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[Q] Jellybean Factory Data Reset / Root

Looking for input from anyone who has had experience with a Rooted TF300T with a "Locked" Bootloader Running "Official OTA Jellybean".My TF300T is Rooted with the Locked Bootloader and OTA Jellybean, Question is If a Factory Data Reset is Preformed will Root Remain or Be Lost ? I know from Past Experiences with my Acer A100 that after a Factory Data Reset Root is Retained. Any Input will be Greatly Appreciated.

Izzyb914 said:
Looking for input from anyone who has had experience with a Rooted TF300T with a "Locked" Bootloader Running "Official OTA Jellybean".My TF300T is Rooted with the Locked Bootloader and OTA Jellybean, Question is If a Factory Data Reset is Preformed will Root Remain or Be Lost ? I know from Past Experiences with my Acer A100 that after a Factory Data Reset Root is Retained. Any Input will be Greatly Appreciated.
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You might get mixed answers, but I can tell you I did exactly that, same circumstances at the time, and I ended up being half-rooted. I could get root access via adb and ota root keeper said it was installed, but it also said I did not have root permissions, and apps could not gain root access no matter what I tried. I consider that a loss of root, so be careful doing that.
As such, I ended up unlocking the bootloader and fully rooting that way.
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funnel71 said:
You might get mixed answers, but I can tell you I did exactly that, same circumstances at the time, and I ended up being half-rooted. I could get root access via adb and ota root keeper said it was installed, but it also said I did not have root permissions, and apps could not gain root access no matter what I tried. I consider that a loss of root, so be careful doing that.
As such, I ended up unlocking the bootloader and fully rooting that way.
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funnel71 Thank's for the Reply to My Post.It was So Easy to Root My TF300T and Retain Root with the Upgrade to Jellybean that I am a Little Apprehensive about trying the Cold Reboot and Factory Rest in Fear of losing My Root in order to solve a couple of Small Concerns that I am having with certain Apps force closing to the Lock Screen. The UI is Perfect with Jellybean with No Concerns what so ever...Super Fast & Smooth....I think I will just Play it by Ear for Now and let things ride being that there are No other Concerns that this Tablet is experiencing .I was Lucky enough to be able to Purchase my TF300T 16 GB at Best Buy for $249.99 with the Clearance that they had with Overstock of the Blue Model.I have a 30 Day Return on this Bad Boy and sure Hope Not to have to use it.

cold booting won't make you lose root. I did factory reset once on ics and I was able to restore root not sure if it will work on jb. Also try clearing the app's data of the apps that are getting forced closed then cold boot.
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jgaf said:
cold booting won't make you lose root. I did factory reset once on ics and I was able to restore root not sure if it will work on jb. Also try clearing the app's data of the apps that are getting forced closed then cold boot.
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The thing is you were able to easily root because of exploits which were closed by jb - specifically the ability to link the data directory to the /system mount. Since a factory reset wipes the data area, it can break that link, and if on jb, you can't get it back, at least not that way. Only current way is to unlock the bootloader, flash in recovery, and use recovery to flash in the needed components for root. It's not a hard procedure at all, but some don't want to out of fear of bricking or the loss of warranty.
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jgaf said:
cold booting won't make you lose root. I did factory reset once on ics and I was able to restore root not sure if it will work on jb. Also try clearing the app's data of the apps that are getting forced closed then cold boot.
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jgaf Thanks for the reply to my Post.I have had problems with three Apps so far. (1) Astro File Manager: Solved with an Update. (2) OEM Camera while deleting a Photo Taken,Have Not had a Problem sense then.(Strange) (3) Riptide GP Cleared the Data as suggested and Fine So Far.
I Really Think that my Problems are with the Apps and Not Hardware of the TF300T or Software Related to Jellybean (I Hope). Again Thanks for the Input Greatly Appreciated . As Far as Root is Concerned I think the reason you were able to restore it is because you were on ICS and Not Jellybean with a Locked Bootloader.

