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[Asus Transformer TF700] dude2k5:
Damnit, I keep losing voodoo protected root when upgrading to 4.1. Even with or without temp unroot checked.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Blairware:
I am going to try this ^ ^ before setting permissions, since we KNOW that will work. I am curious because another user posted about resets and cold boots getting BT working. Maybe the process fixes permissions somewhere along the way.

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Are you confirming root is good before flashing 4.1? I assume you are. Just double check EVERYTHING before updating to 4.1 Check the last edit I put above about OTA Rootkeeper itself not getting root access properly. It's strange, because it shows as success, but takes either a full reinstall or perhaps a manual force close and restart before it requests root permissions for me... oh wait... duh That's AFTER getting on 4.1 Shoot. Sorry to not be more help to you.
[Asus Transformer TF700] amaddux:
I'm not sure what makes the BT issue happen or not, but I have a stock device, and did not have the BT issue at all and have done done a factory reset.
[Asus Transformer TF700] fincan:
Exact same behavior for me as well, after about 5 downgrade/upgrade cycles I managed to keep root :)

Thanks everyone on this!

Warning for anyone who is going to downgrade: You will lose the internal storage contents, so backup the internal memory before downgrading (e.g. if you have titanium backup folder in the internal memory, copy that to your PC so you can restore at the end).
[Asus Transformer TF700] Blairware:
Looking for Developer Options in 4.2? Find them here:

I was

- mostly because I didn't spend a whole heck of a lot of time exploring TF300 experiences with 4.2. But anyway, for the rest of the folks that always get to this stuff eventually, and then end up asking a question that has been answered numerous times, here is the answer:

With 4.2.1 the developer options is now hidden in settings, to un-hide go to Settings and click on About Tablet and then on Build Number click

7 times

, a count down will appear as you go & then you will have developer options again

It's really tongue in cheek that it says: "Click x more times to be a developer" and after the last click, it says: "Congratulations, you are now a Developer" All sarcastic like. Not sure if that Asus or Google, but it cracked me up!

Also, if you tap on Build Number after un-hiding the options, you get this line: "No need: You are already a Developer" (I wish it were that easy) "Hey, how long have you been a developer: Oh, about 45 minutes... Anyone can do it, IF they have Android 4.2 and a Transformer Infinity!"

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Good point. I was either smart enough, lucky enough or just plain wary of how things go south on these thing, that I backed up all my internal goodies before doing all this. Also fortunate enough to only go around once on the downgrade/upgrade dance.

One other warning. It is not enough to have the SuperSU and all your root apps with access, as adding new apps can still fail. remember to replace the su (once restores with OTA Rootkeeper it goes back in System/Bin) with the update one here:

https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/4FemP5ACLSn

I was a but nervous about that since the replacement is way smaller than the one from rooting with debugfs - like 82k compared with 371k, but it is legit, and after renaming the old SU to su.old, and placing the new one and setting permissions, I can add root apps, and they request AND ARE GRANTED permission, just like it is supposed to happen. This has been fun... NOT!

It doesn't matter how you get the fixed SU into the system/bin folder -use ADB or whatever you are confortable with, but I belive you must replace it to have a proper working root.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NegativeOne:
What recovery do you have ? Or are you downgrading using the full image that sets you back to stock recovery ? If so, please post which image that is.
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
He's using the Asus full firmware ICS .30 to downgrade. To upgrade you need to use dlpkgfile (if unlocked) or OTA (if not unlocked).
[Asus Transformer TF700] quietseb:
Thanks for pointing that out.
[Asus Transformer TF700] DLCPhoto:
The update is not yet shown as available for me yet, but I'm getting ready.

I'm pure Stock, not rooted, etc. Tab works fine for me as is, and don't have time/interest to root, flash, etc.

I do have about 19 of the 'bloatware' and other un-uninstallable apps Disabled, though - is it preferable to re-enable these apps before doing the update, or does it make no difference?

Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] louiscar:
Some good points, also I'd suggest that if using debugfs to do your rooting, you put your desired su and .apk in the folder to save some time and steps, making sure of course you name it the same. This would be either Supersu or the patched superuser files.

