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[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
I suggest you should do a full wipe and reflash cleanrom and kernel. This way you can eliminated all the possiblility with software and pin it on hardware.
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
I have the same problem with my battery meter, and just like with you, it started when my TF700T was almost exactly 4 months old. The batteries (dock and tablet) have to be close to drained. I've been using the tablet without batteries for many hours, both yesterday and today. But my tablet battery is showing 100% and the dock battery is at 95%. That has to be wrong.

I have GSam Battery Monitor Pro. It can only tell me about the tablet battery (it's blind to the dock battery). Yesterday when I looked at this, it was telling me that the screen used no power. I'm looking at it now and it says that screen is using 68.6% of the power - that's more like it. But it's weird that yesterday the number was zero. It tells me that the unit has only been unplugged for 5 seconds, and has been telling me that since I unplugged it yesterday. GSam usually saves history, but not in this case because it thinks the unit has only been running on battery power for 5 seconds.

I also have a battery widget that is dual-battery aware. It has a history chart, but it doesn't tell me much. It shows the tablet battery at a constant level of 100% with no dips, and the dock battery very slowly dropping from 100% to 95% over the last two days. This is just wrong.

What's been happening is that the tablet will suddenly shut down when I think it's charged, and then I can't turn it on. I didn't realize what was wrong until I discovered that if I plugged it in for a while, I could turn it on again. Obviously the battery is draining completely, but the meter is incorrect. Also, draining the battery completely then recharging to green (which I hope still means "complete charge") has done nothing to recalibrate the battery.

I'm afraid this is a hardware problem. I guess I need to contact Asus?

I'm also having problems with constant browser crashes - doesn't matter what browser it is, I've tried them all. In general, this tablet has been a huge and expensive disappointment.

Edit: I'm running ICS 4.0.3 stock, rooted but not unlocked. I don't want to upgrade to JB because I need the volume booster app. I've read that the volume problem is just as bad under JB but the volume booster apps don't work (nor do many other programs I use). There is nothing in JB I need. From what I've read, people running JB have all the same browser crash problems, battery meter problems, etc.
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
I feel your frustration, I have seen more and more people with this issue. Well, we could say that either software or hardware, (not every situation is the same), so usually I recommend to do a factory reset then reflash a full Asus firmware, if the issue stills existed, then we can assume it's hardware issue. At this point, we can give Asus tech support a call.
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
Thanks for your reply. Have you heard back from anyone who has done a factory reset and reflashed the Asus firmware? Has anyone reported the problem going away after that?

The other thing I'm worried about is that it's a hardware problem that Asus doesn't know how to fix because they don't yet know what's causing it. I can't recall anyone saying they've found a solution to this. I've only seen reports of the problem.

I have other serious problems with this tablet, too. It runs short of memory all the time, though this isn't supposed to happen on Androids. I often have to manually clear memory to view screenshots in the Play Store. And the browser is constantly stalling, freezing, and crashing - every browser. I've tried more than 5 of them. This is especially inconvenient for me, since I make heavy use of the browser on the tablet.

I keep thinking of that pressure-sensitive Samsung tablet I almost bought instead...
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Don't worry about Asus, if they don't know the issue, they will give a replacement. For the short of memory, you can stop all the bloatware, if you're rooted you could use Titanium back up and freeze them. If you're not go to settings-> apps and select "all" tab, this will show you all the system apps, you can disabled them from here.
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
Yes, I'm rooted, and yes, I've already frozen the bloatware. Then I worried that I'd frozen something that caused the instability and unfroze some stuff. It didn't help stability either way. Just typing this response, Dolphin Browser crashed once.

I emailed Asus about warranty repair and received no response. Tomorrow I'll call them. I'm worried about sending the tablet to them. I've heard horrible stories about them taking months to send it back and not answering emails. I feel like I made a mistake buying this.
[Asus Transformer TF700] acme99:
Sorry, I didn't get back to you guys on this issue...