After each fw update some apps always get wonky, which are almost always fixed by clearing data or cold booting. Sucks that we can't do factory reset on jb and keep root, it's always good to have that option when nothing else seems to work. Hopefully someone will find a way of rooting without having to unlock.
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nVFlash with Jellybean

is such a thing possible at all with the tf700? i'm hesitant to root/unlock/flash roms until there is an unbrickable option out...

NVFlash works fine - it doesn't matter what version of Android your tablet is currently on. The only pre-requisite is that you have saved your TF700 "blobs" while you were on the .26 firmware or earlier. Once you have the saved the files, NVFlash will *always* work, regardless of the Android version.
If you've already upgraded to .30 or JB *before* saving your blobs with NVFlash, then you are stuck, there is currently no way to obtain the "blobs" needed to use NVFlash if you are past the .26 firmware before saving your blobs.
Hope that makes sense...
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jtrosky said:
NVFlash works fine - it doesn't matter what version of Android your tablet is currently on. The only pre-requisite is that you have saved your TF700 "blobs" while you were on the .26 firmware or earlier. Once you have the saved the files, NVFlash will *always* work, regardless of the Android version.
If you've already upgraded to .30 or JB *before* saving your blobs with NVFlash, then you are stuck, there is currently no way to obtain the "blobs" needed to use NVFlash if you are past the .26 firmware before saving your blobs.
Hope that makes sense...
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I am kind of a newbie so excuse my lack of knowledge. Is it possible to use the nvflash backups from another Tf700 to restore a possible bricked one?

Do you think we will get nvflash for jellybean in the future?

georgecarstoiu said:
I am kind of a newbie so excuse my lack of knowledge. Is it possible to use the nvflash backups from another Tf700 to restore a possible bricked one?
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NO, the nvflash backup is for your device only.

I wonder whether the guys from Asus service use nvflash to rewrite everything in case the bootloader gets messed up as many users did with TWRP 2.2.2.0 or CWM 6.0.1.3?
I read somewhere in the forums that they actually have to replace the entire motherboard in this kind of a situation. Any truth to this?

Yep. All hard bricks with the TF201 got new main boards. No one can unlock either after they get their tablets back from RMA after this. There's a big thread about not being able to unlock on the prime forum.
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paddycr said:
Yep. All hard bricks with the TF201 got new main boards. No one can unlock either after they get their tablets back from RMA after this. There's a big thread about not being able to unlock on the prime forum.
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So let me get this right...if the motherboard is changed than you can no longer unlock the device and port other OSs? Are they putting in a superboard of some sort that cannot be unlocked?
I find this hard to believe especially when you can get the unlocking tool from the Asus website. At least let's hope it's not like this, otherwise my tablet would lose some of its appeal.

georgecarstoiu said:
So let me get this right...if the motherboard is changed than you can no longer unlock the device and port other OSs? Are they putting in a superboard of some sort that cannot be unlocked?
I find this hard to believe especially when you can get the unlocking tool from the Asus website. At least let's hope it's not like this, otherwise my tablet would lose some of its appeal.
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Hard to believe?? Please, be my guest:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764917
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georgecarstoiu said:
So let me get this right...if the motherboard is changed than you can no longer unlock the device and port other OSs? Are they putting in a superboard of some sort that cannot be unlocked?
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No, but the problem is that after a motherboard exchange, the CPU ID doesn't match the serial number anymore. The unlock tool must contact ASUS to get the unlocking token (unique for each motherboard), and it fails if the CPU ID doesn't match in their database anymore. It simply can't get the right token anymore.

Ok....this makes a lot of sense actually. Let's see if the same thing applies to TF700. I'll keep you posted to whether I'll be able to unlock my tablet once it gets returned.

