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Using fastboot without ENG or S-OFF

As many of you may know, you are locked out of using fastboot commands unless you have an engineering SPL. But I made a little discovery last night about how the HTC Rom Update Utility actually installs ROMs. Turns out it uses... fastboot!
Here's how it works:
With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot.
-OR- With phone powered down, power on phone while holding VOL DOWN. From there press VOL UP to enter fastboot.
Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
Now you should see a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Look familiar? This is the screen you'll see when using the RUU.
From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", where filename is the name of your signed HTC image.
As an added bonus, if your phone is S-OFF (even if you're not using the ENG SPL), you can flash ANY fastboot-compatible ZIP from here, signed or not.
When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.
Found this by accident trying to help someone on IRC who had screwed up both their ROM and recovery somehow. All they could get into was fastboot/hboot, and they were S-ON.

Thankyou!
Just wanted to say I'm the guy that messed up his phone and needed Jason's help. He got me into a Sense ROM and was able to then get clockwork running again and restore my Nand. Really save my bacon.
Also, I've followed your advice. I now have a rooted AND S-off hero running Gingerbread.
Thanks again!

jasonmaloney said:
As many of you may know, you are locked out of using fastboot commands unless you have an engineering SPL. But I made a little discovery last night about how the HTC Rom Update Utility actually installs ROMs. Turns out it uses... fastboot!
Here's how it works:
With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot.
-OR- With phone powered down, power on phone while holding VOL DOWN. From there press VOL UP to enter fastboot.
Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
Now you should see a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Look familiar? This is the screen you'll see when using the RUU.
From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", where filename is the name of your signed HTC image.
As an added bonus, if your phone is S-OFF (even if you're not using the ENG SPL), you can flash ANY fastboot-compatible ZIP from here, signed or not.
When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.
Found this by accident trying to help someone on IRC who had screwed up both their ROM and recovery somehow. All they could get into was fastboot/hboot, and they were S-ON.
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Really? Thanks for the Info... Helpful, and Good to Know!!
Sent from my Hero using XDA App

wow, this is valuable information. couldnt this be put into the wiki or something? i tend to go to the wiki often, but i dont know how to properly edit a wiki.

jasonmaloney said:
As many of you may know, you are locked out of using fastboot commands unless you have an engineering SPL. But I made a little discovery last night about how the HTC Rom Update Utility actually installs ROMs. Turns out it uses... fastboot!
Here's how it works:
With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot.
-OR- With phone powered down, power on phone while holding VOL DOWN. From there press VOL UP to enter fastboot.
Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
Now you should see a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Look familiar? This is the screen you'll see when using the RUU.
From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", where filename is the name of your signed HTC image.
As an added bonus, if your phone is S-OFF (even if you're not using the ENG SPL), you can flash ANY fastboot-compatible ZIP from here, signed or not.
When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.
Found this by accident trying to help someone on IRC who had screwed up both their ROM and recovery somehow. All they could get into was fastboot/hboot, and they were S-ON.
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I have a similar problem with my CDMA hero. I tried the "Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" and I get
<bootloader> [ERR] command error !!!
What am I doing wrong ? Probably everything.
Thanks.

Houndog101 said:
I have a similar problem with my CDMA hero. I tried the "Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" and I get
<bootloader> [ERR] command error !!!
What am I doing wrong ? Probably everything.
Thanks.
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Which bootloader version do you have, and where did you get the fastboot binary?

jasonmaloney said:
Which bootloader version do you have, and where did you get the fastboot binary?
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HBOOT-1.47.0000 (HERO20000) is this what you mean ?
I got the fastboot off this site with SDK tools Android SDK updater ,revision 10. Is this what you need ?
Thanks for helping me..

hey Jason here's some background on his problem, I linked him this thread, hopefully you have more patience than me, but you know me, I don't really and I'm a dink http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984688

Houndog101 said:
HBOOT-1.47.0000 (HERO20000) is this what you mean ?
I got the fastboot off this site with SDK tools Android SDK updater ,revision 10. Is this what you need ?
Thanks for helping me..
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Not sure why it would be giving you issue. Make sure you're in fastboot mode and not hboot mode. You should see "Fastboot USB" on the screen if memory serves.
Alternatively, try the copy of fastboot.exe on my site. I pulled this directly from HTC's Rom Update Utility, so it might work better.

jasonmaloney said:
Not sure why it would be giving you issue. Make sure you're in fastboot mode and not hboot mode. You should see "Fastboot USB" on the screen if memory serves.
Alternatively, try the copy of fastboot.exe on my site. I pulled this directly from HTC's Rom Update Utility, so it might work better.
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Jason, Thanks a million times, That was a problem, I d/l your fast.boot and it got me to the Black with silver htc screen. I'll see what I can do from here. Just want to get it to where I can boot into recovery.. Thanks again for helping me.

I've followed all the instructions but with a slightly different problem. I can't get to bootloader at all, but if I plug my hero to my pc and turn it on then it will say "fastboot usb" in a red rectangle at the top left, but is still otherwise the white HTC screen. when I do "fastboot oem rebootRUU" the terminal says okay, but the phone reboots into the same state instead of the black and silver screen I am hoping to see. Is it a brick or is there another option?

I get to where I want to load the image and it says "error: cannot load 'HERCIMG.zip'". Is this because it is not signed. I have the zip on the root of my sd card. I'm trying to install just a stock ROM and unroot so I can sell my phone.

beand1p said:
I get to where I want to load the image and it says "error: cannot load 'HERCIMG.zip'". Is this because it is not signed. I have the zip on the root of my sd card. I'm trying to install just a stock ROM and unroot so I can sell my phone.
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If you look in the hero dev section you can find a thread called ruu in zip format. It will take you back to stock all the way no recovery no nothing just like fresh out the box. I've used it myself when I couldn't flash sense roms. And it works great. I would link you but I'm mobile. You might have to dig a little but its worth it. Good luck.
Yea It's Me Again With the
Modified Hero

laie1472 said:
If you look in the hero dev section you can find a thread called ruu in zip format. It will take you back to stock all the way no recovery no nothing just like fresh out the box. I've used it myself when I couldn't flash sense roms. And it works great. I would link you but I'm mobile. You might have to dig a little but its worth it. Good luck.
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I get the same error even with that zip. I am S-OFF also. I have HBOOT-1.47 with radio 2.42.01.04.27.
I've tried almost everything to unroot and get back to stock. I am about ready to throw in the towel.

