yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] orlandoxpolice:
I also picked up an ATT one of the promotion since I was due for a new phone anyway (skyrocket).

Is there any Dev work going on with this? SGH-I957?

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i believe you need root access to pull the files, but it does not exist for the lte version yet...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] cmtrion:
Launcher and Lags:

I prefer Go Launcher EX. Downloaded directly from their Homepage

http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/

Free, numerous effects, no lags at all, scalable Icon Size...

Also own/bought ADW. Shure as well much, much better than TouchWiz - I prefer GO.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Chrisalviedo:
Samsung Galaxy Tab Voice Call

Sorry to open this topic! I know it has been talked about so many times. I just got my samsung galaxy tab p7300 and I know there is no voice call feature. I don't believe that this is a hardware problem so I searched and searched for any solutions and of course there is none at the moment. What I notieced though with my tablet is that I am not able to save any contacts on my device only to my google account. I think this is the key. If we can manage to open this feature we may be able to use voice call feature as the video we've seen where they use the contacts to call. Anyway, it's a long shot and I'm not a developer so I'm just putting it out there as an idea just in case someone thinks it might be worth looking at.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Alberto Jesus:
GT-P7300 GSM phone calls ?????

Hello Jade, have you found a fix for the 3G 8.9? I need this real bad. I have a voice/data plan and I am under contract with my provider. I hate having to remove the sim to make a call on my other phone.

I would even buy an apk. pack if there is one out there.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Deciduous Sprue:
Do people really want to use the 8.9 as their main phone?

It's a nice perk, I agree, but it's not the kind of thing you'd want attached to your ear when you're walking down the street...

You'd be better of with two sim cards.

My wacky preferences aside, I'm sure you've all heard the good news -

The 8.9 has been confirmed by Samsung to receive ICS in Q1 2012. :D
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] andrefilipe90:
[Q] P7300UTKH5 no Gmail - Claro

Hi All,

I got a Galaxy Tab 8.9 from Claro, they had replace the browser and the E-mails CLient from their own application, but thats not realy a problem to me, my main dificult is that for some reason, the gmail aplication did not came with it, I´ve imput my account details from gmail, but still it does not appear.

I also tried to download gmail from market, but it is not possible, it does not even show up at market place.

Is any way that I can replace my original rom from claro (3.1) to a generic rom with 3.2 ou 4.0 without claro stuffs?

Thank You.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Deciduous Sprue:
If you want to replace your ROM, you'd need to root your device.

Most mods include a GApps package which will install all the related Google stuff when you flash it.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
Not true, You don't need root to flash a rom.

andrefilipe90: you should be able to flash any P7300 rom, look in development section.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] andrefilipe90:
Great,

Any Rom that you will recomend?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Deciduous Sprue:
That would depend which ROM you are flashing, surely?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
No, it doesn't matter.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] wintermute000:
Is 8.9 BL locked?

Is 8.9 bootloader locked or can we start flashing with odin right away?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] kiz1983:
You can start flashing using odin right away
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Crazy CS:
Are there any ROMs I can flash to where I don't have to format? I have a GSM/3G international version of the 8.9
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
If you want to avoid issues (Force Closes) you have to wipe the device as suggested by the devs. Your only choice is to use "Titanium Backup" to backup your apps. Remember, never restore system data, just apps+data while you're at it.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Crazy CS:
So if I use titanium backup I can backup all my saved game files for games etc.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
It should. Unless the game saves go to a folder in your SDcard.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] marcusfilter:
Hi Good day to you guys

Got a problem with my 8.9 3g, out of 4 working sim I've tried, my 8.9 only read 1 Sim. I was advised that it's open to all network. Tried same network sim, but it doesnt work. Anyone got the same issue?

Thank you
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] daz_pp:
Just bought a Galaxy Tab 8.9 in Thailand.

I would now like to flash it with a european rom, preferably stock-rom without having to root the device or installing another bootloader than provided by Samsung.

Is this possible? If so, what rom should I use to get swedish language in all places?

Will it also work to do a factory reset after this (if possible from the start) so it wount fall back to the Thai rom?

