I could not find this discussed for the TF700T.
Video and audio sync perfectly with the YouTube and Netflix apps. However, I'm an Amazon Prime member and watch alot of Prime Instant videos. Since there is no android app for that I'm limited to watching through a browser. I've tried Boat, the Stock browser, and ICS+. All present a significant lag of video vs. audio. Oddly, I did not have this problem with the Prime I returned for the Infinity.
Anyone else experiencing this? If you were you able to correct it, how?
Thanks
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Over two hundred views and no one replies? Really?
You could try browser2ram.
Rooting and installing it has helped me with just about all my browser problems.
Thanks, but I am rooted and browser2ram hasn't helped.
Maybe the issue is on the Amazon server side.
People here don't reply if they don't have anything useful to say.
Wait a few days and see how Jelly Bean handles it?
Other than that, do you have Performance Mode enabled when watching them? Killed all pointless tasks? (Not just in taskmanager.)
After I rooted the device I froze/disabled all the bloatware. I've tried all three performance modes with no change in the video lag.
Does anyone successfully stream Amazon Instant Videos through a browser on their Infinity?
I just checked and i don't have noticeable sync problems. I'm running on 12 meg dsl. My understanding is you need at least 4. Meg to stream good quality. Apps like netflix go through special servers, that help with stream, browser probably doesn't. You cannot really compare. it amazes how low a bandwidth netflix can uses and still look reasonably good.
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I just swapped my prime for and infinity last night at Best Buy and Im having the same problem. Amazon prime streaming doesnt sync correctly and Im ticked. What is up with asus? My prime worked perfect even with crappy wifi reception. Can this be fixed. Can someone else check Amazon streaming you can try it for free. I need to know if this is just a few bad tf700 and I need to swap or try something else.
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I just checked and i don't have noticeable sync problems. I'm running on 12 meg dsl. My understanding is you need at least 4. Meg to stream good quality. Apps like netflix go through special servers, that help with stream, browser probably doesn't. You cannot really compare. it amazes how low a bandwidth netflix can uses and still look reasonably good.
Woody
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Were your tests based on Amazon Instant Videos?
I have had good results with Amazon Prime using Dolphin Browser; all others I tried did poorly with synch and/or stability.
Dave
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Were your tests based on Amazon Instant Videos?
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I'm sorry about double post. I used ics browser on amazon prime. Ics is an extension for stock browser that i like to use. After reading your post i thought you might be referring to kendle fire video program. I don't think anyone has this working on infinity.
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Might try the dolphin beta version. Works well for me.
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Just tried it myself and also have the audio lag in the default stock browser using browser2ram. Tried using Dolphin beta, which is usually pretty awesome and pretty damned close to the stock browser using browser2ram in terms of speed and it got hung up going into full screen mode. Flash is so god damned terrible on these devices, flash in general runs like champ on my S III. Very frustrating
Replace It, or Live With It?
Thank you all for the feedback.
Apparently this is not a ubiquitous Infinity issue. Therefore I must conclude something is F**'d on mine. Not knowing whether it is H/W or S/W related I think I'll wait until JB is released and replace the tablet if JB does not fix it. I still have a couple of weeks left on my 30 day return policy.
Again, thank you for the help.
UPDATE: Fixed?
Update: I may have found a fix for this. I was browsing the forum and under the GMAIL Crashes post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877292&page=2 I found a reference to FMR Memory Cleaner and the nvidia kernel driver bug. I installed FMR Memory cleaner and brought up the ICS+ browser. Lo and behold the video and audio are in sync with my Amazon Instant Videos!
It would be helpful if some of you who are experiencing the lag issue will test using FMR Memory Cleaner and post your results.
Thank zenaxe for the tip (I've used up my 8 per day "Thanks").
I've tried FMR memory cleaner and it did nothing to alleviate the audio lag on Amazon videos, I haven't read the thread on the nvidia driver bug but when mine is crashing in a game like Dead Trigger, the ONLY thing that works for me is a complete reboot which is annoying. FMR hasn't really ever helped me with most things except if the tab is being laggy and even then it's not 100% guaranteed to work for me
I've had the sync problem intermittently with flash video from several sources, including Amazon. I think mobile flash is the true culprit, and wouldn't be surprised if the problem recurs for you. Every now and then I try and different browser and think it works better, but eventually, it gets out of sync again.
On the Amazon front, I think the only real solution is the Instant Video App. To my knowledge, no one has either the old gingerbread app or the new ICS app ripped from the fire roms working on other ICS+ devices. Hopefully Amazon gets around to supporting Android in general.
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I've had the sync problem intermittently with flash video from several sources, including Amazon. I think mobile flash is the true culprit, and wouldn't be surprised if the problem recurs for you. Every now and then I try and different browser and think it works better, but eventually, it gets out of sync again.
On the Amazon front, I think the only real solution is the Instant Video App. To my knowledge, no one has either the old gingerbread app or the new ICS app ripped from the fire roms working on other ICS+ devices. Hopefully Amazon gets around to supporting Android in general.
