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[Q] Bricked Transformer

I had a working Transformer until earlier today when the OTA update came along. Having accepted installation, my device now gets to the Eee Pad / ASUS logo and hangs there (waited for about 45 minutes after the update). Trying to reboot into recovery gives:
Android WW_epad-user bootloader < e> released by "WW_epad-8.2.3.6-20110414".
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image
It does not give me the Up to recovery, Down to wipe option.
Any thoughts on how I might recover the device?
Many thanks in advance for your help.

Ohh **** that dont sound good
Sorry i cant help with any advice on fixing it, apart from trying a factory reset ?
Did you apply the update with under 50% of the battery available ?

No, full. And connected to the mains.
I cant get any option to do a full wipe, it never asks me.

morak said:
No, full. And connected to the mains.
I cant get any option to do a full wipe, it never asks me.
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There are some things you can try in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032374
Here a few key combinations for anyone interested:
VOL_DOWN + POWER (continue holding VOL_DOWN when it starts booting until you get a prompt) = Bootloader which offers two prompted options: (1) Recovery if you press VOL_UP within 5 seconds or (2) Data wipe if you press VOL_UP later. None of these seem to offer any USB devices like fastboot etc.
VOL_UP + POWER or VOL_DOWN + VOL_UP + PLUG IN USB = NVFlash mode. It clearly is the NVFlash APX device that we see appearing, but it barfs as soon as we run any sort of nvflash on it (Many Windows and Linux versions have been tried). Please note that in this mode the screen stays completely blank and the only way to get out of it is the following option:
Hold POWER for ~10s = Forced power off. This always helps if you are stuck in some weird mode and nothing on the screen
Dont know if any of these key presses will work on yours, worth a try to get it to recover ?

Yeah I had seen that thread. Unfortunately no joy from either option. I dont get the prompt when I do VOL DOWN+POWER, just seems to go straight into recovery. And as the post says, NVflash doesn't help at the moment.
Can't even seem to get the ADB USB devices to show up, I can only get the APX device which seems to be fairly useless ATM. Looks like I may have to RMA the thing.

What is that small hole next to HDMI port? Did you try that, it may just be button (use paper pin) to reset it to factory default?

Or maybe microphone ? lol i personnaly don't think those tablets would actually have a reset button, would check the manual first before sticking a paper pin into every holes...

My Transformer just came in, I accepted the OTA update and while installing it saw this thread and had a dreadful feeling. Thankfully, it rebooted fine and is working... sounds like something's wrong with yours unfortunately OP .

If you haven't tried the 10 second power button method as mentioned in an earlier post it's definitely worth a try.

stuntdouble:
I thought the 10 sec power button thing just turned the device off. Is there something else I can do that I am missing?

I think it clears cache and/or ram too. I'm not saying it will definitely fix your problem, it may not, but if it was me I'd try everything. It won't damage anything so don't worry.

Have you tried getting into the Clockwork mod recovery? You need to place it on an external microsd and when you do the holding down when switching on thing, it goes into the recovery on the card instead of the stock one. It might allow you to flash a rom to get it running again.
You can find the Clockwork recovery with instructions here
http://android.modaco.com/content/a...od-recovery-for-the-asus-eee-pad-transformer/

Good idea, unfortunately it didnt work. It doesnt appear to be allowing me to get to the point where it will read EP101_SDUPDATE.zip from the SD.

You sure filename is EP101? Shouldnt it be TF?

All the instructions call for EP101, but I tried TF too just in case!

dotpro said:
What is that small hole next to HDMI port? Did you try that, it may just be button (use paper pin) to reset it to factory default?
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It's a microphone. If you go poking a paperclip in there, good luck claiming under warranty.

Same thing just happened to me... reboot for update, stuck at boot screen.
Not sure if we can find a EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for higher than 20110414 if that'd be a fix or what... or even a PC restore process.

hecatomb said:
Same thing just happened to me... reboot for update, stuck at boot screen.
Not sure if we can find a EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for higher than 20110414 if that'd be a fix or what... or even a PC restore process.
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sonofab*tch same here. You would think they would warn people that this could happen. This is ridiculous. Their worthless phone tech kept traying to get me to hold f9. I wanted to reach through the phone and punch him.

