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Hi, i think my clockworkmod is somhow messed up.
i flashed it (clockworkmod) from my sd card, first couple of times i used it worked, i created a backup of my current rom.
Then i went to delete some folders from my internal memory and from my sd card, i think i deleted the folder called recovery where the command file was.
Then i saw that there was a new rom out, i downloaded it an put it on my internal memory, rebooted my gtablet and pressed the volume+ key, i got a prompt that the recovery key was pressed, but not the text i used to get saying booting recovery image.
The tablet works fine, but i cant get into clockworkmod.
So does anyone know what i messed up, i thought that removing folders wouldn't mess up the recovery.
Or maybe i'm missing something.
Think i messed it up some more, tried to recover it with nvflash, it doesn't matter what i flash, i can't get it working, i can't get past the first bootscreen, all i get is a graphic distorsion.
so, what should i do now?
Pls close this thread, i fixed the problem
sorry guys but i made an "uh oh" and need help please! i had Virtuous Unity 1.31.0 & was attempting to flash the beta version. i had blue magic theme on my rom as well. Here are the exact steps i took: downloaded rom, put phone in clockwork recovery, wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wiped data, mounted system, flashed the zip & rebooted. Now i'm looped in the "blue magic" boot animation. what'd i do wrong & can it be fixed. i backed everything up too. i can get it into HBOOT screen by pressing power & down on volume key but am not able to scroll to any of the options. after a cple seconds it automatically selects HBOOT & asks if i want to install update from sd? i assume it's the gingrbread update but i've selected "no" every time so i could talk to someone first. right noe i'm on a publis cpu & it won't allow me to access the phone internals. i need admin passcode. i haven't messed much with playing with my phone thru a cpu so i'm not quite sure i'm even doing it right. sorry for my cpu lack of knowledge but i've adapted to android pretty well. Help please & thank u in advance
problem is that you have a PD98IMG.zip file on your sdcard....
pull the sdcard, boot into HBOOT, select recovery, then pop in the sdcard when you get to recovery
Pirateghost said:
problem is that you have a PD98IMG.zip file on your sdcard....
pull the sdcard, boot into HBOOT, select recovery, then pop in the sdcard when you get to recovery
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Yup. If you happen to have a PD98IMG.zip on your SD, bootloader will try to flash it everytime and you won't be able to access Recovery. Either pull the SD card until after you've selected Recovery like pirateghost suggested, or find a card reader/other device to read your card to delete PD98IMG.zip
Ok sweet. That got me back to clockwork, slipped the card back in once in recovery, clicked reboot and it still looped. It did say I had that file so I'm guessing I have to find a card reader and delete the file maually now or did I do something wrong?
Thanks so much for ur reply and it looks like I'm going to have to find a card reader and do it manually cuz it still loops. Thank u so much!
Just go in recovery rewipe and flash the beta rom only no themes yet let it reboot it should load right up I think the theme messed you up the bata rom is based I'm 2.3.4 so 2.3.3 themes wont work
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Ok, did all that but Noticed before I rebooted that at the bottom where it shows the processes it's going thru, it says installation aborted. Says E:Can't open/Sd card/ download etc...2.33.0 BETA.zip....(bad). Do I still reboot or attempt to flash again?
Try going into mounts option in recovery and mount the external sd card.
Not giving option to mount. Only unmount so I guess I unmount and try to remount?
Try that and see if it works.
Aborted again. I'm getting worried friend
Still aborted. I'm getting worried friend
Don't worry. It will work out fine. Let me check something and I will reply momentarily.
Thank u so much for helping. I'm wishing I could pay u at this point
Don't worry. Turn off phone. Check to make sure sd card is properly inserted. Power phone back up and boot into recovery. Select install zip and see if you are able to view your files.
Well I can go to install the zip but still aborts
Try going to backup and restore and select restore. Select the backup you said you made and try restoring to your backup. You may have a bad download of the beta rom. Let me know if you can restore. Wipe first.
What happens If I scroll down to that PD98IMG.zip u were talkin bout. I see it on the zip file list...
You don't want to use that. That type of file can only be used in Hboot. It seems like you can see what is on your sd card so it is mounted. The rom file you were trying to flash may be corrupted. Unless you can get another rom on your sd card I would say restore to your backup until you can get another rom on your card and also delete that PD98IMG file.
if it says corrupted that means that your ROM file is corrupted or didnt fully downloaded.
1.Turn Off Phone
2.Take out SD Card
3.Vol+Power to Hboot
4.You will be at recovery mode.
