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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
What you really need to find out is the serial number - If it's B60 or lower it is sbkv1, if it's B70 it could be either (mine is a b70 but is sbkv2, my friends is a sbkv1, we both got it in best buy on the same day :p) The ubuntu help and installer thread in the dev forum can help you if you have sbkv1, I can help walk you through everything if you'd like too. Asus is 'planning' to release the bootloader, which will happen eventually as people continue to pester them, and there is a way I'm sure.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nairbly:
Just an F.Y.I it is possible to install Ubuntu on an SBK2 device followinf the instructions in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1537566

As for the speed of it, it is not great(I did the mount-loop install on the internal storage which is at least faster than installing on an sdcard). I havn't tried overclocking yet to see if that helpls. Also a number of things do not work at all/ need some tweaking to work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelevancy:
how about tethering from wifi from your phone and using something like splashtop?

I have a TF101G so the internet issue is a bit less troublesome.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
That guide you linked seems a bit roundabout, but I'll try it out and if it works TYSM xD Thanks. ^^
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nairbly:
It is layed out pretty well in the third post. I used the Dual-boot with loopmounted image option and just followed the instructions in that post. Just make sure you have rooted and installed cwm recovery.

Also I am not sure if the android kernels linked in the post are ics or hc ones, but if you upgrade to ics there are a couple kernels available in the dev section.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Theres an app called ubuntu installer, it isn't native but may work about the same, also testing now.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nairbly:
I wouldn't bother with that, it is far too slow to be useful in my experience.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
EDIT: deleted because it sounds negative. Basically I'll need to try to return/sell this if I can't get ubuntu working because android cannot do what I need it to.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nairbly:
As I pointed out previously it doesn't matter if you have an sbkv2 device as far as installing Ubuntu is concerned.

Just follow the instructions here after rooting the device.

It is not perfect though, there are a few bugs and as far as I know no one has got hardware graphical acceleration working yet so you can't watch videos. I think sound isn't working yet either.

Also don't expect the same programs you would find in windows or even linux normally as many programs have yet to be ported to arm based linux.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
Thanks for the instructions.

I NEED this device to be able to perform full word procesing as a minimum. I also want to be able to have multiple windows open so I can actually see what I'm writing, and I would like to be able to see what I'm typing as I type it instead of a second later. I need to be able to use keyboard shortcuts and select text easily. Lastly, I need to be able to streamline the OS so it can run quickly.

If a TF101 with ubuntu dual-booted is unable to accomplih this, somebody please tell me now.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
umfortunately I have:

Chip UIP: 0x42890884140b097

SBkv2

Now looking up instuctions to root SBKv2
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
Nairby,

You didn't mention how to root an SKBv2. Would you use the Universal root toolkit 7.1 found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1185104 ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goatshocker:
If its on ICS: Vipermod option 1.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
If it's on HC, root with the razorclaw tool by downgrading the firmware then flash an ics rom. Very easy and no computer required.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I receive the message "this device lacks the needed file (bad luck)" after insalling
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
So after Razorclaw mod failed I updated to ICS 9.2.1.17 to try vipermod. Vipermod is not working either, stating that I don't have the privileges to run it.

I've already wasted a day and am getting pretty desperate to see results.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerSandmann:
I don't know if it will satisfy you but try "Kingsoft Office free"; it's free, smooth, and very functional. Never tried with footnotes but could work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nairbly:
I can't remember who made it but I used the attached script to root my device.

Apparently I should read the zip name. This method worked with ics.

Found the original post with the script here.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I managed to get the windows prompt working after some tweaking and it 'seems' like I've installed superuser.

I'm not sure if this is actually rooted though, I can' run 'privileged commands'.

EDIT: This process definitely did not work because my TF101 was supposed to reboot at the end of it.

I received a message /system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/data/come.asus.backuprespore

Then it told me to run the backup utility again on the same app which I did.

Then I was told that my tf101 would reboot if everything was ok.

My Tf101 did not reboot.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I'm trying viperMOD PrimeTime by downloading the windows file.

At a public library and it's taking 15 minutes to download 16.0MB..

EDIT: Apparently ViperMOD did not work because UID and GID were not = 0\
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
ViperMOD worked under option 1 for some reason (despite saying it was for Transformer Prime).

I'm thrilled!

Time to load Ubuntu.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
So I rooted with ViperMOD method 1, installed superusuer, installed rom manager and flashed clockwork recovery, and then followed the instructions for loop mounted boot in the link provided by Nairby.

