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[Q] Some rooting Qs

Although I am new to rooting the TF I am running a rooted HTC Desire, so am familiar with the rooting process on android. But I have some questions about the concept on the TF:
Is firmware different to standard ROM updates?
Can the ROM, firmware and Radio ROM be updated independently of each other (is there a Radio ROM like on a phone)?
If you root your TF and falsh a custom ROM, do you no longer get the firmware updates from ASUS?
Given how new the TF is and how many problems there still are which need to be fixed by firmware, is it risky to root now and potentially lose firmware updates which fix bugs (eg trackpad/keyboard freezes)?

anyone? any help with the above questions?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070579
Sometimes it helps to search.
Bug fixes will be put into the ROMs just like the past.

Got some quick questions

Hi all, I just have a small handful of questions before I proceed on a venture of mine.
I've got a TF300T I bought about a month ago and I love it. I've spent time customizing it and pimping it out, and its great. My only issue is I -really- miss some of the features that come on the stock ASUS Rom, like the Swype keyboard, SuperNote, and the Polaris Office suite, to name a few. At the moment I've got the tablet rooted and unlocked running CM9 and I think its off of the .29 firmware, but I'm not sure. That being said, I've got a few questions:
1) Is there any way to port those specific features that I want from the stock ROM to CM9? So that would be the Swype keyboard, PolarisOffice, SuperNote, and a few others like the Asus weather app widget, and some of the other asus-specific widgets.
2) I know restoring a backup breaks the wi-fi, and I was given a fix (Flash the stock ROM over the current install without wiping out) but before I do that, which ROM would I use? I was at .29 when I rooted it a few weeks ago and I download the .30 Stock ROM from Asus' website today, but don't want to flash the wrong one and break compatibility or do anything like that.
3) I read somewhere that flashing the stock ROM would overwrite my recovery manager. If that is the case, would I lose the backups I've done with the recovery manager? (Clockwork Recovery Mod) Is there a way I can make a copy of my backups, then have those in case I lose them through the flashing of ROMS?
4) Since I won't receive OTA updates with unlocking it and whatnot, is it OK for me to go ahead and flash the .30 ROM from Asus' website that has the latest updates and what not? Or is there another resource I can access that has rooted versions of the .30 for my enjoyment? (I hope to install CM10 as soon as it becomes available!!)
Thanks so much for any and all help, I do appreciate it.
-Opethfan89

opethfan89 said:
Hi all, I just have a small handful of questions before I proceed on a venture of mine.
I've got a TF300T I bought about a month ago and I love it. I've spent time customizing it and pimping it out, and its great. My only issue is I -really- miss some of the features that come on the stock ASUS Rom, like the Swype keyboard, SuperNote, and the Polaris Office suite, to name a few. At the moment I've got the tablet rooted and unlocked running CM9 and I think its off of the .29 firmware, but I'm not sure. That being said, I've got a few questions:
1) Is there any way to port those specific features that I want from the stock ROM to CM9? So that would be the Swype keyboard, PolarisOffice, SuperNote, and a few others like the Asus weather app widget, and some of the other asus-specific widgets.
2) I know restoring a backup breaks the wi-fi, and I was given a fix (Flash the stock ROM over the current install without wiping out) but before I do that, which ROM would I use? I was at .29 when I rooted it a few weeks ago and I download the .30 Stock ROM from Asus' website today, but don't want to flash the wrong one and break compatibility or do anything like that.
3) I read somewhere that flashing the stock ROM would overwrite my recovery manager. If that is the case, would I lose the backups I've done with the recovery manager? (Clockwork Recovery Mod) Is there a way I can make a copy of my backups, then have those in case I lose them through the flashing of ROMS?
4) Since I won't receive OTA updates with unlocking it and whatnot, is it OK for me to go ahead and flash the .30 ROM from Asus' website that has the latest updates and what not? Or is there another resource I can access that has rooted versions of the .30 for my enjoyment? (I hope to install CM10 as soon as it becomes available!!)
Thanks so much for any and all help, I do appreciate it.
-Opethfan89
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1.) You can try downloading the rebloat zip from Seanzscreams' thread and installing the apps like that. I think Polaris and SuperNote should work fine. The Asus stuff, I'm not sure about.
2.) The one from the Asus site should be the right one. Just make sure you get the one for the correct region (actually, I don't think the region matters a whole lot if you aren't expecting OTAs).
3.) You won't lose the backups because you lose recovery. You will lose the backups because the stock ROM will wipe the internal storage. The best thing to do is just copy and paste the entire contents of /sdcard to a normal computer hard drive, then when you have stock flashed, just copy and paste it back.
4.) Getting the ROMs from Asus is perfectly fine. There are also a couple stock-based ROMs at various levels of "stockness" in the development section. However, in order to flash them correctly, you need to be on the stock Asus ROM anyway. So go ahead and flash the Asus ROM. You'll need to anyway.

