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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] gunflight:
I have gotten to step 6 where i am to do a backup in CWM. How do i boot into recovery? Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] ericc191:
Anyone happen to have the entire backup of parts uploaded anywhere?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joedoe:
After two returns I finally got an 32GB unlocked tab from Amazon and getting ready to root it now.

However I have a couple of questions:

1) Section 4 instruct to install the stockIOrecovery.img and right after that section 5 requires to install recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.img into the same partition 8. Do we really need the step in section 4?

2) Section 6 shows how to install root and has reference to two different rooting methods. Do we need to use both or just to choose one?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] MoNsTeReNeRgY22:
Followed all of the steps and everything seemed to work with no errors but Titanium and Root Explorer say that cant find root. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] ericc191:
go back into recovery and reflash the root zip. it'll work after that.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] gIMpSTa:
NVFlash Script

I through together a quick script/ui to make using nvflash a little less painful (for those that don't like command line stuff).

There are 2 files in this zip, a config file and the actual script (nvflash.vbs).

Assuming you have the nvflash package from the first post in this thread, and that you put it in the exact path stated in OP ("c:\nvflash") then you should be able to extract these 2 files to that path (ie c:\nvflash\nvflash.vbs and c:\nvflash\nvflash.config") and just start using it (double click nvflash.vbs to open it, no need to run as admin, at least in my testing).

If you have put nvflash in any other path then c:\nvflash, you will need to modify the .config file. Also, if you want to use a different recovery/stock recovery images, the .config file has options to change paths to those too. (EDIT: If it's not in c:\nvflash, you will also need to modify one line in the nvflash.vbs file, specifically CALL SetConfigFromFile("c:\nvflash\nvflash.config"))

To the OP, feel free to add this to your nvflash package (assuming you like it/find it useful) and modify the instructions as you wish.

This script assumes you already have the drivers installed, and does nothing in the way of automating that step, only the commands have been automated.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] rainby:
thanks for the. script .
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joedoe:
A question @shep211: do I really need to flash the stockIOrecovery.img before flashing the recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.img and if I do what is the reason?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
no. one or the other.

i'd go with CWM.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
Rooting question - can this be done on an iMac???

I've asked this in other threads, etc, but haven't gotten an answer yet...but has anyone been able to successfully root their 10.1 on a Mac? My Tab hasn't arrived yet, but I'm going to really wish I'd held off on the order if Mac-based rooting (adb) is impossible. One person had the idea of using Parallels on the Mac, but I'd really really hate to have to go down that road. Any thoughts?? :confused:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joedoe:
Thanks, the same question about rooting, instructions in section 6 are pointing to two different methods. Would it be enough to use SU/BusyBox/Misc Tools/Utilities for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 only?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
correct.

just flashing the tools will give you root,rooted boot, and all the other goodies (busybox,dropbear,ssh,vi,etc.).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] leongs:
Finally rooted this morning, thanks pershoot.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joedoe:
Successfully rooted, thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] krlrvr:
Flawless!

Many thanks. Worked perfectly on my one day old GT 10.1(32GB - Grey back):)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] shep211:
Updated root info so users don't think they need to install both roots.

Now install root for i/o tablet :P (I use pershoot's root & tools)

[Tools] – SU/BusyBox/Misc – Galaxy Tab 10.1 by pershoot (Update: 6/18/11)

or

[GUIDE] Rooting the 10.1 Tab
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] shep211:
I included the stock recovery because I was unsure if CWM had all of the stock I/O recover files. I will remove that step if its not needed.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] MoNsTeReNeRgY22:
That did the trick, thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] judicious:
so i finished and go to step 6, it rebooted, but how do i back up with cwm? I should back up before going to the next thread on 'rooting' right?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] judicious:
when i do this, it says downloading (i'm still holding down the down button). WHen I release, the downloading.. if flashing..is this normal? I don't know what I'm doing! It's stuck like this for 1 minute.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] judicious:
ok..i have no idea if i have CWM..it said success on nvflash..but don't know how to check? i have the 32gb retail version.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] mrgreat:
Stuck at System Recovery

Sorry, noob at Android devices.. I appear to be stuck at the "Android System Recovery (3e)" screen with am exclamation mark in the middle of the screen.. I reflashed back to the "nvflash --resume --download 8 part8.img" backup..

Now, if I hold the volume-down button, I can get the two Android icons, with Download the right..

Do I need to use a ROM image with ODIN3 to get back to stock now?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] mrgreat:
Holding down the power button I managed to get out of ODIN3 screen just fine..

