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Unbricked TF101, but no Updates?

Hey,
My TF101 got bricked by a simple reboot - "encryption unsuccessful" splash screen.
I used the nvflash-package from the devel-section "[Tool] Nvflash unbricking released!" for getting back a fresh, clean install of 3.2.1, which seems to work well.
Sadly, no OTA-Update to ICS is found and no microSD-Update is recognized.
Wipe, another cold-boot tried.
Q:
nvflash repartition and format - thus there couldn't be hassle with my old "broken" Android, right?
Q2:Anyone has an idea why updates dont work? Within the thread mentioned above I found some posts about updates which where recognized.
Searched a lot but nothing specific to the nvflash image solution...
BR / Adarof

NvFlash the RougeXM touch recovery CWM and use that to flash a new ICS firmmware/ROM. That's probably the easiest route to take. You can flash total stock that overwrites the custom recovery if you'd like too. Should fix your ota problem too.

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Okay, I have flashed ww-9.2.1.11-CWM-full-rooted.zip.
Wipeing everything tried.
But still no updates...
I found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655976, which are the same log-entries like I found
But no luck on googling further on

If you have anything but a stock recovery, you will not get an OTA. You need to here to get the stock recovery and flash it through CWR. Then when you boot to recovery, using the power+vol down wait to see the text at top right corner and then hit volume up, method, you'll see an android laying on his back with a ! above him. This is stock recovery. Should be able to push OTA through settings after this.

Wohu - Thanks, thats one of the very gernal infos I missed :-/
I tried your mentioned tutorial. The process itself seems to be fine.
But...still no updates (it takes ages for the 1st update-check and is very fast for the 2nd and ongoing checks)
I'm from Germany, thus I would expect to require a firmware and recoveryimage for DE but the tutorial just links a WW for firmware and just US for reecovery?
Well ... DE has gone to WW since .21, thus I tried ... but the process uses a repacked Android3, thus I should care about DE ?
Might this be the reason? Is there a repacked-CWM-enabled firmware-image with recovery for DE?
Thanks again so far!
BR / Adarof

adarof said:
Wohu - Thanks, thats one of the very gernal infos I missed :-/
I tried your mentioned tutorial. The process itself seems to be fine.
But...still no updates (it takes ages for the 1st update-check and is very fast for the 2nd and ongoing checks)
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When the file goes to update, it will fail if there are any apps missing from /system/app that ASUS put in there. There is a checker that looks for these app. If you deleted any of these or any were deleted in the CWR version you flashed earlier, you'll have to replace them before the update will install.
adarof said:
I'm from Germany, thus I would expect to require a firmware and recoveryimage for DE but the tutorial just links a WW for firmware and just US for reecovery?
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All you need from that link I posted above is the SURecovery image and nothing else. You can get the firmware.zips from Asus directly. The SURecovery is universal, meaning it will work no matter what region you are in. It is the ROM/Blobs that are region specific. Don't forget that if you download one from the Asus site, that you need to extract it first and then push the zip that was inside the original file you downloaded.
So it would look like this WW.zip->extract->firmware.zip<<<---This is your ROM
adarof said:
Well ... DE has gone to WW since .21, thus I tried ... but the process uses a repacked Android3, thus I should care about DE ?
Might this be the reason? Is there a repacked-CWM-enabled firmware-image with recovery for DE?
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Not sure about these questions.

Woodrube said:
When the file goes to update, it will fail if there are any apps missing from /system/app that ASUS put in there. There is a checker that looks for these app. If you deleted any of these or any were deleted in the CWR version you flashed earlier, you'll have to replace them before the update will install.
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Okay, I havent known this either...
Is there a list of asus-default installed apps? I havent found :/
Woodrube said:
All you need from that link I posted above is the SURecovery image and nothing else.
You can get the firmware.zips from Asus directly.
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SURecoverty means the USRecovery.zip, right?
So, in summarize
1) Rogue XM Touch recovery via nvflash from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446019
2) Use RogueXM to flash original asus-firmware (decompressed download archive)
3) Use RogueXM to flash USRecovery.zip from http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/28/how-to-unroot-and-remove-cwm-recovery-on-asus-transformer/
Am I right?
...on 2) I get
Code:
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/blob","staging")
E: Error in /sdcard/WW_epad-user-9.2.1.24.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
...but I could install the repacked-8.2.3.13_WW+root-CWR-update(su_removed).zip.
I assume the RogueXM requires a blob-File within the zip, which is not provided by asus-original-downloads?
A bit confused ;-)
BR / Adarof

