Hi,
Need some help here.
I accidentally wipe the OS on my TF101. Then i follow the instruction using easyflasher to push the official 4.0.3 firmware on my tablet. It get back alive.
I root it and when i install TWRP and wanna install custom firmware like CM 10 or eos3 or eos 4. It flashed ok, but all stuck at the icon boot screen and just wouldn't go into the system.
Anybody know what happened or experience this before?
Csp0h
did you perform a full wipe before flashing the roms? - cache, dalvik and data?
in TWRP you can also use the wipe rom option as an added cleanser that will not affect any saved data or affect anything else.
it sounds like you havent and its causing you to bootloop. :silly:
remember your jumping from a stock asus base to aosp built roms of a different version of android ie ICS to Jellybean.
if you did and thats not the issue then my suggestions are below:
1 - try an asus based rom like Energy or ARHD
then full wipe and now try flashing something else.
2 - try a cold boot from linux: volume - plus power (do not hit volume +, and let it take you to the cold boot menu) - select cold boot
3. i would place a rom of your choice onto a micro sd and go back into recovery and format the internal sd - then flash your chosen rom from the external sd .
4. make sure you perform a full wipe before you flash anything as step 3 is a last resort (although if youve already lost any media you had then its no biggy)
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I have clockworkmod recovery installed and rooted. It's been a few months since I rooted, and can't remember exactly what I did, but OTA updates stopped working. Hence, I am still on gingerbread.
Trying to flash a custom rom now, CM9. I tried the rom manager method several times, found out that wasn't recommended, and then tried the recovery method.
The same thing happens either way: it boots into CM9, but the boot animation keeps playing.
With the rom manager method, I tried wiping nothing, then tried wiping dalvik only, then tried... whatever the other option was, wipe cache and data?
With CMW recovery I downloaded CM9 zip and the appropriate GAPPS, moved onto the internal SD card, booted into recovery mode Wipe data/factory reset, then Wipe cache partition, then install both.
I'm able to restore from backup each time, but this is annoying.
Thank you
1. Install ICS Radio (UCLF6)
2. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
3. Format /System
4. Install CM9.zip
5. Install Gapps.zip
6. Wipe Cache/Dalvik
7. Reboot
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UZ7 said:
1. Install ICS Radio (UCLF6)
2. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
3. Format /System
4. Install CM9.zip
5. Install Gapps.zip
6. Wipe Cache/Dalvik
7. Reboot
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So "UCLF6" appears to be rom that is similar to stock, I'm guessing the idea here is that I'm resetting the phone but retaining root, the idea being that something on my phone is messed up and preventing CM9 from booting but doesn't prevent the current rom from booting?
Two other questions
1. Won't format/system wipe out all my backups in addition to my data?
2. Have you had or seen this problem before? I'm hesitant to commit myself to something, especially with no backups, if it's just a theoretical fix. I do appreciate it either way.
UCLF6 is an ICS modem/radio you need if you're coming from gb.
If you back up though CWM you can restore again later if you want.
Formatting /system will delete the operating system.
Formatting /data will delete your apps/settings/wallpaper etc...
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I had a similar boot animation loop when I went from stock GB to stock ICS. What seemed to fix it was updating my CWM from 5.0.2.6 (non-touch) to 5.5.0.4 (touch). (BTW, I couldn't find an advantage of stock ICS over stock GB. I have since put on CM9 which I'm liking).
UZ7 said:
UCLF6 is an ICS modem/radio you need if you're coming from gb.
If you back up though CWM you can restore again later if you want.
Formatting /system will delete the operating system.
Formatting /data will delete your apps/settings/wallpaper etc...
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Still got the boot loop.
When I did the "Wipe data/factory reset" I did get an error message during one of the processes"
"Error mounting sdcard/.android_secure!
Skipping format"
I had a boot loop problem when I first tried to flash JB. I went from GB to ICS with a custom rom a few months back, but I couldn't get any of the new JB roms to work. I ended up having to upgrade my CWM to the touch version in order to get JB flash to work. Also, a tip-- the boot animation will take a minute or two even when it is working. Don't assume it is still a problem if you see it more than once.
