criticism and statement of known and proven faults should be welcomed, and made more vocal so Asus does something about it. Unfortunately, no matter how constructive you are, you are accused if whining and trolling.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] litetaker:
I think before being allowed to post in the TFP forum, people should be asked a secret question, whose answer ONLY TFP owners know.

Hmm, what would that question be...? Serial number? How many clicks to reach the "VPN settings"? Hmm...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] undercover:
If you are joking, it is funny.

If you are serious, it is just moronic.

:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
Lol. I know!:D

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I think it was a mix between the two man lol. But seriously I've seen posters here jump to Apples defense but bash others who defend the Prime...isn't that kind of backwards???