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I just ordered a TF101 on cowboom today and I'm wondering if I should root it ASAP or allow it to upgrade to ICS and then root. Does it really matter what updated OS will be present with regard to rooting?
Let it update then root it (that's what i did when i got mine a couple of days ago). It's just as easy to root ICS now.
Saav said:
Let it update then root it (that's what i did when i got mine a couple of days ago). It's just as easy to root ICS now.
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I just bought a Tf101 a couple days ago (my first tablet) and updated to latest ICS. Which is the easiest method to root.(i'm stuck).
Thanks!
R4fo said:
I just bought a Tf101 a couple days ago (my first tablet) and updated to latest ICS. Which is the easiest method to root.(i'm stuck).
Thanks!
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ViperMod (opttion 1) to root
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ViperMod (opttion 1) to root
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I just found tha my TF101 is B70 will still works?
Yes it will work just fine. B70 just means you can't use NV flash, so be careful
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chrishh44 said:
I just ordered a TF101 on cowboom today and I'm wondering if I should root it ASAP or allow it to upgrade to ICS and then root. Does it really matter what updated OS will be present with regard to rooting?
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The version of ICS does matter. The TF101G (the 3G version) of ICS is not currently rootable. Based on that, the next update of ICS for the regular version TF101 will not be rootable either, and, if the new thread someone just started about a new OTA firmware update becoming available now is true and if you hadn't updated to ICS before now, it may be too late to do so and still be able to root it.
In that case, instead of OTA, you'd probably have to root on Honeycomb, install Rootkeeper, use root to install a custom recovery, use the custom recovery to install a rootable version of ICS [because many, including myself, somehow lost root when upgrading from Honeycomb to ICS], root ICS if unrooted and unrecoverable from Rootkeeper, doublecheck Rootkeeper, and then hope the next ICS update does not unroot and block Rootkeeper [which is where most of us are now].
ssl123 said:
The version of ICS does matter. The TF101G (the 3G version) of ICS is not currently rootable. Based on that, the next update of ICS for the regular version TF101 will not be rootable either, and, if the new thread someone just started about a new OTA firmware update becoming available now is true and if you hadn't updated to ICS before now, it may be too late to do so and still be able to root it.
In that case, instead of OTA, you'd probably have to root on Honeycomb, install Rootkeeper, use root to install a custom recovery, use the custom recovery to install a rootable version of ICS [because many, including myself, somehow lost root when upgrading from Honeycomb to ICS], root ICS if unrooted and unrecoverable from Rootkeeper, doublecheck Rootkeeper, and then hope the next ICS update does not unroot and block Rootkeeper [which is where most of us are now].
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This sounds like I could be in for some trouble. I'm not the best at rooting(was able to do my Evo4g and Nook Tablet) but this seems like there are quite a few little details to it. Can I return the tablet if I am unsuccessful at rooting or will I void any return because of it?
Since you bought it through a kind of second hand store I don't think they will know the difference between a bad root brick and just an actual brick so you "should" be able to return it, but technichally once you begin the rooting process your device warranty should already be voided.
Although, a new update just came out today and if it does everything that it says it does you may not need to root to have a fully functional device.
Cowboom has a very easy return policy because they know they are dealing with returned goods (from Best Buy). All you have to do is send them a request for an RMA, and they'll send you one promptly. Just be sure to do it within the allowed return period.
It's too bad you didn't update to ICS prior to last night's update being released. It would have been so much easier to root ICS that way (using ViperMOD), but now the latest ICS is probably not rootable for the time being. If you update OTA now, you (probably) can't root, so decide first before letting the OTA updater do its thing. Or go the longer Clockwork Recovery route I mentioned above for root.
I have decided i no longer care to have a rooted tablet. I have a B7O TF101 with SBKv2 and the idea that I don't have the ability top use nvflash has been holding me back from flashing custom roms. So many times there are issues with custom software and I don't wanna end up with my tablet bricked, there is no other need to have root, it's keeping me from installing OTAs when they come out. I don't wanna sound like I'm whining about it but really im justsick of having half functionality. So I'm gonna unroot. I have several phones I can use to fulfill my ORD so what's the easiest way to unroot a B7O on .11?
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IF you have CWM, just download the official firmware from Asus.
Flash it via CWM and you'll be unroot with stock recovery.
Like an update? The reason i havent upgraded to .17 was because I read that it wouldn't upgrade properly if you were on rooted .11. I've had the option to install the update since it was released but didn't want to brick it.
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Why unroot when you can temp unroot with "OTA Rootkeeper"? You can always leave it temp unrooted, but it will still give you the option to change your mind.
