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Cannot Flash anything!

Alright, so, my tablet decided to one day just cease stop working. The recovery for some reason can't flash anything now, is used to be able to flash a backup, but not anymore. It used to be able to boot past the animation, but not anymore. I cannot flash a ROM from recovery because it says that the file is bad (and please, don't tell me to check to see if the md5's are correct, they are, I've triple checked.) I've flashed CWM recovery and TWRP recovery, and TWRP cannot fix permissions, but CWM recovery can, but neither can flash a single ROM. I've tried sideloading a rom but i get this error from the CMD window
Code:
* failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)' *
. I'm at my wits end here. The bootloader is perfectly fine, it works 100% but I can't flash a single thing from recovery. I've flashed non-corrupted recoveries, and still I cannot flash a thing.

You have flashed the latest TWRP via fastboot and it still wont flash roms? Also, what bootloader are you on?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T Infinity using Tapatalk HD
Rom: CleanRom 3.4.4

Phultara said:
Alright, so, my tablet decided to one day just cease stop working. The recovery for some reason can't flash anything now, it used to be able to flash a backup, but not anymore. It used to be able to boot past the animation, but not anymore. I cannot flash a ROM from recovery because it says that the file is bad (and please, don't tell me to check to see if the md5's are correct, they are, I've triple checked.) I've flashed CWM recovery and TWRP recovery, and TWRP cannot fix permissions, but CWM recovery can, but neither can flash a single ROM. I've tried sideloading a rom but i get this error from the CMD window
Code:
* failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)' *
. I'm at my wits end here. The bootloader is perfectly fine, it works 100% but I can't flash a single thing from recovery. I've flashed non-corrupted recoveries, and still I cannot flash a thing.
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What tablet do you have?
From where did you download which recovery for which Asus tablet.
Sounds like the recovery version doesn't match the device.

Thats OK said:
What tablet do you have?
From where did you download which recovery for which Asus tablet.
Sounds like the recovery version doesn't match the device.
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Asus Tf700 32 GB. I got the recovery from the TWRP website. In answer to the boot loader question, I have no idea how to check. All I know is that I can choose between RCK, Cold Boot, Fast boot and Wipe Data.

Phultara said:
Asus Tf700 32 GB. I got the recovery from the TWRP website. In answer to the boot loader question, I have no idea how to check. All I know is that I can choose between RCK, Cold Boot, Fast boot and Wipe Data.
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Have you ever unlocked the bootloader? (If not: do so by searching on Asus' site for the Unlock Bootloader Tool v7) It's a simple apk which you install and then check and let it unlock.
Only then, you can start flashing!
If you already have unlocked, maybe you sent it in (?) Or flashed an official Asus rom (?), you might want to unlock it again.
Let us know if any of these answers above helped

Phultara said:
Asus Tf700 32 GB. I got the recovery from the TWRP website. In answer to the boot loader question, I have no idea how to check. All I know is that I can choose between RCK, Cold Boot, Fast boot and Wipe Data.
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If you have the 4 icons that indicates JB.
Sounds like the custom recovery is not installed if your on the RCK icon and press the up volume rocker and nothing happens.

adelancker said:
Have you ever unlocked the bootloader? (If not: do so by searching on Asus' site for the Unlock Bootloader Tool v7) It's a simple apk which you install and then check and let it unlock.
Only then, you can start flashing!
If you already have unlocked, maybe you sent it in (?) Or flashed an official Asus rom (?), you might want to unlock it again.
Let us know if any of these answers above helped
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Unlocking it would require an OS to be installed, but none is installed because I was wiping to install a different ROM. I have unlocked it. In response to the boot loader, yes, it has 4 icons. So I guess it is the JB boot loader. When I go to RCK it does boot recovery but from there on its unable to open any zips besides any backups I have. When I reload a backup it doesn't install the OS, but it restores everything else.

Phultara said:
When I go to RCK it does boot recovery but from there on its unable to open any zips besides any backups I have. When I reload a backup it doesn't install the OS, but it restores everything else.
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Can you get adb shell access to your recovery?
Which ZIP are you actually trying to flash? What is the exact error message from the recovery? Try running md5sum (inside the adb shell) on the file you want to flash. Check the output of "mount". Check if /cache/recovery/log contains interesting info.

