Hi, recently got a gt-p5210 off of someone on FB for $40. Put a new screen, battery, and charge port in it for about $35.
I have a GT-P5110 that ive rooted and just use as is.
ive been looking into 2 different custom roms that I found here,
other than rooting the 5210 with kingo I have not done anything in depth like this....
id like to put a custom rom on the 5210
my main questions are:
how do I flash from a .zip file ( if its possible)
and if not how do I turn a .zip into a tar or md5 or something flashable?
Thanks in advance.
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I would just like to say that I have searched for a definitive answer for a couple days with no luck.
Background: I had a Samsung Galaxy S II X (SGH-T989D) from Telus and I wanted to try root it and flash it a few months ago. I was not sure about what I was doing and ended up bricking it - without a stock kernel to go back to. I have received my replacement phone through Best Buy and have been running stock ever since.
I want to do this the proper way and really can't afford to brick another one right now.
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A) Backing up stock kernel:
Question 1) I would like to if it is possible for me to create a backup of the stock kernel from my phone now, so that if anything breaks, I can reset it to stock. I found this post but the links are dead.
Question 2) If it is possible for me to create a backup of the stock kernel, how would I go about it? I've looked but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for in the way of an answer here so if you could point me in the right direction that would be great.
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B) SGH-T989 ROMs...
Question 3) This one is confusing for me. Are SGH-T989 ROMs compatible with my phone? When I bricked my phone last time I'm not exactly sure what I did, but I know that I was trying to flash a custom ROM on it. It may have not been compatible with the T989, I'm not sure. In any case, a solid answer here would be amazing.
C) Almost done
Question 4) This is my last question. If all of the above is impossible/will not work for my phone, I would just like to know if it is possible to root my phone without breaking it. If I understood correctly, to root it I must flash it? I'm not sure how that works/what the difference is between flashing/rooting or how they are connected.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you in advance if you take the time to answer me.
- Chris
gingerbeard said:
I would just like to say that I have searched for a definitive answer for a couple days with no luck.
Background: I had a Samsung Galaxy S II X (SGH-T989D) from Telus and I wanted to try root it and flash it a few months ago. I was not sure about what I was doing and ended up bricking it - without a stock kernel to go back to. I have received my replacement phone through Best Buy and have been running stock ever since.
I want to do this the proper way and really can't afford to brick another one right now.
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A) Backing up stock kernel:
Question 1) I would like to if it is possible for me to create a backup of the stock kernel from my phone now, so that if anything breaks, I can reset it to stock. I found this post but the links are dead.
Question 2) If it is possible for me to create a backup of the stock kernel, how would I go about it? I've looked but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for in the way of an answer here so if you could point me in the right direction that would be great.
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B) SGH-T989 ROMs...
Question 3) This one is confusing for me. Are SGH-T989 ROMs compatible with my phone? When I bricked my phone last time I'm not exactly sure what I did, but I know that I was trying to flash a custom ROM on it. It may have not been compatible with the T989, I'm not sure. In any case, a solid answer here would be amazing.
C) Almost done
Question 4) This is my last question. If all of the above is impossible/will not work for my phone, I would just like to know if it is possible to root my phone without breaking it. If I understood correctly, to root it I must flash it? I'm not sure how that works/what the difference is between flashing/rooting or how they are connected.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you in advance if you take the time to answer me.
- Chris
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B) Every SGH-T989 ROM is compatible with our phones. They are the exact same hardware wise. Just be careful you don't flash any other type of GALAXY S II ROM they will brick you.
C) to root, all you need to do is flash the custom recovery in Odin and flash superuser or a custom ROM. Look in development there is a sticky for it.
Hope this helps!
