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hi everyone,
i have no idea why, but ever since last week i can't seem to see any internal\external storage in recovery (while in android it's fine). needless to say i can't flash new roms, backup\restore etc.
can any one help me?
i'm using CWM 5.8.3.1 (without team rogues, i want to flash that one, but i'm not sure whether or not i can use fastboot to flash ontop of an existing recovery... if so, could you please post the instructions to this?)
the 20120419 snapshot of cm9 wingray.
thanks for your help
xdave72 said:
hi everyone,
i have no idea why, but ever since last week i can't seem to see any internal\external storage in recovery (while in android it's fine). needless to say i can't flash new roms, backup\restore etc.
can any one help me?
i'm using CWM 5.8.3.1 (without team rogues, i want to flash that one, but i'm not sure whether or not i can use fastboot to flash ontop of an existing recovery... if so, could you please post the instructions to this?)
the 20120419 snapshot of cm9 wingray.
thanks for your help
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Well, try to flash another recovery image. If you are running eos team build, you can flash their recovery and it reads internal and external sd card.
Let me know if you need the link...
wesamothman said:
Well, try to flash another recovery image. If you are running eos team build, you can flash their recovery and it reads internal and external sd card.
Let me know if you need the link...
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i'm not sure... i'm running CM9 (so team rogue?) and my recovery isn't branded (it's original, no teams there...).
so you're saying it's ok to reflash ontop of the existing one with other recoveries?
please send me the links
thank you so much
xdave72 said:
i'm not sure... i'm running CM9 (so team rogue?) and my recovery isn't branded (it's original, no teams there...).
so you're saying it's ok to reflash ontop of the existing one with other recoveries?
please send me the links
thank you so much
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Yup, it is ok to flash another recovery.
This is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604014
Also, I would suggest you to go to another ROM, which has been found to be the best as of now. Thanks to Team EOS for this ROM.
What is your xoom model? 3G or WIFI?
wesamothman said:
Yup, it is ok to flash another recovery.
This is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604014
Also, I would suggest you to go to another ROM, which has been found to be the best as of now. Thanks to Team EOS for this ROM.
What is your xoom model? 3G or WIFI?
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i have the wifi version
one more thing - i have to boot the xoom into a certain mode right? and then do the flashing...
how do i get to that mode?
EDIT: sorry for that, i could find the answer easily online. thanks so much, everything is now working perfectly
xdave72 said:
i have the wifi version
one more thing - i have to boot the xoom into a certain mode right? and then do the flashing...
how do i get to that mode?
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Hold on please. I am writing the procedure for you (how to flash the new recovery and to flash the latest ROM of Team OS for xoom wifi. You choose whatever suites you by then
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xdave72 said:
i have the wifi version
one more thing - i have to boot the xoom into a certain mode right? and then do the flashing...
how do i get to that mode?
EDIT: sorry for that, i could find the answer easily online. thanks so much, everything is now working perfectly
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Yes, Let me clarify should you need to:
Definitely root your xoom and upgrade to custom ROM of ICS from Nightlites EOS team. Rooting and upgrading to this custom ROM, wingray for your device MZ604 is pretty fast and easy. will help you if you need to.
• Your custom ROM will be: Eos-wingray-102.zip. This is the latest ROM released on May 3rd. Very stable and everything works with it. No issues found.
http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray/
• Your GOOGLE APPs (GAPPs) would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
http://goo.im/gapps
Full thread in details is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400958
To summarize:
First, download the above ROM and GAPPs and put them onto your xoom internal and external SD card.
To download:
• Get the Motorola USB drivers: http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
• Get the Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Recovery Image: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/recoveries/wingray/eos-recovery-r6.img
• GAPPS: http://goo.im/gapps, your GAPPs would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
• ROM: Your custom ROM will be: Eos-wingray-102.zip. This is the latest ROM released on May 3rd. Very stable and everything works with it.
http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray/
Steps:
1. Power off your XOOM device.
2. Press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button at the same time. Note: Even if your xoom starts again, just keep the button pressed until you see "Starting fastboot protocol" on the screen.
3. Connect Xoom to your computer via USB.
4. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ or ‘Terminal’ window on your computer in your sdk/tools folder.
5. If your device is not already unlocked, type:
i. “adb reboot bootloader”
ii. “fastboot oem unlock”
iii. “fastboot reboot”
6. If your device is already unlocked, and to flash another recovery, type:
i. “adb reboot bootloader”
ii. “fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img”
iii. “fastboot reboot”
Now, you have your device unlocked and recovery installed.
Reboot your xoom, you will still have your old ROM.
To flash the other ROM downloaded above,
1. Boot into recovery by:
i. As soon as you hit the reboot command, you should see a Motorola logo appear. Wait 3 seconds and tap the Volume down button and the words Android Recovery should appear on the screen. When you see that, tap the Volume up button and you’ll boot into recovery.
2. From within Recovery, perform wipe data, wipe cache, and go to advanced, wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. Don't worry, if the ROM and GAPPs are deleted, which should not be the case, you will have them on your external sd card
3. In recovery, navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the EOS ROM you copied to the root of the SD card. Once the files are flashed, DO NOT reboot afterwards. Hold on.
4. Again, from Recovery, choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the GAPPs you copied to the root of the SD card.
Then hit reboot system now. It will take 2 - 3 minutes for the first reboot. Setup your google account. and you are good to go.
Later reboots will be much faster (around 40 - 50 seconds).
Advice: purchase Startup Manager from the market. Remove unwanted user programs from the startup. That will boost the boot time of your xoom. and don't remove superuser or superSU.
To have better battery life, from the market buy JuiceDefender ultimate. configure it as aggressive. don't worry, it is ok. This will give you around 2 hours of extra battery life than the promised 10 hours. Keep that in the startup.
You may need after that to install terminal emulator from the market if not already installed by the ROM to check if you have root permissions. Just type "su -"
you will be prompted with superuser check. Click allow. and then type "id"
You will see your id is root.
Should you require further details or assistance, please let me know. And enjoy the best rom customized ever for your device
Best Thanks to TEAM EOS for the great ROMs they provide.
After you are done with all that, let me know and will explain to you how to work with the pre-installed gooManager in the new ROM. It will make your life much easier to upgrade to future releases of your ROM.
NOTE: don't forget to hit the thanks button if you feel kind to
Regads,
you've done more then enough thanks so much again!
done with the stuff you posted (although i already had a root so just re-flashed the recovery)
i don't use gapps (i have problems with google stuff) so i use F-droid and aptoid. if you have any others, i'll thank you even more
I would love to help you with that but honestly I don't know know any other alternative to gapps besides that the latest gapps pack is fully issue-free
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2
Installing ROMS & Such on the A700/701
For Extreme A700/Android Neophytes
Read It All BEFORE Beginning!
