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My Transformer is unusable after 3.2 update :(

I got the update and it went smooth, but I noticed my wifi was connecting and the keyboard was very unresponsive, so I went into setting and I got force closes - one after another, for everything... launcher, Wifi settings, the settings app, any app I launch and everything is so slow . Right now I'm looking at another launcher force close and I can't do anything without it causing more epic crashes
Thanks ASUS, but this sucks.
P.S. WTF with the new cursor!!!!

mine works fine.

tekkitan said:
mine works fine.
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Great. This update screwed me so bad that it won't even let me copy my sdcard data to an external drive so I can wipe this this clean and start over... I really need that data off the device!!

An adapter for the sd card is cheap. Just remove it and plug it into adapter and adapter into a pc or Mac

kapurcell said:
An adapter for the sd card is cheap. Just remove it and plug it into adapter and adapter into a pc or Mac
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And do what? It's not allowing me to copy files and is force closing every few seconds ...

Have you powered down and then powered back on? Everything was crashing on mine, but once I turned it completely off and restarted it's been fine. Give it a try.

Mines working fine. Make sure you cold boot after the update.

Sucks man. Mine works great
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sheureka said:
Have you powered down and then powered back on? Everything was crashing on mine, but once I turned it completely off and restarted it's been fine. Give it a try.
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Yes, I have Damn, I just want to backup my stuff so I can factory reset - no matter how painful a full reset is, I need this tablet working!
Oh and that cursor!! Seriously!! LOL
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

EP2008 said:
And do what? It's not allowing me to copy files and is force closing every few seconds ...
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I think the idea is to put the card into a PC and get the files that way. In this scenario, what the TF is doing is irrelevant.

EP2008 said:
Yes, I have Damn, I just want to backup my stuff so I can factory reset - no matter how painful a full reset is, I need this tablet working!
Oh and that cursor!! Seriously!! LOL
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I actually don't mind the new cursor, since it's only for the trackpad (that I can't be terribly precise with anyways). And, the effects are kind of cool.
The normal cursor remains with an external mouse, where it's really needed.

wynand32 said:
I actually don't mind the new cursor, since it's only for the trackpad (that I can't be terribly precise with anyways). And, the effects are kind of cool.
The normal cursor remains with an external mouse, where it's really needed.
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Except the round cursor will make remote desktop use very difficult (I use remote desktop 5+ hours a day) and using an external mouse defeats the purpose of keeping things compact or lap-usable.
ASUS should not be messing with core functions like that. Even the trackpad scroll direction is messed up.

i had the same problem . just do the factory reset it will fix everything.

Kanaaan22 said:
i had the same problem . just do the factory reset it will fix everything.
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I'm trying I found out that I can get away with copying one directory at a time, so I can save my data, but it will take a while. Factory reset when that's done.

Nice, having to do a factory reset after FOTA with all the work of reinstalling apps. This is something that should not happen!

Well this is major poo poo. A factory reset didn't help much. My tablet feels like it's running on 100mhz... The stock browser took over a minute to load! Installing apps takes over 30 seconds when it should be more like 5. I tap on something and nothing happens... And then I get a force close...
Thank god for this iPad....

I love the performance changes they've done in 3.2, the desktop and widgets rendering optimizations are really noticeable.
I don't use the trackpad very much, but i don't think that making the reversal change without any configurable setting to turn it back to its previous behaviour was a good idea.
I hope they release a minor update to fix all known issues in this version, especially for that annoying "8 dance" bug in applications that don't actually use the compass constantly, like Samurai 2. I love Sky Maps but with this constant compass interference bug its really unusable.

my 3.2
Mines ok, except that friggin compass calibration during samurai 2 turned gps and location services off and it still does it, dungeon defenders is fine though so i dunno.

just a thought
Do you have an app killer? Do you have too many apps running? It is amazing how much stuff is running in the back ground if you don't force close stuff periodically. Hope you get it sorted.

I belive I found the problem. I noticed that the process "android.process.media" was clocking 100% cup for DAYS and I came across a few others who had this issue with their phones. There was an "app" that I needed to clear the cache and data from and a short time after the android.process.media process began to run normally.
Now, I don't get those force closes or slowdowns... who knows what the heck that was all about, but I hope it never happens again!
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[Q] Xoom everytime it restarts keeps going to the setup wizard, anyone know why?

