[Q] Gtab won't boot on it's own Help!! - G Tablet General

Ok so for the last week have read and read to find a fix to my problem and still my Gtab won't boot on its own i nvflash the tab and it works with the stock rom but the moment i try to install anything that requires rebooting it won't boot. the gtab is on because i plug it into my computer and it finds it but the only way to turn the gtab back on is to run nvflash again. has any one had this problem that might be able to help me?
I think the gtab is stuck on APX mode and it wont let it reboot..(how can i fix that)

It sounds like you're flashing the wrong files. What is the name of the zip file you're using?

Same thing here
Same thing here...
For me, this is the second time it has happened. First time thought it was the actual power button, so returned it and got a new one.
Nvflashed with: android_tegra_froyo_20101105, nvflash_gtablet_46_2010112600, and nvflash_windows_20100500.
Now only way to boot is to reflash and then it will never reboot.
Help!

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Stuck in APX mode

powered up with PWR and (-) key and wont come out of it
Hold the power down for at least 5 seconds. You should see the screen go completely dark (better in a semi-dark room, as it's easier to see).
still stuck
tried your solution, nothing.
let it charge overnight to make sure I wasnt being a total scrub and the battery was dead....nothing
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
skip this, finally woke it up...on to next problem thanks all
When I first tried to flash to 1.1a, something like this happened. I don't think it was the ROM -- I think something malfunctioned inside the file system.
It was in the continuous Off/VS Birds/G-TabletLogo loop and even the power switch would not turn it off!
I wound up flashing CWM, and when I got into CWM I re-partitioned and re-formatted everything and then was able to successfully re-flash to TnT 2.2.0. (With the file system fixed, I am guessing I probably could have gone back to 1.01a if I have wanted to.)
Glad you are back working.
Rev
ARGHH!!
So has anyone found a definitive way to get these devices out of APX mode? I did a full restore on new device to clean up all the partitions and such, now nothing seems to get this thing to come out of APX. I suppose I could power it up with nvflash and leave it on the nvflashing screen until the battery dies, but there had to be a better way than burning the battery down overnight...
I have tried all sorts of combinations of powering on and off, is there a magic sequence lol...
my gtab wont boot up
my gtab wont go past the viewsonic and then gtab screne pleaseeeeeee some one help do i need to return it. i installed the tnt lite last night then this morning i couldnt sink mu gmail account then all of a sudden this....help
georgetirone said:
my gtab wont go past the viewsonic and then gtab screne pleaseeeeeee some one help do i need to return it. i installed the tnt lite last night then this morning i couldnt sink mu gmail account then all of a sudden this....help
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Please don't hijack threads. There are LOTS of threads about boot loops. Check out some of the boot loop threads.
I was able to finally get the device unlocked and running much better. I used the nvflash recovery to get back to stock, then used Z4Root to get the device rooted stock. The rooting seems to have un-apx'd the device, and it works fine from there. So I would recommend keeping z4root on your drive so you can install it and root the device if it gets stuck in apx mode lol. It's a dirty hack but it worked for me when nothing else did.
Both of you,
I don't see that the thread was hijacked -- both of you are/were stuck in loops. Or at least something I think have a common cause.
What I was saying in my earlier post is that I am seriously wondering if the boot loops are caused by problems with the file system. Say, the system malfunctions or a flash makes something so it can't find the files it need to start.......
From my reading, it seems like most of the loops wind with the file system having to be fixed, or a new mod flashed over it, etc.
If we could determine that, perhaps we could know if loading CWM and fixing, or some such -- might save a tablet w/o having to re-flash.
Ideas or opinions?
Rev
butchconner said:
Both of you,
I don't see that the thread was hijacked -- both of you are/were stuck in loops. Or at least something I think have a common cause.
What I was saying in my earlier post is that I am seriously wondering if the boot loops are caused by problems with the file system. Say, the system malfunctions or a flash makes something so it can't find the files it need to start.......
From my reading, it seems like most of the loops wind with the file system having to be fixed, or a new mod flashed over it, etc.
If we could determine that, perhaps we could know if loading CWM and fixing, or some such -- might save a tablet w/o having to re-flash.
Ideas or opinions?
Rev
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Hi,
Would a logcat (adb logcat) show anything?
Just a thought...
Jim
blue tooth stuck in apx
my bluetooth was stuck in apx. i unstuck it by installing a bluetooth switcher from the market.
Hop this helps someone.
roebeet said:
Hold the power down for at least 5 seconds. You should see the screen go completely dark (better in a semi-dark room, as it's easier to see).
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what worked for me is holding down the same buttons to getting into apx mode.
both +/- volume buttons and then power until the screen turns off.
nickmaccombs said:
skip this, finally woke it up...on to next problem thanks all
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May I ask how you got it started up? The only way I can get it to start is to NVFLASH. If I turn it off again, it'll be stuck in APX mode...

