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[q] how-to relock?

Hi all
i want to do this.
1.unlock
2.install CWM
3.apply root and kernels
4.install stock recovery
5.re-lock
6.done
[fastboot oem lock] is work??
or anyother way to re-lock??

ccs21 said:
Hi all
i want to do this.
1.unlock
2.install CWM
3.apply root and kernels
4.install stock recovery
5.re-lock
6.done
[fastboot oem lock] is work??
or anyother way to re-lock??
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asus says there is no way to relock but we will see if the devs here cant figure something out

You CAN NOT Relock. The prime devs worked on it for months, and couldn't get anything working. If you decide to unlock you void your warranty and no longer get official ota's. You do get access to custom roms though.

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TXKSSnapper said:
You CAN NOT Relock. The prime devs worked on it for months, and couldn't get anything working. If you decide to unlock you void your warranty and no longer get official ota's. You do get access to custom roms though.
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Thanks to reply
then i cannot use OTA upgrade anymore?

ccs21 said:
Thanks to reply
then i cannot use OTA upgrade anymore?
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Correct. The only reason I would recommend unlocking, is so that you can install a custom rom. If you do not want to install a custom rom you shouldn't unlock.

Can you still install stock firmware with adb/vipermod using blob files?

xAshxMoneyx said:
Can you still install stock firmware with adb/vipermod using blob files?
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Everything works on the tablet still. Asus just has your SN blacklisted
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you can update, however not by ota. you update by flashing roms that are updated.

There may not be a way (yet) of relocking the bootloader, but there should be a way of preventing ASUS from logging the serial. From the decompiled unlock tool, the tool is sending something to https://mdm.asus.com/DMServer/DeviceState. However, that may not matter. In a previous thread about this (for the Transformer Prime), one developer found that the result returned from the ASUS server is stored in a variable that's never used

new ion? said:
Everything works on the tablet still. Asus just has your SN blacklisted
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I doubt they blacklist it, they did after all provide the tool. Of course, they do say they won't officially support if you do unlock, but that doesn't necessarily mean they wouldn't if you asked them.

californiarailroader said:
I doubt they blacklist it, they did after all provide the tool. Of course, they do say they won't officially support if you do unlock, but that doesn't necessarily mean they wouldn't if you asked them.
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AFAIK the unlock tool requires an internet connection, this is for the purpose of notifying ASUS on what tablets have been unlocled
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Check up with the Prime forum - they have much more experience with this issue. AFAIK, unlocking means your on your own and ASUS means it.
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Is there a way to obtain root without an unlock? Sorry new to this game still reading
I have been enjoying the stock asus rom for now and just want root access but don't feel voiding the warranty less than 24 hours after buying it from best buy.
Really want to try the 6 axis controller for some emulating and who wouldnt love some overclocking (from what i have read this is possible on stock kernel)
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dmcgrath009 said:
Is there a way to obtain root without an unlock?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645029

Thank you, after I posted I found that and i am currently rooted and back to the latest ota.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2

SOMEHOW, the "Device is UnLocked" has disappeared from boot screen
As I mentioned here just earlier today (or the full thread here), the "Device is UnLocked" has vanished from my boot screen. The screen that first shows up after you start your TF300.
I had gone through A LOT the past couple of days trying to UN-BRICK my device. Once I fixed my TF300, the "Device is UnLocked" is no longer in the upper left-hand corner anymore.
I have no clue what I did, or even if it's really "Locked" again. All I know is that it's gone. I think I might have accidentally tweaked something that might have just turned off the actual "Device is UnLocked" text. But I don't know...
-h3llsdr0id

Nvflash

Hey
I habe a Short question...
As we Do now have an unlock Tool... Does that give us Access to nvflash?
Do we now have nvflash in any way?
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no, not now. But there is a solution for the prime, so hopefully it will come our way,too

Shouldnt wheelie theoretically also work for the tf300t?
Or the prime workaround? I mean isnt the 300 tegra 3, too?
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NVFlash and Wheelie should work fine. The problem is that the method to use NVFlash requires a modded bootloader. There's a chance (possibly small; possibly large; either way, too much for me) you could brick your TF300 by flashing it. I would recommend waiting until someone comes up with a TF300-specific solution.

Well is there someone working on it?
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No clue. AndroidRoot.mobi have a sentence at the bottom of the Prime guide saying that they're working on adding support for other devices. There aren't too many tablets that can use NVFlash (Tegra 3 required for this specific version of NVFlash), so besides the TF300 and TF700, what else is left? Acer Iconia A510 and A700? And considering that the Asus tablets will most likely have similar hardware to the Prime, I think the TF300 will just have to wait a short amount of time. I'm just as anxious as anyone else to see this happen.

