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[Asus Transformer TF700] ShadowLea:
Well, count another one to those 'very few', then. I'm perfectly happy with my TF700.

And do you honestly think the people here on XDA are the only users of this device?

Be realistic, only the people with something to complain take the time to go onto a forum and actually complain.

Happy users are silent users.

You should try the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Now THAT is a horrendously slow, laggy device.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Sinker1345:
I used the motochopper app to root my device but unfortunately it didnt completely root it. I could only use the root through adb by running the adb shell command and then typing su to gain access to my tablets root features. To fix it I had to use the adb command line and install twrp and flash the superuser zip file in recovery, this however requires an unlocked bootloader and will void any warranty you may have.

If you would like to try this method and cannot figure out how to do it I can find the exact commands and files I used and post them into this thread.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bmlarson:
Well now I feel special to yet another one of the "very few" people with a good tablet. I agree it isn't the fastest thing out there, but overall mine looks and feels good. My only complaint is that Asus isn't the best with consistent build quality and has lousy quality control...
[Asus Transformer TF700] usern ameisval idandnot:
I can confirm this.

1. Stock, it was unusable, constant lags browsing, tweeting, watching movies, pictures, music, downloadings maps. Everything stuttered.

2. Cromi 3.x and D2SD combo. It was lag free during everything. Even when I downloaded torrents and browsed the same time.

3. Today with CROMIX 4.5 and D2SD combo. It runs butter smooth. It is as smooth as my 2000€ desktop. Would it been that way a year ago Samsung would have made history. In the same magnitude we still remember today marvelous pieces of technology like the Voodoo 5, that sells today and only 15 years after introduction for 2000$ a piece. You name it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Do we need to say it again? The Tf700 sucks (mostly) on stock and soars thanks to sbdags and his pals!

The Asus hardware with sbdags modified stock rom is the absolute best out there if you are looking for a tablet with keyboard. Show me something that's even remotely comparable! And I'm talking about the extended battery, the two SD card options, the USB port and yes - the gorgeous screen.

And forget the dock! My tab running CromiX is finally shutting up my good friend-iPad-fanatic! LOL
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
Hehehehe. In my house, we got my infinity, which no one touches but me, a Nexus 7, an ipad, and each a iphone. The ipad is my brothers and I will tell you what, he is on the Nexus 7 more then he is on his ipad, and the Nexus 7 isnt even his! ATM my mother is in the hospital(long story short, she is fine) and I put some videos up online for her to watch. She tried watching them on her phone and failed :D. I told her to use the Nexus 7 and it worked. About time they see the power of Android, which right now she is eying the Galaxy S4 as her next phone, teeheehee.

Tylor

ROM: CromiX 4.5 DeOdex

Kernel: MaxKernel V2
[Asus Transformer TF700] Neo3D:
When will 4.2.1 be done?

I am also on the fence about buying a TF700 with all the lag posts on here.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Drenus:
Cromi for 4.2.1 is already out - it's called CROMi-X (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2223492).

As for the lags, what do you intend to do with the tablet? I use it for streaming movies/music, youtube, general web browsing and some gaming and find TF700 is be a great tablet once you have Cromi installed (I'm still using 3.4.7 - based on 4.1.1, with some additional tweaks). I also find the keyboard dock with additional battery to be incredibly useful.

I've seen posts where people talk about lags when running a bunch of apps and downloading a lot of files at once, but I'm never in that situation so I don't worry about it.

My recommendation would be to get a TF700 if you're comfortable with modding. If you want a tablet that'll run great right out of the box, then I think most people on the forum would say go with another tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Neo3D:
Thanks for the info. Does Sims Free Play run smooth on this? I also play Smurf's Village.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Drenus:
Just tried Smurf's village - runs smoothly. As for Sims, I can install it from the store but get a server error 5002 when I run it. Are you playing Sims on a tablet right now? It looks like a number of tablets have problems with it. One post states that you can fix this error by changing the DPI to 240 but doesn't state what tablet/phone this fix works on. I'm using 213 dpi.

http://blog.yellowchilli.net/2012/04/how-to-solve-ea-games-server-error-5002.html

'I have this same problem with all the EA games including the sims freeplay. The only permanent fix i have found is to change my dpi but this requires root. With my dpi set at 240 i can play all the games but at 160 i cannot so for now the trick is to set your dpi to 240. Other dpi settings may also work and it may vary accross devices... I would have posted this on the EA forums for all and EA to see but as usuall they have been messing with things they shouldnt and i cant login to my account !"

