I was wondering how many people are having problems with their prime? I personally have not have any problems with mine, not even with wifi or gps.
no problems at all and i received it 3 weeks ago,no lights bleeding or anything
i haven't tested the gps wtih ics yet(i don't care much for it)
wifi shows less bars sometimes but i have the same speed everywhere in my house so its ok with me.
For the most part everything works, only problem i have is about 2mm worth of light bleeding, very unnoticeable doesnt bother me. my dock is supposed to arrive tomarrow so hopefully that is working perfect
Mine has been working perfectly. No lag, no reboots, the only issues I have are light bleed, which bother me, and what appears to be two dead pixels that you can only see when the screen is light and is oriented in portrait mode. It bothers me, honestly, but after reading all of the horror stories I may hold off on my RMA for the light bleed and dead pixels.
Just got mine yesterday @ 2:30pm and upgraded to ICS.
Like anyone with a new toy (after installing all my apps) I used it until 2am this morning.
The only moment I saw slight lag is when I had it in eco mode and was downloading 2GB of photos and 4GB of music (I figure putting music and pics as offline on a non-3g tab makes sense).
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Picked up mine on Sunday in UK and been working great ever since (both the dock and the tablet itself), gone through ICS update just making it feel even better!
Now, just need a case for protection.
Been working great since I got it 12/22. ICS update is the best. This was what Prime was made to work with.
a lot of cry babies on these forums so don't believe all the negative stuff, people B*tch about anything
but mine works perfect, no problems what so ever
Mine has a couple of issues. No GPS (at all), some fairly minor light bleeding and haptic feedback doesn't work (just makes a noise but doesn't vibrate at all).
The ICS updates also reduces performance of javascript in the browser too, though scrolling and loading performance are a minor improvement. Typing in the browser is a million times better than on HC, however.
Mine is generally fine. Gps seems not to work but i dont care. I dont need it on tablet.
The only thing that concernes me is that my unit creaks a little...
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Mine is generally fine. Gps seems not to work but i dont care. I dont need it on tablet.
The only thing that concernes me is that my unit creaks a little...
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Does this happen when you press down on the glass to the right of the charger slot and above the volue adjuster?
Over 75% of people's work fine. Sounds like the 25% are very loud and vocal.
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Over 75% of people's work fine. Sounds like the 25% are very loud and vocal.
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Which will happen on a new release. There aren't any experts or guides yet to guide people through issues with this unit. And if people have a problem they have all received their units in the past few weeks so they are all trying to figure them out right now.
I know I just received my unit a few days ago and after reading all the threads I was terrified that I had been waiting months for a dud product. But everything appears fine.
So far, so good. I did see some banding in the display while using a game, but after rebooting the device, I haven't seen it since. WiFi's fine, I haven't tested the GPS (and I really don't have a need for it on a large tablet).
I'm waiting for an ordered keyboard dock to come into my local BB.
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My Prime has been perfect since day one. Office Depot shipped the device to me in a padded envelope, so I was expecting physical damage, but there has been none. GPS Test never shows a sat. lock but every time I open G Maps, or a weather app, it knows exactly where I am. WiFi is great, not as good as a laptop obviously.
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I was wondering how many people are having problems with their prime? I personally have not have any problems with mine, not even with wifi or gps.
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Not gonna lie, I am on my second TP. The first one got screwed up from ICS and couldn't do anything without it rebooting.
Got a new one yesterday from Gamestop and I couldn't be happier. Everything works perfect with ICS. I even get the free games that Gamestop includes with the TP.
Mine is working just fine since day one. I hope I can find a dock soon though.
can't say more than a true beast, its fast reliable and im happy i bought it, no problems at all
The issues are Real that some users are experiencing out there. But this poll clearly shows MAJORITY, almost 80% of Prime owners love their devices. Now new people should read stuff like this instead of all those other threads. Like some said here, they were terrified at first seeing some of the stuff posted but once they got it, it was a completely different story. Just glad my device been working great since 12/22. Plus with ICS now, my boot up times are really fast n everything in general is alot smoother n faster. Can't complain at all. Looking forward to more updates and developers updating their apps for ICS. Remember, we are the first tablet out with ICS now
I just havetoo add to this.... Typing from my newly arrived transformer running on ICS! The screen is breathtaking really WOW!! Tegra 3 really puts a new meaning in the word tablet its smooth really smooth. No issues for me so far... wifi is working and gps pinged me on maps inside in under 10 seconds so Im happy.........
