Tab 2 7" totall meltdown when attempted root! - Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok, i haven't been at this very long but i thought i would try to root my GT-P3110 tab.
So i did and tried everything here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745&highlight=galaxy+tab+2+7+p3110
Resulting i bootloop, and i have searched everywhere for a solutionbut nothing helped, so i tried reinstall the
firmware (from SamMobile.com), but it failed too and now im in the state
where it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue...". I've tried redoing it with no result...
Is my tablet totally bricked or is i possible to fix?

I think it is soft brick as you could enter download mode and recovery mode try to download firmware from www.samfirmware.com and enter download mode and try flashing with pc odin
Make sure that samsung drivers are installed and that when you connect tab to pc a yellow line inside it a port with somenumber appear in odin before flashing
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done it!
Yeah, iv'e done that several times with different .md5 files and all i get is this:
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Some experiments
1-Make sure that samsung drivers are installed and reboot computer afterwards for them to be applied or even install kies and reboot afterwards
2-Connect device to different usb port and try again try those usb in rear case not the front may be reboot afterwards
3-Download file again may be corrupted download and make sure it is for you model number specifically for 3110 not any other
4-Download odin again and try version 1.85 works best for me
5- Make sure you are in download mode not recovery mode it says downloading now do not turn off target
6- Make sure extension of file is tar or tar.md5
7- See if you could enter recovery mode by volume up+power in boot and if it is cwm try to flash cm9 or 10 from site www.teamhacksung.com for your device 3110 not any device else if you entered old stock recovery then connect with kies and try option of recovery in it make sure computer connected to internet
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I shall try! I should mention that ive tried installing different .pit files too, it matters right?
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herfie said:
I shall try! I should mention that ive tried installing different .pit files too, it matters right?
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As i know pit files ard somewhat dangerous if used incorrectly leave them as last resort as they format system completely and repartition it and do not try pit files individually try those which come with the stock rom only they are specifically for this rom if you download stock rom and find pit file so you could use it if you did not find pit file in the stock rom only a tar file so do not use a pit file from external source
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Then this might be the problem? But if i reinstall the stock .pit file it should do the trick? Got to solve this man, thanks for all the help!
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Solved!
I managed to solve it using stock pit file and and stock firmware in Odin!
Thanks for the help!

Same Problem, but I can't get the download mode
Ok so I have the same tab, with the same problem, but I can't get the dowload mode. When I try to... It just boots back to the "error screen".
I've tried to use Odin to restore it but no matter what I do I get "Fail".
Can anyone please explain me... how can I fix it? (Please explain step-by-step because I'm a noob :silly

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I only can get to download mode galaxy GT-I9003

Hello guys, I was trying to root my galaxy GT-I9003 to install an ICS rom and I had 2.3.6,,, I entered download mode and tried to use odin but it said failed. so i pushed the power button to swtich the phone off and it gave me a screen with cellphone and computer and yellow rectangle and it doesn't start or go to recovery mode the only thing i can do is to take the battery our for a minute then put it again and the only thing it does is to go to download mode and i tried to use odin again or samsun kies but nothing is working. how can i get this phone to work again please with the old OS or to start flashing a rom again?
Thanks,
Try rebooting the system and connecting and flashing again using odin.
If it still doesn't work reinstall samsung kies software and try connecting and flashing using odin.
If it still doesn't work, report here and someone will try to guide further. All the best.
Hetalk said:
Try rebooting the system and connecting and flashing again using odin.
If it still doesn't work reinstall samsung kies software and try connecting and flashing using odin.
If it still doesn't work, report here and someone will try to guide further. All the best.
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yes I tried all this and i still have the same problem and thank you guys for helping in advance
and by the way odin always fail!!
What Odin version you've been trying?
Try a different odin version.
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Hetalk said:
What Odin version you've been trying?
Try a different odin version.
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I tried odin 1.7 and 3.07 and both are not working
I think the xxkpe zip file comes with Odin 1.83. Try it out as well.
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Ok. Try installing xxkpe with pit on odin 1.83 then install your stock rom with odin 1.83 then it must work i think.
DONT FORGET TO PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON IF HELPED YOU IN ANY WAY
prottos101 said:
I tried odin 1.7 and 3.07 and both are not working
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Did you install KIES? I think you have to. ODIN need some files from KIES. correct me if I'm wrong
and flash using this guides --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133787