Access to nvflash is the only thing stopping me unlocking my tf300. I want to wait until it is really difficult to brick.

EndlessDissent said:
NVFlash and Wheelie should work fine. The problem is that the method to use NVFlash requires a modded bootloader.
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You mean wheelie flashes an own bootloader in the background?

dark alex said:
You mean wheelie flashes an own bootloader in the background?
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No. You can go to AndroidRoot.mobi and check the instructions. You have to flash the bootloader with fastboot. Then, wheelie will work to access nvflash commands.

Well you told me that it "might" work. So did someone already try it and your warning is just because flashing might fail due to for example a crash?
Or did you mean it might be incompatible at all?

I mean that since the Prime and TF300 are built similarly, there's a chance that the modded Prime bootloader would work for our tablets. There's a bigger chance that it would just brick our tablets. I only said "might" because it hasn't been tested, let alone proven, to work or not work. If you'd like to try the AndroidRoot.mobi method with the Prime bootloader, you're welcome to do so and report back whether or not it worked. But don't blame anyone if you brick your tablet instead.

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I mean that since the Prime and TF300 are built similarly, there's a chance that the modded Prime bootloader would work for our tablets. There's a bigger chance that it would just brick our tablets. I only said "might" because it hasn't been tested, let alone proven, to work or not work. If you'd like to try the AndroidRoot.mobi method with the Prime bootloader, you're welcome to do so and report back whether or not it worked. But don't blame anyone if you brick your tablet instead.
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As I do not really know the differences from programmatic side (probably other partition sizes and positions and so on) I do not want to try this method for now. The reason is that I to neighter know exactly how the bootloaders on tablets work, no what you have to look at before you can try this more or less safely.
This is the reason why I will wait and try to find out more.

Any updates on when nvflash will support our TF300's?

It looks like the guys that developed the nvflash unbrick process for the TF101 put the steps of how they did here:
http://androidroot.mobi/2011/06/13/nvflash-on-asus-transformer/
I wonder if someone with a bootable TF300 would be able to extract the info needed for the TF300? It looks like the same process should work for the TF300, just with the change of the partition table configuration, etc.

jrfaulkin said:
I wonder if someone with a bootable TF300 would be able to extract the info needed for the TF300? It looks like the same process should work for the TF300, just with the change of the partition table configuration, etc.
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For the TF300T you also need the secure boot key. I'm not sure how they got nvflash for the TF201, but AFAIK the only way you can get the SBK is from Asus.

so basically what your saying is we're ****ed

mikeseguin said:
so basically what your saying is we're ****ed
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Well not exactly, I'm only saying that (hard) work getting the partition table and such won't do it alone. We also need another shot of the luck or whatever else it took for the TF201 SBK to be disclosed. But since it was possible for the TF201 it should be possibe for the TF300.

The OTA/Bootloader issue

OK - so I am yet another one who just got the Infinity TF700 and cannot receive any OTA updates and receive the infamous 'network issue' error message when trying to use the unlocker apk. Question - are there any developers (or other talented people) who would be able to figure out what the unlocker does so that we can get a manual unlock like we have to do for the manual updates? Probably a stupid question - if it was possible, it probably would have already been done by someone. Just a thought.

Welcome to the team of locked devices screwed up by Asus. No solutions provided by Asus, too complex to develop a soft to unlock (encrypton). To summarize almost no chance to unlock your device.

I have the same problem. No OTA and no Unlock. I have make the Update to .26 manually but i can not manually unlock.

Yeah, after doing some further research, it's not just the Infinity. The same problem occurs with all Asus tablets - some can unlock, some can't, and there doesn't seem to be any solution. Sucks big time cause other than a tiny bit of light bleeding, this thing is fabulous after manually updating to the .26 version.

tmaurice said:
OK - so I am yet another one who just got the Infinity TF700 and cannot receive any OTA updates and receive the infamous 'network issue' error message when trying to use the unlocker apk. Question - are there any developers (or other talented people) who would be able to figure out what the unlocker does so that we can get a manual unlock like we have to do for the manual updates? Probably a stupid question - if it was possible, it probably would have already been done by someone. Just a thought.
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Schrotty35 said:
I have the same problem. No OTA and no Unlock. I have make the Update to .26 manually but i can not manually unlock.
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tmaurice said:
Yeah, after doing some further research, it's not just the Infinity. The same problem occurs with all Asus tablets - some can unlock, some can't, and there doesn't seem to be any solution. Sucks big time cause other than a tiny bit of light bleeding, this thing is fabulous after manually updating to the .26 version.
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Same issue has been on the Prime as well, as tmaurice pointed out, and while a lot of people have tried, all have failed thus far due to the encryption level used. I think there is a straight 0% chance of any development to a third-party unlocker, sorry. And it sucks, I know. Returning it might be the only option.

