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going to down grade and root

currently running 3.1 version build 427
found this which seems to be the simplest guide so far to downgrade and root to a stock rooted version of 3.1
is this my best option
http://android.modaco.com/content/a...oted-ww-8-4-4-5-android-3-1-from-any-version/

combat goofwing said:
...is this my best option...
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I think this one may be better as it is TF specific plus covers downgrading.
[GUIDE] STOCK (8.2.3.9/8.2.3.13/8.4.4.5) to 3.1 (Primordial 3.1) [NEWBIE FRIENDLY!]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106587

3DSammy said:
I think this one may be better as it is TF specific plus covers downgrading.
[GUIDE] STOCK (8.2.3.9/8.2.3.13/8.4.4.5) to 3.1 (Primordial 3.1) [NEWBIE FRIENDLY!]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106587
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This is the guide I used and it worked fine. I wound up with a bunch of force closes after I downgraded, but I managed to be patient and get through them far enough to be able to root the device. It just took longer to get the device show up in the adb list of connected devices.
I think the force closes were related to a gmail widget that I had on my home screen, but not certain of that.

yes decided to follow that guide just trying too back stuff up with out root its tough dont want to loose my dolphin bookmarks etc but with them all being on the internal sd it gets wiped so going to back up as much as i can and root later

3DSammy said:
I think this one may be better as it is TF specific plus covers downgrading.
[GUIDE] STOCK (8.2.3.9/8.2.3.13/8.4.4.5) to 3.1 (Primordial 3.1) [NEWBIE FRIENDLY!]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106587
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+1 for this guide, despite using Mac OSX so the commands deviated slightly when it came to entering them, it was so easy to follow the steps and rooted my transformer first time without a hitch. Good luck for later when you apply the hack.
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well i followed paul at modacos guide in the end and am now running a stock WW3.1 rooted rom
it was very simple to follow once i got all the software together going to run stock for a few days and then try a custom rom

Pleased to see you all rooted ok.
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In fact I'm going to grab that stock WW3.1 rooted rom and see how it is, I'm currently on primordial 3.1
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Just to add not long after putting the stock rom on I visited the developer forum and saw that Prime V1.4 had been released. Have downloaded and flashed it and my TF does seem to have more zip now.
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NeoStuey said:
Just to add not long after putting the stock rom on I visited the developer forum and saw that Prime V1.4 had been released. Have downloaded and flashed it and my TF does seem to have more zip now.
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I am interested to see if any of you get a custom ROM and if you think it significantly improves performance.
At the moment, I am quite disappointed in the performance of the tablet.
Been holding off rooting due to not wanting to void warranty, and not positive about how/if can get back to stock for warranty purposes.
I want to be sure it is really worth the effort, and risk of warranty issues.

[GUIDE] How to prepare for ICS upgrade for root users

Look at the following description and choose the right one.
(1) Flash back to stock rom and stock recovery via easy unroot.
(2) Re-root via nachoroot
(3) Install OTA rootkeeper.
(4) Wait for ICS. Call in sick everyday if you have to. Keep mashing the check for update button.

That seems like a lot of pain when the devs are certain to adopt the ICS Asus rom as base to their custom roms.
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Is there a reason for flashing back to stock and rerooting rather than just using OTA Rootkeeper?

st0nedpenguin said:
Is there a reason for flashing back to stock and rerooting rather than just using OTA Rootkeeper?
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Because if you rooted via nvflash then you won't be able to do an OTA update even if you have ota rootkeeper. Trust me, I've already tried it all.

Hi
I'm on revolver rom, I'm not root with nvflash but razorclaw ( sbkv2 )
I do make your tutorial or I can install OTA Rootkeeper on revolver rom ?
Thanks
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billouetaudrey said:
Hi
I'm on revolver rom, I'm not root with nvflash but razorclaw ( sbkv2 )
I do make your tutorial or I can install OTA Rootkeeper on revolver rom ?
Thanks
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I have an SBKv2 transformer and I followed this guide, which worked fine:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438433

josteink said:
I have an SBKv2 transformer and I followed this guide, which worked fine:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438433
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Thanks but I don't understand why return on Stock rom? Maybe developer update revolver rom to ICS ?
Sorry for my english...
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billouetaudrey said:
Thanks but I don't understand why return on Stock rom? Maybe developer update revolver rom to ICS ?
Sorry for my english...
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Well sure. That might be. But that will take time.
Some people want the ICS update the very second it is out. Reverting to stock allows them to get it the second it is out without waiting for ROM developers to update and retweak their ROMs for a new major Android-version, a process which most likely will take some time.
Besides. I like to know how the stock experience is before going for something different. If stock is good enough, I see no reason to rely on custom ROMs.

