My transformer tablet is having a hard time getting past the initial splash screen. It i let it just start up it will not go past this screen however if i press vol down + power so that i get a choice to either boot or wipe and select the option to boot it will boot android. I am also unable to access the recovery and reflashing from the cwm app doesn't seem to fix this issue.
Doles anyone have any suggestions? Sadly I have an SBK2 device so i cannot use nvflash, are their any other methods of getting the stock boot/recovery back on? or a way to repair my current boot / cwm recovery?
Thankful I was able to resolve this. This post held the answer i sought. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25083176&postcount=13
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ASUS TRANSFORMER ROOTED 3.2.1
I am having major issues where my tablet keeps freezing on eee pad screen when turning on and the only way to start it up again is by pressing volume down and power and then waiting for it to start up.
If I try to get in to CWM i just get this message:
Android ww_epad-user bootloader (e) released by ww_epad-8.6.6.19-2011101
Checking for android ota recovery
Skiping android ota checking
checking for RCK.. press key (vol_up) in 5 sec to enter RCK (press volume up and the next line of text appears)
Booting revovery kernal image (nothing happens, should this not take me to CWM??)
Also when I turn the tablet off, it turns itself back on almost instanly but only to the Ee pad screen this has happened since last night.
Dude try following steps
Probably you might have tried all these steps, if you haven't then try it once
1) Re-install CWM by downloading from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
I use version 3.2.0.1 because it allows MMC card access and latest versions only allow internal memory access. Donload in copy to your MMC.
2) Put the MMC back in your tablet and restart with holding down vol down key and as soon as screen turns on press vol up key and that should let you into CWM recovery.
3) If you can get into recovery i would advice you to wipe everything clean and install the CWM you downloaded.
4) flash the ROM and enjoy..
Hope these steps will help..
I'm afraid that the problem is that he is unable to start cwm....or boot his TF.
serpicoUK, do you have Nvflash capabilities? (what is your serialnumber?)
if so then maybe this will help you to install cwm back:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446019
or maybe this will help if you still can use ADB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592120&highlight=freeze+recovery
see post 12 and futher of above thread
I cant get CMW to work, when I try to flash it, it says need to reboot to go into recovery mode, all it does it freezes on the Eee pad screen.
S/N B7OK........
it looks like your CWM is broken(i know its obvious so don't laugh), so how about you trying unroot your tablet using nvflash. this link should help you in that
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524302
i say unroot because getting your tablet working is more important and you can always get root back, so stop worrying about getting fixing CWM and unroot it through nvflash... btw this my personal opinion as whenever i face issue with CWM on my tablet or phone i unroot them...
you know you can always get into nvflash mode, so either flash CWM or unroot using nvflash....
What ever I do nothing seems to work.
Its now working, not sure how but it is.
Thanks for all your imput
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I have flashed the CWM from TF201 by accident. Now the tablet is stuck in that CWM mode. I can't connect to usb using adb mode. Power+volume down does not work anymore. Any way I can reflash the correct CWM?
THanks
If you can boot to OS - you can use fastboot to flash any recovery.. or flash TWRP from goomanager.
upd: sry..don't see about "stuck".
abe_cedar said:
I have flashed the CWM from TF201 by accident. Now the tablet is stuck in that CWM mode. I can't connect to usb using adb mode. Power+volume down does not work anymore. Any way I can reflash the correct CWM?
THanks
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I have made the same mistake. Although I can get the device to fastboot USB mode. I have tried to use CWM with the restore I made before I put in Cyanogenmod 9, as well as putting on the Cyanogenmod experimental #2 for TF300. No error messages at all and it wipes data and cash without any problems.
But I get locked on the Asus boot screen and it does not continue ie I am stuck as well.
I have as well tried to use the TWRP 2.1.5. I get the Teamwin loggo screen, it wipes all the data and verifies all the filesystems and reboots. Still stuck.
Is the device bricked ?
upd:The TF300 can not be shutoff either. When you hold the power button the screen goes black, but after ~5 s the device is starting again and is still stuck on the Asus bootup screen.
if you reboot it holding vol down and power, can you get back into the boot menu, to reselect fastboot?
if holding the power button doesn't switch it off, what happens if you leave it to run out of batteries then do this?
then you can flash the correct recovery.img
cheedear said:
if you reboot it holding vol down and power, can you get back into the boot menu, to reselect fastboot?
if holding the power button doesn't switch it off, what happens if you leave it to run out of batteries then do this?
then you can flash the correct recovery.img
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Yes, I can get access to the fastboot and I have already tried to flash with the recovery.img. I have as well let the battery run out and tried it once more with the same result.
