I received this verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 as a gift and a project, but haven't been able to make any progress.
The tablet was bought from a taxi company that used it was in car entertainment. When booted, an app immediately starts up and removes the navigation bar. If you are fast enough, you can get to the settings and uninstall this app before it starts, or what I have found to be easier, just use shell commands to hit home and uninstall while the app tries to regain control.
The table is currently running 3.2, and cannot update over wifi, nothing happens.
Root was gained by an unknown method, but the SU app won't open up. I can access su through the shell however.
I have tried flashing a cwm recovery through ODIN which says is successful but if it is booted straight to the recovery it is still stock.
Flashing ROM's through ODIN appear to be successful, but just boots right back to the original rom and recovery.
Adding anything to the SD card or anywhere else accessable to the stock recovery does not work either because the SD card is reformatted to the original contents every time.
This also occurs with any apps that are installed, each one is removed when rebooted except for SU. And Rom Manager FC's when CWM is attempting to flash.
nvflash will not work either because the bootloader is locked.
I don't know much about the boot sequence for android, but I looked for any init. files that are out of the ordinary and cannot find anything.
I'm giving this tablet away when I finally figure it out, I just want to fix it. Any help would be awesome and let me know if I've left something out.
Even if no one has any specific suggestions, can someone post a PIT file for a SCH-i905? I have seen the stock firmware that can be flashed through ODIN but it does not stick on my unit.
Thanks!
Excuse my English but my original language is Spanish.
The default verizon tablet brings in recovery an option that reloads the original recovery. If units installed CWM via Odin must access the recovery option (Vol +) on 1st boot and enter the option to leave cmw (reboot) will give you the option of not recovering the recovery.
The other alternative is to flash via odin the original software look it by google "PDA_HC31_EG01Ba_AP352081user_CP1033580_LTE20110704_0708"
in this case the tab stay with the factory version.
if the team does not have SIM must type top left - top right - bottom left, bottom right and then vol + to unlock.
good look
This is the post that you are needing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342995
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i had the same problem but pulling the sim and unlocking as mentioned above helped a lot then went through the whole rooting process through odin and have not had any issues with anything reverting back to stock. only issue now is not very many roms for our model "bummer" all in all still a good droid tablet for what i paid lol if you still havent got it going let me know and i will give you all the directions and steps i used
I have tried installing PDA_HC31_EG01Ba_AP352081user_CP1033580_LTE2011070 4_0708 through Odin3.
I do boot directly into recovery after installing CWM, the stock recovery still persists. I have tried several times because I know sometimes it does not stick.
I have also tried flashing the factory image linked in that xda post "[ROM]EG01 - Factory STOCK ODIN Image - VZW LTE Tab 10.1".
Boots right back up and starts the same taxi cab show case media software it normally does.
One thing I did not note in the first post. I do have root access when the tablet is booted into the os, but I do not when the tablet is in recover. I dont know if this is unusual or not.
I can also install busy box, but have yet to find out his would be useful.
I also do not have access to nvflash, but I think this is normal because the bootloader is not unlocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49924392
Might work for you too. This is a post I made in another thread.
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baystallion said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49924392
Might work for you too. This is a post I made in another thread.
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Awesome, I'll give this a go when I get home.
Was there a p4vzw twrp version some where in those links?
Looks like all of the ones referenced were 3g and wifi only.
Sidenote: I don't care if I keep 4g functionality or not, I will only be using this for wifi, if that makes fixing the problem any easier.
hsbr said:
Was there a p4vzw twrp version some where in those links?
Looks like all of the ones referenced were 3g and wifi only.
Sidenote: I don't care if I keep 4g functionality or not, I will only be using this for wifi, if that makes fixing the problem any easier.
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Search for infamous AOKP 4.2 thread. I think it has twrp for p4vzw.
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Search for infamous AOKP 4.2 thread. I think it has twrp for p4vzw.
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I was able to find the thread, thanks!
After downloading the odin flashable twrp, I tried first with Odin3, but it failed. Then I flashed with JOdin, this first pulled a PIT file from the tab then failed to repartition. If I ran it without repartitioning it said it was sucessful, but if I boot straight into recovery the stock android recovery still comes up.
