[Q] Custom ROm suggestions wanted - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

I have a TF201 and have loved it. Earlier this year after cracking the screen I decided to unlock, root and play around a bit. Installed CM11. I liked it and didn't have an issues with it. I went back to a stock version 2 days ago. I have quickly seen how much better performance was on CM11. But now there are some other KK roms out there, and I read on a thread you can actually install TF300 roms on a TF201 as well. What ROM do you suggest I try next? Crombi-X, Crombi-kk, CM11 (newer build) or another.

JoanneDisFan said:
I have a TF201 and have loved it. Earlier this year after cracking the screen I decided to unlock, root and play around a bit. Installed CM11. I liked it and didn't have an issues with it. I went back to a stock version 2 days ago. I have quickly seen how much better performance was on CM11. But now there are some other KK roms out there, and I read on a thread you can actually install TF300 roms on a TF201 as well. What ROM do you suggest I try next? Crombi-X, Crombi-kk, CM11 (newer build) or another.
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If you head over to the Crombi-kk thread there is a step by step to upgrade to be able to run a 4.4.x rom ....
We do have some small issue like the CAM not working for the last 2 releases, BUT we got it fixed and the next
release will have it working ...
I dont think that you would be unhappy with any of the tf300 ROMs available for your 201 after you follow the steps
in post number 4 here on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2773812
It would open up a whole new set of roms for your flashing pleasure..
Thx Josh & Team CROMBI-kk

Thanks Josh.
I'm learning towards either the Cromi-X or Crombi-KK. Are both still being developed? Is there a benefit to sticking with the TF201 version rather than the tf300 version?
I like several of the asus apps. Can I install those on any of the KK versions?
Hubby was also wondering which kernel would give the best wifi and speed?

JoanneDisFan said:
Thanks Josh.
I'm learning towards either the Cromi-X or Crombi-KK. Are both still being developed? Is there a benefit to sticking with the TF201 version rather than the tf300 version?
I like several of the asus apps. Can I install those on any of the KK versions?
Hubby was also wondering which kernel would give the best wifi and speed?
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I would say that Cromi-X is close to the end of is development life, but having said that if there are bugs I know @sbdags would take care of them
WIth this ROM everything would be just like it is now fully supported dock all the asus apps.. etc .....
With Crombi-kk is still very much under development. But things are not quite as refined in this one, the dock has some small bugs
and there is an Asus app zip that can be flashed and will give you the stock Asus back
If you decide to go with Cromi-X i would choose _that's kernel for sure ...
If going with Crombi-kk I think that Grimlocks kernel is a very good one ...
I think that answers all your questions , nice post thx for that :good:
and always Thx Josh

So I've decided to go with Crombi-KK for the 201. I'm following the install instructions on the link you posted but running into a problem. I have the BL installed at TWRP 2.7 but when I try and do ads push of the crombi I get an error: device not found but if I do fastboot devices I do find my device.

JoanneDisFan said:
So I've decided to go with Crombi-KK for the 201. I'm following the install instructions on the link you posted but running into a problem. I have the BL installed at TWRP 2.7 but when I try and do ads push of the crombi I get an error: device not found but if I do fastboot devices I do find my device.
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are you running the adb command from recovery ?

lj50036 said:
are you running the adb command from recovery ?
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Not sure. I try to do it at the screen that gives me recovery as well at android to boot into. How would I get into adb in twrp?

JoanneDisFan said:
Not sure. I try to do it at the screen that gives me recovery as well at android to boot into. How would I get into adb in twrp?
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Can you boot into twrp ?

lj50036 said:
Can you boot into twrp ?
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Yes I can get TWRP up.

JoanneDisFan said:
Yes I can get TWRP up.
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Found ADB sideload under advanced. Used sideload rather than push and it's now moving

JoanneDisFan said:
Found ADB sideload under advanced. Used sideload rather than push and it's now moving
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Okay I take that back. It load 2-3% then I get the error: failed to write data ' protocol fault <No status>'

JoanneDisFan said:
Found ADB sideload under advanced. Used sideload rather than push and it's now moving
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Well we need to get adb and fastboot working ....
Have you ever used G+ to do screenshare ?
Let me know
Thx Josh

No never have done a screen share. I'm starting with making sure I have the current version of adb. Downlaoding SDK at the moment. Fastboot worked fine.

JoanneDisFan said:
No never have done a screen share. I'm starting with making sure I have the current version of adb. Downlaoding SDK at the moment. Fastboot worked fine.
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If you would like any help with getting adb working shoot me a hangouts at
[email protected]
thx Josh
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Hey XDA, This one has me doing some reading, The driver would install and the adb devices would show the device, but when we tried to push it would give us a "failed protocol"
I am sure this is a windows issue and I am just not the best with windows. Yes we had the CMD opened as admin, and everything looks good ....
I am doing some more reading myself....
Thx Josh

A quick update whats been happening. Tried to install via sdcard only to have that not mount. So went to fastboot and loaded my stock boot loader. Went back into TWRP and it could find my sdcard. Installed from the SDcard the HB BL, then installed TWRP 2.7, then install crombi-kk. I'm still doing the install, but it's working.

