Hi Guys,
Just got my Gtab yesterday noon...
Great Device.
would any of you suggest a way to fully backup the rom before trying to root it?
Here in Israel i got it for 14 days trial so i would like to squeeze it to the max before
deciding what to do with it.
Use this method to root the Tab;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I did it last night. It's fast, and doesn't screw up your Tab in any way if it fails. But it doesn't fail, LoL.
Backing up the whole rom is kinda complicated...
EDIT: explained myself a little better
Hi. First thx.
I will start my process.
Any one started developing on it?
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Hi everyone,
I rooted my Nexus One and have a minor hassle with it. Every 2 weeks or so, I get a message to install update, I say yes, then switch off, from the "service menu" <- sorry if that's the wrong word, and then I am OK for another 2 weeks or so.
If I root my Galaxy Tablet using Z4Root, am I going to get the same problem?
Any advice much appreciated !
Ofiaich
I think I got the answer to this,
My Nexus One has a Modaco ROM installed, and developed issues after.
My Galaxy Tablet will not have different roms installed, so rooting should not be a problem.
It is now rooted, and I am running Titanium Backup with no issues,
Ofiaich
If you have rooted and installed a custom rom, you should never download/install an ota update unless its by the dev.
Paul @ MoDaCo is (hopefully) working on a MCR for the Tab ;D
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I really want to thank the XDA team, especially Adrynly!!
Just about a weak ago i got fed up with stock 2.1 update 1 so i rooted my phone and went looking on line for a good custom Rom. The one i found that looked the most promising was Darky's 9.2 installed from odin. After not bothering to really read what i was looking at i downloaded what was required and slapped it in, HELLO GIANT BRICK!!!, It was for the i9000. I started looking for help in the pda threads, trying everything i could find, making sure it applied to the vwz i500 fascinate. After 7 days, 3gb of downloads, every waking hour not at work trying to recover my phone. I was sure it would never work again. This morning after using hemaifill with stock pit and eb01 files, then odin and eb01.tar. I am now rooted running super clean 2.4, clockwork installed and titanium backup was one of the first things done. I know this is long winded but i want to share my experience with everyone, and maybe this will help someone else who does something so galacticalaly stupid as flaming Rom that don't belong to their phones just because they got exited and didn't bother putting in the research time.
THANK YOU ALL AT XDA for saving my phone and possibly my life, if i had to spend any more time trying to recover my phone that i have had less than a month i really believe my wife may have committed homicide, yes she was that frustrated and upset with me.
Now everyone bow down and show respect to the smart phone god, ADRYNLYN!!! thank YOU ALL again, so glad to have my fascinate back and running exceptionally.
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Nice post. Time to dl 2.6 then!
So up to SC 2.9.1 and trying out Dark Revenger now as well. My new obsession is trying to find that perfect rom, Gingerbread where are you??? Hopefully the Kaosinate one gets enough bugs out to make it usable. If any Dev's ever need a tester, i now have a ton of expierence with Heimdall, odin, and cwm. i an willing to test for anyone since i dont have the required skills yet to do much else, but i am working on that.
Brick, Odin, Brick, Odin-No, Heimdall, Odin, working - cwr, some new rom- start Brick recovery process over.....I don't learn not to play with things and i don't want to!!!!!!
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Hi everyone
I'm a proud owner of a Galaxy Tablet. Recently I got a message in my settings that there is an update available. This is my first tablet so I'm not veru expérienced. My tablet is rooted. It crashed a couple of times but all in all seems to be working. My question is if it's safe to update. I read in the forums about phones being bricked and other problems with updating rooted phones and tablets. Is there anything I should do before installing the update to make sure it works?
Any advice is appriciated. Cheers.
In general, I would recommend against that.
At least you will lose root, or you may semi-brick your tablet.
Rather than update, I would suggest flashing to a stock Gingerbread ROM. It will be almost the same as an update, but you will still be rooted. Or you can go with a custom GB ROM like Overcome or BOCA. If you want to get the newest, I'd go with CM9/ICS. This gives you the brand new Ice Cream Sandwich. I'm enjoying it very much on my tab. I was hesitant because the theme engine is still not there, but someone suggested to me GO Launcher EX, and that thing works like a charm on CM9.
