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[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Did you apply the latest OTA that updates the original 4.3?
[General Questions and Answers] gdfrisco:
Oui

Yes, I did.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Good to know.
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
That's a real shame as we were looking forward to seeing what technical magic you could do with the Slatebook custom ROMS. Unless there is anyone here who want to sell their cable for a reasonable cost to him? It seems so stupid that HP has increased the cost of the cable from $50 to $78.

For those people who have applied the update to their Slatebook, what differences has the update made to it? Better battery life (it didn't seem to have made much differences to the base battery drain issue since the update)? Has the sound issue been fixed? What improvement have you guys noticed?

For an update that was nearly 500 MB in size one would expect a major improvement in performance...

EDIT: spoken with the HP online support team and all they were able to tell me about the latest rollout was:

As the rep mentioned, they just pass on the update.
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
to be honest, i've released a couple of roms which might or not work.

basically, without testers, i have no desire to work for my own.

my pleasure is to share, and if nobody wants/will use custom roms, mainly because of a stupid cable, that's the end of the story for me.

i've got other things to do in fact ^^ (namely my 3 kids and i are building a mamecab :) )
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
I may be screwed since I don't have a cable. Is it possible to restore the stock recovery so I can perform the system update? Currently using TWRP and it won't flash the OTA update zip.
[General Questions and Answers] kapyctnik:
Ok, I singed up to XDA just to share my experience with the new update which came approximately a week ago.

First thing I noticed, that towelroot I used to get root with does not work anymore. People around here keep telling that v1 does work but I couldn't find it anywhere, since towelroot.com only has v3 avaliable for download.

On the brigth side they finally fixed sound problem, so music sounds nicely and is finally listenable through headphones. I haven't noticed any other changes tho.
[General Questions and Answers] u363840:
https://towelroot.com/tr1.apk ;)

But, which version used you to get root with in the first place ? v3 (this version refused to work with me) ?
[General Questions and Answers] kapyctnik:
Thank you, but link goes 404 for me. I used v3 in the first place and it used to work.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Hi, v1 here: http://files.mrzood.com/tr.apk
[General Questions and Answers] kapyctnik:
Thank you. The link worked but the app did not, it just freezes and then nothing happens.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Well, that is unfortunate. Hopefully another method pops up that doesn't require the USB cable that HP is hoarding.
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
A bit late in the day but I noticed that this Richard is a West Coast Eagles supporter which means he must be from the same town as me. Unfortunately I'm a supporter of a cross town club but don't worry our rivalries are good natured here. Anyway, decided to use that connection to send him a tweet about the cable. Let's see what happens.
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
all possibilites have to be explored ;) good luck
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
I'm waiting for a SlateBook with 4.3 preinstalled for the next week.

Could anyone with the debugging cable (728141-001) get the pinout of the connector with a multimeter? Maybe, this way, we can cut the AC adapter's cable to make charging/data cable.

Just check the continuity between the USB and HP Propietary pins to see which correspond to each other.

P.S.: What is the output of the AC adapter? I'd like to know if it can be replaced with a 5V 2.1A USB wall plug.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Charge plug is 15v. :/
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
Well... we can still mod the HP charger to add a female USB connector. Splicing the charger's cable with a USB male cable may be a quite tedious work, but I think it's worth.

I hope someone can post the pinout (5V, Data+, Data- and GND).
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Anybody have the stock recovery .img file?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
I can give it on Monday, if not found before
[General Questions and Answers] u363840:
root@3645:/ # dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/SOS of=/sdcard/SOS.img
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
8388608 bytes transferred in 1.664 secs (5041230 bytes/sec)
root@3645:/ # cd /sdcard/
root@3645:/sdcard # ls -la SOS.img
-rw-rw-r-- root sdcard_rw 8388608 2014-07-27 19:57 SOS.img

http://demo.ovh.eu/fr/e0a8e9531a41538c5bb6ace570e892ae/ (30 days, feel free to mirror/reupload)

Is this helpful ?
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Getting a 403 Forbidden message.

