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[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
Need some help. Trying to restore to stock Sprint EA24 using Odin 3 v1.70.

Should I set the Re-Partition option ON? When I tried this, it displayed several progress messages, and got to Set PIT file. Then it says, "DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!". That was 30 minutes ago. Nothing seems to be happening at this point.

The message at the top of Odin3 says "Set Partition" and hasn't budged in the last half hour.

Suggestions?

BTW - When I tried to run the "Upgrade.exe" in the Sprint Galaxy Tab EA24 Flasher" it failes with "Unable to open bindary" message. So I reverted to trying my luck with Odin. Not very familiar with either approach and any helpful suggestions would be welcome.

Just trying to get my Tab ready to accept the Gingerbread update. I tried the posted GB update.zip file but it fails shortly after starting its update process. Fails while comparing something in the build.prop file.
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
Only check mark should be reboot. Put tar in PDA box. Make sure Odin is seeing it. Yellow box on lower left of Odin screen should be showing with a com number. If you're lucky you can put the tab into download mode again. I screwed it up one time by pulling the USB cable when it appeared to hang. I lucked out and it let me get into emergency download mode. The Odin process usually, if there's no problems, takes me a little under 4 minutes to complete. Other than that I don't know what to tell you.

I'm beginning to wonder if this update is a final, mainly because of the USB charging issue. I doubt they would release something with this obvious of a snafu.
[Galaxy Tab General] galexandr:
Guys,

Im stuck in MODEM.BIN for nearly 10 min, is this GOOD or BAD?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] kabuk1:
For anyone having trouble flashing with Odin- make sure you turn off your antivirus & firewall. I kept getting errors until I did this.
[Galaxy Tab General] galexandr:
So im stuck @ MODEM.BIN

Can i unplug it? i've read that people bricked their tabs?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] cruton:
I had the exact same thing happen to me this morning. I just unplugged it and tried again. Tabs I've noticed are actually pretty hard to truly brick.
[Galaxy Tab General] galexandr:
WOA!!

So i was flashing back to e24 with ODIN, was stuck @ MODEM.BIN,

Unplugged the cable,

Now i see: phone..'!'..computer

What do i do now?

Any and all help wanted, please.
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
I was able to flash the update that was posted in this form an I am not rooted. I did have to change the file name to update and make sure it was on the root of my sd card.
[Galaxy Tab General] tallen:
I am so hosed. I have been fighting with my Sprint Tab for the last few days and would really appreciate someone's help. I have had the phone ! computer error, stuck on the Samsung screen issue and now have finally successfully got back into CWM, and keep getting the following error. I can't get the system to reboot.

E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)

/system may be rfs. Checking...

Checking /data...

Checking /datadata...

E:failed to moun /datadata (invalid argument)

/datadata may be rfs. Checking...

Checking /cache...

Done!

I successfully flashed a rom but when I reboot system it comes right back to CWM with this error. Tried to install the update.zip on page one for Gingerbread and get the following error:

Installing update...

file_getprop: failed to stat "/system/build.prop": no such file or directory

e:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(status 7)

Installing aborted.
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Have you tried EA24?
[Galaxy Tab General] tallen:
Yes. I was finally able to flash that and the zimage file to get me back in CWM but I just can't get the system completely up. Soooooooo frustrating!!!!
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
You cant flash the gb update with a custom kernel (as far as I know)
[Galaxy Tab General] tallen:
Do you know how I can get rid of the custome kernel. Do I just flash the EA24 update again?
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
Flashing erases everything
[Galaxy Tab General] tallen:
I just flashed the EA24 update only and still getting the same issue. This one has me stumped, I have flashed a ton on my EVO and never ran into these issues. I just don't know where to turn.
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
Flashing ea24 through Odin is the same thing as ruu. Odin is configurable, Samsung flashing program is kinda like a front end to Odin but the user can't mess with the settings and potentially Bork their device. I might be wrong but this is my understanding and experience.
[Galaxy Tab General] sopheaps:
You need to format your SD card with the galaxy tab before putting the updat.zip file on it. Then when you go into recovery and choose update.izip. Press the home key on your tablet and it should work fine.
[Galaxy Tab General] sopheaps:
You need to use odin to go back to the EA24 release. Then you will be prompted to update to the EA28 release. Format your sd card with you galaxy tab. copy the update.zip file onto the sd card. reboot into recovery and choose the update.zip. Press you home key on you tablet. The galaxy tab will proceed to update to gingerbread.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
just thought i'd throw this is here as well, the EA24 to EB28 update.zip, to make going back to stock easier. (EA24 flash, EB28 update.zip, then EF17 update.zip instead of waiting for OTA)

