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[Eee Pad Transformer General] DaveG46:
Hi,

Right after reading through all the posts on this thread I think I've actually managed to get my transformer working again, big thank you to everyone.

Just want to ask something though, is it just a case of installing the stock asus firmware to go back to the original setting?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] itimees:
Solution to help totally screwed TF101G with CWM 5.5.0.4 - Discovered today! Go into CWM, PC discovers "Transformer" device. I found in somewhere "1-Click Transformer Root_1.1" software. Find, download and unzip. Search manually driver in these folders, inc subfolders. Founds ADB bla bla bla driver... I copied folder "Source" to C:\ and started CMD in Start menu. Go to "Source with CMD. Write "adb start-server" "adb devices" and you could see device 12345.....! I tested command "adb pull /sdcard/ c:\ (or other order, but was smth like that). Old backup files was in C:\ like clockworkmod! And download .zip with full rom and do that:"adb push c:\myromwhateveritnameis.zip /sdcard/" and with CWM install .zip!

This techique worked on my 3 months bricked TF101G today, that's why I registered today here and shared experience. And you do not have to replace your 5.5.0.4, because it is working solution. If you need ask smth about my method, write to my e-mail viljarlaansoo @ hot . ee
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ifama:
this was it, was stuck within the CWM loop and your hint fixed it. typed it within the terminal emulator.

thnx mate
[Eee Pad Transformer General] r3a:
Hi guys, I have a Probelm with Clockwerk Moon Recovery V5.8.1.8m

I wanted my Transformer (S / N 80) root again because I had him at Asus in repair, I'm so proceed:

- "1-Click Root Transformer" for root

- "1-Click Root Transformer" for CWM

- "Super Wipe" started for "Android_Revolution_HD-EeePad_3.4.3_3G"

- CWM update to "Clockwerk Moon Recovery V5.8.1.8m"

Since nothing works, CWM only recognizes the internal memory and I get no connection with ADB.

adb does not work, I already tried everything

I hope you can help me.

sorry for my english :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] joemm:
buddy brought me his tablet....recovery bootlooped.....fix worked perfect, thank you.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] zmencicek:
Hi, I have this bootloop problem,

I have Transformer TF101

I can boot into recovery.

If i flash any kind of STOCK rom, it boots NORMALLY.

But if i flash any CUSTOM rom, for example with my favourite cyanogenmod 10, it STUCKS at boot logo.

ICS with Cyanogenmod 9 works OK. But jellyBean with 10 does not.

I have tried every help i found but it is still soft bricked.

I think the problem began with Super Wipe script from this topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1245892

EDIT: SOLVED

solved by adb commands through recovery

C:\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell

/ $ su

su

/ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system

/ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3: write error: No space left on device

4097+0 records in

4096+0 records out

2097152 bytes transferred in 0.641 secs (3271687 bytes/sec)

/ # dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0

dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
[Eee Pad Transformer General] abhi445:
Cannot do anything in cwm recovery only i can reboot :(

I Installed cwm recovery today... tried to flash a custom rom 2-3 times

but nothing happens. i have attached an image of the recovery when it starts it had an error-mics not found E...... something like that the error is in the attachment kindly find whats the problem and give a solution of it............. looking forward for the solution... :)

What's this in clockworkmod?

E:can't find misc

E:can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:can't find misc

E:can't mount/cache/recovery/log

E:can't open/cache/recovery/log

E:can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log

E:can't opent/cache/recovery/last_log

E:can't find mics

PLease help me clockwork is doing nothing no restore no backup no wipe dalvik cache and no flashing it only says successfully installed need to reboot but after rebooting nothing happens #HELP
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vergil250493:
I am the same side bro my Tablet Phasser Kinno Pluss PC-709 i installed the CWM and not it's just boot into CWM the Bottom Volume not working to navigate the only thing i can do is reboot, my phone is working ADB but i can't get into flashmode it's kinda freeze when i try. any command to remove this CWM by shell command to ADB ?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CMPATIL:
error while restoring cwm recovery backup