Regards

Daniel
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
Yes its possible if you have a p7300 or p7310.

If you have a p7300 then KK5 is good.

If you have a p7310 then KJ5 is good.

You can find them in development section.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] brad r:
I heard there was a silent update to Android 3.2 for the 8.9, but my device says 3.1 with no update available. Is that rumor true or is this still a 3.1 device? Do I have to install a custom ROM to get 3.2? If not, how do I get it?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
In some regions the Android 3.2 update is available. You can download official Android 3.2 rom from development section if you don't want to wait for the update for your region.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] deweylim:
New here

Hi Guys,

I'm new here to root and android. I'm thinking of rooting it to the kk5.

Can I ask how do I backup my stock rom so that I can revert it in case of warranty claims? My Stock rom is P7300XXKJ2 and it is not available in this forum yet.

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Is this by CWM recovery and then NANDROID Backup?

Wipe your system using CWM Recovery's "wipe menu", do a "wipe data/factory reset" and after that "wipe dalvik cache", now go to the "storage menu" and select "format /system". Then proceed to the "nandroid menu", select "restore" to select your backup.

Will these instruction help me to restock it to my original stock rom? All CWM and rooting traces will be gone?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] memtew:
No, flash stock rom through ODIN to delete cwm.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Negative. If you saw the Nandroid FAQ right in my thread, you would know that tool is for backup. Read every bit of the thread since everything is important and concise. The FAQs in my thread cover your questions.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] deweylim:
Sorry, i'm really new so a bit confuse!

Coming to my first question, how do I backup the stock image on my current tab so that I can flash it using odin in case of a warranty claim?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Again, go to my thread. It's in my signature. All the information is there.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
You actually don't need to backup. If you can post the following information, then we can find your stock rom on Samsung update server.

Look in the following files and post what is there:

system\CSCVersion.txt: ?

system\csc\customer.xml only one line: <SalesCode>?</SalesCode>

and from Settings > About device:

Baseband version?

Build number?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] deweylim:
Answer in red! Thanks a lot. Can anyone go to the Samsung update server and download the stock rom?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
Please check the info you posted, there seems to be something wrong, i can't find this firmware.

You can't directly download it, you need to use checkfus.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] deweylim:
I have double checked.. those are the correct values. :(
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
Thats strange...

Baseband version is P7300XXKJ2, correct? Usually it's smaller number then build number.

Have you flashed something on your device?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] deweylim:
Yes. P7300XXKJ2. Just recheck today. Didn't flash it yet. I just brought it last week in Singapore. 3.2. I just rooted it though.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] maxtcee:
help please

im thinking about buying the 8.9 being that i have the galaxy tab 7 right now

i just need a little insight

what has more support as far as custom roms and such? wifi or 3g? also i live in the u.s and i would not be using 3g just wifi but like the galaxy tab 7 wifi has no support on these forums

i keep seeing diff version 7300,7310

any help you guys can give me will be great
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
7310 is WIFI only

7300 is 3G

WIFI only version is most popular i guess.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pseudoheld:
i am having a strange issue

when my tab vibrates it gives off a sound. (this is not a system sound via the speakers)

i know the vibrate always makes some "noise" but mine actually sounds like it is going "beep" kinda annoying. i had to turn off vibrate for the softkeys because the constant "beeping" got too annoying.

i guess the vibrate in my tab is a little broken but is there anything i can do? any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Not broken. That's the way it is. The same thing happens here in my Tab, but it's almost unnoticeable, really. Oh and it also happens in my Galaxy S Vibrant so it's completely normal.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] beng210:
Overclock problem

Hi, just bought tab 8.9 (wifi) and love it so much but i had facing overclock problem. I had done everything(root,CWM,Rom V2.2,overclock). And i install Setcpu, it's show only can only up to 600MHZ. Any idea why happen only 600mhz instead of should be maximum 1.4ghz.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Maybe you installed the wrong version of the kernel? Perhaps you missed doing something before flashing the ROM/kernel? It'd do well if you can give more information such as: which model do you have? 7300 (3G) or 7310 (Wi-Fi) or perhaps the AT&T model? Which ROM? Which Kernel?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] beng210:
Yes, maybe I have miss something step or install wrong file. Let’s me share my step root my Galaxy tab 8.9 P7310 (16GB), Honeycomp 3.2.