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Hi all
I have looked at the Note 2 Tool kit in the rooting section and wanted to ask a quick question, i have a note 2 on o2 in the uk, all i want to do is to root the phone but keep the standard ROM for now, will this tool kit allow me to do this, im a bit concerned as one of the options talks about "flash insecure boot image & Root phone" is this the option i need to be able to transfer apps to SD
Sorry again for the newbie question but we all have to start somewhere
Pete
peter7769 said:
Hi all
I have looked at the Note 2 Tool kit in the rooting section and wanted to ask a quick question, i have a note 2 on o2 in the uk, all i want to do is to root the phone but keep the standard ROM for now, will this tool kit allow me to do this, im a bit concerned as one of the options talks about "flash insecure boot image & Root phone" is this the option i need to be able to transfer apps to SD
Sorry again for the newbie question but we all have to start somewhere
Pete
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The insecure boot flash has nothing to do with apps2sd afaik. You must flash an insecure boot.image to obtain the enviroment to get root an be able to boot the phone.
Thanks for the reply, so will doing this alter the stock ROM? ,I want to keep that for the time being.
Pete
peter7769 said:
Thanks for the reply, so will doing this alter the stock ROM? ,I want to keep that for the time being.
Pete
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No it will not
The easiest way to root is method 1 here. Takes less than a few mins but will not be able to receive OTA so no point in keeping stock. Android Revolution is the closest Ive tried to a Custom Rom but currently Im using Omega V3 which you might like too.
Thanks for all the help & advice, much appreciated
Pete
elevation_2 said:
The easiest way to root is method 1 here. Takes less than a few mins but will not be able to receive OTA so no point in keeping stock. Android Revolution is the closest Ive tried to a Custom Rom but currently Im using Omega V3 which you might like too.
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But you can still recieve updates via kies
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First of all, let me congratulate everyone for this forum. It's almost thanks to you.
It's my first post here, so hello to everyone.
It's my first android device, but I have experience with flashing symbian
I've been trying to flash my phone since couple of weeks reading some threads all over the Internet, but some errors occured each time
First of all, my phone was supposed to be root. After I get it is not rooted I search for some rooting options and then a read-only error occures, but I have superSU so I guess minideal (from where I bought my phone) flash it half the way so my phone is rooted and unrooted at the same time, is that possible?
Then I explore the phone and found a folder on it called "ClockworkMod". Doesn't it supposed to be with stock Android? What is ClockworkMod?
Later my final desire is to flash my phone with stock Android, I would like my phone to be 100% clean and then root it etc.
Can someone walk me through this as a complete noobie : (
What is the best for my phone?
Thanks to all.
vX
Hi There!
drinkin_park said:
First of all, let me congratulate everyone for this forum. It's almost thanks to you.
It's my first post here, so hello to everyone.
It's my first android device, but I have experience with flashing symbian
I've been trying to flash my phone since couple of weeks reading some threads all over the Internet, but some errors occured each time
First of all, my phone was supposed to be root. After I get it is not rooted I search for some rooting options and then a read-only error occures, but I have superSU so I guess minideal (from where I bought my phone) flash it half the way so my phone is rooted and unrooted at the same time, is that possible?
Then I explore the phone and found a folder on it called "ClockworkMod". Doesn't it supposed to be with stock Android? What is ClockworkMod?
Later my final desire is to flash my phone with stock Android, I would like my phone to be 100% clean and then root it etc.
Can someone walk me through this as a complete noobie : (
What is the best for my phone?
Thanks to all.
vX
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Firstly, let tell you, what about Clockworkmod.
Clockworkmod is a comunity of programmers who has brought and created first and for me, the best android custom recovery. Their recovery names CWM recovery, they have also created, superuser a root permisions manager and more things.
Now, talking about your phone, is great phone, I don't know which one you have but love Iocean x7 Elite (Hope buy it soon), the phone have many ways of rooting but like people (not all), don't like support it cause like much more others it comes from china , this video is in spanish but you just must watch it and reading the description below, I'm not responsible of what happens :angel:, I just try to help you
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GOOD LUCK!
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Hope your reply.
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Thank you for answering me.
Let me ask you my first question:
Do my phone (any phone) have to be rooted to install custom rom?
