[Q] Possible Brick - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Hi!
I have an Asus EeePad Transformer Prime TF201, on stock ICS, unlocked via ASUS official method.
I tried to flash CWM in order to get CyanogenMod, fastboot flash all went OK, no errors, i rebooted the tablet into O/S then after several tries to get into CWM Recovery( normal volume-down + power, adb reboot recovery) all led to a freeze in the splash-screen or bootloader menu.
Then i tried to do a full wipe from the bootloader menu, the tablet hanged again trying to boot recovery image. After about 30 minutes of wait, i hard-rebooted it.
This final step led to a strange brick: the tablet is stuck with Asus logo in the center, "Powered by Nvidia Tegra" in the down-right corner and "The Device is Unlocked" in the top left corner.
I tried to get to fastboot but it doesn't respond to the normal volume-down + power, it actually reboots but the bootloader menu doesn't come up.
Is there any solution for my problem? Your help is greatly appreciated

Same problem here.. I wanted to go back to CM10 but the device wouldn't load into recovery so I installed Reboot to Recovery from Google Play and now it just boots to Asus splash screen! PC doesn't even recognize the device when plugged... Before I installed the "Reboot to Recovery " app I was getting the Cold Boot menu when I hit power+volume down... Now the device just boots to splash screen top left says Device unlocked bottom right has powered by nvidia tegra logo.. middle just has Asus logo.. I allowed the device to die over night and tried power+volume down still no luck.. Play Help!

evl_z4y said:
Same problem here.. I wanted to go back to CM10 but the device wouldn't load into recovery so I installed Reboot to Recovery from Google Play and now it just boots to Asus splash screen! PC doesn't even recognize the device when plugged... Before I installed the "Reboot to Recovery " app I was getting the Cold Boot menu when I hit power+volume down... Now the device just boots to splash screen top left says Device unlocked bottom right has powered by nvidia tegra logo.. middle just has Asus logo.. I allowed the device to die over night and tried power+volume down still no luck.. Pls Help!
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I used Reboot Transformer to Recovery

If there's no recovery, no adb/fastboot, and you're in a boot loop or it won't boot at all then I'm pretty sure this is a brick. Check the dev forum for the tf201 and look at the brick thread. If it's recoverable then that thread will tell you how to do it

McJesus15 said:
If there's no recovery, no adb/fastboot, and you're in a boot loop or it won't boot at all then I'm pretty sure this is a brick. Check the dev forum for the tf201 and look at the brick thread. If it's recoverable then that thread will tell you how to do it
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Im going to call customer service and see how can I go about sending it. Going on the 48th hour without my baby and im feeling alone and neglected :crying:
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At first when I was able to cold boot I was receiving the 4 icon screen when I tired to boot into recovery (power+volume down) than I thought the device relocked so I reinstalled the Asus unlock tool and this crap started! It gave me some kind of "unknown time error" and after I restarted this stuff started happening..

evl_z4y said:
Im going to call customer service and see how can I go about sending it. Going on the 48th hour without my baby and im feeling alone and neglected :crying:
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It'll happen like this :
Asus will send an RMA for you. You'll pay $25ish shipping to get it there. Either a week (or 2) will pass, or several months, then they'll call you with an estimate. That estimate will be : $160 for the replacement motherboard fix, $60 for labour, and $10+ for shipping.
If you're lucky they might replace it under warranty. Do NOT tell them you unlocked it, their system may not have registered it. When you contact them ask what sort of warranty is on it, get them to look. Let them know you were updating to the latest Android on it when it bricked, not anything else. If they say your warranty is good, send it in and press them to fix it.
If not...I have a TF201 with busted LCD/digitizer that works, already nvflashed and all that. Might save you a few bucks.

