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OK I've seen it suggested in a couple threads but no one has outright confirmed this as far as I can find: Before I pull the trigger on the purchase of the Transformer can someone confirm if the primary battery in the tablet is or is not trickle charged from the docks/keyboard's battery when connected? Or does the battery on the dock only provide power to the system to keep it running?
I'm prob going to get the system anyways but it will determine if I get the dock now vs. later.
Thanks folks and again if there was a thread I didn't see it.
The battery in the Dock is charging the Tablet. When the Tab is under 90% and its docked you can see the charging sign on the Tab and the percents are going up.
Sorry for my bad (austrian) english
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Much thanks! *head over to BBuy to pick up his Transformer*
I'm looking at getting either the 300 or 700, and just wondering, if I dock the tablet on the keyboard and plug in the charger, will it charge the tablet and the keyboard?
I read the user manual and it said it would not charge the tablet only the dock
Well, that's dumb. What's the point in getting the dock if you have to charge them separately?
jadzia2000 said:
I'm looking at getting either the 300 or 700, and just wondering, if I dock the tablet on the keyboard and plug in the charger, will it charge the tablet and the keyboard?
I read the user manual and it said it would not charge the tablet only the dock
Well, that's dumb. What's the point in getting the dock if you have to charge them separately?
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The tablet charges from the dock when it's being used...so I would think that it would charge both. Not sure how, but they wouldn't make you charge separately
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When you charge the dock (with tablet) attached both dock and tablet are charged. Charger charges the dock and dock charges the tablet.
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When you charge the dock (with tablet) attached both dock and tablet are charged. Charger charges the dock and dock charges the tablet.
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Gotcha.
Thanks. I downloaded the user manual and the manual confused me to indicate I can't charge the tablet while docked.
Very strange meaning and it appears the dock doesn't have an extra charger cable, so it would take forever to charge the dock and tablet.
Again thanks for clarifying.
Now, I have tested the 300 and it looked great playing one of my videos that ran full hd. which really surprised me because I expected some lag time with the video, but it worked great.
Would you get the 300 or wait for the 700?
That's hard to tell, because our usage might be different from yours. You should ask yourself if you really have a use for the higher definition of the TF700's screen -- if you do, then pick the TF700. If you don't, then the decision is going to be a lot harder, since the TF700 doesn't really provide another ultimate reason to go for it when compared to the TF300. The keyboard's the same, battery life is about the same (yes, the Infinity will run a bit longer, but not so much that you'd take the hit for only that aspect), ICS version is the same, and custom ROMs for the TF300 are available...
Hi,
not sure if this is he correct forum to ask and i am sorry if this was asked before.
I have just got my TF300 a few days and i got an update just after i turn it on and tot i was JB but it was just some firmware update. So i am still on ICS, i have notice that my dock wont charge the pad when i dock it in. It is only when i reboot my pad then i am able to charge it but after a while, it stopped again. I bought my pad together with the dock so i dont think its the wrong dock for my pad (i assume....)
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i thought the same thing as you when i first got mine. it uses some pretty clever logic to charge the battery. its hard to explain but it does use the keyboard battery first to keep the tablet part topped up. it isn't always charging it though. not until the tablet has used some of its own battery first, then the dock kicks in.
give it a little while and you'll probably realise that it is doing it the way it's supposed to :fingers-crossed:
not saying it isn't faulty, but i think its unlikely, based on the fact that it does sometimes charge. (which is normal )
I believe the Pad has to drop below 90% before the dock starts charging the pad, otherwise the charge will go to the dock.
There have been more posts here about this behaviour.
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Thx guys, I will give it a try 1st.
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My keyboard dock only starts charging the battery when it's under 70%, actually.
I think it all depends on how quickly the battery drains (depending on what you're doing on the tablet), what mode you're on etc.
Ya, mine start charging at 68% guess it's just my wrong concept of the dock, thx again
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Just want to summarise, for my case, the keypad will only start charging the pad when it batt is less than 70% and will stop charging when the pad reaches 90%.
