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Root after JB

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jelly Bean -Early October

Hey guys,
Just wanted to give you all an update on the jelly bean upgrade for our devices.
I contacted Asus about Jelly Bean on our Tf700's; here is their response.
Dear valued customer
Thank you for contacting ASUS Technical Service
Hi,I have asked the superior that the JB of your unit will be released in early October any you can download it manually from the website or it will update automatically.
Welcome to refer Troubleshooting & FAQ for ASUS products in ASUS
website:
http://support.asus.com/servicehome.aspx?SLanguage=en
If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Wish you a nice day!
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That doesn't seem like it was written by someone who speaks English. What does "I have asked the superior that the JB of your unit will be released in early October" mean?

Asus Support
It's Asus support, I am surprised that they can speak any English.
aydc said:
That doesn't seem like it was written by someone who speaks English. What does "I have asked the superior that the JB of your unit will be released in early October" mean?
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I be happy would when arrive to our Jelly Bean on devices... on in october yes!

aydc said:
That doesn't seem like it was written by someone who speaks English. What does "I have asked the superior that the JB of your unit will be released in early October" mean?
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Since ASUS is a Taiwanese company and since the bulk of their development and support is non-US based that makes it sound much more likely to be authentic to me. If it was perfect English it'd probably be BS unless it came from Gary (their local US support person who occasionally posts on XDA).
Nothing wrong with not speaking English natively. And it's really not that hard to interpret that he's trying to say the target for JB is early October.

aydc said:
That doesn't seem like it was written by someone who speaks English. What does "I have asked the superior that the JB of your unit will be released in early October" mean?
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I think it's pretty clear. He asked his superiors and they told him early October.

Super-S said:
I be happy would when arrive to our Jelly Bean on devices... on in october yes!
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funny i no your posting is comical...yes
:good:

October... Did this year?

What would it be useful to prepare and deploy the .30 ICS version if they are doing the same for Jelly Bean 10 days later ? I don't believe it's true and if it appears i'm wrong (i hope so) then i just don't understand Asus organization.
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VoicesX said:
October... Did this year?
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Good question..
Ghorin said:
What would it be useful to prepare and deploy the .30 ICS version if they are doing the same for Jelly Bean 10 days later ? I don't believe it's true and if it appears i'm wrong (i hope so) then i just don't understand Asus organization.
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Don't kill our hope!

Ghorin said:
What would it be useful to prepare and deploy the .30 ICS version if they are doing the same for Jelly Bean 10 days later ? I don't believe it's true and if it appears i'm wrong (i hope so) then i just don't understand Asus organization.
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I think someone mentioned in another thread that the bootloader was updated in .30, possibly in preparation for JB.

Ghorin said:
What would it be useful to prepare and deploy the .30 ICS version if they are doing the same for Jelly Bean 10 days later ? I don't believe it's true and if it appears i'm wrong (i hope so) then i just don't understand Asus organization.
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If you consider that it changed the bootloader, the .30 update could be considered an important precursor to the JB update. I actually took the .30 update as a sign that the JB countdown for the Infinity has started (i.e. 1st phase of the release plan).

I certainly hope so!

Ghorin said:
What would it be useful to prepare and deploy the .30 ICS version if they are doing the same for Jelly Bean 10 days later ? I don't believe it's true and if it appears i'm wrong (i hope so) then i just don't understand Asus organization.
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early october can be ~20 days away... it's only the 21st now.
would be nice to get JB as an early bday present!

C4PO said:
I think someone mentioned in another thread that the bootloader was updated in .30, possibly in preparation for JB.
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But then why not just include the new bootloader directly in the JB release? Why would they need to release the bootloader in ICS first? I mean if I upgraded directly from .26 to JB, then they must still include the new bootloader in JB anyway, right?
I tend to agree that I don't see the point in putting work into and releasing an ICS update if JB is literally going to be released in the next two or three weeks...
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clenz said:
If you consider that it changed the bootloader, the .30 update could be considered an important precursor to the JB update. I actually took the .30 update as a sign that the JB countdown for the Infinity has started (i.e. 1st phase of the release plan).
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I've come from a Motorola Xoom which got updated to JB just before I sold it to fund the purchase of my new Infinity. A few weeks before the BIG update there was a smaller one which updated the bootloader and a few other things. The subsequent transition was therefore smoother although a fairly large download - there were new GAPPS to consider! The result was a machine that went from great to wonderful to amazing.
I guess the .30 update, which I believe has taken the Infinity from good to better , may eventually lead us to the amazing tablet we were led to believe we had purchased!

eckka said:
I've come from a Motorola Xoom which got updated to JB just before I sold it to fund the purchase of my new Infinity. A few weeks before the BIG update there was a smaller one which updated the bootloader and a few other things. The subsequent transition was therefore smoother although a fairly large download - there were new GAPPS to consider! The result was a machine that went from great to wonderful to amazing.
I guess the .30 update, which I believe has taken the Infinity from good to better , may eventually lead us to the amazing tablet we were led to believe we had purchased!
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Exactly. Since JB will include a kernel update, it makes sense to me to separate the bootloader update from the kernel update. Time, size and risk mitigation. This is why I think that it is part of the larger release plan.

