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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rorytmeadows:
It will also allow for reverting back to stock ROM so that the tablet can be sold to anyone!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
And hopefully other distros ;) i do hope this comes true.

Well, thank you Asus and Nvidia, and everyone involved on pulling this out for the community.

Nvflash will surely be a priceless tool, I feel much safer now about unlocking my device.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Wow this would be amazing!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ShelW:
That's great! Fantastic! Can't wait....

oh.. what's NV Flash?

(as my niece used to say, when she was 5... I want it! I NEED it! What is it?!?)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] copc:
Here ya go

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what's+NVFlash
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jgaf:
I'm guessing this will work on the 300 Pad...?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mibo666:
Nope.... It wont if u want run version of Nvflash for Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] brainimpact:
doesn't actually say a fully working version coming :( just that they have requested it

whoever makes the decision please don't f us all off
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mudduck454:
Ok now I know this has been asked, but will this allow me to save an entire copy of my OS along with everything else installed, so I can save it to an external device, and if I ever brick it, I can flash it back to the way it was at the last save,

I ask that because I would love to see how the prime runs windows 8 when it is released....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hajalie24:
Well sorry but the prime will never be able to run Windows 8 sorry.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phoenix573:
I have been waiting patiently for this tool for sometime now, got a rma ticket open eventually and Im considering shipping it back overseas (where I bought it), but after a few reports of packages coming back dented, scratched or deformed, Im a bit hesitent to go ahead. If this tool is near on the horizon, I'll wait it out further. Come on ASUS, nvidia, google make our day!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ilostmypistons:
We'll see about that
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hajalie24:
It's pretty much impossible, as windows 8 RT will not be available for public use and only provided to OEM's. It's like trying to put ios on the prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lyon21:
On two separate occasions Asus told me that NVFlash had to be unlocked by NVIDIA. However, there shouldn't be a single issue with this. The A510 has an unlockable bootloader and access to NVFlash. Its B.S. that they are putting it off on NVIDIA.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ilostmypistons:
You can run REAL IOS on a android device right now I think it was Adam Outer that pulled it off on a Galaxy S.... and I'm not taking about miui Im talking about legit ios.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] scataldo721:
Possibly a dual boot
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Win RT will happen if its in any way possible :) I'm sure of it. BUT it would never replace Android for me. I can see myself using windows for office apps, if there wont be anything of similar quality on android by then, but other than that i dont know why i would need windows^^
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Parastie:
I would guess that Microsoft will have better control of windows rt, meaning it will likely call hole to verify itself and brick your device if it can't.

I suppose hackers could bypass such a check, but then market will likely not work and then you only have office and a browser.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] neo1738:
honestly if they could just create an android version of office i wouldn't have need for windows.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
not to mention windows 8 digitally signed os/bios connection
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
Why would you want ios? Get the ios frameworks n stuff and merge it with android aos/kp and run ios apps. The ios ui is just plain bad but merging stuff would probably take more than forever.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ilostmypistons:
Same reason you climb a mountain....to see if you can do it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
i'm impatient about this one guys; any news yet?

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redheadplantguy:
This is great news! My Prime is the only Android device I haven't rooted. Too afraid of bricking. As soon as this comes out, I can.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
This would be awesome if its not vapor. I would finally unlock and get to use my prime as i have wanted to all along. my bcokas isn't getting unlocked until my warranty is up or nvflash is out...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] neckbonest:
just get a aftermarket warrenty and unlock it. you will love it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
We still need nvflash, the way i see it.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
I have thought about that many times. I guess I'm still stubborn to the fact that I don't feel it's right to have to spend another $60 on a high end device... but that's another conversation for a much different thread :)

NVFlash has saved me more than once in my somewhat rocky history with Android... I am pretty sure (except for the not perfect, but totally usable wifi) that this would be the last thing standing in the way of a truly terrific device. We all need a safety net sometimes, and NVFlash would be it.

Oh and I want Cornerstone...

Oh yeah, and it's been over 3 months :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Zenk_77:
Any new leaks?

Sent from my Sensation
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
What do you mean... Do you still have warranty?

