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[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] trosanelli:
Thanks diplomatic,

I got TWRP installed with these instructions. It took a little learning curve because I haven't used Windows in 6 years. It was a great reminder of how much Windows sucks!

Here's some things to note that I had problems with...

1. Microsoft Word had 4 to 7 hour download time for the firmware. and the downloads failed several times on me. I finally downloaded on Ubuntu (download time only 20 minutes), put it on a memory flash drive, and downloaded in Microsoft.

2. For the Stock ROM firmware, don't use the link for firmwarefile.com. The firmware didn't work. I got it directly on the Asus website. https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/ASUS ZenPad 10 (Z300M)/HelpDesk_Download/

3. Make sure the scatter file is in the firmware file. I don't think the setup instructions mentioned it.

I hope this helps any one else attempting to add TWRP.

Now, I need to find a custom ROM set up for my Zenpad 10. Any suggestions?
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] BaLazS28235:
Is this compatibily whit Asus zenpad 10 (P021)???
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Patiaa:
Hi everyone!

I’m a bit new on this, so please, be understanding.

My brother game me a broken screen ASUS – ZenPad 10 – Z301MF – P028 tablet.

I’ve replaced the screen myself after buying it online.

The tablet was working fine, but I noticed that, in the Navigation Bar, there was only the Home virtual button, missing the Back and the Recent apps virtual buttons.

I did a factory reset, but that didn’t change anything.

I tried the Power + Volume down option to try to clean the cache partition, but there was no option regarding this.

I tried the Power + Volume down option and entered a Chinese menu that I managed to translate, and I selected the clean eMMC option, hoping that was something similar to clean cache partition.

After that, the tablet get stuck. After the “Welcome” menu, the input method selection menu and the Select Wi-Fi menu, it shows the message “Setup Wizard has stopped – Open app again”. I do the same process and it shows the message “Setup Wizard keeps stopping – Close app”, and it returns to the “Welcome” menu again.

What do you this I should do to make the tablet work again?

I’m not an expert so, please be patient…

Many, many thanks!
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Chaser42:
There might be something wonky going on with the stock ROM installed on that tab.

I would make sure to get the latest stock ROM that was released for that tab. Then completely reflash it. That way you know you've got the latest official Asus version of Android that was made for that specific device.

I haven't used one of these older Asus tabs in a while so I don't remember all of the specific steps off the top of my head. But some Googling should get you the files you need and the tool you use to flash the ROM. The tool is something that you will run on your PC and connect the tab via USB.

If you do everything right, the tab will boot up and hopefully it will behave properly in the Android setup. If you're still having the issue, then it's possible something else is wrong with the device.

Good luck!

Ch42er
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Wyxzer:
Is there a custom ROM available for this device, I actually installed TWRP on my ZenPad (P00C) and rooted it but I was wandering if there is a custom ROM that I can install on it to have a newer Android version
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] mallahata:
does anyone have a working p028 zenpad 10.1 z301m i bricked the boot of mine i need someone with a working tablet so i could pull the boot imgi using brom mode i have the tools needed

of course will help anyone with working tablet no matter the model and will upload all the boot images here just need to fix my tablet first
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ahacker:
I tried to do that but failed. I ended up installing TWRP by following the instructions in the first post of this topic, and flashed the firmware from TWRP. Also you can activate the sideload mode in TWRP and flash the firmware using adb sideload, but I think this will give you exactly the same result as flashing the zip from the TWRP recovery (will only save you putting the zip on an sd card). Be extra careful following the diplomatic's instructions.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
[MENTION=6456342]tiago199988[/MENTION]: Yeah, fastboot flashing is blocked on these tablets, even if you unlock the BL. If you can't enter recovery, you have to restore the stock boot.img to the boot partition with Flash Tool. Because there's an issue that if the boot image is messed up, it will not boot anything. Then take it from there with TWRP.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tiago199988:
I updated to last magisk got bootloop ok i enter twrp removed magisk restart still bootloop treid enter again in recovery and i cant
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Yes, I got that. Like I said, to recover your tablet, you need to reflash the stock boot.img. After that, boot to TWRP and install root if you need.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tiago199988:
But how do i do that?

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Since you know a lot about these tablet why not make a guide how to unbrick then ?
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tiago199988:
Forget i learned how to do it Probably im going to make a guide. But thx for teling me what was the problem
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tiago199988:
Are you sure abought that ??? because it bricked my device
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] BladeBrown7:
Magisk 16.3 (beta)

Yes, i tried 15.3 magisk (last worked), after i tried 15.3- 16.00 (1600) versions, but this generated bootloop ( i must flash back the original boot.img). Than i tried magisk 16.3 (beta) and this version is boot right.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tiago199988:
Yeah i tried and it works
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ahacker:
Yes, you did warn against 16.0 only.