But how do you exit the System Recovery (3e) screen if there is an exclamaton mark?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Pinkthesink:
Im having this same issue. Followed steps 1-5 with out any issues. After installing CWM recovery in step 5, the tab rebooted. Not sure how to get into recovery.

Holding down volume-down+power and releasing when it starts up just brings me into download mode. I got out of DL mode by holding the power button, which just rebooted the tab.

EDIT:

Ok, I got it.

>volume down+power

>release power when tab turns on

>two images appear, one is highlighted and blinking

>using the volume down button (left), you can move the blinking selection indicator, move it over to the android jumping out of the box

>press the volume-up button to select your choice

>boots into CWM recovery

>profit!

>
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] NyPlaya513:
ok I am not sure if its my lack of sleep or what but I got bored and decided its time to root this thing. After step 5 the system reboots itself again(is this normal?) it more or less imitates what happens at step 4. I then just pushed the tools from pershoot but the problem is that every time I try to reboot to recovery, the thing just turns off and begins charging.

what am I missing here?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Pinkthesink:
try this,

power off

volume down+power

release power when screen lights up, continue to hold volume down

once you see the screen with two images an android guy and an android guy jumping out of a box let go of the volume down button

press left, which will put the blinking selector over the android jumping out of

the box, then press right to select it.

you will boot into CWM recovery
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Pinkthesink:
Thanks shep211

I received my tab yesterday from Amazon, and rooted it this morning with very few hiccups.

Couple of beers for ya:39799551FG147630V.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Berner:
Finally got around to rooting yesterday. Went fine ... zero problems. Well, I did throw it into ODIN mode a couple times because I confused my left and right (stupid Tab ... who uses the rocker switcher as an "ok" button for anything?).

Step 4 (flashing I/O recovery) is unnecessary. I think it might be more intuitive to replace Step 4 with simply flashing CWW.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] NyPlaya513:
+1 thanks

really amazing how it didnt occur to me to pretend my tab is a phone....also the volume rocker still confuses me on the (volume up and down) :P
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] legion21:
so some tabs are unlocked and some are not? That seems kind of confusing
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
the stock recovery is good for recovery, when in a bootloop situation (it sets up some csc stuff), where it puts things back in order.

but other then that, its not needed, when CWM is available, in my opinion.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] shep211:
Thanx for the help & info. I updated the instructions.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] sdotA85:
Help

Hey guys, i've followed the directions to the T and its not working out for me. All the commands go through successfully and after i enter the last command " nvflash --resume --download 8 recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.img " It reboots with the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v" (which normally it usually say just 10.1 no "v") and the normal unlocked lock icon at the bottom. After that when i try to boot into recovery it just takes me to the Battery charging screen. Any help or advice would very much appreciated. Thank you.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] mrgreat:
I'm in a bootloop scenario in the 3e recovery screen, how do I get out of it?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
Thanks for the root.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Berner:
I saw the "v" thing too. It's normal, I suppose, and and goes away on the next reboot. It doesn't mean that anything has gone wrong.

I'm not an expert in these things, but I wonder if you need to unplug the cable to reboot into CWW? If that's not it, then try starting over and reflashing CWW.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
You need to power off. Then hold power+vol down until you see the device come on then let go of the power button. You will then be on a new screen use the volume key to move over to the box and android and press power to select it. You will be in cwm. You can flash the tool pack now
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] sdotA85:
Thank you, i see what i did wrong....i was not actually booting into the recovery...i was press the wrong side of the vol button :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] sdotA85:
Thank you very much, that is exactly what i was doing wrong i was not pressing the the vol down button i was pressing the vol up :D i feel so stupid :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
No problem, I had the same problem at first.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] piperp:
Hey, I'm a noob and I've worked through the steps in post #2. Just a did the backup after booting into CWM (I assume this is the full nandroid backup?) and about to start rooting.

Does that back up everything locally on my tab? I was just wondering if I should also backup someplace off the tab by copying some files someplace or is that what I should something like Titanium for? I figured I'd make sure I'm all good backup-wise before continuing. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
It saves them to the nvflash file on your c:/ drive, I believe
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] piperp:
I thought that too but when I check C:\nvflash there are no new files created after doing the backup in CWM so I thought it must save to a location on the tab itself. But I would think I'd want some sort of backup remotely off the tab.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] wesbalmer:
What directory are you in while you're running those commands?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] piperp:
I ran the command line options in Sections 2-5 of post #2 in C:\nvflash. I still have the command prompt up so I just verified.

