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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drodzand:
Possible Brick Number 3

Hi everyone,

It seems I messed up my Prime. I've been reading around the forums for the past few days and I think I'm experiencing brick number 3 as detailed in this thread. I followed the link provided under option 3 which links to a thread about an Transformer Prime IRC channel I logged in into the IRC channel and someone greeted me by asking for the binaries...frankly, I've no idea what to do in that channel.

I was on the stock Asus Jellybean Rom. I used the Asus Unlock tool (which I downloaded from this site since it wasn't available in the Asus site for some reason) and installed TWRP 2.5 via fastboot as explained in their website (installed the JB.blob). Everything worked fine. I then proceeded to flash the new ROM (latest CM nightly available for the Prime...I regret doing so since that may have been the problem). When I restarted the device it got stuck in the Asus/Nvida splash screen.

I'm able to go into the recovery menu. I've wiped data many times after this and flashed CM stable version many times but the device won't get past that splash screen. I tried flashing the ROM via ADB but whenever I enter the appropriate command the terminal shows me a list of the actions that can be performed via ADB and nothing else happens.

I've tried looking around for a solution but I've been unable to find one. Should I install/flash a stock blob rom? It is advised not to do so in the first post but I haven't found any other alternative. There are many threads pertaining this issue but each case is slightly different and I haven't found one that applies to my situation.

I've installed CM 9 stable, CM 10.1 nightly and Virtous Rom. Everything installs just fine but after rebooting it gets stuck in the aforementioned splash screen.

Can we use the Unbricker tool? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1599991
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Risket:
I have a similar issue to the previous poster.

I unlocked my Prime with the Asus unlock tool.

I rooted my Prime with the motochopper tool.

I followed this tutorial to flash TWRP recovery. This is where my problem is.

I downloaded "openrecovery-twrp-2.1.3-tf201.blob", I checked the MD5, it matched, I renamed it to "twrp.blob" and put it in the same directory as my "fastboot.exe" which was extracted from a ZIP file I got here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (then extracted to my user folder).

SHIFT+Right-Click in the directory and chose "Open command window here" then I pasted following command:

fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob

As in the video I held the power button, then power+vol.dn, pressed vol.up on "RCK" and nothing happened. It froze and I left it there for about five minutes. Meanwhile in the video, his loaded TeamWin Recovery. So I ran the command again in case I screwed something up. I tried the buttons again and it still froze when I selected "RCK".

I booted the device, rebooted, turned it off, tried "RCK" again. Still nothing.

I'm new to all of this, so I remembered that GooManager had a "Reboot to recovery" option. So I tried that.

Now I'm stuck.

My device is frozen on the screen that has the Asus logo. It doesn't say anything about an unrecoverable error. It just has "The device is unlocked" in the top left corner, the Asus logo in the middle and the Nvidia logo in the bottom right. SCREENSHOT

I can not get my prime to boot up or even shut down. Holding the power button reboots it back to this point. Power+Vol.Dn reboots it to this point. Power+Vol.Up will make my computer see it as APX, but I can't do anything else. I saw a tutorial for using nvFlash to recover it, but it doesn't seem to work for JB devices.

I have no clue what to do. It sounds like "Option 2" where my device is "hard bricked" and I'm basically just screwed. But I'm not stuck on the "EeePad" screen and it doesn't say anything about an unrecoverable bootloader error.

I never got to use a custom recovery and I never got to the point of flashing a ROM.

....I regret everything about this tablet's existence.... ><
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bornin:
I think I got me a new type of Brick, crosspost from Androwook thread:

I got a problem with my prime.

Yesterday I stuffed it in the dock to connect it to the charger and then the tablet suddenly turned off.

Now I can't turn it on anymore, it doesn't respond to the powerbutton.

Only way I can get some sign of life is wen I put it in the dock. It will show the asus screen for a brief second saying "This device is unlocked"and then die again.

If I dock it and hold power / volume down it says:

Key driver not found, booting OS

Android cardhw user bootloader 1.0 released by ............

And the 3 (bootloader) icons for a split second.

It dissapears so quick I had to dock it 20 times just to be able to read this.

What to do? ADB is waiting for device

Help!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] niwaywood:
Hi everyone,

I seem to have bricked my prime but my situation doesnt match any of the brick states on the OP.

What I did:

1. I successfully unlocked the bootloader with no problems

2. I successfully flashed TWRP and achieved root using the method in the second post of this thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2034691 ). I had to use this method because I was already on stock 4.1 firmware

3. I then booted into recovery, did a factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache, flashed a cm 10.1 zip and then tried to reboot. When I tried to reboot I got stuck on the splash screen.

The Current Situation:

Whenever I try to start the device I get stuck on the splash screen. I am still able to boot into both TWRP recovery mode and fastboot mode though.