Shut down your tab completely and let it sit unplugged for an hour or so. Then boot it up. Notice how much % it lost... Mine was around 50% when I shut it down, and it woke up at less than 30% an hour later. Looks like this process helps recalibrate the gauge. Try this, and let me know how it turns out! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
I was reading some of the 1-star reviews for the TF700T on Amazon and I found many reports of terrible Asus customer service and warranty support. Check out these links. This is serious, and it's just a sampling:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/asus-computer-products-cu_b_793608.html

http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Asus

http://www.bbb.org/greater-san-fran...us-computer-international-in-fremont-ca-16870

The Huffington Post article is a horror story of customer support that links to many similar stories. The Customer Service Scoreboard site has 856 descriptions of customer service encounters with Asus. 757 of these (88.2%) are negative. And they are not generic - read them. Many of them have pitiful canned responses from Asus attached.

The BBB has issued an alert for Asus, saying, "We have identified a pattern of complaints concerning service issues. Complaints processed by BBB claim that 1) products sent to the company for repairs are still not working properly when returned to the consumer." Their most recent review of the complaints was January 14, 2013.

I want to start a new thread about Asus and their lack of customer support or warranty coverage (and the tendency of their hardware to break. People need to know about this.
[Asus Transformer TF700] acme99:
Sometimes I wish I never bought it in the first place... Too late for that in my case. Today, I noticed that one of the pins where the dock connects to the tab is broken, inside the tab itself. It's a cheap little piece of plastic. Who the hell thought that this little flimsy plastic thing would held the tab and the dock together??? Beats me... This tab is turning out to be junk. I regret buying it...
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
You're not alone. Here's a quote from someone else in a thread I started warning about Asus (I got attacked for starting it). I thought at first that the guy who posted it was you, then I saw it's a different username, but same problem:

Here's a link to the message I posted back to the other guy, if you're interested:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37680197&postcount=24
[Asus Transformer TF700] Artimis:
I just wanted to chime in and say that I am experiencing the same issue as well. I'm unlocked and running CWM with CROM 2.3. Both my dock and tablet battery are showing 100% and I have been using them for well over an hour today. My normal usage pattern is to use my tablet all day, charge it at night, and unplug it first this in the morning. The other night, I forgot to put it on the charger. When I woke up in the morning the tablet still showed 95% battery life when I started using it but it suddently died on me. Throwing it on the charger for 5 min allowed me to boot it back up so I knew it was a dead battery but the gauge still read 80%.

I tried clearing battery stats after a full charge this morning and so far, there has been no change. I will try the suggestion of powering it off and letting it sit tonight to see if that recalibrates it. Like most of you, everything has been working as expected for the first 4 months of life and this problem started recently.

Very frustrating not knowing exactly how much battery is left.
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
Yup, same thing. Could I ask:

1) How long did you have the TF700 when this started happening? It was very interesting to me that it happened to me and the other guy who reported it at exactly 4 months. I'm wondering it happened to you at 4 months, too.

2) How does one "clear battery stats"? I've seen that recommendation before, but I don't know what it means.

I sent a support ticket to Asus, and this is the response I got:

I didn't try this. I did try a cold reboot, though, and it didn't help. Nor did two attempts to recalibrate the battery by using it until it shut off, then recharging overnight.
[Asus Transformer TF700] dbuc:
Back in business...

Back in business for my tablet finally...

My tablet is rooted but stock, have owned it for three-four months. I'm not a power-user, I have it in the livingroom to surf on only so perhaps been using it on average 1h per day.

Anyway, one week ago it started to shut down unexpectedly and after some charging and playing around I was clear that it always shut down when reaching 35%. I've googled this issue a little, read in this forum, even posted in another thread. I did the wiping, three times(!), but without luck. Tried the battery calibration tool to wipe the battery stats file a couple of times when 100% charged and that didn't help either, still shut down at 35%!

