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Is it A Brick?

So I've searched the forums for an answer to my question and haven't found anything so here it goes...
I downloaded BB v5 from Pete's site and went through one-click root and flashing my rom, and backing up my device. I mounted my SD card to my computer moved bugless beast over to my root, renamed it 'update' and powered off my phone. Powered in recovery and tried to reinstall packages and got an error: error at installation, installation aborted error at write_raw_data or something to that effect. google'd and came to the conclusion that through me trying to hurry to download BB i did not wipe/clear data. Now my phone sits at the "AT&T World Phone" screen and will not go any further. Tried to power down and power back up in recovery and don't have the access to restore my backups. tried to plug my phone back into my computer and i can not access my SD card from my computer to delete the BB zip and add the original 'update' zip. Tried to enter download mode and run Odin3 but still can not access my SD card, so Odin doesn't run, just says 'complete' I'm assuming because it can't find the device.
I've heard these phones are hard to truly 'brick'. Please tell me someone can help me and tell me that this is fixable.
Thanks,
A

Which odin did you use? Odin 1 click jf6? If not you should try that. Dl mode, plug in, press start. It should boot.
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xcentrik05 said:
So I've searched the forums for an answer to my question and haven't found anything so here it goes...
I downloaded BB v5 from Pete's site and went through one-click root and flashing my rom, and backing up my device. I mounted my SD card to my computer moved bugless beast over to my root, renamed it 'update' and powered off my phone. Powered in recovery and tried to reinstall packages and got an error: error at installation, installation aborted error at write_raw_data or something to that effect. google'd and came to the conclusion that through me trying to hurry to download BB i did not wipe/clear data. Now my phone sits at the "AT&T World Phone" screen and will not go any further. Tried to power down and power back up in recovery and don't have the access to restore my backups. tried to plug my phone back into my computer and i can not access my SD card from my computer to delete the BB zip and add the original 'update' zip. Tried to enter download mode and run Odin3 but still can not access my SD card, so Odin doesn't run, just says 'complete' I'm assuming because it can't find the device.
I've heard these phones are hard to truly 'brick'. Please tell me someone can help me and tell me that this is fixable.
Thanks,
A
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Restore stock then try again. I will be moving this thread since its not really a dev thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

tiger4j said:
Which odin did you use? Odin 1 click jf6? If not you should try that. Dl mode, plug in, press start. It should boot.
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You have this wrong, to properly use odin you need to:
-Open Odin
-Power down phone/remove batter (some people suggest removing sim and sd card)
-Plug phone to computer while holding the vol buttons or just up or down depending on phone
-Phone should get to download mode and press start
If this doesn't work its possible your three button combo is dicked.

It worked! thanks for the help guys. I had the phone in download mode before i opened odin, odin cleaned me, sorry for being a noob
Again, thanks for the help guys

Infuse Soft Brick - HELP!

I have a Samsung Infuse that I recently rooted and installed Serendipity on. I then attempted to load CM7, which caused some problems. Now the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo and doesn't go any further; I can only load into CWM (Red), which can be "updated" to Green, after a hard reset. I've attempted to reflash the ROM from the SD card (even after wiping Dalvik cache, cache partition, and factory reset), but it just gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
My issue is further complicated by the fact that Download mode doesn't want to work - my phone can enter Download mode, but my computer (with Kies installed for the drivers) doesn't recognize the phone being connected. I've occasionally gotten Download mode to work if the battery is removed at just the right moment, but it doesn't last. Due to this, I can't get Odin to work.
Any ideas on what to do next?

