ok guys what i have is a B70 Transformer that im trying to fix for someone.......
Ive managed to get touch recovery onto the pad via brks tool.......but its internal only.
It boots into recovery fine. (asus recovery had me stuck with android with triangle)
How the heck do i push a fully working stock rom zip onto the internal card?
Ive never had to do this before so need a little step by step guide.
I cant get the pad to show in device manager but surely if i can flash the alterate recovery i can get something onto the internal sd........maybe
ive tried the other tools but i cant get the pad to show (thing of dooms tool)
the whole adb thing has me pickled.
Just to make it clear the TF gets stuck on the eee pad logo so cant boot in to change any settings........tried cold boot from linux and data wipe but it just reboots back to the same position.
Some options:
-If you can get ADB working, you could push the needed file to internal sd.
-Use NVFlash to flash a working ROM
-You could also try and get Team Rouge recovery on as it read from both internal and external sd card.
Try this by Thing O Doom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681155
Commands:
adb push \path\too\blob /sdcard/
Then flash in cwm. You can use adb tools from PERI. You need working drivers and to be in recovery for adb to show.
Otherwise Use NvFlash (Same as brks tool used) to flash Rouge, int and ext. They have an nvflash version on their thread. PERI will have this functionality soon.
well i dunno what i done but i think i may have cracked it.........
i was using brks tool again and cant remember what i clicked on but it managed to flash me another recovery for external sd
fortunately i had ww i.c.s on my external sd card as i always keep a back up for myself on int and ext as a rule of my own and finally after about 3 hours of pulling hair...............JACKPOT! its just booted into the welcome screen
Cheers guys for your responses.....if in doubt, trial and error - but never give up!!
Think il put rogue on it just incase and pray that they dont mess it up (its a customers and still in gtee / or was lol + they dont know its me thats fixing it )
damn......just stopped the fota running and now i cant get passed recovery. it just boots back into recovery even after reflashing the full ww. shouldve just left it!! grrr
ok so its cold booting ok from linux ok......what u think i should do? fota?
How actually you stop fota?
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Hello. Today i managed to install small update from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563249
I sucessfully flashed it through cwm, and I also booted. But then i accidentaly pressed OTA asus update and im now stuck in Cwm Recovery v3.1.0.1 (solarnz-R-230511-1902). I cant access my nandroid backup since this recovery doesnt support internal storage and i when i press reboot system i get recovery loops (tablet restarts but android wont boot, im again in cwm). So i managed to flash some other versions of cwm, i flashed them, but again, after reboot im still in this recovery ... then i tried this guide http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...overy-bootloop-fix-tested-my-c10-windows.html but i havent set an adb to my device before so when im in command prompt it doesnt recognize my tablet so its pretty awkward (maybe because i havent usb debugging on - is there any way to turn it on??). So im an epic noob, can someone give me advice how to unbrick my lovely tablet? I´ll be very very greatful please help...
If you have an sbk v1 version you could use nvflash to unbrick. Check your serial #
Hmm, I already solved it Just did cold boot and wrote some things with terminal emulator...
Hi,
Am exactly in the same situation, have to cold boot to use the tablet.
Could tou please detail what you did to solv the problem once under android ?
Thanks in advance.
Check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23339963 . You'll need to connect to a PC and us adb to connect (Google it if you are not sure what it is or how to use it).
Then reboot since you'll be right back in CWM, run the advanced script. I would replace that version as soon as possible with the working version of CWM.
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Hi everyone, I've got a BIG problem with my sbk2 TF101.
I don't know why but I cannot access the Recovery. I don't know if it is actually installed or not, but I cannot access it nor I can flash it with CWM Manager or Recovery Installer
-When I restart, it simply stucks at the EEE logo.
-I cannot boot in recovery with any of the apps made for this;
-Every time I want to start the tablet, I need to start it using cold-boot (first, vol- and power, and then vol+), because it seems to be always starting in recovery.
-Without recovery I cannot flash a new recovery or a new rom, and I'm stucked with an AOKP cooked in the firsts days of may (I don't remember the name)
-I've got random and frequent reboots, freezes, and can't do something for more than 5 min because the tablet freezes.
-Standard voltages.
-My tablet is not recognized when I plug it in Windows or Mac OSX, didn't try with Ubuntu.
Please help me!
Thank you very much in advance for your great help.
Don't do any wipes, as that may be unrecoverable. I don't see why recovery installer isn't working, you should have root. Sounds like some stuff is seriously messed up. You can try using flash_image to manually flash a recovery.img with ADB or with a virtual terminal, that's about all I can think of now. Find the boot.img, and flash_image files and put them on root of SD and run appropriate commands, more info should be in recovery dev sections.
