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[Q] Fastboot won't recognize device

I have unlocked my tf700t and manually installed Superuser on the tablet. Superuser has worked as it has allowed access to ROM Manager and BusyBox. I've been trying to get ClockworkMod to work on here, I manually downloaded it in addition to what I'm about to explain. I tried going through and using the fastboot method of flashing ClockworkMod but when i type in 'fastboot devices' nothing comes up. I was still able to get the tablet to flash CWM and reboot through cmd. But now when trying to reboot into recovery through ROM Manager it will just restart as usual. I'm dying to figure this out guys, I need a custom ROM on this bad boy!
Thanks so much!!

Need help rooting and/or flashing twrp

Hello everyone!
I need some help rooting my tf300t, because what I've read here and there was somewhat useless, since everyone sais different stuff. For first I'd like to ask for your help in clarifying which one is first. I have read guides in which rooting was first than pushing the recovery, and I have read ones in which fasbooting recovery was the first thing to do, and than flashing su. I have tried both methods, with no luck. When I try to fastboot twrp onto my device, it sais 'waiting for device'. I read that this means fastboot is not properly configured, but I am an administrator on my PC and I have the proper drivers, since adb reboot-bootloader works. So thats for flashing twrp first. Then rooting first. I tried with motochopper, but that does no work on 10.6.1.27.5. So I tried pushing root files manually, but when adb shell /data/local/temp, it sais failure. So if you could help me, of what did I do wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Shad0w32 said:
Hello everyone!
I need some help rooting my tf300t, because what I've read here and there was somewhat useless, since everyone sais different stuff. For first I'd like to ask for your help in clarifying which one is first. I have read guides in which rooting was first than pushing the recovery, and I have read ones in which fasbooting recovery was the first thing to do, and than flashing su. I have tried both methods, with no luck. When I try to fastboot twrp onto my device, it sais 'waiting for device'. I read that this means fastboot is not properly configured, but I am an administrator on my PC and I have the proper drivers, since adb reboot-bootloader works. So thats for flashing twrp first. Then rooting first. I tried with motochopper, but that does no work on 10.6.1.27.5. So I tried pushing root files manually, but when adb shell /data/local/temp, it sais failure. So if you could help me, of what did I do wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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First make sure that you have unlocked your bootloader (text in the upper right corner of boot screen). What I did first was flash TWRP from ADB. In your case, you would flash the stock ROM, and then flash SU.

cmendonc2 said:
First make sure that you have unlocked your bootloader (text in the upper right corner of boot screen). What I did first was flash TWRP from ADB. In your case, you would flash the stock ROM, and then flash SU.
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I know I'm unlocked sorry for not mentioning that, though even that was strange, because the unlock device app should have wiped the memory, but it didn't, and still unlocked. But I don't exactly understand what you mean by flashing the stock ROM, then SU. And if you mean that do that with twrp, I can't because fastboot flash recovery twrp.blob just waits for device. Is there another method which I can flash it with? Thanks in advance

Shad0w32 said:
I know I'm unlocked sorry for not mentioning that, though even that was strange, because the unlock device app should have wiped the memory, but it didn't, and still unlocked. But I don't exactly understand what you mean by flashing the stock ROM, then SU. And if you mean that do that with twrp, I can't because fastboot flash recovery twrp.blob just waits for device. Is there another method which I can flash it with? Thanks in advance
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If it says "waiting for device," your PC is not communicating with the tab. What Windows version do you use? Does "fastboot device" command from fastboot mode on tab return any serial number? It should show a serial number before you can flash TWRP onto the tab. And where did you read that unlocking the device would wipe the memory?
Get fastboot to work first, then you can flash whatever. Otherwise, if you're on stock recovery, try loading the rom zip file onto your sd card and flash it using RCK option. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read first, so you don't brick your tab just because you have no idea what the heck you're doing.

graphdarnell said:
If it says "waiting for device," your PC is not communicating with the tab. What Windows version do you use? Does "fastboot device" command from fastboot mode on tab return any serial number? It should show a serial number before you can flash TWRP onto the tab. And where did you read that unlocking the device would wipe the memory?
Get fastboot to work first, then you can flash whatever. Otherwise, if you're on stock recovery, try loading the rom zip file onto your sd card and flash it using RCK option. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read first, so you don't brick your tab just because you have no idea what the heck you're doing.
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For first, I downgraded my device, so I could root it with motochopper. Then I flashed recovery with the way explained here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1845377
Now twrp seems to be working, i can start it, but it cant mount anything, so i cant flash anything from the device. Both 2.5 and 2.4.4 does this. Goo manager cant find a recovery for this device, so i cant use that either. Fastboot still cant see my tab. Im on windows 7, with proper drivers

Nevermind my stupidity, I installed the wrong recovery, not the one for the 4.2 bootloader. By now I'm a proud owner of a tf300t with cyanogenmod on it Thank you both though, for trying to help

Please help I am almost there!!

