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CWM recovery for KARBONN A18!!!

CWM RECOVERY FOR THE KARBONN A18!!
Hey guys!! Finally i ported the ClockWorkMod ICS recovery (non-touch) onto our device!!
For people who dont know what CWM recovery and its benefits are, read this -> http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-clockworkmod-recovery-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/
So, here are the steps on getting the CWM on Karbonn A18-
What you need
1. Karbonn A18, data usb cable.
2. Download the CWM recovery image file from the attachment below this post.
3. Download SP Flash Tool from my another post -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1353992&d=1348592592
4. Download MTK6575 Driver from -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1353943&d=1348591411
5. Download the MTK6575 Scatter.txt file from the attachment below this post.
Installation Steps-
1. Unzip and Install the MTK6575 USB drivers on your Windows PC, just run setup.exe.
Connect your phone switched off and battery removed using USB cable. Windows will recognize and install the MTK drivers for your phone (any free COM ports) will be configured. Disconnect the phone. Put the battery back but do not switch on the phone
2. Copy the CWM recovery file that you downloaded from my attatchment. Rename it to be recovery.img
4. Extract and run SP flash Tool.exe (the one with Blue image icon)
5. Click on Options, check USB mode.
6. Click on Scatter-loading button which is on the right side below Downloading Agent. A window will open. Browse to your downloaded scatter.txt file. By default you will have only one map file of name MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc. Select this
7. The flash tool will populate the Map file on the application window. You will see multiple Entries such as
PRELOADER
DSP_BL
MBR
etc etc. Each will have a check box which is by default checked.
8. UNCHECK all entries EXCEPT FOR "RECOVERY". Leave Recovery checked. Now click on the "RECOVERY" just right to the checkbox and browse and select the cwm.img file you downloaded from the attachment below.
9. Now click on "Download" on the Application or press F9 on keyboard. Warning messages will occur, but ignore them..
10. You will see in the status bar below "Searching"
11. Connect your phone (switched off and with battery inserted) via the USB cable.
12. Flash tool will do its stuff. First a red progress bar, then a count down, a quick yellow progress bar and final window showing Green Circle.
If you get this the Congrats You have flashed CWM !
Check by unplugging the phone and re-starting it with Power+Volume Down button Pressed. The Phone will boot into CWM !.
Enjoy !
Warning - Please follow the instructions. Don't mess around with anything else. Not responsible if you do anything else and brick your device !
In case you get any other error on SP Flash Tool, then recheck your MTK driver installation. Try on another PC.
BUGS / Not functioning features :
Backing up the data not working
USB mount SDCARD through recovery not working
Credits:
I, Me & Myself..
EDIT:
i have tried removing some bugs, try and tell me u all!!!
I have also included the stock recovery.img file in the attatchment for people who want the stock recovery.
********************Anyone having problems can flash the cwm using the mobile uncle tools application....download that from the play store!*********************
..& hey plz if u think i deserve thanks then don't forget to thank me by pressing the thanks button below :victory:

Good Job done
Built from source or using web builder?

i cant flash this through sp - tool
vshlkmr said:
CWM RECOVERY FOR THE KARBONN A18!!
Hey guys!! Finally i ported the ClockWorkMod ICS recovery (non-touch) onto our device!!
For people who dont know what CWM recovery and its benefits are, read this -> http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-clockworkmod-recovery-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/
So, here are the steps on getting the CWM on Karbonn A18-
What you need
1. Karbonn A18, data usb cable.
2. Download the CWM recovery image file from the attachment below this post.
3. Download SP Flash Tool from my another post -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1353992&d=1348592592
4. Download MTK6575 Driver from -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1353943&d=1348591411
5. Download the MTK6575 Scatter.txt file from the attachment below this post.
Installation Steps-
1. Unzip and Install the MTK6575 USB drivers on your Windows PC, just run setup.exe.
Connect your phone switched off and battery removed using USB cable. Windows will recognize and install the MTK drivers for your phone (any free COM ports) will be configured. Disconnect the phone. Put the battery back but do not switch on the phone
2. Copy the CWM recovery file that you downloaded from my attatchment. Rename it to be recovery.img
4. Extract and run SP flash Tool.exe (the one with Blue image icon)
5. Click on Options, check USB mode.
6. Click on Scatter-loading button which is on the right side below Downloading Agent. A window will open. Browse to your downloaded scatter.txt file. By default you will have only one map file of name MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc. Select this
7. The flash tool will populate the Map file on the application window. You will see multiple Entries such as
PRELOADER
DSP_BL
MBR
etc etc. Each will have a check box which is by default checked.
8. UNCHECK all entries EXCEPT FOR "RECOVERY". Leave Recovery checked. Now click on the "RECOVERY" just right to the checkbox and browse and select the cwm.img file you downloaded from the attachment below.
9. Now click on "Download" on the Application or press F9 on keyboard. Warning messages will occur, but ignore them..
10. You will see in the status bar below "Searching"
11. Connect your phone (switched off and with battery inserted) via the USB cable.
12. Flash tool will do its stuff. First a red progress bar, then a count down, a quick yellow progress bar and final window showing Green Circle.
If you get this the Congrats You have flashed CWM !
Check by unplugging the phone and re-starting it with Power+Volume Down button Pressed. The Phone will boot into CWM !.
Enjoy !
Warning - Please follow the instructions. Don't mess around with anything else. Not responsible if you do anything else and brick your device !
In case you get any other error on SP Flash Tool, then recheck your MTK driver installation. Try on another PC.
Credits:
I, Me & Myself..
..& hey plz if u think i deserve thanks then don't forget to thank me by pressing the thanks button below :victory:
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while downloading i got the error