Edit: nevermind.. took the trailing / off the URL and it worked. Trying to flash now.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
mirror to stock recovery:

http://files.mrzood.com/SOS.img
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
4.3 sources released by HP (check dev thread)
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Cheers.

Haven't heard a damn thing from Richard yet. How long did it take you to get a response, Ben?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
he never replied to me
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Bummer...I'll see if I can find his e-mail address. Twitter is too short to write out a convincing argument for cheaper cables.
[General Questions and Answers] buginside:
Recieved today, comes with compilation 4.3-17r20-03-23
[General Questions and Answers] Ruskislate:
Hi there. My first post but have perused this forum from long ago :cyclops:

Received my Hp Slatebook x2 32gb two days ago and like it very much. Fast, good keyboard... Unfortunately I updated to google last update compilation 4.3-17r20-05-24 before reading xda posts, although ordered the hp 728141-001 cable for 57,62€ and i'm waiting for it.

Greetings.
[General Questions and Answers] lainol:
Same here, just received mine and updated without reading the full post... no root posible with towelroot on this compilation. Wipe partition / cache doesnt restore to the previous state.
[General Questions and Answers] marlar:
Tablet shuddenly shuts down

My wife has this tablet and is very pleased with it.

But it has recently got a couple of problems:

1.

The worst is that quite often when the battery is about half full or so, it shuts down without warnings, as if it has suddenly run out of power. Then she has to charge it a bit before she can power it on again.

2.

Once in a while it stops responding to touch events. At first we thought it was frozen, but the keyboard and mouse pad works fine. It does not seem to be a mechanical problem since a reboot will fix it without us twisting the screen or even touching it.

Are these two issues known problems with this tablet, and is there a fix for it? Or should we return it to the shop for repair while there is still warranty on it?

Thanks,

Martin
[General Questions and Answers] u363840:
I would use warranty, looks like hardware problem to me ; you can still try to update to last version if not already but I don't believe it'll help
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
I agree. It looks like some hardware issues. However you may try a factory reset. Sometimes after updates or something like this android may tend to become unstable due to cache errors and stuff like this.
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
I've received mine today and I rooted it before updating (current: 4.3-17r20-03-23).

Will I lose my root status if I update it (minor update)?

Is it possible to flash a recovery with Flashify app (it flashes .img files)?

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
You will lose root if you update. Custom recoveries don't seem to flash the official update from my experience. I chose to flash stock recovery and do the update since I have the cable, but after updating my computer would no longer recognize the device in fastboot mode. Still trying to get it re-rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
There are some chances of flashing recovery without fastboot, I know who could make it possible for us, I´ve already asked him for help.

Have you got a multimeter? could you do this for us?
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Right guys, apparently this e-mail address: External.CSS-Communication@hp.com is linked to Richard Bailey who is VP for Customer Support and Services. So if you want to send him an e-mail regarding the cable this might be the best way to get in contact with him.

I'm going to try and send him an e-mail tomorrow to see if we at XDA can get some sort of deal on the cable. If you guys want to try, got ahead but remember you'll need to give HP a good reason to give us a deal on the cable such as positive publicity for them or whatnot.
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
Disable the OTA Update notification (root)

Disable the OTA Update notification (root)

If you have rooted your Slatebook x2 and want to avoid an accidental OTA Update, follow these steps.

Method 1: Using FOTAKill

1. Make sure you have checked Unknown sources in your Security settings.

2. Download FOTAKill.

Official thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40671840

3. Run it on your Slatebook.

4. Reboot.

Method 2: Using Disable Service

1. Download Disable Service from Google Play.

2. Switch to System Apps tab.

3. Tap Google Play services.

4. Locate SystemUpdateService and uncheck it.

5. Grant root permissions if asked.

6. Reboot.

Now you shouldn't see the OTA notification.

Special thanks:

gnidorah
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
Ops... Didn't find. I will edit it.

