unlocked bootloader + manual .30 update fail - Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Title says it all.
Bootloader is unlocked but i try to manually update the .30 firmware (im on .29) ... and i get the poor little droid on his side with a red exclamation mark... why?

BossJ said:
Title says it all.
Bootloader is unlocked but i try to manually update the .30 firmware (im on .29) ... and i get the poor little droid on his side with a red exclamation mark... why?
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do you have cwm or twrp installed?
if not, you will need to install one of them.
once you do that, you will need to download and unzip the .30 firmware once and make sure it is on your sd card. then you can reboot into recovery and flash the .30 zip.
if you do that, you will then need to reinstall custom recovery again. check out the development section.

BossJ said:
Title says it all.
Bootloader is unlocked but i try to manually update the .30 firmware (im on .29) ... and i get the poor little droid on his side with a red exclamation mark... why?
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You might want to try this if you are on Windows (credit to: Auliyaa for providing the original guide. Link to original guide after this suggestion):
1. Download the latest Firmware from ASUS support website, which you obviously have done.
2. Download and install Android SDK to your PC. Install the SDK to your C:\ drive or wherever you have your Windows installed. When you launched it, choose to only download the Platform Tools to make sure you have the updated Fastboot.
3. Once the platform tools download finished, close the Android SDK.
4. Extract "blob" file from the Firmware zip file to Android SDK platform-tools directory.
5. Open Command prompt, if you are on Windows
6. Navigate to platform-tools directory
7. Type this in command prompt:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
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8. For some reason, the transfer seems to fail from time to time. Just try the Fastboot command again if the transfer fail. For me, the 2nd attempt is always successful.
9. Once the transferred is successful, type the following command to reboot your tablet:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
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Link Reference: [TF300TG][Guide] Flashing back the original stock ROM
Hope this helps.

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[Q] Brick After last OTA Update TF300TG

Updating to latest OTA Update, download smoothly, installed with no error message, but after that stuck loop in asus logo.
Try to boot into recovery mode, only got dead android logo with big exclamation on red triangle.
Try to boot with volume down, and select mode, but only have two option : Wipe Data and Android, both not working.
How to fix?
Thanks.
anjing.banjo said:
Updating to latest OTA Update, download smoothly, installed with no error message, but after that stuck loop in asus logo.
Try to boot into recovery mode, only got dead android logo with big exclamation on red triangle.
Try to boot with volume down, and select mode, but only have two option : Wipe Data and Android, both not working.
How to fix?
Thanks.
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if the update failed before installing the new bootloader you can install a full ics rom from their support page, http://www.asus.com/Tablet/Transformer_Pad/ASUS_Transformer_Pad_TF300TG/
from download, select android, select firmware, download the right one for your tablet (usa for us bought tablets, ww for europe, jp for japan etc)
unzip the package, inside you'll find another zip file - that one DONT unzip.
rename it as "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without "") and copy it to your sdcard, load the sdcard into your tablet.
reboot in recovery mode, wait for it to install.
but if the ota updater has worked up to having installed the new JB bootloader this will surely fail, you have to wait for ASUS to post the new JB roms for download on their site.
NixZero said:
if the update failed before installing the new bootloader you can install a full ics rom from their support page,
from download, select android, select firmware, download the right one for your tablet (usa for us bought tablets, ww for europe, jp for japan etc)
unzip the package, inside you'll find another zip file - that one DONT unzip.
rename it as "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without "") and copy it to your sdcard, load the sdcard into your tablet.
reboot in recovery mode, wait for it to install.
but if the ota updater has worked up to having installed the new JB bootloader this will surely fail, you have to wait for ASUS to post the new JB roms for download on their site.
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ota uploader already installed the new JB bootloader i suppose because already tried your suggest but not working.. Have to wait for new JB roms on Asus then... thank you for ur suggestion, appreciated it.
NixZero said:
if the update failed before installing the new bootloader you can install a full ics rom from their support page,
from download, select android, select firmware, download the right one for your tablet (usa for us bought tablets, ww for europe, jp for japan etc)
unzip the package, inside you'll find another zip file - that one DONT unzip.
rename it as "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip" (without "") and copy it to your sdcard, load the sdcard into your tablet.
reboot in recovery mode, wait for it to install.
but if the ota updater has worked up to having installed the new JB bootloader this will surely fail, you have to wait for ASUS to post the new JB roms for download on their site.
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Did already what you suggested, download JB roms from asus, extract once the zip, and renamed the extracted zip to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip, put the zip into root dir in my sdcard, boot into recovery mode; but only see the picture of dead android with exclamation sign in red triangle. Any suggestion?
anjing.banjo said:
Did already what you suggested, download JB roms from asus, extract once the zip, and renamed the extracted zip to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip, put the zip into root dir in my sdcard, boot into recovery mode; but only see the picture of dead android with exclamation sign in red triangle. Any suggestion?
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the sdcard is formatted ntfs?
it need to be formatted as fat32
NixZero said:
the sdcard is formatted ntfs?
it need to be formatted as fat32
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Did already format the sdcard in FAT and FAT32, but still couldn't do the recovery. Same dead android image
I woke up to a nice brick this morning. Idk how it happened. But i get the unrecoverable bootloader **** now
Sent from my VS840 4G using xda premium
Why dont you try this way:
”just wanted to share what worked!
1. Grabbed the Firmware file (_epad....zip) from the Asus site.
2. Unzipped twice to get to the blob file.
3. ran: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash boot blob
-- this failed with an error 0x170003
4. ran: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery blob
-- ran this even though I would have thought it should have been flash boot. Others have suggested that you just
run this program one or more times to achieve success. The good news is that it worked and after:
5. fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot
I now have a fully functioning device again. I hope this helps others.”
badmania98 said:
Why dont you try this way:
”just wanted to share what worked!