kmv_007 said:
I have a Samsung Infuse that I recently rooted and installed Serendipity on. I then attempted to load CM7, which caused some problems. Now the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo and doesn't go any further; I can only load into CWM (Red), which can be "updated" to Green, after a hard reset. I've attempted to reflash the ROM from the SD card (even after wiping Dalvik cache, cache partition, and factory reset), but it just gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
My issue is further complicated by the fact that Download mode doesn't want to work - my phone can enter Download mode, but my computer (with Kies installed for the drivers) doesn't recognize the phone being connected. I've occasionally gotten Download mode to work if the battery is removed at just the right moment, but it doesn't last. Due to this, I can't get Odin to work.
Any ideas on what to do next?
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You have a soft brick.
Odin or heimdall back to stock.
There are about fifty threads previously posted on this topic.
Just read thru a few...
Gl

qkster said:
You have a soft brick.
Odin or heimdall back to stock.
There are about fifty threads previously posted on this topic.
Just read thru a few...
Gl
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Thanks for the attempt, but as I said before Download mode isn't recognized by the computer, and that is an important component for Odin or heimdall to work.
I have occasionally gotten access to the SD card through CWM, so I can place ZIP files directly on the phone. If anyone has any ideas on what to flash from the phone, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks in advance!

kmv_007 said:
Thanks for the attempt, but as I said before Download mode isn't recognized by the computer, and that is an important component for Odin or heimdall to work.
I have occasionally gotten access to the SD card through CWM, so I can place ZIP files directly on the phone. If anyone has any ideas on what to flash from the phone, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks in advance!
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Try it on another computer. I recommended Odin back to stock first before you start flashing!
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Thanks, I'll give a different computer a try.

kmv_007 said:
Thanks, I'll give a different computer a try.
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make sure you are trying to get into DL mode correctly...
pull battery, hold ONLY the volume buttonS - not the power button -;
insert battery, plug in cable.
if that doesnt work, use a different usb cable.
try different port on the computer
try a different computer or winxp or win7
it's kinda finicky at times.

Finally got it working - needed to use a different computer. Used my brother's laptop and it worked first try. Thanks for your guys' help.

Soft brick? Stuck in a bootloop, Help!

I haven't found this issue so here is my story...
For some reason my lock PW keyboard changed to numeric on me today and for the life of me I couldn't get it to go back so after an hour of rebooting, flash back-ups in CWMR and removing the batery, nothing would get me back to a regular keyboard. I got flustered and just punched in stuff seeing that warning that if I fail again it will erase all data. I thought that will be a pain but I can restore everything in an hour or so because I back everything up, right? WRONG. All data was ALL F$%^&ng data! external SD, cleaned off too.
BUT hold on, I have it also backed up on my PC because I'm smart still right? No dice...get error E:Can't open /sdcard (bad)
So this is what I have to work with...
I can get into CWMR Touch v5.5.0.4 ( I can see what is on my external SD card but cant run anything)
I can get into DOWNLOAD mode BUT Oden wont recognize...it reads device connected for about 2 seconds and then device disconnected)
If im CWMR mode Oden will see my device...not sure if that is good or bad
if I just power on the phone it just goes to the samsung logo and starts booting but never quite gets there....( I left it spinning for 20 min and nothing...)
Any thoughts?
I feel if I could get ODEN to see my phone I would be in good shape.
Also I have another phone and SII and all is read fine so I know it isn't my cord, USB, PC, ODEN...
Thanks in advance
Oh...I think my phone isn't in debugging mode...and that could be it but how could I get in to check if I cant boot the phone?

First you have to make sure your phone drivers are installed correctly, so either download and install kies if you don't have it. Or if you have it got to connection troubleshoot, make sure your phone is not plugged, let it run and when its done put your phone into download mode and connect it. Let the computer install the drivers, don't unplug the phone until it's done or it may screw up. When its done close kies completely and run odin.
Did you try simply flashing a rom from CWM?
And I'm pretty sure you could get a restoration program and recover the data from your external SD card, usually deleting only means its being marked as free space but all the previous data should still be there until something new is written.

