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Root after JB

Hi all! Just got athe Tf300t yesterday and did OTA to JB.
Is there a way to root the JB os?

sumnerm1 said:
Hi all! Just got athe Tf300t yesterday and did OTA to JB.
Is there a way to root the JB os?
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If you didn't root before the update then no, not without unlocking the bootloader.
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funnel71 said:
If you didn't root before the update then no, not without unlocking the bootloader.
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Unlocking bootloader IS possible on JB?
Then I can root?
Are there any major benefits to rooting?
I know on my SGS2 i see reasons to root.....hot spot, etc...
But what about transformer?

sumnerm1 said:
Unlocking bootloader IS possible on JB?
Then I can root?
Are there any major benefits to rooting?
I know on my SGS2 i see reasons to root.....hot spot, etc...
But what about transformer?
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Reasons for rooting are generally the same across devices. Now having a WiFi only device kind of negates the need for hotspot, but you get the idea.
Asus has provided the unlock tool for the bootloader, but I've not heard 100% confirmation of someone using it successfully with jb as the ROM and bootloader locked.
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funnel71 said:
Reasons for rooting are generally the same across devices. Now having a WiFi only device kind of negates the need for hotspot, but you get the idea.
Asus has provided the unlock tool for the bootloader, but I've not heard 100% confirmation of someone using it successfully with jb as the ROM and bootloader locked.
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The Asus bootloader unlock tool works fine from the OTA JB.

Just picked up the tablet today and this is my second Android device. I currently have a samsung galaxy skyrocket and am a bit of a flashing ROM junky
I have no experience with a locked bootloader device though.
Is it better to root and add recovery in the stock ICS or is it ok to root and add recovery in JB
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mymusicathome said:
Just picked up the tablet today and this is my second Android device. I currently have a samsung galaxy skyrocket and am a bit of a flashing ROM junky
I have no experience with a locked bootloader device though.
Is it better to root and add recovery in the stock ICS or is it ok to root and add recovery in JB
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We are 2 peas in a pod, music. Been flashing the crap out of my SG2 rocket! On R4INS's JB now and....smoove!
But this bootloader is new to me, too. I did the OTA yesterday, when I got the pad. Now it seems I am back peddling,
trying to get up to speed.

sumnerm1 said:
We are 2 peas in a pod, music. Been flashing the crap out of my SG2 rocket! On R4INS's JB now and....smoove!
But this bootloader is new to me, too. I did the OTA yesterday, when I got the pad. Now it seems I am back peddling,
trying to get up to speed.
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It was seeing seanscream as a dev that sold this device for me i love his roms . Funny thing i found after playing around with a tablet.... my phone doesn't feel so big hehe.
Im going to lay low with ics... as much as i want to take jb for a spin :s
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mymusicathome said:
It was seeing seanscream as a dev that sold this device for me i love his roms . Funny thing i found after playing around with a tablet.... my phone doesn't feel so big hehe.
Im going to lay low with ics... as much as i want to take jb for a spin :s
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Dude, make a nandroid, and try R4INS 4.1.1 nuff said. Only SMALL drawback is flash, and it wont be around much longer...
This mofo has been at it for 2 weeks solid, with mucho user feedback...hell, I even donated $20 to him.
Now....back to this Tablet thing....

Does someone tried to use the same method as for Nexus 7, unlock oem and then install CWM recovery?

OK here are the situations I've found...
Rooting with ICS on this tablet is easy - use debugfs one click method.
Upgrading to jb after being rooted should be OK as long as you backup with something like ota root keeper. I did the upgrade and did keep root this way.
once on jb you cannot wipe data and keep root at this time. The update has altered the /data location severing app from root permission and I have yet to find a way to get it back.
rooting after a jb upgrade is not possible just yet.
Finally, all of these statements are based on a locked boot loader. If you want to unlock, you can pretty much do what you want.
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Someone will crack this beast. Until then we wait.

