Check this out, Engadget jokes about Prime's GPS issue. Engadget is the best!
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/16/asus-says-the-transformer-prime-wont-do-3g-time-travel-and-las/
Nice one. I'll give it 1 lowercase lol.
Joking aside though, who carries a tablet without a cell phone. And who wouldn't just root and tether (excluding non-readers of xda) to their phone? Why pay for 2 data plans?
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Check this out, Engadget jokes about Prime's GPS issue. Engadget is the best!
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/16/asus-says-the-transformer-prime-wont-do-3g-time-travel-and-las/
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i see no joke about GPS, only people thinking 3g is coming anytime in the near future.....lasers would be cool as well though.....even the gps link goes on to talk about the now old 8.33 update and no joke there.....either that or your laugh tolerance is exteremly low and your the type to laugh at having 12 items in the 12 items lane at wallmart....or that joke i just made...terrible...
is this thread another trolololololololol f7u12 the narwhal midnights at bacon why u no read post u link 2?
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i see no joke about GPS, only people thinking 3g is coming anytime in the near future.....lasers would be cool as well though.....even the gps link goes on to talk about the now old 8.33 update and no joke there.....either that or your laugh tolerance is exteremly low and your the type to laugh at having 12 items in the 12 items lane at wallmart....or that joke i just made...terrible...
is this thread another trolololololololol f7u12 the narwhal midnights at bacon why u no read post u link 2?
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I thought the reference to the GPS upgrade referred to the GPS problem. Did I miss something? Here is the quote:
"According to a statement by the company, "no such product exists on its current roadmap" -- and keep in mind, that roadmap navigating comes after a GPS upgrade."
I am not a troll. I like my Prime, but I would like if it didn't have any problems with GPS and Wi-Fi. I am hoping that Asus can fix all the issues, and I am grateful for people like Gary Key on this forum trying to help us out.
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i see no joke about GPS, only people thinking 3g is coming anytime in the near future.....lasers would be cool as well though.....even the gps link goes on to talk about the now old 8.33 update and no joke there.....either that or your laugh tolerance is exteremly low and your the type to laugh at having 12 items in the 12 items lane at wallmart....or that joke i just made...terrible...
is this thread another trolololololololol f7u12 the narwhal midnights at bacon why u no read post u link 2?
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It wasn't THAT funny but it was a cute reference. ASUS used the word "roadmap" and they took that as an opportunity to refer to ASUS' mishandling of the GPS situation.
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Nice one. I'll give it 1 lowercase lol.
Joking aside though, who carries a tablet without a cell phone. And who wouldn't just root and tether (excluding non-readers of xda) to their phone? Why pay for 2 data plans?
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To bad under ICS they busted ad hoc tether - something many phones using tether apps rely on - unless your phone is on a ROM that has a native cooked in tether or you have native tether on your phone many are SOL right now until we can get it fixed.
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i see no joke about GPS, only people thinking 3g is coming anytime in the near future.....lasers would be cool as well though.....even the gps link goes on to talk about the now old 8.33 update and no joke there.....either that or your laugh tolerance is exteremly low and your the type to laugh at having 12 items in the 12 items lane at wallmart....or that joke i just made...terrible...
is this thread another trolololololololol f7u12 the narwhal midnights at bacon why u no read post u link 2?
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The joke was
"According to a statement by the company, "no such product exists on its current roadmap" -- and keep in mind, that roadmap navigating comes after a GPS upgrade. "
Asus cannot catch a break it seems.
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"have been greatly exaggerated"
Seems that has been used up to the prime's release. I feel prime owners became beta testers for a price of $499 for the new upcoming TF700T.
junrider said:
"have been greatly exaggerated"
Seems that has been used up to the prime's release. I feel prime owners became beta testers for a price of $499 for the new upcoming TF700T.
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It is hard to disagree really!
Obviously the TF700T has better Wifi and GPS based on what happened with the original Prime Release in Taiwan. Just look at the new design. I also bet the upgraded Prime will not have the "Serial Number Unknown" problem since Asus will be sure to make sure that doesn't happen again, at least when they find how to fix it.
