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I'm mobile right now... But.... The root and recovery guide are posted on rootzwiki.com... This is the LTE version... Ill pretty this up when I am gone from work....
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poitee said:
I'm mobile right now... But.... The root and recovery guide are posted on rootzwiki.com... This is the LTE version... Ill pretty this up when I am gone from work....
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Can you make a recovery file that we can flash with Odin? A few of us have lost stock recovery snd the CWM recovery file we have available won't work.
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Can you make a recovery file that we can flash with Odin? A few of us have lost stock recovery snd the CWM recovery file we have available won't work.
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I'm one of those few...
[HOWTO] Flash provided recovery without ODIN with broken main recovery [HOWTO]
So after 20 minutes of fiddling with things, I figured out how to get the recovery flashed without having to have recovery installed or without ODIN.
You will need
(1) Rooted LTE device
(2) ROM Manager installed *get at App market*
(3) This file from poitee's post: http://www.mediafire.com/?w45j8i0fcj0wck0
(4) ES File Explorer (or any other file explorer, I just use ES) or USB connection.
(5) Patience
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Start with a rooted tab. Download the Rom manager.
1) In the ROM Manager, click on Flash ClockworkMod recovery. It will ask you what device etc, select Galaxy Tab. Wait for it to flash so it says "Current recovery: ClockworkMod 4.0.0.4".
2) After it's done, scroll down and hit All Clockwork Mod recoveries. Select 4.0.03. Let it download it and flash it.
3) Unzip the recovery.zip and take the recovery.img file and place it on the tablet.
4) Either using ES File Explorer, or just using Windows Explorer with tablet plugged in, find folder called "clockworkmod" in the SDCard root.
5) Navigate to clockworkmod/download/download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
There you will see some two files - recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.4-p7100.img and recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.3-p7100.img
6) Delete recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.3-p7100.img from that folder
7) Copy the recovery.img file from the ZIP above into this folder and rename it recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.3-p7100.img
8) Go back to ROM Manager, and select Flash ClockworkMod recovery, select the tab and hit OK. It will flash 4.0.0.4.
9) Place your tablet into Airplane Mode (turn off Wifi/4G/3G)
10) Scroll down again, select All Clockwork Mod Recoveries, select 4.0.0.3, and hit OK. That will now flash the recovery we just replaced.
11) Exit out of the ROM manager.
12) Push power button, hit Reboot.
13) As soon the screen goes blank, hold power button+volume rocker up till you see the box or downloading.
14) Hit UP once so the box is selected.
15) Hit DOWN once so that it boots into CWM.
*updated* Thanks jimh1999 and ~Scott~ for updates and feedback after testing this. I was a little tired and did misspell the filenames
You are done
Success....Thank You for this, I was about to give up.
Notes,
~I had to put Tab in airplane mode after step 9
~I didn't leave Tab plugged in
~nand backup will work but no progress bars in CWM
~Rom Manager will alert of recovery update, just dont update recovery
~edit per Scott's post, name of file should be recovery-clockwork to match filename structure in the folder
Finally we have recovery on LTE Tab.
THANK YOU!
My notes:
- I also had to put it into airplane mode after step 9
- I tried to flash the new recovery.img and it failed so I rebooted the tablet at this point.
- I noticed the the first recovery was named recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.4-p7100.img so I changed recovery-clockworkmod-4.0.0.3-p7100.img to recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.3-p7100.img and flashed it with no issues.
Then I booted into CWM and noticed the progress bar issue during the backup.... but.... I BOOTED INTO RECOVERY!!
Thanks again!
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THANK YOU!
My notes:
- I also had to put it into airplane mode after step 9
- I tried to flash the new recovery.img and it failed so I rebooted the tablet at this point.
- I noticed the the first recovery was named recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.4-p7100.img so I changed recovery-clockworkmod-4.0.0.3-p7100.img to recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.3-p7100.img and flashed it with no issues.
Then I booted into CWM and noticed the progress bar issue during the backup.... but.... I BOOTED INTO RECOVERY!!
Thanks again!
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You are right about the name, same for me.
Thanks jimh1999 and ~Scott~ for updates and feedback after testing this. I was a little tired and did misspell the filenames
Updated the guide with the names and airplane steps.
tijayz said:
Thanks jimh1999 and ~Scott~ for updates and feedback after testing this. I was a little tired and did misspell the filenames
Updated the guide with the names and airplane steps.
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Thanks to you and poitee for finding the solution. If you find any roms or kernals that work, please report back. Also can we flash the stock recovery back on this Tab?
I would still like to know why the CWM recovery would,nt work on the LTE version
First of all, let me say thanks for the effort and risk for eveyone involved. Now, please excuse my noobiness here, but is there a way in here to back up the stock rom before flashing/rooting? In other words, can I reverse this process to stock for returns/service?
I've seen how to reverse to stock the WiFi version, but this LTE is uncharted territory. Thanks!
My Galaxy LTE is bricked... Is there any way to just install the plain stock image back?
Mine was never rooted, so i'm kind of stuck, anyone have the stock recovery image?
Yep, I think what we need is the stock recovery image right? Anyone?
www.jamezelle.com/myfiles/stockrec.zip
DD the image inside to mmcblk0p2. At your own risk. Its the stock lte recovery.
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jamezelle said:
www.jamezelle.com/myfiles/stockrec.zip
DD the image inside to mmcblk0p2. At your own risk. Its the stock lte recovery.
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Can you elaborate on your instructions? I have done my fair share of ROM flashing and have used CWM for quite a while, but not sure about going back to stock on the recovery.
I accidentally used Rom Manager to flash "recovery" 4.004 to my LTE Tab and then it would no longer boot up (keeps going back to Samsung screen).
Can get to the screen to choose recovery or Odin. Then, I made it worse by flashing (with ODIN) what I thought was the correct stock image, and wound up putting the Wifi model on to it.
After quite a bit of reading (and kicking myself) ...