Phultara said:
Unlocking it would require an OS to be installed, but none is installed because I was wiping to install a different ROM. I have unlocked it. In response to the boot loader, yes, it has 4 icons. So I guess it is the JB boot loader. When I go to RCK it does boot recovery but from there on its unable to open any zips besides any backups I have. When I reload a backup it doesn't install the OS, but it restores everything else.
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AH sorry!
I only read the title and replied lol
Does adb do anything?
Or is adb not working either?

adelancker said:
AH sorry!
I only read the title and replied lol
Does adb do anything?
Or is adb not working either?
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How would I go about connecting through ADB?

Phultara said:
How would I go about connecting through ADB?
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* Connect your tablet to a computer with proper drivers and adb installed.
* Boot tablet to recovery.
* On computer, type "adb shell".

_that said:
* Connect your tablet to a computer with proper drivers and adb installed.
* Boot tablet to recovery.
* On computer, type "adb shell".
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Alright, I'll have to try that when I get home in about 3-4 hours. I'll get back to you on that. Also, I noticed last night that when I was on fast boot, it would stay stuck as waiting for device on the cmd window. I'm not sure if it was my computer that didn't detect it or a new symptom. O hope its just a fluke!

Alright, here's the log from my recovery.

Phultara said:
Alright, here's the log from my recovery.
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OK, I assumed that you're not using data2sd. 1. Make sure your microsdcard is good (reformat and recopy your backup or rom if needed),2. Boot into twrp and wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, wipe system, wipe internal then finally the most important part, FORMAT SDCARD. Now reflash a new rom or try to restore from backup. I would try step#2 first. Good luck.
EDIT: format sdcard instead of wipe sdcard.

buhohitr said:
OK, I assumed that you're not using data2sd. 1. Make sure your microsdcard is good (reformat and recopy your backup or rom if needed),2. Boot into twrp and wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, wipe system, wipe internal then finally the most important part, FORMAT SDCARD. Now reflash a new rom or try to restore from backup. I would try step#2 first. Good luck.
EDIT: format sdcard instead of wipe sdcard.
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That did it!!! Thank you!!!! Looks like it was the SD that was the root of the issue! Thanks!!

Infinity bootlooping, seems unfixable

First off, let me start out by saying that the Infinity is running on what is possibly the worst software ever designed. Props, Asus. You've made my life hell until the last second.
So, here's my problem. The tablet was working fine 24 hours ago. I turned it off last night, turned it on this morning, working great on CROMi-Xeno (which is awesome, it actually makes the tablet bearable.) and played on it for a while before turning off again. While playing it, I noticed it lag a little more than usual, so I decided to cold boot it. Booted bootloader, hit cold boot, and.... bootlooping. Awesome. No biggie, I'll just restore a backup. I waited for it to restore, and when it was finished, wiped cache and Dalvik, and.... bootlooping again. I tried wiping system and data. Still bootlooping. I downloaded Asus 's official firmware from their website, and flashed. Bootlooping. Someone help me fix this and get it back to stock firmware, so I can sell it and be done with it once and for all. I will never buy another Asus product again.

greydelta38 said:
First off, let me start out by saying that the Infinity is running on what is possibly the worst software ever designed. Props, Asus. You've made my life hell until the last second.
So, here's my problem. The tablet was working fine 24 hours ago. I turned it off last night, turned it on this morning, working great on CROMi-Xeno (which is awesome, it actually makes the tablet bearable.) and played on it for a while before turning off again. While playing it, I noticed it lag a little more than usual, so I decided to cold boot it. Booted bootloader, hit cold boot, and.... bootlooping. Awesome. No biggie, I'll just restore a backup. I waited for it to restore, and when it was finished, wiped cache and Dalvik, and.... bootlooping again. I tried wiping system and data. Still bootlooping. I downloaded Asus 's official firmware from their website, and flashed. Bootlooping. Someone help me fix this and get it back to stock firmware, so I can sell it and be done with it once and for all. I will never buy another Asus product again.
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I'm wondering if my version of TWRP is too old or something. Can anyone explain in detail how to update to a newer version of TWRP or install CWM in order for flashing to fully work?

greydelta38 said:
I'm wondering if my version of TWRP is too old or something. Can anyone explain in detail how to update to a newer version of TWRP or install CWM in order for flashing to fully work?
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what version do you currently have, just download the .blob from twrp's site boot into fastboot and run "fastboot flash recovery *name of blob*.blob"

JoinTheRealms said:
what version do you currently have, just download the .blob from twrp's site boot into fastboot and run "fastboot flash recovery *name of blob*.blob"
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Yeah - I'm also wondering what bootloader you are running with it.
If you are not current on either flash the bootloader/TWRP package from CROMi-X OP, boot back into system, let it bootloop if it does, boot back into TWRP and reflash the rom.

