Need help here. My tab 8.9 is running on Honeycomb and I have never set any security password for this unit, nor was it rooted before
Recently I have decided to root and install CWM in order to upgrade the OS.
Everything went smoothly and I managed to root the unit and verified it with Root Checker app.
Then I proceeded to install CWM and folloed the steps prescribed in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312218
The installing was smoothly, but when I boot up the unit, after the samung bootup splash screen, it goes onto a screen prompting for password. I have never set any password at all so how do I resolve this problem? In the above thread, there is no password feature mentioned as all. Please help as I have no choice but to post this question here and not in that particular thread becos I am a new member.
PS: I am able to go into CWM recovery, and I did a factory reset, but it is still the same.
singagem said:
Need help here. My tab 8.9 is running on Honeycomb and I have never set any security password for this unit, nor was it rooted before
Recently I have decided to root and install CWM in order to upgrade the OS.
Everything went smoothly and I managed to root the unit and verified it with Root Checker app.
Then I proceeded to install CWM and folloed the steps prescribed in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312218
The installing was smoothly, but when I boot up the unit, after the samung bootup splash screen, it goes onto a screen prompting for password. I have never set any password at all so how do I resolve this problem? In the above thread, there is no password feature mentioned as all. Please help as I have no choice but to post this question here and not in that particular thread becos I am a new member.
PS: I am able to go into CWM recovery, and I did a factory reset, but it is still the same.
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That is quite odd. You can try installing a custom rom. Put the rom.zip and gapps.zip on the sd card. Wipe(format) cache, dalvik, data, and system. Flash the rom, then gapps, then reboot system.
If you don't have another custom rom on your internal storage, you'll have to install an original rom with odin, then put your preferred custom rom on sdcard, and repeat the root-procedure, and then install the custom rom. Yes that sux.
That password stuff sounded iffy.
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First of all I hope this is in the right place: I did do a search but still couldn't find any help.
Here's my problem:
After getting a (delicious) taste for customisation after rooting and lagfixing, I decided to give custom ROMs a go. Hours of indecision passed and ultimately I settled on Doc and Stefunel's magical ROM. Due to currently being on 2.1, I chose to follow the set of instructions provided on the page for doing so.
All was well up until the very final step. When rebooting the phone through ClockworkMod Recovery, instead passing the Samsung boot screen into the Android system, the phone boots into CWM recovery. I've tried doing another factory reset, and reinstalling the ROM to no avail. I've also tried mounting "/mnt/sdcard" in order to place another ROM to flash from, but I keep getting a message telling me to insert a disk (what happens when you don't mount).
That's pretty much all there is to it. I'd be massively grateful for any help!
-anti
If you have made a backup of your apps then flash the JPY with Odin and then make factory reset in recovery mode. Then root with CF Root 1.3 (Or something like that) and flash CWM Recovery. That's what I would do.
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from the recovery menu try wipe cache and dalvik, and reboot
I know there are a million posts about this, but I have been through them all trying to follow the guidance because the problems seemed to be the same as others have faced, but I feel differently now....
I unlocked my HTC one, following the htc dev site.
I installed TWRP (I cannot for the life of me get CWM to load into reovery, it only reboots the phone...)
loaded the roms/Super SU onto the SD card.
I know my phone is rooted (or i should assume?) because SuperSU is requiring me to grant access to apps and such.
I flash the custom ROM to the phone, install the package following Revolutions steps. Complete installation, return to fastboot menu. Flash boot.img, clear cache and reboot phone....Phone goes to the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen, with the development message at the bottom and continues to reboot over and over and over from there.
What did I do wrong?
I know pretty much have a phone that wont work because even after restoring it, it is ina boot loop after it fully boots up and nothing is loading correctly. Is there any way to start this from scratch?
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I tried doing an ADB sideload of Revolution HD.
I do a factory wipe before i load any rom....
Edit:
I have tried multiple ROMS...all the same effect....
I also get the message after installing the ROM from TWRP that "your device is not rooted, swipe to install superSU" so sometimes i swipe it, sometimes i dont...either way same result.
Update #2:
I flashed a ROM called 42ONE....it ended up successfully booting past the HTC screen and is currently updating the android system...However, it will operate for about 2 minutes then the phone reboots like it was before when i tried to restore....what the heck?!?
