I live in the United States. I purchased an Asus Transformer TF300TL from an online freight overgoods auction. It has a United States ROM (test ROM?) and was probably being sent to an Asus employee for testing purposes or personal use. It is confirmed to be SIM unlocked. An AT&T SIM comes up with the HSPA tray icon and settings/about shows HSPA:11. I tried to register it on the Asus website for warranty purposes but the serial number doesn't appear in their database. It shows "no update available at this time" message when I try to OTA update it through the System Firmware Update.
It is confirmed to NOT be rooted. Obviously I want to root it. Will the standard root procedure for the TF300T/TF300TG work on this device?
It has the following info:
Model: ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TL
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband version: 333500_0.13.0_0406
Kernel version: 2.6.39.4-00007-g5ec57ee [email protected] #1
Build number: US_epad-userdebug 4.0.3 IML74K US_epad-9.4.4.20-20120413 test-keys
Thanks!
SnoopyII said:
I live in the United States. I purchased an Asus Transformer TF300TL from an online freight overgoods auction. It has a United States ROM (test ROM?) and was probably being sent to an Asus employee for testing purposes or personal use. It is confirmed to be SIM unlocked. An AT&T SIM comes up with the HSPA tray icon and settings/about shows HSPA:11. I tried to register it on the Asus website for warranty purposes but the serial number doesn't appear in their database. It shows "no update available at this time" message when I try to OTA update it through the System Firmware Update.
It is confirmed to NOT be rooted. Obviously I want to root it. Will the standard root procedure for the TF300T/TF300TG work on this device?
It has the following info:
Model: ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TL
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband version: 333500_0.13.0_0406
Kernel version: 2.6.39.4-00007-g5ec57ee [email protected] #1
Build number: US_epad-userdebug 4.0.3 IML74K US_epad-9.4.4.20-20120413 test-keys
Thanks!
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Interesting. I'd try the debugfs method. You don't have to unlock the bootloader that way, unless of course you want to.
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funnel71 said:
Interesting. I'd try the debugfs method. You don't have to unlock the bootloader that way, unless of course you want to.
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Thanks worked flawlessly. It ran the script with no errors. I don't need the bootloader unlocked. :good:
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Hello there, would you mind pointing me to the link that you have followed? I would like to root my TF300TL too.
GNmagic said:
Hello there, would you mind pointing me to the link that you have followed? I would like to root my TF300TL too.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
SnoopyII said:
Thanks worked flawlessly. It ran the script with no errors. I don't need the bootloader unlocked. :good:
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Be carefull!
When I first bought the tablet, i immediately started to root the device, without unlocking the boot (I don't want the warranty void).
All went well at first.... installed titanium backup .... root explorer...
Then i saw: Beats Audio [Root] and I thought... yeah... let's install this....
After install, beats audio had to reboot.... so the pad reboots..... and after that I was staring at the asus boot logo 24/7.:crying:
Something went horribly wrong and i couldn't reach recovery, since the usb icon is not available when you are at a locked boot-loader.
So, I've got the pad back from RMA.... and the first thing i did was:
Unlocking boot !!
PS. You don't loose warranty, when for example you sit on the pad and the glass breaks.
They'll fix it!
barkiecol said:
Be carefull!
When I first bought the tablet, i immediately started to root the device, without unlocking the boot (I don't want the warranty void).
All went well at first.... installed titanium backup .... root explorer...
Then i saw: Beats Audio [Root] and I thought... yeah... let's install this....
After install, beats audio had to reboot.... so the pad reboots..... and after that I was staring at the asus boot logo 24/7.:crying:
Something went horribly wrong and i couldn't reach recovery, since the usb icon is not available when you are at a locked boot-loader.
So, I've got the pad back from RMA.... and the first thing i did was:
Unlocking boot !!
PS. You don't loose warranty, when for example you sit on the pad and the glass breaks.
They'll fix it!
