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[Q] Bricked TF101 - any way out?

Hi
So I have totally bricked my TF101, I basically ran the ARHD Super Wipe Full script and then stupidly hit reboot, rather than actually go an install anything.
Now my TF101 is stuck on the Asus boot screen and I can't get out of it. To top it off, my power button is totally messed up and doesn't really work anymore.
When I connect the TF101 to my computer (Win7) it tries to install the Asus MTP drivers (which fail because I get error 10, the device is not working, or something like that).
I can't get the machine into APX mode (or any other mode in that case) and I can't get ADB to work on it.
Have I totally baked the machine?
[FYI I have taken it back to Asus but for them to repair it, they say they have to change the motherboard and the cost would be HK$2,400].
Thanks in advance for any tips / suggestions.

browngeek said:
Hi
So I have totally bricked my TF101, I basically ran the ARHD Super Wipe Full script and then stupidly hit reboot, rather than actually go an install anything.
Now my TF101 is stuck on the Asus boot screen and I can't get out of it. To top it off, my power button is totally messed up and doesn't really work anymore.
When I connect the TF101 to my computer (Win7) it tries to install the Asus MTP drivers (which fail because I get error 10, the device is not working, or something like that).
I can't get the machine into APX mode (or any other mode in that case) and I can't get ADB to work on it.
Have I totally baked the machine?
[FYI I have taken it back to Asus but for them to repair it, they say they have to change the motherboard and the cost would be HK$2,400].
Thanks in advance for any tips / suggestions.
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So power button doesn't work at all?
If that's the case then I'm afraid your tablet is kinda paperweight..
Try downloading universal naked drivers and install them.. that might help in installing / recognising your tablet... I'm out of suggestions....
You can try this.. let the battery drain out.. press down volume down button and then plug your tablet into power.. as soon as screen boots up hit volume up button that should take you into recovery... once in recovery do the needful.... good luck
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Did you try using compressed air on the buttons? Maybe you just have some pocket lint in there.
As a last ditch effort, you could wait for it to shut down, hold volume down, and then plug it in. If your tf boots, it will respond to the boot time commands.
APX mode might be better since you won't need any button commands once you get in. I think ASUS changes the usb ID every once in a while to keep windows users on their toes. It doesn't seem to be an issue with linux.

"As a last ditch effort, you could wait for it to shut down, hold volume down, and then plug it in. If your tf boots, it will respond to the boot time commands."
If you can do this and get into recovery you'd be closer, what recovery do you have installed? I have twrp and it supports external sd which saved me when i did this. ..

Thanks guys.
I have already tried the universal naked drivers, without luck.
I was using an old Roach recovery.
Will try the other methods. Otherwise I'm going to take it down to one of the computer centres in HK to see if these guys can do anything (and hopefully cheaper than what Asus are asking for).

browngeek said:
Thanks guys.
I have already tried the universal naked drivers, without luck.
I was using an old Roach recovery.
Will try the other methods. Otherwise I'm going to take it down to one of the computer centres in HK to see if these guys can do anything (and hopefully cheaper than what Asus are asking for).
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Dude before going try pressing volume down option what I said before...
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udupa82 said:
Dude before going try pressing volume down option what I said before...
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Hi, yep, tried your suggestion, however its not getting past the boot screen. It does make a little clicking sound, but won't budge.

browngeek said:
Hi, yep, tried your suggestion, however its not getting past the boot screen. It does make a little clicking sound, but won't budge.
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I hope u can fix it.. good luck...
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OK, so opened up the Bezel, following this guide:
http://www.transformerforums.com/fo.../10501-rs-guide-power-lock-button-issues.html
Seems my power button is totally fried as even with the bezel open it doesn't work at all.

It should go to boot screen if ur pressing vol - it should boot into recovery I don't thinked the button fried:sly:
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Boot looping on the Eee Pad Screen

Hey guys,
So I looked tried to charge my tablet one day, and it decided to boot loop to the Eee pad screen and continue to do that. I tried to enter recovery and it then tried to restore a backup that I had, it said there was some kind of error and CWM wouldn't work after that. I tried doing a cold reboot but nothing worked. Also I tried EasyFlash and I don't think I did that right either. I was on CM 10 before this happened with Rogue Recovery. What are the steps that I need to take in order to get my tablet up and running again.
PS: I know that there are threads about bootlooping but none of them helped much.

