hi everyone,
I'm coming from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834761
I have been stuck for more than one week now and i didn't find any solution.
My problem is that I'm currently stock in a clockworkmod recovery boot loop on my Asus Transformer Prime without adb/fastboot connection:
1 - I had install CM9 stable on my Transformer Prime, after a wide data and then send throw "adb push" the CM9.zip,
2 - I reboot by CM9 in recovery mod to install Gapps,
3 - I install the Gapps zip,
4 - I ask to clockworkmod to reboot,
5 - Since then I'm in a clockworkmod recovery boot loop without adb/fastboot connection (witch used to be working),
If kown how can I get adb/fastboot connection back to be able to find my device with the adb command " adb devices " and then be able to send this command => " dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1 "
Thank you for your understanding,
Kind regards,
Adb and fastboot are two different things... Fastboot is obtained buring booting process with vol down pressed, then not selecting recovery with volume up. So you should have fastboot access.
In this case I would suggest to fastboot flash TWRP (see on their website for instructions) it will perhaps fix things or at least give you adb access.
If you use cwm take the old 5.8.2.0 modded for not looping with reboot to recovery feature, or stay with twrp.
I would look at the following thread for unbricking the TF201:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514088
Sounds like you might fall into Option 1a.
I was having your same issue but it was because I rebooted into recovery from the reboot option on the CM10 rom. In any event, I couldn't get adb to work or recognize my device no matter what. I then decided to use my macbook pro. I can tell you that using adb on a mac is much easier as you don't have to download the drivers or sdk, just the platform tools. Here's a link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387527. I know this may not help if you or someone you know doesn't have a mac, but it saved me.
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so its been already 2 months no way i can fix this still doing the same thing turn on boots and then loops to CWM same thing over n over and no connection to my computer so basicly now i feel i waisted 500 billz and used it from feb till now and no way i can fix it no ideas and asking around how can i putit back to live no answers yet nada so my guessin is not way a big amount and send it to asus or is there still a way to save it? i really missed my prime u use it alot but since still stuck on loop from EEE Pad to CWM and no mount :crying:
klutch said:
so its been already 2 months no way i can fix this still doing the same thing turn on boots and then loops to CWM same thing over n over and no connection to my computer so basicly now i feel i waisted 500 billz and used it from feb till now and no way i can fix it no ideas and asking around how can i putit back to live no answers yet nada so my guessin is not way a big amount and send it to asus or is there still a way to save it? i really missed my prime u use it alot but since still stuck on loop from EEE Pad to CWM and no mount :crying:
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I am having the same problem man......I can't get the PC to detect my prime so I can't push any .zip
if you get adb to work, this is a solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661128&highlight=boot+loop
@klutch
what have you done before your prime stuck in the boot loop?
tried to flash anything or something like that
if i remember correctly you can't mount the prime as a removeable disk in CWM unless they fixed it
your best bet is to go into CWM and use adb to push the flashable zip files in there
you can do that by the following commands
Code:
adb push [directory/file name.zip] [/mnt/sdcard/]
if your device is not recognized by windows, then ADB does not work. that's the OP's problem.... and mine as well. ~$230 to fix my prime.
have you already tried to enter fastboot mode and flash a fresh rom from there?
I was able to get the PC detect my TFP by installing the driver from this link
[ADB/FB/APX Driver] Universal Naked Driver 0.7
You should be able to adb afterwards....Then follow 'OPTION 1a" from this link
[HOW-TO] Unbrick your Transformer Prime (or not)
I installed nvflash to make sure this won't happen again
hope this helps!
naked drivers
urboy4mbx said:
I was able to get the PC detect my TFP by installing the driver from this link
[ADB/FB/APX Driver] Universal Naked Driver 0.7
You should be able to adb afterwards....Then follow 'OPTION 1a" from this link
[HOW-TO] Unbrick your Transformer Prime (or not)
I installed nvflash to make sure this won't happen again
hope this helps!
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i dont get how to install naked drivers when everytime i plug in my prime it just says unknown device in device manager and when i try to update the driver it says i have the best or latest driver. plz someone help me!!!!
InkD_up_G33k said:
i dont get how to install naked drivers when everytime i plug in my prime it just says unknown device in device manager and when i try to update the driver it says i have the best or latest driver. plz someone help me!!!!