Why not just leave it rooted and put a stock rooted rom? Seems at that point you could remove superuser permissions somehow if It's that important for them to not have root. That would essentially take away root for all intensive purposes I would think. I'm just thinking out loud here and definitely you may want another opinion, but having root on the phone won't really cause them any real problems as long as they have a stock rom. They can still activate it, it still has the same menu options for a hard reset...maybe I'm missing the point other than you should be able to do what you're trying?
[dpeeps74]

dpeeps74 said:
Why not just leave it rooted and put a stock rooted rom? Seems at that point you could remove superuser permissions somehow if It's that important for them to not have root. That would essentially take away root for all intensive purposes I would think. I'm just thinking out loud here and definitely you may want another opinion, but having root on the phone won't really cause them any real problems as long as they have a stock rom. They can still activate it, it still has the same menu options for a hard reset...maybe I'm missing the point other than you should be able to do what you're trying?
[dpeeps74]
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All the stock RUU's I have tried always give me the RUU Error [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
EDIT
I was able to RUU after using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843544

I'm currently hitting a roadblock with this. Whenever i try the fastboot update zip command, and add the filename, i get an error saying that it cannot load said filename. i have no clue what i'm doing wrong.

zbach said:
I'm currently hitting a roadblock with this. Whenever i try the fastboot update zip command, and add the filename, i get an error saying that it cannot load said filename. i have no clue what i'm doing wrong.
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The zip file should be on your computer, not your phone. Make sure to specify an absolute path for the zip file if the fastboot.exe file is not in the same folder as the zip file.

jasonmaloney said:
The zip file should be on your computer, not your phone. Make sure to specify an absolute path for the zip file if the fastboot.exe file is not in the same folder as the zip file.
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I have the zip file in the android file along with the fastboot.exe program. I still get a "Cannot load" error message

thank you x100000.
I couldnt flash the original ruu because of the weird bootloader issue, but this worked like a charm and i was able to flash with a .zip of the ruu.
Thanks again.

[Q] Nexus S not working...

I'm going to probably get a lot of hate for this because there are a ton of forums that might get me here. I did search for about 3 hours tonight and discovered some things but am still confused. I hope someone can help this be more simple. So a friend has a Nexus S that isn't working (I have a Nexus S by the by too). It's unlocked but no ClockWork on it. I can press volume up and power to get to fastboot mode. When I click on "reboot," the phone will just loop on the Google logo. If I click recovery, it starts to boot then shows the triangle with the exclamation mark. From there, I can press power and up or down on volume to get the blue screen which says reboot system now, apply update, wipe, wipe. You get it. I'm stuck...I can also turn off the phone, hold volume up/down and plug in the usb to get to "downloading..."
I want to get this phone working and back to stock. I have the SDK Manager (my phone isn't rooted so I use it to take screenshots) and pda net (which I still don't understand why or how to use with this) and two versions of Odin. It seems like Odin can get this working but I can't get it to work or find a clear guide on how to use it and which ones to use. This is a Tmob Nexus S, I think the i9020. Any help would be so greatly appreciated and I will give you all the credit. Oh, and i can pull up the device on ddms with the sdk manager and can explore the files but there is nothing. I can't find a way to drag a file on the phone to "apply update from /sdcard." Sorry again and thanks again!

callison.168 said:
I'm going to probably get a lot of hate for this because there are a ton of forums that might get me here. I did search for about 3 hours tonight and discovered some things but am still confused. I hope someone can help this be more simple. So a friend has a Nexus S that isn't working (I have a Nexus S by the by too). It's unlocked but no ClockWork on it. I can press volume up and power to get to fastboot mode. When I click on "reboot," the phone will just loop on the Google logo. If I click recovery, it starts to boot then shows the triangle with the exclamation mark. From there, I can press power and up or down on volume to get the blue screen which says reboot system now, apply update, wipe, wipe. You get it. I'm stuck...I can also turn off the phone, hold volume up/down and plug in the usb to get to "downloading..."
I want to get this phone working and back to stock. I have the SDK Manager (my phone isn't rooted so I use it to take screenshots) and pda net (which I still don't understand why or how to use with this) and two versions of Odin. It seems like Odin can get this working but I can't get it to work or find a clear guide on how to use it and which ones to use. This is a Tmob Nexus S, I think the i9020. Any help would be so greatly appreciated and I will give you all the credit. Oh, and i can pull up the device on ddms with the sdk manager and can explore the files but there is nothing. I can't find a way to drag a file on the phone to "apply update from /sdcard." Sorry again and thanks again!
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It seems your boot.img file either corrupted or missing.
Find a working copy of file, flash it via ADB interface or fastboot. Flash recovery file CWM. If that doesnt work, Try flashing CM7 Rom or someother ROM.
Did you check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545 ?
Odin should be your last resort, if nothing really works for you.
If you want to return to stock, simply flash the NAND backup found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093 .
Disclaimer : I take no responsibility of what so ever happens to your phone, however you should be good if you follow proper steps.