I would love some help...:crying:

Try easy flasher again, it will work.. what problems you faced when u used easy flash?
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udupa82 said:
Try easy flasher again, it will work.. what problems you faced when u used easy flash?
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It seems like I can't get it into apx mode properly. I installed the drivers and when I plug it in it shows nvidia... under USB universal in device manager. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
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Hi.
I have had this problem for four times after trying to flash to a custom ROM, and now my tablet is perfectly functionable.
If you used EasyFlasher to get a custom ROM and now it's bootlooping OR if you tried to root your device and its bootlooping OR if you do not know what you have to do, then check the ways below:
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W1:
Power up the device. When it starts bootlooping, hold both Power + Volume DOWN buttons until it will say that you should press volume up or it will enter RCK mod. When that will appear, do nothing. Just let it enter RCK mod and it should wprk. If not, then do W2.
W2:
Look under your TF101 and see if the S/N starts with B60 or under or B90. Start EasyFlasher and select the FIRST button at launch if it is B60 or under or the second if you have B90. In the EasyFlasher's folder you will see a folder with a name like "update" or "puthere". Now go to Asus' TF101 page, to downloads (Link coming soon, until then try to find it) and select the latest (first you find) firmware.Do NOT use a custom rom or you will hard brick it! Download it to the folder I said above. DO NOT EXTRACT IT. Now, make sure your tablet is at least 50% charged so it can successfully flash the stock rom. Then, connect it to your PC and press the Power + Volume UP buttons on your tablet for like 10 seconds. There must be now a NVIDIA driver in your Device Manager. Go back to EasyFlasher and press "Flash/Unbrick/Root". If anything pops up, check carefully what it says. It will probably say to be sure it is in APX mode and if you want to cpntinue. Press yes or OK. A CMD box will appear, exxtracting the firmware you put in that folder. Let the PC and the tablet do it's work. Do not use the tablet while this happens or it may really becolme unusable forever. After it extracts, another CMD box will pop up, flashing the stock fw. If EasyFlasher will say something like "system.bin - 0kb" then the update will fail and your tablet will get HARD BRICKED. In this case, PM me and I will help you. Okay. Now, your TF101's screen should turn on and say "!!!UPDATE SUCCESSFULL!!!" for like three times, and all the CMD windows from your PC should dissapear. The EasyFlasher should now stop installing the fw. Hold your tablet's power button for 5-10 seconds and release. You should now be able to start your device without bootloops. If there still are bootloops, then, do the W1.
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I have had alot of experience in bricked tablets, and those ways should wor. For more infos or TeamViewer help, PM me.
I hope I helped,
Kevin.
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kindacrazyazn said:
It seems like I can't get it into apx mode properly. I installed the drivers and when I plug it in it shows nvidia... under USB universal in device manager. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
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When it says to make sure that you are in APX mode, just hold Power + Vol UP buttons for 10 seconds then press ok. The drivers you have must show up as a NVIDIA driver in Device Manager when you hold that buttons. Do what I said in the previous post, it helped me four times lol.
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Help!! Stuck on boot screen after update

So my brother accepted the 4.2 update on Thursday. He is stock and non-rooted. When he accepted the update, his tablet was in the keyboard dock. He let it be while it updated for about 2 hours. It was still on the boot screen. Then, he detached it from the dock and put it on the charger. It's been just shy of six hours, and it's still on the boot screen. What should we do?
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budzylikessoup said:
So my brother accepted the 4.2 update on Thursday. He is stock and non-rooted. When he accepted the update, his tablet was in the keyboard dock. He let it be while it updated for about 2 hours. It was still on the boot screen. Then, he detached it from the dock and put it on the charger. It's been just shy of six hours, and it's still on the boot screen. What should we do?
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Did you try to power it off then on again?

No should I? Is there a chance of bricking it?
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budzylikessoup said:
No should I? Is there a chance of bricking it?
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We don't know what happened. Do you know if the software installed but failed to boot up or it never installed? Obviously it's not doing anything right now, so you have no choice but reboot the device. If it bricked it already done.

I just rebooted, same problem.
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budzylikessoup said:
I just rebooted, same problem.
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What SKU do you have? US or WW?

US
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budzylikessoup said:
US
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Did you try to boot to stock recovery and try a "cold boot"?

No, how would I do that??
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budzylikessoup said:
No, how would I do that??
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Turn off your device, then hold down volume down and power buttons, when you see a white text on the screen release both buttons, now use the Volume down to switch the highlighted RCK to Android icon, then hit the Volume up button twice to execute. This will cold boot your device.

Same problem, still stuck on the boot screen after 3 minutes.
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budzylikessoup said:
Same problem, still stuck on the boot screen after 3 minutes.
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How many icons did you see? 3 or 4?

After I held down power and vol down, I saw three icons.
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budzylikessoup said:
After I held down power and vol down, I saw three icons.
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Seems like you're updated to 4.2 but something corrupted prevented it from booting up. Try the same procedures but this time select "wipe data" icon then hit volume up twice to execute it. This is like factory reset.

Thank you, we factory reset it and it was at 4.2.1 working properly.
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budzylikessoup said:
Thank you, we factory reset it and it was at 4.2.1 working properly.
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Nice! glad it worked for you.

