yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
"This is Sparta!" :)

I zipped it because the file size..
[General Questions and Answers] armored57:
Thanks but your gmscore isn't good for me
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
Oh..:(
[General Questions and Answers] armored57:
What version of firmware do you have?
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
4.2.1

ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711

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A complete (4.2.1, WW user) stock system/app folder would be helpful....
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
original Gmail12.apk for HD7

Hey guys,

Same update problem here... anybody please got the original Gmail12.apk from "/system/app"? :eek:

I think anybody who has modified anything on his HD7 will run into this verification issue.

Maybe somebody can post a complete original "/system/app" folder... even if the gmail app checks out then a next app will probably fail

Thanks a bunch!
[General Questions and Answers] tempurastylez:
Hello fellow users,

Don't know if anyone of you has tried it already, but the Seeder 2.0 app on XDA works pretty well on the Memopad. Just sharing my thoughts ;)
[General Questions and Answers] insanean:
system.img

Would it be possible for someone to upload a system and boot image? The firmware update messed up mine as well. I'd like to re-flash it with fastboot.
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
ASUS completely screw this up. You update one system app and you are done, you cannot go through verification during flash. Assholes, stupid assholes.

Sent from my ME173X
[General Questions and Answers] nycionx:
this pad has been nothing but trouble for me

i just returned my 2nd me173x today for a full refund thankfully!

i bricked both lol

its fuking stupid

this time its because i replaced AndroidClock.ttf and forgot to set the proper permissions on the file

and just cuz of that the thing is bricked! how fuken ridiculous!

i couldnt access it anymore via adb. the computer wont recognize it. its just stuck in bootloop

and the bootloader is locked since there is no CWM for it yet i believe.. hopefully one day

so there is no way u can fix it!!! MENTAL!!! FUK YOU ASUS!!!

so now im left without a tablet. i really need one, but i will only buy one IF AND ONLY IF there is an unlockable bootloader

otherwise I'd be wasting my time as it would be just like glass. a slight touch and it breaks. NO THANKS!

its a shame asus fuked this up. the tablet is kinda decent with the hi-res screen and speed and price too. but currently it is essentially useless unless u plan to not root it. so if ur an average joe buy it. but if u want your device to be YOUR DEVICE and have fun poking around, then stay away until (and if ever) the bootloader gets unlocked ANNNNND a stock rom is provided by those quacks at asus

-one pissed asus customer
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
+1

I absolutely agree with you. My tablet wasn't bricked, but I couldn't upgrade my firmware. I had unrooted the tab, did a factory reset, wrote to the Asus support, that i have system software problem, and requested repair, gave them the serial number. They anwsered via email: "According to our system, your device have been rooted. In this case your device will not work properly. The mentioned problem appears". QUE??? Hello Big Brother!
[General Questions and Answers] nycionx:
that sucks man. asus are assholes. well any company that wants to control what u can and cannot do with the things u buy...GO FUK YOURSELVES!!

i returned my device to where i bought it and they didnt ask any questions like did u root it or wut not. they were kinda stupid in the field of android i think lol good for me. where did u buy yours? maybe try returning it to them?

this is bull****! they KNOW millions of people like to root/unlock their devices, and its so easy to fuk something up by accident as a simple font change/permission error, so why dont they make the boot loader unlocked so u can reflash with atleast the stock rom if something goes wrong?? I think this is about money, like everything else in the world. greedy pricks. they know lots of ppl will mess up their device and so be forced to buy a new one. SUCK IT ASUS!!! WORSE THAN APPLE POLICE!!
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
I bought it in the local Media Markt. I returned it, they were kind, but they said, that I will get it back much faster (1-2 weeks) if I call or write directly to the Asus Support. Now they have my serial, and such info about my device... And they told, they will througly check my device at the service. If they find evidence of rooting, they will "charge" me with 100 euros plus the delivery cost. :good:

-1 customer

I think I will wait for a method to do a clean install.
[General Questions and Answers] Mike_BLN:
And Now !!??

yes it's a shame...asus ****ed up their customers, i can't belive it!!!