Also, I wonder if the new casing for the TF700t will have a bit more room, or not apply so much pressure to the screen/glass. The Light Bleeding on mine appeared to be from the glass pressing so hard against the screen. If I simply pushed on the edges of my prime, ONLY ON THE SIDE WITH LIGHT BLEED, it would get worse. The sides without light bleed did nothing when pressing on the edges of the screen.
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To bad under ICS they busted ad hoc tether - something many phones using tether apps rely on - unless your phone is on a ROM that has a native cooked in tether or you have native tether on your phone many are SOL right now until we can get it fixed.
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I wander why my droid x is able to connect ? AT 1st it couldn't but when i downloaded the app I mentioned in the other thread it begin working again.I love my Prime esecially since i have this keyboard dock & typing is a breeze now.But when the new Prime comes out I will be selling this one unless there's talk of Tegra 4 by then will I'm sure there will be.
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Diecast17 must be new here.. let me explain it:
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Just returned this $500 crap. Good bye ASUS.
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Just returned this $500 crap. Good bye ASUS.
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You obviously didn't use it.
The Transformer Prime works for me, I don't use my tablet as a GPS, simply because my car has a better navigation system, and I rarely use that. TFP seem to costly of an item to risk it as a car fixture to begin with, it's a tablet computer after all.
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The answer was in front of our eyes the whole time ladies and gents and I can hardly believe ASUS let it slip past them before it was too late and they just shipped them out anyway instead of having a "real delay".
GPS signals simply cannot penetrate the all metal design of the Primes casing (also the reason for the weaker WiFi signal with your basic in home routers that your laptops and other electronics have a stronger signal strength then the prime). If you have a TomTom or a Garmin go ahead and put them in a metal box and tell me how well they work. If you look at the design of the I pad it has a plastic window and or other tablets with GPS ie Galaxy they have a plastic case this explains the eventual locks to satallites and then drops its because the signal is so weak in the first place.
I will be returning my Prime and wait for the new designs that ASUS is probably working on as I type it would have been nice if they could have let us know but it is what it is.
You're late to the party Jr.
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The answer was in front of our eyes the whole time ladies and gents and I can hardly believe ASUS let it slip past them before it was too late and they just shipped them out anyway instead of having a "real delay".
GPS signals simply cannot penetrate the all metal design of the Primes casing (also the reason for the weaker WiFi signal with your basic in home routers that your laptops and other electronics have a stronger signal strength then the prime). If you have a TomTom or a Garmin go ahead and put them in a metal box and tell me how well they work. If you look at the design of the I pad it has a plastic window and or other tablets with GPS ie Galaxy they have a plastic case this explains the eventual locks to satallites and then drops its because the signal is so weak in the first place.
I will be returning my Prime and wait for the new designs that ASUS is probably working on as I type it would have been nice if they could have let us know but it is what it is.
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I'm with you im returning this second prime before end of this week. I want to love this tablet but sorry all the problem is driving me crazy.
welcome to 2 weeks ago buddy.
Damn these threads with misleading titles that are popping up these days. Mods should close this thread.
No need for another GPS thread. Would a mod either merge or close this thread.
adiliyo said:
welcome to 2 weeks ago buddy.
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If I'm not mistaken everyone is still trying to figure out why their GPS isn't working and waiting for answers from ASUS.
Then explain to me how some people's claim that their GPS does work????? I know a lot of people claim that it works perfectly and a lot of people claim that it doesn't. So who knows why it doesn't work as of now. But you would know this if your read the GPS issue thread!
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If I'm not mistaken everyone is still trying to figure out why their GPS isn't working and waiting for answers from ASUS.
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The issue its not solved though. Solved would mean fixed
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Also didn't you learn yesterday is to not make duplicate threads when your "Official GPS Fix" thread got closed. Why do you insist on posting in the GPS thread about your theory, then decided you need to make a thread to post your so called theory.
doeboy1984 said:
Also didn't you learn yesterday is to not make duplicate threads when your "Official GPS Fix" thread got closed. Why do you insist on posting in the GPS thread about your theory, then decided you need to make a thread to post your so called theory.
