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I couldn't leave well enough alone and I f'd up somehow trying to flash my pad to 4.2 stock from Cyanogen with TWRP. Now booting thru vol- and power brings up TWRP only. It asks me for a password, which it never has before. I hit cancel and it puts me into home screen. Only ray of hope I see is that ADB still recognizes it and interacts with it. I've tried pushing every ROM I can get my mitts on to the pad. When I try and install it fails after a few seconds. Then the files I just pushed are no longer on /sdcard. I don't have a clue.
Anyone, anyone? Bueller, Bueller...
dedalus2k said:
I couldn't leave well enough alone and I f'd up somehow trying to flash my pad to 4.2 stock from Cyanogen with TWRP. Now booting thru vol- and power brings up TWRP only. It asks me for a password, which it never has before. I hit cancel and it puts me into home screen. Only ray of hope I see is that ADB still recognizes it and interacts with it. I've tried pushing every ROM I can get my mitts on to the pad. When I try and install it fails after a few seconds. Then the files I just pushed are no longer on /sdcard. I don't have a clue.
Anyone, anyone? Bueller, Bueller...
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Make sure you have flashed the correct version of TWRP. as there are three different versions on their website. If you are confident you have flashed correct TWRP version then you may need to downgrade to the previous version of TWRP. I had a similar issue I downgraded to 2.4.4.0 JB build. Hope this helps
"...you may need to downgrade to the previous version of TWRP."
I can't get into fastboot to install an earlier version. I think I'm screwed.
Theoretically I could use TWRP to totally wipe the pad and then ADB to push the system files back on, but... I don't have that kind of tech knowledge and I doubt anyone who doesn't work for ASUS does.
Edit: My mistake. You can use ADB to install TWRP. I'll give it a shot, though I'm pretty damn sure it's a long one.
dedalus2k said:
"...you may need to downgrade to the previous version of TWRP."
I can't get into fastboot to install an earlier version. I think I'm screwed.
Theoretically I could use TWRP to totally wipe the pad and then ADB to push the system files back on, but... I don't have that kind of tech knowledge and I doubt anyone who doesn't work for ASUS does.
Edit: My mistake. You can use ADB to install TWRP. I'll give it a shot, though I'm pretty damn sure it's a long one.
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Hey dude just thought I make it easier to understand if you have 3 icons then you will pre load into fastboot if you have four icons then you will have to load fastboot. Lemme know if you run into problems. Happy to help mate.
anaschillin said:
Hey dude just thought I make it easier to understand if you have 3 icons then you will pre load into fastboot if you have four icons then you will have to load fastboot. Lemme know if you run into problems. Happy to help mate.
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I don't get three or four icons. It boots directly into TWRP. ADB still recognizes the pad and I can still push files to /sdcard. I tried reflashing the ROM but it fails after just a couple seconds, shuts down and boots back into TWRP.
I'm going to get a flashcard reader today and format my external card FAT32 and see if I can't install a new ROM from that.
im in a different situation
i did a erase system in fastboot
now i can only go to fastboot with preload on it
or
apx
is there any wait i can fix it and bring it back to live
Update: Bought a card reader at local Discount Electronics. Plugged it into my PC and it promptly froze my computer and destroyed my $80 64G sd card. Can't catch a break here. So I need to get another card and reader before I can attempt to install rom from external card.
The card reader is by a company called Zeikos. http://www.amazon.com/electronics/dp/B001T9N0R6 You have been warned.
Sheena0220 said:
im in a different situation
i did a erase system in fastboot
now i can only go to fastboot with preload on it
or
apx
is there any wait i can fix it and bring it back to live
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Can you flash a recovery...
if you manage to flash a recovery run the command: fastboot reboot recovery.
dedalus2k said:
I don't get three or four icons. It boots directly into TWRP. ADB still recognizes the pad and I can still push files to /sdcard. I tried reflashing the ROM but it fails after just a couple seconds, shuts down and boots back into TWRP.
I'm going to get a flashcard reader today and format my external card FAT32 and see if I can't install a new ROM from that.
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adb reboot bootloader
or
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot-bootloader
or
from android terminal - you must be rooted for this to work
su
reboot bootloader
tobdaryl said:
adb reboot bootloader
or
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot-bootloader
or
from android terminal - you must be rooted for this to work
su
reboot bootloader
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I'll give the first one a shot. I can't get into fastboot mode and the su command comes up an error even though I am rooted or was. I really can't figure out where it all went haywire.
YES! I'm in!
tobdaryl said:
adb reboot bootloader
or
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot-bootloader
or
from android terminal - you must be rooted for this to work
su
reboot bootloader
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You are a god amongst men! Thank you sooooo much. If you don't mind...now what?
I get the following messages:
Key driver not found..Booting OS
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00e> released by "WW_epad-10.6.1.15.3-20130416" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download protocol
and then the three icons, RCK android and Wipe Data.
After this mishap I don't trust myself to weed through the mountains of info here again. I'm trying to reinstall 4.2.1 and keep it rooted. I'm assuming reinstall 4.2.1 and then reroot, yes? Would you mind terribly pointing me to a reliable post I can follow.
Thank You so much!!!
dedalus2k said:
You are a god amongst men! Thank you sooooo much. If you don't mind...now what?
I get the following messages:
Key driver not found..Booting OS
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00e> released by "WW_epad-10.6.1.15.3-20130416" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download protocol
and then the three icons, RCK android and Wipe Data.
After this mishap I don't trust myself to weed through the mountains of info here again. I'm trying to reinstall 4.2.1 and keep it rooted. I'm assuming reinstall 4.2.1 and then reroot, yes? Would you mind terribly pointing me to a reliable post I can follow.
Thank You so much!!!
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You will have to reroot but with motochopper that is minor.
Unzip 10.6.1.15.3 till you have a blob file. Place the blob in the directory with fastboot.
Reboot into bootloader and wait for fastboot to start. (watch the upper left of the screen)
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob - wait for the flash to finish then
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
Good Luck!
tobdaryl said:
You will have to reroot but with motochopper that is minor.
Unzip 10.6.1.15.3 till you have a blob file. Place the blob in the directory with fastboot.
Reboot into bootloader and wait for fastboot to start. (watch the upper left of the screen)
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob - wait for the flash to finish then
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
Good Luck!
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Grazie Mille! Gonna give it a go right now.
Should I bother with TWRP? I tried to update it before and that's the point it went to hell last time.
tobdaryl said:
You will have to reroot but with motochopper that is minor.
Unzip 10.6.1.15.3 till you have a blob file. Place the blob in the directory with fastboot.
