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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] maxfac1234:
@demandarin

Interesting revelation! Never realised the extent of the issues of people complaining/threatening asus etc. It's their own undoing but I believe asus shoudln't be punishing all of us because of this minority.

Anyway, if I may suggest, shall we streamline the process of collecting information with regards to new/old/unresolve issues? The complaints around this forum are scattered everywhere. We can open a new thread or just continue in this one. I have created a simple "proforma" so that we can look at problems more objectively and see if there are any patterns emerging. One example is below:

Serial Number:

Current Firmware:

Mods (e.g.root, locked/unlocked/build.prop/gps patch)

Issues or "Working/Working-Worse/Working-Improved":

Wifi:

Previously present? (which firmware)

BT:

Previously present?

GPS:

Previously present?

Screen (Physical-e.g. mura developing/dead pixels/uneven attachments etc.):

Previously present?

Screen (UI-e.g. tearing/banding/flickering etc.):

Previously present?

OS (e.g. lag, fc, reboot etc.)

Previously present?

Other issues & if they are previously present:

e.g.

Keyboard dock

SD Card

Specific app issues (e.g. game/gmail etc.)

RMA experience (state geographical location/repair centre/approximate date & timeline)

(i) if applicable to any of the issue above, what steps are taken to reproduce it or "no clear cause but with high predictability of occurring"

(ii) if applicable, try to quantify the problem/improvement e.g. Wifi has improved from -40 to -20 at the same distance or reboot frequency has reduced/worsen from x amount to y amount in z amount of time

(iii) also, if anything has not changed/improves at all, please put it in too - because what may have improved for you may have worsen for others

and perhaps when we get enough information, it can be forwarded to asus and they can do something about it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] moorejared:
i dont know about everyone else.... but i'm happy

i dont know about everyone else.... but i'm happy going wrong. i am still thrilled with my prime. esp after this update. fixed my wifi. wifi speeds dramatically better.. went from 15mb. to 25-30mb download. still cant stream hd from computer without some skips. but prob network/computer issue still.

Biggest improvements:

WIFI!!!! range and speed

Snappier

google play installs dont slow it down as much.

bt/wifi combo seems improved

browser smoother. still some crashes. but nothing to cry about.

still believe the prime is the best tablet out on the market due to all the features. LOVE MY DOCK!!!!

Would still like to see continuing support and a helpful community.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MiscBec:
Re: the posts on screen problems by MXR2 & Hasan10- flickering/banding on left hand side

I've had this happening on and off since I first got my prime back in January. It's been improved with various updates, and was nearly gone entirely with .21, but it's back with a vengeance with .28 (which sucks, because otherwise the update seems to have improved general responsiveness at the very least).

I've noticed that I seem to only have the screen problems with particular apps though- at this point I've seen it using Repligo reader (which to this point has been the one with the most consistent problem), and the Firefox Beta (which has huge problems- using it the banding stretches out occasionally across the entire screen, making the app pretty much unusable). I haven't been able to replicate the problem in the gallery though, like the video showed.

Since I notice it so much in Firefox, I'm hoping the next update that's supposed to address browser issues might help- but I'm about willing to peg hope on anything at this point!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Beermiester:
Wifi definately improved

I never really had a lot of problems with browser or reboots (although had 2 random reboots back when I was on either .11 or .15 of WW) or the TFP in general as some others seem to have had. The only real problem I've ever had was with the wifi. In particular when I use my TFP & laptop side by side at the same time they seem to fight to control the wifi. Now this shouldn't be a problem with a 300 Mbps signal. There should be more than enough bandwidth for both, but they seem to fight each other causing both the laptop and TFP to lag, signal drop, or timeout.

This .28 update has definately improved the wifi, but I still see a bit of interference between the Prime and laptop (although not as bad as before).

I'm using an Airlink 101 AR690W router (best home router I've ever owned). The router is located in my basement and I mostly use my laptop and Prime on the 3rd floor of my house. The wifi signal strength on the 3rd floor is between 80% and 95%.

Baseline internet speed determined from my desktop with a 1GB ethernet connection to the router (3 tests at each location):

Ping: 22ms, DL: 28 - 40 Mbps, UL: 2.8 Mbps

TFP right beside the router and showing 40 to 65 Mbps bandwidth:

Ping: 23ms, DL: 8600 - 19000 kbs, UL: 3200 kbps

TFP on 3rd floor ~20ft from laptop showing 19 - 26 Mbps bandwidth:

Ping: 52ms, DL: 7500 - 9500 kbs, UL: 3200 kbps

Laptop on 3rd floor showing 300 Mbps bandwidth:

Ping: 80ms, DL: 28 - 31 Mbps, UL: 2.7 Mbps

Running speed test on TFP & laptop simultaneously side-by-side on 3rd floor, TFP showing 5 - 26 Mbps bandwidth:

Laptop: Ping: 80ms, DL: 5 - 11 Mbps, UL: 2.4 Mbps

TFP: Ping: 50ms, DL: 2700 - 3000 kbps, UL: 2000 - 3000 kbps

The TFP doesn't use so much bandwidth that it should cause my laptop to lose most of it's bandwidth. I've used multiple laptops on my wifi at the same time with no problem. And when they are some distance apart there's no issues. It's just when they are in close proximity they seem to interfere with each other.

