interesting WIFI Bug - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

I noticed today that my WIFI was exceptionally slow on my device. Being 4 feet away from my wireless router, i was getting 1-5 mbps speed..
my router has a function that lists connected wifi devices and the assumed connection speed.. it said my Transformer was connected at 58mbps.. so something was fishy
Everything was exceptionally slow, even browsing. after a simple full shutdown and startup it was back to normal. maybe this is the wifi bug some people were having? anyways, a restart made it exceptionally better
anyone else come across this?

Haven't seen this yet but it does sound like your unit has a wifi defect. :banghead: I can say the following two things:
1. The operating channel/frequency does seem to make small differences. Probably noise in my environment.
2. Wireless range seems to be short. I'm getting no where as good of range as my iPhone can. I'd say its short by a good 25 feet or so.
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Look at the face staring at the wall...
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DaRacerz said:
Haven't seen this yet but it does sound like your unit has a wifi defect. :banghead: I can say the following two things:
1. The operating channel/frequency does seem to make small differences. Probably noise in my environment.
2. Wireless range seems to be short. I'm getting no where as good of range as my iPhone can. I'd say its short by a good 25 feet or so.
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well the weird thing, im normally fine. i play was playing spotify (high BW audio) in my driveway (through two walls and total about 50 feet) and was getting great reception.
just had this one issue. weird.

It's not a bug. The 58Mbs is the reported link rate, not the actual throughput. Many people mistake the link rate for bandwidth.
I think some of the lag mentioned (elsewhere) are due to poor wifi connectivity.

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Prime Review

Never posted here and perhaps this post isn't necessary but felt compelled. I preordered from Amazon on 11/22 and was salivating for a month until the GPS issues started to be reported. The salivating turned to apprehension. On 1/3 I received the Prime and it is indeed gorgeous. Sadly I'm suffering the same problems as most. No need to beat a dead horse. The GPS issue I can stomach since I have a bluetooth Garmin that works fine with the Prime. However the poor GPS performance is extremely disappointing. Simply transferring files from my laptop to the Prime over wi-fi was much slower that transferring between other devices in my home. In fact so far I'd say it's unusable in that regard. I should add that I'm sitting less than 3 feet from my router when transferring.
Perhaps my expectations were too high but with the keyboard my plan was that this device would replace my laptop for all but the most rigorous tasks. That's not going to happen and now I'm not even sure I'm going to order the keyboard.
BTW BT is weak as well. If all of these issues are indeed due to the aluminum case it's just unbelievable to me that a company could screw up this bad. I'm hopeful that someone comes up with something even if it's just providing instruction on how/where to take a drill to the darn thing. But my expectations aren probably too high on this front too.
In short unless someone has disposable income I'd advise they steer clear and wait for a better offering. I'll likely keep mine until something better appears then I'll be putting it on Ebay.
That's not review, you are beating the dead horse....
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That's not review, you are beating the dead horse....
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Well I guess you're right. A mod can remove and my feelings won't get hurt.
I guess I just wanted to get my shots in on that horse.
ride the dead horse.
a drill won't fix it. you need to point the screen at the router.
the entire foundation of the tablet is built into the aluminum case. everything is screwed into it.
the antennas are on either side of the front-facing camera. want better reception, point the tablet screen in the direction of your router or BT tether
How to Bluetooth tether?
>How to Bluetooth tether?
Put phone in one can and tablet in the other (use bigger can for tablet)
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I have solved MY weak GPS problem

This may not be the solution for you but I got a GlobalSat BT 368 that is about the size of 2 match books longways and thick ways. I use the free bluetooth gps in the market and I now have GPS better than my epic 4g or my wifes 4g touch. In fact I am now thinking about getting a full size navigation program like copilot or sygic any thoughts on a good program
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018YZ836/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
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Looks good. How long battery last?
Can't tell you from experience I only got it thurs. Its rated at 11 hours continuous use but cuts off after 10 mins. if not connected. If it's anything like a speaker phone with the same ratings and features it will probably need charging every three weeks. 2 hour charge.
I have been thinking about just leaving it plugged up in my glove compartment and on continuously. Once locked it doesn't lose signals for anything that I have been able to try in the house.
HI,
Glad you got your GPS working. I don't know type of phones you have available, but if they are Win6-7 phones, there is a program out there called WiFiRouter (costs, but it works great....use it all the time), then you can use a free program called WAZE that uses online data. I find the routes selected, but the the nice thing is that it is "user-interactive"....that is, users identify construction/police/slow-stopped traffic. It should work great in DC. Other than that, I'd go with CoPilot for now because it's cheap. Magellan and Garmin have operation apps for the iphone, but not the Android Market yet, and those are the 2 companies that I would recommend.
Personally, my current setup is a Garmin 4390 standalone, with WAZE running to let me know where the traffic and cops are. Haven't had the Prime long enough to see if there's any others available....The other company to look at is Tom-Tom.
If you're going to connect the Prime to the internet via the phone, then you probably need to apply this fix, so ad-hoc networks are available. ICS stock has them locked out.
If you have an Android phone, there are apps similar to the WiFiRouter, I'm sure.
Good luck,
Bob

