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[Q] Bricked TF300T - ADB semi ok, no fastboot, some (strange) options left

I made a really stupid mistake...
The Good Part:
...I flashed my bootloader/blob via fastboot with the latest update from ASUS (TF300T-US_epad-10_6_1_27_5-UpdateLauncher.zip), and at that point no problems. Messed around with the thread that mentioned CWM (regular and JB). Found that I couldn't access the SD Cards with CWM JB, so I tried flashing TWRP.
The Bad Part:
I read everything closely, ..... except the darn file name on the TWRP site, so I ended up flashing the TF300TG by accident, instead of the TF300T recovery.
Here's the sum of what I have left:
- no fastboot (Power + VOL DOWN won't work)
- I read about APX mode (Power + VOL UP???) but no dice there if that is supposed to work
- after i realized I lost fastboot I think I panicked and managed to erase the current firmware, so no OS currently on the device
- I think that I may have killed busybox on the device, and any chance of fully using ADB the normal way to restore ROOT/anything else
- I can get into TWRP recovery
- I can use the ADB connection, but none of the commands that would normally use busybox actually work
- under NORMAL circumstances I can't access the internal memory (/SDCard/ mount) nor can I access the external memory
- I CAN select the option to mount SYSTEM, but the contents of SYSTEM are actually my external SD Card (so I can put files on my device)
Through my hours of googling (and searching XDA) i found a thread for another device that mentioned fixing the mount points. I can't seem to find that thread, but again it was for another device, so the commands would probably be different for all the mount points anyways.
So in a nutshell:
- I can use the basic linux commands (like LS and CD), on ADB and in TWRP command line mode, but no mount or push/pull commands
- I can mount "SYSTEM" from TWRP GUI but the contents of SYSTEM are actually my external SD Card, so I can put files on the device
- I can still use TWRP to CHMOD stuff
--->>> Remaining mounts that seem in tact: (all entries are folders unless specified / anything not specified such as ROOT or SDCARD exists but is blank)
- / contains
/default.prop and several other files
- /DEV/
/block
/bus
/graphics
/input
/log
/ts
/snd
/socket
- /ETC/
/fstab (file)
/mke2fs.conf (file)
/mtab (file)
/recovery.fstab (file)
- /LICENSE/
/openaes
- /PROC/
...... lots of folders with numbers for file name
- /RES/
/fonts
/images
- /SBIN/
...lots of files... starting with [, [[, adbd, adjtimex, arp, ash, awk, base64.....
- /SUPERSU/ ... (i tried install from zip with superuser and SuperSU, and TWRP keeps offering to install SU every time I restart)
/99SuperSUDaemon (file)
/install-recovery.sh (file)
/su (file)
/Superuser.apk (file)
- /SYS/
/block
/bus
/class
/dev
/devices
/firmware
/fs
/kernel
/module
/power
/tf_driver
- /SYSTEM/
/bin (but it is empty, when I actually mount SYSTEM, it is then replaced with the contents of my external SD Card)
- /TMP/
/recovery.log (file) ... I think this was an attempt to use TWRP command button to "Copy Log to SD"
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I know recovering from this is a major long shot, but the good news is, I have all the data backed up, so nothing is actually lost. Granted I have brick, but it's a brick that I can actually play with, and ADB still partially works. I was wondering about manually installing busybox, fixing mount points, etc, so that I could get back to a state of flashing the proper recovery and/or reflashing the bootloader to an older version.
Of course I'm noob enough to not know exactly where to start, with manually reviving busybox, fixing mount points, and using all this to actually push a bootloader or recovery without fastboot ... and I'm hoping desperately that someone will take a little pity (at least enough to see me squirm???)
I'll appreciate any advice at all to help me recover from my stupidity. I know this is a major long shot. Of course, I'm not above paying ASUS a pretty penny to fix it either, but I'd rather learn and better myself before I shell out money.
I've read a few things about letting the battery completely run out when trying to fix some cases of BRICK ... and supposedly that may get you fastboot back, but I'm holding off on that for the time being while it seems that I may still have a shot since I don't exactly have a 100% brick. My device won't stay on, I can shut it off... (i also read that device staying on all the time = brick??)