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[Q] Someone Please Help Me!!! :)

Okay so I received an Asus Transformer Prime tf201 yesterday. This morning I was able to unlock it, root it, and then I wanted to install the latest nightly of CM10 (24th). After I saw that it was indeed rooted I booted into twrp and in Wipe I did Factory Reset, System, Internal Storage (wanted to get rid of the pictures, etc. from previous owner). I had CM10 latest nightly and gapps both on my External SD Card so I knew I wasn't removing those.
Anyway after clicking on Install and then Using external SD I selected the zip of CM10 and swiped to confirm flash. It does well for about 2 or 3 minutes (the blue bar even shows progress) and then it comes up with the message E:Unable to mount '/staging'.
Please please tell me I did not mess up my Prime when I just got it???!!! Anyone that can help please help as soon as possible as I am really wanting to play with this after all the fantastic reviews I have heard. You would have my eternal gratitude and if it is not wrong to do this I will even donate via PayPal to the person that can help me "fix" my Prime.
Please KNOW I have been looking for answers to this for HOURS today and still haven't found anything to help me. I am really hoping some genius on XDA can help me.
alias4ever said:
Okay so I received an Asus Transformer Prime tf201 yesterday. This morning I was able to unlock it, root it, and then I wanted to install the latest nightly of CM10 (24th). After I saw that it was indeed rooted I booted into twrp and in Wipe I did Factory Reset, System, Internal Storage (wanted to get rid of the pictures, etc. from previous owner). I had CM10 latest nightly and gapps both on my External SD Card so I knew I wasn't removing those.
Anyway after clicking on Install and then Using external SD I selected the zip of CM10 and swiped to confirm flash. It does well for about 2 or 3 minutes (the blue bar even shows progress) and then it comes up with the message E:Unable to mount '/staging'.
Please please tell me I did not mess up my Prime when I just got it???!!! Anyone that can help please help as soon as possible as I am really wanting to play with this after all the fantastic reviews I have heard. You would have my eternal gratitude and if it is not wrong to do this I will even donate via PayPal to the person that can help me "fix" my Prime.
Please KNOW I have been looking for answers to this for HOURS today and still haven't found anything to help me. I am really hoping some genius on XDA can help me.
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Did you check in twrp under the mounts button? I don't have my prime with me atm but I know there is a mounts section either on the first screen or under advanced may be....
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Did you check in twrp under the mounts button? I don't have my prime with me atm but I know there is a mounts section either on the first screen or under advanced may be....
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Yeahup I tried mounting everything and then unmounting everything to try and get it to work. What should be mounted/unmounted and selected on either SD Card or Internal? THANKS!
alias4ever said:
Yeahup I tried mounting everything and then unmounting everything to try and get it to work. What should be mounted/unmounted and selected on either SD Card or Internal? THANKS!
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Mine, the radio button for external is on, you could try the terminal under advanced button...command would be something like su then enter and then mount /staging or something like that.... you may want to check the command exactly, my terminal skills are limited...
alias4ever said:
Yeahup I tried mounting everything and then unmounting everything to try and get it to work. What should be mounted/unmounted and selected on either SD Card or Internal? THANKS!
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Probably running TRWP 2.3.x.x, right? Some others had this same problem with the TF300 and switched back to TWRP 2.2.2.1 and their ROM flashed just fine. Might be worth a shot.
tedr108 said:
Probably running TRWP 2.3.x.x, right? Some others had this same problem with the TF300 and switched back to TWRP 2.2.2.1 and their ROM flashed just fine. Might be worth a shot.
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Isn't 2.3 for the JB bootloader and 2.2 for ics though?
Gage_Hero said:
Isn't 2.3 for the JB bootloader and 2.2 for ics though?
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No, there is a 2.3 for both ics and jb bootloaders ... I THINK that 2.2 was ics only (can't remember for sure). If he was loading the CM10 nightly, he should have had an ics bootloader, or it would not have run.
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Isn't 2.3 for the JB bootloader and 2.2 for ics though?
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You do bring up a good point, though ... if his TFP had a JB OTA, he could have the jb bootloader! Alias, you need to check these types of things out before moving forward.
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No, there is a 2.3 for both ics and jb bootloaders ... I THINK that 2.2 was ics only (can't remember for sure). If he was loading the CM10 nightly, he should have had an ics bootloader, or it would not have run.
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You do bring up a good point, though ... if his TFP had a JB OTA, he could have the jb bootloader! Alias, you need to check these types of things out before moving forward.
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I had the JB OTA before starting I do know that. Would have kept it if I didn't love CM so much! So would I just install twrp 2.2 through fastboot then like I did the 2.3.1.0 that I have now? Or is there another way I can do this? Thank you BOTH for your help! It is much appreciated! :good:
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I had the JB OTA before starting I do know that. Would have kept it if I didn't love CM so much! So would I just install twrp 2.2 through fastboot then like I did the 2.3.1.0 that I have now? Or is there another way I can do this? Thank you BOTH for your help! It is much appreciated! :good:
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If you had the JB bootloader before, then you surely still have it. You would not change your bootloader by flashing a CM10 nightly ROM. The only way that I know of for you to go back to an ICS bootloader is with nvflash. If nvflash was not on your TFP when you got it, you won't be getting it anytime soon, because it cannot be installed with a JB bootloader on your TFP.
Which TWRP 2.3.1 did you load? The JB version?
The CM10 nightlies are not currently compatible with a JB bootloader, so you had no hope of running it. That may very well have caused your staging error, but I am not sure. Since you apparently have a JB bootloader, you would have to flash an appropriate ROM, like Craig Gomez' (here). But, only the JB version of TWRP 2.3.1 will work for you, as far as I know. So, I'm thinking you must have loaded the correct one.
I cannot be 100% sure that you have the JB bootloader. I hope you are sure that your TFP was updated to JB by an Asus update (OTA).
If I were you, I'd make a plan of action and post it here. Be patient and wait for a response, before moving forward. Good luck with this.
alias4ever said:
I had the JB OTA before starting I do know that. Would have kept it if I didn't love CM so much! So would I just install twrp 2.2 through fastboot then like I did the 2.3.1.0 that I have now? Or is there another way I can do this? Thank you BOTH for your help! It is much appreciated! :good:
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the only way back to an ics bootloader it through nvflash... if you didn't do nvflash before you started with JB then you are stuck using jb roms only I think.....you could try hairy bean .....
tedr108 said:
If you had the JB bootloader before, then you surely still have it. You would not change your bootloader by flashing a CM10 nightly ROM. The only way that I know of for you to go back to an ICS bootloader is with nvflash. If nvflash was not on your TFP when you got it, you won't be getting it anytime soon, because it cannot be installed with a JB bootloader on your TFP.
Which TWRP 2.3.1 did you load? The JB version?
The CM10 nightlies are not currently compatible with a JB bootloader, so you had no hope of running it. That may very well have caused your staging error, but I am not sure. Since you apparently have a JB bootloader, you would have to flash an appropriate ROM, like Craig Gomez' (here). But, only the JB version of TWRP 2.3.1 will work for you, as far as I know. So, I'm thinking you must have loaded the correct one.
I cannot be 100% sure that you have the JB bootloader. I hope you are sure that your TFP was updated to JB by an Asus update (OTA).
If I were you, I'd make a plan of action and post it here. Be patient and wait for a response, before moving forward. Good luck with this.
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Okay let's see if I can get this is all right. I have The JB version of TWRP 2.3.1. As for running a different ROM I tried the Unofficial one you listed and it still gives me the Unable to mount 'staging/' error. It first says it is verifying the signature then update package, then it says Updating partition details and that is when it comes to the staging error. :crying:
I am 110% positive that my TFP was updated to JB by the Asus update (OTA). Thanks again for the suggestions hopefully someone out there will suggest something.
What about doing the PRIME FULL WIPE that someone suggests here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1670824 Then trying to install the Unofficial CM10 with the JB Bootloader? Anyone know if this would work?
alias4ever said:
Okay let's see if I can get this is all right. I have The JB version of TWRP 2.3.1. As for running a different ROM I tried the Unofficial one you listed and it still gives me the Unable to mount 'staging/' error. It first says it is verifying the signature then update package, then it says Updating partition details and that is when it comes to the staging error. :crying:
I am 110% positive that my TFP was updated to JB by the Asus update (OTA). Thanks again for the suggestions hopefully someone out there will suggest something.
What about doing the PRIME FULL WIPE that someone suggests here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1670824 Anyone know if this would work?
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I wouldn't try the full wipe... what I would try is the fix permissions button under advanced.... failing that... I would try fastboot install of twrp 2.3 again (instructions on the twrp OP).... it is like you don't have rights to write to the staging partition...
Read this thread... this guy was in the same boat... page 2 post 19 is where he fixed it....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942927&highlight=unable+to+mount+staging&page=2
@Alias -- I was really hoping the JB bootloader ROMs would do it for you.
This right here is excellent advice from Gage_Hero:
Gage_Hero said:
I wouldn't try the full wipe... what I would try is the fix permissions button under advanced.... failing that... I would try fastboot install of twrp 2.3 again (instructions on the twrp OP).... it is like you don't have rights to write to the staging partition...
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If this does not work, I am at a loss of how to recreate the Staging partition (and perhaps others), but there is probably a way.
Gage_Hero said:
I wouldn't try the full wipe... what I would try is the fix permissions button under advanced.... failing that... I would try fastboot install of twrp 2.3 again (instructions on the twrp OP).... it is like you don't have rights to write to the staging partition...
Read this thread... this guy was in the same boat... page 2 post 19 is where he fixed it....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942927&highlight=unable+to+mount+staging&page=2
