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First, please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong section. It seemed most appropriate.
Second, I take no credit for anything here except for writing the .bat file here used to do the work, as well as assembling the files as per the original post.
All credit goes to djmwj and his article found here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/8722-lenovo-ideapad-k1-rooting-guide-messy/
As the title states, it was very messy. The OP figured out how to make it go, but it was a bit fuzzy to follow. So, I thought I'd help folks out a bit and clean things up.
So, I took the instructions presented in the OP, and condensed them into one download with one .bat that does everything from start to finish, minus installing the respective drivers for ADB and NVFlash. However, the drivers are included in the download.
Instructions:
1. Extract K1Root.rar to the directory of your choosing.
2. Connect your tablet to your PC with the USB cable.
3. With your tablet off, press POWER+VOL_UP+VOL_DOWN until the screen turns on, but displays only black.
4. Windows should detect the device, but not install drivers.
5. Go into device manager, select the APX device, choose update drivers, and install the drivers from the aptly named NVFlash_Drivers folder.
6. Open up the NVFLASH_HOME folder and run the file K1Flash.bat
7. Make your desired choices when prompted, and enjoy.
Notes (PLEASE READ BEFORE USING):
THERE MAY BE BUGS! I used it on my own stuff before releasing, and all of the essential components work as they should, however, there may possibly be a minor hiccup somewhere in the script. This should not damage anything. If you have doubts, you're welcome to examine the .bat and check it for yourself.
Please be gentle. I am not a full-time developer. I just wrote this to help make the process simpler for people.
The OP suggests you download and read the partition table, and then name the backup files based on that. This script names the backup files based on the flash.cfg script referenced in the OP, which is what controls the flashes used anyway. So, there shouldn't be any irregularities, however, I can't speak for every device on the planet.
This does NOT use the latest OTA updates. The rooted files being flashed are the default ones from the original download. You can easily adapt this to any files generated from the latest OTA files by simply dropping them in the NVFLASH_HOME file.
To install the SU properly, you have to install ADB drivers midway through the script. There's probably a way around this, but I didn't find it to be too inconvenient.
The ADB drivers are also located in the NVFLASH_HOME folder. Just do like you did when installing drivers in step #5, but instead point to NVFLASH_HOME.
Um...um...
That should be it. Obviously, use at your own risk. Let me know if there are problems with the script, and I will fix them.
Oh, and party on, Wayne.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AG10XE25
EDIT:
Attached is an updated .bat file which fixes a few errors in the original script, plus adds more userability. Just extract to the NVFLASH_HOME folder and run.
digitalhigh said:
First, please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong section. It seemed most appropriate.
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You may want to change the title to Ideapad K1, I don't know if this will work for the Thinkpad tablet.
Thanks for this, I just picked up this tablet ($250 at staples) and was worrying about having to tackle linux and "compiling" just to be able to get hulu.com working. You're a lifesaver.
gallahad2000 said:
You may want to change the title to Ideapad K1, I don't know if this will work for the Thinkpad tablet.
Thanks for this, I just picked up this tablet ($250 at staples) and was worrying about having to tackle linux and "compiling" just to be able to get hulu.com working. You're a lifesaver.
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Wow. Yeah, I'm pretty sure the key used is just for the Ideapad. Thanks for pointing that out. My dumb a$$ must've blanked out and just used the group name when posting.
And just to be fair, the original poster does include everything needed to do stuff in windows as well - it's just very hard to discern from the post.
question
Is anyone working on a custom ROM for this tablet? I am hopeing that there will be at least a few custom roms available at some point in the near future.
jfkerekes said:
Is anyone working on a custom ROM for this tablet? I am hopeing that there will be at least a few custom roms available at some point in the near future.
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We need to be able to root and unlock the bootloader first.
Does the root method work on the 121211 update?
Or is there a way to flash back to the older firmware?
the OTA update 12 12 11.... seems to be update.zip style with no .img files inside. just loose files like normal rom updates. doesnt seeem like you can drop the files in as suggested. or i have the wrong OTA....
oh and is this for LINUX as the OP or work in windows too??
Hi, I was wondering, is this procedure works for the Lenovo ThinkPad 1838-25U? I'm thinking to buy it to give a test ride, i sold my Transformer 101 to buy the Prime but it seems like Asus is taking vacations on the delivery shipments. Is this a good tablet? or is better to wait for another version?
READ THE POST
IDEApad not THINKpad. no it wont work.
First of all- thank you so much for creating this script! I have been putting off rooting this device due to the "messy" nature of the original post.