Unlock Bootloader Asus Updates

I understand that it voids the warranty etc (although it seems asus are better than some at fixing hardware issues on unlocked devices, and my warranty is with amazon anyway...)
What i dont get is the deal with updates. Does unlocking only stop ota updates? or will it prevent me from updating by downloading from the asus site, and doing a manual install?
Thanks for any info, i finally have a sound TF700 (3rd time lucky on RMA) and want to start trying out some of the ROMs!

Do not attempt to in install from Asus website. It will brick your tablet. Check the prime forums. There should be numerous post on this when they first released the unlock tool. Since you don't have nvflash I would advised against being adventurous.
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ishamm said:
I understand that it voids the warranty etc (although it seems asus are better than some at fixing hardware issues on unlocked devices, and my warranty is with amazon anyway...)
What i dont get is the deal with updates. Does unlocking only stop ota updates? or will it prevent me from updating by downloading from the asus site, and doing a manual install?
Thanks for any info, i finally have a sound TF700 (3rd time lucky on RMA) and want to start trying out some of the ROMs!
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Only OTAs are affected after unlocking, but you can manually update using the firmware from Asus site. With the firmware from Asus site you can recover your device or update but you can't downgrade to a lower version.
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ok so two very conflicting answers XD
i would hope/assume that the second is true, but if anyone else could shed some light it'd be great :good:

Pretoriano80 said:
Only OTAs are affected after unlocking, but you can manually update using the firmware from Asus site. With the firmware from Asus site you can recover your device or update but you can't downgrade to a lower version.
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This guy is right.
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crystalstylez said:
Do not attempt to in install from Asus website. It will brick your tablet. Check the prime forums. There should be numerous post on this when they first released the unlock tool. Since you don't have nvflash I would advised against being adventurous.
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This is absolutely untrue. Many of us that unlocked before the .26 update as well as some that have soft-bricked after flashing a CM10 pre-alpha were able to use the official updates and firmwares to get patched or back in working order.

^ This.
But I believe it re-flashed the recovery back to stock for some? (so better use those re-made zips with blobs posted here if on TWRP or other custom recovery or be prepared to do some re-flashing - just choose the most comfortable option)

urrlyx said:
This is absolutely untrue. Many of us that unlocked before the .26 update as well as some that have soft-bricked after flashing a CM10 pre-alpha were able to use the official updates and firmwares to get patched or back in working order.
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I'm just going off of this in the dos and don't section of the prime. I guess it has worked for others.
DON'T
Once you unlocked the prime and installed CWM,*do NOT*try to install a super blob from ASUS (that is a blob file from one of the 'full' updates from their site)It seems that doing so*totally bricks your Prime*with no chance of recovery... (happened at least twice so far)
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I believe some have flashed the official update using TWRP (don't have time to search for posts atm) and I know for a fact that you can manually do it by writing the blob to the staging partition with dd. Maybe CWM on the Prime has a bug with regard to official blobs?
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As far as I know only the OTAs are affected, but why would you unlock if you were only interested in ASUS' branded firmwares anyway? The whole idea of unlocking is to enable installing custom ROMs! I sincerely do not mean to be rude, but I am going to direct: if you would, in any way, shape or form, be inconvenienced/scared/depressed/frightened/saddened to lose the functionality of updating from ASUS' repository, well, news flash: don't unlock at all. ; )

How to downgrade tf300t from jelly bean to ics?

Since the last update I'm having serious issues with my tablet and I'm assuming that they are related to the Update. The major problem is with the touchscreen that seems to be touched in a specific area (around 1 inch from bottom , portrait or landscape mode, doesn't matter)... and make nearly impossible to work with the tablet...
Said that...
I really want to go back to I.C.S.... ANYONE CAN HELP.... PLEASE!!!

luizfpg said:
Since the last update I'm having serious issues with my tablet and I'm assuming that they are related to the Update. The major problem is with the touchscreen that seems to be touched in a specific area (around 1 inch from bottom , portrait or landscape mode, doesn't matter)... and make nearly impossible to work with the tablet...
Said that...
I really want to go back to I.C.S.... ANYONE CAN HELP.... PLEASE!!!
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It can't be done right now.

try this way :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757077
It seems ok to go back to ICS ...
I read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872936
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Fullpoweradonf said:
try this way :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757077
It seems ok to go back to ICS ...
I read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872936
post #2
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Thoses guides are for people that have'nt installed the OTA JB update, the OP should make that clear in his guide. You cannot downgade from JB to ICS, this is a known fact. The bootloader changes when you update to JB and you cannot go back to the ICS bootloader.

