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Well I think I bricked her...

I only installed the software cwm recovery (not nvflash), so I have no way out now. I haven't done anything serious except flash paul's patch and use titanium to uninstall some crapware like qik, that reader software, polaris office, etc.. nothing OS related, just apps. I also removed the GPS software, so I don't know what killed it exactly.
After removing those apps with TB, everything ran fine except I kept getting a force close from Qik... so I rebooted. Now it doesn't load and freezes on the LG screen with the loading bar not moving.
I don't know of any other options at this point...

Load up nvflash and get CWM on there so you can vol down + power into it. Then wipe data/cache and reboot.
You're not bricked even tho you think you are

GideonX said:
Load up nvflash and get CWM on there so you can vol down + power into it. Then wipe data/cache and reboot.
You're not bricked even tho you think you are
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brick means HARDWARE LOCK or SOFTWARE LOCK
if your screen turns on at all... there is hope
fallow gideonx instructions... they have a nice tut set up for Nvflash
plus a one click type thing in the development section

I'm bricked for the time being until I can get home. I'm locked out of the device manager here at work, so I can't install the nvflash driver. Ignorant sons o'....
Sometimes I really hate the IT department.
Hopefully this is a warning to everyone else that if they want a custom recovery, they should bypass the rom manager option as it's too dangerious and just do the nvflash option.

For now nvflash is a better option instead of RM.

So I got home and used nvflash to put the latest cwm recovery on it. I wiped cache and rebooted... it shutdown the phone instead. So I manually turned it back on and it did the same thing.
So I did a full wipe and flashed a rom... and now it bootloops. I may very well have a bricked device after all.

Flashed which rom?
Here's a nandroid restore you can use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274

Eagles Blood since it was the fastest available.
The stock backup image is taking a long time thanks to the slow download. It's really irritating when all I can get on my 20mbps connection is 64KB/s.

antoniouslj said:
Eagles Blood since it was the fastest available.
The stock backup image is taking a long time thanks to the slow download. It's really irritating when all I can get on my 20mbps connection is 64KB/s.
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I'd do the nandroid restore if I were you...

antoniouslj said:
Hopefully this is a warning to everyone else that if they want a custom recovery, they should bypass the rom manager option as it's too dangerious and just do the nvflash option.
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noone will heed that warning lol.

Not a brick bro...just a minor bump in the road..you will get wiser from this..
G2X

fcisco13 said:
Not a brick bro...just a minor bump in the road..you will get wiser from this..
G2X
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Actually it is completely gone now... seems like I have a defective device.
It won't boot into recovery or anything for that matter now, it just freezes at the first LG screen (the one without the progress bar). What's even weirder is I haven't really done anything to it... just installed and ran apps/games. I shut it down so I could install CM, but it won't boot into recovery or anything.
I tried redoing nvflash and it went fine, but it still won't boot into recovery.
This really sucks too... right on the eve of CM for this thing.

[Q] problem ics stuck at asus logo

I'm still stuck at the Asus eee pad screen and I didn't find a solution for it yet.
did the superwipe and I tried different roms,search in every topic.
I use the correct cwm 3.2.0.1
its driving me mad!Please help!!

How long are you waiting on booting?
Wipe everything, load rom, fix permissions and boot then give it 5 minutes...
Try gnufabios ics rom and watch the progress... does is say completed?

I did a superwipe and fixed permission,I have tryed the revolution rom and the standard with root.
after complete i did a reboot then you see the green bar then it reboots again and I wait for more then half a hour..
why is this happening to me things never go smooth ...

Perhaps try loading this one
http://uploading.com/files/1973838a/us-8.6.5.21-CWM-full-unrooted.zip/
Make sure the power is plugged in.
Hang in there champ, there's a solution somewhere.

thanks! I will try it later on.
hoop it works..
and if it don't do you have some other ideas? ?

I suppose more info would help.
What did you have before ? Revolver? Prime? Stock rooted rom?
If stock ROM, which version?
And which ROM did you try first when the problems started?
Ps: I'm no expert just read a lot of these threads and flashed a few Roms.

at first I had revolver 3.11 (hc) and the first ics rom I tried was the us stock rooted full (option b). I have tried different mirrors.

c-greg said:
I did a superwipe and fixed permission,I have tryed the revolution rom and the standard with root.
after complete i did a reboot then you see the green bar then it reboots again and I wait for more then half a hour..
why is this happening to me things never go smooth ...
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same thing happened to me too,since the update two times surprisingly i noticed my screen stucked at the Asus logo,i dont know why its so,it looks some issue there in the stability,
but anyway i just did a cold reboot by holding down the volume down button and the power button simuteneously untill cwm options appears on the left corner as well two images on the center then release the buttons,after few seconds the system will reboot normally.
sorry for my poor english...

that sounds like a different problem because you passed the installation process and the system just reboots (there are other with the same problem)I on the other hand am still stuck before that

just try going back to recovery and manually wiping rather than using super wipe - reflash the rom and reboot - dont fix permissions either.

sorry did that already. then people said superwipe is the solution but that didn't work either ..maybe I'm the only one....