So the best thing to do if i can't unlock the bootloader is to just return it and get a new one and hope that it can unlock? Without being able to unlock i cannot flash a new rom, kernel or anything, correct?

rbrmfld said:
So the best thing to do if i can't unlock the bootloader is to just return it and get a new one and hope that it can unlock? Without being able to unlock i cannot flash a new rom, kernel or anything, correct?
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Yes, and yes. I'd keep returning until you get an unlockable unit -- if you really want to have OTA. And no, you can't do anything minorly advanced whn your unit is locked (no ROMs. no kernels, no recoveries).

I have now my second Infinity and the same problem. I can not unlock .
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Wait... since I could not get OTA, it means I wont EVER get OTA?

reluttr said:
Wait... since I could not get OTA, it means I wont EVER get OTA?
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I see a lot of different people doing 2 or 3 RMAs and still having the same problem as a lot of us. Samsung has to be aware of the issue by now. Not sure if they're just ignoring it or don't know how to fix it. If you dig around their website you can find quite a few 404 errors and dead links as well. I think they have some serious problems with their servers.

Is there anyway to tell if I can unlock my bootloader without going throught the process? At which point does it show the error when you try to unlock? Anyone know?
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flex3269 said:
Is there anyway to tell if I can unlock my bootloader without going throught the process? At which point does it show the error when you try to unlock? Anyone know?
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Not really, but a positive sign would be if you were able to receive OTA. Mostly if you have issues with OTA updates you could also have with bootloader unlock... but still no way to be sure without using tha unlock tool.
EDIT: I've just unlocked mine 5 minutes ago without any issue. My tabled come from the batch C6OKASxxxxx and didn't had the OTA update issue either.
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Has anyone with a non-C6O S/N been able to unlock? I'm wondering if the unlock is only working on the C6Oxxxxxxx serial numbers for some reason (mine is a C6Oxxxxxx and I was able to unlock without issue).
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

jtrosky said:
Has anyone with a non-C6O S/N been able to unlock? I'm wondering if the unlock is only working on the C6Oxxxxxxx serial numbers for some reason (mine is a C6Oxxxxxx and I was able to unlock without issue).
My S/N is the C6O series and will not OTA or unlock. There are several others in the C6O series that are also unable to lock. At first we thought it might be the 'O' being read as a 'zero' by the Asus servers (maybe they had it wrong in their database), but a couple of people switched their serial numbers between the numeric and the letter for the third digit, but neither solved the issue. It's definitely something either with Asus' servers or their database of serial numbers. Someone in the Prime forum pulled apart what happens when you click the app, and the first thing it does is reach out for confirmation from Asus - and more than half of us with valid serial numbers are getting an immediate bounceback with the network error. Kinda frustrating. At the moment I'm OK with it since we can still root and manually apply the latest updates, but at some point more development is going to happen on these units and I'd love to flash away like I have with all my other devices.
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jtrosky said:
Has anyone with a non-C6O S/N been able to unlock? I'm wondering if the unlock is only working on the C6Oxxxxxxx serial numbers for some reason (mine is a C6Oxxxxxx and I was able to unlock without issue).
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
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I'm also in the C6O batch and I'm stuck on build .21 because I cant OTA or unlock

jtrosky said:
Has anyone with a non-C6O S/N been able to unlock? I'm wondering if the unlock is only working on the C6Oxxxxxxx serial numbers for some reason (mine is a C6Oxxxxxx and I was able to unlock without issue).
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
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I'm in C70. :/

flyingreasemonkey said:
I'm also in the C6O batch and I'm stuck on build .21 because I cant OTA or unlock
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You can always manual install that's what I did
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cullenmq1 said:
You can always manual install that's what I did
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That's not a solution though, it still wont let him unlock.
Before I exchanged mine, it was C60 and would not unlock.