[Q] Okay need some serious Help

ok i know this has been mentioned already just not sure if those topics/posts apply to me.
before i did the below, i tried the tnt lite enhancement pack and had upgraded to 3588 from viewsonic, don't know if that mattered, but i reinstalled clockwork .8 afterword and started to flash zpad
was flashing zpad and zpad enhancement pack (though i don't think i needed to) and i flashed the mdpi tegra gapps now i have a borked tablet.
at first when i was trying to flash zpad and the enhancement pack it would restart with viewsonic logo and then it would just be blank black screen that was lit up so the screen was on. and it took atleast 5 seconds of holding power button to get it off, but it was still able to go into recovery.
so i figured something i was flashing was causing something to go wrong, so i just flashed zpad and the gapps no enhancement pack and it booted, read that pershoots kernel was best so i downloaded it from his site, maybe it was the wrong one, idk but after flashing that all that would happen is the screen would turn on to the viewsonic logo, did not recognize the command to enter recovery by holding volume button.
so i was like wth turned it off and literally touch the button for like 2 seconds and it would turn off. tried going into recovery no dice. wth do i do, i just passed the 30 day mark from sears. (i was gonna return it but after seeing honeycomb, hells no)
any advice???
Instructions if you have a brick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11230514&postcount=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
Try that before you take apart your machine.....It sounds like you flashed the zpad kernel for the zpad. That kernel is for the malata zpad not the zpad rom on the gtab. If you can get to apx mode then you can nvflash stock and start over.
Don't even have nvflash or how to use it.
Kinda lost....I downloaded pershoots kernel for zpab/gtab of his site.....
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your gonna have to read that thread...it tells you how to get and flash nvflash
K thanks ill update later once I get a chance to try the fix
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get on the irc channel at freenode.....#tegratab....someone there is usually around to walk you through it
Hehs never used irc
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well crap i did the nvflash stuff and some last part or something failed and now it really is a brick
got back to stock now how do i get clockwork working? i have the right update.zip, but i get the android txt then a triangular sign with a ! any suggestions
thorpe24 said:
got back to stock now how do i get clockwork working? i have the right update.zip, but i get the android txt then a triangular sign with a ! any suggestions
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Have you followed the instructions in the following thread? Sounds like you're missing the recovery folder, or did not extract the the clockwork.zip which would have an update.zip file and the recovery folder with command file. You need both on the sdcard for clockworkmod to install from stock recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
yeah realized that myself. well i finally got it working right except that now when i try to restore with titanium or download something from the market etc. the damn thing restarts.
would that be a kernel or rom probem, trying to run zpad. was on vegan 5.1 for forever but i need to play around with stuff to find what is the most stable and quick, i use it for work and now i can't it's really irritating.
what did you do to get back from the brick state? Nvflash ran for me, something at the end failed and now it looks like I have no APX mode because the tablet wont turn on at all. I have done apx and nvidia flash before so I think I know when the tablets turns on and goes into apx mode. My pc also tells me by attaching the device when I enter APX mode. So no APX mode, no turning on. Whats does the internal pushbutton really do? There is another post about touching/bridging two contact points together but no pictures. I think its talking about the place next to the interal pushbutton but I am not sure nor do I know which two contacts to bridge/short together. Is the second pushbutton location something like a flash recovery. I used my nvflash bat file and folder that I used before to do recovery so I am not sure why nvflash failed and screwed my tablet but this not looking good.
Any help recovering from this would be appreciated because this is not looking good. I am hoping its a dead battery so I am charging now and when I get back from work I will check again and then maybe take it apart.
nvflash crash, gtab is dead
charged the battery and still no apx mode, the gtab appears to be dead. nvflash errored out, and either rebooted this gtab or crashed it immediately but I have no signs of life and not sure what the disassembly can help with at this point.

