yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harshs91:
ok, thnks for the info!

i hv a micromax a50 which is a MT6573 based device & the device hav a QVGA screen, can i take a custom rom made for spice mi350/lenovo a60 (both also hav a MT6573 chipset, but HVGA screen)

can i edit the resolution of the ROM somhow & make it work on my device??:p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -DarkKnight-:
nope

nope

you need custom device files different drivers and you have to make this work with a different kernal
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
I have a question, which mayb already has been asked & answered, but i just can't find it..

I'm on an Asus TF300T, and i need a recoveryblob 9.4.3.17 - the WW version (since i'm in NL), but its just nowhere to be found..

Somebody knows if this blob available somewhere ??

(or someone who got this on disk, or can extract it from a TF300T that isn't updated)

Any help is appreciated! Thx

--

Woops, this post ended up in the general section, and should go in Q&A! Sorry for that!!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RolloJarvis:
Did your device ship with the .17 update or did it come with .26?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
It came with .17, but stupid me upgraded as soon it asked for it...

So, i think some should be able to extract the BLOB memoryblock from an original (non-upgraded) WW device..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Citruspers:
Fellow dutchie here, is there anything I can do with an updated rooted tablet running .26? (aside from trading my tablet, lol).
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Well, unless you made a backup of .17 before the upgrade to .26, i don't think you can help :)

Don't screw up your install, you can't reflash it to root at the moment :)

(Except for .17 US)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Citruspers:
Sorry man, no backup :(

Good luck anyhow.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mars73:
Looks like this is the dutch forum. :-)

I updated to .26 as well just as you.

Not knowing I would probably be better of staying at .17 and then get it rooted.

Oh well, it's just a matter a of time I guess.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daeka:
I don't suppose anyone still has the .17 blob file that can upload/share it? Been searching for days without any luck.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Hi guys,

I'm fairly new with all the rooting stuff, as I never had any reason to do so. However, since some games (where's my water for example) save their save data in the /data/ folder, I need root.

I was actually about to downgrade my tablet using these steps, but since I apparently run a WW build according to my settings app, I understand I have to wait? Or is there only a specific reason not to use a US version (i.e. localization issues)?

However, a friend is maybe going to buy a TF300 and is probably going to root it, so if he buys it I will check the firmware version and see if I can extract it. Its the least I can do after all the years xda helped me with my smartphones.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom v H:
Me too Dutch:)

no .17 ww file found. please upload one!!

i am on .17 us rooted but can not receive the OTA .26 update.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcoHafkamp:
ww 9.4.3.17 blob file needed

I've got my 300t about 1,5 week ago and was so stupid to upgrade to .26.

I need .17 ww version also.

Please upload!

Thanks

Marco
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
We need someone with an unrooted .17 bought in Europe, except DE..

The process of extracting the firmware is fairly simple...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Well, i can't remember the localization issues i found, but i know i found them..

More important, it doesn't seem to get any updates, so you stay on .17 when you're in europe..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Let's hope someone finds either a way to root from .26 ww or someone uploads .17 ww...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcoHafkamp:
Downgrade question

Hi there,

I`m on WW .26 and wondering if i can downgrade to US .17, get root and then ota upgrade to WW .26?

Anybody tried this?

Marco
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
You won't receive WW OTA updates when you are on a US firmware...

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[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcoHafkamp:
Ok thanks.

US .17 is a no go!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
Okay I have just got my UK WW .17 model swapped out for bleeding light so I have a unrooted model.

Whats the command to export the blob?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcoHafkamp:
Anybody???
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
I'll holding off rooting as I might need this file in future as well.

I can use a little of ADB
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mars73:
We're all anxiously awaiting the .17WW version.

I have no clue how extract the .17WW blob, I expect it would be the same as the US version and that was done, so if anybody can help us 'poor' worldwide persons. :-)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom v H:
Yes, please upload the .17 ww.

I can confirm the .17us does not OTA to .26 in the Netherlands.

Thanks
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxterc:
I don't think it's that simple. I have a WW-TF300T, rooted currently with v17(US). After looking through the folders as su in shell, I'm pretty sure the BLOB-file unpacks into the devices memory, not leaving the raw BLOB-file. The factory probably flashes the units directly without using BLOBs.

