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[Asus Transformer TF700] Robbie_G:
Screen does not turn off/sleep when tablet is closed with keyboard. 6-17 version. I don't seem to remember that being a problem with previous versions.

Edit: I did re-(dirty)-flash, and I do have ART enabled (in case it is not a problem for others using dalvik)

Edit 2: it appears opening the tablet does wake it up
[Asus Transformer TF700] Lahdee:
B/u to Helium

Super ROM, Thanks for all your work! Can't b/u apps in helium to SD card only to internal storage. Remounted sd, no success. Any thoughts?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Sorry mate what is b/u. .....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
Guessing "Back-Up"
[Asus Transformer TF700] Lahdee:
B/u to Helium

Sorry, b/u = backup
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Its old school for back up. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
I was having phantom button pushes previously, but not since I did a clean install for the 6/17 build. I suggest the same for you if you have not already.
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
Spinning Logo Hell - Please help!

I've tried every combination and all I ever get is the spinning logo which will run for an hour to forever if I let it.

Full wipe, factory reset, wiping cache and dalvik before and/or after. Back on Cromi-X.

Is there some slightly more detailed procedure or something I am missing? I read page after page for a solution to this problem that LOTS of people encountered, but am either "pageblind" by now or I just can'rt find the magic answer.

I'm laying here with a broken back and desperately want to be able to succeed at this...need the features and fixes that KitKat offers to make this boat anchor into what it could have been if ASUS hadnt decided rto abandon it for the Google Edition.
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Ouch! Sorry about your back. Hopefully you're resting in reasonable comfort (or have good meds!).

If you're switching android bases, you have to format data as well. you did not specify formatting -- mentioning only wipe & reset -- which are not the same. Make sure you have the install on an SD card and format data, then try the install again.

From the first 2 lines of the OP:

Or let us know if you have already done so.
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
Thanks for the well-wishes. I have both, but it's not something I'd recommend. I got lucky, too. I can still feel my legs and walk.

1. I tried most of the day to find a path to go from .8 rooted to 10.6.1.14.10 rooted, and I could not do it. (If there's a possible path to this from .8, PLEASE let me know because that would seem to be the best way. I looked for a rootkeeper, but everything said that they didn't work anymore. Maybe with JB they still do?? Need some direction.)

Consequently, I found and loaded a bootloader and TWRP package (so I guess I'm back to TWRP 2.5) that I can't find again, so I cannot remember if it was .8 or .10 I THOUGHT it was .10, but I was so tired by then, it could have easily been .8.

When that didn't work (spinning logo), I went the full wipe way in Recovery. Still spinning logo.

Then, from Recovery, I did all the wiping that could be done. "Formatting data?" Where do you do that?

And, please toss me links for the where I need to go. I really can't endure the frustration of another whole day's fruitless search. While I used to like digging for these things, these days I just want the tablet to work.

And I do almost everything from the external SDcard; it's the only reliable way to find anything and keep it safe!!

(Thanks already for this info and also thank you in advance. It's very difficult being the only techno-savvy person in my circle; never anyone to get help from and half my life feels like I am fixing computers for free. I don't mind it so much as long as I can get mine to work as well!

)
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
The twrp you want (2.6.3+) is in the ROM OP:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2672751

It's flashable from your current twrp. Do that first. The newest TWRP (2.7.1.1) works too, but the rom will work with this one just fine.

Once TWRP is updated, flash the .10 bootloader: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490004178

Reboot into Android.

Reboot one more time into recovery (TWRP), and click Wipe. Under that there is an option for Format Data. That's the one you want. This will take a while -- could be up to an hour (mine was 30 min).

Once complete, you should be able to install the current 6/17 ROM. Note that you will see the spinning logo for up to 10 minutes on first boot. Hope that helps. Let us know if you run into trouble.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
I have a slightly different take on this:

He's on an outdated recovery and that's the whole problem.

