[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
Well I ran the bootloader unlock tool I downloaded from Asus and ran it so I assumed it's unlocked. I tried to install drivers (latest I could find) but Windows 10 (64-bit) says I have latest installed. I checked device manager and when my tablet is off and I connect it I see the drivers(3) become active for a few seconds and then they turn off. Seems to me something is not working with this process. If you look below it seems to indicate to me the bootloader is unlocked.

Here is info

C:\adb>adb devices
List of devices attached
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
G7NPCV038358ANK device

C:\adb>fastboot devices
G7NPCV038358ANK fastboot

C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery c:\adb\twrp.img
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13958 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.444s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: download for partition 'recovery' is not allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.453s

C:\adb>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) max-block-size: 0x80
(bootloader) check-fastboot-version: 1
(bootloader) sofia_support: 1
(bootloader) continuous: 1
(bootloader) flash-all-depart: 1
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x8000000
(bootloader) partition-size:ADF: 2000000
(bootloader) partition-type:ADF: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:APD: 6400000
(bootloader) partition-type:APD: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:flashinfo: 1000000
(bootloader) partition-type:flashinfo: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:asus_nvm: 100000
(bootloader) partition-type:asus_nvm: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:frp: 100000
(bootloader) partition-type:frp: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 32000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: c800000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: dfc00000
(bootloader) partition-type:system: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:metadata: 2000000
(bootloader) partition-type:metadata: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:tee2: 500000
(bootloader) partition-type:tee2: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:tee1: 500000
(bootloader) partition-type:tee1: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:expdb: a00000
(bootloader) partition-type:expdb: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:logo: 800000
(bootloader) partition-type:logo: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:para: 80000
(bootloader) partition-type:para: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:secro: ff7000
(bootloader) partition-type:secro: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:recovery: ff7000
(bootloader) partition-type:recovery: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:boot: ff7000
(bootloader) partition-type:boot: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:lk: 80000
(bootloader) partition-type:lk: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:seccfg: 40000
(bootloader) partition-type:seccfg: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:persist: 2000000
(bootloader) partition-type:persist: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:protect2: a00000
(bootloader) partition-type:protect2: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:protect1: a00000
(bootloader) partition-type:protect1: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:nvram: 500000
(bootloader) partition-type:nvram: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:proinfo: 300000
(bootloader) partition-type:proinfo: raw data
(bootloader) partition-size:preloader: 40000
(bootloader) partition-type:preloader: raw data
(bootloader) off-mode-charge: 1
(bootloader) warranty: no
(bootloader) unlocked: yes
(bootloader) secure: no
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: ASUS8163_EW_380
(bootloader) version-preloader: 0.1.00
(bootloader) version: 0.5
all: Done!!
finished. total time: 0.112s

C:\adb>

---------- Post added at 11:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

LOL! OK. I figured $h.. out... The problem was this...

The device must be OFF and DISCONNECTED and ONLY connected

when you hit the download button

. The reason is, the driver shuts off if there is no data transferring. Very important detail. I am guessing this is what the issue was and why the flash tool was not working. Now I probably got old crap drivers by forcing them through Windows Troubleshooter to override signature verification. So anyway I tried flashing anyway and it failed. I suspect because I overrided good drivers with old ones. You can see what I got here.

https://ibb.co/mwkHFv