Hi guys, new on the forums.
I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello
Also, I just bought a TF700 for a killer price and he told me that someone (either him or someone else) tried to root the tablet and messed up. I've been told by the guy I've bought it from that it just stays at the Asus bootup logo.
Based on my reading from around the xda-dev board, the first thing I should check is see if Fastboot is installed/enabled. If so I should be in good shape and be able to restore the tablet, correct?
Overall I'm jumping into working with this tablet not knowing its condition so I'd like to know what my procedure should be to a) determine the problem and b) fix it.
Thanks guys!
-O
97prelude said:
Hi guys, new on the forums.
I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello
Also, I just bought a TF700 for a killer price and he told me that someone (either him or someone else) tried to root the tablet and messed up. I've been told by the guy I've bought it from that it just stays at the Asus bootup logo.
Based on my reading from around the xda-dev board, the first thing I should check is see if Fastboot is installed/enabled. If so I should be in good shape and be able to restore the tablet, correct?
Overall I'm jumping into working with this tablet not knowing its condition so I'd like to know what my procedure should be to a) determine the problem and b) fix it.
Thanks guys!
-O
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OK, turn off your device, hold volume down and power button, this should boot you into recovery, what do you see??
buhohitr said:
OK, turn off your device, hold volume down and power button, this should boot you into recovery, what do you see??
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I can't boot into recovery. All I see is "boot loader unlocked". I tried holding Power + Vol Down but nothing happens
97prelude said:
I can't boot into recovery. All I see is "boot loader unlocked". I tried holding Power + Vol Down but nothing happens
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Not good...So with the device is OFF. hold volume down button first, then the power button next, you only see "boot loader unlocked" ? try to hit the volume up button twice and wait a bit, what do you see?
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Not good...So with the device is OFF. hold volume down button first, then the power button next, you only see "boot loader unlocked" ? try to hit the volume up button twice and wait a bit, what do you see?
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I followed the procedure per your instrux. Still same result of "This device is unlocked" message in upper left corner. Pushed Vol up 2x, nothing. The device resets every 2 minutes or so.
That being said, I am able to boot into APX mode, however the drivers I found don't seem to be compatible with the device.
I think an issue may be that because of the fact that I'm stuck in this infinite boot loop the device never really turns off and therefore I can't get it into recovery. I think what I'm going to do is let it drain the battery and then charge it back up and try to get it into recovery mode off of a fresh power up.
97prelude said:
I think an issue may be that because of the fact that I'm stuck in this infinite boot loop the device never really turns off and therefore I can't get it into recovery. I think what I'm going to do is let it drain the battery and then charge it back up and try to get it into recovery mode off of a fresh power up.
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When you hold volume up and power button during boot up what did you see?
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When you hold volume up and power button during boot up what did you see?
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Blank screen, no logo, no text, nothing
97prelude said:
Blank screen, no logo, no text, nothing
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How did you get into APX mode?
nismmin series
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How did you get into APX mode?
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Connected it to the computer, held Vol UP and power.... then i heard the conenction of usb device sound on the computer. Didn't install properly cause I don't have the drivers but in my device manager I see in other devices a device labled APX Device
Sounds like it is hard bricked to me - no fast boot and no recovery. Only known way to fix is either presaved nvflash blob files (which I doubt you have from the info above) or send it back to Asus to replace motherboard.
sbdags said:
Sounds like it is hard bricked to me - no fast boot and no recovery. Only known way to fix is either presaved nvflash blob files (which I doubt you have from the info above) or send it back to Asus to replace motherboard.
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yea i am sending it out to Asus today
97prelude said:
yea i am sending it out to Asus today
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How much you paid for it? You mentioned "very cheap".
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I cannot seem to get my gtab to boot anymore. I was in the middle of flashing it a week ago and I hit the power button in the middle of the process, and it shut off. I have been unable to boot it beyond a black screen since then.
I tried to put cwmod on the microsd card and hold power + volume up while booting but nothing happens.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
Yeah - I bricked mine as well trying to get rid of the birds. Will post link to my fix shortly.
ensign.fodder said:
Yeah - I bricked mine as well trying to get rid of the birds. Will post link to my fix shortly.
