Ok so here's my question. I'm not new to the android scene I've made roms for the xperia play but since I picked up my galaxy I've been Leary about flashing since I'm not familiar with samsung devices.
I used the safestrap method to gain a custom recovery (twrp) any how I have stock kit kat and from what I've read if you see the samsung galaxy s3 screen for only a second you have an unlocked boot loader which I see the screen for a second. Now my question is since in on stock kk can I flash a jb rom with out bricking the phone and if I want to go to a jb what would I have to do? If I can find ChameleonOS rom I want to run that. Or mAybe carbon please help if you can thank you guys
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Hello,
I bought a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100 (3g version), but my carrier installed its own ROM, removed the Phone app and unrooted the device,
Now I want to install back the stock ROM, but I will need to root it first right? but the guides showing how to root are doing it only with stock ROM, so I am afraid to try and root the device on my carrier's non-stock ROM. Is there a guide to root a non-stock device? or it's the same method as rooting stock device?
Is there a link to a guide on how to return to the stock ROM from unrooted non-stock ROM?
Thanks
Any idea? will the method for rooting stock Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3g be the same as rooting non-stock unrooted Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3g?
what custom rom are you using?
If your wireless carrier installed their own ROM because you have a data package then that is your official ROM...
do you have jelly bean installed?
Look into cf-autoroot for rooting your tablet, once its rooted you can easily revert back to any/stock ROM you want
Also there many stock ROMs that come pre rooted so that may be something you may want to look into...
We need more info though, what custom ROM do you have? What exact model galaxy tab do you have? How did you install this custom ROM? What version android are you running? Have you ever used Odin/kies?
That info would help us and you greatly...
-droidshadow
droidshadow said:
If your wireless carrier installed their own ROM because you have a data package then that is your official ROM...
do you have jelly bean installed?
Look into cf-autoroot for rooting your tablet, once its rooted you can easily revert back to any/stock ROM you want
Also there many stock ROMs that come pre rooted so that may be something you may want to look into...
We need more info though, what custom ROM do you have? What exact model galaxy tab do you have? How did you install this custom ROM? What version android are you running? Have you ever used Odin/kies?
That info would help us and you greatly...
-droidshadow
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I have 4.0.4 Android version, I did not install this custom ROM, it came preinstalled by carrier, it is not rooted (checked with "Root Checker"),I have used Kies but not Odin but I can learn I guess if there are instructions.
Your method (cf autoroot) and this one I found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
say that it is going to work on stock ROM, but I do not have stock ROM, I have my carrier's ROM, that's why I am afraid to use it, but maybe you know whether I can use any of these method with my ROM?
okay...
Here is what I recommend...
First you are using ice cream sand which, the new android official going around Samsung is jelly bean android 4.1
You have to ask yourself do you want to upgrade?
If you do want to upgrade to JB dont root your tablet as you will not be able to officially update to JB.
If you want to see if an update is available look in your notifications or go into settings -> about tablet -> and hit software update
I think that is how I am using a custom ROM
If you have an update firmware to download I would do it...
Then root your tablet.
If you upgrade to android 4.1 then use the cf-autoroot exploit
If you want to root your tablet as is with android 4.0.4 then follow this link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
If that link list your model then you are all good since you do have an official ROM just a different model tablet
Oh...if you root your tablet with android 4.0.4 you can still upgrade to android jelly bean but you will have to use a custom ROM you will not be able to install an official firmware update.
So good luck...and look on YouTube for help on rooting your tablet there are some really great videos out there.
There is no jelly bean update available for my galaxy tab 2 , I think my carrier blocked the update.
the tutorial you gave me on how to root the tab is for 4.0.3 and my is 4.0.4. Also, all of these guides say that it's working on stock ROM, do you think it still going to work on my carrier's non-stock rom (if I will find a guide that can root 4.0.4 and not just 4.0.3)?
I'm just trying to find a way to flash a custom rom on my S3 which has the locked bootloader. Thanks for those of you willing to help a brother out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
hello everybody,
AT&T Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket has currently using Android JB 4.1.2 OS.
I never use a custom ROM. i am looking for a Kitkat 4.4.4 Stable ROM for AT&T Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket.
there are so many of custom ROM. can anybody suggest me in a very easy way about it please.
Thanks in Advance
If you're new to custom roms the best place to start is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29080999
Thanks to vincom for that excellent post!
All the roms for the Skyrocket or listed there and most important it tells you how to do it. Read it, reread it and read it again.
Go with Sultanxda's unofficial CM11.
so I have a Verizon galaxy s5 (SM-G900V) running lollipop 5.0 with the OA8 kernel. it has Safe Strap installed, but only runs with the NK2 kernel flashed to it, and the safe Strap app will not run(it says safe strap has stopped when i try and run it). i want to flash the custom ROM, Resurrection Remix, to it but it needs CWM recovery to work(i think), also i think it might need to be on Kit Kat 4.4.x in order to flash properly. and because it is Verizon the boot loader is locked. i have seen tutorials for my phone mentioning i need to unlock my boot loader, but never how to do it. i have also seen tutorials on flashing CWM recovery to my phone, but no mention of unlocking the boot loader witch to my understanding must be done to flash CWM recovery. how can i get Resurrection Remix on my phone from its current state.
what i have dug up so far :
all my sources are in the txt file, it would not let me put the links in the post itself
i feel like i have all the information in front of me, but i just cant put all the pieces together. can some one please help
Hi,
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I'm trying to acquire a custom ROM to then upgrade from jelly bean 4.2.2 to KitKat, I've already dealt with the rooting and I have flashed TWRP on my system, I'm just stuck trying to unlock the boot loader I have no idea where to start, any help would be appreciated.
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I'm trying to acquire a custom ROM to then upgrade from jelly bean 4.2.2 to KitKat, I've already dealt with the rooting and I have flashed TWRP on my system, I'm just stuck trying to unlock the boot loader I have no idea where to start, any help would be appreciated.
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Hi and welcome to XDA. You can start here:
[REF]All Things About Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P5!XX
All questions regarding your device belong in the Galaxy Tab 2 forum. You'll need to create an account first so you can post in the main forums.
Good luck