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[q] can you flash rom w/fastboot

I somehow have locked myself out but still have access to CWM and FASTBOOT. So, how do I use FASTBOOT to install a rom? Is it even possible? I just flashed CWM again, but still cannot get my CWM Backup copy to work.

up.
My friend has same issue, change build.prop.. no backup, no adb, only fastboot with cwm. Any ideas? Ext SD don't work in CWM\TWRP.
upd: Answer myself - Plug into usb in recovery, update driver in device manager to ADB Device, use adb

See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680570

What happens if clockworkmod recovery cannot read zip files???

fastboot flash zip rom.zip

prototype7 said:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
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Do I need a system.img file???

ri123 said:
Do I need a system.img file???
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No, just the regular zip, you could also try reflashing the recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img).

prototype7 said:
No, just the regular zip, you could also try reflashing the recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img).
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What about fastboot update command???

No
Hit the thanks button if i helped

Is this procedure compatible with the meta inf folder???

noooo!! i try "fastboot flash zip rom.zip" and it says FAILED remote partition does not exist!! what can i do now??

nooo!!! it says ( failed remote partition does not exist)

Xperia S with the same problem mine says
(remote: Partition not found)

The command you can used to flash a zipped ROM like the stock one from Asus is...
Fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash system yourrom.zip
I usually flash these using twrp recovery but I think that will do it.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app

Maybe I just can't follow instructions or anythng, but I attempted my first ROM flash and it didn't work.
I tried the Blackbean 5 ROM, with TWRP. I found a set of instructions saying how to flash with TWRP, so I followed them, and I think I've soft-bricked my TF300T. Just stays on the Asus logo, and in top left it says "The Device is UnLocked."
I DID make a recovery in TWRP, and I attempted to flash that back with no luck.
Maybe I'm doing it wrong, so can someone help me out here?
funnel71 said:
The command you can used to flash a zipped ROM like the stock one from Asus is...
Fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash system yourrom.zip
I usually flash these using twrp recovery but I think that will do it.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app
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I tried this with the stock ROM, from their website, and it didn't help...
So I'm not sure what my problem is now.
Then again, when it comes to ROMs, I'm a noob.
EDIT: I still have TWRP, my recovery, and the Blackbean ROM .zip on the device.

TsarProdigy said:
Maybe I just can't follow instructions or anythng, but I attempted my first ROM flash and it didn't work.
I tried the Blackbean 5 ROM, with TWRP. I found a set of instructions saying how to flash with TWRP, so I followed them, and I think I've soft-bricked my TF300T. Just stays on the Asus logo, and in top left it says "The Device is UnLocked."
I DID make a recovery in TWRP, and I attempted to flash that back with no luck.
Maybe I'm doing it wrong, so can someone help me out here?
I tried this with the stock ROM, from their website, and it didn't help...
So I'm not sure what my problem is now.
Then again, when it comes to ROMs, I'm a noob.
EDIT: I still have TWRP, my recovery, and the Blackbean ROM .zip on the device.
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Background first when stock were you JB or ICS? Blackbean OP does not specify. At the moment I'm to lazy to read through thread or flash to find the answer. If you were on stock JB you can only use JB roms, if you were on ICS you can only use JB after stock upgrade to JB.
Forget Blackbean for now and let's concentrate on getting you fully functional on stock again. If you were on ICS then download stock 9.4.3.30 and unzip once that leaves you with a zip. Place that zip on your ( /sdcard ) or external sdcard ( /Removable/MicroSD ) and flash with Twrp. If you were JB then the instructions are the same except use stock 10.4.2.13.
If you do this you will loose your recovery ( Twrp ) but you should have a functional unit.
Non stock rom install.
Be sure you use proper rom for your bootloader ( ICS or JB ). Choose one that gives you instructions as to what to wipe, etc. You can adlib after you get your feet wet. If the op gives instructions use them if not then you may or may not have a happy ending with generic instructions.:good:
If you need anything explained let me know and I'll step by step for what you don't understand.
The reply you tried to follow said "I think", you should have investigated before following. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that was incorrect but the poster was in doubt and you should be also.
When we say "I think" we kind of assume you are going to do some reading and be comfortable with everything before you continue.
I took a little time to look over Blackbean and as I suspected it is for the ICS bootloader not JB.

