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Viewpad 7 - how to root?

How to root Viewpad 7?
Anybody suceeded?

Ok,
Use SuperOneClick, just make sure to click 'run as admin' if win7. That was were I screwed up.

In case you have issues here is a step by step:
a) Download the latest version of Super One Click (currently 1.6.5).
b) Place your Android device into debugging mode, and connect to computer.
c) Right-click the Super One Click executable and select 'Run As Administrator'.
d) At program launch select 'rageagainstthecage' exploit method, then select 'Root'.
e) If there is no activity for more than 30 seconds and the terminal display is stuck at 'Running rageagainstthecage....' remove the USB plug momentarily and plug back in.
f) You should get the message “***IF IT KEEPS LOOPING, TRY DISABLING USB DEBUGGING NOW***” followed by an ADB reset, waiting for device, and finally a successful rooting message. (Apparently the looping issue is a known bug).
g) Once this process is complete your prompted to test the root condition. Follow the steps to verify.

Yes, I rooted it that way. Thank you very much!
How about unroot with Super One Click, does it work too?

lakehousetech said:
In case you have issues here is a step by step:
a) Download the latest version of Super One Click (currently 1.6.5).
b) Place your Android device into debugging mode, and connect to computer.
c) Right-click the Super One Click executable and select 'Run As Administrator'.
d) At program launch select 'rageagainstthecage' exploit method, then select 'Root'.
e) If there is no activity for more than 30 seconds and the terminal display is stuck at 'Running rageagainstthecage....' remove the USB plug momentarily and plug back in.
f) You should get the message “***IF IT KEEPS LOOPING, TRY DISABLING USB DEBUGGING NOW***” followed by an ADB reset, waiting for device, and finally a successful rooting message. (Apparently the looping issue is a known bug).
g) Once this process is complete your prompted to test the root condition. Follow the steps to verify.
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Now let's put Gingerbread or Honeycomb on it!!

I'm working on an AOSP port of Gingerbread for the Viewpad 7 as we speak. Once I can get the basics working I'll open a dedicated thread.

lakehousetech said:
I'm working on an AOSP port of Gingerbread for the Viewpad 7 as we speak. Once I can get the basics working I'll open a dedicated thread.
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Really??! That's donation worthy man.
Edit:Then the only thing that would be missing is some way to do TV out. Any ideas?

ZenInsight said:
Really??! That's donation worthy man.
Edit:Then the only thing that would be missing is some way to do TV out. Any ideas?
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I don't know of any way TV out would be possible since there is no mini-HDMI port on the device. One of the main things that should be fixed is HD video playback. It really seems like Viewsonic rushed they're tablets to the market. Aside from that and lack of Flash I think it's a great tablet...especially for a developer. Having the 3G radio and GPS is really nice, as well as the screen compatibility mode.

lakehousetech said:
I don't know of any way TV out would be possible since there is no mini-HDMI port on the device. One of the main things that should be fixed is HD video playback. It really seems like Viewsonic rushed they're tablets to the market. Aside from that and lack of Flash I think it's a great tablet...especially for a developer. Having the 3G radio and GPS is really nice, as well as the screen compatibility mode.
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The Viewpad 7 doesn't have flash! What?

ZenInsight said:
The Viewpad 7 doesn't have flash! What?
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It uses a Qualcomm MSM7227 ARM11v6 processor with Adreno 200 graphics, clocked at 600MHz. It's been benchmarked in direct comparison to it's 1GHz Snapdragon cousins, so don't let the clock speed fool you (performance would be comparable to the original Motorola Droid). It's certainly capable of running Flash, but Adobe has been less than forthcoming about releasing a version which will support this architecture.
There are many other devices using this chip that have been released just a couple months ago, so it is still very much in wide use. I don't think anyone has ever found a workaround (aside from using Flash Lite). So until Adobe comes around, we'll be stuck using Skyfire.

lakehousetech said:
I'm working on an AOSP port of Gingerbread for the Viewpad 7 as we speak. Once I can get the basics working I'll open a dedicated thread.
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I just got my Vpad7 yesterday, and i'm already annoyed at the default 2.2. Even as rooted, my milestone with 2.3.3. still outshines it.
I cant even find an update.zip it'll accept. So when you got something worth testing, or a kernel worth booting, please allow me to test it

superone click superb!

