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Hi there everyone,
I have a huge problem. Last night i bricked my xoom. I was following a tutorial on this forum. and after unlocking the bootloader it told to flash a file called boot.img after doing so and typing fastboot reboot, the device wouldnt start behind the motorola logo. i tried allot of thing and also did flash some other stock android 4.0.4 boot.img files now with the last one mentioned i managed to get the xoom (wifi) to boot a little further. because the ripple movie with the motorola logo is shown. but it stucks at that movie.
Does anyone know if i can flash an image on the xoom that will atleast fix the problem of not rebooting so i can try another tutorial.
I have searched the internet for solutions, many of them linked to threads on this forum. but almost all download links in these tutorials are old and broken.
Can someone please help me unbrick my device? And maybe a link to a good working unroot tutorial for my xoom wifi with android 4.0.4.
Try get back to Stock.
Download from HERE
and do some OTA updates afterwards so everything will be up to date.
Then wipe and try again from scratch..
Worked for me perfectly just a few days ago.
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
Cubanluke88 said:
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
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Indeed it worked. i downloaded the official images and flashed them im on android 3.0.1 again and all seems to work just fine now.
Next problem is i cant find a descent tutorial on this forum how to root the xoom. all download links are either removed due to copyright issues or the links are just broken.
How does it work actually?
1. I unlocked the boot loader wich is very easy.
but then? Do i need to flash a rooted image over the existing? i dont really understand how this works. I rooted my Desire HD with a good tutorial in minutes. Not many people seems to really know how to root the Xoom.
Also i would like to know if the different tutorials are for different android versions or can i aply all tutorials of rooting when i stay on android 3.0.1?
I also tried to flash a recovery.img to the recovery partition and press volume down 3 seconds after the moto logo apears but when i do i get an android robot with a big " ! " on his belly and it takes 5 minutes to load the menu. when im in it tells me there is no sdcard present when i try to flash a rooted rom (zip file).
Is there someone reading this thats willin to explain to me how to do a root the easiest way? Please if links are posted be sure everything on that thread is working. Im pretty sure i will pull it off with some push in the right direction.
Thank you!
(edit) omg im stupid, offcourse the sdcard wont work... it never worked at 3.0.1. on the xoom. can i follow this tutorial:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/451-how-to-root-the-wifi-only-xoom-301/
Could someone read over it and see if this is a good tutorial? last time i flashed a boot.img the whole xoom got stuck... is that because i had the wrong boot.img on the wrong android version? or should boot.img always work?
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
Cubanluke88 said:
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
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Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
eos 4.1.1 is simply awesome and its also pre rooted' so your bootloader is unlocked, all you gotta do now is install twrp recovery via fastboot ( my preffered recovery) then flash eos via recovery
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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EOS is a pretty AOSP rom. No theme, though you can apply one if you like and change a few colors. There are various toggle additions you can add that make the user experience much better. It also comes with an overclockable kernel and is very very stable (despite being a nightly) The team has been supporting the Xoom for over a year and is very committed to the Xoom.
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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As for flashing, just gotta make sure your text is good before hitting the enter key. Recovery flash should look something like this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Some instructions for flashing can be found here
While that page is specifically for locking and flashing to return to stock, the commands are universal for fastboot. Hell, if you wanted to, you could manually restore a nandroid backup via fastboot and flashing images.
I have a Galaxy Tab 2 VZW and was trying to install the ClearRom, but I guess I forgot to unlock bootloader, so now everytime I turn the tab on I get message statitng " System Software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone."
I have a backup from before I tried installing the ROM but don't know what to do with it
Any help will be appreciated
melog69 said:
I have a Galaxy Tab 2 VZW and was trying to install the ClearRom, but I guess I forgot to unlock bootloader, so now everytime I turn the tab on I get message statitng " System Software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone."
I have a backup from before I tried installing the ROM but don't know what to do with it
Any help will be appreciated
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HOw did you make the backup? CWM? If so, then install CMW recovery and do a restore.
DigitalMD said:
HOw did you make the backup? CWM? If so, then install CMW recovery and do a restore.
