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Hello everyone,
My problem is this: I wanted to install a CM10 nightly on the device, so I root using the DebugfsRoot method, install rom manager, flash a recovery, try to install a ROM and it did not work. Rebooting into recovery got me the red triangle, but using the volume buttons allowed me to get in (only it did not have the option to install updates or anything. I think it was just he mounting and partition options)
Since I did not unlock the device before doing this, I chose to do so using ASUS's unlock utility. Once done, I tried booting into recovery, but the device would be stuck at "booting recovery kernel image" and won't budge. I tried flashing different version of CW but it did not seem to work.
Finally, for some reason, I chose the "wipe data" option from the bootloader and the device was stuck, again, at "booting recovery kernel image", only this time I can't boot into a ROM nor can I boot back into bootloader.
What happens when I boot using power and volume down is this:-
The device is Unlocked
Android cardhu-user bootloader <2.10 e> released by "US_epad-9.4.5.26-20120720" A03
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image
and then everything's stuck.
Booting normally makes the device stop at "the device is unlocked" message because, I assume, there is no ROM flashed into the device.
Thanks for helping in advance.
It's not just that I can't get the unit to go into recovery, It's that I can't even get to fastboot (it tries to go into recovery every time I try to get into fastboot)
ShiroiKage said:
It's not just that I can't get the unit to go into recovery, It's that I can't even get to fastboot (it tries to go into recovery every time I try to get into fastboot)
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I believe your device is bricked. Using a wrong version of custom recovery may caused this. I haven't seen anyone able to fix the issue that you having right now, the only thing is to send out to Asus for repair.
buhohitr said:
I believe your device is bricked. Using a wrong version of custom recovery may caused this. I haven't seen anyone able to fix the issue that you having right now, the only thing is to send out to Asus for repair.
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So, if I get it repaired/replaced, what version of CW recovery should I get? It seems that there is not, yet, a version for the Infinity tab. I really want to get a custom ROM because the stuff ASUS has slapped on their version of Android gets under my skin.
ShiroiKage said:
So, if I get it repaired/replaced, what version of CW recovery should I get? It seems that there is not, yet, a version for the Infinity tab. I really want to get a custom ROM because the stuff ASUS has slapped on their version of Android gets under my skin.
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The Team Win TWRP version 2.3.1.0 works really well. It's a touch recovery and very easy to use and full featured.
okantomi said:
The Team Win TWRP version 2.3.1.0 works really well. It's a touch recovery and very easy to use and full featured.
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One very last question:-
Would it work if I get the CM10 nightly for the TF300T installed on a TF700T (since it's practically the same device with a different screen)? If not, is there a ROM that's pure JB without ASUS's stuff installed one it?
Your replies are very much appreciated.
ShiroiKage said:
One very last question:-
Would it work if I get the CM10 nightly for the TF300T installed on a TF700T (since it's practically the same device with a different screen)? If not, is there a ROM that's pure JB without ASUS's stuff installed one it?
Your replies are very much appreciated.
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I would NOT recommend you do so with tf300 on tf700. There is no pure stock debloated version for JB, however, if you want to stay as close as stock and stable I would recommend "Cleanrom for JB". This rom doesn't have Asus bloatware and a few performance tweaks make it very good.
buhohitr said:
I would NOT recommend you do so with tf300 on tf700. There is no pure stock debloated version for JB, however, if you want to stay as close as stock and stable I would recommend "Cleanrom for JB". This rom doesn't have Asus bloatware and a few performance tweaks make it very good.
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So I got it replaced (Best Buy swapped it for a new one) and everything's fine. I even installed Clean ROM and it's good. Problem is that the left speaker is not working and I need to flash the stock ROM to make sure it's nothing caused by software, before I go back and re-return the unit. However, ASUS's firmware is not longer wanting to flash. It gives me the "failed" message in TWR's recovery (no backup because my internal memory was wiped when installing ASUS's JB update :/)
EDIT: Never mind. I thought the holes at the bottom, on either side of the USP port, were the speakers. Turns out I was not thinking straight. Still, I'd like to know if anyone has an idea as to why the ASUS firmware is not wanting to install.