adarof said:
Okay, I havent known this either...
Is there a list of asus-default installed apps? I havent found :/
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That is a tough one. i would suggest looking at the OP's for the custom ROMs and see if the have an Add-on pack that will put them in their custom ROMs. That way you'll be able to extract the apps from them and push to /system/app on your own (don't forget to set permissions also on the ones you push). If not, I will see if I can pull them from mine, zip them up and them send a link to you, but that won't be until I 1 get home and 2 get some time which unfortunately won't be tonight.
adarof said:
SURecoverty means the USRecovery.zip, right?
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Yes sorry about that. I was typing too fast. :/
adarof said:
Am I right?
...on 2) I get
Code:
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/blob","staging")
E: Error in /sdcard/WW_epad-user-9.2.1.24.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
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This is the 3rd Status 7 I have seen today from someone. The other two were in my phone forums and it is bc of a mismatched CWR version. In my phone forum, they just needed to flash a different kernel. Not sure what is going on with it here, but see below...
adarof said:
...but I could install the repacked-8.2.3.13_WW+root-CWR-update(su_removed).zip.
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If you can get this far, then NVflash this and get it to boot up completely. That way you shoudl have all the /system/apps anyways. You can root it (if you lose it somehow) with Razerclaw since it is HC.13 (if you accidentally update all the way to ICS .11 without rooting, you can use ViperMod or any of the other root tools out there) Remember that once you root it, you can use OTA Rootkeeper to preserve your Root status, accept the OTA and then restore Root (this is what I have done since HC). Then install this app and flash the USRecovery.zip and you should be good to go. Reboot to full boot up and then try to reboot into recovery using Key Combo. It should throw the Android on his back with ! above him.
I would then uninstall the Recovery Installer to make sure you don't accidentally hit it and you are back where you started. But you'll have the APK to reinstall whenever you want later on.
Sorry for the long post, just trying to cover everything bc I have log out for a bit and won't be on until later on. Maybe Thing O Doom will swing through, though.
Edit::: Check this out too.

Woodrube said:
That is a tough one. i would suggest looking at the OP's for the custom ROMs and see if the have an Add-on pack that will put them in their custom ROMs.
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Well, Ok...since I "just" would like to have back a real stock system, with OTA - there should be another way ;-)
Woodrube said:
This is the 3rd Status 7 I have seen today from someone. The other two were in my phone forums and it is bc of a mismatched CWR version. In my phone forum, they just needed to flash a different kernel. Not sure what is going on with it here, but see below...
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Okay! This explains why I cant find any 1000000 hits on google related to my prop, which seems to me rather "simple" in principle ;-)
Woodrube said:
If you can get this far, then NVflash this and get it to boot up completely. That way you shoudl have all the /system/apps anyways.
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Agreed...apps should be there. But even the Asus storage app was missing? Thus no stock-apps included?
Its an old Andoroid 3.0.1 and it wouldn't find OTA updates - thats correct?
Woodrube said:
Then install this app and flash the USRecovery.zip and you should be good to go. Reboot to full boot up and then try to reboot into recovery using Key Combo. It should throw the Android on his back with ! above him.
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Okay, while Power-VolDown -> VolUp (this gave me Rogue XM before but since I installed USRecovery it was overwritten, right?) -> a Droid on its back with a "!" comes up.
...and now?
The .24 update on SDCard is recognized but when I try to install the knocked-out droid with "!" comes on reboot again and next reboot yields to a popup "failed update, reverted to old system" or so.
Woodrube said:
Sorry for the long post, just trying to cover everything bc I have log out for a bit and won't be on until later on. Maybe Thing O Doom will swing through, though.
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THANKS for your time so far and dont stress anything
I really appriciate it! Im feeling lost on android...even I work with Linux/Unices since a decade or so :-/
Woodrube said:
Edit::: Check this out too.
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Thats a Win-solution :-/
Most propably I need a stock DE .21 or WW .24 , repacked for flashing with CWM ... right? But that doesnt exists?!?! Cant imagine...
BR - Adarof!

Im still on this problem and have no idea - searched a lot, but havent found any real howtos for DE-tf101 for unbricking.
So my main thoughts are about this Error7, which is really ...strange.
I could flash the repacked, which is available for .11. But I dont have a change to get anz further...
I SHOULD be able to flash a original asus stock Firmware with the Rogue XM Touch recovery, right?
Since Im not able to ... should I try an older version of Rogue XM?
BTW: Is the region info somewhat hard-wired thus it couldnt be changed?
BR - Adarof

There's a WW .24 available for tf101 and I'm making a 9.2.2.6 for the Tf101G,
so there is the latest FW available.

If you are flashing, then that means you have a custom recovery. That is why no OTA.
I'm mobile now but IIRC from before, you flash a working CWR version of the ROM. Thne boot up. Then flash the stock recovery. Then you should be able to OTA after that.
Just make sure whatever ROM you flash is full. If you can nvflash that would be better and then put stock recovery in after your first boot.

Thanks to both of you!
@Woodrube: Flashing means using RogueXM...
Summary:
1) Rogue could flash me either CWR/rooted images or the repacked one - both without OTA.
Just RogueXM is left as bootloader, which shouldnt prevent OTA?!
2) Rogue gives Error7 on flashing the asus-downloaded-onetime-depacked-firmwares, doesnt matter if the DE.21 or current WW.24. :-/
Trying to make the long story short:
For comming back to a "known" system I would like to really go back to a stock system.
I conclude that using nvflash would be the best for this, right?
But where do I get the img-Files for flashing using nvflash?
I just found one package which included a download.sh: It repartitioned, formated and installed a WW android3 (3.2.1) version and deleted the RogueXM. It mentioned its a stock firmware (thus should have all apps).
Sadly no updates afterwards...
I think it could be since its the WW version and I would need a WW .21/.24 (since 21/24 dont distinguish DE and WW anymore) or an older DE-version. But for nvflash I need the img files of these firmwares, which I dont find. ...
Maybe you could simply point me to such img files for nvflash, please?
BR / Adarof

