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[HELP] Nexus S can't boot recovery

Hi all,
Been given a Nexus S i9023 by my brother who has been "tampering" with it and now it seems a bit messed up.
When booting up - it gets stuck on the "Google" screen with a padlock on it... I can get into fastboot and I can flash recovery but when I attempt to load any recovery - I get that same Google screen with the padlock! I've downloaded a stock rom and even flashed system etc via fastboot but that still gets me nowhere past the damn padlock!!
I've tried to "fastboot boot recovery.img" and I still get the Google screen with the padlock but it says "Fastboot status - OK" on the bottom left.
I've searched and searched but everyone just seems to give tips on how to flash recovery. I know how to flash recovery; it just seem to be going into it though! Could the internal memory be screwed?
Thanks for any advice!

Sounds strange for sure. You try from within the OS? Enable USB debugging and adb reboot recovery.
Doubt it will work but its worth a shot

albundy2010 said:
Sounds strange for sure. You try from within the OS? Enable USB debugging and adb reboot recovery.
Doubt it will work but its worth a shot
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The phone stops at Google with the padlock on boot! Can't even get into the OS. Going to try to unbrick it and Odin but left my ubuntu laptop at my parents and can't be bothered to go get it... couldn't get it to work booting off cd rom. Kept giving me the "SBL Injection Failure Failed to find device" error booting ubuntu on a CD!

You may have a storage issue.
I seen you tried to flash system and boot recovery with fastboot ( which should have booted) but did you try to flash them all and wipe. The command is fastboot -w update file name.
I think Odin is a windows only tool anyways by the way.

albundy2010 said:
You may have a storage issue.
I seen you tried to flash system and boot recovery with fastboot ( which should have booted) but did you try to flash them all and wipe. The command is fastboot -w update file name.
I think Odin is a windows only tool anyways by the way.
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No idea why I said Odin - I meant the unbrickable recovery thing.
I tried Odin with a Jig last night; got it into download mode and flashed with odin. Got the same result.
fastboot -w also gives the same issue...
If I have a storage issue - is there any way I can tell?

Basically you can tell by the issues you're having. Doing all the proper stuff to flash images etc and still having a booting/working device.
As far as a actual diagnostic tool I don't know of one. But it sure sounds like a hw issue to me.

I have the following problem: since a few weeks I'm unable to enter recovery.
This is what I do:
- shut down my phone
- press the power button while holding the volume up
- than I get a screen where I can choose from 4 options using the volume controls and selecting an option with the power button
- I select 'Recovery' and press the power button
- I get the usual black screen with Google logo and padlock
- but instead of getting into my recovery, I get a black screen with a Droid lying down, the 'chest' opened and some kind of small warning triangle above it..somebody who knows what I have to do??
Thanks in advance

Pironi90 said:
I have the following problem: since a few weeks I'm unable to enter recovery.
This is what I do:
- shut down my phone
- press the power button while holding the volume up
- than I get a screen where I can choose from 4 options using the volume controls and selecting an option with the power button
- I select 'Recovery' and press the power button
- I get the usual black screen with Google logo and padlock
- but instead of getting into my recovery, I get a black screen with a Droid lying down, the 'chest' opened and some kind of small warning triangle above it..somebody who knows what I have to do??
Thanks in advance
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Reflash your recovery using fastboot.

polobunny said:
Reflash your recovery using fastboot.
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And where can I find how to do this? I'm a total newbie for this kind of stuff and I found some hits on google (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757146) but I'm actually a bit scared to damage my phone or something by doind something wrong or applying some method that's actually made for another device or so.. :s

Pironi90 said:
And where can I find how to do this? I'm a total newbie for this kind of stuff and I found some hits on google (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757146) but I'm actually a bit scared to damage my phone or something by doind something wrong or applying some method that's actually made for another device or so.. :s
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Flash custom recovery.img part
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/fastboot#Flash_Custom_Recovery.img
You need ADB (and ADB drivers installed, strongly recommend PDANet Android Drivers) and fastboot executable.
Custom recovery I suggest you use Clockworkmod Recovery.
I imagine your phone is already unlocked?

polobunny said:
I imagine your phone is already unlocked?
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I think so yes, I could access recovery before if that's what you mean by unlocked

Pironi90 said:
I think so yes, I could access recovery before if that's what you mean by unlocked
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When u boot on the Google screen on the bottom centre does it have a padlock? If so then it is unlocked.