http://www.mediafire.com/?6ea8mjwhcwxcco0
[Galaxy Tab General] olddocwhite:
Tallen, when I hosed my SGT Spring tab I could not use odin to get back to EA24 either. It would fail and turn red. Here is how I fixed it:

Downloaded Heimdall 1.1 frontend for windows.

unzipped the EA24 tar file into a folder

loaded all of the components from that folder into heimdall

put the SGT in download mode

pressed start on heimdall and WHOA I was back in business.

The SGT then did the EB28 OTA and then did the EF12 OTA.

Life is great again.
[Galaxy Tab General] X1088LoD:
FYSA, thanks to zhangqip, we have ROOT on Sprint GB tab

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1161033

Confirmed working on mine.

I started out on EB28 (rooted) and then did the EF17 update (manual), then used Odin to flash the Root back in.
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1161033

Correct link.
[Galaxy Tab General] thatboiparis:
I bought my samsung galaxy tab 10.1 from sprint p7510 us version how can i get the stock rom. thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] Sprintina:
Check here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1171089

The 10.1 GT has it's own forum area and it looks like they churning along at a pretty good pace for that new device! :D
[Galaxy Tab General] Stark5:
Hey OP, Thank you so much for Compiling all of this into one place, Really has helped out today. One thing I came across was a "Gadget Serial" driver problem, which was resolved by installing the latest Drivers from Samsung, and not by installing Kies or anything else. (Note* You still need Odin3, I was just simply referring to having to install Kies or PC Suite just for the drivers.) The link I found to the drivers that worked for me is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11633550#post11633550

Just in case someone else encounters this problem, or wants what seem to be the latest and greatest as of my reply.

Thanks again, really appreciate the effort!
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
No problem. I wanted to create a place where us neglected Sprint owners could get some assistance.

Glad its helping.
[Galaxy Tab General] Stark5:
By the way, I'm currently searching for this, but do you have a link on how to install CWM with 2.3.4? You posted Froyo, but looking for one related to Gingerbread. Or will the same zimage work either way?

Thanks again!
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Cant imagine that it works and im not testing it :p

Nothing for GB yet.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
If you were to use the kernel with CWM, you'd soft brick as it's CWM built into the 2.2 kernel (wouldn't know what to do with GB)

Hopefully we'll see a custom GB kernel with CWM soon. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] Stark5:
Well hell, will just switch from searching to just lurking on that then. It would be nice to check out some of these roms, but, I'd rather have rooted gingerbread at this point (which thanks to your information, I now have.).

If I stumble on something, I will drop a note here just in case.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
There are a couple devs working on CWM and CM7 as well (from what i know anyway..), so it shouldn't be too long before somethin shows up..
[Galaxy Tab General] ztag100:
There aren't any included directions. Where can I find them?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
There should have been a txt file in there
[Galaxy Tab General] ztag100:
in the root of the folder?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
When i unzipped it there was.
[Galaxy Tab General] ztag100:
Which source?
[Galaxy Tab General] ztag100:
Whats the file called?
[Galaxy Tab General] ztag100:
Oh, sorry for posting so much, But I'm coming from Spacemoose's Honeycomb build does that make a difference?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Maybe I linked the wrong file. That's supposed to be Odin, a stock TAR, and the instructions.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
The EA24 flasher that you have linked is the right tar.md5, but it doesn't include Odin. Here's a link to a zip that includes the stock tar and Odin.

http://db.tt/fGJ7xtV
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
like this thread...dont forget the irc on fossnet #gtab
[Galaxy Tab General] ztag100:
Does this include the directions?
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
Directions should be pretty simple.

