Ok for starters i don't really care if my Prime's GPS works or not or even came with one. I have my smart phone for that. But i understand there are some people out there that are upset because it was shipped with a GPS in the specs and it should work.& not have to put tinfoil or be in some sort of force field or perfect condition to work. I just picked up "another" Prime today, i got the Prime fever lol. Anyway here is two pictures one of me driving at around 45mph and another while i was filling up for gas at a stand still. Both off wifi obviously. I only tested this once so far and it is cloudy and raining today. So i figured this would be a great time to test being its not "sunny and clear" skys Now sorry for the blurry pics its very hard to take a picture with a 5.3" Galaxy Note phone while holding a Prime & hanging onto the wheel lol. Let alone not safe
I dunno if these results are considered good or acceptable compared to other devices. But this is what i got on 1 test run, on a rainy day mind you. That is for the GPS guru's to figure out from my pictures. And in reality i just wanted to have some fun testing.
Also... I am on 9.4.2.14 FW & 9.13 GPS
Here is a picture of me while i was at a stand still filling at the gas station
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Driving at around 45-50mph
Vcolassi said:
Ok for starters i don't really care if my Prime's GPS works or not or even came with one. I have my smart phone for that. But i understand there are some people out there that are upset because it was shipped with a GPS in the specs and it should work.& not have to put tinfoil or be in some sort of force field or perfect condition to work. I just picked up "another" Prime today, i got the Prime fever lol. Anyway here is two pictures one of me driving at around 45mph and another while i was filling up for gas at a stand still. Both off wifi obviously. I only tested this once so far and it is cloudy and raining today. So i figured this would be a great time to test being its not "sunny and clear" skys Now sorry for the blurry pics its very hard to take a picture with a 5.3" Galaxy Note phone while holding a Prime & hanging onto the wheel lol. Let alone not safe
I dunno if these results are considered good or acceptable compared to other devices. But this is what i got on 1 test run, on a rainy day mind you. That is for the GPS guru's to figure out from my pictures. And in reality i just wanted to have some fun testing.
Also... I am on 9.4.2.14 FW & 9.13 GPS
Here is a picture of me while i was at a stand still filling at the gas station
Driving at around 45-50mph
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How come the speed window says 0?
72' accuracy while driving is crap, but at least you had a lock.
Let's not let this thread drift from the fix issue.
I just received my new asus prime today, 30 minutes before heading to airport. Needless to say it is dead, so I'll report back to see of quality conrtrol has improved , on the appropriate thread.
Lolento said:
How come the speed window says 0?
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He's standing still in the first picture that shows the speed window...
westcoastgeek said:
72' accuracy while driving is crap, but at least you had a lock.
Let's not let this thread drift from the fix issue.
I just received my new asus prime today, 30 minutes before heading to airport. Needless to say it is dead, so I'll report back to see of quality conrtrol has improved , on the appropriate thread.
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Totally agree. Good luck.
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Getting kinda punchy now. If I get a "Email of Death" on Sunday night from BestBuy, they are gonna get a phone call of death. I WILL go postal on their asses. sheesh...nevr again, I tell myself. NEVER AGAIN. Like another Guy wrote, I have been extremely unproductive at work since November 22nd or so.... Next week? I Took 3 days off to go off somewhere with my Prime. We need some alone time after all the madness. I hope she is resting well in her little black plastic tray right now, with that nice piece of black woven cotton between her and the lid... and the polishing cloth right at her back...
Easy now fork lift! Rest that pallet down gentle now... easy does it. Don't worry baby, this journey will soon end, and you will be in my loving hands...
sigh. There is a thin line between maniacal obsession and madness.
Baby baby baby, don't worry baby. Everything gonna be okay baby.
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This thing is KEWL! Quad Core Processor! Made by Intel and AMB in Texas Instruments factories. Super GPS+ Display! Attachable Bluetooth Keyboard Dock! Anyone seen the video of this thing on you tube? (I think there may be a two of videos! It's amazing. I heard Acer is making these, and they have brushed stainless steel, like the Delorean! This thing may be close to an iPAD even (that that's hard to believe)
Wait, theres MORE! They are going to upgrade it to Ice Cream Sunday! Upgradeable OVER the Phone! (But not until the end of next week) Where can I buy one of these? I went to Walmart last night and they didn't even know what it was! Does Anyone know if Amazon is going to offer these? Oh, almost forgot! I heard it is using the new "Wifi over Copper" connectivity! (Or maybe it was Fibre Channel over Wifi, I always mix them up!
