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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cphil19:
Those that are recommending to just use Dolphin.

I admit, it's a solid browser, and I have yet to get the stall issue. The only problem I have which limits my usage is it seems to have a problem with flash videos. 50% simply don't work, with a common error message being "can not find compatible video". Not sure if I just don't have the right plug ins or what but yeah, it often forces me to start up Browser anyway.

Aw well.......perhaps I'll give this Browser2ram a try.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] otakon62:
hi

I checked browser2ram program and it seems that there are problems chmod and chown commands, i am not developer but the java script hangs with these 2 commands

if someone know java script code , could you check source please?

thanks

edit: i found my problem i installed busybox now no error on script but browser2ram don't work on shutdown bookmarks and history aren't recorded at reboot
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
http://androidcommunity.com/

Check out the I/O score on Nexus 7.

Only for antutu but 1274....

HTC One X (Tegra 3) was getting around 4k+ while S3 is 6k+....

http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review-att-t-mobile-19234754/

Speaking of which, latest Google Chrome is amazingly fast & stable... on HP Touchpad =/

Too bad I can't say the same on Transformer Prime....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
I hate Asus and my Prime is nothing but headaches, but to be fair, the new non- beta Chrome appears to be pretty fast and stable on my Prime. I have to use it a lot more to be sure, but my initial impressions are good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rap6388:
Thinking of gaining root access

I am trying to be patient with ASUS on this one but am considering gaining root access to my prime to enable some of the fixes listed in this thread. I was a lucky one who had no major issues with exception of a weak wifi until the .28 update. Now prime is not so good.

My problem is that I only know enough to be dangerous. Can someone point me to step by step on how to root and what those steps are actually doing to the system. What and how to back up etc.

Thanks in advance
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1706588

Do study the thread first.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lyvewire:
I rooted mines and unlocked it just to fix the browser issue. It was well worth it..

I been rooting for years. Easiest root I've done
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Urool:
Wouldn't it be a good idea to make some kind of "petition" on this issue to Asus, or is there any official response from Asus Employees already?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] almightywhacko:
The next update (which as of now is .28.5) is supposed to specifically address ANR issues with the stock browser. I don't know what you would really accomplish by starting a petition regarding an issue Asus has already flat out stated that they are working to address.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
What about ANR issues with other apps? Have you tried Google Earth lately? It's unusable on my quad-core, $600 tablet. Unusable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tmeader:
Agreed, Earth is completely unusable currently.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] point_pt:
Just try google earth 3d buildings and works fine on my prime...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
Zoom in and out, pan up and down, and try spinning around a little. It will freeze and ANR. I promise you (I also thought it was briefly working after clearing cache and increasing the cache size - one "trip" to NYC and my Prime shat itself).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] point_pt:
I try all that.. i have a few very tinny freezes, and appears to be a network problem (i restart my router, and everything starts to work better)... maybe if google increases the buffer size the application works better.... (since the improvement of prime wi-fi is out of question :( )

But i will try again tomorrow or something...

I always use my prime 'sit on top' of my router... i don't have a ANR message since i've upgraded to .28... but on .21, i only had those messages when i go to other room and my wi-fi signal starts to have breaks... (i use chrome instead of stock browser thought....)

To be honest, i have more ANR and freezes on my all mighty 1500$ business grade windows laptop, than i have on prime so ....

On my crappy 5 year old linux laptop everything works great :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] htcplussony:
point_pt, did you try one of the 14 cities to have the new 3D buildings?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
guess I am not doing it right. just followed above prescription for disaster and it seriously outperformed google earth on my core i5 pc with 6gb of ram.

Btw, how is this browser related, should I be using google earth there?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
Did you go to one of the cities with the new 3D buildings? Try NYC.

And this is not browser related. I don't remember exactly how it got brought up here, but I assume it's because both the browser and Google Earth are ANR whores.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Peter Galbavy:
Please be aware that until what appears to be a very low level issue with flash memory writing performance is fixed all the other hacks and "fixes" will just be sticking plasters over an infected wound. From reading the code for the "sdio" driver in the code published by Asus vs the code from nVidia there is about 2 years worth of updates in the kernel that need to be applied which may or may not fix the performance issues.

If the problem is poor hardware design then we're screwed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] razorhog:
+1
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] point_pt:
Yes, i've just tryed NYC again.

As before, no ANR, just a few freezes (Due to the bottom bar content loading). If i hide the bottom bar, no freezes at all.

Based on this experiment, i believe that bar, in combination with prime terrible network connectivity, is the responsible for the ANR issues you're experimenting on google earth.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] htcplussony:
I thought NYC wasn't one of the initial cities to get 3D imagery. EDIT those are the old ones 3D ones.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
new google earth running over nyc on my prime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZfv-znbO9Q&list=UUlQIqTzYPIjIDk5jkpOQJTA&index=1&feature=plcp

Sorry about the alphabet singing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] qskile:
browser2ram may be a band aid but it has eliminated this issue for me and has made browsing on the Prime great.

