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Having issues? Exchange it!

So I bought my tf300 a couple weeks ago, right off the bat my stock launcher and browser were force closing or not responding every 10-20 minutes. The keyboard would glitch out all the time. I cleared cache on everything and it worked for a bit but it kept coming back. After about a week I took it back to best buy, they didn't even look at it, they grabbed me another one and I couldn't be happier.
My assumption is that in an attempt to lower the price, Asus used cheaper parts and there is a few duds out there. Though it did seem to be a software error...
tl;dr: If your having issues, exchange it. This is an awesome tablet, just thought I would share.

Mines working great *knock on wood*
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marksman34 said:
If your having issues, exchange it. This is an awesome tablet, just thought I would share.
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Great advice and I'm glad to see you are satisfied with your tablet!
I'm actually surprised to see how many will keep a defective item and complain about it daily. I give an item 5-7 days including technical support. If I find I am not happy with an item by that time, I set up an RMA. If the replacement unit works I'm happy; if not, I simply move on to the next device.
I've had more issues with defective hardware in laptops than anything else. And that's saying a lot since I only purchase high end but stuff happens.

just got this tablet its freaking amazing!

as above!! time to root and cwm

best in the market
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mox123 said:
as above!! time to root and cwm
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I agree this tablet is amazing
Be advised you will also have to unlock which voids warranty in order to get CWR and install ROMS ect....
Personally I waited till my 27th day to unlock.
Glad I did! Currently running Seanscream's Hydro and really liking it!
Have fun :victory:

congrats! hope you enjoy, i definitely do =)

i cwm and rooted it, cant wait till 27th, awesome!!

it will be awesome if it gets jelly bean in august

Why did you wait until the 27th day?
I got this tablet a few days ago, I think I will root it ASAP. I like the tablet a lot, but cannot stand the MTP mode. Hopefully rooting will get around that. Any one know if I am stuck with MTP?

i unlocked it after 10 Minutes
Why wait til the 27th to get JB.

invertedskull said:
Why did you wait until the 27th day?
I got this tablet a few days ago, I think I will root it ASAP. I like the tablet a lot, but cannot stand the MTP mode. Hopefully rooting will get around that. Any one know if I am stuck with MTP?
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I just wanted to get a feel for it first and make sure there were no defects or blemishes that would require a return OR warranty claim before chancing that by unlocking, I would be voiding the warranty as ASUS states.
BestBuy has the 30day return policy so I got brave and did the "Unlock" just a few days prior to that running out figuring if something went wrong, I would possibly still have a couple days to return it to them. (I know this wouldn't have been politically correct - just my thoughts...)

lazer9 said:
I just wanted to get a feel for it first and make sure there were no defects or blemishes that would require a return OR warranty claim before chancing that by unlocking, I would be voiding the warranty as ASUS states.
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thats right, i have it for like 4-5 days now. Rooted it immediately. Now just waiting couple more days if everythings allright with my piece so i dont have to worry for warranty
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ubuntu dual boot
yeah.. really nice tab. Have anyone tried the following on tf300?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...tall#Backing_up_your_existing_android_install

Not me but im pretty excited about it ^^
Anyway, one thing that im a bit upset about is that since i bought it i have a one tiny piece of dust or whatever it is under the glass. It seems like dead pixel butim sureits not... :banghead: not a biggie but sure its not great feature
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QQboss said:
Not me but im pretty excited about it ^^
Anyway, one thing that im a bit upset about is that since i bought it i have a one tiny piece of dust or whatever it is under the glass. It seems like dead pixel butim sureits not... :banghead: not a biggie but sure its not great feature
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run dead pixel test on play market

Thanks buddy but as i said im sure its not bad pixel because when im watbching it from different angles its pretty clearits above screen... so my guess is thats it is on the inner side of glass dunno how to get rid of it
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QQboss said:
Thanks buddy but as i said im sure its not bad pixel because when im watbching it from different angles its pretty clearits above screen... so my guess is thats it is on the inner side of glass dunno how to get rid of it
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still better to run it and check, sometimes you can repair dead pixels as the app runs a variety of colours to force the dead pixel to become alive

Absolutely love mine. I'm glad i returned my TF100 last fall and waited it out. I knew it would be a while before the next affordable transformer came out and MAN it was worth the wait. This thing is just amazing. Haven't rooted yet...dont know why..guess its all the horror stories/issues on the forums holding me back

New Asus TF300T Owner: What to do?

