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[Q] Benefits of rooting?

Although I am not new to the rooting process; i have rooted, flashed, and unrooted by Droid X. However this asus eee pad transformer is a more valuable device that I am more hesitant to root. This past weekend I helped rooted by friend's Transformer but I am not likely to follow this rooting process. I am not sure of the benefits other than overclocking and rom flashing. I may want to root the Transformer but I am not sure if I can root it and still be able to get the ICS update pushed out by Asus. Can you guys explain if I can get this update when I have a rom flashed or I will have to set it back to stock and unroot it. Also can you guys explain more benefits of rooting this device.
Thanks,
Ryan

root only will not stop OTA update. It's when you install custom ROM and/or CWM recovery is when OTA update will fail.
Just ask your self if you're happy with it root or non root. Personal prefernces.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

baseballfanz said:
root only will not stop OTA update. It's when you install custom ROM and/or CWM recovery is when OTA update will fail.
Just ask your self if you're happy with it root or non root. Personal prefernces.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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Is there an easy way to get rid of the CWM recovery and have it back to normal just in time for the update. I have used the rootkit v7 on my friends Transformer and I think it put CWM recovery already for you. So in other words, is their a easy way to get back to normal stock root or stock without root???

I think if your rooted and the update comes out you will only have to wait a few hours maybe a day at most for one of the devs to release a stock Ics ROM with root and superuser and all you would have to do is flash it.
At least that's how I think it goes based off past experience with Evo 4g and Evo 3D
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Look here
http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/28/how-to-unroot-and-remove-cwm-recovery-on-asus-transformer/

I'm also considering rooting my transformer but have second thoughts like you about tablet costing more if something goes wrong compared to a phone.... But I think rooting now before the Ics update comes it'll be better for us due to the fact that when Ics update comes out it has the potential to block any way of rooting the transformer and like I said in last post rooting now then flashing a rooted version of Ics will benefit us by getting the update and not loosing root.
Now I just need to figure out how to root my new transformer I'm on the latest update 8.6.5.21-20111216 and find a stocked rooted ROM
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated and THANKS will be given!! :beer:
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Ep3n3wp said:
I'm also considering rooting my transformer but have second thoughts like you about tablet costing more if something goes wrong compared to a phone.... But I think rooting now before the Ics update comes it'll be better for us due to the fact that when Ics update comes out it has the potential to block any way of rooting the transformer and like I said in last post rooting now then flashing a rooted version of Ics will benefit us by getting the update and not loosing root.
Now I just need to figure out how to root my new transformer I'm on the latest update 8.6.5.21-20111216 and find a stocked rooted ROM
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated and THANKS will be given!! :beer:
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1185104
It worked like a charm. Hopefully this works for you too. I did it on the .21 update like you

baseballfanz said:
Look here
http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/28/how-to-unroot-and-remove-cwm-recovery-on-asus-transformer/
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This may sound like a stupid question but since this is an old repack version of the asus rom. Does this mean that we have to download and install every firmware that asus pushed out or will it skip a few and head to the latest firmware??? (i think i made the question harder to understand. Just tell me if you need me to clarify)

Ep3n3wp said:
Now I just need to figure out how to root my new transformer I'm on the latest update 8.6.5.21-20111216 and find a stocked rooted ROM
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated and THANKS will be given!! :beer:
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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This is the latest method of rooting and should work on .21 firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21023156

ryguymoeller said:
This may sound like a stupid question but since this is an old repack version of the asus rom. Does this mean that we have to download and install every firmware that asus pushed out or will it skip a few and head to the latest firmware??? (i think i made the question harder to understand. Just tell me if you need me to clarify)
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You should be able to update to the latest. If not you could always download the latest version from Asus website and try to manually update through the stock recovery.

baseballfanz said:
You should be able to update to the latest. If not you could always download the latest version from Asus website and try to manually update through the stock recovery.
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sounds a bit risky, i just stick with the old firmware and if I have to keep on updating it, seems safer. What rom do you have on your Transformer and how are the features compared to the others???

ryguymoeller said:
sounds a bit risky, i just stick with the old firmware and if I have to keep on updating it, seems safer. What rom do you have on your Transformer and how are the features compared to the others???
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I use Roach's Prime 2.1.1. Happy with it so I never bother trying anything else.
If and when ICS get released I'm pretty sure Roach will cook something up
if not CyanogenMod might have something also.

baseballfanz said:
I use Roach's Prime 2.1.1. Happy with it so I never bother trying anything else.
If and when ICS get released I'm pretty sure Roach will cook something up
if not CyanogenMod might have something also.
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Are their videos on this rom? I know i seen a few on the Revolver Rom but haven't seen any Prime video's.