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I am getting my 2 32Gb touchpads today. I bought them from officedepot.com the night (yes they were only available, or in stock, for one night) they went on sale. That was back on August 20th. They went on backorder and now they are just hours from arriving.
I have two concerns. I have read on precentral's forums that people have been having cracks near the speakers. I do hope that mine don't ever develop this. Also, there have been stories about faulty batteries that don't even last a few hours before needing a charge.
What can you guys tell me about these issues? I am worried that I'll have to call HP and complain, but I hear that HP is very generous with there support options for this tablet. (Maybe they knew that this tablet had faults all along?)
1) chill out
2) wait for when you actually get the touchpads
3a) if they have problems, contact hp support
3b) if they don't, enjoy touchpads
I have not heard any significant complaints about either of these issues.
By "cracks" I believe people were referring to the crackling sound you get if you override the volume limiter (I recommend you override the volume limiter, by the way, but do not turn the speakers up all the way).
Also, any battery could have manufacturing issues. Batteries are such mature technologies, I would say your chances of getting a defective one are the same as you would have buying any consumer electronics with built in batteries. My experience was that I was shocked at how long my battery lasted. I used Pandora all night long, on wifi, not plugged into the wall, and my battery still got me through the day the next day.
WebOS, however, is a steaming pile.
Here's an update. I opened one of my touchpads today and I'm amazed at these things. I have no cracks so far in the casing and the battery seems normal. I am used to the gtablet where it would stay at 100 % for a while then die off; the touchpad's battery meter slowly ticks down 100, 95, 92.. etc..
And by cracks I mean actual cracks in the side near the speakers. There are LOT's of posts about this on the precentral forums. I won't link to them but you can find them if you want to.
My only real complaint is that there is a problem with the camera apps. I installed two of them, freecam being one, and I get errors after I launch them. I think they can't find the camera or something.
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Here's an update. I opened one of my touchpads today and I'm amazed at these things. I have no cracks so far in the casing and the battery seems normal. I am used to the gtablet where it would stay at 100 % for a while then die off; the touchpad's battery meter slowly ticks down 100, 95, 92.. etc..
And by cracks I mean actual cracks in the side near the speakers. There are LOT's of posts about this on the precentral forums. I won't link to them but you can find them if you want to.
My only real complaint is that there is a problem with the camera apps. I installed two of them, freecam being one, and I get errors after I launch them. I think they can't find the camera or something.
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If the app cannot find the camera, then yes, you might actually have a hardware problem.
Edit: Just install FreeCam and it works fine for me D:
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Here's an update. I opened one of my touchpads today and I'm amazed at these things. I have no cracks so far in the casing and the battery seems normal. I am used to the gtablet where it would stay at 100 % for a while then die off; the touchpad's battery meter slowly ticks down 100, 95, 92.. etc..
And by cracks I mean actual cracks in the side near the speakers. There are LOT's of posts about this on the precentral forums. I won't link to them but you can find them if you want to.
My only real complaint is that there is a problem with the camera apps. I installed two of them, freecam being one, and I get errors after I launch them. I think they can't find the camera or something.
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Try updating to the latest os (3.0.2), hopefully that should get rid of those errors?
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Try updating to the latest os (3.0.2), hopefully that should get rid of those errors?
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Good idea, never read if the OP did/did not update yet.
brepublican said:
Try updating to the latest os (3.0.2), hopefully that should get rid of those errors?
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my touchpads came with 3.0.2 preinstalled.
Apologies ahead of time for the wall of text...
I got my wife the Prime for Christmas. It took her a couple of days to finally open it, as I gave her the choice of going with it or the iPad2. After a couple of days, she seems to like it and is slowly getting the hang of the OS.
I've played with it some. For the most part, it seems smooth. I've managed to make it glitch (lag) a time or two by going in and out of apps and even had the launcher itself FC on me forcing me to reboot.
That was while checking out Alice in Wonderland in MyBooks, which by the way, is not exactly usable. The page animations worked at first, then stopped, then the pages stopped turning altogether and the app FC'd. Not that I care or am surprised. I'm used to included software being half-baked.
