[TF701](new Transformer): possible battery issue??

[Govermans]

Hi,

I recently bought a TF701. Two hours ago I was playing games on my tablet, which was at that time about 35% charged. The games I was playing were 3D (Sailboat, beach buggy blitz and No Gravity), as well as checking facebook etc. All of a sudden (without a warning) the tablet switched off. I tried to restart it, but all I saw was the empty battery sign. I hooked it up to the charger and switched it on again: the TF701 worked again as it should.

I'm using "SystemPanel" on active monitoring: the active monitor recorded this (2 hours plot) and this (8 hours plot), which is: a sudden, full discharge of the tablet... However, the hour before the discharge, there was no 'gradual' discharge monitored. To me, this is strange. Can anyone provide some explanation?

Has anyone else encountered this? And... should I return the tablet?

Kind regards!

p.s. there's not yet a dedicated forum for the TF701, so I'm posting it here. If it's the wrong forum, please inform me / move the post

 

[Govermans]

update: I tried several things and I have reached a conclusion: the mechanism that monitors the battery does not function (properly).

What have I done? I recharged the device: at least I think it did... (indicator goes up to 100%) I then played energy consuming games: it works perfectly. However, the indicator does not drop: it remains at 100%. It does not matter whether I watch the stock-app or SystemPanel, it just doesn't drop... Now, I do like a device that has endless energy, but we all know that does not exist (yet).

I have tried a full factory reset (rebooting while pressing VOLUME down + power and then select wipe data), but it did not change: the indicator remains at 100%, even after watching several youtube clips and tried some games...

So the conslusion is a broken indicator, probably a hardware malfunction. So it will be a return... Fortunately, my webshop has real stores as well... Hopefully I'll get a new one.

 

[berndblb]

You could try to use Battery Drainer by Dan Michlin from the Play Store (I would deselect the "vibrate" option when running it - seems a little excessive).
Run the battery down until it reboots, let it sit for a day or two and recharge.
If it still gives you wildly inaccurate readings I would return it.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4

 

[Govermans]

Update: I have received a new tablet, so no more issues here.