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[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
TF101G problems

I successfully rooted my TF101G using the process in the “How to Root the Asus Transformer” thread,

then when I attempted to apply CyanogenMod 9 things went wrong!

Without going into the long sad story, my Asus Transformer TF101G is effectively bricked.

It boots up into a semblance of CyanogenMod 9 but without any basic Android features/apps?

I have asked for help in the “Questions and Answers” section, but have had no response.

I have attempted to restore/unbrick using EasyFlasher 0.8.3.

I have a folder on my desktop with all the necessary files downloaded, Easy Flasher, APX drivers, Asus stock rom etc.

I have the APX drivers installed on my PC.

I have my TF101G connected to my PC in APX mode, confirmed in Device Manager.

I have the Asus stock rom in a folder called asusupdate, US_epad-user-9.2.1.17.zip

When I run EasyFlasher i get the following messages

Flashing Asus stock zip

>Extracting files.. please wait..

>Extracting blob archive..

ERROR! Blob wasn't extracted! Check your .zip file in AsusUpdate folder!

Make sure it is the original .zip that you downloaded from ASUS

>Extracting from blob...

>Cleaning up before flashing...

>Checking file sizes

>SOS size 0kb

>APP size 0kb

>EBT size 0kb

>LNX size 0kb

Done!

What have I done wrong?

Do I have the wrong folder/directory structure? 'C:\Users\Chrisp\Desktop\Unbrick TF101G'

Is this process OK for a TF101G or is it only for a TF101 ?

Any/all advice would be appreciated!

How do I back out of this mess, then install the stock Asus ICS ???

Thanks

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Easyflasher uses wheelie. That doesn't work on the tf101g. Also I can see that you're trying to flash a tf101 rom. Best if you do the rest of this process using a tf101g rom. You can get .26 from the Asus site.

First thing you can try is to wipe data using the hardware key combinations (for stock recovery) or the recovery menu ( for cwm recovery).

Did you ( or the CM9 installer) install CWM recovery by any chance? You can check by trying to get into recovery using the hardware key combination. If you you may be able to put a fresh ROM on to an sdcard and flash it.

If not, then you're probably on stock version of recovery. There is an obscure method of flashing an update on a corrupt installation when you have a stock recovery. It only works if you're on an old version and you're trying to flash a later version ( ie it doesn't work when you're on the latest). What you need to do it to rename the stock rom zip to something like EPUPDATE01.ZIP or something ( you'll need to look it up) and put it in the root of your sdcard and then boot into recovery. It'll pick up the file and flash it.

If you're still in trouble after trying all this then PM me if you like and we can have a quick Skype or Teamviewer to solve this.

Good luck!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
Hi,

Thank you very much for your response!

ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.3 appears to be installed, at least that's what comes up when I boot into recovery.

I've selected 'wipe data/factory reset' using CWM Recovery, it's taking a long time, but I guess that's because I have a 32GB tablet.

After 20 minutes it continues to say Formatting /data...

It would be handy to have a progress display!

On the Asus site there are 3 versions that I think you are referring to:

Version V9.2.2.6(CN), V9.2.2.6(WW) and V9.2.2.6(TW)

No information to differentiate is provided.

Which is the one I need?

My tablet was reporting the Android system as 4.0.4

not 4.0.3 which appears to be for these stock rom versions.

Thanks

Chris

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OK, a little progress has been made.

The Wipe/Formatting process completed but reported

Wiping data...

Formatting /data...

Formatting /cache...

Formatting /sd-ext...

Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...

E:unknown volume "sdcard/.android_secure"

Data wipe complete

I have downloaded the WW version of 9.2.2.6 rom, renamed it, and loaded it on my SD card.

Booting into CWM recovery and attempting to find the zip file I get messages as follows:

ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.3

E:unknow volume for path [/sdcard/]

E:Can't mount /sdcard/

Where to from here?

Thanks

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Did you try rebooting as is after formatting /data?

BTW whatever you do don't format the /system partition.

Make sure that your sdcard is formatted FAT32. Sometimes they get formatted NTFS from Windows and CWM can't read them.