So you are getting bricked units with stock? No modications or rooted devices?

stuntdouble said:
So you are getting bricked units with stock? No modications or rooted devices?
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Root doesnt work on the US devices, also, OP hadnt rooted.

Please help, volume and power buttons not working in fastboot.

My power button is broken so I need to take my phone in to get it replaced. Following the instructions to get it unrooted/return to stock, I need my phone to be recognized in fastboot. It's not happening; I've tried it on three PC's and none of them even see a device connected. It's not even a matter of drivers because when I'm in fastboot it's like nothing is connected at all.
I can't use my volume buttons in fastboot, basicaly I can't do anything at all in fastboot...no volume buttons, no power button and it can't be recognized.
Volume buttons work when phone is turned on. I can do anything I want in recovery or when the phone is up, but in fastboot I can't do anything.
Someone please help!!
By the way, ADB works perfectly but obviously fastboot does not because my PC thinks nothing is connected when fastboot is up on my phone and as I mentioned, my phone is completely unresponsive to anything that I do when I'm in fastboot. I can't use the "volume up/volume down" and tap the power button to get into downloading mode either because MY STUPID POWER BUTTON IS BROKEN!!!
Thank you again in advance....you will be my hero if you can help me with this!!!

forumsid987 said:
My power button is broken so I need to take my phone in to get it replaced. Following the instructions to get it unrooted/return to stock, I need my phone to be recognized in fastboot. It's not happening. I also can't use my volume buttons in fastboot, basicaly I can't do anything at all in fastboot...no volume buttons, no power button and it can't be recognized.
Volume buttons work when phone is turned on.
Someone please help!!
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tap or smack the back of the phone near the power button until the volume buttons let you scroll. thats what i do. at first it took me a long time, but now it takes me seconds.

delete pls , my mistake sry

simms22 said:
tap or smack the back of the phone near the power button until the volume buttons let you scroll. thats what i do. at first it took me a long time, but now it takes me seconds.
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I have tried that so much I think I'm going to break my phone.
I just need someway to return this phone to stock without expecting fastboot to work because it seems like it is unresponsive since the power button is not working. I know this sounds weird as heck but I have all the correct drivers installed but three different computers don't see any kind of usb device connected when the phone is in fastboot. I sincerely believe it's because while in fastboot my messed up powerbutton is screwing it up because it's thinking that the power button is held down the entire time.
If anyone has any ideas on how I can get back to stock please tell me. I have 100% access on my phone when it's in recovery because I can use the buttons at the bottom and I have 100% access when it's fully booted up but when it's in fastboot I can't do anything and no computer even sees a USB device connected to it.
Pleaseeee help!!

forumsid987 said:
I have tried that so much I think I'm going to break my phone.
I just need someway to return this phone to stock without expecting fastboot to work because it seems like it is unresponsive since the power button is not working. I know this sounds weird as heck but I have all the correct drivers installed but three different computers don't see any kind of usb device connected when the phone is in fastboot. I sincerely believe it's because while in fastboot my messed up powerbutton is screwing it up because it's thinking that the power button is held down the entire time.
If anyone has any ideas on how I can get back to stock please tell me. I have 100% access on my phone when it's in recovery because I can use the buttons at the bottom and I have 100% access when it's fully booted up but when it's in fastboot I can't do anything and no computer even sees a USB device connected to it.
Pleaseeee help!!
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i believe that my phone thinks my power button is always pressed down too, but fastboot works here. my suggestion is that you try a different usb chord. i had an usb chord that i could charge with fine, but nothing else worked. i thought my nexus one was messed up until i tried another usb chord.

simms22 said:
i believe that my phone thinks my power button is always pressed down too, but fastboot works here. my suggestion is that you try a different usb chord. i had an usb chord that i could charge with fine, but nothing else worked. i thought my nexus one was messed up until i tried another usb chord.
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I tried 3 cords, I'm going crazy here! USB works perfect everywhere but both fastboot and recovery don't let me use my volume or power buttons...at least I can get by in recovery because of the capacitve buttons but I need fastboot to return to stock to get a new phone. I am so frustrated!!!!