You are entering recovery. Stock recovery
If you want a custom one either flash with fastboot or if you're rooted with a app. Goo manager. Rom manager etc.
Keep it mind that if you're on a stock ROM the custom recovery gets overwritten back to stock when the phone boots up the os
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UselessSniper001 said:
When u boot on the Google screen on the bottom centre does it have a padlock? If so then it is unlocked.
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Then my phone is unlocked yes

polobunny said:
You need ADB (and ADB drivers installed, strongly recommend PDANet Android Drivers) and fastboot executable.
Custom recovery I suggest you use Clockworkmod Recovery.
I imagine your phone is already unlocked?
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In installed the drivers and I installed the fastboot executable, but what do I have to do next? If I run the fastboot.exe, it just quickly shows a CMD-window and then disappears.
Edit:
I just discovered that, when I'm at the bootloader (I think it's called that way, the screen where you can select recovery), and I choose to reboot, I get the same 'error' as when I try to enter recovery.
Edit:
Alright, I was able to flash a new recovery, using cmd, but now when I try to enter my recovery, the phone gets stuck at a black screen with Google logo and padlock...

I have same problem as wolverine_2k who made the post. My nexus, can't start, I tried reboot and recovery but didn't work. After reboot or recovery I see Google logo, than Nexus screen and that is it. It didn't move to home screen and it stay with lighting screen all the time till I remove the battery. I can't power off it and don't know what to do. I can't transfer data with my PC (it don't recognize the device - only notice that "unknown device" is connected). Please any ideas?
P.S.: My English is not good, if someone answer do it simple please
Thanks!

[Q] Please help - ASUS Transformer Infinity TF700 Brick

Hi there so, I received my ASUS Transformer Infinity yesterday and I managed to root and unlock successfully. However, after downloading ROM Manager I stupidly clicked flash CWRM it did it's thing and I thought, well, it was successful so let's try and boot into it to flash a custom ROM I had downloaded. From ROM Manager no dice, tried getting into recovery manually and it worked. However, it was clearly stock recovery. New to Android slates I clicked the volume buttons a couple times to try and see how to move the cursor... this of course wiped my device. At this point, I was pretty sure I was done for, after this completed I rebooted again and low and behold cannot get into the device on normal boot. Tried rebooting, nothing. Tried the keyboard dock, same deal. Stuck on ASUS screen and I never get the spinning wheel. Tried to get back in recovery and I get stuck at loading recovery kernel image. BRICK. The only thing I can do is get into APX recovery but as I understand there is no use for this mode yet on the TF700? Please help! My last option is to RMA to Newegg, if I do this what should I say? I feel being honest is the only way to grantee a repair. How much would this cost out of warranty?

GRIM1337 said:
Hi there so, I received my ASUS Transformer Infinity yesterday and I managed to root and unlock successfully. However, after downloading ROM Manager I stupidly clicked flash CWRM it did it's thing and I thought, well, it was successful so let's try and boot into it to flash a custom ROM I had downloaded. From ROM Manager no dice, tried getting into recovery manually and it worked. However, it was clearly stock recovery. New to Android slates I clicked the volume buttons a couple times to try and see how to move the cursor... this of course wiped my device. At this point, I was pretty sure I was done for, after this completed I rebooted again and low and behold cannot get into the device on normal boot. Tried rebooting, nothing. Tried the keyboard dock, same deal. Stuck on ASUS screen and I never get the spinning wheel. Tried to get back in recovery and I get stuck at loading recovery kernel image. BRICK. The only thing I can do is get into APX recovery but as I understand there is no use for this mode yet on the TF700? Please help! My last option is to RMA to Newegg, if I do this what should I say? I feel being honest is the only way to grantee a repair. How much would this cost out of warranty?
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I am having the same issue. Just rooted today. Please help!

dpadaddict said:
I am having the same issue. Just rooted today. Please help!
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Are you able to get into fastboot? If you press and hold power and volume down until you get the option to press volume up to boot to recovery, but don't press voume up, then you will boot into the bootloader screen, with fastboot as an option.
At this site you will find the correct twrp (choose Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method) and instructions to flash:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/105
Instructions for fastboot and adb you'll find by searching around.
Hope that helps!

fordwolden said:
Are you able to get into fastboot? If you press and hold power and volume down until you get the option to press volume up to boot to recovery, but don't press voume up, then you will boot into the bootloader screen, with fastboot as an option.
At this site you will find the correct twrp (choose Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method) and instructions to flash:
Instructions for fastboot and adb you'll find by searching around.
Hope that helps!
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I wish I could... The message I receive is as follows when I do that:
The Device is UnLocked.
Android cardhu-user bootloader <2.10 e> released by "US_epad-9.4.5.26-20120720" A03
Booting recovery kernel image
And nothing ever shows up. Just the ASUS logo.