I can try experimenting with DPI later today/tomorrow.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Another happy user checking in.

I enjoyed it before if unlocked it. Now with CROMI it's incredible. Prefer this to other things my family and friends have such as Tab 10.2 and Nexus 7's. Only thing I envy is the Nexus 10 sometimes :P
[Asus Transformer TF700] Drenus:
Sims Free Play runs on 240 dpi :good:

The intro sequence seemed a bit jerky but the game runs smoothly once you get into it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lecav:
I used to have the exact same problem... I've tried everything on forums (ROM, lagfix,browsertoram, disabling bloatware...) but I was still having lag and poor performances.... Then I installed SD-Boost which allow to speed up the internal memory cache, turned out that my SD card memory cache was faster than my internal memory... I've set the max speed to my internal cache and now my tablet is stunning fast ! You need to be root but now my TF700 is faster than my N7 !

Hope it helped !
[Asus Transformer TF700] dan5001:
No Lags / Performance Issues with Chromi-X

Hi.

To all those doubters out there, I, like a few others I'm aware of, unlocked, rooted & installed Chromi-X the second I had my TF700 out of the box. Obviously, this means that I can't really comment on its performance whilst running the stock OS but I can certainly tell you that with Chromi-X installed, I have absolutely no performance issues / lag.

I tend use it for browsing, games, watching films, streaming TV, listening to music & doing the odd bit of work, including e-mail & word processing.

Hope that's of use to someone ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] blankito350:
I Ended up buying a ASUS VIVO SMART TAB Intel chipset windows 8 super fast!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Drenus:
This sounds quite interesting. What cache values did you use to speed up your TF700?

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mehrmann.sdbooster

I use 8192. And it is great:thumbup:
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
What a great app! I just tried it on my old Droid 1 on Gingerbread which I basically only use as an alarm clock/music player. It lags horribly even running the latest CM version it supports. With SD booster it's snappy again all the sudden!

My TF700 is running CromiX, so no need for it there. ;)

But what a find this would be for all the users who don't want to give up their warranty and are suffering the slow I/O performance of the stock ROM!

I wanna hear more about this!
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Now interestingly I set this in one of my tweak files in CROMi-X. We're currently on 4096. I'll test 8192 as I never thought about going that high.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Just trying it now... Got a feeling it won't matter much. Pretty sure above 4096 the diff will be negligible hourly I'll be proven wrong

Also trickster mod allows to change this but caps it at 4096 which again makes me think that above this is just purely in your head
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
It certainly hasn't made things any worse. I'll leave it for a few days to see how it runs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
There no real way to quantitatively test it though that's the issue
[Asus Transformer TF700] lecav:
I'm running at 8192kb/s and everything is really smooth !

Hope it will help you !
[Asus Transformer TF700] winfan:
Any options without root?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Not really, but no excuse not to root these days. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] s.illes79:
io lag fix

Had a horrible io lag, for example while installing updates, every key type was only registered after 5-15 sec latter, was about to sell thing

Found a solution: (no root, or unlock required)

1. Free up as much disk space as possible, in settings/storage delete all caches for example, using a file manager delete garbage left by your old apps, etc

2. Disable unused apps with background services

3. Most importantly install "forever gone" app and run it, it will fill up all the empty space and than free it up (i reckon it it forces trimming of deleted block)

4. Reboot

It really worked for me, let me know if works for u guys.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ntunix:
Thanks! I'm trying this out since the fstrim app crashes after a while for no known reason. By the way, Just how long did this took on your device?