I'm amazed that that this patch is not stickied or easier to find on this forum as it would definitely reduce a lot of the frustration of many users while we wait for an official fix. TheOnionKnight deserves a lot of credit for coming up with this easily applied fix.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thelaman:
The stock browser is garbage. I was really disappointed when I first realized my $500+ tablet had problems surfing the web, which is one of things that most of us use it for all the time.

Dolphin HD works most of the time but even that chokes and sputters sometimes. My iPad3 stock browser is as smooth as butter. Just no flash. :(

Asus has rolled out a few updates since I had this thing. Can't believe it wasn't fixed right away. How did the browser make it past basic QC testing before it was released for us to buy? EPIC FAIL.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jonsingh12:
I loved my transformer at first then used the browser and saw how crappy my experience has been. It was purely negative. Then a few days ago I noticed an an app that makes such a huge difference I no longer get the wait or force close prompt. It works amazing super fast and fluid. Way better than before. The initial issue is with the browser everything is being cached on ssd, which in the transformer prime is very slow and horrible. This app basically changes that, instead of things being cached in ssd, the system thinking its not responding while it is just slow this mod makes everything be cached into ram which has way faster transfer speeds and I've never seen the dreaded prompt ever again.

I don't take credit for this at all, some super smart developer made this. Google the name of the apk I'm strap for time. Cheers and enjoy.

http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...5-fix-browser-not-responding-browser2ram.html

https://www.dropbox.com/s/smn7h994d7pc099/Browser2Ram-debug.apk

View attachment 1179872

Do note this requires for your transformer to be rooted with superuser, when first installed launch it and click allow and remember choice always. If it doesn't pop up reboot the tablet, which is what I had todo then open the little app and clock allow and remember.

Read the instructions from the link.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] qskile:
LOL I just referred to this a few posts above you. The developer is TheOnionKnight and he posted the apk in this very thread!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25286407

Well the good thing is you've made it easier for newcomers to find the download. :)

Just thought I add unless it wasn't clear that this is only for the stock browser. If you have other browsers they won't benefit but it makes the stock browser become smooth and stable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spawnsworth:
ASUS working flat out? Where did they state this exactly?

This is a £500 premium quad core Android tablet we're talking about here. It's been out for 7 months and there is still no fix. How can they be possibly be working flat out when it has taken this long? It should never have been released in this state.

I have tried rooting my Prime and using Browser2ram but this didn't do any good. I've tried various ROMs and other solutions but the browser is still pathetic. It doesn't matter which one I use, they are all laggy as hell and painful to use. In a typical 30 min browsing session I would have to restart the browser 5 or 6 times, just for my sin of wanting to browse from 1 website to another.

The fact that people are forced to root their Prime and void the warranty in order to get it to work properly is a complete disgrace. What happens if there's a hardware fault after it has been rooted? Your f***d and ASUS won't give a flying toss that you only rooted it because this is the only way you could get it to perform anything like the £500 premium tablet that it is.

I've completely ran out of patience with mine. I complained to Amazon and luckily for me they sent me a replacement the next day! Guess what? Exactly the same. I even took some vids.

Here is a vid of 2 websites I would use regulary. flashscores.co.uk and skysports.com

Stock browser:

TF201

https://www.dropbox.com/s/29k5pw9l6f0heao/2012-07-07 10.49.41.mp4

Samsung Galaxy S3 (Sorry for the poor focus)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tegx167b5j16e7w/2012-07-07 10.54.54.mp4

Opera: Here is what happens if I dare to use Opera on the Prime. Flickering lines? Loading popup not disappearing? All other browsers behave similar to stock:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tfsm58dup8mum7b/2012-07-07 10.51.30.mp4

This is a BRAND NEW £500 tablet. How is this in any way acceptable?

I actually really like the thing when it works properly and would love nothing more than to have a fix for these issues. Now I'm going to be forced to get a refund and will maybe get a Windows laptop instead
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mrakoris:
ASUS did not fix anything, since initial release. My tablet randomly reboots, graphics bugged, browser (and other apps) lags. 90% that next update fix only numbers in fw version :(. Welcome to the club. Ohh..new mozilla - is something, that not lags (smooth as silk), but loading time...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Good article on benchmark... as many of you are probably wondering.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...hmark-11-modern-devices-compared-in-13-tests/

Notice how Tegra 3 tablets in general perform poorly in I/O & SQL performance? Asus tablets in general (all 3 of em) being absolute laughing stock??
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] htcplussony:
Cool of android police. About time someone did i/o benchmarks.