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Try this --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
unhappyrobot said:
I cannot seem to get my gtab to boot anymore. I was in the middle of flashing it a week ago and I hit the power button in the middle of the process, and it shut off. I have been unable to boot it beyond a black screen since then.
I tried to put cwmod on the microsd card and hold power + volume up while booting but nothing happens.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
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Same thing with me, nothing but a black screen, the method posted on the link below really worked for me give it a try.
ensign.fodder said:
Try this --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
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Awesome, thanks guys nvflash did the trick!
help!
I had a very similar issue but I don't see how nvflash will help. My tablet refuses to load at all after a failed rom attempt. I don't get the load screen and I definitely can't do the power + volume button reset.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
theclosh said:
I had a very similar issue but I don't see how nvflash will help. My tablet refuses to load at all after a failed rom attempt. I don't get the load screen and I definitely can't do the power + volume button reset.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
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Note that nvFlash is power - volume, not power + volume that's used to get into recovery mode. while using nvflash, you need to have tablet to be connected to the pc in order to run nvflash. when power - volume is pressed, screen appears to be turned off on the tablet, until you run nvflash.bat on pc to push the stock rom. Hope that helps..
The black screen after the "birds logo" or even when you power on and don't get the logo is when the tablet is stuck in APX mode. It is hard to tell the difference between tablet off and tablet on in apx mode.
The best thing to do is plug in USB to the PC and see if the tablet shows up as a device (check device manager on Windows). If there is nothing popping up in Dev. Manager then try pressing the power button again to turn it on. Even though the screen still looks off, the device should come up and you can access it with nvflash.
As others have said, using nvflash to get back to stock, or even just flashing CWM recovery will sometimes work.
i was trying to do a factory reset on my TF700, and it was rooted.. but it froze during the reset, now when i try to turn it on it says "device is unlocked" and shows the asus and tegra logos, but stays there, if i hold volume down when i hole the power button it says "booting recovery kernel image" and freezes... i have no selection that i can select between here.... and lastly if i hold volume up, im able to detect APX through my computer and have the proper driver installed, but i dont know where to go here
so is it bricked? what do i do now?
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i was trying to do a factory reset on my TF700, and it was rooted.. but it froze during the reset, now when i try to turn it on it says "device is unlocked" and shows the asus and tegra logos, but stays there, if i hold volume down when i hole the power button it says "booting recovery kernel image" and freezes... i have no selection that i can select between here.... and lastly if i hold volume up, im able to detect APX through my computer and have the proper driver installed, but i dont know where to go here
so is it bricked? what do i do now?
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Can your pc see it through fastboot mode? connect your pc to your device, then hold down volume down and power button, when see white text let go both buttons, hit volume down to switch to the USB icon, then hit volume up button twice. On your computer, open command prompt (cmd) go to the directory where fastboot.exe is installed and type :
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
hit enter, is your computer reboot??
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Can your pc see it through fastboot mode? connect your pc to your device, then hold down volume down and power button, when see white text let go both buttons, hit volume down to switch to the USB icon, then hit volume up button twice. On your computer, open command prompt (cmd) go to the directory where fastboot.exe is installed and type :
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
hit enter, is your computer reboot??
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as i said, when i hold volume and power i get no option to select anything, the white text just says "booting recovery kernal image".. no option to select USB or fastboot
jason41987 said:
as i said, when i hold volume and power i get no option to select anything, the white text just says "booting recovery kernal image".. no option to select USB or fastboot
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Then not much you can do but to send out for repair, you could try to keep it off for awhile and try again, hopefully it can boot into recovery, but very slim at this point.
Just for the hell of it, hit the reset button too, maybe magic will come!
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Then not much you can do but to send out for repair, you could try to keep it off for awhile and try again, hopefully it can boot into recovery, but very slim at this point.
Just for the hell of it, hit the reset button too, maybe magic will come!
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ive tried the reset button too.... will asus repair it even though its been rooted?
jason41987 said:
ive tried the reset button too.... will asus repair it even though its been rooted?
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Being rooted is not a problem. Being unlocked might be a problem.
jason41987 said:
ive tried the reset button too.... will asus repair it even though its been rooted?
