yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cleareyes:
A little more detail. The blob I downloaded and tried to load was WW_epad-user-8.6.6.23.zip

I had to wait for the "desktop/lockscreen" to show before I could create a new adb session after the first reboot.

Overnight, since it kept rebooting and couldn't be shut off, the battery died and that was the only thing that finally stopped it. I gave it a little bit of charge this morning and it went right back into the reboot loop. I still can't seem to get it to turn on using power & vol -
[Eee Pad Transformer General] swibawa:
I manage to root without downgrade on TF101 using method 3. However the SU + Superuser.apk package failed to be flashed when i put it on /SDCard,

It worked after I try to make a copy to /Removable/MicroSD and try to flashed again from there..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] npesa92:
bootloader

yeah i would still want that even on stock, but would i still have to use the asus bootloader unlock to unlock it on .15, or does the vipermod tool do that without letting asus know?

thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] spex66:
Please, does anybody has an idea, why an OTA update can wipe my Voodoo RootKeeper su backups?!?

I'm on TF300T, back to DE .17 and forth to OTA WW .26.

Where is the difference to you're approaches?!?

Cheers

Peter
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shinare:
Any idea on how to fix? Have deleted the blob file on my sdcard still not working. Another person with same problem said wiping did not resolve the issue. .15 is working fine. Would like to get back on the update path tho.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Bvall:
Hi, first of all, thanks for all your great knowledge! Its a great help for us regular users...

I got a small problem: I have a swedish TF201 that just got back from repair by asus (new motherboard). It came back with .21 installed but ofcourse I wanted root on the machine.

Downgraded with Method 2 to a to a .14 blob I found here (alot of broken links so I went for the one I got). Everything worked ok but I could not OTA Update afterwords and realised I had us a US.14 blob.

Got root with vipermod and went for Method 1 and a WW.15 blob. Everything went ok again and now Im running WW.15 rooted and everything works ok.

But I still cant get a OTA update for .21, it just says that there is no new update for now.

The serial on the machine is correct and the machine is still locked.

I have tried DM/CM client close clear data trick. Still no OTA .21

Anyone got any ideas why? Im ok at .15 for now, but you dont want to miss out on any future nice updates do you?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jtatomer:
Fixed my problem

In the code mmcblk0p4.....I thought the 0 was the letter O...it's a zero. Fixed everything haha. But I thought I would roll back to a previous version? I'm still at US_epad-9.2.1.21 but I have Superuser and Titanium backup, etc. I'm not complaining, just confused!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slopppy:
Yeah the vipermod tool can install custom recovery from .15 without alerting Asus to the fact. Bugger ... I probably should have done that while I was on .15 also. Didn't really think about it at the time! Ahh well, can always downgrade again, I'm not looking to put a custom ROM on anyways.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] evilmerlin:
Could somebody please provide another mirror for the RecoveryBlobs for TF101 (the last file)? Hellshare doesn't work for my country and I keep getting access denied for depositfiles.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
You could go here, download the zip file, unzip it to extract the recoveryblob.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1446019
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stcanard:
Just checking, using method 3 on a TF101 / B70 --

Before rewriting the recovery partition with CWM, if I do the following:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/recoveryblob.asus

I can use the same method to later write recoveryblob.asus into it and go back to completely stock, right?

[Edit]

Having now tried it, I want to add to the kudos. I thought with a B70 I had to give up on custom roms, this is simple and brilliant! Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] evilmerlin:
disregard this post.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slopppy:
I don't think it's supposed to have a file extension. I just checked the root of my SD card (it's still there), and it's just "blob" - no file extension.

---------- Post added at 11:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ----------

Did you manage to resolve this yet mate?

I believe you need to do a full wipe when you go from ICS to HC. But to do that you need to get into recovery of course, is this what you're trying to do?

Can you can an adb session at any point during the rebooting? Maybe just keep typing "adb devices" during the boot loops and see if it gets detected at any point. If you can see it at some point, quickly whack in a quick "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot recovery", and see if you can snap it out of the bootloop and into the bootloader/recovery so you can wipe.