Hi everyone,
I've just bought 2 new TF300Ts for the children. But what should I do first before handling them over to the kids?
Should I uninstalled all the apps/bloatwares that come with the tablet? Should I root the system and install a new OS?
When I first got my Samsung Galaxy phone, I rooted it and install Cognition. Whenever we get a new laptop/desktop, first thing I do is to go into Control Panel and uninstalled a bunch of apps. Install AVG antivirus, Malwarebytes anti-malware, etc.
I am looking to make the tablets clean, efficient, and fast before giving them to the children.
Thanks,

Personally, I just got mine the other day and flashed TWRP, then ParanoidAndroid (didn't bother rooting because flashing a rooted ROM takes care of that), then flashed the Untermensh overclocked kernel that's provided in the OP of the ROM thread. Keep in mind that there are many settings in that ROM and a lot that can be messed up. If the children are old enough to understand that, I would definitely recommend going the route that I did. With or without the overclocked kernel, this is a great ROM and a lot of fun to play around with. :good:
Everything that I needed was found here in this forum.
Good luck with your decision.

wetbiker7 said:
Personally, I just got mine the other day and flashed TWRP, then ParanoidAndroid (didn't bother rooting because flashing a rooted ROM takes care of that), then flashed the Untermensh overclocked kernel that's provided in the OP of the ROM thread. Keep in mind that there are many settings in that ROM and a lot that can be messed up. If the children are old enough to understand that, I would definitely recommend going the route that I did. With or without the overclocked kernel, this is a great ROM and a lot of fun to play around with. :good:
Everything that I needed was found here in this forum.
Good luck with your decision.
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Thanks.
The children are 6 and 8. Definitely a little young to be messing around with settings.
They would be using the tablets mainly for games, movies, music, etc.

Parental tools? You may want to leave them with warranty intacted. :0
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quickmirror said:
Parental tools? You may want to leave them with warranty intacted. :0
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That's a good idea. With kids messing around. It's probably better to leave the tablet alone with the warranty.
But at the same time, I want to make it a little quicker and leaner.

i'd leave them stock too, for the warranty. maybe put a gumdrop case over them too, as they have a good fall protection and a screen protector too. this is what i use, but its mainly for work, indoor and outdoor...

If you're planning to just let your kids use the tablet, then leave it stock for warranty purposes. You're going to want to leave the warranty intact trust me.

I agree. I would most definitely leave the tablets stock with the warranty intact. A lot of damage can be done to a rooted device if the user doesn't know what they are doing. Hmmmm, come to think of it, damage can be done in the hands of the experienced too. LOL
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The Gumdrop case that Buckmam suggested is a very good idea too. :good:

How is a warranty against manufacturing defects going to help if the kids damage it?

dontsurf said:
How is a warranty against manufacturing defects going to help if the kids damage it?
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the kids could expose some of those defects. from what I understand, once you root it/unlock it, Asus has the right to void the entire warranty, even manufacturing defects.

Also, there is a lot of damage that can be done internally when a device has been rioted. Essential files can.be mistakenly removed. Etc,etc. The worst thing.that can happen is the device ends up bricked. Once the bootloader has been unlocked , there is no sending it back to.the factory. I think the only thing Asus will still cover is MB failure.
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You could look down the custom launcher route
Or just use the app locker to lock settings and the apps you use and disable the rest
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I use ADW EX as my launcher and it is awesome. You can customize it many ways including themes. Is a nice way to jazz up the look w/o rooting. Its fast too.
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wetbiker7 said:
I agree. I would most definitely leave the tablets stock with the warranty intact. A lot of damage can be done to a rooted device if the user doesn't know what they are doing. Hmmmm, come to think of it, damage can be done in the hands of the experienced too. LOL
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The Gumdrop case that Buckmam suggested is a very good idea too. :good:
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I was thinking about purchasing a gumdrop case for my tf300t, but I cant get over the fact of how stupid it looks.

