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From leaked 3.1 US to 3.0 WW?? Possible?

Hi guys. Well lol.. noobs just shouldnt play. =)
I was on WW 8.2.3.13 and updated to US 3.1. Now im having some problems with it. Been freezing and stuff.
So.. is it possible in anyway to go back to ww version so i can get th OTA version when it comes?
Found a link with the WW firmware. Tried to use it and boot with volume down but it wont work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090291

what i had to do was download the 8239 update from asus put it in microsd/asus/update then i hade to rename the file to ww_epad-user-8.4.4.5.zip. you should see update avaliable in the bottom right hand corner of the taskbar then select update. Then ur tf should do the rest itself.

Worked great! thanx =)

I tried this, it isnt offering me an update, no exclamation mark either

wilx said:
I tried this, it isnt offering me an update, no exclamation mark either
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Did you put the file in microsd/asus/update (the removable sd card not internal)

baseballfanz said:
Did you put the file in microsd/asus/update (the removable sd card not internal)
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yes I have put it there. Wont it need to be called us to fool it I can put it over the top? I need to return to WW stock rom. Will this unroot it and remove CWM too?

I am on PRIMORDIAL v3.1 btw

Hi guys!
Ok, place the zip file on microsd card. Then turn the transformer off.
Hold power and volume down until it boots up and you see the small text.
Now hurry and press volume upp right away. That seem to force it to start the firmware. I used the ww epad 8.2.3.13.
I dont know if its ok when your rooted tho..

wilx said:
yes I have put it there. Wont it need to be called us to fool it I can put it over the top? I need to return to WW stock rom. Will this unroot it and remove CWM too?
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Look here for unroot infos
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093403&highlight=unroot

baseballfanz said:
Look here for unroot infos
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093403&highlight=unroot
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Does anyone have the blob from the leaked 3.1, as the file has been pulled off the forums
thanks

Hello,
It doesn't work for me, is there any other thing to do ?
What i've done :
1) Make a folder called ASUS/Update from the root of your microSD card
2) Drop the .zip in there, rename to 'US_epad-user-8.4.4.5.zip'
3) If you're doing this on the Transformer itself, eject and remount the SD card. If on your PC, just plug the card in.
4) Click the update notification, it'll start the updater on it's own.
Got the notification, started it but got the warning when reboot itself in recovery, no update.

Discusbass said:
Hi guys!
Ok, place the zip file on microsd card. Then turn the transformer off.
Hold power and volume down until it boots up and you see the small text.
Now hurry and press volume upp right away. That seem to force it to start the firmware. I used the ww epad 8.2.3.13.
I dont know if its ok when your rooted tho..
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To quote meself. Try the above. I used 8.2.3.13 tho.

Do I have to rename it or anything else ?

Hi, i didnt do that. Just booted with power and volume down. Then as soon as the small text appear on left side i pressed volume up. That way it flashes it right away.

Ok, someone on a french forum find the solution that worked for me !
Download the last WW update on the Asus Website
Open the .zip file, in the ASUS/Update folder there will be another .zip file
Rename it EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it to the root of your external microSDcard
Boot in recovery (volume down and power) and then press volume up when it's asked in the upper left corner.
Let the update apply.
Once it boot, power off your tab, boot again in recovery, wait to have the wipe menu, confirme to wipe your device, let it wipe and reboot and that's ok !

gniouki said:
Ok, someone on a french forum find the solution that worked for me !
Download the last WW update on the Asus Website
Open the .zip file, in the ASUS/Update folder there will be another .zip file
Rename it EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it to the root of your external microSDcard
Boot in recovery (volume down and power) and then press volume up when it's asked in the upper left corner.
Let the update apply.
Once it boot, power off your tab, boot again in recovery, wait to have the wipe menu, confirme to wipe your device, let it wipe and reboot and that's ok !
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Sounds like you were using the wrong .zip file to begin with. There were a few going around. One was a zip with a zip in it, which you need to do what you did, another simply was that inner zip file. If you named the inner zip to US_epad-user-8.4.4.5.zip and followed the directions as posted previously it probably would've worked as well. Just looks like you had one copy of the zip and the instructions for the other

Was on TW_epad_user_8239 and updated to the leak 3.1 with US firmware.
managed to downgrade (all the way back to TW_epad_user_82313) and TF auto prompt me upgrade to TW_epad_user_8239 (with numerous reset)
However, there are many android.process* crashes...
*acore
*media
*gmail...
Still no OTA for 3.1 update

You have to wipe

gniouki said:
You have to wipe
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??factory reset ??

silly me..just do the vol down again...thanks

[q] asus t101 restore from image help

Thought I backed up original ROM, when I opened the file today it was blank (NVFLASH).
I did copy the internal sd and have a copy of that but its not the right file type.
I also have some image files of the ROM, can I use either of these?

