Where is the promised unlock bootloader that Asus claim was coming with ICS. Is this another scheme from Asus to sell more tablets ?. About to call Best buy to send my prime back.
rudeja said:
Where is the promised unlock bootloader that Asus claim was coming with ICS. Is this another scheme from Asus to sell more tablets ?. About to call Best buy to send my prime back.
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If your that impatient.....I would say send it back so that we don't have to hear you whine about this. Its their choice to make this happen....its just now the middle of the month......unlocking the bootloader process requires testing so that your prime does not brick..........Not to mention I believe they need to help out the other users that have issues with the device.
thank you for your reply, but I AM one of those user that is having issue, locked up, reboot, and sleep of death. I need the unlock so that I can downgrade to HC and back to a stable tablet.
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If your that impatient.....I would say send it back so that we don't have to hear you whine about this. Its their choice to make this happen....its just now the middle of the month......unlocking the bootloader process requires testing so that your prime does not brick..........Not to mention I believe they need to help out the other users that have issues with the device.
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I have to agree with the OP. I don't want to see another Motorola promise.
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rudeja said:
thank you for your reply, but I AM one of those user that is having issue, locked up, reboot, and sleep of death. I need the unlock so that I can downgrade to HC and back to a stable tablet.
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Or:
1) you can return it
2) you can RMA it
3) you can be patient and let ASUS release a fix
It's possible that #3 might have happened today.
Of course you also could have searched and read about all of the above ... (hint: the rules are linked in my signature.)
I have been patient, I do not want option 1 and 2. I have waited for this tablet and not I am only able to user it for 5 min before another reboot after ICS. I plan to keep it but I do not want to wait months while my tablet sit and gather dust. I will check on option 3 to see if there is indeed an update.
curreyr said:
Or:
1) you can return it
2) you can RMA it
3) you can be patient and let ASUS release a fix
It's possible that #3 might have happened today.
Of course you also could have searched and read about all of the above ... (hint: the rules are linked in my signature.)
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Where is the promised unlock bootloader that Asus claim was coming with ICS. Is this another scheme from Asus to sell more tablets ?. About to call Best buy to send my prime back.
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return it, so i don't have to see your name on XDA anymore.
its always the ones who are not even developers that want to rush things. Just be patient. Good things come to those who wait. Ones trying to rush it would be the first ones to officially Brick the Prime then come back crying here for help.
Slow your roll Jabroni ;-)
I had a unit from Best Buy, take it back, have them OMS order you a new one and you will have a brand new tablet, likely without any defect by the end of the week. If you do still have software issues, your 14 day counter restarts with the new tablet so you have another 14 days before you have to worry about anything.
Seriously don't understand the sheer number of people willing to scour the forums all day trying to cry about how bad ASUS is when they can simply go get a replacement tablet ordered in less than 15 minutes.
I know you can do it, because I did it. Took my online ordered best buy tablet back to the store, they had it all taken care of and said I will have a new unit on Friday. If you could wait SOOOO long for the tablet, have a defective one, why can't you wait 4 friggin days to get a brand new one and reset your clock while you wait for ASUS to release a bootloader?
The people who won't do that are going to feel real dumb if it does end up being a hardware issue and they squandered away the opportunity to go and exchange at best buy/gamestop/wherever and find out that it will take weeks to RMA it to ASUS directly as opposed to days if not instantly at their local retailer.
Seriously dumbfounded.
OP - not meaning to take this all out on you, but more a general complaint about many posters here that are claiming the same as you. We have all been waiting for this tablet to release, many of us with issues, act like an adult and go get things taken care of.
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Where is the promised unlock bootloader that Asus claim was coming with ICS. Is this another scheme from Asus to sell more tablets ?. About to call Best buy to send my prime back.
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What are you talking about?! It's been out for awhile now. You must not have seen the thread. To get the unlock tool you need to unregister from XDA for a full month. Don't re-register and log back in or you'll have to start over. Asus will contact you shortly to let you know where to go and pick up your zip drive with the unlock tool on it. Just wait, they know who you are and will call soon.....