I have a way to get a pit file now though, so that's nice.
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I was able to find the thread, thanks!
After downloading the odin flashable twrp, I tried first with Odin3, but it failed. Then I flashed with JOdin, this first pulled a PIT file from the tab then failed to repartition. If I ran it without repartitioning it said it was sucessful, but if I boot straight into recovery the stock android recovery still comes up.
I have a way to get a pit file now though, so that's nice.
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Don't use the Odin way. First flash cwm recovery, then flash the twrp zip file.
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Don't use the Odin way. First flash cwm recovery, then flash the twrp zip file.
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I can't flash CWM in the first place. I have listed all of the different methods I tried flashing CWM with in the OP.
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I can't flash CWM in the first place. I have listed all of the different methods I tried flashing CWM with in the OP.
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Oh, then I can't help you then. Sorry.
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hsbr said:
Even if no one has any specific suggestions, can someone post a PIT file for a SCH-i905? I have seen the stock firmware that can be flashed through ODIN but it does not stick on my unit.
Thanks!
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Yes please i have an issue my tablet got stuck on samsung logo i tried to flash another rom because i cant fing any rom for this tablet US Callular
i905. Tab 2 10.1.
If any one can provide a stock odin or something to make this tablet work i would appreciated?
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I recently tried to root my Galaxy tab 10.1 "4G" that I got from Rogers using the files under the 4G portion in the Look Here First thread. Went into recovery to flash kernal and recovery files okay. Rebooted.
Then the bad stuff started: Boot screen loop.
After doing some more research it seems the reason why this happened is because the Rogers device is actually not a 4G device but a 3G device. Accordingly flashing the 4G files onto a 3G device has most likely caused this.
I am able to boot using the volume down + power button, however I cannot access recovery mode. I can access Downloading mode with Odin recognizing it. I tried to see if I was able to flash CWM onto it with no avail with the following screen
My guess is that it is due to flashing an incompatible Kernel... sigh.
So now I ask you gurus, is my Galaxy Tab 10.1 fully bricked or is there some other way I can unbrick this?
Thanks in advance.
I am going to assume that since you are able to get into download mode that you are not hard bricked but just soft bricked. In which case there must be some files that you can flash with odin to get you back to a stock version of honeycomb...or actually rather be able to flash another kernal through odin.
Again im not sure with how flashing with the gtab since I havent flashed anything on mine yet but I have experience flashing different kernals on my captivate and that was what happened to me numerous times.
That was my first thought too when I realized Download mode was still accessible. The file I tried was Overcome's CWM recovery file so that's one possibility why it was not able to go through. I would try flashing various kernels to see if I can get anywhere but I have yet to find any stock/relevant kernels to do so.
UPDATE: ... I apparently had KIES running in the background so I closed that and bam, it is now able to enter recovery mode. I did a factory reset, cache wipe and all but it still is not able to boot up. I reckon I still require a proper kernel. It still is impossible to access the device's internal storage however so I am not able to simple drag and drop the necessary files.
Is there a way of doing this via ODIN as is the only method I have available?
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Install new Recovery, then skip to restoring stock mod, I am doing it right now, hope it works. Was looking for solutions all day nothing else is there
did the very same thing when I first got my Rogers Tab: follow the Overcome guide exactly and all will be well again -- flash the re-stock package first, then jump straight to the latest Overcome 2.2.0 with the CWM and you can use Pershoot's kernel too if you wish.
lgsshedden said:
did the very same thing when I first got my Rogers Tab: follow the Overcome guide exactly and all will be well again -- flash the re-stock package first, then jump straight to the latest Overcome 2.2.0 with the CWM and you can use Pershoot's kernel too if you wish.
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have you updated to the new 3 version? I did the update, one major issue was Browser was not syncing with chrome, gives an error, I am gonna try a full wipe and see, just wondering if anyone found something wrong with Ver. 3.
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That was my first thought too when I realized Download mode was still accessible. The file I tried was Overcome's CWM recovery file so that's one possibility why it was not able to go through. I would try flashing various kernels to see if I can get anywhere but I have yet to find any stock/relevant kernels to do so.
