This is a general users guide to unbricking your tf700t...
This is only what I did, It was successfull for me.
I did this on linux mint 32 bit, so thats what I can help with. Im sure it can be done on windows but who would want to!!!!!!LOL
I will help anyone that needs it of course... No matter the os... Just let me know!!!!
What you need
Your device specific nvflash backup files generated while enabling nvflash.
!!!!!!!!If you dont have them there is no help for you!!!!!!
Downloads
nvflash/wheelie-Linux
click me
nvflash/wheelie-Windows
click me
Asus Stock firmware---MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CORRECT SKU FOR YOUR 700
click me
INSTRUCTIONS
Extract wheelie and nvflash to your home folder...
Extract your stock firmware in your downloads folder twice...You will see a blob file rename it boot.blob and move it to your home folder...
Move the above mentioned device specific files to your home folder...
In your home folder you should have
Start your device in APX mode [Power On + Volume Up]. Your tablet screen will remain blank in APX mode....
Bootstrap your device (enter nvFlash mode) while your device is in APX mode using wheelie....
I am going to show you the outputs of my process ....
If you are running windows drop the 'sudo ./' and make sure your CMD window is opened as admin
lj50036@area51:~ > sudo ./wheelie --blob blob.bin
OUTPUT
Wheelie 0.1 - Preflight for nvflash.
Copyright (c) 2011-2012 androidroot.mobi
========================================
Waiting for device in APX mode...
[=] Chip UID: 0x15d2bbce2501405
[=] RCM Version: 0x30001
[=] CPU Model: Tegra 3
[+] Sending bootloader...
Sending file: 100 %
[!] Done - your device should now be ready for nvflash
It may shutdown after each command, get back into nvflash with the above steps.....
lj50036@area51:~ > sudo ./nvflash -r --download 7 unlock-token.img
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
sending file: unlock-token.img
/ 8388608/8388608 bytes sent
unlock-token.img sent successfully
lj50036@area51:~ > sudo ./nvflash -r --download 14 factory-config.img
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
sending file: factory-config.img
/ 5242880/5242880 bytes sent
factory-config.img sent successfully
lj50036@area51:~ > sudo ./nvflash -r --rawdevicewrite 0 2944 bricksafe.img
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
sending file: bricksafe.img
/ 12058624/12058624 bytes sent
bricksafe.img sent successfully
lj50036@area51:~ > sudo ./nvflash -r --go
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
At this point if it will not reboot or shut down do this
hold power button and volume down to boot into fastboot...You will now have fastboot.
We are not done yet!!! Getting close now!!!!!!
Run these command in fastboot in this order
The next command is to just verify your computer can see your device
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot devices
OUTPUT
015d2bbce2501405 fastboot
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase system
OUTPUT
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.954s]
finished. total time: 2.954s
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase recovery
OUTPUT
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.945s]
finished. total time: 1.945s
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot -w
OUTPUT
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 23.188s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29618601984
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7231104
Block groups: 221
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1810432 inodes and 157662/7231104 blocks
sending 'userdata' (139133 KB)...
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 26.358s]
erasing 'cache'...
At this point it just hangs on erasing 'cache'
I just close terminal and open new one, and run the next command
If your tablet hangs just reboot back into fastboot again
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase boot
OUTPUT
erasing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.209s]
finished. total time: 1.209s
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase misc
OUTPUT
erasing 'misc'...
OKAY [ 0.978s]
finished. total time: 0.978s
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase cache
OUTPUT
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 2.843s]
finished. total time: 2.843s
During the sending/writing process of this step you will get the blue bar on your screen.....
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system boot.blob
OUTPUT
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.339s]
sending 'system' (800927 KB)...
OKAY [133.094s]
writing 'system'...
[OKAY [178.036s]
finished. total time: 313.469s
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
OUTPUT
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.020s
You will now be back to stock rom stock bootloader but still unlocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boot fully into rom than you can do whatever you would like!!!!!!!!!!!
This is only what I did, It was successfull for me.
I did this on linux mint 32 bit, so thats what I can help with. Im sure it can be done on windows but who would want to!!!!!!LOL
I will help anyone that needs it of course... No matter the os... Just let me know!!!!
What you need
Your device specific nvflash backup files generated while enabling nvflash.
!!!!!!!!If you dont have them there is no help for you!!!!!!
