I have looked all over for the answer to my question but I am not seeing the answer. I see a lot about blinking orange lights but not my issue.
I have a TF201 docking keyboard I purchased a little over a year ago. It won't charge when I plug it in to the charger. It shows as 0% on my battery on my actual TF201 but I have had it plugged in overnight and it doesn't change. On the side next to the plug it just shows a solid orange light whether it is plugged in or not. I am running CM11 Unofficial but was able to use the dock for quite a while running this ROM with no issues.
Can someone PLEASE help me or does anyone know what the issue is???
THANKS! :fingers-crossed:
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alias4ever said:
I have looked all over for the answer to my question but I am not seeing the answer. I see a lot about blinking orange lights but not my issue.
I have a TF201 docking keyboard I purchased a little over a year ago. It won't charge when I plug it in to the charger. It shows as 0% on my battery on my actual TF201 but I have had it plugged in overnight and it doesn't change. On the side next to the plug it just shows a solid orange light whether it is plugged in or not. I am running CM11 Unofficial but was able to use the dock for quite a while running this ROM with no issues.
Can someone PLEASE help me or does anyone know what the issue is???
THANKS! :fingers-crossed:
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This sounds like the exact poblem I am having. Does the dock still work when it is plugged into the pad however? Does yours get the dock charging icon for a second before giving up?
I recently unlocked the bootloader and flashed Hariybean. I'm reluctant to go back to stock just to see if this sorts out the dock but after searching t'webs endlessly it seems this may be my only hope.
Doormizzle said:
This sounds like the exact poblem I am having. Does the dock still work when it is plugged into the pad however? Does yours get the dock charging icon for a second before giving up?
I recently unlocked the bootloader and flashed Hariybean. I'm reluctant to go back to stock just to see if this sorts out the dock but after searching t'webs endlessly it seems this may be my only hope.
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Yes the keyboard itself does still work with it is plugged into the Prime. Mine actually shows it charging and charging on CM11 Unofficial. But it doesn't go anywhere after that. It just stays at charging at 0% after being plugged in for 5+ hours.
I was actually using it with CM11 for a few weeks before it went out on me. I shake my dock gently and it sounds like something might be loose?
Please let me know if you find out anything. If anyone else knows of something that might work please please let me know as I have also searched and searched (even after posting this I searched even more) for quite a while with no results.
Thanks!
Wrong forum. There is no docking keyboard for gen 2 yet.
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Whitlockey said:
Wrong forum. There is no docking keyboard for gen 2 yet.
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Really?
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Transfo...id=1394682257&sr=8-1&keywords=tf201+keyboard
That is the same keyboard I have and this is the TF201 forum is it not? [emoji6]
I have the same symptoms; TF201, completely stock.
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I have the same symptoms; TF201, completely stock.
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From researching it a lot of people have said that the docking keyboard tends to "die" in some form or another after about a year. I went ahead and purchased another docking keyboard on eBay myself as I love having the backup battery and the ability to have the physical keyboard.
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Up until this morning I had considered myself one of the lucky prime owners that had no problems with their device. The My prime has not suffered any of the defects I have seen other users having issues with, no screen bleed, great wifi, only a little issue with gps, and I purchased the unit from the one extra stock that the gamestop in SF received on the day they're delivered. Very happy overall with my firs tablet.... Until this morning..
Last night with my battery hovering around 15% I plugged into to charge, and got the wonderful little sound letting me know that night the morning I would have another full charge to waste f'in about.. When I woke up at 4 my prime was at 71% and status said not charging..... Strange I thought, and maybe a fuse had blown? No.... Every outlet in my house produces the same result.... No power getting to the prime
It was charged through a protected outlet in my server cabinet, so I know the power was clean and surge free.... Has anyone out there experienced anything like this before? I am thinking now that I will have RMA the unit because the charge circuits somehow failed.. I have no provision test another power supply for charging purposes and do nothing I have even seen extras available yet.. When I get to work I will verify that I still have connectivity to my pc and see what happens.
Please I would like some constructive thoughts on this matter.... I do not want to start another thread that catalyzes everyoneone into a fit of prime bashing or or telling me why I should returnitand buy a new device.... I am lookingfor hopefully a resolution or similar experience that can help me out before I make the decision to RMA for a new unit .... Damn and I only had a few days left to waitfor ICS
If it helps I am on the latest update 33, and rooted with jcase and viperboys (thanks guys, awesome work) tool....