The Cookiemonster said:
I was thinking about purchasing a gumdrop case for my tf300t, but I cant get over the fact of how stupid it looks.
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There are other cases too that don't look like the Gum-Drop. I just bought a plain, smooth rubber case off Ebay a couple of days ago. I didn't like the look of the Gum-Drop either. LOL I will admit though, the Gum-Drop may look stupid but it is designed for maximum protection. :good:

wetbiker7 said:
There are other cases too that don't look like the Gum-Drop. I just bought a plain, smooth rubber case off Ebay a couple of days ago. I didn't like the look of the Gum-Drop either. LOL I will admit though, the Gum-Drop may look stupid but it is designed for maximum protection. :good:
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I totally agree, its a great case if you want extreme protection. Can you give me a link to the case you bought? Or something similar? Thanks.

wetbiker7 said:
Personally, I just got mine the other day and flashed TWRP, then ParanoidAndroid (didn't bother rooting because flashing a rooted ROM takes care of that), then flashed the Untermensh overclocked kernel that's provided in the OP of the ROM thread. Keep in mind that there are many settings in that ROM and a lot that can be messed up. If the children are old enough to understand that, I would definitely recommend going the route that I did. With or without the overclocked kernel, this is a great ROM and a lot of fun to play around with. :good:
Everything that I needed was found here in this forum.
Good luck with your decision.
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What build did you have on your tablet, and did you unlock bootloader first? What method did you use to flash TWRP?
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The Cookiemonster said:
I totally agree, its a great case if you want extreme protection. Can you give me a link to the case you bought? Or something similar? Thanks.
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I hope we are allowed to post links to places like Ebay. If we're not, I'm sure the Mods will let me know.
Here is just a simple rubber case like I purchased on Ebay. It is by no means a Gum-Drop case but it'll do for me. This is just a little something for me to use around the house or when I'm in the car on a road trip.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Silic...es_Covers_Keyboard_Folios&hash=item2c6a6f68d3
This is a combo similar to the one I bought. I just wanted something to get me by until I purchase the keyboard/dock. I plan on getting it within the month and will by a true leather case then that will accommodate both the pad and the dock. The case I bought is not 100% leather but it's decent quality. Both the screen protector and stylus are too. I'm very happy with it and the price.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leather-Cas...es_Covers_Keyboard_Folios&hash=item2ec142a676
Risi2112 said:
What build did you have on your tablet, and did you unlock bootloader first? What method did you use to flash TWRP?
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My tablet came with 4.1 on it and I used the bootloader unlocker that Asus provides. If you are on JellyBean, you must first unlock the bootloader before flashing recovery and rooting or it will not work.
As for TWRP. I installed SDK with adb and fastboot. I used fastboot to flash TWRP. Here is the link to the .blob files I used.
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/97
These are the commands I used once in fastboot:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
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I hope this helped out some. If you have anymore questions, I'll do my best to help answer them.
I just wanted to add that I am running the ParanoidAndroid ROM with the Untermensch kernel and it is running flawlessly. I've had it up to 1.6GHz and it's as stable as can be. No issues whatsoever to report.

give the boxes to your kids with colored markers and a pair of scissors, and pimp out your new tablets. you deserve slickness redefined, and they deserve an imagination
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Just wanted to add that the rubber case came today and it's what I expected. Just a simple rubber case that will help keep the back from getting scratched up. It will help if the tablet is ever dropped but not much. If you think there's a chance you'll drop your tablet, don't even bother with the one I bought. Get a Gum-Drop.