Solution?:

I would greatly appreciate any help you are able to give me. I am hoping that since I can get into recovery and fastboot mode that I am not hard bricked?

Thanks in advance,

Nick
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GatoL0c0:
Mine got stuck and can no longer boot into fastboot (power+vol down won't do anything). I followed the TWRP website instructions to install via fastboot. Everything looked fine but TWRP for some reason when I booted into recovery, it would not see my external sdcard (the location of my zip file to install CM 10). I also get the following errors when I check the terminal icon on the top right:

E:Unable to find partition size for '/misc'

E:Unable to find partition size for '/staging'

E:Unable to find partition size for '/data'

E:Unable to find partition size for '/boot'

E:Unable to find partition size for '/recovery'

Updating partition details.....

E:Unable to mount '/cache'

E:Unable to mount '/cache'

E:TWFunc::Copy_Log -- Can't open destination log file: 'cache/recovery/log'

E:Unable to mount '/cache'

E:Unable to mount '/cache'

I thought maybe TWRP failed to install properly so when I tried to boot in to fastboot to try again, it would not boot into fastboot no matter what. I searched and searched and found a way to "adb push" files onto the internal storage. TWRP would error and say that the install failed. My problem closely matches the instructions for Brick 1a with the only difference being that I don't have a custom ROM installed:

Brick 1a: You unlocked your Prime with ASUS' tool, did some stuff to it (like flashing a custom ROM) and now it always boots into recovery instead of your ROM.

You can't select to boot to fastboot or anything else. No matter what you do it's always the recovery. (happening to many users)

I tried the ADB commands and it seems to run fine but nothing changes and I still can't boot into fastboot. I have no idea what else to do. :crying:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dezaras6:
cross posted from Androwook thread:

So.....

The Androwook ROM (which is excellent, by the way) crashed and all I could get into was recovery. I had a recovery from a month or 2 ago, but I had made many changes since then and didnt want to go directly to that if I could help it. I decided to dirty flash the rom to see if that cleared up the crash (by crash I mean I could only get into recovery). I have had similar things work before.

when the dirty flash didnt work, i got back into recovery, and then realized that I lost that backup that was in there in the twrp folder (the file manager can get me into the folder, but its empty) the backup option shows nothing.

The external microsd card slot on my prime went out a couple months back, but it had not mattered since I rarely used an external sd card for anything. the adb sideload function of the custom TWRP did not appear to work.

I have the naked drivers installed, and it shows up right in device manager, and I have adb pushed things to android devices before, so i put the rom in the folder with adb, opened a cmd there, and tried to push the rom to /sdcard/ (confirmed to exist in the file manager) but i got no response ("adb devices" shows nothing). with no sdcard to install, i was not sure what else there was to do.

In my stupidity, i decided to try to use my nvflash recovery files to see if I could get it back up to a rom. the wheelie -r --blob blob.bin command worked, the tablet came to life, but the next step did not work.

Now here is where I am:

I can get only into "apx" (volume up and power, tablet vibrates, screen stays off, usb connects ok) adb still will not allow me to push anything, after the failed nvflash step, I also lost recovery.

Is there anything else that can be done to recover it? I'm somewhat proficient, but perhaps I am missing something simple.

Any help anyone can offer is very appreciated. I know this thing is a couple years old at this point, but its been an awesome tablet and I cant really afford a new one for a few months.

Thanks in advance,
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Papichulo06:
Same issue as the ones before me. Updated CM through the CM Updater.... stuck on start up logo splash.

Still had recovery access and so I thought it was a bad download so I went through the whole wiping, installing many other ROMs and so forth. I hope someone comes up with a fix soon or at least replies to update the status of this.... which from what I read seems to be brick #3.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tenzo_O:
Does these Unbrick methods work if I am on Jelly Bean bootloader?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leipy:
Unbricked tf201

I did a wipe from bootloader, which you should not do because you will get a unrecoverble bootloader.

So i was stuck for half a year and Asus wanted to charge me 365,= euro for a new motherboard. I know they can just reflash it.

So i waited. and there is was http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12 i had to do it twice, it worked for me like a charm.

I got mine rooted and running again like it is out off the factory (exept i got it still unlocked and i installed the latetste twrp 2.6.0.0.)

The again i tried to install the latest bootloader and partitions(enegy rom). and again it failed. again unrecoverble bootloader.

i did the same think again http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12 twice and it booted perfect again.

I hope this will help all those how still have acces to fastboot to recover there beloved prime.

Update: just installed hairybean rom incl. jb 4.2.1 bootloader and partitions everthing running fine and fast.

So after a type 2 brick it is alive and well
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rushing:
can we get an NVFLASH step by step procedure. I have my files and would not know what to do with if needed however I doubt I will ever need them as much a s I read before I flash this strange beast.

I saw that we were supposed to ask for help on the website where the guide is.