How about a little more information.... what file did you open that was blank?
Do you have files that look like 09_APP_raw.img? Did you use a script or just type a bunch of stuff in at the command line?
How did you copy the internal SD card that it is not the right file type?
What are these image files of the ROM?
So many questions...

The way I copied the internal sd was in the file manager, had to click show hidden files to do it.

The blank file was a file that brk asus transformer root toolkit made. Went to do a restore with it the next day and file not found,
The image files I have are ones that another version cwm m ade doing a backup a few times that I got from the market. But that version of cwm doesnt support asus.

OK- it that helps. If you just want the stock firmware, you can get that from the ASUS website. You might have to get the 8.6.5.9 version and then upgrade to 8.6.5.13 via the ota. From there you can root again and/or install CWM if you want.
There are TF specific versions of CWM- solarnz and roach each have a version in the dev section. These might allow you to flash the data partition from your backups to restore any apps that you installed. I think brk's tool uses one of the modded versions of CWM.
As far as the internal sd card, you might have to copy those over with an external SD card/adb/ftp/etc.
If you want to restore one of the CMW images you have, that might be tricky, but you can extract them with the unyaffs tool. Google should find it for you. They might be flashable with one of the modded versions of CWM, but I think the modded versions have a slight difference in the parts that they backup/restore. You can try the "advanced restore" option to restore the data.img, but I'm not sure what would happen.

I looked at asus website for the rom, all I found were firmware and kernels are those the roms? I would prefer doing it that way.

Yup- select the android OS and pick your country specific firmware (aka ROM).
It might be tricky if you are downgrading I.e., you flashed 8.6.5.13 and want to flash the stock 8.6.5.9 firmware. I'm not sure if you can downgrade the "easy" way.
The easy way is to unzip the firmware and place the whole ASUS folder on your external SD card. Turn on the TF and insert the SD card when it is running- a notification should pop up to flash. ASUS has some documentation with pictures in the Manuals section. Look for one of the "Update SOP" files.
Let me know if that works. I've never tried to downgrade that way, so I'm not sure if it will work because you might be on a higher build number. If it doesn't, there is another way if you are rooted or you can use nvflash.

Let me get this right, do I use the firmwaree or the kernel.

Use the firmware.

Thanks, I reread the firmware aka rom. I'm in the us so the us one right! Will let you know if it works, says something about downgrading in there...

If it won't let you downgrade, then you have to do it the "hard" way.... but you have to be rooted.
Download the firmware and unzip it. It should be something like ASUS/Update/some.zip
Unzip the some.zip file and it'll contain a blob. Copy the blob to your external sd card or use adb to push it to your TF.
It would be a good idea to verify the MD5 sum of the blob. The US one that I downloaded for 8.6.5.9 is
MD5(blob)= 57d4c4342277d39e523e26b943891a1f
Use terminal on the TF or adb shell from your PC and type the following:
Code:
su
dd if=/Removable/MicroSD/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
the last three characters are zero-pee-four. It's important to get this right or you could mess up your TF.
If you copied it somewhere else, then adjust the /Removable/MicroSD/blob part.
It will take a while because it's a big file, but when it's done, type "reboot" or just turn off, then turn on your TF, and it will flash you back to stock. You should see a blue progress bar that moves very slowly. Be patient, it takes a while and should reboot when it's done. You will be unrooted with a stock recovery at this point.
Afterwards, you can verify that you have the downgraded firmware and then check updates to receive the OTA to upgrade to 8.6.5.13. Lastly, clean up and remove the blob file from your sdcard- it's 521MB!

Your awsome man! You took all that time to help me out and I won't forget it gee!

So did the downgrade work, or did you have to flash the blob?

Not gonna try tonight, thats how I lost the backup as I was tired... Will try tomorrow and will let you know what workes.
I have prime on here now so I dont think that would technically be a downgrade?
Yes I am rooted.

So while I have you, will a rooted machine get OTA updates?

Yup, the updates still download, but they usually break root or won't flash because something is not stock, such as kernels.
Of course, you can mod them so they flash and keep root.
Good idea about starting fresh tomorrow.

r u Randal in Ca?

No, sorry.

No worries, just reminded me of the big guy. Will let you know how everything goes. I try to be sure before I comet to a change I can't recover from so will have to sus up everything first.
I want to thank you again for the help, I hope you get compensated for it?

Hardy har har, and I'm still in thi situation!
We will see tomorrow!

