Just received my TF201 Asus Transformer Prime today.
http://i40.tinypic.com/21dlpc9.jpg
I'm looking for a method in rooting the device.
I'm aware that RazorClaw is suppose to work on the device but could anyone confirm that it there are no bugs which would possibly brick the device etc?
PS. This is my first tablet / android device so please bare with me.
Thanks In Advance!
Where'd you order from?
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Where'd you order from?
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Supercom, in Canada
I'm not rooting till ics comes ota
I think you will be fine rooting that way. There is a site that reviewed th tfp and they used that root method and they said it went well with no issues.
What the hurry ?
It might not be a bad idea to wait until the unit is burned in, and you are satisfied that everything is working perfectly before mucking around (i.e. rooting). Then, if you have problems, you can more certain that the problems are attributable to the rooting.
Enjoy your Prime
Could anyone brief me with the cons of rooting the device? :|
Research first, especially with this being your first android tab. Don't be over anxious n go bricking your device..lol.
Was there an immediate notification for an update after you opened it? Razor claw supposedly doesn't work after Asus pushed a system update. It was rooted prior to update on in-store demo model.
What's reason for eagerness to root so quickly? There are no custom roms or anything out yet. It's not 3G so no tethering. If you root and uninstall system files/bloatware you won't be able to do OTA update to Icer Cream Sandwich. Which means you will have to wait till someone here makes a version, which might not for a while.
Sorry that this is off topic, but does the color you ordered seem true to the advertised pics?
Expliciate said:
Could anyone brief me with the cons of rooting the device? :|
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Good thing we have search engines....
1. Technically voids warranty and may not allow OTA updates.
2. Possibility of a brick if you don't know WTF you're doing.
Huummmm... cons of rooting..... hummm... don't rush, still thinking.... possible OTA update issue, very unlikely, but still possible I guess; most of the time the OTA will just erase the root.... uummmm yeah, that's about all I can think of.
Also, guess there's a very small chance of a soft brick... but I would tend to think that the root will either take, or it wont... but there's still a chance I guess.
IMO, the benefits far outweigh the "possible" consequences.
Wish I had mine, I do it in a heart beat.
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Riiiiight. Thanks
These days when there's a one-click for everything...it's very hard to jack anything up. Now, going in manually...there's always risk of operator error.
Swiftks said:
Huummmm... cons of rooting..... hummm... don't rush, still thinking.... possible OTA update issue, very unlikely, but still possible I guess; most of the time the OTA will just erase the root.... uummmm yeah, that's about all I can think of.
Also, guess there's a very small chance of a soft brick... but I would tend to think that the root will either take, or it wont... but there's still a chance I guess.
IMO, the benefits far outweigh the "possible" consequences.
Wish I had mine, I do it in a heart beat.
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With this being his first tablet and Android device period, seems like he wants to root just for the sake of saying he's rooted. You know very well what happens to a lot of new people to Android that just jump in and want to root w/o thoroughly doing the homework first. Lmao
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With this being his first tablet and Android device period, seems like he wants to root just for the sake of saying he's rooted. You know very well what happens to a lot of new people to Android that just jump in and want to root w/o thoroughly doing the homework first. Lmao
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That's true... since it is his first Android device, he might want to let someone a little more experience take the lead, just in case...
ATM, other than de-bloating there is very little reason for root.
Does anyone know by any chance the official release date of ICS?
I'm aware that it has been "released" to certain phones like the Samsung Galaxy, but when would it be made available to the Asus Transformer Prime? o_o
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ATM, other than de-bloating there is very little reason for root.
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Yeah, no other reason... except de-odexing, themeing, TI Backup, freezing, editing database files, changing VM Heap size, installing custom scripts, overclocking/undervolting custom kernels, disabling startup processes.... that's just off the top of my head.
Expliciate said:
Does anyone know by any chance the official release date of ICS?
I'm aware that it has been "released" to certain phones like the Samsung Galaxy, but when would it be made available to the Asus Transformer Prime? o_o
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No Official date yet but could be by end of this month or mid Jan. It literally could be anyday. Just keep a lookout on an update notification popping up. Or even go to settings and about. Then click on system or whatever to see of it searches and finds an update for your device.
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Could anyone brief me with the cons of rooting the device? :|
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Everybody says root root. The new roms come out fast... I did it with my original tf and roms don't come out that fast especially if Asus is going to push ICS soon. I'd wait a while especially since a lot of potential devs won't get their unit for several weeks or months!
