Since from it’s launch that many people have been reporting connectivity problems on the Asus Transformer Prime, specially regarding GPS but also on the Wifi. The site Mobile TechReview has figured out a way to fix this issue.
It seems that the GPS and Wifi antennas, located on the top of the tablet, are not making contact with some pins, leading to bad signal reception. With the help of some images from AnandTech, that had made a teardown of the Prime, you can get a better idea what might be happening.
Here are the antennas that are located on the top of the tablet:
And these are the are the pins that should be on contact with the antennas:
What seems to happen is that some of the AsusTransformer Prime come from factory not very well assembled and the pins are not in contact with the antennas. The work around found by Mobile TechReview is to make a slight pressure on the spots where the antennas are located to force the pins to be in contact. You can have a better idea by watching the video that they kindly made.
I hope this can help those users who are facing connectivity problems on their tablets and thanks to Mobile TechReview for this finding.
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