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So in other words, beats beat you down. Any idea why? Not compatible with tegra 3 or something?
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barkiecol said:
Be carefull!
When I first bought the tablet, i immediately started to root the device, without unlocking the boot (I don't want the warranty void).
All went well at first.... installed titanium backup .... root explorer...
Then i saw: Beats Audio [Root] and I thought... yeah... let's install this....
After install, beats audio had to reboot.... so the pad reboots..... and after that I was staring at the asus boot logo 24/7.:crying:
Something went horribly wrong and i couldn't reach recovery, since the usb icon is not available when you are at a locked boot-loader.
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I am sure the TF300TL I have is an engineering - test or U.S. employee "one off" device. It has a custom factory ROM.
The SKU starts with "US_epad" and ends with "test-keys".
In any event...running 1 of the benchmark tools it showed a German flag so I am pretty sure it is a German model with a custom US ROM.
Is yours a German TF300TL?
The TF300 series have 1 speaker so unless you are using Dre Beats headphones...
I installed volume+ which has a beats sound profile.
For fun I installed Tweakker ICS beta (an APN settings tool)
Also since my serial number isn't in the database, I have no warranty.
If I called them and asked them for a repair they would probably say "where did you get that tablet from"?
There is a downloadable update at the Asus website for the German TF300TL but I am not going to roll the dice and try to update to it.
My SKU is US even though i am pretty sure it is identical to the German SKU.
The German support site doesn't list the bootloader unlock tool for the TF300TL.
http://support.asus.de/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=de-de
Do you have the TF300T?(WiFi only version) or TF300TG? (3g version) or TF300TL?(LTE version)
You posted the following quote in another topic here.
barkiecol said:
Hi,
On the first day, I rooted the device..... but i didn't unlock the bootloader.... was afraid of void warranty, you know.
That was a ..... BAD BAD Mistake .....
After installing Beats audio [root], the pad rebooted and I was looking at the Asus boot logo.... forever...
So tip for everyone..... don't just root the pad without unlocking the device first!!
Some crazy stuff can happen and you will never reach the USB recovery mode!!
Now, the pad is back from RMA and the first thing i did was unlocking the bootloader.
Now I am running a rooted jelly bean tf300t and i am loving it!!!
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Just a small further update:
Just for fun, I downloaded the newest firmware update from the global website for the TF300TL.
I unzipped it onceand copied it to a blank, properly formatted SD Micro card.
It recognizes the card and file but doesn't recognize that it is an update.
Also when I attempt to go into recovery mode (volume down + Power, then quickly press volume up) it shows the android robot with the open stomach and the red triangle.
When booting (volume dowm + Power) it shows the standard android logo (boot to android), the USB logo (bootloader mode), and wipe data logo (wipe data obviously)
Next I am going to download the Asus Pad PC suite.
So far there is no bootloader unlock utility for it. It might brick the tablet to try to unlock the bootloader anyway.
I strongly suspect that Asus locked this sample tablet down hard. haha.
Well at least I got it rooted.
is it possible to root the FT300TL german Version?
Hello together,
I´m in generel a newby. Rootet my Galaxy S2 with Siyah, thats all I performed till today.
Now we bought a TF300TL for our company to use it for our webbased application outside the office. The problem is that in the stock configuration only with Firefox the right click is possible at some, but not all points and FF has also problems to show all details on the site correctly.
I heared about the possibility running Ubuntu on Android, this shout fix the above mentioned problems i think.
I could life with losing LTE possibility if 3G would be still avaible, cause Vodafone Germany don´t offer a secound data Sim-Card with LTE when the first SIM is using Datapackages also (but it has to for checking mails). The phone rings only one time, then the caller is connected to somewhere and thats all. A single LTE Data SIM is to expensive, so we will downgrade the secound SIM to 3G...
So back to my question: Can I root the TF300TL? what do i need for it´s if possible?
