Hello,
Someone gave me his TF300T tablet. Someone else tried to upgrade Android version but bricked it (I don't know what happened and how it got there). That someone finally bought a new tablet and gave me the TF300T saying that if I could do something, I could just keep it.
So here I am trying to figure out if I can do something with it.
The tablet is stuck on the boot screen. It seems that the bootloader is unlocked. All I see is "The Device is UnLocked." in the upper-left corner, the Asus logo in the center and the NVidia in the bottom-right corner.
I can't enter fastboot. When powered off, holding the power button + vol- does nothing (nor vol+). It just keeps rebooting all the time.
Holding the power button doesn't power off the device. It just keeps rebooting.
The only way to turn it off is to press the reset button with a needle while holding vol+
I don't know where to start to unbrick the device, if it is possible.
Anyone?
gobtron said:
Hello,
Someone gave me his TF300T tablet. Someone else tried to upgrade Android version but bricked it (I don't know what happened and how it got there). That someone finally bought a new tablet and gave me the TF300T saying that if I could do something, I could just keep it.
So here I am trying to figure out if I can do something with it.
The tablet is stuck on the boot screen. It seems that the bootloader is unlocked. All I see is "The Device is UnLocked." in the upper-left corner, the Asus logo in the center and the NVidia in the bottom-right corner.
I can't enter fastboot. When powered off, holding the power button + vol- does nothing (nor vol+). It just keeps rebooting all the time.
Holding the power button doesn't power off the device. It just keeps rebooting.
The only way to turn it off is to press the reset button with a needle while holding vol+
I don't know where to start to unbrick the device, if it is possible.
Anyone?
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Bad situation! Before you do anything further, please read the two threads in post #1 carefully: https://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/help/bricked-tablet-t3530379. Hope you can make a "buster99" to get on stock rom.
If you still cannot reach fastboot , replacing the mainboard will be the only one possibility.
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Hello Folks,
I seem to have a problem and I can't find an answer in the forums.
I rooted my Asus Transformer with Android 3.1 using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125714
I only rooted the Transformer, I didn't install CWM. Everything was working fine until my overenthusiastic wife updated the tablet with the 8.4.4.11-20110711 update. Suddenly my tablet was unrooted again. I thought "No problem, no harm's done, I'll just reinstall the stock 3.1 and then root the device once again and just leave the new update for what it is for the moment."
The problem is that I can't get into APX mode anymore. When I try to start the device with vol+ and the power button, nothing's happening. Both buttons are working fine (neither's stuck). I thought that the device might just be showing me a blank screen but when I press and hold vol+ and the power button for 5, 10 or 30 seconds then wait 30 secs and start adb.exe it says my device isn't connected.
When I press vol- and the power button I do get the option to wipe all my data and factory reset (which I tried and is working).
When I press vol- and the power button then vol+ when it's booting to get into RCK (recovery kernel mode) I get a droid image with a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark. Nothing happening.
Anyone got a clue what's going on and or how I can solve this issue?
The Transformer is working fine besides not being able to get into APX mode btw. I can use it, just can't root it anymore.
same situation here, just bought my eeePad today, updated to .11 version....now trying to root but can't figure out how...
I'm having the same problem. Brand new transformer, rooted it, and now I can't get it to boot past the splash screen. Tried putting it back into APX mode, and it doesn't work. Anyone find a solution to this?
I didnt even root mine and i have this ****ing problem -.-
Same problem..
You'll notice if you watch the device manager on windows, it flashes a refresh but the device doesn't show up. Looks like it's trying to work but doesn't catch..
SSame here after using Brk's on my 3.2 B70 tf101.
Same here. 3.1, rooted, CWM.
Same here on an Asus running Android 3.2.
Serial number B60KA.
Build number on mine is 8.6.5.9-20110816.
Anyone find a solution to this?
My friends tablet is at HTK75.US-8.6.5.13-20110925 and I just got it in to APX mode.
I had the Transformer turned off and plugged in, held vol up + power until I hear the first US notification noise and released the two buttons. The searching for drivers screen came up and it installed "Nvidia Bootloader Recovery" And now my safe to eject calls it APX.
I found if you hold the power and volume up for too long it messes things up.
Any news anyone? I would love to know how to do get into APX mode. The volume + and power is not working for me like the others (did it all conceivable ways).
APX already on
Hi, I solved this problem very easy.
