yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] theundeadelvis:
That was my assumption, and i think you are correct that the other partition was Android_secure. Thanks for your time and efforts Gary!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] sdelliott31:
Unless I missed something then that was the easiest cwm and root procedure on any device I've owned. Less than 5 minutes. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] CyberChulo:
I'm having issue rooting my 6210. Just picked it up and download and copied over the p6210CWMR.zip file to sd card. When I hold down power and down, I press up again to enter Odin. How do I install it from there? None of the buttons work. If I hold the power and up button, it just starts up regularly.

Never mind. I had the power supply plugged in. I never though that would stop it from going into recovery!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] bwtl1000r:
I just wanted to say thanks for a nice and quick root method. I hope to see more development for this tablet as it's by far the best android device I've owned. Thanks for the great start.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] s.supreet:
Hi,

I am quite new to android, before i go ahead rooting my device, just wanted to know how to restore to default recovery, I mean gary mention something about ODIN , bout which i donno anything, can anyone quide me as to how to get back to stock recovery from this, any link to the same will be highly appreciated.

thnx

Update: little bit of search did the trick, i think i got my answer, thnx anyways :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Brightxda:
Check this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1367478
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
This might sound arrogant or mean, but it's really not intended to be so:

If you aren't sure what you are doing, please don't do it. Spend the hours needed to read things, research, google, etc. There are, of course, risks with rooting, changing recoveries, and so on. You should be aware of, and accept, those risks before taking performing any of these tasks. If you

You should also know how to and feel confident about restoring your tablet if Something Bad Happens.

I very intentionally will leave hints, but not full information, in some of my posts instructing how to do things. The idea is to encourage people to search for the answers (and not to encourage them to post the same questions over and over and over. The answers are all already available.)

Answer a person's question, and he'll ask another. Teach a person to search, and the world is at their fingertips.

Take care and Merry Christmas,

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Action B:
Hey guys, I already got root by another method on my GT-P6210. Actually it seems nearly the same but I realize that it only rooted, not install CWM.

Anyone have a zip that just installs CWM on my device?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
The "root" that this updater providers only copies "su" to /system/bin. If there's already one there, it'll overwrite it, but it shouldn't cause you any problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] theundeadelvis:
Exactly what I did, and it worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] jeffcavicchi:
Easiest root ever! Worked great, and I installed the modified kernel too. Thanks so much for your hard and outstanding work!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
Minor update. Wouldn't hurt to install it, but really won't hurt not to.

If you do install this, you'll probably need to run SuperUser, go into the menu->settings, and update the 'su' binary.

(I should probably update the installer edify script to not update that file if it's already there..)

Changes for 20120107:

Brought the recovery kernel up to date with the normal boot kernel. The only impact should be that if you keep crashing any time you boot normally (and before you are able to perform any action), you can now boot into recovery to _hopefully_ be able to retrieve the /proc/last_kmsg as a diagnostic tool.

Reduced the size of the .zip quite a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] jeffcavicchi:
Just wanted to say thanks for the great work! I have flashed both this and the newest version of your kernel, and both are working great! Battery life is much improved, things are faster and smoother, I can overclock and run scripts as root.

Perfect!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] lanwarrior:
I tried to search before posting but couldn't find an answer, so I'd ask here:

My Galaxy Tab was bought from Amazon and it has a model number as GT-P6210MAYXAR.

I assume the Root and CWM install in this thread applies to my Galaxy Tab because mine is have a "P6210"?

There are so many version of the GT that I want to make sure I have download the right CWM and Root files.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
Its the same as mine, so it better work. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] 05GT:
Worked like a charm..

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
I'm confused. I got an email notification that you posted that it wasn't working at all and wouldn't mount /sdcard. I guess the issue is resolved? What was it?

Take care

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] 05GT:
That was my mistake.

I installed it and then I was attempting to use Rom Manager to boot into Recovery. That was booting me into 4.0.X.X something along those lines and that wouldn't allow me to create a backup.

I then booted into Recovery using Volume + and Power and I got a v.5 of recovery and everything worked perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] DarthJonathan:
Does this recovery work with p6200 ? And there's no back up option?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
You're joking, right?

I'll give some suggestions to help you along with your time on xda-developers. I should mention that this is going to sound somewhat harsh, but it's actually EXTREMELY polite compared to the way others would reply.

1. NEVER reply to a thread unless you've read the thread first. Never ask a question that has an answer in the original post or the first page of posts.

2. Before posting with a question, at least take the time to scan a forum for "FAQ" type posts, and a page or two of thread titles.

I'm not going to answer your question. It's not because I'm a mean person, but because I've already answered these questions. I will give you some hints as to where to find the answers:

1. The first post in this thread.

2. The "FAQ" thread (which is at the very top of threads in the "Tab Plus - General" subforum

3. The list of threads in this "tab plus - development" subforum.

Good luck,

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] ringnutz:
Haha, I read that post and considered replying, but couldn't figure out how to do it without sounding like a d!ck. Reading seems to be a lost art these days...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] maff1989:
thank you for this cwm/root release, Gary. Just bought my Galaxy today and was very much looking forward to nandroid backups and root permissions :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Nicolfa:
Rooted

Thanks for the root tutorial, got it rooted ... recovery confirmed as 5.x.x.x

Now all set for some juicy roms to come out.

