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[Asus Transformer TF700] psudeke:
I haven't seen in mentioned anywhere, but the search feature isn't all that accurate sometimes. I just successfully rooted after the second (well, more like 25th) try. The first time I enabled ADB, allowed install from unknown sources and disabled verify apps, but it failed. I finally ended up doing a factory reset, and this time noticed an additional option that i missed, "Verify apps over USB" in the Developer settings (only became available after enabling ADB). I don't know if this same thing may be tripping anyone else up, so i figured i would post it in case it can help. After disabling that option, MotoChopper worked perfectly. Was rooted in under a minute. Thanks for the great utility!
[Asus Transformer TF700] vanillacupcake:
Cannot root

I am a newbie with the TF700 tablet and need help with rooting. Have rooted android phones before without any problems, but the tf700 stumps me. I tried rooting without unlocking with motochopper, but my adb will not launch b/c Windows cannot find dll on 2 different computers... So I downloaded ADT bundle to get SDK manager (not sure if this is what I needed to do).... But windows will not let me run eclipse or sdk manager. . I have windows 8 on both computers... Is this the problem?
[Asus Transformer TF700] paulxpaul:
I really don't think so. I have Android SDK installed on my Windows 8 ultrabook and I can use ADB just fine. Have you installed all the drivers for the tablet? And all you really need to root is to unlock the bootloader (pretty simple, just look it up) and fastboot flash twrp or cwr and just flash the SuperSU zip file from recovery.

Read this, maybe it will help >.<

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916762

°AOSP Illusion DNA°
[Asus Transformer TF700] rickymh19:
You don't need to unlock the bootloader to root the tablet. Motochopper should do it just fine.

Try deleting the tablet drivers from your computer and download them directly from their website. Make sure under developer tools you have usb debugging on, unknown sources on, and verify over usb off. It should not give you any problems.
[Asus Transformer TF700] agentblue:
Hi Folks,

I have been reading your excellent post and I think this is the best place to ask my question. I unlocked and flashed a version of Cyanogemod 10.1 a few weeks ago using TWRP and it went perfectly. However last night when I tried to update the rom to RC3 of that ROM it gets stuck on the Cyanogenmod loading splash screen.

After a lot of messing around wiping various things using TWRP I have gotten my old version of the the CM ROM back.

However I notice now that I am left with lots of nested versions of the same folders in my SDCARD folder.

I would really like to do a Complete wipe and do the following

1. Get the latest version of TWRP. I'm using 2.2.2.4 at the moment. I installed goomanager and did the suggested step of Installing Open Recovery Script but when I rebooted into TWRP it was still the old version.

2. Wipe everything including the rom to get a clean slate

3. Try a new ROM. CM10.1 is good but there seems to be better ones mentioned in this post. Can someone please suggest an option.

So I'm looking for help on the above 3 questions. Thanks in advance for your help

J
[Asus Transformer TF700] vanillacupcake:
I have developers tool, usb debugging, unknown source on and verify over usb off. I tried deleting the drivers, but couldn' t locate it on my PC... Forgive me,but where is the drivers to the tablet to my computer?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rickymh19:
windows device manager. if you cant located them, connect your tablet and it will show.

just download them directly from the asus website and install them.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sundoulos:
I have rooted/unlocked everything I have ever owned - from the HTC 8125 Wizard onward. Waited to unlock my tf700 because I am broke and did not want to jack my warranty up. Looked for about 2 hours this morning trying to find a step x step and everything I found was close but left me with questions (much of which due to ASUS last update hiding so many menu items). Found this thread (finally). This was DEAD SIMPLE. Thanks (I also hit the button).
[Asus Transformer TF700] alanm1986:
Firstly,

Thank you very much to the original poster :D

I am now unlocked and rooted after months of reading up about it and shying away,

your steps were so easy to follow and worked perfectly!

basically I am now stuck :\

I am certainly rooted and ran Goomanager clicked top right install openrecoveryscript,

all that went smoothly, basically am I now safe to load on custom firmware?

sorry if that's noobish, im just cautious, but I still stand by the original post being a very safe method!

I will also add just about 5 or so days ago in the UK I did an OTA update from ASUS and your method still works smoothly,

sorry for the long post, im just rather pleased and have a micro sd card ready as im keen to load new firmware!

any recommendation for a gamer?

thanks for your time
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You are all set to go. One detail you always have to be careful about is that you at all times have the correct bootloader/recovery combination installed. Incompatible bootloader and recovery can lead to a hard brick. So it's good to be cautious!

Depending on the custom rom you want to flash, that can be different, but is usually explained in detail in the OP of the rom developer's thread.

If you installed through Goo manager, you probably have TWRP 2.6 (2.5 is also ok) installed, which is a good one for this tablet, and if you did a recent OTA update, you probably have the 10.6.1.14.8 bootloader (10.6.1.14.4 is ok too). That's a good combination.

