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Root intercept on froyo????

My friend has the samsung intercept and I was going to help him root it. I have tried Z4root and gingerbreak but they didn't work.
Does anyone have a site on how to root? Or instructions?
I am a very experienced android user and I am very comfortable with ADB if it is needed.

Anybody know?

Let's try again. Does anyone here know?

S.D.X. Everything you need to know for the intercept

Yes I found that method as well. We tried that about twenty times along with another 1 click at xda, z4, and gingerbreak. Is there an Adb method? Also, would rageagainstthecage work?

Jmoney47 said:
Yes I found that method as well. We tried that about twenty times along with another 1 click at xda, z4, and gingerbreak. Is there an Adb method? Also, would rageagainstthecage work?
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S.D.X. is a website S.D.X. developers They have several guides to rooting.I rooted mine with a programed called sw updater with my pc but now ther are easier ways.

Ok thank you I will check it out

You're going to need to run one (or several) of the root exploits (until they 'take') and then edit some files manually via adb to make it permanent. See the SDX Developers website as previously noted.

It won't let me post a link but Google this...
how-to-install-custom-kernelrom-on-your-intercept-using-cm01-recovery
I did it with SWUpgrade Tool, but...
1) Even though I could connect and swap files between my phone and my computer over USB, SWUpgrade for some reason would not recognize my USB connection on Windows XP SP 3. This page along with the Samsung driver link on the same page saved my ass...
Google this - Troubleshoot driver error June Fabrics android
2) With the SWUpgrade you have to be really quick and unplug the USB and take out the battery when he says to, or you will not get the custom recovery installed. It took me about 4 tries before I was able to get the custom recovery in my phone.
I previously did the rageagainstthecage method, and while it worked, at one point I stupidly took out the battery when it froze before I had put in a custom recovery and done a backup and I very nearly bricked my phone. It would not bootup after that no matter what. Fortunately I was able to boot into the Virgin Mobile recovery and start from scratch wiping and resetting my phone, but I had to re-download all my apps from the Market all over again which fortunately the Market kept a record of.
I used the first link for the kernel and I am very happy. Just take it slow, be careful, and follow the instructions exactly.

Rooting using ADB Tool Manual Method
Please see my post in the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13849534#post13849534

Ok guys thanks for the advice however I have been having one problem:
I cannot seem to get the drivers installed successfully on my computer. It is windows vista x86. I have tried the easytether drivers and the samsung drivers but for some reason they don't work. Any ideas?

Trying to root my GT540, tried everything

Hi.
I know it's been talked about a thousand times alreay, I hate to open a new thread, but I really tried every option I've found to root my new GT540g
Z4root Androot and SuperOneClick, none works
I put my phone in "USB debug" but it seems like none of this programs are realizing that
I also tried with the root.bat (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803238) method, and nothing
When I connect my phone, if I start the LG Mobile Update program, it can see my phone
but when I ask adb to do the same, like with a simple "adb devices" it cannot find it
I'm on Win7 x64, and have already reinstalled the drivers a LOT of times, even switching between the oficial and some drivers I've seen on the forum
Please, help me

Is there an error message?

in adb it just says "device not found"

switch off the 'mass storage only' option if it is on

I've tried with both mass storage on and off
this is puzzling

hey ive got the same issue
so ive decided the gt540 is not worth owning and bought a desire Z
i will trade my gt540 in for £21, mine randomly crashes, turns it self off, freezes etc. im glad i only paid £35 for it initially.
edit: enough about how rubbish the phone is, for what its worth im using win 7 x64 too, i wonder if that is our issue

try universal androot it works apparently

Doughnut said:
hey ive got the same issue
so ive decided the gt540 is not worth owning and bought a desire Z
i will trade my gt540 in for £21, mine randomly crashes, turns it self off, freezes etc. im glad i only paid £35 for it initially.
edit: enough about how rubbish the phone is, for what its worth im using win 7 x64 too, i wonder if that is our issue
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I'm sorry, the GT540 wasn't worth it o.o how is a phone not worth it just because you can't root it. Also, if your sick of crashing then change the software install Cyanogen or other roms.
Anyway you should try device manager and see if the device is fully detected.
Jack

Have you installed the adb drivers? Without them adb can't see the phone. Even if you put it in "Debug mode". You can download them with google's android sdk package.