When you in download mode are you pressing the up volume to confirm you want download mode?
You can go into download mode but still need to hit up or down to confirm.
As for CWM not reading your external SD did you check to make sure that it's mounted?
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specter07 said:
When you in download mode are you pressing the up volume to confirm you want download mode?
You can go into download mode but still need to hit up or down to confirm.
As for CWM not reading your external SD did you check to make sure that it's mounted?
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CWM "read"s my SD card, ( I can see the rom and backup on it) but once I try to flash, that's when I get the error saying the the path is not valid :/
For DL mode, yes, I hit up and the little droid shows up saying Downloading. In the Upper left corner it reads
ODIN MODE
Product Name :SGH-I727
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official

kishke said:
First you have to make sure your phone drivers are installed correctly, so either download and install kies if you don't have it. Or if you have it got to connection troubleshoot, make sure your phone is not plugged, let it run and when its done put your phone into download mode and connect it. Let the computer install the drivers, don't unplug the phone until it's done or it may screw up. When its done close kies completely and run odin.
Did you try simply flashing a rom from CWM?
And I'm pretty sure you could get a restoration program and recover the data from your external SD card, usually deleting only means its being marked as free space but all the previous data should still be there until something new is written.
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The only way I can get the phone to be read by my PC is in CWMR..Keis will not recognize it but I did reinstall the drivers.
Should I remount in CWMR? Would it still read what was on the card if it wasn't mounted correctly?

I got ODIN to read my device and was able to flash Stock ICS 4.0.4 on it!
Thanks for your feedback!
:good::good::good::good::good::good:

So it was driver issue after all.

Yup...not sure what the deal was with the driver though in the fist place. It wasn't like I reloaded it this morning. :/
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[Q] noob sorry to bother but soft bricked Galaxy Blaze atempting to root

I am new here and searched for a similar problem but can't seem to find one just like mine. This is my first time to root this phone but have been successful in the past with others. I have a Galaxy Blaze I just bought and attempted to root with blaze.pit and blaze-root-kernel.tar in pit and PDA sections of ODIN respectively. It appeared all went well with a PASS from Odin reporting All threads completed. (Successful 1/faliled 0).
The phone auto rebooted while connected to the PC but froze on the blue "loading" bar (that's what I call it) and is frozen on the battery charging indicator screen which does increment when plugged into AC. If I push the power button it just buzzes. I never got so far as to load a ROM which is what leads me to think my question may be new but stupid me if digging through here didn't turn up what I'm looking for. This is my only phone and I'm SOL without it. I'm afraid I might have gotten the files from an old source (suspicion) and would appreciate any guidance getting me back where I was or rooted so I may continue.
I can get into load mode so not all is lost, except for me. Thanks for any kind person that would take a moment to bail me out.

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mikesmccurdy said:
I am new here and searched for a similar problem but can't seem to find one just like mine. This is my first time to root this phone but have been successful in the past with others. I have a Galaxy Blaze I just bought and attempted to root with blaze.pit and blaze-root-kernel.tar in pit and PDA sections of ODIN respectively. It appeared all went well with a PASS from Odin reporting All threads completed. (Successful 1/faliled 0).
The phone auto rebooted while connected to the PC but froze on the blue "loading" bar (that's what I call it) and is frozen on the battery charging indicator screen which does increment when plugged into AC. If I push the power button it just buzzes. I never got so far as to load a ROM which is what leads me to think my question may be new but stupid me if digging through here didn't turn up what I'm looking for. This is my only phone and I'm SOL without it. I'm afraid I might have gotten the files from an old source (suspicion) and would appreciate any guidance getting me back where I was or rooted so I may continue.
I can get into load mode so not all is lost, except for me. Thanks for any kind person that would take a moment to bail me out.
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I shoult mention that I did try to follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 but was not able to get the TAR file to download.