Enjoyed killing off extra unused apps too.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Astrix Ashburn:
Im not belong here.

Drop by to say "Millions Thanks" to garyd9 of his cwm for Tab 7.7.

Much appreciated of your works

Once again thanks :D
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
Eek... We're being invaded!

You are welcome and I'm glad my work has somehow contributed to another device I've never even seen yet. :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] renegade37918:
just got a plus today (6210) does this root method still work???
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] edan1979:
yes.. its still working...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] renegade37918:
I think I missed the step that shows how to boot into recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] renegade37918:
Oh crap rooted baby
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] sabesh:
Thx Gary, this process worked for me!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] thasan:
Worked like a charm

Does anyone have mirror to the original ROMs? Incase Samsung does release ICS, I'd like to put original ROM so I can get the "official" update (if it happens).

All mul--upload don't work (as expected).
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
Off the record: So far (knock on wood), the updates have worked via Kies regardless of what might be installed on the device. I know that I claim otherwise in this and/or other threads, but Kies basically just overwrites everything in a manner similar to ODIN, so it works. At least, it has worked. (It might not work next time, however.)

On the record: However, ODIN will work. So, if you want to get back to a stock firmware (competely removing recovery, root, any custom kernel, etc), use ODIN. From there, any samsung supported update method will work.

Take care

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] H0CKEY:
Just bought the Tab Plus and used this root and now since i did it , it can sit on my desk and every 15minutes ish it will reboot

anyone else having this issue and if so know of a cure

Thanx :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
That's extremely odd. Don't think I've ever seen anyone relate this with reboots.

What this does:

1. Replaces the RECOVERY (and only the recovery) boot partition (which wouldn't have anything to do with the above issue... unless you are booted into recovery when this occurs...)

2. Copies a "su" binary to the /system/bin directory. This doesn't change how anything runs... it's just a binary sitting there doing nothing unless something else (such as SuperUser.apk) calls it. (That's all "rooting" usually is - just getting that 'su' binary into the system directory that's normally read-only.)

So... Not sure what's going on here. It doesn't sound related to installing this package, however.

Take care

Gary

edit: Do you have anything else running? Or is the tablet just sitting there in factory fresh condition with nothing installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] H0CKEY:
Thanx for the reply Gary

Right now its pretty fresh haven't had time to install much , just got it and used it for 24hours before recovery/root which i have done endless times for many of my owned and previously owned phones and tablets, just seems that now once i flashed the recovery it now when sitting idle for some while will power cycle , its don't it about 5 times, so far now i just powered it down since its not in use.

If anything i might just reflash OEM and start again and see.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] lanwarrior:
I am trying to UN-ROOT my Galaxy Tab (US Retail 16GB) and I am having a slight problem getting the instructions and files.

Can someone help me with the following:

1. Post the STOCK Official Firmware for P6210 US Retail? The one posted in the firmware thread has a bad link (won't download, tried with 4 different computers in 2 separate Internet)

2. Once I have #1, can I just use Odin Mobile Pro or do I have to use the PC version?

3. If I have to use the PC version of Odin, can someone provide a quick instructions? I just rooted my Galaxy Note using Odin and it's quite tricky, so much so that Dr. Ketan (the user providing the root) have

screenshot

of the Odin PC application on how to use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
1: please ask in the proper thread for that... (the official firmware thread, I thunk)

2: try mobile odin ... it might work. If not, you can still boot into download/Odin mode and use PC Odin.

3: please ask in the thread that has the firmware files, search, or post a new thread/question in the general sub forum.

Good luck and take care

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] lanwarrior:
Gary,

The reason I posted here is because there is

no specific thread about UNROOTING

. In other phone threads, like Note or HTC Thunderbolt, there are abundant information on how to unroot, which is posted as part of the "root" thread. So naturally, after finding no information about unrooting, I posted here since you are one of the expert in the GT7 Plus rooting.

The question I posted here is not just to find the firmware, but also to find out the

proper method

to unroot, as it seems that it is not as easy as rooting it.

Anyway, I found out (

and this is probably a warning to those who wants to root your Tab

), is that it is

extremely hard to UNROOT

the Tab, simply because it requires

specific firmware

and if that is not available, then no unroot can be done, at least not yet or until devs provide SPECIFIC information.. but apparently the information is NOT THERE.

Right now, the UELA1 firmware is NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE (yeah, I searched for it). The one that is available is UEKL1.

Feel free to provide more information if you have any insight in how to unroot the Tab in my specific case.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
Why is this a problem? Is there a reason you can't flash to KL1? (FYI, I'm using KL1 on my own device right now.)

Even if you have something personal against "KL1" (perhaps you think it smells funny.) You flash KL1 and then upgrade your firmware the old fashioned (and samsung supported) way: kies.