Rooting my Tf300

So here is the long story.. Over the summer I had unlocked my bootloader and rooted my tablet. I did have a rom on it but i decided to go back to stock because my family and I were going to go on vacation and I wouldn't have access to a computer if something were to mess up. I then returned home and was going to root it again and install a custom recovery. I tried to plug it in to my laptop and it said that the device had an error and could not be read and that it malfunctioned. I had never seen this before. I could charge it and use it on my keyboard dock correctly but my computer would not recognize it at all. I then contacted ASUS support and they just fed me with bull****. I played their game and reinstalled drivers, factory reset it, tried a different computer, all of that and NOTHING would work. I then sent it to them just to see if they could fix it. They had it for almost 2 months and sent it back because I had unlocked the bootloader. Ever since I had gotten it back, it has been the absolute slowest tablet in the world. It lags 24/7 and it is almost boiled down to a piece of ****. I cannot connect it to a laptop of computer in hopes of putting CM on it to fix it. Can anyone please offer me any advice!!! Is there a way to use an app to somehow root it, should I buy a new usb cord if that could be the case, something??!??!!! FYI my bootloader is still unlocked and I am running stock (US version) 10.4.2.17. Thank you.
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Even if you flash stock JB on your tablet, after having CWM or TWRP on it, that shouldn't replace your custom recovery. You should still be able to get into recovery by shutting off the tablet and then booting up holding vol/d and power and then selecting RCK. From there you can flash any ROM you want even if you are no longer rooted.
I'm not 100% about this but i'm pretty sure.

Ramrod421 said:
Even if you flash stock JB on your tablet, after having CWM or TWRP on it, that shouldn't replace your custom recovery. You should still be able to get into recovery by shutting off the tablet and then booting up holding vol/d and power and then selecting RCK. From there you can flash any ROM you want even if you are no longer rooted.
I'm not 100% about this but i'm pretty sure.
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Actually I think if you flash a stock ROM, your recovery is wiped, but you can put it back easily since you're unlocked. If you made any backups to internal storage, those will stay if you don't wipe the data partition. Flashing stock ROM doesn't erase data, just the system partition.
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funnel71 said:
Actually I think if you flash a stock ROM, your recovery is wiped, but you can put it back easily since you're unlocked. If you made any backups to internal storage, those will stay if you don't wipe the data partition. Flashing stock ROM doesn't erase data, just the system partition.
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Well I honestly dont care about keeping data or not, its all cloud for me. I got into the recovery and I wasnt able to get past the screen where there is the android logo with the red triangle and a "!" in it. I thought there was some key combination with the power and volume key but i couldnt get to the recovery menu. If i were able to navigate that could I somehow add CWM or TWRP???
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Ramrod421 said:
Even if you flash stock JB on your tablet, after having CWM or TWRP on it, that shouldn't replace your custom recovery. You should still be able to get into recovery by shutting off the tablet and then booting up holding vol/d and power and then selecting RCK. From there you can flash any ROM you want even if you are no longer rooted.
I'm not 100% about this but i'm pretty sure.
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How would I go about doing that with the stock recovery?
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OK so stock out of the box, you have no recovery. That's why you get the droid with the red triangle when you try to access it. You have none. You must download recovery and flash it in. I recommend twrp. You can find links and instructions in the Dev section.
If you have recovery and flash a stock ROM, you lose it because where recovery is gets written over during flash, but you can easily reload it. That's what I have to do every time Asus releases an update - no sweat.
You must have your bootloader unlocked before you can do anything I just said.
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If you are getting the android with the red triangle then you need to flash recovery again. Sorry about that, I thought it stayed when you flashed stock roms but obviously not.
So yeah, just flash TWRP again and you can flash the ROM of your choice.