ShiroiKage said:
So I got it replaced (Best Buy swapped it for a new one) and everything's fine. I even installed Clean ROM and it's good. Problem is that the left speaker is not working and I need to flash the stock ROM to make sure it's nothing caused by software, before I go back and re-return the unit. However, ASUS's firmware is not longer wanting to flash. It gives me the "failed" message in TWR's recovery (no backup because my internal memory was wiped when installing ASUS's JB update :/)
EDIT: Never mind. I thought the holes at the bottom, on either side of the USP port, were the speakers. Turns out I was not thinking straight. Still, I'd like to know if anyone has an idea as to why the ASUS firmware is not wanting to install.
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You can't install the ASUS firmware through custom recovery. It has to be stock. I believe there are signature checks that prevent it from installing otherwise.
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did you unzip the file? should be a zip within a zip. you flash the zip inside
lafester said:
did you unzip the file? should be a zip within a zip. you flash the zip inside
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You know, I unzipped the file the first time I installed it to get Clean ROM to flash, I had the unzipped folder there yet I managed to forget to use the unzipped file. /InfiniteFacePalm
Hello,
yesterday i tried to flash a custom rom for the first time (the CleanRom 3.4.7. DEODEX) on my TF700.
I followed an instruction video that i found in the rom thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049274), using the adp tool and twrp 2.5 and everything seemed to work fine.
But although the Installation wizzard says that installation has been successful, the Pad hangs on the boot animation.
I tried to install the rom with different settings such as different boot animations or other kernel, but the problem persists.
Any idea what i am doing wrong?
Thank you very much!
Robout
What boot loader are you on? And did you dirty flash or perform a wipe?
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD
ROM: CROMIX 4.5 DeOdex
Kernel: Hundsbuah's OC Kernel 3.0.5
Theme: Timberwolf's Blues and Jazz Theme
Robout said:
Hello,
yesterday i tried to flash a custom rom for the first time (the CleanRom 3.4.7. DEODEX) on my TF700.
I followed an instruction video that i found in the rom thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049274), using the adp tool and twrp 2.5 and everything seemed to work fine.
But although the Installation wizzard says that installation has been successful, the Pad hangs on the boot animation.
I tried to install the rom with different settings such as different boot animations or other kernel, but the problem persists.
Any idea what i am doing wrong?
Thank you very much!
Robout
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I'd almost take you on for a dollar or two you haven't updated your bootloader. I'll split with Tylor. I'm a reasonable guy.
EDIT: first post from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049274
says: "...The latest JB Bootloader is necessary before flashing this and is available in Post 2."
which (obviously) is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049274
Friendly advice, not a poke: do read up carefully BEFORE flashing anything. A few folks have run into severe bricking issues by not reading carefully enough. A few hundreds bucks to solve a few minutes of impatience (we all know the feeling) does hurt. Tremendously.
Thanks for your tips! I thought that the installation video shows all steps, but i assume i was wrong.
I found the 2nd post and downloaded the 10.4.4.25 WW (Germany) Jelly Bean Bootloader.
How can i now install that bootloader? I am afraid i brick my device if i use just a random instruction, because i already messed the sequence.
Can anybody help me?
Thank you very much!
Robout
through twrp just like the ROM, after doing the bootloader you will have to do the ROM again
wow! That was a fast reply. Unfortunately i still need to post a question (but i am pretty confident that this will be the last )
How can i get the bootloader file to the Transformer? When i conncect the pad to my laptop i can not see it. Even if i boot into the twrp it still does not show up. I also tried the "mount" button but there i can just check/uncheck the boxes for "system" "cache" and "data" and nothing happens when i do that...
Robout said:
wow! That was a fast reply. Unfortunately i still need to post a question (but i am pretty confident that this will be the last )
How can i get the bootloader file to the Transformer? When i conncect the pad to my laptop i can not see it. Even if i boot into the twrp it still does not show up. I also tried the "mount" button but there i can just check/uncheck the boxes for "system" "cache" and "data" and nothing happens when i do that...
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In recovery there is in advance I believe BAD side load where you can side load files onto the device but I do not know the PC commands to do so.