My brothers Xoom which is the original and new out of the box every time he restarts it prompts him to do the setup wizard,anyone know why?
It seems like it doesnt save his settings regardless of having the settings all correct. Im not a xoom man as have the notion ink, vega and ipad so if anyone does know please let me know what we can try.
Its 32gb and not rooted and brand new out of the box.
Thanks!

Maybe the best, since it's brand-new and not modded (it IS not modded, right?) is to bring it to Motorola for repair? Or use the warranty to replace it? Cause there may be a solution for it now, but who knows if it will cause any more problems in the future?
EDIT: Just noticed I answered everything with a question. I mean: with a question?

Yes its not modded in anyway as I think he got it about 6 months ago and has never really used it. It has honeycomb as sold and even requests an update but even that after downloading and rebooting does nothing as it goes into the setup wizard again and then requests you to download the update again which seems to suggest its not doing anything. The unit is 32 gb internal and shows approx 29 gb still available. If it was mine I would be mods it was mine I would of nodded that ages ago but very strange it keeps doing this.
Just want to know if anyone has experienced this with a xoom
at all?

Just do a master reset and wipe the Xoom.
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Yeah I did a factory data reset and its doing exactly the same. Every time you reboot after installing apps or the update its asking to apply it kicks into the setup wizard. Baffled now! !!

GS4G keeps kicking/backing out of apps randomly

I have a customer that is on their 2nd GS4G and still having the same issues.
Rougly 20 times a day they will try to access any app, (sms,phone, games, ect) and it goes to it and then backs out of it.
I have hard reset and that hasnt fixed, so I exchanged for a new phone and this phone is doing the same thing.
I do not think that it is an ap, as they had this problem after the hard reset and before re-downloading aps.
Any thoughts??
thanks

are they on stock, or a custom rom?
if it is stock, did you do the factory reset with the sd card out? did you clear the cache prior to and after the factory reset?
if it is on a custom rom, then they probably have cwm installed. did they clear cache, clear dalvik cache, and then fix permissions?
make sure the sd card is out when doing a factory reset. remember to let the phone sit for 10-15 minutes after the reset. reboot the phone once it sits.
also try formatting the sd card on the computer and then on the phone.

completely stock.
Yes it was factory rest without the sd card.
both phones have the same issues and had different sd cards with each. This issue is appearing on 2 consecutive, bone stock phones (no additional apps dl'd)

This happens a lot when you are out of memory, or when there's an issue with permissions, which can be easily fixed with the "fix permission" options in cwm.
Though, on a stock new device this should not happen. I'd recommend installing one of those memory cleaners, like 360 cleaner which is a widget, just tap it and it will clear around 60mb of memory. Although those 60mb will come back again quickly because android manages ram its own way.. But it does help sometimes.
Other than that, fixing permissions usually help.
However I'm with you, this phone sure does have this issue and it happens a lot. A lot more than we dare to admit. In fact, this is my first Android device but I think we're too complacent if we brag about this phone because it has a lot of issues whatever rom you might be on (because I've tried them all)
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wow I was unaware that a flagship device from a year ago cant even handle its memory correctly.
Looks like they may end up swapping out for sensations. I cant have my customers bringing their phones back every two weeks if "thats how the phone just is"
thanks guys

Hey, that wasn't a technical answer, I'm no expert, just another kind of unsatisfied user. I just can't see how devices with less memory can work at all.
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I know
but if this seems to be a common occurance, its an unaceptable one

Try looking at the capacitive buttons on the bottom. When this happens, are they blinking abnormally? Does the settings menu ever pop up on its own? These buttons are prone to failure (even though it's not really a "button"), and that will back out of programs itself. If this is the case, I have posted a workaround for it that is satisfactory (building it right would be better of course!) search the q&a forum for capacitive button workaround, and if you are doing this fix then use virtual button bar from the market. It works the best and is free.

honestly, I feel a customer who has gone through now 4 phones, should have to do anything to have a working phone, either way, they opted to return and get HTC Sensations instead, so all is well