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MartyHulskemper is correct, you should be ok. You should exchange with the company you purchase it from if within 30 days.
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MartyHulskemper is correct, you should be ok. You should exchange with the company you purchase it from if within 30 days.
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aah, it was unlocked too
jason41987 said:
aah, it was unlocked too
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Just return it and play dumb. Worst case you have to pay for your repair.
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Just return it and play dumb. Worst case you have to pay for your repair.
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what do you think such a repair would cost? not needing anything hardware fixed?
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what do you think such a repair would cost? not needing anything hardware fixed?
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I your case I think they just need to reflash the bootloader should cost around $100. If mainboard or screen range from 250-350 (shipping, parts and labor). Can you just exchange from where you purchased?
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I your case I think they just need to reflash the bootloader should cost around $100. If mainboard or screen range from 250-350 (shipping, parts and labor). Can you just exchange from where you purchased?
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i wouldnt want to exchange it.. wouldnt trust someone else with the data, and also, im partial to this one now.. kind of sentimental
according to other brick cases, bricked devices due to bootloaders need their motherboard replaced. after repairs you will not be able to unlock it again.
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according to other brick cases, bricked devices due to bootloaders need their motherboard replaced. after repairs you will not be able to unlock it again.
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that sounds absolutely rediculous for a bootloader error, and unable to ever be unlocked again?.. thats insane that they would do that, but i heard about it before.. this all happened because of a faulty backup image to begin with, that froze my damn tablet while reverting to factory settings... makes me so angry that this is their policy....
so has anyone else had this issue before? and what did it cost?
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that sounds absolutely rediculous for a bootloader error, and unable to ever be unlocked again?.. thats insane that they would do that, but i heard about it before.. this all happened because of a faulty backup image to begin with, that froze my damn tablet while reverting to factory settings... makes me so angry that this is their policy....
so has anyone else had this issue before? and what did it cost?
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is it possible to fix this myself? i am able to get an apx connection with my computer... if o hold power and press volume down it attempts to load a backup image which im guessing was corrupted in the first place... not sure the bootloader is really the issue?
anyone?
If you don't have nvflash backup(for use with APX mode), and you can't get to recovery. You pretty much done.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda premium
nvflash backup had to have been installed on the tablet prior to this happening?.. or do i use nvflash to install a backup, and if so, couldnt i get a vanilla backup image somewhere?
jason41987 said:
nvflash backup had to have been installed on the tablet prior to this happening?.. or do i use nvflash to install a backup, and if so, couldnt i get a vanilla backup image somewhere?
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Well obviousely you don't have nvflash backup. You only can make a backup of nvflash if you have build version .26, once you updated, there is NO WAY you can make nvflash backup. The problem is there is no way we can communicate with your device to dump any image since the recovery is gone (corrupted). You need this recovery so you can push or load file/image etc.. from your sdcard or from your PC. All you can do now is keep playing with it and hope for miracle for some how you can get back in recovery mode.
well this is exactly what comes up when i hold power and volume down... im not sure if this means much to anyone
also, it speaks of checking for an android ota recovery, however it cannot find one... where is an ota recovery image located? im assuming somewhere over the internet?... or is it on a removable SD card?
the device is unlocked.
Android cardhy-user bootloader <2.10 e> released by "US_epad-9.4.5.30-20120907" A03
checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image
I just bought a new TF700T and have unlocked the bootloader, and am now trying to root. However, when I start the device by holding down Power and VolumeDown, the bootloader immediately loads the recovery kernel without giving me the opportunity to select fastboot.
What's up with that?
Rand Brittain said:
I just bought a new TF700T and have unlocked the bootloader, and am now trying to root. However, when I start the device by holding down Power and VolumeDown, the bootloader immediately loads the recovery kernel without giving me the opportunity to select fastboot.
What's up with that?
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What is your build number (look in settings -> about tablet)
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What is your build number (look in settings -> about tablet)
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JRO03C.US_epad-10.4.4.20-20121026
Rand Brittain said:
JRO03C.US_epad-10.4.4.20-20121026
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So you turn off your device, hold down volume down and power buttons, as soon as you see the white text appeared on the top left of your screen and you let go both buttons, you don't see 4 icons??
buhohitr said:
So you turn off your device, hold down volume down and power buttons, as soon as you see the white text appeared on the top left of your screen and you let go both buttons, you don't see 4 icons??