Greats
massaklassa
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massaklassa said:
Hello together,
I´m in generel a newby. Rootet my Galaxy S2 with Siyah, thats all I performed till today.
Now we bought a TF300TL for our company to use it for our webbased application outside the office. The problem is that in the stock configuration only with Firefox the right click is possible at some, but not all points and FF has also problems to show all details on the site correctly.
I heared about the possibility running Ubuntu on Android, this shout fix the above mentioned problems i think.
I could life with losing LTE possibility if 3G would be still avaible, cause Vodafone Germany don´t offer a secound data Sim-Card with LTE when the first SIM is using Datapackages also (but it has to for checking mails). The phone rings only one time, then the caller is connected to somewhere and thats all. A single LTE Data SIM is to expensive, so we will downgrade the secound SIM to 3G...
So back to my question: Can I root the TF300TL? what do i need for it´s if possible?
Greats
massaklassa
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I rooted my 300TL with debugfs. I had root untill I powered off. Now I have a half root condition. I would try to root it with debugfs AND back it up with OTS rootkeeper right after that.
BTW, since unlocking and suedo-rooting it runs like [email protected]
How to unlock Asus TF300TL tablet !!
Hi....
i bought Asus TF300TL from US recently, but after receiving i noticed that the SIM is locked to AT&T network. even i got an AT&T SIM from the tray when i opened it. is it possible to unlock this tablet, i want to use my local network SIM.
Pls helppppp......
Thanks,
Nitheesh
nitheesh said:
Hi....
i bought Asus TF300TL from US recently, but after receiving i noticed that the SIM is locked to AT&T network. even i got an AT&T SIM from the tray when i opened it. is it possible to unlock this tablet, i want to use my local network SIM.
Pls helppppp......
Thanks,
Nitheesh
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Have you tried to put another Sim in it? If you have and it indicates locked, you'll need to contact att I assume.
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theBOZman said:
I rooted my 300TL with debugfs. I had root untill I powered off. Now I have a half root condition. I would try to root it with debugfs AND back it up with OTS rootkeeper right after that.
BTW, since unlocking and suedo-rooting it runs like [email protected]
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I rooted mine. it has always stayed rooted. Mine runs zippy quick. I use antutu cpu app to set my cpu to run @ 760mhz (min) - 1500mhz (max)
It scores over 12,000 on the antutu benchmark program (latest version)
nitheesh said:
Hi....
i bought Asus TF300TL from US recently, but after receiving i noticed that the SIM is locked to AT&T network. even i got an AT&T SIM from the tray when i opened it. is it possible to unlock this tablet, i want to use my local network SIM.
Pls helppppp......
Thanks,
Nitheesh
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Call AT&T and request your UNLOCK code. They will hassle you and dance around (be firm with them) and they will eventually give you the unlock code.
Did you get this solve?
nitheesh said:
Hi....
i bought Asus TF300TL from US recently, but after receiving i noticed that the SIM is locked to AT&T network. even i got an AT&T SIM from the tray when i opened it. is it possible to unlock this tablet, i want to use my local network SIM.
Pls helppppp......
Thanks,
Nitheesh
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Hi, were you able to unlock this tablet? pls let me know. I am in same situation. I have called AT&T and they said this tablet is locked to sue only with AT&T as per the contract between Asus & AT&T and they said it cannot be unlocked. Looks rooting is only option. But, I do not know if anyone had been able to successfuly do it and able to install other provider sim card outside US. Please advise.
Have successfully rooted TF300TL JB 4.2 with the motochopper tool. There was a little problem with "ADB server didn't ACK" during the process, solved by deleting the adb.exe into the processes list.