Did you solve your problem? I'm having the same issue and tried to install custom ROMs without solving the problem

reboot the device! (power and vol down for 5 sec)
hold vol down at the ASUS screen, but don't go to recovery, just wait until you see a 3 different logos on your screen.
An Android, a Wipe and a USB Icon
go between theese logos with vol down choose USB Icon with vol up!
Now you are in Fastboot mode and with your PC you can flash another recovery image.
But by the way!
WHY THE HELL DID YOU UNLOCKED YOUR DEVICE IF YOU ARE TOTALLY NEW TO ANDROID?!
You don't need this if you are new to android, even root does a good deal for first serious steps!

kabauterman said:
But by the way!
WHY THE HELL DID YOU UNLOCKED YOUR DEVICE IF YOU ARE TOTALLY NEW TO ANDROID?!
You don't need this if you are new to android, even root does a good deal for first serious steps!
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Hey, we were all new to Android at some point! That's how you learn though, by doing this sort of stuff. Nothing wrong wth trying! Just need to be careful and read alot. But, you have to start somewhere!
I'm sure that he was reading all of the "Jelly Bean ROM's are so awesome" posts and wanted to see for himself, that's all....
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

jtrosky said:
Hey, we were all new to Android at some point! That's how you learn though, by doing this sort of stuff. Nothing wrong wth trying! Just need to be careful and read alot. But, you have to start somewhere!
I'm sure that he was reading all of the "Jelly Bean ROM's are so awesome" posts and wanted to see for himself, that's all....
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
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I never said I was new to Android. I was new to the ASUS stock tablet recovery orientation (its landscape as I found out). Hence, hit up twice, wiped data. I am by no means new in general. I did not fix the problem. I requested an RMA with Newegg and it was approved I said the issue with it was bad screen bleeding (no lie but it is normal for this tablet but bad was exaggerated) In any case! RMA approved should be getting my new unit Tuesday!

unlocked and RMA because of your own stupidity?
ok do it..
have you tried it with fastboot?

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GRIM1337 said:
Hi there so, I received my ASUS Transformer Infinity yesterday and I managed to root and unlock successfully. However, after downloading ROM Manager I stupidly clicked flash CWRM it did it's thing and I thought, well, it was successful so let's try and boot into it to flash a custom ROM I had downloaded. From ROM Manager no dice, tried getting into recovery manually and it worked. However, it was clearly stock recovery. New to Android slates I clicked the volume buttons a couple times to try and see how to move the cursor... this of course wiped my device. At this point, I was pretty sure I was done for, after this completed I rebooted again and low and behold cannot get into the device on normal boot. Tried rebooting, nothing. Tried the keyboard dock, same deal. Stuck on ASUS screen and I never get the spinning wheel. Tried to get back in recovery and I get stuck at loading recovery kernel image. BRICK. The only thing I can do is get into APX recovery but as I understand there is no use for this mode yet on the TF700? Please help! My last option is to RMA to Newegg, if I do this what should I say? I feel being honest is the only way to grantee a repair. How much would this cost out of warranty?
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Just follow this method and you will be fine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755576

kabauterman said:
unlocked and RMA because of your own stupidity?
ok do it..
have you tried it with fastboot?
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If you had my OP in its entirety, you would know that is impossible. :/ Unfortunately, after the data + cache wipe two things happened that I do not understand. 1. The device wouldn't boot (this shouldn't happen unless all partitions were formatted which the device did NOT report it did), 2. This is the really strange part, recovery no longer existed after JUST WORKING - even after my mistake with ROM manager stock recovery remained until the wipe and then I received the message mentioned in my OP (namely: Booting recovery kernel).

GRIM1337 said:
If you had my OP in its entirety, you would know that is impossible. :/ Unfortunately, after the data + cache wipe two things happened that I do not understand. 1. The device wouldn't boot (this shouldn't happen unless all partitions were formatted which the device did NOT report it did), 2. This is the really strange part, recovery no longer existed after JUST WORKING - even after my mistake with ROM manager stock recovery remained until the wipe and then I received the message mentioned in my OP (namely: Booting recovery kernel).
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Any resolution to this other than the RMA?

HelgesenJ said:
Any resolution to this other than the RMA?
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Please don't tell me you have used ROM Manager recently. : S Are you having the same issue?
APX available, or not (as with the OP)? NvFlashed? What have you done, or tried to do, yourself?
Moar. Info.

MartyHulskemper said:
Please don't tell me you have used ROM Manager recently. : S Are you having the same issue?
APX available, or not (as with the OP)? NvFlashed? What have you done, or tried to do, yourself?
Moar. Info.
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One more who used ROM manager recently and now I have a nice tray for serving beers :crying:
I'm having the same issue with APX available by powering on the transformer holding volume+up but with no nvflash backup.