Finally I managed to borrow a win pc and thus could give EasyTool of your posting #8 a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
After some hassle with the driver I managed to flash asus stock download DE_epad-user-9.2.1.21, which is "DE_Special" for coming to WW of german tf101s. the tf was wiped and boots just fine - it states that it has
IML74L.WW_epad9.2.1.21-20120413 - as I think is fine.
Sadly no update again:
The OTA doesnt find any.
The microSD recognizes WW_epad-user-9.2.1.24.zip, but during rebooting I get the Droid with ! and after another reboot a popup with something like "update failed (12)" (in german Systemaktuallisierung fehlgeschlagen (12)). It mentiones that the new version in not compatible ...but ....the .24 is for the DE_special .21 the next ... ?!
I could flash the .24 using Easytool, but this would mean to loose always all data for an update ....
Installing rogue still gives error7 on flashing stock (once decompressed) .zip

I've been reading and Rouge gives errors with stock otas X.x
You can manually install the stock blobs with adb shell, but they will overwrite recovery and etc..
If you want total stock you need to NvFlash, and for whatever reason your tf does NOT like updates.
Rouge V1.3 will take otas, if you don't mind the downgrade.

Thanks for the hint - but I was to lazs to install the rogue 1.3.
I found a .zip, which I tried to install by Rogue 1.5 hoping for a downgrade overall, but during installation it stated "Returning to recovery" and still 1.5 was installed .
What I finally found is a ww-9.2.1.21-to-9.2.1.24-CWM-v1.0.zip image.
I installed this using rogue 1.5 and got a clean .24 installation.
So I'm using this installation hopeing either
1) OTA will work, if asus releases .24++ or
2) I find an ww-9.2.1.24-to-9.2.1.24++
Still I dont get why the EasyTool .21 installation yields to a non-OTA state ... but ...
So, THANKS all of you for your support and hints!
I'll come back here and report further on, if .24++ is out
BR / Adarof

bad luck
....meanwhile my tf101 has started to ignored the dock battery, while the keyboard still works. I tried cleaning ....no luck, the dock battery does not come up within the menues ...
Thus it was returned and I'm waiting for repairing or refunding ...
BR / Adarof

[SYSTEM] De-Odex Framework / System [No-Wipe]

Currently designed for the Wifi version only. Alternates available upon request.
This package includes the de-odexed system and framework folder based on a wifi model.
This is NOT a full install, so do NOT wipe before using.
This package is designed to be used with the custom recovery image. This will NOT work with Odin.
This will delete the current system and framework folders and flash the new ones in their place. This is only a temporary solution until a full rooted install is established.
De-Odexed Install Pack
Custom Recovery Image
Custom Kernel Packages

twistedumbrella said:
Currently designed for the Wifi version only. Alternates available upon request.[/url]
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Request!
My Verizon GC120 should be here in a couple of days. As far as I know it is untouched stock. Let me know the commands to pull the files you need for this and the other dev work you are doing.
Thank you for taking the time to do the work! We all appreciate it!

Finally received a GC120 camera I can do something with. Attached are the .img files pulled. About says my phone is on 4.1.2 (LK3) but I keep getting an install update request although the folder titled as the update in /cache is empty (so there's nothing I can pull from that).
I also pulled the modem.bin but it says invalid file when I try to upload.
*These are the files for LK3

Camera updated to LL2. Updated files attached.

MC4 files attached

So maybe I screwed myself updating all the way to MK4 update. Can't root using framaroot now like I did with all the others. Gonna try a few other options.

Can someone please tell me the adb command to find whether a bootloader is locked or not? I have tried several I've found online and don't receive anything conclusive. Thanks.

Be back in a week or so. Final project is in the beta test stage so I am swamped until it reaches the release candidate.

twistedumbrella said:
Be back in a week or so. Final project is in the beta test stage so I am swamped until it reaches the release candidate.
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can you upload samsung galaxy camera apk

Can anyone post efs.img? I've screwed up my Cam and i need to flash efs.img to mmcblk03. Was playing around with swap and screwed up!

BUMP!!!!

rudie_techie said:
BUMP!!!!
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? It wasn't part of the system image and you didn't specify which model but even so, I doubt people are randomly checking this thread for who needs backups of radio partitions.

Its a EK-GC100 bootloader mode says EK-GC100_EUR_XX

rudie_techie said:
Its a EK-GC100 bootloader mode says EK-GC100_EUR_XX
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I dug through everything I have but no efs.img and if I remember right, you'd need one with your IMEI. Best bet is probably a factory reset.

Didn't help... tried factory reset with stock recovery and cwm recovery... nothing helps... i don't know a way to get it fixed... will keep looking...

Finally got it fixed. As GC100 is similar to S3, downloaded efs file for S3 flashed it via odin through bootloader and voila... attaching the file for reference if anyone else gets into trouble!

rudie_techie said:
Finally got it fixed. As GC100 is similar to S3, downloaded efs file for S3 flashed it via odin through bootloader and voila... attaching the file for reference if anyone else gets into trouble!
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It's usually easier to post it all in one thread and link to it instead of making the same posts in two threads and ending up with the same answers.

can someone please re upload or send me links in private message? I have dropbox, please I need it... my ****z bricked gotta fix it

damn can someone upload these links or the stock odin tar???
GC120_GC120VRAMH2_1366980_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
?? ANYONE please.... help

[Q] HELPP!

the rom i'm running doesn't have a radio... i have the PG861IMG.zip and i put it in the root of my sdcard.. go to bootloader and it says parsing... but stops and finds nothing. ??

