So I'm a little New to the Android Scene and don't know Allot about it and about installing Roms and i was wondering are there any Cool Roms that are Compatible for the Samsung Galaxy Player?
and also can someone point me in the Right direction on how to install Roms on my Galaxy Player and if there is a way to Save my STOCK Firmware for safe keeping's in case i want to reinstall it
and again I'm new to this so please be patient with me and sorry if this question has been asked before I've done allot of searching on Google and other android Forums but had not luck
thank you in advance for those who helped me
-Rich
P.S. oh BTW its the 5.0 Galaxy player if that makes any difference lol
Hello. and welcome! You must be new here.
Here's what we know so far: Our device is unbrickable! No matter what we do, we cannot brick it. Bad side, we have no CWM or stock recovery. It's being worked on, but will take a while. So sit back, and relax, wait for the devs to get custom roms available. Or, help out.
Either way, start by rooting your device.
Glad to see the SGP community growing!
Like you I have searched and searched and I have found no "Cool Roms" that work with this player. I have found that most people who flash something other than the stock rom or official upgrade on their player have problems of one type or another. As far as I can tell there is little development and support for this device from the community, which is a shame cause I really like my player! I've never done any android development but I have some plans in the works.
It's important to know exactly which model you have. There are alot of players out there that report to be the YP-G70 but they are not created equal.
I have created a map of the partitions on the player and it should be possible to back up the stock firmware. The process of dumping your current firmware is not exactly "n00b" friendly.
Here is the writeup I did about the partitions map. Hope this answers your question
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20931148#post20931148
ya i have the YP-G70 but ill just have to wait until someone works on some cool roms for the player but thanks for the info
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Hi All,
I am new to this forum and also to this Smartphone world
I am planning to buy Galaxy S2 , but want to use ICS Stock UI ( I can wait for official ICS update or use some ICS ROM ) , but what I want to know is that how can I use default ICS Stock UI on my Galaxy S2.
And another question when we use unofficial ROM on our Android phone , what are the risks we should consider in terms of our personal data security and also the stability of our phone ?
Thanks,
Maverick
mavericki said:
Hi All,
I am new to this forum and also to this Smartphone world
I am planning to buy Galaxy S2 , but want to use ICS Stock UI ( I can wait for official ICS update or use some ICS ROM ) , but what I want to know is that how can I use default ICS Stock UI on my Galaxy S2.
And another question when we use unofficial ROM on our Android phone , what are the risks we should consider in terms of our personal data security and also the stability of our phone ?
Thanks,
Maverick
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If you do some reading around the SGS2 forum, you'll find all of the information you seek. Or you could try google...either way, the powers that be here at XDA aren't very friendly to those who don't bother trying to research, read, or use the search function. I'm trying to be a bit more personable.
At the moment, ICS is in either the Alpha or Beta stage...meaning that it's still buggy and doesn't really function as a daily driver yet.
To get ICS right now, you have to flash a ROM...which involves root access. The risks are pretty high. You have the risk of bricking your phone, if you don't read the instructions and follow them exactly, which isn't always easy because you're not very likely to find exact instructions for your specific phone (the hardware specs will match, but the ROM/Radio/Modem numbers may be different which can lead to confusion). You also run the risk of voiding your warranty, which is a pretty significant one.
I flashed an ICS build yesterday, and then my S2 wouldn't charge. I eventually flashed back (thank God I had made a backup yesterday, and 2 days ago as the one from yesterday didn't work!)
As far as security goes, nothing really to worry about. Dev's don't build in Carrier IQ and don't really want your personal data. But the flip side is, that they don't get paid for what they do...so if you have a problem or 'eff something up, you're pretty much on your own. You can ask for help, but again, sometimes the dev's don't want to be bothered with a question if it's already been answered or if you could've found the answer by searching for it. This is where it gets rude, sometimes.
That's the long answer. The short answer is READ, READ, READ...everything about your phone and flashing ROM's. Start at the beginning of the forum, as that's where the 'stickies' are and work your way thru. ICS will be released officially and stably later.
Hope that helps.
Thanks ,
I have googled it and read some threads on this forum and on others as well... thats how I came to know that you can root your phone with unofficial ICS ROM... but wasn't sure that in that case , will I get ICS with TouchWiz or Stock UI...
And 2nd thing that if I screwed up what will happen to my personal data...
anyhow thanks for replying my (dumb ? ) question
Hi Guys,
I'm running Windows XP 32-bit, and I'm thinking of rooting my Samsung Galaxy S Player 5.0.