same problem
I am having the exact same problem. I did manage to install the clean rom 2.5 custom rom successfully originally, and i made a backup through CWM, but I cant install any other rom on there for some reason. Yesterday I managed to go back to stock Asus jellybean rom successfully, and then had to root it and install CWM again successfully. I have again tried again today to install that EuroSkank rom, but alas, I get stuck at the ASUS boot logo permanently and nothing happens?
What might I be doing wrong??
I am on Jellybean. Thankfully the CWM is working fine and I could also restore my cleanrom2.5 backup.
tobdaryl said:
Background first when stock were you JB or ICS? Blackbean OP does not specify. At the moment I'm to lazy to read through thread or flash to find the answer. If you were on stock JB you can only use JB roms, if you were on ICS you can only use JB after stock upgrade to JB.
Forget Blackbean for now and let's concentrate on getting you fully functional on stock again. If you were on ICS then download stock 9.4.3.30 and unzip once that leaves you with a zip. Place that zip on your ( /sdcard ) or external sdcard ( /Removable/MicroSD ) and flash with Twrp. If you were JB then the instructions are the same except use stock 10.4.2.13.
If you do this you will loose your recovery ( Twrp ) but you should have a functional unit.
Non stock rom install.
Be sure you use proper rom for your bootloader ( ICS or JB ). Choose one that gives you instructions as to what to wipe, etc. You can adlib after you get your feet wet. If the op gives instructions use them if not then you may or may not have a happy ending with generic instructions.:good:
If you need anything explained let me know and I'll step by step for what you don't understand.
The reply you tried to follow said "I think", you should have investigated before following. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that was incorrect but the poster was in doubt and you should be also.
When we say "I think" we kind of assume you are going to do some reading and be comfortable with everything before you continue.
I took a little time to look over Blackbean and as I suspected it is for the ICS bootloader not JB.
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maggoty said:
I am having the exact same problem. I did manage to install the clean rom 2.5 custom rom successfully originally, and i made a backup through CWM, but I cant install any other rom on there for some reason. Yesterday I managed to go back to stock Asus jellybean rom successfully, and then had to root it and install CWM again successfully. I have again tried again today to install that EuroSkank rom, but alas, I get stuck at the ASUS boot logo permanently and nothing happens?
What might I be doing wrong??
I am on Jellybean. Thankfully the CWM is working fine and I could also restore my cleanrom2.5 backup.
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( EuroSkank ) is also an ICS rom not JB - Clean rom 2.5 is JB. For now unless you have NVFlash you can't go back to ICS from JB and you can't run ICS rom with JB bootloader. (I'm using ICS and JB here to declare the bootloader )

Ok, Thank you very much.
tobdaryl said:
( EuroSkank ) is also an ICS rom not JB - Clean rom 2.5 is JB. For now unless you have NVFlash you can't go back to ICS from JB and you can't run ICS rom with JB bootloader. (I'm using ICS and JB here to declare the bootloader )
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any1 with Partition not found problem, open zip and look at the folders, delete everything except folder you want (which is propably system) then write
fastboot flash system yourzip.zip
if this doesn't work for you then extract files from the folder and repack only files from the system folder and use the command above.
It doesn't work for me (dunno why) but it's something