svisser89 said:
the rom i'm running doesn't have a radio... i have the PG861IMG.zip and i put it in the root of my sdcard.. go to bootloader and it says parsing... but stops and finds nothing. ??
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HY, if the rom doesnt support radio it means it isnt built to cope with it,but you can install internet radio like tune in! Please press thanks if i helped

svisser89 said:
the rom i'm running doesn't have a radio... i have the PG861IMG.zip and i put it in the root of my sdcard.. go to bootloader and it says parsing... but stops and finds nothing. ??
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its like a common issue with jb4.2.2 roms
speacialy custom one

Pranto Roy said:
its like a common issue with jb4.2.2 roms
speacialy custom one
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I updated my evo lte to sense 5 android 4.3 so it looks exactly like the HTC ONE.. however. when i openn my superuser app it tells me i need to update my binaries, i choose to do so and my phone reboots and when i reopen the superuser app.. same thing. are you able to help me or can you refer me to someone who can? I'm new to XDA.

svisser89 said:
I updated my evo lte to sense 5 android 4.3 so it looks exactly like the HTC ONE.. however. when i openn my superuser app it tells me i need to update my binaries, i choose to do so and my phone reboots and when i reopen the superuser app.. same thing. are you able to help me or can you refer me to someone who can? I'm new to XDA.
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Try Flashing it via Recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/342/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip

Yes I ran into the same problem, some roms will not work, try another rom.

evo lte no rom
My evo lte is still s-on, and honestly i'm having so many problems with it. i'd like s-off but i'd have to do dirty racun and I don't have Ubuntu... anyways. right now i am having NO luck finding a rom that will work, i've tried charmeleon, mean rom, and a few others flashed them in recovery, flashed their boot.img in fastboot and I can't even see the boot image half the time. I did notice when the charmeleon rom was trying to install that it stopped when it said installing kernel and rebooted itself and I haven't been able to get past there. i'm not picky, at this point I want ANY rom that will actually work so i can have a phone again, please help
ps. I don't have a backup. I had several but somewhere in trying to figure things out, i wiped the entire sd card so i've just been installing roms and trying them via usb mount from recovery
nash211 said:
Yes I ran into the same problem, some roms will not work, try another rom.
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try one of these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Evo/ROMs
svisser89 said:
My evo lte is still s-on, and honestly i'm having so many problems with it. i'd like s-off but i'd have to do dirty racun and I don't have Ubuntu... anyways. right now i am having NO luck finding a rom that will work, i've tried charmeleon, mean rom, and a few others flashed them in recovery, flashed their boot.img in fastboot and I can't even see the boot image half the time. I did notice when the charmeleon rom was trying to install that it stopped when it said installing kernel and rebooted itself and I haven't been able to get past there. i'm not picky, at this point I want ANY rom that will actually work so i can have a phone again, please help
ps. I don't have a backup. I had several but somewhere in trying to figure things out, i wiped the entire sd card so i've just been installing roms and trying them via usb mount from recovery
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thanks for the reply! I tried almost all of those roms and the download files have been deleted . can you possibly send me a direct link to a rom? also since i'm s-on... i heard HTC dumlock is a good alternative to flash kernels cause i've been using fastboot and they successfully flash but if i by chance get to the lock screen i can't pull the ring up to open the phone, it's completely unresponsive.
nash211 said:
try one of these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Evo/ROMs
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hello
I flashed that update but I still get the same thing. binaries are out of date, and then superuser closes. when i hit the normal install it fails and i also have the option to update the binaries through recovery... maybe a stupid question. is there a zip that just has up to date binaries alone? right now i'm on sense five android 4.1.2
Pranto Roy said:
Try Flashing it via Recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/342/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip
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sent you a pm
svisser89 said:
thanks for the reply! I tried almost all of those roms and the download files have been deleted . can you possibly send me a direct link to a rom? also since i'm s-on... i heard HTC dumlock is a good alternative to flash kernels cause i've been using fastboot and they successfully flash but if i by chance get to the lock screen i can't pull the ring up to open the phone, it's completely unresponsive.
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i didn't get the private message..
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sent you a pm
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just try another radio app from google market, or search in rom thread about radio fix

Try these web sites themikmik.com theunlockr.com needrom.com
I had allot of difficulty findimg somethng that worked well with my HTC one s, I googled allot till I found one that worked
I used TWRP for flashing my roms, worked great

I cannot send private messages for some reason svisser89 so try this web site for your issue
http://www.android.gs/how-to-change-fonts-on-any-android-device/

svisser89 said:
I flashed that update but I still get the same thing. binaries are out of date, and then superuser closes. when i hit the normal install it fails and i also have the option to update the binaries through recovery... maybe a stupid question. is there a zip that just has up to date binaries alone? right now i'm on sense five android 4.1.2
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that file contains them

