ASUS TF700T unlock and root JB 4.2.1 stock

rickymh19 · Apr 27, 2013

FOR ANYONE THAT EITHER JUST BOUGHT THE TF700 OR UPGRADED OTA TO 4.2.1 JB AND WANTS TO UNLOCK AND/OR ROOT THE DEVICE
LINKS WILL BE AVAILABLE.
WARNING: UNLOCKING THE DEVICE WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY WITH ASUS, I DONT KNOW IF IT WILL VOID IT WITH SQUARETRADE OR OTHER WARRANTIES. ALSO, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO ANY TABLET, EVEN THOUGH I HAD NO TROUBLE OR PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.
(ROOTING IS REVERSIBLE AND DOES NOT VOID WARRANTY)
TO UNLOCK
TO UNLOCK THE DEVICE, GO AND USE THE ASUS UNLOCK TOOL FROM THEIR WEBSITE.
CLICK THE LINK PROVIDED
CHOOSE OS: ANDROID
UNDER "UTILITES" THE SECOND SAYS VERSION 7 ASUS UNLOCK TOOL (YES I'M AWARE IT SAYS FOR ICS ONLY BUT I HAVE TRIED IT AND IT WORKS WITH JB 4.2.1)
DOWNLOAD IT EITHER FROM THE TABLET ITSELF OR LOAD IT TO AN SD CARD.
IT IS AN APK FILE SO IT WILL INSTALL AS AN APP.
RUN IT, AND *SCROLL DOWN TO THE END* ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND AGREE TO IT. THE TABLET WILL REBOOT AND ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER IT WILL SAY "UNLOCKING DEVICE" GIVE IT 5 MINS DONT FREAK OUT. ONCE DONE, IT WILL SAY "DEVICE UNLOCKED" AND THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE OFFICIALLY UNLOCKED!!

If you are going to install custom ROMS, after unlocking and rooting, you need to install TWRP. I suggest to install GOOMANAGER from the playstore and doin it from there. Just click on the right corner and choose install openrecovery script and choosing twrp.

LINK TO ASUS WEBSITE: http://support.asus.com/download.as...Infinity+TF700T&os=&hashedid=fq2B3oq64av1O95u

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TO JUST ROOT YOUR DEVICE

TO ROOT YOUR DEVICE ON 4.2.1 JB
FIRST PREPARE YOUR TABLET,
GO TO SETTING, UNDER SYSTEM CLICK ON "DEVELOPER OPTIONS" AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CHECKED THE "USB DEBUGGING"
IF YOU DONT HAVE A"DEVELOPER OPTIONS" CLICK ON "ABOUT TABLET" AND WHERE IT SAYS "BUILD NUMBER" CLICK ON IT UNTIL IT SAYS " CONGRATULATIONS NOW YOU ARE A DEVELOPER" IT SHOULD BE AROUND 5-10 TIMES, AFTER THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE "DEVELOPER OPTIONS ON THE LEFT" RIGHT ABOVE "ABOUT TABLET" (THEN ENABLE USB DEBUGGING"
NEXT, UNDER "PERSONAL" CLICK THE TAB THAT SAYS "SECURITY" AND ENABLE "UNKNOWN SOURCES"

ONCE DONE WITH THIS, CONNECT YOUR TABLET TO YOUR LAPTOP/PC
DOWNLOAD MOTOCHOPPER FROM THE LINK PROVIED
EXTRACT IT AND RUN THE FILE THAT SAYS "RUN"
ONCE YOU RUN IT JUST FOLLOW THE SIMPLE STEPS ON THE SCREEN
IF ALL GOES WELL, YOUR DEVICE SHOULD BE ROOTED AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SUPERSU INSTALLED

EDIT!: IF YOU UPGRADED OR YOUR TABLET CAME WITH BUILD NUMBER 10.6.1.14.10, MOTOCHOPPER WONT WORK TO ROOT. YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNGRADE TO 10.6.1.14.08 AND THEN ROOT WILL BE AVAILABLE