UPDATE: ... I apparently had KIES running in the background so I closed that and bam, it is now able to enter recovery mode. I did a factory reset, cache wipe and all but it still is not able to boot up. I reckon I still require a proper kernel. It still is impossible to access the device's internal storage however so I am not able to simple drag and drop the necessary files.
Is there a way of doing this via ODIN as is the only method I have available?
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I have the exact same problem and i was wondering how do you close KIES while not being able ti boot because i need to go to recovery mode and everywhere i have looked there has been no answer.
Alecn8r7 said:
I have the exact same problem and i was wondering how do you close KIES while not being able ti boot because i need to go to recovery mode and everywhere i have looked there has been no answer.
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KIES is a program that's running on your PC. I would hazard a guess that you just need to close it as you would with any program. The op was apparently connected to the computer when trying to get into recovery mode. If you're not connected to the computer when you hold power and volume - and you get the two options. Recovery on the left, download mode on the right. Choose the one on the left with the volume -button and start recovery when it's highlighted with volume +
Hope this helps.
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I recently tried to root my Galaxy tab 10.1 "4G" that I got from Rogers using the files under the 4G portion in the Look Here First thread. Went into recovery to flash kernal and recovery files okay. Rebooted.
Then the bad stuff started: Boot screen loop.
After doing some more research it seems the reason why this happened is because the Rogers device is actually not a 4G device but a 3G device. Accordingly flashing the 4G files onto a 3G device has most likely caused this.
I am able to boot using the volume down + power button, however I cannot access recovery mode. I can access Downloading mode with Odin recognizing it. I tried to see if I was able to flash CWM onto it with no avail with the following screen
My guess is that it is due to flashing an incompatible Kernel... sigh.
So now I ask you gurus, is my Galaxy Tab 10.1 fully bricked or is there some other way I can unbrick this?
Thanks in advance.
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Ok,...I see that there is enough info posted to get you back up... but just an FYI.. this device has a seperate recovery and kernel...in other words.. to root you just need to Odin a compatible recovery and then install the correct binaries to gain root access.
This device is so simple to root... I have an e4gt..and that device(until framaroot)..was a pain.. it's recovery is part of the kernel.. not only that, but it can be implemented different ways into the kernel
Back on topic..... locate a recovery.. Odin it... reboot.... boot to recovery.. flash root zip... If you have flashed something wrong but still have Odin mode.. like said above.. flash the stock rom or if you can't find it... flash the recovery(for the device) then boot to it and then put a custom rom on...
Gil81- You do realize the post you replied to was made back in January?
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Good evening,
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I rooted and unlocked my phone and then tried installing a wrong CM10. Then I installed the stock ROM again so that it would at least work. That succeeded.
However, a popup came offering a OTA update and I hit yes without thinking. It rebooted and stayed at boot loop.
Now when I try using ODIN to reflash the stock ROM it does so, reboots, and stays at the boot screen where the LTE and moving stuff shows up after the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in white text screen. Please, I need this fixed urgently as that's my work phone.
I've tried flashing the rooted stock rom and that doesn't work either. When I try to re-root/unlock it says "Firmware problem please connect to Klies" or something along those lines. I can't boot into recovery mode either. The android shows up and a bar and then it reboots when it's close to finishing the boot into recovery.
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I'm confused, where is your phone now. Boot loop, the firmware upgrade problem or other?
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Really basic question here, how long have you let it sit on the boot animation screen? Sometimes it takes a very long time for first boot, especially if davlik was wiped.
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I just read a post about someone in the same situation that said after about 30 attempts!! with Odin it did finally work.
Also, I have no affiliation with these guys but they seem to know what they are doing and doing it for a reasonable price: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-jtag-brick-repair/
Good luck.
Geezer Squid said:
I just read a post about someone in the same situation that said after about 30 attempts!! with Odin it did finally work.
Also, I have no affiliation with these guys but they seem to know what they are doing and doing it for a reasonable price: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-jtag-brick-repair/
Good luck.
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They're the people to use if needed
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jacampb2 said:
Really basic question here, how long have you let it sit on the boot animation screen? Sometimes it takes a very long time for first boot, especially if davlik was wiped.
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I've let it sit for like an hour in a boot loop.
kintwofan said:
I'm confused, where is your phone now. Boot loop, the firmware upgrade problem or other?
