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[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
Like most root methods, Framaroot uses a SoC based (Exynos, OMAP, Snapdragon, etc) exploit to gain highest privelages and install SU. I had a look through the Framaroot compatibility list...no sign of any Tegra 4 based devices. However, there is a thread on xda for the TF701 that discusses root; it looks like devs have found a root method for the Asus T4; here's the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2516215

I've looked through the thread; unfortunately, one of the first steps is to use the Asus boot unlocker, which was the same with my TF201. You had to unlock the boot loader before anything further could be done. Also, the method uses adb, which relies on a USB connection to a PC.

On another point, I saw a couple of reviews on the TF701. It seems that battery life is a complaint there. The T4 is a beast, but it seems that it isn't that great on power efficiency.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
I loaded the boot menu by using Vol DN + Pwr, which gave an option for, among other things, fastboot. I selected fastboot...there was a line displayed that said "Device = Locked"...so I am assuming the bootloader is locked down by HP. I'm certainly no expert with regard to this stuff, but from what I understand, a locked bootloader is a dead end. Asus provides a factory unlock tool for the TF701.

However, the nVidia Shield (also Tegra 4) has a root method (discussed here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2444525). wwjoshdew unlocks the Shield's bootloader in this video...but he does it with adb using a USB cable between his Shield and his PC.

So, it seems that a USB cable is a must for root. Does anyone have any comments on this idea? --> what if one was to cut the proprietary connector off of the power brick and connect it to a USB cable?
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Will it work with a Male/Male usb wire ?

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[General Questions and Answers] kseise:
So far, no. Normal male to male USB cables don't work.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
Not for me...I gave it a go when I first got the x2.

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Just a tip for anyone not happy with their battery performance. In Settings, there is a Power saving menu where you can select max perf, balance or save battery. If you'd like more time out of your x2, selecting a lower usage profile will most likely improve your results.
[General Questions and Answers] randombirt:
Have purchased slatebook x2 for my wife for her work, it seems to be consuming a lot of battery when switched off, any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
When she's not using it, close all the opened apps. Possibly the browser causing that or some other app. I had to do this to mine every time I was done using it.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
The first thing you should do is go to Settings --> Battery and see what is running/using the battery. Have a look and write back what you see.

Also, go in to Power Saving menu and set either Balance or Save Battery. Save Battery will run only 1 core (limited to 1.8GHz) plus the companion core and limit frame rate to 30fps; whereas Balance only limits the frame rate.

Also, go into WiFi, click the 3 vertical dots on the top right corner, click Advanced,

1. for "Keep WiFi on during sleep", select either Never or Only when plugged in

2. Tick the box for "WiFi optimisation

There's a god chance its software that is eating your battery...something like Google Services.

Anyway, make these changes, check your battery and let us know what it says.

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For anyone who's interested in root...I tried the following, but it didn't work:

1. Copied SuperSU.zip to the SD card

2. Renamed it to update.zip

3. Booted to Recovery

4. Selected install zip

I received a signature verification error.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
I was looking through the HP x2 website and came across the Maintenance and Service Guide (link here).

Couple of interesting points:

1. Page 2 of the doc refers to connectors. It says that the tablet connector is for charging/docking, whilst the dock connector is for charging only. If there was a USB available,maybe this means it would only work through the tablet and not the dock.

2. On page 11 (also on p12), in the illustrated parts breakdown, under Misc parts, the is a listing for a HP micro-USB-to-USB cable, with part # 728141-001. Not sure what this would be for, as there is no micro-USB connector on either the tablet or the dock. However, this part is confirmed on the HP Parts Surfer website as being applicable to 2 versions of the x2 (I'm assuming the 16GB and 64GB versions).

3. After searching for the part number, I found a picture of the x2 to USB cable in the wild, here. Its the German HP site. Its a dead end though. From the picture, you can see the lower pin structure of the cable; there are 6 pins on the USB cable, but there are only 5 on the lower end of the brick connector. One is missing on the left side (looking bottom up). Not great that its different, but maybe not significant.

4. After some searching, I found that the HP x2 connector is a JAE Electronics connector (same OEM as the iPhone/iPad/iPod conectors). The Apple connector is single side (upper), whereas the x2 is upper and lower, and sightly wider. The x2 contact spacing is 0.5mm and I think its 20pin (they are bloody small!), making it a ~40 pin connector.