It seems to take forever, after 5 minutes still only about 1300mb written!
[Asus Transformer TF700] s.illes79:
It was very slow for me as well, but that because slow IO for delete, the app writes big files and zeros them out, kind of forces trimming

Second time started it at seemed much faster, faster IO.

Cannot tell how long it took, since did it overnight.
[Asus Transformer TF700] winfan:
Took an hour for me at least although my free space was 23gb.

---------- Post added at 07:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 PM ----------

What do you use to disable background apps?
[Asus Transformer TF700] s.illes79:
Just use settings/apps
[Asus Transformer TF700] ntunix:
I have been watching this app do its magic and I have noticed that it pauses for a few moments after writting a couple hundred Mb... maybe its just the UI not updating, or could it be that our IO bottleneck is caused by IO chips overheating and therefore pausing or reducing speed for a while every few seconds? Because if so, maybe we could look into that doing some kind of thermal hardware mod...
[Asus Transformer TF700] L_G:
Hi Everyone,

Currently I am planning to buy one TF700 for the birthday of my wife. I have spent a lot of time reading the posts here and reviews in internet.

However, the main problem that I saw is with the I/O speed of the internal memory which is still not fixed in the latest firmware version provided by ASUS.

Originally TF700 comes with Android 4.0.3 and I have spent some time playing with this tabled and this android version. I made a test by downloading 5 big files simultaneously and in the same time playing a movie and browsing some sites. During my test I did not see any lag or slow performance problems. The tablet worked very well.

So, my questions is whether someone could confirm that the I/O problem is not presented in the older android version 4.0.3?

If this is true, my idea is to not update the firmware version until ASUS releases a version without this problem. I know that this problem is fixed in the custom ROMs but I do not want to lose the warranty of the tablet for the next 2 years.

Thanks in advance.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I don't remember what is the initial version of android ona newly purchased TF700 but I believe it's 4.0.3 and you cannot put older version in my opinion. Anyway, the issue is not with the android version but with the hardware of the tablet.

Moreover, don't wait for Asus to correct that issue, they didn't correct it 1 year after its release and they won't correct it now and i'm not sure they can correct it as this is hardware issue.

Myself, for same warranty reason I did not unlock my tab and put a custom rom during the first year and I used my tab with the I/O issue. That was annoying but not blocking. I've unlocked it yesterday and put CROMI-X rom on it as the 1-year warranty is now finished for me.
[Asus Transformer TF700] L_G:
Thanks for the answer.

If it is a hardware problem then how does the custom ROM fix the problem? All the members in this thread are saying that after the installation of the custom ROM everything is much faster.

As I mentioned in my previous post - I have spent about one hour playing with this tablet (android 4.0.3) - downloading, playing movies and browsing simultaneously. There was no lagging, slow performance or something like that.

Maybe I have missed something while I was reading the posts here :confused:
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
A custom ROM doesn't fix it. It cleverly stops so much waste being written to the slow card. And read in some cases.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Exactly, the I/O hardware issue is still here but custom ROMs are avoiding that issue by several optimizations and workarounds (like disable fsync).

About your one-hour testing of the tab, not all tabs have the same gravity of the issue, sme lucky users don't complain, some other are very unlucky, myself I was in middle and that's also why I could wait one entire year (warranty off) before moving to alternate rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ShadowLea:
Some tabs have it worse than others it appears. It also depends on what you're running in the background.

And on your definition of lag. I do not consider having to wait a second after launching the browser to be lag. Others do. As such mine "does not have lag" whereas someone else might say that it does.

Yes, the memory they used is rubbish. The gt2 10.1 is slower. (I've tried them side by side, the infinity is FAR more responsive, snappier, more sensitive and overall faster.)

So I'm not complaining.

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[Asus Transformer TF700] Scott93727:
Home Screen Lag

Go into setting > WIFI > Advaned (Upper right Corner option), Unclick WIFI Optimazation, took care of all my home screen lag...
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrytpot:
When newer isn't better...

