Update available - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/TF201/UpdateLauncher_US_epaduserV8_8_3_29.zip
Still trying to figure out what is in it but it was posted just this morning.

giveen said:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/TF201/UpdateLauncher_US_epaduserV8_8_3_29.zip
Still trying to figure out what is in it but it was posted just this morning.
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Thanks for the info, there is another thread with the same update though for the UK sku it looks like. Great to see them putting updates out already even though no one can buy the thing. (yes there is some resentment in there)

Cordy said:
Thanks for the info, there is another thread with the same update though for the UK sku it looks like. Great to see them putting updates out already even though no one can buy the thing. (yes there is some resentment in there)
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maybe it fixes the wifis?

If only we could download the tablet from the FTP server. One day...

adiliyo said:
maybe it fixes the wifis?
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who knows until we actually get the device in our hands. And we won't have it long enough to really tell a difference. Plus from what I understand the issues with WiFi was hardware related. The only people who will know are the reviewers. That said them releasing the update now makes me feel like yesterday was really supposed to be the launch which coincides with a lot of the early information.

I remember some reviewers mentioning that an update was pushed that improves performance and battery life. Maybe this is it...

Was posted already in this thread, an hour before this one.
Edit: It appears it was posted in the TF101 forum, and recently moved though.

Well I tried to run unpack blob scripts on it but it says its invalid so I don't know whats inside of it.

Maybe it will fix the release date.
Sent from my Photon

unknown_owner said:
Maybe it will fix the release date.
Sent from my Photon
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i lol-ed on this...haha

Related

asus dock

i just ordered mine today from cclonline.com and last i checked they had 37 in stock so if anyone is still chasing one i would hurry up
cant post a link just yet sorry.
its a uk shop btw.
1 post and you're providing the in stock numbers? Do I even need to click report before the mods delete this?
cconline.com do indeed have the dock - 36 currently available, for £119.69
Number in stock is indeed on the page
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1 post and you're providing the in stock numbers? Do I even need to click report before the mods delete this?
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whats your problem ? just trying to help the people who are still after one of these.
second post and i have to defend my first lol
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1 post and you're providing the in stock numbers? Do I even need to click report before the mods delete this?
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What are you going on about? wtf
Anyone able to confirm UK layout? I'm sure it is, I just don't like that all the pictures are US layout.
mine should be in tomorrow so i will let you know about the layout .
littlebitstrouds said:
1 post and you're providing the in stock numbers? Do I even need to click report before the mods delete this?
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Is there something wrong with doing that?
*Daedalus said:
Anyone able to confirm UK layout? I'm sure it is, I just don't like that all the pictures are US layout.
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dock as just arrived today and it is the uk layout an also a b60 version.
alot heavyier than i was expecting but looks solid so far.
all in all im impressed but there is still keyboard lag when typing this which is annoying.
I ordered one from (LambdaTek on Friday evening and it says stock reserved in the warehouse, awaiting shipping. Obviously Lambda and CCL are using the same warehouse stock as the stock numbers seem to match (36 at time of posting)
Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow/Wednesday.
As an aside, does it come with another power supply, or is that too much to ask for my £100?? Not that I feel properly ripped off by Asus mind.
nope just the keyboard and some paperwork.
got to say im very impressed with it so far.
1% battery drain in 4 hours of standby on the dock.
Yeay, it arrived from Lambatek this morning - confirmed its the UK keyboard and its a B60.
All out of stock now though.
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Way to welcome someone to the XDA forums, how dare he quote stock numbers