Hello guys i am using my sony xperia E3dual (D2212) rooted phone, after long time i am unable to restore my cwm backup today :confused:

I m unable to restore my cwm backup file from sd card..i think something wrong with my recovery, it's not even able to clear system and data. ..any help guys check my screen shot attachment here :rolleyes: I tried to restore my earlier backup to restore and advance restore options, everything restoring except system :confused: when i was restoring it normally from cwm based recovery it failed to match MD5 checksum match so i removed that Md5 checksum file from backup. And once it restored my backup in this process .but this time it fail to restore system file. I tried so many time already. .now what should i do?

1 : flash again same recovery from from flashtool and then restore my old backup again .or i have to reflash full rom for my phone??? :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ShadowZephyr:
The filefactory link is working fine, I'm downloading from it right now. Going to test it now, dug through the files and it seems it only replaces the boot loader, so it should be a quick fix for us. Will update when more information is known!

EDIT: I found it by googling the site you mentioned :D Thanks for the link though!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rafa6571:
This recovery **** is worst than brick a tablet cuz nothing just cant fix it... Two days and nothing
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sandiegopaneraiguy:
I am running revolver also...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AlcoholicDoc:
So I had an idea. This started for me after I used the Transformer Reboot to Recovery app from the market.

That is the only app that seems to be able to force our device to boot directly into recovery. I'm not saying that is everyone's problem. I just think, if we can figure out what the app does and make something do the opposite, maybe we could successfully flash a different recovery to fix this.

Anyone have any ideas on whether this may or may not work?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gee one:
Maybe this is what you are looking for?

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/PowerManager.html#reboot(java.lang.String)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AlcoholicDoc:
Still boots directly into recovery. Doesn't matter what variable I use... :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kinjal:
I stuck.... nvflash doesn't work... what i should do? I can't see sdcard into cwm. Cold start sod... what can i do?

Wysłane z mojego LG-P970 za pomocą Tapatalk
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pooh-bah:
Doing a clean flash isn't really a great solution, so I'm hoping that nvflash isn't the only fix.

Even with this problem, I just have to hold down the volume button then I can boot perfectly fine. Starting from scratch is far more annoying that dealing with this issue, for now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cabraswell:
I've got cwm only boots. I'm on a BCO and about to try a flash back to stock and see if it remedies the problem. Wish me luck.

Update: Doesn't appear to have worked. I am stuck at screen that says I'm cold-booting Linux. Looks like I'm stuck and have no options right now unless you folks have a solution for me. PLEASE have a solution for me!

I was running Team EOS Nightly 5 with no issues. Flashed CWM through ROM Manager and started the cwm only boots. Tried flashing official ASUS ICS firmware and I am now stuck where I stated. NVflash isn't an option from what I've read so...

Not sure where I can go from here. I hope there's a solution I just haven't found yet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gee one:
I think we need to figure out why the bootloader is bypassing to recovery. It seems that this only gets stuck this way when using one of the boot to recovery options, rather than the old fashion buttons.

Anyone have any insight on the bootloader sequence on what would make it go to recovery?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 335Deezl:
Tried update.zip

I even downloaded the latest firmware from Asus, renamed it to update.zip, placed it on the root of the "internal" SD card (since that's the only one the latest, broken cwm will read), did an "install update.zip" from cwm, and... surprise... no affect...

I understand that Koush is only human. I'm sure he's aware that the latest tf101 cwm recovery has adversely affected dozens, if not hundreds, of TF101'S. Is he working on a solution? I have the extended "drop it off a cliff extended warranty", but I'd rather spend the $ to reward a dev for finding a working solution, not getting a potentially un-rootable replacement tab.

At least I can successfully restore the backup I made of Revolver 3.11.1... and cold boot THAT one... but it wont let me install anything else, like roms, kernels, recovery, etc...better than being stuck with broken ICS, I guess.