They have been available in stores since December 8th. Does Anyone know which store? Does Target have these? Does it come in more than one color? I like the Purple Champagne ( I think it's called "Cold Crispy Duck"
Okay okay... Sorry. Getting kinda punchy now. If I get a "Email of Death" on Sunday night from BestBuy, they are gonna get a phone call of death. I WILL go postal on their asses. sheesh...nevr again, I tell myself. NEVER AGAIN. Like another Guy wrote, I have been extremely unproductive at work since November 22nd or so.... Next week? I Took 3 days off to go off somewhere with my Prime. We need some alone time after all the madness. I hope she is resting well in her little black plastic tray right now, with that nice piece of black woven cotton between her and the lid... and the polishing cloth right at her back...
Easy now fork lift! Rest that pallet down gentle now... easy does it. Don't worry baby, this journey will soon end, and you will be in my loving hands...
sigh. There is a thin line between maniacal obsession and madness.
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What the heck?! What is wrong with you, guy?!
Woooo!
Super A+ Bro Guy!
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The level of madness due to anticipation on Prime forums
is too damn high.
This post was annoying as hell but the following made me laugh:
"I Took 3 days off to go off somewhere with my Prime. We need some alone time after all the madness"
It is a frustrating time of the year to not get what you purchashed and was promised (almost). Its Christmas + Winter Break. If this was in the middle of February then I wouldn't be so finicky about the dates. I just wish I could get the Prime before Winter Break ends (probably not for Canada) so I could play around with it and set it up. After the break I won't have much time taking 6 Engineering courses.
What is this "winter break" thing you speak of
(note: I'm just bitter because I miss those days before reality).
Why did you change the original post?
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WHY WHY WHY me????? Have to go call them now to see what they can do. Dang it. All this wait for this.
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damn that blowsss!!! maybe you can get some free stuff if you complain hard enough. Good luck!
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Top right.
WHY WHY WHY me????? Have to go call them now to see what they can do. Dang it. All this wait for this.
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I wonder if there's a way to find out who makes the LCD panel for the Prime? That looks like LG's handiwork. They had huge issues with screen bleed on the O2X/G2X and got dropped as a supplier to Apple because of it. Sorry you drew the short straw. At least you'll have it to use until you can exchange it or send it in for repair. GameStop has a 30 day return policy for defects so make sure you get on the list for a second wave unit in January if you're going to exchange it.
It's worse in person. The picture dims it more. I don't want a freebie. If later down the road I sell this I have to knock the price down even more and most probably wont even buy it.
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I wonder if there's a way to find out who makes the LCD panel for the Prime? That looks like LG's handiwork. They had huge issues with screen bleed on the O2X/G2X and got dropped as a supplier to Apple because of it. Sorry you drew the short straw. At least you'll have it to use until you can exchange it or send it in for repair. GameStop has a 30 day return policy for defects so make sure you get on the list for a second wave unit in January if you're going to exchange it.
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Thanks for the info. I'm on the phone with them now. Man this sucks. I wanted to rub in to my friends face who has an ipad2. Now I cant.
EDIT: I need to talk to a manager tomorrow to see what they can do. No one really has them in stock. Also they said they cant do refund since its what they consider a "system". But i'll what the manager can do tomorrow. Maybe I they add my name to the next batch like you said.
I'm not really surprised the way they had to rush these things out. Just sucks I ended up with a bad one.
damn i feel for u bro. i have light bleed but its only really only noticable on the asus boot screen...
put up a fight, we didnt pay this much and wait this long to have sreen bleed and non-functional gps. good luck to you and i hope u get a perfect one next time (if it even exsists).
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I wanted to rub in to my friends face who has an ipad2. Now I cant.
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Sure you can. Just do it outside with a light background and set the super bright display to stun.
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Sure you can. Just do it outside with a light background and set the super bright display to stun.
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LOL. So I have to wait till tomorrow??? OR I can just cover it with 1 hand. OH I know Ill put a sticker on it. This is the first tablet I spend over $300 on. Asus you suck!