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD
ROM: CROMIX 4.5 DeOdex
Kernel: Hundsbuah's OC Kernel 3.0.5
Theme: Timberwolf's Blues and Jazz Theme
I transferred the file via sdcard, flashed the jb boatloader and afterwards the cleanrom and did chose the wipe option. But still the problem persists. Does anybody have an idea what the problem might be?
Thanks a lot!
Robin
Robout said:
I transferred the file via sdcard, flashed the jb boatloader and afterwards the cleanrom and did chose the wipe option. But still the problem persists. Does anybody have an idea what the problem might be?
Thanks a lot!
Robin
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Try booting without the sdcard in.
Robout said:
I transferred the file via sdcard, flashed the jb boatloader and afterwards the cleanrom and did chose the wipe option. But still the problem persists. Does anybody have an idea what the problem might be?
Thanks a lot!
Robin
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I have seen that before. If you are on the JB 4.2 bootloader version 10.6.1.14.4, flash CROMi-X (latest version is 4.5), not CROMi 3.4.7. Look for the thread here on XDA.
I don't know why, but for people coming from stock, the 4.2 bootloader doesn't seem to play nice with CROMi.....
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD
berndblb said:
I have seen that before. If you are on the JB 4.2 bootloader version 10.6.1.14.4, flash CROMi-X (latest version is 4.5), not CROMi 3.4.7. Look for the thread here on XDA.
I don't know why, but for people coming from stock, the 4.2 bootloader doesn't seem to play nice with CROMi.....
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD
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I tried that too. Again the same s***t happens again. The system is stuck in the boot animation.
I updated th bootloader to 10.6.1.14.4 WW, did a wipe and afterwards installed the CROMi-X 4.5 Version as it is described in the instruction and again did a wipe. But still it does not work. I also tried to boot without micro SD but that does not make a difference.
For some reasons it is also not possible to shut down the tablet. If i keep the power down button pressed down, the tablet shuts down, but immediately reboots (until the battery is empty or i enter the TWRP).
Any further ideas? i am really kind of desperate right now
Robout said:
I tried that too. Again the same s***t happens again. The system is stuck in the boot animation.
I updated th bootloader to 10.6.1.14.4 WW, did a wipe and afterwards installed the CROMi-X 4.5 Version as it is described in the instruction and again did a wipe. But still it does not work. I also tried to boot without micro SD but that does not make a difference.
For some reasons it is also not possible to shut down the tablet. If i keep the power down button pressed down, the tablet shuts down, but immediately reboots (until the battery is empty or i enter the TWRP).
Any further ideas? i am really kind of desperate right now
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Make sure you flash the boot loader file, reboot, wait for the blue bar to load all the way (takes about a minute) device will reboot itself, at this point if it sticks on the animation, force reboot to twrp, flash ROM and reboot.
What happens?
Robout said:
I tried that too. Again the same s***t happens again. The system is stuck in the boot animation.
I updated th bootloader to 10.6.1.14.4 WW, did a wipe and afterwards installed the CROMi-X 4.5 Version as it is described in the instruction and again did a wipe. But still it does not work. I also tried to boot without micro SD but that does not make a difference.
For some reasons it is also not possible to shut down the tablet. If i keep the power down button pressed down, the tablet shuts down, but immediately reboots (until the battery is empty or i enter the TWRP).
Any further ideas? i am really kind of desperate right now
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After you flashed the bootloader, did you reboot into the old rom or did you immediately flash CromiX?
You have to reboot before flashing the rom.
Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
berndblb said:
After you flashed the bootloader, did you reboot into the old rom or did you immediately flash CromiX?
You have to reboot before flashing the rom.
Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks!!!!!!!!!! That was the right tip!!!!!
Glad you got it sorted out!