Background
Use to own several HTCs and did the root thing and messed around with different kennels, roms, tweaks etc. Problem is I switched to iphone several years ago and now I am back with a brand new HTC M8. I am rooted with weaksause and Soff with sunshine ($25.00). Now I have been reading for three days and stuck. This ADB is totally new to me and the rooting process has change since i did it several years ago so now I am a noob.
This is where Im at. S-OFF and rooted with weaksauce. I loaded ADB. When I type in the command "adb version" it acknowledges the version. When I type in "adb devices" none are listed. My reasearch tells me I need to install drivers.
Can somebody walk me through installing the drivers into ADB and which ones are the right ones? I watched several vids but they are not clear and skip steps etc.. I need simple layman terms......I am trying to flash one of the recovery program so I can start tweaking but mannnnn I can not move forward. I am so close. So I guess what I am trying to do is install drivers to my computer so it can communicate with my phone correct?
Thanks
for any help

ok I got it to communicate. My device is listed when I type command adb devices. So now I need to figure out how to flash TWRP. Any really good instruction out there, I am sure there is....

Download the TWRP 2.7.0.2 img from the Teamwin website, rename the file to something easy like "twrp2702.img" and place that file into your adb/fastboot folder.
Boot the phone into the bootloader (make sure you first disable Fast Boot in Settings > Power)
Fast Boot is not to be confused with fastboot LOL
The former is a HTC feature to speed up boot time, the latter a protocol to communicate between PC and phone.
Open a command prompt from your fastboot/adb folder.
Hopefully you also have the fastboot drivers installed, try it with
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fastboot devices
If you get the alpha numeric string, you're good to go
Next
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fastboot flash recovery twrp2702.img
Once that is done
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fastboot reboot
Uninstall Weaksauce if not done already.
Then download the flashable SuperSU zip and flash it in TWRP to gain permanent root.

Ok GOT IT!!!!
One more question, I am in TWAP program now, what to I need to do to get perm. root? I know to uninstall weaksauce. Is there anything else I need to do while opening it for the first time before I start flashing tweaks? Because on the sunshine site it say after you get S Off properly root you device?
As I was exiting the program it said your device is not rooted and to install SuperSu in which I did?
When I went into SuperSu loader in apps it said it needed to be updated from play store and I hit play and it went through TWRP and loaded and shut phone off. I powered it.
I would assume I am completely rooted at this point?

Looks like I finally achieved it! After going through the steps I am rooted. I downloaded SU Root checker and it verified that I am rooted.

swatcop1 said:
Looks like I finally achieved it! After going through the steps I am rooted. I downloaded SU Root checker and it verified that I am rooted.
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Great! Now remember, before you do anything else, run a full nandroid of your stock system in TWRP (Backup, then just swipe the button) and copy it to somewhere safe as in: off the phone!
Congrats! Enjoy!

Cant root my OPO

At the time of making the "BOOTLOADER-UNLOCKER" I restarted and it did not put me in a factory, I still have my data. But with the command adb device see that I do have the unlocked bootloader, so I continue the tutorial
I get to the point VOL- + Power and entered the TRWP recovery, flash the root.zip and he answers with a lovely "DONE!".
But when it restarts and confirm you have the root with Root Checker, tells me that the device is not rooted. I've tried several times.
My version of Cyano is: 11.-XNPH44S
Anyone know what could be happening?

You should tick/untick disable cm recovery from setting menu or use the chromium guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632

stremax said:
You should tick/untick disable cm recovery from setting menu or use the chromium guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
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I use chromium guide...

Shouldnt you have posted this the ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting?
BTW, "adb devices" doesnt show you if the device has its bootloader unlocked.. it just shows you if your computer can read the device attached to it..
After flashing SuperSu and booted back into the rom, did you open the SuperSu app? you should as it still needs to install some scripts..

