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[Q] Problem unbricking i9023 with AdamOutler's Resurrector

Hello everybody
It seems I'm quite late with this issue so I wasn't sure whether to post in an old thread or open a new one...
A few days ago my 12-year-old nephew, for 3 month a really proud owner of a Nexus S I9023 came to me desperately sad: He had tried to update to ICS (the manual "update.zip method") and ended up with a totally unresponsive phone like many others back in December.
I do not own an Android device myself and this stuff is all new to me (so sorry for any dumb questions or thoughts ;-) ), but after some googling and finding this great forum and especially AdamOutler's tool (and reading about other people's success with it) I was confident to be able to bring the Nexus back to life. But I'm still stuck at a certain point...
What I've done so far:
-I installed Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS natively on a PC (I failed with using a virtual installation on my Mac).
-Installed JavaSDK and the UnBrickable Resurrector.
-Downloaded the Android SDK from here and installed it following this advice (I didn't download fastboot separately as it was included in the SDK).
-Downloaded a full ROM from here , extracted the bootloader.img and boot.img from the .zip, downloaded recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img and put all that stuff in the fastboot directory.
Ok, ready to go now (I think):
I start the Resurrector (R40), select "Nexus S", remove the battery, plug in USB, replace the battery (now the Resurrector recognizes the Nexus) and click "Perform Resurrection" (without holding any button on the Nexus). After a few seconds the Resurrector reports success, showing the "Android with speech bubble" and saying "Fastboot mode" below. On the Nexus the Search- and Homebutton (the both on the right side) are now lit-up, but the display is still black.
At this point I'm wondering if everything went ok, shouldn't the Nexus now already show its bootloader screen like on Adam's image or the battery charging screen ? Anyway, according to the Resurrector everything is fine, so let's continue.
I start Terminal and cd to the fastboot directory. Just to be sure the Nexus is recognized:
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lsusb
Bus 002 Device 023: ID 18d1:4e20
Code:
fastboot devices
34329EB4B3F800EC fastboot
Now I'm not exactly sure what to do next. As far as I've understood some have now flashed the bootloader, boot & recovery images first, others have "booted from the recovery.img (?)", in both cases I end up with this:
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fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
sending 'bootloader' (1536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.629s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: Bootloader Locked - Use "fastboot oem unlock" to Unlock)
finished. total time: 1.631s
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fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 4.374s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Bootloader Locked - Use "fastboot oem unlock" to Unlock)
finished. total time: 4.376s
But when I try to unlock, I only see this:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
...
I wait several minutes but nothing happens. I stop this by unplugging the phone and an error appears:
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FAILED (status read failed (No such device))
finished. total time: 561.710s
(I assume waiting nearly 10min is enough?)
I also tried to run fastboot as root with sudo, but that doesn't change anything. I'm really stranded at this point. :-(
This is my first contact with Android and I'm also not very familiar with Linux, but in my humble understanding I should be just one little step away from success, shouldn't I?
For me everything seems to work properly, the Resurrector reports success, saying the Nexus is in fastboot mode now, fastboot is running and recognizing it and also my attempts to "fastboot flash" or "fastboot boot" obviously work until the "Bootloader Locked" error pops up.
So the two big questions are:
1. Is it ok that after successful resurrection only Search and Home are lit-up, but the display remains black or should I see the bootloader or battery charging screen?
2. Why is fastboot stuck while unlocking?
I'm also wondering if it's worth it to set up a Linux/Windows dualboot installation to run fastboot or even Odin in Windows, I can't imagine that I have a better chance that way, this should work with Linux alone, shouldn't it?!
So, I hope I haven't bored you too much ;-)
I would really appreciate some help to make my nephew happy again...
Have a nice weekend!

If the bootloader is locked then you need to OEM unlock then on the screen it should say unlock bootloader? I need to press up with the volume keys and press ok power button.. Then it should be unlocked try that then white everything yo the phone
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

In order to unlock oem, you first need to fastboot unlock which you did.
Then, confirm it on your phone which you didn't b/c you can't see/don't have fastboot screen.
And i think you didn't have fastboot screen b/c you didn't hold the buttons like you supposed to.
That's what everyone has to do to enter fastboot.
I think you should follow this thread.
And download and use the ROM package he has linked.
And instead of ODIN which requires Windows, you can use Heimdall which can run on Linux/Mac.
And search how to use Heimdall before flashing.
And if you don't have a backup, download some ROM (stock one preferred) to flash instead of restoring backup.
Also, search how to flash a ROM and clean/full wipe in CWM before flashing.

Same situation here, please help me.
Hello Cicofz and everybody,
I am stuck in about the same situation. Only a little later, my phone bricked on a 4.0.4 upgrade.
I used resurrection and on my phone the same Search and Home lit-up, the display remains black! but resurrection tells me it is in download or Fastboot mode. My fastboot on Mac doesn't get stuck, it tells me everything is Oke. However there is no possibility to get the screen on and really start fastboot on my phone...
So i think I'm stuck on the same thing you got stuck on some weeks ago.
Did you solve the problems in the meanwhile? If so can you please let me know how you did this.
If anybody els can help me please Do...
regards KnoefKnoef

Hello KnoefKnoef,
yes, I was able to bring the Nexus back to life (and a big grin back on my nephew's face) ;-) Afterwards it turned out pretty easy, just fastboot with Ubuntu, no need for any Windows stuff.
It's getting late here in Germany, so I'll try to recall and post what I've done tomorrow. I'm not sure, but I think I've even copied the whole terminal session so I can tell you step by step. I must have a look at the PC I used for it tomorrow...
Good Night

It is running... and yes it is on ICS 4.0.4.
thanks for your Quick reply, butt help is not needed anymore.
After using UnBrickable Resurrector in Linux I got the phone in download mode. with the home and search light glowing.
Then I Switched to Windows using this tread: *OFFICIAL* Android 4.0.4 IMM76D ROM for Nexus S 4G http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575502
It ended in a message Failed. Butt the phone was reboot-able. And best of all it is running on ICS 4.0.4.
So I'm very happy now.
It was quite a procedure doing all this on a MAC using Windows and Linux. Butt I eventually managed to do it....
Thanks for your input...

knoefknoef said:
thanks for your Quick reply, butt help is not needed anymore.
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Pleased to hear that

recover options for bricked TF700 Please Help!!!