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I tried getting into recovery mode, but I get the following screen everytime, I think I need the Stock Firmware to flash with ODIN but I don't know where to find it.
<iframe src="https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=47A1A726F16BDCFD&resid=47A1A726F16BDCFD%212570&authkey=AE3MPZ8PewFeQos" width="180" height="320" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
Always, ALWAYS, follow directions exactly how they're laid out.
What you need to do is download the aboot.img to your sd card. Reboot into recovery, ADB Shell into your device (you may need linux for this part as Windows doesn't recognize the device in recovery mode). Once you ADB into recovery, make sure you are root (noted by # instead of $).
Then:
dd if=/sdcard/aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
reboot download
This should unlock you bootloader so you can get by verizons pesky warning.
We can't see the picture you tried attaching.
MrHyde03 said:
Always, ALWAYS, follow directions exactly how they're laid out.
What you need to do is download the aboot.img to your sd card. Reboot into recovery, ADB Shell into your device (you may need linux for this part as Windows doesn't recognize the device in recovery mode). Once you ADB into recovery, make sure you are root (noted by # instead of $).
Then:
dd if=/sdcard/aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
reboot download
This should unlock you bootloader so you can get by verizons pesky warning.
We can't see the picture you tried attaching.
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I cannot get to recovery mode, only download mode, also ClearRom did not specify that the bootloader, that is why I did not even bother
melog69 said:
I cannot get to recovery mode, only download mode, also ClearRom did not specify that the bootloader, that is why I did not even bother
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You'll more than likely have to send it back. There has been no official release of stock firmware, unfortunately (none that I have found at least). In the root thread there are steps 1 - 3 for a reason. 1 - Root, 2 - Unlock and Recovery, 3 - Custom ROM. Always follow directions.
MrHyde03 said:
You'll more than likely have to send it back. There has been no official release of stock firmware, unfortunately (none that I have found at least). In the root thread there are steps 1 - 3 for a reason. 1 - Root, 2 - Unlock and Recovery, 3 - Custom ROM. Always follow directions.
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Well, thanks guys now I know what to do when it's fixed
melog69 said:
Well, thanks guys now I know what to do when it's fixed
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Maybe try a stock 3100 rom? If the hardware is the same should work, just need to set APN etc.Then reroot, install recovery, install cuztom rom.
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acefsw said:
Maybe try a stock 3100 rom? If the hardware is the same should work, just need to set APN etc.Then reroot, install recovery, install cuztom rom.
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Actually, according to here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885558 you just need download mode to install the stock image and then follow the rest of the steps.
acefsw said:
Maybe try a stock 3100 rom? If the hardware is the same should work, just need to set APN etc.Then reroot, install recovery, install cuztom rom.
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DO NOT INSTALL A P3100 ROM. It's not the same hardware (not really even close), so that would only make it worse.
imnuts said:
DO NOT INSTALL A P3100 ROM. It's not the same hardware (not really even close), so that would only make it worse.
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I edited the post, read the link, it is for his device
imnuts is correct. These devices are extremely different and really does need it's own subforum so people don't keep getting confused. The i705 is closest to the i535 (s3), nearly identical actually.
MrHyde03 said:
imnuts is correct. These devices are extremely different and really does need it's own subforum so people don't keep getting confused. The i705 is closest to the i535 (s3), nearly identical actually.
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Then wouldn't it be easier to flash an S Rom?
melog69 said:
Then wouldn't it be easier to flash an S Rom?
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It still wouldn't work. boot, recovery, and system for the s3 are designed for the s3. The hardware is the same, but the software has it's differences. What differences, though, is beyond me.
I have the same issue, this is the first time I've ever "Bricked" a device. Thought I followed the instructions correctly, I can successfully flash recovery.tar.md5 on Mr.Hydes thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885558 but when it goes to reboot it gives me the Yellow ExclaTriangle "System software not authorized by Verizion , yadi, yadi ya da".
I can get into Download mode but NO RECOVERY, Tried flashing (With ODIN) CWM 6.0.1.9 located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044630 but ERROR with NAND WRITE FAIL.