Do you know what happens if an action requires root privileges and you have not installed a permission granter (SuperSU or similar)?

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
Didn't know. Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] Ruskislate:
What a very good news!! Just waiting for a method to root from last rom update without the overpriced cable, which won't arrive to me at least in 15 days, and later on unlock bootloader with that cableless new method.

Great. Thank's all masters ;):D

Gatuperio on the lookout.
[General Questions and Answers] lainol:
I'm not a noob in the android ecosystem. but sorry for the newbie question:

One of the purposes of unlock bootloader is grant superuser permissions, right?

So... if you want root thru unlocking bootloader you need root?
[General Questions and Answers] Ruskislate:
I knew that you need root to unlock bootloader with cableless method. Read my post carefully ;)

Thanks.

Gatuperio on the lookout.
[General Questions and Answers] lainol:
Answer from HP support, I will try to translate it to English with the help of google translator:

En respuesta a su correo electrónico, el Slatebook no trae cable de conexión USB, si quiere conectar el Slatebook a un ordenador deberá buscar en alguna tienda informática o de electrónica el cable que desea y de la misma manera indicarle que no le podemos asegurar que la conexión la pueda ejecutar debido a los protocolos de los puertos de conexión.

En referencia a los superusuarios HP no soporta dicha modificación, en todo caso deberá contactar a los desarrolladores del Sistema Operativo en este caso Android para ver la posibilidad de realizar la solicitud de la cual nos hace referencia.

Una vez más gracias por confiar en HP.

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Slatebook not bring the USB cable, if you want to connect the Slatebook to a computer you must search any computer or electronics store for the cable you want and tell the same way you can not ensure that the connection can run due to protocols connection ports.

Referring to superuser, HP does not support the modification, in any event you should contact the developers of the Android operating system to see the possibility of the application of which makes us reference.

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BLAH BLAH BLAH......
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
At this point there's no point in contacting HP support. 3rd party suppliers have the cable.

It's a miracle in itself that HP released the source code.

Where I got mine... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IUNZTQO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[General Questions and Answers] u363840:
If someone is looking for steps to update from rooted/rootable(i.e. not the latest OTA) to lastest 4.3 rooted :

Root using TowerRoot v1 if not already : http://files.mrzood.com/tr.apk

Flash custom recovery (http://www.mediafire.com/download/kmj2squn7culy36/2014-07-08-TWRP-recovery.img from dev topic seems to be the best choice) using Flashify (app store / topic) to flash modified update & root

Get this modified update https://drive.google.com/folderview...&usp=sharing&tid=0ByyEP_2OsyDfUDFxT1cyd0VIbEk (from here and explained here : original & not flashing recovery, verified) and also the lastest SuperSU, put these files either in /cache/ or /sdcard2/ (/sdcard/ is not accessible in recovery currently apparently)

Boot in recovery, flash the modified update then SuperSU to restore root access, then you can wipe cache

You tablet should boot updated and with root access :)

Optional bootloader unlock (only if you plan to flash future custom ROM, could brick if not done properly) : follow instructions from this post

Have fun ;)
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
FWIW, Towel root may or may not work if you're on the latest update. There really needs to be a big red flashing disclaimer in the OP to NOT UPDATE TO THE LATEST OTA IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CABLE

If you update you're SOL unless you get a cable.
[General Questions and Answers] lainol:
OTA update installed... is there any way to revert the update? I mean.. a totally factory reset.
[General Questions and Answers] Ruskislate:
Hi there, at last I got the cable faster than expected and rooted and unlocked the bootloader on the last rom with hp slate 8 method. I had to pay 57,62€ for a cable with no hp sign on it and china made looking which seems worth 2€ :rolleyes:

Happy anyway.