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I see them, but the device immediately announces that it's taking me to the recovery kernel images.
Or I let go too soon and it boots normally. I haven't found a way to actually be allowed to make the selection yet.
Having tried something different, even using "adb reboot bootloader" from the command prompt reboots the device to the bootloader, but still gives me no chance to make any selection other than the recovery kernel image.
Okay, solution to the problem found: even though the bootloader tells you that Vol- moves the selection and Vol+ selects it, it's the other way round.
Problem solved.
Rand Brittain said:
Okay, solution to the problem found: even though the bootloader tells you that Vol- moves the selection and Vol+ selects it, it's the other way round.
Problem solved.
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Nice finding, you have a reverse one, maybe Asus QA guy put the button in backward! LOL
buhohitr said:
Nice finding, you have a reverse one, maybe Asus QA guy put the button in backward! LOL
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It acts normally once the system is booted up when I turn volume up or down, so I dunno. It is a mystery.
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here so forgive my errors (if any):
I have tried a few things on my TF700:
1. I have installed the rooting tool from asus website and after activating it,
The first boot scrren said (on top left corner) "the device is unlocked"
When running the app again it would give an error.
2. I tried soft reset - nothing there.
3. I went for hard reset - I accidently went for the left most icon....
After a little investigation on a few pages here I think it is in APX mode..???
It turns on but stays in the first screen with the white ASUS logo on screen & thats it...
Any ideas anyone???
How do I save my precious TF700??
I tried connecting to it through USB installing (Linux):
cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/60-nvflash.rules <<END
# nvflash support for Nvidia Tegra systems attached to USB
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0955", ATTR{idProduct}=="7820", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
END
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With no luck...
What can I do???
Thanx...
jadeye said:
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here so forgive my errors (if any):
I have tried a few things on my TF700:
1. I have installed the rooting tool from asus website and after activating it,
The first boot scrren said (on top left corner) "the device is unlocked"
When running the app again it would give an error.
2. I tried soft reset - nothing there.
3. I went for hard reset - I accidently went for the left most icon....
After a little investigation on a few pages here I think it is in APX mode..???
It turns on but stays in the first screen with the white ASUS logo on screen & thats it...
Any ideas anyone???
How do I save my precious TF700??
I tried connecting to it through USB installing (Linux):
With no luck...
What can I do???
Thanx...
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If you use the Asus unlock tool, you should not brick your device. It looks like that you wipe your system some how. I am guessing here... Can you do some test for me? If you on the Asus screen, just press the power button for about 10 seconds until it shuts down and then keep holding the power button with the volume down at the same time until you are going back to the three icons, thanks. I just want to see if you can get back to your recovery...
LetMeKnow said:
If you use the Asus unlock tool, you should not brick your device. It looks like that you wipe your system some how. I am guessing here... Can you do some test for me? If you on the Asus screen, just press the power button for about 10 seconds until it shuts down and then keep holding the power button with the volume down at the same time until you are going back to the three icons, thanks. I just want to see if you can get back to your recovery...
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Than you for you reply...
I already tried that...it just loops the same shut down to ASUS LOGO screen with no response to the volume down button.
I also let it run out of power so to try & get it out of this loop which resembles an APX loop but in vain...it just keeps on powering up to the same state...
Will give it another go....
There isn't even a pause where I can slip the volume down button in, that is why I let it run out of power to slip the volume down button in...& that is what I am going to do now...let it charge for a short while and power it up with the volume down button (which did not work for several tries...)
jadeye said:
Than you for you reply...
I already tried that...it just loops the same shut down to ASUS LOGO screen with no response to the volume down button.
I also let it run out of power so to try & get it out of this loop which resembles an APX loop but in vain...it just keeps on powering up to the same state...
Will give it another go....
There isn't even a pause where I can slip the volume down button in, that is why I let it run out of power to slip the volume down button in...& that is what I am going to do now...let it charge for a short while and power it up with the volume down button (which did not work for several tries...)