[Q] New to the tablet

Well, just bought one from some guy off craigslist, $150 for a 16GB, great deal in my book, soooo......what should i do now lol
A2CKilla said:
Well, just bought one from some guy off craigslist, $150 for a 16GB, great deal in my book, soooo......what should i do now lol
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Try checking out the forums over on precentral.net. You will find everything you want to know and more!
tlower01 said:
Try checking out the forums over on precentral.net. You will find everything you want to know and more!
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thank ya, cause i had a bunch of palm pre's before this, so i know my way around but, man, trying to overclock this thing already is a pain,lol
Umm overclocking & optimizing the Touchpad if you follow the available instructions takes about 20 easy minutes.
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If I had to do it all over again I probably wouldn't even bother with overclocking and patching the OS. It simply doesn't make that big of a difference. It would probably if there were more apps that were more demanding. But as it is, even overclocked and patched, the browser which is my most used app still is slow. Annoying.
the steps were out dated, it took an hour for me to overclock it, but now i need to get things for it
In a week or several cyanogen mod 7 will be working.
It should come with a one click installer and dual boot. Cheapest high spec tablet out right now by a country mile.
Sent from the future to put right what once went wrong.
Lol, 1 week? dont think so.
Maybe in 3-4 weeks for a nightly version.
for a stable release, you will have to wait more
For some reason cm7 is not releasing nightlies on the touchpad, I've read that they will release it once they have a stable version
bassrebel said:
For some reason cm7 is not releasing nightlies on the touchpad, I've read that they will release it once they have a stable version
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They are not waiting for a fully stable version. They are waiting to have most things working with major bugs squashed with an idiot proof installer/uninstaller...then there will be nightlies.
Very sensible, cut down on the usual 85,000 "I've bricked my device" posts.
Troute said:
Very sensible, cut down on the usual 85,000 "I've bricked my device" posts.
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No it won't.

Engadget Review

I didn't see this posted anywhere yet so I figured I'd throw it out there for anyone who hasn't read it yet.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/30/atandt-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
It's going to suck not being able to get mine until Tuesday
Rhiven said:
I didn't see this posted anywhere yet so I figured I'd throw it out there for anyone who hasn't read it yet.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/30/atandt-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
It's going to suck not being able to get mine until Tuesday
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Nice write up. They usually do a nice job with their reviews. I was hoping to pick this up a BB but my local store won't have them until the 10/12
Called my local ATT store as well and they didn't get any today(better come tomorrow)
eep2378 said:
Nice write up. They usually do a nice job with their reviews. I was hoping to pick this up a BB but my local store won't have them until the 10/12
Called my local ATT store as well and they didn't get any today(better come tomorrow)
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That 10/12 is a computer error. Go there Sunday, they will be there.
mpazevedo said:
That 10/12 is a computer error. Go there Sunday, they will be there.
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Hope your right! I pre ordered one anyway If they don't have it, I'll head to ATT
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Hope your right! I pre ordered one anyway If they don't have it, I'll head to ATT
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The AT&T stores will most likely have most of the phones compared to a Best Buy, but if I hadn't pre-ordered mine, I would go to the store that opened up first.
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The AT&T stores will most likely have most of the phones compared to a Best Buy, but if I hadn't pre-ordered mine, I would go to the store that opened up first.
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+1. Btw, how do you know 10/12 is computer error?
Guys over on AC. One works for BB and said that they are selling them Sunday.
eep2378 said:
+1. Btw, how do you know 10/12 is computer error?
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abacon15 said:
Guys over on AC. One works for BB and said that they are selling them Sunday.
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That same guy from the AC forums said so. My receipt for my pre-order says I can pick up mine up on 9/25/11 & total cost $649.99. Lot of errors right there.
mpazevedo said:
That same guy from the AC forums said so. My receipt for my pre-order says I can pick up mine up on 9/25/11 & total cost $649.99. Lot of errors right there.
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AC? Android Community?
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AC? Android Community?
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Sorry, Android Central. Android Community has a lousy forum.
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Sorry, Android Central. Android Community has a lousy forum.
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oh ok. Yeah I just poked around a little on android community, its seemed kinda weak
Btw, just gave you your first thanks!
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oh ok. Yeah I just poked around a little on android community, its seemed kinda weak
Btw, just gave you your first thanks!
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Thank you, I'm trying to be humble, but if I give good info, I think I should get props.
Sacramento AT&T stores have none on Saturday, but will order for you.
The Parrot stores have none til November.
Best-Buy has six on the "Online / Pre-Order" locked shelf.
I will have one in the morning!
Rhiven said:
I didn't see this posted anywhere yet so I figured I'd throw it out there for anyone who hasn't read it yet.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/30/atandt-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
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I like the review. Glad its not so iPhone biased like Engadget normally does their reviews.
They are lying their asses off though when it comes to battery life being phenomenal. I'd always trust Anandtech review's more for battery life testing which rates it at good for screen-on time but not "AMAZING" the way Engadget is making it out to be...
This is my 8th Android and ive had all iPhone generations and I can honestly say that for the screen size and power that this phone packs, it does have awesome battery life. The best ive ever seen in Android. I text all day, surf web, talk, email, facebook, write and read lots of emails, read xda, etc.. and past 3 days it has lasted me thru my 8-10 hour shift with about 20-25% left to spare as I get home.
This battery life is just as good, if not better, than the iPhone 4 mho
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Unofficial Firmware beta testing and update discussion!

