lack of development for this device

[collindubya]

I have to say compared to most other tablets out there I'm suprised that such a powerful tablet has so little development compared to the previous versions of this device.. Why is that?

 

[sbdags]

And there I was thinking I had done pretty well. :cyclops:

Probably lack of devs owning one I would guess. Tbh after the TF700 probably not a lot of people wanted to trust Asus again.....

 

[gsxrfl1k6]

And there I was thinking I had done pretty well. :cyclops:

Probably lack of devs owning one I would guess. Tbh after the TF700 probably not a lot of people wanted to trust Asus again.....

I'm glad you got one. Haven't had a chance to try your ROM yet, but couldn't live without it on my tf700 - I'm waiting to unlock mine until i get a dock and make sure I don't have any problems. My screen is loose in like 3 places so I'm on the fence about that too...

 

[collindubya]

And there I was thinking I had done pretty well. :cyclops:

Probably lack of devs owning one I would guess. Tbh after the TF700 probably not a lot of people wanted to trust Asus again.....

Its good but I prefer Roms based on stock aosp with theme engines and custom animations, my note 2 has so many Roms to choose from

 

[AngryDinosaur]

we got cm11, we got speedy CROMi-x what else you want?

you gonna flash different rom daily???????????????

 

[collindubya]

we got cm11, we got speedy CROMi-x what else you want?

you gonna flash different rom daily???????????????

My understanding is that the cm11 ROM is a preview and not stable yet

 

[AngryDinosaur]

My understanding is that the cm11 ROM is a preview and not stable yet

are you even unlocked and rooted and installed recovery. If you don't plan on to, i suggest return this and get N7 or G Pad if quantity is what you want

 

[Daruniafx]

Its good but I prefer Roms based on stock aosp with theme engines and custom animations, my note 2 has so many Roms to choose from

Release date for Note 2 : Sept. 2012
Release date for TF701: Nov 2013

The stock rom is almost AOSP, but with some tweaks and customizations that dont degrade the experience with bloatware.

Personally I prefer a few stable Roms with awesome support like CromiX and CM.

 

[collindubya]

are you even unlocked and rooted and installed recovery. If you don't plan on to, i suggest return this and get N7 or G Pad if themes is what you want

I was unlocked and was running sdbags ROM but when I turned off my tablet after installing that it never turned back on so I'm apprehensive to root and install again, wasn't sure if it was rooting or hardware failure, I got this tablet because its killer hardware and a great deal, which is why I'm surprised by the lack of Dev support I thought this tablet would be far more popular,

I kinda figured I wasn't going to risk rooting again until there was a solid aosp ROM out there similar to what I'm running on my note 2

 

[AngryDinosaur]

I was unlocked and was running sdbags ROM but when I turned off my tablet after installing that it never turned back on so I'm apprehensive to root and install again, wasn't sure if it was rooting or hardware failure, I got this tablet because its killer hardware and a great deal, which is why I'm surprised by the lack of Dev support I thought this tablet would be far more popular,

I kinda figured I wasn't going to risk rooting again until there was a solid aosp ROM out there similar to what I'm running on my note 2

its because its not a huge jump for people coming from tf700

 

[berndblb]

On my Droid 4 I have the choice between 5 or 6 roms and what am I running?
Modified stock... Why?
Because on each rom something is not working or buggy: keyboard or Bluetooth or docking support or auto rotation or......
Modding and tweaking the firmware designed for the specific hardware delivers by far the best results for me. But maybe that's just because I like things to work or I dislike to constantly troubleshoot essential functions.... Thank God for CROMi-X! That's all I need

 

[Snah001]

On my Droid 4 I have the choice between 5 or 6 roms and what am I running?
Modified stock... Why?
Because on each rom something is not working or buggy: keyboard or Bluetooth or docking support or auto rotation or......
Modding and tweaking the firmware designed for the specific hardware delivers by far the best results for me. But maybe that's just because I like things to work or I dislike to constantly troubleshoot essential functions.... Thank God for CROMi-X! That's all I need

