Bricked MemoPad 7 WW_K013 and little knowledge on next steps - MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have managed to screw myself by wiping the OS without a backup when I got TWRP up and running and ended up with what essentially is a bricked MemoPad. It said in droidboot mode the version is WW_K013 and the Android it ran before I wiped it was 4.4.2.
I was hoping to install this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/me...-unofficial-lineageos-16-0-asus-memo-t3929600 to get it up to Android 7 but every attempt at installing one of the mentioned archives always ends in failure.
All I have managed to get up and running was TWRP. I did not use an SD card (only one I have keeps saying write protected, and even using diskpart clear readonly attributes doesn't seem to work) so I just dragged the archives into the tablet itself on its internal storage and attempted to install them via TWRP from there. I don't know if this is even possible to do.
Attempting to install the Lineage OS package as is gave me:
E: unkown command [log]
Attempting to Install the ESP 0.3.0.zip simply says
"Error flashing zip '/sdcard/esp-0.3.0.zip' (dunno why it says it's in sdcard when I clearly ain't using one)
And attempting to do a fastboot devices on cmd gives me an empty list even when the tablet is plugged in on my pc (the list was showing up on work laptop earlier, but doesn't show up on pc, so something is missing in this case). I used the Windows Zip for platform tools from here:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html
and added its path to environment variables to recognize fastboot command
What would the next logical step be for me? Every option I've tried has failed thus far. I'm trying to install Android Studio maybe fastboot recognizes the device when the Studio is installed and is up and running, since my work laptop had the full Android studio in place.
UPDATE: Kept messing about, when I exited TWRP and reloaded in fastboot the devices was indeed listed under fastboot when I ran the command (duh). Attempted to run the fastboot flash ESP esp.img but I got a "Can't find OSII index!!" error instead.
Still not sure what to do with that. The tablet itself says FAIL(flash_cmds error!)

Solution to this problem that I just finally did:
I acquired the basic ROM from this resource, quoted below: https://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/general/me176c-x-collection-roms-updates-t3012965
WW .182 ROM
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Eee...3_2_23_182.zip
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It's important to extract this zip file to get another zip file, and then use that zip file to install using TWRP.
To install TWRP (temporarily, have to redo each time you exit recovery) I used the following resource:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
And once TWRP launched, I dragged the file using my Windows pc to the internal storage of my K013 (When TWRP is launched it makes the device accessible on PC)
I chose Install and selected the zip file mentioned above to install. Took a short while but executed successfully. I could once again use my Tablet.
Next up I'll need to figure out how to get it to Lollipop from 4.4.2 and possibly move on to install Lineage OS and get it up to Android 7+ But that's for later. :silly:

i need help
hello i have a asus memo pad 7 k013 which come whit kikat 4.4 i decided to install lineage os 14 but searching in xda get that i have to upgrade to android 5 lollipop well first i installed this TWRP from here
https://www.htcmania.com/showpost.ph...69&postcount=7
after that any zip i downloaded failed whit error 7 lineage os 14 an 16 unnoficial also a update.zip whit signal 11 error
ANY IDEA GUYS

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[Q] Tough time going back to stock