[Q] Q: Can not flash any roms on 4.0.4

I rooted my friends tablet gt-p5113 with 4.0.4. I used a different work around method to get the root to stick. I got clock work on but I can't seem to flash any roms on his tablet. I tried using 3 different roms already and I keep getting the same message with Andy on his back and his front door open with a red triangle saying can not open package or some thing along those lines. Any ideas?
I think flash stock firmware from for example www.samfirmware.com then begin again from the beginning !!!
When use a root file next time via odin untick auto reboot then reboot manual vol up+power then if question as fix recovery say yes
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Mohamedselim said:
I think flash stock firmware from for example www.samfirmware.com then begin again from the beginning !!!
When use a root file next time via odin untick auto reboot then reboot manual vol up+power then if question as fix recovery say yes
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I'm kind of at loss. Would that mean that I would have to down grade to the 4.0.3. firmware?
The Tablet is already rooted. Using the method that you listed and using the latest clockwork mod file.
So may be try flashing another version of cwm as 6.0.1.0 or 6.0.1.2 or so via odin for example and make sure you are flashing right firmwares for your device specific model number
Make sure you have a proper root via app like root check basic and install supersu from market
Put the firmware in both internal and external sd and try flashing from both, may be one of them will work
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I did install su. That's how I know I rooted it right. I'll try reflashing an updated firmware. Thanks for the help
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Providing more info can get you better results, like rom /link, cwm version, procedures, this way others can help you diagnose your problem. A screen shot of"about tablet" is also very helpful.
Pp.
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Have you try to flash it using heimdall http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1892735

[Q] Odin Failed - Please Help

Hi Ill try to flash the last firmware from China for my P5110. I use Mobile Odin, but I check Wipe Data and Cache, apparently this caused and error and Im getting a bootloop, no flashing at all.
All I can do is get into Download Mode, so i did it, I tried to flash using Odin in my desktop. But it failed.
What can I do? Please
I need a pit file?
No recovery mode...
Thanks in advance
I think u got 400€ + BRICK IF you fail PC odin
Sorry can't help
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What specific steps did you take when flashing via Odin?
As far as I recall you don't change any check boxes and you place the stock tar image in PDA mode...
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Miqueas111 said:
Hi Ill try to flash the last firmware from China for my P5110. I use Mobile Odin, but I check Wipe Data and Cache, apparently this caused and error and Im getting a bootloop, no flashing at all.
All I can do is get into Download Mode, so i did it, I tried to flash using Odin in my desktop. But it failed.
What can I do? Please
I need a pit file?
No recovery mode...
Thanks in advance
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If you can get into Download Mode... don't worry. You can try flashing a stock rom with odin. If this don't work, then you have to flash a stock rom with odin but adding the pit file and marking the repartition check box.
All your info will be erased... but your tablet will come back to life

Boot Looping and unable to get to Recovery... HELP!!

Hopefully, I have done the due research and surveying before posting this.
So I had Jellybean (4.2.1, I believe) installed and running for the last few months, and have decided to unroot and go back to stock.
So, I followed what most online posts have instructed and got the Blaze.pit and Samsung t769 tar file.
I then ran them on ODIN, and even got the success "PASS" note.
Then the trouble began.
I've been stuck boot looping since then, but it won't let me go to the recovery mode.
If I take the battery out and back in and press the both volumes and power, tiny green speckles start to show. And the screen fills up to near white after 10 minutes or so, but nothing really happens. (i.e. stuck like that until I take the battery out)
I figured out when I hold the volume buttons and connect to the PC (with the device off), I can still go to the downloading mode (ODIN mode), but still I can't access recovery mode.
I am positive I didn't check Re-Partition box when I ran Odin, so hopefully this isn't bricked.
I don't NEED to go to the recovery mode, but I figure that's how I'd "try" to get out of boot looping.
Thank you for reading and for your help in advance.
Chef
Chefrara said:
Hopefully, I have done the due research and surveying before posting this.
So I had Jellybean (4.2.1, I believe) installed and running for the last few months, and have decided to unroot and go back to stock.
So, I followed what most online posts have instructed and got the Blaze.pit and Samsung t769 tar file.
I then ran them on ODIN, and even got the success "PASS" note.
Then the trouble began.
I've been stuck boot looping since then, but it won't let me go to the recovery mode.
If I take the battery out and back in and press the both volumes and power, tiny green speckles start to show. And the screen fills up to near white after 10 minutes or so, but nothing really happens. (i.e. stuck like that until I take the battery out)
I figured out when I hold the volume buttons and connect to the PC (with the device off), I can still go to the downloading mode (ODIN mode), but still I can't access recovery mode.
I am positive I didn't check Re-Partition box when I ran Odin, so hopefully this isn't bricked.
I don't NEED to go to the recovery mode, but I figure that's how I'd "try" to get out of boot looping.
Thank you for reading and for your help in advance.
Chef
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Does it look something like this?
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Yes, when I try to get into the recovery mode (volume up&down + power), ultimately the screen ends up looking like that.
Do you know how I can undo that?
Thanks,
Jserrano56 said:
Does it loom something like this?
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Flash a recovery in Odin and start fresh,
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henslo said:
Flash a recovery in Odin and start fresh,
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He's correct. Flash a recovery like cwm or twrp. You can't get to recovery because you're on stock.
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Not because he's on stock, but he has no recovery. Just Odin favored recovery , perform wipes install Rom / gapps... :good:
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Thanks,
how can I flash a recovery in Odin?
Can I do that with Odin 185? And if so, do I need to download a TAR file?
Thanks a lot.
C
henslo said:
Flash a recovery in Odin and start fresh,
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Chefrara said:
Thanks,
how can I flash a recovery in Odin?
Can I do that with Odin 185? And if so, do I need to download a TAR file?
Thanks a lot.
C
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So first register at www.sammobile.com, then search SGH-T769 under firmware and download the August 2012 ICS or The Feb 2013 ICS Firmware, wait for the download to finish (took me 30 minutes) then extract which ever firmware zip you downloaded then using Odin click on PDA and select the .md5 file which is located in the extracted ICS Firmware Folder that you've downloaded from sammobile.com
Download the PIT file here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
Click on PIT in Odin and then select the one downloaded from the link above
then make sure re-partition isn't checked and start the flashing process after it is done flashing and reboots you'll have stock ics to install custom recovery just simply follow the instructions over at the root ics stock thread found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
This will flash a custom recovery.
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Bootloop after reinstalling cyanogenmod

