Hello,
I bought a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100 (3g version), but my carrier installed its own ROM, removed the Phone app and unrooted the device,
Now I want to install back the stock ROM, but I will need to root it first right? but the guides showing how to root are doing it only with stock ROM, so I am afraid to try and root the device on my carrier's non-stock ROM. Is there a guide to root a non-stock device? or it's the same method as rooting stock device?
Is there a link to a guide on how to return to the stock ROM from unrooted non-stock ROM?
Thanks
Any idea? will the method for rooting stock Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3g be the same as rooting non-stock unrooted Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3g?
what custom rom are you using?
If your wireless carrier installed their own ROM because you have a data package then that is your official ROM...
do you have jelly bean installed?
Look into cf-autoroot for rooting your tablet, once its rooted you can easily revert back to any/stock ROM you want
Also there many stock ROMs that come pre rooted so that may be something you may want to look into...
We need more info though, what custom ROM do you have? What exact model galaxy tab do you have? How did you install this custom ROM? What version android are you running? Have you ever used Odin/kies?
That info would help us and you greatly...
-droidshadow
droidshadow said:
If your wireless carrier installed their own ROM because you have a data package then that is your official ROM...
do you have jelly bean installed?
Look into cf-autoroot for rooting your tablet, once its rooted you can easily revert back to any/stock ROM you want
Also there many stock ROMs that come pre rooted so that may be something you may want to look into...
We need more info though, what custom ROM do you have? What exact model galaxy tab do you have? How did you install this custom ROM? What version android are you running? Have you ever used Odin/kies?
That info would help us and you greatly...
-droidshadow
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I have 4.0.4 Android version, I did not install this custom ROM, it came preinstalled by carrier, it is not rooted (checked with "Root Checker"),I have used Kies but not Odin but I can learn I guess if there are instructions.
Your method (cf autoroot) and this one I found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
say that it is going to work on stock ROM, but I do not have stock ROM, I have my carrier's ROM, that's why I am afraid to use it, but maybe you know whether I can use any of these method with my ROM?
okay...
Here is what I recommend...
First you are using ice cream sand which, the new android official going around Samsung is jelly bean android 4.1
You have to ask yourself do you want to upgrade?
If you do want to upgrade to JB dont root your tablet as you will not be able to officially update to JB.
If you want to see if an update is available look in your notifications or go into settings -> about tablet -> and hit software update
I think that is how I am using a custom ROM
If you have an update firmware to download I would do it...
Then root your tablet.
If you upgrade to android 4.1 then use the cf-autoroot exploit
If you want to root your tablet as is with android 4.0.4 then follow this link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
If that link list your model then you are all good since you do have an official ROM just a different model tablet
Oh...if you root your tablet with android 4.0.4 you can still upgrade to android jelly bean but you will have to use a custom ROM you will not be able to install an official firmware update.
So good luck...and look on YouTube for help on rooting your tablet there are some really great videos out there.
There is no jelly bean update available for my galaxy tab 2 , I think my carrier blocked the update.
the tutorial you gave me on how to root the tab is for 4.0.3 and my is 4.0.4. Also, all of these guides say that it's working on stock ROM, do you think it still going to work on my carrier's non-stock rom (if I will find a guide that can root 4.0.4 and not just 4.0.3)?
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Hello xda-developers!
Well here is my situation. I just got my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 about 1 week ago (Southern California, USA) and the first thing I did was root the device so that I could enable all features and do things like install linux/busybox.
Okay so just the other day i was looking at my notifications and it said that there was a software update. I figured that this was probably samsung's official jelly bean and i was excited to update so I downloaded the software it was around 330MB's. After the download it asked me if i wanted to install now or install later and i choose now and afterwards the device rebooted and it booted into CMW-Recovery and i got this error.
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Now i heard that i am getting this error because this "software update" is not "officially" signed by Samsung. I don't know if that is true or not...
So i have a couple of questions...
One, is this update for jelly bean?
Two, how can i go about updating to jelly bean?
Three. is my rooted status blocking this update?
Four, is it possible to root the device after the jelly bean update?
If anyone can assist me with this error that I am getting I would really really appreciate it. I am not sure where to go from here.
I thank you all for your time and assistance.
-droidshadow
which option do you guys/gals think is better?
Okay so i have been doing a bit of research on this forum and what I have learned is that since I rooted my galaxy tab 2 10.1 which is running Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4 ICS) that I can not update Samsung's official jelly bean update.
Is this true?
If it is true...it seems I have a few options.
One of the options that I have is that I can install a custom Jelly Bean Rom using Clock Work Mod Recovery or Samsung Kies. However, I am not sure which rom to use, and I have heard that using a custom rom you can run into issues when upgrading the Samsung Galaxy tab 2 10.1 to Jelly Bean, one of the issues being that "sound" will not work. Is this true?
Okay second thing that I am wondering is do you think if i booted into Clock Work Mod Recovery and choose the option to restore my galaxy tab
to stock firmware (a factory reset) then could i use the software update option to upgrade to Samsung's official Jelly Bean update and then root it after my tablet has been updated to Jelly Bean?
Which option do you think would be better?
Also can anyone possibly provide a tutorial on how to upgrade jelly bean with the samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 model GT-P5113 so that I can take
a look, I am not sure how to update it.
I would love to find a tutorial for using either CWM or Samsung Kies.
I thank you all for your time and help...
