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[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
unfortunately i have kitkat installed.it has no uefi or setup like your device with lolipop.Maybe you should pm [MENTION=6013061]Mis012[/MENTION] he has the knowledge about it you need.i remember also that he was talking about a aptio setup util or something.and yes you need a powered usb hub or y-otg and a usb hub to conect keyb.,mouse and usb-stick like needed.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Shadeclan:
I was wrong.

What I thought was the BIOS was not - it was an AMD setup utility. Not going to help with my Intel-based device.

I think at this point that my best bet is to contact ASUS, explain my issues and see if they can help me unlock the bootloader and put a stock ROM on it. Thank you all for your help. :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mis012:
Please, don't give up. The aptio setup utility is a setup utility of the device firmware, which is UEFI. It is compiled from the same codebase as the firmware you call BIOS, becouse BIOS has not been used in personal computers for quoet some time. According to UEFI spefification, UEFI may utilize a Compatibility Support Module (CSM) to be able to boot BIOS way. This tablet doesn't have one, but that doesn't matter since the BIOS way sucked. If you use Y micro-to-full usb cable, and supply power to it, you can connect hub, keyboard, and boot eg. Ubuntu. If you want to get to know UEFI very quickly, which I hope you want, check out the link in my description. I have not written it, but the guy who did is probably responsible for me not joining to the misinformation around UEFI. If you search my posts here on XDA, I am sure I helped a few people from your situation already. Feel free to ask anything, and if my phone notifies me I will try to reply.

P.S I doubt the original bootloader is still on the device, condsidering it's in fallback path ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Shadeclan:
Thank you for responding - it is appreciated.

Do you mean that BIOS has been replaced by UEFI in computer hardware now? I'll have to go home and look at the BIOS on my desktop computer to see if it says it's UEFI. Man, I'm getting old ... :crying:

If I understand correctly then, UEFI is the BIOS for a tablet, yes? And this CSM will give me access to it?

So, what you're saying is that I need some sort of powered hub between my keyboard and my OTG dongle - then my keyboard will work and I'll be able to navigate around the CSM. Can you show me an example of this hub on Amazon? Is this, perhaps, what you mean?

OK - I'm sure that will help. Hopefully, I will look at your link tonight if I have time. Anything that turns off SecureBoot and unlocks the bootloader is going to help, I think.

You are probably right - all the specifications listed in the bootloader are different. Also, my device now says it's a K013 instead of K013c, which makes me think I've really screwed it up pretty bad.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mis012:
1. UEFI has replaced BIOS everywhere, although it still says BIOS in the setup screens, either becouse the guys who did the gui don't quite get it, or they don't wanna confuse people. It sometomes says UEFI 2.x (or worse 1.x)

2. Secure boot is already disabled, no need to care about it

3. CSM is an optional module for UEFI. It enables users to boot the bios way (execute first 512 bytes of hdd / cd / usb disk an not care anymore). It was introduced so users can continue to use their devices with older operating systems until all OSes are bootable with UEFI native mode.

4.The cable looks like classic OTG cable, but it splits so you can charge your device at the same time / use external hdd wirhout killing your battery.

You need a normal USB hub too, so you can connect keyboard and flash disk at once.

The UEFI stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. It comes from Intels' EFI, but it is now managed by UEFI forum. It is actually a specification, but a de facto standart implemantation everyone uses is Tianocore EDK II.

Just read the article, and see if it answeres your questions.

P.S interesting fact: although social-design-concepts has made a nice 'unlocked' bootloader, you can even use grub2, providing you extract the kernel and initrd. No worries about bootloader are needed really.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Shadeclan:
OK - you believe that SecureBoot is already disabled, even though it says it's active in the bootloader because the bootloader had different info now - it appears to have been replaced. So what good is SecureBoot then? I'd still like to turn it off - it may cause problems later.

My friend has a powered USB hub - he'll bring it in to work tomorrow for me to take home this weekend.

I will read the article - I should have some time after lunch.