I figured I return it to the shop but I tried one last thing after reading about similar issues with the nexus 7. I've charged the tablet to 100%, wiped the battery stats, shut the table off completely and let it rest for a whole day! Then when turning it on it showed 70%! Even though it was completely turned off. So I put in the charger and let it charge to 100% again and then wiped the battery stats once more. After that I unplugged and been using it now for two days and it has behaved nicely, the battery went down from 100% to 0% until it shut off. I got 5+ hours (without the dock) running on highest speed and surfing, youtubing and watching videos, as before getting the weird battery meter problem...

So it seems that turning it off completely and letting it rest did the trick for me allowing the tablet to recalibrate. My guess is that the calibration was off by 30%, not sure if the wiping of the battery stats file helped out as well.

Hope this helps someone else as well!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Artimis:
1) I bought the tablet the last week of September. I don't recall this starting to happen until late Dec - early Jan.

2) Clearing battery stats can be done a couple of ways -- the device should be charged to 100% when done in either case:

a) Go to /data/system and delete batterystats.bin then reboot

b) Clear through CWM or TWRP recovery. I use CWM and it is under Advanced -> Wipe Battery stats (just erases /data/system/batterystats.bin for you)

The suggestion ASUS gave you to wipe data effectively does the same thing (it just wipes everything under /data). He gave that suggestion because he probably assumed you were not rooted and therefore did not have direct access to delete the batterystats.bin file.

Thanks, I will try this tonight! I don't ever turn my tablet off so I'm wondering if this just builds up over time.
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
Interesting that your battery meter problems also started at 3-4 months. There's a pattern here! Thanks for explaining how to clear battery stats.

Great info - thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] acme99:
Wipping the battery stats won't do anything to help. I did, many times.

As I stated earlier in this thread, the only way to solve this is to shut down the tab completely and let it sit there for some time.

Some guys have the same exact problem with their Nexus 7. I guess it's another Asus "feature". Lolll
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
Quite the coincidence that the other tablet with this problem is also made by Asus (not!). Thanks for nailing down what fixes it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Artimis:
Thank you dbuc and acme99! I used the "turn off and leave it" approach and so far, it appears to have done the trick:

After using my tablet (docked) all day yesterday, it still showed 100/100 when I shut it down for the evening and let it sit unplugged all night. This morning, I powered it back on and it showed 95/53 which is more what I was expecting. Immediately, the dock started transferring power back to the tablet. I have been using it (docked still) all morning again and it is currently at 14/90 (I'll have to charge my dock soon).

For those of you that have also had this problem after 4 months of use, are you like me where you rarely ever turn the tablet off?

I think this issue may start building up over time again as a result of constantly leaving the tablet on (obviously, an ASUS thing).

Thanks for everyone's help.
[Asus Transformer TF700] dbuc:
Great to hear it helped someone else as well! Means that it isn't something wrong with our induvidual pads, I was soooo close to returning it to the store...

And as you, I never turned my off mine completely, I have the keyboard dock so standard procedure was just to close the tab over the keyboard...

...turning it off completly now and then is something I can live with! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
I, too, had a habit of closing the tablet over the dock and never turning it off. I wonder what is reset when you leave it turned off for a while that is NOT reset when:

(1) It's only turned off briefly.

(2) It's cold-rebooted.

(3) Battery stats are deleted.

(4) It's wiped (I'm pretty sure I saw a report somewhere that wiping it didn't help).

What's the shortest time anyone has turned it off and the problem has been fixed?
[Asus Transformer TF700] apkapkapk:
Yepp similar to the rest of you, I got my tablet about 4-5 months ago. I think there's something up here. I'm currently leaving mine turned off for a while and will check back a while later. I've also always left my tablet on. Great to see that people are able to fix their battery issue though! Mine shuts off at ~40%. I'm on CROMI 3.2.1.