Well, I'm from Argentina, so the cost of the phone is pretty high, I had to pay almost $ 200, and they won't change it
Anyway, I think I've come to a solution. I've installed the adb drivers, I tried with every driver that appeared on the GT540 FAQ, but nothing worked
Yesterday, I went the opposite way, I cleaned every LG driver I could find, and just let the LG Mobile Update app install whatever stock drivers it wanted
I didn't add the Virtual Modem, or any of the other drivers, rebooted, and voila, adb started seeing my phone
I'll try to flash the Europe ROM with fastboot and report
Thanks to everyone for the helping hand!

Mitalca said:
Well, I'm from Argentina, so the cost of the phone is pretty high, I had to pay almost $ 200, and they won't change it
Anyway, I think I've come to a solution. I've installed the adb drivers, I tried with every driver that appeared on the GT540 FAQ, but nothing worked
Yesterday, I went the opposite way, I cleaned every LG driver I could find, and just let the LG Mobile Update app install whatever stock drivers it wanted
I didn't add the Virtual Modem, or any of the other drivers, rebooted, and voila, adb started seeing my phone
I'll try to flash the Europe ROM with fastboot and report
Thanks to everyone for the helping hand!
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good you sorted it, sounds like you had driver overload

JackG256 said:
I'm sorry, the GT540 wasn't worth it o.o how is a phone not worth it just because you can't root it. Also, if your sick of crashing then change the software install Cyanogen or other roms.
Anyway you should try device manager and see if the device is fully detected.
Jack
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Easy, because its not to my expectations.
So I deem it unworthy, its a matter of opinion rather than fact, so probably pointless debating.
Someone has messaged me from this forum asking to buy it for £21, they're welcome to do so.

try this : http://www.4shared.com/file/p3TR1eih/autorootapp2sd.html

Hmm. I'm assuming you are on 2.1.
I happened to see people come across problems on Win7x64. I'd highly recommend you try it on WinXPx32.
z4root works perfect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9109591&postcount=1
I have tried both root.bat method and z4root. Both worked fine for me. However, I personally prefer root.bat.
Pretty much any rooting app that supports Rage Against The Cage exploit would work on GT540.
Use my information at your own risk!
And, like Mitalca suggested, you might want to try uninstalling all drivers and a clean reinstall to prevent driver conflicts.
In any case, more than the LG drivers, you'd need ADB drivers.

Mitalca said:
in adb it just says "device not found"
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Try to remove sdcard or disable it from menu storage.

why don't you try a custom ROM such as LewaOS or SDSL... Just flash it and your phone would be rooted already, and it's much featureful and runs faster than the stock ROM

Glad to see your sorted
I would have said it works on Win 7 x64 because I use it
I also use ubuntu on the same pc, but thats besides the point.
Anyways, glad to see your sorted, and enjoy your phone!

Try to change rom

Try z4root for rooting your GT540. It works fine on our phone.

Need help for a friends TAB

Tab boots to "welcome" screen but does not register touches, leaving me unable to move forward. Ready for the long story?
I am helping a friend who bought this tab from a third party. When he received it, the previous owner stated that they did a factory reset back to Honeycomb but he noticed that it did in fact still have ICS on it. Probably OTA'd when the previous owner did the reset. Tab worked fine for about two weeks until one day he came home and the lockscreen would not register touches. That's where I come in.
I did the "erase, wipe" (booting while switching the screen rotation back and forth.) Tab wiped and brought me to the "Welcome" screen where you select country and language and still does not register touches. I have tried blackthund3r's flash and manager tools, as well as multiple guides to recover from what I have seen referred to as "flu." The main problem I have is that I cannot get a valid UID. Using USBDeview gives me an 11 digit serial but it returns as invalid when plugged into DotNetDetector and I am unable to use SDB because the non working touchscreen has left me unable to enable USB debugging.
Any suggestions, help, advice, on things I can try? I am really stumped and would like to help my friend/conquer this problem. Thanks for anyone who has taken the time to read this/offer help.