Reboot into bootloader and wait for fastboot to start. (watch the upper left of the screen)
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob - wait for the flash to finish then
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
Good Luck!
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Okay. I did it. No joy.
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [2.544s]
sending 'system' <800927 KB>
OKAY [136.994s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [3.151s]
finished. total time 142.707s
fire off the reboot command
rebooting...
finished. total time 0.551s
But the tab doesn't reboot. And that short "writing 'system'" time to me sounds mighty suspicious
Any ideas? I'm afraid to force reboot it.
dedalus2k said:
Okay. I did it. No joy.
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [2.544s]
sending 'system' <800927 KB>
OKAY [136.994s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [3.151s]
finished. total time 142.707s
fire off the reboot command
rebooting...
finished. total time 0.551s
But the tab doesn't reboot. And that short "writing 'system'" time to me sounds mighty suspicious
Any ideas? I'm afraid to force reboot it.
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Reboot into the bootloader. If you get into the bootloader cold boot - volume down on the first icon.
If your tablet fails to boot into android go back to the bootloader and reboot into recovery.
I'll wait for your response.
tobdaryl said:
Reboot into the bootloader. If you get into the bootloader cold boot - volume down on the first icon.
If your tablet fails to boot into android go back to the bootloader and reboot into recovery.
I'll wait for your response.
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Done and no luck
dedalus2k said:
Done and no luck
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No recovery either?
What happens in both cases - please explain.
tobdaryl said:
No recovery either?
What happens in both cases - please explain.
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From off state it always boots into TWRP. I stupidly installed an older version on accident. 2.2.2
With your help I was able to boot into fastboot with the adb command. I've run installs of both the ROM and tried an update to TWRP. According to the console everything went fine but when I give it the reboot command nothing happens. Somewhere in there it looses connections with the tablet it seems.
dedalus2k said:
From off state it always boots into TWRP. I stupidly installed an older version on accident. 2.2.2
With your help I was able to boot into fastboot with the adb command. I've run installs of both the ROM and tried an update to TWRP. According to the console everything went fine but when I give it the reboot command nothing happens. Somewhere in there it looses connections with the tablet it seems.
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Please explain what happens now. Can you get into the bootloader, recovery, etc?
If you get into the bootloader what happens when you cold boot?
When you boot now without any intervention does it still boot twrp?
tobdaryl said:
Please explain what happens now. Can you get into the bootloader, recovery, etc?
If you get into the bootloader what happens when you cold boot?
When you boot now without any intervention does it still boot twrp?
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Excuse my noobishness.
I can get into bootloader with the adb reboot bootloader command you gave me
When I go to recovery, RCK right?, it freezes up.
From cold boot it goes directly into TWRP, which asks for a password which it hasn't ever before this mishap.
If I go to android from bootloader and it goes to TWRP as well
My infinity just passes its warranty and it is in newest stock firmware and not rooted. I think it is too slow and laggy and i would like to make some change by flashing new rom. As i know, the newest firmware .10 can not be unlocked and flash rom? So do i have to downgrade to .8 to make it work?
ericsundiu said:
My infinity just passes its warranty and it is in newest stock firmware and not rooted. I think it is too slow and laggy and i would like to make some change by flashing new rom. As i know, the newest firmware .10 can not be unlocked and flash rom? So do i have to downgrade to .8 to make it work?
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You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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do you mean i can still unlock with the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware? using the official unlock tool?
ericsundiu said:
do you mean i can still unlock with the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware? using the official unlock tool?
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Unlocking and rooting are two different things. There is no known root method at this time for the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware. The Unlock Tool should still work.
I don't think it's a question which firmware you have - sometimes it works like a charm and other users cannot unlock at all due to incorrect or incomplete S/N database on Asus servers. At least I have not heard anything that people have trouble unlocking after the last update.
Just download the latest version, v8 I think, install and run it. The worst that can happen is it fails.
Do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself thoroughly before you try to flash custom software to the tablet.
There is little risk in flashing a custom rom IF you do it right. But yesterday night I tried to help someone who did it wrong and hard bricked his tablet. Read 3 times, ask twice, flash once!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot
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For flashing via adb and the staging partition, Android must be rooted. Fastboot works without root.
I did a clean wipe of my tablet and installed 10.6.1.14.10 onto my tablet.
I have unlocked the bootloader, but when booting up I then have the default recovery and rom supplied by Asus with no root.
I tried motochopper and debugfs method, and as described above neither work, the cmd prompt windows just record failures.
Read this forum regarding what is what (fastboot, root, unlocked etc.) and why you do them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833212
The way I gave root to the stock rom was by loading into fastboot mode and pushing a twrp image to my tablet off CHROMI rom site. I then used that to root the system. To be honest I did not need to root as I could have just then flashed the CHROMI custom rom which comes with SU anyway....
Get fastboot into a folder and also copy the TWRP recovery img inside the fastboot folder
Attach your device to the PC
Start fastboot mode by switching off your tablet then switching on in bootloader by holding down power on and volumn down
Connect tablet to PC (need approperiate drivers)
Open cmd prompt as admininstrator and goto directory with recovery image in the fastboot folder
Type the following commands:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot (though I don't think i typed this if honest, struggling to remember)
Unplug tablet from the PC and reboot into recovery mode
If you got the image of twrp from CHROMI site which includes bootloader also, i think it includes SU, therefore just exit and close recovery and it should ask to install SU. Select yes
Reboot the device
Your device is now rooted, though think you need to run SU in the tablet to get it fully setup.
Sorry this is not 100% perfect, I will recall what I did tonight when at home in front of PC with files.
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
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Hello Berndblb (and everybody else ),
I'm quite a Noob around here as you can see and I've the same problem.
My TF700 has the build : US_epad-10.6.1.14.10 and the Android version : 4.2.1
I followed the instructions from this thread and now my tablet is unlocked.
I want to flash it to run under the last version of Cromi and I've read the instructions :
"- Step 1 - Coming from Stock Asus 10.6.1.x – INSTALLING TWRP 2.5 on 10.6.1.14.4/8"
Okay, so now I need to install TWRP, so I followed the guidelines : to do so, the easiest way is to install goomanager on the playstore.
Okay let's do this, I go to the playstore and I read the first line : This app is for ROOTED USERS ONLY!
Okay, so now before doing anything, I need to root my TF700, so I go back to this thread and I see that the easiest way to do it is by using motochopper but motochopper doesn't seem to work on 10.6.1.14.10.
As you said yourself previously before, I need to downgrade to 0.8 before using motochopper to root my tablet.