What version(ICS or GB) were you on when you tried to root? There are root methods that are different for both ICS and GB... Since you can boot into download mode, try getting Clockwordmod on your blaze via Odin. Then from there mount your device(via CWM) and transfer a ROM you want to try out. Don't forget Gapps... then wipe data/cache/dalvik and flash them both..

im_awesome_right? said:
What version(ICS or GB) were you on when you tried to root? There are root methods that are different for both ICS and GB... Since you can boot into download mode, try getting Clockwordmod on your blaze via Odin. Then from there mount your device(via CWM) and transfer a ROM you want to try out. Don't forget Gapps... then wipe data/cache/dalvik and flash them both..
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^^^ he's right... I did the same thing when I got my Blaze. I forgot to uncheck Repartition. You have to UN-check it after you select the tar and pit. it auto checks repartition once those are selected.
go to the CWM post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622 and flash CWM via Odin. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Then if you're able to get into recovery, download whatever Rom you want to your pc, and inside recovery go into Mounts and Storage->Mount USB Storage and plug your phone into the computer. you should then be able to copy the downloaded Rom to your phone (make sure you know whether its your internal or external SD card. Then hit +++Go Back+++ twice and choose Install Zip from SD Card. The pick one: Choose zip from sdcard or choose zip from internal sd card. then navigate to the rom's zip, install, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, reboot phone and you ***should*** be good to go.

Still trying and eternally grateful
jparnell8839 said:
^^^ he's right... I did the same thing when I got my Blaze. I forgot to uncheck Repartition. You have to UN-check it after you select the tar and pit. it auto checks repartition once those are selected.
go to the CWM post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622 and flash CWM via Odin. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Then if you're able to get into recovery, download whatever Rom you want to your pc, and inside recovery go into Mounts and Storage->Mount USB Storage and plug your phone into the computer. you should then be able to copy the downloaded Rom to your phone (make sure you know whether its your internal or external SD card. Then hit +++Go Back+++ twice and choose Install Zip from SD Card. The pick one: Choose zip from sdcard or choose zip from internal sd card. then navigate to the rom's zip, install, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, reboot phone and you ***should*** be good to go.
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Thank you so much for the input. I must be totally stupid because Odin loaded Clockwork mod without a hitch but it still freezes at the end of the blue bar and will no further. Odin reoorts pass When I boot do downloading... it only gives me the product name sgh-t789 Custom Binary Download Yes: (4counts) and current binary Custom. There is always a chance that I forgot to uncheck ro-partiton but I was pretty careful. All this to get rod of pages of bloatware...rrgh. Thanks so much to thos who have given me input so far. Unfortunatly I am not sure what I ws running in the first place but I imagine it was not ICS. I can't afford a new phone and know I must get past this!!! Thanks a million guys. I will try to find a rom to flash and see but am not even sure how to get into Cloclwork on ths silly thing yet.

To get into recovery you must do the volume buttons/power button hold. It's explained in the rooting thread. It's not hard, just follow the instructions. You shouldn't have to remove the battery, just turn off your phone, then hold all 3 buttons, release the power button after about 10 seconds but keep holding volume buttons until recovery comes up in your phone.
Sent from NOS_INJECTED ParanoidAndroid Blaze

Still trying and eternally grateful
njstein said:
To get into recovery you must do the volume buttons/power button hold. It's explained in the rooting thread. It's not hard, just follow the instructions. You shouldn't have to remove the battery, just turn off your phone, then hold all 3 buttons, release the power button after about 10 seconds but keep holding volume buttons until recovery comes up in your phone.
Sent from NOS_INJECTED ParanoidAndroid Blaze
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Thank you. I am able to get into recovery mode without an issue and odin reports that Clockwork Mod Passed but I stil can't get past the blue bar locking up when it reaches the end. I must be missing something stupid as I cand even get Odin to recoginze the stock download so I can try to start over. rrgh. I know I'm missing something stupid but it seems to me that when I boot the phone into recovery I should see a clockworkmod screen giving me boot oprions but not sure what I should be seeing am flying a bit blind. Would appreciate good recommendation of a rom to try and download and where I might find it. I do notice that the rocovery mode screen increments the custom binary dowload indicator everytime I try something.

