Features:
-Based on stock UCKD5 system image
-Rooted
-Busybox
-Fully deodexed and zipaligned
-Removed AT&T Code Scanner, AT&T FamilyMap, AT&T Navigator, Live TV, myAT&T, and YPmobile
-Enabled tethering
-Set the home page to google.com
-Made the included bookmarks removable
Flashing instructions:
1) Download the ROM and place it on your INTERNAL sd card.
2) Boot into ClockworkMod Recovery.
3) Open a command prompt and type the following commands (you must have adb set up on your computer):
Code:
adb shell
su
mount /sdcard
cd /sdcard
mv update.zip clockworkrecovery.zip
mv SGH-I997_UCKD5_rooted_deodexed_debloated_v3_no_wipe.zip update.zip
cd /
umount /sdcard
exit
exit
4) On your phone select apply sdcard:update.zip
5) That's it. Select reboot when it finishes and if you want a clean install you can just perform a factory reset after it boots.
Download:
SGH-I997_UCKD5_rooted_deodexed_debloated_v3_no_wipe.zip (165MB)
I do this for fun so you shouldn't feel any obligation to donate, but here's a link if you want to. Donations of any amount are very much appreciated.
you're the man.
To brick or not to brick ... is there a CWM you suggest i attempt from?
EDIT: not to brick ... waiting patiently.
Any way I can flash this via Odin?
sraitter said:
To brick or not to brick ... is there a CWM you suggest i attempt from?
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Don't do it. I made the mistake of trying to force Captivate's on mine and I'm bricked now. Just hang around and wait for CWM to officially come out for Infuse.
Unkrash said:
Any way I can flash this via Odin?
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No. If I had the device I could make it Odin flashable, but there's no way that I know of to create/modify rfs images without a Samsung device.
Much appreciated! Debating trying this on my own but it seems smarter to at least wait for CWM.
crawlgsx said:
Much appreciated! Debating trying this on my own but it seems smarter to at least wait for CWM.
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you can mod3e recovery and it may flash through there. i will see if it is the same locations as the capitvae, it if is close then you can use a batch script in windows that will abd everything for you. otherwise it is pretty easy after you have root which is also done in a batch script from lost1 or with superoneclick root.
Dani897 said:
you can mod3e recovery and it may flash through there. i will see if it is the same locations as the capitvae, it if is close then you can use a batch script in windows that will abd everything for you. otherwise it is pretty easy after you have root which is also done in a batch script from lost1 or with superoneclick root.
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Yeah I have root all set, the problem is with no CWM is if I flash this and something doesn't work I have no way home. No other rom or backup to flash.
One of you should email Koush. He will work with you to get the info he needs to make a recovery for the Infuse.
gtg465x said:
One of you should email Koush. He will work with you to get the info he needs to make a recovery for the Infuse.
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Sounds like a good plan, will do. (done)
I have the device. I'm willing to make it if you provide me with the info to make it Odin flashable.
Yup I am pretty ambitious also.
Hoping for some progress on that front tomorrow.
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I have the device. I'm willing to make it if you provide me with the info to make it Odin flashable.
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It's a pretty tedious process so probably better to just wait for CWM.
I'm bricked myself so really, to only thing I CAN do now is wait for an Odin image. That's about the only reason why I'd want it.
Unkrash said:
I'm bricked myself so really, to only thing I CAN do now is wait for an Odin image. That's about the only reason why I'd want it.
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How did you brick it?
gtg465x said:
How did you brick it?
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Tried flashing on a Captivate kernel/ROM.
Unkrash said:
Tried flashing on a Captivate kernel/ROM.
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With Odin or did the Captivate CWM work for you?
I'm not worried about tedious, rather know the ins and outs. Let me know if you change your mind.
lost1 said:
I'm not worried about tedious, rather know the ins and outs. Let me know if you change your mind.
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Same, I have an iPhone 4 as my 'production' phone if it comes to that.
Related
When it comes down to it here's the order to get ext4 and nameless kernel on your GB rom only.
MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING FILES.
EP1H ON PC http://www.multiupload.com/MU_PRZ9RUD9ZZ
NEW CWM ON PC http://www.multiupload.com/31963EOUA0 *MUST DELETE MD5 EXTENSION
EXT4 FORMAT ALL ON SD http://www.mediafire.com/?6hx7f8g7c8vv6xz
KERNEL CLEANUP SCRIPT ON SD http://www.mediafire.com/?302ofs64v4ibp9l
NAMELESS KERNEL ON PC. http://www.multiupload.com/M7UYRWDE4R *MUST DELETE MD5 EXTENSION
Wipe all
Odin EP1F/H Leak
Odin new CWM (orange) *MUST REINSERT BATTERY BEFORE YOU ODIN THIS
Wipe all again
In CWM Flash ext4 format all
In CWM Mount system, data, etc. NOTE* MUST MOUNT EXTSTORAGE
In CWM Flash your rom one that supports this... (preferably Eclipse touchwiz)
In CWM Flash kernel cleanup script
Odin Nameless Kernel *MUST REINSERT BATTERY BEFORE YOU ODIN THIS
reboot...samsung will flash about 6 to 8 times before it boots
P.S. Forget the quadrant score once you get this you can feel the power your device was meant to have. However I score in the 1500s.
