[TOOL][Updated 5.9.12]viperMOD PrimeTime v4.6 | Auto Root/Unroot/Busybox/CMW Flash!
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Viperboy: you should update to include flashing of the official CWM or update OP telling people to make sure to download it via RM. This could prevent various issues that exist with the androidroot.mobi cwm, and it probably wouldnt be a good idea to have people running around with different versions of CWM(especially since one has staging and system mounted by default and the other does not)
Good suggestion, I will try to update soon. See, the thing is, I could have pulled down the file like I do with nachoroot, but I did not want the recovery to fail download and have the script flash a borked recovery. Now that we have ROM Manager support, I will update the script with the official CWM and make a note about using ROM Manager as well.
Thanks for the suggestion
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Good suggestion, I will try to update soon. See, the thing is, I could have pulled down the file like I do with nachoroot, but I did not want the recovery to fail download and have the script flash a borked recovery. Now that we have ROM Manager support, I will update the script with the official CWM and make a note about using ROM Manager as well.
Thanks for the suggestion
Not a fan of cwm recovery,, but I am a fan of cyanogenMod.. is cwm necessary to have to flash CM?
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Hi!
Thanks viperboy! I was able to root my TP right after I updated to .14. I have 2 noob questions:
1. I killed ASUS Sync and Splashtop during the root process. Do I have to disable them permanently?
2. How do I update to .15? Can I just use the same process as before which is through "System Firmware Update" under Settings?
Thanks viperboy! I was able to root my TP right after I updated to .14. I have 2 noob questions:
1. I killed ASUS Sync and Splashtop during the root process. Do I have to disable them permanently?
2. How do I update to .15? Can I just use the same process as before which is through "System Firmware Update" under Settings?
Prime TF201 i enabled debug mode and other settings and still same
do i need to format or something ?
don't think that's needed. what you seeing in those pics are what shows up after you install the needed drivers that comes within his viperprimetime package.
OK, I see you mean the y/n question. both of mines were 0 when I did mines back on older version. I think even if you press NO, since both are not 0 on what you showing, it'll give you instructions on what to do next.
Go to Asus' website and download the latest FW for your device. Put it on the internal storage (might have to extract the zip, I think there is another .zip inside it - that's the one you want) and reboot. It will wipe your device and do a full update, then use PrimeTime to root
i did that and i still get a dead droid
Cannot Install the ADB drivers
Hello all,
I just bought the TF201 and love it so far but I need root access to run some custom scripts. My device has the 9.4.2.15 update and shows up in device manager under the portable devices but I do not see the ASUS ADB stuff. Is there a root for the 9.4.2.15 system if I have never rooted before?
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I do have USB Debug enabled and followed the directions as posted earlier.
Hello all,
I just bought the TF201 and love it so far but I need root access to run some custom scripts. My device has the 9.4.2.15 update and shows up in device manager under the portable devices but I do not see the ASUS ADB stuff. Is there a root for the 9.4.2.15 system if I have never rooted before?
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I do have USB Debug enabled and followed the directions as posted earlier.
IM stuck on uid & Gid question. Asking if both are 0. Y or N
Both say 2000. If I press no..it says undoing exploit root not achieved. is both uid & gid being 2000 still a Y ? if not how do I make them zero? IM on latest .15 build.
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that's the thing about xda...taking risks...lol
I solved it. I was using the old viper 3.1 I had from last time I rooted. when i press no on that question it undid the exploit and said root failed. so i restarted n pressed yes. it went through everything but I noticed it said failing to push stuff to my device on alot of things. device rebooted. I checked n I still wasn't rooted. damn
so i tried viper 4.5. I had 2 options to root. I'm on firmware. 15. I saw the 1st. option said for ICS 11 or something. I just took a leap of faith n choose that one. it went through process very fast. device rebooted. I used rootchecker....AND NOW IM BACK MOFOS..LOL
THANKS TO VIPERBOY AGAIN FOR BRINGING MY ROOT BACK. now all my goodies available to use again. adaway. now my browsers loading up wayyyy faster with ads off. now I can apply my overclock n everything. YEAHHHH!
I got tired of not having root after I manually installed test build of. 15. the computer I have old as a mofo but I installed drivers n everything went well. I was surprised as I didn't use my PC to root last time. just goes to show what patience n determination can do. that computer slow as hell..lol
anyways Thanks again viperboy on the Great tool you created. I just hope I don't get anxious and unlock this mofo, install CMW and start flashing Virtuous rom...lmfao I'm stoked I rooted again. I was having withdraws.