LINKS FOR MOTOCHOPPER:
http://www.mediafire.com/?f4lipgd1hh3jug2
(I ATTACHED THE LINK TO THIS FORUM AS WELL JUST IN CASE)

PLEASE ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS I WILL BE GLADLY TO ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IF NOT I WILL HELP YOU FIND THE ANSWER.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL XDA FORUM MEMBERS AND DEV AND MODERATORS FOR HELPING ME LEARN.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Tylorw1 said:
tylor

FOR GUIDING ME IN TIME OF NEED

inky2020 said:
inky

FOR HELPING

buhohitr said:
buhohitr

FOR HELPING FINDING OUT IT WORKS

Morlok8k said:
morlok8k

FOR PROVIDING DOWNLOAD LINKS TO MOTOCHOPPER

RavenMad · Apr 27, 2013

rickymh19 said:
YES I'M AWARE IT SAYS FOR ICS ONLY BUT I HAVE TRIED IT AND IT WORKS WITH JB 4.2.1

Unlock tool confirmed working on JB 4.2.1 - just unlocked the bootloader on my totally stock TF700T JB 4.2.1 (WW). Now to flash CROMI-X! :victory:

montclair · Apr 27, 2013

Stupid easy (locked-root)

Enable USB debugging.

Plug in TF700T.

Windows 7 loaded all of the drivers.

D/L the file.

Extract.

Double click run.bat.

Answer a couple of questions.

Root in under a minute.

:laugh::victory:

taphius · Apr 27, 2013

Thanks for the motochopper link. Worked perfect on my 4.2.1 tf700, could not have been easier.

Runs a whole lot better with all the bloat frozen and memory cache tweaks.

lorien86 · Apr 27, 2013

Thanks you for this. Noon here and will try your tutorial soon

darkskoliro · Apr 27, 2013

Wont Root

Hey

Haven't dont any rooting on the TF700 yet, so bear with me.

Did a 4.2 OTA update (stock)
Unlocked it,
Used Motochopper

But stuck on
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

Help?
Thanks in Advance!

Evo_Pimpin · Apr 27, 2013

Gave you a thanks for the post.

rickymh19 · Apr 27, 2013

darkskoliro said:
Hey Haven't dont any rooting on the TF700 yet, so bear with me.

Did a 4.2 OTA update (stock)
Unlocked it,
Used Motochopper

But stuck on
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

Help?
Thanks in Advance!

when you're running motochopper, you get that message?
if so, make sure you have "usb debugging" enabled under setting>developer options.
also, try reinstalling the drivers for the tf700
connect it via usb, before running motochopper, on the folder of motochopper there is
a file that says "adb" run that before running the "run" file.

usually that message is for a bad driver or because adb isnt reading your tablet.

hope that helps keep me updated.

darkskoliro · Apr 27, 2013

rickymh19 said:
when you're running motochopper, you get that message?
if so, make sure you have "usb debugging" enabled under setting>developer options.
also, try reinstalling the drivers for the tf700
connect it via usb, before running motochopper, on the folder of motochopper there is
a file that says "adb" run that before running the "run" file.

usually that message is for a bad driver or because adb isnt reading your tablet.

hope that helps keep me updated.

Hey

thanks for the reply, but still nothing! :*(
I have done everything but install new drivers. (My drivers are working properly)
But is there a chance there are 4.2 drivers? Which might be the problem? Not sure..

rickymh19 · Apr 28, 2013

darkskoliro said:
Hey thanks for the reply, but still nothing! :*(
I have done everything but install new drivers. (My drivers are working properly)
But is there a chance there are 4.2 drivers? Which might be the problem? Not sure..

Hmm...I would suggest deleting the drivers, and downloading the drivers from the Asus website. And then make sure your ADB can find your tablet. Run the adb file first and then the run file. You should have no problem. Try cold booting your device as well and make make sure you have usb debugging checked.
If this fails, the most probable solution would be going to another thread and downloading the debugfs tool for tf700. I'm not at my computer now so I can't give you the direct link. But if you search for it you'll find it. I did a while back.