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You are an ABSOLUTE GENIUS! I remember reading that post of the guy in the same boat and honestly did not think it would work for me because I kept trying to install the different ROM's but it WORKED! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to you and everyone else for their suggestions! @Gage, can I send you a little thank you on PayPal??? Thank you so MUCH AGAIN! I can't thank you enough...
Now do I dare flash the CM10 Unofficial with the JB Boatloader through GooManager??? :silly:
alias4ever said:
You are an ABSOLUTE GENIUS! I remember reading that post of the guy in the same boat and honestly did not think it would work for me because I kept trying to install the different ROM's but it WORKED! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to you and everyone else for their suggestions! @Gage, can I send you a little thank you on PayPal??? Thank you so MUCH AGAIN! I can't thank you enough...
Now do I dare flash the CM10 Unofficial with the JB Boatloader through GooManager??? :silly:
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Glad to get you up and running again just do yourself a favor before you try cm10.... make a backup... or 2 I never used cm on my tab but did it on my phone.... when I restored... I had to do it twice... not sure if that is the case with the prime or not ... but if it is a JB bootloader then you should be okay... I like flashing through twrp though .. never did a rom through goo... but I am sure it works...
I need a little more help now. I went to boot into TWRP last night and I just got the dead Andy. Does that mean that putting this stock JB back on my TFP I have lost my TWRP recovery?
My TFP is rooted though as I have SU in my app drawer and I installed Titanium Backup just fine. I just wanted to make a couple of backups of my TFP (one to save on my PC and one to save on my TFP's External SD. So my question is can I reinstall my TWRP through Fastboot like I did before even with it rooted? First time I did it I followed these instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pW05Jf87dg&feature=plcp
But upon further reading it states that people have had problems installing JB ROMs with using the 2.3 or 2.3.1 version so should I install the 2.2 version? Please someone help me yet again possibly??? THANKS!
alias4ever said:
I need a little more help now. I went to boot into TWRP last night and I just got the dead Andy. Does that mean that putting this stock JB back on my TFP I have lost my TWRP recovery?
My TFP is rooted though as I have SU in my app drawer and I installed Titanium Backup just fine. I just wanted to make a couple of backups of my TFP (one to save on my PC and one to save on my TFP's External SD. So my question is can I reinstall my TWRP through Fastboot like I did before even with it rooted? First time I did it I followed these instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pW05Jf87dg&feature=plcp
But upon further reading it states that people have had problems installing JB ROMs with using the 2.3 or 2.3.1 version so should I install the 2.2 version? Please someone help me yet again possibly??? THANKS!
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I think people have had issues installing 2.2 on the JB bootloader I would fastboot install 2.3.1 there is no reason it shouldn't work..... I think there is some disconnect between twrp and some of the jb roms as some devs are including twrp in their install like Mr.Wookie over at team wookie.....
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I think people have had issues installing 2.2 on the JB bootloader I would fastboot install 2.3.1 there is no reason it shouldn't work..... I think there is some disconnect between twrp and some of the jb roms as some devs are including twrp in their install like Mr.Wookie over at team wookie.....
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Okay so I went ahead and have redone TWRP 2.3.1 via Fastboot. I then did a backup of my ROM twice onto my External SD card. After that I did a a Factory Reset through TWRP of course and then installed the Unofficial CM10 with JB Bootloader. I still got the E:can not mount '/staging' but I went ahead and installed the Gapps that was listed on the thread as well and then wiped davlik cache and regular cache. Rebooted and I am VERY HAPPY to say it FINALLY worked this time!
I was ecstatic to see that CyanogenMod symbol come up. I made sure to wait 10 minutes to let the ROM settle before doing anything and it looks very nice!
I am confused as to why it worked the second time or even worked with the staging error as well when it didn't last time. Maybe because I didn't do the wipe Internal in TWRP? Who knows all I know is my Asus is working wonderfully and I am SO HAPPY to have it back! Thank you again everyone for all your help, I LOVE THIS FORUM! :laugh: :good:
alias4ever said:
Okay so I went ahead and have redone TWRP 2.3.1 via Fastboot. I then did a backup of my ROM twice onto my External SD card. After that I did a a Factory Reset through TWRP of course and then installed the Unofficial CM10 with JB Bootloader. I still got the E:can not mount '/staging' but I went ahead and installed the Gapps that was listed on the thread as well and then wiped davlik cache and regular cache. Rebooted and I am VERY HAPPY to say it FINALLY worked this time!
I was ecstatic to see that CyanogenMod symbol come up. I made sure to wait 10 minutes to let the ROM settle before doing anything and it looks very nice!
I am confused as to why it worked the second time or even worked with the staging error as well when it didn't last time. Maybe because I didn't do the wipe Internal in TWRP? Who knows all I know is my Asus is working wonderfully and I am SO HAPPY to have it back! Thank you again everyone for all your help, I LOVE THIS FORUM! :laugh: :good:
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Good to hear.... not sure if your aware or not but with a decent backup ( I do one everytime I think I am going to try something foolish) even if you do a wipe, as long as you can reach twrp you can restore the prime to it's state before you started messing with it....

