Firmware 9.xxx - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Hi,
why is there a firmware 9.xxx in the global ASUS forum, while in the German there is only the latest 8.xxx?
I am in Denmark, but my Prome is bought in Germany and I see that there is obly a 8.XXX DE, while the 9.xxx is listed as TW, US or WW
What does all this mean?
Regards

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bimbobo said:
Hi,
why is there a firmware 9.xxx in the global ASUS forum, while in the German there is only the latest 8.xxx?
I am in Denmark, but my Prome is bought in Germany and I see that there is obly a 8.XXX DE, while the 9.xxx is listed as TW, US or WW
What does all this mean?
Regards
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I believe 9.x is ICS
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium

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Thanks, but what does ww, tw, us mean (US is probably USA..)
Should we try a manual update with the 9.xxx WW for a German tablet?

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bimbobo said:
Thanks, but what does ww, tw, us mean (US is probably USA..)
Should we try a manual update with the 9.xxx WW for a German tablet?
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I believe it hasn't been released anywhere else yet. I wouldn't personally but you can give it a shot if you want. That might just be me saying that just because I'm on ICS already lol
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium

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bimbobo said:
Hi,
why is there a firmware 9.xxx in the global ASUS forum, while in the German there is only the latest 8.xxx?
I am in Denmark, but my Prome is bought in Germany and I see that there is obly a 8.XXX DE, while the 9.xxx is listed as TW, US or WW
What does all this mean?
Regards
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TW is Taiwan, US is USA, WW is World Wide (for Primes without a specific country firmware)
As your Prime was delivered as DE unit, you're also only able to flash with DE firmware (until the bootloader has been unlocked, I guess). So no ICS DE firmware on the ASUS website for now to download.

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Have 9.4.2.7 here in the Netherlands (ICS 4.03, WW version)... it was an official update I think on the 6th of January..

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ICS DE version
For some unknown reason the DE ICS version is the only one not released, according to rumors it will first be released at the end of January. So in the mean time you will be a member of the "push check update" club where you have to check at least 30 times a day.
Forgot to mention that the latest version for DE is Version V8.8.3.33(DE) and even that one doesn't come through when checking for update, that version has some speed enhancements but most of all it forces your wifi to on to get the GPS positions so you think that now it works.

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XXRay said:
For some unknown reason the DE ICS version is the only one not released, according to rumors it will first be released at the end of January. So in the mean time you will be a member of the "push check update" club where you have to check at least 30 times a day.
Forgot to mention that the latest version for DE is Version V8.8.3.33(DE) and even that one doesn't come through when checking for update, that version has some speed enhancements but most of all it forces your wifi to on to get the GPS positions so you think that now it works.
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Actually it is meant to help GPS find satellites. If the devices' position is somewhat known to the GPS module it is able to search for satellites known to be seen in that area.
The DE Update to 8.33 can be downloaded and applied manually by copying the zip within the Download-zip to your microSD card, root folder. The Update should be recocnized without any reboot.
Since it makes the device much snappier and smoother to use I reccommend that update.

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People are complaining that without the WIFI on the GPS did not work, and people started turning it off to check and complaints started rolling in. Then ASUS updates the firmware so that you no longer can do that, I would not call that to "fix" or help more to mask the problem. In normal circumstances assistance with GPS position to get quicker fix makes sense, though more for a device that has wifi/3G on the road because if my wifi is off it is probably because there is none . Actually took the Prime on a road trip with Sygic and even though it worked fine, I could not see anything because the display works like a mirror when you have it under your windshield.

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I did install the DE firmware manually.
My complaint is that I bought the tablet from Amazon DE, but I did not care to have a DE model.
I am a bit tired that companies with fws that are specific for Countiries is the same region.
I understand Regional changes, US, AUS, China, but withing Europe is totally idiot.
They force people to jailbrake/route their device, to get the best update and make devices better performing.
I contacted ASUS ín Denmark and they did not know a S***, I have to tell them, about the thread by Gary Key and so on.
They promised to call back today. I am not optimist though, I just wanted ICS because I am Skype NDA and I thought I could test ICS with Skype.

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I found this on DE support side.
Source Code (2)
Version V9.4.2.7
Beschreibung Eee Pad Kernel Code for Android 4.0.3 ICS OS (V9.4.2.7)
What is this?

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..bump..
Please any answer
Thanks

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bimbobo said:
I found this on DE support side.
Source Code (2)
Version V9.4.2.7
Beschreibung Eee Pad Kernel Code for Android 4.0.3 ICS OS (V9.4.2.7)
What is this?
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It is what it says already: Source Code
If you're able to, you can compile a firmware out of the Source Code

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yeah michi_1983... you are the one, who creates a firmware out of a KERNEL-Source-Code .
The Source-Code of the whole firmware would be 10-times bigger.

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seththedevil said:
yeah michi_1983... you are the one, who creates a firmware out of a KERNEL-Source-Code .
The Source-Code of the whole firmware would be 10-times bigger.
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haha I never said that
I just wanted to tell him that it's a part of the firmware and nothing he just can flash, is that right?

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michi_1983 said:
haha I never said that
I just wanted to tell him that it's a part of the firmware and nothing he just can flash, is that right?
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so isch recht