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Quote:
TheArkive said:
I made a really stupid mistake...
The Good Part:
...I flashed my bootloader/blob via fastboot with the latest update from ASUS (TF300T-US_epad-10_6_1_27_5-UpdateLauncher.zip), and at that point no problems. Messed around with the thread that mentioned CWM (regular and JB). Found that I couldn't access the SD Cards with CWM JB, so I tried flashing TWRP.
The Bad Part:
I read everything closely, ..... except the darn file name on the TWRP site, so I ended up flashing the TF300TG by accident, instead of the TF300T recovery.
Here's the sum of what I have left:
- no fastboot (Power + VOL DOWN won't work)
- I read about APX mode (Power + VOL UP???) but no dice there if that is supposed to work
- after i realized I lost fastboot I think I panicked and managed to erase the current firmware, so no OS currently on the device
- I think that I may have killed busybox on the device, and any chance of fully using ADB the normal way to restore ROOT/anything else
- I can get into TWRP recovery
- I can use the ADB connection, but none of the commands that would normally use busybox actually work
- under NORMAL circumstances I can't access the internal memory (/SDCard/ mount) nor can I access the external memory
- I CAN select the option to mount SYSTEM, but the contents of SYSTEM are actually my external SD Card (so I can put files on my device)
Through my hours of googling (and searching XDA) i found a thread for another device that mentioned fixing the mount points. I can't seem to find that thread, but again it was for another device, so the commands would probably be different for all the mount points anyways.
So in a nutshell:
- I can use the basic linux commands (like LS and CD), on ADB and in TWRP command line mode, but no mount or push/pull commands
- I can mount "SYSTEM" from TWRP GUI but the contents of SYSTEM are actually my external SD Card, so I can put files on the device
- I can still use TWRP to CHMOD stuff
--->>> Remaining mounts that seem in tact: (all entries are folders unless specified / anything not specified such as ROOT or SDCARD exists but is blank)
- / contains
/default.prop and several other files
- /DEV/
/block
/bus
/graphics
/input
/log
/ts
/snd
/socket
- /ETC/
/fstab (file)
/mke2fs.conf (file)
/mtab (file)
/recovery.fstab (file)
- /LICENSE/
/openaes
- /PROC/
...... lots of folders with numbers for file name
- /RES/
/fonts
/images
- /SBIN/
...lots of files... starting with [, [[, adbd, adjtimex, arp, ash, awk, base64.....
- /SUPERSU/ ... (i tried install from zip with superuser and SuperSU, and TWRP keeps offering to install SU every time I restart)
/99SuperSUDaemon (file)
/install-recovery.sh (file)
/su (file)
/Superuser.apk (file)
- /SYS/
/block
/bus
/class
/dev
/devices
/firmware
/fs
/kernel
/module
/power
/tf_driver
- /SYSTEM/
/bin (but it is empty, when I actually mount SYSTEM, it is then replaced with the contents of my external SD Card)
- /TMP/
/recovery.log (file) ... I think this was an attempt to use TWRP command button to "Copy Log to SD"
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I know recovering from this is a major long shot, but the good news is, I have all the data backed up, so nothing is actually lost. Granted I have brick, but it's a brick that I can actually play with, and ADB still partially works. I was wondering about manually installing busybox, fixing mount points, etc, so that I could get back to a state of flashing the proper recovery and/or reflashing the bootloader to an older version.
Of course I'm noob enough to not know exactly where to start, with manually reviving busybox, fixing mount points, and using all this to actually push a bootloader or recovery without fastboot ... and I'm hoping desperately that someone will take a little pity (at least enough to see me squirm???)
I'll appreciate any advice at all to help me recover from my stupidity. I know this is a major long shot. Of course, I'm not above paying ASUS a pretty penny to fix it either, but I'd rather learn and better myself before I shell out money.
I've read a few things about letting the battery completely run out when trying to fix some cases of BRICK ... and supposedly that may get you fastboot back, but I'm holding off on that for the time being while it seems that I may still have a shot since I don't exactly have a 100% brick. My device won't stay on, I can shut it off... (i also read that device staying on all the time = brick??)
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Hi there.
Buster99 kind of had the same problem, and he managed to unbrick it.
All credit goes to Buster99.
Here is his post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&nocache=1&z=9056634965818376
Buster99 said:
I have the same on my TF300t and A700 - but it seems i just managed to get my TF300t back
i tried all fastboot (reflashing recovery, boot, system etc) no dice - especially since writing system was done after 3 secs all the time.
Here how i restored my TF300T JB
download your appropriate lates firmware from Asus (WW, US etc.) and extract the zip twice so you have your blob file
install your device drivers if needed (i used Google SDK ones) (and as a Tip Win8 sucks for Fastboot stuff so try to get Win7 Vista XP for this)
Reset your device with a paperclip/needle (about 2 cm down of your sdcard slot) and hold vol-down to enter fastboot
(the folowing i did at least 10 times already but didn't erase misc)
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob (this is my path - your's may vary depending where you stored your blob) ((also this was the first time i saw the loading bar while flashing)*
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
* it also took a lot longer as it should:
C:\>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.695s]
sending 'system' (800935 KB)...
OKAY [133.121s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [153.973s]
finished. total time: 288.789s
im now setting my tab up to get back to CM (which initially caused this sh1theap due to autoupdate error, same as my A700 got bricked )
hope i could help you out!
cheers
-Buster
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Hi,
well with wrong twrp it only means your mount points are wrong - so as long as you dont wipe/erase anything within twrp your PITs should be ok.
and with twrp loading you still be able to issue adb commands - have you tried "adb reboot bootloader" while in twrp?
you said you can't boot into fastboot with pressing the keys but using the adb command it should boot into something. Also have you tried getting to fastboot using the reset button?
Whatever you do - do not issue any erase/wipe command while in the wrong recovery.
plaese check if you can get to fastboot either via adb command or reset button. if yes - first flash the correct recovery then i would suggest to see if you can flash stock rom blob to make sure all PITs are ok. from then you can go and flash a custom rom.
and don't try fixing the mount points manually - since they have been changed around a bit by asus from every which version. only if someone has a solution for your FW version you were running you could try it - but i haven't seen one yet for the newer FWs. (i think i remember one for 4.0.4 but that would likly result in a more severe brick than now)
gl
cheers
-Buster

You guys rock! I'll try that as soon as i get home!!
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Successfully unbricked!!!
I can't thank you guys enough!
At the moment I'm able to run the stock 4.2.1. TWRP (the right one) is installed, and all seems to be working. When I did a backup of the stock ROM on TWRP it said FAILED up top, but everything else seemed to go ok. There were 2 other error messages too:
Code:
E:Unable to find partition size for '/recovery'
E:Unable to find partition size for '/boot'
I know usually the recovery and boot aren't messed with when running a custom recovery, so I didn't really worry about it, but I figured I'd post it here just in case.
Now I'm messing around with a few versions of CyanogenMod. I guess I'll try the "failed" backup if neither version of CM wants to work. Since I have fastboot back I can of course re-load the blob from the 4.2.1 stock update.
Seems like the latest stable CM (10.0.0) doesn't work so well on the 4.2.1 bootloader? Or should it matter? Now I'm trying the nightly (10.2) and it loaded up much quicker than CM 10.0
Thanks again guys!

Quote:
TheArkive said:
Successfully unbricked!!!
I can't thank you guys enough!
At the moment I'm able to run the stock 4.2.1. TWRP (the right one) is installed, and all seems to be working. When I did a backup of the stock ROM on TWRP it said FAILED up top, but everything else seemed to go ok. There were 2 other error messages too:
Code:
E:Unable to find partition size for '/recovery'
E:Unable to find partition size for '/boot'
I know usually the recovery and boot aren't messed with when running a custom recovery, so I didn't really worry about it, but I figured I'd post it here just in case.
Now I'm messing around with a few versions of CyanogenMod. I guess I'll try the "failed" backup if neither version of CM wants to work. Since I have fastboot back I can of course re-load the blob from the 4.2.1 stock update.
Seems like the latest stable CM (10.0.0) doesn't work so well on the 4.2.1 bootloader? Or should it matter? Now I'm trying the nightly (10.2) and it loaded up much quicker than CM 10.0
Thanks again guys!
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Live long and prosper.
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Buster99 said:
Hi,
well with wrong twrp it only means your mount points are wrong - so as long as you dont wipe/erase anything within twrp your PITs should be ok.
and with twrp loading you still be able to issue adb commands - have you tried "adb reboot bootloader" while in twrp?
you said you can't boot into fastboot with pressing the keys but using the adb command it should boot into something. Also have you tried getting to fastboot using the reset button?
Whatever you do - do not issue any erase/wipe command while in the wrong recovery.
plaese check if you can get to fastboot either via adb command or reset button. if yes - first flash the correct recovery then i would suggest to see if you can flash stock rom blob to make sure all PITs are ok. from then you can go and flash a custom rom.
and don't try fixing the mount points manually - since they have been changed around a bit by asus from every which version. only if someone has a solution for your FW version you were running you could try it - but i haven't seen one yet for the newer FWs. (i think i remember one for 4.0.4 but that would likly result in a more severe brick than now)
gl
cheers
-Buster
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Buster,
Looking around you are the master with these tablets. I have a question. I am on CM 10.2 I flashed TWRP 2.6.3.0 In my hast I flashed the TF300TG recovery. My tablet always boots straight to recovery but I can't mount anything. I discovered that I can use ADB commands and have it boot to the bootloader. From there I can select the android operating system and the tablet boots and runs as normal. I then tried to flash the correct recovery the same way through terminal emulator on the tablet. It says that it pushed the recovery fine but no change was made. I then tried booting into fastboot and flashing through the computer. As soon as I hit enter the green flashing box around RCK stops flashing and the computer says it was successful but it just sits there. I have to force the tablet to reboot. Reboots right to recovery with no change and I have to use ADB to get back to the bootloader in order to boot the tablet.
Is there another way to get recovery on the tablet? Do you think I'm going to have to redo the whole thing in order to get it working again? Not sure if it matters but in fastboot it says Key driver not found.. Booting OS

