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This is how to Root Rogers Samsung Rugby!

Been trying to Root this phone for a couple of days. Finally manged to do it!
Its the Rogers Samsung Galaxy Rugby. The (GT-S5690R) model.
I had to add the (R) in the updater script. Thats how I got it too root.
1. Put the file on your sd-card Universal_GB_ROOT_v5_patched_for_S5690.zip
2. Turn phone off
3. Boot in to Recovery ( press Power, Vol-up, and center button on bottom of phone all at same time. The samsung logo will appear, keep holding all buttons, then the logo will dissapear then re-appear, when it comes back let go of the power button only. The phone should boot into the 3e recovery)
4. use vol keys to navigate through menu, and use center button on the bottom of the phone to select.
5. Select install update from sd card.
6. press on the Universal_GB_ROOT_v5_patched_for_S5690.zip
7. phone should install root, wait till the 'Success' appears, then reboot.
You should find Superuser app when your phone reboots. You are Rooted!!
Now im just trying to figure out how to get a custom recovery!!

Perfect!
This zip file worked perfectly on my Rogers Galaxy Rugby. Many thanks!

Happy to hear
Sent from my GT-S5690R using xda premium

Big problem now though....
So the root went swimmingly, but I got a little too excited removing pre-installed apps. I backed up and removed Samsung Home, and removed and NOT backed up SNS 1.0. The phone will now refuse to boot unless I wipe data/factory reset in recovery mode, but after that it just ends up crashing during the Android wizard start up....
This is a brand new phone, what can I do to restore those apps, and get it back to the way I received it earlier today?!

There is a way to boot into safe mode, head Google mod2extreme and I find the forum for our phones (currently the only one) find advise there
Sent from my GT-S5690R using xda premium

Thanks for the name of that forum! I've found the guide someone posted here: http://www.mod2xtreme.com/showthread.php?t=12386 and I've decided to try it.
I'm using the first firmware listed in this thread: http://www.mod2xtreme.com/showthread.php?t=11744 (S5690XXKL1 2.3.6 2011 December S5690OXFKL1) mostly because under Country/Carrier it has nothing, so I'm assuming it's more generic than the others. I'm also keeping in mind this is for the 5690, not the 5690R, so it may not work at all. But, worth a shot since my only other recourse is to break down and cry in front of a Rogers attendant to see if he can give me a new one. "Root? What's root? Like ginger?"
I'm using v.1.83 of Odin3, which is listed as supported the 5690.
Downloaded KIES 2.0 from http://www.samsung.com/my/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP - It gave me two DLL registration (COM) errors during installation on Windows. Uncertain if this will end up screwing me over or not.
Be right back, rebooting now that KIES is installed... will edit this post when there's more to report.
EDIT: Yeah, so I ended up trying both Odin version 1.83 and 1.85, with the Marvell .pit file, and the firmware from that thread. I learned that I had to put the phone into Download Mode, NOT Recovery Mode while trying Odin. Even still, nothing worked. I've given the phone up to Rogers and they will try to replace the original ROM, hopefully they won't notice that I've rooted it and really mucked everything up. They said if it doesn't work they'll send it off to Samsung to get it repaired. Anyone know if they find out I rooted it, I'd have to pay for voiding a warranty or anything?

i have the same device hae you manage to get clockworkmod recovery on it?

Does this method erase all personal data/downloaded apps from phone?

Great it worked perfectly...
did you success in installing different firmware?
Thanks again

Thanks a lot, worked like a charm.
Is there a way I can install Clockwork Mod? Rom manager doesn't recognise the s5690r. It gives me the option of selecting the Epic4G or the GalaxyS i9000. will either of these work?
Also, once I get that figured out, is there any roms compatible with the s5690r? I've scoured the webs with no luck. Not a very popular phone, eh?
Thanks again.