Was just reading about SuperSU that just came out and it can trick your device into thinking its unrooted, ie for updating stock firmware but bigz is right, there's a lot to be had with custom ROM's
Here's the link for SuperSU though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Thank you very much people for your prompt replys. I only rooted my tablet to have an access to ad hoc wifis. I'm certainly enjoying Titanium Back Up and things like that. So I would like to stay rooted. Being inexperienced I sort of was more inclined to unroot it with a superoneclick then update it and then root it all over again.
Is it possible?
And I'm only trying to do it because I believe that the company's update is always the best. (Funny attitude for a rooted user, but I only understood it recently). Because normaly they do everything for you. So if I go with IT free spirited people then I will have a lot more questions.
* Are custom roms as stable and relyable as the official updates? Far be it from me to doubt the expertise of the guys who write them, I'm just really new to it.
* I understood from one of the posts that it might be even safer to flash a new ROM rather than do an official update. How does that work? I would like to understand before committing.
* And if I do a full back up with CWM (ROM included), does bricking bother me? I'm not very sure what bricking a tablet is.
I'll stop here with the questions not to be too heavey. My tablet: Samsung Galaxy P7310 8.9 WiFi only Honeycomb 3.1
Thanks in advance.!
Well, you are in wrong forum then.
This is for galaxy tab 7"
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Thanks a lot. Do I have to do anything with the thread or just leave it? Might be usefull to sbd else.
i don't remember that Gtab7 got update function on the settings .. i may be mistaken but are you referring to the Gtab7 of Gtab7+ ? ?
Edit : i just noticed that you really mean the Gtab7+ my advice for you , sell it and get gtab7 instead i gave mine to my sister and got back my gtab7 , gtab7+ is suck as crap ...
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i don't remember that Gtab7 got update function on the settings .. i may be mistaken but are you referring to the Gtab7 of Gtab7+ ? ?
Edit : i just noticed that you really mean the Gtab7+ my advice for you , sell it and get gtab7 instead i gave mine to my sister and got back my gtab7 , gtab7+ is suck as crap ...
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what your means by gtab7+ is suck as crap ...?can you just explain,don't mind i am also a samsung galaxy tab 7" user.
There is no issue in un rooting your device and then upgrading it by keis and then rooting again and restoring your apps and data, Some apps may be incompatible with new version but you can check this in the market.
Just did this last week on my son's tab.
If you are running a custom rom then having a nandroid backup by cwm is advisable and if you don't like the upgrade then restore
If you run stock then you should upgrade via keis because you will get enhancements
Hope this helps. There are sticky guides on how to do this so would not worry as long v as you follow the instructions your fine.
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http://www.pocketables.com/2011/06/how-to-manually-root-almost-any-android-device.html
Do you think this would work for root? I'll have my phone tomorrow afternoon and would like to immediately root that sucker.
Probably not. Give it a few days. I'm sure the devs are cooking up or porting some great things.
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So the Euro SIII's root method won't work?
I was thinking of trying that.
You guys ARE aware of the Flash Counter on these phones right?
pinoymutt said:
You guys ARE aware of the Flash Counter on these phones right?
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Whats the flash counter? Is that something like the "TAMPERED" stamp on the HTC One X's?
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Whats the flash counter? Is that something like the "TAMPERED" stamp on the HTC One X's?
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Yes. Its samsungs way of tracking whether you have installed an Unauthorized ROM on it. Usually there is a way around it on most phones using TriangleAway app from Chainfire. But for this new SG3 i doubt its compatible.
Yeah the flash counter will count every time something is flashed via download mode (i think) so when you send it in with a ticked flash counter, they know you dicked with your phone
I posted a little blurb on it in the Dev section, but yeah everyone above pretty much summed it up. When you start messing with recovery and kernels, it'll trigger that bad boy.
Folks on other devices have found ways around it, and I'm confident that they will on our new babies as well - but it won't be overnight.
I followed the method in
[18.06.2012] CF-Root 6.3 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager - xda-developers
and was done in about 25 seconds and it was my first time.