forumsid987 said:
I tried 3 cords, I'm going crazy here! USB works perfect everywhere but both fastboot and recovery don't let me use my volume or power buttons...at least I can get by in recovery because of the capacitve buttons but I need fastboot to return to stock to get a new phone. I am so frustrated!!!!
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have you tried pdanets website? http://junefabrics.com/android/
go there, download the free download and install it to youre computer. its tethering software. but thats not why you should try it. follow the on screen instructions after its installed and itll install the proper latest drivers for your phone. theres a chance your drivers might be out of date.

oh yeah. Used pdanet drivers and Google drivers. No luck with either. I can adb with both but like I said the deicer is not the issue it's that fastboot is totally unresponsive so it looks like nothing is connected to the pc
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

anyone have any other options/ideas for me?? It would be greatly appreciated

Find an Odin package. Put phone into download mode by installing battery, holding volume buttons while connected to USB.
Does anyone know if the 301k ohm resistor jig works for ns?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

ODIN doesn't work because of the gosh darn power button being broken.
I went kinda crazy and erased everything in recovery so now all the phone does is boot straight into fast boot. I deleted the boot.img recovery everything, hahahaha (I laugh but really I'm crying inside).
I need a fix ASAP, I'm officially out of a phone.

simms22 said:
tap or smack the back of the phone near the power button until the volume buttons let you scroll. thats what i do. at first it took me a long time, but now it takes me seconds.
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Wow, this actually worked for me Thanks Simms!
I just got stuck in the same situation (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22884288&postcount=24) so I kept tapping the back of my phone (with the back cover off). Fastboot kept restarting at first, but then my volume keys started allowing me to change options. I selected recovery and nandroid restored my phone. Now all is well *wipes brow*
Funny thing is, my power button now works properly again (it hasn't been working for the past week)

forumsid987 said:
oh yeah. Used pdanet drivers and Google drivers. No luck with either. I can adb with both but like I said the deicer is not the issue it's that fastboot is totally unresponsive so it looks like nothing is connected to the pc
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App
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have you found any solution? I have the exact same problem here: powerbutton stucks and no usb-recognition in fastboot (no luck with the tapping either) but no problem with adb in normal mode.
would be great to know if you found a way to deal with this. Thanks!

kajik123 said:
have you found any solution? I have the exact same problem here: powerbutton stucks and no usb-recognition in fastboot (no luck with the tapping either) but no problem with adb in normal mode.
would be great to know if you found a way to deal with this. Thanks!
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Same problem here.... going crazy since the power button just died on me. I think the device thinks the button is pressed all the time, which makes it a hw issue.. any help to retrieve data on phone would be great!

Having the same problem as the OP...
Pls can someone find us guys a solution.:crying:
Thanks

I had a broken power button and had the same problem. I just sent it back to Samsung with no ROM on it and they fixed the power button and put Gingerbread back on it even though I had voided my warranty by unlocking the bootloader ;')

MistaJae said:
Funny thing is, my power button now works properly again (it hasn't been working for the past week)
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yeah. mine started workin again after installing jb... almost made me believe it was software problem
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

caleb1783 said:
yeah. mine started workin again after installing jb... almost made me believe it was software problem
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app
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Mine broke when I installed Jelly Bean. Something fishy is going on. Now I have the same issue as OP.

Nexus S boot problem

Here's the problem..my Nexus S power button isn't working, so I was using other hardware keys to shut down, turn on and such. Now I got into a problem. I installed chainfire3d drivers and now the phone won't boot and since my power button is broken, I can't access recovery. I can get into fastboot but the volume up/volume down buttons won't work so I can't select the option "RECOVERY" plus my PC doesn't recognize that my phone is in fastboot (I'm using Windows 8, 64bit.)
Can someone help me with this, if it's possible? How do I get into recovery?
Thank you in advance.