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Hi, I unlocked my TF300T sotck ICS 4.0.3 with the Asus app, I flashed CWM and the root_signed thingy without a problem. I then did a data wipe, cache and dalvik wipe and flashed CM10 stable build for TF300T and the Gapps zip. I reboot and it's stuck on ASUS screen. I'm currently doing a restore of the "nandroid". Will this restore my tablet to ICS? What did I do wrong? How do I get either Cm10 to work or return to the ICS? Also, if I need to flash something else, how do I do it? Does the CWM recognize msd cards? Because all I have on the internal memory is the CM10 which currently did not work for me. I'm a little desperate right now. Thanks.
EDIT: DAMN IT, I just got an error restoring data. What the hell do I do? Please!
i tried restoring again and reflashing cm10 and the gapps and still nothing changes. I did wipe again the caches and still nothing. Also I can't download other roms to the tablet because my computer doesn't recognize the tablet because it hasn't booted and the cwm won't recognize micro sd cards. So I think flashing something else isn't an option. Did I break my tablet completely? I'm almost in tears
I tried several things due to some searches on different forums but nohitng works. I tried wiping caches and reflashing Cm10, didn't work. I tried pluggin my tablet to my computer and sending the asus stock rom via ADB and flashing that, but CWM gives me an "installacion aborted" error. I just don't know what to do nor I understand what went wrong. I did everything according to multiple tutorials. Unlocking, flashing CWM and rooting went just fine. But installing CM10 ended up pretty much destroying my tablet. I wanna kill myself.
I think you have a brick??!! :'( cm10 is jellybean and you where on ics and you probably didn't flash the jellybean bootloader did you?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
Not a single tutorial said that I had to do that. Every tutorial says "unlock bootloader, flash cwm, flash root_signed, flash cmrom". I did just that. Are you telling me that my tablet is lost forever?
in most cm threads (except cm9) their is stated that you atleast need android 4.1.1 with it's bootloader or 4.2 with it's bootloader, what i suggest you try is to flash a bootloader and upgrade staight to 4.1.1 you can download the firmware from asus the links are on this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39272826 FOLLOW THIS GUIDE CORRECTLLY OR YOU MIGHT PERMANENTLY BRICK YOUR TABLET!!!!
EDIT: if you get an error during flash it's probably the drivers or a fastboot flash brick wich is only fixable by replacing the motherboard!!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
If what you say is true, then you can't flash CM10 on a stock ICS tablet, and that goes against every freaking tutorial I've read before messing with my tablet.
What exactly is your bootloader version?
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I'm not sure what my answer is. The "bootloader" was unlocked by the Asus app from their website. I did that by downloading (I believe it was V7) the apk from their website and installing that and unlocking the tablet. From there on, I just followed did fastboot flashing CWM and rooting. I never read a tutorial that said "you should flash JB bootloader before installing cm10". In fact I thought that just by unlocking the tablet, rooting and flashing the custom recovery one could just install a custom rom regardless of wether it's JB or not. It's funny because I didn't want to upgrade to stock JB because it seemed buggy from a lot of reviewers, and CM10 was the classic option to have JB and a lot of great features and speed. So I google time and time again how to flash CM10 on a ICS stock ASUS. I just followed the tutorials for that.
is my tablet unrecoverably bricked? I also tried fastbooting and "flash system blob" with the blob for the ICS 4.0.3 firmware, after a while of "sending" the file in the command prompt, I got a blue progress bar in the fastboot screen on the tablet and then "FAILED". So I guess that doesn't work either.
Nothing will work?
Try entering fastboot reboot: does your tablet reboot or does it hang?
cm10 is android 4.1 it seems logical that it only runs on a 4.1 bootloader and not on an ics one! most posts must have said that you atleast need jelllybean 4.1.1
I was confused in the beginning aswell because my phone accepts any rom no matter what bootloader version!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
If it makes so much sense that CM10 with JB 4.1 only boots with the JB bootloader, then how the hell one can go from ICS to CM10?! Google tutorial flash cm10 on asus tf300t stock ics and you'll find a thousand tutorials not one of which says you need JB bootloader. I mean, I assume one could upgrade to the official JB rom and then unlock bootloader, etc, but I'm telling you, every tutorial that said "stock ics to cm10" did no mention the bootloader version issue. I'm not trying toblame anyone other than myself for "bricking" my tablet, but I read so many tutorials to ensure I wouldn't mess it up that I'm very upset about this.