It is annoying because I often use them together. I'll watch tv on my slingbox on the laptop while surfing the web on the TFP. It's annoying when loading a simple webpage on my Prime will cause the slingbox to get choppy. Heck I've watched tv on my laptop and done some heavy torrent downloading at the same time and not experienced bandwidth issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mekrel:
Just had another lock up and reboot whilst using the TV catch up application. It's a shame a good product idea that the Transformer series is, had to be thought up by Asus and not another manufacturer that could deliver on the quality front.

Seriously, how hard can it be? HTC can produce a responsive device with the Tegra3 and that's plastered with HTC Sense. The Transformer is very close to stock AOSP with some extra applications thrown in.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Yuhfhrh:
Well the camera issue came back for me and now I can't get it to go away this time. :'(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] batoo:
Send your device for repair....RMA
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Yuhfhrh:
I think I'm going to just downgrade to .21 when I get home. I've taken thousands of pictures no problem with .21
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] banderos101:
Now if someone made that in to survey type app, and easily postable results, we'd be sorted:D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theandies:
My browser experience has improved greatly. I use Boat Browser and after few days on the new FW, no waits, FCs or lags while scrolling. WiFi is better after a lot of testing. I've played a lot of games without issues.

A+ in my book.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ill1:
my overall performance is improved and faster. ive been using the splashtop testbed app and its now almost instantaneous. however even with the lag of running windows 8 through an app its smoother than native android.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
Useless input, thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
It seems that every single update has different results for different users, and I'm convinced that it's a result of hardware variations. It's the only thing that make sense.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cenonmin:
Serial Number: BC

Current Firmware: .28

Mods rooted

Issues or "Working/Working-Worse/Working-Improved":

Wifi: Only 4 bars (Good rating) and I am right beside my router LOL

Previously present? (which firmware) .17 to .21

Screen (UI-e.g. tearing/banding/flickering etc.): I got random bar-code like artifacts on the whole left side of the screen, rebooted and has not returned yet after 1 day

Previously present? NO
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] smrsxn:
friends don't post your full serial numbers. first 2 chars would suffice for sharing.

edit: removed full serial number
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pbelcomp:
You should probably take it out of your quote of their post.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] maxfac1234:
I have constructed a simple online survey here:

See this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27506725#post27506725

Based on my suggestion on post #303 of this thread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wernerzero:
Ok, time to update my review.

1) Ubersocial, slow, no change. Guess the browser is to blame here...

2) Seems like the issue with laggy and slow PDF's has more to do with the APPs

than the tablet itself. I found a reader that's really fast and fluent: RADEE PDF READER. Wish it was better looking and had more options (and in pages-mode you can't flick back to the previous page..?)... PDF issue is now SOLVED.:)

3) Battery time is really bad so far. Worse than before.:mad:

4) Web surfing. This is interesting. Dolphin used to be the fastest and most reliable for me, now it's really slow. Now Chrome, that used to be slow and lot's of ANRs, is REALLY GOOD. Fast and no ANRs so far. Boat and Overskreen are also good.SOLVED:)

5) Updating APPs from Playstore slows everything down, sometimes to a standstill. :(

6) This is weird. My Prime "forgets" my preferred (soft-)keyboard after a while.

I've chosen SwiftX in the settings and everything is OK for a while, but suddenly it changes back to ASUS keyboard.:confused:

7) Camera is SLOOW.:(

8) WiFi is slightly better. Before 17Mbps, now 21Mbps... Never been a problem :)

W.Z.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mekrel:
Hardly useless considering I was sharing my experience of the . 28 update. Not that I would expect anything less considering the flag that's under your username...

I'll spell it out for you regardless:

HTC One X shares same SoC as the TF201

HTC One X keeps Sense4 running with modified low memory settings, hence has less free RAM at any one time

Prime is close to stock Android with few add ons, not a complete overhaul like TouchWiz on Samsung tabs

So how can the TF201 perform so bad with the same SoC and more free memory?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Yod-b:
okay, for me it's worse than .21! I'm really really thinking about unlocking and getting custom rom. I'm waiting for cm9 for example . Asus just can't put a decent rom together.

