Hi all...I found this deal on Ebay for an Asus 32gb TF300-B1 (not enough posts to leave a link....google search for "Asus 32GB TF300-B1 EEE Pad Transformer" should pull the listing in the first few entries).
It seems to have the same specs as the TF300F. Is this the same machine as TF300F and therefore can flash ROMS developed for it? Is this a good deal (it's refurbished of course)? worth the bother? etc...
Thanks for any info you can provide!
OK never mind....
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I bought a Refurbished TF300T for the same price on Ebay. Works great for me and in great condition. I would definitely recommend preping to put a ROM on it if you get it, mine suffers from some lag in some of the Chrome/Internet browsers, but oythers have reported it as well. I dont game on it so I can't really comment on that, but for Surfing the web, Netflix, XBMC, Reading...media consumtion...it fits my needs perfectly. Will be even better when I get a clean, stock Rom on it.
Since my TF300T motherboard failed (according to Asus tech) They want $200 to fix it. I found that Fry's is selling a brand new Tf300T for $200. I guess I will have to buy that one as Asus does not warranty their parts or repairs. I just bought a case for my tablet and docking station 2 days before my tablet died. It hadnt even arrived before I sent the tablet to Asus.
Please ignore this. I just went to order and it is out of stock. Sucks. I have a dock, a new case for both, and a great leather case for tablet only. what a waste. Thank you Asus for not caring about your customers.
I was only 3 months out of warranty when it went out. I guess I wont be buying any other Asus components for the computers I buy if they have such low quality customer service.
billwinkle said:
Since my TF300T motherboard failed (according to Asus tech) They want $200 to fix it. I found that Fry's is selling a brand new Tf300T for $200. I guess I will have to buy that one as Asus does not warranty their parts or repairs. I just bought a case for my tablet and docking station 2 days before my tablet died. It hadnt even arrived before I sent the tablet to Asus.
Please ignore this. I just went to order and it is out of stock. Sucks. I have a dock, a new case for both, and a great leather case for tablet only. what a waste. Thank you Asus for not caring about your customers.
I was only 3 months out of warranty when it went out. I guess I wont be buying any other Asus components for the computers I buy if they have such low quality customer service.
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What happened to your tab, again? What does it do,or not do?
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What happened to your tab, again? What does it do,or not do?
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It turned itself off and never came on. No lights nothing. They said it's the motherboard.
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It turned itself off and never came on. No lights nothing. They said it's the motherboard.
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Sounds like the motherboard, except they rarely, if ever, go out like that without some kind of impact. Did you try to charge it? I mean if the battery ever comes loose for example, it evidently cannot turn on.
If you bought a refurbished, all the more reason to open it and troubleshoot. You're in San Diego. If you want, I can loan you a working motherboard without audio so you can try to make sure it's your motherboard.
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Sounds like the motherboard, except they rarely, if ever, go out like that without some kind of impact. Did you try to charge it? I mean if the battery ever comes loose for example, it evidently cannot turn on.
If you bought a refurbished, all the more reason to open it and troubleshoot. You're in San Diego. If you want, I can loan you a working motherboard without audio so you can try to make sure it's your motherboard.
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It was new when I bought it. Was not dropped. And kept in a case. They did say it was motherboard. Thank you for your generous offer. Let me think about my next steps and I will pm you
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Ok, so I ordered a used 32GB Transformer on Amazon at a great price, but was wondering even if it is either a B7 or B8 should I even bother keeping it cause I cannot get root? I mean will it really come? I will get it tomorrow and will know more if it can be rooted or not, but if it is not, should I just return it and get something else?
no i dont think you should get something else this is the best out there and allot of people have said that it is the first stock experience they were really happy with and with garenteed ics in the next few months that experience can only get better
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no i dont think you should get something else this is the best out there and allot of people have said that it is the first stock experience they were really happy with and with garenteed ics in the next few months that experience can only get better
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Well I am just hoping even if I am lucky enough not to get a B7 or B8, that it can be done for all the others.