Still stuck on the asus bootup screen.
power
Hare,
I have same problem.tab cannot power off. Just reboots into cwm.
I was thinking to drain bat. Thanks for sharing that info.
There are a lot of topics about people who broke their devices with TF201's recovery.
Afaik, no one recovered it. Send to Asus.
So the device is bricked then :'(.
Thanks for clearing it up.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
RMA..
Guillaume,
Thanks for clarification.
I have read that ASUS wants 700USD for replacing/reflashing the bootloader. That was for the tf201. Any way to nvflash it back to factory? I don't believe that they have to change the MB.
I have no warranty left, but I don't want to be gouged by them either.
Any thoughts, info?
Hi,
I've do the same mistake, but I can use adb.
Do youhave any news about our problem?
Thanks
Midyr
unable to power off
My issue is that I have the CWM for the tf201. I did the update from the CWM app in Android. Bad idea. So now the tab does not power off s.t. I can get into the power+vol down mode. Adb does not work since I cannot ( don't know how) to make it go into the usb debugging mode. I have tried several things none of which have worked. Still stuck.
I wanted some feedback for a RMA from ASUS, posted it here but sor far no answers.
Not sure if it would really work, but on my Evo, I don't have to completely power off the phone to do the recovery sequence. I can do it during a normal reboot. There is a point just before the device starts booting again where it is technically "off", and if I hold volume down (don't even have to hold power on my Evo; volume down seems to be the only necessary button) starting at this point, the phone will boot into the bootloader.
So, next time the device reboots, just start holding volume down (possibly power also, just in case) at the "off" point.
I just got a transformer pad tf300t, and i am new to android, and just the other day i managed to brick it. i have searched for hours on end for a way to unbrick it, but all the methods i can find don't match my circumstances. So far all i have managed to do it get it into APX mode (i don't know how), and installed a driver so that in Device Manager it says "Asus Transformer Prime APX Interface". Whenever i do volume up+power button, or volume down+power button on boot, it reboots and returns to the boot screen where it stays forever until the battery goes dead. This all happened after i unlocked the boot loader, attempted to install clockworks, and then the battery went dead while using the wipe system data option in the boot menu (or whatever it's called when you do volume down+power button). Any help would be awesome and i would greatly appreciate it.
EDIT: Just sent an email to ASUS about the problem, and of course they weren't any help and just said i might need new hardware (hopefully not true)
Hi, i've met the same problem.
In fact when i tried to update my TF300T to JellyBean, my device didn't want to boot anymore only in Recovery or on Bootloader. So i tried to update the Recovery with the fastboot and install a TWRP recovery with Fastboot in USB and tried to re-install the ROM (CM 10).
But after that, Recovery and Fastboot did'nt work anymore. I've made a video to illustrate the problem (youtu.be/9aSWZrkP_Ec)
This is like that in Loop untill the device has no battery left.
Sorry for my mistakes, i've got an aproximative english
Thanks for any help.
To the OP, if you can some how push a new boot.blob from a ROM and then push a new system blob from the stock firmware, that fixed it for me. I could get into recovery still though so I used fastboot to do this.
Hello, I have always been able to solve any issues from forum posts but haven't been able to find anything specific. Any help is HUGELY appreciated!
I was attempting to flash some 10.1 CM, so I went to the stock recovery and did a wipe data from my previous ROM and start clean. It rebooted without giving any indication and just hangs on the ASUS screen. The device is unlocked and I see that in the corner but when I try and boot using POWER + VOL DOWN it just hangs there without giving the typical recover options. I saw the nvflash but it looks like it requires me to go into fastboot at the outset. I can use POWER + VOL UP and the device shows up in APX.
As I have not used APX, I not quite sure of its capabilites. Is there a way I could flash a custom recovery image using APX or am I SOL? Thanks again for any help.
prkl8r said:
Hello, I have always been able to solve any issues from forum posts but haven't been able to find anything specific. Any help is HUGELY appreciated!