Hey, Im sorry for hijacking this thread.
But I have exactly the same issue. Expect that my Tf700 wont boot, after that wipe...
Its still stuck on the "Asus" Screen.
Before I installed via OTA, I tried to save root with OTA Rootkeeper and changed nothing else. Im stock and my bootloader is locked.
I have also just 3 icons when pressing power and volume down. So I think I have a similar problem you described buhohitr.
If I boot with Volume Down and Power Button pressed there is this text:
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "WW_epad-10.6.1.14.4-20130329" A03
Key driver not found.. Booting OS
Starting Fastboot USB Download protocol
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with the 3 Icons.
I hope somebod can help me. Thank you

Aski1 said:
Hey, Im sorry for hijacking this thread.
But I have exactly the same issue. Expect that my Tf700 wont boot, after that wipe...
Its still stuck on the "Asus" Screen.
Before I installed via OTA, I tried to save root with OTA Rootkeeper and changed nothing else. Im stock and my bootloader is locked.
I have also just 3 icons when pressing power and volume down. So I think I have a similar problem you described buhohitr.
If I boot with Volume Down and Power Button pressed there is this text:
with the 3 Icons.
I hope somebod can help me. Thank you
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Did you try to boot into recovery then select the "WIPE DATA" icon (by hiting the volume down until it highlighted, then press the volume up button twice. It will wipe data then reboot your device automatically.

buhohitr said:
Did you try to boot into recovery then select the "WIPE DATA" icon (by hiting the volume down until it highlighted, then press the volume up button twice. It will wipe data then reboot your device automatically.
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I already did that a couple of times and the problem still occurs :/

Aski1 said:
I already did that a couple of times and the problem still occurs :/
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Since yours is still locked. I think the only to recover your device is wait for Asus to release the full firmware. Sorry!

Phone not staying in download mode and recovery

Phone will go into download mode for a split second then reboot but not boot up. I would have to do a battery pull to get it booted all the way. Phone also will not go into recovery mode.

Is something wrong with your volume button? That sounds more like it's broken since you can't boot into either download or recovery.
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It will go into download, just only stay for a second.

Do you have any issues with your volume buttons while using the rom? When did this start happening? Also, did you do anything that might cause this to happen?
When you hold volume up, home, and power to boot into recovery then release the power button once it vibrates, what happens?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Do you have any issues with your volume buttons while using the rom? When did this start happening? Also, did you do anything that might cause this to happen?
When you hold volume up, home, and power to boot into recovery then release the power button once it vibrates, what happens?
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Once it vibrates when i try to go into a recovery, the screen just go blank,

Volume buttons work well. It's just the power button that's a little wonky. Also phone turns on when battery is placed in.

power button maybe stuck down, making it turn off when in recovery and on when battery is installed.
Cruzin the Galaxy SIII via SynergyRom/Anthrax kernels

I thought it might be stuck too but when phone is fully booted into rom, it doesn't go on and off like the buttin is stuck.

bbolton_98 said:
power button maybe stuck down, making it turn off when in recovery and on when battery is installed.
Cruzin the Galaxy SIII via SynergyRom/Anthrax kernels
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I'm running into the same problem. I actually took my phone apart and checked the power button, it is not physically stuck though. My power button doesn't work at all, but it still pushes in like it's supposed to. Very odd
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I just took mine apart as well. What Rom do you have on yours?

loonie01 said:
I just took mine apart as well. What Rom do you have on yours?
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Running the latest goodness build. I wanted to try a different rom to see if it was linked in any way, but obviously can't do that. Lol
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I got it to stay in download mode 1 time. Unfortunately I needed the phone to download a stock VRBMB1 firmware. Hopefully i can get it to do it again.

loonie01 said:
I got it to stay in download mode 1 time. Unfortunately I needed the phone to download a stock VRBMB1 firmware. Hopefully i can get it to do it again.
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If you figure out what's causing it, feel free to share. :thumbup:
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I will. I'm still trying though
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Its a wrap. I'm going with the GS4.
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My battery ran dead on me and when I turned it back on, my power button was working again
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I'm going to try it when I get home. Where you able to get into download and/or recovery mode without it rebooting itself?

I was for a day or two. Now I am back to where it constantly boot loops if I try. Any insight on the matter?
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[Q] hanged...

installed katkiss 4.3 029.Installed gaps.
Tablet was fine. Google made restore for my apps.i tested a lot of them and everything was ok. When i start up to install app "outlook.com" the tablet hanged up! The screen went black...
No screen, the power button doesn't work. I know the tab is on, because i connect it to the pc and he stays in adb mode.
Wait for battery goes totally down?

Hold power button for 30 seconds, then release and power on normally ?

*Detection* said:
Hold power button for 30 seconds, then release and power on normally ?
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No. Power button don't work. I think there are only two possibilities: wait for battery goes down , or try to open the chassis and disconnect the battery...?

help please!!!

If you have adb, do:
adb reboot
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Berend de Boer said:
If you have adb, do:
adb reboot
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adb devices=ok but state offline. Meanwhile the battery went of. Tablet started with twrp. Wiped everything and "burned" kitkat!
for now is working. thanks