Okay let's do this, I search many threads and I've finally used this method :
1/ Download the previous firmware from asus website for my tablet (us version) and unzip it to get another .zip : US_epad-user-10.6.1.14.8.zip
2/ Put it into the root of my internal sd card
3/ Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up".
4/ Android start to work to add the downgrade version.... then I get the sick droid !
So, now I'm quite stuck here, I can't downgrade this way... any advices ?
M1ster1 said:
Hello Berndblb (and everybody else ),
I'm quite a Noob around here as you can see and I've the same problem.
My TF700 has the build : US_epad-10.6.1.14.10 and the Android version : 4.2.1
I followed the instructions from this thread and now my tablet is unlocked.
I want to flash it to run under the last version of Cromi and I've read the instructions :
"- Step 1 - Coming from Stock Asus 10.6.1.x – INSTALLING TWRP 2.5 on 10.6.1.14.4/8"
Okay, so now I need to install TWRP, so I followed the guidelines : to do so, the easiest way is to install goomanager on the playstore.
Okay let's do this, I go to the playstore and I read the first line : This app is for ROOTED USERS ONLY!
Okay, so now before doing anything, I need to root my TF700, so I go back to this thread and I see that the easiest way to do it is by using motochopper but motochopper doesn't seem to work on 10.6.1.14.10.
As you said yourself previously before, I need to downgrade to 0.8 before using motochopper to root my tablet.
Okay let's do this, I search many threads and I've finally used this method :
1/ Download the previous firmware from asus website for my tablet (us version) and unzip it to get another .zip : US_epad-user-10.6.1.14.8.zip
2/ Put it into the root of my internal sd card
3/ Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up".
4/ Android start to work to add the downgrade version.... then I get the sick droid !
So, now I'm quite stuck here, I can't downgrade this way... any advices ?
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You can try to install from your system, not stock recovery. You need to boot your system normally and look in the lower right corner at your notification. It should notify you that their is an update for you. When you click on it, it will walk you through the update process. You need to make sure that you have only one zip file in your directory which is the Asus firmware that you want to update.
You can also use fastboot to install the TWRP. I don't think you need to root to install a custom recovery by using fastboot if you already unlocked your bootloader. IMO, I think fastboot is easier and faster than motochopper because of rooting process...
LetMeKnow said:
You can also use fastboot to install the TWRP. I don't think you need to root to install a custom recovery by using fastboot if you already unlocked your bootloader. IMO, I think fastboot is easier and faster than motochopper because of rooting process...
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Thanks LetMeKnow !
It was the right way to do it (Berndblb advised this also here).
It worked and I've now TWRP installed ! :victory:
But it wasn't so easy, fortunately there's plenty of help around here
I'll write here quickly how I did it, it could help someone, who knows, sharing doesn't hurt, even if I'm sure there's plenty of different methods to do it.
I found some help in this guide because the explanation under "Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method:" from the TWRP page is a bit rough for a beginner like me.
First I need to mention that I've Windows XP on my computer.
As you can read here there's 3 different ways to install TWRP on the TF700, the first one is the easiest one, but you need to be root, if you're unrooted like me and you want to skip rooting, let's install TWRP via fastboot.
Requirements :
- Bootloader must be unlocked. Very easy following this thread.
- ADB and Fastboot must be installed on your computer. You can follow this guide, this way you'll install them from the latest version of Android SDK and avoid any trouble.
- You should have the USB driver for your TF700 installed on your computer. I've read multiple times that that the official drivers could create some trouble, and indeed it happened to me. So you can give a try, and if this doesn't work, let's go for the Universal Naked Driver.
- Download the last version of TWRP (the newest .blob file) from here. Rename it to twrp.blob and place it under C:/Android (or C:/Android-adb, depending how you've rename your folder containing adb and fastboot.exe).
Fastboot method :
- Before starting, you want to be sure that your computer recognize well your tablet, otherwise, you'll follow a tutoriel like me, enter the final command, press enter and watch... nothing ! just a prompt command blinking in front of you, because if the script don't find any device, it will just write nothing.
To be sure of that, turn on your TF700, Plug it to your computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging (Tap the Build Number 7 times under Settings, About Tablet and it will show up under Dev Settings).
Now, if you're under WinXP like me, it may be possible that the pc doesn't recognize well your tablet, and you'll probably have to play with your device manager (to go into your device manager right-click on My Computer and click Properties, In the System Properties window click the Hardware tab, In the Hardware tab click the Device Manager button then look for your device, click on it, uninstall drivers, then reinstall the naked driver mentioned before for example). You may find some help here or around here in the forum.
Once you think your tablet with USB debugging enabled is well recognized by your computer, try to open a command prompt (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box) and type “adb devices” (without quotes). The daemon will start up, and all connected devices will be listed. If your device shows up, let's continue to next step, otherwise, you should continue to play with uninstalling drivers, reboot, installing others drivers...
- Turn off & Unplug your device.
- Enter fastboot mode : Keep pressing the Power button while holding the Volume down button till the screen responds then
1) If you have an old bootloader select USB icon, press Volume up button.
2) If you have the new 4.2.1 boot loader it automatically boot into usb mode, it should be written in the upper left corner something like this :
The Device is UnLocked.
key driver not found...booting os
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14-20130329" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download Protocol
I didn't know that and I found some answer here and here.
- Plug the TF700 to your computer via a USB cable. (and make sure no other android devices is connected to the computer)
- Open a command prompt in your computer (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box).
Just to be sure (one more time) that your device is well recognized by the computer type “fastboot devices” (without quotes).
You should see at least one line with some numbers written.
Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your tablet.
- Normally the TWRP recovery is now installed on your device !
To check that enter recovery mode : Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up". You should see that image, cool right ?
I don't take any credit for this quick explanation because I took all the informations from this forum (and from different other websites) and gathered them together for my own case, but I think this may help others.
A big Thanks to all the guys here who take the time to write, explain and help, that's great, keep it up the good work :good:
M1ster1 said:
Thanks LetMeKnow !
It was the right way to do it (Berndblb advised this also here).
It worked and I've now TWRP installed ! :victory:
But it wasn't so easy, fortunately there's plenty of help around here
I'll write here quickly how I did it, it could help someone, who knows, sharing doesn't hurt, even if I'm sure there's plenty of different methods to do it.
I found some help in this guide because the explanation under "Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method:" from the TWRP page is a bit rough for a beginner like me.
First I need to mention that I've Windows XP on my computer.
As you can read here there's 3 different ways to install TWRP on the TF700, the first one is the easiest one, but you need to be root, if you're unrooted like me and you want to skip rooting, let's install TWRP via fastboot.
