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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] reexon:
Newbie in need for help - Unknown BRICKED State….and Unknown how was bricked

ASUS TF201 / 64 gb. – No access to specific blob files.

I think I have APX mode after I run the below commands in Ubuntu

lsusb...

Bus 002 Device 085: ID 0955:7330 NVidia Corp.

and when I run

dmesg |tail

[15614.715848] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 84 using ehci-pci

[15615.539331] usb 2-1.2: device not accepting address 84, error -71

[15615.539592] hub 2-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2

[15616.495015] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 85 using ehci-pci

[15616.588212] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0955, idProduct=7330

[15616.588224] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0

[15616.588230] usb 2-1.2: Product: APX

[15616.588236] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: NVIDIA Corp.

[16007.391552] systemd-hostnamed[7142]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!

[16008.688244] perf samples too long (2501 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000

I have tried Windows before Ubuntu, I was able to identify as APX in device manager but I could not understand and get any results, and decide to move to Ubuntu.

I appreciate if I can get straight answer that I can’t seem to find:

Since it’s visible as APX in ubuntu and Windows what are % chances to be recoverable?

I’m newbie and I have tried to learn as much as I can…but after a week of frustration I’m very down on energy, and lost …in commands that don’t seem to work as specified on forum.

I appreciate any help and direction on where should I start.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] das chaos:
As of now the chances are exactly 0% if you don't have backed up the nvflash blobs.

Two posibilites:

1. Buy a new logic board at ebay ($ 30 to 60)

2. Hope on outcomings in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2178110
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aguennon:
Please Help about this issue; i had jb bootloader and i unlocked with asus apk and it was saying this device is unlocked. After that i installed cwm recovery 5.8.3.4 but it didnt enter recovery but it was normally booting into android. but for installing custom rom i installed cvm 6.5.0.4 and tried to enter CWM and it entered to CWM. then i boot normally into Android. But i reset to factory settings from android menu. Then devices reboot and after that an android robot appeared on the screen with a gray background and now it is always stuck there. It does not enter cwm and also not boot into Android. I have tried vol down+power, it closes then opens but everytime with this android robot and again i try to vol down + power bbut no chance. it stucked on this screeen. please help. on this stuck screen i connected to pc but when i write adb or fastboot commands it says no devices... What can i do?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] alesi80:
is this brick??

Till yesterday I had namidario cm 11 rom, 4.1.1 bootloader last version of voyager TWRP and kokokernel. Everything worked pretty good.

Yesterday and today I tried to flash PARANOID ANDROID 4.4 and it went on Framwork_res_Stock_20140608 loop, than I tried to intal the previous PA 4.3 version (and the Framwork_res_Stock) and it went stock on asus splashscreen. Than today I tried the new namidario CM11, but the same asus splash screen is stucked there...

What sould I do?

Is it another type of brick?:confused::confused:

EDIT: I saved the day... just wiping everything I could, and flashing again the namidario's CM11, but previous version and it worked again...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fridrik:
Hi guys, I have a problem with the transformer prime.

The tablet connects normally, but always freezes at boot. When I press the volume down + power the phone vibrates, but nothing happens.

When I press the volume up + power, nothing happens.

Anyone know if have a solution for this?

Sorry for my english.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nixeus:
Hello,

I bricked my TF201...

Cannot boot into Android and cannot acces to the Bootloader.

My devices is unlocked, but i don't activate nvflash so i don't have my proper Blob file.

Is my device dead ?

Today, is there a hack in order to generate a goog blob form antoher blob's device ?

I Will pay if anyone really help me with success to unbrick my TF201, really !

Thanks a lot,

You are my last hope....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lyvewire:
I'm looking to update to later JB bootloader so I can try Androwookie again and or new KIT Kat Rom I just seen. Currently on older Energy Rom and its been stable but cant stream and use bluetooth audio without video being streamed stopping. I want to see if a more updated ROM would help with multitasking..

I've done this update before but don't want to risk bricking after reading this thread. I have bricked mines before and spent a whole day, (took a day of work off!), on this thread til I got it back. So good luck to anyone this happens too.

My question is there a more recent update to use NV Flash? I remember looking before and it was too complicated for me to follow. I noticed this was updated 2014 but not sure if anything really changed. I just want to have something to go back to in case I mess something up!!

Thanks

NEVERMIND!!!! ANSWERED MY OWN STUPID QUESTION RIGHT AFTER I FOUND THIS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1774352
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dondipietro:
TF201 Bricked Brick 1a / 1b ?

Hello,

My Transformer prime always boot to the same screen (green robot with rotating gear) No text and nothing append:

I can connect the tf201 to the computer with adb but not with fastboot.