(sorry, this was my very first rant about my Prime, I was optimistic all the time, defending Asus, but I kinda lost my patience.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rytkonen:
Before unlock I recommend to try root, Browser to Ram fix and scheduler change. After those fixes the web browsing is quite good at last. This is first high end android device for me which is simply crap without modding.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
Can you point us on thread about these fixes?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
I feel like the fonts look cleaner with this update. Less blurry, fonts look sharper.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bait-Fish:
Many thanks to TheOnionKnight for Browser2Ram.

Edit: I'm not sure about the scheduler change so I'll let others answer for that one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seeknom:
Yeah, I was here during all that, I remember what a disaster it was. Trolls are a pain in the ass, and they make it impossible for the rest of us.

Anyways, I hear what you're saying, I was just brainstorming ideas of how to improve the process because it seems that despite Asus's efforts, a lot of problems are still slipping through the cracks.

Here's an idea (that I got from your sudden burst of PMs to a bunch of devs)... Asus should work in conjunction with our devs on firmware releases! :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Yod-b:
Thanks, I have root and on 21 I had browser2ram, it was pretty nice. But do I really have to use mods to have a decent tablet?

Plus now I have screen flickers too...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AWhistler:
Another update...

After my last post, I started searching for other apps than what I was using. I installed Chrome beta, that used to render poorly compared to Firefox Beta. Wow, what a difference. It is fast and renders well, even on pages that just didn't work before. My only gripe there is that I can't permanently set "desktop version".

Battery power is the biggest problem now, and it shows WiFi taking more power by far, even more than the screen does. It is interesting that .28 changes the behavior of apps so much.

That's my testing update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
One would think that is logical & reasonable... like Sony & Samsung does with XDA community by having their own s/w dev. team participating....

but nope...

we have the "tease" by......& i shall end my rant here before i explode.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
sounds like a great idea actually. I like the other ones also. you are right, alot of issues still slipping through the crack. what's making it worse is peoples primes reacting differently to update. some take very well to update. others act as if its allergic to update and makes things worse. I think finding out the reason why is that needs to be figured out first. there shouldn't be such drastic differences between performance of different peoples units once an update hits.

ARE PEOPLES WIFI TETHER WORKING ON THIS BUILD? MY PRIME WONT CONNECT TO MY WIFI TETHER ANYMORE. It sees it, but when you press connect, it does nothing. Although I'm on a newer build than .28, I noticed this on .28 also. just trying to see if its something on my end, or if the ad-hoc tethering got broken somehow again. It could just be something I did but need to make sure. I know it worked flawlessly on .21. so post if your tethering is working or not and what app you using. if its broke, they need to know about it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effezie:
Works great on mine. Used it consistently for the last 2 days. Edit: I connect my Prime to the hotspot on my Moto Atrix no problem. I can set up the hotspot on my Prime and my phone will recognize it and connect to it but it can't pick up on the WiFi from it.

I basically am trying to turn my Prime into the hotspot using the signal from my router and it does it, my phone picks up on it but the phone cannot connect to a website.

I guess that means it's not working. Sorry for jumping the gun.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
maybe its just something on my end. need to figure it out asap. the BT tethering is working just fine when i enable BT tethering in wireless tether app settings instead of wifi. I know the app works fine because my Ipad connects to the wifi tether just fine.

prime at least sees the connection in its own settings but does nothing when i press conncpectm. the connection just says Saved. now if i use wifi analyzer, it sees the connection as Ad-hoc. if i try to connect through there, it tells me This feature/connection not supported by android yet.

edit: I saw the other part you added to your post.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effezie:
Not using an app to tether to my phone. Just connecting to the pre installed hotspot setting. Prime won't act as hotspot as stated above in edit but don't have 3g so probably why
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wernerzero:
We two seem to have tablets from exactly the same batch.

Same experience with Chrome (yes, a big minus for not being able to permanently set "desktop version") and the biggest problem now is the battery time.

W.Z.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rytkonen:
Steps 1 & 2 from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1704686

Root guide for .28 firmware can be easily found from the forums.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seeknom:
Can you imagine what the devs would be capable of if they had access to the debug tools that Asus/nVidia and Google have at their disposal?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
This is off topic.. or not.. could be either depending on your perspective...

http://www.slashgear.com/linux-architect-linus-torvalds-to-nvidia-f-you-17234299/

Could be related. Also, doesn't help with Asus releasing half-ass unlock tool, no NvFlash.. and etc....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
Step 1 only seems to have worked for me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
No problems connecting to my Lg thrill running (GB)promethius rom. 7.8 up 2.4 down
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vvveith:
I know I seen it in the developers section!