Important Links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710755 ← Unlock Bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791165 ← CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806980 ← CM10 Official Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056964 ← CM10.1 Official Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489708 ← CM10.2 Official Thread
-----http://get.cm/?device=a700 ← CM10 Download
-----http://goo.im/gapps ← Google Apps 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995981 ← AOSP 4.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952124 ← iconiaN
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953917 ← Vorbeth’s EasyRoot ← Do This to Root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004441 ← Vorbeth’s OC GPU Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994294 ← CoolOne700
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2196266 ← IcOdiv for A701 & A700 based on CyanogenMod 10.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219575 ← Evil Alex Purgatory A701
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232411 ← 7comp based on RootBox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510004 ← Official PAC-man 4.3
Software You Will Use/Need (depending on your root method):
http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=4318 ← Acer USB Drivers
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html ← Android SDK
General Information:
First off, this was never made adequately clear for new users (without going through a hundred different posts with hundreds of replies): You will be using the Android SDK and the Windows Command Prompt. When installing the Android SDK, change the directory to something easy like C:\SDK because you will be typing it a lot. The directory in that folder you will be using exclusively for this process is the “platform-tools” directory. This is where adb and fastboot are found.
In addition, you will need to activate ADB Debugging on your tablet. This is found by going to Settings -> Developer Options -> USB Debugging. If this isn’t done, you will get nothing accomplished. Yes, you will need to have your tablet connected through USB to your PC for this to work. I know there are other ways, but I’m writing this with brand new users in mind.
After you’ve got that set, you should go ahead and install the Acer USB Drivers. None of my computers could properly identify the tablet without the drivers. Speaking of quirks, 64GB microsd cards are not generally very friendly with CM10 or CWM even when formatted as Fat32. There are lots of issues I can’t find a workaround to. Consider using a 32GB until the kinks are worked out.
I’m also assuming you are currently running the JB OTA that was pushed worldwide in October 2012. If you are not, then there are a few extra steps when installing IconiaN. Although I compiled the instructions you’re reading, I had nothing to do with anything else. In fact, I didn’t write the codes used to install things through the command prompt….I just compiled all the information into one easy-ish to follow paper.
As usual, if anything in this causes a brick to your tablet, it was your decision. I’m just providing the information that has worked for me (repeatedly). Also, as I’m not a developer, nor am I very handy with editing files or trouble shooting things without actually handling them…….Ask your specific questions directly to those people in charge of the files (pawitp, Vorbeth, Moscow Desire, meier2009, odiv81 and alx5962). They’re the gurus at this..I am a plebe in their shadow.
TL;DR:
Install Android SDK to an easy directory.
Install Acer USB Drivers.
Unlock Your Bootloader: (codes from alx5962)
1. Open a command prompt in windows and navigate to the directory where adb is stored. For the sake of conversation, I’m going to call it “C:\SDK\platform-tools”
2. Plug your tablet into your computer through USB. It should automatically mount because you’ve installed the Acer USB Drivers and didn’t skip that step above. J
3. At the command prompt, enter the following:
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
-- Allow the device to reboot.
4. Type Code:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
5. Press the + Volume button to select Unlock then - Volume button to confirm.
6. Restart :
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
----- I had issues on step 6. I tried that, and it rebooted to the bootloader screen. To be on the safe side without hard rebooting (not knowing what was going on), I used the command from Step 3. to reboot. This works for ICS and for JB bootloaders, I confirm I used the above steps on both.-----7. Confirmation of your unlocked status will be seen in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
Install Clockwork Mod Recovery: (all work & codes from pawitp)
Somehow I wasn’t able to install this properly (permanently) until last night (11/09/12). I’m still not entirely sure what I did differently, but I’ll try to document it here. The safest version of CWM is 6.0.1.5. Don’t attempt anything without that version or better. I’ve heard that at this time the touch version isn’t working properly, so be sure to download the original style CWM.
To navigate CWM, the following bit of information will come in handy (especially if you’ve never used it before.) Use the ‘Vol-‘ and ‘Vol+’ buttons to navigate up and down and the ‘Power’ button to select your choice. When you have made a choice it will sometimes give a screen with a ton of “NO” options with only one “YES” option (usually near the bottom). Like any good video game, if you scroll upwards, you can get to the bottom of the screen faster.
1. Place the CWM file you downloaded into your “platform-tools” directory. For the sake of being easy to install, I changed the file name to ‘recovery.img.’
2. Open a command prompt in windows and navigate to the directory where adb is stored. For the sake of conversation, I’m going to call it “C:\SDK\platform-tools”
3. Plug your tablet into your computer through USB.
4. At the command prompt, enter the following:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
5. At this point, you have flashed CWM to the system, BUT you will now need to boot into CWM using :
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
The caveat here is that you will need to install either a custom ROM or unencumbered boot.img (kernel) NOW. If you do not install one, flashing CWM was pointless because stock recovery will overwrite it at next reboot. When prompted at reboot (leaving CWM after flashing a ROM) you should choose to keep CWM. This was sort of a miscommunication between the devs and myself, but meier2009 and Moscow Desire cleared it up.
-----Step 5. does NOT install recovery, but forces your system to boot into CWM by pushing the file to your A700 from your ‘platform-tools’ directory.-----
For Future Reference: Enter recovery…(JB):
a. With system powered off, press and hold ‘Power’ and ‘Vol -‘
b. When the system vibrates, release the ‘Power’ button.
c. When the system vibrates a second time, slide your finger from ‘Vol-‘ to ‘Vol+.”
d. When the system vibrates a third time, release that button.
Install pawitp’s CM10.1 OR IcOdiv (A701): (all work & codes from pawitp)
Download the CM10 nightly from the official Cyanogen page and grab the Google Apps file (optional, but you won’t have market without it) listed in the links section. Despite what people say, I have always been unable to install from my external SD card. Instead, I save the zip files to the root/main directory of the internal SD. Save BOTH FILES to internal SD at this time. This has always worked for me, but your mileage may vary. You do this at your own risk, blah, blah, blah.
1. Boot your A700 into CWM using the steps outlined in Step 5. (or 6) from “Install Clockwork Recovery Mod.”
2. Backup your system by navigating to “backup and restore” by using the ‘Vol-‘ and ‘Vol+’ buttons to navigate up and down and the ‘Power’ button to select your choice.
3. At this point, there are two options for you. “backup” and “backup to external_sdcard”…. I have never been able to mount my 64GB Fat32 external_sd in CWM. Try a smaller card if you have one available (I don’t). If you can backup to external, that is probably necessary when coming from stock. I would only backup to internal if you are just updating from an older nightly or previous rom.
4. On the main screen, assuming you’re coming from stock JB or ICS, you will need to do a couple of wipes. I’m positive the first is necessary, and have read in other parts of threads and other forums that the other two wipes are needed, but as they’re both called “cache,” I went ahead and did both (with no ill effects).
Select “wipe data/factory reset”
Select “wipe cache partition”
Select “advanced” and navigate to “wipe dalvik cache”
Go back to the main menu.
5. From the main menu, select “install zip from sdcard”.
6. Select “choose zip from sdcard” and scroll down to the CM10 zip file. Press the ‘Power’ button to select and confirm.
After this has successfully installed, you can choose to install Google Apps or not. I’m assuming you will want to install them because…well…who doesn’t?
7. To install Google Apps, follow Steps 3 and 4 from above, but this time you will choose the gapps zip file instead of the CM10 zip.
8. Reboot Device & Enjoy well sorted Jelly Beans.
Install iconiaN: (all work & codes from Vorbeth)
At the moment this is my favorite. It is one version number (4.1.1) behind CM10 (4.1.2), BUT it is compatible with my SD card, and is similar to the stock experience …. only faster and without the bloatware. The only reason it is second in this guide is because of the alphabet (C before I & P before V).
The latest updates to the ROM bring the latest GAPPS and firmware. meier2009’s 4Way Reboot Mod is also included (and rocks).
