Alright, I'm in some really hot water now. The site won't let me go into the proper section because I haven't posted 10 things yet. I believe I've bricked my Nook Color. I had it rooted (1.1) and I wanted to get it back to stock. I tried the 8 failed boots thing, but it only brought up ClockworkModRecovery. I was in a weird half-root stage, so I tried to erase and de-register. I read up on some of your forums, so I tried formatting my /system and /cache from CWR, but then it wouldn't boot past the "N" thing. I went back into CWR and formatted /boot. I thought it would bring /boot back to stock settings and bypass CWR, but instead i think my Nook is bricked now. Should I take it back to barnes and noble with a BS excuse saying it wouldn't turn on today and get a new one? Is there any way to fix this? I feel like the biggest idiot for formatting /boot.
you can post in general in the nook color forums, development is not where you should post
get a bootable cwr sd image and put the stock image on it, then put it in the nook, plug it in
well first thing, answer 10 posts in the next hour, and say "i agree" or "wow that's interesting" Second thing you should read up @ this website first :
http://www.nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
This has everything you could want also there is a irc site that is good can't remember what the name is something like nookdevs or something like that in that site there is another link that is a irc dedicated to just helping people with problems. If these 2 resources can't help you fix it then Yes, you may need to return
Well, I rooted my nook FROM the nookColor portal from the start. Where do I get a bootable CWR image?
buckoman said:
Well, I rooted my nook FROM the nookColor portal from the start. Where do I get a bootable CWR image?
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there should be one there at that site. Remember, on the nook you need CWR installed on the nook but you also need a sd card formatted for CWR image for CWR to work if I remember correctly
its not hard to fix. most likely your boot partition is fubar & you need to repartition it. there's a zip file u can flash to do that for you. feel free to hit me up if you need help
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I have a Droid Incredible Rooted using Unrevoked forever with S-Off. I have been running CM 6.0.2 for a while now and had an issue the other day with my SD card. The card died and when I put a new card in the phone got stuck in a boot loop. I tried reflashing CM 6.0.2 and gapps but I continue to get the same boot loop. I understand that you need to wipe all data but when I atempt to wipe the Dalvik Cache I get the the following message "E:Can't mount /dev/block/ (File Found)" what do I need to do to fix this. I have no phone right now and have become extremely dependent on using it for everything from GPS to MP3 player in my daily life so any help would be greatly appreciated. I have read some posts suggesting running logcat to find what error I am getting during the bootloop that is happening, but I have no idea how to do that. I think the main issue is that I cannot do a full wipe before flashing the ROM.
Please help! I don't want to chalk this up to a bricked device, but I won't be able to hold out much longer since I have to travel this weekend.
First of all, do not double post. It just clutters up the forums.
Second, you need to post this in the Droid Incredible forum or at the VERY LEAST, the Android Q&A forum. I'm not sure why people took the time to create all of the different forums around here if you guys are not even going to use them.
I'm just taking a shot in the dark here based on my experience flashing older Android phones. So do not tell me I'm wrong, AGAIN this is just an option to try:
Just boot into recovery and do a factory reset on the phone. AGAIN, I'm just going on what I CAN REMEMBER here. Use the hboot menu try a restore. Load a factory ROM onto the SD card (using your PC) and the flash it.
I don't know man, maybe I'm wrong about all of this. FACT is that I've had NUMEROUS phones that were in the same shape you are in right now and after google searching, a little common sense and READING I was able to fix the issues. There is a way to go back to your FACTORY ROM but I'm not going to waste my time doing the research for you here, it's your phone and you have access to the same information all of us do.
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I mentioned common sense. With that being said, take a look at your own post bro.
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I understand that you need to wipe all data but when I atempt to wipe the Dalvik Cache I get the the following message "E:Can't mount /dev/block/ (File Found)"
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I assume you meant "(File NOT Found)". You are trying wipe data off of a NEW SD Card here. How do you expect it to wipe files that are not even there to start with? Make sure your battery is fully charged before doing anything with the phone also. You might think that sounds like it has nothing to do with your problem BUT it can cause boot loops on SOME devices (android and others). Reset to factory from hboot menu. SKIP THE WIPE ALL PART BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NEW SD CARD. Just get back into your phone running Android and then you can redo everything from there.
Thank you for the response.
Sorry for posting in the wrong thread, perhaps a mod could move this to a more resonable place for this question. I'm not trying to clog anythining up. If that isn't an option I'll just create a new thread over there, but like you said that would just be clutter.
First: I did not mean (File NOT Found) the error says (File Found), seems like an odd error on a Formated SD Card that is why I mentioned it.