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put the charger in a ziplock bag, then in the freezer for 20 minutes.
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put the charger in a ziplock bag, then in the freezer for 20 minutes.
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... What purpose would this serve?
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... What purpose would this serve?
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Your charger is overheating. Did the same thing with mine, an hour in the freezer worked like a charm. Remember to put it in a bag though.
There is a temperature trip circuit in the charger, which evidently kills charging if the charger passes a temp threshold. This was apparently a very prevalent problem on the tf101, and has been known to carry over to the TF201 occasionally. I have not experienced it, but i have seen this 'fix' used successfully.
Definitely sounds worth a try then... I can try this fix when I get to work and report back... Is this something I should expect on a regular basis? I Can do it for a while until I can source a new charger, that I do not mind... At this point anything that keeps this thing in my hand and up and running is good news in my book. Thanks for the suggestion guys!
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Please keep us posted. One of the first things I noticed when I got my Prime was how damn hot the charger got when charging. You can literally burn yourself if you squeeze it.
The charger is a piece of ****. Instable, overheating, buzzing, the one on my TF died a long time ago.
If it doesn't work anymore, find yourself a new one (that provide 12v output and not the regular 5v) with a USB port, it cost something like 10$ and you won't risk to set your house on fire each time you charge your TFP.
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put the charger in a ziplock bag, then in the freezer for 20 minutes.
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Takes the cake of the oddiest workaround I have heard of. Can't wait to see if the OP confirms the fix.
Freezing a charger. Wow.
UmbraeSoulsbane said:
Takes the cake of the oddiest workaround I have heard of. Can't wait to see if the OP confirms the fix.
Freezing a charger. Wow.
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Well its not that strange.....I used to do this with clicking Hard Drives after they over heat. This would allow you at least an hour to access your files to recover them. Its a long known data recovery secret. ;-)
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Takes the cake of the oddiest workaround I have heard of. Can't wait to see if the OP confirms the fix.
Freezing a charger. Wow.
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Not very odd. This trick been used to fix hard drives too.
Example: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html
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Please keep us posted. One of the first things I noticed when I got my Prime was how damn hot the charger got when charging. You can literally burn yourself if you squeeze it.
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kokusho said:
The charger is a piece of ****. Instable, overheating, buzzing, the one on my TF died a long time ago.
If it doesn't work anymore, find yourself a new one (that provide 12v output and not the regular 5v) with a USB port, it cost something like 10$ and you won't risk to set your house on fire each time you charge your TFP.
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I noticed this as well... seemed a bit much for my like but as everything seemed to working ok I left it alone. I am at work now and chager has been in the feezer for approx 20 min... gonna leave it till the hour mark and I will update as to the progress of this very strange yet intresting adventure....
Alright... so my update on the problem.... Put the charger in the freezer for a good couple of hours to see if it could be reset... after letting come back to room temp, I plugged it in and nothing.... charger is blown. Had to go to office depot to get a new one, but the good news is that it was not the prime itself! Thanks for the ideas everyone!
Have anyone been able to charge their Prime from their PC like it says you can do in the manual.
I tried and the Prime didn't show any indication that it was being charged, in fact it still said to connect it to a charger.
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Have anyone been able to charge their Prime from their PC like it says you can do in the manual.
I tried and the Prime didn't show any indication that it was being charged, in fact it still said to connect it to a charger.
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you can but it has to be in sleeping or off even then it will charge so slow unless you have a usb 3.0 port like me
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Op,
I have been watching people complain about this, if you plan to throw the charger away could I get you to toss it into an envelope and send it to me, I want to do some research on it to see if I can figure out why it is burning out.
Does anyone have a link to a cheap, compatible charger? I guess the voltage can vary as long as it's not too low, but the current should match that of the original charger, from what I understand.
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Op,
I have been watching people complain about this, if you plan to throw the charger away could I get you to toss it into an envelope and send it to me, I want to do some research on it to see if I can figure out why it is burning out.