reach2dinu said:
while downloading i got the error
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First Check if the MTK drivers are installed, check it by going tinto the device managers hardware section in my computer
If it is proper then try connecting your phone without the battery inserted

Same problem..
reach2dinu said:
while downloading i got the error
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I'm facing the same problem.. I tried with battery in and out.. have installed the drivers as well..

i ported this recovery from a ZOPO Z900 Leader chinese android handset...i tried building from source, but i failed at it because of partition style in a18...
For people facing problems flashing it through sp tools, u all can try to flash it using another pc or alternatively view this youtube video -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=969xwsUTkSY

ujjwalk308 said:
I'm facing the same problem.. I tried with battery in and out.. have installed the drivers as well..
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Same problem here.

Anyone having problems can flash the cwm using the mobile uncle tools application....download that from the play store!

vshlkmr said:
Anyone having problems can flash the cwm using the mobile uncle tools application....download that from the play store!
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Ok.now waiting for the bugfix.

reach2dinu said:
while downloading i got the error
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always usb cable error
Connect usb cable & discconet auto & charging mode
this is usb driver ????

great job. im a noob at this so will try after people posting have successfully ported the cwm to their phone

There are two recovery.img files in your attachments. recovery.img and cwmfinal.img. Which one should be used in sp flash tool?

I recently purchased Karbonn a21, can I try this on it?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

Thnx bro worked like a charm.
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app

fail root
plz send device manager screen shot

Can anyone please upload stock rom of karbonn a18. My device stock at boot animation screen.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda premium

reach2dinu said:
while downloading i got the error
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same problem any help pz

Cwm flashed
I have successfully installed cwm on my karbonn a18.
I did it wit the help of mobileunckle tools.
What are the next motives now??
1) can we change the battery indicator at the notification area to percentage signs?

