[Asus Transformer TF700] downrange914:
Hi - I've had my Infinity TF700T now for around 3 months and have been very happy with it - so much so I've been waiting to get the Asus Padfone 2 (although I'm based in the UK so will have to wait longer than most !), however I was wondering if anyone has experienced (and more importantly been able to resolve !) the following issues that have I've experienced intermittently - internet searches have found related items - but no resolution or actual email stating that it's a known issue. I've also approached the support team @ Asus, but have only been told to try the uninstall/reinstall approach etc which hasn't helped.

The device is running JB with stock kernel v10.4.4.20

Would appreciate any input anyone can give !

1) Stock alarm clock only going off once with lid closed

This is a weird one - if I lock the Infinity (using the padlock button on the keyboard) and leave the device open (it's attached to it's keyboard base) then the (daily repeating) alarm goes off without a problem - as soon as I close the lid on the device - it only rings once and stops.

As I thought this might be something to do with power saving, I've disabled all power saving on the device and am getting the same issue. Internet searches have found similar issues on other Android devices which only a reset of the entire device looking to resolve the issue.

Does anyone know of a less intrusive fix for this please ? I'd rather use the stock application that have to download a 3rd party app.

2) I've found that during startup of the device, there are intermittently some files created with filenames similar to the following :

VS38JM6U.000

VS2MQKMH.000

VS2MQKMH.001

The filenames are of various filesizes and I am unable to yield any useful information as to purpose of these files by examining their contents - apart from noting the files are binary in nature - possibly coredumps of some sort ?

Does anyone know how or why these files are created ?

I initially suspected they might be created as some sort of fsck process that Android is carrying out - but I have no way to ascertain this for certain - Asus support have said that the device doesn't carry out a fsck during startup.

I then thought they might be due to a virus of some sort, so installed AVG, Avast, Trend, Sophos and Norton (yes all at the same time) - did a search of the device with all of the applications and found nothing. After further questioning Asus support thought the issue might be due to several anti virus applications being loaded simultaneously, however as it occurred before I installed them I think this highly unlikely.

I have not been able to find any mention of ANY other users experiencing an issue like this on the internet.

3) Stock weather application intermittently isn't able to refresh weather when "find my location automatically" option is enabled

This is also a bit of a weird one - as the title of the issue says - I find that the stock weather app (the Asus branded one sourcing data from AccuWeather.com) will find the location I am and weather several times without any issues out all, and then suddenly stop working for no apparent reason.

I have read that other Android devices have exhibited this issue and have seen various fixes - for me a reboot of the Infinity always fixes it although this obviously shouldn't be necessary ?

I thought it might be due to a connectivity issue with the AccuWeather servers, however if I add the city I am in manually and get the application to refresh it is able to find the weather without any issues at all.

I have tried killing the processes (including flushing the application cache etc.) and this hasn't helped. I read an article somewhere that usage of Task Manager (I tend to kill applications I don't need that are running - not the obvious system ones but Gmail etc. when it appears) can exacerbate the issue and I have certainly found that the weather app can run a lot longer before not refreshing if I don't kill any unrequired apps.

I read a few articles which suggested that the GPS functionality was switched off/not working which could cause this issue, however in the instances where this issue has occurred, I've ran GPS Test and Google Maps and they've been able to pinpoint my location with no issues whatsoever.

Would appreciate any feedback/info anyone could give.

Many thanks in advance.