1. Grabbed the Firmware file (_epad....zip) from the Asus site.
2. Unzipped twice to get to the blob file.
3. ran: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash boot blob
-- this failed with an error 0x170003
4. ran: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery blob
-- ran this even though I would have thought it should have been flash boot. Others have suggested that you just
run this program one or more times to achieve success. The good news is that it worked and after:
5. fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot
I now have a fully functioning device again. I hope this helps others.”
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Unfortunately I can't get into fastboot mode. So can't use fastboot to push the firmware using this command.
Is there any solution for my problem?

[X920d] How to Unroot HTC Butterfly

This guide is made for those people who want to unroot and revert there HTC butterfly to stock firmware by flashing Stock RUU using ADB commands. this is tested personally by me. a compete detail explanation can be found in this link.
1. download the stock RUU in this link. This is a working Stock RUU image and can be flash only using ADB command. the zip file will prompt you that it is corrupted when you try to open manually. rename the file to PL99IMG.zip to flash it faster.
PL99IMG_DLXB1_U_JB_45_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.12.707.1_R_Ra dio_3A.22.306.10_10.07.1060.04D_release_signed.zip
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658475218
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2. You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. if you already have it, continue. extract the folder and copy the PL99IMG.zip to that directory.
3. Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
4. Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
5. open a command prompt and browse to the folder containing the ADB files.
6. enter the following commands
fastboot erase cache
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7. You may not see any output, then enter the command
fastboot oem rebootRUU
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8. You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
9. Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
fastboot flash zip PL99IMG.zip
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if this error will prompt you. enter the command again in step 9.
FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)
Normal after Hboot version changes. You need to run only the flash command again (not the whole set of commands, just the fastboot flash command.)
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10. The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
Once done, enter the command
fastboot reboot
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i hope this guide will be a great help.
Hit Thanks if you like it.
Or you could rename this thread to 'How to flash RUU zip for X920D'
Does this include stock recovery?
So why do we have 2 threads .. ?? Just confused
Also when I tried fixing the zip, I didnt see any boot image in it.. can someone who has restored confirm that their kernel also actually reverted ?
v-b-n said:
So why do we have 2 threads .. ?? Just confused
Also when I tried fixing the zip, I didnt see any boot image in it.. can someone who has restored confirm that their kernel also actually reverted ?
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you dont have to fix the zip file. let the internal RUU flash everything for you including the boot image. as i said never try to fix the zip file even though it saying its corrupted. only RUU will can open the zip file properly. this guide is a step by step procedure. alright? i confirm that this is working. this where the steps i used to revert my butterfly back to stock.
lombers said:
Does this include stock recovery?
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yes this contains the stock recovery and even the boot image.
acid28 said:
you dont have to fix the zip file. let the internal RUU flash everything for you including the boot image. as i said never try to fix the zip file even though it saying its corrupted. only RUU will can open the zip file properly. this guide is a step by step procedure. alright? i confirm that this is working. this where the steps i used to revert my butterfly back to stock.
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Agreed on that , whats baffling me is that boot image doesnt come up in the zip listing at all ... anyways, I am not in need of this , was just clarifying for others
acid28 said:
This guide is made for those people who want to unroot and revert there HTC butterfly to stock firmware by flashing Stock RUU using ADB commands. this is tested personally by me. a compete detail explanation can be found in this link.
1. download the stock RUU in this link. This is a working Stock RUU image and can be flash only using ADB command. the zip file will prompt you that it is corrupted when you try to open manually. rename the file to PL99IMG.zip to flash it faster.
2. You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. if you already have it, continue. extract the folder and copy the PL99IMG.zip to that directory.
3. Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
4. Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
5. open a command prompt and browse to the folder containing the ADB files.
6. enter the following commands
7. You may not see any output, then enter the command
8. You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
9. Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
if this error will prompt you. enter the command again in step 9.
10. The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
Once done, enter the command
i hope this guide will be a great help.
Hit Thanks if you like it.
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This will put my Butterfly to stock everything right? Locked bootloader, stock recovery and all?
Sent from my HTC Butterfly using Tapatalk 2
enyaj said:
This will put my Butterfly to stock everything right? Locked bootloader, stock recovery and all?
Sent from my HTC Butterfly using Tapatalk 2
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Yes this will revert your butterfly back to stock. and relock your bootloader
I guess this is a sort of side question, but is this the latest current software available for the X920D or is there an OTA available?
EDIT: Also what languages are available in this RUU?
acid28 said:
This guide is made for those people who want to unroot and revert there HTC butterfly to stock firmware by flashing Stock RUU using ADB commands. this is tested personally by me. a compete detail explanation can be found in this link.
1. download the stock RUU in this link. This is a working Stock RUU image and can be flash only using ADB command. the zip file will prompt you that it is corrupted when you try to open manually. rename the file to PL99IMG.zip to flash it faster.
2. You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. if you already have it, continue. extract the folder and copy the PL99IMG.zip to that directory.
3. Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
4. Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
5. open a command prompt and browse to the folder containing the ADB files.
6. enter the following commands
7. You may not see any output, then enter the command
8. You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
9. Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
if this error will prompt you. enter the command again in step 9.
10. The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
Once done, enter the command
i hope this guide will be a great help.
Hit Thanks if you like it.
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getting error FAILED (remote :99 unknown fail)
i hv tried 4-5 times as instructed but same error
getting error FAILED (remote :99 unknown fail)
guyluvsgals said:
getting error FAILED (remote :99 unknown fail)
i hv tried 4-5 times as instructed but same error
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Found solution for this......
Need to relock back the bootloader
1.) On bootloader, type "fastboot oem lock" (I got the message mentioned locked successful or something but end of the process FAILED)
2.) Just don't bother bout the message, ur phone may restarted now.
3.) Boot back to Bootloader (Hold Power + Vol Down)
4.) Follow back all the steps as mentioned on the thread.
Hope this help
guyluvsgals said:
getting error FAILED (remote :99 unknown fail)
i hv tried 4-5 times as instructed but same error
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Your bootloader is still unlocked. You didn't relock your bootloader. Relock your bootloader using this command:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
acid28 said:
This guide is made for those people who want to unroot and revert there HTC butterfly to stock firmware by flashing Stock RUU using ADB commands. this is tested personally by me. a compete detail explanation can be found in this link.