crap....I am in trouble

Hey all,
I was flashing a new rom and ran into some issues.
I have the new rom on the SD Card, but when I go into TWRP (2.2.0) and go to install,
I can not access the SD card. It shows in the tree, but it is not showing anything on it. I have accidently removed my backup by doing a wipe on everything. Am I done and have to replace it ?
zosopage said:
Hey all,
I was flashing a new rom and ran into some issues.
I have the new rom on the SD Card, but when I go into TWRP (2.2.0) and go to install,
I can not access the SD card. It shows in the tree, but it is not showing anything on it. I have accidently removed my backup by doing a wipe on everything. Am I done and have to replace it ?
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You should be ok at the moment but we are going to take this one step at a time.
I need to know what bootloader you are on before we progress.
Power off the machine and hold down power down and volume down the same time for about 10 seconds until the icons appear on your screen (usb icon, wipe etc) look up the top left of your screen and there will be text with a long number at the end, it will either start with a 9 or a 10. What is this number?
Also what rom do you want to put on ?
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You should be ok at the moment but we are going to take this one step at a time.
I need to know what bootloader you are on before we progress.
Power off the machine and hold down power down and volume down the same time for about 10 seconds until the icons appear on your screen (usb icon, wipe etc) look up the top left of your screen and there will be text with a long number at the end, it will either start with a 9 or a 10. What is this number?
Also what rom do you want to put on ?
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I was running cm10 for a helluva long time, but was doing this energy one. states bootloader 2.10 e?
zosopage said:
I was running cm10 for a helluva long time, but was doing this energy one. states bootloader 2.10 e?
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Hmmm that is not really what I was after.. Let's try another way as I think you will be on ICS bootloader if running an old version of CM10,
Switch on machine and tell me where the Tegra logo is. If it down the bottom center it is ICS bootloader, if it is down the bottom right it is JB bootloader.
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Hmmm that is not really what I was after.. Let's try another way as I think you will be on ICS bootloader if running an old version of CM10,
Switch on machine and tell me where the Tegra logo is. If it down the bottom center it is ICS bootloader, if it is down the bottom right it is JB bootloader.
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Powered by Nvidia Tegra, bottom center
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Powered by Nvidia Tegra, bottom center
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Ok, you are still on ICS bootloader.
First of all I would do the nvflash process if you haven't before. http://androidroot.mobi/t3_nvflash/ This can only be done while on ICS and once you have backed up the files created during the process you can never fully hard brick your device.
Then to get you up to the new rom.
Grab the ICS TWRP UPDATER.zip from this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34477681&postcount=5705 You will extract the zip file and run the bat file and follow the onscreen instructions to flash it. You will only ever use this once and will allow you to put the Jellybean bootloader and rom onto the external SD to flash it. Never use the file again once you have flashed the Jellybean bootloader as it will brick you. You will flash a JB version of TWRP after the JB bootloader has been installed.
After that is installed you want to go to post 2 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674827 and follow the insructions for "Upgrade Instructions for ICS"
If you wanted to install energy rom instead of Hairybean just replace the hairybean 1.51 rom in the instructions with energy rom and do the same.
flumpster said:
Ok, you are still on ICS bootloader.
First of all I would do the nvflash process if you haven't before. http://androidroot.mobi/t3_nvflash/ This can only be done while on ICS and once you have backed up the files created during the process you can never fully hard brick your device.
Then to get you up to the new rom.
Grab the ICS TWRP UPDATER.zip from this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34477681&postcount=5705 You will extract the zip file and run the bat file and follow the onscreen instructions to flash it. You will only ever use this once and will allow you to put the Jellybean bootloader and rom onto the external SD to flash it. Never use the file again once you have flashed the Jellybean bootloader as it will brick you. You will flash a JB version of TWRP after the JB bootloader has been installed.
After that is installed you want to go to post 2 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674827 and follow the insructions for "Upgrade Instructions for ICS"
If you wanted to install energy rom instead of Hairybean just replace the hairybean 1.51 rom in the instructions with energy rom and do the same.
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Thanks for the help. I am trying to get into fastboot USB and the prime jst sits there. I am wondering if I don't have the drivers correct for windows XP. any idea where to get those?
zosopage said:
Thanks for the help. I am trying to get into fastboot USB and the prime jst sits there. I am wondering if I don't have the drivers correct for windows XP. any idea where to get those?
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When you click up on the USB icon and it says entering fastboot mode and freezes that is normal. That means you are in fastboot.
Look in device manager and see if you have any exclamation marks by anything, if you do then you don't have the drivers installed.
Get them here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426502
Thank you so very much. You saved me tremendously. The ROM is being installed right now and seems to be going fine. And as a plus, I have a pretty cool Recovery now...I was originally thinking that I was going to have to figure out how to explain to the wife that I broke my tab and was going to have to get a nexus 10...
UPDATE, ROM installned and booting right now...now to restore all my apps...
A great learning experience....
Z
zosopage said:
Thank you so very much. You saved me tremendously. The ROM is being installed right now and seems to be going fine. And as a plus, I have a pretty cool Recovery now...I was originally thinking that I was going to have to figure out how to explain to the wife that I broke my tab and was going to have to get a nexus 10...
UPDATE, ROM installned and booting right now...now to restore all my apps...
A great learning experience....
Z
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I'm guessing you installed my custom TWRP that looks like JB
Glad you got it all sorted mate.. Enjoy
flumpster said:
I'm guessing you installed my custom TWRP that looks like JB
Glad you got it all sorted mate.. Enjoy
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thanks... now I feel like an idiot as I installed a rom that you are not part of... now that I figured out that 2.12.12 means DEC 2, 2012.. I am going to try the one that you are connected with... thanks again!
Z
zosopage said:
thanks... now I feel like an idiot as I installed a rom that you are not part of... now that I figured out that 2.12.12 means DEC 2, 2012.. I am going to try the one that you are connected with... thanks again!
Z
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It doesn't matter which rom you install mate. I knew you wanted to install Energy rom when you started and it makes no difference to me.
Energy and Hairybean are both great roms and both based off stock just that Hairybean looks more like stock and Energy is themed.
Try them both and find which one suits you best
Unbrick Prime
It sounds like you have some good help here and hopefully you can get through this problem.. I just wanted to drop my two cents. Good thing to remember is to be on the latest Recovery (as you mentioned TWRP, make sure its always the latest esp. when flashing JB ROM's). Also if you can't unbrick it, head over to this thread here and here where I personally had a lot of assistance unbricking my Prime from a hard brick using nvflash. Good luck.