I don't understand why people keep using ROM manager to install recovery, this is a death wish to your device. If they read all the "How to" posts, none of them instructed to use rom manager to install recovery, so I don't know where they got this idea from???? beat me!!!
GRIM1337, you need RMA to send out for repair. Sorry but there's no hope to recovery this.

Didn't use ROM Manager
Updated to JB (from rooted ICS), then tried to unlock and flash recovery: Bootloader is still locked, recovery and system partitions are simply gone!
All I can access is fastboot now, but as bootloader is locked, I cannot flash any custom image/blob or whatsoever.
Can someone generous post their stock recovery or help me flash the JB update ZIP again?
I extracted the blob, but I'm not sure how to flash it? I suppose it contains all the partitions I would need to flash! But how to flash them?
I tried this:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging blob
Fails after having downloaded the 800Mb blob, the exact same way it fails flashing a custom kernel!?
sending 'staging' (800199 KB)...
OKAY [145.978s]
writing 'staging'...
FAILED (remote: (InvalidState))
finished. total time: 205.000s

3c said:
Updated to JB (from rooted ICS), then tried to unlock and flash recovery: Bootloader is still locked, recovery and system partitions are simply gone!
All I can access is fastboot now, but as bootloader is locked, I cannot flash any custom image/blob or whatsoever.
Can someone generous post their stock recovery or help me flash the JB update ZIP again?
I extracted the blob, but I'm not sure how to flash it? I suppose it contains all the partitions I would need to flash! But how to flash them?
I tried this:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging blob
Fails after having downloaded the 800Mb blob, the exact same way it fails flashing a custom kernel!?
sending 'staging' (800199 KB)...
OKAY [145.978s]
writing 'staging'...
FAILED (remote: (InvalidState))
finished. total time: 205.000s
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How did you get into fastboot mode for your device??

buhohitr said:
How did you get into fastboot mode for your device??
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Well that one's hard: With ICS bootloader, there was like no fastboot mode!!! On the bootloader menu I could only confirm recovery or cancel to boot as usual!!! WTF? But then once with JB bootloader, the menu allowed me to select a different option: a new one had appeared showing a USB logo too! Can't tell if I simply missed the option or proper steps in ICS bootloader though.

3c said:
Well that one's hard: With ICS bootloader, there was like no fastboot mode!!! On the bootloader menu I could only confirm recovery or cancel to boot as usual!!! WTF? But then once with JB bootloader, the menu allowed me to select a different option: a new one had appeared showing a USB logo too! Can't tell if I simply missed the option or proper steps in ICS bootloader though.
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ICS bootloader had the fastboot option disabled if the device's bootloader was still locked and the USB icon wasn't showing at all.
With the JB bootloader Asus made the USB icon available even if the device was locked so you can access fastboot mode but you can't flash anything (yes,it doesn't make sense, but this is Asus).
Anyway, if you are able to boot in recovery you should be able to restore you device easily,just follow my guide from the general forum.

Re: Help needed i will try
OK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS WIPED THE OS FROM THE UNIT...AND LEFT THE BOOTLOADER FILES...SO THERE ISNT
ANYTHING TO BOOT TO AT THE MOMENT... I DID THIS LAST WEEK... IT WAS A BIT SCARY AND FRUSTRATING UNTIL
I FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX IT.. ITS NOT HARD. ILL PUT DOWN HERE WHAT I DID...
1. DOWNLOAD THE GOOGLE NEXUS 7 TOOL KIT... ( this is a very good rescue tool )
2. RUN IT... INSTALL THE DRIVERS... REBOOT IT ALL AND START THE TOOL KIT AGIAN WITH YOUR TRANSFORMER
CONNECTED TO USB...
3. YOU SHOULD SEE THE SERIAL NUMBER OF YOUR TABLET AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IN THE TOOLKIT...
IF SO..YOUR ALMOST DONE !
4. THERE ARE MANY CHOICES..SOME WORK SOME DONT ON THE TRANSFORMER...
5. I CHOOSE THE ROOT OPTION...
6. NOW..WHEN IT GETS TO THE PART WHERE IT SAYS ARE U IN FASTBOOT MODE.. SAY NO !!! THAT WILL ACTUALLY
PUT IT IN FASTBOOT AND THEN PROCEED AS DIRECTED ON THE SCREEN TO ROOT...
THATS WHAT I DID...CAUSE I NEEDED ROOT AND I HAD A STUCK BOOT LOOP JUST LIKE YOU.....
BASICALLY YOU NEED TO ROOT IT AGIAN AN THEN REBOOT AND TRY TO GET INTO CWM..OR HAVE IT REINSTALL CWM...TO FLASH A ROM...THAT WORKS..

