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Hey guys!
Ah, my g tab got bricked and i was able to fix it using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 thread NVflash and everything worked well except i was not able to boot into recovery, i tried flashing cmw in rom manager and every time i powered up with + vol key it would do the loading boot image but then i triangle with "!" mark in it would happen and then it would reboot.
NOW
I can't get past the white "G Tablet" screen it just keeps rebooting itself, ive tried NVflash and still get the "triangle '!' " when i try the + vol. key...
Have i completely bricked the tab??
First thing.....dont use Rom Manager to flash anything on the GTab. It doesnt play nice with our tab at all. Second.....only use bekit 0.8 recovery at this time. Nvflash your tab back to stock. You can use the update.zip method to put bekit recovery on or just replace part9.img in nvflash with recovery.img from cwm 0.8. Just rename recovery.img to part9.img. You will then have bekit 0.8 after nvflash and skip a step
yay i got CWM downloaded and running on my tab from tegra tabs [i cant post outside links yet haha] I tried to restore my Stock Rom recovery I made when I 1st bought the tab. and I get boot-loop still....
Goes to Viewsonic Page -> TapnTap -> black -> Viewsonic page and repeat..
WHOA ok...
I just retried the restore and just noticed this.
during "Restoring data..." I get
E:Cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk3p2
(Invalid argument)
Can't mount /data/!
im guessing this is the problem... >.< can i fix this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896395
Follow that if your boot looping
I had the same issue and used the information from the thread to install CW which was the best thing I could do as it worked great. It explains how to install clockwork into the NVFlash image..
From the post located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
"An additional suggestion if you also want to tack on bekit's clockworkmod recovery versus standard recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...3&postcount=17"
The only difference is that I changed the line to say recovery.img as opposed to clockwordmod.img since that is what was in the clockwork mod zip that I downloaded.
thebadfrog said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896395
Follow that if your boot looping
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hahaha thanks >.>
I'm frustrated and just did this...
so didn't do my reading, and didnt back up my SD card on my computer.
It's all good though I have all the roms still downloaded to my compture and ill redownload all my apps.
I hope this works, thanks so much for all the help!!! thebadfrog!!
Dear people of awesomeness,
The story: I was following the exciting thread about the new CWM support for SGS4G by krylon360 and team, followed the directions (overwriting the recovery file WITH R/W enabled, placing update.zip into the root of my SD card...), and got stuck. Didn't know what to do exactly after that, other than try to use ROM Manager to backup my phone. Saw the "Reboot into recovery" option in the ROM manager menu and thought hey, let's see what this does. Most careless, stupidest thing I've done this year. fail.
The question: What is/are the way/s to boot into stock recovery mode? I can't seem to find a definitive method for booting into "stock recovery mode", though I've found plenty of ways to boot into download mode (a whole thread of them lol). I managed to find ONE method after reading through hundreds (honest) of posts in dozens of threads here and elsewhere: Hold vol+ Vol- and Power simultaneously from a powered off state.
The secondary fail: Obviously this didn't work for me, and although I'm near certain I'm going to have to do the "Odin" thing, I just wanted to ask if anyone could clearly explain the method to boot into stock recovery?
The shameless 2nd question: This question may have been asked elsewhere, shame on me, but... the .tar I'm downloading ([ROM-ODIN]T959VUVKB5 Stock + Root -- (hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836)) will it wipe my phone?
akira6968 said:
Dear people of awesomeness,
The story: I was following the exciting thread about the new CWM support for SGS4G by krylon360 and team, followed the directions (overwriting the recovery file WITH R/W enabled, placing update.zip into the root of my SD card...), and got stuck. Didn't know what to do exactly after that, other than try to use ROM Manager to backup my phone. Saw the "Reboot into recovery" option in the ROM manager menu and thought hey, let's see what this does. Most careless, stupidest thing I've done this year. fail.
The question: What is/are the way/s to boot into stock recovery mode? I can't seem to find a definitive method for booting into "stock recovery mode", though I've found plenty of ways to boot into download mode (a whole thread of them lol). I managed to find ONE method after reading through hundreds (honest) of posts in dozens of threads here and elsewhere: Hold vol+ Vol- and Power simultaneously from a powered off state.
The secondary fail: Obviously this didn't work for me, and although I'm near certain I'm going to have to do the "Odin" thing, I just wanted to ask if anyone could clearly explain the method to boot into stock recovery?
The shameless 2nd question: This question may have been asked elsewhere, shame on me, but... the .tar I'm downloading ([ROM-ODIN]T959VUVKB5 Stock + Root -- (hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836)) will it wipe my phone?