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I also had this problem on the Xoom and over on the Motorola forum the culprit pointed to there was Adobe Flash on ICS and Jelly Bean (worked great on HC) on certain processors.
As to Amazon porting their app to Android, I wouldn't hold my breath as my guess is that they don't want to draw business away from the Fire line (I have a Fire and Prime looks great on it). Amazon's Kindle app for Android (even on the Fire) lacks functionality that the original Kindle devices support, e.g., collections. It appears that either their Android development capabilities are limited or they are making a conscious decision not to fully embrace it.
Dave
ps There is a similar thread over on the Themes & Apps Forum -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803002 On that thread I posted some info on the flash problem that I gleaned from the Motorola Xoom forum.
IMO, it's just a matter of time before the port hits. Fires are meant to sell content, content isn't meant to sell Fires, which aren't exactly high margin if the hardware is profitable at all.
If they were really trying to avoid drawing business away from the fire, they wouldn't have released an iPad app. Hit up their support page and complain, and I think we'll see progress eventually.
I had the amazon apk working on one of the roms on my nook tablet. Changed rom and lost program compatibility. I don't why Amazon does not have app for other androids but they are certainly making the decision not to. I'm hoping when large Fire HD comes out it will work on other devices. Its nice what Fire does for many. Pretty much everything's done in background, my wife doesn't have to do anything, streaming prime is easy.
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Does it work? Anyone use it?
Looking for something to use when I go on a trip to do video chat with my wife and her ipad2
yep, works fine.
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yep, works fine.
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Awesome. Thanks.
Shot in the dark here. Do they make anything that will work with apples FaceTime?
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Awesome. Thanks.
Shot in the dark here. Do they make anything that will work with apples FaceTime?
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i doubt it. Not too sure about that. But for video chatting, you can also try Oovoo and Gtalk.
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i doubt it. Not too sure about that. But for video chatting, you can also try Oovoo and Gtalk.
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Thanks again I will check those out
Skype works for calls, but i can't get video to work. On Skype forums, other tablet users complain of the same.
Skype works 100% for me.
I video called with my girlfriend for about 2h.
Went really nice, but crashed once.
You can even switch between front and back camera. But this is a bit buggy.
Works really well but lags the device like crazy if you multitask.
Skype with video works fine, although outgoing video quality is mediocre at best (this applies to all android tablet/phones, it's skype's fault)
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Skype with video works fine, although outgoing video quality is mediocre at best (this applies to all android tablet/phones, it's skype's fault)
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I called my parents while I was on vacation (and will be calling them and other friends via my tablet while away at school), and it seemed to work pretty well. I think I looked better to my parents than they did to me, not sure if it's the phone or just the wifi at home (I came home to some pretty poor speeds and had to fiddle with the router a little). I had issues with my parents not coming through to me, but they can see me. I originally blamed it on my custom ROM on my phone, but then it happened on my PC and tablet...so I'm going to have to look at her phone to see what's happening. She has no idea how to use it, as I wasn't home when she received it. Took one look at it when I got home, and noticed that the homescreens were a mess, the dock had a bunch of strange Verizon apps on it, etc. So I'm going to blame her phone for now.
I've called almost every night to family. I have only noticed occasional camera glitches that lasted only moments.
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It's works, but last 2 days with problem. About after 1 hour on line when Skype not used, it go off line itself. After you open again, it necessary to put user name and password again or only password. Anybody have the same problem????
Thanks
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Works just fine. video 8/10 audio 9/10
I prefer Google+ Hangouts because I can have video with more than 1 users.
Used skype yesterday for 4 hours to remote someone in for a ffl draft. Medium quality. Sapped battery almost completely. Crashed twice. But when it worked it did good enough
alternatively you can use google hangouts or google talk with video.
skype mod
I recommend downloading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25703019&postcount=2223 (better skype mod)
When it works it works for hours. In balanced mode it is sometimes unbelievable how low the drain is.
But sometimes it will just not work, no video.
But hard to tell if it is the app, the server or my partner that is the reason for it.
Tried skyping with the gf. But mid call, it crashes. Happened twice.
Not too long ago it got updated. I haven't experienced any problems since so hopefully it stays like that.
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Not too long ago it got updated. I haven't experienced any problems since so hopefully it stays like that.
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I use it from work (real slow connection) to skype with my wife at home. Have never had any issues to speak of.
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I told her not to. I told her not to waste her money. She saw the pain I went through with my Prime. I only used it for about an hour. Feels just like the old one, the Prime. I tried 3 different web browsers and all 3 were not smooth. They were choppy and lagged big time. If I went to move the page up or down with my finger it would pause for like half second then jump up real quick to catch up. User experience is pretty lame. The sound is awful coming from that thing they call a speaker in the back. It did perform a firmware update along with a camera update. What browser does everyone use? I tried Firefox Beta, ICS+, Dolphin. She has a couple of weeks to return it, which I'll probably make her do it. I guess she doesn't know about my Samsung! Ooops.