Requirements :
- Bootloader must be unlocked. Very easy following this thread.
- ADB and Fastboot must be installed on your computer. You can follow this guide, this way you'll install them from the latest version of Android SDK and avoid any trouble.
- You should have the USB driver for your TF700 installed on your computer. I've read multiple times that that the official drivers could create some trouble, and indeed it happened to me. So you can give a try, and if this doesn't work, let's go for the Universal Naked Driver.
- Download the last version of TWRP (the newest .blob file) from here. Rename it to twrp.blob and place it under C:/Android (or C:/Android-adb, depending how you've rename your folder containing adb and fastboot.exe).
Fastboot method :
- Before starting, you want to be sure that your computer recognize well your tablet, otherwise, you'll follow a tutoriel like me, enter the final command, press enter and watch... nothing ! just a prompt command blinking in front of you, because if the script don't find any device, it will just write nothing.
To be sure of that, turn on your TF700, Plug it to your computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging (Tap the Build Number 7 times under Settings, About Tablet and it will show up under Dev Settings).
Now, if you're under WinXP like me, it may be possible that the pc doesn't recognize well your tablet, and you'll probably have to play with your device manager (right click on your device, uninstall drivers, then reinstall the naked driver mentioned before for example). You may find some help here or around here in the forum.
Once you think your tablet with USB debugging enabled is well recognized by your computer, try to open a command prompt (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box) and type “adb devices” (without quotes). The daemon will start up, and all connected devices will be listed. If your device shows up, let's continue to next step, otherwise, you should continue to play with uninstalling drivers, reboot, installing others drivers...
- Turn off your device.
- Enter fastboot mode : Keep pressing the Power button while holding the Volume down button till the screen responds then
1) If you have an old bootloader select USB icon, press Volume up button.
2) If you have the new 4.2.1 boot loader it automatically boot into usb mode, it should be written in the upper left corner something like this :
The Device is UnLocked.
key driver not found...booting os
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14-20130329" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download Protocol
I didn't know that and I found some answer here and here.
- Plug the TF700 to your computer via a USB cable. (and make sure no other android devices is connected to the computer)
- Open a command prompt in your computer (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box).
Just to be sure (one more time) that your device is well recognized by the computer type “fastboot devices” (without quotes).
You should see at least one line with some numbers written.
Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your phone.
- Normally the TWRP recovery is now installed on your device !
To check that enter recovery mode : Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up". You should see that image, cool right ?
I don't take any credit for this quick explanation because I took all the informations from this forum (and from different other websites) and gathered them together for my own case, but I think this may help others.
A big Thanks to all the guys here who take the time to write, explain and help, that's great, keep it up the good work :good:
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Good job! Congrats!
And thank you for putting this guide together. That's what I call sharing! :victory:
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
M1ster1 said:
Thanks LetMeKnow !
It was the right way to do it (Berndblb advised this also here).
It worked and I've now TWRP installed ! :victory:
But it wasn't so easy, fortunately there's plenty of help around here
I'll write here quickly how I did it, it could help someone, who knows, sharing doesn't hurt, even if I'm sure there's plenty of different methods to do it.
I found some help in this guide because the explanation under "Download - Recovery Image / Fastboot Method:" from the TWRP page is a bit rough for a beginner like me.
First I need to mention that I've Windows XP on my computer.
As you can read here there's 3 different ways to install TWRP on the TF700, the first one is the easiest one, but you need to be root, if you're unrooted like me and you want to skip rooting, let's install TWRP via fastboot.
Requirements :
- Bootloader must be unlocked. Very easy following this thread.
- ADB and Fastboot must be installed on your computer. You can follow this guide, this way you'll install them from the latest version of Android SDK and avoid any trouble.
- You should have the USB driver for your TF700 installed on your computer. I've read multiple times that that the official drivers could create some trouble, and indeed it happened to me. So you can give a try, and if this doesn't work, let's go for the Universal Naked Driver.
- Download the last version of TWRP (the newest .blob file) from here. Rename it to twrp.blob and place it under C:/Android (or C:/Android-adb, depending how you've rename your folder containing adb and fastboot.exe).
Fastboot method :
- Before starting, you want to be sure that your computer recognize well your tablet, otherwise, you'll follow a tutoriel like me, enter the final command, press enter and watch... nothing ! just a prompt command blinking in front of you, because if the script don't find any device, it will just write nothing.
To be sure of that, turn on your TF700, Plug it to your computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging (Tap the Build Number 7 times under Settings, About Tablet and it will show up under Dev Settings).
Now, if you're under WinXP like me, it may be possible that the pc doesn't recognize well your tablet, and you'll probably have to play with your device manager (to go into your device manager right-click on My Computer and click Properties, In the System Properties window click the Hardware tab, In the Hardware tab click the Device Manager button then look for your device, click on it, uninstall drivers, then reinstall the naked driver mentioned before for example). You may find some help here or around here in the forum.
Once you think your tablet with USB debugging enabled is well recognized by your computer, try to open a command prompt (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box) and type “adb devices” (without quotes). The daemon will start up, and all connected devices will be listed. If your device shows up, let's continue to next step, otherwise, you should continue to play with uninstalling drivers, reboot, installing others drivers...
- Turn off & Unplug your device.
- Enter fastboot mode : Keep pressing the Power button while holding the Volume down button till the screen responds then
1) If you have an old bootloader select USB icon, press Volume up button.
2) If you have the new 4.2.1 boot loader it automatically boot into usb mode, it should be written in the upper left corner something like this :
The Device is UnLocked.
key driver not found...booting os
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14-20130329" A03
Starting Fastboot USB download Protocol
I didn't know that and I found some answer here and here.
- Plug the TF700 to your computer via a USB cable. (and make sure no other android devices is connected to the computer)
- Open a command prompt in your computer (First, press Win + R to launch the Run dialog, then enter “cmd” in the dialog box).
Just to be sure (one more time) that your device is well recognized by the computer type “fastboot devices” (without quotes).
You should see at least one line with some numbers written.
Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your tablet.
- Normally the TWRP recovery is now installed on your device !
To check that enter recovery mode : Boot with "power + vol down" then after the splash screen put "vol up". You should see that image, cool right ?
I don't take any credit for this quick explanation because I took all the informations from this forum (and from different other websites) and gathered them together for my own case, but I think this may help others.
A big Thanks to all the guys here who take the time to write, explain and help, that's great, keep it up the good work :good:
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It is a nice written How to do list, good job... :good:
You can add these command for fastboot to your list instead of using the power button and volume down..
