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[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mis012:
First of all, it's UEFI, not BIOS. Read something about that.

Second thing, you have two options how to solve this.

First option: simply give it to ASUS to repair it, they will change motherboard.

Second option: with this option, you will definitely learn something new, and based on your actual equipment, it may be faster.

I cannot try this, as I don't have powered OTG cable. It will work, if you do it well.

Tools: powered USB OTG cable, USB keyboard, USB hub, USB flash disk

Make two partitions on your flash disk, or use two separate ones (you will have two wipe one anyways)

Find a UEFI suitable version of some lightweight linux distribution and plant it on the first partition (or flashdisk)

Then find a kind person to dd a bite copy of his tablet EMMC, and place the .img file on the second partition (or disk)

power tablet off, connect everything to the tablet and power it on. Use keyboard to move around in the bios and try to boot from flash disk.

When in linux, make note how the EMMC is called (it's mmcblk0 on android) and use dd to "apply" the bite copy to your EMMC. Then let it go, and when it's complete, reboot your tablet and you will see.

If you don't know what something means, google it (better) or contact me (I can read it anytime, but I can oly write an answer from PC/laptop (tablet doesn't work - read above - and smartphone is kind of unusable for writing texts (mine is :)

Hope that helps.

Sincerely, Mis012
[MeMO Pad 7 General] MKKLR21:
Thanks to @ jerbear294 my device is up and running again. Nevertheless I didn't succeed installing xposed framework. I hope there will be a solution soon...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mis012:
Wow, it seems ASUS has removed any firmware links from their support site. And the same happened before lollipop update. Thay may be preparing for a big update!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Hopefully it's either Marshmallow or an unlocked bootloader but both seem highly unlikely knowing ASUS.

Most likely they're bumping up to 5.1. That would be pretty bad since 5.1 was mostly minor stuff.

Xposed isn't working because of changes ASUS made to app-process32. I'm trying the Android 5.1 version manually installed but I don't have high hopes.

EDIT: Yep, bootloop. Why am I not surprised?

I'll try taking the app_process32 file from the first update (fortunately it's in the Nandroid I made) and retrofitting it into this update in a couple hours.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] smsalom:
I'm experiencing bootloops using the nandroid backup posted in this thread
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
bootloader changed?

[MENTION=5479482]jerbear294[/MENTION]

i'm still on kk .201 and haven't tried to update to lp .24 couse i'm tired to restore my backup over and over again.My question is if TWRP restores the bootloader.If it restores the bootloader i'll try the update one more time...?

best regards
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
Its probably 5.1 coming and 5.1 isn't compatible with the tether recoveries with out down grading droidboot. 5.1 brings with it the PDB (persistent data block) used for anti theft which requires a repartitioning of the emmc so the previous android versions arnt suppose to be downgrade able.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jay_snake:
Seriously? Where is the option to turn that off? And isn't it kinda weird than that the nandroid worked?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Lovely. :L

The next question: is it possible to downgrade droidboot?

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I believe it's over in the advanced options.

I'm not sure if it's the culprit, it's the first thing that came to mind.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
can i install a lp backup over kk .201 by using the latest twrp?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Nope.

The bootloaders are completely different. Could you flash it? Sure. Would it boot? Probably not.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
can i extract the bootloader.img from lp zip and flash it with twrp and then restore a lp backup ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Nope. The only way to get the updated bootloader is to flash the update the normal way.

I just thought of something- do any of you think the ASUS backup/restore could be a way to root without a computer? There might be a way to get it to write to the system directory.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
i thought that when i would have the lp with uefi i would try to boot a tmp twrp partition but i dont know enough about the adb and cwm/twrp stuff but i would try to install a little win partition on it wich could start the launcher.bat but how to use it without usb cable?

to get the ASUS backup/recovery to write to the system directory and root the device would mean we could install nandroids on it right?

so i would need someone like you to modify my current kk bootloader it would be very nice if you could do that:):):)

i tried the ota verifier and it say's that the ota is perfect but it say's also that the android version is 4.4.0 does that result in having still kk .201 installed?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jay_snake:
Ok,I'll let you know. I'm away for the weekend but will test it as soon as I'm home
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
So, the new update, should I update it? What does it fix? Does anyone have a changelog?

I've deleted loads of system apps and last night while I was trying to update via OTA I got an error.

Now I'm downloading the full version from cyandro's post here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63218455&postcount=2883 . Maybe I'll try installing it by adb sideload later. But again, I'm afraid that I might brick my tablet.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Treklof:
Big Thank for the Nandroid

Thank you so much for the Nandroid! Worked perfectly!

I didnt do a factory reset and noticed so battery drain. Will try it later, when I got some time.

One thing I found out this morning is that my camera isnt working anymore.

