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in the proccess in flashing the ics rom and just ran the exploit and got rooted and i navigated to safe system menu and i toggled safe menu and it says data.img not found sskipping restore of /data safesystem is no enabled does this mean it did not back up my previous file i want to flash this but i am curious on what this exactly means please help!!!
Someone please help! !! Just sitting in recovery waiting to find out what I should do
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
Someone please help! !! Just sitting in recovery waiting to find out what I should do
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What does it ask you to do next?
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When you toggled to safe mode, which.toggle option did you select? One will back you up and the other one won't I don't believe.
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I just did toggle safe system after done it says safe system is now enabled I would flash ics I think just want to reboot but just making sure I didn't screw anything up while in recovery
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I didn't flash any roms just rooted running the exploit and then enabled toggle safe system so I should probably just reboot and be fine but I just want to make sure
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Once you toggle to safe, then you flash ics. Even if it didn't back up your original system, the worst that should happen when going back to your normal system is that it will take you back to a fresh install and you will need to set your accounts back up and reinstall your apps
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I didn't flash any roms just rooted running the exploit and then enabled toggle safe system so I should probably just reboot and be fine but I just want to make sure
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If you don't flash ics (or any rom) when your in safe mode and reboot your phone, it won't load because there isn't a version of android there.
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Sweet give it a try thanks man ill report back in a minute
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flashed ics and it gave me bad/installation aborted going to try and transfer on sd card with my wifes phone with a fresh download see if that works and it should go onto external correct???
I believe I have mine in internal. I think you can install it from either location.
You may want to clear the cache and stystem data before flashing if you didn't. Sometimes that helps.
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at this point i am worried about my battery dying on me and i am just sol...
ok looks like was just a bad md5 or something so when i flash google apps do i wipe anything prior to flashing that???
cool got it up just setting up but i have to say this rooting proccess was so much more work than i made it out to be but can't hurt to be too careful i guess
Hello, Is there a way to reload the stock rom? I deleted some stock apps but i want the phone back to its original state. Any idea how?
Lito88 said:
Hello, Is there a way to reload the stock rom? I deleted some stock apps but i want the phone back to its original state. Any idea how?
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Rsd Lite, download it. Download original firmware which is on a thread here. Put phone in fastboot, hook up to a computer, flash the software.
Lito88 said:
Hello, Is there a way to reload the stock rom? I deleted some stock apps but i want the phone back to its original state. Any idea how?
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make sure phone is at least 50% battery (or 100% just to be sure).
Be sure rdlite and fxz (stock firmaware) reside both within your hard drive (i used to pull those both from an external HDD) if by any chance the flash process is interrupted in the middle of a specific action, you might be exposed to brick your phone.
Tried this several times...get unknown fastboot error. Any ideas? I made sure I had the correct firmware.
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Could be several things. First thing I'd try is s different computer. Idk why but I have heard of people fixing this issue that way. Also make sure you are flashing to what shipped on this phone. Not what you are on now
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Tried this several times...get unknown fastboot error. Any ideas? I made sure I had the correct firmware.
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Use the firmware from the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853522
and use the edited xml file from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33050269&postcount=14
That should do the trick.
Aftet replacing xml file it says no files. Don't know what I am doing wrong. I'll keep at it. Thanks for your help.
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Did you make sure to unzip the xml file? Also, which firmware are you trying to flash? The xml is from the last update (77.12.22 on AT&T). If you are trying to flash an older firmware or are on Bell I can edit the correct xml file and upload after I get off work today.
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Tried to flash the one in the post that was put up in your response to me. I did unzip the xml file. When I replace the xml file and try to flash in rsd lite is when I get the error. If I open the file...the whole thing is empty.
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I'll reupload the xml file when I get home. You said you used the firmware in the post. When you click the link in the post it should list 3 firmwares. 1 is for Bell and the other 2 AT&T. The AT&T ones are 7.7.1Q-115 and 7.7.1Q-144. The 115 is the original firmware the phone was shipped with and 144 is the recent update. The xml file is from the update. Which one did you use?
