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Bricked trying to flash CWM recovery with official JB Firmware.. Help?

Hi guys,
So I think I f^&*ed up royally. I got the official jellybean update, but of course, not to be content with what I had, I tried to flash CWM recovery on it using fastboot.
It didn't work. I tried to reboot to recovery and it would just freeze, so I would have to force a hard reboot.
No big deal, right? I'll just flash TWRP. I tried to initiate fastboot again and it would just freeze again...
So I rebooted once again (holding vol down) and tried the factory reset option... surely that would fix my problem, right? WRONG! It tried to boot recovery (which is now a non-working CWM) and it totally sh*t the bed. I cannot boot the tablet now nor will it do anything when I try to hold vol down. It just sits at the boot screen no matter what I do.
If there anything I can do, or am I totally screwed? My bootloader is unlocked, so I believe the warranty is void.
Help, please?

darthvince said:
Hi guys,
So I think I f^&*ed up royally. I got the official jellybean update, but of course, not to be content with what I had, I tried to flash CWM recovery on it using fastboot.
It didn't work. I tried to reboot to recovery and it would just freeze, so I would have to force a hard reboot.
No big deal, right? I'll just flash TWRP. I tried to initiate fastboot again and it would just freeze again...
So I rebooted once again (holding vol down) and tried the factory reset option... surely that would fix my problem, right? WRONG! It tried to boot recovery (which is now a non-working CWM) and it totally sh*t the bed. I cannot boot the tablet now nor will it do anything when I try to hold vol down. It just sits at the boot screen no matter what I do.
If there anything I can do, or am I totally screwed? My bootloader is unlocked, so I believe the warranty is void.
Help, please?
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Join the club, I think you're victim #4 or 5 at this point.
Check out the last couple posts here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841211&page=2
As your bootloader is unlocked, like mine -- Asus doesn't have an obligation to help per the "Revised" warranty the Unlocking process warned you about.
Asus does have representatives that hang around here, so give them a holler and see if they'll help. I've e-mailed both Gary Key and Asus_USA about my/our situation.

Well u do have APX mode... is there a day to do something with that?

I7
darthvince said:
Hi guys,
So I think I f^&*ed up royally. I got the official jellybean update, but of course, not to be content with what I had, I tried to flash CWM recovery on it using fastboot.
It didn't work. I tried to reboot to recovery and it would just freeze, so I would have to force a hard reboot.
No big deal, right? I'll just flash TWRP. I tried to initiate fastboot again and it would just freeze again...
So I rebooted once again (holding vol down) and tried the factory reset option... surely that would fix my problem, right? WRONG! It tried to boot recovery (which is now a non-working CWM) and it totally sh*t the bed. I cannot boot the tablet now nor will it do anything when I try to hold vol down. It just sits at the boot screen no matter what I do.
If there anything I can do, or am I totally screwed? My bootloader is unlocked, so I believe the warranty is void.
Help, please?
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You were locked, got OTA, and then flashed custom recovery?
Or you were unlocked, returned to stock, flashed jb and then custom recovery?
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krhainos said:
Join the club, I think you're victim #4 or 5 at this point.
Check out the last couple posts here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841211&page=2
As your bootloader is unlocked, like mine -- Asus doesn't have an obligation to help per the "Revised" warranty the Unlocking process warned you about.
Asus does have representatives that hang around here, so give them a holler and see if they'll help. I've e-mailed both Gary Key and Asus_USA about my/our situation.
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the bold part is where I can really use some help!!!!
have a tf300t, neither unlocked nor rooted atm.... I never got an OTA after purchase, always had to manually download zip and update, i cannot even unlock the damn device!!!! some unknown network error issue, even tough m fully connected ! its begining to irritate me to the core that anyone asking me advice on what to buy , i say straight up that if its asus it will be crap don't buy it!
i can really use some help regarding this.... it looks like some serial number issue..... :'(
ASUS Rep HELP me please!