Anybody noticed that too? I reseted the app. Didnt help. Something like "Camara not found".

Very strange!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
I had the same issue with the update ..so I just down loaded the 10/24 version and removed a couple of lines in the updater script and installed it via twrp no problems then just downloaded the latest update moved it to the sdcard rebooted then installed it all OK ..if needs I can upload a copy of the 10/24 version with the different updater script so you can just install like a normal ROM via twrp ..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
Thanks, dog121. That's exactly what I just did. Twice actually since the 1st time I tried to root and it worked so I got cocky and installed Xposed then it all went wrong. The tablet stuck at the Asus loading screen so I had to do it all again.

By the way, do you have Xposed that works with 10/33?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
It is impossible to modify the bootloader. I was talking about the backup app, not the actual recovery.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Nope not with the latest update I've tried two version one on official xposed and the zenphone xposed version still no go..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
What a shame. All I want is the rootcloak, i'll just have to make do with temp unroot for the time being.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
[MENTION=3148998]jerbear[/MENTION].294

sorry i missunderstood that.i will try to install the .24 version tonight maybe it'll work.is it enough to make a factory reset to remove every mods made by the xposed framework or do i have to do something else?

thanks in advance
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sschmutte:
My way to update to lp is Factory Reset on. KK . 201. Then download or before the .24 Firmware from Asus and Put it on your extern root Folder on the Sd-card then Reboot. After Reboot the system are tell you found a update on Sd-card klick to install. After install i was on LP all works fine. Then i configure my tablet and all was fine. After this i found the update to .33 i download the update and Put in root of the extern sdcard and Reboot. The system find the update and I klick Ok to install. The tablet Reboot and then Error can"t install the update. I do another Factory Reset, after this Reboot the tablet and the system find the update and I install it and now I am on. 33 and all works fine. Sorry for my bad english.!

Gesendet von meinem SM-N920C mit Tapatalk
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
did you xposed mods before you reset or delete system apk's?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Where is the TEMP TWRP? Can you please link it?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
[MENTION=5764078]Shagon94[/MENTION]

the link to twrp tmp:

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Updated to .24 and now gapps crashes every 2 seconds, and from what I've read here about .33 I think I'm gonna try to rollback to the previous version and stay there
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
[MENTION=5764078]Shagon94[/MENTION]

i have read that some people have had that problem and solved it but don't know in wich thread just google it maybe it leads you to the right thread.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Maeke.fr:
My tab under .33 is perfeclty stable for now, much more than under .17 and .24 (and you CAN'T roll back to kitkat, it has been said several times), i used the nandroid method and did data, cache and dalvik cache wipes.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
What about the system ui crashing at 20% like other users had? Any issues with that?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Maeke.fr:
No, my tab went to near 0% without any crash, nor instability.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
I find .33 pretty stable. Apart from massive amount of bloatware the only problem is battery drain is more severe this time.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Anyone have a root method for .33 update?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
I followed this instruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWM9wI1QUAs .

Works for .24 and .33.

I forgot to mention that only root works, not Xposed. Do not try to install Xposed otherwise you'll stuck at the boot screen.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] spookmeister101:
Here's my experience, I used jerbears nandroid which worked perfect (Thanks a lot BTW) after install I did a factory reset.

I used it all day (8 hours reading, and taking notes) and the battery was at 67% so battery drain = minimal :good:

I had no random crashes until this morning, ironically loading this page in Chrome LOL.

My clock is finally keeping good time again.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with 33 so far.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
For some reason I can't get it rooted this way either..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
Does it stuck somewhere? I didn't root it on Windows though, I was using OSX and only ran root.sh.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] spookmeister101:
I've tried the tethered recovery, twrp and cwm with latest supersu, it says they install fine, but on reboot root checker says no root :( oh well, someone smarter than me will figure out a way LOL
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Update:

Kingoroot NOT working

root zenphone (apk) - NOT WORKING

Kingoroot (windows application) - NOT working

ZenFoneRootKit_20150528 - NOT working

What the hell?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Gah, Android without Xposed isn't Android to me. :(

I'll ask some of my fellow Recognized Contributors- if anybody knows what's up with Xposed, they will. I'll grab the logcat of the bootloop the next chance I get.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
It seems to be a bug which only appears when the language is set to Turkish or any language other than English.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] therealprof:
Bloatware is not too bad but I'm too seeing massive battery drain.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Beaver_XT:
WTH indeed, Shagon94. One of them bound to be working.