Has anybody tried to root or been able to root the NEW transformer? Its the one to replace the prime. I see that its competitor the ACER A510 has been rooted already and it came out after the TF300. Both have ICS.
Someone said that they tried to root it like the previous transformers and it did not work. Is this true? Anyone working on it?
If you accepted the ICS update (like I did....Doh!!!) Then it appears you're gonna have to wait a while until they crack the newest TF201 update. Very likely that whatever solution is found for the current TF201 will work for TF300, too.
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makelegs said:
If you accepted the ICS update (like I did....Doh!!!) Then it appears you're gonna have to wait a while until they crack the newest TF201 update. Very likely that whatever solution is found for the current TF201 will work for TF300, too.
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Downgrade firmware to root.
Work for TF201
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25385687
Asus released the .17 firmware on their site. But I need the firmware for the ww sku, they only have the .26 firmware for ww. Can I use another .17 version?
Raiderspy1 said:
Has anybody tried to root or been able to root the NEW transformer? Its the one to replace the prime. I see that its competitor the ACER A510 has been rooted already and it came out after the TF300. Both have ICS.
Someone said that they tried to root it like the previous transformers and it did not work. Is this true? Anyone working on it?
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Wolf's method it's confirmed to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730303&postcount=198
I rooted mine last week and then did the update. And thanks to voodoo ota root keeper, I still have root after I went into recovery and accidentally did a factory reset today. If anything I know I can keep root after a reset. Lol
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I rooted my TF300 last week (using Sparky, THANKS) and then did the update, thanks to voodoo ota root keeper I still have root after updating to build .26 If you want to root your new TF300 do not do the OTA update, root it first or you will have to wait for a future fix.
I keep reading urgent, frantic messages of desperate people and their bricked tablets....until we hear different you cannot downgrade back to Ice Cream Sandwich once you have flashed Jellybean bootloader.
Its been mentioned before but please remember to READ before you PROCEED.
Be safe.
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damagedgoods said:
I keep reading urgent, frantic messages of desperate people and their bricked tablets....until we hear different you cannot downgrade back to Ice Cream Sandwich once you have flashed Jellybean bootloader.
Its been mentioned before but please remember to READ before you PROCEED.
Be safe.
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I 2nd this. The only way to go back to ICS is to get another tablet with ICS on it. Once you are on jb, that's it. There are so many changes under the hood with the jb update that it's most likely not going to happen.
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No, you are not completely right.
It must be possible somehow since the Asus Service Centre of my country (Hungary) offered me to put back the ICS ROM when I complained about the bugs of the JB upgrade. They wrote me they would do it free of charge, covering by the warranty, because my ROM it's pure stock, without unlocking.
It's another story that now, after receiving the fresh OTA update I may not want to get back to ICS...
ctibor said:
No, you are not completely right.
It must be possible somehow since the Asus Service Centre of my country (Hungary) offered me to put back the ICS ROM when I complained about the bugs of the JB upgrade. They wrote me they would do it free of charge, covering by the warranty, because my ROM it's pure stock, without unlocking.
It's another story that now, after receiving the fresh OTA update I may not want to get back to ICS...
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I agree with the above poster. I was locked and did the OTA JB update, which completely borked by tablet. I sent it back RMA'd to ASUS with JB and got it back with ICS. It was definitely the same pad since I had a long scratch on the back. They were able to do it somehow
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I agree with the above poster. I was locked and did the OTA JB update, which completely borked by tablet. I sent it back RMA'd to ASUS with JB and got it back with ICS. It was definitely the same pad since I had a long scratch on the back. They were able to do it somehow
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Perhaps they were able to do something similar to nvflash only more enhanced. When I made my statement, it was referring to us normal tablet owners, not to those that work for the manufacturer. . This is good confirmation though, thanks for that.
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funnel71 said:
Perhaps they were able to do something similar to nvflash only more enhanced. When I made my statement, it was referring to us normal tablet owners, not to those that work for the manufacturer. . This is good confirmation though, thanks for that.
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No problem. If we were somehow able to get our hands on whatever ASUS has to be able to do that, we would be able to unbrick ourselves in the future if anything went wrong. That would a powerful tool to have
paedz718 said:
No problem. If we were somehow able to get our hands on whatever ASUS has to be able to do that, we would be able to unbrick ourselves in the future if anything went wrong. That would a powerful tool to have
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And a revenue loss for them for what they make on repair costs so don't hold your breath lol.