Does anyone have a PIT file? I want give Heimdall a stab at it before I go throw it through Verizon's front window. Appreciate any help, like I said I understand the importance of following Instructions, I've done plenty of Android devices before including The Original GTab7, I dont mind cracking it open either, I've already had it apart to disconnect the battery but that did no help either, BTW it's really easy to open up.
Sounds like you didn't flash the unsecure bootloader
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MrHyde03 said:
Sounds like you didn't flash the unsecure bootloader
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I couldn't boot into Recovery to Flash, I'm Trying to flash now using Odin but get "Secure Check Fail". Any Ideas?
The bootloader needs to be flashed before the recovery using the dd command. Its listed first under step 2, before the recovery.
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MrHyde03 said:
The bootloader needs to be flashed before the recovery using the dd command. Its listed first under step 2, before the recovery.
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Yeah that's where I'm confused, I've had it rooted and unlocked since November following your original Development, I was on G3 not J1. Followed the Instructions and then crap.
Unlocked since Nov and it just now crapped? That doesn't make any sense.. When you boot into download mode right now, what orientation is the screen? Portrait or landscape? Landscape would mean a correctly flashed aboot.img (boot loader)
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MrHyde03 said:
Unlocked since Nov and it just now crapped? That doesn't make any sense.. When you boot into download mode right now, what orientation is the screen? Portrait or landscape? Landscape would mean a correctly flashed about.img (boot loader)
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I followed this thread of yours in the beginning of NOV. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942674 I was rooted and unsecured bootloader, had CWM and SuperUser, but there weren't any ROMS out yet. Everything was fine until I went to install CleanRom the other day.
Portrait Orientation in Download mode.
Okay, so I decided to do something stupid and forget to backup my HTC One S while rooting. I installed CM10, and it got stuck in a bootloop, so stupid me decided to also do a factory reset and basically delete everything I needed to get out of it. I've tried numerous things, including ADB sideloading a ROM, but whenever I do that, it also gets stuck in a boot loop. I have no idea how to use RUU's, and if anybody could help me to fix my phone, that'd be really really helpful. I'm also kindof a n00b towards this stuff, so step-by-step instructions would be much appriciated Thanks.
~MuZiiX
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
CuzCrostyPwns said:
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
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I think my device is s-off...i used the HTC One S all in one toolkit, and I have no idea what supercid is :s I've tried a couple RUU's before (don't know if i used them correctly, but i did relock the bootloader when i did it) but none of them helped. It just stayed at a black screen with "htc" in the middle. No error triangles or anything.
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
CuzCrostyPwns said:
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
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Yeah, the RUU's were .exe's with my phone connected through USB. I can get into recovery, I have CWM installed.
I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
CuzCrostyPwns said:
I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
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Well thats what I've been trying to do with the ADB sideloading, because it wont let me mount my sd card. It just says 'ERROR MOUNTING SD CARD" and when I've tryed flashing a new ROM from ADB sideloading, it just gets stuck in a bootloop again.
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
CuzCrostyPwns said:
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
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I've tried running multiple RUU files, and I have no idea what one to use. The phone when I got it was unlocked, and the android version was ICS I'm pretty sure.
I dunno how to find my stock settings because I cant get past the loading screen.
Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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did you flash boot.img? most of roms will bootloop without it
Roundtableprez said:
Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
NQNH said:
the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
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So what command would I use while flashing the boot.IMG file? (again sorry for not getting this, I just wanna get my phone working again)
MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Download or build from source
Download gapps
wipe unless you're upgrading from an earlier CM10 ROM
flash rom in recovery
flash gapps in recovery
unless you have s-off fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
dc211 said:
You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
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Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
MuZiiX said:
Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
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It not really a big deal. Your problem is the most common one we see in Q&A. Also, once you finish flashing the boot.img keep in mind that CM10 can take a few minutes to boot the first time.
Also, just a heads up while the toolkits are helpful learning the command yourself actually lets do you a lot more things a lot faster.
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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CuzCrostyPwns said:
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
MuZiiX said:
Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
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Nope, just gotta do it one of the three ways mentioned. If debugging isn't enabled use option 1.