Can't load recovery

Hello everyone,
My problem is this: I wanted to install a CM10 nightly on the device, so I root using the DebugfsRoot method, install rom manager, flash a recovery, try to install a ROM and it did not work. Rebooting into recovery got me the red triangle, but using the volume buttons allowed me to get in (only it did not have the option to install updates or anything. I think it was just he mounting and partition options)
Since I did not unlock the device before doing this, I chose to do so using ASUS's unlock utility. Once done, I tried booting into recovery, but the device would be stuck at "booting recovery kernel image" and won't budge. I tried flashing different version of CW but it did not seem to work.
Finally, for some reason, I chose the "wipe data" option from the bootloader and the device was stuck, again, at "booting recovery kernel image", only this time I can't boot into a ROM nor can I boot back into bootloader.
What happens when I boot using power and volume down is this:-
The device is Unlocked
Android cardhu-user bootloader <2.10 e> released by "US_epad-9.4.5.26-20120720" A03
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image
and then everything's stuck.
Booting normally makes the device stop at "the device is unlocked" message because, I assume, there is no ROM flashed into the device.
Thanks for helping in advance.

It's not just that I can't get the unit to go into recovery, It's that I can't even get to fastboot (it tries to go into recovery every time I try to get into fastboot)

ShiroiKage said:
It's not just that I can't get the unit to go into recovery, It's that I can't even get to fastboot (it tries to go into recovery every time I try to get into fastboot)
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I believe your device is bricked. Using a wrong version of custom recovery may caused this. I haven't seen anyone able to fix the issue that you having right now, the only thing is to send out to Asus for repair.

buhohitr said:
I believe your device is bricked. Using a wrong version of custom recovery may caused this. I haven't seen anyone able to fix the issue that you having right now, the only thing is to send out to Asus for repair.
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So, if I get it repaired/replaced, what version of CW recovery should I get? It seems that there is not, yet, a version for the Infinity tab. I really want to get a custom ROM because the stuff ASUS has slapped on their version of Android gets under my skin.

ShiroiKage said:
So, if I get it repaired/replaced, what version of CW recovery should I get? It seems that there is not, yet, a version for the Infinity tab. I really want to get a custom ROM because the stuff ASUS has slapped on their version of Android gets under my skin.
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The Team Win TWRP version 2.3.1.0 works really well. It's a touch recovery and very easy to use and full featured.

okantomi said:
The Team Win TWRP version 2.3.1.0 works really well. It's a touch recovery and very easy to use and full featured.
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One very last question:-
Would it work if I get the CM10 nightly for the TF300T installed on a TF700T (since it's practically the same device with a different screen)? If not, is there a ROM that's pure JB without ASUS's stuff installed one it?
Your replies are very much appreciated.

ShiroiKage said:
One very last question:-
Would it work if I get the CM10 nightly for the TF300T installed on a TF700T (since it's practically the same device with a different screen)? If not, is there a ROM that's pure JB without ASUS's stuff installed one it?
Your replies are very much appreciated.
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I would NOT recommend you do so with tf300 on tf700. There is no pure stock debloated version for JB, however, if you want to stay as close as stock and stable I would recommend "Cleanrom for JB". This rom doesn't have Asus bloatware and a few performance tweaks make it very good.

buhohitr said:
I would NOT recommend you do so with tf300 on tf700. There is no pure stock debloated version for JB, however, if you want to stay as close as stock and stable I would recommend "Cleanrom for JB". This rom doesn't have Asus bloatware and a few performance tweaks make it very good.
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So I got it replaced (Best Buy swapped it for a new one) and everything's fine. I even installed Clean ROM and it's good. Problem is that the left speaker is not working and I need to flash the stock ROM to make sure it's nothing caused by software, before I go back and re-return the unit. However, ASUS's firmware is not longer wanting to flash. It gives me the "failed" message in TWR's recovery (no backup because my internal memory was wiped when installing ASUS's JB update :/)
EDIT: Never mind. I thought the holes at the bottom, on either side of the USP port, were the speakers. Turns out I was not thinking straight. Still, I'd like to know if anyone has an idea as to why the ASUS firmware is not wanting to install.