Thanks so much for the quick reply. I think I've made some headway...I can "see" the device with cmd by typing adb devices. After that though, I don't understand how to get the stock nexus s rom on the phone. How do I move that file to my phone (what's the line of code I type)? I've tried "adb install <c:\grh78> but it says the syntax isn't correct. Any more help is so greatly appreciated and I appreciate the already prompt response. Thanks!!!

callison.168 said:
Thanks so much for the quick reply. I think I've made some headway...I can "see" the device with cmd by typing adb devices. After that though, I don't understand how to get the stock nexus s rom on the phone. How do I move that file to my phone (what's the line of code I type)? I've tried "adb install <c:\grh78> but it says the syntax isn't correct. Any more help is so greatly appreciated and I appreciate the already prompt response. Thanks!!!
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Download your rom of choice (stock, custom)
Flash Cwm via fastboot if you haven't already
Boot into recovery.
Use adb push to push your zipped rom to the sdcard (adb push file.zip /sdcard/file.zip)
Use cwm to flash this zip.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

callison.168 said:
Thanks so much for the quick reply. I think I've made some headway...I can "see" the device with cmd by typing adb devices. After that though, I don't understand how to get the stock nexus s rom on the phone. How do I move that file to my phone (what's the line of code I type)? I've tried "adb install <c:\grh78> but it says the syntax isn't correct. Any more help is so greatly appreciated and I appreciate the already prompt response. Thanks!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9866675
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
These threads should be a complete solution to your issue.
Disclaimer : I take no responsibility of what so ever happens to your phone, however you should be good if you follow proper steps.

Wow fast responses. I bet it's annoying to help yet another person having issues (again, phone was given to me like this but yeah...) while you guys or gals already know how to do these things very well. Here's where I'm stuck. I enter this code in cmd:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
and it just says < waiting for device >.
Here's a pic of the screen that I'm on with my phone when i enter the command.
http://imgur.com/Pey3W
If I'm just in the first screen by holding volume up and power, the computer won't read the phone. So I click recovery, the screen shows it's trying to install something then the triangle exclamation mark, i press volume up/down with power and get this screen and the computer can "see" my phone on cmd.
How do I get this flipping clockwork on this phone or get the stock image on my sd card? Thanks again for helping me out guys. I have taken a look at the links you have sent me and that's where i found the download as well as the code to enter. I will keep looking at them but if you find a faster solution, please let me know.

One more thing to be super clear on...when I'm on the screen on the Nexus S that says Fastboot Mode on top in red and Lock State - Unlocked...my computer won't read the phone, therefore I cannot fastboot the recovery img...

callison.168 said:
One more thing to be super clear on...when I'm on the screen on the Nexus S that says Fastboot Mode on top in red and Lock State - Unlocked...my computer won't read the phone, therefore I cannot fastboot the recovery img...
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So you already tried "fastboot devices" while in fastboot mode?
Edit: Actually it sounds you really want stock so download the complete stock OTA ROM (including boot.img etc.), rename it to update.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard. Boot into the stock recovery like you did already and hit apply update.
EDIT: Go here to download the correct OTA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
Find the correct 2.3.6 "Full ROM" for your phone model. Sounds like in those instructions you don't need to rename to update.zip. Haven't seen stock recovery for a while so I don't remember.
If there is a wipe option in the stock recovery then do that first.

Yes I have tried fastboot devices in fastboot mode but nothing because my computer doesn't read the phone in that mode. And yes, I want to put the stock rom on there but that's the key, I can't get access to the root of my sdcard. I can't push anything into the sdcard to flash it. Any ideas what to type or how to access the sdcard? Thanks a million, billion.

Also, I can't get the phone to boot at all, like I can't get passed the Google Logo if I reboot so I can't access the sdcard in the traditional way.

callison.168 said:
Yes I have tried fastboot devices in fastboot mode but nothing because my computer doesn't read the phone in that mode. And yes, I want to put the stock rom on there but that's the key, I can't get access to the root of my sdcard. I can't push anything into the sdcard to flash it. Any ideas what to type or how to access the sdcard? Thanks a million, billion.
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Connect with adb and type this:
adb shell mount /sdcard
Then type:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/update.zip

callison.168 said:
Yes I have tried fastboot devices in fastboot mode but nothing because my computer doesn't read the phone in that mode. And yes, I want to put the stock rom on there but that's the key, I can't get access to the root of my sdcard. I can't push anything into the sdcard to flash it. Any ideas what to type or how to access the sdcard? Thanks a million, billion.
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If fastboot devices returns NOTHING then this is most likely a driver issue. Remove the device through device manager, make sure you have a recent SDK (for the USB driver) and let it re-detect.
callison.168 said:
Also, I can't get the phone to boot at all, like I can't turn on the phone so I can't access the sdcard in the traditional way.
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If you can get into the boot loader and get a proper USB driver you should be able to flash a recovery.
Once you've flashed Clockwork Mod (recovery) you'll be able to push to the sdcard using ADB or possibly mount the sd card through the CWM menu (although I've yet to have that work).
In order to get a recovery flashed though you need to get fastboot to see your device (unless you can already boot into recovery, then just use ADB).

irishrally said:
Connect with adb and type this:
adb shell mount /sdcard
Then type:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/update.zip
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If he's stuck at the Google logo and has a trash boot.img it's not likely he'll be able to get a shell via ADB. Now, if the system is hanging starting a device or looping during boot then that's possible.

krohnjw said:
If he's stuck at the Google logo and has a trash boot.img it's not likely he'll be able to get a shell via ADB. Now, if the system is hanging starting a device or looping during boot then that's possible.
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He said he can access stock recovery and has connected with adb, unless I read wrong.

irishrally said:
He said he can access stock recovery and has connected with adb, unless I read wrong.
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Indeed - I saw no clockwork and figured he'd toasted his recovery image as well, but it does look like stock recovery is there. ADB should push fine to the sdcard from recovery then.

More...so if i type in adb reboot bootloader in the recovery screen, it does just that...great. But then my computer makes a noise, a double tap if you will...like a dun dun, like something didn't work. When you plug in something to the computer it usually goes like dun na...but the phone clearly won't read when I'm in bootloader/fastboot mode. So when I type a command, nothing will work...

callison.168 said:
More...so if i type in adb reboot bootloader in the recovery screen, it does just that...great. But then my computer makes a noise, a double tap if you will...like a dun dun, like something didn't work. When you plug in something to the computer it usually goes like dun na...but the phone clearly won't read when I'm in bootloader/fastboot mode. So when I type a command, nothing will work...
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That noise is that it detects a device has been connected (assuming a recent version of windows). If you want to flash CWM you need to get the driver sorted for the device. No amount of plugging/unplugging is going to fix it.
If you have the stock recovery you can boot into the stock recovery, use adb to push the full OTA package to the sd card and then just flash that from the stock recovery.

callison.168 said:
More...so if i type in adb reboot bootloader in the recovery screen, it does just that...great. But then my computer makes a noise, a double tap if you will...like a dun dun, like something didn't work. When you plug in something to the computer it usually goes like dun na...but the phone clearly won't read when I'm in bootloader/fastboot mode. So when I type a command, nothing will work...
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Go to the stock recovery like you have done before and type the adb command I wrote above.

