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[Q] in over my head

Bought my first tablet for the family, tf101. Heard about multiple users through jelly bean so why not? should have just used swtitch me after root and called it a day.
been going at this for 3 days and countless googling so now time to post something and ask for help. I rooted successfully yesterday so today I planned to go into JB 4.2.
When I rebooted into clockworkmod and chose to wipe data/factory it goes to formatting /data and sits there.
I have rebooted and get asus screen all day long. I help up on my volume and power to try to figure out this apx mode stuff but windws just says is looking for drivers. I cannot get into the tablet at all besides clockword and all it says is unknown volume for path sdcard
im stuck...please help...stock is better than doesnt work for christmas

bigredrage said:
Bought my first tablet for the family, tf101. Heard about multiple users through jelly bean so why not? should have just used swtitch me after root and called it a day.
been going at this for 3 days and countless googling so now time to post something and ask for help. I rooted successfully yesterday so today I planned to go into JB 4.2.
When I rebooted into clockworkmod and chose to wipe data/factory it goes to formatting /data and sits there.
I have rebooted and get asus screen all day long. I help up on my volume and power to try to figure out this apx mode stuff but windws just says is looking for drivers. I cannot get into the tablet at all besides clockword and all it says is unknown volume for path sdcard
im stuck...please help...stock is better than doesnt work for christmas
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now i have asus android mtp device installed
have cold booted.
When cold boot + wipe end up in clockwork recovery

bigredrage said:
now i have asus android mtp device installed
have cold booted.
When cold boot + wipe end up in clockwork recovery
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Used easy flasher and flash update success in APX mode. Stuck on runnin wheelie when trying flash asus stock zip button. Still on phone update successful screen

bigredrage said:
Used easy flasher and flash update success in APX mode. Stuck on runnin wheelie when trying flash asus stock zip button. Still on phone update successful screen
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closed the dos screen and new one opened right away says formatting particions

bigredrage said:
closed the dos screen and new one opened right away says formatting particions
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partision 15 UDA gets stuck

bigredrage said:
partision 15 UDA gets stuck
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walked away to give it time. it completed. said update success on tablet. Still stuck on asus screen. Loading circle goes and goes and goes.

bigredrage said:
walked away to give it time. it completed. said update success on tablet. Still stuck on asus screen. Loading circle goes and goes and goes.
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Back in stock android!

bigredrage said:
Back in stock android!
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You might want to try via TWRP recovery instead of CWM. I have had, as well as many others quite a few issues with CWM and the TF101. Again I am not bashing CWM, I just found that it caused or was linked to several issues I had.

I agree with MasterDecker, use TWRP. I have switched from CWM and found it to be so much better.

ghost0001 said:
I agree with MasterDecker, use TWRP. I have switched from CWM and found it to be so much better.
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Install twrp and wipe cache, dalvik, system, internal memory and then flash the ROM you want..
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[Q] Total device failure: URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED!

I'm quite well up with my Android devices and have enjoyed countless ROMs, modsm, hacks and such for a while now but I have come to a big massive wall and really need help.
I installed RomToolBox on my TF300T which turned out to be the biggest mistake ever. I changed a few settings and had a look around the app when I got a Toast message telling my the system had crashed and was closing. It only gave me the option to click "OK" which upon doing just brought the same message up again and again. I then rebooted by using a pin in the side of the tablet and the device got stuck in a boot loop.
I eventually figured something out and replaced the SystemUI.apk and the Framework-Res.apk in /System/App via ADB and my device booted.
Once booted I noticed my system bar wasn't there and I had no access to the notifications, time etc. I then decided to factory reset so I ran TiBkp and backed up all my Apps + Data and transferred it to my thumbstick.
I proceeded to the settings and ran through the options to wipe and restore to factory settings. After the device rebooted I got the Android on the screen with the Blue loading bar etc. 20 minutes had passed and nothing happened. I decided to Google a few things and ran though the process of trying to sort out the factory restore.
I have tried EVERYTHING and my tablet is now completely screwed.
I have tried everything I can come across, from rebooting into recovery, fastboot and all the rest but noting happens. I've tried the WSG_UnBricker_V1.0.3 and can never get passed "waiting for device". I cant get it to recognise ADB or FASTBOOT and it just sticks on the same factory restore screen.
As I knew it was going to go nowhere, I tried to restart it with a pin and it just gives me the Asus boot screen and then goes straight onto the factory restore screen with no ability to do anything. I cant even turn my device off.
My device was rooted, unlocked, running stock 4.1.1 with all the usual app installed (clockwork etc).
All I can do for now is let the tablet run out of battery and go from there and hope one of you can help.
I will gladly pay for services within the UK if it can be repaired. I obviously can't take it back to the shop. Anyway, enough of that. If you can help, please get in contact.
Thanks,
Dale.