Reading of the the issues that some folks seem to have with the TF700 is heartbreaking for me. My beloved Tf101 recently died (a bottle of water drowned it :crying: ) and my insurance is paying out to replace it at the full price I paid ,so an infinity was on the cards, until I read of the i/o bottleneck that some users say they still get even after rooting/unlocking/chromix. Much as I dislike the plasticky nature of Sammy stuff I can see me either opting for a Nexus 10 or saving most of the cash and just grabbibg a recon TF101...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Moster2:
Does it have to be 10 inch? Im waiting for the hp slate 8 pro with a tegra 4. 8 inch + 4:3 ratio sound good to me. For the moment my tf700t is still very good though with cromi 5
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrytpot:
Afraid so..wife has a HTC flyer that I've been borrowing but anything smaller than 10" just doesn't fill my needs. Already decided against the N10 for lack of sd support. Did get excited when I first saw the 10" slatebook but couldn't believe they made it without GPS and that's one of my main uses for my tablet! Now considering TF300...sigh
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
TF300 has the same underlying issues.......

The new TF701 is out soon and initial reviews look promising.
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrytpot:
Kinda suspected that but at least I'd be able to get one with warranty for the £'s I have coming from my dead 101... we both know when the 701 does land it's gonna be with a premium price in the UK and something tells me my funding won't stretch that far. Nice to hear from "the man" though..your work on these devices is highly respected and appreciated :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
The TF700 will still be heaps faster than your TF101. I've had both and a TF201. You can buy my TF201 cheap if you want ;) Comes with CROMi-X already installed and nvflash files ready. :)

I still love my TF700, works perfectly well, using it to type this and works with everything I throw at it. Obviously I'm biased but with the right custom ROM and kernel you can have a very quick respectable device.
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrytpot:
ooh you are naughty... didn't the prime have rather substantial issues with gps/wifi due to its antenna's struggling being inside a metal case?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes it did, but mine isn't that bad. Plus I have that extra Asus GPS add on ;) Pm me if you are interested.
[Asus Transformer TF700] JoinTheRealms:
Im still a happy tf101 owner, that device is built like a tank;) mines lasted from being completely submerged in energy drink to being drop on concrete into a puddle:) my tf700 would never survive that but my tf700 is substantially faster so illl give it a pass
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrytpot:
Mine died on the way home from work in my cooler bag that had a bottle of water in it which managed to empty itself :( It did have a trip back to the Czech repair facility once after I'd fried its guts with waay too much power but as they couldn't find a way to point a finger at me they fixed it for free under warranty ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] JoinTheRealms:
Same here, energy drink burst in my bag, submerged half it for about 10 minutes, i pulled to bits and let it dry off. Then cleaned everything with iso alcohol and some how it worked:) still works today be it half the screen is stained with energy drink and the other half is cracked...
[Asus Transformer TF700] jaseking79:
After the last few Asus updates I am extremely unhappy with the stability and performance of my tf700. Apps and browser freeze and close randomly. Theme app freezes and closes, stuttering. I am currently running paranoid android on my nexus 4 and love it but haven't rooted or flashed tf yet. Does anyone have recommendations of ROMs and kernels for tf700 for overall stability and performance? Thanks for any help!
[Asus Transformer TF700] saaboholic:
My TF700 have been like a roller coaster, at certain times just fantastic and others so unbearable I feel like folding it in half

and throw it in the trash. Not kidding, typing this on my TF201 which is miles faster, the TF700 can easily have a 2-3 second delay

when you hit a text field and then 2 seconds between each keystroke.... If the screen goes to sleep you have to force a restart by

keeping power pressed.... and yes, I do have the latest CROMi installed ;)

// M

PS. Nothing against CROMi it's my preferred ROM, just can't figure out why the TF700 so unpredictable
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
You have something wrong if you have those types of issues. Try running lagfix first on all partitions (give it 20 mins even after it says it has finished)

Also it may be worth formatting data from TWRP and starting again. I don't get those types of lags on CROMi-X on my Infinity or my Prime.
[Asus Transformer TF700] flhthemi:
This might totally be my imagination but:

I use Apex launcher with the DCikonZ theme. There are a huge amount of icons in it. So today I was messing about and switched back to the Apex default theme. Things became much more fluid! Not fully convinced I turned DCikonZ back on. Still pretty fluid. So i'm supposing that since there have been several updates to both that perhaps something got flushed out. Anyway it is noticably smoother.