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Boot loop if I try to go to stock ROM. Firmware warning if I try to use boot unlocker/root ROM.
I can't get into recovery under either. When I try to get into recovery under the boot unlock/root ROM I get the firmware problem.
fbernar said:
Boot loop if I try to go to stock ROM. Firmware warning if I try to use boot unlocker/root ROM.
I can't get into recovery under either. When I try to get into recovery under the boot unlock/root ROM I get the firmware problem.
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Your phone had to boot up to unlock so again are you boot looping now? I'm thinking you need to use the alternate restore file. It sounds like your boot loader is still locked. If that's the case that's the only image that will actually flash in Odin.
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here is your problem:
1) NEVER ACCEPT OTA'S
2) You didnt research before flashing
3) Since you accepted the ota, the bootloader from the original vraljb odin file is black listed. meaning you cant ever use that file again.
4) To fix your problem follow section 1b of my guide, make sure to use the alternate restore link as it does not contain a bootloader in the file. it will revert you back to vraljb firmwqre while maintaining the L4 bootloader.
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here is your problem:
1) NEVER ACCEPT OTA'S
2) You didnt research before flashing
3) Since you accepted the ota, the bootloader from the original vraljb odin file is black listed. meaning you cant ever use that file again.
4) To fix your problem follow section 1b of my guide, make sure to use the alternate restore link as it does not contain a bootloader in the file. it will revert you back to vraljb firmwqre while maintaining the L4 bootloader.
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`^^^ all of this
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I have been trying all day to root this bad boy. After finding nothing but broken link after broken link I finally found <cm-10.1-20121229-UNOFFICIAL-p4wifi.zip> and <cm10.1-20130116-UNOFFICIAL-p4wifi.zip> I am stuck at this point because I don't know which to use and well, quite frankly im a noob. ive watched a couple videos and even talked to a guy who rooted his but, i'm unsure about where to put this friggin file. some people say to have my tab in usb debug mode while others say to the contrary. some say to put my tab into odin3 while others say to have it in recovery mode but the one consistency is that they all say that its simple and "noob proof". Well with all the contradictory methods i've researched the one thing ive concluded is that for a noob it really aint that easy to sort through everything ive found and realize what the hell to do. I really don't wanna brick this frigger so this if anything is a desperate cry for help.
Long story short, I have the files which one do I use and what do I do with it?
Sincerely, Nooby McFirsttimerson
Stark_raving_mad said:
I have been trying all day to root this bad boy. After finding nothing but broken link after broken link I finally found <cm-10.1-20121229-UNOFFICIAL-p4wifi.zip> and <cm10.1-20130116-UNOFFICIAL-p4wifi.zip> I am stuck at this point because I don't know which to use and well, quite frankly im a noob. ive watched a couple videos and even talked to a guy who rooted his but, i'm unsure about where to put this friggin file. some people say to have my tab in usb debug mode while others say to the contrary. some say to put my tab into odin3 while others say to have it in recovery mode but the one consistency is that they all say that its simple and "noob proof". Well with all the contradictory methods i've researched the one thing ive concluded is that for a noob it really aint that easy to sort through everything ive found and realize what the hell to do. I really don't wanna brick this frigger so this if anything is a desperate cry for help.
Long story short, I have the files which one do I use and what do I do with it?
Sincerely, Nooby McFirsttimerson
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There's nothing hard about rooting if you want to flash a custom ROM on your tab, 99.9% of the developers pre-root their ROM's so you dont even have to root it, so did pershoot.
Step 1: You start from zero: you have a gt-p7510 STOCK ROM on android 4.0.4, if not, flash the ics bootloader from droidbasement.com via odin in PDA slot.
Step 2: go to droidbasement.com, and it depends which android version you want to flash, 4.0.4, 4.1.1, or 4.2.2, let's say you want do flash android 4.2.2, download clockworkmod recovery 6.0.3.4, flash it via odin in PDA slot and reboot your device.
Step 3: once you have cwm 6.0.3.4 flashed, connect your tablet to your pc and get the latest nightly version, YOU DON'T WANT TO USE EXPERIMENTAL BUILTS!! Since they were only ment for pure development and they could be very unstable. Download the latest version here http://get.cm/?device=p4wifi here and copy the file over from your computer to your device. DO NOT FORGET!