You shouldn't have to rename the ROM ZIP if you have CWM.

If you can't see it you can try using the 'switch from from internal to external sdcard' like option or similar if you find it there to see if that helps.

Another thing you can try is to see if you can ADB into the device when CWM is running. Then you can do either of:

1. Push the ROM ZIP into the internal SDCARD and flash it

OR

2. You can actually use dd to flash the ROM if you're able to adb into the device. Check the OP for a link to the Wolfe's method to do so.

Also do remember flashing the stock ROM will wipe your recovery to stock and may prevent you from accessing your device should something go wrong.

Maybe you can the latest KAT 4.3 ROM ZIP file instead. For all you know you might go from a bricked device to an optimised 4.3 ROM in one go.

Good luck!

Let us know how you go and if you need any help.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
My PC can see the tablet as an Android Phone, Asus Transformer ADB device.

Driver Provider: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Driver Date: 13/04/2012

Driver Version: 4.0.0.4

I have copied the stock rom, unrenamed, to the internal storage in both the root directory and the download directory.

Whilst I was at it I put a copy on the formatted SD card (FAT32)

When booting into CWM Recovery again, I can't see any option to 'switch from internal to external sdcard' anywhere.

The closest is to 'mount data', 'mount staging' and 'mount USB storage' in 'mounts and storage', this has no effect that I can see.

Your 2 suggestions...

1. Having put the ROM ZIP into the internal SDCARD, I'm not sure what you mean by 'flash it'

2. I had a look at Wolfe's method that you suggested. it scares me!

All the warnings suggest I could make things a lot worse than they are now!

So, i'm stumped at the moment.

Thanks

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Can you see the sdcard inside recovery when you try and select flash/install zip option? If so you can select that.

Else can you do an :

adb shell

with the phone connected and inside CWM and see if that connects? If you you can push the ROM to the internal sdcard using

adb push

If you can connect using adb there are other options like Wolfe's method 3. We can walk through it if it gets to that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
OK, I have CWM Recovery booted, and my PC recognises it as an Asus Transformer ADB Interface.

I assume that is what you mean by ADB shell?

Not sure what you mean by an 'ADB push'?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Nope. 'adb shell' is a command you can use to connect to the device and run commands inside it.

You can read up on it. If you're free we can have a Skype session or something. I won't mind rescuing a dead device. Good karma.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
Hah, I like good karma also, but I don't have Skype I'm afraid.

I understand about a command shell, and now have one running in Administrator mode.

I guess I'm going to be moving the stock rom ZIP file to my TF101G?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
You need to find the adb.exe file from your computer and run the comand

adb.exe shell

That should hopefully give you a prompt from inside your device and show that adb is working.

Basically after that you're trying to push the rom into the internal sdcard using:

adb.exe push rom.zip /sdcard

or similar.

Then flash it inside recovery with the install zip file option.

Or you can try the usb bridge option and see if that somehow gives you a mounted drive inside your PC suddenly. And you can place the ROM in there.

Good luck!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
Mmmm...

OK, I found ADB.exe, and in a command shell CD'd to the directory.

I placed the rom.zip file in that directory.

I started an ADB shell successfully, getting a prompt: ~ #

I used the command: adb push rom9226.zip /sdcard

This produced the following response: /sbin/sh: adb: not found

Is it saying it can't find the rom9226 ??

or can't it find the /sdcard ??

What exactly is the 'usb bridge option'

How do I get that going?

Whilst I'm in Recovery mode on the tablet, and Device manager recognizes the device, there is no drive shown In Windows file manager.

Thanks for all your time by the way! 1 am in the morning here, long past this 68 year old's bedtime!

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Exit out of the adb shell (# or $ prompt) by typing exit so you are at a > prompt on the windows machine.

Then type adb.exe push ROM.zip /sdcard/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Good that you have adb access.

Sorry you have to do the adb push from the command prompt. From your PC to push it onto the the device.

First when you're logged into the device with adb shell make sure that the external sdcard is also inserted and then why don't you run the following:

mount

mount /sdcard

then in the pc you can run

adb push rom.zip /sdcard

report here the output of the commands..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
Maybe I've answered that for myself.