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What are you talking about?! It's been out for awhile now. You must not have seen the thread. To get the unlock tool you need to unregister from XDA for a full month. Don't re-register and log back in or you'll have to start over. Asus will contact you shortly to let you know where to go and pick up your zip drive with the unlock tool on it. Just wait, they know who you are and will call soon.....
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What are you talking about?! It's been out for awhile now. You must not have seen the thread. To get the unlock tool you need to unregister from XDA for a full month. Don't re-register and log back in or you'll have to start over. Asus will contact you shortly to let you know where to go and pick up your zip drive with the unlock tool on it. Just wait, they know who you are and will call soon.....
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Out of all of the posts, this was the funniest.
yawn....just me or are these posts getting old? Don't like it...return it. Its simple. You do not need our blessing. You are a big boy or girl...I believe in you
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rudeja said:
Where is the promised unlock bootloader that Asus claim was coming with ICS. Is this another scheme from Asus to sell more tablets ?. About to call Best buy to send my prime back.
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Do you actually know what the unlock tool will do?
Let them fix the reboots and unknown serial issues first.
Sounds like you need to send it in and get an iphad.
If you unlock the bootloader, your warranty will be void.. so if going back to HC doesn't fix your problems, you'll be SOL..
May as well be patient.. *****ing won't make it come any faster.
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What are you talking about?! It's been out for awhile now. You must not have seen the thread. To get the unlock tool you need to unregister from XDA for a full month. Don't re-register and log back in or you'll have to start over. Asus will contact you shortly to let you know where to go and pick up your zip drive with the unlock tool on it. Just wait, they know who you are and will call soon.....
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return it, so i don't have to see your name on XDA anymore.
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Posts like this are just as bad and unhelpful as the OP. Way to be.
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Posts like this are just as bad and unhelpful as the OP. Way to be.
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I contacted amazon to get info on my order and they told me that the prime was delayed due to technical issues so im tired of the rumor crap that asus keeps refusing is happening so I called asus and the lady said she didnt have any information so I asked who or which department will give me some info or I can speak to about this issue and she said no one...i said what does that mean she said...no one will speak to you on that matter mamm. I said that there's no one with asus that will speak to me regarding a product I am purchasing from them and she said that is correct...
now what tablet do you guys recommend?
The Asus Transformer Prime.
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With these useless threads. Really.
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The Asus Transformer Prime.
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This.
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I recommend the iPad 2, because OF COURSE if you call Apple you'll get directed to someone who will answer questions about backordered and/or not-yet-shipping Apple products. Apple is absolutely, completely, perfectly transparent with their users and are happy to talk to ANYONE about future plans, ongoing issues, etc.
So, yes: iPad 2. Definitely.
Probably because Asus isn't deal with you, they are dealing with vendors, and you won't get any information unless you're a vendor.
I'm a CUSTOMER I'm more important than a vendor without "me" the customer they don't exist!!!
I wasn't asking for a ship date or anything I was trying to tell them another vendor was saying asus delayed due to technical issues I WAS TRYING TO HELP THEM!!!
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I'm a CUSTOMER I'm more important than a vendor without "me" the customer they don't exist!!!
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Without ALL customers they don't exist. Without you? Eh, they'll be fine.
By the sound of your posts, I feel quite confident that you asked all of the right questions in all the right ways to make them want to help you in any way that they could. However, Asus is hellbent on losing every customer it has one at a time by conspiring to withhold any and all information related to or concerning the Transformer Prime.
Wow, people are really getting edgy with this whole situation with Transformer Prime.
Seriously, take a deep breath and just wait for the device to come. Its not like Asus is giving them away for free, you are paying the money and you will get it soon enough. If there is a delay, they will tell their distributors and retailers who will then relay the information to their customers..
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I'm a CUSTOMER I'm more important than a vendor without "me" the customer they don't exist!!!
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Actually, ASUS doesn't sell directly to end users, so their customers ARE the retailers. That's who they're set up to deal with, and that's why you didn't get directed to anyone.
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Without ALL customers they don't exist. Without you? Eh, they'll be fine.