Step 4: reboot your device into recovery and do a factory reset, go to your 0 folder in recovery and flash the latest nightly built. ( a factory reset via cwm will not delete data on your SDcard
Step 5: reboot your device again when it's done and wait up to 10 minutes.
And last but not least step 6: enjoy!!
DefQoN_BE said:
There's nothing hard about rooting if you want to flash a custom ROM on your tab, 99.9% of the developers pre-root their ROM's so you dont even have to root it, so did pershoot.
Step 1: You start from zero: you have a gt-p7510 STOCK ROM on android 4.0.4, if not, flash the ics bootloader from droidbasement.com via odin in PDA slot.
Step 2: go to droidbasement.com, and it depends which android version you want to flash, 4.0.4, 4.1.1, or 4.2.2, let's say you want do flash android 4.2.2, download clockworkmod recovery 6.0.3.4, flash it via odin in PDA slot and reboot your device.
Step 3: once you have cwm 6.0.3.4 flashed, connect your tablet to your pc and get the latest nightly version, YOU DON'T WANT TO USE EXPERIMENTAL BUILTS!! Since they were only ment for pure development and they could be very unstable. Download the latest version here http://get.cm/?device=p4wifi here and copy the file over from your computer to your device. DO NOT FORGET!
Step 4: reboot your device into recovery and do a factory reset, go to your 0 folder in recovery and flash the latest nightly built. ( a factory reset via cwm will not delete data on your SDcard
Step 5: reboot your device again when it's done and wait up to 10 minutes.
And last but not least step 6: enjoy!!
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How do I flash it via odin in PDA slot?
Stark_raving_mad said:
How do I flash it via odin in PDA slot?
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In Odin, there is a PDA button. Click it and select your file.
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Stark_raving_mad said:
How do I flash it via odin in PDA slot?
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Get your tablet in download mode, it's the same way as you go to recovery, but then the other image on the right side, your tab will warn you that flashing other software may cause problems on your tab and blabla, just ignore that and push yes. Connect your tab to your pc and open odin, while it's connected, your pc will look for a driver i think. Once odin is opened, select PDA slot and search for the recovery safed on your computer, then hit the square box and make sure the box in front of'PDA SLOT' is check with a 'V', now it will flash cwm on your tablet
So i have to have odin on my pc?
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Stark_raving_mad said:
So i have to have odin on my pc?
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Yes you do.
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Why do people always feel they have to run to customs roms? To me that is like saying to somebody who asks how to change a wheel on a car that first they have to remove the engine and put in a supercharged version instead with all the added unreliability that goes with it.... Custom roms are great but sometimes when answering a question the sledgehammer to crack a walnut approach is not the best..... if you are happy with stock rom to start with try rooting that first then if you want to go further try the custom approach
If you just want to root a stock firmware then all you have to do is install clockwork recovery using odin and flash a root zip through recovery.....
Root file is here for you and if you go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44527963#post44527963 there is a good version of odin for your tab and drivers (if you haven't already installed them ) that I recently posted
As long as you are sure it is 7510 you have then recovery for pushing through odin is attached as well
I cant have root permissions after flashing CM 10.2 (I accidentally did full sd card data wipe with twrp 2.6.0.0 before) , now none of apps that request root works..I tried to flash older superuser.zip files but that didnt work (when trying to flash superUS v1.50 zip it always writes ''failed')'. Any solution to that?
Try installing SuperSu from play store, see if that works otherwise if that doesn't work go to android development stickies for this forum' download root.zip and try to root again through recovery
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Ive downloaded the 2 files using my Tablet the 2 files being the root.zip and recovery. I havnt done anymore than that. Whats the next step?
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Stark_raving_mad said:
Ive downloaded the 2 files using my Tablet the 2 files being the root.zip and recovery. I havnt done anymore than that. Whats the next step?
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Ok.. being as you're new to this.. I advise you to watch QBKing's video on rooting this device, really any of his rooting vids will show you how to install odin/drivers and then to Odin the custom recovery...
If you feel unsure after watching the video or have any questions... just hit me back and I can walk ya through it..
