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[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] z300muser:
Yes i've booted android first maybe a firmware update

I just try recoveryasboot with my laptop touch screen work's strange issue
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
TWRP updated to 3.2.1 (feedback needed)

Up to date precompiled kernel from firmware WW-5.3.19

Up to date TWRP/AOSP sources, including TWRP 3.2.1-0

Unified image that may be flashed to recovery or boot partitions, or be used for tethered boot

Recovery image

Upgrade Installation

Copy the new image file to your tablet, then use your existing TWRP to Install->Install Image the .img file to Recovery. Then reboot to recovery.

Mandatory step: after trying this release out, you must come back here and post whether it works or not.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] z300muser:
Hi [MENTION=8132642]diplomatic[/MENTION]

I've try TWRP 3.2.1-0

I can't install to recovery (no touchscreen)

i can boot with success (with touchscreen)

I can install to boot with success (touchscreen works)

But i think my table is not up to date my firmware is WW_Z300M_V5.3.6_20170412 i will see if i need to update it
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] thelittlefox:
So I did all the steps. I have TWRP 3.2.1. tried to install zip file of magisk latest v 16 and now im stuck in reboot. I can go back too TWRP but not sure how to fix it too run magisk.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Magisk 16.0 is known to not be compatible with these tablets. Restore your stock boot.img and try again with a 15.x version.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] thelittlefox:
Where can i find stock boot.img?
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
thelittlefox, you can find it in the ASUS stock firmware download....
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] thelittlefox:
sorry its still doing the boot loop and now it says no os found. I can still go into twrp
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Well, I don't know what happened there. (I don't use Magisk in my OS.) But in this case, you should transfer the FW zip file to your tablet via adb or sd card/otg drive. Then install it with TWRP. Beware that unless you install root, TWRP will get replaced on first boot....
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] thelittlefox:
Thank you! it working.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wilsonb:
Will this TWRP method work on Asus ZenPad 10 P027 ?

I am really disappointed in Asus for not continuing support , after saying it would be upgraded to Orio.

Im still on latest official update Android 7.0

Also not able to find any custom 7.1.1 or higher for it.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Hey man, did you get my PM?
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] BladeBrown7:
Uncompatible Magisk 16

I confirm, that the Magisk version 15.4 and 16 is uncompatible. The latest working version of Magisk is the 15.3 with FW 5.3.19 WW.

When i flash the newer version Magicsk than 15.3, i get bootloop.

The solution is flash back the stock boot.img (from previus backup of stock rom via SP Flash Tool 5.1720 ) via SP Flash Tool 5.1532.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
New thread for TWRP

I have decided to start a new thread for TWRP for ZenPad 10. The OP here is stale and has not been updated in a long time to reflect the new builds and instructions. I also added support for the ZenPad Z301M. Both threads can stay active, as this one is focused on root but mine is not.

[TWRP][RECOVERY] Asus ZenPad 10 Z300M & Z301M (locked bootloader ok)
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarlosPires2017:
Soooo dificult

This is soooo dificult... I would never could be able to folow this instructions at all...

Is there any way to make it more easyer? Is there a way to make more simply for me to understand what to do and how??

I follow all this but to start the apk file doest unlock the bootloader or whatever it is...

Then, when I connect the tablet to pc nothing happen, at least a sound or a sign that is connected...

The command line with img file does nothing...

I mean, is not worthen... There is at least a video explaining how to do it??

Gosh... This is so anoying...

I'm trying to do this for about

1 year

, serching, looking, but looks like there is nothing for this tablet.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] tiago199988:
SOO i updated to last magisk got boot loop i went on recovery (twrp) tried removing magisk now cant enter recovery.

What can i do ???
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Masamune3210:
Restore stock boot.img, then use twrp to erase everything just to be sure everything is gone. Magisk had a bug that was causing devices to bootloop, which should be fixed now if you want to try again
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] saydinaali:
Root
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alexprog70:
Looking for 300m image

Hi I'm looking for a image called root-v2-z300m.img to make the root with boot loader, do you know where I can find it?

Thanks!

Alex
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Oswald Boelcke:
THREAD CLOSED! If interested in the subject please refer to https://xdaforums.com/zenpad-10/development/twrp-asus-zenpad-8-0-z300m-z301m-locked-t3763025
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
Hahaha ya I guess I understand now what the big red text means. Well, no big loss to lose everything, I don't care about starting out fresh again. Based on that other thread you mentioned earlier, my understanding is that 2.82 SuperSU fixes the incompatibilities with MTK devices. Tonight I will try the process again and flash SuperSU 2.82. I'm literally steps away from removing all Asus crapware. Woo!
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
I don't think supersu 2.82 works either, but feel free to try. Someone already posted that they couldn't get it to install...
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
You are right, SuperSU 2.82 did not work. Had problems with the RAMDISK. I used the latest Magisk Manager and it worked. My tablet is now rooted. Many many thanks.