DocNielsen said:
I just got my Vpad7 yesterday, and i'm already annoyed at the default 2.2. Even as rooted, my milestone with 2.3.3. still outshines it.
I cant even find an update.zip it'll accept. So when you got something worth testing, or a kernel worth booting, please allow me to test it
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I'm stuck at the moment on the boot.img, but once that's done the rest should get a little easier. I've attached the original launcher apk and dex for Doc. Hope you can get your tablet fixed up again.

rooted viewpad 7
hi all i have succesfully rooted my viewpad 7 but im still unable to install custom roms i took off some apps from my htc hero but none of those will install i have downloaded custom roms home brew but they fail to install has anyone else had this problem and how can i resolve this thanks spursfan1965 gooners welcome lol

spursfan1965 said:
hi all i have succesfully rooted my viewpad 7 but im still unable to install custom roms i took off some apps from my htc hero but none of those will install i have downloaded custom roms home brew but they fail to install has anyone else had this problem and how can i resolve this thanks spursfan1965 gooners welcome lol
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Does anyone VIEWPAD 7 owner know WHY it not support flash 10.1 ? it is android 2.2 offical version ?
thanks
James

keijames said:
Does anyone VIEWPAD 7 owner know WHY it not support flash 10.1 ? it is android 2.2 offical version ?
thanks
James
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Because Adobe decided not to support the ARM11v6 processor architecture, even though they had a working build for it. You can use Skyfire browser to watch flash videos in the meantime.

BTW, guys, where to get and how to install custom recovery on Viewpad7 ?
I can't install custom ROM, reason of stock recovery wan't install unsigned update.zip ;(

Hallo guys..
I tried on my viewpad7, superoneclick 1.7 on linux ubuntu.. but no success.. any hint for me?
always stop at
chmod..
I read to do a adb reset, but I am a bit ..
For the recovery rom I saw in modaco that there is a clockwork recovery rom ad hoc.. but I need root to install it.
ahh, before root it, I wish to have a backup, anybody know a way to backed up the original rom ?
thank you!!!

Per request I've created a separate thread documenting the installation of alternative recovery partitions and installing custom firmwares. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015005

Hello,
no it sounds that in linux the SuperOneclick doesn't work with this viewpad7..
I read some groups in germany and only windows 7 ... umm
But really there is no way to backup the rom before root?
I am in with adb .. but read not permitted..

[DEV & CWM Recovery for Pantech Crossover]

Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong section. Forgive me if I'm not allowed to post here yet. Just forgive me in general. I don't want to be banned or anything like that. I'm Extremely interested in android development.
I made a working port of ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.8 for the Pantech Crossover. I wanted to do this before I started tinkering around with porting cm7.2. So that I would have a way to backup, restore, and flash new roms, etc... Or else when I make a noob mistake like yesterday and have a non booting phone resulting in having to flash my old boot.img with fastboot...anyways..
DANGER: DRAGONS AHEAD
FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
The method I used to flash the recovery was:
1)adb push recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
2)flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
3)repeat step 2 (for some reason it gave me a read error out of memory the first time)
Here's the link to the custom recovery:
http :// dl. dropbox .com /u/20070520/ recovery.img
I know I'm not supposed to post links yet. Remove spaces
I just hope that there are others with the Pantech Crossover that are interested in this and the possible future development of custom roms.
Also if anyone knows if there is a good way to get ahold of koush let me know, so I can give him what he needs to hopefully add this to Rom Manager. I couldn't message him on github because he doesn't have an email set up with it

And while I'm at it. Here's the method for rooting your crossover. I'm not going to provide the files since they can easily be found with a google search.
1: Find a copy of gingerbreak.apk and copy it to your sd card
2: Enable usb debugging and allow installation of non market apps
3: Install gingerbreak
4: Root device with Gingerbreak
5: You can uninstall Gingerbreak when its completed.
Sent from my rooted PantechP8000 using XDA

Thanks so much for this! I have a friend with a crossover and is always looking for my help with making it work better. I realize this is a newer thread, I was wondering how things were coming along with CM? Anything I can do to help perhaps?

crap i need a rom to fix my crossover the buttons are no longer mapped after a hard reset. please help.