Don't be worried if I don't see you're reply right away.. I'm on my way home from vaction and my service is less than spotty.. ( thanks sprint )
The video was enlightening to say the least. However the thread at ac syndicate is now closed. Sooooo im wondering if there is anywhere else i can find the necessary files
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Stark_raving_mad said:
The video was enlightening to say the least. However the thread at ac syndicate is now closed. Sooooo im wondering if there is anywhere else i can find the necessary files
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What files do you need?
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Odin http://db.tt/HEZM0iTh
USB drivers http://db.tt/66rJelZn
assume you mean those files
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stinky73 said:
Why do people always feel they have to run to customs roms? To me that is like saying to somebody who asks how to change a wheel on a car that first they have to remove the engine and put in a supercharged version instead with all the added unreliability that goes with it.... Custom roms are great but sometimes when answering a question the sledgehammer to crack a walnut approach is not the best..... if you are happy with stock rom to start with try rooting that first then if you want to go further try the custom approach
If you just want to root a stock firmware then all you have to do is install clockwork recovery using odin and flash a root zip through recovery.....
Root file is here for you and if you go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44527963#post44527963 there is a good version of odin for your tab and drivers (if you haven't already installed them ) that I recently posted
As long as you are sure it is 7510 you have then recovery for pushing through odin is attached as well
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I have been trying for a whole day. I have used files either from other posts in xda or other sites. Still I could not root my 7510. I have finally successfully rooted the tablet with the files in this post.
Thanks a lot!
Pan_Man said:
I have been trying for a whole day. I have used files either from other posts in xda or other sites. Still I could not root my 7510. I have finally successfully rooted the tablet with the files in this post.
Thanks a lot!
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Glad it worked ! :good:
If anybody else needs the files to root or a link to qbking77 video....look at my FAQ thread....everything needed to root is there, minus the Sammy drivers( you can get them when you plug you're tab into the PC )...
Also...do yourself a favor and as soon as you root...go put infamous twrp recovery on the device..I have flashed every single ROM I've put on my device through this recovery...no problems yet...Lol.
Link to FAQ thread.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458846
Edit...this is for p4wifi only on stock 4.0.4
Copy them where on the device?
Step 3: once you have cwm 6.0.3.4 flashed said:
connect your tablet to your pc[/B] and get the latest nightly version, YOU DON'T WANT TO USE EXPERIMENTAL BUILTS!! Since they were only ment for pure development and they could be very unstable. Download the latest version here and copy the file over from your computer to your device. DO NOT FORGET!
Where do you copy the step 3 files? I can't even access the file directory on the tablet for more than 1-2 minutes before it resets. I flashed the step 2 files (no change), and having trouble knowing where to but the step 3 files and how to access the target directory. Could you clarify for me? Thanks.
BTW new user and can't "post"urls so I had to delete yours from the reply. sorry.
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Tried posting this as a reply in a similar thread but I think the thread died so forgive me for double posting.
I rooted my stock S4 and installed the proper TWRP.
Heres where my situation is a bit different from anything I have seen on the forum threads. All attempts—both hard and soft—to reboot into recovery, all direct the reboot to Odin Mode. Just to clarify I have not flashed any rom custom or stock, the only thing I have flashed has been TWRP and CWM recovery. And I only flashed CWM AFTER the Failings of TWRP.
When I attempt to boot into recovery, it flashes the blue characters then sends me into a Odin Mode loop until I hard-key the "download mode" and select restart to boot the os normally.
my phone works fine other than not being able to flash custom roms, which is a pain in the arse especially with all the s4 Bloatware.
Here's what I have done so far to help myself:
• install CWM recovery
• tried hard-key reboot recovery (power off/ press home/volume up/power)
• soft reboot recovery through both Goo, CWM and ROM Toolbox pro
• removed my sd card and tried reboot recovery
• removed battery and reboot recovery
• emulator reboot recovery
• reboot recovery both with and without usb cable
I looked into flashing stock with Odin but all tutorials i could find were of an older version and I didnt want to guess what I needed to get that to work,
Please let me know if theres anything I can do.
