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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HarnessTech:
Yep, I didn't get any tracking info from FedEx until after it had already made it halfway to me. I'm supposed to get it tomorrow and I requested it from Asus on 4/19. But it is coming from California and I'm in Oregon, so the travel time is pretty short in my case.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bjohnston115:
I took the entire thing out of the plastic housing and it still worked the same. I also plugged it into my keyboard dock and it does not work. THis tells us that while the dock does have usb mapped to its port it does not have all pins so the gps may use different pins. I really can't believe we dont have a pinout for these connectors yet. Its been over a year since the orignal prime was released. We need to focus more on the pinout than custom roms.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoMagus:
Good luck with that! No one at Asus has any idea whats going on with this dongle program.. those of us stuck in shipping limbo have been trying now for two weeks to get a hold of someone to find out whats going on with ours or have a replacement shipped- the furthest we get with CS is a promised callback which never happens! Been waiting on a response from Gary so from where I'm sitting if you need to request another one you're pretty much SOL
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wish2k4:
Long time board stalker, first time poster.

I haven't received one either. Registered early, then had a phone call and email from Asus. VIP showed shipping on April 18th. Still no package. I haven't had a chance to call fedex. I did try using the fedex reference trick, still no luck. I am in michigan with a grey tfp. Add me to the list!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jdudb:
I came back from a trip to find my dongle had arrived (UK). Having now tried it I am not very impressed. First they sent the wrong colour, secondly I get the sleep reboot if the dongle is attached, I have always had a VERY stable TF and I cannot recall ever having a random reboot like that. Finally the performance is a bit of a let down. I cannot get a stable lock even while standing still in the garden. Satellites appear to have a good signal then suddenly disappear. Even when I do get a lock, accuracy is rarely better than 20 or 30 feet. Now I know that is a lot better than no dongle but I have a GPS Blue tooth device that is about 5 years old and I regularly get six to ten feet accuracy with my TF, I can use a charger or case on the TF while using it and I get a far faster lock with it.

With all the fuss about GPS, I would have expected a top class device. This, in my opinion, is still not any use because of the above problems.

PS. I love my TF, this is my first negative post.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gbh62:
Just got back from a trip to Costa Rica. Used the prime, dongle, and pre-cached Google maps. The dongle worked very well. Just a few issues.

1) A lock without wifi active a take 3 to 5 minutes.

2) Once locked, it will remain locked unless the screen times out. Annoying.

3) Also will lose lock if I simply change apps. For example, just switching to the home screen, then back to Google maps, and lock will be lost.

4) GPS Status app will achieve lock in the same amount of time. But then switch to Google maps and lock is lost. Switch back to GPS status app and lock is gone.

Not sure if this is all the result of Android or the dongle. I actually suspect that Android doesn't deal with a standalone GPS too well, since my phone GPS which I use normally in the states when I have a 3g data connection also, doesn't have this locking issue.

Is this the behavior others see also?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TheWerewolf:
Hate to say it, but that's kind of what I expected. The dock already has a USB host port and I'd be surprised if the dock connector had a client USB and two host USBs on it.

To make it a little worse, I'm also betting the USB dongle (and the dock) do more than just route the USB lines to a connector - I'm betting they also change the voltages on the lines... so it's not just a wiring job.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mbo1951:
Same thing here. shows shipped for about three weeks and still no dongle. Who is running the show for crying out loud.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pileot:
Been listed as "Shipped" for over a week, still nothing on fedex. dislike.

anyone else have the same?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pato_bato:
Applied on April 16, received April 30. Toronto, Canada.

GPS test works but on Google map nada.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] houtx2:
Welcome to the club. There's at least a dozen of us in the same boat and the most frustrating part is that we cannot get any answers from Asus.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] texstar:
This is true. 48 hour response my ass. Sent 2 requests for information and nothing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lennie paz:
Not impressed at all with my dongle. I hooked it up,went outside with a clear view of the sky,and it found 11 sats. The problem is, I'm not getting any signal over 40 and it takes about 10 minutes to get locked on to any of the sats.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
try after a fresh reboot. so itll clear any previous agps cache. then make sure the dongle is in the lock position. I get locks almost instantly. accuracy as good as 4-5ft. feet, not meters :)

also make sure the dongle is pointed towards the sky. not pointing down.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theeggman:
I'm still waiting for my Champagne GPS dongle. I filled out an application on 4/17, the application still says submitted. I checked Fedex, using the trick here and it shows as Initialized and claims the shipping information has been submitted to fedex on 4/27. It also states 5/3 as an estimated delivery date, but has no further tracking information added.

I tried contacting ASUS on the 888 number, they told me they are not able to track the GPS orders and pointed me to the VIP website to follow up on my order status.

