yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Did the recovery successfully flash?

Keep in mind that there is NO TWRP for our tablet yet, nor can it be flashed.

Try the unbrick steps again. Instead of volume down and power do volume up and power and select recovery via droidboot using the volume buttons and the power button. To get to the hidden menu in recovery with options, hit the center of the volume rocker at the no command screen (takes a few tries). Sideload 182 via the sideload option.

Good luck :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sleepless987:
I don't know but I don't think so.

I tried all sorts of combinations with power, vol up and vol down. I always get a black screen with the backlight turned on.

Does that mean that there is no ISO/ZIP I can put on the SD card that the tablet will magically recognize and boot from? There were some boot.iso and fastboot.iso in the firmware archives..

Thanks, I might wait out the battery to get drained to see if that type of shutting down will cause a different effect on the device. Maybe it can't even power off at the moment properly..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] coilbone:
First of all i need to say that i didnt read all comments on this topic. Sorry if i missed the solution.

I have 16 gb microsd and i want to install my games to it. All of it, datas from /data/data, obb etc. I tried few tweaks, folder mount, sdfix, linking with terminals and explorers but couldnt find a way. I'm trying to install Hearthstone, but when i mount folders with Folder Mount, game wont see them and try to unpackage install again.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] manos20082:
Help with asus demo app

Hello to everybody, i just bought a used tablet (Asus MeMo Pad 7 ME176CX), on the screen appears a message: Unfortunately, ASUS Demo has stopped. On the notification bar shows a message: offline (Asus Demo App).

The video don't start and i get this message every 1 minute. The Vol Down key not working!

Info that maybe help:

Build Number: WW-3.2.23.198

044000222_201403250253

Kernel Version: 3.10.20-g3a51363

3.2.23.198#1 Thu Dec 4 04:49:55 CST 2014

Android Version: 4.4.2

Model Number: K013
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Hold the back key for ten seconds, then enter 741603. This will perform a factory reset.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] manos20082:
I tried but nothing! Any other suggestion ? :crying:

I make a video (isn't very good but showing the problem)

ASUS DEMO APP Problem

EDIT:

I fix it, i just download this : Demo 2.1 content update SOP and i extracted all the files from the .zip on /sdcard.

Worked, after i disable the program. How to: Here
[MeMO Pad 7 General] coilbone:
Any ideas? It seems like tablet sees its own internal memory as SD card and ignores my 16gb microsd. Is there a way to swap them?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
The ww.182 or above suposely solves that problem. I have used the internal app mover.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] coilbone:
Well im using .192 and its still same.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Its not unheard that people have 151 or 161 and the system tells them they have the latest rom. A user describes that exactly, a few posts ago.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] coilbone:
How do i even know if its not latest update? Or more importanly how do i update it manualy?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Try using this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57427666
[MeMO Pad 7 General] coilbone:
I updated to .198 manually and problem still persist.

A bit detailed with picture:

http://i.imgur.com/MiViIp2.jpg

As you can see there are 2 SD cards. One of them is the internal memory of tablet and MicroSD is the external sd card. Is it like this to everyone? or just me? Can i install my apps/games to MicroSD or its just for picture,video storage?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] theyanis:
So i've read that installing the cn version instead of running a ww version greatly improves the device performance. Id just like to know what are the disadvantages of doing this? I see it has english but how do i install apps and games if there is no play store? And also, what exactly am i losing to achieve this performance improvement? Thank you in advance :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
No play store. No GPS.

You'd have to sideload everything you want. If you have Amazon, you can use the Amazon appstore too. There are other alternatives but they have paid apps for free and I can't recommend that.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] coilbone:
Can you guys install games(with their data) on external sd cards? If yes, i would like to know how :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
The apps themselves can be moved. The data can be moved with FolderMount.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] peldo123:
The app seeder

Today on my Asus memo pad I installed an app called Seeder. This app increases the entropy pool threshold. The result of this is a much smoother ui. I'm still on .182 but I think this should work for all version. The thing that made me post this however was a quadrant score I got when I tested the tablet.....a whopping 20115. I believe this is one of the highest scores ever for a device with 1gb of ram. Over all i experienced a massive improvement in ui performance.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I wish I knew about this app back when I had a Tegra 3 device! Oh well, better late than never.

The launcher is loading its icons about 7 seconds faster. It seems to be working :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] theyanis:
How can i update my tab if i previously wiped bloatware completely? Usually, asus kept posting full zips but appearantly stopped after .181
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
You can erase most of the google apps except play store. But all asus apps must ONLY be frozen. Otherwise it'll soft brick again.