[MENTION=5928077]clarkkent57[/MENTION]

First check your bootloader version by booting into the bootloader menu and reading the tiny script. You're probably on 10.6.1.14.10 already and there's no need to flash a bootloader.

Then download TWRP 2.7.1.1 from here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/tf700t

Flash it in fastboot

Reflash the rom and you'll be set.

A format of data is only necessary if you have corrupted the data partition. Even switching to a different rom base, a Factory Wipe in recovery is sufficient.

Edit: Even easier, download sbdags recovery install tool. It'll flash 2.7.1.1 for you: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2646279
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
He said he's on .8, not .10. I think we need to confirm that he's on a current bootloader before proceeding. He also said he never formatted data...
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
He said he can't remember anymore what he is on after all he's done :cyclops:

But if he flashed a bootloader "package", it was most likely sbdag's BL/TWRP package. I don't know of any other flashable BL package for this tablet.

But you're right, he should confirm what BL he's on. Although the .8 is just fine for KK.

And you don't need to format data - really. ;)

OP says "full wipe" which is wipe of cache, dalvik and data (without /data/media - no need for that), also called a "Factory Wipe" in TWRP. /system gets formatted during rom installation in Aroma anyway.

Scout's honor :angel:
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Whatever get him up and running quicker is OK in my book. Thanks Bern. Good luck Clark. Hope the TF700 is not your kryptonite. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
First of all, thanks for all the help; I appreciate this very much.

acraigl, I pretty much did what you said. I already had the latest twrp.blob, so I installed it through terminal emulator mode, the only thing I have available to me right now, other than that which I can download and install directly.

Sitting at the computer is painful and I could not get adb to work yesterday, so the PC connection is out for now; I will try later since I finally found that pack of self-installing drivers. (Many drivers floating around do not work for 64 bit machines, though they say they do, sadly.) Right now, it's just me, the notebook, the phone, and the tablet w/external SDcard.

1. I installed TWRP

2. I installed the .10 w/TWRP you sent me (the missing link, and thanks!)

3. I cleared it all including the format (which I somehow missed...but don't recall anyone else saying to format)

4. I installed the CROMBi-KK, but not the ASUS apps, and selected default everything.

Now, it is booting to TWRP only after failing to find the system, apparently.

So...what's next?? :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
When coming from one base rom to another,

Factory wipe works most of the time, not 100%. [emoji51]
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
And I can only start from a rooted .8 right now. I haven't figured out how to carry forward the root files to .10...I burnt 1/2 of yesterday up working on that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I remember I compared the bootloader binaries back when .10 was released, and it looked like only version number and build date changes. So everything should work fine with any 10.6.1.14.x bootloader.
[Asus Transformer TF700] woodsonmh:
Dang you

With smiles
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
Sticking with this version for the time being fellas rather than going back to 5.4 though love CROM-i...

Flashed the latest TWRP sbdags and still showing v2.6.3-that3...??
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
OK, better. Almost where I was before....

Sent from my cROMBi-KK'd TF700 via Tt
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
I did not install the ROM forcing rendering to GPU, I have tried it before in other ROMs and never saw much difference. I posted a quadrant of this ROM in a earlier post and had almost no 2D at all and some apps not running as well as they should even with a quadrant score of 9241. I went to the ROMs developers in settings and turned on force 2D rendering to GPU and at least got a 2D score over 500 instead of the 200 2D score from before. You can see in this screenshot as I was taking it I was turning the volume down. ? This was the ROM force 2D rendering:

The apps are running better and not jerky.
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
Yeah, as can be seen from my screenshot, my I/O is suffering - badly. I'm beginning to wonder if that is at least partially based on the microSD Card, b/c right now there is a slow 32 GB micro Class 4 in there....