Im thinking you might have forgotten to repartition the phone. Make sure its selected so you can have a clean partition and redo the steps to root it and see if that works.

The Barron said:
Im thinking you might have forgotten to repartition the phone. Make sure its selected so you can have a clean partition and redo the steps to root it and see if that works.
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As said above. The mistake was that he clicked repartition.
Sent from my Provisioned Galaxy S Blaze

strange, i always thought you had to partition, at least at some point.
Anywho, if you can get into recovery (and since you said odin loaded cwm) couldn't you just put a rom onto a SD card, pop it in, and just install it with cwm?

The Barron said:
strange, i always thought you had to partition, at least at some point.
Anywho, if you can get into recovery couldn't you just put a rom onto a SD card, pop it in, and just install it with cwm?
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Also said above...

Bootloader is bad? Doubt it, but only thing i can think of right now.

Still grateful......
The Barron said:
strange, i always thought you had to partition, at least at some point.
Anywho, if you can get into recovery (and since you said odin loaded cwm) couldn't you just put a rom onto a SD card, pop it in, and just install it with cwm?
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Oddly CWM reports as having loaded in Odin but I cant access it to load a mod unless there is a trick to getting to CWM I haven't figured out yet. I'm also a bit confused that Odin only recognizes TAR files when the mods I downloaded ie liquid are in zip format and not recognized by Odin. sorry for asking stupid questions but I sincerely appreciate the time you all take to respond. I am detrermined to fix this one. I was pretty careful to uncheck repartition but there is always the chance I missed it once.

mikesmccurdy said:
Oddly CWM reports as having loaded in Odin but I cant access it to load a mod unless there is a trick to getting to CWM I haven't figured out yet. I'm also a bit confused that Odin only recognizes TAR files when the mods I downloaded ie liquid are in zip format and not recognized by Odin. sorry for asking stupid questions but I sincerely appreciate the time you all take to respond. I am detrermined to fix this one. I was pretty careful to uncheck repartition but there is always the chance I missed it once.
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Zips are flashed in CWM.. Not in Odin..
Sent from my Provisioned Galaxy S Blaze

mikesmccurdy said:
Oddly CWM reports as having loaded in Odin but I cant access it to load a mod unless there is a trick to getting to CWM I haven't figured out yet. I'm also a bit confused that Odin only recognizes TAR files when the mods I downloaded ie liquid are in zip format and not recognized by Odin. sorry for asking stupid questions but I sincerely appreciate the time you all take to respond. I am detrermined to fix this one. I was pretty careful to uncheck repartition but there is always the chance I missed it once.
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to get to download mode, you need to either have a jig or to have your phone plugged into your computer while pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. that will get you to Download (Odin) Mode. To get to CWM Recovery, Unplug your phone from your computer and press VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. The phone will do a short vibrate and the Samsung logo will appear. Then you will see ClockworkMod Recovery at the top with options. If you have standard (non-touch) CWM, use volume up and volume down to navigate and select your choice with the power button (short presses, a long press will power off). Go to mounts and storage -> mount usb storage. then copy your ROM of choice to your phone. go back twice and then enter install zip from sdcard. then either Choose zip from sdcard or Choose zip from internal sdcard. install. wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. reboot. win.

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jparnell8839 said:
to get to download mode, you need to either have a jig or to have your phone plugged into your computer while pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. that will get you to Download (Odin) Mode. To get to CWM Recovery, Unplug your phone from your computer and press VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. The phone will do a short vibrate and the Samsung logo will appear. Then you will see ClockworkMod Recovery at the top with options. If you have standard (non-touch) CWM, use volume up and volume down to navigate and select your choice with the power button (short presses, a long press will power off). Go to mounts and storage -> mount usb storage. then copy your ROM of choice to your phone. go back twice and then enter install zip from sdcard. then either Choose zip from sdcard or Choose zip from internal sdcard. install. wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. reboot. win.
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My problem is that I am not able to get into CWM. I am able to get into Odin mode but I get the vibrate when trying to boot into CWM then the Samsung logo then the blue bar that freezes when it reaches the end. After that when I try a regular boot all I see is the battery indicator if I have it plugged into power. I really appreciate these detailed instructions, but until I can get past the blue bar, I am stuck.......