1. download and extract the tar and odin file (anywhere you want)

2. make sure the samsung drivers are installed on your pc so Odin will actually see your phone.

3. power off your phone, and put it in download mode.

4. connect it to your pc, wait for Odin to recognize it (yellow box with Com#)

5. click on pda and browse to the .tar that was included in the first step .zip file.

6. click start and wait till it finishes and reboots your phone.

You should now be back at stock EA24.
[Galaxy Tab General] draven760:
I'm an idiot and need help

Hello, I humbly approach this topic with a plea for help. I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy tab that was previously running Froyo. I then rooted it using a one-click root application, and was fine for a while.

When the over the air update was then offered, I tried to update it, but it kept not being able to install, even after I reversed the root. This led me to manually try updating the device by running Odin and loading a new PIT file and firmware as described below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083971

This led me to have an error where I was stuck at a cycling samsung logo. Upon trying again, Oding froze in the middle of the flashing, and my tablet then only turned back on to display an icon of a phone connected to a computer.

In order to fix this, I found another thread where someone mentioned that flashing another firmware fixed the reboot problem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083971

I then followed these instructions, and at least the phone/computer icon went away and I was able to get back into the download mode. However, I was back to the reboot cycle, but this seemed to be a better problem to have. Only now after reading more carefully do I see that neither of these two thread are applicable for use with a Sprint Galaxy Tab.

So, after all this mess, I can conclude that I'm an idiot, I obviously need help, and I'm lucky I (hopefully) haven't bricked my Tab. I throw myself onto the mercy and wisdom of the thread that I should have been consulting from the beginning and ask for help.

Assuming that I've made an entire mess of the situation, what package should I flash using Odin and in what order?

Thank you for your help and patience in advance.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
If you follow the 2 posts above that I posted, You should be able to get back to stock on your Sprint Tab. Grab the file with the EA24 stock tar and odin, the follow the instructions i posted 2 posts below.
[Galaxy Tab General] unclemoy310:
Im in Step 6 in the 'Kernel with CWM Recovery for FROYO'. My tab doesnt show any Samsung logo and backlight stays lit. Cant go any futher. Any tips? Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
have you held power till it shuts off and tried to get back into download mode?
[Galaxy Tab General] htc154:
Need to update a rooted 7 inch

I have tried (and tried) and searched (and searched) and cannot find a way to factory re-set my Galaxy SPECIFICALLY the system software. I think it will be easier to do the OTA update and then run z4root once I have already upgraded to Gingerbread

Does anyone know if this is possible? Is there any easier way that I missed during my hours of google searches?
[Galaxy Tab General] noguru:
Power + Down volume = 45 minutes so far....

Sprint GT with EF17

Unrooted, but hoping to.

Screen shows the shoveler, Downloading... and Do not turn off Target !!!!

How long do I wait before doing "something" - and what?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
You plug it in and follow the odin instructions
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
did you get it?
[Galaxy Tab General] Slikk1:
Last I saw there wasn't a root for Official GB on the Sprint Tab... I'm looking.
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
There is, but its an odin flash of a rooted stock official gb. Works great for root.
[Galaxy Tab General] AZ_Miss_Murder:
EDIT: After posting up this long spheal about how screwed I was, I ended up figuring out Heimdall drivers and trying what olddocwhite said to do.

Of course, right when I try to ask for help everything works :D Thanks a ton! I'm glad this thread is here today. Back in the days of when I first got my tab Sprint owners were pretty screwed when it came to support. After waiting so long I'm just happy everything is back to normal! Thanks all!
[Galaxy Tab General] sabixx:
you sir, are a god. I spent 5 hours trying to fix my Tab with Odin today,nothing would do it, 5 minutes with heimdall and your instructions and it was up and running again. thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
Yeah, not sure what the deal with Odin is lately, but haven't had very good luck with it (flashing my Epic or my Tab) so i've resorted to heimdall as needed.
[Galaxy Tab General] tcabw:
Hi There,

I updated to the rooted Gingerbread without a hitch about a month ago.