1. Boot your A700 into CWM.
2. Follow Steps 2-6 from above if coming from stock JB (or CM10, or CoolOne700) with the exception that you’re installing the iconiaN zip (not CM10, duh). Also, iconiaN comes with v4.2 Google Apps pre-installed, so no need for Step 7.
-----2.a. If coming from stock ICS, you will need to install the Jelly Bean Firmware (Found in the Aroma Setup of the ROM)
3. If coming from an older version of iconiaN, you shouldn’t need to do the wipes, but go ahead and do the backup just to be safe.
4. Reboot Device & Enjoy well sorted Jelly Beans.
-----On a side note, I went ahead and installed BusyBox (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox) not sure if this was necessary, but I am suffering no ill effects from having it running on my tablet. -----
Install Vorbeth's OC GPU Kernel: (all work & codes from Vorbeth)
This is a custom kernel (as of this writing available only for the A700) that overclocks the Tegra 3 from 1.3Ghz to 1.5Ghz. There has been a noted improvement in gaming performance using this kernel.
1. Boot your A700 into CWM.
2. From the main menu, select “install zip from sdcard”.
3. Select “choose zip from sdcard” and scroll down to the iconiaN Kernel zip file. Press the ‘Power’ button to select and confirm.
4. Reboot Device PLAY SOME GAMES! WEE!
Install Vorbeth’s EasyRoot: (all work & codes from Vorbeth)
If for some reason you’re happy with stock and just want a very simple way to ROOT, then this is for you. Using this kernel will cause OTA to stop working (or you will have to edit the updater-script) and remove all the file checks. The latest update has made all previous instructions null, and it is now exceedingly easy to install ROOT on your A700. Awesome! Still, this does require an unlocked bootloader.
1. Download and extract the EasyRoot ZIP on your computer.
2. Locate and double click the file 'easyroot.bat'.
3. Follow all onscreen instructions.
4. Profit.
CoolOne700: (all work & codes from meier2009)
This is the new kid on the block. meier2009 has included three different install options in this ROM including Full (rooted stock), Small (all the Acer bloatware removed), and Custom (Choose what you want.) It’s definitely one to keep an eye on. Custom install is very handy. He’s also got his 4Way Reboot Mod which adds all our favorite reboot/recovery features. Sweet! Also, BusyBox and SuperSU are included on install, so you don’t need to worry about that.
1. Boot your A700 into CWM.
2. Follow Steps 2-6 from CM10 Install if coming from stock JB (or CM10, or iconiaN) with the exception that you’re installing the CoolOne700 zip (not CM10, duh). Also, CoolOne700 comes with Google Apps pre-installed, so no need for Step 7.
-----2. a. If coming from stock ICS, you will need to install the Jelly Bean Firmware (Found in the Aroma Setup of the ROM)
3. If updating from an older version of CoolOne700, you won’t need to do any of the wipes, but it is always a great idea to do the backup.
4. Reboot Device & Enjoy well sorted Jelly Beans.
Code:
6. If upon reboot, you hit the old system recovery, you will need to reflash the recovery.img OR just work around it by doing:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
-----Step 6. does NOT install recovery, but forces your system to boot into CWM by pushing the file to your A700 from your ‘platform-tools’ directory. I had to use this method to install CM10 because I was never able to get CWM to install. Your luck may be different.-----
THAT´s the Trick my Friend !
Install recovery with
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
AND THEN
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Install any ROM and if you´re rebooting and asked to FIX Recovery, answer YES, then it will be leaved there !!!
With this way your also able to start CWM Recovery temporary
only use
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
then CWM will start, you can flash anything and after that CWM is gone, because the Stock Recovery is always inside the Recovery Partition
Makes sense then how I finally ended up with CWM actually installed on my tablet. Were the original instructions from pawitp mistaken, or just incomplete?
ExtremeRyno said:
Makes sense then how I finally ended up with CWM actually installed on my tablet. Were the original instructions from pawitp mistaken, or just incomplete?
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Lost in translation...
ROFLMAO
Added more info last night and have now included the AOSP 4.2 to the links. Keepin' this bumped & updated.
Thanks for posting this excellent How To! I used it to install CM10.
I can confirm the backup to external backup functionality does work with a 8 GB MicroSDHC card. One thing you could do to bypass the external vs internal SD card discussion is to use sideloading. I used it to both install CM10 and the Google Apps and it works nicely. Just select Update through sideload in CWM and then enter 'adb sideload <filename>' on the command line and everything works nicely.
Also for the real beginner you could may be suggest backing up all user applications using Titanium Backup in order to easily restore them after flashing a mod.
Bumping thread back near the top. Lots of people got an A700 for the holiday and it seems many of them are bricking or at least screwing things up using outdated methods or strange new forms of CWM from other forums.
Also, thanks for the info, SanjuroE. Appreciated, and I can honestly say I never knew how to do the sideloading thing. I didn't actually realize that was what it was as on my old tablet (three years ago) sideloading was always in reference to installing from the external SD.
This guide was awesome. Many thanks for this.
I flashed CWM 6.0.3.1 via fastboot.
After that I tried fastboot boot recovery.img but it doesn't work.
On the display:
Booting downloaded image.
But nothing happens ??
Can anyone help me ??
schlex2010 said:
I flashed CWM 6.0.3.1 via fastboot.
After that I tried fastboot boot recovery.img but it doesn't work.
On the display:
Booting downloaded image.
But nothing happens ??
Can anyone help me ??
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Loot at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791165
Post #166 to end of thread.
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Loot at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791165
Post #166 to end of thread.
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Thanks mate!
I tried another recovery.img and than everything went fine!! :good:
USB driver link is not working.
papars said:
USB driver link is not working.
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Check this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58172023
Many files available, including Drivers
I can't connect my iconia a700 to PC (Windows 10) is say: device not found. Any help?
I install USB Driver, but in Device managers shows Acer Iconia Tab a700 with yellow worming sign.
Driver Issues WIN10
goralpm said:
I can't connect my iconia a700 to PC (Windows 10) is say: device not found. Any help?
I install USB Driver, but in Device managers shows Acer Iconia Tab a700 with yellow worming sign.
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Hi,
I have the same issue and it took me hours to even find a driver from ACER. But even after the installation I cannot get the tablet to work stable. I installed general MTP drivers which gave me access to the "adb reboot-bootloader" command but during the reboot the tablet gets stuck on the Acer logo screen and does not boot into the bootloader. I have to unplug the tablet and only then I get the white text in the top left corner of the screen saying "starting Fastboot USB download protocol". But that is it. I assume that fastboot would use the Acer drivers to access the tablet but I don't have any for windows 10.
My question: Could somebody post drivers for Windows 10 for the A700/A701?
Thanks
realshadow
realShadow said:
Hi,
... ...
My question: Could somebody post drivers for Windows 10 for the A700/A701?
Thanks
realshadow
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I had exactly the same problem. The solution was give here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118
You don not need Acer driver.
- Wayne
Found this online. *****this is not my work****** All credit goes to the author quattrodevelopment.blogspot.com
Here is a step by step with roms included for the 4.5 quattro Not the HD or 5.7 HD maybe soon.