5. The brick end of the connector is only pinned out on 5 pins on the upper, and 6 pins on the lower. Whereas the dock connector uses all upper and lower pins; most likely for control of the various keyboard functions, SD card, HDMI, USB, etc.

I'm considering cutting my connector off (or maybe just stripping it) and wiring it to a USB cable to see if I can get a connection to my PC. If it doesn't work, reconnecting shouldn't be a problem.

To summarise...lots of research, lots of dead ends, nothing new...and no root. Arrrrrrrrrr!!
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Great thanks for the manual. I was unable to find it yet. However, it doesn't mention the internal connector in the tab, i red about. That leads to two possibilities... first, HP doesn't want any service supplier to flash a firmware or the second one, you may access fastboot/adb via custom cable, connected to their proproetary one.

I'm still struggling with myself to disassemble it and look for the connectors myself.

About the power issue. I turned off the device a couple of days ago. Trying to turn it on by yesterday and the battery was completly drained. So it must have turned itself on anytime. That's something, driving me crazy. There are not much things, i hate as an entirely drained lithium battery. That causes unrecoverable damage and makes it unstable. Have a look at youtube (exploding LiPo battery) for reference.

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The image of the USB cable looks a little self made. The USB connector is a clipped one and the flex isolator attached to the proprietary connector looks different from the one, hp delivers with their power supply.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
I think the fact that a proprietary USB cable exists but HP does not make it available means that HP doesn't want anyone messing with their tablet but them.

So disassembly...are you talking about the tablet, the dock or something else? If you're keen, go right ahead, but its a bit extreme for me. I think that cutting the DC side of the brick cable with the connector on it has merit. The standard USB cable has 4 cables; two for data and two for power. The x2 connector has 11 pins, and I'm itching to see how many individual cables are inside the sheath. I also doubt that the OEM would make one connector for charging, and another for USB connection. My guess is that the one connector design is capable of both functions. But then again, I could be completely wrong.

Either way, there is plenty of length to play with; so any fooling around is reversible (although maybe not aesthetically pleasing after re-connection).

As for your power issue...I've never experienced any issue related to battery or power. In fact, after owning a TF201, I find the battery longevity to be pretty good. I agree that running a Li battery empty is not a good idea...maybe you have a faulty unit? Might be worth swapping it...exploding batteries might ruin your day!
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Agree... however. Since i own the Slatebook (it replaces my old tf700t) i never turned it off for more than just an hour :laugh:

I have also red alot about the devices apparently turning itself on in this thread.

Just resoldering the Power supply cable would be the most easy thing. But if you have a second look at the USB cable, posted on HP support thread.

The proprietary connector on screen uses at least one pin more, than just the power cable, HP supplied (lower left corner are 3 instead of 2 pins).

That would make a hindsight of one pin... but where to place the other ones? And which comes along... many different OEMs use Jig Tags, "Magic batteries" and such stuff to access their low level OS layers. Just imagine, they are using something like a resistor. To make this cable actually work, you must get the values of the resistor and the pins on the connector. These 3 variables do like a couple of thousands of posibilities.

I will look for the Slatebook X2 G+ group i found one day. There was one talking about blind pins inside the Tab... possibly for console/low level access.
[General Questions and Answers] pharaohyami5000:
Good day everyone.

I was wondering if there are any external Hard Drives that are usable with the Slatebook. Both reading the files and writing them. I have a Seagate external HD that I'm able to use the files contained, but I cannot add new files, programs or update old files (like word processor and such). Any information availabe are greatly appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Hi there.

Actually you may use any kind of external drive. No matter if it is a flash drive or hard disk. The only thing is the filesystem u used to format the drive. That was been discussed in this thread a couple of months ago. Because you may only read and cannot write, I guess you are using NTFS filesystem. There is no write access because of licensing issues with Microsoft (developer of NTFS). You may use FAT32 instead (not exFAT!). But FAT32 cannot handle files with more than 4gb size.
[General Questions and Answers] pharaohyami5000:
I see. Since there's already files in the EXHD, the only way to save them is to transfer them to another EXHD, before I format it to FAT32. I think only laptops and computers can format the EXHD and not any android devices, correct?