I got my used 32gb from Amazon a few days ago, it is a B50. I would be willing to wager yours will be the same. I think Amazon got a bulk purchase returned and are now reselling them. Also so you know, mine came in perfect condition, still had the protective film on the bottom and on the usb cord. It was missing the screen protector film, but otherwise you wouldn't know it was "used". Came in the original box with instruction envelope charger and cord.
the transformer is a great stock device. I've owned about 5 android smartphones(Droid, Droid x, incredible, fascinate, thunderbolt) and rooted them all to feel like they were worth it and usable. I haven't even thought about rooting mine and I got it when it first came out. this tablet is great right out of the box and wouldn't trade it for any other tablet out right now, especially if you got the keyboard.
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the transformer is a great stock device. I've owned about 5 android smartphones(Droid, Droid x, incredible, fascinate, thunderbolt) and rooted them all to feel like they were worth it and usable. I haven't even thought about rooting mine and I got it when it first came out. this tablet is great right out of the box and wouldn't trade it for any other tablet out right now, especially if you got the keyboard.
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I have to agree
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I got my used 32gb from Amazon a few days ago, it is a B50. I would be willing to wager yours will be the same. I think Amazon got a bulk purchase returned and are now reselling them. Also so you know, mine came in perfect condition, still had the protective film on the bottom and on the usb cord. It was missing the screen protector film, but otherwise you wouldn't know it was "used". Came in the original box with instruction envelope charger and cord.
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That gives me a bit a relief, I ordered a 32GB "Like New" one for $311 shipped. I have good things about Amazon Warehouse Deals like new products, some say they "are" brand new for the most part, as you said. I will find out later today when it comes in...got to love Amazon Prime one day shipping!
I bought a new one and it didn't come with a screen protector
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I bought a new one and it didn't come with a screen protector
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I was going off a youtube "unboxing/review" video I saw, it showed a plastic film thing on the screen. Nothing you would want to leave on there as it was thick and had lots of air bubbles under it.
As for Amazon prime.......omg I can't tell you how nice it is. For me I don't have to even do the $3.99 overnight, I am in Indiana the warehouse is just across the border in Kentucky so the free two day shipping means overnight to me 99% of the time. I actually got something the same day once
Black
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Iconia-A...2?ie=UTF8&qid=1340137229&sr=8-2&keywords=a700
Silver
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Iconia-A...4?ie=UTF8&qid=1340137229&sr=8-4&keywords=a700
I'm in for a Black one!
My pre-order from Amazon is about to ship via overnight shipping
Edit: Cancelled the order. Since Asus Infinity has started shipping... will wait for it to see how it is before reordering.
Asus Infinity shipping already when and where?
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Asus Infinity shipping already when and where?
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go to the main post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523811&page=157
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Asus Infinity shipping already when and where?
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sweden, received today, don't realistically expect it stateside for at least another 30 days or you'll most likely be disappointed.
Id ttake the Acer over the Asus anyday.
Galaxy note Paranoid Android 1.7ghz goodness
DJsCrIBbLe said:
Id ttake the Acer over the Asus anyday.
Galaxy note Paranoid Android 1.7ghz goodness
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Becareful what you wish for
In for the Silver... :good:
They must have sold out since its not listed as in stock until June 24th!
Now wheres that root method......hmmmm.
That was the original ship date of my new egg order. Maybe amazon slipped up and sent a batch out early? Every other retailer on amazon including circuit city is saying 24th now. Meh, nevertheless I am more than pleased with the product I have, even after thinking I was going to return this for a surface hope you all enjoy this as much as I do. I'll post an update once I finish these brray rips tomorrow.
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Got mine and it went back the same day. Had a big black dot under the screen, not a bad pixel, maybe a piece of glue or plastic? Anyway, I bought it for the screen so that was unacceptable. I tried to dislodge it but no-go.