Both say 2000. If I press no..it says undoing exploit root not achieved. is both uid & gid being 2000 still a Y ? if not how do I make them zero? IM on latest .15 build.
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that's the thing about xda...taking risks...lol
I solved it. I was using the old viper 3.1 I had from last time I rooted. when i press no on that question it undid the exploit and said root failed. so i restarted n pressed yes. it went through everything but I noticed it said failing to push stuff to my device on alot of things. device rebooted. I checked n I still wasn't rooted. damn
so i tried viper 4.5. I had 2 options to root. I'm on firmware. 15. I saw the 1st. option said for ICS 11 or something. I just took a leap of faith n choose that one. it went through process very fast. device rebooted. I used rootchecker....AND NOW IM BACK MOFOS..LOL
THANKS TO VIPERBOY AGAIN FOR BRINGING MY ROOT BACK. now all my goodies available to use again. adaway. now my browsers loading up wayyyy faster with ads off. now I can apply my overclock n everything. YEAHHHH!
I got tired of not having root after I manually installed test build of. 15. the computer I have old as a mofo but I installed drivers n everything went well. I was surprised as I didn't use my PC to root last time. just goes to show what patience n determination can do. that computer slow as hell..lol
anyways Thanks again viperboy on the Great tool you created. I just hope I don't get anxious and unlock this mofo, install CMW and start flashing Virtuous rom...lmfao I'm stoked I rooted again. I was having withdraws.
yes. I just did it few hours ago. I posted right above you on it. works great. very fast n simple. just download viperprimetime 4.5 onto your PC. then unzip contents. install the android drivers, within drivers folder. then make sure you have USB debugging mode ON on your prime. its in developer settings. also Jake sure you have Asus sync and splashtop HD sync cut off. connect prime to PC. run vioerprimetime.exe . then choose the root option. there will be 2. choose the first one, I believe, that says this is for ICS root 9......11. then follow directions from there. in a few seconds after it sends info to your prime, prime will reboot. now you are rooted. you can download the free app called root checker, to make sure you have root. also download voodoo OTA rootkeeper. open it up. then press the button to back up n save root. this will allow you to restore root after a firmware upgrade. upgrades break root. after upgrade you open up voodoo, then press restore root. now you rooted again after the new update.
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I do not have a TF101 anymore, but it has been reported that you can root the latest ICS update via option 1. Do so at your own risk! And PLEASE don't flash recovery if you're not on a Prime. That option is ONLY for TF201's!!
THIS WILL NOT ROOT .21 AT THIS TIME!!
Introducing viperMOD PrimeTime! An automated rooting program for your Asus Transformer Prime TF201 (ICS or HC supported) and the Asus Transformer TF101. It is very simple and easy to use with extra features that other root methods don't have. Works on Prime's that lost root with the ICS OTA! Now, here is how it works...
- Download the .zip
- Plug in your Transformer and make sure to install the drivers located in the included .zip (unless you can already adb into your device, then no need for drivers)
- Kill Asus Sync and Splashtop! - very important!!
- Make sure you have NO OTHER ANDROID DEVICES connected via USB!
- If on Linux, you may need to do "chmod a+x /path/to/primetime/primetime.sh" (no quotes)
- Run the viperMOD PrimeTime.exe and choose an option.
- After rooting, download OTA Root Keeper from the Market!
- ???
- Profit?
It's as simple as that! I have tested this about 30 times (both rooting and unrooting) and it works just fine! I would HIGHLY recommend downloading Voodoo Root Keeper!! Any issues or questions, please feel free to post here! Enjoy your rooted Prime
Things you should NOT do!
- Try to root with the Transformer in the dock
- Use a USB extension cable
- Not download OTA Root Keeper
- Not follow directions
Updated 5.9.12 - v4.6
- Replaced OLD CWM recovery with latest TWRP 2.1
- Fixed sparkym3's donate link
HC root based on NachoRoot by jcase and TeamAndIRC.
ICS root based on TPSparkyRoot by sparkym3.
Latest ICS root based on https://github.com/saurik/mempodroid by Saurik.