WTF ASUS CS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ilostmypistons:
I feel your pain

Maybe someone close to Gary can help us unfortunate ones
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Got mine Monday. Today I used it on my way to work. It worked but once at work I remove it to put the cover back. I turned off all the apps using it, remove and put it to sleep. An hour are so later I was using my tap and noticed it was still trying to acquire satellites. I went it settings and turned off gps, no go, turned agps on, still no go, turn them all on and off to no avail. I had reboot the tab. Any better way to do this?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wheels01:
Can someone point me in the right direction to where I need to go to order mine. I have tried and all I get is website down...

Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] urself25:
http://vip.asus.com

Register yourself and add your TP to your account then you'll see on the left a tab for GPS extension kit application.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimgirl:
Just received CG Dongle in Montreal via FedEx... now to find the thread with tips for do's and dont's. :-). Please feel free to point me in the right direction

Thanks members and thanks Asus

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Is that the power on while holding the volume down button Demandarin?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dude6595:
so are those of us still waiting just gonna get the shaft or what? Asus don't seem to care and it's BS already...

BBB anyone?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gatville:
A small moment of joy.

Submitted my application 16/4; today the status changed to "shipped". I'll let you know if it ever arrives/if it's the correct colour/if it works etc. This saga is in danger of running longer than The Mousetrap!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
No, just strictly a fresh boot should do, so a normal power cycle. However, GPS Test has the ability to clear that same data as well as refresh it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HarnessTech:
So I received my dongle today, as promised by FedEx (Asus still says "application submitted") and thought I'd do some testing.

First of all, let me just note that I have a C3O serial number Prime in champagne.

I started off by setting my Prime up next to the window without the dongle while connected to a wifi network. Within 15 seconds, I get 13 birds and connect to 9 of them. This has always been the case. Then, still without the dongle, I jumped in my car. The birds continue to track up to around 25mph; any faster and they drop like flies down to zero. As soon as I slow down for a stop, they come right back in within a few seconds.

Now let's put the dongle on. Man, that sucker is tight; so tight, I was afraid of damaging my Prime. I nearly called off the testing. Seriously. Immediately, the number of birds in view DROPPED from 11 to 5. I stopped GPS Status and started again, same result. I started driving and within a few seconds, birds started jumping into view. I stopped again and had 13 in view and connected to 9. Started driving and never had a problem with maintaining connection to at least 8 birds at any speed (I never exceeded 45mph). Stopped again and still had great results.

In summary, I'm not really getting any better results when I'm standing still with or without the dongle. The initial plugging in of the dongle caused a weird drop in connectivity, but it just needed some time to warm up, I guess. However, when moving at speeds more than 25mph, the dongle is necessary.

Also, I let the Prime go to sleep with the dongle on a few times and it has never caused any freezing, boot-ups or any other issues. Obviously, I haven't done extensive testing in this regard, but it does seem to be an immediate problem for many.

Now that I've tested the dongle, it will go into a drawer and will likely never come out.

Images Attached:

14-48-52: While driving at 40mph with no dongle.

14-51-52: While stopped with no dongle.

15-03-53: Right after attaching dongle.

15-09-22: While stopped with dongle attached.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theeggman:
Seems like its now on its way to me now. Fedex updated to picked up, and the the estimated date is now 5/8. Perhaps my email to Gary helped things.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoMagus:
I doubt it he hasn't responded to any of us. Likely there wasn't any problem with yours
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Beautyspin:
Hi -

I had purchased this from HHGREGG in US and got it shipped to India thru a friend. I had registered for the dongle using a India address on 17th April. I was not sure I will get it. It is (still) showing as submitted so I submitted a query regarding this. I got response from ASUS telling me to talk to India support team and visit them with the Warranty card and original bill.

But Yesterday I got a call from a Pune Number and the lady was from ASUS and she wanted me to confirm the shipping address as she said ASUS was shipping me the dongle. And the address she wanted me the confirm was the Indian address (hyderabad address). I am really impressed by ASUS. I will post again once I actually get the dongle.

Edit : I got my dongle yesterday. Irony is that the Asus website is still showing it in the "Your application has been submitted" status.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rmsingh:
Problems with dongle:

C1 serial

Prime sometimes reboot after Dongle connected.

Prime will not sleep with Dongle connected, even after Prime is locked. The display does not shut off.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MK17:
Even though that looks like MUCH better results, did you try rebooting your prime ?

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I didn't run a test before (I will later today) but I turned off the prime, plugged it in and turned it back on. I got 20 ft accuracy in my house within 30 seconds. I can't make a claim on what it used to be at the moment because I don't remember.

