I just picked up my transformer tf300 yesterday, it is an amazing tablet. I'm just wondering if I should root and flash custom roms or keep it stock. And if i do want to root and flash what are some things i need to know before i do. I have experience with my HTC hd2 but i know Android native devices are almost completely different
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just my opinion
dive right in,
root - look for the debugfs thread and the process is automated for you
it does not require you to use the unlock tool, so you will retain your warranty
you'll also want to install busybox
and either superuser or Supersu from market place
currently there's a rom currently based on stock which is awesome,
incredibly fast
it's night and day difference
After you've rooted, if you want to flash custom roms
use the asus unlock tool
then install goo manager from the market place - it has an option to install TWRP recovery
reboot and make a backup
then flash away, any rom you like
i recommend flashing seamzscreams rom, it's buttery smooth plus it's based off the stock. 30 build.
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Ill be rooting then thank you
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Renegade99 said:
Ill be rooting then thank you
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If you plan on rooting I recommend you installing cwm recovery and keep a copy of the asus .30 firmware on your internal sd card. This way you can return to stock if you dont like what the custom rom offers. None of the recoveries can read the ext sd card at this time and you can only flash the stock firmware with cwm.
What about that twrp recovery it can't flash stock roms?
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It can't flash the stock Asus ROM. It just hangs. It flashes the custom stock ROM fine, though.
If you root/unlock, do you need an extra SD card to save a backup with from either CWM or TWRP?
Noob obv.
Can cwm install custom roms as well?
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Renegade99 said:
Can cwm install custom roms as well?
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CWM should be able to flash custom ROMs. However, some folks have had trouble using CWM to flash seanzscreams' ROM and had to use TWRP to flash it. Until either recovery fully stabilizes, you should be prepared to switch recoveries back and forth depending on which ROM you flash or when restoring backups. And you should always keep an extra ROM to flash on your internal storage just in case since neither recovery supports external storage yet.
Unless you have some specific app you really want/need root for, why do it?
Soo, twrp would be more reliable and if anything goes wrong I'll switch to cwm and flash stock firmware
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I couldn't get seanz rom to work with clockwork either i had to use twrp as well. Not a big deal but now I have both on my tablet.
If you unlock use seanz rom it's incredibly fast.
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Well I want to overclock , and having titanium back up would be nice
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Well then all you need to do is root. Use sparkies root tool it makes things super easy. I got mine to overclock to 1.5ghz with ez overclock but you must apply it after each boot.
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Link to sparkies tool would be nice, and have you noticed any stability issues when overclocked?
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Since QC issues are rampant with TF300T, I'm gonna stay stock + root for the first year. I have a feeling it'll need to eventually get sent in for repairs.
nullzorz said:
Since QC issues are rampant with TF300T, I'm gonna stay stock + root for the first year. I have a feeling it'll need to eventually get sent in for repairs.
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These are my thoughts exactly. I will stay stock and rooted unless a really smooth JB ROM gets released and I cant stand waiting for the official one.
How long did it take for the prime to get ics
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Renegade99 said:
How long did it take for the prime to get ics
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a few months
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I just got a tf300 and it keeps telling me to do the update. Should I take the update or would this make it harder to flash etc?
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eyeisdasteve said:
I just got a tf300 and it keeps telling me to do the update. Should I take the update or would this make it harder to flash etc?
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that depends.
if you only want to root it but keep stock firmware and recovery, you should do it now before updating. as long as you are on version .17 you can use sparky root to root, OTA root keeper to backup root, update, use OTA root keeper to restore Root and enjoy.
if you want to Flash ROM's and stuff, you can do whatever you like. you will have to unlock the bootloader and as far as i can tell, that is supposed to work on any software version as long as it is ICS. unlock, flash recovery, flash your ROM of choice.
turdbogls said:
that depends.
if you only want to root it but keep stock firmware and recovery, you should do it now before updating. as long as you are on version .17 you can use sparky root to root, OTA root keeper to backup root, update, use OTA root keeper to restore Root and enjoy.
if you want to Flash ROM's and stuff, you can do whatever you like. you will have to unlock the bootloader and as far as i can tell, that is supposed to work on any software version as long as it is ICS. unlock, flash recovery, flash your ROM of choice.
