Hi guys,
Newbie here, please be kind with me. I have my step son's Samsung Galaxy Exhibit II (SGH-T679) from T-Mobile and want to install any stock or custom ROM since he has Android v. 2.3.6. The cellphone is rooted and whenever I try using ANY of the custom popular ROMS available, it is NOT recognized when I boot into recovery. The phone has the latest drivers. At times, I can see a zip ROM file but when I click on it to install, it fails because of not having "enough" space. I have ODIN3 installed in a Windows XP virtual environment since I use Linux. If it is rooted, do I need to do anything with the bootloader? Or was this taken care of when I rooted it? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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robertsala said:
Hi guys,
Newbie here, please be kind with me. I have my step son's Samsung Galaxy Exhibit II (SGH-T679) from T-Mobile and want to install any stock or custom ROM since he has Android v. 2.3.6. The cellphone is rooted and whenever I try using ANY of the custom popular ROMS available, it is NOT recognized when I boot into recovery. The phone has the latest drivers. At times, I can see a zip ROM file but when I click on it to install, it fails because of not having "enough" space. I have ODIN3 installed in a Windows XP virtual environment since I use Linux. If it is rooted, do I need to do anything with the bootloader? Or was this taken care of when I rooted it? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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Hi guys! I solved the issue. SGH-T679 now has CM11 running smoothly. Now I have to go to a place for the phone to be unlocked.; unless anyone knows a sure way to do this with out screwing up the 5 chances to enter the code. LOL!
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I am wondering if I will ever be able to install a custom recovery on my Verizon S4 Mini (SCH-I435). I used Kingo to root, but I don't really want to mess with the phone too much, because if I screw it up, there is no coming back from it. Do we know if anybody is working on extracting the stock Odin image files for this model?
As much as I LOVE the S4 Mini, if this model can't be hacked more than just root, I may return it for the Moto X.
Thanks.
mactechnm said:
I am wondering if I will ever be able to install a custom recovery on my Verizon S4 Mini (SCH-I435). I used Kingo to root, but I don't really want to mess with the phone too much, because if I screw it up, there is no coming back from it. Do we know if anybody is working on extracting the stock Odin image files for this model?
As much as I LOVE the S4 Mini, if this model can't be hacked more than just root, I may return it for the Moto X.
Thanks.
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I have all the partitions extracted but have had no luck building a Oden file. Keep getting Fail with oden.
And signature verification errors in recovery.
Tried to build recovery, but its beyond what I know how to do.
I have a Rom ready, just waiting on recovery to test it.
I am fairly new to samsung, been on HTC's for years. Ive soft bricked my first mini, so I know how you feel.
I was ok with the mini til they blocked wifi tether hotspot in the VRUAMK5 update.
I'm willing to do whatever I can to get this device going. If not, gotta move on
It seems like its gonna be a while.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
the Verizon model i435 can do a recovery to factory through the Verizon upgrade and repair app if you ever need to go back to stock.
Any news/developments on this? I'm really hoping to get CWM recovery installed.
It's hard without having adb during boot or odin to see exactly where what i have is going wrong. thinking around the bootloader method is going to do it but how is my question now cause i keep getting kernel: fail crap from knox i believe
I froze, then deleted all things knox. Here's hoping that doesn't mess my noise up.
Any updates on recovery? Sorry if this bumps a dead thread.
Hate to dig up old threads. but i have been working on some development on this device, mostly putting it on Straighttalk.
I have 2 of the same phones that are both working on Straighttalk and AT&T.
Heres where im at right now:
Rooted.
Android 4.4.2
baseband I435VRUBNE1
BUILD # KOT49H.I435VRUBNE1
SE "ENFORCING"
Now i used THIS THREAD to install a recovery onto the device (3.75 BETA Version)
all i need is someone to develop the recovery for the mini instead of the note 3...
ANY HELP?
getyroks said:
Hate to dig up old threads. but i have been working on some development on this device, mostly putting it on Straighttalk.
I have 2 of the same phones that are both working on Straighttalk and AT&T.
Heres where im at right now:
Rooted.
Android 4.4.2
baseband I435VRUBNE1
BUILD # KOT49H.I435VRUBNE1
SE "ENFORCING"
Now i used THIS THREAD to install a recovery onto the device (3.75 BETA Version)
all i need is someone to develop the recovery for the mini instead of the note 3...
ANY HELP?
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You successfully got a custom recovery on your SCH-I435 via the safestrap for note3? If that works plz let me know the details cause I have needed to get a custom recovery on my I435 forever now. Thanks
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You successfully got a custom recovery on your SCH-I435 via the safestrap for note3? If that works plz let me know the details cause I have needed to get a custom recovery on my I435 forever now. Thanks
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The safestrap recovery dpi is all messed up so theres no way to test it out. i have 2 phones that i can try this out on but i have no idea how to change the graphics interface to match the resolution so the buttons are correctly placed on the screen...
