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I am awaiting delivery of my Prime, have and seen isses on Wifi, and now the new Prime improving Wifi issues.
My question, might oughta be under Q & A, but put it here.
Our phones have dialer access codes to check wifi strength. Does anyone know if there is the same way to access on the Prime, or an alternative way?
Rather than complain and "what if", it would be nice to find a way to test the reception ourselves, obtaining real numbers, not a bar in a corner that varies from phone to phone to tablet.
Download WiFi Analyzer.
I have the prime....just got it yesterday. I downloaded wifi analyer and compared it to my galaxy nexus. My office gets horrible wifi reception because its a separate frame from my house. The nexus and the primes wifi signals are identicle. Conclusion, wifi is fine.
crooza172 said:
I have the prime....just got it yesterday. I downloaded wifi analyer and compared it to my galaxy nexus. My office gets horrible wifi reception because its a separate frame from my house. The nexus and the primes wifi signals are identicle. Conclusion, wifi is fine.
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My Prime's WiFi signal is also comparable to my Galaxy Nexus. However, that's not a fair comparison. Laptops and tablets, in general, should have better WiFi reception than cell phones.
I can just as easily point to my iPad1 getting about 20 Mbps and my Prime getting about 8 Mbps at 40 ft away from my router at home and draw the conclusion that the WiFi is not "fine," or at least is not up to par with other comparable devices.
The app that nyijedi mentioned will tell you what you want to know about signal strength and can tell you plenty if you want it to.
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My Prime's WiFi signal is also comparable to my Galaxy Nexus. However, that's not a fair comparison. Laptops and tablets, in general, should have better WiFi reception than cell phones.
I can just as easily point to my iPad1 getting about 20 Mbps and my Prime getting about 8 Mbps at 40 ft away from my router at home and draw the conclusion that the WiFi is not "fine," or at least is not up to par with other comparable devices.
Thank you for the app suggestion, it is exactly what I want to do!! I hit the Thanks button.
I also have Ipad, I want ITunes gone along with no Flash Player. But I also use it for business, so wifi is a must, not a luxury, GPS no big deal. We have a vacation home with a distant shared modem, so my Ipad can strain, but I will not pay big bucks for something that is worse!!
This will give me a measurable number when I take both back there next week (mine doesn't get delivered till Friday), hopefully its not an issue, and mine works, but this way I know. I can live with my Ipad, wait for another tablet, there will be more. Have always appreciated Asus's quality, but if its not working right out of the box, repair by Tech Support won't get it.
I will have 2 weeks to test, if it doesn't work right, its gone, if its questionable and Asus offers to give us credit for a trade in, I will live with that,
Thank you for the app suggestion, it is exactly what I want to do!! I hit the Thanks button.
I also have Ipad, I want ITunes gone along with no Flash Player. But I also use it for business, so wifi is a must, not a luxury, GPS no big deal. We have a vacation home with a distant shared modem, so my Ipad can strain, but I will not pay big bucks for something that is worse!!
This will give me a measurable number when I take both back there next week (mine doesn't get delivered till Friday), hopefully its not an issue, and mine works, but this way I know. I can live with my Ipad, wait for another tablet, there will be more. Have always appreciated Asus's quality, but if its not working right out of the box, repair by Tech Support won't get it.
I will have 2 weeks to test, if it doesn't work right, its gone, if its questionable and Asus offers to give us credit for a trade in, I will live with that,[/QUOTE]
No problem. Good luck with the testing. From my testing, it seems that the amount of interference (e.g., other WiFi signals) also comes into play with speed, so hopefully if your vacation home doesn't have many signals around, you'll be okay. Either way, please keep us posted on your results.
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My Prime's WiFi signal is also comparable to my Galaxy Nexus. However, that's not a fair comparison. Laptops and tablets, in general, should have better WiFi reception than cell phones.
I can just as easily point to my iPad1 getting about 20 Mbps and my Prime getting about 8 Mbps at 40 ft away from my router at home and draw the conclusion that the WiFi is not "fine," or at least is not up to par with other comparable devices.