Gatuperio on the lookout.
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Not unless you have the cable.
[General Questions and Answers] smidra:
Slatebook Screen Replacement

Hi, anybody has an idea where to buy a reasonably priced screen glass (digitizer) for the slatebook? I dropped it from my hand in a cover AND bag and it cracked :( The LCD is OK, but the glass is cracked and the digitizer is not working. HP Czech is charging $450 to replace it while a new Slatebook is $230 here... I just do not want to throw the broken one away... Thanks for all tips!
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
That's rough. Best bet is probably going to find a 'bricked' slatebook on ebay/auction and salvage the parts. The device just isn't popular enough for there to be cheap replacement parts all over.
[General Questions and Answers] Tadukli:
updating slatebook x2 to 4.3-17r20-03-23 and root

Hi friends,

I have a slatebook x2, in 4.2.2-17r14-17-20 rooted with Towelroot v1.

is it possible to update my tablet to the v 4.3-17r20-03-23 via microsd and root it again with Towelrootv1 ? :confused:

like Scratz's method shown here (post #71) :

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/hp-slatebook-x2-maya-development-thread-t2809038/page8

It would be cool if it's possible, because I read that the 4.3 will correct the ' yellow tint' of the screen in order to get more 'white color'.

Thanks in advance for your help

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
No no no don't update unless you root first and then unlock the bootloader and then flash a custom recovery otherwise you will be stuck without root and you will not be able to do anything
[General Questions and Answers] Tadukli:
thanks for you help mrzood.

my tablet is in rooted (in 4.2), so then I have to unlock the bootloader.

It's a bit risky, and I haven't the expensive usb-cable in case of bricking (it's more complicated than android chinese phones or tablets)

I don't understand well the method used to install the unlocked.img with Alex131089 methods, unlocking bootloader is not mentioned

(by the way, the locked.img is used for what?)
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
I'm not home at the moment but once I get there I can explain in more detail how to go through the processes
[General Questions and Answers] Tadukli:
thanks a lot :)
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Only suggesting to unlock the BL for potential future kernels. Why not unlock anyway? :)
[General Questions and Answers] Tadukli:
Thanks all for your help, I'll do the update this weekend :D
[General Questions and Answers] Tadukli:
Thanks all, update to last update 4.3-17R20-05-24 with root access Ok for me. :victory:

But howerver I made a data wipe, one tv application present screen a little vertical offset,

and another one (box'n tv) crash every time when executing the appli
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
can someone dump me the latest available recovery.img ? (i dunno if it was changed by latest OTA

tks
[General Questions and Answers] smidra:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately it's so unpopular, that even bricked ones are hard to find.

Anyway, I will keep searching, thanks... Maybe I can test some ROM's on it in the meantime, if it gets bricked it does not really matter :)
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
does anyone have the 4.3 source code mirrored?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
New TWRP released in dev thread (see my sign)

lacks still selinux full support but i'm working on it
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
It's really quiet here ...

did someone with 4.3 try this rooting method ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
[General Questions and Answers] Tadukli:
I used this method to root 4.3 : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54885158&postcount=878

it works fine

any idea to mask the menubar at the bottom ?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
i was wandering for a solution to users that are yet on latest 4.3, without cable and want to root.

by the way, did someone try the TWRP recovery ?

it's working well for backup/restore

a cooked rom should appear rapidly
[General Questions and Answers] najamm:
I rooted my slatebook x2, 4.3-17r20-03-23, installed TWRP, unlocked bootloader (thanks mrzood!).

Now can I over-the-air update to the latest HP update (4.3-17R20-05-24) and keep my root?

Do i update a different way (download update and use TWRP to apply it)?

After the OTA update, is root access still there, or do i need to do something else?

Thanks all!
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Thought I sent you a PM hours ago but it was written up in a different tab... Linked you a zip of the 4.3 update that you can use to restore with in TWRP.