By the sound of your posts, I feel quite confident that you asked all of the right questions in all the right ways to make them want to help you in any way that they could. However, Asus is hellbent on losing every customer it has one at a time by conspiring to withhold any and all information related to or concerning the Transformer Prime.
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Hey butt I put it in quotes meaning customers read it next time!
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Hey butt I put it in quotes meaning customers read it next time!
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Were you calling me a butt? Or did you mean "Hey, but I put it in...'? I will be sure to read your posts much more closely next time. How embarrassing for me.
As I said I didn't want info I was trying to give them info...does anyone read or does people just skim...I didn't care when I got it I am PO'd that they spoke like that when I was trying to give them info...they could have said thank you we will pass it to the appropriate people weather they did or not...
I don't shop at BB for rudeness...one of their people refused to match a price I told him fine...his boss came up and asked what I wanted and he told his boss what I wanted and stopped his boss from approaching me saying I know her she'll be back tomorrow...
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As I said I didn't want info I was trying to give them info...does anyone read or does people just skim...I didn't care when I got it I am PO'd that they spoke like that when I was trying to give them info...they could have said thank you we will pass it to the appropriate people weather they did or not...
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They probably should have put you through to the corporate offices right away in my estimation...Very important info that Amazon is slandering Asus. I can't wait to read about it in Business Weekly. No sarcasm intended in this particular sentence.
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I wasn't asking for a ship date or anything I was trying to tell them another vendor was saying asus delayed due to technical issues I WAS TRYING TO HELP THEM!!!
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How nice from you... I guess they really need your help... I wonder why they didn't ask you for help in the first place...
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Angel7777 said:
I don't shop at BB for rudeness...one of their people refused to match a price I told him fine...his boss came up and asked what I wanted and he told his boss what I wanted and stopped his boss from approaching me saying I know her she'll be back tomorrow...
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And did you come back? Just asking...
Just call them back and tell them that you're the southern california Best Buy district manager and you need an update.
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Just call them back and tell them that you're the southern california Best Buy district manager and you need an update.
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Funny thing is, even then you might not get a response. The retailers all have buyers who deal with ASUS, and they've probably established long ago that only those buyers should interact with ASUS directly. Nothing could create a flustercluck quicker than every store from a retail chain calling manufacturers asking about upcoming stocking levels and such.
I'm betting the Best Buy stores call Best Buy HQ, and then Best Buy HQ calls ASUS. The information is then passed back to the stores.
Scratch all that as well, here's a quote from a Best Buy employee in this thread:
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As a current Best Buy employee(Senior at Purdue University(Seasonal employee)...(the same on helping a good amount of this forum get grey docks ahead of schedule) I believe I can shed some light on this issue. Today while using our inventory management software (RSS) I looked up the grey 32 TF201. In BEST BUYS system the sku has been DISCONTINUED. This generally happens when we are no longer receiving that particular model of a computer or tablet physically in stores in the future. This is, in my opinion, not what is going on. As most have noticed the grey 32 prime has been pulled from BBY.com. Only the CG is even on the site. The grey was taken down and given a "secret sku" that was to be used for those who had pre ordered a CG and were given the opportunity to switch to grey. This sku has gotten out to the forums and has been being used to order grey 32 primes online through BBY.com. I suspect BBY is changing the sku so this can no longer be done, and giving the prime a dedicated sku for in store availability which should be occurring within the next 2-3 weeks.
The prime is here to stay.
-Quix
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Also, I never knew this forum was fulled with /b/tards. Shoulda inb4 OP is a troll.
Scratch all that, just talked to a support rep. They're done manufacturing the First model of it. They've got a second model they're planning to roll out this month (just like ICS would be available before the end of the year). That would explain why Best Buy assumed it's done, discontinued the first version of the TF201. Perhaps a TF211? Feel free to call 'em up and ask if it's been discontinued. They should respond with something along the lines of Lol new model! Or something to that effect. Waiting for a supervisor to call me up tomorrow.