The .17 US blob came from the official ASUS firmware published at their website.

A possibility to fix broken OTA would be to find the necessary files for setting localization to WW, and replace the US-files with the WW ones through adb. As for BLOBs, they need to be signed with the correct keys, which we don't have, so any custom made BLOBs would be impossible without an unlocked bootloader.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcoHafkamp:
I was hopefull, but after this i'm afraid we have to wait for a way to root WW .26. :-(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
Someone must know if its possible to backup/export .17 - If not I guess I'll just root it..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxterc:
You can still root your device and stay on WW-.17, the problem occurs if you upgrade to a newer firmware, say .26, and then somehow looses root. Then your only choice for regaining root would be to downgrade to US-.17..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
As far as I know, root can be recovered using OTA Rootkeeper, but from what I understand this does not work if you mix US and WW.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxterc:
Correct, OTA needs you to be localized in the correct region. So all of us in Europe with currently unrooted .26 will have to downgrade to US-.17 to gain root, and we will be stuck on .17, because OTA won't work.

We can upgrade to WW-.26 by using the WW-blob, but since this upgrade method is not OTA, you will lose root with- or without OTA Rootkeeper.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
About the extraction of the recoveryblob from an unrooted device, i think these are the steps to do it:

** THIS METHOD IS NOT COMPLETE YET - DO NOT TRY TO FLASH YOUR DEVICE WITH THE EXTRACTED FILE

Requirements:

- Working ADB installed on computer

1) Connect the unrooted .17 WW device to the PC

2) run 'adb shell' in command prompt.

3) From within the shell, run these commands:

mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data/local/tmp
exit

4) Reboot your device with executing 'adb reboot' from the CMD shell.

5) When the device is booted, execute the adb shell once again with 'adb shell', and run this command:

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

This takes a little while, and should end with something like:

1066806+1 records in
1066806+1 records out
546204969 bytes transferred in 250.309 secs (2182122 bytes/sec)

==> The recoveryblob is now available for copying (filename: recoveryblob)

Can anyone give this a try ?

(i tested this on US .17, works fine)

Thx
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxterc:
Looks promising CapNCook, have you tried reflashing the extracted recovery file?

The original blob from US-.17 is 815-682-765 bytes, while the extracted mmcblk0p4 is 855-638-016 bytes, at least on my device.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
I also noticed the difference in size..

I'm now trying to extract the extracted blob with blobtools..

Not tried to reflash the device... just yet ... ;-)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Please check that. In the meantime, I contacted someone on the forums here who claimed to run a (rooted) .17 WW Transformer, so I redirected him to this thread.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxterc:
After look through the extracted mmcblk0p4, the file seems to be filled with zeros, and is completely useless :(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Hmm... Mine is not filled with zero's.. But it isn't a valid blob format either..

Strange, so the device does some unpacking and modding on 1st boot :(..

Damn, that means back to the drawing board :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxterc:
It was a good try :) My guess is that the device "mmcblk0p4" is a reserved partition, and used as temporary storage when upgrading the unit from, e.g. a blob.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Well the thing is....

To flash to US .17, you have to copy the blob on "mmcblk0p4" just the other way around using Wolffs root-method 2, and command:

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

So when the new blob is there, on boot it will detect and flash.

My simple guessing was that that the blob remains intact after flashing on "mmcblk0p4", but its someway modified, altered or whatsoever...

--

When you look at all block devices, i always thought when you backup all these, you will be able to restore the device... But that isn't true either then..

shell@android:/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name $ ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 APP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 CAC -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 CRA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 MSC -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 PER -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 UDA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 USP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-05-18 13:51 YTU -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
Testing on my .17 WW now

---------- Post added at 07:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:53 PM ----------

Seems mine is blank as its 800mb but its uploaded to dropbox within seconds so must be filed with white space :(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Yep, same result as we had this afternoon..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
If anyone else has any ideas then I'll stay unrooted and on .17 if not then I'll root mine.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
You won't be able to get any updates from a rooted .17 eh..