| ★ UPDATE.ZIP ★ | ►MF3★AT&T★MK2◄ | ★ UNBRICKED ★ METHOD ★ | ★ Jan.01.2014 ★ |

| ★ UPDATE.ZIP ★ | ►MF3★AT&T★MK2◄ | ★ UNBRICKED ★ METHOD ★ | ★ Jan.01.2014 ★ |
Hi guys, i got this files from someone that have a friend that work at Best Buy Samsung Experience Shop.....and because his phone won't take an OTA update so his friend hooked him up with this flashable update.zip......BEWARE !!!! I DID NOT TRY THIS YET !!!! BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE CONFIRMED THIS WORK.......U NEED TO BE ON STOCK 4.2.2 MF3 FIRMWARE WITH STOCK RECOVERY.....AND FLASH THIS UPDATE.ZIP TO UPDATE TO MK2 FIRMWARE.....OR..... ADB SIDELOAD...... SEE POST#2 FOR GUIDE ON HOW TO UPDATE......IF DOESN'T WORK YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO STOCK MF3 BY FLASHING MF3.TAR FILES BELOW...... AND IF DOES WORK USE THIS NEW SAFEROOT_METHOD TO ROOT MK2.....SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF U WILLING TO TRY AND HIT THANKS BUTTON IF DOES WORK..... ALSO U CAN USE THIS MF3>MK2 UPDATE.ZIP TO UNBRICKED MK2 PHONE WITH MF3-EMERGENCY.TAR INSTALLED FIRST..... SEE ATTACHED FILES BELOW AND GUIDE HOW TO FROM gtj0 THAT I EDITED ON POST#3....
IF U COMING FROM MF3 :
DOWNLOAD >>>MF3>MK2<<< HERE
md5= 7a5119f4c60bcfb26e1a7c69e0f8d9dc
IF U COMING FROM MJ9 :
DOWNLOAD >>>MJ9>MK2<<< HERE
md5= c76a83882fff76f4c718e939ddfb5333
PLEASE THANK mqlin FOR ORIGINAL DOWNLOAD LINK FOR MJ9>MK2
FLASH THIS VIA ODIN TO GET BACK TO STOCK MF3 :
MF3.TAR
md5= 6e266b0e6e4e37f763d75cdae8589e0d
ORIGINAL MF3.tar POST
NighthawkXL said:
They look legit, but it's for normal recovery mode not Odin in case anyone was trying to do that.
Here's the file tree if anyone is interested, and doesn't want to download it...
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FILE TREE
gsmith2278 said:
Cool! Sounds great. Yeah I did it myself and went from mf3 to Mk2 then re rooted it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
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bennyboy78 said:
I was on MF3, I figured it out now. I had to Odin back to MF3 stock because I had deleted some ATT crap apps so it was causing the system to be modified. After that I just updated with this no problem
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
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aaahmedaaa said:
brother you are the man 4.3 i337ucuemk2!!.thank you aloooottttt
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Awesome.....:good:

| ★GUIDE★HOW★TO★ | ★UPDATE★ | ★Dec.30.2013★ |
| ★GUIDE★HOW★TO★ | ★UPDATE★ | ★Dec.30.2013★ |​
In order for me to help u ....i need to know from which part that u don't understand.....as per XDA rules u need to READ before posting ....... STOCK phone is always recommended ......let's start with the easier way:
1. Put update.zip in your Sd Card
2. Reboot phone to recovery by power off your phone. Use combo Button ( VolUp+Home key+Power button) hold them together and when u feel vibration let go power button while still holding VolUP and Home key .....and then u would see samsung galaxy S4 black splash screen and small tiny reboot recovery..... on top left and u can let go both Vol Up and Home key......that's should bring u to android stock recovery.
3. choose apply update from external sd card.......yes to confirm ...... and reboot system when is done or it might reboot automatic.....Woollaa.....now u have 4.3 android MK2 firmware
But If doesn't work you need do these following in order for u to do adb sideload command:
4. U need Samsung USB driver install to your PC ......Install SAMSUNG KIES and plug your phone, it will install latest driver for your phone
5. Make sure u unable USB debugging mode on ur phone.....go to menu>settings>more> it should be on top of about device
( Developer options ) but if u dont have it go to about device and click build number 4/5 time....so that will unable developer options and CHECK USB DEBUGGING.
6. Make sure u have latest ADB ( Android Debugging Bridge ) version 1.0.31.... ANDROID SDK
7. Reboot to recovery>Apply Update From ADB....
8. Go to your PC>>>ADB folder>Shift+Right Click>Open Command Window Here
Code:
[B][COLOR="Red"]adb devices[/COLOR][/B]
Code:
[B][COLOR="Red"]adb sideload update.zip[/COLOR][/B]
Well u might already knew all these step.......and hopefully this will get u to start.... if not, please PM me if u need anymore help.....
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| ★MK2 ★ UNBRICKED ★ METHOD ★ | ►AT&T★MK2★TAR◄ | ★Jan.23.2014★ |
| ★MK2 ★ UNBRICKED ★ METHOD ★ | ►AT&T★MK2★TAR◄ | ★Jan.23.2014★ |​
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FOLLOW THE GUIDE FROM gtj0 THAT I EDITED BELOW, PLEASE USE MF3>MK2 UPDATE.ZIP FROM OP IF U BRICKED FROM MK2 TO GET BACK TO STOCK MK2 AND PLEASE DONT FORGET THANK HIM ALSO....
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OK, If you're stuck with an incomplete flash, here are some steps you can try to get to MJ9...
These instructions assume you started with MJ6.
First, make sure you can boot into recovery. If not, download and apply the MJ6 recovery.
recovery-mj6.tar.md5
It should apply without error. If not, report the failure.
Download and extract the following files...
mf3-emergency-part-1.tar.md5.7z .....>>>>>MIRROR<<<<<.....
mf3-emergency-part-2.tar.md5.7z .....>>>>>MIRROR<<<<<.....
If you don't already have it, download the mf3-mj9 update file...
update-mf3-mj9.zip
Start Odin, connect your phone and boot into Download mode.
Flash mf3-emergency-part-1.tar.md5 which contains modem.bin, NON-HLOS.bin and system.img.ext4.
The flash of system.img.ext4 WILL FAIL at the end. That's OK.
Force Reboot the phone back into Download mode (Voldown+Home+Power) and restart Odin.
Flash mf3-emergency-part-2.tar.md5 which contains cache.img.ext4.
The flash WILL FAIL at the end. That's OK.
Force Reboot the phone back into Download mode (Voldown+Home+Power) and restart Odin.
The phone should now reboot to a black screen with the pulsing notification LED.U need to install recovery-mj6.tar.md5 or i337MK2stockRecovery.tar.md5 (also confirmed work with some users) via ODIN first if u stuck between step 6 and 7 since u are on DOWNLOADING MODE....and then force reboot to get u back to recovery if u coming from MK2 by using combo button (VolUp+Home+Power) or use this Odin Force Reboot .tar File to reboot
Reboot into recovery mode and choose apply update via adb and open your adb command from computer and use MF3>MK2 update zip files from OP .....HOPE THIS HELP......
Code:
adb sideload update.zip
I recommend sideloading instead of flashing from sdcard because the sdcard method reboots the phone whether the update was successful or not and you lose the error messages.
Reboot the phone and let it initialize.
You should now have MK2. and last step is to Hit THANK button......
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Downloading the file seems to be the whole 728MB Rom file and not just the small file to update from MJ9 to MK2, so I'd love to know if you know if this will just update after flashed or if it wipes all your data, I just created a new thread asking for something like this and explaining why I don't want to wipe and just prefer to Update.
If someone can confirm if flashing this will just update without wiping I'd appreciate it, thanks in advance.