So I try the brick 1a solution and brick 1b but no good result I can't enter in other recovery mode like with cwm.

This problem appeared after I've done wipe user data because AndroWook always reboot my pad.

Here is the command I used :

C:\tmp\Upgrade ASUS transformer TF201 android UBTv1.3.2>adb shell

~ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=16 count=1

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=16 count=1

^C

C:\tmp\Upgrade ASUS transformer TF201 android UBTv1.3.2>

When I reboot, pushing volume down and power don't make it enter into recovery, each time it's the green robot.

Please can somebody help me ?

CanI reinstall cwm with adb, without fastboot ?

Thank you very much.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] didier74:
Good evening every one.

Well, owner of a tf101, i am trying to help afriend who has a big problem with her tf201, but did not find any solution yet:

Her tf201 is stock rom, she only made stock rom updates and she thinks she has the latest one, but i cannot chek it since....all of a sudden, she turned her device off normaly one day, and she's got bootloops the other day, any time it comes to ASUS logo it reboots again and again.

She never did anything, no unlock bootlocker, no cwm, no twrp, no Nvflash preinstalled....just stock situation.

Of course she's got files she'd like to save like photos, etc....reason why the only thing i did not try is wiping datas. Cause yes, i am able to load stock recovery pushing volume down and power.

I downloaded the latest stock rom from Asus site, installed it on Sdcard to try to reinstall the firmware. The installation seems to begin, but after 2 or 3 minutes, bootloops are back again.

Could you please tell me what you think about all this ?

Thanks very much in advance.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CafeteriaMan:
Still Sick

I was in the basement and ran across my paper weight. Figured I would check back into the thread to see if someone smarter than me had stumbled across a fix. I had forgotten about it, but the sick feeling has set back in right before Christmas. :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marmelo:
Noone??
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BitModDev:
I am having this exact same issue, did you ever find a fix?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bantroi:
Have you tried "adb reboot bootloader" ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] captsakis:
Brick 2: When booting up your Prime hangs at the splashscreen (the screen with "EeePad" in the middle) and tells you something about an "unrecoverable bootloader error" (happened so far to at least 4 users)

-> Please go to Option 2

Option 2

Sorry, but your Prime is most likely hard bricked.

This can happen if you try to apply a stock blob file after you installed CWM. There is currently no way to recover from this

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NO,NO,NO !!!!!! i gave life to my tf201 after 2,5 years, and if you need too go to xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2179759&page=40
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iams2b:
I have same problem, Can anyone help me? :'(

tks everybody! :good:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marmelo:
Unbrick

I think you should forget about that. I did exactly like you 2 years ago. It was really slow, so i tried to get it faster and now is always in loop mode. No solution in the past years. Today i start cleaning for moving between houses and i found my old transformer and i came here to check, because it kills me knowing i need to throw this away and i have the transformer with the battery keyboard docking station.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iams2b:
yah i throw it away too, it's time-consuming :p

i have just bought a new tablet :"))
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rushing:
This was the most high end tablet I hope I ever have to trash.

It sucked in the beginning with stock, it sucked with root, it collapsed with cyanogenmod. and yeah I did all the somewhat tedious backup of the needed restoration files. But it wouldn't be worth it to restore the fail Asus made.

I will take it apart and look at the old gpu for fun.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] scroeffie:
i can only get in to apx mode on my tf201 any tips !
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] j0p3y:
I'm into a bricked state where the only screen I get is the black screen, in the center it says in white "Asus® Inspiring Innovation - Persistent Perfection" and in the bottom-right there's the 'powered by Nvidia'TEGRA' logo.

I can't get the tablet to shut down.

I can get into bootloader mode with four options by pressing power+vol-down for 10 seconds.

Selectable are RCK, Android, USB and Wipe data.

I like to update to KatKiss 7.1 (https://xdaforums.com/transformer-tf700/development/rom-t3457417)

I haven't used the tablet for some years because of the terribly slow preformance. Had it replaced for an iPad for some time. That device is gone now (!) :) )

I didn't root the Transformer Prime when I used it.

Now I like to try to revive the device, are there any instructions so I can get it working on KatKiss?

I'm a bit familiar with rooting and ROM flashing.

This device is non-essential, so I have my hands free to try whatever it needs :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] logojapa:
Me to!

I am have this problem, but i dont fix it. If do you discover how to fix, please, tell me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nektopoli:
How did you brick a stock device, did you just turn it on after a few years and nothing? You still have the recover console so it's savable, sound like it was wiped at some point and the operating system is gone.

NP
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tuinboontje:
There is a tool but that uses adb ive had to use it 4 my tf101 that was bricked
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jonafun:
[delete]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Try instaling these drivers here manually please

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426502

Adb should work fine afterwards :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yankeefan:
You are are great help.

worked like a charm, I learn something new everyday.