-droidshadow
Go into settings, About Device. What's the build number at the bottom?
well i updated to jelly bean...
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Go into settings, About Device. What's the build number at the bottom?
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Well after careful consideration i decided that my best option was to download Android Jelly Bean version 4.2.1 from Cyanogenmod nightly builds and i was able to flash the custom JB rom and flash Google apps. I decided to go this route so that I could get the excellent Jelly Bean update and I also get to keep my tablet rooted and not have to root it all over again.
Here is an excellent guide on how to install the Jelly Bean update version 4.2.1
http://teamhacksung.org/wiki/index.php/CyanogenMod10.1:GT-P5110:How_to_install
It was quite easy to install and I have been using JB for about 1 day now and I don't have any complaints. The nightly build is working quite well for me...
That tutorial says its for the samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 GT-p5110 but i have the model GT-P5113 and it the install guide still worked without any issues.
If anyone has any questions about updating to this version of Jelly Bean or needs any help with the installation process i would be more than happy to help out...
Thanks to all who responded...
-droidshadow
i FINALLY tried to root my s duos just after the purchase. I had rooted with custom recovery.tar file. It worked and was amazing.
Though i am worried about if i install a custom rom is it worth ? because i can root the stock and probably customize it.
I want to know whether :
1). Rooting Stock ROM is better ?
2). Installing Custom ROM poses potential danger to phone though is it better than rooting stock ?
My Device is Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT-S7562)
Firmware: Samsung Official
Android Version : 4.0.4
Baseband: S7562DDLH5
This is my first Thread in Q&As
Thank You
Amosthecoolboy said:
i FINALLY tried to root my s duos just after the purchase. I had rooted with custom recovery.tar file. It worked and was amazing.
Though i am worried about if i install a custom rom is it worth ? because i can root the stock and probably customize it.
I want to know whether :
1). Rooting Stock ROM is better ?
2). Installing Custom ROM poses potential danger to phone though is it better than rooting stock ?
My Device is Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT-S7562)
Firmware: Samsung Official
Android Version : 4.0.4
Baseband: S7562DDLH5
This is my first Thread in Q&As
Thank You
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Rooting Stock is much better
You can uninstall bloatwares manually , and you can also change system apps (modify and reinstall )
And there may be some apps which you like in stock but are not in custom rom
Its better
Yea its better
Hi all i got a questions i have a att note 3 rooted and i have SS installed i was running MJ5 build but with the small OTA update its now NB4 I can't get the new Kitkat since it fails at 27% and honestly am quite happy with jelly bean 4.3. my question is i would like to flash a custom ROM, but am not sure if i can flash MJ5 or do i only have to flash NB4 ROMs? in other words i want a custom ROM compatible with my phone but don't want to loose root just not sure which is compatible. and will it trip the Knox counter? thank you
I have a Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0 p3110 jellybean 4.2.2 rooted with cyanogenmod 10.1.3 and clockworkmod. I want to downgrade to jb4.1 but never made a nandroid backup of 4.2 to remove cyanogenmod 10.1.3. How can I safely downgrade to jellybean 4.1 without brickin my tablet? I don't mind staying rooted but I'll do whatever is needed to remove this awful jb4.2os.
Josiah43 said:
I have a Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0 p3110 jellybean 4.2.2 rooted with cyanogenmod 10.1.3 and clockworkmod. I want to downgrade to jb4.1 but never made a nandroid backup of 4.2 to remove cyanogenmod 10.1.3. How can I safely downgrade to jellybean 4.1 without brickin my tablet? I don't mind staying rooted but I'll do whatever is needed to remove this awful jb4.2os.
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flash a stock rom, themn re flash the 4.1 rom agian.
Kobro said:
flash a stock rom, themn re flash the 4.1 rom agian.
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Any idea where I can find the necessary stock ROM to flash? I assuming I'll need jb4.2?
Josiah43 said:
Any idea where I can find the necessary stock ROM to flash? I assuming I'll need jb4.2?
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if you want to get back to 4.1.2 go here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/ download whatever country you live in, and right below the download page should be a guide on how to use the file. its pretty much like when you first rooted it.
Josiah43 said:
I have a Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0 p3110 jellybean 4.2.2 rooted with cyanogenmod 10.1.3 and clockworkmod. I want to downgrade to jb4.1 but never made a nandroid backup of 4.2 to remove cyanogenmod 10.1.3. How can I safely downgrade to jellybean 4.1 without brickin my tablet? I don't mind staying rooted but I'll do whatever is needed to remove this awful jb4.2os.
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http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P3110
i have a Samsung Galaxy stratosphere 2 and was wondering if there was any way of force updating it from android jelly bean to lollipop. The phone is rooted really want to use this phone as main phone but software is to old for some apps. All links i found about updating it to lollipop are dead.
fatetraitor said:
i have a Samsung Galaxy stratosphere 2 and was wondering if there was any way of force updating it from android jelly bean to lollipop. The phone is rooted really want to use this phone as main phone but software is to old for some apps. All links i found about updating it to lollipop are dead.
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From what I'm finding, or rather, what I'm not finding... There isn't and never was a lollipop custom ROM or any other ROM for your device. The links you found about updating to lollipop aren't "dead", they are fake because lollipop never existed for this device. I think there may have been a CyanogenMod 10.1 custom ROM but that is a Jelly Bean ROM, you already have Jelly Bean.
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