Ok - I just wanted a few opinions on what I should do.
I am one of the unfortunate people who had a perfectly working TP...Until ICS update. Now I have a continuous boot loop. I can only use my Prime for about 30 seconds before it reboots.
So I am going after work to return to BB. I called my local Gamestop and they were kind enough to hold the last one from the shipment they got today.
THE QUESTION: Should I immediately open the new one up and install ICS to see if it works on this one? Or stay with HC, until they fix the ICS update?
well you can only put it off 3 times, I say just do it. I reckon the issues are from a very early shipment that was just plagued. I may of course be wrong.
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Did you try doing a factory reset on your current Prime after the ICS update? Maybe something is mucking up the works (sorry if that's too much technical jargon)...
You might find that the new Prime won't exhibit any problems. Certainly, neither of mine have any issues.
wynand32 said:
Did you try doing a factory reset on your current Prime after the ICS update? Maybe something is mucking up the works (sorry if that's too much technical jargon)...
You might find that the new Prime won't exhibit any problems. Certainly, neither of mine have any issues.
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Yes - Sorry I forgot to mention that. I've tried the factory reset. That was one of the first things I tried.
Ok - GREAT news! got the new one from GS and installed ICS. So far so good. No reboots. Been running about 15 mins.
TheNostaw said:
Ok - GREAT news! got the new one from GS and installed ICS. So far so good. No reboots. Been running about 15 mins.
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Are any of you guys having problems with youtube? whenever i search for certains channels suchs as phillip defranco and theyoungturks and i watch one of their videos youtube gives me Unfortunately, youtube has stop working. But when i search for music videos and other stuff it works perfectly fine... Also ive done the factory reset still getting that error...
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Ok - GREAT news! got the new one from GS and installed ICS. So far so good. No reboots. Been running about 15 mins.
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Glad you got another one fairly easily considering how hard its been for many of us to get the first one, lol.
TheNostaw said:
Ok - I just wanted a few opinions on what I should do.
I am one of the unfortunate people who had a perfectly working TP...Until ICS update. Now I have a continuous boot loop. I can only use my Prime for about 30 seconds before it reboots.
So I am going after work to return to BB. I called my local Gamestop and they were kind enough to hold the last one from the shipment they got today.
THE QUESTION: Should I immediately open the new one up and install ICS to see if it works on this one? Or stay with HC, until they fix the ICS update?
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ICS update works fine for 99% of us. So I say go for ICS.
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Since we've had root for a bit now, has anyone figure out a way yet what to edit in the build.prop either HC or ICS so we can see some of the gameloft games or other apps not made for Prime? I guess the closest device to emulate is the Gnexus?
Some had success changing it to the Galaxy Tab, when i edited the build.prop it put my tablet in to a boot loop.
dabbill said:
Some had success changing it to the Galaxy Tab, when i edited the build.prop it put my tablet in to a boot loop.
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Just wondering how you got it out of the bootloop? I'm going to look for that thread and try it but need a way to get out of it.
Returned to bestbuy and got a new one. I know it wasn't fair to Asus but at that time there was no eta to the bootloader unlock being released.
Not worth the risk..just wait it out. Wait till xoom version on ICS gets updated or acer500 or acer200 version. That way no editing even needed. I had acer500 version of Modern combat3 and worked perfect on HC but ICS update broke it. We have to wait till another tablet on ICS with 1280x800 resolution comes available for updated games.
demandarin said:
Not worth the risk..just wait it out. Wait till xoom version on ICS gets updated or acer500 or acer200 version. That way no editing even needed. I had acer500 version of Modern combat3 and worked perfect on HC but ICS update broke it. We have to wait till another tablet on ICS with 1280x800 resolution comes available for updated games.
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Ya I hear ya. Thats why I'm still on HC on my new Prime so I can play certain games or apps. But would be nice if there was more compatibility. Just hate waiting...but seems I have no other choice at least for now.
aznmode said:
Ya I hear ya. Thats why I'm still on HC on my new Prime so I can play certain games or apps. But would be nice if there was more compatibility. Just hate waiting...but seems I have no other choice at least for now.
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how are you able to stay on HC for so long without Asus forcing the ICS update on you? I thought after 3 putoffs it'll automatically update itself.
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how are you able to stay on HC for so long without Asus forcing the ICS update on you? I thought after 3 putoffs it'll automatically update itself.
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I get the notice on the bottom but I dont click on it after I see what its for so it doesnt start the download. It goes away after I reboot then comes back on again and just ignore it again. I think what Asus does is you get 3 notices then after the 3rd it'll stop asking. I havent seen it in a while.