I've been running CM 11 for a little more than a month and have been really enjoying it. So, I have no idea why I decided to download the MythTools and revert back to stock At&t. Doing so, I messed something up on my phone.
To start, I'm using Windows 7 64bit and when selecting option 1 (install ADB-fastboot-apkTools) I get the new cmd window that states "please select install button after new window is opened press any key to continue...." when I press any key the cmd window would just close. Hoping it would help, I then chose option 6 to update my Motorola drivers. When my browser window opened I got the ADB installer window and clicked install. It seemed to have installed fine. I then updated my moto drivers. Thinking I was all set I went for option 2 to flash the stock firmware which I had put in the firmware folder. With my phone in fastboot I started the process and it failed. Reading through the cmd prompts I had noticed it said something like 'you selected 2- instal cwm.img cannot load cwm.img' . I unplugged my phone and tried to restart it and it was stuck on the bootloader screen. I then restarted into recovery and my PhilZ recovery did start up. However it displays "E: could not mount /data to setup /data/media path!" . I was still able to go through the process of a clean re-install of CM 11 but am stuck on the startup splash screen for CM.
I definitely got myself in way too deep and am clueless on how to fix this. Would someone mind instructing me on what to try next? Many thanks in advance.
I am not sure if it would make a difference in your situation but I do everything for my phone on an x86 system. I have had issues with LG and Samsung phones in the past when trying things on an x64 computer.
ifixgse said:
I've been running CM 11 for a little more than a month and have been really enjoying it. So, I have no idea why I decided to download the MythTools and revert back to stock At&t. Doing so, I messed something up on my phone.
To start, I'm using Windows 7 64bit and when selecting option 1 (install ADB-fastboot-apkTools) I get the new cmd window that states "please select install button after new window is opened press any key to continue...." when I press any key the cmd window would just close. Hoping it would help, I then chose option 6 to update my Motorola drivers. When my browser window opened I got the ADB installer window and clicked install. It seemed to have installed fine. I then updated my moto drivers. Thinking I was all set I went for option 2 to flash the stock firmware which I had put in the firmware folder. With my phone in fastboot I started the process and it failed. Reading through the cmd prompts I had noticed it said something like 'you selected 2- instal cwm.img cannot load cwm.img' . I unplugged my phone and tried to restart it and it was stuck on the bootloader screen. I then restarted into recovery and my PhilZ recovery did start up. However it displays "E: could not mount /data to setup /data/media path!" . I was still able to go through the process of a clean re-install of CM 11 but am stuck on the startup splash screen for CM.
I definitely got myself in way too deep and am clueless on how to fix this. Would someone mind instructing me on what to try next? Many thanks in advance.
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you said you are stuck on startup splash meaning bootloop? if it is you should try again with rsd lite.
else you may lose all your data in the memory but do a format media/data and sdcard, so that it can mount /data, it worked for me. then format system mount everyting and do a fresh install of any rom you can sideload or just have it in the sdcard.
I'm pretty sure I am doing something wrong with MythTools. When I select option 2 in the tool to install stock firmware the following happens,
- asks for fimware folder example and I select "N"
- asks if firmware files are finished copying.. I press enter and continue
-then it says "the system cannot find the path specified
the system cannot find the path specified
the system cannot find the path specified
'7z' is not recognized as an internal or external command
operable program or batch file
Are you ready to flash stock fimware...
at this point i stupidly hit enter and that was it with my phone. I'm guessing the tool could not locate the firmware .xml file for extracting and I have no idea why. The compressed folder is IN the firmware folder.
One other question with Mythtools, when installing the tools what path do you want them installed in? I did them in the same file the Myth tools are in.
ifixgse said:
I'm pretty sure I am doing something wrong with MythTools. When I select option 2 in the tool to install stock firmware the following happens,
- asks for fimware folder example and I select "N"
- asks if firmware files are finished copying.. I press enter and continue
-then it says "the system cannot find the path specified
the system cannot find the path specified
the system cannot find the path specified
'7z' is not recognized as an internal or external command
operable program or batch file
Are you ready to flash stock fimware...
at this point i stupidly hit enter and that was it with my phone. I'm guessing the tool could not locate the firmware .xml file for extracting and I have no idea why. The compressed folder is IN the firmware folder.
One other question with Mythtools, when installing the tools what path do you want them installed in? I did them in the same file the Myth tools are in.
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Disclaimer: Even though this worked for me I am not responsible if you brick your phone, I am simply sharing my experience
Okay, this is not for the faint of heart and is going to sound a little backward but it just worked for me 5mins ago. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit, so there shouldn't be a problem with your setup. I was having the same problem until I just double clicked on flashing.bat or main.bat instead of running as admin. After all I AM the admin of my PC. Then, it worked perfect...until flashing the tz.mbn file and froze up while writing the file. I thought mmm...it shouldn't take that long to write such a small file, and writing happens on the phone side (I believe) so I hit the phone's power button while leaving the Myth Tools window open, which disconnected the phone obviously. I booted back into fastboot and it continued from where it left off. (Note: I did this a few weeks ago when I lost my radios and manually flashed the modem file, which froze, but I followed the same procedure and it successfully flashed it) Then when it got to the last system.img chunk (it writes it in small chunks of 30mb and the last one is smaller, that's how I knew it was the last one) it froze again. I let it sit for about 5mins just to make sure it was written to the phone the repeated the sequence to reboot manually into fastboot and bang, once again it continued right where it left off. one or two more freezes and voila...it rebooted right back to stock. Any questions don't hesitate to ask.
If this helps you hit that thanks button!