Slow
Well, it's been slow goings so far. I downloaded the open source files for the p8000 and it looks like they just built the original rom from a generic build. I've been trying to get a more customized build setup but I need to do some more reading so far. One of the problems is that instead of an akmd(2) binary for orientation and compass it uses three separate modules. Plus the hci_attach is a bit different as well and so is the bluetooth. So that significantly hampers the ease of even a basic port.
As far as the gentleman with the question about a rom to fix your device. The best I can do right now is to upload a clockwork mod backup after I do a factory reset. I don't get much time to work on this between my wife and daughter.
Also, do you have adb access to your device? Surely it wouldn't be too difficult to adb push the correct keymapping files back to your phone.
You say a hard reset messed up your mappings? What problems were you experiencing prior to the reset?

Crossover
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that there are people watching your thread. I am very interested in this as my parents have Crossovers and have recently rooted and unlocked them (well, I did) and set them up to work on Net10.
The only issue I've noted is that there are some failures, like the Market refusing to install apps no matter what is done. I'm going to install your ClockworkMod in hopes that later it might be useful.
I realize there isn't a large development scene for the P8k yet, and maybe there won't be but it's always a great hope that those with the capabilities might take pity. I was almost thinking that it might be my foray into actually looking deeper at the code than the small bit I've done.
Kind Regards,
Kaylus

Yup
kaylus said:
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that there are people watching your thread. I am very interested in this as my parents have Crossovers and have recently rooted and unlocked them (well, I did) and set them up to work on Net10.
The only issue I've noted is that there are some failures, like the Market refusing to install apps no matter what is done. I'm going to install your ClockworkMod in hopes that later it might be useful.
I realize there isn't a large development scene for the P8k yet, and maybe there won't be but it's always a great hope that those with the capabilities might take pity. I was almost thinking that it might be my foray into actually looking deeper at the code than the small bit I've done.
Kind Regards,
Kaylus
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I haven't had any problems with the market refusing to install apps but I do sometimes run across the no connection error with the market when on wifi. Although I did notice this before I rooted my crossover. Sometimes disabling and re-enabling the wifi helps. I really do think it is a bug somewhere in the original rom.
As far as the custom recovery image. Everything seems to be working pretty good. I use it mainly for restoring previous backups. I would say I've restored my backup at least a dozen times. Occasionally it states there was an error restoring .android secure but I have yet to track that down. I need to double check the recovery.fstab to make sure I have everything set right for the mount points.

stevotdo said:
I haven't had any problems with the market refusing to install apps but I do sometimes run across the no connection error with the market when on wifi. Although I did notice this before I rooted my crossover. Sometimes disabling and re-enabling the wifi helps. I really do think it is a bug somewhere in the original rom.
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I'm actually completely stuck at this point. I'm rooted, unlocked, different carrier, APN set correctly. I can access data and voice -- but it just hangs at "Downloading..." on the market. If I factory reset it works initially but after reboot it fails. I'm not quite sure why this occurs and if it is just this phone or a side-effect of using it on a different carrier.
Strangely Wi-fi doesn't resolve it.
As far as the custom recovery image. Everything seems to be working pretty good. I use it mainly for restoring previous backups. I would say I've restored my backup at least a dozen times. Occasionally it states there was an error restoring .android secure but I have yet to track that down. I need to double check the recovery.fstab to make sure I have everything set right for the mount points.
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I'll give your recovery a run and let you know, if you manage CM7 let me know I know it's a big undertaking. Thanks for the response.