I did the backup though by booting into the CWM custom recovery on the tab, selecting backup and restore, then backup. Then everything ran successfully on the tab with the known messages for sd-ext and the .secure. I then selected to shut off the tab from the menu while figuring out where the backup files are or if I should use some other app to backup off the tab.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] wesbalmer:
Okay, so you already completed the installation of the recovery... the backup is now located in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] piperp:
Thanks. So am I wrong to think it's worth backing these up off the tab? Or is something like Titanium a better way to back everything up off the tab?

I am ready to get rooting now.

EDIT: Nevermind, you can ignore my questions as I can figure that out on my own. I'm good and will continue to root.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] piperp:
Officially rooted. Thanks shep.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] ramcharger1979:
Officially rooted last night on my old trusty windows XP with no problems. Thank you!!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Akarim47:
help PLS,

I did everything on the first post, I got to the last section section 4 and flashed the CWM then my tab reboted to the system. I tought everything is ok. I tried going into recovery to backup and flash the root file I followed the steps here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15100789&postcount=227

(You need to power off. Then hold power+vol down until you see the device come on then let go of the power button. You will then be on a new screen use the volume key to move over to the box and android and press power to select it. You will be in cwm. You can flash the tool pack now)

I didn't get any thing, so I somehow got the tab to boot again, I used adb reboot recovery and now all I see is the green battery charging
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
To get the tab back on hold the powerbutton for around 15seconds thne let go and wait a second it will power on. Make sure your using the left volume button and power button, when trying to boot into cwm. If it still doesn't work then you might need to re start the rooting process.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Akarim47:
ok, fix it. my mistake, I was pushing the wrong vol button it should be vol down instead of vol-up and selecting with vol up instead of power
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Akarim47:
thanx, now fully backed up with cwm and rooted :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Kitinas:
Ugh. I feel dumb. I usually have no problems with rooting things, but this tablet is beating me up pretty bad. I have an I/O tab with the OTA 3.1 update.

Following the steps here, everything starts just fine. All the nvflash commands complete properly. After the last one runs,

nvflash --resume --download 8 recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.img

The tab auto-reboots with an unlock symbol under the Galaxy Tab logo, which I'm guessing is good. Just like my N1 anyway. Then it boot loops.

If I restart it manually by powering it down, the unlock icon goes away, and it still bootloops. If I try adb reboot recovery it just goes to the battery.

If I hold power+vol down, it takes me to a screen with a USB icon and the Android with a shovel. I don't have the android popping out of the box.

I know I'm doing something wrong, but I can't really find where.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] shep211:
The I/O tab is already unlocked. We are flashing i/o recovery so we can root and flash roms. All you need to do is flash the tool zip from stock i/o recovery. Not sure why its boot looping but try this.

nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --go

nvflash --resume --download 8 stockiorecovery.img

(not sure if stockiorecovery.img is the exact name of the image but its on the zip i released so check before entering the command)

or if you made backup of stock recovery then do

nvflash --resume --download 8 part8.img

it should reboot then load tools zip from the bottom of the first post to the internal sdcard of your tab then reboot into recovery and flash the file via stovk i/o recovery 3e
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Kitinas:
It must have been an issue specific to the computer I was doing this at(I was on my work computer). What I really wanted to do was get into fastboot and temp flash a recovery, but for some reason the drivers I had would not work even though they were supposedly installed properly. I was able to get it to work fine from home and get everything cleaned up from there. Thanks for your help though.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] ccapasso:
@shep211

Thanks for this. Looking forward to trying it soon.

On a side note, check your link to [GUIDE] Rooting the 10.1 Tab. I think you are missing the : after http as it didn't work for me this morning :).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
so I got a 32gb GT10.1 Retail unlocked but I am not sure if i should be following the steps in this thread " Retail 3.1 CWM Recovery, Root & full back up!" or "[GUIDE] Rooting the 10.1 Tab"

do do I need both? sorry.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] shep211:
This is for retial devices so use this thread.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
Thanks, now if my tab came unlocked is there any steps that i should skip?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] used2hvatreo:
Nope, follow the instructions exactly as they are written and you will be rocking and rolling. Also, welcome to XDA.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
do I need Android SDK installed? :confused: if so is there a particular one or do i just Google it? sorry for the noob question just want to properly educate myself so that I can one day help someone else.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
No, you do not need it. For the tool pack you can just put the zip file on your device like anything else or download it via your tab and boot into recovery manually.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] roccos_van:
Worked! Backed up my files, now I flashed tool pack with CWM and am rooted! Thank you sir!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
ADX Device NOT showing up in Device Manager...