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Not according to my tests. I have conducted a whole series of tests with laptop/tf101/ipad1/galaxy nexus/prime tf201.
Tf101 gets by far the best performance of them all...20% better than my laptop at longest range in house.
The laptop comes in second about 10% better than my prime.
The prime is in third place...maybe 5% better than ipad1
The. Nexus is last...sometimes losing the wifi at the farthest corners of the house.
This afternoon I fiddled with my router antenna and ran a test at 40ft...2walls in between. My prime scored 11Mbps DL. The laptop scored 12.5 Mbps and the tf101 scored 18 mbps. The ipad1 scored 10mbps. All of them scored higher than before my antenna fiddling.
I have just connected a higher gain antenna to the router I will post the results on my wifi test thread.
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My prime hits 0.5mbps where my laptop and netbook both hit 50mbps in exactly the same spot.
My conclusion is the primes wifi is utter crap.
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My prime hits 0.5mbps where my laptop and netbook both hit 50mbps in exactly the same spot.
My conclusion is the primes wifi is utter crap.
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The conclusion should be that YOUR prime's wifi might be crap...I would either return or RMA.
Mine, on the other hand, has wifi that works very well.
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1) If your wifi is pulling less than 1 Mbps, you likely have a defective Wifi radio. The preproduction ones that were defective had a problem where they wouldn't download faster than 3 Mbps, even when right next to the router, and would get less than 1 Mbps elsewhere. If you're suffering the same symptoms, exchange your Prime.
2) Someone mentioned in another thread that setting his router to 802.11g only instead of 802.11n noticeably increased his speeds. I finally got around to trying this, and it also helped my speeds. I went from about 4-8 Mbps to 12-15 Mbps at about 40 feet from my router. Anyone have any ideas why this is?
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Could you tell me what app you are using on iPad to test, I looked thru apple market and cannot find anything to test wifi strength -I hate iTunes - so that I can compare reception to prime, ll use wifi analyzer unless there is a better app.
I do not feel iPad is strong receiver, but would like to see results
I don't mean to sort of "hijack" this thread, but it's a totally relevant question, I swear!
For those people with confirmed bad wifi. Is it that the signal fluctuates a lot (so sometimes you'll see 50mbps, but then the other half of the time, you'll only see 1mbps), or does it actually STAY at 1mbps or however slow it gets?
I'm just asking because I've seen my Prime pull 5 mbps sometimes... but then most of the time, it ranges anywhere from 20 to 50 mbps.
I received mine, decided to test before I loaded anything or tried to root (in case I needed to return it) which I do.
Used several different apps, best results came from Speedtest.
First, absolutely no GPS - no satellites seen, Ipad worked great, Nexus s4g saw 9
Tests ran in room directly above router, my office -
ping Download Upload
HP Laptop 38 11.87 1.43
Ipad 41 10.93 1.41
Nexus s4g 40 11.83 1.64
Prime 45 3.67 1.3
ICS loaded immediately - but had unresponsiveness on screen, and the slow download was very self evident when running same apps downloads next to the Ipad.
So its going back - I'm very disappointed, wanted my Ipad gone because I don't like Apple - but it works, doesn't do everything I want, but works flawlessly.
The Prime - I'm not going to rma, too many problems reported and I don't feel like being a $500 tester that I can't return. Its one thing to put up with issues when I hack and flash roms, that is my choice. But for this kind of expenditure,
I will not put up with something that doesn't run perfect out of the box.
Sad, Asus has always had such outstanding hardware, this is not how they operate. They need to do something across the board for early adopters, too
many that will remember this (I will) next time they purchase. Meaning a credit
toward the new 700 if we ordered early, before their announcement, and had to return. I just don't feel like ordering again, waiting, testing, and running to the store plus will be on vacation and could miss my return window and be stuck with gift card from BB
I have the prime now for nearly a week and i'm also really happy with it, don't really care about GPS so thats a non issue. Wifi however is not as stable I would like.