Thanks is all I can say. Okay so when I type in the command, this is what I get:
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
the "stock recovery" I can get into is the picture I posted a link for. That's what I can access as well as the fastboot mode when I first turn on the phone with volume up/power. But when my computer makes the noise that it's connected (using Windows 7 64bit) it makes a different sound then the normal "device connected." Like it's corrupted.

by the way...if we can get this working, I'll post a picture of me holding the fixed phone!

EVO Design root method

I just wanted to put this out for people looking for a root method with the Design. The Super Tool hasn't worked for me when using the design. I have figured out a way that has work more than a few times now. Here is exactly what I've done to get Unlock Bootloader and able to flash a recovery.
1. Use HTC Unlocker at htcdev.com to unlock bootloader. Must have all files instaled. They will have all the files at htcdev. Follow instructions to the end and you have unlocked your bootloader.
2.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821 Download the su file and the recovery file that are below the YouTube video.
3. Put the two file into your sdk tool folder where you adb and fastboot.
4. Open a command prompt at that folder. Shift right click on folder and you can open a command prompt right where you need it.
5. in command prompt type "adb push recovery.img /sdcard/"
"adb push su-2.3.6.3.zip /sdcard/" with out quotes.
6. Get to fastboot using "adb reboot bootloader" in command prompt or do a battery pull, hold power and down volume then have your phone connected at fastboot where it should say fastboot usb.
7. Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
8. Once its finished unplug and hit power button while fastboot is highlighted.
9. Now you see you can use the volume down button to navigate down to recovery. When you are on it hit power button and it will boot into recovery.
9.5 I suggest selecting backup restore and making a back up of your system at this point. I have seen that in using this method if you ever let the phone completely die you can get a problem or two and it is nice to have a backup that is fresh and clean that you can start over with. If this ever does happen to you just navigated yourself to recovery like you are now and when you click backup/restore you can restore your system.
10. Using volume key navigate to instal from zip. "install zip" and then pick the "su-2.3.6.3.zip" Now superuser is installed
11. Navigate back and and reboot to system.
YEA.
This is pretty simpled down explanation but if you get stuck it usually can get worked out. I haven't seen much for ROMs for this phone yet but at least you get superuser and all the goodies that come from having that, Tether anyone, not to mention all the bloat ware you can remover with rootuninstaller from the market. Just dont use rootuninstaller to remove critical like sprintzone and so on.
Ive had good luck using this method and if anyone is developing a rom for it that would be awesome. You dont have S-off so you must do all your flashing using the skilled know how that TWRP offers using command prompts to flash img. and so on but it is not bad and it gets easier and easier to do the more you get hooked on flashing but like I said there isnt much out yet for this phone.
Hope this helps some of you.
Much Love and Many shout outs to TWRP and everyone over there who are just killing it.

Does this method work if your phone was previously updated? I have my bootloader unlocked but it still has 's-on'. I just wanted to make sure it will still work on my phone or not.

This might be a little old but it seems as this work with the exception of the Recovery.Img which apparently needs to be different than the one given on the other post. Everything else has worked perfectly.

Jorke550 said:
This might be a little old but it seems as this work with the exception of the Recovery.Img which apparently needs to be different than the one given on the other post. Everything else has worked perfectly.
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thanks

Help
Hey man,
I need help, I followed step by step, but the recovery doesn't work, wait 15 minutes but did not enter, what do you think happens?

No help anymore
Ivan0907 said:
Hey man,
I need help, I followed step by step, but the recovery doesn't work, wait 15 minutes but did not enter, what do you think happens?
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Forget about, i did it

[Q] Evo Shift Bricked Real Good? Stuck on HTC logo screen.

My first post here so go easy on me
Anyway, I got an Evo Shift, I do not know its history, but its stuck in some sort of a boot loop, on the white screen with green HTC logo.
Things I know:
****UNLOCKED****
SPEEDY XE SHIP S-ON
HBOOT -0.99.0001
RADIO - 1.08.01.0111
Clockwork Recovery v5.0.2.0
I did not get an SD card with it, no recovery image.
RUU says version is 2.77.651.3
I know the S-on is a problem.
I have tried all 4 of the RUU versions - failed.
Tried RUU with Gold Card - failed.
Tried rom.zip from each RUU renamed to PG06IMG.zip - failed.
I have tried custom roms of all sorts, every methoud I found - failed.
Where do I go from here? Is there a way of manually flashing all the partitions from a ROM.zip file via fastboot? Is there a way of disabling a version check in RUU? Or is there a way of disabling MD5 sum in Clockwork so I can try flashing a restore image from another Shift?
I have spent 3 days on this phone, and I would hate to admit defeat, so I am reaching out to the genius minds here. Thanks in advance!