And here I thought I tried every combination of things lol. I will give this a try once my childrens go to bed. How is that eclipse rom btw? Everything stable and working? If you have time will you provide links to all the necessary files. If not I can rewrite the OP for you with all of them in there.
I would greatly appreciate if the OP had links to all the necessary files. I'm dying to get the most out of this amazing device but this site is somewhat difficult to navigate even with the attempts to establish a template for naming threads.
skydeaner said:
And here I thought I tried every combination of things lol. I will give this a try once my childrens go to bed. How is that eclipse rom btw? Everything stable and working? If you have time will you provide links to all the necessary files. If not I can rewrite the OP for you with all of them in there.
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Will get those links for you rite now....
brandonaspencer said:
Will get those links for you rite now....
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Just got done doing all the steps now and am waiting for it to boot up.
I can't thank you enough if this works right lol.
And this thread is going to be sooooo useful to EVERYONE once them links are up.
I already had most of the files sitting on my drive where I have been trying every combination to get it working, but you sir have figured it out and I am infinitely thankful.
I'm on the galaxy S screen now, so it looks like everything is going to go well.
EDIT:::
And everything booted fine and the mount command displays my partitions as EXT4! Great job OP.
skydeaner said:
and here i thought i tried every combination of things lol. I will give this a try once my childrens go to bed. How is that eclipse rom btw? Everything stable and working? If you have time will you provide links to all the necessary files. If not i can rewrite the op for you with all of them in there.
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eclipse is awesome and stable. The only reason it has a bug or 2 (nothing major) is because the gb leak came like that. I am very picky and extremely happy with this setup. Now that im on this i will never return to ee4.:d
skydeaner said:
Just got done doing all the steps now and am waiting for it to boot up.
I can't thank you enough if this works right lol.
And this thread is going to be sooooo useful to EVERYONE once them links are up.
I already had most of the files sitting on my drive where I have been trying every combination to get it working, but you sir have figured it out and I am infinitely thankful.
I'm on the galaxy S screen now, so it looks like everything is going to go well.
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The Galaxy S is a sign of success enjoy.
marcucci217 said:
I would greatly appreciate if the OP had links to all the necessary files. I'm dying to get the most out of this amazing device but this site is somewhat difficult to navigate even with the attempts to establish a template for naming threads.
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I understand where you are coming from...I have never been more happier with my device than since I first got it. I wish I knew how to dev. But for now all I can do is assist with what I know to all loyal droid charge soldiers lol
i've found everything but the orange cwm. i only found the blue, and using blue cwn i cant seem to find a mount ext storage option. =\
Do I need to reboot at any time before the very end?
This worked like a charm. I do really appreciate all the files being located in one area. I've been wanting to give this a try, but this was a no brainier! Thank you thank you!
FroyoBaggins said:
i've found everything but the orange cwm. i only found the blue, and using blue cwn i cant seem to find a mount ext storage option. =\
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http://www.multiupload.com/31963EOUA0
Jstevenett said:
Do I need to reboot at any time before the very end?
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Do not reboot the device until the end
Sorry this is extremely noob but what is "wipe all"?
marcucci217 said:
Sorry this is extremely noob but what is "wipe all"?
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In recovery you can see the option to wipe data factory reset, wipe cache and in advanced recovery you will see wipe dalvik. Doing this is what i mean by wipe all.
brandonaspencer said:
In recovery you can see the option to wipe data factory reset, wipe cache and in advanced recovery you will see wipe dalvik. Doing this is what i mean by wipe all.
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Thanks. That's what I thought but wasn't sure because you had "wipe all" before you have Odin latest Clockwork
These are the exact steps I took last night to get on ext4. Great post.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk
Ok another question:
Why would you want the new recovery (minus the md5 extension) on the SD card when you are using ODIN to push it to the phone? Wouldn't you want it on the phone? In the steps it says on SD.
Sorry I've never flashed kernels only roms so this is new for me.
marcucci217 said:
Ok another question:
Why would you want the new recovery (minus the md5 extension) on the SD card when you are using ODIN to push it to the phone? Wouldn't you want it on the phone? In the steps it says on SD.
Sorry I've never flashed kernels only roms so this is new for me.
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The new CWM stays on your PC and you Odin it. You have to erase the MD5 extension for it to work. Just follow those steps exactly and you will be fine. The dev that created the CWM created it to be flashed thru Odin.
brandonaspencer said:
The new CWM stays on your PC and you Odin it. You have to erase the MD5 extension for it to work. Just follow those steps exactly and you will be fine.