I was hoping you could help me troubleshoot, I have tried both the new K1 root application and the original .bat file. I know the drivers are working because the script makes it as far as creating and formatting partitions and successfully pushes the bootlooder.bin but then:
bootloader.bin sent successfully
file not found: recovery.img
failed executing command 2147483647 NvError 0x4
command failure: create failed
I've tried everything I can think of... any ideas?
Thanks again.
I found problem.
after root done follow step. I cannot factory reset and update any ota.
anyone can help me ?
taiz said:
I found problem.
after root done follow step. I cannot factory reset and update any ota.
anyone can help me ?
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Yes you have to roll-back to 04 stock and then apply the OTA's
Backup of the stock lenovo .apks!
File 1:http://www.mediafire.com/?r7iskr3wrfx4u01
File 2:http://www.mediafire.com/?fymdv9e9kmj332s
File 3:http://www.mediafire.com/?w33k205ej4fpbcl
A big thanks to Khanning who was nice enough to walk me through the adb commands and bear with me when I couldn't get adb over usb to work.
This may fix your issues http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21309379&postcount=50
Can someone help I used this and I installed drivers from the drivers folder fine ....I ran option 1 fine and it said completed but said something about nvflash error make sure drivers are installed ....but on my tablet it said phone update success ....when I try option three to flash image it just stays at nvflash started and goes no further and when I try to install Su it won't connect adb , probably cause adb drivers wouldnt install ....any advice ....device is booting and seems stock ....it did not wipe my files either
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515a using XDA App
maek_it_happen said:
Can someone help I used this and I installed drivers from the drivers folder fine ....I ran option 1 fine and it said completed but said something about nvflash error make sure drivers are installed ....but on my tablet it said phone update success ....when I try option three to flash image it just stays at nvflash started and goes no further and when I try to install Su it won't connect adb , probably cause adb drivers wouldnt install ....any advice ....device is booting and seems stock ....it did not wipe my files either
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515a using XDA App
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It means you are not in APX mode. Read the PDF and follow the instructions for installing the APX drivers. This should fix your issues.http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...9&postcount=50
I just completed step 3 flashing the image went fine up to bootloader .bin sent successfully ...then it says
File not found recovery.img
Failed executing command 2147473647 Nverror 0x4
Command failure : create failed
Edit the link u posted is not working and the drivers are installed
Edit 2 I just downloaded ur v2 root tool in ur other thread ....for some reason ur flash me Command actualy went past the recovery img error I was having with this tool .... But yours is flawless
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515a using XDA App
maek_it_happen said:
Edit 2 I just downloaded ur v2 root tool in ur other thread ....for some reason ur flash me Command actualy went past the recovery img error I was having with this tool .... But yours is flawless
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Glad to hear it worked for you.
TD
I recently got this device and looking for a way to root this device without having to roll back to the factory default rom and then having to update again using OTA.
Question, am I in luck, is that at all possible or do I have to really rollback and reinstall everything again?
Thanks!
Sent from my K1 using Tapatalk
Anyone have the root? Megaupload is down forever.
Hello there
I am stuck without a ROM and without a ROM zip file anywhere on the internal device that I can use TWRP to install. The only option I have at the moment is to use adb sideload, and this is my first time doing so.
I downloaded this:
adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522
Anyway, I am trying to follow this tutorial but it's not working out for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986
It looks simple and easy, but this is the problem I am facing:
"I changed directories to where the adb.exe is (inside platform-tools) and ADB Sideload is already started in TWRP. However, whenever I type "adb devices" it only says "List of attached devices" and nothing under it. Whenever I try flashing the ROM, it says error: device not found. What am I doing wrong here? I even changed the name of the ROM to rom.zip to make it shorter as per a suggestion in the first page of the thread, but that didn't work either."
Can someone please help me and tell me how to make it work? I have been without a ROM for hours waiting for the SDK to download this my internet is pretty slow. Thanks a lot!
Okay now I realize my device isn't actually recognized, although it works fine with fastboot usb.
What do I do? I tried having windows automatically search for drivers but it didn't find anything.
Okay after doing some more reading I realized I never actually opened SDK Manager, and when I try, it just opens a black command prompt window and then shuts down. I then came across this article and realized I need Java JDK drivers before I can actually run SDK Manager and then follow the rest of the tutorial. Maybe that is the problem??
You need HTC drivers , if you didn't install HTC SYNC, open "virtual CD", that appears at connection of phone with PC and you will see folders with drivers for different OS.
Thanks, mate. I already fixed the problem but I forgot to update this thread. You are right, I did not have the proper drivers, so I downloaded and installed HTC Sync Manager and then everything went great.
I had the same problem last night trying to flash my first rom ever, but thankfully i had a usb otg cable that I used to put the rom zip in my flash drive and flash it into the phone
TarekElsakka said:
Hello there
I am stuck without a ROM and without a ROM zip file anywhere on the internal device that I can use TWRP to install. The only option I have at the moment is to use adb sideload, and this is my first time doing so.