EDIT: ** Sorry I think the guide i posted only works for international version so I don't think it will work with yours....**
EDIT... had a question for the poster above, but appears they have an international version..
IGNORE.
Noobs root install... I like it but is it good? Assurance Please
Silly actually.... I love my phone again after rooting for the first time; scared the **** out of me because I thought it was a brick the first 6 times I tried, lol.... anyway love my phone as is just looking for assurance I'm ok with my build and any thoughts on should i change anything to make it "better"
Wanted to go direct to you when I saw your avatar.... I'm a noob to rooting and using custom kerns and roms... I have the first avialble samusng galaxy s2 that was released in the us by at&t... I litterally got the first one in my area of about 350000 people... was so pumped to have this phone;
enough back story... I was happy with being on the non rooted until the lame ics using kies... just wasn't satisfied so while crossing fingers I decided to root my first android phone... it didn't go well at first and then with several kernal flashes... about 6... I finally got the phone "working" then installed a rom that was awesome and then a really awesome theme...
So i have AOKP and a "Cobalt" theme and the phone is better than the 1st day it came out,
possible issue just would like to know more...
looking at the about phone i noticed a srange, funny, and other emotions, kernel and is this normal, lol??
Here's what i got (i love the way the phone is performing just should i change anything, is there newer versions of what I got?)
About phone
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Model number: SGH-I777
Android version: 4.0.4
Baseband version: I777UCLE5
Kernel version: 3.0.28-Wurd-CM-gaaa0e0b-dirty [email protected]****-You#1 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 14 06:27:46 PDT 2012 (FU dirty?)
Build number: Task650's AOKP
Mod version: AOKP i777 Build 36
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For what it's worth again so happy with the phone now... if my settings are all legit and it's safe to use my phone as is great... if I've messed up with anything it would be nice to know what to do next... if there's even more upgrades from wheer I'm at I'd be interested in continue my path from grasshopper...
thank you for any insight to my custom phone...
Barry
And what about this method described here?
[Guide][CWM][Root][ICS] Universal proper rooting for most ICS phones
Can it work (Euro Galaxy S3)?
Anyone ?
How comes this method has not even been mentionned for the GS3 though it's supposed to work beautifully??
This thread should be dead by now.
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Hi guys,
I purchased the Nexus 7 for Xmas for my 9 year old son. He wanted one to play games on etc. I was going to get him the Nabi 2 but it looked to childish and said the learning apps only went up to 5th grade. Therefore, I settled for the Nexus 7 after reading some articles that said it was one of the best tablets for gaming. I would like to root the phone so I can install Avast mobile security and some other things. I want to make a backup of the device before proceeding. Is there a way to make a complete backup of the factory image? That way in case I get into flashing custom ROMs and stuff I can always go back to phones default image? If so can someone tell me what program I would need, and how to go about doing it? Will I have to save the image to my PC? Will backups be deleted after rooting or flashing ROMs? Also, what program should I use to root the device? I have rooted a phone before so I should be able to get this rooted if pointed in the right direction.
Thanks,
Rocky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195
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Thanks I appreciate it.
grimreaper1014 said:
Hi guys,
I purchased the Nexus 7 for Xmas for my 9 year old son. He wanted one to play games on etc. I was going to get him the Nabi 2 but it looked to childish and said the learning apps only went up to 5th grade. Therefore, I settled for the Nexus 7 after reading some articles that said it was one of the best tablets for gaming. I would like to root the phone so I can install Avast mobile security and some other things. I want to make a backup of the device before proceeding. Is there a way to make a complete backup of the factory image? That way in case I get into flashing custom ROMs and stuff I can always go back to phones default image? If so can someone tell me what program I would need, and how to go about doing it? Will I have to save the image to my PC? Will backups be deleted after rooting or flashing ROMs? Also, what program should I use to root the device? I have rooted a phone before so I should be able to get this rooted if pointed in the right direction.
Thanks,
Rocky
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While it's hard to brick the N7, it's worth your time and ours for you to spend some time researching, AND most everything you want and need to know has been asked time and time again. No need for the additional clutter.
Oh, and welcome!