Confirm - TWRP sticks with root (Magisk).

Yes, nandroid probably does not cover that part of backup.

But, I failed to backup the device using the flash tool. First, I could not find ShowByScatter in option.ini*. Second, in flash tool the ReadBack table was empty. When I pressed Plus it only added one section 4kB big (pressing Plus more would repeat the same block). That 4kB file was the only thing I could create using the ReadBack.

A few times I could not read/mount sd card in or after TWRP. I am sorry I cannot be more specific, because of the lack of time to investigate. I can even be completely wrong. Now I just dismount the card before rebooting and it seems fine. It's a 64 GB extFat card (I would format in in a digital camera).

[Sorry, I am mostly away. Thanks for supporting the community!]

*) I guess I should have added the option ShowByScatter=true to options.ini even if it did not exist. Then The ReadBack table would be filled from the scatter file (did not occur to me back then).
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Yeah, that's actually in line with my observations. I suspect that when TWRP shuts down, it doesn't unmount the writable partitions properly. It's probably a bug in either TWRP or the kernel. You can see it when you shut down TWRP with an external/OTG drive mounted and then plug it into a PC, it tells you there's a problem with that drive. And I suspect that when you boot to Android after TWRP, the data partition is detected as corrupt and scanned for errors. But I've never had a drive become totally unreadable. It's more like when you pull out a USB stick without ejecting it first. What you mention is something more serious. I will take a look at it when I have time...
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Ask for password

Hi,

first thanks for all your work.

I did all steps, i got the yellow state and pressed vol up to boot up, And now it says:

"Mount

Decrypt data

Enter password"

And not sure what i must do now.

Ok, just cancelled and go into TWRP.

Then go to install from image and ask me for partition, wich one should i choose?

ty
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
[MENTION=9122035]blancoro[/MENTION]:

Hi... what device do you have and how much storage? The fact that it asked you for a password could mean something has gone wrong with the emmc partitioning, unless you set up an Android lockscreen password. Can you boot up Android normally at this point?
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Hi... what device do you have and how much storage?

Device is z301M

Storage 16GB

The fact that it asked you for a password could mean something has gone wrong with the emmc partitioning, unless you set up an Android lockscreen password.

I Have no Android password, and when I press cancel it goes to features TWRP page

where i can install restore...

Can you boot up Android normally at this point?

No, it says red state.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
OK... did you use the right scatter file? Check the name of the scatter file you used carefully and let me know if it contains "Z301M" or "Z300M"? If you used the wrong one, it will mess up your userdata partition.

I also just noticed that the Z301M scatter file link was actually pointing to the wrong file, but the download link at the bottom is correct....
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Agreed i just realized aswell and i used the correct one. (asus8163_ew_380_Z301M_scatter.txt)

and twrp-3.2.1-0-z301m.img

Just trying to do it again right now and everything goes as thread says ... , it will show a Yellow State message because the recovery is not signed by the OEM. Just press volume up to boot it.....

At this point appears the message i told ya before, i press cancel and appears the welcome screen and "... On the welcome screen of TWRP it will ask you about modifying the system partition,..."

So i press keep read only

Then go to mount and ask me for select partition to mount, but i cant mount system, only let me to select Cache or MicroSd card
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Well, I don't think SPFT will let you use a different scatter file now. The problem is that the partition table is locked into the first scatter file layout that you used. If you try to 'download' something with the new scatter, it will throw a PMT has changed error.

It's important that you don't try to wipe anything like data or system in TWRP. It's likely that all your data is still intact. Once you restore the right partition table, you will get access to your system and userdata. You just need to surgically wipe the GPT, then reflash with the new scatter file. Let me know if you get the PMT error when you try to flash with the Z301M scatter file.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Just updated last firmware from asus https://www.asus.com/us/Tablets/ASUS-ZenPad-10-Z301M/HelpDesk_Download/ and at least i got my system back

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Maybe i didnt explain well, but i did it for the first time with the correct file.

Anyway, as i can restore my system safely i will try again.

Just one BIG doubt. In the 1st trehad it says

"START RECOVERY

With the tablet powered off, hold the Volume Up and Power keys together until you get to a menu where you can select "recovery". On the Z301M, the option is labeled Factory Reset. Use Vol. Up to scroll and Vol. Dn to select. If you have a locked bootloader, it will show a Yellow State message because the recovery is not signed by the OEM. Just press volume up to boot it. On the welcome screen of TWRP it will ask you about modifying the system partition, I suggest you go with Keep System Read-only. Doing otherwise will complicate your OTA updates."