I have created a ODIN capable stock recovery image, and now I can get into stock recovery, but I need the rest of the LTE image to restore my unit. Can anyone make a dump of the factory stuff (other than the data) ? Heck even if I can get it working on just Wifi for now, that would be ok until the LTE image surfaces.
I really don't want to try to return it since I have only had it for 2 days and it would be pretty obvious that I had messed with it.
Thanks. I can make
Not sure if it will help but I'll wipe data and pull a nandroid if you want but I'm on cwm stock lte since I still can't figure out how tonsetup my PC for rom dev on hc
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I accidentally used Rom Manager to flash "recovery" 4.004 to my LTE Tab and then it would no longer boot up (keeps going back to Samsung screen).
Can get to the screen to choose recovery or Odin. Then, I made it worse by flashing (with ODIN) what I thought was the correct stock image, and wound up putting the Wifi model on to it.
After quite a bit of reading (and kicking myself) ...
I have created a ODIN capable stock recovery image, and now I can get into stock recovery, but I need the rest of the LTE image to restore my unit. Can anyone make a dump of the factory stuff (other than the data) ? Heck even if I can get it working on just Wifi for now, that would be ok until the LTE image surfaces.
I really don't want to try to return it since I have only had it for 2 days and it would be pretty obvious that I had messed with it.
Thanks. I can make
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Don't worry man we'll get you going.
~Scott~ said:
Can you elaborate on your instructions? I have done my fair share of ROM flashing and have used CWM for quite a while, but not sure about going back to stock on the recovery.
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Can you boot into android? If so I can give you the instructions to get the stock recovery back on via command line or mattj949 can post his Odin file.
I wound up returning and exchanging, but I still want to back it up in case it happens again....
However, I did make a fully working CWM ODIN flashable (for LTE Tab), however, not sure how to post it here. I left it on my office PC, will figure out how to post tomorrow.
Bricked?
Im having the same problem with rooting then using clockwork to flash recovery 4.0.0.4. Now Im stuck with the Galaxy Tab boot screen then to black then the boot screen and to black continuously.
I can access Odin but my computer doesn't recognize the Tab and never has. When I plug it in I hear the computer recognize it but gives a different sound doesn't see it. ???
Can anyone help me get this thing booted again.
Thanks
Ok guys, for all of you who are STILL waiting for the official update to roll out to our tabs, wait no longer. Thanks to PCPIMP over on android forums who pulled the update file from /cache in his tab before installing, we now have it and can flash it ourselves. However, there are a few quirks to getting this thing to flash properly. First: It must be flashed from stock recovery, NOT cwm recovery. Also, once you download the file from the multiupload link, you must rename it to update.zip Be careful here. When I renamed it to update.zip, somehow it would automatically add "bin" on to the end of the file. So without being able to see it, the file ended up with the name update.zip.bin and it was not showing up in stock recovery to flash. Use a file manager like 7zip to change the name or open up the properties on your PC to do it properly. Once it's renamed properly, put it on the the SD card. Here is something I am not completely sure of......but I *think* it doesn't matter what build you're on when you flash this file. It appears to me to be very insecure. You can even open up the update.zip with 7zip and debloat the stuff you don't want. I did. I only see one "patch" file in the update.zip and that was the LTE modem. What that means I'm prettty sure is that it will only require one file to be present on your tab to flash properly. This *may* even be able to be flashed directly from the Leak I posted of this build, for those of you who are on it. As long as you are on the correct radio because that's what it looks for. When you flash this file, it even wipes your data for you, But it does NOT wipe the SD card. I actually flashed it twice to see how secure it was. I flashed it from EH04 and EH04 radios and then I reflashed it directly over itself (EL01 and the EL01 radios) and it worked fine. So, I hope everyone understands all of that long winded babble I just spewed.
Step 1. Download update http://goo.gl/6XtFD (<--Huge thanks to PCPimp for hosting this) and rename it PROPERLY with 7zip or something to update.zip and place it on the root of your SD card. Make sure you don't have any other files named update.zip already on your SD, as that could get confusing, lol.
Step 2. Odin flash this recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/lterec.tar.md5
Step 3. Boot into the stock recovery you just flashed and select apply update from SD card. Then scroll until you find update.zip. If it is not there, that means you didn't properly rename it. It most likely added the letters bin to the end of the name and can't be recognized by the recovery. So reboot and fix that and then start step 3 back over.
Step 4. When it is named properly and you flash it, most likely you are immediately going to see the dreaded Yellow exclamation point on the android signifying that there is an error or that you did something wrong.......Just wait. Keep watching it. It will eventually flash and your tab will reboot and you will be on EL01 and updated. Now, if you want root, see step 5
Step 5. Download both of these files: Kernel - http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/ker...36.4_lte_hc32-oc-xtra-vfpv3-d16_fp-010912.zip SU.zip - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip and put them both on your SD card.
Step 6. Open up odin program on your PC and click PDA and you will need to quene up this file in PDA: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/recovery.tar.md5 also, uncheck Auto Reboot in odin. YOU DO NOT WANT AUTO REBOOT TO HAVE A CHECK IN IT IN ODIN. REMOVE IT. Then power off tab and then boot into download mode by holding the power button until you see the samsung galaxy tab screen, then quickly let go of the power button but then immediately after and at the same time, hold power button and volume up until you are given two choices: A white box or the android. Careful, volume down at this point will choose for you. You will already be on the one you want to choose, which is the full sized android. BUT, make sure that odin is completely ready to go first. Make sure the recovery.tar that you just downloaded is quened up in PDA. On your tab push the volume down button and then follow the screen instructions. When the "Downloading" screen comes on, you need to move kinda quickly but you can relax. Just plug it in and hit start in odin. When you see the green pass in odin, unplug the tab and use the volume and power buttons again to boot into the other option, the white box and the little android. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Once you have flashed the recovery.tar file, you must NOT let the tablet boot up fully and normally. You must directly into recovery. If it fully boots first, then the stock kernel will overwrite the cwm recovery with the stock recovery.
