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[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.

HELP! I Brick the Tab.

Hi, im from Argentina.
My problem is the next.
I was trying to flash the new Flashback Rom 10.3.
Mi Clockworkmod was old, (cause i didnt have many options like the advance features). So i tried to update the recovery using ROM MANAGER from the market.
I use the first option (install clockworkmod) and then the fist item (dont remember wich, the name was like Elysium or so).
Then the tab restar and didn power up again.
My pc cant recognise the device by any form. Its not in APX mod cause of it
C:\Users\PC\Desktop\Gadgets\Gtablet\Nvflash>"nvflash.exe" --bct gtablet.bct --se
tbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile gtablet.cfg --create --go
Nvflash started
USB device not foundPress enter to continue:
Please any help of the advanced users. Thanks so much.

Problem solved. Had to Open te Gtab and use the Hard Reset button on the back.
My problem now is the CWM. I try to re install it. Put the update.zip and the recovery folder (copy and paste above the cracked recovery from Rom Manager).
When i try to Boot into recovery it freezes on Loading kernel Image.
What can i do now?

hawksneo said:
Problem solved. Had to Open te Gtab and use the Hard Reset button on the back.
My problem now is the CWM. I try to re install it. Put the update.zip and the recovery folder (copy and paste above the cracked recovery from Rom Manager).
When i try to Boot into recovery it freezes on Loading kernel Image.
What can i do now?
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If you can get your tablet into APX mode for NVflashing you need to get the latest pack to update your CWM and stock rom to a 1.2 bootloader in order to update to Flashback.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118898
This will help guide you into switching from 1.1 to 1.2 bootloaders.

.....and for God's sake, whatEVER you do with any other Android device, DON'T use Rom Manager on the GTab. You'll soft brick it 9 out of 10 times you use it. It's a fairly well documented issue with this device. just my 2 cents....

I would have to agree that if you are now able to get into APX mode, the best thing you can do is to NVFlash back to a stock 1.1 or 1.2 bootloader (see the previously mentioned thread) and start over from the beginning. Know which ROM you intend to use before you choose an NVFlash path, so that you flash to the proper bootloader version for the ROM you want to use.

Help, Gtab won't boot
My G-tab will not boot. It will only go to the APX mode. I have been reading this site for the past three days and have tried everything that I can find but nothing works. I can load CW and complete all of the steps, I can even get the gtab to boot up when I nvflash it but as soon as I reboot the gtab it goes into the APX mode. I would appreciate any help with this.

dakota_ev said:
My G-tab will not boot. It will only go to the APX mode. I have been reading this site for the past three days and have tried everything that I can find but nothing works. I can load CW and complete all of the steps, I can even get the gtab to boot up when I nvflash it but as soon as I reboot the gtab it goes into the APX mode. I would appreciate any help with this.
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Take a look at gtabletfordummies website. Start with code RED if you haven't already done exactly those steps. Use the NvFlash file from their site for your bootloader version with CWM already installed. If you have to use code DETOX and have problems after, you may need to search XDA again for "magic value mismatch error". (Sorry I can't post links so you will have to search!) Make sure you read everything and don't skip any steps.

Thanks for the reply but I have already went through all of the different sections of Gtablet for Dummies and my gtablet will still not boot past the APX mode.

Only other thing I can think of to try would be to remove the back cover of your tablet and hold (10 - 15 seconds) the internal reset button on the back of the board. That should factory reset it. Search this site (xda) for "gtablet hardware breakdown" for pictures and some info about taking it apart.

[Q]Help think i'm bricked!

Hello,
Need some help! or maybe got to find $400 for a new transformer if it's bricked .
Seem to bee stuck on and Eee Pad start up screen. I can boot up with volume down and get to a Droid lying on it's back with a red exclamation mark by using the up volume or to wipe data or Andoid with letting it start up holding down volume. But never any further
Basically I was trying to downgrade and to .17 and it seems to not have liked me I guess! Still not sure when I went wrong.
Is this bricked or is there something I'm missing? Thank you in advance for any help or info even if it's bad news I guess!

What method did you use to downgrade? Do you have and SD Card on the device with a blob file?

I have an Sd card in the device but i put the blob file in the root directory of my tablet, is that where I went wrong? Can I put a new blob on the SD card or did I mess that part up?
I used the 2nd method of Wolf's ultimate flash and downgrade guide.

andreas009 said:
I have an Sd card in the device but i put the blob file in the root directory of my tablet, is that where I went wrong? Can I put a new blob on the SD card or did I mess that part up?
I used the 2nd method of Wolf's ultimate flash and downgrade guide.
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Hmmm what was the last step you tried of Wolf's method? Remember it takes like 10 mins for it to completely downgrade. Did you use the one click version of wolf's downgrade? If you connect the tablet to your PC does it get recognized while it is stuck on boot? If you are able to access the internal sdcard try removing the blob file and rebooting.