Ok, but, whats next??? ;)

Sorry for my ignorance
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Oh, I see... Well, if you used the Z301M scatter file and lost access to system and data, that means the Z301 scatter file is wrong! I'm going to remove it from the OP until someone sends me a proper GPT dump from that tablet. Because the info I got is wrong and no one posts any feedback on this site. :mad:

Right now I think the quickest way to recover your tablet is to restore the stock recovery and let it do a factory reset. This command will install the stock recovery:

/system/bin/install-recovery.sh

Run that in terminal or adb shell with system mounted, then shut down. Boot to Factory Reset menu.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
I can restore my tablet on twrp, doing wipes on all and then installing the firmware i downloading from asus.

Now i got my tablet working fine, dont worry at all.

But what i mean is.

Once i access to Twrp for the first time what should i do to root my tablet nothing and just reboot? install something? that is what i have not clear.

I think your how to works fine (only differs on the password part, but pressing cancel goes to welcome screen). Then I press on Keep System Read-only. But your how to finish there.

So what I should do to root it. i need to install? to wipe? to what ;)
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
To set up root, you need to install a root manager such as Magisk. Find it here on XDA and install the zip file through TWRP.

I still think there's something wrong with that scatter file. It's not supposed to ask you for a password and just decrypt and mount the userdata partition as-is. Did you have access to your system partition at all before reinstalling the firmware?
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Yes, i still can access to system via adb shell and also can pull files from it, but the problem is that i cant push files on it ;(

My problem is that after LCD and touch screen replacement xy axis are inverted and i read https://xdaforums.com/general/help/how-to-fix-inverted-upside-touchscreen-t2866130 i can solve it adding ro.sf.hwrotation=180 on build.prop.

I can pull the file and edit, but i cant push it, thats becouse i wanted to rooted.

Do you have any other idea? Do you want me to try again? still have all the files on my computer and if nothing works i still can install new firmware again to reset my tablet

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ok, i did again and works fine no password asked

i just realized what was (probably) my error i select all at download, this time i did it only recovery.

It should be that or the new firmware? or maybe even i select wrong the scatter file?

Anyway it works properlly as your how to should do.

Then i installed magisk and reboot it asked my to install twrp app y choosed install and reboot, now the tablet shows "powered by android" and do not start. Every 1 or 2 minutes the screen goes black and the message appears again (like 10-15 minutes right now)

Any idea?

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Trying to install again magisk another versions, and when i start Fastboot it says device state locked
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Instaled version 13.1 of magisk and seems works

restarted ok

instaled magisk ok

Rooted worked and changed the file

but still cant fixed, now blocked loading.

But ill try again tomorrow

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Yes!!!

I finally did it, posted solution in both posts!!!!

Dont worry about your trhead diplomatic everything works fine it was my fault in anyway
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Cool. Glad you got it sorted out, blancoro.

Sorry, but what do you mean by that? I'm still trying to get to the bottom of why it lost access to userdata and possibly system. If you selected 'Format All + Download' or 'Firmware Upgrade' then you had to have entered image files for all the lines in the table, which you don't have. Did you perhaps go with 'Download Only' and flashed something to userdata?
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
I guess i went with download only but i selected all lines, maybe that was my error
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] zaphod1280:
So i tried this rooting method last week and went smoothly and worked great for three days. I go the yellow warning as was mentioned above,but this morning i tired to get into Google play store and i kept getting and unable to communicate with google server try again later...then i realized i couldnt log into anything google. could use chrome just couldnt sign into google so i rebooted. There was the yellow warning and now there also a red state warning saying that verification failed and that my device may not work properly. I didnt flash any new roms and the only thing i downloaded was lucky patch to hack games. Ive tried everything i found on the internet qwnd nothing has worked. Even tried a factory reset but nothing works. any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blancoro:
Did you tried that? Just updated last firmware from asus https://www.asus.com/us/Tablets/ASUS...Desk_Download/ and at least i got my system back

Install it by TWRP but it will be a reset
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] zaphod1280:
Worked perfectly
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] aleMarvel:
i not understand.. is for Z301MFL too ?
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
No, just the models in the subject line. Each device has to have its own build, if for nothing else than the embedded model name.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] zaphod1280:
Where can I find the scatter file for zenpad 10 10gb
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
O.o