Step 7. So once you boot into to the turquoise cwm recovery, flash the 2 files you downloaded in step 5 in this order: The awesome kernel first, credit to Pershoot. Then flash the SU.zip file credit to ChainsDD: <------sometimes this SU.zip file will give you an error in CWM recovery when flashing it, just try it again and it will work.
Step 8. Reboot your tablet and enjoy a rooted EL01 updated tab with an AWESOME OC kernel from Pershoot.
Credit
Pershoot for the sweet kernel and recovery used in my guide
PCPIMP for pulling the update file from his tab and uploading it for us all
ChainsDD for root in general and the Superuser.zip used in my guide
Minor bloat removed...pretty darn fast without deodexing or kernel changes. I may just keep it stock with SU access.
Thanks for the files and the guide, everything is working great. I didn't wipe and am really surprised how well it's working, but still wish I could get rid of the TouchWiz stuff.
If I might make a suggestion, it'd be good to know to copy SU and the kernel to the device before flashing the CWM Recovery via ODIN. After flashing CWM, I had to let the tablet start up, copy the files, re-flash with ODIN, then load CWM and flash the kernel and SU. Not a big deal, just could have saved a step for me (although, I also could have read ahead...).
So i odin'd back to factory stock to use this, and it did push this update to me at the end of it, so it wound up not being necessary, thanks though!
Installation of the ROM failed. I did initially get the yellow exclamation mark you spoke of in step 4, but it went away and the moving gears appears showing progress. The yellow exclamation mark reappeared, however, and after 15 minutes I powered off. A bootloop ensued... downloading a TAR file of the stock shipped Verizon ROM to use in ODIN.
Is the ota update radios the same as in the leak?
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inline6power said:
Is the ota update radios the same as in the leak?
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No they are not.
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Installation of the ROM failed. I did initially get the yellow exclamation mark you spoke of in step 4, but it went away and the moving gears appears showing progress. The yellow exclamation mark reappeared, however, and after 15 minutes I powered off. A bootloop ensued... downloading a TAR file of the stock shipped Verizon ROM to use in ODIN.
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Hmmm......interesting. What build and radio were you on when you flashed the update zip?
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Installation of the ROM failed. I did initially get the yellow exclamation mark you spoke of in step 4, but it went away and the moving gears appears showing progress. The yellow exclamation mark reappeared, however, and after 15 minutes I powered off. A bootloop ensued... downloading a TAR file of the stock shipped Verizon ROM to use in ODIN.
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Had the exact same results using leaked 3.2 Baseband i905.02V.EIO2 Build HT85B.EIO3.SCH-I905.EI03 pershoot Kernal
Psean said:
Had the exact same results using leaked 3.2 Baseband i905.02V.EIO2 Build HT85B.EIO3.SCH-I905.EI03 pershoot Kernal
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Yea, it seems that we do in fact have to be on at least the EH04 radios to flash the update. I noted in the OP that the update.zip contains an LTE modem patch, meaning it first has to detect the prior official radio so that it can patch the update to the modem. If it doesn't detect the correct modem, it errors out.
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Is it any better or different than the leaked version though? I'd rather not go through the hassle if I'm not getting any changes over what I already have. Currently supercharged and zipaligned so I don't have any performance complaints right now, looking ahead to ics if there's nothing new in this ROM.
muzzy996 said:
Is it any better or different than the leaked version though? I'd rather not go through the hassle if I'm not getting any changes over what I already have. Currently supercharged and zipaligned so I don't have any performance complaints right now, looking ahead to ics if there's nothing new in this ROM.
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Way better. Radios are ten times better and the nice thing is now ypi can view the market in portorit and not just landscape
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muzzy996 said:
Is it any better or different than the leaked version though? I'd rather not go through the hassle if I'm not getting any changes over what I already have. Currently supercharged and zipaligned so I don't have any performance complaints right now, looking ahead to ics if there's nothing new in this ROM.
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I have to agree that the radios are better. And, to me, it actually seems a little more snappy. And I don't think it's placebo either because at first, the update seemed a little buggier. But now that a few days has passed, I guess it's settled and it appears the bugs are gone. I would suggest updating.
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kidserious said:
Step 5. Download both of these files: Kernel - http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/ker...36.4_lte_hc32-oc-xtra-vfpv3-d16_fp-010912.zip SU.zip - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip and put them both on your SD card.
Step 6. Open up odin program on your PC and click PDA and you will need to quene up this file in PDA: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/recovery.tar.md5
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Question for you. I was already updated before this was posted, but if I odin in the recovery file in step 6, then flash in the 2 files from step 5, the end result will still be the same right? Rooted, with CWM and Pershoot's kernel installed, on the official update?
EDIT: NVM. I followed step 6 to the letter, then flashed in files from step 5. Of course next stop was SetCPU... Everything working fine.
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Question for you. I was already updated before this was posted, but if I odin in the recovery file in step 6, then flash in the 2 files from step 5, the end result will still be the same right? Rooted, with CWM and Pershoot's kernel installed, on the official update?
EDIT: NVM. I followed step 6 to the letter, then flashed in files from step 5. Of course next stop was SetCPU... Everything working fine.
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Yep, that works, lol. Cool deal
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Bah . . stuck at bone stock 3.2 with stock recovery.
Tried flashing CWM 5.0.2.7 both from the dropbox link and from pershoot's site but when I try to boot into it I just get a blank screen. Rebooting into 3.2 gets me back the stock recovery but I'm unable to get CWM to work.
Open to ideas.
Odin flash of the CWM recovery file goes perfectly smoothly. I reboot and pick it and immediately get a blank screen (can see the bleed through of the backlight) and it sits there for as long as I let it (left it for 5 minutes waiting).