My P5100 had CM10 nightly on it and was running fine until I upgraded to the latest version of CM10 after wiping the cache & Dalvik cache. After the upgrade I couldn't get Google Play to run even after wiping its data and fixing permissions so I tried to do a CWM restore. Unfortunately there was a fault restoring the Data partition and now my tablet is stuck at the animated bootscreen. If I long-press the power button it powers off but immediately restarts. There is no way to start in in recovery or flash mode. I've plugged it into my PC and the Samsung Android ADB interface is showing but the other references to the tablet all have a yellow triangle in Device Manager. I'm hoping some clever person can help me rescue the tablet with ADB. Thanks!
dwl99 said:
My P5100 had CM10 nightly on it and was running fine until I upgraded to the latest version of CM10 after wiping the cache & Dalvik cache. After the upgrade I couldn't get Google Play to run even after wiping its data and fixing permissions so I tried to do a CWM restore. Unfortunately there was a fault restoring the Data partition and now my tablet is stuck at the animated bootscreen. If I long-press the power button it powers off but immediately restarts. There is no way to start in in recovery or flash mode. I've plugged it into my PC and the Samsung Android ADB interface is showing but the other references to the tablet all have a yellow triangle in Device Manager. I'm hoping some clever person can help me rescue the tablet with ADB. Thanks!
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IF CWM is not working use Odin to flash CWM again then use CWM to flash CM10,
You may need to do a factory reset (full wipe) from CWM.
If all else fails use Odin to flash stock JB ROM
DigitalMD said:
IF CWM is not working use Odin to flash CWM again then use CWM to flash CM10,
You may need to do a factory reset (full wipe) from CWM.
If all else fails use Odin to flash stock JB ROM
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Thanks but Odin cannot see the tablet to re-flash the recovery.
Downlods mode
Then flash new firmware
sembre said:
Downlods mode
Then flash new firmware
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That's the problem - I cannot access download mode
UPDATE - it just started in download mode! I can manage from here!!
Just for the record you can install adb on the pc and run the command 'adb reboot recovery'. This will force the tablet to reboot in recovery mode.
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Jeez, this has taken up most of the day to fix. I came across many problems I have not previously experienced:
1. When the tablet was stuck at the boot animation and I tried to turn it off by long-pressing the power button it immediately restarted. The only way I could get it to turn off was by long-pressing the power button whilst it was connected to my PC.
2. Flashing the stock ROM with Odin appeared to complete successfully but it would never fully boot, it always got stuck at the black & white Samsung screen. Same problems turning it off as above.
3. Flashing CWM with Odin caused the tablet to reboot into the stock ROM which would not load, in the end I had to untick the "reboot" button in Odin, power it off then manually restart with the Vol- & power buttons.
4. The only way I could get a bootable ROM was by flashing CM10 with CWM. I tried to restore 2 previous CWM backups but on each occasion there was an error restoring the Data partition and I got stuck at the scenario at (1). The backups were made to the external SD card with CWM Touch - is the Touch version unreliable?
I would be really interested if anyone could shed any light on any of this stuff!
For how long did you let it install during the first reboot? It happened to me too, and it took about 10 minutes, maybe even more...
Also, did you try in the "Mount and storage" cwm menu the options "format system", "format data", "format cache" and "format preload" options, prior to re-flashing a ROM? I have read somewhere that for a clean install it's better to do this, as it really clears everything that could mess up the system between two different bases ROMs (like CM and stock).
What I do everytime is using in CWM these 4 "format" options, plus "wipe" system, cache and dalvik, then immediately after this I flash with cwm the new "zip" copied on the card. Then the first reboot is much longer than usual, as at this stage it installs the files, rebuild the dalvik cache etc.
Good luck
dwl99 said:
2. Flashing the stock ROM with Odin appeared to complete successfully but it would never fully boot, it always got stuck at the black & white Samsung screen. Same problems turning it off as above.
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I think I gave it a good 20 mins to boot. When I got up this morning there was an error message saying that there was no room to install any more apps even though I had very few installed. Settings -> Storage would not calculate the space available so I figured that the partitions had become corrupted. I did the step by step format you described and reflashed & it all seems to be OK now.
I’m having a problem with my Android phone. It won’t turn on for some reason and when I try, it just loops the start up screen and does a short vibration about every 5 seconds. It’s running CyanogenMod and it’s a Samsung Galaxy S III SCH-I535. It was working fine until recently. Please help. Just so you all know, I already tried clearing the cache and the Dalvik cache, reinstalling CyanogenMod onto my phone in recovery mode (it doesn't let me because "no file_contexts"). I don't know what version of CyanogenMod I have because I can't check because my phone won't even turn on. Thanks for all the help.
Probably a bad zip file. I recommend you download the latest version (or checkout the unofficial version) and put it on the sdcard. Then format /system and install the newest.
Worse case scenario you have to Odin to stock, reroot, unlock the bootloader, install cwm/twrp recovery, and then do a fresh install.
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Hans5849 said:
Probably a bad zip file. I recommend you download the latest version (or checkout the unofficial version) and put it on the sdcard. Then format /system and install the newest.