To Koushik Dutta (creator of Rom Manager and ClockworkMod Recovery): You are truly a gifted dev, who has made a mistake that has affected hundreds of individuals. I'm not mad at the mistake, as it was MY choice to install your creation, fully knowing that it could brick my tab, which it hasn't. Please, at least let the masses know (this thread would be a prudent place to do so) that you're aware of the problem, and (hopefully) are trying to fix it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frost866:
@gee one. buddy do uou how tje hell we can back to stock HC? that way we can have the stock recovery and get rid of this ****. actually i cant do nvflash cause my device doesnt support it. i tried to back to stock rom but i couldnt do you have any suggestion bro?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gee one:
As far as I can tell, cold booting still works and flashing roms will still work- although nothing can pass to the staging partition- this will include any boot.img/kernels, bootloaders, and other recoveries.

---------- Post added at 09:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 PM ----------

Going to stock HC, or fixing this problem in general, will require either 1) nvflash, 2) staging partition or 3) something pretty clever. At this point, I think most people are down to option 3.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rafa6571:
I did the same this afternoon and just nothing... I've been trying everything and just nothing... As I said before this is worse than brick my tab :rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
Let's all cool off please!

By definition, everything we do to our devices that does not originate with the manufacturer (ASUS) is experimental and risky.

The fact that we flashed a faulty recovery is ultimately our own responsibility.

Let us not forget that!

Now, with all due respect, how is this worse than a brick?

The tablets cold-boot, which means that you still have a functional device.

Enough with the cries of outrage, already.

If Koush is working on a fix, he doesn't need to be doing it in public.

In the meantime, we can ask for help from local recovery experts.

If you know Roach2010 or solarnz please get them to contribute to the discussion here.

I PM'd Roach2010, waiting for reply.

Edit: Also, the blame game, in part, caused the shutdown of the previous thread. Let us keep this thread open. We need to warn the new people and have a place to work on this problem.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frost866:
@gee one

what do you think about pushing the blob file to /data/local ? like we can do for unrooting?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bubb18:
it doesnt seem to be affecting me, i installed clockworkmod from rom manager, and mine booted fine and i could flash a defferent recovery
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
Did you ever boot into the 5.5.0.4 recovery after flashing it?

Did you then successfully flash a different recovery (e.g. roach2010) and boot into that?

Edit: I hasten to add that if the answer to the first question is 'no', please don't test it, unless you know what you are doing.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gee one:
I could do all that too until I used a software reboot to recovery. As far as I could tell, using the actual power button, shutting down, and then volume down+power don't cause the problems.

Did you use any of the reboot to recovery shortcuts? It's either an app or the power menu that has all the shutdown options.

@frost866- I tried that too from the rom and recovery- it doesn't flash it because it goes straight to recovery on startup.

---------- Post added at 10:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:29 PM ----------

Yes and yes! But that was before I used the software reboot to recovery.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
@gee one

Sorry, I should have been more clear. My question was for bubb18.

Edit: This might be a good recommendation for those who flashed 5.5.0.4 to not use reboot-to-recovery apps (and use the opportunity to escape 5.5.0.4 while they can).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 335Deezl:
@fiesty_noodle

I am cooled off. Did you read my post? Like when I said:

"I'm not mad at the mistake, as it was MY choice to install your creation, fully knowing that it could brick my tab, which it hasn't."

I, and I'm sure a few others, just want to know if he'saware of, or working on it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
I would suggest emailing him, twittering at him, G+'ing at him before venting here.

I find it unlikely that Koush reads ASUS Transformer--General threads.

Besides, as I've said before, there is good reason to believe that venting here causes threads to close.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
Question: Can any of those who responded with a "yes" to the poll question say that they have NOT used a software "reboot-to-recovery" method/app?

@gee one's experience may suggest that it is the combo that gets us in trouble.

If this is so, then I should add a warning to the OP.