So the last step I reached was step 9 for below
8. Once rebooted you will see ASUS EeePAD flashing progress bar. Be patient and wait till the end.
9. Tablet will reboot itself and start loading new system. (as it is first boot it may take few minutes)
10. Be happy from your new firmware.
I have left it for way over 10 minutes and it still stuck on the Eee Pad screen.
The main sticking point is that it doesn't recognize that anything is plugged in on the computer so I can't change or remove the Blob file which is why I think I bricked it. Without having access to the Tablet not sure how I can do anything.
Is there any different ways to boot it except with the volume down option?

Hmmm I guess you could try to see if adb recognizes the tablet while it is in the loading screen. I'm not an expert on adb though.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2

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.......

scottyf79 said:
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] [HELP NEEDED] Asus TF101 Stuck on splash screen ADB doesn't work!

Right, I searched on numerous pages on these wonderful forums, but couldn't quite find what I was looking for. So I'll try my luck here. I'll describe my problem.
My TF101 was rooted using the CWM recovery. After doing more research I found out I shouldn't be doing this. But, unfortunately the damage has already been done. After several succesful ROM installations I wasn't quite happy with, I tried one last CM10 install. That's when it all went to ****. My TF101 has been stuck on the Eee Pad splash screen for nearly 2 months now.
Normally when going into the recovery mode I can simply select install from SD card and install a new rom. Now it can't seem to mount and displays E:Can't mount \SD card or whatever.
Further on, I tried using the ADB tools to manually restore system files. Without luck. After which I tried to install the naked USB drivers using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426502. Without luck as well. I simply ran out of ideas.
The thing is, in Device manager I do see a device called Android. But, for some reason I can't seem to install any drivers for it. I guesse this would be the first step towards getting it back to work? Or perhaps I should just get it fixed at the computer store?
Any sugestions would be more than welcome!

Easy Flasher will get you back to stock as long as you can access APX. You will lose all data however.

1st mistake read forum before you do something, coz you would have learnt abt CWM issues, anyway thatsvan old story
You got Two options, find an flash able twrp.zip and flash it using current recovery if its still working otherwise as the other guy says easyflasher
To use easy flash you need
Easy flash software from forum
Universal naked driver installed
Asus firmware and PATIENCE
Follow the steps given in the forum and you should get back a tablet running stock rom, then if you want then use easy flash to root your device again but this time use TWRP recovery.....
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app

Right, so far I've done everything I could find. I have installed the naked ADB files and thus was able to make a connection through USB. However, I wasn't able to push any files onto the tablet through ADB commands.
I entered the (what I assumed to be) APX mode and tried to use EasyFlasher. It seemed to have worked, because a DOS screen asked me whether or not I wanted to overwrite several files. After ending the procedure I rebooted my tablet. And guesse what: CWM is still there and the tab is still stuck on the Splash screen. Also the internal SD still can't be mounted.
What am I doing wrong. I'm slowly but surely going mad here....

hmmm, easyflasher should not prompt you to overwrite anything, it should just wipe it clean. The only prompt is when you select SBK1 or SBK2.
Can you post screenshots? It'd help us understand what exactly is going on...

Lethe6 said:
hmmm, easyflasher should not prompt you to overwrite anything, it should just wipe it clean. The only prompt is when you select SBK1 or SBK2.
Can you post screenshots? It'd help us understand what exactly is going on...
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Right. Apparently I didn't put it in APX mode correctly. Windows asked me to install APX drivers. Which I now did. I then (I assume) was able to install the new recovery. The screen says !!!!phone update succes!!!!!. As we speak I am trying to install the stock ROM. Fingers crossed.....

AlbertGJBos said:
Right. Apparently I didn't put it in APX mode correctly. Windows asked me to install APX drivers. Which I now did. I then (I assume) was able to install the new recovery. The screen says !!!!phone update succes!!!!!. As we speak I am trying to install the stock ROM. Fingers crossed.....
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I'll just sum up what I've been doing so far, because it still ain't working for me....
1) Put the TF101 in APX mode using POWER + VOLUME UP
2) Started up EasyFlasher 0.8.3 and selected "Flash Asus stock zip / Unbrick"
3) When prompted "file ..\temp\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF" already exists I selected "A(u)to rename all"
4) And then starts doing it's thing
5) Stuck at creating and formatting 15 partitions with several three letter codes.
I've ran the program three times now, but without luck. Any sugestions?~
[EDIT]Alright, managed to get it to work! Ended the tasks in through task manager about 4 times, but the 5th time was a charm. Exactly work as said. All thanks to EasyFlasher![/EDIT]