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So correct me if I'm right,I'm on stock OTA JB, since I can't go back to ICS to root/flash ROM's,what can I actually do now,unlock the bootloader ,if so why for, root, but what prerequisites do I take?
I'm new to the tab world so be gentle,
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mloc33 said:
So correct me if I'm right,I'm on stock OTA JB, since I can't go back to ICS to root/flash ROM's,what can I actually do now,unlock the bootloader ,if so why for, root, but what prerequisites do I take?
I'm new to the tab world so be gentle,
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The Asus unlock tool works with the JB bootloader so you will be able to flash a new recovery and some JB rom's, only one is avaible at the moment and it's Hydro.

zurny said:
The Asus unlock too works with the JB bootloader so you will be able to flash a new recovery and some JB rom's, only one is avaible at the moment and it's Hydro.
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So do I unlock the bootloader first, then follow the instructions in the OP for that ROM?
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mloc33 said:
So do I unlock the bootloader first, then follow the instructions in the OP for that ROM?
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Download and run the unlock tool, then you need to flash a custom recovery with your computer. Then you can follow the HOWTO to flash HYDRO.

zurny said:
Download and run the unlock tool, then you need to flash a custom recovery with your computer. Then you can follow the HOWTO to flash HYDRO.
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OK,cheers man ,I think I saw a CWM recovery in that OP.
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[TOOL][BRICKPROOF]TF700 NVFlash release!

Nvflash for TF700 is now among us!
This release allows unlocked devices to create a set of device-specific files that lets you access nvflash.
Once the procedure is done, you will always be able to recover any software brick (even bootloader!) as long as you keep your files safe!
NOTE:
THIS REQUIRES A NON-BRICKED AND UNLOCKED DEVICE. IT WON'T WORK ON ALREADY BRICKED DEVICES
THIS ONLY WORKS IF YOU HAVE A PRE 9.4.5.30 BOOTLOADER
More details at http://androidroot.mobi/?p=492
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Enjoy
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Thanks for your work. I was waiting for it to try new ROM.
Unfortunatly I have already received the .30 update
For my information, what render impossible the use on nvflash on .30
What probability do we have to see nvflash working with .30 ?

Great news! Thank you guys for your great work,you did it again.Also i think is time for us ( users) to show some appreciation for this and start helping Androidroot.mobi devs with some donations ,they truly deserve it,and not only for the tf700t work but for all their work on the Transformer line .

Wonder if they'll call it a day or try to get a method working for newer bootloaders as well.
<me> kicks himself for installing worthless .30 update

BxMxK said:
Wonder if they'll call it a day or try to get a method working for newer bootloaders as well.
<me> kicks himself for installing worthless .30 update
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We're obviously looking at options. Note that once a device has nvflash accessible, you can update all you want to any rom/bootloader etc.
They can only prevent creating the blobs, not using them.

Bad timing indeed for me too...
--Brad
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**** answered ****
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Poser said:
Once installed...can .30 update be run?
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see two posts up

This is great.. going to charge my tab and do this later.
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Is it possible to use someone elses blob.bin or is it not worth the risk?

rayman said:
We're obviously looking at options. Note that once a device has nvflash accessible, you can update all you want to any rom/bootloader etc.
They can only prevent creating the blobs, not using them.
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How do the bootloaders on .26 and .30 differ from one another? What have our friends at Asus done to make this not work for those on .30? Thanks
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Great! Going to do it now so I can go flash happy

sbdags said:
Great! Going to do it now so I can go flash happy
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I've just did it and worked great!:good:

All done, backed up and sorted.
THANK YOU!! :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Is it possible to use nvflash if I've already installed .30 update but I'll make downgrade with command dd if=/Removable/MicroSD/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 and blob from .26 update?