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Wouldn't they have the tools necessary to flash literally everything, so any old stuff including bootloader would effectively be overwritten, and then no problem for reverting back
I suspect that they have dedicated hardware for this purpose, makes it way more secure
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Yeah i'm sure they know since they built it. To bad they will probably never let us know
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udreamibuild said:
Yeah i'm sure they know since they built it. To bad they will probably never let us know
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I'm too scared to try it, but I might be tempted if someone with NVFlash that can recover if it doesn't work, but the following link HERE says we can revert to the .30 ICS Bootloader from the .13 JB Bootloader.
Can anyone confirm or willing to test the capability for me?
herschwolf said:
I'm too scared to try it, but I might be tempted if someone with NVFlash that can recover if it doesn't work, but the following link HERE says we can revert to the .30 ICS Bootloader from the .13 JB Bootloader.
Can anyone confirm or willing to test the capability for me?
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It is already confirmed by xplowild on his CM10 thread. He was using NVflash to jump back all the time.
Because I am on JB I cant confirm it myself, cause I cant use NVflash
mikaole said:
It is already confirmed by xplowild on his CM10 thread. He was using NVflash to jump back all the time.
Because I am on JB I cant confirm it myself, cause I cant use NVflash
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The thread talks about downgrading from .13 to .30 by flashing the .30 firmware update WITHOUT using the nvflash, that's what I was wondering if it was confirmed to be able to downgrade to ICS to the .30 firmware without needing NVflash?
-Nate
herschwolf said:
The thread talks about downgrading from .13 to .30 by flashing the .30 firmware update WITHOUT using the nvflash, that's what I was wondering if it was confirmed to be able to downgrade to ICS to the .30 firmware without needing NVflash?
-Nate
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There is no way. I tried all methods. You cant get the old Bootloader to flash, because of the signature missmatch
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You can flash any ICS Rom over JB. It just want boot. So its not in any use to do so.
Just never do the bootloader wipe and you will be fine with fastboot.
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There is no way. I tried all methods. You cant get the old Bootloader to flash, because of the signature missmatch
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You can flash any ICS Rom over JB. It just want boot. So its not in any use to do so.
Just never do the bootloader wipe and you will be fine with fastboot.
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Anyone have any of the threads where someone bricked going from JB to ICS? I have searched and searched with no examples!
I actually tried flashing ICS over JB as an attempt to downgrade. This was my process.
I tried flashing a custom ICS rom, and nothing happened, practically. Of course, I wiped the Rom, so when I tried to reboot, I was warned that no Rom existed. I tried flashing the stock rom from Asus, and that did not work either. So I use fastboot to push the ICS recovery to the tablet. When I attempted to reboot, it failed. When I tried to get back into recovery, I received a message under the message "This device is unlocked" in red letters saying, "Signature mismatch." At this point, my stomach was in my throat. I rebooted into flashboot, and sent the jb recovery image back to my tab. This was when I reflashed a custom JB Rom, and gave up. I know that I could've tried using fastboot to push both the bootloader from Asus and an ICS recovery image, but seeing those red letters was enough warning for me.
So I'm now JB for life, and I'm fine with that!
Who need ICS back? I think that Jelly Bean is just great on this tablet (at least with a custom rom). I upgrated and I never looked back lol
NVFlash!
I should have said this is in reply to geldebanho
Sorry for the confusion..
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Who need ICS back? I think that Jelly Bean is just great on this tablet (at least with a custom rom). I upgrated and I never looked back lol
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To be honest, I did not necessarily want to go back to ICS, but I didn't like the thought that I couldn't. Rebellious human nature... . I flash between GB and ICS on my phone on a daily basis.
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Asus tf300t no boot
Hello everyone,
Single Asus is Tf300t apparatus. Does not want to start, Asus logo-nál catches, The does nothing, the left top in a heel device unlocked. The hard one reset-et I cannot make it because he may not be to turn off neither, onto the pressure of the button like that, as if a flat one would happen reset, the display turns off, then some mp going by. Please help me,
filo82 said:
Hello everyone,
Single Asus is Tf300t apparatus. Does not want to start, Asus logo-nál catches, The does nothing, the left top in a heel device unlocked. The hard one reset-et I cannot make it because he may not be to turn off neither, onto the pressure of the button like that, as if a flat one would happen reset, the display turns off, then some mp going by. Please help me,
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Uhh...what?
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So,I recently acquired a tf300t and went about trying to root,flash recovery etc. Turns out my bootloader is locked and the tool from asus doesn't work anymore. I'M on 4.2.1. 10.6.1.27.5 and every root method I've tried fails,motochopper,framaroot etc. So my question is this,am i stuck with the factory version of jb,or is there a way to get a custom rom on this thing with the locked bootloader? Correct me if I'm wrong,but i cant flash a recovery or anything else until the bootloader is unlocked??
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Contact Asus. The unlock tool works fine. Dl it from Asus site directly.