Thanks for your hard work on this device
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] uhmzilighase:
Yes - you can brick an iDevice. You can brick most any embedded device. Your wireless router would fall into the same category.

When comparing Microsoft to Android you're not comparing apples to apples. Microsoft Windows runs on the hard drive unlike Android which is embedded on a flash chip. To make the comparison more correct, imagine flashing the BIOS of your Windows PC. You can definitely hose that up and 'brick' the Main Board in which case no OS will boot. If you break your Windows installation it has no effect on the BIOS and the machine will still boot from CD or USB for example.

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Now then.....I did have to recover from the brick1a scenario after flashing the latest .15 V1 ROM. An easy fix - thanks for posting it Diamondback.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PeoplesHelper:
I now have a hard brick prime:(, i have the unrecoverable boot:(loader error
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
How come? What did you do?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PeoplesHelper:
flash stock blobfile by accident:mad: will we get a fix anytime soon:(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Whooooops.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Sorry to hear this :(

But some important questions:

What model do you have? (TW,US,WW,DE)

Did you EVER changed your SKU? (eg. flashed a WW firmware blob to a US prime)?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PeoplesHelper:
us,never change sku
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Okay thx. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Oh and what error does the bootloder show you? (the number, like 0x0..04)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PeoplesHelper:
0x00000004
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] msfguard:
wow man thanks ya saved me :) option 1a worked perfect
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kipfel:
The only thing I can access at the moment on my prime is fastboot.

I couldn't get into CWM any more, my prime hangs on the message: "booting recovery image" (or something like that).

So I erased recovery through fastboot:

fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase recovery

Then I tried flashing recovery again:

fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery tfp_CWM5.SOS

CMD gives message OKAY and a bar is filled on my prime, but no CWM when try I reboot into it.

"power+voldown -> volup" gets me in the menu with the 3 choices (wipe data, USB, Android) not into CWM.

Any thoughts how to get into recovery to flash a ROM. (My prime wont boot into a ROM atm)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Erasing the recovery probably was a very bad idea. Fastboot does not work for the Prime.

Please come to #asus-transformer on freenode. maybe the 'pros' can recover it...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
So I am bricked! Non of which are listed in the option above.

Basically what happened was is i was updating form 9.4.2.13 to 9.4.3.14 well after a successful update it boots up, unlock screen is fine and it starts this array of errors. the only thing i can access is the apps ive downloaded so i check es explore to see what the issue is and my whole systems folder was gone. So i rebooted thinking maybe i was see things or maybe it was a fluke, well after that i rebooted it and now i am getting stuck at the boot logo!

I am still factory locked. I have not unlocked my tablet yet.

I can not use ADB maybe i installed the drivers wrong. i tried the universal naked drivers n i cant install those.

Any help would be appreciated.I managed to install the dirvers for APX mode so my computer reads APX mode.

~globed
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] i500:
Thanks! This saved me after the .15 update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
You can still reflash the complete system via the micro sd.

Search the forum for a tutorial there should be several i think :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Every time I reflash I get an android with a red exclamation. Can u point me to a tutorial in case I'm doing it wrong

I couldmt find one
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Wow. OK so I've determined people suck at writing tutorials. What I was doing was renaming the file EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP because that what I was told. Well in windows it still adds the .zip extention. So I put the sdcard on my phone n it was renamed EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP.ZIP
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Well that is actually your own fault, isn't it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hawkysoft:
@Diamondback, maybe an advice to add to your OP, that the bootloader ain't fully unlocked, which makes the possibility if something goes wrong larger than normal?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cfaberlle:
It has already been discussed in the thread. That is the reason Brick #2 is not recoverable ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Yes and no. The directions I was following told me to rename the whole file name to EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP

I should have known that on windows the extention doesn't drop. But there's other people having issues based on the tutorial and the Red exclamation so
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Go into windows folder and file settings and uncheck "hide extensions of known file types ". You won't have that issue
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] globed:
Haha yea that's what I did after I figured it out
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bevelmatt:
... was stuck at 1a as well... this seems to be the magic pill, as I was able to connect to my Prime and fix it with the 1a steps provided... and thank goodness for this, as my wife was ready to take my son and run! :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tweedies411:
im having this exact problem can someone help me please?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
I think we should fix this thread. Are all boot.img the same?

What i mean is, .14 (fw) boot.img the same as .15? I dont think so. Everytime ive done this i made sure i use the boot.img that came with the rom or fw im planning on using.

