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[Q] Have I truly bricked my Gtablet?

Purchased a gtablet, all went smooth after I installed the TNT Rom, but found some sound issues, and found out that seemed to plague a lot of other people, so decided to try another ROM - can't even recall which one now. But now where I'm stuck at is if I hold down vol up and power, I get "Recovery key detected Booting recovery kernel image" and it sits there forever. Even if I take out the microsd card, I get the same screen. A normal power attempt sits forever at the Viewsonic "birds" screen. I've tried just about every rom, none take . I'm pretty sure I had the clockwork recoverymod installed, but now I can't even get into that.
I tried volume down + power, (ATP mode?) but none of the drivers I've found are for Windows 7 64 bit, so I can't access the tablet in that mode because the lack of drivers.
Any suggestions on what to do from here?
Thanks!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989320&highlight=nvflash+windows
Good Luck

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9302497&postcount=5
Bottom of instructions section -- a few users have written posts on nvflash for windows.

LGCubana said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989320&highlight=nvflash+windows
Good Luck
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Hi,
Thanks for the link.. I think I've seen that - I don't see a APX driver missing in Device Manager - there is a ADB Interface, however when I let that install drivers, it says the Device cannot start - Code 10.
I may have another computer I can boot up and try

phirephoto,
I wrote the USB post and used the files there to NVFlash in APX mode. I know the info there is accurate.
I also have found, however, that if you install the whole SDK kit instead of the files in my post, it installs ADB. I don't know much about ADB but I know it basically works about the same.
If you have the APX driver it says it is the nVidia USB driver in Device Manager. So I am assuming you have installed SDK.
I can only suggest you make sure what files are installed on your PC and what method you are using and then research this site. I know several people have used the ADB methods and posted about them.
Good luck.
Rev
If you have another computer -- try the method reobeet posted along with the Advent Vega USB files. I know that has worked.

butchconner said:
phirephoto,
I wrote the USB post and used the files there to NVFlash in APX mode. I know the info there is accurate.
I also have found, however, that if you install the whole SDK kit instead of the files in my post, it installs ADB. I don't know much about ADB but I know it basically works about the same.
If you have the APX driver it says it is the nVidia USB driver in Device Manager. So I am assuming you have installed SDK.
I can only suggest you make sure what files are installed on your PC and what method you are using and then research this site. I know several people have used the ADB methods and posted about them.
Good luck.
Rev
If you have another computer -- try the method reobeet posted along with the Advent Vega USB files. I know that has worked.
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It did work on my old POS XP Laptop I knew that thing was useful for something!
Thanks again.. Never thought I'd be so happy to see "TapnTap" again. And now I'm up and running on the Vegan rom

Problem with USB ????

Hello everyone
I need your help:
My tf101g running ICS 9.2.2.6 is not recognized by the pc ( tried 2 computers ) , it gives me unknown device!!!!! I formatted it but still not recognized.
Any Idea ?
Also i was wondering if possible to restore SU through ota rootkeeper ! If yes, Can someone upload a backup ?
Thanks In Advance
Sent from my Transformer TF101G using Tapatalk 2

Up up up.
Sent from my Transformer TF101G using Tapatalk 2

Have to tried manually installing drivers?

Solar.Plexus said:
Have to tried manually installing drivers?
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Thanks
Tried but no luck .

hearts king101 said:
Thanks
Tried but no luck .
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You sure? Which ones did you try?

I tried the one available in Asus official website.
Sent from my Transformer TF101G using Tapatalk 2

You could try these drivers here. If nothing else, you can use ADB to transfer files, if that's your main concern.

Solar.Plexus said:
You could try these drivers here. If nothing else, you can use ADB to transfer files, if that's your main concern.
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Already tried but I don't know why my PC cant recognize my TF, it gives me UNKNOWN. and regarding ADB, that's what i want so that i can root my device.
Thanks :highfive:

It says "unknown device" after you installed those drivers?

Solar.Plexus said:
It says "unknown device" after you installed those drivers?
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unknown device > try to update the driver > FAIL
FYI: The issue occurred on 2 different computers with 2 different OSs .