Browser experience has been fine using stock and Opera. Dolphin doesn't seem to work as well on the TF201 as it does on my Atrix. Perfect experience? No. I have a $4,500 i7 2920-XM workstation with an SSD and 16gigs of RAM at work and even with it, the browsing experience (or OS experience in general) can lag/glitch from time to time. Nature of the beast.
I can't really comment on battery life. She took it off the charger Monday night at 100%. It hasn't been used steadily for more than 1-2 hours at a time. It's down to about 15% this morning. I can't really say how many hours of use she's gotten out of it but it doesn't seem to drain much overnight, even with Facebook, email and other notifactions. It felt like it was draining pretty quick when in use but I'll have to pay closer attention.
There's minor light bleed around the edges but I had to turn the lights off during boot up to notice. I haven't attempted to watch an entire movie in the dark with it to tell if it's something that will be bothersome. I'll tell you, I went through THREE Sony XBR2 LCDs a few years ago. They suffered from horrible "clouding" (blotchy white areas all over the panel) and light bleed in the corners. That was noticeable under normal use and since I primarily watched movies in pure darkness, it was bothersome. I don't think it's going to be an issue w/ the TF201 unless I'm being nitpicky.
WiFi seems OK. I have yet to compare it to the laptop, but compared to my Atrix (CM7) it's getting the same signal. It fluctuates some, even staying in the same spot, but it's never caused a problem.
I haven't tested GPS. Something tells me it's not going to operate properly though It's low on my list of concerns and I'll use it as an excuse to return the thing to Gamestop in the next 15 days (for exchange only, which is irksome), but otherwise, I'm not too concerned. If it turns out to be hardware, I imagine an RMA will correct it. It would be cool to use the thing for GPS but I own an actual GPS and rarely use it. I would still prefer the device have its features work, of course.
Aside from the launcher FC and subsequent reboot and the occasional glitchiness/lag using the stock launcher and jumping through apps, the only other issue I've noticed happened this AM. I woke up to the room filled with light. The TF201 was on. I didn't wait long to see if it would go back to sleep so maybe it would have. However, when I got up to see what it was doing, I noticed it had rebooted. Hopefully that doesn't happen often and hopefully not while in use!
I'm confident that a lot of these issues can be fixed with firmware updates and hopefully those are pretty quick to release. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the device. Hopefully ICS will only make the experience better. And hopefully it will come soon so all of the speculation, etc can end! I know my Atrix went from all right to pretty frickin' awesome when I put CM7 on it.
Hello, I only just got my Prime and updated it to ICS. For the few hours I've had it, there doesn't seem to be any glaring problems such as random shutdowns, dead pixels and the like besides the GPS being a bit slow at first but working. But after lurking a bit, I noticed that there are quite a few who has issues with the tablet. So I have an inquiry..
Do the problems show up after a while or am I lucky enough to have a hassle free one? Thanks for your time.
Other than GPS mine has been problem free (knock on wood) since I got it Dec 27th. No problems updating to ICS or any other firmware updates. Beautiful device. Really the only big probem I've had is I can't put the thing down........but that's a good problem.
WiFi + GPS issues. WiFi very inconsistent.
I think I'm one of the few who can confidently say I have no display issues whatsoever. I don't have any light bleeds at all. I've seen plenty of those and given the SUPER IPS display on the Prime, I am extremely pleased.
Ever since updating to ICS, I've had two random reboots but that was several days ago.
Another weird problem I've noticed several days ago was the color was distorted at one point but that was 2 days ago.
So far its been good, no screen bleeds or dead pixels, or even random reboots so hopefully it continues down that path.
Overall experience: I love it more then my iPad.
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It seems that all the primes that I have tested from Bestbuy (4 primes and counting) have no satellite locks and only decent wifi. Please only post if you have received a good tablet with no issues from them.