Just connected my eeePad, installed the APX driver after Volume up and Power on Button and it was working. You will see nothing on eeePad screen. Just check the device manager on your computer.
Hi All..
My TF300 is unlocked. I installed the new JB and then I was trying to install CWM. I used fastboot to push it to the device. When I rebooted, holding down the volume button, It came up to the menu with RCK, USB, etc. I selected wipe data by accident. It sat there for a while saying it was going to wipe and go into the boot loader. After a while I shut it off thinking it was hung. Now when I power on the device I get only the ASUS startup screen. Volume up or down don't affect the mode. It just says "The Device is Unlocked" at the top, and the static ASUS logo in the middle. When I plug in the USB to my Windows 7 computer I get nothing in the device listing. I can't even fully turn the device off. Holding power for a few seconds, it goes off, and then it comes right back on by itself.
I think I'm totally bricked, right? It won't even go into APX mode it appears.
thanks ...
arch.fadi said:
Hi All..
My TF300 is unlocked. I installed the new JB and then I was trying to install CWM. I used fastboot to push it to the device. When I rebooted, holding down the volume button, It came up to the menu with RCK, USB, etc. I selected wipe data by accident. It sat there for a while saying it was going to wipe and go into the boot loader. After a while I shut it off thinking it was hung. Now when I power on the device I get only the ASUS startup screen. Volume up or down don't affect the mode. It just says "The Device is Unlocked" at the top, and the static ASUS logo in the middle. When I plug in the USB to my Windows 7 computer I get nothing in the device listing. I can't even fully turn the device off. Holding power for a few seconds, it goes off, and then it comes right back on by itself.
I think I'm totally bricked, right? It won't even go into APX mode it appears.
thanks ...
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When you hold down the power button to turn it off, as soon as the screen goes off, let go of the power button and hold the VOL up button. Wait a second or so and then let go of the VOL button. The tablet should go into APX mode. It can be quite hard to time it right, but the tablets screen should stay blank, without rebooting.
thanks for ur care
i forget to update the post ...sorry
.....i do that and my pc show apx driver but fastboot did not work ....
how can i use fastboot again to install bolb again ?????????
thanks in advance
chappie1970 said:
When you hold down the power button to turn it off, as soon as the screen goes off, let go of the power button and hold the VOL up button. Wait a second or so and then let go of the VOL button. The tablet should go into APX mode. It can be quite hard to time it right, but the tablets screen should stay blank, without rebooting.
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thanks for ur care
i forget to update the post ...sorry
.....i do that and my pc show apx driver but fastboot did not work ....
how can i use fastboot again to install bolb again ?????????
thanks in advance
ME Too and hundreds of Others
arch.fadi said:
thanks for ur care
i forget to update the post ...sorry
.....i do that and my pc show apx driver but fastboot did not work ....
how can i use fastboot again to install bolb again ?????????
thanks in advance
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I've been searching the web for two weeks - nobody has a solution !
I've tried everthing.
Asus has a way to reset the OS as several owners have sent their unlocked "Bricked" tablets to their service center.
Last repair I read online stated that Asus returned their TF300T with the latest version of JB installed.
Asus would be Wise to post a solution - Imagine the goodwill that would generate.
Many thanks...
Q:did asus change mother board?
Or it kind of software fixed
I read about SKB..... What sbk?
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here so forgive my errors (if any):
I have tried a few things on my TF700:
1. I have installed the rooting tool from asus website and after activating it,
The first boot scrren said (on top left corner) "the device is unlocked"
When running the app again it would give an error.
2. I tried soft reset - nothing there.
3. I went for hard reset - I accidently went for the left most icon....
After a little investigation on a few pages here I think it is in APX mode..???
It turns on but stays in the first screen with the white ASUS logo on screen & thats it...
Any ideas anyone???
How do I save my precious TF700??
I tried connecting to it through USB installing (Linux):
cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/60-nvflash.rules <<END
# nvflash support for Nvidia Tegra systems attached to USB
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0955", ATTR{idProduct}=="7820", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
END
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With no luck...
What can I do???
Thanx...
jadeye said:
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here so forgive my errors (if any):
I have tried a few things on my TF700:
1. I have installed the rooting tool from asus website and after activating it,
The first boot scrren said (on top left corner) "the device is unlocked"
When running the app again it would give an error.
2. I tried soft reset - nothing there.
3. I went for hard reset - I accidently went for the left most icon....
After a little investigation on a few pages here I think it is in APX mode..???
