How To Root The Asus Transformer Prime……Again

January 24, 2012

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How To Root The Asus Transformer Prime......Again 4

With all of the Asus Transformer Prime buzzing the internet lately it's hard to keep up with what's going on with this device. Anyhow, if you want to quickly catch up on all of the TP news check out the links to our previous articles below. In the meantime, if you were one of the few who experienced some funny business after the first and second OTA update and especially if you lost root access, this post is for you. The folks over at XDA have been hard at work to get you root again and we've supplied the instructions below to make it easy for you. This is completely unsupported so proceed at your own risk. However, if you're ready to take control of your device again, give it a go. Hit the source link for the full thread and feel free to comment below and let us know how well the root method worked for you. Enjoy.

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Instructions:

You will need to know how to use ADB commands, otherwise, wait for a one click root using this method to be developed.

Downloads:

mempodroid binary
su binary

Root:

adb push mempodroid /data/local
adb push su /data/local
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/mempodroid
adb shell /data/local/mempodroid 0xd9ec 0xaf47 mount -o remount,rw ” /system
adb shell
/data/local/mempodroid 0xd9ec 0xaf47 sh

You should now be in a remote shell session with root (indicated by #)

cat /data/local/su > /system/xbin/su
chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
exit
exit

adb shell rm /data/local/mempodroid
adb shell rm /data/local/su
adb reboot

After your Transformer Prime comes up, install Superuser from android market.

Enjoi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[via XDA by Phandroid]

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1 comment

someguy says:

February 12, 2012 at 8:36 AM

02.12.2012 This worked perfectly on my new TF201 after the OTA update. (vipermod failed to root the device)
Android version 4.0.3
GPS Version V6.9.13
Wi-Fi version V6.1.1.18
Build number IML74K.US_epad-9.4.2.13-20120203

Thanks for posting!

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