> fastboot reboot-bootloader # Exit fastboot and reboot into bootloader.
> fastboot reboot # Exit fastboot and reboot to your system
Good job.. :good:
FAILED (InvalidSize)
I am attempting to install a ROM on my Transformer Infinity as it pretty much sucks these days but am a complete NOOB. Have never attempted this with any of my phones or tablets, but figure I would try since these directions are so detailed. After following most the steps you have listed, I get the error below in the command prompt. Can someone please help, I tried searching XDA and Google to no avail. If possible please be as basic and speak in layman's terms b/c all this technical jargon goes right over my head. Thank you in advance!!!
Step followed:
- Then, change the working directory of the command window to the directory where you had placed the TWRP recovery file (twrp.blob) using the command “cd directorylocation” without quotes (probably, “cd c:\android“).
Then, in the command prompt, enter the command: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
After the process finishes, You can unplug and reboot your tablet.
Error:
c:\Android-ADB>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blop
sending 'recovery' <8218 KB>...
OKAY [ 2.938s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED <remote: <InvalidSize>>
finished. total time: 6.633s
epps720 said:
Error:
c:\Android-ADB>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blop
sending 'recovery' <8218 KB>...
OKAY [ 2.938s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED <remote: <InvalidSize>>
finished. total time: 6.633s
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Don't know if you cut and paste the error message or typed it up. But what I notice is that you named the recovery file .blop
It should be .blob
Another step to avoid simple errors: Place the recovery.blob file into the same directory with your fastboot file.
Right click in that directory to open a command prompt and then execute the command
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash reccovery twrp.blob
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berndblb said:
Don't know if you cut and paste the error message or typed it up. But what I notice is that you named the recovery file .blop
It should be .blob
Another step to avoid simple errors: Place the recovery.blob file into the same directory with your fastboot file.
Right click in that directory to open a command prompt and then execute the command
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash reccovery twrp.blob
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Thanks for the help but I'm still getting the same error. I did move the recovery file to the same folder and open the command prompt right from that folder but no luck. Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
epps720 said:
Thanks for the help but I'm still getting the same error. I did move the recovery file to the same folder and open the command prompt right from that folder but no luck. Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
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Actually yes.
Just read in another thread about someone having the same problem as you, getting the incorrect file size error.
Download the TWRP 2.5 blob and try it with that file. I have no idea why, but TWRP 2.6 may cause this error.
At least that bloke got the recovery installed that way. Once you have TWRP, it's easy to upgrade to the latest version.
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berndblb said:
I have no idea why, but TWRP 2.6 may cause this error.
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The blob for TWRP 2.6.3 is bigger than the recovery partition. 2.6.1 should work.
berndblb said:
You don't have to downgrade.
After you unlocked your tablet, you can push a custom recovery through ADB or fastboot and use that custom recovery to flash a custom rom.
If you use this method you bypass rooting the stock rom altogether. Every custom rom is rooted already.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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Ive had the same question as the OP, i also have a .10 version, i have a US sku, and i downlaoded said associating item but when I went but when i go to either do it with sd, or intewrnal sd, or how ever. through manual or through android, either method both resulted in error when trying to downgrade, i dont know if its because its a downgrade or what.
Ive some linux experience over the years, and have rooted and run custom roms in the past. im trying to achieve the same as the OP, fix my lag, and more options and tweaks.
I have the .zip of the rom i want whitch i found I liked the xcromi rom, so I downloaded it. so, i can put that in and name it what and how do i do the update than through the volume down + pwr combo into that menu? (not sure what its called) but i can't do sideloads because i can't havbe the ultity to sideload without rooting and i can't root with .10, so i have been trying to get past this single step all night and this morning now.
@M1ster1
Thanks for posting this guide. It doesn't do a perfect job however on the TF700t running Android build 10.6.1.14.10. Tried to use the "fix permissions" option in ROM Manager but failed due to insufficient permissions. I installed CWM Superuser and cleaned up the version of SuperSU (prefer Superuser anyhow)... updated the binaries and still no love when trying to correct the permissions, despite all tests showing the device fully rooted.
After a day of pulling my hair out I finally came across vRoot and after even longer found a guide in English. Ran that, again swapped out the Superuser that went with vRoot and again reinstalled Superuser. Used Ti to install as system app. After reboot ROM Manager was finally able to correct permissions and all is golden again.
Hi ,
My Transformer has 10.6.1.14.10 and I am trying to install TWRP thru fastboot as per "M1ster" instructions.
these are the results I see from my command prompt.
C:\Users\Ken>fastboot devices
015d2bbce7041e07 fastboot
C:\Users\Ken>cd c:\Android-adb
c:\Android-adb>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (4 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.066s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 3.374s]
finished. total time: 3.441s
c:\Android-adb>
after I reboot and select RDK , i get the sick droid error,
I feel like I have missed something, hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction
Thanks
helihaole said:
c:\Android-adb>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (4 KB)...
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Your "twrp.blob" apparently doesn't contain a recovery - it should be around 6 to 8 MB.
Specs:
Tablet:
Asus TF300T running currently nothing previously CM10.2
Recovery: CWM 6.0.2.3
Computer
MacBook Pro running 10.9.1
I currently have CWM installed into the recovery portion and it is proving rather difficult to remove. I had TWRP flashed into recovery and had it working. I decided to get greedy and flash CM11 onto my tablet and TWRP kept coming back with error status 7. All the guides I had seen said to use CWM so I decided to give it a try. After finally sifting through the internet and finding the CWM that works on my tablet, CWM came back with errors saying "E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command" along with a couple other commands. I am also unable to mount the /sdcard/ portion of my internal memory. I am now able to boot into the bootloader and use ADB to flash the recovery and it says it's successful but the tablet totally freezes up after the install and I have to hold the power button down just to shut it off. After rebooting the tablet and choosing recovery it boots into CWM. My final goal is just to get CM10.2 back onto my tablet along with TWRP.
Anyone have any ideas as to how to accomplish this?
harend said:
Specs:
Tablet:
Asus TF300T running currently nothing previously CM10.2
Recovery: CWM 6.0.2.3
Computer
MacBook Pro running 10.9.1
I currently have CWM installed into the recovery portion and it is proving rather difficult to remove. I had TWRP flashed into recovery and had it working. I decided to get greedy and flash CM11 onto my tablet and TWRP kept coming back with error status 7. All the guides I had seen said to use CWM so I decided to give it a try. After finally sifting through the internet and finding the CWM that works on my tablet, CWM came back with errors saying "E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command" along with a couple other commands. I am also unable to mount the /sdcard/ portion of my internal memory. I am now able to boot into the bootloader and use ADB to flash the recovery and it says it's successful but the tablet totally freezes up after the install and I have to hold the power button down just to shut it off. After rebooting the tablet and choosing recovery it boots into CWM. My final goal is just to get CM10.2 back onto my tablet along with TWRP.
