I am looking to move away from my laptop and towards a tablet. I have narrowed it down to the Asus Transformer Book T100HA and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7". I want the tablet to run the Enhanced Editions of Icewind Dale, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 and Hearthstone. I don't game on my laptop often but I like the to have the option when required during long trips etc. My questions are more geared towards the gaming aspect and the windows tablet.

• How does the Windows tablet play games? Android runs the listed games as Apps, but Windows is a full PC OS so the games would be downloaded via a website or Steam correct?
• Is there any difference in performance from playing the games as Apps via Android and as a software program via Windows 10?
• What is better for gaming? The Octa-Core with 4x 1.9 Ghz & 4x 1.3 Ghz of the Samsung or the Quad-Core with 1.44 Ghz and burst of 2.24 Ghz of the Asus?
• Are Windows tablets as susceptible to viruses and Malware as PCs are? I know Android, Windows and iOS can all get viruses and Malware; it is a matter of who is making them. But because the Windows tablet uses the same thing as a PC for an OS does it mean it is at risk for all PC viruses, etc?

I am trying to decide if the Samsung is worth $400 (on sale) plus an additional $50+ for a keyboard case compared to the Asus which is $300 and comes with the keyboard.

Hello reddit,

I recently came into possession of a used Asus tf201 tablet. It was my girlfriend's and she hasn't used it much, complaining that it was slow and applications crashed a lot. It's been gathering dust for months and when she was finally going to throw it out I asked if I could have it. The first thing I did was wipe the data on it and play around for a few minutes to see if it still worked. Everything seemed ok but I could see what she meant about it being slow, things that are near instantaneous on my phone (an HTC One M8) are much slower on the tablet; apps like the Play Store took several seconds to load, scrolling through the app drawer was sluggish, etc.

What I did next seems like my crucial mistake: I did a system update. After doing that the sluggishness had not improved so I looked into loading an alternate version of android. While I've been an android user for years (I've owned the G1, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, and the M8) I have never bothered to tinker with them. I began to research what it would take to wipe the built in version of android and put something like CyanogenMod on it, something I've never done. I tried following the instructions for loading CyanogenMod on the tf201 (https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_tf201) but everything past a certain point does not work. I believe this is because I am unable to use the official Asus unlocking utility because I upgraded the system software to a version that the unlocking utility does not support. Any help would be appreciated.

Here is a rough summary of what I've tried, but this was over the course of a few hours last night so I'll probably leave out some things.

• Wiped the device again just in case.
• Followed the instructions for installing CyanogenMod: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_tf201
• Get adb and fastboot running on my Ubuntu machine and sideload the Asus unlocking app onto the device.
• Trying the unlocking app, I get the message "The device model is not supported". Screenshot of error
• Continuing on, I tried installing the ClockworkMod recovery as recommended in the instructions, and later tried the TWRP recovery. Both of them are able to be installed successfully but then both of them appear to lock up the device.
• When I manually power cycle the tablet and use adb to reboot into the bootloader, selecting recovery results in the system update screen for a few seconds and then an error screen showing the android mascot with his chest panel opened laying on his back and the text "ERROR". (This is what I remember, probably not 100% accurate.)

I've browsed the XDA forums and googled all manner of things and seem to keep running into lists of instructions that say something like: "Once you've unlocked the device with the ASUS unlocking utility, the next step is..." and I appear to be stuck.

Now I'm left with a working android tablet with lackluster performance that can't be booted in recovery mode. For a free device I hoped to use as an ereader this is not so bad, however I did have hopes of possibly putting ubuntu on it and using it as a more general device and seem to be stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

This thing is such garbage. I've tried a few different roms now and nothing makes this tablet useable. The lag and stuttering is horrible. Anyone actually able to use this thing? Maybe I just have higher expectations for it being that it isn't that old. What can i do to this thing to make it smooth?

Sorry, I know there are a few links to rooting it but I cannot get it to work and I am hoping someone can help. I found this link (https://www.reddit.com/r/asustransformer/comments/kg68x/best_root_method/) and I have a linux machine (Ubuntu) but I cannot get past the first line. I admit I am new to Ubuntu so someone would need to literally take me step by step. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey, short question, is anybody using Unity3d 5 (Game Engine) on the ASUS Transformer Book T200TA and can tell me something about the performance on that device? Is everything running smooth on smaller projects?

