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[Q] root/cwm from stock ICS

Just got a refurb tf101 b70 and I was trying to figure out the best way to root/install CWM recovery...
When searching I tend to find instructions that are outdated or not for my version, any info would be appreciated.

Root with ViperMod (use option 1)
Install CWM with RecoveryInstaller

Yeah I saw vipermod as an option to root and I've seen recovery installer mentioned.
I'm going to look for recovery installer and go from there.
BTW is there a thread for more info on recovery installer?
thanks

fauxsoul said:
Yeah I saw vipermod as an option to root and I've seen recovery installer mentioned.
I'm going to look for recovery installer and go from there.
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Actually you need to look for ViperMod and go from there.
Can't have CWM till you're rooted

fauxsoul said:
BTW is there a thread for more info on recovery installer?
thanks
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Yeah, Id suggest you read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494230
It covers pretty much everything in an easy-to-understand way.

Goatshocker said:
Yeah, Id suggest you read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494230
It covers pretty much everything in an easy-to-understand way.
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Yeah I ended up finding that thread (should be a sticky)
It's a little dated on some parts but awesome.
I used viper root and recovery installer then flashed CWM touch and android revolution HD because it was close to stock but fast, and also Hulu worked (hulu did not work on frozn or revolver.)
BTW in cwm touch (repack ver) it didn't read from the micro SD slot is that normal?
I was all ready to flash a rom i downloaded and it didnt read the ext SD...
Thanks guys...

The touch recovery only read from internal sd storage.

cwm 3.2.0.1 does read from ext sd card. I believe after that recovery it went to only flash from internal storage

Good to know I will just install the non touch version, thanks.

Hanging in boot screen. Please help!

Yesterday I up CyanogenMod 10 rom for my tablet, upgraded it to 4.2.1 and problems started from here: it wouldn't reponse to my touching at all. Then I flashed it with rootkit v8 and the tablet showed nothing but blank screen! Hopelessly I used every way I could find and finally come up with Easy Flasher 0.8.3. Now my tablet's stucking at bootscreen. I can't even enter recovery mode. Please help me with some guides, my mind is a freaking mess now :crying:

What did you do with easyflasher, install a recovery, or flash stock firmware?

frederuco said:
What did you do with easyflasher, install a recovery, or flash stock firmware?
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i flash stock firmware

khue.nguyen said:
i flash stock firmware
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Use easy flasher to flash a recovery, chuck a rom on an sd card and flash from the recovery.

Agreed. I would use EasyFlasher to install TWRP.
Put your favorite ROM (stock or otherwise) as a flashable.zip (if using stock be sure to unzip once) on a microSD formatted for FAT32.
Insert into tablet.
Install the ROM.
Profit

Thank you for your answers. I managed to get into this screen but it couldn't recognize my micro SD card.
cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ClockworkMod-Recovery-3_thumb.png
Any suggestion?
//Sorry I'm a newbie of this

Wow, that CWM is old. I never used that one, it may not read from the external microSD and only the internal.
That is why I suggested flashing TWRP.

frederuco said:
Wow, that CWM is old. I never used that one, it may not read from the external microSD and only the internal.
That is why I suggested flashing TWRP.
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My tablet went blank again and flashtool doesnt help any more. I tried it with Rootkit 8.0 and came up with this, it just stuck right here.
dl.xda-developers.com/attachdl/881bafb5088041ce37893681932a78c4/51237dfa/1/7/4/3/1/5/8/tf101.jpg
Could you please tell me how to flash TWRP with Flashtools please I feel so hopeless right now don't know what to do.

[Q] Can't upgrade to 10.6.1.14.10 in TWRP

Hi,
I'm no expert in flashing tablets but I have done a few phones in the past, but I'm stuck with a problem trying to get the firmware file (10.6.1.1.10) upgraded to my Jellybean 4.2.1 install, so that I can eventually get CROMI-X on my tablet. I had '10' on my TF700 via OTA and downgraded to '8' to get root (as per the CROMI-X instructions but I can't get '10' to load via TWRP, I just get "refresh failed. Please try again" I've tried shortening the filename-loading from SD card and Internal storage-redownloading the file but nothing changes. I did notice that when I boot into TWRP, it will say 'Updating partition tables' even before I attempt to flash the update and it will appear to be stuck at this point after checking the .md5 file.
Can anyone offer any suggestions or anything I can try without bricking the thing?