It's a known issue unfortunately if you do a factory reset from the boot loader on a custom recovery.
There should be warnings all over xda about it but I don't think there are. If you can't get the device recognised in fast boot from a PC or you didn't do the nvflash process after unlocking then I'm afraid you probably have a brick.

Not that its much help but if you are bricked like I was, it was quite easy to replace the main board with a used one from Ebay.
No chance you had NV Flash snapshots?
Good luck with it,
Feend

In all honesty it simply sounded at first to be a permissions issue for SystemUI.apk.
But if you can get to fastboot I would try Reformatting your system partition and flashing another ROM. Then factory reset your data partition.
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sbdags said:
It's a known issue unfortunately if you do a factory reset from the boot loader on a custom recovery.
There should be warnings all over xda about it but I don't think there are. If you can't get the device recognised in fast boot from a PC or you didn't do the nvflash process after unlocking then I'm afraid you probably have a brick.
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Sorry if I've misinterpreted you, but are you saying that doing a factory reset in CWM can brick your device?
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UndisputedGuy said:
Sorry if I've misinterpreted you, but are you saying that doing a factory reset in CWM can brick your device?
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No if you do a factory reset in the boot loader (you know where there are 4 icons on the screen - the 4th one I believe) and you are on a custom recovery then you can brick your device. In fact I know 3 people that have bricked this way now.
Using the factory reset within TWRP for example will not brick your device. It's the bootloader one that is now dangerous.

sbdags said:
No if you do a factory reset in the boot loader (you know where there are 4 icons on the screen - the 4th one I believe) and you are on a custom recovery then you can brick your device. In fact I know 3 people that have bricked this way now.
Using the factory reset within TWRP for example will not brick your device. It's the bootloader one that is now dangerous.
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Wow. Thanks a lot for posting this information. I had no idea. Would using the factory reset within CWM or in the settings be dangerous?

sbdags said:
No if you do a factory reset in the boot loader (you know where there are 4 icons on the screen - the 4th one I believe) and you are on a custom recovery then you can brick your device. In fact I know 3 people that have bricked this way now.
Using the factory reset within TWRP for example will not brick your device. It's the bootloader one that is now dangerous.
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So doing this completely hard bricks the device? meaning NO bootloader? It almost seems like the bootloader factory reset is touching the block that holds the recovery. Isnt there source code for this bootloader? Couldnt this be solved?

sbdags said:
No if you do a factory reset in the boot loader (you know where there are 4 icons on the screen - the 4th one I believe) and you are on a custom recovery then you can brick your device. In fact I know 3 people that have bricked this way now.
Using the factory reset within TWRP for example will not brick your device. It's the bootloader one that is now dangerous.
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Wow i am very glad i stumbled across this.. there should be a sticky about this or something!! Thanks for the very helpful post
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app

I have to agree, I'm REALLY glad I came across this. I'd noted that in a few of the "My tablet is bricked" threads that people had bricked after accidentally clicking something in the bootloader screen and had vowed not to touch anything in the original bootloader.
Thanks for the heads up on this.

sbdags said:
No if you do a factory reset in the boot loader (you know where there are 4 icons on the screen - the 4th one I believe) and you are on a custom recovery then you can brick your device. In fact I know 3 people that have bricked this way now.
Using the factory reset within TWRP for example will not brick your device. It's the bootloader one that is now dangerous.
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Just a quick question cuz I'm curious... these 3 (or 2 other?) people you know who bricked this way.. were they able to recover? Or was it game over for them?
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markymark567 said:
Just a quick question cuz I'm curious... these 3 (or 2 other?) people you know who bricked this way.. were they able to recover? Or was it game over for them?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app
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Game over

sbdags said:
Game over
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Did they not have nvflash files? Can nvflash not recover this brick?
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markymark567 said:
Did they not have nvflash files? Can nvflash not recover this brick?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app
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Yes nvflash would have been able to recover. Unfortunately they either didn't know about nvflash before upgrading to jelly bean or they were already on a higher version than nvflash works on when it was released. In all 3 cases they could only get into apx mode. No fast boot and no recovery.
Only fix in this case is to send it back to Asus are able to recover it so we are missing something that Asus have.