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I understand that. I erased the md5 extension and it turned into a zip file. The instructions say on SD in the OP. That's why I was confused. So I shouldn't put it on the SD card, correct
EDIT:
It turned into a tar file when I deleted the extension, not zip
Message for Verizon: http://i.imgur.com/2Cmoq.jpg
Important information:
- If you get to a point where you don't want to go any further, or things don't work, you can always flash the stock rom (extract the .tar.md5 from the zip) using Odin in your bootloader. Get that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755386
- Do not attempt this hack if you've disabled apps. Re-enable them first or use the stock ruu from above before attempting this. (You'll save yourself a bunch of time)
First off, you'll need some files. This basically flashes a custom system.img.ext4 which has your su binary. You then boot up and flash cwm or twrp
1. USB Drivers: http://tinyw.in/Fdoz
2. Odin: http://samsung-updates.com/Odin307.zip
3. One Rooted system.img tarball:
Root66: A more proper rooted image than what I originally had to work with. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762204
OR
Stripped down (unzip first), more details here on what this one is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759642
-----http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/stripped.rooted.system.img.tar.md5.zip (unzip this before trying to flash with odin)
OR
Stock: (although it does seem to have some sprint stuff for some reason)
-----http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/rooted.system.img.tar.zip (unzip this before trying to flash with odin)
-----mirror: http://tinyurl.com/tytillithz thanks tillithz!!
4. Recovery image:
CWM Recovery 6.0.1.0: http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/recoveries/cwm-6.0.1.0-d2vzw.zip (unzip the recovery.img out)
Ok, lets get started....
1. Boot into Odin mode on the phone. Do this by powering off and then holding vol down, home and power to power on. Then press vol up to accept the disclaimer. Plug into your computer.
2. Fire up Odin (Heimdeil may work in linux, haven't tested) choose the PDA section and browse to wherever you downloaded rooted.system.img.tar then click flash. This takes awhile, be patient. Took me around 8 minutes to flash this.
3. It will auto reboot. It should boot up and thing should act mostly normal except that you'll be able to adb in and use su to take root
If you don't want a custom recovery, you may stop here. You are rooted.
Continuing on to get custom recovery on your device...
4. You'll need adb installed and working for this. If you don't know how, this isn't the thread for that. Open a command prompt and follow these commands:
<cd to the directory with the files you downloaded earlier>
(if you downloaded twrp8.img, use that instead of recovery.img in the commands)
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
reboot recovery
5. Profit
EXTRA CREDIT: Hate the VZW boot logo and audio as much as I do? Flash this in CWM: http://www.mediafire.com/?m6urrypvx2c156p
Its a stock Samsung Boot animation (pulled from Blazer ROM)
You are welcome to join me in #verizons3 on irc.freenode.net for help
enjoy
Thanks to many people...
Epic 4g Touch Team
Samsung-Updates.com
rizdroid for this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27801304&postcount=1 which i loosely followed to build our rooted system.img
Many others for bits an pieces for this whole thing
FAQ:
Q: It's not working!!! Keeps failing!!!
A: Try again. Turn the phone off (battery pull) and boot into download mode again
Q: Odin doesn't seem to be doing anything!
A: Be patient, it can take awhile sometimes. I've also noticed if you try to flash something, and leave the phone plugged in and try to flash something else it won't work. Unplug, then replug, then try flashing again
Q: Does this trip the flash counter?
A: No
Q: Can we flash custom kernels?
A: Not properly at this time. If we flash to our boot partition, we'll end up with this: http://i.imgur.com/Ci0gY.png We can still recover from this by booting into odin mode and flashing the stock boot.img, found here: http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/stock.kernel.tar
Awesome work SOOO glad you got this lol
Is This For Real?!?!?!
Yeah buddy ..all I need now is my damn device ..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Ker~Man said:
Is This For Real?!?!?!
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Very real, the man is a genius!
Bracing for epic.
#f***verizon
Doing This **** RIGHT Now! Got Out Of Bed Because I Literally Couldn't Stop Thinking About How Bad These VZW SGS3 Problems SUCKED, And Within 15 Minutes Here Comes THIS! Yeah Boyyy!!!
can anyone confirm this working? if not im leaving verizon
The large system.img upload isn't finished uploading yet. Fingers crossed, nonetheless. I'm banging the "refresh" button on this page every 10 seconds or so!
Nice work, will try soon as I get my device!! Stick this in your corn verizon!!!
This is fantastic news!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
mmmmmm <3
This is brilliant. I can't wait to get my phone now. Hopefully the BL is next.
As somebody that has made it his new goal to do everything Verizon doesn't want me to do for the next two years, I greatly appreciate this. :silly:
I plan on downloading it with my tethered Verizon Android phone. As a thank you to Verizon
K
Does this trip the flash counter? From what I can surmise from other S3 root methods, the system image root method doesn't trip the counter. Is that true for this as well?
Kev13Dd said:
I plan on downloading it with my tethered Verizon Android phone. As a thank you to Verizon
K
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Lmao, made my night.
akanealw said:
Does this trip the flash counter? From what I can surmise from other S3 root methods, the system image root method doesn't trip the counter. Is that true for this as well?