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in CWM while the TFP is plugged to your PC, click "update driver" and make sure you point to the location where "android_winusb.inf" file is located.
if you are in CWM the TFP will pick up "android_winusb.inf" driver
if you are in fastboot mode the TFP will pick up "android_apxusb.inf" driver
Also, I had to try on 3 different computers to make this work.
i just found out wat happen the original usb asus was messed up and i brought one on ebay and it worked so all this for a USB cable i was going crazy
urboy4mbx said:
in CWM while the TFP is plugged to your PC, click "update driver" and make sure you point to the location where "android_winusb.inf" file is located.
if you are in CWM the TFP will pick up "android_winusb.inf" driver
if you are in fastboot mode the TFP will pick up "android_apxusb.inf" driver
Also, I had to try on 3 different computers to make this work.
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Ok so wen i plug in my tfp while in cwm the only thing that pops up in device manager is unown device in the usb controllers section thats it and wen i try to update driver it says i i have the best driver already and im pointing it to a folder on my desktop with the naked drivers and nothing evn with have disk it says its not 64 bit or sumtn. im about ready to give up and just sell it to someone who prolly can fix it cuz i cant seem to get naked drivers to install to let the computer recognize my tfp so i can adb
InkD_up_G33k said:
Ok so wen i plug in my tfp while in cwm the only thing that pops up in device manager is unown device in the usb controllers section thats it and wen i try to update driver it says i i have the best driver already and im pointing it to a folder on my desktop with the naked drivers and nothing evn with have disk it says its not 64 bit or sumtn. im about ready to give up and just sell it to someone who prolly can fix it cuz i cant seem to get naked drivers to install to let the computer recognize my tfp so i can adb
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as I asked earlier, did you try to set your prime into fastboot mode and flash a fresh rom from there?
if it does not work with windows, you could try linux, e.g. an ubuntu live cd. download the linux fastboot from here
you can flash a new rom with
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash boot "path to rom blob"
or new recovery using
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery "path to recovery image blob"
unfortunately i'm not able to supply links to download fastboot, sorry for that.
klutch said:
i just found out wat happen the original usb asus was messed up and i brought one on ebay and it worked so all this for a USB cable i was going crazy
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wow, I thought you tried a diff cable already?? well, glad it was just the cable for you! I tried 3 diff cables on mine and it still didn't work
apfel.kuchen said:
as I asked earlier, did you try to set your prime into fastboot mode and flash a fresh rom from there?
if it does not work with windows, you could try linux, e.g. an ubuntu live cd. download the linux fastboot from here
you can flash a new rom with
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash boot "path to rom blob"
or new recovery using
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery "path to recovery image blob"
unfortunately i'm not able to supply links to download fastboot, sorry for that.
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yea when i hold power and volume down it doesnt work as usual when it tells you to press up in the next five seconds. and ive tried restoring back up and flashing a new rom but it just boots up into cwm and my sdcard slot is ****ed up becuz of my lil cousins sticking **** inside the slot so it doesnt read anymore so i cant push files or put files on like that either.
pressing vol- + power and vol+ after 5 seconds should lead you into recovery (CWM) but fastboot is somewhat different. if you do not press vol+ after 5 seconds but either wait longer, you will see a screen where to select how to proceed (USB mode, android, and something else). if you select usb and then connect the tablet to your pc you are in fastboot mode and should be able to flash rom and recovery using the fastboot tool on your PC. using this you wouldn't need a working sd card, only a rom and/or recovery in blob format.
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pressing vol- + power and vol+ after 5 seconds should lead you into recovery (CWM) but fastboot is somewhat different. if you do not press vol+ after 5 seconds but either wait longer, you will see a screen where to select how to proceed (USB mode, android, and something else). if you select usb and then connect the tablet to your pc you are in fastboot mode and should be able to flash rom and recovery using the fastboot tool on your PC. using this you wouldn't need a working sd card, only a rom and/or recovery in blob format.
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yes i know that but thats the problem im not able to go into fastboot i tried it, it reboots into recovery on its own and i know the only way im going to unbrick this is by adb but my device isnt showing up on my computer just unknown device under usb contollers which i tried to install the naked drivers but is unable to
hmm.. ok thats bad.
do you have a linux machine to check if it is a windows problem?
because it doesn't really make sense to me that CWM is working but adbd not.
i may have found a solution
this is just my experience but it seems like the different adb's that people are posting of the forums are outdated and dont work properly with some primes. I have tried several the windows task manager said "asus transformer prime adb interface" with the naked drivers as soon as i used the adb included in the sdk from <developer.android.com/sdk/index.html> it worked. so install the sdk then in the command prompt navigate to the platform tools inside where it was installed us the adb.exe found there.
as far as using the wrong drivers when you remove the device there might be the option to delete the device driver check that then scan for new devices......point it to where ever you unziped
this may not work for you but this is what finally resurrected my prime after 24 hours
Okay I just had the same problem ... after some research and some trial and error I was able to fix my prime.