This question is for people in the US that downloaded the 11.1 firmware update and applied it. Did it fix / break anything? Should I try it and see if it helps with the rebooting issues?
I just want to know if it helps at all.
What he said
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This question is for people in the US that downloaded the 11.1 firmware update and applied it. Did it fix / break anything? Should I try it and see if it helps with the rebooting issues?
I just want to know if it helps at all.
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Been wondering the same thing. I actually read the entire thread on it, and came away with no real detail on what it has that may be different. I like to incorporate any fixes I can get my hands on, but there is too little info on this "undocumented" update. Folks were nice enough to make it available, but no one ever tore it down enough to know what it does/has. I won't take that kind of risk on... Probably best to wait for the next official, especially since that thread went nowhere, and was not too conclusive as to what this update may or may not do.
Always best to update to the latest firmware. What you waiting for?
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Always best to update to the latest firmware. What you waiting for?
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It's a beta that came out a day after the .11 firmware. That's why I want to know if it makes any real difference.
What are the details included in the FW update?
What are they attempting to fix?
fingers crossed.
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It's a beta that came out a day after the .11 firmware. That's why I want to know if it makes any real difference.
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Oh OK..did only specific people get this one? Like Asus only made this available to people they contacted?
This is the thread
OP: Try to include the full release number so people know what you are talking about, specifically. In this case, its the ICS Update 9.4.2.11.1
This seems to be the bulk of avalable info on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452933
In other words... not much. I thought about it... a lot. In fact I downloaded it last night, but so far, I am brave, but not stupid, I hope.
NEVER update to something that you do not know EXACTLY what it is, what it does(or is trying to do) and what is in it.
NEVER
Unless you LIKE having a shine "Spun Metalic" Brick... in which case, go for it.
I had the random freeze then immediately reboot bug. Really sucked and was really random. I couldn't pinpoint what was causing it at all.
Soooo, I gave 11.1 a go and all is well now.
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Um, where would I see it? Build is 9. whatever.. It updated automatically after unboxing and connecting, don't see an update available. Mine is working fine software wise, no reboots or anything
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I have installed it and have been running it for a week or 2. I know that it has fixed my YouTube buffering issue. It seems that it hasn't fixed the lockup issue it wifi issue, but I have not had any reboot.
I would recommend it.
Ive been running it since a half hour after it was posted and its been very good. Everything runs great with the occasional browser freeze( doesnt matter which browser)one in a while which may be my own fault because of the way i hold it with one hand in the middle and my thumb touches the bottom of the display.
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OP: Try to include the full release number so people know what you are talking about, specifically. In this case, its the ICS Update 9.4.2.11.1
This seems to be the bulk of avalable info on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452933
In other words... not much. I thought about it... a lot. In fact I downloaded it last night, but so far, I am brave, but not stupid, I hope.
NEVER update to something that you do not know EXACTLY what it is, what it does(or is trying to do) and what is in it.
NEVER
Unless you LIKE having a shine "Spun Metalic" Brick... in which case, go for it.
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Hence why I posted this thread -_-
And so far people seem to be saying that it fixes up the problems a little bit. If I can get more confirmation of this, then I'll apply it. It's an official ASUS beta for USA users only, so that's why it's not "untrustworthy".
Updating now.
I don't mind trying new things, and I'm still within my return window. I'll post if I notice anything new, but I have had 0 software bugs to date.
I have 11, but my tablet does not think it needs an update (to 11.1) Suggestions?
Ride525 said:
I have 11, but my tablet does not think it needs an update (to 11.1) Suggestions?
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It's not an OTA. It's a beta that requires manual install. Or are you receiving errors on manual installation?
I actually don't get any response from my Prime regarding the update. It doesn't even try, just boots on up... will keep trying
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It's not an OTA. It's a beta that requires manual install. Or are you receiving errors on manual installation?
I actually don't get any response from my Prime regarding the update. It doesn't even try, just boots on up... will keep trying
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I think you have to set the brightness to 50% and something else for it to go into "update mode" or whatever.
I've had it installed for over a week and a half, and it fixed my re-booting issue.
buxtahuda said:
It's not an OTA. It's a beta that requires manual install. Or are you receiving errors on manual installation?
I actually don't get any response from my Prime regarding the update. It doesn't even try, just boots on up... will keep trying
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I'm used to searching on my tablet to see if it needs an update. But you said this was a manual.
However, when I got to the Asus Prime Firmware update site, the newest looks like 11, not 11.1.