Do the following to check your bootloader version: Boot the tablet with Volume Down and Power buttons, read the tiny script. It gives you the current bootloader (Settings > About tablet also does, but only as long as you are on stock. With a custom rom this is the only way to check your BL)

Since you are in the bootloader menu already and the RCK icon should be flashing, boot into recovery with Volume Up.

Poke around in TWRP and familiarize yourself with it's options. Hint: The Back and/or Home buttons always get you back.

Choose "Backup" and make a nandroid of your stock rom! Very important before you flash a custom rom!

Enjoy and welcome to the club!
[Asus Transformer TF700] alanm1986:
Thanks for the reply,

Just tried volume down and power button,

in the top left I have key driver not found.. booting os

Android cardhu-user <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.14.8-20130514" A03

starting fastboot usb download protocol

then I have three icons

RCK the android robot and wipe data, well I sure as hell aren't pressing wipe data!

all of that makes more sense to you guys than me im sure,

but on a side note I just modded the mothers Nintendo wii and it works great!

that's what a week off work and a ton of beer does, you start trying to find things to do!

just a quick edit,

reread your post and I am just now making a back up of the NAND I chose all five options even though only three were ticked,

I also chose to compress them, hopefully that's ok, does this back up in the tablet memory somewhere?

I have no sd inserted?

maybes it is something I can move over to my pc in the morning,

thanks for your help though, really helpful
[Asus Transformer TF700] J-Lethal:
Hi, I'm new on here. I didn't plan on making an account for XDA but I'm not getting much help on other websites and when I came upon this thread it's the most helpful thing I've found yet. Everyone doesn't seem to mind helping so I'm hoping I can still get some responses on this thread, if it doesn't exactly pertain to this thread if someone can redirect me to a better thread I'm ok with that, I'm just new to the site and feel this is the best place to start out. I typed this up earlier looking for the best place to post it for help so it is a bit long but I feel it's better for me to explain the whole situation, where I'm at, and what I want to do and make it clear instead of being unsure, messing something up and then cause more problems and need for more assistance. Here it is, thanks:

Just today I learned rooting and unlocking are different, but after reading several articles and watching several videos for my specific model tablet and android build (4.2.1) I was able to successfully unlock the tablet (which was easy) and root using motochopper, gaining SuperSU. I also read somewhere to install Voodoo OTA RootKeeper so I did that as well. But I'm totally new to rooting so where do I go from here? I've read things about TWRP and recoveries and making saves so you don't loose your ROMs and then wiping everything. I'm pretty lost, I plan on reading more threads and searching YouTube but I'm hoping many a few people on here can lead me in the right direction. I've done jailbreaking before which is fairly easy and am great with computers so if someone can just be very detailed even though this is all new to me I can probably pick up on it quickly. Right now I'm looking for some essential root apps or features or whatever you can get and also what ROMS are considered the best and what would be the best to run on my tablet. Also is there a way I can keep my apps on my tablet without loosing them when using different ROMs (I've read about Titanium backup but I know nothing about it and don't have any cloud accounts if that's what is needed) I also don't have any SD cards that aren't already being used so my only other option for storage would be to put them on my PC from the cable as I don't have the dock to hook up a flash drive directly or is there even a way where I can just switch ROMs without having to wipe the apps so there still there on bootup. I'd really appreciate any help or advice on where to go from here and answers to the few questions I have. Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Ok, good! You booted into the bootloader (which is when you see those 3 icons, called the bootloader menu) RCK boots your recovery, as you noticed, the Android boots your system (or ROM or OS), stay away from "Wipe Data" if you have a custom recovery installed, it can hard brick your device and it's much safer to do your wipes from TWRP.

You can choose your backup location in TWRP. Look closely next time you're in recovery.

By default it stores your backup in the TWRP folder on your internal storage. Good idea to copy the nandroid to a safe place (or two, if you wanna be extra cautious).

You do have the latest bootloader installed and never mind the "key driver not found" - every TF700 shows that message on startup.

Your ready to flash a custom ROM. Check out CROMi-X, IMHO the best rom for the TF700. Maybe wait a day or two. sbdags, the developer, is just getting ready to release the latest (and no doubt greatest) version which will be 4.7.

In the meantime read up on the difference between a "dirty flash" and a 'Clean install".

Coming from the stock rom I would recommend you do a factory reset (= clean install) in TWRP before flashing the new rom. You will have to reinstall all your apps (piece of cake if you backed them up with Titanium Backup), but it helps a great deal to avoid legacy conflicts.

---------- Post added at 09:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:07 PM ----------

An in depth answer to your "few" questions would fill a small manual! LOL

But you are on the right path. Keep reading! A good place to start would be here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2088176

Note that the OP is almost a year old. Still very good information, but some things changed.