Second: I tried going to a stock ROM and it would not flash to the device I think it was looking for the previous official ROM that was relesed for the phone and would not install since that did not exist. The one that I downloaded was when Verizon pushed FroYo for the DInc, perhaps I can find one that supports a different upgrade path.
After trying all logical steps, google searches and reading many thread regarding people who have been stuck in this situation I was not able to find anything that was helping me restore my phone, that is why i started a new thread.
Roll Tide <<<< so you won't be so upset with me
The only reason I said posting in the device specific forum or android forums would be better is because there would be more people that know how to fix it viewing your question.
I'm shooting in the dark here but have you tried flashing Clockwork again? Just putting the .zip on the new SDCARD and flashing it? I'm sorry man, I've searched and tried to come up with a good answer but I've not found THAT much. Post in the Incredible forum would probably get your problem solved. I'm not sure that there is much of a difference between deviceds when it comes to recovery but I'm sure that you will get more accurate answer over there, even in the Android section.
Started reading the forums a few days ago, already planning on getting a gtab for x-mas. So got one at Sears today and went home confident I would know what I am doing. Well I was wrong !!
First mistake: My assumption that this will be as easy as my SGS with clockworkmod. For one, there are apparently CWM versions floating around that are known to cause issues - hence that is the one I ended up with. It installed the CMW fine and went into recovery just like I am used to. Tried to apply the ZPAD 2.2 rom and as soon as I rebooted got the 'Magic Value Mismatch' error at the top of the screen.
Mistake two: trying to fix it by finding the correct CWM called .8 which seemed to make things worse. I got a screen now right after the power and Vol + key that shows alternating black and white strips.
I had this thing only for 3 hours and I already managed to get way past my expertise on fixing this.
What can I do to get the tab to load a recovery image so I can boot?
On the internal SD card there is the folder called 'recovery' with the command file that points to the update.zip on the external sd card. I imagine that is correct. However it did not matter what ZIP file I place on the SD card. For example I renamed all the exising rom's one by one to update.zip to see if one of them would take and no luck.
I am sure someone with more experience can point me to how to get back to normal. I would appreciate some help.
Try This
I had a similar issue with mine about 30 min after I got it. Use your external SD and but the vanilla tnt update.zip and the recovery folder on it. Edit the command file in the recovery folder to say sdcard2 instead of sdcard. This worked for me , Good luck
Thaks for the info.
I created the recovery folder with the command file this time on the external SD card (preped this on the PC) and made sure the vanilla update.zip was on the root of the SD card.
I got a new error about a kernal having a critical error, but I was so frustrated that I did not write it all down.
Then I tried another rom (gtab lite 2.2) and I get the Magic Value Mismatch error again.
It seems like it does not even attempt going into recovery now, because it does not matter if I press the VOL+ and PWR key together. It has the same effect as if I press PWR alone.
I really don't want to give up just yet. If anyone else has any suggestions I am willing to try, plus this experience might help others in a similar situation down the road to recover instead of having to return the device.
I saw a post about some PC based update, but I also seen comments that that could make things even worse. Any ideas?
In the mean time I followed the NVFlash instructions and there is some success and also some loss.
The success is that I no longer get the "magic value mismatch" error. The loss is that my tablet still does not boot and now I have a Nvidia boot screen which will most likely raise a flag with Sears when I return it for an exchange.
I don't want to give up yet, but I really could use some pointers on what else to try.
Here are the instructions I followed for the NVF...
http://wiki.tegratab.com/index.php/ROMs
and
http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9575351&postcount=26
All I get is the Nvidia logo. The tab has been on for more than 10 min and there is no change.
anosis said:
In the mean time I followed the NVFlash instructions and there is some success and also some loss.
The success is that I no longer get the "magic value mismatch" error. The loss is that my tablet still does not boot and now I have a Nvidia boot screen which will most likely raise a flag with Sears when I return it for an exchange.
I don't want to give up yet, but I really could use some pointers on what else to try.
Here are the instructions I followed for the NVF...
http://wiki.tegratab.com/index.php/ROMs
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http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9575351&postcount=26
All I get is the Nvidia logo. The tab has been on for more than 10 min and there is no change.
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My nvflash won't help you, at this point. You want bekit's nvflash recovery -- http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8 I know you used mine because you have the Nvidia logo.
The difference between bekit's recovery and mine is that bekit's flashes EVERYTHING, at a low level. Mine isn't that extensive. You definitely want to try Bekit's flash before throwing in the towel.
As for SEARS, I wouldn't worry about it - they probably won't even notice. When I returned my first one, they didn't even open the box. Seriously.
