yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
new links work.

Although like i said, i really don't see the point.

in a month or two, they will just be outdated again and will need to be updated - but all that can be done on the tablet as part of regular maintenance...

Also, I don't like that you are including the PRO version of SuperSU. That is for people who have paid, and the developer has not released it for free elsewhere.

If people want to pirate it, that's their decision, but that can be easily be done after the tablet is rooted.

And since your version of SuperSU is hacked, would it get updates from the play store?
[Transformer TF300T General] KinetiClutch:
I used the tool but throughout it i kept getting a ADP is out of date error but it said it had rooted.

SuperSU is on but no busybox
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
what device (& version)?

what OS? Windows, Mac, Linux?

Is it just the SuperSU app, or did the su binary install?
[Transformer TF300T General] tryfrie:
Didn't work for me on TF 201

Hi,

i had a Root on ICS and Voodoo Keeper.. (Transformer Prime TF201, WIN 7 64 bit)

Still couldn't keep the root when it updatet to 4.1.1 (not on purpose)

tried severall methods including the partial root thing (cant mount system nor get su rights) and this one..

looked promising (no errors), since the ota voodoo keeper told me that it is now rooted but it still isn't (only option not checked is 'Root permission granted')..

also tried reseting the tablet an root again => still the same..

also can't make the SU Bin update (cause it's not rooted, no permission)

what to do? (shouldn't unlock bootloader since its not really mine..)
[Transformer TF300T General] KinetiClutch:
SU App installed and then i opened it and the binary installed.

TF700.

Windows 8 -

i've already used it in the past to root via debugfs method so it's weird i got ADP errors.

It worked like I said but after every step i got an ADP out of date error
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
ahh, you have a broken root if Voodoo say you are rooted.

there are instructions elsewhere that can help with that.

I had the same issue with my droid 4 when it got jellybean, but i was able to restore root using the chainsDD superuser app by clicking on OTA Survival.

your superuser backup is saved here:

/system/usr/we-need-root

and its called:

su-backup

in a terminal emulator do the following: (or something like it)

cd /system/usr/we-need-root
./su-backup
cp su-backup /system/xbin/su
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
well, then download the latest version of ADP and copy it into the motochopper folder.

or just install busybox manually... using the app on the market
[Transformer TF300T General] tryfrie:
thx for your reply, here's what i found out

"OTA Survival" => Superuser crashes

cp:

cp: can't create '/system/xbin/su': File exists
[Transformer TF300T General] bads3ctor:
Try this:

cd /system/usr/we-need-root

./su-backup

mount -o rw,remount /system

cp su-backup /system/xbin/su
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
I forgot about remounting!

since he has a su file there, he should try this:

cd /system/usr/we-need-root
./su-backup
mount -o rw,remount /system
chattr -i /system/xbin/su
chmod 755 /system/xbin/su
chown 0:0 /system/xbin/su
chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su

if that doesnt work:

cd /system/usr/we-need-root
./su-backup
mount -o rw,remount /system
chattr -i /system/xbin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
cp su-backup /system/xbin/su

you may need to do this instead if the remount doesn't work:

busybox mount -o rw,remount /system
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
Question

This method is not working for me. I press enter and it says the deamon started successfully. but even after a few minutes nothing happens. If i lost root during an OTA will that cause problems because superuser is already installed or something like that?
[Transformer TF300T General] tryfrie:
thank you guys so much!

it worked.. so i got the partial root back (probably with ./su-backup) and could then mount the system to finally do this:

matthill.eu/mobile/root-transformer-prime-jellybean-update/
[Transformer TF300T General] penfold99:
Worked first time on latest official firmware, took just 15 seconds plus reboot time.

Thanks:D
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
awesome!

Glad you got it working again!

Broken roots can be a pain... OTA updates reset all the file permissions on the system files (including su) which is why your su file was there, but not accessible...
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
you probably have the same issue as tryfrie did.

did you back up your root? if so, follow the same instructions.

if not... let us know!
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
I did backup my root but I lost my superuser data after i rushed into something without reading and uninstalled super user because someone said they had success after uninstalling super user on their phone.and im afraid to do a factory reset because I have some apps frozen from before I lost root.