It turns on but stays in the first screen with the white ASUS logo on screen & thats it...
Any ideas anyone???
How do I save my precious TF700??
I tried connecting to it through USB installing (Linux):
With no luck...
What can I do???
Thanx...
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If you use the Asus unlock tool, you should not brick your device. It looks like that you wipe your system some how. I am guessing here... Can you do some test for me? If you on the Asus screen, just press the power button for about 10 seconds until it shuts down and then keep holding the power button with the volume down at the same time until you are going back to the three icons, thanks. I just want to see if you can get back to your recovery...
LetMeKnow said:
If you use the Asus unlock tool, you should not brick your device. It looks like that you wipe your system some how. I am guessing here... Can you do some test for me? If you on the Asus screen, just press the power button for about 10 seconds until it shuts down and then keep holding the power button with the volume down at the same time until you are going back to the three icons, thanks. I just want to see if you can get back to your recovery...
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Than you for you reply...
I already tried that...it just loops the same shut down to ASUS LOGO screen with no response to the volume down button.
I also let it run out of power so to try & get it out of this loop which resembles an APX loop but in vain...it just keeps on powering up to the same state...
Will give it another go....
There isn't even a pause where I can slip the volume down button in, that is why I let it run out of power to slip the volume down button in...& that is what I am going to do now...let it charge for a short while and power it up with the volume down button (which did not work for several tries...)
jadeye said:
Than you for you reply...
I already tried that...it just loops the same shut down to ASUS LOGO screen with no response to the volume down button.
I also let it run out of power so to try & get it out of this loop which resembles an APX loop but in vain...it just keeps on powering up to the same state...
Will give it another go....
There isn't even a pause where I can slip the volume down button in, that is why I let it run out of power to slip the volume down button in...& that is what I am going to do now...let it charge for a short while and power it up with the volume down button (which did not work for several tries...)
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Just powered it up with volume down & same screen...
What can I do?
jadeye said:
Just powered it up with volume down & same screen...
What can I do?
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I believed that I can not help you any further with this issue because my knowledge is limited in this situation. I hope that somebody else can give you a good advice.. Good luck..
Hold down volume down and keep held down whilst holding the power button down for at least 10 secs. What happens?
sbdags said:
Hold down volume down and keep held down whilst holding the power button down for at least 10 secs. What happens?
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I have do this several times (but will try again) and it just powers back up to the same screen...
Did anyone refer you my suggestion of it being in APX mode??
What happens if I put a micro SD Card in the slot??
What is that left most logo on the hard reset screen?
What is that right most logo on the hard reset screen?
I know the center is the android...
HELP!!!
Where are all the experts here??
If an SD Card does function, what do I need to have on it in order to restore the state of my ASUS to functional?
Thanx to all those who are giving my POST some thought...
jadeye said:
I have do this several times (but will try again) and it just powers back up to the same screen...
Did anyone refer you my suggestion of it being in APX mode??
What happens if I put a micro SD Card in the slot??
What is that left most logo on the hard reset screen?
What is that right most logo on the hard reset screen?
I know the center is the android...
HELP!!!
Where are all the experts here??
If an SD Card does function, what do I need to have on it in order to restore the state of my ASUS to functional?
Thanx to all those who are giving my POST some thought...
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The device will enter in APX mode only with the Volume UP + Power buttons combo and to get out of that mode you need to hold the Power button for at least 10 seconds.
If you can't get to the bootloader menu (the one with the 3 icons) anymore you are out of luck and only Asus can repair your device. APX it's useful only if you have the NvFlash backup.
Inserting a microSD with an original Asus firmware is also useless if you can't access the bootloader menu because you can't boot in recovery mode.
jadeye said:
I have do this several times (but will try again) and it just powers back up to the same screen...
Did anyone refer you my suggestion of it being in APX mode??
What happens if I put a micro SD Card in the slot??
What is that left most logo on the hard reset screen?
What is that right most logo on the hard reset screen?
I know the center is the android...
HELP!!!
Where are all the experts here??
If an SD Card does function, what do I need to have on it in order to restore the state of my ASUS to functional?
Thanx to all those who are giving my POST some thought...
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Make sure you do EXACTLY what sdbags said - he IS the expert.
With the tablet powered OFF, press and hold BOTH the power button and volume down button together, for at least 10 seconds. It should bring you back to the screen with the 3 icons. RCK, android robot icon, wipe. RCK gets you to recovery mode where you can use TWRP for recovery/flash installs, etc. Middle android is the cold boot option which sometimes fixes problems like you're having. Don't do wipe unless someone like sdbags explicitly tells you.