This can either be done via
1 powering off and keeping volume up & the power-button pressed
2 the extended power-menu (If your ROM has it, just select "reboot" & then "bootloader")
3 via adb, connect your phone with the pc, make sure it says "USB debugging connected", go to Android/platform-tools/ & then press shift while you perform a right click with the mouse, then choose "open prompt here", type
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I got this phone as a gift just recently and I have found it to be a very good device for a great price, but at times, I feel like it can go even more to hiigher potentials if it can be rooted. Since it's a new phone, there are no tutorials for it on the internet. The phone runs Android 4.1.2 stock w/ TouchWiz.
I'll be ready to give any information possible to help in the rooting of this device. I would love it if some of the developers here could make this happen, I'd be the happiest Android user in the world!
Universal Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28178105
Rooting Unsuccessful tried almost every method available
Dear Fellows,
Disclaimer: I'm very new (5 days old ) to Android Development, Rooting and Custom ROM installation and some things which are obvious for others, are New n Unknown to me.
I bought this device Samsung Galaxy S-GT7262 (Actually fell for the marketing gimmick of Samsung as Galaxy Series).
Here comes the Tricked part, This phone comes with Spreadtrum SC6820 1 GHz processor powering all chinese phones.( To figure this out took me 2 sleepless nights).
I tried all methods prescribed in google search and xda forum to Root: (the worst part is reading others saying it worked like a charm for them not in my case :crying
1. Cydia Impactor
2. Unlockroot
3. Motochopper
4, Rootmaster
5.Vroot
6.Kingo Andro Root
7.Galaxy Victory root by niemasd
8. Even galaxy s duos rooting kit (but found the kernel is different)
9. Z4Root
10. Odin flash CWM recovery image from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2165554 (random SC6820 kernel with cwm in it)
11. Above mentioned universal root as well
Trust me I have forgotten others
Method untried:
Spreadtrum Debug tool "ResearchDownload" (Reason: I dont want to end up with a bricked phone and too complex)
Lessons Learnt:
Samsung has shipped this phone with this "KERNEL-INS-S7262XXUAMJ3-1381823311.tar", which has patch for all security vulnerability defined in X-ray that why rooting didnt work. ( I Guess)
My state:
I have run around all through internet like a lunatic and hasnt slept for 5 days properly ended up with my head banging against wall.
Over all very nice experience in learning Android. I am going to sell this device if no help available.
Phone state:
Phone has lost its stock recovery mode(Volume Up+Power Buttons which used to work earlier). It boots only into downloading mode (Vol Dwn+Home+Power Buttons).
Other Functions working normally I guess
Request:
Can some one help in rooting this phone.
Or Can some one direct me in making a root and Custom recovery and Custom ROM for this phone.
Thanks to all the developers in the above mentioned list and numerous tutorials for all phones written for noobs (like me)
Dev's please help!!!
I am using this phone from couple of days and is a good phone... i have just upgraded to this phone from some unbranded China's android phone... because i can't find a way to root that phone... but now on star pro i have searched all the internet (no help found) and tried all the auto root apps included in the upper post... but none of them worked... im not a dev so need help... please help Some one... seems like buddy is interested in root of this phone... I WILL BE SO THANKFUL FOR ANY ONE HELPS.
can any body help me to root galaxy star pro gt-s7262??????????
root
there is one method , you have left !
you can root but only for advanced user who know how to use research download !
modify your boot.img by cywin
then flash it by spreadtrum flash tool , use any root tool , then u will have root acesss
search on xda - about boot.img root !
i am new to android, can anybody help me in getting required software and firmware files and boot.img files for samsung galaxy star pro GT - S6272.
Thanks
No Root available yet for GT-S7262
@wahab96
Please wait for some time unless some one creates a cwm recovery for this phone.
@abhi98194
@anabhi
Use odin 3.07 to flash boot.img and firmware from the samsung-updates.com (if u really want latest firmware, download stock from site)
Don't use the spreadtrum tool unless you have proper recovery.img with CWM mod in it and know what you are doing. The chance to brick the device is higher.