Have you tried factory reset then root again?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] therealprof:
Works fine for me.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jay_snake:
Same here. not getting a root....Also not through temp TWRP. And yes, I did tried a factory reset
[MeMO Pad 7 General] joao1996f:
With temp TWRP flash supersu.zip. Try a second time.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
It's really strange that supersu.zip's only working for half of us. Personally I think it has to do with TWRP's new system read-only mode (pretty sure I turned that off)

Those of you having trouble, try rooting through CWM (ugh) instead.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Tried with CWM as well, not working;

To those whom worked, what are the steps you took? Have you deleted cache/data? Disabled anything?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jay_snake:
Same here, I literally tried everything now. Can someone share a rooted nandroid? Or maybe tell me where I can get the full rom? Maybe my tablet is allergic to a non rooted nandroid ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Steps I took to gain (or try to) root:

1. Plugged in to PC and double checked if USB debugging is enabled.

2. Used ZenFoneRootKit_20150528 and double clicked root.bat (like in the video).

3. Daemon started, the tablet restarted itself; flashed itself http://i.imgur.com/lq5Uiss.png and the tablet restarted itself.

4. There is no superSU app on the tablet and Root Checker Basic app says:"Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device."

5. Installed SuperSU and started it, SuperSU says:"There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem! If you just upgraded to Android 5.0, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device!"

6. Checked the language - English (US);

7. Decided to use IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015, settings: (4) twrp_mdpi_portrait.zip and T4;

8. Flashed SuperSU and the same thing happened as step 4 (Root access is not properly installed on this device). Saved a log here: http://pastebin.com/ZA1W2svp

One odd thing I've seen, ro.product.device=K013_1, can anyone confirm this is the intended one?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
From the Log, I can say that you are still on .1.24 version.

The problem is with mounting data partition.

Try to mount it manually from TWRP or CWM (at least CWM has such an option). Then try to flash it.

You can delete mounting line from the updater script if you can manually mount the partition.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
I flashed the nandroid someone posted, its .33 i think (looking at screenshot)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
Check log lines: 470, 479, 484, 486....

All say that it is .1.24. There is something strange...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
You're right, but wtf, are the logs wrong or the system screenshot? I took it 5 minutes ago, anyone having this issue as well? To take logs just go to twrp > advanced (or settings) and click the log to sd button, then upload that to pastebin; Maybe the system flashed itself wrong, or the nandroid backup didn't flash right, whatever the case I don't know the next step.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
Is there an option in TWRP to manually mount /data?

Edit: BTW, I downloaded the 10.33 full firmware file from Asus Support website, and checked the updater script.

It goes like:

"if check_version()=="5.0" then

format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/by-name/system", "0", "/system");

else

format("ext4", "EMMC","/dev/block/platform/intel/by-label/system", "0", "/system");

endif;

if check_version()=="5.0" then

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/by-name/system", "/system", "max_batch_time=0,commit=1,data=ordered,barrier=1,errors=panic,nodelalloc");

else

mount("ext4", "EMMC","/dev/block/platform/intel/by-label/system", "/system"); "

AFter formatting /system, scripts uses different commands to mount the partition. The first command is for Lollipop versions. Latest TWRP mounting commands may not be suitable with this one. You can try to change the mounting line in SuperSU updater Script with this line:

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/by-name/system", "/system", "max_batch_time=0,commit=1,data=ordered,barrier=1,errors=panic,nodelalloc");

You have nothing to lose. If it will not mount, nothing will happen :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
I honestly don't know where to look in order to change the script
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
You need to change the updater-script in SuperSU.zip To do that, you need to install Notepad++.

Open the zip. Go to META-INF/com/google/android.

Send me the updater-script. I will make the necessary changes. But I dont have Notepad++ in my office PC. You need to apply the changes by yourself.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
update-binary file http://pastebin.com/ESH7Jbp3

updater-script file http://pastebin.com/siYSbMSN
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
This is a generic zip file for all devices. Therefore it uses binary instead of script.

I can produce a script for our device.. But I need the whole zip file. Would you provide me with the link pls?

Tnx.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6WGaRVS-FwNNHd0X296U0ZfMWc/view?usp=sharing There you go buddy :D

(Taken from ZenFoneRootKit_20150528's folder)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
I am extremely busy right now. It will take some time. But there are 4 files only to be installed. When I detect them properly, I will prepare the zip and the updater script.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
Did you need to modify the updater-script to get things to work?

EDIT: Answered my own question -- yes, the updater-script needs to have irst line removed just like last time (be sure word wrap is off and that you are using an editor that doesn't screw up line feeds, etc!) Update worked fine using tethered install (the Intel Android FBRL thingy). My tablet is now optimizing apps, so we will see how things go from there...

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
You're talking about rooting it? I'm desperate to get this thing rooted, asus put (and I've counted) 28 of their applications that work in the background.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
No, it worked without any modifications for me.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
It should. It just checks if the device is k013 or not. That's all.