You can freeze the apps with (for example) titanium backup.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
You can try the downgrade/upgrade process linked to in this thread multiple times or search one forum level up from here. "Unbricking me176c" or some such. My advice? Don't uninstall anything at all. Just freeze apps. The sad thing is, doesn't seem to matter if you freeze them or uninstalled. That update is more than likely to fail on you anyway. Just my experience. Others have reported that despite freezing apps and having root access, they successfully updated. Others, like me, have problems. We just don't know what makes it work 100% of the time.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Vouch, my tablet is the same way. It's strange how only some of the tablets actually update.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
An ASUS rep told me that they randomly transmit the OTA updates so you might not get it for another few days or even weeks. Their system is f**ked up. Most devices, you can wipe the Google Services Framework data and cache, and reboot, and bam, there it is again.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
It seems like every device is like that, phone or tablet, Android, ios or Windows. Most work like they're supposed to, but there's always a few that just refuse to behave:)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
There's always a black sheep in the family. ;)

Another subject. I have been seing some 3745 cpus on 15" laptops. Is asus really using a tablet cpu on laptops now?? LOL.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
To be fair Intel did design the 3745 for tablets and laptops. If they were using them in desktops, however...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Just tested rom toolbox pro font changer and it works! No bricking! I am using "ChinaCat" and looks good.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] fedcas:
Here's another one ;) just bought one, received with fw 158 and the ota says i'm up to date :s

Anyways... hi guys :) i've just finished a marathon reading of the last 30 pages or so... a lot of useful info, thanks ;) such as this thread http://xdaforums.com/android/help/u...-me176c-cx-t2970049/post57427666#post57427666 and the fact that uninstalling rom bloatware leads to problems and... unfortunately bad news too (no ideas of how to unlock the bootloader so far)

But anyways... here's my awful experience for the moment :s bought a refurbished 16gb one from amazon warehouse deals... got a little bit disappointed already right after the unboxing, when i realized the battery was completely over and the tablet couldn't even power on.... i charged it for a while and i turned it on and configured, everything seemed fine in the beginning, then it crashed with no reason (no black screen or reboot, just screen freeze). Tried forcing reboot and using again, it just freezes after a few minutes.

I've tried downloading the two WW firmwares from the support website and putting them in the internal memory to let the os recognize them and do the upgrade... but with 161 i get an error in the recovery console and then it reboots, with the 182 it starts flashing and then the same freeze happen! tried several times, it happens after a variable amount of seconds... 3-20 seconds from the start of the flashing.

It seems like a hw problem so i'm definitely sending it back...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
If it hangs while flashing, just turn it off by holding power button for five seconds and turn it on again.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] catofnine:
At a loss

How do you get the firmware into the internal memory? When I try moving the files with ES File Explorer to "/" it fails and says not enough memory. Unless root directory means something different here. I've also tried moving the user###. zip to the emulated sdcard (??) on the internal memory and the update does nothing. I'm at a complete utter loss to as how to manually update the firmware.

I was trying to follow the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55791864&postcount=499

I got this tablet two days ago. It's on WW.124 and going through system update -> check update tells me the system is up-to-date. :rolleyes: I don't plan on rooting as of yet, it's not bricked and all I was trying to do update it to WW.182 just to move apps to SD. Does this tablet need to update its firmware sequentially? i.e need all the firmware updates between 124-182? Great tablet, but the hours of frustration of trying to update the firmware is killing my joy.

Would greatly appreciate any help, thank you!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
You don't need to update it sequentially. You can go from 124 to 182. I'm not sure about the 198. Anyways, check this method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57427666

Follow it exactly and you will be able to update into 182.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] fedcas:
Try using the stock file manager and you can't be wrong. Anyway, what it calls "internal storage" (where i have put the zip) is actually \sdcard\ not the root. copy ig also in the root of your microsd if you have one... at least one of the two will be found for sure ;)

And here is the 198 update (but it's a small file so just a patch probably, i guess you need to flash 191 first) http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57541680&postcount=1169

P.S

Happy new year everyone! :)

---------- Post added at 03:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:39 AM ----------

Yes, the device is not bricked, it's just unusable :s

by the way... the freeze occurs really randomly. Tonight i've been able to use the tablet for like 1 hour without the slightliest problem! Then it hanged again... and after it happened, after forcing rebooting it was just a matter of seconds or a few minutes befor it occurred again. I've tried again a few hours later and i've been able to do the whole flashing without the freeze! I have 182 now - and srill sayong i'm up to date! :@ - but how i was expecting it keeps freezing...

I'm s3nding it back to amazon as faulty, let's hope to be a bit more lucky with the next one :s
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Mine used to do the same thing!

I found out that the superSU key (I have the pro key), was making the tab to freeze, so I just uninstalled, and never had the problem again. I also froze "do it later" and "zinio" with titanium backup, and update zenRoot to 1.4.8. One of all those was the issue.

