Hi,
A few days ago, I tried to flash the androwook prime rom, but didn't succeed.
My prime is now stuck on the ASUS bootlogo, I can access to fastboot : http://imgur.com/xO2Jw
I found this thread, I did all the steps but when I try too boot into recovery it gets stuck like this http://imgur.com/fxj2C
Do you have any solution ?
Please anayone ?
This is driving me crazy ...
0h_no said:
Hi,
A few days ago, I tried to flash the androwook prime rom, but didn't succeed.
My prime is now stuck on the ASUS bootlogo, I can access to fastboot : http://imgur.com/xO2Jw
I found this thread, I did all the steps but when I try too boot into recovery it gets stuck like this http://imgur.com/fxj2C
Do you have any solution ?
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The first thing you need to do is enable NVFlash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774352
Once you do that you can continue tinkering with the device
The screen you linked to is the bootloader screen not the recovery screen. to enter the recovery you have to press vol down, on the RCK icon. If you loaded the recovery successfully it should load, if not you need to try to install it again because something did not work correctly.
Word of caution recoveries do not work yet with JellyBean so if you load a JB rom, do not try to load a recovery, this is what almost bricked my device, but thanks to NVFlash i was saved.
Good Luck and Happy Modding!
imadork8317 said:
The first thing you need to do is enable NVFlash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774352
Once you do that you can continue tinkering with the device
The screen you linked to is the bootloader screen not the recovery screen. to enter the recovery you have to press vol down, on the RCK icon. If you loaded the recovery successfully it should load, if not you need to try to install it again because something did not work correctly.
Word of caution recoveries do not work yet with JellyBean so if you load a JB rom, do not try to load a recovery, this is what almost bricked my device, but thanks to NVFlash i was saved.
Good Luck and Happy Modding!
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I think he already has nvflash or he wouldn't have the rck icon.
to enter recovery he uses volume up on the icon not volume down. volume down selects it.
recoveries work fine as long as you are restoring a jb rom and using twrp.
flumpster said:
I think he already has nvflash or he wouldn't have the rck icon.
to enter recovery he uses volume up on the icon not volume down. volume down selects it.
recoveries work fine as long as you are restoring a jb rom and using twrp.
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I don't have NVFlash, stock device a week old and I have the RCK icon when I hold Vol Down and power on.
I never used NVFlash.
I have the recovery icon but when I select it (as on the picture), there is a text saying "Booting recovery kernel image" and then nothing else happends.
Since i could not turn off the device, i let it run out of battery yesterday. So i recharged it, and now I can't access fastboot anymore, when I do power + vol down I end up on the asus boot logo...
hx4700 Killer said:
I don't have NVFlash, stock device a week old and I have the RCK icon when I hold Vol Down and power on.
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hmm, I installed nvflash and got that icon straight after so presumed it had come from that as I never had it before.
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0h_no said:
I never used NVFlash.
I have the recovery icon but when I select it (as on the picture), there is a text saying "Booting recovery kernel image" and then nothing else happends.
Since i could not turn off the device, i let it run out of battery yesterday. So i recharged it, and now I can't access fastboot anymore, when I do power + vol down I end up on the asus boot logo...
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If you had held the power off button for 10 seconds the device should have restarted.
flumpster said:
hmm, I installed nvflash and got that icon straight after so presumed it had come from that as I never had it before.
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If you had held the power off button for 10 seconds the device should have restarted.
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The problem is that I could not turn it off, so it normaly went out of battery.
Today I wanted to try NVFlash so I recharged my prime, and when I wanted to boot it and put it in fastboot mode I couldnt get to the selection screen (with RKV, Android, Fastboot, Wipe). It just boots on the asus boot logo.
0h_no said:
The problem is that I could not turn it off, so it normaly went out of battery.
Today I wanted to try NVFlash so I recharged my prime, and when I wanted to boot it and put it in fastboot mode, and now I cant get to the selection screen (with RKV, Android, Fastboot, Wipe). It just boots on the asus boot logo.
