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[Asus Transformer TF700] khamikaze:
@berndblb suggested to flahs TWRP 2.8.4:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61410046&postcount=5

Can I safely and easily do that from fastboot (flash TWRP blob via PC adb/fastboot) even though my System/ROM/CROMBi is messed up?

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@berndblb , @all ,

Got the TWRP downgraded to 2.8.4 and working fine now.

Now I will do the wipe and try CROMBi-KK again.

What are all the wipe types/options I should do/use from TWRP?

Factory reset (data, cache and dalvik) and also "format data" as well, right?
[Asus Transformer TF700] khamikaze:
OK, got CROMBI-KK working!

Yes, I did just that: re-flashed TWRP 2.8.4 via PC adb/fastboot, wiped it (factory reset [data, cache, dlvik] and "format data") then flashed CROMBi-KK via TWRP.

So let me experience its performance now. As long as it does not run slugish like the Asus stock JB 4.2.1, I will be happy, however [MENTION=4968172]berndblb[/MENTION] is already telling me that ZOMBi-POP is much better...

Well, I can give it a try later on, especially when it get its first official 1.0 release if people really report that it is faster, but this is another story.

Thanks ALL!
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
Would it be possible to install this from a terminal emulator on the tablet itself? Anyone tried yet?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Run this in a root shell, then reboot:

dd if=twrp.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4

The usual warning: Double check that your target partition is correct *before* pressing Enter.

The bootloader will show a blue progress bar while it copies the recovery from the staging partition (p4) to the hidden recovery partition, then it will reboot again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
Great, I'll give it a go in a bit. What should the "target partition" be? [emoji16]
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
mmcblk0p4 [emoji14]
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
Grr "can not open or read: no such file or directory exists"
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Well, that line was an example where I assumed you have twrp.blob in your current directory. dd will not automagically download TWRP for you. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
I was hoping it was LOL, I'll have to hunt it down and move it accordingly. If I put it in the root directory that should work right?
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
I must apologize for my apparent noobness, I have tried installing by various methods and they all seem to assume a level of knowledge that I do not possess. When using instructions from this page (play store install) it hangs on the screen in the image below. When I try the fastboot loader my PC does not see the tablet (this is where my knowledge is lacking), and I even tried from a command prompt on the tablet. Could someone please point me to some complete instructions written for a noob, thank you very much.
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
"Crickets"
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
I think you're looking for this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688891
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
OK that did it, man what an ordeal. I had read through that thread before but obviously not well enough, there are some hidden gems in there that I did not catch the first time.
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
I am unable to reboot system or shutdown from within TWRP, when I hit the reboot>system it just returns to the main page same with reboot>power off. I have to hold power button till it shuts down then it will boot normally. Is this an issue with TWRP or is it the ROM. I am researching how to get a logcat so hopefully sometime today I can post that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
What you'd describe is a known bug in 2.8.6. Which version do you have?
[Asus Transformer TF700] EVObastard:
2.8.6.0 so I'll downgrade to 2.8.5?

EDIT: Didn't realize a new version just came out, installed 2.8.7 works fine now.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jja2000:
I've noticed that 2.8.7.0 is an image file instead of a blob file, is that a problem? Can I just flash the image file without problems?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
No, yes.
[Asus Transformer TF700] goast:
Could someone make a aflashable zip of the latest I don't have access to a pc, and twrp manager and flashify aren't working
[Asus Transformer TF700] 3vilhomer:
ya is there a flashable .zip?? i currently on TWRP 2.8.1.0. i try to flash using adb-fastboot on PC, Terminal Emulator on the tablet itself, or use TWRP manager... all 3 method i was unable to update my TWRP.

please make a flashable .zip for easy flash, thanks!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Please fix your adb and fastboot setup, or you will regret it when you have problems.
[Asus Transformer TF700] 3vilhomer:
who do you mean by fixing it?? and how can i do it?

sorry for being a noob
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
How to set up adb fastboot and the solve the most common problems are covered here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688891
[Asus Transformer TF700] jloh1963:
I'm trying to install twrp onto my TF700 and I'm getting "data transfer failure".

