yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] henbone11:
"ok, I ran the package located at <REDACTED LINK, not the latest version and no credit given to XDA, root developer, or tool developer>"

lol I am not going to get into a pissing contest with anyone here but it's ok for the link to be posted with none of the same credits given here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1798586 but I post it and it gets redacted. typical.

also, "I included that link because it is included in the [RESOURCES] thread here in the dev forum...just thought id throw that out there before somebody freaks out. thanks for everyone's help." so yeah, I did give credit to xda, since HERE indicates xda.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
That was nothing on you and it was not official, I just redacted it in my post because I do not like sites that do not correctly site their source because it makes it harder for users to find updates and help later on.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] henbone11:
right on. its all good man. so I, in a fit of desperation, unlocked the bootloader. still wont root. I also checked my gf's infinity and it doesnt have root either. so I guess the same thing happened with hers and I just never double checked it. so frutrating.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
Sorry for not being able to help, I see the same issue over in one of the other infinity threads as well. I should get my new infinity from BestBuy (through prime trade) in a day or 2 so maybe I can troubleshoot this issue then, if nobody has figured it out by then.

Since you do technically have root, you can always get the unsecured version of su (it lets all apps have root access without prompting) and run the tool again with that version. This would avoid the issue of the app not working properly, but I would not personally go that route as it leaves the device open to a breach.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whoisjlk:
Confusion ?????????

Hello,

I am trying this root method but it just hangs on this screen

Waiting for device to be detected

* daemon not running. Starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

I have ASUS drivers installed, running build number IML74K.US_EPAD-9.4.2.28-20120525.

I am running windows 7 and ADB installed.

USB debugging is enabled.

Connect as MTP checked

Just confused and cant seem to find anyone in the similar situation.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Cheers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
Usually this means that the device is not connected properly, since you said USB debugging is set we can rule that piece out. So, that usually leaves the drivers.

2 things you can check; first, run the command, adb devices. Does it show your device in the output?

In windows device manager, do you see your device listed as an adb composite interface?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] henbone11:
hey, its cool man. thanks for trying. I am sure at some point someone will come up with why its failing. good luck getting your infinity.

---------- Post added at 05:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:23 PM ----------

hmm x.x.x.28 is out? also, the date on that x.x.x.28 is 5/25. the date on my x.x.x.26 is 7/20. odd?

**EDIT**

sharky, I have tried with 5 different versions of the superuser.apk. from beta 4, through 3.2 rc2. shows no root on each. but again, if I command prompt from your package folder and do adb shell/su it does show #. just remembered to share that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] alienedd:
Hey sparkym3, I have a question for you. Here in this post, somebody overcame a timeout issue that was due to "adb wait-for-device" by switching it to "pause". However, I noticed that in your batch file, you use both "pause <CON" and "@pause <CON". Were someone to encounter the same problem as that poster, which do you think would be a good alternative to the "wait-for-device"?

Please note, this is not for you to have to change your script, it is merely for a "list of possible solutions" thread I'm working on.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] henbone11:
LOL alienedd, thank you so very much for bringing that to my attention. just ran everything manually as per burningcf's instructions and I now have root. I have never been a huge adb fan because of all the memory (mind) related stuff, but now I have to say I love it. thanks again.

**EDIT**

Just rooted my girlfriends infinity with the manual procedure and it worked as well. One thing though, for some reason if I update Superuser from within the app things start breaking and some apps cannot get root access. So, I deleted cache and uninstalled Superuser then reinstalled from the Play Store and all is well again. Also, had to install busybox from the Play Store in order for some apps to work properly (Titanium Backup namely).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
There should be no difference between the pause that starts with @ and the one that doesn't (as far as this is concerned), I don't know how both got in there.

The reason that I added <CON to the end was because the script was ignoring the pauses and just continuing anyway (because it already had input stored in the buffer). The <CON just insures that the input is coming from the console (user) instead of some other buffer.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
It is possible that the version that I have packaged with my util has a funny signature. Anybody who is still having this issue can attempt to use this app (made by the creator of the superuser app) to attempt to fix that. I will try and look into if there is a difference between the apk I have and the one that comes from the market tomorrow.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su.fixer&hl=en
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phoxy84:
The tool does not root my Padfone with ICS 4.0.4 :( (9.20.1.22)

Waiting for device to be detected...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

Found system partition at: /dev/block/mmcblk0p21

Step 1 - Pushing files...
failed to copy 'debugfs' to '/data/local//debugfs': Permission denied
failed to copy 'su' to '/data/local//su': Permission denied
failed to copy 'debugfsinput' to '/data/local//debugfsinput': Permission denied
failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Permission denied
link failed File exists

Rebooting...
Once your devices has finished restarting,
Druk op een toets om door te gaan. . .

