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[Q] No OTA for me and some noob questions

Hello,
I need some help to get the new ICS update. I have a TF101 (no G), serial B80, with firmware HTK75.WW_epad-8.6.6.23.
Previously I was on 8.6.6.19 and used razorclaw to root it. Then I have done the wipe data, and installed 8.6.6.23.
When I boot with Power and Vol- then Vol+ to enter RCK mode I get the green android guy with exclamation mark.
When I boot with Power and Vol-, then Vol+ I get 2 options: Wipe data and android cold boot.
I used some apps to test if the device is root and they say no.
Sorry for my english, but it's not my main language.
Any idea to fix this?

The 8.6.6.23 is firmware for the 3G model. You will not see OTA since ICS is not released for G model yet.
You can try to manually install 8.5.6.21. You could also try rooting and installing cwm recovery and flash the ICS ROM

Thanks for the answer. I've searched around and it seems that I can't get back to 8.5.6.21.
When I try to install it I get the android guy with exclamation point.
I guess I have to wait for ICS on 3G model

mantorrix said:
Thanks for the answer. I've searched around and it seems that I can't get back to 8.5.6.21.
When I try to install it I get the android guy with exclamation point.
I guess I have to wait for ICS on 3G model
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Easiest way is to root, install CWM recovery and flash an ICS ROM. Either the stock rooted ROM or one of the many custom ROMs

I was in a similar situation. The ASUS recovery did not work for me either and I couldn't figure out how to install CWM. There is not a lot of help for noobs with B80s and with all the methods out there it was a challenge to find the correct one. Here's what I did:
1. If you are not rooted, follow the instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427838 to get rooted. I had updated to the .21 firmware, and at that point, the nachoroot method is the only option. I had some trouble connecting ADB, but eventually I got it to work. This was the most difficult part of the process.
2. Install CWM. I was having trouble with this using the ASUS recovery, and I think it has to do with B80 models. I found the app in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180 and it is amazing. If you are rooted, it installs CWM even on the B80 versions. The custom recovery will allow you to install any rom.
3. Download the option B ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514658. Place the zip on your SD card. This rom is the ASUS stock ICS firmware with root. Contrary to what some have said--I noticed a huge difference with ICS!
3. Backup all your user apps and data with Titanium Backup (optional). Do not back up system data, just user apps if you want to keep them.
4. Open your recovery. Shut the tablet off, and boot into recovery by holding down the power button and the volume down button until you are prompted to boot into recovery by pressing volume up. Pressing volume up should load CWM.
5. Wipe and then install! To wipe, select "wipe" on the recovery menu. Then wipe all data, cache, and dalvik-cache. To install, select install zip from SD card and find the zip file you downloaded in step 3.
Best of luck!

Hi,
may i hook in here, i've got a similar problem:
i TRY to get in adb mode, but it doesn't work as expected:
i used this thread initially (ASUS Transformer Root ToolKit V7.1 Universal (Windows) | 2011-09-22), i downloaded the toolkit, connected my turned off tab to the pc, booted via Power + vol up, it got connected to windows and i installed the drivers. so far so good. BUT: if i start adb server and use adb device, i dont get any devices listed... i cant do anything. And when i use this nvflash method with the download.bat file, i get an error and the usb connection vanishes... i dont have any further ideas what to do. but i can boot afterwards normaly to 3.2.1, though i dont get any updates
any hints? Thanks for reading anyways
thanks, DK
[edit] i have the version HTK75.DE_epad-8.6.5.21-20111216 installed [/edit]

DreadKing said:
Hi,
may i hook in here, i've got a similar problem:
i TRY to get in adb mode, but it doesn't work as expected:
i used this thread initially (ASUS Transformer Root ToolKit V7.1 Universal (Windows) | 2011-09-22), i downloaded the toolkit, connected my turned off tab to the pc, booted via Power + vol up, it got connected to windows and i installed the drivers. so far so good. BUT: if i start adb server and use adb device, i dont get any devices listed... i cant do anything. And when i use this nvflash method with the download.bat file, i get an error and the usb connection vanishes... i dont have any further ideas what to do. but i can boot afterwards normaly to 3.2.1, though i dont get any updates
any hints? Thanks for reading anyways
thanks, DK
[edit] i have the version HTK75.DE_epad-8.6.5.21-20111216 installed [/edit]
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What you did was put your tablet into APX mode. That's only good if you're doing NVFLash not ADB.
To use ADB just have yourtablet on like normal with USB debugging turn on