Well your comment "the new bootloader of .30 firmware is a prerequisite for the JB kernel" seems to me to be a fine and logic reason for that ICS update before the JB update. It's nearly convincing me that you're right and that i was wrong in my previous post.
Time will say ....
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aydc said:
That doesn't seem like it was written by someone who speaks English. What does "I have asked the superior that the JB of your unit will be released in early October" mean?
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all your base are belong to us.
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Libras'
rmkbow said:
early october can be ~20 days away... it's only the 21st now.
would be nice to get JB as an early bday present!
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That's what I am hoping for as well. The 19th here..

[DEV][WIP][UNBRICKABLE]Testing of Nvflash for TF700

While we're on a roll with TF300 release, we are now ready for further testing of TF700 nvflash solution
As usual there are a few requirements :
Unbricked device
Running any TF700 rom/bootloader
Able to use fastboot/adb
Must be unlocked, officially
MUST NOT BE RUNNING TF300 JB BOOTLOADER
NOTE: Latest update prevents this! If you're on 9.4.5.30, you can't get nvflash
There is some risk involved, but we have already tested it on one TF700 and cross-tested on TF201's. It's also based on the same stuff as TF201/TF300, so the ideas are fairly ell tested by now.
Interested testers should connect to freenode IRC and join #asus-transformer and poke me (rayman). We'll provide all files requires and both windows & linux users are welcome to join us in testing.
A quick primer on what nvflash is:
A way to move back and forth between any update/rom/bootloader
A way to unbrick once you have your files (Recovery from *any* software brick, incl. bootloader bricks)
A way to root any rom

rayman said:
NOTE: Latest update prevents this! If you're on 9.4.5.30, you can't get nvflash
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bastards

hmmm has anyone tried flashing back to .26 from .30 yet or do they always block downgrading the bootloader?

urrlyx said:
hmmm has anyone tried flashing back to .26 from .30 yet or do they always block downgrading the bootloader?
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This thread shows how to do it on the Prime. I did the downgrade on my TF201 and can confirm it worked fine. Works for TF101 too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22439618
Anyone man enough to try it on their infinity???
lafester said:
bastards
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That's a bit harsh Hardly their fault...
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rayman said:
[*]NOTE: Latest update prevents this! If you're on 9.4.5.30, you can't get nvflash
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like, ever?

I just finished testing nvflash for this device and worked like a charm
-hav0k
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paddycr said:
This thread shows how to do it on the Prime. I did the downgrade on my TF201 and can confirm it worked fine. Works for TF101 too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22439618
Anyone man enough to try it on their infinity???
That's a bit harsh Hardly their fault...
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In theory that should work.
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dasunsrule32 said:
In theory that should work.
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Sadly, theory != practice
In 9.4.5.30 for TF700, they appear to have the same prevention code that the TF300 JB rom has.
So no downgrades for now Hopefully someone will find a way, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Testing is done. We have all the testers we need.
I'll make a new post when we do the final release
Thanks to everyone.
rayman said:
While we're on a roll with TF300 release, we are now ready for further testing of TF700 nvflash solution
As usual there are a few requirements :
Unbricked device
Running any TF700 rom/bootloader
Able to use fastboot/adb
Must be unlocked, officially
MUST NOT BE RUNNING TF300 JB BOOTLOADER
NOTE: Latest update prevents this! If you're on 9.4.5.30, you can't get nvflash
There is some risk involved, but we have already tested it on one TF700 and cross-tested on TF201's. It's also based on the same stuff as TF201/TF300, so the ideas are fairly ell tested by now.
Interested testers should connect to freenode IRC and join #asus-transformer and poke me (rayman). We'll provide all files requires and both windows & linux users are welcome to join us in testing.
A quick primer on what nvflash is:
A way to move back and forth between any update/rom/bootloader
A way to unbrick once you have your files (Recovery from *any* software brick, incl. bootloader bricks)
A way to root any rom
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[Q] TF700KL

Anoyone wjho knows anything about JB og a Root for this device?
Iwould be happy the day i can get a custom firmware on it, sad that i dont know how to make this things on my own....

i think theres no way to root right now because the tf700kl has another soc as the tf700t and so the recovery from tf700t doesnt work.
and the recovery is the only way to root a asus device with jb on it.
so someone must make a recovery optimized for the tf700kl
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blackmambazzz said:
i think theres no way to root right now because the tf700kl has another soc as the tf700t and so the recovery from tf700t doesnt work.
and the recovery is the only way to root a asus device with jb on it.
so someone must make a recovery optimized for the tf700kl
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There is still no bootloader unlocker for it either. I haven't dared to try the one for TF700T ICS. So even it there was a recovery, we might be screwed. The TF700KL is on ICS 4.0.4 atm btw. And the method what worked for TF700T 4.0.3 does not work it seems (I tried...).

mathiasspleth said:
Anoyone wjho knows anything about JB og a Root for this device?
Iwould be happy the day i can get a custom firmware on it, sad that i dont know how to make this things on my own....
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There is no JB yet and all the files from the Asus website have vanished.
http://support.asus.com/download.as...ad+Infinity+TF700KL&hashedid=eYHK0zUbBywuYElo

sab65 said:
There is no JB yet and all the files from the Asus website have vanished.
http://support.asus.com/download.as...ad+Infinity+TF700KL&hashedid=eYHK0zUbBywuYElo
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Actually, the page just moved slightly, the files are still available:
http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=28&s=1&m=ASUS+Transformer+Pad+Infinity+TF700KL&os=8&hashedid=eYHK0zUbBywuYElo

Unlocking/Rooting with current JB firmware?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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