About not being able to transfer 4GB+ files, does that include batches? Like a foldier containing a lot of files (video files, etc.)?
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Nope... folder size doesn't count at all. Just a single file can't be bigger than 4gb. Actually it would be possible to format an external drive with android since it contains a Linux kernel. I am just not sure if the slatebook can format a drive via GUI. Better take some other computer.
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
How hot does your tablet get? I use my for 30min playing Dead Trigger 2 on Highest settings, and it over heats like crazy. It doesn't get warm, like I'd expect a device to with gaming, but it gets hot. To the point that its dangerous to touch, or hold for to long. Its not only that game, but even flash player, and some lower requirement applications. So my question is, does your model also heat up excessively like mine?
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Not at all... I played many games. As well s dead trigger II. But it didn't heat up, more than warm. Which is no fixed value though xD I just didn't think of it being hot. However the Slatebooks must have some unstable bloat ware in background. In my case that leads to occasionally turning itself on, even if i powered it off. That might be a reason for turning hot. If a wipe won't help you, return it immediately. Then the cooling components are badly applied (silver cream or pipes or something)
[General Questions and Answers] pharaohyami5000:
Hmm. Strange device this is.

Has anyone using the Slatebook over time experience cap lock texts?

When I do some word processing, it sometimes auto cap lock itself. Seems that while holding "cap lock", it breaks away from being cap locked.
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
Yeah, I experienced this but only when I had a custom software keyboard. Seems like the Caps lock and shift triggers of the hardware keyboard work with what custom keyboard you have active. Same goes for having auto correct enabled with a software keyboard that shows up for the hardware keyboard. I've never had that problem with having the default software keyboard and hardware keyboard. That's my assumption based on my experience. That could be the case.
[General Questions and Answers] bangkokhound:
This was driving me crazy. But I found Swype doesn't do it, but Swype is for some reason incompatible with this tablet. The beta version works though as does a sideloaded apk.
[General Questions and Answers] pharaohyami5000:
Is there a way to attach document files for gmail or outlook? I don't understand why they would fail to attach
[General Questions and Answers] McPolo:
how about you open that file you want to share, and via that app you share it with gmail? don't know how to do it from gmail itself.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Support the request to a Slatebook x2 forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49573533

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+1 for HP Slatebook x2 . We need root solutions <br />

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[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Thanks mate, I've just posted my support.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
http://h30478.www3.hp.com/t5/image/...167D5A1E61/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1.

Still no where to buy this? Hp customers service is wordless when i ask my cable..

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[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
i doubt if there will be a xda section for this due to only a few of us owning one and also the lack of decent accessories for this device.

as for the cable as least we know which pins to use. we just need the pinout of that connector and a source to buy them and we can make our own :cool:

btw, i love slatebook regardless of the bad reviews it suits my needs down to a T.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Could it be possible to buy an official charger, cut the proprietary part and link it to a basic usb cable? I'm really considering this option. Android without root is like sex with condom.

Also, is there anyway to root with a microsd card?

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[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
lol :laugh:

i doubt it very much. The pins installed on the psu are for power only.

I did a search on the usb cable using the part number. it looks like hp is asking £40 for the lead :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Yeah i found the cable but 50$ minimum.

So there is only Microsd card or Framaroot apk to give us root.. But i dont have any knowledge on exploits.

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[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
I dont think so. Ive never seen anyone root a device without a cable being used.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
So..it's dead?

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[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
for the time being until some clever sod discovers a solution. So dont give up hope!
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
The device got out more than 6 months from now. I dont think im gonna keep my slatebook if rooting it is impossible.

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[General Questions and Answers] waynekirby:
Hi guys I bought a Slatebook X2 32GB and I'm due to receive it tomorrow or Thursday, I have downloaded the 4.3 exe from their site. I've etracted the update zip, added the su bin and su apk, added the permissions to the updater script and rezipped it. I have no idea whether it will work until the unit arrives... I don't want to get peoples hopes up but if the update flashes and doesn't fail (hopefully) there is a chance of root. If anyone would like to try it now I could upload it for testing? But I won't be held responsible for bricking devices.
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
Good luck man. Its an awsome tablet, really. The picture shows it all.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Lol i got this graphic error 3 times in 6 months. I think it's caused by non-optimised games or gpu temperature.

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The problem is that you need hp signature to apply update.zip from sd card. Can you please keep us informed ?

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[General Questions and Answers] samnahata:
It sure is an awesome tablet! Enjoy! :good:
[General Questions and Answers] waynekirby:
I will and thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
I think other devs didn't get succes geting HP's signature. I don't have any knowledge about that. But the only thing that HP is giving is rom updates. No informations about kernel.