Perhaps all, perhaps only one, I don't know. But it worked.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] JaY_III:
Only can jump to 182 as that is the most resent full update. The other two more current ones are just patch updates
[MeMO Pad 7 General] fedcas:
Interesting... even though in my case everything is stock and just restored, no root or anything installed, so it should definitely work... I'll try freezing those 2 apps you said, just in case... thanks ;)

P.s. I'm writing from the tab right now and I've been surfing for a good 20 mins before... maybe is something related to overheating, cause it's seems like it works fine only if it's been off for several hours... I'll test this later
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pmagall:
Does anyone have problems connecting to some Wifi spots in particular??

I've asked from help here... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57840533&postcount=470

Thanks to GuyInDogSuit , for pointing me that it could be a software issue.

So...

I'm considering two options.. or take it to the store and money back, like i'm under 30 days guarantee, or stay with it, try not to make a brick of it, and try to update to 198 (mine is 182).

This is my third Asus Tablet, first was a fabulous tf101, second the MeMO Pad HD 7, now this one.. with a lot of problems... a drain battery, but worst, problems connecting to my wifi hotspot mobile phone.

Any suggestion?

Thanks

Paulo
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
No problems here and I'm on WW182. Sometimes it can analyse the signal quality and refuses to connect but even then it usually asks me if I want to connect with that specifically network.

The battery drain problem can be solved by leaving the wifi on. That was a hint from someone here.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pmagall:
So.. for the battery drain, will try , wifi allways on.

But about quality or strenght of signal .. that's not the problem . It connects very well to my HTC , but it refuses to Blackberry ( i need to try with iphone too.. to see if it's something about "breed" :) )

I've attached a photo to see them side by side... lot of signal and "password saved" msg.

Other question (sorry!!), about 198 version... what changes from 182? and why not at Asus page?

Thanks you all!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
(Isto é engraçado, dois tugas a falar em Inglês para outros entenderem).

198 is mainly asus apps updates and perhaps here and there bug fixes.

I don't know the reason Asus keeps the 198 only for OTA updates.

About the tab not being able to connect to a BB phone. There can be a million reasons. Wifi Chanel not compatible, network incompatibilities, or just plain protocols... Or maybe... (é um byte que se lhe deu)!!! :cyclops:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
198 also solves battery drain issue. It is finally behaving like it should have from the start.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Does it? That explains why it's been lasting for two or three days now compared to less than a day, some days, before.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
I think I'm gonna stay on ww182 rom. Even with some improvements like the battery drain. I just lower the cpu speed and turn on wifi. Better safe than sorry. I've tried the 198 update and for some reason, some apps request root and it's like there isn't one, although it's there... SuperSU 2.40... Weird, I know. Especially after so many here saying that it works fine...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
Yep, it does. I think i developed mild OCD checking if it went to sleep on 182. It was real pia when i had to bring it with me somewhere.

I thought of staying on 182 until they post full image of some future update (probably lollipop), but then this thing managed to go from 100 to 0% in <10 hours without being touched. That did it for me.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] artpopboy:
.198 battery drain from 50% very quickly

hi . since I made the update to version .198 I notice the battery drains very quickly from 50 % when I have the tablet in standby the wifi is off. someone with this problem? any solution? thank you
[MeMO Pad 7 General] OlivierSchimpf:
OS deleted...

Hello everybody

Unfortunately, I deleted all the data on my tablet... Where I can found the official or not firmware.

Thanks for your help

Olivier
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
The official firmware can be found on the ASUS web site.

Follow the instructions on the Unbrick Memo 7 thread to restore your tablet.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
My experience is that the 198 update definitely helps with battery drain but it still ain't perfect.. I still get way less drain by putting the device in airplane mode when I know I'm not going to be using it for a while.. Before, the battery drain was terrible (even with wifi/bluetooth both left on in my case), and now it's just well.. less terrible. If I don't put in airplane and check the usage after several hours- "android OS" is still the major culprit for gutting the battery.. Still enjoying this tablet overall though especially since my primary use for it is just e-books and web.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
There's also other factors we must take in account.

- If you live in a place with high levels of humidity, or in high altitude.

- If the tablet is 6 months old, the battery isn't working at its best.

- If you're on the sea, or live near the sea the salinity is going to haywire your tablet's battery in no time.

- If you dropped the tablet, the wires to the battery might not be in full contact.

- If your grandma had wheels, she'd be a wagon. :cyclops:

My point is. We can't come here and just say by observation what comes to mind about the tablet's battery.

There's just a million reasons the tablet's battery drains fast.

And (here comes the Heisenberg principle), all things being equal, there's just no way to properly find out the reason "WHY"!

The best we can do is theorize and watch its outcome.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I'm in Florida so I've got hellishly high humidity 24/7.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Ooooh look out for those alligators. I heard they're tablet killers! :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] OlivierSchimpf:
Thanks
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
Here's another factor.. Tons of people in this thread have had battery drain issues with this tablet, so there is no better place than this thread to "just say by observation what comes to mind about the tablet's battery"!! The reason I post my own tests, observations is to give pause to those who come here and read "leaving wifi on fixes battery drain!!!" as if it's some 100% fix that should be in a sticky.. That has helped some, I wish it did for me- but again the only way I can get what I would consider to be acceptable battery drain on this tablet is when I put it in airplane mode.. My household used to be made up of almost 100% android devices.. Over the last few years we have added some apple gadgets, ipad, iphones, etc.. When compared to them, it's honestly a joke. There are times when my son hasn't played the ipad in like a week and I pick it up just assuming that it's going to need to go on the charger, then I turn it on and it's at like 80%.. My other boy has an android sero 7 pro and while not perfect I've been pretty happy w/ the battery.. Again- this isn't a bash-fest as overall I really do like this Asus, I just wish I didn't have to "think" about how to maximize standby battery because I surely don't with my other gadgets.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] applerulez1:
Mine has been nothing but trouble for modding purposes. I also did a factory reset after root and now it is a corrupt os. So I need to RMA it. I'm just so disappointed, I have a nexus device so I'm not used to being chained to a tree like a dog.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[MeMO Pad 7 General] fedcas:
Hi,

So i'm sending my fault one back to amazon. Now, after reading of all the problems people os having here, i'm seriously considering buyong a Kindle Fire HD7 4th gen instead. I don't know much about it so it might be even worse when it comes to problems and bugs... but on the paper it looks very similar to me176cx (talking about kindle fire hd 4th gen, 3rd gen sucks) plus the huge bonus that i could put cyanogenmod on it, so it's definotely worth considering it if i can find it discounted as i did with the asus.

Has somebody else considered these 2 devices and if so whydid you choose the asus instead?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Do you think it's possible to sign a custom ROM with an ASUS signature to make it flash?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
Has anyone else done that?

I always assumed the "signature" was some sort of special code or GUID that only ASUS knows. One can't just peel off a certain number of bytes from an ASUS ROM and paste it onto a custom ROM, can one?

And even if one could, would that be legal or would it be taking fair use and reverse engineering too far?

* sutekh137 dons his EFF cap and assumes a Thinker pose *

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I don't think it's been done but a similar method has been used on other locked devices.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
Then I'll just go back to knowing my role (and knowledge level) and say I've no idea if it can be done for the ME176C(X)... *smile*

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
I don't think you can put CM on the newer HD7, not even root with the new os, I think.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Last count on doing a benchmark on antutu:

!I can't believe asus doesn't beat the crap out LG G3!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] fedcas:
**** you're right! I just realized the page from cm wiki was about 2nd gen :s 3rd gen might be locked as well... thanks for pointing that out ;)

http://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-inch-help/fire-hd-4th-generation-root-twrp-help-t2900885

Ok, so i'll just stick witj the asus... seems like it's the only cheap tablet having everything i'm looking for (except custom roms) ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Custom roms might be coming eventually :)

I'd attempt but my computer sucks and building a ROM would take at the very least a couple days (plus I seriously doubt 80 gigs is enough to hold CM source code and a device tree)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] xilang:
update .198

Hello guys,

Since my device go on update .198, my device is become buggy.

There is now to much lags, the device is more slow now.

The battery drain is not fixed for me (even if wifi stay on on).

Is there another rom for this tablet ? I read that there is the CN rom, but i dont know how to instal it...

Can we go downgrade to first firmware ? Or anyone know if this device will receive lollipop ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
The only way I see for lollipop is third party. ASUS "hasn't received a notification for an update."

Try an app called Seeder, it can reduce lag.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] applerulez1:
You all are WAY ahead of yourselves. Get an unlocked bootloader and some of this may be possible.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
...and only ASUS can do that from what I know. We've asked and they say that "they don't have tools to unlock it." WTH? Write one!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] applerulez1:
Is it possible to reverse engineer a bootloader and find vulnerabilities in it to unlock it? I'm jw.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Zen UI on the Zenfone 2 is powered by Android 5.0... maybe ASUS will actually support this device?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] orsoraro:
Hi guys, sorry for my bad english. I'm italian and i bought an Asus Memo Pad 176cx. I've a big problem with Diner Dash 2015 game. The game crashes on startup after download data files. On italian forum i read that game works on other Memo Pad me176cx, so i can't understand why doesn't work on my tablet.

Thanks to this post i've installed manually fw *.182 (from *.151) and when i try to upgrade to *191 my tablet says is up to date. I've try to uninstall and reinstall the game, and i try an hard reset, but the game continues to crash.

Please, i need to play this game (is my prefer and i've bought the tablet for this game).

PS: i've try to install manually *.191: i put the renamed update.zip in sdcard. When i reboot the tablet it found the update. I start update but after reboot in loading screen it give me "error".

many thanks