Paschalis said:
I7
You were locked, got OTA, and then flashed custom recovery?
Or you were unlocked, returned to stock, flashed jb and then custom recovery?
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You hit the nail on the head with the second guess. I was unlocked, returned to stock, got the OTA update, then tried to install recovery with fast boot. Now bricked. Can't boot, can't get into fast boot or anything. Vol down doesn't do anything. I can get into apx mode, if only I knew what to do with it.

I've been trying to figure this out. But so far nothing. I've tried flashing cm10 images in fastboot. I built a recovery and used it to try and go back to stock but it give me a mismatch error. I tried flashing cm10 in recovery and everything takes me back to asus screen. Any other ideas I could try?
I would love to be able to use my tablet again.

darthvince said:
You hit the nail on the head with the second guess. I was unlocked, returned to stock, got the OTA update, then tried to install recovery with fast boot. Now bricked. Can't boot, can't get into fast boot or anything. Vol down doesn't do anything. I can get into apx mode, if only I knew what to do with it.
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Okay.
I am so lucky for now!!!
Same situation but, flashed twice recovery with goo app(twrp), didnt worh, flashed twice again twrp with fastboot, and then flashed cwm with fastboot!
And still bootable!
But recovery dont work!!
Also another user who managed to get cwm to work, had a non working recovery first, but not bricked device!
Why installing custom recovery bricks some users and others dont?
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Paschalis said:
Okay.
I am so lucky for now!!!
Same situation but, flashed twice recovery with goo app(twrp), didnt worh, flashed twice again twrp with fastboot, and then flashed cwm with fastboot!
And still bootable!
But recovery dont work!!
Also another user who managed to get cwm to work, had a non working recovery first, but not bricked device!
Why installing custom recovery bricks some users and others dont?
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Perhaps it has something to do with how the recoveries were flashed. This only happens if you tried to REflash the recovery AFTER applying JB.
I did fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img
Some people noticed they didn't have a recovery working, and didn't try reflashing. Those that did, seemed to have bricked.
There seems to be a test recovery floating around in the other thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841211&page=2
It seems all the recoveries need to be updated to the new kernel.

krhainos said:
Perhaps it has something to do with how the recoveries were flashed. This only happens if you tried to REflash the recovery AFTER applying JB.
I did fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img
Some people noticed they didn't have a recovery working, and didn't try reflashing. Those that did, seemed to have bricked.
There seems to be a test recovery floating around in the other thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841211&page=2
It seems all the recoveries need to be updated to the new kernel.
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I tried to flash my recovery the exact same way except it took me about 8 tries before I finally bricked
for those wanting to flash a recovery to the jb OTA it looks like TWRP is going to be updated soon so I would wait till then

Drgravy said:
I tried to flash my recovery the exact same way except it took me about 8 tries before I finally bricked
for those wanting to flash a recovery to the jb OTA it looks like TWRP is going to be updated soon so I would wait till then
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I have a TWRP version for someone to test here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843694
Flash with fastboot.

I created an RMA request with Asus, the fellow on the phone says it's bewteen $87 to $100 to repair the OS on a device with an unlocked bootloader. This excludes the cost of you shipping Asus the tablet. However, it includes the cost of labor, diagnostic, and shipping back to you.
For those of you weighing your options, there's one answer.

:/ If only i lived in the states i would send it to Asus for 100 bucks if its necessary. Im going to have to check with the Asus representative here in Colombia...
If you do get your tablet fixed please tell us, that would be awesome.

Rompf said:
:/ If only i lived in the states i would send it to Asus for 100 bucks if its necessary. Im going to have to check with the Asus representative here in Colombia...
If you do get your tablet fixed please tell us, that would be awesome.
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If anyone is curious -- I've sent my tablet to Asus but I haven't heard anything other then that they've started to work on it.