I do not think so, because if it's a 3rd party insurance, they will send it to ASUS (at least in Europe) and you will not get a s*** :)

It would be too good to be true.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
Yeah they might, but if you break your screen or worse, ASUS does not cover that and say Square Trade does, so Square trade will handle your warranty claim and not ASUS. IF it is something that the ASUS covers, Square Trade will not and refer you to use your ASUS warranty. I bought the 2 yr accidental warranty from them for like $65. Now I am worry free from bricking and accidents I may cause or my family may cause to my TFP. it's a CYA mod lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jgaf:
So they will cover bricking? Has anyone proven this? I want to make sure before I pay $54 for my 300 Pad. Also, would bricking be considered accidental damage from handling?, because that cost an extra $45
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
If I brick mine,my prime will have an "accident" since I paid for the 2 yr accidental coverage. They will basically cover anything from a water spillage to a cracked screen and that is NOT covered by ASUS. So they will review your problem and either give you your money back or buy you a new one. So the extra $65 I spent is well worth it since my 5 yr old and my technology challenged wife plays with it as well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jgaf:
Good to know, but they don't offer warranties where I live T_T
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
I wish I had done the same and just pulled the trigger when the unlock tool came out. In retrospect, I shouldn't have been so offended in the need to get a warranty on top of my warranty. I would GLADLY pay $65 or hell even $80 to unlock my tab ASAP and have some shiny new ROM glory... but alas, I feel I need to wait another month to see how the hardware is holding up in the long run.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Dont you guys think you could talk about 3rd party warranties in another thread? This one is about nvflash for the tf201. Thanks :)

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] boynamedstacy:
I need that NVFlash!! It's my only hope at this point!! Otherwise I have a $600 paper weight :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] boynamedstacy:
OK, now I don't really need it per say. I only want it at this point.... Jermaine and Swiftks were able to get me out of the fastboot loop that I was in. Thanks guys!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Awesome! :)

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] LTLFTCer:
I have used nvflash in the past with the gtab. I forget though, does it work with rooted yet still locked devices? I have what I think is a bricked prime when messing with the build.prop.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Nvflash rooted

I had a G tab also and yes you can nvflash anything thats the purpose of it if I remember. IT brought me back to life a few times. Seems no one is doing anything with the Prime here seems all development has dropped dead. Shame it's a good device. Or is it that we are waiting for these types of tools.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Swiftks:
Development is dead??? Have you looked at the dev section lately... nightly builds of CM9 & AOSP, Gummy, not to mention all the stock based roms. I agree that we should even see more development though if/when we get nvflash.

Sent from my CM7 Atrix.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] scataldo721:
And over on rootzwiki thrs a new aokp cornerstone
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] boynamedstacy:
Not to mention his *****in (official :D) version of AOKP!!! In my opinion the best rom for our tablet by far! Props to Jermaine aka J-Dog! Your my boy Blue!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] scataldo721:
Yeah def up there but gummy runs very smooth too idk wat ones better! Its a good problem to have tho
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SteveG12543:
Love the Old School reference thrown in there lol. :thumbup:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phoenix573:
Asus are you anywhere closer towards releasing an NV flash tool for the Prime?

Gary - I appreciate your feedback that you have provided thus far to this thread and I understand you were sick for some time and from what it sounds like, you have a busy schedule, but could you please respond on this subject...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cothek:
+1 to that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
..... still waiting. This is getting on my nerves.

*sigh*

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] paddycr:
I really don't know why they said anything about this. It has just served to make everyone, including myself, anxious and impatient about its release. I do appreciate that they might release this but they should have waited until firm plans. As is, this has become another reason to complain about ASUS. I appreciate their efforts but I think they need to hire some decent PR people lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] boynamedstacy:
We could be using a Samsung tablet instead. Then we'd really be screwed...

Sent from my Rascream/Trinity powered GNEX
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
I'll wait a couple more months for nvflash and fully unlocked bl, if not, i'm selling this *****

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dude6595:
Same thing here....I'm already bored with it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mick3444:
Agreed! However, miui is coming to the prime very very soon! Should be interesting!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knucklehead_11:
Miui for the prime should be fun.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Does MIUI have anything to do with "NVFlash for prime!"?

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
no, its just a custom rom similar to IOS, from what ive heard. has nothing to do with NVFLASH
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theeggman:
We shall see if this actually happens..

Granted they did unlock the bootloader based on community demand. But I shall not be holding my breath.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
yes, i know. my apologies, i was being sarcastic, as i'm a bit tired of offtopics on threads that matter. some, like this one, don't really get much attention from most people.

that's why i get my hopes up when i get a notification about this thread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...owners-bricked-or-stuck-on-locked-bootloader/

.....