generalagony said:
Any suggestions, help, advice, on things I can try? I am really stumped and would like to help my friend/conquer this problem. Thanks for anyone who has taken the time to read this/offer help.
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Get ready for some Ubuntu... Here is the guide that will get you a valid sbk. My nephew just brought his tab to me after forgetting his password. So I was in the same boat as far as UID/SBK. This is gonna take a while so put some time aside.

JdgM3NT4L said:
Get ready for some Ubuntu... Here is the guide that will get you a valid sbk. My nephew just brought his tab to me after forgetting his password. So I was in the same boat as far as UID/SBK. This is gonna take a while so put some time aside.
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As sure as I am reading yoru reply the damn thing just started working. I was able to get to USB debugging and via ADB I was able to pull the UID; which was the same as the one I got from USBDeview btw. Still an 11 digit code. The only thing I can guess is that it has a faulty touchscreen, or maybe the battery was just too low to register touches? Thanks for your reply though. Always nice to be able to rely on the folks at XDA.

That is too cool. The other way is a learning experience to be sure. Enjoy.

JdgM3NT4L said:
That is too cool. The other way is a learning experience to be sure. Enjoy.
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I have now realized that the touchscreen does work but is very glitchy and have found that lots of people have had problems with the OTA ICS update. Any suggestions on a good custom ROM for this tab? It isn't mine so I have not been following this section. Would like something close to stock ICS but with fixes that resolve the problems associated with OTA.

generalagony said:
...I was able to get to USB debugging and via ADB I was able to pull the UID; which was the same as the one I got from USBDeview btw. Still an 11 digit code...
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generalagony said:
I have now realized that the touchscreen does work but is very glitchy and have found that lots of people have had problems with the OTA ICS update. Any suggestions on a good custom ROM for this tab? It isn't mine so I have not been following this section. Would like something close to stock ICS but with fixes that resolve the problems associated with OTA.
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First check in Settings>About Tablet>Build Version - this will tell you what rom you are currently running -
Then, if you can, download and install Acer Recovery Installer
This tells you what bootloader and recovery is installed.
The glitches you speak of and the 11 digit uid point to an ICS Rom and unpatched HC bootloader - updating to the new BL often fixes these weird glitches BUT if you flash a custom rom as well, you'll be running sweet!!!
If you wanna stay close to Stock then I'd recommend ezterrys one here comes pre-rooted and busy box installed - and if you want to you can install his Over clocked kernel too.... plus its well maintained and supported
there are many tools and guides around to help you...the ones in my sig for instance the cpuid one has a lot of general info in it too re bootloaders, sbk and flash tools.
If you have any q just ask, there's always someone round willing to help...good luck!!

[Q] Acer A500 bricked. Is it fixable?

So, my neighbor bought an Acer A500 a few months back. He ended up not liking it so I bought it off of him. My tablet and I got really close and I fell in love. I started neglecting my girlfriend and all that. We had a beautiful relationship; my tablet and me. But, a couple days ago I was playing N.O.V.A 3 and it froze. I thought nothing of it and just powered it down. To my dismay, it froze at the Acer screen. I restarted it again and got the same thing. My life was over. My heart felt like it was ripped from my chest... I shed a manly tear.
I've tried vol- and power, vol+ and power, the reset button, D/Ling several different update.zip files and copying them to my SD. I've spent the last couple days reading and trying everything. All I get is the Droid guy with the blue thing swirling in his chest and then him laying on the ground with a red triangle and an exclamation point.
I'm told it's most likely not a hardware issue as things things are almost bullet-proof. But, I am pretty good at breaking things
Am I screwed or does someone have a miracle they can share. My gaming life depends on it.
-Dennis.