Problem with new TWRP version - need help

I have been running hariybean 2.31 for quite some time but saw some kitkat based roms are now available so I thought I would try on out. As a precursor, I had to upgrade my TWRP to the 2.6.3 version that supports KK. I did the upgrade using the terminal emulator method and it seems to have installed correctly but now, when I start recovery, it asks for a password to contiue. If you cancel out of it, then you do not have access to the partitions and I assume they are encrypted.
I cannot find a password listed anywhere, nor did i set one on my machine. I am rooted currently and unlocked. I also tried to downgrade TWRP back to the 2.5.0.0 version but i cant seem to do that either, it seems to instal, but when I go back into recovery, it is still the 2.6.3.0 version.
Can anybody help me? want to either get the password, disable the password (without loosing my data) or downgrade back to a version that will not request a password.
Detailed steps to accomplish any of the above would be greatly appriceiated!
jismail said:
I have been running hariybean 2.31 for quite some time but saw some kitkat based roms are now available so I thought I would try on out. As a precursor, I had to upgrade my TWRP to the 2.6.3 version that supports KK. I did the upgrade using the terminal emulator method and it seems to have installed correctly but now, when I start recovery, it asks for a password to contiue. If you cancel out of it, then you do not have access to the partitions and I assume they are encrypted.
I cannot find a password listed anywhere, nor did i set one on my machine. I am rooted currently and unlocked. I also tried to downgrade TWRP back to the 2.5.0.0 version but i cant seem to do that either, it seems to instal, but when I go back into recovery, it is still the 2.6.3.0 version.
Can anybody help me? want to either get the password, disable the password (without loosing my data) or downgrade back to a version that will not request a password.
Detailed steps to accomplish any of the above would be greatly appriceiated!
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This is all down to a lack of reading mate. What does the disclaimer say in the hairybean thread under the big red writing saying "read everything carefully"
flumpster said:
This is all down to a lack of reading mate. What does the disclaimer say in the hairybean thread under the big red writing saying "read everything carefully"
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Couldn't he use the NVFlash Guide and put the Flatline_TF300.img back onto the device?
feyerbrand said:
Couldn't he use the NVFlash Guide and put the Flatline_TF300.img back onto the device?
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Does he have his nvflash backups? I didn't notice him post that.
He needs to try the following and try to get back on the correct TWRP for that bootloader before downgrading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40149294&postcount=8
If neither of them work for him then he can still be fixed but I'm gonna need to wipe the machine.
flumpster said:
Does he have his nvflash backups? I didn't notice him post that.
He needs to try the following and try to get back on the correct TWRP for that bootloader before downgrading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40149294&postcount=8
If neither of them work for him then he can still be fixed but I'm gonna need to wipe the machine.
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I'm going to be honest with you, the reason I was interested is I made the bonehead mistake of not downgrading to 4.1 before attempting to flash the KK twrp. Looks like the link you sent fixed the recovery just fine without needing NVFlash (At least in my case) if only I knew how to actually develop roms better. I want a 4.4.2 Linaro AOSP ROM with ART optimization (Or Vanir) for the Prime on the 4.2 bootloader... that would be pretty awesome.
feyerbrand said:
I'm going to be honest with you, the reason I was interested is I made the bonehead mistake of not downgrading to 4.1 before attempting to flash the KK twrp. Looks like the link you sent fixed the recovery just fine without needing NVFlash (At least in my case) if only I knew how to actually develop roms better. I want a 4.4.2 Linaro AOSP ROM with ART optimization (Or Vanir) for the Prime on the 4.2 bootloader... that would be pretty awesome.
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It really isn't as hard as everyone thinks if you know your way around linux a little bit. Glad you're fixed anyway and bloody read next time
Thanks for the replies so far. I now have made things even worse by using wipe in TWRP and now the OS is gone I have tried using the fastboot -I 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob as suggested and it says it is writing it, but when it is done, it restarts into the same TWRP 2.6.3.0 version everytime. I have no data on the tablet that isn't already backed up (but I don't have NVflash) so I don't care how deep It needs to be formatted to get it back online again.
Any further suggestions or steps to take? I have ADB and Fastboot access but that seems to be all......
sheesh... all I wanted to do was try out KK
jismail said:
Thanks for the replies so far. I now have made things even worse by using wipe in TWRP and now the OS is gone I have tried using the fastboot -I 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob as suggested and it says it is writing it, but when it is done, it restarts into the same TWRP 2.6.3.0 version everytime. I have no data on the tablet that isn't already backed up (but I don't have NVflash) so I don't care how deep It needs to be formatted to get it back online again.
Any further suggestions or steps to take? I have ADB and Fastboot access but that seems to be all......
sheesh... all I wanted to do was try out KK
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Follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409602
Where is says to use the TF300 stock blob just use the prime stock blob instead.
flumpster said:
Follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409602
Where is says to use the TF300 stock blob just use the prime stock blob instead.
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I finally got it back.
Did this list of commands:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
and that allowed me to overwrite the TWRP 2.6.3.0 and thus unencrypt the storage finally and then I just reinstalled the Harirybean zip again.
Thanks so much for all the help!
flumpster said:
It really isn't as hard as everyone thinks if you know your way around linux a little bit. Glad you're fixed anyway and bloody read next time
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I do know a bit around linux, I have been using Ubuntu for about 3 years but not super familiar with things. I know basic commands in terminal and I know how to Google really well haha. Any chance you could PM me a list of starter guides because I really am interested in doing new development for the Prime. I am not getting a tablet anytime soon... due to money concerns and the fact that I just like the transformer series.
feyerbrand said:
I do know a bit around linux, I have been using Ubuntu for about 3 years but not super familiar with things. I know basic commands in terminal and I know how to Google really well haha. Any chance you could PM me a list of starter guides because I really am interested in doing new development for the Prime. I am not getting a tablet anytime soon... due to money concerns and the fact that I just like the transformer series.
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I would advise not starting with a rom but starting with an app to get yourself used to using toolchains etc.
Take a look at compiling your own version of Gotham XBMC to get you started, the instructions on that are pretty good and straight forward.
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/docs/README.android
flumpster said:
I would advise not starting with a rom but starting with an app to get yourself used to using toolchains etc.
Take a look at compiling your own version of Gotham XBMC to get you started, the instructions on that are pretty good and straight forward.
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/docs/README.android
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Awesome I will get cracking on that over the weekend. I will see how that treats me and if it goes well I will let you know and see if I could be your padawan learner and hopefully build a vanilla Linaro AOSP Rom for the 4.2 bootloader some day.
The blob file helped a lot and I'm back with a working TWRP! Great work - thanks again!
But I'm kind of scared and confused right now, regarding KitKat ROMs. Do I really need NVFlash?
I guess the right road 2 kitkat would be:
1. downgrade my bootloader
2. install flatline & nvflash
3. install cw recovery?
4. install kitkat roms?
There is also KitKat TWRP - is this the right way?
Like I said - I'm super confused. ^^
wolwe said:
The blob file helped a lot and I'm back with a working TWRP! Great work - thanks again!
But I'm kind of scared and confused right now, regarding KitKat ROMs. Do I really need NVFlash?
I guess the right road 2 kitkat would be:
1. downgrade my bootloader
2. install flatline & nvflash
3. install cw recovery?
4. install kitkat roms?
There is also KitKat TWRP - is this the right way?
Like I said - I'm super confused. ^^
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You are on Hairybean 2.31 at the moment? If so there are instructions somewhere in the hairybean thread on how to do nvflash backups while on there. Search is down at the moment so I can't find it for you.
flumpster said:
You are on Hairybean 2.31 at the moment? If so there are instructions somewhere in the hairybean thread on how to do nvflash backups while on there. Search is down at the moment so I can't find it for you.
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AndroWook Hairybean 2.31 yessir!
I think I found the tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407248&page=102
flumpster said:
You are on Hairybean 2.31 at the moment? If so there are instructions somewhere in the hairybean thread on how to do nvflash backups while on there. Search is down at the moment so I can't find it for you.
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eh, ok is there a guide how to unbrick my device with these files? ^^
this one seems to be very near but I'm not so sure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48948717&highlight=bricksafe+img#post48948717
wolwe said:
eh, ok is there a guide how to unbrick my device with these files? ^^
this one seems to be very near but I'm not so sure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48948717&highlight=bricksafe+img#post48948717
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927818&highlight=nvflash
flumpster said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927818&highlight=nvflash
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Allright, thanks a lot.
I'm now on ParanoidAndroid KitKat Rom via Voyagers TWRP Recovery. I'm curios how KitKat will perform on my TF201 over time.
Thanks for your help flumpster!