[Q] ROM manager clockworkmod update bricked tf700

Hello there!
I have a TF700T pad, I installed free rom manager application, from within that application I chose to install clockworkmod recovery, the application loaded the clockworkmod recovery from the internet (there was an indicator on top of the application screen).
After finished, I rebooted into recovery, but it doesn't reboot to recovery, it loads android normally, then I tried to boot to recovery manually by pressing and holding the the power button along with the volume down button it loads nothing and stays there for ever!! I did this several times then it it changed and now it doesn't even load the android normally.
And when I boot into APX mode, the adb can't find it!
In short, I can't access recovery nor system!
When I try to boot to recovery
(power + volume down) It freezs and the following shows on the screen:
"The device is unlocked.
Android cardhu-user bootloader <2.10 e> release by "CN_epad-9.4.5.30-20120907" A03
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image"
- I downloaded the firmware from ASUS and renamed it to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE" and copied to the root of a formated FAT32 micro SD card and tried to boot, but still freezing on above mentioned screen.
- The PC recognizes it (drivers are correct, i downloaded them and installed them) but the adb can not find the pad and tells me to install tap's specific drivers!
- I tried to flash the recovery image image.img through adb, but same problem, it stays there for ever showing the message "waiting for device".
Please, help me with a solution for that situation!
Thank you.

shreef said:
Hello there!
I have a TF700T pad, I installed free rom manager application, from within that application I chose to install clockworkmod recovery, the application loaded the clockworkmod recovery from the internet (there was an indicator on top of the application screen).
After finished, I rebooted into recovery, but it doesn't reboot to recovery, it loads android normally, then I tried to boot to recovery manually by pressing and holding the the power button along with the volume down button it loads nothing and stays there for ever!! I did this several times then it it changed and now it doesn't even load the android normally.
And when I boot into APX mode, the adb can't find it!
In short, I can't access recovery nor system!
When I try to boot to recovery
(power + volume down) It freezs and the following shows on the screen:
"The device is unlocked.
Android cardhu-user bootloader <2.10 e> release by "CN_epad-9.4.5.30-20120907" A03
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image"
- I downloaded the firmware from ASUS and renamed it to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE" and copied to the root of a formated FAT32 micro SD card and tried to boot, but still freezing on above mentioned screen.
- The PC recognizes it (drivers are correct, i downloaded them and installed them) but the adb can not find the pad and tells me to install tap's specific drivers!
- I tried to flash the recovery image image.img through adb, but same problem, it stays there for ever showing the message "waiting for device".
Please, help me with a solution for that situation!
Thank you.
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Do you have nvflash backup? if not, I believe you're done. You need to send out for repair.

Thank you for your quick response!
Isn't there any other way I could repair it without sending to ASUS repair?? i originally bought it from CHINA and now i am here in EGYPT!!!

shreef said:
Thank you for your quick response!
Isn't there any other way I could repair it without sending to ASUS repair?? i originally bought it from CHINA and now i am here in EGYPT!!!
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I'm assuming you've unlocked the bootloader. Can you get the device into fastboot and push a new recovery through that?

shreef said:
Thank you for your quick response!
Isn't there any other way I could repair it without sending to ASUS repair?? i originally bought it from CHINA and now i am here in EGYPT!!!
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ArmyAg08 said:
I'm assuming you've unlocked the bootloader. Can you get the device into fastboot and push a new recovery through that?
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That would be the only remaining option, but ROM Manager is known to do this. If a user cannot even read on a forum before doing stuff, I'm not sure this is going to work out very well.
OK. I'll go back to my hermit cave now.

No, I can only boot in APX mode!
Isn't there any way we can make the adb reconize and access the PAD?
I can bring the recovery image and put in the root of the SD card, but what should I name it so the boot can reconize it and update? (the device says "checking for android ota recovery" !!

shreef said:
No, I can only boot in APX mode!
Isn't there any way we can make the adb reconize and access the PAD?
I can bring the recovery image and put in the root of the SD card, but what should I name it so the boot can reconize it and update? (the device says "checking for android ota recovery" !!
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APX is NOT adb -- you need to issue commands using fastboot. Did you use the manufacturer's switch? "adb devices" won't return anything, even on a perfectly healthy 700. Take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926286
and don't forget to use that switch: -i 0x0B05, as in
fastboot -i 0x0B05 <command>
For example, fastboot -i 0x0B05 devices or fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
EDIT: APX = FASTBOOT, for clarity.