ShiroiKage said:
So I got it replaced (Best Buy swapped it for a new one) and everything's fine. I even installed Clean ROM and it's good. Problem is that the left speaker is not working and I need to flash the stock ROM to make sure it's nothing caused by software, before I go back and re-return the unit. However, ASUS's firmware is not longer wanting to flash. It gives me the "failed" message in TWR's recovery (no backup because my internal memory was wiped when installing ASUS's JB update :/)
EDIT: Never mind. I thought the holes at the bottom, on either side of the USP port, were the speakers. Turns out I was not thinking straight. Still, I'd like to know if anyone has an idea as to why the ASUS firmware is not wanting to install.
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You can't install the ASUS firmware through custom recovery. It has to be stock. I believe there are signature checks that prevent it from installing otherwise.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

did you unzip the file? should be a zip within a zip. you flash the zip inside

lafester said:
did you unzip the file? should be a zip within a zip. you flash the zip inside
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You know, I unzipped the file the first time I installed it to get Clean ROM to flash, I had the unzipped folder there yet I managed to forget to use the unzipped file. /InfiniteFacePalm

[Q] Temporarily bricked after trying to boot into CWM

I just got my TF700 the other day. I was able to downgrade to .30, root, and unlock the bootloader without incident. I just pushed CWM per this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31556045&postcount=1. I tried booting into CWM, got the standard quick vibration but the tablet was dead after that. I messed around for a while and finally after holding the power button several times in a row, it booted as normal. Battery is at 80%
Before I go any further, what just happened? Can I push CWM again the same way to re-install it? How should I proceed?
FWIW, the checksum for download 1 on the page mentioned only matched the checksum for #2. I used #2 because it matched its MD5 as it was listed on the page.

lowriderdog37 said:
I just got my TF700 the other day. I was able to downgrade to .30, root, and unlock the bootloader without incident. I just pushed CWM per this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31556045&postcount=1. I tried booting into CWM, got the standard quick vibration but the tablet was dead after that. I messed around for a while and finally after holding the power button several times in a row, it booted as normal. Battery is at 80%
Before I go any further, what just happened? Can I push CWM again the same way to re-install it? How should I proceed?
FWIW, the checksum for download 1 on the page mentioned only matched the checksum for #2. I used #2 because it matched its MD5 as it was listed on the page.
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The proper way to do this is to upgrade to the latest stock JB (10.4.4.25), unlock, and you can either fastboot the recovery or unlock it be flashing Superuser. It is not advised to downgrade,even if it seems easier, because if you do it the way I stated, everything will be latest and should not have any problems whatsoever. since you downgraded to ICS, you now have a ICS bootloader. an ICS bootloader will not boot JB, nor vice versa. so now you will need to flash a JB bootloader, which will not boot the stock ICS, so you will now need Cromi, Cyanogen,or another custom rom to get it update with JB. Make sure you have them preinstalled on a SDcard before doing any more flashing.
If I am wrong, hopefully someone will correct me.
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700T Infinity Pad Using Tapatalk HD
Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood .

Tylorw1 said:
The proper way to do this is to upgrade to the latest stock JB (10.4.4.25), unlock, and you can either fastboot the recovery or unlock it be flashing Superuser. It is not advised to downgrade,even if it seems easier, because if you do it the way I stated, everything will be latest and should not have any problems whatsoever. since you downgraded to ICS, you now have a ICS bootloader. an ICS bootloader will not boot JB, nor vice versa. so now you will need to flash a JB bootloader, which will not boot the stock ICS, so you will now need Cromi, Cyanogen,or another custom rom to get it update with JB. Make sure you have them preinstalled on a SDcard before doing any more flashing.
If I am wrong, hopefully someone will correct me.
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700T Infinity Pad Using Tapatalk HD
Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood .
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The writeups I had seen prior unlocking said to downgrade to .30...so I did. I am still sitting on .30 and am planning on installing CM 10.1 which I have on both the TF700 internal and an external SD card. The only problem is what I mentioned above where my device wouldn't boot into CWM and subsequently locked up for about 15 min. Should I upgrade to JB .25 prior to booting into CWM and installing CM 10.1?