Soft bricked phone? Can't install recovery and can't install a rom

Okay so I got my oneplus 3t today and I updated it to Nougat via the ota file all good so far. I then decided that I wanted to install a custom rom so I downloaded twrp supersu etc everything needed to root and install the rom. Here's where it went wrong in knowingly I downloaded the wrong twrp flashed it and it would just hang at the flash screen for twrp. Anyway after hours of trying to install a recovery I managed to get a stock one to semi work, now it turns out I don't know how I did it but my phone won't even boot it just turns on and goes straight to fastboot mode. I managed to get a stock recovery semi working but it won't let me install the stock rom from internal storage and I've tried updating through adb and it will hang at a random percentage for a good 20 mins and then just fail. Really need some help here it would be great, thanks
Hi,
If you can get into fastboot mode then the best recourse is through there. Hope you properly OEM unlocked your device.
First of all, you MUST have the latest adb/fastboot binaries and FOR SURE have the correct drivers.
Follow the links on this XDA article to download the latest adb and fastboot binaries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-releases-separate-adb-and-fastboot-binary-downloads
This is the link for the Windows binary: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Extract all the contents of the zip file in a folder on your PC.
Then, also make sure to have THE CORRECT twrp, 3.0.2.0 or 3.0.3.0. This is the link but currently it is down: https://twrp.me/devices/oneplus3t.html
Download THE IMAGE, NOT FLASHABLE ZIP and put it in the same folder as the android platform tools above.
Finally, download the latest complete 3T firmware from OnePlus from this link: http://downloads.oneplus.net/devices/oneplus-3t/
I STRONGLY recommend not to use an update zip, even a full ROM update zip as that one might not include certain firmware images.
Put THE ZIP on the same folder as the others, DO NOT EXTRACT ANYTHING.
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
After that, enter TWRP's Wipe menu and wipe system, data and cache.
Finally, use TWRP's Advanced menu and enter adb sideload mode. Once there slide that slider to the right to enable adb mode and return to your PC and enter the following command in the command prompt:
adb sideload OnePlus3TOxygen_28_OTA_029_all_1612131737_17e7161d2b234949.zip (assuming you downloaded the 3.5.4 binary from OnePlus).
TWRP should properly flash the OnePlus ROM and hopefully, return you to proper function. You can then update back to Nougat.
Hope that helped!
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
Use the emergency tool for OP3T and start from scratch:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/unbrick-guide-oneplus-3t.481214/
@KeyperOS
I'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
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Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what?
Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own.
If so, how do I do this?
Thanks,
jackmacbunton said:
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
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Glad that sorted it out
PugRallye said:
@KeyperOSI'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what? Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own. If so, how do I do this? Thanks,
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My instructions while detailed are not step-by-step. I expect the person reading them to have their PC configured correctly and at least a vague idea of what they're doing.
So, assuming you put the correct TWRP image (my command uses the name of the image for TWRP 3.0.3.0, you MUST alter it to reflect the actual image's filename if it's not that) on the same folder as the fastboot binary then yeah, the command
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img
should have made your phone reboot and enter into the TWRP image that you had on your PC.
If it didn't then you did sth else wrong before that.
Either you didn't OEM unlock your phone when you still could or you didn't use the android platform tools that I linked or you don't have the correct ADB drivers installed on your PC.
Start from there.
Hope that helped!
Thanks for your help @KeyperOS - I know where I went wrong...
To save some time, when I tried to reboot into TWRP, I typed "fastboot boot " then I dragged and dropped the TWRP img file onto that line in the cmd window (rather than typing the filename manually) - when you do that, it appears to include the full path to the img - it was that that was causing the problem.
When I typed the TWRP filename manually, it worked.
The only thing that caught me out was after I'd installed the ROM (via adb sideload) I tried to reboot the device from TWRP recovery - this seemed to just hang. In the end I just powered off the phone using the power key, then powered it back up as per usual.
Checked that the phone booted to the first of the setup screens, then powered off/booted into fastboot mode, relocked the bootloader and it seems to be OK.
I'm now back on 3.5.4 again, which was what I was trying to do...
4.0.0/1 had felt a bit laggy, and I'd sensed some issues with wifi and BT, I can now run 3.5.4 and see how it compares - was I just imagining it?
Thanks again for the guide and your help - I really appreciated it
@PugRallye
Windows' command prompt has an autocomplete feature. If you want it to add the name of a file, type a couple letters and then present TAB, it's gonna complete the filename itself and if it's the wrong file you can keep tapping tab to cycle through all the options.
Really glad it worked out Btw [emoji4]
In my experience, 3.5.4 was great but 4.0 is a step up in both battery life, which IME is amazing and features, with it I almost didn't need root and certainly don't need xposed which was a first.

