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[About XDA developers] AlanJC:
I was trying yesterday, and today, and I can't get onto it. Just times out :(
[Android Apps and Games] b3nf1qu1sta:
sorry if this is not the right place. I’ve developed an Android app and I'm seeking users to evaluate it as the last milestone of my Master's program. The app (WalkNRide) is a free Android app that automatically tracks the locations and different situations in which we walk and drive during our daily lives. The app logs how users commute, ties this information to the places where we spend our days and provides feedback based on how we’re performing and suggests improvements. We believe that providing information to people is the first step towards successful and healthy habits.

The app has three versions: a baseline with basic features and other two with a higher diversity of features. With this, I intend to test different strategies to promote physical activity and to understand how users adopt and use these different versions.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miti.walknride
[Android Apps and Games] cheby:
Hi,

I've created a blog for the exchange of Honest reviews and ratings.

Would you like to participate?

Visit our new community at:

http://androidhre.blogspot.co.nz/
[Moto G Themes and Apps] nelson_17:
Hello everyone, today I want to share a series of Transformers Bootlogos, I hope you like them ...

SIDEWAYS

optimus

MEGATRON

ironhide

bumblebee

arcee
[Moto G Themes and Apps] lohanbarth:
great job
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
I have a stock asus tf700t us model. wife was using it to play facebook games and it died. thinking it was the battery, we plugged it in and its charged but wont show the home screen, just a black slightly white blank screen. I did all the cold and other boots to no avail. so I downloaded the firmware for it and loaded it. but when its showing the progress bar, it goes 3/4 of the way and then , I think reboots itself and goes back to the slight dim screen.....I don't know what to do..thanks..
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Did you see any error message? It was aborted before completing the installation, sounds like.. What firmware are you on or any custom ROM? We may need more information in order to help you out...:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
I have a stock rom, stock firmware for the us model,,,v101611410......
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
update...after trying to reload the firmware, the screen goes dark with a glow in the background...cant get it to shut down or turn off..
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
It looks like nobody knows what is going on with your issue because you don't give us any information what you did or error messages...:D

Let me try to help you but I can not guarantee if you can your device up running. So please answer these questions.

1. How did you load the stock firmware and what was the error message before aborting the installation?

2. Can you still access to your bootloader by pressing the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time for more than 10 second until you see the 3 icons of your bootloader menu?

3. Did you try to re-download the stock firmware with a right SKU for your device because it may be corrupted for the first download?

4. Do you have any important files that you like to save before proceeding?

5. Do you have an external microSD so you can put all files there for the device to read?

I need to know those answers in order to find a solution for your problem.....:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
I was getting an lying down android with error and exclamation, but that was because I renamed the firmware the wrong way, once I renamed it properly, it goes thru the install blue bar, then restarts 2 times and then a white screen,,nothing else...I cant shut it down..so it drains the battery and dies
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
You are indirectly answering most of my questions but you have not answered my question #4.

Do you have anything important to save on your device? Please answer that question. It looks like you don't have much options but you could get your device up and running again...:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
I get to the 3 icons..i choose rku....ill try the re download of firmware...
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
no important files....external mircrosd card...
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Post the link where you got the firmware file and it's exact name please (before you renamed it).

Which part of the planet do you live in?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
http://support.asus.com/Download.as...er+Pad+Infinity+TF700T&p=28&s=1......firmware V10.6.1.14.10 Only for US SKU ....apple valley,ca
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Whew. I was afraid you may have flashed the wrong firmware, but it looks ok.

You did rename it to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip?

It may have been just a bad flash...

I initially thought your screen might have died, but if you can get to the bootloader menu and into RCK, it should be ok.

I would try a fresh download, unzip that file once and rename the resulting zip as stated above.

Copy it to your microSD, insert it and enter recovery (RCK) again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
do I put the .zip at the end of the rename...
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You have to make sure that file extensions are showing in Windows Explorer. The name of the file has to be EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip. If Windows adds file extensions automatically you might end up with EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip.zip.

You don't want that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
I renamed it exactly as you described using the .zip at the end...windows explorer didn't add another zip to it,,and I went back to the android lying down with error....do the zip at the end made it worse
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
How do your files show up in Windows Explorer?

