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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] T-Macgnolia:
So

So you can boot Android from your SD card on your HD2 and from your friend's SD on your SD card. But you can not boot Android from your SD card in your friend's phone or boot Android from your friend's SD card in your friends HD2. do I have that right?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] judicator:
This might be clearer...

My SD = SD1

My friend's SD = SD2

My SIM = SIM1

My friend's SIM = SIM2

My Phone = HD2-1

My friend's Phone = HD2-2

HD2-1 + SIM1 + SD1 = Working Android

HD2-1 + SIM2 + SD1 = Working Android

HD2-1 + SIM1 + SD2 = Working Android

HD2-1 + SIM2 + SD2 = Working Android

HD2-2 + SIM1 + SD1 = Freeze at green "htc" screen

HD2-2 + SIM2 + SD1 = Freeze at green "htc" screen

HD2-2 + SIM1 + SD2 = Freeze at green "htc" screen

HD2-2 + SIM2 + SD2 = Freeze at green "htc" screen

I've tried the stock WM6, Miri's WM6, and the Energy WM6 rom for Android on HD2-2 and none are playing nice. Also, Radio 2.12.50.02_2 and 2.14.50.whatever and neither of those helped. I really wish I was getting an error message of some sort.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] T-Macgnolia:
Thanks for making things a little more clear that does help.

This is rather strange I must say. The ROM is the only thing that really matters as far as getting Android to boot from SD card. I suggest a stock 3.14 ROM or any custom ROM based of a 3.14 ROM. The only thing you need to change your radio for is if you have problems with Robot voices and such when you boot into Android, but I do suggest radio 3.15.50.14. And the only reason you need HSPL for is if you want to flash a custom ROM cause you do not need HSPL to boot Android from SD card.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] judicator:
Well, since it's been stuck I started on getting a NAND build setup on it, so I followed this guide -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933951 <- and after the task29, it ONLY shows a white screen, and won't bring up the RGB screen to flash anything even if I power up holding down the vol down button. :( Suggestions now?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] T-Macgnolia:
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner but I finally got a Android kitchen up and running and was getting my feet wet with cooking a ROM, sop i was sort of preoccupied.

I see you have not posted back in a in several hours so I don't know if you got your issue fixed yet or not.

You say you can not get the bootloader to come up by holding down the volume down button (not the volume up or both volume buttons) and powering on the HD2. If you can not get to the bootloader I am afraid you will not be able to flash anything at this point.

Are you sure there is nothing wrong with the volume down button on the HD2?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] judicator:
I pulled the thing apart and couldn't figure out anything wrong with it. Looks like I'm stuck giving my friend my HD2 and getting a G2x for myself...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Lawl have fun with the G2X. Makes me sad that you're gonna support tegra though, with all nvidia's damned fragmentation.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dung8604:
Its a defective device. I was struggling with my brothers hd2 today. Almost the exact same problems. Damn thing will only boot into windows about 50% of the time and when it does its laggy and often will reboot. Calling t mobile tomorrow to hopefully get a warranty replacement
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[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Nice job. Added to ultimate thread. Probably a good idea to attach the pics in your post to the XDA forums, so they are saved in future, as a lot that are hosted on other sites die after too many people view them. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Will do when I get home, thanks for the tip.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
Ill add this to the FAQ
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Daughain:
One of these days I hope to get ADB set up in Ubuntu 10.10.....

HTC Vision; Rooted, Booted and Scooted.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RedMist:
I'm not a complete noob, but I'm stuck on step 1!!

When I run the android SDK installer it tells me I don't have the java JDK installed, even though I've installed it already....

http://download.oracle.com/auth/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u25-b06/jdk-6u25-windows-i586.exe

OH! It's working now.... Never mind.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Glad you got it resolved, I will edit the guide and make note about java installation. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
[GUIDE] Lazyman's installation guide to ADB on Ubuntu 10.10

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11823740#post11823740

:D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Crimton:
at a glance, even that thread makes it look like more trouble than it is. but good info :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] n25philly:
How did you fix it? I've been struggling with this same issue for at least a month now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Crimton:
It says that but disregard it. If you've installed it, it should be fine. When it gets to the part that says its not installed and won't let you go any further simply click back then click forward again and it should allow you to go ahead. At least that's how I remember it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] n25philly:
lol, simple solutions are good. Just wish it didn't take me a month to find that one out.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jester450:
Very simple and easy to follow. Thanks OP.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] randy_c:
I download Asus sync for window 7 64bits but when I run asus, it doesn't detect my device and of course ADB devices didn't show up any device. Something I missed? Please?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Sorry to hear that. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what could be causing this. But here are a couple things you can try. And please let us know what happens next.