Root zte lever straight talk

work in progress any help would be great. anything you do is at your own risk and possible may brick your phone or OS.
Ok this is a start of rooting this phone just like other carriers phone cricket z987 grand x max plus you need to install king root4.5 worked for me to get temp root. now this is not permenent and will cause phone to get buggy forcing a restart. what has worked with zte max, zte grand x max plus worked was after getting temp root you could install twrp 2.8.6.0 and installing superuser.zip from there gave gave perm root access but not full w/r access. now that does not work with this phone. phone boots into factory bootloader when trying to install twrp.
im looking into more option but as of right now I on a slow stand still till i can figure something out or someone else. feal free to help.

cgrimm9 said:
work in progress any help would be great. anything you do is at your own risk and possible may brick your phone or OS.
Ok this is a start of rooting this phone just like other carriers phone cricket z987 grand x max plus you need to install king root4.5 worked for me to get temp root. now this is not permenent and will cause phone to get buggy forcing a restart. what has worked with zte max, zte grand x max plus worked was after getting temp root you could install twrp 2.8.6.0 and installing superuser.zip from there gave gave perm root access but not full w/r access. now that does not work with this phone. phone boots into factory bootloader when trying to install twrp.
im looking into more option but as of right now I on a slow stand still till i can figure something out or someone else. feal free to help.
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Please do I have people asking me if it's possible to root this phone and I said it could happen so fingers crossed

I tried and pretty much gave up. I can only gain temp root but its would be useful in small things like installing a recovery but there is non that works that I know of. I got titanium backup to back up my system but don't know if it will write if I format. Again any help from would be appreciated

Has any progress been made? I've been tinkering with this for days. Been pulling my hair out trying to dump the rom. If I can get the rom dumped I can attempt to port cwm over.

jimbog92 said:
Has any progress been made? I've been tinkering with this for days. Been pulling my hair out trying to dump the rom. If I can get the rom dumped I can attempt to port cwm over.
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try this
stock system.img, boot.img, & recovery.img from someone who has not yet installed TWRP or supersu. To do this, install kingroot 4.5 and terminal emulator and run kingroot to get temp root. Then open terminal emulator and enter the following commands without the ""
"su"
"cd /dev/block/platform/7824900.sdhci/by-name"
"dd if=boot of=/sdcard/boot.img"
"dd if=recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img"
"dd if=system of=/sdcard/system.img"
You will need to make sure you have at least 3GB of internal storage space before doing this just to be safe. The system.img will probably be about 1.5GB I did this and I got all three files saved to the root of my sd card. it would be easier for you do do this your self I am over my data cap so I cant upload the file
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cgrimm9 said:
try this
stock system.img, boot.img, & recovery.img from someone who has not yet installed TWRP or supersu. To do this, install kingroot 4.5 and terminal emulator and run kingroot to get temp root. Then open terminal emulator and enter the following commands without the ""
"su"
"cd /dev/block/platform/7824900.sdhci/by-name"
"dd if=boot of=/sdcard/boot.img"
"dd if=recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img"
"dd if=system of=/sdcard/system.img"
You will need to make sure you have at least 3GB of internal storage space before doing this just to be safe. The system.img will probably be about 1.5GB I did this and I got all three files saved to the root of my sd card. it would be easier for you do do this your self I am over my data cap so I cant upload the file
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Ok, i got the first 2 to dump, now im guessing the system dump takes a while. where do they dump to exactly? and thanks for the help.
Ok, got all 3 to dump and found the files.. Now, have you made any progress in attempting to port a custom rom?

I'm to scared to brick my phone gf will kill me if I spend more money on a new phone. There is possibly a way to gain perm root but its risky you can look here
You do this at your own risk you brick your phone I will not beable to help restore.

jimbog92 said:
Ok, i got the first 2 to dump, now im guessing the system dump takes a while. where do they dump to exactly? and thanks for the help.
Ok, got all 3 to dump and found the files.. Now, have you made any progress in attempting to port a custom rom?
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I may attempt that this weekend. But honestly, I am more worried about getting custom recovery and a custom rom installed.

Had there many any follow up on this phone? I would love to get cm12 or cm13 up and running.