SlashSpeed said:
Here's the problem..my Nexus S power button isn't working, so I was using other hardware keys to shut down, turn on and such. Now I got into a problem. I installed chainfire3d drivers and now the phone won't boot and since my power button is broken, I can't access recovery. I can get into fastboot but the volume up/volume down buttons won't work so I can't select the option "RECOVERY" plus my PC doesn't recognize that my phone is in fastboot (I'm using Windows 8, 64bit.)
Can someone help me with this, if it's possible? How do I get into recovery?
Thank you in advance.
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There might be several solutions to your problem. According to what youve written it seems that the powerbutton is stuck in the "ON" position, right? Meaning that the phone turns on when you insert the battery. It would also mean that in bootloader you cant select anything because the powerbutton is "pressed". Sadly if this is the case, having properly working drivers wouldnt help since phone wont be detected until the powerbutton is in the "OFF" position.
Case 1: powerbutton in "ON" position
Solution 1: Send your phone to repair. Sadly you will have to pay for that since your warranty is void (unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty as far as i know". Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Solution 2: Since your warranty is void, do it yourself. NS disassembly is quite easy and theres nothing to be afraid of. In this case theres just some dust so once you také it appart and clean the powerbutton it should work again. Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Case 2: powerbutton in "OFF" position
There are plenty of tutorials around here on getting drivers to work. General advice would be reinstall the drivers, try different ports, try to do it from other computer.
Hope this helps, good luck

cahir_cz said:
There might be several solutions to your problem. According to what youve written it seems that the powerbutton is stuck in the "ON" position, right? Meaning that the phone turns on when you insert the battery. It would also mean that in bootloader you cant select anything because the powerbutton is "pressed". Sadly if this is the case, having properly working drivers wouldnt help since phone wont be detected until the powerbutton is in the "OFF" position.
Case 1: powerbutton in "ON" position
Solution 1: Send your phone to repair. Sadly you will have to pay for that since your warranty is void (unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty as far as i know". Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Solution 2: Since your warranty is void, do it yourself. NS disassembly is quite easy and theres nothing to be afraid of. In this case theres just some dust so once you také it appart and clean the powerbutton it should work again. Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Case 2: powerbutton in "OFF" position
There are plenty of tutorials around here on getting drivers to work. General advice would be reinstall the drivers, try different ports, try to do it from other computer.
Hope this helps, good luck
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Hey, thanks for the help, much appreciated. I'll try to open the case and clean the power button if possible and see if it's gonna work then.
On the other note, after 3 hours of searching I finally found the right solution. When on the Google screen, Windows recognized the phone as "Nexus". I clicked on it in device manager and installed Android ADB interface driver (which I downloaded via SDK manager). Windows then recognized the device in cmd via adb and I could reboot into recovery with the command "adb reboot recovery".
What a relief! :victory:

SlashSpeed said:
Hey, thanks for the help, much appreciated. I'll try to open the case and clean the power button if possible and see if it's gonna work then.
On the other note, after 3 hours of searching I finally found the right solution. When on the Google screen, Windows recognized the phone as "Nexus". I clicked on it in device manager and installed Android ADB interface driver (which I downloaded via SDK manager). Windows then recognized the device in cmd via adb and I could reboot into recovery with the command "adb reboot recovery".
What a relief! :victory:
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Congratulations Never knew you can use adb while booting Good luck with the cleaning

Well I'm just..brilliant to say the least. After I fixed everything I tried to install the Chainfire3D driver again, this time with no EGL and well, same thing happened, no boot. Stuck on Google screen, just that this time, Windows recognizes the device as "google file-cd gadget usb device" not as "Nexus" or "ADB interface". Damn it...
Edit: Well, I'm clueless now...any help would be appreciated..

SlashSpeed said:
Well I'm just..brilliant to say the least. After I fixed everything I tried to install the Chainfire3D driver again, this time with no EGL and well, same thing happened, no boot. Stuck on Google screen, just that this time, Windows recognizes the device as "google file-cd gadget usb device" not as "Nexus" or "ADB interface". Damn it...
Edit: Well, I'm clueless now...any help would be appreciated..
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well get in to fastboot menu and original flash firmware
should i take u step by step? or u have some idea of fastboot?

uxmanz said:
well get in to fastboot menu and original flash firmware
should i take u step by step? or u have some idea of fastboot?
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I can get into the fastboot menu, but I can't use the volume up/down buttons and I don't think that my computer recognizes the device in fastboot at all, because of the broken power button. If you could help me somehow, then I would really be in your debt.