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does your phone still boot up normally?
also when you get to the recovery menu it should be blue. scroll down to reinstall packages, and that will get you to CWM recovery
Ok first, Rom Manager should not be used until Koush incorporates our device in it.
Your findings are correct, the vol+,vol-, + the power button should get you into recovery, besides that the only other way is to use an app/power menu mod but that requires the phone to be on.
It sounds like the next thing for you is Odin. From your phones current state you can, hold vol+, vol- and then plug USB Cable into phone (Brings you into download mode), ive read some users pull battery and put it back in, but the first way i explained it should get you into download mode. From there, choose Roms KB5, KC1, or KD1, and yes your device will be factory reset. Your documents should be on your SD. I dont know if you have Titanium Backup to restore your apps, if not, you will have to manually install them after your odin session.
hope this helps
E:signature verification failed
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also when you get to the recovery menu it should be blue. scroll down to reinstall packages, and that will get you to CWM recovery
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When I boot into recovery mode and select reinstall packages it starts out:
install from SD card
Finding update package
Opening update package
verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
installation aborted
I have downloaded krylon360's cwm final update.zip and put it in my root directory.
The only posibility I can think of was a friend rooted my phone with an older update.zip file and i am trying to put the new one on. I deleted the old update.zip and copied over the new one.
i then downloaded odin and followed the instructions on a post to flash my rom with the t959+root from krylon360 as well. I believe that worked, because a lot of the apps that came with the phone are back now.
i tried reinstalling packages after this and still the verification error.
i have been doing a lot of browsing, searching and reading tons of posts on here... cant seem to figure this one out. any ideas?
Thanks
If you successfully flashed your phone and have root access, double check the update.zip is in the root and make sure its the latest one. Another thing is to make sure you copied over the Recovery file and pushed (Copied) it over to System/bin folder. Once you have those two in place you can reboot into stock recovery then "re-install packages" to get to CWM Recovery.
Hooray!
I did the ODIN thing, according to the post mentioned in my OP, and it fixed everything My custom shutdown vid, startup/shutdown sounds were gone, but my apps were still there, even paid apps. No titanium backup.... guess I got lucky lol. Scared the crap outta me when it wouldn't load past the T-Mobile startup image.
I knew not to use CWM yet, was following the thread about imminent implementation of sgs4g support for CWM, but just didn't really think that booting into recovery mode from CWM would get me stuck like that. Didn't even try to install recovery for CWM, knowing that "Epic 4G" and "Vibrant", etc were not the right choice despite the seeming similarities.
I had been keeping up with moving all apps i could to SD, so maybe that saved me, I dunno.
Followed pixelbrains post to use odin and worked perfect. Thank you all!!
glad you got your phone back. \m/
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If you successfully flashed your phone and have root access, double check the update.zip is in the root and make sure its the latest one. Another thing is to make sure you copied over the Recovery file and pushed (Copied) it over to System/bin folder. Once you have those two in place you can reboot into stock recovery then "re-install packages" to get to CWM Recovery.
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Thank you for that info.... I actually finally figured it out, but it took me forever. the key kind of is what i thought, that i did not have the recovery file in the right spot. I finally found a free file manager, super manager (recommonded on one of theses posts, i read so many cant remember which one ) after fiddiling with that for like 30-40 mins i finally figured the correct procedure to allow me to paste that recovery file and once i did that, bam, cwm recovery worked fine.
so, the fact that i am able to get to that screen and the latest update.zip file is in my external sd cards root dir. i am all goo there right?
i also used odin to flash "PDA_KD1.tar.md5" my phone after i got that recovery file in the correct place, and then when that was done i booted into the cwm recovery after i downloaded "Bali_SGS4G_v1.4UV.zip" and then i hit install zip from SD card, and i selected choose zip file and selected that bali one, and then i had to scroll down like 7 spots to hit yes to install and it went for a few seconds and then acted like it was done, so i just hit back and then reboot. how do i know if that worked? cuz i dont see anything saying bali at all on my phone...
does it sound like i did that right?
thanks again
edge228 said:
Thank you for that info.... I actually finally figured it out, but it took me forever. the key kind of is what i thought, that i did not have the recovery file in the right spot. I finally found a free file manager, super manager (recommonded on one of theses posts, i read so many cant remember which one ) after fiddiling with that for like 30-40 mins i finally figured the correct procedure to allow me to paste that recovery file and once i did that, bam, cwm recovery worked fine.
so, the fact that i am able to get to that screen and the latest update.zip file is in my external sd cards root dir. i am all goo there right?