hatdrc said:
Buster,
Looking around you are the master with these tablets. I have a question. I am on CM 10.2 I flashed TWRP 2.6.3.0 In my hast I flashed the TF300TG recovery. My tablet always boots straight to recovery but I can't mount anything. I discovered that I can use ADB commands and have it boot to the bootloader. From there I can select the android operating system and the tablet boots and runs as normal. I then tried to flash the correct recovery the same way through terminal emulator on the tablet. It says that it pushed the recovery fine but no change was made. I then tried booting into fastboot and flashing through the computer. As soon as I hit enter the green flashing box around RCK stops flashing and the computer says it was successful but it just sits there. I have to force the tablet to reboot. Reboots right to recovery with no change and I have to use ADB to get back to the bootloader in order to boot the tablet.
Is there another way to get recovery on the tablet? Do you think I'm going to have to redo the whole thing in order to get it working again? Not sure if it matters but in fastboot it says Key driver not found.. Booting OS
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try fastboot erase recovery then reflash scannos latest twrp for kitkat from his omnirom thread. (also i think that 2.6.3.0 and above are kitkat recoveries)
this way you are at least sure that your recovery partition is clean.
also I use @scanno omni rom as my daily driver try it. (but bear in mind that without a jb backup you will have to do some work getting jb running again)
gl
buster
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Buster99 said:
try fastboot erase recovery then reflash scannos latest twrp for kitkat from his omnirom thread. (also i think that 2.6.3.0 and above are kitkat recoveries)
this way you are at least sure that your recovery partition is clean.
also I use @scanno omni rom as my daily driver try it. (but bear in mind that without a jb backup you will have to do some work getting jb running again)
gl
buster
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So I went into fastboot and and erase recovery. Did it. Then I tried to flash recovery and again it locks up. Rebooted and it went straight to CM 10.2 Tried flashing recovery with terminal emulator. Said it was copied. Rebooted went back to CM. Rebooted again to recovery but it went back to CM. Booted to fastboot again and selected RCK. now it says
Booting Recovery kernel image
Booting failed
Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x00000000)
It does boot to CM but now I have no recovery. OmniRom was the one I wanted to flash but at this point I'm thinking im going to have to start from square one. I just don't understand why it doesn't want to flash a recovery
Thank you for your help, you are the man

strange, which recovery did you try to flash just now? what is the output in fastboot when you flash the recovery there?
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Buster99 said:
strange, which recovery did you try to flash just now? what is the output in fastboot when you flash the recovery there?
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I was trying to flash the most current blob from the twrp site. I get the following:
fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.965s]
finished. total time: 1.965s
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flashe recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (6448 kb)...
OKAY [ 2.561s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.394s]
finished. total time: 4.955s
When I erase recovery the green flashing box on the tablet keeps flashing. When I try to flash the recovery the box just stops on what ever shade of green it was on when I hit enter. Also after if I do fastboot devices I get:
???????????? fastboot

hatdrc said:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flashe recovery twrp.blob
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flashe?
please try scannos version via fastboot.
gl
buster
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Buster99 said:
flashe?
please try scannos version via fastboot.
gl
buster
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Sorry, typo. Should have been flash.
So i unzipped the recovery.img file and placed it in my fastboot folder. I get the same results.
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (6892 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.445s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.477s]
finished. total time: 4.922s
The green box stops flashing as soon as I hit enter
Could it be that my recovery partition as gotten messed up, would formatting it help you think. Guess there's only one way to find out.
EDIT: Never mind, can't format a 'basic' filesystem

huh?
fastboot erase recovery
then
fastboot reboot bootloader
then
fastboot flash recovery scannostwrp2.6.3.1
fastboot reboot
then boot into recovery
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Buster99 said:
huh?
fastboot erase recovery
then
fastboot reboot bootloader
then
fastboot flash recovery scannostwrp2.6.3.1
fastboot reboot
then boot into recovery
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Still a no go. The only recover on there was a flashable zip file. That's why I was trying to get anything on it so I could flash that. I'm at the end of my knowledge. I've always had Samsung so I got use to odin. Never had to use fastboot. I really appreciate your help. Guess its going to have to run CM10.2 and hope it doesn't have a problem
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odin is a bastardisation of standards set by google.
please check the tf300 forum. there is a how to for noobs or smth like that with a script that does all. mb you have more luck with that
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Buster99 said:
odin is a bastardisation of standards set by google.
please check the tf300 forum. there is a how to for noobs or smth like that with a script that does all. mb you have more luck with that
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I will take a look, and I thank you for the time you have spent with me! If all else fails at least its running and usable for now.
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Buster99 said:
Hi,
well with wrong twrp it only means your mount points are wrong - so as long as you dont wipe/erase anything within twrp your PITs should be ok.
and with twrp loading you still be able to issue adb commands - have you tried "adb reboot bootloader" while in twrp?
you said you can't boot into fastboot with pressing the keys but using the adb command it should boot into something. Also have you tried getting to fastboot using the reset button?
Whatever you do - do not issue any erase/wipe command while in the wrong recovery.
plaese check if you can get to fastboot either via adb command or reset button. if yes - first flash the correct recovery then i would suggest to see if you can flash stock rom blob to make sure all PITs are ok. from then you can go and flash a custom rom.
and don't try fixing the mount points manually - since they have been changed around a bit by asus from every which version. only if someone has a solution for your FW version you were running you could try it - but i haven't seen one yet for the newer FWs. (i think i remember one for 4.0.4 but that would likly result in a more severe brick than now)
gl
cheers
-Buster
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Hi Buster,
I have a similar problem, but I cant reach the fastboot. I tried to reset and push volume down, connect tablet to PC with volume down pushed, turn off and start the tablet with the volume down pushed, but nothing. My recovery is corrupted, because it doesnt recognize any file in the SD. I tried to type adb reboot bootloader from the pc, but it says "erro: device not found".
Do you have any idea?