I have used the Reboot2Recovery app, but cannot be sure whether it was after the 5.5.0.4 flash (possibly so). At any rate, the app itself didn't lead to any problems before I installed 5.5.0.4; I had used it with Roach2010's recovery quite successfully.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 335Deezl:
Found this on his twitter page. Hope he meant THIS problem...

"@clockworkmod: Seems the Transformer is having issues, I have pulled the recovery until I can work out what is wrong. The transformer prime works fine."

7 days ago
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leetlikeawping:
was able to fix this by nvflashing rouge recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1446019

just use the nvflash zip he has at the bottom.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
The dates certainly correspond, but the recovery was not in RomManager before Saturday, I think.

At least that was why I flashed it. I thought the issue got fixed.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
That's good.

So, now you no longer have the recovery-boot loop?

Also, you ended up with a different recovery installed, right?

Have you tried and verified that flashing works?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leetlikeawping:
I haven't tried flashing anything to it but I no longer have the recovery reboot, and yes now I have rouge recovery on it.

Just to get everything straight. I was running android revolution HD 3.0.1. I installed koush recovery via rom manager and I got recovery loops. after nvflashing I now have rouge recovery and everything is back to normal.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cabraswell:
I'm assuming you're on a B70 or earlier? Really wishing I had an earlier model at this point.

Time for me to quit worrying about it for the night. Hope there is a solution for me sometime in the near future. Not liking the idea of a Asus Transformer paperweight. I take full responsibility for it though!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
Have you ever used an app to get to recovery prior to recovery loops?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leetlikeawping:
yep I used the reboot2recovery app to get into recovery, but I don't know if that caused it or not because the first thing I did was to reboot into recovery. I honestly don't know what the serial number is on mine and I don't know where to find it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jxiong:
hi leetlikeawping, I have the same problem as you but when i tried to flash the nvflash zip from from Rougue (nvflash_cwm_recovery-5027_rogue_rburrow-tf101-r1.zip), it was aborted!

just to check you used that zip file right? or did you use the other one? (cwm_recovery-5027_rogue_rburrow-tf101-r1.zip)

thanks! glad to have this support group here, quite a noob myself and almost freaked out with i got the boot loop into recovery. hope Koush comes up with an update soon..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
The reason may be that you have a B70 device with a SBK v.2

@leetlikeawping and @jxiong,

If you look near the dock port on your TF101, you should see a sticker with the serial number. If it starts with anything less than B70, you have a secure boot key version 1 (SBK v.1), which is available for nvflash.

If you are on B70, you may have v.1 or v.2 (which is not available for nvflash). Anything above B70 should be v.2
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jxiong:
hm mine is a B40 eh, shd be able to flash the NVflash right?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
I guess so, nevermind.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leetlikeawping:
My sticker must be gone now. Anyways, I have the ability to nvflash so i must have a version 1 SBK.

jxiong-- the nvflash zip from rburrow is labeled "nvflash_cwm_recovery-5027_rogue_rburrow-tf101-r1.zip"

you will need to put it into APX mode and run the .bat script.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leetlikeawping:
Here are the APX windows drivers I used.

You need to go into APX mode(hold volume up and power from off). Plug the transformer into your computer and if it ask for drivers use these drivers. Then unzip rburrows nvflash folder somewhere and run the "download_only_sos.bat." if it flashes great. If it doesn't then you might not have the right SBK.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jxiong:
oh i see, thanks! will go try :)

@feisty_noodle: thanks for showing us how to check the version number!

---------- Post added at 08:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:21 AM ----------

hey leetlikeawping, thanks a million, it works great and i now don't have the boot loop to recovery any more! will try flashing to ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.1 by Roach2010 and then Android Revolution HD™ 3.0.1 now. thanks :)

---------- Post added at 08:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:29 AM ----------

hey guys, managed to flash successfully to Android Revolution HD™ 3.0.1 :) many thanks to all for your help. hope those of you on earlier versions can find a fix soon!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kinjal:
What to do?