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invisiblek just updated the OP- this will NOT trip the flash counter
K
Well this might be difficult to download, it stops downloading randomly and my download speed just continues to drop and then eventually stops completely
Neverendingxsin said:
Well this might be difficult to download, it stops downloading randomly and my download speed just continues to drop and then eventually stops completely
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i'll throw up a torrent...
give me a couple minutes...
For Those Who Haven't Been Able To Try This Yet, I Have One Word That Says It All -- FLAWLESS! Already Got Exactly What Is Described In OP - Root AND CWM - And It Just Works - PERIOD! Excellent, Excellent Job My Friend! Giving The "Thanks" A Little Tappy-Tap Right Now!~
So basically
Unlock
Reboot
Install Goo Manger
Install Open Script
Reboot into recovery
Install ROM/Gapps
{PROFIT}!?
I'm running Official Jelly Bean, and I am rooted.
Let me know if that is the right process
Thanks!
David522d said:
So basically
Unlock
Reboot
Install Goo Manger
Install Open Script
Reboot into recovery
Install ROM/Gapps
{PROFIT}!?
I'm running Official Jelly Bean, and I am rooted.
Let me know if that is the right process
Thanks!
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Thats right!
If you like Asus' Jelly Bean, but would like it a bit faster, I'd go with CleanRom Inheritance.
I think most of us do!
Good luck and have fun!
adelancker said:
Thats right!
If you like Asus' Jelly Bean, but would like it a bit faster, I'd go with CleanRom Inheritance.
I think most of us do!
Good luck and have fun!
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Sweet, Have you tried others, Baked Bean / Liquid
I can't decide if i want to do this with my brand new infinity Knowing my luck as soon as i do it I'd need warranty work. I assume this fixes the pausing while browsing and stuff like keyboard lag? After you unlock it doesnt really matter what OTA updates come out does it?
can someone please explain open script? I searched the net but nothing useful came up. thanks
mrjayviper said:
can someone please explain open script? I searched the net but nothing useful came up. thanks
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"Install open script" basically stands for "Install TWRP recovery"
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA Premium.
SteveG12543 said:
"Install open script" basically stands for "Install TWRP recovery"
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA Premium.
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thanks
berfles said:
I can't decide if i want to do this with my brand new infinity Knowing my luck as soon as i do it I'd need warranty work. I assume this fixes the pausing while browsing and stuff like keyboard lag? After you unlock it doesnt really matter what OTA updates come out does it?
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I wouldn't expect wonders but I'm using CM10 and it's definitely an improvement.
I just rooted and unlocked my tablet last night. Doing some reading atm and it looks like my next step would be to install CWM/ROM Manager and then go to town with the ROMs. My question though is what can I do without a Windows desktop/laptop? I'm currently deployed and forgot to bring my laptop charger. I had enough battery left to root my tablet and thats about it. Then I unlocked it with only the tablet. Do I need to use a computer for most ROMs? Or can I download them directly to the tablet and then install them? I've also got a Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0(stock/not rooted)...can that be used for anything that might require a desktop/laptop?
Is Goo Manager better than ROM Manager?
Do not use rom manager. You will brick your device!
lol thats good to know. Goo Manager it is then it looks like.
Coors said:
lol thats good to know. Goo Manager it is then it looks like.
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You can use Goo but have to be rooted to do so.
Other way is fastboot. You'll need to be able to use a cmd prompt and have the adroid sdk installed.
Download the TWRP 2.3.1.0 version from the goo website (rename to twrp.blob) and use the following commands to to flash it whilst the tablet is in fastboot mode:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
sbdags said:
You can use Goo but have to be rooted to do so.
Other way is fastboot. You'll need to be able to use a cmd prompt and have the adroid sdk installed.
Download the TWRP 2.3.1.0 version from the goo website (rename to twrp.blob) and use the following commands to to flash it whilst the tablet is in fastboot mode:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
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Thanks. I'll go with Goo Manager and TWRP. For my other question though is rooting one of the only things that requires to be plugged into a Windows PC? Atm I only plan to install a rom and probably the Data2SD mod when my microSD card comes in the mail. I don't have access to a PC since my laptop battery is dead and no charger.
Coors said:
Thanks. I'll go with Goo Manager and TWRP. For my other question though is rooting one of the only things that requires to be plugged into a Windows PC? Atm I only plan to install a rom and probably the Data2SD mod when my microSD card comes in the mail. I don't have access to a PC since my laptop battery is dead and no charger.
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Rooting also works fine with a Linux PC.
_that said:
Rooting also works fine with a Linux PC.
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I was able to root last night on my laptop. Problem is my laptop battery is now dead and my charger is 7000 miles away lol. I was just curious if there is anything else that needs to be plugged in to do. All I have right now is the TF700 and my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0. I'm thinking one of my limitations will be formatting my microSD card if I need it to be a certain file system.