On your other question, the problems I had earlier were possibly due to temp unrooting. Subsequent attempts were all done leaving root on and making sure you have all the checkboxes checked before you proceed.

One other point about my failed attempts, I decided initially to not only use OTA rootkeeper but also check the preserve OTA in supersu / superuser options. Again this may cause problems and I'd recommend you just use one or the other. In my case it was OTA Rootkeeper.

I hasten to add that I don't have any real proof that checking both can / does cause problems, I just happened to have done that on the failed attempts so it's worth mentioning.

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I'm on stock recovery since I'm locked.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NegativeOne:
I'm new to the tf700t, so I just want to make absolutely certain - can you show me exactly which file I need to flash for the asus full firmware ics .30 downgrade?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkalas:
Just updated and I'm not very happy with the new UI look. I liked more the font that was used on 4.1, for example the clock on status bar and the new clock widget on lockscreen compared looked better in 4.1. Also it looks like all icons in the launcher are moved up a little bit causing their overlapping with the page indication dots.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NegativeOne:
pics please?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
I personally dont like the 4.2 layout. I wish they would of allowed you to switch between them on the tf700 like on the tf300. I am hoping sbdags is taking out the switcher in the tf300 rom and implements it into the tf700 rom.

Tylor

Rom: CleanRom Inheritance 3.4.7 Odex AND That's UltraCleanRom(7 sec boot :D)

Kernal: _That's Stock V6 Kernal

Theme: Timberwolf's Blues & Jazz Theme V2.1

UPDATE FOR TF700 USERS!!! AND THE 4.2.1 UPDATE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204100
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkalas:
Here
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
If you didn't disable the apps that download and apply the update (dmclient and maybe another one), the update should also work with some apps disabled. They must only exist and be unmodified, but for deleting or modifying system apps you'd need root anyway.
[Asus Transformer TF700] DLCPhoto:
Thanks. DMClient is still active; none of the disabled ones appear to be system apps, but as you point out, I would have needed root to mess with those in any case.

And I actually just received notification of the update, so guess I'll give it a whirl.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ljg600:
Should make no difference- I didn't.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ready2Mosh:
Check for update is located under about tablet right? I am running CROMI 3.4.6 and don't see it there. I just wanted to check to see if it is available.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
You don't get OTA updates for unlocked devices.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ready2Mosh:
It was more a curiosity question then anything, but thanks for the info!
[Asus Transformer TF700] sangdencre:
Browser2Ram seems broken also.

It doesn't mount anything on tmpfs. Anyone managed to fix this ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] mc_365:
Did you re-install it?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sangdencre:
Yes i did. It doesn't work anymore :crying:
[Asus Transformer TF700] mc_365:
How did you determine it wasn't working?

I'm asking so that I may check mine, as I just have assumed it was working after I re-installed it.

After I updated, I opened Browser2ram, then rebooted and granted permission in SuperSU.

Next I went into the browser debug menu and enabled Set CPU Upload Path.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Browser2Ram appears to be working for me.
[Asus Transformer TF700] SamFortal:
Let me share my experience using Tf700 4.2 oficial Rom.

- Sorry for my grammar, english is not my native language -

Frist i got excited then i got a lot of frustations.

1st reaction I was happy because in 4.2 we can have multi user. So i created another user to family and all happy things finished.

2nd, all things bad now, after the second user was created, the performance goes down, not so much, but very visible.

3rd, Wth all apps in second user still keep open when we change the user? And even when we restart and not log in second user? Why i can simply close all second user's tasks?

4th, where is the Developer area in settings? Was it gone because second user or its gone in 4.2? Idk...

5th, crashes crashes a lot. Even using Google Play music and Walkman. Never seen in 4.1.

6th, sometimes the processor is very late to wake. One time the native browser was stuck while about 1 minute after wake.

7th, yes, the new "recent apps" sucks. Lazy and fullscreen now. Sometimes i think that there are lazy developers, just look the diference btw Asus Rom, Sony Rom and Samsung Rom to understand. So much deep diferences in experience. Samsung Android seens to be an Android 4.5 and Sony Android seens to be an Android 4.3. Much more functions, even if the Android version is 4.1 or 4.0. I do like to give points to Asus, but the true is they have much more functions, even in an older android version. But of couse Im still clapping my hand to these guys for be the frist one.