Keep me updated.

BethyM · Apr 30, 2013

That is the quickest and easiest root I've ever done on a device! Thanks for keeping it simple

:good::good:

tgatlinjr · May 3, 2013

HI -

I followed the instructions on this thread and was ulocked/rooted in less than five minutes - installed TWRP - made a nandroid backup - then did something I am afraid was incredibly stupid. I was going to do a wipe per instructions before installing a ROM and I selected "Advanced" and wiped everything instead of just doing a factory wipe.

Now when powered on it is stuck at the ASUS initial screen.

Hoping this can be fixed - can anyone help me out.

Thanks!

Ted

berndblb · May 4, 2013

tgatlinjr said:
HI -

I followed the instructions on this thread and was ulocked/rooted in less than five minutes - installed TWRP - made a nandroid backup - then did something I am afraid was incredibly stupid. I was going to do a wipe per instructions before installing a ROM and I selected "Advanced" and wiped everything instead of just doing a factory wipe.

Now when powered on it is stuck at the ASUS initial screen.

Hoping this can be fixed - can anyone help me out.

Thanks!

Ted

If you had a rom downloaded, you wiped it

Download the rom you want to flash to a microSD, insert it into your tablet, reboot into TWRP, select the microSD and install the zip.
Make sure you have a compatible recovery and rom combination.
What's your recovery version and what rom do you want to flash?

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

johnlgalt · May 4, 2013

Thanks for this. Initially, I was stuck on adb not finding the device - I killed the batch file and then ran

Code:

adb devices

and sure enough, nothing there.

I had to manually uninstall the drivers and then let Windows find them again - this time there was an unknown device, and then Windows found the MTP device and loaded it.

Then it took all of 27 seconds from start to finish lol.

Thanks again - Now I owe Djrbliss yet another contribution....

rickymh19 · May 4, 2013

berndblb said:
If you had a rom downloaded, you wiped it
Download the rom you want to flash to a microSD, insert it into your tablet, reboot into TWRP, select the microSD and install the zip.
Make sure you have a compatible recovery and rom combination.
What's your recovery version and what rom do you want to flash?

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

tgatlinjr said:
HI -

I followed the instructions on this thread and was ulocked/rooted in less than five minutes - installed TWRP - made a nandroid backup - then did something I am afraid was incredibly stupid. I was going to do a wipe per instructions before installing a ROM and I selected "Advanced" and wiped everything instead of just doing a factory wipe.

Now when powered on it is stuck at the ASUS initial screen.

Hoping this can be fixed - can anyone help me out.

Thanks!

Ted

hey, sorry i took so long to reply, but like bern said, you're in no trouble. just do what he said and you should be fine.
just download the ROM you want or the stock rom of asus (which i wouldnt install. try cromix or parandroid or black bean theyre very good.)
put it on an sd card and boot to recovery. then the twrp should pop up, and install the rom.
if you need help on choosing the options let me know when you'll do it and ill be glad to guide you.

tgatlinjr · May 4, 2013

Thanks Everyone!

rickymh19 said:
hey, sorry i took so long to reply, but like bern said, you're in no trouble. just do what he said and you should be fine.
just download the ROM you want or the stock rom of asus (which i wouldnt install. try cromix or parandroid or black bean theyre very good.)
put it on an sd card and boot to recovery. then the twrp should pop up, and install the rom.
if you need help on choosing the options let me know when you'll do it and ill be glad to guide you.

Thanks for the replies?

I got every thing up and going again.

Ted

rickymh19 · May 4, 2013

tgatlinjr said:
Thanks for the replies?

I got every thing up and going again.

Ted

good to hear.

DolbyTrueHD · May 5, 2013

Bee Waiting

I've been waiting for this..worked with my eyes closed. TF700T Locked and Rooted!!!

Rsmin · May 6, 2013

This worked great. Finally decided to root my tf700. I appreciate this thread so much.

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Hoseme · May 8, 2013

Awesome, super easy thanks!

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