Here we go again. Just when I think I finally got an ASUS tablet without issues. I went through 3 primes but OTA updates was not a problem. I had to manually update my Infinity to both .22 and .26 firmwares. It is an easy process so I wasn't that concerned. I haven't attempted to unlock yet. Is there anyone who didn't get the OTA updates but was able to unlock or do both situations always happen together?

reluttr said:
Wait... since I could not get OTA, it means I wont EVER get OTA?
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I would've said no base don earlier experiences of oher users, but...
Pretoriano80 said:
Not really, but a positive sign would be if you were able to receive OTA. Mostly if you have issues with OTA updates you could also have with bootloader unlock... but still no way to be sure without using tha unlock tool.
EDIT: I've just unlocked mine 5 minutes ago without any issue. My tabled come from the batch C6OKASxxxxx and didn't had the OTA update issue either.
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...this would have proven me wrong. Thanks for the update, Pretorian80!
I'm on a C60xxx and OTA'd/unlocked without a hitch.

Rooting Newest Firmware Update?

Hey all, just got my TF700 on Friday. So stoked.
I am about to root my tablet, but I want to make sure the current tools with work (sparkym3 and Debugfs) with the newest update. I would rather root the latest release than root what I have and use Voodoo. I have had issues doing that in the past.
My current firmware is IML74K.US_epad-9-4-5.26-20120720
How many update as I away from current? Will the current tools work with the most recent updates? Which method do you guys recommend?
Thanks!

I have not been able to get those two methods to work for me on the newest update. I think I am a rare exception, most seem to have success. I have even returned a tablet becuase of defect and the second would not root either. It wasnt a big deal because i knew i was going to unlock the bootloader and then i could install a custom recovery and rom and achieve root that way. If you are planning on unlocking I suggest you do a little more research in the NVFlash page because if you update from your current firmware that will no longer be an option. Just my 2 cents

(Imo) i would just root what you have now and use voodoo. Checkout the nvflash thread while your at it. ( doesn't work with .30 update, i wish i had noticed that before i upgraded to .30 )
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

I know it was mentioned but just for good measure... If you plan on unlocking at all make sure you do it before upgrading to .30 so that you can get nvflash setup for your device.
Sent from my Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

Is .30 the next update? How many update am I away from current?
I have some thinking to do, I wasn't planning on unlocking (at least until CM and AOKP officially support the TF700) but if NvFlash won't work on any other updates I may need to rethink.

And to be honest, I don't really see the purpose in unlocking. I ROMed my TF101 but ASUS does such a good job of only altering AOSP with small (and beneficial) changes I may just leave my Infinity as is. Especially if I have to stick with the shipped firmware and once I update NvFlash won't work. I guess I can always just flash ROMs without NvFlash though...
But my two questions above still stand.
One more question as this is the first device I have owned that had NvFlash available. What is the benefit of having NvFlash vs just CWM? Just protection in case I do something really stupid?
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You are one update away from the latest which is .30. (soon to be two) The debugfs root method will root you.
you should check out my thread on root and jellybean: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908304
Nvflash allows you to flash anything even if the bootloader is corrupted or prevents it, it also allows you to downgrade when the bootloader prevents it e.g. .30 to .26. it is also required to flash custom bootloaders which is useful if someone develops a dual-boot bootloader. You can even relock and reunlock your bootloader with nvflash. If you don't plan on using non-stock fw though, stay locked so that you can get your updates and support.

Thanks for the help guys.
So what I'm thinking is just to root, unlock, and NOT flash NvFlash. It isn't terribly dangerous not to use right? I mean as long as I have CWM installed I am pretty safe unless I do something completely stupid right?
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I_EAT_BABIES said:
Thanks for the help guys.
So what I'm thinking is just to root, unlock, and NOT flash NvFlash. It isn't terribly dangerous not to use right? I mean as long as I have CWM installed I am pretty safe unless I do something completely stupid right?
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If you have .26 and are going to unlock, you may as well create your nvflash files. It isn't so much as flashing nvflash. Nvflash is already hardcoded in the tegra chip. You would just be creating the encrypted files needed to utilize it on your device. You save these in triplicate in case the worst happens. Unlocking is necessary for generating the nvflash files, but it voids your warranty and leaves you unable to recieve OTAs (you can still update manually using methods listed in the development forums).
I'm not explicitly recommending that you unlock, but if you do, it's best to do it on the .26 update, so you can get those nvflash files from your device.