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That way he gets attention and people read his posts
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I'm sure the young Jedi meant well. at least he not talking about how his gameboy overclocked performs better than PS3..lmfao this info could've easily just been added to other thread. title was misleading. we already figured that might have been a major factor a while back..
demandarin said:
I'm sure the young Jedi meant well. at least he not talking about how his gameboy overclocked performs better than PS3..lmfao this info could've easily just been added to other thread. title was misleading. we already figured that might have been a major factor a while back..
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What's a Gameboy?
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demandarin said:
I'm sure the young Jedi meant well. at least he not talking about how his gameboy overclocked performs better than PS3..lmfao this info could've easily just been added to other thread. title was misleading. we already figured that might have been a major factor a while back..
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Its not a major factor its the only factor.
And I see a lot of people posting that they have working GPS. I do...
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I received my Prime on Monday January 9th and returned it on January 10th. First and most disappointing fact was the GPS failed to establish a lock. No signals were ever displayed using GPStest. This was after receiving two OTA updates which I was hopeful one of them would correct the problem. Neither update addressed the GPS issue.
There was backlight bleed on left side of display. Although my keyboard dock had not arrived, I cancelled it as well. Bottomline, I decided to keep the Transformer 101 and wait for better offerings. This was very unfortunate because I had very much anticipated the new tablet.
Although otherwise it appeared to be a very nice tablet, the issues just turned me off completely.
This forum seems to be turning into a personal diary for some people....
I'm hungry.
I will order pizza....
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Can we stop with the negative posts? Its always the same thing too. GPS. I see post after post saying the same thing. Look at this the opacity is the same price and it lacks GPS. So go get your overly priced ipad. Don't post here.
I returned mine too...it won't wipe my butt.
today i went to work, picked up coffee on the way, it hurt my stomach.
Tomorrow I will probably not get coffee, i will update tomorrow.
Thanks for the Blog report. If you do not own it anymore why even be in this forum? Just to get the mydiary.blog entry in?
ajkid93 said:
Can we stop with the negative posts? Its always the same thing too. GPS. I see post after post saying the same thing. Look at this the opacity is the same price and it lacks GPS. So go get your overly priced ipad. Don't post here.
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Actually, now it is GPS and "SERIAL NUMBER UNKNOWN"
Trust me, as more people get there tablets in hand, and cannot download and install firmware 4.0 ICS, they are going to be complaining about that too.
I am pissed about mine. Just got it yesterday, has "Serial Number Unknown" and I cannot install any updates. Heck yeah I am going to be negative. The "FIRST TABLET WITH ANDROID 4.0" for me is just "ANOTHER TABLET WITH HONEYCOMB 3.2.1."
I should be happy about that? It would be nice if there was a stickied thread for WIFI & GPS PROBLEMS so everyone could post there. Maybe even one for "Serial Number Issues" that way everyone else can post about how awesome their tablet is and the rest of us can moan in the OFFICIAL NEGATIVITY MY PRIME DOESN'T WORK RIGHT thread.
Problem is, I love my Prime, it seems to be pretty good. However, those of you with ICS, think about how much better it is with ICS. Meanwhile, I am stuck with Honeycomb cause of the Serial Number Issue. I cannot enjoy all the upgraded speed, faster touch response, new features etc.
3rdamention said:
Actually, now it is GPS and "SERIAL NUMBER UNKNOWN"
Trust me, as more people get there tablets in hand, and cannot download and install firmware 4.0 ICS, they are going to be complaining about that too.
I am pissed about mine. Just got it yesterday, has "Serial Number Unknown" and I cannot install any updates. Heck yeah I am going to be negative. The "FIRST TABLET WITH ANDROID 4.0" for me is just "ANOTHER TABLET WITH HONEYCOMB 3.2.1."
I should be happy about that? It would be nice if there was a stickied thread for WIFI & GPS PROBLEMS so everyone could post there. Maybe even one for "Serial Number Issues" that way everyone else can post about how awesome their tablet is and the rest of us can moan in the OFFICIAL NEGATIVITY MY PRIME DOESN'T WORK RIGHT thread.