I downloaded this:
adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522
Anyway, I am trying to follow this tutorial but it's not working out for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986
It looks simple and easy, but this is the problem I am facing:
"I changed directories to where the adb.exe is (inside platform-tools) and ADB Sideload is already started in TWRP. However, whenever I type "adb devices" it only says "List of attached devices" and nothing under it. Whenever I try flashing the ROM, it says error: device not found. What am I doing wrong here? I even changed the name of the ROM to rom.zip to make it shorter as per a suggestion in the first page of the thread, but that didn't work either."
Can someone please help me and tell me how to make it work? I have been without a ROM for hours waiting for the SDK to download this my internet is pretty slow. Thanks a lot!
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Just get the all in one tool, ins;tall the relevant drivers and then go to recovery and select sideload a rom, go to the all in one toolkit and select sideload a rom, then choose the rom, simples
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
Thanks, guys. I ordered an OTG USB cable this morning just to avoid any future problems.
Hello all!
I was very lucky today to be able to pick up the China Mobile variant of the Galaxy S5, one day early, and 1000 RMB cheaper! I've attached some photos to this post of both the handset, and the phone in the official S-View case to show what it looks like. Hopefully as other people pick up this variant of the phone, we can collect our findings here, and be able to help each other out as needs be.
First impressions are good. This is the single-sim version of the handset, and has 16GB of storage. No Google Services, unfortunately, but hopefully that will be something that will be rectified soon once people cleverer than I am get their hands on it and root it, etc.
If anyone has any questions, please ask away and I will try to help to the best of my ability!
edit: been a couple of days of usage now, and just received first update from the network to build number KOT49H.G9008VZMU1ANCH 2014-3-26.
Anyone else out there picked up the same model? Hopefully, there are some enterprising people out there working on root and recovery, as the phone is a little gimped without any Gapps on it!
Hi,
Thanks to bubbl3 there is a much better and easier version available. Did that with my phone today after upgrading to the latest official ROM and really worked perfect... :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-gain-root-install-gapps-t2904863
Cheers,
bobopopo
Hi
got the G9008V (Samsung S5 - China Mobile TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE Version) and I am struggling with the following three questions:
1. I do not need the device to be rooted; I still want to be able to receive OTA-Updates - but I want to install Google Apps. Is that possible?
2. If the device needs to be rooted, is it possible and did anyone do it successfully yet? In this thread this model is not listed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537 (On Taobabo already many shops offering rooting of the device but I prefer to use some offical version from XDA Developers to understand the process better.)
3. Did anyone already spot Custom ROMs for downloading? Links are appreciated.
I had a fruitful exchange
also e in this forum to unchain my HTC S720t; hopefully this can be also done for the SM-9008V...
Cheers,
bobopopo
Hi bobopopo,
Glad to hear I'm not the only one!
I've had the phone for a week now and have successfully rooted and installed Gapps. As far as I'm aware, it's necessary to root in order to do this. I used the universal root method shown in the Android Development section of this forum, and the recovery image which I got from a Chinese message board http://www.tdbeta.cn/thread-134676-1-1.html - be aware the recovery menu is in Chinese, so you may need a Chinese speaker/reader to help you with it if you don't speak Mandarin.
If I can help further, please let me know!
Hi Cocytan,
yes, feels good not to be the only one...
Sounds good that you managed to install the Google Apps, that will make life easier (if you are relying on Google stuff).
I have never rooted a Samsung phone (I only used HTC for a decade) but should be workable. I can deal with a Chinese CWM Recovery but for convenience I would prefer an English version. (Just for the convenience of others, the description of the universal flashing process can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717061 )
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By the way, this looks also like a good resource: http://www.shuaji.net/samsung/s5/ It appears that they also have custom ROM for download - but it does not seem to be clear what this ROM is about. I would like to have a standard non-Chinese ROM (e.g. Singapore) that comes with the China Mobile radio stack. I have that for my S720t and it is clear of any China Mobile rubbish what is quite nice. Hopefully someone will have the knowledge and mercy to provide something like that...
Will try on the weekend, thanks so far!
br
bobopopo
Successfully rooted now and with Google Apps
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
Hi bobopopo, special thanks for your detailed instructions above. I recently purchased a galaxy s5 in China for my wife's birthday next week and it wasn't until I got it home that I realised it was missing all of the things that make her nexus (2 years old) a google phone. Really. Not. Cool. She uses all those features and I've been at this since Thursday trying to get the phone ready for her birthday on Wednesday (added to this I can only really work on it when she's not at home because I don't want her to see the phone).