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OK so my G Tablet is on the way and I've been reading and came across a comment on another forum that the ROM's that exist are built on the original stock software and that the most recent update may be causing problems with CWM? I will be getting my G Tablet on Wednesday, should I not do the update if I am going to be flashing a custom ROM? Thanks in advance!
drum747,
I believe everyone should make their own decisions. But if you ask me -- I'd tell you to simply stick with a stock G-Tablet right now.
When you get yours and go to Settings/About you can see the version -- something
like 1.1.xxxx -- probably 3588. If not, just about as soon as you get wifi connected
it will offer you an OTA (on the air) update to 3588. That's the current working version, and compared to the crud we had back last November it really isn't bad software.
It will lack the Market and some other things...you may have to be patient there.
But you can still side-load apps and download apps directly from a number of places.
But we are waiting. Our devs have found that there is software for a possible
Update 3991. The hope is that OTA 3991 will come down in the next few weeks.
If so, at 3588 stock you will be in perfect shape for that update. And then once you
have worked with it a while, you will be able to decide whether to stick with it -- or look at other options.
It seems like everyone who come in here looks at the ROMs available like a "all-you-can-eat" buffet. The immediately start flashing ROMs and moving around software
until something goes wrong and they are stuck. Indigestion!
With a good 3588 tablet, you can read and interact here and find out the biggest and
the best, and you can learn what you need to that when you are ready you can
move up to whatever you want without problems.
Do what you want. Enjoy the G-Tablet. I think it pretty darn good!
Rev
I agree.........
Stick with the most current stock version 3588. The next update officially available from viewsonic should be very soon, but I don't think it will be 3991 as advertised
3558 was different than what it started as, or it would seem based on what I have gathered from reading old threads.
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You know, I have a Droid X and have really enjoyed rooting it and trying different ROM's and was really looking forward to the same type of experience on this tablet. What is the advantage of waiting until the next update? Can't I update, do a full backup and go back to that if I want? Once I install a different ROM, I am then stuck at whatever update and no further updates? Is that why you are saying to wait? Are you saying there will be even better ROM's down the road based on the new update that is coming? Or just that the new update coming might have all the things we would like?
The next update might have some cool stuff... might even be as good or better than the custom stuff here... maybe...
Question is... did you buy the tablet to use it for media consumption or tinkering?
Answer that and you'll know what to do. Just don't forget to make nvflash to factory stock your best friend ;-)
A little of both I guess. Part of the reason I chose this tablet over others is because of the support and customization (and price!) I will try to wait for the next update before I tweak it (if I can!) Heh!! Thanks for the responses guys!! I appreciate the input!
K J Rad said:
The next update might have some cool stuff... might even be as good or better than the custom stuff here... maybe...
Question is... did you buy the tablet to use it for media consumption or tinkering?
Answer that and you'll know what to do. )
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This is without the best quote I could image. Tinkering without first using the tab and getting to realize it's not a giant phone is the first step I think everyone should understand.
And if you do tinker then you should expect it to have opportunities (problems ).
drum747,
Not addressing your abilities or anything about you.
But read all the crash and burn threads on this forum.
IMHO, to many people are trying to do to much too fast and are
messing up their tabs and have to be bailed out.
I'm just saying be cautious, move slowly and carefully and
don't get into trouble.
However, my advice still stands. If you move on to other
ROMS, etc. now, you will cut off access to offline updates.
Then you will have to go back to stock, etc. And
sometimes going back is as much as problem as going up!
It still would be easier to stay stock now and if an update
doesn't come down soon -- you will have read and learned
and be ready to make choices.
IMHO.
Rev
IMHO... if it ain't powering your pacemaker then learn how to nvflash and have fun.
Be part of the revolution or watch it happen... ;-)
Thanks guys! I get what you're saying!
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K J Rad said:
... learn how to nvflash and have fun.
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QFT.
nvflash is not hard to get working. With a properly set up nvflash procedure and all the info on these forums, the gTab is an unbrickable as it gets.
updates
I upgraded to the vegan 7, gingerbread, how do I go back to the original stock to get the latest updates from viewsonic when update arrives?
Second that
I absolutely agree to stick with the stock ROM and play for a while. The 3588 update is very stable and usable when you change to Classic Home. I have been using it till now, side loading apps and enjoying a lot without having to worry about custom ROMS and such.
The people who are saying stay stock for the updates are glossing over the fact that the Vs updates will just make the stock UI suck a little less.