Argenti12 said:
Hi,
I'm no expert in flashing tablets but I have done a few phones in the past, but I'm stuck with a problem trying to get the firmware file (10.6.1.1.10) upgraded to my Jellybean 4.2.1 install, so that I can eventually get CROMI-X on my tablet. I had '10' on my TF700 via OTA and downgraded to '8' to get root (as per the CROMI-X instructions but I can't get '10' to load via TWRP
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Any 10.6.1.14.x bootloader is compatible with CROMI-X 5.x, so you don't need to upgrade to .10.

_that said:
Any 10.6.1.14.x bootloader is compatible with CROMI-X 5.x, so you don't need to upgrade to .10.
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So you think I can just go ahead and install CROMI-X now? For future reference, is the 'Updating partition details' in TWRP normal? I don't remember seeing this when I first installed.
Thanks for the help.

Argenti12 said:
So you think I can just go ahead and install CROMI-X now?
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To be 100% sure, check in the bootloader menu (before you select RCK) that your bootloader build version is 10.6.1.14.x, with x either 4, 8, or 10.
Argenti12 said:
For future reference, is the 'Updating partition details' in TWRP normal?
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Yes.

_that said:
To be 100% sure, check in the bootloader menu (before you select RCK) that your bootloader build version is 10.6.1.14.x, with x either 4, 8, or 10.
Yes, its '8'.
Yes.
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I was going to just try and install Cromi but now TWRP doesnt see the downloaded .zip!
This is becoming a headache.

Argenti12 said:
I was going to just try and install Cromi but now TWRP doesnt see the downloaded .zip!
This is becoming a headache.
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Did you browse to the right folder that has the cromi zip file? In TWRP, you can select the internal sd or external sd. Make sure that you have selected the right sd card...

LetMeKnow said:
Did you browse to the right folder that has the cromi zip file? In TWRP, you can select the internal sd or external sd. Make sure that you have selected the right sd card...
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Okay, I redownloaded the ROM file and copied it to the SD...plugged it back in the tablet and booted into TWRP, ....now I see both! oh well, I installed the ROM and now have CROMI-X running on this baby! Thanks for your help and advice guys.
One small thing that I noticed, again with TWRP is that when I invoke the power menu, I don't get any options to boot to recovery...or anything non-standard for that matter. I think my TWRP might be broken, is there a way to uninstall/reinstall?
Thanks again guys.

Argenti12 said:
Okay, I redownloaded the ROM file and copied it to the SD...plugged it back in the tablet and booted into TWRP, ....now I see both! oh well, I installed the ROM and now have CROMI-X running on this baby! Thanks for your help and advice guys.
One small thing that I noticed, again with TWRP is that when I invoke the power menu, I don't get any options to boot to recovery...or anything non-standard for that matter. I think my TWRP might be broken, is there a way to uninstall/reinstall?
Thanks again guys.
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TWRP on tf700t, you have only two options on the boot menu. One is a reboot to your system. Second is power off your device.
About the uninstall/reinstall, all you need is to flash the TWRP blob on top of your existing one....
Edit: I think that your TWRP is working properly. If you don't have to flash your custom recovery again, you can minimize the risk of brick your device. Please don't mess with your bootloader and your recovery unless you must touch them for a good reason. Otherwise, just leave them alone. Just my two cents....

LetMeKnow said:
TWRP on tf700t, you have only two options on the boot menu. One is a reboot to your system. Second is power off your device.
About the uninstall/reinstall, all you need is to flash the TWRP blob on top of your existing one....
Edit: I think that your TWRP is working properly. If you don't have to flash your custom recovery again, you can minimize the risk of brick your device. Please don't mess with your bootloader and your recovery unless you must touch them for a good reason. Otherwise, just leave them alone. Just my two cents....
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Great, thanks for clearing up that doubt...and also for the good advice! I'm already enjoying the CROMI-X experience!