1.First, I’m using Odin to Flash stock recovery.tar due to first time i’m failed to access recover mode and it’s works for me. As common root process found from Xda forum http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1287205, follow every step until install Superuser.

2.After root, I study your post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1406137 and install Overcome_CWM_Recovery_v5.1.2.6_P73xx by using your provided link. After this i'm do NANDROID Backup/Restore.

3.Download and install motley kernel from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1344330 for overclock purpose. After flash,install Setcpu and found that maximum can set up to 600mhz only.

4.I though it was rom problem, so i Install Overcome 8.9 Series v2.2.0 and follow all the step http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1321142 I had follow below step except skip step 2,3 & 6.

Overcome Install Instructions

1.Download Overcome CWM "tar" file from links below (regular CWM will work just fine as well, they are 100% interchangeable)

2.Put the tab in download mode (Turn Tab off, then press power button and volume down until you see the choice to boot download mode or recovery. Press volume up to select download mode)

3.Flash the Overcome CWM tar file you downloaded earlier by putting it in the "PDA" slot. Allow tab to reboot fully.

4.Download the appropriate install zip from below and put it in your Tabs internal storage

5.Reboot into CWM recovery (Turn Tab off, then press power button and volume down until you see the choice to boot download mode or recovery. Press volume down to highlight recovery, then volume up to select it.)

6.Navigate to install from zip, choose the install zip and install away! INSTALL WITH DATA WIPE IS RECOMMENDED FOR V2.1.1!!

However, if you wish to attempt a non-wipe device, follow these instructions: Install zip without data wipe, after reboot you will have tons of FC. Go into manage apps and clear data on Calendar, Calendar Storage, Contacts, Contacts Storage, and Clear Launcher (unfortunately you have to do it if launcher crash). Reboot again into recovery and wipe cache. Reboot and you should be up and running free of FC (thanks to fixfox2 and spiderwolf for the method!)

7.Wiping data is highly recommended, especially if coming from a stock rom or another rom. You can do this after the install from the main screen of CWM recovery.

Please let me know what I’m missing or wrong step. Sorry for my poor English and really appreciate your advice.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Don't worry about it (English isn't my native language also). There may be some incompatibilities at hand with the latest motley kernel and the latest Overcome ROM (also there's the possibility of a corrupt download, re-download if necessary). The Overcome ROM is being based in a port lately. A port is a ROM ported over from another device which may be similar in some ways (in this case, the 10.1 Tab). A port...well...it CAN bring several issues, and this is not tied to our device. Ports are known to bring weird bugs with them and that's why I don't trust them. I stopped installing Overcome since version 1.2 which was the last one based on a native ROM (bug-free at it mostly, and there were almost no complaints unlike with the latest two versions). Since we have the same unit (7310) I suggest the KJ5 firmware which I've installed for two months, no issues whatsoever (follow this if you want the Overcome look brought over). Be sure to read carefully the motley thread and select version v2d oh and change governors using SetCPU or similar to Interactive for optimal performance as the thread carefully states.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] beng210:
it's work perfect!!!!Finally i did it,haha...zillion thanks your awesome advice.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] novalta:
Question

Hi all. Please answer someone already test this ROM? ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443475 ). I have P7300KK5 firmware on my SGT P7300. Should I change this? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] maxtcee:
anybody know how to add fonts on my tab7 i used to use font changer but 8.9 wont let me
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pseudoheld:
did you install the kernel?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1344330

if not do so...if you did give your tab a clean wipe (factory reset, cache+dalvik) then reflash the rom and the kernel.

should be working...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Well, it's optional. Only if you want to have the latest official firmware of course. Be sure to backup your apps because you will have to wipe first before flashing.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] novalta:
Thanks for the answer. ;) But in a theme write that wipe to do not necessarily. Especially I only have put today motley kernel and have overclocked the processor. :mad:
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] ssassen:
I have a 8.9 with the following firmware:

Model number: GT-P7300

Android version: 3.2

Baseband version: P7300XXKJ6

Kernel version: 2.6.36.3 root@DELL126 #1 PREEMPT Thu Oct 27 10:52:03 KST 2011

Build number: HTJ85B P7300XWKJ5

Where would I be able to find the original firmware file? I read through a few posts discussing downloading from Samsung's servers, but can't seem to find a reference to it?