Sent from my cROMBi-KK'd TF700 via Tt
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Better yet go into the settings/developers and check "Advance Reboot" ;)

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Did you do a complete format of the internal drive instead of a wipe? Oh you using external, you may be right. I have a 32GB ultra San disk in mine but haven't tried the ROM to SD yet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] tigerfaninnc:
Huge, Thanks to lj50036, for spending hours walking me through this upgrade to Crombi-kk! Ultimately he helped me find that installing over 5.4, even with a full wipe in TWRP was not finishing. I was also ordering the flash with goomanager (only way I had ever done new Cromi-X versions, not sure why) but all I needed was to boot into TWRP, format, then install.

All I can say about Crombi-kk is Freaking Wow! Lj50036, sbdags and everyone else who has and is contributing to this Rom are AWESOME! I will absolutely be hitting some donate buttons in the very near future!
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
Mackis mentioned that app so you don't have to use the power button to reboot. The advanced options still requires use of the power button.

I did when I first installed yesterday's build, but for today's build I just wiped.

If I need to do another full format, then I'm setting up all of my apps and making a nice neat little backup and then I'll attempt with another format.

But I really do think my I.O has something to do with my microSD lol. I have an older 16 GB Ultra (Class 10 UHS 1) I can test with.....
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Why is it some apps will go all weird and sometime just crash when using force rendering to GPU? The app. must either be poorly written or is it the in-app purchase that most apps have now want it their way lol..
[Asus Transformer TF700] lartomar2002:
Yowza, Yowza, Yowza. 0309 build, fsync off, enforced 2 step GPU, row,interactive, with ART. No Rom2sd or Data2sd. I tried to attach screen shot but when I clicked on "Choose file" the file explorer does not open?

Total: 9275

CPU: 28814

Men: 2852

I/O: 11,289

2D: 500

3D: 2922

Can someone tell why I can not choose a file to attach? I have never had that happen before.

I am using the xda 2013-beta-1024 format.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Reminds me of Sammy Hagar's hit song in 1984.. "I can't drive 55!" View attachment 2622577
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
There is the entire conversation. That is why he was suggesting that app to that one person who reported an issue with his power button.

Only if it is a working power button.

[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] - I've now replaced the 32GB microSD Class 4 with a 16 GB UHS 1 micro. after reboot, here is my Quadrant:
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
He said trouble again, hardware? I have trouble sometimes but its my clumsy fingers I usually blame the hand I broke once, but I'm not as young or as dexterous as I once was. :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
OP said his power button stopped working. SBDags replied asking if it was (possibly) hardware related.

Either way, the advanced settings are not going to help the OP because his power button is not working correctly.

You can also reboot your tablet by connecting it to your computer and sending it adb commands. The software mentioned by Mackis is another option. Both adb and the software do not require a working hardware power button.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
I dont recall saying that...:confused: No worreis at all I just did not want users to think I was the OP you were referring to....:good:

You can also rebbot from the terminal emulator...:D
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
look three posts up. I never said you said anything.

Sorry, by OP I meant OP in the string of quotations I put in my post three posts up, not you as the thread starter :p
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
I think he said his power button not working again.

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Be nice.
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
I've quoted the relevant posts a few posts back. And I don't understand your admonishment to be nice when I am not being !nice (read: Not nice) by any stretch of the imagination...

At any rate, my own machine it just now pushing 8500. It's like it refuses to go any faster lol.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
What kernel are you using?

I have been told by my ex that one can be terse without realizing. All I am say is smart people can have a since of humor

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[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
OK...here's where I am at...

I just reinstalled ASUS .8 firmware. It's freshly 'chopped with the latest TWRP installed. (I wish there was a way to save and restore this w/o adb exactly as it is so I didn't have to go through the whole process, but...oh well.)

So, according to the plan, I should just be able to go through the process as listed on the OP without formatting?? Before I do, is there anything else I should know or something I should or should not do?

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[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Ok, that you do not have fastboo/adb access makes things a little more complicated.