Hope you can fix this.
jt1998 said:
Make sure you do EXACTLY what sdbags said - he IS the expert.
With the tablet powered OFF, press and hold BOTH the power button and volume down button together, for at least 10 seconds. It should bring you back to the screen with the 3 icons. RCK, android robot icon, wipe. RCK gets you to recovery mode where you can use TWRP for recovery/flash installs, etc. Middle android is the cold boot option which sometimes fixes problems like you're having. Don't do wipe unless someone like sdbags explicitly tells you.
Hope you can fix this.
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Well guys...thank you all for your help & time...
I tried everything anyone here suggested but unfortunately ended up with the same result: ASUS white logo screen.
The tablet is still under the first year time period...any suggestions as for how to get it fixed (RMA) without paying tones of money?
What should I say happened???
Guess RCK does not work on my device...(?)
Thank you all...
Did you try the middle android icon to see if that helped? You switch to the middle one by pressing volume down, then select it by pressing volume up.
The device also have a reset button (a tiny hole near the micro hdmi port),use a paperclip to press it and hope for the best.
As for the RMA ,Asus could charge you for repairing because you unlocked the bootloader but some users here on XDA also reported that Asus repaired their device for free even if the bootloader was unlocked.
Pretoriano80 said:
The device also have a reset button (a tiny hole near the micro hdmi port),use a paperclip to press it and hope for the best.
As for the RMA ,Asus could charge you for repairing because you unlocked the bootloader but some users here on XDA also reported that Asus repaired their device for free even if the bootloader was unlocked.
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Sorry guys...NOTHING WORKS!!! :crying:
:angel: Thank you all for your time & assistance...
jadeye said:
Sorry guys...NOTHING WORKS!!! :crying:
:angel: Thank you all for your time & assistance...
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im having same issue. and for me its worse because my volume rocker is broken
crappy devices by asus - NO SUPPoRT!!!
qman66 said:
im having same issue. and for me its worse because my volume rocker is broken
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Sorry to hear...I could never get it fixed and asus support does NOT EXIST!!!
I am never buying such crappy devices by asus ever again!!!
I did write the like 5 times, they do have service labs here but these service labs know much less then xda-devs...:laugh:
Pretoriano80 said:
The device will enter in APX mode only with the Volume UP + Power buttons combo and to get out of that mode you need to hold the Power button for at least 10 seconds.
If you can't get to the bootloader menu (the one with the 3 icons) anymore you are out of luck and only Asus can repair your device. APX it's useful only if you have the NvFlash backup.
Inserting a microSD with an original Asus firmware is also useless if you can't access the bootloader menu because you can't boot in recovery mode.
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I have only APX mode available and I have the NvFlash backup.. Is there any way to bring him to life? I can't enter bootloader menu or recovery.
Prizrak_M said:
I have only APX mode available and I have the NvFlash backup.. Is there any way to bring him to life? I can't enter bootloader menu or recovery.
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You can try this treat, xda-developers Asus Transformer TF700 Transformer TF700 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting i screwed up by Motawa88
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742274
Best regards
Scenic-3
Scenic-3 said:
You can try this treat, xda-developers Asus Transformer TF700 Transformer TF700 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting i screwed up by Motawa88
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742274
Best regards
Scenic-3
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I'm a little confused, but if I can't get access to fastboot, is it all?
I tried to root my device. I downloaded the unlocker APK, CWRecovery, adb, fastboot and everything seemed to be going fine. I ran afoul somewhere in the middle of the process and I tried to do a factory reset. And this is where things went really badly. What's happening now is that I'm stuck on the first boot screen. The only thing that is displayed in the "The Device is UnLocked" message in the top left, the ASUS logo in the middle and the NVidia Tegra log at the bottom right. No spinny and definitely not booting.