As I already read most of the custom roms are with built in root permissions....
Must Be Rooted!
drinkin_park said:
Thank you for answering me.
Let me ask you my first question:
Do my phone (any phone) have to be rooted to install custom rom?
As I already read most of the custom roms are with built in root permissions....
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Well, in occasions some devices must not be rooted because people just need to install a custom recovery and that's it. For flashing a custom recovery you mustn't be rooted, just look for a custom recovery for your device and so of easy you could flashing a custom rom. But with root privileges you could get your phone nicer and faster you jus must use the best way and under your own risk. I hope having helped you, if you need anything else, just write me
does anybody know if there is a cwm or twm for iocean x7 hd? any suggestion for root or custom rom?thanx
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does anybody know if there is a cwm or twm for iocean x7 hd? any suggestion for root or custom rom?thanx
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Hi,
You found TWM on needrom.com
chris_1954 said:
Hi,
You found TWM on needrom.com
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no TWM for iOcean x7 HD yet but i made a cwm of my own and it works fine
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I didn't see a section dedicated to the virgin mobile galaxy s3 so I thought I should make one.I have the sphl710 with the new baseband nj3 and I know many others like me have questions like. How to get root back if they lost it? How to root now? if there are any one click methods that will work as of now? And other General questions I've had and I've seen many others have had. So the answers I've came to are
# The only way I've seen people getting root back after the update is with philz recovery.
# How to root now? Well that's my question to.
# Is there any one click methods that work as of now? No , well from what I've seen. All the new firmware is having that problem. Towel root won't work on Sprint galaxy s3 with a baseband of nj2 and nj3 from what I've seen and tried. Same with farmaroot it worked great before but until it gets a update it won't work. Other than those main ones I've tried allot of other one click methods to no prevail. So your not alone in that.
If you have comments or questions or both feel free to ask and discuss. Let's try to be new user friendly because we've all been there not knowing what anyone else is taking about.so let's not make anyone feel stupid. Thanks
I've rooted my Virgin Mobile S3 in the last couple of months with the NJ3 modem, and I found this page to be of great help: http://androidforums.com/forums/virgin-mobile-galaxy-s3-all-things-root.2292/ Specifically, I used the All-In-One Custom ROM User Guide by struckn: http://androidforums.com/threads/all-in-one-custom-rom-user-guide.791952/ It's a little outdated, but it doesn't matter.
I read through the whole thing, but you really only need the rooting part in the beginning if you want stock rooted with a custom recovery. I have Philz, as it is what the guide said to use, and everything works smoothly. The guide also covers good custom ROMs if you want those (after I made a Nandroid backup of stock, I played with a few ROMs before sticking with Android Ice Cold Project v8)
A side note: When I was completely new to this, I was perplexed by Odin. I used it after finding a download for it somewhere (there is no official download, as it is leaked software), but I'd recommend giving Heimdall a try first ( http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall/ ), instead. Also, Heimdall is cross-platform, so you don't have to use a Windows computer to root!
Hello all!
I am in dire need of assistance and unsure of what to do next
The tablet I have is a Samsung Galaxy Tab3 7.0<stands for 7 inches? Model number is: SM-T210 and the Android version is 4.2.2. I believe this is the 2013 version tablet.
Short Version: :
I need some help and understanding of what order to do these things.
I read that installing a custom ROM helps with the performance a lot
Do I install the custom ROM first? Or do I need a custom recovery ( TWRP being the popular on)
Also, does my device need to be rooted?
A little confused at the order, what I do/do not need, and where to download all this from
Any more enlightnemt about what I should do next will be really helpful.
Otherwise I will just have to purchase a tablet :? (will installing a custom rom, rooting etc actually make my painfully slow tab3 faster? Or shall I just buy a new tablet?)