That seems like it would be the only explanation, but now it won't even boot into recovery. I can get it into fastboot, but as soon as I select recovery image it shows the firmware upgrade symbol and then immediately shows the Android Error symbol, and sticks there until I hard power down. When I'm in fastboot, here's what I'm gonna do:
1. connect fastbooted Infinity to pc with all necessary drivers installed
2. download filename.blob from TWRP's website for the Infinity
3. on command console enter -fastboot flash recovery filename.blob- and it will push the recovery through fastboot hopefully
Is that correct? I'm under the impression that as long as I can get to the fastboot menu, ANYTHING is repairable.

greydelta38 said:
That seems like it would be the only explanation, but now it won't even boot into recovery. I can get it into fastboot, but as soon as I select recovery image it shows the firmware upgrade symbol and then immediately shows the Android Error symbol, and sticks there until I hard power down. When I'm in fastboot, here's what I'm gonna do:
1. connect fastbooted Infinity to pc with all necessary drivers installed
2. download filename.blob from TWRP's website for the Infinity
3. on command console enter -fastboot flash recovery filename.blob- and it will push the recovery through fastboot hopefully
Is that correct? I'm under the impression that as long as I can get to the fastboot menu, ANYTHING is repairable.
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The command is
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery filename.blob
Since you can boot into the bootloader, check the version# and make sure you flash a compatible recovery.
Most of the time, as long as you can get into the BL, it's fixable. But to make it unbrickable you need nvFlash. And that's just become possible for or tablet on JB. May be a project for once you got this problem fixed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455925

I suspect you need to format data to fix the issues (you'll lose everything on the internal sd card) but before you do follow bernd's recommendation and get TWRP on there (you wiped it out when you flashed ASUS stock) and then use the file explorer in TWRP to copy anything important to an external SD and make sure the cromi-x rom is on sd too. Then format data from the wipe menu and reinstall. You'll be back to normal in no time. :good:
BTW You may have got some corruption from turning f-sync off.

berndblb said:
The command is
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery filename.blob
Since you can boot into the bootloader, check the version# and make sure you flash a compatible recovery.
Most of the time, as long as you can get into the BL, it's fixable. But to make it unbrickable you need nvFlash. And that's just become possible for or tablet on JB. May be a project for once you got this problem fixed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455925
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sbdags said:
I suspect you need to format data to fix the issues (you'll lose everything on the internal sd card) but before you do follow bernd's recommendation and get TWRP on there (you wiped it out when you flashed ASUS stock) and then use the file explorer in TWRP to copy anything important to an external SD and make sure the cromi-x rom is on sd too. Then format data from the wipe menu and reinstall. You'll be back to normal in no time. :good:
BTW You may have got some corruption from turning f-sync off.
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I tried wiping internal before recovery was lost and it didn't work. I suspected that some problems arose from turning fsync off too. I'm pushing TWRP 2.6 to the Infinity now, will try flashing your excellent rom again and see if it takes without bootlooping.

greydelta38 said:
I tried wiping internal before recovery was lost and it didn't work. I suspected that some problems arose from turning fsync off too. I'm pushing TWRP 2.6 to the Infinity now, will try flashing your excellent rom again and see if it takes without bootlooping.
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You need to specifically format data in twrp not just wipe data. Only formatting will restore the device now once data corruption has occurred.

[Q] Can't Flash or Restore Backup

I originally had Katkiss 4.3 v19 and it was working fine. I then wanted to update to the recent 4.3.1 v27 but when I tried to flash the new ROM, it says that it can't open the zip file and failed. I backed up beforehand, so I wiped the cache and dalvik. I then tried to flash the ROM again, but it still says failed. I went to restore the backup to go back and for some reason, it is also failing.
I have TWRP 2.6.0.0 and I am stuck in recovery where I can't flash anything. Not even when I wanted to flash to stock.
I have the Asus EEE transformer tf101 tablet.
How do I fix this?
Please Help.