I started navigation in the house to get directions loaded and everything was spot on for the entire trip. When I left I tethered my GNex and Prime for just long enough to get the navigation directions to work and then turned it off. It worked perfectly the entire trip

GPS Test is cool and all, but if I'm going to use my gps it will not be to figure out how accurately satellites are tracking me. It will likely be to actually navigate or find out my speed or something. GPS Test has it's purpose and is a great tool to perform comparison test but I feel people are getting wrapped up in the test. Go out and see how it performs for real tasks and enjoy the device!

I know people bicker, but props to ASUS for this. They could have just turned the other cheek.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] valentinrascu:
Dongle also in italy!!!Asus comunicate this via facebook!!

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] josemfr:
What about Spain?

What is doing Asus with spanish customers????

:mad::mad::mad:

:(:(:(:(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lorthirk:
AFAIK is already available in Spain.

Thanks to ASUS Italy for having listened to us.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mario_1603:
my brother received my champagne dongle today :D tomorrow finally i will have my prime, the dock and the dongle :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jhosche:
Following up on my previous post - contacted Asus...they're RMA'ing my GPS Dongle...fun times....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] valentinrascu:
is Worldwide

Inviato dal mio Transformer Prime TF201 con Tapatalk 2
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vvveith:
Got mine today.

Without the dongle I would get 7 to 9 satellites in view and a lock on two or three, but in the yellow (if you move you will lose) zone. With the dongle I get 7 to 12 satellites in view and all but four are (drive down the super highway) green. So I took the dongle off and continued using my tablet as normal. The things I did not like about the dongle are the size, GPS test application displays upside down if holding the prime with dongle pointing towards the sky, and the tightness and difficulty of attaching the dongle. That's about it. Still continuing the legal action against ASUS because of the numerous other flaws and this workable solution but not practical. Peace, V :o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rorytmeadows:
We really should have 17 different threads for the GPS dongle. I don't like this inefficient consolidation into one thread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
Finally received it today! Never changed from submitted and I never was able to track it by the reference. Champagne Gold, USA, Mississippi.

*EDIT:

Took a while for it to take affect, but it's a world of difference. Very tight fit, but fine even with my screen protector and Skinomi skin. Indeed surprisingly sturdy. Can't believe they "fix" the GPS but exclude charging capabilities to do so. Whatever, that'll hopefully get modded to work right.

It's not quite as obtrusive as I thought it would be, but yes ASUS obviously values what others see over we who paid for it. The side of the dongle facing the user is hideous lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skyterrier:
GPS Solid at 180 MPH

The new dongle has made my TP GPS solid at 180 MPH. I bought my Transformer Prime to use as an electronic flight bag. All of my aviation charts would be stored on the Prime; greatly reducing the cockpit clutter from all the paper charts. Got to play with the new dongle today but was only able to check it out up to 180 MPH. Will get it up over 200 in a couple of days.

The dongle actually makes the tablet easier to hold on to in a small cockpit so I have to give ASUS an A+ on their solution to a rather significant problem.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
"Who would even need GPS on a tablet?" Oh, I don't know, professionals who buy equipment for its advertised GPS functionality. Or companies trying to put forth a more intuitive work system and interface for its employees, so that geo-tagging can shave off some of the more tedious work of collecting data.

Good to hear it's working so well for you, it's certainly given me usable GPS for the few tests I've run. 7 ft accuracy sitting still, will have to test it moving about at a later date.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdemons12:
Still waiting for my gold one to even be shipped here in Australia.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ChungWingKeung:
HONG KONG

3 weeks ;-[

Still haven't got the gps kit ;-[

Does anyone know the reason?

I'm from Hong Kong
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Laurentwb:
Hello,

I finally got my dongle. Not too bad. I have a real gps now. Not a miracle either ... :cool:

Stupid question : Are we suppose to register it on vip.asus.com ? (I did not find a way to do this).

Laurent
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dude6595:
I'm sure we don't have to
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bait-Fish:
I tried to register mine the day I received it a couple weeks ago but their system didn't recognize my GPS extension kit's serial number. Been meaning to try again. Has anyone been able to register their kit?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dpwhitty11:
Finally tried out my dongle, it works pretty well. I'm not sure if it works just as well as gps did when I opened up my Prime and make my own gps antenna, but it works. I'm going to eventually wire the dongle to charge the prime (via micro usb into the dongle) if I can. The quality of the thing is pretty cheap I think... It's very light and the pins that hold it in place are plastic. But whatever, it was free.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theeggman:
Well, I have received mine today; huge difference with the GPS Dongle attached. Indoors without, I have no satellites, perhaps one if I'm lucky. With the dongle I show 12 in view and 6 used according to the GPS Test app on the market.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Esenthel:
Are those dongles available in Europe?

Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lorthirk:
Yes, but not in Greece nor Iceland.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diodato:
As of today Italy and Greece are once again selectable countries from the dropdown box, but not Iceland.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Esenthel:
lol, I got excited about it.