8th, Even more crashes, I liked new restart button, helps a lot to solve the new lot of crashes now.

( 9th, strange, where is the multi tasking? most of apps dont seens to resume what they are doing before. not sure)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
For point 4 click the build number in settings 7 times ;)

For crashing you really need to consider a full wipe to clean some sh!te out. Sounds like you have a lot of conflicting apps.

I have no such issues that you raised above at all on Stock Asus (I am unlocked and rooted though)
[Asus Transformer TF700] llevin:
I have a similar experience - the device is now much slower than before. Especially in Chrome.

Doing a restart helps for a short while, but if more than one user is active, things get slow :(

(Stock, unrooted).
[Asus Transformer TF700] sangdencre:
Open a terminal, then type:

mount | grep tmpfs

If browser2ram is correctly installed you should have a mount point called "browser"(iirc) pointing to "/data/data/com.android.browser" but its been gone with 4.2 for me.
[Asus Transformer TF700] 0x000:
thanks for your post!

i've had (plenty) root problems too (lost root from 10.4.4.23 to 10.4.4.25 although voodoo protected and had to do the downgrade cycle again before upgrading to 4.2.1).

i have an update though:

using the new patched su works together with Superuser.apk v3.1.3 but i had problems that superuser wouldn't remember my whitelist of apps and asked again each time an app requested root.

i've now upgraded to Superuser.apk 3.2 RC3 (from http://androidsu.com/superuser/) and installed Superuser.apk with adb to /system/app/

now root works properly with Superuser.apk for me.

the reason i'm not using SuperSU is because it just didn't work for me, it always wanted to download a new su binary but failed to do so.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ray3andrei:
So how do you Get the nexus 10 like launcher?

Sent from my AK'ed GNexus
[Asus Transformer TF700] MELEKEKO:
PS3 Controller no longer works

Hello, Everyone. After Upgrading to 4.2.1 my PS3 Controller stop working. I can't even detect on bluetooth options. The Sixaxis controller app can't start the drivers. Anyone Else? Someone know how to fix this issue? Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
u0_a80@android:/ $ mount | grep tmpfs

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/secure tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=700 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /Removable tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /storage/emulated tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=050,gid=1028 0 0

So that means b2ram is not working at all?
[Asus Transformer TF700] ray3andrei:
Tablet seems to be smoother...gesture typing doesn't work though, there Is an option for it but it doesn't work

Sent from my AK'ed GNexus
[Asus Transformer TF700] Maxxy13:
The tablet was smoother right after the update. It was especially noticeable in Chrome. However after a couple days it became laggy again.

Of the new problems - longer lag after installing an app and significant lag on waking up.

I also have a question. I've been playing Battlefield 2 Bad Company installed via Vibe+ but after the upgrade to 4.2.1 the game stopped working. Is there a safe way to roll back to 4.1.1 without voiding the warranty?

I'm currently fully stock with no root. I will probably wait for the warranty to expire before rooting the tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Chingonazo:
Same here...I am still rooted.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Known issue I'm afraid. No known fix yet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
Yep this was asked over in Transformer Forums as well. There is no known fix. The person over there was gonna call ASUS but I dont think that will do any good at all. Just hope they patch it when they release a patch.

Tylor

Rom: Stock 4.2.1 Rooted.

UPDATE FOR TF700 USERS!!! AND THE 4.2.1 UPDATE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204100
[Asus Transformer TF700] sangdencre:
Yeah it's not working at all.

If you can't find the android browser working directory (/data/data/com.android.browser) in the ram (tmpfs) then browser2ram isn't doing its job, besides asking for superuser rights.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Darnell_Chat_TN:
The controller issue existed in some of their past ROMs right?

Perhaps they'll fix it later as before.
[Asus Transformer TF700] louiscar:
You can downgrade to ICS then update to 4.1.1 safely.

You won't lose your warranty by rooting, only by unlocking and since you can root without unlocking it's ok.
[Asus Transformer TF700] cha-ka-lak:
Didn't work for me. Do I need to reboot after chmod?