Hello everyone !
I had bought recently an Note 2, 16gb, 2gb ram, 4.4.2 official, which works great, but I want to get on him Note 3 features (s-pen, air commands etc). Can someone help me which ROM is good for it, and how to install on the device ? ( I mention that the phone isn't rooted).
Please help me someone
Cheers !
someone ? please ?
marianmmn said:
Hello everyone !
I had bought recently an Note 2, 16gb, 2gb ram, 4.4.2 official, which works great, but I want to get on him Note 3 features (s-pen, air commands etc). Can someone help me which ROM is good for it, and how to install on the device ? ( I mention that the phone isn't rooted).
Please help me someone
Cheers !
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Hey try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472270
marianmmn said:
Hello everyone !
I had bought recently an Note 2, 16gb, 2gb ram, 4.4.2 official, which works great, but I want to get on him Note 3 features (s-pen, air commands etc). Can someone help me which ROM is good for it, and how to install on the device ? ( I mention that the phone isn't rooted).
Please help me someone
Cheers !
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First you need to root your phone and get custom recovery.Once that is done do a full back up of your stock ROM.Next is to get a custom ROM of your choice with the features you mentioned above and do a full wipe(erase the stock ROM) and then flash the custom ROM of your choice.There are few available with the features you need such as DN3,Dr ketan,phantom .jellykat and few more.Don't ask which is the "best ROM" cause it's user based so try each of the ROM for few weeks and see which suits your usage pattern.
To be able to root your stock 4.4.2 ROM download odin v3.07 and higher and make sure you have samsung usb drivers installed (alternatively download samsung kies which will download samsung usb drivers and then exit kies as in make sure it's not running in the background).
You need custom recovery such as philz recovery in .tar.md5 format and superSu zip.
Odin
How to root 4.4.2
SuperSu v2.01
Place the superSu zip file on your sd card before you proceed and follow the above link on how to root 4.4.2.
This will VOID your warranty cause knox will be triggerd in download mode 0x1 so service centers will refuse repairs that could be caused by flashing custom ROM.
If i root the phone and put a custom rom, it will work better than now ? I did a antutu 5 benchmark and I got a score of 25897. Is this score good ?
I have a sprint galaxy s3 (rooted and with clockwork mod recovery) and I wanted to install cm11 on it so I had to update the firmware, everything normal so far. I got the update from here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910947 and after flashing it (no errors) and it didn't reboot, now I can't get anything out of it. When I plugged it into windows it said DHUSB-DLOAD in devices and printers (I'm hoping that means there is a usable open interface). Is this fixable? Will I have to send it into sprint to have it fixed (and if so how much will that cost)? Any help is much appreciated
bootloader bricked. Find a thread under Q&A or general section regarding a debrick fix for the firmware of your device.
You'll need an sdcard ( same size as your device class 10 ) and a program that'll write your sdcard to debrick your device.
if its not a bootloader brick bug, then it is probably something serious and you can email mobile tech videos on what needs to be fixed.
and a last option you can do, send it in for repairs.
Kinda noob said:
I have a sprint galaxy s3 (rooted and with clockwork mod recovery) and I wanted to install cm11 on it so I had to update the firmware, everything normal so far. I got the update from here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910947 and after flashing it (no errors) and it didn't reboot, now I can't get anything out of it. When I plugged it into windows it said DHUSB-DLOAD in devices and printers (I'm hoping that means there is a usable open interface). Is this fixable? Will I have to send it into sprint to have it fixed (and if so how much will that cost)? Any help is much appreciated
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why did you flash jellybean zip and not the Odin flashable ND8/NDC KK 4.4.2 stock Rom? cause that's what you need in order to flash CM11? who gave you the advise to flash JB firmware(which includes modem) in recovery? the link you provided said it had to be flashed on pure stock and what was your android version before you did this?
Hi, i bought a Galaxy Tab 3 7" Disney Edition but i don't care about kids stuffs, is it possible to flash it with latest T210 (ITV) firmware 4.4.2 with Odin?
My model is T2105 (ITV) and is still at 4.1.2
Thanks
It might work. Flash a custom (TWRP) recovery to backup the device first, then give it a try. Only problem is, anything could brick the device since there seems to be little to no info.
Some ideas:
Soe ifo on the recovery:
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/general/root-sm-t210-r-using-heimdall-t2936061
I used the Pit mapping for the T210. The recovery partition is "mmcblk0p10." I checked the partition info on my T210R using Partition Table by Lakshman. The T210R also has its Recovery partition on "mmcblk0p10," so I expect it to work no problem. And TWRP Odin flashables tend to be compatible with several 7.0 variants.