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Just powered it up with volume down & same screen...
What can I do?
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Just powered it up with volume down & same screen...
What can I do?
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I believed that I can not help you any further with this issue because my knowledge is limited in this situation. I hope that somebody else can give you a good advice.. Good luck..
Hold down volume down and keep held down whilst holding the power button down for at least 10 secs. What happens?
sbdags said:
Hold down volume down and keep held down whilst holding the power button down for at least 10 secs. What happens?
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I have do this several times (but will try again) and it just powers back up to the same screen...
Did anyone refer you my suggestion of it being in APX mode??
What happens if I put a micro SD Card in the slot??
What is that left most logo on the hard reset screen?
What is that right most logo on the hard reset screen?
I know the center is the android...
HELP!!!
Where are all the experts here??
If an SD Card does function, what do I need to have on it in order to restore the state of my ASUS to functional?
Thanx to all those who are giving my POST some thought...
jadeye said:
I have do this several times (but will try again) and it just powers back up to the same screen...
Did anyone refer you my suggestion of it being in APX mode??
What happens if I put a micro SD Card in the slot??
What is that left most logo on the hard reset screen?
What is that right most logo on the hard reset screen?
I know the center is the android...
HELP!!!
Where are all the experts here??
If an SD Card does function, what do I need to have on it in order to restore the state of my ASUS to functional?
Thanx to all those who are giving my POST some thought...
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The device will enter in APX mode only with the Volume UP + Power buttons combo and to get out of that mode you need to hold the Power button for at least 10 seconds.
If you can't get to the bootloader menu (the one with the 3 icons) anymore you are out of luck and only Asus can repair your device. APX it's useful only if you have the NvFlash backup.
Inserting a microSD with an original Asus firmware is also useless if you can't access the bootloader menu because you can't boot in recovery mode.
jadeye said:
I have do this several times (but will try again) and it just powers back up to the same screen...
Did anyone refer you my suggestion of it being in APX mode??
What happens if I put a micro SD Card in the slot??
What is that left most logo on the hard reset screen?
What is that right most logo on the hard reset screen?
I know the center is the android...
HELP!!!
Where are all the experts here??
If an SD Card does function, what do I need to have on it in order to restore the state of my ASUS to functional?
Thanx to all those who are giving my POST some thought...
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Make sure you do EXACTLY what sdbags said - he IS the expert.
With the tablet powered OFF, press and hold BOTH the power button and volume down button together, for at least 10 seconds. It should bring you back to the screen with the 3 icons. RCK, android robot icon, wipe. RCK gets you to recovery mode where you can use TWRP for recovery/flash installs, etc. Middle android is the cold boot option which sometimes fixes problems like you're having. Don't do wipe unless someone like sdbags explicitly tells you.
Hope you can fix this.
jt1998 said:
Make sure you do EXACTLY what sdbags said - he IS the expert.
With the tablet powered OFF, press and hold BOTH the power button and volume down button together, for at least 10 seconds. It should bring you back to the screen with the 3 icons. RCK, android robot icon, wipe. RCK gets you to recovery mode where you can use TWRP for recovery/flash installs, etc. Middle android is the cold boot option which sometimes fixes problems like you're having. Don't do wipe unless someone like sdbags explicitly tells you.
Hope you can fix this.
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Well guys...thank you all for your help & time...
I tried everything anyone here suggested but unfortunately ended up with the same result: ASUS white logo screen.
The tablet is still under the first year time period...any suggestions as for how to get it fixed (RMA) without paying tones of money?
What should I say happened???
Guess RCK does not work on my device...(?)
Thank you all...
Did you try the middle android icon to see if that helped? You switch to the middle one by pressing volume down, then select it by pressing volume up.
The device also have a reset button (a tiny hole near the micro hdmi port),use a paperclip to press it and hope for the best.
As for the RMA ,Asus could charge you for repairing because you unlocked the bootloader but some users here on XDA also reported that Asus repaired their device for free even if the bootloader was unlocked.
Pretoriano80 said:
The device also have a reset button (a tiny hole near the micro hdmi port),use a paperclip to press it and hope for the best.
