yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lilstevie:
I cannot speak for the others but I personally would not be impressed with this outcome. It is not like other rooting methods and other tweaks, this carries a high brick risk. One-clicks and all those types of installers trivialize the risk that we are trying to make users aware of. Making someone read the instructions gives us the opportunity to really reinforce the risk that you are undertaking.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
Is this for real???? :D :cowboy::cowboy: iiiiiaaaaaahhhh!!!

Edit: can anyone mirror nvflash t3/ics binary?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
very well put. you right.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] joeyddr:
So if we have twrp and a custom rom installed this will still work correct?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DrWowe:
Great stuff!

I went to download nvflash from Nvidia and was greeted with the message:

"Posted July 12, 2012

NVIDIA suspended operations today of the NVIDIA Developer Zone (developer.nvidia.com). We did this in response to attacks on the site by unauthorized third parties who may have gained access to hashed passwords."

Can anyone send me the nvflash util?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lilstevie:
yeah, it should still work fine, as long as /data has not been messed up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] litetaker:
Could you kindly post a mirror link for NVflash? The Nvidia development forums are down due to an investigation of a hacking attack... Or, may be I am searching the wrong place so could you link an active download link from Nvidia site? :o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] avinash60:
Anyone with the tegra 3 ICS nvflash? I can't find it anywhere either.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
I tried following the instructions on Androidroot.mobi but when I run the following command in windows

fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash bootloader ebtblob.bin

I get bootloader error 0x30003 and I am told that flash was unsuccessful in Command prompt, I am a little confused as to what this means. Additionally is there special setup required for Fastboot? (ive done a quick look around and havent found anything). If anyone can point me to a detailed explanation I would appreciate it, I clearly don't know enough yet to press forward this set up and I'd rather not risk bricking my prime cuz of my ignorance

Thank you in advance
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kmdm:
What bootloader version do you have at the moment?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
I'm not sure, i should have the stock asus bootloader, I am unlocked and have TWRP as recovery.

Presently i am running AOKP milestone 6.1
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GatorsUF:
So I kinda took my live into my own hands a bit (everything is fine) and ran thru the tutorial with my Mac. I am familiar with fastboot from my mac on my Galaxy Nexus...

I am stuck on the second part of the tutorial though.

[SIZE="1"]Finally, you will now be able to access nvflash using wheelie. To do this please reboot your tablet into
APX mode by holding down the volume up key during the reboot process. If successful the screen should
remain blank and be detected over USB by your computer as an NVIDIA APX mode device.[/SIZE]

I booted into APX mode no problem (I assume) but my Mac doesn't detect an NVIDIA APX mode device. In fact it does nothing...

I even went as far as to try the next command

./wheelie --blob blob.bin

But that just said

-bash: ./wheelie: cannot execute binary file

What do I do?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
chmod +x wheelie to make a file executable in linux; search how to do it for mac, i guess it will probably be the same.

---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:42 PM ----------

I made the question earlier in the thread:

pretty painless.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GatorsUF:
Thanks for the quick reply, I am still learning a lot of this stuff. I tried looking for "making file executable on mac" and most of the replies are in reference to making it clickable?

Either way if I were to try the chmod command what would the whole command look like?

chmod +x ./wheelie --blob blob.bin

edit: I also found

sudo chmod 755
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
chmod +x wheelie

Then

./wheelie --blob blob.bin

sent from my tf201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GatorsUF:
Thanks, still says "./wheelie: cannot execute binary file"

I did read on the TF101 forum that their wheelie file isn't compatible with osx
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
like many, try other options. vm for example.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cowballz69:
im trying to make a back up but it gets stuck at

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

30 minutes of waiting and nothing happens
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Skullmonkey:
If you are on windows, download the NVFlash in post 125. It did the same thing for me until I dled that one.

Sent from my Transformer Prime!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cowballz69:
thank u so much it worked!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
would anyone care to post a how to for those of us that are relatively inexperienced with nvflash. What im speaking of is a how to use NVflash etc. so in the future we dont end up with 15000 q&a threads about how to use it?

i would do it my self but i only kinda know what im doing after reading through the commands from the help menu and looking at the patition tables

or if anyone has a good resource they would like to share i would be greatly appreciative
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flipper2006:
Absolutely PERFECT guide, I was very nervous not understanding everything i was doing, as this stuff is new, but it worked perfectly without any problem. I was reading some of the issues people had, but i guess that is because they had already partially bricked it and was trying to use this to get it back. But i had zero problems and it was much easier then it looked. One key thing.. when in the command window... COPY THE text and PASTE it so there are no errors when typing it.

