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[Q] [q]Cannot boot into recovery

I have a new Transformer TF101 that I rooted with vipermod.
I tried installing CWM using the recovery installer at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180, but it kept giving me parsing errors when I tried to run the apk. This happened when I copied over the su from bin to xbin.
So I tried Rom Manager to install the CWM there, but when I try to boot into it, it would get stuck saying Booting recovery kernel image.
If I try to use the Transformer Reboot to Recovery app, it gets stuck at the boot screen and goes into a semi reboot loop where If I try powering it off, it automatically powers on again and I had to do a data wipe to recover.
Does anyone have any idea how I can solve this? I really don't want to be stuck on Android 3.1 forever since it won't update to ICS with the stock update either now.
The android version is 3.1, Build is 8.4.4.11.
Thanks!

I know you already tried this installer, but check out this link.
You could also try using ADB to install the CWM recovery: link.
Read through there and follow the instructions around step 6 since you're already rooted.
If this doesn't work:
Does the ASUS recovery not work at all? As in holding vol-down while powering on then pressing vol-up to enter recovery? If it does you could try an update.zip to flash back to the old stock version that supports old razorclaw and use that to flash recovery reroot and pop a ROM on there (stock rooted ICS or otherwise) I'll give further help if you have to resort to this. ToD

xelloss12 said:
I have a new Transformer TF101 that I rooted with vipermod.
I tried installing CWM using the recovery installer at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180, but it kept giving me parsing errors when I tried to run the apk. This happened when I copied over the su from bin to xbin.
So I tried Rom Manager to install the CWM there, but when I try to boot into it, it would get stuck saying Booting recovery kernel image.
If I try to use the Transformer Reboot to Recovery app, it gets stuck at the boot screen and goes into a semi reboot loop where If I try powering it off, it automatically powers on again and I had to do a data wipe to recover.
Does anyone have any idea how I can solve this? I really don't want to be stuck on Android 3.1 forever since it won't update to ICS with the stock update either now.
The android version is 3.1, Build is 8.4.4.11.
Thanks!
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Your firmware is to old for RecoveryInstaller to work. Manually update to latest ICS, root with ViperMod and use RecoveryInstaller for CWM.

Thing O Doom said:
You could also try using ADB to install the CWM recovery:.
Read through there and follow the instructions around step 6 since you're already rooted.
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This worked! Thank you very much!

[Q] Cannot Enter Recovery!!!

Hi.
Just rooted my TF101 (B80) using ViperMod V4,5.
SU working fine, got root access and everything.
My only problem is that i cannot enter recovery mode. I get the android with the red triangle.
I press Volume- + power, then volume+ and it says:
"booting recovery kernel image"
After that i get the android with the triangle.
Any idea how to solve this problem?

What you see is the recovery, only it's the stock recovery.
To get cwm recovery, use RecoveryInstaller by Gnufabio. Just look in the theme app section

baseballfanz said:
What you see is the recovery, only it's the stock recovery.
To get cwm recovery, use RecoveryInstaller by Gnufabio. Just look in the theme app section
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I have used the recoveryinstaller.apk and still the same result. Then i tried installing a recovery using rom manager but still the same.
Can i use adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 command?
P.S. I forgot to mention that i am on stock ICS ww.9.2.1.17

read the (epic noob guide) by luna_C666 in the general section.its got all the answers and more!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

original21 said:
I have used the recoveryinstaller.apk and still the same result. Then i tried installing a recovery using rom manager but still the same.
Can i use adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 command?
P.S. I forgot to mention that i am on stock ICS ww.9.2.1.17
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is your tf rooted?

baseballfanz said:
is your tf rooted?
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Yes (I think). I used basic root checker and it says that is rooted. It also ask for super user access for it.
Ok. Solved.
I re-downloaded the recovery installer and everything is ok now. Thanks

I had the issue where I had the constant recovery loop and had to manually cold-boot linux every time. Then I followed all the directions that supposedly fixed that and it seemed to work (I could boot straight to android from power off). Now I can't boot into recovery at all. It just hangs at the Asus logo if I choose "reboot into recovery" and it hangs at "booting recovery image" if I use volume down. CWM shows that my recovery image is installed but there is something preventing it from launching.
Is there a way to format the recovery partition and flash it again? I tried the CWM "erase recovery" and that didn't work.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

I've got the same issue, can do what I want, but can't boot to recovery ... grrrr

Same issues with boot and recovery
I am experiencing the same issue too, except I can't boot into the OS either so I am not sure what to do... I'll read the epic noob guide as described above and if I don;t come right there i'll post a thread as my challenges are slightly different to what is already posted.