Official ROM for AT&T ASUS MeMo Pad 7 LTE (me375cl aka K00X) and root on Lollipop

Where I can find official ROM for asus me375cl based on android 5.1.1?
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
little_pindos said:
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
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Thank you so much for posting where you found this, this is exactly what I needed!!! You saved my tablet, it is much appreciated! :good:
Flashing Factory Image
The following instructions worked for me when trying to reflash the factory firmware for the ATT Asus MemoPad 7 LTE (ME375CL). I did originally try using the Asus Flash Tool and the raw firmware file (link below) but the tool said it could not unzip the package for some reason or another. So the steps below show how I did it using ADB with fastboot.
I ASSUME NO LIABILITY SHOULD THIS GO WRONG FOR YOU! However, it probably shouldn't matter if you are bricked, I doubt it will make it any worse Either way, I will not replace your tablet or be responsible for troubleshooting it should you mess it up more...
This scenario is based on the tablet stuck on the Asus boot screen and not going any further. I was trying some in depth rooting attempts and bricked it badly. I was then trying to install a custom recovery and that is why I could not reset it and bricked it.
PRE-REQS:
1. ADB installed - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsna04wMjY1eG9YREU
2. Asus Drivers installed
3. Firmware - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnWGhwYzA0Vkluc2s (file is 1 Gb + in size, may take a bit)
SETUP:
If you already have a working ADB setup, do not download the one above. If you are using the one above, I extracted the folder into my C: drive, so the path for ADB would be C:\adb (to keep it simple and less typing).
MAKE SURE THE ASUS DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED! If you have plugged the tablet in to a pc before, they should already be there. Otherwise search, download and install the appropriate drivers.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Extract the firmware zip file to somewhere easily accessible like your desktop. In there, you should see the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img files, copy/paste those files to your ADB folder (for easier typing later on). There are also additional files like these but start with "unsigned_", do NOT use those!
1. Ensure you probably have at least 30% battery charge, I would still recommend more though.
2. Put the tablet in Fastboot mode by ensuring the tablet is completely powered down and then press/hold the VOLUME UP and POWER keys at the same time. When the Asus screen appears, let go of the POWER button but continue to hold the VOLUME UP button. Let go of the VOLUME UP button when the fastboot screen appears.
3. Plug the tablet in to the computer and then open a CMD prompt as administrator.
4. The following uses the ADB downloaded and placed in the folder as listed above, you may need to adjust the location path as needed if you already have ADB installed or located in a different path.
Type in the following without the quotes: "cd c:\adb" (this will change the path to the ADB files for the CMD prompt)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot devices" (you should then see a device listed)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (flashes the factory recovery image)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash system system.img" (flashes the factory system image, may take a while to flash)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (flashes the factory boot image)
5. Once those 3 images have been flashed, you should have seen a message that says "OKAY" after each one. You should be fine as long as you do not have any red error messages on your tablet.
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot reboot" (reboots device normally)
6. If all goes well, it should now boot to the Asus screen and then go to the ATT screen. If so, it will stay on the ATT screen for a while, just wait it out. Mine took about 12-15 minutes and then it opened to the new setup screen to set the tablet up as if its new!
This is how I was able to recover my bricked tablet, hopefully it can help someone else that may run into this.
John, thank you for the write-up. Just bought my ME375CL with 4.4.4.4.
When I try to flash the recovery partition, I get the following error:
C:\Users\Myself\Desktop\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11312 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.047s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Official image.
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!
)
finished. total time: 2.344s
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and on the tablet's screen:
FASTBOOT CMD WAITING...
RECEIVE DATA...
E:recovery flash failed!
FLASH FAILED!
RESULT: FAIL(flash_cmds error! )
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I haven't tried the other commands for system.img or boot.img as I don't want to do anything out of order from the write-up. Ever run into this?
The firmware in the download is 5.1.1, not 4.4.4. That is probably the issue. If you are running good on that, I would try rooting it instead. If you are just wanting to upgrade, you will need to have an active AT&T SIM in the tablet to upgrade over the air. I am not sure if there is a flashable upgrade or not somewhere.
Oh ok John. I misread the title of the thread. I thought it was for updating from 4 to 5.
Quick question then: Is it possible, using the adb / fastboot tools, to backup the current 4.4.4.4 before I allow the tablet to update to Lollipop? After reading around, I understand that Lollipop can't be rooted but I have no real concern for it. But just in case I need the tablet to do something else in the future, I'd like to be able to return it to kit kat to be able to root.
Once you upgrade to lollipop, there is no downgrading for this tablet. There really is not much development for this device. I have kind of been working on a lollipop root when I can. Between my limited time and knowledge of android, I can't promise anything.
Overcoming red messages?
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsndXJUa1FEbXVzTjA
johnkirchner said:
Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool: ]
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As a follow up on your question above, Tab restart stalled at a screen (after the Asus logo), presenting some options to do recovery, reboot, factory reset, etc. (factory reset did not help), and red error messages at bottom.
To the GOOD news for anyone interested. I used the Asus Flash Tool and the firmware zip for 5.1.1 (many thanks for the advice).
Note: Tool did not install correctly on Win10 pc, citing error in installing some devcon.exe or similar file (guess that may be a firewall/antivirus issue).
Flash tool took some 15 or so mins unzipping firmware, after which I saw some action on the tab. Another 15 mins, and it rebooted to the At&t logo, stayed here for another 15 mins and unraveled a whole new device on Android 5.1
Glad to hear it worked for you and that I guess you can use this to flash upgrade from kitkat!
There is working way to root our device on lollipop! It is for the other Asus model, but it works for our
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=640814&view=findpost&p=53047686
I will check this out!
The root works, installed without any issues and verified with a root checker!
Here is a direct download from my Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnN21ZbnZpc2F6b1E
1. Download the file above.
2. Extract the zip contents.
3. Plug your ME375CL tablet in to pc via usb cable.
4. Make sure you have enabled Developer Mode and allowed USB Debugging first!
5. Open the folder you extracted and double click the "Root-One-Click.cmd" file.
6. It should reboot to fastboot mode and flash the needed files and then reboot again.
You should now have root access. Verify this by installing a root checker app from the play store. Keep in mind, it may say root not installed on the first run. Sometimes it will take a moment for superuser to initially run or prompt for access.
Side note: the root uninstall did not seem to work, got an error...but oh well, the point is to have root!
Thanks go to @little_pindos for finding this file...you are a rockstar!
Anyone get xposed on LP?
ATT Boot Up Sound
Tired of the ATT boot sound? If you used the rooting method above, then you can get rid of the annoying ATT startup sound by doing the following:
1. Install a Root Browser app (I recommend Rom Toolbox Pro, it has a built in file manager)
2. Navigate to the following path:
root/system/media
3. Find the file named "powerup.wav"
4. Simply rename the file by adding .bak to the end (ex - powerup.wav.bak)
5. Make sure it took the name change (some file managers have issues with that)
6. Reboot and see if it got rid of the sound!
You can also use your own startup sounds as long as they are in a .wav format, I believe. Make sure that the name of the file is powerup.wav.
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
TimmyP said:
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
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I'll have to try that!
AT&T no longer has updates in system for this tablet
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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AT&T removed the last update for this tablet months ago and no longer supports it. ASUS states AT&T has all the updates. Total cluster.