Just fyi.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
Prefer to have root over the updates at the moment. I'll keep it unrooted for a couple more days to see if anyone comes up with an idea to export it.

Can any of the Prime Devs help out?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
As far as I know, if you run a .17 WW rooted, and you are in the right region, you will still receive OTA .26 WW update. Try to remember to install OTA RootKeeper to maintain root after update.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shooshka:
True. Tested with my WW .17 rooted :) Get OTA, use RootKeeper.. all ok, now on .26
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
Yeah no OTA updates for my UK model so stuff on .17 for a while.

Don't want to do the manual update as I wont be able to root then.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Just check for updates once a day and it should pop up eventually. Some people had to wait for several days.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Well, i'm on .17 US now for 10 days, still got no OTA.

As far as i know, no-one gets updates with the US .17
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
But you are not in the US right?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Correct, i'm in NL. But i tested also with a nVPN US IP, still no updates found :o
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
I don't know exactly how OTA updates. There are many people who don't receive the update when they refresh for it. Also as far as I know you don't receive OTA updates in a different region. I don't know much about FOTA updating, but since you only receive them in your region, doesn't that mean that it is not directly dictated by the origin of your wifi connection, but that it is pushed to your phone by your mobile service provider?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
The TF300T tablet doesn't have 3G, only WiFi.

Also ASUS is pushing updates, not the service provider.

I don't know either how the OTA mechanism works with ASUS, but i will try to find out by packet-sniffing the manual update tonight. This might also reveal the download URL.

However, i can switch my ip to originate from any region in the world, and tried several.. But none of them works.

Also, i don't know if there's some difference in hardware between the WW version and the US version. If so, flashing an US firmware on WW hardware might also stop the updates.

Anyway, i'm still hoping on a magical update after beeing on .17 US now for 14 days... But honestly i won't think it will come.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Terribly stupid of me, I was probably mixing some things up!

I guess by your reasoning you are right. There is something then causing .17 US on WW devices to not update, since people with US TF300T did receive the update.

I need root right now for some specific things I need to do. Besides not updating, have you experienced any localization issues whatsoever by flashing .17 US on your WW Transformer?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Nope, all localization things look fine.. Except mayb for the android market that shows mainly US apps on the 'preferred apps' page. I don't remember how this looked at WW firmware.. Mayb its just the same too.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
You could probably change that via MarketEnabler from the play store - You can set it back to UK/NL
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nordis2010:
Here is the blob files in case some one has not posted this yet.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1642614

nordis,
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daeka:
Still no luck with a .17 WW download? :(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Nope..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Anyone found this post? It seems that since DE firmware is discontinued, when you OTA update from .17DE you get .29 WW.

I'll probably try it out somewhere this week.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Yes, i know about the upgrade software from DE to WW..

But that only works if you got a .17 DE :-) (which isn't available either)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
There is a downloadlink in the post??? A link is also available here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1642614

Direct link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53726414/DE_epaduser9_4_3_17UpdateLauncher.zip
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Ahhh, sorry!

I clicked the link in your post, which reopened the thread on another tab in my browser... which wasn't refreshed!

Since yesterday the DE version IS there :D

Thanks! Will try this later on today
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
I'm very curious about your results. Somebody from Gathering of Tweakers had less fortunate results, he lost root after the OTA, even with OTA RootKeeper, but the original poster of the idea did keep root after OTA. So please let us know!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deangus:
elyzoin speaking

It would be interesting to see how many can keep root. I, too, have tried about four times. Downgraded to .17 DE from .26 WW, rooted, OTA Rootkeeper, upgrade to .26WW. Each time Rootkeeper seems to be unable to hold on to root.

There's been a lot of helpful information around here but it looks like something may have changed between the time of posting and my attempts.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
I just tried once too..

Same results, loosing root after updating (OTA) to .26WW.

When opening OTA Rootkeeper, it shows no green checkmark behind 'Protected su copy available'. So its loosing the su backup :(

In fact, this could make sense.., since the OTA Rootkeeper program clearly states: "Works with: Any device using ext3/4, and Google style

incremental

backups."

