[DIRECT DL LINK] Unlock tool has arrived!!!

[h0l]

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Eee+Pad+Transformer+Prime+TF201&p=20&s=16

Direct ASUS link
Direct apk link (dropbox)
Mediafire, in case dropbox gets killed.

md5 of the file than unlocked my bootloader: af305839d357431a4f1505f96b62d48d

 

[Namidairo]

They were a tad quiet about that. So much for a press release or anything.

 

[leppie]

I feel sodomized now...

This is a load of legal BS, which is only to benefit one party (ASUS). I wonder if such one-sided contracts will even stand up in court...

 

[Danny-B-]

Great news !!!!

This future certainly looks bright !!

Bring on the Roms etc.

 

[theSpawnAT]

unlocking success XD now booting up it only takes a few seconds...

 

[daerchwing]

Finally! I really hope this will kickstart development.

 

[theSpawnAT]

strange recovery... only had a look for a few seconds as there is a timecounter in the background, but there is an option to install linux , mnt usb? maybe with FS? and to wipe (I don't want to press the button). I think it checked up the internal storage for some special files, like bootloader in htc for the pd**.img

 

[Namidairo]

Basically this unlocker grabs the serial of the CPU, tells the Asus server... Gets back the necessary info to unlock, unlocks the device and leave a marker for warranty thrashing (It mentions some sort of flag), then reboots.

Edit:If anyone was wondering, the serial of the cpu would be independent of the device serial (In format 0245xxxxxxxxxxxx) is acquired from /proc/cpuinfo

Edit2:I believe the unlock server is mdm.asus.com via HTTPS, also I believe it uses the Android device ID as well.

 

[leppie]

More Info!!! Thanks

 

[Ramis]

couldn't someone just make a app, that does all this, except tell the asus sever our cpu number?
that way they would still think we havent unlocked it?

 

[neckbonest]

this is great news, the only problem i see is not being able to recieve OTA anymore. i am sure a dev will figure out a way to get us unlocked primes a way to install/flash them.

 

[Gremlin001]

This is good to know and I will be keeping an eye out for any results that the community has using it. However, I won't be downloading/installing the tool because my Prime has not been rooted or gone backwards with ICS versions. I want to go the official update route for awhile yet. This is just a personal preference. I have too much money tied up in this unit to void the warranty.

 

[Namidairo]

couldn't someone just make a app, that does all this, except tell the asus sever our cpu number?
that way they would still think we havent unlocked it?

It's a challenge-response thing with the challenge built from the cpu serial and device id (or one of those, or more... Didn't take a close look). Only Asus and the person in possession of the device would know these.

Also they're not stupid enough to just let you throw unlock requests at them without recording them. (After all they do have to look up the keys to unlock the bootloader)

Also they're probably wiping the DRM keys on the device as well, so devs don't go extracting them after they've unlocked their bootloaders.

this is great news, the only problem i see is not being able to recieve OTA anymore. i am sure a dev will figure out a way to get us unlocked primes a way to install/flash them.

DD'ing blobs *should* work still, although YMMV.

 

[ikdedinges]

nice! now let's hope for a good recovery and custom roms!

 

[GuestK00431]

As much as I want to use this I'm not going too. Don't want to lose my warranty as I dont trust this device with the amount of problems that surround it so far. Also wont get OTA updates. Asus know how to screw over there buyers, should of been unlocked before release.

 

[Diamondback]

Hm, did anyone get fastboot to work? For me it stays for ever at the line "Starting Fastboot USB download protocol"

 

[joeyddr]

Does it wipe the device?

 

[Diamondback]

Does it wipe the device?

No. It just does some stuff and reboots.

 

[barryflanagan]

No. It just does some stuff and reboots.

Any chance of a pic of the recovery?

 

[Diamondback]

Any chance of a pic of the recovery?

There is not really a usable recovery. Only the OTA one which just shows you an error once you start it. (Because there is no OTA file to apply)

Once booting with VOL_DOWN you can choose between a cold boot, wiping data or entering fastboot mode (which does not really seem to work for me)