I've bite the bullet to manually update to the beta 11.1, I will report back if it worked for me. I've had reboots/crashes/and lockups. Not too many, but enough to make me mad at this expensive 64gb tablet. Let's see. I've applied the update without a factory reset, hopefully a factor reset isn't needed since I've done a few after the orginal ICS update.
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I've bite the bullet to manually update to the beta 11.1, I will report back if it worked for me. I've had reboots/crashes/and lockups. Not too many, but enough to make me mad at this expensive 64gb tablet. Let's see. I've applied the update without a factory reset, hopefully a factor reset isn't needed since I've done a few after the orginal ICS update.
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Let us know if it helps at all. It'd be great for someone to personally clarify it.
Well not sure what exactly happened bc to my knowledge gameloft hasnt yet updated it, but however flashing jermaines newest rom i confirmed on the cornerstone and reg aokp roms that order and chaos is indeed running perfect with no mods at all, and throw in motleys new kernel its better than WoW. Everyone test this out as well see if its just me, or possibly just the rom
Roms tested:
Jermaine AOKP-(source of the backup I'm using to restore on other roms)
Jermaine AKOP cornerstone alpha
CM9 nightly (used data backup from TB and game runs good)
yeah, its working !!! and downloading data as well what about gameplay experiences ?
Please be true... I will leave work early today and isolate myself if this is true.
Wow, please be true. I want to play the game so badly with my Prime
Data is downloading on rooted/locked stock as well. Never did that before.
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Downloaded, launched, checked license, waited a bit then exited to desktop.
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Data is downloading on rooted/locked stock as well. Never did that before.
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Downloaded, launched, checked license, waited a bit then exited to desktop.
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hmm...play store fresh installed and all, data downloaded thru wifi, grafix are phenomenal with motley oc kernel
I'll upload video in a lil
SirMoby said:
hmm...play store fresh installed and all, data downloaded thru wifi, grafix are phenomenal with motley oc kernel
I'll upload video in a lil
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Can you see in the market?? I'm looking for it, but nowhere to be found ;(
Zephyrot said:
Can you see in the market?? I'm looking for it, but nowhere to be found ;(
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yes sir...not sure it means anything but in device info it's listed as Eepad...but when I hook up to comp....still shows tf201
Sounds like good news. I use to play this religiously on my Ipad. I might stay away from this. It was too much of a time consumer..lol.
I really wish they would finally just merge the Android and IOS servers together. If they did, I'd hop back online in a heartbeat. Then I would build my guild back up on IOS whispering island server called "HELLRAISERZ" . We were the official villain guild. Ah, the Memories of pvp wars in Vega before dungeons came around and ruined everything. All people wanted to do was dungeons and no one like to fight anymore..lmfao. Real PvP, not dueling, was my forte
Beware of me if I do hop back on this game, I'm a beast..lol. does buying the game for prime still give you 3 free months like on IOS?
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Sounds like good news. I use to play this religiously on my Ipad. I might stay away from this. It was too much of a time consumer..lol.
I really wish they would finally just merge the Android and IOS servers together. If they did, I'd hop back online in a heartbeat. Then I would build my guild back up on IOS whispering island server called "HELLRAISERZ" . We were the official villian guild. Ah, the Melrose of pvp wars in Vega before dungeons came around and ruined everything. All people wanted to do was dungeons and no one like to fight anymore..lmfao. Real PvP, not dueling, was my forte
Beware of me if I do hop back on this game, I'm a beast..lol. does buying the game for prime still give you 3 free months like on IOS?
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Im almost positive...if u get back on lemme know...but it is Hot...graphically...honestly better than my pc
wanted this to be true aswell !!
I cant find it in the market... i wonder if its the same as the xoom apk again ?
Stock .21, rooted though
Nd no dice
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wanted this to be true aswell !!
I cant find it in the market... i wonder if its the same as the xoom apk again ?
Stock .21, rooted though
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Well it does indeed seem to be that from...I tested cornerstone and non EOS rom dice....guess Jermaine, is just the mofoin man...u need to school me Jermaine love ur rom specially cuz it plays my fav game
How?
I don't quite understand how you guys got this to work. It closes after the loading screen to the desktop. Nothing has changed since I last tried this. I'm unlocked using motley's stock kernel.
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I don't quite understand how you guys got this to work. It closes after the loading screen to the desktop. Nothing has changed since I last tried this. I'm unlocked using motley's stock kernel.
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Very simple, start by reading my posts....all of them i mention Jermaine and his amazing AOKP Rom, so far i have been testing all the prime roms out there and his is the only one that works flawlessly or at all for that matter....dont know what makes it different but ive tested it many times on his 1.12 and 1.2 Aokp roms and also his Cornerstone alpha even runs the dang game LOL. go figure
Just unlocked my prime for this. Will install AOKP then, although I just had a problem with the wifi. Will report back later!