Nightpath said:
It'll happen like this :
Asus will send an RMA for you. You'll pay $25ish shipping to get it there. Either a week (or 2) will pass, or several months, then they'll call you with an estimate. That estimate will be : $160 for the replacement motherboard fix, $60 for labour, and $10+ for shipping.
If you're lucky they might replace it under warranty. Do NOT tell them you unlocked it, their system may not have registered it. When you contact them ask what sort of warranty is on it, get them to look. Let them know you were updating to the latest Android on it when it bricked, not anything else. If they say your warranty is good, send it in and press them to fix it.
If not...I have a TF201 with busted LCD/digitizer that works, already nvflashed and all that. Might save you a few bucks.
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I agony of defeat! One of these super duper smart developers has to know some sort of way to recover the device using APX mode!

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[Q] Tried to flash TWRP, now looks bricked :(

Hey guys, Today I just finished downgrading to HBOOT 1.4 and got up and running fine on TWRP 1.1.1 and ViperRom's new ICS build. I wasn't having any issues at all. I started reading about TWRP2 though, and felt like checking it out. So I downloaded GooManager and searched for TWRP and got openrecovery-twrp-2.1.3.blob. I touched it to download and it immediately went into recovery to install. However, as soon as it rebooted, it came up with TWRP 1.1.1's logo and a scrolling status bar. This lasted about 2 seconds and then the phone shut off. I left it as is hoping it would come back for about 10 min but nothing. I removed the battery and put it back in and tried to reboot. Booting to system and booting to recovery give zero response and ADB controls don't seem to recognize the device when plugged into USB. Can anybody help? TWRP2 doesn't seem to have a thread here and their site has limited resources for help.
thanks.
Can you boot into the bootloader (hold power and down on startup)?
no I cannot. Phone is completely unresponsive. I didn't think trying to flash a recovery would cause complete system failure.. wth
Just to be clear, before you call it a brick, did you remover battery for 10 seconds and then try to get to the bootloader. Hold down the volume first then the power button and keep holding both until the bootloader pops up. Just making sure...
yeah I did. Pulled the battery, left it out while I went and ate something, then plugged in the HTC charger and tried to reboot and nothing. Tried putting the battery back in and doing the same thing. I guess It's time to go to sprint and beg for mercy
Same thing happened to me. My phone is completely unresponsive after I tried to update to TWRP 2.1. I was on AOKP milestone 5a. The computer responds when I connect the USB, but the phone will not boot at all.
EDIT: Computer doesn't respond either. Think I'm headed to the nearest Sprint store ASAP.
Connect your device to your computer then go into your adb directory in cmd and type. "adb reboot-bootloader" (without the quotation marks)
Are you s-off ? And does the phone show up as qhusb_dload in device manager ? If it does it is bricked. If you still have s-on it can be fixed if you are s-off i am sorry to say you have to get a new phone. I have a phone now that is s-off and bricked and i cant recover it as of now but i am working on it, if i succeed i will post how to do it.
I would recommend trying to keep the bricked phone in case there is a way to unbrick eventually then you have another phone to play with. I just claimed my insurance and told them i dropped the phone in a porta-john at work and i wasn't about to fish it out. So they told me dont worry about sending the bricked phone in and i got my new one next day.

TF201 stuck on ASUS logo [solved thanks to NVFLash!]