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[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
well my fingers are crossed are crossed as well as my nuts. lets see....
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
It gets worse, and happens on any application. I've sent it in for repairs twice now, and the problem is just escalading. You should contact HP support if you're getting the same problem.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
How long did it take for HP to send the tablet back after you send it to them?

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[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
It depends on your location. I'm in ontario, near there Canadian location, so they say it takes 4 days to repair, and then they send it back on over night shipping.
[General Questions and Answers] scanline:
I have had my tablet freeze on 2 games deer hunter 2014 and RoboCop both made the tablet screen all static and lock the tablet up both games made by glu mobile
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
The touch screen wwill also stop responding after that happens enough times. I used my tablet excessivly. It was my main laptop replacement. These problems just escalde. I would suggest contacting HP. No use is trying to make a broken tablet last.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
What isthe first thing you guys are going to do when this device will be rooted?

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[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
Use a controler app to send touch inputs from my MOGA pro controler.
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
I'll use my sixaxis controller app and use it as linux computer, connected to hdmi TV. Still the HDMI port seems to be pretty buggy. Hope, as soon there is access to /system, we may aquire some stability and performance fixes.
[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
freeze aload of bloatware and install an ad blocker
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
You already can instal adblock plus and configure the wifi proxy as local host on port 2020 .

I personnaly will install a Startup manager to kill all this battery drainers apps. And then add a nice and light theme.

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[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Geez, when I read this, I got a little excited and thought that someone has managed to root the device...
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Still nothing... I don't know if it will be possible one day because there is no data cable..

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[General Questions and Answers] Marcos de Castro:
Had someone even tried a USB-A to USB-A cable to try to root it, or at least connect it to the PC?

Does the device support USB sticks and mouses?
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Not working with male male. But usb sticks and mouse are working.

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[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
Keep me updated

Please keep trying, I would be willing to pay big $ for this cable as it is the one and only flaw with this tablet.

Also, I have tried male-male USB, and can confirm that it does not work.
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
I am still waiting for my 3d printer, which ships from Washington to Vienna Austria. Once it arraives, ill try to design, print and solder the proprietary connector myself. With that i should get to the ability, to figure out, if it is possible this way. Theres no other hope i have anymore. Even though there should be some kind of exploid for Tegra 4, which is made for Shield.
[General Questions and Answers] Daifex:
I think the HP Envy X2 has the same plug, but i dont know if there is a usb cable available using Envy as the reference.

Greetings.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
No usb cable for envy x2 either.

February 2014, no cable, no root, no kitkat but wait...i still got a rope and a chair!

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[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Don't do it man. It's not worth it. ?
[General Questions and Answers] mull54:
I was playing Dead Trigger 2. And suddenly the screen frezees and there was lines all over the screen. And there was also a weird sound coming from the tablet.

Anybody had the same issue or should i return it?
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Last week i encountered the same problem a couple of times, when playing Call of Duty. I think with 4.3 they screwed up the Tegra drivers. Will try to downgrade by today with one of their recent update.zip files. Oh dear, please dont lead into a bootloop!
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
These are the same.issues I mentioned eariler. Just for your information, this happed prior to the update. Since the start actually. Ypu need to call into HP, and report it. They have to fix the tablet, or replace it. I had this problem, and sent it in for repair twice, with still no fix. I'm waiting for a third repair now. This is a hardware problem.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
I got news!!

I called hp french support for slatebook x2. The technician told me that the green line is a problem that a lot of people are experiencing. So because of this problem hp send me a brand new tablet smelling factory.

I also asked him about the usb cable. He told me that every user who haven t receive the cable MUST ask for a hp technician to received it via mail delivery within a week.

So you should all get your serial number and call hp support line for slatebook 10. And asked for a technician because your tablet have green line when you play video game ( not youtube videos because in that case they will repair your tablet by updating flash) and then ask for your cable wich was missing.

I will post photos of the cable with my nickname as soon as i received it.

THE ROOT TIME IS COMING

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[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
Yeah, I can confirm this. I was set to recieve repairs on my current tablet, but then was called up again. This time they said they would simply repace the tablet instead. The new tablet is on its way.

I hope anyone who is experiancing this issues calls in and get it replaced. I've used this tablet a lot, and all I can say is that the problem gets worse, never better. Get your tablet replaced.

I'm not sure about the USB cable, because it is not listed under the things that are included. So whywould they send something that's not included?