Thanks for your response. I guess I didn't clarify my question about backing up programs. So, I read somewhere that you can buy a paid program, and within 15 minutes cancel that payment and not be charged. Within that 15 minutes, you can just backup the .apk file and have a paid program for free. Based on this logic, my question should have been stated Is there a similar way to backup the specific .apk files for the programs I want, such as SuperNote, Polaris Office, etc, or will those programs be searching for the specific version of the Stock ROM and not run unless the ROM is an Asus ROM?

[Q] Can I force an upgrade to JB? And do I want to?!

I'm in the UK, but haven't received a notification yet that there is a software upgrade available to me. I'm currently running ICS 4.0.3. which I rooted.
Presumably the JB update is out in the UK? Why am I not receiving it? Do I want it, given a few comments on here about glitches? And assuming the consensus is that it is a decent upgrade, can I force an OTA download somehow? Clicking Check update doesn't help!
Thanks

aliaird said:
I'm in the UK, but haven't received a notification yet that there is a software upgrade available to me. I'm currently running ICS 4.0.3. which I rooted.
Presumably the JB update is out in the UK? Why am I not receiving it? Do I want it, given a few comments on here about glitches? And assuming the consensus is that it is a decent upgrade, can I force an OTA download somehow? Clicking Check update doesn't help!
Thanks
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I'm not sure why you're not getting the update, but you can get JB on your tablet by flashing custom ROMs. If you haven't unlocked your boot loader yet, beware that it voids your warranty. The AOSP based ROMs, mainly Cyanogen Mod 10, has the latest JB build. There are ROMS based on stock Asus's build, and they're also blazing fast, with no bugs & glitches AFAIK. If you are flashing the stock-based ROM, you should also know that you can't flash non-stock Roms afterwards, at least for now, due to the different bootloader for asus' JB build.
Or alternatively, you can download the UK JB firmware from the ASUS website, copy it to your internal storage and reboot. There should be a notification for firmware update then. Hope this helps.

sosroz said:
I'm not sure why you're not getting the update, but you can get JB on your tablet by flashing custom ROMs. If you haven't unlocked your boot loader yet, beware that it voids your warranty. The AOSP based ROMs, mainly Cyanogen Mod 10, has the latest JB build. There are ROMS based on stock Asus's build, and they're also blazing fast, with no bugs & glitches AFAIK. If you are flashing the stock-based ROM, you should also know that you can't flash non-stock Roms afterwards, at least for now, due to the different bootloader for asus' JB build.
Or alternatively, you can download the UK JB firmware from the ASUS website, copy it to your internal storage and reboot. There should be a notification for firmware update then. Hope this helps.
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The current cm10 is for the ICS bootloader not JB.
I downloaded the zip from asus support, unzip once which leaves a zip. Placed that on sdcard, reboot, notification triangle displayed, clicked it and agreed to update.
I wish I had stayed on ICS and used the current cm10.
or
1. Power off your tablet
2. Download the latest TF300T firmware (XX_epaduser_10_4_2_9_UpdateLauncher.zip) from Asus site based on your SKU location (eg. ww, US, etc): http://support.asus.com/Download.asp...300T&p=20&s=16
3. Right click and extract the downloaded .ZIP file (XX_epaduser_10_4_2_9_UpdateLauncher.zip) onto your desktop
4. Rename the extracted .ZIP to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE" (without the " ") and copy it to your MicroSD card
5. Insert the MicroSD card in your tablet
6. Boot your tablet into Recovery by pressing and holding Volume Down AND Power for 5 seconds
7. A message will inform you that you have 5 seconds to enter Recovery; press Volume Up before the 5 seconds expire
8. At this point the device will go in recovery and should start updating your firmware