Disclaimer: These ROMs/Recoveries are only intended for the BLU Quattro 4.5, or the K-Touch v9(which is the chinese version) These WILL NOT work on the 4.5HD or 5.7HD devices(I will release ROMs/Recoveries specifically for your device at a later time)
Drivers: https://copy.com/BUMmsS9rhLJe
English Recovery: https://copy.com/XZxTDht2lQiz
Gapps(4.2) https://copy.com/utkbZgwRpsVB
Gapps(4.1) https://copy.com/pSd8SsqU9pdI
ROMs With Less Bugs: MIUI v5 (4.1) https://copy.com/sbmcN6PHwFfi CM/AOKP Hybrid? JB (4.1) https://copy.com/VeLz1VLbkNNI Shendu ROM 4.1(Modified/Tweaked by me) https://copy.com/NwiFnlO8JAek
ROMs With More Bugs: Cyanogenmod 10.1 (4.2) https://copy.com/8kt2EAU2ll8y
1- Download the drivers from link posted above, and extract it to the folder of your desire. Now turn the phone off, and hold Vol+ (volume up button) and Power button at the same time until you see a green screen, then release both buttons immediately. You should now be in APX mode(nvflash) it will be a black screen
2- Connect phone to computer via usb cable. Now you should get a pop-up window about installing drivers, you're going to want to choose to browse computer for driver software manually. Then choose let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, and click have disk. Now you're going to browse to the location where you extracted the drivers to, and click on it(Ignore warning if it pops up, and choose install)
3- Assuming everything went as planned, now download the recovery and extract it to the location you desire(must be in a directory that you can issue adb commands from) inside of that folder, locate a file named recovery.bat. Double click on that file and a command prompt with a bunch of chinese pops up. Give it a second and press enter, it will go through the process and flash a recovery onto your phone
4- After everything is done, hold down the power button for about ten seconds(until the device powers off) Power the device back on normally, and download the ROM/ROMs if you haven't already and place them on the internal or external sd card(your choice) With device connected to pc, open command prompt and type in "adb reboot recovery" (without quotes) and the device will boot into recovery mode
5- Now that we have an English recovery, the translations below aren't really needed. However, I'm going to leave them up for a few days, just until everybody can transition to the English recovery. They will be deleted after that!
Recovery Main Menu: -Reboot -Install from SD card -Wipe Data/Factory Reset -Wipe Cache -Backup&Restore -Mount/Format -Advanced
Install From SD Card Menu: -Install zip from external SD -Apply update.zip -Unknown* -Install zip from internal SD
Backup&Restore Menu: -Backup -Restore -The rest are unknown*
Advanced Menu: -Reboot Recovery -Wipe Dalvik Cache -The rest are unknown*
To install ROM- In recovery mode, Factory Reset/Wipe Cache/Wipe Dalvik Cache. Then choose install zip from sd card(then choose internal or external and locate the ROM you want to install) After that you need to do the same thing to install the gapps package(you need the gapps package for google apps to function) once all is done, reboot and wait(it takes a while to boot the first time after flashing new ROMs, it has to rebuild the Dalvik cache)
NOTE: In case you aren't familiar with flashing ROMs, once you click on something( "backup" for example) a menu pops up pretty much asing you if you're sure you want to do that. It will have a bunch of lines of the same thing(which is no) and then one of the lines will have a bunch of writing beside it(which means yes). Also BEFORE you flash any ROMs, make sure you factory reset/wipe cache/and wipe dalvik cache, then you can flash the ROM and gapps package
*These will be updated regularly, as I discover what they are **More ROMs to come!
Internal Memory
The "BLU Quattro 4.5" has 4GB internal memory partitioned into 0.98GB for ROM and apps and an internal usb-memory of 1.63GB.
Is it possible to merge or resize the partitions?
I have 16GB external SD so the 1.63GB internal reserved usb-memory is useless and I still having trouble out of space in primary partition.
Thanks and sorry my english =/
TechSoft said:
Found this online. *****this is not my work****** All credit goes to the author quattrodevelopment.blogspot.com
Here is a step by step with roms included for the 4.5 quattro Not the HD or 5.7 HD maybe soon.
Disclaimer: These ROMs/Recoveries are only intended for the BLU Quattro 4.5, or the K-Touch v9(which is the chinese version) These WILL NOT work on the 4.5HD or 5.7HD devices(I will release ROMs/Recoveries specifically for your device at a later time)
Drivers: https://copy.com/BUMmsS9rhLJe
English Recovery: https://copy.com/XZxTDht2lQiz
Gapps(4.2) https://copy.com/utkbZgwRpsVB
Gapps(4.1) https://copy.com/pSd8SsqU9pdI
ROMs With Less Bugs: MIUI v5 (4.1) https://copy.com/sbmcN6PHwFfi CM/AOKP Hybrid? JB (4.1) https://copy.com/VeLz1VLbkNNI Shendu ROM 4.1(Modified/Tweaked by me) https://copy.com/NwiFnlO8JAek
ROMs With More Bugs: Cyanogenmod 10.1 (4.2) https://copy.com/8kt2EAU2ll8y
1- Download the drivers from link posted above, and extract it to the folder of your desire. Now turn the phone off, and hold Vol+ (volume up button) and Power button at the same time until you see a green screen, then release both buttons immediately. You should now be in APX mode(nvflash) it will be a black screen
2- Connect phone to computer via usb cable. Now you should get a pop-up window about installing drivers, you're going to want to choose to browse computer for driver software manually. Then choose let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, and click have disk. Now you're going to browse to the location where you extracted the drivers to, and click on it(Ignore warning if it pops up, and choose install)
3- Assuming everything went as planned, now download the recovery and extract it to the location you desire(must be in a directory that you can issue adb commands from) inside of that folder, locate a file named recovery.bat. Double click on that file and a command prompt with a bunch of chinese pops up. Give it a second and press enter, it will go through the process and flash a recovery onto your phone
4- After everything is done, hold down the power button for about ten seconds(until the device powers off) Power the device back on normally, and download the ROM/ROMs if you haven't already and place them on the internal or external sd card(your choice) With device connected to pc, open command prompt and type in "adb reboot recovery" (without quotes) and the device will boot into recovery mode
5- Now that we have an English recovery, the translations below aren't really needed. However, I'm going to leave them up for a few days, just until everybody can transition to the English recovery. They will be deleted after that!
Recovery Main Menu: -Reboot -Install from SD card -Wipe Data/Factory Reset -Wipe Cache -Backup&Restore -Mount/Format -Advanced
Install From SD Card Menu: -Install zip from external SD -Apply update.zip -Unknown* -Install zip from internal SD
Backup&Restore Menu: -Backup -Restore -The rest are unknown*
Advanced Menu: -Reboot Recovery -Wipe Dalvik Cache -The rest are unknown*
To install ROM- In recovery mode, Factory Reset/Wipe Cache/Wipe Dalvik Cache. Then choose install zip from sd card(then choose internal or external and locate the ROM you want to install) After that you need to do the same thing to install the gapps package(you need the gapps package for google apps to function) once all is done, reboot and wait(it takes a while to boot the first time after flashing new ROMs, it has to rebuild the Dalvik cache)
NOTE: In case you aren't familiar with flashing ROMs, once you click on something( "backup" for example) a menu pops up pretty much asing you if you're sure you want to do that. It will have a bunch of lines of the same thing(which is no) and then one of the lines will have a bunch of writing beside it(which means yes). Also BEFORE you flash any ROMs, make sure you factory reset/wipe cache/and wipe dalvik cache, then you can flash the ROM and gapps package
*These will be updated regularly, as I discover what they are **More ROMs to come!
