I've had this tablet for years and my daughter has been using it, but was having issues, so I tried to install slim rom 9.15, the installation was aborted and now my tab will only reboot into recovery. I'm not able to see my tablet using odin, so I'm at a loss.
You should use twrp recovery. CWM is completely out of date and likely to cause problems.
Download and install the latest twrp. You can do that directly through cwm using the flashable zip version. Then install whatever rom you want.
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Recently I hard-bricked my Tab whilst installing a Rom on it (Brick Bug). Now I have a replacement, and it's about time I replaced the HC with something else.
I plan to use the 'Singha ROM ICS P6800DXLP7' ROM and ' Dedraks' GT-P6800' kernel. I'm guessing installation for both is via CWM, but that is how I bricked my tab last time. How can I work around this as to not brick it again? Odin? Which do I install first? Any guidance would really be appreciated!
Thanks
Which cwm you using that cause it to brick?
Share some detail procedure...wipe on stock rom, custom rom, kernel...etc which end with brick?
For now I believe safe atm..
- From stock ICS
- Root with this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849235
- Install cwm using Mobile Odin
- Boot to cwm recovery
- Flash custom rom and custom kernel
- Reboot recovery NOT reboot system.
- Full wipe and fix permission
- Reboot system to home screen
That what I always do
Here's what works for me
first, d/l CWM to SD card.
then power down.
reboot into download mode ,PC Odin is my install of choice for the roms...
then power down again after the new rom installs and re-boots
re-boot into recovery and choose install zip from SD and choose CWM (which is a temporary install)
dont wipe anything, just choose to install zip and then choose your new kernel.
After kernel (a safe one) installs, then re-boot system.
Ive never bricked this tab or my GN7000 Note
good luck
correct me if im wrong, but as long as you do not factory reset in stock ics recovery you are okay. Right?
Some Note GT 7000 guys reported that they bricked their phablets by copping large files (being on ICS). If this doesn't affect our P6800s, then you are not wrong.
I had installed LQ2 without wiping anything. But had many Screen Offs and Shut Downs, so I considered to risk the clean install.
Did it with Mobile Odin Pro, but first
Ensured that I already have CWM 6.0.0.1
Flashed Dedraks Kernel.
In Mobile Odin chosen "open file..." and then the particular md5 file,
BUT EXCLUDED:
1. Kernel
2. Recovery
Then I selected "wipe" and "clean", crossed my fingers and everything went OK.
Not quite everything, because I lost root, although I am pretty sure that I did not unselect "everroot'.
It was not a big issue. Installed again "root.zip" via CWM recovery.
Its about a week since then and I have nothing to complain.
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Thanks for the responses guys.
Does this sound safe?:
Flash LQ2 via PC Odin
Root from universal recovery
Flash CWM 6.0.11 via PC Odin
Flash Dedraks Kernel via CWM
Then root again if needed.
Thanks
rumpypumpy said:
Thanks for the responses guys.
Does this sound safe?:
Flash LQ2 via PC Odin
Root from universal recovery
Flash CWM 6.0.11 via PC Odin
Flash Dedraks Kernel via CWM
Then root again if needed.
Thanks
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Yeah, with these steps you should be safe.
Happy flashing
A while ago i rooted my phone and put a custom rom on it, liked it the got sick of it then flashed back to stock . a day or two later i instantly regretted this decision so i reverted back. This was a very drawn out process because my phone was being dumb etc, i initially tried to flash TWRP on it which worked , but it never flashed roms correctly for me , so i flashed CWM on it and that worked. flashed a rom , and it worked. I now want to flash a new rom but when i boot to recovery , TWRP is still there but when i am in Rom manager, it says CWM 6.0.3.1 is installed.
Is there a way to use odin to flash this back to stock and just flash CWM on the so i can get on with my life and flash new roms?
TL;DR
there are 2 recoveries (TWRP and CWM)
TWRP is accessible but doesn't work
need access to CWM
is there odin or a type of software i can use to solve this ?