Just got off the phone the Best Buy.com floor manager, and *apparently* Asus is no longer manufacturing the Prime. I wanted to return it for a REPLACEMENT, and nobody could answer one simple question: Do you have one in stock to replace it with? I got to the supervisor and he simply told me it was done, gave me a direct number to Asus. He also told me to file an RMA and that Asus would try to fix it, and if they couldnt, then I'd get a same or better one.
Great.
I'm calling Asus to see what's up. I'll update the OP with more info. I want my damn Prime fixed...
I'd appriciate it if someone else called Best Buy to see if this true. Get to a live person, and ask for their supervisor. The guy I got was 'Micheal'. Be sure to ask for his name to see if it's the same guy. Thanks
lol.
Sure
that's because thing is littered with some minor manufactured defects.
oh well, at least it will go up in value
also I bet HASBRO had something to do with this too. Glad I got mines before the court ordered junction was put in place.
LOL, please don't tell me your gonna believe this? Then Asus will probably also be done.
Just delete useless threads like this, thanks.
One thing you should learn pretty quickly is to never believe anything a dumb store manager or CSR tells you.
Im guessing they think they are talking about the OG transformer.
Or did we bully Asus somuch it just up and quit the whole thing?
bwaaa ha ha WTF? BB employees are like VZW employees, I often know more then they do about their own products, thus I don't trust comments like this 1 bit.
i don't know guys, i think the Best Buy.com floor manager is a pretty reliable source...you didn't get to become "floor manager" for nothing....
Maybe the BB floor manager is sick n tired of dealing with all the botched prime exchanging?
I know I would be by now.
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i don't know guys, i think the Best Buy.com floor manager is a pretty reliable source...you didn't get to become "floor manager" for nothing....
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Yeah, probably the OG Transformer.
How the heck would a BestBuy *floor manager* get wind of something faster than Endgaget, ITworld, Anandtech, The Verge and the rest of the technocrat blogosphere?
There is a higher probability of Bigfoot doing the Mambo in Time Square
He probably meant the TF101 original Transformer. It makes perfect business sense to phase out the TF101, now that it's replacement is coming to market.
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lad I got mines before the court ordered junction was put in place.
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Why is it "mines" and not "mine"?
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How the heck would a BestBuy *floor manager* get wind of something faster than Endgaget, ITworld, Anandtech, The Verge and the rest of the technocrat blogosphere?
There is a higher probability that of Bigfoot doing the Mambo in Time Square
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WOW...Bigfoot can Mambo?
LOL this is the funiest thing I read all day!!!
theizzardking said:
i don't know guys, i think the Best Buy.com floor manager is a pretty reliable source...you didn't get to become "floor manager" for nothing....
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Are you KIDDING ME??? Best buy has launched more misinformation that the Counter-Spy's did in WWII.
I had one "E-Commerce VP tell me that ASUS Hasn't RELEASED the dock yet, it will be out at the END OF JANUARY, LOL! I had to tell him that my co-worker HAS one from Best Buy sitting on his desk, and he still doubted me. I had to point him to one of the "Dock Sources" thread here at xda.
He DID NOT become a floor manager by knowing ANYTHING about product releases, I will tell you that. Man that's funny!!!
I almost hurt myself laughing. HEHEHEHEHE! HAHAHAHAHA!
Sorry - it's my fault. All the tablets i buy go end of life about a week later
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Sure
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+1000
if anything bby doesn't have a proper in store stock date so their system is screwed up. no one on CS or at the store level has any idea of what's going on as far as manuf or actual stock beyond what their inventory system shows them, and that system is a piece of crap (unless they updated it significantly after i quit from there, which i doubt)
the only actually plausable thing one can take from this is they are for some reason giving the new batches a different sku and discontinuing the old one.
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Yeah, probably the OG Transformer.
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I thought they are still making the original Transformer?
Yeah best buy also told me that Asus wasn't coming out with the Prime back in december.
Major bugs, horrible design flaw and dishonest sales tactics mixed together with a name that is clearly ripped off from hasbro will lead to its demise.
Prime could have been a real winner but Asus just couldn't live up to it.
They will probably stop making the current bugged out and defective units and redesign it with a plastic back and rename it to the Asus Tranny.
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Are you KIDDING ME??? Best buy has launched more misinformation that the Counter-Spy's did in WWII.