In which section of a Windows Device Manager does the unknown device appear?
Sent from my Slider SL101

Solar.Plexus said:
In which section of a Windows Device Manager does the unknown device appear?
Sent from my Slider SL101
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What do you think ?
And sorry for bothering you

It's no bother, just trying to help out.
Can you try to force install drivers? From the Device Manager, choose to update the driver software -> browse my computer for driver software -> let me pick of a list of device drivers on my computer -> and then choose one of the ones you see. Or even uncheck the compatible hardware box and look for a Generic USB driver. It's a long shot.

Solar.Plexus said:
It's no bother, just trying to help out.
Can you try to force install drivers? From the Device Manager, choose to update the driver software -> browse my computer for driver software -> let me pick of a list of device drivers on my computer -> and then choose one of the ones you see. Or even uncheck the compatible hardware box and look for a Generic USB driver. It's a long shot.
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It did not work ( It said " the wizard couldn't find a better match for your hardware than software you currently have installed " although when I check for the current installed driver It said ' No driver Installed "
BUT:
I'm going to install a new OS bcuz I have issue with current one and try again but its late now in KSA ( 12 am ) so will do that tomorrow.
Thank you for your kind help. really appreciate that.
See you soon

That's weird. By going through that process, it should force Windows to install the drivers, even if they aren't compatible with the device. Although it's been a long while since I used XP, so I'm not really sure anymore what it's capable of doing.

http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Eee+Pad+Transformer+TF101&os=32
the drivers are all right on the asus site nice and handy. install asus sync too.

haxin said:
http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Eee+Pad+Transformer+TF101&os=32
the drivers are all right on the asus site nice and handy. install asus sync too.
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That's not the problem here. OP says the drivers or any others aren't able to be installed to the device.

Solar.Plexus said:
That's not the problem here. OP says the drivers or any others aren't able to be installed to the device.
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Exactly. Even after installing a fresh copy of XP, the issue persists :silly:
I'll try again and again until I fix the problem OR I break my PC

hearts king101 said:
Exactly. Even after installing a fresh copy of XP, the issue persists :silly:
I'll try again and again until I fix the problem OR I break my PC
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Hmm.. If it still says unknown device it shouldn't be a problem with the cable, since the computer can at least detect the device being connected.
I'll dig around when I get back home to my PC to see which driver I used to connect successfully.

here. its been a while since i did my tf101 first root, and a while since ive even used a windows computer, but i still had everything left on it. heres a link to the asus sync installer, the android usb drivers, adb, and fastboot executeables, and some other root **** that i cant remember what was for, kernel, and recovery blob i believe. nowmif these drivers dont get your device known on the windows machine then nothing will.
i'm pretty sure the google usb windows driver for adb connections is in there too. if not then you can just download the android-sdk for windows and install it from the <sdk>/extras/google/usb_driver/ directory.
https://www.box.com/shared/oosu8ejuljmlyzp0m677 straight from my box account.

[Q] Xperia L Drivers?

Hello,
My Windows 7 PC is not able to detect the drivers for Xperia L. I have already installed the PC Companion and also installed the Flash Tool drivers, ADB Universal Drivers. Still it doesn't detect the device.
ADB Debugging is enabled.
Can you give a download link for the drivers?
Thanks.

ReSkid said:
Hello,
My Windows 7 PC is not able to detect the drivers for Xperia L. I have already installed the PC Companion and also installed the Flash Tool drivers, ADB Universal Drivers. Still it doesn't detect the device.
ADB Debugging is enabled.
Can you give a download link for the drivers?
Thanks.
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Try a different approach. Go into your device manager on your PC. You can go into device manager by going into properties of MY COMPUTER or Control Panel\System and Security\System
When your device is connected, do you see an exclamation mark in devices. Reinstall it by finding drivers manaually.
IF this all fails, just delete the device and refresh it.
Another very useful trick is to delete the unknow device (xperia L) and restart your Xperia L. Then search for device changes. it will be detected automatically.
Is your MTP ticked in Xperia / Connection/ USB connection on your phone ?