KatKiss Q&A TF201T

This is for 201 user running KatKiss android 5.0 !!!!!​
DEV THREAD
KatKiss-5.0_TF201T_014b_signed.zip​
The original thread this spinoffed from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/rom-t2932783
Couple of issues I've had as a newbie to flashing Androids, I hope I get these right. I already wrote about these in the Q&A, but I think we could start the thread with these:
1) You must upgrade you're bootloader. The last OTA was 4.1.1 (?), you need 4.2.1. Without upgrading, the device will try to boot but after a minute or two, it will reboot over and over again. I used instructions from CROMBi-kk http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2773812#4. EDIT: or just follow lj50036's instructions below in #3
2) Do not install K.A.T apps. Or if you had it in your KatKiss 4.4, do not restore it from the backups. I had lagginess, short and permanent freezes, reboots. After removing it, TF201 has worked like a charm. EDIT: May have been a coincidence...
The boost in stock OTA Android from Asus is huge. The device responds immediately to touch and is way faster than I could have ever hoped. Thank you timduru and others involved!
lj50036 said:
UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS, STEP BY STEP​
This may help
Starting from a stock bootloader V 10.4.2.18
What you will need
Woking fastboot & adb / SDcard optional
TWRP for a 201 = twrp_tf201t.blob
@ne0zone75 TWRP for the 300 = ne0zone75_tf300t.blob
HairyBean BL & TWRP: This is effectively turn your 201 into a 300 <---- which is a flashable zip inside the zip that you downloasd
All 3 of the above file are in a zip in the Download section @ the top of every page of the thread ...... THIS ZIP IS NOT FLASHABLE...Your must unzip it to get to the real files !!! The name of this zip is
upgrade_tf201_to_tf300t.zip
foo 201 ROM zip
A fully charged tablet
All the above files in the same directory as your fastboot.exe (if using windows) In your home folder on linux....
The process
Lets start with the TWRP recovery for the 201, let flash it with fastboot...
Power your tablet off and with the [ VOL DOWN & POWER ] buttons boot the tablet into the bootloader
Once there [ VOL DOWN ] untill the green box is on the USB ICON then [ VOL UP ] to select fastboot
Let make sure your PC can see your tablet with this command.
Code:
fastboot devices
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp_tf201t.blob
Then
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot-bootloader
[ VOL UP ] ON RCK to enter recovery
Once in TWRP check to see if adb is working...
Code:
adb devices
Ok now that we know that is working let go ahead and push the HairyBean BL onto the tablet
Code:
adb push HairyBean_Bootloader_TWRP2.5.zip /sdcard
Now under the install tab in TWRP fine the folder and flash it....
reboot once it has fishined..If ask to install SuperUser say NO..........
LET THE BLUE BAR FILL !!!!!!!!! Once it has finished it will reboot into Hairybean TWRP....
Once booted into recovery, run this command to boot into fastboot
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
You will see that the USB icon is missing now, this is good... If you still see the USB icon DON'T go to the next step
Now lets flash @ne0zone75 TWRP recovery
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery ne0zone75_tf300t.blob
Once that has finished let reboot into bootloader
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot-bootloader
Now enter recovery....
Make sure its verison 2.7.1.0
Go to Wipe////Format Data////Type yes
This can take up to 90 mins to format
DO NOT INTERRUPT THE FORMAT !!!!!!!
Now lets push foo.zip onto your tab
Code:
adb push foo.zip /sdcard
Find it under the install tab and flash it..
REBOOT into android, first boot can take up to 15 minutes
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Thx Josh
apartypooper said:
2) Do not install K.A.T apps. Or if you had it in your KatKiss 4.4, do not restore it from the backups. I had lagginess, short and permanent freezes, reboots. After removing it, TF201 has worked like a charm.
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I doubt that it was the app causing that,
but Lollipop is only supported since the version 2.0.1 of the K.A.T app,
so if you want it to work that's definitely the one you need to use, and not restore an older version.
For the freezes that were discussed in the previous thread, I've noticed it happens alot when using the browser .
random reboots
Big fan of all the developers keeping the prime alive, thankyou very much.
Very glad this Q&A has been opened, not got many posts so cant post on developer parts.
Usually find answers by reading, but realized thats just not enough any more, got to help the developers, if they are still willing to help us.
As it is written everywhere that most of the developers no longer have a tf201.
So ive been reading up on getting logcats, kmsg etc.
If their is anything i can post here, please let me know.
Been getting a few random reboots myself.
Thanks again
goosebickel said:
Big fan of all the developers keeping the prime alive, thankyou very much.
Very glad this Q&A has been opened, not got many posts so cant post on developer parts.
Usually find answers by reading, but realized thats just not enough any more, got to help the developers, if they are still willing to help us.
As it is written everywhere that most of the developers no longer have a tf201.
So ive been reading up on getting logcats, kmsg etc.
If their is anything i can post here, please let me know.
Been getting a few random reboots myself.
Thanks again
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After one of these random reboot can you post a last_kmsg plz...
Let the tab boot after said random reboot and run this command from terminal ....
Code:
adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
Thx Josh
lj50036 said:
After one of these random reboot can you post a last_kmsg plz...
Let the tab boot after said random reboot and run this command from terminal ....
Code:
adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
Thx Josh
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It wouldn't let me upload as txt file, so i stuck it in a zip
Hope it helps
timduru said:
I doubt that it was the app causing that,
but Lollipop is only supported since the version 2.0.1 of the K.A.T app,
so if you want it to work that's definitely the one you need to use, and not restore an older version.
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You're probably right. I installed KatKiss a week ago and it had been unstable and laggy until I froze K.A.T with link2sd. I unfroze it now and everything seems fine. *knock knock*
The device froze twice a moment ago (before unfreezing K.A.T). According to logcat, the device registered pushing power buttons on both the tablet and keyboard, but the screen stayed frozen. I was able to restart the launcher (nova) from adb shell, but it froze again soon after. I now switched back to launcher3, lets see if works better
goosebickel said:
It wouldn't let me upload as txt file, so i stuck it in a zip
Hope it helps
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The first thing that needs to happen is I need to work on a zImage + ramdisk ......
I am working on this as we speak ..... :good:
Thx Josh
camera logcat
Camera boots up fine but crashes when photo is taken.
Got a logcat if it helps
Thanks again for all the help
goosebickel said:
Camera boots up fine but crashes when photo is taken.
Got a logcat if it helps
Thanks again for all the help
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Well I found this ....
The service starting ......
Code:
I/CameraService( 8115): CameraService started (pid=8115)
I/CameraService( 8115): Loaded "NVIDIA Development Platform Camera HAL" camera module
And the cam not liking this ....
Code:
E/NvOmxCamera( 8115): Could not get config for CONFIG_LENS_PHYSICAL_ATTR (80001001)
Lets see where this goes ..... :good:
Thx Josh
Bootlooping at this point.. Sometimes I don't get the last message but anyways it would not boot.
Maybe I don't have a compatible bootloader? I'm coming from PA 4.5, I'll give this a look tomorrow and see if I can get what's wrong
Enviado desde mi XT1068
zodiark said:
Bootlooping at this point.. Sometimes I don't get the last message but anyways it would not boot.
Maybe I don't have a compatible bootloader? I'm coming from PA 4.5, I'll give this a look tomorrow and see if I can get what's wrong
Enviado desde mi XT1068
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Well what is your bootloader version ?
That pic looks like the preinit from crombi ?
I am working on things as fast as I can .....
Let me put something together ...
Thx Josh
Yes, it's because of my bootloader, I need to update it to the 4.2 version.
I'll try to update it this afternoon, thanks for your help and your work!
Enviado desde mi XT1068
Will twrp 2.7 work in flashing this ROM, comparability pack, and gapps
Itzamistry said:
Will twrp 2.7 work in flashing this ROM, comparability pack, and gapps
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Yep that will do it for now ...
I am working on somethings ....
Should know more a bit later today ...
Thx Josh
Upgraded bootloader and reinstalled.. WOW! That's all I can say. It's fast, feels snappy, just amazing! It's like a new tablet.
Again thanks to everyone who made this ROM, very good job!
Has anyone tried using the ROM's encryption feature? I've had issues where the password/pin is not recognized in the past. Wondering if its a result of the custom 201/301 bootloader and recovery. Right now on tf201 with Twrp geass 2.7, geass v7 kernel and katkiss v36. Had PW issue with twrp 2.8.2
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
lj50036 said:
Yep that will do it for now ...
I am working on somethings ....
Should know more a bit later today ...
Thx Josh
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Im up for testing if you need a guinnie pig.