If you still want to go for it here is the tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2165554
Also you cannot create CWM recovery (As far as I know, guide me if it is possible) in windows platform or using cygwin or Linux virtual machines. You need to have ubuntu 13.XX to be installed to begin with.
@yuvinderkumar
There are no CWM recovery (Custom Recovery) or Cyangenmod (Firmware) available for this phone. So I strongly advise to stop cross flashing recovery.img unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing.
This mobile comes with all security vulenarability patched, hence trying one click rooting methods won't work (my experience)
Using the android adb sideload if you push super user access, it will fail with signature verification error.
Either ways you definitely need the CWM recovery to push super user access into the /system.
I hope I have answered your queries
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@wahab96
Please wait for some time unless some one creates a cwm recovery for this phone.
@abhi98194
@anabhi
Use odin 3.07 to flash boot.img and firmware from the samsung-updates.com (if u really want latest firmware, download stock from site)
Don't use the spreadtrum tool unless you have proper recovery.img with CWM mod in it and know what you are doing. The chance to brick the device is higher.
If you still want to go for it here is the tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2165554
Also you cannot create CWM recovery (As far as I know, guide me if it is possible) in windows platform or using cygwin or Linux virtual machines. You need to have ubuntu 13.XX to be installed to begin with.
@yuvinderkumar
There are no CWM recovery (Custom Recovery) or Cyangenmod (Firmware) available for this phone. So I strongly advise to stop cross flashing recovery.img unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing.
This mobile comes with all security vulenarability patched, hence trying one click rooting methods won't work (my experience)
Using the android adb sideload if you push super user access, it will fail with signature verification error.
Either ways you definitely need the CWM recovery to push super user access into the /system.
I hope I have answered your queries
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give me your boot.img ! I will do root for you
boot.img file for samsung s-GT7262
anabhi said:
give me your boot.img ! I will do root for you
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Hai Anabhi,
Thanks for your support!
Here is my boot.img uploaded at samsung-updates.com (Stock boot.img)
http://hotfile.com/dl/252694755/6a0d2d8/KERNEL-INS-S7262XXUAMJ3-1381823311.tar.html
Can you please make a recovery.img with CWM Recovery included in it.
Thanks in advance,
Jhenu
added root permission !
jhenu said:
Hai Anabhi,
Thanks for your support!
Here is my boot.img uploaded at samsung-updates.com (Stock boot.img)
http://hotfile.com/dl/252694755/6a0d2d8/KERNEL-INS-S7262XXUAMJ3-1381823311.tar.html
Can you please make a recovery.img with CWM Recovery included in it.
Thanks in advance,
Jhenu
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https://db.tt/rd2PW94b
here is your insecure boot.img
have fun and press thanks button
instruction inside !
anabhi said:
give me your boot.img ! I will do root for you
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I had downloaded a file from samsung-updates.com which is S7262XXUAMJ3_S7262ODDAMJ3_S7262XXUAMJ3_HOME.tar.md5
but i am unable to find any boot.img file.......
from where i can download it.
I found this forum very helpfull as i got response to my queries very fast.
thanks :good:
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jhenu said:
@wahab96
Please wait for some time unless some one creates a cwm recovery for this phone.
@abhi98194
@anabhi
Use odin 3.07 to flash boot.img and firmware from the samsung-updates.com (if u really want latest firmware, download stock from site)
Don't use the spreadtrum tool unless you have proper recovery.img with CWM mod in it and know what you are doing. The chance to brick the device is higher.
If you still want to go for it here is the tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2165554
Also you cannot create CWM recovery (As far as I know, guide me if it is possible) in windows platform or using cygwin or Linux virtual machines. You need to have ubuntu 13.XX to be installed to begin with.
@yuvinderkumar
There are no CWM recovery (Custom Recovery) or Cyangenmod (Firmware) available for this phone. So I strongly advise to stop cross flashing recovery.img unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing.
This mobile comes with all security vulenarability patched, hence trying one click rooting methods won't work (my experience)
Using the android adb sideload if you push super user access, it will fail with signature verification error.
