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[Q] Bricked Transformer

I had a working Transformer until earlier today when the OTA update came along. Having accepted installation, my device now gets to the Eee Pad / ASUS logo and hangs there (waited for about 45 minutes after the update). Trying to reboot into recovery gives:
Android WW_epad-user bootloader < e> released by "WW_epad-8.2.3.6-20110414".
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel image
It does not give me the Up to recovery, Down to wipe option.
Any thoughts on how I might recover the device?
Many thanks in advance for your help.

Ohh **** that dont sound good
Sorry i cant help with any advice on fixing it, apart from trying a factory reset ?
Did you apply the update with under 50% of the battery available ?

No, full. And connected to the mains.
I cant get any option to do a full wipe, it never asks me.

morak said:
No, full. And connected to the mains.
I cant get any option to do a full wipe, it never asks me.
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There are some things you can try in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032374
Here a few key combinations for anyone interested:
VOL_DOWN + POWER (continue holding VOL_DOWN when it starts booting until you get a prompt) = Bootloader which offers two prompted options: (1) Recovery if you press VOL_UP within 5 seconds or (2) Data wipe if you press VOL_UP later. None of these seem to offer any USB devices like fastboot etc.
VOL_UP + POWER or VOL_DOWN + VOL_UP + PLUG IN USB = NVFlash mode. It clearly is the NVFlash APX device that we see appearing, but it barfs as soon as we run any sort of nvflash on it (Many Windows and Linux versions have been tried). Please note that in this mode the screen stays completely blank and the only way to get out of it is the following option:
Hold POWER for ~10s = Forced power off. This always helps if you are stuck in some weird mode and nothing on the screen
Dont know if any of these key presses will work on yours, worth a try to get it to recover ?

Yeah I had seen that thread. Unfortunately no joy from either option. I dont get the prompt when I do VOL DOWN+POWER, just seems to go straight into recovery. And as the post says, NVflash doesn't help at the moment.
Can't even seem to get the ADB USB devices to show up, I can only get the APX device which seems to be fairly useless ATM. Looks like I may have to RMA the thing.

What is that small hole next to HDMI port? Did you try that, it may just be button (use paper pin) to reset it to factory default?

Or maybe microphone ? lol i personnaly don't think those tablets would actually have a reset button, would check the manual first before sticking a paper pin into every holes...

My Transformer just came in, I accepted the OTA update and while installing it saw this thread and had a dreadful feeling. Thankfully, it rebooted fine and is working... sounds like something's wrong with yours unfortunately OP .

If you haven't tried the 10 second power button method as mentioned in an earlier post it's definitely worth a try.

stuntdouble:
I thought the 10 sec power button thing just turned the device off. Is there something else I can do that I am missing?

I think it clears cache and/or ram too. I'm not saying it will definitely fix your problem, it may not, but if it was me I'd try everything. It won't damage anything so don't worry.

Have you tried getting into the Clockwork mod recovery? You need to place it on an external microsd and when you do the holding down when switching on thing, it goes into the recovery on the card instead of the stock one. It might allow you to flash a rom to get it running again.
You can find the Clockwork recovery with instructions here
http://android.modaco.com/content/a...od-recovery-for-the-asus-eee-pad-transformer/

Good idea, unfortunately it didnt work. It doesnt appear to be allowing me to get to the point where it will read EP101_SDUPDATE.zip from the SD.

You sure filename is EP101? Shouldnt it be TF?

All the instructions call for EP101, but I tried TF too just in case!

dotpro said:
What is that small hole next to HDMI port? Did you try that, it may just be button (use paper pin) to reset it to factory default?
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It's a microphone. If you go poking a paperclip in there, good luck claiming under warranty.

Same thing just happened to me... reboot for update, stuck at boot screen.
Not sure if we can find a EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for higher than 20110414 if that'd be a fix or what... or even a PC restore process.

hecatomb said:
Same thing just happened to me... reboot for update, stuck at boot screen.
Not sure if we can find a EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for higher than 20110414 if that'd be a fix or what... or even a PC restore process.
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sonofab*tch same here. You would think they would warn people that this could happen. This is ridiculous. Their worthless phone tech kept traying to get me to hold f9. I wanted to reach through the phone and punch him.

So you are getting bricked units with stock? No modications or rooted devices?

stuntdouble said:
So you are getting bricked units with stock? No modications or rooted devices?
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Root doesnt work on the US devices, also, OP hadnt rooted.

Need help with my Transformer and don't know where else to look.