1. download the stock RUU in this link. This is a working Stock RUU image and can be flash only using ADB command. the zip file will prompt you that it is corrupted when you try to open manually. rename the file to PL99IMG.zip to flash it faster.
2. You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. if you already have it, continue. extract the folder and copy the PL99IMG.zip to that directory.
3. Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
4. Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
5. open a command prompt and browse to the folder containing the ADB files.
6. enter the following commands
7. You may not see any output, then enter the command
8. You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
9. Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
if this error will prompt you. enter the command again in step 9.
10. The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
Once done, enter the command
i hope this guide will be a great help.
Hit Thanks if you like it.
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hello I got an error here :
FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
Your device is S-ON & you are trying to use an RUU that has software number less than your current software number.
what should I do now
acid28 said:
This guide is made for those people who want to unroot and revert there HTC butterfly to stock firmware by flashing Stock RUU using ADB commands. this is tested personally by me. a compete detail explanation can be found in this link.
1. download the stock RUU in this link. This is a working Stock RUU image and can be flash only using ADB command. the zip file will prompt you that it is corrupted when you try to open manually. rename the file to PL99IMG.zip to flash it faster.
2. You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. if you already have it, continue. extract the folder and copy the PL99IMG.zip to that directory.
3. Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
4. Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
5. open a command prompt and browse to the folder containing the ADB files.
6. enter the following commands
7. You may not see any output, then enter the command
8. You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
9. Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
if this error will prompt you. enter the command again in step 9.
10. The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
Once done, enter the command
i hope this guide will be a great help.
Hit Thanks if you like it.
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Success!
the ruu has corrupted?
Can someone post the stock recovery img please
v-b-n said:
Can someone post the stock recovery img please
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here it is, recovery.img from : OTA_DLXB1_U_JB_45_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.12.707.1_R
How do unlock the bootloader again so that I can flash the stock recovery img? when i relock i used the fastboot oem lock command..then flashed RUU..all ok..just that the stock recovery doesnt show..just an image of a phone with a red exclamation mark.Thanks.
edit..ok..managed to unlock again..but after I flash the stock recovery..still get the red triangle...
Do i have to unroot a rooted x920d to receive OTA update?
Hi all,
its been a long time since I last on xda. I was using HTC P3600i back then. Now I just bought a butterfly & its rooted. I am unable to update via air since then. My question is do I hve to do this to update my system
software? We all know new OTA update is available. I can't update cos everytime got error while flashing. The error is zip file not found. When I use it with tarp the error is cannot flash zip file, the signature verification failed. Any help here dud be great. Thx

[Q] Error on Installing TWRP and Can't recover to ICS, same Problem?

I have had my TF700 for a while, and merrily went from ICS through the various OTA upgrades to 4.2.1
I have attempted to follow along the "All in One Guide" in order to get Rooted so I can install Cyanogenmod or alternative to get rid of the crapware delivered by Asus. But I seem to get stuck when trying to "Flash" anything. Or at least I think so.
I unlocked the bootloader using the apk provided by Asus. Bootloader shows as unlocked when booting.
adb devices shows my device attached. When booted into fastboot mode fastboot devices shows my device attached.
I have also done a complete data wipe, not that that should matter.
1st, I have tried to install twrp using GooManager, and the fastboot method. Using GooManager, the file downloads and then nothing seems to happen. GooManager will also not reboot to recovery. Using the Fastboot method I get "error: cannot load 'twrp.blob': No error". I have downloaded the file multiple times and it does not appear to be corrupted.
I have tried to roll back to ICS by downloading the correct firmware, renaming it and copying to my SDCard, then booting into recovery. US_epad_user_9_4_5_30_20120907_UpdateLauncher.zip I only get the Android guy with the red triangle until it reboots.
I have also tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929712 but this does nothing as twrp is not installed and the regular recovery doesn't do anything.
What should I try next? It would seem like I'm missing something obvious.
When you download firmware from Asus, the file you need to put on your SDCard is not the file you downloaded, but the zip file contained within. Its a zip in a zip. Extract the file you downloaded and you will find another zip file inside and that's the one you rename and copy to your SDCard. Also make sure your SDCard is formatted FAT32. exFAT will not work and is the default Sandisk format.
Got rolled back to ICS but..
I successfully rolled back to ICS .30
Now adb fails to recognize the device. Previously it did recognize. I reinstalled the drivers in fastboot mode and "normal" mode. I have tried the universal naked drivers and the Asus drivers. fastboot reboot will successfully reboot the device, but nothing shows up when I do a adb devices or fastboot devices.
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob Gets the same error, error: cannot load 'twrp.blob': No error.
When I run through *** Rooting Your TF700 with Debugfs automated root *** I get the error "You must install device specific drivers...."
Fixed
Adhar said:
I successfully rolled back to ICS .30
Now adb fails to recognize the device. Previously it did recognize. I reinstalled the drivers in fastboot mode and "normal" mode. I have tried the universal naked drivers and the Asus drivers. fastboot reboot will successfully reboot the device, but nothing shows up when I do a adb devices or fastboot devices.
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob Gets the same error, error: cannot load 'twrp.blob': No error.
When I run through *** Rooting Your TF700 with Debugfs automated root *** I get the error "You must install device specific drivers...."
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I discovered that I couldn't install twrp as I was in the wrong folder when executing the command. I needed to cd to the folder that contained the .blob file. Then it was trivial to use twrp to flash the root.zip file and gain root, and then flash cyanogenmod 10.0, wipe, and then reboot.
Everything is fine, now downloading Google apps.
Adhar said:
I discovered that I couldn't install twrp as I was in the wrong folder when executing the command. I needed to cd to the folder that contained the .blob file. Then it was trivial to use twrp to flash the root.zip file and gain root, and then flash cyanogenmod 10.0, wipe, and then reboot.