Had the same Problem Yesterday.. - with a Restore from a CWM Backup..
Always Stuck @ the EEE PAD Screen.. - Tried Permissions, Wipe Cache, Old Backups etc. but the PAD never Boot..
After this i Flashed "Revolution ICS" and the Problem was gone.. - don´t know why. Maybe the Kernel?!

can you get back to another rom or base?
how much free disk space do you have?

Yes I can i'am now still on revolver 3.11 hc..
Tried the revolution HD rom didn't. Work either.
Very strange.......

try flashing the stock ww full rom with root first to give you an ics base.....
is it rogue recovery you have? if not flash it first and then try working from internal sd.
otherwise im not sure what else to suggest.

I don't know what roque recovery is...

I will try the roque method and some different roms will be back later on..
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Is it normal that while flashing a rom in cwm the bar won't move?it just stays gray..and then complete....
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Yes, thats normals.. Happens every Time here
I tried both Recoverys (Roque and Roach) was always the same ... - Hope Roque Recovery Helps you..
Flashed from External or Internal SD? Try Flashing from Internal so you know your External SD is not corrupt.. - You can flash from Internal only from Roque btw.

I'm getting sick and tired. Even roque won't work flashing it from internal..how long does it normally take to get past the eeepad logo??
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can't do factory reset or start the tablet

Hello, I've got a problem and I'd be very happy for any advice.
I am on rom JellyBean AOSP. I was using my Transformer and sound stopped working. So I decided to turn it off and on again and when I tried to turn it on and I wasn't able to start tablet anymore. I'm stuck on the first screen you see when you turn on the tablet. So I wanted to do factory reset in the recovery. In recovery everything works allright. When I click on the factory reset it says error when deleting something in /data/ and I also can't do "Format /data/" because of the same error.
Here is the log from recovery - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3045404/recovery.log
How can I completely delete /data/ can I do it somehow from PC for example? I don't care about my data I can lose everything. I just want to get it work. I also tried to flash AOSP JellyBean ROM again, but with the same effect. I think that tablet just can't do the factory reset but I don't know why. Thanks for any advice.

Hi there !
I think you should try to start your tablet into ADB mode, connect it to your computer and use the "adb shell" command. If your tablet was rooted, then you might be able to use the "su" command, but that depends also on your settings (I mean your Android settings... those you can't change anymore ).
Another way to get your TF101 working again is to use the NVflash "unbrick pack". OK, you'll be running the stock non-rooted ROM, but you'll be able to root it again and install a new fresh copy of your Android AOSP. I'm going to search for a link to this nvflash and I'll post it asap.
By the way, were you using the AOSP "alpha" from RaymanFX ?
EDIT : NVflash unbrick pack is here, and you also might want to try with EasyFlasher !

Thanks, I'll try it. Yes, I've been using alpha from RaymanFX. I haven't done anything that could "brick" my device while using the tablet before I turned it off.
This is what tablet shows after I attempt to do a factory reset. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3045404/DSC05813.JPG

GameEs said:
This is what tablet shows after I attempt to do a factory reset.
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That's weird. And you're using an old CWM Recovery
I think in most CWM versions there's a "fix permissions" item, you could try this one first. Im' not sure of what it exactly does, but it might do the trick: a permission-related problem seems (to me) a good reason for displaying this kind of errors...

yeah I also tried fix permissions but didn't help. I also remembered that it sometimes freezes even in the recovery. Is it safe to flash a new recovery NOW when I'm not able to startup the tablet? Please could you link me to the best recovery that I should flash? thanks a lot. I'm careful about it and I don't want to do something that would brick my device.

I dunno if it is the best recovery, but I prefer to use the CWM Recovery.
You'll find the 6.x series here.
I actually use the 6.x on my Sony Xperia Ray.
On my TF101, I use this touch Rogue recovery, not as recent as the first one. In fact I never did the update 'cause I'm waiting for the next release of RaymanFX's CM10 release to flash everything
EDIT: And I think you can flash a new recovery safely, because it's not on the same partition as the Android system. And in the case it fails, you should be able to boot in ADB mode and use the NVflash unbrick pack to get your device up and running !

oh god thank you so much. New recovery helped a lot it did factory reset and everything works allright. I would like to ask you one more question. what's in your opinion best rom for Transformer? I just want it to be stable. Because I don't like freezing every day and slow motion through tablet. I tried many roms but it was always unreliable. Thank you )

Great !
About the ROM s, one told me that Revolver is a great one, but I never used it.
I never had problems with CyanogenMod 9. I would recommend that one !
For now I'm running RaymanFX's CM10 build, which is great too !
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[Q] ASUS TF101 reboots, bootloops, tried reflashing

I'm at wit's end here. My TF101 will not stop rebooting. it doesn't matter what firmware I have on it (stock rooted, stock UNrooted, CM9, Frozn). it just reboots. the majority of the time it goes into a boot loop, or, if I'm lucky, I'll actually get to the homescreen for about five seconds, then it reboots. I just tried flashing the stock rom again. can't even get to the welcome screen now. I Never had this problem until I downloaded a firmware update (for stock ROM)
Using Rogue XM Recovery 1.5.0 (cwm doesn't want to work, for some reason)
S/n: C10KAS158799

When you flash between firmware, are you wiping cache, Davlik and doing a factory reset?