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My nvflash won't help you, at this point. You want bekit's nvflash recovery -- http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8 I know you used mine because you have the Nvidia logo.
The difference between bekit's recovery and mine is that bekit's flashes EVERYTHING, at a low level. Mine isn't that extensive. You definitely want to try Bekit's flash before throwing in the towel.
As for SEARS, I wouldn't worry about it - they probably won't even notice. When I returned my first one, they didn't even open the box. Seriously.
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The link you provided (I already went there before) had a link inside to download the necessary fiels but all it did is link to the main forum page. I never was able to find the correct files until this morning I believe. I found another post on these forums that had 'dropbox' links to several files that I downloaded.
So now I ended up with 1) the Tegra MSI installation file 2) the g tab image files and 3) the windows script files with the batch file. I will attempt these tonight and report back.
We are in the middle of moving - finally home owners again at last ;-). I have no internet connection at my new house yet however my SGS and tethering are my friend right now, so I can post and download at a lower rate.
Thaks for the help!!
I wonder what came of this! A feedback would be nice.
Thanks!
i would guess roebeet's suggestion worked, otherwise anosis would've been back on here.
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i would guess roebeet's suggestion worked, otherwise anosis would've been back on here.
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No PM's to me, yet. I take that as a good sign?
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No PM's to me, yet. I take that as a good sign?
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I believe you deserved a big thank you instead!
Thank You!
I don't know about the other guy, but I borked the Tab tonight, and these instructions worked flawlessly. The links to the apps were stale, but the IRC channel pointed me in the right direction.
Now back to to the Tablet to find out what I need to put back on it.
Thanks again!
can you tell me where to find those links? I screwed mine up too.
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can you tell me where to find those links? I screwed mine up too.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
Saved my bacon!
This thread was awesome! Pulled my ace out of the fire when i accidentally wiped out CWM when trying to format to install a new VeganTab. You guys rock!
Hooray!
Sorry to bump an old thread guys, but I just wanted to chime in and say this also worked for me. Someone should add this to the stickied threads...
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Thank You!
I don't know about the other guy, but I borked the Tab tonight, and these instructions worked flawlessly. The links to the apps were stale, but the IRC channel pointed me in the right direction.
Now back to to the Tablet to find out what I need to put back on it.
Thanks again!
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Hi,
I am just wondering if you can provide a more detail instruction on how this can be fixed? I am a new android user, I am not very knowledgeable. If you can provide some more information, that would be greatly appreciated!
I beleive what you are looking for is in the link posted.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/177...recovery-pack-cwm-standard-recovery-g-tablet/
mismatch is good
I finally did the nuclear option to get my tablet back. I was in the dummies site when panicking as well, read mismatch was to be a welcome...
Ok, I've been reading around on the forums here, and did a ton of research in the best way to set up my gTab before I even got it. I like to think I am not a n00b, but someone correct me if I come across as one.
I was running vegan 5.1 with no issues up until yesterday. Yesterday, I got the dreaded boot loop. Looking around, it seems the most popular answer to this is to repartition. But here is my first question:
(1) in my pre-purchase research, I came across this issue a lot, and so I made sure to repartition right away. since I've partitioned the recommended way once already, does this eliminate repartitioning as a potential solution to my issue?
NVFlash seems like the next most popular solution. In researching how to do this, I came across several references to backing up your data, etc. It appears I can go into clockwork and mount my device via usb (haven't tried it yet, sorry, my bad) to do this. I didn't however find any reference to exactly what I would want to back up. I did a backup in cwm .. so my next question is:
(2) should I pull the cwm backup files? if so (and if not), which files exactly should I be looking for? just stuff in the \data folder? and would I just copy them back onto the gTab after flashing?
Again, sorry if I am coming across as a n00b, but I really have spent good amount of time searching the forums -- I am just a little confused and want to make sure I have everything right before taking either of these steps.
Thanks!
Kaz
TheKaz said:
Ok, I've been reading around on the forums here, and did a ton of research in the best way to set up my gTab before I even got it. I like to think I am not a n00b, but someone correct me if I come across as one.
I was running vegan 5.1 with no issues up until yesterday. Yesterday, I got the dreaded boot loop. Looking around, it seems the most popular answer to this is to repartition. But here is my first question:
(1) in my pre-purchase research, I came across this issue a lot, and so I made sure to repartition right away. since I've partitioned the recommended way once already, does this eliminate repartitioning as a potential solution to my issue?
NVFlash seems like the next most popular solution. In researching how to do this, I came across several references to backing up your data, etc. It appears I can go into clockwork and mount my device via usb (haven't tried it yet, sorry, my bad) to do this. I didn't however find any reference to exactly what I would want to back up. I did a backup in cwm .. so my next question is:
(2) should I pull the cwm backup files? if so (and if not), which files exactly should I be looking for? just stuff in the \data folder? and would I just copy them back onto the gTab after flashing?