I have purchased two of them from Best Buy, one I received on the 22nd and the other I purchased it two days ago from my local best buy, the first and only one they have received My first one is "perfect", but my 2nd one has two hardly noticeable screen bleeds which are only really distinguishable if you know were to look (bottom left corner under the return arrow and the recent app button) and one would only spot them during the boot up screen. They are both able to acquire a GPS lock, even indoors but once I move it the connection is lost, outside I can walk and it stays connected for the most part; however, I have not really tested the GPS function while driving (I will try it today... if I remember too but I don't have much hope for it which is why I purchased the $5 GPS workaround). They both get good wifi, by this I mean that anywhere my phone (HD7) is in range so are my primes if my phone is out of range so are my primes and they both get about the same speed. No freezing issues... ok the stock web browser does freeze but rarely maybe once every other day or so and most of the time I just hit wait and it comes back to live. Over all I love my primes/prime my first one is busted until Asus unlocks the boot loader, I just hope its before my 45 days are up or I will be stuck with 2 primes
It took both my primes about a good 5min to get a GPS lock with wifi outside, could not get either one to even see a satellite indoors before getting a lock outside. I originally tried to acquire a GPS lock without wifi outside on my 1st prime but gave up after 5 min. I also tried it with my 2nd one but no luck; although it did see around 5-7 satellites after the first 3min and up to 9 satellites at one point but after 10min and no lock I turned on the wifi and got a lock with in a minute. After that I was able to get a lock indoors with in 3-5 min
Bought from best buy december 23, no problems at all.
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I bought both the TFP and keyboard dock from them. Neither of them has any issues.
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mine has been fine too
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No problems with mine.
None of the common problems
I got mine from BB.com about 2 weeks ago. The device was working 100% fine. GPS was solid, WIFI was great. There was a tiny bit of screen leak in the lower corners, but nothing that I could not live with.
The "un-common" problem occurred when I got my dock...also from BB.com. When I inserted the tablet into the dock the screen would white out, almost like it had its brightness turned up to 1000. I was also able to replicate the problem out of the dock by placing minor pressure at the center of the bottom bezel near the charging port. I have RMA'd it and just put it on a UPS truck today. I will let everyone know how I make out.
Bought mine from Best Buy. Outside of the GPS issue mine is great. WiFi seems fine...on par with my phone/laptop, so no complaints.
Bought mine no wifi,no gps issue,but a tiny bit of screen bleed, but i can live with that. Got my keyboard but i returned it., dont really need one
Proud owner of Transformer Prime TF201
Received mine yesterday from BB online... not problems as of yet. Haven't had the chance to fully test the GPS. I've looked closely and can't find any dead pixels or screen bleed. No creaks in the chassis, and on wifi at home was getting 18mbit down, 5 up (which is about right, I pay for 20mbit down 5mbit up)
No issues here, it has worked great
Aside from some very minor light bleeding on the right side of the screen, no problems at all.
No issues with mine. I did think that the prime was a tad slower browsing the internet than the OG transformer, but seems to have been cleared after the updates.
...but the OG transformer was running Revolver, oc'd...
Mine is fine.
Tablet & dock from BB.com.
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Good to hear. Im going on my third next week from Bestbuy, I thought since they havent had any instock, all the stock in the warehouse for OMS orders are from the same batch. So there is still hope.
Just out of curiosity why are you asking if BB ones are good or not since they all come from asus directly? I'd would worry more about first batch vs 2nd batch.
I got one from BB.com around Jan 12. The screen seems good, no bleed or dead pixels, bt/wifi speed drop seems to be in line with what would be expected, and GPS performs as expected. GPS is not great but does get a lock, though it loses the lock when driving.
I'm not sure about the WIFI performance though. It is fast when signal is strong but when I get near the edge of its range it drops out dramatically faster than either my phone or my old viewsonic gtablet. The TFP gets <1mbps while the gtab still gets >10mbps. Does this sound in line with what other users are getting, or would a replacement possibly fix the issue? The signal strength according to WIFI Analyser is about the same from all three devices when doing the test. If this is the expected performance I'll be returning it to wait for the TF700 later this year. I'd rather get one that works well now though, as it is a great device and I could care less about the higher res screen and camera.
I, no issues form my BB purchase, aside from the weak gps obviously.
Bought mine from best buy before the new year and have had absolutely no issues at all. Wifi has been great (picks up college wifi which at my school has a history of being ****ty). Gps I only tested once, which was the same day I got it, and it never completely connected. Keep in mind that was indoors. I never would use GPS on my tablet so idc. But besides that no screen bleeding or tearing. Got the dock as well and must say I love this tablet. Much faster and not even comparable build quality to my old Gtab 10.1. My only complaint is I wish the micro SD card slot was actually built so it could hold a micro SD card all the time, but oh well I'm happy
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I did until I bricked it
Purchased another Prime from Micro Center yesterday. I'm not sure yet it's as responsive as the one I had from BB.
Just chime in and tell me how your WiFi/GPS is, and how your prime is operating.
If you don't have anything positive towards this thread GET OUT. I'm trying to get a better understanding of how everyone with a BCOKAS model is doing.
My wifi is decent/crap, I have to be within 10 feet of any router for a good connection. GPS is worthless
I'm waiting on "Gary Key" to come out with his amazing solution of fixing this. That's why I haven't RMAed or Unlocked yet.
Besides the WiFi, I LOVE THIS DEVICE. I could use the GPS on my phone.
Sooo hows your BCOKAS Prime ???
WIFI: Range is horrible
WIFI + BT: Recently tested this feature.... performs extremely poorly. Will do more test.
GPS: I can get few birds (including inside of the house) & few will lock with pathetic signal. However, everything disappears once it starts to move...
That's including aGPS... horrible.
Browser: Adequate once Chrome browser was deleted. However, still getting the "wait" pop-up window or force close on occasion.
Games: Don't really game on my Prime but it works well when I do (games look good as well).
Streaming Media from Network(movies): Due to poor WIFI range, it doesn't work well once I am 15+ ft away from the router.. however, if I am within 10ft range.. it works well. Also, if my Prime is idle for few mins. (5+).. & if I wake up my Prime... screen flickers & I see screen tear... & when I unlock it.. it'll freeze/lag & Prime will reboot. (This continues even after soft reset.. haven't done factory reset yet)
eReader: Probably the main reason why I continue to use Prime. MyLibrary from Asus is my fav. eReader app. Yes, I mainly use Prime for reading eBooks... (not exactly the reason why I purchased but it works well).
WIFI:
My wifi range is very similar to my GNex so it's not terrible. I just ran a Speed Test and was getting around 4-5D and 4-5U on the wireless here at my work which the signal strength is around -70dB.
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2-3 birds outside, nothing inside and I never get a lock.
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I have a lot of trouble getting things to connect to it but it can be done. Performance with wifi on is poor.
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Been getting launcher crashes of late so I installed GO HD and that seems to have helped, but I will say that apps in general are not very stable.
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Other than that, I'm in the same boat David. Waiting to unlock based on what I hear from RMA's. I started a thread a couple weeks ago to try and gather info from those who RMA'd for BT/WIFI issues but at that point no one really had. Maybe we can get some results now...
My bcokas
I have had this one since late Feb or early March (my 2nd one).
Only one or two uncommanded reboots--I am not a heavy user--I do not know enough about it to be a serious user, YET.
I am pretty computer knowledgeable, though.
I just took my prime outside (Anchorage, Alaska at the International Airport)
I have a wireless G network at our office. It is on the second floor inside a wooden frame building-close to, but not visible through a window. I connected with the WiFi Analyzer using the speedometer style gauge and received -73 to -75 DB at approximately 300 feet away on our ramp (aircraft parking area). I did not attempt any downloads--pretty chilly outside today.
Next, I loaded the GPS test app from Chartcross, and while outside (completely wide open), got no birds. This did not surprise me. I have found that if no birds are visible, a complete shutdown & restart will usually bring the GPS back to life. IT DID!!
Within 30 seconds of starting the app (after the complete restart), I had 12-14 birds visible and 10-11 in use. Signal strength never exceeded 31 on the graph. The usability remains poor, even though numerous birds in view. The coverage drops off to none frequently but reconnects quickly. As a commercial pilot, I am very familiar with GPS usage. This one cannot be classified greater than "Very Poor". I have the Dual xgps150a that I use via Bluetooth and it works flawlessly.
I have not attempted to use Bluetooth & WiFi at the same time, and therefore cannot comment on that aspect.
Overall, I am not dissatisfied with the Prime. I had no expectations of using the built-in GPS when I purchased it. The WiFi could be a bit better; but I consider it to be usable.
My biggest complaint with the Prime is not the hardware, it is the software. Specifically, the crappy browsers that I have tried (5 or 6). I absolutely hate "TABS" I refuse to use them on my PCs. I am not saying that they are bad, I just don't like them. The only browser that I even remotely can tolerate (thus far) is Dolphin. It still uses TABS, but at least it has a home button. Doing anything on a tablet browser (to me--so far) is like flying from Anchorage to Seattle via Tokyo, Manilla, and Santiago. I guess I am saying that I find all of them to be very user-unfriendly.
