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[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] hbk19:
TiBu doesn't recognize root either.

EDIT: And busybox won't install because it doesn't see an su, which Superuser won't install because it doesn't recognize root, which I obviously must have because CWM installed and works properly. Pretty frustrating, this is.

EDIT2: Never mind, root_app somehow worked. It might be because I installed ASUS Sync.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] hbk19:
Anyway, to those wondering if this works, it does. Just make sure to have all your drivers installed, APX or otherwise.

Now, to wait for PRIME 1.5 to come. I better start backing up my apps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] liorry:
First you need this as well:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/TF101/ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows.zip

It said process completed successfully but nothing happened - no superuser app and no root...

Installed the SuperUser app fro Market. still no root (tested with Root Explorer)

The problem is with the adb not recognizing the device, therefor can't push the superuser.apk

any ideas what to do?

btw, Clockwork is working - which means I can flash a rooted ROM over the current one, use titanium backup to backup apps&games and then if I want, wipe and reinstall the rooted ROM.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] tharonald1981:
If i do this procedure with stock 3.1 (WW) i don't lose my data? and wil i be able to run a custom OC kernel with the stock ROM?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] liorry:
Verified working!

Success!

After I managed to get ADB with the Transformer and updated Windows Media Player (so I can mount on my XP computer at work) I also managed to push the root files and got root access so I can verify this script is working perfectly.

The clockwork however can't mount the sd-card which means I can't flash a custom ROM so I would love if anyone points out a solution for this.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
DONE!

DONE!

ALL WORKS WELL!

Now i am ready to test something new...

10X:)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] smarron:
Root finally worked with the replacement files above. Before that I got no information when I entered "devices" in the command prompt. After a reboot and the replacement of these files everything went very smoothly.

Now running Prime 1.5 and a happy user!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Bazzz66:
+1 no problems at all. Tnx for the clear guide
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
Help on cwm

just launched cwm.bat and the command window shows 2 rows:

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

but nothing happens neither in command window nor on TF

Someone does know what is going on?

10x:confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] spartanhooah:
I'm having the same problem. Successfully rooted, but can't get into recovery. I even bought the dummy MoDaCo app, but when it boots there's an Android guy with a big yellow caution triangle, and all I can do is hold down power to turn it back off. What are we doing wrong?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] HFX9:
Same for me :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Boothy666:
Beware of wiping your data!

Might be worth mentioning that for this bit in STEP 6. Update CWM recover:

power TF off, then hold volume down + power button, when you see white writing in the top left of the screen press volume up and you should now bee in CWM recovery​

That when the writing pops up, you only have about 5 seconds to hit the volume up button to get into CWM, if you miss this five seconds, the text changes to asking you if you want to wipe your device! Pressing Volume up at this point actually confirms that you want to wipe!!

Probably a good idea, before doing STEP 6. To install Titanium backup and do a full batch backup to your SD Card first, just in case ;) (Note, after installing Titanium, and assuming you have an SD Card plugged in, change the backup folder to somewhere in /Removable/MicroSD otherwise the backups will save to the internal fake sdcard.

PS: Thanks for the guide, nice to have root now :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] spartanhooah:
I don't even get that long. Maybe a half a second.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] tdub:
Post #52 method worked fine... Needed to update the adb, and click on Asus Sync on Tab for it to appear otherwise great.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
Have you installed as procedure said ?

I am installing it in a second time, that is i have rooted TF a couple of day ago and now i want to install CWM but it is not working...

10x
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] HFX9:
I make root without flash CWM, go biking on MTB and when i go back home, i test flash CWM, but not work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
Same here, root and then CWM but does not work...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
MAybe we have to repeat the procedure from the beginning:

1 - root

2 - CWM

3 - restart

and so on..
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] ozym:
Quick question :

I have my TF101 running HC3.1

It's all set up and configured just the way I want./

If I run this rooting process it's not going to factory reset my TF is it, i.e. I won't have to reinstall all my apps right ?

Thanks.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] HFX9:
Maybe, Try this test and let me result.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] usoska:
Hi,

many thanks, the procedure worked perfectly for me. I did without the dock, with the tab directly connected to the PC. I started the .bat files directly from the command line (not by double clicking on them from Explorer).

Everything works perfectly well - what a fantastic toy ! I've been amazed to see that the dock keyboard works even within the recovery mode ...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
no, be quiet... in my case only widget are gone, strange!

applications will remain on your TF
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
WOW! Alien tech! :)

dock or not dock is the same, as the same as double clicking bat or starting them from the console...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
maybe tomorrow... maybe... try you first...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] usoska:
"dock or not dock is the same" : well, not exactly. without the dock, the keys you use to navigate through the CWM menu are vol up / vol down , not exactly up / down keys ...