Well that is all due to the problems this tablet has with the dock connection and build quality of it.
I guess between 60 and 75 % of all delivered tablets with dock suffered from that problem. I had 4 and due to that have none anymore. Will look at it again when proven the problem has been solved but reading that 2013.11 tablets still have the problem it is still a no go.
So many did send it back and went for another brand due to the fact that Asus sucks with officially acknowledging this problem.
Many times I was in contact directly with Asus in the Netherlands and they told me that they knew about the problem but Headoffice of Asus ignored it.
So guess what others users with this problem did with it........
Next to that in most countries in Europe you can only buy the combo with dock so no escape ordering only the tablet.
Result: not enough participation from users and no interests from dev's except Sbdags of course!!

 

[bklm1234]

The simple reason is this tablet doesn't sell well. Its look is kinda dated, it's thick bezel, heavy, short battery. The strength of having a dock got tarnished by poor build quality of the dock. I got mine for $350 after rebate from tiger direct. I'm willing to overlook the short comings and focus on the awesome screen, the crazy fast Cpu, near stock android 4.3. I just hope KitKat will come. I don't care if there are custom ROMs. It is what it is.

Sent from my K00C using Tapatalk

 

[mr.fast]

The simple reason is this tablet doesn't sell well. Its look is kinda dated, it's thick bezel, heavy, short battery. The strength of having a dock got tarnished by poor build quality of the dock. I got mine for $350 after rebate from tiger direct. I'm willing to overlook the short comings and focus on the awesome screen, the crazy fast Cpu, near stock android 4.3. I just hope KitKat will come. I don't care if there are custom ROMs. It is what it is.

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I wouldn't say it necessarily looked dated.

 

[collindubya]

I wouldn't say it necessarily looked dated.

I actually like the bezel, makes sure you can get a good grip on it with out accidentally touching the screen

 

[sbdags]

I actually like the bezel, makes sure you can get a good grip on it with out accidentally touching the screen

Me too. Device doesn't look dated at all IMO. Screen is gorgeous and that is what you use it for.

 

[zaelin]

Another factor is whenever a tegra SoC gets mentioned on any sort of tech website it seems like there is always someone willing to say how much tegras suck a few dozen times. That can't be good for sales, as a lot of people do base their purchases off of the word of mouth surrounding the product.

For what they are, and what the competition offers, they really aren't a bad chip set at all, but a lot of people apparently feel burnt by the Tegra 3 based off the Tf700 and 300s, but that was more or less just the terrible I/O performance issues that should be blamed.

 

[sysmai]

I agree with all of it. Asus is my choice of PC gear although my acer A500 never failed me. it just didnt have neon with the tegra 2. gave it to a buddy and its still kickin. now before this one i bummed my wifes old Transformer Prime TF201. Now that thing was garbage. This one is amazing. I would use a cardboard box as long as it ran like this and i could root it...the unlock bootloader tool is prime example of why I stick with Asus..they still have some linux left in em.

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[YayYouFixedIt]

Every device thats new has issues to sort out.
Its was released in November. The gaming on this is fantastic. Just give DeadTrigger 2 a try. Crazy console qualifty gaming. More devs will come along. This Device is about double What the tf101 was. Considering the price. You get 32gb storage,High resolution, High performance tegra 4. Sound is fine. I think it might take a while but its the device to buy unless your going proprietary or want to shell out more cash and get less.

WARNING: Some screen protectors have rubbery surfaces not suitable for a stylus(ZAGG,Skinomi). RUBBER on RUBBER!

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You can play NFSMW like you never saw it before. High quality reflections, dynamic lighting. Not what you would expect really. If you underclock it. You probably get that same quality and hardly notice anything. Would just run a bit cooler.

 

[thugdrummer1]

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Its look is kinda dated, it's thick bezel, heavy, short battery.

I don't mean to pick on you specifically, but it always cracks me up to see critiques of tablets and the like when they mention appearance. Even CNet reviewers will write a paragraph or two about the product's appearance. Seriously?! It doesn't match your shoes, so you don't want to be seen using it?! How very superficially Apple of them.