Do you let go of the vol button and power before the Samsung logo? If you do then hold the buttons until the logo appears then let them go. If you let go early it just boots like normal
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woodzx67 said:
Do you let go of the vol button and power before the Samsung logo? If you do then hold the buttons until the logo appears then let them go. If you let go early it just boots like normal
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Search as I might I can't seem to get past this. I have CWM loaded but am getting an error mounting sdcard when I try and e: unable to write to ums lunfile when I try to mount USB. I'm getting in deeper here and would appreciate any further advice.

mikesmccurdy said:
Search as I might I can't seem to get past this. I have CWM loaded but am getting an error mounting sdcard when I try and e: unable to write to ums lunfile when I try to mount USB. I'm getting in deeper here and would appreciate any further advice.
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I'd try reflashing CWM... something doesnt seem right. its like your mount points are all screwy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622
make sure to use the pit file located in that thread
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Just used the files (CWM and pit through Odin) and CWM flashed successfully for me. Able to do a nandroid backup and restore as well as flash a new ROM.
Also, please dont get mad for this, but just to be on the safe side (had a person last week who mistakenly did this) this is the Galaxy S Blaze 4G, not the Galaxy S 4G. If your device model isn't T769, you've got the wrong forum

I had the same issue today with s3 that I fixed will by restoring stock ........,.,...
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I need help rooting my New Tab 7.7 i815 guys!

I have searched all over the web and this forum and after literally days of searching all I have found seem to be from late 2011. And none of the several methods will to root my Galaxy Tab 7.7 i815 Verizon LTE tablet. My question is, is there a current way to root my tablet? I really want to root and custom rom my tablet, but I am ready to pull my hair out. I have rooted my Galaxy S4 and flashed a custom rom and it was so easy, and is just so much better. I woulsd love to flash a Jelly Bean rom on this tablet, thats my goal. Any help would be hugely appreciated. Thanks

ddrumbum said:
I have searched all over the web and this forum and after literally days of searching all I have found seem to be from late 2011. And none of the several methods will to root my Galaxy Tab 7.7 i815 Verizon LTE tablet. My question is, is there a current way to root my tablet? I really want to root and custom rom my tablet, but I am ready to pull my hair out. I have rooted my Galaxy S4 and flashed a custom rom and it was so easy, and is just so much better. I woulsd love to flash a Jelly Bean rom on this tablet, thats my goal. Any help would be hugely appreciated. Thanks
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You don't need to root to install a custom ROM. You need to flash a recovery, and then use that to flash the ROM. I'm not sure if Verizon added more difficulties to install a recovery, though; my P6800 was as easy as it gets to go from Honeycomb to anything else.
Recoveries: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352967
JB ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139766
Good luck!

Steve_max said:
You don't need to root to install a custom ROM. You need to flash a recovery, and then use that to flash the ROM. I'm not sure if Verizon added more difficulties to install a recovery, though; my P6800 was as easy as it gets to go from Honeycomb to anything else.
Recoveries: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352967
JB ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139766
Good luck!
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Thanks Steve! I feel like an idiot looking all over for a root and not a flash. Ok could you tell the steps to flash this please. Please forgive my noobness, and thank you so much for your reply! I think I have an idea how to do it, but I just want to be certain.

