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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dgraziotin:
While I don't notice improvements in the responsiveness (it was already fine for me), doing a factory reset after JB update solved annoying FC of the stock gallery and the stock camera apps.

(reset done using the power+vol down method)

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] stvlgm:
For me a cold reboot improved response times and smoothness for me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
i know but resetting is making sure you feel the butter. :silly:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bypod:
Something has to be done.

My prime is running so poorly. I get many FC and things are not smooth. Multi-tasking is impossible. Browsers take forever to launch and load previous tabs. I hate to start over... but I'm getting to the point where I think it's for the best. My butter is more like molasses on a cold Wyoming morning.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bart1981:
After the update to JB I have a lot of spontanious reboots.

Maybe I should try a factory reset....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jynlude:
I'm also considering doing a factory reset...

So just to be clear, I'm not rooted and from a data/application/settings loss perspective, what do I need to make sure I have backed up? All my apps / widgets will re-install upon reset I assume, but what about my settings and files?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] frazbox:
when i hold the power+vol down, i see: RCK android usb data wipe. what am i suppose to do from there?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sahilcc7:
I factory reset my Prime a week or so before JB, and when I installed JB, there wasn't much installed. Is it still worth the factory reset?

I've installed plenty of apps and games, hate to have to reset and re install everything again. Does a factory reset make it like CM10 speeds on the HTC One X like this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_eFGpET3dc ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dgraziotin:
Press vol down 3 times to highlight ''wipe data''. Then, press vol up to execute it. It will take a couple of minutes to complete.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] stvlgm:
Try cold boot first (power off, volume down & power button and leave to boot). I have not done a factory reset yet, but after a cold boot made a definite improvement.

- Stv
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tallkotten:
I don't get it, aren't you able to root the device again after the JB update? Right now I am running rooted JB (rooted in ICS then OTA update).

I appreciate if anyone could help me out here since I am debating if I should factory reset or not, I really want to stay rooted. Mainly so i can use my ps3 controller.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] frazbox:
i did that last night, and i see the superuser icon. does this mean im still rooted?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
Guys, you really

have

to do a factory reset after a major upgrade like this. Even after just a few weeks of use your data partition will be a minefield of potential conflict with the new ROM. Just remember to back up from sdcard0 as this will be wiped too :good:.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dgraziotin:
I was without "partial root" after updating to JB (yes, I did backups of su with root keeper). Therefore, I lost root access anyway and I was not afraid of doing a factory reset. I am quite sure that if you have root and do a factory reset using the "Wipe Data" method, you loose root. Someone correct me in case.

Try a cold boot instead. It often works fine.

Just seeing the app existing does not mean that you are rooted. Wait, how come do you have superuser installed if you wiped everything? :)

BTW, If you don't want to check for root access using adb or a terminal emulator, simply open an app requiring root access (e.g. Titanium Backup). It will warn you of any root privilege missing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lukcinek:
I've done wipe data today and I must say everything works a lot better than before. I dont have troubles with keyboard lags. Power button always works (before I must push it two or three times to wake tablet). Desktops swipes with smoothnes. Yes. I lost my root. Earlier I have partial root in aplications I granted root on ICS. I have backed up my root by rootkeeper but I dont know if it help me to root again after wipe. I recomend to do wipe by vol down + power button.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fatski:
So, I had root on JB before I did the reset and I had a OTA Rootkeeper backup as well.

After the reset I lost root, but after seeing a few things on other threads I thought I had nothing to lose by trying to regain it. All I did was run the debugfs .bat file as if I was rooting from scratch. It gave me plenty of error messages about permissions being denied etc, but by the time it had finished I was rooted again. I think that even the reset leaves a copy of the su binary in some obscure location, and the debugfs method picks that up, even though the majority of the commands it attempts fail.

As regards performance after the wipe, I'm now a good few days in and it's still just as good as it was straight after the wipe. It's honestly night and day compared to what it was prior to me wiping, and I'm completely stock other than rooting. I've even stopped using anything but the stock browser cause it's so smooth and it handles flash content so well (fullscreen HD Iplayer yay :laugh:). It's also got an 'always request desktop site' option, which makes all the difference for me.

I think with JB Asus genuinely fixed the IO issue, probably through a better driver, but there's crud left over (filesystem caches or something, who knows) from pre JB that prevents it from working as it should without a wipe. I'm sure somoene with better knowledge than me could identify exactly what was causing it and delete that without wiping, but the wipe wan't too painful an experionce to be honest.