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TWRP for tab 3 7.0
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=12871
PIT files and info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722948
ROMs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/general/tab-3-7-0-sm-t210-r-stock-4-4-2-kitkat-t2930075
CAUTION: Anything could result in bricking the device. Any attempt without any confirmed information is acceptance of the fact that the device may become completely unusable.
Please be willing to lose functionality of the device if you proceed.
There do seem to be Odin flashables for the 4.1 software, which should be able to recover the device, but I would obtain one of those first.
If you proceed, please keep us updated so that other users out there can find this information
Greaper88 said:
It might work. Flash a custom (TWRP) recovery to backup the device first, then give it a try. Only problem is, anything could brick the device since there seems to be little to no info.
Some ideas:
Soe ifo on the recovery:
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/general/root-sm-t210-r-using-heimdall-t2936061
TWRP for tab 3 7.0
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=12871
PIT files and info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722948
ROMs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/general/tab-3-7-0-sm-t210-r-stock-4-4-2-kitkat-t2930075
CAUTION: Anything could result in bricking the device. Any attempt without any confirmed information is acceptance of the fact that the device may become completely unusable.
Please be willing to lose functionality of the device if you proceed.
There do seem to be Odin flashables for the 4.1 software, which should be able to recover the device, but I would obtain one of those first.
If you proceed, please keep us updated so that other users out there can find this information
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Ok thanks, i'll try and report it; if Odin fails, is rhere a flashable zip file of stock rooted 4.4.2 so i can try to flash in recovery?
code72 said:
Ok thanks, i'll try and report it; if Odin fails, is rhere a flashable zip file of stock rooted 4.4.2 so i can try to flash in recovery?
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You can try The Nolekat Rom. It is fest Best Customrom for our Tab.
Sooooo.....
Did it work? Im curious as I got the T2105 tab for my kid and the darn thing is really slow for running Spider- Man Unlimited and some other apps
I want to put Cyanogenmod on it or some other rom with less crap
Ive been after the answer to this as well. I have the 2105 myself, and have TWRP installed and root, but not one single custom rom has worked. They just bootloop. Then you have to ODIN the stock rom. I have the original rom from sammobile, but they only have the factory 4.1.2 roms. Im wondering if a stock rom from the 210r or another Tab3 wifi rom would work.
It seems almost every tab3 from around the globe has been updated to 4.4.2 except this one...ive been checking sammobile everyday, but still no update for the 2105...
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Ive been after the answer to this as well. I have the 2105 myself, and have TWRP installed and root, but not one single custom rom has worked. They just bootloop. Then you have to ODIN the stock rom. I have the original rom from sammobile, but they only have the factory 4.1.2 roms. Im wondering if a stock rom from the 210r or another Tab3 wifi rom would work.
It seems almost every tab3 from around the globe has been updated to 4.4.2 except this one...ive been checking sammobile everyday, but still no update for the 2105...
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Your Bootloop prob is like the same as we have on The other device.
Flash a recovery with The Kitkat KK extension.
Well, actually its not a bootloop...it just reboots to recovery. Ill give a KK recovery a shot. any suggestions on which one would be the best? Or the recovery most likely to work? CWM or TWRP? Anything to get this off JB and onto KitKat...lol.. Apprecitae your help!
juggalofr33k said:
Well, actually its not a bootloop...it just reboots to recovery. Ill give a KK recovery a shot. any suggestions on which one would be the best? Or the recovery most likely to work? CWM or TWRP? Anything to get this off JB and onto KitKat...lol.. Apprecitae your help!
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Yes, thats bootloop into recovery.
I prefere CWM or PhilzTouch on all my device.
Right on. Ill give those recoveries a shot. I have used CWM in the past (HTC Aria), but ive been using TWRP since i got the Galaxy Nexus. Ill give them both a try and report back in a few days... My internet connection sucks ass, so it takes hours to download a rom...
code72 said:
Hi, i bought a Galaxy Tab 3 7" Disney Edition but i don't care about kids stuffs, is it possible to flash it with latest T210 (ITV) firmware 4.4.2 with Odin?
My model is T2105 (ITV) and is still at 4.1.2
Thanks
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Its amazing that everyone is posting when they have question but no one cares to post their findings. I (also an owner of Galaxy Tab3 Kids T2105 bought in Australia) was fed up with the old and slow firmware. So, I decided to go ahead and flash a new firmware (T210XXBNI1 4.4.2 UK upgrade for SM-T210). First I tried to upgrade with Odin 3.9 but the process would fail after "Nand Write Start". Then I tried it with Odin ver. 3.07 and the process went smoothly and now I am a proud owner of Samsung Galaxy Tab3 with 4.4.2 Kitkat. It does feel a little bit swifter than the Jellybean. Anyways, so far so good. Will post if encountered any problem !