So if I do install NvFlash can I still waiting install official updates from Asus by downloading them from Asus website?
I really want to try Asus's stock Jelly Bean ROM, so anything that removes that as an option is not for me.
Thanks for the clarification.
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you don't install nvflash. you use it to interface with the device's apx mode.
as for the official firmwares, you can still install those even if you are unlocked. you just have to do it manually.

Yup, you can just download the firmware zip from asus's website:
http://www.asus.com/Tablet/Transformer_Pad/ASUS_Transformer_Pad_Infinity_TF700T/#download
Unzip it once(it'l be another zip) and flash that in TWRP. (not sure if it works in cwm. I am biased but I definately recommend twrp:angel Make sure you uncheck flash recovery. reinstall recovery using fastboot because the update deletes it.

I_EAT_BABIES said:
So if I do install NvFlash can I still waiting install official updates from Asus by downloading them from Asus website?
I really want to try Asus's stock Jelly Bean ROM, so anything that removes that as an option is not for me.
Thanks for the clarification.
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No, you need to unlock to take a bootloader backup, which you will not able to take OTA Jelly Been, however, you can download the new Jelly Bean from Asus website and manually flash it.

OK I feel like I understand now. There really aren't any downsides to setting up NvFlash (Asus warranty not an issue, I have Best Buy's super program where I can return the tablet even if I just scratch the screen if I want to).
My initial impression was that if I unlocked I would not be able to update any stock firmware period, and that if I set up NvFlash I could not move from .26.
If I understand correctly I just have to be on .26 to set up NvFlash, and can manually install official Asus firmware after unlocking.
Thanks for the help all! I am not new to flashing ROMs etc. but have never had the ability to use NvFlash.
Have a great night all!

[Q] APX mode NVFlash with Jelly bean and 10.x bootloader

Dear all,
I didn't arrived to get proper answer on this topic.
On NVFlash page here http://androidroot.mobi/2012/09/23/nvflash-for-tegra3-transformer-tf700t/, it is said that
http://androidroot.mobi/2012/09/23/nvflash-for-tegra3-transformer-tf700t/
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Sbdags,
Did you ever get confirmation that nvflash files can still be restored on this new bootloader? I know you had some concerns a while back that Asus 'may' have tinkered with the bootloader to prevent restores but I do think think I ever saw a confirmation that it still works. I have my nvflash files backed up and want to make sure I don't loose the ability to recover from a soft brick in the event something goes drastically wrong.
Cheers!
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Yes nvflash works fine.
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I'm personnaly in a 10.6.1.14.4 bootloader. But I would be interested getting all files to prevent a day a soft or hard brick.
Then is there a way for me to get those files?
If this topic has ever been discussed (even if I ever looked for it on the forum), do you have any reference I could look into?
Thank you a lot for your help

florck said:
Dear all,
I didn't arrived to get proper answer on this topic.
On NVFlash page here http://androidroot.mobi/2012/09/23/nvflash-for-tegra3-transformer-tf700t/, it is said that
And here
I'm personnaly in a 10.6.1.14.4 bootloader. But I would be interested getting all files to prevent a day a soft or hard brick.
Then is there a way for me to get those files?
If this topic has ever been discussed (even if I ever looked for it on the forum), do you have any reference I could look into?
Thank you a lot for your help
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No way for you to gain NvFlash access, sorry.Only devices with 9.4.5.26 or lower firmware are eligible for NvFlash (you can't downgrade to 9.4.5.26, only to 9.4.5.30).
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD

Pretoriano80 said:
No way for you to gain NvFlash access, sorry.Only devices with 9.4.5.26 or lower firmware are eligible for NvFlash (you can't downgrade to 9.4.5.26, only to 9.4.5.30).
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Thank you Pretorian. Is this due to new asus protections and we have very few hope, or dev just need some more time to adapt this ?

florck said:
Thank you Pretorian. Is this due to new asus protections and we have very few hope, or dev just need some more time to adapt this ?
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Its the former. In the 9.4.5.30 and above bootloaders, Asus locked it. Meaning when you "unlock" you are really only unlocking recovery and fastboot but the bootloader remains locked and signed with a cryptographic key. It prevents any previous Asus bootloader and any non-OEM bootloader from ever being loaded again. So far, there has been no success at circumventing (hacking) the locked bootloader and its not looking promising. There is a petition out for NVFlash asking Asus to allow wheelie to prevent bricking but I doubt if that goes anywhere.
The next best thing is @_that as you've already experienced. He is a human recovery. They have a 95+% fix rate for Transformer soft bricks here at XDA.