Help
this problem looks similiar to mien can you pls read my problem and help me? why no replies? I had a feel that the devs of this site are the best but no one helped me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755322
+needle wont do anything for me cos mine boots to twrp logo and stay there for ever until battery is drained :/ hellp

It's not the exactly the same problem... For me ADB doesnt work.....
ConsoleFreak said:
this problem looks similiar to mien can you pls read my problem and help me? why no replies? I had a feel that the devs of this site are the best but no one helped me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755322
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[Q] Locked or Unlocked?, boot loop, bricked.

Ok so I unlocked and rooted the my TF700 but had not yet installed any new roms or recovery on it, I was getting round to that but other things to do etc. So one day the battery ran out and when I powered it up bleary eyed one morning it said it could not boot due to being encrypted. I had not encrypted it. So the only option I had was to wipe the device.
Done so back with a working device for some weeks. Then the other day I powered it off. When I powered it back on boot-loop, gets to the point of Asus inspiring inovation persistent perfection (yeah right).
No problem I thinks I'll just use fastboot to save the day because when I boot it says "Device Unlocked" and I can get to the RCK/ANDROID/WIPE screen. So run fastboot and it says it writes to the device but I don't believe it as the copying of an image takes ~130seconds and the writing 0.094s.
So I think I am in this half-locked limbo and I am assuming there is no way out of this.
I've tried a stock rom on the sd card which gets up the Android with a spinning blue vector in his chest but this goes on for about 5 minutes and reboots again back to boot loop.
How did it get half unlocked and if its half unlocked then surely its not unlocked so how does that affect the warranty, I may just send it back and see what happens? I am annoyed because I had not got around to messing around with custom roms etc... I also thought it wouldnt OTA update I am guessing maybe this is what happened when it complained about the encrypted device.
I really am about to give up and use it for chopping onions, a very expensive chopping board.
Not sure if anyone has any bright ideas but I'm all out...

Slarty Bartfast said:
Ok so I unlocked and rooted the my TF700 but had not yet installed any new roms or recovery on it, I was getting round to that but other things to do etc. So one day the battery ran out and when I powered it up bleary eyed one morning it said it could not boot due to being encrypted. I had not encrypted it. So the only option I had was to wipe the device.
Done so back with a working device for some weeks. Then the other day I powered it off. When I powered it back on boot-loop, gets to the point of Asus inspiring inovation persistent perfection (yeah right).
No problem I thinks I'll just use fastboot to save the day because when I boot it says "Device Unlocked" and I can get to the RCK/ANDROID/WIPE screen. So run fastboot and it says it writes to the device but I don't believe it as the copying of an image takes ~130seconds and the writing 0.094s.
So I think I am in this half-locked limbo and I am assuming there is no way out of this.
I've tried a stock rom on the sd card which gets up the Android with a spinning blue vector in his chest but this goes on for about 5 minutes and reboots again back to boot loop.
How did it get half unlocked and if its half unlocked then surely its not unlocked so how does that affect the warranty, I may just send it back and see what happens? I am annoyed because I had not got around to messing around with custom roms etc... I also thought it wouldnt OTA update I am guessing maybe this is what happened when it complained about the encrypted device.
I really am about to give up and use it for chopping onions, a very expensive chopping board.
Not sure if anyone has any bright ideas but I'm all out...
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Sorry, from your description I don't quite get what exactly you did. What did you try to write with the fastboot command? To me your problem sounds like a bootloader problem.
I understand you still have fastboot access to your device? If so, I'd suggest to follow the steps described here at "Scenario Two":
1. Load a custom recovery, e.g. TWRP with the fastboot method.
2. Download the recovery + bootloader package as described in the CROMi-X thread.
3. Boot into recovery and flash that package.
If you get to this point you should be able to flash any custom (JB based ROM), recommend the CROMi-X.
Hope this helps!

FordPrefect said:
Sorry, from your description I don't quite get what exactly you did. What did you try to write with the fastboot command? To me your problem sounds like a bootloader problem.
I understand you still have fastboot access to your device? If so, I'd suggest to follow the steps described here at "Scenario Two":
1. Load a custom recovery, e.g. TWRP with the fastboot method.
2. Download the recovery + bootloader package as described in the CROMi-X thread.
3. Boot into recovery and flash that package.
If you get to this point you should be able to flash any custom (JB based ROM), recommend the CROMi-X.
Hope this helps!
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I tried this, so try writing open recovery.
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ md5sum openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob
0c55d6d437d96644df5ae16408b15795 openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ mv openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob twrp.blob
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (6106 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.795s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.083s]
finished. total time: 0.878s
Now the flashing RCK option has stopped flashing, if I try to reboot:
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
rebooting...
It just sits here not rebooting. The only way back is to use the pinhole to reboot.
finished. total time: 46.183s
[email protected]:~/Downloads$
Then if I leave it, it boot loops again.
If I hold volume down I get back to the RCK/Android/WipeData fastboot screen. If I try RCK I just get an android lying on its back. If I try from the sd card it spins for ~5 mins then reboots and back to boot loop.
So its almost as if its not writing anything with fastboot.

