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Apr

Tip: Switch To The Stock 4.2 Launcher On Your Transformer Pad Infinity With This Simple Trick

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Tips & Tutorials, Transformer Pad Infinity

When the official 4.2 update started rolling out to the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity, one of the things I was most looking forward to was switching to the updated launcher. Unfortunately, ASUS decided to omit this option, which happens to be readily available on the TF300 with 4.2. Feeling disappointed and sad, I turned the TF700 off and set it to the side.

Thanks to a comment left on our TF700 Jelly Bean ROM download post from earlier today, my spirits were once again lifted. Turns out there's actually a very simple way to enable the new launcher, ASUS just decided to leave the option out of the standard settings menu.

Apr

ASUS Posts The Full Jelly Bean (4.2.1) ROM For The Transformer Pad Infinity

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Device Updates, News, Transformer Pad Infinity

Last Updated: April 26th, 2013

ASUS started pushing Android 4.2.1 to the Transformer Pad Infinity exactly one week ago, but if you've been waiting for the blob to hit the company's download site for whatever reason, it's available now. This makes available build 10.6.1.14.4 to those who wish to manually flash (or need to recovery after a catastrophic event).

Currently the full firmware download is available for the US (United States), WW (Worldwide), and TW (Taiwan) versions of the HD tablet. Other parts of the world will have to wait

Hit the link below to grab the appropriate download for your device.

ASUS

Apr

Android 4.2 Rolling Out Now To The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700) In The U.S. [Changelog]

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Device Updates, News, Transformer Pad Infinity

Last Updated: April 26th, 2013

At the beginning of March, ASUS became the first company to push Android 4.2 to a non-Nexus device when the update came to the TF300. At the time, the company promised 4.2 for the TF700 and MeMO Pad Smart sometime "in the second quarter." We're now three days into Q2, and ASUS has started pushing the update to the TF700 (Infinity). Talk about delivering on promises.

New font!

Announced late last night on the official ASUS Facebook page, the update brings all sorts of goodies to the device:

Upgrade to Android Jelly Bean 4.2

Multiple account login for up-to 4 user accounts

ASUS Screen Saver in DayDream Feature

New app:

Parental Lock

New Camera AP

New function:

Lock screen wallpaper

Improvement:

New UI for ASUS IME.

Dec

[Four Days Of Tegra Holiday Giveaway] Day Two: Win An ASUS TF700 Tablet + Dock Or ASUS TF300 + Dock

Posted by David Ruddock in Contests / Giveaways, Transformer Pad 300, Transformer Pad Infinity

Last Updated: December 27th, 2012

We've selected the winners. Congrats to:

Robert E.
Max L.

We'll be in contact shortly.

Time for day two of our NVIDIA Tegra holiday giveaways! We'll be holding 2 more Tegra-themed giveaways in addition to this one over the next couple days - so be sure to come back every day through Sunday to check out the latest one. Today's giveaway is - you guessed it - more tablets! We're offering up the ASUS Transform Pad Infinity (TF700) and Transformer Pad 300 (TF300T), both bundled with their respective keyboard docks - both of which pack Tegra 3 quad-core power.

What's so special about Tegra 3?

Dec

[Update: Nexus 7 (Grouper) And GSM Galaxy Nexus (Maguro), Too] Official CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightlies Now Rolling Out For The Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700)

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Transformer Pad Infinity

Update: It looks like the TF700 isn't the only device new to the CM10.1 world; nightly builds are also available for the Nexus 7 (grouper) and GSM variant of the Galaxy Nexus (maguro).

The CyanogenMod team has been steadily working on getting Android 4.2 ready for nightly status, with builds already available for the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10. The newest member of the CM 10.1 family is ASUS' flagship 10" tablet: the Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700).

Definition: A "nightly" is a bleeding edge release that is built on a daily basis, usually at night after a full day's worth of new code has been committed.

Nov

[Download] Transformer Pad Infinity Updated To v10.4.4.20, And Here's The Changelog

Posted by David Ruddock in Device Updates, News, Transformer Pad Infinity

If you head over to ASUS's download page for the Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T), you can grab the newest firmware update for your Infinity - 10.4.4.20. The update is available for US, Japan, China, Taiwan, and Worldwide variants of the TF700T, so make sure you download the correct firmware. Some folks over at XDA have been playing with the update, but until now, a changelog has been elusive.

We happen to have the official changelog from ASUS, and this a pretty substantial bug-fix update that should alleviate some of the issues people have been experiencing with the device. Take a look:

TF700T JB v10.4.4.20 Release Note

Wi-Fi Direct

Fine-tune Wi-Fi Direct connection behavior.

Oct

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) Gets Official CM10 Nightlies

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Transformer Pad Infinity

If you own ASUS' first full HD tablet - the Transformer Pad Infinity - the custom ROM scene just got quite a bit better for you. Why, you ask? Because the TF700T is now officially support by CyanogenMod, and the first CM10 nightly is already available.

Of course, in order to flash this you'll need to unlock the bootloader, which, in turn, voids the warranty. It's also worth noting that once you abandon ASUS' stock firmware, there's currently no way to go back, despite the fact that ASUS makes the update blobs available (I learned this the hard way with the TF201).

Oct

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity Receiving Incremental Update To v10.4.4.18, Brings Several Bug Fixes

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Transformer Pad Infinity

A small update is making is way to the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700), bringing a slew of minor bug fixes along with it. We actually got our hands on a changelog this time (a rarity for ASUS):

Camera (All SKUs)

Fix the issue that switching to front camera in Facebook app would cause Facebook app to crash.

Wi-Fi (All SKUs)

Fix the issue that some 802.1x Wi-Fi APs cannot be connected after upgrading to Jelly Bean.

ASUS Software Keyboard (All SKUs)

Fix the issue that "Y" and "Z" characters are opposite in ASUS Czech (QWERTY) keyboard.

Fix the issue that Backspace key on dock does not work in Browser input field to delete words randomly.

Oct

Jelly Bean Now Rolling Out To The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) In The US

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Jelly Bean 4.1, News, Transformer Pad Infinity

Last week, ASUS promised Jelly Bean to TF201 and TF700 owners, and while the former got its update right on time, there was an issue that prevented the update from being pushed to the latter. As a result, ASUS said the update would be available "early next week." Here we are, about as early as it can possibly get in the new week, and the OTA has already begun rolling out.

As expected, it brings Android 4.1.1 and all the enhancements that come along with it, including Project Butter and Google Now.

You can pull the update by heading into Settings > About tablet > System Firmware Update > Check now.

Sep

Transformer Pad Infinity Jelly Bean Update Delayed In The US And Canada - Should Be Available 'Early Next Week'

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Transformer Pad Infinity

Just yesterday, ASUS promised both TF201 and TF700 owners their Jelly Bean updates on September 28th and 29th, respectively. While they owned up to that for the Prime, the Infinity isn't so lucky: they just had to push the update back.

According to ASUS rep Gary Key, "a couple of applications that were recently updated (Facebook 1.9.10 on 9/20 as one example) required a last minute firmware update for the keyboard to operate correctly in the "Comment" area with Android 4.1."

It's not all bad, though - the update should still begin rolling out early next week. Personally, I'd rather wait a few more days for a fully working OS than have to deal with a buggy system right now, anyway.