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alanfrank said:
The "BLU Quattro 4.5" has 4GB internal memory partitioned into 0.98GB for ROM and apps and an internal usb-memory of 1.63GB.
Is it possible to merge or resize the partitions?
I have 16GB external SD so the 1.63GB internal reserved usb-memory is useless and I still having trouble out of space in primary partition.
Thanks and sorry my english =/
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I've found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171531
Any idea if this can be used with another phone them the LG one he have used in the guide?
I cant post in the thread because Im new user here =/
problem
I have done everithing you said, and my cell freezes on boot forever, now what????
BLU Quattro 4.5 HD & 5.7
Need to know how to restore both devices to stock. Any aplication ODIN like to restore it back to stock from the download mode?
Please help me root, i try binary method but i just get boot loop.
Recovery + Root My experience
Hello... I got my BLU Quattro 4.5 (D440) a while back, didn't fuzz with it much right off. The Stock ROM was sluggish at best thought there was even an issue with the Digitizer/screen. But this thread was extremely helpful. I am now running Shendu ROM 4.1.2 one of the suggested ROM's above. I tried the other 2 first and they were mostly in Chineese and I had an especially hard time getting them switched over to English. Either way onward to the point. I have put together a few helpful tips-tricks for my experience with this phone and its phoenix transition to an awesome handset. Thats right now this is my daily driver and I love it! See below hope its helpful.
BLU Quattro 4.5 (440D) GSM Recovery+Root
These steps for this phone only!! Not responsible for any issues.
1. download ROM's, Recovery, & Driver from XDA (this thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327417
2. Enable USB Debugging! Go into Apps-Settings-DevOptions - Check box for USB Debug
3. Have original USB cord if handy! I tried with a Samsung OEM cable but no luck getting drivers to stick. Use original is best. (If you have one.)
Plug in USB Cord to PC then Phone and see if windows detects drivers. let it. It wont get the ones u need later, but what it does find is for USB storage. (you can move over your ROM's/Gapps to storage, downloads folder is a good spot).
4. Go to... http://junefabrics.com/android/downloadold.php to get pdanet software. Install it and it will give i the right drivers for ADB support. I used 4.01 to match the android version currently on my phone.
5. Extract the Driver provided from XDA. Put it in a folder with the ADB commands. Or you can get it all here... http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNexus/rooting/GalaxyNexusRootNew.zipn <-- I know this isn't for BLU but, if you extract this to a folder, and also add the drivers extracted to it as well this works! I've done it.
6. Extract the English Recovery to the same folder.
7. Turn off your phone. Hold down Vol up and Power button for about 5-9 seconds. Once you see a green screen let go of both. Screen may flicker then go black but the icons at the bottom will stay lit. You are now in APX mode (nvflash) mode. (as stated above in original post)
8. Check your Win 7 PC device manager. For a Phone device with ADB. If you you may need to update driver with the one that came from XDA, but the PDANet software should make it work.
8. Go to the folder and find Recovery.bat file (may have Chinese in file name. Double click and a command prompt window will pop up with a bunch of unknown characters, wait 5 sec then hit enter. The batch file should take of pushing the necessary recovery through ADB to the phone. It will error if it can't.
9. If completes OK. Push power for 7-9 seconds to power off the phone. Hit power like normal to turn it back on. It will boot up like normal (or it should).
10. USB is still connected this whole time and you can open a command prompt window. Navigate to the folder you placed the Recovery into. Something like user/username/desktop/BLU/recovery..etc)
Type ADB devices....it should show you that is is connected to your device. Then type " adb reboot recovery " and the device should reboot, give it some time.
11. Once in recovery. Best to do a backup of the original ROM & system. that way you can get back into recovery if anything goes wrong and wipe out the problem by restoring and starting again.
After you backup === you can get into recovery without the command being typed in or even being connected to your PC.... By holding Vol up + Power till you see the green screen then let go of power but keep holding Vol up till you see the BLU Products boot screen then let go ===
Clockworkmod Recovery should be on your screen.
you can reboot phone now and get back to original with no changes. Or you can venture into the world of loading ROM's (There in your downloads folder if you saved them in Step 3)
ROM 101
BACKUP-BACKUP-BACKUP 1st thing once in Recovery ...can't stress enough how much of trouble you can keep yourself out of by keeping an original backup.
As I stated before the Shendu ROM + Gapps is running smooth and all features I've been trying are working flawlessly!! Thanks to original post for getting me going. Just thought I'd add my 2 Cents.
Ok, here are the BEST 2 ROMS for this Phone:
Android 4.0.4(close to vanilla) : MEGA
Cyanogenmod 10.2 (Android 4.3.1) : (some audio and video issues, in BETA version ) MEGA
Need to merge internal partitions ? (merge memories) this one really "resize" the partitions (first one 1,7GB, another one new size is 2Mb) the flash.cfg file you need to flash:
This phone dont have notificaion led, fixed with this app: MEGA (flash the botton menu buttons)
Altomugriento said:
Ok, here are the BEST 2 ROMS for this Phone:
Android 4.0.4(close to vanilla) : MEGA
Cyanogenmod 10.2 (Android 4.3.1) : (some audio and video issues, in BETA version ) MEGA
Need to merge internal partitions ? (merge memories) this one really "resize" the partitions (first one 1,7GB, another one new size is 2Mb) the flash.cfg file you need to flash:
This phone dont have notificaion led, fixed with this app: MEGA (flash the botton menu buttons)
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Can you explain the merge memories procedure? it will be reaaaaally needed!!
tryed from a spanish forum with no luck
thanks
dinizbruno said:
Can you explain the merge memories procedure? it will be reaaaaally needed!!
tryed from a spanish forum with no luck
thanks
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Do you try the procedure posted in 3dgames . com . ar? ( its my work translated from the 592zn page, all the credits for the chinesse people)
Anyone tried the K-touch V9 kit kat in the BLU??
www
needrom
com/
download/
k-touch-v9-miui-v5-kk
Yes, those roms (v5) are very slow. Just use the 4.0.4 stock.
I want to try the JB stock, but i can´t find the official one anywhere.
Blu quattro 4.5 official rom to download, after you delete the bloatware and put a nice and clean theme you´ll get a nice speed.
orig D440 (quattro 4.5) rom
You can find the rom on google plus under BLU Products Development search for the model!
Hope that helps. I took your advice tonight and I am back running old school. Works ok husfar
I need phone.apk of this rom for Blu Quattro
Trozzul said:
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I need phone.apk for blu quatro
please send me the file
[email protected]
Well, I have CWM on my phone, it is usable but not visible, and a dead USB port (Will charge but won't connect to any computer for transfer or Odin). I can put an SD card in and flash it to a usable rom/loader, but since I can't actually navigate the CWM I can not actually flash.
Basically, I need someone with a working CWM to tell me how many clicks down I need to go in order to get to where I flash from. I will be on a fresh SD card with only the folders on it that android creates put one called "Roms" (where I will put the roms, of course).
Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.
forum.xda-developers.co...hp?t=1776129
I followed the above instructions and upgraded the
Samsung galaxy infuse 4G from gingerbread 2.3 to
Android Jelly Bean 4.3.