lowriderdog37 said:
The writeups I had seen prior unlocking said to downgrade to .30...so I did. I am still sitting on .30 and am planning on installing CM 10.1 which I have on both the TF700 internal and an external SD card. The only problem is what I mentioned above where my device wouldn't boot into CWM and subsequently locked up for about 15 min. Should I upgrade to JB .25 prior to booting into CWM and installing CM 10.1?
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I CM10.1 requires the JB bootloader, If you install CM on the ICS it wont boot. I dont see why the recovery is the problem. I would try updating to JB bootloader, use the zips in Cromi's second post, and then try installing Cromi. Downgrading is only recommended if you want to stay on a locked bootloader. Otherwise, you should flash the root.then install recovery, or simply fastboot it.
In order to install CM you will need to update the bootloader, then once it is updated you will not be able to boot into the ICS rom, so you will have to already have CM10.1, also dont forget google apps, so it can be flash afterwards.
IF CM is installed with the ICS boot loader it will just not boot, it will go into recovery but that is it. I dont see any probability in bricking your device. But I am only a newb, so you may wanna wait for another's input.
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700T Infinity Pad Using Tapatalk HD
Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood .
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lowriderdog37 said:
The writeups I had seen prior unlocking said to downgrade to .30...so I did. I am still sitting on .30 and am planning on installing CM 10.1 which I have on both the TF700 internal and an external SD card. The only problem is what I mentioned above where my device wouldn't boot into CWM and subsequently locked up for about 15 min. Should I upgrade to JB .25 prior to booting into CWM and installing CM 10.1?
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Or you could install the 10.4.4.25 stock, then just fastboot a recovery. I mistakenly said root with zip, you cant without custom recovery so scratch that, the only way to install custom recovery via the method I gave is fastboot. Or the way you did so, but that requires more steps and upgrades. Also greater chance of bricking. This is because of the incompatibility of the rom, boot loader, and recovery. If you have latest recovery,I would install the bootloader, then flash CM10.1 + Gapps and should be good to go.
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700T Infinity Pad Using Tapatalk HD
Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood .

Got it working. Yes, it appears CWM is bootloader specific. I flashed the JB bootloader and was able to get into cwm and install CM10.1 I am not up and running. Thanks!

lowriderdog37 said:
Got it working. Yes, it appears CWM is bootloader specific. I flashed the JB bootloader and was able to get into cwm and install CM10.1 I am not up and running. Thanks!
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Just remember for future reference, keep things up to date,or at least compatible with one another or you will run into trouble later.The #1 reason for tf700's bricking software wise is people do not update their bootloader as they update their recovery. Just keep things recent and you should have not a problem.
Tylor
Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700T Infinity Pad Using Tapatalk HD
Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood .

Stuck on ASUS screen while installing CM10

Hi, I unlocked my TF300T sotck ICS 4.0.3 with the Asus app, I flashed CWM and the root_signed thingy without a problem. I then did a data wipe, cache and dalvik wipe and flashed CM10 stable build for TF300T and the Gapps zip. I reboot and it's stuck on ASUS screen. I'm currently doing a restore of the "nandroid". Will this restore my tablet to ICS? What did I do wrong? How do I get either Cm10 to work or return to the ICS? Also, if I need to flash something else, how do I do it? Does the CWM recognize msd cards? Because all I have on the internal memory is the CM10 which currently did not work for me. I'm a little desperate right now. Thanks.
EDIT: DAMN IT, I just got an error restoring data. What the hell do I do? Please!
i tried restoring again and reflashing cm10 and the gapps and still nothing changes. I did wipe again the caches and still nothing. Also I can't download other roms to the tablet because my computer doesn't recognize the tablet because it hasn't booted and the cwm won't recognize micro sd cards. So I think flashing something else isn't an option. Did I break my tablet completely? I'm almost in tears

I tried several things due to some searches on different forums but nohitng works. I tried wiping caches and reflashing Cm10, didn't work. I tried pluggin my tablet to my computer and sending the asus stock rom via ADB and flashing that, but CWM gives me an "installacion aborted" error. I just don't know what to do nor I understand what went wrong. I did everything according to multiple tutorials. Unlocking, flashing CWM and rooting went just fine. But installing CM10 ended up pretty much destroying my tablet. I wanna kill myself.