Looking for recommendation on buying one of these

I keep seeing these things go for less than $50 on Ebay, all of them stuck in recovery or at the Acer logo, etc. I'm looking at snapping one up since it's praised soy well on here.
What do you guys think?
What are my chances of unbricking it?
Some are almost new condition.
I figure for $50 or less I can always take out and sell the digitizer, LCD, battery and get most of my money back. Or I could buy one of the cracked ones and get one good one still for under $100.
Any questions I should ask the seller?
Also any good recommendations for a keyboard and case in 1?
I'm pretty experienced with the whole rooting/ flashing scene, but I don't even try developing.
Thanks in advance, though I'll hit the thanks button too.
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Yep some of them can be unbricked but you'll probably need the cpuid for that... some of them could have dodgy chip issue, only a new mobo will fix those ones....
Might wanna have a good read thru the guides in my sig specially the first two - things are done quite differently on the Acer compared to other android devices.
Don't think u can go too wrong grabbing one or two of these tabs as long as you're fully aware of the pitfalls...someone was saying new mobos on eBay for 50$...u could go into Acer refurb bizzo...as far as I know there have been no other reports of hardware failure other than the chip issue
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A new MB on eBay will also be anywhere from $60-80, so for the initial $50 + new MB, you'll have a pretty decent 10.1" tablet for ~$125 + 20-30 minutes of elbow grease that will run JB, ICS, or a couple of flavors of Unix. I love it because it has a grown-up USB port for an external drive (I load movies on a 2.5" SATA drive and carry it in my briefcase).

mrlamo said:
I keep seeing these things go for less than $50 on Ebay, all of them stuck in recovery or at the Acer logo, etc. I'm looking at snapping one up since it's praised soy well on here.
What do you guys think?
What are my chances of unbricking it?
Some are almost new condition.
I figure for $50 or less I can always take out and sell the digitizer, LCD, battery and get most of my money back. Or I could buy one of the cracked ones and get one good one still for under $100.
Any questions I should ask the seller?
Also any good recommendations for a keyboard and case in 1?
I'm pretty experienced with the whole rooting/ flashing scene, but I don't even try developing.
Thanks in advance, though I'll hit the thanks button too.
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Man, wish I was in the States to pick up on some of these! Could un-brick them, then re-sell them on the Moscow Market for a couple hundred!!!!!!
The 500/501 is basically bullet-proof, unless you physically corrupt the internal memory. And that only happens in a small percentage.
The UID can be obtained via a linux environment. But with all unbricking methods, some work where others don't. And sometimes you have to have a little indepth knowledge of android and linux.
Once that's done, just a matter of finding the sweet spot.
MD

I have no knowledge to unbrick or repair one of these wonderful tablets. Had it not be that way I'd buy one without any doubt.
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Picked up a mint bricked A500 from a local cash converters for 20 quid (GBP) Took about 30 minutes to sort the problem. Now I am the happy owner of 2 A500's. One running Our man Civ's ICS, and the other running Thor JB.
Job done. :victory:

Bull3t_Or_Blade said:
Picked up a mint bricked A500 from a local cash converters for 20 quid (GBP) Took about 30 minutes to sort the problem. Now I am the happy owner of 2 A500's. One running Our man Civ's ICS, and the other running Thor JB.
Job done. :victory:
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Oh that's sweet....nice work:thumbup:
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dibb_nz said:
Oh that's sweet....nice work:thumbup:
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I keep looking, but never seem to find these deals...
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lugotfl said:
I keep looking, but never seem to find these deals...
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what part of the world are you in?
EDIT....I just checked out eBay m8 one for 24$?????