Everything is fine, now downloading Google apps.
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When I read "seems like I'm missing something obvious" from your original post I went back and re-read it looking for the obvious. It wasn't immediately apparent what was wrong. If you hadn't posted the name of the firmware file it wouldn't have been obvious to me either but I thought I recognized it as the downloaded not the internal zip file name and verified it with my downloaded firmware. Glad to help and that you got it all worked out.

[Q] How to downgrade to jb 10.6.1.14.8?

My infinity just passes its warranty and it is in newest stock firmware and not rooted. I think it is too slow and laggy and i would like to make some change by flashing new rom. As i know, the newest firmware .10 can not be unlocked and flash rom? So do i have to downgrade to .8 to make it work?
ericsundiu said:
My infinity just passes its warranty and it is in newest stock firmware and not rooted. I think it is too slow and laggy and i would like to make some change by flashing new rom. As i know, the newest firmware .10 can not be unlocked and flash rom? So do i have to downgrade to .8 to make it work?
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You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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do you mean i can still unlock with the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware? using the official unlock tool?
ericsundiu said:
do you mean i can still unlock with the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware? using the official unlock tool?
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Unlocking and rooting are two different things. There is no known root method at this time for the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware. The Unlock Tool should still work.
I don't think it's a question which firmware you have - sometimes it works like a charm and other users cannot unlock at all due to incorrect or incomplete S/N database on Asus servers. At least I have not heard anything that people have trouble unlocking after the last update.
Just download the latest version, v8 I think, install and run it. The worst that can happen is it fails.
Do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself thoroughly before you try to flash custom software to the tablet.
There is little risk in flashing a custom rom IF you do it right. But yesterday night I tried to help someone who did it wrong and hard bricked his tablet. Read 3 times, ask twice, flash once!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot
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For flashing via adb and the staging partition, Android must be rooted. Fastboot works without root.
I did a clean wipe of my tablet and installed 10.6.1.14.10 onto my tablet.
I have unlocked the bootloader, but when booting up I then have the default recovery and rom supplied by Asus with no root.
I tried motochopper and debugfs method, and as described above neither work, the cmd prompt windows just record failures.
Read this forum regarding what is what (fastboot, root, unlocked etc.) and why you do them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833212
The way I gave root to the stock rom was by loading into fastboot mode and pushing a twrp image to my tablet off CHROMI rom site. I then used that to root the system. To be honest I did not need to root as I could have just then flashed the CHROMI custom rom which comes with SU anyway....
Get fastboot into a folder and also copy the TWRP recovery img inside the fastboot folder
Attach your device to the PC
Start fastboot mode by switching off your tablet then switching on in bootloader by holding down power on and volumn down
Connect tablet to PC (need approperiate drivers)
Open cmd prompt as admininstrator and goto directory with recovery image in the fastboot folder
Type the following commands:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot (though I don't think i typed this if honest, struggling to remember)
Unplug tablet from the PC and reboot into recovery mode
If you got the image of twrp from CHROMI site which includes bootloader also, i think it includes SU, therefore just exit and close recovery and it should ask to install SU. Select yes
Reboot the device
Your device is now rooted, though think you need to run SU in the tablet to get it fully setup.
Sorry this is not 100% perfect, I will recall what I did tonight when at home in front of PC with files.
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
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Hello Berndblb (and everybody else ),
I'm quite a Noob around here as you can see and I've the same problem.
My TF700 has the build : US_epad-10.6.1.14.10 and the Android version : 4.2.1
I followed the instructions from this thread and now my tablet is unlocked.
I want to flash it to run under the last version of Cromi and I've read the instructions :
"- Step 1 - Coming from Stock Asus 10.6.1.x – INSTALLING TWRP 2.5 on 10.6.1.14.4/8"
Okay, so now I need to install TWRP, so I followed the guidelines : to do so, the easiest way is to install goomanager on the playstore.
Okay let's do this, I go to the playstore and I read the first line : This app is for ROOTED USERS ONLY!
Okay, so now before doing anything, I need to root my TF700, so I go back to this thread and I see that the easiest way to do it is by using motochopper but motochopper doesn't seem to work on 10.6.1.14.10.
As you said yourself previously before, I need to downgrade to 0.8 before using motochopper to root my tablet.
Okay let's do this, I search many threads and I've finally used this method :
1/ Download the previous firmware from asus website for my tablet (us version) and unzip it to get another .zip : US_epad-user-10.6.1.14.8.zip
2/ Put it into the root of my internal sd card
3/ Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up".
4/ Android start to work to add the downgrade version.... then I get the sick droid !
So, now I'm quite stuck here, I can't downgrade this way... any advices ?
M1ster1 said:
Hello Berndblb (and everybody else ),
I'm quite a Noob around here as you can see and I've the same problem.
My TF700 has the build : US_epad-10.6.1.14.10 and the Android version : 4.2.1
I followed the instructions from this thread and now my tablet is unlocked.
I want to flash it to run under the last version of Cromi and I've read the instructions :
"- Step 1 - Coming from Stock Asus 10.6.1.x – INSTALLING TWRP 2.5 on 10.6.1.14.4/8"
Okay, so now I need to install TWRP, so I followed the guidelines : to do so, the easiest way is to install goomanager on the playstore.
Okay let's do this, I go to the playstore and I read the first line : This app is for ROOTED USERS ONLY!
Okay, so now before doing anything, I need to root my TF700, so I go back to this thread and I see that the easiest way to do it is by using motochopper but motochopper doesn't seem to work on 10.6.1.14.10.
As you said yourself previously before, I need to downgrade to 0.8 before using motochopper to root my tablet.
Okay let's do this, I search many threads and I've finally used this method :
1/ Download the previous firmware from asus website for my tablet (us version) and unzip it to get another .zip : US_epad-user-10.6.1.14.8.zip
2/ Put it into the root of my internal sd card
3/ Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up".
4/ Android start to work to add the downgrade version.... then I get the sick droid !
So, now I'm quite stuck here, I can't downgrade this way... any advices ?