Powered off the tablet.

Used the SP-Flash-Tool-v5.1532.00 (scatter file and DA_PL.bin)

Pressed Download button

Quickly plugged in my micro-usb cable. It downloaded to tablet, then I got the Green Checkmark.

Exited the SP-Flash Tool

Pressed Up Volume and Power Button until I saw option to select Recovery

Went into Recovery, said to allow modification so TWRP wouldn't be replaced

Then flashed Magisk 13.x beta. No errors reported

Booted up Tablet and used Check Root app. Said Root was verified.

BTW my tablet was previously unlocked with the Asus Unlock tool. Again many thanks to all involved in releasing this info!!
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Supersu doesn't seem to recognize the special MTK header above the ramdisk section. But it's the same format used by mt65xx phones, I believe. Does that mean it's not compatible with any mt65xx devices either? Or does it determine the expected format from the chipset ID? It probably doesn't bother with systemless root on mt65xx devices.

That's the guide right there! :good:
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
The tablet is great now. Got all my apps going now and ripped as much Asus stuff out as I could. Be nice to see a custom Rom now. [emoji3] [emoji106]
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Hey Flukester, can you try flashing this version with fastboot to see if it will pass this time? (I have to zip it cuz of upload size limits.)
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I can try that tonight sure!
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I tried, failed same way as last time. :crying: Is there a MTK 'adb' version or something? I don't get why some fastboot commands don't work like getting oem-info.

C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-z300m-signed.img
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13959 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.444s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: download for partition 'recovery' is not allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.451s

C:\adb>copy twrp-3.1.1-0-z300m-signed.img recovery.img
Overwrite recovery.img? (Yes/No/All): yes
1 file(s) copied.

C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13959 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.445s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: download for partition 'recovery' is not allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.451s

C:\adb>
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] QwertyChouskie:
What happens if you run:

fastboot oem unlock
fastboot oem unlock confirm

? Maybe it is somehow "partially unlocked"...
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I'm using the latest platform-tools from google now...

D:\platform-tools>fastboot oem device-info
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.004s

D:\platform-tools>fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.003s
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
OK, thanks. The fastboot commands are entirely dependent on the bootloader implementation. Asus has disabled oem unlock and others so you have to use their special tool to unlock it. And they also added some custom commands....

Asus may have a special fastboot version indeed. There are commands that supposedly let you read back partitions, but they don't seem to work with regular fastboot, which doesn't have any features to read back data.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I responded to your message. Let me know if I can do anything else. :)
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Provident77:
Does this mean... Custom ROMs!?
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
Not sure right now. I am hoping that I can make a de-bloated version of this ROM and release it in the future. I have de-bloated my tablet and it's made a big difference overall. In terms of custom roms, Asus hasn't made anything for this device open so it complicates things. If you look around too, MTK devices like this, there's not a lot of custom ROM's.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
FYI, I fixed the touchscreen by patching the compiled kernel. I hear it works pretty well now (can't test it myself). The updated recovery file is already on the OP.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I've flashed it and it works for me. Thanks diplomatic.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] BladeBrown7:
new fw

Now Asus has released a new firmware V5.3.10. If I update, will be root and twrp remain ?
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djcsurf:
Getting one of these in couple of days. Do you know if Asus will update to 7.0?

What mods can you do via TWRP as I'd like to tinker but not invalidate the warranty
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] QwertyChouskie:
You will get 7.0 using stock. Unfortunately no word on 7.1 though.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
No idea, I don't have an update I'm on 5.3.6
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcbadboy:
tab not modiffied and patched the last official update before trying.

Always making my own custom rom's for non brand phone's and tab's but this asus is a pain in the ....

Used the latest spft 5.1720 but no readback give brom error

5.1628 full readback without errors but a error when flashing the recovery (ROM ERROR : S_SECURITY_SECURE_USB_DL_IMAGE_SIGN_HEADER_NOT_FOUND (6045))

usesd 5.1628 for readback and 5.1535 to flash te recovery.

i used twrp-3.1.1-0-z300m-test4.img and can boot the twrp but i have no touch?