I'm still not sure what bootloader and recovery version you have currently installed and it is important!

But you don't have to worry about root. You should be able to do everything in recovery.

To get the .10 bootloader head over to the CROMI-X thread and grab the flashable bootloader/TWRP package.

Flash it in your current recovery and reboot.

You are now on the correct bootloader but the TWRP in that package is 2.6.1 and not compatible with KK.

So go to post 2 in CROMBI-KK rom thread. There you'll find a flashable version of TWRP 2.6.3 by _that.

Flash it in recovery and reboot.

You should now be good to go and flash the rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
OK! THANK YOU! I'm off to try. I think I see what the two problems were.

I'm on the default .8 loader and TWRP is 2.7.1.1. I'll have to make sure that I update the TWRP after the .10 bootloader update, though, but I assume that the 2.7+ is fine according to previous posts?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Yes, it's fine. Ah, right - you flashed it from Terminal in recovery before.... [emoji108]
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
I flashed it from Android Terminal Emulator. How can you flash from recovery?

Anyway...it didn't work. I started clean from .8, rooted, rebooted, installed TWRP, rebooted, rebooted into TWRP, installed the .10 boot, rebooted, reinstalled TWRP, rebooted, rebooted into recovery, installed crombi-kk. Everything seemed to go well...

Except an hour later, the logo is still running.

Rather than how things should work, what did you actually do? How do you install successfully from a full wipe/format, alternatively?

I can install Cromi-X just fine. At this point, the simplest way is all I want. Please.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
I don't see anything about wiping everything??

Wipe/advwipe/everything but SD card

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] clarkkent57:
Josh,

Just to make it clear to me, the novice, you mean to do this before you install anything, then, right?

At any point, do I need to rewipe anything during the process or at the end?

Thanks,

Will
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
New question I'm hoping all you experts can help with :). I'm trying to unlock and install Crombi-KK on my wife's TF700 now, but having some problems. For whatever reason, her tablet will not connect to a computer via USB. It charges fine when connected to a charger, but when plugged in to a computer, neither the computer nor the tablet responds as though anything has happened at all. I've already done a full factory reset and it has not helped. I know I have the right drivers installed on the laptop I'm using, because it connects via fastboot to my own TF700 just fine.

The bootloader is unlocked (via the ASUS apk), but I can't get TWRP on the device because fastboot doesn't work (does not recognize that a device is connected). I can't try installing TWRP via console or GooManager because the device is still on a stock non-rooted ROM. All the root methods for the TF700 (motochopper, ect) seem to also require a working USB connection.

So I'm a bit stuck. I can get files on to the device no problem, but without a working USB connection I can't find a way to flash a custom recovery. Is there any way to flash TWRP that does not require (at any stage) a working USB connection to a computer?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You can if someone (in this case Josh) makes a flashable zip

Ok, you are on the .10 bootloader and TWRP 2.7.1.1, right?

You're asking how do I do it? From CROMi-X to CROMBi-KK (and vice versa multiple times) I enter TWRP, choose the Wipe option from the menu, swipe the button and let it finish.

Go back to TWRP Home screen, select the rom and flash it.

The KK roms are not signed, so make sure the MD5 hash of the file you downloaded matches.

But at this point it's gotta be something about the installation. When the Aroma installer finishes you have the option of saving the installation log. Please do it.

Then go back to TWRP home, choose Advanced and tap on 'Copy Log to SD'.

Post both logs please.

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Download the Towelroot app - and don't forget to make a donation to geohot ;)

It'a a one-click apk root method that is confirmed to work on this tablet.

Then use Flashify or GooManager to flash TWRP.

Bingo

BTW, have you always used the same USB port for both tablets? Try a different one. Not a good thing to be flashing on a device without adb and fastboot access....
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
Good suggestion, but it's a no go :(. Towelroot v3 sits for awhile and then stops responding. If I click "wait" it just keeps going and eventually stops responding again. If I click "ok", the device reboots, but no root :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Yes correct, do the full wipe, then install the ROM..