Edit: With AOKP the app closes after verifying the app license. Not quite sure how to get this to work. My TF201 is German.
Yeah stock... just crashes.
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Just unlocked my prime for this. Will install AOKP then, although I just had a problem with the wifi. Will report back later!
Edit: With AOKP the app closes after verifying the app license. Not quite sure how to get this to work. My TF201 is German.
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Dang..it was THST serious? Lmao. To unlock your prime just for this game. All you had to do was look for the tf101 modified version that works on prime. No unlock needed. Just Google it. Can't link THST kind of info here.
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Dang..it was THST serious? Lmao. To unlock your prime just for this game. All you had to do was look for the tf101 modified version that works on prime. No unlock needed. Just Google it. Can't link THST kind of info here.
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Yea well if it was indeed possible to do that. I it would be awesome but unfortunately it doesn't exist for tf101 either hence why there is a zillion posts on ppl trying to find a fix
Yeah there isn't a tf101 mod for this game that doesn't crash at the character select screen.
And demandarin, it is THAT serious. I loved playing this game in my car during lunch while blasting music. I extended my data plan w/ T-mobile for my phone just to wifi tether to my prime for this game.
S/N difference?
Could this have something to do with the different versions of the TF201?
Perhaps you could write the beginning of your Serial Number, and we may be able to find out more?
Hello everyone,
I just got the TF201 prime this week. I love it. However, I rooted and installed AndroWook Prime v1.32 on it and I seem to be getting random reboots. I'm worried it's going to get progressively worst.
What suggestions do you have for roms? I have the keyboard dock for it as well, so it must work well with the keyboard. I am looking for a clean rom that is fast for everyday use.
My primary use for this device is e-mail (work)/gmail and being able to SSH and remote into servers.
Thanks!
CM9 is looking good
How about CM9:
This guy claims that almost everything works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26330227&postcount=267
and his youtube review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bXJQjPEUgg
mackrox said:
Hello everyone,
I just got the TF201 prime this week. I love it. However, I rooted and installed AndroWook Prime v1.32 on it and I seem to be getting random reboots. I'm worried it's going to get progressively worst.
What suggestions do you have for roms? I have the keyboard dock for it as well, so it must work well with the keyboard. I am looking for a clean rom that is fast for everyday use.
My primary use for this device is e-mail (work)/gmail and being able to SSH and remote into servers.
Thanks!
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I have been crack flashing the last few weeks and have been trying them all. Any of the following are perfectly for daily use: CM9/skankwick, EOS, Team Broccoli/AOKP.
They all have some pretty cool, unique features. I would mess around with them all a bit and see which you prefer.
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Haha and thanks. I was just trying to avoid the downloading and flashing on a daily basis.
I keep losing my Microsd card because it sticks out to far... What a pain!
I don't know why ur having problems with wooky's rom. It's pretty solid for me. I have tried all the roms available and to me, aokp, cm9 are just not ready for daily driving.
Wooky's is very close to stock with some extras for speed. Another great solid preformer is virtuos which I used a lot till I got ahold of wooks.
Try factory wipe within cwm and installing his rom.
After that I would check your apps ur adding. When I first got a prime I added roms I saved from my phone and added them through titanium back up. Big mistake for me.
Try a clean install and see if that helps!
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I don't know why ur having problems with wooky's rom. It's pretty solid for me. I have tried all the roms available and to me, aokp, cm9 are just not ready for daily driving.
Wooky's is very close to stock with some extras for speed. Another great solid preformer is virtuos which I used a lot till I got ahold of wooks.
Try factory wipe within cwm and installing his rom.
After that I would check your apps ur adding. When I first got a prime I added roms I saved from my phone and added them through titanium back up. Big mistake for me.
Try a clean install and see if that helps!
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Not sure I get a lot of app crashes and reboots. My copy and paste keeps showing up in wrong places and the paste button gets stuck. any luck with gummy?
Sorry you are having problems with Wooky's ROM but from what I have seen random reboots can occur with almost any ROM. After two weeks of use Wooky's is the least problematic for me.
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Sorry you are having problems with Wooky's ROM but from what I have seen random reboots can occur with almost any ROM. After two weeks of use Wooky's is the least problematic for me.
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Interesting. It's been good today but yesterday it rebooted 3 or 4 times. I will try a few others I'm going to hit up gummy today.