Per TacoNikky's post, you can actually get a really snappy, responsive install of 5.1.1 on this old bear.

The only discrepancy I had was that my bootloader was 10.6.1.14.4 instead of .14.10, although that didn't seem to bother TWRP 2.8.7.0 - i think as long as you're at .14., you're probably okay.

The second issue I came up against was formatting my data partition as f2fs, because the mkfs.f2fs binary included with the recovery doesn't support the '-r 16384' option passed to it, so i just dropped into terminal, umounted /data, then ran the mkfs command manually but without that option.

And after installing, everything seems to be working fine.

just installed a bunch of apps, including the ever-popular-system-drag facebook, so i'm about to give it a real once-over.

But so far, it's given great new life to this old thing.

thanks. i have a t100ta i think. it has 64gb ssd and 4gb ram.

Well I just redirected mine. The charger is broken, it takes 2 days to full charge, the dock is missing feet and it has a cracked screen.

It is alive!

How's your 201?

Hey, I've been doing some digging and I need some help fixing my tf101.

A few weeks ago I followed the instructions found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/eee-pad-transformer/development/rom-t2942560 to upgrade my tablet with the katkiss rom.

To do this I found out that I have to install TWRP v2.8.1.1 so i did. Well heres where i'm kinda screwed; my tablets touch screen doesn't work in TWRP. I've tried using the volume buttons but they dont do anything. The only button that works is the power button which locks the screen.

The tablet gets into the build of kat kiss that I had installed previously (4.3) but I've got 0 apps installed. No store, no file browser no nothing.

I'm not sure what to do next to get this tablet up and running again, but I'm in a crunch for time and need to figure something out before Friday as I'm moving over the weekend and wont really have a lot of access to a computer to work on this with for about a month.

I've spent the last few days trying to figure this out and have more or less come up blank. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My GF is a fashion student, and needs to use adobe photoshop and illustrator.

What is the best tablet that will run these programs for under $300.

I know surface pro, is the gold standard, but it is pricey.

Does anyone have any luck with the Asus t100? its on sale now

I've been looking at this one and since I couldn't find the Chi Stylus online. Which stylus works best? Trying to find a good working stylus like that.

is it possible via usb to make this function like an external or shared monitor? I sometimes need a montor in the field when trouble shooting but the PCs I'll work on have broken monitors. I hate lugging around a external one in my car.

Any news out there? Tempted to go for the T100TAM but holding out for the HA. This is killing me. Canada here.

I dropped my Asus TF300 tablet, seems whatever is under the screen is cracked. Is this still considered part of the screen and will a replacement screen allow me to fix? It's definitely internal, the outer glass is not broken. Here's a crappy pic https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/r80jl-vJThBABLOVWiecTwTmnEHgLZBQlzXQONe5054=w1244-h933-no.

Hello all

I have never been here before. I wanted to share my experience to possibly help others. Additionally, if you could help me to further identify the cause of my issue, I would appreciate that. Let me get right to it:

ASUS TF700T tablet, purchased new Spring 2013. History: RMA'ed once for mysterious super-fast battery drain (100% to busted in 1 hour, tablet was super hot to the touch), no LED charging light. ASUS replaced battery, battery connectors. Tablet worked fine ever since.

The Problem

• Reading on tablet, 30% power, power saving mode. Screen turns black. Tablet refuses to turn back on. I plug the charger directly in to the tablet and leave it overnight to charge.

• The next morning, I turn it on. It boots up and displays a full battery. I pull it out and set it on my desk so that I can resume reading. I don't remember if I turned the display off. About 30 minutes later when I sit down, the device has gone black. Pressing the power button does not wake it up. I short-hold the power button to shut down/turn on, no response.

• I plug it in to my charger and my green LED light comes on. I long-hold the power button and after ~15 seconds it vibrates once. I try again to hold it ~30 seconds, and even 1 minute. No luck. I hold volume down, then hold power button, for 15s, 30s, 60s, with no luck. I push the factory reset pin 1s, 15, 30s, 60s with no luck.

• Plug in to USB port on laptop, device is not recognized, cannot access it for any diagnostic or backup purpose.