EDIT: worked fine after a reboot. Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] val1121:
HDMI not working

After the 4.2 upgrade, HDMI out is not working. Is anyone else experiencing this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Darnell_Chat_TN:
Sixaxis released an app update today that includes an Android 4.2 fix. See if this helps.

OK, that will be a deal breaker if others have this issue with 4.2.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jmsobrino:
Try cold boot, (android) work for me and my tablet run fast now
[Asus Transformer TF700] Pretoriano80:
Hdmi it's working here.
[Asus Transformer TF700] etique57:
Thanks for the first trial ! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] mc_365:
anyone getting a lot of screen brightness changing when clicking links in stock browser? I don't remember this before update. It's like every link I click, the screen flashes to full brightness than back to normal again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
It is a new feature that when a page is loading, it dims the screen to save battery.

Tylor

Rom: Stock 4.2.1 Rooted.

UPDATE FOR TF700 USERS!!! AND THE 4.2.1 UPDATE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204100
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Did you not read the pop up message explaining this? :p

Anyway you can disable this feature in the browser settings.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Trans-amers:
i know why Asus hide the launcher switch, its because of the size/dpi(?)

You see, the photo below shows that the home button is not under the app drawer button
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ali I Hagen:
So with 4.2 upgrade for TF700 we should expect it to work with MiraCast devices? As I remember Tegra 3 devices should be able to support MiraCast. Or is it only limited to Nexus devices?
[Asus Transformer TF700] ronniereiff:
Where is the super ips button!!!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] amaddux:
Seems to be in the same place as it always was for me. Did you turn off the Asus Quick Settings option?
[Asus Transformer TF700] mc_365:
Seems like it's doing the opposite. I have it set auto brightness and I'm in a dark room so the screen is at a very low brightness, then it flashes to full brightness when I hit a link.

This tablet has been the buggy piece of tech I've ever purchased.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Just disable it in the browser settings and be done with it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
Lol this tablet is what it is. It has bugs but it is the best tablet out there when modded. Have you ever tried enabling/disbabling auto brightness and the browser feature to see if it stops the issue? It is not hard to troubleshoot an issue that requires only 1 minute,if that, to solve...

Tylor

Rom: Stock 4.2.1 Rooted.

UPDATE FOR TF700 USERS!!! AND THE 4.2.1 UPDATE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204100
[Asus Transformer TF700] ishamm:
I cant seem to add widgets to the lock screen like i can on 4.2 on my phone. do i need to enable them somewhere first? otherwise great rom!
[Asus Transformer TF700] kushXmaster:
I just updated and if you swipe right on the lock screen clock and hit the "plus" symbol you can select from available widgets.
[Asus Transformer TF700] pbg225:
It works for me as well but not quite as well it shows less of the screen on the tv I use and video no longer goes fullscreen on the tv while the tab goes black using mxplayer......anyone else seem to get less volume out of the speakers? Or did it just kill volume+
[Asus Transformer TF700] Songok:
slow wifi transfer

Is anyone else noticing considerably slower wifi transfer speeds compared to last version?

Using andftp from a server on my LAN and when doing samba transfers I am seeing only 1-2Mb/s compared to almost 5Mb/s on last version.

This changed immediately after I updated and occurs when transfering to sd card and internal storage.
[Asus Transformer TF700] nothsa:
Haven't updated yet, but here's the "dlpkgfile" that someone in this thread asked for:

http://www.filedropper.com/dlpkgfile

MD5 - 9df7f9e513b6398e219667fd98c27ee2

SHA1 - 2fc8612337f830147ea2f46a03d6164bc4b836c2

[Edit]

(according to /META-INF/com/android/metadata this is version "4.2.1/JOP40D/US_epad-10.6.1.14.4-20130329" of the update)

[/Edit]
[Asus Transformer TF700] wuli:
Thanks!

