[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
Welcome to bigwheelie for Asus TF101.

Here you will find a utility in both a bash version and a python2 version which will repartition your TF101, giving you much more space where needed for future growth of the software base. The python2 version has prettier output, but functionality is the same for both. To use the python2 version, your environment will need to point any calls to python to whatever the python2 binary is on your particular distro. It currently won't work under python3, only python2. It calls whatever python is set as the default when you type 'python'. You can check with 'python --version'. You may need to, at least temporarily, create a soft link to your python2 to python in your ~/bin directory as root. Check with your distro for instructions. Otherwise, use the bash version which should work on about any modern Linux system.

These are Linux utilities that will handle both SBK1 and SBK2 devices. I have tested both with an SBK1 device. To use, download either zip to a folder on your Linux system. Assuming you named the folder "bigwheelie", then do the following from a terminal:

cd ~/bigwheelie
unzip bigwheelie.zip

Now plug your device in and place it in APX mode. Easiest way is to power off the device with it plugged into pc and then press volume up and power for about 5-6 seconds. The screen will remain blank. Otherwise, just press volume up and power until the screen goes black then continue to hold for about 5-6 seconds more. Then do this:

./bigwheelie

You will see this:

THIS PROCESS WILL WIPE ALL DATA FROM
YOUR DEVICE AND REPARTITION IT WITH
A NON-STOCK PARTITION STRUCTURE.
##### ALL RISKS ARE YOUR OWN!!! #####
##### ENSURE DEVICE IN APX MODE #####

******* REFLASH MENU *******

1) Choose 1 for SBK1 device
2) Choose 2 for SBK2 device
0) Quit

Choice: 1

Choose accordingly to the type of tf101 device you have. If you were actually in APX mode and chose the SBK option correctly, then you should see the process begin and some files moving and then partitioning happening and, finally, the blobs getting written to the device, with an indication of success or failure at the end. If it was successful, then you will see the tablet automatically reboot to Asus ICS stock Android and TWRP_2.8.1.4 will reside in your recovery partition. You will now have the following:

/system 1GB

/cache 1GB

/boot 12MB

/recovery 12MB

You can now reboot into TWRP to flash the ROM or other software of your choice, including larger gapps packages than we were previously able to. The growth of gapps packages sizes and the challenge of keeping TWRP small enough to fit into the stock recovery partition are the main drivers for this.

Enjoy!

Download links:

Filename: bigwheelie-bash.zip

bigwheelie-bash.zip

Filename: bigwheelie-bash.zip.md5

bigwheelie-bash.zip.md5

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Filename: bigwheelie-python2.zip

bigwheelie-python2.zip

Filename: bigwheelie-python2.zip.md5

bigwheelie-python2.zip.md5

Special thanks to bumblebee and rayman for wheelie and other scripts, to nvidia for nvflash, and to Asus for stock firmware blobs.

XDA:DevDB Information

bigwheelie, Tool/Utility for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer

Contributors

sidneyk

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1.0

Stable Release Date: 2014-12-04

Created 2014-12-04

Last Updated 2014-12-04