Hnk1 said:
Try a different approach. Go into your device manager on your PC. You can go into device manager by going into properties of MY COMPUTER or Control Panel\System and Security\System
When your device is connected, do you see an exclamation mark in devices. Reinstall it by finding drivers manaually.
IF this all fails, just delete the device and refresh it.
Another very useful trick is to delete the unknow device (xperia L) and restart your Xperia L. Then search for device changes. it will be detected automatically.
Is your MTP ticked in Xperia / Connection/ USB connection on your phone ?
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Unfortunately, I have done all that. Isn't there a driver setup file for this phone? Can't seem to find it anywhere.
Thanks!

I'm facing the same problem.
I'm tryng to unlock the boot loader following the instructions on Sony website, but when it comes to use fastboot it just keep saying <waiting for device>.
And I have installed all the stuff you said, too.

ReSkid said:
Unfortunately, I have done all that. Isn't there a driver setup file for this phone? Can't seem to find it anywhere.
Thanks!
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xperiaL said:
I'm facing the same problem.
I'm tryng to unlock the boot loader following the instructions on Sony website, but when it comes to use fastboot it just keep saying <waiting for device>.
And I have installed all the stuff you said, too.
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Oh I remember, i was facing the same problem for bootloader. I am uploading the drivers. These should work. The trick is download the 2kb file and past it into google drivers and then find them from the PC.
Good Luck.

Hnk1 said:
Oh I remember, i was facing the same problem for bootloader. I am uploading the drivers. These should work. The trick is download the 2kb file and past it into google drivers and then find them from the PC.
Good Luck.
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Thanks a lot man, Please if you could share the instructions.

ReSkid said:
Thanks a lot man, Please if you could share the instructions.
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getochkn said:
the whole of this was my phone was softbricked. I wanted to get into recovery so I could use ADB to try to fix it. When it's softbricked, ADB won't start up, therefore I could use ADB.
Trust me, I know how to use ADB, I just wanted to know if there was a key combination to get our phones into recovery mode with ADB because ADB wouldn't work because my phone was softbricked. It had nothing to do with me not knowing how to use ADB or how to set it up, it had to do with my phone would brick it self before ADB started, so therefore I couldn't send any ADB commands.
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Don't mention it mate. Hit thanks if you think I helped
DRivers for Xperia L
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46681107#post46681107

Problem solved. It was tricky, though.
Having PC companion installed wincrap didn't make me choose other drivers.
So I disabled the signature verification for drivers -> rebooted -> connected Phone while pressing the vol UP -> opened device manager -> select s1boot fastboot (which had a warning icon) -> selected driver manually (the .inf file we replaced following the first steps.
then i just used cmd as in the guide.
et voilà, bootloader unlocked.
I hope this is helpful to those who faced my same problem.

[Q] Unbricked successfully, ADB broken?

Howdy, folks. I recently bricked my tablet thanks to a bad install of CWM, but following Buster's guide I was able to successfully reflash stock firmware and the device runs fine when booted up now.
However, now ADB is not detecting my device. At all. I have tried running the kill-server and start-server commands to see if that would do the trick to no avail. I'm not even receiving an error saying "device not found." Rather, the device listing is left blank whenever I enter the devices command into the command prompt. I can still send commands via fastboot, but I'm concerned that there's something here that I'm missing, or that I have somehow managed to completely bork the motherboard. I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Asus usb drivers, in addition to the ADB drivers/software to no avail.
Does anyone have any suggestions to getting ADB to work for my tablet again? I have scoured the web, particularly these forums, for days looking for an answer, but haven't turned anything up yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Does usb debugging is on?

Graiden05 said:
Does usb debugging is on?
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Yes, USB debugging is enabled; yes that was the first thing I checked.
Any other ideas?

If You use asus drivers it worth to try universal naked driver.

Graiden05 said:
If You use asus drivers it worth to try universal naked driver.
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I'll give that a shot this evening.