erasat said:
Downloading the file seems to be the whole 728MB Rom file and not just the small file to update from MF3 to MK2, so I'd love to know if you know if this will just update after flashed or if it wipes all your data, I just created a new thread asking for something like this and explaining why I don't want to wipe and just prefer to Update.
If someone can confirm if flashing this will just update without wiping I'd appreciate it, thanks in advance.
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I definitely remember the official MK2 OTA from at&t was over 700MB when I got it, so the size seems right. Plus full TW Roms are usually >1GB anyway.
adb sideload and it should just update and not wipe, but can't confirm this myself - already on mk2.

prisonnet said:
I definitely remember the official MK2 OTA from at&t was over 700MB when I got it, so the size seems right. Plus full TW Roms are usually >1GB anyway.
adb sideload and it should just update and not wipe, but can't confirm this myself - already on mk2.
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OK, I'm just saying that the Full MK2 that I downloaded a couple of weeks ago, the one to update from 4.2.2 to MK2 skipping MJ9 was that size, and I've read that the OTA update for the people already on MJ9 was 25 or 28MB, just a small update.

erasat said:
OK, I'm just saying that the Full MK2 that I downloaded a couple of weeks ago, the one to update from 4.2.2 to MK2 skipping MJ9 was that size, and I've read that the OTA update for the people already on MJ9 was 25 or 28MB, just a small update.
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I think you're right, the MJ9 to MK2 was a small one but didn't you say you're on MF3 now? So this would be the file you need to get to MK2. And I'm almost positive this won't wipe data if you adb sideload, googling seems to confirm.

erasat said:
Downloading the file seems to be the whole 728MB Rom file and not just the small file to update from MF3 to MK2, so I'd love to know if you know if this will just update after flashed or if it wipes all your data, I just created a new thread asking for something like this and explaining why I don't want to wipe and just prefer to Update.
If someone can confirm if flashing this will just update without wiping I'd appreciate it, thanks in advance.
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Seem to me it just an update patch. ....u can always back up your data... messages. ..etc using Titanium Backup. ....
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prisonnet said:
I think you're right, the MJ9 to MK2 was a small one but didn't you say you're on MF3 now? So this would be the file you need to get to MK2. And I'm almost positive this won't wipe data if you adb sideload, googling seems to confirm.
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You are right, and it was my bad, a typo, I meant that I'm at MJ9 now. I fixed my previous post now to avoid further confusion.
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ted77usa said:
Seem to me it just an update patch. ....u can always back up your data... messages. ..etc using Titanium Backup. ....
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Problem is that I'm not root now, to be honest, this is a phone that is paid by my Company and I wasn't suppose to do anything with it, so when I decided to jump from 4.2.2 to 4.3 I knew that it was going to cost me the Root, but I decided that I needed to do it anyways, so for now, until further notice, I won't root.
So as you can see my phone is completely Stock, and I'm still getting the Software Interrupted error every time I try to update via OTA, so I don't see any other option but to try to sideload this update, problem is that without Titanium Backup, I will lose all my Data and I'm not willing to go though all the pain to restore all of it from scratch. So my mind is set just to do what I need to just Update without wiping.
So, if anybody try this, please, can you let us know here if you lose your data or if it just updates. Thanks a lot.
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OK Just to satisfy my curiosity, I downloaded the whole file again, and try to sideload it on my MJ9 phone and it immediately error out, this file seems to be the same than the other one in the other thread, it will work only only if you are on 4.2.2. So for me and anybody else trying to update from 4.3 MJ9 to MK2, it's still a no go.