Worse case scenario you have to Odin to stock, reroot, unlock the bootloader, install cwm/twrp recovery, and then do a fresh install.
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I never used an SD card during the process. My phone didn't come with one so I just used the system storage. Should I go for the worst case scenario solution you mentioned since I don't think I can access the system's contents without turning the phone on, or are there any other solutions that aren't so drastic?
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I never used an SD card during the process. My phone didn't come with one so I just used the system storage. Should I go for the worst case scenario solution you mentioned since I don't think I can access the system's contents without turning the phone on, or are there any other solutions that aren't so drastic?
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You can try these options:
1), Get one or borrow one SDcard, copy another rom (copy about 3) on the SDcard, boot into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik cache, data, system, format sdcard (format sdcard will wipe all your video/pictures, etc..on your local storage, if you have important stuff then skip this). Now reflash a nice and clean rom like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973982 and see if you can boot up.
2) You can boot into Odin mode (download mode) and flash a full factory stock firmware. After this you will be back to stock and you have to re root, unlock bootloader, reflash custom recovery and so on.
Your storage probably corrupted and I would try option 1 first..Good luck!
Hello,
First sorry for my English, i´m from Spain and i read-speak only a little.
I've been searching for a solution for my problem but i cannot find it.
On Friday when I had in my hands my TF101 (i just in chrome browser) just restarted, and restarted it again in a loop.
The first thing I did was go to Recovery ( CWM Recovery 3.2.0.1 -r1 Roach2010 ) to run a backup .
I try a cold boot, without results.
Then I try to restore to a previous backup and follows restarting.
Next i try was to install the stockrom I had previously installed, the last StockRom recovery from wipes and did the install , reboot the blue bar goes loading screen asus just restarts and restarts and restarts.
I think that the installation can't be completed because the restart.
Then, I do a wipe data/factory reset and I get an error.
I can not delete a file(/data/data/com.asus.reader/cache/files/media_external_file176Satellite.pdf ) and CWM cancel the formatting /data.
I try to make a format / data and I get the same error.
I´ve tried doing all wipes (data can't) installing all my previous buckups. Everything seems to be installed but reboot continue.
Otherwise I tried to connect to the PC ( 3 to be exact) OS: Vista x64, 7, 7 x64, Linux x64, Linux live cd.
I pressed Pwr + Vol + from 6-60 sg, after shutoff my tablet from CWM, connecting the usb cable before or after and no detects the TF101 .
I ordered a new cable, but mine seems to be good and i can charge the TF101 without problems.
I have read as Xda-topics as I can , I haven't seen in any solution to my problem ( CWM Recovery working + no format data + bootloop + pc no connection).
I´m afraid of brick my tablet. Only lives in recovery, no Android (reboot), no apx, no adb.
What can i do to format /data ?
Can I flash from my actual CWM another Recovery (maintaining the functionality of the microsd ) as TWRP? what happend if failed?
Thanks
PD. I really learn a lot with this problem reading yours posts.
Thanks
1.) Put this flashable zip on your Micro SDCard
http://nexfiles.kjonigsen.net/tf101/twrp/twrp2.6-tf101-unofficial.beta.zip
2.) Flash it from inside CWM Recovery
3.) Reboot tablet into recovery, check that TWRP is the new recovery
4.) Copy this ROM on to MicroSD Card
http://downloads.timduru.org/android/tf101/K.A.T/KatKiss/dev/KatKiss-4.2.2_226.zip
5.) Copy Gapps onto Micro SDCard
http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/eos4/gapps/gapps_4.2.2_TF101_20130323b.zip
6.) Boot into TWRP recovery
7.) Wipe SYSTEM, DATA, CACHE, DALVIK CACHE
8.) Flash ROM, Flash Gapps,
9.) Wipe CACHE and DALVIK CACHE one more time
10.) Reboot into working Jellybean ROM
The above will wipe everything clean and install a fresh JellyBean ROM to your tablet
First thank you very much Detection.
My new usb cable should arrive today and i'll try to apx mode recongnition.
In any case I downloading the files you provided me, but i have one question
*Detection* said:
1.) Put this flashable zip on your Micro SDCard.
Twrp Downloaded
2.) Flash it from inside CWM Recovery
Ok, i can.
3.) Reboot tablet into recovery, check that TWRP is the new recovery.
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Here i must to reboot into new recovery from old recovery. Not need reboot tablet to OS (bootloop) ¿ok?
Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Edit:
I do it, i flashed TWRP, reboot and reboot into RCK. ok
Now copying camera data to microsd, and ready for wipes.
Thanks.