[Q] Nexus 7 warranty problem

Hi all, I need some help from you guys.
I read all about voiding warranty if I root my device but something happened to my nexus that I find too akward.
A couple weeks ago, I sent my Nexus to repair due to faulty gps.
It would not recieve any signal. I installed many different ROMs, wiped it, tryed factory image from Google themselves without any success. So I decided to send my Nexus to warranty. Before sending it in I installed the factory image once again and relocked the bootloader.
As I bought my device froma reseller (FNAC) I did not send it directly to ASUS. I went to FNAC instead.
The problem is that today I recieved a SMS from FNAC saying that the brand (ASUS) did not accept my device under warranty.
I am wondering what could possibly go wrong. I am a bit worried about all this as I am 100% sure I took all the precautions to unroot my device. I know it had a factory image from Google and the only thing I am not sure is if I relocked the bootloader.
Tomorrow I will go to FNAC to know what they have to say.
My question is, can they refuse to repair my device only because the bootloader is unlocked? I was not bricked, only the gps did not work.
Sorry for the big text, thanks in advance

Yep they can completely refuse to repair it if the bootloader is unlocked.

To begin with, you need to find out what reason Asus gave.
Any number of things are possible - for all you know, your device got dropped/damaged after it left your hands, but before it arrived at Asus. Or any of a number of other reasons.
But it would be interesting for you to follow up your OP with an account of your experience.

Try installing this
If it's not hard-bricked then try going through Clockwork Recovery (For 4.2.2)
Then download Google Apps from this webpage goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip
Then the GPS will work and other Google Apps just fine, and if you want you can start fresh from stock then root it again then put in the ROM (CyanogenMod 10.1 RC2 is the best one) or which ever one you want to use then install Google Apps (gapps) through Clockwork by choosing 'Add Zip' then adding the zip in the downloads folder or your nexus 7. There is though a RC3 and RC4 but I prefer RC2 get.cm/?device=grouper&type=RC

Tomorrow I'll post more info of whats going on.
Thanks for replies.
YoyoscratchMC did not understand your post..

In the guarantee card is a point where it says that unlocked devices have no longer guarantee.
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Ok guys so it had nothing to do with software.
I did setup my tablet nicely so ASUS could not complain about unlocking anything.
So the reason they refused to repair my tablet under warranty is a small scratch that cant even be called dent. It has about 1mm diameter and is more a lack of paint than a dent. The small scratch is right next to two connector (see images below) and ASUS repair team said that one connector was not there. They classified it as my fault for damaging the device.
I cannot believe that a small scratch can cause that damage. My opinion is that the connector was badly installed or was not even there at the beggining since I never tested the gps when I bought the device.
Plus the repair cost would be more than 200€, almost the price of a new Nexus. They want to replace the motherboard!
I will post the pictures that ASUS took from my device as soon as I can.
Btw, any1 knows what those connectors do?
Thanks

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Btw, any1 knows what those connectors do?
Thanks
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Those are the GPS antenna pins.

I sent my nexus 7 in because I erased the boot loader (I'm a dumb***) and they upgraded me from an 8gb to 16gb and my nexus was all banged and beat up odd they wouldn't fix yours
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I could not believe when they told me that they refused to repair due to a small scratch... Anyway I refused to pay for the repair budget and made a complaint to oficial authorities. I will be able to use my nexus as is while they process the complaint.
Oh and they want to replace the whole board just because it is missing 1 pin from the gps connector. Is that normal?
Thankyou all.

just sent mine with screen flicker on white/minor screen lift.. flashed stock and relocked so hope they honor my warranty...
new ones screen including touch is much better... also nice to get a fresh battery
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nolook said:
just sent mine with screen flicker on white/minor screen lift.. flashed stock and relocked so hope they honor my warranty...
new ones screen including touch is much better... also nice to get a fresh battery
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Hope they dont screw you like they did to me mate. GL

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Hope they dont screw you like they did to me mate. GL
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ya hopefully mine was bought from google play so maybe the warranty is different from the non google play ones...

Doubt it mate. It always comes down to repair companies that ASUS hires.
In my country there are many complaints with the repair service of ASUS. The company that repairs the products here for ASUS is awful. Maybe in your country it's better.