josteink said:
Well sure. That might be. But that will take time.
Some people want the ICS update the very second it is out. Reverting to stock allows them to get it the second it is out without waiting for ROM developers to update and retweak their ROMs for a new major Android-version, a process which most likely will take some time.
Besides. I like to know how the stock experience is before going for something different. If stock is good enough, I see no reason to rely on custom ROMs.
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It should take only an hour or two to push out a rooted build. Will probably actually get it before being the ota build.
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billouetaudrey said:
Thanks but I don't understand why return on Stock rom? Maybe developer update revolver rom to ICS ?
Sorry for my english...
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OTA update will not work if you're on a custom ROM or have CWM recovery.
Stock but rooted ROM is OK

baseballfanz said:
OTA update will not work if you're on a custom ROM or have CWM recovery.
Stock but rooted ROM is OK
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I've heard CWM shouldn't prevent an OTA update from going through. From someone in this forum. Referring personal experience.
That said, I agree about custom firmwares.
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josteink said:
I've heard CWM shouldn't prevent an OTA update from going through. From someone in this forum. Referring personal experience.
That said, I agree about custom firmwares.
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I'm confused as to why anyone would say that. OTA updates from asus are implimented through the stock recovery.

goodintentions said:
I'm confused as to why anyone would say that. OTA updates from asus are implimented through the stock recovery.
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They say the dled ota zip can be handled and installed fine through cwm. I don't know, just repeating what I've heard.
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josteink said:
They say the dled ota zip can be handled and installed fine through cwm. I don't know, just repeating what I've heard.
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The OTA update will not automatically install if CWM is installed like it is the case on a completely stock TF.
Therefore some people adjust the OTA update (remove recovery and add root) and publish this so you can install this with CWM. See developer forum.
The original OTA update also include recovery update (where CWM is installed) and remove root. You can use OTA rootkeeper to avoid loosing root.
Summary:
- root with stock rom and stock recovery will allow OTA update from Asus but you loose root; use OTA rootkeeper to avoid loosing root
- root with stock rom and CWM recovery will not allow OTA update from Asus; use adjusted OTA update and install with CWM (keeps root and CWM)
- custom rom, then no OTA update possible; just wait for update of developer custom rom

josteink said:
Well sure. That might be. But that will take time.
Some people want the ICS update the very second it is out. Reverting to stock allows them to get it the second it is out without waiting for ROM developers to update and retweak their ROMs for a new major Android-version, a process which most likely will take some time.
Besides. I like to know how the stock experience is before going for something different. If stock is good enough, I see no reason to rely on custom ROMs.
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Ok I undertand, so I'm not this people
I prefer wait I'm very patient
Thanks you
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billouetaudrey said:
Ok I undertand, so I'm not this people
I prefer wait I'm very patient
Thanks you
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Well, stock has gone a long way from back in May. Back then, I went with custom roms because they were more stable and smoother to work with. Recently, I flashed back to stock and have been using it daily. Could not tell the difference between stock and custom rom anymore. Asus, or google, has done a good job at stabilizing and improving the original stock rom.
When ICS comes out, I will at first use stock. Then I will try out custom ICS roms. I'll evaluate them on a regular day to day usage. I don't care much for all the tests that people do. I'm a realistic guy. I believe in reality.

josteink said:
Besides. I like to know how the stock experience is before going for something different. If stock is good enough, I see no reason to rely on custom ROMs.
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Sorry that just made me laugh. A stock rom being good enough would mean no need for custom roms and so far, not one single device has had one. Not even vanilla rom's from Google themselves.

why go to all this hassle,when its out the devs will release a stock rom that doesnt remove root, then with in about 24/48 hrs dev tweaked roms will appear
SENT FROM MY TRANSFORMER and its on KRAKD

Is there a reason for superuser being preinstalled in this repacked WW rom? Kind of defeats the purpose of "stock" doesnt it?

combat goofwing said:
why go to all this hassle,when its out the devs will release a stock rom that doesnt remove root, then with in about 24/48 hrs dev tweaked roms will appear
SENT FROM MY TRANSFORMER and its on KRAKD
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Is that all it'll take is a day or two for a CWM flashable Ice Cream Sammach rom to pop out?

Warning: You must not flash ics over jellybean.....

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

paedz718 said:
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
BTW
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.

mikaole said:
There is no way. I tried all methods. You cant get the old Bootloader to flash, because of the signature missmatch
BTW
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..

geldebanho said:
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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Official Blob files released. As well as new 4.2 unlock tool

Just so everyone is aware, i know this may be a pointless thread but i just want people to know that Asus released a new version of their unlocking apk tool on their website. This version is for 4.2 only.
They also released the official .blob files for Android 4.2

Do we need to unlock the bootloader again (?)
I think I'm going to try this, but I'm still afraid it will break my tablet...
I just hope we have a updated recovery soon

joelalmeidaptg said:
Do we need to unlock the bootloader again (?)
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No

I will try to update and see what happens. I hope everything turns out well. I can live some days without root (I hope lol). I also highly doubt that a recovery for this bootloader won't be made, soo... Here I go!