top left corner of the screen says "The Device is Unlocked", in the middle ASUS logo, bottom right "powered by nvidia tegra" will not boot, or boot into the bootloader, i do have nvflash enabled but not sure what i need to do to get it unstuck.
Update:
I ran c:\...\wheelie --blob blob.bin
Then c:\...\nvflash --resume --go
booted into TWRP
factory reset in TWRP, wipe cache, and dalvik
Reboot system
ROM seems to be loading
Jelly Bean Setup started!
Thank you ecatsab!
imadork8317 said:
top left corner of the screen says "The Device is Unlocked", in the middle ASUS logo, bottom right "powered by nvidia tegra" will not boot, or boot into the bootloader, i do have nvflash enabled but not sure what i need to do to get it unstuck.
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Well, we're in the same boat, so this means your device is hard bricked, just like mine, and you can't do anything about it, so you will have to rma it to Asus, if they let you. :/
but the only difference is you are in the life raft since you have nvflash enabled, so there is probably a fix so just search around nvflash unbricking threads. GL!
Here are the others that are in the same sinking boat. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910405
Brandonxcore said:
Well, we're in the same boat, so this means your device is hard bricked, just like mine, and you can't do anything about it, so you will have to rma it to Asus, if they let you. :/
but the only difference is you are in the life raft since you have nvflash enabled, so there is probably a fix so just search around nvflash unbricking threads. GL!
Here are the others that are in the same sinking boat. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910405
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To the both of you, I was in this same situation last week and thought my device was "hard bricked". If you are at least getting the ASUS screen, EVEN IF it says "This device is unlocked", AND you have performed the NVFLASH procedures correctly, you are not hosed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906014
I did a write-up for what I did to fix it. If this works for you please hit the thanks button.
If you are not familiar with the procedures, or something doesn't work, reply back to this posting. I'm going to subscribe to this thread.
--Charlie
imadork8317 said:
top left corner of the screen says "The Device is Unlocked", in the middle ASUS logo, bottom right "powered by nvidia tegra" will not boot, or boot into the bootloader, i do have nvflash enabled but not sure what i need to do to get it unstuck.
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What were you doing when you got to this point? You are no where near hard bricked by the way, or anything else called brick.
whycali said:
What were you doing when you got to this point? You are no where near hard bricked by the way, or anything else called brick.
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upgraded to JB from .28 rooted from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911024, wiped device, started to setup, then random reboot, then stuck.
ecatsab said:
To the both of you, I was in this same situation last week and thought my device was "hard bricked". If you are at least getting the ASUS screen, EVEN IF it says "This device is unlocked", AND you have performed the NVFLASH procedures correctly, you are not hosed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906014
I did a write-up for what I did to fix it. If this works for you please hit the thanks button.
If you are not familiar with the procedures, or something doesn't work, reply back to this posting. I'm going to subscribe to this thread.
--Charlie
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I was able to run the wheelie command, however, not sure where you got the rec_bootloader.bin file.
Update:
I ran c:\...\wheelie --blob blob.bin
Then c:\...\nvflash --resume --go
booted into TWRP
factory reset in TWRP, wipe cache, and dalvik
Reboot system
ROM seems to be loading
Jelly Bean Setup started!
Thank you ecatsab!
ecatsab said:
To the both of you, I was in this same situation last week and thought my device was "hard bricked". If you are at least getting the ASUS screen, EVEN IF it says "This device is unlocked", AND you have performed the NVFLASH procedures correctly, you are not hosed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906014
I did a write-up for what I did to fix it. If this works for you please hit the thanks button.
If you are not familiar with the procedures, or something doesn't work, reply back to this posting. I'm going to subscribe to this thread.
--Charlie
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I never did the nvflash, so I probably am 'hosed' :/
Brandonxcore said:
I never did the nvflash, so I probably am 'hosed' :/
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what were you doing when yours stopped?
whycali said:
what were you doing when yours stopped?
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I installed jellybean then tried to install twrp, I followed all the instructions, but then when it asked to reboot, stuck at asus logo with no bootloader or recovery.
Brandonxcore said:
I installed jellybean then tried to install twrp, I followed all the instructions, but then when it asked to reboot, stuck at asus logo with no bootloader or recovery.
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how do you know you have no bootloader?
whycali said:
how do you know you have no bootloader?
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I press volume down and power, do a power cycle and the asus boot splash is all that shows, I can only go into APX mode. :/
Brandonxcore said:
I installed jellybean then tried to install twrp, I followed all the instructions, but then when it asked to reboot, stuck at asus logo with no bootloader or recovery.
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Which way were you installing twrp?
Brandonxcore said:
I press volume down and power, do a power cycle and the asus boot splash is all that shows, I can only go into APX mode. :/
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With so many users in the same boat, I bet someone will figure this out eventually.
whycali said:
Which way were you installing twrp?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909480
I fastboot flashed twrp-2.2.2-jb.img and the asus logo came up like usual, and the blue bar looked like it flashed it, then it rebooted itself, and now this is where im at, stuck at the asus boot splash, it never boots up, and I cant get into the bootloader.
Brandonxcore said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909480
I fastboot flashed twrp-2.2.2-jb.img and the asus logo came up like usual, and the blue bar looked like it flashed it, then it rebooted itself, and now this is where im at, stuck at the asus boot splash, it never boots up, and I cant get into the bootloader.
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you were doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909480
instead of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911024
without this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774352
yikes
did you ask Craig?
whycali said:
you were doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909480
instead of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911024
without this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774352
yikes
did you ask Craig
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:facepalm: I didnt even see the instructions -_- ill ask him, im probably screwed out of 400$ if asus wont rma it.
Brandonxcore said:
:facepalm: I didnt even see the instructions -_- ill ask him, im probably screwed out of 400$ if asus wont rma it.
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I am sure they will fix just about anything for $$
i did similar terrible thing and after 2 days in official asus service center i god answer:
"mainboard failure. 250eur for replacement."
that is most likely will going to happen if you brick tf201. i dont have that money at the moment and it will collect dust on my shelve.
damn...
Bricked mine too.
Installed JB JRO03C 10.4.2.15 (US) Stock Deodexed
Installed goomanager, and attempted to flash openrecovery script.
Prime boots, and starts to flash recovery - to end up frosen on Asus logo.
I can start APX mode it seems (black screen, and I get Asus Transformer Prime APX Interface in computers devicemanager when i connect it)
I dont have nvFlash...
Fastboot only say: Waiting for device.....
Wheelie get some connection it seems, but I dont have the blob...
Hopefully someone will sort this out.
stuck in apx mode
DarkWader said:
Bricked mine too.
Installed JB JRO03C 10.4.2.15 (US) Stock Deodexed
Installed goomanager, and attempted to flash openrecovery script.
Prime boots, and starts to flash recovery - to end up frosen on Asus logo.
I can start APX mode it seems (black screen, and I get Asus Transformer Prime APX Interface in computers devicemanager when i connect it)
I dont have nvFlash...
Fastboot only say: Waiting for device.....
Wheelie get some connection it seems, but I dont have the blob...
Hopefully someone will sort this out.
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I got the same problem
I managed to unlock (UnLock_Device_App_V6) and root my TF201. then I installed GooManager to installed a recovery which I successfully did.
Then I boot into recovery and installed Jelly bean (us-tf201-jro03c-10.4.2.15-stock-deodexed) and superuser (Superuser-3.2-arm-signed)
it all went well and working great.
until I wanted to install a patch for GPS (tf201-GPSTweaks). I couldn't get into recovery so I installed GooManager again and tried to reinstall recovery again.. the phone reboot and stocked in asus logo..
I can only get into APX mode