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A lot of people are having the same problem as you and without nvflash I have not seen anyone come up with a solution yet. The moment I see one I will post back.
Thanks a lot for your time !
I there is any changes on my side i'll let you know.
People have the same problem as you here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910405&page=2
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Hello,
about 2 hours ago I decided that I would unlock my device (before that I read maximum informations that I could). Unlocking went fine and I also installed TWRP 2.1.3 (through ViperMod). So far so good.
Then I made backup in TWRP in case something goes wrong. I was going to try AOKP v40 so I downloaded it via goo manager and then I flashed it in TWRP Install option (and also installed gapps) and wiped cache. Device rebooted and I was stuck at AOKP boot animation for about 15 minutes when I decided to recover back. So I rebooted, restored and rebooted.
Now I'm stuck at first boot logo (eee pad). When I try to do VolDown+Power to get into recovery it doesn't ask for VolUp, but goes straight to selection of Wipe or USB. When I select fastboot or wait 10 secs device frozes. (I haven't tried wipe, just in case it would be needed to unbrick).
I read thread about unbricking (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514088) and to me it seems like option 3, but I don't see recovery option.
In device manager I have 'ASUS Fastboot Interface'.
Here's video how it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BGd1PIVbn8
Please please could anyone help me?
Btw: Is there any chance to shut down? Holding power button just resets, so does pinhole... :/
qery said:
Hello,
about 2 hours ago I decided that I would unlock my device (before that I read maximum informations that I could). Unlocking went fine and I also installed TWRP 2.1.3 (through ViperMod). So far so good.
Then I made backup in TWRP in case something goes wrong. I was going to try AOKP v40 so I downloaded it via goo manager and then I flashed it in TWRP Install option (and also installed gapps) and wiped cache. Device rebooted and I was stuck at AOKP boot animation for about 15 minutes when I decided to recover back. So I rebooted, restored and rebooted.
Now I'm stuck at first boot logo (eee pad). When I try to do VolUp+Power to get into recovery it doesn't ask for VolUp, but goes straight to selection of Wipe or USB. When I select fastboot or wait 10 secs device frozes. (I haven't tried wipe, just in case it would be needed to unbrick).
I read thread about unbricking (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514088) and to me it seems like option 3, but I don't see recovery option.
In device manager I have 'ASUS Fastboot Interface'.
Here's video how it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BGd1PIVbn8
Please please could anyone help me?
Btw: Is there any chance to shut down? Holding power button just resets, so does pinhole... :/
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Shouldn't it be volume and power down to get to the option to press volume up for recovery?
Are you familiar with fastboot flashing recoveries? Either way that will be helpful info for us to have.
Most important thing, this is no big deal at all, it's really a minor issue. Don't let yourself get stressed out over it, the community will make sure you're good to go.
CharliesTheMan said:
Shouldn't it be volume and power down to get to the option to press volume up for recovery?
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Yes sure my bad, it was typo (I was kinda sleepy and tired when I was writing)
CharliesTheMan said:
Are you familiar with fastboot flashing recoveries? Either way that will be helpful info for us to have.
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Nope, this is my first time flashing.
You say you dont see the VOL_UP message. From the video it looks like it is there. You just did not press it within 5 seconds.
Once it comes up, let go of the buttons ;p
leppie said:
You say you dont see the VOL_UP message. From the video it looks like it is there. You just did not press it within 5 seconds.
Once it comes up, let go of the buttons ;p
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nope it's not there. I was holding voldown from the start and as soon as it should say 'press volup for recovery' (time 0:04) it jumps (skips 5 seconds of waiting) directly to wipe/fastboot options (wipe is one that is selected on video)
Ok so I managed to fix my problem thanks to hanzo001's thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662158). Someone should add this instructions to the [HOW-TO] Unbrick your Transformer Prime (or not) thread.
qery said:
Ok so I managed to fix my problem thanks to hanzo001's thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662158). Someone should add this instructions to the [HOW-TO] Unbrick your Transformer Prime (or not) thread.
