[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Blairware:
Any News is Good News

This definitely has been the longest time between firmware updates, and I do not have to check my calendar to know. It seems like months that I have been hitting "Check for Update" The reason it feels like months is probably because it HAS been months, LOL! As long as development has been actively working on issues, I am okay with it. THAT is the issue. We tend to have no way to tell if they are addressing the decidedly buggy behaviour of Tegra 3 / Android 4 combo. This is where Demandarin has actually been helpful to the community.

I admit that at first I was kind of pissed that Demandarin was getting beta (or alpha) firmware code, thinking; What experience does he have in test, development , etc., etc. Probably just sour grapes on my part if I am honest about it.

Then I realized that Demandarin DOES represent a good cross section of the user base, and that he exemplifies a "regular user" albeit a bit gung ho, and definitely way to apologetic for anything Asus does or fails to do. This is NOT an attack on Demandarin, or Asus, or anyone for that matter.

Demandarin and I have not always seen eye to eye, particularly regarding GPS or the lack of it around the time of release, and until the GPS kit was issued. He considered it a "dead issue" and I insisted it was not, and would not be a dead issue until Asus addressed it. They did, for better or worse, with what is arguably a decent workaround, though to be perfect, it would need a pass through for charging (MAJOR oversight there, Asus - I mean, what uses a LOT of battery? So much that you even mention it on the GPS Kit Documentation?) and/or a way to attach the antenna to the charging port OF THE KEYBOARD. DUH. ) But I digress (again, LOL!)

Demandarin, Thank you, thank you thank you for not keeping your mouth shut! Though I am very surprised that Asus has no problem with you discussing code that is in testing. It really comes off very unprofessional, on their part, not yours. It's like the old joke: "That's not FAIR! They KNEW I was a blabbermouth when they GAVE me this gig!" J/K :D

Anyway, I have a question (yes, I didn't just check in to blather on an on about what I think about all this!) Demandarin: I know you are trying to address concerns the best you can, based on your experiences with the Prime, and these Firmware updates - One of the most annoying behaviours of the Prime, and this has been happening with both units I have had a BC0KAS and and a C1OKAS. Here's how it manifests: I will start up a game. Typical offenders are Riptide and Shine Runner - two similar game titles. When I get to a graphically intense part it hangs in a weird stuttering/flashing effect with sound immediately going silent. This can also happen when just starting the games, and is NOT limited to these titles, they are just good examples of the issue. One way I can work around it sometimes and keep playing is to hot the Home button in that taskbar quickly when it happens, wait a few seconds, and then resume the game by going through "recent apps", selecting the game, and then selecting "resume" or "continue"

One of the best defenses against this issue is a tablet reboot before starting the game. While that is helpful most of the time, it points our a GLARING error in the execution of code, the way that Tegra 3 caches (or fails to CLEAR cache) and generally is horrible behavior for any OS/Application interaction. It is not limited to just a few Tegra 3 tablets, or Primes either: I got the following note from the makers of "Demolition, Inc.", a hot new Tegra 3 title:

On May 31, 2012 6:40 AM, "christian kinne" <christ@zeroscale.com> wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> If you experience crashes or heavy lags with Demolition Inc. ,

> please try to restart your device. That should help.

> You should also take care that your device has the latest firmware installed.

> Thank you and have fun!

>

> Greetings,

> Christian

>

> --

>

> Christian Kinne

> Lead Game Designer

> ZeroScale Games GmbH

> Schwedter Str. 9b

> 10119 Berlin

> Germany

ahhh yes, so... the QUESTION! Have you experienced the above described behavior, and if so, are you seeing a complete elimination of it with the latest code version, either. 25 or. 28 (I know you have only had a day on. 28, so it may not be a fair question) If not a complete fix (which is the only acceptable result) then any marked improvement?

That is my #1 bug/behavior, but far from the only. What about:

* Reboots (occasional)

* SOD interesting that while on. 21 I went from none, to perhaps 7-8 events over a few weeks back to none. Strange.

Keyboard goofiness (the technical term for cursor jumping around)

* ANR this is one of the primary targets for this code. Do you believe that they succeeded?

Sorry for the long-winded reply but this stuff is important to me!