For those of you who might have trouble with your EeePad Transformer (perhaps you’ve bricked it while installing new ROMs), here’s how to unroot/unbrick your EeePad Transformer.
Step 1. Download the two files below and copy over to your EeePad Transformer’s microSD card. You will need an external microSD card and if you can’t access your Android OS, you can get a microSD card adapter to copy the files over OR if you have installed the ClockworkMod Recovery 3.1.0.1, you can mount your microSD card in recovery. But I will use a microSD card in this example for the worst case scenario.
For US versions download this:
transformer_8.2.3.13_US_update.zip
For worldwide versions, download this:
transformer-8.2.3.13_WW_update.zip
and also download this for stock recovery:
8239USrecovery.zip
Step 2. Boot into ClockworkMod Recovery by holding down Volume down and Power button together until you see text at the top, then immediately let go of both buttons then hit the Volume up button. You should now be in ClockworkMod Recovery.
Step 3. Choose “wipe data/factory reset” using volume buttons and hit the Power button.
Step 4. Choose “Yes” and hit Power button.
Step 5. Choose “install zip from sdcard” and hit the Power button.
Step 6. Choose “choose zip from sdcard and hit the Power button.
Step 7. Choose “transformer_8.2.3.13_US_update.zip” or “transformer_8.2.3.13_WW_update.zip” and hit the Power button.
Step 8. Choose “Yes” and hit the Power button.
Step 9. Reboot.
Step 10. Once rebooted, you should now have a stock rooted ROM. Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery by holding down Volume down and Power button together until you see text at the top, then immediately let go of both buttons then hit the Volume up button. You should now be in ClockworkMod Recovery.
Step 11. Choose “install zip from sdcard” and hit the Power button.
Step 12. Choose “choose zip from sdcard and hit the Power button.
Step 13. Choose “8239USrecovery.zip” and hit the Power button.
Step 14. Choose “Yes” and hit the Power button.
Step 15. Reboot.
You should now have a fully stock ROM on your EeePad Tranformer. This is an older stock ROM and if you want to update to the latest, simply do Settings->About tablet->System Update.
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thanks man this worked i was looking for a way to completelyun root my tablet. I have to sent it back to asus because i have a cracked screen. I subscribed to your youtube page
Hey man, love what you are doing here! But… Do you have the Taiwanese update for this method?
Cannot uninstall the superuser app….Any way to do it???
hey man i need some help..if you could reply to me on my email would be awesome….first i rooted my tab following ur steps for the 3.2.1 version the latest one. work great. but then i decided to try to overlock it and thats where everything went to crap when it loaded again it was just a screen with a bunch of colors…i was following ur steps to unbrick it. i have the files downloaded. i put the files on the sd card without taking it out and using the sd card reader thing…when i use the recovery thing they showed up when i try to do the file for update first it said the sd card was bad and it was aborted. then i went back in and did the usrecovery see if it would work but nothing…then i took the sd card out put another in to try to see put the files on it through the tablet but it didnt work. now when i put the one that had the files on it…it keeps unmounting automatically when i go into recovery mode and i cant do anything with it…if u got any insight please let me know…tomorrow im going to try ur method of using a new sd card with the two files putting them through the computer first with mini sd card holder and see if it can go into recover mode and install the zip files that way…please help me with anythin u can
Use a microSD card adapter, format your microSD card, then put the files in the microSD card, then put it in your EeePad Transformer, the Clockwork won’t let you mount using CWM but will read your microSD fine.
love you site, but got me into a lot of trouble, started out rooting my transformer, installing all the hacks and all was fine till the last one “how to overclock” got a screen with colored lines, I went back to “unbricking your transformer” and now all I get is the black start up screen that said ASUS eepad and it would not move from there, I can not get into recovery mode no matter what, pressing power and volume Up or Down do not get me past the next screen… any suggestions? HELP PLEASE!!!
hey sorry to tell you but if you can not get to the CWM or the Fastboot/bootloader menu you are hard bricked.
which is the worst brick possible since there is no way to unbrick it yet!
I successfully unrooted but i still have the super user icon and i want to know how can i remove it
(I rooted it with your tutorial and it worked but then my apps and my browser started force quiting so i decided to unroot it….i still have a few days to return it since its still force quiting)
Thanks in advance
You can use ES File explorer, enable root access and enable system read/write, then erase the following files:
/system/bin/su
/system/xbin/su
/system/app/Superuser.apk
ive downloaded the file manager and rerooted but i cant find those files where would they be?
i figered it out thanks for helping out and great tutorials!!!!
After step 8, I get following message:
Installing: /sdcard/transformer-8.2.3.13_WW_update.zip
Finding Update package…
Opening update package…
E:Can’t open /sdcard/transformer-8.2.3.13_WW_update.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
I’m using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.1 roach2010-tf101-r1. I got it during rooting process following your other link.
Could you please help.
I got the same exact problem..!!
i’ve had tried everything..!!