I am interested in that "unlocked" bootloader. I'll see if I can hunt it down, if there's no link to it in the article.

_____________________

I am worried about my tablet right now. I've tried several different methods to get Kit-Kat on the tablet. All I've managed to do is to corrupt the OS and disable battery charging. Occasionally, it's been so bad that all I've been able to do is enter FastBoot mode - I'm really glad I stumbled on that or else I'd really be in trouble. Also, using Ruben Craveiro's side-load / TWRP suggestion, I've discovered that several partitions are missing / unmounted, including the data partition.

I'm seriously considering packing the tablet up and sending it to ASUS for them to format and reinstall the OS - I asked and they won't let me have the stock ROM for this tablet.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mis012:
If you manage to sideload TWRP, you may as well just use dd and rewrite all 16 GB of your memory (or 8, though I'm not sure if you can manage to get backup for that one) with someone elses.

Secure boot is an optional feauture of UEFI, the 'secure boot' in bootloader is really signature checking of android boot partition (WHY do these ASUS people have to spread misinformation)

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Also I will try and clear some misinformation:

The tablet didn't have UEFI when on KitKat. Not sure if it's possible to use the old kernel/initrd/system, but definitely not with Asus' bootloader which doesn't know it's signature

The process has deleted the bootloader / or made it unaccessible by the firmware (UEFI). UEFI can use Secure Boot for boot security, but it's turned off. You can boot whatever bootloader you want (grub2/the original bootloader/the 'unlocked' bootloader). btw. I call it 'unlocked' becouse it's actually different bootloader compiled from source.

Of course it only boots to UEFI, since there is no bootloader (or it's not where it should be). You can not boot bootloader or kernel from microSD because the UEFI doesn't have driver for sd reader. You can however instruct kernel to mount ROOTFS from sdcard (or SYSTEM on android) which I would suggest if you want to boot kitkat. on the other hand, you seem to have quiet damaged the patriotion structure of your mmc, so I'm not sure if you need to preserve what you have there)

You can not brick this tablet so easily (it has the same firmware as your computer, and try to brick that). Also the bootloader is not there anymore, which is also why you cannot enter it. You need to start thinking of this tablet as if it was a computer, the boot process is the same.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] r41m31:
Well, I think I did very dumb stuff:

My Me176cx has(had??) lollipop installed. Followed this thread. I think I debloated more than I should it started behaving strangely. Last major problem was that I was unable to download or update apps from Play Store. So I went dumber, installed TWRP (which is working and can be used), deleted all except storage unit and tried to reinstall the lollipop flash (last stage from page 1). Failed and now I own a electronic boomerang (that doesn't come back when trown). Any ideas on sloving this? Thank you.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
It's hard to tell what's wrong without more information: Can you still turn on the device? Does it display something? At which point did the installation fail? Can you still get into TWRP?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] r41m31:
Hi, thank you for replying.

It turns on and stays in Intel logo. I can get into TWRP. Tried some roms but always fails to install.

I wiped all except usb storage and internal storage, then tried to install but always fails.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
Does it fail during installation or are you just unable to boot after the installation? If you haven't tried it already, I suggest that you download the full system package directly from ASUS and try to install it: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/ME176C/UL-K013-WW-12.10.1.36-user.zip (Note that it may take really long to install without displaying any progress. Just wait until it's done)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] r41m31:
Hi, thank you for info.

Actually and I really don't know how because I started to pound in options from TWRP and suddenly it started with a fresh complete lollipop version.

I think the "fix contents" option from TWRP might have done the trick, but not sure. Anyway it's working again. Keeping the file from link, might be usefull one day.

Thank you very much for helping.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lambdadroid:
I'd recommend that you install it anyway (or at least check the version on your tablet). I'm pretty sure all links in this thread are to outdated versions.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] 3TC5:
I cannot update from 182 to 191.