Its been many weeks since the new firmware went into final testing. So how is it coming? I understand there are people testing it? Are there any big problems? Why hasn't it been released already?
Any info on a ETA would be nice.
Cheers guys.
Edit: title updated
I dreamed we were getting Jellybean 4.1 and will be out no later than the middle of June but maybe sooner. Basically the same code Asus is putting into the Google Nexus 7 inch tablet due out towards the end of June.
clouds5 said:
Its been many weeks since the new firmware went into final testing. So how is it coming? I understand there are people testing it? Are there any big problems? Why hasn't it been released already?
Any info on a ETA would be nice.
Cheers guys.
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It has been very quiet. Maybe they actually have noticed that the Prime does not perform like a quad core tablet should and they are seriously fixing the software. At least I hope so.
Rytkonen said:
It has been very quiet. Maybe they actually have noticed that the Prime does not perform like a quad core tablet should and they are seriously fixing the software. At least I hope so.
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I was going to post a similar thread to this yesterday - It has been a while since it went in to testing.
I hope for a dramatic increase in speed when the update is eventually shipped! Anyways all speculation for now.
kevinm2k said:
I was going to post a similar thread to this yesterday - It has been a while since it went in to testing.
I hope for a dramatic increase in speed when the update is eventually shipped! Anyways all speculation for now.
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Would be nice to hear some official comments about the progress.
clouds5 said:
Its been many weeks since the new firmware went into final testing. So how is it coming? I understand there are people testing it? Are there any big problems? Why hasn't it been released already?
Any info on a ETA would be nice.
Cheers guys.
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just send me a pm...at work now.
update: continue reading on....I posted it in this thread..
demandarin said:
just send me a pm...at work now.
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Oh man, an invitation like that in a thread like this will fill up your pm box fast.
(sorry - couldn't resist )
Gremlin001 said:
Oh man, an invitation like that in a thread like this will fill up your pm box fast.
(sorry - couldn't resist )
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damn, u were right..lmfao thats funny.. ill reply to them once I get the chance. probably after work. hate typing on my phone.
It's too bad you're only allowed to tell one person at a time, otherwise this thread would be a great place for you!
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damn, u were right..lmfao thats funny.. ill reply to them once I get the chance. probably after work. hate typing on my phone.
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It's too bad you're only allowed to tell one person at a time, otherwise this thread would be a great place for you!
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lol, is that what it is? I was wondering why you didn't just post it here! Makes sense now - yeah sorry i'm one of the ones clogging up your inbox - leave me till last i'm in no rush seen as my charger has decided to pack in
I guess Google is realizing just how buggy this chip is.
Hopefully, by implementing it for the Nexus tab, they will fix the issues without crippling the device too much.
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I have been pm'ed by a member asking if I had heard anything and thought I gotta be a little proactive here so bear with me. The pm did not upset me but thought I'd better put this out there anyway.
Please do not pm me asking if I have heard anything about the next update. I was kidding around with demandrin (dunno if I spelled that right) earlier in this thread and that was all it was. I don't get inside info from him nor will I ask him for it. My Prime is working better than it has been with .21. It isn't perfect but I am happy with it.
I PM'd you demandarin, I think I got the wrong idea about asking for updates, sorry for the PM!
Stewart
Ill answer everyone pm when I get home. IM still at work. too much to reply to from my phone.
Instead of PM'ing demandarin, how about one of the people who gets a response posts the information here so everyone can see?
Or if possible, is there an actual official Asus website devoted to tablets? I've looked in the past and have not found one. I think it would be more useful if I were giving and getting feedback to someone actually from Asus.
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Or if possible, is there an actual official Asus website devoted to tablets? I've looked in the past and have not found one. I think it would be more useful if I were giving and getting feedback to someone actually from Asus.
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+1 to this.
The information drought isnt good for anybody, but, I think its very telling.Getting second hand information , is not only unreliable, generally it is not current or correct, regardless of what some people think.
Just got home from work. Do to the sheer number of pm's I got, I will just post here shortly. Have to run an errand real quick then will post. This info will be for those who wish to know or want to read it. There is a new developement which I will share also which might explain the delay. be back shortly
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Just got home from work. Do to the sheer number of pm's I got, I will just post here shortly. Have to run an errand real quick then will post. This info will be for those who wish to know or want to read it. There is a new developement which I will share also which might explain the delay. be back shortly
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PSA: Update Failing? Try This

