Hello,
I have a galaxy tab 2 10.1 GT-P5100.
the ROM is my carrier's ROM that removed the dialer.
Now I want to root the tab, and then change the rom.
I found a guide on how to root the device, but now I am really confused, because, I want the official rom and not CyanogenMod(yet :laugh
Now, I don't know what to do: I found a website "SamMobile" with many firmwares available to download, and I don't know what to choose.
I don't even know if I flash a firmware will that change my rom, or a firmware is a different thing.
Is flashing firmware the same as flashing rom?
Maybe if I flash a new firmware, I will have the same rom? is that it?
Is there a way I can change my carrier's rom to "stock" Samsung rom?
I'm really confused here:silly:
Thanks everyone who helps!
verynoob said:
Hello,
I have a galaxy tab 2 10.1 GT-P5100.
the ROM is my carrier's ROM that removed the dialer.
Now I want to root the tab, and then change the rom.
I found a guide on how to root the device, but now I am really confused, because, I want the official rom and not CyanogenMod(yet :laugh
Now, I don't know what to do: I found a website "SamMobile" with many firmwares available to download, and I don't know what to choose.
I don't even know if I flash a firmware will that change my rom, or a firmware is a different thing.
Is flashing firmware the same as flashing rom?
Maybe if I flash a new firmware, I will have the same rom? is that it?
Is there a way I can change my carrier's rom to "stock" Samsung rom?
I'm really confused here:silly:
Thanks everyone who helps!
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Its quite simple on the samsite use the check firmware on the top of page..,you put in your device,country etc and it will give you the latest firmware for your device.
once flashed root it.
look here for enlightenment http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203309
sas007 said:
Its quite simple on the samsite use the check firmware on the top of page..,you put in your device,country etc and it will give you the latest firmware for your device.
once flashed root it.
look here for enlightenment http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203309
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Thanks it was really helpful but I still remained without some answers maybe you could help:
1. So for an official firmware I don't have to root?
2. The problem is my country latest firmware is ics 4.0.4 and without the 3g apps (dialer, ,messaging) , can I simply choose firmware of another country?
3. If I update to a firmware of another country will it also change the rom and I will have the dialer app back or upgrading firmware doesn't change rom but only the Android version?
Maybe I should just root and change to cyanogen? Will it add the telephony?
Thanks, sorry for the long annoying post.
verynoob said:
Thanks it was really helpful but I still remained without some answers maybe you could help:
1. So for an official firmware I don't have to root?
2. The problem is my country latest firmware is ics 4.0.4 and without the 3g apps (dialer, ,messaging) , can I simply choose firmware of another country?
3. If I update to a firmware of another country will it also change the rom and I will have the dialer app back or upgrading firmware doesn't change rom but only the Android version?
Maybe I should just root and change to cyanogen? Will it add the telephony?
Thanks, sorry for the long annoying post.
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1)I dont quite get this question?.if you flash Samsung latest firmware you can then root it and then you can modify as you have root.
or you can flash any other firmware you want from any country as long as you get the language.there are lots of firmwares from different country's that are multilingual.Basically install the firmware of your choice then root device.
2)i am not sure but for 3g you will or may need your country's base-band for it to work but everything can be modified once device is rooted.Example: install a firmware that you want but it is not for your country then flash correct baseband for your country.
or just install a custom rom that contains all you need..look here for roms etc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203309
3)if you update it does just that it will not change rom but fix a few bugs or add something not in last version.It wont take anything away.it basically is a update for improvements.
hope this helps but have a good look at all the threads related to your device and you will no doubt find what you need.
sas007 said:
1)I dont quite get this question?.if you flash Samsung latest firmware you can then root it and then you can modify as you have root.
or you can flash any other firmware you want from any country as long as you get the language.there are lots of firmwares from different country's that are multilingual.Basically install the firmware of your choice then root device.
2)i am not sure but for 3g you will or may need your country's base-band for it to work but everything can be modified once device is rooted.Example: install a firmware that you want but it is not for your country then flash correct baseband for your country.
or just install a custom rom that contains all you need..look here for roms etc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203309
3)if you update it does just that it will not change rom but fix a few bugs or add something not in last version.It wont take anything away.it basically is a update for improvements.
hope this helps but have a good look at all the threads related to your device and you will no doubt find what you need.
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You are really helping , I really thank you. I will try to explain you my question more:
For changing roms, you need to root device, and change recovery and then change rom,
But for a firmware updating manually by downloading firmware from Sammobile, using odin and download mode, I do not need to root nor change recovery?