You WILL lose EVERYTHING though, so all data on the internal SD is gone, photos, movies etc. Definitely back all of that stuff up before wiping.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dabombcra:
After updating to JB and doing a complete wipe, has anyone noticed a difference in the WIFI? It is nice that we have the update and a fast table, but the WIFI can drive one to want to throw the tablet across the room when I realize how much I spent on this unit.

Just curious if the WIFI has changed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fonduekid:
As mentioned before in another bigger thread, at least for me (and for others as I've seen), WiFi has been much better after the JB update and even more after the clean wipe/factory reset!!

I am saying this after my WiFi experience before/after JB update, as checked from the same location at work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lukcinek:
My experience is the same as fonduekid say. On Jb my Wifi is stronger. After wipe is even better than before.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NismoR31:
Tempted to do a wipe now on mine to see what difference it makes. After I finally managed to manually force the JB ota it ran like arse for a while so i cold booted it. That made a big improvement but by the sounds of it there's still some performance to be had. It's certainly nowhere near the smoothness of my One XL with CM10.

WIFI performance is about the same as on ICS

Can anyone confirm that voodoo rootkeeper will be able to restore root after a factory reset? (i have backups of it too) or will i have to resort to the debugfs method as fatski did? not that that would be a problem.

The only thing i really need root for is adblocking and ps3 controller via bluetooth

Data is not an issue.. i have off-device backups of everything
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NismoR31:
update for anyone interested. I did a factory wipe (had root from ics > jb upgrade). After the wipe i still had partial root. Voodoo ota said the device was rooted but the root access granted checkbox was not checked.

I tried the debugfs method & it did nothing. Ended up doing this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1911261 which worked.

I now have a complete root back & titanium backup etc are working.

wireless reception after the wipe is pretty similar. Maybe slightly better but nothing to write home about.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
I can't comment on root keeper but all I did was make a copy of su elsewhere on the filesystem.

I did a "cp -p" and copied su to/system, then renamed it to su-backup, and finally did a "chattr +i" on the backup binary (just incase). I did this way back in the ics days and my backup has survived every ota update and factory reset since. It was even still there after I rma'd the device and they reset it during repair.

Obviously, to get root back afterward you just have to run "su-backup" to get root and then copy the backup back to the original location.

Make sure the backup is setuid or else it won't work after a reset.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] andy_rose:
So i guess if i factory reset a prerooted rom like hairy bean 1.3 i wont loose root since rom is already rooted?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hceuterpe:
I think if you do a full ROM flash from SD you will nuke root. An OTA flash is incremental. However in many many cases root is installed under /system and a simple data wipe can't wipe system too, or else you cant boot (at least without flash from SD again). I I guess it May be possible to save it? The key is to also backup your Su binary properly in system, I believe. This is also how they know you rooted it if you send it in like this, even if you wipe first.

I wouldnt be surprised if the speed is related to some ext4 tweaks against the data partition, especially considering they "symlink" it with sdcard in a rather odd way...

Don't quote me on this since I haven't tried it myself, but that's what it looks like.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ken830:
Will someone that has done the factory reset / wipe please try out Google Earth and report back? Are the never-ending ANRs reduced or completely non-existent? The JB update reduced it on mine, but it still runs pretty slow...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cenonmin:
I tried Google Earth on New York and I am beside my router. I have the following settings on:

- Places

- Businesses

- Roads

- 3D Buildings

I can definitely say that the ANRs are gone if not very minimal (I did not get any but I got some before the JB update). There are some slow downs while panning across buildings but I think that is more to do with downloading the map data than anything. The 3D rendering is sometimes slow but I did not get ANRs.

All in all, I think the reset improved the Prime a lot. Nova Launcher is just snappy as well as all the other apps I have installed. Even updates from Play Store have improved. I would not say its stellar (Still won't beat an iPad in some areas) but definitely better.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
Quick update: I reset my prime via the os, immediately followed by a reset via the bootloader, and my su persisted. I had to get superuser from the market again, obviously.

I notice a huge difference! I suspect the improvement is from the lack of app services running now (I had hundreds of apps, now I have tens).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tyvar1:
I just got my prime back from RMA because when i tried to upgrade to jelly bean it failed, but now everything works great :D

Now to my question, do i neeed to reset my prime? When i got it it had jelly bean and the startup screen went up, the screen you come to when you have factory resten and when you turned on the device for the first time. So i think Asus upgraded my prime to jelly bean and factory reseted it for me when i RMA it to them or what do you think? Should i reset it or leave it be and start playing with it? :D

Thank you!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] asuser:
I sent it back twice, one to repair charging port, and another time to repair wifi/screen loose.

I was going to send it back a third time, because the screen still flickered, wifi wasn't strong.