I just got my TF 700 and rooted an unlocked it, and all was ok, but then installed an app from the app store and now I only get "booting recovery kernel image" I was able to boot to APX mode install the driver and use Universal root toolkit for the TF and install the firmware from ASUS website but I think the boot image file is the problem. The transformer.bct is not for the TF700. Thanks in advace for any help.

xdatester11 said:
I just got my TF 700 and rooted an unlocked it, and all was ok, but then installed an app from the app store and now I only get "booting recovery kernel image" I was able to boot to APX mode install the driver and use Universal root toolkit for the TF and install the firmware from ASUS website but I think the boot image file is the problem. The transformer.bct is not for the TF700. Thanks in advace for any help.
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Are you able to boot in recovery?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

Pretoriano80 said:
Are you able to boot in recovery?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
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No I cannot boot into recovery only APX mode and use nvflash. I am able to flash files. I have flashed the factory firmware from Asus. I think it is the boot image that is still bad. I used the recovery tool BRK_RootKit_v8.0_final to flash the image file but it tries to flash the original TF transformer.bct boot file. I think If I had the correct transformer.bct for the TF700 it would work.

xdatester11 said:
No I cannot boot into recovery only APX mode and use nvflash. I am able to flash files. I have flashed the factory firmware from Asus. I think it is the boot image that is still bad. I used the recovery tool BRK_RootKit_v8.0_final to flash the image file but it tries to flash the original TF transformer.bct boot file. I think If I had the correct transformer.bct for the TF700 it would work.
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AFAIK the nvflash method doesn't work for TF700 and is possible that you really bricked your device... The only solutionn i can see is to flash a recovery in fastboot mod and flash the Asus stock from there,but if you can't even boot in fastboot then i don't see any other way to recover the device.

xdatester11 said:
No I cannot boot into recovery only APX mode and use nvflash. I am able to flash files. I have flashed the factory firmware from Asus. I think it is the boot image that is still bad. I used the recovery tool BRK_RootKit_v8.0_final to flash the image file but it tries to flash the original TF transformer.bct boot file. I think If I had the correct transformer.bct for the TF700 it would work.
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I was hoping someone would be willing to make a backup of their file using nvflash. I think the zip should help.

xdatester11 said:
I was hoping someone would be willing to make a backup of their file using nvflash. I think the zip should help.
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NVFlash works with the TF700??? That's news to me!
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

xdatester11 said:
I was hoping someone would be willing to make a backup of their file using nvflash. I think the zip should help.
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Sorry mate,but according to this --> http://androidroot.mobi/2012/07/15/nvflash-for-tegra3-transformer-prime/ <-- i don't think you will be able to use nvflash for recovery and it clearly states that you need to get fastboot working in order to use that method. (to get in fastboot mode press Volume down + Power and release the buttons when the message about having 5 second to press Volume Up shows...if this work you will get to a menu with the "USB icon" wich means boot in fastboot mode).
P.S : Can you tell us why you had to mess with nvflash?That is the most advanced way to recover/backup the Transformer 101/201 series and you have really high chances to brick your device for good.
EDIT: I don't think someone here will be able to make a backup for you with nvflash...it will only lead to more bricks.
EDIT 2: Can you please tell us the name of the app that bricked your device so we can avoid other people bricking their device?

The app was transformer reboot recovery I think.
I only used nvflash because it was the only option left as the tab wouldn't work with adb or fastboot.
I guess I'll keep it as a paper weight.

xdatester11 said:
The app was transformer reboot recovery I think.
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weird, ive been using that app for a couple of days with no issues. but now I think I will uninstall it until someone can confirm that this causes problems.

henbone11 said:
weird, ive been using that app for a couple of days with no issues. but now I think I will uninstall it until someone can confirm that this causes problems.
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Yes,i also used that app with no issue,but one of the developers behind TWRP advised to not use it at all,because if for some reason your recovery gets corrupted (that app send a custom command to boot into recovery) the device will boot loop trying to get in recovery and without nvflash we don't have many options to recover from that.
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KEEP AWAY from that app for the moment,just stick with the old good " Volume Down + Power and then Volume UP " method to get into recovery.

Same issues here as well
I had rooted the TF700 ( as i wanted to download a market fix for my region, as i wasnt able to download GTA III) and had installed the eris market fix app :sillymy stupidity) it changed certain values to the original market application. After a reset/ reboot i was stuck at the powered by Nvidia Screen. I tried colding booting/ wiping etc non would work. I tried reinstalling the boot/system files through fastboot still no luck. what i cant understand is the fastboot setup seems to work when i id the Device it shows:
"? Fastboot"
i can reboot, push the system/ boot and recovery files, but cant boot into recovery mode. i have even pushed the twrp 2.2 file through fastboot. My only bet would be to boot into recovery so that i could mount and push custom roms.
I have even tried flashing the rom update through the following command "Fastboot flash update filename" however i get the archive cannot find android-info.txt error .
Is there anyway i could boot into recovery. (previously i could boot into recovery, but when i formatted/ erased the system and boot files i only get 2 options 1. Wipe Data & Cache & 2. Fastboot (USB). I tried holding the vol down button and the power button but that just puts me into blank screen mode and the APX driver pops up on the device manager.
I had to uninstall all my current drivers supporting asus and manually select the asus fastboot interface to get the fastboot working.
Any ideas would be helpful.

shasan2 said:
I had rooted the TF700 ( as i wanted to download a market fix for my region, as i wasnt able to download GTA III) and had installed the eris market fix app :sillymy stupidity) it changed certain values to the original market application. After a reset/ reboot i was stuck at the powered by Nvidia Screen. I tried colding booting/ wiping etc non would work. I tried reinstalling the boot/system files through fastboot still no luck. what i cant understand is the fastboot setup seems to work when i id the Device it shows:
"? Fastboot"
i can reboot, push the system/ boot and recovery files, but cant boot into recovery mode. i have even pushed the twrp 2.2 file through fastboot. My only bet would be to boot into recovery so that i could mount and push custom roms.
I have even tried flashing the rom update through the following command "Fastboot flash update filename" however i get the archive cannot find android-info.txt error .
Is there anyway i could boot into recovery. (previously i could boot into recovery, but when i formatted/ erased the system and boot files i only get 2 options 1. Wipe Data & Cache & 2. Fastboot (USB). I tried holding the vol down button and the power button but that just puts me into blank screen mode and the APX driver pops up on the device manager.
I had to uninstall all my current drivers supporting asus and manually select the asus fastboot interface to get the fastboot working.
Any ideas would be helpful.
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1The first step is to get your recovery back and working...here's a how-to:
1) Download the recovery from here
2) Follow the instruction on how to flash the recovery in fastboot mode
If the flash went good and you can get in recovery mode follow this steps:
1)Download the 9.4.5.26 firmware from Asus site (the SKU for your region)
2)Extract the .zip file somewere on your desktop (the result will be another .zip file,use it for step 3)
3)Put the extracted zip to a MicroSD card
4)Insert the MicroSD card in your tablet and boot into recovery
5)Install the zip from recovery and restard when done
If all goes well your tablet will be again up and running