Market Error
As far as the Android Market hanging. I see a few references to it being cause by the .android_secure folder becoming corrupted on the sd card.
One temporary fix suggest moving all the installed apk's back to the phone memory and deleting the .android_secure folder. Then rebooting and moving those apps back to the sd card.
That seems like some wasted time if it doesn't happen to work. I would just turn the phone off, remove the sdcard, and restart (granted any apps that were moved to the sdcard wont work until it is reinserted.) Then I would try to download and install an app. If that works then shutdown, insert sd, and reboot.
I'm really curious if the problems with .android_secure that you and i are having aren't just more bugs in the original rom.

Just as a poster above me said, I am watching this thread and really appreciate everything you are doing. Thanks again.

Well I appreciate the support. I just hope to be able to offer a rom sometime soon. Unfortunately I won't have anymore free time till Tuesday
crimson12 said:
Just as a poster above me said, I am watching this thread and really appreciate everything you are doing. Thanks again.
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Not an issue, life first, then android development.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Pantech Crossover Update
Ahhhhh check out the pantech support page for the crossover. They finally have the Gingerbread update.
http:// pantechusa. com/xupgrade/ remove spaces.
Which is great because I soft bricked my phone (don't ask) and this was going to be the only way to fix it.

stevotdo said:
Ahhhhh check out the pantech support page for the crossover. They finally have the Gingerbread update.
http:// pantechusa. com/xupgrade/ remove spaces.
Which is great because I soft bricked my phone (don't ask) and this was going to be the only way to fix it.
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Oh hell yes finally. Thanks for the notice!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Mildly related, but have you figured out how to root the gingerbread ROM? I've tried ginger break to no avail.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

anyone have a stock image of the 2.2 for android my phone came preupgraded to 2.3.6 and i would like to have it rooted over being on gingerbread since a root method hasnt been found yet for the new firmware

Bricked?
I tried to use the pantech provided gingerbread update this morning. It got about an eighth of the way through and failed. It instructed me to reboot while holding volume up and home and power. That put it in software updating mode. I tried the upgrade 3 more times, it failed at the same point each time. Now my phone is stuck in S/W Updating mode and I can't seem to get it out. I've tried pressing volume up and down for 10 seconds, and pressing volume down and home while powering on, nothing seems to make a difference. Any thoughts about how to at least get me back to froyo?

formattdd said:
I tried to use the pantech provided gingerbread update this morning. It got about an eighth of the way through and failed. It instructed me to reboot while holding volume up and home and power. That put it in software updating mode. I tried the upgrade 3 more times, it failed at the same point each time. Now my phone is stuck in S/W Updating mode and I can't seem to get it out. I've tried pressing volume up and down for 10 seconds, and pressing volume down and home while powering on, nothing seems to make a difference. Any thoughts about how to at least get me back to froyo?
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Nevermind, bad usb cable.

formattdd said:
Nevermind, bad usb cable.
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Glad you got it working!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Yeah now I'm having the same regrets as above. No root.
Sent from my PantechP8000 using XDA

[DISCUSSION THREAD] Huawei Ascend G300

New discussion thread for the g300, feel free to discuss any related topic about the G300.

Help Ascend G300 won't boot....
Dude you're my lost hope before i return this phone to seller and try to screw them somehow to fix it...
I accidently used ICS unlockbootloader .exe on GB 2.3.6 Android and now phone won't start at all.Huawei logo shows up then goes away and then again on and off constantly ..seems it can boot in because gingerbread bootloader is either gone or damaged by me doing ICS bbotloader...
I tried flashing any possible version of anything really (including B927 from Modaco forum ) but no luck ."Update Failed" every damn time..
My original version was B893 ( noo i didn't back it up grrr) then update to B900 something no idea what it came on phone updates so I just processed.I would be happy to get back GB the way it was if possible somehow...
The way i see it is now there's ICS bootloader in it but still GB 2.3.6 so because no version of ICS is there it fails to start the phone.Any chance to found GB bootloader that can be put on to overwrite ICS one or anything anything that will get me phone back..please...:crying:
I'm from Australia Vodafone.. sorry if my English is all over the place....desperate to get my Ascend G300 back ...