TF300T in repair in Texas as well...
krhainos said:
If anyone is curious -- I've sent my tablet to Asus but I haven't heard anything other then that they've started to work on it.
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My TF300T is in Grapevine TX having the same exact thing done as I am bricked at the moment. Can you please let me know what they end up charging you? Have they contacted you at all at this point? Please post updates as I am interested if we both end up with the same charges and repairs. Mine is stuck on the boot screen with no fastboot or adb access.. just like yours.

bjanice44 said:
My TF300T is in Grapevine TX having the same exact hting done as I am bricked at the moment. Can you please let me know what they end up charging you? Have they contacted you at all at this point? Please post updates as I am interested if we both end up with the same charges and repairs. Mine is stuck on the boot screen with no fastboot or adb access.. just like yours.
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They have not charged me yet, and it's still in Grapevine, TX as well. I'll keep this thread updated too -- a couple people have been posting their experiences over here though : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825265&page=3

krhainos said:
They have not charged me yet, and it's still in Grapevine, TX as well. I'll keep this thread updated too -- a couple people have been posting their experiences over here though : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825265&page=3
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Thanks

I'm just curious where the problems are truly coming from. I got the jb update ota, unlocked after and installed cwm recovery with no issues at all. Is it possible the wrong recovery was installed? Ii think v6 cwm is the only one that works with jb.
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funnel71 said:
I'm just curious where the problems are truly coming from. I got the jb update ota, unlocked after and installed cwm recovery with no issues at all. Is it possible the wrong recovery was installed? Ii think v6 cwm is the only one that works with jb.
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What I understood is that's a partitioning difference on JB... Bricked mine too, more and more showing up on these boards... I guess the more issues will show up, the bigger the chance we can have someone fix them (Not me, that's for sure )

Happened to me too. I'm hoping that ASUS will fix it for a reasonable price. Otherwise I'm just going to get a Nexus 7.

[Q] Definitely bricked asus tf300t

Hello all, I just recently bought a tf300t, unlocked it, installed cwm 5.5.0.4 for ics, and then updated to jellybean hydro, then installed cwm 6.
Afterwards, just recently noticed that CM 10 nightlies came out, so i updated to it. I went through step by step, and DID NOT USE rom manager. I went into straight recovery mode. It installed perfectly fine, but when i reboot, it would get stuck at the initial asus splash screen. At first I was able to get into RCK. I became extremely upset, fell asleep and the device eventually died, because it wouldn't turn off, it would constantly boot loop. The next morning, I plugged it in, and it would not even get into RCK, but it would show the options for fastboot, RCK, and cold boot. So, just to restate. Was able to get into RCK, device died, then would not boot into RCK. So then I ran fastboot, and that completely stopped the device from showing ANY options when holding power + volume down. I can not get to RCK or fastboot.
So all in all my device is legitimately stuck at the initial asus boot screen, and NOTHING happens when I hold power + volume down.
Anybody got some ideas? I'm going to japan soon, i'll try and stay in touch. Someone on the forums named Neroga will keep this updated for me while I'm in transit, i'm military and ridiculously busy.
thanks all

just flash stock ROM with fastboot. this should work.

I've tried multiple times. No menu pops up with power + volume down. Literally just hangs on the unlocked screen. I can put it in APX mode or whatever it's called but I heard that nvflash isn't working for the tf300, yet.
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Blubberor said:
just flash stock ROM with fastboot. this should work.
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Neroga said:
I've tried multiple times. No menu pops up with power + volume down. Literally just hangs on the unlocked screen. I can put it in APX mode or whatever it's called but I heard that nvflash isn't working for the tf300, yet.
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What neroga said, we can't get to the menu to choose fastboot.

Velict said:
What neroga said, we can't get to the menu to choose fastboot.
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I asked our friends at androidroot.mobi if it would be possible to have this issue solved with NVFLASH, this is their response:
@AndroidRootMobi Is it worth waiting for NVFLASH on (very hard) softbricked TF300t? Or should I go to @Asus
‏@AndroidRootMobi
@Joanuz @ASUS Sorry. If/when we support TF300T, you will need device-specific files. So no brick recovery if you're already bricked.
It sucks, I know. I'll be sending mine back to ASUS tomorrow. No warranty. Hopefully a reflash will do the job (normally it should be around 75 euro), if the mainboard needs to be replaced, the total costs will be around 200... I will open a thread here once it's under repair. Good luck! (and PLEASE don't come up with a solution while mine is in repair :laugh:

Sphinix said:
I asked our friends at androidroot.mobi if it would be possible to have this issue solved with NVFLASH, this is their response:
@AndroidRootMobi Is it worth waiting for NVFLASH on (very hard) softbricked TF300t? Or should I go to @Asus
‏@AndroidRootMobi
@Joanuz @ASUS Sorry. If/when we support TF300T, you will need device-specific files. So no brick recovery if you're already bricked.
It sucks, I know. I'll be sending mine back to ASUS tomorrow. No warranty. Hopefully a reflash will do the job (normally it should be around 75 euro), if the mainboard needs to be replaced, the total costs will be around 200... I will open a thread here once it's under repair. Good luck! (and PLEASE don't come up with a solution while mine is in repair :laugh:
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I think it really depends on where the tablet is shipped for RMA because mine got reflashed for free I didn't even have to pay shipping or diagnostic costs.

sparky28000 said:
I think it really depends on where the tablet is shipped for RMA because mine got reflashed for free I didn't even have to pay shipping or diagnostic costs.
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Wow, that's great. I think they might notice the "bootloader unlocked" in the top right corner though... Anyway: I don't really mind paying, it's like paying for a lesson learned
Mine is going to the Czech Republic. Where did yours go to?

Sphinix said:
Wow, that's great. I think they might notice the "bootloader unlocked" in the top right corner though... Anyway: I don't really mind paying, it's like paying for a lesson learned
Mine is going to the Czech Republic. Where did yours go to?
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Czech Republic also and mine was obviously unlocked. With some luck they will just perform a "BIOS upgrade" and repair it for free. Did take them about 3 weeks though. And if it makes any difference I did lie about bricking it myself. I told them that the official update went wrong and bricked my device.

I'm stucked at Asus logo but I can go into recovery and fastbood. There is something that I can do to repair my tablet?

Sphinix said:
I asked our friends at androidroot.mobi if it would be possible to have this issue solved with NVFLASH, this is their response:
@AndroidRootMobi Is it worth waiting for NVFLASH on (very hard) softbricked TF300t? Or should I go to @Asus
‏@AndroidRootMobi
@Joanuz @ASUS Sorry. If/when we support TF300T, you will need device-specific files. So no brick recovery if you're already bricked.
It sucks, I know. I'll be sending mine back to ASUS tomorrow. No warranty. Hopefully a reflash will do the job (normally it should be around 75 euro), if the mainboard needs to be replaced, the total costs will be around 200... I will open a thread here once it's under repair. Good luck! (and PLEASE don't come up with a solution while mine is in repair :laugh:
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I knew NVFLASH wasn't going to work, since you basically need to backup your device with it, then you'll be unbrickable. The whole point of NVFLASH is BEFORE you decide to mess with your tablet, you make sure you have a failsafe, which is NVFLASH. Since the whole tablet is completely locked out, it won't work. Idont understand why asus would make a device that completely locks itself out. Even on a normal everyday computer, the bios can be completely reinstalled.
Why can't firmware?

I just sent the tf300t in for RMA. UPS $27 USD for shipping. I"ll keep everyone updated along with whoever else probably has threads like this open, especially for theTF300t
For anyone who comes across this thread, let me recap on what you should do if you have a TF300t, or tf700. DO NOT go to jellybean yet. I honestly suggest waiting for CM10 nightly to become more stable. Also, wait for nvflash for these devices. With that tool you'll become unbrickable.

Velict said:
I just sent the tf300t in for RMA. UPS $27 USD for shipping. I"ll keep everyone updated along with whoever else probably has threads like this open, especially for theTF300t
For anyone who comes across this thread, let me recap on what you should do if you have a TF300t, or tf700. DO NOT go to jellybean yet. I honestly suggest waiting for CM10 nightly to become more stable. Also, wait for nvflash for these devices. With that tool you'll become unbrickable.
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Is there any way to stop the JB update notification? I set the postpone to one day but it keeps popping up all the time!