Ray of Teamwin
:good::good::good:Thanks a million, seeing the team win screen relieved me. The only problem is i cant boot into recovery (teamwin screen is visible)through the wipe data mode, wherein everything is wiped and it reboots automatically. I cant seem to force the table into recovery without this is there any fastboot command which i can use to force the tablet into recovery.

Need Stock Boot, Recovery, System img
Still no luck with the recovery mode. Every time i wipe the device it automatically reboots. I was wondering if i could get hold of stock recovery, boot and system .img files so that i can push them or flash them through fastboot.
i tried using the blob pack and unpack but i cant seem to get around the blob header thing.
Anyone to spare me stock .img files

End of Infinity
Okay my frustration has led me to "fastboot erase bootloader" and now i am permanently stuck in APX mode.
However as nvflash is not avaliable for tf700t i guess i wont be using this for quiet sometime. Unless nvflash is made available

shasan2 said:
Okay my frustration has led me to "fastboot erase bootloader" and now i am permanently stuck in APX mode.
However as nvflash is not avaliable for tf700t i guess i wont be using this for quiet sometime. Unless nvflash is made available
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There's a thread (I can't find it again) that talks about this "Reboot into Recovery" app and how it might be bricking TF700T's. This guy wrote in, because he could not get to the recovery menu at all any more and could not do the "PWR+VOL-DOWN" combo. Nothing would happen. Maybe this was the thread, I don't know.
An XDA Mod in another thread said the app *might* be bricking them, but was waiting for confirmation before posting that it does.
I wish to confirm that IT DOES BRICK TF700T's! IT DOES!!!
And there is NOT A DAMN THING you can do! Your PC will not even recognize that the device is connected! You cannot get to the little icons to pick USB Mode, or whatever it's called.
This is the free app, not the other pay one in the Market. I don't know about that one, but this one is called, "Reboot into Recovery" and if you can somehow find that thread if I don't and just copy my post there, I would really appreciate it! I just want to warn people, ya know?
Also, using ANY of the "ROM Managers", whether it's CWM's, or GooMgr's, will take away all ability to get to a recovery menu at boot, at all! The device will still work and everything and boot to your Home Screen and everything. It won't be bricked like the app listed above does to it, but it will take away your recovery menu altogether and the PWR+VOLDOWN thing won't work any more either.
You can Unlock the TF700T, you can Root it. But you cannot use ANY ROM Mgr and you cannot use that Reboot into Recovery app.
But the app I listed above WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE BEYOND ANY RECOVERY METHOD!
Please pass this on, I am confirming the experience. It doesn't matter if others say it worked for them. It is bricking them at random and even one of the guys who reviewed the app (diff guy than the one who posted here) said it bricked his. It is happening! It is not the user messing up! I did do it right!
Thanks!

I'm not sure if you are talking about the app named "Transformer Reboot to Recovery", but that particular app works fine on the TF700 - I use it all of the time.
The only time that it *can* cause problems is if your recovery is already corrupt or there is some other issue, in which case it can cause a bootloop.
But, if there are no issues, it works fine... There is a risk involved, like I said, if there are pre-existing problems with your device, but if you know that everything is working fine on your device, the app mentioned above works fine.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

jtrosky said:
I'm not sure if you are talking about the app named "Transformer Reboot to Recovery", but that particular app works fine on the TF700 - I use it all of the time.
The only time that it *can* cause problems is if your recovery is already corrupt or there is some other issue, in which case it can cause a bootloop.
But, if there are no issues, it works fine... There is a risk involved, like I said, if there are pre-existing problems with your device, but if you know that everything is working fine on your device, the app mentioned above works fine.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
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No offense, but I think a huge problem in forums, is that people don't read carefully.
1) I think you are referring to the paid app. Read what I said about that.
2) You're saying what you're saying, in a thread started by a guy who had a running device and who didn't after using the app.
3) I said that it bricks them AT RANDOM.
4) Another problem with forums, is that whenever someone has a problem, A LOT of users want to post responses that ignore the users' experience and they want to act like the problem doesn't "really" exist. If multiple people are posting the same problem, then IT DOES EXIST. It just doesn't exist for YOU! But something working for you, does not mean it works for everybody and it does not mean there is a problem with their device, nor that they did something wrong.
5) And yet another problem with forums, is that when someone like me points things like this out, many users will respond by jumping on me, instead of those who try to make the guy feel like he's hallucinating and who, instead of trying to help him out, or just keep their mouths shut if they have nothing helpful to offer, think the right thing to do is to argue with the person having the problem.
These forums are for help and information. If someone has neither to offer the person, or at least warn others, then why are they responding at all? And why would anyone defend someone doing that?! It's ridiculous! But that's what typically happens, especially in XDA doe some reason (lots of snobs here, who like to prove they are, by doing as I just described).
The bottom line is, you do not run the app I talked about and even if you did, that does not take away from the experience that some have had and the best thing, is to avoid the app, because there's a risk involved and there is no recovery from it. I decided to warn people. You decided to tell us that we're hallucinating and that people should use the app. You did not carefully read what I wrote, or you would have checked the Market to see what the name of the app that does not have a pay version is. The one I am talking about does not.
I will tell you this. I am posting this from my laptop, because I had to return my Tablet and have a replacement shipped and now I have to spend a few days getting it all set up again the way I had it.
Avoid the ROM Mgr apps on the TF700T. And avoid the free app called "Reboot into Recovery". A user told me about it for my device, who had seen it used successfully. However, if you look at the reviews in the Market, you'll see that one of them says it bricked his *WORKING* *FINE* tablet and this thread right here has told you about two more. So just believe it and don't criticize, huh?
Okay Mods, feel free to jump on me again, just like last time.

