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[Tutorial]How to remove CWM without flashing a whole new firmware.

Hello all,
Today, i will show you how to remove CWM and get back the original recovery without flashing a whole new firmware..
AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Make a copy of the firmware you're currently on and paste it anywhere on your desktop
Open the archive with 7zip, and delete all the files in it other than recovery.img.
Thats it, flash it through ODIN , like you flashed CWM and you should have your orignal recovery back.
I am attaching the recovery of XWKQ2 along, you just need to flash it via ODIN..
Best of luck!

Anyone have tried this? This is what I have been looking for. I will try this ~

Man why would I post it without trying it first.
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chelsearulz5 said:
Man why would I post it without trying it first.
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Yeah I know right.
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Thanks Might be handy i

Hello Right now I have CWM installed and I am unable to go to download mode by pressing the vol down+home button+power button. I need to flash the factory rom. I am currently using the CM 7.2 RC2. Will removing the CWM help me get into download mode?

niks4101 said:
Hello Right now I have CWM installed and I am unable to go to download mode by pressing the vol down+home button+power button. I need to flash the factory rom. I am currently using the CM 7.2 RC2. Will removing the CWM help me get into download mode?
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alrite....man i was looking fr this only.....
nywys its nt clear to me wat u r saying i mean... suppose i m on creed's rom v1.6..
then what should i do i mean to go to my stock samsung recovery.... pls rply man...
nd yes wanna know if it has abilities to brick my phone as i hav bricked my fit twice i dont wanna loose it once more....
pls help me out buddy...
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and yup dude... will it be just right to flash 2.3.4 ddkq5 (indian official stock rom)
ovr creeds v1.6... m having cwm v4.X.x installed on my gfit..
if i flash the kq5 firmware will my gfit is going to brick... i need a lot of help pls dude...

niks4101 said:
Hello Right now I have CWM installed and I am unable to go to download mode by pressing the vol down+home button+power button. I need to flash the factory rom. I am currently using the CM 7.2 RC2. Will removing the CWM help me get into download mode?
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Man i dont know how you plan on flashing the original recovery if you cant go into download mode.

panku123 said:
alrite....man i was looking fr this only.....
nywys its nt clear to me wat u r saying i mean... suppose i m on creed's rom v1.6..
then what should i do i mean to go to my stock samsung recovery.... pls rply man...
nd yes wanna know if it has abilities to brick my phone as i hav bricked my fit twice i dont wanna loose it once more....
pls help me out buddy...
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and yup dude... will it be just right to flash 2.3.4 ddkq5 (indian official stock rom)
ovr creeds v1.6... m having cwm v4.X.x installed on my gfit..
if i flash the kq5 firmware will my gfit is going to brick... i need a lot of help pls dude...
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Well if you're on creed 's rom and since its based on ddkq5, download the ddkq5 firmware and open(not extract) with 7ZIP.
Now there will be 9 files in it.Delete all other than recovery.img and flash the new tar via ODIN.
Abt bricking, i have done this many times but have never faced any problems, but there is always some risk.
And yeah i think you can flash ddkq5 over creed's, just remember to wipe data,cache,etc etc..

ok.....after that i mean after getting stock recovery if i need my stock rom back as well then buddy what to do...
let me ask something ..
buddy m havin creeds rom nd CWM on my gfit rite now if i flash ddkq5 with the help of ODIN...will i brick my phn or will i get my stock rom back....kindly hlp man...

If you want the stock rom why flash the recovery separately?
On flashing the stock rom you will also get the original recovery back.
You can flash ddkq5 on creeds rom, you wont brick ur device unless the flashing process is interrupted by something like power failure.
Remember to wipe stuff before and after flashing and to make a cwm backup just in case..

How can i backup full stock rom??when ever i tried to do this it( cwm) says backup failed:--(
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sarvesh563 said:
How can i backup full stock rom??when ever i tried to do this it( cwm) says backup failed:--(
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Maybe there's not enough space in your sd card?
Sorry man, i am also a kinda noob and my knowledge abt such stuff is limited.
You should ask this question in its respective thread..

friend thank you so much !!! i also want to remove CWM from my galaxy Fit..but can you please tell me how to copy current firmware and step-wise procedure of flashing it through ODIN...please help me...waiting for reply...