First to make your life simple open a command prompt. You will have a flashing cursor next to the directory that you command prompt defaults to.
In my case it was c:/users/peter
You can put the sdk files anywhere on your computer but if you put them in the default command prompt folder you don't have to change the directory with dos commands.
Next with your prime not connected go into the device manager and delete any instances of the prime. Reboot your PC.
Next download the universal naked drivers
Connect your prime, if you go back into device manager you'll find it under USB devices. Click on upgrade drivers and navigate to the universal naked drivers. It should install if not your universal naked drivers might be outdated but uninstalling / deleting the previous instance of your prime should take care of any issues.
Now do the following:
Make sure your Prime is in Recovery mode (CWM)
Open a cmd line on your pc
Type: "adb shell"
You should see a "#" now
Once you have that "#", please type: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1 and press [Enter]
Now type: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=16 count=1 and press [Enter]
Exit the shell and reboot your Prime via CWM
It should not reboot to CWM automatically now. It either boots your ROM or is stuck at the splash screen. If it is stuck, boot to recovery and install any ROM you want.
After this I recommend installing the androidroot.mobi custom boot loader and nvflash to make your prime unbrickable I also changed my recovery from cwm to twrp2 to help eliminate this from happening again.
Same here
What if you only have TWRP Recovery and not CMW? I have the exact same problem, but none of my machines will even detect a new device to find drivers for. I have a laptop with Ubuntu 12.04, another laptop with Windows XP, and an iMac with Snow Leopard. All have Android SDK and ADB but I can not get either to detect the device in Recovery mode. I tried fast boot, but every time I click the USB symbol, the TFP just locks up and freezes and still no detection. Can anyone help? I know if I can get it detected, I will be able to handle the rest.
pcdonovan said:
Okay I just had the same problem ... after some research and some trial and error I was able to fix my prime.
First to make your life simple open a command prompt. You will have a flashing cursor next to the directory that you command prompt defaults to.
In my case it was c:/users/peter
You can put the sdk files anywhere on your computer but if you put them in the default command prompt folder you don't have to change the directory with dos commands.
Next with your prime not connected go into the device manager and delete any instances of the prime. Reboot your PC.
Next download the universal naked drivers
Connect your prime, if you go back into device manager you'll find it under USB devices. Click on upgrade drivers and navigate to the universal naked drivers. It should install if not your universal naked drivers might be outdated but uninstalling / deleting the previous instance of your prime should take care of any issues.
Now do the following:
Make sure your Prime is in Recovery mode (CWM)
Open a cmd line on your pc
Type: "adb shell"
You should see a "#" now
Once you have that "#", please type: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1 and press [Enter]
Now type: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=16 count=1 and press [Enter]
Exit the shell and reboot your Prime via CWM
It should not reboot to CWM automatically now. It either boots your ROM or is stuck at the splash screen. If it is stuck, boot to recovery and install any ROM you want.
After this I recommend installing the androidroot.mobi custom boot loader and nvflash to make your prime unbrickable I also changed my recovery from cwm to twrp2 to help eliminate this from happening again.
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So I'm in the process of trying to Root my ZTE Smarttab 10 on firmware v03b.
Ive been following instructions on the following pages:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629630
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473555
The instructions are spread out across those threads and my problem starts kind of early in the process.
My goal is to use ADB to boot in to the Bootloader and then use a recovery rom to use TWRP to install a rom.
What i have done:
I have installed the ZTE Drivers
I have installed the SDK tools and updated it.
Now when the tablet is running normally I can see it in ADB and is able to run the command.
ADB Reboot Bootloader
This reboots the devices to a black screen (I assume this is the bootloader) and windows recognizes that a device is there.
The problem is that when I try to see this from ADB i cannot see the device when running ADB Devices.
This makes the next step impossible as I need to use ADB to boot a recovery rom.
So I would have posted in the development treads listed above but as I dont have 10 posts (this being my first post) I cannot post in the threads above.
I'm confident that this is a driver problem and I have uninstalled and re-installed all the drivers related to this including SDK.
But no luck yet.
Where other people say they have succeeded is when in the device manager they have ADB interface and ZTE Handset ADB interface listed.
This is the state where I'm at but I still cannot see the device in ADB.
Anyone have any insight on this kind of problem and can offer any help for a solution or direction to get to the solution.
Thank you for your help and attention!