Try uninstalling the ASUS Sync software, and reloading it.

After reinstalling the ASUS Sync software, restart your PC

Make sure your Transformer tablet is in USB Debugging Mode, and connect the USB Cable

You should see a Win7 prompt that says installing drivers. If you do not, try connecting to a different USB port, I've had to do this once on an older PC of mine.

In ADB be sure to kill server and start server and then see if you can see the device

Now, if you are still not seeing it installing drivers, or its not showing up as a device on My Computer, or ADB is still not seeing it, try download and install these ASUS Windows USB Drivers, these may do the trick : http://hotfile.com/dl/118226479/2f89b99/ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows.zip.html
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andrew53517:
I have a few questions. This is the first real time I'm using ADB.

So I have tried everything you listed above and I can get it to sync on occasion, but I cannot get it to read my device in the command prompt. I type this "D:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb devices" and it says "The device is not ready." Why is it not finding it even with it syncing at that moment?

Also, do you type "D:\android-sdk-windows\tools>" every time you run something? If so, is there a way to get that to show up beforehand every time instead of having to type it? Thanks again for your help!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
1) First thing you can try is the famous 'adb kill-server' 'adb start-server' commands and see if that will get it going. Also 'adb usb' will restart the daemon listening on USB, so maybe that could make it usable. If not, make sure the ASUS Sync app is not running, and perhaps see if there are any running services/apps on your Transformer that could be causing the conflict. Download System Panel Lite from Market and tell it to end all apps, then try again (make sure USB Debugging is enabled)

If you tried all of that, and still no dice, make sure no USB Drives or Memory Cards are connected, then connect the Transformer (w/ USB Debugging), go to Device Manager, uninstall the USB drivers for the device if you can find it or it may show up as a USB Mass Storage device under USB Controllers, then disconnect the Transformer, reconnect the Transformer, it should reinstall the drivers for the Transformer since you already have ASUS Sync installed, then retry.

If again still no dice, try using the ASUS USB Windows Drivers and going to Device Manager and updating the drivers with those you downloaded (download the correct ones for your particular operating system, and then try again.

Now, if this still doesn't work, let me know, and I'll try think of something else. Maybe someone else has had this issue and come up with a workaround or solution, but I'm drawing a blank currently. I'll sleep on it and see if I can think of anything else :)

2) You don't have to type that up all the time. What you can do is navigate the platform tools folder (or whatever folder has the adb files), then if on Win 7, hold shift and right click on the folder (Platform Tools for example), and you will see an Open Command Prompt here. Hit that, and it will already be in that root folder. But in general, in a command prompt window, once you have navigate to the specified folder, you will be in that folder, so you will only need to type ADB 'command' if that makes sense.

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[Eee Pad Transformer General] andrew53517:
I think I might have figured it out, if this is it. So I downloaded the drivers but I don't think they ever installed. Don't laugh lol, how do you install them? There isn't a .exe file or anything to install them.. I just see files and notes. Do I put it somewhere or what do I do with the 3 files and readme file?

I think that might fix my problem...I hope.. Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated!

EDIT: I think I got the drivers and it still can't find it. :/ I think I'm going to take a break on rooting for a few. ADB is a pain! lol. I might just wait for an easier method or just not root it. We'll see. Thanks again.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
If you get a chance, try this on a Windows XP or Windows 7 machine that you haven't connected the Transformer too yet, and follow the guide exactly, and I'm pretty sure it will work without a problem :) I'm just thinking something has happened when it loaded up the drivers for you initially and that is why you are having the issues, or some background process on either Windows or the Transformer is making the device seem "busy", thus giving you the not ready error, as this process has worked for many many other users.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andrew53517:
I was just thinking about it. Maybe I can try that on my downstairs computer. Ill give it a shot Sunday night and see how it goes...ill let you know...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Kinda stuck after opening command screen.

Everything I type in tell me invalid path to file.

My sdk is install

C:Program files (x86)\Android\android-sdk

any help is appreciated
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
OK, navigate to the folder in Windows Explorer (usually the path you referenced above, but platform tools), then hold the shift key and right click on the folder. You should then see a "Open Command Prompt Here" in the drop down, hit that, then the DOS Prompt will be at that start location, then you should just be able to type adb [command] etc,.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Awesome, work great thank you.

Now to root.:)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
No problem, glad it worked out! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xufuchang:
any one knkw how to make my Tf detected by Linux ?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] insight76:
Thanks for this thread- Pictures put me at ease:D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Did you try this?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13664687&postcount=8

I don't have Linux loaded so I can't test that out or another method, but if I get sometime this weekend I'll see if I can figure something out if the above doesn't work.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Great!