Step 2 - Rooting...
For this step, ignore any error messages that say "File not found"
Unable to chmod /data/local/debugfs: No such file or directory
/system/bin/sh: cannot open /data/local/debugfsinput: No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Permission denied
failed on '/data/local/tmp.bak' - No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/su, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/debugfs, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/debugfsinput, No such file or directory

Rebooting...
Once your devices has finished restarting,
Druk op een toets om door te gaan. . .
Waiting for device to be detected...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
This is inevitable, manufactures will start to patch the code to fix this exploit, that is most likely what has happened here.

I have added to the list of unsupported, I don't know if I have missed any other unsupported ones, I may go search tomorrow.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
What process did you use to reinstall the older PadFone version (9.18) as it may help the user above.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phoxy84:
Thanks, I saw that I accidentally pasted step 1 two times, now step one and two are correctly pasted, don’t know if it makes any difference in your answer
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
Nope, sorry, still the same answer, but based on the previous post that I responded to, maybe that user will be able to tell us how to downgrade the padfone to version 9.18 so that you can root before updating again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phoxy84:
I allready know but dont want to loose data...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] alienedd:
Don't thank me, henbone, thank d14b0ll0s for showing me the link initially.

Thanks for the feedback and also for the explanation in 2 threads. Very helpful.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drZuheir:
I tried everything but its not working... Drivers perfect and everything chencked.. When i press to debug. It starts then i press enter then another enter... Then it stops.. Like nothing happen ??!!! :(.. When i tried to use the apk.. It said no file to exploid....?????
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effezie:
Just rooted using the tool. I had a problem with the superuser app but after uninstalling it and reinstalling it (without rebooting) it took and is working fine.

Tried the tool on .22 before the FOTA showed up and it did the same thing there too. It installs the root and the superuser app but something happens to the .apk.

Thanks to whoever posted about uninstalling superuser and to the OP, I'll see you at the donate window :)

Edit: Oops. Got redirected here from Infinity forum. I had these problems using the tool to root the TF700T. Sorry about that :o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
I have updated that tool (v2.3) to include the new su binary from the maker of superuser in the hope that it may resolve some of the issues people are having with the superuser app (but I don't have much hope that it will). I have done a comparison of the apk from the market and the one in the tool and they are the same, so that does not seem to be the issue.

As many have said, if the tool says you are rooted and it's not functioning properly, uninstall superuser and download it from the market.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lovekeiiy:
I was able to root with tools in the OP on 9.4.5.26. Took about five minutes from start to finish. It looked like Titatium Backup detected root. I did open SU first. After opening TB, I did, on the side of caution, uninstall and reinstall SU.

There should be some simple instructions added to the OP on how to. Such as extract both zip files to PC. Run bat file in Debugfis. Maybe put prerequest not have SDK ADB installed on PC. All necessary files are in zips. Took me an additional twenty minutes figuring out if I had everything, and if I needed to install anything on the tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zgmf-x322a:
hi all, does the tool have an option to unroot the device?

thanks thanks:o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
It does not currently, but there are apps like voodoo rootkeeper (which I would recommend to be installed anyway) that will allow you to unroot the device directly from the device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
I have simple instructions in the OP, but I just clarified them a little bit. Previously the said to unzip the files and then run Debugfs.bat; with a note to install the drivers if they didn't have them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mike02z:
I have had my TF700 about 2 hours and rooted easily with your tool. Thank you!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Anil_Trinidad:
Following my initial problem of stalling at trying to connect after opening port 5037, i read the **** fight two pages back, and installed asus sync from Asus' site to get the right drivers, turned of asus sync, then ran the tool with no problems. I had actually installed SU before though. Build .30, on Win7 ultimate 64bit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gman5000:
I am try hard to root my Infinity, it says daemon started successfully then I get "Rooting FAILED! System partition was not found. Press any key to continue . . ." Can someone help me to get rooted.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
This sounds like the device is not properly connected over usb/adb.