...however it did pop up on the screen briefly as saying an APX device was spotted by the system. But unfortunately it isnt being seen by the computer as a USB device so I have no chance at installing the drivers and going any farther. Any help?!?! :confused:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kirdroid:
Hurray...i'm so happy. I returned my 16GB white tab 10.1 to the 32gb white one in best buy today. Guess what i found when i switched on, it had the lock symbol so i now have an unlocked bootloader :D

Will root this using OP's instruction once i get home tonight.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SolusCado:
MoNsTeReNeRgY22; which zip did you reapply? I'm having the same problem as you... I've tried flashing su_busybox_misc-sam_tab_10.1-061611.zip a gazillion times, and nothing seems to believe I'm rooted. Root Tools in particular keeps telling me BusyBox isn't installed, and the BusyBox installer keeps saying I don't have root. :(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
And the other weird thing is that when I connect to the tab with is simply powered up and not in APX mode, it connects just fine and can be seen as "SAMSUNG Android Phone" in Device Manager. What gives??
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
Thanks, what about the "adbputty.zip " <<< this is posted as a download along with "su_busybox_misc-sam_tab_10.1-061611.zip "

do i need adbputty? don't know what it is or does? Im pretty much all set to try to root my tab..got about 15 more min for my batt to finish charging.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
i got to step 5 successfully --You should have custom recovery now

my tab rebooted and now says 10.1v ??? <<is this normal?

How do I get into recovery now? i am now trying to flash [tools] zip
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
So no one else has had issues getting the APX drive to show up in the Device Manager when its plugged in???
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] PhantomHacker:
You can boot into recover by holding power+volume down. When the screen comes on release the power button. Wait a sec then you will see a new screen select the first pictureof and android and a box. You will then boot into recovery. Flash the tool pack there.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
Sweet Thanks Phantom you've help me successfully root my tab - in all honest can't see how anyone can have any issues with this if they follow every step.

I had issue with the simplest things like power+volume up instead of power+volume down to enter recovery. Great work guys.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
I can certainly see how someone can have issues, but honestly I still can't figure out why I'm having them :( This damn APX issue is really annoying me
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
did u installed the samsung galaxy tab drivers from samsung site?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
Yes I sure did, but as I said earlier those drivers apparently work, because windows can see the tab but only when it is not is APX mode. When I try to connect during APX mode, it doesn't show up in the device manager. And because it doesn't show up there, I am unable to then load the APX drivers for it in order to then get nvflash up and running.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
This is kinda funny, looking more and more like I've stumped the almighty xda community with my crappy APX issue :(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
lets back track...what version of windows are you using, have you tried to uninstall all galaxy tab related drivers you previously installed and also tried factory resetting your tab and starting fresh with all steps?

have you another lappy to try this on?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] joeski27:
Not trying this on a lappy or a PC, trying this on Parallels (XP) on my Mac, which others have said shouldn't be a problem. The problem is that those people are apparently nowhere to be found now (tried PMing some that I knew of but to no avail).

And as I said it isn't the tab drivers - there are 2 sets of drivers involved here: the first are those from Samsung for normal connection of the device via USB; the other are those that are associated with nvflash. Those drivers you can't just install, as per the directions in the OP. In that case you have to wait for Windows to see your device (in APX mode) and then you can right click and direct Windows to the appropriate drivers in the c:\nvflash. So again it isn't a driver issue, its clearly something else, I just dont know what.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] lostinbeta:
Also just to cancel this out, I have issues connecting to windows via virtual drive software on my mac (vmware and parallels) but I had no issues connecting on a laptop running windows vista. You didn't mention using this, but I figured id throw it out there in case anyone else was having this issue as well.

Edit: posted before I replied lol.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] anrichardson:
The best way for me was to already have tab plug into computer.

So I would plug tab in computer and press volume up button and immediately press and hold the power button for 15 secs or until the computer recognizes there is something that needs to be installed.

then install the driver
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
edit: method has been tried already /...no luck
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] lostinbeta:
Virtualization software on the mac seems to have issues with hardware connectivity if the device is not powered on normally. I had the same issue on the nexus one and on the samsung captivate. I never could figure out a proper solution... I was just lucky enough to have a windows based laptop to use... though id like to know a solution as well if anyone has any ideas as that laptop isn't mine.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SolusCado:
:) I like the way you've appealed to the ego of a community no doubt full of geeks who think quite highly of themselves.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jamal@Access:
have you check this thread out? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1136600