SlashSpeed said:
Well I'm just..brilliant to say the least. After I fixed everything I tried to install the Chainfire3D driver again, this time with no EGL and well, same thing happened, no boot. Stuck on Google screen, just that this time, Windows recognizes the device as "google file-cd gadget usb device" not as "Nexus" or "ADB interface". Damn it...
Edit: Well, I'm clueless now...any help would be appreciated..
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Asking for it aren't you?
Chainfire isn't compatible with Jellybean. Seriously.
Google-file CD Gadget USB Device is what becomes detected as "Nexus" later in the boot process. Have you tired detecting devices with adb devices?

polobunny said:
Asking for it aren't you?
Chainfire isn't compatible with Jellybean. Seriously.
Google-file CD Gadget USB Device is what becomes detected as "Nexus" later in the boot process. Have you tired detecting devices with adb devices?
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Yeah...learned it the hard way..I'm too stubborn sometimes. Chainfire3D actually worked on CM10 on the Optimus Black, seems like here it wasn't the case..
Anyway, about that, yeah, I did and it doesn't detect it. Can I somehow turn the CD gadget USB device back into Nexus, like it was before or?

SlashSpeed said:
Yeah...learned it the hard way..I'm too stubborn sometimes. Chainfire3D actually worked on CM10 on the Optimus Black, seems like here it wasn't the case..
Anyway, about that, yeah, I did and it doesn't detect it. Can I somehow turn the CD gadget USB device back into Nexus, like it was before or?
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I believe you could always enter download mode and ODIN back to stock in the worst case scenario.

polobunny said:
I believe you could always enter download mode and ODIN back to stock in the worst case scenario.
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I tried that, but nothing happened, I couldn't enter download mod, probably because the power button is broken and it's probably on "ON".

SlashSpeed said:
I tried that, but nothing happened, I couldn't enter download mod, probably because the power button is broken and it's probably on "ON".
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If you can enter bootloader mode you can enter download mode.

polobunny said:
If you can enter bootloader mode you can enter download mode.
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I can enter download mode by holding down Volume Up and Volume Down together right? It doesn't work sadly..

SlashSpeed said:
I can enter download mode by holding down Volume Up and Volume Down together right? It doesn't work sadly..
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Make sure your phone is connected to your PC. Then hold VOL down and press power if I recall correctly. It might be both volume keys together that you hold, but either way you need to make sure you phone is connected to your computer.

polobunny said:
Make sure your phone is connected to your PC. Then hold VOL down and press power if I recall correctly. It might be both volume keys together that you hold, but either way you need to make sure you phone is connected to your computer.
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Tried both, with just volume down and volume down + up and nothing. My phone was connected to the PC. I can only enter the bootloader..

SlashSpeed said:
Tried both, with just volume down and volume down + up and nothing. My phone was connected to the PC. I can only enter the bootloader..
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If you hold the middle of the volume key while connecting the USB cable (not pressing power) do you see anything?

polobunny said:
If you hold the middle of the volume key while connecting the USB cable (not pressing power) do you see anything?
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I can't do that, because as soon as I plug in the battery the phone turns on..but yeah, I tried what you said and nothing.

SlashSpeed said:
I can't do that, because as soon as I plug in the battery the phone turns on..but yeah, I tried what you said and nothing.
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Ah obviously. I'm out of idea here, someone else might chime in. Other than making the power button work, you might have thrown yourself into a real problem this time.

polobunny said:
Ah obviously. I'm out of idea here, someone else might chime in. Other than making the power button work, you might have thrown yourself into a real problem this time.
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If nothing else helps, I guess I'll just send it to a repair center for the power button. I wanted to do that anyway and I sadly I have a real reason.. :/
Polobunny, I appreciate your efforts though.
Edit: Took my phone to a repair center, screw it.

[Q] Asus TF300T bricked. Black screen and APX mode only. I'm desperate!