For all those our there that remained Stock Rooted [Locked Bootloader] that have tried to flash the new JB update but get Andy or other errors.
Make sure your running the Stock Build.prop, and no apps are frozen
Also the update should be on ASUS within 24-72 Hours
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download
msfguard said:
For all those our there that remained Stock Rooted [Locked Bootloader] that have tried to flash the new JB update but get Andy or other errors.
Make sure your running the Stock Build.prop, and no apps are frozen
Also the update should be on ASUS within 24-72 Hours
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download
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Yes, after .28 tried the first time and found a wrong build.prop there was never another ota opportunity. you were logged and rejected. However, the download you referenced will work no problem.
whycali said:
Yes, after .28 tried the first time and found a wrong build.prop there was never another ota opportunity. you were logged and rejected. However, the download you referenced will work no problem.
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Yeah i'm totally not stock, waiting for the update.zip to see about this bootloader, but this is a frequent problem people run into out of haste of not being prepared
msfguard said:
For all those our there that remained Stock Rooted [Locked Bootloader] that have tried to flash the new JB update but get Andy or other errors.
Make sure your running the Stock Build.prop, and no apps are frozen
Also the update should be on ASUS within 24-72 Hours
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download
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Thanks, I'd forgotten I'd disabled the stock browser, update failed. Guess I have to wait. :/
Would it really kill them to post the update to their site when they release it to OTA? Minor league Asus, as usual.
msfguard said:
For all those our there that remained Stock Rooted [Locked Bootloader] that have tried to flash the new JB update but get Andy or other errors.
Make sure your running the Stock Build.prop, and no apps are frozen
Also the update should be on ASUS within 24-72 Hours
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download
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Noob questions - can you please provide more explanation or steps? Mine is rooted and upgrade failed with Andy. What do you mean by apps are frozen?
Mine tried to update and failed ( I forgot to unroot prior so I am hoping that is what it was since nothing else was changed ). After it failed I unrooted and tried to update again but now it is saying there is no update.
nyijedi said:
Would it really kill them to post the update to their site when they release it to OTA? Minor league Asus, as usual.
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Some people just have to complain about anything.
They just started rolling it out. It will be posted to there site in due time.
Sent from the matrix. (or my phone)
Smurphjw said:
Some people just have to complain about anything.
They just started rolling it out. It will be posted to there site in due time.
Sent from the matrix. (or my phone)
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Ha. That's fair. I've been treated so crappy by Asus since I bought this device in December that I give them ZERO benefit of the doubt.
How do you install the stock firmware after it is posted on there site if you are not unlocked?
Smurphjw said:
Some people just have to complain about anything.
They just started rolling it out. It will be posted to there site in due time.
Sent from the matrix. (or my phone)
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Some people had been suffering for 10 months because a POS company ASUS can't make a product right. THey charge us 500 dollars for the crappiest product in the history of electronics. Now they can't even make a right OTA? I would love to see a company like this go out of business. There should be class action lawsuit against asus. I really hope asus goes bankrupt and saves future customers from this misery.
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How do you install the stock firmware after it is posted on there site if you are not unlocked?
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This is a good question. I checked out their site in preparation for when they post the update. Not shockingly, there are "instructions" of how to install the update, except the "instructions" don't actually tell you how to do it! What crap. To prove my point, here are their "instructions" for the last firmware update. It looks like the steps to install the update stop after telling you how to check your current version. Thanks, Asus!
Steps of Update:
1. Check SW version of your Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201*
2. Download Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 Firmware: V9.4.2.28 Only for WW SKU and Update version of SOP (From “Manual” Item)
※Firmware update cannot do *SKU conversion* and downgrade version.
Wrong SKU may cause update failure, You can only update your SW version on the Same SKU
*How to check SW version of your Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201?
Path: [Settings]-->[About tablet]-->Build number
Example: You should be able to see the build number WW_epad-9.X.X.X_2012xxxx, where “WW” means SKU.
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Some people had been suffering for 10 months because a POS company ASUS can't make a product right. THey charge us 500 dollars for the crappiest product in the history of electronics. Now they can't even make a right OTA? I would love to see a company like this go out of business. There should be class action lawsuit against asus. I really hope asus goes bankrupt and saves future customers from this misery.