Whether I install from from /internal storage/ or try to reboot into recovery, my TF101 just restarts normally, but loads on the splash screen a little longer.

What am I doing wrong?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nairbly:
You need to boot into recovery and flash the ubuntu.zip(or Ubuntu-mountloop.zip if you took the file from the first post) to boot into ubuntu, and then reboot normally.

It is the same for getting back to android, except you flash an android kernel and then reboot normally.

If you have not got an android kernel yet(I think the ones in that post are honeycomb only) I suggest this one. I have been using it for a while and it is pretty stable.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I've got Ubuntu.zip, but I never successfully make it to that point.

Whenever I try to boot into recovery my tablet just restarts. I don't know what the screen which let's you flash even looks like.

The only thing I can think of as the problem is that I haven't been using an SD card, though the instructions never said I needed to have one to flash CWM Recovery
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Are you physically Holding the Volume Downbutton before holding the powerbutton then immediately spam pressing volume up as soon as the screen says 'checking for RCK'? That's the manual way to boot into recovery and it always works for me, automated scripts to 'reboot into recovery' (such as from ROM manager) never work for me. If it still doesn't work make sure you actually do have RCK installed.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
Sorry, this isn't completely clear to me. If I hold down the power button and volume-up button on the flash screen, the screen goes blank (into APX mode?) and I have to hold down the power button to start the TF101 up again.

I have never seen the message 'checking for RCK'

So assuming I was able to boot into recovery; I'd just select ubuntu.zip and it would boot into ubuntu? Is the process riskier without a microSD card in the slot? How would I switch back into Android from Ubuntu?

Sorry for not understanding what's probably very basic for you guys. I won't actually know what the process is supposed to look like until I see in on my screen. :p
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
I think you mean Volume-Down button. Turn off your TF101 Completely, then hold the volume-DOWN button, and while still holding the volume down button, hold the power button untill the asus screen comes up. keep holding vol-down untill a message 'checking for rck' appears, then press Vol-Up. See if that works.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
Thanks. I understand what you mean now.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23428126&postcount=3

So this is what I'm doing:

I've placed the following onto /internal storage/

1. Android-Revolution_HD_3.1.0-signed (zipped)

2. Ubuntu.zip

3. Ubuntu.img unzipped from ubuntu.img.gz

After I see the 'checking for rck' and I press 'Vol-up' , then it says "booting recovery kernal image" and there is a loading screen with the Android Bot.

After this, I see a picture of the android robot with a red warning sign. Nothing happens until I power off.

I assume the ROM can't be found?

If Ubuntu loaded, would I hold down the power + vol down button again at startup to get back into Android?

Still not sure what's going wrong.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
So I finally got ubuntu working by getting into Rogue XM Recovery, 'installing from zip', then by using the 'reboot to recovery' option.

I *assume* that I do the same but install the Android_Revolution.zip to get back to Android.

Thanks for all the help guys, now I'm just going to try to set this up!

NB: if anyone has suggestions for speeding up on TF101 I'd appreciate comments!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
You didn't set up true dualboot, as flashing back and forth will make you lose all of your data each time (as far as I know.) If that works then great, if not you can get a micro SD card (a few gb should be good, as apps are backed up by google) as that will retain its data between flashes. If not you can setup true dualboot using instructions in the same post.

As for speeding up ubuntu on your tf I would try overclocking. I don't know if it's different for Ubuntu (I wouldn't think so) but try flashing (same method, install zip from SD) either the TastyMeh kernel (in my signature) or one of Guevor's Test kernels (dev forum) which both allow overclocking and fix some slowdown and reboot issues. Once that's done get an overclocking app or software and crank it up, both of those kernels allow OC up to 1.7Ghz (default 1.0Ghz) Your device probably cant handle 1.7 all of the time (most cant, all are different) but you can give it a try and find what the most stable is. My settings are the Interactive govenor (CPU speed regulator = govenor) at .4Ghz Minimum with 1.4Ghz Maximum. I run that constantly with no issues at all. (1.5 gave me some stutter after long periods, and I'd rather not fry my cpu.) Any other questions about that?

P.S. Android Revolution is now in 3.2.2
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
You may be surprised that I don't loose any data (AFAIK).

Just trying to figure out how to increase the space available to Ubuntu and actually install some basic programs like google chrome and libre office.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
I'm not an advanced linux user, but see if the ubuntu software centre works for installing things, if not try in the command line 'sudo apt-get libreoffice -i /filepath/filepath' http://www.libreoffice.org/developers-2/ or command here, or this download http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=deb-x86&lang=en-US

Chrome would be along the same lines -- https://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux&hl=en
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themac:
Hi Bcd234. I think that, at this stage of ubuntu porting (on Arm and on Transformer/Tegra2 in particular) you'll be really disappointed about performance and usability.