I hate asking for help and what if someone dies and nobody is left with the info at least it would be posted on xda somwhere. or if it is and my searches failed then where is the guide for returning from a brick with NVFlash.? just doesn't seem to be info that should be horded, I would have read the guide two or three times and left it alone but nothing to read and I'm not gonna lie and oh I bricked my prime now I need help and guidance lol. just want to read the guide thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Okay, thread updated with a fix for brick 3 :)

Thanks again to kmdm for helping us out of this :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Jst thought id share this.... i was exparimenting with my bricked prime. i powered down and went to boot back up holding power and volume up. it vibrated and poped up with Transformer Prime apx interface! so i installed the naked univeral driver, and installed the APX usb driver and now my transoformer is recognizing APX mode. my prime is not unlocked. any one have any idea how to program it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ursubpar:
We have NVflash but i dont think we have the SBK for the prime.

No sbk = no flashing
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
i have to give you a big thanks for this i haven't bricked just yet but i garuntee i will sometime in the future i always have with my devices.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Well I knew that haha we need the sbk it will be an easy unbrick solution
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lilstevie:
Odin really would not help :) Odin communicates with Sbl over the Loke protocal. A brick like option 2 would still be unrecoverable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dynagem:
Help

Guys, need help if possible....

Rooted TFP on .14 with locked bootloader. I had random lock ups so i "Checked for updates" since the announcement of the .15 firmware to get the latest and greatest to prevent to hopefully to give some stability.

Upon clicking for checking it found an update. I went to install normally.

Rebooted fine.

Put the prime down after some usage and when i went to wake- it was frozen (wtf).

Hit the reset pin and went through the normal asus screens. When i get to my lock screen.....it is now "gears and exclamation point". How do i know that i am at the lockscreen? I hold the TFP in portrait and it's almost 3 quarters "gears and exclamation" and the rest my standard lock screen. but my lock screen portion is still frozen

So i decided to cold boot- same.

So i decided to wipe through power and vol done path - SAME (3 quarter gears & exclamation but now i see the start button but sadly can't press)

I still have access as a usb device on pc.

I still have access with native/stock recovery.

I have adb skills but since i wiped and now stuck....and since i am assuming my usb debugging is not selected by default, cause when i try "adb devices" it isn't found.

Am i fully paper weighted?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
i say let the batttery run out and boot back up should solve it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
This. Afterwards you could also try to flash a stock system image from asus via the microSD method.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
I've tried reflashing :/ sadly it doesn't work unless imbdoig it wrong
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cashy57:
Problems with ADB and CWM

I'm trying to figure out how to get ADB to work with my device that is in cwm. I'm bricked with brick 3 and when i try to push the boot.img i get device not found in cmd. What am i doing wrong? the prime is listed as "Full Android on Emulator" in device manager. Please help!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Ill try to help you out but it would probably be better to do this over IRC or something,

Just made a channel really quick

join #primehelp
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cashy57:
nevermind. i got it figured out. but, once i followed the instructions in brick 3 i rebooted and got brick 2. :((((
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Exactly what did you type in command?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cashy57:
I typed exactly what was said to type in the instructions for fixing brick 3. and that's all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
And you made sure to put that boot.img file to your sdcard right?

as in..

adb push boot.img /sdcard/ ?

http://webchat.freenode.net/

#primehelp and explain to me :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cashy57:
yes. that is the exact command i typed in. i even went back and checked to see if i had typed the right ones in before and after it was bricked. I have not touched any blob file or anything. I can still access fastboot and apx. but no cwm. and fastboot does not have the usb icon anymore.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] b0nza1:
Add one more to the Hard bricked list.

Bonzai.... :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yankeefan:
stuck on Brick options 1a

adb devices cannot see my device

does not show up in device manager

But I do have at other devices "Full Android on Emulator"

Any Help

Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Your ADB drivers must be installed incorrectly. Check support threads
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flumpster:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1927818&highlight=nvflash

We can die in peace now ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sojcar:
Hello guys.

I hope that you will help me please :)

My friend have Prime and tried to flash CM 10 nightly and got brick. When I power on Prime it will show me EEE Pad logo for few moment and than will restart device and again and again. I can go to the CWM, but he don't have any ROMs in Prime and there is no "Mount USB" option, so I can't put there any ROM.

When I try to use ADB, as for Solution 1a it tells me : "error: device not found" but I updated drivers and see it in Device Manager.

Prime is unlocked, but I really don't know what to do now. IN CWM, there is no possibility to "instal zip from external card", version is 5.8.3.4.

Can you tell me please if is possible to unbrick it or not ?

Thank you so much for your help
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flumpster:
You either need to get adb working or you need to flash a compatible version of TWRP from fastboot.

When you get to the bootloader menu how many icons do you have? Also what is the long number up the top left of the screen.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sojcar:
When I get to bootloader, there are 3 Ikons ( Wipe data, USB, Android).

