I have a tablet that I didnt use for a few years and decided to update it and use it.
The tablet is TF101G, bought from PELEPHONE company in Israel with their own custom rom including a bunch of garbage apps.
Build is: HTK75.PELEPHONE_epad-8.6.6.24-20111202
Android version: 3.2.1
Firstly I tried to enter recovery mode in order to flash the KatKiss rom available here on the forums, but was unable to enter the recovery mode.
After holding power and vol-down button it splashes a text at the top right corner that i should click the vol-up button in order to enter RCV.
1. If I dont click the vol-up button it splashes another screen with 2 icons - one that restores the factory settings and the other just reboots the device
2. If I click on the vol-up button it shows an android icon with gears spinning inside for a few seconds and then the gears change into an exclamation sign.
Tried using the APX mode flashing tutorials, all of them - without success.
I did attempt to manually firmware update the device but it can't see the update in the sd-card. The only update the device did see, it allowed me to update but stopped in the middle with the same exclamation sign icon. Once rebotted it splashed a message that the update was not compatible.
Tried looking for a compatible update but most of the links for the old asus updates are dead.
I'm totally lost...
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Hi all,
I was trying to install a new Rom Dronix 0.4. Upon entering the bootloader I accidentaly somehow no idea how,deleted clockwork mod recovery that was on there and now just can't get into bootloader mode or even get my phone to start up past the 1st screen.I've tried volume up +green button and power button to try to get in,volume down + end call red button and power button no go.The only thing it goes into is if I hold the volume down button + call green button and power which takes me to the firmware update but just flashes and says unpack failed.The other thing is that if press the red and green buttons for calls and the power button it brings the screen to a purplish colour but does nothing as well.I've tried to get the computer to recognize the phone but it won't even after installing the usb drivers with windows xp and windows 7.Atm there is no ROM on the phone after deleting it,cache and dalvik cache. It's just empty with not even a bootloader to try and boot into, only hardware is available now.
I'm at a loss as to what and any help if trying to get it back and running would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
Flash UltraJack recovery from the PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908178
hello, i think you kinda deleted the boot!!
try following instructions on this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011527
ITS SAYS UPDATE FAILS CUASE YOU DONT HAVE THE FIRMWARE on YOUR SD CARD>>>DO YOU???? JUST GO TO THEAD AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND LET ME KNW!
YOU SIR ARE A CHAMPION!!!!!!!! If ever you are in Sydney, Australia I'll be treating you a few beers if you do drink heh.
Again THANK YOU!!!!
Hi
After being on numerous custom Roms for the xoom I decided to return to stock and was succesful in return to the 3.01 stock image for the wifi MZ604 model
I was also successful in relocking the xoom.
I then began to receive the offical updates though everytime the were applied I had to go into recovery and wipe the device as otherwise it would bootloop on the dual core screen.
On the last update that it received and that was installed , on rebooting nothing happend and the screen just went blank
No combination of volume up + power would show any sign of doing anything.
After leaving the tablet to the side for awhile I noticed it came up with the following
model mz604 : Revision0 (0x8000) modem none
InitBl Info function failed with codes 299/3
failed to boot 0x0001
starting RSD mode 3
one wire : charger is not connected or battery is not being charged
battery charge level : 56%
I tried fastbooting and adb at this point but no devices are found. However when plugging in the xoom my laptop recognises something is attached.
After some searching I found out about RSd lite and SBF files.
When opening rsdlite v5.6 (running as admin) the tablet is recognised and I have now attempted to use two sbf files
HUBWF_W5.H.6.4-20_SIGNED_UCAHUBLWFRTCOREEU_P010_A010_M004_HWwifi_hubble_AP1FF.sb f
and
HUBWF_W5.H.6.2-24_SIGNED_UCAHUBLWFRTCOREEU_P006_A006_M003_HWwifi_hubble_Service1 FF.sbf
however both fail when it attempts re numeration.
I would greatly appreciate any help that anyone could give on this
Thanks
Try this.
My mom's Xoom had a similar problem. Reboot the tablet by pressing Volume Up and Power.
Then quickly turn on the xoom and press the down button as fast as possible, and continue pressing until you see "Recovery Mode" (or something similar) on the top left of the screen.
Once you see that, press the volume up button. Quickly, when you see the Android guy with the exclamation mark tap the power button and the up button.
This will take you to recovery mode. In there use the up and down volume keys to navigate and the power button to confirm things.
Go down to restore/delete data (may vary) and press power. use the volume down key to scroll to Yes.
This will restore your tablet back to factory settings. If you're trying to backup your data, don't try... No such luck and you won't be able to without the tablet booted.
thanks for the reply but this didnt work. Tried quite a few times. The screen just goes blank and again after a long while the error shown in the op appears. Should add there is no Motorola logo showing.
I have also tried forcing fastboot by the instructions found in other similar threads but again this does not work.
I think my best bet is the SBF files , but need to understand why this is failing on re-numeration
Hey
I bought a brand new xoom mz604 from eBay
when i powered it up and checked for update its told me that there is 4.0.4 update for it
I clicked install now "after the tablet downloaded it"
The tablet rebooted and I got android robot picture with red sign having "!" mark
i waited a few mintus then it rebooted normally
I went to the update menu again and clicked check for update and its telling me that my tablet is up to date
I went back to the root menu of update page ,, my tablet still in 4.0.3 and it didnt update to 4.0.4 !!