I guess I have whined enough.
Jerry In Anchorage, Alaska
Wifi is perfectly fine, no problems with it.
I've only gotten a lock with GPS once, and that was while I was sitting outside.
Haven't tried bt+wifi.
Have been getting some not responding messages with the browser occasionally when opening it.
I don't really game on it, but from the small amount of time I've used N64oid it certainly wasn't unacceptable.
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I have had mine since mid January. No obvious issues with wi-fi and I'm able to stream music from my NAS drive to my bluetooth headphones while using the internet. I don't know if it's relevant but my broadband speed isn't exactly stellar (8mb max) whereas I notice that many of those with drop out issues when using bluetooth seem to to have a much higher speed normally.
GPS works in that satellites show indoors and out but the strength doesn't appear to be that great (I get locks but the values in GPS Test have never got near 30). Having said that, I probably would never use a tablet for satnav because of the size - it's far too big for my car whereas my Galaxy S2 phone is much more suitable and less distracting!
I've used most browsers but now mainly use either ICS+ Browser. I've (very) occasionally seen the 'wait' message but other than that everything is good and overall I'm (touch wood!) happy with my Prime.
Bcokas here. Wifi is fine and same as my old Droid charge and now my gnex. GPS got locks the one time I tried it months ago, been off since and never tried navigation with it so can't help with that. I've only tested bt with wifi using a sixaxis controller, seemed fine about 30 ft from router but didn't do a speed test to see if and how much it affected signal strength and speed.
I just got a BC0KAS TF201 back from RMA in Texas. My original complaint was black screen (nothing shows up on LCD), GPS nonexistent (ordered 12/28), and weak wifi. After all the parts replaced (GPS foil, conductive sponges, etc..), screen finally works but thats about it. No satellite locks still indoors or outdoors and still weak wifi.
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I just got a BC0KAS TF201 back from RMA in Texas. My original complaint was black screen (nothing shows up on LCD), GPS nonexistent (ordered 12/18), and weak wifi. After all the parts replaced (GPS foil, conductive sponges, etc..), screen finally works but thats about it. No satellite locks still indoors or outdoors and still weak wifi.
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That's a lame story bro.
I'd RMA until they got it right. It sucks that you have to sit there and just take it, while Asus adds you to the satisfied Prime owner statistic.
Overall I have been happy with mine and would compare to some of the more favorable responses here.
Wifi: I initially thought that the .21 made a difference but have re-evaluated. At the furthest point in my house from the router (several walls, 1 floor, 40 ft) I get about 3-4 times slower speeds than other devices. It is still fast enough to surf, stream videos etc.
BT: don't use it much. Wifi speeds are the same whether it is on or off.
GPS: The patches in the dev section actually made some difference. I get a few sats inside with no lock. Outside, I get 11-12 with a lock. GPS test says the accuracy is 30 ft which I doubt would be enough to navigate, but who cares??
Regarding crashes when browsing and so on, I was getting a lot before I unlocked. In the end I just figured screw it, unlocked and installed a rom. I did that about 6 weeks ago and I could count the number of crashes on one hand. Maybe a factory reset would have had the same effect but where's the fun in that
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That's a lame story bro.
I'd RMA until they got it right. It sucks that you have to sit there and just take it, while Asus adds you to the satisfied Prime owner statistic.
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Its not really mine. Its my friend's prime, but i used my creditcard to pay for it. Its his first tablet so hes pretty new to the game. As long as the prime works he can deal until there is a real fix for it, then Ill tell him. I have the receipt (ordered well before the GPS announcement) and all the paper work for the RMA (so there is history that I have complained about the GPS and weak wifi), so they cant deny me the GPS. Couldnt tell if the bluetooth+wifi works since I dont have any bluetooth headphones to test it. I wanna give it a few more months to see if there is any development in the prime.
Thats why I refunded my money, I had few B0CKS and where all the same GPS and weak wifi. Im holding out for something that I can be happy with.
wifi works great. better than my Ipad & atrix phone as far as download speeds, reception strength, and signal stability goes.
wifi/BT works fine. I'm able to transfer big movie files from my phone to prime while prime is hooked up to wifi internet and streaming movie at same time. no slowdown of speeds and movie plays just fine streaming while BT in the background transferring big file.
