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Howdy all.
I am currently considering buying a Prime (if I can find any in stock?) and I have a couple of Questions regarding it.
1. To UK buyers, are you experiencing any WiFi issues? I saw that Asus stated that no Prime's had been shipped to the UK with any WiFi issues?
2. If docked on the keyboard, can I plug in my external USB powered (no external power supply) Hard Drive into the keyboard and it work ok?
3. Can you actually buy one without a keyboard?
I am sure there were other questions, but I can't remember them at the moment, sure I will remember them sometime! :-D
Cheers
Stewart
1. ?
2. Yes
3. Yes
timgt said:
1. ?
2. Yes
3. Yes
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I thought question 3 was no in the UK? We can in the US but I thought you had to get the bundle in Europe.
3. think no...
charger connects to keyboard and I don't know where would I plug it otherwise..
no wifi issue here, UK user.
The only downside is that I am struggling to connect on my work internet due to some funny settings but it works fine elsewhere.
1. No issues here
2. Yes, works just fine.
3. No, It's not available in the UK without the dock
Wifi seems fine on mine. GPS sucks though
No idea about ext HD. Probably but likely to suck battery very quickly
I've seen 64Gb models without the keyboard for sale in UK, but not 32Gb.
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My Prime's GPS doesn't work at all...with or without wifi.
any one esle experience this? I searched before i posted this. Mods please delete and guide me to a thread if its been created.
anyone?
Try this
Credits to MobileTechReview and Lisa and pdagal (saw this on youtube, so I'm not sure where the original thread is.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgx2Kpfi-Ps&feature=relmfu
Haven't tried this out because I don't own this device. What am I doing here??? Who knows.
I experiend this problem with my Prime too. I used GPS Test, w/ or w/o wifi indoor and I get not signal.
Yeah I did too, took it back got another one with mediocre GPS which pretty much is the best you can get. The perfect working prime does not exist, some people will say they have it but they will also say they don't care about GPS. lol
Good luck hope u can still exchange the thing.
you probably have a terrible connection to the gps antenna. my bet is if you go for a drive and point your TFP out the window for 10 mins you might pick up five sats with bad SNR. exchange it!
Try this for GPS...
I am using this on my android phone: GPS 2 Bluetooth v.2.2 by
cajax
And this on the tablet: Bluetooth GPS by Googoo Android
Download from Android Market and follow the directions and you will get full GPS,,,,especially in the house or car with phone close to window
Settings
-on tablet and phone make sure in Development the Allow for mock locations is checked
-on the Bluetooth GPS by Googoo Android app on tablet check mark in settings "Use insecure connection"
Yeah... there is a billion threads on this forum about GPS problems. Mine is non-existent as well.
I was told that it worked for some people before the firmware / ICS upgrade. But if you are looking for GPS, I would highly recommend you take the Prime back and get something else... because Asus pretty much removed that feature off the spec sheet and stated that "it's not designed to be a professional GPS device"
I am on my 3rd prime before I could see any satellites with mine. Here is a video of one working and one not working.
My GPS worked one time, one night. It never worked before or since. So yes, my WiFi is basically dead on arrival and is completely useless and non functioning.
I finally decide to return mine for a fix, Asus sent me the RMA infomation.
I am kinda disappointed in Asus tranformer prime I have been waiting for it more than a year, else I could have iPad 2.
my case: the GPS work out for the couple of first time OUTdoor only. Then after I update to ICS, GPS was stopped working on both w/ or w/o WIFI, outdoor or indoor.
I also the Wifi was having some issues too, the signal was always week, the further you get from the access point, it is likely you want have wifi...where my iPhonw 4 is working at the same distance....
doeboy711 said:
I am on my 3rd prime before I could see any satellites with mine. Here is a video of one working and one not working.
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Wow, interesting. When you consider the Prime's only been out a little over a month so h/w should be the same and they're all running the same s/w there shouldn't be huge differences between them. Out of curiousity, do they perform differently with Wi-Fi also?
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Wow, interesting. When you consider the Prime's only been out a little over a month so h/w should be the same and they're all running the same s/w there shouldn't be huge differences between them. Out of curiousity, do they perform differently with Wi-Fi also?
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I have had good wifi on all three. Using speed test app on both my phone and the prime, they both pulled almost identical speeds all over my house. The first one had the serial # unkown issue, gps not working at all and screen bleed. The second one also had screen bleed and no gps found. The third one is a keeper, so far everything works out great. It sucks that I got used to the other 2 primes, customized it and then had to return it. But now, since I have a keeper, I am really going to customize the hell out of it lol.
A lot of the wifi problems I had when I first got the Prime eroded away. Mainly it was Wifi and Bluetooth pair problems, but after nearly a month with the Prime I find that I've been Bluetooth pairing and viewing Hulu+ (hacked) / Netflix without issues.
My GPS isn't prefect, but it works enough where I'm not planning to RMA (or return my Prime) because of it.
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whoa... alot of posts!
i dont plan on sending it back, i can live without gps, ill rather use it on my phone.... and the wifi is working fine... just find it a bit weird that it didnt work at all!
worst way for any company to start a top line item... if this worked perfect, imagine how many more sales they would of done... so sad
My new prime (I snagged it when it came online @ amazon) just arrived today!.
With some testing, this is what i have found:
1. Light bleed: Yes, there is some in the upper left hand corner. Nothing major though and i only notice it when it is booting.
2. WIFI: Works without a problem
3. GPS: Works just like i expected. (Meaning it cant pick up a single satellite.)
4. Blutooth: Nothing to test it with.
5. ICS OTA update: No problems
Its serial is C10KASXXXXXX
If it makes you feel better;
Arrived today from Carphonewarehouse UK
lightbleed - nope
wifi - exactly the same as my two htc android phones
gps - works outside/in car (with good lock) - exactly the same as my 2 htc phones
ICS update - went fine
wifi+bluetooth - works fine with my htc bluetooth headset...was only a test though as i never use bluetooth anyway.
serial C10KAS
please, let's not get a new thread for the test results of every prime. for those that are tracking batches we do already have a thread for the C1 batch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462342
or you can just vote in one of these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478778
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479246
The FIRST rule of XDA is.....
1. Search before posting.
Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.
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hey,everybody.
I am going to buy a sony tablet s1 in China, but here I have a few questions.
1. sb told me that tablet s has a very bad wifi signal, even worse than HTC HD2. is that ture?
2.Google news says that in the lastest upgrade to angdroid 4.0, the sd card could be used as the external storege like other tablet.Really?
3.I am now in China, many people say that the Tablet S Chinese Version reduce a lot of functions.I wonder if I can flash the US rom to recovery them?
thx~~!!
I can only reply to Q1 here.
I've just got the S1 and I don't know why so many people are moaning about the Wifi.
The thing that it does is when put onto standy it swtiches off wifi and when you awaken it again you get a couple of seconds delay before reconnecting. Sometimes you get it taking longer, but that is very rarely.
Wifi signal is also nice and strong in my house, much better than my Nexus S wifi signal.
Cheers.
what Warren_Orange said is absolutely right. No issue to wifi. Tablet S can connect back the wifi very easily and fast after the screen black out.
answer to your no 2 q, we can access to sd card music/video using the default players after ICS upgrade.
Agreed with other users on Q1: I've rarely had any problems with my WiFi so I'm not sure what other users are complaining about.
Q2: That's the case. The original 3.2-based ROM did not include this fully as the external SD card was mounted at /mnt/sdcard2 and could only be accessed by third-party apps. With the ICS upgrade, it is now accessible via the stock apps.
Q3: I can't be certain, but this should be possible. Condi's all-in-one tool includes a region change function, which would then allow you to install that new region's ROM updates. Unless the hardware is different, it shouldn't be a problem.
So I've been dealing with this for over a year now, trying everything under the sun to get this to work and I noticed that the majority of the time the issue happens with Asus Routers. And ironically I have one too, an RT-AX86U to be exact.
So after a lot of research & trial and error, I found myself a good Temporary Solution that has been working for over a week now, with the WiFi signal lagging very briefly on a rare occasion, with maybe one time where I thought the issue came back but the whole internet was down instead .
So here's what I did:
1. No Smart Switch was used to set up my S23 Ultra. Never liked it to be honest. I use Samsung Cloud and Google Drive via Google One to back up everything & I keep all my stuff in the cloud so it was only a re-download of what was needed. And I only brought back only my Messages & Call Log, cuz I'm forgetful . I also manually added my WiFi to my phone, I didn't bring it over. I also cleared it from my Known WiFi Networks as well beforehand.
2. I switched the Router's software from ASUSMerlin back to Stock ASUS software, and updated it to the most STABLE version. Get it from ASUS directly & install it via the web gui.
3. I did both the HARD Factory Reset AND the NORMAL Factory Reset after I updated the router. There's two versions of it apparently. I did the version where you are physically pressing buttons to do it, and then I did the normal one on the Web Gui. Look up Hard Factory Reset *insert router name here* and it'll give you the way to do it for that particular version.
4. Went through Initial Router Set-up normally. Kept the same name & password, **stick to WPA2 security, you'll see why in a second**
5. *on the phone* Turned on Developer Settings on the phone, turned on Wifi Safe Mode.
6. Settings, Connections, WiFi, tap on the 3 Dots on the top right and choose Intelligent WiFi & turn off Prioritize Real-time Data.
7. *in Web Gui for the Router* Turn off 802.11ax/WiFi 6 mode. It's in Wireless. Make sure you do it for both bands (the first section will be which band you're editing, choose accordingly)
8. I actually kept on the 160 Mhz option for the 5Ghz because I want my speed dammit. Hasn't affected anything.
9. Switched my DNS (including IPv6) out of Cloudflare to a different DNS, I used Google. IPv4 is in the WAN section, IPv6 is in the IPv6 section (switch only if you actually have that one normally) **I didn't try different DNS options, Google was always my second choice, my focus was NOT using Cloudflare. Try different ones and see, I was always having issues with Cloudflare**
10. **for fun cuz why not** Restart everything. Phone, Router, and Modem if you're feeling fancy. Why? It doesn't hurt so might as well.
That's it. No Phone Mac. No Static IP on the phone. I'm on my 5Ghz Band consistently and it works almost flawlessly. Granted I would love to have Wifi6 available to me so I can get a better router with the 6Ghz Band as an option, but being able to use my 5Ghz in a stable way on my phone when I need that is more important to me. So there we go.
You should change the title of the post by: "For crap routers like ASUS, this is the solution I found to have stable connections with Samsung"
I have another brand that has a solid wifi connection with just default configuration as it should be.
citytrader said:
You should change the title of the post by: "For crap routers like ASUS, this is the solution I found to have stable connections with Samsung"
I have another brand that has a solid wifi connection with just default configuration as it should be.
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What brand do you use?
citytrader said:
You should change the title of the post by: "For crap routers like ASUS, this is the solution I found to have stable connections with Samsung"
I have another brand that has a solid wifi connection with just default configuration as it should be.
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My ASUS router has never given me any problems with any of my phones including this one.
EtherealRemnant said:
My ASUS router has never given me any problems with any of my phones including this one.
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Asus routers are know to have lot of bugs and instability caused by bad firmware and their hardware, some models worse than others, plenty of issue you will find in the forums and even at Amazon if you read the reviews.
My current router is Netgear RAXE300, solid as a rock, much better and faster than the older one it replaced, a Netgear R7800. I will consider Asus as a brand for motherboards and GPUs but never for Wifi routers.
citytrader said:
Asus routers are know to have lot of bugs and instability caused by bad firmware and their hardware, some models worse than others, plenty of issue you will find in the forums and even at Amazon if you read the reviews.
My current router is Netgear RAXE300, solid as a rock, much better and faster than the older one it replaced, a Netgear R7800. I will consider Asus as a brand for motherboards and GPUs but never for Wifi routers.
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Which is funny because I would never consider ASUS for a motherboard or GPU but love their networking gear and would have to be convinced hard to buy another brand.
citytrader said:
Asus routers are know to have lot of bugs and instability caused by bad firmware and their hardware, some models worse than others, plenty of issue you will find in the forums and even at Amazon if you read the reviews.
My current router is Netgear RAXE300, solid as a rock, much better and faster than the older one it replaced, a Netgear R7800. I will consider Asus as a brand for motherboards and GPUs but never for Wifi routers.
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Good to know, thank you for that
Chexk out the UNIFI Dream Machine. I have gigabit service and get an 850mb download.
citytrader said:
You should change the title of the post by: "For crap routers like ASUS, this is the solution I found to have stable connections with Samsung"
I have another brand that has a solid wifi connection with just default configuration as it should be.
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I've been using an ASUS (RT-AC68U) router for 9 years and never had a single problem with it. I only recently took it out of service as it wasn't Wi-Fi 6 compatible. What is it about them that you proclaim them to be crap?
hand-filer said:
I've been using an ASUS (RT-AC68U) router for 9 years and never had a single problem with it. I only recently took it out of service as it wasn't Wi-Fi 6 compatible. What is it about them that you proclaim them to be crap?
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Maybe it worked fine for you, my experience with routers Asus is too much dumb marketing and unreliable routers, not only my case but lot of people having issues from dropping connections (very common in Asus) to firmware issues specially with the AX series.
I actually had issues with my S22 Ultra with Wifi, I always thought it was my Wifi that was messed up so I would switch it to the 2.4GHz. I'm actually not having the issue at all with my 23 Ultra.
If I were to ask you which, among all of the things you did, fixed the issue, I bet you wouldn't reakly know, would you? There's too many changes that "might have" fixed the issue.
I haven't had any known issues with an S22 Ultra or an S23 Ultra connected via wi-fi to an ASUS XT12 WiFi-6 mesh system. But did need to reboot the "slave" mesh unit once - when it wasn't working for any wifi clients. I previously had an RT-AC3100 that was also solid.
I did have prior bad experiences with Netgear and D-Link back in the 802.11g and 802.11n days - but that was a long time ago.
EtherealRemnant said:
My ASUS router has never given me any problems with any of my phones including this one.
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No problems with my Asus RT-AX3000 either.
I have an AX11000 and haven't had issues with the S21 Ultra, S22 Ultra, Fold 4 or the S23 Ultra. I can use 2.4, 5Ghz w8th Wi-Fi 6 and the 5Ghz 160mhz band. Not sure why you are having issues.