Before I bought my G tab I had never had any experience with tablets or smart phones or even android for that matter. I have flashed 4 or 5 roms onto my tablet without incident, no boot loops, no dead tab, no anything that anyone would consider a bad experience. I'm using Vegan 5.1.1 for the record, for the third time.
Read a few of the reflash to stock with nvflash threads to prepare yourself in case something does go wrong, but there is no reason to stay stock on this tablet theres to much dev goodness and too much customizationability ( is that even a word?) not to try different things.
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The people who are saying stay stock for the updates are glossing over the fact that the Vs updates will just make the stock UI suck a little less.
Before I bought my G tab I had never had any experience with tablets or smart phones or even android for that matter. I have flashed 4 or 5 roms onto my tablet without incident, no boot loops, no dead tab, no anything that anyone would consider a bad experience. I'm using Vegan 5.1.1 for the record, for the third time.
Read a few of the reflash to stock with nvflash threads to prepare yourself in case something does go wrong, but there is no reason to stay stock on this tablet theres to much dev goodness and too much customizationability ( is that even a word?) not to try different things.
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Yeah I think it all boils down to what the individual wants and is willing to risk..this forum makes it easy and there are plenty of options to try just always prepare for the unexpected and dealing with the experimentals expect anything to happen!!
Who am I kidding?! There is no way I will be able to wait for the next update. I already have a ton of files set up to load on my G tablet. I will be Modding within hours of my full charge! Guess its just my nature! Thanks guys!
Butch, thanks I will be reading everything to make sure I do it right Thanks for the advice everyone!
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Closing Word...
Everyone that has contributed to this thread--
I have tried to voice the side of conservatism and restraint and
good judgement in this thread. My intention was not to hurt any
feeliings or pick on anyone or rain on anyone's parade.
But if you read what's going on in these forums, there are a lot
of folks having problems. A lot of them are in over their heads and
some have been careless and others made honest mistakes.
I know for my part, I have been working hard to try to help folks
find the tools and make the decisions to get back on track. I'm sure
I have made mistakes and my opinions are mine!
But I speak for myself in saying that even though I am semi-retired
and have more time than most -- I can't keep up this pace. And I've
heard others of the helpers say the same thing.
I also call your attention to the "TwoTapsX" thread and the fact that
the moderators are aware of the problems people are having. Roebeet
has put together a splendid ROM that many think will be the next
generation of G-Tablet software. But because of the complexity of the
mods folks already have had in the tablets, and because of the human
factors listed above -- a lot of folks have messed up their tablets.
In My Humble Opinion: Somebody has got to say that in spite of all the
"opportunities" for mods in these forums -- folks have got to start
exercising more restraint, more good judgement, more common sense in
what they do.
The devs and the folks who are helpers here can't be expected to carry the
load of keeping everyone up and running with the current problem rates. I
sometimes don't agree with the moderators, but this time I see their point.
We users have a good thing here, but if it keeps being abused......
********
Having said that, I am done here. I wish you well.
Rev
/EOT
Just an update. Within an hour of booting up I had installed CWM and Vegan. It was an easy process and now I love my g tablet!
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Welcome! Enjoy the koolaid... ;-)
Nice responce
Maybe ASUS should implement this function and make it high priority? Since they're finding ways to fix all these problems, there's gonna be plenty of updates for trial and error. I don't know if a lot of people are willing to go through this roller coaster as updates did break some. Not just ASUS small updates but also OS update from HC to ICS. I think it's really critical as Android is still buggy, not to mention the newly born iCS.
Add to that, got all these apps that aren't in control of Google or ASUS. Could wreck havoc. Although if users pay attention, can remove whichever newly installed app that causes problem but hard to keep track at times.
Even MS Windows until now still having similar problem. Some updates just wouldn't play nice so I did a system restore and not install those until newer ones come along.
Just my thought.
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Maybe ASUS should implement this function and make it high priority? Since they're finding ways to fix all these problems, there's gonna be plenty of updates for trial and error. I don't know if a lot of people are willing to go through this roller coaster as updates did break some. Not just ASUS small updates but also OS update from HC to ICS. I think it's really critical as Android is still buggy, not to mention the newly born iCS.
Add to that, got all these apps that aren't in control of Google or ASUS. Could wreck havoc. Although if users pay attention, can remove whichever newly installed app that causes problem but hard to keep track at times.
Even MS Windows until now still having similar problem. Some updates just wouldn't play nice so I did a system restore and not install those until newer ones come along.
Just my thought.
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Yup, this would be nice. At least people are not going to be afraid on what will happen to their primes if they update. But I doubt itll happen...