I am a n00b do I just open a command prompt and type those lines exactly? If I do that will i be able to just go to rootkeeper and restore?
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
If all you did was uninstall superuser, then:

install superuser or supersu form the market.

did it work?

yes: :)

no:

restore root using Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper

did it work?

yes: :)

no:

then get terminal emulator from the market, and follow the commands above

did it work?

yes: :)

no:

tell us which commands you used (exactly), and we will get back to you.
[Transformer TF300T General] Bogart's Falcon:
I Need Some Help Please

First I need to let you know I have not rooted anything before. Now let me get to the questions.

I have a TF201 with Android 4.0.3. I have to assume that is the reason tapping 7 times on the build number doesn't work. Please tell me what I have to do.

My tablet is in a dock. Do I have to remove it before I root?

If there is anything else you feel I should know please post it here.

I want to thank all of you, in advance, for any help you give me.
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
cd /system/usr/we-need-root

./su-backup

mount -o rw,remount /system

cp su-backup /system/xbin/su

I followed the steps above and after the first line i got "permission denied"

after the second I got operation not permitted.

What can I try now? Thanks for your help and responding so quickly.
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
You have Ice Cream Sandwich.

This root method is made for Jelly Bean (android 4.1 and 4.2).

It might work with ICS - you can try it. but ICS has its own method for root.

the tapping 7 times is ONLY for JB 4.2. Your Developer Options menu isn't hidden, but you still need to enable USB debugging.

Using the dock doesn't matter. I rooted mine in the dock.
[Transformer TF300T General] forivadel:
bummer, i'm getting the same daemon message as well. unfortunately, i have never unlocked bootloader or had root access. i'm on 4.1.1, any suggestions?
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
ok. do this:

cd /system/xbin
ls -l su

(that last command is LS -L but in lowercase)

then tell us if su is listed, and what the line says (it looks something like: "-rwsr-sr-x root root 96260 2013-04-11 11:34 su")

then do this:

cd /system/usr
ls

is the "we-need-root" folder there?

if so, do this:

cd we-need-root
ls -l

and again tell what the line says.
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
what message? that it is outdated?

it should still work...
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
I must not have had a good back up because it says no such file or directory. Does having a titanium backup of superuser and root keeper from before I lost root help?
[Transformer TF300T General] forivadel:
this is the message:

[*] Waiting for device...

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

* daemon started successfully *

doesn't do anything after that. i left at that point for more than 5 minutes several times. have tried rebooting both my computer and tablet. made sure i turned USB debugging on. ran the batch file as admin. i think i'll try with my laptop with xp. i'm on win 7.
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
Bump. I have the exact same problem except I dont have an xp computer to use.
[Transformer TF300T General] ruff97:
same problem here too
[Transformer TF300T General] forivadel:
Ok. So, i got this sh-t to work on my trusty ol' decrepit thinkpad t41 with xp. i had to install drivers for the tablet because it was not recognized. i suspect that was the issue on my win 7 machine, as i did not install any drivers and let win 7 install ones for MTP.

Couldn't get the drivers from ASUS (wouldn't display any OS to choose) but was able to find them on XDA. here: http://d-h.st/A9h

Source thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1697227
[Transformer TF300T General] CRACING:
Looks like ADB couldn't connect to or find your tablet. Make sure you have the correct drivers installed. I had asus sync already installed. Also make sure adb isn't running in the background. Force close the adb if its running already in the taskmanager and start the rooting process again.
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
I got the root to run and say it was successful but it still did not work. I know I am almost there!

