Tuesday, July 17, 2012
XDA Members:
With the newly released ICS update for the GT-P6810, some users will inevitably update their devices and somehow lose root in the process. For those unlucky users, downgrading to HC for root and then re-upgrading with MobileODIN is no longer the only option. There are some options for obtaining root via stock recovery instead of ODIN, but I saw that a few people were having issues. Probably not a problem with the method, but variety never hurts. So here is a VERY direct method of rooting your GT-P6810 on ICS. Please feel free to simplify or improve upon this method and post it here. Progress helps everyone.
WARNING!!: The following steps MAY trigger the counter on your device. However, they didn't trigger mine.
Prerequisites: ODIN or Heimdall
Notice: Some basic flashing experience is required for this. Review the steps FIRST!
DISCLAIMER: The only guarantee I make is that this worked for me. You run the risk of tripping your device's counter, corrupting your device, or bricking your device. If you don't know what you're doing, this is not for you. I accept no responsibility for ANYTHING that might arise as a result of following this guide!
1.) Download the following files:
a) CWM for P6810: http://db.tt/B6mTm9fd CREDIT: locerra
b) root for P6810: http://db.tt/kcuvYG5k CREDIT: mashkuov
2.) Put your device in "Download Mode" and connect to your PC.
3.) Open ODIN and verify that it sees your device.
4.) In ODIN, click "PDA" and select the CWM *.tar you downloaded.
5.) Make sure that you haven't selected to format/partition your device and flash the *.tar.
6.) Upon completion, your device should reboot. Copy the root.zip to your device, and then reboot into recovery.
7.) In recovery, flash the root.zip and reboot.
8.) You should now have root in ICS!
DISCLAIMER: The only guarantee I make is that this worked for me. You run the risk of tripping your device's counter, corrupting your device, or bricking your device. If you don't know what you're doing, this is not for you. I accept no responsibility for ANYTHING that might arise as a result of following this guide!
Sent from my GT-P6810 using Tapatalk
Perfect, thanks!
Thanks.
Does this increase the custom binary download counter?
ewok666 said:
Thanks.
Does this increase the custom binary download counter?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's just the recovery; not the kernel. So it shouldn't. It didn't increase mine. But I'm not making any promises.
Sent from my GT-P6810 using XDA Premium HD app
Mister_Mxyzptlk said:
It's just the recovery; not the kernel. So it shouldn't. It didn't increase mine. But I'm not making any promises.
Sent from my GT-P6810 using XDA Premium HD app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Worked a treat. Thanks!
ewok666 said:
Worked a treat. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem man!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium HD app
Thursday, July 19, 2012
XDA Members:
Okay fellas. Just a quick survey. How many of you were able to successfully execute the steps in this guide without difficulty? If problems were encountered, what were they? Did anyone trip their flash counter by using this guide? Did anyone soft or hard brick by using this guide? I'd really like some feedback.
On a second, but similar note, how easily were you able to follow the guide? What do you think I should add to it or remove from it? Should I make it into a full, click-by-click, newb-friendly guide? Should I trim the fat and simplify it? Or should I leave it as-is? I'm flying blind here. I've written small, simple, easy to follow guides for stuff like "build.prop" edits in the past; but I've never written a guide for something that involved ANY kind of flashing. So any critique would be very welcome. I've always felt that the biggest of XDA's strengths was its community's standard practice of openly sharing. So now that I've shared my guide, I would like to, in GPL fashion, open it up to corrections, additions, modifications, and improvements. So if you've got anything, anything at all, please go ahead and post it.
I thank you all for your time and hope this guide has been a help.
Thank you,
Edward (Mister_Mxyzptlk)
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium HD app
Its straight forward and nice, good work there.
I vote for, leave it as it be!
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
Josvaz said:
Its straight forward and nice, good work there.
I vote for, leave it as it be!
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you use it to regain root after losing it in the update?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium HD app
Yea ^^
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
Josvaz said:
Yea ^^
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
COOL MAN!! Did it trip your flash counter? It shouldn't have; because it doesn't touch the kernel, but weird things sometimes happen.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA Premium HD app
Quick, easy and straight forward,
Cheers
--removed--
I didn't have root before,
So this method is the best at the moment for anyone running stock ics
Steve_max said:
Another option is just to flash ICS using MobileOdin with the EverRoot option. You may even unselect the "recovery" partition when doing so, and you will keep both root and CWM. Of course, this doesn't help if you've already flashed with Odin, but for those who haven't upgraded yet, I believe this is the best option.