I like their product's for a long time ago, they makes good thinks in pc-market aso. and until now i never have any problems with the service of this company so far. But now this stupid politic.....what a bad marketing!!!

So what opportunities we have to solve it generally and for the future??

In my opinion: puplic pressure!!!!!!!!

Many websites and technical blogs writes positive reviews for that Tablet so far ( the reason for me to buy the Memopad ), let them know what's going on now and what kind of problems we have with a simple FW-Update and Asus restrictive politics!!! Write mail's to every Site or Blog who test the Memopad, writes comments in every Review you find!!

That's the only way i think to let Asus thinking about: unlock the bootloader, StockROM for download, serve the community

:cool::cool::cool:
[General Questions and Answers] quaddler:
For "any new Update" I think nobody knows ;)

But for the currently available update (ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.51129_20130619 release-keys)

you can do an OTA after root.

Regards

quaddler
[General Questions and Answers] MrParis2:
broken after root?

1) What do you have to do if you rooted the tablet but it's broken? Can you unroot it so you can use the warranty? And if it's possible how do you do it?

2) Will this device be able to play Nova 3, Modern Combat 5 and Asphalt 8?

-Sorry for my bad english.
[General Questions and Answers] dvelev:
firmware update

Hello,

How do i update firmware to latest official version of firmware?

Where can i find instructions?

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] quaddler:
Goto Settings, About tablet, System update and press Check Update
[General Questions and Answers] nikisi:
Here in Bulgaria no update yet. :(
[General Questions and Answers] dvelev:
Ok

What for manual update?
[General Questions and Answers] anubis.genix:
flashed mine yesterday with the first package mentioned in the op. first tried to flash with the complete package (2nd one) but the drivers just won't install on win 8 x64.

thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] quaddler:
Updated OP (#1).

Procedure for rooting works with new HD7 update (but you have to re-root after the update).

Build version after the update: ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711 release-keys
[General Questions and Answers] Pedros97:
For me update fail,im unfortunate disinstall system apk zinioreader.apk from titanium backup and update crash.

Please send me original asus me 173x ZinioReader.apk.

Thanks Sorry for bad english.

P.S it is possible restore full original rom?How it's made?
[General Questions and Answers] Sprint82:
For that we need a working recovery, Not the Asus System recovery. What about un-rooting the tablet? Any news?
[General Questions and Answers] Pedros97:
FOR UNROOT working super su no problem
[General Questions and Answers] Sprint82:
What do you mean with that? If I have root access and I want to use my warranty, I want to restore my status before root (deactivate root). Can I flash something to unroot the tab?
[General Questions and Answers] eyeland:
Hi - new to this forum, first post.

I got my Asus Memo HD 7 yesterday. I bought it specifically to use it as an external monitor for my canon DSLR, using the awsome app from chainfire "DSLRController) First thing i did was update the device (and some other tomfoolery, its my first tablet :))

I tried connecting the tablet to my camera and various other devices to no avail. I was referencing with a Nexus 10 belonging to a friend, and on the nexus everything worked out of the box.

I then found this thread and proceeded to root my device (or attempt to do so) but this did not solve the problem :(

"motochopper" seems to work and when installing an app to check the root status of the device, it says that it is rooted.

I did not however, us any of the packages linked in the OP, is it possible that I didn't get the device properly rooted even though the utilities report that it HAS been rooted?

What kind of USB hosting have you guys got working on the device? How can I troubleshoot?

I tried everything I could think of:

Developer mode, connect as CD-rom while rooting, play around with all settings pertaining to USB but still nothing :(

If I can't get the camera interface to work it's going back to the shop, but this has to be within a week...

Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

EDIT: I am @ ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711 release-keys
[General Questions and Answers] Pedros97:
please

Please send me titanium backup sysstem/app ZinioReader o full app backup without this app upgrade error

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Kabox:
Is the USB Host not yet available in 4.2.2?
[General Questions and Answers] Pedros97:
Not is hardware supported by asus

Android is not a problem
[General Questions and Answers] razzda:
Hello

Just got this device yesterday. I am @ ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711 release-keys

Is anybody else missing the "User" section in Settings. I bought this unit for my son and would like to setup an account for him and for myself.

Cheers

razzda
[General Questions and Answers] Danzoman:
Couple questions. First does hdmi otg cable work? And what about pairing a wiimote or ps3 controller? Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] anubis.genix:
not included yet :( i'm hoping it sees the day of light with the 4.2.2 release
[General Questions and Answers] yabbandroid:
I wonder why the update is called 4.2.2 if the android version it installs is still 4.2.1 :P

but im still happy with the device..

just found one bug of the new(est) update : if you have the tablet in landscape and open the app drawer now you try and touch and hold on one icon to get into app settings (on the top) the launcher fc's ...

i guess this is because they pushed the newest update too quickly through ;) not the end of the world just silly :)

can somebody try and reproduce this?

also the native video player doesn't handle divx codecs at all which makes it unusable to watch a longer film in a smaller window while doing something else..
[General Questions and Answers] insanean:
I am now so fed up with trying to fix this thing I broke down and bought a 2012 nexus 7. Refurbished ones are going for about the same price as the memo pad hd7 on amazon ($151 vs. 149). Someday maybe a fix will be available... Someday.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
Fixed it!

I had removed some bloatware from my system, but I lost my Titanium backups when I reset the HD7 to factory settings before I applied the 4.2.2 update. So the update failed.

Here's how I fixed it:

I downloaded the backup file from Mike_BLN : rapid.ufanet.ru/93941323 <---- BIG THANKS FOR THAT

I copied the "system/apps" folder to my sdcard.

Using "Root Explorer" I copied all apk's from my sdcard to "/system/app/", and when asked to "overwrite/skip" existing files, I chose "skip" => this filled in all the apk's that I had removed.

Then I re-applied the firmware upgrade and it worked, it's 4.2.2 now

thanks to all

BTW: my "safer" alternative for using Titanium to remove bloatware and make backups, is now Asus' backup, and disabling the bloatware in "settings -> apps".

Also, if you uncheck "show notifications" for every non-essential app, your system will become much faster.

"Show notifications" kind of forces Android to keep the app alive, so the less apps want to show notifications, the better.

Also, become developer by tapping "Build number" a couple of times, and set all animation scales to "0,5x" or "off", this will also increase the "snappiness" of you HD7.

Overall I'm quite happy with the device.
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
Hello!

I am trying to copy the missing .apk - s with es file explorer (root explorer on) and I m getting the "permission denied" alert.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
Then "/system/app/" is mounted "RO" (read-only)

Try to mount it "RW" (read-write) and then copy the files.

"Root Explorer" can do this this automatically.

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Then your "/system/app/" is mounted "RO" (read-only). Try to mount it "RW" (read-write) and then copy the files.

"Root Explorer" can do this this automatically for you.
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
I have downloaded it from google market, tried and is says "you cannot paste here because the file system is read-only"
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
Is your device rooted and did you give Root Explorer super-user permissions? If not, it cannot mount '/system/app/' as RW and you cannot copy the apk's.
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
When I write to the "root explorer" into google market's search tab is finds 3 apps. "Root Browser", "Explorer", ES File Explorer" The ES asked for permission, got it, the explorer did not ask. The ES explorer with root permission said that "permission denied". What the f..

oh.. and I have SUPER SU installed
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
This is the link to Root Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer&hl=nl

Any file manager with super-user permissions will do.
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
:eek: It's late:) Thanks, bought it, got the permission.
[General Questions and Answers] tomrev:
If it is official policy to chrage for rooting then Asus is a stupid company. Rooting is acceptable for today. If they want to sell devices like this, they should advertise before.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
Yeah well some companies are flexible and allow rooting, some are less flexible and only allow 'original' firmware.

