yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] camandiisdad:
I had that issue and I cant remember if it was from the drivers being installed right, have to install with the tablet unplugged, at least i had to, or the file was in the wrong folder, has to be in the same folder as the fastboot. Hope that helps
[Android General] jostrus:
so i'm going to assume you have now installed the proper Intel drivers so that when the tablet is in fast boot mode it has the right drivers installed.

if you plan to fast boot flash am update zip you have to be using the fast boot from 4.7.3 as well as the recovery from 4.7.3.

then you would use the command

fastboot flash update update.zip
[Android General] fifthlake:
[MENTION=3679859]jostrus[/MENTION],

I followed step four but I cannot get the tablet to boot. I downloaded the pre-made file, checked the MD5, did fastboot with the two lines in step four, and when the tablet boots it just hangs at the Asus logo. I have tried twice. I came from a rooted 5.0.19. I have a US tablet and was using the US ROM. Any suggestions before I attempt to flash the stock OTA?
[Android General] jostrus:
2 things I can think of. Flashing the kernel that's included with the ota zip from Asus. I posted a copy at boot_(5.0.21-kv3.4.43).zip. Download and unzip then do

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Only other suggestion I could think of is doing a data wipe. Not sure if that would make a difference or not.

Good luck.

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I've also updated the original post to add a step 5 with a link and instructions to flash the kernel. I'm not sure how I forgot to put that on in the first place.
[Android General] fifthlake:
[MENTION=3679859]jostrus[/MENTION],

Thanks for the quick reply. I flashed the kernel but the situation only worsend. The tablet would not even boot to the Asus logo, it did nothing. I thought it was bricked but after pushing the reset button through the pinhole I was able to get back into fastboot and flash the 4.7.3 OTA and it boots fine with that and using the updated kernel. I guess I will try a complete wipe of data (after backup) and try again. I should be able to go directly from stock to flashing your pre-configured ROM, yes?
[Android General] jostrus:
you should be able to yes.
[Android General] mpgrimes:
If it hangs on asus logo after updating. One of 2 things should work.

Fastboot erase cache. Then reboot. If that doesn't work. Wiping data will
[Android General] fifthlake:
[MENTION=2634745]mpgrimes[/MENTION]

Erasing cache after flashing ROM did not work, still hangs. What would be the best method to ensure data is wiped (I have a backup). Doing a factory reset or fastboot erase data?
[Android General] mpgrimes:
Factory reset should
[Android General] fifthlake:
[MENTION=3679859]jostrus[/MENTION],

So I tried going from clean factory reset and I still could not get it to boot. I had a very hard time getting the original image back on, I though I had lost the tablet there for awhile. My particular tablet just may not work with it. I think I will stick with stock for a while. I have a question - If I chose to take the OTA firmware update from Asus, can I still try to flash your file?

It appears it is safe to flash after accepting the OTA? Post #551
[Android General] jostrus:
you can flash my pre rooted image over any previous rom. the only caveats would be that the boot image aka kernel needs to be compatible. as well as the data partition. doing a factory reset and cache erase should resolve any issues of booting. I don't have multiple tablets to do too much testing. I have had multiple people tell me it has worked great for them.
[Android General] Fedmahn:
Hi all,

After having read as throughly as I could, not being super familiar with everything dealt on this thread, I thought I gonna explain my case and problem linked to root this nice tablet. Let me say that I am quite amazed by how far you guys can go which justifies my hopes in receiving some help.

I only recently discovered what rooting meant and implied, and I only discovered this thread (and simpler ones in other forums) after having updated to Jellybean 4.3, i.e. from WW_4.7.3 to WW_5.0.21 (so not US and I am not German in case you would invite me to go on AndroidHilfe). Then I tried to flash and root to 4.7.3 using the ADT and got a message that some of you got:

E:unable to rename file /cache/update.zip: Cross-device linkE:Unable to write file: /cache/update.zip

E;Unable to write file: /cache/update.zip

E:update flash failed!

FLASH FAILED!

RESULT: FAIL(flash_cmds error!)

After what I read in the thread, it would be due to the fact you can' simply downgrade to a lower version between unrooted stock version (like 5.0.21 to 4.7.7 downloaded from Asus, as 4.7.3 is not available for WW SKU from Asus website). Then I read from [MENTION=5242387]caniswesley[/MENTION] one should downgrade fastboot - even if I wouldn't know how to do it. But then [MENTION=4177701]perpe[/MENTION] insisted doing such thing was dangerous and should be considered as a last resort option.