(Verizon) Samsung Galaxy S4 jfltevzw
filthysanches said:
Tried posting this as a reply in a similar thread but I think the thread died so forgive me for double posting.
I rooted my stock S4 and installed the proper TWRP.
Heres where my situation is a bit different from anything I have seen on the forum threads. All attempts—both hard and soft—to reboot into recovery, all direct the reboot to Odin Mode. Just to clarify I have not flashed any rom custom or stock, the only thing I have flashed has been TWRP and CWM recovery. And I only flashed CWM AFTER the Failings of TWRP.
When I attempt to boot into recovery, it flashes the blue characters then sends me into a Odin Mode loop until I hard-key the "download mode" and select restart to boot the os normally.
my phone works fine other than not being able to flash custom roms, which is a pain in the arse especially with all the s4 Bloatware.
Here's what I have done so far to help myself:
• install CWM recovery
• tried hard-key reboot recovery (power off/ press home/volume up/power)
• soft reboot recovery through both Goo, CWM and ROM Toolbox pro
• removed my sd card and tried reboot recovery
• removed battery and reboot recovery
• emulator reboot recovery
• reboot recovery both with and without usb cable
I looked into flashing stock with Odin but all tutorials i could find were of an older version and I didnt want to guess what I needed to get that to work,
Please let me know if theres anything I can do.
(Verizon) Samsung Galaxy S4 jfltevzw
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you are probably on the ME7 build, which means no recovery is available,
Youre on me7 and you cant install custom recovery or custom roms while on me7, if you were reading other threads I dont know how you missed it because its been posted about a hundred times. You can use the buttom combo to boot into download mode and then cancel and your phone should boot normally. Everytime you try to go into recovery youre going to get put into download mode so eventually youre going to have to flash the me7 stock image or flash stock recovery, recovery I dont have a link for but the stock images are posted in the dev section.
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JaeKay said:
you are probably on the ME7 build, which means no recovery is available,
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Thanks you are very right, I wasn't aware that was a thing. Hopefully someone is working on it.
filthysanches said:
Thanks you are very right, I wasn't aware that was a thing. Hopefully someone is working on it.
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People are check out the bounty and safestrap threads in the general section.
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hexitnow said:
Youre on me7 and you cant install custom recovery or custom roms while on me7, if you were reading other threads I dont know how you missed it because its been posted about a hundred times. You can use the buttom combo to boot into download mode and then cancel and your phone should boot normally. Everytime you try to go into recovery youre going to get put into download mode so eventually youre going to have to flash the me7 stock image or flash stock recovery, recovery I dont have a link for but the stock images are posted in the dev section.
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I missed it because I didn't think it would be a build version issue I thought it was user error (which I guess it is) but my searches were conducted with that ignorance, we all have to start somewhere.
So If I understand you correctly now that I have installed a custom recovery (that doesn't work with ME7), I will now have to find and flash the stock recovery in order to flash a custom recovery if and when one is available for ME7?
filthysanches said:
I missed it because I didn't think it would be a build version issue I thought it was user error (which I guess it is) but my searches were conducted with that ignorance, we all have to start somewhere.
So If I understand you correctly now that I have installed a custom recovery (that doesn't work with ME7), I will now have to find and flash the stock recovery in order to flash a custom recovery if and when one is available for ME7?
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Youre right we all have to start somewhere, chalk it up as a learning experience. When I say flashing the stock recovery im just saying it so youll have a recovery period. When one comes out for me7 tho having a stock recovery prior shouldnt be mandatory. I do recommend having the stock recovery tho
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hexitnow said:
Youre right we all have to start somewhere, chalk it up as a learning experience. When I say flashing the stock recovery im just saying it so youll have a recovery period. When one comes out for me7 tho having a stock recovery prior shouldnt be mandatory. I do recommend having the stock recovery tho
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Yeah not having a stock recovery is a bit sketch, Ill have to find and flash it soon.
If you cant find it and have apps/data u dont want to lose there is a no wipe me7 stock image you can flash to get it back as well. I did see the stock recoveries posted before but I for the life of me cant find them again.
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hexitnow said:
If you cant find it and have apps/data u dont want to lose there is a no wipe me7 stock image you can flash to get it back as well. I did see the stock recoveries posted before but I for the life of me cant find them again.