Before, when I held down the power button and the volume down button, I would get dumped in to a menu where I could select between RCK, Android and Wipe. However, now that isn't working. If I just keep holding down both buttons, the device reboots and I get the same screen. The recovery mode never seems to come up. When I try to use adb or fastboot to see the tablet, this is pretty much what comes up:
jcboget$ ./fastboot devices
jcboget$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
So my question is this : am I bricked? If yes, my follow up question is this : can I fix this? Or am I pretty much effed?
thnx,
Christoph
Ok, so I finally got my hands on a pin to press the hard reset button and that didn't seem to have any kind of effect. All it did was cause the device to reboot and it again got stuck on the logo screen. My hopes are falling real fast.
thnx,
Christoph
Another thing, I can't even seem to power the tablet down. Pressing the power button does nothing. Holding it down for a while just causes the tablet to reboot (again, only to the ASUS logo). The only way I I'm able to get it powered down (at least, I *think* it's powered down) is by pressing the volume-up button while I press the factory reset button with a pin. Pressing the power button while holding the volume-up caused it just to reboot as it did with holding power and volume-down. Interestingly, holding volume-down and pressing the factory reset button with a pin just caused it to reboot again.
I was thinking (praying, really) that this was causing the tablet to go in to APX mode (as discussed here -- item 4 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034866) but holding the volume-up while plugging the usb didn't do anything so I'm not sure that's possible.
I'm hoping and praying that I'm not totally effed and I'm hoping someone can offer some input.
thnx,
Christoph
jcboget said:
Another thing, I can't even seem to power the tablet down. Pressing the power button does nothing. Holding it down for a while just causes the tablet to reboot (again, only to the ASUS logo). The only way I I'm able to get it powered down (at least, I *think* it's powered down) is by pressing the volume-up button while I press the factory reset button with a pin. Pressing the power button while holding the volume-up caused it just to reboot as it did with holding power and volume-down. Interestingly, holding volume-down and pressing the factory reset button with a pin just caused it to reboot again.
I was thinking (praying, really) that this was causing the tablet to go in to APX mode (as discussed here -- item 4 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034866) but holding the volume-up while plugging the usb didn't do anything so I'm not sure that's possible.
I'm hoping and praying that I'm not totally effed and I'm hoping someone can offer some input.
thnx,
Christoph
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Mine is like this right now holding power and vol+UP turns it off for me. Just gonna watch your thread closely and look for a new motherboard until someone finds solution glgl
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44244313 my post is #12
try this. for stuck apx mode there are in the following posts (and threats) some solutions.
gl
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Buster99 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44244313 my post is #12
try this. for stuck apx mode there are in the following posts (and threats) some solutions.
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I've seen that post and I tried to do exactly that. My problem is that power+volume-down just reboots the device and power+volume-up doesn't seem to do anything. In fact, it seems like power+volume-up is the only way I can actually power down the device. How can I enter fastboot with the tablet in such a state? How can I get in to APX mode?
thnx,
Christoph
jcboget said:
I've seen that post and I tried to do exactly that. My problem is that power+volume-down just reboots the device and power+volume-up doesn't seem to do anything. In fact, it seems like power+volume-up is the only way I can actually power down the device. How can I enter fastboot with the tablet in such a state? How can I get in to APX mode?
thnx,
Christoph
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did you try to use the reset button to go into fastboot mode? or boot into recovery if possible and use adb reboot-bootloader?
also does your pc see the device? adb devices / Fastboot devices?
-Buster
Buster99 said:
did you try to use the reset button to go into fastboot mode? or boot into recovery if possible and use adb reboot-bootloader?
also does your pc see the device? adb devices / Fastboot devices?
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Thanks again for your reply!
Yes, I tried the reset button however it behaves just the same as pressing the power button. It just seems to restart the device. I've tried holding the volume toggle in both the up and down position (at separate times) while pressing the reset button and the behavior is the same as when pressing/holding the power button.
When I have the device hooked up to my laptop (macbook pro), neither `adb devices` nor `fastboot devices` list anything. Before my major screw up, both were able to list it.
thnx,
Christoph
After a lot of tries i got it working
Link to my thread ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45120193#post45120193
Good Luck!
Hello,
i am new here on forum. I read alot threads about unbrick TF300T on this forum, but cant find answer for my problem.
My tablet is unlocked, rooted and had TWRP installed. When i try to use TWRP my tablet restarted and now i am stuck on boot screen.
Its screen with asus and nvidia logo with information that device is unlocked.
When i try connect tablet to pc, pc dont see it.
Power + Volume- dont work, no boot options - tried like 50 times
Power + Volume+ dont work, i think its for APX mode
Tried restart with restart hole under volume buttons.
I cant go to other screen just that one with logo. Even cant tablet shut down. When i press and hold power button it just restart and logo screen again.
Any ideas how to make it work again, or its completly broken?
Ty for your answers.