I had one "E-Commerce VP tell me that ASUS Hasn't RELEASED the dock yet, it will be out at the END OF JANUARY, LOL! I had to tell him that my co-worker HAS one from Best Buy sitting on his desk, and he still doubted me. I had to point him to one of the "Dock Sources" thread here at xda.
He DID NOT become a floor manager by knowing ANYTHING about product releases, I will tell you that. Man that's funny!!!
I almost hurt myself laughing. HEHEHEHEHE! HAHAHAHAHA!
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wow.... have i made myself look that stupid in the 20 posts i have here, or did i just misuse an emoticon? i thought the rolling of eyes implied sarcasm...but then you rolled your eyes at me? is that in jest? what if i do it now? does that deflect your sarcasm and reinstate my own? making you look like the fool?
boy, i'm really confused now....
haha....
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I was so excited to get my Prime today. My folks got it in the Netherlands during a business trip. I am in South Africa.
Update: For those saying I should ship it back. I got a quote. 5 days delivery, 1 way cost R3000 (around 350 euros).
Update 2 (29/01/12): Got the receipt from my parents. It appears the reseller does have a local presence, so I will try go via them first.
Update 3 (30/01/12): The reseller also did not offer any viable solutions. Tablet now booked in ASUS Service Centre for repair. No ETA given.
Update 4 (07/02/12): Repair center still waiting on ETA for parts delivery. They are also trying to get a replacement, but it seems they cannot find stock. Asus Support failing to respond to any emails I sent them.
Update 5 (09/02/12): Still no word from either LetMeRepair (repair center) or ASUS. Status remains the same. Posted a message on the ASUS FB wall. Hopefully someone will answer me.
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For the record: https://www.facebook.com/ASUS/posts/243226189093666
Update 6 (9/02/12): After getting no response from ASUS yet again. I contacted the escalations manager at the repair center. She was very helpful and get the vendor manager of ASUS (I guess this one the top ASUS person in South Africa, as they dont seem to physically exist otherwise). The vendor manager told me ASUS is still waiting on parts, and still cannot give an ETA on when these part will be available. I told him I found this shocking as they could not even found out a lead time for spare parts like pretty much any electronic supplier does. He told me that he will contact me the next morning with an answer or possible alternative solutions. (Side note: this RMA out of stock issue is becoming more prevalent now and have seen the same story a few times on this site now)
Final Update (16/02/12): After lots of *****ing and chasing ASUS, I finally got my unit back. They used an LCD from another returned unit. 1 dead pixel in top right corner, but otherwise fine. Minimal lightbleed.
So turning on, I got this:
Honestly, I am shocked at the standard of quality control of ASUS. How can this happen?
Nevermind the fact, they will likely only repair this, seeing as I am not able to fly back to the Netherlands to get it replaced. And that it will likely take months for them to fix it...
I will take it into the ASUS service centre to see how screwed I am...
That really sux. Did you try a reboot or factory reset to see if it gets cleared? Does your device have any signs of being dropped or any damage of any kind?
Seriously - is it really necessary to open a thread for every damaged Prime? Return it, get your money back.
Fin.
Cortical said:
Seriously - is it really necessary to open a thread for every damaged Prime? Return it, get your money back.
Fin.
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Damaged? Nothing is damaged, it is just broken.
Dont you have better things to do?
Edit: Feel free to pay me 2000 euro for a return flight.
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That really sux. Did you try a reboot or factory reset to see if it gets cleared? Does your device have any signs of being dropped or any damage of any kind?
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No damaged whatsoever.
Applying light pressure at the bottom of the line on the bezel area makes some vertical lines go pink.
Why 2000 euro for return flight? Package it up and overnight it back to the store and get a replacement overnighted back to you at max 5% of that 2000 euro plane ticket!
Okay, I understand there are a certain amount of problematic Primes out there. I understand Asus support can be a painful process to go through as well. However, I am starting to get annoyed with everybody and their brother making a new thread when they get a defective Prime. Simply return your Prime to the store if you're not satisfied with it and be done with it.
Thank you.