Is this the ww version?
[Asus Transformer TF700] guho:
Here is another data point. Tf700t locked rooted 64GB usa. Updated SuperSu to latest from Play. Updated su backup in rootkeeper. Temp unrooted. Ran 4.2 update. Restored root. Bluetooth no longer works. Supersu wanted to update su binary. This failed the first time but succeeded when I retried. Now I just need to do the Bluetooth chmod and I will be all set.
[Asus Transformer TF700] t3ej4y:
Locked, rooted infinity. Seemed to have the superuser problem described here after upgrading to 4.2, only old apps could get root access, with no prompt too. So I installed supersu from the play store, upgraded binaries from in app, and am now receiving root prompts. Seems like supersu has multi user support built in. Anyone else can try to see if it works for them?
[Asus Transformer TF700] kushXmaster:
Just watched django unchained from Google play over hdmi worked fine for me.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 powered by the force
[Asus Transformer TF700] nothsa:
Checked the /META-INF/com/android/metadata file and it appears to be "4.2.1/JOP40D/US_epad-10.6.1.14.4-20130329", so it looks like the US version. Let me know if there is anywhere else that I should be checking to confirm.
[Asus Transformer TF700] neo1738:
Anyone else's infinity I/O Speeds get INCREDIBLY worse after this update? I had to turn off auto update because if an app is updating I absolutely can't use the tab at all. I completely freezes until the download and install is over. Thinking a factory reset is in order.
[Asus Transformer TF700] val1121:
Well, I'm going to do the downgrade and see if that fixes the HDMI. Thanks anyway.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kushXmaster:
No problem. It could be an issue with mxplayer. If you want I can give it a try later before you go through the downgrade process.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 powered by the force
[Asus Transformer TF700] pbg225:
Awesome movie, but did it play fullscreen on just the tv? Or did it show the clock and status bar and still play on the tablet?
[Asus Transformer TF700] kushXmaster:
Just the movie. The tablet has to stay on, and it shows the dvd artwork with a smaller screen where you can pause and play. Once you exit play back it shows the status bar and everything, but when it's the movie playing it's just like you had a disc in a player.

I will say quality seems better on the tablet than when streamed through hdmi to the TV. That's probably because the higher res of the tablet. It is by no means bad quality on the tv. Just better on the infinity's screen.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 powered by the force
[Asus Transformer TF700] Maxxy13:
I'm sorry to sound like a noob but may I ask for some pointers to the process of downgrading a stock ROM? I honestly tried to search but got just lost in the abundance of information.

Again, I am running stock/unrooted 4.2.1 and would like to temporary downgrade to 4.1 or ICS.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kushXmaster:
Something I've noticed since the update. Screen brightness doesn't seem as bright and the level seems to flicker brighter and dimmer at times. Anyone else notice this? I remember it being in issue with one of the previous updates...
[Asus Transformer TF700] komple:
Is it US version?
[Asus Transformer TF700] daemonios:
I noticed this too. I had 4 apps upgrading in the background and the tablet became nearly unusable until the updates were finished. This didn't use to be a problem before the update, but I'm not in the least qualified to say it's an I/O issue. Other than that, I don't notice any significant performance improvements or problems with the 4.2.1 update.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
I keep getting binary installation errors.

Did you unroot before you did this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] t3ej4y:
Nope, just installed it over my current superuser installation.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Ahh okay, so did you leave Superuser installed then downloaded Super SU and updated it with Superuser installed and root left intact
[Asus Transformer TF700] neo1738:
Ok so I did a Factory Reset and cold boot, wayyyy better. Actually much faster I/O than before the update. Highly recommended.

Edit: I have the sleep of death. FML
[Asus Transformer TF700] t3ej4y:
Yup, left superuser there. Have both supersu and superuser there now, but using supersu.
[Asus Transformer TF700] amaddux:
I did the workaround to get the 4.2 launcher up and running. I noticed everything is way way way faster after that. I'm wondering if the launcher settings are the real issue, and if anyone has tried just clearing the data and cache from the default launcher, to see if that fixes a slow tablet without the need for a full reload.

Just an idea...
[Asus Transformer TF700] louiscar:
Go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1833212

and scroll down to where it says : "*** Factory Restore after a softbrick/Downgrade from Jelly Bean to ICS/Clean Factory Restore ***"

and follow those instructions. Once you've downgraded to ICS you'll get an immediate update notification which will take you to 4.1.1
[Asus Transformer TF700] kushXmaster:
I use nova, launcher speed is fine. When updating apps though, it does become basically unusable until finished updating.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 powered by the force
[Galaxy Note II General] Cloudstrife:
Just wondering if it's wise to run antivirus software on my phone?