Long story short, I didnt realize the issue with the modems before trying the procedure coming from the leaked 3.2 which forced me to do a full wipe and reset using stock 3.1 and doing OTA updates normally to get to 3.2. That all went okay after spending an hour figuring out what was wrong . .
muzzy996 said:
Bah . . stuck at bone stock 3.2 with stock recovery.
Tried flashing CWM 5.0.2.7 both from the dropbox link and from pershoot's site but when I try to boot into it I just get a blank screen. Rebooting into 3.2 gets me back the stock recovery but I'm unable to get CWM to work.
Open to ideas.
Odin flash of the CWM recovery file goes perfectly smoothly. I reboot and pick it and immediately get a blank screen (can see the bleed through of the backlight) and it sits there for as long as I let it (left it for 5 minutes waiting).
Long story short, I didnt realize the issue with the modems before trying the procedure coming from the leaked 3.2 which forced me to do a full wipe and reset using stock 3.1 and doing OTA updates normally to get to 3.2. That all went okay after spending an hour figuring out what was wrong . .
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Apply rooted kernel, because stock kernel keeps on flashing stock recovery. then flash custom recovery. sounds like recovery is being stupid/corrupted. Or odin back to stock then reroot etc.
magneticzero said:
Apply rooted kernel, because stock kernel keeps on flashing stock recovery. then flash custom recovery. sounds like recovery is being stupid/corrupted. Or odin back to stock then reroot etc.
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Not sure why I had to but I rebooted my PC and tried again. What I noted is after updating to 3.2 via OTA my pc stopped recognizing the tablet on the USB port I normally used to flash. Other ports worked so I switched but as you suggested the recovery being flashed by Odin was going in corrupted.
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Not sure why I had to but I rebooted my PC and tried again. What I noted is after updating to 3.2 via OTA my pc stopped recognizing the tablet on the USB port I normally used to flash. Other ports worked so I switched but as you suggested the recovery being flashed by Odin was going in corrupted.
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So you got cwm flashed eventually?
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kidserious said:
So you got cwm flashed eventually?
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Yep, all back to normal. We'll see how it goes. Out of the box it was noticably better than the leak, like perhaps it was zipaligned or something. Leaked rom with zipalign and v6 supercharger was pretty sweet already though.
Running fine right now.
Most irritating thing for me is the wifi toggle is gone from notification menu, replaced instead with mobile data toggle. Why someone would do this is beyond me. Leaked version had both a wifi toggle and an airport mode one. Now, I have to add a toggle onto a home screen, run extended controls or dive into settings manually to toggle it.
Also I'm not 100% sure if I hit it by mistake but I could have sworn I turned off auto brightness this morning and yet it was back on during lunch today.
All in all I'll agree its worthwhile to move from leaked to this but only marginally so, for stability sake and getting the latest modem drivers. If it puts you closer to the next OTA then its worth it.
Hello XDA.
Being a tech illiterate noob, I rooted and tried to install the latest nightly build from cyanogenmod on my Optimus 2x. I gave clockworkmod superuser rights, booted in recovery mode and went on with the install.
Everything went fine (I think) until the phone rebooted. When it started, as usual, the LG logo is shown. Normally another LG logo comes up after the first one, only with an purple animation behind it.
When this comes up, it completely freezes at the very first frame of the animation. I tried waiting, I left my phone for over an hour, but nothing changed.
As previously stated, I am pretty tech illiterate, so of course I didn't make a copy of the original rom.
Now I can boot into something called Android system recovery <3e>, which says:
"Android system recovery <3e>
Android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
__________________________
Formatting DATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Formatting MISC:...
"
And yes, of course I tried selecting that option, but neither of the keys work. The volume keys work as up and down keys, and the home button shows/hides the options.
I tried downloading the original rom from the giant thread of stock roms, but if you try clicking either of the links, you will see that they are broken.
HELP!
Have you tried the power button yet? Because the power button allows you to select things.
From there wipe everything (data, cache, dalvik) and make a fresh install of cm.
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Have you tried the power button yet? Because the power button allows you to select things.
From there wipe everything (data, cache, dalvik) and make a fresh install of cm.
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As I said, I tried every button. That includes the power button.
h9_ said:
As I said, I tried every button. That includes the power button.
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Looking at your menu description.....I dont see the option of "install from SD card" menu....
Did you install the ROM manager and through the wifi....get the CWM flashed for the device....
Check after tht....the CWM should be fine....
SREEPRAJAY said:
Looking at your menu description.....I dont see the option of "install from SD card" menu....
Did you install the ROM manager and through the wifi....get the CWM flashed for the device....
Check after tht....the CWM should be fine....
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I installed ROM Manager yes. Do you mean that I should install CWM on my memory card? I'm not sure you understood me right, I can't get past the boot menu, meaning I can't install anything via the phone.
h9_ said:
I installed ROM Manager yes. Do you mean that I should install CWM on my memory card? I'm not sure you understood me right, I can't get past the boot menu, meaning I can't install anything via the phone.
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My friend,
Have u flashed the CWM from the ROM manager? This is the first menu item in the ROM manager once opened? This is what I asked u...If you havent...please do it....do it when u have wifi preferably
h9_ said:
Being a tech illiterate noob
As previously stated, I am pretty tech illiterate
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My friend,
Have u flashed the CWM from the ROM manager? This is the first menu item in the ROM manager once opened? This is what I asked u...If you havent...please do it....do it when u have wifi preferably
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I can't open the ROM Manager, since the phone won't get past the boot screen. What kind of software do I need to flash?
h9_ said:
I can't open the ROM Manager, since the phone won't get past the boot screen. What kind of software do I need to flash?
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try getting back to the the STOCK and see if you can recover back..with this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327929
.if not u have to work with Rusty's recovery tool...
But, just a small question....have u tried to install a ROM...not made the three wipes....?or a EXT3 ROM on a EXT4 ...this might also make a bootloop....
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try getting back to the the STOCK and see if you can recover back..with this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327929
.if not u have to work with Rusty's recovery tool...