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glad it's fixed, im sure hanzo001 will appriciate a simple thanks on his thread too..and let others know it worked for you
Hi all,
My Transformer Prime will not boot past the initial Asus screen. It's remains stuck on this screen but when I hold power down, the device reboots. I am not able to get into recovery using power and vol down, then vol up. I cant turn the device off, it reboots every time. When I try to hold vol down while rebooting, the normal white writing doesn't appear, it just continues in the same loop at the Asus screen. I dont even get as far as the EeePad splash screen. I'm at a loss for what to try. I can get into recovery or fastboot and it wont connet to the pc. Am I screwed? All of the advice I can find needs recovery etc. The problem started when I tried to wipe the device. Could it have deleted the recovery image, rom etc? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
santiago84 said:
Hi all,
My Transformer Prime will not boot past the initial Asus screen. It's remains stuck on this screen but when I hold power down, the device reboots. I am not able to get into recovery using power and vol down, then vol up. I cant turn the device off, it reboots every time. When I try to hold vol down while rebooting, the normal white writing doesn't appear, it just continues in the same loop at the Asus screen. I dont even get as far as the EeePad splash screen. I'm at a loss for what to try. I can get into recovery or fastboot and it wont connet to the pc. Am I screwed? All of the advice I can find needs recovery etc. The problem started when I tried to wipe the device. Could it have deleted the recovery image, rom etc? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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First, this belongs in q&a or general. Your problems have nothing to do with development.
Secondly, I posted a link a while back in the EOS3 ROM thread in reference to recovering from the exact scenario . The post includes which tools, drivers, and the process in detail on how I recovered down to the command for fast boot flashing the recovery ( which had a specific value for the device ).
EDIT:
Here is my detailed post. Try that and see if fastboot works for you. I was literally in the exact same boat not terribly long ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33197007&postcount=508
MODS please move to the appropriate section.
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Aso I forgot to ask.... were you already on a JB boot loader? If you were on ICS, make sure you download the ICS blob for twrp from the link and not the JB blob. That's crucial because if you flash the wrong recovery, you are screwed lol.
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santiago84 said:
I am not able to get into recovery using power and vol down, then vol up. I cant turn the device off, it reboots every time. When I try to hold vol down while rebooting, the normal white writing doesn't appear, it just continues in the same loop at the Asus screen.
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I'm confused, you say here you cannot access the boot menu or recovery selection.
santiago84 said:
I can get into recovery or fastboot and it wont connet to the pc.
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But here you say you can access recovery and fastboot which you would not be able to if what you said first was true.
lilstevie said:
I'm confused, you say here you cannot access the boot menu or recovery selection.
But here you say you can access recovery and fastboot which you would not be able to if what you said first was true.
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He likely wiped all of his partitions ( including recovery ) like I did by accident. Fast boot was a pain in the arse for me until I used the -i command along with the new drivers. Hopefully my post resolved his issue.
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Thank you for your response so far and apologies for putting the thread in the wrong section. The instructions given were great, only I am unable to get into fastboot. When I try and turn on the device holding vol down, it just boots normally. It doesn't give me the white writing and options I had before. I can't seem to turn the device off either. When I hold the power button it reboots, but doesn't shut down. What can I try to get into fast boot?
Thanks
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pyraxiate said:
He likely wiped all of his partitions ( including recovery ) like I did by accident. Fast boot was a pain in the arse for me until I used the -i command along with the new drivers. Hopefully my post resolved his issue.
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Sorry, it was a typo. I meant that I cant get into recovery or fastboot. No matter what I try. Ive never heard of fastboot disappearing. Any thoughts?
santiago84 said:
Sorry, it was a typo. I meant that I cant get into recovery or fastboot. No matter what I try. Ive never heard of fastboot disappearing. Any thoughts?
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Did you do the nvflash process at any time and keep the blob files?
If you didn't and you cannot get to fastboot then I'm afraid that you are hard bricked
flumpster said:
Did you do the nvflash process at any time and keep the blob files?