EDIT:

It doesn't seem to work for me :/ I'll try charging it to 100% and leaving it alone
[Asus Transformer TF700] acme99:
My guess is that some capacitors will drain completely when left alone for some time... But honestly, I don't know. I'm a software guy, I don't know a lot about electronics in general. ;)

I never shut down my tab... and I'm sure that I shouldn't have to...
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
You powered it down completely and left it unplugged, right? For how many hours? I think most people who did it worked left it overnight.
[Asus Transformer TF700] apkapkapk:
The first try was for a couple of hours. Didn't power it down completely though! Maybe that was the problem. I've left it overnight (but fully charged) and it showed 93% when I turned it on. I'm trying to drain it today and see at what percentage does it go off. I'll report my findings once I'm done doing this! Thanks for the advice! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] permutations:
It only works if you power it down completely (not just sleeping - hold down the power button and shut it down). Then leave it powered down and unplugged for quite a while. The people who report the problem was solved say they left powered down and unplugged overnight.

Good luck!
[Asus Transformer TF700] acme99:
At least for an hour... Overnight will of course be OK, but an hour did the trick for me. But yes, it has to be completely off. Unplug it, shut if down, let it rest...
[Asus Transformer TF700] apkapkapk:
Oh yes I had it powered off. I thought you meant use up all the battery. Just an update; it seems to be alright now. I'm down to 13% as I type this so I suppose it works :D

I'll proceed to let it drain completely and charge it back to 100% :good:
[HTC One V] spurgeonjudah:
I have a stock unrooted Indian Rom available.

HBOOT 1.18.0000

Radio 3831.19.00.120

Software 2.24.720.1

Android version 4.0.3

I just wanted to know whether TWRP can back up the kernel also. Else not tell me a way to back up the entire Rom +kernel+System.

Once i get a reply I can upload the backup.

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[HTC One V] mihirengg19:
Yes the boot.img is backed up.
[HTC One V] spurgeonjudah:
Cool then.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tinyuniverse:
I'm running jellybam on an att s3. I've been trying to do a SD swap to get more memory but can't seem to get it to happen. Has anyone done this yet or is it only international?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
i have i9103 ics 4.0.4 but when i installed cwm with odin now mobile doesnot enter in cwm mode, just blue screen arrives and get switch off,but mobile working fine, plz help me in installing cwm becuz i need to root my mobile

:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Just visit here -> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33920208&postcount=1

If you are newbie then creating a thread not the solution. Search the Topic & get answered is the solution.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
bro i got understand and will take care but plz help how to flash ardatdat kernal
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
Place Ardatdat's kernel in SD card and Boot into CWM and flash it.....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
but that is the problem after flashing cwm it does not enters in recovery mode ,only blue screen appears and gets off, but mobile works fine any idea??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] pulley06:
After flashing cwm your phone booted?

Nokia 2110-->Sony Ericsson k750i -->Nokia 5233 --> Samsung Galaxy R
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
yes it is working fine, but the only problem is not entering cwm,itshows blank screen and gets off

plz help:confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Install cwm v 5.5.0.4 or something like that using odin v 3.07.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
sir tried that too but still same thing i am facing
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
how you are booting into CWM and some screen shots please....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Yes buddy. Some few lights needed. Btw no Sir, we are buddies here. Same and equal position.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Mobile is working fine but after flashing cwm when i try to enter recovery mode using vol+,home+,power it shows entering android recovery on top of mobile and mobile turns blank and get swith off
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vbz89:
Which version of cwm did you flash?