Good afternoon, (although it is here in Holland)
After updating my cyanogen to a new nightline version the tablet didn't start up anymore. But I still could acces clockworkmod recovery mode. First I downloaded a new version of cynogenmod and placed it on a external sd-card and tried to install it (within clockwork). That didn't work cause I received the "status 7" error. After that I tried to transfer the ROM-file using ADB (adb push.....) and the result was again a status 7 error. Even when I deleted the first lines that should cause the error (the updater-scripte) *(yes I do have the correct version). In the end of this horrorstory I typed in ADB restart bootloader or something like that and the system rebooted in download-mode. The screen displayed downloading,, please don't shut down or something alike. I didn't touch the tablet for several minutes but than my patience reached it limit and pressed the power button to restart. But now I can't acces neither the download mode nor the recovery mode.
What can I do or should I do? I believe that I should flash the whole thing again by using Odin or Heimdall? IMO my opinion that means first reinstalling clockworkmod on the machine.
For the new nightlies you need a cwm version. > 6.0.4.4
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Android Andi has the link to new recoveries in his signature.
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njstein said:
Android Andi has the link to new recoveries in his signature.
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Thank you. So I should install a new recovery.. Is that the same as clockworkmod?
My idea is the following. Starting again from the first block by flashing a new clockworkmod recovery on the device. The problem is dat I now can't acces bootloader and/or recovery modus.
marckvandijk said:
Thank you. So I should install a new recovery.. Is that the same as clockworkmod?
My idea is the following. Starting again from the first block by flashing a new clockworkmod recovery on the device. The problem is dat I now can't acces bootloader and/or recovery modus.
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Somehow I can acces download mode again. Haven't tried recovery so far. I now want to flash a new recovery (CWM) on the device by using Odin. But when I download the correct CMW version for my galaxy tab 2 10.1 (5110) it seems the file is corrupt. Even when I download other versions they all seem to be corrupt. What I am doing wrong??
I somehow can enter download-mode again. Didn't try if I also can enter recovery mode. I want to flash a new CWM on the device using Odin. But when I download my CMW version for the Galaxy tab 10.1. But when I try to open the file. They are all corrupted ??? Windows sees it as a .img file.
marckvandijk said:
I somehow can enter download-mode again. Didn't try if I also can enter recovery mode. I want to flash a new CWM on the device using Odin. But when I download my CMW version for the Galaxy tab 10.1. But when I try to open the file. They are all corrupted ??? Windows sees it as a .img file.
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So my first question; do you have a custom recovery on your tablet? Second question; can you get into recovery? If yes to both, then get into recovery, flash the new recovery zip, then restart your recovery under the advanced option. You should then have the newest recovery (yes, I realize how redundant it sounds to use recovery to update recovery, but this is the process on my phone, so don't why it would be different here).
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njstein said:
So my first question; do you have a custom recovery on your tablet? Second question; can you get into recovery? If yes to both, then get into recovery, flash the new recovery zip, then restart your recovery under the advanced option. You should then have the newest recovery (yes, I realize how redundant it sounds to use recovery to update recovery, but this is the process on my phone, so don't why it would be different here).
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Yes, I do have a custom recovery on my tablet and question 2: No I can't
I am trying to flash a new recovery on my device using Odin. In the download mode Odin is also stated in red. (ODIN Mode, productname GT_P5110, Custom binary download: Yes (1 count), custom binary: custom.
But when I download the zipped recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.7-p5110 file. I can't open the file using Winzip or Winrar. It should contain a .tar file??
With a small program called "tarmaker" I converted the IMG file to a tar file so I could use it within Odin. I loaded the tar file in the {AP} box and pressed start. I still can't load the machine into recovery mode. :crying: But When I now go into dowload-mode (Odin-mode) the custom binary downlaod has changed to 3. Probally because already 1 was installed and I tried to reflash it two times