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Okay, I understand there are a certain amount of problematic Primes out there. I understand Asus support can be a painful process to go through as well. However, I am starting to get annoyed with everybody and their brother making a new thread when they get a defective Prime. Simply return your Prime to the store if you're not satisfied with it and be done with it.
Thank you.
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I disagree, statistical information about a brand new but flawed product is important for potential consumer information. if you're not concern just move on please.
bex said:
Why 2000 euro for return flight? Package it up and overnight it back to the store and get a replacement overnighted back to you at max 5% of that 2000 euro plane ticket!
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No no, it needed to be something unrealistic
aa
theeggman said:
Okay, I understand there are a certain amount of problematic Primes out there. I understand Asus support can be a painful process to go through as well. However, I am starting to get annoyed with everybody and their brother making a new thread when they get a defective Prime. Simply return your Prime to the store if you're not satisfied with it and be done with it.
Thank you.
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Given less the fact that probably less than 1% of TP purchasers know this site exists, it gives a good rough measure of the failure rates. Remember the launch version of the 360? 25% failure rates are about 5x's industry standards for electronics failure rates. Seems we're looking at some similar situation with the Prime. If you don't like the thread, skip it.
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Given less the fact that probably less than 1% of TP purchasers know this site exists, it gives a good rough measure of the failure rates.
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Trying to estimate failure ratios and rates from a message board is not scientific and doesn't even follow standard methods of gathering statistics...
The only way to even estimate the real failure rate if is ASUS releases their numbers, since they have the raw data.
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Trying to estimate failure ratios and rates from a message board is not scientific and doesn't even follow standard methods of gathering statistics...
The only way to even estimate the real failure rate if is ASUS releases their numbers, since they have the raw data.
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This 1000x
This isn't a support forum. you got a defective product. Talk to your retailer and get a replacement. Why make a thread about it? What are you expecting anyone to say other then "sucks, get a new one or a refund"
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Why 2000 euro for return flight? Package it up and overnight it back to the store and get a replacement overnighted back to you at max 5% of that 2000 euro plane ticket!
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If only it was... 5 day delivery, around 350 euro via TNT.
damaged prime
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No damaged whatsoever.
Applying light pressure at the bottom of the line on the bezel area makes some vertical lines go pink.
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this happened with my tf201. If i held/applied pressure to bottom right of tablet, wholre screen would fade white, almost like someone put a 75%opacity paper over top of the screen. it got returned and Bestbuy shipped out new one
RMA has been completed. First post updated.
Wow, they didn't even test it? Or else it happened in transit which I doubt.
Evo_Shift said:
Wow, they didn't even test it? Or else it happened in transit which I doubt.
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One will never know. Perhaps it was one of those real flukes.
All good now, and me happy
Hi Guys,
I just won the asus transformer prime tegra 3 off an android gaming website. Does this thing have a locked bootloader? If not are there any good roms/kernels/hacks available? I'm mostly a motorola guy but am very excited to check out this tablet. I hear it's great for gaming.
Also does this thing have a case that works well with the keyboard dock? I would appreciate any tips!
Honestly did you even bother to read any of the topics existing in the accessories subsection or android development? All of your questions are answered there.
There are cases and there are roms. Bootloader is unlockable but I don't think fully. Asus provides a tool to do it but it also voids your warranty and it cannot be relocked.
Ignore the Rudeness
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Honestly did you even bother to read any of the topics existing in the accessories subsection or android development? All of your questions are answered there.
There are cases and there are roms. Bootloader is unlockable but I don't think fully. Asus provides a tool to do it but it also voids your warranty and it cannot be relocked.
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Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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Thanks for the info. I don't mind what the guy above you said. He is right I should read around but to be honest I've "owned" the device for about a half hour lol. I was excited and am trying to get all the info I can as fast as I can. I have been going over the threads here but it's not as organized as some of the other devices I own.
I look forward to rooting and seeing what this device is capable of
Jonphinguyen7 said:
Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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I wouldn't go as far as calling it rudeness
as there are people who would reply much worse than I did. And I did answer cop's question to an extent
Prack said:
Thanks for the info. I don't mind what the guy above you said. He is right I should read around but to be honest I've "owned" the device for about a half hour lol. I was excited and am trying to get all the info I can as fast as I can. I have been going over the threads here but it's not as organized as some of the other devices I own.