Was thinking of getting another but saw they changed it to preorder, so I might just wait on the Transformer Infinity. Otherwise in the short time I used it, it looked like a nice device. Construction felt good, decent weight and distributed very well. A microusb to usb adapter was included in the box... A nice touch.
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Got mine and it went back the same day. Had a big black dot under the screen, not a bad pixel, maybe a piece of glue or plastic? Anyway, I bought it for the screen so that was unacceptable. I tried to dislodge it but no-go.
Was thinking of getting another but saw they changed it to preorder, so I might just wait on the Transformer Infinity. Otherwise in the short time I used it, it looked like a nice device. Construction felt good, decent weight and distributed very well. A microusb to usb adapter was included in the box... A nice touch.
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That stinks! Sure hope mine's good to go (status: out for delivery).
Thanks, hopefully mine was just a fluke.
Would like to read your impressions after you've had some time to play with it... Gotta decide whether to try again or wait on the Asus.
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Thanks, hopefully mine was just a fluke.
Would like to read your impressions after you've had some time to play with it... Gotta decide whether to try again or wait on the Asus.
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Mine just showed up about 20 minutes ago!!!
And I'm pleased to say that yours was just a fluke.
I've already run the Display Tester app to look for dead pixels and what not, and my display is good to go! :good:
Its also in stock and shipping at Acer. A news item I saw about that was the only way I knew about this tablet. I've been waiting on the Transformer Infinity and the Acer wasn't even on my radar. The stats and the price are very appealing.
Ah yes, but who wants to pay $23 sales tax?
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Its also in stock and shipping at Acer. A news item I saw about that was the only way I knew about this tablet. I've been waiting on the Transformer Infinity and the Acer wasn't even on my radar. The stats and the price are very appealing.
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I too, had been waiting on either the A700 or Infinity. While I was leaning towards the Infinity, I was getting really sick of waiting on ASUS to get their head out of their ass. I figured I'd give the A700 a go and if I didn't care for it, I could return it within the 30 day window and keep waiting on the Infinity to drop State-side.
Same here, infinity looks great on paper, but after the qc issues I've seen firsthand multiple primes later, I'm sick of light bleed, wifi issues, and general lack of helpful and meaningful effort to make change on behalf of the company. I can tell you from experience the a700, it exceeds expectations.
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Exactly the same thing happened to my tablet. I got it repaired under warranty though. Took less than a week to ship it to ASUS, get it repaired and get it sent back.
Doesn't answer your question though.
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The same thing happened to me when I threw my tablet to the back of my car seat. It even had a leather case protecting the tablet. To fix it I just put some Black PVC Insulating Tape on the microsd card, just don't cover the connector. the microsd card doesn't come off anymore and it works now
have it fixed under warranty, you know that warning you get, they only give that so that they don't have to deal with software problems.
Things that clearly do not involve an unlocked bootloader are still under warranty.
If not , then Asus truly sucks
Thanks for the responses, everyone. So it sounds like I might as well give it a shot and contact ASUS?
My guess would be for this issue, they wouldn't even check the boot loader, they will replace the Microsd slot and send it back. If they don't, cause a ****storm on twitter
Okay, well I'll go ahead and wait until I can part with it for a few weeks. I was able to get it working with some tape like somebody suggested, but that's obviously not very practical in the long run.
I recently exchanged my Prime for an Infinity and I'm noticing that the latch is not locking all the way. Damn it Asus! haha. Always something wrong. The latch locks partially and then I can slide it all the way to the right, if I don't, it can come off. I expect a 500 dollar device to get this kind of things right. I like the tablet but man I'm not sure I'll buy from Asus ever again.
Did you purchase a new dock or use the dock from the original Prime? Asus has stated that they are not compatible, even though they do work... Others have found the same issue with the tf201 dock...
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Did you purchase a new dock or use the dock from the original Prime? Asus has stated that they are not compatible, even though they do work... Others have found the same issue with the tf201 dock...