Anyway, following your instructions I've put the phone in recovery and rooted the device, all worked like you described. I will say however that her phone doesn't have an SD card, so I put all those files on the internal memory and it still worked fine, I could locate them and install and it then gave me the successfully installed notice.
After rooting the phone I installed: gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip that is a package of all the google apps supposedly. I also installed all the .zips that were the last link in your post above. However, it seemed upon rebooting the phone that no new apps, calenders etc were installed. So I went online and downloaded google play and gmail apk. This time they installed (prior to the root they wouldn't), but none of them will open.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do next? Do I need to install an international ROM perhaps, and if so, does anyone have a link and some instructions?
We're still in China by the way, and on her nexus she has no problem accessing google play because we bought that phone in Australia. Her gmail and calender and google drive all work over the wifi here too.
Hi otby,
I am not an expert on the google apps but I also encountered problems before (unexpected shutdowns etc.)
If I understand you correctly, you have used a different file than I did. My file (see link in my instructions above installed flawless and worked out fine. Maybe you just try the same file? If your wife is using the calendar sync then you need to install separately (also under the link above). All works well for my wife's phone; so if you have the same phone with the same original stock ROM it should be reproducable. Maybe the gapps that you installed do not match the ROM.
Please also make sure the following:
1. Check that your phone is really successfully rooted.
2. Make sure that you really install the gapps when being in recovery mode. The file I used was giving a lot of feedback during installation and also confirmed in the end that the installation was successful.
Installing an international ROM according my experience should kill the radio function of the phone (because this thread is about the G9008V which is China Mobile 4G which relies on TD-SCDMA standard which is mostly used by China Mobile only). If you install an international ROM your phone will be flashed with a different radio stack and does not know how to connect to the China Mobile network anymore. I did that with a HTC S720t and all I was left with was a PDA with wifi. So better do not try that.
My wifes phone still has the original ROM, just rooted and with Google Apps. To clean up the useless China Mobile rubbish from the ROM you can e.g. use Titanium Backup to free it from bloat ware (but be careful not to kill the ROM).
Good luck with the Google apps; maybe someone else with more experience than me can also comment on why your Gapps did not install successful.
If you can get it running, that phone will really rock; so keep on trying...
Cheers,
bobopopo
Again, thank you very much for your reply - yesterday I was searching for an international ROM and thank god I read your message before installing, the phone is exactly the same model and carrier as yours (she's already with China mobile so it was an easy choice), if we lost radio... Thanks.
Ok I'll try and install them again - I too get messages of success after installing - and see how that goes. Also, do the apps just appear in the apps section of the phone or do you have to do something in settings for them to be selected/show up? The link you posted for the Gapps is a link to six separate zip files (and I installed them all separately just in case I've done that wrong), should it have been one file?
I will get onto Titanium Backup to remove the bloatware, thanks for that suggestion.
Back to it!
Am planning to buy this : http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=5932&c=samsung_sm-g9008v_galaxy_s5_td-lte
Is this worth the price? Am gonna give it to my partner.
Hi otby,
any success? Otherwise I think you can also search on Taobao and try to find some Chinese guy in your city to get it done for you. If you live in a larger city that should be no big deal..
Cheers
bobopopo
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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Is it ok to do this on a G9008V that was purchased via China mobile with a 2yr contract ?
Can they pick up on it or does it mess with the data package contract I have ?
CWM is NOT working with my S5 G9006V, but i can't root (. Sorry.
Can you help me out
bobopopo said:
Hi otby,
I am not an expert on the google apps but I also encountered problems before (unexpected shutdowns etc.)
If I understand you correctly, you have used a different file than I did. My file (see link in my instructions above installed flawless and worked out fine. Maybe you just try the same file? If your wife is using the calendar sync then you need to install separately (also under the link above). All works well for my wife's phone; so if you have the same phone with the same original stock ROM it should be reproducable. Maybe the gapps that you installed do not match the ROM.
Please also make sure the following:
1. Check that your phone is really successfully rooted.
2. Make sure that you really install the gapps when being in recovery mode. The file I used was giving a lot of feedback during installation and also confirmed in the end that the installation was successful.
Installing an international ROM according my experience should kill the radio function of the phone (because this thread is about the G9008V which is China Mobile 4G which relies on TD-SCDMA standard which is mostly used by China Mobile only). If you install an international ROM your phone will be flashed with a different radio stack and does not know how to connect to the China Mobile network anymore. I did that with a HTC S720t and all I was left with was a PDA with wifi. So better do not try that.
My wifes phone still has the original ROM, just rooted and with Google Apps. To clean up the useless China Mobile rubbish from the ROM you can e.g. use Titanium Backup to free it from bloat ware (but be careful not to kill the ROM).