I look forward to rooting and seeing what this device is capable of
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Good luck. I picked up the dock a day ago too so I'm in a similar boat. But I feel like I'm going to have 2 cases. One for tablet and one for both keyboard and tablet
Jonphinguyen7 said:
Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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Nothing rude about that, one can at least expect people to read around themselves and in all honesty these answers are found on the first page of the various subforums.
Coderedpl said:
I wouldn't go as far as calling it rudeness
as there are people who would reply much worse than I did. And I did answer cop's question to an extent
Not trying to start an argument here, just covering all the bases. If read in a particular way in can be taken as rude. Sure, there are posts out there that are 100x worse, but an apple is an apple, even if it's a 1000 ft tall apple.
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Jonphinguyen7 said:
Coderedpl said:
I wouldn't go as far as calling it rudeness
as there are people who would reply much worse than I did. And I did answer cop's question to an extent
Not trying to start an argument here, just covering all the bases. If read in a particular way in can be taken as rude. Sure, there are posts out there that are 100x worse, but an apple is an apple, even if it's a 1000 ft tall apple.
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True. I guess I could have worded it differently but it wasn't meant to be rude. My apologies if it offended any1
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Oh you poor guy :/ congrats to this monstrosity of a device. Look at all the threads in this forum, this tablet is soooo bad and sucks sooo hard that you will be wishing you never won! Nothing will work, there will be bugs all over the place and you get 0 (ZERO) support from Asus. Which is obviously the worst company in the universe (reffering to every 2nd post in this forum). They intentionally made it all aluminum to **** your wifi signal up and they are spying on you with the front facing camera all the time and laughing about you when you get angry because of all the bugs.
Also if you have the Transformer Prime you now know how you will die. One day you will get lost in the woods and die of hunger because the GPS of your prime couldnt find a signal.
Now if you want all of this not happening to you, if you want peace in your life again, if you want to go to heaven... Just send your prime to the following adress.......
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(thx @all the whiners for making this possible )
What I don't know is why people take the time to be dicks in their reply to someone. You exert the same energy being negative. If you read the post and don't have anything helpful to say to the OP just shut the @#$%:up and move on.
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What I don't know is why people take the time to be dicks in their reply to someone. You exert the same energy being negative. If you read the post and don't have anything helpful to say to the OP just shut the @#$%:up and move on.
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...and how exactly did you contribute?
this made me lol hard
OH YEA USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION FOR GAWD SAKES lol only kinda joking but yea search if your friend
one more time
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you got my prime and dock I was supposed to have won! lol. I entered like 3-4 of those contests Asus sponsored over the weekend for various tech sites.
Congrats! you going to love it! Best tablet out today
Lol @ the troll post. If I was lost in the woods I don't think my transformer prime would be my go to survival tool....
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I didn't, but I guess it hit home with you.
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**** you Asus. $500 for this utter piece of **** tablet. I can't use gmail, email, maps, calendar, widgets, no games at all, pretty much ANYTHING, because everything just hangs after a few seconds. I've waited since last December, one update after the other, even went through a month long RMA, so far no sign of improvement. With the last bits of patience left I'll wait for the jelly bean update... and then if the prime still sucks - I'm going to punch a hole in this thing with a hammer, apply the baseball bat treatment office space style, and post pictures of it here.
Rant from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
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**** you Asus. $500 for this utter piece of **** tablet. I can't use gmail, email, maps, calendar, widgets, no games at all, pretty much ANYTHING, because everything just hangs after a few seconds. I've waited since last December, one update after the other, even went through a month long RMA, so far no sign of improvement. With the last bits of patience left I'll wait for the jelly bean update... and then if the prime still sucks - I'm going to punch a hole in this thing with a hammer, apply the baseball bat treatment office space style, and post pictures of it here.