DennisPimps said:
So, my neighbor bought an Acer A500 a few months back. He ended up not liking it so I bought it off of him. My tablet and I got really close and I fell in love. I started neglecting my girlfriend and all that. We had a beautiful relationship; my tablet and me. But, a couple days ago I was playing N.O.V.A 3 and it froze. I thought nothing of it and just powered it down. To my dismay, it froze at the Acer screen. I restarted it again and got the same thing. My life was over. My heart felt like it was ripped from my chest... I shed a manly tear.
I've tried vol- and power, vol+ and power, the reset button, D/Ling several different update.zip files and copying them to my SD. I've spent the last couple days reading and trying everything. All I get is the Droid guy with the blue thing swirling in his chest and then him laying on the ground with a red triangle and an exclamation point.
I'm told it's most likely not a hardware issue as things things are almost bullet-proof. But, I am pretty good at breaking things
Am I screwed or does someone have a miracle they can share. My gaming life depends on it.
-Dennis.
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Do you know what you were running on this thing? Was it stock Honeycomb, scock ICS, or was it running a custom ROM? (If so which one?)
Was it ever hooked up to your PC? (This would help with retrieving CPUID, if it was.) Do you know your CPUID? (Or SBK?)
You should at the least know the answers to these questions before you attempt any type of repair, as it is almost certainly salvageable, but you will almost certainly need your CPUID.

Danny2 said:
Do you know what you were running on this thing? Was it stock Honeycomb, scock ICS, or was it running a custom ROM? (If so which one?)
Was it ever hooked up to your PC? (This would help with retrieving CPUID, if it was.) Do you know your CPUID? (Or SBK?)
You should at the least know the answers to these questions before you attempt any type of repair, as it is almost certainly salvageable, but you will almost certainly need your CPUID.
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I was running 4.0.1 ICS. I do have my cpuid and SBK. I tried flashing a new rom using blackthund3rs flash tool but it got to about 25% and stopped. I keep losing sync with my PCs, though.

DennisPimps said:
I was running 4.0.1 ICS. I do have my cpuid and SBK. I tried flashing a new rom using blackthund3rs flash tool but it got to about 25% and stopped. I keep losing sync with my PCs, though.
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So, do you want to go back to stock, or to a custom ROM? If you wanna go stock, the easiest way would be load a 3.01 EUU, & upgrade on the play market to 4.03. That will prove it isn't a hardware issue. Alternatively, you could root, load a recovery, a bootloader, & flash a new ROM.

Danny2 said:
So, do you want to go back to stock, or to a custom ROM? If you wanna go stock, the easiest way would be load a 3.01 EUU, & upgrade on the play market to 4.03. That will prove it isn't a hardware issue. Alternatively, you could root, load a recovery, a bootloader, & flash a new ROM.
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To be honest, I really don't care as long as I can getting it working again. But I would rather root it.
I think I can get it to work but neither one of my computers will recognize it. It shows up in APX and says something about recovery driver mode when I plug it into the laptop with Vista automatically downloads a driver and installs it again. I've tried turning off automatic driver install but that doesn't work for some reason. The one with XP Pro just shows up APX device but the APX Flash Tool by blackthund3r says it can't find it. I've downloaded the Acer Iconia 500 drivers and installed them but that doesn't work either. I'm at a loss.
Any tips would be great. I think I have a better chance using my laptop with XP, though. I also need to let you know that I truly do appreciate you trying to help. If you're ever in Columbus Ohio, let me know and I'll buy you a beer. lol