markdexter said:
Been trying to Root this phone for a couple of days. Finally manged to do it!
Its the Rogers Samsung Galaxy Rugby. The (GT-S5690R) model.
I had to add the (R) in the updater script. Thats how I got it too root.
1. Put the file on your sd-card Universal_GB_ROOT_v5_patched_for_S5690.zip
2. Turn phone off
3. Boot in to Recovery ( press Power, Vol-up, and center button on bottom of phone all at same time. The samsung logo will appear, keep holding all buttons, then the logo will dissapear then re-appear, when it comes back let go of the power button only. The phone should boot into the 3e recovery)
4. use vol keys to navigate through menu, and use center button on the bottom of the phone to select.
5. Select install update from sd card.
6. press on the Universal_GB_ROOT_v5_patched_for_S5690.zip
7. phone should install root, wait till the 'Success' appears, then reboot.
You should find Superuser app when your phone reboots. You are Rooted!!
Now im just trying to figure out how to get a custom recovery!!
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Good Day, I am also working on the Bell Canada Version of the Rugby. It is the GT-s5690m model. I am now stuck in a bootloop and don't know how to fix it. I have played around with the root and unroot zip files that have been floating around but I am certain that the bootloop is due to not being able to clear the Delvik Cache. As you are aware Clockworkmod recovery is not supported on our devices. I am unsure how to get it to work. Until then I just keep trying different things to hopefully get this phone up and working. It is quite a rugged device and would be great with a custom rom and recovery. Could you explain to me in layman's terms how I might create a flashable clockwork image to flash via Odin or even through stock recovery. I would love to get this phone up and working. Thanks in advance

Sasktel Rugby
Hi there. I am working on the Sasktel version of this phone as well. I tried to change the model from R to M because this phone is the same as the bell model version but it would not install it. I found it on the external SD card but it will not run the zip file from the 3e recovery. Any ideas why this might be happening?
Thanks,

[Q] Please help root tf700 tab

Hey so Ive been trying to root my asus tf700 tab but nothings working. The only thing ive done is unlock it using the official asus tool and every time I enter bootloader mode theres a pic of the android guy on his back with a red triangle. My current version is 4.1.1 what do I do? Id like to use cyanogenmod in the end. Thanks

ralphcopeiv said:
Hey so Ive been trying to root my asus tf700 tab but nothings working. The only thing ive done is unlock it using the official asus tool and every time I enter bootloader mode theres a pic of the android guy on his back with a red triangle. My current version is 4.1.1 what do I do? Id like to use cyanogenmod in the end. Thanks
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Are you wanting to obtain root on the stock firmware, or are you wanting to install a custom ROM?

Getting Cyanogen 10.1 on a JB 4.2 Device
ralphcopeiv said:
Hey so Ive been trying to root my asus tf700 tab but nothings working. The only thing ive done is unlock it using the official asus tool and every time I enter bootloader mode theres a pic of the android guy on his back with a red triangle. My current version is 4.1.1 what do I do? Id like to use cyanogenmod in the end. Thanks
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I recently had the same problem unlocking--> rooting--> then getting Cyanogen 10.1 on my TF700. Here is my work around.
I was on JB 4.2.1 and followed all the steps with a couple tweeks from this forum
Lessons learned:
Bootloader Variant/Firmware with a .US means North America. You can see what variant your table is by looking toward the beginning of your build number. See here for an example
After using the unlock utility I did not get the USB Icon nor the fastboot option to appear which is required in this forum so i tried flashing back to ICS 4.0 shown in another thread with no luck so I came up with the option below.
Download the Unlock Utility from the link in the first bullet in the forum, which will void your warranty.(FYI it is ok that you are not on ICS 4.0 and are using it with JB 4.2)
Once it is installed you will need to root the device using Motochopper
Now instead of using CWR I used GooManger. Just make sure you create a recovery PRIOR to trying to install any custom ROMS.
Now you can use goomanger since it has root permissions to either download the ROMS and Gapps you want or you can put it SD card manually and select the option install custom.
Be certain that you have selected the options to wipe everything mentioned in the forum. Also be certain to select the correct ROM and GAPPS in the correct order before accepting.
If you get stuck on the Cyanogen Circle or something did not install right you can still power off the tablet by holding the power button.
With the device powered off hold the power button and "Volume -" button then when then when the boot loader menu appears select the first option by hitting the "Volume +" button.
You will then be brought to the Team Win Recovery Project(TWRP) menu so that you can install and wipe everything again or restore back to your recently saved state.
*CYANOGEN MOD USERS* This is where I had issues, but here is the process i used to make everything work. First I installed the Stable Version of CM10.1 from here then GAPPS 20130301 from here. Everything then booted up properly. Next I downloaded the Release candidate cm-10.1.0-RC4-tf700t.zip from here. I then powered off the device. With the device powered off hold the power button and "Volume -" button then when then when the boot loader menu appears select the first option by hitting the "Volume +" button. Now that I am back in the TWRP menu
I installed the Release candidate cm-10.1.0-RC4-tf700t.zip and the GAPPS along with wipeing everythign afterwards I was good to go)