Velict said:
I just sent the tf300t in for RMA. UPS $27 USD for shipping. I"ll keep everyone updated along with whoever else probably has threads like this open, especially for theTF300t
For anyone who comes across this thread, let me recap on what you should do if you have a TF300t, or tf700. DO NOT go to jellybean yet. I honestly suggest waiting for CM10 nightly to become more stable. Also, wait for nvflash for these devices. With that tool you'll become unbrickable.
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That's a good advice/warning , considering that the Jelly Bean bootloader is completely incompatible with CM9/CM10/AOKP and all derivatives that are designed around the ICS kernel. Hope they find a solution for those who already jumped on the Asus JB train.
Skickat från min Transformer Pad TF300T

solefero69 said:
I'm stucked at Asus logo but I can go into recovery and fastbood. There is something that I can do to repair my tablet?
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I am having the same problem and the whole thing is so confusing that I am loosing hope to get my Transformer tf300gt working again, Did you managed to have yours sorted out.
Regards,
Yves

I had this happen once, but continuously pressing Vol- & Power got me into bootloader eventualy. It took "forever" for my feeling, may be 20-30 seconds, but it booted to the bootloader.

Ti2 said:
I had this happen once, but continuously pressing Vol- & Power got me into bootloader eventualy. It took "forever" for my feeling, may be 20-30 seconds, but it booted to the bootloader.
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I just went through a brick scenario when trying to get data2sd working with cleanrom 3.3 after many bootloops i was able to install the stock rom. I am going to unlock and reinstall cleanrombut first going to back it with nvflash. I hate the feeling ofnot knowing if the tablet will stay a brick or not.

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...

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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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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

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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"
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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.

TWRP ecrypted after CROMI update HELP!

Hey guys. Semi newb here. I unlocked my TF300t a while back on the first offical JB update from ASUS. I then followed all the steps to unlock it and use fastboot to install TWRP. This was months back. I have been steadily updating CleanROM Inheritance as the revisions are released.
This latest revision to 3.4.4 flash was easy....as always. I wiped all and installed. When the system came back up I noticed my wifi was broken. I couldnt get it to initialize. So I booted to recovey so I could wipe all and reflash again just in case. Well, TWRP asked me for a password. Ive never encrypted my tablet nor have I used passwrods in the past as I know they can cause issues with access or permissions. I can hit cancel and use twrp but it wont mount anything or allow me to do anything until I 'decrypt' it. Not sure where to go from here. I guess Id like to flash the new official 4.2 from asus but I need advice on how to do this using fastboot.
Any help or pointers are welcomed. I only used the fastboot once to install twrp so I dont completely remember how to use it or if I can use it to flash a full ROM to hopefully reset the tablet. Thanks for any help! Cause I am stumped...
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So I tried to turn off the tablet and pressed VOL DN + PWR to get to recovery options and choose fastboot, it just boot loops back to the asus logo twice then goes back in to TWRP. I cant even get into the OS now like I could. I need to unlock TWRP. PLEASE HELP!
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I just wanted to add that by no means am I putting any blame on the ROM. Its a badass ROM that I love. The issue I am having is most definitely due to the bootloader and TWRP I suspect. I just dont know what I can do in TWRP locked down the way it is to regain some control...or at least fastboot.