Okay, I fixed it. did a write up on how I did it in case someone else fubars their phone.
Things you will need:
Android SDK
HTC Drivers
7-zip
RUU_Speedy_Sprint_WWE_1.17.651.1_Radio_1.07.00.112 9_NV_SPCS_1.52_1103_release_160079_signed.exe
On your computer, search for ROM.ZIP. Include system locations and hidden files.
Delete any instances of it that you may find.
Take the SD card out of the phone.
Put your Shift into fastboot (vol/down + power)
Run the RUU, let it get stuck.
On your computer, run a search for ROM.ZIP while the RUU is running. Its gonna show up in some temp folder.
Copy it to your desktop.
Use 7zip to extract it (for whatever reasons Windows can't extract it).
Open the extracted rom.zip folder.
Copy all files and place them in your SDKs platform tools folder.
Shut down the RUU, reboot the phone into recovery (vol/down + power).
Run CMD and change directories to your platform tools folder.
Type the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotes) - this gets rid of any custom recovery like Clockwork, etc.
Reboot the phone into recovery again, you should have a triangle with an ! next to it on black background.
Go back to CMD and your platform tools, and start flashing the following:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dzdata dzdata.img
fastboot flash partition partition.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
Reboot the phone.
After 30 seconds of white HTC screen, your phone should boot up fine and you will be in Android 2.2.
Let me know if it worked out for you, I just fixed mine less than an hour before writing this up.
Also, if anyone out there sees anything redundant, or can help me clean this process up a bit, I welcome your input.

gzetski said:
Okay, I fixed it. Please delete the thread. Unless someone wants me to do a write up on how I did it in case someone else fubars their phone.
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Did you unlock the bootloader with htcdev tool?

The bootloader was already unlocked when I got the phone.

Thanks for this. I will test it and add it to my guide.

VICODAN said:
Thanks for this. I will test it and add it to my guide.
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You're welcome... I figured I'd just go hard since it was bricked already.
Speaking of guides though, can I get a bit of clarification on something?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357157
2.3.4 step 15,
Place misc.img and PG06IMG.zip on sdcard using windows explorer or "adb push /sdcard/file.xxx" via usb
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Where is the MISC.IMG coming from, and what is ( rom? which one? etc.)in the PG06IMG.zip?
Thanks!

And BTW, I am now rooted, but with S-ON... Grrr. Superuser works, rom manager works, pretty much anything requiring root access works. I have rebooted the thing like 20 times to see if it goes away, and its sticking just fine, but I am afraid of trying to flash a custom rom with the S-ON.
All attempts to flash ENG bootloader fail, both by flashing via fastboot (all my MD5 sums match, the process is flawless from start to finish, when I reboot, still same bootloader with S-ON), or using ShiftRR.
Any ideas?

gzetski said:
You're welcome... I figured I'd just go hard since it was bricked already.
Speaking of guides though, can I get a bit of clarification on something?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357157
2.3.4 step 15,
Where is the MISC.IMG coming from, and what is ( rom? which one? etc.)in the PG06IMG.zip?
Thanks!
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shift-rootkit.rar
Read the prereqs.

Okay, got it.
Too many things floating through the intertubes with similar filenames.

gzetski said:
Okay, got it.
Too many things floating through the intertubes with similar filenames.
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Yep, I've finally got the thread pinned, and I created 2 videos on how to do it the right way. They are uploading to youtube now.

S-off?
Did you ever figure out how to get S-Off? I seem to be right where you were a few days ago with the phone appearing to have root, but S-on still there. I'm also running HBOOT -0.99.0001 and unlocked via the HTC Dev tool. Is there anyway to downgrade to .93 or to turn S-Off. My ultimate goal is to get Cyanogenmod on this Shift.
Thanks in advance!

I have not messed with the phone for a few days. I am gonna try to go back to 2.3.4 then downgrade again. Most likely what I ended up having is a bunch of borked files, hopefully the latest RUU will fix that. This was really intended as a brick fix and not a legitimate 2.2 downgrade. When I mess with it, I will post the results for you though.

Omg thank you! I accidentally bricked one of my evo shifts and spent 3 hours trying to figure out how to fix it. I'm so glad I ran into this thread. Worked like a charm for me.

MTsol said:
Omg thank you! I accidentally bricked one of my evo shifts and spent 3 hours trying to figure out how to fix it. I'm so glad I ran into this thread. Worked like a charm for me.
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Its not a brick if you can fix it... Bricked phones are permanent paperweights, nothing more, nothing less...
Sent from my PG06100 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2

drob311 said:
Its not a brick if you can fix it... Bricked phones are permanent paperweights, nothing more, nothing less...
Sent from my PG06100 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
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Yes Sir . Been there done that. Had a HERO that somehow got " water damaged " after it was BRICKED .

signature verify fail
gzetski said:
Okay, I fixed it. did a write up on how I did it in case someone else fubars their phone.
Things you will need:
Android SDK
HTC Drivers
7-zip
RUU_Speedy_Sprint_WWE_1.17.651.1_Radio_1.07.00.112 9_NV_SPCS_1.52_1103_release_160079_signed.exe
On your computer, search for ROM.ZIP. Include system locations and hidden files.
Delete any instances of it that you may find.
Take the SD card out of the phone.
Put your Shift into fastboot (vol/down + power)
Run the RUU, let it get stuck.
On your computer, run a search for ROM.ZIP while the RUU is running. Its gonna show up in some temp folder.
Copy it to your desktop.
Use 7zip to extract it (for whatever reasons Windows can't extract it).
Open the extracted rom.zip folder.
Copy all files and place them in your SDKs platform tools folder.
Shut down the RUU, reboot the phone into recovery (vol/down + power).
Run CMD and change directories to your platform tools folder.
Type the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotes) - this gets rid of any custom recovery like Clockwork, etc.
Reboot the phone into recovery again, you should have a triangle with an ! next to it on black background.
Go back to CMD and your platform tools, and start flashing the following:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dzdata dzdata.img
fastboot flash partition partition.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
Reboot the phone.
After 30 seconds of white HTC screen, your phone should boot up fine and you will be in Android 2.2.
Let me know if it worked out for you, I just fixed mine less than an hour before writing this up.
Also, if anyone out there sees anything redundant, or can help me clean this process up a bit, I welcome your input.
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First, I want to thank you for posting this even though it hasn't yet worked for me. I'm in essentially the same position you started in. Phone will not boot past the green-on-white HTC logo. I boot to recovery and can get to fastboot mode with USB detected. I flashed recovery.img and boot.img with no problems, but trying to flash dzdata onwards gives me the same error every time: "(bootloader) signature checking... FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)" and will not flash the other components from ROM.ZIP.
Any thoughts on how to proceed? This thing is rapidly approaching permanent brick status.