Either ways you definitely need the CWM recovery to push super user access into the /system.
I hope I have answered your queries
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Can anybody make the cwm for the Samsung galaxy star pro duo GT-S7262.
Thanks
@yuvinderkumar
use this insecure boot.img
https://db.tt/rd2PW94b
open file.tar with 7-zip , then you can see boot.img !
How am I supposed to use this boot.img file in order to root my phone? I might not be a n00b, but I want to know how to do it perfectly in order to not brick my phone :S I'm willing to wait if someone is working on a safer and easier option as well.
Thanks for the push But!
@ anabhi & jhenu..... First of all thanks for the help... but question is, Can we get some detailed written tutorial for newbie like me So we don't get our devices bricked
wait it..
well , there is no soft working for root ! so there will be no easier way I think..
check this guys- howdoiupdate.com/root-samsung-galaxy-star-pro-phone/
and about cwm recovery -you all are in trouble because spreadtrum have no cm soruce !and not even support like mtk device , why samsung choosed sprd ×_× !
try all cwm for sc6820 device ! by iphone-china-forum.ru
you can take a little bit risk but u have no other choice. .
I bricked my device... Any help to recover that :'(
hey everyone...
I just did an experiment and bricked my phone it now start up and the phone name came up GT-S7262 and on that screen it just stuck and starts vibrateing constantly... the phone don't have any recovery ... but it still goes in download mode....
now i will that what just i did... i downloaded the stock rom from sammobile and replaced that unsecured boot.img with the stock boot.img and tried to flash it with odin but it give some md5 error & then i renamed that file from tar.md5 to just tar and odin starts flashing! but it just got stuck... so i power of my phone and it was bricked...so i just put it back in download mode and flash the stock rom with odin... it was working all fine but after the flashing completed the phone reboots and stuck there... now i don't know what to do... please help me to get my phone back working :'( :'( :'(
wahab96 said:
hey everyone...
I just did an experiment and bricked my phone it now start up and the phone name came up GT-S7262 and on that screen it just stuck and starts vibrateing constantly... the phone don't have any recovery ... but it still goes in download mode....
now i will that what just i did... i downloaded the stock rom from sammobile and replaced that unsecured boot.img with the stock boot.img and tried to flash it with odin but it give some md5 error & then i renamed that file from tar.md5 to just tar and odin starts flashing! but it just got stuck... so i power of my phone and it was bricked...so i just put it back in download mode and flash the stock rom with odin... it was working all fine but after the flashing completed the phone reboots and stuck there... now i don't know what to do... please help me to get my phone back working :'( :'( :'(
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flash stock firmware using odin or download mode
guide available on google , don't worry
just follow steps correctly
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am sorry , you have to do this like jamison
root the whole firmware like this-
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391367
I haven't this device , so I can't build
use cygwin-ak ! ,how to make odin flashable file.tar , etc etc. (guide) available on xda !
search it !
recovery.img is not working
anabhi said:
https://db.tt/rd2PW94b
here is your insecure boot.img
have fun and press thanks button
instruction inside !
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Anabhi,
First of all thanks a lot for your time and effort
I have downloaded the file you shared via drop box and made a Odin flash-able .tar file using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281287
Used odin 3.07 file for flashing.
After flashing successful, I tried SRS root/ Universal root/ V-Root to get Root access. (Failed)
I have already installed the root checker basic. It says " Sorry this device does not have proper root access"
Just out of my curiosity what changes you made to the boot.img ?
Came across this generic root method is this what we are doing?
http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Rooting
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wahab96 said:
hey everyone...
I just did an experiment and bricked my phone it now start up and the phone name came up GT-S7262 and on that screen it just stuck and starts vibrateing constantly... the phone don't have any recovery ... but it still goes in download mode....
now i will that what just i did... i downloaded the stock rom from sammobile and replaced that unsecured boot.img with the stock boot.img and tried to flash it with odin but it give some md5 error & then i renamed that file from tar.md5 to just tar and odin starts flashing! but it just got stuck... so i power of my phone and it was bricked...so i just put it back in download mode and flash the stock rom with odin... it was working all fine but after the flashing completed the phone reboots and stuck there... now i don't know what to do... please help me to get my phone back working :'( :'( :'(
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Dear Wahab96,
Don't worry its normal to brick the phone when testing.