I've rooted my asus with the asus tool

I've done the power/vol down combination and it does get to the screen with rck, the android robot, and wipe data.

I can see the tf700 with fastboot devices

but when I do this:

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-tf700t.img

It times out several minutes later and says:

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-tf700t.img

sending 'recovery' (7372 KB)...

FAILED (data transfer failure (Protocol error))

finished. total time: 118.621s
[Asus Transformer TF700] GrimSage:
you might want to try the newer version: http://xdaforums.com/transformer-tf700/development/recovery-kang-twrp-tf700t-2-8-x-xarea51-t3049395 that is recommended by most of the roms now.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lmmohr4:
+1
[Asus Transformer TF700] Durchmesser:
TF701

Is there planed to get the TF701 on the Device List?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
No, there is only an unoffical version, at this time there is no plan on making it official....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] altwu:
i upgraded to twrp 3.0.2-0 on my tf700 tablet and ran into an error when i tried to flash the asus stock rom (US_epad-user-10.6.1.14.10.zip). this was the error i got.

assert failed: package_extract_file("blob", "/tmp/blob")
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
Error installing zip file '/external_sdcard/US_epad_user-10.6.1.14.10.zip'

i can flash the stock rom just fine with twrp 2.8.7.0. what changed in twrp 3.0.2-0 that would affect flashing of the stock rom?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Maybe memory usage. The blob is quite big, and the tablet has only 1 GB of RAM. Workaround: unzip the blob manually to /sdcard and then run "dd if=/sdcard/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4" via adb shell or in TWRP's terminal (be careful to get the "blk0p4" right, typos here can brick your tablet). Remember to reboot so that the bootloader can actually flash the blob from the staging partition (p4) to the target partitions.
[Asus Transformer TF700] altwu:
thanks [MENTION=4878287]_that[/MENTION]. i'll give that a shot the next time i want to flash the stock rom. another workaround that worked for me was to revert to twrp 2.8.7.0 to flash the stock rom and then use twrp 3.0.2-0 to upgrade.
[Asus Transformer TF700] polo_joe:
Is there a chance we get dock_sd (USB) recognized in twrp as it was in 2.8.7.4?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
I think I could make that happen, but it will not take effect until the next release....

Let me see what I can do....

Thx Josh

The change has been MERGED..... https://github.com/TeamWin/android_...mmit/30d16ebf69d5a8a63dc8204776cda6f4392e4418

I will build a test build in the near future, for testing......

Thx Josh

[MENTION=5912085]polo_joe[/MENTION]

Can you test this build, make sure it boots and functions as expected...

http://build.twrp.me/twrp/twrp-3.0.2-1-test-tf700t.img

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] polo_joe:
I flashed this img with twrp and made a reboot. now I can't get into recovery any more. and I can't install twrp 3.0.2 with fastboot.

Any hints?

EDIT: got it sorted, was a filename problem in fastboot

I installed the twrp test version (3.0.2-1-test), but I can't get dock_sd mounted. If I go to Mount I only see: System, Cache, Data and Micro SDCard. dock_sd isn't shown.

Thanks for your support!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
You're docked with an SDcard in the dock slot yes ? :P

Boot into the test twrp and pull a recovery log for me....

adb pull /tmp/recovery.log

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] polo_joe:
log uploaded
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Give this one a go !!!!!

http://build.twrp.me/twrp/twrp-3.0.2-0-test2-tf700t.img

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] polo_joe:
now it's there, thanks much!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Will have bigbff run a prod build, when he gets time...

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] Shadow128:
Hi there,

I've a little problem on my TF700T.

Today I wanted to flash a new ROM (KatKiss 7.1) and first I flashed an actual version of TWRP (obviously without any problems).

Then I started to wipe everything on the device, but everytime (doesn't matter if simple or advanced wipe, or format data) it restarts after a short time and nothing happened from the wiping.

Is this a known failure? What can I do? :confused:

Thanks for your help,

Shadow128
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Which TWRP version did you flash? You sure it was a TF700 recovery? Double check that.

You can flash the wrong recovery without a hitch, you know

...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Shadow128:
Yeah, I flashed the correct version, but no chance to format it from TWRP's GUI. But, I found some direct format commands vom terminal and then I could format the device.