Right, it's not my case as my tablet is working although unrooted.

My original wish is to root while going back to 4.7.3 : this version was providing with a mail widget that disappeared with some update although it was really nice and displaying the number of unread messages right on the "desktop" screen + I didn't see any obvious improvement from Android 4.2.2 and 4.3. Maybe some of you can have good arguments to convince to instead keep 5.0.21 and just root it. So if I want :

1 - downgrade from WW_5.0.21 to 4.7.3 to root it, shoud I follow [MENTION=5592485]gbkelley[/MENTION] method

or do something else?

2 - if I want to keep my WW 5.0.21 and root it, how should I proceed? From what I read (although I can have missed a bit there or there), methods here are focused on rooting a US_5.0.21 and not WW.

Hoping I was clear and apologizing if I missed something in this long thread, many thanks in advance for your help!! :) :)
[Android General] fre78:
Hi,

1) see post 503 of this thread.

In the last line of the code, replace the right name of the file:

fastboot flash update WW_ME302C-V

4.7.3

-0-ota-user.zip

You can find all images (including WW 4.7.3) via this link:

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/a10c34c64da1/_Original

(4.7.7 on ASUS site does not work.)

2) apply the fake update to 5.0.22, which you can find here (WW version):

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/db1749885080/Asus ME302C/Firmwares/_Alternative/

Place it on your internal sdcard (root) and your device will recognize it as an update.

After installing it, you're still on 5.0.21, but rooted.

Google Translate works very well with German. You will find a lot of extra info on android hilfe.
[Android General] blaze2550:
for some reason i cannot change the default launcher on this tablet, i tried using apex and nova launcher but when i try to set the default launcher it doesn't save.
[Android General] qwerty123321:
Does this Rom received any official update or community support for custom Roms??
[Android General] fre78:
no.

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weird... i'm using nova without problems
[Android General] blaze2550:
after i factory reset the tablet nova launcher worked
[Android General] Fedmahn:
Tablet rooted in WW 5.0.21

Hi Fre78,

Many thanks for your quick but efficient help!

I will keep that aside if I eventually choose to go back to 4.7.3 (a bit complicated for me :silly:). I realised at least one advantage of the latest version: it boots slightly more quickly and powers off much more quickly.

Took me some re-re-reading to figure what "your device will recognize it as an update" meant: i.e that when you're putting the file on the tablet via usb for instance, as soon as you disconnect the cable, a small triangle icon is appearing in the sliding top bar, which I had to develop, click on the corresponding message ("an update is available") and activate the installation. After that, boom!, it was rooted. :good::good::cool:Many thanks Fre78 and more largely to the XDA community! :good:
[Android General] fre78:
glad it worked. enjoy your rooted device. all credits go to perpe (@android-hilfe.de)
[Android General] Chadder43:
Hey i dont know if its helpful or not but i have the us update version 5.0.21 that is pre rooted. Instructions. The intel drivers and the minimal adb-fastbooneeded to get root i did it on mine and it worked like a charm. I need to figure out te flashplayer problem. I cant figure out the libhoudini method yet. If you know how i would greatly appreciate it
[Android General] sabetta:
would it be possible to change this into a windows tablet? drop some form of windows for an os? would it even be worth it?
[Android General] mpgrimes:
No. Because there is no access to the bootloader or recovery for creating a custom recovery and modifying the bootloader if I'm not mistaken
[Android General] fifthlake:
Just wanted to say thanks for your assistance. I did not reply earlier but I was able to successfully flash pre-rooted image. What was strange is that the only way I could get it to flash was to not do a reset and erase cache. Just flashing it over the existing data worked perfectly. i"m not suggesting others do this but it worked for me.
[Android General] Chadder43:
Worked Like A Charm!