Just placed my order, wondering when it will be delivered.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Beautyspin:
I had purchased this from HHGREGG in US and got it shipped to India thru a friend. I had registered for the dongle using a India address on 17th April. I was not sure I will get it. It is (still) showing as submitted so I submitted a query regarding this. I got response from ASUS telling me to talk to India support team and visit them with the Warranty card and original bill.

But Yesterday I got a call from a Pune Number and the lady was from ASUS and she wanted me to confirm the shipping address as she said ASUS was shipping me the dongle. And the address she wanted me the confirm was the Indian address (hyderabad address). I am really impressed by ASUS. I will post again once I actually get the dongle.

I got my dongle yesterday. Irony is that the Asus website is still showing it in the "Your application has been submitted" status.

I used to zero satellites in view but now I get 16 in view. I waited for about 10 mins to get a lock but I did not get any lock. I disabled, wifi and also the option to determine location via wifi. Then I enabled both and I got a lock on 5 satellites. This is inside my concrete house situated in a concrete jungle with absolutely no line of sight to any part of the sky. Not sure if this is a good result or not :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] astrodomine:
Exactly similar route, got my dongle today here in Hyd :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hyflex:
Another thing I should add about functionality is that it makes the tablet on its own easier to hold.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] David522d:
Cant get the GPS to work with the dongle...

I have had a bunch of restarts from the dongle.

Going to RMA the entire unit.

ITS CRAP!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hyflex:
Restart your prime, I had to plug in, restart and then it worked every time. Also just a hint be respectful they are trying to help and have made an effort to get GPS going for everyone even though they only legally had to for about 25% of customers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] killster:
not having luck with my gps dongle, tried restarting, im using the AOKP rom, build 33 i believe, maybe 32, i forget.

i tried to search for a solution, but no luck yet, anyone in the boat i am in?

K
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flyingwolf:
Just received 2 more dongles, for a total of 4 now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aypanthony:
You dongle hoarding?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dagrog:
The dongle came in this week & just used it. Driving down the road it worked perfectly. Can't say if it helped with wifi, the phone it was tethered to was 2 feet away.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] graffixnyc:
I was pretty shocked.. Today I took my prime outside and tried GPS for the first time with this unit. it was a replacement that came on monday. C2 batch. I was expecting it not to pick up any sats or maybe just one or two but I was kinda surprised with this especially because I wasnt using a dongle:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] VoltageNZ:
Just received mine today.. didn't really need it as had my GPS working just fine - outdoors atleast, couldn't really lock indoors but hey, that's GPS for you. Decided to try it out anyway to see if it made it any better than it already was. To my detriment the GPS was severely degraded WITH the dongle.. what the heck - teach me to try something out when it was already working fine huh? Took a veerrry long time to get locks outdoors and when it finally did it locked on to about 9/13 (about what I got prior to the dongle). Oddly, I walked inside to find that it held the locks indoors - so better than my GPS previously in a sense although if I start indoors, it will see a good 10+ sats but won't lock (not surprised).

On top of the above, it would seem to have now messed with my Prime and I can no longer obtain decent locks without the dongle! Sigh! Maybe a few reboots will remind it the dongle never happened! :P

Anyone else experienced worse performance after using the dongle? Hah!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] The_Stranger:
Finally got mine and it does work. Not getting a lock inside, but in my car it had a fix within 1 or 2 minutes for the very first time of the device's lifetime.. Driving a little did not made me lose the fix, so I am a happy user (of the GPS, need some fixes for the rest of the problems).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Esenthel:
Received mine yesterday, here are the results from "GPS Test" in my house:

-TP without dongle - 0 satellites

-TP with dongle - 1 satellite

-HTC Evo 3D - 6 satellites
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] THunDA:
Thats funny.. the other day I just received a second one. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] brainimpact:
Got my dongle today also after waiting almost 2 months
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lukcinek:
I have been waiting almost two monts but today it arrives :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nuteam:
Got mine today, in italy!

Seems to work fine....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] snapplex:
Received mine a few weeks ago.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] froodle:
its here

Only took a week :-)

0 sat without indoors

2 with indoors

Interesting design. Shame it wont fit whilst keyboard connected and when its connected i cant charge. But guess its better than nothing :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] graffixnyc:
I posted this in one of the other dongle threads, because I didnt feel it warranted it's own thread but I got a new replacement unit from asus two weeks ago (C2 serial)

I was sitting outside a few days ago in front of my house and decided to just check gps, no dongle. my mouth dropped when I got 12/13 sats. The next day I tried again, this time it did fluctuate a lot more but I was getting 4/5 then it would jump to 8/9 back to 4/5 back up. I couldnt believe it. I dont ever use gps on my tablet anyway so it doesnt matter to me either way if it works or not. lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nygmam:
I just got a second one shipped to me and i am not sure why. I see i am not alone getting 2?