Coors said:
I was able to root last night on my laptop. Problem is my laptop battery is now dead and my charger is 7000 miles away lol. I was just curious if there is anything else that needs to be plugged in to do. All I have right now is the TF700 and my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0. I'm thinking one of my limitations will be formatting my microSD card if I need it to be a certain file system.
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If it's still at the pretty much factory default for most manufacturers (i.e., FAT32), you'll be fine. How are you going to get the custom ROM file on that card?
MartyHulskemper said:
If it's still at the pretty much factory default for most manufacturers (i.e., FAT32), you'll be fine. How are you going to get the custom ROM file on that card?
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Can I not download it with the tablet and move it over?
Coors said:
Can I not download it with the tablet and move it over?
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Yes, you should be able to as long as it is on the root of the sdcard and not in any folder.
sbdags said:
Do not use rom manager. You will brick your device!
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Yes! Please listen to sbdags!
okantomi said:
Yes! Please listen to sbdags!
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A couple of questions to add since I am in a similar situation with a new, locked tf700. I've read as much as I could about everything but I just want to be very certain of the order of things I have to do.
I'm on ICS (.26).
1. unlock
2. nvflash
3. update to jb (should i do .20 or .23?)
4. flash twrp
5. flash cleanrom
Is that all?
Or should I root in ICS and use OTA rootkeeper and use goomanager at JB?
Thanks for the help!
Rooted my N5 yesterday and it was working fine. Then today, I was trying to flash the Camera app from Jinshu when I got stuck on the dancing circles screen... went back into TWRP recovery and, I think, accidentally flashed the entire internal storage...
I can still get into TWRP, but when I click reboot > system , I get a warning message "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" :crying:
I am using a Mac and have the SDK etc. installed, but I don't even see the device as a USB device in order to try and figure out how to get the system files back on the device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
A
You've got a few options...forgive me if you've tried any of these already...I'm just offering ideas for you to find one that works for you...
1) restore a nandroid backup if you have one
or
2) ADB sideload a zip for one of the roms in the development sections
or
3) ADB push then flash a zip from the development sections
or
4) Flash the factory images using fastboot
DaMonster said:
Rooted my N5 yesterday and it was working fine. Then today, I was trying to flash the Camera app from Jinshu when I got stuck on the dancing circles screen... went back into TWRP recovery and, I think, accidentally flashed the entire internal storage...
I can still get into TWRP, but when I click reboot > system , I get a warning message "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" :crying:
I am using a Mac and have the SDK etc. installed, but I don't even see the device as a USB device in order to try and figure out how to get the system files back on the device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
A
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Download this ROM (Odex)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507861
Boot in TWRP, and either use adb sideload:
./adb sideload path_to_hammerhead_KRT16M_odex_signed.zip
or use adb push
./adb push path_to_hammerhead_KRT16M_odex_signed.zip /data/media/0
Then proceed with flashing it from recovery.
Yep, you have plenty of options so don't panic. Personally, I'd use this as an opportunity to teach yourself how to setup and use ADB and Fastboot commands to flash factory images. Once you teach yourself how to do this properly you will no longer get overly concerned when another situation like this inevitably occurs. This will be a learning experience that you will benefit from later on.
If you are on a Mac, follow THIS GUIDE to properly setup ADB/Fastboot for use. Then use THIS GUIDE to learn how to properly flash a factory image.
Thanks for your quick responses guys...
While I was searching, I found this site: liciousroms dot com slash nexus5_restore.html (sorry, cannot post URLs just yet!)
I was able to get the stock .img files from the download package for system, recovery and boot, and as you guys pointed out, learned the utility of fastboot to get the images onto the device
Recovered, booted, and just getting back in business.
Thanks so much !!!
- A
For other folks that will run into this problem, note that TWRP 2.6.3.1 supports USB OTG. You can load a ROM into an sd card, plug it into the USB OTG cable and then into the phone and TWRP will mount it.
DaMonster said:
Thanks for your quick responses guys...
While I was searching, I found this site: liciousroms dot com slash nexus5_restore.html (sorry, cannot post URLs just yet!)
I was able to get the stock .img files from the download package for system, recovery and boot, and as you guys pointed out, learned the utility of fastboot to get the images onto the device
Recovered, booted, and just getting back in business.
Thanks so much !!!
- A
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A few things:
1) I wouldn't download stock images from any websites other than official. People could bake in all kinds of stuff. There's no need for other sites to re-host official stock images, so there's usually a reason why they would.
2) I mean no offense by this, but if you're unsure enough in what you're doing to accidentally format the entire internal storage then you should do a lot more research before attempting this stuff. This is reversible, your next accident might not be. I don't ordinarily assume, but judging by your username and the accident you've committed I'd assume you're fairly young...so blowing another $400 on a new device because you bricked this one from a mistake is probably a big deal. Take some time and understand, completely, what you're doing.
3) That being said, Nexus devices are made to be open. They're made for people to modify and have fun with. Explore and experiment all you want, just make sure to have a good NANDROID backup before you do.
hotleadsingerguy said:
1) I wouldn't download stock images from any websites other than official. People could bake in all kinds of stuff. There's no need for other sites to re-host official stock images, so there's usually a reason why they would.