This is how it went on mine

As you can see from the transcript i didnt erase anything and it worked great for me on V5.0.21

Thanks,

-Chadder43
[Android General] Trox2142:
I am in trouble, I tried to follow the directions on the first page, I just wanted to root my fhd 10 on 4.7.3 but accidentally flashed ww_me302c-v4.7.3-0-ota-user.zip instead of the file I was supposed to from mediafire. The file on the first page doesn't exist i guess. Anyway I cant boot up my device at all . Please help I am new to this and don't want a bricked tablet. The flash failed when I tried to flash it and now im stuck on the boot loader screen. I'm desperate.
[Android General] Chadder43:
I dont think you are bricked...

before you began what firmware version did you have. I have a copy of the prerooted rom for the 5.0.21. I will upload it today when I get to school as they have a faster net than I do, and a few people have requested it.
[Android General] Chadder43:
Source Forge

Hey Everyone,

I have just finished uploading to pre-rooted rom for the US ME302C v5.0.21.

I have uploaded it to my tutorial and screenshots and other info and scripts and stuff, that I have on source forge. www.sourceforge.net/projects/me302cv5021/

If you use the info I have put up please leave some feedback as to what could have been done better.

Thanks, and Enjoy,

Chadder43
[Android General] slickwidnick:
i think i need the same files but for the us version, do you have the links for them?
[Android General] fre78:
you can use

recovery473.zip and fastboot473.zip on android-hilfe for both, US and WW sku.
[Android General] drnohadicho:
helo, my ME302C is:

android 4.3

kernel 3.4.43

ww_epad-V5.021-20140701

from regular asus web

What advantages do I get, from rooting the tablet?
[Android General] nvrpayretail:
Rooting your tablet gives you access to system areas of your operating system. For those who are more technical, it allows them to make modifications that would otherwise not be available. There are also apps that require root access to run. Again, for the most part these are apps that make changes to the basic operating system. Some, like Titanium Backup (root), need to access the system files in order to restore them. For an average user, I'd say that root is not something they generally need - unless they want to make modifications to the way their tablet runs. Others may disagree with me and I welcome other viewpoints - perhaps there is something beneficial for the average user that I'm not aware of .

I root all of my devices and make lots of changes - it's in my nature to play around and see what improvements I can make. But this also leads to exposure of 'breaking' my devices and having to troubleshoot what I've done wrong. On the other hand, I leave my significant other's devices alone and pure OEM. She has no complaints and they do everything she wants / needs them to do.

So it depends on your needs/desires. If you want your tablet to do what ASUS designed it to do, and it satisfies your needs, then there is no reason to root. However, if you're the adventurous type and like to modify your tablet, or you run across an app you need or want that requires root, then rooting is the way to go. Hope this helps.....
[Android General] drnohadicho:
thank you. Now i have some problems with the screen, after wake up, sometimes, the screen get display horizontal bars and then the tablet get locked. the root can i help me?
[Android General] mpgrimes:
Doubt it. Sounds like a hardware failure. Try a complete reflash. If that doesn't work then it's a hardware problem
[Android General] drnohadicho:
how reflash?, i download the last firware from asus and copy to tablet in internal folder ....
[Android General] mpgrimes:
You can also do it from fastboot. Search this topic. There are instructions how to do it and what you need.
[Android General] thanhdat:
Can this root Asus me103k, the tablet is unrootable at the moment, no one has succeeded at rooting it !!
[Android General] Blaze0079:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575676

if youre having a problem similar to the first post in the thread, i had to send my tablet to asus twice for them to fix it. i havent had the problem again for around a year now. i think they replaced the system board on mine.
[Android General] Polarbert:
5.0.21 is the most recent update isn't it? I had root on 5.16 but Then list is when updating.

http://gory.5v.pl/

Are there are stable 5 roms kicking around?
[Android General] skyman88882002:
Anybody know if this lollipop firmware is legit? Looks a tad shady

http://soft-business.com/androiddevice-30974.html
[Android General] mpgrimes:
There are no custom Roms for this device. Just root.
[Android General] nvrpayretail:
Interesting. Never saw or heard of them before. As noted, there have been no custom roms for this device, just rooted. Worth looking into further to see if there's any info on soft-business.com.