But, just a small question....have u tried to install a ROM...not made the three wipes....?or a EXT3 ROM on a EXT4 ...this might also make a bootloop....
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Some of the links there are broken, so I can't manage to complete the tutorial.
Also, I am very sorry, but I do not understand what you mean by that last part.
Let's see, you rooted, installed ROM Manager and Clockworkmod Recovery from within ROM Manager, rebooted and from Clockworkmod Recovery (Black Screen with Blue letters, lets you wipe and install zips from SD Card), you flashed the ROM, is that correct?
Can you boot into Recovery by holding the Power + Volume Down buttons? (hold for about 20 secs, until you get to the second LG screen)
If you can get to the recovery mode, try flashing another ROM.
xxMOISESxx said:
Let's see, you rooted, installed ROM Manager and Clockworkmod Recovery from within ROM Manager, rebooted and from Clockworkmod Recovery (Black Screen with Blue letters, lets you wipe and install zips from SD Card), you flashed the ROM, is that correct?
Can you boot into Recovery by holding the Power + Volume Down buttons? (hold for about 20 secs, until you get to the second LG screen)
If you can get to the recovery mode, try flashing another ROM.
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You sir are correct!
I manage to start the phone as you describe, by holding down those two buttons I enter "Android System recovery <3e>", and can choose between the options as I described. HOWEVER, I can't select either of them, trying all the possible buttons (even combinations).
Update: I tried following this guide, but with no luck; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327599
Good
If you are in Clockworkmod, then you can browse through the menus using volume up/down to move up/down and press the search button (the magnifying glass) to accept or select an option.
I have a Optimus 2X Stockrom, i can upload the rom when i come home (you have to wait about 6 hours sorry ) Then flash the rom in cwm
Sorry for my english :/
Edit: It's the Europe Rom i hope this will help you too
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xxMOISESxx said:
If you are in Clockworkmod, then you can browse through the menus using volume up/down to move up/down and press the search button (the magnifying glass) to accept or select an option.
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The only problem is I can't boot into CWM, I can only boot into the ****ty Android System Recovery...
r00t4ev3r said:
I have a Optimus 2X Stockrom, i can upload the rom when i come home (you have to wait about 6 hours sorry ) Then flash the rom in cwm
Sorry for my english :/
Edit: It's the Europe Rom i hope this will help you too
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The Europe Open could be what I'm looking for, thanks a lot! It's really hard to come by apparently.
Flashing it in CWM wont be possible though. Perhaps through PC software?
I will upload the Europe Open when i'm back from school.
You can flash the rom ether with cwm or with smartflash.
If you don't know how to flash it with smartflash i can explain it to you
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Edit: I'm uploading the Rom now, but it will take some time (about 1 1/2 hours), because i upload with 90 kb/s.
That's your only solution, Flash some Stock ROM with a Tool from LG then root and flash a Custom one if you want.
I hope i can held you with this:
http://uploaded.to/file/mj7cgk4v
If you don't know how to flash the rom just ask
xxMOISESxx said:
That's your only solution, Flash some Stock ROM with a Tool from LG then root and flash a Custom one if you want.
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Any particular tools in mind? I have one called smartflash (SmartFlashTool_P990) which requires .bin files.
Hi Dude,
Thanks for the link you uploaded. Can we install this on LG optimus 2x p990 indian model.
By mistake and lack of knowledge i didnt take back up of stock rom, while installing cyanogenmod. Now i want to go back to stock rom.
1. Can i use this file and zip install in CWR recovery mode.?
Kindly do reply
r00t4ev3r said:
I hope i can held you with this:
http://uploaded.to/file/mj7cgk4v
If you don't know how to flash the rom just ask
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3 and a half hours to download, will report back when its done..
Hello I tried both methods and I could't root my captivate.
I tried to root by super oneclick and odin but there wasn't any success
can anyone give me the good links for rooting captivate?
also I want 4.2 android version for my phone. thank you very much
[Utility]KK4 Easy Root.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26710533&postcount=1
See post #4 for working download link.
I tried many times and the program has been deleted. there is icons phone and computer only, I couldn't go to recovery and download mode.
what should I do now?
"See post #4 for working download link."
I have update to android version to 4, but it still doesn't see my sim card, I couldn't call. does it need to root? or what should I do?
Can anyone help me?
GunsN said:
I have update to android version to 4, but it still doesn't see my sim card, I couldn't call. does it need to root? or what should I do?
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Not seeing your sim card has nothing to do with root.
Is your sim card activated? If yes, is it for the same carrier your phone came from? If not, is the phone unlocked?
If it's not unlocked and you're using a sim card from a different carrier than the one who's attached to the phone, you'll have to unlock it. There are guides in here on how to do it, that being said, you could also pay a small fee to get the unlock code.
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GunsN said:
Can anyone help me?
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All the information you need about Captivate is here on XDA. Just use Search and read. You don't provide any information about your phone. What ROM you are trying to root? What carrier you are currently using? What SIM card is not working? Is the phone unlocked? Is IMEI number correct after flashing custom ROM? What Android 4 ROM you have installed, etc.? How exactly you expect us to help you!?
Restore your phone back to stock 2.3.x (to fix all your issues) and follow this guide (to upgrade to Android 4.2.2):
Idiot-Proof All-in-one Guide to Making Your Samsung Captivate Awesome
how can I flash back 2.3.5 version?
I have updatedet to 4.2.2 version, everything is good, but it is not unlocked. It was AT&T and I want to unlcok because my sim card is another operator.
GunsN said:
how can I flash back 2.3.5 version?
I have updatedet to 4.2.2 version, everything is good, but it is not unlocked. It was AT&T and I want to unlcok because my sim card is another operator.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helroz.galaxysunlock
There are plenty of unlockers on the playstore.
You night not have to go back to 2.3.5 but if you do, use odin KK4 without bootloaders found in the dev section stickies.