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Flyingwolf, being an engineer myself I was very curious about doing a little investigation of my own... But I only have a multimeter. I would hope this should be enough to get a general idea of what's going on. If you would like I would love collaborate with you on this and see if we can figure out what is going on. If I get to deep over my head (I am a mechanical engineer not electrical after all ) I would have no problem at all sending it along! Let me know and we can go from there. Was planning on cracking it open this weekend.
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Far from being an engineer myself, however my love of all things electronic and my hobby of RC has forced me to learn as much as I can, I have become rather proficient lol.
Me personally I would just being doing some simple probe tests, figuring out if there was an issue with manufacturing (cold solder joint, too tight wire that pulls with heat expansion etc).
I am sure as a mechanical engineer you should have no problem figuring it out.
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Does anyone have a link to a cheap, compatible charger? I guess the voltage can vary as long as it's not too low, but the current should match that of the original charger, from what I understand.
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I paid 30 at office Depot for an OEM unit... I would recommend you always use the stock system to charge as it may have integrated circuitry to actually talk back and for to the prime for charging to correct levels. Further investigation as noted in my last post should hint at this so stay tuned. I will note that they keep the chargers in the back at my local store and when I called had no idea what I ws taking about. I had to give them the item number from online before they could find it... So I would check availability online and find a store that has them in stock before you go on a wander to find one. Hope that helps
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Just added this thread, 'cause I think there aren't enough positive threads.
Got my dock two days ago.
I plugged in my tablet and charger and loaded both of them for a couple of hours.
When they were fully charged, I disconnected the charger and began surfing and watching movies.
The battery of my tablet stayed at 100%, while my dock battery depleted. So I will always have a fully loaded tablet if I decide to disconnect the tablet from my dock. Unless I keep using my TF101 for 16 hours straight without charging (which will someday happen, I betcha! Can't stop using it!!!
I also noticed that when I use the arrow pointer the scrolling direction of the touchpad is inverted. This is IMO very well thought out, because it is the same on a laptop.
I read on different fora that people have problems with their dock and that the dock only kicks in when the tablet battery is at 70%.
Is my dock working differently, because I am running Revolver ROM?
Just a couple of glitches:
When you use the arrow pointer, you can't use pinch-to-zoom anymore.
Sometimes I have a lag while typing, but it doesn't bother me or slow me down. Even in this forum I have minimal lag.
Sometimes the touchpad is not as responsive as I want it to be.
Mouseover isn't working in browser.
Anywayz, apart from a couple of little issues (hopefully solved in ICS), my dock is working perfectly!!
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I plugged in my tablet and charger and loaded both of them for a couple of hours.
When they were fully charged, I disconnected the charger and began surfing and watching movies.
The battery of my tablet stayed at 100%, while my dock battery depleted. So I will always have a fully loaded tablet if I decide to disconnect the tablet from my dock. Unless I keep using my TF101 for 16 hours straight without charging (which will someday happen, I betcha! Can't stop using it!!!
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I´ve been having my Transformer (+dock) for 10 days now. Before that, I had an Netbook running Windows with an extended battery.
With that I usually had to put it to the charger 3 times a week.
Now, with the Transformer I still had 40% (!!) battery left after one week of normal use.
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I read on different fora that people have problems with their dock and that the dock only kicks in when the tablet battery is at 70%.
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I think this only applies to the Transformer Prime of which I have had 3.
I am not convinced it is a wise idea to keep the keyboard dock constantly charging the tablet though.
I will be using the tablet without the dock also.
I also charge all my devices when they reach 50%.
only one "problem" with dock I have - the software keayboard i'm using instead of stock one doesn't support ctrl+space locale switch 8) and i cannot find any better combination for it
surely thats not a dock issue, but a software i'm using and I still hope that its author will implement that feature 8)
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Sometimes the touchpad is not as responsive as I want it to be.
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My touchpad is the same, but I have never liked touchpads so I use a wireless mouse when docked. Makes for an ideal platform.
dm36415 said:
My touchpad is the same, but I have never liked touchpads so I use a wireless mouse when docked. Makes for an ideal platform.
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I do the same. I was at my local Library yesterday with dock and mouse. Some guy with a Playbook (or similar) kept looking over at me the whole time he was there. I'm pretty sure he knew what I was using and seemed pretty keen on having a look.
I have no issues with mine either. Except that right click works like esc which drives me bonkers on remote desktop. But that's not a dock issue, its an android issue.