EDIT: I'd stay away from this. The address/phone number they list for their company is an office rental company. Seems that something is rotten in the state of Denmark!
[Android General] sabetta:
did anybody look into this any further?
[Android General] sabetta:
STAY FAR AWAY!!! VIRUS, VIRUS, VIRUS!!!! ****ed up everything! :crying::crying:
[Android General] JesseAaronSafir:
I'm on V5.0.16 rooted and trying to get to v5.0.21 rooted on the US variant. I downloaded the official US_ME302C_V5_0_21.zip firmware files from ASUS and extracted the US_ME302C-V5.0.21-0-ota-user.zip from it and put it on the root of my external sdcard. The tablet recognizes it and wants to update but the update fails every time. Do I have to unroot first? Or factory reset? I also was able to download the "fake" update to 5.0.22 that gets 5.0.21 rooted from 4Shared but it was difficult to get past all the spam/phishing stuff on that site. I'm assuming the file I downloaded will work, provided that I CAN get to 5.0.21 unrooted. Thoughts?

BTW, it's be really great if someone could keep the OP of this thread updated with the latest downloads to keep this tablet rooted as new firmwares come out. Thanks!
[Android General] atreyu206:
hdmi not working

Hi, I noticed that this thread hasn´t been updated lately. However, I was wondering if anyone could help me to fix the hdmi future of the FHD 10 (I know it's kinda out of topic). I bought it almost 2 years ago, but I could use the hdmi functionality only for about 3 days jaja After that, whenever I tried to connect it to different screens, the hdmi icon appeared on the screen of the tablet, but no signal whatsoever. Did anyone face a similar issue back when this tablet had some popularity? I remember that before it stopped working, there were some occasional disconnections, so I had to plug in the hdmi cable again.
[Android General] Will Pittenger:
Is the 5.0.21 version a reference to the Android version? If so, that's Lollipop. My MemoPad 10" has a rooted version of the stock image now. But, in part due to Stagefright, I'm hoping to upgrade it to at least Kitkat, maybe even Lollipop.
[Android General] atreyu206:
No, it's just the build number. It doesn't have anything to do with the android version since the last stable android version for this tablet is 4.3 jellybean. Check this screenshot: m . imgur. com / osixPvF (delete spaces)
[Android General] joeyung371:
Anyone can tell me where I can download ME302C_TW_patch.raw? or any similar RAW file I can use for the same purpose?

The link mail.ru is not working #404 error.
[Android General] Will Pittenger:
I was hoping something later than Jelly Bean would be an option by now.
[Android General] jostrus:
Asus is basically not supporting the device anymore so 4.3 is gonna be the last official one. Someone may be ambitious enough to manually put together a newer release but it'll have to run on the last official kernel since they have to be signed in order to run on the device.
[Android General] Will Pittenger:
Is ASUS still selling it?
[Android General] rogerlig:
Bootloaded is still (kind of) locked on the ME-302C

You can root, and the old apps are still there. But you can't go further than that, and install a new recovery, or a Cyanogenmod OS. The bootloader rejects attempts to change recovery.

It needs to be 'fully' unlocked, but Asus offer no way to do this. Their 'unlock' utility doesn't work, nor does 'fastboot oem unlock'.

So you can root, but to do more than this, we'll need some way to modify the bootloader to accept flashes to the recovery partition.
[Android General] Falgaroth:
So does this mean we will not see a clean Android on our ME302C then :(

or is there another solution out there to get rid of some/all of the ASUS bloatware ??!
[Android General] juansehentai:
brick

hi guys

i try to root my asus me302c-1a015a and i made a kind of brick, looks like the touchscreen driver doesnt work what shoud i do....

where can i find the stock firmware and how can i fix my tablet

thx for the help
[Android General] jostrus:
and of course now with Android 6 requiring a modded kernel in order to root this is making it look a lot less likely anything will happen.

on a side note does anyone know if taking one of the images from google in the sdk and merging in some drivers from Asus image would work?referring to earlier versions like 5. or hell even 6 but no root then.
[Android General] Asus Tablet:
Hello, I rooted my ME302C with Kingo Root (latest firmware) and it actually rooted it successfully. I rooted my tablet because I wanted to remove some of the bloatware that came with it. Anyway, there is an option in the Kingo SuperUser app that was installed by Kingo Root which removes the root. Instead of doing that, I just factory reset and now the built-in browser doesn't open, the tablet can't lock (screen just turns off), and I can't open the Notification Area. Everything else works okay. (oh, also the ME302C appears on my computer but I can't access its internal storage, although I could at one point but after a few resets later this stopped functioning properly) I finally removed the root using SuperUser (it carried over in the factory reset) and then reset the tablet again, but now it just brings me back to the same thing but without SuperUser. Is there any way to manually flash the stock firmware? ASUS doesn't have a tool that automatically does it and there are no custom recoveries for the tablet (ME302C) that I can find. Please help!