I suggest you to download complete stock firmware (not the kernel alone) from here
Use Odin 3.07 and flash as per the picture shown in here.
Select only PDA and give the path to the firmware.
Odin can only detect .tar.md5 (md5 is the checksum)
The phone will reboot couple of times.. dont panic or pull the usb cable. wait till it says PASS in green color and all threads complete message in the status window.
Once the process is complete the phone will work normally.
Dont forget to hit thanks if I have helped you .....
it's not a recovery.img
it's boot.img (kernal)
So I have TWRP installed on my rooted Galaxy S3 (I535), and the 4.3 update just came out and was available to me.
I downloaded it, and tried to install it (I know that it will remove root), and when it finished downloading, it opened the TWRP boot menu.
Does anyone else who uses TWRP know how to install the new update? I couldn't find it and it wouldn't automatically install....
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So I have TWRP installed on my rooted Galaxy S3 (I535), and the 4.3 update just came out and was available to me.
I downloaded it, and tried to install it (I know that it will remove root), and when it finished downloading, it opened the TWRP boot menu.
Does anyone else who uses TWRP know how to install the new update? I couldn't find it and it wouldn't automatically install....
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If your OK with the locked bootloder (no more twrp) that comes with 4.3 flash the Odin file. If you want to ota there are links some place on this forum to flash stock recovery
ThePagel said:
If your OK with the locked bootloder (no more twrp) that comes with 4.3 flash the Odin file. If you want to ota there are links some place on this forum to flash stock recovery
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Well I don't plan on using a custom ROM, I was using just the stock ROM + root. How do I do this?
Carousser said:
Well I don't plan on using a custom ROM, I was using just the stock ROM + root. How do I do this?
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What way do you want to go Odin firmware will wipe internal sd card but it will be a nice clean install. Or ota after the stock recovery has been flashed through Odin but you might have weird bugs with ota... Might
ThePagel said:
What way do you want to go Odin firmware will wipe internal sd card but it will be a nice clean install. Or ota after the stock recovery has been flashed through Odin but you might have weird bugs with ota... Might
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I'd rather not wipe the internal SD card.. Isn't there just a way to install the update without all the hassle? I don't remember doing all this for rooting it... I'm fine with losing the root upon installing the new update as I can just root it again with safe root
Carousser said:
I'd rather not wipe the internal SD card.. Isn't there just a way to install the update without all the hassle? I don't remember doing all this for rooting it... I'm fine with losing the root upon installing the new update as I can just root it again with safe root
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Find the. Stock recovery download it and flash through Odin. there are ways to do it through terminal but odin is the fastest to explain. After that you should beable to ota and keep your setup as is. It is odd that you cant ota I had twrp when i took the ota.
ThePagel said:
Find the. Stock recovery download it and flash through Odin. there are ways to do it through terminal but odin is the fastest to explain. After that you should beable to ota and keep your setup as is. It is odd that you cant ota I had twrp when i took the ota.
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Well it just directs me to TWRP, and I have no idea where to go from there. I don't care about ever having TWRP again and I don't care about having a locked bootstrap, as I only need stock with root.
Never mind I was on stock recovery I forgot I was recovering from a soft brick when I decided to give it a shot.
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Carousser said:
Well it just directs me to TWRP, and I have no idea where to go from there. I don't care about ever having TWRP again and I don't care about having a locked bootstrap, as I only need stock with root.
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Oh your stuck on twrp can't boot up to usable state?
ThePagel said:
Never mind I was on stock recovery I forgot I was recovering from a soft brick when I decided to give it a shot.
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Oh your stuck on twrp can't boot up to usable state?
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It goes to a screen with options such as Install, Wipe, Backup, Restore, etc....
I don't know where the ota is downloaded and thus cannot install it
Carousser said:
It goes to a screen with options such as Install, Wipe, Backup, Restore, etc....