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You can try to install from your system, not stock recovery. You need to boot your system normally and look in the lower right corner at your notification. It should notify you that their is an update for you. When you click on it, it will walk you through the update process. You need to make sure that you have only one zip file in your directory which is the Asus firmware that you want to update.
You can also use fastboot to install the TWRP. I don't think you need to root to install a custom recovery by using fastboot if you already unlocked your bootloader. IMO, I think fastboot is easier and faster than motochopper because of rooting process...
LetMeKnow said:
You can also use fastboot to install the TWRP. I don't think you need to root to install a custom recovery by using fastboot if you already unlocked your bootloader. IMO, I think fastboot is easier and faster than motochopper because of rooting process...
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Thanks LetMeKnow !
It was the right way to do it (Berndblb advised this also here).
It worked and I've now TWRP installed ! :victory:
But it wasn't so easy, fortunately there's plenty of help around here
I'll write here quickly how I did it, it could help someone, who knows, sharing doesn't hurt, even if I'm sure there's plenty of different methods to do it.
I found some help in this guide because the explanation under "Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method:" from the TWRP page is a bit rough for a beginner like me.
First I need to mention that I've Windows XP on my computer.
As you can read here there's 3 different ways to install TWRP on the TF700, the first one is the easiest one, but you need to be root, if you're unrooted like me and you want to skip rooting, let's install TWRP via fastboot.
Requirements :
- Bootloader must be unlocked. Very easy following this thread.
- ADB and Fastboot must be installed on your computer. You can follow this guide, this way you'll install them from the latest version of Android SDK and avoid any trouble.
- You should have the USB driver for your TF700 installed on your computer. I've read multiple times that that the official drivers could create some trouble, and indeed it happened to me. So you can give a try, and if this doesn't work, let's go for the Universal Naked Driver.
- Download the last version of TWRP (the newest .blob file) from here. Rename it to twrp.blob and place it under C:/Android (or C:/Android-adb, depending how you've rename your folder containing adb and fastboot.exe).
Fastboot method :
- Before starting, you want to be sure that your computer recognize well your tablet, otherwise, you'll follow a tutoriel like me, enter the final command, press enter and watch... nothing ! just a prompt command blinking in front of you, because if the script don't find any device, it will just write nothing.
To be sure of that, turn on your TF700, Plug it to your computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging (Tap the Build Number 7 times under Settings, About Tablet and it will show up under Dev Settings).
Now, if you're under WinXP like me, it may be possible that the pc doesn't recognize well your tablet, and you'll probably have to play with your device manager (to go into your device manager right-click on My Computer and click Properties, In the System Properties window click the Hardware tab, In the Hardware tab click the Device Manager button then look for your device, click on it, uninstall drivers, then reinstall the naked driver mentioned before for example). You may find some help here or around here in the forum.
Once you think your tablet with USB debugging enabled is well recognized by your computer, try to open a command prompt (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box) and type “adb devices” (without quotes). The daemon will start up, and all connected devices will be listed. If your device shows up, let's continue to next step, otherwise, you should continue to play with uninstalling drivers, reboot, installing others drivers...
- Turn off & Unplug your device.
- Enter fastboot mode : Keep pressing the Power button while holding the Volume down button till the screen responds then
1) If you have an old bootloader select USB icon, press Volume up button.
2) If you have the new 4.2.1 boot loader it automatically boot into usb mode, it should be written in the upper left corner something like this :
The Device is UnLocked.
key driver not found...booting os
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14-20130329" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download Protocol
I didn't know that and I found some answer here and here.
- Plug the TF700 to your computer via a USB cable. (and make sure no other android devices is connected to the computer)
- Open a command prompt in your computer (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box).
Just to be sure (one more time) that your device is well recognized by the computer type “fastboot devices” (without quotes).
You should see at least one line with some numbers written.
Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your tablet.
- Normally the TWRP recovery is now installed on your device !
To check that enter recovery mode : Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up". You should see that image, cool right ?
I don't take any credit for this quick explanation because I took all the informations from this forum (and from different other websites) and gathered them together for my own case, but I think this may help others.
A big Thanks to all the guys here who take the time to write, explain and help, that's great, keep it up the good work :good:
M1ster1 said:
Thanks LetMeKnow !
It was the right way to do it (Berndblb advised this also here).
It worked and I've now TWRP installed ! :victory:
But it wasn't so easy, fortunately there's plenty of help around here
I'll write here quickly how I did it, it could help someone, who knows, sharing doesn't hurt, even if I'm sure there's plenty of different methods to do it.
I found some help in this guide because the explanation under "Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method:" from the TWRP page is a bit rough for a beginner like me.
First I need to mention that I've Windows XP on my computer.
As you can read here there's 3 different ways to install TWRP on the TF700, the first one is the easiest one, but you need to be root, if you're unrooted like me and you want to skip rooting, let's install TWRP via fastboot.
Requirements :
- Bootloader must be unlocked. Very easy following this thread.
- ADB and Fastboot must be installed on your computer. You can follow this guide, this way you'll install them from the latest version of Android SDK and avoid any trouble.
- You should have the USB driver for your TF700 installed on your computer. I've read multiple times that that the official drivers could create some trouble, and indeed it happened to me. So you can give a try, and if this doesn't work, let's go for the Universal Naked Driver.
- Download the last version of TWRP (the newest .blob file) from here. Rename it to twrp.blob and place it under C:/Android (or C:/Android-adb, depending how you've rename your folder containing adb and fastboot.exe).
Fastboot method :
- Before starting, you want to be sure that your computer recognize well your tablet, otherwise, you'll follow a tutoriel like me, enter the final command, press enter and watch... nothing ! just a prompt command blinking in front of you, because if the script don't find any device, it will just write nothing.
To be sure of that, turn on your TF700, Plug it to your computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging (Tap the Build Number 7 times under Settings, About Tablet and it will show up under Dev Settings).