[Q] Need help ics update wiped out my cwm

Hi every one,
My transformer was working fine... then came ICS, I was prey of the savage need to update, Made a backup with CWM and download the new rom.
What i did first was wipe cache and data, so far so good, flashed the ICS revolver beta, but in some point I screw it up and it just didnt boot anymore, just keep rebooting to CWM, couldnt turn off it keept rebooting, so I tryed flashing the new rom and... nothing it kept rebooting to CWM so I flashed back to revolver 3.1.* In booted OK, was runing fine till It crashed and restarted and couldnt get to CWM any more, Used NVFLASH trying to reinstall it but the screen stays off Windows detects it as a APX device but NVFLAS doesnt work since its a B70... it shows some letters in the screen but does nothing.
Please help me. Is there other way to install CWM maybe get acces to the files in the internal memory trough ADM or APX??
I would really apreciate any help, Im desperate!!!
Best regards,
IaxBay
Sounds like your recovery is missing. Can you still boot into revolver? If so reflash CWM recovery from within revolver.
Dead transformer?
Yes you are right, I think I messed up the CWM but cannot get into android at all.
Actually the tablet doesnt start, If I press the power button, or power+vol up or power+vol down... nothing works, but when I plug the usb windows recognice it and make the sound of device found, Actually It apears in device manager. I can get into APX, wich gives me hope... theres maybe a way to acces trough APX to install recovery or something...
If APX work and you have SBK v1, Tran Rouge has am nvflash version of their recovery
Yesss its alive!!!
Thanks so much to the creators of nvflash for saving my transformer.
it Actually my transformer happens to be a B70 I still it has to be SBK1.
Just follow thevinstructions of a video I found somewhere Ill post the link later cause i cannot seem to find it , anyway its working and im writing my horrible english in my revived tf101. Lesson lerned: READ A LOT about what your are going to do before you do it.
Thanks again XDA

Stuck! Hep! Won't get past Asus screen or go into apx mode

Ok, I swear I have read 100 pages of similar problems, but it looks like everyone else is able to get into apx mode at least to run nvflash or easy flasher.
1. Turn on xformer with power button - stuck at Asus Eee Pad screen
2. Try to boot into recovery with vol - + power;
- volume up to enter recovery, ded android with an exclamation
- volume down to choose between 'wipe' and 'cold boot' both result in getting stuck at Asus screen
3. Plug in xformer, hold power and vol +; nothing. Never shows up in device manager and it doesn't beep or anything like the ones in all the videos do.
I really just want to get up and running at the very least, as I handle all of my businesses billing through my xformer, but my ultimate goal is to get on the HD-ROM.
I have downloaded the newest firmware from asus, have all the drivers installed (I think), have tried booting into recovery with one, some or all of the new software on the sdcard.
Any more ideas I can try? Do you just have to hold your mouth right to get it into apx mode? I have held those buttons so much I think I'm getting Nintendo thumb!!!
Thanks all!
nobody?
Throw something at me! What update.zip file do I put on the sd card? I have tried putting the newest asus update.zip on there with both its original name and the update.zip name. still comes up with a dead android and an exclamation point.
Download a firmware from Asus, rename it to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip
Put it on the root of your sd card and boot into recovery, hopefully it will flash it and let you boot up.
As for NVFlash, make sure you install teh APX driver.
Still won't get past about a second or two of trying to boot with EP101_SDUPDATE.zip on the sd card. Think I'm stuck, or is there something else I need to try?
Thanks!!
..Do the apx process and try using brks tool......just dont flash touch recovery! I couldnt get the drivers to show but still managed to nvflash recovery using the tool. Its install solarnz external sd recovery so you can put a rom zip onto micro sd.
My issue was after doing this normal on off reboot kept booting to recovery and i had to cold boot into the rom.
I tried the wheelie beta and it has ended up wiping the tf completely.....so dont do that lol. Its still a soft brick as i could still nvflash recovery but decided that aslongs its wiped of root etc id just send it to asus.
If brks tool flashes for you then id try nvflashing prime and see if that works.......i think it will but i ran out of time and patience this morning to do it......at your own risk of course.
scottyf79 said:
..Do the apx process and try using brks tool......just dont flash touch recovery! I couldnt get the drivers to show but still managed to nvflash recovery using the tool. Its install solarnz external sd recovery so you can put a rom zip onto micro sd.
My issue was after doing this normal on off reboot kept booting to recovery and i had to cold boot into the rom.
I tried the wheelie beta and it has ended up wiping the tf completely.....so dont do that lol. Its still a soft brick as i could still nvflash recovery but decided that aslongs its wiped of root etc id just send it to asus.
If brks tool flashes for you then id try nvflashing prime and see if that works.......i think it will but i ran out of time and patience this morning to do it......at your own risk of course.
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i am the same issue by flashed the touch CWM and window wont able to reconigzed my TF as a APX device
i tried many drivers it still not able to work.
how can i get back to normal CWM? i dont have havy roms or update.zip in internal roms.. and Touch CWM wont able to recongized Removerable sdcard
god~~
The root and backup option should flash you an external recovery.
While tablet reboots hold down volume up and power until reboot stops.
Then try brks tool again and select root and backup.......during the process it may ask if you want to back up but its not worth while as i dont think theres anything to backup. You should end up with ext micro sd recovery.
As i said id look for the prime rom thread and download the nv flash version and see if it works first.
If asus restore the wiped TF without question and everything goes ok il let you know as it may be worth wiping it with wheelie nv recovery and just RMA.
I just simply CAN'T get it into apx mode. I've installed, uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Trying to flash ep101_sdupdate.zip still just results in an error. crap.
Hold Volume-UP BEFORE holding power, then hold power for 5 secs (Still holding vol-up( doing this all while connected. It should show in device manager.
Couldnt get Tf to show in device manager either no matter what.
I know it may not seem as though its in apx but if it has stopped rebooting when you do v up and power then it seems it is......
Seems to be an issue thats starting to become more common and very difficult to fix properly.
PC will just not recognise the TF.
Hmm - sorry i couldnt help more but id still try nv flashing Prime and if you can get to a blank screen using volume up and power without the TF rebooting theres a chance its in apx.
Best of luck dude.......
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Couldnt get Tf to show in device manager either no matter what.
I know it may not seem as though its in apx but if it has stopped rebooting when you do v up and power then it seems it is......
Seems to be an issue thats starting to become more common and very difficult to fix properly.
PC will just not recognise the TF.
Hmm - sorry i couldnt help more but id still try nv flashing Prime and if you can get to a blank screen using volume up and power without the TF rebooting theres a chance its in apx.
Best of luck dude.......
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same case for me~~~just cant install the driver
You all can try running Puppy or DSL (damn small linux) in a virtual box on your windows pc. Comes with drivers included and only is a 200/60 Mb download.
Got so frustrated with it I just went and bought a tf-300
c3poman said:
Got so frustrated with it I just went and bought a tf-300
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no better way to fix it than that
nice one
Yea, I like it pretty good so far. Volume is WAY louder on the 300, even though there is only one speaker. The screen also gets darker, which is nice if you watch tv or browse the interwebs in the bed. Also, wifi reception is great. Haven't tried gps yet, but I'm sure it is improved.
It did get really laggy, but I did a factory reset and it seemed to clear out the cobwebs.
Thanks for y'all's help! I'm still going to try to unbrick that tf-101 and sell it or something. Hate to have a $400 paperweight...
People will buy bricked ones on Ebay for a reduced price, just clarify that it is in fact bricked.