I agree with many of your points, Zeuszoos, and thanks for pointing that out, but I believe there are many senior members at XDA willing to help if they have knowledge/abilities to do so, that's been my experience so far and hopefully it can be yours too. Of course, a little SEARCH won't hurt before posting one's problem, as you reasonably mentioned yourself
"reboot to recovery" has been in my apps STICKY thread in the sections "apps to avoid" (RED) for quite some time now after first reports of bricking users' devices started popping up and I believe it has helped some users who did a little reading before clicking...

[Q] Bricked TF300T (APX mode only, no nvflash) – any hope?

I bricked a TF300T today, and I'd like to know if there is possibility that it might be repaired.
I was attempting to install CyanogenMod 10.1 on the tablet for my friends, which I offered to do since I have a bit of experience doing similar on other devices. It was running Android 4.2, and had the latest firmware (v10.6.1.15.3, WW). After researching the XDA forums, I unlocked and rooted the device, and installed the TWRP recovery (2.5.0.0). I used TWRP to flash CM 10.1 and the Google apps, but when I tried to boot I got stuck at the Asus logo. After some more research I realized that the official release of CM doesn't work with the 4.2 bootloader, and that if I wanted to install that ROM I would need to downgrade my bootloader (right?).
The trouble occurred during the downgrade. I downloaded the 10.4.2.20 firmware and used flashboot to flash it. The flash completely successfully and I was going to run "flashboot reboot." Thinking I'd save keystrokes on the command line, I hit the up arrow to call up my last command, and meant to delete the last half of it, but I managed to hit 'enter' instead, starting the flash over again. I cancelled the command (^C), which might not have been wise -- but then I made my dumbest move, and powered the device off. (I'm not really sure why; I guess I assumed I'd still be able to get into fastboot mode.)
Now the device will not boot at all, except into APX mode -- i.e., the screen is blank, but when plugged into the computer the device registers. From what I've read here, there isn't really anything useful I can do in APX mode, given that I never setup nvflash, and I can't figure out any way of getting the tablet to do anything else.
Is there anything I've missed? Is there anything I could accomplish by cracking open the tablet (popping out the battery)? I've seen references to replacing the logic board – would that work, and how should I go about this? I know most if not all of these questions have been answered in different places before, and I tried to do my homework, but I figured I'd ask in case anyone had new experience or expertise to share.

I think to only solution is to replace the main board OR buy a new tablet :'(
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T

jay-roc said:
I bricked a TF300T today, and I'd like to know if there is possibility that it might be repaired.
I was attempting to install CyanogenMod 10.1 on the tablet for my friends, which I offered to do since I have a bit of experience doing similar on other devices. It was running Android 4.2, and had the latest firmware (v10.6.1.15.3, WW). After researching the XDA forums, I unlocked and rooted the device, and installed the TWRP recovery (2.5.0.0). I used TWRP to flash CM 10.1 and the Google apps, but when I tried to boot I got stuck at the Asus logo. After some more research I realized that the official release of CM doesn't work with the 4.2 bootloader, and that if I wanted to install that ROM I would need to downgrade my bootloader (right?).
The trouble occurred during the downgrade. I downloaded the 10.4.2.20 firmware and used flashboot to flash it. The flash completely successfully and I was going to run "flashboot reboot." Thinking I'd save keystrokes on the command line, I hit the up arrow to call up my last command, and meant to delete the last half of it, but I managed to hit 'enter' instead, starting the flash over again. I cancelled the command (^C), which might not have been wise -- but then I made my dumbest move, and powered the device off. (I'm not really sure why; I guess I assumed I'd still be able to get into fastboot mode.)
Now the device will not boot at all, except into APX mode -- i.e., the screen is blank, but when plugged into the computer the device registers. From what I've read here, there isn't really anything useful I can do in APX mode, given that I never setup nvflash, and I can't figure out any way of getting the tablet to do anything else.
Is there anything I've missed? Is there anything I could accomplish by cracking open the tablet (popping out the battery)? I've seen references to replacing the logic board – would that work, and how should I go about this? I know most if not all of these questions have been answered in different places before, and I tried to do my homework, but I figured I'd ask in case anyone had new experience or expertise to share.
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APX mode is useless without nvflash installed and nvflash can only be installed while on ICS and once you leave ICS you can't go back.
Some Info: the vehicles to recover without nvflash are
1. recovery - stock or twrp
2. adb
3. fastboot
Do any of these work?
Try this link to find ways you may not have used yet -to get to the bootloader - thus recovery or fastboot
[GUIDE] Enter APX mode or Bootloader-recovery menu!
For future reference here is the way I see the recovery and rom matching issue.
4.1 bootloader - 10.4.2.9, 10.4.2.13, 10.4.2.17, 10.4.2.18, 10.4.2.20 - twrp openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-JB.blob
4.2 bootloader - 10.6.1.8 - twrp openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-tf300t-4.2.blob
4.2.1 bootloader - 10.6.1.15.3 - twrp openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob

tobdaryl said:
APX mode is useless without nvflash installed and nvflash can only be installed while on ICS and once you leave ICS you can't go back.
Some Info: the vehicles to recover without nvflash are
1. recovery - stock or twrp
2. adb
3. fastboot
Do any of these work?
Try this link to find ways you may not have used yet -to get to the bootloader - thus recovery or fastboot
[GUIDE] Enter APX mode or Bootloader-recovery menu!
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Thanks for the response. I've already tried the relevant methods in the guide, except for disconnecting the battery. I can get into APX mode -- the tablet registers as an APX device when plugged into the computer -- but I can't get it to enter the bootloader, so recovery, adb, and fastboot do not work. At this point I don't have much hope that the device will ever boot again without replacing the motherboard.

jay-roc said:
Thanks for the response. I've already tried the relevant methods in the guide, except for disconnecting the battery. I can get into APX mode -- the tablet registers as an APX device when plugged into the computer -- but I can't get it to enter the bootloader, so recovery, adb, and fastboot do not work. At this point I don't have much hope that the device will ever boot again without replacing the motherboard.
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I'm sorry, I hoped the guide would give you a chance of recovery.