What will happen if I update firmware of other country that has Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 over my country's firmware (my country has only 4.0.4)? Will it brick my device? or it will just update to 4.1.2 and I will remain with my same carrier rom without dialer ? or it will also change the rom of the matching firmware?
I hope you understand now because I am starting to understand thanks to your help
(So firmware is not rom!)
verynoob said:
You are really helping , I really thank you. I will try to explain you my question more:
For changing roms, you need to root device, and change recovery and then change rom,
But for a firmware updating manually by downloading firmware from Sammobile, using odin and download mode, I do not need to root nor change recovery?
What will happen if I update firmware of other country that has Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 over my country's firmware (my country has only 4.0.4)? Will it brick my device? or it will just update to 4.1.2 and I will remain with my same carrier rom without dialer ? or it will also change the rom of the matching firmware?
I hope you understand now because I am starting to understand thanks to your help
(So firmware is not rom!)
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Firmware is rom. You don't need custom recovery if you flash stock rom=firmware using Odin. You don't need root to flash custom recovery. You need custom recovery (like CWM) if you want to flash a custom rom (like CM).
You can flash another country's stock rom using odin, but it will wipe your device. Wipe as in clean, not brick, if you flash the rom for your model.
And how is it that your carrier removed the dialer from P5100? Why would anyone do that? Are you sure your nodel is not 5110?
canis999 said:
Firmware is rom. You don't need custom recovery if you flash stock rom=firmware using Odin. You don't need root to flash custom recovery. You need custom recovery (like CWM) if you want to flash a custom rom (like CM).
You can flash another country's stock rom using odin, but it will wipe your device. Wipe as in clean, not brick, if you flash the rom for your model.
And how is it that your carrier removed the dialer from P5100? Why would anyone do that? Are you sure your nodel is not 5110?
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Thanks!
My model is P5100 - there is a sim slot. My carrier did that probably because of tax issues (If a device is "phone" you pay much more taxes in my country) , so my P5100 is only for the internet.
So I can simply choose another firmware(=rom?) that did not remove the dialer?
I also saw in the "Frequently Asked Questions - Galaxy Tab 2" here, that you need to choose rom with the correct "baseband"confused.
How do I know which firmware from which coutnry will fit me and will make the dialer work? or it doesn't matter here?
Can I follow this guide and it will work?
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/460859/20130424/galaxy-tab2101-p5100-android412-xxdmc3-jellybean-release.htm
(All I have to do is simply flash the official firmware with odin in the same way you flash CWM recovery for example?or it's a bit different?)
or the best thing to do would be root, cwm, and install CM? Does that unlock the tab? I mean, will I be able to use a different carrier's sim with CM?
Thank you very much !
verynoob said:
Thanks!
My model is P5100 - there is a sim slot. My carrier did that probably because of tax issues (If a device is "phone" you pay much more taxes in my country) , so my P5100 is only for the internet.
So I can simply choose another firmware(=rom?) that did not remove the dialer?
I also saw in the "Frequently Asked Questions - Galaxy Tab 2" here, that you need to choose rom with the correct "baseband"confused.
How do I know which firmware from which coutnry will fit me and will make the dialer work? or it doesn't matter here?
Can I follow this guide and it will work?
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...p5100-android412-xxdmc3-jellybean-release.htm
or the best thing to do would be root, cwm, and install CM?
Thank you very much !
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I'd highly recommend going for CM, though it's my personal opinion, and there are people quite happy with stock rom. For me the performance of stock was unbearable.
If there is 4.1 rom for your country, you should flash it (preferably using odin), before flashing CM. That way you will take care of the baseband and bootloader problem. If there is no 4.1 for your device for your country, you should try to find a rom from a different country, but containing your country's region configuration. For example I live in Poland (region code XEO), and because there is no 4.1 for Poland, I've flashed spanish (or was it french?) firmware, that had XEO. If there is no rom with your region's configuration (unlikely), then flash 4.1 rom from a country near yours.
Bare in mind that flashing a 4.1 stock rom is not necessary, but users claim that it reduces the possibility of certain bugs in CM 10.1.
And as for guides, I'd recommend using those you can find here, on xda, as you will not find better devs and specialists.
canis999 said:
I'd highly recommend going for CM, though it's my personal opinion, and there are people quite happy with stock rom. For me the performance of stock was unbearable.
If there is 4.1 rom for your country, you should flash it (preferably using odin), before flashing CM. That way you will take care of the baseband and bootloader problem. If there is no 4.1 for your device for your country, you should try to find a rom from a different country, but containing your country's region configuration. For example I live in Poland (region code XEO), and because there is no 4.1 for Poland, I've flashed spanish (or was it french?) firmware, that had XEO. If there is no rom with your region's configuration (unlikely), then flash 4.1 rom from a country near yours.