Since we're moving from DE to WW, i wonder how 'incremental' this OTA is...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
Other people tried it as well today from another forum, they also experienced losing root at the OTA update. Well, since there is only one person (the guy in my previous link) who has succesfully kept root when updating from DE to WW, I probably think that will not help either.

Ah well, let's just hope another way to root pops up!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Can you point me to that thread ? Dunno if that's allowed, otherwise PM is open..
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom v H:
As far as I know there is no way to keep root via the DE.17 OTA to WW.26/29.

I tried several times. On the german android forum they also could not keep root after OTA.

The only way is via .17 US.

Or boot unlock.

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[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
We are getting the WW version here in Canada as well. Like an idiot, I installed the first OTA to .29! Can the bootloader be unlocked from .29 or is a downgrade necessary?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquid_T<NL>:
http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1500781/last
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hayde:
Come on, someone must have the .17 WW blob file.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
I have scoured the web and can't find it anywhere. Very frustrating.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TXKSSnapper:
I almost downloaded all of the files when they were first posted, but decided to save the hard drive space and only get the US version. :-/ Stupid decision.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
Still no WW .17 blob? :(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
No and seems that there won't be, you might have to wait for another root on .26 or .29 or you could try the bootloader unlock and then root it that way.

But unlocking the device seems to way any warranty claims.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Not needed anymore mate, as far i'm concerned this thread can be closed.

ASUS unlocked the bootloader, so you can now follow this thread, and get root in any firmware version (WW/DE/US/TW)

Note that this will irreversable void your warranty.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668173
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
I understand that but at this point I am seeking solely root so I can use Titanium backup and other root apps without voiding my warranty.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
You can root .17 US. But this version won't update on WW devices.

So if you own a WW device, its the only way. ( or stay @ .17 US rooted)

Be careful not to update to .29, since you won't be able to go back. (without unlocking)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
Already on 29,didn't know downgrade to 17 wasn't possible from 29. :( I guess I could exchange the tablet.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
You can downgrade if needed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1645029
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Well if you're rooted .29 you can go back offcourse...

If you're on .29 without root.. Wolff was stating that ASUS fixed the permission vulnerability in .29, but i haven't read anyone who actually tried that. So it might be possible...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Did you actually tried that, unrooted downgrade from .29 to .17 ???
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Northern-Loop:
No I have't as I just unlocked my bootloader and rooted that way :eek::D
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
I will give it a try as soon as I get my hands on a WW 17 blob.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
.17 WW doesn't exist.

But you can try with .17 US
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
Problem with US 17 is no more ota's outside US. Will have to exchange, root and then be good with voodoo.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
No.

.17WW is not available, so there's nothing to exchange.

.17US can be rooted but won't update.

.17DE can be rooted, and does update.., but you will loose root on OTA since the flash is not incremental (DE -> WW == full flash), and Rootkeeper only supports incremental updates.

Trust me, i tried it all :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
By exchange I mean take back the tablet and exchange for a new one. I still have one week left for full refund or exchange. Mine had. 17 WW but I clicked yes to the ota before realizing .17 was needed for root.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Ahh ok. Yes, the factory-delivered .17WW will update and can be rooted :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
Just my tablet is working seamlessly, I would hate to return it. :(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
Yeah.. I understand. Same dilemma here, i chose to unlock and let the warranty void. (never had problems with tablets ever until sofar) :cool:
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
Hopefully someone will surprise us and upload a working ww 17 blob.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hayde:
Any .17 WW blobs out yet?

Getting a bit annoyed by now that he isn't released yet.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapNCooK:
No.. and I wouldn't count on it either..

But its possible to root without anyways...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TXKSSnapper:
It was released by Asus, it just seems that nobody here (or anywhere) downloaded it when it was available.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
Based on this thread, it also doesn't seem possible for anyone with a new tablet to extract the .17 WW blob.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Dee:
If anyone has any creative ideas on how to extract the 17 WW blob from a device, there is a whole thread of people on 17 WW here (although not much longer) who are waiting for OTAs:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1647649&page=3