Google anything you don't understand or search for it here on XDA. Read 5 times, ask twice, flash once! Really! I highly recommend you invest the time to understand what you are about to do before you do anything. Too many people have hardbricked their tabs by following step-by-step guides and then forgetting a small but crucial pre-requisit they forgot or overlooked.

In general: Familiarize yourself with Titanium Backup, a very powerful tool if you're rooted and a Godsend if you move from rom to rom.

Since you are unlocked, and after you confirmed that you are on the latest bootloader, you can install a custom recovery on your tablet. Recommended for the TF700 is TWRP, latest version is 2.6.

The easiest way to do that is through Goo Manager, but I would highly recommend you learn the basics about ADB and Fastboot! Two crucial tools if you are messing around with custom roms - especially for troubleshooting.

Once you are sure that you have a compatible bootloader/recovery combo installed, you can flash a custom ROM which - again - is compatible with your bootloader and recovery.

A good combination would be the 10.6.1.14.8 bootloader, TWRP 2.6 and CROMi-X.

Read up on all of those. Google is you friend
[Asus Transformer TF700] J-Lethal:
Thanks for the advice. Yes that was a lot to ask lol but I figured better to play it safe than sorry. I'm happy with how the unlock and root went without problem so I'll look up what you mentioned and check the links and whatever else I can to learn more about backing up and how the custom recovery works with dealing with ROMs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] alanm1986:
Ok Berndblb,

Thanks for your help, ill backup the nand to an SD and my pc, ill also wait a few days for the newer firmware you mention :D

ill look into doing a factory reset as well
[Asus Transformer TF700] J-Lethal:
Just as a quick update I checked out the link, watched the video, (I have the right bootloader and TWRP) so I continued from the thread to get to the CROMi-X and studied that for quite a while, made a back up (internally which I assume is fine for now, not sure though if I now switch to another ROM and have to wipe more than the cache if I'd loose it, but I could always back it up to my laptop over the USB while I have it.) I applied the same process from what I saw from the video demonstration of the last build of the CROMi before the CROMi-X and applied the 4.6.9 patch. So far I'm running smoothly with no problems and have gotten a significantly high quadrant score, as time goes on I'll see if the lag has been fixed and hopefully no more crashing (I played it safe and didn't disable fsync.) I'm certainly no expert now but I feel I know a fair amount about the basic programs and vocabulary now. I have ran into a few zip files for CROMi-X (a weather widget) and they say flash in recovery so I'm assuming I just do the same install in TWRP and then choose the zip after putting it on my tablet, I've looked up videos and threads on here and haven't really found any that mention that process or the process to patch a ROM but I'm assuming it's just selecting the file and installing and TWRP does the rest. Right now it's hard to say if I will be satisfied with CROMi-X and might stop right here (aside from exploring root apps and any other features root offers) or as I learn more if I'll be comfortable with backing up, wiping, and installing other ROMs to see if there's anything else out there better or that I like more. I'm glad I took your advice on starting out with CROMi-X and thanks again for the help!
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Welcome aboard. ;)

You start out on the right foot. Sbdags is very active with his rom and try to push it as far as he can. You will be happy with this rom. With your background, you will pick up on this stuff very easy. There are a lot of information on this website but they are everywhere. Just take your time to search and you will be ok. Good luck.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wihogfan:
Got fed up enough with my TF700 and it's contant slowing down and rebooting on stock that I finally decided to root (have rooted several devices in the past, but it's been awhile). Unlocking went fine, but could not get root last night using motochopper no matter how many times I wiped my data, reinstalled the stock firmware, and no matter which of the 3 PCs I used. What finally worked for me was disconnecting a Windows 7 PC from the internet this morning, which prompted an automatic update to the ADB drivers that I downloaded last night (and I thought were installing but weren't). As soon as that occurred, I had root via motorooter in about a minute. Thanks. Though it was frustrating, I'm kind of glad it didn't work right away because I learned a lot trying to figure out what was wrong. Now on to play with some Custom roms this weekend.
[Asus Transformer TF700] b4316207:
unable to unlock using asus unlock tool

can anyone please help just got my tf700 running 4.2.1 went to asus web site downloaded download tool unlock device app v7 installed on tablet , have usb debugging on , run tool get network error please try again can anyone help
[Asus Transformer TF700] wihogfan:
A few things:

-Must be connected to the internet because the unlock app has to connect via the internet to work to check for your device specific ID and I believe the device has to be registered with Asus (when mine worked, it asked for my google ID and pass). Some have had trouble getting the app to connect with the Asus server and only had it work after a dozen or more attempts. Others have had to contact Asus to get their device id registered properly.