Look at some Word documents or Excel files. Do they show as "Document.doc/Spreadsheet.xls" or just as "Document/Spreadsheet"?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
If you extract the zip and don't see the .zip at the end of the extracted file, then you don't have the file extension enable on your PC....:) So you don't have to put the .zip at the end of the rename, good luck...:fingers-crossed:

[MENTION=4968172]berndblb[/MENTION]

It looks like the installation was sucessed after he/she renamed the file...:) So his/her data may be corrupted, guessing...:confused: So the only solution that I have is to Wipe the data from bootloader menu if no one opposes this idea... I have done it at least 4 or 5 times in the past without any problem.. I hope that someone can give him/her a better advise...
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
in the file I have meta inf ,,,and another file named blob
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Did you extract the zip twice?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
just once if I do it twice then I see the meta and blob files...correct...can you brick a stock tablet
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Yes, that is the contents of the zip file, but did you extract it once or twice???

The download file is something like xxx_xxx_UPDATE.zip.

If you extract it once, you get xxx_xxx_user.zip.

That is the file you need to rename to EP201.......zip

[MENTION=5313285]LetMeKnow[/MENTION] If only data was corrupted, don't you think it would hang on booting Android? Seems to me the bootloader doesn't even get that far?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
my laptop doesn't charge or recognize the tablet..i can charge it thru the wall though
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Yes, if you extracted twice, then you see the actual files and folder inside the second zip. Yes, you can brick a stock tablet if something is wrong during the bootloader installation but the chance for it to brick is low. So you need to make sure that you have some battery left on your device and plug your AC plug in while install any bootloader or recovery. I hope that it helps....:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
yep..extracted once to get user...its either not loading the firmware all the way or something else..it goes to the android installing system update..then to the blue status bar,,till about 3/4 of the way..then restarts, and restarts..then a light white screen...and I cant turn it off..
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Jeez - we're all in the same time zone and talking over each other :D

Why do they call a place in the middle of the desert Apple Valley, btw???? ;)

LMK is right, the chances of bricking are low, but it's not impossible.

But you are doing something wrong in this download - renaming sequence or you would not get the dead Andy on his back...

But I'm warming up to the idea LMK had: Wiping data from the bootloader. You do have a working recovery so there should be no downside to it. Except wiping all your data off your tablet of course...
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Very good observation and you are correct....:good: Your device should loads the first white ASUS animation without the circling underneath it. However, I think that [MENTION=5986359]rkfguard[/MENTION] did not give us a complete details and sequences of the booting so I assumed that the bootloader did actually boot, haha...;)

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Is [MENTION=5986359]rkfguard[/MENTION] your extended neighbor....:silly::laugh:
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Almost - he's on the other side of the San Bernandinos. I live in a half desert, mind you!

[emoji12]
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
ive got the renaming correct..it goes thru the upgrade process..with no error..i do not get any errors now..the errors were from the missing naming to zip file....it goes thru the blue progress bar, then seems to reboot to the white android,,then reboots again,,then the white screen
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Yeah, I think the only route left is to try wiping your data partition. Too bad you cannot format it - but you're on stock.

Boot to the bootloader menu. then press Volume Down twice to highlight "Wipe Data".

Press Volume Up and confirm when asked if you really wanna do this.

This will wipe all your data off your tablet.

Afterwards you can try to boot normally. If that doesn't work flash the firmware once more as you did before. Hopefully the data wipe cleared up whatever is preventing the firmware flash from taking...

:fingerscrosssed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
BTW, I will fly out to Silicon Valley tomorrow morning. It is too bad that it is still far a way from LA. Otherwise, we could have a few beers and talk, haha. California must have a lot of valleys...:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
I just wiped the data...nothing important on it anyways...reinstalled the new firmware download,,,no errors..but does the exact same thing....to find out what version of firmware I have..it shows up on the left top of the screen during my reboot..is that correct...
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Dang. I was in San Francisco the last couple of days. Let me know (no pun intended) when you come this way again. Would love to chug a couple of pints with you.

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Yes. The tiny script will give you your bootloader version and on stock it is also the firmware version. Sh** - doesn't look good.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Do you fastboot or adb running?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
can I load another firmware or unlock or change to rom to make anything work on it..or what other options do I have.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
fast boot
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
rkfguard said earlier his laptop doesn't even recognize the tab - and without USB debugging enabled that's a dead end....

[MENTION=5986359]rkfguard[/MENTION]

Unfortunately I think one or more of your partitions got corrupted to a point where only re-formatting could bring the tablet back.

You cannot unlock the bootloader with the tablet in this state. And with a locked bootloader you practically can't do nothing....

Do you still have warranty? Since the tablet is pure stock and this is almost certainly a software problem, you may have a good chance to get it fixed on warranty by Asus..
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
ill have to check in the morning for warranty....is asus the only one who can reformat the tablet
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
would replacing the motherboard fix the problem
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Yes. The bootloader is encrypted and only Asus has the key. Although - if they accept it as a RMA - they will most likely just replace the motherboard. They don't seem to bother with "repairing" - like most companies nowadays... It's more economical for them to replace than try to identify and fix the problem...
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
So your fastboot is running? What is the response when you enter "fastboot devices" in your bootloader menu?

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I will let you know if I am going to be around LA....:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
it states in the top left corner that its fast booting...but I don't have any options on it..
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Make that CA, NV, AZ, UT.. I am travelling a lot in those parts. Although I'm attempting a career change... We'll see. [emoji54]

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Yeah, in the bootloader you're also in fastboot mode, but on a locked bootloader that doesn't help much afaik....

Even if you had the necessary drivers installed on your PC...
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
what options do I have..
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
It looks like you don't have fadtboot/adb setup...:(

One more thing you could try. Go back to the Asus support and download one version prior the the latest version. You should download the 10.6.1.14.8 US SKU and try install that firmware and see if your bootloader getting update....good luck...:fingers-crossed:

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Will do....;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
In my opinion?

A repair by Asus - warranty or not.

Your's is one of these cases... People always talk about the risks of unlocking and flashing custom roms.... But the thing is: If your tablet would be unlocked with a custom recovery installed, there would be a lot of things we could try (with a good chance to succeed) to get the tablet back.

But with your tablet locked down on stock, there just is not much we can do....

Sorry.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
The time frames between two posts that you rename the firmware and installed it and then wipe data from your bootloader and then reinstall another firmware is less than 4 minutes. It does not make a lot of sense. If you did all those steps, it should be a lot longer.

Are you sure that you did wipe your data because wipe data from stock could take almost 4 or 5 minutes by itself? Just curious....:confused:
[Asus Transformer TF700] rkfguard:
i was doing the reinstall prior to posting that I was doing it...it only takes 5 minutes for it to go thru the install...especially when its not completely loading it..
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Okay, so I have an HK m8 on sprint, FW 1.54.654.13.

I was originally on Viper 1.8.0, but wanted to upgrade to 2.0.0, so I went back to my stock backup, with the aforementioned software version.

After restoring that backup I realized I needed to also flash a stock recovery in order to take the OTA. So I flashed the 'Stock Recovery From 1.54.651.8 OTA' over adb from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2736048

So, since flashing that recovery my phone seems to not have a recovery anymore; infact, it constantly reboots after about 1 minute of being booted to system. When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.

Where did I go wrong? What recovery should I be using? I can re-flash TWRP, but it seems I still get the bootloop, even though it does actually boot into system (which I've never seen happen from a bootloop). It's been like this for 12+ hours, and no amount of searching has helped me out thus far, so I'm hoping someone here could help me out a little.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
This is stock recovery

You could pull the stock recovery from the HK firmware...hopefully that will get you back to normal.

Worse comes to worse run the RUU.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
I do not have the recovery.img in my backup. I'm also not S-off, so I think the only way I can upgrade my firmware is through OTA from what I understand, correct? If I could just flash the proper stock recovery I think I would be fine from there?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
You can flash the full firmware while being s-on.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Alright, thanks! Can I go ahead and RUU 2.22.401.4 directly, or should I just RUU to my current stock firmware and just OTA from there?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
2.22.401.4 is not for Sprint.

I would go with the current HK RUU and start fresh.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Damn. Alright, well from what I can see 2.16.654.4 is the latest for Sprint. After downloading O.M.J.'s RUU, would I be good to go straight to viper 2.0.0?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
After you install TWRP recovery, yes.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
For future reference Viper does OTA's which are not the same as Sprint OTA's...download the Viper OTA and flash in twrp.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Yes of course, thank you.

Yes, I am aware. But on 1.8.0 I did not get an OTA. Maybe because I'll get it after I upgrade my FW. So after RUUing then reinstalling TWRP, if I restore my viper 1.8.0 backup, I can just OTA to 2.0.0?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
Should be able to...

But if you are going to RUU why not just download the full rom and clean flash.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
I tried flashing the full Rom per your suggestion, but after flashing the 2.0.0 Rom, it's like my phone has no OS and can only boot to bootloader or recovery, not system at all.

I also tried extracting the latest hk ruu to the root of my external SD card and running it through bootloader to no avail.

I feel like I'm missing a vital part of information here. I've never really ruu'd before so I'm new to that but I'm pretty stumped on this whole thing.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yorisou:
get the drivers for your phone + adb, rename the firmware update to firmware.zip, put it in /sdk/platform-tools

put the phone in fastboot, make sure it says fastboot USB and type fastboot devices in terminal to confirm it's connected.

then type in terminal Fastboot oem rebootRUU (capitalization matters.)

your screen will go black with a greyish HTC logo, then type in fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

once it's done doing it's thing type fastboot reboot

this method is pretty much failproof

EDIT: also, if you're flashing ONLY the sprint 2.0.0 update, you'll have to be on capt's twrp 2.7.0.7, otherwise you'll have to flash the full rom, boot into it, reboot into 2.7.1.0, and dirty flash the sprint viper ROM. Hope that helps, cheers >;3
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.

The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729173

using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card

-boot into bootloader

-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button

-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update

-press volume up & let it do it's thing...

The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.

Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
Did you re-lock your bootloader?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yorisou:
http://venomroms.com/htc-one-m8/

download the full one and the sprint one, flash the first, reboot all the way (doubt you have to finish the automatic setup) then reboot into recovery and dirty flash the sprint one without wiping anything. It'll connect to the CDMA network instead of the GSM one with no problems, you don't even need to be on 2.7.0.7

And if it isn't working in HBOOT just go into recovery and adb sideload it, you shouldn't need to be s-off to do that. Enter adb sideload and just type in a terminal adb sideload (filename)

EDIT: idk why but that picture made me lol irl, KEEP CALM AND KANG AWAY
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Alright giving that a shot now, thanks :p

That message is hilarious to me now, but it wasn't at the time xD

Edit: is it safe to dirty flash the first one, coming from 1.8.0? Also no, I haven't relocked my boot loader.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
RUU won't run unless you re-lock the bootloader since you are s-on
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
Ahhh, okay makes sense now. My m7 was s-off and that was the first and last time I ever did a RUU. If I re-lock the boot loader, do I have to go through htcdev again to unlock once more, or will having it locked again not effect root?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yorisou:
fastboot oem relock

should do it
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
So could I just do this?

1. re-lock bootloader

2. RUU

3. switch recovery back to twrp

4. restore 1.8.0 backup

5. flash 2.0.0

6. flash Sprint zip
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Yes, that will work.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xLoveHateLegend:
I will report back later.

Too much vodka last night xD
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yorisou:
Actually flashing just the 2.3.0 sprint .zip will work without having to flash the main ROM .zip first, it was fixed it in 2.2.0

And dirty flashing any ROM over an identical ROM will

usually

work, unless you're using a custom kernel, boot.img, etc.

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And I apologize for the very late response, been swamped at work >.<
[Xperia Z2 General] djgodlike:
One Man's Sony Xperia Z2 Survives Six Weeks Submerged In 10 Meters Of Salt Water

http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...six-weeks-submerged-10-meters-salt-water.html

Hopefully mine is that strong too ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] stress40:
Have to say that that is sooooo cool and unbelievable at the same time:eek: 6 weeks in 10m salt water and still working. Reminds me of my old Sony Ericsson K810i. I had that phone while I was farming and I dropped it by accident and it landed in the cattle feeder went through it and got spat out the back then got run over by another tractor and it still worked. It still doesn't beat that 6 weeks in 10m salt water though. Amazing...
[Xperia Z2 General] V4LKyR:
Do any of you plan to submerge your Z2 in 10 meters of salt water for 6 weeks? If so, then this is amazing news for you. :o:good:
[Xperia Z2 General] HugePotato:
Lucky guy, for some people submerging Z2 in a pool for 3 minutes destroys it...
[Xperia Z2 General] Mawdo:
Me here , was just doing my daily jogging and it started raining very heavily and the phone get wet and started behaving like a mad phone, touch screen does not respond to my tasks etc , I have send it back to Sony and now using my Nexus4 and that phone have no Battery life:crying:
[Xperia Z2 General] ahvipardik:
Touch screen does not work under water/in wet conditions because of the technology we have today. At least the phone has wet finger tracking, which many other phones does not have.
[Xperia Z2 General] mdau:
risky experiment, lucky human being
[Xperia Z2 General] xianpu:
lucky guy or for just promotional

10m below seawater? lucky guy or not true, unless someone do this in video and post it in youtube, hahaha
[Huawei Ascend P7] andromodgod:
This Looks Exciting And Will The Nav Bar Also Change After Reboot ... And Would You Elaborate How You Created This Theme .. I mean Which Tools or Guide U Used
[Huawei Ascend P7] Superwitschi:
This is very nice! Can you make a theme Miui style with orange