Well this looks awesome!.. Asus Eee Transformer Tablet

Bear · 28 Mar 2012 at 19:12

Damn mine has started to randomly switching itself off, it doesn't reboot so I'm guessing its a fault.

PiKe · 28 Mar 2012 at 20:34

Random shutdowns can be the same problem, is your battery flat when you start it back up?

kona786 · 29 Mar 2012 at 00:00

PinkFloyd said:
Sorry, the 3 pin plug part. The cable itself is fine.
The writing that says the ampage and such on the label on mine is so faint I can't really make it out clearly :/

Any usb plug will work - look on ebay for a 5V - 2A usb plug - a good quality one is from a HP touchpad. don't buy a cheap and nasty one.

hp - pricey http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Intern...Adaptors_SM&hash=item4cffa2bd99#ht_500wt_1156 . I got mine for £10

cheaper here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-TouchPad-International-Travel-Kit/dp/B0058CZX7U/ref=pd_cp_ce_0

Generic - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APPLE-10W...ccessories&hash=item43ae18356a#ht_1614wt_1396

Bear · 29 Mar 2012 at 09:00

PiKe said:
Random shutdowns can be the same problem, is your battery flat when you start it back up?

No and it will sometimes only restart if I plug it in and sometimes via the on button.

wolvers · 29 Mar 2012 at 10:34

kona786 said:
Any usb plug will work - look on ebay for a 5V - 2A usb plug - a good quality one is from a HP touchpad. don't buy a cheap and nasty one.

hp - pricey http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Intern...Adaptors_SM&hash=item4cffa2bd99#ht_500wt_1156 . I got mine for £10

cheaper here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-TouchPad-International-Travel-Kit/dp/B0058CZX7U/ref=pd_cp_ce_0

Generic - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APPLE-10W...ccessories&hash=item43ae18356a#ht_1614wt_1396

5v is no good for the TF. It's too low.

kona786 · 29 Mar 2012 at 11:08

wolvers said:
5v is no good for the TF. It's too low.

Hmm - the OEM charger is 12/15V - never knew that, thought they were all 5V but higher amps.

I'm pretty sure it will still charge from a 5V charger (10W) as the TF can charge from a PC USB output which is 5V (though only 2.5W).

wolvers · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:04

kona786 said:
the TF can charge from a PC USB output

Are you sure? AFAIK it doesn't.

kona786 · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:08

Since you have the device - have you tested it?

Charging over USB is ill advised at this point since it'll take somewhere over 16 hours to fully charge the Eee Pad over a standard USB port. ASUS claims this will be fixed with a future software update. I didn't have the time to measure exactly how long a full charge over USB would take; I just measured long enough to know it would be a problem.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4277/asus-eee-pad-transformer-review

wolvers · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:12

No, never plugged it into a PC at all. Never needed to, and I just assumed it wouldn't charge because of the voltage difference.

A longer charge time makes sense, with the lower power output of the USB port. Good to know it's possible though.

kona786 · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:17

power rating in watts is what's important in determining how fast something charges.

kevpuk · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:24

Charging from a USB3 port, via USB3 cable is more bearable....

wolvers · 29 Mar 2012 at 13:30

kona786 said:
power rating in watts is what's important in determining how fast something charges.

Yeah, that's what I said.

kona786 · 29 Mar 2012 at 13:57

Aslong as we're clear

wolvers · 31 Mar 2012 at 10:02

I've signed up to Twitter to let them know what I think. :mad:

They probably couldn't care less, but this tablet is useless to me like this. I don't know why they didn't just roll back to the previous version that was fine.

Hopefully someone will release a Tegra3 tablet soon to rival the TF. I won't be buying Asus again..........except maybe the odd GPU.

ci_newman · 31 Mar 2012 at 19:11

wolvers said:
I've signed up to Twitter to let them know what I think. They probably couldn't care less, but this tablet is useless to me like this. I don't know why they didn't just roll back to the previous version that was fine.

Hopefully someone will release a Tegra3 tablet soon to rival the TF. I won't be buying Asus again..........except maybe the odd GPU.

Over reaction much? Why not just root it back to honeycomb if it bothers you that much?

Jabbs · 31 Mar 2012 at 19:13

After having it for a few weeks its a bad tablet imo, I can see why people go with Ipad's now.

Mine behaves better as I have a custom rom on it but its still not great, will be selling for sure and get a Ipad 3.

SexyGreyFox · 31 Mar 2012 at 19:21

Jabbs said:
After having it for a few weeks its a bad tablet imo, I can see why people go with Ipad's now.

Mine behaves better as I have a custom rom on it but its still not great, will be selling for sure and get a Ipad 3.

Why is it a bad tablet?
What doesn't it do?

(For what it's worth I'm a little bit on your side but you need to give reasons)

Skidder · 1 Apr 2012 at 07:27

Had mine since launch with no problems. The back feels a bit flimsy but no issue.

Ben Cole · 1 Apr 2012 at 08:17

Skidder said:
Had mine since launch with no problems. The back feels a bit flimsy but no issue.

What firmware are you running?

wolvers · 1 Apr 2012 at 10:25

ci_newman said:
Over reaction much? Why not just root it back to honeycomb if it bothers you that much?

So you think it's OK that Asus forced out an update that breaks a 400 quid tablet, and I should spend my own time fixing it? Should I pop round and make them a cup of tea as well? In all seriousness, this is why people buy ipads. Can you imagine the furore if Apple did something like this! It wouldn't happen.

The TF is no good to me like it is. All Asus need to do is roll them back to the version before the update a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, we all make mistakes but just leaving it as it is and doing nothing just shows a complete disregard for it's customers. It's this kind of scenario that tends to reveal how good a company is at supporting it's products, and it isn't the first time that I've experienced how poor Asus can be.