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I told her not to. I told her not to waste her money. She saw the pain I went through with my Prime. I only used it for about an hour. Feels just like the old one, the Prime. I tried 3 different web browsers and all 3 were not smooth. They were choppy and lagged big time. If I went to move the page up or down with my finger it would pause for like half second then jump up real quick to catch up. User experience is pretty lame. The sound is awful coming from that thing they call a speaker in the back. It did perform a firmware update along with a camera update. What browser does everyone use? I tried Firefox Beta, ICS+, Dolphin. She has a couple of weeks to return it, which I'll probably make her do it. I guess she doesn't know about my Samsung! Ooops.
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Is there a point to this post? If you have issues with the Infinity and you want help we're here for that. If you want to vent that you hate the device, please do it somewhere else. I'm sure there's a Samsung Galaxy Tab or note forum that would love to hear it.
Anyways, to answer the question, if you look through the threads and do some research, most people use Chrome, Browser (stock), Firefox beta, and Boat Browser (there are plenty of threads on it).
I use ICS+ but my only problem is that everything takes so long to load. But it's pretty smooth for me.
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opentoe said:
I told her not to. I told her not to waste her money. She saw the pain I went through with my Prime. I only used it for about an hour. Feels just like the old one, the Prime. I tried 3 different web browsers and all 3 were not smooth. They were choppy and lagged big time. If I went to move the page up or down with my finger it would pause for like half second then jump up real quick to catch up. User experience is pretty lame. The sound is awful coming from that thing they call a speaker in the back. It did perform a firmware update along with a camera update. What browser does everyone use? I tried Firefox Beta, ICS+, Dolphin. She has a couple of weeks to return it, which I'll probably make her do it. I guess she doesn't know about my Samsung! Ooops.
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Well, I don't have those issues on my Infinity, so either it's a user issue, you are a troll or you have faulty hardware.
Either way, do us a favor and just return it - coming here to complain isn't going to help.
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opentoe said:
I told her not to. I told her not to waste her money. She saw the pain I went through with my Prime. I only used it for about an hour. Feels just like the old one, the Prime. I tried 3 different web browsers and all 3 were not smooth. They were choppy and lagged big time. If I went to move the page up or down with my finger it would pause for like half second then jump up real quick to catch up. User experience is pretty lame. The sound is awful coming from that thing they call a speaker in the back. It did perform a firmware update along with a camera update. What browser does everyone use? I tried Firefox Beta, ICS+, Dolphin. She has a couple of weeks to return it, which I'll probably make her do it. I guess she doesn't know about my Samsung! Ooops.
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The issues are nearly the same for me. Browsing is too slow and laggy. I tried hard reset and updating firmware but no go...
Anyone has ideas?
Curious! said:
The issues are nearly the same for me. Browsing is too slow and laggy. I tried hard reset and updating firmware but no go...
Anyone has ideas?
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What browser are you using? Try Boat Browser, it is extremely fast.
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Agreed, complaining never helped anything in life. You should look around for solutions for the issues you're having.
I use the stock browser, Dolphin and Chrome; depending on the site I may switch from one to another for best performance. Stock works fine for me on most sites though.
I would recommend Volume+, really helps with the low volume!!
BTW, you're girlfriend is obviously totally rad, getting you a brand-spankin'-new Asus Transformer Infinity!!! Hopefully you're not being completely ungrateful for the awesome gift she got you. Now go get her some flowers!
AspenMan said:
BTW, you're girlfriend is obviously totally rad, getting you a brand-spankin'-new Asus Transformer Infinity!!! Hopefully you're not being completely ungrateful for the awesome gift she got you. Now go get her some flowers!
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tell her to return it.
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Do a factory reset, because something is wrong with your software. The install dolphin. Many people here consider it the smoothest browser for the Infinity by far.
Complaining here will get you nothing. Many of us would rather have rock solid hardware with a great dev community to make up for the manufacture's software shortcomings than the creaky plastic and low res screens present in Samsung's sorry excuses for tablets.
Background processes limit to 4! (Developer options in settings) good luck.
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wolfman87 said:
Is there a point to this post? If you have issues with the Infinity and you want help we're here for that. If you want to vent that you hate the device, please do it somewhere else. I'm sure there's a Samsung Galaxy Tab or note forum that would love to hear it.
Anyways, to answer the question, if you look through the threads and do some research, most people use Chrome, Browser (stock), Firefox beta, and Boat Browser (there are plenty of threads on it).
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Opentoe is well known in the Prime forum. I think he likes attention. Looks like he is carrying it over here as well. He's pretty good at stirring things up. Don't believe me look at his posts. He is the equivalent to "Downer Debbie" from Saturday night live!!
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Troll thread? Troll thread.
Apple shills everywhere ~uguu
OP's girlfriend has god tier taste. She deserves better.
~desu
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Complaining here will get you nothing. Many of us would rather have rock solid hardware with a great dev community to make up for the manufacture's software shortcomings than the creaky plastic and low res screens present in Samsung's sorry excuses for tablets.