If you didn't and you cannot get to fastboot then I'm afraid that you are hard bricked
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No I didnt do the Nvflash. I unlocked and rooted a while ago, before nvflash was around and havent looked back since. Has anyone ever heard of fastboot being deleted? Ive always been able to get into it.
santiago84 said:
No I didnt do the Nvflash. I unlocked and rooted a while ago, before nvflash was around and havent looked back since. Has anyone ever heard of fastboot being deleted? Ive always been able to get into it.
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Try holding the down and power button while its on to force shut down, then keep holding volume down as it reboots?
Also, what were you in the process of doing right before the issues began? Did you install something with a different bootloader? You could have wiped bootloader which means you are hosed . . . ..
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pyraxiate said:
Try holding the down and power button while its on to force shut down, then keep holding volume down as it reboots?
Also, what were you in the process of doing right before the issues began? Did you install something with a different bootloader? You could have wiped bootloader which means you are hosed . . . ..
I
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I've tried holding the buttons down while it reboots but nothing happens. If I hold the vol up and vol down while pressing power, the device turns off completely.
The problem started when I tried a factory reset in CWM. It crashed after a few seconds and the device rebooted. Not there doesnt appear to be anything on the device. I havent heard of CWM doing this before.
santiago84 said:
I've tried holding the buttons down while it reboots but nothing happens. If I hold the vol up and vol down while pressing power, the device turns off completely.
The problem started when I tried a factory reset in CWM. It crashed after a few seconds and the device rebooted. Not there doesnt appear to be anything on the device. I havent heard of CWM doing this before.
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try volume up + power,if you see APX and you dont have nvflash then sent it back to ASUS and there is a charge to repair it.Sorry, happens to me
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santiago84 said:
Sorry, it was a typo. I meant that I cant get into recovery or fastboot. No matter what I try. Ive never heard of fastboot disappearing. Any thoughts?
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Without fastboot and nvflash there is no hope for recovery except for calling asus and requesting an RMA.
It sounds like your device has the boot to recovery flag, but with a broken recovery, something which the bootloader has no exit path from.
pyraxiate said:
You could have wiped bootloader which means you are hosed . . . ..
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Without a bootloader you will not get any output from the device, the bootloader is what displays the asus splash screen. Without it the device would just drop into apx mode.
lilstevie said:
Without fastboot and nvflash there is no hope for recovery except for calling asus and requesting an RMA.
It sounds like your device has the boot to recovery flag, but with a broken recovery, something which the bootloader has no exit path from.
Without a bootloader you will not get any output from the device, the bootloader is what displays the asus splash screen. Without it the device would just drop into apx mode.
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This is probably a silly question but if I send it back to asus for rma should I just claim complete ignorance as to how this happened? Or should I come clean? Has anyone done a rma before? Any idea of time scales or cost etc? Thanks
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santiago84 said:
This is probably a silly question but if I send it back to asus for rma should I just claim complete ignorance as to how this happened? Or should I come clean? Has anyone done a rma before? Any idea of time scales or cost etc? Thanks
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Do not lie but don't tell the whole truth if you know what I mean
Don't go into too much info and get straight to the point, also don't show any technical knowledge.
"It doesn't turn on any more, it just flashes on a screen showing Asus".
"It wont turn off"
If you are lucky and they just look at it and not check what has happened they might just switch motherboard rather than messing with it.