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Don't do any wipes, as that may be unrecoverable. I don't see why recovery installer isn't working, you should have root. Sounds like some stuff is seriously messed up. You can try using flash_image to manually flash a recovery.img with ADB or with a virtual terminal, that's about all I can think of now. Find the boot.img, and flash_image files and put them on root of SD and run appropriate commands, more info should be in recovery dev sections.
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First of all, thanks a lot for trying helping me.
The problem is that I don't know how to use ADB or wich commands should I use or where I could find the boot.img. Using a virtual terminal means running a trminal on the tablet? Can I use the internal memory instead of an SD card? I can confirm I've still got root, by the way.
Please, could someone help me? I think I need to overwrite the recovery image manually, but I don't know how to.
wanzer said:
Please, could someone help me? I think I need to overwrite the recovery image manually, but I don't know how to.
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Use PERI/my easyflasher tool to reflash recovery from nvflash.
Read more here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
Hello guys, I have a problem with my tf101! is brick, and only goes with apx.provo easyflasher wheelie but returns error when it finishes loading bootloader towards the closed dell'applicazione!
sorry for the English, are Italian
I figured out that the OP had the ROM manager bootloop :/
Romyfra - is it a Tf101 Wifi-only or a Tf101G, if it's a Tf101 then you can use NvFlash to reflash it
I brick my wifi tf101 with serial bcoka ..., ICS v24ww 1.6e 4.0.3 I can not even come out with a wheelie! This is what I done, done correctly with the root easyflasher 0.4, after I stupidly installed netformer 1.6 (that idiot) and restart it disappeared with the cmw.ho riflashato easyflasher and end of proceedings, the tab will not light! is only apx, so no recovery! the problem is that when I start wheelie crash and does not pass to nvflash! is possible that the flash is corrupt?? as a last resort if you think I'll send you notice of changes in the RMA? ICS had no stock and cmw più.possono dump and see what happened or there is no trace?? thanks
hello, i just tried flashing this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892
followed all his instructions, but now the device is stuck on asus boot screen.
and i forgot backup ! (Zzzz)
i can boot in to recovery mode, computer recoginse device but there is error saying
driver isnt install. but i tried driver from asus website to manual install but still error!
- tablet cant mount to computer
- i think i just make it worse... somehow it just boot into recovery mode only ! (recovery loop)
- and now cant shut down , when i shut down it will just boot back to recovery mode
have you tried the cold booting from linux option?
volume down + power
wait til message appears at the top of the screen then release both buttons
wait for a few seconds
you will now have 2 options
select cold boot
if that doesnt work try using brks tool and try getting the external recovery onto your tf with the backup and root option. The tf needs to be in apx mode, although your pc will still not recognise it, it should still flash the recovery for you. After that you need to get a rom downloaded onto an extrnal micro sd and flash it.
Unfortunately you will need to use the cold boot method from now on as normal reboot will not work.
It will let you atleast get a working TF again.....to an extent.
DO NOT be tempted to flash the "touch recovery" from brks tool as this is for internal card only.
Can i just suggest to anyone reading this: always have a known to be working rom.zip stored on your internal and micro sd just as a precaution or atleast download and store a couple of roms on the internal - at least one of them "should" work and wont all be bad downloads.
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have you tried the cold booting from linux option?
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yes i have tried cold boot, but it just stay on the same screen, so i think the rom may be malfunction in copy process
i will try the other method you suggest thankyou
yay got it back to stock ! thankyou for your help
what did you do to resolve your problems?
i used the brks tool to go into apx mode and then use stock rom from asus website and used their tool to flash stock. Now i successfully rooted and applied rom ! all working now
oringal said:
i used the brks tool to go into apx mode and then use stock rom from asus website and used their tool to flash stock. Now i successfully rooted and applied rom ! all working now
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Hey, can u explain a bit more what u did?
Just picked up a TF101 and it had the Cryo (whatever it is called) OS with ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.4. The OS didn't pick up wifi on the apps but it is on and logged into the router so I did a reset. Once I reset the TF101, i am stuck at CWM. It won't boot into any OS or anything else. I tried almost everything I found googling (this site and others) but nothing works. I did, however, got the TF drivers for my laptop so I can connect to it but I can't get the USB debug option on (of course).
So what are my options? how do I "unbrick" this thing? is this what some people call it soft-brick as it does boot but there just isn't any OS in there? I tried to put the OS zip file from Asus on a MicroSD but when I went to install zip from sdcard, it i can't get to the microSD to install it. it doesn't find it at all.
what can I do? what are the steps in unbricking this thing? I got this for my dad for father's day (chinese father's day which is TODAY...) and would like to get it to him.
Thanks in advance!
Is it in a CWM boot loop? Meaning when you reboot the tablet it keep going back to CWM?
Try this to see if you can boot OS.