5.Insert Sd Card back in
6.go to Mount
7.Mount your SD CARD(make sure USB is plugged in the computer)
8.Wait a little, your computer will have pop-up, if not go to My computer and click on your Sd Card.
9.Drag in a new fully downloaded rom into it.
10.Unmount the Sd Card
11.Happy Flashing!
sorry if this does not work, tried my best to help. This worked on me, so It should work for you as well.
another method is, if you got a Card Reader(micro chip goes in side a big chip) then put your ROM in their and delete the PD19 blah file, and skip steps 6 to 10
I've been having problems with ICS and USB mass storage support, or lack of. Is there anything I can place on my micro SD. then copy it to the internal SD and boot from there?
Just grabbing at straws here!
Thansk
TF101 B50 by the way.
honkinn said:
I've been having problems with ICS and USB mass storage support, or lack of. Is there anything I can place on my micro SD. then copy it to the internal SD and boot from there?
Just grabbing at straws here!
Thansk
TF101 B50 by the way.
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If you're still able to boot into the OS and is able to R/W files than yes, put the files on the micro sd, and using a file manager transfer it to internal sd.
Thanks for the help, but as a neebie, I need a suggestion on WHAT file to place on the internal SD that will I can boot from.
I still get the robot with the red triangle when I try to boot into recovery. I'm assuming that is because there wasn't a bootable file on the internal SD.
Does that make sense?
honkinn said:
Thanks for the help, but as a neebie, I need a suggestion on WHAT file to place on the internal SD that will I can boot from.
I still get the robot with the red triangle when I try to boot into recovery. I'm assuming that is because there wasn't a bootable file on the internal SD.
Does that make sense?
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Oh I see you're on stock recovery, is the ROM stock also?
Only thing is download the latest firmware from Asus, extract the zip from within, renamed it EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it on the micro sd card. Boot into stock recovery and see if it will flash, maybe that will help get USB working again.
Thanks for the suggestion. I did what you told me and still nothing. When I try to boot into recovery, I still get the dead robot with the red triangle, then it boots stock.
IS there a particular folder on the SD or the Micro Sd I need to put the EP101_SDUPDATE.zip file into?
Is there a specific folder on the Intenal SD that the system boots from, that I could replace the update zip with a before ICS version?
Are these dumb questions?
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help me.
Forgot to mentioned, did you extract the zip from within the file you download?
I did extract the zip and placed it on the micro AND the internal SD in the Android folder.
IS there something else I should be doing?
This is driving me nuts.
Try it in the root of the sd card should automatically detect it there
Going on 2 weeks now
Is anyone else stuck in the situation I am? I cannot re-gain Mass Storage, SD support. When I try to boot into recovery, I get the Robot with the red triangle. The only way I can see my internal SD is through the stock file manager that is on the tablet. I don't know if I can move an appropriate file into a certain folder to get this thing to boot up to where I can reflash a ROM.
What is with this POS? I no longer have CWM and root after the OTA update. I e-mailes ASUS and they gave me the " pull the micro card, then do a wipe and re boot" Which did nothing but waste time. as you can probably tell, I am getting tired of dead ends on this Tf101 B50. does anyone have any idea what could have went wrong with the OTA update? Why did I loose the SD? and What can I do to fix/revert back to an earlier state.
self admitted noobie here...Feel free to kick the **** out of me!
Thanks for your help.
With a B50, see if you can get NVFlash working.
Download the NVFLash package
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23222380&postcount=414
Get an NVFLash compatible ROM here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524302&highlight=nvflash+rom
honkinn said:
Is anyone else stuck in the situation I am? I cannot re-gain Mass Storage, SD support. When I try to boot into recovery, I get the Robot with the red triangle. The only way I can see my internal SD is through the stock file manager that is on the tablet. I don't know if I can move an appropriate file into a certain folder to get this thing to boot up to where I can reflash a ROM.
What is with this POS? I no longer have CWM and root after the OTA update. I e-mailes ASUS and they gave me the " pull the micro card, then do a wipe and re boot" Which did nothing but waste time. as you can probably tell, I am getting tired of dead ends on this Tf101 B50. does anyone have any idea what could have went wrong with the OTA update? Why did I loose the SD? and What can I do to fix/revert back to an earlier state.
self admitted noobie here...Feel free to kick the **** out of me!
Thanks for your help.
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Sounds like your OTA update was fudged so you need to reflash the ROM. I thought people with root and CWM can't do OTA updates?
Does adb or apx mode work? If apx mode works, then you can NVFlash so it shouldn't be a problem.