Long number is 9.4.2.28 20120525 if you mean this one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flumpster:
Then you are still on ICS.

Download this version of TWRP. http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/tf201/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-tf201-ICS.blob

Go into fastboot mode by pressing up on the USB Icon.

If you need drivers get them from here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426502

Then do the following instructions.

"You will need adb and fastboot for this method. Download the above file that corresponds to the Asus bootloader version you are running (THIS IS IMPORTANT!), check the md5, rename to twrp.blob and put the file in the same directory as your fastboot.exe (unless you have /platform-tools in PATH then you can flash from anywhere). Turn off your device and boot to fastboot (power on while holding volume down, then select the usb icon and hit volume up to confirm). The device will now be in fastboot mode. Plug the device into your computer. Run the following command via the command line:

fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob"

If you require fastboot.exe and adb.exe download them here. http://flumpster.lolcakes.com/android/ADB&Fastboot.zip
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sojcar:
Thank you for your help. I try it. flash twrp recovery, successfully flash CMB Rom, Gapps and restart Prime. but problem is still same. I turned on, EE Pad logo will show up and than prime restart itself :(

Do you have any idea, where should be problem ?

Thanks a lot
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flumpster:
You are still on the ICS bootloader. You need to be on the 4.1 bootloader to install CMB.

There is a downgrade.zip in post 2 of the hairybean thread that will flash the 4.1 bootloader and a compatible TWRP. Follow the instructions there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sojcar:
Great ! It works, thank you so much :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marmelo:
please help asus brick

Hi

Good night for everyone.

Can anyone help me?

I was in the 4.1.1 but the tablet started to be amazingly slow, so I did the root and unlock with the asus software.

After I tried to update to a new rom with goomanager and the pad rebooted. Now is stucked into Asus logo with "the device is unlocked" on the left corner and "powered by tegra" in the right corner.

I cannot even turn off the device. If i press the power button it restarts again.

I'm not able to go to recovery or fastboot. Its always in asus screen.

What can I do??

Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vladx:
Another brick... pls. help if you can

Hi,

So, it looks I did it.. my prime is bricked, but I hope this is soft brick and I can bring it back to life with your help

-- what I did: installed the wookie rom / recovery but it seems I rebooted early / wrong stage or something

situation: I can access recovery, adb / fastboot working, but I cannot mount internal storage because some decryption problem (the storage was encrypted originally). I'm using the correct password, but recovery cannot decrypt/mount the storage

I can push anything using adb or fastboot, but I don't want to make it worst, so can you give me some guidelines about this? I know I'm who's responsible for this whole mess, but I hope I can use my device further

Thx

Vlad
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sashajovicic:
hi

one question, if i don't have my blob.bin i can not unbrick my tf201?

thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CafeteriaMan:
Bricked, any help greatly appreciated...

I'm completely sick about this.... These are the steps that led to the brick.

Tablet was Stock, unrooted 4.1.1

Used the asus tool to unlock the tablet... (Success)

Used the Moto tool to root the tablet...(Success)

Used Rom Manager to flash a custom recovery so that I could begin to do things... (Dooms Days Move....)

Stuck on "Asus" Splash screen

When I press & hold power button it restarts at the splash screen again...

Any help appreciated
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sashajovicic:
i did the same thing long time ago, but still there is no solution
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CafeteriaMan:
That's what I have recently heard. It looks like Rom Manager flashes an Ice Cream Sandwich recovery and was never updated to Jelly Bean. Now it looks like I will have to pay more for a fix than the tablet is worth. I guess those are the breaks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kapebretoner:
Thanks for the info. Spent 3 weeks of searching and reading? I followed your instructions and was able to boot into recovery mode.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Prodigy:
Tried Solution 1a, still stuck in recovery mode. Any other solutions? :C
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Risket:
Exactly what I did. I was following a video tutorial to the letter. Paused constantly to confirm I was doing exactly what he was doing. His resulted in a custom ROM and mine resulted in being hard bricked. Such a waste.

My prime was constantly a slow, laggy, random-rebooting piece of garbage. I figured rooting and ROMing would fix it.... I wish I'd left it alone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] absjacek:
Oh no guys, don't give up THAT easy. =) we'll figure it out! You know: together!:)

Btw, my prime is hard bricked installing a JellyBean recovery on an unprepared /boot...

But Hey positivity is infectious; let's get SICK!! We'll figure this out m8.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Risket:
I was even trying to see if I could get Ubuntu Touch on it while I have it in APX mode. I'd just like to be able to do SOMEthing with it. It's been collecting dust for over a year now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] McJesus15:
Honestly for Ubuntu Touch I have no clue. Kernel dev Hundsbuah over in the TF300 forum handled our kernel situation. Try to talk to him