[email protected] said:
Dude you're my lost hope before i return this phone to seller and try to screw them somehow to fix it...
I accidently used ICS unlockbootloader .exe on GB 2.3.6 Android and now phone won't start at all.Huawei logo shows up then goes away and then again on and off constantly ..seems it can boot in because gingerbread bootloader is either gone or damaged by me doing ICS bbotloader...
I tried flashing any possible version of anything really (including B927 from Modaco forum ) but no luck ."Update Failed" every damn time..
My original version was B893 ( noo i didn't back it up grrr) then update to B900 something no idea what it came on phone updates so I just processed.I would be happy to get back GB the way it was if possible somehow...
The way i see it is now there's ICS bootloader in it but still GB 2.3.6 so because no version of ICS is there it fails to start the phone.Any chance to found GB bootloader that can be put on to overwrite ICS one or anything anything that will get me phone back..please...:crying:
I'm from Australia Vodafone.. sorry if my English is all over the place....desperate to get my Ascend G300 back ...
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Try flashing b888. Download it.
Then extract its contents to your SD card...
Power off phone remove battery and wait 5 seconds then re apply the battery make sure SD card is inserted.
Now hold the power and volume + and - button so your holding power, volume up and down at the same time simultaneously.
This should... force it into a forceful update and the new files will override the os.
Tell me if this works. I have a few more suggestions..

krishneelg3 said:
Try flashing b888. Download it.
Then extract its contents to your SD card...
Power off phone remove battery and wait 5 seconds then re apply the battery make sure SD card is inserted.
Now hold the power and volume + and - button so your holding power, volume up and down at the same time simultaneously.
This should... force it into a forceful update and the new files will override the os.
Tell me if this works. I have a few more suggestions..
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Thanks for quick reply,
Tried that one as well as others B8xx and pretty much all B9xx inc. B944 but still getting "Update Failed" all the time..used "middle package" still failure.
It's seems to me that I either bricked the phone or what f$$k else I've got no idea.Thinking about returning phone to the seller with hope that they might replace IMEI..It might work since there's no way starting the phone to see what's been done inskde...I'll just say that phone doesn't want to start.What are you think?Of course mate I can try any more yours suggestions before doing this return try...
Really appreciate all yours efforts mate...:good:

[email protected] said:
Thanks for quick reply,
Tried that one as well as others B8xx and pretty much all B9xx inc. B944 but still getting "Update Failed" all the time..used "middle package" still failure.
It's seems to me that I either bricked the phone or what f$$k else I've got no idea.Thinking about returning phone to the seller with hope that they might replace IMEI..It might work since there's no way starting the phone to see what's been done inskde...I'll just say that phone doesn't want to start.What are you think?Of course mate I can try any more yours suggestions before doing this return try...
Really appreciate all yours efforts mate...:good:
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Hmm... is cwm installed?

krishneelg3 said:
Hmm... is cwm installed?
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No mate didn't get to that stage at all.After I did run unlockbootloader.exe all this started to happen.I know now it's my mistake because unlockbootloader I used is for ICS but I was still on GB.I realize that now clearly.
Is there such a thing as GB bootloader ? What I'm trying to ask if I can get from somewhere GB Bootloader and try to put it on somehow maybe then phone would start???
So as I said I'm out of options really...

[email protected] said:
No mate didn't get to that stage at all.After I did run unlockbootloader.exe all this started to happen.I know now it's my mistake because unlockbootloader I used is for ICS but I was still on GB.I realize that now clearly.
Is there such a thing as GB bootloader ? What I'm trying to ask if I can get from somewhere GB Bootloader and try to put it on somehow maybe then phone would start???
So as I said I'm out of options really...
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Please go to modaco and I to the g300 section. Ask your question there.... you will be helped out by one experienced dev or ppls ideas...
Sent from my Ascend G300 using Tapatalk 2

I might buy this phone so I need some reviews on it.
I have to choose between ascend g300 and ideos x5 u8800 pro

hell_lock said:
I might buy this phone so I need some reviews on it.
I have to choose between ascend g300 and ideos x5 u8800 pro
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G300 is better than x5. All ways.. more devs ROMs..
The phone is good on stock but ROMs make it much better.
Sent from my Ascend G300 using Tapatalk 2