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I have the Prime dock. Yeah the website's search wasn't working but I found a topic where others talked about it. Oh well, I'm just gonna have to deal with it.
Just saw this at the Asus' site:
(The Eee Pad Transformer Prime mobile dock is NOT compatible with Transformer Pad Infinity)
Interesting. I bought the Infinity and the dock to go with it, but it is clearly a 201 dock. The box has a big sticker on it with TF700 but underneath it has the TF201 written above part number.
Mine locks in fine - what Serial number is yours? Mine starts with C7 (the dock, not the tablet)....
I have seen others saying the same thing, but since we essentially have the same dock, it baffles me that min locks perfectly fine and yours does not.
My TF201 dock does exactly the same. Nothing to worry about really. You just have to remember to latch it fully.
Yeah, there is obviously *some* difference in the docking portion of the TF201-specific dock. I know that someone did a teardown of both and they looked identical, but they didn't acutually go to the level of tearing down and comparing the actual docking part of the dock - I'm guessing that is where there is a slight difference...
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its just a little tight the first few times.
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Interesting. I bought the Infinity and the dock to go with it, but it is clearly a 201 dock. The box has a big sticker on it with TF700 but underneath it has the TF201 written above part number.
Mine locks in fine - what Serial number is yours? Mine starts with C7 (the dock, not the tablet)....
I have seen others saying the same thing, but since we essentially have the same dock, it baffles me that min locks perfectly fine and yours does not.
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It starts with C4.
Someone said it locked fine for him after some use, maybe the spring got softer. Hopefully I'll be as lucky.
Mine had docking issues the first few days, too. Had to manually force it to lock. (Push the tablet in as far as it can go and move the slide myself.) Now it works fine.
Bought it as one pack because the Netherlands doesn't have the loose variant at all, but the dock is a 201 regardless.
My UK Infinity supplied with the dock is being returned as the right hand pin doesn't lock the tablet. The lock pin slides completely to the locked position but the tablet can still be lifted out on that side (the left side stays locked).
I have to say I'm very disappointed that a premium device has shipped with such a fault - but have to commend Amazon UK's customer service in getting the issue resolved.
I have the same issue, i bought the device from the u.s but i live in the uk. It has been for repir 3 times and today i got it back and the problem still persists, I have been told that they will not exchange it and all that can be offered is further repairs. Each time i have sent it for repairs they have damaged my device. I am at a loss as to what my next course of action should be? The repair centre is in the czech republic. Can anyone offer any advise please? My dock is the correct one even though it was labled as tf201.i emailed asus with my seriel number and they confirmed it was the correct dock for my infinty.
I have the TF201 dock (the actual TF201 dock, bought at the same time with my ex-Prime). It fits exactly how it is described in this forum where the latch doesn't fully close unless you push it closed.
I think this is because the Infinity feels just a tiny bit thicker around the edges, therefore it doesn't fit properly in the dock and applies more pressure to it.
It's really not much of an inconvenience. I just gotta put a little more force into docking the tablet, and make sure to place the latch properly. In my opinion its not worth sending in for repairs because it works as intended, just needs a little more push since its not technically designed for the TF700.
One little trick to getting the TF700 to fit nice and easy into the TF201 that I found was, when docking it first push the tablet's docking edge a little bit into the docking part of the dock, then place it flush against the back-part of that component. While applying a little pressure to the back-part, slide it into the dock. This alleviates much of the resistance the dock gives usually, and I barely have to apply any more pressure; in fact it feels as if I am sliding the correct tablet, the TF201 into the TF201 dock.
Of course every dock could be different due to bad QC or wear-and-tear. My friend's TF201 dock got really really loose and the TF700 slides right in a little too easy to the point that it rocks a bit in the dock.
If you insist you can try to find the actual TF700 dock, I have never seen one in the wild but I am assuming that it will fit properly with the TF700, without that slight little extra bit of squeeze.