Good luck with the Google apps; maybe someone else with more experience than me can also comment on why your Gapps did not install successful.
If you can get it running, that phone will really rock; so keep on trying...
Cheers,
bobopopo
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I'm new to this but a fast leaner.... I been trying to install the my magazine apk and nothing,I'm rooted and all I also changed the permissions and all still nothing,can you please please me out,thanks
bobopopo said:
Hi otby,
any success? Otherwise I think you can also search on Taobao and try to find some Chinese guy in your city to get it done for you. If you live in a larger city that should be no big deal..
Cheers
bobopopo
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Yes, I was finally successful last on Monday. My own fault, I had downloaded the gapps from the links you gave but as I mentioned, although they installed, they didn't actually show up on the phone - I believe this is because they were in individual zip files as opposed to one zip file containing them all, but being a noob and seeing as how it worked for you, I can't say for sure.
What worked for me was downloading the Kit Kat 4.4.2 Gapps file that I found {I'm not allowed to post links yet, as I haven't reached 10 posts, so just google search for Kit Kat 4.4.2 Gapps file} I had tried it last week but for some reason it hadn't downloaded properly. I gave it another try and this time the file was 83.1M, as it says on the webpage. This time it worked. I simply transferred the .zip file to the internal memory of the phone (I don't think it matters which folder, as long as you remember where you put it) and installed, then rebooted the phone and all the google apps were there and I could access google play store and gmail.
Since then, I've taken your advice and downloaded titanium backup, gotten rid of the bloatware, bought an SD card and backed everything up to it. You're right, this phone is awesome. I bought this for the wife, and I already have an iphone 5, but she's been using it for a couple days now and it is infinitely better than the iphone. I could go on, but seeing as this is the xda forums it'd be like preaching to the proverbial choir, I'll only say my next phone isn't going to be an iphone.
need help
do you have a cwm recovery for SM-G9006V link?
my device is Galaxy S5 SM-G9006V.
please help me!
actually I need to install "play store" on my SM-G9006V.
dear sir, Can u help me?
Hi,
I tried following your instructions to get my Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G9008V) flashed, I'm stuck on the 1st step, ODIN won't detect my phone in download mode.
I running windows 8.1, I went thru Ricky310711's tutorial and tried all the self help I could do.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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Please Help
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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I live in Shenzhen. I just got the same phone but I cannot seem to get the root to work. Can you please help me? 18820959126 or WeChat JasonCOvers
Thanks! Do you have the s5rootkit.zip?
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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Thanks for this great walkthrough! The link to download the s5rootkit.zip file from the original maker isn't working anymore -- any chance that you still have it and could share it? I'm really missing the google apps on my phone Thank you!
@flollop - i have it, if you give me an email address i can send it to you
kistvan80 said:
@flollop - i have it, if you give me an email address i can send it to you
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That would be great, thank you! I'll PM you my email address. Thanks!
Hello to all,
I just bought an Acer Iconia One 8 B1-810 and I have a few questions.
First of all, is there already a way to root this device, or else is the root under way?
Secondly, is there another way than rooting the tablet if I want to get rid of the bloatware? There are many pre-installed Google, Acer and Amazon apps I'd like to get rid of.
Now, am I right to assume that to get rid of the bloatware, I can simply stop and deactivate the apps I don't want, and then erase the corresponding .apk and .odes files in the appropriate folder? Or is there something else that I must do?
Thanks for helping; the Iconia One 8 B1-810 is a fine tab, but this bloatware is driving me insane!
Best Regards and a Happy New Year from the South of France.
Root acer ionica one 8
Credits @social-design-concepts for his great work and exploit for Intel Tab Devices and @Shreps for this detailed tutorial
Download
IntelAndroid-FBRL.7z available at http://click.xda-developers.com/api...t #2375 - XDA Forums&txt=IntelAndroid-FBRL.7z thx to @social-design-concepts
SuperSU zip UPDATE at http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Procedure
Copy SuperSU UPDATE ZIP on your Device
Make sure you properly installed USB Driver and enable USB Debugging on your Tab
Unzip IntelAndroid-FBRL.7z
Plug your Tab with USB Cable and start launcher.bat
Your tab should prompt if you want to authorize debugging, choose Yes/Allow
Type ACCEPT ont the cmd screen, press enter
On your deskop, the script should auto detect the Tab like this (device status online + color blue) :
Type "T3", press enter
The @social-design-concepts scripts will now reboot your tab into Bootloader mode and start the exploit
If the Exploit is OK, CWM will boot on your tab :
You can now use Vol+ and Vol- to navigate, and press Power to validate
Go to "install zip", "choose zip from sdcard", "0"/, and select your UPDATE Super ZIP
Flash it ! Go back to the main menu and reboot your device
Your tab is now rooted, enjoy
Dead link and a few questions
[email protected]Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I've got a few questions/comments:
- The first link doesn't work, unfortunately.