Bare in mind that flashing a 4.1 stock rom is not necessary, but users claim that it reduces the possibility of certain bugs in CM 10.1.
And as for guides, I'd recommend using those you can find here, on xda, as you will not find better devs and specialists.
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Ty again,
I've looked in SamMobile official firmwares, and there are 4 different criterias:
Product code,PDA,CSC,MODEM. which one of them do I need to match to my country? I mean, which one is supposed to be identical to my country? I checked Poland and France, and the only criteria that matches is "MODEM", the rest are different, so I think you need to find firmwares with only "MODEM" identical, or I'm wrong?
*Is there an international baseband version, like there is on Galaxy s3 i9300 for example?Can I make my tab be used with any sim card of any carrier in my country like the s3 i9300? or it's a different thing on this tab?
I dont understand something: If for official stock firmwares, there are different configuration, how come the same CyanogenMod fit all of the countries?I mean, there is no PDA,CSC,MODEM choosing when flashing CM,
Or, flashing CM does'nt change your current baseband version and that's the reason?
And Last thing - I saw that there are 2 ways of rooting this tab:
1)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
2)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957165
Which one should I use? because my tab comes with 4.0.4 and the 1st method says it's only for 4.0.3, so should I use the 2nd method CF-auto root? will that work too?
CM is just so goddamn awsome that it works on every device, no matter what country it is...
And what is your country? Maybe I'll find a firmware for you, because I seriously don't know answers to most of the questions you've asked in your post...
As for the rooting method, I've used Chainfire's auto root, and it did its job.
canis999 said:
CM is just so goddamn awsome that it works on every device, no matter what country it is...
And what is your country? Maybe I'll find a firmware for you, because I seriously don't know answers to most of the questions you've asked in your post...
As for the rooting method, I've used Chainfire's auto root, and it did its job.
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So I will be able to use it on any carrier? Nice! ? I was sure it only changes the appearance. (I'm really a noob that's why I still use this nick )
I am going to root it and change it to CM now
I'm from Israel btw.
btw, using download mode for flashing is only for official roms ? what will happen if I try to flash a custom rom with Odin and download mode?
Thanks again!
I've no idea what will happen when you flash cm without using CWM, but it is not a good idea to experiment with this things... Do exactly as the dev of cm explains in cm thread.
I did it! first time I changed a rom lol.
At first boot , the tab was stuck at the CyanogenMod boot animation so I entered recovery and re-booted and it worked.
btw, installing stock firmware is done the same way as a custom rom? Via CWM>Install zip from sd card? (stock firmware is much larger than CM 10.1 => 750MB+/- vs 150MB+/-)
Ty
Hi all,
I'm actually using Arter's Back-to-Note with Arter kernel.
The device is an Italian WIND branded one over I flashed first the ITV firmware to get rid of bloatware, then the H3G one for better compatibility with my carrier network and in the end some custom roms.
Now, I'd like to update to Marshmallow but I don't know which version to flash through Odin.
At the moment, I'm thinking about the Italian Vodafone one, the French unbranded one or the Cyprus one.
The main doubts are:
- If I need a particular PIT file to flash these firmware;
-Which is the best firmware to flash?;
-Is possible to downgrade to Lollipop then?
Hi, i'm Italian also, and i have your same phone branded Wind.
- i don't think you need a particular PIT file, because if it was necessarily, Odin had to ask for it when you passed from the branded rom to the ITV one. (i did the same, without the PIT file, and everything went fine).
- if you flash the french one, the SpO2 measuration in SHealth will doesn't work, if you don't use it, you can flash this one or the Vodafone one (i chose these ones because are the most nearly cities)
- i had read that you can downgrade, but i am not sure, i haven't tried it yet. i'm updating to Marshmallow, only because i've tried all but my signal doesn't work, i don't really like the Marshmallow TouchWiz, if the signal it's not gonna start working, i will downgrade
Hi,
I'm currently using a XSA ROM (Australia), and instead of waiting, I was thinking on applying India's one (INU).
If I want to upgrade the current ROM without loosing anything, doing this will affect the phone?
I'm asking this because what I usually do is just flash any ROM and wipe everything, but in this case I want to flash it, but keep everything working as it is.
Thanks,
You mean ROM or a Firmware ? you can flash any country firmware on your phone if it's made for you phone, the only thing you may encounter is aditional software added for that region as well as CSC customizations, other than that there is absolutely no problem with it.