I did some inhome tests with the Prime and my old Ipad1 wifi only. The Ipad wifi connection remains stable throughout the house (speedtest.net app gives 24MB down and 4up everywhere),
The Asus is very quick in the living room where the AP is located (30 down, 4 up) but drops really hard when i walk to the first floor (5 down, 4 up). Since I can still do everything i can't really be bothered. However, the hotels I usually stay in for work have really crappy wifi, the Ipad always manages to get a signal (be it a very low signal) but i'm 100% sure the asus will fail here. I will test it soon but as I said, the Ipad and my laptop already have a low signal there (trains in at 11MB with a 'low/poor' signal). Would this be a good enough reason to return the thing for repair? What can a customer expect from a 600€ device when it comes to wifi signals?
Hey there!
my wifi connection seems to be very bad, but I don't know if its normal :-/
When I'm up to 1m-2m next to my router, i have full connection (4 bars) after that only 3 bars. In my kitchen i have only 1 bar (~10 meters, 2 Firesafety doors).
A friend with an Sgs2 has 3 bars in my kitchen, same network.
Is it broken or a general Prime issue that can't be fixxed?
Bluetooth is turned off.
Co0n said:
Hey there!
my wifi connection seems to be very bad, but I don't know if its normal :-/
When I'm up to 1m-2m next to my router, i have full connection (4 bars) after that only 3 bars. In my kitchen i have only 1 bar (~10 meters, 2 Firesafety doors).
A friend with an Sgs2 has 3 bars in my kitchen, same network.
Is it broken or a general Prime issue that can't be fixxed?
Bluetooth is turned off.
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I have had similar results with mine. The device just seems to have bad wifi connectivity :/
Pretty sure I'm returning mine.
Here's a video comparing it to the original Transformer's wifi connectivity with similar results.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCZc3pjtrA
Nothing can be done to fix the WiFi issues, it comes down to a bad design. The outer case is causing the interference. Most people are just dealing with it because it still works its, just that the data speeds you get over WiFi are inconsistent. In my own testing , Usually once I am 10 ft or more away from my router my data speed drops from 25 megs down to 2 or 3 with occasional bursts. I do stay connected the time all around the house, its just that data speed are affected by the interference. I did get some improvement after switching my router to use wireless n over ch 1. Hope that helps
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Nothing can be done to fix the WiFi issues, it comes down to a bad design. The outer case is causing the interference. Most people are just dealing with it because it still works its, just that the data speeds you get over WiFi are inconsistent. In my own testing , Usually once I am 10 ft or more away from my router my data speed drops from 25 megs down to 2 or 3 with occasional bursts. I do stay connected the time all around the house, its just that data speed are affected by the interference. I did get some improvement after switching my router to use wireless n over ch 1. Hope that helps
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I got some different info from Asus today. I too have similar wireless problems, but it seems that not every Prime does.
I got call from Asus today, and they asked me to return my Prime so they could take a look at the WiFi problems I was having. (I had written a couple of emails to folks at Asus.) Apparently some Primes have problems with "WiFi cards".
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I got some different info from Asus today. I too have similar wireless problems, but it seems that not every Prime does.
I got call from Asus today, and they asked me to return my Prime so they could take a look at the WiFi problems I was having. (I had written a couple of emails to folks at Asus.) Apparently some Primes have problems with "WiFi cards".
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WOW, that's some news. I will return mine and see if a new one is any better, I personally think that the symptoms are exactly what you should be experiencing based on the interference the case is causing.
thanks for the info.
Just received my TFP today. I get pretty much the same results with my phone as I do with the TFP. Also, I had just returned the Samsing Galaxy Tab but my results are pretty close to what I experienced with that as well.
I'm only basing my results using speedtest.net. Seemed like a pretty good tool for me to determine whether or not I'd be satisfied with the speed of the TFP. I did my tests in 3 different locations in my home...one just above my router which is in my basement the floor below (about 6 feet away) - 14mb...one in my bedroom which has a brick wall in the way (about 20 feet away) - 5mb...and one in my bathroom (30 feet away) - 4mb. Not too sure what type of speeds I should expect other than what my other devices get. I`m using a wireless G router at the moment but still have to set up my wireless N router soon..a Linksys E4200.