So I have my TF101, updated to the ICS release when it came out, rooted of course.
Since then it was kind of unstable. When not using the device it would appear to power off, but pressing the power button for about 10 seconds would bring it back up.
I noticed the recovery was not available after the update, but paid it no mind for that time.
Then out of nowhere the device screen will not turn on. After long pressing the power button a click noise can be heard, it's supposed to be the camera. Since it wasn't responding, I though it was bricked.
Then connecting it to the PC will let me access all the files on the device, something very weird.
I have tried various combinations of things after a very long and tedious search, nothing seems to work.
Here are the symptoms:
-The device is turned on, but no backlight or sound.
-When long pressing the power button click sound is heard.
-When connected to the PC via usb the files on the device can be accessed.
-ADB is accessible and the device can be rebooted via it.
-After rebooting the device via the power button or ADB usb comes up almost immediately, I don't think this happens when booting normally.
So basically, is the device bricked? Why can I access files from it? How can I push a working recovery for the TF101? Is it possible to flash a ROM from ADB?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I tried, and failed. Haven't found a case like this online, and my ADB experience is limited to adb shell and reboot
Thanks in advance for the help!

Hi Cronoadvan,
looks like your screen is dead, if you check q&A you see that more people have the same thing lately.
Is your device SBK1? so, are you able to use nvflash?

Cronoadvan said:
So I have my TF101, updated to the ICS release when it came out, rooted of course.
Since then it was kind of unstable. When not using the device it would appear to power off, but pressing the power button for about 10 seconds would bring it back up.
I noticed the recovery was not available after the update, but paid it no mind for that time.
Then out of nowhere the device screen will not turn on. After long pressing the power button a click noise can be heard, it's supposed to be the camera. Since it wasn't responding, I though it was bricked.
Then connecting it to the PC will let me access all the files on the device, something very weird.
I have tried various combinations of things after a very long and tedious search, nothing seems to work.
Here are the symptoms:
-The device is turned on, but no backlight or sound.
-When long pressing the power button click sound is heard.
-When connected to the PC via usb the files on the device can be accessed.
-ADB is accessible and the device can be rebooted via it.
-After rebooting the device via the power button or ADB usb comes up almost immediately, I don't think this happens when booting normally.
So basically, is the device bricked? Why can I access files from it? How can I push a working recovery for the TF101? Is it possible to flash a ROM from ADB?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I tried, and failed. Haven't found a case like this online, and my ADB experience is limited to adb shell and reboot
Thanks in advance for the help!
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Since no ASUS logo is displayed, it is likely a hardware problem. Maybe you can try to bring it into recovery mode by pressing power + vol down button.

nlheiz said:
Hi Cronoadvan,
looks like your screen is dead, if you check q&A you see that more people have the same thing lately.
Is your device SBK1? so, are you able to use nvflash?
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I am not sure, how do I check that? nvflash, at least the version I'm trying to use, won't run on win764? It's rather confusing.
tingtan said:
Since no ASUS logo is displayed, it is likely a hardware problem. Maybe you can try to bring it into recovery mode by pressing power + vol down button.
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The screen does not light up at all, and USB is accessible after around 4 secs of long pressing power and hearing the click noise(camera?) which is not normal since no device boots so fast. This tablet never did anyway, taking from 20 to 30 secs.
After USB is available I can adb shell from windows but that's pretty much it, I don't know what to do afterwards.

Cronoadvan said:
I am not sure, how do I check that? nvflash, at least the version I'm trying to use, won't run on win764? It's rather confusing.
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Check your serial number. If its below B70 you got SBK1.

Goatshocker said:
Check your serial number. If its below B70 you got SBK1.
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Yes it is, it's B50. Is that a bad thing?

Cronoadvan said:
Yes it is, it's B50. Is that a bad thing?
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Hi Cronoadvan,
thats not bad, this means that you could use nvflash to put a new image on your TF if you want to to make sure that it is working. If you use this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558170
then it wil be stock again, and if needed you can then send your TF back for repair.
If you look and search in development you will find some ways how to use nvflash. like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22465766
Hope this helps.....

nlheiz said:
Hi Cronoadvan,
thats not bad, this means that you could use nvflash to put a new image on your TF if you want to to make sure that it is working. If you use this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558170
then it wil be stock again, and if needed you can then send your TF back for repair.
If you look and search in development you will find some ways how to use nvflash. like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22465766
Hope this helps.....
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Thank you so much! That was my last resort and sadly was clueless on how to do that too!
Hopefully it's just some kind of weird software coma, but now even if it's a hardware problem there is still hope!
Thank you very much good Sir, may life repay you thrice as much

Your welcome......please read the apx and nvflash option really well. It is rather straightforward but you have to install the apx drivers correct and use power and volume + (together) to enter apx mode. Voor drivers maybe you can use this forum below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1185104
it had an option for installing apx drivers for win 7 64 bit.
Hope your screen will work again, and if not you can send it back without warrant loss...
good luck!!!!!