From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Both 4. And 5. But not entering cwm
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Can you explain your procedure of going into recovery in brief..??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Debug mode enabled restart the fone when logo appears pressing vol+ & home it shows on letters at the top `android recovery mode' but after that blue screen and fone gets off, but remove battery and insert back and swith on fone normally it works fine. Ok then i flashed the fone fully by odin, now it enters in normal (android recovery mode (3e) ) but again after flashing cwm with odin the same prblm appears which mentioned above. plz help me entering cwm
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Donno, but I never used Debugging while updating from ODIN. also, Use ODIN V 3.07 & report back. File must be in .tar format.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Used odin 3.07 and .tar.md5 single file but same problem, if it is wrong give good working ics flash file link so i can flash or sugest where i am wrong
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Download this one & flash directly from ODIN v3.07. dont extract anything from this one Download

Then revert.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
hi buddy tried that also but not entering in cwm i am very confused what to do just blue screen hangs while trying enter cwm
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Buddy have u ever successfully entered recovery before this? Even if its stock recovery tell us.

EDIT: Read ur earlier post. Why don't u try by flashing a stock GB ROM and tell us whether u are able to boot into CWM recovery...so that we can confirm whether prob is with ICS or with ur phone.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
sorry to say after flashing GB ROM fone doesnot on properly it stucks at i9103 logo and after that blue screen comes and fone gets switched off, but after that i flashed ics again now fone again working fine and entering in stock recovery but again when i flash cwm, the same thing happen for what i have started this thread, the same thing happens its not entering in cwm

still:confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Buddy u can try one thing. Open the CWM4.0.0.2 file that vikesh uploaded. Inside that u'll find a recovery.img file. Now open ur Stock ics tar file and replace the recovery file inside that with recovery.img file provided by vikesh buddy. Now flash the whole package thru odin. Report back.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Yes good idea i ll try and report,

Fingers crossed becuz lots of try but not success, lets see if this works or not
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
I have recently gone through the same process... and I'm an ultra noob. I could help you. Will share the steps I followed tomorrow morning from my laptop. :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Thanks buddy i am waiting.....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
this wont work.. i tried it once and ODIN flashing failed in between :(.....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
Ok wait for KAUSTUBHKUL'S reply
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Adam77Root:
It worked for me. Unknownzd even repacked an ICS package with CWM.

Sent from my CM10.1-powered GT-I9103
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
Okay, here's what I did... hope it helps!

To install CWM:

(I was on Indian ICS recently upgraded through KIES)

1) Open ODIN v3.07

2) Connect phone via USB (make sure it gets detected; and that ODIN reflects this --> you can see a message like "Added!" in the ODIN message box). If not, you may have to download and install Samsung USB drivers (sammobile has the .exe for this)

3) In ODIN, click on the "PDA", and select the filename of the relevant CWM file that you want to install (I selected /path/to/file/CWMv4.0.0.2_ODIN.tar)

4) Click on "Start"

5) Watch the messages box, it should show something like "1 successful, 0 failed"

6) If step #5 happens, then your phone will reboot automatically - let it.

Now, when I had to install ardatdat's kernel:

1) Completely power off the phone (wait for a small vibration as a confirmation)

2) Press POWER

3) Press VOL UP + HOME to enter recovery when you see the SAMSUNG logo

4) Select "Install from sdcard" (not sure if this is what is says exactly, but something similar to this effect)

5) Navigate to the .zip file which you want to install and select it

6) Navigate to "Yes" and select

7) See a confirmation about installation

8) Reboot!

If you get stuck in any of the step, just let me know and I will try to help. :D
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
buddy please change procedure 2 step no 3. Download mode doesn't come in CWM. When you come in CWM just go to install zip for sd card using volume up & down key. then select destination point & install.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
Ah, yes! I will - I remember now. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Buddy try flashing any ROM freshly and den see if the stock CWM is working.. If it is, den open ODIN v1.85 and flash CWM vikesh provided and der u go.. It's done.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Stock cwm? Did u mean stock recovery? :confused:

Tapatalked from my Galaxy R GT-I9103 using XDA Premium App :p

I don't go to sleep until I utilize my quota of 8 thanx a day!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] p.rahulganesh:
I already posted everything, what u have suggested that i had done already and its entering stock recovery perfectly but after flashing cwm its not entering in cwm