Now, if you're under WinXP like me, it may be possible that the pc doesn't recognize well your tablet, and you'll probably have to play with your device manager (right click on your device, uninstall drivers, then reinstall the naked driver mentioned before for example). You may find some help here or around here in the forum.
Once you think your tablet with USB debugging enabled is well recognized by your computer, try to open a command prompt (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box) and type “adb devices” (without quotes). The daemon will start up, and all connected devices will be listed. If your device shows up, let's continue to next step, otherwise, you should continue to play with uninstalling drivers, reboot, installing others drivers...
- Turn off your device.
- Enter fastboot mode : Keep pressing the Power button while holding the Volume down button till the screen responds then
1) If you have an old bootloader select USB icon, press Volume up button.
2) If you have the new 4.2.1 boot loader it automatically boot into usb mode, it should be written in the upper left corner something like this :
The Device is UnLocked.
key driver not found...booting os
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14-20130329" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download Protocol
I didn't know that and I found some answer here and here.
- Plug the TF700 to your computer via a USB cable. (and make sure no other android devices is connected to the computer)
- Open a command prompt in your computer (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box).
Just to be sure (one more time) that your device is well recognized by the computer type “fastboot devices” (without quotes).
You should see at least one line with some numbers written.
Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your phone.
- Normally the TWRP recovery is now installed on your device !
To check that enter recovery mode : Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up". You should see that image, cool right ?
I don't take any credit for this quick explanation because I took all the informations from this forum (and from different other websites) and gathered them together for my own case, but I think this may help others.
A big Thanks to all the guys here who take the time to write, explain and help, that's great, keep it up the good work :good:
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Good job! Congrats!
And thank you for putting this guide together. That's what I call sharing! :victory:
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
M1ster1 said:
Thanks LetMeKnow !
It was the right way to do it (Berndblb advised this also here).
It worked and I've now TWRP installed ! :victory:
But it wasn't so easy, fortunately there's plenty of help around here
I'll write here quickly how I did it, it could help someone, who knows, sharing doesn't hurt, even if I'm sure there's plenty of different methods to do it.
I found some help in this guide because the explanation under "Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method:" from the TWRP page is a bit rough for a beginner like me.
First I need to mention that I've Windows XP on my computer.
As you can read here there's 3 different ways to install TWRP on the TF700, the first one is the easiest one, but you need to be root, if you're unrooted like me and you want to skip rooting, let's install TWRP via fastboot.
Requirements :
- Bootloader must be unlocked. Very easy following this thread.
- ADB and Fastboot must be installed on your computer. You can follow this guide, this way you'll install them from the latest version of Android SDK and avoid any trouble.
- You should have the USB driver for your TF700 installed on your computer. I've read multiple times that that the official drivers could create some trouble, and indeed it happened to me. So you can give a try, and if this doesn't work, let's go for the Universal Naked Driver.
- Download the last version of TWRP (the newest .blob file) from here. Rename it to twrp.blob and place it under C:/Android (or C:/Android-adb, depending how you've rename your folder containing adb and fastboot.exe).
Fastboot method :
- Before starting, you want to be sure that your computer recognize well your tablet, otherwise, you'll follow a tutoriel like me, enter the final command, press enter and watch... nothing ! just a prompt command blinking in front of you, because if the script don't find any device, it will just write nothing.
To be sure of that, turn on your TF700, Plug it to your computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging (Tap the Build Number 7 times under Settings, About Tablet and it will show up under Dev Settings).
Now, if you're under WinXP like me, it may be possible that the pc doesn't recognize well your tablet, and you'll probably have to play with your device manager (to go into your device manager right-click on My Computer and click Properties, In the System Properties window click the Hardware tab, In the Hardware tab click the Device Manager button then look for your device, click on it, uninstall drivers, then reinstall the naked driver mentioned before for example). You may find some help here or around here in the forum.
Once you think your tablet with USB debugging enabled is well recognized by your computer, try to open a command prompt (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box) and type “adb devices” (without quotes). The daemon will start up, and all connected devices will be listed. If your device shows up, let's continue to next step, otherwise, you should continue to play with uninstalling drivers, reboot, installing others drivers...
- Turn off & Unplug your device.
- Enter fastboot mode : Keep pressing the Power button while holding the Volume down button till the screen responds then
1) If you have an old bootloader select USB icon, press Volume up button.
2) If you have the new 4.2.1 boot loader it automatically boot into usb mode, it should be written in the upper left corner something like this :
The Device is UnLocked.
key driver not found...booting os
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14-20130329" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download Protocol
I didn't know that and I found some answer here and here.
- Plug the TF700 to your computer via a USB cable. (and make sure no other android devices is connected to the computer)
- Open a command prompt in your computer (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box).
Just to be sure (one more time) that your device is well recognized by the computer type “fastboot devices” (without quotes).
You should see at least one line with some numbers written.
Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your tablet.
- Normally the TWRP recovery is now installed on your device !
To check that enter recovery mode : Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up". You should see that image, cool right ?
I don't take any credit for this quick explanation because I took all the informations from this forum (and from different other websites) and gathered them together for my own case, but I think this may help others.
A big Thanks to all the guys here who take the time to write, explain and help, that's great, keep it up the good work :good:
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It is a nice written How to do list, good job... :good:
You can add these command for fastboot to your list instead of using the power button and volume down..
> fastboot reboot-bootloader # Exit fastboot and reboot into bootloader.
> fastboot reboot # Exit fastboot and reboot to your system
Good job.. :good:
FAILED (InvalidSize)
I am attempting to install a ROM on my Transformer Infinity as it pretty much sucks these days but am a complete NOOB. Have never attempted this with any of my phones or tablets, but figure I would try since these directions are so detailed. After following most the steps you have listed, I get the error below in the command prompt. Can someone please help, I tried searching XDA and Google to no avail. If possible please be as basic and speak in layman's terms b/c all this technical jargon goes right over my head. Thank you in advance!!!
Step followed:
- Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your tablet.
Error:
c:\Android-ADB>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blop
sending 'recovery' <8218 KB>...