MartyHulskemper said:
That would be the only remaining option, but ROM Manager is known to do this. If a user cannot even read on a forum before doing stuff, I'm not sure this is going to work out very well.
OK. I'll go back to my hermit cave now.
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I only asked because I thought ROM manager was known to brick this tablet if you tried to install a recovery with it. I may be mistaken though.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

MartyHulskemper said:
APX is NOT adb -- you need to issue commands using fastboot.
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APX is also NOT fastboot - in APX mode you can *only* use nvflash, but for that you'd need to have created the blob before bricking.

I am sorry, I didn't really understand what you are trying to say!!
What does "manfacturer's switch" mean?
Also, what does APX = FASTBOOT ?

shreef said:
I am sorry, I didn't really understand what you are trying to say!!
What does "manfacturer's switch" mean?
Also, what does APX = FASTBOOT ?
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shreef, the short answer is that only ASUS can help you now. I believe that is your only solution.
I'm so sorry.

OK, I have sent it to ASUS!
Thank you guys for your care and help.
Regards

ArmyAg08 said:
I only asked because I thought ROM manager was known to brick this tablet if you tried to install a recovery with it. I may be mistaken though.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
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You're right. I wasn't mad/annoyed at your post. I just wanted to point out it has been known for a while now that ROM Manager does funky things on the 700. I'd just stay away from it -- iIn the sense that if one aspect of a program is broken by a device's particulars, changes are relatively high that some other aspect(s) is/are broken as well and you might get to know which one(s) that is/are by first-hand experience.
_that said:
APX is also NOT fastboot - in APX mode you can *only* use nvflash, but for that you'd need to have created the blob before bricking.
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You're right. I was cutting the curve. I'm sorry for the confusion.
okantomi said:
shreef, the short answer is that only ASUS can help you now. I believe that is your only solution.
I'm so sorry.
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That is quite the accurate summary.
@OP: hope ASUS treats your device nicely and you can get back in our midst with a 700 working well for you, soon.

[Q] help, i think i bricked my tablet

hi, first of all, i'd like to tell you i'm quite a noob
i have a tf300tg and i tried to flash the jb 4.2.2 that's only available for the 300t.. i'm dumb, i know.. and now in stead of booting it goes directly to the cwm menu and i can't do anything.. i keep getting the error E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command , .../log and .../last_log
is there anything i can do or should i just throw it in the trashbin ?

iostu said:
hi, first of all, i'd like to tell you i'm quite a noob
i have a tf300tg and i tried to flash the jb 4.2.2 that's only available for the 300t.. i'm dumb, i know.. and now in stead of booting it goes directly to the cwm menu and i can't do anything.. i keep getting the error E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command , .../log and .../last_log
is there anything i can do or should i just throw it in the trashbin ?
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Unless you can go into fastboot (Power + volume down) there isn't much to do but to sign a petition & wait...
XDA member HAZARD17 has been running a petition
Sign NVflash petition for Transformer TF300T, Prime & Infinity!
https://www.change.org/petitions/asus-nvidia-revert-changes-in-jb-bootloader-that-prevent-nvflash

vconceicao said:
Unless you can go into fastboot (Power + volume down) there isn't much to doo but to wait...
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i can't do that either.. it just loads the CWM menu..
wait ? wait for what ? :silly:

iostu said:
i can't do that either.. it just loads the CWM menu..
wait ? wait for what ? :silly:
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For someone to come up with a solution, Like a NVflash utility for Tf300...

Yeah, but if you want add NVflash support to your tablet, it can't be bricked I'm not quite sure, but you try unpack blob from offical update, and flash all files from unpacked blob (LNX etc.).

Hazard17 said:
Yeah, but if you want add NVflash support to your tablet, it can't be bricked I'm not quite sure, but you try unpack blob from offical update, and flash all files from unpacked blob (LNX etc.).
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i can't flash anything :| in adb it sais <waiting for device> i've tried everything and i can't get it to work.. can you pleeeeeease help me ?

ok, i reinstalled the adb drivers for the transformer, and it goes into bootloader but there is no usb icon.. only RCK, the android and wipe data.. when i type adb devices i get 123456789ABCDEF recovery. although i can't do much else, i can't do anything in adb shell, i can't even flash the twrp.. any suggestions ? plese please please

iostu said:
ok, i reinstalled the adb drivers for the transformer, and it goes into bootloader but there is no usb icon.. only RCK, the android and wipe data.. when i type adb devices i get 123456789ABCDEF recovery. although i can't do much else, i can't do anything in adb shell, i can't even flash the twrp.. any suggestions ? plese please please
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The USB icon is gone. I sugguest downloading the correct firmware and flashing it with fastboot.
fastboot flash system blob
Download the correct system firmware, open the zip, open the zip, extract the blob to the same directory as fast boot.