The exploit seems to be failing because I was previously rooted had had superuser installed. Is there a way to uninstall superuser? see the attached photo to better understand.
[Transformer TF300T General] buhohitr:
Open the superuser app and there is an option to remove root.
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
Do you mean "temp unroot" ? Because super user crashes when I select it.
[Transformer TF300T General] ruff97:
fix my problme need to run it as a "Run as Admin"
[Transformer TF300T General] thursdayschild:
I have a tf300t with Android 4.2.1 and a locked bottloader. The motochopper rooted my tablet in seconds and my supersu and busybox appear to be operating properly. My problem is getting a recovery to install. Every other time I rooted a device there was always a recovery installed. Do I need to unlock the bootloader to install one, or use fastboot or what? I'm also having a hard time locating the proper version for the tablet. Is there a version of TWRP or CWM that works without crashing the tablet, and if so what is the best way to install it? Sorry for all the questions, I'm new to tablets, though I've never had a problem rooting any of my phones. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
[Transformer TF300T General] l33ch0r:
In the section "general" pretty much at top is a thread that says something about "not flashing 4.1 recovery on 4.2 tablet". So I guess there it is said which recovery to flash.

As far as I know you have to unlock your device to flash a recovery. Which means if you planned to flash a recovery and a custom rom as well you wouldn't have needed to use motochopper :D

But anyways there are few guides on how to do it ;)
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
no. titanium backs up the APP, not the BINARY.

I use linux myself. If the "run as admin" doesnt work, get a linux live cd.

(or just ditch windows entirely, lol...)

Sheep, are you using "Superuser" (the green android with the eyepatch), "Superuser" (a white # on a blue background), or "SuperSU" (a yellow sheild with a red #)?

Cause it sounds like the first one. and that one has issues with Jellybean 4.2. Thats why everyone is using SuperSU now.

did you try this: http://matthill.eu/mobile/root-transformer-prime-jellybean-update/ ?

So, SuperSU (install it from the market, if not already on the tablet) has a ton of options like "Full Unroot", "Switch superuser app", "Reinstall"...

Maybe you can try one of those...

So far no luck with installing recovery. I tried myself, but the normal ways of installing the recovery dont work with the bootloader locked.

So, currently your only option for recovery is unlocking the bootloader.

anyways, the guy above explained it pretty well.
[Transformer TF300T General] thursdayschild:
Yeah I saw that about not flashing the wrong recovery. I'll check out that thread.

I did plan on flashing a recovery and custom ROM so I may have run the motochopper for nothing. At least it only took a couple minutes and at least I'm no

worse off than I was before.

Thanks for the reply.
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
yeah, i clearly state in the Original Post that its for people that just want root and not deal with the full unlocking process...
[Transformer TF300T General] l33ch0r:
Or wait ;) Eventually someone will get it working to flash a custom recovery without unlocking the bootloader. Guess no one before thought to have root access without unlocking the bootloader :D
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
exactly, but some people DID have root without unlocking if they upgraded from ICS...

Did no one figure out how to do a custom recovery with a locked bootloader back then?

I got mine with JB preinstalled about a month ago, so i wouldn't know.

Back on page 5 i actually tired installing twrp with this method:

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

didnt work. but there might be some way...
[Transformer TF300T General] thursdayschild:
Yes, I understood your original post. I thought I could use motochopper to root and then do the rest some other way. It's just ended up being a little more complicated than I anticipated. I'm familiar with rooting phones but this is the first tablet I've tried and it's a bit different. I didn't intend for my post to offend you. I thank you for sharing the information about motochopper. It definitely perfomed exactly as you described. I was just wondering if anyone else had the other info I needed.
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
Give the dev's some time... this is totally new and game-changing. Someone will probably figure it out.

That someone probably wont be me though!

"I just know enough to get myself into trouble!"™
[Transformer TF300T General] thursdayschild:
Yeah, obviously my situation as well. I think my problem was that I got my tablet just as the new firmware was released and at first I didn't realize that was what happened. I'll probably just wait a while until they sort it out.
[Transformer TF300T General] Engorge:
Works on Sony Xperia T firmware 7.0.A.3.195

Just thought i'd try on my phone as well, and this also worked on a Sony Xperia T running android 4.04, firmware version 7.0.A.3.195 with locked bootloader.
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
Well, motochopper worked on my old Droid 2 Global running the "unrootable" 2.3.4!