I think you have a brick??!! :'( cm10 is jellybean and you where on ics and you probably didn't flash the jellybean bootloader did you?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T

Not a single tutorial said that I had to do that. Every tutorial says "unlock bootloader, flash cwm, flash root_signed, flash cmrom". I did just that. Are you telling me that my tablet is lost forever?

in most cm threads (except cm9) their is stated that you atleast need android 4.1.1 with it's bootloader or 4.2 with it's bootloader, what i suggest you try is to flash a bootloader and upgrade staight to 4.1.1 you can download the firmware from asus the links are on this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39272826 FOLLOW THIS GUIDE CORRECTLLY OR YOU MIGHT PERMANENTLY BRICK YOUR TABLET!!!!
EDIT: if you get an error during flash it's probably the drivers or a fastboot flash brick wich is only fixable by replacing the motherboard!!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T

If what you say is true, then you can't flash CM10 on a stock ICS tablet, and that goes against every freaking tutorial I've read before messing with my tablet.

What exactly is your bootloader version?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T

I'm not sure what my answer is. The "bootloader" was unlocked by the Asus app from their website. I did that by downloading (I believe it was V7) the apk from their website and installing that and unlocking the tablet. From there on, I just followed did fastboot flashing CWM and rooting. I never read a tutorial that said "you should flash JB bootloader before installing cm10". In fact I thought that just by unlocking the tablet, rooting and flashing the custom recovery one could just install a custom rom regardless of wether it's JB or not. It's funny because I didn't want to upgrade to stock JB because it seemed buggy from a lot of reviewers, and CM10 was the classic option to have JB and a lot of great features and speed. So I google time and time again how to flash CM10 on a ICS stock ASUS. I just followed the tutorials for that.
is my tablet unrecoverably bricked? I also tried fastbooting and "flash system blob" with the blob for the ICS 4.0.3 firmware, after a while of "sending" the file in the command prompt, I got a blue progress bar in the fastboot screen on the tablet and then "FAILED". So I guess that doesn't work either.
Nothing will work?

Try entering fastboot reboot: does your tablet reboot or does it hang?
cm10 is android 4.1 it seems logical that it only runs on a 4.1 bootloader and not on an ics one! most posts must have said that you atleast need jelllybean 4.1.1
I was confused in the beginning aswell because my phone accepts any rom no matter what bootloader version!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T

If it makes so much sense that CM10 with JB 4.1 only boots with the JB bootloader, then how the hell one can go from ICS to CM10?! Google tutorial flash cm10 on asus tf300t stock ics and you'll find a thousand tutorials not one of which says you need JB bootloader. I mean, I assume one could upgrade to the official JB rom and then unlock bootloader, etc, but I'm telling you, every tutorial that said "stock ics to cm10" did no mention the bootloader version issue. I'm not trying toblame anyone other than myself for "bricking" my tablet, but I read so many tutorials to ensure I wouldn't mess it up that I'm very upset about this.
I can use fastboot and adb commands. But I haven't been able to flash the ICS stock rom so far. First of all, it's not on the Asus website anymore, and the one I got from the web gave me this error on CWM "instaling update.. installation aborted". I also tried flashing the .blob via fastboot and it also failed. It seems nothing works. Any thoughts, anyone?

philos64 posted links to some old ICS ASUS firmwares in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33883254&postcount=3
Maybe worth a try ? Never been on ICS myself - just thought I'd mention this source...sorry for wasting your time if this is what you already tried.

Yeah, I tried flashing the ICS 9.4.3.30 (my stock rom) and it didn't fly (said installation aborted) and also tried to flash it as a blob and it failed. I guess I deserve this, but I just can't bellieve this isn't fixable.

samus88 said:
Yeah, I tried flashing the ICS 9.4.3.30 (my stock rom) and it didn't fly (said installation aborted) and also tried to flash it as a blob and it failed. I guess I deserve this, but I just can't bellieve this isn't fixable.
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We would like to know what bootloader you now have. You use the bootloader menu to get to cwm. Tell us how many ICONS you have and what they are. This way we will have more info to consider options if any.