Just wanted to clarify that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mediasol:
Another hard brick

You can add me to the hard brick #2 count ):

I created a linux.img from my own kernel using this command: abootimg --create linux.img -f bootimg.cfg -k zImage -r initrd.img

then dd'ed like so: dd if=/sdcard/linux.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 seek=3968 bs=4096 count=2048

Rebooted and getting the unrecoverable bootloader error (0x00000008). If I hold the Vol- and power, then up to RCK I get the same error. If I dont hit up to go into recovery, I only get two options, boot linux and wipe (the usb/fastboot option is gone).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
The boot image linked will get out of the brick. You can install whichever rom you would like (correctly) and it will install its own kernel
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mediasol:
Is everybody with the hard brick getting 0x00000008 error like mine?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
In Option 3 why do we have to write to partition /dev/block/mmcblk0 ?

Any chance you could explain the partition layout.. So far I know we have

SYSTEM - /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

CACHE - /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

DATA - /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

EDIT: Guess /dev/block/mmcblk0 is a disk not a partition. But still how does the boot.img know where to go??
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
We need to write the boot.img via offsets because the boot partition is hidden. There is no mmcblk0pX for the boot partition ;)

That's what it makes so dangerous to do so...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
No we are all getting 0x4 not 0x8.

But I think I heard of your error before too. Still no way to recover... :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
both .14 and .15 kernels work for the current firmware, so no need to give out different boot.imgs. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
So the boot partition is different then the kernel?

And correct me if I'm wrong but the kernel we are flashing to /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tweedies411:
i installed the new drivers you provided but it says under device status in device manager device cannot start code 10. Im stuck at the boot logo but I can get into clockwork recovery. any help would be appreciated to get my prime back up and running please!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
NVM :(

10char
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tweedies411:
i dont have one currently in the prime, however i do have a few laying around my room somewhere. please let me know!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Hmm it seems you cannot mount a sdcard in CWM anyway.

You must get adb to work.

We can make a flashable zip that will save you the pain of typing in those commands for the brick 3 fix... but you still need adb to push the zip to your computer :(

Please try again installing the correct drivers for adb on your computer

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426502

Just fiddle around in your device manager. You must be doing something wrong (Uninstall, refresh, etc).

If you dont get adb working, you are perma bricked :/

How did you get the brick? Did you flash CM9 with the old CWM and not unmount staging and system first?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tweedies411:
yes thats exactly how I bricked.

edit: NVM I fixed it, thanks for the help/guides/files!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
Just run the following commands:

adb push boot.img /data/media/

This will push it to sdcard default mount point

then run this command to flash:

dd if=/data/media/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 seek=3968 bs=4096 count=2048

EDIT: Guess I did not read the whole post but if some has problems pushing to sdcard try the following method above.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
No offense but 'your method' above is infact the only method really.

The issue people are having is not being able to adb AT ALL, not with which commands to use.

Have a nice day :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effingnewguy:
Got this from Q&A

I was able to get adb with this method when I was having trouble with 3. Hope this helps more people.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aricus:
I'm getting the third brick. I can fix it everytime but then when I get Android to boot it can't turn on WiFi. So I try a different mod (like CM9) and it installs fine. But brick 3 happens again. I fix it based on OP but once again....not internet.

Any idea if these are connected and how I get it to turn the wifi on? I was told that the wifi not turning on might be because of a bad kernel flash...and the third boot happens because of a bad kernel flash. So how do I fix it?

P.S....the problem with the internet is it says, "Turning Wi-Fi On" in the settings and never actually does anything
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mtotho:
Haha your problem is this:

You have the old CWM and you are forgetting to unmount staging/system.

Installing CM9 bricks your system. The only thing not working is the kernel. Brick 3 fix recovers a kernel that is not compatible with your CM9 which is why wifi does not work

What you should do is go to CWM.. Storage/unmount settings, unmount staging/system BEFORE flashing the CM9 zip.

Have a good day :0
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aricus:
It worked...I LOVE YOU!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dynagem:
So this was resolved with the letting the tablet die and upon reboot all was well. I have since run into the same challenge.

Worked for a day and and then it FROZE. Mind you, i am on .15(which was manually checked and downloaded via 'check update'). So when it froze, i pin reset and said i will unlock the bootloaded and just install Virtuous .15 rom and all should be well to avoid these lock-ups, perhaps?

Unlocked bootloader

Installed CWM

Flashed rom

and just like before i got the " gears and exclamation point" at the same point.

I have CWM access.

Same as before it goes all the way to android start screen and as before in portrait mode, it's 3 quarter "gears and exclamation point" and the other quarter native android start screen.

i let it die again and same ( took 2 days).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] grneyez:
How did you get the cmd promt to reconize adb? I get a message "adb" is not recognized as aninternal or external command, operable program, or batch file?