I remember someone had made a tweak to remap the keyboard keys and set what browser you wanted to launch by default. I was tempted to use it but was not rooted at the time and was waiting for ASUS next move, I was hoping they would give us a program that would allow us to remap the hot launch keys and set what apps we want to launch by default for various data. Take a look, I'm sure it was there or try to Google it. Sorry I don't have the time to look it up for you. Peace, V :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jeb5000:
Works no problem. Running .28 on

prime and 2.0.7 of android wifi tether.

prime is rooted.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
hmm..im running basically the same setup and exact same version of wifi tether. it seemed like it stopped working out of nowhere. i wonder what changed to cause it not to work for me anymore. the bt tethering option still works in it though. i will just have to dig through my settings to see if theres something i accidentally did that broke it somehow.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] computerking:
First day of .28 had about 10 different ANRs, a day later most of those apps received updates of their own (Lucky me) and stopped having problems. Apex Launcher seems to be the last holdout, experiencing random lockups and failed redraws requiring 15sec reboots. Wifi is much better now, about a 15% signal boost.

All in All, .28 is an improvement.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Naoy:
Well, finally, after few days testing this update, I'm disapointed... Of course, it's great that I can play games without major issues but ANR are still present and browsing is just the same.

I'm thinking more and more about selling this s**t on ebay and get a Samsung one when it'll be released.

I'm sure about one thing, I'll NEVER buy Asus devices (Android or not) again! It's not normal to sell it 600€ when the R&D and Quality departments haven't done their job. Asus, are you serious?!

Now, it's been 6 months I get my tablet, and it still is a pain for me to use it.

As Linus Torvalds said : "F**K YOU NVIDIA!"

I add : "F**K YOU ASUS!"

Envoyé depuis mon Transformer Prime TF201 avec Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jfarinella:
So sorry to ask this question but what does ANR stand for? I feel very lucky on .21 with only the occasional browser shut down but nothing else and I do not think I will be installing .28
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] abovebeyondgal:
Well after few days with .28 and after few month with the prime:

I love it , sometime crush but its ok

The big problem i need to say that the UI is not SMOOTH like IPAD ( i dont like Ipad but the UI is much more smooth) and sometimes laggy

I tired servel launchers etc....

i dont know if its android or the prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mrakoris:
On .28 i aready have 2 random reboots (taptu, launcher), many "not respondings"(mainly pulse), stock browser is laggy crap, as it was...but without not responding message windows. Good job ASUS, you do nothing more then a half year...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sjrixon:
Since the .28 update I've had to hold down the power for 5s to power off and then boot up again.. Never did it on .21..

Really starting to be tempted with rooting and custom rom on this..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Felisek:
Application not responding.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mirox3m:
The new slogan of Asus and nVidia :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jmikeb92:
I have had three SoD's so far since the update. Two in two consecutive days. I know the one this morning happened after the dock was fully uncharged. Don't know if this has always been the case or if it is known to cause the SoD, but I will keep testing to see if I can find some pattern.

Edit: Don't get me wrong by this post either I think . 28 is the best update so far. Very smooth... just SoD
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] svladimir:
My Prime restarted itself for the very first time today. I just tried to open a news app...

It was undocked, with about 80% charge left.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
28 is a good firmware, battery is very good, and I have no major issue except those the most us of experience.

1) Browse is not very good, and especially with "flash sites" is a bit too slow.

2) WiFi and BT are still bad. I do not understand why ASUS does not implement a sort of QOS, so the BT can get 20% of the signal on its own.

When the signal is perfect, close to a router or with a WiFi extender (my case) everything is better and you can stream and use BT headset.

So even if the combo chip is for both WiFi and BT... they could "improve" with software changes.

I think 28 is the best FW so far since I bought the Prime.

The browser issue will be solved/improved in next one as Gary stated.

So why "crying" about this? that was not meant to be solved in 28?? :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rcatron:
It appears that wifi is not all well with my Prime as I thought it was. Recently received ipad 3 at work. My home network is 25 megs down. The ipad gets the full 25 megs on speedtest and pegs out almost instantly. The prime simply will not get over 12 megs down.

. 28 update... Same access point, same distance.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
Known issue.. if you read in this XDA forum, you will see, you are not alone.

Unless you have one Prime with the new backplate not in metal, then there is no solution.

It's not 28 it will be an issue with any firmware.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rcatron:
I do read the forums daily, so I am well aware of the situation, but I have not experienced this 12 meg "cap" before.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
any chance you are getting interference from another device on your network? try turning the ipad off. Sounds stupid but stranger things have effected wifi connections
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pooblej:
Our "Summer" 2.4ghz Baby monitor causes our PRIME Wifi to drop it speed. Solution is to turn it off and it makes a massive difference
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clj03:
I had a similar issue with my prime when I was using a BCOK serial numbered unit. My connection is 25 megs down but would only get 10-12 megs. After changing some settings in my linksys router I changed dramatically up to 17-19 megs. It still wasn't the same as I was getting with my pc but much closer. Now with the newest .28 on a C05 serial prime I'm getting 20+ megs.

The settings in my router where changed from set channels to auto for channel width and auto for wide and normal channels.