i also used odin to flash "PDA_KD1.tar.md5" my phone after i got that recovery file in the correct place, and then when that was done i booted into the cwm recovery after i downloaded "Bali_SGS4G_v1.4UV.zip" and then i hit install zip from SD card, and i selected choose zip file and selected that bali one, and then i had to scroll down like 7 spots to hit yes to install and it went for a few seconds and then acted like it was done, so i just hit back and then reboot. how do i know if that worked? cuz i dont see anything saying bali at all on my phone...
does it sound like i did that right?
thanks again
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settings menu then go to about phone and check the kernel
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thank you, it shows the bali as kernel... so glad to see i did it correctly
Has anyone else had this issue? I have loaded the CWM recovery, with success according the the message i get after loading it. I try to boot into recovery to flash my SU zip, and when i hold down the volume buttons and power to boot into recovery, i get a little android man with a red caution sign coming out of his chest. I did do some sort of Motorola OTA update before i loaded this recovery, wasnt sure if that was affecting it. Anyhow, it lets me go into recovery if I keep pressing buttons, but then when i try to run my SU zip, it says signature verification failed, and when in recovery, it doesnt say anything about it being CWM recovery. Any help is appreciated!
edit: When i am in recovery, at the very top, it says Android System recovery <3e>
does that mean my recovery didnt load properly?
Well I did a factory data reset, then flashed my recovery again and the custom recovery loaded and I was able to do the SU zip update. So I am guessing this means that the update is somehow messing with recovery loading? Thought this might be something good for you developers to know.
Assuming you're using the stuff from shabby's post that was put up not long after the phone was released, I've not yet seen anyone say that this still works after performing the Moto update.
Moved as this is not development therefore doesn't belong in the development forums.
Thanks
AvRS
OP, it sounds like you didn't flash CWM correctly the first time...
The behavior you describe is the stock recovery.
whitelightnin3006 said:
Has anyone else had this issue? I have loaded the CWM recovery, with success according the the message i get after loading it. I try to boot into recovery to flash my SU zip, and when i hold down the volume buttons and power to boot into recovery, i get a little android man with a red caution sign coming out of his chest. I did do some sort of Motorola OTA update before i loaded this recovery, wasnt sure if that was affecting it. Anyhow, it lets me go into recovery if I keep pressing buttons, but then when i try to run my SU zip, it says signature verification failed, and when in recovery, it doesnt say anything about it being CWM recovery. Any help is appreciated!
edit: When i am in recovery, at the very top, it says Android System recovery <3e>
does that mean my recovery didnt load properly?
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The problem is that either the CWM recovery didn't take, or it did but when you updated, it reverted to stock recovery. I don't know which as I'm not familiar with the OTA you are referring to
Either way, you can try flashing CWM again and see if it takes
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I installed the latest OTA update to my reverted back to stock, but still unlocked Q. CWM recovery and SuperSU worked on first try.
It sounds to me that CWM just didn't take. I remember reading something saying that the photon q will re-install the default recovery upon boot. It took a couple tries but I think what worked for me was flashing it through fastboot, then immediately rebooting into the recovery without ever letting the system boot up. After that it went right into CWM and has since gone there everytime.
I updated to newest CWM via Rom Manager. Went into recovery to make a back up and try a new mod to flash. After installing I hit reboot system now and it goes right back into recovery. I even pulled battery then hit power button and it takes me right back into recovery. I also restored a back up and still the same thing. Should I try to go back to the older version of recovery? Any help would be appreciated!
Now when its off and I plug it in it doesnt charge or anything it just vibrates over and over
same thing here/
you have a zip file of the older cwm version?
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I updated to newest CWM via Rom Manager. Went into recovery to make a back up and try a new mod to flash. After installing I hit reboot system now and it goes right back into recovery. I even pulled battery then hit power button and it takes me right back into recovery. I also restored a back up and still the same thing. Should I try to go back to the older version of recovery? Any help would be appreciated!
Now when its off and I plug it in it doesnt charge or anything it just vibrates over and over
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I thought I was going crazy...
Here's how you get it to boot... boot up into odin mode and select cancel.
At the same time I noticed I cannot mount external sd either :/
I found these. one has an IMG file the other is a zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096735
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2153408
OK the Odin mode/hit cancel works. WOW I was worried for a minute there. WTF!!!!
TokedUp said:
I found these. one has an IMG file the other is a zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096735
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2153408
OK the Odin mode/hit cancel works. WOW I was worried for a minute there. WTF!!!!