Are you trying to flash from Micro SDCard ?
Maybe the card has corrupted - try formatting the card in a PC, then copy #27 back to it, and try flashing again
Or try another MicroSD Card

*Detection* said:
Are you trying to flash from Micro SDCard ?
Maybe the card has corrupted - try formatting the card in a PC, then copy #27 back to it, and try flashing again
Or try another MicroSD Card
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I did this and it says successful but I don't think it's completely flashed because the last line says E:Unable to mount '/staging'. Plus when I reboot, it just goes back to recovery. I flashed SuperSU but it didn't change anything.
EDIT: Ok. So I tried flashing any rom and it says 'successful', yet it seemed like it flashed the rom too quickly. Afterwards, I'd reboot but it just goes from the Eee transformer logo to twrp recovery. This happens to all of the 'successful' flashes. When I tried to flash the stock rom, it would just say failed.
I really don't know what to do at this point. I tried formatting the SD card, changing the SD card, reinstalling twrp using the EasyRecovery app and I wiped my internal and external data (which I think is the problem and IDK how to recover them). I even tried flashing a new recovery (CWM) and, like the other 'successful' flashes, still goes back to TWRP.

gigases said:
I did this and it says successful but I don't think it's completely flashed because the last line says E:Unable to mount '/staging'. Plus when I reboot, it just goes back to recovery. I flashed SuperSU but it didn't change anything.
EDIT: Ok. So I tried flashing any rom and it says 'successful', yet it seemed like it flashed the rom too quickly. Afterwards, I'd reboot but it just goes from the Eee transformer logo to twrp recovery. This happens to all of the 'successful' flashes. When I tried to flash the stock rom, it would just say failed.
I really don't know what to do at this point. I tried formatting the SD card, changing the SD card, reinstalling twrp using the EasyRecovery app and I wiped my internal and external data (which I think is the problem and IDK how to recover them). I even tried flashing a new recovery (CWM) and, like the other 'successful' flashes, still goes back to TWRP.
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The /staging/ error is normal, nothing to worry about.
Question, if you shut down the tablet from recovery. Then turn it on with a 3 second power button press, does it go directly to recovery?
If so, this is causing your tablet NOT to finish the flash when it reboots. It needs to reboot normally and you should see the Eee Pad logo with a progress indicator.
If you do have a recovery boot loop, try this. Boot to recovery and go to the Advanced section and open a terminal window.
Code:
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Then reboot normally (not to recovery). Then after it tries to boot not into recovery, boot back to recovery and try restoring your 019 backup.

frederuco said:
The /staging/ error is normal, nothing to worry about.
Question, if you shut down the tablet from recovery. Then turn it on with a 3 second power button press, does it go directly to recovery?
If so, this is causing your tablet NOT to finish the flash when it reboots. It needs to reboot normally and you should see the Eee Pad logo with a progress indicator.
If you do have a recovery boot loop, try this. Boot to recovery and go to the Advanced section and open a terminal window.
Code:
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Then reboot normally (not to recovery). Then after it tries to boot not into recovery, boot back to recovery and try restoring your 019 backup.
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Yes. When I reboot/shutdown from recovery, it shows the eee pad and nvidia logo on the bottom and then goes to recovery. I did what you said with the terminal window. I also typed in the code. and it says:
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
5 bytes (5B) copied,
0.006015 seconds, 831B/s
Afterwards, I rebooted normally and it still goes back to recovery. It doesn't even go to the 'ASUS' logo where there is a wheel on the bottom.

gigases said:
Yes. When I reboot/shutdown from recovery, it shows the eee pad and nvidia logo on the bottom and then goes to recovery. I did what you said with the terminal window. I also typed in the code. and it says:
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
5 bytes (5B) copied,
0.006015 seconds, 831B/s
Afterwards, I rebooted normally and it still goes back to recovery. It doesn't even go to the 'ASUS' logo where there is a wheel on the bottom.
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May need to do it from an ADB shell, but adb shell is blocked on TWRP 2.6.X.X for security reasons.
I would suggest flashing TWRP again using EasyFlasher. See my guide here: www.transformerforums.com/forum/asu...nt/31927-frederucos-guide-root-rom-tf101.html . Grab one of the repacked versions with TWRP 2.6 and you should be back in business in no time.