It couldn't find ADB.exe whilst in the adb shell command.

So I exited out of that and then did the 'adb push rom9226.zip /sdcard' command.

That appears to have to have worked, as it reports: 1309 KB/s <322893155 bytes in 240.800s>

which I assume is the transfer rate.

Problem is that the tablet still refuses to find the sdcard, 'E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard/]
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Ok, sorry, you won't be able to flash the stock rom using custom recovery. Best if you download a custom rom from the forum ( maybe the KAT ROM) and upload that ZIP instead.

Then post here the options specially the mount options available inside your recovery.

Also once inside adb shell, can you run the command:

mount

and report your results.

Maybe I can help you mount the card manually from inside adb using the command line.

EDIT:

While you're at it might as well run this too inside ADB:

mount
ls -l /sdcard
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
OK, the mount command in the shell reports a stack of stuff, here goes!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

mount

rootfs on / type rootfs <rw>

tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs <rw,nosuid,relatime, mode=755>

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts <rw,relatime,mode=600>

proc on /proc type proc <rw, relatime>

sysfs on /sys type sysfs <rw, relatime>

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /cache type ext4 <rw, nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Phew!

In the interim I tried a few adb commands including

'adb install -s rom9226.zip'

which elicited the response:

file 'rom9226.zip' does not contain AndroidManifest.xml'

so, yes I guess I need a different rom.

I'll go looking for the one you suggested.

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
What does:

ls -l /
ls -l /sdcard
mount /sdcard

report?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
I tried: mount ls -1 /sdcard

got the response telling me what options are available.

ls doesn't appear as an option?

Only -a -r -w -t FSTYPE[....] and -o OPT

appear to be options for the mount command?

Usage: mount [OPTIONS] [-o OPTS] DEVICE NODE
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
They are 3 separate commands ( and it's a '-l' ( letter 'l' not a number '1')):

ls -l /

ls -l /sdcard

busybox mount /sdcard
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Let me know if can get Teamviewer for a remote meeting? I can do Wolf's method 3 for you if you like.

Also while you're at it, can you report the output of:

ls -l /dev/bloc

fdisk -l /dev/block/vold/179:1

fdisk -l /dev/block/vold/179:0

fdisk -l /dev/block/vold/179:2
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
OK, 'ls -l' gave me a screen full of responses, too much to type in here!

but for example:

drwxrwx--- 4 system cache 4096 Oct 2 15:27 cache

''ls -l /sdcard' gave me a printout of the command I enetered.

'busybox mount /sdcard' gave me:

'mount: can't find /sdcard in /etc/fstab'
[Eee Pad Transformer General] idcrisis:
Do you know you can copy and paste from the command window?

I'll wait for you if you want to have a Teamviewer meeting now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chrisp9au:
I quite understand, I'm happy to resume this at another time.

Not sure what time zone you are in, I'm GMT + 10 hours, Australia.

Name a time in your zone and I'll get back to you.

And i'll find out what teamviewer is all about!

Thanks so much for your time, and your understanding!

Cheers

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] toxicstone:
Stuck on installing su on my TF101 with 9.2.1.27

Check HIDE for entire installation text.:confused:

===========================================================

1-Click Root and/or Recovery Flash for TF101/TF101G/SL101

===========================================================

This tool will root your tablet automatically.

It only works on the TF101G, TF101 and SL101 models ( not TF201 etc)

Please make sure USB debugging is enabled in

Tablet - Settings - Developer Options

Please let this process complete over multiple automatic reboots

even if it boots into recovery please let it continue automatically

First reboot can hang. If it stays stuck on a boot screen

for more than 3 mins please reboot it manually by pressing the

power button a little long for off and again for on and let the

batch continue please.

Press any key to continue . . .

Killing any running Asus sync instance

You can start it again after this tool has completed.

.

ADB driver installation was started in the background.

Please accept any prompt to install the drivers.

.

If automated installation doesn't work then you can install drivers manually

from the adb-drivers directory.

.

Waiting for device for first step...