Now onto trying JB CM10 and comparing to my Nex 7 (which is great, but it's small and tough on the eyes compared to the Prime).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] THunDA:
just got done with this.. thanks.. now I feel like bricking it..hehe
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lilstevie:
You are trying to run a linux binary on a mac, this will not work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
If there is no wheelie binary compiled against OSx, you can only install a virtual machine (32 bit Ubuntu or Fedora) with VirtualBox for example. That's what I did when only 64bits linux wheelie was available.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rayman:
Hi, Appreciate the very thorough guide that I'm sure will help a lot of people.

However, we would prefer if you didn't include wheelie.exe, nvfblobgen.img and ebtblob.bin. We want to make sure people always gets the most updated binaries, if we e.g. find bugs or similar, and reposts of the binaries makes it hard to do that :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
I think the best would be to update OP with separate downloads for linux 64 and 32 bits wheelie, and Windows one. Or at least a link to a unique place to find them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ffroms:
+1

Agree with you. It would be nice to have complete and step by step guide with link to all latest needed files (drivers, nvflash etc.) for both Linux and Win users.

I think I understand what I have to do but still not 100% sure to try it even though I'm not noob at this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theeggman:
How did I manage to miss this breakthrough! Awesome work!

Sent from my iPhone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr. Moe:
Where do I find the nvflash binary from NVIDIA for 64bit Windows 7
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr. Moe:
Once I get to here.

(Once you are at the boot menu press the volume down key until the fastboot/usb icon is selected then press the volume up key to put the device into fastboot mode.)

I select the USB and then hit the volume up button. After that nothing happens.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ViralCipher:
Thanks OP and thanks Swiftks for the Windows X64 guide...I see the quoted post, I am trying to find the original so I can hit the thanks button lol....I just decided to unlock my Transformer Prime Today....figured I would since I had it for 7 months with no issues that I need to return it for. I was able to follow this guide and I can use nvflash now and I backed up the necessary images (bricksafe, factory-config, unlock-token) and my blob files..I will be copying these a billion times in different places to ensure I never lose them! Now I am on to flashing TWRP recovery then some ROMS :). Thanks again and this guide was pretty easy even though I have no experience in ASUS tablet flashing,,my only experience with flashing via USB is with ODIN with Samsung phones.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] THOONG:
sorry for my noob question! How to restore my TF 201 with Nvflash and 4 files: blob.bin, bricksafe.img, factory-config.img, unlock-token.img. I am very grateful who show me how they do that.Thank you very much
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rayman:
Downloads for wheelie will remain at androidroot.mobi. This is the only place to get them. We will add the static 32-bit binary to there soon.

However, we do not wish to infringe Nvidia IP, so we can't provide downloads for nvidia owned tools.

On XDA, we have no control over what people post, so we leave it to mods to judge legality of what people post. We only make sure that the stuff we release is legal.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mekrel:
Can you write a guide on how to use the backup files to restore a brick? Great work by the way, I'll chuck a donate your way :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
The device is connected to pc at this point? It's supposed to stay like that once you press vol up while usb icon is highlighted, meaning, it's normal fastboot behaviour. Run the rest of the steps. Next time, search about fastboot on the prime, wouldn't take long to catch that.

sent from my tf201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
Success

Just wanted to say everything went as described, very good guide thanks guys!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lortay78:
Stupid question. Post 125 was what I needed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
yes, place it in the same folders as all your adb stuff, so that you dont have to edit your path variable
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
Put the files in the root of the nvflash folder you are working from in windows. With that window open, press shift, while holding shift, right click inside the window and select open command prompt here, since the files are in the same directory you just use the commands. This is the same for doing any commands across usb. You may have to update your drivers using universal naked drivers found in the development forum.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hunter99507:
This doesnt seem complicated but it does seem kinda dangerous to me. Is it possible for someone to make a youtube video doing whole procedure? Also by doing this i think it should elevate a lot of questions. Just an idea. Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
It would be a short video, the whole procedure takes less then 15 minutes if you take your time and re-read the instructions while doing it. I will however provide some tips.

1. Update your divers using universal naked drivers found in development forum

2. Open a command prompt in the same window as all the command files (nvflash windows xp,7 etc) This works from any drive on your pc and should be the way you flash anything across usb.