Look into getting NVFlash before you do anything, while you're still on ICS

tobdaryl said:
The current cm10 is for the ICS bootloader not JB.
I downloaded the zip from asus support, unzip once which leaves a zip. Placed that on sdcard, reboot, notification triangle displayed, clicked it and agreed to update.
I wish I had stayed on ICS and used the current cm10.
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Yep, that's why I said he can't flash AOSP ROMs anymore once he upgrades to JB...
There's less customization for the stock-based ROMs, but in my experience, CM10 doesn't seem to play nice with the keyboard dock compared to the stock-based builds. For example, my lock/unlock key doesn't work on CM10, as well as auto-sleep when I close the tab-dock. The cursor is changed too when using the trackpad (it shows a big-arse circle instead of a pointer).
Anyway, it's only a matter of time until CM10 can be flashed via stock bootloader, we'll just have to be patient (I miss playing around with CM10 too).

sosroz said:
Yep, that's why I said he can't flash AOSP ROMs anymore once he upgrades to JB...
There's less customization for the stock-based ROMs, but in my experience, CM10 doesn't seem to play nice with the keyboard dock compared to the stock-based builds. For example, my lock/unlock key doesn't work on CM10, as well as auto-sleep when I close the tab-dock. The cursor is changed too when using the trackpad (it shows a big-arse circle instead of a pointer).
Anyway, it's only a matter of time until CM10 can be flashed via stock bootloader, we'll just have to be patient (I miss playing around with CM10 too).
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Thanks for the additional info I was not aware.

Easiest way to get Jelly Bean on a Verizon Xoom 3G (Everest)

I have recently purchased a refurbished Verizon Xoom 3G with Honeycomb on it. Once I connected the device to the internet I got the ICS OTA update bringing me up to 4,0.4. I purchased this device thinking Xoom has Jelly Bean now. Verizon however has still not released the JB update and I want JB on my Xoom.
My question is what is the easiest way to root / flash this device? I have flashed custom roms / recovery apps on several other tablets (Viewsonic Gtab, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire etc... I would like to use TWRP just because I'm a noob and it's easy but if getting CWM on this device is easier I'm ok with trying that too.
I am wanting to flash the CM10 rom since the thread states it works with the Everest version of the Xoom. My other question since this is my first 3G tablet, do I have to do anything special once the new ROM is flashed to reactivate my Verizon service? I'm assuming I just need to go back in to the system settings and choose to activate device like I did in ICS to setup the 3G connection like I did originally.
I know this is a noob question so go easy on me I have found a few different options on here so far but I wanted to ask users with this device what the most dummy proof method they have used is.
Thanks for reading!

Hi, follow the guides int he development thread.
You need to flash a recovery (I like TWRP) , and then choose a ROM. I currently like the rom from TeamEOS as it is full featured and popular, but there are more.
In general, research a little and pick something which fits. BRD may have 4g working for 4.2.1 soon I've heard, but you can use other roms until this is working and you don't want to 'test'.
Thebeast715 said:
I have recently purchased a refurbished Verizon Xoom 3G with Honeycomb on it. Once I connected the device to the internet I got the ICS OTA update bringing me up to 4,0.4. I purchased this device thinking Xoom has Jelly Bean now. Verizon however has still not released the JB update and I want JB on my Xoom.
My question is what is the easiest way to root / flash this device? I have flashed custom roms / recovery apps on several other tablets (Viewsonic Gtab, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire etc... I would like to use TWRP just because I'm a noob and it's easy but if getting CWM on this device is easier I'm ok with trying that too.
I am wanting to flash the CM10 rom since the thread states it works with the Everest version of the Xoom. My other question since this is my first 3G tablet, do I have to do anything special once the new ROM is flashed to reactivate my Verizon service? I'm assuming I just need to go back in to the system settings and choose to activate device like I did in ICS to setup the 3G connection like I did originally.
I know this is a noob question so go easy on me I have found a few different options on here so far but I wanted to ask users with this device what the most dummy proof method they have used is.
Thanks for reading!
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[Q] about ROM updates and nexus 4

Hello,
since getting my nexus 4 couple of days ago, i've been reading all I can about rooting and such.
I think I got the gist of it but there are still some questions that bug me.
1) When installing a custom ROM what exactly the procedure for updating it. Do I need to reflash each time an update is out or can I use some kind of OTA style update ?
2) If I have 4.2.1 on my phone now, can I put for example a 4.2 or even a 4.1 ROM ? Can I go lower than that or it is impossible to go lower than what the phone comes with from the factory, in my case 4.2
3) I think i'll probably go with Cyanogen but they don t have a release build for 4.2 yet and I see nightlyes are released almost daily. Is there a simple way to receive the updates without reflashing ?
4) Can I mix kernels and ROMs or should I check which custom kernel each ROM maker recommends ?
thanks.