Hi!
I'm im trouble. I've bricked my TF101 in very dumb way: I've locked it between "blind" CWM and broken OS.
Short history:
I tried to install Android Revolution HD.
To do that I installer some CWM by using OneclickrecoveryV0.4. It installed OK with no problem.
So I took Revolution HD Super Wipe Full zip, copied it to card, put it to sd card, volume down, volume up... So I flashed it.
But pad didn't boot. It remains on Asus logo boot screen.
OK, I'm smart, I decided to flash "correct" CWM. ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.1 by Roach2010. So I chose Touch Recovery v5.8.1.8. Why?Because when you click on that link, you find two options: Touch Recovery v5.8.1.8 and ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2. And somehow I decided that touch version is better for me. =)
After I installed that, I received ClockworkMod 5.8.1.8. But it doesn't see my card. It see *some* sdcard. I can even fomat it from menu. I can copy error log there. I see a folder named "clockworkmod" on that sdcard. But it is not the real external card.
So I'm stuck with not booting OS and CWM not reading /sdcard.
Any advise?
Use Nvflash to flash stock ICS again and start from there. Check in the stickies around the thread and you should know where to go. Of course you would need a PC to revive your TF101.
Once you get it back to life, instead of using CWM try installing goo manager from the play store, and install TWRP recovery. I've found from reading several different posts that TWRP plays a little better with the TF101 then it does with the CWM.
Once you get TWRP installed and it can see your external card, make a FULL back up to the sd card, or a Spare sd card like I do, so that when (no longer if) I goof something up, I can swap out and reinstall from last known good configuration. I also keep a copy of the sd card on both my home and work computers, just in case.
I'm not 100% nailed down on exactly what it is with CWM and the TF101 not wanting to play nicely in the sandbox together, but there are several at length posts about it. Of course I tried the same thing that you did, and got hosed for an hour or so while I read the posts. And above all, DO NOT use ROM Manager, if you think this is bad wait until you try that one.
Thanks farsight73, thanks MasterDecker!
But I did mistake describing a problem... Device is TF101G, so nvflash is not a solution AFAIK. Serial is B80.
It doesnt boot to ADB, but boots to NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery device and to ASUS Android MTP Device though.
I'll search more for solution on forum, but still any advice =) is gratefully accepted.
Thanks.
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LG G2x totally bricked. I can not even access the USB drivers to put anything on the phone. All I can get to is Clock Work. I do not have any roms listed though to fix it. I do not have an external card as my roms were internal. What do I do? Is there any hope? Do I need just to get a new phone?
There should be a thread in the Dev section that'll hopefully resolve your problem just do a little bit of searching
i get as far as a lg logo with a blue background then nothing
Can you boot into download mode? If so, you can use multiple methods (heimdal, Odin, sbf) to flash a firmware, and recover your device. As long as I can boot into recovery or download mode, I consider it a soft brick, versus a hard brick (which won't allow your device to boot at all). There's still hope! Check the threads for a way to get your phone into download mode, and you'll be good to go in no time!
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i can bring up clockwork but there is no files on the phone, no roms, no backups, nothing at all
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i can bring up clockwork but there is no files on the phone, no roms, no backups, nothing at all
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Your phone is not "totally bricked." In fact, it is not bricked at all. It is just borked a bit (think of it as a cell phone coma, not death). It sounds like you have an old version of CWM installed. Use the One Click flasher to flash CWM 5.0.2.0 and then you can flash from a physical micro SD card (put roms on sd card and then insert into your phone). After flashing CWM 5.0.2.0 format the system, flash the rom and then do a factory reset for good measure. After that your beloved G2X should be back to life.
Also, with older versions of CWM you can mount the internal sd card and then adb push the roms to it. When CWM is running, it is running a very trimmed down, rooted version of Android and ADB is available in CWM recovery. After mounting internal sd and pushing files, make sure you unmount it before attempting to flash a rom from it or reboot the device.
If what jboxer posted above me don't work first, check out "rom for recovery" thread in Dev section that will fix your phone.
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Second topic today, first one was a bit impatient of me. I've got everything done correctly, CWM flashed, everything rooted, and everything works.
I've notice one thing, though. I cannot reboot, in anyway, back into recovery. "adb reboot recovery" does indeed reboot the device, but it never makes it into recovery, only boots as normal. Rebooting recovery from CWM(Advanced > Reboot Recovery) does the same thing. Is there a reason for this, and how would I fix this? (I'm going to assume it's a bootloader issue. Next question on that, is CyanoBoot released for the TF101?)
