I assume this is the correct forum to post this message because it says Asus TF701t Q&A Help and Troubleshooting but I think I bricked my Asus Transformer TF701t.
When I tried to reinstall the CDROMIX Custom ROM it did not work, it said it was finished in less then 5 seconds and when I rebooted it went back to the recovery fast boot mode that has the 3 Icons and says Fast Boot at the top of the screen and when I selected Android of course it did not boot so I rebooted and selected the RCK Icon and it booted into TWRP custom recovery mode is and then I accidentally selected an older TWRP and flashed it to that and when I tried to go back to what I thought was the newest version of TWRP I had it now will not boot into TWRP it just hangs after I select the RCK Icon and NO I DID NOT Ever select Wipe Data from the white Wipe Data ICON after putting it in Recovery Mode that you get by holding down the vol down or left side of the volume rocker, I always used the TWRP Wipe Data method.
How do I start over from scratch if I can't boot the tablet to put it in USB debugging mode or check whatever Asus recovery mode I have?
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My TF701T started playing up today.
Basically It wouldn't go past the ASUS Splash screen. Just froze.
So I did the Power button Down volume thing. Tried RCK. It just hung.
So I powered down went back to the same menu and tried the middle icon (android). It just hung again.
Powered down, went to the three icons tried a Wipe data. It finished, rebooted and now it shows an android loading for 1 second and now displays a dead android. After about a minute it powers down.
I called ASUS help line, they cannot help me.
The only thing that gets a response from my tablet is holding power for 15+ seconds or Volume down + Power for 12 seconds.
Nothing else works. And the damn thing only had a one year warranty. Which ended Sept Last year.
Can something be done?
daldude786 said:
I assume this is the correct forum to post this message because it says Asus TF701t Q&A Help and Troubleshooting but I think I bricked my Asus Transformer TF701t.
When I tried to reinstall the CDROMIX Custom ROM it did not work, it said it was finished in less then 5 seconds and when I rebooted it went back to the recovery fast boot mode that has the 3 Icons and says Fast Boot at the top of the screen and when I selected Android of course it did not boot so I rebooted and selected the RCK Icon and it booted into TWRP custom recovery mode is and then I accidentally selected an older TWRP and flashed it to that and when I tried to go back to what I thought was the newest version of TWRP I had it now will not boot into TWRP it just hangs after I select the RCK Icon and NO I DID NOT Ever select Wipe Data from the white Wipe Data ICON after putting it in Recovery Mode that you get by holding down the vol down or left side of the volume rocker, I always used the TWRP Wipe Data method.
How do I start over from scratch if I can't boot the tablet to put it in USB debugging mode or check whatever Asus recovery mode I have?
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I fixed it, I was using either the wrong file or a corrupt ZIP file because I tried another zipped image and it installed ok and now my tablet is working but it's for the TF700t and says Asus TF700t in the About Tablet Tab but it seems to be working fine and must have been what I was using before so I guess everything is aal good now, I hope.
Now that I finally got the TF7000t and 701t thing all figured out and know that I have the tf700t how can I delete this posting so nobody will still think I need help with my Tablet? All I can do is edit it.
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Many people when they first get a Nexus device, choose to unlock the bootloader right away to prevent a mandatory data wipe if they unlock it later. Myself and a few others have encountered a bootloop after doing so. If this happens to you, follow these steps.
1) If your phone is stuck in a bootloop, Hold volume up, volume down & the power button until the phone turns off.
2) Wait a minute as trying to turn the phone back on may be unresponsive.
3) Hold volume up, volume down & power to boot into the bootloader.
4) Toggle to recovery and press the power button.
5) When you see the android laying down: press and hold the power button and immediately press volume up. It should open the menu.
6) Choose wipe data/factory reset. When completed the phone will reboot and should boot to the welcome screen
Hope this helps anyone who has this issue!
If I boot once, then reboot to boot loader then unlock will I be ok? I'm getting mine tomorrow.
Thanks for the heads up. I have no doubt that I will run into this issue and these instructions will help.
Zainiak said:
If I boot once, then reboot to boot loader then unlock will I be ok? I'm getting mine tomorrow.
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Yes.
Suppose that's from the update that happens when you first boot, we all know how well OTAs and unlocked bootloaders get along.
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This is related to the typical Nexus data partition situation: If the data partition is wiped, the partition needs to be regenerated in some fashion before it can be written to, and this can only be done by booting once into the OS. Recovery and bootloader are unable to complete this operation alone.
If you find yourself in the situation of having wiped both system and data, you must flash any bootable OS version to system & boot via fastboot, and boot into it once, before you will be able to install ROMs via recovery again.