Slarty Bartfast said:
I tried this, so try writing open recovery.
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ md5sum openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob
0c55d6d437d96644df5ae16408b15795 openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ mv openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob twrp.blob
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (6106 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.795s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.083s]
finished. total time: 0.878s
Now the flashing RCK option has stopped flashing, if I try to reboot:
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
rebooting...
It just sits here not rebooting. The only way back is to use the pinhole to reboot.
finished. total time: 46.183s
[email protected]:~/Downloads$
Then if I leave it, it boot loops again.
If I hold volume down I get back to the RCK/Android/WipeData fastboot screen. If I try RCK I just get an android lying on its back. If I try from the sd card it spins for ~5 mins then reboots and back to boot loop.
So its almost as if its not writing anything with fastboot.
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ok, thanks for the clarification. However, that is exactly what I would have done ... you have checked the download file and fastboot seems to transfer it. From then on you should be able to boot into recovery.
Forgive me please for a dumb question ..but have you tried to boot the "classic" way? Like switching the device off and then power on with the Volume minus key pressed? Other than this, I am sorry but I don't have any further suggestion

Slarty Bartfast said:
I tried this, so try writing open recovery.
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ md5sum openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob
0c55d6d437d96644df5ae16408b15795 openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ mv openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-tf700t.blob twrp.blob
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
sending 'recovery' (6106 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.795s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.083s]
finished. total time: 0.878s
Now the flashing RCK option has stopped flashing, if I try to reboot:
[email protected]:~/Downloads$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
rebooting...
It just sits here not rebooting. The only way back is to use the pinhole to reboot.
finished. total time: 46.183s
[email protected]:~/Downloads$
Then if I leave it, it boot loops again.
If I hold volume down I get back to the RCK/Android/WipeData fastboot screen. If I try RCK I just get an android lying on its back. If I try from the sd card it spins for ~5 mins then reboots and back to boot loop.
So its almost as if its not writing anything with fastboot.
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Some things about your fastboot commands are very interesting..
First, what was the operating system that you were using. Second, your recovery name is not the same as you tried to fastboot with the command. Third, I think that you may do something incorrect with fastboot because your bootloader is fine and please be careful with your bootloader. If something is wrong with your bootloader, it is hard to bring it back unless you have your NVflash blobs... Last, you are still with the stock recovery and did not have a custom recovery installed yet.. Also, it seems that you have a bootloop. Any way, I think that you are still good depending on what you want to do with your device...

LetMeKnow said:
Some things about your fastboot commands are very interesting..
First, what was the operating system that you were using. Second, your recovery name is not the same as you tried to fastboot with the command. Third, I think that you may do something incorrect with fastboot because your bootloader is fine and please be careful with your bootloader. If something is wrong with your bootloader, it is hard to bring it back unless you have your NVflash blobs... Last, you are still with the stock recovery and did not have a custom recovery installed yet.. Also, it seems that you have a bootloop. Any way, I think that you are still good depending on what you want to do with your device...
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Linux, I renamed the recovery as per the instructions at the TWRP teamwin page (cant post links)
It seems that although it says the device is unlocked I cannot write anything to the device and it is stuck in a boot loop, wont flash the stock image from the sd card either. I have been searching for a solution now for a week and can't seem to find anything.

Slarty Bartfast said:
Linux, I renamed the recovery as per the instructions at the TWRP teamwin page (cant post links)
It seems that although it says the device is unlocked I cannot write anything to the device and it is stuck in a boot loop, wont flash the stock image from the sd card either. I have been searching for a solution now for a week and can't seem to find anything.
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Your finished times are way too fast - mine are 10 times this so I suspect it hasn't written the recovery blob correctly. Did you notice it put a blue time bar on the screen when doing the write?

sbdags said:
Your finished times are way too fast - mine are 10 times this so I suspect it hasn't written the recovery blob correctly. Did you notice it put a blue time bar on the screen when doing the write?
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Yes I noticed that in comparison to other peoples output that it is too quick.
No there is no blue time bar put on the screen. After you fastboot the recovery the green block that pulses on the selected option RCK for example, stops pulsing and then I have to pinhole reset.
I am thinking that the unlock didn't correctly unlock the device orthe time it would not boot requiring a data wipe because it said the device was encrypted, I guess somehow it got an OTA although it shouldn't have received one. But I cant understand how the unlock could be reverted because the consensus is it cannot.
If the unlock didnt work I may try an RMA on the grounds that its not properly unlocked therefore the T&C for unlocking is not really valid as I would have expected to have an unlocked device.

Slarty Bartfast said:
Yes I noticed that in comparison to other peoples output that it is too quick.
No there is no blue time bar put on the screen. After you fastboot the recovery the green block that pulses on the selected option RCK for example, stops pulsing and then I have to pinhole reset.
I am thinking that the unlock didn't correctly unlock the device orthe time it would not boot requiring a data wipe because it said the device was encrypted, I guess somehow it got an OTA although it shouldn't have received one. But I cant understand how the unlock could be reverted because the consensus is it cannot.
If the unlock didnt work I may try an RMA on the grounds that its not properly unlocked therefore the T&C for unlocking is not really valid as I would have expected to have an unlocked device.
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I seriously doubt your arguments will get you anywhere with Asus since they don't support unlocking, but I've never heard of a "partial unlock". Either it works or it fails.
I suspect your problem is related to "bleary eyed", the encryption and data wipe you did. Or a driver issue on your PC.
If you cannot install a custom recovery via fastboot, I would try to flash the stock firmware and start at square 1.....
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4

Slarty Bartfast said:
Linux, I renamed the recovery as per the instructions at the TWRP teamwin page (cant post links)
It seems that although it says the device is unlocked I cannot write anything to the device and it is stuck in a boot loop, wont flash the stock image from the sd card either. I have been searching for a solution now for a week and can't seem to find anything.
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Did you turn on or tick the USB debugging in the developer options? You need to turn it on in order to fastboot... Good luck..:fingers-crossed:

LetMeKnow said:
Did you turn on or tick the USB debugging in the developer options? You need to turn it on in order to fastboot...
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Are you sure? The bootloader mounts the /data partition to read some Android setting? Does not look plausible to me.

LetMeKnow said:
Did you turn on or tick the USB debugging in the developer options? You need to turn it on in order to fastboot... Good luck..:fingers-crossed:
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Thats a good question, I would have thought so (always do for everything else) but now you mention it. I can't say for sure. And it won't accept the stock recovery from sd card, 5 minutes of spinning blue thing in chest then reboot into boot loop...
Is it time to start chopping onions?

berndblb said:
I seriously doubt your arguments will get you anywhere with Asus since they don't support unlocking, but I've never heard of a "partial unlock". Either it works or it fails.
I suspect your problem is related to "bleary eyed", the encryption and data wipe you did. Or a driver issue on your PC.
If you cannot install a custom recovery via fastboot, I would try to flash the stock firmware and start at square 1.....
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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Thats the wierd thing, I did not encrypt the tablet, just discovered it with the green android telling me it needed to do a full data wipe because the tablet was encrypted, I've never encrypted any of my android devices. After this process it worked fine again. Then last time I powered it off it came back up in a boot loop.
I've put the stock firmware on an sd card and the it spins for a few minutes 3 or so then reboots into boot loop.