I did everything and it all seemed fine. Now I'm in a bootloop. I used the TWRP 2.6.3.0 EasyFlasher
Okay. I just tried other recoveries (CWM and Rogue) and they seemed to go well. I tried flashing, yet it still does the same thing as before where it goes to the logo and then to the recovery.

gigases said:
I did everything and it all seemed fine. Now I'm in a bootloop. I used the TWRP 2.6.3.0 EasyFlasher
Okay. I just tried other recoveries (CWM and Rogue) and they seemed to go well. I tried flashing, yet it still does the same thing as before where it goes to the logo and then to the recovery.
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At this point, I would try restoring stock using EasyFlasher. Just download the asus firmware file and leave it as is (do not unzip) and put it in the asusupdate folder in EasyFlasher.
Once you flash back to stock and can boot, then flash TWRP with EasyFlasher and you should be good to go.

frederuco said:
At this point, I would try restoring stock using EasyFlasher. Just download the asus firmware file and leave it as is (do not unzip) and put it in the asusupdate folder in EasyFlasher.
Once you flash back to stock and can boot, then flash TWRP with EasyFlasher and you should be good to go.
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That did it. I flashed back to stock and it can boot again. I'll flash TWRP again.:fingers-crossed: Thank You

Any time! I have a few EasyFlashers with newer versions of TWRP in the EasyFlasher thread. Start and the end and read backwards to find them.

Katkiss trouble

Hi,
I got some trouble this evening flashing the KITKASS ROM on my TF101
Since then my tablet is loop Rebooting ( only the EEpad logo) over and over again.
I tryed to wipe with the factory reset but it does not help,
My Tablet can be recognized as APX. but i'm not able to access TWRP anymore to try installing a new ROM.
Can someone help me ?

Boot to APX, the use EasyFlasher to flash TWRP again. Then I would update to the latest TWRP and try factory reset and flashing the ROM.

frederuco said:
Boot to APX, the use EasyFlasher to flash TWRP again. Then I would update to the latest TWRP and try factory reset and flashing the ROM.
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Hi frederuco,
Thanks for replying as quickly !
I did use Easyflasher to flash TWRP in APX mode ... It also says that everything worked fine and that I should reboot in recovery mode.
So after that I rebooted but it still loops over and over again with the EePad logo again =/

Did you see the success messages on the tablet when using EasyFlasher? If not, it didn't work. Check you device manager for the APX device and that you used the naked drivers.
If you did see the success messages, then try flashing stock with EasyFlasher. See if that fixes your boot loop.
If so, then use EasyFlasher to flash TWRP again and then flash KatKiss.

HELP!My tab got stuck in twrp 3.0

I was thinking of flashing the new marshmallow rom but it didnt work in CWm.So i flashed twrp 3.0.Afterwards i tried to do a factory reset but it gave some Error messages something like "Cannot mount.failed".Then i restarted the tab and again entered the recovery and found that Internal storage was 0mb.
Afterwards i popped in a sd card with the rom.But it still couldnt flash it and was stuck in the cyan boot screen.I thought that twrp 2.8 would work so i flashed the img file.It said it was successful.Then,i restarted and now when i enter the recovery it says error loading recovery its now stuck in that cyan boot screen and i cannot even enter in recovery mode.
What can i do?Please help.

Are u able to boot Android?

I would recommend you flash the stock blob in fastboot and start over from scratch.
That's called a buster99 and the instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
You use the TF700 stock blob naturally, he did this on a 300 but it works just the same on this tablet.

federico.guerrazzi said:
Are u able to boot Android?
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No nor can i go to recovery.

berndblb said:
I would recommend you flash the stock blob in fastboot and start over from scratch.
That's called a buster99 and the instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
You use the TF700 stock blob naturally, he did this on a 300 but it works just the same on this tablet.
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Thank.I will let u know the results.

berndblb said:
I would recommend you flash the stock blob in fastboot and start over from scratch.
That's called a buster99 and the instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
You use the TF700 stock blob naturally, he did this on a 300 but it works just the same on this tablet.
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Thank u very much. It Worked!You r a lifesaver..

You're welcome, glad it worked for you.
You may want to be a little more careful what and how you flash.