Not official, and need root, but here some guys downgraded to.11, method described :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492887
I meant to say for the mass that got no clue how to do this. A lot I know went for iPad/iPhone because of simplicity and had trouble getting used to BB or Android products, so this method will not help them.
Need to implement a System Restore, just like System Update, as part of it.
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Not official, and need root, but here some guys downgraded to.11, method described :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492887
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One guy. I don't know that I would suggest people jump to trying this based on that, but obviously people are welcome to do whatever they want.
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One guy. I don't know that I would suggest people jump to trying this based on that, but obviously people are welcome to do whatever they want.
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I've actually done the downgrade successfully as well. I agree with you though it's not something I would recommend especially if they don't atlease have some level working knowledge of ADB otherwise they could brick thier Prime.
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I've actually done the downgrade successfully as well. I agree with you though it's not something I would recommend especially if they don't atlease have some level working knowledge of ADB otherwise they could brick thier Prime.
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Fair enough. I would still caution others as well. Since we don't have a real recovery method yet, this has potential to be dangerous.
It puzzles me that we do not have a root tool for the newest version of jelly bean. Does anyone know why we don't have this as of yet?
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No one has figured it out yet. Unfortunately, there are newer, more exciting devices now... not a whole lot of attention here anymore.
Seems like someone somewhere will figure out how to downgrade and put us back in business...
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No one has figured it out yet. Unfortunately, there are newer, more exciting devices now... not a whole lot of attention here anymore.
Seems like someone somewhere will figure out how to downgrade and put us back in business...
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There is only one way to downgrade. you need to have had the foresight (which wouldnt take much actual foresight since its plastered all over this forum) to perform the nvflash procedure prior to upgrading to jellybean. However even then all is not lost. You can simply unlock if you have already upgraded to Jellybean and install a prerooted rom. Because there are very very very few circumstances where you can benefit from an rma enough to warrant the risk that they return your prime with a new mother board with no chance of unlock.
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There is only one way to downgrade. you need to have had the foresight (which wouldnt take much actual foresight since its plastered all over this forum) to perform the nvflash procedure prior to upgrading to jellybean. However even then all is not lost. You can simply unlock if you have already upgraded to Jellybean and install a prerooted rom. Because there are very very very few circumstances where you can benefit from an rma enough to warrant the risk that they return your prime with a new mother board with no chance of unlock.
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At this time you are absolutely correct. There are a bunch of warranties ending soon, so fingers crossed for a second wave of dev support! This is still a viable tegra 3 platform...
It seems extreme to unlock just to flash su... How patient are you? Hehe
I found a link to a site that shows the Asus Android update lineup and the TF201 is listed (See attached image or link below)
I just want to know the legitimacy of this claim for the 4.3 update, because if this is true it means that our developers (Flumpster, NRGZ, ETC) will be able to make stock based Roms with the newest capabilities without having to use the TF300 or TF700.
http://technosamigos.com/asus-android-4-3-jelly-bean-update-schedule/
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I found a link to a site that shows the Asus Android update lineup and the TF201 is listed (See attached image or link below)
I just want to know the legitimacy of this claim for the 4.3 update, because if this is true it means that our developers (Flumpster, NRGZ, ETC) will be able to make stock based Roms with the newest capabilities without having to use the TF300 or TF700.
http://technosamigos.com/asus-android-4-3-jelly-bean-update-schedule/
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If this is true it would be nice...although I Have my doubts that ASUS will update the prime...They have left us in 4.1.1....when I contacted them directly to ask about 4.2 update they said they had no plans of updating it to it. I have the feeling we won't see anymore official updates from ASUS. I hope I am wrong.
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If this is true it would be nice...although I Have my doubts that ASUS will update the prime...They have left us in 4.1.1....when I contacted them directly to ask about 4.2 update they said they had no plans of updating it to it. I have the feeling we won't see anymore official updates from ASUS. I hope I am wrong.
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I had contacted them as well and this post felt very misleading promising me that 4.3 was going to be released... but at least our devoted developers can port it over from the TF700 and the TF300.
Pecata said:
If this is true it would be nice...although I Have my doubts that ASUS will update the prime...They have left us in 4.1.1....when I contacted them directly to ask about 4.2 update they said they had no plans of updating it to it. I have the feeling we won't see anymore official updates from ASUS. I hope I am wrong.