Hey the 8239USrecovery.zip file is bad…won’t open on my TF101 or my computer…what gives?
Does it works for that problem when we cannot do anything after booting? Like, I just see the Eee Pad Transformer screen loading, and afterwards it turns into a static colloured screen, where I can take no action.
Plus, its not possible to load APX mode on PC, nor see or copy any files into the transformer via USB.
When you say in the video for step 8 installing transformer_8.2.3.13_US_update.zip, that it will take awhile, how long are you talking about? Mine has been on “Automatic rooting” for like over 10 minutes…
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wtf,
i rooted my epad with razorclaw, then i installed clockworkmod from ur website, and then i tried to install kernel.
but now when i start asus then i got the eee pad text and after that some colored stripes.
after that i did a restore but when i start my epad now i will see eee pad text and after that it reboots?.
admin ,HELP PLEASE?
sorry for english
yay, got it working.
+i cant download any files from unroot topic? . wtf
today i can. weird
Your USupdate and USrecovery zip files are not working…
How do you unroot or install stock rom when the volume up key is not working? I have the latest update and it is rooted and has CWM , I would like to flash it back to the stock rom or get rid of root so I can RMA it but I have no idea on how to do it or if it can be done, The volume up just quit working after the last update a few days ago. I would even like to try re-installing the update to make sure it is not causing the volume button to no work.
first sorry if my language too bad, because my knowledge in english is too little.
i want to ask you about my problem,
when i following your procedure about bricking eeepad i got a mistake.
i don’t know what happened later n my eeepad got leaked, then i can’t enter to CWM again
what will i do to enter CWM? i want to enter CWM to reinstall eeepad firmware, because all of the data was wiped.
please help me..
This is awesome. Thanks for running this site. Ton of helpful tips.
Regarding Unrooting? Can you apply this process on newer models such B80 and B90?
thank so much you a god to me lol you know what i meen i hated not haveing updates i will not root this agin thank yhank thank
it be cool if you can make a rom that whould remove
as a steep in your -unroot unbrick plan
/system/bin/su and/or sh
/system/xbin/su and/or sh
/system/app/Superuser.apk
sh is what “temp root remove.apk” and other like that change su=sh
thanks agin
Before rooting I was on Honeycomb 3.2. After unrooting and following instructions I can only update to version 3.1?
I used 8.2.3.13_WW_update.zip and 8239USrecovery.zip
( I am in Canada) also cant get rid of super user as it says “system access denied”. Please any help
Ok It finally updated to 3.2 after 5 attempts, but I still cant remove SuperUser
(HELP)
I reinstalled Razorclaw, and ES File explorer, to remove super user, then unrooted then hit Factory data reset,
It resets to 3.2 not what it had when I bought it?
Now My ee pad has no signs of root, and looks new but I can not connect to the internet, it is stuck at obtaining IP address. I have tried factory reset, and tried 3 different routers?
I can not go into recover mode on boot! and cant do any updates of of sd card? Im and confused, and regreting ever rooting, please can you help!!
Im totally screwed! I cant reroot using razorclaw as now it shows error 32512, (when trying to root) I Cant access the internet, Ive ended up with ww_epad-8.6.5.19-20111107,
These were the files I removed before factory reset after unrooting
/system/bin/su and/or sh
/system/xbin/su and/or sh
/system/app/Superuser.apk
did this cause the problem with wifi? or being unable to reroot? can I root using eepadhacks method? (B80 model)
DESPERATE!
What’s happened to the zips? transformer_8.2.3.13_US_update.zip downloads as a 6KB file that’s “invalid” when you try to open it.
Worked it out – the URLs look like they link to files but you have to click through to a separate download page.
I cant be able to get to cmr mode after holding the volume key down and the on button and thd the hiting the volume key up. the screen remains blank with a warning sign and the the eee pad restarts what do i do?
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ANY LUCK I NEED HELP
I did all they above (to get rid of another problem I had).
However it asks for a password. What is the password ?
I tried my old passwords but they don’t work.
Please help because now I am really stuck, even unbricking does not work !!
phew, got it fixed. Had to delete all data though (keep both vol down and power button pressed, to get in that menu).
Hey, thanks for great tutorial. I’ve copied all your instructions and uploaded the WW version. Now when I try to run the update I get the following message; “The application DMClient (process com.asus.dm) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again” I have know idea what this means. Can you help please? Also I still have the super user icon, how do I get rid of this please.
Thanks
Hi
Excellent tutorial everything worked fine…I just cant update my transformer both manually and OTA don’t work.When i try manual update it says system update failed .(12) , system is restored to previous configuration.Plz help I would like to fix this as ice cream sandwich is coming out soon.