Ive got this phone now (upgraded from the Huawei Sonic) and I just got done rooting it but its still using the stock GB ROM and I really wanna update it with a ICS/JB ROM. but the problem is that the version of my phone (B900) isn't compatible with any ROMs atm.
Phone Details.
Device: Huawei Ascend G300 (U8815)
Carrier: Vodafone AU
Android version: 2.3.6
Baseband version: 109808
Kernel version: 2.6.38.6-perf [email protected] #1
Build number: U8815-51V100R001C346B900

I accendatily deleted my contacts both from sim and from gmail...help....!!!
Hi everyone,
last night i was initializing a huawei ascend g300 by inserting a sim card which has 175 contacts in its list.....i went ahead an synchronised first the phone with the gmail account throught wifi but had diabled auto-sync and back ground applications too....then went ahead and copied all those contacts to the gmail account by manage contacts>copy contacts>sim to gmail account and after that there were two contacts each name appearing hence thought i would delete and copy it once again from sim card hence i deleted all the contacts.
After deleting the contacts it came to my attention that i had accidentally deleted sim contacts along with the contacts which i had copied to gmail.All i needed to do is go into view setting and uncheck the sim and the phone such that only the gmail contact would be displayed.
I already tried the restoring of contacts from gmail account as the auto sync was disabled hence no contact was synchronised on the gmail servers
The phone itself is new hence i dint took the back up so that option aswell seems to be out of context now......
I am having the sim card data recovery software but do not have a sim card reader currently in search of it..will keep you posted furthur.
Isnt there anyway of using the phone as a sim card reader...or the sim slot at the back of lappy....as the sim card reader..?
I want to restore those contacts is there any way around it.....?
Any suggestion...advice would be immensly appreciated coz im in deep trouble...

Instagram video issue
Hi all, I bought a couple of Y300's - one for my father, one for my son, as they're such good value. Both totally stock and unmodded.
The issue the lad's having is with Instagram - video displays OK, but the sound is way out of sync.
Anyone else having similar issues? Apart from that the phones are going great.

Problem with Huawei Ascend G300 - please help
Hello guys, this is my first post here. I searched the forum and didn't find the answer, I would be really, really grateful if you could help me with this one.
I have Huawei Ascend G300. It was working really bad and slow lately (I did factory reset, didn't help) so I installed custom ROM - CyanogenMod 10.2, JB 4.3. The installation went smoothly, the phone was working fine after that, I installed all the apps.
But after a couple of hours, the phone just turned off. Just like that. And now it seems to be "dead". Now I can't turn it on and it doesn't recognize when I plug in the charger.
Any suggestions on how to make it work again?
Thank you very much

sha je bre ovo?

Trying to update twrp..."trying"

I was trying to update this Nexus S, used to be mine but gave it away to someone, now is back and I was trying to update the whole thing, recovery, Os, yet I can't find a proper way to update the recovery and also I have Win8...when I got this phone rooted I had a Win7 machine, life was great, now with Win8 some things seem far from easy.
So I wonder if any kind soul could assist me as to lend me a hand about updating TWRP 2.3 to 2.7 so I can install a fresh rom, i have tried TWRP manager (useless as it can't find the proper device), Flashify is useless also as it can't find the img file and only shows TWRP 2.1 (why the fk do I need 2.1 when I have 2.3 ?), and Rashr is no good (it simple doesn't do anything at all... )
Any help is welcome.

fenrry said:
I was trying to update this Nexus S, used to be mine but gave it away to someone, now is back and I was trying to update the whole thing, recovery, Os, yet I can't find a proper way to update the recovery and also I have Win8...when I got this phone rooted I had a Win7 machine, life was great, now with Win8 some things seem far from easy.
So I wonder if any kind soul could assist me as to lend me a hand about updating TWRP 2.3 to 2.7 so I can install a fresh rom, i have tried TWRP manager (useless as it can't find the proper device), Flashify is useless also as it can't find the img file and only shows TWRP 2.1 (why the fk do I need 2.1 when I have 2.3 ?), and Rashr is no good (it simple doesn't do anything at all... )
Any help is welcome.
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Google "Nexus Root Toolkit". Works great with Windows 8.1.