When I use dy adb sideload, the error message is

Could't read image boot

E: Error in /tmp/update.zip

( status 7)

What should I improve?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mambobuzzz:
Hi there,

I'm with an half bricked tablet. I can boot into fastboot/recovery and in Android, but there there is nothing that I can do. Not even a keyboard to start something. An empty rom. I got the official ROM now. How can I flash it easily? I can't root or manage file with an app.

Help will be much appreciated!

Mambobuzzz
[MeMO Pad 7 General] machFiver:
Wow!that's a hellish amount of spam advertising that i have to allow in order to gain access to the file to root my device. I'm all for supporting a developer by clicking on or looking at an advert or two, but that's just taking the piss. Hijacking my searches constant bombardment of notifications and whatever else i didn't see yet. I'm not willing to pay your mortgage buddy tone it down a couple notches. I almost had a bleedin' stroke. Aww what rogue virus alerts too, you suck
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Assuming you're referring to Dev-Host, it's... not a great site, certainly.

Regardless, this is a very outdated thread, and the outlined root method hasn't worked since Lollipop (In fact, I'm pretty sure Dev-Host was half trustworthy when this thread was current). I highly recommend installing lambdadroid's LineageOS port instead. It has been my daily driver ROM for a considerable amount of time, and it has a few bugs here and there, but overall it's a much better experience than the stock ROM.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Saarge:
If you don't use the good method to root, then it's not the developper's fault, try and search for the tethered recovery method for a safe root, no apps, no ads, no malwares.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] IsuruPerara:
WW OTA 191 is corrupted can some one please upload that file or send me a link to download that stock rom. It would be a great help for me. Thank you
[MeMO Pad 7 General] luismrosa:
hello i have a asus memo pad 7 k013 which come whit kikat 4.4 i decided to install lineage os 14 but searching in xda get that i have to upgrade to android 5 lollipop well first i installed this TWRP from here

https://www.htcmania.com/showpost.php?p=25564269&postcount=7

after that any zip i downloaded failed whit error 7 lineage os 14 an 16 unnoficial also a update.zip whit signal 11 error

ANY IDEA GUYS
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dewija:
Hello and first say thanks for this topic, I’ve currently rooted this tablet with the instructions and it was really easy!

I’m trying to bring to a new life the memo pad that a friend gave to me, since now I have zero incomes, but still need a desktop environment to make some works, so I’m trying to find the OTA patches, which are no longer available unfortunately not in this topic first post nor in the asus download section : ((

I can’t upgrade the android version to lollipop, which is the first pass before installing Linux. It would be appreciated if someone can share the OTA patches or give me any clue. Thanks!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] r41m31:
You can install linux on it? And get rid of android?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dewija:
Linux can be installed in dual/multi boot configurations together with Android, check this topic
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lethardicus:
This is a stretch but, anyone have a mirror WW OTA 198?? I'm trying to update and I'm stuck without it.

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Would you still happen to have these mirrored?? Or could you please reupload them somewhere?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Never imagined that a five-year-old thread would still be active after all this time!

Well, so it turns out that there's an unofficial LineageOS port now? Interesting. Either way, I've got (almost) all those files in case anyone needs them, and am in the process of reuploadimg them. I will update the OP once it's done.

EDIT: Almost everything has been found again and mirrored on Google Drive! If anyone has other hosts they'd like me to mirror these to, let me know!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] xXSantyXx:
Hi, my tablet was updated to lollipop a few years back and i was able to go back to 4.4, but now i want to update it to lollipop again to flash lineageos, but i can't do it. It's rooted, and i am on the 201 update. I tried flashing both the lollipop update and the 201 again, and after sending the command through the powershell, it reboots, and then i get the android logo with an ! error and it fails. I have all drivers installed, i double checked and the zips are okay, no zip inside zip, correct names, no errors. I also tried CWM and it doesnt work, it sits on fastboot CMD waiting...

I also tried downloading the latest rom from here https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Tablets/ASUS_MeMO_Pad_7_ME176C/HelpDesk_BIOS/

I placed it into the root of my device, rebooted and clicked the notification to update. Also got the android logo with the ! error.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] peppens1:
I flashed TWRP recovery and tested lineage OS.