Here is one thing happening....
mackrox said:
Hello everyone,
I just got the TF201 prime this week. I love it. However, I rooted and installed AndroWook Prime v1.32 on it and I seem to be getting random reboots. I'm worried it's going to get progressively worst.
What suggestions do you have for roms? I have the keyboard dock for it as well, so it must work well with the keyboard. I am looking for a clean rom that is fast for everyday use.
My primary use for this device is e-mail (work)/gmail and being able to SSH and remote into servers.
Thanks!
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have flash 3 versions from androwook, no random boots whatsoever... depends on the device itself i think.. cm9 ang aokp pretty famous these days. try them out.. i find it more stable using androwook. cheers..
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Prime just up dated to Build number
JR003c US_epad-10.4.2.17-20121018
Root was lost - but recovered by Voodoo Rootkeeper
Just got the notice too. Anyone know what they updated?
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Just had unexpected update. Not sure what is new.
Just updated as well. Not sure what is different yet.
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Is this 4.2? I came here as soon as I heard the news.
Scumbag Inc. said:
Is this 4.2? I came here as soon as I heard the news.
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Still 4.1.1
I took a screenshot before the update. Looks like new bluetooth and kernel changed.
If there's a new kernel maybe we have stock 1.6 again?? Anyone who updated use a cpu controller so we can see how high it goes stock?
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If there's a new kernel maybe we have stock 1.6 again?? Anyone who updated use a cpu controller so we can see how high it goes stock?
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1.4GHz...
I like the update. It seemed to have sped up my tablet. Don't get the annoying kb lag when I type and havent seen any ANR with browser and I'm currently downloading a bunch of stuff on play store. Currently it's downloading NOVA 3 and everything is still snappy.
EDIT: K finally got it to ANR in browser lol. I loaded a few heavy pages. Took a while though which is good.
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Just got the update here..
And lost the power/wifi etc control widget! I don't see it anymore!
Do you still have that widget in your prime?
Thanks.
WTF?
What the hell???
This update is awful. Been using it for the past 20 minutes and have had more ANR's and frozen screens with the stock browser than I've had the past month combined.
Tried a cold boot and it improved nothing.
Not happy. Going to bed angry now, but may have to resort to a factory restore in the morning... but seriously? Should I have to reinstall all of my files and apps for this "improvement"???
Imagine if everytime you installed a Windows update it fored you to reinstall all your software ad documents/files???
ww out also, seems to be the same update recently released for the TF300.
Going through the battery quickly. It seems that "Download Manager" is hogging a lot of CPU. Have done a cold boot, this has not fixed the battery drain.
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No issues so far....
I just installed the update and have not seen anything to cause me any concern. Usually I listen to my podcasts at night at work on a creative BT stereo headset. I would have to say the sound is a little better then what it has been, so perhaps something was tweaked to enhance transmission or clarity. Since the pad is on my desk, its not like distance was ever a factor in BT performance as I experience it.
Wireless seems just fine as well......I am getting more bars in the same location then I usually do, but I havent tested it extensively. Could haev just picked up a more favorable access point.
Browsing seems more crisp then it usually does. Pulse seems to be more responsive instead of pondering.
GPS is surprisingly........same (wasnt expecting anything here getting better)
Settled down now, "Download Manager" process has stopped hogging CPU. WIFI connection speed is a lot faster.
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Ijust downloaded the update, went for the install and it failed, now its saying there is no available update update ??
Any suggestions ? many thanks
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Should I have to reinstall all of my files and apps for this "improvement"???
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Don't ASUS provide a backup app? All you really need probably is wipe dalvik cache (but that needs root).
After banging my head on the table due to the failed JB update over and over. I tried everything that does not involve unlocking my bootloader.
No luck with that
Of course it said no updates available after the failed JB update... :silly:
but, now this update popped up today on my tablet, I said "what the heck, try and see what happens".
Well, I 'll be damned, this time it worked!!! Updated the dock firmware at the same time too!!!
They must have changed something in the update procedure due to all the people who were unable to update before???
Anyways, finally I am running a stock 4.1.1 JB ROM! :good:
P.S. I was literally considering unlocking it today, just finished backing up with Ti-Pro and the alert showed up on my status bar.
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Me think too! Oh Polaris office got updated again.
Doesn't feel any faster to me though but I got a ipad mini now for that now.
I've been wanting to root for a while now, but seems to be very difficult. Is this new version going to make it worse?
I got excited when I saw that there was a firmware update, bu tmy wifi still disconnects during sleep even though I have it set to always stay on during sleep.
I'll try a factory reset later, but I'm not expecting anything to work. Looks like ASUS is either ignoring this problem or doesn't know about it.