I definitely appreciate the help, and the guide's a great resource.
tobdaryl said:
I'm sorry, I hoped the guide would give you a chance of recovery.
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jay-roc said:
I definitely appreciate the help, and the guide's a great resource.
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You are welcome!
I had wished for better results.
Good Luck!

noahvt said:
I think to only solution is to replace the main board OR buy a new tablet :'(
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Is there any tips for buying mainboard? Should it be exactly the same as in my tablet (I mean the same region and, therefore, version of ROM installed), maybe serials.
I have a bricked TF300T, and the only way I have to resurrect it - MB replacement. So, please, ANY info will be useful. Thanks in advance.

try to get it into fastboot somehow - i was stuck in apx too but with a bit of trying i was able to get to fastboot (try resetbutton + vol-down, let it completly drain of power, charge it back and try again)
here is what i did after i regained fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
gl
-Buster

Buster99 said:
try to get it into fastboot somehow - i was stuck in apx too but with a bit of trying i was able to get to fastboot (try resetbutton + vol-down, let it completly drain of power, charge it back and try again)
here is what i did after i regained fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
gl
-Buster
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I'm so damn appreciated! Thank you so much)) I'd add this way to get to fastboot - adb reboot fastboot - just from faulty CWM. Other way it didn't worked.

I got mine working this way
Link to my thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45120193#post45120193
Hope it helps. Try It!

ozkrtech said:
Link to my thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45120193#post45120193
Hope it helps. Try It!
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I have the same problem...
My TF300T got bricked and now i cant boot at all anymore, i just see the Asus logo.
Vol down and power doesnt work but i think i can boot it into APX mode, screen stays black but my pc recognises an APX device.
At first my pc didnt install the driver but than i found APX drivers in these forums.
I've downloaded the APX drivers from a thread and i can choose to install various drivers, i tried all of them.
The one i think i need is the Asus Transformer ADB interface driver but this one along with every other one i can choose from doesn't work.
After installing and trying fastboot devices and adb devices i never had a device name show up
im kinda stuck right now
Can anyone please give me some advice ?
Cheers, any help is appreciated
marty

martyzzz said:
I have the same problem...
My TF300T got bricked and now i cant boot at all anymore, i just see the Asus logo.
Vol down and power doesnt work but i think i can boot it into APX mode, screen stays black but my pc recognises an APX device.
At first my pc didnt install the driver but than i found APX drivers in these forums.
I've downloaded the APX drivers from a thread and i can choose to install various drivers, i tried all of them.
The one i think i need is the Asus Transformer ADB interface driver but this one along with every other one i can choose from doesn't work.
After installing and trying fastboot devices and adb devices i never had a device name show up
im kinda stuck right now
Can anyone please give me some advice ?
Cheers, any help is appreciated
marty
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Can you explain me step by step what you did to get bricked? Are you on bootloader 4.1 or 4.2+? 10.4.x.x is 4.1 and 10.6.x.x is 4.2+

ozkrtech said:
Can you explain me step by step what you did to get bricked? Are you on bootloader 4.1 or 4.2+? 10.4.x.x is 4.1 and 10.6.x.x is 4.2+
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Bought the Asus tab a year back and kept it original and updated by Asus for a few months.
Begin this year i unlocked it through a guide here on XDA (i dont thin through the Asus APK but another way).
After it succesfully unlucked (you could see "your device is unlocked" in the left top of the Asus boot screen i installed CWM.
After CWM i installed Cyogenmod 10.1 and kept it updated for months
This was all in the beginning of this year...
In june after updating Cyogenmod 10.1 to a newer version it wouldnt boot up anymore (i still had acces to my CWM recovery at this time).
So i switched back to the last working Cyogenmod 10.1 version (think it was 15th or 16th june).
I left it again for 2 months, still everything was fine till i saw that Cyogenmod 10.2 was out on XDA.
The upcomming is all last week;
First i tried to install 10.2 through CWM but my tab wouldnt boot up.
Than i switched recovery through fastboot because i have read that 10.2 was only compatible with TWRP 2.5+ so i got the latest TWRP
(2.6.0.0 i think)
After booting into TWRP i fully wiped the tab (i might have wiped everything because i dont know TWRP so well), after the wipe i wanted to install 10.2 again.
My tab still didnt boot so i got anctious and wanted to switch back to my latest version 10.1 (june 2013 that did work) so i could at least use my tab again.
Installing 10.1 again didnt work through TWRP, after that i came to the conclusion that i couldt install any rom anymore, at every rom i got an error in TWRP so i thought i had the wrong TWRP installed. (see my other post for a link to the screenshot of the error msge, i just cant find it atm).
Last but not least i tried to load my old CWM again as recovery, after i did this i couldnt get into recovery anymore...
Thans basicly the whole story.
Hope some1 can help me out.
Thanks in advance !
Cheers

martyzzz said:
Bought the Asus tab a year back and kept it original and updated by Asus for a few months.
Begin this year i unlocked it through a guide here on XDA (i dont thin through the Asus APK but another way).
After it succesfully unlucked (you could see "your device is unlocked" in the left top of the Asus boot screen i installed CWM.
After CWM i installed Cyogenmod 10.1 and kept it updated for months
This was all in the beginning of this year...
In june after updating Cyogenmod 10.1 to a newer version it wouldnt boot up anymore (i still had acces to my CWM recovery at this time).
So i switched back to the last working Cyogenmod 10.1 version (think it was 15th or 16th june).
I left it again for 2 months, still everything was fine till i saw that Cyogenmod 10.2 was out on XDA.
The upcomming is all last week;
First i tried to install 10.2 through CWM but my tab wouldnt boot up.
Than i switched recovery through fastboot because i have read that 10.2 was only compatible with TWRP 2.5+ so i got the latest TWRP
(2.6.0.0 i think)
After booting into TWRP i fully wiped the tab (i might have wiped everything because i dont know TWRP so well), after the wipe i wanted to install 10.2 again.
My tab still didnt boot so i got anctious and wanted to switch back to my latest version 10.1 (june 2013 that did work) so i could at least use my tab again.
Installing 10.1 again didnt work through TWRP, after that i came to the conclusion that i couldt install any rom anymore, at every rom i got an error in TWRP so i thought i had the wrong TWRP installed. (see my other post for a link to the screenshot of the error msge, i just cant find it atm).
Last but not least i tried to load my old CWM again as recovery, after i did this i couldnt get into recovery anymore...
Thans basicly the whole story.
Hope some1 can help me out.
Thanks in advance !
Cheers
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What happends when you press volume down+ power?
It jeeps rebooting or it goes to black screen? Have you tried pressing the reset button is below the micro sdcard slot.
You should be able to boot any recovery.

is I recall correctly cm switched partition layout to 4.2 on tf300.
if you still have fastboot try my guide to flash stock and then flash recovery and cm10.2. since it sounds a lot like my error I had with cm it should work for you as well.
good luck
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app

ozkrtech said:
What happends when you press volume down+ power?
It jeeps rebooting or it goes to black screen? Have you tried pressing the reset button is below the micro sdcard slot.
You should be able to boot any recovery.
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When i press vol down+power i get the asus boot screen for a minute or 2, the tab switches off and on again to the same boot screen.
I cant boot into recovery
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Buster99 said:
is I recall correctly cm switched partition layout to 4.2 on tf300.
if you still have fastboot try my guide to flash stock and then flash recovery and cm10.2. since it sounds a lot like my error I had with cm it should work for you as well.
good luck
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app
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I dont have fastboot in any way.
I can only power on the device with volume up + power to enter APX mode, than only my pc sees a USB device.
I tried a lot of differtent drivers but for nome of them i can ADB of Fastboot to the device.
It would help if someone that has managed to unbrick through APX mode posted the right driver for a TF300T
Cheers

have you tried the apx drivers that come with the sdk?
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Buster99 said:
have you tried the apx drivers that come with the sdk?
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Ive tried searching in the SDK forders but i cant find any.
If i try to install drivers automaticly and than point to the root SDK folder i get the windows msge the best drivers are already installed (no matter what driver is in stalled at that time)

martyzzz said:
Ive tried searching in the SDK forders but i cant find any.
If i try to install drivers automaticly and than point to the root SDK folder i get the windows msge the best drivers are already installed (no matter what driver is in stalled at that time)
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don't just point at the folder
manually select the driver for the device from android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver
gl

[Q] [Hardbrick fixed!] Bricked Device after installing 4.2 bootloader

Hi there!
I'm really hoping you guys can help me today. I tried installing the android 4.2 bootloader, following guide 2 in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982&highlight=android+4+2+1)
However, after following the instructions given, the rom wouldn't boot. I left it for about 15 minutes, before returning to flash touch recovery. However, this didn't work as you needed to boot into android before running it. I managed to get CWM Recovery installed on the tablet, however it caan't do anything as it just says "E: Can't mount /sdcard/". It says that on everything I try do (Obviously, the error's a little different each time, but it always starts with E: )
As I can still access fastboot, I'm hoping one of you can help me flash a new rom and get things back to normal.
Extra info:
I'm not amazing with this stuff, so please explain what you mean!
It's a TF300T, not the TF300TG
I have an SD Card if needs be.
Thanks for any help you give!
Sorry this isn't a pretty thread!
Apologies if I broke any rules, I've not really used the TF300T Forums, only the HTC Wildfire S ones!

you can try flashing the twrp 2.5 recovery. Make sure you flash the one for the 4.2.1 bootloader otherwise you will brick your tablet.

bloodyshyt said:
you can try flashing the twrp 2.5 recovery. Make sure you flash the one for the 4.2.1 bootloader otherwise you will brick your tablet.
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Tried doing that and it came up in splitscreen and was impossible to use :/ :crying:

Unfortunately putting cwm on it means it is now bricked. Sorry

midgetman7782 said:
Tried doing that and it came up in splitscreen and was impossible to use :/ :crying:
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You got twrp 2.5 to flash?
I am running openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob on 4.2.1 and having no issues.
Try it you have nothing to loose! Most people never get rid of cwm but it seems you did.

midgetman7782 said:
Tried doing that and it came up in splitscreen and was impossible to use :/ :crying:
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Go home, splitscreen TWRP. You're drunk.
Go back to the TWRP thread and reread it again. It specifically says you'll need a particular version of the TF300T's firmware flashed before using TWRP 2.5.x, otherwise you'll have the dual display problem. To be safe, I'd flash the firmware (you can do it through fastboot) and then reflash TWRP. Worked fine for me, although I'm not touching it until more ROMs are safe with 4.2.

It lives!!!
Sorry I've been quiet over the past few days guys, I've been really busy with Sony.
Anyway, I thought I'd try to explain how I got my tablet working again...
Giving up hope, I left it just to bootloop, in hope it might somehow actually boot. I couldn't do anything else as CWM wouldn't do anything, and my tablet wasn't seen by my PC or ADB. After 45 minutes, windows 8 (8.1 to be exact ) made a noise to say that something had been connected, I jumped up (Knocking over my glass of water -_-) and sure enough, The USB devices saw something called "???????"
Obviously, this is a little thing, but I was filled with hope. I got into adb, and asked to see connected devices. It once again saw "???????" and I almost fell off my chair. I flashed the correct version of TWRP and then flashed myself a rom!
For some reason, at somepoint during the driver installation, the bootloader f*cked itself up. It became the 4.1 bootloader with 4 icons, but still said it was the 4.2 bootloader. I know it was the 4.1, because only roms for the 4.1 bootloader flash. I don't dare try flash it again though, as that's where problems arose last time, even if I'm pretty good at this whole rooting business
So long story short, I was informed I was in a hardbrick, that needed to have the motherboard replaced....and I still fixed it!
I think that as the tablet booted, connected to my PC, it installed the drivers to my PC that had been lost. So, If you're in this state, try that!
Hope this helped someone somewhere, it certainly helped me!
PS: Ever since the accident, my tablet's been INCREDIBLY laggy. Unlocking takes 5 seconds, home takes 5 seconds, app menu takes a bit longer. It lags on all menu's and so on. Any idea's why? I'm running the latest version of Paranoid Android. Oh, and the holo animation just dies.