[Q] B90

I have tried to root my TF doing it the way trippmcnealy say and to no success. I would get the android with gears turning then it would turn into an exclamation point and after a bit boot normally.
Anyone has the same issue? If not and you successfully rooted, feed back would be great. Oh when I got it, I updated without thinking.
Build# HTK75.US_epad-8.6.5.21
Any help would be great appreciated.

You can't root a b90 on .21, you have to downgrade to .19 and root with razor claw.

Brand New said:
You can't root a b90 on .21, you have to downgrade to .19 and root with razor claw.
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Is there a method that you are aware of at this point in time that allows you to downgrade from .21? If so could you provide a link?

CobraBytez said:
Is there a method that you are aware of at this point in time that allows you to downgrade from .21? If so could you provide a link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20799328

baseballfanz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20799328
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Already tried that multiple times and it didn't work.

felix8787 said:
Already tried that multiple times and it didn't work.
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Double check your file to make sure it's not filename.zip.zip if your PC is set to hide known extension and you rename it to filename.zip you're gonna get the extra .zip behind it.
Also it seems like the 2nd method by trippmcnealy getting better results for peoples

Did that too. I caught the .zip.zip and changed it. Still nada. Will try again. Another thing, from the external sd card, you take the file and copy and paste to filemanager and not in a folder correct? Cause I wasn't putting it in a folder and just added to the filemanager.

Yes it has to be on the root of the sd card, don't put it in any folder.
It will scan the sd card but not scan inside any folder.
Seems like you need two files on the external sd card and two files on the internal sd card as per trippmcnealy's method

So I leave the USB hooked up also as it's recovering? Will try now but with the US .13 first then update to WW .19.

No you don't need the USB connected.
Also after you downloaded the file you did unzip to get
WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19.zip out of the zip file correct?

Pasted onto root of internal..........powered down......volume down/power then up when prompted...nothing.

felix8787 said:
Pasted onto root of internal..........powered down......volume down/power then up when prompted...nothing.
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you pasting one or two files to the internal sd card?

2, EP101_SDUPDATE and the WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19, still getting the yellow triangle with the exclamation point.

felix8787 said:
2, EP101_SDUPDATE and the WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19, still getting the yellow triangle with the exclamation point.
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You can try this to see, someone said they changed the WW to US and it worked for them. Outside of that I'm not sure what else you can do.

Thats exactly what I was getting ready to do....let you know how it goes.

Quick update, nothing, I did notice that when I do a recovery it says something about recovering kernel and not update?

wait a min...........well, this is what it tells me.
System Update
The update package is not compatible with your current software, please check your software version and version number in Settings and try the correct update package.
System is restored to previous configuration.

After you download the file, did you extract the file within or are you using the file as is?

I transfer both files without extracting anything. Going to try and do the US.13.

Well that didn't work, looks like I will have to wait for a fix, thanks for you time and help!

Stock TF101 wont OTA

So my sister just bought a Transformer tonight, It has never been rooted or anything.
It will not detect any updates on the "search for update" OTA thing.
I also downloaded the ICS firmware directly from Asus's website, extracted it on a microSD card, and the trasnformer still doesnt show theres any update.
In the manual update guide it says put the extracted ASUS folder on the SD card, however there is no ASUS folder in the update downloaded from their site.
No idea whats going on.
Any help is appreciated.

Did you unzipped the file you download from Asus website? You can't leave it whole, there's another zip inside that zip.

Yep I followed all the instructions

Bawb3 said:
In the manual update guide it says put the extracted ASUS folder on the SD card, however there is no ASUS folder in the update downloaded from their site.
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Reading that gives me the feeling that you probably didn't do it right. There is no reason it won't work.
Can you post the EXACT steps you took?

I'm having the same issue
There is no ASUS directory in the zip.
Inside the second zip there is a file called blob and a directory called Meta-Inf with a bunch if files in.

Okay, I go to asus's tf101 site, download sectiion > firmware.
Download the US SKU 4.0.3 firmware update which is ~300mb
Extract that zip which yields a file with another ZIP inside of it. There is no ASUS folder.
Like the above poster said, the second zip file looks like a recovery update script that you would flash in CWM with a meta-inf with the signatures, and a blob file.
EDIT[SOLVED]:
Okay I figured it out. I downloaded the 3.2.1 update from asus, which does have the ASUS folder. This one worked and launched the update wizard.
It seems that the update wizard looks for the directory /ASUS/Update/US_epad-user-x.x.x.xx.zip file on the root of the microSd card.
So I put the ICS update which is US_epad-user-9.2.1.11.zip into the ASUS/Update/ Directory in the microSD card that I initially extracted from the 3.2 update. Sure it enough it launched the update wizard and allowed me to select that file for the update.
ASUS Didnt properly upload the ICS update it seems.
I still dont know why the OTA didnt acknowledge an update.