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I just got the got 2 days back as well, Mines perfect! I love it, I do have same small qwirks as the OP mentions but it seems well thought through and it shows in use, always having a charged tablet is great feature too!
I should have bought one sooner.
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I have no issues with mine either. Except that right click works like esc which drives me bonkers on remote desktop. But that's not a dock issue, its an android issue.
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Yep I got the same issue. Keep logging out of remote desktop....
I have not been able to use my Transformer Prime for a few months now (I'm in the military) and obviously the battery died. The problem is, I cant get it to turn on at all now. The power cable connectors look fine, and it always worked before this. Does anyone have any advice? My Prime is rooted and running Virtuous Rom.
I would assume something wrong with the power supply or port inside the device. I have a prime that I am parting out if you need any parts. The only thing that is unusable is the system board on mine (due to a bad flash).
Best of luck figuring it out!
Well neither the tablet nor the dock are charging. Would that indicate a bad power cord more than anything else?
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I have not been able to use my Transformer Prime for a few months now (I'm in the military) and obviously the battery died. The problem is, I cant get it to turn on at all now. The power cable connectors look fine, and it always worked before this. Does anyone have any advice? My Prime is rooted and running Virtuous Rom.
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Normally I think it has to get up to I think a 5% charge before it will turn on but not sure if this is what you are describing or if you have let it stay plugged in for some time and it is not charging. That would seem like a hardware issue then.
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Well neither the tablet nor the dock are charging. Would that indicate a bad power cord more than anything else?
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Yes, I would think so! It's a known issue. If the dock charged and not the tablet that would be anothet thing. Do you get a light in either when plugged?
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Yes, I was going to ask if you saw the little red/green glow coming from teh tablet On button (VERY small hole, easier to see in dark) or the mor obvious LED next to the charging port on the dock.
I checked and nope there's no light on the tablet or keyboard. Ill swing by best buy tonight and get a new cord. Thanks for the help!
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Is there any possibility to change the behavior of the dock charging the prime?
I mean like the dock starts charging at 50% and charges till 70% but stops when it reaches a certain percentage.
I thought I read about it before but I couldn't find it yet.
Let me know if you can help me, and if it's possible to do with my locked but rooted Prime.
Thanks in advance.
I asked the same thing about 8months ago, there is no possible way of doing it yet.
I am currently working on a back lit keyboard for the prime so i may find a way shortly, I will keep you posted
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I asked the same thing about 8months ago, there is no possible way of doing it yet.
I am currently working on a back lit keyboard for the prime so i may find a way shortly, I will keep you posted
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Thank you, just let me know if you find something out
I am baffled as to how it works to begin with, when it kicks on, for how long etc.
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I am baffled as to how it works to begin with, when it kicks on, for how long etc.
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It kicks in at around 68-70% and charges until 90% or until the dock runs out of battery.
Would be cool if we could manage to let it charge to just 80% and just if and until the dock has more than 20% left, as I happen to come home with a 0% dock and a 70% tablet.
Would be good for the dock battery I guess.
Not sure if there's already a thread for this or if someone else has experienced this problem, but the issue that I'm having is that my nook won't power up fully (and remain on) unless it's plugged in. As soon as I remove it from the charger, it shuts down. Otherwise, it functions 100% on charger.
Any ideas how to fix it? Or is this the end for my beloved nook? I'd really love to not be tethered by the charger all the time.
It's an 8gb running CM11 Snapshot 8, if it could perhaps be a software issue, but I'm really not sure.
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Not sure if there's already a thread for this or if someone else has experienced this problem, but the issue that I'm having is that my nook won't power up fully (and remain on) unless it's plugged in. As soon as I remove it from the charger, it shuts down. Otherwise, it functions 100% on charger.
Any ideas how to fix it? Or is this the end for my beloved nook? I'd really love to not be tethered by the charger all the time.
It's an 8gb running CM11 Snapshot 8, if it could perhaps be a software issue, but I'm really not sure.
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Maybe it´s just a dead battery.
you can buy online, and there´s a bunch of videos of how to replace. it´s a straightforward process.
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Maybe it´s just a dead battery.
you can buy online, and there´s a bunch of videos of how to replace. it´s a straightforward process.
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Yeah, I saw a thread about it and I'm going to try that. Hopefully it does the trick.