The idea is to have this on file *before* I start tinkering with the 8.9 so I can always roll back to the original firmware using Odin.

Any suggestions/help would be appreciated!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
KJ5 for the 7300? Here.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pseudoheld:
Just flash the recovery first and then do a nansroid backup before flashing stuff. The you will have a backup of your Rom as stock as it came ;)

Sent from my GT-P7300
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
His region may be different.

ssassen: if you really need it then send me a PM, i will try to help you.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] labosch:
Samsung Stock KeyPad gone with Overcome Rom

Hello,

I've flashed Overcome 2.2.0 using the guide in this thread on my GT 7300 and I'm really impressed how smooth it works. Great work @alterbridge86! :)

However, there is one small drawback for me: The Samsung keypad from the stock 3.2 ROM seems gone or is now installed in different version (or I'm just too blind to find the right configuration buttons... :)).

On stock ROM, I used to have this one: picture link

With Overcome 2.2.0, I do have a "Samsung keypad" (besides Android and Swype) which I can select & configure. I could also find the AxT9IME.apk and the libXt9core.so files on my tab (as stated in this post), but this seems to be another keypad. There are no numbers above the QWERTY... keys and it doesn't offer a resize button.

Does anyone know how I can get back the keypad I've used on stock ROM?

Regards,

labosch
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Have you tried transferring the preferred keyboard .apk to Overcome (using Root Explorer)? It's located in /system/app but I can't remember the exact name. On the other hand, I suggest Thumb Keyboard and its split keyboard which is awesome and way more comfortable for tablets.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] clkk:
galaxy tab8.9 3G can't phone calling?

can we do something and make it have the phone calling function?

sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pseudoheld:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424414

;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] labosch:
Thank you very much for your answer, just picking the stock .apk is a good idea. I've downloaded the stock ROM and tried to unyaff the system.img to get to the .apk (that's what I should do, right?) However, every prebuilt version of unyaff I found crashes on my Windows box... :-(

I'm going to try it later when I'm at a linux machine.

Thanks also for the hint @Thumb Keyboard!

Regards,

labosch
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] labosch:
I've managed to get the Samsung keyboard .apk (AxT9IME.apk) from the stock ROM. It took some time to figure out some things, so maybe a quick listing of the steps can help others, too (and also myself in some weeks when I've forgot most of it ;)):

1. Get the stock ROM, e.g. for GT 7300 from here

2. Unrar the .rar

3. Untar the .tar.md5; WinRar will do it without any complains. Now you have several .img.md5 files

4. Remove the md5 hash which is glued at the end of system.img.md5: (on Linux) $ head -c -32 system.img.md5 > system.img

5. Download simg2img sourcecode from here and build it on Linux

6. Use simg2img to unpack system.img: (on Linux) $ ./simg2img system.img /tmp/real_system.img

-> for me it complained about "computed crc32 of 0x58570815, expected 0x00000000" but the result was still mountable, so I suppose it went fine (is that a wrong assumption?)

7. Mount (on Linux, example): $ mount -o loop /tmp/real_system.img /mnt/image

Now you can access the system image on /mnt/image

After a backup of the current Samsung keyboard, I copied the AxT9IME.apk from the stock ROM into /system/app on my tab and rebooted. However, the keyboard is not active, I can

only select Android keypad now. :-(

Does anybody have an idea what's wrong and what I could do?

Regards,

labosch
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
I think it has something to do with the .odex files. You would need a dev to deodex that apk for you or do it yourself. Let me check if I still have the Overcome 1.2 ROM untouched which is deodexed stock.

