How is everyone charging their prime with the keyboard docked? My battery was dead on both last night so I plugged the charger into the keyboard expecting it to be full this morning but is is only on 34% keyboard and 84% tablet. Is this normal? I did leave the tablet on whist charging but I don't have anything running and screen was off (lid closed)
Meybe it is bug... when you again drain dock+tablet battery to 0% try to charge if you have again this problem please send me a message to pm.. sorry for english
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Check the cable is in properly and the charge light is on. My first prime was sent back for charging problems. After a couple of days the slightest knock would move the cable enough to stop it charging.
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Keep in mind that this is not a parallel battery configuration. When Docked the tablet charges from the dock and the dock charges from the power adaptor so its perfectly normal to see the tablet at a higher charge than the dock. I always charge with it docked and it stays docked unless I just happen to play a game requiring it to be undocked.
Also how long was it charging?
I never run both completely dead and have found that generally speaking if I plug it in when I go to bed its fully charged the next morning. While I do use it quite a bit Ive yet to completely exhaust the batteries.
It is something like this (others please post corrections as needed):
ATP charges when charger is plugged into an outlet.
ATP charges from the dock when battery level hits 70% or just below (I haven't noticed which yet) until it is near full.
ATP charges from the dock when the dock is plugged into an outlet using the charger.
The TF101 would charge from the dock whenever plugged in, so this is nice IMHO.
TF101 plugged into a USB 2 port = trickle charge on the TF101, so I assume same since the dock not charging via USB 2.0 was noted in my ATP dock's manual.
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So, i put my TFP on the charger last night.. it was around 5% battery. I check on it now, and its completely off, the charger is hot and smells like burning plastic and my TFP is dead.
I'm not getting any response when i try plugging in the USB to any USB to 110V charger..
Anyone else experience something like this? I've had no problems with the device so far
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anyone have a support number i can call as well? ughhh
biggem001 said:
So, i put my TFP on the charger last night.. it was around 5% battery. I check on it now, and its completely off, the charger is hot and smells like burning plastic and my TFP is dead.
I'm not getting any response when i try plugging in the USB to any USB to 110V charger..
Anyone else experience something like this? I've had no problems with the device so far
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anyone have a support number i can call as well? ughhh
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Well known problem with the Transformer and Transformer Prime chargers. Has happened for years.
chamberc said:
Well known problem with the Transformer and Transformer Prime chargers. Has happened for years.
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do you happen to know if its the same charger for the tf101 and tf201?
From what I've read it's the same charger.
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From what I've read it's the same charger.
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just went to office depot, got a new charger.. and the tfp is on! calling asus now to complain
biggem001 said:
just went to office depot, got a new charger.. and the tfp is on! calling asus now to complain
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RMA it right away or return it to the retailer you bought it at it will be faster than Asus
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do you happen to know if its the same charger for the tf101 and tf201?
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They are identical.
Also: Besides it being USB 3.0 (Requiring a special charger), the Asus chargers are chipped to recognise Asus devices and deliver 15v verses the standard USB 5v so that they charge faster. The TFP wont charge at all on only 5v. It's the same reason it wont charge from your computer.
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Also: Besides it being USB 3.0 (Requiring a special charger), the Asus chargers are chipped to recognise Asus devices and deliver 15v verses the standard USB 5v so that they charge faster. The TFP wont charge at all on only 5v. It's the same reason it wont charge from your computer.
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wrong again the dock pulls the 15v at 1.2A the reason it will not charge or chages very slow is your usb is outputting like 500 mAor less without the flow of electrons which current is it will not charge very fast at all! 5v is fine for it! but the charger charging at 5v pulls 2.1A
the tablet also trys to pull more current when it is almost dead! so try to keep it above 20% to avoid this
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wrong again the dock pulls the 15v at 1.2A the reason it will not charge or chages very slow is your usb is outputting like 500 mAor less without the flow of electrons which current is it will not charge very fast at all! 5v is fine for it! but the charger charging at 5v pulls 2.1A
the tablet also trys to pull more current when it is almost dead! so try to keep it above 20% to avoid this
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Ok, my Gigabyte motherboard puts out 2.5A specifically with tablets in mind. If it was charging, my lockscreen would say "Charging..." on it, which it does not. No need to be a rude know-it-all with your "Wrong again..." attitude. Just trying to help out here.
The Prime will charge on a USB but it has to be turned off. I've confirmed this and the manual says this as well. As far as my charger goes it gets warm but not hot or smells. One thing I do when charging is turn off the tablet.
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The Prime will charge on a USB but it has to be turned off. I've confirmed this and the manual says this as well. As far as my charger goes it gets warm but not hot or smells. One thing I do when charging is turn off the tablet.
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Ok. That seems correct. Thanks for verifying.
It does take a lot longer to charge on the USB though. I can go from 20% to 100% in a couple of hours on the wall charger with the Prime turned off. On USB and the Prime turned off I was at approximately 15%, went to lunch and did some other things, came back about 1.5 hours and when I turned the Prime back on it was a little over 50%.
Might be faster on my Desktop since I have the high power USB ports. I will try it and post results eventually.