Problem is, I love my Prime, it seems to be pretty good. However, those of you with ICS, think about how much better it is with ICS. Meanwhile, I am stuck with Honeycomb cause of the Serial Number Issue. I cannot enjoy all the upgraded speed, faster touch response, new features etc.
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That sucks. Sorry to hear about it. However, the point everyone is trying to make is that we don't need 600 new threads for each person who has a problem. Not only does it clog up the entire forum but it makes it much more difficult for people that do have problems to find answers. What's easier, browsing through one thread or searching through 50 different ones?
Also, nobody cares that whomever took it back and is getting something else. What's the point then? Nobody can help you (in this case, the OP) fix it now that it's gone. Why bother posting it at all!?
I'm about to cook up some lunch here in about 20 minutes.
#Can'tWait!
Really, if you are too retarded to know that the GPS wasn't working good you shouldn't have a tablet at all because it probably too hard to understand for you.
I had a Motorola Photon, then tried out an Epic 4G Touch. Decided to keep the Samsung instead of the Motorola. Did NOT have any desire to go to any Motorola forums and announce that fact. None. Zero. In fact, haven't visited a Motorola forum since.
Why would I? I don't have a Motorola...
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rapcon said:
I received my Prime on Monday January 9th and returned it on January 10th.
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I saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to no car insurance
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nslayden said:
I returned mine too...it won't wipe my butt.
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you have to turn on the front facing camera first
Wish I was a mod. I Work from home. I would totally wash this General section clean of useless pity me posts. Sorry for your loss man but come on!
Well after looking through some of the retarded comments here, I'm certain I made a good decision. Anyway good luck to those with issues.
jjdevega said:
Wish I was a mod. I Work from home. I would totally wash this General section clean of useless pity me posts. Sorry for your loss man but come on!
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+1 FTW we need more mod activity in here. get the forum back to discussion about the prime.
what BT mice work with the dock, what's a good controller to go for etc. less pity, more constructive discussion please.
I had first noticed that while docked I had this flickering while closing the tab. It appears there is something totally wrong with this unit. Today I was playing zen pinball and i pressed hardly for the right flipper and this screen flickering again. Starting with the bezel when I apply pressure to the right bottom part of the tab the screen flickers into white. I don't think it is a common issue.
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ok. just return it then. end of story
demandarin said:
ok. just return it then. end of story
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I find I can replicate screen flickering just by tapping the recent items button after having a dozen apps/pages stored there.
A reboot fixes it but it comes back later.
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I find I can replicate screen flickering just by tapping the recent items button after having a dozen apps/pages stored there.
A reboot fixes it but it comes back later.
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Not the same here. Yours must be DEFECTIVE..
Ok, every product has a small percentage of defective devices. Besides the other issues, THIS is that small group. Return it, it's that simple. They will send you a new one. No need to create a topic to vent your anger when there is a very simple solution.
Wait wait wait.....no nobody is allowed to complain??? If it's a valid concern that doesn't seem right.
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I had first noticed that while docked I had this flickering while closing the tab. It appears there is something totally wrong with this unit. Today I was playing zen pinball and i pressed hardly for the right flipper and this screen flickering again. Starting with the bezel when I apply pressure to the right bottom part of the tab the screen flickers into white. I don't think it is a common issue.
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Mine dID something like this after exiting a game. This was a couple of days after ICS installed. I did a couple of reboots and it disappeared. Never did it before ICS and has been good since. I marked it up to ICS and program issue. Prime is working great now and even the same game works fine. Hopefully it is something similar.
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Wait wait wait.....no nobody is allowed to complain??? If it's a valid concern that doesn't seem right.
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People certainly can complain, but it would be much more useful if the issue was in the name of the thread instead of just having a trolly URGH MY PRIME IS SUCH A PIECE OF CRAP title. Why would anyone wanna help someone who's insulting the device he's asking help for?
Did you try a reset, uninstalling the app and reinstalling?