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Maybe they did not want to release 4.2 because it did not have significant changes. Hopefully they should push 4.3
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Maybe they did not want to release 4.2 because it did not have significant changes. Hopefully they should push 4.3
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Yeah, I like that straw. I will grasp it also :laugh:.
though of course 4.2 did introduce some significant features
I wouldn't count on it, considering that there was a post quoting an ASUS rep denying 4.2 will come to the TF201.
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I wouldn't count on it, considering that there was a post quoting an ASUS rep denying 4.2 will come to the TF201.
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It sounds great. I just have bought a TF201 but When I reboot iI see a notice " Your drive is unlook" which problem is my tablest?
Several other devices have skipped 4.2 on and gone straight to 4.3, so this might just be possible. I do think 4.3 will run better on a greater variety of devices, and will probably be more widely adopted.
A Q3 release of a 4.3 update would be awesome news.
Anandtech claims that 4.3 includes TRIM support, which supposedly improves internal storage performance over time, so it might just show some real improvement on the tf201.
Well, I wouldn't count on it. This device has felt pretty much dead in the year 2013. However it works almost decently with 4.1 and the root fixes.
I seriously doubt you will get 4.3 for the prime. It makes no sense as you never officially got 4.2.
However it's easy enough to port TF700 and TF300 ROMs back to the TF201 as flumpster and I have done
I'm about to sell this tab anyways for the new nexus 7. 10 inches just isnt portable enough
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I sold mine 2 weeks ago. It had to go before the new Nexus got announced.
I actually don't care i have to say :-\ androwook is awesome but the internal memory isn't going to get any faster which is the only problem with this tablet..
I hope so for 4.3 on our TF201
I hope we get the 4.3 update on our TF201, cause there seem to be an added TRIM support in 4.3 that could help some of our performance issues.
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I hope we get the 4.3 update on our TF201, cause there seem to be an added TRIP support in 4.3 that could help some of our performance issues.
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It's called trim. And if you are rooted, you can already use it on your tablet (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix).
Thanks it was a typo for TRIP instead of TRIM
Just some question about that apps, on my TF201 should I Trim everything including system or Just /data and /cache ?
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It's called trim. And if you are rooted, you can already use it on your tablet (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix).
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I'm going to give this a go. I'll report back. I'm on a Energy 4.1.1 because the 4.2 ROMS seemed to be draining my battery faster so I'm overclocked at 1.7 w/Kernel.
Would a application even make a difference? Just curious.. I cant really say I notice much lag unless I'm browsing and it hangs...
Im running it for the first time on my prime right now. (lagfix, not a 4.3 OTA - lol)
Used the motochopper root to not have to unlock or change anything bootloader related to gain root.
Was very easy to do, enable developer options, enable debugging, wait for windows to install ADB stack, run the batch, literally like 2 seconds and bam, rooted.
FStrim/lagfix must be doing something right now cos the moment I hit run, the whole tab started running like balls (my guess is lots of command to the cheap emmc since its never been done before)
Im going to let it go, It should help ever so slightly, I dont have real high hopes though since I know just how bad the emmc is.:good:
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I seriously doubt you will get 4.3 for the prime. It makes no sense as you never officially got 4.2.
However it's easy enough to port TF700 and TF300 ROMs back to the TF201 as flumpster and I have done
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THIS
So does anyone have any idea if this TRIM wosit-thingy might actually help the creaky old prime?
It sounds like the right medicine but i'm not even slightly getting my hopes up.
i still love the cracked screen rollin', broke-ass camera slingin', i/o-phobic thing though...
It does. TRIM + a cold boot once a week makes a night-and-day difference on my model (C, early 2012)
I'm currently running an 8.9" HDX with a working AOSP - thanks to all the help I got on this forum and specifically followed this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582773
but the main applications that I now need to use for work are iOS only (don't ask... NOT happy) so I'm back to carrying an iPad around everywhere and as such I'm going to sell my HDX. Before I do that I need to return it back to stock... I found a number of threads referencing how to do this but wanted to be extra careful. At present I'm just running Safestrap with a second ROM slot that I boot with all the non-standard stuff, I got there via SuperSU.
What's the right sequence of de-activates / un-installs / magic incantations to get this thing back to "boring, stock" just like it would come from Amazon? Is it as simple as re-enabling over-the-air updates and letting it "fix" itself? Or do I need to specifically back out some of the safestrap/superSU stuff first?
Help? (and THANKS)
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I'm currently running an 8.9" HDX with a working AOSP - thanks to all the help I got on this forum and specifically followed this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582773
but the main applications that I now need to use for work are iOS only (don't ask... NOT happy) so I'm back to carrying an iPad around everywhere and as such I'm going to sell my HDX. Before I do that I need to return it back to stock... I found a number of threads referencing how to do this but wanted to be extra careful. At present I'm just running Safestrap with a second ROM slot that I boot with all the non-standard stuff, I got there via SuperSU.
