I had to post in the Q&A since i'm a newb here, but my transformer is bricked, and i tried the unbricking method seen in the development thread and I keep getting stalled at "waiting for bootloader to initilize"
does anybody know how i can fix this and get a stock rom on my transformer incase i need to rma it.
I am also running VMware as i do not have a windows pc at the moment, so i don't know if that has anything to do with it.
Any help is much appriciated, thank you.
Not sure, but does VMware support USB devices?
it does, or at least it shows apx mode when it's plugged in. I may need to just try it on an actual windows computer though :/
EDIT: for some reason it worked right after i posted that. I didn't really do anything different, htc-hd2 is just good luck i guess!
Running VMWare on what machine? A Mac ?
Can't you dualboot Windows 7 with BootCamp ?
I dont have a mac, just going on what I have heard
VMware is probably your problem. Boot up a Linux live CD and run this: Stock Honeycomb 3.2 (Actually if you have a mac you can run this too, just run extract the archive and run the bash script from the terminal)
It's a tar ball that I put together that contains the files needed to flash a stock image of 3.2 via nvflash. The archive is about 300mb IIRC.
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Ok I know this isn't the right forum for this but I know how good the developers in this forum are. What's happened basically is I installed Android on my pc on the same partition as windows xp. But it doesn't work properly and now when I boot it loads grub but windows Isn't listed as an os. So how do I boot into windows and remove android and grub. I've looked everywhere and I can't find how to do it. Plz if anyone can help I will be very grateful.
Thanks
Dion.
I'm not an Android expert but I can't imagine, that it's really possible to install Android on the same partition as XP ?!
Edit: OK, maybe it's possible, but it's not a good idea at all..
However...
-Boot with your XP CD
-Press R
-Enter "fixmbr"
That should help you..
It won't be easy removing grub. What you can do is have grub show Windows. Grub will load the Windows bootloader, which in turn will load Windows.
You can also set it to automatically boot the Windows bootloader, so you can delete the Android partition (don't delete grub!).
I don't think there are any Android specific guides available for this, but if you can get into a shell (which I doubt you can't), follow this: h t t p://supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Howto_Boot_Grub_from_windows
Also, I think running fixmbr or something similar from a Windows recovery console (using a DVD) would work (h t t p://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392).
Hope this helps.
Thanks I will try the supergrub link as its a netbook I haven't got a cd drive so ill let you know how I get on. Thanks for replying.
P. S.
Luvin swiftkeys.
Ok thanks I fixed it. I used the grub console to boot into windows then I used something called testdisk in windows to restore the windows boot partition. Thanks
Hey folks -
I am a proud new owner of a Xoom, and would love to unlock and root it! I have had a Droid X for a while now, and while it is rooted, rommed and the rest, I have not dealt with a bootloader before. All I had to do was use Z4root and go from there, simple. I used a friend's PC at school to learn how to SBF if needed, and that's as far as I've gotten with Android.
I could really use help with unlocking the Xoom. I am running Parallels on my Mac (Windows XP Home) and am unsure how to go about installing Android SDK. Motorola Drivers I think I am all set, I've run the program and it says I'm up to date. With Android SDK, however, I downloaded the zip and it says there are no files to extract. I run the installer program for Android SDK, and it says I need Java JDK. I download Java JDK, and yet Android SDK installer program still says I don't have it.
I would really appreciate where to go from here, and I apologize if this has been covered somewhere else, but I did look around for quite a while and I don't want to do anything prematurely and mess up a $600 device. Again, apologies for my nOObness.
Thanks!
Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I did exactly what you are talking about doing. Boot into your virtual machine and install all the sdk, moto drivers, and fastboot.
When connecting your xoom, enable USB debugging and make sure the usb device (when plugged in) is attached to your parallels machine only, it should give you an option when booting it up.
Everything works as normal, Parallels really has no drawbacks, just follow the root instructions as if you were doing it on a native machine.
I actually ended up just doing everything on my Mac natively, but thanks for the info! I think I was more confused on actually installing the SDK properly than anything else.
I have spent all day long trying to figure this out, I dont have a pc and need to see if I can install CWM recovery on my UNLOCKED/UNROOTED jelly bean tf700, using a mac? (I would like to install cleanrom in the end).
any help would be highly appreciated!!