As far as I know once on .30 update you can't revert to do nvflash
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skink123 said:
Is it possible to use nvflash if I've already installed .30 update but I'll make downgrade with command dd if=/Removable/MicroSD/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 and blob from .26 update?
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that's how people with the transformer and prime have revert theirs. however, the .30 firmware supposedly has the same check in it that prevented the tf300 jb bootloader from being downgraded.

Just completed this.. thanks a lot!!
I have the sudden urge to brick my device now..lol jk

Is there's any way to know which bootloader I am running? The first rom I've installed is the Zeus v4 one.
Thanks

DaveWut said:
Is there's any way to know which bootloader I am running? The first rom I've installed is the Zeus v4 one.
Thanks
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Unless you flashed last weeks ota you are good.

Unlocking/Rooting with current JB firmware?

Is there a way to Unlock or Root the TF700 with the current JB firmware? My TF700 came stock with JB, and it seems like Asus took down the links to the ICS firmware on their support site.

As others have said in various threads, you can be on JB and unlock no problem. It says ICS only but Asus are just lazy and haven't updated their site. I unlocked on JB and everything is fine.
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So after that i'll be able to root it no problem?

Correct. I just did it last night and everything worked fine. Unlocked and rooted on latest 4.1.1 JB!
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New TF700 owner here.
Curious to getting root w/o unlocking it? I looked at some other threads and only talk about keeping root while upgrading etc.
So far loving this tablet, the dock makes it 100x more useful when you need it.

Trigster said:
New TF700 owner here.
Curious to getting root w/o unlocking it? I looked at some other threads and only talk about keeping root while upgrading etc.
So far loving this tablet, the dock makes it 100x more useful when you need it.
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As far as I know, the only way to root it without unlocking the bootloader is if you have ICS and just use the debugfs command program, as far as rooting with JB I know you have to have the bootloader unlocked. In all honesty I don't mind taking the risk of unlocking my bootloader because I have Geek Squad Protection on my tablet and can just get a new one for free.

HELP ROOT
ffd173 said:
Correct. I just did it last night and everything worked fine. Unlocked and rooted on latest 4.1.1 JB!
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HI,i got my infinity unlocked but can't seem to find the right instructions on how to rooted,im on JB 4.1.1,i tried InfinityRoot but it fails,please help me.

burnaccess said:
HI,i got my infinity unlocked but can't seem to find the right instructions on how to rooted,im on JB 4.1.1,i tried InfinityRoot but it fails,please help me.
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This thread should help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1938129
You should use TWRP 2.3.1 instead of 2.2.2.3, which he reccommends, though. They have fixed the issues he talks about.

burnaccess said:
HI,i got my infinity unlocked but can't seem to find the right instructions on how to rooted,im on JB 4.1.1,i tried InfinityRoot but it fails,please help me.
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Just follow this instruction but use the latest twrp version 2.3.1 instead:
http://goo.im/devs/s0updev/goomanager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32825557

I'm wanting to take the plunge myself - but do you have to use the Asus unlocker tool or is there a way around that? I'm too late to get SquareTrade I think. Too late, and too poor LOL. I just have that nagging feeling that as soon as I do the thing will bork on me.
Edit: Sorry...I just read that you can't unlock without the ASUS tool, and it's a damn shame. I want so bad to rant right now but I won't.
I think I'm still going to unlock though.

The only way I could find to root was to install CWM recovery first, and then install the CWM SuperUser app. I replaced CWM with TWRP when all was said and done. Both are now touch interfaces making things so much less laborious. The links for doing so are all around the web and these forums. I had my frustrations but in the end it was easier than I thought it would be. I'm happy I took the plunge. I believe a lot of my frustrations were from ASUS' horrible implementation of Android. My benchmarks are now 6300+ on Quadrant with 2D GPU rendering on. I know benchmarks aren't everything but, you won't be sorry if you're giving up some kind of warranty to get the device you paid premium dollar for.