OK, this is just getting dumb now.
OK, this is just getting really really stupid now. ASUS I AM SERIOUSLY STARTING TO HATE YOU.
OK I have done the following across MULTIPLE reboots and really getting ticked off now. This would NOT be an issue if the recovery mode didn't give me a damned green droid with yellow triangle with ! in the middle of it.
I have:
Way 1
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1 - Extracted WW_epad-user-9.2.1.11.zip from the original WW_epaduser9_2_1_11UpdateLauncher.zip from ASUS site.
2 - Copied extracted WW_epad-user-9.2.1.11.zip to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip
3 - Put both zips on root of microSD. Failed. Tried with copy on /sdcard/ as well, both with and without leaving the original 2 on the microSD.
Way 2
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Extracted the WW zip both to the / of the tablet and to the root of the microSD, trying both with and without leaving the originals on the microSD.
Way 3
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Same exact as Way 1 and Way 2 but with removing the .zip extension from both files, and with swapping removal of the extension between the 2 files on both the tablet and the microSD.
Way 4
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Tried all permutations of Way 1, 2, and 3 with both 8.6.5.21 and 8.6.6.21.
NONE of these ways worked.
I grabbed NVFLASH with 8.6.5.13 and that flashed just fine, except that the recovery mode is still giving me the triangular ! droid image.
I absolutely positively can not root or otherwise do anything to this tablet.
The tablet is a ASUS 32GB Transformer HD Tablet (Serial #: B50KAS#####) with a 2GB microSD formatted with FAT32. (I've tried formatting NTFS and FAT32) This is not a Prime! This is the original Transformer!
I even found an article for how to create your own and tried that as well!.
(Wow really guys? You can't post outside links?? Really? What the heck is that retardation supposed to prevent? I mean really!)
All I get for that mess is the USB connection is dropped even before NVFLASH can do anything. I have Windows 7 Ultimate, Mac OS X Lion, and several distributions of Linux (ArchLinux, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and OpenSUSE). I've tried on them all!! This has been a great many hours trying to figure this out, searching like crazy through these forums. (Incidently, the 10 posts requirement in order to post in the 'experienced' area is just nuts.)
I even tried both the renaming WW portion of the zip name to US as described in other areas in this forum and it still failed! I'm a programmer by trade, and I have never run up against something as stubborn as this! The recovery mode is what is breaking all of this. I absolutely can not get a stable, working recovery mode on this tablet! Heck, I'd be happy with the stock 8.6.5.21 on here or ICS (the 9.2.1.11) without ever again attempting to root the pup! Can anyone assist in getting the recovery mode back to normal? Is there a way to use NVFLASH to write the original recovery mode back such that I stop getting that dang Droid With Yellow ! Triangle image?

Do you have CWM Recovery installed? If so, it will not do the OTA updates, but you can just go into CWM Recovery and then choose the 9.2.1.11 firmware and when it is done flashing, you will have an unrooted stock ICS (with stock recovery).

CWM
Unable to root. RazorClaw tells me I'm missing the required file (though it doesn't tell me what file that its) and says Too bad!

deryldoucette said:
Unable to root. RazorClaw tells me I'm missing the required file (though it doesn't tell me what file that its) and says Too bad!
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Razorclaw only works on 8.6.5.19.
Not certain on which version you try to run razorclaw.
use Vipermod on 8.6.5.21 or higher.

was 8.6.5.13 which is what i was able to nvflash back to the tablet. Do you know if there is a more recent nvflash packaged 8.6? Looking to see if I can at least put 8.6.5.21 on here. Currently still running the 8.6.5.13

Mine also wont OTA, i have put the downloads in ASUS/Update and nothing... does not detect updates.