Hey guys,
Weird issue that just started today. I have had my dock plugged in for about 4 hours now and it showed a 0% charge when I plugged in my tablet 10 minutes ago. The tablet can charge via the dock when it's plugged into the wall, BUT the dock shows as having 0% charge. Even after unplugging the dock, it shows 0% battery on the dock.
When the cable is plugged in, the LED on the tablet is holding orange (charging), but the LED on the dock is flashing slowly (low battery).
Long story short, the charging mechanism seems to be in place, but the battery on the dock does not seem to hold anything. Tried docking, undocking, etc.
Anyone else experience this??
Bump. Planning on calling Asus for an Rma tomorrow
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I saw something about this a while back, but I forget where, try charging it (just dock) by connecting it to a usb slot on your pc. Sorry I can't remember where the post is, but it was along the lines of what you are getting, dock got to zero, and would no longer charge. Not sure iit will help, but got to be worth trying.
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plugged it into the computer for 30 mins, plugged in teh tablet to the dock and 2 seconds later disconnected from pc and moved to the charger. still no dice. removed from dock once or twice and then before i knew it, my dock was up to 65% battery!
thanks for the help - hope this is able to help someone else too
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I'm experiencing the same thing. Charges the table fine, but will not charge the dock. Would like to see a solution for this!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH
plugged it into the computer for 30 mins, plugged in teh tablet to the dock and 2 seconds later disconnected from pc and moved to the charger. still no dice. removed from dock once or twice and then before i knew it, my dock was up to 65% battery!
thanks for the help - hope this is able to help someone else too
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Mine is dead, too. Keyboard works, but it always shows 2% charge, even after being on the charger overnight.
I've tried charging it with the tablet connected, separately, and from a computer.
My Prime ac adapter stopped working (the cable works fine) and was wondering while i wait for a new charger if the dock can charge through the pc. Any help or suggestions are appreciated
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I know that the prime can be charged by a computer,but I never tried with the dock,to charge your tablet you must turn off it or put it in to sleep...
rogeriok said:
I know that the prime can be charged by a computer,but I never tried with the dock,to charge your tablet you must turn off it or put it in to sleep...
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May I ask how? Everything Ive seen and read says that the usb doesnt put out anywhere near the power needed.
The tablet can charge on the lower 5v, but its a trickle charge and it doesnt show the charging icon. Anyone try this with the dock? Mine doesnt work but mabe theres a way...
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The dock does not charge from USB.
As far as I know the Prime can indeed be charged by USB only when it is off, since when it is on it will probably consume more power than the one received from USB
For the Dock, I really dont know if it may actually charge, Id say just leave it connected and check it out a few hours later The worst that can happen is that is does not charge at all.
Nope, does not charge while docked. Actually, if I forget to plug it back into the AC adapter, it will lose battery life over an extended amount of time...
Now it does charge through the PC usb with only the tablet, but as previously stated, it is a trickle charge.
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Nope, does not charge while docked. Actually, if I forget to plug it back into the AC adapter, it will lose battery life over an extended amount of time...
Now it does charge through the PC usb with only the tablet, but as previously stated, it is a trickle charge.
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The TFP must be completely off to charge from a USB port, and then it will take a long time.
The TFP requires 15v to charge at the normal rate. A USB port puts out maximum of 5v.
HELLO my TPRIME keyboard is not charging the tablet charges up to 100% but as i type my TPRIME keyboard is at 15% while the tablet is at 100% & both are connected and plugged to the charger i even deleted battery stats if anyone has this problem or knows how to fix this please respond THANK YOU
Lol, breathe, calm down, and learn how paragraphs work.
You are saying you have the prime docked on the keybord dock and the usb cable plugged into the dock. The prime says its charging but the dock does not say its charging?
Have prime docked. Prime should say its charging from the keyboard dock even if the dock is not plugged in.
Plug in charger to dock. Prime should notify that the dock is charging.
Now if you plug the charger into the dock there should be a light by the charging port that glows showing the dock is, in fact, charging. do you see this light? Does it glow when the charger is connected?
If the dock charge indicator does NOT glow and you know you are getting power from the charger then i suggest trying to get a refund or replacment for your dock as it seems to be malfunctioning.
Hopefully this helped. hit the thanks button if it did!
hello PILEOT thank you i understand what you explained but i have another friend who has a TF201 and the same thing happed to his prime i spoke to him he told me that he purchased a new charging plug and it solved the issue so ordered a couple of new plugs because the one i have i bought it and its a usb apadter plug im also going to call ASUS the only problem is i unlocked my bootloader that may be a problem but im not going to mention that fact thank you
I just got a dock and had a question about charging it. Do I charge it when it's connected to the Prime? My Prime is at 70% and the dock is at 10%.
I personally charge both at a time however if im playing a game on the tablet or something and my dock is getting low i'll charge the dock on its own and put my prime on it when im done what im doing.
After hearing all the problems people are having with the dock connection on the prime i think its best not to stress it out by putting the USB cable to it unless i need to.
So it's not bad charging them together if the Prime still has a decent charge left?
It's not "bad". It will just simply charge your prime to 100% then begin to charge your dock