I know i ****ed up pretty good, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Download GooManager from the Playstore. Then from GooManager run OpenRecoveryScript which will flash the latest TWRP.
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Download GooManager from the Playstore. Then from GooManager run OpenRecoveryScript which will flash the latest TWRP.[/QUOTE
can i flash CWN instead?
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I'm pretty sure that GooManager will install only TWRP. I would start there to fix your problem, since GooManager will install the recovery easily. Once you have TWRP you can switch by installing CWM if you'd like. For that, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305721
So I flashed a new ROM and when I tried to access recovery so I could factory reset + add gapps it keeps bootlooping back into the ROM
I checked ROM Manager and it said that I had TWRP and CWM installed, so I tried to flash a new version of CWM over but it did not solve the problem.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
First, see here: [NOTICE]-Don't-use-ROM-Manager!-**New-to-the-Transformer?-READ**
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598
Next, are you rooted? If so please install a working recovery (not using ROM Manager)
I'd suggest using Goo Manager to install TWRP.
yep I'm rooted and trying to install recovery through goo manager now, hopefully it will work
EDIT: I tried installing recovery through goo.im and pushing it using adb
it still thinks 2 recoveries are insatlled
So I'm stuck on TWRP 2.5 and GooManager won't download the latest 2.6.3.1. It literally says "Your download is starting..." and it'll just sit there. A lot of people have made the same complaints on the Play Store reviews, etc. Anyways, I'd like the newest Recovery in order to flash Carbon ROM based on 4.3.
What's the easiest way to install the latest CWM Touch recovery? Someone mentioned using Flashify? Also, do I need to do anything in preparation of switching from TWRP to CWM Touch?
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Comp625 said:
So I'm stuck on TWRP 2.5 and GooManager won't download the latest 2.6.3.1. It literally says "Your download is starting..." and it'll just sit there. A lot of people have made the same complaints on the Play Store reviews, etc. Anyways, I'd like the newest Recovery in order to flash Carbon ROM based on 4.3.
What's the easiest way to install the latest CWM Touch recovery? Someone mentioned using Flashify? Also, do I need to do anything in preparation of switching from TWRP to CWM Touch?
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If you want, you could use Flashify to flash the TWRP 2.6.3.1 img file. Just download it to your phone where it says "select the latest img file."
If you still want to switch to CWM touch, well you don't need anything except the proper img file and flash it via Flashify. Your nandroid backups are incompatible so you can not use TWRP backups in CWM or vice versa.
There's a lot of disparate information on how to do this so wanted to share what worked for me.
Heimdall was way better than Odin in recognizing and flashing ROM's. You need to watch a tutorial on youtube on how to use Heimdall manually in case you can't find a ROM in the right format (compressed as "tar.gz").
I used a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM, which was packaged for Odin. Had to decompress the files and set them up manually in Heimdall for flashing.
Once Infuse 4G was running with root I downloaded/installed ROM Manager from Google Play and transfered the Carbon KitKat ROM 4.4.4 (2014-07-06) and GAPPS 4.4.2 (2014-06-06) ".zip" files to the root folder via USB cable from PC (phone connected as USB Mass Storage).
In ROM Manager you can select the ROM you want to install when the phone reboots. At some point I was able to also install GAPPS before finally booting to Carbon KitKat.
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There's a lot of disparate information on how to do this so wanted to share what worked for me.
Heimdall was way better than Odin in recognizing and flashing ROM's. You need to watch a tutorial on youtube on how to use Heimdall manually in case you can't find a ROM in the right format (compressed as "tar.gz").
I used a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM, which was packaged for Odin. Had to decompress the files and set them up manually in Heimdall for flashing.
Once Infuse 4G was running with root I downloaded/installed ROM Manager from Google Play and transfered the Carbon 4.4.4 KitKat ROM and GAPPS 4.2 ".zip" files to the root folder via USB cable from PC (phone connected as USB Mass Storage).