rhyang said:
Google "Nexus Root Toolkit". Works great with Windows 8.1.
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I found something after a lot of searching and reading around back and forth on different places, thanks, I will keep it in mind anyway cause right now there is not that many sources for info on Nexus S.

fenrry said:
I found something after a lot of searching and reading around back and forth on different places, thanks, I will keep it in mind anyway cause right now there is not that many sources for info on Nexus S.
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I have uploaded TWRP v2.8.0.1 flashable zip. Flash it like any normal ROM in the existing recovery.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55616780&postcount=115
Also, let me if you need help in installing drivers in Windows 8. I too am using Nexus S on Windows 8.1

smit.sanghavi said:
I have uploaded TWRP v2.8.0.1 flashable zip. Flash it like any normal ROM in the existing recovery.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55616780&postcount=115
Also, let me if you need help in installing drivers in Windows 8. I too am using Nexus S on Windows 8.1
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Thanks so much fo the Zip, is way easier to just have this done via TWRP/ZIP, than trying to install drivers and so on, it becomes a pain when one thing fails and then u have to start downloading files drivers and more.
Now I'll just start checking roms!

fenrry said:
I was trying to update this Nexus S, used to be mine but gave it away to someone, now is back and I was trying to update the whole thing, recovery, Os, yet I can't find a proper way to update the recovery and also I have Win8...when I got this phone rooted I had a Win7 machine, life was great, now with Win8 some things seem far from easy.
So I wonder if any kind soul could assist me as to lend me a hand about updating TWRP 2.3 to 2.7 so I can install a fresh rom, i have tried TWRP manager (useless as it can't find the proper device), Flashify is useless also as it can't find the img file and only shows TWRP 2.1 (why the fk do I need 2.1 when I have 2.3 ?), and Rashr is no good (it simple doesn't do anything at all... )
Any help is welcome.
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Hi There,
The latest Recovery for Nexus S is TWRP v2.8.x. Well u will need to flash the Twrp v2.8.x using fastboot because if you try installing the recovery using the TWRP Manager it will crash. I have a guide on how to root nexus s in the nexus s development section..Go through it . If you have a rooted Nexus S then skip to contect showing how to flash a custom recovery using Fastboot in my guide go through it and Enjoy..
Happy Flashing.
Good Luck

fenrry said:
I was trying to update this Nexus S, used to be mine but gave it away to someone, now is back and I was trying to update the whole thing, recovery, Os, yet I can't find a proper way to update the recovery and also I have Win8...when I got this phone rooted I had a Win7 machine, life was great, now with Win8 some things seem far from easy.
So I wonder if any kind soul could assist me as to lend me a hand about updating TWRP 2.3 to 2.7 so I can install a fresh rom, i have tried TWRP manager (useless as it can't find the proper device), Flashify is useless also as it can't find the img file and only shows TWRP 2.1 (why the fk do I need 2.1 when I have 2.3 ?), and Rashr is no good (it simple doesn't do anything at all... )
Any help is welcome.
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Hi there,
i just made a .doc in which i have briefly described how to flash twrp on nexus s just download the file and go through it.

Thanks!, I forgot to reply about this, I managed to get things working, I really don't know how it happened but after repeating the steps several times something must have kicked and things finally worked.

fenrry said:
Thanks!, I forgot to reply about this, I managed to get things working, I really don't know how it happened but after repeating the steps several times something must have kicked and things finally worked.
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Ok Brother, Chill and Enjoy.

GT-N8000 downgrade and no update.