Also try to run the battery out first. Harder to check
You shouldn't be covered at all because you agreed to that when you unlocked, but you might get lucky while staying truthful
p.s. I find my grandmother can get away with it more than me
I'm trying to update from an ICS bootloader to a JB one, however when I try to go through the process of starting up in the Fastboot mode, as soon as I hit the Vol Up key, it just sits there with the text saying it is starting the Fastboot mode. I let it sit for a while to see if it was going to do something, but it doesn't. The computer doesn't recognize it at all with it stuck at this screen, and I assume there is supposed to be some sort of new view that comes up. I haven't done anything previously on my Prime other than unlocking it, which was a while ago, but I didn't do anything past that, so I'm not sure what could be going on, it is not bricked and works completely fine other than not being able to get into the fastboot mode. Anyone have any idea what may be wrong?
myselfalex said:
I'm trying to update from an ICS bootloader to a JB one, however when I try to go through the process of starting up in the Fastboot mode, as soon as I hit the Vol Up key, it just sits there with the text saying it is starting the Fastboot mode. I let it sit for a while to see if it was going to do something, but it doesn't. The computer doesn't recognize it at all with it stuck at this screen, and I assume there is supposed to be some sort of new view that comes up. I haven't done anything previously on my Prime other than unlocking it, which was a while ago, but I didn't do anything past that, so I'm not sure what could be going on, it is not bricked and works completely fine other than not being able to get into the fastboot mode. Anyone have any idea what may be wrong?
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That is how fastboot works. If you look in device manager on your PC you may see it near the top of the devices. you may need to install the drivers. the universal naked drivers in the development section should work if your pc is looking for drivers for the device
Okay, thanks, it was working the whole time then.
My problem now is, I've been trying to initiate the install of both the JB bootloader and Hairybean TWRP Updater (normal), but no matter what I seem to do, I can't seem to get it to be installed. When I go into the recovery screen, it only shows the wipe data, fastboot, and load android, there's nothing to get into TWRP.
myselfalex said:
Okay, thanks, it was working the whole time then.
My problem now is, I've been trying to initiate the install of both the JB bootloader and Hairybean TWRP Updater (normal), but no matter what I seem to do, I can't seem to get it to be installed. When I go into the recovery screen, it only shows the wipe data, fastboot, and load android, there's nothing to get into TWRP.
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Hold vol down+power and when it vibrates, let go of power. As soon as the screen shows something press volume up, that will start recovery.
myselfalex said:
Okay, thanks, it was working the whole time then.
My problem now is, I've been trying to initiate the install of both the JB bootloader and Hairybean TWRP Updater (normal), but no matter what I seem to do, I can't seem to get it to be installed. When I go into the recovery screen, it only shows the wipe data, fastboot, and load android, there's nothing to get into TWRP.
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Go to post 2 of the androwook thread and follow instructions there for updating from ics
skaforey said:
Hold vol down+power and when it vibrates, let go of power. As soon as the screen shows something press volume up, that will start recovery.
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Okay, I did that too, but it just resets the device and if I do nothing it loads into Android.
whycali said:
Go to post 2 of the androwook thread and follow instructions there for updating from ics
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Sorry, I neglected to mention I actually have been doing all of my work based on these very instructions from the androwook page, and it is where I ran into this issue in the first place. I see now based on the skaforey's post that pressing volume up should be the way into recovery, however as I stated to him, it simply resets the device. After restarting with the power + voldown button, let go, and hit volume up (press vol up in 5 seconds to enter RCK), it waits a second, then restarts.
Update before I even bothered to submit this last section: I installed CWM via fastboot, which then enabled me to actually enter a recovery, which then let me install the JB bootloader update and thusly HairyBean. Thanks for all your guys help.
Ive read and I think Ive came to the conclusion that I got a new boat anchor. Just wanted to see if anyone can confirm before I trash it.
Its a tf201.
Had 4.1.1
Used the asus unlock tool.
All went well
Went to install twrp
Rebooted fine.
Rebooted again went to asus logo with unlocked in the top left.
Its stuck there.
Cant enter recovery.
CAN enter APX
Did not install NVFLASH
Toss it?
lemayautocare said:
Ive read and I think Ive came to the conclusion that I got a new boat anchor. Just wanted to see if anyone can confirm before I trash it.
Its a tf201.
Had 4.1.1
Used the asus unlock tool.
All went well
Went to install twrp
Rebooted fine.
Rebooted again went to asus logo with unlocked in the top left.
Its stuck there.
Cant enter recovery.
CAN enter APX
Did not install NVFLASH
Toss it?