- Will this root work for all Intel-based Android tabs?
- I wen t to Acer's website. There are no USB drivers to download for the Iconia One 8 B-810. I already connected my tab to my laptop, though, and it was recognised by Windows 8.1. Does this mean that the USB drivers might already be installed by default on the laptop?
Thanks for helping,
Best Regards.
vbdx66 said:
[email protected]Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I've got a few questions/comments:
- The first link doesn't work, unfortunately.
- Will this root work for all Intel-based Android tabs?
- I wen t to Acer's website. There are no USB drivers to download for the Iconia One 8 B-810. I already connected my tab to my laptop, though, and it was recognised by Windows 8.1. Does this mean that the USB drivers might already be installed by default on the laptop?
Thanks for helping,
Best Regards.
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The link is now fixed, sorry for that.
-it works on several acer/levorno models, inclusive Acer Ionica One 8 B1-810, I just rooted my yesterday.
-About the drivers no, you have to install ADB drivers, to do that download Cydia Impactor extract the downloaded files to your desktop run the app under USB chose Driver Scan and install the driver and you are ready to start .
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Hello,
Thank you for all this information. I will try to root my Iconian One 8 B1-810 over the weekend and tell you whether I succeeded or not.
Best Regards
Error Message!
Hi again,
I downloaded Cydia Impactor and tried to upload the drivers to my device as you said but it doesn't work. I connect the tablet to the computer with an USB cable, launch Cydia Impactor, choose USB then Driver Scan but all I get an error message stating No such device. Any idea about what I am doing wrong?
Since you have already rooted your tablet, could you possibly attach the drivers here or send them in a private message? This would really help me.
Best Regards.
vbdx66 said:
Hi again,
I downloaded Cydia Impactor and tried to upload the drivers to my device as you said but it doesn't work. I connect the tablet to the computer with an USB cable, launch Cydia Impactor, choose USB then Driver Scan but all I get an error message stating No such device. Any idea about what I am doing wrong?
Since you have already rooted your tablet, could you possibly attach the drivers here or send them in a private message? This would really help me.
Best Regards.
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hi, in order to install the drivers, you have to activate the "USB debugging" option under the "developer options" on you device.
then run Impactor.
if that fails, tomorrow I will leave you a backup of my drivers on attch.
Did not work for me
Hi guys, thanks for the post but this does not work on my B1-810. When my tablet reboots it does not boot into CWM. Can anybody tell me what the message in the attached screenshot means?
These were the driver I used.
This video show you ,how i done it.
USB Debug enabled but unable to root
alexys77 said:
These were the driver I used.
This video show you ,how i done it.
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Hello Alexys77
I have got the same problem as Slithertooth and i get exatly the same screenshots on my B1-810 when I start launcher.bat on the computer.
Many thanks for uploading your drivers here. I downloaded the .zip file on my computer but I don't know where to start.
Could you please tell us which files we need and how we must install them on the computer after dezipping?
Sorry if I ask silly questions, but this is the first time I am atempting to do this (I rooted a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 a long time ago, but it was a one-click root-thing).
Thanks again for helping,
vbdx66.
hi slithertooth and vbdx66 thats easy to resolve .
This screenshots mean that the ADB drivers are not correctly installed.
To resolve this, with your tablet in Droidboot mode and connected, go to device management on your PC and find driver with a "yellow ?" click properties click on update navigate to unzipped drivers and click ok.
Then execute launcher.bat file again.
alexys77 said:
hi slithertooth and vbdx66 thats easy to resolve .
This screenshots mean that the ADB drivers are not correctly installed.
To resolve this, with your tablet in Droidboot mode and connected, go to device management on your PC and find driver with a "yellow ?" click properties click on update navigate to unzipped drivers and click ok.
Then execute launcher.bat file again.
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Hello Alex:
About the MTP driver yellow mark
How to solve this ? Could you help to provide the MTP driver for me install?
Thanks
droidboot mode
Hello Alex,
I have a question, too. What do you mean by Droidboot Mode exactly?
Thanks.
Kelly5119 said:
Hello Alex:
About the MTP driver yellow mark
How to solve this ? Could you help to provide the MTP driver for me install?
Thanks
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The MTP driver is inclued on the folder "Dispositivo USB MTP"
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vbdx66 said:
Hello Alex,
I have a question, too. What do you mean by Droidboot Mode exactly?
Thanks.
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i mean Fastboot mode, Acer call it Droidboot.