This is very important and I do this with every Nexus device on first boot.
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This help, also had to format "data" because i skipped the first boot and installed the recovery right away
Thanks for this post
I booted mine straight to bootloader when it came and unlocked it with no problems. I wonder why this only happens sometimes?
did those of you who got a bootloop have to download/install the OTA when it finally booted?
To my understanding, what has happened to my phone is that it is trying to boot recovery while SafeStrap is getting in the way.
To walk through the process of what happened:
I used SafeStrap to install XNote and everything worked just fine, I used the updater script and everything.
I was in XNote and I was looking through all the settings when I accidentally pressed "Reboot to recovery"
The phone did the normal splash of "Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and had the blue "Recovery Booting" text at the top.
Of course then SafeStrap Decided to show up. All three of the following resulted in the phone failing to boot(black screen and it just sits there): Waiting for 10 seconds, Pressing "Continue" and pressing "Recovery"
I even tried booting into Download Mode to try and reset this, nothing seems to work and my phone will not start up.
I didn't realize download mode on this phone is actually only Volume Down, Home, and Power, and not Volume Up. I got it into download mode and rebooted. This post can be deleted now.
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Hello and greetings,
I am looking for some help from the gurus here.
I bought this S2 off of ebay, as broken, no power.
plugged in with adequate power supply, the power button was not responding.
I then tried launch recovery mode, and nothing.
Then I found that this tablet would start with download mode enabled.
naturally the battery was flat, but by cancelling download moded, the tablet booted into the system.
the tablet had 5.1.1 and after allowing the tablet battery to charge up to 100%, I then performed a factory reset from within the tablet, and then restarted the tablet to check for issues.
on reboot, the tablet just went black, and again the power button, nor recovery mode would start the tablet, but here i was again able to start the tablet with download mode (cancelling dl mode when initialized).
(i did manage to enter recovery mode, im not sure, i think i was repeatedly trying the button combos and it worked. the recovery menu is untouched vanilla no twrp was installed. i delete the cache, and again performed a factory reset from the recovery console. still, no change in the power button responsiveness from power off)
the next thing I tried was to update the firmware, by grabbing official firmware from updato, and secondarily from samsung-firmware org as a backup source.
both firmwares are official release, 7.0 nougat.
ran odin, and successfully updated the firmware using the file from updato, and the tablet is now running nougat.
everything works great, except when the unit is shut down the power button alone still will not turn the tablet on. (this was the same issue as before i updated the rom to 7.0)
so the next rabbit hole i dug into was creating a bootloader file to see if that would help this issue (extracted the files and compiled into md5 bootloader using Cygwin), the bootloader flashed fine, but still no change to the power button issue. (the Cygwin method can be used to create samsung 4 files repair, but really doesn't do much if you already have the single fat file (firmware))
a couple other oddities:
occasionally the android system installer will go into erase mode, after performing a firmware install from odin, and not complete or reboot.
the system also for the first few seconds after leaving the download mode has graphical artifacts on the screen, just before the samsung logo appears. usually in the bottom half of the screen which are just random blocky colors.
i am pressed for time, and cannot add any more details at the moment, I'll get back later.
any wisdom or insight would be fantastic,
thank you.
Hey guys,
So I'm having issues trying to fix my Samsung Tab A 10.1 ( SM-T510 ).
At first I was trying to install a custom TWRP recovery image, and I had a boot loop where it kept getting stuck at the SAMSUNG splash screen(not the initial samsung boot screen that shows TAB A 10.1). I however overcame that issue by factory reseting and through some additional tinkering.
Now the part I'm starting to regret.
I tried once again to flash the custom TWRP to the tablet, but this time I forgot to tick the "autoreboot" setting off.
So ODIN shows a PASS for the flash, but now when the tablet boots its stuck in the following boot sequence:
START:
Initial Samsung boot screen asking to press power button to continue due to unknown boot image source etc
PRESS POWER
SAME INITIAL SAMSUNG BOOT SCREEN minus the power button prompt, lasts for about 3-5 seconds
REBOOT
Now I have managed to get into download mode with the tablet connected to a computer.
I CANNOT get into recovery mode to factory reset the tablet, which was the solution the last go around.
I am starting to think that the only way I am going to get the tablet back in original working order, or any working order for that matter is to:
A: LOCATE original firmware for my device, I believe it is GTAXLWIFI firmware for my device. However the files I have found don't seem to be accepted in ODIN...
B: Try to continue on with the TWRP process, which I have tried to reflash the TWRP recovery that I have, and it shows pass. But, the issue persists.
Any suggestions or help would be amazing!
Thanks!
Timing is the key
Set your finger on position where you gonna restart the device.
