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).
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A question that is on my mind is say you are traveling and your Transformer is about 50% charged and your keyboard dock is less than 50% charged. So you are using your transformer docked into the keyboard, so the keyboard starts charging the Transformer in case you want to un-dock it and use it on the go. Now say the keyboard drains its batter to charge the actual Transformer.....does the keyboard stop working so that you need to undock the transformer and use it that way until you can recharge the keyboard?
It was a thought I had in my head that I don't know if anyone with the tablet and keyboard had tested out yet.
I'm fairly certain that the tablet can use the dock even if the dock's battery is empty. Remember reading it somewhere, but can't find the link at the moment...
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Hello ,
I just bought a tf700t with keyboard dock.
i have a question for the first time charge....
Do i have to connect the tablet to its keyboard docking and plug in the charger into the dock for eight hours or
just charge the tablet itself for eight hours ?
Does the docking need first time charge btw ?
If you have both the tablet and the dock, most likely you will need to charge both the first time. To save time connect the two and charge away.
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PAPB0007 said:
If you have both the tablet and the dock, most likely you will need to charge both the first time. To save time connect the two and charge away.
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Thanks very much. However I am now charging tablet only and will charge the dock tonight!
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
Hi guys,
New to this part of the forum with a support question. My sister got a TF300T tablet and dock combo about 5 weeks ago and has been using the keyboard attached. She has however never realised that the dock needs to be charged separately and in that 5 weeks has never charged it so naturally when attached to the tablet it is showing 0%
I took it home to do some testing and plugged the keyboard dock into the mains charger and received the orange flashing light. 16 hours later I attached the tablet to the keyboard dock to see that the dock was still at 0%, so in 16 hours it has not charged at all and still was flashing orange.
I drained the tablet battery and started charging both together through the dock and the keyboard was flashing and the tablet had a steady orange.
I have left it to charge while I am at work but am worried that the battery in the dock is faulty.
Can anyone shed some light on what I can try to get this damn thing charging?
PS. The tablet is running stock firmware and has never been rooted. No SD card in dock or tablet either. Cheers.
If the dock isn't charging then it's faulty. :thumbdown: I would send it back.
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wetbiker7 said:
If the dock isn't charging then it's faulty. :thumbdown: I would send it back.
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Thanks for the reply. i guess I was looking for some sort of confirmation. Will be returning it tomorrow.
Cheers.
No problem. You should be able to plug the dock into the charger and it should start charging immediately. If it's not charging then it's faulty. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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No problem. You should be able to plug the dock into the charger and it should start charging immediately. If it's not charging then it's faulty. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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That's what I thought but 16 hour charge and still at 0% told me something was wrong.
May be the bearer of bad news but it has put my mind at ease a little bit as the store I bought it from will accept the return and no warranty claim is necessary.
Good news. Hopefully you'll be able to get another dock too. I use mine all the time and love it.
Best of luck to you.
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wetbiker7 said:
Good news. Hopefully you'll be able to get another dock too. I use mine all the time and love it.
Best of luck to you.
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Yep, the one I have waiting for me is a package so all good
today i noticed that my tablet wasn't charging when the dock was attached (tried reattatching rebooting nothing helps) my tablet is currently on 71 and the dock on 99 right now i am typing on the keyboard! everything works except charging can somebody clear this out? is there a specific level the tablet starts charging?
when i plug in the charger to the dock the tablet charges fine but the dock battery LED is not blinking!
thanks,
noahvt
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noahvt said:
today i noticed that my tablet wasn't charging when the dock was attached (tried reattatching rebooting nothing helps) my tablet is currently on 71 and the dock on 99 right now i am typing on the keyboard! everything works except charging can somebody clear this out? is there a specific level the tablet starts charging?
when i plug in the charger to the dock the tablet charges fine but the dock battery LED is not blinking!
thanks,
noahvt
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your 1% too high mate lol the dock will only kick in after the tablet drops below 70% mate
LOL! i have this tablet for more then a month and i didn't know that! BUT every widget i use says it is charging and the battery meter is rising! BUT android is not saying it is charging!
EDIT: when i enable always show battery percentage: it shows DIScharging on the lockscreen! (BTW: running aokp)
EDIT2: in the battery section in the settings app it says: 75 - charging! but the lockscreen doesn't so i guess it's just an AOKP bug i just noticed
EDIT3: currently i have a charger plugged in into the dock (in a car) it's around 12V and nothing happens! the tablet still charges trough the dock do! so i assume it is not a hardware issue but it is just not enough power!
EDIT4: now i know the car doesn't give enough power because: the tablet/dock alone doesn't charge!
So in the end: there is nothing wrong with my tablet! i can be really stupid sometimes i really love this tablet and i am afraid something will hapen to it!
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