funnel71 said:
OK so stock out of the box, you have no recovery. That's why you get the droid with the red triangle when you try to access it. You have none. You must download recovery and flash it in. I recommend twrp. You can find links and instructions in the Dev section.
If you have recovery and flash a stock ROM, you lose it because where recovery is gets written over during flash, but you can easily reload it. That's what I have to do every time Asus releases an update - no sweat.
You must have your bootloader unlocked before you can do anything I just said.
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If you are getting the android with the red triangle then you need to flash recovery again. Sorry about that, I thought it stayed when you flashed stock roms but obviously not.
So yeah, just flash TWRP again and you can flash the ROM of your choice.
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Ok I understand what you guys are saying and all and I have looked up ways to root and recovery my tablet. But I cannot connect this to a computer! I cannot make a stable connection for some reason, therefore I cannot access ADB to somehow flash the recovery to my tablet. I am stuck with the stock recovery with an unlocked bootloader and can't connect to a computer at all.

dtraini7 said:
Ok I understand what you guys are saying and all and I have looked up ways to root and recovery my tablet. But I cannot connect this to a computer! I cannot make a stable connection for some reason, therefore I cannot access ADB to somehow flash the recovery to my tablet. I am stuck with the stock recovery with an unlocked bootloader and can't connect to a computer at all.
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Then do it right on the tablet. Instructions to do that are on game same site where you get twrp.
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funnel71 said:
Then do it right on the tablet. Instructions to do that are on game same site where you get twrp.
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I cannot do it right on my tablet because I am not rooted.
This is what I used. http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/97

ADB can also be done over wifi. I've never used it but know quite a few who have.

wetbiker7 said:
ADB can also be done over wifi. I've never used it but know quite a few who have.
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Really? I will have to look into that. Thanks.
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No problem. It's available on the Market.
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wetbiker7 said:
No problem. It's available on the Market.
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Unfortunately you need root to attempt that method
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dtraini7 said:
Unfortunately you need root to attempt that method
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I just did a quick search on Google and there looks to be a way to use wireless adb on non rooted devices. You may be able to get it done if you do a little reading. Not sure if it'll work on our tablet. It's worth checking into though.

Well I just got a new USB connector for the TF300 and it now works!!! I rooted and installed cm10.1 and all is well Mods can delete
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[Q] How to reset update check to re get update notification after failure

so ya.. topic says it pretty much..
bunch of us i see on the other threads are rooted had a failure and would like to attempt again, but nobody saved the ww update patch so we need to re download it..
dmclient and cmclient have been force stopped and wiped clean
/data/ files associated with updating have been removed..
rebooted and nope no new update available..
what are we missing here?

I am afraid we may have to try a factory reset although I am holding out for a better alternative.
EDIT: Do not factory reset if you are rooted! On JB factory reset will delete root.
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How to restart failed 4.2.1 OTA(root required)
OTA file is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?3f13caikjfxoxpv
Copy dlpkgfile_4.2.1_Init to /cache, renaming it to dlpkgfile. Make a file in /cache/recovery named "command" with this in it:
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--update_package=/cache/dlpkgfile
Boot into recovery by holding volume down and power button....then when you see text....hit the volume up button....and the update will go.
If the update fails, look at the logs in /cache/recovery to see what caused the failure.

bads3ctor said:
OTA file is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?3f13caikjfxoxpv
Copy dlpkgfile_4.2.1_Init to /cache, renaming it to dlpkgfile. Make a file in /cache/recovery named "command" with this in it:
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--update_package=/cache/dlpkgfile
Boot into recovery by holding volume down and power button....then when you see text....hit the volume up button....and the update will go.
If the update fails, look at the logs in /cache/recovery to see what caused the failure.
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that looks to be the same URL you posted for the US update or is it different?