As for the RMA ,Asus could charge you for repairing because you unlocked the bootloader but some users here on XDA also reported that Asus repaired their device for free even if the bootloader was unlocked.
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Sorry guys...NOTHING WORKS!!! :crying:
:angel: Thank you all for your time & assistance...
jadeye said:
Sorry guys...NOTHING WORKS!!! :crying:
:angel: Thank you all for your time & assistance...
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im having same issue. and for me its worse because my volume rocker is broken
crappy devices by asus - NO SUPPoRT!!!
qman66 said:
im having same issue. and for me its worse because my volume rocker is broken
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Sorry to hear...I could never get it fixed and asus support does NOT EXIST!!!
I am never buying such crappy devices by asus ever again!!!
I did write the like 5 times, they do have service labs here but these service labs know much less then xda-devs...:laugh:
Pretoriano80 said:
The device will enter in APX mode only with the Volume UP + Power buttons combo and to get out of that mode you need to hold the Power button for at least 10 seconds.
If you can't get to the bootloader menu (the one with the 3 icons) anymore you are out of luck and only Asus can repair your device. APX it's useful only if you have the NvFlash backup.
Inserting a microSD with an original Asus firmware is also useless if you can't access the bootloader menu because you can't boot in recovery mode.
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I have only APX mode available and I have the NvFlash backup.. Is there any way to bring him to life? I can't enter bootloader menu or recovery.
Prizrak_M said:
I have only APX mode available and I have the NvFlash backup.. Is there any way to bring him to life? I can't enter bootloader menu or recovery.
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You can try this treat, xda-developers Asus Transformer TF700 Transformer TF700 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting i screwed up by Motawa88
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742274
Best regards
Scenic-3
Scenic-3 said:
You can try this treat, xda-developers Asus Transformer TF700 Transformer TF700 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting i screwed up by Motawa88
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742274
Best regards
Scenic-3
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I'm a little confused, but if I can't get access to fastboot, is it all?
Hey Guys,
so ive been messing around with this little phone and think i might have managed a hard brick. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
was attempting to relock the bootloader and flashing my local 4.4.2 rom and on the command prompt when i reached flash system.img parsechunk lines, they failed. as it said permission denied.
Tried to continue with no luck. Restarted my phone and now cant get into recovery and no boot, the only screen i see is the white warning bootloader locked screen, get a vibrate and then it turns off again. Any ways to flash without Recovery or Fastboot or am i completely out of luck?
Sorry im new to motorolas, had no problems messing around with my old SGS2
Thanks in advance everybody.
did you try this ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
the only problem is cant get the phone into fastboot mode. Thanks for the input though!
mackb44 said:
the only problem is cant get the phone into fastboot mode. Thanks for the input though!
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I've been in a few situations where I thought I had 'bricked' my phone. One way that worked (sometimes) was to long press the POWER button for a very long time(minutes), then release and (sometimes) it would reboot.
The usual way to the fastboot menu is - power off (which yours probably is), then hold vol. down and press power button for 5/10 seconds and release both.
Good luck!
jamsh said:
I've been in a few situations where I thought I had 'bricked' my phone. One way that worked (sometimes) was to long press the POWER button for a very long time(minutes), then release and (sometimes) it would reboot.
The usual way to the fastboot menu is - power off (which yours probably is), then hold vol. down and press power button for 5/10 seconds and release both.
Good luck!
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Yea tried both options, no luck!
The only screen i can get now is the bootloader unlocked screen or the white charging screen when plugged in. After that the screen will stay on but is completely black.
Success I can get into fastboot now!!!! not sure why i could not before
mackb44 said:
Success I can get into fastboot now!!!! not sure why i could not before
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yes i had something similar,bootlocker warning and then the screen going dark. i just ended up using fastboot and flashing a stock rom and went from there.
glad your panic is over .
quizmaniac said:
yes i had something similar,bootlocker warning and then the screen going dark. i just ended up using fastboot and flashing a stock rom and went from there.
glad your panic is over .
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Yea thanks buddy!
just have to wait for it to charge up before it will let me flash using adb, oddly its only showing that it is charging while plugged into usb and not the wall socket