A few notes going from .17 WW to .29 Rooted ON TF300T

[daeka]

** DISCLAIMER **
Using my method below will VOID your warranty with ASUS
**

Having just purchased a TF300T I did some playing around to figure this out.

Mine was originally on WW .17 firmware but in doing an OTA update to .26 my root got messed up.

I used Wolf's downgrade method found here to downgrade to US .17 since WW .17 blob is no where to be found.

little did I realize that US .17 could not receive OTA updates in Canada...

After some messing around again using Wolf's method I "downgraded" to DE .17 to try and get the WW OTA update.

I updated via OTA to .26 and as others have reported, going from .17 DE rooted to WW .26 I was unable to restore root with OTA Rootkeeper.

I decided to go the certain route and used a micro SD card containing the extraced WW .29 firmware and booted my TF300T with it inserted.

A Caution symbol showed up in the status bar and when clicking on it indicated a firmware update to .29 WW and after running it and waiting about 10 minutes my Transformer was on a new clean copy of WW .29 *unrooted*

I installed the Asus' unlock tool, ran it, unlocked and installed CWM (method here)and used it to install XpLoDWilD's simple root.

And there I am, my nice new TF300T on WW .29 Rooted... Wolf and XpLoDWilD are my heroes.

Hopefully my experiences will help someone else.

 

[Reilly1812]

Having just purchased a TF300T I did some playing around to figure this out.

Mine was originally on WW .17 firmware but in doing an OTA update to .26 my root got messed up.

I used Wolf's downgrade method found here to downgrade to US .17 since WW .17 blob is no where to be found.

little did I realize that US .17 could not receive OTA updates in Canada...

After some messing around again using Wolf's method I "downgraded" to DE .17 to try and get the WW OTA update.

I updated via OTA to .26 and as others have reported, going from .17 DE rooted to WW .26 I was unable to restore root with OTA Rootkeeper.

I decided to go the certain route and used a micro SD card containing the extraced WW .29 firmware and booted my TF300T with it inserted.

A Caution symbol showed up in the status bar and when clicking on it indicated a firmware update to .29 WW and after running it and waiting about 10 minutes my Transformer was on a new clean copy of WW .29 *unrooted*

I installed the Asus' unlock tool, ran it, unlocked and installed CWM (method here)and used it to install XpLoDWilD's simple root.

And there I am, my nice new TF300T on WW .29 Rooted... Wolf and XpLoDWilD are my heroes.

Hopefully my experiences will help someone else.

You forgot to point out that you also permanently voided your warranty as well since you unlocked it. That's important to share as well.

Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA

 

[Hayde]

Indeed, and thats why some people (like me) wait for the .17 WW blob.

Cause I dont want to lose my warrenty, over something simple as rooting the device. Cause I dont need a custom rom, and so dont need a custom recovery.

 

[supersoulfly]

Holding off on rooting for the time being. Perhaps down the line if I see a compelling reason. Rooted and put a custom ROM on my Nook Color out of necessity before. Don't have that necessity with the TF300.

 

[daeka]

You forgot to point out that you also permanently voided your warranty as well since you unlocked it. That's important to share as well.

Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA

Good point, Added disclaimer. Thanks for mentioning, it completely slipped my mind.