Download
Windows (v4.6): Main Link, Mirror 1, Mirror 2
Linux/Unix (v4.1 - update coming soon!): http://bit.ly/PrimeTime_v4_1_Linux68ChangelogCode:[B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 2.22 - v4.5[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*][*]Added Asus Unlock Tool install and automated CWM flash [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.25 - v4.1[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Fixed an issue where people couldn't root, even on latest OTA. The problem was a copy of su in /system/bin (or in some cases /system/xbin) that had the wrong permissions. The fix is to remove it, repush, and set correct permissions on it. [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.24 - v4[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Support latest OTA (.11) and up! This should (hopefully) stick around a while because of the exploit used! [*]Code clean up [*][B]TIP:[/B] I would recommend just updating to .11.1 from [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1452933"]here[/URL] (make sure you download the large 300+MB file) and follow those directions and then try rooting. That is what I did and v4 worked on that just fine :) [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.22[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Added Linux/Unix version [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.12 - v3.1[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Added a line of code to (hopefully) fix failed rooting. This was likely caused by root failing and not undoing the code (my script has always done that on a failed root, I assume most people who are having problems now did it by hand before?) [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.12 - v3[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Supports ICS root method (as well as alt. root method, used on TF101 and Prime's on HC) [*]Better busybox install [*]Better su binary and Superuser app removal (checks /data for Superuser if you updated it in Market) [*]More code enhancements and cleanup [*]Added donate menu [because you guys love us :D] [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.10 - v2[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Name changed to PrimeTime (thanks xda user whose name I need to find!) [*]Installs busybox upon rooting [*]Fix bug where superuser and binary weren't removed [*]Removes superuser.apk from /data/app if updated from Market [*]Gives you sysro and sysrw (type that into a terminal/adb shell for quick rw/ro /system) [*]Code enhancements and cleanup [/LIST] [B][I][U][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Updated 1.4 - v1[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [list] [*]Initial Release [/list]
FAQ
Q. Do I need ADB?
A. Yes, but you don't need to set it up or anything. I have packaged it as part of the .exe and it should work just fine.
Q. Will I not be able to OTA?
A. No, rooting doesn't affect OTA whatsoever. It's actually reverse - OTA affects root. You will still get update notifications when updates drops, but you WILL loose root if you update. Download Voodoo Root Keeper to keep root if you take the next OTA! The only way rooting would possibly affect an OTA is if, once rooted, you delete the certificates and modify the build.prop (and other things) that don't allow the OTAs to come through.
Q. Will this work on ICS and/or HC?
A. Yes, it now supports both. The ICS root method may work on HC Prime's and TF101's but I haven't gotten reports on that yet.
Q. The program doesn't do anything! WTF?!
A. Did you enable USB Debugging like the program told you too? [Settings > Developer Options] I hope you also installed the drivers, since the program told you to do that too. Once that is all set, the program will continue. If you're still having issues, please try this:
If you still need help with the driver install, this video tutorial might help.
Q. Why add busybox and Superuser.apk to /system? I don't want that ****!
A. Sorry I can't please you. Busybox is important because it adds many commands to the device that it doesn't have (it doesn't have basic commands like 'copy' or 'grep' [a type of find]). When you install ROMs on other devices, you have busybox. It will be necessary to things I have coming down the pipe As far as Superuser getting installed to /system, you'd have to go out of your way to uninstall it. In /data, it's easy to uninstall and if you master reset, root wouldn't work because there is no app, upon reboot, that would manage apps requesting root access.5Updated to v4.5! Installs the Asus Unlock Tool (you will get an error if you already have it installed, ignore it) and automatically flashes CWM! I've had 3 reports of this working, you guys should have no issues!
I do intend to update to v5 and overhaul the entire program. Do things a little bit better and more efficiently. But that won't be for a little bit, as everything is working. I just want to do it since it's a little bit messy as it is right now.
Enjoy5Updated to v3! Get your automated ICS root on!! Please post feedback so that I know how it's working and PLEASE let me know if you're on ICS or HC (build number, please!). If someone has a good write-up or post with driver install info, that would be great. I would like to put it in the 2nd post for users who need help!5
Firts I downloaded the unlock tool here.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1510760
Than you have to set up ADB.
See here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4KSrgi-rE
After that you install CWM with method one from this thread.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1576937
and than flah root files from this thread
http://goo-inside.me/superuser/Super...ghi-signed.zip
And than you are finished and rooted.
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