Edit: I no longer have it, but check the attached file. It comes from firmware KJ5 (a native firmware unlike the port used in Overcome right now). Put it on /system/app as usual, reboot and check if it is the one you seek.

Sent from my GT-P7310
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] labosch:
I've copied the attached .apk to /system/app and wiped cache + dalvik cache. Now I can select Samsung keyboard again, but the service immediately crashes...

I think I go for Thumb Keyboard now (however, it would still be interesting what the actual issue is...). Thanks for your help!

Regards,

labosch
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Ren Hayashi:
Defective?

Hey guys. I just got a Galaxy Tab 8.9 P7310. Out of the box, it came with 3.1. I logged in to the Samsung appstore and managed to update the firmware to 3.2. No mods or anything, just to get a feel of the device. I seem to be getting a lot of FC's, sudden freezes. I can't do a hard reset at all. When I try through Settings/Privacy, it just does a normal reboot. When I use the power and volume buttons, I manage to make it through the download and recovery mode icons, but as soon as I select recovery mode, it just turns off. Is this defective? Should I have this replaced? Or am I doing something wrong? :(

Sorry about it being long. Thanks!

Edit: Files app from Samsung also takes F-O-R-E-V-E-R to load. Most recent actions do not save also after a reboot (e.g. I remove ALL of the widgets, when I reboot, they are back; when I transfer files using the File Manager, it works, but after reboot, they are back to where they were, same with deleted files, they reappear after reboot.)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
^ ...and this is why I dislike the official ways of updating. It's more error-prone. Try using my guide in my sig to ODIN back to stock. That way you will recover your device back to normal (with working stock recovery, 3.1 and all, and no you won't lose your SDcard contents). Something went wrong while upgrading to 3.2, that's what happened. So yeah, use ODIN, my guide suggests KJ5 for your 7310 which is the latest version released for our 7310 (I also have it). Read every bit of the guide, it's built concise and simple.

Edit: Noticed something that needed improvement in my guide related to the ODIN FAQ so your post indirectly helped me detect it. :p
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Ren Hayashi:
Was unable to flash the P7310 firmware you recommended. It fails. Should I try a different firmware? Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Step by step. What did you do? I flashed it just fine here.

Sent from my SGH-T959.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Ren Hayashi:
Open Odin and place the .tar on PDA, go to Download mode and connect to PC, Device is detected [0:COM5], Re-partition unticked, Auto reboot and F.reset time ticked, phone bootloader update unticked; press Start.. SetupConnection..Initialzation..Get PIT for mappping..Firmware update start..boot.img.md5..NAND Write Start!!..bootloader.bin.md5..Complete (Write) operation failed..All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

On the tablet: Bct_sync_Odin: Error to NvBuBctUpdate![err:0x140005]

DownloadPartition_Odin: Error to Bct_sync_Odin![err:0x140005]

Tegra_Nand_Write: Error to DownloadPartition_odin![err:0x140005]

Sorry.

Edit: I read somewhere that it (settings and files lost on reboot) might be a defect in the flash memory or something?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Weird. I think there's still hope for it. Have you tried redownloading? Sometimes a corrupt download can happen. Also try to reinstall the tablet drivers.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] wyatt23:
I'm getting this EXACT same error.

in CWM my sdcard, data will not mount.

Unfortunately, i have no nandroid.

I ordered the SDcard adapter to see if i can flash from an external sdcard. I will post my results.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Here, I hope this LINK helps.

Select your model (GT-P7300 or GT-P7310 depending on your model), and then the Region (I found Europe has the most firmwares available). You have to register in order to download of course. You can try downloading another firmware and try using ODIN again. Best of lucks for you two.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] psuholet:
Another soft-brick situation

Well, I have an ATT 8.9 LTE (SGH-i957) that I flashed with the rooted ROM using Odin.

All seemed OK..UNTiL the auto restart at which point the gTab powered down, showed the "Samsung" name/logo for about a second...and then just went a "glowing" black.

I can still get to download mode, and subsequently have reflashed with the ATT stock ROM from samfirmware.com. Same result. No obvious problems during flash...but no boot up after a brief presentation of the Samsung logo.

Any ideas??

Thanks....p