This is my first time trying to unlock and root my tablet. I just got the 4.2 OTA (never been rooted or unlocked before). What do I need beside this new unlock tool? TIA.

joelalmeidaptg said:
Do we need to unlock the bootloader again (?)
I think I'm going to try this, but I'm still afraid it will break my tablet...
I just hope we have a updated recovery soon
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No just posted for people like Samsung.Galaxy.S3 who need to unlock their bootloader. Also posted because I feel like partition mapping has changed resulting in the failure on recovery. Also, TWRP believes the kernel just needs to be upgraded. One Asus releases 4.2 kernel source then I'm going to update and test TWRP builds.
joelalmeidaptg said:
I will try to update and see what happens. I hope everything turns out well. I can live some days without root (I hope lol). I also highly doubt that a recovery for this bootloader won't be made, soo... Here I go!
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It should. You're just not going to be able to root until the newer recovery is released. And I cannot live without root lol.
Samsung.Galaxy.S3 said:
This is my first time trying to unlock and root my tablet. I just got the 4.2 OTA (never been rooted or unlocked before). What do I need beside this new unlock tool? TIA.
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Nothing. Don't do anything yet. We need a newer recovery to support the 4.2 update. Until then, nobody can root. So just hold tight ^-^
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Just flashed and it's blazing fast! Even for a stock rom lol. Really enjoying my first moments

joelalmeidaptg said:
Just flashed and it's blazing fast! Even for a stock rom lol. Really enjoying my first moments
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do you have custom recovery?

I can wait for 4.2. Don't want to get stuck on stock and not be able to use Google Play movies. Stupid unlocked bootloader broke that

avatar_pt said:
do you have custom recovery?
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There is no working custom recovery for 4.2 yet. Its being worked on and we need Asus to release the 4.2 kernel source code to get it.
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elesbb said:
Just so everyone is aware, i know this may be a pointless thread but i just want people to know that Asus released a new version of their unlocking apk tool on their website. This version is for 4.2 only.
They also released the official .blob files for Android 4.2
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where can I find the .blob files? I can't seem the find them on the support page.
Edit: never mind, I found them. thanks

is it worth flashing even though no root or custom recoveries yet?

Thanks for your information

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There is no working custom recovery for 4.2 yet. Its being worked on and we need Asus to release the 4.2 kernel source code to get it.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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Yes, we will have to wait until some new updated recoveries show up.
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Too bad that the TF300TG doesn't have the 4.2 listed there.

Jagay said:
Too bad that the TF300TG doesn't have the 4.2 listed there.
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It usually takes longer until TG recives the update
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Red triangle
Hi, I downloaded the Firmware from the asus website for my tf300t (ww version). I need to manually update it to 4.2 because my bootloader is unlocked. I'm with a stock rom and recovery.
I extracted it to the root of my internal memory and tried to update it (I turned off the device, pressed power+volume down and selected the first option).
It starts to update but after about 1 second the android with red triangle appears.
I'm doing it right or not? I'm sure that the firmware that I downloaded is the right one.
Thanks

lucaurso said:
Hi, I downloaded the Firmware from the asus website for my tf300t (ww version). I need to manually update it to 4.2 because my bootloader is unlocked. I'm with a stock rom and recovery.
I extracted it to the root of my internal memory and tried to update it (I turned off the device, pressed power+volume down and selected the first option).
It starts to update but after about 1 second the android with red triangle appears.
I'm doing it right or not? I'm sure that the firmware that I downloaded is the right one.
Thanks
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U sure its updating or just entering rck recovery. After putting the zip on root of sd or internal sd just reboot and after start up a triangle should apper in the notification bar then select the drop down menu and select it. In some cases people have had to rename the extracted update file. If us the name it to US_epad-user-10.6.1.8.zip if ww the capital WW where the US is. Not sure if everyone had to but if doesn't see it one way then try renaming it.
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aerdely said:
U sure its updating or just entering rck recovery. After putting the zip on root of sd or internal sd just reboot and after start up a triangle should apper in the notification bar then select the drop down menu and select it. In some cases people have had to rename the extracted update file. If us the name it to US_epad-user-10.6.1.8.zip if ww the capital WW where the US is. Not sure if everyone had to but if doesn't see it one way then try renaming it.
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Ahh ok I were wrong! I unzipped the file and entered in the rck recovery! Tonight I'll try as you said.
Double check: I'll not loose all my data right? It will be a normal update like if my bootloader was locked?

joelalmeidaptg said:
It usually takes longer until TG recives the update
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Then I have no option than waiting.

Pissed at this pad,take 2...

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.
Sent from inside my mkv.

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.

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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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When you buy the Ferary car, you drive that with out the complain. You don't need to change from bendzin to diseal
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