[Q] [TF101] Is there a way to get back to US stock?

HI - looked in the forums but have not seen anything obvious.
I am on Revolution HD but looking for a way to get back to stock - which in Canada is the US firmware (not the WW). I currently have the WW firmware with some build.prop hacks to make it thinks its US (not perfect but more apps are available in the app store).
Apologies if this is buried in the forms, but if someone could point me in the direction of re-loading the US based firmware in a how-to it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

jpmccarthy said:
HI - looked in the forums but have not seen anything obvious.
I am on Revolution HD but looking for a way to get back to stock - which in Canada is the US firmware (not the WW). I currently have the WW firmware with some build.prop hacks to make it thinks its US (not perfect but more apps are available in the app store).
Apologies if this is buried in the forms, but if someone could point me in the direction of re-loading the US based firmware in a how-to it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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You can look in to here or here (if you can use nvflash)

No unfortunately - don't have the right SBK version
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180
You might see if recover installer has a "stock" option. Or now that CWM recognizes the TF see if it will allow you to reflash to stock.

jpmccarthy said:
No unfortunately - don't have the right SBK version
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First one I mentioned is not using nvflash

gls9 said:
First one I mentioned is not using nvflash
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Yes. Use the first one gls9 mentioned. I used that method a few weeks ago and it worked flawlessly, I'm stock and rooted with OTA rootkeeper.

Sweet Shady - so you followed that and are back to the US firmware (not WW - I thought Canada was on WW but went into Staples on the weekend and checked out one of the display TFs LOL .)
Shady - so did you download the US. 21 from the ASUS site when you were doing This?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

I think you can flash all the parts through the staging partition. You'll have to get a US stock rom, pull it apart and repack the parts that you need to replace- probably the EBT/bootlaoder, SOS/recovery, and LNX/boot.img.
Google and search... it's out there.

jpmccarthy said:
Sweet Shady - so you followed that and are back to the US firmware (not WW - I thought Canada was on WW but went into Staples on the weekend and checked out one of the display TFs LOL .)
Shady - so did you download the US. 21 from the ASUS site when you were doing This?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
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Use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154947 I got everything from there.
Also use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427838 to root the stock ROM then go to the market and download OTA rootkeeper (it's free!) to make a backup of your root. You can then upgrade to ICS, if it ever comes, without a problem.

shadymouse said:
Use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154947 I got everything from there.
Also use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427838 to root the stock ROM then go to the market and download OTA rootkeeper (it's free!) to make a backup of your root. You can then upgrade to ICS, if it ever comes, without a problem.
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Awesome - thanks. I noticed in that first thread there's a link at the end to a different re-packed file - so may use that.
What ROM were you coming from Shady?
Be nice to get back to stock - a little uneasy with the TF101 though myself - don't know it was as my T959D phone )

jpmccarthy said:
Awesome - thanks. I noticed in that first thread there's a link at the end to a different re-packed file - so may use that.
What ROM were you coming from Shady?
Be nice to get back to stock - a little uneasy with the TF101 though myself - don't know it was as my T959D phone )
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I was coming from KRAKD. Pretty good ROM I must say. I recently flashed CWM again to install a custom Kernel and now my Transformer flies (with the addition of ADW Launcher Pro)

using the Samsung SAMSUNG Kies I was able to go from ICS back to the OEM ROM. This software detected that I had a different version, and asked if I wanted to install the latest Samsung version. So of course I did. I tried again later after testing another ICS and I tried to do the same, and it did not give me that option. I think I could still of did it suing the emergency recover option in Kies, but you have to get a number from Tech support first I think.