It's ICS. I have the Wipe Data and the Coldboot option. If I'm connecte with the usb cable, there's also the usb icon.
Currently I don't have the tablet, because I send it to a tech support place and they should give me a repair budget (if they deem it repairable, I guess) by tomorrow, but I'm not confident that they'll be able to fix it. So I'm still open to suggestions. Thanks!

samus88 said:
It's ICS. I have the Wipe Data and the Coldboot option. If I'm connecte with the usb cable, there's also the usb icon.
Currently I don't have the tablet, because I send it to a tech support place and they should give me a repair budget (if they deem it repairable, I guess) by tomorrow, but I'm not confident that they'll be able to fix it. So I'm still open to suggestions. Thanks!
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I reread the thread and I believe I would make a blob with just stock recovery (4.03) to match your bootloader. I know fastboot is failing on a complete blob but may process something as small as recovery. The blob could also be pushed to your tablet with adb and flash with that.
I made these choices as a place to begin since we need to match your bootloader.
Once stock recovery was in place we could use adb to push a once unzipped stock firmware (4.03) and get stock recovery to install it for us.

Thanks a lot man. When I get the tablet back and you make me that blob I'll definitely give it a try. Although I have a question, I already have the once unzipped stock ICS on my tablet (pushed it with ADB), how do I install it with stock recovery should flashing that blob work?

samus88 said:
Thanks a lot man. When I get the tablet back and you make me that blob I'll definitely give it a try. Although I have a question, I already have the once unzipped stock ICS on my tablet (pushed it with ADB), how do I install it with stock recovery should flashing that blob work?
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With stock recovery in place go into bootloader and pretend you are going into cwm that activates stock recovery now. If android lays down we'll rename the zip to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip and try again.
I'll download 4.03 and make the recovery blob tomorrow so we'll be ready.

Sorry about that. I read "I would make" as "I will make", lol. Is there a stock recovery 4.0.3 blob on the internet for download? I'll get some sleep now, but I'll try to prepare everythng for when I get the tablet back, assuming I don't have fixed for me by tech support (although I'd love not to have to pay forit, right)

samus88 said:
Sorry about that. I read "I would make" as "I will make", lol. Is there a stock recovery 4.0.3 blob on the internet for download? I'll get some sleep now, but I'll try to prepare everythng for when I get the tablet back, assuming I don't have fixed for me by tech support (although I'd love not to have to pay forit, right)
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No, there is the full blob in the factory firmware and that is what I'll use. It only takes a couple of minutes to extract the recovery image file which might flash and then re-blob just the recovery partition.
Downloading takes longer than everything else.
Update:
This zip contains stock 4.03 recovery as a blob and as an image file.
Unzip and try flashing the blob - if it fails try flashing twice more or until success. If it still fails try flashing the image file - three times if it fails.
Note:
These are to be flashed with fastboot or adb, not cwm.

Great, thanks man. Unfortunately, I won't have my tablet until at least wednesday because of the holiday on my country (independence day and such). But I'll give it a try and get back to you.

[Q] HELP Updating or returning to stock

Hi guys. Ok so just like the title says I'd like to either update to the JB bootloader and JB 4.2.2 and remain unlocked and rooted or just return to stock and update to 4.2.2 via OTA.
however i cant find any information that is helpful and there seems to be no firmware for the tf700 on ASUS.support??
i bout this tablet when it first came out and unlocked via asus unlock tool and rooted, flashed blackbean 3 and i rarely use this thing and never follow this thread, so i have no clue what all has been going on,I'm basically a noob by definition
version 4.1.1
bootloader: 9.4.5.30
any help in the right direction would be awesome