Upload speeds were all at the 1mb mark regardless of the location..I`m capped at 1mb down by my ISP.
One thing to note, I could care less about the number of bars on the wifi icon...I care about real world results.
Just my two cents...
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Just received my TFP today. I get pretty much the same results with my phone as I do with the TFP. Also, I had just returned the Samsing Galaxy Tab but my results are pretty close to what I experienced with that as well.
I'm only basing my results using speedtest.net. Seemed like a pretty good tool for me to determine whether or not I'd be satisfied with the speed of the TFP. I did my tests in 3 different locations in my home...one just above my router which is in my basement the floor below (about 6 feet away) - 14mb...one in my bedroom which has a brick wall in the way (about 20 feet away) - 5mb...and one in my bathroom (30 feet away) - 4mb. Not too sure what type of speeds I should expect other than what my other devices get. I`m using a wireless G router at the moment but still have to set up my wireless N router soon..a Linksys E4200.
Upload speeds were all at the 1mb mark regardless of the location..I`m capped at 1mb down by my ISP.
One thing to note, I could care less about the number of bars on the wifi icon...I care about real world results.
Just my two cents...
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Check to see what channel your router is set on. TPFs seem to like G band routers set on a low frequency..... your speeds dont seem that good try channel 1
That change made a big difference for me hope it helps
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ilostmypistons said:
Check to see what channel your router is set on. TPFs seem to like G band routers set on a low frequency..... your speeds dont seem that good try channel 1
That change made a big difference for me hope it helps
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I defintely don't have the best set up in my house right now for wifi...when directly connected I can get around 25mbs down from my PC which is the reported speeds form my ISP...when using wifi, I seem to be capped to 15mbs regardless of the device.
I was waiting to switch routers to see what my new E4200 does. Will post those results once I make the change. For now, 14mbs down seems pretty decent to me considering all my wireless devices (PC included) get the same speeds.
I've got an HP TouchPad sitting right next to my Transformer Prime. Obviously we all know about the Prime's WiFi woes. I am less than 2 feet away from my router. I'm running 11N on channel 7. Using WiFi analyzer, it seems to be the channel with the least amount of traffic.
I'm getting around -40dB on the Prime, and well about -30dB on the TouchPad. They are literally 18 inches away from the router, right next to each other. I'm also noticing that the signal is fluctuating quite a bit on the Prime, and staying pretty steady on the TouchPad.
My issue is this: using the SpeedTest app (Ookla), I'm getting completely random and different results on the download test. I have a 100 meg internet connection. I've run the test dozens of times on both tablets. Sometimes the Prime is faster, but more often the TouchPad is. My speeds are only topping out around 14 megs, and the Prime won't upload AT ALL. It keeps timing out. What the hell am I doing wrong?
Ok, while typing out this post, I just did another speedtest. The TouchPad got 12.66 down/ 2.74 up. The Prime did 17.3 down/ 0.26 up. Remember, these tabs are like 18 inches away from the router.
Someone help!
Its a known design flaw with the prime. Metal case = bad wireless signals (gps,wifi and bluetooth). I also have a Touchpad and sadly it goes toe to toe with the prime in performance, it even runs a lot more games.
Thanks for the reply, but I don't think you got what I'm talking about. As I said, we all know about the WiFi problems with the Prime. What's interesting is that there is so much fluctuation with the signal. Sometimes the Prime is faster than the TouchPad and vice versa. My concern is that the Prime won't show an upload speed AT ALL. And it's right in front of the router. I could understand if I was using the Prime on the other side of the house and my WiFi signal was dropping off, but 18 inches? I thought I might have a setting wrong on my router, but the TouchPad is running uploads just fine. Although they're pretty damn slow. I'm supposed to get 100 down/ 5 up with my internet provider. On my desktop, I do. Over WiFi, I can't seem to break 20...
Nobody, huh? Bueller? Bueller?
Is your desktop actually connected via WiFi? If it is wired, then your issue is obvious. Otherwise, there is an ongoing discussion for the Prime where it lacks expected performance on N series networks, but gets good stability on G. G of course will only get you a maximum of 56 mbps.