sbdags said:
Yes nvflash would have been able to recover. Unfortunately they either didn't know about nvflash before upgrading to jelly bean or they were already on a higher version than nvflash works on when it was released. In all 3 cases they could only get into apx mode. No fast boot and no recovery.
Only fix in this case is to send it back to Asus are able to recover it so we are missing something that Asus have.
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That's a bummer for them but good to know nvflash can fix it. and f*** Asus for locking the jb boot loader to prevent nvflash... Maybe this is a stupid comment but I think they would sell more devices if they didn't do stuff like this... I know when I look into purchasing a device I come here first to make sure there is android development and unbricking procedures. ( I saw nvflash for tf300t and that's pretty much the reason I picked that tablet). Its a bummer that companies like Asus are much more concerned with making money by repairing bricked devices. (Although I do love Asus hardware. I own a tf300t and a nexus 7...its a love hate thing... Damn you Asus)
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D.MADROX said:
I'm quite well up with my Android devices and have enjoyed countless ROMs, modsm, hacks and such for a while now but I have come to a big massive wall and really need help.
I installed RomToolBox on my TF300T which turned out to be the biggest mistake ever. I changed a few settings and had a look around the app when I got a Toast message telling my the system had crashed and was closing. It only gave me the option to click "OK" which upon doing just brought the same message up again and again. I then rebooted by using a pin in the side of the tablet and the device got stuck in a boot loop.
I eventually figured something out and replaced the SystemUI.apk and the Framework-Res.apk in /System/App via ADB and my device booted.
Once booted I noticed my system bar wasn't there and I had no access to the notifications, time etc. I then decided to factory reset so I ran TiBkp and backed up all my Apps + Data and transferred it to my thumbstick.
I proceeded to the settings and ran through the options to wipe and restore to factory settings. After the device rebooted I got the Android on the screen with the Blue loading bar etc. 20 minutes had passed and nothing happened. I decided to Google a few things and ran though the process of trying to sort out the factory restore.
I have tried EVERYTHING and my tablet is now completely screwed.
I have tried everything I can come across, from rebooting into recovery, fastboot and all the rest but noting happens. I've tried the WSG_UnBricker_V1.0.3 and can never get passed "waiting for device". I cant get it to recognise ADB or FASTBOOT and it just sticks on the same factory restore screen.
As I knew it was going to go nowhere, I tried to restart it with a pin and it just gives me the Asus boot screen and then goes straight onto the factory restore screen with no ability to do anything. I cant even turn my device off.
My device was rooted, unlocked, running stock 4.1.1 with all the usual app installed (clockwork etc).
All I can do for now is let the tablet run out of battery and go from there and hope one of you can help.
I will gladly pay for services within the UK if it can be repaired. I obviously can't take it back to the shop. Anyway, enough of that. If you can help, please get in contact.
Thanks,
Dale.
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I have worked with six or seven who used the wipe data on the bootloader; two recovered.
If you have any chance to recover you have to work at it. First apx mode is useless unless you previously flashed Nvflash.
We need adb, fastboot, or recovery working. Here is a thread for your use to get control of your tablet.
You mention rebooting into recovery. Stock, cwm, or twrp?
As you progress through this list the tablets have a way of evolving. This can happen even if you haven't gotten anything to function as you wish. That means you have to do them again; three times may be the charm.
I would like very much to know about your mention of recovery. Can you still get into recovery and which?
How about a current update before you begin using that link.

[Q] Stuck on ASUS logo

Hello everybody,
I hope that someone can give me some advise to get my tf300t up and running again. I wanted to install cm10.2 but I wanted to install CWM first.
I unlocked my device first with the unlock app v8 from asus.
I tried to install CWM the first time but it did not work.
I went back into recovery mode but I wasn't paying attention and pressed wipe userdata
Now my tf300t only shows the ASUS logo and the text that the device is unlocked. I can't get back in recovery mode anymore. Is there a way the restore it back to default?
I hope that someone can help me out.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
Regards
Burner1977

burner1977 said:
Hello everybody,
I hope that someone can give me some advise to get my tf300t up and running again. I wanted to install cm10.2 but I wanted to install CWM first.
I unlocked my device first with the unlock app v8 from asus.
I tried to install CWM the first time but it did not work.
I went back into recovery mode but I wasn't paying attention and pressed wipe userdata
Now my tf300t only shows the ASUS logo and the text that the device is unlocked. I can't get back in recovery mode anymore. Is there a way the restore it back to default?
I hope that someone can help me out.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
Regards
Burner1977
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Can you get to the menu with the recovery options, boot android, USB, and wipe data? You can use fastboot from there.