Next time (if you still want to upgrade to 4.2 or downgrade, etc) please read carefully!!
i attempted it once (just for the lolz) i succeeded upgrading to 4.2 and downgrading back to 4.1
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app

midgetman7782 said:
Sorry I've been quiet over the past few days guys, I've been really busy with Sony.
Anyway, I thought I'd try to explain how I got my tablet working again...
Giving up hope, I left it just to bootloop, in hope it might somehow actually boot. I couldn't do anything else as CWM wouldn't do anything, and my tablet wasn't seen by my PC or ADB. After 45 minutes, windows 8 (8.1 to be exact ) made a noise to say that something had been connected, I jumped up (Knocking over my glass of water -_-) and sure enough, The USB devices saw something called "???????"
Obviously, this is a little thing, but I was filled with hope. I got into adb, and asked to see connected devices. It once again saw "???????" and I almost fell off my chair. I flashed the correct version of TWRP and then flashed myself a rom!
For some reason, at somepoint during the driver installation, the bootloader f*cked itself up. It became the 4.1 bootloader with 4 icons, but still said it was the 4.2 bootloader. I know it was the 4.1, because only roms for the 4.1 bootloader flash. I don't dare try flash it again though, as that's where problems arose last time, even if I'm pretty good at this whole rooting business
So long story short, I was informed I was in a hardbrick, that needed to have the motherboard replaced....and I still fixed it!
I think that as the tablet booted, connected to my PC, it installed the drivers to my PC that had been lost. So, If you're in this state, try that!
Hope this helped someone somewhere, it certainly helped me!
PS: Ever since the accident, my tablet's been INCREDIBLY laggy. Unlocking takes 5 seconds, home takes 5 seconds, app menu takes a bit longer. It lags on all menu's and so on. Any idea's why? I'm running the latest version of Paranoid Android. Oh, and the holo animation just dies.
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What type of Bootloop it was???? was it stuck on ASUS logo or wait animation loop??
I am in same situation..may be this miracle can happen here as well,,,,,however congratulations.....i will try and wait for 45 minutes:angel:
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jaffer707 said:
What type of Bootloop it was???? was it stuck on ASUS logo or wait animation loop??
I am in same situation..may be this miracle can happen here as well,,,,,however congratulations.....i will try and wait for 45 minutes:angel:
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Once my pc detect it on ADB mode i can slove it as well

jaffer707 said:
What type of Bootloop it was???? was it stuck on ASUS logo or wait animation loop??
I am in same situation..may be this miracle can happen here as well,,,,,however congratulations.....i will try and wait for 45 minutes:angel:
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Once my pc detect it on ADB mode i can slove it as well
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It was the animated one. Good luck dude!

midgetman7782 said:
It was the animated one. Good luck dude!
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There's the difference. I don't even get that far. My tablet doesn't flash anything in fastboot, and I have no access to adb. My tab only boots to the splash screen and NO further.
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HTC Evo 4G LTE

midgetman7782 said:
Hi there!
I'm really hoping you guys can help me today. I tried installing the android 4.2 bootloader, following guide 2 in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982&highlight=android+4+2+1)
However, after following the instructions given, the rom wouldn't boot. I left it for about 15 minutes, before returning to flash touch recovery. However, this didn't work as you needed to boot into android before running it. I managed to get CWM Recovery installed on the tablet, however it caan't do anything as it just says "E: Can't mount /sdcard/". It says that on everything I try do (Obviously, the error's a little different each time, but it always starts with E: )
As I can still access fastboot, I'm hoping one of you can help me flash a new rom and get things back to normal.
Extra info:
I'm not amazing with this stuff, so please explain what you mean!
It's a TF300T, not the TF300TG
I have an SD Card if needs be.
Thanks for any help you give!
Sorry this isn't a pretty thread!
Apologies if I broke any rules, I've not really used the TF300T Forums, only the HTC Wildfire S ones!
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here how i restored my TF300T JB
download your appropriate lates firmware from Asus (WW, US etc.) and extract the zip twice so you have your blob file
install your device drivers if needed (i used Google SDK ones) (and as a Tip Win8 sucks for Fastboot stuff so try to get Win7 Vista XP for this)
Reset your device with a paperclip/needle (about 2 cm down of your sdcard slot) and hold vol-down to enter fastboot
(the folowing i did at least 10 times already but didn't erase misc)
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob (this is my path - your's may vary depending where you stored your blob) ((also this was the first time i saw the loading bar while flashing)*
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
* it also took a lot longer as it should:
C:\>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.695s]
sending 'system' (800935 KB)...
OKAY [133.121s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [153.973s]
finished. total time: 288.789s
Now flash recovery.....

midgetman7782 said:
It was the animated one. Good luck dude!
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That's not a hardbrick, 99% of the time that can be fixed. A Hardbrick is when it doesn't get past the bootloader.

[Q] Bricked TF300TG

Hello all,
I seem to have really soft bricked my TF300TG. I've now run out of ideas and maybe someone in here can help.
The following happend: I wanted to update my rooted TF300TG from running JB (CleanRom 3.0.4) with Bootloader ww_epad_10.4.3.9 to the current stock Rom from ASUS ( V10.6.2.6 ). I did unzip the zip from ASUS once and used the resulting zip for the flash.
I attemted this via Method 3: TWRP v. 2.5.0.0, following this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982), guess I should have read the whole thread, not just the first 20 pages.
What happend was, that during the flash in TWRP I got an error with no error message. I tried to flash again for three times with the "same" error. Thats when I panicked and rebooted the device.
Since then its sitting here, just showing the ASUS logo and doing nothing. I think I understand why its doing nothing since I have still the old bootloader v 10.4.3.9 but a new 4.2 Stock ROM (albeit maybe damaged).
Sadly I have also had no success communicating with the device via ADB or Fastboot.
I still can access the bootloader menue which shows 4 icons: RCK, Android, USB and Wipe. But: the volume up key is not working (did work in Android though) and the volume down key traverses the item entries. So I have no way to select USB which should put me into fastboot mode.
Does anyone have any idea? Otherwise I'm declaring this my last Android tablet (loved it but it didn't quite live up to expectations, Tegra 3 just sucks) and move on.
Thanks for reading!

jak4kaj said:
Hello all,
I seem to have really soft bricked my TF300TG. I've now run out of ideas and maybe someone in here can help.
The following happend: I wanted to update my rooted TF300TG from running JB (CleanRom 3.0.4) with Bootloader ww_epad_10.4.3.9 to the current stock Rom from ASUS ( V10.6.2.6 ). I did unzip the zip from ASUS once and used the resulting zip for the flash.
I attemted this via Method 3: TWRP v. 2.5.0.0, following this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982), guess I should have read the whole thread, not just the first 20 pages.
What happend was, that during the flash in TWRP I got an error with no error message. I tried to flash again for three times with the "same" error. Thats when I panicked and rebooted the device.
Since then its sitting here, just showing the ASUS logo and doing nothing. I think I understand why its doing nothing since I have still the old bootloader v 10.4.3.9 but a new 4.2 Stock ROM (albeit maybe damaged).
Sadly I have also had no success communicating with the device via ADB or Fastboot.
I still can access the bootloader menue which shows 4 icons: RCK, Android, USB and Wipe. But: the volume up key is not working (did work in Android though) and the volume down key traverses the item entries. So I have no way to select USB which should put me into fastboot mode.
Does anyone have any idea? Otherwise I'm declaring this my last Android tablet (loved it but it didn't quite live up to expectations, Tegra 3 just sucks) and move on.
Thanks for reading!
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Try resetting the device (the little hole beneath the volume rocker and try to get to fastboot. there is no real reason other than broken PITs or trashfiles in /misc that should prevent you form getting fastboot.
also read my post here (or better the threat)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
gl
buster