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Even < 30% the dock doesn't charge the tablet. Hardware failure?
No it's different: the pad is charging (also though the dock) but the battery in the dock not anymore
Ok, new TF700T user here, coming from a TF101. I'm trying to figure out how charging works between the dock and the tablet. With my TF101 it was obvious..when the tablet was docked, it was kept at 100% charge by the dock. Simple. Now, with the TF700T and dock, I see that I have two icons on the bottom showing the charge of each. Nice. But, the charge on my tablet keeps dropping. My dock is at 99% and the tablet is at 90%. Why isn't the dock charging the tablet? What's it waiting for?
I HAVE seen the dock charge the tablet before, I just cannot for the life of me figure out what triggers it. Can anyone explain how it works with the TF700T? Does the tablet have to drop below some % before the dock kicks in or what? Or..do I have a defective dock?
Note that when I plug the charger into the dock + tablet, both batteries charge fine.
The dock is a TF700T dock mislabeled as a TF201 dock, but confirmed to be a 700 by Asus themselves.
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Ok, new TF700T user here, coming from a TF101. I'm trying to figure out how charging works between the dock and the tablet. With my TF101 it was obvious..when the tablet was docked, it was kept at 100% charge by the dock. Simple. Now, with the TF700T and dock, I see that I have two icons on the bottom showing the charge of each. Nice. But, the charge on my tablet keeps dropping. My dock is at 99% and the tablet is at 90%. Why isn't the dock charging the tablet? What's it waiting for?
I HAVE seen the dock charge the tablet before, I just cannot for the life of me figure out what triggers it. Can anyone explain how it works with the TF700T? Does the tablet have to drop below some % before the dock kicks in or what? Or..do I have a defective dock?
Note that when I plug the charger into the dock + tablet, both batteries charge fine.
The dock is a TF700T dock mislabeled as a TF201 dock, but confirmed to be a 700 by Asus themselves.
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Sorry not an answer, but a supplementary. I have the same query and I also wonder why if I plug in the dock the total time available on the battery doesn't change, should it?? Overall what battery time should I expect +/- if I have both connected??
Sorry to butt in - I logged in to ask the question....
barrymah said:
Sorry not an answer, but a supplementary. I have the same query and I also wonder why if I plug in the dock the total time available on the battery doesn't change, should it?? Overall what battery time should I expect +/- if I have both connected??
Sorry to butt in - I logged in to ask the question....
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I am strongly suspecting that there is a bug in the software related to the dock charging the tablet. A quick and easy way to trigger the charging process is to simply reboot the dock + tablet combo, not plugged in to the wall...when it comes back up, BING! it starts charging the tablet. My tablet was down to 70% with the dock at 99% and there was absolutely no charging going on until I rebooted the dock + tablet.
My current theory is that something gets fubared when you plug the charging cable back into the dock + tablet combo..when you unplug it, it appears the dock won't ever charge the tablet. I need to test this further when I get home from work.
Ok now I am certain that the dock charging is not working right on the TF700T.
The "reboot" trick does work, causing the dock to charge the tablet...but only to 90%. Once it hits 90%, the charging stops.
Is there some way we can submit "bugs" to Asus? Will they even listen? I'd love to know if other TF700 owners who have the dock are seeing this.
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Probably something in here should get you started. http://www.service.asus.com/#!Contact%20Us/cw8z
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I am strongly suspecting that there is a bug in the software related to the dock charging the tablet. A quick and easy way to trigger the charging process is to simply reboot the dock + tablet combo, not plugged in to the wall...when it comes back up, BING! it starts charging the tablet. My tablet was down to 70% with the dock at 99% and there was absolutely no charging going on until I rebooted the dock + tablet.
My current theory is that something gets fubared when you plug the charging cable back into the dock + tablet combo..when you unplug it, it appears the dock won't ever charge the tablet. I need to test this further when I get home from work.