3) That being said, Nexus devices are made to be open. They're made for people to modify and have fun with. Explore and experiment all you want, just make sure to have a good NANDROID backup before you do.
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Good point. I'll reflash to the openrecovery-twrp-xxx version shortly anyway, but the point is valid and I'll make sure to have an official image and regular NANDROID backups handy for future experiments
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2) I mean no offense by this, but if you're unsure enough in what you're doing to accidentally format the entire internal storage then you should do a lot more research before attempting this stuff. This is reversible, your next accident might not be. I don't ordinarily assume, but judging by your username and the accident you've committed I'd assume you're fairly young...so blowing another $400 on a new device because you bricked this one from a mistake is probably a big deal. Take some time and understand, completely, what you're doing.
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None taken. I'm not really young, just new to Android/ tinkering. In any case, blowing $400 on a device is still a big deal and I want to avoid that like a plague Alas, youth has no monopoly on stupid.
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For other folks that will run into this problem, note that TWRP 2.6.3.1 supports USB OTG. You can load a ROM into an sd card, plug it into the USB OTG cable and then into the phone and TWRP will mount it.
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Thanks for the info. I have a USB-OTG cable on order (for a different purpose), and this is good for future reference.
DaMonster said:
Thanks for the info. I have a USB-OTG cable on order (for a different purpose), and this is good for future reference.
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Okay guys, im in serious trouble too. ADB sideload does not seem to work for me.
ADB devices is resulting into finding my device but sideload is not working... What to do now?
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Okay guys, im in serious trouble too. ADB sideload does not seem to work for me.
ADB devices is resulting into finding my device but sideload is not working... What to do now?
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Use "adb push" to copy a zip from your PC to your phone.
The command would be like this:
adb push path/to/zip data/media/0
same issue
I am in the same boat as this guy. tried to load the sideloader via twrp but i get a...
E: unable to mount ;/usb-otg'
then it attempts to load it but it has been doing so for the last 15mins
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I am in the same boat as this guy. tried to load the sideloader via twrp but i get a...
E: unable to mount ;/usb-otg'
then it attempts to load it but it has been doing so for the last 15mins
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Just restore a nandroid in twrp
still a noob
jd1639 said:
Just restore a nandroid in twrp
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Excuse my ignorance: but should I back all the partitions? Also, if the system has been wiped, what's the point?
minerva330 said:
Excuse my ignorance: but should I back all the partitions? Also, if the system has been wiped, what's the point?
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I wouldn't worry about backing up at this point
still a noob
jd1639 said:
I wouldn't worry about backing up at this point
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Sorry, I misunderstood your previous statement.
I have no back-up to restore (don't even get me started, I am quite ashamed)
minerva330 said:
Sorry, I misunderstood your previous statement.
I have no back-up to restore (don't even get me started, I am quite ashamed)
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Dude, your kidding me. You have a custom recovery and no backup. It would have made your life so easy. Now you'll have to flash the factory image
truly ashamed
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Dude, your kidding me. You have a custom recovery and no backup. It would have made your life so easy. Now you'll have to flash the factory image
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I know...that one time I don't (not one of my better moments). It's a new phone. I have done this a hundred times before
I have the factory image on my computer but I can't get it to push to my phone. My ADB driver are installed but my phone wont mount from the USB in TWRP.
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I know...that one time I don't (not one of my better moments). It's a new phone. I have done this a hundred times before
I have the factory image on my computer but I can't get it to push to my phone. My ADB driver are installed but my phone wont mount from the USB in TWRP.
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Boot into boot loader and use the flash-all.bat that's inside the factory image. Unzip it using 7-zip. You'll see it in there. Boot into bootloader, plug your usb cable in and run the bat file
Edit, you'll lose everything on your phone
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Boot into boot loader and use the flash-all.bat that's inside the factory image. Unzip it using 7-zip. You'll see it in there. Boot into bootloader, plug your usb cable in and run the bat file
Edit, you'll lose everything on your phone
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How can I unzip a file from the factory image on my phone if it is on desktop? Am I missing something (thanks for tolerating this)?
At this point I could care less about loosing any apps, data, or pics,
******UPDATE FIX YOUR T337A WITH LOLIPOP FRIMWARE FILE******* I do not take credit for this file at all, all credit goes to MichaelSaya. Here is a direct quote from him "Here is the link to my Google drive with the Official Lollipop Firmware for the AT&T TAB 4, SM-T-337-A https://mega.nz/#!0Q4AXQgZ!Df-pTUo6eA80kGTrzpYCAJ0ilGbUzMYCE4nRtvume6s Place in AP slot in Odin and flash. Be aware that many have been bricked. Only root with Kingroot and when you reboot, you will lose root. Simply re-root with Kingroot and you will be fine. DO NOT REPLACE KINGROOT WITH SUPERSU!!!!! YOU WILL BRICK!!!!! But we have the firmware now so we can now play around knowing that if we mess something up, we can fix it."