I can use fastboot and adb commands. But I haven't been able to flash the ICS stock rom so far. First of all, it's not on the Asus website anymore, and the one I got from the web gave me this error on CWM "instaling update.. installation aborted". I also tried flashing the .blob via fastboot and it also failed. It seems nothing works. Any thoughts, anyone?
philos64 posted links to some old ICS ASUS firmwares in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33883254&postcount=3
Maybe worth a try ? Never been on ICS myself - just thought I'd mention this source...sorry for wasting your time if this is what you already tried.
Yeah, I tried flashing the ICS 9.4.3.30 (my stock rom) and it didn't fly (said installation aborted) and also tried to flash it as a blob and it failed. I guess I deserve this, but I just can't bellieve this isn't fixable.
samus88 said:
Yeah, I tried flashing the ICS 9.4.3.30 (my stock rom) and it didn't fly (said installation aborted) and also tried to flash it as a blob and it failed. I guess I deserve this, but I just can't bellieve this isn't fixable.
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We would like to know what bootloader you now have. You use the bootloader menu to get to cwm. Tell us how many ICONS you have and what they are. This way we will have more info to consider options if any.
It's ICS. I have the Wipe Data and the Coldboot option. If I'm connecte with the usb cable, there's also the usb icon.
Currently I don't have the tablet, because I send it to a tech support place and they should give me a repair budget (if they deem it repairable, I guess) by tomorrow, but I'm not confident that they'll be able to fix it. So I'm still open to suggestions. Thanks!
samus88 said:
It's ICS. I have the Wipe Data and the Coldboot option. If I'm connecte with the usb cable, there's also the usb icon.
Currently I don't have the tablet, because I send it to a tech support place and they should give me a repair budget (if they deem it repairable, I guess) by tomorrow, but I'm not confident that they'll be able to fix it. So I'm still open to suggestions. Thanks!
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I reread the thread and I believe I would make a blob with just stock recovery (4.03) to match your bootloader. I know fastboot is failing on a complete blob but may process something as small as recovery. The blob could also be pushed to your tablet with adb and flash with that.
I made these choices as a place to begin since we need to match your bootloader.
Once stock recovery was in place we could use adb to push a once unzipped stock firmware (4.03) and get stock recovery to install it for us.
Thanks a lot man. When I get the tablet back and you make me that blob I'll definitely give it a try. Although I have a question, I already have the once unzipped stock ICS on my tablet (pushed it with ADB), how do I install it with stock recovery should flashing that blob work?
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Thanks a lot man. When I get the tablet back and you make me that blob I'll definitely give it a try. Although I have a question, I already have the once unzipped stock ICS on my tablet (pushed it with ADB), how do I install it with stock recovery should flashing that blob work?
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With stock recovery in place go into bootloader and pretend you are going into cwm that activates stock recovery now. If android lays down we'll rename the zip to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip and try again.
I'll download 4.03 and make the recovery blob tomorrow so we'll be ready.
Sorry about that. I read "I would make" as "I will make", lol. Is there a stock recovery 4.0.3 blob on the internet for download? I'll get some sleep now, but I'll try to prepare everythng for when I get the tablet back, assuming I don't have fixed for me by tech support (although I'd love not to have to pay forit, right)
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Sorry about that. I read "I would make" as "I will make", lol. Is there a stock recovery 4.0.3 blob on the internet for download? I'll get some sleep now, but I'll try to prepare everythng for when I get the tablet back, assuming I don't have fixed for me by tech support (although I'd love not to have to pay forit, right)
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No, there is the full blob in the factory firmware and that is what I'll use. It only takes a couple of minutes to extract the recovery image file which might flash and then re-blob just the recovery partition.
Downloading takes longer than everything else.
Update:
This zip contains stock 4.03 recovery as a blob and as an image file.
Unzip and try flashing the blob - if it fails try flashing twice more or until success. If it still fails try flashing the image file - three times if it fails.
Note:
These are to be flashed with fastboot or adb, not cwm.
Great, thanks man. Unfortunately, I won't have my tablet until at least wednesday because of the holiday on my country (independence day and such). But I'll give it a try and get back to you.