Its probably because your stock rom is using rfs file system, and cwm doesnt support rfs system so you cant make a backup of stock rom...
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tejasar said:
friend thank you so much !!! i also want to remove CWM from my galaxy Fit..but can you please tell me how to copy current firmware and step-wise procedure of flashing it through ODIN...please help me...waiting for reply...
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First download the firmware, your ROM is based on.
Open the firmware(not extract) with 7Zip.
There would be 9 files, delete all other than recovery.img.
Boot your g-fit in download mode and connect it with the pc.
Open ODIN.
Select Beni v1 as ops.
Check one package and select the archive you just deleted files from as the file to be flashed.
Click on start.
Thats it, the process should not take more than 10-20 sec.

i have not rooted my galaxy Fit yet...just flashed the CWM in it..but i wanted to get the stock recovery back..so the stock ROM is as it is...and today i got the upgrade of GB 2.3.6 DDKT3 from kies and it has restored my stock recovery back from CWM...just solved my problem...happy !!!!
thanks for your reply and help....

chelsearulz5 said:
Man i dont know how you plan on flashing the original recovery if you cant go into download mode.
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Fixed it I read somewhere that if the volume down button and home button are pressed and the battery is inserted it goes into download mode. I tried this and it worked.

(Q)4 yes 4 soft brick i think.....

First off i install remi rom r4 try to back it up yes i install r1 everything was fine ..no had stock 2.3.6 rooted with odin everythings fine nandroid and everything.then i try to install a differnt rom cm9 went into cwmr factory reset dalvik,cache and all the normal things you do.it didnt read read my sd ..
Cant mount sd error but it didnt mount so i reboot on first phone i try stuck at boot logo some how everything got erase on internal sd and external sd
..so the phone is in a boot loop..so i download sgh-1727-UCKJ2 KONANE PUSH IT THROUGH ODIN but didnt work i try almost everything to push through odin but dont work.yes i can get in odin by holding volume rocker and power button but cant get in to recovery its just go into boot loop...not only i mess up one phone but 4 phone all doing the same thing ...anger lead to madness
..help best info i can give that all i did on all phone
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Are you able to get the phone to go into download mode?

Does Odin reboot your phone when it is finished? It should. If not, tell us what it says on the last line in Odin.
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khmerfunan said:
First off i install remi rom r4 try to back it up yes i install r1 everything was fine ..no had stock 2.3.6 rooted with odin everythings fine nandroid and everything.then i try to install a differnt rom cm9 went into cwmr factory reset dalvik,cache and all the normal things you do.it didnt read read my sd ..
Cant mount sd error but it didnt mount so i reboot on first phone i try stuck at boot logo some how everything got erase on internal sd and external sd
..so the phone is in a boot loop..so i download sgh-1727-UCKJ2 KONANE PUSH IT THROUGH ODIN but didnt work i try almost everything to push through odin but dont work.yes i can get in odin by holding volume rocker and power button but cant get in to recovery its just go into boot loop...not only i mess up one phone but 4 phone all doing the same thing ...anger lead to madness
..help best info i can give that all i did on all phone
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try this method for returning to stock
read the whole op for odin issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

I try to push stock att through odin but it fail so i try stock roger and it work kinda wierd ,im going to look around some more to get a better soultion,thx all will report back when problem resovle
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khmerfunan said:
I try to push stock att through odin but it fail so i try stock roger and it work kinda wierd ,im going to look around some more to get a better soultion,thx all will report back when problem resovle
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redl check the md5 of all downloads

vincom said:
redl check the md5 of all downloads
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Thx had a bad download now all is good.but im still trying to figure out how everthing got erase on internal and external sd when going in to recovery!!!!! Not on one phone but 4 .i was on rem r1 with update r4 not blaming the rom at all,but how did i lose nan backup on both internal amd external sd???????any insight on this anyone,THANKS
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HELP after downgrade from ICS to GB my phone doesn't start!