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Hey guys. Semi newb here. I unlocked my TF300t a while back on the first offical JB update from ASUS. I then followed all the steps to unlock it and use fastboot to install TWRP. This was months back. I have been steadily updating CleanROM Inheritance as the revisions are released.
This latest revision to 3.4.4 flash was easy....as always. I wiped all and installed. When the system came back up I noticed my wifi was broken. I couldnt get it to initialize. So I booted to recovey so I could wipe all and reflash again just in case. Well, TWRP asked me for a password. Ive never encrypted my tablet nor have I used passwrods in the past as I know they can cause issues with access or permissions. I can hit cancel and use twrp but it wont mount anything or allow me to do anything until I 'decrypt' it. Not sure where to go from here. I guess Id like to flash the new official 4.2 from asus but I need advice on how to do this using fastboot.
Any help or pointers are welcomed. I only used the fastboot once to install twrp so I dont completely remember how to use it or if I can use it to flash a full ROM to hopefully reset the tablet. Thanks for any help! Cause I am stumped...
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So I tried to turn off the tablet and pressed VOL DN + PWR to get to recovery options and choose fastboot, it just boot loops back to the asus logo twice then goes back in to TWRP. I cant even get into the OS now like I could. I need to unlock TWRP. PLEASE HELP!
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I just wanted to add that by no means am I putting any blame on the ROM. Its a badass ROM that I love. The issue I am having is most definitely due to the bootloader and TWRP I suspect. I just dont know what I can do in TWRP locked down the way it is to regain some control...or at least fastboot.
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It sounds like you flashed the 4.2 update, as that has a new bootloader which causes the behavior you describe. Did you update it to 4.2 before flashing? If so, then check the threads associated with rooting/recovery with 4.2. Basically, you need to install a patched TWRP 2.4.4.0.

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It sounds like you flashed the 4.2 update, as that has a new bootloader which causes the behavior you describe. Did you update it to 4.2 before flashing? If so, then check the threads associated with rooting/recovery with 4.2. Basically, you need to install a patched TWRP 2.4.4.0.
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Hey thanks for the reply! Actually, no I was not installing 4.2. I would like to install a newer version of twrp but I cant do anything in twrp because it says its encrypted. I did read that other thread but all the options given are not available to me. I cant get to fastboot.
BUT heres an update:
I got the PC to recognize my device as a Transformer. But I couldn't get the naked drivers nor the newer Asus drivers to work. So I modified the .ini file for both the MTP install and USB driver install to include the Hardware ID shown in windows under device manager properties for the device. Basically I modded the .ini so that it also looks for the device ID, then saved and had windows look at the folder I gain to install the driver and this time is installed. So now I am going to try to use a fastboot command....Ill update if this works. Otherwise I may need to try adb and Im a total newb at adb...

UPDATE:
Got the driver installed but 2 issues:
1: Device manager says Device Cannot Start
2: I cant get recovery menu to show. Tablet goes right into TWRP recovery after looping through the ASUS boot screen twice.
I am stumped. I don't want to give up but I think I may have to

UPDATE
Just an update for those who were following:
I can boot into APX but since I never loaded NVFLASH I was screwed. Nothing I did to try to force it into download mode worked. Bootloader must be screwed. In any case, I went on ebay and bought a TF300T mainboard that was pulled from a damaged screen unit. It was 80 bukcs and should be here soon. I figure 80 bucks is better that 180 from ASUS or drop another 300-400 on a new tablet. I wish there was a JIG for the tablet. I used it on a SG SII once.

cubaniche1 said:
Just an update for those who were following:
I can boot into APX but since I never loaded NVFLASH I was screwed. Nothing I did to try to force it into download mode worked. Bootloader must be screwed. In any case, I went on ebay and bought a TF300T mainboard that was pulled from a damaged screen unit. It was 80 bukcs and should be here soon. I figure 80 bucks is better that 180 from ASUS or drop another 300-400 on a new tablet. I wish there was a JIG for the tablet. I used it on a SG SII once.
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300-400? buy nexus10 for strong cpu and gpu. and retina display. asus build quality very bad. And support only need money.

chanhny said:
300-400? buy nexus10 for strong cpu and gpu. and retina display. asus build quality very bad. And support only need money.
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Nexus 10 has it's drawbacks too, I love my TF300T.
UPDATE:
Installed new mainboard and got her back up and running quickly. Already updated to 4.2.1. I like it. Well done ASUS!