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People certainly can complain, but it would be much more useful if the issue was in the name of the thread instead of just having a trolly URGH MY PRIME IS SUCH A PIECE OF CRAP title. Why would anyone wanna help someone who's insulting the device he's asking help for?
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Ok true. However most are told to read before they post. If you read in this forum, you get about two pages before, uggghhh I hate this piecer lol.
Joeyle: just to be fair, I remember in the wifi thread you being one of the loudest Asus bashers. I can pull up posts if you want. I'm just saying. Give other people a chance too, as you were given.
What is wrong with people who throw flames to someone complaining about an item spent that much. Don't worship companies which screw you with defective units, false advertisement and all. Then you become not different from Apple worshippers.
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The Complaint System Works
How quickly everyone forgot about the bootloader, the whole Prime community sang the loudest compaint campaign that made Asus change their mind about the lock. Let's give those with valid reasons the room to voice their concerns, not getting any answer or support will only lead to fans losing their Prime esteem and leaving the fold.
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Joeyle: just to be fair, I remember in the wifi thread you being one of the loudest Asus bashers. I can pull up posts if you want. I'm just saying. Give other people a chance too, as you were given.
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That's not true. I only was angry when the rumor was that the Prime was being discontinued for another tablet (TF700) however that isn't true in the end.
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Not the same here. Yours must be DEFECTIVE..
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LOL...arent they all defective!
Up today I hated Apple. My next tablet will be Ipad3.
I am just joking. I'll wait for the next Samsung. I am not an Acer guy, and although I have huge respect for Asus in the PC area (for the last 17 years my mainboards had always been Asus, 7 note and netbooks including TM91 and I recently bought the Zenbook) i lost my trust in the Android arena. I returned TF1 in a week because of terrible light bleeding, and now this. I thought mine was perfect except GPS but after 3 weeks of use now I discover the screen issue. I was really sorry to see Samsung not giving any hints about its next tablet in CES 2012. I had 2 Acer notebooks with huge problems, so it is not my brand. It means I'll wait some time and am very sorry for selling GTab 10.1.
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LOL...arent they all defective!
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LOL....what do you consider defective? Oh, you must mean the GPS.. no where did Asus claim that GPS reception on this unit would perform on par or better than the original, you just assumed it. Not up to your standards then return it.
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It's definatly a valid concern. I'm just wondering why we have threads with people just venting. It's a VERY easy fix. If Asus didn't fix it, THEN he should vent, I would too. I just feel like Asus deserves the benefit of the doubt on this. Don't blast a company if you haven't even tried to work out the issue.
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LOL....what do you consider defective? Oh, you must mean the GPS.. no where did Asus claim that GPS reception on this unit would perform on par or better than the original, you just assumed it. Not up to your standards then return it.
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This is one of the most ignorant statements on this forum.
So when you bought your garmin nuvi which says gps on the box and you cant use it within 50 feet of any structures or trees, that to you is acceptable because the box does not state "it works".
GPS printed on my prime box, meaning GPS should work ALL the time, not on Sundays at 3pm wearing a blue tie and purple pants. GPS should work as GPS is expected to. Outside with clear skys should not display can not locate satellites...
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This is one of the most ignorant statements on this forum.
So when you bought your garmin nuvi which says gps on the box and you cant use it within 50 feet of any structures or trees, that to you is acceptable because the box does not state "it works".
GPS printed on my prime box, meaning GPS should work ALL the time, not on Sundays at 3pm wearing a blue tie and purple pants. GPS should work as GPS is expected to. Outside with clear skys should not display can not locate satellites...
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Mine can, you have a defective one?
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I received my Prime a week ago and I am going to return it today.
I have the latest firmware updates, including the GPS "fix" which changed my GPS capability from marginal to absolutely useless. And I have the bluetooth wifi issue, although it only occurs with one of my headsets. Two newer headsets do not cause the problem so it's not an issue. Neither is the GPS since I don't really need it on a tablet. And I really like the ICS UI on the Prime, and with ADW EX on top, I love it.