Where is the modded twrp recovery with the touch drivers in the kernel?

Or the patched kernel so i can rebuild it my own :)

hope i can start building my own aosp for this tab whitout bloat.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Sorry, there are still some broken/old links in the OP and justshaun is not responding. Attached is the updated TWRP image. The readback error might have been because some partitions (secro, I think) have been disallowed from being read back. But for flashing, the only version you can use with locked bootloader is 5.1532. (Thanks for that huge security hole, MTK!)

Best of luck with the custom ROM. :)
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcbadboy:
thx for the img now the touch is working.

do you maybe have the unlock apk 2 because the google drive link not working anymore.

I have the first original asus unlocker from the download page but i still get a network error.

I will try with this 1 here because it's seems to work from some poeple.

grts
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
This is the one I know of: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/Zenpad/Z300M/Z300M_UnlockTool_Android_N_9003_signed.zip

Guessing it's the one you have. But there's not much point to unlocking it. The partitions are still locked. Fastboot flashing does not work. Neither does SP Flash Tool other than the special version.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] twinkiexcz:
Link2SD unable to integrate updated application into system

Hello, I succefully rooted Asus Zenpad 10 Z300M as described here with TWRP and Magisk. Even I am able to get root for applications like AdBlock, Link2SD, TitaniumBackup, RootCertificate installer i am unable to integrate updated applications into system with Link2SD app as I get Link2SD error: Failure mount:'/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.MSDC0/by-name/system'->'/system': Device or resource busy. Any ideas how to make Link2SD system update app integration working ?
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] groundkontrol:
So i f'ed up by deleting everything from twrp. Root was ok but I wanted to do a hard reset and... well, I cant find a stock img to flash for the life of me. Only Asus updates and tars that I can't compile on the asus website. Anyone has the .img or .zip of the stock rom? Halp pls

nvm, just installed an update from twrp and it works like a charm :)
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcbadboy:
yep it's the same.

So if a convert my system.new.dat to a sytem.img remove all the bloatware,add my own scripts and apps etc en reflashed the img with spflash i get a possibble brick.

grts b,
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
Is that a question or....? Anyway, you can always flash it with TWRP and not need to bother with flash tool. If you really need to modify it, you should regenerate the verity metadata or disable verity checking completely.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarlosPires2017:
Nothing works

Hello guys! I'm trying to revert the firmware from 7.0 to previous one, but nothing is working.

Plus, one of "bios" menu is in chinese or japanese and I dont understand a thing...

Is actually any way to revert from this tablet from 7.0 t previous factory "old" firmware?

I reset but doesnt work and the updates are taking so many space on the tablet...

I just wanted the previous firmware or flash it in a way I understand and easy to do... :(
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
One of bios menu is Chinese = You pressed the Down Volume and Power which if you use a Photo/Translate app these chinese words are several device tests.. nothing important. Press Volume UP and Power to see menu for Recovery etc.

I've never tried going back, only forward. I can't tell you if they changed partitions with 7.0... No idea. Please be more specific on what firmware (version) you are trying to flash.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarlosPires2017:
Hi Flukester69!

I'm trying to install the one that initially came with the tablet, version 6.x.x... (6.0.1 or 6.1.1 not sure)

I tried to go on recover mode but the software on the computer does't do anything... unless I'm using the wrong one...

Or I can do another thing: is there any version after 7.0? or a 7.0 but more lighter?...

The tablet is fine, the big trouble is the firmware.

For exemple, after reset the tablet, I install the apps that I need, and after some hours or in the next day the internal storage is completely full, this is one of the things that never happen with the previous firmware/version...

What can I do?... Making hard reset again is not going to work, it does but come back again to 7.0
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I don't fully understand. You want to downgrade to 6.x? Why? I'd write ASUS and ask them if its possible. They usually respond within 24hrs.

In the meantime I can tell you to try SDMaid and CleanMaster to clear as much junk as you can. These apps work, and with root they work even better.