I've been using Gnabo v_7 version for quite a long time, and a very simple and beautiful day when I woke up my Samsung GT-N8000 was stuck on bootscreen. I wasn't able to do much so I got this "Brazil stock rom" that I found in a website, and it flashed all right, except for the detail that there is something at the screen that I haven't got a bloody clue how to remove. hahaha
And still, whenever I try to install another room, I got stuck at bootlogo and so on. I'm kinda lost here, mind a little help?
I traveled around the forum but well, I'm a little dumb so I couldn't find any proper information about, how to solve this. I would like to know if there is a way to remove this thing from the main screen, and post here the image for you guys to see it please.
I tried to post the image here to make it easier understanding, but since I got this login recently I can't =\
Thanks

Install custom recovery (if you haven't already. If you already have it installed, make sure to update to latest version), root device, wipe everything and flash custom ROM.

DroidTwe4kz said:
Install custom recovery (if you haven't already. If you already have it installed, make sure to update to latest version), root device, wipe everything and flash custom ROM.
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So far I've tried the rom = N8000XXUDNE4 [still bootloop], then another 4.1 android version of other German rom XXALGA and nothing. Downloaded 3 Brazilian versions, and nothing. [I am from Brazil]. The only one that worked flashing using Odin was one called "KIES_HOME_N8000UBALGA_N8000ZTOALG3_N8000UBLG5.tar". And still, not recognizing my cellphone chip, and with some big watermark at the middle of the screen showing some information about the ROM and the version is 4.0. Even though this one worked fine, I was able to root and when I tried to flash another room, BANG! Bootloop again! =\
I was looking at the forum topics and I read some about ADB or something like that can fix this and "break" this bootloop making the device work normally again with the roms. But i haven't got a clue how to use it. Please help me! =\

vitortakeda said:
So far I've tried the rom = N8000XXUDNE4 [still bootloop], then another 4.1 android version of other German rom XXALGA and nothing. Downloaded 3 Brazilian versions, and nothing. [I am from Brazil]. The only one that worked flashing using Odin was one called "KIES_HOME_N8000UBALGA_N8000ZTOALG3_N8000UBLG5.tar". And still, not recognizing my cellphone chip, and with some big watermark at the middle of the screen showing some information about the ROM and the version is 4.0. Even though this one worked fine, I was able to root and when I tried to flash another room, BANG! Bootloop again! =\
I was looking at the forum topics and I read some about ADB or something like that can fix this and "break" this bootloop making the device work normally again with the roms. But i haven't got a clue how to use it. Please help me! =\
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You can use ADB to push/pull files to Android. I don't know if you can use it to fix bootloop. With it, you can also reboot to recovery and sideload zip

DroidTwe4kz said:
You can use ADB to push/pull files to Android. I don't know if you can use it to fix bootloop. With it, you can also reboot to recovery and sideload zip
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Well, after 2 days of research and paying attention on things here, I found out that my problem is "/EFS error". Meaning to use ADB to recover or fix it? But I don't know how to use this. I've downloaded 3GB of it but I was lost about using, and uninstalled. Is is there any short or better version and some good tutorial about using to retrieve my EFS so I can install another roms? I'm using original stock rom now, Brazilian android 4.0 and that's the only only the device is working fine but of course missing things as my cellphone card and the yellow message at the top of the screen. Please guide me through ADB.
P.s Is there a way to create /efs or something like so the device work properly? Cause I've deleted when I installed some rom, and I have no backup here. =\
Thanks!

vitortakeda said:
Well, after 2 days of research and paying attention on things here, I found out that my problem is "/EFS error". Meaning to use ADB to recover or fix it? But I don't know how to use this. I've downloaded 3GB of it but I was lost about using, and uninstalled. Is is there any short or better version and some good tutorial about using to retrieve my EFS so I can install another roms? I'm using original stock rom now, Brazilian android 4.0 and that's the only only the device is working fine but of course missing things as my cellphone card and the yellow message at the top of the screen. Please guide me through ADB.
P.s Is there a way to create /efs or something like so the device work properly? Cause I've deleted when I installed some rom, and I have no backup here. =\
Thanks!
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Here is tutorial about how to install ADB and Fastboot drivers and use them. Unfortunately, I don't know how to use it to restore efs. Sorry.