I have a problem with Skype which hangs up every time a connection is established. Uninstalling and installing different versons makes no difference. My thoughts are to do a factory reset and then try reinstalling. Does a reset affect any of the update and in particular the rooting?

Cheers

Tony C.

SPH-P100

Firmware 2.3.4

Baseband S:P100.08 S.EB28

Kernal Version 2.6.35.7

Build Gingerbread.EF17
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
Might be just as well to reflash the stock rooted heimdall. Keep us posted!
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
doing a factory wipe only really effects the /data partition (where all user info and apps are stored) so you can safely wipe and not lose root or default apps.
[Galaxy Tab General] trim81:
I just got a Sprint tab

software version GINGERBREAD.EF17

hardware version P100.08

which method can I use to root?

---ive previously done a 2.2 froyo tablet with superoneclick ---does that work on a 2.3.4 gingerbread unit???
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
You can only load the rooted ROM on there from the original post in this thread via Odin or Heimdall.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
The stock rooted, or V1 of Better than Life Future Echos are really the only options with GB on our Tabs for now. Hopefully we'll see some CM7 or MIUI goodness soon as they are being worked on by a small group of devs.

If you need links for V1 Better than life let me know.
[Galaxy Tab General] trim81:
...im a bit slow with the tabs, so please bear with me (im GREAT with the htc evo)

can one of you kind Guys walk me through heimdall flashing with the 2.3.4 root?

So I take it, I cannot use superoneclick?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Can't use SOC. You can do one of two things:

1) Download the .tar file and flash via Odin

2) Unzip the .tar file and stick the files in the appropriate Heimdall slots and flash
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
to me this is the most simple method.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1161033

i have used this before many times. let us know if this works.
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Added oldmacnut's ROMs to the OP.
[Galaxy Tab General] jrsfalcons:
I have a Sprint Galaxy tablet that was my brothers and was messed up so Im trying to get it working .I installed clockwork recovery v3.0.0.0 on it and tried installing Better than life rom on it.well it loads successfully on it so I reboot the device and it just takes me back to Clockwork recovery.Anyone can help me get a custom rom on this or even just back to stock ??? Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] trim81:
Just wanted to reply. Sorry to took so long.

Thanks for all whom recommended heimdall above

I got my tablet rooted.

Thanks again
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
I have heard that cwm has had some issues passing through to the ROM on boot. My best suggestion would be to file the inductions in the link I posted above using heimdall and stock kernel and recovery until we get a stable recovery.

Good luck
[Galaxy Tab General] jrsfalcons:
I dont know I must be doing something wrong anything I try after reboot, clockwork just tries to back up and thats it wont never start up just shows samsung for 5 seconds then back to clockwork.
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
so youre using Heimdall right? tell me what files you are putting where?
[Galaxy Tab General] jrsfalcons:
Will do when I get back home.I did find a backup in rom manager on this thing so i restored it and it completed but now it stuck on samsung logo.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
so far, CWM is more of a hassle than it's worth. The only time I got it working on my Sprint Tab was with the HC 2.5 alpha, but that was still too broken to use regularly (no wpa for wifi) Otherwise for now, we're kinda stuck with the stock recovery, and no .zip flashable roms/kernels anyway.. I'd suggest going back to stock rooted, or Oldmacnut's Better than Life V1.

Oh, and as far as restoring the nandroid backup that CWM runs when it tries to convert, that has always failed with our Tabs so far, so you're no better off there. Grab the EA24 tar (extracted to use with heimdall I find is easiest) and go back to stock then decide if you want the Better than Live V1 or Quen's stock rooted.
[Galaxy Tab General] mkoz777:
Does anyone happen to know of a cheap data service for the Spring tab?

I find it ridiculous that Spring has a $19.99 plan, but makes you sign up for a 2 year contract even if you bought the tab outright.