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Question:
How did you install TWRP and where did you get it ? What version of TWRP is it ? I believe there is the ICS and JB versions and there are specific version for TF201 as well.
Are you able to go to fast boot ? if so then you are not bricked yet. The way to install TWRP is to install it using fastboot.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/93
I got twrp from their site. I got the JB version. I cant get into fastboot. If I hold down volume while trying to boot it still just goes to the splash screen just like if I dont. I cant turn it off though. When I hold down power to turn it off as soon as it turns off it just trys to start again so Im not sure its registering the volume button or not.
vanguy2009 said:
Question:
How did you install TWRP and where did you get it ? What version of TWRP is it ? I believe there is the ICS and JB versions and there are specific version for TF201 as well.
Are you able to go to fast boot ? if so then you are not bricked yet. The way to install TWRP is to install it using fastboot.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/93
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If it helps any to know this I can turn it off now and still volume down and power does nothing.
The only thing that gets me anything different than the splash screen is to hold volume up and power.
Did you find a way to recover your tf201?
Hello lemayautocare,
Have you found a post/site, that explains how to recover you tf201? I'm having the exact same problem an the only additional information I can give you is that I notice that when I power it with the volume button up, the screen is black but my computer sees the device when I use lsusb. It doesn't show up when I power it up with volume button down.
eflav said:
Hello lemayautocare,
Have you found a post/site, that explains how to recover you tf201? I'm having the exact same problem an the only additional information I can give you is that I notice that when I power it with the volume button up, the screen is black but my computer sees the device when I use lsusb. It doesn't show up when I power it up with volume button down.
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Volume up and power puts it into APX mode. This mode is only of any use to you if you already have NVFlash backups.
Hi guys, any help would be much appreciated! I have studied all threads on XDA on bricked and boot loop'ed Honor 5X phones. I'm not a complete noob -- I have been flashing CM/LineageOS for years on Nexus 4, 5, 7, 9 and 6P, and this is the first time I have been stumped.
My KIW-L24 has an early version of LineageOS 14.1, and also TWRP 3.1.1-0 on it. I used the LineageOS updater to download a later LineageOS build, and initiated the update. As expected, the phone rebooted into TWRP, briefly showed the TWRP boot screen, but then after about 1 second, the phone reboots to the Honor boot screen for about 3 seconds, and then boots back to TWRP ... and so the cycle repeats endlessly between the two boot screens until the battery dies.
I cannot seem to get the device into bootloader/fastboot mode so that I can reflash TWRP and/or LineageOS or stock ROM. I have tried every combination of hardware keys to get the phone into fastboot (including Power+Vol Down). I tried initiating the download mode back to stock with the update.app placed in /dload/ on the sdcard (Power+Vol Down+Vol Up). I tried plugging in the PC-USB cable + Vol Down. While plugged into the PC via USB cable, I tried issuing "adb reboot bootloader" while the TWRP screen momentarily pops up (I literally have a less than a half-second when adb recognizes the phone). All without any success.
I am truly stuck! Any ideas? I have a practically brand new paperweight at the moment. :crying: Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions!
Are you sure battery isnt flat ?
You can use twrp as fas as i understand.. Correct me if i am wrong..
You can download stock rom twrp backup for your model from repository thread and try to restore backup with twrp..
Thanks, but I cannot 'use' TWRP! If I could, my problems would be easily solved, I have plenty of experience re-flashing ROMs, boot images, radios, etc.
Also, the battery is fine. At full charge, the phone powers up and immediately enters the endless boot cycle I previously described.
As soon as the phone shows the TWRP boot screen, the phone reboots again. I cannot do anything at all with TWRP. As I previously wrote, I have even tried using adb to force a reboot into fastboot while the TWRP boot screen shows for that split second (the PC momentarily recognizes the USB Android device). Unfortunately , TWRP reboots the phone too quickly.
pet_zeus said:
Thanks, but I cannot 'use' TWRP! If I could, my problems would be easily solved, I have plenty of experience re-flashing ROMs, boot images, radios, etc.