YMMV, I'm not responsible if your device melts down and conjures a demon, etc etc etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This guide is for people who are ALREADY on unrooted ICS. How is your suggestion in any way helpful to those people? Unchecking recovery is only helpful if you use CWM. If you use stock recovery, you'll still have stock recovery. Also, MobileODIN doesn't always preserve root. If preserving root fails during the update, there's nothing MobileODIN can do. You'll have to re-root yourself. I've seen this happen first hand. Usually, you have to downgrade, re-root, and then use MobileODIN to upgrade again. This guide eliminates the need for that. If you upgraded and lost root, FOR WHATEVER REASON, this will get it back quickly, and easily.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium HD app
--removed--
Steve_max said:
Not everybody is already on unrooted ICS. I know I searched for ways to root the tablet even before I bought it; it's very conceivable that people who are thinking about upgrading to ICS will search for this. If they have root on HC, there is no need to lose it and reinstall. I just pointed this out (and MobileOdin is really one of the best Android tools out there, among with Tasker and TB).
About this corruption, I've personally never seen it happen, and I've flashed more ROMs on my S2 using it than it's healthy. Even if it happens, what do you lose by trying the easy route first (and, if needed, reflashing root through recovery)?
Sorry if I offended you in any way. All I wanted was to help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You didn't offend me. This is a simple guide for achieving root on the 4.0.4 build for the 6810. This is XDA. If someone searches for a way to update a Samsung device, they're going to find MobileODIN. If XDA were a department store, I could spit in any direction and hit a MobileODIN thread. Don't overcomplicate things. If you're on unrooted ICS, this is as easy as it gets. Furthermore, everroot is a paid option. My method is free. There's no need to go buy an app for an option that simply isn't needed in this case. If you want to write a MobileODIN update guide, go ahead and do it. This is a development thread for a very specific scenario; not a thread to compare preferred update methods. Take care.
Sent from my GT-P6810 using XDA Premium HD app
....
**Edit**
Since my issue is relating to not being able to get into Recovery mode at all, i'm going to move it to a separate thread.
P.S. your instructions were very clear and made perfect sense (having previously rooted a SGS i9000), however linking to Odin in step 2) and specifying how to get into recovery in step 6) might be useful for newer users?
Mine didn't work....I used mobile Odin pro to flash ICS ...I used ever root option while flashing to ICS but for some reason root didn't work ...
I have only tried to root without CWM so it threw me signature error...I have lost my USB cable so I cudnt flash CWM by Odin using PC
Sent from my GT-P6810 using Tapatalk 2
hey i rooted my tab and its so laggy how can i unroot it or if installing a new rom makes it better
i didnt understand what the tutorial said
plzz help me
Follow link in my signature.
It has guide with picture too.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda app-developers app
If you do not want to install a new ROM, you can also manually delete the su files from your phone
This is my first new phone in a while, I usually purchase once they get cyanogenmod support, so I haven't had to work with using root to freeze or remove the bloatware and other annoying features of a stock rom. Could someone give me a basic step by step on what to do? I'm sure many people will be asking this so it may be a useful thread to create in General if you have some experience with this!
I just made a thread about this. The search tool (and your eyes) is your friend.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
Hi, My brother has a rooted kindle (Which I rooted for him, he doesn't know much about root, but he wanted the play store). His kindle was starting to get laggy, and random touch input, Im thinking it's happening because it's just slow. I'm not sure what app is causing this, but just to point out.. So he wanted to format. I'm not sure if it will brick his kindle since it's rooted. But I did see a forum page about someone's phone on a black screen because it was rooted and he formatted it. So should I unroot it then format? Am I missing something?
You do not want to format your kindle. Instead install a new rom such as kinology. Follow all instructions.
Sent from my GT-P3110 using xda app-developers app
Workaround?
mrkhigh said:
You do not want to format your kindle. Instead install a new rom such as kinology. Follow all instructions.
Sent from my GT-P3110 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the reply, but the kindle's bootloader isn't unlocked. Is there a workaround or anything from flashing a rom?
Just go into the Dev section and read the thread by hashcode entitled installing second boot loader + twrp
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
mrkhigh said:
Just go into the Dev section and read the thread by hashcode entitled installing second boot loader + twrp
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay, Ill try it, thanks for the info. (Ill get a fastboot cable from ebay too.)
I'm a total noob when it comes to rooting, I don't understand any of it. So, here is my problem: I've got an LG 4X HD running Android JB 4.1.2, after I installed the official update a while ago. I'm tired of the newer official updates not coming to this device, si now I want to root it, put 4.4 KitKat on it and make the led notification work. So, if someone can guide me step by step through the rooting process, I would be really grateful. I have read all the posts regarding this device, so please don't give me links to other posts.
Thanks in advance!
You can't just root it and then put KK on it. If you have problems with rooting you will find it unbelievable difficult to unlock bootloader what you need to do in order to install a KitKat custom rom.
I would suggest you to whether read more and try it or just don't do it. If you don't understand how to root you LG 4X HD you will run into big problems
Sent from my LG-P880 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I have just managed to root it. Now I'm trying to unlock the bootloader, but when I'm in /cmd and enter "adb reboot oem-unlock", it says "error: device not found". Can you please help?
You need to install the right drivers (maybe manual).
But those questions been answered many times, please search XDA for the solution.
Sent from my LG-P880 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
You need fastboot and adb drivers
Sent from my LG-P880 using Tapatalk