Okay bro, here is the method I used to root my Tab:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535083
I'm not sure if you have a wifi only version, the 7" or the 10.1", but, the first time I tried to root I used this method which put me into custom recovery. I screwed up and didn't press the "disable stock recovery" option and couldn't get back into custom recovery. So I hooked it back up, went into odin, redid the process. It put me back into the custom recovery at which point I disabled the stock recovery and success! So basically, according to odin, I rooted twice but have had zero problems. I'm not sure if this will work or even help you, but it's worth a shot. I used the Philz P5110 zip (I have the 5113). If this doesn't work, then I would suggest seeing if I Android-Andi can help, the dude knows his stuff...
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Oh, and just so you know, my version of the Tab does not have the bootloader to worry about. For all I know that could be were the issue lies...
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njstein said:
Okay bro, here is the method I used to root my Tab:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535083
I'm not sure if you have a wifi only version, the 7" or the 10.1", but, the first time I tried to root I used this method which put me into custom recovery. I screwed up and didn't press the "disable stock recovery" option and couldn't get back into custom recovery. So I hooked it back up, went into odin, redid the process. It put me back into the custom recovery at which point I disabled the stock recovery and success! So basically, according to odin, I rooted twice but have had zero problems. I'm not sure if this will work or even help you, but it's worth a shot. I used the Philz P5110 zip (I have the 5113). If this doesn't work, then I would suggest seeing if I Android-Andi can help, the dude knows his stuff...
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Oh, and just so you know, my version of the Tab does not have the bootloader to worry about. For all I know that could be were the issue lies...
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I made it... Almost I finally have a CMW working again. The difference with my previous tries was that I now unchecked "F-reset Times" in Odin. But when I try to upload a new version of Cyanogenmod using ADB push "filename.zip" /sd I dont get any results when I want to install the zip. (No files found).
The counter in Download (ODIN Mode) is now 5 counts (Custom binary download: Yes 5 counts). Should that make any difference?
No, flash count shouldn't affect anything. The counter on my phone is probably huge! Ha! Have you tried flashing CM through recovery?
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No, flash count shouldn't affect anything. The counter on my phone is probably huge! Ha! Have you tried flashing CM through recovery?
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Yes I did. Ha! But when I try to upload the file by using ADB no files are found when I go to install from SDcard. When I go to mounts and storage and I press mount /sd card. Nothing happens. I wonder if i should repartition the SD card somehow. (I have red something about it) Would that help?
I'm trying to install Jellybean, and I put the .zip file on my phone via USB before rebooting into recovery. When I press "choose zip from sdcard" it says No files found.
I even tried the following command:
adb push ./bigxie_JRN84D_rooted_busybox_deodexed.zip /sdcard
But it still says no files found.
I'm using a Galaxy nexus, which doesn't use a sdcard, only internal memory so maybe I am doing something wrong.
My phone is currently bricked and won't boot, so the only thing I can do is use recovery mode.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Tried unmounting and remounting everything, and it worked.
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This is what I mean. But I can't mount or unmount my sdcard. Or it seems there doesn't happen anything.
When I try to sideload a rom, wherin I deleted the lines in the updater-script what should fix the status 7 error, I still get a status 7 error.
When trying to push the ROM using ADB, No Files Found appaears when pressing install from sdcard.. Whaa! But when I push the files it seems that are transferred correctly:
C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86-20131030\sdk\platform-too
ls>adb push goedddd.zip /sd
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
4117 KB/s (170086041 bytes in 40.340s)
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Any ideas?
I don't know how but I fixed it! The tablet suddenly turned of and when I plugged it into the charger and tried to start it, it suddenly started booting Cyanogenmod. Crazy! I now have a stable version installed (10,1). But now I still have to install Gapps on my tablet. But now I can't access CWM anymore, neither downloadmode. Crazy again. Maybe it is because my battery is low on fuel.

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