3. Any files you need make sure you put them in the same directory you are working in.

4. Open the guide that has been provided and follow it closely

5. When entering commands copy from the guide, right click and paste in the command window (avoids mistakes)

6. Reboot when the guide tells you too, this is important.

7. Safely store your files otherwise the whole process is pointless....

8. Enjoy!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
I am having one small problem. Using Windows 7 X64.

1) I was able to run "wheelie --blob blob.bin". After executing the command, my TFP reboots to the splash screen with the following three lines of text in the top right corner:

Entering NvFlash recovery mode / Nv3p Server

Chip Uid: 015c7b47c648240r

!!!!!device update success!!!!!

2) When I then try the command "nvflash --resume --rawdeviceread 0 2944 bricksafe.img" (without the parentheses, of course), I get the following error message: 'NVflash' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Same result if I type "nvflash --resume --go

And I did download the tf201_nvflash.zip file from the androidroot.mobi website. I extracted the contents, and put the files in the same file with all of the other files that I am working with. Using shift+right click > open command prompt here.

And I did update drivers to the 0.7 naked universal drivers.

Any help much appreciated

Edit: I downloaded the file from Swiftks post and extracted the contents. Then I opened a command window on this new folder. I executed the command "nvflash --resume --rawdeviceread 0 2944 bricksafe.img". The response in the command window is:

NVflash started

[resume mode]

There is a flashing command prompt below but nothing seems to be happening for 15 minutes, and I can not enter any additional commands.

Edit 2: Got everything working. Reran the wheelie command from Swiftks downloaded file, then the nvflash commands worked fine. Seems X64 systems won't work with the files from the androidroot.mobi website.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
First I would try rebooting to apx again and secondly I would close the current command prompt and open a new one. On second thought maybe you should wait a few more minutes....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
So, now that I have created all of the backup files, is there a guide somewhere which explains how to restore my device if it does get bricked? Windows 7 X64......
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wwjoshdew:
Oh man... I'm trying to make a video on all of this, but it all seems to scary! lol

I think it's step 7 that I finally just said "SCREW THIS" for now... :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
Step 7 isn't that just about the end?( If your talking about the guide).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hunter99507:
A video would be AWESOME. Good luck
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
After doing some searching on the net, from what I could tell you restore by going into apx, not sure if you have to do the wheelie command or not, then I am guessing you use the img files to restore. Anyone know where there is a good resource for actually using nvflash? Particularly for TF201 if possible? I did watch a youtube video on installing a rom on a tf101 but I am certainly not going to try that yet lol.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
OK, let's start with more specific hypothetical question; let's assume that I have a type 2 brick (unrecoverable bootloader error).

I assume that I would:

1) boot my TFP into apex mode

2) open a command window in the folder where my backup files and nvflash and wheelie files and programs are located

3) type something like nvflash --resume .....????

Can anyone fill in the blanks for those of us on this thread who are noobs to wheelie and nvflash?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
You would probably have to reflash your bootloader (meaning, androidroot bootloader).

Sent from my tf201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
Thank you. And then, after reflashing the android root bootloader?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beekay201:
probably we should restore as well factory-config.img.

after getting fastboot again, no need to keep using nvflash, so we can switch control over to fastboot, which will flash a recovery, which in turn will flash a rom.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
Thank you! So if I have well understood, use nvflash to restore bootloader. This will allow us to fastboot flash recovery. Then, of course use recovery to flash a ROM.

What is factory-config.IMG and how do we restore it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ddarvish:
damn these forums annoy the hell out of me sometimes .. countless people inclduign myself have issues with fastboot working at all on windows... fastboot devices shows nothing. and yes i have the most up to date version of fastboot and use it all the time with my gnex.. why wont someone who has sucessfully flashed everythign jsut make ONE ****ing file that has everything we need to do this right... it common sense and i do it for people allt he time in other forums... now.. can someone pretty please do this?

thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
first off that is a terrible attitude

second if you read through the past 5-10 pages everything is pointed out for you

third read the op, the reason everything isnt in one place is for licensing issues, as well as the fact that if you do something wrong there is a high likelihood of you bricking your TFP permanently and its important for you to read through and understand what you are doing.

And finally, the command "fastboot devices" does not work on the TFP see this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426502

take a deep breath and read a lil next time.

- Cheers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
Things will come, but my experience of possible uses of nvflash on my phone:

- flash a bootloader: that's what we are in, with backed up files we made.

- flash a recovery, a whole ROM, everything is possible, we just need to get the files. There are other ways to do that but this one never fails as it's in APX mode.

- you can even resize partitions

Here, Wheelie part is mandatory each time, as nvflash access is not granted by bootloader. If you read the guide, you'll see that wheelie pushes a blob file that you made earlier in the procedure.