Don't think that will work for an Asus product
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Flashing a WW rom on a US tablet

I got my Transformer last week, rooted it today, and want to install Revolution, but I'm unsure if I'm able to flash a ww rom on my tablet because it's running a us stock rom right now.
Thanks in advance for the help!

it does not matter at all

mrevankyle said:
it does not matter at all
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Thank you! That's what I was hoping.

jelder94 said:
Thank you! That's what I was hoping.
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when returning to stock its a good idea to go bask to the same version but thats just to make sure you connect to the right regional servers for future updates or if you send it in for warranty and it doesn't match there is a chance that they will catch it but realistically it is not an issue

TF700KL V4.1.13.10 (Android 4.0.4)

I was browsing around Asus' support site in anticipation of their latest update, since last update for WW did not announce itself via OTA. As a result I had to do it manually and expect to do so now again when it would finally be available. Anyway.. browsing... I stumbled upon this:
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=ASUS+Transformer+Pad+Infinity+TF700KL&p=20&s=16
What I was wondering is, are they out there? The TF700KL. Does anyone on here have one? And why is there only a WW release, where the TF700T has 5 different versions?

KL is the LTE, 4G Infinity

ImYoungxD said:
KL is the LTE, 4G Infinity
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Yes, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (Krait and LTE; KL).

xcal321 said:
Yes, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (Krait and LTE; KL).
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which isnt out or even have a release date, no?
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I didn't get the OTA firmware update either. I can't find any update on their support Site. What gives?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

Vo01985 said:
I didn't get the OTA firmware update either. I can't find any update on their support Site. What gives?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
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That's because there isn't one to get. The OP is referring the the LTE version, model TF700KL. Ours is the TF700T.

Vo01985 said:
I didn't get the OTA firmware update either. I can't find any update on their support Site. What gives?
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Still nothing here either, even a manual check still returns "no update available". Fortunately, I just had another look at the TF700T support site and they now list US, JP, TW and CN, but still no WW.
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=ASUS+Transformer+Pad+Infinity+TF700T&p=20&s=16
Anyway, I was just curious about the KL. I'd like to see its benchmarks and compare them with Tegra's.

C4PO said:
That's because there isn't one to get. The OP is referring the the LTE version, model TF700KL. Ours is the TF700T.
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I know the OP was referring to the LTE version, I was just stating my dissatisfaction that the WW version of the firmware update is not out yet.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

Hmmmmm i'd be rather surprised of they don't use krait pro instead of the dual core
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tf700kl
the tf700kl was released in germany on vodafone lte... i dont think their is plans on a us release.. i havent seen any.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/30/asus-transformer-pad-infinity-tf700kl-with-lte-hands-on/

moxis said:
the tf700kl was released in germany on vodafone lte... i dont think their is plans on a us release.. i havent seen any.
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Correct as far as i know. There hasn't been much details as to where this is going to be released. The other versions should be all the same. Tegra 3, wifi only with 32gig/64 gig varieties and grey or gold color.

hypergreatthing said:
There hasn't been much details as to where this is going to be released.
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Seeing as the supply of the Snapdragon S4 is still an issue, I wasn't expecting it to be available yet. Of course, that shouldn't stop Asus from updating it.

xcal321 said:
Seeing as the , I wasn't expecting it to be avail...r quantities the tab should start rolling in.
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What I was wondering is, are they out there? The TF700KL. Does anyone on here have one? And why is there only a WW release, where the TF700T has 5 different versions?[/QUOTE]
I have one but I am unable to update it to the newest firmware fromthe webpage.

sab65 said:
I have one
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Nice. Would you be willing to do us a favour and run some benchmarks and post the results here (preferably screenshots). I am very curious how the T and KL compare. The ppl over at the i/o thread will probably want to know as well.
sab65 said:
but I am unble to update it to the newest firmware fromthe webpage
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So the update from this page doesn't work? At what point do you get stuck in the upgrade?

sab65 said:
What I was wondering is, are they out there? The TF700KL. Does anyone on here have one? And why is there only a WW release, where the TF700T has 5 different versions?
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I have one but I am unable to update it to the newest firmware from the webpage.[/QUOTE]
Just mananged to update it. Wow it is fast.

