FAQ
I'm confused, which BLOB file should I choose?
You have to choose BLOB with the firmware you want to install e.g. if you are on 9.2.2.3 and want to downgrade to Honeycomb just choose BLOB file from 8.6.6.19 or 8.6.6.23
Wolf help something happened to my tab, it wont boot up.
If you let dd to finish all its job and after reboot you saw the flashing bar, but your ROM still don't want to boot up you have probably downgraded from ICS to HC. Just do the wipe by booting with [vol down] and [power] pressed (you will see the info about the rom). Than wait until the screen with android and wipe data appear. Select wipe by switching with [vol down] and accepting with [vol up] pressed two times. Than everything should be fine.
I'm stuck on step 3 all the time I have message like -> failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Not a directory <- What should I do?
It means that you have already symlinked something to /data/local/tmp and moved your previous tmp to tmp.bak. To fix that you can either execute:
or:
and repeat procedure.
Can I root the latest firmware and keep my data untouched?
Yes, on both TF and TFP. For TF101 use method 3.
For TF201 backup your data with ASUS Backup utility, than do a downgrade, root and install OTA ROOT Keeper from Voodoo. After that update OTA and recover your root and data.
Can this method be used to root TF301? (aka EeePAD Infinity)
Unfortunately no, it only allows us to do a step back without root permissions and than apply a root. However I'm still working around ASUS Backup App as I have an idea of exploit (but not enough time to study apk more). If you are interested in this consider donation as I don't have access to any TF301 and that would speed up the researches.
I'm confused, which BLOB file should I choose?
You have to choose BLOB with the firmware you want to install e.g. if you are on 9.2.2.3 and want to downgrade to Honeycomb just choose BLOB file from 8.6.6.19 or 8.6.6.23
Wolf help something happened to my tab, it wont boot up.
If you let dd to finish all its job and after reboot you saw the flashing bar, but your ROM still don't want to boot up you have probably downgraded from ICS to HC. Just do the wipe by booting with [vol down] and [power] pressed (you will see the info about the rom). Than wait until the screen with android and wipe data appear. Select wipe by switching with [vol down] and accepting with [vol up] pressed two times. Than everything should be fine.
I'm stuck on step 3 all the time I have message like -> failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Not a directory <- What should I do?
It means that you have already symlinked something to /data/local/tmp and moved your previous tmp to tmp.bak. To fix that you can either execute:
Code:
rm /data/local/tmp.bak
Code:
mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.mad
Can I root the latest firmware and keep my data untouched?
Yes, on both TF and TFP. For TF101 use method 3.
For TF201 backup your data with ASUS Backup utility, than do a downgrade, root and install OTA ROOT Keeper from Voodoo. After that update OTA and recover your root and data.
Can this method be used to root TF301? (aka EeePAD Infinity)
Unfortunately no, it only allows us to do a step back without root permissions and than apply a root. However I'm still working around ASUS Backup App as I have an idea of exploit (but not enough time to study apk more). If you are interested in this consider donation as I don't have access to any TF301 and that would speed up the researches.