I hope this is coming for us as well.

Seriously ASUS, wth are you thinking??? Release NVFlash already.

All i see is hype about .25 or .28, yet no updates on releasing nvflash. there must be like 10 persons in here that want nvflash or even know what that is.

This makes me sad.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Wow. That would be amazing!!! Nvflash was the only thing holding me back. This is like the 'coolest' thing i own anymore... i dont want to kill it. Now i have mura issues, but thats nothing for here.

I fell like paying a few engineers for a couple days work would be a lot more cost effective than paying 20 techs for months fixing bricks (even with customer charge) you guys here are awesome enough to help the average joe with tab life and death situations. With a full apx tool....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
Looks like no nvflash ? Asus did mention it.... but no response after......
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
NVflash would be totally awesome. But i think there are many people here who dont really know what it means for a device to be able to fully recover from almost everything.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
This community has been great on keeping the pressure high against asus. I dont see why it has to stop here. I have asked gary key a few questions, including rma related, and have yet to get a single peep back. A apx tool for full repartitioning and factory wipes would allow the dev community to troubleshoot and recover the dev community... whats not to win here?

The tool mentioned previously for the 101 would be awesome if a port is possible. Id almost rather have an open tool anyway...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Can we get an update on this? Or this will only get more attention when .28 or whatever is released and people are satisfied for a month?

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bedoig:
I'd also like to hear some news on this front. Asus' unlock tool, while appreciated, is only a half solution. Eliminating the possibility to install stock firmware is a serious handicap. I'm fine with the warranty on the device being void, but what if I want to sell it in a year? This is going to seriously limit the potential resale market for unlocked devices.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] King John:
I no longer regret unlocking my Prime. I'm so glad they're looking out for us! First they unlock us, then the GPS dongles, now NVflash! If they actually pull this off it'll have restored my faith in Asus.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Unfortunately there has been no update. I don't doubt they will release it, it's just a function of when that will be...

Like the optimism, though!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] King John:
That's too bad. I'd really like to see this happen :/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] neo1738:
i won't unlock until my warranty is up AND this is released. otherwise you're asking for trouble.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] st33med:
Warranty only covers manufacturing defects. I can understand waiting for NVflash a bit... the thing is you can hardly screw up on this device unless you flash a bad blob, which you technically won't do unless your device is messed up. You use recovery to flash stuff and not rely on flashing via moving a blob to /staging via adb.

Waiting for both is silly to me. At most, I'd wait one or two months for some defect to show up. I only waited about two and a half weeks to unlock my TFP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Swiftks:
Bring it on, trouble... unlocked the first day I had my Prime, and never looked back.

Sent from my Atrix
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] neo1738:
you say that but I have already had to RMA mine once for white spots on the screen. To me it is silly to not just wait because we all know there are manufacturing defects on many primes. hence why I am waiting until that expires and there is NVFlash. Also people say it's hard to brick but a lot of people get stuck in boot loops, try to fix that and end up bricking their device. those are my reasons.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
personally, i'm not afraid of cwm bootloops, what i am afraid is bricking (for real!) when trying to flash my own kang builds of aosp in the future...or leenucks. i am afraid that fastboot won't work like i'm used to, when i need it to.

i'm not taking any chances, even if i am capable (mostly) of getting out of my own mess. especially when asus doesn't even support their own unlock tool.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Exactly. Asus should be kind to us the next few months... nvflash, better unlock support, and these dang i/o bugs. I am not even mentioning what .28 will take care of.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Supersaiyan.IV:
This thread discusses the key to resolving the "serial number unknown" issues.

If s/n is unknown, neither OTA nor Unlock Tool V6 works. NVflash would at least unlock the bootloader.

Give me that tool right now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] goodintentions:
FYI, guys, there is one type of brickage that nvflash doesn't bring you back from. It's called a permanent apx bootloop. I've spotted this phenomenon in 3 different tegra 2 tablets. Myself and several others have tried everything to bring these devices back from a permanent apx bootloop. Without going too much into detail, only a few devices out there have this problem. But trust me, it might as well be dead with this problem.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tux_mind:
how can we make more pressure to ASUS for develope nvflash???
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
I sent a PM to demandarin a few days ago, asking for him to come down to this thread, for him to keep pressure on this on asus side;

he said, "sure, i will after work"

still have to hear or read a word from him in this thread.