There is no need to flash the boot.img in fastboot. Just flash the rom from twrp.
iElvis said:
There is no need to flash the boot.img in fastboot. Just flash the rom from twrp.
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right, i only did it to ensure that wasnt the problem....however my new problem...I Have a ROM finally installed...but my phone is rebooting a minute after it starts. I am able to use the screen and everything but it just shuts down and starts back up on its own...
Switchback802 said:
right, i only did it to ensure that wasnt the problem....however my new problem...I Have a ROM finally installed...but my phone is rebooting a minute after it starts. I am able to use the screen and everything but it just shuts down and starts back up on its own...
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Download the rom again (might be a bad download), transfer to your sdcard, do a full wipe, and flash again. Something you flashed has created a conflict.
Edit: That's a Sprint ROM. Do you have a Sprint phone? If you've been flashing GSM roms, that's your problem there.
iElvis said:
Download the rom again (might be a bad download), transfer to your sdcard, do a full wipe, and flash again. Something you flashed has created a conflict.
Edit: That's a Sprint ROM. Do you have a Sprint phone? If you've been flashing GSM roms, that's your problem there.
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I do have a sprint phone. Trying to reflash the rom now.
Edit #2:
Installed Cyanogen Mod, looks great boots up but stil reboots my phone. Not only that but I have no service either.
Switchback802 said:
I do have a sprint phone. Trying to reflash the rom now.
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Hi,
Maybe you'll have a better help here: Sprint HTC One ?
Switchback802 said:
I know there are a million posts about this, but I have been through them all trying to follow the guidance because the problems seemed to be the same as others have faced, but I feel differently now....
I unlocked my HTC one, following the htc dev site.
I installed TWRP (I cannot for the life of me get CWM to load into reovery, it only reboots the phone...)
loaded the roms/Super SU onto the SD card.
I know my phone is rooted (or i should assume?) because SuperSU is requiring me to grant access to apps and such.
I flash the custom ROM to the phone, install the package following Revolutions steps. Complete installation, return to fastboot menu. Flash boot.img, clear cache and reboot phone....Phone goes to the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen, with the development message at the bottom and continues to reboot over and over and over from there.
What did I do wrong?
I know pretty much have a phone that wont work because even after restoring it, it is ina boot loop after it fully boots up and nothing is loading correctly. Is there any way to start this from scratch?
Notes:
I tried doing an ADB sideload of Revolution HD.
I do a factory wipe before i load any rom....
Edit:
I have tried multiple ROMS...all the same effect....
I also get the message after installing the ROM from TWRP that "your device is not rooted, swipe to install superSU" so sometimes i swipe it, sometimes i dont...either way same result.
Update #2:
I flashed a ROM called 42ONE....it ended up successfully booting past the HTC screen and is currently updating the android system...However, it will operate for about 2 minutes then the phone reboots like it was before when i tried to restore....what the heck?!?
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Revolution HD is not compatible with Sprint devices.
bigdaddy619 said:
Revolution HD is not compatible with Sprint devices.
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problem resolved so far. REflashed stock rom, relocked device. its working for now.
I'll try and leave out as much of the long stories as possible.
In trying to unlock my phone, I followed the instructions at jz.bz/tar.jz/unlock-samsung-galaxy-ace-gt-s5830d. Installed Clockwork Recovery 5.0.2.6, and XWKT7 Adrenaline Rom from the links on that page. Installations went fine, though in the final step to find the unlock code, when I opened the file I created in the hex editor, it was nearly empty, and the string I was looking for was missing. Moot. But this is background, in case it's relevant.
Learning what I was doing as I went along, I didn't realize that I had already rooted the device. I proceeded to root it again with SuperOneClick v2.3.3. In the process of this, it told me the device was already rooted, but of course, I continued. Still, everything worked fine.
For reasons not relevant here, I want to return it to the stock ROM. I eventually found it on Sammobile, along with the instructions on this site to use Odin in order to install it. Followed them properly, only to have the installation fail, then catching my phone in a boot loop.