Ashcunak said:
that looks to be the same URL you posted for the US update or is it different?
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I didn't post it but it worked on my US TF300T. I had a failed update because I had deleted CMClient.apk and CMClient.odex and after fixing this problem, the above method got me to 4.2.1.

bads3ctor said:
I didn't post it but it worked on my US TF300T. I had a failed update because I had deleted CMClient.apk and CMClient.odex and after fixing this problem, the above method got me to 4.2.1.
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Oh sorry, i shoulda capitalized it up in the first post of the thread or something.. were looking for WW not US :\

bads3ctor said:
I didn't post it but it worked on my US TF300T. I had a failed update because I had deleted CMClient.apk and CMClient.odex and after fixing this problem, the above method got me to 4.2.1.
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Thank you for trying to help.
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As far as I can tell the new 4.2.1 ota update has not been released for WW yet only US.
Should hopefully be out by end of the month but have no confirmation on that.

pjc21 said:
As far as I can tell the new 4.2.1 ota update has not been released for WW yet only US.
Should hopefully be out by end of the month but have no confirmation on that.
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It has been rolling out for the last two days, check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2181235
We got the OTA for WW, but it failed and therefore are trying to get the OTA to reset.

So far there have been alot of issues trying to root after the 4.2.1 ota which I'm on now. Was thinking of rooting as I've done all my other devices in the passed and just recently got this one but as of now there's an issues with the new bootloader encrypting the file system so recoveries can't mount the system. I was about to root before read that and unlocked my bootloader but i guess my question is is there any way to reflash the stock bootloader to lock it again as i also read that you can lose future otas after unlocking it. Any help appreciated thanks.
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The answer is still no. There is no going back once unlocked.
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Reilly1812 said:
The answer is still no. There is no going back once unlocked.
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Yea you can ignore the post was just hoping for a fix for the unlocked bootloader if were to effect future ota. Ill just monitor the threads for possible fix in future thanks anyway. Delete posts if need be.
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The topic of this thread is related to those on WW firmware with locked bootloaders that had a failed update, and are seeking a method to get the ota notification again.
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Still cannot reset ota check. Also, do not try a factory reset to get the ota if you are rooted, you will lose root. This sucks!
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David Dee said:
Still cannot reset ota check. Also, do not try a factory reset to get the ota if you are rooted, you will lose root. This sucks!
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ya its odd this time, i swore before we were able to reset this to try again...

Ashcunak said:
ya its odd this time, i swore before we were able to reset this to try again...
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I had problems with the JB update back in August, but I was able to reset constantly by the CM / DM cache delete. This time something is definitely different. We need to the find the ota file. Alternative is to unlock.

no luck yet anyone?

Nothing on my end.
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Bricked my TF300T

So I pretty much bricked my tablet and can't get into the recovery or fastboot menus and now I'm stuck at the Asus logo screen.
I've searched high and low for a way to un-brick my tablet and get it back in working order but no dice...
My question is.... Do you think/know if there will be a way to un-brick these tablets (without NVflash) in the future? I would send it in to ASUS but I literally just received it back from them due to a screen manufacturing defect.
I just wonder if someone out there has managed to do it and hasn't shared their knowledge or if someone is working on something right now.
Hopeful as ever,
Kordman916

What did you do that you bricked your tablet?

I unlocked the tablet and tried installing Twrp recovery on it. It froze every time I tried booting into recovery so I opened the fastboot menu and hit "Wipe Data" now it just sits at the boot screen with "The device is unlocked" in the corner

Kordman916 said:
I unlocked the tablet and tried installing Twrp recovery on it. It froze every time I tried booting into recovery so I opened the fastboot menu and hit "Wipe Data" now it just sits at the boot screen with "The device is unlocked" in the corner
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i guess you wiped entire your tablet so there is no system to boot.

You are unrecoverable bricked! I'm sorry.
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Hazard17 said:
You are unrecoverable bricked! I'm sorry.
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Are you serious??? I feel like someone would've come up with a solution by now...

