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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zeus34:
My WW device Run Now US 9.4.2.13 device run well no boottig problem or deeb sleep problem. I've tried overclocking but when the device goes deebsleep mode, not wakeup longer.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I'd like to know as well. I'm still on HC and want to upgrade to ICS but want to be able to go back just in case.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
I just flashed my DE (german) Prime to the WW version, worked without any issue.

Thanks for that guide :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jeet:
Hi ProficienTICS,

It doesnt matters from where you have bought your Transformers Prime, this upgrade works on all Prime devices be it US or WW or HK.

Just to let you know I got mine from JBHIFI & did the update all went very smooth no issues.

Cheers

Jeet
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Myque:
Question, does this do sku change to US?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
It changes it to the SKU of the update, so if you follow the instructions, the SKU will be US like in the screenshot
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
Once the ww is out do the same process for it.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
Guys a bit of help for a not rooted DE model.

As I posted earlier, I am using a German model but I am not German.

So I do not care.

I use English for setup with Danish for keyboard only, so I can switch in between.

I do I make this to use WW or not DE fw at all, without bricking it.

It's not rooted (will never be).

I know how to update manually, but I was afraid to use a non DE fw.

Thanks in advance
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skola28:
Confirming the same: Downgrade worked perfectly as described. As expected, Launcher was horked up but clearing the data on Launcher app fixed it.

Of note, my dd command only took about 5 min; I have a class10 SD card though, so maybe that is why?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Myque:
Thanks, I wonder why asus didn't allow SKU change... I was thinking on maybe different TegraPart on some models
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] se1000:
I was watching mine like boiling water so it felt like forever. haha. It definitely took mine longer than 5 minutes though. I believe the class rating is write not read.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Shozuki:
updated my TF201

but...

I dont understand how to gain root access again...

or more specifically: where do I place the mempodroid and su files I have downloaded from the root link provided?

SD Card dir?

Thanks

EDIT: nvm! Done!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
cool, you can use vipermod too... 1 click root

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chances are to have a lifetime statistics of how many tablets are out in the wild.... this would be easier to know where to "promote" products at ..... think about it ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] VoltageNZ:
nvm, found direct link
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
It looks like this can be used to downgrade from ICS to HC as well. Confirmed by tinky1. He did experience bootloop and had to wipe data to fix so if anyone's gonna do this make sure you do titanium back up first. And if you know where downloaded data is stored in mnt/sdcard for games and such, it may be a good idea to back it up on your computer so you can just transfer it back without having to download them again.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22544678&postcount=54o

Still on HC so I may try ICS and glad there's a way to go back.

I also used this to upgrade from HC .27 to .33
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
Thanks.. I'll change the OP and title to reflect this...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
OP has been updated and thread renamed to: Install any version (ICS, Honeycomb, change SKUs) to your Transformer Prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ProficienTICS:
Hey guys the directions say to use MicroSD in the directory but i dont have a micro SD, i do have an SD card in the dock so i attempted to do it with /SD/blob but got an i/o error.

Can someone guide me how to install this from either the SD card or the internal storage?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
Try this is you're using an SD card:

dd if=/Removable/SD/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ProficienTICS:
So i got it working!

Everything went smooth, but now my tablet wont pick up my home wifi at all?

I set my portable hotspot up on my galaxy nexus and it picked it up instantly and connected.

But it wont even detect my home wifi? any ideas?

** Changed the channel it was on and it now picks it up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
I would consider warning people NOT to attempt the HC downgrade, as the recovery mode on my TFP is not giving any options to wipe data and the device is stuck in a boot loop. When entering recovery mode, it processes with Andy and the gears for a second, then shows Andy with a yellow warning triangle and won't go any further. At this point, ADB format doesn't work either. Nor does acquiring shell root. Also, permission denied to ADB push files to the SD card. I think I may have actually bricked it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Great find OP. This should be a life saver for those who wish to downgrade or upgrade versions.

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Now you can finally try out how great ICS is ;) beware though, a lot of the games we got from other sources might not be optimized or working on ICS. You might need to find updated versions of those games.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eduardmc:
how to disable OTA firmware update popup. I did downgrade from .13 to .11 but right after .13 started downling and now i have in the toolbar the icon to install the new .13 OTA and sometime i get the random popup which i have to press postone all the time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
What did you do that sent you into a boot loop?

I'm thinking it might be wise to perform a factory reset before attempting to downgrade...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
Can you try uninstalling or freezing "Update Launcher" in Titanium Backup?