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The dock does not charge the tablet before the tab battery is down to about 70%, that is the fact for my TF201 and TF700 and according to what I've read that is the way it's supposed to be (apparantly better for the battery than the TF101 setup).
I don't think your reboot did the trick, I think it would have charged anyways. But I'm not telling you for sure, just saying I think that is the way it's supposed to be (and is for me).
Actually, then the reboot did do the trick - b/c the reboot process consumed enough battery to drop it down under the 70% margin so the dock --> tablet charging process would kick in.
I'll test that and see.
The TF 201 manual states that the tablet will go down to 70% before dock charging kicks in and rechgarges it back to about 99% and then it will stop, go back down and keep doing this, in this way it keeps the tablet charged, the dock dorps to zero at the same time that the tablet gets charged to 80, then the tablet has a nearly full charge for you to use.
And I am drunk, sorry for the typos.
Yeah, your reboot only worked because the tablet's battery fell below the threshold anyway. It charges the tablet at 70% back up to the 90s, then stops, charges again from 70-90%, stops, etc. Your battery usage ends up having spikes, looking like:
_____|\______|\_________ <-- Dock discharges to 0% here
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\ <-- Tablets main battery hits 0%
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Your ASCII art looks like a train in my email lol
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10158027/ScreenCaps/train-woo-woo.png
My wife just made me a long island to go with the 4 rum and Dr Peppers I have had, god I love that woman!
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Your ASCII art looks like a train in my email lol
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10158027/ScreenCaps/train-woo-woo.png
My wife just made me a long island to go with the 4 rum and Dr Peppers I have had, god I love that woman!
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Haha! That's how it's supposed to look! Choo-choo!
Hello, all. I just picked up a dock from Best Buy last night and am having some interesting problems with it. When I first connect it to the Infinity, it always shows that it has 56% battery life. Then, after a few minutes, it shows 0% battery life, but still works fine (I'm typing this on it right now, as it says 0% battery life). I charged it over night (with the tablet docked), so I figured it would've charged completely (tablet was fully charged, as expected). I am on CleanROM 2.7.2, so part of me wonders if it's a ROM (or kernel) thing. Has anybody heard of this or had experience with it? What should I do to try to remedy the problem?
Thanks in advance for any insight!
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Been charging all day... after searching, I decided to try a cold boot with the Infinity docked, which didn't work. I charged the dock and tablet together afterward, with the tablet powered off... tablet is showing 100%, dock still says 56%. Installed "dual battery meter" to see if it was an ASUS widget issue, but the aftermarket widget shows 56%, too.
Should I just suspect my dock is defective?
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I think you got a bad dock and would take it back for exchange. I have had zero problems with my dock/keyboard. I unpackaged it, connected it to the tablet, plugged it in, both dock and tablet fully charged without issue.
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Exchanged. New one is charging. I'll post back with results. Thanks for your insight!
Update: Charging light went green and the widget is showing the dock has a full charge. I guess I simply got a defective unit. Thanks again!
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Mathman85 said:
Exchanger . New one is charging. I'll post back with results. Thanks for your insight!
Update: Charging light went green and the widget is showing the dock has a full charge. I guess I simply got a defective unit. Thanks again!
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How much is it from Best buy? 149 $. Does it real t700 dock ?
I want dock too, but look ebay over 149
It is $149.99 at Best Buy. It is the TF700/TF201 dock (as opposed to the TF500/TF700 dock, which I believe is supposed to be forward compatible, but with no other differences in functionality).
Amethyst Grey:
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=5495643&pid=1218655167288
Champagne Gold:
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=5495634&pid=1218655168730
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one thing to note, although the battery in the dock can go completely dead, you will still be able to use the keyboard to type. It just wont charge your Infinity.
timrock said:
one thing to note, although the battery in the dock can go completely dead, you will still be able to use the keyboard to type. It just wont charge your Infinity.
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Will the dock cause increased battery drain on the Infinity if you use it when it's dead? (By the way, thanks for responding. I suspected that a dead dock was still usable, but had I known that, I'd have been more confident that my dock was defective from the start).