Many things do not work, as today. And the few you get are far less than the things you lose abandoning Android (4.0.3 is a good and stable version and Asus made a decent stock rom, apart some little bugs).

My suggestion are :

1) Try Android 4.0.3 (stock or custom, you choose) and install Chrome (yes, the Web Browser, and no, doesn't work on HoneyComb) and try google docs.

2) Try all the different Office programs out there for Android (there are 6 or 7, or even more). Many of them have "free versione". Anyway try them (you were able to root your tf101 and install Ubuntu, so you'll have no problem finding information you need ) all and choose. Here a link with a comparison : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1085173

3) If you choose to stay with ubuntu/ other linux flavour, thus being able to use openoffice/libreoffice try this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585009 It's the well-known "chroot method". Dirty. But works (slowly, to be honest) and runs as a normal android task. So you can switch, close etc. etc. at your wish :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
Pretty sure I'm now loading native Ubuntu which is better than Chroot from what I've been told.

I'm fine dual-booting ubuntu as long as I can get libreoffice working. I will just do everything else from Android
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Libreoffice works on mine (tested) and dualboot is so much faster than the chroot vnc method. I'll primarily be using it for the GIMP and for Ardour 2. (hopefully getting drivers working so I can record on the go)

Anything that works on ARM works on this, so go ahead and give whatever you need a go, most works.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themac:
Ok, but something without accelerated Video and Audio driver is definitely not something i'd want to use everyday for work or even for study.

It's just my opinion and i really respect yours :)

To be honest, i'd pay some money to have a fully working *nix flavour on my Tf101.

And as today, the only one available is Android :)

TheMac
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
n

I know I'm a total ubuntu newb, but I can't figure out how to increase the space available on Ubuntu (might be ok once my 32gb sdcard comes in the mail), and I've followed instructions pasting directly into the Ubuntu terminal, but can't seem to install Libreoffice..

Is the process of installing libreoffice any different when you've flashed Ubuntu on a TF101? Is there a website you've found that provides instructions which work?

I haven't figured out how to install ANYTHING on flashed ubuntu... Even when using the terminal instructions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
d

Well think about what I'm using my TF101 for....

I need it to read .pdfs, for light internet browsing (ie. finding sources), for full-suite office applications (ie. working on essays), and for communication (emaill) purposes. I also need something with a good battery life

I could have paid 200-300 for a netbook with crap specs, and maybe 6hrs of battery, and crap resolution., and crap storage

I could have paid a MINIMUM of $800 for an ultrabook with only 6 hours battery and no touch interface...

Instead I chose to buy a tablet which can run full-office when booted with ubuntu, has a battery life of 16 HOURS, and cost $400.

As a bonus I can use it as a tablet in Android to read pdfs, work while standing up, review my work for the day while in bed (etc)

I will have 64gb of storage on the tablet alone (premium ultrabooks have only 128gb SSD) and I will be able to connect 2 flash USB sticks or a HDD for anything else.

I think I made an excellent choice (provided libreoffice works!).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themac:
bcd234 : i'm not talking about the tf101 choice. You spent your money well, no doubt !

I have one too, and i also like it .

I do read pdfs, and do web surfing, or even develop apps (i just installed AIDE app, check it out, it's awesome).

I'm only doubtful about the ubuntu choice that, at the time of writing is not, in my humble opinion a real alternative over Android.

So, i'd rather using some app that could be like the ubuntu ones you are using (Photoshop Touch versus TheGimp, PolarisOffice versus LibreOffice and much more, the Android world is full of apps!).

Just to be clear : They are not fully comparable, it's obvious, nor i want to make you change your mind . If you are happy with Ubuntu, with the limitations it has on TF101 (but be prepared about battery usage : it's not 16h) i'm happy too.

:-)

TheMac
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I see your point, but for me it's not an either/or decision as far as Ubuntu/android go.

As I said earlier I NEED a full office suite. Polaris just doesn't have the features I need. If I can get access to a full office suite Ubuntu is something I'd happily deal with.

Case in point: I left home at about 9:30am today and got home after 12am.. spent at least 2 hours on public transport.

Used the TF101 for over 10 hours. Still on 30% charge.

Even if I had 3 times as much cash to get an ultra book, I'd be out of action as soon as I strayed from a power point!

If android ever has a full office suite (including footnote CREATION) I'll happily boot Android exclusively.