chanhny said:
300-400? buy nexus10 for strong cpu and gpu. and retina display. asus build quality very bad. And support only need money.
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Lol. I love my TF300T. Sure, i can buy a better tablet but I would also have to spend a lot more money. I've only got $299 invested in my 32gb tablet plus $49 in my dock. I'm a happy camper. My tablet , when connected to the dock, will last almost twice as long as the Nexus on one charge. I can also keep using the tablet while the dock is charging. I really never even need to put the tablet itself into the charger. You can't do that with the more expensive Nexus 10.
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This feature is one of the reasons I love this tab. I'm having the same problem as op. I can still get into my 4.2 is though but cannot get recovery to read anything. Maybe ill have to wait for a twrp update.
For now as long as the tab works I can deal with it. I would like to get it working the right way again though.
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klownin5643 said:
This feature is one of the reasons I love this tab. I'm having the same problem as op. I can still get into my 4.2 is though but cannot get recovery to read anything. Maybe ill have to wait for a twrp update.
For now as long as the tab works I can deal with it. I would like to get it working the right way again though.
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Have you added the patch yet? This will allow TWRP to pick up your sd card.

I tried flashing the patched one via fastboot but it did not seem to take. Its still encrypted. I'm thinking its not flashing properly. I'm not the only one having this issue. Hopefully I can just wait it out till a fix is found. I'm afriad of screwing it up to where its completely unuseable.
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[Q] maybe bootloop?

Hey guys i do have a bit of experience flashinng roms and custom recoveries but im stuck on this one. My asus me301t memo pad is coming on then the asus screen stays on for about 15 seconds then turns on and off randomly about every 5-10 seconds. Ive never bootlooped anything yet so im not sure if that is what is going on here or not. I did unlock it with the asus unlock tool and fastboot twrp then flashed a cm mod 11. I know that was risky but if i can flash skyrocket roms to my rogers SII i thought maybe these ttwo tablets are close enough to do the same. What has me confused is after a week of fighting to get it back with only apx mode to work with i broke down and changed the main board. It acts the exact same way with the new board! What else should i look at? Could i have fried another part that is causeing it? I.ve unlocked, rooted, and flashed rom to about 10 tf101's and 5 tf300t's in the last 2 weeks but this me301t is a real tough one for me.

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Hey guys i do have a bit of experience flashinng roms and custom recoveries but im stuck on this one. My asus me301t memo pad is coming on then the asus screen stays on for about 15 seconds then turns on and off randomly about every 5-10 seconds. Ive never bootlooped anything yet so im not sure if that is what is going on here or not. I did unlock it with the asus unlock tool and fastboot twrp then flashed a cm mod 11. I know that was risky but if i can flash skyrocket roms to my rogers SII i thought maybe these ttwo tablets are close enough to do the same. What has me confused is after a week of fighting to get it back with only apx mode to work with i broke down and changed the main board. It acts the exact same way with the new board! What else should i look at? Could i have fried another part that is causeing it? I.ve unlocked, rooted, and flashed rom to about 10 tf101's and 5 tf300t's in the last 2 weeks but this me301t is a real tough one for me.
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Sure, sounds like the perfect boot-loop: starting the kernel crashes and causes a reboot, etc.
Usually you can get out of the boot-loop by holding volume-down and wait for the next reboot. That should give you the bootloader screen and you can fastboot a new boot image or go to recovery and reflash your ROM from there.
If it won't work right away, there are lots of variations to try suggested in several threads: for example combine it with a reset or switch it off and plug in the charger. Well, those are for TF300T, but i guess your ME301T is not that different in that respect.
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f69m said:
Sure, sounds like the perfect boot-loop: starting the kernel crashes and causes a reboot, etc.
Usually you can get out of the boot-loop by holding volume-down and wait for the next reboot. That should give you the bootloader screen and you can fastboot a new boot image or go to recovery and reflash your ROM from there.
If it won't work right away, there are lots of variations to try suggested in several threads: for example combine it with a reset or switch it off and plug in the charger. Well, those are for TF300T, but i guess your ME301T is not that different in that respect.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
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Hmmm, funny ive been rooting aand flashing roms for 6 months or more and didnt know or figure out to just hold the one volume button. Turns out that the used board that i put in was also in bootloop! What are the chances? so i borrowed one out of a working one i have and it worked. Thx for your response. The volume down button option might save me a lot of headake next time. in fact i think ill put it back in and give it a try. Thx