No, my desktop is connected with an ethernet cable. If it is an obvious issue, please point it out. For some reason I'm overlooking it...
I've had my Prime for about 2 weeks and have been very happy with it.
I'm posting this because I'm sure there are many other potential buyers hesitating due to all the negative discussions recently.
Initially, I was reading about WiFi and GPS issues online. The stores I asked were telling me of WiFi and GPS issues... blaming it all on the metal casing.
Even so, I took the plunge and got it based on the following:
WiFi: Anandtech's testing seemed to show WiFi performance is comparable to other tablets in his tests after he got some new retail sample units from Asus.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5175/asus-transformer-prime-followup
GPS: Will be using it at home, so no use for GPS. Also, for comparison, Wifi only versions of ipad2 do not even have GPS.
After using the Prime on WiFi at different locations, I can confirm that it is no worse than the Acer A500 or my Nexus One phone.
Alsp, please also refer to this test image done at another forum.
http://attach.mobile01.com/attach/201201/mobile01-ca742e0578a2a417e2d4ffd597722681.jpg
Notebooks obviously will have better reception so that is not a fair comparison.
Therefore in my opinion, the whole WiFi issue was just blown out by the GPS issue.
There may also have been an initial small batch of engineering samples with broken WiFi that fueled the negative publicity, which is just bad luck for ASUS.
But I believe Mass Production units should not have this issue.
Also, people should be comparing the Prime with comparable tablets/ipad and not with notebooks.
who cares about tests done in perfect conditions? if the prime can't get a signal while my sgs2 and my girlfriend's galaxy tab have no problems at all, something is definitely wrong with the prime. put a couple of walls between the router and the prime, and the prime has a significant signal loss compared to other devices.
at least that is my experience so far. maybe some transformers get good wifi signals, even trough walls. but the two i had did not.
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I'm posting this because I'm sure there are many other potential buyers hesitating due to all the negative discussions recently.
Initially, I was reading about WiFi and GPS issues online. The stores I asked were telling me of WiFi and GPS issues... blaming it all on the metal casing.
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It's great that, under your conditions, you're pleased with Wi-Fi. From videos comparing the TF1 side-by-side to the Prime you can see the Prime struggles to maintain the continuity of its signal. It gets worse the further away from the router you are. Three of my friends that travel a lot returned the Prime because, on the road, you can't play with a routers settings just to please your device. Some people are happy with the Prime's Wi-Fi performance, some aren't. It's a big YMMV based on how and where you use it.
Here's what Anand said after he got a replacement for the first defective device he received. To get decent speeds, he had to change the wireless environment to suit the Prime. He didn't on the TF1.
At the same time, I had test data from both ASUS and NVIDIA that show the Prime is capable of reasonable WiFi speeds. Yesterday morning I received a replacement Prime which was tested prior to being sent my way. The good news is the 2Mbps cap and poor range are both gone, the new sample is much faster on WiFi. Clearly there was something wrong with my original unit and it's being sent back to ASUS today for an autopsy. The bad news is I was still getting numbers around half of the original Transformer.
Using Ookla's Speedtest.net web app I get a consistent 34 - 37Mbps on the original Eee Pad Transformer (our actual WiFi performance tests involve downloading a file from a local server, but Speedtest was a quick and easy way to verify the problem). My original Prime review sample averaged around 0.5Mbps, while the replacement Prime got around 10Mbps - all in the same test location. Fiddling around with location I could get the replacement Prime up to 16Mbps. My test area is riddled with challenging interference so I setup a separate test area in another room. Even after buying the same Netgear WNDR4500 wireless AP that ASUS verified 31Mbps+ operation on, I wasn't able to break 16Mbps.
I have four other APs covering my house, I turned all of the radios off as a last ditch effort. Boom - 36Mbps on the Prime.