Anyone have any ideas as to how to accomplish this?
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What bootloader are you on? CM11 requires either the touch CWM or TWRP 2.6.3.1 and both of those require a 4.2 bootloader that is not 10.6.1.8. You may have to upgrade by flashing the stock ROM first.
cmendonc2 said:
What bootloader are you on? CM11 requires either the touch CWM or TWRP 2.6.3.1 and both of those require a 4.2 bootloader that is not 10.6.1.8. You may have to upgrade by flashing the stock ROM first.
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I had the stock 4.2 Asus ROM installed before I rooted my tablet. Right now I can't get cwm to even see the internal storage /sdcard/ along with many of the other spaces
harend said:
I had the stock 4.2 Asus ROM installed before I rooted my tablet. Right now I can't get cwm to even see the internal storage /sdcard/ along with many of the other spaces
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When you start up the tablet and press Volume down to enter the fastboot menu, what is the version on the top left corner of the screen?
cmendonc2 said:
When you start up the tablet and press Volume down to enter the fastboot menu, what is the version on the top left corner of the screen?
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Well for starters it says
Code:
Key driver not found.. Booting OS
but the next line says
Code:
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00e> released by "US_epad-10.6.1.27.5-20130902" A-03
So I would assume that I could install CM11 but I'm not exactly sure. Also from the bootloader menu I chose to boot android instead of recovery and it booted into CM10.2 so i guess that part of the problem is fixed but I would still like to be able to install CM11 on my device.
Thanks so far!
harend said:
Well for starters it says
Code:
Key driver not found.. Booting OS
but the next line says
Code:
Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00e> released by "US_epad-10.6.1.27.5-20130902" A-03
So I would assume that I could install CM11 but I'm not exactly sure. Also from the bootloader menu I chose to boot android instead of recovery and it booted into CM10.2 so i guess that part of the problem is fixed but I would still like to be able to install CM11 on my device.
Thanks so far!
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OK So you need to install TWRP 2.6.3.1
Follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48508679&postcount=7
After that CM11 should be working fine.
cmendonc2 said:
OK So you need to install TWRP 2.6.3.1
Follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48508679&postcount=7
After that CM11 should be working fine.
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I still can't get TWRP to install. Here are the commands that I ran and the computer output
Code:
$./adb reboot bootloader
$./fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery /Users/henry/Desktop/TWRP/TF300T_TWRP_2-6-3-1.zip
sending 'recovery' (7053 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.387s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.436s]
finished. total time: 4.823s
$./fastboot reboot
ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result e00002ed, ignoring...
ERROR: could not clear output pipe; result e00002ed, ignoring....
rebooting...
ERROR: usb_write failed with status e00002ed
The terminal only threw the usb_write error after I manually restarted the tablet but it will just hang if I don't manually reboot it. It also automatically starts up in the CWM. Is there such a thing as blessing start up drives such as with Linux/Mac? Or did I flash the CWM to the boot partition by accident?
harend said:
I still can't get TWRP to install. Here are the commands that I ran and the computer output
Code:
$./adb reboot bootloader
$./fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery /Users/henry/Desktop/TWRP/TF300T_TWRP_2-6-3-1.zip
sending 'recovery' (7053 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.387s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.436s]
finished. total time: 4.823s
$./fastboot reboot
ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result e00002ed, ignoring...
ERROR: could not clear output pipe; result e00002ed, ignoring....
rebooting...
ERROR: usb_write failed with status e00002ed
The terminal only threw the usb_write error after I manually restarted the tablet but it will just hang if I don't manually reboot it. It also automatically starts up in the CWM. Is there such a thing as blessing start up drives such as with Linux/Mac? Or did I flash the CWM to the boot partition by accident?
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Pretty sure you just flashed the wrong file?
Take the TWRP zip and extract the .img file. Then do:
Code:
$./fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery /Users/henry/Desktop/TWRP/recovery.img
I hope you hadn't flashed a 4.1 recovery earlier....
cmendonc2 said:
Pretty sure you just flashed the wrong file?
Take the TWRP zip and extract the .img file. Then do:
Code:
$./fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery /Users/henry/Desktop/TWRP/recovery.img
I hope you hadn't flashed a 4.1 recovery earlier....
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I'm usually pretty careful to make sure that i'm only flashing recoveries for 4.2 or 4.3 specifically. I'm still stuck with CWM automatically booting and if I send the reboot to recovery command it is still going to CWM. Also I keep getting the could not clear input/output pipe errors.
harend said:
I'm usually pretty careful to make sure that i'm only flashing recoveries for 4.2 or 4.3 specifically. I'm still stuck with CWM automatically booting and if I send the reboot to recovery command it is still going to CWM. Also I keep getting the could not clear input/output pipe errors.
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So when the tablet starts up, it goes directly to CWM or will it go to the fastboot menu after holding down VOL Down? Try running
Code:
fastboot devices
as soon as it gets into CWM
cmendonc2 said:
So when the tablet starts up, it goes directly to CWM or will it go to the fastboot menu after holding down VOL Down? Try running
Code:
fastboot devices
as soon as it gets into CWM
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It will automatically go into CWM. the only way into the bootloader menu is if I send the command
Code:
./adb reboot bootloader
if I type the fastboot devices command nothing shows up and it just goes to the next line.
PC OS
harend said:
It will automatically go into CWM. the only way into the bootloader menu is if I send the command
Code:
./adb reboot bootloader
if I type the fastboot devices command nothing shows up and it just goes to the next line.
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What is the OS of your PC????
lj50036 said:
What is the OS of your PC????
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i'm on a mac running OSX 10.9.1
Hi,
I've posted on this topic on transformerforums website but have not had any success (despite valiant attempts from the guys on the forums).
I am unable to post the link here, please PM me for a link to my original post.
Basically my TF700T got stuck in a bootloop. I have unlocked the bootloader but have not flashed it so it's on stock ROM. I have not been able to flash a recovery ROM and am at a dead end as to what to do.
I am able to get to bootloader and I when I run
Code:
fastboot devices
I get the following output
Code:
015d2a506733f618 fastboot
Which all seems correct. I have access to the tablet when connected to my pc.
