Hi all, bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 Live Demo Unit. It came from John Lewis and is in mint condition. It originally had the Model number SM-T700x but after using Odin 3.09 and flashing a stock Rom: T700XXU1ANF9_T700BTU1ANG1_BTU (Uk version) it now shows SM-T700. I'm not sure its completely replaced the firmware although it flashed successfully and most things appear to function as they should. A few things make me think something isn't quite right though and these are:
The Samsung Startup screen shows "Live Demo Unit"
Under Settings > General > Backup and reset > Personal Data: Factory reset is greyed out.
I can't pull down from the top of the screen, if I'm in say My Files it obscures the top information bar but if I place my finger at the top of the screen and swipe down the slim black bar appears, swiping up removes it. I'm not sure if this is what its supposed to do. but I have a Samsung Note and when I swipe down from the top I get a information page and so assume it would behave very similar.
I cannot uninstall some of the bloatware apps and games that samsung have probably installed, I think they call them Galaxy Gifts.
I can install apps and uninstall the apps I have installed
I haven't rooted it yet and am a little unsure which root to use, so a bit of advice for that and any other help would be great.
TIA
Did a bit of reading and went with the CF Auto Root to root device.
Could I now flash something like CM11, would be interesting to see if it would fix some of the possible issues I think I have?
Had a bit of time to get back on this problem. thought I would document what I did to fix this, kind of an idiots guide and for future reference.
So having installed CF Auto Root with Odin 3.09...
installed TWRP via Google Play
Once installed I opened TWRP.
I clicked on Install TWRP
Tapped Device name and scrolled through the list until I found Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 Klimwifi (Mine is Wifi Only) - its easiest to just scroll right to the bottom of the list and count up about 15 or 16 or approx middle of the screen.
I then Tapped on Install Recovery - Once all that was done I turned the SGT S off.
Pressed and held: Home, plus Volume Up and finally the Power button, waited until I saw the TWRP screen and released the buttons
Once TWRP recovery was up I tapped on Wipe and at the bottom of the next screen I swiped to factory reset.
Once that was done I went back to the main screen in TWRP recovery and tapped the reboot button, then tapped System
The SGT S started up and I could now set it up correctly, I can now swipe down to bring the top menu into view, I can get the side menu up and factory reset is no longer greyed out.
Only niggle I have now is the first screen that pops up saying Demo Unit, if anyone knows how to get rid of that please let me know.
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You could try using galaxy tools to change the code of the tab. I know i have a note 3 and when the code reads SPR it defines the phone as a sprint phone so everytime I boot up I get the sprint intro rather than the default samsung boot. XAS normally is the international code.
koanaihe said:
You could try using galaxy tools to change the code of the tab. I know i have a note 3 and when the code reads SPR it defines the phone as a sprint phone so everytime I boot up I get the sprint intro rather than the default samsung boot. XAS normally is the international code.
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Thanks for the input, do you mean Galaxy Toolbox? if so the SGT S isn't supported, if you mean another App can I have a link to take a look?
It's called galaxytools and its universal for all samsung galaxy phones/tablets. Just make sure you back everything up and once you install the app open it and look at the online manual and it will tell you what options does what
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159
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Hey guys,
I wanted to change the new Flipboard version on my Note 2 into the tablet mode, because the screen should be fine for that. But the option isn't given by default. So I transfered Flipboard from my Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 with Titanium Backup to the Note. I could achieve that I can activate the tablet mode and it's looking with small font definitely fine (to go into the account-details there is a need to change to portrait mode, but despite that it's great) - but it's not syncing anymore.
Every tile / section is empty. When I change it back to phone mode, it's working again.
I am running a stock rom with root. Is anyone having an idea to achieve the tablet mode on the Note in a different way? Best without a changed rom (like Parandroid).
Best wishes
Tom
Trunkstom said:
Hey guys,
I wanted to change the new Flipboard version on my Note 2 into the tablet mode, because the screen should be fine for that. But the option isn't given by default. So I transfered Flipboard from my Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 with Titanium Backup to the Note. I could achieve that I can activate the tablet mode and it's looking with small font definitely fine (to go into the account-details there is a need to change to portrait mode, but despite that it's great) - but it's not syncing anymore.