-power off your tablet , then press V+ and Power, old it for a few seconds and release it when Acer logo pops up.
it worked!
I booted into "droidboot" and then connected to my laptop with usb debugging enabled. Then i downloaded Cydia impactor and using the USB drop down menu in this small program I was able to successfully instal the needed drivers. CWM then came up following the previous instructions.
Now can we flash ROMs on this tablet???
Success!
Well guys, I went through the whole process again, which was very tedious to say the least, and apparently it worked, SU is now flashed on my B1-810!
I now have Root Access in ES explorer, so this is simply brilliant. I can now access the external SD card or without restrictions again, which is just what I was looking for
Something strange, though: I installed Root Checker and it says me my tab is not rooted... Can it come from the B1-80 running an 'exotic' Intel Bay Trail processor?
I would be very interested to know what results you guys get from Root Checker after the whole rooting process is completed. Does Root Checker also tell you your B1-810 is not rooted even though it is? Is there another way to check that the tab is properly rooted, or can it be 'half-rooted' or something of the kind?
Best Regards to all and many thanks to Alex for the great job done
Update - Tablet Rooted
Hi again guys,
According to another root checking programming, my tab is properly root. Screen capture in attach. This time I used the Root Checker programming from Free Android Tools.
Update - I checked properly again, and now the other progrwm, Root Checker Basic developed by joeykrim, also tells me my tab has full root access. Cheers!
And Now That B1-810 is rooted, what?
My main concern to root this tab was to get full access to the external SD card again (done) and to definitely get rid of the bloatware, which comes unfortunately in quantities on the Acer B1-810. I already deactivated many apps I won't I use, like Email and Gmail (I use Aquamail) and Acer Docs, Acer Music, etc.
Now that the device is rooted, can someone who's already done this can tell we whether, under root, there is a safe and efficient way to completely uninstall these unwanted apps, like any 'normal' app downloaded from Google Play? Should I just suppress the relevant apk's with ES explorer or could this make the system unstable?
Furthermore, is there a way to control which apps the tab will start when booting?
And lastly, is there any way to tell the KitKat Camera app that it should store the pictures on the external SD card by default?
Any other things you guys are willing to do now that your tab is rooted? I am curious.
Best Regards.
vbdx66 said:
My main concern to root this tab was to get full access to the external SD card again (done) and to definitely get rid of the bloatware, which comes unfortunately in quantities on the Acer B1-810. I already deactivated many apps I won't I use, like Email and Gmail (I use Aquamail) and Acer Docs, Acer Music, etc.
Now that the device is rooted, can someone who's already done this can tell we whether, under root, there is a safe and efficient way to completely uninstall these unwanted apps, like any 'normal' app downloaded from Google Play? Should I just suppress the relevant apk's with ES explorer or could this make the system unstable?
Furthermore, is there a way to control which apps the tab will start when booting?
And lastly, is there any way to tell the KitKat Camera app that it should store the pictures on the external SD card by default?
Any other things you guys are willing to do now that your tab is rooted? I am curious.
Best Regards.
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I deleted anything I didn't want using es file explorer. Navigate to the system app list from the dropdown menu and delete all the bloat you want. I deleted quite a bit and just disabled anything I was unsure of and I've run into no problems yet.
Which system apps to delete?
@slitertooth: Could you please be more specific? This is the first time I am doing this and I am afraid of damaging the device. If you don't mind, which apps did you deactivate and which did you completely uninstall?
Thanks.
My apologies for posting a question on what is most likely the wrong forum - but after 15-minutes of searching, I could not find the right forum for a new Galaxy Tab Active 2 question.
This is a question more related to software and may be more generic ?
My wife is the owner of a new Galaxy Tab Active 2 , and she is struggling to have her many Android applications installed not on the 16-GByte internal memory, but instead on a 128 GB microSD card she has in the Tablet. She has found various guides, but they either are not applicable to Active2 (as their menu options don't exist on Active 2) or they simply only work for some apps but not the necessary/important to her applications that she wants to transfer to the microSD card. In particular she would like the application "Line" ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.naver.line.android&hl=en ) and also "WhatsAPP' (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&hl=en) configured such that all their data goes on the microSD card. Unfortunately (especially for Line) she has not been able to do such.
Can anyone point me to the correct forum area ?
Again - my apologies for likely posting in the wrong area.
I own tab active 2 sm-390 too. 16gb is really not enough. We can only wait some professional to root the machine. Once root, we can try 'adaptive storage' or other app like 'App2SD' to save internal storage.
Just want to update you that I solve the storage problem.
1) You need to download the firmwire , extract the 'boot.img' file. Then, copy the file to your tablet.
