yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
Hi,

any news about lineageOS CM and stuff?this thread has become pretty silence.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
Not really I'm having bcmhd / wifi driver issues on 3.10.101 that's booting 7.1.1
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
Sounds bad man,good luck to get a solution to that.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Aysunn:
Hey guys,

I've had this tablet for 2 years and now it's on lollipop. However I hate to see how bad the OS is and I was looking into putting cyanogen on it. Tablet is going to be used by my father, so I don't care about rooting, I just want to unlock the bootloader and install cyanogen. I've searched through multiple threads, but I can't find what version of cyanogen this tablet supports. All I can find is about rooting and I don't care for that.

Does this tablet works with cyanogen and if so, which version?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Saarge:
As far as i know this tab DOESN'T support cyanogen, sorry.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] russy23:
Thanks me176cx..You served me well..Time for a new tablet now
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Droopy100:
Boot Loop

Hello all,

I recently was able to root with social design concepts intel root method.. I then installed xposed and amplify. When I tried to uninstall xposed, I am now stuck in a boot loop. I was on the latest lollipop Asus firmware. Has anyone been able to recover from this situation? I can get into recovery. Thanks, Drew
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I have an (outdated) Nandroid back up of the firmware. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347832070

You should be able to get up and running with that.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] mcnascimento:
Hi,

Sorry if it's me who can't find the answer to this but I found my self on this situation with the tablet of my daughter and this is way of my league.

Can you help me recovering the tablet for her, I have tried the customer service but they wanted to change the motherboard and you seem to get your's running fine again.

Regards.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Droopy100:
Thanks for the Nandroid back up

Thanks so much.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bryandroid98:
Any news??
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Sangean:
Hello Jerbear294!

Can you point me to a list of apps which can be safely frozen/hibernated on KitKat 4.4.2 Me176cx?

Edit:

I found it:

KitKat

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56684810&postcount=983

Lollipop:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65426458&postcount=3939
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/general/asus-me176c-x-list-bloatware-services-t3188154
[MeMO Pad 7 General] seamo123:
Re. custom ROMS for this device, (Cyanogenmod even) is this now a dead issue? It looked like a possibility this time last year, but nothing much seems to have happened in that area since..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I also just got an email that [MENTION=4821597]social-design-concepts[/MENTION] has deleted his android4intel-dev github repo. Not too sure what's happening at this point
[MeMO Pad 7 General] seamo123:
Uh oh. That's not a good sign. ???

If nothing further is going to happen I'd love to go back to KK using the original, 'locked' bootloader - is this even possible?

Currently on LP using 'unstable' bootloader and can't say I ever much cared for it.. I only ever used it because I thought custom ROMS were on the way. ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I have found that Lollipop is much better after removing the Google Apps. I have plenty of ram available now- 450 on average- and the tablet is snappy again.

That's right, this old tablet on ZenUI is snappy.

If anyone wants the "deGoogled" ROM I can make a Nandroid. It'll come pre-rooted and with Xposed in case anyone wants to use MicroG (open source GApps replacement that needs Xposed for signature faking).

At the very least, I'm going to start experimenting with making a "frankenROM" with as many elements replaced or themed to be like their AOSP counterparts as possible.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Nexive:
Can you make a nandroid backup for me from your "DeGoogled" ROM please? :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Sangean:
It is known that KitKat has lower volume in general compared to Lollipop.

So what are the possibilities to increase the general volume of the tablet?

Hacks, workarounds, apps, tricks...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
Tons of volume app's:laugh:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Sangean:
I dont mean apps which simply replace the hardware buttons, but the ones which can increase the default volume in general. I tried for example Volume+, but it didnt do anything.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
Yes,i meant this kind of sound tuning apps.I had to use one some time ago and found a nice app wich handeled the sound pretty good it was a kind of synthesizer software.Unfortunately i can't remember the name of it but i found it pretty fast by searching the playstore for sound booster apps.Also i had to try serveral apps to find the right one but they are out there and it's worth to search for it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bryandroid98:
Any news about the rom?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] kvegeta:
which one?!?!

I know there is no source code for this mediatek cpu for kitkat > :crying::crying:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
I was given a bricked me176cx. As far as I can tell, the lollipop update failed and left it with some odd partitions. The lollipop update fails at the flash_partition section. Any ideas as to what I could do to fix this? I thought about using twrp to manually edit the partition table but i am not really sure where I would go from there.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Saarge:
Mediatek? You sure about it?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bryandroid98:
Hi, someone have the stock files of ESP and RECOVERY??
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bryandroid98:
Hi, he is porting Remix OS to our tablet, maybe someone ask to him about the ROM and help him .