Would be quite happy if Asus can get it to One X Tegra 3 speeds.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
nice article :)

dont blame tegra3 , blame the manufacturer. if you look at oneX vs oneS, not much of a difference...

its crappy kernel/drivers/chips thats causing it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
One S is using S4 dual-core in their benchmark.

I'm not blaming Tegra 3 for poor I/O & SQL entirely....however, I do blame Tegra 3 for many things (such as having only single I/O controller) that is wrong with Transformer Prime ... such as poor performance in graphic intensive videogames & all the graphic glitches. Basically... I am not a fan of Nvidia.

Btw, HTC One X uses AP33 Tegra 3 while Prime uses T30.

For some reason, T version.. or tablet version of Tegra 3 just performs like utter garbage >.<
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mekrel:
Pretty cool, I'm Mekerz86 who asked them to report on the I/O performance. Whilst I'm not a vindictive person who wants any form of payback, I'm going to ensure these benchmarks are sent to every review site I can think of.

Unfortunately, us XDA users who have enough experience of other devices to understand that the Prime is a flawed device, only represent a small percentage of people who bought Asus' beta product. There's hundreds of thousands of people out there probably who don't know how much better their TF201 should perform and as result Asus probably feel its acceptable to not admit their faults

Hopefully by making potential Asus consumers aware of these flaws, it will make them take their custom elsewhere. These big corporations like Asus will not do the ethical and right thing until their underhand actions are making headlines and/or their profit is at risk.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
You mean the single channel memory controller?

As far as i know that's about RAM, not the internal storage.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
its still a single channel memory controller, not a single channel IO controller.

yes , ram is used when writing\reading stuff. but this single channel memory controller does not explain the HUGE difference with other devices.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Perhaps you aren't really reading my statement. I didn't say it is the main culprit behind major difference in I/O performance for simple read/write. I did state it has a lot to do with kernel & drivers... but it doesn't help by having SINGLE channel memory controller (which is same thing as just saying single I/O controller.. as that's what the memory controllers are for). Again, I repeat.. this causes a lot of harm during VIDEOGAMES that are highly graphic intensive (many Tegra 3 games).

Here...

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...qualcomm-samsung-and-ti-prepare-for-arm-war/2

Notice how Exyno basically has 3?? One just assigned for eMMC.... While Snapdragon went with dual-channel controller??

"The final factor is Nvidia’s decision to equip T3 with just a single 32-bit memory channel, despite the fact that all of its competitors are moving (or have already moved) to dual-channel designs. This could hamstring the chip once fresh competition from the likes of Samsung and Qualcomm arrives, particularly at high resolutions."

Btw, Nvidia used exactly the same I/O controller from Tegra 2 in Tegra 3 to control 4 + 1 cores (oh, and they didn't even increase the L2 cache). Btw, even A5x uses 4 I/O controllers....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
Again, you are mixing things up.

RAM != Storage

Look at the Exynox sheet, in the middle, you'll see DMC. not three , its 2 (DMC = Dual Memory Controller)

Why do you install 2 stripes of RAM into your PC in the colored sockets (or 3 on latest motherboards)?

To make use of the dual memory channels.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/PARALLEL-PROCESSING,1705-11.html

I agree that nvidia made a fault with its single channel memory controller, but i dont think this is the cause of the bad storage performance
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nvarga:
Browser actualy started to work without major issues after full factory reset. Only small glitches and so... But much better than before.

But I really got sick of this laggines, nonrensponsivnes, slow IO and replaced it for ipad3.

This is just unbelievable how good tablet can be and that transformer will never be... Adroid is just as symbian was. It has got features but much more problems.

I really dont have time to waste for fixing buggy os as I had 10 years ago.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Peter Galbavy:
What he said. Memory is not the same as memory or memory. See, this stuff is hard and the jargon is not linear.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thelaman:
The benchmarks are fascinating. Even thought the TF201 is crushed by other android devices I agree with Android Police that the real world experience of the prime is generally satisfying. Minus the buggy broswer, I wouldn't describe it as slow. My prime works pretty well. I am running the virtuous ROM and its really smooth.

I think you hit the nail on the head by call the TF201 a beta product. That is how I think of it. I really cool, expensive beta tablet. I hope the TF700 is better. I ordered a Nexus 7 and can't wait to see how that performs.

BTW, Asus wishes they had hundreds of thousands of customers who are blissfully ignorant of the Prime's issues. No way they sold that many of these.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
the browser isnt buggy. the browser responds to a layer beneith that isnt performing well :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bait-Fish:
Having had a year with what I feel was a great device, a Motorola XOOM WiFi, I can say (repeat) that the TF201 is definitely running as if impaired. Still having the same phone to compare as a benchmark across the two devices solidifies my feelings. The XOOM was a quick tablet, able to get me to the Web immediately.