However, the overriding problem is general poor wifi reception. One of the things I do every day with a tablet (in addition to read email, browse, and play words with friends) is watch video at night in bed, using a tablet to not disturb my wife. My old crappy (albeit with CM7) Nook Color does this flawlessly and has full bars of wifi at this location, which is about 20 ft from the wifi router, but through a wall and a floor. The Prime shows one or two bars but stutters so much on streaming video (from netflix, youtube, other internet, or local server) that it is unusable.
I think that once it was discovered the Prime had so many issues, Asus' first priority should not have been trying to roll out half-tested firmware updates but to release the bootloader unlocker as quickly as possible. I have far more confidence in the devs at XDA to fine tune the software of a device to get the best possible performance of the hardware than I do with any manufacturer. And I should have followed my own rule on buying mobile devices, and that is to not consider buying one unless there are XDA roms available for it. But, it was quad core! And ICS! And hi-res! I got caught up in the excitement and ignored my own advice.
Now I don't know what to buy. Maybe wait for the 700 series, or just get an OG transformer once the price drops.
Cool story, bro.
I'm having an omelette this morning with some really spicy jalapeno cheese and some nice uncured ham. It should be really good. I think I'll enjoy it immensely.
This morning, I took a big dump, at first I thought that I would delay doing it till the evening so that I can a better version (after lunch) but I was having so many issues and my stomach was making noises so I decided to just go.
Moral of the story: No one gives a f**k whether you keep your Prime or return it. There are already countless threads like these, please stop posting this s**t.
Hmmm interesting
going to the gym now, then watching some tennis.
ajamils said:
This morning, I took a big dump, at first I thought that I would delay doing it till the evening so that I can a better version (after lunch) but I was having so many issues and my stomach was making noises so I decided to just go.
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TMI, man. TFMI.
Goodbye from this forum then, we wont be seeing you around anymore. All these issues still haven't put me off cancelling my order.
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This morning, I took a big dump, at first I thought that I would delay doing it till the evening so that I can a better version (after lunch) but I was having so many issues and my stomach was making noises so I decided to just go.
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Can't stop laughing...
Boy, folks have taken their thoughtful, really helpful posts to a new level in this thread.
Wow..........
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Just stupid and no one cares!
My life is complete now that I know the info reported in this thread. Thanks for that!!!! We are glad you are gone....please do not return. You don't deserve to have such power in your hands. Do us a favor and don't get the TF700 either, you can't handle bleeding edge technology. As a matter of fact....just close your XDA account.....you have nothing to offer us.
Not to mention there is already a thread about this!!!! you should be banned from XDA!!!!! that's my VOTE!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441202&highlight=returned
i sold mine for 450 to some sucker and bought an ipad2. prime had a dead pixel and backlight was bleeding
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kobe4rings said:
i sold mine for 450 to some sucker and bought an ipad2. prime had a dead pixel and backlight was bleeding
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From one sucker to another. Way to pay it forward. I hope u disclosed those issues first although I'm sure you will say you did even if you didn't.
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slayer69 said:
Not to mention there is already a thread about this!!!! you should be banned from XDA!!!!! that's my VOTE!
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Amen to that
skeptikal said:
From one sucker to another. Way to pay it forward. I hope u disclosed those issues first although I'm sure you will say you did even if you didn't.
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I think the fact that he specified "sucker" implies pretty strongly that he did not disclose the defects.
Oh, and, about that iPad 2 the guy bought and light bleed:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/12/poll-is-your-ipad-2-backlight-bleeding-video/
http://www.cultofmac.com/87197/if-your-ipad-2-has-display-problems-do-not-return-it-heres-why/
https://discussions.apple.com/message/13203882#13203882
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2011/05/...-attributed-to-lcd-panels-produced-by-lg.html
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/03/14/does-your-ipad-2-backlight-bleed/
http://www.tcgeeks.com/the-ipad-2-light-bleed-and-yellowing-what-you-can-do/
Sorry, also forgot to mention the iPad 2 and dead pixels. No need to link all of the stories, here's the Google Search link: https://www.google.com/webhp?source...303290c933ce3a0&biw=1366&bih=643&ix=heb&ion=1
And Apple's official policy for dead pixels on the iPad 2 seems to be that there have to be three of them before the thing can get replaced (with some wiggle room on a first replacement): http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/05/apple-dead-pixel-policy-leaked-one-for-iphone-three-for-ipad-g/
slayer69 said:
Not to mention there is already a thread about this!!!! you should be banned from XDA!!!!! that's my VOTE!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441202&highlight=returned
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My bad. I should have looked for threads on this topic before posting. But from the responses it appears poor wifi performance on a wifi-only device is not much of an issue for some people.