[Q] Have I bricked my tablet

Hi there,
The other day I was on TWRP and tried to flash an ASUS update file (probably didnt really know what I was doing). Anyway, the flash failed.
I then thought I ought to wipe the OS and restore to a backup. I got as far as wiping the OS when the battery died.
The next day I turned the device on and a progress bar appeared but didn't get anywhere. Frustrated, and aiming to reboot into TWRP, I turned off the tablet.
It now will not turn on.
So...Hard brick?
I will have to send this thing off to Asus otherwise.
Many thanks, reply much appreciated.
Chaza

Bump, any ideas?
chaza01 said:
Hi there,
The other day I was on TWRP and tried to flash an ASUS update file (probably didnt really know what I was doing). Anyway, the flash failed.
I then thought I ought to wipe the OS and restore to a backup. I got as far as wiping the OS when the battery died.
The next day I turned the device on and a progress bar appeared but didn't get anywhere. Frustrated, and aiming to reboot into TWRP, I turned off the tablet.
It now will not turn on.
So...Hard brick?
I will have to send this thing off to Asus otherwise.
Many thanks, reply much appreciated.
Chaza
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Bump. Any quick reply would be welcome, I think I've been a noob so sorry if this thread makes you want to smash your head into the keyboard. I hadn't flashed anything for ages so was a tad rusty.
When I plug the transformer into the computer the led on the power button comes on, but the transformer will not power on.
Any ideas?
Many thanks

chaza01 said:
Bump. Any quick reply would be welcome, I think I've been a noob so sorry if this thread makes you want to smash your head into the keyboard. I hadn't flashed anything for ages so was a tad rusty.
When I plug the transformer into the computer the led on the power button comes on, but the transformer will not power on.
Any ideas?
Many thanks
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You should still be able to get into recovery even with a bad wipe/flash, but your battery is drained. You need to plug it into the wall charger and let it charge and then boot directly into recovery.
Once you are there, you should be able to flash a ROM.

I'll give that a try
kiden said:
You should still be able to get into recovery even with a bad wipe/flash, but your battery is drained. You need to plug it into the wall charger and let it charge and then boot directly into recovery.
Once you are there, you should be able to flash a ROM.
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Hi, many thanks for the reply, I will give that a try and get back to you tomorrow.
Many thanks

tried...
kiden said:
You should still be able to get into recovery even with a bad wipe/flash, but your battery is drained. You need to plug it into the wall charger and let it charge and then boot directly into recovery.
Once you are there, you should be able to flash a ROM.
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Hi there,
I charged the tablet over night and the LED was showing as it was charging.
However, it still will not turn on.
When I connect the tablet to the computer the computer eventually recognizes that something is connected but deems it to be corrupted.
Any ideas?
Many thanks

Did you boot into recovery like I instructed?
Boot into Recovery Mode. You can do this by pressing and holding down the Volume Down and Power buttons until you are greeted with a message saying “Press Volume Up to enter RCK (5S)”. In less than 5 seconds, press the Volume Up button to enter Recovery Mode.

kiden said:
Did you boot into recovery like I instructed?
Boot into Recovery Mode. You can do this by pressing and holding down the Volume Down and Power buttons until you are greeted with a message saying “Press Volume Up to enter RCK (5S)”. In less than 5 seconds, press the Volume Up button to enter Recovery Mode.
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Hi, it will not boot at all.
However, when I plugged it into the computer and did so, the computer made a beeping sound therefore recognizing a device was attached after I had pushed down the power button and volume down. On one occasion, it recognized an asus device was connected, and so I proceeded to install the correct driver and so installed 'asus bootloader' or whatever it was called. This didn't seem to change anything so I deleted the driver intending to install Asus ADB bit so I could perhaps force a boot from the computer. However, after uninstalling the driver the computer stopped recognizing the tablet beyond 'APX'.
Any ideas?
manyt thanks

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[Q] TF300t bricked - Stuck Boot Screen and No Fastboot

Yesterday morning I met with the unfortunate tragedy that was my tablet becoming a brick. I was trying to explore flashing and installing Kit Kat on it as it seemed a good idea to bring new life into the machine. The problem started with the recovery mode for flashing a rom on the tablet always froze. Whether I was in the menu with RCK or doing it within an app, I could not start any recovery menu. Eventually, I after getting a little frusterated with the problems, I accidently clicked wipe on the power hold volume - menu. Now my tablet will not turn off and sits at the ASUS/NVidia logo screen and has "The Device is Unlocked" on the top right. I unlocked and rooted it months ago.
I cannot get into the recovery or get fastboot to recognize the device at all. Pressing power/volume down does nothing anymore. I did try pressing the tiny hole for the reset button plus the volume + and the USB reacted on my Win 7 PC and I installed ADB drivers for it, but I can't do anything with it and my tablet is a blank screen when it happens. I suppose because it is wiped there is no OS on the system? I simply refuse to believe it is beyond repairing due to these factors.
I am very desperate for help and I have been scouring the internet for an entire day to no avail. I have even seen a few people with the same situation on this board, but the question was never successfully answered each time. Lets try working together to create the definitive answer thread! Forgive me if I am not stating the terminology correctly as I am new to this. Thanks in advance everyone.