I need the same thing. Let me know how it works out

ddrumbum said:
Thanks Steve! I feel like an idiot looking all over for a root and not a flash. Ok could you tell the steps to flash this please. Please forgive my noobness, and thank you so much for your reply! I think I have an idea how to do it, but I just want to be certain.
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taiwwa said:
I need the same thing. Let me know how it works out
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I'd rather let someone who actually owns an i815 give you exact instructions, but the general idea for Samsung devices is:
- Get Odin on your PC, for example, from here
- Reboot your device to download mode (power off, then power it on while holding volume down or volume down + home)
- open Odin
- Put the recovery .tar (or .tar.md5) file on "PDA", DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE, and click "start". The file will flash, and then the device will reboot
- To enter the recovery, power on while holding power+vol. up
- Make a backup
- Factory reset
- Install the ROM .zip
I can't tell you if this works on the Verizon version, though; or if there is anything else involved. I have an international P6800, where this works fine. Maybe someone who has the same version can help?

Steve_max said:
I'd rather let someone who actually owns an i815 give you exact instructions, but the general idea for Samsung devices is:
- Get Odin on your PC, for example, from here
- Reboot your device to download mode (power off, then power it on while holding volume down or volume down + home)
- open Odin
- Put the recovery .tar (or .tar.md5) file on "PDA", DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE, and click "start". The file will flash, and then the device will reboot
- To enter the recovery, power on while holding power+vol. up
- Make a backup
- Factory reset
- Install the ROM .zip
I can't tell you if this works on the Verizon version, though; or if there is anything else involved. I have an international P6800, where this works fine. Maybe someone who has the same version can help?
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okay, well,
First of all, I couldn't find the backup option so I just wiped the device.
Secondly, I have one of the CWM 10.1 zips on my sdcard. I keep on getting the error "failed to verify the whole file structure."
edit: okay, this is the real problem. I can't get the CWM or the TWRP recovery on the samsung tab 7.7 via Odin. That is the real problem.

Okay, I figured it out. Basically, the hiccups come from two things: have to make sure USB debugging is selected in the developer options in the settings.
Secondly, it appears that CWM needs to not have the USB plugged in when you want to activate its recovery mode.
Now, all I need to do is figure out how to install the play store.
And...I"m afraid that from now on, system updates means that the entire device gets wiped?
CM10.1 JB is sooo much better than the lousy Samsung touchwiz or whatever junk that they came up with.

It's all up and running with GAPPS too. Weirdly, for GAPPS, it's not a good idea to download your GAPPS while on a mac. Download on PC. The mac seems to automatically decompress zip files, and then if you recompress them, it does so in a way that CWM does not recognize.
Otherwise, it's okay. Some hiccups and oddities. I am running a build made in July 2013, by a guy in Hong Kong, I believe. Cyanogen updates don't come up with anything, not even old versions. Also, the lock screen is always in landscape mode for some reason, never portrait.
But this is how to do it...
Basically, the way it goes is this. You have to replace the recovery bootloader with a custom bootloader in order to load the custom build. You do this by Odin.
First step is getting the tablet ready. It has to be in USB debugging mode. You then have to power it off. Power it on again while holding on to the volume down button. get through the screen and wait. Then you connect it to the computer and run Odin. On the "PDA" tab, you select the CWM .tar file and hit "start."
Second step is to download a build of CWM and put it on a micro-sd card. Has to be in .zip format. Also, download the CWM GAPPS .zip file and put it on the microsd.
Third step is to unplug the device from USB, and go into recovery mode. You do this by turning it off. Then turn it on again while holding volume up.
You should see the CWM screen. Make sure to clear/reset the device and wipe out all caches. Then install from external sd card. I think you can also install the GAPPS after installing the OS.
Then reboot and you're good.
edit: landscape lock screen is just a checkbox in the setting.
New problem: really slow transfers to sd card through USB. Really really slow. Like 3-4x as slow as just connecting sd card to sd card reader.