-Once your device is unlocked, it's unlocked. I tried to run the unlocker app a 2nd and 3rd time after reloading the firmware thinking it was something I had to do each time, but I didn't. It was unlocked after the first time I ran the app and doesn't get re-locked.

-Way to check if you are unlocked is when booting the tablet it will say "unlocked device" in small white letters on the screen during the boot process.
[Asus Transformer TF700] alanm1986:
Like J-lethal above me I installed CROMi-X and updated with no problems :D

this topic contains such good guidance in my opinion and really helpful users,

I did disable fsync though, hopefully give me more performance im not sure,

I also tried the 4.2 launcher but wasnt happy that I dont have a fast switch for performance mode!

so went back to 4.1, so far im pleased, so thank you to everyone on this forum, the experts!

now im just looking at ways to fake which tablet I have so I can download dead space from the store,

was never too keen on having it on my tablet as I couldnt use a ps3 controller, but now thanks to root I can!

thats another thing I need to look at :) ohhh and maybe overclocking, I will read up first, want to stay safe

anyways it isnt the topic of this page so I dont want to clog it up

google is my friend, thanks again
[Asus Transformer TF700] tbtaf:
You should? be able to edit your build prop to see other market apps. There also used to be an app (I haven't checked for it recently) called Market doctor (I think) that would let you spoof your device for other carriers and/or devices. It has been awhile since I tried to do it. Search the forums, and you should find it. You can also side load apps, from phone or amazon play store, among others.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wihogfan:
I believe the app to which you are referring is Market Helper. It's not available on the Play Store, but can be found via a search engine. Advantage it has over changing the built prop is that with it your device id resets to original when you reboot. I also couldn‘ t get it to work with the Play Store app, but it works well with the online Play Store (play.google.com).

As far as Dead Space goes, I side loaded it using an apk I had saved before unlocking and rooting my tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I don't have any good advice because I don't know much about the nexus. However, you can try to optimize your tab to see if your tab works better. I am totally new to android and have similar background as your. It is very fun learning if you have time and like to trying it out to see how things work. Maybe you should give it a shot and see far your tab can go. ;) As long as you don't screw up your bootloader and have a backup, you are safe. :fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] J-Lethal:
I think I might check youtube and google to see what other Infinity owners have done. There has to be other solutions because nearly everyone complains about the exact same things with this tablet so we all seem to suffer from the same thing so I'm hoping that also means there are solutions and that they are well known out there. I'll see if there are any better ROMs to help or any root access abilities that I can help (I already removed some of the bloatware with Titanium backup the all the google apps like plus and messenger that I don't even have accounts for yet always showed up on my task manager.) I felt it was running better after that yet still has crashed several times after, mostly while screen off, hearing a new notification or message, pressing the button and nothing happens the screen stays off and it reboots. It's a shame of all tablets one like this needs to be rooted to help it run better, I think it's great for having more customization and control over your device but it shouldn't be necessary to make a tablet function the way it was first expected too, and too bad in this case that seems to be the way it is with this. From what I've heard the Nexus line is pretty smooth and reliable from factory, but that's probably due to it being stock android. But at this point even though I do have a back up I might as well just keep trying ROMs because if I wiped or somehow lost everything it wouldn't matter anyway if I decide to sell it because that would need done anyway. I already have my photos and videos from it stored on my PC.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Usually, a happy user will not write a report. The reason I wrote a previous post because I don't have common problem likes some others posted. Even though I am not an expert in this area, I just want to share and help others in any way withing my knowledge. If you are interested, you can try some of my tweaks and setup and see how it turns out. All of my tweaks are based on research and some of them might be out of date but I have no reboot or crash so far. I use quadrant as a reference when I play around with new tweaks. I am able to improve my CPU speed, Memory, and I/O speed, but I still not be able to improve 2D and 3D areas. You can compare your score with mine to see if it is worth your time before you try it. :good: Sorry, I can not upload my screen shot at a moment, I need to figure it out and willl post it shortly.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
This is the latest screen capture when I tried to improve my I/O.
[Asus Transformer TF700] alanm1986:
little advice please :D

I have been doing a bit of tinkering recently, and tried to update to the latest cromi-x which was just released,

I mange to do that ok but when i load up my tablet its as if its restarted everything!

i need to choose language and so on,

all my apps have gone, but they still show on the hard drive,

if i click one of my apk files it tries to reinstall which i just cancel as the data is already in the android/obb folder

i dont know if i will end up with duplicate files or whatever,

in the end i just did a restore and have all my apps back and im on the stock rom again,

but i would really like cromi-x!

basically im sure i am not doing something quite right, is this where titanium back up comes into play?

i have made a data back up using that, but if that means i still need to reinstall the apps i may do a full back up to an external drive,

hopefully this makes sense,

im going to stay on stock for now

i will add that restore is very useful!

used it a few times now.