Slarty Bartfast said:
Thats a good question, I would have thought so (always do for everything else) but now you mention it. I can't say for sure. And it won't accept the stock recovery from sd card, 5 minutes of spinning blue thing in chest then reboot into boot loop...
Is it time to start chopping onions?
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Well, I can kind of confirm this. Without having done scientific research, but recently I fought my fastboot connection as well. It turned functional only after I checked the USB debugging thing.

_that said:
Are you sure? The bootloader mounts the /data partition to read some Android setting? Does not look plausible to me.
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That was how I learned to fastboot. I never have problem with fastboot. I can do a test for you when I fastboot twrp 2.6.3.1 without usb debugging..
Edit: @_that
You are an expert in this area. Do you have any good advices for someone in need? Do you know why some users can not flash anything even though they follow the instructions closely? It would be nice if you can share your knowledge with new users like us...

LetMeKnow said:
That was how I learned to fastboot. I never have problem with fastboot. I can do a test for you when I fastboot twrp 2.6.3.1 without usb debugging..
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Would be interesting.
LetMeKnow said:
Edit: @_that
You are an expert in this area. Do you have any good advices for someone in need? Do you know why some users can not flash anything even though they follow the instructions closely? It would be nice if you can share your knowledge with new users like us...
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The real experts in this area are those who brought you wheelie and flatline... for me it looks very confusing. The twrp.blob md5sum matches mine, and I don't understand why it finishes so fast, says "OKAY" but doesn't work. If there was a problem with the fastboot protocol or with writing to flash memory, I'd expect some error message. Anyway, maybe try a different/newer fastboot binary or another USB port or another PC? I assume it's Linux on the native machine and not a VM?
I've seen a bootloader which would not flash anything in the case where someone cross-flashed a TF300 bootloader on the TF700, but I assume the OP has never tried such a crazy thing. Check the bootloader version, it should be 10.6.1.14.x.

LetMeKnow said:
Did you turn on or tick the USB debugging in the developer options? You need to turn it on in order to fastboot... Good luck..:fingers-crossed:
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Like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q53_9tuD5HA
Next thing I ****ing know some arse is ****ing defending ASUS. Total Fanny boys.Dont help me much.May as well cut ****ing onions.

Slarty Bartfast said:
Like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q53_9tuD5HA
Next thing I ****ing know some arse is ****ing defending ASUS. Total Fanny boys.Dont help me much.May as well cut ****ing onions.
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Wow nice response to people trying to help you.......

sbdags said:
Wow nice response to people trying to help you.......
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I agree. Figured some people prefer failing over learning.
Enjoy your new cutting board. Should work great on peppers too. Probably will last you longer screen down - just some friendly advice....

sbdags said:
Wow nice response to people trying to help you.......
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Indeed. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Fed up with this rubbish now, gpl'd but still managing trying to foist essentially drm on it. I think what annoys me most is the insidious and slow corruption of the ideal. Must say its partly my own fault, i have stood by and done nothing.
Apologies anyway.
Think I'll buy a Rasberry Pi.

[SOLVED] Tryin to flash tablet back to default, fastboot commands freezes computer...

Hi. I'm trying to flash my TF300T to the latest stock ROM. I'm currently on 4.2.1 and bootloader 10.6.1.15.3. Reason being i can't flash TWRP 2.8+ to install lollipop because i get splitscreen issue, so i'm trying to get the latest bootloader by getting the official one...
Ok, now to the problem. Fastboot is setup and working properly. ADB commands work, fastboot commands work.
Problem is, when i try and flash using this command "fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob" (i have placed the blob file in the fastboot directory), it renders my computer practically useless, in other words everything is super slow. In CMD after entering the command nothing happens. It's almost like it's working insanely hard, yet nothing is happening. The first time i let it go on for about 30 mins because i didn't want to interrupt it if it was flashing, but i decided to hard shutdown my computer. Nothing had been done and the tablet turned back on as normal
Any help would be great...

grimsonfart said:
Hi. I'm trying to flash my TF300T to the latest stock ROM. I'm currently on 4.2.1 and bootloader 10.6.1.15.3. Reason being i can't flash TWRP 2.8+ to install lollipop because i get splitscreen issue, so i'm trying to get the latest bootloader by getting the official one...
Ok, now to the problem. Fastboot is setup and working properly. ADB commands work, fastboot commands work.
Problem is, when i try and flash using this command "fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob" (i have placed the blob file in the fastboot directory), it renders my computer practically useless, in other words everything is super slow. In CMD after entering the command nothing happens. It's almost like it's working insanely hard, yet nothing is happening. The first time i let it go on for about 30 mins because i didn't want to interrupt it if it was flashing, but i decided to hard shutdown my computer. Nothing had been done and the tablet turned back on as normal
Any help would be great...
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Wrong command!
You can't flash whole ROM blob on 'system' (i.e. OS) partition because ROM blob contains bootloader, partition table, recovery, kernel, system and userdata, which are to be flashed to other partitions.
Therefore our Transformers have a 'ramp-up' partition called 'staging'. On reboot bootloader flashes the 'sub'-blobs of blob (blob.EBT, blob.SOS, blob.LNX, blob.PT, blob.USR) to their respective partition.
Use:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash [b]staging[/b] blob[enter]
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot [enter]

Really?? you see, i have been following a few tutroials on doing this on this tablet, and all of them gave me that command. Thanks a lot anyways, will try

grimsonfart said:
Really?? you see, i have been following a few tutroials on doing this on this tablet, and all of them gave me that command. Thanks a lot anyways, will try
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This should work! However it will last along time. When tab reboots, you will see a blue progression bar, which sometimes seems to freeze. Let tab restart by itself.
If you don't succed, you might have a corrupt blob, either by downloading or by unzipping with an outdated winrar (suffered that myself).