Here are the most likely causes so please check all:

1. Infinity does not have USB debugging turned on

2. Drivers are not installed properly on your computer (does the device show in device manager under adb composite interface)

3. Adb is not recognizing it for some other reason (type "adb devices" in the command prompt from the directory that you unzipped adb to, does your device display in the list?)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eiem:
Hey Gens,

anybody with any news for ROOTING PadFone-9.20.1.22_CHT?

I know that "Debugfs automated root" standard process is not supported...

Just to know is there is any progress... and if there is anybody who is working on that, we can experience with.

Byezz
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gman5000:
1. USB debugging was turned on

2. I had downloaded and installed the drivers in your post and then further decided to install Asus sync so that I can be sure the drivers were installed properly. In the device manager I see Android Phone => ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface.

I tried typing adb devices from the commmand prompt and this is what I get

C:\>cd\infinity root

C:\Infinity Root>adb devices

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Infinity Root>
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Stu|:
Does that folder have adb in it? The error message suggests it isn't
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gman5000:
Thanks, you were right.... wrong directory I had to go up one level.How stupid of me. I now it gives me this

C:\Infinity Root>adb devices

List of devices attached

C7OKAS0xxxxxx device

So where do we go from here....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pseudopsyche:
Just want to report that Windows 8 detects and installs the TF700 100% with no need to install drivers. Literally just plug it in and root it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
First, you may want to redact your serial number as I have.

You can try the second option in the tool so that it does not have to detect the system partition, though I don't know why it can't detect it.

You can use /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 as the system mount location.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gman5000:
I might give it a try tomorrow but is the manual way much harder and require you to input commands of which I know nothing about. Could you please provide me or point me to some kind of walk-though
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
The manual mode is just for the input of the system partition location, for the infinity you can use the one that I posted. It will pause and ask for the location and then continue as normal.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lolento:
Guys,

Just reporting what I find with the root tool.

IT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME WHEN MY INFINITY WAS PLUGGED IN TO A USB3 PORT!!

It just stuck after the first reboot at a debugfs: line...

Plugged the Infinity to a USB2 port and (woot!) it is rooted in less than 5 minutes!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gman5000:
Thank you so much you are very helpful!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] peare:
System Partition was not found!!!!

I am no idiot, rooted every device I owned, but I am getting this error on my TF700. I uninstalled re-installed every driver. The only issue may or not be... my PC sees TF700's ADB composite interface under Samsung Android Phone, since I already have GNote. Any ideas?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beguiler:
Rooting TF700 after Galaxy Note

I also have both an AT&T i717 Note and an international GSM NT-7000 Note.

I am using a Windows 7 Pro x64 laptop.

I have ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T under Portable Devices (ASUS TeK driver 1.0.0.4, 7/17/2012)

I have ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface under SAMSUNG Android Phone (ASUS TeK driver, 4.0.0.5, 7/17/2012)

I opened a command prompt and did an adb devices to verify that I could see the TF700, and I could.

Using the same command prompt window, I ran RootDebugfs.bat and after 3 TF700 reboots, I am rooted.

I had tried to launch RootDebugfs.bat from Windows Explorer, by right-clicking and selecting Run as Administrator, but this never worked.

You may also want to try different USB ports.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
Yes, it was stated earlier in this thread that you should NOT use "Run as Administrator", but I may need to add it to the OP. As well as a comment about people having issues with USB 3.0.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jdebay:
confirmation works on 300

On 8/7/12 used tool version 2.1 on asus transformer 300tf software version .30 and it worked fine. Thanks for making the tools. J
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nim6us:
Fast, easy, painless. YTMND!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FallinHigh:
worked for me on .30@tf300t

thanks a lot!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] peare:
It appears that my Desktop PC was misbehaving. Today I took my 5 years old Vaio and rooted my TF700 in a snap. I dont know why but since I used my old notebook there were no old Samsung or any other drivers installed. My Desktop PC is a mess...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Turbojugend:
No clue what I could be doing wrong, everything goes through I get no errors at all, Superuser is installed, but nothing can gain SU access. I even tried rebooting, uninstalling, reinstalling superuser with no change.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AIR-WIZZ:
First time I've ever had to do this but I cant find info I saw earlier about the requirements needed to prevent ASUS from detecting the status of my root by freezing a particular app with Titanium. If anybody has an idea of where the thread is I would REALLY appriciate it.