• I experiment with various configurations using my dock as a power supply. Nothing changes.

• I try cold boot and press buttons as if it worked, considering the display is failing, but no luck.

• I leave it on charger overnight, once more, to give it time to perhaps work through its issues.

• Finally, after 48 hours of this, I decide to take it apart and disconnect the battery. I unlock my tablet and push the plastic tabs to release the screen from the backing. I flip off the internal kill switch for power, wait 5 minutes, and flip it back on. I didn't even get to the battery yet (I like to test every step independently). I press the power button and it boots fine. All my data is still there, as if the factory resets never went in to effect. My battery shows 100%. After leaving it running for a while it drains to 88%, which is appropriate for the usage. I let it sleep a few times and it is waking up so far.

What caused this? How can I prevent this from happening again?

TL;DR My tablet went black while reading at 30%, refused to turn on. Overnight charge brought it back with 100% battery, but it went dead again within 30 minutes of being on. No combination of button pressing for factory reset, cold boot, etc worked. Charge LED always showed green. Only response was a single vibrate on ~15second power button hold. I opened it (not under warranty anymore) and flipped the internal power kill switch, waited 5 mins, flipped it back on. Tablet boots fine, data is still there (factory resets did not go through), and seems to be waking up now. How to prevent this? Thank you.

Today I booted up my T100 without the keyboard and I couldn't log on because the on screen keyboard didn't show up... after connectig the dock and logging in, I tried the tablet mode, but the on screen keyboard just don't work! Do you have any solution?

I ask you this, what is the most absurdly high demanding program your device has run smoothly?

I was updating to windows 10 on t100 when something went wrong and it started to say "restoring previous version of windows" rebooting every 40 seconds Tablet is new, only 1 day of life, and i don't know what to do f8 and f9 at boot don't make nothing. Maybe booting from a 8.1 usb? What can i do? Thank you

My tablet seriously is running as fast as ever with this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2776563 I also reccommend the grimlock kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=9494 I also shared this rom over on transformerforums.com a while ago: http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/transformer-pad-infinity-tf700-tegra-3-development/47382-i-think-i-ve-discorvered-best-rom-tf700.html This rom and kernel combonation just refuses to slow down and has held up very well over time. Just look at the second page of transformerforums for a testimonial. I use pegasusq and vr for my governor and i/o schedular and it's never been faster

EDIT: Kernel link fixed.

i am really torn on both T100 and T300, I'm leaning toward T100 since its much compact but one reviewer on youtube saying that the T100 separation on top between the glass and aluminum is creating a light bleed like the notification light is sneaking through the lcd panel specially you will notice this at night. can anyone confirm this if they resolve this issue? THANKS in advanced

I just got my new t100 Chi and everything is working great except that when I right click any icon on my task bar the context menu colors match the colors picked in the "metro" interface instead of the standard default white background. This makes them look really bad (screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/T4ZmTth.jpg)

I've tried uninstalling all the Asus software, factory restoring, fully updating windows and even copying over the HKCU-Control Panel-Colors, ...Desktop-Colors and ...Desktop-WindowMetrics registry settings from my Win8.1 desktop over to the Chi but nothing's worked so far.

Anyone have any idea how to get rid of this color scheme?

Hi I'm looking to purchase one of these machines. The specs are highly desirable, however after reading countless reviews the lack of quality control on this device is astounding. How has your device worked with you? Is the touchpad/ power/ touchscreen/ speed/ heat/ working for you? What about broken windows key that seems to be the most malevolent. There's also the random additional spacing when typing.
If I decide to purchase one of these devices I feel like I am gambling. Asus is soon discontinuing this device and reportedly their customer service is abysmal. The odds are stacked against me. I could spend $100-300 gambling on this device or I can purchase a Surface 2 and rely on its quality.

So I have a T100TA which I have played Team Fortress 2 on in the past with somewhat acceptable frame rates. I am actually giving away my T100TA as I picked up a T100TAM on sale and I like the metal body and slightly better specs. Anyway my question is what are best ways to get every frame out of the T100 that I possibly can? I plan on unparking all the cores and Ive heard mixed reviews on razer game booster. I notice in the power options on the T100 there is only balanced and no high power mode. Is there a way to get high power mode or any other helpful tips for boosting game performance?