Here is the Model:
YP-G70CW/TPA
It has a hardware middle button, so I assume it's international.
I would have liked to have posted this in the Dev section, but the forum won't allow me, so I'm posting here.
Just wondering, is it painless to do, 'cause I don't want to brick my machine...
I have Kies installed, as well as SuperClickOne 2.3.3. As I just got it today, maybe I should tinker around with it a bit, before I root it, eh?
Please let me know! Thanks! If there's anything cool I should look at with this thing, please let me know as well!
Thanks sooo much in advance!
Scheherez
Have you read through this thread? LOTS of information/experience there.
For me, I used superoneclick (on Froyo) and DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit (on Gingerbread).
Since your device is new, may be you can check your firmware version first and let us know if you have a very new firmware. As there is short supply of clean stock firmware . Go to Settings->About device and see what version you have. This is also an important piece of information when something goes wrong.
It is new....Gingerbread 2.3.6
Is it true that there isn't a root for this yet? I heard that an exploit was patched up...
Cha...wouldn't mind trying to root it. I'll check the other threads and see what I can dig up.
Scheherez said:
It is new....Gingerbread 2.3.6
Is it true that there isn't a root for this yet? I heard that an exploit was patched up...
Cha...wouldn't mind trying to root it. I'll check the other threads and see what I can dig up.
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Check out the Dev section for custom roms... they come pre-rooted and so far, they seem quite solid. The one I am using (see my signature) is GB2.3.6.
Help!?!?!
I was wondering after search google, bing, and yahoo all I can seem is how to root too 2.3.5 on the Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0. I was wondering has anyone worked on getting Android 4.0 or Android 3.0 OS for the Galaxy Player.
Just fyi this would not have belonged in the developers section
Hi everyone,
I am new to the android world having just bought a galaxy s2, so please be gentle. I'm a previous iphone owner and always hated the restrictions apple put on their phones and dictated the way I could use my handset! I've since moved over to android and my first impressions are OMFG, how confusing is all of this!! I'm not techphobic by any means but I am struggling to piece together how the world of android works and I have spent a lot of time reading various things about ROMs, rooting, flashing, kernels etc... but I am getting more and more confused!
I recently bought a Galaxy S2 which is running a custom ICS ROM on it (resurrection remix 1.0) and also has CWM on it. Having looked at the forums i can see that another version in out (1.3 i believe) but i'm very hesitant to try a flash as i dont want to screw my phone.
The way I see it i've got two choices, either try and reset the phone to stock so that warranty etc... remains uneffected and then update to ics through kies when its available or try and install a later version of one the ics ROM's that are availabe. I was wondering to that end if you lovely people coudl give me some guidance.
If I were to reset my phone to stock how do i do this bearing in mind i am confused about
a) what kernels are in the first place and
b) which one i woudl need for my phone and will I need a usb jig for this?
c) -i need to unroot my phone to return it to stock and if so how do i do this
also:
-what is the difference between an insecure and secure kernal
-if i flash my phone to a newer version of ics can i revert back to 1.0 as at the mo apart from the odd app crashing here and there I'm not having any probs with it.
I'm reading about GAPPS and APKs and dont know what the hell these are either but they keep popping up every so often.....basically i'm confused and on the verge of a breakdown!!
Please could somebody help mw with this and massive apologies if i've posted where i shoudnt have.
Thanks in advance
Saf
If you had taken the same time took for typing here to search and read you would have learnt almost everything...
go through these stiky threads
also see my links in singnature.......read as much as possible....no other substitute for reading and learning, nobody will answer you in essays like you typed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544657
Appreciate what you're saying mate and thank you for taking the time to reply. I have been reading various threads over the last day or so but the problem is when something like this which is quite techinical is completely new territory you dont know where to start. Google throws up page after page of stuff that doesnt make much sense and i've searched on the forums here and read up on quite a bit but again am not sure if i've grasped it.
problem is I didnt install the custom ROM on the phone, i bought it like this and to do anything further with it i dont know if i need to go back to the original owner with more questions or can i just go ahead and start tinkering with it without knowing what software was originally on the phone? (bearing in mind that various posts state that you need certain software which is as close to the original one as possible)
Thanks anyway
Saf
this is the stage which passed by all the noobs including me, dont worry
Your strating treble will only be over when you start flashing a ROM,
cool.
ima go ahead and try and install version 1.3 of resurrestion remix! Wish me luck hehe!!