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So if I want to flash stuff it won't matter? Most ROMs will come rooted, so then do the update?
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If you use this it will work on the latest firmware which is .30
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26918790
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robgee789 said:
If you use this it will work on the latest firmware which is .30
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26918790
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Awesome, thanks.
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You can update and still root on the latest firmware. I got mine and updated out of the box and was able to root it easily. I don't know why someone is saying you need to be on .17
Turbojugend said:
You can update and still root on the latest firmware. I got mine and updated out of the box and was able to root it easily. I don't know why someone is saying you need to be on .17
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Ok. I won't worry about it then.
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guess I can't install recovery here?
There is a video here for getting recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26315957
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There is a video here for getting recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26315957
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Ok so there's no way to do it without unlocking the bootloader using the asus utility?
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Even if you update to .30, you could always root it via Debugfs method.
eyeisdasteve said:
Ok so there's no way to do it without unlocking the bootloader using the asus utility?
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The only thing you can do without unlocking the bootloader is rooting it, nothing else.
Turbojugend said:
The only thing you can do without unlocking the bootloader is rooting it, nothing else.
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And the only way to unlock is asus utility? There isn't another way?
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Not that i know of mate but if you just want root and tostay on stock then your sorted if you want to try some custom roms then you need to unlock the bootloader anyway mate
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How do I completely revert back to stock? I have tf300t on JB now.
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not sure waht your after mate to get back to stock just download the firmware from asus extract it once and put on the root of your tablet, then boot into recovery and wipe it the flash the stock firmware.
What's the method to get to recovery? I haven't installed cw yet but it should have stock recovery, right?
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Yep it will have stock recovery mate, but for custom recovery you need to unlock your bootloader mate
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Yep it will have stock recovery mate, but for custom recovery you need to unlock your bootloader mate
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is there an app that will flash custom recovery for me? my graphics crd is shot so the screen glitchrs on and off and i need to revert to stock to rma it. also could you link me to the stock recovery as its hard for me to use my tablet adn search around for it.
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Now before you all go and say im stupid and should read other comments before making a post
All i want to know is is there a way of installing cwm without the use of a computer as ive already unlocked the bootloader and now cant go any further due to the need of fastboot.
Thanks for the comments.
dav08094194 said:
Now before you all go and say im stupid and should read other comments before making a post
All i want to know is is there a way of installing cwm without the use of a computer as ive already unlocked the bootloader and now cant go any further due to the need of fastboot.
Thanks for the comments.
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PC is recommend because are in control, but you could use an app like ROM manager to install recovery.
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funnel71 said:
PC is recommend because are in control, but you could use an app like ROM manager to install recovery.
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yeah thats what i read but worried about using it as it said it could brick the tablet
dav08094194 said:
yeah thats what i read but worried about using it as it said it could brick the tablet
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I hear you. That's why I recommend a PC because you are in ultimate control, but ROM manager is supposed to be intelligent enough to know what you're running and install the proper recovery... supposed to be honestly I've installed it but not used it for that, so I can't speak from experience.
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fastboot can brick a tablet, too.
Rom Manager bricks it, cause it has not the right CWM for tf300. Use gomanager and flash TWRP.
I agree any type of flashing can brick it. I just like the PC because I depend on myself instead of an app. I've not tried twrp app but have read good things about it.
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mikaole said:
fastboot can brick a tablet, too.
Rom Manager bricks it, cause it has not the right CWM for tf300. Use gomanager and flash TWRP.
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Ive installed rom manager and it gives me the option to install cwm for the prime which should work as they have the same hardware? Where can i fing go manager? Thanks for the help guys appreciate it.
goomanager mate its on the market
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goomanager mate its on the market
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Typically no success for me lol, goomanager cant find the recovery for my device?
Twrp was pulled from goo manager because of the 2 different versions - one for ics loader and one for jb loader. Since it may not be able to tell what boot loader you have twrp was pulled off.
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You can go here. http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/97 and there is a method to install twrp using terminal. Follow the directions in the link.