If ADB works, you can gain root with vipermod so you can install CWM.
I used to have root access. But, My last flash stuck in boot. Had to Nv flash it back to stock. Then the OTA hit, I had no more root or NVflash. So that is where I am. I hope there is something I can do to fix this.
Thanks for the help
OK lets try this method.
The firmware you download, don't rename it.
On the root of your sd card made a folder name ASUS
inside that make a folder name Update
extract the zip file from inside the download firmware and put it in the Update folder.
Just cold boot the TF and see if you get a notification of update avaiable on the status bar.
Outside of that not sure anything can be done except RMA
Installed CM7 (woot Dr. Who skin!) got that all sorted. Could boot into recovery just fine. Did a factory reset.
Instead of dragging the zip file to the card, I extracted it and started replacing ****. Yeah, dumb noob, I know. I'm used to extracting zip files before use.
Regardless, I get the green man and warning triangle if I try to boot into recovery or polling modes, with the SD chip in. Without it, it just stops at the red "M" logo.
Is there something like an iso file for my SD card? I'd like to wipe it and replace everything. Am I beyond screwed here?
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I can get it to boot to polling and see the directory MOBILE, if I do it while connected to my PC.
I posted this in the stickied thread, but I'm kind of in a hurry to receive a fix. After fixing my bricked phone it won't enter recovery mode or download mode. It's also having connection issues with Odin, even though it says the device is connected.
I followed this guide to fix it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50128942
The original brick was caused by installing and using EZ Unlock 1.2 before checking all the facts. I didn't know about the bootloader on the 4.3 at the time. I'm just going to copy and paste what I already wrote in the other thread.
I'm having a few problems still. My phone is up and running and it's rooted using saferoot. Which is all good, but now I can't get into recovery mode or download mode. They both start up. When I enter recovery mode I get the blue text in the top left hand corner, but then the phone just starts up like normal. When I enter download mode the screen flashes the screen for a second before turning off and starting the phone normally.
Also, when I connect my phone to the computer everything works like it should, but when I enter Odin while it says it adds my device when I try to install the stock rom it never connects to the phone and installs it. It just hangs there waiting for the connection.
I have a question about restoring the bootloader and recovery image as well. I downloaded the debrick file and it shows up with the bin extension, but for some reason it wants to use VLC media player to open it. I wrote it to the 16 GB card and it shows up on the card as a folder called "image" with lots of files in it. Nevertheless it worked and my phone booted up.
Then I follow the directions, as best as I can with my inept knowledge of all this. I put the stock bootloader and recovery image on the card (not at the same time) and then put the code in using Terminal Emulator. Here's where I'm confused though.
The first time I moved the debrick folder and the recovery image manually to the phone storage and then entered the codes. Again, one at a time.
The second time I put the files on the external 16 GB card and left them there. Then I put in the codes and then I plugged the phone back into the computer and deleted the originals on the external card.
Either way the phone works. Mostly. I have a feeling I'm doing something wrong and that's why recovery and download mode won't work.
The instructions also say to keep the debrick.bin file on the external card. Do I keep the actual image folder on the card or the file as it was downloaded? Because even after I deleted the debricked image folder off the card it says there isn't any room on there for the file. I formatted the card at a point but when I put it back in the phone it was bricked again.
I hope someone can help me with this. I'd really appreciate it!
lgfuad said:
I posted this in the stickied thread, but I'm kind of in a hurry to receive a fix. After fixing my bricked phone it won't enter recovery mode or download mode. It's also having connection issues with Odin, even though it says the device is connected.
I followed this guide to fix it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50128942
The original brick was caused by installing and using EZ Unlock 1.2 before checking all the facts. I didn't know about the bootloader on the 4.3 at the time. I'm just going to copy and paste what I already wrote in the other thread.
I'm having a few problems still. My phone is up and running and it's rooted using saferoot. Which is all good, but now I can't get into recovery mode or download mode. They both start up. When I enter recovery mode I get the blue text in the top left hand corner, but then the phone just starts up like normal. When I enter download mode the screen flashes the screen for a second before turning off and starting the phone normally.
Also, when I connect my phone to the computer everything works like it should, but when I enter Odin while it says it adds my device when I try to install the stock rom it never connects to the phone and installs it. It just hangs there waiting for the connection.
I have a question about restoring the bootloader and recovery image as well. I downloaded the debrick file and it shows up with the bin extension, but for some reason it wants to use VLC media player to open it. I wrote it to the 16 GB card and it shows up on the card as a folder called "image" with lots of files in it. Nevertheless it worked and my phone booted up.