DennisPimps said:
To be honest, I really don't care as long as I can getting it working again. But I would rather root it.
I think I can get it to work but neither one of my computers will recognize it. It shows up in APX and says something about recovery driver mode when I plug it into the laptop with Vista automatically downloads a driver and installs it again. I've tried turning off automatic driver install but that doesn't work for some reason. The one with XP Pro just shows up APX device but the APX Flash Tool by blackthund3r says it can't find it. I've downloaded the Acer Iconia 500 drivers and installed them but that doesn't work either. I'm at a loss.
Any tips would be great. I think I have a better chance using my laptop with XP, though. I also need to let you know that I truly do appreciate you trying to help. If you're ever in Columbus Ohio, let me know and I'll buy you a beer. lol
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Sorry,I thought I responded to this yesterday, but just now noticed I didn't.
Fire it up in APX mode, and install the 3.01 EUU from the development section, (Stock ROM listing) then simply follow the upgrade path to 4.03, then root. If you drivers are installed correctly, everything will work fine, if not, nothing will happen. If it does start to load the stock ROM, then fails with a write error after it attempts to write the bootsector, you may need to run Badsector, or babsector, depending where you look. Search the recent posts on this, you will find lots of stuff.

Danny2 said:
Sorry,I thought I responded to this yesterday, but just now noticed I didn't.
Fire it up in APX mode, and install the 3.01 EUU from the development section, (Stock ROM listing) then simply follow the upgrade path to 4.03, then root. If you drivers are installed correctly, everything will work fine, if not, nothing will happen. If it does start to load the stock ROM, then fails with a write error after it attempts to write the bootsector, you may need to run Badsector, or babsector, depending where you look. Search the recent posts on this, you will find lots of stuff.
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How would I go about installing the EUU? I have nvflash and blackthund3r's flashing tools. But I can't seem to get my PC and tablet to connect. When I plug it into my PC without being in APX mode, it just says MTP Device. When I plug it in while in APX mode it does say something about Picasso Recovery Driver.
If you could explain things to me like I'm aN idiot, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dennis

DennisPimps said:
How would I go about installing the EUU? I have nvflash and blackthund3r's flashing tools. But I can't seem to get my PC and tablet to connect. When I plug it into my PC without being in APX mode, it just says MTP Device. When I plug it in while in APX mode it does say something about Picasso Recovery Driver.
If you could explain things to me like I'm aN idiot, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dennis
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Sorry for late response, I watched for reply from yourself, but you didn't answer for 10 days, I lost track. Still need help?

Danny2 said:
Sorry for late response, I watched for reply from yourself, but you didn't answer for 10 days, I lost track. Still need help?
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Yea, it's still bricked. I did finally get the flash tool to recognize it but it kept hanging up. I also tried Timmy Dean's EUU tool and that hangs up too. I did a little more research and found that I may have a faulty emmc. I ran babsector and got 'fatal error code 9 cannot format partition BCT.' I found a thread here that discusses how to write around the bad sectors using Linux. I'm going to give that a go... I've always wanted to learn Linux. Hey, I can't screw it up anymore than it already is, right? Again, thanks for your time and effort in trying to help.
Cheers,
Dennis

Hey, before you try that, try different USB cables and ports (if u haven't already)
I had a similar problem with my phone not maintaining stable USB link to PC... after 4 days I tried a diff USB cable and boom, snap, working.
Just a thought.....
Sent from my A500 using xda app-developers app

ericpeacock79 said:
Hey, before you try that, try different USB cables and ports (if u haven't already)
I had a similar problem with my phone not maintaining stable USB link to PC... after 4 days I tried a diff USB cable and boom, snap, working.
Just a thought.....
Sent from my A500 using xda app-developers app
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I'll give that a go, m8.
Thanks!
-Dennis

DennisPimps said:
I'll give that a go, m8.
Thanks!
-Dennis
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Just wondering if you ever figured out the errors you were getting during flashing? Currently having the same issues when using babsector.

How can I root my Asus Zenpad S8 Z580C?

I been looking around and havent found anything on how to root my device. Is there any info on how to root my device? Its upgraded to Android Marshmallow

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I've been looking for over a year
I've been looking for an answer to that question for over a year now. From what I've found it can't be done once you upgrade to marshmallow. If you downgrade to Android 5 you can though. There's instructions on how to do both on this site. I had rooted before upgrading to to marshmallow if you search "root Asus z580c" on here you will find the instructions easily but it only works on nugat. This is something that's been driving me crazy for months now and every once in a while I do a search to see if someone has found a way to do it...that's how I came across this post actually...but no luck. I've considered going back to android 5 plenty of times but for me there not that many apps I use that I need it rooted for anymore anyway. The biggest one is adblock but if you search for an app called DNS66 its an ad blocker that works really well and doesn't require root. its not just an ad blocking browser its an actual app. Good luck.