//Nagarutu
Vodafone (ZTE) SmartTab10 3.2 HoneyComb
You can't use adb in bootloader mode, you want fastboot. So when you do 'adb reboot bootloader'. It reboots to the black screen (that is the bootloader). Try typing 'fastboot devices' and see if you're device comes up. It should if you have all drivers installed correctly and fastboot on your system. Then you'll be able to do 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' to install the custom recovery, then a 'fastboot reboot' and lastly an 'adb reboot recovery' will get you into your custom recovery to flash a new rom. Don't forget to make a backup.
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You can't use adb in bootloader mode, you want fastboot. So when you do 'adb reboot bootloader'. It reboots to the black screen (that is the bootloader). Try typing 'fastboot devices' and see if you're device comes up. It should if you have all drivers installed correctly and fastboot on your system. Then you'll be able to do 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' to install the custom recovery, then a 'fastboot reboot' and lastly an 'adb reboot recovery' will get you into your custom recovery to flash a new rom. Don't forget to make a backup.
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Thank you for the help ! it cleared things up for me.
Now the trouble's continue.
With the firmware im on (v03b) you cannot use the fastboot flash method but only fastboot.
And they way it is supposed to be done is that you run
fastboot boot recovery.img (recovery being a twrp recovery for my device)
When its booted to TWRP i should be able to see it in ADB to be able to run the following commands to it:
--> adb remount
--> adb shell
--> ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
However I cannot get it to show in ADB (or fastboot) when its booted in to TWRP.
Any ideas?
I managed to solve the last bit to.
Now it was actually a driver problem, so i just updated the driver in device manager and located the ADB driver from ZTE and it worked to boot in to TWRP and then to flash the device.
Now I have CM10 installed and is smiling!
Took me 4 days but damn it its done!
Thanks for the help!
Glad you've figured it out
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hi
i have a issue similar to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1465, but just want to confirm
i have a CWM and CM10.1 installed previously but no nvflash,
but during a recently flash i accidently formatted the "system" partition.
I now can no longer boot past the asus logo unfortunately,
and tried the following
1) i can boot into CWM but it only allow flashing from /mnt/sdcard and i dont have any rom in /mnt/sdcard (wiped)
2) i can boot into fastboot (PWR+DWN) and i installed the naked driver v0.72 and it show in device manager -- however "fastboot.exe devices" show nothing
3) if i normal boot (ie stuck on "Eee Pad logo) and install some form of "ADB interface" driver, then i can "adb.exe devices" into it -- but i can push anything onto /mnt/sdard (permission denied)
4) "adb shell" wont work bc of missing "system/bin/sh" hence i cant re-root
5) i can go into APX mode (PWR+UP), but it is not nvflashed sadly
6) i have tried 2 usb cables already, so hopefully not it
Is there anything i can do ... or it is bricked and have to send back to asus for service ?
thanks in advance !
jojo665 said:
hi
i have a issue similar to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1465, but just want to confirm
i have a CWM and CM10.1 installed previously but no nvflash,
but during a recently flash i accidently formatted the "system" partition.
I now can no longer boot past the asus logo unfortunately,
and tried the following
1) i can boot into CWM but it only allow flashing from /mnt/sdcard and i dont have any rom in /mnt/sdcard (wiped)
2) i can boot into fastboot (PWR+DWN) and i installed the naked driver v0.72 and it show in device manager -- however "fastboot.exe devices" show nothing
3) if i normal boot (ie stuck on "Eee Pad logo) and install some form of "ADB interface" driver, then i can "adb.exe devices" into it -- but i can push anything onto /mnt/sdard (permission denied)
4) "adb shell" wont work bc of missing "system/bin/sh" hence i cant re-root
5) i can go into APX mode (PWR+UP), but it is not nvflashed sadly
6) i have tried 2 usb cables already, so hopefully not it
Is there anything i can do ... or it is bricked and have to send back to asus for service ?
thanks in advance !
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First of all try adb push Name_of_Rom.zip /sdcard/
If that does not work try adb push Name_of_Rom.zip /system/media/
If that still does not work then download the correct TWRP blob file from the following link for your bootloader. http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/93
The fact that you are on CWM and was using CM 10 makes me believe that you are still on the ICS bootloader but to make 100 percent sure when you first power on the device look at where the "NVIDIA" logo is. If it is bottom center it is ICS, if it is bottom right it is Jellybean. (MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CORRECT TWRP VERSION FOR YOUR BOOTLOADER)
Now rename the blob file you downloaded to twrp.blob. Go into fastboot and type the following.
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob
This should install TWRP which will allow you to install a rom off an external micro sd.
turn out it is windows problem -- fastboot device driver (Naked 7.1) is installed but wont connect to the tablet. I ended up installing Ubuntu in order to get fastboot to work.