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I have the same issue, i bought the device from the u.s but i live in the uk. It has been for repir 3 times and today i got it back and the problem still persists, I have been told that they will not exchange it and all that can be offered is further repairs. Each time i have sent it for repairs they have damaged my device. I am at a loss as to what my next course of action should be? The repair centre is in the czech republic. Can anyone offer any advise please? My dock is the correct one even though it was labled as tf201.i emailed asus with my seriel number and they confirmed it was the correct dock for my infinty.
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Thanks for your reply but I should explain further. I bought my device from the USA from a company called buyspry. The device has been in for 3 repairs from the UK and the dock does not stay attached. It does not fully lock and has been damaged by the repair centre. I was given the option of something called buy back from asus e.u. I was asked by the service manager in the UK to send a copy of my receipt which I did. I was further told that they would not accept my receipt because it was purchased from ebay and I was told the company are not an authorised asus stockist.
I have contacted this company and they have confirmed that they are an authorised asus stockist. Asus UK will not accept my ebay receipt but I have a commercial invoice. I have emailed the company in the USA and I am awaiting a reply from them as I have requested an email of the commercial invoice which needs to state there VAT number. Hopefully if this is accepted by asus UK I will be given a full refund. The whole process has been a nightmare and as such I regret buying from the USA as replacements are not offered in the UK and no swap stocks are available and the only other option I have is to send it for a further repair. I have owned the device for 2 months and for half that time it has been in for repairs. Each repair was made worse by dents and scratches and the screen bleed is just as bad if not worse. I hope this is of use to anyone experiencing these issues with a device bought from the usa.
Similar problem - which bit did you send back?
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My UK Infinity supplied with the dock is being returned as the right hand pin doesn't lock the tablet. The lock pin slides completely to the locked position but the tablet can still be lifted out on that side (the left side stays locked).
I have to say I'm very disappointed that a premium device has shipped with such a fault - but have to commend Amazon UK's customer service in getting the issue resolved.
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I have a very similar problem - neither pin engages, also from UK, also from Amazon. Did they ask you to return the pad & dock, or just the dock?
My TF300 screen broke and I was wondering if Asus honored the warranty on hardware issues on unlocked devices
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My TF300 screen broke and I was wondering if Asus honored the warranty on hardware issues on unlocked devices
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If you break the screen, then Asus has no reason to repair it FREE. You do have to pay for a repair.
Warranty only applies for things like cpu and such (u know what I am talking about)...
Buying a new screen
So having ASUS repair it and paying them for it is one option. Does anyone know know where I can buy the screen and DIY?
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So having ASUS repair it and paying them for it is one option. Does anyone know know where I can buy the screen and DIY?
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I have just bought a screen (digitizer) from ebay and I am about to replace mine, but please check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728820 and read it through well. You may face issues during the process...
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Thanks so much for sharing that thread! What screen are you buying, can you share that link as well? I'd also be very curious to hear how the process went for you and what challenges you face. Thanks again and best of luck!
The DYI seems to be the only method that makes any fiscal sense. $185 to have ASUS replace it and the local repair guy charges $70 for the screen and $100 to replace it.
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Thanks so much for sharing that thread! What screen are you buying, can you share that link as well? I'd also be very curious to hear how the process went for you and what challenges you face. Thanks again and best of luck!
The DYI seems to be the only method that makes any fiscal sense. $185 to have ASUS replace it and the local repair guy charges $70 for the screen and $100 to replace it.
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I bought one off of ebay, I don't think you need the link. But if the local repair guy might be willing to sell you a screen only I would buy asap.
BUT as for the process, it sucked for me...
The screen does not work. Challenges were to glue the new screen and to find a good glue to use.
Please check your ribbon cable (the gold/coppar colored cable at the lower right corner (if you open your tab). Does it say GO1 or GO3 or neither.
Feel free to ask any questions...
You can get one on eBay and there are beautiful tutorials on YouTube showing how to repair it yourself
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