Question Fastboot Dilema's

I am facing a weird issue with fastboot not detecting my device.
USB is fine (as in I have other USB-C based devices, and they are detected just fine and am able to flash images just fine with them), ADB is fine, including all commands like sideload, etc...
I just get hung on <waiting on device> when I boot to bootloader mode... I am sure it's possible that I am simply doing it wrong... I generally just run adb reboot bootloader on other devices, and boom I was in fastboot mode.
What I'm trying to do is go back to stock... I'm on The Developer Preview 2 for 13 at the moment and am finding some deal breaking issues with a couple apps that I need.
kevp75 said:
I am facing a weird issue with fastboot not detecting my device.
USB is fine (as in I have other USB-C based devices, and they are detected just fine and am able to flash images just fine with them), ADB is fine, including all commands like sideload, etc...
I just get hung on <waiting on device> when I boot to bootloader mode... I am sure it's possible that I am simply doing it wrong... I generally just run adb reboot bootloader on other devices, and boom I was in fastboot mode.
What I'm trying to do is go back to stock... I'm on The Developer Preview 2 for 13 at the moment and am finding some deal breaking issues with a couple apps that I need.
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May be a driver problem. Do you have the latest of this installed?
why not show exactly what you are trying to do and what you get. copy paste what you see. then check version numbers of the tools you are using.
Lughnasadh said:
May be a driver problem. Do you have the latest of this installed?
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had a previous version installed. will check when I fire th PC back up tomorrow
Lughnasadh said:
May be a driver problem. Do you have the latest of this installed?
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It was exactly that. Going to have to bookmark that. I thought I had the latest installed (it was latest as of December lolol)
I do appreciate the help mate, now back to stock Rom for me... (got sick of A13 DP2's issues), plus now I can finally root this thing
kevp75 said:
It was exactly that. Going to have to bookmark that. I thought I had the latest installed (it was latest as of December lolol)
I do appreciate the help mate, now back to stock Rom for me... (got sick of A13 DP2's issues), plus now I can finally root this thing
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Awesome! Glad you got it going
Lughnasadh said:
Awesome! Glad you got it going
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You and me both lololol
I've been around these rooms a long long time, and this is the first device I've ever had issues like this with. Usually it's been a USB cable or port, but never a 3 month old driver lol
Now, that I'm back to stock, and rooted... maybe I can get some dev going

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