Go back to stock using easyflasher. It'll wipe your device clean, so make sure to back up important data. Then start over. I suggest Fred's guide over at transformeforums, it's the most complete one out there.

frederuco said:
When you flash between firmware, are you wiping cache, Davlik and doing a factory reset?
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Tried that. Still boot-looping. nothing I do seems to help. so far, I've had the most luck with Frozn. CM9 nor the Stock asus firmware seem to work at all anymore. apparently the recovery is borked too. anytime i try to wipe something, It freezes.
am I just SOL?
(edit) alright, so I tried it again. instead of boot-looping, now it just sits at the Eee pad screen forever

I would try using TWRP instead of Rogue. Never had an issue with Rogue myself, but TWRP is better IMO.
You can use EasyFlasher to push it in APX mode, or use ADB shell and push it using the dd command (see the terminal method here: http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/109)

frederuco said:
I would try using TWRP instead of Rogue. Never had an issue with Rogue myself, but TWRP is better IMO.
You can use EasyFlasher to push it in APX mode, or use ADB shell and push it using the dd command)
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Treid TWRP. wiped everything (Dalvik, System, factory reset, Cache) and flashed stock rom. still rebooting.

Des0late Law said:
Treid TWRP. wiped everything (Dalvik, System, factory reset, Cache) and flashed stock rom. still rebooting.
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Did flashing the stock ROM replace TWRP? It should have...

frederuco said:
Did flashing the stock ROM replace TWRP? It should have...
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It did. Now I can actually get into the OS for awhile, but it still reboots randomly (and bootloops, although not as often). I've been doing some googling. apparently the reboot/bootloop problem Is ICS based (or so some think) and, to be honest, I didn't have any problems with it before I updated from Honeycomb. that being said, someone wouldn't happen to have a spare honeycomb ROM lying around, would they? google (oddly enough) turned up nothing, and Android Revolution just leads to dead links...
Edit: never mind, someone fixed the links. will try 3.2 after I get home from work.

IMO if you are getting RR and SOD on a fresh stock install with nothing installed, it is probably a hardware issue with a failing chip on one of the boards. If it is still under warranty you may want to try to return it for repair.

Well, I haven't had the SoD issue, just reboots. I was able to use it most of the day yesterday, before I shut it off myself. It turned on fine this morning, too (rebooted once).
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frederuco said:
IMO if you are getting RR and SOD on a fresh stock install with nothing installed, it is probably a hardware issue with a failing chip on one of the boards. If it is still under warranty you may want to try to return it for repair.
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Alright. So, I flashed it back to Honeycomb. Haven't had a reset or reboot all weekend. I guess the problem WAS ICS-based. Can't figure why, though.
only downside to that is, can't use some apps on the market. oh well, I'll live!

[Q] Need Help!...Hope this isn't a brick...

I finally got the tf700t rooted/unlocked and thought everything was working well. I downloaded a ROM from GooManager and started to see what difference it would make on the tablet. For a few hours it seemed to be working fine. Then I noticed the screen was black and would not come back on. I then did a cold boot and that's when the tablet started power cycling. Please tell me this can be fixed. When I tried to restore the TWRP backup file it said "Restore Failed", and went back to power cycling/resetting. Have I bricked it?

mrchocklit said:
I finally got the tf700t rooted/unlocked and thought everything was working well. I downloaded a ROM from GooManager and started to see what difference it would make on the tablet. For a few hours it seemed to be working fine. Then I noticed the screen was black and would not come back on. I then did a cold boot and that's when the tablet started power cycling. Please tell me this can be fixed. When I tried to restore the TWRP backup file it said "Restore Failed", and went back to power cycling/resetting. Have I bricked it?
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It is more likely that you have a bootloop.. As long as your bootloader is working, you can do a lot of things that can bring your tablet back..

Also sounds like /data is corrupted.
Choose the wipe button in twrp and then format data.
Be warned you will lose everything on the tab but it will get you booting again.
Which kernel combination did you flash on CROMi-X 5?

sbdags said:
Also sounds like /data is corrupted.
Choose the wipe button in twrp and then format data.
Be warned you will lose everything on the tab but it will get you booting again.
Which kernel combination did you flash on CROMi-X 5?
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I didn't use CROMi-X. I downloaded a ROM from GooManager. How can I get CROMi-X and should I no longer use GooManager? I took your advice however and everything worked out well- thanks for that. I was still rooted and unlocked but I'd like to know exactly what I need to do in order to enjoy the tablet without 'messing' it up again.

mrchocklit said:
I didn't use CROMi-X. I downloaded a ROM from GooManager. How can I get CROMi-X and should I no longer use GooManager? I took your advice however and everything worked out well- thanks for that. I was still rooted and unlocked but I'd like to know exactly what I need to do in order to enjoy the tablet without 'messing' it up again.
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Just follow the instructions in the CROMi-X first post
I don't know how other ROMs set themselves up.