vshlkmr said:
CWM RECOVERY FOR THE KARBONN A18!!
Hey guys!! Finally i ported the ClockWorkMod ICS recovery (non-touch) onto our device!!
For people who dont know what CWM recovery and its benefits are, read this -> http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-clockworkmod-recovery-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/
So, here are the steps on getting the CWM on Karbonn A18-
What you need
1. Karbonn A18, data usb cable.
2. Download the CWM recovery image file from the attachment below this post.
3. Download SP Flash Tool from my another post -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1353992&d=1348592592
4. Download MTK6575 Driver from -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1353943&d=1348591411
5. Download the MTK6575 Scatter.txt file from the attachment below this post.
Installation Steps-
1. Unzip and Install the MTK6575 USB drivers on your Windows PC, just run setup.exe.
Connect your phone switched off and battery removed using USB cable. Windows will recognize and install the MTK drivers for your phone (any free COM ports) will be configured. Disconnect the phone. Put the battery back but do not switch on the phone
2. Copy the CWM recovery file that you downloaded from my attatchment. Rename it to be recovery.img
4. Extract and run SP flash Tool.exe (the one with Blue image icon)
5. Click on Options, check USB mode.
6. Click on Scatter-loading button which is on the right side below Downloading Agent. A window will open. Browse to your downloaded scatter.txt file. By default you will have only one map file of name MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc. Select this
7. The flash tool will populate the Map file on the application window. You will see multiple Entries such as
PRELOADER
DSP_BL
MBR
etc etc. Each will have a check box which is by default checked.
8. UNCHECK all entries EXCEPT FOR "RECOVERY". Leave Recovery checked. Now click on the "RECOVERY" just right to the checkbox and browse and select the cwm.img file you downloaded from the attachment below.
9. Now click on "Download" on the Application or press F9 on keyboard. Warning messages will occur, but ignore them..
10. You will see in the status bar below "Searching"
11. Connect your phone (switched off and with battery inserted) via the USB cable.
12. Flash tool will do its stuff. First a red progress bar, then a count down, a quick yellow progress bar and final window showing Green Circle.
If you get this the Congrats You have flashed CWM !
Check by unplugging the phone and re-starting it with Power+Volume Down button Pressed. The Phone will boot into CWM !.
Enjoy !
Warning - Please follow the instructions. Don't mess around with anything else. Not responsible if you do anything else and brick your device !
In case you get any other error on SP Flash Tool, then recheck your MTK driver installation. Try on another PC.
BUGS / Not functioning features :
Backing up the data not working
USB mount SDCARD through recovery not working
Credits:
I, Me & Myself..
EDIT:
i have tried removing some bugs, try and tell me u all!!!
I have also included the stock recovery.img file in the attatchment for people who want the stock recovery.
********************Anyone having problems can flash the cwm using the mobile uncle tools application....download that from the play store!*********************
..& hey plz if u think i deserve thanks then don't forget to thank me by pressing the thanks button below :victory:
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will you please give CWM for Micromax A90 specification maybe same as A18
here is Specification
Micromax A90
Super Amoled Plus LCD with 262 k
MTK6575 CPU 1 Ghz
512 MB RAM (350 - 400) User available
512 MB ROM ( its not RAM ) for apps
2.5 GB external SD for media file ( Music/Video,,,etc.)
8 Mega Pixel Camera + 0. Mega Pixel Front Camera
Android OS 4.0.3
with Rooted cell
plz help us to create new CWM + Custom ROM
also its same specification from some Chinese Brand like Zoppo / Hero / Gionnee / HDC
plz help.

Pritesh.mohan said:
I have successfully installed cwm on my karbonn a18.
I did it wit the help of mobileunckle tools.
What are the next motives now??
1) can we change the battery indicator at the notification area to percentage signs?
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You could do that before flashing Cwm aswell.. Use rom toolbox.. I did it the day I got this phone

Successfully Rooted Celkon A79 Mobile! WIth CWM Recovery

News About How To Root Celkon A79 Mobile WIth CWM Recovery:
1. First Install Phone Drivers To Your PC:
If you can not go on the computer's Start menu,
Click with the RIGHT MOUSE PROPERTIES Then, on the screen that Open click DEVICE MANAGER,
In the screen that opens click the RIGHT button on any of the names that are the exclamation point and
on UPDATE DRIVES, a new screen will appear, click SEARCH IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE DRIVER, next
screen click SEARCH THIS SITE SOFTWARE DRIVER and click SEARCH, will open a new screen and search
Drives with the folder name: Qualcomm HSUSB Device drivers and click OK, then just wait to install the Drives
disconnect the USB cable from Mobile.
Download Drivers : http://www.4shared.com/zip/R2Z5O95J/Qualcomm_Drivers_win_32bit.html
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2. Download "RootCelkonA79.zip" And Extract To Desktop
3. In That Extracted Folder Copy The "su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip" File to SD card
4. Active USB Debugging Mode On Your Mobile
5. Now Reboot Your Phone Into fastboot Mode ( Volume Down + Power Buttom Upto 25 Seconds And Remove Your Hands From Phone You Have Successfully Active Fastboot Mode.)
6. Now Connect USB Cable onto Your Phone
7. Open The CMD File (as Administrator) In The Extracted Folder
8. Type " fastboot flash recovery cwm_celkon_a79.img "
9. After Completed Type " fastboot reboot "
10. Connect the device in USB cable and run the file c:\ADB\ asm.jar. Select the device and click ok.
Hopefully the cwm recovery screen will appear on ASM. The image appears in four parts, but nothing that would prevent the use.
11. Upon entering the cwm press vol+, vol-, vol+, vol- will appear written "back menu button enable". After that comes the phrase the power button can select options on the screen.
12. Use the (vol + or vol- Press 4 to 5 times and select) the option "install zip from sdcard". And the power button to select.
13 select "choose zip from sdcard".
9 Select the file "su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip". in the following section and the option YES.
Wait for the process to terminate and restart the device.
Now install the SuperUser by Google Play and ready your device has root access.