Well, no luck first time. Exactly the same thing happened when using that command in CMD. Not sure if it's a problem with my PC or what... Going to re-download the files from ASUS.
Not sure what you mean with that blue progression bar? (really long time since i have messed around with my tablet) You mean on the tablet? When i'm in fastboot and trying to flash nothing happens, i see the same rck, android, whipe data and all the writings on top left is the same.
I am doing this one a really old computer though (no access to mine atm). It's windows XP SP3, 1gb ram and intel celeron 1.8ghz i think. Not sure if it has anything to do with this but anyways.

grimsonfart said:
Not sure what you mean with that blue progression bar? (really long time since i have messed around with my tablet) You mean on the tablet? When i'm in fastboot and trying to flash nothing happens, i see the same rck, android, whipe data and all the writings on top left is the same.
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When you flash to staging, bootloader copies blobs to their partitions after reboot, while this happens, a blue progression bar is visible on ASUS Screen not on bootloader screen.
As you report it, you are probably not in fastboot mode.
Try to follow:
1. Press power + vol down -> bootloader screen appears with icon RCK blinking. Now you are in fasboot mode.
2. Connect tb to pc; tab should show up in Win's device manager as ASUS fastboot device(o.s.). If warning sign appears or 'unknown device' label, install proper drivers.
3. Open terminal window with admin permissions in fastboot folder.
4. Type
Code:
fastboot devices [enter]
-> device should be shown; if not: type
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot [enter]
tab should now reboot into OS; if not, fastboot doesn't work.
5. Try procedures 1. to 4. with every single USB port available. If no success try different pc (normally WINXP is no deal breaker, Win 8.1 sometimes might be).
6. Report.

It worked now . I just had to wait for about 20 minutes then it started sending "staging". Aftr that it all went fine. I guess it was just the computer being a ****.
Succesfully booted into android too. Everything working fine. +1 for your help anyways man. Cheers

grimsonfart said:
It worked now . I just had to wait for about 20 minutes then it started sending "staging". Aftr that it all went fine. I guess it was just the computer being a ****.
Succesfully booted into android too. Everything working fine. +1 for your help anyways man. Cheers
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Glad to be of any help.
You might add to your OP tag [Solved]

LG GPAD 7 stuck on Fast Boot

Purchased an Lg Gpad 7 Wifi tablet (v400) 2 weeks ago. Came with preinstalled Lollipop android so i couldnt install a recovery rom to flash any other custom roms. Downgraded to Kitkat version following the instructions on Xda forums and succesfully installed Twrp. When i installed Cyanogenmod 12.1 through Twrp i got stuck in fastboot screen.
Any suggestions and / or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

I had a similar problem.. Only mine was stuck at the bootloader. Go in TWRP and repair /data and other partitions. My data partition gave me an error since F2FS is a little flaky and some ROMs corrupted it (claimed they supported it). I would recommend erasing the system, cache and data partition if you can't get into TWRP.

The problem is i cant get out of fastboot whatever i try. It says start on bootloader but the tablet just restarts on an empty screen doing nothing.

Hakalai said:
The problem is i cant get out of fastboot whatever i try. It says start on bootloader but the tablet just restarts on an empty screen doing nothing.
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if you have an sd card, try removing that, then reboot.
if that doesnt work, try entering fastboot command, fastboot continue

Tried without sdcard and i get the same fastboot screen.
How can i give any commands? The only options i have are Restart Bootloader / Restart / Power off. Tried restarting bootloader but i get nothing in return tablet just stays on with nothing on screen.

Hakalai said:
Tried without sdcard and i get the same fastboot screen.
How can i give any commands? The only options i have are Restart Bootloader / Restart / Power off. Tried restarting bootloader but i get nothing in return tablet just stays on with nothing on screen.
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you said it was stuck on fastboot, if thats the case, install any needed drivers on your pc, connect device to it, open a terminal in the fastboot dir (after you go get fastboot), then try those commands i gave. you could also try, fastboot reboot dont think i mentioned that before.

bweN diorD said:
you said it was stuck on fastboot, if thats the case, install any needed drivers on your pc, connect device to it, open a terminal in the fastboot dir (after you go get fastboot), then try those commands i gave. you could also try, fastboot reboot dont think i mentioned that before.
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Did as you said but every command i gave gives me an error message in adb terminal. There are new lines in fastboot menu in tablet now. Bottom two are SECURE BOOT - enabled & LOCK STATE - locked.

Hakalai said:
Did as you said but every command i gave gives me an error message in adb terminal. There are new lines in fastboot menu in tablet now. Bottom two are SECURE BOOT - enabled & LOCK STATE - locked.
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hmm, ok, im guessing it would have said that normally, when not broken. all the command does is try to release it past where its stuck. it doesnt actually flash, lock, unlock, or change anything.
imo, this seems good, because now we know fastboot is working.
i own lg devices, but not your specific device. i would hate to give you some bad advice and make your tablet broken more, but if it were me in this situation, i would try to flash the factory KK firmware you used to downgrade with odin or however you did it. hopefully, that will clean everything up and let it boot properly.
if for whatever reason you cant do that, we could try extracting the factory file, and just flashing recovery and system, those should be the only things that got changed putting on twrp and cm normally.

Sorry, I have the serious proplem wtih my LG pad V400, I rooted it and using <LG Flash Tool 2014> with <V40010c_00.kdz> to downgrate the firmware but their is error then my LG pad stuck in fastboot menu as with just turn off, restart and restart bootloader. if i seclect one one them the tablet just logged again the fastboot menu
it stuck on the fastboot menu and i cannot do nay think with it. I can restart with factory restore mode but when select yes to restore, it will restart and log in fastboot menu again.
I downloaded adb and fastboot program and put in one folder <Minimal ADB and Fastboot> in C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot
I dont have recovery image so i download file <cm-13.0-20160421-NIGHTLY-v400-recovery.img> form your link to download TWRP file
move it to folder of fastboot programe and changed its name to <recovery.img>
I turn on the tablet and it waited at fastboot menu
when i run the command <fasboot flash recovery recovery.img> and they said some thing wrong like in picture
please help me

Motorola Photon Q - Crashing all apps, can't erase or flash anything

Good day, its my first thread here, so I'm sorry for my english and terminology.
My Photon Q had CM-13-Nightly installed, bootloader unlocked and Clockwork recovery installed. Everything was working fine, till few days ago. Phone was left unused with drained battery, so I charged it and powerd on. After that, all app started to crash one after another. I was trying to do factory reset from recovery, erase everything from bootloader menu or using bootloader commands (bootloader erase data, bootloader -w) but nothing worked. I still have my system, with same apps, wallpaper etc and apps still crash. Are these all symptoms of damaged partition or internal storage? Will be thankful for any help

Erasing in bootloader/fastboot mode can be dangerous... be careful.
I would just factory reset and reinstall the ROM. Don't use ClockworkMod for recovery tho, use TWRP. CWM hasn't had updates in a long time (and frankly I'm surprised it was able to flash the latest CM).