Hay guys. Please help me. Some days ago i flashed my phone with 4.0.4 by Kies and everything was ok but after some days using ICS i was totally disappointed from it and decide to back my perfectly working 2.3.6 (Ausrian rom) with which i was before. But now after flashing it with Odin my phone stays on the first screen (Choose lang.) and than some messages start to shows up saying some google services can't start and after some seconds the phone restarts and all repeats again. PLEASE HELP if it's possible! Thanks in advance!!

may be flashing problem/Download file may be having some problem, Try to download the Stock ROM and Flash it again with ODIN and check...

mj.vikram said:
may be flashing problem/Download file may be having some problem, Try to download the Stock ROM and Flash it again with ODIN and check...
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Yes, i used the original Austria rom (3 Hutchinson) which i downloaded from sammobbile's stock rom section...

Marinski79 said:
Yes, i used the original Austria rom (3 Hutchinson) which i downloaded from sammobbile's stock rom section...
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Check if you are able to Boot in to Recovery Mode, if possible then Wipe Data and reboot the system..

i m using frankstainmod ICS , can i flash cm 7.2 using cwm???

TUSHARKATE007 said:
i m using frankstainmod ICS , can i flash cm 7.2 using cwm???
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Better you downgrade to GB and then flash CM 7 on it....

mj.vikram said:
Better you downgrade to GB and then flash CM 7 on it....
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thanks

go to recovery mode
do a factory reset
cache wipe
You do not need to flash cwm.
use gb original recovery.
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Or you can flash cwm.
Then u can recovery from the backup.
For my experience, I encouter the same things as u (downgrade to gb, can't bpot).
What I do is listed below:
1. power off phone.
2. power on phone and press home+volume up to enter one mode (I don't how to name it. Also, the mode is like cwm, but only few functon)
3. select factory reset. select cache……
4. then u can reboot to a clean gb systen
5. flash cwm via odin and recovery it to the backup I made before flash ics.
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mj.vikram said:
Check if you are able to Boot in to Recovery Mode, if possible then Wipe Data and reboot the system..
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Yes, this worked! Thanks a lot dude!!! My biggest problem was that i didn't made a backup before flash to ICS... And i wasn't rooted my phone and installed CWM until now The second problem was that i wasn't able to start CWM after installing it. I tried 10 times maybe and when i was going to give up i get lucky and it starts (ufff.. Than i wipe data/cash and even did factory reset and after that my phone reborn DD
Thanks again for all answers and help guys

Marinski79 said:
Yes, this worked! Thanks a lot dude!!! My biggest problem was that i didn't made a backup before flash to ICS... And i wasn't rooted my phone and installed CWM until now The second problem was that i wasn't able to start CWM after installing it. I tried 10 times maybe and when i was going to give up i get lucky and it starts (ufff.. Than i wipe data/cash and even did factory reset and after that my phone reborn DD
Thanks again for all answers and help guys
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Happy to help ,....

firmware upgrade issue

hye. can somebody help me. my tab plus having problem after upgrading using kies. it stuck for over an hour and i unplugged usb from the tab. when i turn it on, it appear "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery ode in kies & try again" . but when i plug my tab, the kies seem like doesnt recognize the tab. it doesnt connect with my tab. is my tab brick?what can i do to make it function again?please help me.:crying:

Im not really an expert but i'll try..
Can you enter odin mode? If yes, then you can flash your stock HC rom.. but guessing from your problem.. do you know how to use odin? If dont, try to do some research.. so heres my tip..
1. Find your stock HC firmware at www.samfirmware.com
2. Flash the firmware via odin..
3. (From experience) it will boot loop in the samsung animation
4. Dont worry.. enter recovery and do both wipes
5. Your boot will now proceed..
BEFORE I FORGET.. WIPING IS SAFE ON STOCK HC ROM.. DO NOT WIPE FROM STOCK ICS ROM.. I REPEAT DO NOT WIPE FROM STOCK ICS ROM
PEOPLE OUT THERE.. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG..
IM JUST HELPING OUR FRIEND HERE..
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I have the same issue when i flash my tab with the latest firmware..but then i flash latest cwm odin version..go to cwm recovery..and did factory reset..bravo!!! My tab is alive
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theejay0625 said:
Im not really an expert but i'll try..
Can you enter odin mode? If yes, then you can flash your stock HC rom.. but guessing from your problem.. do you know how to use odin? If dont, try to do some research.. so heres my tip..
1. Find your stock HC firmware at www.samfirmware.com
2. Flash the firmware via odin..
3. (From experience) it will boot loop in the samsung animation
4. Dont worry.. enter recovery and do both wipes
5. Your boot will now proceed..
BEFORE I FORGET.. WIPING IS SAFE ON STOCK HC ROM.. DO NOT WIPE FROM STOCK ICS ROM.. I REPEAT DO NOT WIPE FROM STOCK ICS ROM
PEOPLE OUT THERE.. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG..
IM JUST HELPING OUR FRIEND HERE..
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thanks!!i will try this. and i just realize that i posted this in development section. sorry.