I know its possible I don't think its gonna happen it only needs twrp to be tweaked to install in a different location but I don't see no support for this phone

dude, this phone is so easy to root. you dont need kingroot or any of that crap. you just need to know what your doing with adb. which you should know before you ever get into rooting. email zte support and request your boot loader unlock code. be sure to include you will need to provide them your phones serial number and imei. you willrecieve it in less than 24 hrs. open adb in comand terminal and type "adb devices". adb should return showing your devices serial number and device name. if it does you are good, if not make sure you have usb debugging enabled on your device. if your device does show up then type "adb reboot bootloader". your phone should reboot to the bootloader screen. to make sure this worked type "fastboot devices". Again your devices serial number and device should populate. Then type "fastboot oem unlock and the code you recieved from zte". adb will say "daemon started... time elapsed... write successful. i would download twrp 2.8.7.0. once you have that downloded move it to the same folder your adb is installed at and in adb type "fastboot flash recovery (recoveryname.img)".here again adb will say daemon started... time elapsed... write successful. now move supersu.apk (your super user app) to the root of your sd card. in adb type "fastboot reboot recovery" and your device will reboot into recovery. unplug your phone. on your phone in recovery select install zip. select your sd card. select your superuser apk. the swipe to install. once its done select reboot. bam your device is rooted with super user installed. a lot of times when you unlock your bootloader your device will factory reset so dont be surprised. do this all at your own risk

Hello
I would like to help out with this if ppl are still trying. I have experience with kernel building and etc etc but I need to know how to root my phone otherwise I can't dump boot imgs. To port over twrp or cwm. Also the source does not seem to be available so I would have to write a ton of code to do so. And also I noticed this post dates back to when the phone ran 4.4.4. I'm running 5.1.1 and that's another issue once rooted I can do it but we need more support.

Have any of you uploaded your boot, recovery and system image. Also have any of you managed root yet. I will be attempting to do so this weekend.

niisan518 said:
Have any of you uploaded your boot, recovery and system image. Also have any of you managed root yet. I will be attempting to do so this weekend.
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Hello, I was wondering if you had any luck rooting. I also have the ZTE Lever running kit kat 4.4

kxhan15 said:
dude, this phone is so easy to root. you dont need kingroot or any of that crap. you just need to know what your doing with adb. which you should know before you ever get into rooting. email zte support and request your boot loader unlock code. be sure to include you will need to provide them your phones serial number and imei. you willrecieve it in less than 24 hrs. open adb in comand terminal and type "adb devices". adb should return showing your devices serial number and device name. if it does you are good, if not make sure you have usb debugging enabled on your device. if your device does show up then type "adb reboot bootloader". your phone should reboot to the bootloader screen. to make sure this worked type "fastboot devices". Again your devices serial number and device should populate. Then type "fastboot oem unlock and the code you recieved from zte". adb will say "daemon started... time elapsed... write successful. i would download twrp 2.8.7.0. once you have that downloded move it to the same folder your adb is installed at and in adb type "fastboot flash recovery (recoveryname.img)".here again adb will say daemon started... time elapsed... write successful. now move supersu.apk (your super user app) to the root of your sd card. in adb type "fastboot reboot recovery" and your device will reboot into recovery. unplug your phone. on your phone in recovery select install zip. select your sd card. select your superuser apk. the swipe to install. once its done select reboot. bam your device is rooted with super user installed. a lot of times when you unlock your bootloader your device will factory reset so dont be surprised. do this all at your own risk
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Hello, I tried booting into bootloader but it didn't work, just does a normal reboot. It does recognize my phone though when I type adb devices. I contacted zte through email and by phone and they said they don't give those codes. Is the bootloader suppose to be unlocked already? Thank you.

Have you tried just typing "fastboot oem unlock" , or "fastboot oem bootloader unlock" without the unlock code? A lot of devices don't even need a code. Or if your bootloader is already factory unlocked, you could just skip to "fastboot flash recovery".

kxhan15 said:
Have you tried just typing "fastboot oem unlock" , or "fastboot oem bootloader unlock" without the unlock code? A lot of devices don't even need a code. Or if your bootloader is already factory unlocked, you could just skip to "fastboot flash recovery".
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Hello again. Well I tried everything you mentioned. When I type adb devices it shows my device but when I type reboot bootloader it just does a normal reboot. Also when I type fastboot flash recovery with my img. file it just says waiting for device. Any suggestions. I really appreciate the help and your time.

dhplap said:
Hello again. Well I tried everything you mentioned. When I type adb devices it shows my device but when I type reboot bootloader it just does a normal reboot. Also when I type fastboot flash recovery with my img. file it just says waiting for device. Any suggestions. I really appreciate the help and your time.
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Plug your device in and type adb devices once that is done type ADB reboot fastboot

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Plug your device in and type adb devices once that is done type ADB reboot fastboot
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Thanks again. I tried that and it still just does a normal reboot.

dhplap said:
Thanks again. I tried that and it still just does a normal reboot.
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from what I've researched the bootloader is locked and it's impossible to enter fastboot mode. Thank you very much for your help though.