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Its amazing that everyone is posting when they have question but no one cares to post their findings. I (also an owner of Galaxy Tab3 Kids T2105 bought in Australia) was fed up with the old and slow firmware. So, I decided to go ahead and flash a new firmware (T210XXBNI1 4.4.2 UK upgrade for SM-T210). First I tried to upgrade with Odin 3.9 but the process would fail after "Nand Write Start". Then I tried it with Odin ver. 3.07 and the process went smoothly and now I am a proud owner of Samsung Galaxy Tab3 with 4.4.2 Kitkat. It does feel a little bit swifter than the Jellybean. Anyways, so far so good. Will post if encountered any problem !
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thanks for report thethakuri... i tried to do this too, but for me it doesnt work ... after i installed the 4.4.2, i had a black screen on boot and my tablet dont charge offline... so, i turned to 4.1.2... can you give me any sugesttion?
Update from me: Just upgraded my US SM-T2105 Kids tablet to the UK KK version as well (T210XXBOA3_T210BTUBOA2_Home.tar.md5). Did not work with Odin 3.11 but worked with 3.07 as mentioned above.
The Tab3 Kids is so far holding up very well with the 4.4.2 Firmware. Much more responsive.
Only issue I have is that it switches on when charging and the screen is not very responsive afterwards. A reboot fixes that.
I came across a post somewhere that there is a new bootloader required to fix that but I can't find the post anymore . If someone has that link please post it here. Thanks !
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The Tab3 Kids is so far holding up very well with the 4.4.2 Firmware. Much more responsive.
Only issue I have is that it switches on when charging and the screen is not very responsive afterwards. A reboot fixes that.
I came across a post somewhere that there is a new bootloader required to fix that but I can't find the post anymore . If someone has that link please post it here. Thanks !
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Did you ever find a fix for the screen issue? I'm going to give this a shot this weekend my daughter really wants pokemon go on her tablet!
Unfortunately I could not find it anymore.
Using ours now just with the new firmware and make it a conscious effort to switch it off after charging it. So far works fine.
idefix_sin said:
Unfortunately I could not find it anymore.
Using ours now just with the new firmware and make it a conscious effort to switch it off after charging it. So far works fine.
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thanks.. by the way did use a recovery? or just flash T210XXBOA3_T210BTUBOA2_Home.tar.md5 with oden?
Hi.
Will update to 4.4.2 would enable the move app to sd card?
Thank you.
any solution to remove kids feature
Root the device and uninstall using root uninstaller.
Hi I downloaded
galaxys6root.highonandroid.com/galaxy-s6-edge-stock-rom/
My TMOBILE Samsung Galaxy Edge firmware. Due to some kind of boot issues. It just stays at the samsung logo
indefinitely.
I've rooted several phones in the past through different methods using linux. At this issue, I just dont have a lot of time as I usually do to mess around.
Every time I Try to flash the zip in the above url it says failed. I'm guessing this is because this kind of 'rom' is different than say cyanogenmod? Does this have to be flashed via odin or something?
i HAVE THE G925T, t-mobile. I've tried like 5 different custom roms which all also fail.
I've tried to find what firmware and radio I'm running via ADB but not sure how.
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Hi I downloaded
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My TMOBILE Samsung Galaxy Edge firmware. Due to some kind of boot issues. It just stays at the samsung logo
indefinitely.
I've rooted several phones in the past through different methods using linux. At this issue, I just dont have a lot of time as I usually do to mess around.
Every time I Try to flash the zip in the above url it says failed. I'm guessing this is because this kind of 'rom' is different than say cyanogenmod? Does this have to be flashed via odin or something?
i HAVE THE G925T, t-mobile. I've tried like 5 different custom roms which all also fail.
I've tried to find what firmware and radio I'm running via ADB but not sure how.
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Hello, and thank you for using XDA Assist!
Yeah, stock ROM usually requires stock recovery. At least the the factory stock ROM's anyway (which I'm not sure this is - I'm downloading to see if I can tell the difference, but it's going to be a while edit: downloaded & viewed, and the scripts are pretty generic and barebones). If not the case, and if experience with the other ROM's prove, the TWRP you downloaded may be a dud - or the bootloader is (still) locked.
At any rate, I am connecting this thread to the forum your device experts can be found in:
> T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge > T-Mobile Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
They've likely seen something like this before. Please note, that to be able to respond to replies, you will need to register for an XDA account.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Odin stock complete firmware, not a rom, not with twrp.
Pp.