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My bad. I should have looked for threads on this topic before posting. But from the responses it appears poor wifi performance on a wifi-only device is not much of an issue for some people.
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For some folks WiFi seems to work fine. For others, the signal and speed degrades rapidly as you move away from the router. Much worse than other devices for me.
phoneturf said:
My bad. I should have looked for threads on this topic before posting. But from the responses it appears poor wifi performance on a wifi-only device is not much of an issue for some people.
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The responses to your post have nothing to do with the Prime's performance, and everything to do with your creating another thread harping on the same issues that already exist in many, many duplicate threads. Why should anyone feel the need to respond to you about issues that've already been beaten to death?
Ok we know it's coming soon, in fact I am already seeing hints of it. We know inevitably once the I3 is out, there will be people that suggest that everything Apple has made going back to the IMAC is better than the Prime.
So this thread is for people to start lowering their blood pressure ahead of time and once it starts. I will not consider anything in THIS thread flaming, sarcasm, trolling, or anything else that is usually reportable especially since it is a hypothetical post. That being said I cannot control it if a mod thinks something is too far gone and decides to take things into his own hands.
Personally I think this type of thread is better than hijacking someone else's, at least here we can have fun. So without further adieu, say what you wish.
GUYS, I just saw the specs on the new IPAD3. It is going to blow everything ANDROID out of the water especially everything ASUS has on the drawing board. You guys better sell your antique now so you can preorder the I3
EDIT: BTW the ones I am really gonna have fun with are those who don't read the OP and think the thread is serious
EDIT 03/19 Since the thread became serious I have changed to a serious name suggested by Wordly wise
Original name was
I REALLY THINK THE IPAD3 (and 2) ARE BETTER THAN THE PRIME
Unfortunately even the original iPad blows the Prime out of the water simply because its a reliable product unlike the nothing but problems since launch quality control issues Prime
Ipad 3 will be for my kids. You have a link for the specs? Because I didn't think
it wasn't announced until tomorrow (March 7th).
Everything is rumor at this point....
So you wanna fight or what?
Why come into the Prime general forum with a line like that if youdidn't expect a flame fest. (I take back any earlier comment about trollism, as clearly tha is not your intent) . You must KNOW you won't get a serious debate in here, but rather a war of words, and incendiary comments. The Prime is the most Love it/Hate it device going right now. People are so polarised over it, it's crazy, with Major "It's the best and I won't STAND for anyone talking bad about it" guys like Damandarin, down to the opposite side such as this joker:
jdbaker82 said:
Unfortunately even the original iPad blows the Prime out of the water simply because its a reliable product unlike the nothing but problems since launch quality control issues Prime
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Black or white with Prime... Personally I love it, but have been frustrated as hell by the issues that will all be resolved on the next iteration (yeah... uhuh. and all aspirins are alike) But yeah, it CLOSE to greatness, but too many **** ups and it starts losing that shine... At the moment I need to see Asus STOP updating at breakneck pace breaking **** while they fix others... I had to roll back to .14, and I had no issues all along, besides you G know P what S
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Why come into the Prime general forum with a line like that if youdidn't expect a flame fest. (I take back any earlier comment about trollism, as clearly tha is not your intent) . You must KNOW you won't get a serious debate in here, but rather a war of words, and incendiary comments. The Prime is the most Love it/Hate it device going right now
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Of course I know, but better here than in the threads that are going to start tomorrow. Those threads will probably be posted in all seriousness, ooorrrr did you not read the entire OP xD.