Cannot Root my Xoom

Can some one help me please im having trouble with rooting my xoom. i have downloaded and saved everything i was told i needed to root the device to the device and memory card but when i try to load the recovery console i get the android with the red x over it.
Any help is welcome.

ramhuskies7 said:
Can some one help me please im having trouble with rooting my xoom. i have downloaded and saved everything i was told i needed to root the device to the device and memory card but when i try to load the recovery console i get the android with the red x over it.
Any help is welcome.
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You can not flash a custom recovery from stock android recovery. Which is what the red x recovery is
Is your tablets boot loader unlocked yet?... No matter. Just download thisAIO_scripts_R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3.zip - 12.00 MB
It's my tool to do everything u need. Unlock boot loader, flash twrp recovery, and then twrp will root it also when you boot into recovery. Just Dow load the zip file. Plug your xoom into your pc and click the runme.bat and chose what you want to do.
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I got into the twrp interface and loaded the omniROM 4.4.2 but it will not load past the omni screen now and give me an error saying could not mount Cache

When i load in to TWRP it is asking me for a password

ramhuskies7 said:
When i load in to TWRP it is asking me for a password
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Known issue on twrp there is no password just leave blank.
And you will need to ask your Rom related question in the Rom thread because I don't use that Rom and I don't know if it's bigPart Rom or not
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runandhide05 said:
Known issue on twrp there is no password just leave blank.
And you will need to ask your Rom related question in the Rom thread because I don't use that Rom and I don't know if it's bigPart Rom or not
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Thanks. i ended up restoring it back to the factory through a process i found on another forum once everything updates to where it needs to be i am going to try and use your version to install the new ROM

ramhuskies7 said:
Thanks. i ended up restoring it back to the factory through a process i found on another forum once everything updates to where it needs to be i am going to try and use your version to install the new ROM
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Just remember to look at what ever Rom you choose. If it says requires bigpart. Look at the thread in the development section for the steps to make it compatible for bigpart. It's not hard just have to follow a few steps.
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[SOLVED] TWRP Instal

Just got a brand new TF700T today. I unlocked it and rooted it successfully. I am trying to instal TWRP so I can instal CM11 however I cannot make it happen the easy way. Goomanager is gone (what happened with that?) from the play store. Both Flashify and TWRP Manager can't find a recovery for the TF700T. What gives?
Firmware 10.6.1.14.4-20130329 if it matters. JB 4.2.1.
Id really like to avoid fastboot if I can.

edgex said:
Just got a brand new TF700T today. I unlocked it and rooted it successfully. I am trying to instal TWRP so I can instal CM11 however I cannot make it happen the easy way. Goomanager is gone (what happened with that?) from the play store. Both Flashify and TWRP Manager can't find a recovery for the TF700T. What gives?
Firmware 10.6.1.14.4-20130329 if it matters. JB 4.2.1.
Id really like to avoid fastboot if I can.
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fastboot is the way to go...
really if you want to avoid fastboot, you should have left it locked ...
We can get you up and running, let me know
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
fastboot is the way to go...
really if you want to avoid fastboot, you should have left it locked ...
We can get you up and running, let me know
Thx Josh
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Alright well lets start with updating the firmware. That should leave root intact right? So whats the best way to do that?

edgex said:
Alright well lets start with updating the firmware. That should leave root intact right? So whats the best way to do that?
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If you are still on stock the easiest way is to flash the latest Asus firmware.
Download your JB 4.2.2 SKU version from Asus support downloads site, unzip the downloaded file once resulting in another zip, and copy that second zip to the root of your internal SD.
The system should recognize the update file, pop up a notification about an update being available and flash it. If it doesn't, reboot.
You will loose root, but you don't need it to flash a custom rom following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2688891

Thanks to lj50036 I was able to get CM11 on there successfully. Everything is running so much better than it was with the stock rom. I really appreciate it!