Hi,
thanks for your fast reply, you are right. i got my adb device id when beeing in the os, so this works. but, trying to use nvflash/Brk's Asus TF RootKit over apx, i got the initial connection, but when i want to flash it looses the connection or dies or something... no idea what
you got any hints how i can come back to a clean version, which is upgradable?
thx & best regards,
dk
this is the program output btw:
Creating backup of current boot and recovery img
this should take some time... please wait
Loading Bootloader to pad... please wait!
Starting...
Error! Could not load bootloader.
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alexlarson011 said:
I was in a similar situation. The ASUS recovery did not work for me either and I couldn't figure out how to install CWM. There is not a lot of help for noobs with B80s and with all the methods out there it was a challenge to find the correct one. Here's what I did:
1. If you are not rooted, follow the instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427838 to get rooted. I had updated to the .21 firmware, and at that point, the nachoroot method is the only option. I had some trouble connecting ADB, but eventually I got it to work. This was the most difficult part of the process.
2. Install CWM. I was having trouble with this using the ASUS recovery, and I think it has to do with B80 models. I found the app in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180 and it is amazing. If you are rooted, it installs CWM even on the B80 versions. The custom recovery will allow you to install any rom.
3. Download the option B ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514658. Place the zip on your SD card. This rom is the ASUS stock ICS firmware with root. Contrary to what some have said--I noticed a huge difference with ICS!
3. Backup all your user apps and data with Titanium Backup (optional). Do not back up system data, just user apps if you want to keep them.
4. Open your recovery. Shut the tablet off, and boot into recovery by holding down the power button and the volume down button until you are prompted to boot into recovery by pressing volume up. Pressing volume up should load CWM.
5. Wipe and then install! To wipe, select "wipe" on the recovery menu. Then wipe all data, cache, and dalvik-cache. To install, select install zip from SD card and find the zip file you downloaded in step 3.
Best of luck!
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Thanks! This worked for me. Thank you sir! Everything worked fine and I'm now on ICS!

followed exactly alexlarson011's instruction and voila - it works! thanks a lot!
best regards
-dk

RK3066 Boot loop in recover mode

hi i purchase China brand rk3066 label as UG007 II
here the story
i wanted to flash finless rom on the stick but i want to backup my stock rom thru CWM
firstly i tried to root, using petrus. install it. run the reboot apk. when i choose reboot to recovery, my tv reboot and after awhile it goes back to home with ALL my apk missing. it seems that chat comand has factory reset my tv stick.
secondly i tried this method from Geekbuying website
install moroboro, and tpsarky successfully and my stick now rooted. moroboro successfully detect the rk3066 chip.
thirdly i want to install cwm as i want to do nandroid backup from here and choose genericrk3066 as i am not sure whether i should use imito or ug007 as this china brand tv stick
so.. following the method rename the cwm to update.zip and placed in external usd lashand reboot.
upon reboot, it goes stright to recovery menu ( it takes quite sometime to reboot probably few minutes). but unfortunately i cant move my mouse up/down. the cursur stuck at reboot system. when click the mouse, the stick reboot.
no matter what i do the cursur wont move and i cant highlite the install from sd to flash rom.
so no i am stuck at recovery mode.
worse part is the reset hole/button seems doesnt do anything. presing it while in recovery mode does not do anything.
if i press the reset button and connect microOTG to notebook usb (tried many method combination microOTG/power/reset), my notbook cant find the driver. if i able to do it, i able to flash new rom. but unfortunately. but Moroboro still can detect the stick when i install it.
anyhelp can extend to me please. i have open up the stick at techbliss website says you can short two point to go into mask recovery mode but the circuit is different:crying:

I able to flash new rom now. there's program to install rk driver. forgot to backup the rom before I flash new rom, now my wifi won't work anymore
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Not able to install - always standard recovery menu