taiwwa said:
It's all up and running with GAPPS too. Weirdly, for GAPPS, it's not a good idea to download your GAPPS while on a mac. Download on PC. The mac seems to automatically decompress zip files, and then if you recompress them, it does so in a way that CWM does not recognize.
Otherwise, it's okay. Some hiccups and oddities. I am running a build made in July 2013, by a guy in Hong Kong, I believe. Cyanogen updates don't come up with anything, not even old versions. Also, the lock screen is always in landscape mode for some reason, never portrait.
But this is how to do it...
Basically, the way it goes is this. You have to replace the recovery bootloader with a custom bootloader in order to load the custom build. You do this by Odin.
First step is getting the tablet ready. It has to be in USB debugging mode. You then have to power it off. Power it on again while holding on to the volume down button. get through the screen and wait. Then you connect it to the computer and run Odin. On the "PDA" tab, you select the CWM .tar file and hit "start."
Second step is to download a build of CWM and put it on a micro-sd card. Has to be in .zip format. Also, download the CWM GAPPS .zip file and put it on the microsd.
Third step is to unplug the device from USB, and go into recovery mode. You do this by turning it off. Then turn it on again while holding volume up.
You should see the CWM screen. Make sure to clear/reset the device and wipe out all caches. Then install from external sd card. I think you can also install the GAPPS after installing the OS.
Then reboot and you're good.
edit: landscape lock screen is just a checkbox in the setting.
New problem: really slow transfers to sd card through USB. Really really slow. Like 3-4x as slow as just connecting sd card to sd card reader.
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FANTASTIC! THANK YOU SO MUCH! One last question. You said "Second step is to download a build of CWM and put it on a micro-sd card. Has to be in .zip format. Also, download the CWM GAPPS .zip file and put it on the microsd" So which ones did you use? I just don't want to screw anything up. Thanks again.

HELP!!
taiwwa said:
It's all up and running with GAPPS too. Weirdly, for GAPPS, it's not a good idea to download your GAPPS while on a mac. Download on PC. The mac seems to automatically decompress zip files, and then if you recompress them, it does so in a way that CWM does not recognize.
Otherwise, it's okay. Some hiccups and oddities. I am running a build made in July 2013, by a guy in Hong Kong, I believe. Cyanogen updates don't come up with anything, not even old versions. Also, the lock screen is always in landscape mode for some reason, never portrait.
But this is how to do it...
Basically, the way it goes is this. You have to replace the recovery bootloader with a custom bootloader in order to load the custom build. You do this by Odin.
First step is getting the tablet ready. It has to be in USB debugging mode. You then have to power it off. Power it on again while holding on to the volume down button. get through the screen and wait. Then you connect it to the computer and run Odin. On the "PDA" tab, you select the CWM .tar file and hit "start."
Second step is to download a build of CWM and put it on a micro-sd card. Has to be in .zip format. Also, download the CWM GAPPS .zip file and put it on the microsd.
Third step is to unplug the device from USB, and go into recovery mode. You do this by turning it off. Then turn it on again while holding volume up.
You should see the CWM screen. Make sure to clear/reset the device and wipe out all caches. Then install from external sd card. I think you can also install the GAPPS after installing the OS.
Then reboot and you're good.
edit: landscape lock screen is just a checkbox in the setting.
New problem: really slow transfers to sd card through USB. Really really slow. Like 3-4x as slow as just connecting sd card to sd card reader.
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ddrumbum said:
FANTASTIC! THANK YOU SO MUCH! One last question. You said "Second step is to download a build of CWM and put it on a micro-sd card. Has to be in .zip format. Also, download the CWM GAPPS .zip file and put it on the microsd" So which ones did you use? I just don't want to screw anything up. Thanks again.
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OK I followed your steps flawlessly, and my screen will not go past the paranoidandroid 3+ boot screen. Please help me I'm freaking out

Try framaroot. Install the app, usb debug on and root.
Now you can install recovery with a lot of apps.
Habby rooting