Custom Rom for Celkon A79!
Mokee Os Rom For Celkon A79 And Bludash 3.5 Mobile Phones
Go To This URL : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321449 :laugh: For Installing This Rom To Your Celkon a79 Mobile.:good:

Have CWM final one screen for
ravikanthchary said:
Mokee Os Rom For Celkon A79 And Bludash 3.5 Mobile Phones
Go To This URL : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321449 :laugh: For Installing This Rom To Your Celkon a79 Mobile.:good:
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Have CWM final one Screen for Celkon A79 And Bludash 3.5 And Q-Smart S12 Mobile Phones
Source : basedroid.com/q-smart-s12/#.UkVm0PJh9Ig
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You go to forum Basedroid.com Go to Q-Smart S12 And Blu Dash 3.5 download CWM

hey bro is there any way to make cwm appear in our phone screen rather than in computer???

Nice :fingers-crossed:

Doing same with spice mi 352 hope it works because it is clone of a79

thanks a tonne man..! :good:

Solutions found for Samsung Galaxy Discover(SCH-R740C)

Initial instructions can be found here. but i will detail them out further.
Disclamer: these files are meant specifically for the Samsung Galaxy Discover(SCH-R740C). Use on any other device will result in an instant brick of device. Use these files at your peril, you assume any responsibility for loss or damage that may result from use of these files or procedures.
You have been warned.
now to the goodies.....
List of supplies:
1. Phone (SCH-R740C)
2. USB cord that syncs with the PC
3. USB drivers installed for the phone
4. Files from this location. click here
HOW TO UPDATE DEVICE FROM 4.0.4 TO 4.1.2​
easiest method is to use simple upgrade tool from here or here under downloads then software.
the simple upgrade tool will update the device if like mine, the OTA method failed.
ROOTING​
NOTE:this method only works for devices already running 4.1.2. for rooting 4.0.4, use kingoroot which can be found here
before starting, please make sure you have "UPDATE-SuperSU.zip" copied to the root of your external SD card which you can download from here
+++to install CWM:
Follow these steps very carefully, or you might brick your phone.
1. Download Odin package and CWM-recovery-amazing3gcri-eng.tar.md5 from here Extract Odin to a known location and copy the tar.md5 files to the same location
2. Right click on the .exe file inside of the odin folder and select “Run as Administrator”
3. Now that odin is running:
4. Place you galaxy discover in download mode:
4a. With phone off hold vol - and power button
4b. Wait for the phone to present it warning menu release vol - and power
4c. press Vol +
5. CLICK ON THE PDA BUTTON
6. Browse to the appropriate sub directory and select "CWM-recovery-amazing3gcri-eng.tar.md5"
7. Press Start.
DO NOT DISCONNECT, UNPLUG, PLAY WITH ANY BUTTONS, OR CLICK ANYTHING ON EITHER THE PHONE OR COMPUTER UNTIL ODIN HAS FINISHED FLASHING CLOCKWORK RECOVERY ON YOUR PHONE.
8. To boot into recovery, turn off the phone, now press and hold the volume up button, press and hold the power button, wait for phone to boot to recovery, release both buttons. ignore the triangle at the bottom of the screen, that will get fixed later
9. Now highlight "Install ZIP". select "choose from sdcard"
10. Scroll to "UPDATE-SuperSU.zip", and select using power button. another menu will pop up with "- - Yes Install UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip" use power button to select it.
11. Wait for the magic.....
12. Once it is done, go ahead and pull battery and reboot device.
+++At this point, your device if the steps above have been followed to a T, should be fully functional(rooted) and running 4.1.2.
TO INSTALL NEAR-STOCK DEODEXED 4.1.2​
1. Download "deodexednearstock4.1.2SCH-R740C.zip" from here. and put it onto the root of your external SD card.
2.reboot phone into CWM recovery
3.(recommended but can be skipped if on 4.1.2)once in recovery, use the volume keys to highlight wipe data/factory reset. use the power button to select it.
3a. use volume keys again to highlight " Yes - Wipe all user data". and use the power button to select it. wait until it is done
4.highlight "Install ZIP. select "choose from sdcard"
5. scroll to "deodexednearstock4.1.2SCH-R740C.zip", and select using power button. another menu will pop up with "- - Yes Install deodexednearstock4.1.2SCH-R740C.zip" use power button to select it.
6. wait for the magic.....
7. once it is done, go ahead and pull battery and reboot device. it may take about up to 10 minutes or so to get into the device itself to get it set back up.
+++at this point you should be on stock(except for launcher and browser) deodexed 4.1.2
just a word of warning, you'll have to install a web browser into it. when i first installed NakedRom from it's original form, it did not come with one. And to get Google Voice Search to work, just let it update from the Play Market.
TO REMOVE TRIANGLE ON BOOT​
1. Go into download mode again (volume down + power and then volume up)
2. Plug in the phone.
3 Open Odin and select PDA and open "stock_recovery.tar.md5"
4. Make sure phone recognizes, and hit start.
4a. Again, same as last time, do not touch device until it says complete.
5. When it's done, pull battery and reboot device.
+++At this point the triangle should have gone away but just to make sure.....
6. download and install triangle away from chainfire. here's the link
7. follow these instructions here. it's a youtube video about an S3 but the way you work the application should be really close to what's shown. run the application and let it do it's thing.
now device is completely stock (except the ADW launcher and root)
credits/ kudos; thanks to cowboyenvy for providing the initial tutorial.
chainfire for his wonderful softwares. and the gentleman who ported NakedRom to this device (to which this is all based off of).
just a word of warning, you'll have to install a web browser into it. when i first installed NakedRom from it's original form, it did not come with one. And to get google voice search to work, just let it update from the market.
the rom is fully deodexed so you should see a little bit of a speed improvement.
please feel free to let me know if there's any issues with this release and i will fix them as they are found for now as this device is the one i primarily use as of right now.