cheskune said:
Yesterday morning I met with the unfortunate tragedy that was my tablet becoming a brick. I was trying to explore flashing and installing Kit Kat on it as it seemed a good idea to bring new life into the machine. The problem started with the recovery mode for flashing a rom on the tablet always froze. Whether I was in the menu with RCK or doing it within an app, I could not start any recovery menu. Eventually, I after getting a little frusterated with the problems, I accidently clicked wipe on the power hold volume - menu. Now my tablet will not turn off and sits at the ASUS/NVidia logo screen and has "The Device is Unlocked" on the top right. I unlocked and rooted it months ago.
I cannot get into the recovery or get fastboot to recognize the device at all. Pressing power/volume down does nothing anymore. I did try pressing the tiny hole for the reset button plus the volume + and the USB reacted on my Win 7 PC and I installed ADB drivers for it, but I can't do anything with it and my tablet is a blank screen when it happens. I suppose because it is wiped there is no OS on the system? I simply refuse to believe it is beyond repairing due to these factors.
I am very desperate for help and I have been scouring the internet for an entire day to no avail. I have even seen a few people with the same situation on this board, but the question was never successfully answered each time. Lets try working together to create the definitive answer thread! Forgive me if I am not stating the terminology correctly as I am new to this. Thanks in advance everyone.
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I am in exactly the same situation. No fastboot, volume up with reset gets me to a blank screen state which windows recognizes as an unknown device. I downloaded the Asus drivers but it's still not recognized. I may need to go back through the forums to find a way to push a working Recovery of TWRP. Currently I am out of ideas.

cheskune said:
Yesterday morning I met with the unfortunate tragedy that was my tablet becoming a brick. I was trying to explore flashing and installing Kit Kat on it as it seemed a good idea to bring new life into the machine. The problem started with the recovery mode for flashing a rom on the tablet always froze. Whether I was in the menu with RCK or doing it within an app, I could not start any recovery menu. Eventually, I after getting a little frusterated with the problems, I accidently clicked wipe on the power hold volume - menu. Now my tablet will not turn off and sits at the ASUS/NVidia logo screen and has "The Device is Unlocked" on the top right. I unlocked and rooted it months ago.
I cannot get into the recovery or get fastboot to recognize the device at all. Pressing power/volume down does nothing anymore. I did try pressing the tiny hole for the reset button plus the volume + and the USB reacted on my Win 7 PC and I installed ADB drivers for it, but I can't do anything with it and my tablet is a blank screen when it happens. I suppose because it is wiped there is no OS on the system? I simply refuse to believe it is beyond repairing due to these factors.
I am very desperate for help and I have been scouring the internet for an entire day to no avail. I have even seen a few people with the same situation on this board, but the question was never successfully answered each time. Lets try working together to create the definitive answer thread! Forgive me if I am not stating the terminology correctly as I am new to this. Thanks in advance everyone.
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So far the only known recovery to that situation is using Nvflash and APX mode. However, you must have already made Nvflash Backups before pressing the wipe data. If you did, there is a link in my signature to restore you tablet.

Bricked my Nvidia Shield Tablet LTE RoW after Nougat update

Hi!
I've read many threads and I haven't found the answer I'm looking for.
I've flashed the 5.1 update via TWRP on my tablet, and in the first boot it rapidly installed something, rebooted and never worked again. I can't use adb fastboot because my pc doesn't recognize my tablet. It shows as APX. I've tried to install the APX drivers and I can't, even after I reboot into advance settings.
Have I not read the correct post? Please help get my tablet back. I know it was stupid of me not to disable wifi before deleting the TegraOTA, I was in a hurry and forgot. Is there any hope?
Thanks for your patience.

Sounds like it took the forced update to kill it. If you can't get into the bootloader to use fastboot I don't think you'll be able to do much.

I might have done the same thing as you. If you do vol down+power does that still start up? if so this worked for me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/help/help-stuck-nvidia-boot-screen-t3076462
I'm stuck now I'm on the stock rom and dont want to connect to wifi and get a killswitch, but I can't get a custom recover to load to change roms
Edit: When on the laying down android with "no command" if you hit the power+volup+voldown it will go into recovery settings. I guess the custom recovery isn't really flashing over.

Unplug USB cable press power for 30 seconds and then press the power and vol down should go to bootloader if your tablet didn't get kill switched. If it still doesn't boot and shows apx once connected then its been kill switched. Pressing power and vol up will place it into apx mode by default.
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