Then I follow the directions, as best as I can with my inept knowledge of all this. I put the stock bootloader and recovery image on the card (not at the same time) and then put the code in using Terminal Emulator. Here's where I'm confused though.
The first time I moved the debrick folder and the recovery image manually to the phone storage and then entered the codes. Again, one at a time.
The second time I put the files on the external 16 GB card and left them there. Then I put in the codes and then I plugged the phone back into the computer and deleted the originals on the external card.
Either way the phone works. Mostly. I have a feeling I'm doing something wrong and that's why recovery and download mode won't work.
The instructions also say to keep the debrick.bin file on the external card. Do I keep the actual image folder on the card or the file as it was downloaded? Because even after I deleted the debricked image folder off the card it says there isn't any room on there for the file. I formatted the card at a point but when I put it back in the phone it was bricked again.
I hope someone can help me with this. I'd really appreciate it!
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Try to use Odin to flash a full stock 4.3 rom again with PIT file. This should reinstall the stock recover. Pit file can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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buhohitr said:
Try to use Odin to flash a full stock 4.3 rom again with PIT file. This should reinstall the stock recover. Pit file can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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Thank you for your help!
I tried your suggestion twice but it wouldn't work. It still gets stuck at SetupConnection.
You have multiple issues going on here.
First thing you should do is make sure your drivers are up to date and you're using a good cable and USB port on your computer. That may fix your issue with it not being recognized, all of those can cause problems.
To clarify your issue with the hardbrick restore method, it's working like it should. It's being recognized as a vlc media file because vlc is set to detect .bin files and this has nothing to do with the function of the file. The debrick image is an actual image that is written by win32, and it's designed to make the phone work around the initial bootloader problem and boot from that source. Since the boot image is now on your external SD card, as soon as you take it out your phone can't boot anymore. This is why it's a much larger file structure than just the .bin file. This may be the issue with your phone. Now on to your other issue.
In that guide there is a section to rewrite the image to your internal card with terminal emulator underneath the initial post. If you do that you wouldn't need the external SD card, and it may fix your connection issue with Odin.
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You have multiple issues going on here.
First thing you should do is make sure your drivers are up to date and you're using a good cable and USB port on your computer. That may fix your issue with it not being recognized, all of those can cause problems.
To clarify your issue with the hardbrick restore method, it's working like it should. It's being recognized as a vlc media file because vlc is set to detect .bin files and this has nothing to do with the function of the file. The debrick image is an actual image that is written by win32, and it's designed to make the phone work around the initial bootloader problem and boot from that source. Since the boot image is now on your external SD card, as soon as you take it out your phone can't boot anymore. This is why it's a much larger file structure than just the .bin file. This may be the issue with your phone. Now on to your other issue.
In that guide there is a section to rewrite the image to your internal card with terminal emulator underneath the initial post. If you do that you wouldn't need the external SD card, and it may fix your connection issue with Odin.
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Thank you for your help.
The drivers are new, but I could try re-installing them. It comes up fine on the computer though, just not in Odin.
I did move both files to the internal card and removed them from the external SD card already. I think it worked since the phone starts up, it just won't let me into either mode. Could I have caused all this when I moved them?
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Thank you for your help.
The drivers are new, but I could try re-installing them. It comes up fine on the computer though, just not in Odin.
I did move both files to the internal card and removed them from the external SD card already. I think it worked since the phone starts up, it just won't let me into either mode. Could I have caused all this when I moved them?
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No it wouldn't, if you can get it to boot you should be good.
Not sure why you aren't able to get into download mode.
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No it wouldn't, if you can get it to boot you should be good.
Not sure why you aren't able to get into download mode.
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Oy. I don't know what to do. Is there another way to get into download or recovery mode beside the three button method?
Last night I used Titanium Backup to wipe user and system apps and cleared the cache, but it didn't help. I guess I'm going to try a factory reset through the settings menu. Hopefully that will do something?
lgfuad said:
Oy. I don't know what to do. Is there another way to get into download or recovery mode beside the three button method?
Last night I used Titanium Backup to wipe user and system apps and cleared the cache, but it didn't help. I guess I'm going to try a factory reset through the settings menu. Hopefully that will do something?
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You can download terminal emulator and type in this code to boot, I think you have to be rooted.
Su
reboot download
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BadUsername said:
You can download terminal emulator and type in this code to boot, I think you have to be rooted.
Su
reboot download
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I did a factory reset and re-rooted, but it didn't fix anything.
Thank you for your suggestion! Unfortunately I keep getting this error.
sh: download: not found