About double clicking the bat files : yes, it has the same effect than launching them from the shell - there's though a big difference : if you launched them from the shell, you can see the result of the command, if you launch them from Explorer, the window disappear as soon as the script is executed, which prevents you from seeing the messages (successful or not).
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] eut:
Worked like a charm. Thanks a lot.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
repeat: with or without the dock the result is same, and double clicking or launch bat from console also the result is the same.

Result: IS THE SAME!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] HFX9:
I have root with this metod, but can't flash CWM recovery :(

Step 4b stops on this (see attachment file)

Someone help me how flash CWM recovery please
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
THAT'S THE SAME HERE!

Someone have solved this issue?

MASHI???
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] HFX9:
now it works

I must root, flash cwm and add root apps in one step
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] douglasjboehme:
So I finally got this to work, great job on this!

I don't know if this will help anyone but I did the following:

- installed ASUS Sync before starting

- followed instructions

- trying to rerun cwm after completing all of the steps won't work, you'll have to repeat starting with step #4 (putting it into APX mode)

- if it says it installed it did, this is not working in ROM Manager yet so ROM Manager won't see it

- can't boot into recovery? well, adb reboot recovery didn't seem to work for me on the first CWM but I did manage to update by using the buttons. Unfortunately I tried a number of times before I figured out what was wrong - the button press sequence is this: HOLD volume down, (while holding volume down) press power, release the power button WHILE STILL HOLDING volume down. The white text then appeared. If you let go of volume down, instead of holding it you'll be forever rebooting your device. Not fun
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] DroidRevenge:
YOU GOT IT!

Finally it is as i said yesterday talking about this step!

Ok good job!

10x
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] ozym:
Success

Just rooted my TF101.

No problems.

I installed CWM by running the cwm.bat.

I have CWM 3.0.2.8 installed as a result.

Where can I get the latest version for the TF ?

I saw that it is supposed to be recovery-3.1.0.1-solarnz-R3-240511-1908.zip but I can't find where to check and download.

Thanks,
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] evomattnc:
Little help please. I have a rooted evo and I'm pretty familiar with root but I just bought my transformer today, it has 3.0.1 and has no update available when I check. One, is that correct? Two, what its the best root method considering I'm running 8.2.3.13-20110511 with hc 3.0.1?

OK looks like with 8.2.3.13 i need to use the nvflash method, i will google that. Still not sure why it came with 3.0.1 though...

Edit: nvm rooted running prime 1.5 on 3.1. nv flash worked great.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] lanwarrior:
Just to clarify: the root works EVEN for Transformers with 3.01, even though the title of this topic is for "3.

1

"?

If yes, did you just follow the process posted by OP or did you have to use this nvflash method?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] evomattnc:
I was pretty sure I read that it didn't work with my build being the 2.13 build...? that's why I used the nv flash method. I did not attempt this method at all so sorry for the unintentional clutter. Fwiw nv flash was very easy to use only took a couple clicks and albert made a nice video.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] vincentru:
A quick link to an update of CMW:

(I am forbidden to post link so just google "/XDA/Transformer/recovery-3.1.0.1-solarnz-R3-240511-1908.zip")

Furthermore, do not hesitate, after installing all the required drivers, before step 4, to reboot your PC, connect your EEEPAD to the PC, test the ADB once again, turn off your EEEPAD and put it again in APX to be sure that everything is running under the correct status.

Unlike what is written, you cannot see the screen of your eeepad turning on when APX is installed on the PC. You will only see messages about the process running ONCE the rooting process has been started. Those messages are displayed both on the command box of the PC and the screen of the EEEPAD.

Hope it helps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] dajogejr:
Just wanted to say thanks to the OP for the easy, step by step.

Not new to flashing/Recovery/ROMs, I've flashed my thunderbolt more than bourbon street ho's @ Mardi Gras.

But I just got my EEE yesterday night. Less than 24 hours later flashed and I'm about to put a transformer ROM on it.

Thanks for making it easy and painless.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] WhiteReign:
Will This work on XOOM!????
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] ondoy1943:
I'm not sure, but i think the nvflash procedure for tf101 was made possible by the availability of its secure boot key. Right?

https://twitter.com/#!/DroidRay/status/78471110118735872

http://androidroot.mobi/tf-secure-boot-key/

http://androidroot.mobi/
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] lanwarrior:
In step 6, it said "Go to CWM thread".