Again, sorry if I am coming across as a n00b, but I really have spent good amount of time searching the forums -- I am just a little confused and want to make sure I have everything right before taking either of these steps.
Thanks!
Kaz
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Clockwork and nvflash are 2 different thing,
for nvflash you need to power-up and hold the - of the volume, screen will show the bird then blank and it will try to load the APX usb driver on the computer. the UNIT IS MOUNTED INTO A SPECIAL TERMINAL recovery/command MODE
For clockwork you power-up and hold the + of the volume and recovery is executed, stock will simply load update.zip from the root of sdcard (internal memory), if clockwork is installed then the menu will appear and allow you to backup and restore the OS. but the UNIT IS NOT MOUNTED IN THE PC.
a full restore if the unit mean booting into recovery, restoring stock firmware following instruction from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 then installing clockwork and booting with the power-up + and restoring either your rom of choice (except for tnt lite 5.0) or your backup made previously with clockwork.
Bootloop are usually solved by wiping the partition/cache/data prior to flashing back a rom or backup.
hope this help, but there's plenty of how to already here...
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I too had experienced "bootloop", but think I solved it through one of the threads in the dev forum. Something about formatting 2048/0 for the SD card...
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
If your tablet bootloops…Also may be required to get market running correctly on some ROMs...
Press and hold the power button to shut the device down. Boot back into Clockwork. Select the advanced option at the bottom, then go to “partition SD card”, for the first option select 2048, and for the second option select 0. Then, redo steps 7-10. This erases all data on your tablet, including backups.
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Bootloop are usually solved by wiping the partition/cache/data prior to flashing back a rom or backup.
hope this help, but there's plenty of how to already here...
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Thanks. I am not as worried about the how-to, I can find those, I was just a little confused about what situation I am in, exactly, and which solution to use.
So, even though I've partitioned this way originally, it can still get corrupted to the point where the solution it to re-partition again..?
Can someone help please? I installed CWM Recovery thru ROM Manager. Rebooted in recovery to back up my ROM and now I can't get out of recovery. Every time I select Reboot System it reboots me into recovery.
Try here (if you can use NVFlash)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519635&highlight=boot+into+cwm
Like many others, When I saw the thread over in the Dev section about the 5.5.0.4 recovery, I jumped right in and fired up Rom Manager before reading any further in the thread.
Unlike many others, I don't get the same results. My TF101 reboots to the OS with no problem. However trying to reboot to recovery from recovery doesn't work. I have to hold the vol. down button just like a cold boot into recovery.
The only difference might be, that I had stock recovery prior to installing 5.5.0.4, due to having to recover from another soft brick condition after trying to install the CM9 Nightly that is now available over on the official Clockworkmod site. That one had failed miserably for my device.
Good luck with solving your problems with the new recovery. Wish I could explain exactly why mine seemed to work as advertised when most others didn't. But I don't know.
I do have the problem with the Removable MicroSD not being visible. Only the built in "Fake" SD Card.
Update:
I now have the reboot into recovery problem. I used the wipe data option from the VOL DWN/PWR button start up, and now have that annoying boots into recovery problem like everyone else. I hope that and the SD card problem gets fixed in the next version.
Thanks, got everything back to normal with NVFlash method I found by watching this :http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VMHXeYMgPy4
Lesson learned!! :/
Curious where the thread in the Dev section went to, I cant find it this morning...
Unfortunately, some of us cannot use NVFLash to fix this problem.
So, is it too much to ask that the Dev who wrote Rom Manager and CWM actually look in to this for us?
I too installed the newer CWM through Rom Manager and need to cold boot to get in to the OS otherwise it recovery boot loops.
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Curious where the thread in the Dev section went to, I cant find it this morning...
Unfortunately, some of us cannot use NVFLash to fix this problem.
So, is it too much to ask that the Dev who wrote Rom Manager and CWM actually look in to this for us?
I too installed the newer CWM through Rom Manager and need to cold boot to get in to the OS otherwise it recovery boot loops.
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Thread was closed. I was on it this morning and wanted to post a reply saying NV Flash work for me and I couldn't because it said the thread was closed.
I read the whole thing and apart from NV Flashing the was no other solution
How do you know you can't NVFlash?
yea , this morning the thread in the Dev section went to general , and now closed.
Perhaps we should follow this until everything is clarified.
the nvflash only work for b60 and some b70 tablets , most of b70 and b80 cant be flashed with this tool
I'm working on something to fix this, but I still need a little more testing.