It failed on my droid 4 though. 4.1.2
[Transformer TF300T General] l33ch0r:
Don't know about that - got mine with JB preinstalled as well ;)

Gesendet von meinem ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T mit Tapatalk 2
[Transformer TF300T General] primoceid:
Rooting TF300TF

I'd like to root my TF300TL running Android 4.1.1 with locked bootloader.

Is it safe as the other tablet of TF300 family (TF300T, TF300TG)?

Thanks.
[Transformer TF300T General] Bogart's Falcon:
I did find the Developer Options menu. Thank you. Your answers brought up some additional questions.

Should I update to JB 4.2? If I should, can I do it by turning on Wi-Fi and having the tablet automatically update itself OTA or is there another/better way?

If I should/need to stay with ICS 4.0.3 what is the best method to root it? I would rather not try a root that was made for JB unless I read here that others have tried it successfully and without having major obstacles to overcome.
[Transformer TF300T General] hansichen123:
Will there be the possibility to install a recovery, is there somebody developing something?

I am scared if i cant restore a backup if i do something wrong with the root acces :o
[Transformer TF300T General] abczhou:
I met this problem as well, the fix is to install ASUS sync.

Now i met another problem, the root program keep killing adb.exe through this procedure , and it said succeeded,actually it didn't.

the message is adb.exe is out of date.

---------- Post added at 10:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------

I met the same problem as yours, the solution is to install ASUS sync.

Now i met another problem, the root program keep killing adb.exe through this procedure , and it said succeeded,actually it didn't.

the message is adb.exe is out of date. where can i download the latest ADP?
[Transformer TF300T General] CRACING:
Its not the ADB version issue that status "out of date". There might be some processes using ADB already or adb is already running from somewhere else. So try to find the cause and kill the process. Also close ASUS sync. Yes we need the drivers from ASUS sync software but not the ASUS sync software. Good luck. Otherwise try different and clean pc. :)
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
Thanks for the help.

I had Superuser" (the green android with the eyepatch), when I was rooted before I took an OTA and root keeper only restored a broken root. after running motochopper now I have SuperSU with a blue # and no back ground. I uninstalled that and re downloaded from the play store and now i have the red # with a yellow shield. I tried running Motochopper a few more times but I keep getting

pkg: /data/local/temp/superuser.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

however it says the exploit worked.

I'' be sure to check out that link you posted. I'm a n00b so hopeful I'll be able to figure it out.
[Transformer TF300T General] nashant:
Didn't work for me on 4.1.1, upgraded to 4.2 and it worked instantly. Cheers!
[Transformer TF300T General] abczhou:
you're right, I can complete the procedure now . But although the script prompted me it has done, i still feel my TF300t 4.2.1 not fully rooted.

1. the script installed a SuperSU(an icon with red shield) , but when i click it, it asked me update. There are 2 options , one for normal, the other for TWP. I chose normal way, it prompts failed and close.

2. Then i install Voodoo OTA keeper from google play , the version is 2.0.3, but it doesn't get the root permission ! see picture.

3, I install root explorer, it doesn't ask root permission and it doesn't take affect after i click "mount r/w"

Please advise !
[Transformer TF300T General] brainimpact:
I Have an identical problem to you but on TF201, was you already rooted before you updated the OS then lost it like me few months back

---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:29 PM ----------

sorry mine is not exactly like yours as voodoo see I have superuser, just super users not giving root privledges and cant gain them itself
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
Yes, it is safe. It doesnt harm anything if it fails.

Honestly, I think you should upgrade to Jelly bean. New features and it is faster.

I've rooted a phone with android 2.3.4 with motochopper. It works on many devices.

It wont harm it if it fails, so just give it a try.

Give everyone some time to come up with one. This is totally new and changes things. I dont know if anyone is activly looking at making it work yet.

I've attached to this post the latest version of ADB.