If you didn't have drivers then this can take up to 5 mins

Tablet specific stock recovery files are being downloaded in the background.

Checking tablet firmware number...

WW_epad-9.2.1.27

"TF101"

Checking for root...

root not found to a degree of satisfaction

GOING TO ROOT YOUR TABLET NOW!

Doing miloj TF300 exploit...

Checking link...

OK

Waiting for device after first reboot...

If boot hangs, please hard reboot and let this script continue

Connected...Doing step 2.

Checking /dev/block/mmcblk0p1...

OK

Waiting for 0 seconds, press a key to continue ...

Waiting for 0 seconds, press a key to continue ...

Waiting for 0 seconds, press a key to continue ...

Waiting for device after next reboot...

If boot hangs, please hard reboot and let this script continue

Connected...Doing step 3.

Checking /system/su-backup2...

Installing su....

EDIT: Fixed it by trying to install CWM trough Goo Manager, maybe a restart would have fixed it, but the software reported BusyBox and Su Backup not to be installed.

Anyway after i installed the CWM with Goo Manager and restarted, FR and Wiped System.

After i tried to Mount but nothing happens, what to do?

Stupid enough not to copy the Rom into the tablet first.....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Just to check, you can boot to CWM. You can use ADB to push your ROM to the internal memory then flash it from there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] toxicstone:
Me? if so no i can not.

I forgat to write before but i got into the sleep.

I can not use ADB on the tablet to push the ROM into the Internal or External.

I do not know how to do it on the computer, but it should work from the Tablet.

Unfortanaly

i do not have a Micro to normal SD size convert for my SD reader or i could just put it inside that one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Have a look here: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...t/31927-frederuco-s-guide-root-rom-tf101.html

Boot to APX and then use EasyFlasher to get a working recovery or flash back to stock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jazznikki:
Download site malware

Hi, I don't dare use you download site as it's full of malware. Is there a safer source?

Thanks

Nikki
[Eee Pad Transformer General] peeteey:
Hi guys, have done a bunch of reading and haven't seen, or probably missed, the part I was looking for.

Just saying this didn't work for me in XP but did with no issues, once I'd installed drivers, in Win7.

I had to find the ADB interface drivers manually but it all worked in the end, THANKS! :victory:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bonespanda:
Started fresh at work this morning after trying to do this on my laptop at home and not being able to (went to bed super late with a headache and nausea after trying three more tools without any luck).

Work perfectly on my PC at work (which is running the same OS as my laptop at home W7 WTF??). Able to root my TF101 S/N C10 9.2.1.27

Now the headache continues search for a ROM that I like.....THANKS!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
KatKiss!

:)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bonespanda:
Working on it!

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The only way I can reboot into recovery is using this tool. I've tried it manually with no luck, any suggestions (yes I've conducted a search)?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
[/COLOR]The only way I can reboot into recovery is using this tool. I've tried it manually with no luck, any suggestions (yes I've conducted a search)?[/QUOTE]

Hold VOL DOWN and POWER for 12-15 seconds until you see the white text. Release both and tap VOL UP to boot RCK.

Also, from the ROM, have you tried the power menu (3 second press of power button) and Reboot to Recovery?

If that does not work, try opening terminal and issuing the following:

$ [b]su[/B]
# [B]reboot recovery[/b]
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cneal:
adb.bat? I have adb.exe!

Hi,

I just tried and failed to use the 1-Click Transformer Root.bat.

I'm familiar with other methods of rooting and flashing. I've used Odin / CWM recovery multiple times on other devices, but now I have bought an Eee Pad Slider SL101, refurbished model with the 9.2.1.27 ICS update already applied, and I'd like to root it.

Googling around and XDA-ing around has led me here, where it seems this tool is the best (only?) way to root my Slider.

I've never used ADB before but have it downloaded and installed, and I can run it and connect to my device. "adb serial" gives me a number, "adb devices" shows the device connected, and "adb reboot" reboots it, so I know they're talking.

Now, my problem. When I run the 1-Click batch file and opt to root my device the batch file complains that it can't find the file "adb.bat". In the Android SDK that I have installed I have a file called "adb.exe", which is what I ran to get the results above.