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I'm working on something to fix this, but I still need a little more testing.
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ok, then waiting
any clue where to attack the problem?
Some people reported the new recovery worked when flashed over stock recovery.
any help you can supply on this would be greatly appreciated. it's very uncomfortable not being able to count on your recovery.
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Some people reported the new recovery worked when flashed over stock recovery.
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too late for us
I was up until 1am following the thread and posting my process, specs.
I am even more curious as to how the thread which was still pretty calm turned in to something that deserved being deleted.
In any event, I think we all understand that what we do is at our own risk. But CWM and Rom Manager have been the gold standard of reliability for quite some time. Once something is a trusted means by which to do something its even more disappointing to see that it no longer works.
the first post was moved because it was not exactly a development post
then, in the general section, I do not know why it closed, there is no explanation
so if microsd is not recognized, i can install rom from internal, right?
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so if microsd is not recognized, i can install rom from internal, right?
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Install what??
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yeah, check out the troubleshooting thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530337
Hi
I bought some electronics at an auction and there was a Asus TF101 included in the lot. After reading about the unit I thought it would be great for personal use. I ordered a charger online an I tried it but it gets stuck at the boot screen. If I try switching it off it just switches back on. I think this is a botched root job but I don't know what the previous owner did. I doubt it is hardware related though. It has Clockworkmod Recovery v6.0.1.3 installed and can boot into the recovery but honestly I am a bit lost at what to do next.
Attempts to wipe the data etc to reset the device has all failed. It seems it needs to be flashed so any help will be appreciated. While I am at it I was thinking of going for one of the newer roms here on XDA available for the device.
Update: I wiped the user data and got the unit reset but now it boots straight into the clockworkmod app
Thanks!
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Hi
I bought some electronics at an auction and there was a Asus TF101 included in the lot. After reading about the unit I thought it would be great for personal use. I ordered a charger online an I tried it but it gets stuck at the boot screen. If I try switching it off it just switches back on. I think this is a botched root job but I don't know what the previous owner did. I doubt it is hardware related though. It has Clockworkmod Recovery v6.0.1.3 installed and can boot into the recovery but honestly I am a bit lost at what to do next.
Attempts to wipe the data etc to reset the device has all failed. It seems it needs to be flashed so any help will be appreciated. While I am at it I was thinking of going for one of the newer roms here on XDA available for the device.
Update: I wiped the user data and got the unit reset but now it boots straight into the clockworkmod app
Thanks!
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Since you have Clockwork installed and recovery is booting, look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/eee-pad-transformer/development/rom-t2942560
See the install instructions, upgrading to TWRP and flashing rom and other components.
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Since you have Clockwork installed and recovery is booting, look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/eee-pad-transformer/development/rom-t2942560
See the install instructions, upgrading to TWRP and flashing rom and other components.
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I did see that and I have done some more reading since I posted here. Will I be able to upgrade from Clockwork to TWRP 2.8. if the unit doesn't boot?
Also I got an error saying that the sdcard cannot be mounted. I know this is the internal storage and not the actual sd card.
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I did see that and I have done some more reading since I posted here. Will I be able to upgrade from Clockwork to TWRP 2.8. if the unit doesn't boot?
Also I got an error saying that the sdcard cannot be mounted. I know this is the internal storage and not the actual sd card.
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I believe I flashed mine that way. If you have just wiped storage that is the normal error. I would give it go
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I believe I flashed mine that way. If you have just wiped storage that is the normal error. I would give it go
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That one worry less, was worried something hardware wise was faulty.
This may sound like a stupid question (definitely newbie question) but if I cant access the internal storage how am I going to copy TWRP onto the internal storage and run the install from clockwork?
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That one worry less, was worried something hardware wise was faulty.
This may sound like a stupid question (definitely newbie question) but if I cant access the internal storage how am I going to copy TWRP onto the internal storage and run the install from clockwork?
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Sorry it has been a long time since I used Clockwork, but does it not see the external removable sd card? Or try the adb push method if the CM version will support.
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_tf101
No after some blood sweat and lots of foul language I got 4.4.4 loaded just to dicover the lcd has a nice shade of green ..... So LCD = another $30... lol I am so deep in...... Anyway started a new thread just to check if anybody else had the same problem and whether in fact it is the LCD that faulty
Oh just For info... I used EasyFlasher to get TWRP 2.6 onto the Unit with a very nice step by step guide for a newbie like me here
:http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...t/31927-frederuco-s-guide-root-rom-tf101.html
I then Used Kisskat 4.4.4 here at XDA forums to flash the Unit. Lollipop was not happy with the older version of TWRP