10GB? I'm talking about the total amount of flash memory, like 16, 32, or 64GB.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] aleMarvel:
ah ok, 301ML is different from 301M, i don't know, thanks
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] sa7ierf:
No one tried this on a z301ml? Im driving crazy trying to root this sh*t!
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Masamune3210:
Is there anyone that has a backup of their boot & system partitions that I could get. I have backups from mine, but I restored them and I'm still running into issues. I want to see if its a problem with the tablet or my backups
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Masamune, why don't you reinstall the firmware? The boot and system partitions are exactly what it's there for.
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Masamune3210:
Is there a place that I can download a copy of the official firmware? Wether through mucking with things or something else, for some reason, even if I reset the tablet, I get a metric ton of *App* has crashed dialogs on repeat until I shut the tablet off
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Yeah, for sure...

Z300M firmware

Z301M firmware
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Masamune3210:
Thanks, let's hope this fixes it
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] aabramwow:
Model: Asus Z301M

I followed the instructions in the OP very carefully but unfortunately, I've ended up being soft bricked here...

I followed all steps and it appeared that SPFT correctly installed the TWRP image but when I try to boot to recovery using the "Factory Reset" option on screen in the fastboot mode, the tablet just hangs on the "ASUS" boot logo and doesn't go any further.

I can still get into fastboot using the power+vol-up button combination but I'm unsure of how to return the tablet to stock.

I downloaded the stock firmware from Asus.com here:

ASUS-Website/us/Tablets/ASUS-ZenPad-10-Z301M/HelpDesk_BIOS

(this is my first post, XDA is not allowing me to post the actual URL above)

Before I began, I created a rom backup using the instructions here:

forum.hovatek.com/thread-526.html

That said, I was unable to proceed with the second half of the tutorial that talks about using MTK Droid Tools to process the ROM file.

I saved the file (file name ROM_0) successfully (it is a 4.3GB file). I've done as much searching as possible on the net for how to use this file to return to stock recovery but can't find any documentation.

[MENTION=8132642]diplomatic[/MENTION], do you think you could please help me out here?

Thanks in advance to any and all suggestions/help/guidance you and anyone can give me!
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
aabramwow, you didn't say if you could boot your tablet normally. If you just start Android once, it should restore your stock recovery. Are you sure you flashed TWRP to recovery and not to any other partition?

It may be that the Z301 scatter file partition layout is inaccurate and has corrupted your partition table. I can't be 100% sure it's correct because no one will send me the GPT dump of their unflashed tablet, even though there have been 100s of downloads for that model and I mention that I needed a GPT dump....
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] aabramwow:
Not able to boot at all :(

Thanks for getting in touch [MENTION=8132642]diplomatic[/MENTION]!

No, the tablet doesn't boot to system. There are two boot logos on this tablet: 1) "Powered by Android" followed by the "Asus" logo. When I power down the tablet and then turn it on, I get the two logos... the tablet then just sits at the Asus logo. I waited for about 5-7 minutes at one point but it didn't proceed from there.

I too am very much afraid that the scatter file may be incorrect and that the partition table is corrupted. That said, I read through this whole thread before attempting the process in your original post and was encouraged by the responses from other users I read through.

Regarding the GPT dump, I'd have been most happy to provide it to you except that I've not even the slightest clue of how to do so. Now that I've used the scatter file in the OP, getting you the GPT dump from this tablet is likely not going to be helpful.

For posterity's sake though, if you have a link that can point me to documentation on how to extract a GPT dump and if I manage to un-brick this tablet, I'll do the needful to generate said dump.

Do you have any ideas on how to proceed from here? The only thing I can think of is to get in touch with Asus about this because the bootloader is still locked and thus, it's quite likely that they will not claim that the warranty is void. I've read on several sites that it may be possible to get the tablet fixed via fastboot, then again, maybe not.

Any help you can give would be much appreciated!
[Asus ZenPad 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] diplomatic:
Thanks so much for the ad-free, aabramwow! You know how to keep me motivated. :D :good:

Don't worry about returning your tablet yet. These Mediatek tablets with SPFT access are not really brickable. You're right, it wouldn't help to take a copy of your GPT at this point. If it was any different before, it has already been adapted to the scatter file layout. But I think there would be a lot more reports of bricked units if there was something wrong with it...

It sounds like you may have flashed twrp to the wrong partition. You didn't say if you made sure it was the recovery partition. Try this: get the boot.img and tz.img files from the firmware zip. Load tz.img for partitions tee1 and tee2 in Flashtool. And for good measure, load boot.img under the boot partition. Now "Download" the 3 images like you did with TWRP. See if that recovers it....