Funny, I haven't seen an ANR on any other of my Androids. I sure have had freezes on my phone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] milew666:
This is great information, but there is no reason that we should have to go through all of this in order to make a $500 tablet run smoothly. Especially since a lot of us are not savy enough for all of the code stuff. Hell, I shouldn't have to disable something (like plugins, which doesn't work) that I use regularly in order to have smooth operation of the device. I am ready to sell or trade this thing. There is not ONE day goes by where I do not run into this. IF I paid 50 bucks, I wouldn't complain, but $500???!! Come on, I shouldn have to add code, disable this, do that, just so my browser doesn't freeze every time I use it.

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This is what pisses me off, why should I have to root in order to have a $500 tablet run the way it supposed to run, not to mention, not everyone knows how to root.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spawnsworth:
Absolutely spot on. I couldn't agree more. All this, ahh but it's OK if you root it then do this, that and the other and so forth. We are forced to root our devices, thus invalidating the warranty and giving us no hope of getting any justice for putting up with this ****.

ASUS should be taken to the cleaners over this. They are a ****ing disgrace. Rob me of my £500 will you? If it wasn't for Amazon being so brilliantly helpful I would be stuck with this piece of ****.

Most powerful tablet in the world? Yeah right. This is completely indefensible. ASUS should RECALL EVERY LAST ONE OF THESE. They should never ever have been released.

The browser is so bad it is totally shocking and the screen flcikering and horizontal lines + various other random bugs/crashes? The fact that this **** heap has been on the market for over 6 months and there still isn't a fix for it suggests to me that there never will be. Please excuse my colorful language but I just can't stand being ripped off.

Mine has gone back for refund and I'm just getting a laptop/ultrabook instead. One thing I can be certain of is that it's not going to be an ASUS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redandblack1287:
Just wanted to clarify for other users that rooting and installing browser2ram does NOT void your warranty, although I agree 100% that we shouldn't have to do anything for it to work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spawnsworth:
Technically, it's unlocking the bootloader that invalidates the warranty and you can' root it without unlocking the boatloader no?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bait-Fish:
Rooting is easy while locked. See sparkym3's debugfs root tool in the dev section.

Unlocking allows you to install a recovery like CWM or TWRP so you can flash ROMs that by default have root.

Edit: Added info. Spelling.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] milew666:
I did a hard reset last night, we will see what happens as far as the "not responding" I have had the Tablet for 6 months and I do not think I can return it now. And if I sell it, I will get nothing for it. Best bet is a trade, no?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seeknom:
Best bet is unlock and run a custom rom. TRUST ME, it will make you feel A LOT better about your purchase. But, be aware, it invalidates your warranty (personally I decided having my Prime work better was more important.)

I held off on unlocking for quite a long time (only unlocked about a month ago). I was feeling pretty bummed about my tablet (not to mention feeling screwed by a bad purchase)... Out of frustration I finally bit the bullet and unlocked, and I love my tablet now.

I've been running the CM10 Jelly Bean "Preview" for a few days.... not a single crash or ANR... battery life is great.. and this is just a first release!

NOTE: If you go this route, you should know that by default the microsd card does not get recognized. But, there's a very simple script available that enables it on boot-up and fixes the problem very nicely.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
Indeed. There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding around about this. Rooting and installing browser2ram and ATPTweak is a fast, safe and easily reversed process which will have your Prime flying along in a matter of minutes - though you should do a bit of reading in the relevant threads first to make sure you understand what you are doing.

I agree you should not have to do this but do you want a device that works the way it should or do you just want to moan on about it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ken830:
Does the keyboard dock work with CM10?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spawnsworth:
I prefer to moan about it quite frankly. Mine has been returned for a refund. I have been extremely lucky as I have had the thing for 6 months. Good ****ing riddance
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seeknom:
Yes. I think some shortcut keys and not working (or aren't mapped properly yet), but the keyboard works well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ramiro.f:
I called Asus support about this issue, and a couple of others (screen items bouncing and corruption on the left side, all three seem to be common issues)

They said that this can be resolved non-destructively by doing a device reset (it sounded like clearing the cache from his description) which can be done on a stock transformer like this:

1 power off, unplug, remove from dock

2 hold volume down and then hold power. Hold both buttons until text appears in the top left corner

3 when the text appears, keep hitting volume up until you get the Android logo + an exclamation mark

4 wait 5-20 minutes until it clears the cache and it will reboot itself

It works so far, I can even use Google earth with 3d cities (it was completely unusable before). I suggest people who don't want to unlock boot loaders or root their device try this out first.