When I try to flash the recovery rom, it takes a very short amount of time and on my tablet the device hangs (i.e the RCK icon is no longer flashing). I have checked the blob, it is the correct one and the MD5 hash is correct.
Code:
C:\androidsdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp-2.7.1.1-tf700t.blob
sending 'recovery' (6894 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.868s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.089s]
finished. total time: 0.958s
I can get back into the bootloader if I restart again but attempting to flash it results in a hang.
I have tried to insert an sd with the stock ROM and boot in RCK mode but this has not worked either.
Has anyone any suggestions as to what to do?
The tablet is 2 years old now so not under warranty.
thanks in advance.
anyone have any suggestions?
I'm going on holidays on Thursday and would really love to get this resolved before I go.
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Shameless bump .... are my only options to return this to the manufacturer?
Anyone any suggestions, do you need more info from me?
What you did looks correct, only the short time for "writing" looks suspicious. Try the fastboot command again, but replace "recovery" with "staging", maybe that works better. At the next reboot you should see a blue progress bar on the boot screen for a few seconds and it should reboot again.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried as you suggested and looks like the same results. I'm doing this in windows 7 and have opened the command prompt as Administrator.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging twrp-2.7.1.1-tf700t.blob
sending 'staging' (6894 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.869s]
writing 'staging'...
OKAY [ 0.084s]
finished. total time: 0.955s
Is there any way I get get logs from the tablet itself?
I had been thinking was this a permissions thing although I am able to run
Code:
fastboot boot
Code:
fastboot boot-bootloader
and they work correctly. So I do have access but for some reason the partition is not getting flashed correctly.
Does anyone know what the partitions are used for?
I assume the system partition is used for the actual system image but what is the staging partition used for?
knoxor said:
I had been thinking was this a permissions thing although I am able to run
Code:
fastboot boot
Code:
fastboot boot-bootloader
and they work correctly. So I do have access but for some reason the partition is not getting flashed correctly.
Does anyone know what the partitions are used for?
I assume the system partition is used for the actual system image but what is the staging partition used for?
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When blobs are written to the staging partition, on next boot. the bootloader flashes the contents to the relevant partitions (i.e., kernel, system, bootloader)
knoxor said:
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried as you suggested and looks like the same results. I'm doing this in windows 7 and have opened the command prompt as Administrator.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging twrp-2.7.1.1-tf700t.blob
sending 'staging' (6894 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.869s]
writing 'staging'...
OKAY [ 0.084s]
finished. total time: 0.955s
Is there any way I get get logs from the tablet itself?
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Hi sbdags,
So it looks like I'm stuck at this point. The above command seems to work but the time for flashing the recovery blob to staging seems very short which probably indicates that this has not happened correctly. After the above command, on next boot when selecting RCK from the bootloader menu the tablet attempts to perform the update but then I get the android error screen (android dude on his back and error message).
Any suggestions as to what I can do next?
thanks
Paul
knoxor said:
Hi sbdags,
So it looks like I'm stuck at this point. The above command seems to work but the time for flashing the recovery blob to staging seems very short which probably indicates that this has not happened correctly. After the above command, on next boot when selecting RCK from the bootloader menu the tablet attempts to perform the update but then I get the android error screen (android dude on his back and error message).
Any suggestions as to what I can do next?
thanks
Paul
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Well shoot me a PM, Lets see if we can find a solution to your issue ...
Thx Josh
bump again.
Is there anyone there who can help me on this please ?
knoxor said:
Is there anyone there who can help me on this please ?
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I don't think I can help you, but can you post the build number of your bootloader? I remember someone had a bootloader for the TF300 on his TF700 and was then unable to flash blobs.
_that said:
I don't think I can help you, but can you post the build number of your bootloader? I remember someone had a bootloader for the TF300 on his TF700 and was then unable to flash blobs.
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Hi, I fairly sure I have the correct bootloader (WW_epad-10.6.1.14.10-20130801 A03).
Just to clarify, this is a stock rom I have on the tab. I have it unlocked but not rooted.
thanks
knoxor said:
Hi, I fairly sure I have the correct bootloader (WW_epad-10.6.1.14.10-20130801 A03).
Just to clarify, this is a stock rom I have on the tab. I have it unlocked but not rooted.
thanks
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Your bootloader is ok.
Did you PM Josh? What did you guys try?
If he couldn't help you, I doubt I can...
Aside from the suggestions I gave you on the Transformer Forum, I'm stumped...
So again:
Do not use USB 3.0 ports
Uninstall the fastboot drivers and use the one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646279
Check the fastboot.exe version and see if you can find a later one.
That's all I can think of right now....
berndblb said:
Your bootloader is ok.
Did you PM Josh? What did you guys try?
If he couldn't help you, I doubt I can...
Aside from the suggestions I gave you on the Transformer Forum, I'm stumped...
So again:
Do not use USB 3.0 ports
Uninstall the fastboot drivers and use the one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646279
Check the fastboot.exe version and see if you can find a later one.
That's all I can think of right now....
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Yes I contacted Josh and shared my desktop with him one evening. We didn't resolve it. I've tried the flashing on 3 different computers.
One of them is an old laptop running ubuntu that I know only has USB2 ports on it.
The only thing I can think of is that I lost my original charger/cable but I spent the extra money to get an OEM one again so I hope that is not
the issue.
Could the cable be the issue??
knoxor said:
Yes I contacted Josh and shared my desktop with him one evening. We didn't resolve it. I've tried the flashing on 3 different computers.
One of them is an old laptop running ubuntu that I know only has USB2 ports on it.
The only thing I can think of is that I lost my original charger/cable but I spent the extra money to get an OEM one again so I hope that is not
the issue.
Could the cable be the issue??
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If you got the charger from anywhere else but Asus - yes, that could be the issue. And the only one left I can think of....
I've been reviewing posts similar to mine, but still not able to either grasp the solution, or get it to work. Here's what's going on...
Tab was running fine last I knew, battery was just run down. I plugged it into my computer to charge, I booted it up, and I saw the "android is upgrading" window I get whenever I start up. Ok. Running katkiss v26 I think btw. Well, the battery must have died during that process as I noticed it at a 0% as it was shutting down. I plug it into a normal plug and notice it just continues rebooting at the Asus splash screen. I can get to TWRP, but it just reboots at that splash screen too. Cold boot does not work. I have no experience with ADB, but I tried it anyway, just a simple fastboot reboot, and that was uneventful. I had to hold down the vol up button to get it to stop rebooting. It's starting to look like my next teardown project. Any thoughts?