Now i want to come back to stock firmware.

I tried the first zip file in this topic but TWRP give me ERROR 11.

I tried Lollipop and i receive ERROR 6.

Have i had to flash the original recovery to use the official OTA?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] VirginIdeos:
Hi I have installed WW 182 Full ROM using tethered TWRP and followed these instructions to the letter, starting with WW OTA 191. Phone is rooted no problem. But when the phone reboots to recovery, Droidboot throws an error that no installation medium could be found. When I copy update.zip to /data, it results in a file with size 0.00b or some number in kb which is a problem because the update is 37MB if downloaded from Google Drive or 154MB if downloaded from ASUS. I tried both of them. Anybody have any idea what I can try to make sure the files copy fully?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Doidivanas:
hi. i am trying to recover a k013 from Asus, but only have sideload and is bricked, with the OTA 191 i get a Status 7 failed to stat /system/build.prop: no such file...

i don't know what to do to recover this tablet, can someone help?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hairy Ewok:
Hello, can you please reupload OTA 198 and 201? Ty.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] nini04:
Update please

Asus has deleted the category "firmware" ????

where can i download the stock rom please , i can't update to lollipop ,thanks xposed ! :( :angel:

please give me a link !

thanks ;):mad:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Can somebody PLEASE help me!

I have tried to install the normal lollipop update through OTA, with no success. I then reset the device, and rebooted into DROIDBOOT. Long story short, I did "fastboot erase system" and now it won't boot. Is there ANYTHING at all I can do get it working again?

I am screwed without this tablet! Thanks in advance.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thebulletfromhell:
If your system is still on the Kitkat bootloader (droid boot is volume up + power, not down + power), you can just boot the temp CWM and flash 182.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
I'm a newbie. No idea what this "temp CWM" is.

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Google helped me. I am now running a temp CWM on the device. No clue what to do now.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thebulletfromhell:
http://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
Hi,

at first of all i wanted to say big Thank´s to you Guy´s :good: ; guyindogsuit,slayeralive,jerbear and bravesoul for all the action and information on this me176c/x asus device.

Iám actually on rooted stock rom ww-3.1.23.124.My first question is if i can update from this rom directly to the new lolipop OTA with cwm temp recovery or do i have to install

cn-rom and after that all the update-OTA´s from .182 till the lolipop is reached and can i install the lolipop on my me176c at all or is it eventually only for the me176cx?

Sorry for my poor english but it´s the first time since 30 years i have to write in this language.:mad:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
What do I flash using this?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thebulletfromhell:
The 182 stock ROM on the first page. The link is still active, despite not showing up on the website
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
holy crap man thanks! Woooohooooo my dads not gonna kill me! I'll live! Thanks!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
If you're on a version that old, you should be fine if you go to settings, then check update, and after each update keep going until Lollipop.

Also, your English isn't that bad for not using it in 30 years ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
[MENTION=5479482]jerbear294[/MENTION]

Ok. i already tryed to make an update from the settings section but it told me i´am uptodate. than i have downloaded the ww-182. and followed the instructions of the asus support-operator,who told me to put the update-file into the root-directory of the device and reboot.after the reboot the status bar showed me a message that an update-file was found and if i want to do the update.i activated the update process but nothing happens,that´s why i looked for another solution on xda and i started to read nearly every post on this thread but after a time i get a little bit confused and was not shure if i understand all the stuff right.So i will download all the OTA´s until the lollipop and flash them with cwm temp recovery one after another until the lollipop or do you have another suggestion for this case?:confused:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
If I were you I'd do a full backup of your rom once you reach .201 using tempcwm T3 option.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] onimorza:
thanks! works like a charm!

but you don't have to do step 7 as the command file already exists, just reboot in recovery instead!

just updated to LP and rooted with T4 option from

public trial

release of Temp CWM
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Another HUUUGE problem! ANY help would be appreciated! Thanks in advanced!