The phone wouldn't come out of the bootloop until I went back to the instructions on that page above, and reinstalled Clockwork and Adrenaline. When I did this, the phone returned to working condition, so I tried to reinstall the stock ROM with Odin a couple more times. Same effect. Found another page on this site instructing me to place the ROM's .zip file on the SD card, and flash it from recovery. In the instructions, it told me to first wipe data/factory reset, then go to mounts/storage and wipe system, wipe data, and wipe SD-ext. There was no 'wipe' option, so I assumed that format was what was being referred to, and did that. After some error messages about the SD-ext, I figured out the SD card wasn't partitioned, used the phone to partition it, and tried again. Error messages gone, but still, both Odin, and the SD card method have failed to reinstall the stock ROM. I'm lost, and at this point, I need some help. Badly.
Greylisted said:
I'll try and leave out as much of the long stories as possible.
In trying to unlock my phone, I followed the instructions at jz.bz/tar.jz/unlock-samsung-galaxy-ace-gt-s5830d. Installed Clockwork Recovery 5.0.2.6, and XWKT7 Adrenaline Rom from the links on that page. Installations went fine, though in the final step to find the unlock code, when I opened the file I created in the hex editor, it was nearly empty, and the string I was looking for was missing. Moot. But this is background, in case it's relevant.
Learning what I was doing as I went along, I didn't realize that I had already rooted the device. I proceeded to root it again with SuperOneClick v2.3.3. In the process of this, it told me the device was already rooted, but of course, I continued. Still, everything worked fine.
For reasons not relevant here, I want to return it to the stock ROM. I eventually found it on Sammobile, along with the instructions on this site to use Odin in order to install it. Followed them properly, only to have the installation fail, then catching my phone in a boot loop.
The phone wouldn't come out of the bootloop until I went back to the instructions on that page above, and reinstalled Clockwork and Adrenaline. When I did this, the phone returned to working condition, so I tried to reinstall the stock ROM with Odin a couple more times. Same effect. Found another page on this site instructing me to place the ROM's .zip file on the SD card, and flash it from recovery. In the instructions, it told me to first wipe data/factory reset, then go to mounts/storage and wipe system, wipe data, and wipe SD-ext. There was no 'wipe' option, so I assumed that format was what was being referred to, and did that. After some error messages about the SD-ext, I figured out the SD card wasn't partitioned, used the phone to partition it, and tried again. Error messages gone, but still, both Odin, and the SD card method have failed to reinstall the stock ROM. I'm lost, and at this point, I need some help. Badly.
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Follow the instruction from this link on how to install the stock rom,
Know your Device:Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 ~Root~Odin~CWM~ROM LIST
If you encounter any error, just post here. I'll be glad to help. Do post the result. Hope I Helped
Hello. I am completely new to xda and I need help. I recently began tinkering with android. I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Centura through Tracfone. It was rooted using the poot method with SuperSU running as a system app and running stock rom, no custom recovery. All was well until I tried to install xposed. The installer would crash so I used ES explorer to move the xposed apk into the system apps. I changed the permission to rw r r, rebooted, and am now stuck in a boot loop. I tried going into recovery, factory reset, taking the battery out, still nothing. Could someone please help! I have no knowledge of cwm or odin, etc. and have never flashed anything. PLEASE give a STEP BY STEP guide on how to get back to normal!!! Thanks!
game360 said:
Hello. I am completely new to xda and I need help. I recently began tinkering with android. I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Centura through Tracfone. It was rooted using the poot method with SuperSU running as a system app and running stock rom, no custom recovery. All was well until I tried to install xposed. The installer would crash so I used ES explorer to move the xposed apk into the system apps. I changed the permission to rw r r, rebooted, and am now stuck in a boot loop. I tried going into recovery, factory reset, taking the battery out, still nothing. Could someone please help! I have no knowledge of cwm or odin, etc. and have never flashed anything. PLEASE give a STEP BY STEP guide on how to get back to normal!!! Thanks!
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Try to get your hands on the official firmware of your device. The forums specific to your device is a good place to start.
When you installed Xposed it should have created a .zip file on your sdcard called
Xposed-disabler-recovery.zip
Flash it.
EDIT: No custom recovery = do what above poster said.