2) Then, you have to install Magisk Manager and run the manager to patch the 'Boot.img'. In setting, remember to set the output file to odin format.
3) Copy the patched file to computer. In computer, run odin to install the patched file to tablet.
4) The tablet will then be reset. Now, the tablet is already rooted.
5) Then, run Apps2SD, you can move all apps to SD.
I am now have around 50 apps installed.
Please a step by step
Awesome!
You are such a genius to give us this good news
Can you please provide us a step by step guide and also the links to the files so that we can follow.
Thank you so much
How are you getting root.
I have the galaxy tab active 2 / T395 and have tried all the stand alone apks out there that claim they can root any android device; 'KingRoot, KingoRoot, OneClickRoot, z4mod.z4root, Rootmaster and Framaroot'. But do absolutely nothing for the T395 active 2.
However I can confirm that 'mark.mccv' method of rooting DOES WORK for the T395.
I guess the days of using CF-Auto Root & TWRP are over for the newer Nougat 7.1.1
mark.mccv said:
Just want to update you that I solve the storage problem.
1) You need to download the firmwire , extract the 'boot.img' file. Then, copy the file to your tablet.
2) Then, you have to install Magisk Manager and run the manager to patch the 'Boot.img'. In setting, remember to set the output file to odin format.
3) Copy the patched file to computer. In computer, run odin to install the patched file to tablet.
4) The tablet will then be reset. Now, the tablet is already rooted.
5) Then, run Apps2SD, you can move all apps to SD.
I am now have around 50 apps installed.
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You forgot to mention, when installing the 'patched_boot.img' you need to turn 'OFF' both the FRP & OEM locks. Otherwise, when trying to flash the 'patched_boot.img' through Odin on the PC.
The devices download screen shows 'custom binary boot file' blocked by the FRP & OEM locks......
For anyone stuck on this ROOT process , you turn off the FRP lock by just deleting your Google accounts from your devices settings page.
Remove, turn OFF the OEM lock , by going to 'settings' > 'developers tools' > 'oem unlock'
On flashing the patched_boot.img , you will see a verification screen page after reboot, which forces you to reset, reformat your device. So back up your files beforehand.
Once reset, your device is rooted, ready to install busybox , adaway etc.
Well Crap...I just got my Nice, New, Sparkleing Tab Active2 and cant root it yet. I have the New US version SM-T397U Unlocked model. cant find a Stock firmware on Sammobile as of yet...any ideas?
EDIT: Neeeevermind... I did a lil hacking and cracking (for about 26min, lol) to find the files I needed for the SM-T397U. If anyone is looking for em let me know and I'll shoot em' your way. Guessing I'm the first person to root a T397U, hope more will follow. I havent even had this thing 6 hours yet. Thanks for the write up and all those that contributed to the tools and info.
Crap: posetd this is two threads, realized i was typeing in the wrong one, cut and pasted and still hit send. oops
Worked perfectly, Thank you very much!
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE EVERYTHING ON YOUR TABLET.
Backup all of your important files before you flash the patched boot.img using odin.
I tried to backup my app data using samsung switch and it worked, but didn't restore most of my device settings and all of my app data.
(Good thing I kept backups for my important apps that had in app backup functionality - like Nova launcher and Squid)
Also, If you are having any trouble, then you can take a look at this thread (more detailed): https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab/help/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-tab-active-2-t3775664
Last thing, you probably won't be able to get OTA updates after you perform these steps, it doesn't matter though since this tablet isn't going to be updated that frequently (The 8.0 update is going to come at the end of 2018, source)
Did App data remain after rooting
mark.mccv said:
Just want to update you that I solve the storage problem.
1) You need to download the firmwire , extract the 'boot.img' file. Then, copy the file to your tablet.
2) Then, you have to install Magisk Manager and run the manager to patch the 'Boot.img'. In setting, remember to set the output file to odin format.
3) Copy the patched file to computer. In computer, run odin to install the patched file to tablet.
4) The tablet will then be reset. Now, the tablet is already rooted.
5) Then, run Apps2SD, you can move all apps to SD.
I am now have around 50 apps installed.
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Hi mark.mccv
Please confirm if the data remained (i.e. was not erased) after the rooting?
Thanks in advance.
I just came across a little gem, my uncle Gave me his T397U that he used to use for work, but has since upgraded!!!! I was so stoked until I powered up to realize that’s its full on knox mdm and is running what I’m assuming is the OS from his job, accessing reg samsung os at all is only possible through safe mode at the present moment ...I apologize if I’m in the wrong area, I’m vey New and honestly not even navigating around the boards to efficiently just yet ! Hopefully someone will want to throw me a bone! Thank you all for the amazing plethora of information!!!!