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Or over $650 for the 64 GB model after tax and shipping. Asus is total garbage. I absolutely hate them and wholeheartedly agree that I hope they go bankrupt.
applesuckz said:
Some people had been suffering for 10 months because a POS company ASUS can't make a product right. THey charge us 500 dollars for the crappiest product in the history of electronics. Now they can't even make a right OTA? I would love to see a company like this go out of business. There should be class action lawsuit against asus. I really hope asus goes bankrupt and saves future customers from this misery.
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The OTA has been rolling out for all of 12 hrs at best. They are required to release SOURCE CODE not an update file. I had the update failed to download message and it has since downloaded. As it turns out a lot of people were trying to download at the same time. Weird I know.
Sent from the matrix. (or my phone)
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This is a good question. I checked out their site in preparation for when they post the update. Not shockingly, there are "instructions" of how to install the update, except the "instructions" don't actually tell you how to do it! What crap. To prove my point, here are their "instructions" for the last firmware update. It looks like the steps to install the update stop after telling you how to check your current version. Thanks, Asus!
Or over $650 for the 64 GB model after tax and shipping. Asus is total garbage. I absolutely hate them and wholeheartedly agree that I hope they go bankrupt.
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From Wikipedia " Asus - world's fifth-largest PC vendor by 2011 unit sales" so do you reckon they're going to go bankrupt because they shafted us by selling a defective product?? Somehow I doubt it
Smurphjw said:
Some people just have to complain about anything.
They just started rolling it out. It will be posted to there site in due time.
Sent from the matrix. (or my phone)
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Or maybe, just to put a sinister take on things, they are going to use peoples OTA experiences as guinea pigs to see if they've got it right this time, unlike previous versions they have put on their site that don't work properly LOL :fingers-crossed:
stinky73 said:
From Wikipedia " Asus - world's fifth-largest PC vendor by 2011 unit sales" so do you reckon they're going to go bankrupt because they shafted us by selling a defective product?? Somehow I doubt it
Or maybe, just to put a sinister take on things, they are going to use peoples OTA experiences as guinea pigs to see if they've got it right this time, unlike previous versions they have put on their site that don't work properly LOL :fingers-crossed:
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Yea, paid 500 dollars to be a guinea pig for ASUS. This is exactly what I signed up for. Thanks asus, suck my balls
Guys, I had trouble with this too, even after a hard reset and temp unrooting. This worked for me!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32085615&postcount=56
jonspeed3 said:
For all having the failed attempt at OTA update this is what I did to fix it.
I did 1 hard reset (Turn off prime, remove charger, hold down volume key and then power on to do a cold/hard reset, followed by going to application manager and clearing cache for "DMClien" and then I checked for update and it downloaded successfully.
It worked for me.
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OP can you update your post please?
edit: oh no, it only downloaded! got the red andy
edit 2: Did some digging. You can find the file "last_log" in /cache/recovery and it can give you an idea of what went wrong. In my install, it aborted because keyboard.apk was modified (keyboard multi-browser mod in dev section). just restored this, will see if i can force the update again.
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was able to force the update again by copying dlpkgfile and the echo command. it's updating now
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3 hours after my first try and I'm finally on Jelly bean!!!
For those who rooted but did not unlock who have update issues, check out my message here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32091002&postcount=111
Trekest said:
For those who rooted but did not unlock who have update issues, check out my message here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32091002&postcount=111
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Through no one's fault, this doesn't help until there's access to the dlpkgfile
Cheers,
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 2
John Kotches said:
Through no one's fault, this doesn't help until there's access to the dlpkgfile
Cheers,
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 2
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The dlpkgfile is posted by another user in that thread. I downloaded it and followed the method posted. All went perfectly.
Why do the users have to go through so much trouble just to get an OTA to work? Why? Asus, I hope you burn in hell. The schittiest company to have existed on planet. Can they not do one thing right? I mean so much trouble and hacking just to get an OTA to work? F U asus. All the engineers involved in Prime and this project should be stoned to death.

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