Glad it worked out well for you! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xufuchang:
yes, actually I managed to connect my hero to my Ubuntu ,but for this eee pad I got no luck . I even list all vendor id, but still it's not detected :/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] combat goofwing:
So to get this right I need to do this and getting working ,then from this I can root my TF. I'm running the 8.2.2.13 software can that b rooted.if not I may wait for 3.1 coming down before rooting

sent from my LEE Pad Transformer........I wish
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ttav:
You need to downgrade 8.2.2.13 before you can root.There is no sense waiting for 3.1 as it will need to be downgraded as well. It wont take long for a custom 3.1 ROM to be released so you might as well root now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
+1 ...

Get err doneee.... lol :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] donatom3:
I had the same problem. Even after going through these steps nothing did it till I decided to disable windows firewall. I went ahead and put exceptions in for adb.exe in windows firewall. I just had to plug it into a different usb port after doing that and it instantly saw the adb driver, it never tried to install the adb driver before. Of course this could be related to my usb 3.0 ports, but it's working on my 3.0 ports now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
Would LOVE to do this but something must be wrong with the ASUS servers since no matter what PC or MAC I use....I am unable to see ANY downloads for the Asus Sync software at the ASUS site.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
What browser are you using? Maybe try a different browser if you haven't
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
It was the Asus server. It is back up now.

Although I followed the guide EXACTLY and the Command prompt keeps telling me that "adb is not a recognized command"
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Exactly you say? Are you sure? ;)

It will only recognize ADB if you are within the platform-tools / tools folder where the ADB executable is located. You are getting the error because you are not in the correct location within your command prompt window.

Please note, the directory of the tools location will most likely be different than what im using as examples below. :)

Examples :

:cool:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
Hello. I am Digikid ( known as Digiguest here at XDA ) and I AM AN IDIOT!!!!!!

Nuts.....Now I will have to reinstall the SDK tools again.....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Lol. :o You dont need to reinstall the tools again, just find the tools/platform tools folder and navigate to the folder in command prompt, if on Win7/Vista, hold shift, right click on that folder in windows explorer, and hit open command prompt here :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AndroidGraphix:
Thanks for posting these instructions.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Hitmanthe3rd:
Cant get step 6. NO idea how to Navigate. I type in the folders and it just Effing sits. Its in Program files (x86) Andoroid android sdk

How do I navigate to it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
OK - Perhaps this might help? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14754650&postcount=37

If not can you get to C Root? To go down one directory in CMD, just enter CD.. and hit enter. You can keep doing this till you reach the root directory or drive you wish.

To navigate to a folder you enter : cd folder name

Example :

Does that make sense? :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] droyd4life:
ASUS sync help me!

I downloaded the ASUS sync software and its in my downloads file. I connected the transformer (usb debugging on) but it says my pc doesnt have ASUS sync installed on it. I installed it already though! And its the right OS (vista 32 bit)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
I have to ask, so don't take this as me being rude, but you say you downloaded the sync software and its in your downloads file, which I'm assuming is your directory. Did you double-click and run the executable/msi and install it? Just need to make sure when you say you installed it in the latter part of your statement, that you actually installed it after downloading the file. :)

If you did install it, then try one of the following, 1) connect the transformer to a different USB port on the PC, or 2) right click the downloaded installer file and say run as administrator and reinstall it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jharvey24:
Stuck.. APX will NOT show up.

Hey guys,

I have read everything through, twice, and tried to root the transformer, twice. So i've done my homework. Asus pc suite is installed, usb drivers are installed, adb recognizes the device under platform-tools, but when I power it off and try to enter apx mode it repopulates and is gone from device manager. I'm so confused, please help. I've flashed my Fascinate tons, but this is just a little different.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] britoso:
Stupid question perhaps but which usb port do you mean on the transformer (tf-101)?

edit: my brother just showed me his cables and I'm sure you mean the dock->usb proprietary port/cable.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] neilkarunatilaka:
Yes! Sorry for not clarifying in the OP :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
IIRC you'll need to install the APX driver
[Eee Pad Transformer General] voyager_s:
Definitely idiot proof...lol. i can be a big idiot sometimes and somehow i managed to set up adb with no trouble. Good guide. Thanks :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] livinsacrfice:
Didn't see any clarification as to whether this worked on newer transformers or not, b70 or later.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Yes it should work on all model
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Visseroth:
I have been trying to root mmy TF and every time I put it in APX mode and start the root process my TF shuts off and disconnects from my machine. I've tried via my desktop, a clean virtual machine and my laptop. Win7 64 bit, WinXP and Win7 64 bit, none work. Any ideas? restarting the server doesn't work either
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Michael@:
Hola,