I found a way to re-root the t337a with the latest OTA NK2. Not sure if I was the only one in this boat or whatever but I got bored and started experiment. First thing i did was Flash the older NF4 kernel with ODIN. Put this in the PDA slot and flash! It was successful, I downloaded Towel root, and bam! Root working again ! Cheers!
Tutorial:
1. Get the latest drivers to make sure everything goes smooth http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c...NG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0.exe
2. Get Odin if you don't have it yet: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168421
3. Download the NF4 kernel from the attachment below
4. Go into Odin.
5. Click on PDA, search for the file you downloaded boot.tar and select it. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/XrqVPLZ.png
6. Now, put your tablet into download mode! If you don't know how to enter download mode go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDE1oB2-nYw its the s5 but same concept.
7. Plug in your tablet and it should say something like this in message window in odin: http://i.imgur.com/uWFc4YX.png
8. Now, hit start. Let the process run. If all goes well it should say RESET! I dont know what happened to this pic lol http://i.imgur.com/AbH5qW7.png but hopefully you get the point.
9. Give the tablet a few minutes to boot. Keep it plugged in until you see PASS! http://i.imgur.com/eTuHDUl.png
10. Go get towel root. Run it. And BAM! You are rooted again
*** WARNING *** This doesn't work with the lolipop update. I have tried to downgrade my tablet and it did softbrick it. Do not try to downgrade your tablet/try this method if you are running lolipop 5.1.1. This only works on kitkat. HOWEVER. I have the lolipop boot.tar. Use the instructions above to unbrick your tablet (This will not give you root access. I'm going to look at it and see if I can figure something out to get root access). I have not tested this myself because mine is at a friends house BUT this should work. Cheers
CocaFoca said:
I found a way to re-root the t337a with the latest OTA NK2. Not sure if I was the only one in this boat or whatever but I got bored and started experiment. First thing i did was Flash the older NF4 kernel with ODIN. Put this in the PDA slot and flash! It was successful, I downloaded Towel root, and bam! Root working again ! Cheers!
Download link: Below
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Hi,
Neat ! so if the older kernel was compiled before towel root's october deadline [i think it was october] when that vulnerability
was closed then that would make sense. :good:
so the rom run just fine with the older kernel ?
could you post the older NF4 kernel/boot.img and modules ?
thanks
m
Absolutely! Heres the thing. I cant post links yet. Is there anyway i can pm itnto you and idk you set up a post? Or is there another way
June.
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Hi,
Neat ! so if the older kernel was compiled before towel root's october deadline [i think it was october] when that vulnerability
was closed then that would make sense. :good:
so the rom run just fine with the older kernel ?
could you post the older NF4 kernel/boot.img and modules ?
thanks
m
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So I put the kernel/boot.img in a attachment. Yes everything runs very smooth. Especially after all the frozen bloatware! Anyways happy rooting !
Also attatched is a screenshot with me rooted/on NK2 with the NF4 kernel!
CocaFoca said:
So I put the kernel/boot.img in a attachment. Yes everything runs very smooth. Especially after all the frozen bloatware! Anyways happy rooting !
Also attatched is a screenshot with me rooted/on NK2 with the NF4 kernel!
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Yup that'll do it. Good deal on getting that sorted, thanks!
and to pm click on the user's name and select send private message.
be sure to reply to this message to bring your post count up x1
m
YES!
CocaFoca said:
I found a way to re-root the t337a with the latest OTA NK2. Not sure if I was the only one in this boat or whatever but I got bored and started experiment. First thing i did was Flash the older NF4 kernel with ODIN. Put this in the PDA slot and flash! It was successful, I downloaded Towel root, and bam! Root working again ! Cheers!
Download link: Below
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Hey man this is just what iv been looking for, i have a sm-t337a and would love root. if you could help i would appreciate it, if you could provide a tutorial or where to get the older NF4 kernel. :good::good::good:
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Hey man this is just what iv been looking for, i have a sm-t337a and would love root. if you could help i would appreciate it, if you could provide a tutorial or where to get the older NF4 kernel. :good::good::good:
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I added a tutorial! Happy rooting!
Fails in Odin
Followed the instructions, but it keeps failing. Any ideas?
Carl
CarlDinAZ said:
Followed the instructions, but it keeps failing. Any ideas?
Carl
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Hey man. Sorry to hear it keeps failing. Could you give me a screenshot of odin and a screenshot of the about device info should have build number etc. Will see what I can do
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Hey man. Sorry to hear it keeps failing. Could you give me a screenshot of odin and a screenshot of the about device info should have build number etc. Will see what I can do[/QUOTE
Screen shots attached. Thanks for helping.
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Screen shots attached. Thanks for helping.
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You've got the wrong device. This is for the T337A, not the T537A.
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CocaFoca said:
Hey man. Sorry to hear it keeps failing. Could you give me a screenshot of odin and a screenshot of the about device info should have build number etc. Will see what I can do[/QUOTE
Screen shots attached. Thanks for helping.