Got to lollipop, rebooted into fastboot. Then, I did:

fastboot flash boot kitkat-bootloader.img

fastboot flash fastboot kitkat-fastboot.img

So I could root.

Now, the system won't boot (gives me a android robo "Error"), fastboot hangs at Fastboot Loading #3, and ADB-Sideload won't flash the initial release of 4.4.2. I can get into recovery, however.

ANYTHING AT ALL I can do now? I know how stupid what I did was, by the way.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Also everyone, please check if the system clock is running late, mine is running 10 seconds late every minute, and I am constantly syncing it via ClockSync application, currently now knowing if there's a fix for that. PS: You need ROOT for ClockSync
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Is editing the ZIP to make the recovery think the file is a newer OTA possible?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Editing the ZIP won't help at all. The bootloader is locked so it will only flash ZIPs signed by ASUS. If you modify the ZIP, it'll still flash but it won't boot at all, making your situation even worse.

There is a thread about unbricking the MeMO here. I can vouch for this method.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
I don't have access to ADB....

EDIT: All I have access to is ADB Sideload. Nothing else.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Could you elaborate? What mode do you only have Sideload in? Are you in recovery or normal boot?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Fastboot mode not working. All I have access to is ADB sideload.

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and yes, I am in recovery (stock.)

just flashed that file through adb sideload. it says the following:

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation Aborted.

Help pls?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Sounds like one of the common mistakes. There is a zip inside of the zip you downloaded. That is the one you need to sideload, not the base one.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Nope, I extracted the ZIP out of the zip.

I think it's because the system is currently lollipop, and it won't let me downgrade.

Anything else I can do while I wait for ASUS support to answer?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Anything at all I can do?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Bifi991989:
Sorry for my bad english ...

Hi, I have the same problem. But I have a Temporary CWM and make a CWM-backup before.

(IntelAndroid-FBRL-01-17-2015 http://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096)

I can import this backup without an error message but when i reboot, it get stuck on "ASUS ... in serch of ...":(

ADB and fastboot are there ....

any idear? Please?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thelegendy:
How can I unroot ME176CX after rooting with this method?

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Thanks for this helpful thread. I upgraded my device to LP and rooted. But I've some kind of problem. When I tried install Titanium Backup from play store, before download and install, my device was rebooting! I don't understand, why? Could anyone help me?? :confused:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Emre Kızıltoprak:
I am sorry for being unable to read your messages, is it possible to root with zenfoneroot app on lollipop
[MeMO Pad 7 General] AtomicPC:
Not at this time.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Bifi991989:
Did you get a response from ASUS? Please share your knowledge with us .

my tablet is broken and I need to downgrade.

I can not downgrade or flash the lolipop-update.zip because he wants the new Bootloader and the lolipop-update.zip is at the old Bootloader.

How I can fix it?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Sorr y dude, but you're hardbricked.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Bifi991989:
Ohhh, noooooo :crying: dont say this

i need the LP firmware .... to flash.

But how?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
It checks the signature and doesn't allow you. Youre hard bricked, sorry to tell you.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Bifi991989:
I can install a Temporary cwm and than Flash the Lolipop update .... i like to deactivate the verification on the "updater-script" but i need a little help ...... I dont give up ... :cowboy:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
I need to know one thing:

do you have access to fastboot?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Bifi991989:
yes i have working fastboot, adb and temporary cwm
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Lightn1ng:
Then you need to flash the first update (from the OP post), and take all the OTAs until you reach lollipop.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Bifi991989:
IT WORKS?

i have the new bootloader from LP and he dont let me downgrade on the old bootloader
[MeMO Pad 7 General] MojUk:
Guys, my ME176CX is shafted after completing the L update, it boots to the android with the red exclamation box...i can get past this by using the volume + & power and arrive in the recovery. from there I have tried the wipe cache/wipe userdata (doesn't help) also i tried to adb sideload one of the roms in this thread. no good. ideas??