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I am working for root solution. Gimme a couple of more our. I am not sure though if it is gonna work :((
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
I have simply rooted my device after the update like I did it for each of the updates before. Simply booted into the temp recovery, flashed http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu and my device was successfully rooted. This has always worked fine for me.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
For some reason this method is not working for every one.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] AndrewRBX:
A few infos:

A few days ago I successfully updated using Jerbear's Nandroid, but the device was suffering a massive battery drain,

so I decided to make a clean install (thanks to Cyandro, by the way).

The good news is that the battery drain is gone, the bad news is that the device is still suffering random reboots. :confused:

I don't know... I really hope for a new update (5.1 maybe?)... I don't care about Marshmallow, I only want a stable device. :eek:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
Weird, no idea then.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
I am talking about updating to the newer firmware that ASUS recently released.

Rooting is straightforward using adb and a tethered reboot thingamabob. I got root back right after doing the update, not a problem.

I have attached the edited updater-script (just the first line removed), and you can download the whole zipfile if you want from:

https://www.mediafire.com/?4czcrww466px2qe

Just update using that zip file and you will be up to the latest ASUS firmware for this device (you need to be on Lollipop already, I believe, for it to work).

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
There you go. Try flashing this file through Temp-recovery.

!!!MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST!!!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Yeah, same. It's really weird that it's only working properly for some of us, especially since the majority of us are using the same exact Nandroid.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Log:

Installing '/external_sd/ME176c-Lollipop-Root-x86.zip'...

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sd/ME176c-Lollipop-Root-x86.zip'

Error flashing zip '/external_sd/ME176-Lollipop-Root-x86.zip'

Updating partition details...

...done

UPDATE: For some reason I am able to "update to .33" but the system already is telling me I'm on .33, (I flashed the nandroid update provided here), ill try to root with different methods after I "update to .33" for real this time.

UPDATE2: ROOTED!

Steps: Flash the nandroid from that guy (or just flash .33 and do a factory reset), now after that MAKE SURE you're on .33, the system in options is lying, go to TWRP and do a log after flashing something, I was on .24 and not on .33 even though the system told me it was .33, anyway, after that download and use ZenFoneRootKit_20150528 and start "root.bat" or "root.sh" (depending on your PC OS); after that its done, just go to SuperSU app and click on normal when asked for binaries and enjoy your rooted phone.

[MENTION=5479482]jerbear294[/MENTION] it seems that the system is lying about the version when flashed via that nandroid backup for some reason.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I'm pretty sure mine claims it's on .33, I'll check when I get home.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pshadoww:
Hello, I've tried .33 OTA update but failed. I am on .24 rooted, and froze some system apps.

What's the best way to upgrade to .33 without losing any data? Thank you!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Use the Nandroid I posted a while back.

Zenfone 2 just got a bootloader unlock officially and we have no signs of one anytime soon. C'mon ASUS all I want is CyanogenMod 12 or at least Android x86 Lollipop (that one AOSP fork intended for computers, should run out-of-the-box with the majority of the tablet's hardware) to run without messing with the UEFI, is that too much to ask?

EDIT: Has anybody actually tried installing Android-x86 to the internal storage, or would that not work? They just released a 5.1 release contestant and I would much rather have 5.1 AOSP than ASUS' sorry excuse for a skin. Especially with this last update- I have to choose between Xposed and stability, and so far stability's winning, but we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place if ASUS just unlocked the bootloader already.

That reminds me, is there anyone who actually OTA'd the update instead of flashing the Nandroid I provided? If so, is secure boot still disabled?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Yep secure boot is still disabled....
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dj_raph:
Hi Guy's

Since yesterday a new kernel is available for our ME176CX, but I can't install it... message from TRWP or OTA, installation aborted...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
A new update already? :S

If it's 5.1, avoid it like the plague. Apparently 5.1 patches the exploit in the bootloader that we use to launch CWM and TWRP.

Otherwise if it's a bug fix flash the Nandroid I made and update from that.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dj_raph:
It's not an update to 5.1, it's just a kernel so I think it's a fix for users like me with lags since lollipop... But I can't install it... How can I do?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] fall1034:
How can I get into the uefi
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
I was actually more or less successful a while back with replacing the ASUS bootloader with a modified version of kernelflinger, which would theoretically allow installing custom ROMs on the tablet. The booting itself was working fine, however I couldn't get the new fastboot working properly (USB didn't work) and after spending a lot of time on it I stopped it because I don't have any more ideas how to make it work properly. So basically, theoretically it is already possible to get custom ROMs on the device by replacing the bootloader, it's just quite a bit of work and probably requires more low-level experience than I have.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
pm me I actually know how to resolve the USB issue with userfastboot and kernelflinger has been updated it now find partitions based on labels instead of GUID
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
Oh really? Haven't tracked kernelflinger development anymore in the last time, sounds like awesome changes. Will PM you in a few minutes.