You need to unlock your bootloader and then flash the rom. zip files through fastboot
The "failed" message means that your bootloader is locked

to get S-off the easiest method is to downgrade your device from 2.3.4 to 2.2 and then FOLLOW THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS AS OBTAINING S-OFF ON 2.3.4. i had the same issue when i first unlocked my Shift bootloader.

[Q] Custom ROM on TF300T

HI all,
I am VERY new to this custom ROM stuff, and I am a bit confused. I have an ASUS TF300T Transformer Tablet. It has 4.2.1 loaded, build is JOP40D.US_epad-10.6.1.12.3-20130416. If more particulars are needed, I can provide.
I have rooted the tablet (I used motochopper to gain superuser access), thinking that would allow me to load a custom ROM. I was WRONG (as most of you probably know). I want to load a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), and also not use the ASUS preloaded software. I want something with less bloat, is faster, and something I can customize at will.
So....I have read a ton of posts on this, but I can't seem to find a step by step single, simple process to accomplish this daunting task. Simply put, I need step by step instructions that can get me where I want to be. At this point, I'm not so sure I could be more confused! LOL!
Anyone who has done this, or is experienced with this, I could use some major league assistance!
I want a faster, more "open" tablet. I also know I don't want to brick it. I definitely don't need a 300.00 paperweight!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
Scar!

robscar said:
HI all,
I am VERY new to this custom ROM stuff, and I am a bit confused. I have an ASUS TF300T Transformer Tablet. It has 4.2.1 loaded, build is JOP40D.US_epad-10.6.1.12.3-20130416. If more particulars are needed, I can provide.
I have rooted the tablet (I used motochopper to gain superuser access), thinking that would allow me to load a custom ROM. I was WRONG (as most of you probably know). I want to load a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), and also not use the ASUS preloaded software. I want something with less bloat, is faster, and something I can customize at will.
So....I have read a ton of posts on this, but I can't seem to find a step by step single, simple process to accomplish this daunting task. Simply put, I need step by step instructions that can get me where I want to be. At this point, I'm not so sure I could be more confused! LOL!
Anyone who has done this, or is experienced with this, I could use some major league assistance!
I want a faster, more "open" tablet. I also know I don't want to brick it. I definitely don't need a 300.00 paperweight!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
Scar!
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You need a custom recovery! download twrp here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/tf300t
DOWNLOAD THE ONE THAT SAYS "openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-4.2" and flash it with fastboot in cmd " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob" make sure you rename the blob to "twrp.blob"
*update your info your bootloader is "10.6.1.15.3" instead of "10.6.1.12.3"
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app

You can also follow this guide. It explains what you need to do pretty well. But you do need a custom recovery, which i prefer TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982

I was confused at first too. I think they need to change the wording in the tutorials. They say "If you're on JB bootloader, this twrp, if you're on 4.2 BL, that TWRP" and i was just thinking... WTF, both of them, 4.1 and 4.2 are jellybean.... it should be changed to 4.1 BL and 4.2 BL, none referred to as JB.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2

So...does my tablet need to be unlocked first? What do I do once TWRP is loaded on my tablet? When you say "flash it with fastboot in cmd " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob". What does this mean? This is where it gets very confusing.

robscar said:
So...does my tablet need to be unlocked first? What do I do once TWRP is loaded on my tablet? When you say "flash it with fastboot in cmd " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob". What does this mean? This is where it gets very confusing.
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if you installed root on your device you should have adb and fastboot, right?
if you are on windows(pc) press the windows key + the R key and type cmd in the search box, then press enter now navigate to the adb/fastboot directory on your pc by typing "cd <the location of the file>" then plug in your tablet in fastboot and type " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob" what does this do? this command flashes twrp over the stock recovery, with twrp you can install custom roms! after you have done this download a rom you like (watch out for bootloader versions! if you are on stock 4.2.1 i would reccomend the latest unofficial AOKP or the latest official cm10.1) if you download a rom you can see it is a zip file, place this zip file on your sdcard and power up your tablet in bootloader by holding volume down + power button till icons pop up! now press the volume up key when the RCK icon is blinking! now twrp should start, now click on wipe and then advanced wipe and wipe system data cache(you don't need to wipe your data if you prefer to keep it!) now go back to the main menu of twrp by pressing the home button in the top right corner, now click install and navigate to the directory you have placed the rom in, after install reboot!

I've a TF300TG but I think my question is associated to the title of this thread. Do I have to note the sku of my Pad or isn't that important when I flash a custom Rom?
In the threads of many custom Roms I've read nothing about the sku. So I'm not sure if I have to take care for this.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

noahvt said:
if you installed root on your device you should have adb and fastboot, right?
if you are on windows(pc) press the windows key + the R key and type cmd in the search box, then press enter now navigate to the adb/fastboot directory on your pc by typing "cd <the location of the file>" then plug in your tablet in fastboot and type " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob" what does this do? this command flashes twrp over the stock recovery, with twrp you can install custom roms! after you have done this download a rom you like (watch out for bootloader versions! if you are on stock 4.2.1 i would reccomend the latest unofficial AOKP or the latest official cm10.1) if you download a rom you can see it is a zip file, place this zip file on your sdcard and power up your tablet in bootloader by holding volume down + power button till icons pop up! now press the volume up key when the RCK icon is blinking! now twrp should start, now click on wipe and then advanced wipe and wipe system data cache(you don't need to wipe your data if you prefer to keep it!) now go back to the main menu of twrp by pressing the home button in the top right corner, now click install and navigate to the directory you have placed the rom in, after install reboot!
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OK, first, I am on a MAC. I have "terminal" for CMD lines, so, it should find whatever files I need it to find just as the windows CMD block will.
I have "fastboot and ADB" in a folder on my desktop, I have named the folder "android". I also downloaded the TWRP for 4.2.1 (renamed to TWRP.BLOB). I think I have all the files I require, it's just a matter of what steps to take. I also have the CM 10.1. This is the ROM I would like to use.
I was also reading that using TWRP, I am not supposed to wipe. I guess, theoretically, I want to be able to boot to the original ASUS ROM in case anything goes wrong. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a ROM to boot from.
I'm not sure if everything I am saying is correct, again, I am very new to this and trying to undertand exactly what I am doing.