It will be difficult for you to do unless you know
computers well. You will need 1 to 3 hours to complete.
Every single little step must be followed, pretty much fill
in every single step.
First you must obtain CWM, it's a flashing utility which is
accessed at boot up by holding Volume up + volume
down + power
You need to first learn how to unbrick first as things tend to go wrong the first time.Note that 720p video recording will not work for any ROM.Only 480p will! Always wipe data first.
Here you go:
Phase 1:
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To obtain CWM head over too Jscotts odin url.UNBRICK TOOL FROM MASTER jscott.hart.bti
1. download the file which includes root access.
"Stock UCLB3 with root
UCLB3_Unbrick_root_1.1.zip"
2. you will also need Samsung Kies, which will install the
usb driver for your Samsung galaxy. The link is on the
website.
3. Place your phone into Download mode
To do this, have your usb cable for your phone plugged
into the computer but disconnected from your phone.
shut off your phone. When the power is off press Volume
up and Volume down simultaneously, after the buttons
are pressed plug in the usb cable at the same time,
which should be connected to the computer.
This will place the phone in Download mode.
4. open the included Odin.exe, when you see the yellow
bar under ID:COM then everything is good.
Follow the rest of the instructions on jscotts website.
Finally when this procces is done, reboot into android.
Phase 2:
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1) Download SGS kernel flasher
2) Click on the link on jscotts website to download a
stock kernel which contains CWM. use "2013.04.30-CWM-
Synthesis-1.2Ghz.zip
This is a thread for a working CWM on infuse.I used the
04.30 1.2GHz version and you can install it without going
into recovery mode using SGS Kernel Flasher in play
store for free:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25724638
Phase 3:
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description:
Convert the phone from gingerbread 2.3 to ICS Android
4.0, as the instructions say.
Head over too: Entropy's CM9 website:
forum.xda-developers.co...hp?t=1601844
1) There are 3 links on the website for Cynogen 9 rom for
Samsung infusion 4g, any one is ok. Download CG9 for
Samsung infusion 4g. version along with the Gapps.
2) After saving both zip's on your sd internal memory,
shut off your phone. Press both volume up and volume
down and power at the same time.
The phone will boot into CWM.
3) Make a backup of your original rom for your phone
before proceeding.
4) Select Flash zip, select your ICS android 4.0 rom which
you saved on your internal sd. (ie: "cm-9-20120620-
UNOFFICIAL-infuse4g.zip"
5) Install GAPPS as well, after step 4 is complete.
Again for the full instructions please follow the
instructions on "Firmware][ICS]UNOFFICIAL CM9 for the
Infuse 4G (07/28/2012)"
Phase 4
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1. Boot into CWM again buy pressing Volume up +
Volume Down + power.
2•Install ROM: Scroll down for downloads section
•... The package will start to install..
•... Phone will reboot into the install screen again...
•... Continue to install [Automatically] If not manually
flash again
•... Phone will reboot again and be at the recovery
screen...
3. Install Gapps
4. •CWM: Wipe Cache Partition
5. •CWM: Advanced/Wipe Dalvik Cache
6. •Reboot
FINISH.
That won't work for me. I am already rooted and have CWM, but my screen is blacked out on it. I need someone to actually tell me how many times to press down and the power button to end up on the flash from SD.
Jamio1988 said:
That won't work for me. I am already rooted and have CWM, but my screen is blacked out on it. I need someone to actually tell me how many times to press down and the power button to end up on the flash from SD.
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on your computer, google "cwm recovery"
then click on "images"
or check out youtube vids
Hi All, new to this forum... what brought me here is trying to figure out if I can upgrade the TF101 to android higher than 4.0.3 that seems to be the "normal" latest version you can get.
Issues I have are: lockup, freeze, twitter post (crash twitter), screen weird colors (need reboot) etc... Maybe I have some hardware issue... planing to open the case and verify all connectors are ok and well seated.
I just spent 4 hours looking around this forum and saw the KatKiss 4.4.4 thing... I say thing because I have no clue (and did not find how) to install this thing.
So! Is it worth it that I spent hours more on understanding how to upgrade, debug and all... or I just go buy a new tablet?
I saw some post around the twitter issue that did not work either after KatKiss upgrade, so not sure if it's worth it ?
I was looking at the Samsung Pro tablets with 8 cores... seems amazing! But pricy!
Anyhow, recommendations?
If you say... sure try to upgrade to 4.4.4 with KatKiss... ok, I can try that, but from the last 4 hours of reading/looking around, I did not find instructions steps I could understand.
Most of those steps I have not clue what they are!
These builds are designed to be installed from your favorite recovery. MAKE SURE TO INSTALL A COMPATIBLE ANDROID 4.2/4.3 RECOVERY!
TWRP >= 2.3.2.3 is recommended, new TWRP available here
Backup everything !
Go to recovery
Make a full wipe / factory reset (you can skip this step if you're already on KatKiss-4.4, if ever you encounter a problem do the full wipe and try again before reporting )
Format /system (only if Version<026)
Flash the rom
Flash KatKiss gapps
Wipe cache/dalvik
Reboot
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Thanks for any feedback
Cheers!
Simon
I have the tab pro and i like it a lot.
I also have the tf101 running katkiss.
The katkiss is running smooth for me.
All is well and no issues this far.
So I would say try katkiss.
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r2go said:
I have the tab pro and i like it a lot.
I also have the tf101 running katkiss.
The katkiss is running smooth for me.
All is well and no issues this far.
So I would say try katkiss.
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Would love to try katkiss.... but I did not find a how-to steps I can understand.... Any help would be nice.
:laugh:
Simon
SimonFiliatrault said:
Would love to try katkiss.... but I did not find a how-to steps I can understand.... Any help would be nice.
:laugh:
Simon
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Hi Simon.
Is your device already rooted?
You need to root your device first.
What android version are you running?
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r2go said:
Hi Simon.
Is your device already rooted?
You need to root your device first.
What android version are you running?
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Device not rooted... Android 4.0.3.
I am looking for step-by-step instructions... if they exist?
Never did that type of mod before.
Thanks,
Simon
SimonFiliatrault said:
Device not rooted... Android 4.0.3.
I am looking for step-by-step instructions... if they exist?
Never did that type of mod before.
Thanks,
Simon
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Easiest way, use Easyflasher (If your TF101 has a serial number B6O or eariler (Some B7O), it is an SBK1, most B7O and all higher are SBK2) choosing the wrong one in Easyflasher will not do any harm, it just won't work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
1: Flash TWRP recovery with Easyflasher
2. Download KatKiss ROM #33 & Latest Gapps and copy to your MicroSD, stick MicroSD Card into TF101
3: Boot to TWRP Recovery by powering off the TF, then pressing and holding Power & Volume Down until the white text appears at the top of the screen, then quickly hit Volume Up once
4: Goto the WIPE menu, and wipe everything apart from External Storage (This will 100% wipe your TF, so if you have anything you want to keep, back it up, you can also make a Nandroid backup inside of TWRP, so make sure your MicroSD Card has enough room if you choose that)
5: Once everything is wiped, goto the INSTALL menu and install KatKiss ROM you copied to the MicroSD Card (Might have to select External from the INSTALL menu to navigate to the MicroSD Card)
6: When the ROM says it is completed the install, go back to the INSTALL menu and install the GAPPS you also copied to the MicroSD Card
7: Once GAPPS have completed installing (Ignore any messages about failing to mount partitions etc) WIPE Cache and Dalvik Cache (Might ask you immediately after flashing Gapps, if not, do it from the WIPE menu
8: Choose REBOOT > SYSTEM or POWER OFF > REBOOT
9: All being well, you are now running the KatKiss ROM
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TIPS:
When using Easyflasher, you're gonna need to install the "Universal Naked Drivers" from the Easyflasher thread - use a 32bit Windows 7 for least chance of any problems, 64bit windows requires driver signing, and so do all versions of Windows 8.x, you can use 8.x but you'll need to disable driver signing mode before installing them
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Any problems, reply here and I`ll check every now and then
ok here's the detail steps I did...