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I'm still using Boat Browser and it's nice and smooth. Beats Dolphin for me. I'd like Chrome if it had hardware acceleration.
Boat
I vote for Boat!
It was suggested to me in a different tf700 thread.
As a new user I recommend it...fast and stable.
opentoe said:
I told her not to. I told her not to waste her money. She saw the pain I went through with my Prime. I only used it for about an hour. Feels just like the old one, the Prime. I tried 3 different web browsers and all 3 were not smooth. They were choppy and lagged big time. If I went to move the page up or down with my finger it would pause for like half second then jump up real quick to catch up. User experience is pretty lame. The sound is awful coming from that thing they call a speaker in the back. It did perform a firmware update along with a camera update. What browser does everyone use? I tried Firefox Beta, ICS+, Dolphin. She has a couple of weeks to return it, which I'll probably make her do it. I guess she doesn't know about my Samsung! Ooops.
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Cool story bro.
jdeoxys said:
Troll thread? Troll thread.
Apple shills everywhere ~uguu
OP's girlfriend has god tier taste. She deserves better.
~desu
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Complete troll.
Look at his other posts, nothing but wha.
Need to call the Whaaabulance.
dbtorreliob said:
Background processes limit to 4! (Developer options in settings) good luck.
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So does this just force close apps then? I'll try it but this tablet is so fast compared to my Razr Maxx by far. Love the tablet and had it rooted within minutes of starting it up.
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marry her
Im now on 5th day with my TF700T.
So far it have been mixed feelings about it.
I love the keyboard, dont think i can have a tab without a keyboard in the future.
There is also no other tablet out there that have what I want.
The thing that worries me a bit is the lag on the device. Sometimes I must wait several seconds before it responds. And this is not the touch screen, becouse when I just wait, it will do what i wanted. This is not fun when you are sufring a simple webpage.
Will Asus fix this lag in the Jelly Bean 4.1 update?
How about people that have rooted (custom rom) their devices, do they have the same issues?
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ummm, i dont think anyone on here can answer that question. JB is a google OS update.
Try resetting
Then check the firmware version.
The only delays I see after tapping are when web browsing.
Everything else is snappy as far as snappy can be under Android.
Are you running in the balanced mode?
First thing I did was root mine and freeze all of the useless crap they preinstall. Havent ever had any lag issues.
I'm in the same boat as the OP. Have had the tablet just less then a week. I very surprised at just how poor the performance is on this. Here are some of the issues I'm having:
-If I leave the web browser app for other apps and then come back to it, my web pages reload. It's like the multitasking fail that is present on the HTC EVO 4G LTE or HTC One series only not as pronounced.
-Some Flash heavy websites are so choppy and laggy. Scrolling is very choppy.
-The Netflix app is almost unusable. Scrolling through my queue seems like it's getting about 5 frames per second. Oddly enough, actually watching movies plays perfectly if I can manage to scroll to select the right movie
-Some games, even ones that are promoted through the Tegra Zone are very laggy.
I really want to love this tab. It's so great for me in so many other ways but I can't live with it if this is what I can expect
I'm rooted, not unlocked, stock ROM. I've been running in performance mode. I've tried with and without Nova Launcer. I've removed or frozen everything I dare to using TB. I've looked through this and other forums for tips on improving performance but so far nothing has helped. Do I have a lemon? Are these problems common? Is this what this tab is? Please help, really want to get this thing running like I'm pretty sure it can.
im going to go ahead and assume that asus had a bad batch of tf700t's go out. i had one with the same problem and i returned it, got a new and havent experienced the same problem again. so fast and snappy that jellybean will just make this tablet crazy.
Because of some problems i have with my pad i have decided to factory reset it a week ago.
Since than the experience is sooo much better. Didn't solve my problem though
flyhighx said:
I'm in the same boat as the OP.
Do I have a lemon? Are these problems common? Is this what this tab is? Please help, really want to get this thing running like I'm pretty sure it can.
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Not sure what to tell you...
I don't have any really bad slowness.
Kind of sounds like a bad processor or gpu core or other hardware bug like maybe ram errors.
IMO wouldn't say these are common problems.
*Just curious does your serial# on the bottom of the tablet start with a C6 or is it C7?
No problems here, either. I haven't rooted or done anything to mine except install updates and some apps I like - nothing that alters it really. Super happy with mine. Sorry you're having problems, but maybe you should exchange it, as previously suggested.
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*Just curious does your serial# on the bottom of the tablet start with a C6 or is it C7?
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C6. From Amazon maybe 4 days ago. Is that older or more known to have issues. I'm still well within my return period from Amazon. If C7 is known to be better it would be worth it to me to return it and buy it from a store where I can look at the serial number on the box first. Thanks for the replies... Didn't mean to hijack the thread but it seems the op and I are having the same issue.