Strange Issues with my Infuse

I've never had any major problems with my Infuse since I got it.
The battery is getting weaker but I bought a 2600Mah USB Backup Battery and that gives me another 7-8 hours for about 13-14 hours of use.
To make a long story short, I unlocked for use in Mexico City on TelCel and had some issues, so I returned the phone back to stock, unrooted.
Since that point however, while it would occasionally freeze before, its become a daily thing now and really bothersome because I can't even stop audio from playing via bluetooth. The touch screen becomes unresponsive and only a soft reboot or a hard reboot (removing the battery) returns the phone to a useful state.
It seems I have to do is every couple of hours now though, so I am posting here to get some suggestion on how to fix it.
Its been two years already since I got it so I am eligible for a new phone, but this one continues to work well besides this issue.
Thanks

djfourmoney said:
I've never had any major problems with my Infuse since I got it.
The battery is getting weaker but I bought a 2600Mah USB Backup Battery and that gives me another 7-8 hours for about 13-14 hours of use.
To make a long story short, I unlocked for use in Mexico City on TelCel and had some issues, so I returned the phone back to stock, unrooted.
Since that point however, while it would occasionally freeze before, its become a daily thing now and really bothersome because I can't even stop audio from playing via bluetooth. The touch screen becomes unresponsive and only a soft reboot or a hard reboot (removing the battery) returns the phone to a useful state.
It seems I have to do is every couple of hours now though, so I am posting here to get some suggestion on how to fix it.
Its been two years already since I got it so I am eligible for a new phone, but this one continues to work well besides this issue.
Thanks
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1. your microSD may be going bad
2. if you haven't done so, back up all your stuff and try a factory reset...this may erase all existing info and bring the phone back to day#1

qkster said:
1. your microSD may be going bad
2. if you haven't done so, back up all your stuff and try a factory reset...this may erase all existing info and bring the phone back to day#1
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I mentioned that in the post, I did it while in Mexico City. It worked fine until this week, late last week. The battery only gives me about 5 hours now with just 32% audio playback and about 10% web access.
I guess I'll order a Anker battery from Amazon.
I rooted the phone again last night but before I did that, the phone became unresponsive three times in an hour. Which microSD card are you talking about? I just bought a 32GB Class 6 card and that works fine, I play all my audio from it, no problems.
If you mean the internal microSD card, that could be possible. I assume I can crack open the phone and replace this easily?
I should mention it never does that while plugged into a power source, so maybe this is all battery related.

Possible Fix...
When I had to hard reboot the phone again this afternoon, a little forced closed window came up for TwLauncher.
After rebooting the phone I looking at Titanium Backup and cleared the cashe from TwLauncher and that seems to have solved the problem.
Somebody on here mentioned that after installing a ROM they had the same problem, was worth a try.
I will report back if the issue returns.

djfourmoney said:
When I had to hard reboot the phone again this afternoon, a little forced closed window came up for TwLauncher.
After rebooting the phone I looking at Titanium Backup and cleared the cashe from TwLauncher and that seems to have solved the problem.
Somebody on here mentioned that after installing a ROM they had the same problem, was worth a try.
I will report back if the issue returns.
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My personal beliefs are that TB is good for causing a lot of problems.I used to use it,even bought pro,but even not restoring data when restoring apps I seamed to develop odd quirks or problems on about any ROM. Since not using it have much fewer problems.I am sure many people love it and think it's great, just thought I would give my $0.02

if your battery holds a charge...that is, it's letting you run the phone for more than several hours, it's unlikely to be the battery.
lags are usually due to apps misbehaving, media scan, wakelocks and wifi bugs...there are some others.
a factory reset ...complete reset..complete stock..will let you know if you have hardware of software issues.

qkster said:
if your battery holds a charge...that is, it's letting you run the phone for more than several hours, it's unlikely to be the battery.
lags are usually due to apps misbehaving, media scan, wakelocks and wifi bugs...there are some others.
a factory reset ...complete reset..complete stock..will let you know if you have hardware of software issues.
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Thus far, that issue has not returned. Yes the battery holds a charge, but last only about 5-6 hours now, not 7-8 hours.
It seems it was a minor software issue. I did a factory reset, you keep missing that.
I did it in Mexico City (7 days ago).... Since that point and returning to the US, I have put my apps back on the phone. I had already updated to Gingerbread and it just reset to that.
I won't know more until I am out and about with my phone. I will be watching various auto racing events and don't plan on leaving the house this weekend.
Aussie V8's at COTA
NASCAR All Star Race @ Charlotte
World Challenge @ COTA
ELMS @ Imola
DTM @ Brands Hatch
WTCC @ Sazburg
Nurburgring 24 Sunday-Monday

elbscorp said:
My personal beliefs are that TB is good for causing a lot of problems.I used to use it,even bought pro,but even not restoring data when restoring apps I seamed to develop odd quirks or problems on about any ROM. Since not using it have much fewer problems.I am sure many people love it and think it's great, just thought I would give my $0.02
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No problem, I've never had a problem with TB. I updated the rom to a rooted version of the AT&T Gingerbread release so I could even use it... lol
The phone was rooted for Froyo, I downloaded the AT&T Gingerbread from Samsung via Kies when it was released and it remained rooted.
But resetting it back to stock, TB didn't work until I put the rooted rom on the phone.