[Q] TF201 stuck on asus screen unlocked in corner

I am stuck on the Asus screen with the device is unlocked in the top left corner. I can't boot into bootloader, it just restarts and does the same thing. Powering it off will just restart it too. I read up on some other threads and I haven't done anything with nvflash - late to that boat. Just wondering if anyone has any feedback or solutions to try so I don't have to send it in.
Cypser said:
I am stuck on the Asus screen with the device is unlocked in the top left corner. I can't boot into bootloader, it just restarts and does the same thing. Powering it off will just restart it too. I read up on some other threads and I haven't done anything with nvflash - late to that boat. Just wondering if anyone has any feedback or solutions to try so I don't have to send it in.
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I have exactly the same issue here. Have an unlocked transformer, with original firmware. Wanted to wipe all data, After that, the whole tablet stucks on the starting screen. Power off is giving a reset instead of shutting down.. Any ideas how to solve?

[Q] Unable to start anything

Hello everyone,
I'm a bit crying right now, i hope you can help :-/
So, i thought about going to cyanogen on my tf201 some months ago. What i remember is that i unlocked it using the asus software then i installed some versions of twrp (i think). After that i stopped because i was kind of lost between many tutorials.
I did not use the tablet since that, i was abroad.
I get it back today and i tried to reset everything, so i went in the settings and click on the reset thing. It did not work, the tablet just blocked on Asus screen and when i manually restarted it, it was like i did nothing (normal boot and no reset).
So i went in the bootloader (power + vol down) and i tried the (4th?) option to wipe everything. The thing said something like "loading image ...." and blocked.
Now the tablet is blocked on the first screen (with asus writen in the middle) and it won't boot, i can not go into the bootloader either, i only have that screen.
I can not even shut it down, keeping power pressed will only restart it.
Is there anything i can do or is the tablet dead ?
Thanks for any help

Bricked for good? (Revisited!)

Hello all!
I am back to see if anyone has any more ideas with what I can do to resurrect my LG G3. To recap, I tried to flash android 5.0 and I had forgotten to re flash the stock recovery prior to doing so. Long story short I completely botched the process and I am left with a LG G3 that can only access system recovery selection menu. When ever i try to just boot the phone by holding the power button, it shows the G3 boot image and then an error in the top left reads: "Boot certification verify".
From there, the phones screen turns off and the led flashes amber and blue until I pull the battery.
If I remember right, I need to find a way to re flash download mode but it has been several months since I tried to repair it..
Hope you guys can provide me with some input!
I linked a video I made of what happens when i try booting the phone below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzHu3MRAxY
danetbra63 said:
Hello all!
I am back to see if anyone has any more ideas with what I can do to resurrect my LG G3. To recap, I tried to flash android 5.0 and I had forgotten to re flash the stock recovery prior to doing so. Long story short I completely botched the process and I am left with a LG G3 that can only access system recovery selection menu. When ever i try to just boot the phone by holding the power button, it shows the G3 boot image and then an error in the top left reads: "Boot certification verify".
From there, the phones screen turns off and the led flashes amber and blue until I pull the battery.
If I remember right, I need to find a way to re flash download mode but it has been several months since I tried to repair it..
Hope you guys can provide me with some input!
I linked a video I made of what happens when i try booting the phone below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzHu3MRAxY
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I had to do a warranty exchange through the insurance. It is not worth
The effort since we don't have fastboot. Got a brand new replacement.
Hope you can do what I did. Told them the truth that the phone
Would not boot up. Nothing else.
cjchevez said:
I had to do a warranty exchange through the insurance. It is not worth
The effort since we don't have fastboot. Got a brand new replacement.
Hope you can do what I did. Told them the truth that the phone
Would not boot up. Nothing else.
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Totally would have done that had I not dropped my phone in water:silly:
Just pay the hundred and use the insurance, you can report it lost.
This way you can have spare parts.
You can also replace the motherboard. Sometimes you can get them
For 100.00 but I'm only seeing them for 150.00 on eBay.
Id like to hear that you can unbrick this phone but I doubt it with
No fastboot. Good luck.
Since it will boot cant you just usecthe lg flash tool thingamajiger and flash a .kdz
danetbra63 said:
Hello all!
I am back to see if anyone has any more ideas with what I can do to resurrect my LG G3. To recap, I tried to flash android 5.0 and I had forgotten to re flash the stock recovery prior to doing so. Long story short I completely botched the process and I am left with a LG G3 that can only access system recovery selection menu. When ever i try to just boot the phone by holding the power button, it shows the G3 boot image and then an error in the top left reads: "Boot certification verify".
From there, the phones screen turns off and the led flashes amber and blue until I pull the battery.
If I remember right, I need to find a way to re flash download mode but it has been several months since I tried to repair it..
Hope you guys can provide me with some input!
I linked a video I made of what happens when i try booting the phone below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzHu3MRAxY
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so, you can access recovery menu, does that mean you are in recovery?
if so, is it stock recovery or twrp?
deron37129 said:
Since it will boot cant you just usecthe lg flash tool thingamajiger and flash a .kdz
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You need Download mode to restore to stock via KDZ or TOT. He's lost Download mode, apparently.
Sent from my VK810 4G
Welp woth out download mode unles there is a way to jtag ur only option is send it in or have you a lovely table ornamment
Can't he flash the download fix from within twrp, assuming that's the recovery he is talking about?

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