Buster99 said:
Try resetting the device (the little hole beneath the volume rocker and try to get to fastboot. there is no real reason other than broken PITs or trashfiles in /misc that should prevent you form getting fastboot.
also read my post here (or better the threat)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
gl
buster
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Hi buster,
thanks for the reply. Sadly I can't seem to enter fastboot since "fastboot erase system" stays at "waiting for device" when I reset the device with a paper clip and press the volume down button.
I'm trying this on linux but that should be a plus versus using windows.
Thanks again
jak4

jak4kaj said:
Hi buster,
thanks for the reply. Sadly I can't seem to enter fastboot since "fastboot erase system" stays at "waiting for device" when I reset the device with a paper clip and press the volume down button.
I'm trying this on linux but that should be a plus versus using windows.
Thanks again
jak4
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yeah - linux sometimes is less of a nightmare when it comes to fastboot commands - but remember to install adb and fastboot
gl
Buster

Buster99 said:
yeah - linux sometimes is less of a nightmare when it comes to fastboot commands - but remember to install adb and fastboot
gl
Buster
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Yes I have fastboot and adb installed. They come with the Android SDK which I need for work.
jak4

I have the same problem. Difference is that I did a reset after a failed install of CM11. Stuck at ASUS splash. Cannot access recovery or any other option that was previously available. Nothing is detecting the device as it sits...Tried Ubuntu, Win 7, Win 8.1. I have tried installing all drivers I could find, even tried installing as legacy device, but all drivers give an error that device cannot start. Did A LOT of searching around, and it seems to come down to the tablet not being detected by PC in the state it's in. Seems like there is a lot of help out there for folks that can get their computers to at least see the device.
Would die for some help!

coppervines said:
I have the same problem. Difference is that I did a reset after a failed install of CM11. Stuck at ASUS splash. Cannot access recovery or any other option that was previously available. Nothing is detecting the device as it sits...Tried Ubuntu, Win 7, Win 8.1. I have tried installing all drivers I could find, even tried installing as legacy device, but all drivers give an error that device cannot start. Did A LOT of searching around, and it seems to come down to the tablet not being detected by PC in the state it's in. Seems like there is a lot of help out there for folks that can get their computers to at least see the device.
Would die for some help!
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what recovery did you use for installing cm11?

Buster99 said:
what recovery did you use for installing cm11?
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CWM from probably close to a year ago. I attempted to use Rom Manager to flash a newer recovery that would work with CM11, and got stuck in a bootloop. Then I stupidly did a factory reset from boot menu . Wish there was a way around this...and I think I could work some magic if I could get a computer to detect the brick.

coppervines said:
CWM from probably close to a year ago. I attempted to use Rom Manager to flash a newer recovery that would work with CM11, and got stuck in a bootloop. Then I stupidly did a factory reset from boot menu . Wish there was a way around this...and I think I could work some magic if I could get a computer to detect the brick.
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yeah well with an old recovery kitkat gets you a brick - try to get it somehow to fastboot and you should be able to get it working again
gl
buster

Buster99 said:
yeah well with an old recovery kitkat gets you a brick - try to get it somehow to fastboot and you should be able to get it working again
gl
buster
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I would hate to think that my USB cable could be bad...it's been a LONG time since its done anything other than charge. Just need the pc to see the damn thing. ANY insight would be helpful.

APX
I was able to get to APX mode with the universal drivers (Vol +reset)...looking around to see if anyone else has had success. I never installed Nvflash...

in the other threat a guy just needed a working cable to get it to work. it's a pain with asus and the cable
gl
buster
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Buster99 said:
in the other threat a guy just needed a working cable to get it to work. it's a pain with asus and the cable
gl
buster
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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What thread? Not sure I understand what you mean...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179759
Sent from my TF300T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Buster99 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179759
Sent from my TF300T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Since i have apx access, i'm assuming the data side of the cable is working...plus, without being able to get into adb/fastboot on the tablet a new cable would be useless. Thinking about getting a mobo on ebay...one for 50 and one for 75$ i think. will have to get wife's approval first

coppervines said:
Since i have apx access, i'm assuming the data side of the cable is working...plus, without being able to get into adb/fastboot on the tablet a new cable would be useless. Thinking about getting a mobo on ebay...one for 50 and one for 75$ i think. will have to get wife's approval first
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So I'm assuming there is no solution to this problem without sending it to ASUS or getting a new Motherboard?
I'm in the exact same position...

coppervines said:
CWM from probably close to a year ago. I attempted to use Rom Manager to flash a newer recovery that would work with CM11, and got stuck in a bootloop. Then I stupidly did a factory reset from boot menu . Wish there was a way around this...and I think I could work some magic if I could get a computer to detect the brick.
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Wipe data from the bootloader erases everything, if you don't have nvflash blobs I think you're done for.

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Wipe data from the bootloader erases everything, if you don't have nvflash blobs I think you're done for.
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"bootloader wipe data" soft brinks your tab.
always use custom recovery or fastboot to wipe the tf300t.
otherwise you need to erase all partitions and reflash recovery and start from scratch. assuming that fastboot still works.
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Buster99 said:
"bootloader wipe data" soft brinks your tab.
always use custom recovery or fastboot to wipe the tf300t.
otherwise you need to erase all partitions and reflash recovery and start from scratch. assuming that fastboot still works.
cheers
buster
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Boot loader wipe is a hard(ish) brick unless you have nvflash blobs since all you have access to is apx mode, no boot loader, no recovery, etc.
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not necessarily, I did it for cm10.1 (drunken flashing not advised ) and i don't have an NV backup.
and i had fastboot to work with.
but things may have changed since then.
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