Hello guys.
Im struggeling to install a custom ROM at the stage of installing a CWM recovery. My S2 plus 9105p runs Android 4.2.2 and everytime I try to upload a recovery img via Odin everything works fine as expected but when I try to start (volume up, home, power) the recovery mode - it gets always into the standard Android one - not CWM recovery!!! It looks like Samsung has integrated some kind of security mechanism which keeps us from running custom ROMs...
I have realy tried maybe 5 different recovery images, but non of those worked for me.
Can you please help?
THX

try flashing the files used in this guide

karamancho said:
try flashing the files used in this guide
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I tried exactly also this particular site and steps described on it, but didn't help... The same problem. Everything was OK, but recovery was not CWM but standard Android one.

When u have flashed ur recorvery, take ur battery out and then plug battery again. And now go to recorvery.

Now it is WORKING !
Hi guys.
I followed the step-by-step guide on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560928
- used the CWM 6.0.4.5 and Odin3 0.7
- after successfull flash of the PDA with this recovery (manualy unset the auto-reboot option) I have pulled the battery out for a couple of seconds
- the battery came back in again and with home-volUP-Power I got directly to the new CWM recovery.
So thanx all for your support and you can lock this thread as everything is working now.
DETAILED STEPS FOR INSTALLING CWM RECOVERY IF THE PHONE AUTOMATICALLY RE_FLASHES IT:
Installation
WITH ODIN
1. Be sure, that your device is on 4.2.2 stock firmware and shut down the phone
2. Be sure that Samsung drivers are installed on your pc. Just install Kies or google for them
3. Download Odin 3.07(google it) and the CWM-Recovery image (in this case CWM 6.0.4.5 )
4. Open Odin as administrator
5. Start-up the phone by pressing Vol_DOWN + Home + Power so you get into the flash-menu.
6. After reading the disclaimer and warning stuff - simply press Vol_UP and plug the USB cable to the PC and Phone
7. In ODIN click on PDA and select the downloaded CWM-recovery (*filename*.tar.md5) . Check - "F. Reset Time" and UNCHECK!! -> "Auto Reboot"
8. Click start and wait until the blue progress bar in your device is graphicaly 100% (I also suggest to wait another minute to make things sure..)
9. Pull out the battery
10. Pull out the uSB cable from PC and phone
11. Wait abou 10-15 seconds and power up your phone to get into the recovery menu by pressing: Vol_UP + Home + Power
12. DONE

[Q] tablet not working properly

when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:

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yolo squad dodo said:
when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:
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Can anyone help me please!!!!!!!

yolo squad dodo said:
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery
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You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.

BoneWithABeagle said:
You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.
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Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob

yolo squad dodo said:
Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob
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Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))

BoneWithABeagle said:
Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))
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odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal

I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips

yolo squad dodo said:
odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal
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For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN UP held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
yolo squad dodo said:
I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips
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Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.

BoneWithABeagle said:
For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.
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Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
jrc2
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jrc2 said:
Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
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Now that you mention it... yes, you're right jrc... "VOL DOWN" == Download Mode / "VOL UP" == Recovery (I failed to recall the "UP as in update.zip" association).

[Q] - Want to root my Note 10.1 (N8013) to 4.3 or 4.4

I sure would like to upgrade my Samsung Tablet to 4.3 or 4.4.
If anyone can provide a step by step on "how to" for CyanogenMod or other reliable roms will be greatly appreciated.
My tablet is 4.1.2 and no other customization applied or rooted.
Many thanks in advance for your help on guiding this newbie to Custom Rom world!
Jay