I have tried to change recovery, but it was also impossible. I also tried to wipe data / factory reset, after that flashed new Rom but nothing changed. Still all my apps and settings remains. There is one more thing to add, that I can copy file from device when connected to my laptop, but cannot delete anything. Anyway, how to change recovery? Phone doesn't keep any changes for example adb debugging in developer options. CWM update is turned off, but cannot change recovery

greedo85 said:
I have tried to change recovery, but it was also impossible. I also tried to wipe data / factory reset, after that flashed new Rom but nothing changed. Still all my apps and settings remains. There is one more thing to add, that I can copy file from device when connected to my laptop, but cannot delete anything. Anyway, how to change recovery? Phone doesn't keep any changes for example adb debugging in developer options. CWM update is turned off, but cannot change recovery
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Boot to fastboot/bootloader mode, 'fastboot flash recovery twrp.img' assuming twrp.img is in the location you are running fastboot flash from...
How did you flash CWM recovery in the first place?

I have bought this phone with Cyanogen Recovery and Custom ROM flashed already. I tried what You posted, it shows that TWRP is flashed, but when I enter recovery again, I still have Cyanogen. I tried with 3 different versions of TWRP downloaded for Photon Q... I also don't know what does it mean "(bootloader) Variable not supported!"
HTML:
C:\fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.3.0.0-asanti_c.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'recovery' (6702 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.512s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.786s]
finished. total time: 2.298s
arrrghhh said:
Boot to fastboot/bootloader mode, 'fastboot flash recovery twrp.img' assuming twrp.img is in the location you are running fastboot flash from...
How did you flash CWM recovery in the first place?
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greedo85 said:
I have bought this phone with Cyanogen Recovery and Custom ROM flashed already. I tried what You posted, it shows that TWRP is flashed, but when I enter recovery again, I still have Cyanogen. I tried with 3 different versions of TWRP downloaded for Photon Q... I also don't know what does it mean "(bootloader) Variable not supported!"
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I think you can safely ignore the bootloader message.
As for flashing TWRP, did you boot TWRP immediately after flashing, or did you boot Android?
I believe you need to make sure you boot TWRP immediately after flashing, otherwise CM Recovery will blow it out.
After flashing TWRP hold power until the device shuts off, release, and now hold power + vol down to enter recovery. Please use the latest version of TWRP from kabaldan, or the latest official TWRP.

I did exactly as You have posted. Still Cyanogen :/ I got recovery from here: https://dl.twrp.me/asanti/twrp-3.0.2-0-asanti_c.img.html , its the newest I think

greedo85 said:
I did exactly as You have posted. Still Cyanogen :/ I got recovery from here: https://dl.twrp.me/asanti/twrp-3.0.2-0-asanti_c.img.html , its the newest I think
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Sorry it's power + vol UP (according to my own guide...)
3. Hit power - device turns off. Hold vol up + power, then release power when the screen comes on - continue holding vol up. When you see the moto logo dim a bit, release vol up. You should now be in TWRP!

Did that - Cyanogen again :/ Have any idea why is that happening? Internal memory broke down?

greedo85 said:
Did that - Cyanogen again :/ Have any idea why is that happening? Internal memory broke down?
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I'm not sure why people have issues with this... I always thought it was how they 'completed' the flashing process. I don't recall being able to reproduce the condition.
Perhaps boot Android then boot TWRP? Or try to reboot directly to recovery from the fastboot cli? Try something different... or just fastboot boot the TWRP image? There is a problem in the process, I'm just not sure 'where' since I don't have the phone in front of me.

Already done that, before I started this thread... Nothing works. I have tried multiple combination, such as reboot to this (I don't know how to name it, B&W menu with APfastboot, recovery etc), boot system first than recovery, boot directly to recovery after flashing new one etc. Are there any fastboot commands, that I could use to forcefully erase recovery or data? You sure that it's not physical damage of internal memory?

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Already done that, before I started this thread... Nothing works. I have tried multiple combination, such as reboot to this (I don't know how to name it, B&W menu with APfastboot, recovery etc), boot system first than recovery, boot directly to recovery after flashing new one etc. Are there any fastboot commands, that I could use to forcefully erase recovery or data? You sure that it's not physical damage of internal memory?
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IIRC this device will let you 'fastboot boot' images directly - I think I suggested this - have you tried it?
I'll dig around and see what else I can find from the TWRP thread. I was pretty sure it had to do with the process, but I could be mistaken.
Edit - I'll flash CM Recovery on my old Q and see if I can recreate this as well. It's always bothered me...

How would I boot images directly? From where?

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How would I boot images directly? From where?
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Just like you fastboot flash them, but 'fastboot boot <imagefilename>"...

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Just like you fastboot flash them, but 'fastboot boot <imagefilename>"...
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Did You mean this? Why is Command restricted?
Code:
C:\fastboot>fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-asanti_c.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.674s]
booting...
(bootloader) Command restricted
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.770s

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Did You mean this? Why is Command restricted?
Code:
C:\fastboot>fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-asanti_c.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.674s]
booting...
(bootloader) Command restricted
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.770s
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I guess they only allow fastboot booting kernels... at least I used to do that on this device.
So I just flashed CM Recovery no problem. Going to flash back TWRP.

Is there anything I can do now to put this phone back to work?

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Is there anything I can do now to put this phone back to work?
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I'm... kind of at a loss. Make sure you have the latest TWRP. I just downloaded the latest CM Recovery, fastboot flash recovery <cmrecimg> and it rebooted to Android on its own. I reboot to recovery, CM Recovery is installed. All good.
I reboot to bootloader mode, grab the latest official TWRP, fastboot flash recovery <twrpimg>, this time when I unplugged it was still in fastboot mode. So I hit the power button, phone turns off. Then I hold power + vol up until I see the screen turn on. Continue to hold vol up, but release power. Then when the screen dims (or when recovery starts if you can't tell) release vol up.
Maybe that'll help you? Good luck.

Did exactly the same procedure as You described. Still Cyanogen. I can even record it and send here...
Could You please send me a link where I can find another TWRP ( You mentioned some developer few posts above, I guess), differend that I have found?

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Did exactly the same procedure as You described. Still Cyanogen. I can even record it and send here...
Could You please send me a link where I can find another TWRP ( You mentioned some developer few posts above, I guess), differend that I have found?
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Dunno why it would make any difference at this point, but have at it.