Hello to everyone. I beg your help, please. I bought this amazing second hand tablet last friday. At the first attemp, and because I didn't want to read all the threads, I bricked the tablet. Yes, stupid thought, I know.
Because I wasn't happy with the result, I wiped all and delete bootloader, system, data... Everything. I know something with Microsoft issues and brave me (and silly) I thought It was similar, that I could start from outside of the tablet even if it was blank.
Anyway, the facts are:
The tablet is allways on, in APX mode. When I press down the power boton, it reboot. I know because when it's conected to my laptop, I can see the USB interface conected and the APX mode on it.
The screen is allways in black. ALLWAYS. No matter if I try to start in recovery in bootloader or any other way to start the system. Black, nice black.
Of course, no result in Power + Vol up, Power + Vol -, pressing power during 3 hours and 23 minutes... (I'm joking), but for long.
The only signal by which I know that it's not dead at all its when I conect the charger. I can see the small orange light in the power buton saying: "I'm alive"
Ok, I don't know what to do. I've read during the weekend as much as I could, tried evrything and nothing fixed. If it helps, before playing to be God, I had Android 4.0.1, I unlocked the bootloader with the apk, I installed the TWRP recovery and everything were right until I wanted to update the rom. Some mystakes that I don't remember and this is what I can tell you. Any holy soul which can help me, please? If not, can anyone help me? Thank you and I'll be looking forward your help.

evoin said:
Hello to everyone. I beg your help, please. I bought this amazing second hand tablet last friday. At the first attemp, and because I didn't want to read all the threads, I bricked the tablet. Yes, stupid thought, I know.
Because I wasn't happy with the result, I wiped all and delete bootloader, system, data... Everything. I know something with Microsoft issues and brave me (and silly) I thought It was similar, that I could start from outside of the tablet even if it was blank.
Anyway, the facts are:
The tablet is allways on, in APX mode. When I press down the power boton, it reboot. I know because when it's conected to my laptop, I can see the USB interface conected and the APX mode on it.
The screen is allways in black. ALLWAYS. No matter if I try to start in recovery in bootloader or any other way to start the system. Black, nice black.
Of course, no result in Power + Vol up, Power + Vol -, pressing power during 3 hours and 23 minutes... (I'm joking), but for long.
The only signal by which I know that it's not dead at all its when I conect the charger. I can see the small orange light in the power buton saying: "I'm alive"
Ok, I don't know what to do. I've read during the weekend as much as I could, tried evrything and nothing fixed. If it helps, before playing to be God, I had Android 4.0.1, I unlocked the bootloader with the apk, I installed the TWRP recovery and everything were right until I wanted to update the rom. Some mystakes that I don't remember and this is what I can tell you. Any holy soul which can help me, please? If not, can anyone help me? Thank you and I'll be looking forward your help.
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Are you able to access fastboot? If so, flash the STOCK ASUS 4.0.1 Rom again. The mistake I think you made was flashing a ROM not compatible with the bootloader you have. You first have to update the bootloader to 4.1.1 or 4.2.1 to flash any of the current ROMS.

No fastboot, no bootloader update.
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Are you able to access fastboot? If so, flash the STOCK ASUS 4.0.1 Rom again. The mistake I think you made was flashing a ROM not compatible with the bootloader you have. You first have to update the bootloader to 4.1.1 or 4.2.1 to flash any of the current ROMS.
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Thanks for the reply:
I can't access fastboot. The tablet does nothing, just allways on in APX, so I can't update the bootloader. Neither I can't switch it off. I've read smething about run out the battery and start a process with ODIN?

I haven't tried it before, but maybe there's a way to create a bootable SD that will automatically install one of the stock ROMs so you can start over again?

If you can't get to the bootloader/fastboot/recovery and only have APX and no back upped NVFlash files then I think you are bricked unfortunately

hi is there any solution to solve this problem, or tablet dead

I'm in the same situation! :crying:
no solution???

Same story
Same here -- black screen, PC recognizes it as an APX device, but neither fastboot nor adb seem to work.
I didn't even try to mod mine. I was just using it normally, and it crashed, and now all it does is give me a black screen. When I poke the reset button, my PC notices the device disconnection and then a minute later it re-connects, but still nothing.
Holding down volume up/down during reset does nothing. Holding down power, with or without volume buttons, for an extended period does nothing.
This looks to be like an epidemic problem for these devices. Has nobody gotten a handle on it yet?
pty

I am also in your situation.
I have a tablet with Tegra xperia 3, black screen! APX mode only!
Does not read any adb and fastboot driver!!
There are new?

Hi everyone,
for me now the same situation. Only APX aviable. no fastboot ect...
pls help me solve this issue.
Thanks a lot.

Turn on in APX-Mode. You won't see anything on the screen, the display does not turn on.
If you connect the USB cable to a Windows PC, Windows will recognize it as an APX device.
On this mode you may use nvflash tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969797.
If nothing works, you should exchange the Mainboard!

[Q] Have I bricked my tablet

Hi there,
The other day I was on TWRP and tried to flash an ASUS update file (probably didnt really know what I was doing). Anyway, the flash failed.
I then thought I ought to wipe the OS and restore to a backup. I got as far as wiping the OS when the battery died.
The next day I turned the device on and a progress bar appeared but didn't get anywhere. Frustrated, and aiming to reboot into TWRP, I turned off the tablet.
It now will not turn on.
So...Hard brick?
I will have to send this thing off to Asus otherwise.
Many thanks, reply much appreciated.
Chaza

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chaza01 said:
Hi there,
The other day I was on TWRP and tried to flash an ASUS update file (probably didnt really know what I was doing). Anyway, the flash failed.
I then thought I ought to wipe the OS and restore to a backup. I got as far as wiping the OS when the battery died.
The next day I turned the device on and a progress bar appeared but didn't get anywhere. Frustrated, and aiming to reboot into TWRP, I turned off the tablet.
It now will not turn on.
So...Hard brick?
I will have to send this thing off to Asus otherwise.
Many thanks, reply much appreciated.
Chaza
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Bump. Any quick reply would be welcome, I think I've been a noob so sorry if this thread makes you want to smash your head into the keyboard. I hadn't flashed anything for ages so was a tad rusty.
When I plug the transformer into the computer the led on the power button comes on, but the transformer will not power on.
Any ideas?
Many thanks

chaza01 said:
Bump. Any quick reply would be welcome, I think I've been a noob so sorry if this thread makes you want to smash your head into the keyboard. I hadn't flashed anything for ages so was a tad rusty.
When I plug the transformer into the computer the led on the power button comes on, but the transformer will not power on.
Any ideas?
Many thanks
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You should still be able to get into recovery even with a bad wipe/flash, but your battery is drained. You need to plug it into the wall charger and let it charge and then boot directly into recovery.
Once you are there, you should be able to flash a ROM.

I'll give that a try
kiden said:
You should still be able to get into recovery even with a bad wipe/flash, but your battery is drained. You need to plug it into the wall charger and let it charge and then boot directly into recovery.
Once you are there, you should be able to flash a ROM.
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Hi, many thanks for the reply, I will give that a try and get back to you tomorrow.
Many thanks

tried...
kiden said:
You should still be able to get into recovery even with a bad wipe/flash, but your battery is drained. You need to plug it into the wall charger and let it charge and then boot directly into recovery.
Once you are there, you should be able to flash a ROM.
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Hi there,
I charged the tablet over night and the LED was showing as it was charging.
However, it still will not turn on.
When I connect the tablet to the computer the computer eventually recognizes that something is connected but deems it to be corrupted.
Any ideas?
Many thanks

Did you boot into recovery like I instructed?
Boot into Recovery Mode. You can do this by pressing and holding down the Volume Down and Power buttons until you are greeted with a message saying “Press Volume Up to enter RCK (5S)”. In less than 5 seconds, press the Volume Up button to enter Recovery Mode.

kiden said:
Did you boot into recovery like I instructed?
Boot into Recovery Mode. You can do this by pressing and holding down the Volume Down and Power buttons until you are greeted with a message saying “Press Volume Up to enter RCK (5S)”. In less than 5 seconds, press the Volume Up button to enter Recovery Mode.
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Hi, it will not boot at all.
However, when I plugged it into the computer and did so, the computer made a beeping sound therefore recognizing a device was attached after I had pushed down the power button and volume down. On one occasion, it recognized an asus device was connected, and so I proceeded to install the correct driver and so installed 'asus bootloader' or whatever it was called. This didn't seem to change anything so I deleted the driver intending to install Asus ADB bit so I could perhaps force a boot from the computer. However, after uninstalling the driver the computer stopped recognizing the tablet beyond 'APX'.
Any ideas?
manyt thanks

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