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The 6.0.2.8 from first post works fine. I still cannot mount external sd tho
in the meantime I found this file here & applied it & now my phone is dead/
not even the jig thing with the usb-plug works/
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bbdr01ccc5qa99y/C8o3Zu7_k4/exitrecovery.zip
i just ran into the exact same issue as the OP. i pulled the battery, booted into DL mode, volume- (Cancel), and it booted up into my ROM. i wonder if CWM is the issue?
Yes the new update must have something to do with it.
same thing happened to me today. I keep an older copy on my laptop though and just reverted to an older version using odin.
Same happened here. Was mega pissed until I found the odin fix.
What's weirder is I factory reset, formatted everything but the kitchen sink, and upon the reboot after odin, all user data was intact.
looks like this CWM update is messed up, reverting.
CMW 6.0.2.9 is broken, I think. I'm stuck in CWM reboot.
Rom Manager pulled it. If u need to revert back .8 is listed as latest. You can go back thru there.
Yep, reverted to 6.0.2.8 and restored from my Nandroid. Whew!
And yes, I used the boot to Odin and select Cancel method to get out of Recovery bootloop.
Same here. Updated to 6.0.2.9 and got stuck in recovery mode. The only way out was go to ODIN and cancel. This was bad update from clockwork team
I unlocked and rooted my tablet yesterday and everything appeared to be working fine. After using it for a couple hours and restarting it a few times it stopped working and is now locked in a boot loop. When I try boot the tablet it comes on and gets to the animation where the glint of light goes across the Asus logo but it does not finish and instead it stops there and I get the moving circles at the bottom. I've left it running there for several hours and it just hangs.
I've tried erasing the data and booting to linux but the same thing happens when I try either of those.
I've also tried flashing a number of different ROMs, but all that happens is it starts installing and then I get the Android guy on his side error screen.
I hadn't done anything to the ROM and was still running 10.6.1.14.4. I even downloaded that same ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266519 but I get the same error message when I try flash that ROM.
I would really, REALLY appreciate any ideas at all - and thanks in advance for any suggestions.
stuck on animation loop
slap_shot_12 said:
I unlocked and rooted my tablet yesterday and everything appeared to be working fine. After using it for a couple hours and restarting it a few times it stopped working and is now locked in a boot loop. When I try boot the tablet it comes on and gets to the animation where the glint of light goes across the Asus logo but it does not finish and instead it stops there and I get the moving circles at the bottom. I've left it running there for several hours and it just hangs.
I've tried erasing the data and booting to linux but the same thing happens when I try either of those.
I've also tried flashing a number of different ROMs, but all that happens is it starts installing and then I get the Android guy on his side error screen.
I hadn't done anything to the ROM and was still running 10.6.1.14.4. I even downloaded that same ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266519 but I get the same error message when I try flash that ROM.
I would really, REALLY appreciate any ideas at all - and thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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this gonna sound odd but i had exact same prob when i rooted and flashed chromix rom. it went. what i did was flash it once with the rom with secure wipe, then i flashed again. and it got stuck at optimizing apps,then i tried reflashing couldnt get it to boot, what i ended up doing was using clockwork mod to factory reset my tablet, then had to restart, and reflash, this time it actually got to main screen. dont let it discharge/reboot for awhile as im bout to post a issue im having with it. but thats what i did to make it work for me.
shadowarez said:
this gonna sound odd but i had exact same prob when i rooted and flashed chromix rom. it went. what i did was flash it once with the rom with secure wipe, then i flashed again. and it got stuck at optimizing apps,then i tried reflashing couldnt get it to boot, what i ended up doing was using clockwork mod to factory reset my tablet, then had to restart, and reflash, this time it actually got to main screen. dont let it discharge/reboot for awhile as im bout to post a issue im having with it. but thats what i did to make it work for me.
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I'm not sure I understand --- how do I get to the clockwork mod if i can't get past the startup animation? And I've tried a bunch of roms with secure wipe and i get an error from every one of them.
didnt you install clockwork mod first?
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I'm not sure I understand --- how do I get to the clockwork mod if i can't get past the startup animation? And I've tried a bunch of roms with secure wipe and i get an error from every one of them.
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the thing i found showed me to installed the clockwork mod first before i did any flashing, i rooted device then i flashed once clockwork mod was installed, i had to root, then install rom manager and goo manager, from within there i installed the clockwork recovery script/mod then i proceeded to flash chromi-X DEODEX.
Did you flash the correct bootloader? I had the same problem, look for my posts in the last few pages of ChromiX.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41658701&postcount=2716
slap_shot_12 said:
I unlocked and rooted my tablet yesterday and everything appeared to be working fine. After using it for a couple hours and restarting it a few times it stopped working and is now locked in a boot loop. When I try boot the tablet it comes on and gets to the animation where the glint of light goes across the Asus logo but it does not finish and instead it stops there and I get the moving circles at the bottom. I've left it running there for several hours and it just hangs.