After following the steps to get back to stock and you find you still have Superuser icon and trying to remove it gives you “permission denied”, I downloaded updatelauncher_us_epaduserv8_6_5_13, then extracted the US_epad-user-8.6.5.13 zip and copied it onto a microsd. Inserted the microsd into Transformer while its running, it will detec the update and ask if you want to proceed. This will get you to that new version, remove any traces of su/superuser and allow you get the latest .21 update from OTA.
Big thanks to this site !
I think I may have goofed….I still have superuser…i cant update from .13 and I no longer have cwm….where did i mess up? Oh, also when i try to remove SU it claims that it isa system app…i cant even remove it from the sys folder….
How to unrooted Taiwan version?
I sure hope you can help me. I rooted the tablet then I was going to overclock it. Followed the instructions to do that and, like a few others, I got the screen with colored lines.
I read what you said to do for the others so I downloaded and installed the 8239USrecovery.zip on the tablet but now things have gotten worst. Now I can’t boot into the kernel to get to the recovery screens.
I hold the power and down at the same time, I then push the up button, it says its booting recovery module, then the screen stops with an image of a little android next to a triangle with an explanation point in it and then seems to do nothing. But after a few minutes it reboots and goes back to the screen with colored lines.
I have a bad feeling I’m really screwed. Can you help? At this point all I want to do is get back to the basic Transformer I originally had.
how do i get cwm.. rooted with razoclaw and downloaded rom manager from market.. cant boot into cwm.. any suggestions on how to get to cwm.. i really want to go back to stock..
or how do i get CWM so i can remove root and go back to stock
I really enjoy watching your videos and it was your video that showed me how to root my eee pad… It bricked on me but i was able to fix it with your updated video. So this week there was a firmware update and I had a rooted eee pad. well now my eee pad wont turn on. please help me!!!
I use CWM 5.5.0.4 , copied these files on a µSDCard but when user CWM after wiping everything what can be I tried “install zip from sdcard” and when i select “choose zip from sdcard” it only show the internal fake sdcard not the µSDCard I inserted befor booting in cwm mode
.
Does anybody knows how to change path to /removable/MicroSD ?
Help, I’m stuck.
I have the same problem as drol. I have tf101 B70 model. It is froze in boot loop. Won’t go past “eee pc” screen. When I try to mount sd card it says “can’t mount /sdcard” then aborts. I tried reformatting the card to fat 32 again. Still not reading any files. Any ideas? using the same CWM as drol.
This is the LOG I get when I attempt to do anything with my sdcard. “No Files Found”. I’m going to post a video to YouTube. I will copy a link on the next post.
hey im having a problem. i rooted my eee pad and i had to unroot it well i accidently did the recovery file first instead of the update thing and now my tablet freezes at the reboot screen and now i cant even go back to the clock word mod. can you please help me!!!
Hi, very good work and thank you!!! but I have a problem with build number on my eePad Trans tf101.
my build is HTK75.CELLCOM.epad-8.6.6.24-…..
and I cannot erase it, booting recovery kernel image its not start after (power and vol. -)
picture is an android with an exclamation point……
maybe you can help me?? thank you.
I understand you have alot on your plate, and you’re receiving a lot of emails, but I realize you don’t respond to none of the questions!! What’s the point of giving tutorials if you’re not going to respond for months on end to everyone’s questions?? Don’t get me wrong they’re great tutorials that need to be updated for one, but most importantly, it would be great for you to show some interest in replying.
Hello, greetings from Spain.
I tried factory defaults, as you explain, but I have a ploblem. When booting from the first step reenters clockword, do the second step and reboot but comes back into clockword. I pressed the volume down button to boot from Android but remains frozen in cold-booting.
Could you please help me?
Hello,
I have a major problem. I tried to flash the latest version of Android Revolution HD. I think it’s 3.0.1. It wouldn’t take, so I restored back to the previous version. Now, when I try to boot into CWM recovery it gets stuck on the Eee Pad screen. It looks like I lost CWM. What would happen if I tried to re-root?
i hv problem with my galaxy y automatically brightness get increased and hardware acceletation for video is too less , wt can do to over come this.(
Hey does this work on a transformer prime?
hi there
went thru all the steps evrything went smoothly it restarted and i did an automatic update on it , it downloaded the update went thru the motions and came to a blank screen showing the ee pad logo and was making a clicking sound i left it for a few hours but since then no matter how many times i restart it it goes to the same place and keeps making the clicking noise … pleeeeeessse help
much obliged cameron
Hey Max,
I need help, my eee pad tf101 has a problem, I don’t know how it happened, but it is stuck in a boot to CWM cycle, I cant seem to figure out. The only way to get to the OS, is by holding down power and vol down, then a screen comes up thats states checking for RCK.. press key vol up in 5 secs to enter RCK. then it takes me to the next screen, where I need to select, Wipe Data or Android, I press vol up. it takes me to the homescreen.
I can’t flash a different CWM Recovery, when I do, it loads back CWM 5.8.3.4
It can’t read my External SD
It doesn’t read my Internal SD correctly either
I have the B9 version of the tf101