[How-To] All-In-One Guide For Asus Infinity (TF700) [25/03/2013]

jawert

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finally I did it :eek: and now I have ww instead of cn
I did it by rooting and make it woolf's metod 1 - after that wipe and now i have working ww android
after that i root again by viper

question: i install after all this voodoo root keeper and it shows that i have no root - should i root it again by debugfs metod?

So i did again debugfs and now everything is ok - superuser is working and voodoo root keeper as well
 
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mrvogel

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Great guide, I've finally decided after a couple of months to do most of this stuff today. The only thing is that I'm wondering is about NVFlash recovery. How do I recover the device with this method. I've got my backups but wasn't sure of the commands. Not sure if I just missed something. I've also tried to google and search the site for an answer or NVFlash commands but no success. I've never had a device with NVFlash so just wondering what I need to do if it comes down to using this. Would be great to put on the guide as I've seen others asking the same question. Thanks!
 

Pretoriano80

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Great guide, I've finally decided after a couple of months to do most of this stuff today. The only thing is that I'm wondering is about NVFlash recovery. How do I recover the device with this method. I've got my backups but wasn't sure of the commands. Not sure if I just missed something. I've also tried to google and search the site for an answer or NVFlash commands but no success. I've never had a device with NVFlash so just wondering what I need to do if it comes down to using this. Would be great to put on the guide as I've seen others asking the same question. Thanks!
Don't worry mate, you will get help with NvFlash in case you will brick and the only way to recover would be NvFlash. ;) Usually you won't need NvFlash to recover from soft bricks, but maybe i will put a guide in here, but only to restore the bootloader.
 
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mrvogel

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I know I speak for myself but that would be great. I've used your guide almost start to finish and it didn't steer me wrong (just haven't flashed a custom recovery due to the JB update hitting soon). I know I'm probably crazy and I've read that after you access NVFlash you can feel free to upgrade to .30, but I have reservations. I'm wondering if wheelie just accesses NVFlash so you can always do so in the future kind of like a golden key. Whatever though. When trying to access NVFlash, I kept coming back to your guide and it helped with the little tidbits and trouble shooting areas. Not to nit pick but I know you have the section about the $ and Windows OS. I had to remove it with the fastboot commands also (I'm on Win XP), but reading this sections figured it out quickly as it seems not recognized by DOS. Once again thanks for a great guide!
 

Pretoriano80

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I know I speak for myself but that would be great. I've used your guide almost start to finish and it didn't steer me wrong (just haven't flashed a custom recovery due to the JB update hitting soon). I know I'm probably crazy and I've read that after you access NVFlash you can feel free to upgrade to .30, but I have reservations. I'm wondering if wheelie just accesses NVFlash so you can always do so in the future kind of like a golden key. Whatever though. When trying to access NVFlash, I kept coming back to your guide and it helped with the little tidbits and trouble shooting areas. Not to nit pick but I know you have the section about the $ and Windows OS. I had to remove it with the fastboot commands also (I'm on Win XP), but reading this sections figured it out quickly as it seems not recognized by DOS. Once again thanks for a great guide!
I have tested Wheelie yesterday after upgrading to Jelly Bean, so with JB bootloader and is still working great... Once you got access to NvFlash Asus can't do anything to stop you from using it even if you update your bootloader.
 
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jtrosky

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Yep, I also successfully used wheelie/nvflash yesterday after doing something stupid after upgrading to Jelly Bean. Worked perfectly and fixed me up! :)

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
 

Pretoriano80

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Can one of you guys with nvflash backups try downgrading the JB bootloader to .26 please? =)
It will downgrade just fine, trust me ;)
EDIT: Or maybe you mean downgrading with the official firmware? In this case it will not downgrade.
 
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It is of significant note that you can use the "Factory Restore after a softbrick" option in this thread to downgrade your firmware if you need to for somereason, you don't need to be bricked. I just did this so I could roll back to ICS and re-root my device because I forgot to save it when upgrading to JB. :D
 
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It is of significant note that you can use the "Factory Restore after a softbrick" option in this thread to downgrade your firmware if you need to for somereason, you don't need to be bricked. I just did this so I could roll back to ICS and re-root my device because I forgot to save it when upgrading to JB. :D
Don't know if Asus changed something after the .30 update but i can assure you that you can't downgrade from .30 to .26 with this .Maybe you can do it from Jelly Bean to ICS because .30 update also upgraded the bootloader,but i'm not sure.
 

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Sorry boys...can i root with debugfs method after update on jelly bean official?

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Sorry boys...can i root with debugfs method after update on jelly bean official?
I've not read, sorry. It is not possible. :(

Now i have .30 firmware. Before update to jelly bean i don't want lose my root. I lose the root from .26 to .30 with voodoo ota rootkeeper (backup su). There is a solution for save the root before update to jelly bean with woodoo ota rootkeeper?
 
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Turiya_31

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Don't know if Asus changed something after the .30 update but i can assure you that you can't downgrade from .30 to .26 with this .Maybe you can do it from Jelly Bean to ICS because .30 update also upgraded the bootloader,but i'm not sure.
Sorry, yes, I should have clarified that I downgraded from Jelly Bean OTA to ICS .30 using that process.
 
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Turiya_31

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Sorry boys...can i root with debugfs method after update on jelly bean official?

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I've not read, sorry. It is not possible. :(

Now i have .30 firmware. Before update to jelly bean i don't want lose my root. I lose the root from .26 to .30 with voodoo ota rootkeeper (backup su). There is a solution for save the root before update to jelly bean with woodoo ota rootkeeper?
There are at least 2 JB related root threads floating around that discuss options for how to carry your root from ICS .30 to the JB OTA.
 

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Hi, updated successfully to JB via OTA
Never rooted the tablet up to now, has the method on page 1 been tested in my situation?
Do you confirm that root only does not void warranty?
Thanks!
 

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JB to ICS

May help some ... the 'downgrade' (factory restore) from JB to ICS method worked for me ONLY when the file re-named EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip was the only file on the micrSD card. - OR - did everyone else already know this (?)

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