It's also located in /system/app/UpdateLauncher.apk if you want to rename it to .bak or move it somewhere else...

That might do it...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
That is exactly what I did, factory reset, then reboot, then followed the steps. The boot loop isn't the problem, I can't get it to do anything in recovery mode. At this point, it needs a utility to reflash recovery, i think. Probably an nvflash would work, if we you know, had access.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
That's ****ty.. did you try the zip on the SD card update method to see if you can restore it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
No go. Internal SD, microSD, attempted an ADB pull of /data and got 0 pulled, 0 skipped.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
If you have ADB access, can't you just repeat the steps with the ICS blob?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
No shell root access. Also, ADB acts... Odd. Disconnects a lot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eduardmc:
Thanx i did freeze this now with TB but the file is already downloaded and it shows in the toolbar. It does not go away, is there's any way to find out where the firmware files were downloaded to. I tried searching with root explorer and was not able to find it withing the internal memory (and 32gb sd memory).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
It's in the /cache partition.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eduardmc:
Cache partition you mean cache folder?

i see

dlpkgfile 9.90mb

lost+found folder

recovery folder

should i delete everything or any of this files.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
The top one is it. Delete that one, not the others.

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In other news, managed to get the .11 ICS download on my internal SD. Still no help. Boot loops galore, no recovery working. I think I am well and truly bricked because Asus won't let me nvflash recovery to the Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eduardmc:
thanx, it did work but after deleting the file i was getting the same notification in the toolbar. had to force close and clear cache "dmclient" after that it was all good. no more notifications thanx again
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jeffro64:
Just a shot in the dark here, I haven't yet looked at the recovery on my Prime. When you get the shows Andy with a yellow warning triangle did you by chance toggle your Vol buttons or press the power button? I only ask because I had a device at one time (Can't remember which) that required you to hit Vol up (And possibly Power at the same time) at the yellow triangle screen to finish booting into recovery.

Like I said just a shot in the dark.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
Tried every combination possible. Nothing.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] se1000:
Maybe you could use the mempodroid vuln to gain shell root and then dd the blob?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jeffro64:
Sorry to hear.... I knew with all the devices in your sig you knew about the combos with buttons but just wanted to put it out there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
You can also just use the internal memory on the tfp, no need to use a removable sdcard if you dont have one..... would be like this:

Worked fine here.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
Good point.. If Superuser.apk isn't installed, would he be able to get root via ADB? If not, I guess he could also copy Superuser.apk along with the Superuser data with shell already having been granted superuser access...

Yah, there are a few ways.. I'll add the different combinations to the OP later. (SD/Micro SD/Internal memory)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
Forget it.. he should have root access as soon as he executes mempodroid as mentioned...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
Correct. Shell root with mempodroid doesn't even work, the ADB commands with stock recovery are way too limited. Rather than deal with it, I was still in return policy at BBY (45 days, gotta love premier silver RZ status) and picked up a Xoom for temporary purposes until they get the Primes back in stock. I hate settling like that, but I need a tablet for what I do.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I'm just wondering for my record if you removed any OEM files prior to downgrading? I know to accept OTA you have to put everything back. I'm just wondering if its the same if you downgrade/upgrade via micro SD. I know this doesn't really help fix the issue but to find root cause might help others in the future.

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LOL yup thats why im still on HC =)

EDIT: I wont be in the next 10 min though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
Nope, never touched /system, ironically to prevent bricking it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MACBLACK91:
How do I know if its finish ? In the terminal emulator
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Wait about 5 minutes (depending on speed of card) and you will see another line of text. You can reboot afterwards.

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Just confirmed myself from ICS .13 to HC .33 works. It did bootloop so I just wiped to factory (power+volume down). Also didnt factory reset when I was on ICS. Just did the terminal command right away.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deevo2:
Thanks very much for this. Succesfully downgraded to 11. All 4 cores no longer continually on, single core scalling down to 102mhz, battery lasting longer, back of tp no longer warm all the time.

Very happy, thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] caaznkid:
Attempted the .13 to HC downgrade....stuck in bootloop when I try to get into recovery just stuck with the Android with a yellow exclamation so I advise people to not try and downgrade to HC until we get Nvflash.

Edit: ADB commands do work in recovery....can anybody lend me a hand? Did you ever get superuser working id10terrordfw?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BTrack:
Noob Questions

I have two questions. Forgive me if the answers seem obvious to you folks.

1. Do I have to be rooted to downgrade from .13 to .11 (to correct GPS issue)?

2. Do I have to root after the downgrade or can I stay stock?

Thanks,
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
1. Yes, you need root access to write the "blob" file to the staging partition

2. No, this part is optional.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
Nope, mine was thouroghly bricked to the point I returned it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BTrack:
Thanks for the quick reply, Turge.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
If you're in recovery, I would think you would have root access... is "system" mounted?

can you post the output after running the "mount" command?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
By the way, what do you see on the screen when you're in recovery?

I was hoping to replicate your scenario without attempting to downgrade to Honeycomb, but if I reboot my tablet into recovery (with the Android laying down and the triangle), I can't ADB to it until I reboot back into Android. Nothing comes up in Device Manager either.

So, it's either a different recovery or configured differently in your case.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
Not with stock recovery and a locked bootloader we don't.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] caaznkid:
It's an Android with a exclamation point. I can plug it in and detect it using 'adb devices'. Can't do any commands though everything says permission denied in ADB. Tried to do the nacho root method to get SU access but was unable to push anything. Going to send it back to Amazon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
Can't you copy nachroot to the micro sd card and copy it to /data/local from there or is the sd card not mounted?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
You get permission denied trying to copy to that location. I couldn't find a way around it. /data and /system are totally locked down and no way to change it.

Sent from my Xoom
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
Don't know if this has been tried but try wiping the data partition. It may be conflicting settings from ICS to HC.

I successfully downgraded to HC all you have to do is follow the instructions and then wipe data (vol down+power) and follow the prompts.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
There were no prompts to follow. As in it appeared the recovery partition was corrupt somehow.

Sent from my Xoom
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I'm just wondering what some are doing differently when downgrading to HC to cause issue. I downgraded without an issue and didn't even factory reset prior to executing the command in terminal emulator? I did have to after it completed the downgrade though. Are you guys using adb via PC or terminal emulator?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Haven't been in here for a while but wanted to tell the OP good job!! Very helpful for everyone so we will always have root!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] caaznkid:
I used terminal emulator, probably should have just used ADB.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rveupen:
Boot looping...but solved

I had the WW 9.4.2.11 and used the method mentioned here to get US 9.4.2.13 just out of curiosity.

I had a few funny issues with the 9.4.2.13 in Europe with Wireless. Not sure why there isn't a WW 9.4.2.13 yet but i know there are different wirless specs when comparing Europe to America.

So i decided to extract the blob from ww 9.4.2.11 and do the dd thing.

All went well but the Launcher constantly forced closed. I kinda started to panic.

I was able to get in the settings screen and checked if USB Debugging was on...it was.

I rooted the prime with viper od but to no evail...still force closes on the Launcher...well actually the Launcher does not start at all.

Decided to start all over again from Honeycomb. Honeycomb blob on the SDcard and dd thing again.

Only now to get constant bootloops at the ASUS logo when turning on.

Turn the prime off and held the Vol Down button to see that i got 2 options...Wipe Data and Boot Android.

Chose to Wipe Data and to my surprise it booted fine into HoneyComb.

Now to do the ICS update the normal way.

Sticking to WW for now btw.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ProficienTICS:
Using this method to get to US .13, will the new .14 patch come through if we "checkupdate" in settings?

And if it does come through OTA should we root .13 prior?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
You just had to wipe launcher data as indicated in the OP but glad it worked out for you...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
If you switched SKU's, I doubt you'll be able to apply it.

If .14 is made available on ASUS' website for your actual SKU, just install it using this method.

If it's only available as an OTA update, downgrade to .11 for your actual SKU, wipe Launcher data to get past the FC's and install the update. Personally, I would try installing the update without wiping Launcher data if possible since I don't want to have to re-configure my homescreens.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] everal:
question:

how i can flash posted dlpkgfile file for .14 OTA US Update?

I have extracted the file and found the "BLOB" File inside with a size of 9mb.

Does i must push the file through the command

"dd if=/sdcard/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4"

or how i can flash the above file, does i must extract the dlpkgfile???

found in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22632105&postcount=57

for your notice

i have a german tablet flashed with latest us .13 Update, and now i would like the ota .14 update...

thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ProficienTICS:
Everal the post above yours explains what to do but if someone has already done this and could put together a guide for those of us less competent with this kind of thing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zipper9:
Hi,

im having the same issue, tried to update using the BLOB file..after the reboot, im still on .13 (my device is WW)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turge:
The .14 update includes more than the blob file. There are a bunch of apk's being updated as well so this process won't work with it. Once the WW OTA update becomes available, I'll just revert back to WW .11 and apply the .14 OTA.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Epedemic:
Hm. im on ww .11 and i tried this (i have root of course) with us.13 , and after i did the reboot command, it started upgrading, and said "blog signature verification failed" and rebooted back into ww .11...