This pisses me off on a cellular level. This is such a good tablet, spec-wise. But Asus dumped updates after a year, and it seems like no one is interested in trying to crack it open. Which is a shame, because debloated, this thing would run so well. The screen is fantastic, the size is great. But all the Asus bloat on it infuriates me. I hate ZenUI, and while you can use a different launcher, it doesn't remove it all-together (for instance, the pull down menu stays as it is). If anyone is trying to do work on this front and needs a tester, I'll happily lend a hand. I'm nowhere near skilled enough to DIY, but I can certainly follow instructions and get you logs and crap.

TheQuicksilver said:
This pisses me off on a cellular level. This is such a good tablet, spec-wise. But Asus dumped updates after a year, and it seems like no one is interested in trying to crack it open. Which is a shame, because debloated, this thing would run so well. The screen is fantastic, the size is great. But all the Asus bloat on it infuriates me. I hate ZenUI, and while you can use a different launcher, it doesn't remove it all-together (for instance, the pull down menu stays as it is). If anyone is trying to do work on this front and needs a tester, I'll happily lend a hand. I'm nowhere near skilled enough to DIY, but I can certainly follow instructions and get you logs and crap.
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Thanks to shakalaca
original post:
https://medium.com/@shakalaca/zenpad-s-8-0-z580ca-bootloader-unlocked-d878335365ab
download the file here and unzip freemyzenpad.7z
https://mega.nz/#F!F1FlzAoY!u6zR1Y14xvqoSbz-YQGFrw
enable usb debug mode, connect your usb cable to Z580
run root.bat
follow the steps , after it's done, install magisk manager, voila, rooted!

Anyone tried this method?
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Thanks to shakalaca
original post:
https://medium.com/@shakalaca/zenpad-s-8-0-z580ca-bootloader-unlocked-d878335365ab
download the file here and unzip freemyzenpad.7z
https://mega.nz/#F!F1FlzAoY!u6zR1Y14xvqoSbz-YQGFrw
enable usb debug mode, connect your usb cable to Z580
run root.bat
follow the steps , after it's done, install magisk manager, voila, rooted!
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Anyone tried this method?
Thanks.

tcbys said:
I been looking around and havent found anything on how to root my device. Is there any info on how to root my device? Its upgraded to Android Marshmallow
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I'm struggling to find an update to Marshmallow for Zenpad 8.0 P022 380C. You say you've updated...do you still have the zip file with the code please? I'll make sure to root the tablet before I upgrade after reading this thread...

Bruno Rodrigues said:
Anyone tried this method?
Thanks.
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I tried it from a Linux laptop as I couldn't get Win10 to recognise the tablet at all...
I changed the script to point at local adb/fastboot rather than the ".mac" executables, so it should perform exactly the same actions - and all seemed OK to begin with - but one of the reboots after a flash stage never returned to a screen... and now it refuses to even start up.
Whether it was something I did, or the script, I cannot say...

is it possible to flash the stock rom via fastboot ?. I have twrp installed, but it gives me error 7 when I try to flash the stock ROM.zip. And the tablet doesn't turn me on either, it stays on the asus logo. thanks

sniperx1211 said:
Thanks to shakalaca
original post:
https://medium.com/@shakalaca/zenpad-s-8-0-z580ca-bootloader-unlocked-d878335365ab
download the file here and unzip freemyzenpad.7z
https://mega.nz/#F!F1FlzAoY!u6zR1Y14xvqoSbz-YQGFrw
enable usb debug mode, connect your usb cable to Z580
run root.bat
follow the steps , after it's done, install magisk manager, voila, rooted!
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do you know how to use the files in the unbrick folder? thanks