The problem with installing the firmware on the Asus me 176cx 8gb KitKat 4.4.2

Help revive my device.
After updating the tablet from the playmarket of the Youtube application, the tablet freezes, after a reboot, it hangs on the Asus logo and a spinning circle. I couldn’t enter the droidboot from the buttons and, following the instructions from the 4pda forum, after downloading the service firmware, unpacked it to drive C into the folder, then went to the firmware folder by pressing shift + the right mouse button opened the command window and launched the
droidboot with the fastboot boot droidboot.img
fastboot continue
commands booted into the droidboot and in the folder with the firmware clicked on the update_image file, the firmware process started which took a very long time about 7 hours, at the end the tablet rebooted but only until the first screen saver. I waited a long time, but it did not boot. I turned it off. After that, by pressing a combination of buttons, I was able to enter the droidboot, the serial number of the tablet was missing, through a dead robot I was able to enter the recovery.
Then, according to another instruction from 4pda, through a temporary twrp, I tried to install the Ul-KO13-WW-3.2.23.182-user firmware, the installation process started, but it did not install, but the serial number returned and the tablet again hung on the Asus logo and a spinning circle.
I checked the
fastboot oem start_partitioning
fastboot flash /tmp/patrition.tbl partition.tbl
fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl
commands after each command was OK. So the flash memory of the tablet is working.
After I checked the root, the rights remained. USB debugging in the developer menu was turned on even when the tablet was working. Then I decided to try installing the service firmware 201 again, as I wrote above, and again unsuccessfully, the serial number flashed again. . And again, through a temporary twrp, I began to install 182 firmware.
And the serial number failed, it was not restored, but the recovery now showed that it costs 182 firmware. After that, when checking, I found out that no root su. I got a complete crash. I tried again to install 201 firmware and now it costs WW 3.2.23.201 in recovery.
On the advice of a person from the 4pda forum, I tried to restore images of 201 firmware boot.img fastboot.img recovery.img via twrp v2.8.7.0 from the 4pda forum, but again unsuccessfully. I showed the person who helped me install the firmware images 201 that twrp gave me an installation error, it read:
Updating partition details ...
E: Unable to mount '/ factory'
E: Unable to mount '/ config'
E: Unable to mount '/ data'.
The person who helped me said that there was no markup table, or rather, the system section was written, but could not find the other sections, since he wrote this script for Android 5. And on KitKat version 4.4, he did not test this script. Now I'm desperate, I really need a tablet in working condition. Because I am very poor, and I do not have money to buy another tablet, I have been sick for 5 years. I live on disability benefits, they pay me $ 50 a month and I can’t buy another one. I beg everyone to help with tips and instructions on how to restore tablet firmware. I need a worker. I need your help.
Even when connecting to a laptop on a Windows 7 tablet in twrp 2.8.7.0 mode, the tablet is detected as K013, but it does not see the internal drive and only shows a microSD card, I suggest that this is because the firmware is installed incorrectly and there are no firmware sections? ? If Who knows, you can install any custom firmware that fits on my tablet.
If someone can write me instructions for restoring the firmware. If anyone has encountered a similar problem, give information and instructions for restoring partitions with links from where to download what and step-by-step instructions for restoring.
Sorry text wrote through translator. I hope the problem is described clearly and someone can help me with the firmware.
I thank everyone in advance who will respond and help restore the firmware.
P.S. I decided to try to flash through Intel Flash Tool Lite, I launched service 201 firmware, reached the 57% band and issued FAILED. I turned off the tablet, I decided to try running TWRP, running the script, and now there are only two errors:
E: Unabled to mount / and
E: Unabled to mount / config, and the amount of internal memory Internal Storage (3916MB) !!! And before that, it was zero and in the device k013 on the laptop it shows the storage along with the memory card. Here's an interesting process