I Love Deman but I bet he doesn't read the whole OP or this post and swoops in like the Green Lantern.
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Of course I know, but better here than in the threads that are going to start tomorrow. Those threads will probably be posted in all seriousness, ooorrrr did you not read the entire OP xD.
I Love Deman but I bet he doesn't read the whole OP or this post and swoops in like the Green Lantern.
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LOL... I almost PEED MYSELF!!!! You are so right! And Quad Core Beats what iPAD 3 has... uh... What DOES iPAd 3 have?
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Green Latern is cool.
And I love my prime.
Good point. Probably about 100 threads of IPAD 3 vs Prime in next few days. lol
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LOL... I almost PEED MYSELF!!!! You are so right! And Quad Core Beats what iPAD 3 has... uh... What DOES iPAd 3 have?
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My buddy works at Apple and he sent me a copy of the spec sheet. It's running a Tegra 6 24 cores at 2.5mhz. And it has 8 gigs of ram with 1TB of user app space, and all the apps are in the cloud so you don't use up room on the tablet, and it doesn't need WIFI to download them it uses a transporter
Erusman said:
Green Latern is cool.
And I love my prime.
Good point. Probably about 100 threads of IPAD 3 vs Prime in next few days. lol
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Really? How do you feel about the Green LaNtern. If you were posting from an IPAD it wouldn't let you make that mistake
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Ok we know it's coming soon, in fact I am already seeing hints of it. We know inevitably once the I3 is out, there will be people that suggest that everything Apple has made going back to the IMAC is better than the Prime.
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I'm saving up for the iPad XX (20). It's going to incite Rapture and save our souls. It's also going to sh*t money and run on a quantum processor, travel faster than light, and have enough geebees to hold every single memory that humanity has ever had. OMG I LUV APPLE AND ANDROID SUKS BECAUSE IT COPIES EVERYTING APPLE. TROLLS RULE!
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I'm saving up for the iPad XX (20). It's going to incite Rapture and save our souls. It's also going to sh*t money and run on a quantum processor, travel faster than light, and have enough geebees to hold every single memory that humanity has ever had. OMG I LUV APPLE AND ANDROID SUKS BECAUSE IT COPIES EVERYTING APPLE. TROLLS RULE!
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DEMAN Help!
You should add Samsung's next tablet. They have their own event on March 9th...
shinzz said:
You should add Samsung's next tablet. They have their own event on March 9th...
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Yeah I agree, the first generation IPAD is better than anything that Samsung has put out or will put out this year
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Really? How do you feel about the Green LaNtern. If you were posting from an IPAD it wouldn't let you make that mistake
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Yes.. true. However, using an IPAD would take away that "character" that makes you.. YOU.
IPAD ??
Whats one on them ?
Are they a new type of womens sanitry towels ? if so I will buy the wife a pack
It's just too damned hard to figger out the widgers and home bases and file whatchamacallits on my Prime. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaay to complicated. I just want to turn it on and push some buttons and watch my kitty videos on the YouTube. I mean, when I install an app, where does it GO?!? What are those little dots on the screen, you know, the ones on the right-hand corner at the top? You know, when I hold the Prime SIDEWAYS?
So I think I'll get one of those iPad 3 things from the Apple store, so I don't have to worry about figgering anything out. And I know it'll just werk, right? RIGHT?
AAAHHH I found them
Thing about apple is its BUILT to be idiot proof, you have a limited amount of things you can do with it and it works well at what it does.
Android, by nature, is more unstable however there is more freedom to put whatever os you like (android, linux, hell i've seen some androids running messed up windows ports with very limited functionality)
So ya the ipad may be "better" if you want something stable, however i want something i can customize to my liking and you just cant do that with apple.
Too Much Choice
DO I Buy
Ipad 1
OR IPAD 2
OR IPAD 3
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I just want to turn it on and push some buttons and watch my kitty videos on the YouTube. QUOTE]
If you did not mean kiddy videos I don't think the IPAD will let you watch these.
EDIT the above wouldn't have happened if I was using an IPAD
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