I've just bought a second hand tf300 of Amazon and saw it still had ICS on it. When I tried to OTA update to JB it wouldn't. Closer inspection showed that in settings status the serial number is listed as unknown. I've now updated manually to JB and CWM was not installed so I dont think its unlocked and rooted. However I just want to run it with stock receiving OTA updates. Any ideas how I can fix the serial number issue or bypass to get OTA?
jimbo34 said:
I've just bought a second hand tf300 of Amazon and saw it still had ICS on it. When I tried to OTA update to JB it wouldn't. Closer inspection showed that in settings status the serial number is listed as unknown. I've now updated manually to JB and CWM was not installed so I dont think its unlocked and rooted. However I just want to run it with stock receiving OTA updates. Any ideas how I can fix the serial number issue or bypass to get OTA?
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Here is my guess. You are unlocked. You can't load something like cwm if you're not.
I'm guessing before you got the tablet, the previous owner unlocked it, screwed it up, sent it to Asus for repair, and Asus returned it working, but loaded code somehow to eliminate the serial. This has happened to others, or so I've read. Feel lucky if you're unlocked. Users who have been reporting this problem have said their tablets are locked, and since there's no serial, they can't use the tool to unlock it.
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funnel71 said:
Here is my guess. You are unlocked. You can't load something like cwm if you're not.
I'm guessing before you got the tablet, the previous owner unlocked it, screwed it up, sent it to Asus for repair, and Asus returned it working, but loaded code somehow to eliminate the serial. This has happened to others, or so I've read. Feel lucky if you're unlocked. Users who have been reporting this problem have said their tablets are locked, and since there's no serial, they can't use the tool to unlock it.
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CWM was not installed when I received it but is there any way of knowing if the unlock tool has been run previously? If I'm stuck doing manual updates how long does it take the ota updates to appear for download on the Asus site?
jimbo34 said:
CWM was not installed when I received it but is there any way of knowing if the unlock tool has been run previously? If I'm stuck doing manual updates how long does it take the ota updates to appear for download on the Asus site?
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Usually a week give or take.
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jimbo34 said:
CWM was not installed when I received it but is there any way of knowing if the unlock tool has been run previously? If I'm stuck doing manual updates how long does it take the ota updates to appear for download on the Asus site?
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When you boot, do you see "this device is unlocked" in small white text on the upper left corner? that's how you tell.
Btw, unlock doesn't mess with the serial number.
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The guy you bought it from bricked the unlocked tablet and send it to Asus for repair. They then performed a full reflash but forgot or didn't repair the partition that holds the device ids. You can send it back to Asus for repair and they will fix the serial number issue but even after that you won't be able to receive OTA updates and you won't be able to unlock the device again.
p0k3y said:
When you boot, do you see "this device is unlocked" in small white text on the upper left corner? that's how you tell.
Btw, unlock doesn't mess with the serial number.
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I don't see the "this device is unlocked" message on booting. I tried to run the unlock tool but get an error message. Guess I'm screwed for OTA or unlocking then. A newby question though, if I just want to root (mainly to install adblock and titanium backup, 6 axis etc), do I still need to unlock? If so, will there ever be a root without unlocking ie Debugfs?
jimbo34 said:
I don't see the "this device is unlocked" message on booting. I tried to run the unlock tool but get an error message. Guess I'm screwed for OTA or unlocking then. A newby question though, if I just want to root (mainly to install adblock and titanium backup, 6 axis etc), do I still need to unlock? If so, will there ever be a root without unlocking ie Debugfs?
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You don't need to unlock for root access.
bazzio said:
You don't need to unlock for root access.
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You do if you're running jb. If you found a means to do it without unlocking and on jb, please post it, and I don't mean carrying over root from ICS. Some don't have that option.
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jimbo34 said:
I've just bought a second hand tf300 of Amazon and saw it still had ICS on it. When I tried to OTA update to JB it wouldn't. Closer inspection showed that in settings status the serial number is listed as unknown. I've now updated manually to JB and CWM was not installed so I dont think its unlocked and rooted. However I just want to run it with stock receiving OTA updates. Any ideas how I can fix the serial number issue or bypass to get OTA?