Not sure what else you can try, unless you're hitting the power and volume buttons at the wrong point... but I expect you have tried a lot of combinations!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bcd234:
I followed steps under the third method.

Before Rebooting/Installing superuser I accidentally went into "wipe cache".

Now it rebooted into a backlight screen but nothing is happening.

I want to know what's going on before I do something stupid and brick my second tablet.

EDIT: FALSE ALARM. Rebooted and all is well. I'm just paranoid after bricking my first Tf101!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Durp:
Registered to say I just did the same with my TF300T.

Used bpear96's modded vipermod+wolf tool to get from .26 to .17, sparkyroot to root, voodoo to save root, OTA'd back to .26, and voodoo to restore. Happy fun time!

Thanks all!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gam3r 4 Life:
Need some help here. Long story short I bricked my brand new 300 messing around with the build.prop. It wont boot up now. It starts at the asus screen and then goes blank. I am able to get into the different modes by using the volume+power, and I am able to see my device in adb intermittently. I was also able to pull the bad build prop from the system using "ADB pull /system/build.prop c:\". But I am unable to push the good build.prop I have back in. My question is this. Can I use the method described here for downgrading to unbrick my 300? I have no way to put the firmware file onto the internal storage, only the external. So is there someway this can be done? I would really appreciate some help. Thank you
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gforce474:
I want to try method 3 but just want to clear up a few things.

Firstly in step 1 it mentions the blob "(mounted as /sdcard)" does this mean i just move the file to the internal storage or do i need to do something else?

also in step 5 does the shell have to be started during boot screen or can it be started at lock screen? as a test i have tried a reboot and then opening a shell during boot and it keeps saying 'error device not found' until i get to the lock screen, then it is ok. will this still happen after completing steps 1-4?

Thanks in advance...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wolf849:
Yes

It can be done later but sometimes it freezes on booting after doing ln -s so I have written that to be free from coments like " I cannot access my tab.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] redahaddad:
How to install the new OTA TW 9.2.2.4

First I would really like to express my thanks for your genius work, I used your method to root my TF101G , ICS 4.0.3, TW 9.2.2.3, It worked super.

Today there is a new OTA firmware 9.2.2.4 , I was trying to update but it keeps stopping and does not go through, I Tried to recovery reboot,tried Voodoo Keep rooting but nothing work, the stays on.

Any advise on this matter ??

THANK YOU
[Eee Pad Transformer General] maestro2mil:
AIO RootKit for TF101 9.2.1.21 using Wolf's ultimate flash method

First, thanks for all who made rooting my brand new TF101 on .21 possible running ICS 4.0.3. Although easy, I didn't find the instructions to be thorough enough for any/most users to follow, so I created a simplified guide and am providing links to the AIO package you'll need to ROOT your ASUS EEE Pad.

The text instructions are inside the .rar compressed file: ViperMod, ADB, RecoveryBlob and Superuser pack are all within this file, so it is all that's needed at only ~22mb. Enjoy! :)

Download: https://rapidshare.com/files/2679158363/ASUS_Rooting.rar

Mirror: http://www.uploadboost.com/yds8rzicd0gt/ASUS_Rooting.rar

Mirror: http://coraldrive.net/j383k2kd1nl2/ASUS_Rooting.rar
[Eee Pad Transformer General] viewer2008:
Thankyou Wolf and all other developers like him for giving us the chance to be free .21 ICS.

Freedom rules.:)

.15 not working any mirror links:confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] viewer2008:
official ICS V9.4.2.15 (SKU WW) for Asus TP Australian model

Hi can some one tell me Where to find official ICS V9.4.2.15 (SKU WW) for Asus TP Australian model?

Ok so I've bought a ASUS TP running HC Australian model with SKU WW and I want to root it but also want to update it to ICS. I am aware that ICS V9.4.2.15 can be rooted and .21 can't unless I downgrade using Wolf ultimate guide. Therefore I am looking for official ICS V9.4.2.15 WW for Asus TP :(:(:(:(:(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] souweine:
how about adb on terminal emulator?