Which CWM thread? Could you post the link so I can download the updated CWM?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] gee one:
Try this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1093818
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] oushouseki:
Thanks very much for the walkthrough!

My tf101 has been rooted successfully!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] robo116:
succes

succes rooted my tf.

Thanks for this ,one thing i can not update CWM i get every time can not mount Sd card.

Call me stupid but i can not find the solution for this any help is welcom on this mather.

Regards Richard
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] robo116:
root

A litle support please
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] R0N1N:
Thanks very much worked flawlessly. Now on Prime 1.5.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Guero0713:
ROOTED!!!

Thank you mashi for this great walk through. worked like a champ. I have tried all the other methods and nothing seemed to work.

Thanks again for your hard work and to all the Devs that put in the work for us all.

In recovery the sdcard wont mount any help would be appreciated.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] koj012:
still cannot get adb to work after this step ...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Dissenter:
Simple and flawless. Thank you!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Guero0713:
Try formatting your SD card in another android device. I had the same problem. I searched the forum and found this solution.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] donharden2002:
I know this has probably been answered somewhere and I overlooked it. I get thru step 2 and that's it. Step 3 installing the apx part i can never find it in devices.

Is this an issue with not having the drivers installed properly?

If so can someone provide a link to d/l the drivers that I'm missing please.

Thank you in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] robo116:
cwm

@Guero0713

Thanks for this tip this was the trick:)

formatting in my Galaxy and it is working.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] jltyler:
thanks for the great guide
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] kasalamite:
i hope its not considert as spam, but i wanted to thanks for this great guide to all devs and users who made this possible for us.

been trying to root and cwm with androidroot.mobi and asustransform.com guides, but only noticed that 8.2.3.13 wont work after 30min reading it somewhere in the postings. they should have made it more clearly thats its not possible to root that build. or make it more sticky. my fault, i shouldn't read for guides elsewhere than on xda where the real kings are.

just made a nandroid backup and shall flash some custom roms.

once again, thanks very much guys and also to this great forum.

wishing you all nice week end.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] usoska:
Hi,

Wich SDCARD slot did you use ? The MicroSD of the tablet, or the SD of the dock ? Only the tablet should be used, from what I remember ...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] deanhatescoffee:
After troubleshooting for two hours (while catching up on Glee so, admittedly, it wasn't a completely dedicated two hours) I was finally able to get this working with these updated files.

Great guide by the OP! Thanks!

An issue I ran into: Whenever I checked to see if ADB was working, the command prompt would flash on my screen and disappear within a second. I'm not sure if it's supposed to do that or not, but I didn't see it mentioned anywhere else. At first, I could see that ADB was showing me a bunch of information about PPP and some other stuff that I didn't understand but it wasn't showing me my serial number. After using tharonald1981's updated files, I was finally able to see that ADB indeed was seeing my serial number; however, it was still just barely flashing on the screen before disappearing. I took a screenshot of what I saw so that, if others see the same thing, they don't need to be afraid - this is what you want to see.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] deanhatescoffee:
After which step? What do you mean?

Since you're having trouble with ADB, as I had, have you seen this post yet?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14804993#post14804993

Try doing what is suggested in this post. Worked for me.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] koj012:
Finally got it rooted!! Thought all this while that I was stuck in step 2 as the adb prompt happened too fast for me to verify if it was successful. Thought I did not make it past this step. Thanks to deanhatescoffee, I pushed ahead and got it rooted. Did not even need the extra step of root app change. Thanks Dean for clearing the way after two days of unnecessary agony! *muacks*
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] mak1:
I can confirm this method is ur easy way to root TF through Windows.

THANX ... mashi |OP|, Roach`, RaYmAn and Bumble-Bee |help|
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] deanhatescoffee:
Glad to have helped. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] brk:
Thanks! I now have root.

I had sdcard problems in recovery but a sdcard full format worked.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] butro:
Can someone send me the tf_rootkit_31.zip file? I am in Singapore and megaupload only works hit or miss for me. Always says I exceeded my download limit when I have not downloaded anything.

Thanks in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] TheIneffable:
This method works perfectly. The only problem I had was that the root.bat wouldn't do anything but that problem was solved when Asus sync was enabled on both the tablet and the computer.

My only question though: Can I unroot my device for any future updates or for warranty issues? I mean, All I did is root my device. I didn't even install the CWM or plan on installing any roms on my device. It's just pure rooted with su and everything.

I also "Chuck Norris Mode" Uninstalled some bloatware (Kindle,Zinio) with TBackup. Will that effect any of the future updates?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Q.Entity:
There is a thread about unrooting. I never tried it so I will not comment.