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I think that the best solution for you is to return to Asus your TF300 with the invoice, cause you bought this second hand on Amazon, and normally they should repair it to you without problem.
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You don't need to unlock for root access.
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At the moment, you cannot root only your tablet if it's on JB bootloader.
If you want a root on JB bootloader, you need to unlock before
i have a TF300 that is having the same problem, i can not unlock the bootloader with the asus app... now is there another method to unlock the bootloader?
unfortunately not. You are stuck with Stock.
I have a TF700 with unlocked bootloader, however
My TF700 died a while back, I sent in and got it repaired.
They "relocked" my bootloader, and I'm trying to unlock the device again, and
i'm getting an unknown error.
Is there any way to unlock the bootloader again?
Thank you!
choiyt317 said:
I have a TF700 with unlocked bootloader, however
My TF700 died a while back, I sent in and got it repaired.
They "relocked" my bootloader, and I'm trying to unlock the device again, and
i'm getting an unknown error.
Is there any way to unlock the bootloader again?
Thank you!
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There are so many threads on this problem, I don't even know where to start pointing you...
Please do a search and try every and any method you can find.
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choiyt317 said:
I have a TF700 with unlocked bootloader, however
My TF700 died a while back, I sent in and got it repaired.
They "relocked" my bootloader, and I'm trying to unlock the device again, and
i'm getting an unknown error.
Is there any way to unlock the bootloader again?
Thank you!
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I would recommend you try the ASUS site and look for the "boot unlock" utility. You will most likely need V8
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bad news
I've got some bad news for you. It is quite possible you won't be able to unlock the device.
I had a problem with spurious touch events on the screen when I held the sides of the device and sent my tablet in for repair. Recently I decided to unlock it and the unlock tool failed constantly. I always had the same network issue. Someone at asus confirmed my serial number was fine but that for some reason my MAC address didn't match in their database.
Because my new tablet was also having spurious touch events I sent the tablet in a second time. Received it yesterday and still no success.
I've seen suggestions that you should try the Asus Device Tracker to see if your info is right in their database. It has never worked on any of my tablets.
Hi I'm new to the gs3 forum but I think I have unlocked the bootloader. When I got the phone I rooted it right away and then tried to install twrp not knowing that the phone had the 4.3 update problem. .. so the phone did brick then I Odined back to stock but still had root and when I rebooted the phone after installing safestrap and on the Samsung boot screen it shows an unlocked lock (which in the gnex means bootloader is unlocked) but I'm to afraid to text it.
Can anyone confirm if this is what I think it is. Unlocked bootloader.
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siouxhockey11 said:
Hi I'm new to the gs3 forum but I think I have unlocked the bootloader. When I got the phone I rooted it right away and then tried to install twrp not knowing that the phone had the 4.3 update problem. .. so the phone did brick then I Odined back to stock but still had root and when I rebooted the phone after installing safestrap and on the Samsung boot screen it shows an unlocked lock (which in the gnex means bootloader is unlocked) but I'm to afraid to text it.
Can anyone confirm if this is what I think it is. Unlocked bootloader.
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It isn't.
That unlocked padlock basically means "something not stock is installed in the phone".
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Damn! I'm stuck on 4.3
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Ok I have researched this tablet and software for over a week now and I finally realized that there isn't a way to root or unlock the boot loader.I called a Phone unlocking service and they told me they could root and unlock the boot loader for $30.If they can unlock it then how come we don't know how to do it?This tablet is useless without it.Can I get some help from the Devs or people that is also having this problem??
???
auberry05 said:
Ok I have researched this tablet and software for over a week now and I finally realized that there isn't a way to root or unlock the boot loader.I called a Phone unlocking service and they told me they could root and unlock the boot loader for $30.If they can unlock it then how come we don't know how to do it?This tablet is useless without it.Can I get some help from the Devs or people that is also having this problem??
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Maybe you need more than a week
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