Moto G7 plus TWRP installation issues/confusion

Hello. Newbie here trying to install TWRP onto my G7+ (xt1965-T, moto not Revlry). I've been following the twrp.me instructions, among others. I've got the bootloader unlocked, adb & fastboot devices both return what they should, I've copied the twrp-3.5.0_9-0-lake IMG & ZIP files to my platform-tools folder and am running powershell from there. I copied the zip file to the internal memory of the phone as well as the ASC file with basic copy/paste commands in windows.
I temporarily boot the TWRP image and try to install the zip file, only to have it fail signature verification. I tried it without sig verification but still failed on some error. I've searched, but I haven't been able to find anything to get me past this.
Confusion comes with conflicting instructions. I see here that there is a method that differs from the instructions linked above, AFIAK.
There is a note on the bottom of the 1st instructions stating " If you accidently flash TWRP to your device using fastboot instead of temporarily booting the image, you will need to download the latest firmware for your device and reflash the boot image." I did ignorantly initially type the command fastboot flash recovery TWRPxxx.img. Would this have anything to do with my issues?
Are there multiple ways to achieve installation of TWRP & something like LineageOS and I'm just getting confused between instructions for each?
Thanks
I just tried to install the zip file without signature verification, and it failed to unpack the image
Updater process ended with ERROR: 1
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/twrp-installer-3.5.0_9-0-lake.zip'
I've downloaded this a couple of times with the same result.
timsch75 said:
I just tried to install the zip file without signature verification, and it failed to unpack the image
Updater process ended with ERROR: 1
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/twrp-installer-3.5.0_9-0-lake.zip'
I've downloaded this a couple of times with the same result.
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Did you go in to TWRP Advanced and try to sideload TWRP ?
timsch75 said:
Hello. Newbie here trying to install TWRP onto my G7+ (xt1965-T, moto not Revlry). I've been following the twrp.me instructions, among others. I've got the bootloader unlocked, adb & fastboot devices both return what they should, I've copied the twrp-3.5.0_9-0-lake IMG & ZIP files to my platform-tools folder and am running powershell from there. I copied the zip file to the internal memory of the phone as well as the ASC file with basic copy/paste commands in windows.
I temporarily boot the TWRP image and try to install the zip file, only to have it fail signature verification. I tried it without sig verification but still failed on some error. I've searched, but I haven't been able to find anything to get me past this.
Confusion comes with conflicting instructions. I see here that there is a method that differs from the instructions linked above, AFIAK.
There is a note on the bottom of the 1st instructions stating " If you accidently flash TWRP to your device using fastboot instead of temporarily booting the image, you will need to download the latest firmware for your device and reflash the boot image." I did ignorantly initially type the command fastboot flash recovery TWRPxxx.img. Would this have anything to do with my issues?
Are there multiple ways to achieve installation of TWRP & something like LineageOS and I'm just getting confused between instructions for each?
Thanks
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I fought this same model G7+ (XT1965-T) for several days, trying to install LineageOS for microG. Here are the instructions I used here ....I used the same recovery image (twrp-3.5.0_9-0-lake .img) as you. Download the copy-partitions-20200903_1329.zip from here. To sideload copy-partitions zip in TWRP go to Advanced tab, ADB sideload tab, then I sideloaded lineage-17.1-20210202-microG-lake.zip here.
chuck8812 said:
I fought this same model G7+ (XT1965-T) for several days, trying to install LineageOS for microG. Here are the instructions I used here ....I used the same recovery image (twrp-3.5.0_9-0-lake .img) as you. Download the copy-partitions-20200903_1329.zip from here. To sideload copy-partitions zip in TWRP go to Advanced tab, ADB sideload tab, then I sideloaded lineage-17.1-20210202-microG-lake.zip here.
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I've regressed. I had previously been ably to temporarily boot into TWRP with the fastboot boot x.img command, at least in windows, but for some reason now it hangs up and will not show the TWRP screen. I had this same issue in Linux, but it worked in Windows, but now it fails the same in both. I run the command above and it shows the typical splash screen that it would if booting the stock android system, but goes no further. Previously, it would flash this , but then go to the TWRP screen. I can't get any feedback from adding the verbose flag to the fastboot command. Any way to track down this problem?
effin 'ell I hate regressions, 'specially the ones that come out of nowhere.
p.s. I don't know what happened with the previous blank post. I was trying to reply in Windows, but it wouldn't let me enter text. I rebooted into Linux for this post, and I see that something got posted previously. I'd delete it if I could.... gremlins

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