We‘ll see how long this lasts. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] saaboholic:
The problem have been going on for quite some time and it's been coming and going with increasing frustration.

Turns out it was a bad MicroSD card, it seemed to work just fine until I tried formatting it (could still read all my old files,

but write was all screwed up). Bought a new card and voila ! My old T700 was back in it's former glory.

Many Thanks,

//M
[Asus Transformer TF700] tazmanian200:
I see there are others that disagree with your assessment, but I own 2 of these POS' tablets, and I have the Same problem! It takes forever to transfer files from internal to external, its laggy as hell, slow as all get out. I have flashed every rom out there and none of them work good on this tablet. I have since gone to Nexus and will never look back!! If anybody is considering buying one, please thing again, the people saying they are good, are just blind to the fact that Asus TF700 is horrible. on its own is sorry, when built for google, they work great, because they're built to googles specs. you'll always have the latest firmware and they ...WORK!! I have spent over 800.00, trust me, don't buy one!
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Yeah - I'm so blind... TF700 on CROMi-X 5.1.2 - Quadrant of 6500 and smooooooth like butter.

Wonder what you flashed and more importantly HOW you flashed........

Read the CROMI-X thread. All those people are "just blind to the fact"?????

But I'm happy that you found a tablet to your liking :)

Enjoy.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
+:good:

I am too happy with my tf700t running Cromi X. It is very fast and smooth. However, my quadrant is about 7800, just kidding my friend berndblb...:silly:

It is just my point of view and don't take it seriously...:cool:
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
I actually thought you were serious there for a moment! LOL

I was like: 7800???? WHAT??????

Then I saw who posted this - good one. You got me! LOL

Hope you're doing ok there in rainy OR!
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Haha, it is raining hard at the moment and probably in a next few days...:(
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
And for the next months also! All the way to June!!! :p

I moved to SoCal after 6 years when I started to get this weird webbing growth between my toes! ;)

Miss the GREEN though.... Hang in there - beautiful country when (and if) it's dry ... :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
You are right about it. Maybe I need to move South, too....;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] tazmanian200:
taz

thanks, i even try CROMI 5.1.2 and every time I need a keyboard, the google voice pops up. Im running the 10.6.1.14.8 bootloader, just like it says, flashed it just like they said and still can't get it to work. The TF700 ran great when I first got it, but when they updated to jelly Bean, its never ran rite since.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Just go into settings and enable the google keyboard as your default. Unless you elected not to install any keyboards which would be why you only see voice?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You know, I've had that on the last couple installs on miniCROMi-X and now with 5.1.2 also. Google keyboard shows installed, but never pops up even if enabled in settings. Only the voice input. I just uninstalled and installed from Play again.

Actually - problem was that voice input was selected as default and you could not change it. Before reinstall Google keyboard did not show up among the default selections.
[Asus Transformer TF700] tazmanian200:
thanks, I went back through the install and it doesn't default a keyboard, so i checked the Asus keyboard and it works. I switch the launcher in settings to 4.2 and this cat runs better than ever before. I was about to give up on finding a good Rom for this TF700, but I'm glad I discovered CROMI. This Tablet has never run so good. I guess its time to eat a little humble pie, but thanks to the CROMI team that took a useless device in its natural state (ASUS) and turned it into a top notch tablet. I wish Asus could take some lessons from you guys. I will never buy another Asus tablet, unless they contract through Google in the form of Nexus, but at least I didn't waste over 400 dollars on this one. Google will always be tablet of choice in the future, but it nice to know that there are extraordinary developers that can clean up the mess that OEM's make and then choose to leave us holding the bag!