Monsterfox50 said:
Hi guys. Ok so just like the title says I'd like to either update to the JB bootloader and JB 4.2.2 and remain unlocked and rooted or just return to stock and update to 4.2.2 via OTA.
however i cant find any information that is helpful and there seems to be no firmware for the tf700 on ASUS.support??
i bout this tablet when it first came out and unlocked via asus unlock tool and rooted, flashed blackbean 3 and i rarely use this thing and never follow this thread, so i have no clue what all has been going on,I'm basically a noob by definition
version 4.1.1
bootloader: 9.4.5.30
any help in the right direction would be awesome
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Well there will be no OTA updates for you since you are unlocked - even if you flash the stock rom.
The latest firmware version for the TF700 is JB 4.2.1.
I'd say, flash CROMi-X on your tab. It's based on the 4.2.1 stock rom, the most popular custom rom on the Infinity and runs great!
Read the OP here carefully and follow all the steps!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223492
Just make sure you always have the correct recovery - bootloader combination before you flash.
And you will have to do a clean installation coming from another custom rom. But you need to do that anyway - even if you flash the stock firmware.
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OK I see it says in his thread if you are coming from the "stock jb boot loader" then install the appropriate bootloafer twrp package below.
But can I just do a clean wipe and then flash the 10.x.x boot loader twrp package strait from my 9.4.x boot loader?
And will that just replace my bootloader and recovery but leave me with my ROM and root? Then I can just flash chromiX after that?
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Monsterfox50 said:
OK I see it says in his thread if you are coming from the "stock jb boot loader" then install the appropriate bootloafer twrp package below.
But can I just do a clean wipe and then flash the 10.x.x boot loader twrp package strait from my 9.4.x boot loader?
And will that just replace my bootloader and recovery but leave me with my ROM and root? Then I can just flash chromiX after that?
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Exactly, you got it. Just make sure you boot back into your old rom once after flashing the new bootloader and before flashing the new rom.
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OK so I downloaded the latest bootloader and twrp package from the chromi-X thread along with the ROM and patch files. I booted into recovery and flashed the boot loader file without doing a wipe. After the flash was successful I hit reboot device. It did its thing and now its sitting on the Asus screen where it tells me "the devise is unlocked" up in the corner. So where did I go wrong and what can I do from here?
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After about 10 minutes on that screen i tried to reboot into recovery. It gave me a message in the top left saying "a key driver was missing but gave me the new boot loader number and put me on a screen i have never seen befor with three logos in the middle "rck" " android figure""box that said wipe system or something like that" i hit the power button and i rebooted into twrp 2.5 So I got the new boot loader and new twrp but it won't boot into my ROM. Should I restore drone my nandroid or flash the new chromi-x and try to boot again?

Monsterfox50 said:
OK so I downloaded the latest bootloader and twrp package from the chromi-X thread along with the ROM and patch files. I booted into recovery and flashed the boot loader file without doing a wipe. After the flash was successful I hit reboot device. It did its thing and now its sitting on the Asus screen where it tells me "the devise is unlocked" up in the corner. So where did I go wrong and what can I do from here?
*EDIT*
After about 10 minutes on that screen i tried to reboot into recovery. It gave me a message in the top left saying "a key driver was missing but gave me the new boot loader number and put me on a screen i have never seen befor with three logos in the middle "rck" " android figure""box that said wipe system or something like that" i hit the power button and i rebooted into twrp 2.5 So I got the new boot loader and new twrp but it won't boot into my ROM. Should I restore drone my nandroid or flash the new chromi-x and try to boot again?
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If you have confirmed that you have the 10.6.1.14.18 bootloader (read tiny script when you boot with Volume Down) and TWRP 2.5 installed, you're good to go. Just flash CromiX.
The screen with RCK, Android, Wipe is the bootloader menu. If you boot into it, the RCK icon should be flashing. Volume Up then boots the recovery. Selecting the Android boots your system. It's not recommended to use the Wipe function from here if you have modded.
Never mind the "key driver is missing", every TF700 displays that - even stock.
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And it should have rebooted itself, like it says in my thread - "wait 1 min and don't panic" - it sounds like you forced a reboot? Consider yourself lucky if you recover it as you have rebooted it whilst it was flashing the bootloader / recovery partitions......