Good that you are happy with WIFI under your condition. However, judging from my experience and few others:
1.) WIFI performance will vary on where you are, or your environment. For example.. My router is in the basement of my house, but if i take it to 1st floor, I lose about 1 or 2 bars depending on where I am. If I take up to my 2nd floor.... I either have one or none. Now, I did the same experiment at my friends house and at work.. depending on the structure of the building and thinness of the wall, WIFI performance of PRIME really varies (and much more noticeable over other devices I have or tested).
Now, I also travel often for work. Recently returned from a trip.... and I tested the WIFI performance at the Hotel I was staying. More or less, I was stuck in 1 bar with constant disconnect or no WIFI at all.
Considering that the appeal of "tablets" are for ease of portability... based on my experience, I cannot recommend Prime to those who travel often. Btw, mine is more or less a "perfect" prime without any issues.
PRIME's WIFI can certainly be adequate but it does have its issues with "range" (especially when the setting or environment changes often).
2.) Can we please stop comparing Prime to iPad 2? If you are comparing the overall performance (such as graphics, speed.. blah blah blah).. I understand.. but stop comparing Prime's GPS and the non-existent GPS of iPad 2.
I have used my prime in my girlfriend's house where the router is 20+ yards away and has to go through 3 walls, 2 of which are external because the house is U shaped, and have had no issues with wifi signal. Of course I get half bars, but the speed test is still good (sorry don't remember exact numbers) and I use YouTube and browsing consistently and without issue.
I must add that I am getting a good wireless connection from here at work where I normally got poor signals and had to rely on my mifi device.
To top that I'm at lunch watching X-Men over Netflix with my Bluetooth headphones paired, and the streaming haven't stopped. The quality hassn't depleted much either.
I would have to agree with the original poster, for my machine, the WiFi is a non-issue and works just fine. It works well for me in the following varied locations/conditions:
1. My home wifi with the router in the living room. Tablet works in every room of the condo.
2. Vancouver airport - Free Wifi
3. Narita Airport - Free Wifi
4. Haneda Airport - Free Wifi
5. Beijing Airport - Some strange pass-through wifi
6. Every hotel in the 3 countries I have traveled to since getting my prime.
7. WiFi at work whose main router isn't even located on my floor and browser pass through login.
8. Every coffee bean and starbuck's wifi that I've been to
9. The wifi hotspot on my verizon phone.
The list could go on and on as I always take my prime everywhere I go and there is usually free or cheap wifi wherever I go. I have never had a problem with my wifi signal not being great enough for me to surf the web, watch netflix, or log into/use my web dependent apps. It is not always full bars, but my suspicion is that the bars indicator on the prime isn't all that accurate.
At any rate, it works for me, but I understand that the build quality may not be consistent across all primes and that I just maybe one of the lucky ones.
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That's what I've always said OP. good post. my wifi strength,stability, n range has always been great. n I have one of the earliest batches from 12/22. Anandtech said it right. Said wifi on par with OG transformer. its all about people setups. they need to understand the various contributing factors that can cause wireless issues. Some are determined not to budge from 5Ghz N speed although its not supported by prime anyways and that frequency has been proven to be marketing b.s. because 5Ghz doesn't guareentee faster speeds and the range is alot less than 2.4Ghz range. here is an example of the debunked 5Ghz myth and some tips also if your network seeming slow for a particular device.
http://smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/30664-5-ways-to-fix-slow-80211n-speed
For the record, I've had no wifi problems with my Prime, anywhere in my house or yard.
I must be one of the unlucky ones.
House: Large Bungalow (2000 sq ft)
Router: Cisco e4200 using 2.4Ghz
Router Location: up on a rafter in the basement (i.e. right up against the first level floorboard)
Internet Connection: 30Mbps
Test 1: Right below router in the basement - 29Mbps
Test 2: Main floor, standing right above the router - 20Mbps
Test 3: Great Room (approx 15ft from router) - 16Mbps
Test 4: Kitchen (approx 30ft from router) - 2Mbps
Test 5: Dining Room (approx 40ft from router) - 2Mbps
In the latter two tests, my kid's iPad still gets 16Mbps. I may RMA later in the year, hoping ASUS will have had time to decide on a fix.