If you are still having problems flashing send me a pm with the apks you deleted. I'll send you the ones you need and you can push them to the proper directories manually.
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The-144 is the one I used
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The-144 is the one I used
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Here is another copy of the xml file. Also, make sure you have the lastest version of rsd lite (version 5.6). Here is a link to that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587
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Here is another copy of the xml file. Also, make sure you have the lastest version of rsd lite (version 5.6). Here is a link to that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587
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I was finally able to get it to flash...however, it starts, then my phone screen flashes then goes to sticky fastboot and continues. When it is done, it says pass but no files from original firmware are present. I am currently redownloading the files and am going to try again. Thank you for all of your time.
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I was finally able to get it to flash...however, it starts, then my phone screen flashes then goes to sticky fastboot and continues. When it is done, it says pass but no files from original firmware are present. I am currently redownloading the files and am going to try again. Thank you for all of your time.
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No problem. Someone else got stuck in sticky bit fastboot too, but I'm not sure how to correct that. If the files are still missing just shoot me a pm with a list of the missing files. I can pull them from my Atrix and send it over. You may be able to push them manually as long as your rooted.
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Hi there!
I'm having the exactly same issue. I've tried flashing both firmwares (115 and 144) and always get error in RDS. Right now every time I turn off and turn on the phone again, it goes straight to the fastboot screen. It says:
Fasboot Reason: Sticky bit factory_fastboot
Anyway I'm still able to reboot the phone with the volume up+down combo, then I have to select Normal powerup in order the phone actually starts. All works fine once it's started but it don't get back to the stock rom. Making a factory reset or wipe data from stock recovery neither seems to work. Actually It even have installed some personal apps such Google Chrome or it still have root that I earlier applied.
If I want to try flashing the 115 firmware first, which line I need to edit on the XML file to avoid RDS errors?
Any help would be great!
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centipedes said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32942445&postcount=16
is this how you're supposed to edit the xml?
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I really don't know. I tried this but when attemp to edit the xml from the 115 firmware it doesn't have such line of code.
worked
had to flash with rsd lite 6.1.4 instead of 5.6
Those who have problem in flashing latest ICS stock ROM via RSD,try replacing 7.7.1Q-144_MB886_MR1-22_SIGNED_CFC.xml inside folder to THIS. Just open the zip and replacing it.
Hello,
I have gotten the stock ICS rom from samfirmware.com, Installed using ODIN and it all went green.
However, after restart the touch screen is not working !
I have tried the following:
1. First the Default (XXX) ICS rom
2. Second, the Actual ATT ICS rom
3. Flashed CWM and it is working
4. Then tried AOKP unofficial rom, not starting
No luck so far, any help is much appreciated please.
The touch screen was working after step 3?
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wamaOnline said:
Hello,
I have gotten the stock ICS rom from samfirmware.com, Installed using ODIN and it all went green.
However, after restart the touch screen is not working !
I have tried the following:
1. First the Default (XXX) ICS rom
2. Second, the Actual ATT ICS rom
3. Flashed CWM and it is working
4. Then tried AOKP unofficial rom, not starting
No luck so far, any help is much appreciated please.
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Do you know what rom you flashed from Sam mobile?
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jd1639 said:
Do you know what rom you flashed from Sam mobile?
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First was this one sammobile (dot) com /firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-I957&pcode=XXX&os=1&type=3#firmware[/url]
Then when it didn't work, tried this one
sammobile (dot) com /firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-I957&pcode=ATT&os=1&type=3#firmware
Sorry for the strange URL format, but seems as anew member I don't get to add URLs yet
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The touch screen was working after step 3?
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Sorry, I meant the cwm recovery was flashed correctly and functioning
Btwi tried the fix permissions suggestion from the similar thread but no luck
What version of odin did you use? The roms look ok. If you didn't use ver 1.85 download that and re flash the Rom.
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What version of odin did you use? The roms look ok. If you didn't use ver 1.85 download that and re flash the Rom.