- blob.bin
- bootloader.ebt
- unlock-token.img
- factory-config.img
- bricksafe.img
Also needed
- A tf700t (Its bad now, but all will be ok)
- Fully charged tf700t (Just plug it in, it will charge no matter what...If not you dont need my help!!!!)
- Asus data cable
- Linux Mint 32bit PC
- Super user permission
- Stock firmware blob (from asus's web site, make sure you get the right one)
- nvflash and wheelie
- And fastboot for your PC
Downloads
nvflash/wheelie-Linux
click me
nvflash/wheelie-Windows
click me
Asus Stock firmware---MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CORRECT SKU FOR YOUR 700
click me
INSTRUCTIONS
Extract wheelie and nvflash to your home folder...
Extract your stock firmware in your downloads folder twice...You will see a blob file rename it boot.blob and move it to your home folder...
Move the above mentioned device specific files to your home folder...
In your home folder you should have
- blob.bin
- unlock-token.img
- factory-config.img
- bricksafe.img
- bootloader.ebt
- nvflash
- wheelie
- boot.blob (we renamed it in the last step)
Start your device in APX mode [Power On + Volume Up]. Your tablet screen will remain blank in APX mode....
Bootstrap your device (enter nvFlash mode) while your device is in APX mode using wheelie....
I am going to show you the outputs of my process ....
If you are running windows drop the 'sudo ./' and make sure your CMD window is opened as admin
Code:
sudo ./wheelie --blob blob.bin
OUTPUT
Wheelie 0.1 - Preflight for nvflash.
Copyright (c) 2011-2012 androidroot.mobi
========================================
Waiting for device in APX mode...
[=] Chip UID: 0x15d2bbce2501405
[=] RCM Version: 0x30001
[=] CPU Model: Tegra 3
[+] Sending bootloader...
Sending file: 100 %
[!] Done - your device should now be ready for nvflash
It may shutdown after each command, get back into nvflash with the above steps.....
Code:
sudo ./nvflash -r --download 7 unlock-token.img
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
sending file: unlock-token.img
/ 8388608/8388608 bytes sent
unlock-token.img sent successfully
Code:
sudo ./nvflash -r --download 14 factory-config.img
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
sending file: factory-config.img
/ 5242880/5242880 bytes sent
factory-config.img sent successfully
Code:
sudo ./nvflash -r --rawdevicewrite 0 2944 bricksafe.img
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
sending file: bricksafe.img
/ 12058624/12058624 bytes sent
bricksafe.img sent successfully
Code:
sudo ./nvflash -r --go
OUTPUT
Nvflash v1.13.87205 started
[resume mode]
At this point if it will not reboot or shut down do this
hold power button and volume down to boot into fastboot...You will now have fastboot.
We are not done yet!!! Getting close now!!!!!!
Run these command in fastboot in this order
The next command is to just verify your computer can see your device
Code:
fastboot devices
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot devices
OUTPUT
015d2bbce2501405 fastboot
Code:
fastboot erase system
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase system
OUTPUT
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.954s]
finished. total time: 2.954s
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase recovery
OUTPUT
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.945s]
finished. total time: 1.945s
Code:
fastboot -w
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot -w
OUTPUT
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 23.188s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29618601984
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7231104
Block groups: 221
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1810432 inodes and 157662/7231104 blocks
sending 'userdata' (139133 KB)...
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 26.358s]
erasing 'cache'...
At this point it just hangs on erasing 'cache'
I just close terminal and open new one, and run the next command
If your tablet hangs just reboot back into fastboot again
Code:
fastboot erase boot
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase boot
OUTPUT
erasing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.209s]
finished. total time: 1.209s
Code:
fastboot erase misc
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase misc
OUTPUT
erasing 'misc'...
OKAY [ 0.978s]
finished. total time: 0.978s
Code:
fastboot erase cache
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot erase cache
OUTPUT
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 2.843s]
finished. total time: 2.843s
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash system boot.blob
During the sending/writing process of this step you will get the blue bar on your screen.....
INPUT
lj50036@area51:~ > fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system boot.blob
OUTPUT
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.339s]
sending 'system' (800927 KB)...
OKAY [133.094s]
writing 'system'...
[OKAY [178.036s]
finished. total time: 313.469s
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
OUTPUT
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.020s
You will now be back to stock rom stock bootloader but still unlocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boot fully into rom than you can do whatever you would like!!!!!!!!!!!
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