What i have to do to make my tablet get the new updates and install it ?
thats was my first question the second one i wanted to reboot in recovery i turned the tablet off and powered it up again and kept pressing the volume down button ,, but i didnt get the recovery menu ,, should i do something before pressing the volume down ?
Thanks and am sorry for my long post
PS: I live in Syria not in USA m,, but i bought this tablet from USA
When dual core logo pop up, count three seconds and push volume down on 3sec.
I'm not sure about the OTA. Post more info from the system information page.
unlocked & was rooted with ICS .30.
I was doing A factory reset, from the tablet options to wipe all games & apps, forgot & wanted to use TWRP. so stopped it from rebooting once I hit the button in ICS to factory reset, bad mistake as, now if I try to use micro sd recovery or APX, but dont have a timer count down, just frozen at this screen.
When the issue first picture with the ASUS logo in the top right corner says::
The Device is Unlocked.
When you try to go to recovery mod it produces here
Android cardhu-user bootloader <2.10. e> released by "US_epad-9.4.5.30-20120907" A03
Checking for android ota recovery
Booting recovery kernel amage
* and everything is stuck here without even a timer, no way to get the usb option even. tried apx shows drivers in windows but dont show a device once you type adb devices. seems to be locked up once it boots now, tried to drain battery & see if it would unlock, nope. tried reset, hard reset, not sure if there is any option to unfreeze, looked around forums & tried many things, but odd it the wipe button is hit in os & stopped even before a reboot, it already wiped some stuff. thought it started after reboot. turned off right when I click the button, was bad mistake of mine.
downloaded JB from asus, unzipped & renamed. but freezes at asus logo without a timer option, or APX wont respond even tho I hear the usb chime & drivers show in windows, ASUS_Android_USB_Drivers were installed, to try fastboot, no device shown tho.
1. Decompress downloaded .zip file (it will be another .zip)
2. Rename it to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip
3. Format FAT32 the MicroSD card that you will be using for the update process
4. Copy the file to (the root directory of) your MicroSD
5. Insert it into the tablet
6. Shutdown (power off) the tablet
7. Power it on by pressing and holding VOLUME DOWN and POWER buttons simultaneously
8. When you see white text in the top left corner of the screen, release the buttons ^^ and press VOLUME UP button until you see Android logo and process bar
Let me know if there are other was to unfreeze or is this a $300 mistake to have asus repair as its a software brick.
ok here's the story... a while back, I loaded katkiss4.4.4_20140720 with easy flasher 0.8.3b stable and TWRP 2.2.1.
Here's a link to all details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/eee-pad-transformer/help/tf101-upgrade-buy-tablet-t2847617
All was ok, but my tablet was a bit unstable, wifi issue, and Twitter official app was not working.
So I decided to upgrade. Back in the original thread, I ask for a new version of TWRP/EasyFlasher... got this version:
EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE_TWRP2.3.2.3.zip
So I ran this, all good, got the new version on the tablet here a screen shot: screeenshot186 attached
On the tablet I see
- Entering NvFlash recovery mode / Nv3p server
- Chip Uid: 038061c642f33d7
- !!!!! phone update success !!!!!!
- !!!!! phone update success !!!!!!
Now! When I reboot, by pressing power a few seconds, I got back to KatKiss... then I reboot again (reboot to recovery) to get to recovery mode but always get back to the normal android screen.
So... I do I get back to recovery mode so I can update to latest katkiss version?
UPDATE: I tried this: 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 ... Still going back to KK, not recovery
Thanks,
Continuing from your other thread, cold booting linux means you either hit the wrong button after holding Volume Down & Power, or you didn't hit Volume Up quick enough when the white text appeared, you only get 5 seconds or so
From your screenshot, you didn't wait long enough for it to complete, it says 97% done
With Easyflasher, make sure you're selecting the correct SBK version, 1 or 2
SBK1 is B6O serials and lower, some B7Os - SBK2 is all the rest
*Detection* said:
Continuing from your other thread, cold booting linux means you either hit the wrong button after holding Volume Down & Power, or you didn't hit Volume Up quick enough when the white text appeared, you only get 5 seconds or so
From your screenshot, you didn't wait long enough for it to complete, it says 97% done
With Easyflasher, make sure you're selecting the correct SBK version, 1 or 2
SBK1 is B6O serials and lower, some B7Os - SBK2 is all the rest
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry but...
1. Yes I did press volume UP inside 5 sec and even faster <1s
2. The screen shot is at 97% because at 100% the windows closes and I cannot take a screen shot
3. The first time I did the update, I used SBK1 because I have a B60... and I also re-used SBK1 to update to TWRP2.3.2.3.
Anything else for me to check?
Can I re-load the "original" TWRP?
I am stuck here.
Thanks for the help and feedback
I re-ran this version: EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE
The output in windows and behavior if completely different. (I would need to film it)
Now I can reboot in recovery.
So I did the same thing with this version: EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE_TWRP2.3.2.3.zip
But it does not work.
Now I am back to version 2.2.1.4... which had a bug with wiping one section of memory I think ?
Any other version of EasyFlasher with TWRP that I could try ?
Resolved!
Used this TWRP:
http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...t/31927-frederuco-s-guide-root-rom-tf101.html
EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE_TWRP2.6.3.0
and updated to latest katkiss: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592890
So this version is bad somehow: EasyFlasher-0.8.3b-STABLE_TWRP2.3.2.3
Hope this help someone :good: