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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Snake X:
I have another question: why is it that it gave back all the apps I have yet it deleted the root and superuser.apk? Is the root still in tact at this point or do I need to re-root?

edit: have we also figured out what it is within the official asus firmware that makes it go into the recovery loop?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jenkem110:
Dammit. i Hard bricked my transformer prime. :( I have the worst luck...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Flip35:
had the same issue, i was getting recovery bootloops and i was always able to fix it with the op instructions but for some reason now it did it again and now my pc wont recognize it...i check my pc device manager and i dont see anything there with an exclamation to update the driver, i plug my gnex and adb recognizes it so it has to be the tablet. any ideas, thanx
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dynagem:
Asus still supporting unlocked primes!

Add me to the list of sending a bricked unlocked/rooted/custom rom inhabited prime back to Asus and they accepted it and fixed it.

What did i say? I said the following: "After a system update, my prime rebooted and got stuck on the Asus screen". That was my initial phone call. They will try to trouble shoot over the phone, just follow the motions.

I paid for shipping it to them though. They sent back at no cost.

This thread has come along way since March/April when my prime died. I actually see fixes.

But this is a continued option that seems be less lucky and more standard with the recent success.

Good luck to all the bricked primes out there!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Flip35:
Dude I think I'm gonna send mines in, I was able to fix it before using his 1a method but now my PC won't even recognize it I tried to find it on my PC to update the driver and I just can't find it, my PC won't read it but it reads my phone just fine, what's the number if u have it handy
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] YamiHoshi:
This night, I became part of Option 2 (that Hard Brick), and guess what?

This girl has unbricked her Tablet on the same night!

I did the following:

Download CWM Touch Recovery, and Virtuous Prime (Custom ROM).

Turn on the Tablet, hold the Volume-Down Button, wait 5 seconds, press Volume-Down to come to the USB Logo, and press Volume-Up to activate Fastboot.

Go to the Terminal (I'm using a Mac, BTW), and "cd" to the directory with ADB, Fastboot, the ROM, and Recovery.

Type in: "./fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery name_of_recovery.img".

Type in: "./fastboot reboot".

Hold the Volume-Down Button again, but instead of waiting, press Volume-Up, and you'll come to Clockwork Recovery.

With the Terminal still opened up, make sure ADB can see your device: "./adb devices".

If you get an error, reboot until you don't get it anymore, and make sure you've got the USB plugged in correctly.

If you see more than 1 device connected, make sure you add "-s SERIAL_NUMBER" after "./adb" for the next commands (replace the "SERIAL_NUMBER" by the number you see in "./adb devices").

Wipe everything you can, beside Recovery.

When that's Wiped too, it doesn't hurt to reflash Recovery again.

While being in Recovery, type in: "./adb push name_of_zip_file.zip /root".

After a long wait, you most likely want to try out "Install from ZIP", we're not done yet.

Type in: "./adb shell".

Type in "ls", and you might notice something strange: Where is the /sdcard folder?!

Don't panic yet!

Type in: "mkdir sdcard".

Type in: "cp /root/name_of_zip_file.zip /sdcard" (you can also try mv, instead of cp, but I'd recommend you to use cp, in case you lose the ZIP File).

Now you can use the "Install from ZIP" option in Recovery, so install the ROM now!

Call up your friends, get some coffee with each other, and celebrate your Unbrick.

Tutorials used:

The Fastboot part.

Other stuff was all by myself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hoots:
Brick #3 (I think)

Finally got round to rooting my prime after updating to version 28 from asus. It all seemed too complicated rooting on version 21 (having to go bck to previous version before rooting etc).

Anyway:-

Updated to V28

Rooted using RootDebugfs.bat one click

Verified root

Installed CWM touch via ROM manager

Dowloaded latest CM 9 nightly and GAPPS via ROM Manager

Asked Rom Manager to back up existing ROM, Wipe Dalvic

All went well till CM 9 animated splash screen which doesn't move on, I've left it for over 2 hours twice now and overnight last night

Can access CWM and fastboot but no removable SD card access in CWM so can't flash another ROM and also can't find the back up I asked ROM manager to do on internal SD card.

Anyone any idea how to get out of this?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
First of, adb needs to be run as root:

'sudo adb start-server'

Second of, you need to search around how to add support to android devices to udev. tags: linux android udev rules

There needs to be lines for normal operation (adb while android is running), recovery and fastboot.

Edit: And seems to me that people dont search enough. If they had, they would know that any 'reboot to recovery' command doesnt work unless installed recovery is either roach's cwm mod or (not 100% sure here, drop by their thread) twrp 2.1.3.

sent from my i9250
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zummer22:
Help really really needed! I will donate if someone can help me

I really need help now

Can't boot.

Today i flashed AndrWook 2.1 and set it to wipe my internal SD but it couldnt boot. I used a lot of time to push another ROM to the device but with no luck.

used WSG Unbricker to try save it (i had recovery before i used it) I formatted everything and tried repair it with the complete unbricker options but that didn't work. I dont know but it looks like it just cancels when i try do it. So i tried manually flash the /boot /system and /recovery from wsg unbricker using fastboot. Now i can't get any recovery installed

My internal SD is formatted. I can't get to recovery and i can flash a new one using fastboot but i dont have a option to boot into it. I have only bootloader now with the 2 options: Wipe data and USB protonol (fastboot)

So now im screwed :( I'm shaking all over and panic! I really hope someone can help me :crying:

UPDATE!

http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=268

I tried that and now i have recovery again!!! So far so good
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] YamiHoshi:
For your problem, just read a few posts above yours.

So basically, go to Fastboot (USB Protocol, if you like to call it like that), flash a new Recovery on it, reboot in Recovery, flash ROM via ADB.

Looking in the other Thread, I assume you're using Windows.

That means, the only difference from my Tutorial is, you won't need to add "./" before "fastboot" and "adb".
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zummer22:
It's working now!

Thanks to all the guys at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28308705&posted=1#post28308705 For helping me!

And thanks to this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25912124&postcount=268

:victory:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kevinb77:
OK here is my problem:

I was able to finally get the latest version of CWM on my previously "wiped" device. I had mistakenly gone into fastboot and selected "wipe data" option.

This post helped out TONS!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1680570

Now I can get into CWM, but cannot for the life of me figure out a way to flash a ROM or even return the device to stock.

Please keep in mind that I have NOTHING on my internal SD card (due to the "wipe"), but I do have a 32GB external SD card. My device was Rooted using Viper Boys method along with the Asus Unlock tool.

Can anyone please help?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] YamiHoshi:
Is it necessary to quote the entire TS?

Also, why do I get ignored?

My Tutorial is perfect!

So in your case, you'll need to push the ROM via ADB, in Recovery.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CRom11:
Hi, cannot find the combination I have...

I was going to install androwook 2.1 and there's a note to use the twrp recovery, so I downloaded the goo manager and from it I donwloaded the twrp recovery and hit boot to recovery.

Since then I cannot get out of the loop, I can restore any of my older backups, can install any rom I have on my prime, but when it asks for reboot it always goes to recovery again..

When I connect the cable, my PC will detect it and sees the prime correctly, was trying few of the fastboot commands, but always stuck at the 'waiting for device'...

Can anyone help me with this, please?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CharliesTheMan:
Sure let me grab the ADB command line that you need to run and you will be good to go.

Just to make sure, you still have clockwork mod installed, and you used the reboot to recovery option after downloading some stuff from goo manager, and when you did that you got a recovery loop, and rebooting boots right into clockwork recovery.

Is that information correct?

After we fix this, you need to go to goo manager and if you browsed to the TWRP file and downloaded a recovery, you may want to go a different route and open goo manager, press menu, and choose install open recoveryscript.

If the above is what happened and you have brick 1a (which isn't actually a brick because everything is working, buttons and screen and such, brick to me implies stuff really broken bad, but not in this case so remember to not get stressed or panick, I promise we will help you fix it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514088

Here's the instructions from Diamondback, and a big thanks to him for his write ups.

Option 1a

Don't be afraid, your Prime should be recoverable. This is the good news. The bad news is, that you need quite some knowledge of ADB.

To recover your Prime (most likely) you need the following:

A working ADB setup (please google that if you don't have it, "tutorial setup adb" or something like that should do the trick)

The USB-Cable to connect the Prime to your PC

A few minutes time

Now do the following:

Make sure your Prime is in Recovery mode (CWM)

Open a cmd line on your pc

Type: "adb shell"

You should see a "#" now

Once you have that "#", please type: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1 and press [Enter]

Now type: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=16 count=1 and press [Enter]

Exit the shell and reboot your Prime via CWM

It should not reboot to CWM automatically now. It either boots your ROM or is stuck at the splash screen. If it is stuck, boot to recovery and install any ROM you want.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] klutch:
i am having the same problem already for 2 months but the problem is the computer is not detecting my prime and i did it with W-XP and W7 specialy with universal naked drivers and nothing need help plz i really want this prime to work back again for use
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
I bricked my prime about a week or so ago, by not heeding the reboot into recovery warning on AOKP silly me, anyway my initial attempt at unbricking was unsuccessful as I couldnt get my PC to read my Prime, and no Drivers would install, the prime in device manager came up as Unknown Device...btw I know my ADB setup is working my GNex and GS3 both read in ADB when booted into Recovery with no USB Debugging enabled inside ICS...also I have no option to choose FAST BOOT or COLD BOOT LINUX when holding Volume Down + Power, it boots straight to recovery I don't even need to press Volume Up it just defaults to CWM with no text saying press Volume Up like it shold normally do, if I do power + volume up the prime turns on but with no screen, leading me to believe this is download mode/apx mode not really sure as there isnt really much info on that...Gonna try to unbrick it again tonight with hopefully better luck in getting the prime to read...the most frustrating thing is I know the prime isnt unbrickable if I can just get the PC and Prime to communicate lol...meantime I already preordered my Nexus 7, and I guess if I cant unbrick it myself I can always send the tab back to Asus and hope they replace it...no loss there really aside from the shipping cost. hoping it doesnt come to that tho.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CharliesTheMan:
It happens a lot to have ADB working on one device but not the other. I have a friend of mine that's very competent with bootloaders and ADB and he can't use both on his PC, when he installs the drivers to use ADB for his prime he loses the ability to push to his gnex, and vice versa.

My suggestion would be to try a different computer first. But if you can't get it, let me know before you send it back to Asus. I have a friend of mine who's really good with the advanced adb path setup with Windows and the SDK, and if we can't get you going remotely I'd take a look at it free of charge if you before sending it to Asus and unbrick it for you and install TWRP and send it back to you.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
Well I just tried from multiple pcs one was clean never had any type of android drivers installed and same issue the device comes up unknown and when pointing windows to where the driver (.inf file) is it says there are no suitable drivers...I even tried in linux to get it to read same issue it just doesnt read in adb so ya..think its time to phone asus and hope i get lucky heh.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
I'm having the same problem as the above 3. I can not get anywhere with this thing. I've never "bricked" anything before. I'm stuck in CWM and can't shut down, can't get my computer or 3 other computers to see the Prime. I've tried all the drivers, reinstalling ADB several times, and even tho it's working, says it can't see the device.

Help. Let me know if you guys get anything working because I'm screwed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
One last thing I thought I'd try before sending off my Prime to Asus does anyone have a link to the Nvidia Ventana Drivers for APX Mode...might be able to use Wheelie/NVFlash but nvidia seems to have taken the dev zone down.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] psycodrumfreak:
Have all of you tried installing the naked drivers?. Look for my post a few back and there is a link. Also, with ADB, you issues should be resolved if you install those drivers.

In terms of ABDs inability to recognize multiple devices, I ran into an issue with ADB showing that it is out of date and it would restart. This was caused by having manually put in ADB and installing ASUS desktop sync (As a failed part of getting the drivers installed), and others have reported HTC Sync doing the same. I had to kill the process for those main apps to kill the running ADB server and then start my debugging of the TFP. Hope this helps you out, or gives an idea for other ways to troubleshoot.

Also, I haven't noticed any issues using TWRP recovery, or updating CWM on my tablet to resolve the recovery loop.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cykotix:
Excuse my ignorance but isn't that removed when you unlock it with the tool they provided?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
What I think he is referring to is if someone flash the stock ASUS firmware from asus support website. That would flash the lock bootloader thus bricking the system. Not sure why tho>
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Butch1326:
Just curious if the devs think it will become possible to unlock (a Honeycomb version) and install a ROM from the microSD card.

In early January I bricked by Prime where it won't boot up. Because it doesn't boot to the home screen, the device doesn't mount the drives. As a result, I don't have access to use ADB.

I just want to know if it's worth waiting, or if I need to RMA the device back to Asus.

Thanks!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darkskiez:
This is because people are flashing/patching pretty much the equivalent of the BIOS in these cases.

google "flashed bios wont power on" to see the equivalent bricked PC cases that people have had.

With PCs tho, its easy to pop the bios chip and replace it with another etc.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Ipad can easily be bricked after jailbreaking. seen tons of them from Ipad forums. Actually even worse for them. no way to recover at all. have to send Ipad in. then once they realize you jailbroke it, warranty voided. Lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Unfortunately not :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
Sounds like a software brick. Can you access the stock recovery? If so then you could flash the stock ASUS firmware.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dannb:
I guess someone needs to completely take the Prime apart for this, but is there any hope for JTAG recovery? On many phones this is a tried and true solution for hard bricks due to corrupted or otherwise messed up bootloaders.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Butch1326:
MasterZen88,

I can access the stock recovery. How do I flash the stock ASUS firmware from there? The only options I am aware of require ADB access to move the blob file using the dd command or launched from Settings/Check for System Update screen.

Update: I probably want to make sure we're clear on access to stock recovery. I can get into the area where I can wipe data and perform a cold reboot. If I press Vol+ instead, I get Android with an exclamation point.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
I also am having the same problem. Also I was wodering if it is possible to install android on an sdcard nd create a boot script for it. So people with bricked devices could boot from SD? Then use the unlock tool to unlock and install cwm? Then flash from there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cashy57:
has anyone been able to get out of brick 3 successfully?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Butch1326:
anthonyalberto helped me out. The trick is that the firmware installed from the microSD card must be a later version than the one installed on the Prime.

Thank you very much for your assistance.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Actually what you call the "stock recovery" is the bootloader and the other thing with the android is the "stock recovery" :P

There should be an option to update via a file on the microsd, but I don't know anymore how to do that exactly... :(

Try putting the inner zip of the full asus .14 update to a micro sd, put it in the prime and boot the stock recovery (the one with the android)

lol my browser fooled me :) glad to see it's working again :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Hey could you pass that information along im having the same issue n i cant use the recovery due to the red exclamaiton point.

is there a specific name that we have to rename the firmware file.im still on 9.4.2.13 if someone could help it would be much appreciated. if its like anyother stock recovery the file has to be renamed so.

~globed
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Butch1326:
I will explain my specific situation as a reference to everyone.

At the time ICS was released in January, I was one of the folks who had trouble with the firmware upgrade to ICS. There were workaround suggestions posted on the forums. I attempted one of the procedures and it bricked my Prime. At the time, no options were available to unbrick the Prime. I didn't have access to ADB because the Prime would hang during the boot up process. The boot process was not getting to the home screen, so I had no option to reflash. As an aside, I purchased another Prime and held on to this one waiting for the unlocked bootloader. It turns out I didn't need too wait...

The firmware version I was on was 8.8.3.33 (Honeycomb 3.2)

What I had been doing was:

1) Download the 8.8.3.33 firmware (I only did this once)

2) Extract the UpdateLauncher_US_epaduser8_8_3_33.zip file

3) Inside the extracted UpdateLauncher_US_epaduser8_8_3_33.zip is a zip file called: US_epad-user-8.8.3.33.zip

4) I renamed the file to EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP

5) Used my PC to copy EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP to my microSD card's root directory

6) Inserted my microSD card in the Prime

7) At the same time, I pressed Power and Vol (-)

8) Once the text appeared in the lefthand corner, I let go both buttons, waited a second, then pressed the Vol (+) button.

The android animation would run for about 20 second, then come up with an Android laying down with an exclaimation point.

Based on another suggestion I read earlier today, I followed the same procedure, except instead of using the firmware for 8.8.3.33, I used 9.4.2.7.

In 9.4.2.7,

1) I extracted the file contents from the US_epaduser9_4_2_7UpdateLauncher.zip file

2) Located the US_epad-user-9.4.2.7.zip file

3) Renamed the US_epad-user-9.4.2.7.zip file to EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP

4) Copy the EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP to my microSD root directory

5) Then ran the same procedure as outlined above.

It appears the Prime checks if the version of firmware is newer than the one already installed. It worked like a charm.

In your case, I recommend downloading 9.4.2.14 from the ASUS support site and attempt the procedure. Make sure you use the microSD card and not the /sdcard directory on the Prime.

Let me know if you have any other questions.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Thanks for the response man. it unfortunaly did not work. im going to try fastboot and downgrading. iff not it looks like warrenty time
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Okay we successfully un-bricked a Brick 3 just now. :)

Updating the thread tomorrow.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
I almost had a heart attack
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Me too :eek:

ASUS did really screw up this unlock thing... Almost nothing works, everything bricks your Prime etc :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Well shall we discover a 4th brick? I can test some more things, hopefully things that only cause brick 3 or 1 :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
I know it's impossible to read through everything, so I will say yes, I have tried every driver there is known. Stock, naked universal, and whatever else there is/has been posted. I can not get my computer to see my prime. Or my work computer. One of them was actually a brand new freshly installed computer. Tried a few of the different ways to install the SDK/ADB plus the regular way. Nothing will work.

I also CAN NOT get into recovery the way everyone keeps saying to get to the "usb" option? nope. This is what I get....CWM, reboot, CWM.

NO matter how long I hold down the volume button. I can not get out of CWM.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
unless u can tell me a way to force install the drivers, it doesnt work in my case, the tab comes up Unknown device in device manager once connected, from there i point windows to where the Naked drivers or any other drivers are for that matter and it fails to find them, saying that there are no suitable drivers available from the INF i pointed it to...i tried pnputil and no luck still the same thing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
Have you tried this:

http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/

Plus naked drivers.

It worked for some that couldn't access to adb while in recovery.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
this is the same exact issue I'm having, instead of getting the option to press volume up to boot into Recovery (RCK Mode) the tab just boots straight to CWM, normally when u do power + volume down you have to press up to enter recovery or it will go to a screen that gives u the option to cold boot linux/usb mode (fastboot). Unfortunately in my case and seems like in yours, we get no option. The only other mode we can boot into is APX Mode (volume up + power) problem is u still can't install the drivers for the Tab when it comes up unknown device in this mode.

One thing can you actually install the drivers on your PC or is your tab acting like mine refusing to install any drivers?