This tablet is absolutely gorgeous and my wife would never let me return it.
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Wifi only versions of ipad2 do not even have GPS.
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Lmao this is the worst argument i have ever read on xda really.
Lol
I use my prime at work and home all the time. At home my router is in my living room and obviously there are no issues, but I also have a home gym upstairs and on the opposite corner of the house. I have no issues streaming Netflix during my runs, How I met your mother is a great distraction!
At work my office has the router through many walls and doors, I get 2 bars where my phone gets 3. Speedtest though is identical, and my phone is also on a custom rom that has its wifi tolerances increased. Stream music all day on my tablet with no issues/drops.
Also travel a lot for work around the country, no issues in the Indy Airport with free wifi or my hotel on a recent trip to Nashville. Will want to test it on some more upcoming trips but so far everything is coming up aces.
I've had 2 Primes, both purchased retail (not review units).
Prime 1 from the first batch made had fine WiFi with no signif drop when 20 feet away from Office N routers. It worked well.
Prime 2 (latest batch, C serial number, 64 gig) drops from 25Mbps next to router to 7 Mbps when 20 feet from router (one partial obstruction, interior wall of wood beam and sheetrock). At 30 feet, it gets 2Mbps. This is far worse than Prime 1 and most other devices in our office.
Variability between two Primes leads me to believe this is a hardware issue (antenna connection?). Neither have any problems streaming when also connected to a BT device.
I have a perfect example of the Prime's WiFi fail that I experienced just 20 mins ago at lunch:
-Parked right outside of a McDonalds
-My phone (a subpar LG Optimus T) picks up all of 3 of their public networks, connects to them all and maintains a stable internet connection
-My Prime can only see one and cannot connect to it... just gives me the option to "Save" or "Forget"
Prime wifi = fail.
I respect that the OP may not have WiFi problems with his specific use cases, but the WiFi problem is real. Take a look at my test results from this thread and explain to me how there's no WiFi problem in light of them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21413105&postcount=15
So after looking at the tear down images of the Prime, I decided to give mine a little flex (just a little) and press along the top edge where the two antenna contacts live (idiotic pogo pin connectors and copper tape contacts).
Result?
Prime 2, the wirelessly challenged tablet, now sees 15 to 20 db better signal over WiFi and does not drop throughput AT ALL 20 feet from router. Wow.
GPS under ICS was a no-show and now gets 13 sats in view with 8 in use outdoors in 20 seconds. Indoors it sees 4 or 5 sats but doesn't get a fix. Before the love-hug? Nothing nada, zip.
Screenshot please
Send the workaround to ASUS devs, so we can all be blessed.
Regards
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I was just about to ask for a screenshot of where you exactly pressed too. This would be awesome.
edit: Maybe this is why ASUS says they can "fix" the weak wifi?
I pressed, both front and back, along the top bezel area (black zone above display). I didn't squeeze the heck out of it, but put just enough pressure to see a little temporary light bleed.
I chose that zone based on the teardown phone that I think came from Annandtech and is posted in an XDA dev thread.
See the two pogo pins (spring-loaded push connectors that stick up a bit). That's the area.
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Screenshot please
Send the workaround to ASUS devs, so we can all be blessed.
Regards
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I was just about to ask for a screenshot of where you exactly pressed too. This would be awesome.
edit: Maybe this is why ASUS says they can "fix" the weak wifi?
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pdagal said:
I pressed, both front and back, along the top bezel area (black zone above display). I didn't squeeze the heck out of it, but put just enough pressure to see a little temporary light bleed.
I chose that zone based on the teardown phone that I think came from Annandtech and is posted in an XDA dev thread.
See the two pogo pins (spring-loaded push connectors that stick up a bit). That's the area.
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I just sent Gary key a very detailed PM and link to that thread showing teardown n talk about the pogo pins. Said this is info he will want to pass along to Asus engineers asap as it could be a real fix made from this info. these pogo pins not having a good connection will influence wireless performance more than anything else including backplate. if issues are caused from loose connections then fixed, backplate really won't be an issue anymore.