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It is the Odin version I have used,
One more note now, am not sure if that is normal if not.but after the latest flash ( preceded by a data wipe and format ) I can now see zip file I have placed on sdcard but can't access them for flashing and/or ad new zip files from pc
In cwm do a factory reset, wipe and format system and data and then boot. I'm hoping that will solve the problem.
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jd1639 said:
In cwm do a factory reset, wipe and format system and data and then boot. I'm hoping that will solve the problem.
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Tried,booted, "SAMASUNG"screen only ( as expected sicne i formatted the system ), then re-flushed the ATT ICS and same output
Am trying to get a new ROM flashed, but when the device powers up [ without me going through the wizard ], i can't write anything to SD from my PC.
Any info around here about flashing CM or AOKP using ODIN for this I957 ?
Not with Odin that I'm aware of. All are zip files and would go thru cwm. If you get only to the Samsung logo, my experience has been a factory reset usually gets you past that and if that doesn't work flashing the stock rom with Odin does. And I'd flash the honeycomb rom and bring it back to they way I bought it, then upgrade to ics
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Not with Odin that I'm aware of. All are zip files and would go thru cwm. If you get only to the Samsung logo, my experience has been a factory reset usually gets you past that and if that doesn't work flashing the stock rom with Odin does. And I'd flash the honeycomb rom and bring it back to they way I bought it, then upgrade to ics
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Tried the honeycomb step, still same problem
As for Booting to samsung screen .. i did format /system as suggested, so there will be no system to boot to i think
I'm at a loss, you've tried everything that has gotten me beyond the boot screen.
Anyone else have any ideas?
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wamaOnline said:
Tried the honeycomb step, still same problem
As for Booting to samsung screen .. i did format /system as suggested, so there will be no system to boot to i think
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I should mention something that has gotten me worried, i flashed a TWRP recovery to check if the touch would work there, but it didn't.
Not sure if i should be worried about HW now, or try another TWRP for instance? Or perhaps TWRP shares another flawed tab wide configuration with the Android image ?
It's not twrp, I use it on my tab and it Works fine. If you were the only one who has this problem I'd say hardware for sure. But at least one other person has the same problem after updating to ics. It seems like there something with the firmware interfacing with the touch screen.
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It's not twrp, I use it on my tab and it Works fine. If you were the only one who has this problem I'd say hardware for sure. But at least one other person has the same problem after updating to ics. It seems like there something with the firmware interfacing with the touch screen.
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Then why is it still borked when reverting to hc?
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Good question. One of the guys couldn't get the touch screen to work in twrp either. It sounds like a hardware issue but to have a few guys have the same problem after installing ics? I don't know? Something's doing it which I can't figure out
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Good question. One of the guys couldn't get the touch screen to work in twrp either. It sounds like a hardware issue but to have a few guys have the same problem after installing ics? I don't know? Something's doing it which I can't figure out
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yea i dont get how a rom flash could cause a hardware issue
orlandoxpolice said:
yea i dont get how a rom flash could cause a hardware issue
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Think the other colleague did say he found someone elsewhere who resolved the problem by reverting to an older backup he had, which gives me hope that this is no hw issue
And this was my first time to flash any ROM without a backup first, thought a stock update would be fine !!
Can I use adb for instance to verify if it was a hardware issue,if so then any help is appreciated
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Think the other colleague did say he found someone elsewhere who resolved the problem by reverting to an older backup he had, which gives me hope that this is no hw issue
And this was my first time to flash any ROM without a backup first, thought a stock update would be fine !!
Can I use adb for instance to verify if it was a hardware issue,if so then any help is appreciated
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Got it Reassembled and cleaned it and it worked
same prob, touchscreen not responding
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Got it Reassembled and cleaned it and it worked
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I'm having this issue of the touchscreen not responding on my s2 now
You say you got it reassembled? What did you have to do to repair it
any help greatly appreciated
I have JB 4.1.2 and cwm 9.1 flashed
after reboot screen comes on but won't respond to touch, I can only access download and recobvery screens
I also have the phone not showing on computer when usb attached but am loading rom etc to ext sd card first and installing them from cwm
Got the maintenance center to disassemble it, clean the pins and reconnect the screen and then it worked
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Would anybody mind uploading a zip file of their "/preinstall" system folder from their Droid 4? I'm missing some files from in there. Specifically the video files for the "Guided Tours" stock app. I must have deleted them a while back, and now I can't install the Jelly Bean OTA update.