So now everything is working :)

But anyway, thanks for your help :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Born<ICs:
OP just updated to 3.1.0-0

Does this mean it's OK/desirable to replace 2.8.7.2 AREA51 with 3.1.0-0

thanks much
[Asus Transformer TF700] sziggins:
Hi,

I downloaded the new version twrp-3.1.0-0-tf700t.img from tablet. Then, according to OP as I had the latest (twrp-3.0.2-1), I used the easy way...:

But something went wrong and I couldn't reboot to the recovery. Some boot loop was happening when I was trying to reboot to the recovery and tablet was just loading (successfully) the installed rom (Nougatella #019). Fortunately I had a working fastboot and via [MENTION=4968172]berndblb[/MENTION]'s "Beginners Guide to root and flashing a custom ROM on the TF700T" I used:

and after I got the connection:

After that and when I got a working recovery I flashed the new version (twrp-3.1.0) with the fastboot way and was successful too so now I am in the latest TWRP...

That doesn't mean is "OK/desirable to replace 2.8.7.2 AREA51 with 3.1.0-0" but just in case someone has the same issue I had.

Just to test the new recovery I tried to reinstall the Nougatella #019 and after an installation of ROM, SuperSU, gapps and even command like a Wipe cache/dalvik I got that same error:

but the reinstallation was ok...

Hope that helps a bit.

Cheers.
[Asus Transformer TF700] blimey74:
I noticed a similar error message when upgrading the version of KatKiss Nougatella for my TF700 today:

Error opening: '/data/data/com.google.android.gms/shared_prefs/sizeCache.xml' (No such file or directory)

The installation of the ROM was still ok and everything is working fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rjspring:
I get the same error after uploading, but everything is working fine (except long holding the reboot to recovery option when rebooting from the ROM).
[Asus Transformer TF700] vladomirus:
Asus Transformer Infinity TF700T The program Team Win Recovery Project works, file .img downloaded, writes that TWRP updated, but the version of TWRP remained is old. What's the matter?

P.S. before that was updated Utility Scott's TF700T Recovery Install Tool.bat version is updated, but only up to 2.8.6
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Flash in fastboot, then you don't have these problems...
[Asus Transformer TF700] vladomirus:
Why this program, which shows my model and the latest version of TWRP for it, if it doesn't work??? :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] luupocok:
Bootloader fail on TWRP 3.2.0

Reinstalled TWRP 3.0.0
[Asus Transformer TF700] Skyjumper_GR:
I have installed the original TWRP 3.2.1.0 via fastboot and all works perfect. :good:

https://eu.dl.twrp.me/tf700t/
[Asus Transformer TF700] RADiuMOz:
Can't get into TWRP - Bootloops

Hi, first-off, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place.

I was downloading an NBA game (through the NBA app) and all of a sudden my TF700T rebooted - and went into a bootloop. I have KatKiss Marshmallow (not sure which version, sorry), and it's been working just fine for ages. I tried to get into recovery (TWRP - but not the most recent build), but it just resets (bootloops) after the TeamWin loading image comes up.

I thought to upgrade TWRP, which I've done using Fastboot, using "twrp-3.2.1-0-tf700t.img" (most-recent at time of posting). It flashed ok - I used the following, btw:

>fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging twrp.blob
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'staging' (7414 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.056s]
writing 'staging'...
OKAY [ 7.645s]
finished. total time: 9.703s

>fastboot reboot
rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.019s

However, it still bootloops, and won't go into recovery/TWRP.

Would anyone be able to give me a pointer in the right direction, as to what to do, please?

I was wondering if I need to format (something) and then fastboot flash TWRP again, perhaps. I'm assuming if I can get into TWRP, then I can flash KatKiss again, etc. and everything should be fine.

Again - my apologies if I should post this somewhere else, but I figure seeing as it won't go into recovery, this would be a good place to start.

Thanks - and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone!

Richard.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Skyjumper_GR:
Hi. The right Fastboot Command is:

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-tf700t.img

Not fastboot..........staging twrp.blob
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Well that depends on the file name, doesn't it? Yes, you can flash it straight to recovery but staging works too. On next boot it will be written to its proper partition.