I don't know where the ota is downloaded and thus cannot install it
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You kind of only have 2 options now. Attempt a "dirty" flash of a ROM so you can save your internal SD files then odin or do the full Odin wipe and forget about keeping the files. Either way unless anyone else has a idea you lose your current setup.
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I forgot the obvious. If you made a backup in twrp you can just recover with that.
ThePagel said:
You kind of only have 2 options now. Attempt a "dirty" flash of a ROM so you can save your internal SD files then odin or do the full Odin wipe and forget about keeping the files. Either way unless anyone else has a idea you lose your current setup.
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I forgot the obvious. If you made a backup in twrp you can just recover with that.
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So let me get this straight.
There's no way for me to install the update unless I flash to another ROM? I don't see why I can;t just update and lose odin and TWRP or whatever
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I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it?
Carousser said:
So let me get this straight.
There's no way for me to install the update unless I flash to another ROM? I don't see why I can;t just update and lose odin and TWRP or whatever
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OK I'll explain what I think went bad.when you downloaded the update it was expecting factory stock recovery to finish the install. Since you had twrp it failed. FYI Odin is a program on the PC to communicate with the phone in download mode (Odin mode). try to do a factory reset before you go crazy with my other suggestions. I have a feeling one of the 3 options I gave you are your only options.
ThePagel said:
OK I'll explain what I think went bad.when you downloaded the update it was expecting factory stock recovery to finish the install. Since you had twrp it failed. FYI Odin is a program on the PC to communicate with the phone in download mode (Odin mode). try to do a factory reset before you go crazy with my other suggestions. I have a feeling one of thoughs 3 options are your only options.
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I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it? It said it was a flash and that it may be incompatible
Carousser said:
I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it? It said it was a flash and that it may be incompatible
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Sure you can try tell me if it works
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Sure you can try tell me if it works
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Is there a chance of me bricking my phone?
Carousser said:
Is there a chance of me bricking my phone?
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Yeah but you already soft bricked it. Any brick you do you should be able to fix. just so you know you backed yourself into a corner. No matter what you do you have a chance of bricking. Its all part of being a power user. If your uncomfortable with that after you are on 4.3 you might not want to root.
ThePagel said:
Yeah but you already soft bricked it. Any brick you do you should be able to fix. just so you know you backed yourself into a corner. No matter what you do you have a chance of bricking. Its all part of being a power user. If your uncomfortable with that after you are on 4.3 you might not want to root.
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Yeah I know there's always the chance of bricking, just wanted to know if that specific thing would do it. I've been into rooting since my Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X. But I'm always cautious.
If I do a factory reset and back up all my data, will it get rid of odin and TWRP and everything? Then just install the 4.3 update and root using safe root? Would that work?
Carousser said:
Yeah I know there's always the chance of bricking, just wanted to know if that specific thing would do it. I've been into rooting since my Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X. But I'm always cautious.
If I do a factory reset and back up all my data, will it get rid of odin and TWRP and everything? Then just install the 4.3 update and root using safe root? Would that work?
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You would need to flash stock recovery completely replacing twrp. so if factory reset works and you can boot you should beable to flash stock recovery then redo the ota.
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If you have backups of stuff on your internal sd it would be much faster to just Odin to 4.3 right now.
ThePagel said:
You would need to flash stock recovery completely replacing twrp. so if factory reset works and you can boot you should beable to flash stock recovery then redo the ota.
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Is there a chance that doing a factory reset wouldn't flash it back? What else would I have to do? Sorry I haven't dealt with flashing since i had my droid x
Carousser said:
Is there a chance that doing a factory reset wouldn't flash it back? What else would I have to do? Sorry I haven't dealt with flashing since i had my droid x
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Factory reset deals with the rom. So no it will stay twrp.
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Using Odin is a lot like SBF'ing on the droid x (that was my last phone also). So if you can remember installing cyanogen mod 6 or 7 you probably always did a factory reset before first boot. Custom recovery stays intact the only way to get rid of it was to flash stock recovery with terminal emulator or sbf back to pure stock. Luckily Odin let's us flash the recover by its self so we have more options with Samsung.