[Q] Cyanogenmod stuck, hours in vain

For Tab 2 P3100:
I'm a stranger to flashing Android ROMs, and it's hardly a surprise that after 2 hours of struggling with my rooting and then flashing, Cyanogenmod gets stuck on the blue-circles load screen.
Cause of the problem would likely be that I unknowingly flashed in the newest nightly release, which was unstable. All stock roms I've encountered either don't allow me to load it from Odin because it's not a .md5, or it takes hours to download (and the server likely cuts me off before I'm done).
I've been roaming these boards (and others) for a long while, but there's been no easy way to unscrew the Cyanogenmod up without those stock roms that have to be downloaded from failing servers with terrible download rates and cut me off. Any help on how to easily recover it with any working ROM in any way (even if it unroots the device) would be appreciated. (Got to lower my standards by now!)
Alternatively, are there any custom ROMs out there that flash straight from Odin instead of from ROM Manager (I don't know how to make Cyanogenmod flash from Odin)? With the OS stuck in boot I obviously can't open ROM Manager app to flash a new one...
Side note: Clockwork Recovery is definitely on my Tab, but using Vol.Up and Power buttons won't conjure it (although Vol.Down and Power does conjure my Odin). Therefore my plight.

icehawk_1995 said:
For Tab 2 P3100:
Side note: Clockwork Recovery is definitely on my Tab, but using Vol.Up and Power buttons won't conjure it (although Vol.Down and Power does conjure my Odin). Therefore my plight.[/I]
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Make sure you hold the Power and vol + until you see the Samsung Tab2 and then keep holding the vol+ a little longer till Recovery starts to load.
Here is a good video on installing CM 10.2 with download links in the description area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uooLuG0Ydr8

Try wiping data from recovery.
You know, it's a sad day when your cellular service is faster than your home broadband.

Hi, thanks for your replies.
I've made some progress, because I could load my default ROM again via Odin, so I can sustainably retry different Cyanogenmod builds.
Sadly, I've tried the latest nightly build, release candidate and stable release, and ALL of them have gotten stuck during booting (at the cyanogenmod spinning circle).
I have since tried to reformat the device and clear the cache, but that apparently hasn't been working as well.
Regarding the YouTube tutorial video shared above, I tried following the steps exactly, but it appears that my Clockworkmod Recovery mode screen looks quite different from the one in the video, and mine doesn't have some of the options it has. (I did use ROM Manager to automatically download CWM Recovery, not sure what is wrong with that). In any case, I still can't conjure Recovery mode from Vol.Up + Power button--I can only access it by using the ROM Manager app and clicking restart into Recovery.
Is there a similar error to what I'm experiencing? Because so far I still haven't found a thread that has a resolved issue with my device's symptoms.
Thanks for any help again!

Thanks for your help, particularly the YouTube tutorial video link that concisely showed me how the successful install looks like.
Turns out the CWM Recovery that ROM Manager automatically downloaded and flashed for me the first couple of times was an outdated/screwed up one that didn't work properly (ie. couldn't follow every step in the video because some features required in the video's steps were unavailable).
For future reference, if anyone encounters the same problem I did, it's something wrong with the Clockworkmod Recovery version, no doubt. For some reason, one fine instance like any other, ROM Manager finally got it right and installed the right version of CWM Recovery and I can now access all the features, and pressing Vol.Up + Power does conjure the Recovery Mode now.
Thanks for helping me fix my tablet, guys. I kinda absolutely hate TouchWiz UI and Cyanogenmod is indeed miles ahead. Happily running the latest nightly build of 10.2, loving it.

Cyanegonmod stuck
I cant reboot system , I have tried everything but wipe data/system restore. everytime it goes back to same screen. Now I am getting error messages while back and restoring image of data. I my be just not familiar but it shows my recovery files dated back to 2000 and 2010. How could the date change.