If you think the 7.x update took away your free space, well you are probably right. They installed more apps like GameGenie, Sheets and Play stuff, Zen, Zen Share and PhotoCollage. Heck they even gave us 2 memo/notepads! All stuff I don't care to use. Disabled was not good enough. So glad now to have root, my tablet is as clean as can be and customized in my way.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
I strongly recommend against trying to downgrade your firmware. While it's probably possible to do, this is uncharted territory. You'll likely end up with a soft brick if you don't know exactly what you're doing. Anyway, your problem is not the firmware. It sounds like one of your apps is misbehaving. Check how much data each of your apps is using with Settings | Apps. If there's any app using a lot of data, either uninstall it or clear the data and find a fix for it.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djcsurf:
Am getting my Z300M tomorrow, am 50/50 regards rooting but curious if anyone has tried setting sdcard as internal storage

Link: https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-126764-1-1.html

If this works I wouldn't feel the need try to root as would have 32gb internal storage.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I have not tried this with this device, when I tried this with other devices I found apps/phone was slower, so much so I stopped doing it. I also thought it was risky in case that sd card failed, I'd lose everything. Rooting allows you to remove all the ASUS software (or most of it) and that alone always gives me a boost.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djcsurf:
On this device, after root, is it easy to return to stock in event of having to return device under warranty for any reason.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I think diplomatic is more the guy to answer this. I never did backups and I unlocked my bootloader.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarlosPires2017:
the one previous of 7.0, the one that comes with originally with the tablet.

that or install the TWRP, that way maybe I can put another firmware.

how to do it?...

---------- Post added at 04:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:24 PM ----------

How can I root my tablet?.. I mean, step by step, because even that looks complicated...

can you help on that please?... I will try everything I can
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
The guide is provided already in the thread how to achieve root. As for flashing 6.0, we/I don't recommend it. Can't help you with that, sorry. Maybe someone else can, I don't know.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarlosPires2017:
The root methot is not working, but I will try again... Thanks!
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
The adoptable storage works great on this tablet. I wouldn't set up my Z380M any other way. Although the card is slower than the internal EMMC, it's not really that noticeable. The performance depends on the card quality too, especially the random IOPS speed. You don't really need to root it at all.

I think so, as long as you don't use the unlock tool, which reports to Asus your serial number.

Have you tried downloading the full firmware zip of the old firmware to your tablet and letting it install automatically? Although if your tablet does install it and then becomes unbootable, don't blame me.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djcsurf:
Thanks for response. I've actually just ordered a sandisk class 10 SD card. Only thing worried about is if it goes tits up and lose everything stored. Will current apps remain on system partition and new installed and downloaded stuff go straight to SD card?

I'm more inclined to NOT root now as mine comes with a 2yr warranty which I don't want to lose.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
For most apps, you can transfer them from one location to another. Of course, the system apps and their updates have to stay on the internal storage. You can also migrate your shared storage files (/sdcard directory) to the sd card if you want, or keep them on internal, but not both. When you install a new app, the system automatically chooses the target location. That's based on how much space you have left and maybe other criteria.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] sloba:
backup needed

i need backup of system img or full backup,didn`t noticed that rom26 size was 0 bytes so i`m screwed,tablet hangs on asus logo
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] eonix:
Dear Flukester69 & diplomatic:

In the last 2 weeks I've gotten messages to upgrade to the latest ASUS system update version 5.3.10 (176.92MB). Will the installation of it break the possibility to root? Currently, the Z300m is on Andriod version 7.0 with a security patch level from April 1, 2017 (software version 5.3.6)

Thanks!
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djcsurf:
Got my Z300M today, gonna try it stock for couple days to get feel of it until my SD card arrives then decide root or adoptable storage.

One thing OT is the tablet does not turn on off using the case and I have Asus cover enabled in settings. Does anyone know of an app I can use on this tablet that will provide similar function as power button awkward to use when in case!
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flukester69:
I would suggest you update to 5.3.10 then root. I am near 100% certain you'll have no problems.

I flashed from 5.3.6 (rooted) -> 5.3.10. I didn't re-root my device after and I think the problems I ran into were because of it. Plus I started removing ASUS apps and I think I removed a critical app and so I had apps closing so I factory reset with TWRP and reflashed the 5.3.10. Everything been great since.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
You can generate your system.img from system.new.dat+system.transfer.list using this. I would use the command line version:

python sdat2img.py system.transfer.list system.new.dat system.img

And then flash it as System Image from TWRP.

Alternatively, you can try installing the full firmware zip in TWRP.
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarlosPires2017:
I try it with several firmware and none of them works...

So, after all I've read looks like there is actually nothing possible to do to this tablet, right?
[Asus ZenPad 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] diplomatic:
What do you mean none of them work? None of them install, or they do install and make no difference to your problem? You're not being very specific here. There are plenty of things to try. You are not saying in detail what you have tried so far or describing what's happening to your tablet. How much disk space are you talking about? How fast is it increasing? I told you to look in Settings for apps with a lot of data usage to try to isolate any problematic ones. You have not given any feedback on that method...