1) I have a TF101, B60... S/N, thus SBK1 (what ever that means!)
2) Using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
- Need APX Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942
Found those instructions that partially work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942&page=4
Search in the start menu for Device Manager and open it.
Plug in your tablet via USB while in APX mode (hold power button and volume (+) until the screen turns off).
The driver should try to automatically install off the tablet upon plugging it in to your computer.
If it fails to install, you will have an "Unknown Devices" section in Device Manager.
Right click on Unknown Devices and hit update driver.
Then hit manually install driver. Point the file browser to the root folder of the extracted package that you downloaded.
For clarification: You downloaded the zip in the OP called Universal_Naked_Driver_0.72.zip.
When you extract it, you should get something like Universal Naked Driver 0.72 or something like that.
Point that file browser to the newly extracted folder, NOT the subfolders.
If you point it to the amd64 or the i386 subfolders it will not work. Hope this helps you out!
That is partly true... here's what I did:
1. power button + volume up
2. device manager showed "other devices" - APX
3. right-click APX and update driver
4. point to extracted naked driver folder
5. Cannot install - hash not present issue!
6. Found this how-to on installing unsigned drivers: http://dhakshinamoorthy.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/installing-an-unsigned-driver-in-windows-8-x64/
- Cannot find the control panel advanced startup menu!!!
Found those that work! http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/open-advanced-startup-options-windows-8.htm
Method 2: PC Settings
Swipe from the right to open the charms bar.
Tip: If you have a keyboard, use WIN+I and then skip to Step 3.
Tap or click on Settings.
Tap or click on Change PC settings at the bottom of the charms bar.
Choose Update and recovery from the list of options on the left of the PC settings window.
Note: Prior to Windows 8.1, choose General instead and then skip to Step 6.
Choose Recovery.
Locate Advanced startup, at the bottom of the list of options on your right.
Tap or click on Restart now.
Wait through the Please wait message until Advanced Startup Options opens.
After reboot, I could install the Asus Transformer APX interface.
downloaded easy flasher: http://yarr.ntg.cx/pub/EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE.zip
extracted and started with SBK1
Choose TWRP 2.2.1 and clicked flash
Tablet need to be in APX mode (power + volume up)
click flash and ok
Saw this on easy flash:
Running Wheelie..
>Tablet is now ready for Nvflash
Flashing twrp.SOS
>Finished, now reboot into recovery!
Saw this on tablet:
Entering NvFlash recovery mode / Nv3p Server
Chip Uid: xxxx
!!! phone update success !!!
!!! phone update success !!!
Copying those file to root of flash drive
- KatKiss-4.4.4_032b.zip
- gapps-KatKiss-4.4.4_20140720.zip
- fsync_on.zip
3) Booted to TWRP Recovery
1. Pressing and holding Power & Volume Down
2. when white text appears at the top of the screen, then quickly hit Volume Up once
Now we see the TWRP!
4) Goto the WIPE menu, and wipe everything apart from External Storage (This will 100% wipe your TF, so if you have anything you want to keep, back it up, you can also make a Nandroid backup inside of TWRP, so make sure your MicroSD Card has enough room if you choose that)
- cache
- Dalvik cache
- Factory reset
- System
- Internal storage
- Format data
FAILED!
Unable to format data
5) Once everything is wiped, goto the INSTALL menu and install KatKiss ROM you copied to the MicroSD Card (Might have to select External from the INSTALL menu to navigate to the MicroSD Card)
- Choose katkiss rom
KatKiss-4.4.4_032b.zip
- clicked home
6) When the ROM says it is completed the install, go back to the INSTALL menu and install the GAPPS you also copied to the MicroSD Card
- gapps-KatKiss-4.4.4_20140720.zip
- Home
7) Also installed fsync_on.zip
- This is optional to have more speed, but can cause data loss if tablet reboot
8) WIPE Cache and Dalvik Cache
9) Reboot - System
- Should see the new OS start - with the dog and colored circles!
10) After a short minute... you will get the welcome and setup screen
- Do standard setup!
Tablet is up and running... NICE!
Thanks a LOT!
Will now re-install my stuff and test... will keep you posted.
Do this detailed how-to exist somewhere?
CRAP!!! The main reason I updated this tablet was in the hopes to fix the twitter issue... that is, when trying to post a new tweet, the app crash and restart...
SAME issue!
Any tips on this one would be wonderful.
It's easy.
First root it. Rooting has a few basic common steps. just get the files right.
Then install the rom in recovery!
Voila!
SimonFiliatrault said:
ok here's the detail steps I did...
1) I have a TF101, B60... S/N, thus SBK1 (what ever that means!)
2) Using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
- Need APX Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942
Found those instructions that partially work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942&page=4
Search in the start menu for Device Manager and open it.
Plug in your tablet via USB while in APX mode (hold power button and volume (+) until the screen turns off).
The driver should try to automatically install off the tablet upon plugging it in to your computer.
If it fails to install, you will have an "Unknown Devices" section in Device Manager.
Right click on Unknown Devices and hit update driver.
Then hit manually install driver. Point the file browser to the root folder of the extracted package that you downloaded.
For clarification: You downloaded the zip in the OP called Universal_Naked_Driver_0.72.zip.
When you extract it, you should get something like Universal Naked Driver 0.72 or something like that.
Point that file browser to the newly extracted folder, NOT the subfolders.
If you point it to the amd64 or the i386 subfolders it will not work. Hope this helps you out!
That is partly true... here's what I did:
1. power button + volume up
2. device manager showed "other devices" - APX
3. right-click APX and update driver
4. point to extracted naked driver folder
5. Cannot install - hash not present issue!
6. Found this how-to on installing unsigned drivers: http://dhakshinamoorthy.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/installing-an-unsigned-driver-in-windows-8-x64/
- Cannot find the control panel advanced startup menu!!!
Found those that work! http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/open-advanced-startup-options-windows-8.htm
Method 2: PC Settings
Swipe from the right to open the charms bar.
Tip: If you have a keyboard, use WIN+I and then skip to Step 3.
Tap or click on Settings.
Tap or click on Change PC settings at the bottom of the charms bar.
Choose Update and recovery from the list of options on the left of the PC settings window.
Note: Prior to Windows 8.1, choose General instead and then skip to Step 6.
Choose Recovery.
Locate Advanced startup, at the bottom of the list of options on your right.
Tap or click on Restart now.
Wait through the Please wait message until Advanced Startup Options opens.
After reboot, I could install the Asus Transformer APX interface.
downloaded easy flasher: http://yarr.ntg.cx/pub/EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE.zip
extracted and started with SBK1
Choose TWRP 2.2.1 and clicked flash
Tablet need to be in APX mode (power + volume up)
click flash and ok
Saw this on easy flash:
Running Wheelie..