Now that I know the Asus firmware update procedure, I won't mod too much.

However I prefer companies that support or even encourage the developers community...
[General Questions and Answers] CaptainEncrypto:
Request for an untouched system.build.prop file

Hello fellow Asus owners. So, I am attempting to install the 4.2.4 update and am getting stuck [MENTION=678353]SysteM[/MENTION] prop.build.... I believe I must have edited it at some point, is this why the update is failing? From what I have read in earlier posts this seems to be what the trouble that others are having. Can someone do me a HUGE solid and upload an untouched system build.prop file? I would be ever so grateful!!

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I am rooted via Framaroot, but I did unroot before attempting to update and still no go. Do I need to turn on usb debugging also when attempting to update to 4.2.4? Had no trouble with previous updates but I guess it is where I edited build.prop file at one point. Thanks in advance for any help!

Btw, I emailed Asus and sent a request to developer for them to release unlocked bootloader for us customers who prefer to root their device. I also said in the email that they will be sacrificing a large amount of business if they refused to do so, as the advanced users who like to customize and root their memopad will not want to buy it bc of that.

They of course replied that they thanked me for my input, but that was about the extent of it,lol. I tried guys....
[General Questions and Answers] newgene01:
SORRY

I have this now ME173X_TW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711 release-keys

But I deleted a bunch of stuff now OTA failed

Who can upload [phonesky.apk] or [20130711 All apk]? "

THANKS!
[General Questions and Answers] CaptainEncrypto:
Hi, I was able to update to 4.2.2 (4.2.4? Newest )

Anyhow, if you can tell me the filepath, I may be able to help you, but since I am relatively new to Android and Asus you will need to point me in the right direction.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
original build.prop

As far as I know, USB debugging makes no difference.

If the check on your build.prop fails, here's the one from Mike_BLN's system.img. Don't forget to hit his thanks meter :)

I could upload my own, but I'm already 4.2.2 now.

IMPORTANT: if your update fails, you need to find out why. You can do this by pressing the POWER button right after the failure!

There will be a message that lets you know on what file/check/verification the update failed. You then need to get a hold of an original version of that file.

EDIT: not sure if this will help!!! - it's a RUS version:

ro.build.display.id=ME173X_RUS_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711

ro.build.version.incremental=RUS_memo-RUS_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711-user-20130711

and the the new 4.2.2 WW build.prop:

ro.build.display.id=ME173X_WW_user_4.2.4.06716_20130918

ro.build.version.incremental=WW_memo-WW_user_4.2.4.06716_20130918-user-20130918
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
This is also from Mike_BLN's system backup.

I think it would be great if everybody with update problems just got his backup, extracted it and got the individual files from there.

If your update fails, press the POWER button, read the failure message and replace that file with the one from Mike_BLN's backup.

And hit 'thanks' for Mike_BLN of course. He probably already saved a lot of @$$es by upping this untouched system image :cowboy:
[General Questions and Answers] tomrev:
Would anyone suggest to update to the 4.2.4 FW? Is there any advantage or disadvantage from your experience?
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
Thanks for the help. Also big thanks for sajty & Mike_BLN ! I have downloaded it, copied the downloaded "system/app" folder to my internal storage. Than bought Root Explorer. I tought to speed up things after 2 days of screwing, instead of one by one, I have copied and overvrote the complete "system/app" folder. Now, I have double - triple checked, that I have the very same "system/app" folder in my system as the backup folder. I'm now unrooted, factory reseted. The f.. ing error message during flash says this message: assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/ApplicationsProvider.apk") I manually overwote it after this 5 times (ODEX also). No luck. Deleted it, and copied back 5 times. Same. I'm tired of it now.

Oh.. that is RUS version :S I am WW user.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
It's 4.2.2 by the way. It's the usual "higher Android version", lots of tiny changes: https://www.google.nl/search?q=4.2.1+vs+4.2.2 one of them being "multi-user support".

The reason I upgraded was not because of any specific changes, but I just want to keep my device up-to-date.