I was attempting to flash some 10.1 CM, so I went to the stock recovery and did a wipe data from my previous ROM and start clean. It rebooted without giving any indication and just hangs on the ASUS screen. The device is unlocked and I see that in the corner but when I try and boot using POWER + VOL DOWN it just hangs there without giving the typical recover options. I saw the nvflash but it looks like it requires me to go into fastboot at the outset. I can use POWER + VOL UP and the device shows up in APX.
As I have not used APX, I not quite sure of its capabilites. Is there a way I could flash a custom recovery image using APX or am I SOL? Thanks again for any help.
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Reboot and wait, it should throws some errors, let us know the errors.
Hello!
After having ran Titanium Backup, I noticed a strange behaviour after booting so I went into Recovery Mode and tried to boot the recovery kernel (RCK option). Afterwards, the device's screen was frozen so I held the power button to restart the device. I tried to enter Recovery once more and chose the Wipe option. Seeing that the device's screen was still frozen, I held the power button once more and since then the device is stuck on the Asus logo.
Holding Power and Volume Down just reboots the device. Holding the Reset button (the little hole underneath the SD card slot) and Volume Up gets me in APX mode. Holding the normal power button reboots and gets be back on the Asus logo.
I have read similar threads of users having seemingly the same problem as me.
I would like to ask if there are any updates and if any solutions were found? The petition for having nvflash for Asus TF300T seemed to have been successful: androidroot.mobi/pages/guides/tegra3-guide-nvflash-jellybean/.
How should I proceed in repairing my tablet? Maybe the nvflash solution should work now but I lack the blob files. Anyone has them?
Thanks!
Giunriad said:
Hello!
After having ran Titanium Backup, I noticed a strange behaviour after booting so I went into Recovery Mode and tried to boot the recovery kernel (RCK option). Afterwards, the device's screen was frozen so I held the power button to restart the device. I tried to enter Recovery once more and chose the Wipe option. Seeing that the device's screen was still frozen, I held the power button once more and since then the device is stuck on the Asus logo.
Holding Power and Volume Down just reboots the device. Holding the Reset button (the little hole underneath the SD card slot) and Volume Up gets me in APX mode. Holding the normal power button reboots and gets be back on the Asus logo.
I have read similar threads of users having seemingly the same problem as me.
I would like to ask if there are any updates and if any solutions were found? The petition for having nvflash for Asus TF300T seemed to have been successful: androidroot.mobi/pages/guides/tegra3-guide-nvflash-jellybean/.
How should I proceed in repairing my tablet? Maybe the nvflash solution should work now but I lack the blob files. Anyone has them?
Thanks!
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No access to fastboot or adb and no nvflash blobs, this is a hard brick ....
Sorry for the bad news. ....
Thx Josh
Can I use someone else's blob files to unbrick it with nvflash?
Giunriad said:
Can I use someone else's blob files to unbrick it with nvflash?
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Nope. You need the ones specific to your device.
It's a bit like insurance. You need to take it out before you crash your car.
Same problem.....
Helló! Could you solved the problem? I have exactly the same problem! Please let me know if you have any advice! Thx
Giunriad said:
Hello!
After having ran Titanium Backup, I noticed a strange behaviour after booting so I went into Recovery Mode and tried to boot the recovery kernel (RCK option). Afterwards, the device's screen was frozen so I held the power button to restart the device. I tried to enter Recovery once more and chose the Wipe option. Seeing that the device's screen was still frozen, I held the power button once more and since then the device is stuck on the Asus logo.
Holding Power and Volume Down just reboots the device. Holding the Reset button (the little hole underneath the SD card slot) and Volume Up gets me in APX mode. Holding the normal power button reboots and gets be back on the Asus logo.
I have read similar threads of users having seemingly the same problem as me.
I would like to ask if there are any updates and if any solutions were found? The petition for having nvflash for Asus TF300T seemed to have been successful: androidroot.mobi/pages/guides/tegra3-guide-nvflash-jellybean/.
How should I proceed in repairing my tablet? Maybe the nvflash solution should work now but I lack the blob files. Anyone has them?
Thanks!
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Unfortunately, I haven't been able to solve the problem yet. I am contacting Asus support and they suggested that I send my device to the RMA, repair center.