Enigma_2k4 said:
I am experiencing the same issue too, except I can't boot into the OS either so I am not sure what to do... I'll read the epic noob guide as described above and if I don;t come right there i'll post a thread as my challenges are slightly different to what is already posted.
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You have to hold the volume down at boot like you are booting to recovery, but then don't do anything and a menu to coldboot linux or to erase userdata comes up. Just wait and it will boot android.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

original21 said:
Hi.
Just rooted my TF101 (B80) using ViperMod V4,5.
SU working fine, got root access and everything.
My only problem is that i cannot enter recovery mode. I get the android with the red triangle.
I press Volume- + power, then volume+ and it says:
"booting recovery kernel image"
After that i get the android with the triangle.
Any idea how to solve this problem?
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After being rooted and flashing CWM instead of holding volume down+power.. just download this app from the market. Called: Transformer reboot to Recovery.
The app in your drawer icon is two blue arrows instead of orange and blue like the developers picture.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...recovery&rdid=com.transformer.recovery&rdot=1
Ive noticed alot of people having issues booting with Clockworkmod into recovery or using power down and selecting recovery. (unless its done by hand). That app is a direct way into recovery. Most ROMs ive seen do not enter recovery even when the option is present.
Here is gnufabio, Recovery Installer - flash CWM with a Click
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180
after flashing use the Transformer reboot to Recovery app i listed above. Ive used it and it works.. i use the app to enter recovery all the time.

[Q] Help i think i bricked my system

So i got a new T F 300T yesterday and wanted to root it today.
I unlocked it and rooted it successfully. But then I tried installing a recovery. Installed CWM using fastboot. tried booting into it using RCK. It says booting into recovery mode and just reboots to OS. Installed CMW touch, same problem. Installed TRWP since i read that cmw has some problems.Now i used the 1 click root 1.1 to boot into recovery mode. The device now keeps rebooting. IT starts on the asus screen, then reboots again. So im stuck in a boot loop. When I press vlm dwn +power, it doesnt give me a menu anymore , instead it says that its rebooting into recovery mode and reboots again. Im freaking out right now, anyway to recover my device? Or is it 400 bucks down the dran? I dunno why this happened , since i am not new to flashing ROMs and stuff, and ususally test out new ROMs using my GNex. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Wiltuz said:
So i got a new T F 300T yesterday and wanted to root it today.
I unlocked it and rooted it successfully. But then I tried installing a recovery. Installed CWM using fastboot. tried booting into it using RCK. It says booting into recovery mode and just reboots to OS. Installed CMW touch, same problem. Installed TRWP since i read that cmw has some problems.Now i used the 1 click root 1.1 to boot into recovery mode. The device now keeps rebooting. IT starts on the asus screen, then reboots again. So im stuck in a boot loop. When I press vlm dwn +power, it doesnt give me a menu anymore , instead it says that its rebooting into recovery mode and reboots again. Im freaking out right now, anyway to recover my device? Or is it 400 bucks down the dran? I dunno why this happened , since i am not new to flashing ROMs and stuff, and ususally test out new ROMs using my GNex. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Hi there, sucks to hear what happened..
I believe you haven't put in enough research, ASUS has a publicly available unlocker for the 300T, why did you use a 3rd party root app?
Can you still boot Android? If you have root and your recovery partition is broken, there should still be a way to overwrite the recovery partition.
If not, this basically looks like a brick, unless you can hook up a debugger during the boot process somehow.
Someone with in-depth knowledge of this device might be able to help you out further, I'm just theorycrafting here.. Best of luck!