Gary also said that they were working on it, but we have yet to see any further updates.

I haven't seen any hard evidence on this, so I'm beggining to think that nvflash won't be released.

Sent from my tf201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
You spoke too soon..lol here I am. better late than never ;)

Ice been responding to so many messages. get side tracked. so what specifics do u want me to relay or bring to Thier attention?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] paddycr:
Demandarin - thanks for stopping by :)

This is a quote by Gary from the closed product update thread:

"4/27/2012 Update -

We are still validating a new firmware release. We are also tracking user reported issues with Tegra 3 games, WiFi Direct and some continued random reboot/lock problems with a few units. Based on current regression testing at HQ, NVIDIA and Google it appears we will need to swap out a few units to pinpoint exact user problems.

For the unlocked audience, we have requested a version of NVFlash that works properly for users who unlocked their units

."

I have not seen anything else about this from ASUS since then. I know that the first rule of XDA is never ask for ETAs but it has been quite a while. An update on the status of this would be really good. There are a lot of people out there who really want/need NVFlash. Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
will let them know an update on status of this is needed ASAP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Thanks for dropping by. I feel we need to push this through, and as Asus also wants to support their most enthusiastic customers as well, right?

You could also drop by this thread, it's an old one, but it has some of the first discussions around it. I know there's another, that is more focused on Unlocked bootloader, but also has information that is needed to pass on to Asus. I would find it for you now, but i'm running out of time, gotta get to work in a few.

I'm not the right person to get into specifics, but for nvflash to work, Asus needs to release some other stuff besides the actual updated nvflash tool for Tegra3 devices.

Sent from my tf201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
That link is dead. It says webpage unavailable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Yeah, it's broken, because Tapatalk did not copy the thread url correctly.

If you look closely, the url it was trying to open is

http://"http//xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402095

which is not correct, obviously.

The correct link would be this, but it was failing because I inserted html tag but forgot the quotes closing the url itself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Seems we also need to ask Nvidia to release the tool, not just Asus. We will, and accordingly to Mr. Key, it's not Asus department, but they still pushing.

Let's round them up!!

sent from my tf201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Namidairo:
Except that we already asked nvidia about it, and they told us it had nothing to do with them as we already have the nvflash binaries released in some of the L4T packages.

And I hardly think nvidia will have the secure boot key for their vendor's devices handy. The SBK should have never touched nvidia's hands as they give the vendor complete documentation and code on how to burn it into their device.

All we need is the secure boot key. nvflash we have already...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Danny-B-:
And were not going to get the SBK legitimately ... If we had NVFlash and SBK we would be able to install custom roms without using the Asus bootloader unlocker tool ... which will never happen as Asus no longer knows who's voided their warranty or not.

Cant expect a company to shoot theirself in the foot now can we ... ?

If someone from Asus were to leak the SBK .. thats a diff story though [smiley face]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cky2000:
Believe it when I see it...........

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27633137&postcount=4
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] blublub:
Well I am not sure but I think it does not need to be nvflash to recover devices.

A secure image put on the sdcard which then flashes a new boot loader and/or rom automatically would also do the job.

That's a way it seems to work on Acer iconia tbabs.

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
nvflash doesn't need sdcards
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Hmm, they already have our money? I rather own my device a little bit more, please.

Imo, software has nothing to do with hardware, unless hardware is faulty.

To fully restore my device's factory state, and then check if issue exists, I think thats proof enough to say hardware is faulty, software bug, or aliens from outer space messing with us.

P.s.: leaked sbk would be nice, i wish Asus pulls through their chain of command and instruct their repair "technicians" on how to check if an issue is due to software/user error, or hardware.

Sent from my i9250
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Namidairo:
The thing is you actually *could* damage the hardware using software.

Eg. Pushing Tegra wayyyyy to far with the core clocks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TechSavvy2:
a

A point I think everyone on xda is aware of, lol. Pretty sure everyone running custom roms has cooked their ear a time or two...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Hey

Any news?

Sent from my i9250
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dreamer7050:
Need This tool!!!

Hello!

Any news???, please???

Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Parastie:
There has been no news.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky23:
Theres already threads very neatly written by devs on everything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Nice effort, but you have to know one guide is more than enough for the same.

Intratechs guide