Not good.
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I'm so glad that unlike my TF101 B50, my Prime is perfect. The build quality for the Prime is amazingly good.
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I'm so glad that unlike my TF101 B50, my Prime is perfect. The build quality for the Prime is amazingly good.
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I do admit other than the light leakage its built pretty solid. As far my issue, if its anything like any LCD tv there's probably something in there that got stuck between the screen and bezel. Probably easy fix if only I knew how to open it. The build quality is so tight I can't see how the heck they put it together.
You should be able to get a refund.
At least in the UK you would be able to.
If goods are not sold as advertised then auto refund.
If they have display model that does not have screen bleed then it is not sold as advertised.
Good luck.
Never posted here and perhaps this post isn't necessary but felt compelled. I preordered from Amazon on 11/22 and was salivating for a month until the GPS issues started to be reported. The salivating turned to apprehension. On 1/3 I received the Prime and it is indeed gorgeous. Sadly I'm suffering the same problems as most. No need to beat a dead horse. The GPS issue I can stomach since I have a bluetooth Garmin that works fine with the Prime. However the poor GPS performance is extremely disappointing. Simply transferring files from my laptop to the Prime over wi-fi was much slower that transferring between other devices in my home. In fact so far I'd say it's unusable in that regard. I should add that I'm sitting less than 3 feet from my router when transferring.
Perhaps my expectations were too high but with the keyboard my plan was that this device would replace my laptop for all but the most rigorous tasks. That's not going to happen and now I'm not even sure I'm going to order the keyboard.
BTW BT is weak as well. If all of these issues are indeed due to the aluminum case it's just unbelievable to me that a company could screw up this bad. I'm hopeful that someone comes up with something even if it's just providing instruction on how/where to take a drill to the darn thing. But my expectations aren probably too high on this front too.
In short unless someone has disposable income I'd advise they steer clear and wait for a better offering. I'll likely keep mine until something better appears then I'll be putting it on Ebay.
That's not review, you are beating the dead horse....
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That's not review, you are beating the dead horse....
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Well I guess you're right. A mod can remove and my feelings won't get hurt.
I guess I just wanted to get my shots in on that horse.
ride the dead horse.
a drill won't fix it. you need to point the screen at the router.
the entire foundation of the tablet is built into the aluminum case. everything is screwed into it.
the antennas are on either side of the front-facing camera. want better reception, point the tablet screen in the direction of your router or BT tether
How to Bluetooth tether?
>How to Bluetooth tether?
Put phone in one can and tablet in the other (use bigger can for tablet)
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To activate connection, sing the "Get Connected" song.
SO regardless of all the problems everyone is posting on the forums I have decided to jump into the feud and get one for my own! Here's to hoping that I receive a problem free or almost problem free one!
Is there any advice you guys have for me to effectively screen for problems?
So far I know to perform the following:
Wifi speed/range test
Touch screen digitizer test
GPS (probably doesn't work but hey why not)
Light bleed?
Creaks?
Screen lifting?
Anything else that I missed? Thanks for the help.
You left me speechless this is classic..........
I was really hoping someone would reply with something I might have missed or any other words of advice. As a consumer that is excited about a product we often overlook any issues when we open the box because we're so excited to use our new product. I just want to make sure I get a perfect or close to perfect prime if that is not too much to ask. Thank you.
>I just want to make sure I get a perfect or close to perfect prime
Wait 3 months.
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PROBLEMS? I LUV PROBLEMS!
Dead pixel. Crazy the amount of prime i heard with dead pixel.
Probably one of the biggest things you need to check, "Serial Number Unknown"
Unless, of course, you want to be stuck on the stock firmware with No ICS, and not be able to root.
Go to SETTINGS, then click on STATUS. If it says "Serial Number Unknown" then you are screwed.
And I get flamed lol
Thanks for the input you guys. I was in no way trying to troll anyone but after reading through this forum how can anyone not fear? I will make sure to keep an eye out for dead pixels and the unknown serial bug. Thanks again.
Just got my Prime from J&R
See my post in the J&R pre-order thread. Pasting content below. Sooooo excited about receiving my Prime. It's beautiful and free of any physical problems you described. Software issues and GPS flakiness I can deal with. My 10 year old son's having fun with the Shadowgun Game - It looks so freaking amazing. He's my game tester. Prime users who get a physical defect free prime will just be too thrilled. My sympathies with the few who report the physical defects. Software will keep on improving. Going to root over the weekend after reading up some more.
