Why is Jelly Bean taking an eternity to appear on the TF201? Are their specific hardware issues?
My guess is that the Prime won't get it anytime soon and I'm not sure if it's necessarily up to Asus but it's google making that decision of when we get JB
Why is Jelly Bean taking an eternity to appear on the TF201? Are their specific hardware issues?
That is entirely incorrect. Asus has already stated that the Prime WILL get JB, and that the Prime will be the next device that they will release the update for. On top of that, since Android is open-source software, Google has almost no say whatsoever in when companies release software updates. The make the code available to the general public, and then companies can do as they wish with it.My guess is that the Prime won't get it anytime soon and I'm not sure if it's necessarily up to Asus but it's google making that decision of when we get JB
That is entirely incorrect. Asus has already stated that the Prime WILL get JB, and that the Prime will be the next device that they will release the update for. On top of that, since Android is open-source software, Google has almost no say whatsoever in when companies release software updates. The make the code available to the general public, and then companies can do as they wish with it.
Since JB was an incremental update from ICS, I'm not sure what's taking so long.
Also, to the OP: settle down. It's only been two months since JB was even announced. Things take time, and two months is hardly an eternity.
Again, JB was an incremental update, there wasn't a significant jump
Asus is in a bit of a bind here. So far they have released several firmware updates for the TF201 that have been a bit rushed and buggy, so they are apparently trying to be thorough with this update, which is taking a while (but not that long, by the way; there are only three or four devices in the world at this point that are running JB officially) and people are getting impatient. Personally, I would rather have them take an extra month to totally test out and polish the update before they send it out.
I didn't have any buggy updates, all the updates made the tablet better, imo
Also, as I have mentioned a dozen times before, if you really cared that much about getting Jelly Bean on your Prime, you could have done it almost two months ago. There are a number of AOSP-based JB ROMs available for the Prime. Personally, I use Baked Black Bean, and it's fantastic for the most part.
Rooting, most people will not root their device
Android isn't for everybody. If you are that worried about being able to upgrade immediately, then maybe you should buy an iPad and pay $100 more for 50% of the functionality.
nice one, going to be downloading this when I get in if its available in the UK.
If anyone can confirm its out in the UK I will be grateful.
Also how is project butter working on the prime? much of an improvement?
Install failed here. Wish I knew what the problem is.
My Prime has been the most unstable computer I have ever owned.......in a very long list. Was hoping JB would give me some help.
nice really can't wait, just one more question does this actually remove flash completely? or is it just the stock browser that takes the hit.
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