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After you did the factory reset how did you put your apps back?

elbscorp said:
After you did the factory reset how did you put your apps back?
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Exactly...you had to use TB or another restore. If you used TB on froyo and restored on GB or vice versa, you may run into issues.
and ...sigh... I did not miss the fact that you stated that you had reset the phone. I just had doubts that you understood what I was trying to say...from inside the phone..under settings/privacy..there is a reset option. make sure everything you wanted is already backed up. reset it..then put it into download mode and use one of the odin or heimdall package and flash it back to complete stock...run it stock and dont back up anything. download only apps from the play store or side load the apps if you had the apk's.
check the battery use to see if you have wake locks or android OS or android system eating up for battery..then you will know

elbscorp said:
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After you did the factory reset how did you put your apps back?
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Well like this, I will not go into the details but somebody else put Swipe Lock on the phone and of course I didn't know what he put into the phone. I was trying to resolve data issue on TelCel.
I had to do a hard reset outside of the operating system. Since the ROM was already upgraded to Gingerbread but unrooted, it went back to its unrooted state meaning I couldn't use TB.
So I re-downloaded apps from my memory. All of them are free so it wasn't an issue, just time consuming.
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Exactly...you had to use TB or another restore. If you used TB on froyo and restored on GB or vice versa, you may run into issues.
and ...sigh... I did not miss the fact that you stated that you had reset the phone. I just had doubts that you understood what I was trying to say...from inside the phone..under settings/privacy..there is a reset option. make sure everything you wanted is already backed up. reset it..then put it into download mode and use one of the odin or heimdall package and flash it back to complete stock...run it stock and dont back up anything. download only apps from the play store or side load the apps if you had the apk's.
check the battery use to see if you have wake locks or android OS or android system eating up for battery..then you will know
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See above.
I used download mode to get out of Swipe Lock. I never used Swipe Lock, a-hole wanted to charge me 120 pesos ($7) to wipe it and put it back to stock, I wasn't going to do it, I know enough about Android phones to do it myself.
Oh well, lesson learned, I believe wiping the cashe from TwLauncher has solved the problem.
I did re-install all the apps from the store. I wasn't able to use TB until Thurs night (5/16). I noticed the errors Friday afternoon, wipe the cashe and no issues since.

[Q] Camera/Gallery Problem

Hello,
I'm having trouble with the camera of my TF700. When i try to open the camera, the camera still show up but with the black screen. After waiting for a while, it got frozen and i got a message "Gallery isn't responding. Do you want to close it". When i close it and reopen it, it shows the message "Camera error: Can't connect to the camera"
My gallery is still working fine. I still can be able to access to the picture on my SD card.
My Infinity is rooted and ROM CROMi-Xenogenesis 4.5
I did the factory reset, cold boot, wipe cache, fix permission. None is working.
I installed Skype to see whether the video is working. It's NOT. I tried 3rd party camera apps. They dont work either.
I'm lost and do not know how to fix this problem. If anybody knows any method that i can try out to fix this, i would really appreciate it
Thanks

koolvn said:
Hello,
I'm having trouble with the camera of my TF700. When i try to open the camera, the camera still show up but with the black screen. After waiting for a while, it got frozen and i got a message "Gallery isn't responding. Do you want to close it". When i close it and reopen it, it shows the message "Camera error: Can't connect to the camera"
My gallery is still working fine. I still can be able to access to the picture on my SD card.
My Infinity is rooted and ROM CROMi-Xenogenesis 4.5
I did the factory reset, cold boot, wipe cache, fix permission. None is working.
I installed Skype to see whether the video is working. It's NOT. I tried 3rd party camera apps. They dont work either.
I'm lost and do not know how to fix this problem. If anybody knows any method that i can try out to fix this, i would really appreciate it
Thanks
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Did your camera work before rooting and/or installing CROMIX? Did it ever work on CROMIX? If its not the ROM it sounds like broken camera hardware. If so you'll have to send it back to Asus for repair. Unfortunately you are unlocked and have voided your warranty hence the only reason I'm still locked for the warranty period.