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I have downloaded the unlocker from which you gave me but it sad that I have a busybox problem
GunsN said:
I have downloaded the unlocker from which you gave me but it sad that I have a busybox problem
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Did you root your phone?
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Yes I have rooted the phone alrady.
GunsN said:
I have downloaded the unlocker from which you gave me but it sad that I have a busybox problem
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U can get BusyBox for free from the Play Store.
Quickie guide to installing ROMs.
1. Grab the desired ROM of choice. Cyanogenmod 10/Slimbean is a good start
2. Get the gapps for the ROM. http://goo.im/gapps/.
3. Get cyanogenmod7 from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=captivatemtd
4. Get CWM here: http://www.semaphore.gr/kernels/Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar
5. Heimdall here: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/. You don't need to install anything extra with 1.3.1
6. Copy the gapps, CM7 and your ROM of choice into the internal AND external SD card. Some rom comes with a kernel that don't play nice with either SD card, so both is better.
Install
7. Extract Heimdall, go into the driver folder, open Zadig.exe
8. Pull the battery of the phone, put it back in. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down and plug in the USB cable
9. Once Windows detect your phone, click on option -> List all device. Look for Gadget Serial Control, Samsung Composite Device or similar. If it look like your mouse/keyboard/webcam/other internal component, don't touch it. Click on Replace Driver, and wait for it to install.
10. Go back into the heimdall folder, hold shift, right click the folder and select open command prompt here.
11. Using 7zip/WinRAR, copy the content of the Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar file to the heimdall folder.
12. On the Command prompt, type:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
13. Once your phone reboots, it should bootloop. No problem. Pull the battery, put it back in, hold volume up + volume down and press power until it turns on. You may need to do this a few time. It should boot into recovery mode.
14. Select install zip file from SD card -> Choose from Sd card -> the Cyanogenmod 7 file. Confirm with yes
15. It should reboot automatically, and bootloop. Do the pull battery trick from 13 to get back into recovery mode. Do 14 again. This time it shouldn't bootloop.
16. Go back to the main menu - Wipe Data/Factory Reset -> Reboot
17. Wait for it to boot.
18. Go back into recovery mode, and Wipe data/factory reset again. Install the ROM of your choice, along with the gapps. Newer ROM should ask you to flash it again to confirm. Do it.
19. After flashing, wipe data/factory reset again, before rebooting
20. Enjoy
thebulletfromhell said:
Quickie guide to installing ROMs.
1. Grab the desired ROM of choice. Cyanogenmod 10/Slimbean is a good start
2. Get the gapps for the ROM. http://goo.im/gapps/.
3. Get cyanogenmod7 from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=captivatemtd
4. Get CWM here: http://www.semaphore.gr/kernels/Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar
5. Heimdall here: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/. You don't need to install anything extra with 1.3.1
6. Copy the gapps, CM7 and your ROM of choice into the internal AND external SD card. Some rom comes with a kernel that don't play nice with either SD card, so both is better.
Install
7. Extract Heimdall, go into the driver folder, open Zadig.exe
8. Pull the battery of the phone, put it back in. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down and plug in the USB cable
9. Once Windows detect your phone, click on option -> List all device. Look for Gadget Serial Control, Samsung Composite Device or similar. If it look like your mouse/keyboard/webcam/other internal component, don't touch it. Click on Replace Driver, and wait for it to install.
10. Go back into the heimdall folder, hold shift, right click the folder and select open command prompt here.
11. Using 7zip/WinRAR, copy the content of the Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar file to the heimdall folder.
12. On the Command prompt, type:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
13. Once your phone reboots, it should bootloop. No problem. Pull the battery, put it back in, hold volume up + volume down and press power until it turns on. You may need to do this a few time. It should boot into recovery mode.
14. Select install zip file from SD card -> Choose from Sd card -> the Cyanogenmod 7 file. Confirm with yes
15. It should reboot automatically, and bootloop. Do the pull battery trick from 13 to get back into recovery mode. Do 14 again. This time it shouldn't bootloop.
16. Go back to the main menu - Wipe Data/Factory Reset -> Reboot
17. Wait for it to boot.
18. Go back into recovery mode, and Wipe data/factory reset again. Install the ROM of your choice, along with the gapps. Newer ROM should ask you to flash it again to confirm. Do it.
19. After flashing, wipe data/factory reset again, before rebooting
20. Enjoy
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Step 19, do NOT factory reset after flashing your ROM. Cache and dalvik should be wiped prior to flashing the ROM and gapps. Reboot after and let it rebuild it's dalvik. Finally, step 20.
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BWolf56 said:
Step 19, do NOT factory reset after flashing your ROM. Cache and dalvik should be wiped prior to flashing the ROM and gapps. Reboot after and let it rebuild it's dalvik. Finally, step 20.
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Does it matter? I usually just wipe before and after
thebulletfromhell said:
Does it matter? I usually just wipe before and after
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Depends on your recovery really, factory reset usually wipes the ROM (or at least used to back when I used cwm). Whether it still does or not though, it's repetitive and unnecessary.
Edit: ok just made sure. It's actually just unnecessary.
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I saw a lot of confusion about the China Mobile TD-LTE version of the S5 in the owner's thread, also the explained method uses files that are not easily available and that, in my opinion are not up to standards. In general the procedure to obtain ROOT access and install Google Apps is not different than for any other phone and you need to use standard well known resources.
I will assume you are on the latest firmware, not that it should make any difference, but I only tested that one. At the moment the latest available firmware for the SM-G9008V is CHM-G9008VZMU1ANH3.
RECOVERY
1. Install Samsung USB drivers on your PC
2. Download Odin 3.07 on your PC
3. Download an ODIN flashable recovery onto your PC g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
4. Open odin, click the PDA button, navigate to the recovery file (tar file) you just downloaded, MAKE SURE only F. Reset Time is selected, do not select Auto reboot, this is very important!