Rant from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
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Cool story bro!
attila123456 said:
**** you Asus. $500 for this utter piece of **** tablet. I can't use gmail, email, maps, calendar, widgets, no games at all, pretty much ANYTHING, because everything just hangs after a few seconds. I've waited since last December, one update after the other, even went through a month long RMA, so far no sign of improvement. With the last bits of patience left I'll wait for the jelly bean update... and then if the prime still sucks - I'm going to punch a hole in this thing with a hammer, apply the baseball bat treatment office space style, and post pictures of it here.
Rant from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
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Or you could sell it on ebay and donate the money to a charity that you feel could use it...
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Rant from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
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Obviously the xda app works fine.
Sent from the matrix. (or my phone)
RAM Manager PRO with profile hard gaming fixed all my problems ! I was like you since january... Using that app and slide out apps from recent apps list when I finish using them, gives me 0 crashes.
Try It man !
Good luck !
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what an asinine, garbage, crybaby, meaningless post. sounds like you have a lemon. and in the minority.
take your ranting elsewhere. no one here cares.
reported.
kingdazy said:
what an asinine, garbage, crybaby, meaningless post. sounds like you have a lemon. and in the minority.
take your ranting elsewhere. no one here cares.
reported.
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Why shouldn't he be able to let off a bit of steam after waiting nine months for updates to fix his problems and going through a lengthy RMA process that still didn't fix the issues he's having. It sounds like his Prime is unusable in it's current state which is unacceptable for a $500+ product. I'm sure the stories of being upgraded to an Infinity or being given a full refund doesn't help the situation either, it saddens me to see other people given a get out of jail free card when I'm left with a product I find sub-par from a technical standpoint that I have no way of getting rid of.
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Why shouldn't he be able to let off a bit of steam after waiting nine months for updates to fix his problems and going through a lengthy RMA process that still didn't fix the issues he's having. It sounds like his Prime is unusable in it's current state which is unacceptable for a $500+ product. I'm sure the stories of being upgraded to an Infinity or being given a full refund doesn't help the situation either, it saddens me to see other people given a get out of jail free card when I'm left with a product I find sub-par from a technical standpoint that I have no way of getting rid of.
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I do think he was overly harsh against folks who have problems and cant help themselves. However I got the same weak wifi laggy prime everybody else with problems had, I just did something about it instead of waiting too long to return it and crying the blues. If my college student kid came to me and said I got some tech that is unusable as is but I waited too long to return it. I would ask her whose fault is that?
Instead of giving us that excuse on why you haven't applied a hammer to it yet due to wait on upcoming JB release.
Why don't you just go to ASUS and download the 4.1 JellyBean update for TF300 and install in on your TF201.
Whilst I agree that's what should happen, many people either naively hoped for future fixes and so kept it as it would be a struggle to get another at the time or like myself were unaware of some of the issues until it was too late (I had less than a week since I bought it abroad from a shop that doesn't operate over here). I wasn't able to compare the WiFi since I didn't know where the router was in the Villa I was staying in and had no other device to compare it to so was ignorant to the WiFi problem which I guess you could partly blame me for for not checking online. Many aren't willing to open their Prime's like you did (A move I may try if the WiFi is still poor after my RMA) to fix their issues out of fear of another issue coming up and then not being able to RMA it for that issue.
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Whilst I agree that's what should happen, many people either naively hoped for future fixes and so kept it as it would be a struggle to get another at the time or like myself were unaware of some of the issues until it was too late (I had less than a week since I bought it abroad from a shop that doesn't operate over here). I wasn't able to compare the WiFi since I didn't know where the router was in the Villa I was staying in and had no other device to compare it to so was ignorant to the WiFi problem which I guess you could partly blame me for for not checking online. Many aren't willing to open their Prime's like you did (A move I may try if the WiFi is still poor after my RMA) to fix their issues out of fear of another issue coming up and then not being able to RMA it for that issue.
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if they do your rma right they should fix the wifi. I wish you luck. I hope they dont screw your ability to unlock whilst doing so.
Istarth said:
RAM Manager PRO with...
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I totally read that as "RMA Manager PRO"
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Please direct any complaints you might have to this official Asus customer service representative.....
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