iostu said:
ok, i reinstalled the adb drivers for the transformer, and it goes into bootloader but there is no usb icon.. only RCK, the android and wipe data.. when i type adb devices i get 123456789ABCDEF recovery. although i can't do much else, i can't do anything in adb shell, i can't even flash the twrp.. any suggestions ? plese please please
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4.2 bootloader does not have USB icon, just plug in USB..

i can get to the bootloader menu but only after typing adb reboot bootloader. and then i tryed flashing the blob using adb fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash system blob and then i get "sending 'system' <799764 KB>..." and it's stuck there.. i left it over 30 mins and still nothing
edit: i somehow managed to flash teh system blob (i tried with te 4.1.1 and the 4.2.2) but after flashing it did the exact same thing.. went to CWM ! i even managed to flash the TWRP.blob, and still the CWM showed up.. i can't figure out how is this even possible :| and from the bootloader menu if i go to boot the android firmware, it almost boots (it goes to the lockscreen for about 2 secs) and then reboots again.. am i wasting my time or should i throw it in the garbage ?
thanks again for trying to help me on this one i really appreciate it !

iostu said:
i can get to the bootloader menu but only after typing adb reboot bootloader. and then i tryed flashing the blob using adb fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash system blob and then i get "sending 'system' <799764 KB>..." and it's stuck there.. i left it over 30 mins and still nothing
edit: i somehow managed to flash teh system blob (i tried with te 4.1.1 and the 4.2.2) but after flashing it did the exact same thing.. went to CWM ! i even managed to flash the TWRP.blob, and still the CWM showed up.. i can't figure out how is this even possible :| and from the bootloader menu if i go to boot the android firmware, it almost boots (it goes to the lockscreen for about 2 secs) and then reboots again.. am i wasting my time or should i throw it in the garbage ?
thanks again for trying to help me on this one i really appreciate it !
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Sounds like you're in the same boat as the rest of us...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179874

iostu said:
ok, i reinstalled the adb drivers for the transformer, and it goes into bootloader but there is no usb icon.. only RCK, the android and wipe data.. when i type adb devices i get 123456789ABCDEF recovery. although i can't do much else, i can't do anything in adb shell, i can't even flash the twrp.. any suggestions ? plese please please
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OK. The bootloader menu you now are seeing is the new 4.2 version. RCK - Android - Wipe Data(do not use wipe data).
When you get into this menu if you leave everything alone your tablet should auto into fastboot - watch the screen - upper left.
With fastboot flash the latest (proper) JB blob for your unit.
Good Luck!

iostu said:
i can get to the bootloader menu but only after typing adb reboot bootloader. and then i tryed flashing the blob using adb fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash system blob and then i get "sending 'system' <799764 KB>..." and it's stuck there.. i left it over 30 mins and still nothing
edit: i somehow managed to flash teh system blob (i tried with te 4.1.1 and the 4.2.2) but after flashing it did the exact same thing.. went to CWM ! i even managed to flash the TWRP.blob, and still the CWM showed up.. i can't figure out how is this even possible :| and from the bootloader menu if i go to boot the android firmware, it almost boots (it goes to the lockscreen for about 2 secs) and then reboots again.. am i wasting my time or should i throw it in the garbage ?
thanks again for trying to help me on this one i really appreciate it !
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You can't flash anything using adb commands. You need to use fastboot. Look in the forum for the proper procedure and follow the instructions.
Nowhere does it say type "adb fastboot ... anything...."

hgoldner said:
You can't flash anything using adb commands. You need to use fastboot. Look in the forum for the proper procedure and follow the instructions.
Nowhere does it say type "adb fastboot ... anything...."
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Here is an example of an adb command that does work to flash twrp with slight modification it will flash stock blob as well.
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 Then reboot to complete installation.
adb reboot
I don't know where you are getting your information but you need a new source.
No one said type adb fastboot they are two different things and each has a specific structure to follow.
If the op can get either fastboot or adb to work I'll gladly provide the proper commands.

then you have the same problem as me and a bunch of other people. The bootloader freezes on the flash command, even though it will show success and stuff. It never flashes.
I can push files with ADB and on reboot the files on gone. Since we can't flash with fastboot. We have to send it in to asus at this point. I got quoted $87 + shipping.

sorry, i meant to say just fastboot. i didn't write adb fastboot.. i've tried everything you guys said, but with no success my last resort is to send it to asus for re-softing. It costs about $80 + shipping. It doesn't sound like a lot of money, but it's a price to pay for stupidness or noobness i just hope they can repair it or otherwise i'll have a very expensive thing on whch to chop onions
thanks again guys for helping me