Long Version
Just some background info this current tablet:
The other day I 'foraged and found' the Samsug Galaxy Tab3 that my father was given for free with the purchase of his Samsung phone back in 2013. The tablet was hardly used, no files (photos or documents), some apps on there, basic use from him at work. I have used it for a few days and it is quite slow/performance etc. This is after the factory reset, but not sure if I will keep it as its still a bit sluggish and driving me nuts!. I have performed the standard and basic 'how to make your tablet faster', by turning animations to 0.5, downloading a differnt launcher, moving apps to microSD card etc but it doesnt help a lot.
So I was going to purchase another cheap(ish) tablet, but some wandering research has allowed me to stumble upon info about 'installing custom ROM's, flashing, backing up using TWRP custom recovery'.
Now I am no noob when it comes to tech. as 'I am a 90's kid who grew up with it' . But I am also no expert, however I come with open arms when learning about new techie methods/techniques.
And this installing custom ROM's sounds interesting, especially as my tablet is not really usable everyday, so I dont have anything to lose by tweaking it!
So I thought, lets start by watching a video 'How to Install A Custom ROM On Any Android Device (2018)'> But then it mentions that I need a custom recovery, TWRP being the popular one> But then that video tutorial says that I need my device to be rooted! So thats 3 different video tutorials that I need to follow. But I read that it does not need to be rooted, then I read that you dont need a PC for custom ROM's but some videos use it..oh God! As you can probably tell, this is really confusing for someone approaching this new area of 'rooting/custom rom'.
I would really like some help/advice about where I should start, what tutorials to use (I do like videos), what to download, what devices I need, softwares etc!
Hopefully the information I have provided helps
Thank you!
This is not the right forum for your tablet. You have a Galaxy Tab 3, this forum is for the Galaxy Tab S3.
You should head over to the Galaxy Tab 3 forum.
R.Kade said:
This is not the right forum for your tablet. You have a Galaxy Tab 3, this forum is for the Galaxy Tab S3.
You should head over to the Galaxy Tab 3 forum.
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ahh thanks. Can a mod move this thread? I dont want to copy and paste another exact thread so there is 2 of them
Mumford and Dragons said:
ahh thanks. Can a mod move this thread? I dont want to copy and paste another exact thread so there is 2 of them
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Moved - please raise a Report to alert a Moderator when you need action taking on your thread/post.
No one is able to help?
Might just have to buy a new tablet.
Was hoping I could experiment/test with this tablet I currently have
I m not familiar with your device, but steps are always the same: 1. Flash recovery with Odin (TWRP for example) 2. Copy Rom and Gapps to your device's SD 3. Boot to recovery 4. Follow ROM installation instructions. Happy Flashing, don't forget to enable USB debugging. Cheers A
Droehnemeier said:
I m not familiar with your device, but steps are always the same: 1. Flash recovery with Odin (TWRP for example) 2. Copy Rom and Gapps to your device's SD 3. Boot to recovery 4. Follow ROM installation instructions. Happy Flashing, don't forget to enable USB debugging. Cheers A
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Hey!
So I do not need to root my tablet? Many people say you have to? Maybe its best I do that?
Also, many different tutorials show different orders of installing and using different methods?
And, can I just do everything on my tablet or do I have to use my PC?
Do I need to install any apps or just to to certain websites on the tablet and install things?
Any specific links and order of doing them would help a bunch!
P.S What do you mean by "copy Gaps"? Do you mean apps?
Mumford and Dragons said:
Hey!
So I do not need to root my tablet? Many people say you have to? Maybe its best I do that?
Also, many different tutorials show different orders of installing and using different methods?
And, can I just do everything on my tablet or do I have to use my PC?
Do I need to install any apps or just to to certain websites on the tablet and install things?
Any specific links and order of doing them would help a bunch!
P.S What do you mean by "copy Gaps"? Do you mean apps?
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Like I said I am not familiar with your device so I can't give you such a specific advice. You have to find out by yourself. Read threads, completely. Follow things being discussed already and find solutions for problems that's been already solved. This is what I do