Also, the battery is fine. At full charge, the phone powers up and immediately enters the endless boot cycle I previously described.
As soon as the phone shows the TWRP boot screen, the phone reboots again. I cannot do anything at all with TWRP. As I previously wrote, I have even tried using adb to force a reboot into fastboot while the TWRP boot screen shows for that split second (the PC momentarily recognizes the USB Android device). Unfortunately , TWRP reboots the phone too quickly.
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Boot into boot loader by holding volume down and pushing in cable when huawei logo shows, I can tell you now its a bar-steward and may take many times before it actually does it !
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swukjay said:
Boot into boot loader by holding volume down and pushing in cable when huawei logo shows, I can tell you now its a bar-steward and may take many times before it actually does it !
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If that doesnt work use e-recovery to restore phone and recovery to stock
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This may help https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/fastboot-erecovery-recovery-upgrade-mode-t3543441
GOOD LUCK !
swukjay said:
Boot into boot loader by holding volume down and pushing in cable when huawei logo shows, I can tell you now its a bar-steward and may take many times before it actually does it !
If that doesnt work use e-recovery to restore phone and recovery to stock
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Thanks, I just spent the another hour trying to enter Fastboot and eRecovery modes, and I must be missing something! At this point, no matter which button combination I press, I can't seem to affect the boot cycling of the phone (between TWRP and Honor boot screens).
Maybe relevant, but I am unable to even turn off the phone, it won't stop the alternating boot loop -- I don't believe in coincidences, but perhaps the power button just died? I had one Nexus 5 that started bootlooping because of the power button issue, but that was a very different behaviour than this -- the Honor deosn't get as far as booting to the OS.
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Thank you, looks like I'll need some! Will update if I can figure out a way out...
pet_zeus said:
Thanks, I just spent the another hour trying to enter Fastboot and eRecovery modes, and I must be missing something! At this point, no matter which button combination I press, I can't seem to affect the boot cycling of the phone (between TWRP and Honor boot screens).
Maybe relevant, but I am unable to even turn off the phone, it won't stop the alternating boot loop -- I don't believe in coincidences, but perhaps the power button just died? I had one Nexus 5 that started bootlooping because of the power button issue, but that was a very different behaviour than this -- the Honor deosn't get as far as booting to the OS.
Thank you, looks like I'll need some! Will update if I can figure out a way out...
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Sound to me like you flash Non VOLTE firmware on a Volte enabled modem thats causing the boot loop, the best course of action is to restore using e-recovery, that uses a separate recovery partition so hopefully wont boot loop, remember it may take a few times to boot and you must use a usb lead that is connected to a computer, a usb charger WILL NOT DO IT !
When it boots to e-recovery select download latest firmware, you will need to connect to wifi, just follow instructions and let it restore
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Thank you, looks like I'll need some! Will update if I can figure out a way out...
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Erecovery should work, connect your USB to a computer and volume down + power
Another new user who posts when he has a problem and doesn't reply with an update as to what solution solved his problem, this constantly winds me up, new users who do this and dont update the thread should be kicked off
SOLVED!
Sorry for the delay of the update--I got busy and left my phone to collect dust for a while.
The ONLY solution that actually worked was to rip the phone apart and physically disconnect the battery ( !! ). Then, reconnecting the battery while holding down [Power] and [Vol -] got me into fastboot recovery, as per instructions in this thread (I had to avoid booting normally, or into recovery -- TWRP -- since either would put the phone back into the bootloop):
​https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/guide-entering-fastboot-using-key-t3400869
After that, it was smooth sailing; I was able to kill TWRP by flashing RECOVERY.img that I extracted from stock B140 image (using Huawei extractor https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454), then force-update to stock B331, then latest TWRP and LineageOS. One hiccup: for whatever reason, I needed to do a factory reset/wipe in TWRP before it would flash LineageOS without giving error 7, despite the fact that I had just flashed the stock image.
Thank you all for your help and input!