elfaure said:
Did your camera work before rooting and/or installing CROMIX? Did it ever work on CROMIX? If its not the ROM it sounds like broken camera hardware. If so you'll have to send it back to Asus for repair. Unfortunately you are unlocked and have voided your warranty hence the only reason I'm still locked for the warranty period.
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I got this from a friend. It work once when i did the factory reset. After that time, it didnot work. Thus, i was thinking if i root it and use different Custom rom it might fix the problem.
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koolvn said:
I got this from a friend. It work once when i did the factory reset. After that time, it didnot work. Thus, i was thinking if i root it and use different Custom rom it might fix the problem.
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Sounds like you need to do a full wipe. If it ever worked doing a factory reset then its not a hardware problem its a software problem. But you said "it worked once". I assume you mean that it opened and took some pictures, but only once or did it work for awhile? Are you saying when you opened it a second time like that same day and every time after that it never worked again? If that's the case it still sounds like a hardware failure but possibly something else corrupted your camera software shortly after your factory reset. I would do a nandroid backup (Online Nandroid Backup rocks) then a full wipe then a nandroid restore. I would suggest you also get some other inputs on this problem as I am far from an expert and don't want to steer you in the wrong direction.

elfaure said:
Sounds like you need to do a full wipe. If it ever worked doing a factory reset then its not a hardware problem its a software problem. But you said "it worked once". I assume you mean that it opened and took some pictures, but only once or did it work for awhile? Are you saying when you opened it a second time like that same day and every time after that it never worked again? If that's the case it still sounds like a hardware failure but possibly something else corrupted your camera software shortly after your factory reset. I would do a nandroid backup (Online Nandroid Backup rocks) then a full wipe then a nandroid restore. I would suggest you also get some other inputs on this problem as I am far from an expert and don't want to steer you in the wrong direction.
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Its exactly what u said. It work once. I took some pictures with it. I closed it and reopen it shortly after in the same day and the problem starts. At that time my device not even rooted. How do u do a full wipe. I used CWM to wipe but it doesnt go away. Im suspecting its the hardware problem however there is no way for me to be sure. If its the hardware problem, would replacing the camera will solve the problem? I cant send it to asus. Not much of the option here
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koolvn said:
Its exactly what u said. It work once. I took some pictures with it. I closed it and reopen it shortly after in the same day and the problem starts. At that time my device not even rooted. How do u do a full wipe. I used CWM to wipe but it doesnt go away. Im suspecting its the hardware problem however there is no way for me to be sure. If its the hardware problem, would replacing the camera will solve the problem? I cant send it to asus. Not much of the option here
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If you already wiped from recovery then that's the one. And you did a factory reset. And the problem occurred before you rooted and on the same day it once worked. I'd say its hardware. But it could be anything from a bad controller chip to a bad shutter motor to a loose or bad ribbon cable. You'd have to trouble shoot the all aspects of the camera hardware platform to fix the problem. You could take it apart to see if you saw something obvious like a loose ribbon, but its not as easy as just swapping out the camera itself.
Asus does non warranty repairs, they are just costly. You certainly can send it back to Asus. That's what I would recommend.

elfaure said:
If you already wiped from recovery then that's the one. And you did a factory reset. And the problem occurred before you rooted and on the same day it once worked. I'd say its hardware. But it could be anything from a bad controller chip to a bad shutter motor to a loose or bad ribbon cable. You'd have to trouble shoot the all aspects of the camera hardware platform to fix the problem. You could take it apart to see if you saw something obvious like a loose ribbon, but its not as easy as just swapping out the camera itself.
Asus does non warranty repairs, they are just costly. You certainly can send it back to Asus. That's what I would recommend.
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I sort of figure out my problem but still have no cure for it. I downgrade it back to ICS and the camera once again works for a bit and when i tried to open and use it again in the same day, it said the firmware need to be updated. However, asus firmware update failed. I cannot update the camera firmware. I went through the upgrade again to lastest jellybean from asus website. It still shows that the camera firmware need to be updated.
I notice that during the time i flash back and forth, the camera firmware did not change at all. It shows TF700T-FFFFFFF. I think it's the camera firmware problem
However, i could not find a way to update the firmware manually. Any thought on this one?
Thanks