REriginal post
will have files in their respective locations in less than 20 minute from this post

schizoidd said:
will have files in their respective locations in less than 20 minute from this post
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ignore this quote. everything's ready

no longer developing on....
I am no longer Deving on this device. I have a HTC Desire 510 now that I have been working on an will release things for it as needed

But I will be keeping links alive until cricket stops CDMA support in July of this year

warnings
just an FYI, maxing out the processor speed not only greatly reduces battery life of the device but also shortens the usable life of the device even after changing the battery
by the end of my device's life, it was only good for making calls, surfing the internet, sending texts, etc. but I couldn't play even the simplest of games (like 2048) without my device freezing

TWRP / Root for note 3 neo. 100% working. all files in one place

Hi friends today I am going to tell you how to root note3neo lollipop stock rom. Plz follow all steps. I have successfully rooted without any problem but I have heard that some are loosing their imei. So make a backup as soon as you are in twrp. Now the process as follows.
Do it at your own risk.
First Download the below file. It contains all the files including the USB drivers.
Link -: https://mega.nz/#!C99gxYDR!wkIse-u4wfCKIn-p3iH-6QSjtZ74p8Zom82-uRjqdcY
Now follow the steps below.
Installation
1.)Turn on usb debugging in developer option.
Tap the Settings option.
Tap the About Phone option.
Keep tapping the Build Number option (seven times) until it says you are a developer.
Tap the new Developer Options menu that appears.
Make sure that the USB Debugging option is checked.
2.)Power off your device, press and hold Volume Down + Home + Power buttons at the same time until you see a Warning with a Yellow Triangle.
3.)Now press Volume Up button. Your phone now is in ODIN MODE (Download Mode).
4.)Open Odin on PC. ( Odin is available in the link zip file )
5.)UNTICK everything
6.)Connect Phone to PC using USB Cable.(You will see added message on Odin)
7.)On Odin click on PDA(till version 3.07) OR click on AP(after version 3.09)
8.)Select the twrp.tar.md5
9.)Press on start.
10.)Remove battery quickly after Odin says pass before it boots up.
11.)Insert battery again. Press Power + Volume Up + Home button, and hold till you see the Samsung logo.
12. Next it will boot into twrp. Now first I suggest you to make a backup.
13. Now flash the SuperSU.zip file which I have provided in the zip.
Done. Your mobile is now rooted.
. Please Thank me If Helped
Now this is for the people who want xposed.
Download the file below and extract it.
https://mega.nz/#!uw8hRJQL!lnFobDr36EzNZhH15ibnIejnn9TsIIkYGDMPCOilfnA
You will find 2 file. One of apk and other is of zip.
Install the apk file. Next reboot to recovery and flash the 2nd file which is of zip.
Reboot will take some time.
Done

thanx bro

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (can't get out of retail demo mode)