Turn off tablet
Push and hold Vol down plus Power button
Wait till you see a screen that give you two options
Wipe data or Cold boot Linux
Choose Cold boot to boot into OS.
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Is it in a CWM boot loop? Meaning when you reboot the tablet it keep going back to CWM?
Try this to see if you can boot OS.
Turn off tablet
Push and hold Vol down plus Power button
Wait till you see a screen that give you two options
Wipe data or Cold boot Linux
Choose Cold boot to boot into OS.
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still stuck in CWM. I held it down and no options came up except to push vol +. tried both and regardless of what i do, it just goes right back into the CWM menu. it seems there's no OS to this tablet anymore?
Is there something I can do via USB cable to flash a ROM in there?
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still stuck in CWM. I held it down and no options came up except to push vol +. tried both and regardless of what i do, it just goes right back into the CWM menu. it seems there's no OS to this tablet anymore?
Is there something I can do via USB cable to flash a ROM in there?
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If you have ADB working, you can push a ROM file to internal memory and flash it.
Alternatively you can NVFlash a compatible ROM.
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If you have ADB working, you can push a ROM file to internal memory and flash it.
Alternatively you can NVFlash a compatible ROM.
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Sorry to sound ignorant but what's ad and what command (extra code after the .exe) do I add afterwards?
I'd try to flash a ROM via NVFLASH.
You may download it from here, but you must know if your TF101 is WW version, US version or any other. You must also know if your device is SBK1 or SBK2. That depends on the serial number. For example, mine starts by B50 and it's SBK1. If yours is SBK2 then you'll have to take a look at wheelie. If not, take a look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620758
However, I'm not responsible for any damage your device might suffer.
Take a look at that and tell me
here's the endall- easyflash version 0.8.3b whitekidneys just updated it and saved my brick. it'll save yours too. just install it on your computer, along with naked drivers 0.7, put the tf in apx, and flash. literally that easy.
Follow the link to easy flash / nvflash and follow the steps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26893961
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i'm getting the CWM bootloop too, but i can do what was mentioned and get into the OS although it still boots into CWM on the next reboot. what can i do to fix the bootloop? not really fancying reinstalling yet again. but if i have to...
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i'm getting the CWM bootloop too, but i can do what was mentioned and get into the OS although it still boots into CWM on the next reboot. what can i do to fix the bootloop? not really fancying reinstalling yet again. but if i have to...
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Try Install different recovery... download and flash the new recovery through CWM..
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Hi!
I'm im trouble. I've bricked my TF101 in very dumb way: I've locked it between "blind" CWM and broken OS.
Short history:
I tried to install Android Revolution HD.
To do that I installer some CWM by using OneclickrecoveryV0.4. It installed OK with no problem.
So I took Revolution HD Super Wipe Full zip, copied it to card, put it to sd card, volume down, volume up... So I flashed it.
But pad didn't boot. It remains on Asus logo boot screen.
OK, I'm smart, I decided to flash "correct" CWM. ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.1 by Roach2010. So I chose Touch Recovery v5.8.1.8. Why?Because when you click on that link, you find two options: Touch Recovery v5.8.1.8 and ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2. And somehow I decided that touch version is better for me. =)
After I installed that, I received ClockworkMod 5.8.1.8. But it doesn't see my card. It see *some* sdcard. I can even fomat it from menu. I can copy error log there. I see a folder named "clockworkmod" on that sdcard. But it is not the real external card.
So I'm stuck with not booting OS and CWM not reading /sdcard.
Any advise?
Use Nvflash to flash stock ICS again and start from there. Check in the stickies around the thread and you should know where to go. Of course you would need a PC to revive your TF101.
Once you get it back to life, instead of using CWM try installing goo manager from the play store, and install TWRP recovery. I've found from reading several different posts that TWRP plays a little better with the TF101 then it does with the CWM.
Once you get TWRP installed and it can see your external card, make a FULL back up to the sd card, or a Spare sd card like I do, so that when (no longer if) I goof something up, I can swap out and reinstall from last known good configuration. I also keep a copy of the sd card on both my home and work computers, just in case.
I'm not 100% nailed down on exactly what it is with CWM and the TF101 not wanting to play nicely in the sandbox together, but there are several at length posts about it. Of course I tried the same thing that you did, and got hosed for an hour or so while I read the posts. And above all, DO NOT use ROM Manager, if you think this is bad wait until you try that one.
Thanks farsight73, thanks MasterDecker!
But I did mistake describing a problem... Device is TF101G, so nvflash is not a solution AFAIK. Serial is B80.
It doesnt boot to ADB, but boots to NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery device and to ASUS Android MTP Device though.
I'll search more for solution on forum, but still any advice =) is gratefully accepted.
Thanks.