erasat said:
You are right, and it was my bad, a typo, I meant that I'm at MJ9 now. I fixed my previous post now to avoid further confusion.
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Problem is that I'm not root now, to be honest, this is a phone that is paid by my Company and I wasn't suppose to do anything with it, so when I decided to jump from 4.2.2 to 4.3 I knew that it was going to cost me the Root, but I decided that I needed to do it anyways, so for now, until further notice, I won't root.
So as you can see my phone is completely Stock, and I'm still getting the Software Interrupted error every time I try to update via OTA, so I don't see any other option but to try to sideload this update, problem is that without Titanium Backup, I will lose all my Data and I'm not willing to go though all the pain to restore all of it from scratch. So my mind is set just to do what I need to just Update without wiping.
So, if anybody try this, please, can you let us know here if you lose your data or if it just updates. Thanks a lot.
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OK Just to satisfy my curiosity, I downloaded the whole file again, and try to sideload it on my MJ9 phone and it immediately error out, this file seems to be the same than the other one in the other thread, it will work only only if you are on 4.2.2. So for me and anybody else trying to update from 4.3 MJ9 to MK2, it's still a no go.
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You could try updating through Kies...sometimes that's more reliable than OTA connections.

prisonnet said:
You could try updating through Kies...sometimes that's more reliable than OTA connections.
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Kies3, says that the version I have (MF9) is not valid (or something like that) to do firmware updates. Original Kies, already says that my phone is not supported.

erasat said:
Kies3, says that the version I have (MF9) is not valid (or something like that) to do firmware updates. Original Kies, already says that my phone is not supported.
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If I'm not mistaken. ... when u go to stock recovery..... the is an option for update via adb.....or something like that and u should be able to install update. Zip from there.. the only thing is I'm not sure if that would wipe your data or not but from adb sideload custom recovery it only wipe cache and dalvik cache as far I know. ...
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ted77usa said:
If I'm not mistaken. ... when u go to stock recovery..... the is an option for update via adb.....or something like that and u should be able to install update. Zip from there.. the only thing is I'm not sure if that would wipe your data or not but from adb sideload custom recovery it only wipe cache and dalvik cache as far I know. ...
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Yes, that's what it's called sideload and that's what I tried earlier but like I mentioned then, it errors out immediately, and at least you can see that it's clearly asking for 4.2.2.
One more thing, I just hanged up with AT&T, the Technical Support checked everything there and it seems that everything should be in place for me to get the update, they did something and asked me to try it again, as soon as I enter the Update Menu I saw a message saying something like DZ initialization, I have seen that just before we get the OTA, so I asked her and she told me that it was because of what she did, so I should be good to get any update available, and as soon as I tried it I got the same old Software Update Interrupted.
She told me that they will call me tomorrow with other more advanced technical Department to try to see what may be causing this.

I'll give them a quick look over, but I wouldn't jump on the bandwagon using these until somebody more versed then me confirms it's legit.
They look legit, but it's for normal recovery mode not Odin in case anyone was trying to do that.
Here's the file tree if anyone is interested, and doesn't want to download it...
http://pastebin.com/21vA9MMV

NighthawkXL said:
I'll give them a quick look over, but I wouldn't jump on the bandwagon using these until somebody more versed then me confirms it's legit.
They look legit, but it's for normal recovery mode not Odin in case anyone was trying to do that.
Here's the file tree if anyone is interested, and doesn't want to download it...
http://pastebin.com/21vA9MMV
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OP Updated with File Tree ......great job bro......:good:

ted77usa said:
OP Updated with File Tree ......great job bro......:good:
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Mind you, I haven't a 4.3 device to test this on... so although it looks legit (as in the file structure is correct) we still need someone to guinea pig it.

NighthawkXL said:
Mind you, I haven't a 4.3 device to test this on... so although it looks legit (as in the file structure is correct) we still need someone to guinea pig it.
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I thought u need to be on 4.2.2 in order this to work. .... checking security for 4.2.2 before flashing. ..... according to erasat.
erasat said:
Yes, that's what it's called sideload and that's what I tried earlier but like I mentioned then, it errors out immediately, and at least you can see that it's clearly asking for 4.2.2.
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ted77usa said:
I thought u need to be on 4.2.2 in order this to work. .... checking security for 4.2.2 before flashing. ..... according to erasat.
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Yeah your right, I'm not thinking properly... kept forgetting these are the update files, not restore files. Though I assume they could be turned into Odin files given the right person.

For those of you with my same issue, updated to mj9 and getting errors while trying to update to Mk2, . Please follow my other thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573637 and look for the link on post #3, finally found the update file and I'm already at MK2.

NighthawkXL said:
Yeah your right, I'm not thinking properly... kept forgetting these are the update files, not restore files. Though I assume they could be turned into Odin files given the right person.
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What would it take to do this? Anything already started to make this happen?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

[4.4.4][ktu84p]STOCK Rooted with busybox for tilapia[6/19/14]

It is cooked from the Google stock image for tilpia and is NOT deodexed
This is the first time i am posting a ROM on XDA.
Been cooking ROM's for a while for my old Samsung devices.
The whole reason for this thread is to have a flashable zip for any Nexus 7(2012) 3g user who wishes to stay stock.
I have tested it on my Nexus 7, if anyone has any issues do let me and please bear with me as im not a developer and just sharing what i personally use.
Will try and help with what ever i can.​
************** For some Reason the boot logo does not show up, dont worry, wait for sometime, the ROM will boot up***********
Note:
1. Works with multirom.
2. Odexed for my personal use, if anyone wishes to de-odex it, do let me know.
3. This includes the stock kernel. I also tested the latest stable mkernel which is for 4.4.2 and works fine.(works with the new kitkat 4.4.4 too)
Screenshot attached
Downloads:
4.4.4:
tilapia.v2
Mirror
Radio for 4.4.4
md5 for Radio: 64920d406852d92b478c3ab17383ecce
4.4.3:
tilapia.v1
md5 : 5c4d3b47274000cf6d5326d14ab7cc81
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Installation:
1. Reboot to recovery
2. Do a factory reset.
3. Go to advanced wipe settings and select system, dalvik and cache and format them.
4. Flash Rom
First boot takes time, wait patiently. There wont be any boot animation, so wait on that black screen for sometime
Profit :good:
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credits: @JustArchi