wow lucky ? can u post a video please.

xcal321 said:
Nice. Would you be willing to do us a favour and run some benchmarks and post the results here (preferably screenshots). I am very curious how the T and KL compare. The ppl over at the i/o thread will probably want to know as well.
So the update from this page doesn't work? At what point do you get stuck in the upgrade?
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Some screenshots- Quandrant Score is 4892

sab65 said:
Some screenshots
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Some observations in the 8 hours I have had the machine.
Software is sometimes a bit laggy. Hopefully JB will fix that.
HD videos play really well.
Pages load very quickly with Chrome. Stock browser was way too slow.

Anyone know if it will root the same way as the Transformer Prime Infinity TF700?

[Q] What to do with my CN SKU TF300T

So, I've perused the forum looking for an answer, but I can't seem to find a clear one. I recently purchased a TF300T on amazon, used. However, the seller neglected to post that it had a CN SKU. I know I can't go from a CN SKU to a US SKU, but can I flash a custom ROM and run GAPPS and things as normal? I thought I read somewhere that some differences in the US models and CN models won't allow GAPPS and some other things to work correctly. Just want to get a clear answer and figure out what I can do with this thing. I appreciate the help!!

rupert42 said:
So, I've perused the forum looking for an answer, but I can't seem to find a clear one. I recently purchased a TF300T on amazon, used. However, the seller neglected to post that it had a CN SKU. I know I can't go from a CN SKU to a US SKU, but can I flash a custom ROM and run GAPPS and things as normal? I thought I read somewhere that some differences in the US models and CN models won't allow GAPPS and some other things to work correctly. Just want to get a clear answer and figure out what I can do with this thing. I appreciate the help!!
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Im pretty sure the only differences between the models is the build.prop. So you could change the build.prop to match that of the US.
CROMI roms (CleanROM Inheritance) are the same system files regardless which version you pick. It just applies a difference build.prop. So i think you'll be alright just by making that build.prop change.
You could also contact eBay buyer protection and claim the product wasn't describe properly to get your money back. Or keep it if its in good condition. (Thats what i would do)
Also, just watch when Asus releases updates and what not, ensure you select the right SKU but in terms of android and GAPPS, im pretty sure its just a build.prop edit If i wasnt going to work, i would look into it deeper for you. But i feel pretty confident thats all it is.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2

elesbb said:
Im pretty sure the only differences between the models is the build.prop. So you could change the build.prop to match that of the US.
CROMI roms (CleanROM Inheritance) are the same system files regardless which version you pick. It just applies a difference build.prop. So i think you'll be alright just by making that build.prop change.
You could also contact eBay buyer protection and claim the product wasn't describe properly to get your money back. Or keep it if its in good condition. (Thats what i would do)
Also, just watch when Asus releases updates and what not, ensure you select the right SKU but in terms of android and GAPPS, im pretty sure its just a build.prop edit If i wasnt going to work, i would look into it deeper for you. But i feel pretty confident thats all it is.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks! So are you saying I can just flash a CROMI rom (or something similar) and be okay, or do I need to actually manually edit the build.prop? I'm not sure how to do that. I saw this on the CROMI thread,
CleanROM Inheritance can be provisioned for US and non US – World Wide (WW) editions during the install process
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but am not sure what that means. Thanks again for the help!

rupert42 said:
Thanks! So are you saying I can just flash a CROMI rom (or something similar) and be okay, or do I need to actually manually edit the build.prop? I'm not sure how to do that. I saw this on the CROMI thread, but am not sure what that means. Thanks again for the help!
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When you install the ROM it asks you really simple.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2

elesbb said:
When you install the ROM it asks you really simple.
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Thanks! I'll give it a shot tonight.

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elesbb said:
When you install the ROM it asks you really simple.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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So I’ve gotten all the way through the boot loader unlock, flashed TWRP, and even flashed the CHROMI rom (this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049322). When I get to the spot where it is asking me to decide on my preferences, DPI, Kernel, Apps, etc….., it gets to the region part and only shows me US and WW. Am I missing something, I also flashed the boot loader for the CN SKU that he lists in post 2.