BUT, after JB update and a hard wipe/reset, I think it's better. No screen flickers, and the wifi is stronger. Not as good as my phone or laptop sometimes, but depends on where I am. GPS still sucks and don't really use bluetooth, doesn't factor in for me for day-to-day use.

The only quandry I have now is that the OneNote program I want to use for notes isn't as good as the Windows version...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
Interesting. I never had FC of the stock gallery app, but since wiping w/ JB, I know get an "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped" message every time I close the Gallery or the Camera app (which uses the Gallery). I tried Fix Permissions and it didn't help. Any other suggestions?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Shelfty:
Just to add another voice in agreement with the OP. My Prime was pretty slow and froze frequently pre-JB. The JB update itself fixed this a little..not much. Doing a factory reset changed my Prime completely. It is now a pleasure to use and, as i've been travelling a lot lately, i've been extremely grateful for that! I finally get the use out of my prime that I expected in January when I bought it. Sadly it doesn't change the dead pixels that have developed over time or the GPS but to be honest I don't have the energy anymore to do something about it.. I'm happy with it the way it is now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
If you've seen my posts on these forums, you know that I am one of, if not THE biggest Asus critic. With that said, I have to confirm the OP's post. Flashing JB over ICS didn't do much - my Prime was still a laggy, crashy, POS. However, after a full wipe, the thing works the way it should have from day 1. ANRs and general lagginess is just about completely gone, and I actually can use my Prime without wanting to throw it out the window. I highly recommend this to everyone.

One minor complaint - since flashing, my stock Gallery app doesn't see any of the pictures/video on my phone (it pulls them from Picasa fine), and it crashes when I exit the app. It's not a big deal, as I use QuickPic anyway, but it can get annoying, especially since I also get the error message when I exit the camera app too since they're tied together.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ian1:
I'm trying to factory reset but I don't want to lose all my game data. I'm not rooted but wouldn't it be as simple as copying the game data to my external SD and inserting the game data back in after the wipe?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jguidera:
Anyone know if I factory reset can I retain root?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
This has already been discussed. Read through the thread for your answer.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kidd_Funkadelic:
So last night I decided to give this a go since I get reboots more than once a day, along with general lag across the board. So far things seem much better, though it's really too soon to tell.

I did the factory reset from the option in the settings within the OS. I didn't go into recovery at all. I lost everything as expected from a wipe as far as apps and most settings, cleaned sdcard partition, etc. However I found it interesting that 1) I did not lose root which others on there have said to expect, (I anticipated losing it and had created a backup of su as suggested in an earlier post, but didn't need it) and 2) I still have all of my wifi profiles. Also, the update to my keyboard layout mapping the browser button to browser of choice rather than the default Browser app persisted. I was wondering if that happened to everyone else. Though as I'm typing this I seem to recall one of the OTA updates failing until I removed my keyboard hack, so I'm wondering if the factory wipe was technically completed? I didn't get any signs of this like an error message. And everything seems more snappy. I'd hate to go through this again given I spent hours last night getting thing back to how I had it.

Thoughts?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Felisek:
Google can backup your WiFi passwords and some application data if you select Settings->Backup & reset->Back up my data.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kidd_Funkadelic:
Ah, yes. That is selected. Thanks, now I feel better that something didn't go wrong along the way. I had hoped the factory wipe would fix my keyboard issues, but I'll be happy enough if I get better performance and fewer reboots. For some reason my wifi/bluetooth/trackpad buttons became the brightness keys, and the brightness keys didn't do anything. Playing with the keymap file that maps the buttons to an operation reveals that the prime thinks that the brightness buttons are the numeric numbers that should be the wifi/bt/tp numbers, and the best I could do was swap the mappings to get brightness back to the right buttons, but wifi/bt/tp are all non-funcional...

Anyway, thanks for the comment. I feel better.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cappurnikus:
I had this issue and clearing data for the gallery app resolved the issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hceuterpe:
I didn't need to factory reset. There is something up (good actually), about this most recent update.

I transferred a few large A/V files (1GB+) to the internal memory. The speed difference was night and day. I also have not received any noticeable ANRs since the JB update. I have the 64GB version of the Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slychocobo:
I've been following this thread with great interest, from what I've been reading it seems that the JB stock update has been a figurative breath of fresh air for the Tablet.

Are the results *Really* that startling, has anyone had any negative effects from the upgrade?

Why I ask is, in another thread I mention that I've recently purchased this unit online (3rd party amazon seller) as my first "proper" Android tablet (The SD card and keyboard being the big selling points) But some of the, well lots of threads on this forum seem to be denouncing the prime as the spawn of a hell-beast..