[Q]Problems installing CM7 on Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830

Hi Everyone,
I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to post such question.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830) and I still have Android version 2.2.1 installed on it.
I would like to install Cyanogen Mod 7, but I'm having a few problems.
This is the first smartphone I've attempted to modify.
The phone is at the moment unlocked(it was locked to Vodafone Portugal, but I've unlocked it before attempting to modify anything).
I followed the instructions on the Cyanogen MOD wiki page.
But now I'm having a bit of an issue at the moment!!
I was only able to complete the 1st part of the instructions, installing ClockworkModRecovery kernel, but when I try to do the instalation of CM7 itself, I'm unable to!!
If I press Home+Power and release once the Samsung screen logo appear, the screen gets stuck on the phones Samsung logo, doesn't do anything, doesn't go to recovery mode, I waited about 30 minutes and then had to press Power and then it reboots.
If I press Home+Power+Volume Up I get to the 'RAMDUMP ARM9 Mode' screen, doesn't do anything else, pressed Power for a very long time, doesn't power off, had to remove the battery.
If I press Home+Power+Volume Down goes to Download mode, but doesn't do anything either!!! Power off does't work, had to remove the battery aswell!!
This means I'm unable to get to the second part and install CM7!!!
Good news is that if I just press Power to turn the phone On, and let it load, it still works, I can still enter the PIN number, etc, so the phone is still working properly!!!!
I've double checked the applications that I have installed and 'CWM Manager' is showing as installed, but needs SuperUser access to function.
I haven't rooted the phone, and now anything that requires to try to boot in recovery mode is out of the question, because of course I can't get to recovery mode.
I've also tried to root the phone using SuperOneClick
No go!!
Also tried Instant Root:
No go!!
Also tried using Odin Multi Downloader v4.38, but doesn't do anything, it says couldn't find device.
All applications were copied to the phone's sdcard and running from there.
Does anyone know if I can use 'adb' from the Android SDK to root the phone? And how I can do that?
Can someone please provide some more information regarding this?
I have no idea what else to try!!
Thank you very much,
Ricardo,

Sprint Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (SPH-P500) Clockwork Custom Recovery!

First off, an eternally grateful thanks to @shabbypenguin for compiling what seems to be the missing link to flashing a custom recovery. Please direct all thanks to him. Check out his profile for a donation link!
Disclaimer:
As with anything non stock, only you are responsible if something goes wrong.
These are the steps I used for my Sprint Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and it worked for me.
It may not work for you.
I cannot provide support in case anything goes wrong.
There are virtually NO ROMS out that I'm aware of that are able to work with Sprint service. My tab is out of contract so I'm going to be working on loading wifi only ROMS.
Backup your shizzle. Expect to lose data and you won't be caught off guard.
MultiPart:
Install CWM
Compatable ROM information
Requirements:
Appropriate Samsung Drivers
ODIN
The shabbypenguin magical image. @shabbypenguin
ATT Espresso ChildOfTheHorm clockwork recovery
Root. Cydia Impactor works on this tablet to root it. Install SuperSU and Busybox off the market once it's rooted.
Optional (Recommended):
Stock Recovery Image..
Return to Stock Thread for a just in case scenario.
Steps:
Make sure drivers are installed and ADB can see your tab.
Reboot into download mode by either typing "adb reboot download" or by holding volume down & power when the device is off.
Open ODIN. Usually do this with administration privelages to negate any shennanigins.
Device should show up on the top left. Click AP / PDA and select "espresso10spr-cwm-test1.tar". Don't click start yet!
Get ready to hold volume up. Auto Reboot is selected by default. Don't click Start yet! When the flash is done the tablet will reboot. You want to go into the recovery on the first reboot or the flash may not take.
Get ready to hold volume +, press Start. When the tablet turns off, HOLD volume +. It will say booting recovery, act like it took, and turn off. This is the voodoo feature of the ShabbyPenguin file.
Turn the device back on, and reboot into download mode again. This time selecting the "cwm_recovery_espresso10att_childofthehorn.tar.md5" file. Same thing, get ready to hold the Volume + button when the tablet reboots.
Viola. Violin. Vegasaurious Rex. Clockwork should boot. At least it did for mine.
If anything goes wrong, there's a link in the optional list to revert your tablet back to stock. As well as the RECOVERY ONLY stock image you can flash with ODIN.
Some footnotes, sometimes with my tablet it doesn't like to turn on after a failed flash. A workaround for this is to hold the power for around 3-5 seconds, wait one second, and then hold Volume -. You should be presented with an option to go to download mode or restart the tablet. Select restart the tablet to get it working again.

<Reserved for Wifi-Only ROM Testing and results>

YES!!!!
Flashing the recovery worked for me. I can't wait to hear from you as to what custom roms are ok to flash.
Thanks a bunch!