I purchased a used Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 on ebay. Originally it had Android 4.4.2
When I turned it on the device is in retail demo mode.
I have tried the following
1) passwords found on this forum such as (5444, M729Q16K8546, blue, unlimited, easy, galaxy)
2) none of these worked
3) Can not deselect "samsung retail mode" in settings/security/administrators
I tried updating to android 6.0.1 by doing the following but the retail mode is still there
It will not enter into download mode so I did the following
1) Enabled developer options on tablet
2) Used command "adb reboot download"
3) Installed Android 6.0.1 stock rom (T800XXU1CPH7_T800XAR1CPH4_XAR.zip) from sammobile.com
4) Tablet installed and updated Android
5) Retail mode is still there and I still can not get rid of it
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
Thanks

Never had a retail demo device so my answer may be limited.
Did you tried/are able to install TWRP ?
If you can get TWRP you can try to make a complete factory wipe (Advanced Wipe > check all the boxes > wipe)
Then reboot to download mode (Reboot > Download)
Install the stock rom again
Here is the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...p-2-8-6-1-unofficial-sm-t800-805-807-t3074633
Flash it via odin

I have tried to do TWRP but can not get it to work. I did not use the apk I was using ODIN on my pc. I was using a TWRP file twrp_3.0.0-0_T800. Not sure if that was the issue or not.
Here are the steps I used:
1) put phone into download mode by using adb on pc (adb reboot download)
2) In ODIN
a) turn off autop reboot
b) select AP file twrp_3.0.0-0_T800
c) wait for success in ODIN
3) tablet never rebooted so I used these keys (press at same time until reboot power+vol down+vol up+home)
4) Tablet rebooted into normal running mode

If you don't enter in recovery right away you flash it the system will revert the changes back. so if the system start to boot normally you need to flash via odin again.
I recommend you to flash the version i linked, as it is more compatible with MM bootloader, also turning off auto reboot is a very important thing.
You need to press all the buttons together power+vol down+vol up+home, (press power last) . when the screen light up release the volume up button (the next to power button) and keep holding the rest.
also...
You can try one trick that i use sometimes, it will give you more time to make the key combination, connect the device to the charger and press and hold power+vol up until the screen turn off, it may show a battery icon, so you disconnect the charger and wait the icon go away. the device should be turned off now. so you basically press and hold vol down+home+power (press power last)
If you done the combination correctly and the screen became black, don't worry, it is a bug, just wait some time (1 min i think) and press home key, it should show the recovery.
It can be a pain in the a** sometimes... but trust me, it generally works.

Ok, so far so good. It took a while but I got into TWRP. But I can't seem to select the image file.
I have it on an external MicroSD in the root. File is called T800XXU1CPH7_T800XAR1CPH4_XAR.zip
I can browse files on the list on the left. But I can't seem to find the file
Did I miss a step?

Somehow after going through menus, it recognized the file
But when I tried to install it, I got these errors
Zip Signature verification failed!
Error installing zip file /sdcard/download/T800XXU1CPH7_T800ZXAR1CPH4_XAR.zip
Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in zip file
Error installing zip file /sdcard/download/T800XXU1CPH7_T800ZXAR1CPH4_XAR.zip

you got me wrong, in the TWRP what you need to do is make a complete wipe (Wipe > Advanced Wipe > check all the boxes > wipe)
then you need to enter in download mode. (Reboot > Download)
and flash the rom via odin!
extract the zip on your pc, it should be a .Tar file, select AP mode on odin, select the .tar and flash it in there.

I apologize for the confusion. Those steps worked!!
I think part of the problem is that I did not extract the firmware file. I kept trying to flash the TAR file.
I did a wipe in TWRP
Then rebooted into download mode
Flashed extracted firmware file in ODIN in AP Box
Then the tablet rebooted and was in setup mode like a brand new tablet!! Who hoo.
Works great
Thanks for all the help