Stuck on boot screen

I may have bricked, want to know what went wrong and if it's permanent. Thanks, here's how it happened.
I was running one of the Omnirom nightly builds. I got a notification saying there was a new build, I decided to try it hoping it would improve my battery life. I had TWRP installed so I thought it would be ok (I chose to let it update automatically which I guess was my mistake). It did the update or tried to at least, but when it tried to boot it just gets stuck on the Asus screen. The one with the loading bar. Volume up or down with power button does nothing but get back to the same screen. Reset (using a pin) and volume up or down does the same thing. I thought the only way to permanently boot was doing the wipe option on the recovery menu, but maybe I am wrong. Is it possible to permanently brick doing what I did? Thanks. Any possible solutions?

mechz01 said:
Is it possible to permanently brick doing what I did? Thanks. Any possible solutions?
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Unlikely. What always works, if you can put it into fastboot, is install the Asus stock ROM. That will reformat/reinstall every partition.

Berend de Boer said:
Unlikely. What always works, if you can put it into fastboot, is install the Asus stock ROM. That will reformat/reinstall every partition.
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That's holding the reset button down plus volume down right? Doesn't seem to work.

mechz01 said:
That's holding the reset button down plus volume down right? Doesn't seem to work.
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Try long holding VOL DOWN & POWER BUTTON ....
Can you get to the bootloader this way ?
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
Try long holding VOL DOWN & POWER BUTTON ....
Can you get to the bootloader this way ?
Thx Josh
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Thanks for the Reply
No, it just gets me back to the same screen. This is supposed to get me to the recovery menu right?
If it matters,my bootloader is unlocked.

mechz01 said:
Thanks for the Reply
No, it just gets me back to the same screen. This is supposed to get me to the recovery menu right?
If it matters,my bootloader is unlocked.
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Well there is not much that can be done then.....
No fastboot with a locked bootloader .....
No bootloader to boot into recoovery .....
No nvflash blobs with a locked bootloader ..
Short of a motherboard you have a paperweight .....
Sorry for the back news ......
Thx Josh

Hello
Hi
I had basically the same situation of this topic, the only i can access to fastboot.
I formated all my tablet, basically is nothing in the memory
when i tried to access over the recovery, is stuck, only blink.
Fastboot commands works but i dont know how i can recover all.
I know i need to install everything.
Can someone let me know what i can install (Kernel, firmware, rom(I want lollipop).
I had already TWRP 2.8.0
Thanks in advance

lj50036 said:
Well there is not much that can be done then.....
No fastboot with a locked bootloader .....
No bootloader to boot into recoovery .....
No nvflash blobs with a locked bootloader ..
Short of a motherboard you have a paperweight .....
Sorry for the back news ......
Thx Josh
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My bootloader is unlocked, unless I am misunderstanding what you're saying. On the Asus screen it says this device is unlocked. Not sure why I can't access any of the options though, unless my volume buttons is busted or something.

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jcbeau09 said:
Hi
I had basically the same situation of this topic, the only i can access to fastboot.
I formated all my tablet, basically is nothing in the memory
when i tried to access over the recovery, is stuck, only blink.
Fastboot commands works but i dont know how i can recover all.
I know i need to install everything.
Can someone let me know what i can install (Kernel, firmware, rom(I want lollipop).
I had already TWRP 2.8.0
Thanks in advance
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First step: Install new TWRP
1. Download TWRP recovery from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/tf300t; I would advise v. 2.8.4.0
2. Put 'openrecovery-twrp-2.8.3.0-tf300t.blob' in fastboot folder of pc and rename to twrp.blob for faster typing.
3. Put tab in fasboot mode and connect.
4. Use command
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging twrp.blob[enter]
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot[enter]
5. Let tab reboot to OS (will stay on ASUS screen, because you don't have OS as of now).
6. Reboot to bootloader screen and go to recovery (RCK); now you can flash any custom ROM you like.
Good luck!

mechz01 said:
No, it just gets me back to the same screen. This is supposed to get me to the recovery menu right?
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No! Recovery comes way after fastboot mode. Recovery is loaded from your memory card. But something went wrong with your memory card, so you can't load that.
Once you booted your tablet into fastboot, type :"fastboot devices" on your PC. If it shows your tablet, you can easily flash a new ROM.

Berend de Boer said:
No! Recovery comes way after fastboot mode. Recovery is loaded from your memory card. But something went wrong with your memory card, so you can't load that.
Once you booted your tablet into fastboot, type :"fastboot devices" on your PC. If it shows your tablet, you can easily flash a new ROM.
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I would like to know how you are going to flash a new rom with fastboot ?
Thx Josh