Hold power + vol down
After the screen restart switch soon as possible you finger to set to recovery by
Hold vol up + down + insert the USB C cable
Remember timing is the key. I have done this for several tabs that screw on my home so you are welcome bro
frontchasack said:
Hey guys,
So I'm having issues trying to fix my Samsung Tab A 10.1 ( SM-T510 ).
At first I was trying to install a custom TWRP recovery image, and I had a boot loop where it kept getting stuck at the SAMSUNG splash screen(not the initial samsung boot screen that shows TAB A 10.1). I however overcame that issue by factory reseting and through some additional tinkering.
Now the part I'm starting to regret.
I tried once again to flash the custom TWRP to the tablet, but this time I forgot to tick the "autoreboot" setting off.
So ODIN shows a PASS for the flash, but now when the tablet boots its stuck in the following boot sequence:
START:
Initial Samsung boot screen asking to press power button to continue due to unknown boot image source etc
PRESS POWER
SAME INITIAL SAMSUNG BOOT SCREEN minus the power button prompt, lasts for about 3-5 seconds
REBOOT
Now I have managed to get into download mode with the tablet connected to a computer.
I CANNOT get into recovery mode to factory reset the tablet, which was the solution the last go around.
I am starting to think that the only way I am going to get the tablet back in original working order, or any working order for that matter is to:
A: LOCATE original firmware for my device, I believe it is GTAXLWIFI firmware for my device. However the files I have found don't seem to be accepted in ODIN...
B: Try to continue on with the TWRP process, which I have tried to reflash the TWRP recovery that I have, and it shows pass. But, the issue persists.
Any suggestions or help would be amazing!
Thanks!
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Original firmware I used to fix my sm-t510
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flavarasa said:
Timing is the key
Set your finger on position where you gonna restart the device.
Hold power + vol down
After the screen restart switch soon as possible you finger to set to recovery by
Hold vol up + down + insert the USB C cable
Remember timing is the key. I have done this for several tabs that screw on my home so you are welcome bro
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I think "restarts" may be confusing. Switch from down to up as soon as the screen turns off.
frontchasack said:
Hey guys,
So I'm having issues trying to fix my Samsung Tab A 10.1 ( SM-T510 ).
At first I was trying to install a custom TWRP recovery image, and I had a boot loop where it kept getting stuck at the SAMSUNG splash screen(not the initial samsung boot screen that shows TAB A 10.1). I however overcame that issue by factory reseting and through some additional tinkering.
Now the part I'm starting to regret.
I tried once again to flash the custom TWRP to the tablet, but this time I forgot to tick the "autoreboot" setting off.
So ODIN shows a PASS for the flash, but now when the tablet boots its stuck in the following boot sequence:
START:
Initial Samsung boot screen asking to press power button to continue due to unknown boot image source etc
PRESS POWER
SAME INITIAL SAMSUNG BOOT SCREEN minus the power button prompt, lasts for about 3-5 seconds
REBOOT
Now I have managed to get into download mode with the tablet connected to a computer.
I CANNOT get into recovery mode to factory reset the tablet, which was the solution the last go around.
I am starting to think that the only way I am going to get the tablet back in original working order, or any working order for that matter is to:
A: LOCATE original firmware for my device, I believe it is GTAXLWIFI firmware for my device. However the files I have found don't seem to be accepted in ODIN...
B: Try to continue on with the TWRP process, which I have tried to reflash the TWRP recovery that I have, and it shows pass. But, the issue persists.
Any suggestions or help would be amazing!
Thanks!
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You can use frija.exe to get the latest stock firmware. To get TWRP you MUST boot to recovery before system. If you allow the tablet to boot to system first, it will overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery. Do this by pressing vol down and power till the screen turns off. As soon as it does, switch from vol down to up while still pressing power and keep holding both till the red warning message appears. You also need to leave the cable attached to the PC while doing this.
I was trying to go back to stock after having Lineage installed but it crapped out during the install. The tablet is now stuck on the SAMSUNG logo screen and it seems impossible to do anything to get around it. The only button combo options that work are power+vol down which reboots and power+vol down +home which puts it into download mode. I've tried reloading the stock firmware and twrp using Odin but it always results in the same, the tablet reboots then goes to the standard android update screen, says it's doing an update and then reboots and it's back to the SAMSUNG screen. Nothing I do gets me into recovery and while Odin connects I can't get ADB etc to.
Any suggestions other than throw it in a drawer and forget about it?
TIA
Ok I got further. I left the tablet for the battery to die, then fully charged it, plugged into the PC and then started with the recovery key combo and bingo got the No Command screen then the standard recovery options. Deleted the cache and did a factory delete/reset and it's alive again.