I recommend you freeze the crapware instead of removing it. That way it will not impact any future updates.

When I was running stock (now I am on Prime) I had a problem going from .9 to .13 because I had removed the bloatware and the update was looking for it.

Had to put the crapware back and then freeze. Then the updated worked.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] al2x:
Thanks for the excellent walkthrough! Already have had ADB setup since last year so this was a breeze!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] TheIneffable:
Yeah, I might have to reinstall Kindle and the other crap all over again. The reason I asked in this thread about unrooting though is because I know their are several rooting methods and this method pertains to users who already upgraded to 3.1. So I'm thinking there is probably a different way to unroot the device.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
Hi,

Just rooted my eee pad with this method. Like others, couldn't see nothing about adb installing on console, but I guess if my Eee Pad is rooted, it means adb worked out.

When I try "adb shell" on terminal emulator, I get a "device not found" did something work wrong? (su works)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] dajogejr:
Do you have the proper Asus drivers installed? You need to have them installed in order for the adb shell to work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
I think so, as I synchronize with PC using Asus sync.

I thought without ADB, I couldn't root the tablet?

when I press vol down and power, tablet only turn on. Seems I didn't succeed installing CWM ? is there another way to check?

Sorry, long, long long pressing asks me for wiping data. is that?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
finally, after a dozen attempts, I was able to connect to CWM, but I had to hurry: the message warning me to press "vol up" before 5 sec. lasted only one second. now, I am making a complete backup of the device.

Am I wrong taping "adb shell" on terminal emulator? and what should it respond?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] depulle87:
He guys just got my asus for 3 days now and this rooting guide is very good and easy to follow, everything worked the very first time and I did not download the drivers from the asus site only the one the tablet installs automaticly and the in the package ofcourse

@ cubitusclaudius

ADB shell is a shell that you run on your computer to issue commands for your android device, in order to use adb shell a small guide :

- make sure you have the 3 right files (adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll )

- open a command prompt in windows and navigate to where the files are located ( you can use ''CD'' command for that )

- than just issue the command ''ADB shell''

- it ill now connect to your android device and you see $ or a # sign

- if you see $ than type ''su'' and the # will appear, if this happens than you have root, when it says permission denied than you dont have root,

good luck
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] htabbach:
No matter what I do, when I run the root.bat I get "No device found". When I run the adb shell I get the # sign.

What am I doing wrong?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] depulle87:
Is your tf connected in flash mode ?

And you do have the drivers installed right ?

Edit : When u see the # sign you already have have Super User permissions so just go to the next step in the guide and install the superuser app
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] htabbach:
when i get to the part when I run the root.bat I get the error message:

USB device not found

connection failed Nverror: 0x30011

Any ideas? I can see the device when I run adb devices
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sanziosan:
this method wouldnt work for me... whenever i ran the root_apps.bat the command window would appear for a sec and go away even with admin. Im using windows 7 also tried on an xp machine same problem. I have all the drivers installed on both machines asus sync the usb drivers and event he pc suite.

So i pretty much gave up on this method and im trying another method but it requires me to downgrade. Thing is when i try to downgrade the epad reboots and goes into clockwork recovery. Is there anyway to uninstall clockwork?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
Thanks, it helped me a lot for another thread. (Adding channels 12 and 13 to wifi.) I had a corrupted zip everything going wrong. Understanding this helped me going on.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sanziosan:
quoting myself.. ended up flashing another rom after i couldnt get root_apps.bat to work. I flashed madoco rom and now im rooted got the superuser app installed n everything yay! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] nikh.aurora:
Cant download from megaupload -

PLEASE HELP :( :(

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N5JDHIWK
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
Yes. I wanted to tell you to countinue anyway cause for me also this first step didn't happen as described. And if you read, you'll see we're not the only ones.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] nikh.aurora:
Cant download from the link (megaupload) :( :(

PLEASE HELP

can some one post it on dropbox etc
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
You should not repeat your question twice, you wont receive more answers. link is working perfectly
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] nikh.aurora:
Im sorry for the double post but the link is not working perfectly
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
sorry but why do you type www1107 ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] elislurry:
The link is working, I just used it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Q.Entity:
Just verified... It is working...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] ondoy1943:
Has it not occurred to you that internet filtering could be at play in your case, being in dubai? Who knows?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] nikh.aurora:
It works for everyone dunno why it dosent for me:(

tried every browser out there

and net filtering is no prob because i can easily download other things from megaupload.

But could anyone please please upload this on dropbox. please!!