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I saw somewhere the other day with a Me7 stock image I'll see if I can hunt it down. If I find it, I'll reference it here. Thanks for the help, I'd would have been clueless otherwise.
Same issue
Yes please post a link to the stock recovery if you find it I just did the exact same thing and missed the fact that the VRUME7 won't work with custom recoveries. Didn't help that I was trying a post that said it would from GalaxyS4Root.com and when it didn't work I tried a workaround using adb to force it. I'm new to this like you and now I know better too, well at least I hope. Also once any of us finds an image of the stock recovery would I just use ODIN to flash it from my pc or would I have to use some other method? I know I know most likely a stupid question but I rather get a chuckle on here then screw this up even more. I will post a link too if I find a stock recovery image. Thanks again.
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Tos83 said:
Yes please post a link to the stock recovery if you find it I just did the exact same thing and missed the fact that the VRUME7 won't work with custom recoveries. Didn't help that I was trying a post that said it would from GalaxyS4Root.com and when it didn't work I tried a workaround using adb to force it. I'm new to this like you and now I know better too, well at least I hope. Also once any of us finds an image of the stock recovery would I just use ODIN to flash it from my pc or would I have to use some other method? I know I know most likely a stupid question but I rather get a chuckle on here then screw this up even more. I will post a link too if I find a stock recovery image. Thanks again.
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I'm not certain if this helps at all but I just found this thread about safestrap for VRUAME7 and it's only a few days old as well as being older than your last posts. Not sure if you need the original stock recovery in place first and I haven't had time to do a full read of this post yet but maybe it can help get both of us further along. Anyway here is the link, check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441&styleid=18
Hello,
I am hoping someone can direct me as to how I can unbrick my device.
I have been using JellyBomb for about a month now and decided to upgrade to the newest version. I downloaded 3.0 and put it on my external SD card via usb. I backed up what I needed to onto google drive and dropbox and did a factory reset. Upon installing the ROM, however, I received an error message saying that the ROM had failed.
I tried another old file after another factory reset (old jellybomb version) and this got stuck in the middle of flashing it. This is when the trouble started as when I rebooted my device I could not access Recovery.
I have since reflashed my recovery to Clockwork and now I can get into that menu. I have tried to download the stock ROM from sammobile and after that 10 hour download (and I am not sure if I'm doing this correctly) it does not flash the entire 1.3 gig file. It looks like it only does something to the recovery. I am putting the .TAR file into the "PDA" section of ODIN... is this not correct? I can not find a TAR.mp5 file like the tutorials say so maybe I have the wrong file type?
Any help is GREATLY appreciated!!! Thank you for your time.
Drew
To clarify: The only screens that I can get to are recovery and download mode. If I go into recovery and try to flash something it does not work but gets stuck in a freeze. In download mode my computer is seeing it when I am in ODIN but I am not sure that I have the right stock ROM file.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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To clarify: The only screens that I can get to are recovery and download mode. If I go into recovery and try to flash something it does not work but gets stuck in a freeze. In download mode my computer is seeing it when I am in ODIN but I am not sure that I have the right stock ROM file.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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I'm on my 3rd Note 3 because of all kinds of issues with rooting....I've used CF auto, and Kingo. Had exact same issue of not being able to restore android, and soft bricking. Once was able to push MI4 from sammobile using ODIN 1.85, .tar in PDA. If it took you 10 hours to download, you probably have a bad download. I have not rooted this device because of all the problems almost everyone is having sooner or later, and STILL have to reboot, battery pull, wipe cache from stock recovery etc. Knox/selinux kernel Samsung has started using seems to be the culprit(s). Just look at all the posts for problems, lack of new development, and the fact that a Note 2 costs more with a contract than the 3....If you can successfully flash stock,I would stick with it for now. Good luck!:good:
thecarpenter said:
To clarify: The only screens that I can get to are recovery and download mode. If I go into recovery and try to flash something it does not work but gets stuck in a freeze. In download mode my computer is seeing it when I am in ODIN but I am not sure that I have the right stock ROM file.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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I believe that this is what you want,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549035
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micmars said:
I believe that this is what you want,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549035
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NICE. Going to give this a try. Thanks!