Any other way to root this device on 4.3 without unlocking it?

[super0dd]

Seems like that I would never make it to unlock it.:crying:

 

[sbdags]

Seems like that I would never make it to unlock it.:crying:

No not right now.

Remind me where you are getting stuck?

The tricky part is updating to 4.3 if you are on 4.2.2 and then you unlock, but if you are locked on 4.2.2 then just upgrade to 4.3 and then unlock, fastboot flash cwm and use my superuser zip to root. Easy!

 

[super0dd]

No not right now.

Remind me where you are getting stuck?

The tricky part is updating to 4.3 if you are on 4.2.2 and then you unlock, but if you are locked on 4.2.2 then just upgrade to 4.3 and then unlock, fastboot flash cwm and use my superuser zip to root. Easy!

All right, just let me tell you my whole story.
Someday I seemed to overcharge my tablet and thus broke the power management chip on the motherboard and then I found it stuck on the boot screen and was only able to boot to recovery. After I finally surrendered to it, I went to have Asus's guy replaced it a new motherboard, which took me like 230 bucks(much close to a new nexus 7).When I got my tablet back, it was already on 4.3 (10.26.1.18 CN), then I found it incapable to be unlocked. But I still want to root it anyway since the stock Chinese firmware is not even with GApps and lacks a lot of features that others possess. At least, I need Play Store!

Problem1: I am not sure if Asus's server records the existence or S/N of the current motherboard, which is most likely to incapacitate the unlock process.

Problem 2:

Unknown error occured, which may a network error
Please try later

That's the problem I meet all the time. I don't know if the official unlock tool is available for 4.3(the official webpage says that it is for 4.2.2 only and I can't find any other similar unlock tool for even ME302c:crying, as the firmware version is already 4.3 when I got it and it doesn't seem to be feasible fo downgrade it.

Problem 3: I have tried every root tools I know, and failed. Not possible to use the masterkey…

Thank you anyway.:victory:

 

[sbdags]

All right, just let me tell you my whole story.
Someday I seemed to overcharge my tablet and thus broke the power management chip on the motherboard and then I found it stuck on the boot screen and was only able to boot to recovery. After I finally surrendered to it, I went to have Asus's guy replaced it a new motherboard, which took me like 230 bucks(much close to a new nexus 7).When I got my tablet back, it was already on 4.3 (10.26.1.18 CN), then I found it incapable to be unlocked. But I still want to root it anyway since the stock Chinese firmware is not even with GApps and lacks a lot of features that others possess. At least, I need Play Store!

Problem1: I am not sure if Asus's server records the existence or S/N of the current motherboard, which is most likely to incapacitate the unlock process.

Problem 2:

Unknown error occured, which may a network error
Please try later

That's the problem I meet all the time. I don't know if the official unlock tool is available for 4.3(the official webpage says that it is for 4.2.2 only and I can't find any other similar unlock tool for even ME302c:crying, as the firmware version is already 4.3 when I got it and it doesn't seem to be feasible fo downgrade it.

Problem 3: I have tried every root tools I know, and failed. Not possible to use the masterkey…

Thank you anyway.:victory:

Ah OK - the issue is Asus have replaced your motherboard so the mac address you are now supplying does not match the serial number of the device that they have in their database.

The ONLY way to proceed is to contact asus and get them to update their database with your new mac address - stating that you can't use their online web services like device tracking etc until they do so. They will eventually do it but if you can hold of a rep in Taiwan that will speed things up.

There is no other way.

 

[super0dd]

Ah OK - the issue is Asus have replaced your motherboard so the mac address you are now supplying does not match the serial number of the device that they have in their database.

The ONLY way to proceed is to contact asus and get them to update their database with your new mac address - stating that you can't use their online web services like device tracking etc until they do so. They will eventually do it but if you can hold of a rep in Taiwan that will speed things up.

There is no other way.

Uh, do Asus guys have my MAC address? I am not sure.
Okay, I'll phone them tomorrow. It's quite a warm Sunday night now in China.
Thanks a lot.

 

[sbdags]

Uh, do Asus guys have my MAC address? I am not sure.
Okay, I'll phone them tomorrow. It's quite a warm Sunday night now in China.
Thanks a lot.

Of course they do - it is tied to your wifi hardware.