After installation just reboot, no need to wipe anything after install...

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] glecko:
Hello

Just a quick question... For ROM2SD, can both system and data partitions be F2FS? I formatted both as F2FS in gparted, but the boot screen says that only DATA is F2FS.

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Aroma formats system ext4 before installing. /system on f2fs is pointless. It's read only in normal operation
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
If I am not mistaken, geohot is a great hacker for iOS for jailbbreaking....:D If he is crossing the line entering the android OS, he could help users to unlock the bootloader without using the Asus unlocked tool...haha....:fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Woo hoo! Finally got f2fs on SD working! Read the part about requiring the v10 / cromi (iirc) in the OP installed first on internal for a rom2sd install, and seemed to also do the trick for my data2sd install.

Other parts of the puzzle were to 1. that I went back and reformatted internal data to ext4 because someone mentioned in the f2fs twrp thread they needed internal SD formatted that way to get it to work. Not sure what part it was but it's working now. Only hiccup was that after installing too many apps at once with tibu, I got an UID error and started over.. But smooth as butter so far. 2. Using my gparted SD card formatted ext4/fat32, was just able to run data2sd then format data to switch the extSD data partition over from ext4 to f2fs.

Sent from my 747
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
He probably would get an "offer he can't refuse" from the NSA first - or get stuck in Russia like Snowden. Hahaha

Seriously, wonder what's in store for us with Android L. It's going to get harder and harder to crack the code and if the new HTC M8 is any indication, we soon will be paying for unlocking our devices.

The hackers who found a way to get root, S-off and unlock the BL for the M8 are now offering it as a paid service for $25 per device.

Which I think is reasonable. I donated at least that much anyway, but IDK - probably 90% of those benefiting did not....
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Manufacturers take note: I'm only going to pay for a device with an unlockable bootloader. I have no interest in "cracking" my own device to be able to run the software I want on it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Svashtar:
OpenVPN

Hi,

normally I wouldn't be asking this here as i am not even sure it is really ROM specific, but it is worth a try, and i have already tried everything and am a little bit stuck.

The thing is, I have installed an OpenVPN server on one of my servers and I would like to use it from Crombikk based TF700 tablet.

I have tried a connection from my windows machine, from my Paranoid based Galaxy S3 phone and from tablet Crombikk.

The tablet is the only one having problems. Windows and phone connections are working perfectly.

The VPN connection is established, but then, transfer is not actually working and I can see connection is dropping and connecting all the time.

I already had problems on this tablet/ROM connecting to my home router until i've set a static IP.

Maybe here is similar problem, but don't know exactly how to tackle it.

I configured server to assign static IP to my VPN connection profile, but this doesn't help.

What is this ROM different from others in networking perspective?

Or maybe, it is tablet WIFI that is causing problems and not playing nice with majority of devices.

Did someone tried OpenVPN, have successful connections, etc?

Any tips would be welcome. Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] bitemeoftn:
You're right, it's not really a ROM specific question, and hopefully we don't get flamed for being off topic, but my suggestion would be to try NeoRouter. I use it for my VPN choice and haven't had any issues with it at all. Didn't even have to set a static IP. Give that a shot and hopefully it works as well for you as it does for me. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
Still having no luck with this unfortunately. Towelroot is not rooting the device, and the other "one click" root apps I've been able to find (IE Saferoot) don't seem to work either. If anyone has any other suggestions for how to either root the stock ROM, or flash a new bootloader that do not require adb/USB connection to a PC please share, as I'm a bit stuck a this point otherwise.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Haha, you are totally correct...:) Do you have NVFlash blobs? Just kidding....:p
[Asus Transformer TF700] hardslog:
It is a known problem with CyanogenMod with the 4.4.3 release. This should be fixed in the next version. Something in CM borked the VPN connectivity.