But if the JB really does improve all the factors (Performance/instability) I appreciated that the Wifi issue is more of a physical issue but what I woudl love to know is there REALLY that big of a difference or is it more of a placebo effect from the upgrade.

Has anyone tried actual performance benchmarks on the unit?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
For me the update did improve the experience in that I wasn't having any anrs at all anymore. I still found many things choppy as hell though.

Resetting made a huge difference. I can't say if it was the actual reset that fixed things or just the fact that I only reinstalled a few apps.

I also turned off account sync.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
Even if you have enjoyed a problem free experience on ICS you will still benefit from the upgrade. Project Butter is no placebo effect :laugh:. But do carry out a factory reset. You really need a clean slate this time :good:.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] turbodroid:
Well I read through this thread and decided to do the wipe. It really did improve the performance of my Prime, especially browsing. Considering I have never done a wipe after any of the OS upgrades, I can truly notice a difference.

Now to the bad part. I now have the green camera of death. I have never had an issue with my camera before and I use it frequently for Skype. It's always worked, even after the JB upgrade. While I read this is a HW issue, it just doesn't make any sense that it worked just fine before a wipe. Now I am going to RMA and sell or try to get Amazon to refund it and get a Nexus 10. Overall my Prime has worked pretty good, even wifi, but this thing is just too buggy in the end.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pecata:
I did factory reset my Prime the other day and all I can say is WOW! It made a huge difference for me. My tablet is snappier than ever. Haven gotten any force closes so far and even I restored all my apps. I recommend it too-give it a try, for me it was worth it:D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nomad 666:
What is the best backup method prior to factory reset? I have totally stock prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mystril:
Titanium backup. But generally speaking restoring out-of-date apps with new firmware may not result optimal performance.

New house needs new furnishings. Hence its always better to transfer movable data (e.g Media) out. Soft settings and preferences can be a pain to restore but it's worth the speed bump.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SAJdroid:
There are 2 methods.. 1. Using ADB prompt , 2. Using ur custom recovery
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pecata:
If you have totally stock Prime and don't have Root then you can use the stock Backup app that comes with it and backup all of your apps on SD card and restore them after you factory reset. You will still have to reconfigure your system settings but it is better than finding and installing all the apps again. I did it that way on mine and it worked perfectly-no issues ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nomad 666:
I did exactly this last night. I didn't restore all the apps. Only the ones I really use. I haven't really noticed much difference after the wipe. Then again I've never really had any problems with my prime except GPS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sauliiin:
My priem was never bad, so, didn not make a difference for me! But thanks, anyway
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] turbodroid:
So I just want to give a little update here. I sent my Prime off with the green rear camera issue for RMA repair to Asus. I put in the notes to fix that and also do something to help wifi even though I never really had wifi issues.

Well Asus didn't repair my tablet, they sent me a brand new one! The new one has a CAOK**** s/n, so I believe it's one of the later build dates. Anyway, I might keep this one because it's working pretty good.

I've gotten this tab to perform best by turning off all transitions in developer options and also disabling all of the bloatware and other apps I do not use. Coupled with dolphin browser with jetpack, overall browser and tablet performance is much better. I might just pick up a dock now, we'll see.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whiplashh:
I have been searching around and could not find a working link for regular sense 2.1 for the EVO, anyone has a link to a close to stock sense 2.1 (I just came from the shift and liked sense 2.1) maybe deodexed? A link to a Rom that has working download link or one where someone made another link? Thanks I'm advanced!

EVO 4G: Swagged Out with Swagged Out Stock+. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soap:
MikG or Sinner are the 2 that come to mind.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whiplashh:
Thank you.

EVO 4G: Swagged Out with Swagged Out Stock+. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lreyes:
There's gonna be another one ;)

SonicLiquid ;)

you're dead to me, I just stand still and watch the ground pass, reality is a bi*** and Imma dance with her.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whiplashh:
You're making one? :D

EVO 4G: Swagged Out with Swagged Out Stock+. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vetteguy112233:
One of the most annoying issues with my STOCK S3 was the wifi kept turning off and on all by itself. I could even turn it off and it would turn itself back on. I kept getting the "connected to wifi network" message that would interfere with txting, this happens 2-3 times per minute.

I found the *#0011# power save mode fix, which at least made the problem invisible (until the phone was restarted)

I figured flashing a new rom would fix the problem, but after getting Synergy r64 all setup and flashed, I'm still having the same exact problem, was this problem not fixed in this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x714x:
Did you uncheck the "notify me" crap in the wifi settings? And are you sure your not running a app that is bandwidth intensive that it auto switches to wifi when one is in range?

Also why such a older version of synergy? The latest "stable" so to speak is 73