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As I can remember Rom Manager shows you the wrong kernel, so you shouldn't use it - I can just recommend you Fastboot, it's how I did it and it's pretty easy (just watch the Vid in the Hydro Jb-Rom )
I have the bootloader unlocked rooted and have hydro ICS. If I want to move to JB and I just flash a JB rom? Or do I need to change to a different recovery? I understand that I can't go back to ics unless I do the nvflash back up. Also what JB rom has flash working?
Thank you
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swaser18t said:
I have the bootloader unlocked rooted and have hydro ICS. If I want to move to JB and I just flash a JB rom? Or do I need to change to a different recovery? I understand that I can't go back to ics unless I do the nvflash back up. Also what JB rom has flash working?
Thank you
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Which recovery have you ?
Have you read the different posts about your question ?
[DEV][TOOL][BRICKPROOF]TF300 NVFlash release!
[RECOVERY][TF300T/TG] TWRP 2.2.2 with on-screen keyboard + external sd! [2012-08-24]
[CWM][6.0.1.3 / 5.5.0.4] Official CWM Recovery for JB/ICS + ROOT
[GUIDE]Upgrade your TF300t to Jellybean, recovery, root & remove bloatware[Noobproof]
and all JB roms works well after it's personnal use.
twrp
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Hi there! I have a stock TF300. I have had it since Feb. Lately its been running really slow and sluggish. I have tried turning it off when not using it and whatnot. Its to the point where I don't even want to use it because I can get things done faster on my phone.
I have rooted and rommed phones in the past, a Samsung gtab7, and a kindle fire.
My tablet literally has maybe 12 games for my 4 year old and maybe 10 apps that I have put on it. Pretty sad.
Is rooting the asus tf300 just as easy? I know that would help my situation, it sucks that we have to hack our devices just to get them to run the way we want.
I have read through some of the guides. Some seem pretty simple... I guess its just a matter of me doing it.
Thanks for the advice.
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yes rooting is very easy, just use motochopper
Rooting is suuuuper easy. If you decide to put a custom recovery on it and ROM it, make sure you know exactly what your doing, which files and recoveries are correct, etc.
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putney1477 said:
Hi there! I have a stock TF300. I have had it since Feb. Lately its been running really slow and sluggish. I have tried turning it off when not using it and whatnot. Its to the point where I don't even want to use it because I can get things done faster on my phone.
I have rooted and rommed phones in the past, a Samsung gtab7, and a kindle fire.
My tablet literally has maybe 12 games for my 4 year old and maybe 10 apps that I have put on it. Pretty sad.
Is rooting the asus tf300 just as easy? I know that would help my situation, it sucks that we have to hack our devices just to get them to run the way we want.
I have read through some of the guides. Some seem pretty simple... I guess its just a matter of me doing it.
Thanks for the advice.
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I say throw cromi-x on it mate and choose to disable fsync then this tablet really move and ive got over 200 apps installed and mine flies but make sure you read and follow the instructions and if you have any question just ask, its better to ask first than mess it up
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Thanks guys. I will do my homework and make sure I read things over a few times before I take the plunge
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I notice that my tab is sometimes running slow but idunno why?
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I notice that my tab is sometimes running slow but idunno why?
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we need more info to help mate are you on stock? rooted? how many apps you got installed (just a rough number lol), if your on stock what version and if your using a custom rom which one?, then we will be able to make your tab fly
Its stock android 4.2.1 with 76 apps include asus apps and aps pre installed.
And not rooted.
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Well rooting and getting rid of or freezing the bloatware would help mate but if your not bothered about your warrenty then custom Roms are the best way to really make this a great tablet
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Ah thank you but i dont want to custom rom now about a year ithink.
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kaassaus said:
Ah thank you but i dont want to custom rom now about a year ithink.
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you can use motochopper to get root access the use titanum backup to freeze all the bloat ware and then use things like greenify and rebooter apps to free up ram and thats helps me out a hell of a lot mate
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you can use motochopper to get root access the use titanum backup to freeze all the bloat ware and then use things like greenify and rebooter apps to free up ram and thats helps me out a hell of a lot mate
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Thanks
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Maybe android 4.3 makes it fast again because i heard on the nexus 4 its smoother than 4.2.2
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