Hi,
Sorry for the noob question here, I've managed to get myself very confused as to the state of my tf700t.
Some time ago I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my device (stock ROM with su I believe) and installed TWRP. All was well, but of course I couldn't get Android 4.2 OTA, so given I don't really use root much I decided to try to get back as close to stock as possible. I downloaded the 10.4.4.20 firmware from Asus and flashed it in using TWRP, so far so good.
Still no option to OTA, so I figured I would download and flash 10.6.1.14 instead and do the same thing, but I have problems! If I boot into recovery, instead of TWRP I get the android logo with the open door and spinning blue icosahedron. Poor old android then keels over backwards with an open chest and an alert sign. The tablet then reboots normally.
Question 1: Have I overwritten my recovery when I flashed the stock ROM? - I'm not sure if the ROMs should even overwrite the recovery partition; if this shouldn't happen, are there any clues as to what I have done?
The system actually recognises that I have 10.6.1.14 on my SD card and offers to install it, but that reboots and gives me the same dead android lying on his back. Question 2: Could this be related to the (broken?) recovery image, or could it just be a duff download of the firmware?
I suppose the bug question is how should i proceed? Should I look for a way to re-root the device, reinstall TWRP (maybe using goomanager) and flash again or am I just hopelessly misunderstanding where I am? Many thanks for any steers you chaps can offer.
Anatosuchus said:
Hi,
Sorry for the noob question here, I've managed to get myself very confused as to the state of my tf700t.
Some time ago I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my device (stock ROM with su I believe) and installed TWRP. All was well, but of course I couldn't get Android 4.2 OTA, so given I don't really use root much I decided to try to get back as close to stock as possible. I downloaded the 10.4.4.20 firmware from Asus and flashed it in using TWRP, so far so good.
Still no option to OTA, so I figured I would download and flash 10.6.1.14 instead and do the same thing, but I have problems! If I boot into recovery, instead of TWRP I get the android logo with the open door and spinning blue icosahedron. Poor old android then keels over backwards with an open chest and an alert sign. The tablet then reboots normally.
Question 1: Have I overwritten my recovery when I flashed the stock ROM? - I'm not sure if the ROMs should even overwrite the recovery partition; if this shouldn't happen, are there any clues as to what I have done?
The system actually recognises that I have 10.6.1.14 on my SD card and offers to install it, but that reboots and gives me the same dead android lying on his back. Question 2: Could this be related to the (broken?) recovery image, or could it just be a duff download of the firmware?
I suppose the bug question is how should i proceed? Should I look for a way to re-root the device, reinstall TWRP (maybe using goomanager) and flash again or am I just hopelessly misunderstanding where I am? Many thanks for any steers you chaps can offer.
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The stock Asus firmware includes bootloader, kernel, recovery and apps. You have flashed the stock recovery. Head over to the twrp thread or my ROM thread in my sig to see how to get twrp 2.5 onto your tab.
Anatosuchus said:
Hi,
Sorry for the noob question here, I've managed to get myself very confused as to the state of my tf700t.
Some time ago I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my device (stock ROM with su I believe) and installed TWRP. All was well, but of course I couldn't get Android 4.2 OTA, so given I don't really use root much I decided to try to get back as close to stock as possible. I downloaded the 10.4.4.20 firmware from Asus and flashed it in using TWRP, so far so good.
Still no option to OTA, so I figured I would download and flash 10.6.1.14 instead and do the same thing, but I have problems! If I boot into recovery, instead of TWRP I get the android logo with the open door and spinning blue icosahedron. Poor old android then keels over backwards with an open chest and an alert sign. The tablet then reboots normally.
Question 1: Have I overwritten my recovery when I flashed the stock ROM? - I'm not sure if the ROMs should even overwrite the recovery partition; if this shouldn't happen, are there any clues as to what I have done?
The system actually recognises that I have 10.6.1.14 on my SD card and offers to install it, but that reboots and gives me the same dead android lying on his back. Question 2: Could this be related to the (broken?) recovery image, or could it just be a duff download of the firmware?
