Tablet won't boot and recovery fails.

[Rackers]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a TF701T that the seller has listed as faulty.

He has told me the following:

Bootloader is locked, does go into recovery but never completes it and fails. Something very wrong with it.
Thanks

Is the tablet fixable or not even worth the trouble?

Thanks

 

[zaelin]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a TF701T that the seller has listed as faulty.

He has told me the following:

Bootloader is locked, does go into recovery but never completes it and fails. Something very wrong with it.
Thanks

Is the tablet fixable or not even worth the trouble?

Thanks

I would be inclined to say no, given that the bootloader is locked and the stock recovery fails. You could however purchase it, and RMA. Asus would more then likely do a board swap and charge you an additional 200+ dollars. If this still interests you, then by all means. After all, dude could be selling it for $20 bucks for all I know.

 

[Rackers]

Thanks for the reply.

I will not be buying in that case!

 

[berndblb]

Well, it depends what the seller considers a fail....
So many people do not know how to use the stock recovery to reflash the stock rom. They get the Andy on his back and think it's the recovery that failed when it actually signifies a perfectly fine recovery not finding an adequate update file in the correct location with the correct file name........

You would need a lot more information about what is wrong with the tablet, what the seller did, what EXACTLY he did to fix it etc.
"Something is seriously wrong" doesn't say anything. Could be as easy as a corrupted data partition.... Who knows?

 

[QuantumSingularity]

Well, it depends what the seller considers a fail....
So many people do not know how to use the stock recovery to reflash the stock rom. They get the Andy on his back and think it's the recovery that failed when it actually signifies a perfectly fine recovery not finding an adequate update file in the correct location with the correct file name........

You would need a lot more information about what is wrong with the tablet, what the seller did, what EXACTLY he did to fix it etc.
"Something is seriously wrong" doesn't say anything. Could be as easy as a corrupted data partition.... Who knows?

You can try to put a stockrom on a MicroSD, renamed to T4_SDUPDATE.zip.
Just like the instruction on the asus site.
Maybe this works.

1.Download “WW_10_26_1_18_SDupdate” from ASUS support site.
2.Unzip “WW_10_26_1_18_SDupdate” and put “T4_SDUPDATE.zip” in an empty MicroSD card.(must larger than 2 GB)
3.Turn off your TF701T
4.Insert the MicroSD card with T4_SDUPDATE file.
5.Long press “Volume down” button and “Power” button at the same time until below screen shows up. There is a line reads ”Press key in 5 sec to enter RCK”
6.Soon, press “Volume Up” button and you will see below screen.
7.After waiting a few minutes, you will see an ASUS logo with a status bar. It means update process starts and after about 5 minutes.

 

[K94U]

latest firmware changes to recovery menu

Only use the correct firmware version for your tablet from the ASUS website as NOT stated in number 1 above. The instructions for number 5 & 6 above are not correct for the 11. 4. 1. 29 firmware version. number 5 should be hold down volume down and power key boot into boot menu then ONLY press down volume key to select RCK then up volume to select. No matter what you do!!!!!!!!! Do not do a wipe data from this screen!!!!! Only wipe data from within your newly installed custom recovery! 6 is void.

Also, I think if you just boot/reboot your device with the zip file on the root of the SD card, it should detect the update and then install without going to the boot menu first. Just delete the zip file before you reboot so it will not detect it. If this helped you out, please press the thanks button!