>Tablet is now ready for Nvflash
Flashing twrp.SOS
>Finished, now reboot into recovery!
Saw this on tablet:
Entering NvFlash recovery mode / Nv3p Server
Chip Uid: xxxx
!!! phone update success !!!
!!! phone update success !!!
Copying those file to root of flash drive
- KatKiss-4.4.4_032b.zip
- gapps-KatKiss-4.4.4_20140720.zip
- fsync_on.zip
3) Booted to TWRP Recovery
1. Pressing and holding Power & Volume Down
2. when white text appears at the top of the screen, then quickly hit Volume Up once
Now we see the TWRP!
4) Goto the WIPE menu, and wipe everything apart from External Storage (This will 100% wipe your TF, so if you have anything you want to keep, back it up, you can also make a Nandroid backup inside of TWRP, so make sure your MicroSD Card has enough room if you choose that)
- cache
- Dalvik cache
- Factory reset
- System
- Internal storage
- Format data
FAILED!
Unable to format data
5) Once everything is wiped, goto the INSTALL menu and install KatKiss ROM you copied to the MicroSD Card (Might have to select External from the INSTALL menu to navigate to the MicroSD Card)
- Choose katkiss rom
KatKiss-4.4.4_032b.zip
- clicked home
6) When the ROM says it is completed the install, go back to the INSTALL menu and install the GAPPS you also copied to the MicroSD Card
- gapps-KatKiss-4.4.4_20140720.zip
- Home
7) Also installed fsync_on.zip
- This is optional to have more speed, but can cause data loss if tablet reboot
8) WIPE Cache and Dalvik Cache
9) Reboot - System
- Should see the new OS start - with the dog and colored circles!
10) After a short minute... you will get the welcome and setup screen
- Do standard setup!
Tablet is up and running... NICE!
Thanks a LOT!
Will now re-install my stuff and test... will keep you posted.
Do this detailed how-to exist somewhere?
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I am essentially trying to do this although I have a C20 so I use SBK2 in Easy Flash. However, after I do my wipes, then go to flash my rom, I get an error message that it can't open the zip file What is strange is that I have done this before and have had KK installed on my tablet.
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Razor64 said:
It's easy.
First root it. Rooting has a few basic common steps. just get the files right.
Then install the rom in recovery!
Voila!
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Unsure what you are referring to?
1) Rooting the TF101
2) Fixing Twitter issue
As you see in the thread, I have successfully installed 4.4.4 KatKiss.
barkeater said:
I am essentially trying to do this although I have a C20 so I use SBK2 in Easy Flash. However, after I do my wipes, then go to flash my rom, I get an error message that it can't open the zip file What is strange is that I have done this before and have had KK installed on my tablet.
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Did you make sure the zip on the flash drive are ok? Did you try to open them on a PC?
Found a solution for twitter! Simply installed which is better! TWEEDLE
Razor64 said:
It's easy.
First root it. Rooting has a few basic common steps. just get the files right.
Then install the rom in recovery!
Voila!
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KatKiss is already rooted!
SimonFiliatrault said:
Found a solution for twitter! Simply installed which is better! TWEEDLE
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Great pleased you managed to get it working in the end, you can now update TWRP to either the latest official 2.3.2.3 or the unofficial which has been taken over by another member, that's possibly why you ended up with the DATA failing to wipe
Twitter works ok for me, but there are 2 different types of KatKiss, there is the normal one which has a speed increase, and the NonLinaro version which has much better compatibility with apps
Its possible twitter is not liking the Linaro version (Normal one)
Anyway, you are set to flash whichever ROMs you like now you have TWRP, but Id advise updating to 2.3.2.3 to avoid issues, that's the version Ive been running since it was released
Oh and SBK1 and 2 mean, Secure Boot Key, SBK1 was leaked and therefore very easy to flash recovery and other stuff to that required the key, SBK2 did not leak, so devs had to find workarounds in order to flash recovery
Wow Simon.
Already so much.
By the way you sound like a pro already
Now just follow what *detection* says.
That Rom is fast and smooth.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk
I now want to update again since I have some issue with wifi disconnecting and would like to have original Twitter app working.
So here's a couple of questions:
1. TWRP... before I used EasyFlasher that have TWRP 2.2.1
- I did not find easy flasher with TWRP 2.3.2.3 what do you recommend to use to update TWRP? Link please.
2. You said Twitter work for you and you installed the NonLinaro... right?
- I would be using this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592890
That's good?
Any other tips, new version since you last post?
Thanks,
Simon
SimonFiliatrault said:
I now want to update again since I have some issue with wifi disconnecting and would like to have original Twitter app working.
So here's a couple of questions:
1. TWRP... before I used EasyFlasher that have TWRP 2.2.1
- I did not find easy flasher with TWRP 2.3.2.3 what do you recommend to use to update TWRP? Link please.
2. You said Twitter work for you and you installed the NonLinaro... right?
- I would be using this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592890
That's good?
Any other tips, new version since you last post?
Thanks,
Simon
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I can help you with 2.3.2.3 TWRP
Code:
https://mega.co.nz/#!0MFjWR5L!Xsf2b83h54I97z5Zsp_1PUn6mDHi6itZIc2GGoFkAeI
This Easyflasher has 2.3.2.3 updated inside (Credit to Frederuco)
*Detection* said:
I can help you with 2.3.2.3 TWRP
Code:
https://mega.co.nz/#!0MFjWR5L!Xsf2b83h54I97z5Zsp_1PUn6mDHi6itZIc2GGoFkAeI
This Easyflasher has 2.3.2.3 updated inside (Credit to Frederuco)
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Ok... Downloaded this new version and ran it:
Running Wheelie..
>Tablet is now ready for Nvflash
Flashing twrp.SOS
>Finished, now reboot into recovery!
on the tablet, I see the !!!!! phone update success!!!! 2 time
Trying now to get in "recovery mode"...
Tried simple reboot in recovery from KatKiss, does not work.
Ideas?
SimonFiliatrault said:
Ok... Downloaded this new version and ran it:
Running Wheelie..
>Tablet is now ready for Nvflash
Flashing twrp.SOS
>Finished, now reboot into recovery!
on the tablet, I see the !!!!! phone update success!!!! 2 time
Trying now to get in "recovery mode"...
Tried simple reboot in recovery from KatKiss, does not work.
Ideas?
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Did you reboot fully into KK before trying to get into recovery after flashing 2.3.2.3?
You need flash 2.3.2.3 > reboot fully into KK to complete the install > then reboot into recovery
Also you can try powering off the TF, then hold Vol down and Power until you see the white text at the top of the screen, then release all buttons and quickly tap Vol up to enter recovery
*Detection* said:
Did you reboot fully into KK before trying to get into recovery after flashing 2.3.2.3?
You need flash 2.3.2.3 > reboot fully into KK to complete the install > then reboot into recovery
Also you can try powering off the TF, then hold Vol down and Power until you see the white text at the top of the screen, then release all buttons and quickly tap Vol up to enter recovery
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After first attempt, yes I entered KK then did reboot in recovery and did not work.
I have tried many time to do power with vol down and vol up... I see "cold-booting linux"... then KK, not recovery mode
I started another thread for this, not sure where the best place to discuss this is?