OKAY [ 2.938s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED <remote: <InvalidSize>>
finished. total time: 6.633s
epps720 said:
Error:
c:\Android-ADB>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blop
sending 'recovery' <8218 KB>...
OKAY [ 2.938s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED <remote: <InvalidSize>>
finished. total time: 6.633s
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Don't know if you cut and paste the error message or typed it up. But what I notice is that you named the recovery file .blop
It should be .blob
Another step to avoid simple errors: Place the recovery.blob file into the same directory with your fastboot file.
Right click in that directory to open a command prompt and then execute the command
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash reccovery twrp.blob
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
berndblb said:
Don't know if you cut and paste the error message or typed it up. But what I notice is that you named the recovery file .blop
It should be .blob
Another step to avoid simple errors: Place the recovery.blob file into the same directory with your fastboot file.
Right click in that directory to open a command prompt and then execute the command
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash reccovery twrp.blob
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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Thanks for the help but I'm still getting the same error. I did move the recovery file to the same folder and open the command prompt right from that folder but no luck. Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
epps720 said:
Thanks for the help but I'm still getting the same error. I did move the recovery file to the same folder and open the command prompt right from that folder but no luck. Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
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Actually yes.
Just read in another thread about someone having the same problem as you, getting the incorrect file size error.
Download the TWRP 2.5 blob and try it with that file. I have no idea why, but TWRP 2.6 may cause this error.
At least that bloke got the recovery installed that way. Once you have TWRP, it's easy to upgrade to the latest version.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
berndblb said:
I have no idea why, but TWRP 2.6 may cause this error.
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The blob for TWRP 2.6.3 is bigger than the recovery partition. 2.6.1 should work.
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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Ive had the same question as the OP, i also have a .10 version, i have a US sku, and i downlaoded said associating item but when I went but when i go to either do it with sd, or intewrnal sd, or how ever. through manual or through android, either method both resulted in error when trying to downgrade, i dont know if its because its a downgrade or what.
Ive some linux experience over the years, and have rooted and run custom roms in the past. im trying to achieve the same as the OP, fix my lag, and more options and tweaks.
I have the .zip of the rom i want whitch i found I liked the xcromi rom, so I downloaded it. so, i can put that in and name it what and how do i do the update than through the volume down + pwr combo into that menu? (not sure what its called) but i can't do sideloads because i can't havbe the ultity to sideload without rooting and i can't root with .10, so i have been trying to get past this single step all night and this morning now.
@M1ster1
Thanks for posting this guide. It doesn't do a perfect job however on the TF700t running Android build 10.6.1.14.10. Tried to use the "fix permissions" option in ROM Manager but failed due to insufficient permissions. I installed CWM Superuser and cleaned up the version of SuperSU (prefer Superuser anyhow)... updated the binaries and still no love when trying to correct the permissions, despite all tests showing the device fully rooted.
After a day of pulling my hair out I finally came across vRoot and after even longer found a guide in English. Ran that, again swapped out the Superuser that went with vRoot and again reinstalled Superuser. Used Ti to install as system app. After reboot ROM Manager was finally able to correct permissions and all is golden again.
Hi ,
My Transformer has 10.6.1.14.10 and I am trying to install TWRP thru fastboot as per "M1ster" instructions.
these are the results I see from my command prompt.
C:\Users\Ken>fastboot devices
015d2bbce7041e07 fastboot
C:\Users\Ken>cd c:\Android-adb
c:\Android-adb>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (4 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.066s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 3.374s]
finished. total time: 3.441s
c:\Android-adb>
after I reboot and select RDK , i get the sick droid error,
I feel like I have missed something, hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction
Thanks
helihaole said:
c:\Android-adb>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (4 KB)...
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Your "twrp.blob" apparently doesn't contain a recovery - it should be around 6 to 8 MB.

Flashfire can't see my zip

I am trying to use Flashfire v0.53 to update my Google-sourced, rooted Pixel from 7.1.0 (build NDE63X) to 7.1.1 (build NMF26V). I've downloaded sailfish-ota-nmf26v-1988a458.zip to my phone and can see it with a root file browser but when I direct Flashfire to the same directory it lists no files. Any thoughts? If I'm going about updating my phone the wrong way, I'm happy to be pointed in the right direction. Thanks.
FlashFire is not working on this phone last I heard. Flash it with TWRP.
TonikJDK said:
FlashFire is not working on this phone last I heard. Flash it with TWRP.
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Good to know, thanks.
I've tried pointing TWRP at the OTA zip I got from Google and it fails. Perhaps because I need to unroot first? I was hoping Flashfire would do that for me. `adb sideload` failed, too.
ChrisNelsonPE said:
Good to know, thanks.
I've tried pointing TWRP at the OTA zip I got from Google and it fails. Perhaps because I need to unroot first? I was hoping Flashfire would do that for me. `adb sideload` failed, too.
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You need to use fastboot. There are a few detailed guides in the "guides" section of both the pixel and pixel xl forums.
Basically you have to edit the flashall.bat file and remove the -w option so that it doesn't wipe. Then you have to fastboot boot into twrp then reflash twrp.zip and SU.zip
All the info is here just look around
aholeinthewor1d said:
You need to use fastboot. There are a few detailed guides in the "guides" section of both the pixel and pixel xl forums.
Basically you have to edit the flashall.bat file and remove the -w option so that it doesn't wipe. Then you have to fastboot boot into twrp then reflash twrp.zip and SU.zip
All the info is here just look around
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-update-fastboot-t3498187 seems promising. I can adapt to use sailfish vs. marlin. But I'm not sure how to know which image is for Verizon.
ChrisNelsonPE said:
Good to know, thanks.
I've tried pointing TWRP at the OTA zip I got from Google and it fails. Perhaps because I need to unroot first? I was hoping Flashfire would do that for me. `adb sideload` failed, too.