But I think a restore guide will soon arrive.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gage_Hero:
A restore guide would be most helpful unless after isuing wheelie the nvflash is the same as other information available on the net. I wouldn't want to assume that until it is validated by the devs here though. I did read some stuff about resizing partitions which looks kind of interesting but I haven't read enough to say if it is worth the effort and time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rayman:
No, no guide yet.

We purposedly left out the procedure for doing a full restore until it is explicitly required.

Our experience is that if we give the instructions for this, people will do it for every little brick that could easily be fixed in other ways and it's just not a good idea ;)

For 99% of cases, you can restore by simply flashing the partitions that have been broken, e.g.

Bootloader having issues => nvflash -r --download 4 bootloader.bin

Broken or stock recovery => nvflash -r --download 5 recovery.img

Broken or stock boot partition => nvflash -r --download 6 boot.img

Broken system partition => nvflash -r --download 10 system.img

stock system.img, boot.img etc can be retrieving by using the blobunpack tool on the blob file (different blob :() inside official ASUS images (downloaded from support.asus.com). When unpacked, blob.APP => system, blob.LNX => boot.img, blob.SOS => blob.LNX.

There are very few cases where you will brick further than this and when/if that happens, we'll be happy to help people through it, assuming they have ALL the backups we mention on androidroot.mobi! In everyday usage, you won't need those backups, but when/if something really bad happens, they could mean the difference between a brick and a recoverable tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ffroms:
+1

Definitely we need restore guide.

Please, could some make one?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
Thank you very much for the feedback. The few simple commands you've provided above could become very useful in the meantime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phnx452:
Is there anywhere or any way we could get the appropriate flash.cfg for the TF201?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kmdm:
It's in the zip/bz2 downloads from androidroot.mobi...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sachinkumar1312:
Where does the files go? I'm not able to locate them.

EDIT :- Looks like C drive doesn't allows such access without administrator rights (Windows 7). I copied the entire folder on D drive and ran all commands again. There I got all the files.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cam30era:
They are on your computer, inside the folder where you put the wheelie and nvflash files, and where you opened a command window from.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sachinkumar1312:
They weren't there actually even after getting "successful" statement on the command prompt. C drive did not allow them to be generated there. Repeated the backup process again from D drive and it worked. Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
I had the same issue but when I did a search in windows explorer it found the files in my roaming folder
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TRAVI5TY:
Two quick questions for this very helpful group of posters:

Has anyone successfully completed this process using an OSX terminal?

Is it possible to brick my device should something not run properly during the process (that is what is holding me back from even attempting w/ my mac)?

Thanks y'all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phnx452:
Thanks. I had confused it with the one that came with wheelie.zip :o.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lilstevie:
No, there is no OS X version of wheelie, none of us with macs have had the time to write in support for OS X. There is no ETA on one either
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TRAVI5TY:
I'll run the risk of sounding dumb on this real quick:

So even if i change wheelie to wheelie.sh and chmod +x it, it won't run? I ask because I have had other linux based files run in my terminal this way.

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leppie:
.sh is a shell script not an executable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TRAVI5TY:
aha, I didn't realize wheelie was an. exe

Thanks again, I'll try this from a Linux live boot cd I have- but is there any chance of bricking in the steps of this process?

Via Tapatalk 2 on TF201 w/AndroWook Prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hunter99507:
Ok I have a question about nv flash. Is it possible for someone to make a gui for this? A gui to unbrick, factory restore, flash new roms, ect. I am a Iphone user and planning on switching to android. One of the good things about iphone is that it is easy to unbrick or do a factory restore using itunes. Anyway just thinking out loud here. Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] malybru:
Hi,

I am at a loss.

I got as far as this:

From this point you will be able to use nvflash as normal by running commands such as the following to continue booting your device:-

$ nvflash --resume --go

I pressed enter and it got stuck on [resume mode]

Then nothing.

I ended up unplugging the tfp and try to reboot it and try again,but it is stuck on the boot screen .

The pc no longer recognizes the tfp,and I cannot switch it off.

Please help.

:(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
You need to download the nvflash zip from post 125 and add the contents of the zip to your path or copy the contents to wherever you have wheelie saved to
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] malybru:
Hi,

Update.

It turns out that the three finger salute ( volume +,volume -,and the power button)also works on the TFP. :D

So ,I got it to boot up again.

The nvflash zip from post 125 was in fact the last thing I installed before the [resume mode] kicked in.

So, where can I go from here?

How do I get back to the position where I can try :

$ nvflash --resume --go

again?

:confused:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skarfreak:
Josh, it would be great if you had a video doing this... im a subscriber in ur youtube channel...