Not a Mac user however
I see that Android SDK is available for MacOS.
The tools are evidently downloadable: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
A video that may help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iJzC5uMfC4
Seems if you can get a terminal window up on your Mac you should be able to flash to the tablet.
thank you
Thats OK said:
I see that Android SDK is available for MacOS.
The tools are evidently downloadable: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
A video that may help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iJzC5uMfC4
Seems if you can get a terminal window up on your Mac you should be able to flash to the tablet.
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thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question! I have unlocked, installed twrp and flashed cleanrom and clemsyns kernel. I did go through hell with the twrp flashing since i am not well versed in pc language (nor mac really) but I was able to get it in the end. I ended up borrowing a pc (without the owners knowledge though, oooops!!).
Everything smooth and great now!!
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hey guys im trying to use virtualBox on my Ubuntu machine. Im trying to run windows 7. Got it all set up and loaded with no problems. Heres where I cant get passed.
Im trying to get VB to utilize the entire screen space. Ive read through all the articles about installing the additions iso. I cant seem to find a good copy. Also I cant get Odin to recognize my phone either. I have USB set up in VB and can access the files on phone but cant get Odin to recognize it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You can install guest additions from within VirtualBox. It shows up as a mounted CD drive. Open it, & run the appropriate script.
If your ultimate goal is to use Odin, though, I don't think it will work through VirtualBox. Maybe it's possible, but I think it needs direct access to the USB. You could just dual-boot Windows & do it directly.
Thanks for the info
post-mortem said:
You can install guest additions from within VirtualBox. It shows up as a mounted CD drive. Open it, & run the appropriate script.
If your ultimate goal is to use Odin, though, I don't think it will work through VirtualBox. Maybe it's possible, but I think it needs direct access to the USB. You could just dual-boot Windows & do it directly.
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thanx for the info dude. I guess i just assumed i could get it to work in a virtual machine. Could have swore Ive seen Adam doing it...mind u he is MUCH MUCH more educated than me. That is my goal. I have a linux machine and wanna use odin to flash Adams Odin root file for the Note 2. No problem running his CASUAL program, but need to root it first and as far as I can tell it needs to be done in Windows. I guess I can always turn a spare computer back into a windows machine...just didnt wanna have to go through the headache,.
Well, you can boot off a Ubuntu install disk (or make a GParted Live USB), then use gparted to resize your Ubuntu. Set a few GB aside for a new partition, then install Windows there, instead of installing Windows in the VM. It ends up being the same thing, just a few more steps to get it running.
Just make sure you back up your grub config and mbr. I don't think Windows would make your Ubuntu install vanish, but ya never know...
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Im trying to get VB to utilize the entire screen space.
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Oh, yeah. The default command to switch to fullscreen mode is Host+F, where the default Host key is Right Ctrl (so, RightCtrl+F).
Someone know anything about how I might be able to recover my TF300T. I am stuck with the issue of only being able to get into APX mode. Running Xubuntu and I can see it in APX mode. When I run the sudo ./recover.sh command it looks for my create.bct file.
It never found it. I swear I put the files in the same folder as everything else.
I must have deleted the files when I installed the dual-boot of Windows 8 and Xubuntu. Stupid me.
Is there any way of finishing this or does someone have their tf300 files who may have got rid of their tablet?
I just want to get the files to see if I can get it running. I can work from there.
I am probably screwed, right?
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Someone know anything about how I might be able to recover my TF300T. I am stuck with the issue of only being able to get into APX mode. Running Xubuntu and I can see it in APX mode. When I run the sudo ./recover.sh command it looks for my create.bct file.
It never found it. I swear I put the files in the same folder as everything else.
I must have deleted the files when I installed the dual-boot of Windows 8 and Xubuntu. Stupid me.
Is there any way of finishing this or does someone have their tf300 files who may have got rid of their tablet?
I just want to get the files to see if I can get it running. I can work from there.
I am probably screwed, right?
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The bct files and recovery files are unique to the tablet, so you can't exactly use someone elses blobs.
You're free to try using it if you want: https://app.box.com/s/7badykf3m2jx7ijli6hf