lljeffll said:
Hmmm, funny ive been rooting aand flashing roms for 6 months or more and didnt know or figure out to just hold the one volume button. Turns out that the used board that i put in was also in bootloop! What are the chances? so i borrowed one out of a working one i have and it worked. Thx for your response. The volume down button option might save me a lot of headake next time. in fact i think ill put it back in and give it a try. Thx
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Well that didnt work. Unless you have to press and release at a spacific time. Tried a few different ways and it didnt effect thee tablet at all.

lljeffll said:
Well that didnt work. Unless you have to press and release at a spacific time. Tried a few different ways and it didnt effect thee tablet at all.
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Did you try the small reset hole? Usually people suggest to use a paperclip to go in, but at least German paperclips are too thick; I had a hard time finding something to go in. But might help you.
You'll have to figure out, where it is on your device. Don't confuse it with the microphone.
Then press in, till you feel the switch giving way, but don't press too hard. Hold for a while (why not a full minute). Then try vol-down right away.
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f69m said:
Did you try the small reset hole? Usually people suggest to use a paperclip to go in, but at least German paperclips are too thick; I had a hard time finding something to go in. But might help you.
You'll have to figure out, where it is on your device. Don't confuse it with the microphone.
Then press in, till you feel the switch giving way, but don't press too hard. Hold for a while (why not a full minute). Then try vol-down right away.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
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so i put in a new board and flashed some more roms. in the end this tablet cost me nothing but im enjoying the challange its causing so im gonna keep messing with it. What would cause it to bootloop after the asus logo then a min into the rom logo? i still have recovery but no matter what rom i flash it never goes past a min into the rom logo

lljeffll said:
so i put in a new board and flashed some more roms. in the end this tablet cost me nothing but im enjoying the challange its causing so im gonna keep messing with it. What would cause it to bootloop after the asus logo then a min into the rom logo? i still have recovery but no matter what rom i flash it never goes past a min into the rom logo
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If you still got recovery, let it loop, then go to recovery. Then check the file /proc/last_kmsg.
It has the kernel log from your last bootloop. You should be able to find some hints there.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk

f69m said:
If you still got recovery, let it loop, then go to recovery. Then check the file /proc/last_kmsg.
It has the kernel log from your last bootloop. You should be able to find some hints there.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
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i got it going again but when i flash the omni rom 4.4 which they say i can on the me301 i have a mouse pointer as if im a tf300t on keyboard but controlled with touch screen and also in settings i am listed as a tf300t. lol.ive really confused this poor machine. Any ideas on this?

lljeffll said:
i got it going again but when i flash the omni rom 4.4 which they say i can on the me301 i have a mouse pointer as if im a tf300t on keyboard but controlled with touch screen and also in settings i am listed as a tf300t. lol.ive really confused this poor machine. Any ideas on this?
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Did you flash the OmniROM for ME301T? There is a separate build and a separate thread.
Sorry, lacking a ME301T myself, so only got this pointer for you.
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f69m said:
Did you flash the OmniROM for ME301T? There is a separate build and a separate thread.
Sorry, lacking a ME301T myself, so only got this pointer for you.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
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good idea! thx. I prob got the one for the tf300t and when it flashed the kernal.... I have the tf300t aswell so i likely have a copy for that. Its a much better tablet but id like to get this one to 4.4 too. Funny tho, i got a mouse hooked up with an otg cable from my samsung s2 and its not kinda cool. the round pointer dissapeared after about 10 min for whatever reason idk and left me with a nice little pointer. i might end up keeping it this way if i cant get a good 4.4 rom to work properly.

Thank you so much f69m.
I thought i had the right rom and such but I went looking and found what was looking for right here on xda ofcourse. The kitkat compatability pack! Got cm 11 nightly running right now! Not sure if everything works right yet but so far so good.