Gps- never tested outdoors yet. plus I hook up my phone to prime through BT GPS. works great.
overall my early BC model from 12/22 has been performing great for me. no real issues what so ever to complain about really. I'd easily purchase this again if i had to do it over again. my Ipad has nothing on my prime. No comparison to Prime & Android experience. Very pleased with device and its performance. IMO, Asus did a great job on it as mines works as expected and more.
Thanks for the responding!
My wi-fi performance isn't stellar, but it isn't horrible either. I can get better signal than my, older, hp laptop in some areas of my house. I'm happy enough with it to not want to RMA.
I rely on my phone any time I need GPS so I have never actually tested it on my Prime. Seems like redundant use of technology for me. For the same reason, I haven't loaded any music onto my Prime--I have it all on my, more portable, phone.
I love ICS. Sure, I have some difficulty with the browser some times, but I expect Google will be continually making this better. I usually just check in with FB with it anyway. For any serious browsing I use a computer.
One of the things I love the best about my Prime is the dock. I've had zero issues with it and love the short-cut buttons. I'm currently writing a book, completely on my Prime, and it and Polaris Office have been wonderful.
I've been using my BC0KAS TF201 from Best Buy since mid January, and I'm pleased with it overall.
Wifi is nothing to be proud of, but acceptable. Downstairs is not a problem, but upstairs I get slower speeds, which is to be expected.
GPS is absent. I'm lucky to get a lock anywhere, and I've never seen more than 3 sats while driving.
I haven't used bluetooth much.
I use chrome browser and it works fine.
Battery life is somewhat of an issue for me; I keep it on about 50% brightness most of the time, and the battery goes down quite fast at times. Fast charging makes up for it though.
My wifi is usable. I even connected once to free mcdonalds wifi from the parking lot (slow, but checked my email which is what i needed to do). I will have a weak signal upstairs, but netflix worked fine.
Wifi + bt. Again, usable, but signal drops when i feed my stereo bt music and try to watch netflix (really real world?)
No reboots till two updates ago. Way better with .21
Gps is completely useless. I was one of the few who wanted this to replace my aging gps as a nice bonus. Tried all the gps patches from the thread, 1.0rc seems to make things more stable in gps test, but i no longer get locks whatsoever. Also, no skymap fun as its twitchy.
Screen goes through fits with tearing along the left side. Sometimes need to reboot to fix it. Minimal backlight bleeding, didnt even notice till the 3rd time i turned it on, and i was looking for it at that point.
I love this thing enough to have kept it since early jan (bb.com fiasco unit). Not unlocked. Still scared even though i reallllly want to...
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk
My WiFi slightly beats out the Galaxy Ace and Wildfire in terms of range and the DL/UL speeds are still pretty good at the furthest away point in my house.
GPS is non existant as far as I can tell, not really got the patience to test it properly though.
Never really use BT+WiFi together so can't comment on that.
My Rear camera doesn't work, just a green glitchy mess. Not sure if it's hardware or software though.
Gaming is good on it, got plenty of emulators working very well and games like Shadowgun run and look great.
Wifi-up to par with my Droid x
Wifi+Bluetooth- no issues
Gps - not so great, its picky about location and view of the sky
Sent from my DROIDX using xda premium
Wifi matches Droid X in speed and signal strength.
I don't use BT on my tablet.
GPS - outside, 10/10 lock/view, vs. droid x 10/16. Inside, maybe 1 in view, no lock. Droid X will get 6/8.
OS, no issues. I did have to wipe going from HC-->ICS, but I wasn't expecting apps to survive anyway,
*edit*
I had issues with triangles appearing on overlays and random bars on the edge of the screen, but those have gone away with the .21 update. The triangle tearing thing was always fixable by just swiping apps off the recent apps list.
Wifi is fine my E4200 version 1 is in the center of the house and I get a decent connection both on the front and back steps and I use the prime to watch network streamed tv show replays with no problems or stuttering in the house. Gps is good in the house at times and non working at other times same outside. Location and weather effect this I believe. My browser hasnt given me any problems to speak of, overall I'm pleased.