Second thing I have a question on is how I would flash a .zip located on the external SD card. Anytime I try to select a zip from the external, it never shows up, and only shows things from internal storage. I'm currently running Roach2010's v5.5.0.4 CMW.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Use "Transformer reboot to recovery" app, look in the play store.
or manually by holding Vol down plus power button, when you see words at to left corner, immediately push Vol up within 5 secs to get into recovery.
Roach's 5.5.0.4 version only read the internal sd.
Either move the files internally our use a cwm version that read the external sd card
Thanks for that. As soon as I find how to flash just normal CWM, I'll get to that.
ok guys what i have is a B70 Transformer that im trying to fix for someone.......
Ive managed to get touch recovery onto the pad via brks tool.......but its internal only.
It boots into recovery fine. (asus recovery had me stuck with android with triangle)
How the heck do i push a fully working stock rom zip onto the internal card?
Ive never had to do this before so need a little step by step guide.
I cant get the pad to show in device manager but surely if i can flash the alterate recovery i can get something onto the internal sd........maybe
ive tried the other tools but i cant get the pad to show (thing of dooms tool)
the whole adb thing has me pickled.
Just to make it clear the TF gets stuck on the eee pad logo so cant boot in to change any settings........tried cold boot from linux and data wipe but it just reboots back to the same position.
Some options:
-If you can get ADB working, you could push the needed file to internal sd.
-Use NVFlash to flash a working ROM
-You could also try and get Team Rouge recovery on as it read from both internal and external sd card.
Try this by Thing O Doom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681155
Commands:
adb push \path\too\blob /sdcard/
Then flash in cwm. You can use adb tools from PERI. You need working drivers and to be in recovery for adb to show.
Otherwise Use NvFlash (Same as brks tool used) to flash Rouge, int and ext. They have an nvflash version on their thread. PERI will have this functionality soon.
well i dunno what i done but i think i may have cracked it.........
i was using brks tool again and cant remember what i clicked on but it managed to flash me another recovery for external sd
fortunately i had ww i.c.s on my external sd card as i always keep a back up for myself on int and ext as a rule of my own and finally after about 3 hours of pulling hair...............JACKPOT! its just booted into the welcome screen
Cheers guys for your responses.....if in doubt, trial and error - but never give up!!
Think il put rogue on it just incase and pray that they dont mess it up (its a customers and still in gtee / or was lol + they dont know its me thats fixing it )
damn......just stopped the fota running and now i cant get passed recovery. it just boots back into recovery even after reflashing the full ww. shouldve just left it!! grrr
ok so its cold booting ok from linux ok......what u think i should do? fota?
How actually you stop fota?
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I used clockworkmod to install Cyanogenmod on my TF101, and that worked fine. I am now wanting to revert back to the factory ROM so I can sell this tablet. I downloaded the .zip from Asus (the US version) but think it was the wrong one. I booted into Clockworkmod and had it restore from the .zip I downloaded, but now the TF101 is stuck in the boot-up screen and if I power it off, it turns itself back on and hangs (loop).
I just need to get this back to factory defaults, any suggestions on how?
Thank you!
Did you unzip the file once?
Otherwise, try EasyFlasher.
Good question, and yes, I did unzip once, which created a folder with another zip in it. I copied that folder (with the zip in it) to an SD card and pointed Clockworkmod to that zip when doing the restore. I'll look into that other option and appreciate more suggestions as well.
How do I use EasyFlasher if the device doesn't boot? At what point do I run the software?
You need to boot to APX mode (vol up and power).
Does your tablet still have a custom recovery? Or do you get a dead droid when you try to go to recovery?
I "was" able to get into ATX mode (the the green menu), but can't seem to anymore by doing vol+ and power... I did get the dead droid after attempting the first restore.
Dopher said:
I "was" able to get into ATX mode (the the green menu), but can't seem to anymore by doing vol+ and power... I did get the dead droid after attempting the first restore.
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Do you have then the right ROM zip at the root of your MicroSD card before you try this way restore?
No, I didn't know the rom needed to be at the root of the card, thank you! Although that may have done it, if finally got to the factory default ROM restore, and was able to get it back to the factory defaults. Thank you all!
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
Peterh2 said:
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
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Did he make a backup in cwm first? Try booting into recovery and selecting reboot and then download mode (Odin mode.) If that works, you can flash to stock jelly bean through Odin.
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something to try !
Peterh2 said:
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
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Try to take the SD card out and load software with pc directly to sd card (use an adapter if don't have a micro sd card slot , purchased with a micro sd card if necessary as any will work)
Peterh2 said:
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
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To enter the bootloader use Power + Volume Up
Then Odin should detect your device
Have you tried "factory reset" in recovery yet? Also as @rap3rman said you have to boot into DL mode before Odin will work. Try looking in tthe development section at the sticky posts for the everything thread and find a guide to help you along. 2 min of searching and you can find all kinds of good stuff here.
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