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Firstly Close the Phone (Plug out battery and Plug in)
And Search Google for "(yourphone) recovery mode"
After You Started Your Phone With Recovery mode Do a Factory Reset
When it finish reboot your phone
Sorry for bad english
Do we keep all content when we flash the recovery?
This has probably been said 1000 times before, but, I'm an idiot.
Now that we got that out of the way, perhaps you fine folks will help a dummy out?
About a year ago, I followed this guide and was successful in all that it deals with (unlocking bootloader, root, installing custom recovery and flashing custom rom).
My phone started acting a little buggy lately, (probably because I had less than 5 gb of space left? ) so I decided I wanted to just wipe everything and start "fresh".
I went into TWRP, wiped EVERYTHING, (wipe/advanced wipe/checked everything (dalvick,system,data,internal,cache) rebooted into recovery, sideloaded the newest Pure Nexus ROM and GApps zips, flashed both. After flashing new ROM, tried to reboot system, a message appeared saying it appears I do not have supersu installed, would I like to install it now? or something to that effect.
I wiped for"yes", phone turned off, then was stuck on the animation screen (swirling/color dot things) when tying to boot up.
Hold power button down till shut off, then restarted in recovery, wiped EVERYTHING (again), re-flashed the ROM, only this time said "no" to the supersu install screen.
Phone loaded up and is running perfectly.
However, I am no longer rooted???
I wasn't aware wiping everything in TWRP would remove root.
I'm confused because as I already said, I'm a dummy!, but when following the guide, I should root, then install a custom recovery.
My question is, do I only need to concern myself with the one step for rooting with CF-Root
since I already have a recovery installed, or am I going to need to re-install TWRP after rooting and then re-flashing the ROM and GApps?
I'm sure you folks are probably sick and tired of fools like me who just blindly follow along with XDA's [HOW TO] threads without knowing what or why we are doing what we are doing, but I appreciate you all just the same!
Any advice is appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
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This has probably been said 1000 times before, but, I'm an idiot.
Now that we got that out of the way, perhaps you fine folks will help a dummy out?
About a year ago, I followed this guide and was successful in all that it deals with (unlocking bootloader, root, installing custom recovery and flashing custom rom).
My phone started acting a little buggy lately, (probably because I had less than 5 gb of space left? ) so I decided I wanted to just wipe everything and start "fresh".
I went into TWRP, wiped EVERYTHING, (wipe/advanced wipe/checked everything (dalvick,system,data,internal,cache) rebooted into recovery, sideloaded the newest Pure Nexus ROM and GApps zips, flashed both. After flashing new ROM, tried to reboot system, a message appeared saying it appears I do not have supersu installed, would I like to install it now? or something to that effect.
I wiped for"yes", phone turned off, then was stuck on the animation screen (swirling/color dot things) when tying to boot up.
Hold power button down till shut off, then restarted in recovery, wiped EVERYTHING (again), re-flashed the ROM, only this time said "no" to the supersu install screen.
Phone loaded up and is running perfectly.
However, I am no longer rooted???
I wasn't aware wiping everything in TWRP would remove root.
I'm confused because as I already said, I'm a dummy!, but when following the guide, I should root, then install a custom recovery.
My question is, do I only need to concern myself with the one step for rooting with CF-Root
since I already have a recovery installed, or am I going to need to re-install TWRP after rooting and then re-flashing the ROM and GApps?
I'm sure you folks are probably sick and tired of fools like me who just blindly follow along with XDA's [HOW TO] threads without knowing what or why we are doing what we are doing, but I appreciate you all just the same!
Any advice is appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
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Boot back into TWRP and reflash SU
totallybeachin said:
... re-flashed the ROM, only this time said "no" to the supersu install screen......
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That's correct. No in twrp - is needed when there is already a SU in the flashed rom.
Probably you have not the most recent version of twrp.
In play store there are apps to check if you have root acces.
You can also go to the launcher and start the superSU app
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Boot back into TWRP and reflash SU
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It always seems to be the most simple thing!
I'm not generally a stupid person, but this stuff can sure make a girl blush!
Thank you.
Worked like a charm.
Falling in love all over again with my Nexus 6.
.....makes note for NEXT TIME I have been eating dummie bears!
As NLBeev said, you are probably using an outdated version of TWRP. It doesn't ask about su any longer.