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Copy the OTA zip you downloaded, from your phone to your computer. Reboot into TWRP. Go to Advanced and choose "ADB sideload"(not sure if that's exactly what it's called). Once the phone is waiting for ADB, go back to your computer and open a command prompt and type "adb sideload OTA.zip". OTA.zip will be the zip you downloaded. Example: if you copied it to C:\ you would type "adb sideload c:\sailfish-ota-nmf26-xxxxxxxx.zip" or whatever the zip is named.
That is how you would sideload an OTA. If you downloaded a full factory image then open "flash-all.bat" in notepad, remove the "-w"(it's towards the bottom), connect your phone, reboot to bootloader, run flash-all.bat.
Both a full image and OTA will remove your root and TWRP. You will need to re flash recovery and reroot after updating. Just follow the same guides you did originally.
fritzgerald said:
Copy the OTA zip you downloaded, from your phone to your computer. Reboot into TWRP. Go to Advanced and choose "ADB sideload"(not sure if that's exactly what it's called). Once the phone is waiting for ADB, go back to your computer and open a command prompt and type "adb sideload OTA.zip". OTA.zip will be the zip you downloaded. Example: if you copied it to C:\ you would type "adb sideload c:\sailfish-ota-nmf26-xxxxxxxx.zip" or whatever the zip is named.
That is how you would sideload an OTA. If you downloaded a full factory image then open "flash-all.bat" in notepad, remove the "-w"(it's towards the bottom), connect your phone, reboot to bootloader, run flash-all.bat.
Both a full image and OTA will remove your root and TWRP. You will need to re flash recovery and reroot after updating. Just follow the same guides you did originally.
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I don't seem to be able to find the OTA on my phone. Not sure where it gets put.
From your description of using the full image, I imagine I 1) unzip the factory image zip, 2) edit the flash-all.bat in the result, 3) run flash-all.bat (that is, I don't rezip and try to use the package). Right?
ChrisNelsonPE said:
I don't seem to be able to find the OTA on my phone. Not sure where it gets put.
From your description of using the full image, I imagine I 1) unzip the factory image zip, 2) edit the flash-all.bat in the result, 3) run flash-all.bat (that is, I don't rezip and try to use the package). Right?
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That's correct. If you downloaded the OTA with System Updates then I'm not sure where it gets stored. If you downloaded it from Google then it would be in your downloads folder.
You can try the guide I wrote here to sideload the full ota zip from google.
adb sideload failure
spiller37 said:
You can try the guide I wrote here to sideload the full ota zip from google.
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That's a great guide. Alas, when I try to sideload the OTA I get:
Code:
PS C:\adb> adb sideload .\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip
loading: '.\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip'
error: closed
PS C:\adb> adb sideload .\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip
loading: '.\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip'
error: device '(null)' not found
I though the problem might be the old TWRP in my phone so I used the alpha2 I had to install rc1.
ChrisNelsonPE said:
That's a great guide. Alas, when I try to sideload the OTA I get:
I though the problem might be the old TWRP in my phone so I used the alpha2 I had to install rc1.
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Sounds like the driver isn't recognized. Does ADB devices list your device?
ChrisNelsonPE said:
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I though the problem might be the old TWRP in my phone so I used the alpha2 I had to install rc1.
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Now I'm in a boot loop. TWRP -- when it comes up at all -- says it is alpha2 and it doesn't prompt for the code to decrypt my data so the directory listing is gibberish. What do I do now? Reflash 7.0? Flash 7.1?
To recap, I have a Pixel I bought from Google with an unlocked boot loader and TWRP installed but can't boot to Android.
ChrisNelsonPE said:
Now I'm in a boot loop. TWRP -- when it comes up at all -- says it is alpha2 and it doesn't prompt for the code to decrypt my data so the directory listing is gibberish. What do I do now? Reflash 7.0? Flash 7.1?
To recap, I have a Pixel I bought from Google with an unlocked boot loader and TWRP installed but can't boot to Android.
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Alpha 2 is the wrong TWRP. You want RC1.
ChrisNelsonPE said:
That's a great guide. Alas, when I try to sideload the OTA I get:
Code:
PS C:\adb> adb sideload .\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip
loading: '.\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip'
error: closed
PS C:\adb> adb sideload .\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip
loading: '.\sailfish-ota-nmf26u-6ea22a0c.zip'
error: device '(null)' not found
I though the problem might be the old TWRP in my phone so I used the alpha2 I had to install rc1.
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That looks like an ADB device driver problem. Do you see your device listed with ADB devices when in TWRP/Advanced/Sideload?
spiller37 said:
That looks like an ADB device driver problem. Do you see your device listed with ADB devices when in TWRP/Advanced/Sideload?
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Yes.
TonikJDK said:
Alpha 2 is the wrong TWRP. You want RC1.
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That's fine. But how do I get there from a phone which is in a boot loop running alpha1?
ChrisNelsonPE said:
That's fine. But how do I get there from a phone which is in a boot loop running alpha1?
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I get into TWRP on my phone an do
Code:
PS C:\adb> fastboot .\twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-sailfish.img
< waiting for device >
on my computer and it waits forever.
ChrisNelsonPE said:
That's fine. But how do I get there from a phone which is in a boot loop running alpha1?
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Power it down, hold power button and volume down to get it into fastboot.
Fastboot flash TWRPfilename.img
And if that does not work download the full factory image but edit flashall.bat to remove the -w which will save your data and flash the whole thing.
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And if that does not work download the full factory image but edit flashall.bat to remove the -w which will save your data and flash the whole thing.
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So, I think I had to do this. `adb` lists my device but when I try to sideload it says the device (null) doesn't exist.
Do I somehow tell `fastboot` to use the factory image .zip file or do I unzip it, edit flashall.bat, then run flashall.bat?
ChrisNelsonPE said:
So, I think I had to do this. `adb` lists my device but when I try to sideload it says the device (null) doesn't exist.
Do I somehow tell `fastboot` to use the factory image .zip file or do I unzip it, edit flashall.bat, then run flashall.bat?
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Unzip it into your fastboot directory. Then edit and run flashall.

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