from 4PDA forum: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=584225
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
i cant believe ppl still use this tablet, it feels so old nowadays, 1gb ram is too bad,
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I just use mine to watch YouTube videos (via NewPipe) and listen to music... so pretty much the scope of what it's capable of.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] seamo123:
Have you pretty much given up hope of ever seeing a custom ROM for this tablet then? Have all previous efforts been abandoned?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
As far as I know, efforts are dead.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
the closest we have to an aosp rom is the one someone posted from k013c model, who knows maybe if im in the mood ill do it this summer, since the unedited version has lots of bugs on normal k013 models
[MeMO Pad 7 General] seamo123:
That would be great, I'm still itching to flash something of substance on this device! :)

What do you guys think of this? Look promising to you?

https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/help/me176cx-remixos-t3292882
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
Do you know a way to extract system.img to make a stock based rom? i extracted system.img to a system folder but it never boots.. (i set everything correctly, script is correct, boot.img is also added)... what am i doing wrong?(im on windows)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] kurtulus145:
PatchROM

I need kitkat .201 version stock rom for miui patch ROM.My device lollipop.I do not want to downgrade.Can someone upload it?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
I've been running 3.2.23.201 (kitkat 4.4.2 rooted) for a long time on this tablet. 95% of the time I leave it in airplane mode and just use the kindle app for reading books. If not in airplane mode, the battery just gets sucked dry even if the screen is off with little or no apps running.. Anyways, I've been thinking about letting the "newest" lollipop update that came out a while ago download and update. Wondering if there's any benefit, but more importantly will it brick my device if I try to upgrade this rooted version I'm running. thanks for any advice
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
If you attempt to upgrade, your root will be wiped, but that's about it (and it's restored easily). Lollipop is overall much better than KitKat was on this tablet, although that used to not be the case.

Do be advised that the Lollipop update converted the bootloader to a UEFI, so there is indeed a chance of bricking. It's rather small, but worth mentioning since these tablets are long out of warranty at this point. There were one or two cases of a brick happening IIRC, and I forget whether or not those were sorted out.

However, since you have a UEFI, you get the added benefit of being able to install TWRP Recovery permanently to the device, as there exists a custom bootloader that doesn't check to see if the images are signed, meaning we effectively have the equivalent of an unlocked bootloader. I have a link in my signature to the post where I lay out how to do that.

Having a UEFI also means that other operating systems can be installed- and, it has been done in the past. People have installed Linux and Windows to this tablet. They ran, but not all that well as, unsurprisingly, driver support wasn't all that great. But, it's possible. We also got Android-x86 running but it, too, had issues with drivers.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
Thanks for the detailed response. I really appreciate it and all the advice you've given many others in this thread. Like I said, at this point this tablet has pretty much just become an offline e-reader for me. But if lollipop makes it more usable as to browse web, check twitter, etc and not be painfully slow- I'll give it a go. Thanks again- I'll be back if the update bricks it :p
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
[MENTION=5479482]jerbear294[/MENTION] [MENTION=4680702]seamo123[/MENTION] If you like (or anyone else), you can try my Nougat ROM I posted at https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/orig-development/rom-unofficial-lineageos-14-1-asus-memo-t3633341. I'd love some more feedback because some issues are hard to reproduce :) (Keep in mind not much is working yet. As far as I can tell, it's good enough for some music and YouTube but stuff like Netflix which requires DRM isn't quite working yet).
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I will definitely try this ROM out when I get home! I'm not concerned about the bugs in it, this thing's basically just a music/YouTube machine at this point, but I'll definitely mess around with it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
The rom isnt good for any type of media yet, videos do play on youtube but needs to be reloaded several times and theres beeping sounds once in a while, and if you use netflix it doesnt work, it says its incompatible, and even flashing the apk manually seems impossible
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I don't use the official YouTube app regardless, I use NewPipe.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
the same will problably happend, its any type of media
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
I can't reproduce this. I've watched several videos in the past days (downloaded ones) and was testing actively using the official YouTube app last week. I only had a beep sound once, and that was when the video was starting (basically when the speaker was turned on). Otherwise the beep sounds only happened occasionally when using touch sounds. It might be related to headphones (I usually use the speaker) but on the other hand they work quite similar... Netflix doesn't work but that's only because it's a mess of proprietary DRM libs.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Guys, if this has been answered before please let me know. Or point me in the right direction.

I have the K013 Memo Pad 7 still running 4.4.2 and WW .201 firmware.

It was rooted. And now I want to turn it to stock so my daughter can just use it for YouTube and a few games

So I did a factory reset and later got a notification for a software update. But when I try to update, the update fails.

I've done the factory reset a few times now through the reset function in the menu and by going into the factory recovery. But it appears that the factory reset on doing isn't really taking this thing back to stock.

It's almost like the stock recovery is corrupt and won't install the stock update.

Is there a way to go back to actual factory stock so I can just get all the factory necessary updates?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Ok. Got figured out. Downloaded the 5.o firmware from. The ASUS site and manually installed and it took.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
4.4 is more stable than 5.0
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Guess it's too late. seems a lot faster now though.

Can I root on 5.0?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Nexive:
Yes, you can root it.

Flash tethered twrp recovery: https://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096

Or if you want you can use a permanent recovery and unsecure bootloader: https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/general/asus-me176c-cx-unlock-bootloader-t3315603

and then flash supersu or magisk.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Thank you for this.

For root only, it appears that tethered CWM would be the easiest. Correct?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Nexive:
Using the tethered twrp is also very easy, I did it a couple of years ago on this device. I didn't use CWM so I don't know if it's easier. But it will be almost the same. ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mambobuzzz:
Hi guys,

my me176cx is bricked. I can boot in fastboot mode. But that's all. I try to follow this:

https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/help/unbrick-memo-pad-me176cx-t2987068

But on the Asus site is just a Kernel_V12_10_1_17.zip file to be found. Is that the official firmware? Where else can I get it?

Help would be very appriciated!

Thanks!

Mambobuzzz
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/ME176C/UL-K013-WW-12.10.1.36-user.zip
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
What is the latest version of Android that's available for the ASUS MeMO Pad 7 ME176CX? I need to upgrade to 6.0 or newer. Thanks!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
There's a LineageOS 14.1 ROM at https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/orig-development/rom-unofficial-lineageos-14-1-asus-memo-t3633341
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
It says you need Android 5.0, but I only have Android 4.4.2. How do I get 5.0?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Not sure how old of an update this is, but here's a Lollipop archive I found in another thread: http://www.mediafire.com/file/2vcv6wl7vstf4d1

If you aren't rooted the update should be rather seamless (well, as seamless as an entire bootloader replacement can be); it will also likely be easier to flash the update via temporary TWRP than the stock. https://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096

If you *are* rooted, I know the KitKat updates did some sanity checks on files and panicked if it wasn't what it expected, likely to avoid flashing an update onto the wrong ROM or version, but this did mess with root usually as well if you messed with files- after all, this was a couple of years before systemless root became the norm. I don't remember if Lollipop does this. I do remember restoring a stock NAND backup I took with ClockWorkMod, updating up to the latest KK version, then updating to Lollipop, and that worked on my end.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
I'm suppose to go through all that just to get to the point of flashing the other ROM? The chances of me ever getting this done are -0%.

---------- Post added at 01:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------

Why is there firmware for Android 5.0 on this page? https://www.asus.com/Tablets/ASUS_MeMO_Pad_7_ME176C/HelpDesk_BIOS/. There isn't an official way to get Android 5.0?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
It's the worst-case scenario, see if just flashing it normally works first.

I didn't see that page (I was looking under ME176CX), go ahead and use the .36_KK package from that site.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
It will update me to Android 5.0? Also, it says this: Note1: Please make sure update software version V3.2.23.201 first before update to software version V12.10.1.36_KK.

I have V3.2.23.199. When I click "updates" it searches, but doesn't do anything else. Do you know how I get update to V3.2.23.201? And my device just did an update, too. I'm not even sure why it's not up to date.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Yes, this will update you to 5.0, providing the UEFI bootloader needed to use custom ROMs.

Here's an archive of the .201 OTA: http://www48.zippyshare.com/v/PtRl8YI9/file.html

This is a few years old, and in that time Zippyshare added quite a few advertisements that mimic download buttons, you should use an adblocker on this site if you aren't already.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
But is there a reason I cannot get this update through ASUS, considering they say I need it? How do I install this one that you linked to?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
The update mechanism wasn't super reliable on these tablets, most people just sideloaded the updates.

Use tethered TWRP to flash it- https://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
Those are terrible instructions. They assume you know what you're doing. Do you have instructions that a beginner could follow?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
they are pretty detailed.. step by step, the only part that doesnt say what to do is if you dont have the drivers, which you need to install.. other than its literally step-by-step
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 22878:
Even the author of those instructions said this in the thread: Generic Instructions for use better instructions coming later just wanted to get the thread up. And they never updated the post. I've seen instructions for flashing a ROM with TWRP that looked a lot simpler than this. What exactly am I flashing? Is there a name for it? It's a software update. Is this a standard way for installing a software update for your device?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
It's simply because this device does not have an official way of unlocking the bootloader, you need to boot this twrp first, its a temporary recovery which should allow to then flash the custom ESP and Recovery (a permanent twrp), which then you can simply flash whatever you want, this being the Los14.1 or whatever...

Other than that, its specific at how you can get it to work, and its a one time thing if you just then flash the esp + recovery partitions
[MeMO Pad 7 General] glastolover27:
Not sure I'll be in luck as this thread seems to not have any posts for over a year, but just in case... can anyone help, I think I've bricked my K013 ME176CX!!

Was trying to install custom ROM as per here:

https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/orig-development/rom-unofficial-lineageos-16-0-asus-memo-t3929600

Did step 2 to unlock bootloader (flashed EFI System Partition (ESP)), and then I got t the weird UEFI BIOS screen as per this post:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61108398&postcount=2077

I now cannot do anything (as this poster says) other than move up and down the menus, can't select anything, have no way to restart the tablet to get back to recovery or anything. Have tried plugging a USB keyboard and mouse in via OTG cable, but no luck with that.

Can anyone help?!?! If not, I fear this tablet will have to go in the bin.

:(

Thanks!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ruchri:
No, do'nt use the bin ... :)

Maybe the cause of your problem is this?

https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/or...er-me176c-boot-asus-memo-pad-7-t3780225/page5

post #41 and #42.

The Intel bios logo is because there is no more OS installed.

But you still have fastboot mode, called fastboot DNX (fastboot #1 #2 #3)

Here you read about the solution:

https://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/orig-development/rom-unofficial-lineageos-14-1-asus-memo-t3633341

At the first page of this thread read at 'Troubleshooting > Recovery how to get the original Fastboot Mode.

If needed or when errors you can always start the Fastboot Mode with te given two commands.

Needed for flashing: look at Installation, line 3.

Now you can flash stock and custom roms.

Also helpfull: https://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096.

So, you can revive your tablet one way or the other, by trying, repeating (may be over and over), patience en carefully reading all steps.

All credits for the devs and posters respectively!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] glastolover27:
Wow, thanks for the reply. Was thinking I wouldn't get any! Fortunately I still have the device (bin file not used yet!) and to my surprise it has not even run out of battery, still sitting at BIOS screen when I got it out of the drawer and woke it up. Had a quick look at the links you provided, and I think there is new info there that I haven't tried. I will have a look over the weekend, and fingers crossed I might still be able to revive the trusty old ME176C!!! Will let you know how I get on, thanks again...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ruchri:
To be honest: I'm not a dev but a normal user and faced the same problem as you. Besides the given links (credit to the posters), I read a lot from members like [MENTION=6833678]lambdadroid[/MENTION], [MENTION=5479482]jerbear294[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6427704]Ruben Craveiro[/MENTION], for example. The discussed al lot about this.

Maybe they read this post and are so kind to react. Otherwise you will be able to view all their postings via their member profile.

I am sure you will succeed!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] RaiKov:
Hi, can anybody help me about my issue, i am not able to flash firmware properly.

Related thread: https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-memopad-7-me176cx-unable-to-flash-stock-rom-via-twrp.4199567/
[MeMO Pad 7 General] glastolover27:
Oh dear, I think I have properly broken it now. When I first looked at the links provided, I tried the "hold all 3 buttons down" to get it into the "fastboot #1, #2, #3" mode and it worked. I didn't have time to look at the rest then, so I just turned it off. I left it on charge as I thought the battery must be low. Going back to it tonight, I have tried to get it back into that "fastboot #1, #2, #3" mode, and I can't. Pressing any combination of the buttons makes the black screen start to flicker on, then it goes off again. Have tried for a lot of times, and it is not getting anywhere.

Guessing I might have totally damaged the firmware now if there is not even any way to get into that "fastboot #1, #2, #3" mode...

Any ideas? Or is this really just destined for the bin!!??

:(
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ruchri:
First you MUST be sure that the tablet HAS powered off surely. So try this: remove the power cable, power on. When nothing happens of the tablet is waitint: push power off button and HOLD it down > it looks like it shut off, but when the screen looks black, just push the power button and release immediately. At that moment you will see that the screen goes further black (from backlight to really black); i can't explain this in English but I hope you understand what I say).

Now the tablet is really OFF.

Push the power button and volume up + volume down together; when the blacklight turns on release only the power button immediately but HOLD the volumes pressed. After some time you see fastboot #1, #2, #3. Fastboot Mode DNX is live now again.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
Just some extra info, when it is done, you should then do the following:

fastboot flash osloader efilinux.efi

fastboot boot droidboot.img

Should get it to the normal fastboot area and allow recovery to be booted (temporary recovery or the permanent one if you have TWRP and reinstall of stock/lineage roms).

EDIT: As many people said, it's really difficult to brick this tablet, you could even do a full dd backup of all partitions and simply install a whole different OS and restore it later on if you wanted to..

The only thing that stops us a bit, is the drivers, which seem to be getting better and better (example our ArchLinux, mostly working except for a few things), I honestly think its amazing how much community support this tablet has been given, I would never Imagine a few years ago that I would ever leave Asus OS ZenUI and now I'm literaly running Lineage OS 16 although for me it doesnt seem very smooth, for my uses it works fine. (Taking advantage of an x86 cpu and using the tablet as a TeamSpeak3 Server exclusively).