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Yeah you indeed do have the wrong device, however if you want i can upload the NE1 kernel (first kernel for the t537a). However... i have not tested it for this device. It should be the same concept but im not 100 percent sure it will work. Do you want to at least try? Ill post it in my next reply if you are interested in giving it a go.
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CarlDinAZ said:
Yeah you indeed do have the wrong device, however if you want i can upload the NE1 kernel (first kernel for the t537a). However... i have not tested it for this device. It should be the same concept but im not 100 percent sure it will work. Do you want to at least try? Ill post it in my next reply if you are interested in giving it a go.
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Sure - I will give it a try.
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CocaFoca said:
Sure - I will give it a try.
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Hey Man. I got that boot.tar from the T537A. Follow the instructions the same way except use this boot.tar. Hope it works. If it does, I'll add it to the tutorial. Let me know how it goes! PLEASE ONLY FLASH THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT IF YOU HAVE THE T537A! I re named the file but somebody might not read.
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Hey man. Sorry to hear it keeps failing. Could you give me a screenshot of odin and a screenshot of the about device info should have build number etc. Will see what I can do
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CocaFoca,
hi, this is off-topic but, do you have a working recovery for the 337a yet? Or a lead on unlocking it?
I've alternately tried to mod safestrap and actually build it from what sources Hashcode had up
but no dice.
on the odin image, it may have been packed wrong,
run this script in the same directory as the boot.img
#!/bin/bash
tar -H ustar -c boot.img > boot.tar
md5sum -t boot.tar >> boot.tar
mv boot.tar boot.tar.md5
odin complains about the md5 sometimes so you can skip
the last line, it will still flash.
m
moonbutt74 said:
CocaFoca,
hi, this is off-topic but, do you have a working recovery for the 337a yet? Or a lead on unlocking it?
I've alternately tried to mod safestrap and actually build it from what sources Hashcode had up
but no dice.
on the odin image, it may have been packed wrong,
run this script in the same directory as the boot.img
#!/bin/bash
tar -H ustar -c boot.img > boot.tar
md5sum -t boot.tar >> boot.tar
mv boot.tar boot.tar.md5
odin complains about the md5 sometimes so you can skip
the last line, it will still flash.
m
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I unfortunately do not. I do believe I know why safestrap isnt workin SElinux wont disable at all for me... Tried booting safestrap for different att phones and it woulndt stick always said not active. I believe we need to find a way to make it permissive then it will work? Tried the one on the market didnt work. I did get one to make it permissive but it reset after reboot :/ im just a newbie at this stuff but tbh I want to learn. Anyways... Im interested in this... Will look into it tomorrow
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I unfortunately do not. I do believe I know why safestrap isnt workin SElinux wont disable at all for me... Tried booting safestrap for different att phones and it woulndt stick always said not active. I believe we need to find a way to make it permissive then it will work? Tried the one on the market didnt work. I did get one to make it permissive but it reset after reboot :/ im just a newbie at this stuff but tbh I want to learn. Anyways... Im interested in this... Will look into it tomorrow
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Coca,
ok you may need selinux enabled busybox, check this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...de-busybox-snapshot-building-android-t2857650 , the OP is a good read the links are a ways down, i've tested out both versions and they seem square.
my last thought is to replace the two distinct busybox binaries in safestrap, busybox and bbx, my attempts with safestrap
end up rebooting to my actual recovery if that provides a lead. the version i chose for modding was Galaxy S4 (ATT) [JFLTEATT]
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/downloads/safestrap/
CocaFoca said:
CarlDinAZ said:
Hey Man. I got that boot.tar from the T537A. Follow the instructions the same way except use this boot.tar. Hope it works. If it does, I'll add it to the tutorial. Let me know how it goes! PLEASE ONLY FLASH THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT IF YOU HAVE THE T537A! I re named the file but somebody might not read.
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I'm not sure what happened CarlDinAZ but I had the same specs on my Tab 4 I just got through an upgrade from AT&T and after following the tutorial by Coca using the boot.tar he provided for the T537A and then rooting with towelroot I can confirm that it does work for this model.
Thanks for the boot.tar and tutorial Coca!
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moonbutt74 said:
CocaFoca,
hi, this is off-topic but, do you have a working recovery for the 337a yet? Or a lead on unlocking it?
I've alternately tried to mod safestrap and actually build it from what sources Hashcode had up
but no dice.
on the odin image, it may have been packed wrong,
run this script in the same directory as the boot.img
#!/bin/bash
tar -H ustar -c boot.img > boot.tar
md5sum -t boot.tar >> boot.tar
mv boot.tar boot.tar.md5
odin complains about the md5 sometimes so you can skip
the last line, it will still flash.
m
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Just had a had a thought, maybe we could tweak a twrp version for say the t-mobile version and try to code safestrap into that and make it boot on our t337a? Recently had the need for a recovery and I want to help get it working! Do you think there is any chance with the one linked here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/sm-t235-lte-rooted-twrp-2-8-alpha1-sm-t3027059