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I got it directly from asus,it doesnt work on my machine,or many others judging by the amount of info i found on that subject. Far as i can tell,it doesnt work possibly because the machine has been rma'd for some reason and something has been changed internally,but i dont know for sure as i am not the original owner
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warhammer1966 said:
I got it directly from asus,it doesnt work on my machine,or many others judging by the amount of info i found on that subject. Far as i can tell,it doesnt work possibly because the machine has been rma'd for some reason and something has been changed internally,but i dont know for sure as i am not the original owner
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i easily rooted my tablet on 4.2.1 with motochoper and lock bootloader
asure that all the drivers are correctly installed
warhammer1966 said:
I got it directly from asus,it doesnt work on my machine,or many others judging by the amount of info i found on that subject. Far as i can tell,it doesnt work possibly because the machine has been rma'd for some reason and something has been changed internally,but i dont know for sure as i am not the original owner
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Dang I lost my detailed reply to you somehow. Okay, I'll do it again but much shorter this time since you seem to know your way around.
I do not have my tablet handy do I'll do the best I can. Check your firmware version. It is possible that your firmware is a recent version. ASUS has been known to block the ability to root when pushing out new firmware. I know this from experience as I had to go through a mountain of dung to root my 300. I was finally able to do it by downgrading to, 10.6.1.25.1 or something real close to that. It's the firmware that came out late July of this year. Once I downgraded to that version I was able to use the ASUS version 7 of the unlock tool.
Once unlocked the easiest way to root is to get TWRP V2.6 or newer and use fastboot to push the blob to your tablet. With the later versions of the OTA you can get the into fastboot mode by simply booting into the stock recovery which defaults into fastboot mode. Just make sure you're plugged in before going into the stock recovery. The beauty of TWRP 2.6 and up is that it will automatically install superSU for you. When searching for TWRP try going to the TWRP site so that you get the correct blob. You want the one specific to the Android version that is installed on your tablet. Read the descriptions carefully and be sure to use the .blob and not the .img.
I hope this is clear. I haven't slept in three days so I'm a little loopy so what may seem legible to me might not to you. Feel free to message me if you need me to clarify anything.
Best of luck. I'm off to bed.
EDIT I just read the op again and noticed that you are, in fact, on a newer FW than me so I'm inclined to believe that you may have to downgrade or wait tool ASUS puts an updated unlock tool.
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Wouldnt i have to be unlocked to downgrade? I already thought of doing that,but didnt because of the locked bl....
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warhammer1966 said:
Wouldnt i have to be unlocked to downgrade? I already thought of doing that,but didnt because of the locked bl....
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Nope you can root without having an unlocked bootloader.
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Not if you are on the latest firmware,as I am. Every root method I have tried fails on the new fw for some reason and the unlock tool doesnt work for it either. Thus,i cant do **** til asus releases an updated unlock tool..unless i can downgrade to an earlier version with the locked boot loader?? Thats the question....
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warhammer1966 said:
Not if you are on the latest firmware,as I am. Every root method I have tried fails on the new fw for some reason and the unlock tool doesnt work for it either. Thus,i cant do **** til asus releases an updated unlock tool..unless i can downgrade to an earlier version with the locked boot loader?? Thats the question....
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Actually, im in the same situation your in. But I managed to gain root with motochopper.
How I managed it was do the first part of the downgrade, you then can get off the 27.5 which fails root. I ran the 10.6.1.15.3 from asus and it let me gain root. But now am still stuck with a locked bootloader.
I just successfully unlocked my bootloader using the unlock tool from the Asus website, and I'm at the latest firmware. Are you sure you're using the CORRECT unlock tool? There's two different versions for download.
I think this might be something people are over looking, register your device with asus, wait a few, then try to unlock. I ran into a few issues, but got it all worked out in the end. Now I'm unlocked and flashed coming from the newest firmware.
bigtoysrock said:
I think this might be something people are over looking, register your device with asus, wait a few, then try to unlock. I ran into a few issues, but got it all worked out in the end. Now I'm unlocked and flashed coming from the newest firmware.
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You are the man! Worked like a charm! I never would have thought of that. On my way to some custom rom goodness,thanks again
warhammer1966 said:
So,I recently acquired a tf300t and went about trying to root,flash recovery etc. Turns out my bootloader is locked and the tool from asus doesn't work anymore. I'M on 4.2.1. 10.6.1.27.5 and every root method I've tried fails,motochopper,framaroot etc. So my question is this,am i stuck with the factory version of jb,or is there a way to get a custom rom on this thing with the locked bootloader? Correct me if I'm wrong,but i cant flash a recovery or anything else until the bootloader is unlocked??
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