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C6. From Amazon maybe 4 days ago. Is that older or more known to have issues. I'm still well within my return period from Amazon. If C7 is known to be better it would be worth it to me to return it and buy it from a store where I can look at the serial number on the box first. Thanks for the replies... Didn't mean to hijack the thread but it seems the op and I are having the same issue.
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i have a c7 that i bought from amazon on 8/10 with similar issues
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No problems here, either. I haven't rooted or done anything to mine except install updates and some apps I like - nothing that alters it really. Super happy with mine. Sorry you're having problems, but maybe you should exchange it, as previously suggested.
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Maybe i should exchange mine then.
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flyhighx said:
C6. From Amazon maybe 4 days ago. Is that older or more known to have issues. I'm still well within my return period from Amazon. If C7 is known to be better it would be worth it to me to return it and buy it from a store where I can look at the serial number on the box first. Thanks for the replies... Didn't mean to hijack the thread but it seems the op and I are having the same issue.
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Ah...
You might want to return for a replacement.
I have a C7 serial and have no bugs with the tablet I received from Amazon.
No guarantees yet it might be worth shot. Amazon will treat you right.
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whats the difference between c6 and c7?
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Where do you find the serial number?
on the dock?
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The tablet serial number can be found on the box the tablet came in and on the bottom of the tablet itself on a sticker (on the part of the tablet that would go into the dock if you use one).
The only difference between a C6 serial number and a C7 serial number is that one was manufactured in June and one in July (the number after the C is the month it was manufactured in)....
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Then mine is c80ka
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Maybe we should start a new thread and track the serial #s and their defects. Good way to compare range of serials with defects and spot unfixed junk that might be sold as refurbished later
For my limited use, the lag and freezing was driving me nuts. Of course, I've been down this road before with the Prime. Eventually the Prime community found the tweaks and mods to make it fly, and I admit it was part of the fun to experiment and find ways to squeeze more performance and stability from the tablet.
My problems with the Infinity seem to exacerbate when RAM goes below 200k. I can see this from the Cool Tool widget. When I get below this level, the browser is generally unusable. I use a tool called startup cleaner to minimize what launches and tried to keep widgets to a minimum but my RAM seemed to always run low. Based on this same experience with the Prime, I changed the setting in developer options to limit background processes to 2. This does a good job keeping RAM above 400K, and when I do this it runs very well. No lag or ANRs, and everything seems very fluid.
This was an early temp fix with the Prime until other mods caught up, so I don't expect this to be required long term. However, the results are really are dramatic so far and enough to keep me from going the Note 10.1 route.
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clenz said:
For my limited use, the lag and freezing was driving me nuts. Of course, I've been down this road before with the Prime. Eventually the Prime community found the tweaks and mods to make it fly, and I admit it was part of the fun to experiment and find ways to squeeze more performance and stability from the tablet.
My problems with the Infinity seem to exacerbate when RAM goes below 200k. I can see this from the Cool Tool widget. When I get below this level, the browser is generally unusable. I use a tool called startup cleaner to minimize what launches and tried to keep widgets to a minimum but my RAM seemed to always run low. Based on this same experience with the Prime, I changed the setting in developer options to limit background processes to 2. This does a good job keeping RAM above 400K, and when I do this it runs very well. No lag or ANRs, and everything seems very fluid.
This was an early temp fix with the Prime until other mods caught up, so I don't expect this to be required long term. However, the results are really are dramatic so far and enough to keep me from going the Note 10.1 route.
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That's a good tweak, and one I hadn't tried before, so thanks!
If you're unlocked, I would advise you to run...don't walk, and flash TWRP recovery and then the Zeus rom v 4.0. This is a totally different machine on that rom.
There is also the trick of turning off animations in Developer Options or set the scale to .5. That helps with smoothness, too.
My advice is not to exchange over simple lagginess if all other hardware issue are ok. There is so much more that can and will be done on the software side, but if you exchange, what if you get a tab with a major hw problem?
I've been seeing a lot of complaints about sluggishness and lag on the Infinity. Am I the only one who satisfied with this tablet? I get a tiny bit of lag here and there, but not to the extent in which others have complained. My device is definitely not perfect but I love it. Sure, it has a little light bleed. Yes, the screen makes an almost inaudible clicking noise when touched in certain areas.
As far as software goes, I'm really not having any major issues. Everything runs smoothly, even with multiple background processes. I suppose the only issue I have with the software is how wallpapers are cropped. I disabled a lot of the bloatware and don't have my applications to upon boot. I don't really see the need for apps to run on startup.
I did end up having to fashion my own protective strip for the dock, though. I ruined the velvet strip on the front of the inside of where the tablet connects into the dock because I used a screen protector at first. It ended up pushing the strip and its glue downward.
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No you ain''t the only one...
I figure why say anything if I don't have much to complain about.
* said this eons ago (which is days in forum time) "!f I keep looking and stop using this tablet !'ll always be mad at it"
I was thinking the other day, I might have to divorce myself from the general section of this forum. There is so much negativity around here, it almost makes me second guess myself. The minority of people with issues are very vocal and it's quite a downer. If somebody is unhappy with their purchase, they should just get something else.