So when my rooted system upgraded to ICS i lost my root like so many others, and voodoo root keeper failed. SU is still there and I cannot uninstall it.

ALSO my USB hookup no longer works! I bought a new cable and tried multiple computers, none of them will even recognize the tf 101.

So...... whats the chances I can run either option 2 or 3 via terminal emulator?

If not is there a way to get super user off to get an RMA?

thanks in advance!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
if you have su in system/bin try copying it over to system/xbin.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] souweine:
nope

Just tried and it says read only file system. I have the superuser program in my app bin, but i don't have root access, even though i can see the root with astro?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Do a data wipe and try again
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Batlock:
SL101

Can anyone verify if this works on the Slider? I see everyone talking about the Transformer and whatnot but I don't wanna end up bricking.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] redahaddad:
Hello I used Wolf method 2 to root my TF101G , ICS 4.0.3, TW 9.2.2.3, It worked super. Got it rooted, got titanium back up, superuser

Today there is a new OTA firmware 9.2.2.4 , I was trying to update but it keeps stopping and does not go through, I Tried to recovery reboot,tried Voodoo Keep rooting but nothing work, the root stays on.

Any advise on this matter ??

THANK YOU
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gforce474:
Thanks mate, You are a legend!

All went smooth
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slopppy:
Hi mate, there's quite a few links to mirrors in the thread. Do none of them work anymore? I have the .15 WW blob that I can whack somewhere if you really need it. Maybe PM me, will be faster for you.

Cheers,
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
someone should make an exe tool for this :) so the commands won't be wrong :D

Im an lazzy man ,
[Eee Pad Transformer General] l0lcats:
So I have the TF101, a B50K... on 9.2.1.21-20120413 and I want to root it. I am interested in using method #3 but it is not abundantly clear which BLOB I should use. There is a list of ICS BLOBs and then at the bottom there is one for "TF101 ONLY" labeled Rogue Recovery.

So, what do I use? I've looked at the About Tablet section of Settings and do not see "WW" or "US" anywhere.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Method 3 you jsut use the RecoveryBlob (from Rouge Recovery)

It's jsut pushing a custom recovery to your TF. After the recoveryblob get pushed to your TF, boot into it and flash the su + superuser zip file.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] l0lcats:
I click on the link for Rogue Recovery and am told that the file share is not available to my country. :( I did some looking and believe I have acquired it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] aznmode:
Has anyone been able to downgrade from TF201 v.21 to .15 without factory resetting. I want do downgrade but I dont want to have to factory reset. I know from ICS to HC you have to but I assume ICS to ICS theres no need.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Mekrel:
It should be fine, I booted fine without a wipe when going TF201 .21 to .15 but didn't test any applications out (all my screen layouts and settings were intact though). I rebooted and wiped anyway as wanted a clean start :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
You could go here, download the flashable zip file and extract the recoveryblob. (Just unzip the file)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1446019
[Eee Pad Transformer General] s1lenz:
I could really use that .15 :\
[Eee Pad Transformer General] PuroKaibil:
I did.... and so far no glitches after a full week back on .15

I have one of those "unknown serial " TFP. I don't want to RMA after all the horror stories going around.

I don't. Want to go back to .21 because "root keeper " never worked for me.

But the procedure is quick and painless.

Thank you developers.

P.S. My big reason for rooting was "switchme " :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slopppy:
Cool ... uploading just the blob to my google drive now. I'll post a link when it's up.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mrfleetwood:
Just downgraded my TF201 to .15 using method 2, rooted (using ViperBoy's tool), installed OTA Rootkeeper, upgraded to .21 via OTA and used OTA Rootkeeper. Everything went well and as described. Result: Rooted .21. Thanks wolf849, ViperBoy and everyone who told that this worked for you!