Once fastboot is working, i able to follow above advice and get my tablet back to functional state.... thanks!
ps: now time for nvflash :laugh:
jojo665 said:
turn out it is windows problem -- fastboot device driver (Naked 7.1) is installed but wont connect to the tablet. I ended up installing Ubuntu in order to get fastboot to work.
Once fastboot is working, i able to follow above advice and get my tablet back to functional state.... thanks!
ps: now time for nvflash :laugh:
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What exactly did you do? I'm trying to extinguish all avenues before I have to RMA my tablet. Thanks for the help!
Hi all, I wonder if anybody can help with this.
my volume buttons are not working (hardware issue) and I was trying to install TWRP and a custom rom but, after installing TWRP the phone now always boots in recovery mode (at least this is what adb tells me) but TWRP does not really start, I keep seeing only "honor, powered by android" black screen.
adb is working but not fastboot. I tried to reboot to bootloader but it always go to recovery instead. I have no su, and I am stuck just with adb in recovery.
any idea?
If you have full adb access maybe you can restore your backup directly from it
Thanks Rayan
how? what do you mean by "full adb access"?
I tried to run adb sideload but it does not work (it says "closed" shortly after without doing anything)
I don't really understand what the issue is, do you have access to TWRP menu or not at all? And when you say that you can use adb, is the device recognized when you type adb devices ? And what happens when you try to boot in bootloader and use fastboot? Can you try to the command "adb reboot bootloader"?
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I don't really understand what the issue is, do you have access to TWRP menu or not at all? And when you say that you can use adb, is the device recognized when you type adb devices ? And what happens when you try to boot in bootloader and use fastboot? Can you try to the command "adb reboot bootloader"?
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Thanks Rayan, I finally solved replacing the volume buttons (found cheap ones). However adb was working but no matter which command I was sending (adb reboot bootloader) the phone was always rebooting in recovery mode but TWRP was not starting properly (could not see anything)
with volume buttons I managed to enter into bootloader, reflash TWRP and do everything I needed
Thanks
Hi,
I am new in this topic and not a great geek ans please excuse mi for my aprroximative english ! but i am trying to convert an old cube tablet to a domotic tablet. So i have to flash the old rom to a newer like lineageos for example.
So the tablet is an U30GT C4H with android 4.2.2 and the original rom.
I connect the device to my Mac Os and with adb tools (from plateform tools find here) and terminal i wrote adb devices (tablet on) i see the device. OK
When i command fastboot devices, nothing, no line
When i command adb reboot-bootloader, the tablet take off and the screen keep black. With the terminal fastboot devices, no response, with adb devices command > List of devices attached but no more, no device.
With this tablet it is possible to start in recovery mode with power + audio down but with this option i have the android logo and no command. If i take power on no change.
If with adb command and tablet on, i write adb reboot recovery, the tablet restart and the screen see logo android and no command.
I know this kind of topic do not interese a lot of people but i would like use this cube for my house to command domotic (music, heaters etc..). More, i think it's a shame not to recycle this type of device for the planet !!!
Thanx
Fastboot only works if in your tablet's Android's Settings -> Developer options the option OEM unlock got enabled and tablet got restarted afterwards.
i don't see any option OEM in the menu developer
I found that the solution is use slideload protocol. I reseted the tablet and now i get recovery mode. Then i can connect the tablet to my Mac and use terminal with slideload lines. OK
But each time the process failed with rom i found on the net...
Is there an universal rom !!!
Any idea ?
You don't have to boot the device into Recovery mode:
Code:
adb devices
adb reboot sideload
adb sideload <PROPERLY-SiIGNED-FILE.ZIP>
adb reboot
BTW: adb sideload is meant to re-flash Stock ROMs only.
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You don't have to boot the device into Recovery mode:
Code:
adb devices
adb reboot sideload
adb sideload <PROPERLY-SiIGNED-FILE.ZIP>
adb reboot
BTW: adb sideload is meant to re-flash Stock ROMs only.
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maybe the issue is the rom i doawnloaded ?
it is kasty-cube_u30gt_h-411-111-rooted4_4gb.zip
or
kasty-cube_u30gtc4-441-20131212-rooted4.zip
both failed.
Perhaps i have to unlock the bootloader as you said but i don't know
I'm pretty sure the 2 mentioned ROMs are a Custom ROM. Hence you can't use adb sideload method to flash them. To install a Custom ROM it's required that a Custom Recovery already got installed on device's Android.
I don't find any way to instal a recovery. I had arctools.zip but the app failed to acess to the SD disk or internal storage...