Every tile / section is empty. When I change it back to phone mode, it's working again.
I am running a stock rom with root. Is anyone having an idea to achieve the tablet mode on the Note in a different way? Best without a changed rom (like Parandroid).
Best wishes
Tom
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I think you would be able to do it with xposed framework, but personally i never tried it you could read more about it in the original development section
"If i have helped you, just hit the "thanks" button pls"-sent from my GT-N7100...some guides here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055827 .... drop some question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055736
Hi Everyone. I damaged my Sprint Galaxy S 3 and it was replaced under the insurance plan. 3 days before damaging the phone I backed the Rom up with Clockworkmod Rom Manager. When I receiving the replacement phone I compared the version and build that each phone had installed on them and they were the same. I proceeded to root the new phone and installed Clockworkmod Rom Manager. I then restored the rom from the damaged phone to the new phone. Everything went OK and worked fine after restoring the ROM. I fell asleep happy. The next morning I woke up to an alert that my phone had a new update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 so I installed the update. After the update finished I tried to access my contact list and the phone froze up. I had to remove the battery to reboot. After rebooting I tried to access the contacts again same issue. Then I forced a sync. Still the same issue after syncing. I then rooted the new 4.1.2 install that was pushed to my phone, because the install took the root priveliges away (it rooted fine). After rooting all the issues remained it still froze when I tried to access the Contact list . After clicking the Contact icon a new blank page comes and then freezes. I tried opening the phone icon and no dialer came up. Instead it was a list of a few names (mainly the contacts left over from the old phones log or recent calls list.). If I and slid the name to the right, it would dial the phone and work fine. If I slid the name to the left the messege app came up and worked fine. However if I clicked the name it would freeze the phone. There was not an option to select a dialer anywhere. I did not even have a My Contact icon option to choose from to make a call. The only thee options that I had were above the recent call log, and they were: 1> delete, 2>call, 3> merge with google. If I chose either option or clicked on a name in the list the phone froze and I had to reboot. I cannot get My Contacts to sync up with my google account. Everthing else appears to be OK except. I did try to restore the clockworkmod rom back up to before the 4.1.2 update but that fails now also. I am stuck.I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
Paintslinger.
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Well, I would personally, do a clean install [fully wiping] and restore the rom. Generally restoring an 'old' system is generally not a good idea, especially from a 'different' device; it can be done, but issues could follow. Like I said, do a full wipe, flash your rom, and go from there.
Also, in the future, you'd be better off not restoring / using rom manager; as I've seen things go wrong in the past. It'd do you better to do it manually.
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Hi Everyone. I damaged my Sprint Galaxy S 3 and it was replaced under the insurance plan. 3 days before damaging the phone I backed the Rom up with Clockworkmod Rom Manager. When I receiving the replacement phone I compared the version and build that each phone had installed on them and they were the same. I proceeded to root the new phone and installed Clockworkmod Rom Manager. I then restored the rom from the damaged phone to the new phone. Everything went OK and worked fine after restoring the ROM. I fell asleep happy. The next morning I woke up to an alert that my phone had a new update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 so I installed the update. After the update finished I tried to access my contact list and the phone froze up. I had to remove the battery to reboot. After rebooting I tried to access the contacts again same issue. Then I forced a sync. Still the same issue after syncing. I then rooted the new 4.1.2 install that was pushed to my phone, because the install took the root priveliges away (it rooted fine). After rooting all the issues remained it still froze when I tried to access the Contact list . After clicking the Contact icon a new blank page comes and then freezes. I tried opening the phone icon and no dialer came up. Instead it was a list of a few names (mainly the contacts left over from the old phones log or recent calls list.). If I and slid the name to the right, it would dial the phone and work fine. If I slid the name to the left the messege app came up and worked fine. However if I clicked the name it would freeze the phone. There was not an option to select a dialer anywhere. I did not even have a My Contact icon option to choose from to make a call. The only thee options that I had were above the recent call log, and they were: 1> delete, 2>call, 3> merge with google. If I chose either option or clicked on a name in the list the phone froze and I had to reboot. I cannot get My Contacts to sync up with my google account. Everthing else appears to be OK except. I did try to restore the clockworkmod rom back up to before the 4.1.2 update but that fails now also. I am stuck.I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
Paintslinger.