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Loving it. And all's well. No known issues, like scratches on aluminum back, back light bleeds, stuck picsels, dings and dents on edges etc. GPS works fine with Wifi. Did not try it without yet. Took the ICS upgrade and at 4.03 now. Everything works fine and looks snappy. Loading all my movies and music first. Added my 16 GB MicroSD PNY Class 10 card. It does jut out a bit, but no biggie. I had asked JR to bump up my shipping to overnight shipping a couple of days earlier when I was inquiring about when I would get the prime. They said it could be anytime in January, but obliged me by bumping up my shipping. It shipped yesterday and I got it today itself at 11:00 am - So I got it overnight as promised. My dock is still pending with JR.com. Ordered 32 GB Champagne on 12/2/11 - received today 1/12/12. Yeah!!!. So excited. Movies look fantastic with just MP4. Going to try MKV next.
So far so good. I actually turned on my bluetooth radio and my wifi speeds were the same. First time I've seen this happen on multiple tablets. I also switched from the gray to the other color champagne. I actually like this lighter color better, but it will be in a case anyway. So far so good. No bleed, no dead pixels. I don't care about the GPS, but I ran that GPS test software anyway. Inside I connected to 8 birds in about 10 seconds or less. That is also something I never had. By the way, this is a C2 serial. The only thing I was told by Asus was this tablet was specifically tested and used prior to me getting it. I can tell it was, a couple small finger prints and a charged battery. So far so good, I hope it lasts!
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Do you have a bluetooth speaker, or something to pair it to and transfer data while trying your speedtests?
Mine will be going in for this in the near future and I want to know that it does actually work on some units.
I can turn on bluetooth, and even pair it without really any change in wifi performance. As soon as you transmit to a speaker though it plummets to 400k or less.
Thats awesome. Got mine back last Friday still cant use wifi and bloothooth together and no GPS. C10 was shipped.
Got my tested one back from them and it had major dust and dead pixels from them... They didn't remove that plastic cover when they tested...
Gps worked good indoors on par with my EVO 3d
WiFi was decent
I don't use Bluetooth
But I am returning for a refund both tablet and dock to asus gonna get me a snapdragon tablet instead or maybe a ps vita idk yet maybe just an ultrabook
To much to choose from....
Idk if a tablet is really needed for me... A new phone would do it... Sprint needs to hurry up and release something!
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Wordlywisewiz said:
Got my tested one back from them and it had major dust and dead pixels from them... They didn't remove that plastic cover when they tested...
Gps worked good indoors on par with my EVO 3d
WiFi was decent
I don't use Bluetooth
But I am returning for a refund both tablet and dock to asus gonna get me a snapdragon tablet instead or maybe a ps vita idk yet maybe just an ultrabook
To much to choose from....
Idk if a tablet is really needed for me... A new phone would do it... Sprint needs to hurry up and release something!
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Lol I remember you going crazy for this tablet before release. Too bad they returned you a bad unit. But hey, now you know tablets aren't right for you yet.
I'm glad I didn't jump on the evo3d (after loving the evo 4g)...I ended up waiting and getting the sgs2e4gt and couldn't be happier. So if you REALLY need a new phone, maybe get that one lol
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my rma status finally changed to repairing after a month. I did call them the day before. Maybe they figured they should start working on it.
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Do you have a bluetooth speaker, or something to pair it to and transfer data while trying your speedtests?
Mine will be going in for this in the near future and I want to know that it does actually work on some units.
I can turn on bluetooth, and even pair it without really any change in wifi performance. As soon as you transmit to a speaker though it plummets to 400k or less.
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I haven't tried that yet but soon as I get my headphones back I will. Lent to friend. Damn.
Complaining works
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my rma status finally changed to repairing after a month. I did call them the day before. Maybe they figured they should start working on it.
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I sent them a nasty email complaining about the "waiting to Repair" status and in 3 hours they had a new serial number ready to ship...should be here tomorrow, within 48 hours of my email being sent, so complaining seems to motivate them.
I had a BCOK but they are sending me a C2O, hopefully it works well.