In ROM Manager you can select the ROM you want to install when the phone reboots. At some point I was able to also install GAPPS before finally booting to Carbon KitKat.
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so how were you able to flash carbon and the gapps? why did you use 4.2 gapps with a 4.4.4 rom????
Used ROM Manager from Google Play to install latest versions of KitKat (2014-07-06) and GAPPS (2014-06-06) from Carbon website. ROM Manager can also install Clockworkmod Recovery.
Files for download at the website have no version numbers, but the phone showed upgrades for 4 of the Google applications.
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Used ROM Manager from Google Play to install latest versions of KitKat (2014-07-06) and GAPPS (2014-06-06) from Carbon website. ROM Manager can also install Clockworkmod Recovery.
Files for download at the website have no version numbers, but the phone showed upgrades for 4 of the Google applications.
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okay so you used rom manager to install CWM recovery.....and you selected to flash carbon via rom manager which then took you to the recovery then somehow you were able to flash the gapps.........but how was it able to directly flash on GB CWM version did you have to flash carbon rom twice in order to get the updated CWM version then flash carbon again to get the rom then flash the gapps then wipe cache and dalvik cache?
also you made a "root folder" in your sdcard?
PS. did you use heimdall one click or the more complicated version?
I can't say if the Carbon ROM was flashed twice, but it seems the phone rebooted more than once during the whole process (from rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 to KitKat 4.4.4).
ROM Manager only requires to save ROM .zip file(s) in your phone SD card, read somewhere to use root folder or topmost location in SD card (not a folder named "root"), but you can use Recovery to select the location of the .zip file to install.
ROM Manager boots into Recovery to install .zip files, whether is Carbon ROM or GAPPS.
After the Carbon ROM was installed (and maybe a reboot), before booting into KitKat, I was in CWM Recovery and used the menu to install GAPPS.
Recovery has a "wipe data/factory reset" menu option.
Used Heimdall 1.4.0 to manually flash a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM that was packaged for Odin, but there are other ways to root the phone.
It can take a while for KitKat to install so give it some time.
I thought you had to go to ICS before KitKat. Can you really go straight from GB to KK?
Also when I downloaded "Rom Manager" and tried to install CWM it did not list the Infuse as being supported for installing the CWM Recovery saying I had to find and install one manually.
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I thought you had to go to ICS before KitKat. Can you really go straight from GB to KK?
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Apparently can be done as long as you disable lagfix.
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Also when I downloaded "Rom Manager" and tried to install CWM it did not list the Infuse as being supported for installing the CWM Recovery saying I had to find and install one manually.
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CWM for the i9000 is supposed to be a valid substitute. I don't use the AT&T version of the Infuse (mine is Rogers), so it didn't work for me at first - still had to flash with ODIN.
Interestingly, as I remember after flashing with ODIN and rebooting into recovery, it was Blue CWM, not Red (which Red is what you usually get by flashing only the ODIN/Heimdall images).
I didn't have to install any other version before flashing KitKat, only had to root the phone. I rooted by flashing a "rooted" GB 2.3.6 ROM, but there are other ways to root the phone.
When I tried to install CWM Recovery with ROM Manager I got an error so I went ahead and flashed with whatever recovery the phone had.
Is possible the rooted GB 2.3.6 ROM had CWM Recovery already, or ROM Manager was able to install CWM Recovery after all (phone rebooted more than once, I kept trying until it worked ).
Read you must use "Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III" in ROM Manager since they have similar partitions.
ROM Manager no longer has the i9300 Galaxy S III option, but you only need to create a Recovery shortcut in Apex launcher and flash from a Carbon ROM .zip file (KK v4.4.4 nightly for Infuse 4G, dirty flashing with no wipes).
The Carbon ROM includes a Carbon Delta, which doesn't update nightlies (it always says "system is up to date").
Have not seen other KitKat kernels or TWRP touch for the Infuse 4G, currently using CWM Recovery 6.0.5.0.