Dallas: Known good 4G LTE Test Spots

I'd like to set up a list of known good locations to test 4G LTE around the Metroplex.
If you have a great place to test, please list it here. I'd love to have some verification that I actually have working LTE... I haven't seen hide nor hair of anything over 3G on my phone so far.
Note: Please don't post where LTE isn't working. That's counterproductive to this list. Also realize that at the time of this posting, Sprint is less than 10% complete with the D/FW rollout, so there are a LOT of places that aren't up yet. Finally, please also remember that LTE coverage has been reported as spotty in some locations, so if you get there and don't get LTE, it's not necessarily the end of the world.
Places I've heard have an LTE connection (I haven't verified any of these):
Cedar Hill Best Buy Parking Lot
Dallas: 635 & Garland Rd
Ft Worth: 820 & I-30
Fort Worth: 360 and Trinity
Ft. Worth: Loop 820 and 35W (I got nothing on the S side of town, might be the N side)
Lewisville: 121 and round grove rd.
Mansfield, 287 & Debbie Lane
The Colony: 121 and Main/Josey Lane - Walmart Parking Lot
There is a tower in downtown arlington with it. I can connect to it in my office but when I go down to the parking lot I am back on 1x or 3G. In my office it comes and goes but god when it goes you are dumped back to 1x or 3G. Nearly unusable data when 4G is not working. No idea specifically where a good place to test it would be though I have not driven around. Like currently my wicked fast 0.01Mbps connection sigh
I've been working in Dallas since Sunday. I can confirm that it works well at 360 and Trinity. Really all around the Centerpoint complex.
Lewisville:
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121 and round grove rd.
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Xperia Tablet Z death grip?

Hello!
I really love my new tablet, it looks so slick and cool!
But the wifi on this bad boy is really disappointing.
I can almost kill the entire signal by holding the tablet in one hand (the death grip).
This is reception with no hands
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Down to one bar and DC's, and this is just my fingers blocking!
Also happens if I lean it against myself on the couch (as a normal tablet user)
I would like to point out that my router is standing in the crack between the wall and cabin in the far end of the picture, no walls betwen
It also happens when I hold the tablet out in the air in one hand.
Is my unit at fault or is this a general thing?
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If the signal drops when you are holding it that way, it does seem that there is something wrong. What make of router do your have?
My signal drops to one bar if I go upstairs or out back, but I can still connect to internet, and the play store fine.
I have compared my xperia and nexus 7, and there is not really any major difference in wifi signal, I would say you have a faulty tablet, or a dodgy router
Yep, sounds like you might have a faulty unit. I don't get a drop in connectivity no matter what way I hold it. I often sit on the couch with it leaning against me and have no issues.
dirtyjeff said:
Yep, sounds like you might have a faulty unit. I don't get a drop in connectivity no matter what way I hold it. I often sit on the couch with it leaning against me and have no issues.
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Aid777 said:
If the signal drops when you are holding it that way, it does seem that there is something wrong. What make of router do your have?
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I have a Western Digital My Net 600
Hi.
I got my Tablet Z a few days ago and have noticed my Wifi connection becoming incredibly weak (even when I'm in the same room as the router) sometimes. Although, I haven't been able to reproduce the issue. I'm more concerned about the Wifi/Bluetooth bug that renders the tablet unusable when I'm using my Bluetooth headphones.

[Q] Overheating?

Getting my phone tomorrow and am concerned reading several reviews saying it overheats? Is this a problem for anyone? How frequent does it occur? Should I be worried? Thank you in advance!
I usually run my screen at 50 and I've had 2 times when I worried about temp. Once was when my text bogged up trying to send had 4 sending at same time. The phone began getting real hot I deleted text restarted phone then retyped text and temps dropped. Second time was when I went to send an email. Seemed like it took a while to send once it showed sent in my sent box the phone began to lower on temps. Both times this happens I was on WiFi and with losing net I switch from 3g and 4g all day. Not sure where the problem was but it went away quickly
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dlscott1111 said:
Getting my phone tomorrow and am concerned reading several reviews saying it overheats? Is this a problem for anyone? How frequent does it occur? Should I be worried? Thank you in advance!
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No problems like that on my end. Although most people don't realize that these smartphones can actually run pretty hot around 100 F or so and that's normal, although it is very unsettling feeling your $600 device get that hot.
I'd be curious to see people use something like System Monitor that shows what their phones are running at during the day.
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Unless people are playing games or watching videos, the phone shouldn't be that bad, people probably could do a little better job of debloating and hibernating things and their phones wouldn't get so hot... Just my opinion though!
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Mistertac said:
No problems like that on my end. Although most people don't realize that these smartphones can actually run pretty hot around 100 F or so and that's normal, although it is very unsettling feeling your $600 device get that hot.
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x2. Any heavy processing load will cause it to get hot, when the processor kicks into high gear a lot of electricity runs through it and will raise the temp a significant amount. This is normal and nothing to worry about. Processors are typically designed with temperature controls which will slow the processor down when it gets too hot. You don't have anything to worry about.
Plus, if something does happen to your phone you would be covered by warranty and insurance if you have it.

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