I've tried erasing the data and booting to linux but the same thing happens when I try either of those.
I've also tried flashing a number of different ROMs, but all that happens is it starts installing and then I get the Android guy on his side error screen.
I hadn't done anything to the ROM and was still running 10.6.1.14.4. I even downloaded that same ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266519 but I get the same error message when I try flash that ROM.
I would really, REALLY appreciate any ideas at all - and thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Seems to me you installed Asus factory stock rom JB 4.2.1 (10.6.1.14.4), which means you have the latest bootloader, then you unlocked and rooted your device, however, you never installed any custom recovery like TWRP or CWM (clockmod). Now your device is boot looping. You need to boot into stock recovery by turn off your device, hold volume down and power button until you see white text on the screen, now release both buttons, you should see 3 icons (RCK, Android and wipe data). NOW you are in fastboot mode. Let me know at least you can get that far, before we continue....
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Seems to me you installed Asus factory stock rom JB 4.2.1 (10.6.1.14.4), which means you have the latest bootloader, then you unlocked and rooted your device, however, you never installed any custom recovery like TWRP or CWM (clockmod). Now your device is boot looping. You need to boot into stock recovery by turn off your device, hold volume down and power button until you see white text on the screen, now release both buttons, you should see 3 icons (RCK, Android and wipe data). NOW you are in fastboot mode. Let me know at least you can get that far, before we continue....
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buhohitr -- You're exactly right. I can boot into stock recovery. When I select Android or wipe data it goes back to the animation screen and hangs up. When I select RCK it goes to the Android guy and says installing update but then it show him fallen over and the word Error. I've tried RCK with a memory card that has a number of different ROMs on it but the same thing keeps happening.
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buhohitr -- You're exactly right. I can boot into stock recovery. When I select Android or wipe data it goes back to the animation screen and hangs up. When I select RCK it goes to the Android guy and says installing update but then it show him fallen over and the word Error. I've tried RCK with a memory card that has a number of different ROMs on it but the same thing keeps happening.
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Give this a try, the factory Asus firmware zip file that you downloaded, unzip the file, you should see another zip file, rename this new zip file to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without quotation), then copy it to the root of your sdcard then boot into stock recovery and execute the RCK again. Make sure you don't have any other zips laying around in the root of your sdcard.
You are truly a god among men.
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Give this a try, the factory Asus firmware zip file that you downloaded, unzip the file, you should see another zip file, rename this new zip file to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without quotation), then copy it to the root of your sdcard then boot into stock recovery and execute the RCK again. Make sure you don't have any other zips laying around in the root of your sdcard.
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THIS WORKED!!! Thanks so much. I was really worried I had bricked it.
So now one last question --- WHY did that work? Is there somewhere I could go to read up on this kind of stuff? I've tried surfing the XDA forum but there's a lot of stuff like this where someone gets there problem solved, but not much explaining why something worked so I can learn more about it.
slap_shot_12 said:
THIS WORKED!!! Thanks so much. I was really worried I had bricked it.
So now one last question --- WHY did that work? Is there somewhere I could go to read up on this kind of stuff? I've tried surfing the XDA forum but there's a lot of stuff like this where someone gets there problem solved, but not much explaining why something worked so I can learn more about it.
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Somehow the stock recovery was reinstalled on your tablet, thus letting this method work. It however does not on CWM or TWRP. All you did was manually reinstall a stock rom back onto your tablet. How it got the stock recovery is beyond me unless you flashed a stock ROM from CWM and didnt realize what you were installing.
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slap_shot_12 said:
THIS WORKED!!! Thanks so much. I was really worried I had bricked it.
So now one last question --- WHY did that work? Is there somewhere I could go to read up on this kind of stuff? I've tried surfing the XDA forum but there's a lot of stuff like this where someone gets there problem solved, but not much explaining why something worked so I can learn more about it.
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Since the JB 4.2.1 upgrade, this is the most reliable method to install Asus full stock firmware. Also, since you're unlocked, let root the device by go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230763 download the tool and root it. Once rooted, I suggest that you should install TWRP custom recovery, by download Goomanager from the market, open the app and tab on the 3 little boxes on the top right hand corner, select "install recovery scripts" , this will shutdown your device and install custom TWRP recovery script, once this installed, you can download "rebooter" from the market and this app has many options, one of them is allowed you easily boot into custom recovery.