I, too, have a lightning fast device. It was fast before I rooted it, and after I rooted and froze bloatware I'd say it might be faster than the ipad, though I've never played with one. Sure there is a bit of lag sometimes, but I attribute that to apps still not being developed for fhd screens, and will only get faster with time.
Positive owners unite!
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Well said, both of you.
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Same here. My TF700 is also stock running JB.
Hell, it is almost a laptop with the dock.
I am very happy.
All we need now is some more decent apps to make this the best piece of portable hardware around.
I'm a little disappointed that Amazon's app isn't compatible. Other than Amazon, I don't really see many app conflicts. When I first got my Infinity, Draw Something and Words with Friends didn't work but that changed rather quickly. Draw Something is awesome on the Infinity.
File transfers seem to be decent on the Infinity too. Whether its tranfering PC to Infinity, Infinity to PC or just moving files around on the device itself, I have never had issues.
I think people need to understand that tablets are still very young, comparably.
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Joeful said:
I've been seeing a lot of complaints about sluggishness and lag on the Infinity. Am I the only one who satisfied with this tablet? I get a tiny bit of lag here and there, but not to the extent in which others have complained. My device is definitely not perfect but I love it. Sure, it has a little light bleed. Yes, the screen makes an almost inaudible clicking noise when touched in certain areas.
As far as software goes, I'm really not having any major issues. Everything runs smoothly, even with multiple background processes. I suppose the only issue I have with the software is how wallpapers are cropped. I disabled a lot of the bloatware and don't have my applications to upon boot. I don't really see the need for apps to run on startup.
I did end up having to fashion my own protective strip for the dock, though. I ruined the velvet strip on the front of the inside of where the tablet connects into the dock because I used a screen protector at first. It ended up pushing the strip and its glue downward.
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I laugh every time I read posts like these. So you telling me its OK that you paid 544$ plus 149.99$ for the dock n still have the build quality that you have?.. damn I love android but I am not a fool. For this kind of money I am expecting to get the best of android because there is no other android device that has a fhd display and costs this much. I know were you coming, I felt the same way in the first month of me owning it. But now I am trying really hard to love my infinity and not unlock my tablet nor trade it in for another company or device.
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I laugh every time I read posts like these. So you telling me its OK that you paid 544$ plus 149.99$ for the dock n still have the build quality that you have?.. damn I love android but I am not a fool. For this kind of money I am expecting to get the best of android because there is no other android device that has a fhd display and costs this much. I know were you coming, I felt the same way in the first month of me owning it. But now I am trying really hard to love my infinity and not unlock my tablet nor trade it in for another company or device.
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Build quality and the OS are two different things. ASUS is not Android. I do agree that they need to step up QC but its hardly worth losing sleep over. You'll end up spending more time worrying about how it looks, rather than just taking a deep breath and enjoying it.
Also, there build quality of the dock is excellent. The protective strip came off on my own error.
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Joeful said:
I'm a little disappointed that Amazon's app isn't compatible. Other than Amazon, I don't really see many app conflicts. When I first got my Infinity, Draw Something and Words with Friends didn't work but that changed rather quickly. Draw Something is awesome on the Infinity.
File transfers seem to be decent on the Infinity too. Whether its tranfering PC to Infinity, Infinity to PC or just moving files around on the device itself, I have never had issues.
I think people need to understand that tablets are still very young, comparably.
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I have amazon on my Infinity and it works just fine. I had a back up from titanium backup.
My Infinity is running smooth with no issues.
Look I've said this countless times before. You will see more negative posts then you will ever see positive ones. There is still a majority of people that are quite happy with the Infinity with JB. The negative posts you will see here are from a small group/minority. Don't get swayed or make you feel like your perfectly good device is inadequate. This device is a beast.
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I have amazon on my Infinity and it works just fine. I had a back up from titanium backup.
My Infinity is running smooth with no issues.
Look I've said this countless times before. You will see more negative posts then you will ever see positive ones. There is still a majority of people that are quite happy with the Infinity with JB. The negative posts you will see here are from a small group/minority. Don't get swayed or make you feel like your perfectly good device is inadequate. This device is a beast.
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I suppose I will just transfer the .apk from my phone to Infinity. Play Store won't let me download it.
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I suppose I will just transfer the .apk from my phone to Infinity. Play Store won't let me download it.
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Pmd you.
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jjdevega said:
I have amazon on my Infinity and it works just fine. I had a back up from titanium backup.
My Infinity is running smooth with no issues.
Look I've said this countless times before. You will see more negative posts then you will ever see positive ones. There is still a majority of people that are quite happy with the Infinity with JB. The negative posts you will see here are from a small group/minority. Don't get swayed or make you feel like your perfectly good device is inadequate. This device is a beast.
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Agreed, I had a prime when it ran Honeycomb; when the ICS update came out there were endless complaint threads.