Good luck,
dont forget to follow the steps mentioned the ROM thread atleast...
hi.
not sure if this is the best place to ask but I thought I'd try; can anyone advise on the most up to date and stable rom available for the Galaxy Wifi 5 (UK)? I'm trying to root my Wifi 5 in order to install more recent software. I'm currently stuck on 2.2.2 (!)
I'd ask about a simple safe way to root as well but I'm hoping that the quagmire of information culled from the fora so far will serve me in good stead.
I have tried searching the various forums but frankly there's a hell of a lot and most of it seems overly complicated sometimes confusing and contradictory....
If this isn't the right place please let me know and I'll ask elsewhere.
Alternatively if you can advise on an alternative Android powered portable music hardware device even better
If you want stock ROM with little modification you can get the latest European here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446774
They're already rooted.
About another Android player, well... Philips has one but with no camera.
Greetings everyone
I have this awesome tablet for my young son who loves to watch YouTube kids
The current FW which is an OFW will not permit the DL of YouTube kids I think due to compatibility issues etc.
I ask anyone to advise on how to load a CFW or something to allow me to run YTK and other items. Obviously I would need android 5 or higher.
Where could I find step by step instructions to do this? I am not sure of the detailed ways so I am needing patience from you.
I would appreciate all the help, so will my son
Thank you
Have you tried rooting it? What model is your tablet - 10.1?
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Have you tried rooting it? What model is your tablet - 10.1?
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Thank you for replying!!!
Indeed a 10.1 P7500
Rooting is prob the way to go, im just looking for an updated tutorial with active file links but not winning.
Any suggestions
defibjh said:
Thank you for replying!!!
Indeed a 10.1 P7500
Rooting is prob the way to go, im just looking for an updated tutorial with active file links but not winning.
Any suggestions
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Try the 7.1.2 Nougat Rom
I prefer Nougat without gapps and overclock the CPU to 1400 MHz.
https://www.google.nl/amp/s/forum.x...elopment/rom-android-7-0-nougat-t3471350/amp/
Good luck
I have the 10.1 GT-P 7510 I had XDA root it for me through their 1 click root system because I didn't want to take the chance on messing anything up because you read so much online about people bricking devices trying to root them. I also have kind of the same question, I have an old version of Netflix on mine that runs perfect but would like to go to a newer version, and I would also like to install kodi or xbmc on this tablet so I can take it with me on trips and be able to watch movies. after extensive searching I was able to find out that supposedly kodi 14.2 helix will work on this tablet, but trying to find it is essentially impossible, and when you do find the file it always seems to be broken in some way and wont work, supposedly there is a program called SBMC which is a fork of kodi for this device, but can't find that one anywhere. so my question is this because I am so new to this rooting thing. My tablet is already rooted with Super SU and I would like to know where I could look to get instructions how to install the nougat 7.1 rom or even a different rom to be able to go to some newer apps at this point I have been a little timid about doing too much because at least Netflix is working, and the xda tech told me not to factory reset it update it and a few other things, and a few other things because then it won't be rooted. any help in this will be very much appreciated and please feel free to move this post if it is in the wrong area and I apologize it is my first time posting. I will say this though it was well worth the 40.00 to have xda root it for me because it can be a bigger process than people think depending on the device the guys are awesome.
Rick
I also have a 10.1 GT-P 7510(wifi) 32g. The P7500 and the P7510 are basically the same and use the same firmware. I've had mine rooted for a long time. I use Kingoroot because it's easily replaced with Supersu. As far as ROMs go I've had only difficulties. What I can tell you is that for myself this has been a little difficult up til possibly just recently. There are many ROMs available here at XDA, most of them were unstable. The 7.1 Nougat, https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-10-1/development/rom-android-7-0-nougat-t3471350, looks promising but I haven't got CWM recovery to flash the zip without giving me a "No File_Contexts warning. If I could get a tar.md5 ROM I would use Odin3 in a heartbeat. Version 1.85 is the one I use most and thats just to undo the softbricks, by flashing in the original firmware. If you live in the US its this, https://www.androidlegend.com/update-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-wi-fi-p7510-with-ics-4-0-4-uelpl/. Run that through Odin if you ever get stuck in bootloop crash the tab, pretty much anything but a hardbrick. The 8.0 Rom I'm waiting for the developers to complete.