*edit* Never mind, tried once more and are now on us .13
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Did OTA on another tablet to ICS .14 since I wanted to compare GPS on both to make sure GPS was not software related. Brought it back down to HC .33 no issues. Here's what I did to the T.

1. Open up Terminal Emulator

2. Typed in adb commands

3. Waited for files to copy (waited about 7 minutes) 3 lines popped up. Last line indicated 302,xxx bytes copied.

4. Typed in "exit" 2x to exit terminal emulator

5. Did a shut down.

6. Powered it back up and let it do its thing.

7. After it completed the downgrade it rebooted.

8. It went to the Asus logo with circular dots on the bottom and I let it sit there till it bootlooped once.

9. Held volume down and then power till it rebooted and let go of the power only

10. Saw the white texts on the top left corner then I let go of the volume and left it alone till it went to the screen where I can select to wipe data or reboot in android.

11. Pressed down to select wipe, then power 2x select and confirm.

12. Then it said wipe data please wait.

13. When it was done next line says signature match

14. It rebooted completely to the initial HC setup welcome screen.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tr3yt0n:
Updated from WW to US latest firmware, worked like a charm... thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zipper9:
ive upgraded my WW one to the .13 US one, how did you upgrade to the .14 update afterwards?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ProficienTICS:
Guys .14ww is coming out Monday its probably best to work out the best way to get back to WW.11 in order to take the official WW update on Monday.

I believe its risky to try and get to .14 if you have used the method of this thread to get to .13.

Its one more day, just wait.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazuka:
Turge, thank you for the utility, worked like a charm going form 14 to 13 (had 1080P playback issues on 14).

a question: while using ADB to pull backed up apk's and push the blob to the internal sdcard I noticed that Transformer at times goes offline - "adb devices" would show it "offline", and there it stays till the USB cable unplugged/replugged or till I do "adb kill-server/adb devices". The offline thing happens while transferring large files, so I wonder if you or anyone noticed that behavior. Could it be just some power-saver thing, but I can disable it?

Thank you
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] everal:
Hi,

found this on XDA...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1496185

Anybody know how does it work for dlpkgfile (.OTA US 14).

Iam at the moment on . US 13 (German Pad)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xvsacme:
Blob signature verification failure

I'm on .14 and I also get "Blob signature verification failure" every time I try this downgrade method. I've tried it with both the .13 Blob and the .11.1 Blob.

Part of the problem for me is that the tablet is completely unstable on .14; it often reboots within seconds rather than minutes, which means the Blob rarely ever gets enough time to complete, so I have to try the dd process several times repeatedly. When the blob fails to complete because of a reboot mid-copy, this also unsurprisingly results the signature verification failure.

Of the two times that the dd command has successfully completed, I still get a sig failure. Do we have to clear mmcblk0p4 first somehow?

Successful dd of .11.1:

1021448+0 records in
1021448+0 records out
522981376 bytes transferred in 137.175 secs (3812512 bytes/sec)

Successful dd of .13:

1063992+0 records in
1063992+0 records out
544763904 bytes transferred in 157.656 secs (3455395 bytes/sec)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] everal:
@xvsacme

try The Methode before.

try rename newest ota zip .13us file as ep201_sdupdate.zip

reboot.

push The Button Power and lower noise AT The Same Time.

now push The higher noise Button between 5 seconds...

May be work with full ota Updates for prime

tested with .14 dlpkgfile - Not work - nothing happens...

May be The Same Methode as The dd Terminal Methode...(No root required?)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xvsacme:
Thanks for that; this method results in the Red Dead Android for me unfortunately.

I do have good news though; the answer was staring me in the face. My dd results were off. I had been copying the blob from my internal memory because I thought it would be faster than my SD card (though it is class 10), since I was fighting for time between reboots. However, the results it gives [FullBlocks+PartialBlocks] was not looking right. 1063992 full blocks + 0 partial blocks.

I found that the tablet wouldn't reboot quite as quickly while plugged in to actual power, so I used Terminal Emulator instead of an adb shell connection. I then also moved the blob back onto my external SD card and ran the dd command from there, and this resulted in 106xxxx+1 records in/out (I forget exactly). With this new number, upon reboot the update process finally succeeded.

Posting this here in case anyone else runs into it. Has anyone else had success dd-ing their blob from the internal /sdcard folder? Theoretically it should work, I just don't know why it didn't work for me.