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Did you go into manage apps and wipe data on contacts? Then resync....
All Battery results are on a 6300mah battery, unless otherwise noted!
Hi,
i am new and i have a few questions. I got a Tab 3 7.0 (Wifi) 4.1.2 with custom cwm recovery and rooted.anything else is stock.
I twice made a complete backup with titanium backup pro and once with cwm in recovery.
1.The tab changes my time +2 h by itself. Where can i change that or is that a bug?
2. i was offered an ota by samsung and i accepted, it registered my device and said my software has been modified and i cannot ota update.
How can i update then?
3. did i do a mistake by letting them register my device?
Maybe if a flash counter reset comes it wont help me cos now they know i flashed something and i lost my warrantY?
4. how does an official os update influence my software modifications (root, custom recovery etc)?
5. how do i switch between running apps?
6. how do i group mymenu apps into folders? I can create a folder in menu but when i try to drag an app into it i can only drag it to homescreen.
7. which website has a top 100 best android apps always current and considers also root only apps?
8.how do i setup navigon navigation thru voice control?
9.how do i stop the notification craziness on the top left corner of my screen?
I dont want any commercials there or update nots. It should silently keep my apps updated.?
10. How do i move my apps to my sd card? I have titanium backup pro 6.10 but it doesnt show in the settings.
i watched videos of people doing it but my settings do not offer the same as theirs? Do i need a bootstrap or something else except the custom recovery and root to get that feature?
Sorry for so many questions i just left ios.. Thanks a lot
cassinni said:
Hi,
i am new and i have a few questions. I got a Tab 3 7.0 (Wifi) 4.1.2 with custom cwm recovery and rooted.anything else is stock.
I twice made a complete backup with titanium backup pro and once with cwm in recovery.
1.The tab changes my time +2 h by itself. Where can i change that or is that a bug?
2. i was offered an ota by samsung and i accepted, it registered my device and said my software has been modified and i cannot ota update.
How can i update then?
3. did i do a mistake by letting them register my device?
Maybe if a flash counter reset comes it wont help me cos now they know i flashed something and i lost my warrantY?
4. how does an official os update influence my software modifications (root, custom recovery etc)?
5. how do i switch between running apps?
6. how do i group mymenu apps into folders? I can create a folder in menu but when i try to drag an app into it i can only drag it to homescreen.
7. which website has a top 100 best android apps always current and considers also root only apps?
8.how do i setup navigon navigation thru voice control?
9.how do i stop the notification craziness on the top left corner of my screen?
I dont want any commercials there or update nots. It should silently keep my apps updated.?
10. How do i move my apps to my sd card? I have titanium backup pro 6.10 but it doesnt show in the settings.
i watched videos of people doing it but my settings do not offer the same as theirs? Do i need a bootstrap or something else except the custom recovery and root to get that feature?
Sorry for so many questions i just left ios.. Thanks a lot
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I want to know number 10.... i only have 8gb storage and i need to move apps2sd... nothing works....
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cassinni said:
Hi,
i am new and i have a few questions. I got a Tab 3 7.0 (Wifi) 4.1.2 with custom cwm recovery and rooted.anything else is stock.
I twice made a complete backup with titanium backup pro and once with cwm in recovery.
1.The tab changes my time +2 h by itself. Where can i change that or is that a bug?
Have you double checked your time zone setup?
5. how do i switch between running apps?
Press and hold HOME button.
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So I am not sure what is causing this but after rooting my phone, I installed Xposed, G3 Tweaks, did some tweaking, rebooted fine a couple times, then I decided to see about changing the system font. Downloaded Fonter, an xposed module and chose Roboto (after downloading).