Kordman916 said:
Are you serious??? I feel like someone would've come up with a solution by now...
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Yeah, I think we are screwed. I have fastboot and recovery, but my recovery is the TWRP that doesn't support 4.2.1. Fastboot says is flashes, but it doesn't. It just hangs.
Without the ability to flash a working recovery, I'm afraid we can't fix it. It sucks, I bought my tablet 11 months ago. Waiting for the warranty to be almost over before i flash it. If I would have waited 2 days, I would be fine.
From what I read, Asus wants between $80 and $200.

i thought this was well know by now but by using that wipe data button you brick, completely. you cannot recover. DO NOT EVER USE "WIPE DATA" in bootloader menu. there needs to be a massive banner or something that says this when you enter the tf300 forums IMO.
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Possible Fix?
sevenalive said:
Yeah, I think we are screwed. I have fastboot and recovery, but my recovery is the TWRP that doesn't support 4.2.1. Fastboot says is flashes, but it doesn't. It just hangs.
Without the ability to flash a working recovery, I'm afraid we can't fix it. It sucks, I bought my tablet 11 months ago. Waiting for the warranty to be almost over before i flash it. If I would have waited 2 days, I would be fine.
From what I read, Asus wants between $80 and $200.
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Have you tried fastboot flashing the latest version of TWRP?
If you haven't tried it yet, I would recommend you follow the instruction in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982
to install a patched TWRP recovery image (2.4.4.0). This should then let you reinstall a copy of the downloadable ROM from the Aus website.
Once you have installed the update you must re-install the same TWRP 2.4.4.0 again because the Asus ROM update over writes the TWRP recovery files.
Good luck!
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Good luck.

markymark567 said:
i thought this was well know by now but by using that wipe data button you brick, completely. You cannot recover. Do not ever use "wipe data" in bootloader menu. There needs to be a massive banner or something that says this when you enter the tf300 forums imo.
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why the f*** did asus put that option there if that's all it does??? It should say "click here if you wanna brick your tablet"

Kordman916 said:
why the f*** did asus put that option there if that's all it does??? It should say "click here if you wanna brick your tablet"
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lol - but who would hit something without knowing what will happen? I wouldn't dare choose this "wipe data" without knowing, what it means

You can enter wipe data from bootloader menu, when your twrp is working. When your TWRP doesn't exist, wipe data will brick your tablet. So maybe in the future we will be able to install mod which will change icon from Wipe Data to picture with Brick

Kordman916 said:
why the f*** did asus put that option there if that's all it does??? It should say "click here if you wanna brick your tablet"
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Because it works if your on all stock. and apparently it can work if your twrp is working right, although i say dont even risk it. But im sure it was not known by asus when they put it in there. These tabs are just finiky like that... especially when it comes to recovery
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Because it's fine with their stock firmware. They don't want you to root it and change it, because they didn't take the proper precautions to prevent bricks. I'm sure they also don't mind the free $$$ for fixing bad flashes. There is a reason why unlocking voids their warranty. They want to charge you to fix it.

I honestly can't imagine ASUS replacing the motherboard of the tablet just to fix it they must be doing something software wise.... I just wonder what it is to fix my damn tablet

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I honestly can't imagine ASUS replacing the motherboard of the tablet just to fix it they must be doing something software wise.... I just wonder what it is to fix my damn tablet
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im sure they have the files and knowledge to restore the tablet through apx mode. they probably use something like nvflash actually..
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I think that they shouldn't replace motherboard, they only need replace nand memory. They do this for money!

I imagine it must be easier to train employees how to change the motherboard then to flash. Then just have 1 or 2 guys flash motherboards and sort them.
Or they could just be lying and just hook it up to a computer that sends the special stuff needed to flash unrestricted. Then charge you an insane amount for at most 20-30 minutes.
I'm mailing mine off today, won't get to TX until Tuesday since the weekend is here. But I think I'll get mine back before March is out. I'm not happy about the money. I waited for my warranty to be over before I decided to unlock. I killed it by being stupid. i just hope it's not more then the $87 quoted.
This tablet felt slow, never fast. App switching and soft keyboard lag was a big one. I attributed that to the crap flash memory they put in. IO is just as important as CPU/RAM. I think all owners will agree with that. I believed those that they custom firmware is so much better and the tablet speed is improved. I still do. Just sucks I have to pay quite a bit of money to get it fixed and not having a tablet for a few weeks.