I went back to stock, removed Safestrap and unrooted the phone to do the update. And when I go to do it, it gives me an error because those files weren't found. They don't seem to be in the Droid 4 Dump, so I guess I'm S.O.L. unless I can get them from somebody.
If I deleted those, I probably deleted something else from in there, so could you please send me the whole directory? I'd be happy to throw you a donation. Ten bones sound fair? Many thanks in advance.
Airman1947 said:
Would anybody mind uploading a zip file of their "/preinstall" system folder from their Droid 4? I'm missing some files from in there. Specifically the video files for the "Guided Tours" stock app. I must have deleted them a while back, and now I can't install the Jelly Bean OTA update.
I went back to stock, removed Safestrap and unrooted the phone to do the update. And when I go to do it, it gives me an error because those files weren't found. They don't seem to be in the Droid 4 Dump, so I guess I'm S.O.L. unless I can get them from somebody.
If I deleted those, I probably deleted something else from in there, so could you please send me the whole directory? I'd be happy to throw you a donation. Ten bones sound fair? Many thanks in advance.
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Fast boot the ICS file with rsdlite or ICS utility. You'll be golden
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Thanks!
rruleford said:
Fast boot the ICS file with rsdlite or ICS utility. You'll be golden
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Thanks so much for the fast reply!
Yeah, I think I did read something about those utilities in another post. I'm kind of iffy about going that route, because I've never used them before, and don't wanna like seriously mess up my phone. Was hoping to avoid it, but I guess it is what it is.
Alright, so is this the ICS Utility that I'm after?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779810
I just follow the instructions? And do you know if this will allow me to re-root afterwards? Thanks in advance.
Airman1947 said:
Thanks so much for the fast reply!
Yeah, I think I did read something about those utilities in another post. I'm kind of iffy about going that route, because I've never used them before, and don't wanna like seriously mess up my phone. Was hoping to avoid it, but I guess it is what it is.
Alright, so is this the ICS Utility that I'm after?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779810
I just follow the instructions? And do you know if this will allow me to re-root afterwards? Thanks in advance.
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Yes and yes. Just DL the utility and fast boot ICS file. Unzip ICS file and move files to the files directory of utility. Make sure latest drivers are installed and battery is full connect phone run utility select boot into fast boot then option 11. Choosing to save files still won't let u install the update. Let it do its thing.
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rruleford said:
Fast boot the ICS file with rsdlite or ICS utility. You'll be golden
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rruleford said:
Yes and yes. Just DL the utility and fast boot ICS file. Unzip ICS file and move files to the files directory of utility. Make sure latest drivers are installed and battery is full connect phone run utility select boot into fast boot then option 11. Choosing to save files still won't let u install the update. Let it do its thing.
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You're awesome! Thanks. One more question (sorry). Should I unroot before I run this? Or does it not matter? Thanks again
phone will not be rooted after flashing xml recovery file, so does not matter
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sd_shadow said:
phone will not be rooted after flashing xml recovery file, so does not matter
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Rock on. Thank you so much. I'll try it in a bit.
rruleford said:
Yes and yes. Just DL the utility and fast boot ICS file. Unzip ICS file and move files to the files directory of utility. Make sure latest drivers are installed and battery is full connect phone run utility select boot into fast boot then option 11. Choosing to save files still won't let u install the update. Let it do its thing.
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Went ahead and did it last night, and it worked! After using this to reset my ICS stock ROM, the OTA Jelly Bean Update installed just fine. Thanks a ton. I gotta say, this online community rocks! I love how helpful and supportive everybody is of each other.