The most time consuming step was to set up the Android SDK and adb. I also had to close my virus scanner which "found" a virus when exctracting the ViperBoy's zip file. Of course there wasn't any.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chu-hi:
Hallo,

i try to flash my japanese tf101 currently running jp 8.6.5.21 with the ww 9.2.1.21 blob using the second method.

Everything is working untill the dd if=/sdcard/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 command. After that it says cannot open for write: Permission denied.

I would be very happy if someone can show me a solution.

Thanks in advance, looking forward hearing from you.

Here is a copy of the progress in the cmd window.

C:\Users\hugo>adb shell

$ mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak

mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak

$ ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data/local/tmp

ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data/local/tmp

$ exit

exit

C:\Users\hugo>adb reboot

C:\Users\hugo>adb shell

error: device not found

C:\Users\hugo>adb shell

error: device not found

C:\Users\hugo>adb shell

$ dd if=/sdcard/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4

dd if=/sdcard/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4

/dev/block/mmcblk0p4: cannot open for write: Permission denied
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slopppy:
Hokay,

Here's the WW .15 blob for the TF201 for anyone who is chasing it:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2j5F0pbvXD9TWZSS1FPWjhVZm8

MD5: 55122257b30e9376df463f3c1a8ba702
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pkfox:
Try unplugging the usb and plugging it back in until it works
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chu-hi:
says, ehourt

Thanks for responding.

The device is recognized as an adb device. It seems to be not related to some usb errors.

Maybe it´s caused by the different sku´s?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Freekers1337:
You can download it here:

9.4.2.15:

WW version: http://freek.ws/transformer/TF201_Prime/WW_epad-user-9.4.2.15.zip

US version: http://freek.ws/transformer/TF201_Prime/US_epad-user-9.4.2.15.zip

Yes, I did and made a tutorial about it:

http://freek.ws/2012/05/07/howto-ro...s-9-4-2-21-without-unlocking-your-bootloader/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fuol:
TW .15 blob for TF201

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of a TW .15 blob for TF201 (or an equivalent to downgrade TW .21 to something rootable)?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
using custom recovery it is :) so you need to get custom recovery for it :)

---------- Post added at 01:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 PM ----------

using method 3 to gain root on .21 firmware was a success :D

thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fuol:
That's great news LSD! The OP suggests that method 3 only works on TF101s. Did you just test this on your own TF201?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jouix:
Just a big thank you Wolf, i used the 3rd method for my TF101 and it worked perfectly now :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DRaulie2003:
Thanks Wolf, this worked great on my tf101 using method 3. My only question is when I go to create a stock backup is says "Error mounting backup path!" Does anyone know whats causing this error? I tried to search the thread but nothing came up. I want to flash Gummy but I'd like a stock backup before I do. Thanks in advance for your help.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Batlock:
Thanks man

Used method 3 to downgrade from 4.0.3 to 3.2.1 on my SL101 because of random reboots and no root. Worked like a charm, after the firmware loaded I had to vol down + power and wipe user data because it went into a reboot loop. Anyway, now back with root privs and used titanium backup to freeze the dmclient so I don't get any notifications about the OTA update.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Do you have a micro sd card in the TF?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DRaulie2003:
No I don't but I switched the recovery to internal storage and it worked. I don't know why I didn't think about doing that? Thanks for the reply I actually jus tgot the nandroid finished and I was getting back on to say I figured it out. Although, I now have another question. I want to flash Gummy and I know I need to wipe data and cache but will that also wipe my internal memory because that is where my zip file for Gummy is located as well as gapps and my nandroid?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
You should be fine as long as you DON'T use the Superwipe script.

The recovery skip wiping the data/media portion
[Eee Pad Transformer General] proziumwtf:
Just registered to say THANK YOU Wolf. Since i stupidly updated my Asus Prime to .21 I've been stuck rootless and thought about voiding the warranty and unlocking. Your clever way saved me.