---------- Post added at 04:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:25 AM ----------

Have not flashed it yet... The older one worked fine with backup/restore.
[General Questions and Answers] najamm:
yup, the twrp rooted image worked great!. willll update about battery life tomorrow.
[General Questions and Answers] cartmanotfat:
Can you give it here please ? This link (https://drive.google.com/folderview...&usp=sharing&tid=0ByyEP_2OsyDfUDFxT1cyd0VIbEk) is dead ...
[General Questions and Answers] najamm:
If you private message mrzood, i'm sure he will send link. since its on his personal site i don't want to repost it here without his permission.

As for the battery life, it was the same batter drain with the dock connected. HOWEVER* when i turned off wifi advanced option when the slatebook goes in sleep mode, there is NO drain!

Usually when i leave my slatebook sleep overnight, it pretty much dies. But today, its still 100% :)
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Latest OTA pre-rooted: http://files.mrzood.com/4.3-17r20-05-24-rooted.zip

*NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP*

- Unzip and extract the folder to your TWRP backups folder

- Restore from backup.

- Enjoy better battery life and latest rooted OTA.

I don't know how to make it a flashable ZIP. If someone wants to, I will host it.
[General Questions and Answers] vinscarter:
lost in root

Hello everybody,

I have the slatebook with the 4.3 update (build 4.3-17r20-05-24)

I want to root it but I don't want to buy the expensive cable to do it:eek:.

Is it possible ? is there any tuto ?

Thank's !:victory:
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
not yet
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
just to explain what's better, now you can backup/save on external devices. meaning that you can just boot on recovery, plug a usb drive and backup on it directly. that can be useful, for restoring too, eg: putting your rooted TWRP backup on a usb key and restore directly from it.
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
TWRP 2.8 released

Full SElinux support and still flashable !

check dev thread
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
I made it, I'll upload next weekend.

And of course data/media support. It was very painful to loose all files stored in internal memory every factory reset. Now we can set the storage to use between internal sd, external micro sd, dock sd and usb.
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
Flashable zips of latest ROM stock and stock rooted here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55449722&postcount=136
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
It worked, even omitting /data partition. Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Good deal!

[MENTION=3792307]Juanig[/MENTION] provided a flashable rooted 4.3 latest OTA ZIP which is mirrored on my hosting. Link in the Dev thread. :)
[General Questions and Answers] jack1197:
So can i just use the stock recovery menu to load this to root my device? And if i do so will i lose un-backed-up data?

(Sorry if its in the thread somewhere, but i don't fancy reading through 90 pages to find out)
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
You'll need to use TWRP to flash.
[General Questions and Answers] jack1197:
OK, that requires a cable to install, right?

Is it likely that in the near future it will be possible to root without a cable?
[General Questions and Answers] mrzood:
Are you already on the latest OTA? All versions prior can be rooted without cable. All info is in the dev thread.
[General Questions and Answers] jack1197:
unfortunately i believe so, 4.3-17r20-05-24

am i right in saying that the reason previous versions could be rooted without a cable is due to towelroot?

EDIT: also, is there any known way to downgrade android
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
No solution atm, sorry.
[General Questions and Answers] jack1197:
Thanks anyway, I'll keep a close eye on this thread
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
if youve got spare time, you should give a try to towelroot with modstrings https://towelroot.com/modstrings.html
[General Questions and Answers] jack1197:
Thanks for that, I tried the basic ones(method and align), none sucessfully rooted(most simply said incompatible), however, with align set to 0, method 1,2, and 3 caused towelroot to crash, not sure if thats anything special, but it was different, and they might show promise?

I might try some more options later.
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
great. there are quite a huge number of possibilities, so good luck ^^
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
I'm afraid, that doesn't mean it would success with other variables. TowelRoot exploided a bug which came with older Linux Kernel versions and the way Android uses/compiles them. In case, the app crashes because this vulnerability has been removed. Sorry mate!
[General Questions and Answers] lainol:
please delete this post
[General Questions and Answers] ram1986:
Hi, I am using the latest 4.3 build (rooted) and I just noticed something. The clickpad on My keyboard dock doesn't seem to work anymore. I know it is very minor and useless feature but wanted to check if anyone else is facing this issue.