Just bought my tf101 yesterday, same problem. Called support and they told me the update was not pushed to my device yet and a manual update would probably fail.how long ago was ics released?
found it, february 24th... It should be pushed to my device by now, right?
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G'day guys,
I finally managed to get it to work for me!
TLDR Version - I have the US build version - this may or may not be relevant to these instructions:
* Use "App Backup" to backup all your apps and/or data (optional)
* Factory reset
* Choose "English (US)" from the initial setup wizard and default options for the rest (skip wifi setup)
* Plug the transformer in to your PC via USB
* Create the following folder structure exactly (including case!)
<Internal Storage>\ASUS\Update
* Copy US_epad-user-9.2.1.11.zip that you extracted from US_epaduser9_2_1_11UpdateLauncher.zip to "<Internal Storage>\ASUS\Update"
* Reboot Transformer
* Choose the triangle from the notification area
* TF should update successfully!
Long version:
I followed the instructions in this thread but still wasn't having any luck.
I don't have an external SD card so I was copying the zip from the downloaded file to internal storage\Asus\Update. The triangle was appearing in the bottom right but when I went to do the update it would reboot to the android man with an "!" on his chest. I then tried a factory reset and then recopied the update and tried again. Same "!" dude. I tried another reset but did two things different and it then worked! Instead of choosing "English (UK)" on the initial setup wizard (I'm from Aus) I chose "English (US)" (just a wild guess given its US update required for my TF. The other thing that I did differently was located the update at "ASUS\Update". Note the capitalisation of "ASUS" where previously I was using Asus. I had this idea when I noticed the first time I had both "Asus" and "ASUS" folders there simulataneously. So one or both of those things made it work for me!
If these tips worked for you please post your success (or otherwise even).
Best of luck!

[Q] Total noob wants help reverting to factory rom

I've seen posts in other forums about where to find files and how to do this with other devices but nothing specific to the TF700. After installing the latest system update (4.2.1) I found a lot of apps, including system apps. were crashing and the whole thing was running incredibly slow. I went into the settings and did a factory reset, reinstalled the apps and set everything up again but the same thing is still happening.
I read somewhere that flashing the system rom (which I'm guessing reinstalls the system files) might be a way to get things working again. I've never done this before, and I know things can go badly if you do it wrong, so I'm hoping someone can walk me through it, including letting me know which files I should be using.
Thanks in advance for the help.

slap_shot_12 said:
I've seen posts in other forums about where to find files and how to do this with other devices but nothing specific to the TF700. After installing the latest system update (4.2.1) I found a lot of apps, including system apps. were crashing and the whole thing was running incredibly slow. I went into the settings and did a factory reset, reinstalled the apps and set everything up again but the same thing is still happening.
I read somewhere that flashing the system rom (which I'm guessing reinstalls the system files) might be a way to get things working again. I've never done this before, and I know things can go badly if you do it wrong, so I'm hoping someone can walk me through it, including letting me know which files I should be using.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Download the full Asus firmware from Asus site, unzip the file then copy the unzipped file to the root of your micro sdcard, you should see a notification to upgrade, do the upgrade.

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Download the full Asus firmware from Asus site, unzip the file then copy the unzipped file to the root of your micro sdcard, you should see a notification to upgrade, do the upgrade.
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I have tried to do that but the Build Number that I have isn't on the Asus site. After upgrading my build number is JOP40D.ww_epad-10.6.1.14.4-20130329
All the ones on the Asus site have 2012 as the year, and I even tried the one that matched everything else and just get an error message after it starts installing.
Any ideas?

slap_shot_12 said:
I have tried to do that but the Build Number that I have isn't on the Asus site. After upgrading my build number is JOP40D.ww_epad-10.6.1.14.4-20130329
All the ones on the Asus site have 2012 as the year, and I even tried the one that matched everything else and just get an error message after it starts installing.
Any ideas?
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Go to this page, select "Android" and find your build number - it's there: Version V10.6.1.14.4(WW)
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=ASUS+Transformer+Pad+Infinity+TF700T&p=28&s=1

slap_shot_12 said:
I have tried to do that but the Build Number that I have isn't on the Asus site. After upgrading my build number is JOP40D.ww_epad-10.6.1.14.4-20130329
All the ones on the Asus site have 2012 as the year, and I even tried the one that matched everything else and just get an error message after it starts installing.
Any ideas?
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Try this method:
Download this from Asus " Version V10.6.1.14.4(WW) "
You have to decompress the ZIP File. Then you have the actual update ZIP file, then rename the File to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without quote).
Reformat your micro sdcard to fat32 (make sure you do this) and copy the File to the root of a FAT32 formated microSD Card and insert into your Tab.
Now, reboot into recovery (hold volume down and power button and release when see white text on the screen) and the update install will begin without any verification of Software Version.

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buhohitr said:
Try this method:
Download this from Asus " Version V10.6.1.14.4(WW) "
You have to decompress the ZIP File. Then you have the actual update ZIP file, then rename the File to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without quote).
Reformat your micro sdcard to fat32 (make sure you do this) and copy the File to the root of a FAT32 formated microSD Card and insert into your Tab.
Now, reboot into recovery (hold volume down and power button and release when see white text on the screen) and the update install will begin without any verification of Software Version.
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This did it --- Thanks very much. Renaming the file allowed the update to complete and now it seems to be working normally again. I sure appreciate the help everyone!! :good: