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[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda-log:
If you see this text, you dont install service recovery BEFORE image installation.

First you must install it, then install image.

Try to download image again without error.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLEXITRON:
Yes I installed it BEFORE! :D

I think it was an driver problem.

I installed an other ASUS adb android driver and now the service recovery installed successfully and i could install android lollipop!

HUGE THANKS TO YOU AND THE RUSSIAN HACKERS!!!!!

It works! Lollipop 5.0.1 and rooted!:good: :good: :good: :good: :good:
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda-log:
:) I'm very happy for you :good:
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrSimmonsSr:
Hate to be a pain but could you summarize what is and is not possible? Will this help people who are already on Lollipop?

Thanks!
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda-log:
The people's who are already on lollipop must downgrade it to Kitkat, and then install pre-rooted image with lollipop.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLEXITRON:
Well, i use it for 2 ours now.

What works:

Very fast

Stable

System APP remover

Root Explorer

Resolution changer

Build.prop editor

So root of cause works.

:( but GMD gesture control is not working, but blame the maker of the app, not the developer of the rom!

So; i dont have any problems or bugs noticed.

In this russian forum is also a tutorial how to downgrade to KitKat .30

Then you can install the image and enjoy your rooted, debloated, fast lollipop on your memopad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
Yep, but i cannot download the needed files..

Big thx for your efforts [MENTION=3531407]xda-log[/MENTION] !

Can you share and upload downgrade.rar & ROOT.rar + Restore-Recovery-31C.rar (for KK 4.4.2) somewhere else plz?

And i guess you can gain somemore thx and reputation on xda if you open a seperate thread with your achievements and english instructions. ;) Just if you like.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanagawaben:
If it is now possible to downgrade to kitkat from the stock Lollipop firmware and then install a pre-rooted lollipop image, would be a great help if someone vwho has successfully done it were to make a new thread with instructions.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pWEN:
I poked around on there, and was able to find these instructions for downgrading back to KitKat (translated from Russian):

That Downgrade.rar file is attached to that post, except it links to a 404.

So, as best as I can figure, this is the process:

Install the ADB drivers for the tablet

Turn on USB debugging on your tablet

Download and extract the Downgrade.rar file

Run the IntelDnXUSBDriverSetup.exe file to install the drivers

Browse to C:\Windows\System32

Replace WDAPI1140.dll with the one from the Downgrade.rar

Run xfstk-dldr-solo.exe from the Downgrade.rar; if it works, you'll see a black box flash on the screen (command prompt) - apparently "Work completed application" means something went wrong

Put the tablet in bootloader mode and connect it to the computer

(My guess is here you would want to verify that ADB can talk to the tablet)

Run the Downgrade.cmd from Downgrade.rar

When that's done, rename your KitKat firmware file to MOFD_SDUPDATE.ZIP and put it on your tablet's memory card

Flash the firmware as normal

Anyone going to give this a go? If we can get that Downgrade.rar file, I mean
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quechua1:
After fight for around one hour with the russian leguanje and the numbers in russian, i could register in the website and download the archives. Enjoy!

I don´t test it.

Downgrade.rar

https://mega.nz/#!xNkUETpJ!faiVYbJbiv8Pe893kp6GPkB7YOU51HhAbP0DYE4EmHU

ADB driver

https://mega.nz/#!YAlxVbYS!7xfADRLuvcyO1GxRHtre3_e1TaVPmtIykqGbKCzUkkk

If other file is needed put de link in coments, it take me too much time login in the website, it have a captcha with numbers in russian.

Sorry for my bad english!
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pWEN:
Ah, thank you! I didn't think to try registering first.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBrie:
Really appreciate all the hard work

but can't find WDAPI1140.dll in downgrade.rar

Has anyone tried it successfully yet?
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekoudo1122:
Do you have Downgrade-2.rar ?　I urgentｌy needed but that is deleted.　It is in trouble because their native language other than do not know well :crying:
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quechua1:
Downgrade-2.rar

https://mega.co.nz/#!ccFnAIbL!qz0aPfOfO7MHbsUrMNy5aCwEoIzyI3ovrkh94elaqek

If i´m right this is the lollipop firmware (UL-K007-WW-12.14.1.12) with root .

https://yadi.sk/d/gN_m5pOMhPzky

If someone need the file Install-Recovery.rar...

https://yadi.sk/d/UffuXZ9bhMUAh
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SacredMyths:
And here's a alternative link for the lollipop firmware, since the yandi.sk is pretty slow.

https://mega.nz/#!LwJ3VBxK!4V4Ay-RzLS8x609zvyWL8IlcgI3xxfLcSqZ3gZkc52Q

Also, for the Install-Recovery.rar

https://mega.nz/#!C5ghzL6R!GR0WgLCumy6a429kB0ZjQOMxjPSylz07fVnHtKVm8ng
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] askakiat:
Hi, I just got my tablet today, wanted to flash it to Lollipop, any detailed steps on how to do it? i dont need a downgrade though, since im on 4.4.2, buildnumber 11.8.3.31
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfdc:
Finally Lollipop and Rooted

Finally I got lollipop me572c with rooted. :fingers-crossed:

I was kitkat rooted and updated the rooted lollipop firmware.

no need to backup internal memory. everythings remain in there.

There is nothing wrong with this.

Xposed (GravityBox, Xstana, Greenify, Bootmanager...)

GMD gestures

Titanium Backup

but some Tasker's command(run shell) doesn't work.

Xposed Installer for Lollipop

is.gd/jSVa1Q

now we need to write a new Thread for Lollipop!

(screenshot is Korean version me572c)
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] askakiat:
hi there, can u teach me how to do it??
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfdc:
I don't have any problems about GMD gesture. it works properly on my lollipop.

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Here is new thread for lollipop root.

http://xdaforums.com/memo-pad-7/help/how-to-root-me572c-lollipop-t3143276
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekoudo1122:
It seems failed to downgrade from lollipop. When you connect to the PC is recognized as " moorefield Device", the tablet is displayed logo of intelinside not move an inch. Do you this can be recovered?
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
yup, where is the WDAPI1140.dll or is it not necessary anymore?

edit: i mean the WDAPI1100.dll..?

Hmm, as there is no WDAPI*.dll in the downgrade.zip, maybe the translated instruction from the 4pda post

"After installing the drivers, find the folder c: \ windows \ system32 WDAPI1140.dll file and copy the extracted folder named Downgrade WDAPI1100.dll"

does not mean to

6. Replace WDAPI1140.dll with the one from the Downgrade.rar

but to copy the WDAPI1140.dll from /system32 into the downgrade folder and rename it to WDAPI1100.dll??:confused:
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda-log:
Yes, you must use file Downgrade-2.cmd for continue downgrading.

https://yadi.sk/d/0VEPb09KhUvDr

After installing the drivers, find the folder c: \windows\system32 WDAPI1140.dll file and copy to the extracted folder (Downgrade) with new file name WDAPI1100.dll

Yes, COPY this file, not replace! It is absent in Downgrade.rar
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
Aha! So copy into downgrade folder and rename.

[MENTION=3531407]xda-log[/MENTION] Are you log-123 on 4pda? I did some research today and would like to share some maybe useful investigations with you?
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda-log:
Yes, it's I am. It will be great.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
Well. Thx again.

At the moment i am examing the flashall.bat you can find inside the Yocto Firmware for the Intel Edison here: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/24910/eng/edison-image-ww18-15.zip

It uses similar commands like your *.cmd file. So maybe there is some useful scripting inside which can help to enhance your work. Personal i am not skilled in that.

A bunch of maybe some more usefuls links about Intel Flash Tool, the xFSTK downloader,... :

https://01.org/android-ia/downloads/intel-phone-flash-tool-lite

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/flash-tool-lite-user-manual

http://www.iviewus.com/download/instruction/i700instructions.pdf

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfstk/files/

Tool which i used to successfully unpack boot.img, recovery.img, droidboot.img from the K007 lollipop firmware:

https://github.com/xiaolu/mkbootimg_tools

appreciate your work!
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBrie:
Where do you use downgrade2?

I'm stuck at intel/asus bootscreen and running command2.cmd only flashes up and then closes

any ideas?

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Looks like it cant find the files for some reason

they are there from downgrade.rar

I can't understand it
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
I guess the downgrade2.cmd should be launched after the pad booted to droidboot and is properly connected with the pc.

But i am still struggeling with the instructions: Should the pad connected or not connected with the pc when xfstk-dldr-solo.exe is executed for the first time?

[MENTION=3531407]xda-log[/MENTION] In the second *.cmd you deleted the path to the ifwi_64/signed bins i line 3. So they are not flashed again, just the img files?
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBrie:
I would really appreciate some help as I'm stuck.

I ran downgrade.cmd without any problems and then was stuck at asus/intel logo

downgrade-2.cmd didn't work from here so I tried holding power and volume up to go to droidboot

from here I tried downgrade-2 again but it didn't work (couldn't find files) and I tried to flash .30 and .31 firmware from sdcard but also failed (error 7)

Help me Obi-Wan!:confused:
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
Did you do this step if needed, google translate from russia 4pda:

"If you have a tablet without LTE before firmware must either restore the stock rekoveri or open the file with the firmware file in the META-INF / com / google / android / updater-script to delete the first two lines with the team assert (do not do this Notepad Windows, I recommend Notepad2)."
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBrie:
YESSSS!

That did it!

You're the F'in man!

:highfive:
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
Great!

Have fun now, next you can try to upgrade to prerooted 5.0.1 again :D

And you are the man now, who struggeld through and knows the whole procedure. If you have a free minute and recovered from the stress it would be great if you can give a detailed explanation of your steps in english again. :)

cheers
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBrie:
Here's how I downgraded from the start

I downloaded Downgrade.rar and extracted it to my PC

(make sure you have enabled USB debugging on the tablet and have installed ADB and fastboot drivers on the PC)

Run the IntelDnXUSBDriverSetup.exe file to install the drivers

Browse to C:\Windows\System32 on PC and copy file WDAPI1140.dll into the downgrade folder and rename it to WDAPI1100.dll

Run xfstk-dldr-solo.exe from the Downgrade.rar; if it works, you'll see a black box flash on the screen (command prompt) - apparently "Work completed application" means something went wrong

Download kitkat firmware .30 or .31 from ASUS website

If you don't have LTE, edit META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script in kitkat firmware zip file to delete the first two lines with the term assert (do not do this Notepad Windows, I recommend Notepad2 or notepad++)."

Rename your KitKat firmware file to MOFD_SDUPDATE.ZIP and put it on your tablet's external memory card

Run the Downgrade.cmd from Downgrade.rar

It will do its thing and eventually reboot and freeze on the ASUS/intel logo

Hold power and volume up to get to recovery

select flash from SDcard (or whatever it is) to flash the firmware

Job done

I'm pretty sure that's everything. If I forgot anything I'm sorry, it was a bit traumatic...

And thanks for everyone's help, this is definitely not my own work
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycoo:
Thanks!

Yes, traumatic.., in fear of bricked pad i would go panic. :laugh:

Gonna ask one or another question more tommorow then if you dont mind, bed time for me now.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quechua1:
I read in 4pad that´s not necesary downgrade to kitkat, you can flash the firmware lollipop with root directly after run Downgrade.cmd.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NexusRunner:
Hi,

ASUS has just published a new firmware V11.8.3.30 on their website. Good luck~
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt Perkins:
Ooops :) I didn't think of asking you first - I sent a message to Asus support last night referencing your video. No reply as of this morning. Mind if I post on Reddit/r/Android to see if anyone else has this tablet?

I'd also asked them about Lollipop the other day - they said after contacting the relevant parties in TW, there no no immediate plans. But Jim Lauderbacks' article said he'd heard during this month.

Mine is rooted, and I've uninstalled some of the Asus bloat and forced GPU on in dev options, but still slow. I never done anything with a custom ROM - so this is as much as I feel comfortable doing.

---------- Post added at 08:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 AM ----------

I did receive this update yesterday morning. Didn't address this issue - it's dated from 12-9.

I also have problems waking it up - have to hold down the button for a few seconds.

But this does give me hope that the fix is indeed software related. I have a Nexus 7 (for me, other was for the kids) coming from Groupon Wednesday - need to decide which one to keep.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NexusRunner:
Oh thank you for your information, I'm a little bit sad for hearing that though... I'm a happy Nexus 7 2013 user and currently searching for a new tablet for my family, only to find out the options are surprisingly fewer than last year. The only other interesting candidate for me is Nokia N1 with almost vanilla 5.0 stock ROM, which is not available for at least 2 months. I hope ASUS would have fixed it by that time, because I still prefer 16:9 to 4:3 on 7-8 inch tablet.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt Perkins:
The top story on The Verge lists this tablet as the best cheap tablet you can buy. That's pretty good press! Hopefully it'll push Asus into quickly addressing this.

theverge.com/2014/12/12/7377323/best-cheap-tablet-you-can-buy
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LtRoastabotch:
I just updated as well. Looks like they added multi app. So u can use 2 apps at the same time
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Plesk8:
Tablet seems much better today. But am I just crazy? Somebody please confirm!

Here's what I did

* Got the latest Asus firmware update by manually telling the tablet to "check update" in Settings > About > System update. Now I'm on 11.8.3.30

* Allowed all apps to update in Google Play. TONS were Asus apps, some were various Google apps, etc.

* Installed Android Keyboard and SHUT OFF the keyboard "click" sound in Settings > Languate & input > Google keyboard (settings gear icon) > Preferences > Sound on keypress (uncheck)

* Installed Google Now Launcher and set that as default.

* Disabled all tap sounds in the OS: Settings > Sound > Touch Sounds (uncheck).

* Gave it another reboot and let all apps update again if needed.

Now it seems my typing lag issue may be gone. The is where I may be crazy. But, it seems the issue where I got tons of mistakes when typing fast has gone away.. It seems to respond better without the sounds, and seems near-instant like my phone, like it should be.

Also, the launcher swiping between screens seems great for responsiveness.. hmm.

Can anybody give this a try and confirm?

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One thing: I recall sometime when I'd click the "Home" button, or even click an app to launch it, the speakers would make a "pop" noise, in addition to the click noise.

I wonder if the pop noise was some sort of glitch happening in the hardware/software? And disabling the tap noises prevented triggering that glitch?

Anyhow, just a thought.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guavaman:
I was playing with the Asus last night and noticed that when my finger touched the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen there was no perceptible delay making me question my previous conclusion. One interesting thing about these buttons is that they make no sound.

I came up with the idea that maybe the sound itself may be throwing off my perception of responsivity. I disabled sound on the keyboard and sure enough it looked far more responsive than before. I thought maybe this is caused by delayed sound playback response.

I got the idea of analyzing my video frame by frame. I just did it. The video was recorded at 30fps, so accuracy isn't perfect, but I tested each device 3 times to get an average. What I found was quite surprising.

On the ME572C, the sound is delayed significantly behind the appearance of the letter on the screen, whereas on the Nexus 7, the sound actually plays _before_ the letter appears on screen. The delay after the finger touch and the appearance of the letter itself is pretty much identical on both devices.

So you noticed this too I see.

I did notice that without the sound the key presses are pretty much instantaneous, but I'm still having trouble making more mistakes and sometimes letters not appearing on the ME572C. Sometimes it seems like a couple of letters will lag and then come in at the same time. I'm not sure what the cause is, but even with the same amount of input lag on the N7, it isn't as accurate for typing. I could only make guesses as to why. Perhaps the capacitive sensor is tuned differently so it requires you to lift your finger off higher, etc. There's no real way I can tell.

------------------------

Each number is one frame which = 1/30th of a second.

The x:00 denotes the time on the timeline that the event occurred.

Asus ME572C:

x:05 finger tap sound

x:10 letter begins appearing

x:13 click sound

x:22 finger tap sound

x:27 letter begins appearing

x:30 click sound

x:20 finger tap sound

x:25 letter begins appearing

x:28 click sound

Nexus 7:

x:21 finger tap sound

x:26 click sound

x:27 letter appears

x:03 finger tap sound

x:06 click sound

x:08 letter appears

x:14 finger tap sound

x:16 click sound

x:19 letter appears

Asus ME572C results:

Test 1:

Asus finger tap to letter appearing: 5/30 th

Asus finger tap to sound playing: 8/30 th

Test 2:

Asus finger tap to letter appearing: 5/30 th

Asus finger tap to sound playing: 8/30 th

Test 3:

Asus finger tap to letter appearing: 5/30 th

Asus finger tap to sound playing: 8/30 th

Nexus 7 results:

Test 1:

Nexus finger tap to letter appearing: 6/30 th

Nexus finger tap to sound playing: 5/30 th

Test 2:

Nexus finger tap to letter appearing: 5/30 th

Nexus finger tap to sound playing: 3/30 th

Test 3:

Nexus finger tap to letter appearing: 5/30 th

Nexus finger tap to sound playing: 2/30 th
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LtRoastabotch:
I tried it and it feels fine to me but im not bothered by the typing because I Swype from letter to lette. I only have a problem when I touch to the left of the letter “a” and begin swiping using Google keyboard. I still have Google chrome freeze up a bit.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guavaman:
Got this last night at 4 AM. Funny thing was it rolled out just a few minutes after I manually checked for system updates and saw none!

I didn't see anything in that article about Lolipop. Just checked again. Where did you see this?
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueshadeofred:
Removed by user
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exconvictriddick:
Lightbleed

do you guys see any lightbleed on your pad? Mines is all over. And I though it would be better than Nexus 9.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guavaman:
Yes, especially when it's starting up. Seems worse than the Nexus 7, but not horrible IMO. I only notice it if the screen brightness is very high and the screen is black.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LtRoastabotch:
I only have some towards the top of my screen. Its on the side near the camera but I only see it on start up
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt Perkins:
2nd to last sentence in the article ..

Unfortunately, because it’s not a Nexus device, and not released by Google, it doesn’t have Lollipop yet – unlike my Nexus 5 phone. Asus claims I’ll have it in about a month, but until then I’m feeling a bit like a second-class Android citizen.

technobuffalo.com/2014/12/06/asus-me572c-the-true-follow-up-to-googles-nexus-7
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark_Vortex:
We just bought one of these and it's only been a few hours using it, but it seems very snappy with no lag whatsoever....so far. We'll see how it handles all our apps.

One question, though, for anyone who knows. Will the root apk posted a few pages back work with the new system update that was just published for this tablet?
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt Perkins:
Yes it works with the update that was pushed a few days ago. - 11.8.3.30-20141209
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LtRoastabotch:
Does anyone know If after rooting my tablet I'll be able to restore it and remove root in case I need to have warranty repairs on it? I've only had one rooted device. I had an att galaxy s4 it didn't have custom Roms, custom recovery, and wouldn't receive att firmware updates. I got stuck in 4.2.2 I sold it and bought this memo pad. I want to root but I don't want to end up with the problems I had before. Any info would be appreciated thanks
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badchorizo:
I actually returned mine 12 hours after I bought it because of a screen defect - not sure what is considered light bleed but it had several 1-2cm blotches of purple that you could only see on black backgrounds. Best Buy took it back no questions asked and gave me a new one which I scrutinized in the store to make sure they weren't all like that. Other than that though, I really like this thing. Pretty amazing specs for $180. Only minor gripe is no 5Ghz WiFi support, but the removable sdcard makes up for it if I want to transfer a lot.

Also would love to see ROMs but this is one of the first 64 bit Intel devices so I imagine it's a lot of work. The Asus bloat really isn't too bad coming from a note 3 where I have about 150 useless/harmful apps from Sammy and VZW frozen or uninstalled :p

Anyone else get the feeling the case/chassis was intended for an 8" tablet but Asus found themselves with a warehouse full of surplus 7" screens? The border around the screen is pretty wide for a modern device, but extra room may be how they can sell it so cheap - they could use slightly bigger and cheaper components with a 7" LCD instead of an 8" LCD crammed in there.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LtRoastabotch:
For those of you looking for a case for this tablet there may be one coming from bobj gear. I think his cases are great I've bought 3 cases from him 2 of which my kids use on their tablets. They use their tablets daily and believe me they've been dropped plenty of times. Im keeping my fingers crossed that he does decide to make one because of the durability and i love that he makes acustic speaker chambers which redirect the sound to the front instead of the sides of the tablets. http://www.bobjgear.com/asus.html hers a link if anyone is interested in checking out his cases. They're sold on amazon.
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norzman5:
Confirmed working!

Worked for me. now on Kitkat. Super excited to get root on this tablet. Been enjoying using it since I got it last month but been missing having root.