Let me know guys if there is any issue. Im little busy this weekend, will take little time to add things like Advanced reboot menu, battery % and debloat.

phanitej said:
Let me know guys if there is any issue. Im little busy this weekend, will take little time to add things like Advanced reboot menu, battery % and debloat.
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Hi, Can I flash this over 4.4 [KRT16O]? Please advise. Thanks.

gwong76 said:
Hi, Can I flash this over 4.4 [KRT16O]? Please advise. Thanks.
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Update your bootloader and radio first. And clean flash is recommended though there are not much of changes from 4.4.2 but as you mentioned you are using 4.4 clean wipe and installing is preferred.

thank you very much! stock rocks! :good::good:
PS: root & bbox?

Thanks alot
Hi!
First of all - thanks for your clean/xposed ROM.
I only have one question. Would it still be possible to send SMS from my Tilapia-tablet (Nexus 7-2012/3G) after flashing your ROM?
BTW : @RomerGG - The threads' header should already have answered your question...
Regards,
Roy

roygaard said:
Hi!
First of all - thanks for your clean/xposed ROM.
I only have one question. Would it still be possible to send SMS from my Tilapia-tablet (Nexus 7-2012/3G) after flashing your ROM?
BTW : @RomerGG - The threads' header should already have answered your question...
Regards,
Roy
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Haven't tried that. Unfortunately i have a pure data plan, so my provider restricts sms by default. And i cant take out the sim and replace as i was once trying to break open my sim slot and take out the sim, during that crazy struggle i guess i broke that sim holder. so once the sim comes out, i have to struggle a lot to get the network back on by replacing it
Edit: dont think hangouts will give the sms sending option by any chance. So try with a third party app and let us know

Thanks for the stock rooted rom. FYI, I had flashed CF SuperSU v1.99r4 and also MKernel a67, looks okay so far. I'm updating the Google apps from Play store now. Once done, I'll be installing TB to restore my apps.
One word of caution to those flashing this rom. Note that there seems to be no bootanimation, so don't be mistaken that the rom is not working. Give it time to boot up. :good:
Edit:
One thing I noticed strange is in TB, System ROM is showing 670MB (8.45 MB free). Before this, I was on 4.4.2 stock rooted, before I manually flashed boot.img and system.img. It was showing same results, but 9.XX MB free. Is this correct? I vaguely remembered that it should be almost 900 plus MB. Can anyone confirm?

phanitej said:
Update your bootloader and radio first. And clean flash is recommended though there are not much of changes from 4.4.2 but as you mentioned you are using 4.4 clean wipe and installing is preferred.
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Sorry for this stupid question. How can I updated these .img files ?

Thank you for this work!! I had the slimkat, I did a wipe recovery and then I installed. Where is the menu button?
Art is not activated?

apinun_po said:
Sorry for this stupid question. How can I updated these .img files ?
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To flash them you need to enable USB debugging and then reboot to bootloader. Here use the following fastboot commands.
For Updating bootloader:
fastboot flash bootloader name_of_the_bootloader_file.img
For radio:
fastboot flash radio name_of_the_radio_file.img
If you want a detailed instruction, go here and follow Method 2.

sbarrett said:
Thank you for this work!! I had the slimkat, I did a wipe recovery and then I installed. Where is the menu button?
Art is not activated?
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It is the same file as the one google pushes for Nexus 7 device. So what ever is present in the original stock image, will be there.
Menu button is only active in apps that give it by default, there is an xposed module which can activate menu button in every app.
For ART, not sure why google misses the option to switch to ART every time on Nexus 7 devices. Will check and see how to add that option.

phanitej said:
To flash them you need to enable USB debugging
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Thank you very much.

Kitkat 4.4.4 is out and the stock rooted version is tested and :good:uploaded.

One quick question my all friend here. 4.4.4 still dalvik or run as ART
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yusopa said:
One quick question my all friend here. 4.4.4 still dalvik or run as ART
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It is dalvik. Google does not seem to want including ART for the nexus 7. Read somewhere on google forums that it might be a hardware issue cos of which they are not including it.

flashing aborted
Version tilapia2 flashing aborted, version tilapia 1 ok. Do you know where is the problem? Using the latest version of the recovery v6.0.4.3.

Good work! I maintain BSZKitKat for grouper (ODEX and DEODEX). Awesome job getting right in front of the 4.4.4 update!
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phanitej said:
It is dalvik. Google does not seem to want including ART for the nexus 7. Read somewhere on google forums that it might be a hardware issue cos of which they are not including it.
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Correct - we lack sufficient space on the /system partition for the binaries required for switching to ART

Cant' flash this rom, i get an error and the message FAILED.
I'm using TWRP recovery 2.7.

Can we have a flashable zip please?
It is much easier to deal with!
Thanks