I did try all things metinoed in the OP additionally tried everything additionally mentioned in those thread above but adb does not recognize my tf (but id does recognize my HTC Desire)

Just to make it clear: My PC does recognize the device and asks for installation of USB drivers (so the pc recognizes the gadget when booting it with POWER and VOLUME DOWN). But installation does not seem to be successfull as

MTP USB Device=FAILED

ASUS Android MTP device=DEVICE UNPLUGED

but

NVIDIA USB boot recovery driver for mobile devices=READY TO USE

additionally WIN7 stated something like failure 10 before, device may not be capable to start

Additionally I may let U know that I cant check settings (USB debugging has been activated before I tried to root my device) as the tf does not boot into the UI. Any other idea?

--

Regards Michael

I tried on several windows pcs

at several USB ports

adb as part of the sdk and adb as part of the tf_rootkit_31

and so far I can see any of your suggestions above
[Eee Pad Transformer General] devdude:
In dinking with my Transformer, I totally bricked the device.

I needed to back out the CWM 5504 recovery, but I could never get ADB working.

I followed this quide to a T and still could not get it to work.

After getting the Exclamation mark on several attempts to install the ASUS USB drivers, installing ASUS sync, etc. etc......

I finally tried the 'Let me pick from a list' option on the driver select screen. I picked the 'ADB Test Interface' driver,(I believe the 2.x one).

There was a warning dialog that popped up and I said to install the driver any way

Lo and behold ADB worked....I was able to adb push the 3201 CWM recovery and flash that to get my Transformer back to a nand backup.

Maybe this will help some others that could not get ADB working. Sorry I did not take better notes, but have been battling this brick for 3+ days now......

and was getting more steamed by the minute.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
I found the easiest way to get adb running was to install droid explorer , it sets up adb with no real user input .

Once installed you can root using viper if you simply run droid explorer and connect to your transformer , run viper , type one then enter ... done :)

Just make sure you enabled usb debugging on your transformer in the developer settings menu .....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] l0lcats:
Install all of the Java and then the SDK installer tells me that java.exe cannot be found. It notes that if I am sure I installed it that I can create a variable for JAVA_HOME and point to it. I do this and restart the installer only to find it derping yet again saying it can't find c:\windows\system32\java.exe. I didn't let the isntaller just throw java into c:\program files, etc. I have a programs folder on another drive and used that...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] l0lcats:
tried again after removing the variable and rebooting and this time i just used the stock paths. i was told again the java.exe couldnt be found even though im staring right at it. i created the java_home var and pointes it to java.exe but the installer insisted that it couldnt find it. so im just done. i did this with no issues on my laptop (win 7 home 64bit, desktop is win 7 ultimate 64bit) and had no issues even using my own install paths. this much fail doesnt deserve anymore time....

Tried to root the transformer on the laptop. adb couldn't see it. drivers installed. asus sync installed. removed drivers removed sync. reinstalled. no. removed java and android sdk. tried reinstall...no java sdk found cannot install android sdk. This process just does not work.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Mr. Corny:
Just wanted to thank you for this awesome guide, it helped me very much.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] toweliechaos:
I know this is old news, but I'll give it a try anyway....

Cannot get the ADB to work. For information, I have tried EasyFlasher, NVFlash and BRK Toolkit all of which appear to work and yet no change.

The transformer was running KatKiss 4.4.4.29 with TWRP and then got stuck in a boot loop. It has USB Debugging enabled prior to this, so I have no reason to believe it has been turned off.

THe transformer will not turn on, excpet in APX mode. If it is connected to the PC, it will always show as a device and if I hold the power button down for 10s, it turns off and becomes disconnected.

I've upgraded SDK and have got the device to show in Device Manager as an ADB device and working correctly. However, running adb through command line refuses to show the device as connected, including adb kill-server > adb start-server.

I will see if fiddling with Windows Firewall has any joy but otherwise, I'm properly stuck and frustrated.

Tried on WIn7 32-bit laptops (x2) on both USB 3 and USB 2.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] UstesGreenridge:
in the same boat as you!!!

My device shows in device manager as ASUS Transformer APX Interface, but adb will not show my device

First 24 hours in of trying to get a recovery back on tf101 after forgetting that I cant use RomMgr to flash a recovery. So now I have CWM 5.8 but cant access my sd card to even flash a new rom or different recovery....arrggg moments like this make me hate android!!!