And 0x0b05 is just the vendor ID. You can use it but you don't have to
[Asus Transformer TF700] RADiuMOz:
Well, I tried using recovery - instead of staging - and also the original filename - neither helped: still bootloops, unfortunately.

I obtained the original instructions from the twrp.me website - for the TF700T.

Could I potentially format something via ADB and try again?

I'm going to try the solution you (@berndblb) offered, a few months ago, to someone who had a similar (sounding) bootloop issue - although theirs happened after flash a ROM, whereas mine just started out of the blue.

https://xdaforums.com/transformer-tf700/help/bootloop-starting-android-rck-t3622836/post72801448
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Does it do a full reset to the boot logo or just restart TWRP? If it just restarts TWRP, you could try to connect via adb shell.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RADiuMOz:
Does a full-reset.

Btw - I'm part way through berndblb's solution (from the other thread - link above), and I'm not waiting for the Data partition to be wiped: TWRP has been installed (via Fastboot) and it's not bootlooping. Next will be to install KatKiss Marshmallow...

Update: All back to normal now, thanks berndblb for your solution in the previously-mentioned post!!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] yongyek:
Anyone please help me to unlock bootloader ME301T .I have tried all methods, all unlock tools v6, v7, v8, using mitmproxy py all failed. it say network error.Please help me. maybe Is there an unlock bootloader for ME301T with PC flash tool,with EDL mode?
[Asus Transformer TF700] yaseen.soror:
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[Asus Transformer TF700] Dees_Troy:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/tf700t
[Asus Transformer TF700] eyeballer:
Uhh.. it's on the teamw.in site -> choose your device in the dropdown and read that page.
[Asus Transformer TF700] californiarailroader:
When I tried to use GooManger it would never ask for root, and would never install the recovery, though it went through all the motions, and said it had, I had to manually install the recovery via Fastboot. Thanks for the work on this! I

Edit-I manually rebooted into recovery after doing the Fastboot Recovery Flash to make sure, and I now have the TWRP on it, woo hoo! I'm not sure why GooManager didn't want to work for me, probably just one of those random things.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Schrotty35:
I have install GooManager and i have download the 2.2.1.4 Recovery but how install this blob file?
[Asus Transformer TF700] firetech:
Yo don't need to download the blob file manually (or by browsing in the GooManager app). Just press the menu button in the upper right corner and select "Install OpenRecovery...". It will do the rest for you. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] californiarailroader:
Or not, in my case ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Schrotty35:
Working with Goo and i have the latest Version from Recovery.
[Asus Transformer TF700] californiarailroader:
Goo wouldn't install Recovery for me, it never even asked for root like it said it would. I went ahead and installed it via Fastboot, that went like a charm.
[Asus Transformer TF700] eyeballer:
Are you rooted? Check the superuser app.
[Asus Transformer TF700] californiarailroader:
Yep, I'm 100% Rooted :) Every other app that needs Root, like Titanium, Root Explorer, Rom manger, etc.has asked for root and been granted it, this is the first program I've had that needs it but never asks for it. I mean, it just outright fails to even ask for Root, weird.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Schrotty35:
I have the same issus with Root. Whene i start a App with need Root i can not give root with Superuser. Whene i start Superuse and start the App again i can give root.
[Asus Transformer TF700] californiarailroader:
That worked, I did as you said and selected SU first, then ran GooManager and it asked for Root, thanks! Why do you think I had to do it that way with GooManager? All the other apps asked for Root automatically.
[Asus Transformer TF700] eyeballer:
Make sure you're using the latest superuser and binary. To be sure, you can flash this in recovery: http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC2-arm-signed.zip
[Asus Transformer TF700] californiarailroader:
Thanks! That was probably it, I had an older version of the SU Binary. I had SuperUser and wasn't prompted to update the binary, so I installed SuperSU to see and the first time I ran it it asked to update the binary to 3.2, it seems there is a bug in Superuser.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wanb1i:
OK, I have unlocked and rooted, I can run Titanium backup and Root explorer and I can set R/O to R/W with Rot Explorer, so I am definitely rooted.