I would try using fastboot to reflash stock firmware, which you can download from the Asus website.
You could also try getting into APX mode and using nvflash to reflash it.
Sent from my Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app

[Q] TF101G stuck on boot,cannot access recovery. Any way to fix via adb maybe?

Flashed latest stock firmware 9.2.2.6 ww
Rooted using 1-Click Transformer Root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1689193
Flashed cwm from rom manager with no errors or smth.
Then decided to restore to factory defaults the usual way, through settings.
Now I can't boot the usual way (continous asus ring) & can't boot to recovery - green android robot with blue sphere rotating.
Still adb sees the device in recovery mode & I can push files, but can't do anything because can't flash these files
Is there a way to flash recovery without fastboot or flash a rom?

First, ROM Manager does not work with recovery installation on the Asus tablets. There is a warning in one of the forums here about it.
I would use PERI to push a new working recovery via ADB. Then push your ROM to the internal memory and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681155

frederuco said:
First, ROM Manager does not work with recovery installation on the Asus tablets. There is a warning in one of the forums here about it.
I would use PERI to push a new working recovery via ADB. Then push your ROM to the internal memory and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681155
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Used OneclickrecoveryV0.4.
Now I cannot get access to adb: Volume Down + Power = Booting recovery kernel image
Also usual boot doesn't progress to Asus rotating ring, only Eee Pad logo.
Is there any way out of this "booting recovery kernel image"?

I left it turned off on a charger for several hours & decided to take a look once again before putting it into the box. Suddenly it just turned on & booted normally, wow!! )

Hey folks,
I'm currently facing the same problem.
I tried to root with 1-Click Transformer Root Tool v1.1. I received an error stating that busybox failed to install, also SuperSU wasn't installed. I started the 1-Click Tool again and it said that the Transformer is rooted. So I chose to install the CWM recovery but the script stated that the device was offline. That happened a couple of times, so I decided to install recovery via GooManager, which also failed ("no recovery was found for your device") and finally tried to flash twrp recovery using the terminal emulator - which worked - and rebooted the pad.
Since this reboot, it is not possible to boot the OS normally. It always gets stuck on the EEE pad splash screen, as cordlesspass describes. It's not possible to boot into recovery. I tried to fix this problem with PERI's tool which pushed and flashed the new recovery, but no change.
The only way to boot the OS is a cold boot. This works and the device behaves normally. I also tried to let it charge a couple of hours and then boot again, but no change. It still gets stuck.
I'm using no custom rom, only the latest stock fw.
Do you have any idea how to fix this problem?

AW: [Q] TF101G stuck on boot,cannot access recovery. Any way to fix via adb maybe?
So, for all those who have the same problem as I had, I found a solution and its a pretty easy one!
In my case, it seemed to be a permission problem concerning /dev/block/mmcblk0p3. So, I went through different threads and found a suitable solution here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530337&page=20.
All you have to do is to enter terminal emulator on your device (or use adb alternatively) and enter:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
reboot
You should see the asus eee pad screen with a blue progression bar and then it should boot normally. Thanks to partio for this hint! :thumbup:
Sent from my Transformer TF101G using xda app-developers app

[Q] Ubuntu through tubuntu stuck in boot loop, can't enter adb or get out of loop

So, as the title says, i stuck myself in a boot loop after installing ubuntu via the TUbuntu method. I can't access adb, and therefore can't reflash or anything. does anyone have any suggestions about what to do? i've tried everything!
Thanks,
prot0n

_prot0n_ said:
So, as the title says, i stuck myself in a boot loop after installing ubuntu via the TUbuntu method. I can't access adb, and therefore can't reflash or anything. does anyone have any suggestions about what to do? i've tried everything!
Thanks,
prot0n
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Help, Anybody???

Try flashing an NVFLASH ROM to completely return your TF to stock, NVFLASH uses APX Mode which is available no matter what you have done ROM wise (So long as your TF is SBK1)
http://www.xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Asus/Asus+Transformer+(TF101)/STOCK+ROMS
Or Easyflasher to flash TWRP recovery and a ROM back to it, also in APX mode (VOL UP & POWER ON)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012