5. Boot into download mode (hold the menu button, power button, and volume down button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
6. When you see that odin detects your device(a colored indicator will turn on) click start
7. When Odin is done, disconnect the USB cable and pull out the battery, then boot into Recovery (hold the menu button, power button, and volume up button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
8. Once in CWM recovery select "reboot system now". CWM will eventually ask you if you want to disable recovery reflashing and you'll be good to go (it may not ask, but in that case you are good to go anyway). This happens only at the first boot after recovery flashing.
If you do not carefully follow steps 6-7-8, the stock ROM will reflash the stock recovery and you'll have to repeat the process.
ROOT
1. Download SuperSU flashable zip from Chainfire UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip - 2.5 MB
2. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot the phone and look for SuperSU, open the app and it will alert you of the presence of KNOX and ask if you want to disable it, go for it, it may take some time.
GOOGLE APPS
1. Download the KitKat official signed package from Cyanogen gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip - 83.1 MB
2. Copy gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot your phone and you're done.
To remove/hide bloatware I suggest to use Titanium Backup.
CHANGELOG
16/10/2014
- updated SuperSU to 2.14
- added additional steps to avoid automatic stock recovery reflash
I added some steps to avoid stock recovery reflash, forgot that very important step!
Hi bubbl3,
I was wondering if you have tried to install the gapps without a custom recovery.? The reason I am asking is that when I try to flash gapps with stock recovery I get an error message that says: signature verification failed. Tried with and without root.
I don't have exactly your phone but close, Sm-g9008w.
//Jaco
Jaco_dk said:
Hi bubbl3,
I was wondering if you have tried to install the gapps without a custom recovery.? The reason I am asking is that when I try to flash gapps with stock recovery I get an error message that says: signature verification failed. Tried with and without root.
I don't have exactly your phone but close, Sm-g9008w.
//Jaco
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Gave up on trying on stock recovery and installed custom recovery, then everything went smoothly.
//Jaco
Jaco_dk said:
Gave up on trying on stock recovery and installed custom recovery, then everything went smoothly.
//Jaco
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Yes, sorry for the late reply, you cannot flash the gapps in stock recovery.
Which recovery did you flash on your G9008W, the one in this thread?
bubbl3 said:
Yes, sorry for the late reply, you cannot flash the gapps in stock recovery.
Which recovery did you flash on your G9008W, the one in this thread?
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No problem at all, just meant I was forced to test a bit in the blind, as it really hard to find any information regarding the SM-G9008W.
Yeah, I used your recovery as your phone got almost the same firmware version(G9008WZMU1ANH3), so I expected that it would work and it worked like a charm.
How much bloatware did you remove with Titanium? I got a few things apps I am not sure if I can remove without any consequence.
Jaco_dk said:
No problem at all, just meant I was forced to test a bit in the blind, as it really hard to find any information regarding the SM-G9008W.
Yeah, I used your recovery as your phone got almost the same firmware version(G9008WZMU1ANH3), so I expected that it would work and it worked like a charm.
How much bloatware did you remove with Titanium? I got a few things apps I am not sure if I can remove without any consequence.
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Thanks for the confirmation, there's some people that will appreciate as there is no official english recovery for the 9008W.
I basically removed all the chinese stuff and a couple of samsung apps.
bubbl3 said:
Thanks for the confirmation, there's some people that will appreciate as there is no official english recovery for the 9008W.
I basically removed all the chinese stuff and a couple of samsung apps.
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@Jaco_dk : there is a specific CWM for the SM-G9008W, you may want to flash this one to avoid any hidden incompatibilities: http://www.studenikin.ru/svarom/files/g9008w-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-en(0715).tar
bubbl3 said:
@Jaco_dk : there is a specific CWM for the SM-G9008W, you may want to flash this one to avoid any hidden incompatibilities: http://www.studenikin.ru/svarom/files/g9008w-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-en(0715).tar
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Hi. Even I have the Chinese version G9008W and was looking how to root it with English language.
The link you gave is of a Russian site. Is the recovery in English? Are the recoveries given in OP in English?
Thanks for your replies.
gverma1 said:
Hi. Even I have the Chinese version G9008W and was looking how to root it with English language.
The link you gave is of a Russian site. Is the recovery in English? Are the recoveries given in OP in English?
Thanks for your replies.
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Yes, both recoveries are in English.
bubbl3 said:
I saw a lot of confusion about the China Mobile TD-LTE version of the S5 in the owner's thread, also the explained method uses files that are not easily available and that, in my opinion are not up to standards. In general the procedure to obtain ROOT access and install Google Apps is not different than for any other phone and you need to use standard well known resources.
I will assume you are on the latest firmware, not that it should make any difference, but I only tested that one. At the moment the latest available firmware for the SM-G9008V is CHM-G9008VZMU1ANH3.
RECOVERY
1. Install Samsung USB drivers on your PC
2. Download Odin 3.07 on your PC
3. Download an ODIN flashable recovery onto your PC g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
4. Open odin, click the PDA button, navigate to the recovery file (tar file) you just downloaded, MAKE SURE only F. Reset Time is selected, do not select Auto reboot, this is very important!
5. Boot into download mode (hold the menu button, power button, and volume down button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
6. When you see that odin detects your device(a colored indicator will turn on) click start
7. When Odin is done, disconnect the USB cable and pull out the battery, then boot into Recovery (hold the menu button, power button, and volume up button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
8. Once in CWM recovery select "reboot system now". CWM will eventually ask you if you want to disable recovery reflashing and you'll be good to go (it may not ask, but in that case you are good to go anyway). This happens only at the first boot after recovery flashing.
If you do not carefully follow steps 6-7-8, the stock ROM will reflash the stock recovery and you'll have to repeat the process.
ROOT
1. Download SuperSU flashable zip from Chainfire UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip - 2.5 MB
2. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot the phone and look for SuperSU, open the app and it will alert you of the presence of KNOX and ask if you want to disable it, go for it, it may take some time.
