New TF300T few questions on rooting etc

[burt_ie]

Hi all,

After much debate between the Infinity, Prime and TF300 I settled on getting a TF300T. It's new out of the box and is charging up right this minute.

I am coming from a Motorola Xoom which I had rooted running EOS JB ROM and TWRP Recovery.

I've been having a look through the TF300T forums and I see that the general advice seems to be not to be not to upgrade OTA until I have rooted and unlocked, is this correct?
I have seen SparkyRoot but was wondering lso what is the best and easiest method for rooting ? I am in the UK so I guess I have to make sure I find instructions etc for the UK version?

I am not looking to install any custom ROMs yet, I want to see how the stock goes for now. I am interested in getting it rooted though because I have apps like Titanium, Sixaxis Controller which need root privileges.

I guess you guys in this corner of the forum will be seeing more of me now that I have a TF300T. I will see how I get on with this tablet for a week or two before I finally ditch and sell my trusty old Xoom.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[funnel71]

Hi all,

After much debate between the Infinity, Prime and TF300 I settled on getting a TF300T. It's new out of the box and is charging up right this minute.

I am coming from a Motorola Xoom which I had rooted running EOS JB ROM and TWRP Recovery.

I've been having a look through the TF300T forums and I see that the general advice seems to be not to be not to upgrade OTA until I have rooted and unlocked, is this correct?
I have seen SparkyRoot but was wondering lso what is the best and easiest method for rooting ? I am in the UK so I guess I have to make sure I find instructions etc for the UK version?

I am not looking to install any custom ROMs yet, I want to see how the stock goes for now. I am interested in getting it rooted though because I have apps like Titanium, Sixaxis Controller which need root privileges.

I guess you guys in this corner of the forum will be seeing more of me now that I have a TF300T. I will see how I get on with this tablet for a week or two before I finally ditch and sell my trusty old Xoom.

Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm assuming you have not taken the jb update. Here's what happened to me...

I was on ICS. I rooted using the debugfs method, in the Dev section. I took the jb update and thanks to ota rootkeeper I was able to restore root with no issue. I had to wipe data shortly after to resolve a problem. That caused me to lose root permission, and I couldn't get it back without unlocking and using step 3 of the jb root guide, in the general section.

I'm now on stock jbwith an unlocked bootloader, twrp recovery, root, and a couple of tiny mods from the Dev section. I consider having twrp much better than maintaining the warranty because you can easily do full backups, and flash things like mods and root. Hope this helps you.

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[philos64]

I have rooted my TF300 first then I was on ICS.
I have used [ROOT][TOOL]Debugfs automated root v1.9 - update 7/2/2012 - Prime & TF300t by sparkym3
and after I have backuped my root with OTA rootkeeper - free version.
I have checked my root with Root Checker-Free version.
I have updated my device on JB by OTA without problem.
Restored my root with OTA rootkeeper.
And finally, I have unlocked my TF300 with Asus tool: UnLock_Device_App_V7.apk
Restored my root with OTA Rootkeeper.
Installed TWRP Recovery, which is for my part, the recovery which is more stable
And actually, I'm on [ROM] Asus Custom Rom - JB Overclock Edition V01

If you want to know more, click on my sig and go to see the index for TF300

 

[burt_ie]

Awesome thanks guys

It's finished charging now, I've turned it on but disabled wifi so I don't get any OTA updates.

Looking at my build number it says: IML7K.WW-epad-9.4.3.26-20120416

I seen some guides where the build number was important, I'll go back and double check.

I'll check out those links Phil. Going to make sure I read everything properly as I don't want to end up bricking my new toy

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[burt_ie]

Looking at the links Philos64 posted it looks quite straightforward, glad to see TWRP on the TF300 as I loved that recovery on my Xoom

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[burt_ie]

Hello again,

Looking at debug automated root its says supported version: v9.4.3.30 for the TF300T (ICS 4.0.3)
Seeing as my build number said 9.4.3.26 do I have to update my tab first?

Just want to make sure I don't balls this thing up so early lol

Thanks again for all your help



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[UndisputedGuy]

Can you root on jelly bean with the same process as ICS?

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[philos64]

Seeing as my build number said 9.4.3.26 do I have to update my tab first?

Yes, you can

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Can you root on jelly bean with the same process as ICS?
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Actually no. You cannot root if you are on JB

 

[UndisputedGuy]

That's a shame.

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[burt_ie]

Yes, you can

Do I just do an OTA update to get it up to 9.4.3.29? I guess there will be a succession of small updates and as long as I stop on that one?

Sorry for having so many questions.. don't mean to be a nag lol



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[philos64]

So, you can stop the OTA updates at v9.4.3.30

 

[burt_ie]

Thanks Philos64 shall do it now... will report back later with the results.

Big thank you coming your way

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[burt_ie]

All so far so good...rooted and all backed up, just waiting for the JB update to download now.

Just one more thing? I was looking at TWRP and I was wondering how to install it? I know that on my xoom I already had CWM installed and just ran the file from recovery which gave me TWRP but how can I do that with the TF300T? On the TWRP website it says about 2 options:
Install Fastboot Method & Install ADB / Terminal method...both of which I have never done before. Is it easy to do as long as I follow the instructions?

Thanks again :laugh:

 

[burt_ie]

Well everything went well, I got root access which confirmed with root checker, done a backup of my root and installed the Jelly Bean update but then Root backup lost my backup

 

[funnel71]

Well everything went well, I got root access which confirmed with root checker, done a backup of my root and installed the Jelly Bean update but then Root backup lost my backup

Then you'll need to unlock the bootloader and follow the guide in the general section to get it back. For twrp, go find links to the twrp site in the Dev section. They have install instructions on the twrp site. Again, you must unlock the bootloader to install it.

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[burt_ie]

So if I unlock my boot loader I can then root? I don't mind voiding my warranty.

 

[funnel71]

So if I unlock my boot loader I can then root? I don't mind voiding my warranty.

Sure can. If you are already on jb, unlock, then follow step 3 of this guide for root and recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30516010

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[burt_ie]

That is brilliant news! After reading the forums here i thought that now I was on Jellybean I had lost the ability to root. I guess a lot of people don't want to void their warranty by unlocking their bootloader. I had to do the same thing with my xoom.

I will give this a try sometime this week


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