I know there is that boost mobile trick, but that sounds kind of illegal to me.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
The Boost mobile option is your best choice. And it's not illegal to modify hardware you OWN.
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
Anyone know why these roms aren't deodexed? Before putting time into doing it I figured I would ask to make sure there wasn't a real reason why not.
[Galaxy Tab General] Spirz:
I have a problem((

after a reboot all settings are reset.

what's the problem?((

plz help
[Galaxy Tab General] dimqs153:
my tab is cdma n running ef17 version rom...im going to use that method ( above) to root...it include custom recovery?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
No, it does not.
[Galaxy Tab General] spuzzum:
flashing new rom

Hi i'm relatively new to the tab. I have a sprint tab on ef17 gingerbread. It is rooted with superoneclick and have installed cwm using rom manager from this site-

http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/

but i got stuck after number 5. The command doesn't work for some reason. Adb works though.

My question is do i need Heimdall or can i just put the rom and kernel on sd and flash it from rom manager or cwm?
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
If you actually had EF17, superoneclick would not have worked to root your device from stock. GB 2.3.4 and above fixes the exploit that superoneclick used to gain root. Also, those instructions are for FROYO not Gingerbread. Check the development section for the Quens Stock rooted Sprint EF17. You will have to go back to EA24 stock first, then the update to EB28, followed by the stock update to EF17 before you can flash Quen's rooted stock. Currently there isn't a working CWM for CDMA Tabs and Gingerbread.
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
agreed with pvtjoker in fact here is a link to said ROM brought to you by Dropbox
[Galaxy Tab General] Rodderik:
i got a working sprint gb kernel on github building now so i'll see if i can make all this a little easier on our sprint users

adding root, then cwm stuff, etc before i release anything...no eta's
[Galaxy Tab General] spuzzum:
Thanks for the responses guys. i tried everything to get it to work. Read over all sorts of forums and tuts. Tried this because it said for all versions and also included the sprint kernel and image. i did get root though, i did a lot of things odin, kies,z4 ...you name it. I got the super user, downloaded the rom manager and install the cwm i9000 because the i9000(mtd) wouldn't work. And under the build it says gingerbread ef17. So i take it ..if i try to flash anything with this cwm it turns into a paperweight? A friend has it right now but when i get it back i'm just going to do what pvtjoker42 said. Thanks for taking the time to answer my post guys. i don't get too much time to work on this stuff. After the kids go to bed i try to cram. Also have rooted and unlocked atrix running alien which i'm always messing with. So i land up staying up until 2 or 3 am until my brain is mush.
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
so ive demolished my tab a few times over the past few weeks and the link i posted which is exactly what pvtjoker was referring to is the fastest easiest way to get root. you get no custom recovery, youre completely stock, but you have root. all you do is download the file, use odin, put the file into the pda and flash. if you dont have drivers use this, dont use keis or any of that stuff. if you want more confirmation on the method we are describing use this thread. again this is a proven method. feel free to post question either in this thread or in the one linked as many of the members are active in both and are more than happy to help you get out of the weeds.

one more thing, i would advise you not to let other people try to root your device. it opens itself up to lots of potential issues and on a very basic level, you dont get to learn. you get a chance to feel the pressure of making a screw up and you get to develop comfort bringing yourself back from the verge. it builds character :)

if im completely missing your concern, let me know.

---------- Post added at 10:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:35 AM ----------

Rodderik, you know im a big fan of yours and i believe others will see why after this release. im checking out your github now. thanks for your time!
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
Also being an Epic owner I'm rather fond of Rodderiks work too. I was rather excited when I saw that he had picked up a Sprint Tab a couple months back, good to know there's progress coming.. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] spuzzum:
Thanks again. So basically if and when i have root then i can just open up odin, go into download mode, and flash Quens_P100_EF17_ROOTED and b good to go.
[Galaxy Tab General] Rodderik:
you don't have to root...just boot into download mode and flash that tar with odin...it is a pre-rooted image
[Galaxy Tab General] spuzzum:
wow! no bootloader to unlock, no root, just flash the rooted rom and its on. This is wayyyyyyy easier than the atrix was. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
Hehe