Successfully downgraded to .15, using WW 9.4.2.15, then rooted with the ViperMOD, after that I used Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to save the root and the firmware update came right after I turned on the WIFI, so in less than 10 minutes I had my Stock, Locked, 9.4.2.21 Rooted Prime :)

Thanks again!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DRaulie2003:
When I boot into recovery the only options are to wipe data(factory reset), and wipe cache, and and wipe dalvik cache. But will that wip data option wip the internal sdcard of my transformer? The recovery I'm using is rouge recovery 1.3.0.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Yeah you'll be fine. I use the same recovery and have wipe to flash new ROMs all the time.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DRaulie2003:
Thanks man I got gummy flashed just wanted to make sure I didn't lose it in the wipe.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] GernBlanston:
Recently, I RMA'd my Prime for the serial number issue; Asus did a good job on repair, got it back to me quickly, and I was able to downgrade to .15 and maintain root back up through the OTA update to .21. So, thanks, and I hope others experiencing the serial number issue (prevents OTA, therefore makes this process impossible without fixing the issue first) are able to do same.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] type_2:
If I'm on .21 i need the .15 file to downgrade correct?

Has anyone got another file link? Wolf's dropbox is generating too much traffic :p and the other mirror isn't working. Any help is appreciated!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
You can just do method 3, no need to downgrade (if you have a TF101).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] type_2:
Should've mentioned that I was on the Transformer prime.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slopppy:
I posted a mirror for the .15 ww tf201 blob a couple of pages back. Use that one.

:)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Freekers1337:
Check out my signature for a file mirror of almost all BLOBs files.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CapNCooK:
So if i all understand correctly...

I just bought a Asus TF300T (WW) - And updated it to 9.4.3.26 (WW).

The only way to get root from this point is to downgrade to the US version of .17 ?? (because the .17 WW version is nowhere available ?)

I've done that, got root, but still awaiting my (US) auto-update to .26

--

Also, i really would like to stay on WW versions for language compatibility...

Thx
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Returning to stock recovery and keeping root

Hi,

I can confirm that method 3 ( install CWM recovery and SU+APK) works as a valid rooting method for 9.2.23 and 9.2.2.4.

Staying on CWM recovery seems to disallow further OTA updates and going back to stock recovery using the stock blob removes root as the system partition is included in the stock blob and that overwrites /system and thus removes the 'su' binaries from /system/bin.

So I extracted the recovery partition from the stock 9.2.2.3 blob using the wonderful blobtools.

This will allow one to go back to stock recovery and retain root.

One can install this modded stock recovery after completing Method 3 fully:

su -c "dd if=/sdcard/blob_9.2.2.3_WW_recovery of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4"

So OTA updates will continue to work even after obtaining root.

This also seems to work to bring 9.2.2.4 firmware back to stock-ish recovery (allowing OTA), but I'd rather wait for the 9.2.2.4 blob and strip that instead and use that for 9.2.2.4 firmwares.

So best if this is used only for 9.2.2.3 WW

Basically this boils down to a root method for 9.2.2.3 and 9.2.2.4 without affecting anything else. Firmware, recovery and data all stay intact.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Did this work?

Hi,

Just wanted to confirm that you were able to extract a valid stock blob file as you mention. Were you able to go back to stock recovery by flashing this recoveryblob.asus? Did you loose root after going back to stock recovery?

Can you send me a link to this recoveryblob.asus please? What size is it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] -RioT-:
Did this on my prime and everything worked great.

My only problem now is my Asus backup will not open.... I've tried everything. Even the one I made to root with sparky root won't open. And I know I couldn't have forgotten the password so quickly.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] redahaddad:
How to install the new OTA TW 9.2.2.4

I did Method 3 on my TF101G , But I could not update the new OTA 9.2.2.4 , Can you explain how you removed the SD Partition , or what do you advise to allow the OTA and still keep the root. I also tried to copy the file you attached (blob_9.2.2.3_repack) but when I copy it to the SD card , The copy have a different name and the it is unable to be read. ?? Any idea why

Thanks