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Also, can someone clarify how commands should be entered in ADB? I've tried doing some suggested in the tread below, but just get a big list of commands.
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Something was not quite right with your installation to begin with. You should not get the "Android is upgrading" on each boot. That probably could have been fixed with a quick wipe of cache and Dalvik. Well - water under the bridge.
Katshmallow is a pretty power hungry rom. I would not be surprised if the trickle charge your PC's USB port provides was not sufficient to keep it from crashing due to no juice.
Alright, to fix it we need to clear up your adb/fastboot confusion.
You can use adb either in recovery (if the recovery supports it and TWRP does) or in Android, that means with a booted tablet. You can do neither, so you cannot use adb commands.
If you are very lucky you may have adb access while the recovery is boot looping, try it with "adb devices", and then you could at least pull your data off the tablet with the command "adb pull /sdcard".
but I doubt that very much so probably your data is toast if you did not back it up.
What you can do is use fastboot. That's a protocol you can use when booted into the bootloader. Since you cannot even boot the recovery my advice would be to fastboot flash the Asus stock blob and start from scratch.
Read the OP here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2688891 for background info
and then follow these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68041322&postcount=292
Thanks for the response and help so far. Can you expand a bit on how to flash the blob? I have it, but am either not putting it in the right place, or pasting the command wrong, as I just get a list of options in ADB. Where should my fastboot directory be? I've made a fastboot folder at the root of my c drive, but that didn't work, and I've also put the blob where minimal adb is installed. Thanks again.
Hello.
I think you need firts to load your tablet with the power plug and after that I think it will startup the normal way.
Loading with an USB is very very slow on this tablet.
Good luck
Scenic-3
Thanks Scenic. Unfortunately, usb, power plug, or unplugged, it just boot loops.
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Thanks for the response and help so far. Can you expand a bit on how to flash the blob? I have it, but am either not putting it in the right place, or pasting the command wrong, as I just get a list of options in ADB. Where should my fastboot directory be? I've made a fastboot folder at the root of my c drive, but that didn't work, and I've also put the blob where minimal adb is installed. Thanks again.
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Read the Beginner's Guide and make sure you have a fastboot connection. If you get a positive return with 'fastboot devices' you put the blob into the directory were your fastboot.exe is and run the commands as posted.
I must be missing something very basic.
I enter "fastboot devices" and get a hit, so that's good.
I have the blob from US_epad-user-10.4.4.20 in my minimal adb and fastboot folder right along with the exe's.
I then enter "fastboot - i 0x0b05 flash system blob" but only get the list of options. I've tried "fastboot - i 0x0b05 flash blob" and fastboot - i 0x0b05 flash US_epad-user-10.4.4.20.blob" and fastboot - i 0x0b05 flash blob.blob all with the same result.
I've read through the beginners guide, but didn't see anything related to the blob file. I'm sure I'm missing something basic, but this aspect is all very new to me, so I need it spelled out like a first grader.
STOP!
This is the TF700 forum, so I assumed you have that tablet! 10.4.4.20 us not TF700 firmware! What tablet do you have???
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Well, the would certainly be an issue wouldn't it. I do have a tf700. Looks like I grabbed the wrong file. I thought that was iffy.
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Tf700t stuck in boot and can't get to recovery
Hi all,
I have no idea what happened but mine too was fine yesterday and now will not boot. I also can't get boot into recovery. It's also not being recognised by my win7 machine.
This us my 2d Asus tf700t and live the size and screen but I think that I must be jinxed. I've been rooting/customising since the G1 but this tablet has me stumped.
I've looked over the forums (including the beginner's guide) but just don't know enough and need help.
Also if there is a place that I could send to in the Boston, MA area that they might fix it for me.
Thanks everyone.
Ps if I can't fix it what might be a good replacement with the same or better screen.
This is screwy then.
I go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946456 , and scroll down to "ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T Firmware: V10.4.4.20 Only for US SKU (Android 4.1.1)-2012.11.07 update-md5: b06ff04ba888435f744f3c85ec0c6256 - size: 456MB." But you're saying that's not tf700 firmware?
I found this one below and gave it a go, but to no avail again. Pulled the blob, put it in the minimal adb directory, ran "fastboot - i 0x0b05 flash blob" and again got the list of options.
Eee Pad Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T Firmware: V9.4.5.30 Only for US SKU (Android 4.0.3) - 2012.09.21 update - MD5 Sum: 2248ec635ea96768a5e1dfbbc996a879 - Size: 370.37 MB (388358205 bytes)
I finally thought I got smart and got this from the asus site: US_epaduser10_6_1_14_10_UpdateLauncher. Did the same routine of pulling the blob and attempting to flash it with "fastboot - i 0x0b05 flash blob", but still just getting a list of commands. Should I be entering the command differently? Have I missed a step? Arg.
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This is screwy then.
I go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946456 , and scroll down to "ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T Firmware: V10.4.4.20 Only for US SKU (Android 4.1.1)-2012.11.07 update-md5: b06ff04ba888435f744f3c85ec0c6256 - size: 456MB." But you're saying that's not tf700 firmware? What am I supposed to be installing then?
What about this?
Eee Pad Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T Firmware: V9.4.5.30 Only for US SKU (Android 4.0.3) - 2012.09.21 update - MD5 Sum: 2248ec635ea96768a5e1dfbbc996a879 - Size: 370.37 MB (388358205 bytes)
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Ok, you're right it is TF700 firmware. But so old that I forgot about it! :laugh:
And definitely not firmare you want to flash. You can't flash any halfway recent rom on that bootloader.
You want 10.6.1.14.10, the last firmware released for this tablet: https://www.asus.com/support/Download/28/1/0/11/fq2B3oq64av1O95u/8/
Finally got it. Thanks for the help. The issue was that I wasn't pointing adb in the right place with my line to flash. I didn't realize that I needed to make it "fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\ADB\blob," but that did the trick.
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Finally got it. Thanks for the help. The issue was that I wasn't pointing adb in the right place with my line to flash. I didn't realize that I needed to make it "fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\ADB\blob," but that did the trick.
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Only if you did not open the cmd window from your fastboot directory:
The fun begins
Fastboot does not play well with USB 3.0, so use a USB 2.0 port for this. And no hubs and such....
Boot the tablet into fastboot mode and connect it to your computer via the original USB cable
In Windows Explorer navigate to the folder that contains your adb.exe and fastboot.exe
Win 7/8/10: Shift + right click and select "Open command window here".
For Win XP click here
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But I'm glad you got it sorted
I must have missed the red part
Does that do the same as starting ADB? This is my first venture into using commands.
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