arfian said:
I have the same issue when i flash my tab with the latest firmware..but then i flash latest cwm odin version..go to cwm recovery..and did factory reset..bravo!!! My tab is alive
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i'm downloading the latest firmware right now and try this method after the download is done. i hope my tab will be just like yours. ALIVE!!
edit : its not working. failed flashing with odin. i dunno what happen. is there any other solution. my tab is not rooted and for sure usb debugging also off. maybe flashing with odin failed because usb debugging is off right.

mijul mojas said:
thanks!!i will try this. and i just realize that i posted this in development section. sorry.
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theejay0625 said:
Im not really an expert but i'll try..
Can you enter odin mode? If yes, then you can flash your stock HC rom.. but guessing from your problem.. do you know how to use odin? If dont, try to do some research.. so heres my tip..
1. Find your stock HC firmware at www.samfirmware.com
2. Flash the firmware via odin..
3. (From experience) it will boot loop in the samsung animation
4. Dont worry.. enter recovery and do both wipes
5. Your boot will now proceed..
BEFORE I FORGET.. WIPING IS SAFE ON STOCK HC ROM.. DO NOT WIPE FROM STOCK ICS ROM.. I REPEAT DO NOT WIPE FROM STOCK ICS ROM
PEOPLE OUT THERE.. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG..
IM JUST HELPING OUR FRIEND HERE..
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its not working. failed flashing with odin. i dunno what happen. is there any other solution. my tab is not rooted and for sure usb debugging also off. maybe flashing with odin failed because usb debugging is off right.

SOLUTION:-How to Downgrade galaxy tab plus p6200 from stock JB TO stock ICS OR HC!

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To downgrade galaxy tab plus p6200 form jb xxmc3 based version to stock ics :-
Installation instructions :
1.First download the stock ics rom based on ur network carrier,,for assistance i am using INDIA network carrier based rom,,For those who r outside form india choose ur country based rom by clicking the link below http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
2.once u have downloaded the rom succesfully extract it somewhere on pc ..Put ur tab in download mode open "ODIN.exe" choose pda as ".tar.md5" dont use pit file avoid it also dont tick on repartition...and click on start wait for 5min-----Now ur tab is downgrading and it shall boot,,,,Once its done u will see samsung logo ..if u face any problems like force close etc.,go to SETTINGS-PRIVACY-FACTORY RESET...Thats it U have successfully done>>>
IMPORTANT on't wipe data / factory reset by going to recovery it will leads to permanent brick:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
If u want to make a repartition ur tab using a pit file downlaod the attachment,,,Be carefull !!!!!!!!!

katarusiva said:
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To downgrade galaxy tab plus p6200 form jb xxmc3 based version to stock ics :-
Installation instructions :
1.First download the stock ics rom based on ur network carrier,,for assistance i am using INDIA network carrier based rom,,For those who r outside form india choose ur country based rom by clicking the link below http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
2.once u have downloaded the rom succesfully extract it somewhere on pc ..Put ur tab in download mode open "ODIN.exe" choose pda as ".tar.md5" dont use pit file avoid it also dont tick on repartition...and click on start wait for 5min-----Now ur tab is downgrading and it shall boot,,,,Once its done u will see samsung logo ..if u face any problems like force close etc.,go to SETTINGS-PRIVACY-FACTORY RESET...Thats it U have successfully done>>>
IMPORTANT on't wipe data / factory reset by going to recovery it will leads to permanent brick:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
If u want to make a repartition ur tab using a pit file downlaod the attachment,,,Be carefull !!!!!!!!!
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i dont see why this is a solution.. you can always downgrade via odin.. solution for what?
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theejay0625 said:
i dont see why this is a solution.. you can always downgrade via odin.. solution for what?
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I know that we can always downgrade through "ODIN" no need to say that ....But some of the members asked me how to do that ....Thats why i wrote a post....:highfive::highfive::highfive:

i need a solution infact!
theejay0625 said:
i dont see why this is a solution.. you can always downgrade via odin.. solution for what?
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Hi
im new to here
I just wana say that its not that much clear! and i need a solution! because when i do this my p6200 reboots and then samsung logo dont go!
it means i cant see anything more than samsung logo.
please gimme a solution for this. i used odin and several roms but finally i had to flash 4.1.2
what should i do to downgrade from 4.1.2 uncomfotable UI to 4.0.4 speedy and likely one ?