robscar said:
OK, first, I am on a MAC. I have "terminal" for CMD lines, so, it should find whatever files I need it to find just as the windows CMD block will.
I have "fastboot and ADB" in a folder on my desktop, I have named the folder "android". I also downloaded the TWRP for 4.2.1 (renamed to TWRP.BLOB). I think I have all the files I require, it's just a matter of what steps to take. I also have the CM 10.1. This is the ROM I would like to use.
I was also reading that using TWRP, I am not supposed to wipe. I guess, theoretically, I want to be able to boot to the original ASUS ROM in case anything goes wrong. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a ROM to boot from.
I'm not sure if everything I am saying is correct, again, I am very new to this and trying to undertand exactly what I am doing.
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The fast boot and adb you have are most likely windows files. Not sure if there is fast boot and adb for Mac.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2

diesburg said:
The fast boot and adb you have are most likely windows files. Not sure if there is fast boot and adb for Mac.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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I got these files from the SDK download for MAC.

robscar said:
I got these files from the SDK download for MAC.
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Any possibility of kicking this to the top and maybe getting this tablet accomplished tonight? I believe I have all the files I need (for MAC), and I am ready to go. I just need to know exactly what to do.
HELP!! LOL!!

robscar said:
Any possibility of kicking this to the top and maybe getting this tablet accomplished tonight? I believe I have all the files I need (for MAC), and I am ready to go. I just need to know exactly what to do.
HELP!! LOL!!
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I can TRY to help. I have no mac, never used one, dont know the procedures for getting the drivers and stuff installed on mac. So, im going to assume you have the fastboot drivers installed properly.
NOTE: IF YOU'RE TABLET BREAKS, NEVER TURNS ON AGAIN, OR GOES UP IN SMOKE BECAUSE OF MY DIRECTIONS, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT AND RESPONSIBILITY NOT MINE. GET OVER IT AND BUY A NEW ONE.....LMAO.... really though, i am helping as best as i can and you always run a risk flashing devices and thats your risk, not mine.... but if you follow my directions exactly, you will be jsut fine and not have a broken device...
First, make sure you're on the latest update from asus. Should be a bootloader ending in 15.3 and android 4.2.1 .
Second, unlock your bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader is quite simple. Download this: http://d-h.st/86c Install it on the tablet and open the app (its a RAR file so it needs extracted first) Follow the directions it gives you, if i remember correctly, you just click yes or something, tablet reboots, and the bootloaders unlocked. If it sucessfully unlocks, when you first turn the tablet on, in the top left corner of the screen, it will say unlocked.
After bootloaders unlocked, turn the tablet off. Power on the tablet by holding the power button and the volume down button at the same time. This will take you into bootloader mode. One quick thing to make sure you are on the latest bootloader. The bootloader screen should have 3 icons to choose from, if it has 4, you are on the old/wrong bootloader and need to go back and update your system before proceeding. If 3 icons, you're good to go, plug the usb cable in the tablet and in your computer.
Download TWRP recovery now. This is the part where you dont wanna screw up, downloading and flashing wrong recovery can equal a broken tablet. Download this exact TWRP recovery: http://diesburg.co/tf300t/twrp/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob
Put that file in the folder where fastboot is.
Now in your terminal/command line, go to the directory where fastboot is. With tablet plugged in and in bootloader mode like mentioned above and terminal in the fastboot folder, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob and press enter .... this will flash TWRP recovery to your tablet using fastboot.... if you get something like "waiting for device" in your terminal window after typing this and it never gets past that, thats where i cant help, drivers for fastboot or something isnt right.... if it works, hell yea, onto the next step....
Reboot the tablet, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot and press enter.... let android fully boot up, copy your ROM to your tablet and dont forget the gapps package for the rom..... now turn the tablet back off......
power the tablet back on like before holding power button and volume down.... once in here, RCK will already be highlighted, if its not, use your volume down key to get it highlighted... once highlighted, hit volume up and this will boot the twrp recovery you flashed......
Once in TWRP, (FIRST DONT FORGET CLICK BACKUP AND MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT ROM!!!) now, make sure you can see your cyanogenmod rom file and gapps by clicking install and going to the ocation where its at, if you see the 2 files, click the back button to the main screen.... on the main screen, click : Wipe, then click factory reset.....after that, go back to the wipe screen, and click system to wipe the system partition..... now go back to the main screen again....
Click install, then click to install the cyanogenmod rom.... after it installs, install the gapps package.... after that, you SHOULD be good to go, reboot the tablet by clicking reboot to system.....
I think that covers everything..... now in the future for flashing other roms, always wipe before flashing and flash the roms the same way you did this one.... just so you know, not ALL roms require gapps package.... most specify whether they do or not....
Any problems, let me know unless its the "waiting for device" thing, i cant help with mac drivers, someone else will have to
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2