[Q] Stuck in recovery

Ok so its been along while since I have played with my rooted TF101. I use to be able to flash a new ROM no problem. Well I got rusty. The last ROM I had flashed every time I turned the tablet on it would go to recovery first. I had to reboot and manually choose to reboot my OS. Well I don't really use my tablet anymore so I was going to unroot it and sell it to a friend. Well I went in to the CWM recovery and started to try and flash my stock ROM. well it was on the SD card and not the tablet so it wasn't recognized and I made the mistake of formatting the whole tablet. System included.
So No I can only turn on the tablet and enter CWM. I downloaded easyflasher and tried to flash the stock ROM and unroot but it won't recognize the tablet. I can't get it in to APX mode. I have tried and the computer makes the connected sound but it doesn't read the device at all. I have tried everything to make sure it is in APX but the computer will never show that it is there. Just make the sound and that's it. So I'm stuck in a brick that I can't get out of.
How do I get out of it all?
Thank you.
lebutters said:
Ok so its been along while since I have played with my rooted TF101. I use to be able to flash a new ROM no problem. Well I got rusty. The last ROM I had flashed every time I turned the tablet on it would go to recovery first. I had to reboot and manually choose to reboot my OS. Well I don't really use my tablet anymore so I was going to unroot it and sell it to a friend. Well I went in to the CWM recovery and started to try and flash my stock ROM. well it was on the SD card and not the tablet so it wasn't recognized and I made the mistake of formatting the whole tablet. System included.
So No I can only turn on the tablet and enter CWM. I downloaded easyflasher and tried to flash the stock ROM and unroot but it won't recognize the tablet. I can't get it in to APX mode. I have tried and the computer makes the connected sound but it doesn't read the device at all. I have tried everything to make sure it is in APX but the computer will never show that it is there. Just make the sound and that's it. So I'm stuck in a brick that I can't get out of.
How do I get out of it all?
Thank you.
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Try this:
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/asus-transformer-tf101-development/31919-frederuco-s-guide-flash-tf101-back-stock.html
If I had access to the os I only have clockwork recovery. I can't get anywhere else
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I could really use some help guys. I try to turn on the transformer and it goes to recovery. I formatted the system so I can't even get to my ROM. I have nothing. I am trying to get in to APX but it won't let me. The computer makes the connection sound but when I try to use Easyflash It won't work. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Please someone help me out.
lebutters said:
I could really use some help guys. I try to turn on the transformer and it goes to recovery. I formatted the system so I can't even get to my ROM. I have nothing. I am trying to get in to APX but it won't let me. The computer makes the connection sound but when I try to use Easyflash It won't work. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Please someone help me out.
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So you have already successfully installed the naked drivers on your computer? and when you have the tablet connected to the computer, are you able to enter APX mode (hold power button and volume up until screen goes black). What does the device manger show on the computer when the table is connected?

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