Then when I rebooted, my home screen just keeps refreshing, alternating between black and the wallpaper. I can't open anything on the home screen, not even the appdrawer.
I can open the notifications panel, and go into settings and Apps...which is where I uninstalled Xposed and Fonter, etc but on reboot - same thing.
Any ideas? Oh and I can boot in safe mode and everything's fine there.
Thanks in advance.
download exact same ROM from LG or elsewhere and install with LG flash tool 2014 etc, nothing will be lost in terms of apps(everything back to normal) as long as its the same ROM version and you select "normal flash" gl.
homer285 said:
download exact same ROM from LG or elsewhere and install with LG flash tool 2014 etc, nothing will be lost in terms of apps(everything back to normal) as long as its the same ROM version and you select "normal flash" gl.
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Thanks - this worked, although it failed to get into download mode on the first two tries.
But I still don't get it....why didn't Factory reset clear everything? When I rooted the phone, did it stay rooted even after the factory reset?
Thanks again.
Factory reset , afaik, doesn't clean up the system partition thus root and any system tweaks remain intact.
solved without reflash
I had the exact same problem on my d855......my method was more straight forward than reflashing the Rom...Google now seemed to open with no problems....did a phone search for fonter from the Google now search.....fonter shows up as an app.....open fonter and quickly hit the 3 bar menu on the left to corner and settings in the fonter app....you have to be really quick in order to open the fonter settings page before it refreshes....try using multiple fingers at once ...once in the settings page in the fonter app...choose the "restore default" option and reboot......everything should be them back to normal.....
It might take a few tries....but this is definitely easier than reflashing the Rom
zennonace said:
I had the exact same problem on my d855......my method was more straight forward than reflashing the Rom...Google now seemed to open with no problems....did a phone search for fonter from the Google now search.....fonter shows up as an app.....open fonter and quickly hit the 3 bar menu on the left to corner and settings in the fonter app....you have to be really quick in order to open the fonter settings page before it refreshes....try using multiple fingers at once ...once in the settings page in the fonter app...choose the "restore default" option and reboot......everything should be them back to normal.....
It might take a few tries....but this is definitely easier than reflashing the Rom
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Yeah I realised I could have done that but I wasn't 100% sure it was fonter since I did other tweaks and was pending a reboot.
Also I could have switched the shell to Easy Home instead of the default and that would have given me an app drawer. I would have left it like that if the flashing didn't work. Finished everything about 4 am.
An interesting sidenote....the battery life on the phone is *considerably* better, even after installing all my apps
Hi ,
My Device: Note 2 t889
A) I started with 4.3 stock rom, tried to flash JediMasterx2 3 times, it fails to install OS every time.
Next I flashed MeanBean 2.0 - perfect install 1st try! It runs fast and smooth but has AT&T system apps I want to remove if they are not necessary.
1) AT&T "Smart" Wifi
2) AT&T Messages,
3) myAT&T 2.0
When I open Contact sometimes I get a popup:
"AT&T address book checking subscriber information"
this happens once after a reboot. I have to cancel out of it then Contacts works normally. What app is causing this? Can I remove it?
I tried to use Titanium Backup to remove AT&T Messages but it just reboot to TWRP.
I managed to turned them off and did a force stop on them also.
B) Is "System app remover" from Play Store a good way to remove these AT&T apps?
Is it safe to remove them?
C) MeanBean 2.0 Feature Request
It would be great if the connection status would show LTE status or does it and I am just not getting it? The T-Mobile stock 4.3 ROM registered LTE at my current location.
May I suggest some information regarding power toggles is added to a quick intro to your ROM I had spend way to much time figuring out that "power toggles" was the way to control the Notification panel ( swipe down - quick menu) I would not mind helping with that, New user perspective and all
D) How do I remove of the large shortcut icons at the top of the Notification panel? I would rather have the "power toggles" there.
I hope this is not too much for one post
Thanks
RP
I'm sorry to tell you that Rom is no longer supported ok. So good luck with it. Use root explorer to remove what you don't want ok.