I suppose the bug question is how should i proceed? Should I look for a way to re-root the device, reinstall TWRP (maybe using goomanager) and flash again or am I just hopelessly misunderstanding where I am? Many thanks for any steers you chaps can offer.
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Yes, you did. Everytime you install stock file of any version, it will update your bootloader, rom, and kernel. Just use Motochopper to root your device and reinstall your custom recovery with goomanager.
No, it is stock recovery. Just reroot with motochopper and install custom recovery with goomanager. Have fun. :good:
Right, thanks! If I want to stay completely stock I just need to figure out why the newer update is failing. Could be the file name now I think about it.
Otherwise I'll re-root and re-TWRP...
Anatosuchus said:
Hi,
Sorry for the noob question here, I've managed to get myself very confused as to the state of my tf700t.
Some time ago I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my device (stock ROM with su I believe) and installed TWRP. All was well, but of course I couldn't get Android 4.2 OTA, so given I don't really use root much I decided to try to get back as close to stock as possible. I downloaded the 10.4.4.20 firmware from Asus and flashed it in using TWRP, so far so good.
Still no option to OTA, so I figured I would download and flash 10.6.1.14 instead and do the same thing, but I have problems! If I boot into recovery, instead of TWRP I get the android logo with the open door and spinning blue icosahedron. Poor old android then keels over backwards with an open chest and an alert sign. The tablet then reboots normally.
Question 1: Have I overwritten my recovery when I flashed the stock ROM? - I'm not sure if the ROMs should even overwrite the recovery partition; if this shouldn't happen, are there any clues as to what I have done?
The system actually recognises that I have 10.6.1.14 on my SD card and offers to install it, but that reboots and gives me the same dead android lying on his back. Question 2: Could this be related to the (broken?) recovery image, or could it just be a duff download of the firmware?
I suppose the bug question is how should i proceed? Should I look for a way to re-root the device, reinstall TWRP (maybe using goomanager) and flash again or am I just hopelessly misunderstanding where I am? Many thanks for any steers you chaps can offer.
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The Android on his back is your stock recovery and it does not find a valid update file.
Weird is, that your system seems to see the 10.6.1.14 file (I assume you get an automatic notification and click "install" or "update" ) and then the recovery does not seem to install it...?
You could have a bad download, so try that first if you want to get the latest stock rom, or you can try to rename the downloaded file to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip, put it on your microSD card and reboot into recovery. The recovery should recognize the update file and start flashing it.
But since you are unlocked anyway - why don't you give CromiX a try? It runs so much better than the stock rom!
And for that, yes you would have to root again using the Motochopper tool and then install TWRP 2.5 with Goo Manager.
If you go that route make sure you flash the latest bootloader from the OP of the CROMiX thread first, boot back into your old rom once before you flash CROMiX.
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Alright, I'm convinced - I'll try going totally custom! Presumably CromiX handles the external keyboard and touch pad properly?
Anatosuchus said:
Alright, I'm convinced - I'll try going totally custom! Presumably CromiX handles the external keyboard and touch pad properly?
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It's based on the stock rom, cleaned up and tweaked and optimized. Everything works - and better than on stock! I recommend selecting the option to disable fsync during installation. It boosts performance considerably, and since the rom is totally stable, the "risk" is neglible.
You will love it!
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OK, ChromiX installed! Looks interesting already, will tinker with it over the next couple of days.
Hi guys. Ok so just like the title says I'd like to either update to the JB bootloader and JB 4.2.2 and remain unlocked and rooted or just return to stock and update to 4.2.2 via OTA.
however i cant find any information that is helpful and there seems to be no firmware for the tf700 on ASUS.support??
i bout this tablet when it first came out and unlocked via asus unlock tool and rooted, flashed blackbean 3 and i rarely use this thing and never follow this thread, so i have no clue what all has been going on,I'm basically a noob by definition
version 4.1.1
bootloader: 9.4.5.30
any help in the right direction would be awesome
Monsterfox50 said:
Hi guys. Ok so just like the title says I'd like to either update to the JB bootloader and JB 4.2.2 and remain unlocked and rooted or just return to stock and update to 4.2.2 via OTA.
however i cant find any information that is helpful and there seems to be no firmware for the tf700 on ASUS.support??
i bout this tablet when it first came out and unlocked via asus unlock tool and rooted, flashed blackbean 3 and i rarely use this thing and never follow this thread, so i have no clue what all has been going on,I'm basically a noob by definition
version 4.1.1
bootloader: 9.4.5.30
any help in the right direction would be awesome
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Well there will be no OTA updates for you since you are unlocked - even if you flash the stock rom.