jnoh1611 said:
I sure would like to upgrade my Samsung Tablet to 4.3 or 4.4.
If anyone can provide a step by step on "how to" for CyanogenMod or other reliable roms will be greatly appreciated.
My tablet is 4.1.2 and no other customization applied or rooted.
Many thanks in advance for your help on guiding this newbie to Custom Rom world!
Jay
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The term you're looking for is "flashing a rom", not "rooting a rom". Flashing a rom is not as hard as some people make it out to be, it's a fairly simple process. You'll need a computer nearby, your tablet USB cord, a recovery, and the rom you want.
-Downloading the Recovery-
You'll need to download a custom recovery before you can flash a rom. I personally use TWRP, so the steps that follow will be for TWRP:
1. Go to the official website of TWRP and download the Odin method (It should be the last download on the list) http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2
2. If the download doesn't come with Odin, download it from here: http://odindownload.com/
3. Put your tablet into download mode by holding the Power + Volume down button.
4. Run Odin on your PC and then plug your tablet into the the USB port on your computer.
5. Load the twrp file you downloaded as a PDA and then press Start.
If you have done the steps above correctly, your tablet should reboot and nothing should change.
-Backing up your tablet-
Before you go any further, you will need to make a nandroid backup of your device. Here's the step to do that:
1. While your tablet is on, press and hold the Power + Volume Up (not down) button until you see the "Galaxy Note 10.1" boot screen.
2. You should now be in TWRP recovery. Press "backup" and then pick the location where you want to back up.
3. Start the backup and wait for a few minutes. Once completed, reboot your tablet.
You should also back up your apps using Titanium Backup or some similar app.
-Flashing the rom-
Flashing a custom rom is a very easy process. Here's how to do that:
1. Find the rom you want and download it on your tablet (or download it on your PC and move the files to your tablet)
2. Now go into recovery again (Power + Volume Up)
3. Press "Wipe"
WARNNG: The following steps will wipe your data, make sure you had back it up before proceeding or else you will lose your data!
4. Don't change any of the preset settings and begin wiping your tablet
5. Go back into the main menu of TWRP and press "Install"
6. Find the zip file of the Custom Rom and select it.
7. Press install and wait until the recovery has finish flashing the rom
8. If successful, you should be running a custom rom when you restart your tablet!

link6155 said:
The term you're looking for is "flashing a rom", not "rooting a rom". Flashing a rom is not as hard as some people make it out to be, it's a fairly simple process. You'll need a computer nearby, your tablet USB cord, a recovery, and the rom you want.
-Downloading the Recovery-
You'll need to download a custom recovery before you can flash a rom. I personally use TWRP, so the steps that follow will be for TWRP:
1. Go to the official website of TWRP and download the Odin method (It should be the last download on the list) http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2
2. If the download doesn't come with Odin, download it from here: http://odindownload.com/
3. Put your tablet into download mode by holding the Power + Volume down button.
4. Run Odin on your PC and then plug your tablet into the the USB port on your computer.
5. Load the twrp file you downloaded as a PDA and then press Start.
If you have done the steps above correctly, your tablet should reboot and nothing should change.
-Backing up your tablet-
Before you go any further, you will need to make a nandroid backup of your device. Here's the step to do that:
1. While your tablet is on, press and hold the Power + Volume Up (not down) button until you see the "Galaxy Note 10.1" boot screen.
2. You should now be in TWRP recovery. Press "backup" and then pick the location where you want to back up.
3. Start the backup and wait for a few minutes. Once completed, reboot your tablet.
You should also back up your apps using Titanium Backup or some similar app.
-Flashing the rom-
Flashing a custom rom is a very easy process. Here's how to do that:
1. Find the rom you want and download it on your tablet (or download it on your PC and move the files to your tablet)
2. Now go into recovery again (Power + Volume Up)
3. Press "Wipe"
WARNNG: The following steps will wipe your data, make sure you had back it up before proceeding or else you will lose your data!
4. Don't change any of the preset settings and begin wiping your tablet
5. Go back into the main menu of TWRP and press "Install"
6. Find the zip file of the Custom Rom and select it.
7. Press install and wait until the recovery has finish flashing the rom
8. If successful, you should be running a custom rom when you restart your tablet!
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I think he needs Root too... other than that, great write up!

link6155 and lilbluemirage ,
I thank you both for the 1. great step by step instruction. 2. Understanding the need of a Newbie who has no idea how to ask proper question!
Since I heard that Sammy is going to release long-waited 4.4 update (After I posted the question), I decided to wait a bit longer before I go through with flashing by following your kind instruction. I still am not sure whether I should root before flashing it or after, though. Anyway, I will come back if Sammy fail me (sigh) and will definitely follow your guidance.
Thanks again and Have a wonderful day!