Edit: just to be clear, the only thing I really need that isn't on ICS is a full office suite. ICS is actually AWESOME from what I've experienced so far :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goatshocker:
This is probably out of question since it requires internet connection but, have you looked into xlive's desktop service?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
If it's a remote desktop solution then it's not a viable possibility. Literally all I have is a phone with 2gb data. I do everything else at uni. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
I just download and install through ubuntu and works fine, what trouble are you having sofar?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
A couple of problems;

the first is that there is no space on ubuntu to do anything. It becomes dangerously slow because I have about 100mb free on the image.

I bought a microsd card and tried to loopmount it from the sd so I'd have more room, but the instructions failed when I needed to type:

dd if=/sdcard/ubuntu.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 into terminal when following instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1537566

Libreoffice is installed (can't seem to uninstall) but I can't install any packages AFAIK (I need writer). The fact that I can't resize ubuntu.img makes it even harder to figure out how to do a proper full install!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
If I wanted to set up the ubuntu loopmounted image again, how would I go about deleting the old one?

When I copied over an older version of the ubuntu.img, nothing actually changed! How do I remove it so I can reinstall?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
"dd if=/dev/zero bs=Your Size Here Example:'4G' for 4 Gigs count=1 >> ubuntu.img

e2fsck -f ubuntu.img

resize2fs ubuntu.img"

Also, it's wherever you placed it in /sdcard/ Look around for a .img file in filemanager or root file browser (both in android OS) and just check and delete.

Edit: Also, Make Sure the microSD is at least a class 6 (preferably class 8+) or will be rlly slow
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I encountered these commands. So <your size here> is supposed to be the actual size of my SD or how much space I want for Ubuntu?

Do these terminal commands apply to a loopmounted image, or an image mounted on an SD.

I have a 32gb miroSD which isn't particularly fast. I'd like to create a 10gb partition on /internal storage/ for ubuntu and have the re 22gb left over for Android.

I will then use the 32gb microSD as storage for both operating systems, the only problem is that I already have a loopmounted image on /internal storage/ which is much too small for Ubuntu to run!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Your size here is the size you want for Ubuntu. I run just fine with 8Gigs on my flash drive Ubuntu and havn't used more than 16 on my desktop.

Partitioning isn't necessary xD just make a folder and pop the Image in it :D

You have plentyyyyyy of storage for android too, even when I was bogged down with 30 or so full 3d apps and several hundred others I barely filled my 16GB internal storage.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goatshocker:
5-6 gameloft games and the storage goes baibai! :/
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Well I guess not the apps I picked xD I had all of those GLU mobile 3d apps. Contract killer, blood and gory, etc.

The problem with those is they want to run all the time x.x
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I think I double-loopmounted on /internal storage/ because I have about 6gb that are mysteriously missing!! Available neither to Ubuntu, nor Android.

Also Ubuntu is hella slow and libreoffice kinda sucks... sigh.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Try wiping and resetting again, backing up anything important. Flash a fresh rom and kernel and overclock a bit. This might speed up, if you don't like Libreoffice you could try a really old version of ms word in the Adosbox app, (run ms dos applications in android) since the stuff is really old its quick, works with any DOS based (x16bit) programs.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmarticus:
If you want to access Ms office get an onlive desktop account. You can use office free.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GenghisKhan67:
FYI, Officesuite Pro offers support for footnotes (Insert > Footnote).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I'm finding officesuite Pro is pretty competent for about 80% of what I need to do.

Between this and Libreoffice I'm pretty much set.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Hope you enjoy your purchase then :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
Thankyou.

And thanks again to everyone for all the guidance!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcd234:
I'm hoping I have not bricked my TF101

I installed Kernal manager from the appstore after reading that it would assist in managing to get overclocking working..

I read that it was a breeze and that the OP shouldn't be worried.

Installed the netformer kernal and the damn thing shut down and hung on the first screen indefinitely, so I restarted after waiting over 5 min.

Now when I try to boot it hangs on the same screen.

When I boot with Power + volume Up, it shuts down when I press vol up again to get into RCK check.

If I don't make a selection I have the option to wipe data or cold boot. Cold boot hangs, and I don't want to impetuously wipe data which might make the situation worse.

I can't believe I took such a silly risk right now. I'm stressed as hell, can someone please help?

EDIT: I am killing myself. Will I make this worse if I wipe data ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
Netformer is Reeeeally old like andorid 3.0 old and that is why it does not work. Can you get your computer to recognize it in ADB? and do you have a SBK1 transformer?