Am I missing something? Is the tool designed for an earlier version of the SDK? Any advice appreciated, thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cneal:
Hi,

I've tried running the tool several times. I am successfully rooted but to be honest I can't remember if that was achieved using this tool or another -- I've tried several.

Anyway, I am now trying to flash CWM Recovery using this 1-Click tool. The tool sees my device and detects root, so presents the menu. Whether I pick Option 3 to install CWM or Option 4 to flash ASUS stock recovery, the problem is the same. I get, "NOT OK. Something went wrong with the Flash". It then tries a second time, gives the same error, then aborts. The device will boot normally into Android (stock 9.2.1.27) but I don't have a working recovery partition.

Any help appreciated,

Chris
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
If you do have root and it is working, here is what I would do.

Grab the recovery you want to flash. If it is a .zip, unzip it so it is a .blob file. It cannot be a sos or .zip.

I HIGHLY recommend TWRP unless you are looking to flash ARHD. Most CWM recoveries have not been updated to work with Android 4.2 and later. TWRP offers internal and microSD flashing capabilities, all wipes in one location, terminal emulator, file manager. Some of the newer distributions from sidneyk also have USB and dock SD support. The only downfall to TWRP is it does not work with hardware buttons.

put the file in /sdcard/recovery.blob

Open a terminal emulator and run the following code:

$ [B]su[/B]
# [B]dd if=/sdcard/recovery.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4[/B]
# [B]reboot[/B]

Once it reboots you should see a progress indicator that it is flashing, then it will reboot. Once it reboots try booting to recovery.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mfwills:
Rooting Asus TF101

All of the mentions are about the TF101(G).

I have the TF101. Will this work on my device?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
[TOOL]"1-Click Transformer Root"-Root/Unroot/cwm/stock rec-TF101(G)/201/300T(...

Yes, the way it is worded means it works on the TF101 as well as the TF101G.

Some root methods work on the TF101 but will not work on the TF101G.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
Hello

I have a Asus TF101 and a windows 7 laptop, and im just wondering if i can do this without losing my data, because im planning on getting a better Asus but would like to keep my app's data to transfer over to the new one... Is there any preference of you guys about how to go around doing this without losing data, and or what app to use to transfer the data across to the new one?

Thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
If both have the Asus App Backup app, I would use that. If not, check out MyBackup. The trial is for 30 days and should let you get everything transferred over.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
Thanks, that should help me, ill see what i can do later. ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
Do you have a chance of losing data?

Thanks again for the help, is there is a chance of losing data though?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
As always, it is BEST to make backups of these files off of the device (microSD, USB, cloud). There is a chance that the data could be corrupted as with any file. It is few and far between from my experience. I have never had any issues with the Asus App Backup app, but I have not been stock in 1.5 years so I have not used it in that time.

If you are concerned you could use App Backup as well as another app like MyBackup (trial) from the play store just to be safe.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
Thanks! Ill try it out today and see how it works then vote on the poll.

And, BTW thanks for being so helpful and responsive! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
You guys are so helpful and replying to stuff that people write, so ill ask you one more question :D Do you really need to have root and then use like a app like datasync or something like that to transfer over data from a tf101 to a tf300? Or can you just use the Asus App-Backup app that comes with it and doesnt need root, and just backup it to your micro sd and then put that in the new one and restore it? Or does that only work for just backing it up, not for transferring it?

Thanks so much ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
Thanks!

Ok, so I went to the download page, and after many clicks and problems, finally got it open and ran it, the rooter said that it was "rooted." :highfive: Is there any way to test it to make sure that it is rooted? Seems to of worked well!!! Will vote on the poll after i figure out how to make sure that it worked, but so many thanks to all of you guys who helped me with dis! ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Use the root checker app from the play store or open a terminal emulator and type: su

It should ask for root access and change the prompt from $ to #
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Maxmaxs5:
Works!

Works, thanks so much guys, voted on the poll.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] waildgh:
I have a problem in the market for not working

How do you solve the problem?