The latest firmware version for the TF700 is JB 4.2.1.
I'd say, flash CROMi-X on your tab. It's based on the 4.2.1 stock rom, the most popular custom rom on the Infinity and runs great!
Read the OP here carefully and follow all the steps!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223492
Just make sure you always have the correct recovery - bootloader combination before you flash.
And you will have to do a clean installation coming from another custom rom. But you need to do that anyway - even if you flash the stock firmware.
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OK I see it says in his thread if you are coming from the "stock jb boot loader" then install the appropriate bootloafer twrp package below.
But can I just do a clean wipe and then flash the 10.x.x boot loader twrp package strait from my 9.4.x boot loader?
And will that just replace my bootloader and recovery but leave me with my ROM and root? Then I can just flash chromiX after that?
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Monsterfox50 said:
OK I see it says in his thread if you are coming from the "stock jb boot loader" then install the appropriate bootloafer twrp package below.
But can I just do a clean wipe and then flash the 10.x.x boot loader twrp package strait from my 9.4.x boot loader?
And will that just replace my bootloader and recovery but leave me with my ROM and root? Then I can just flash chromiX after that?
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Exactly, you got it. Just make sure you boot back into your old rom once after flashing the new bootloader and before flashing the new rom.
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OK so I downloaded the latest bootloader and twrp package from the chromi-X thread along with the ROM and patch files. I booted into recovery and flashed the boot loader file without doing a wipe. After the flash was successful I hit reboot device. It did its thing and now its sitting on the Asus screen where it tells me "the devise is unlocked" up in the corner. So where did I go wrong and what can I do from here?
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After about 10 minutes on that screen i tried to reboot into recovery. It gave me a message in the top left saying "a key driver was missing but gave me the new boot loader number and put me on a screen i have never seen befor with three logos in the middle "rck" " android figure""box that said wipe system or something like that" i hit the power button and i rebooted into twrp 2.5 So I got the new boot loader and new twrp but it won't boot into my ROM. Should I restore drone my nandroid or flash the new chromi-x and try to boot again?
Monsterfox50 said:
OK so I downloaded the latest bootloader and twrp package from the chromi-X thread along with the ROM and patch files. I booted into recovery and flashed the boot loader file without doing a wipe. After the flash was successful I hit reboot device. It did its thing and now its sitting on the Asus screen where it tells me "the devise is unlocked" up in the corner. So where did I go wrong and what can I do from here?
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After about 10 minutes on that screen i tried to reboot into recovery. It gave me a message in the top left saying "a key driver was missing but gave me the new boot loader number and put me on a screen i have never seen befor with three logos in the middle "rck" " android figure""box that said wipe system or something like that" i hit the power button and i rebooted into twrp 2.5 So I got the new boot loader and new twrp but it won't boot into my ROM. Should I restore drone my nandroid or flash the new chromi-x and try to boot again?
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If you have confirmed that you have the 10.6.1.14.18 bootloader (read tiny script when you boot with Volume Down) and TWRP 2.5 installed, you're good to go. Just flash CromiX.
The screen with RCK, Android, Wipe is the bootloader menu. If you boot into it, the RCK icon should be flashing. Volume Up then boots the recovery. Selecting the Android boots your system. It's not recommended to use the Wipe function from here if you have modded.
Never mind the "key driver is missing", every TF700 displays that - even stock.
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And it should have rebooted itself, like it says in my thread - "wait 1 min and don't panic" - it sounds like you forced a reboot? Consider yourself lucky if you recover it as you have rebooted it whilst it was flashing the bootloader / recovery partitions......