Tablet don't start with previously installed rom... stop with intro of Acer.

I can boot into cwm recovery (POWER.VOL- next VOL+) but it can't see sd card than i can't install new rom.zip

I try to nvflash with no posibility write to usb.

I have S/N BCO. (I dont'n know what it means but it don't look like B70 :)

Please help me...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kinjal:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1488503 .... BRICK....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ODIN679:
I'm one of those who voted: no, everything is fine with my installation.

But am I? I have not used any app to reboot into recovery, i woke up saturday to see clockwork was available for the transformer, I knew it had bugs before, but seen it had come back thought it was corrected so I just flashed it. Tried to reboot into it with rom manager and nothing, so shut down and power + volume key and it worked, since I had nothing to flash I rebooted into my ICS and so for so good.

Now what do I do? Sbk2 here.... Should I flash another recovery? Just wait? Dammm!! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Jason_fly:
Worked like a charm, I've got rid from boot loops. Thank you all, folks! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
@ODIN679,

Here is what I would do if I were you:

a) get a CWM zip with Rogue or Roach2010's (or another) recovery.

b) get into your 5.5.0.4 recovery and flash the zip watch it succeed, then restart system.

c) on the reboot, watch if you get the splash screen with the ASUS logo and a blue progress line. I think that this screen only happens when the /staging partition contents get read and applied.

You should boot normally and on another reboot into recovery should see a new recovery instead of 5.5.0.4. That would be success!

The worst case from this attempt would be that your new recovery would not get installed and you will get 5.5.0.4 when you next try to boot into recovery.

The reason why I think you should try this is that right now your TF101 is in a delicate state: if anything happens that would cause the device to boot into recovery (like a borked ROM: the reason for which recovery exists in the first place), then you are in the recovery-boot loop scenario with the rest of us.

Think about it and update us if you try this.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
If you can remember what ROM worked on your TF101 before, try to flash that from CWM. If not, try flashing stock.

@gee one's experience suggests that we should still be able to write to /system.

Things should be ok as long as the kernel in /boot can be used by the ROM in /system.

Otherwise, you have nothing to lose, as long as CWM is functional.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
@kinjal,

Also, your serial has been previously reported as SBK v.2, so no nvflash:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22562404&postcount=4
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ODIN679:
@feisty_noodle

It worked!!! I just flashed Rogue's recovery and it all went good. I mean I havent try to flash any rom but at least I have rogue's recovery flashed.

Thanks all, I can bread again...... :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
That's good news.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cabraswell:
My problem here lies in the fact that 5.5.0.4 cannot see my sd card. If it were able to see my sd card I, likely, could flash my old rom or another recovery and move on from there. Is there any way I'm not thinking of that I could get my sd card recognized or a file or two pushed to internal memory?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
Have you tried following this?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23257966&postcount=3
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gee one:
FYI - I edited that post to update info about the bootloops. as long as your not stuck in a recovery bootloop, you can flash to the staging partition, so this function still works as long as there are no recovery bootloops.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] feisty_noodle:
I'll point to your post #3 in the OP.

Please keep editing it as you discover new things.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ValenteL:
I quote my post 54 of closed thred:

I returned to Roach2010 recovery v3.2.0.1 on my TF B50 whit this:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1213723

Worked well for me.

I installed on Recovery V5 the Roach .zip that I had on my internal SD and made reboot immediately because the true flash is made on reboot.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AlcoholicDoc:
It seems like CWM 5.5.0.4 isn't creating the /staging directory. I've tried to mount it within CWM, but it tells me that the directory doesn't exist.

Could this be why we can't flash anything new?

Could this be part of the reason for our recovery loop?

Is there a way to make CWM create that directory so we can flash to it?

I'm just tossing out questions based on what I've seen. Again, I'm not a Linux or android guru, I'm just hoping my questions will help lead a guru down the right path.