Anybody find any ROMS yet?
I so hoping someone has made some progress with this.
Thanks to all those who have gotten us this far!

pseudus said:
I so hoping someone has made some progress with this.
Thanks to all those who have gotten us this far!
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It's beena slow process. All the ROMs I have tried don't really do well. Wifi not working, that kind of thing. I was waiting to see if more roms came out to try. I'll be checking again in the next few days.

FluffyMittens said:
Some footnotes, sometimes with my tablet it doesn't like to turn on after a failed flash. A workaround for this is to hold the power for around 3-5 seconds, wait one second, and then hold Volume -. You should be presented with an option to go to download mode or restart the tablet. Select restart the tablet to get it working again.
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Hello, please help me, haha. I had a failed flash and like you said here it refuses to power on, but now I can't get it to turn on at all. not sure where to go from here.

This flash works great I just tried it and im happy I found this page on the webb there is almost nothing if someone could help me with a custom rom that would be great and I will appreciate it a a lot I would like to upgrade at least to kit kat
FluffyMittens said:
First off, an eternally grateful thanks to @shabbypenguin for compiling what seems to be the missing link to flashing a custom recovery. Please direct all thanks to him. Check out his profile for a donation link!
Disclaimer:
As with anything non stock, only you are responsible if something goes wrong.
These are the steps I used for my Sprint Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and it worked for me.
It may not work for you.
I cannot provide support in case anything goes wrong.
There are virtually NO ROMS out that I'm aware of that are able to work with Sprint service. My tab is out of contract so I'm going to be working on loading wifi only ROMS.
Backup your shizzle. Expect to lose data and you won't be caught off guard.
MultiPart:
Install CWM
Compatable ROM information
Requirements:
Appropriate Samsung Drivers
ODIN
The shabbypenguin magical image. @shabbypenguin
ATT Espresso ChildOfTheHorm clockwork recovery
Root. Cydia Impactor works on this tablet to root it. Install SuperSU and Busybox off the market once it's rooted.
Optional (Recommended):
Stock Recovery Image..
Return to Stock Thread for a just in case scenario.
Steps:
Make sure drivers are installed and ADB can see your tab.
Reboot into download mode by either typing "adb reboot download" or by holding volume down & power when the device is off.
Open ODIN. Usually do this with administration privelages to negate any shennanigins.
Device should show up on the top left. Click AP / PDA and select "espresso10spr-cwm-test1.tar". Don't click start yet!
Get ready to hold volume up. Auto Reboot is selected by default. Don't click Start yet! When the flash is done the tablet will reboot. You want to go into the recovery on the first reboot or the flash may not take.
Get ready to hold volume +, press Start. When the tablet turns off, HOLD volume +. It will say booting recovery, act like it took, and turn off. This is the voodoo feature of the ShabbyPenguin file.
Turn the device back on, and reboot into download mode again. This time selecting the "cwm_recovery_espresso10att_childofthehorn.tar.md5" file. Same thing, get ready to hold the Volume + button when the tablet reboots.
Viola. Violin. Vegasaurious Rex. Clockwork should boot. At least it did for mine.
If anything goes wrong, there's a link in the optional list to revert your tablet back to stock. As well as the RECOVERY ONLY stock image you can flash with ODIN.
Some footnotes, sometimes with my tablet it doesn't like to turn on after a failed flash. A workaround for this is to hold the power for around 3-5 seconds, wait one second, and then hold Volume -. You should be presented with an option to go to download mode or restart the tablet. Select restart the tablet to get it working again.
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Which Roms?
FluffyMittens said:
First off, an eternally grateful thanks to @shabbypenguin for compiling what seems to be the missing link to flashing a custom recovery. Please direct all thanks to him. Check out his profile for a donation link!
*Snip*
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I just inherited one of these suckers and would love to see upgraded past Jelly Bean. What ROMS did you have success flashing? I'm not seeing much out there about flashing this device besides what is linked to this post, and no specifics were ever mentioned, just that it might be possible with some serious bugs. Can you point me in the right direction?

zediiiii said:
I just inherited one of these suckers and would love to see upgraded past Jelly Bean. What ROMS did you have success flashing? I'm not seeing much out there about flashing this device besides what is linked to this post, and no specifics were ever mentioned, just that it might be possible with some serious bugs. Can you point me in the right direction?
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Good luck brother. I've been looking for a custom ROM, or ANDROID update forever. Please, please, please, reply to this thread if you are successful getting this tablet past JB.