diesburg said:
I can TRY to help. I have no mac, never used one, dont know the procedures for getting the drivers and stuff installed on mac. So, im going to assume you have the fastboot drivers installed properly.
NOTE: IF YOU'RE TABLET BREAKS, NEVER TURNS ON AGAIN, OR GOES UP IN SMOKE BECAUSE OF MY DIRECTIONS, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT AND RESPONSIBILITY NOT MINE. GET OVER IT AND BUY A NEW ONE.....LMAO.... really though, i am helping as best as i can and you always run a risk flashing devices and thats your risk, not mine.... but if you follow my directions exactly, you will be jsut fine and not have a broken device...
First, make sure you're on the latest update from asus. Should be a bootloader ending in 15.3 and android 4.2.1 .
Second, unlock your bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader is quite simple. Download this: http://d-h.st/86c Install it on the tablet and open the app (its a RAR file so it needs extracted first) Follow the directions it gives you, if i remember correctly, you just click yes or something, tablet reboots, and the bootloaders unlocked. If it sucessfully unlocks, when you first turn the tablet on, in the top left corner of the screen, it will say unlocked.
After bootloaders unlocked, turn the tablet off. Power on the tablet by holding the power button and the volume down button at the same time. This will take you into bootloader mode. One quick thing to make sure you are on the latest bootloader. The bootloader screen should have 3 icons to choose from, if it has 4, you are on the old/wrong bootloader and need to go back and update your system before proceeding. If 3 icons, you're good to go, plug the usb cable in the tablet and in your computer.
Download TWRP recovery now. This is the part where you dont wanna screw up, downloading and flashing wrong recovery can equal a broken tablet. Download this exact TWRP recovery: http://diesburg.co/tf300t/twrp/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob
Put that file in the folder where fastboot is.
Now in your terminal/command line, go to the directory where fastboot is. With tablet plugged in and in bootloader mode like mentioned above and terminal in the fastboot folder, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob and press enter .... this will flash TWRP recovery to your tablet using fastboot.... if you get something like "waiting for device" in your terminal window after typing this and it never gets past that, thats where i cant help, drivers for fastboot or something isnt right.... if it works, hell yea, onto the next step....
Reboot the tablet, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot and press enter.... let android fully boot up, copy your ROM to your tablet and dont forget the gapps package for the rom..... now turn the tablet back off......
power the tablet back on like before holding power button and volume down.... once in here, RCK will already be highlighted, if its not, use your volume down key to get it highlighted... once highlighted, hit volume up and this will boot the twrp recovery you flashed......
Once in TWRP, (FIRST DONT FORGET CLICK BACKUP AND MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT ROM!!!) now, make sure you can see your cyanogenmod rom file and gapps by clicking install and going to the ocation where its at, if you see the 2 files, click the back button to the main screen.... on the main screen, click : Wipe, then click factory reset.....after that, go back to the wipe screen, and click system to wipe the system partition..... now go back to the main screen again....
Click install, then click to install the cyanogenmod rom.... after it installs, install the gapps package.... after that, you SHOULD be good to go, reboot the tablet by clicking reboot to system.....
I think that covers everything..... now in the future for flashing other roms, always wipe before flashing and flash the roms the same way you did this one.... just so you know, not ALL roms require gapps package.... most specify whether they do or not....
Any problems, let me know unless its the "waiting for device" thing, i cant help with mac drivers, someone else will have to
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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So, no matter what I do, the bootloader has to be unlocked, correct?

robscar said:
So, no matter what I do, the bootloader has to be unlocked, correct?
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for a custom rom, as far as i know, yes
but for just root on stock rom i believe theres ways to root stock without unlocking the bootloader
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2

I simply cannot seem to get the MAC to do this. I just don't know what command lines to use in the "terminal". I am amazed that no one has flashed their tablet with a MAC.
Anyone who has done this with a MAC, please drop a line if you can. I would really like to get this done if at all possible.
I am unlocked, I get all the way to the "flash" commands, and then it seems to not want to cooperate.
HELP!

robscar said:
I simply cannot seem to get the MAC to do this. I just don't know what command lines to use in the "terminal". I am amazed that no one has flashed their tablet with a MAC.
Anyone who has done this with a MAC, please drop a line if you can. I would really like to get this done if at all possible.
I am unlocked, I get all the way to the "flash" commands, and then it seems to not want to cooperate.
HELP!
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It's most likely drivers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
Maybe that'll help?
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2

I wanted to close out this thread and thank everyone who jumped in to try to assist me. I was not able to flash my tablet, nor get the Cyanogen mod loaded. Not sure why, but, as I try to load TWRP, I get a "permission denied" error.
Eventually, I will get my hands on a windows computer and give this another shot. But, it should have worked on my MAC as easily as anything else. Not sure exactly what I am doing wrong, but, my tablet is working just fine so, I know I did not "mess" anything up (YAY).
If someone has been able to "flash" and put a custom rom on their ASUS Transformer using a MAC computer, please get with me and let's chat!
Again, thanks everyone for taking some time to walk me thru this! I learned a lot, so your efforts did not go to waste! I great appreciate it!
Scar!

robscar said:
I wanted to close out this thread and thank everyone who jumped in to try to assist me. I was not able to flash my tablet, nor get the Cyanogen mod loaded. Not sure why, but, as I try to load TWRP, I get a "permission denied" error.
Eventually, I will get my hands on a windows computer and give this another shot. But, it should have worked on my MAC as easily as anything else. Not sure exactly what I am doing wrong, but, my tablet is working just fine so, I know I did not "mess" anything up (YAY).
If someone has been able to "flash" and put a custom rom on their ASUS Transformer using a MAC computer, please get with me and let's chat!
Again, thanks everyone for taking some time to walk me thru this! I learned a lot, so your efforts did not go to waste! I great appreciate it!
Scar!
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not sure exactly how a mac works but i believe its some sort of linux. can you by chance start the terminal with "administrator" priveleges or type "su" in the terminal to get root priveleges? Just my thoughts with a "permission denied" error, you dont have administrator/root access.
In that link i shared above about mac and fastboot, it says to use " ./ " in front of every command. So try the fastboot commands i said above to flash the recovery but do it with ./ infront like this: ./fastboot flash commands
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2

Well, I used Motochopper to root my tablet, so, I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean. So, I am rooted, my BL is unlocked.
My tablets boots in "fastboot", I just can't seem to get the flash done. At this point, I am not so sure I could be more lost. LOL!

robscar said:
Well, I used Motochopper to root my tablet, so, I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean. So, I am rooted, my BL is unlocked.
My tablets boots in "fastboot", I just can't seem to get the flash done. At this point, I am not so sure I could be more lost. LOL!
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In the steps I told you above. The part where you do the fastboot commands in the terminal. "fastboot flash 0x(somenumber) recovery twrp.blob"
put a ./ in front of the fastboot command... so its "./fastboot flash 0x(thatnumber) recovery twrp.blob"
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