Look at it this way: Users who are happy with their device don't post many "positive" threads so all we see are the negative threads of a minority of users looking for support. (Ya I've got small quirks with this device occasionally, but I still absolutely love this thing
As for incompatible apps Titanium Backup works great for exporting said apps from my phone to tablet (of course, root is needed)
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Amazon app
jjdevega said:
I have amazon on my Infinity and it works just fine. I had a back up from titanium backup.
My Infinity is running smooth with no issues.
Look I've said this countless times before. You will see more negative posts then you will ever see positive ones. There is still a majority of people that are quite happy with the Infinity with JB. The negative posts you will see here are from a small group/minority. Don't get swayed or make you feel like your perfectly good device is inadequate. This device is a beast.
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I google searched it and loaded it on dolphin then bookmarked it. Works fine.Once loaded it picked up my account. just ordered something using my Infinity.
BossMafia2 said:
I was thinking the other day, I might have to divorce myself from the general section of this forum. There is so much negativity around here, it almost makes me second guess myself. The minority of people with issues are very vocal and it's quite a downer. If somebody is unhappy with their purchase, they should just get something else.
I, too, have a lightning fast device. It was fast before I rooted it, and after I rooted and froze bloatware I'd say it might be faster than the ipad, though I've never played with one. Sure there is a bit of lag sometimes, but I attribute that to apps still not being developed for fhd screens, and will only get faster with time.
Positive owners unite!
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Amen.
I understand that there are some issues with the Infinity just like every other piece of technology.
I'd like to see posters actually search the forum before posting the same negative garbage over and over again in thread after thread.
Thanks. I feel better now.
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I suppose I will just transfer the .apk from my phone to Infinity. Play Store won't let me download it.
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You can download it from amazon homepage with your tab!
What else do you guys love about the Infinity? Also, post you AnTuTu benchmark scores! Mine is 12614.
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I have tried using this stick for a couple days and I think it has some potential, but the interface is horrid. I'd like to start a discussion about how to modify, root, or at least find some apps that can help make this a better media option.
Anybody else got one yet or that can point me in the right direction?
It comes preloaded with 4.0.1, plex and the ability to sideload apps, so it should be pretty straight forward
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fritzboyle said:
I have tried using this stick for a couple days and I think it has some potential, but the interface is horrid. I'd like to start a discussion about how to modify, root, or at least find some apps that can help make this a better media option.
Anybody else got one yet or that can point me in the right direction?
It comes preloaded with 4.0.1, plex and the ability to sideload apps, so it should be pretty straight forward
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What about a custum 4.2 update? would be great with the multiply account function for tv of the familie :good:
Since there is a usb port, does it come with drivers for a computer? And is it stock android with favi's hand picked apps/ui on it, or forked kinda like a kindle?
I just ordered one of these with the keyboard. I should be here on Monday. I am curious to see how this thing works out. I just want to use it for Netflix and HBOgo. Everything else will be a bonus. I will write a small review after I get my hands on it.
I saw this last night. It looks interesting but one of the few reviews on YouTube was horrendous. Nothing worked right. But then again the guy doing the review could be an idiot. I'm kind of thinking the latter is true.
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What about a custum 4.2 update? would be great with the multiply account function for tv of the familie :good:
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I like the concept of multi-account. I am not sure the 4GB version I ordered could handle too much data (I believe there are duplicates of apps when using muti-account in 4.2, is that true?). Regardless, I think the 8GB version would be better setup to handle that.
In the last week, I haven't used the stick at all. that is partly due to being busy, but also having a bad taste in my mouth from my initial use of the stick (lack of usability) and being really frustrated with force closes, poor responsiveness and having to switch out HDMI cables to use it because I have too many devices connected and not enough HDMI inputs on my TV...but I digress.
I see that the XBMC Frodo Release Candidate 1 has been released http://xbmc.org/download/
my plan is to drop that on the smart stick this weekend (via the USB thumbdrive, I assume) and see how well it can handle it. My hope is I will get 1080 output, the new audio engine, PVR support and other nice goodies in the latest XBMC development and when it is stable and working well, to be able to grab my current XBMC user options folder and drop it into the stick.
Then I will have all my favorites, subscriptions, local network music/tv/movie folders, etc easily ported form my ATV2 iOS XBMC to the smart stick android XBMC....
I will report back and would like to hear if others have tried something similar.
I will follow this thread. Very interesting thoughts.
Do you know if you can control it with your phone/tablet?
Would be awesome to make my Nexus 7 into remote!
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you can control the stick using the Google TV remote app
Cool, thanks.
Do you have any idea if you can get a Google TV remote .apk somewhere? It's not available in my Danish Play store.
EDIT: Or maybe this one is viable? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.entertailion.android.remote
Able Remote..
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The reviews I have seen haven't been the best. I love the idea of this, but maybe its a little under powered. There are other ones out there that have dual core processors. According to Amazon, mine will be here on Monday. If its not up to the task, I might try one of the other ones which have dual core processors.