One minor note, I had to do this on my roommate's Windows 7 computer to get it to work. I couldn't get it to work on either my laptop or desktop, both of which have Windows 8. The phone drivers wouldn't install. Strange; I downloaded the USB drivers from Motorola, and they appeared to install, but when I plugged my phone into the computer, and went to use the Utility, it kept giving me a "Device not found" error. And also, when I checked in "Device Manager," it showed my phone with an exclaimation point and said that the drivers weren't installed.
When I followed the same process on a Windows 7 computer, the drivers installed as soon as I plugged the phone in. Weird; Motorola's website said that the drivers were for Windows 7 and 8. I tried disabling "Signature Verification" on Windows 8, but that didn't work either. Anybody know if Motorola hasn't released Windows 8 drivers for Droid 4 yet? Just wanna know for future reference. Thanks a bunch.
I have soft bricked my galaxy tablet and I need help on how to un-do it, I have tried almost everything. PLEASE HELP.
Have you tried to odin a stock rom?
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Yes I have, not sure if I used the correct one though, do you have a link i can go to?
Stush Hustler said:
Yes I have, not sure if I used the correct one though, do you have a link i can go to?
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Go to sammobile.com. you have to register but it's free. You can get the stock roms there. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file and use that in odin. Use odin v1.85.
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I tried that already, no luck
Stush Hustler said:
I tried that already, no luck
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Odin does recognize your device? What happens when you try to flash?
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I have attached a print screen of what happens.
I can't see but I assume you have auto reboot checked. If so,I would redownload the rom file. It could be a bad download.
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Yes I have auto reboot checked. I have already re-downloaded the file, same result.
Idk, sounds like you tried everything I would do. It's sounding like it's internal hardware failure. Can you get into recovery mode? I assume not. But if you can try a factory reset.
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Hey JD
Am back up and running!! you would never guess what the issue was. I was using a Mac Pro, which had windows installed on it using VMWare Fusion. So then i decided to try a PC since Odin does not work on Mac and wouldn't you know it WORKED!! now all i need to do is fined the best way to root my Samsung Galaxy 8.9 LTE (SGH-I957R) Rogers. Any ideas? Thanks for all the help you provided
Hey JD
I figured it out, you would never guess what the issue was. I was using a Mac Book Pro, which running windows instead of using a windows PC. So i decided to try using a PC and it worked.. Thanks for all your help.... Now what is the best way you suggest to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE (SGH-I957R) Rogers?
jd1639 said:
Idk, sounds like you tried everything I would do. It's sounding like it's internal hardware failure. Can you get into recovery mode? I assume not. But if you can try a factory reset.
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Hey JD
I figured it out, you would never guess what the issue was. I was using a Mac Book Pro, which running windows instead of using a windows PC. So i decided to try using a PC and it worked.. Thanks for all your help.... Now what is the best way you suggest to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE (SGH-I957R) Rogers?
Stush Hustler said:
Hey JD
I figured it out, you would never guess what the issue was. I was using a Mac Book Pro, which running windows instead of using a windows PC. So i decided to try using a PC and it worked.. Thanks for all your help.... Now what is the best way you suggest to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE (SGH-I957R) Rogers?
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You'll need to put a custom recovery on your tab using Odin. Flash it just like the stock rom. Then you'll need to flash superuser-busy box thru the custom recovery. Download that on you tab. I have the files on dev host and I'll post links for you when I get on my pc.
Recovery. http://d-h.st/fqw
Supersu. http://d-h.st/vjq
Use install in twrp (the recovery) to install super user. Then boot, once booted look for super su in your apps and click on it. It will update to the latest version. You'll be rooted.
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jd1639 said:
You'll need to put a custom recovery on your tab using Odin. Flash it just like the stock rom. Then you'll need to flash superuser-busy box thru the custom recovery. Download that on you tab. I have the files on dev host and I'll post links for you when I get on my pc.
Recovery. http://d-h.st/fqw
Supersu. http://d-h.st/vjq
Use install in twrp (the recovery) to install super user. Then boot, once booted look for super su in your apps and click on it. It will update to the latest version. You'll be rooted.
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Just finished rooting.. THANKS A MILLION.... Now am gonna learn to use super user and see what other benefits i have gotten from being rooted.