*Edit: Oh, silly me! The driver on my computer was corrupt, somehow. I just deleted the driver cache and plugged the tablet back in. It reinstalled the drivers and I was able to browse to internal storage. Hooray!*

*Disclamer: I am a newbie at this Android-related stuff.*
[Android General] marchions:
To Users that whant Xposed...

In Xposed 2.6 there is a Fix for our Asus MemoPad FHD 10 ME302C. Anyway, it requires a manual configuration.

To this end, after the Xposed installation we do not have to immediately reboot, but we have to connect it to the PC to digit the following commands via ADB:

Code :

adb shell

su

echo 0x98 > /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset

It works on 5.0.17 firmware (obviously root it is previously needed)

Via: http //www android-hilfe de/thema/xposed-me302c-version.549916/
[Android General] mikk@:
Thanks!!

Trying the ^^ for a bootloped device!

EDIT*

Worked!

Well written instructions!!!!

Thanks #Asus Tablet
[Android General] Asus Tablet:
You're welcome!!! Glad I could help.
[Android General] MaiDeRski:
i`m so ****ed up

I have asus WW -> 302KL but when i try to fastboot flash recovery473, it failed with (remote: image is not a boot image). When i tried fastboot flash fastboot fastboot.img it said (remote: partition table dosen`t exist). Any help ?
[Android General] mpgrimes:
it's recovery you are flashing, not bootloader. So it would be, fastboot flash recovery recovery.IMG

Then would be fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
[Android General] Scisco:
Higher Version of Android? Lollipop maybe?

Is there anyway to get the ME302c to upgrade to a higher version of OS then 4.3?! I can't use half my apps anymore because the android operating system is too low. And all the things I have found to root it, only root to firmware 5.021 which is still 4.3 android...
[Android General] Asus Tablet:
I am not an expert, but if somebody really put the effort into it we could have some type of "hack" that updates this tablet to the newer Android versions which this tablet is surely capable of supporting. ASUS is just too lazy to do it themselves. If this tablet had an ARM CPU instead of an Intel x86 CPU, then it would probably have a hack already, even though the hacking community for this device is so small. There are universally-applicable hacks, such as custom ROMs or unlocked bootloaders, but they are designed with the majority in mind so they only work on ARM CPUs, which most devices except for ASUS's devices have. So although "universal" hacks exist that wouldn't even need a hacking community to work, they aren't compatible with this tablet!
[Android General] Lyan:
Anything like this:

Marshmallow for ME302KL

That would be a dream come true!
[Android General] Lyan:
Also Asus support is not helping....
[Android General] bugiipt:
Hello guys,

I have a problem right now with my tablet ME302C. I try to root it but right now is impossible to do something. He keeps on the logotype menu and don't goes to the system. I really dunno what i have done wrong with that. But right now i need to have the system back to try again. I just can't do nothing. No root, no system no nothing.

With my S5 was so easy, but right now it's getting hard with the ME302C.

Thank you.

By the way version WW 4.3
[Android General] Kirpman:
Hi. Proooobably not the correct place to ask, but tried rooting, but something went very bad. now I only end up in boot loop. How to flash factory rom with adb/fastboot? tried various ways. but the firmware is in zip and it seems only img files can be flashed?
[Android General] proxy0:
i'd imagine the x86 cpu would be much easier to use then an ARM?
[Android General] bill'o:
hello, I allow myself to dig up this topic because I am exactly in the same situation of a bricked tablet and a little tired of hacking for 3 days.

I followed this tutorial translated from German https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...fuer-asus-memo-pad-fhd-10.1477/anleitung-root -unroot-up-downgrade-unbrick-asus-memo-pad-fhd-10-ab-android-4-3.528918.html

step 5 unbrick and so on

I got back thanks to flashing 4.7.3 recovery then fastboot a plausible serial number Medfield429XXXXX

and the RECOVERY menu in the droidboot, I flashed the system sys5011.gz found here

everything went well

but when I try to update with a raw image of the German site, everything goes well but when reboot recovery,

reboot tablet as soon as access to recovery so it crashes. Basically I can not access the recovery mode, it aways reboots as soon as it accesses it. HELP PLS!