Graiden05 said:
If You use asus drivers it worth to try universal naked driver.
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I just installed the naked drivers and tried again, but that didn't work either. Fastboot still works just fine, but I'm still at a complete loss as to how to get adb working again.
Thanks for your help thus far.

Hmm... How windows show tablet when You connect it to PC?

Graiden05 said:
Hmm... How windows show tablet when You connect it to PC?
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Yeah everything *looks* normal, and appears to be acting normally whenever I have the tablet plugged in. When my tablet is booted up and connected to my pc, I can transfer files to and from with no issue. Also when it's plugged in, there are two different entries under the device manager (one for adb and the other for the tablet itself). It's only when I have my tablet running in bootloader mode that things don't seem to want to work correctly.
I even ran netstat last night to see if there were any programs/services using the same port as adb, and even that turned up nothing. Is it possible that I somehow inadvertently altered the settings on my tablet's motherboard when I installed a bad version of CWM, per my original post?

It shouldn't be posible to brick anything on motherboard with just flash wrong recovery. It might be just "too smart" windows, that reject to use adb driver on same device that alredy used by mtp one. It wasn't a problem before?

Graiden05 said:
It shouldn't be posible to brick anything on motherboard with just flash wrong recovery. It might be just "too smart" windows, that reject to use adb driver on same device that alredy used by mtp one. It wasn't a problem before?
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It wasn't a problem until I flashed the wrong version of CWM, got stuck in a boot-loop and fixed the problem using fastboot to completely wipe my tablet and start over from scratch.
Edit: I suppose I could try a fresh install of Windows.

Try first remove all drivers and software for tablet. Then install universal naked driver.

Graiden05 said:
Try first remove all drivers and software for tablet. Then install universal naked driver.
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Update: finally got adb to detect my device. Ended up removing everything Android-related from my desktop and re-downloaded/installed everything, including usb drivers. That did the trick.
Thanks again for the help.

[Q] fastboot, win7/64 drivers?

Hey all,
I've got a new-to-me TF700. Got CROMBi-KK installed, which took some backflips as I could not get fastboot connectivity.
I'd like to be setup for NvFlash (but then never need it), so even though I don't need fastboot right now, I'm feeling the lack.
Data transfer works fine.
ADB (not fastboot) works fine (adb shell gets me a shell, etc, etc)
When I put the phone in fastboot/bootloader "fastboot devices" gets an empty response "fastboot reboot" gets no response.
In Win7 device manager, the TF700, which appears in the "portable devices" section normally when I plug it in, does not appear.
So... probably device drivers.
Have you had this problem on your w7/64 box? How did you fix it? Sorry, but "install linux" isn't all that helpful.
Thanks!

From a semi-related question I'd asked, berndblb mentioned
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Windows is infamous for driver problems.....
Connect the tab in fastboot and open device manager. Near the top you should have an entry for Android device, bootloader mode or something similar, and probably a yellow ! next to it.
Right click it and choose "update driver", let Windows search for it.
If you're lucky it'll install the driver by itself.
If not: What Windows version are you running?
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Yep, I get an "unknown device" in the USB section when I connect a TF700 in fastboot. Win can't find an appropriate driver. I've tried (manually) ASUS_Android_USB_Drivers and Universal_Naked_Driver_0.72 (both, AFAIR, from the xda tf700 forums). Neither worked.
So... if you got this going, what driver did you use? Thx!

I have a Win7 32 bit laptop and this cool little tool installed the drivers for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

berndblb said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
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I'd installed that previously (easiest way to setup fastboot). Re-downloaded, re-installed. Went fine. Still no fastboot.
Unzipped the exe, looked at the drivers being installed - labeled "google". No google driver in the driver cache (so no device ever associated with it.)
Looked at the driver error again. Code 43. That means hardware or driver. I'd been taking it to mean driver, but... switched the USB cable to a port in the rear of the PC - and it worked.
Thanks!
So, for anybody with a similar issue, install the package above. If that doesn't work, maybe try a different USB port.