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Thanks for your detailed step-by-step instructions. Just wanted to reconfirm in Step 8 when it asks to disable recovery reflashing - do I have to say 'yes' (disable recovery reflashing) or 'no' (don't disable recovery reflashing).
Thanks
gverma1 said:
Thanks for your detailed step-by-step instructions. Just wanted to reconfirm in Step 8 when it asks to disable recovery reflashing - do I have to say 'yes' (disable recovery reflashing) or 'no' (don't disable recovery reflashing).
Thanks
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You should answer 'yes' (disable recovery reflashing)
bubbl3 said:
Yes, both recoveries are in English.
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Great! I had got this phone pre-rooted by the vendor and he has messed up deleting apps and deleted important stuff like keyboard, etc. I will be flashing latest stock Samsung firmware from Sammobile.com and then try your method to root. Hope that goes through fine. Will I have to flash GAPPS as well?
Also, I hope I don't lose my dual SIM functionality by rooting the stock ROM. Will I?
Thanks
gverma1 said:
Great! I had got this phone pre-rooted by the vendor and he has messed up deleting apps and deleted important stuff like keyboard, etc. I will be flashing latest stock Samsung firmware from Sammobile.com and then try your method to root. Hope that goes through fine. Will I have to flash GAPPS as well?
Also, I hope I don't lose my dual SIM functionality by rooting the stock ROM. Will I?
Thanks
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You will have to flash GAPPS as the original stock ROM doesn't include them, also I don't see how you can loose dual SIM functionality if you flash the stock ROM.
bubbl3 said:
Thanks for the confirmation, there's some people that will appreciate as there is no official english recovery for the 9008W.
I basically removed all the chinese stuff and a couple of samsung apps.
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Yes, I had a lot of problems finding any informations about the G9008W, that's also why I decided to write in your thread, hoped others could find it useful.
Nice, I will try to remove as much as possible myself then.
bubbl3 said:
@Jaco_dk : there is a specific CWM for the SM-G9008W, you may want to flash this one to avoid any hidden incompatibilities: http://www.studenikin.ru/svarom/files/g9008w-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-en(0715).tar
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Thanks for the help, however I don't have any problems what so ever, so I think I will keep using yours for now.
Does it work on SM-G9006W?
bubbl3 said:
I saw a lot of confusion about the China Mobile TD-LTE version of the S5 in the owner's thread, also the explained method uses files that are not easily available and that, in my opinion are not up to standards. In general the procedure to obtain ROOT access and install Google Apps is not different than for any other phone and you need to use standard well known resources.
I will assume you are on the latest firmware, not that it should make any difference, but I only tested that one. At the moment the latest available firmware for the SM-G9008V is CHM-G9008VZMU1ANH3.
RECOVERY
1. Install Samsung USB drivers on your PC
2. Download Odin 3.07 on your PC
3. Download an ODIN flashable recovery onto your PC g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
4. Open odin, click the PDA button, navigate to the recovery file (tar file) you just downloaded, MAKE SURE only F. Reset Time is selected, do not select Auto reboot, this is very important!
5. Boot into download mode (hold the menu button, power button, and volume down button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
6. When you see that odin detects your device(a colored indicator will turn on) click start
7. When Odin is done, disconnect the USB cable and pull out the battery, then boot into Recovery (hold the menu button, power button, and volume up button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
8. Once in CWM recovery select "reboot system now". CWM will eventually ask you if you want to disable recovery reflashing and you'll be good to go (it may not ask, but in that case you are good to go anyway). This happens only at the first boot after recovery flashing.
If you do not carefully follow steps 6-7-8, the stock ROM will reflash the stock recovery and you'll have to repeat the process.
ROOT
1. Download SuperSU flashable zip from Chainfire UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip - 2.5 MB
2. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot the phone and look for SuperSU, open the app and it will alert you of the presence of KNOX and ask if you want to disable it, go for it, it may take some time.
GOOGLE APPS
1. Download the KitKat official signed package from Cyanogen gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip - 83.1 MB
2. Copy gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot your phone and you're done.
To remove/hide bloatware I suggest to use Titanium Backup.
CHANGELOG
16/10/2014
- updated SuperSU to 2.14
- added additional steps to avoid automatic stock recovery reflash
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I have seen these threads for a while and I couldn't find anything related to my SM-G9006W, even on other threads, I didn't see anything about SM-G9006W. I also recently updated it to Lollilop 5, not sure if that make more complicated to install GAPPS. If you know anything about how to root this phone and install GAPPS, please let me know, I would be really appreciated. Thank you
Hi. G9008W has got Lollipop update. I plan to flash it after downloading from sammobile site. Will this method be still valid to root the phone running Lollipop? Will this CWM work? Of course, I'll flash Lollipop CM gapps. Thanks.
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gverma1 said:
Hi. G9008W has got Lollipop update. I plan to flash it after downloading from sammobile site. Will this method be still valid to root the phone running Lollipop? Will this CWM work? Of course, I'll flash Lollipop CM gapps. Thanks.
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Hi gverma1,
Have you tried it yet?
I am downloading the lolipop update right now, and I was wondering exactly the same if the CWM will work with Lolipop, as I need google play.
I will try and see if Chainfire is willing to make a new CFAuto root for Lolipop for SM-G9008W when I am done with downloading the firmware.
//Jaco
Downloading here myself. But on checking CWM versions for other phones including other S5 variants, the version required seems to be 6.0.4.8 whereas we have 6.0.5.0 here. So I don't think there would be any issues.
gverma1 said:
Downloading here myself. But on checking CWM versions for other phones including other S5 variants, the version required seems to be 6.0.4.8 whereas we have 6.0.5.0 here. So I don't think there would be any issues.
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Hi gverma1,
I just finished updating to Lolipop, and I installed the 6.0.5.0 and it works just fine.
However it didn't like the PA Gapps Nano, got stuck att starting up apps. So I am going to test some different once now.
Update. The Gapps actually worked after a factory reset.
//Jaco.