What's the right sequence of de-activates / un-installs / magic incantations to get this thing back to "boring, stock" just like it would come from Amazon? Is it as simple as re-enabling over-the-air updates and letting it "fix" itself? Or do I need to specifically back out some of the safestrap/superSU stuff first?
Help? (and THANKS)
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Depends on how you used SafeStrap. If you ONLY installed in the stock rom, then an update likely would do it. If you installed safestrap a second time from the working rom-slot as well, then updates won't work, because the BL & Kernel CANNOT be flashed.
The best thing is to remove all wifi connections with "forget network", then go into safe strap & activate stock rom. Then go back to the boot options & delete the rom-slot you created. Boot back into stock partition, uninstall Safestrap & then reconnect to wifi & check for updates.
I would HIGHLY recommend you follow my directions about forgetting nearby, if not all, wifi networks. If you turn wifi off in a slot, but not in stock, or vice versa, it can cause boot issues , as well as wifi issues.
I would not return it to stock. That device could go for a premium right now to other users simply because you can get AOSP and so many cannot yet.
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I would not return it to stock. That device could go for a premium right now to other users simply because you can get AOSP and so many cannot yet.
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Why would it go for a premium? It is absolutely 100% rootable. It has not been patched against the VolumeManager/vold ASEC exploit. In fact, I am nearly certain the bootloader can bed unlocked from my investigation. Unfortunately that part is beyond my abilities & exceeds the time I would need to get caught up on the msm89xx+ SoC, but I would just about bet the farm that it can be done.
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Why would it go for a premium? It is absolutely 100% rootable. It has not been patched against the VolumeManager/vold ASEC exploit. In fact, I am nearly certain the bootloader can bed unlocked from my investigation. Unfortunately that part is beyond my abilities & exceeds the time I would need to get caught up on the msm89xx+ SoC, but I would just about bet the farm that it can be done.
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Because when I posted that we had no root, and it was still a "hopefully sometime soon" with 9/10 of the HDX's on a version that couldnt be rooted.
It is nice that we have one Chinese method now and that you might get something soon, though I think you are suddenly pretty full of yourself on these forums with the little bit of knowledge you gained recently. Much better people at this have not been able to get the bootloader cracked. But best of luck to you.
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Because when I posted that we had no root, and it was still a "hopefully sometime soon" with 9/10 of the HDX's on a version that couldnt be rooted.
It is nice that we have one Chinese method now and that you might get something soon, though I think you are suddenly pretty full of yourself on these forums with the little bit of knowledge you gained recently. Much better people at this have not been able to get the bootloader cracked. But best of luck to you.
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Actually, the little time I've been around is well over a decade. This ain't my first username. Secondly, there is already an ASEC based root that WAS created by someone better with this stuff than me, so it's not full of myself, it is FACT. I am rooted, have been each & every time, without blocking anything & without having to sacrifice connectivity, another FACT. Coincidentally, the reason it was never published, well I'd venture a guess that it's because of stupid posts & self-entitled people ignorantly writing or PM'ing to insist that things be done for them on their terms. Another fact, it was that kind of crap that made me leave this forum a few months ago. So, I don't know what "better people" you are talking about that have failed at it, but I do know the better people that have done it.
Another fact, anyone at all can read & discover just how small the patch for the ASEC vulnerability was. It doesn't take a genius to then decompile the vold & search for the that one event which was used to patch it, which subsequently tells all you need to know.
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Actually, the little time I've been around is well over a decade. This ain't my first username. Secondly, there is already an ASEC based root that WAS created by someone better with this stuff than me, so it's not full of myself, it is FACT. I am rooted, have been each & every time, without blocking anything & without having to sacrifice connectivity, another FACT. Coincidentally, the reason it was never published, well I'd venture a guess that it's because of stupid posts & self-entitled people ignorantly writing or PM'ing to insist that things be done for them on their terms. Another fact, it was that kind of crap that made me leave this forum a few months ago. So, I don't know what "better people" you are talking about that have failed at it, but I do know the better people that have done it.
Another fact, anyone at all can read & discover just how small the patch for the ASEC vulnerability was. It doesn't take a genius to then decompile the vold & search for the that one event which was used to patch it, which subsequently tells all you need to know.
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lol. I am glad you know your FACTS. No need to act so butthurt.