Sounds like you are making good progress
No need to reboot into OS, just into new TWRP recovery, then wipe and flash new ROMs etc
*Detection* said:
Sounds like you are making good progress
No need to reboot into OS, just into new TWRP recovery, then wipe and flash new ROMs etc
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Yes, thanks.
I plugged my tf 101 with my new cable and now is detected in windows 7 x64. Naked drivers installed.
But before that, i flash TWRP recovery and it's fantastic. I can copy all my photos to microsd. I need to have this out TF101.
Now i installing the rom and gapps, but seems to be freeze on the four colour circles screen.
More than 20 minutes.
I'm thinking on reflash all an try again.
Thanks Detection.
Make sure you wiped everything before flashing the ROM & Gapps
The animation should not freeze during boot
I do all wipe data, cache, system, dalvik.
flash rom
flash gapps
wipe cache and dalvik
reboot.
and, not freeze but keeps moving and now + 30 minutes.
Something's bad.
I'm thinking on trying apx mode to solve.
Maybe
EDIT - See if it boots without Gapps first (Wipe everything again but only flash ROM)
1.) EDIT - Try this
http://www.putlocker.com/file/42672030BC26BD2F
Use Easyflasher to flash TWRP again, then try wiping and flashing ROM and Gapps again
IF THE ABOVE FAILS DO THIS:
2.) Ok, try this to rebuild the Partitions, this will flash the stock ROM to your tablet, if you have SBK1 (Serial number B6O or before, some B7Os)
http://www.xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Asus%2FAsus+Transformer+%28TF101%29%2FSTOCK+ROMS%2FICS+.27
Choose US or WW
Connect TF to PC > Power Off TF > Put TF into APX mode (Vol Up & Power)
PC will recognise TF but nothing on TF screen will show
Extract the ROM above > Run download.bat as Admin (Right click > Run as Administrator)
Let it flash the ROM, this takes a while, maybe 10+ minutes
If that works, and you can boot, we can use Easyflasher to root and install TWRP again, and then flash Jellybean ROM again
I tried flashing rom and gapps again. No works, keeps on 4 turning circles screen. I leave it all night connected to AC Power. This morning was in the same screen.
I tried flashing rom, wipes, reboot. No works keeps on 4 turning circles screen. After 1 hour i restarted.
I'm going to try easyFlasher metod. I'll update progress.
My tf101 is B80 that's Sbk2. ok? Then, how can i rebuilt the partitions?
Thanks.
UPDATE 1.
easyFlasher WORKED¡¡¡¡¡¡
Now I'm on Stock.
I flash recovery and also WORKED¡¡¡¡¡
Next work:
Fisrt root
Afteri ready to KatKiss.
UPDATE 2.
Flashed superuser.
Reboot
Flash KatKiss 226 and gapps.
Then not reboot. But coldboot done.
¡¡¡SOLVED!!!
Thanks Detection.
Ok, you can't use NVFlash with SBK2, but you can use Easyflasher
Try using Easyflasher I posted here in SBK2 mode and flash TWRP
http://www.putlocker.com/file/42672030BC26BD2F
Then try wiping everything and flashing ROM and Gapps again
If it still won't work, wipe again and try a different ROM
ROM
http://downloads.timduru.org/android/tf101/K.A.T/KatKiss/4.3.1/dev/KatKiss-4.3.1_028.zip
Gapps (Only for this ROM)
http://downloads.timduru.org/android/tf101/gapps/gapps-KatKiss-4.3_20130914.zip
Hey guys I really need help !!!!
I tried flashing all CM versions available using all CWM versions , Wiped Data,Cache and Dalvik cache before and after flashing I even tried using another Memory SD card I also flashed CM over stock & many versions of custom roms after rooting & installing CWM
But what happens is that when flashing is done & I choose (reboot system now) I got SAMSUNG logo then A white screen fade (Boot loop) :crying:
then nothing happens But I still can get into recovery & download mode but the phone doesn't boot
I really need to know why does that happen ????!!!!!!!
7mesa said:
Hey guys I really need help !!!!
I tried flashing all CM versions available using all CWM versions , Wiped Data,Cache and Dalvik cache before and after flashing I even tried using another Memory SD card I also flashed CM over stock & many versions of custom roms after rooting & installing CWM
But what happens is that when flashing is done & I choose (reboot system now) I got SAMSUNG logo then A white screen fade (Boot loop) :crying:
then nothing happens But I still can get into recovery & download mode but the phone doesn't boot
I really need to know why does that happen ????!!!!!!!
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If still entering into download mode means there is no hard brick
This happens often and no need to worry
If you want to fix this just replace the boot.img in your custom rom by the boot.img of your stock rom than wipe everything and flash
Or if you have a backup of your stock rom system restore the boot from cwm