Yeah, all that is saying is that the SuperSU app is already installed. That is OK.

check out that link. http://matthill.eu/mobile/root-transformer-prime-jellybean-update/

have you tried fixing your broken root?

http://matthill.eu/mobile/root-transformer-prime-jellybean-update/
[Transformer TF300T General] brainimpact:
I dont have access to my ubuntu laptop after 6:30 is there a way on windows to get adb without having to download the SDK.

why is it this exploit cant just re-root over a broken root?

just read he had root back up I do not, I also a while back checked and had nothing also in SU folder which is why I never tried partial root fix but i'll try it now any way
[Transformer TF300T General] sheep348:
Morlok8k,

Again thank you for all the help you have given me specifically and everyone else on this thread. I checked out the link about restoring su files. This might be stupid but, are those su files device specific? or should they work with any similar device?
[Transformer TF300T General] brainimpact:
ok tried the link you posted it failed as you can see i cant write anything and everything seems to already exist except busybox you got any other ideas?

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\mine>cd C:\Users\mine\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\adt-
bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools

C:\Users\mine\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\sufiles\su /data/local/tmp/
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
844 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.440s)

C:\Users\mine\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\sufiles\su /data/local/tmp/
854 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.435s)

C:\Users\mine\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\sufiles\Superuser.apk /data/local/t
mp/
803 KB/s (1468798 bytes in 1.786s)

C:\Users\mine\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\sufiles\busybox /data/local/tmp/
804 KB/s (1745016 bytes in 2.118s)

C:\Users\mine\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
shell@android:/ $ chmod 6755 /data/local/tmp/su
chmod 6755 /data/local/tmp/su
shell@android:/ $ chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
shell@android:/ $ chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
shell@android:/ $ sysrw
sysrw
mount: Operation not permitted
Mount /system as RW FAILED!
shell@android:/ $ cp /data/local/tmp/su /system/bin
cp /data/local/tmp/su /system/bin
cp: can't create '/system/bin/su': File exists
1|shell@android:/ $ cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/bin
cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/bin
cp: can't create '/system/bin/busybox': Read-only file system
1|shell@android:/ $ cp /data/local/tmp/su /system/xbin
cp /data/local/tmp/su /system/xbin
cp: can't create '/system/xbin/su': File exists
1|shell@android:/ $ cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin
cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin
cp: can't create '/system/xbin/busybox': File exists
1|shell@android:/ $ cp /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk /system/app/
cp /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk /system/app/
cp: can't create '/system/app/Superuser.apk': File exists
1|shell@android:/ $ reboot
reboot
reboot: Operation not permitted
1|shell@android:/ $
[Transformer TF300T General] Br00ks:
Works great on my Tf700t 4.1.1 and i did install T.W.R.P 2.5 through Goo manager. Everything seems to be working. I'm also unlocked. Thanks
[Transformer TF300T General] wetbiker7:
Has anyone had a my luck getting CWM or TWRP working after using this?
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
File permissions. thats the problem. the files are there but you dont have access to them.

su files are not device specific. (The exception is if the android device is Intel/I386 based. most are ARM-based.) They are however app-specific. so you if you use SuperSU, you use it's binary. not the binary from say ChainsDD's Superuser app.

the sysrw failed, and thats why the rest failed.

So, the motochopper exploit can remount the /system as RW (read & write)

so: in "run.bat" remove the lines at the end that say:

echo [*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.
pause
adb reboot
adb kill-server

hopefully this will leave you with a /system that is RW.

you can check by typing "mount"

then looking at this line:

"/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0" <-- see that "rw" in there? thats good. "ro" is read-only
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
before you edited your post saying you were unlocked, i was shocked!

not yet with a locked bootloader.
[Transformer TF300T General] brainimpact:
Thanks for the tip will give it a go later

edit: i presume if i get left with rw I just run the partial root fix again?
[Transformer TF300T General] Morlok8k:
yep!
[Transformer TF300T General] CrimsonKnight13:
It worked perfectly, Morlok8k. Thanks for the awesome find!