cmendonc2 said:
Can you get to the menu with the recovery options, boot android, USB, and wipe data? You can use fastboot from there.
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thank you for your response. No I can't get in there. any suggestions?
thx for your advise

burner1977 said:
thank you for your response. No I can't get in there. any suggestions?
thx for your advise
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If you cant get into there, you cant really use fastboot. Unless you made NvFlash Backups beforehand, I don't think there is much else you can do, since the recovery isn't working either.

cmendonc2 said:
If you cant get into there, you cant really use fastboot. Unless you made NvFlash Backups beforehand, I don't think there is much else you can do, since the recovery isn't working either.
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I stupidly made no backups so what you are saying is that it is done.

burner1977 said:
I stupidly made no backups so what you are saying is that it is done.
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I've spent a lot of time searching and it seems like that's it...
I'm on Asus screen, I can reboot it by either holding down pwr button until it reboots, or using reset switch with a paperclip. vol - does nothing, just reboots to asus screen...computer sees nothing. vol + goes into APX mode (blank screen)...computer detects with correct drivers. I've tried draining battery completely...disconnecting battery for a few days...same result.
If I had to speculate...maybe at some point someone will figure out how to use another's backup files and push them to the device in APX mode.
I've looked into replacing the motherboard...and have seen some for as low as 50$ on ebay. Personally, swapping them would be easy...but some may not have the caviler attitude with hardware swapping. Just gotta get the wife to agree to spend the $.
I'd die for a free fix, the kids really miss playing with the thing

coppervines said:
I've spent a lot of time searching and it seems like that's it...
I'm on Asus screen, I can reboot it by either holding down pwr button until it reboots, or using reset switch with a paperclip. vol - does nothing, just reboots to asus screen...computer sees nothing. vol + goes into APX mode (blank screen)...computer detects with correct drivers. I've tried draining battery completely...disconnecting battery for a few days...same result.
If I had to speculate...maybe at some point someone will figure out how to use another's backup files and push them to the device in APX mode.
I've looked into replacing the motherboard...and have seen some for as low as 50$ on ebay. Personally, swapping them would be easy...but some may not have the caviler attitude with hardware swapping. Just gotta get the wife to agree to spend the $.
I'd die for a free fix, the kids really miss playing with the thing
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I'm on the same boat, this morning I was trying to install CyanogenMod following the instructions and wipped the tablet... I only have APX connection now with no backups...

I also have bricked my M8

So I was playing around trying to get Sound MOD to work(dont ask me y..I was bored) And I have bricked my phone. I am stuck on the white HTC screen the one at the begining of the boot..the one that says this build is for development purposes..blah blah. and it is just stuck there. Adb wont find device or nothing..I am truly screwed..yes?

Well, ADB wouldn't be able to do anything at that point anyway. It's not fully booted, or in the bootloader.
Have you tried powering it off, and booting to the bootloader? From there recovery, do a factory reset, and see if it boots then?

BDogg718 said:
So I was playing around trying to get Sound MOD to work(dont ask me y..I was bored) And I have bricked my phone. I am stuck on the white HTC screen the one at the begining of the boot..the one that says this build is for development purposes..blah blah. and it is just stuck there. Adb wont find device or nothing..I am truly screwed..yes?
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If your screen shows something you are not bricked.
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sfreemanoh said:
Well, ADB wouldn't be able to do anything at that point anyway. It's not fully booted, or in the bootloader.
Have you tried powering it off, and booting to the bootloader? From there recovery, do a factory reset, and see if it boots then?
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They is no way of powering it off..its just stuck on that screen. No buttons do anything. Guess ill just have to let the FULLY CHARGED..lol..battery run out then try to get into bootloader.

Have you tried holding down the power button for around 10s? That usually does it.

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Have you tried holding down the power button for around 10s? That usually does it.
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yep..no dice

1ManWolfePack said:
If your screen shows something you are not bricked.
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Well Im something..lol

ok..so I got it to go into hboot..And Im trying to factory reset..but it just keeps taking me to twrp again. and everytime I try to do something in there in just boots back to that htc screen. I am noticing when it first boots into hboot it quickly says something about wrong image.

BDogg718 said:
ok..so I got it to go into hboot..And Im trying to factory reset..but it just keeps taking me to twrp again. and everytime I try to do something in there in just boots back to that htc screen.
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Which menu options are you selecting in TWRP? And to factory reset, you would WANT to be in TWRP, so I don't know why you're making it sound like that's a bad thing...

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Which menu options are you selecting in TWRP? And to factory reset, you would WANT to be in TWRP, so I don't know why you're making it sound like that's a bad thing...
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I cant do anything in twrp. I can factory reset but when i go to install anything or restore a backup it boots right back to that HTC screen

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I cant do anything in twrp. I can factory reset but when i go to install anything or restore a backup it boots right back to that HTC screen
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So you've tried doing a factory reset, and afterwards it still just gets stuck during boot? And do you mean it boots back to the HTC boot screen after restoring an image and rebooting, or you select "Restore image" (or whatever) and it instantly reboots and gets stuck?