salarse said:
Hi
im new to here
I just wana say that its not that much clear! and i need a solution! because when i do this my p6200 reboots and then samsung logo dont go!
it means i cant see anything more than samsung logo.
please gimme a solution for this. i used odin and several roms but finally i had to flash 4.1.2
what should i do to downgrade from 4.1.2 uncomfotable UI to 4.0.4 speedy and likely one ?
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When u flash HC.. it will always boot loop.. to fix the boot loop problem.. enter recovery power button + volume up.. the wipe cache and wipe partition.. then the boot loop will be fixed.. then upgrade to ICS or JB whatever you want.. by the way.. dont EVER wipe from a ICS stock recovery.. cause this will brick ur tab.. please remember that.. if u want to wipe from a ICS rom.. install CWM then wipe in the CWM recovery.. JB is faster than ICS
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I have a P6210. How would I flash from UK 4.1.2 back to HC Using a PIT to repartition?

theejay0625 said:
When u flash HC.. it will always boot loop.. to fix the boot loop problem.. enter recovery power button + volume up.. the wipe cache and wipe partition.. then the boot loop will be fixed.. then upgrade to ICS or JB whatever you want.. by the way.. dont EVER wipe from a ICS stock recovery.. cause this will brick ur tab.. please remember that.. if u want to wipe from a ICS rom.. install CWM then wipe in the CWM recovery.. JB is faster than ICS
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hi sir i am also flash and upgrade my Tab 7 plus from HC to JB
but not done the wipe cach ..so after i flash it with ODIN
it working smooth for some time but it suddenly restart and now stuck at Samsung galay tab plus logo
i tried to go in POWER+VOLUME UP ..RECOVERY MODE ..
But its not coming ..POWER+VOLUME DOWN ...DOWLOAD mode is coming
So i again flash it with ODIN..BUT again its Stuck at Logo
What soution YOu can Give ..Is i have To downgrade it with 4.0.4 ..OFFICIAL Firmware ...
Please Helip

Is there something wrong with the JB? why the downgrade!
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aktsa said:
hi sir i am also flash and upgrade my Tab 7 plus from HC to JB
but not done the wipe cach ..so after i flash it with ODIN
it working smooth for some time but it suddenly restart and now stuck at Samsung galay tab plus logo
i tried to go in POWER+VOLUME UP ..RECOVERY MODE ..
But its not coming ..POWER+VOLUME DOWN ...DOWLOAD mode is coming
So i again flash it with ODIN..BUT again its Stuck at Logo
What soution YOu can Give ..Is i have To downgrade it with 4.0.4 ..OFFICIAL Firmware ...
Please Helip
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Have you tried flashing the CWM? Try flashing the custom recovery.. then try to enter recovery..
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Oracle1977 said:
Is there something wrong with the JB? why the downgrade!
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Yes, I would like to know also! I am trying the opposite and trying to upgrade my US version of 4.0.4 to the UK version 4.1.2 which is suppose to work, but I can't seem to get my USB to be recognized when I am in the Download mode - Funny thing, the USB is recognized when directly connecting to my computer (ie MTP) and via Kies, but not in the DL mode or Odin.
But if 4.0.4 is more trouble free than 4.1.2, maybe my problem is a good thing?
Edit: Figured it out - I was in Recovery mode instead of Download mode - oh well, 4.1.2 is a little nicer, with a few more features, not notably faster that I can tell as of yet, but I need to play with it, since all I have done so far is to go through it and make sure things work.
I was hoping for multi-window support and better wifi connectivity, but no joy - maybe better wifi after a few more days?.
Does anyone know if 4.1.2 will allow the tab to support 64gb card? I thought that was one area where 4.1.2 had over 4.0.4