Asus PADPHONE 2

[touchandgo]

yes, the wifi thingy is super annoying.

 

[touchandgo]

haisss... still need wait... coz I see sites like Engadget stating that is will arrive by November

 

[guile]

The GPS and wifi problems sounded so much like those on the Asus Transformer Prime....

 

[id0n0van]

The GPS and wifi problems sounded so much like those on the Asus Transformer Prime....

Sorry for sounding like a noob.. But was that problem solved by an OTA or do they need some other hardware accessory to go along with it..?

 

[benthian89]

Sorry for sounding like a noob.. But was that problem solved by an OTA or do they need some other hardware accessory to go along with it..?

I guess some driver updates will solve it. So wait for the OTA.
I am checking every morning

 

[guile]

Sorry for sounding like a noob.. But was that problem solved by an OTA or do they need some other hardware accessory to go along with it..?

The GPS problem, they provided a GPS dongle attachment for free...it was delivered to my house.

As for the wifi problem....the problem was solved in the Prime Infinity by having the top part of the back plate made of plastic instead of full metal (where the wifi antennas are located).

They tried to solve the problem for the existing Prime users with OTAs etc but the problem is still there (some firmwares made it better, others made it worse or made other things worse eg battery life).

You can read all about it in XDA forums...i'm still using the Prime though despite all its flaws cos i doubt anyone will want to buy it. They are not selling it anymore and this is less than 1 year since it was launched in Jan.

 

[benthian89]

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[kennethtbh]

just curious where u all bought ur padfone 2 from? as in which shop. went sls ytd but didnt get to try the padfone2. maybe funan better place?

 

[LaCie87]

theres something i wanna ask. i got my padfone 2 from challenger, its without a contract. but the phone has all those starhub crap apps that cannot be uninstalled. could it be a starhub set they sold to me? anyone knows if the non contract versions suppose to have no starhub crap apps. thanks in advance

 

[id0n0van]

just curious where u all bought ur padfone 2 from? as in which shop. went sls ytd but didnt get to try the padfone2. maybe funan better place?

Bought mine from South Asia Computer at Funan. Managed to get the last second set. Hahaha.

theres something i wanna ask. i got my padfone 2 from challenger, its without a contract. but the phone has all those starhub crap apps that cannot be uninstalled. could it be a starhub set they sold to me? anyone knows if the non contract versions suppose to have no starhub crap apps. thanks in advance

Got mine off contract as well. Came with all those bloatware. Guess it was factory preloaded?

 

[benthian89]

theres something i wanna ask. i got my padfone 2 from challenger, its without a contract. but the phone has all those starhub crap apps that cannot be uninstalled. could it be a starhub set they sold to me? anyone knows if the non contract versions suppose to have no starhub crap apps. thanks in advance

My set is from PC dreams bought during the IT show.

It has starhub stuff inside also.

I guess all sets were brought in by starhub den distributed from there.

Don't know why it is like that, but they are the exclusive telco for the padfone

 

[altca4]

Anyone experiencing GPS issues? Couldn't hold a steady GPS lock in both phone and tablet mode. (Tablet ode is worst though.)

I have no GPS or Wifi problem with mine

 

[kennethtbh]

My set is from PC dreams bought during the IT show.

It has starhub stuff inside also.

I guess all sets were brought in by starhub den distributed from there.

Don't know why it is like that, but they are the exclusive telco for the padfone

well, i specifically asked pc dreams about this before and he mentioned their sets were from asus direct and does not have starhub apps preloaded. guess there needs to be some explanation/clarification huh?

 

[kennyboy]

Or maybe Asus follow HTC, where the preloaded apps show differently depending on sim card used?

 

[benthian89]

Or maybe Asus follow HTC, where the preloaded apps show differently depending on sim card used?

nope.. u can factory reset without sim card and it will still show the preloaded starhub apps

 

[kennyboy]

nope.. u can factory reset without sim card and it will still show the preloaded starhub apps

Oh well.....anyway now jellybean can disable apps without root, so just use that function lor.

 

[joshszz]

Bought mine from South Asia Computer at Funan. Managed to get the last second set. Hahaha.




Got mine off contract as well. Came with all those bloatware. Guess it was factory preloaded?

i got the last set at same shop! your padfone and mine must be bros.

 

[benthian89]

Oh well.....anyway now jellybean can disable apps without root, so just use that function lor.

You can disable apps now already, even in ICS

 

[kennyboy]

You can disable apps now already, even in ICS

Of course lah....but cater to padphone 2 audience what....unless u tell me padfone2 still on ICS?

 

[benthian89]

Of course lah....but cater to padphone 2 audience what....unless u tell me padfone2 still on ICS?

yup, still on ICS.
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