I did get the update OTA this morning and installed it with no problem. Amazingly I even kept my root! :)

I still don't get the TWRP Recovery though.
[Asus Transformer TF700] P!X3L:
Does this charge in recovery? I thought it did but now I'm out of battery and can't even boot into recovery.

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wanb1i I was under the impression that you don't receive OTA updates after your device is unlocked.
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
It should, though with your screen being on constantly it will take longer. It will definitely charge while powered off.
[Asus Transformer TF700] quicknik:
Boot does not work after restore.
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
Mine worked.
[Asus Transformer TF700] P!X3L:
I just ran through this too. My boot wasn't restored on either of my backups. I did have compression enabled, but I'm not sure if that makes a difference.

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Yeah it was odd. I ran out of battery completely while in recovery and let it charge while off. When I was able to boot up recovery again, it was charging.
[Asus Transformer TF700] firetech:
Just a wild guess, but I noticed that the bootloader was updated in the official .26 update. If you've flashed an unofficial .26 update, you're still on the .22 bootloader, and there might be a difference in this regard. I don't know for sure, though.

Since Dees_Troy added that ability before .26 was released, the .22 bootloader might allow it, but the .26 might not.

EDIT: BTW, you can see the bootloader version at the top left of the screen if you boot while holding the volume down key (it will be on the line above the line telling you to press volume up to enter recovery).
[Asus Transformer TF700] P!X3L:
I'll have to double check which bootloader I'm on. I was on .22 and unlocked the bootloader, installed twrp and made a backup. Then the OTA came out so I manually restored recovery and updated to stock .26 using this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1803343 After that I rooted, installed the latest twrp and made another backup. Neither of these backups will restore boot. I had to load the .26 firmware on a spare micro SD and flash that in twrp to get a working boot partition again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
I think you may be onto something. Mine does show as being 9.4.5.26.
[Asus Transformer TF700] firetech:
But didn't you say your restore worked?
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
oops. the lysdexia kicked in again and i read things backwards. yes mine did work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] P!X3L:
I'm on the .26 bootloader and my boot wouldn't restore. I had a backup made with the .24 bootloader and a backup made with the .26 bootloader. The boot partition failed to restore on both backups. I did use compression on both backups, though. Has anyone been able to successfully recover a backup that used compression?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Eddie Hicks:
Were you ever able to unlock? It appears ASUS made a change on their servers a couple of days ago that allowed some people who were not able to get OTA updates and unlock to do so now. I was not able to unlock until Monday.
[Asus Transformer TF700] firetech:
And your bootloader says .26 when you power on with the volume down button held?
[Asus Transformer TF700] repvik:
Yes, I was able to unlock when everybody else was :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
yessir
[Asus Transformer TF700] firetech:
That means my guess was wrong. :/

Next guess, what SKU is your bootloader? WW? US? other?
[Asus Transformer TF700] P!X3L:
My bootloader is US .26

I've made a new backup without compression but I haven't had the chance to restore it yet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Eddie Hicks:
Great, I was informing you in case you gave up trying.
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
Bootloader SKU is US. It does say bootloader version 2.10e before the sku and firmware revision.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ford12acing:
tried to install from goomanager, but it says recovery for my device not found
[Asus Transformer TF700] Pretoriano80:
GooManager server is down for the moment,see here --> http://www.teamw.in/blog/18
[Asus Transformer TF700] SupahDave:
I'm having trouble with wiping data on TWRP 2.2.1.4... when I attempt to wipe data it returns:

E: Unable to wipe data.

* Verifying filesystems...

* Verifying partition sizes...

Then at the top it just says

Data Format Complete

Failed

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
i get that too. if you use factory reset it'll wipe it successfully.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Sh0X31:
GooManger dont ask my for root permissions >.<
[Asus Transformer TF700] Pretoriano80:
Read my post here and it should fix this kind of issue for good.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Sh0X31:
I have rerooted my pad. But know GooManager say. Device not Found >.<
[Asus Transformer TF700] Pretoriano80:
If you try to install TWRP then you can't do it from GooManager for the moment (it's down for maintainance) so you have to use the FASTBOOT METHOD.You can find the guide and the download link for TWRP here .