Ok, so it came early, and I was able to get it hooked up. I have been playing with it for awhile, and my initial impressions are not good. I don't know if it is lack of oomph with the processor, or terrible software, but this thing is barely usable for my needs.
I did download the googletv remote app. It works pretty well. Occasionally, it loses connection, but overall it works fine.
Initial setup is pretty painless. After getting everything up and running, I downloaded netflix and hbogo. Neither work very well. Netflix takes a long time to load and there is terrible lag. After a few minutes, it seems to get better. Because the app is made for tablet/phone, it doesnt work nearly as well with a tv, because of the lack of a touch screen to scroll with. It becomes an exercise in patients to get what you want on this app. The search feature works just fine, but for general browsing, it really isnt very good.
HBOGo is much worse. With big series such as the sopranos, it overwhelms the unit and things almost completely freeze up. There was no way to select any episode because of all the lag. I did a movie to load, but the resolution was subpar and the video is choppy. I have full bars and the Favi is right next to my router. HBOGo works flawlessly on my phone or tablet, but on the TV, it is really bad.
I love the idea of this thing, but i don't see me holding onto this unit very long. It really is a slow pile of junk at this point.
Unfortunately your experience sounds exactly like mine. I am wondering, hoping that the XBMC implementation may do a better job as it may utilize few resources
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I'm wondering if something like this might work better.
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/minipc/android-4.0-mini-pc-mk802-ii.aspx#specs
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I'm wondering if something like this might work better.
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/minipc/android-4.0-mini-pc-mk802-ii.aspx#specs
or this adaptation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHUmuYdqwgw
Or this newer version
http://www.rikomagic.com/En/productlist.asp?id=53
85gallon said:
I'm wondering if something like this might work better.
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/minipc/android-4.0-mini-pc-mk802-ii.aspx#specs
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I'm wondering if something like this might work better.
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/minipc/android-4.0-mini-pc-mk802-ii.aspx#specs
or this adaptation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHUmuYdqwgw
Or this newer version
http://www.rikomagic.com/En/productlist.asp?id=53
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Upon reading more about the one from laptopmag.com, it comes rooted out of the box. and apparently although it cant reach 1080p resolution natively, some have been able to do so with custom roms, and being only 5 bucks cheaper makes it alot better. Thanks for those links!
Uronlyfriend said:
Upon reading more about the one from laptopmag.com, it comes rooted out of the box. and apparently although it cant reach 1080p resolution natively, some have been able to do so with custom roms, and being only 5 bucks cheaper makes it alot better. Thanks for those links!
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720p is good enough.
I am looking at the last link I posted. The MK802 III. It has a 1.6ghz processor where the first link is only 1ghz.
Edit: Just saw the mk802 II on amazon for $37
I should have looked at reviews before I bought this thing, what a pile of crap... It's really terrible, so damned slow. I don't remember even my OG Droid being that slow at 1ghz, and it only had 256mb ram... I'd love to see it rooted with overclocking and CM10.1...
Ok, I've been playing around with this thing. I disabled all apps and processes which aren't necessary.
Stock Browser is terrible. I downloaded Opera and Chrome and they work better, but not great.
Youtube app works really good. No lag, high quality video and sound.
HBOGo is terrible on this thing.
Netflix takes a little time before it works, but it seems to be pretty good. After the videos load (which take too long), it has worked pretty flawlessly.
I uninstalled googletv app once my wireless keyboard came in. The googletv app worked ok, but was buggy. the wireless keyboard works much better.
Its still a little disappointing and a little unstable, but with some tweaks, it might be OK in the future. They have released a rooted access build. The bootloader is locked, so this will limit development. Because this thing was so cheap, I might hold onto it. I have been debating keeping it and hoping it gets better, or sending it back and buying MK802III. I have until the end of January to send back, so I will continue to play with it for now.
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Ok, I've been playing around with this thing. I disabled all apps and processes which aren't necessary.
Stock Browser is terrible. I downloaded Opera and Chrome and they work better, but not great.
Youtube app works really good. No lag, high quality video and sound.
HBOGo is terrible on this thing.
Netflix takes a little time before it works, but it seems to be pretty good. After the videos load (which take too long), it has worked pretty flawlessly.
I uninstalled googletv app once my wireless keyboard came in. The googletv app worked ok, but was buggy. the wireless keyboard works much better.
Its still a little disappointing and a little unstable, but with some tweaks, it might be OK in the future. They have released a rooted access build. The bootloader is locked, so this will limit development. Because this thing was so cheap, I might hold onto it. I have been debating keeping it and hoping it gets better, or sending it back and buying MK802III. I have until the end of January to send back, so I will continue to play with it for now.
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Where do we get the rooted access build?
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Where do we get the rooted access build?
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http://www.smartstick.info/
Its under general support and its sticky at the top.
Well I just picked up the mk802 iii from Amazon for $69. The 1.6ghz proc. and 8 gig of storage. I should have it tomorrow. I will let you guys know. I could have gotten it cheaper but I didn't want to wait for it to ship from China.
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