If Asus keeps up with Android versions, and releases these firmware upgrades regularly (instead of "abandoning" the device) then I'm happy with that. It's not just about this upgrade, but the next, and the one after that...

So we have a choice here: stock and up-to-date, or modded and stuck at 4.2.1 forever - until someone creates a way to trick the upgrade process.
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
Be careful guys.That backup posted by [MENTION=4259673]Mike_BLN[/MENTION] is RUS version.If you have WW version and you will replace all the apps in /system/app with those from RUS version,probably you will solve your problem for some apps,but you will run into the problems with others.

I found,that some apps are the same at RUS and WW version,but some of them are not (even they have same file size).So,we already have full backup of RUS version,but many of the users need full backup of WW version.

To solve the update problem for all users,we need full /system/app and build.prop backup from someone,who is rooted,still have 4.2.2 version installed,didnt touch build.prop file and have WW version.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
I assume you mean 4.2.1 - the files from before the update?

I only filled in the missing apk's, I did not overwrite my entire "/system/app/" folder, so I probably dodged the RU/WW issue.
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
I guess,that most of the users already have 4.2.2 version installed,so 4.2.2 backup is OK.Of course,if somebody still have 4.2.1,then 4.2.1 backup is needed.
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
I messed up my system...: I have working 4.2.1 droid, but I desperatly need a ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711 release-keys unmodified /system/app folder.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
The check in the upgrade procedure seems like a simple hash verification.

If it just checks the hashes to see if 4.2.1 is still original, then a 4.2.2 backup will probably not help.

All apps that are changed in 4.2.2 and are used to fill in the 4.2.1 system will fail in the hash check.

We need an untouched 4.2.1 WW backup, or a revolution at Asus management.

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Which files are failing the check? Press the POWER button right after the upgrade failure, and find out what file is causing the issue.

Don't just overwrite your entire "/system/app" folder, only the files that are causing you trouble.
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
Thats what i said :).If you are at 4.2.1,then of course,4.2.1 backup is needed.But if you are already at 4.2.2 and want to update to 4.2.4,you probably need 4.2.2 backup (i guess,that 4.2.2 patched some apps).
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
Some confusion, since 4.2.2 is the highest I can get? Maybe because I'm in Holland, but no 4.2.4 yet.
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
I already have 4.2.4.And i think,that many users too.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
Ok, did not know that. Then now would be a good time for me to make a 4.2.2 backup, right? For those stuck at the 4.2.4 upgrade procedure.
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
So make backup and post it,i think,that many users will be grateful ;).
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
I am ME173X_WW_user_4.2.2.91525_20130711 release-keys (build number) but the version number is 4.2.1
[General Questions and Answers] sajty:
I am talking about build version,not Android version.I hope,its clear :).
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
Yes it is clear. As I know, the recent update is build version: ..user_4.2.4... , which is android version 4.2.2
[General Questions and Answers] pe1dnn:
As far as I know this is not true. I think people confuse rooting with unlocking the bootloader. When you unlock the bootloader you get multiple warnings about voiding warrantee, you can't miss it. This makes sense because ASUS cannot be held responsible for other software (other ROMs) you put on it.

If you root without unlocking then that is not a problem. You just unroot before sending in the device for repair, ASUS does not have a record of the device being rooted in the past. However if you unlock then ASUS will have the serial number, because it will be send in the process of unlocking.

I think it is still fair, ASUS at least give you an option to unlock, if you do not like the conditions, then don't do it. Only rooting is, and never has beenbeen, a problem.
[General Questions and Answers] djsadhu:
ah darn

Ah darn - these different build numbers and version codes got me tricked.

Thanks for clarifying, I guess we should all be specific since the numbers are very similar :(

I have Android version 4.2.2

and build version ME173X_WW_user_4.2.4.06716_20130918 release_keys

So a backup is not really that useful at this moment, but I'll upload it anyway for the next upgrade round.
[General Questions and Answers] ilyenezalaci:
OK. Then read #377 !