In case you need more information of what I am talking about:

Some guy posted a thread stating that ASUS contacted him and said his warranty was void because thay had the ability to monitor several aspects of his tablet. Others posted the fix which required freezing certain apps that are responsable for this tragic action.

I am also looking (without success) for info about being able to get further updates from ASUS to Jellybean without losing my root. There are some preliminary steps needed to be done before an update can be done when rooted.

Please help me find it!

I'm rooted now and nervous about being visible while rooted!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sreenadh:
What did you do to root? Downloaded the drivers, pulled in your asus and ran the files from the compressed folder and just waited or is there more to that

If someone could please clarify it would really help! Thank you lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thoiroi:
I just modify a way to root padfone 4.0.4 without lost data and setting http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30551656#post30551656
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
Man it tells you all you have to do in the second line of the OP!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tueurises:
Anyone can confirm that it works on USA OTA Jely bean? thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] remick.no:
Rooting failed - now success

Hi,

I did try to root my Infinity but in the end of the proces I got such message:

Rooting FAILED! You may want to try running this tool again.

Your device region may not be supported if you see this message again.

Any ideas?

EDIT:

I talk to a friend who has also Infinity, but he did purchase it 1 or 2 moths ago.

He had no problems at all with rooting his device, but he has used DebugfsRoot v1.9 while I try with 2.3.

I did one more attempt with his version 1.9 - this time process was smooth and painless.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nofences:
This DOES NOT work on USA OTA Jelly Bean. Tried multiple times, constantly get the "Failed to Copy" error on every file. Thanks for your efforts though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Stu|:
That's expected really. Thanks for trying it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] simkhovich:
just asking is their another way to root on jb
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jdebay:
root held after JB upgrade...

The upgrade to JB was downloading... I turned off root with Voodoo OTA. Did upgrade, then did factory reset. Reinstalled SuperSU, and turned Vooodoo OTA back on. I then tested with Titanium Backup and had root. Not sure way it held through the upgrade.

JB is working. Uses more memory than ICS. Google Now works fine, Clock application does not work if tablet is locked to play tune, get a few notes. Other than that all is working fine.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bright.Light:
Just rooted the TF300T and it works great!

No hassle, took me about 10 minutes.

Thanks for the great script!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] KOCTA:
TF700 rooting problem

Guys,

I have a problem with TF700 rooting. The device is connected properly via ADB, files are copied, but than I got an error:

/system/bin/sh: ln: not found

When I tried to do all commands manually I found that some of shell commands are missing: mount, ls, rm, chmod, dd; even when I try to open adb shell I have a message

/system/bin/sh: /system/etc/mkshrc[8]: id: not found

I tried full wipe hoping to clear any inconsistency in the OS but it doesn't help.

Any suggestions?

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

The problem is resolved. It seems there was some glitch in Android. I just installed the firmware over. Downloaded file from Asus, unzipped, put the zip with the firmware to microSD, renamed it to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip and rebooted. The firmware was installed over the current and it resolved all issues. I've just rooted in a minute! ;)

So, everyone with message "system partition not found" or "command not found" should first check if command "adb shell ln" return an error "not found". If so, go my way ;) I've saw something like this on the previous pages.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AIR-WIZZ:
What do I need to do to receive ASUS updates while rooted?

What apps do I need to freeze to prevent ASUS from detecting that I am rooted?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] abczhou:
Whether this method works on Jelly bean, my tf300t already OTA to JR003C.US_epad-10.4.2.9-20100809, i am looking for a confirmed way to root it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AIR-WIZZ:
There is a way to be rooted and have Jellybean! If you are rooted with ICS then there is some sort of action you can take to maintain root after updating to Jellybean. I saw it but havent been able to find it since I read it in more detail.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] d14b0ll0s:
Perhaps the SuperSU method described in nooktablet's thread?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kabalah89:
Successfully rooted v10.4.2.9 TF300T (JB 4.1)

Thanks for the tool :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pbezza:
Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper might work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sib64:
I'm on JB since 2 days, and no problem for restore my root with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] d14b0ll0s:
philos34, were you using the Superuser app or SuperSU with its su binary before the update?

Sent or from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda app-developers app
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sib64:
I use Superuser, and about su binary, nothing more before the JB update.