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So you've tried doing a factory reset, and afterwards it still just gets stuck during boot? And do you mean it boots back to the HTC boot screen after restoring an image and rebooting, or you select "Restore image" (or whatever) and it instantly reboots and gets stuck?
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Yep and now I really have a brick..I cant even get it to turn on. If i hold the power and volume down button for ten sec i get htc scren for 3 sec then phone goes bye bye. Im screwed. Thanx for the help guys.

Out if curiosity how did you get to this state by trying to flash a sound mod?
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wtoj34 said:
Out if curiosity how did you get to this state by trying to flash a sound mod?
Sent from Tapatalk on my one m8
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I was trying to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2737498 and after doing what issue 1 said I rebooted and got a unauthorized device warning. was finally able to get back to hboot and recovery but nothing would work..wiping, factory resetting..nothing. I just had to order new one. I hate mistakes that cost $..lol
Its my own dumbass fault. I shouldve just let it alone. Was running great on viper 1.6

Have you tried flashing any Rom? You can't boot into the OS following a factory reset in TWRP, you will always end up with what you're getting
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richii0207 said:
Have you tried flashing any Rom? You can't boot into the OS following a factory reset in TWRP, you will always end up with what you're getting
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It is impossible for me to flash a rom. Cant get into a recovery to do it.
Ok so update: I was SOMEHOW able to get into recovery(TWRP) but no matter what i try to do it just reboots back into recovery..any ideas?
EDIT: gonna try verizon RUU. Fingers crossed

Just a thought here. TWRP can install from USB. I have flashed from a thumbdrive in the past on an S3. You may be able to do same. I know this is a shot in the dark but may help.

Will it just sit at the recovery screen or does it boot before you touch anything? If it will sit at the TWRP main screen you should be able to boot into hboot via adb and try a reflash of twrp or CWM. Your recovery may be corrupt.

You're definitely not bricked. You're catching breaks left and right.
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Would a moderator kindly close this thread as I have fixed my problem. Thank you!
After toying around with it for HOURS! Somehow I was able to get it to boot into hboot. Which from there was ablt to fastboot an RUU and profit! Funny thing is I had already made a claim with the Big Red V. Called them back to say that I had found my phone...too late claim already in..lol. Now I have a brand new phone on its way and a mini-tab and dev device I guess..lol

ANOTHER Bricked TF300T

Well guys i don't like to bother with this, i love to read and this isn't the first time i have problem with this tablet.
A beautiful fully functional TF300T just stopped working today.
Lost battery, now when i turn it on ASUS logo stucks, but NO with "device is unlocked" as happened to me with other devices, now the loading circle keeps looping.
I searched US drivers for my tablet (TF300T-US_epad-10_6_1_27_5-UpdateLauncher.zip), downloaded it and renamed to EP300_SDUPDATE.ZIP on a FAT 32 SD card.
When i press on + vol down, fastboot enables but RCK says ERROR.
Please, can anybody give me a quick hand? In a few hours i leave on my first vacations in ages and TF300T was goin to be a great member of the team.
THANKS.

I picked up a bricked one and with out too much reading I just did a factory reset with in the boot loader.. no 3 on the menu... what ever was wrong with the internal Rom seemed to come good and it booted.. So maybe you could read a little about this and try.. but bummer it happened before you go away as nothing more painful as you would have had it setup with movies and reading.. but anyway.. thats how I got this one to work... once I had it factory reset, then I flashed new Roms to it.. Actually it wasnt unlocked either and had to get Asus to reset thier database so I could unlock it..

dgcruzing said:
Actually it wasnt unlocked either and had to get Asus to reset thier database so I could unlock it..
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sorry dear user but what do you mean with this =| ?

You can try to flash firmware through fastboot (try first without "erase" lines to keep Your data). Link

Oesterheld said:
sorry dear user but what do you mean with this =| ?
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Yours you have indicated was unlocked so don't worry about that..
But there is plenty in the threads on it..

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Graiden05 said:
You can try to flash firmware through fastboot (try first without "erase" lines to keep Your data). Link
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
That worked beautiful. Thanks very much.
Now i can finish a few scrips and watch the mentalist on my 8hs bus ride. THANKS.

I cannot even get into fastboot on mine. All it does is stay on the bootloader startup image. And then stays there. If anyone knows how to fix this please help me out. L