Perhaps I should back up a bit... I'm assuming you are familiar with the firmware versioning scheme that samsung uses. Afterall, it IS posted in a couple different threads in the 'tab plus' forums.

The last three characters are NOT device or region specific indicators. They are date/revision indicators. Of those three characters, the first is the year (K == 2011, L == 2012), the second is the month (A is Jan, B is Feb, C is Mar, ... K is Dec) and the last character is a build or revision number. So, "KL1" is the first build in Dec of 2011. LA1 is the first build in Jan of 2012.

There's a good chance if you flash KL1 and upgrade via Kies, you might even get something newer than LA1. I haven't been keeping track of the individual firmware versions as I won't use anything newer than KL1 until either Samsung releases the wifi source, or ICS appears on the device.

Enjoy!

Gary

edit: oh, and "unrooting" isn't supported. I think I mention that in the FAQ I wrote in the general subforum. ODIN is the way. Mobile ODIN will probably work, too. (I haven't tried it, but it appears to be supported.)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] lanwarrior:
OK, no problem.

I installed different firmware and the device still rooted. So now I know for the fact that once it's rooted, there is NO WAY TO UNROOT it. Maybe you can update the first post for this fact, so people who wants to root it can decide.

Who knows, there MAYBE a way to unroot, but not for the foreseeable future I guess..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
That is not an accurate statement. Odin will completely overwrite any partitions the image contains. If the device is rooted after that, than there are only three explanations:

The image flashed was pre-rooted,

The image didn't contain a new system partition,

Or the Odin process injected root (as mobile Odin can be configured to do.)

You, however, are starting to annoy me. Instead of making false claims based on ignorance, why not give a detailed explanation of what you did, what you expected, and what you ended up getting?

Detailed means to include any details that I might need to repeat the problem. Links to images used, descriptions of options chosen, etc. "I flashed an image" can mean many different things.. be specific. I'm an engineer, not a mind reader.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] lanwarrior:
Dude... chill. I know you are this Holy Galaxy Tab Guru, but my post was just a suggestion. Yeah, I searched and searched and no info on unrooting. If I am wrong, hey no hard feeling.

I thought you said I need to post on the other thread and not here? So I didn't post the details...

Nuff said...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] kmmxracer:
Gary, have you thought about porting over touch recovery like TWRP or 4ext?

If not, how hard would it be. I know enough about compiling CM9 builds and have learned a lot trying to get it going on the p6210. It would be nice to have a touch recovery since I spend a lot of time there :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
I thought about it at least 2 times. Maybe 3 times. ;)

Seriously, I never saw the need for it. Here's one that might shock you: I have CWMR touch on my galaxy nexus, but I still use it with volume and power buttons - not with touch.

Of course, I also have a bad habit of booting into recovery, and shelling in via adb... and then pushing any "updates" in manually. I'm old school. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] kzoodroid:
Hope you don't mind my posting this here since the issue died a couple weeks ago but for future reference if someone is so set on unrooting the device all they have to do is use root explorer (or adb) to delete the su binary from /system/bin. If you have CWM Recovery installed you would then have to flash the stock recovery image file over it. As I used the original rooting method, not yours, I don't have CWM installed so I can't test it to be sure. Nor am I inclined to search for the stock recovery files for anyone or tell them how to flash image files but I'm sure they are around. Also upgrading through Kies so far for me wipes out root as it replaces the /system/bin files. I just use the original update.zip file containing the su binary to regain root.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] tcardozo:
Big thanks for this! I am just one question though, I am rooted fine with superuser installed no problem, but when I go into rom manager it tells me that I need to have cwr installed. I thought this zip did this too? Or am I mistaken? If I choose the option in rom manager to flash cwr it gives me a list for devices that aren't mine.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
Really? Please tell me your joking with this post.

If not, please go in the tab plus general subforum (not the dev subforum) and ready the stickies. Even if you just scan the subject lines of the stickies it'd be enough for this issue.

Actually, I'm feeling generous, so I'll even give you a link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1452716

Guess what the subject of that sticky post that always is the first one in the list says?

ready for this? Here it comes...

Really. I actually put that warning in the subject of the FAQ post just to make sure that people would see it. How foolish of me.

Here's a bit of trivia: I'm generally not a good "people person." I probably spent more time writing that FAQ post than I did doing the recovery images.

Why does that matter? Because I'm insulted that you posted in this, the development subforum, before reading the FAQ's.

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] 55Pegasus:
I just installed ICS using Odin. Rom is rooted but has stock recovery. I tried to flash CWM but it errored and stated "Not signed correctly"

I know it states may not be compatible. Any other sugestions?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] nrage23:
My guess is they changed some mount points or something. I have a HTC Rezound and the leaked ICS firmwares for it require a reconfigured recovery due to changes in the mount points. Gary come back and help!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
I haven't left. However, there's no official ICS release for the US 6210 yet...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Vivified:
The UK ICS release runs just fine on my US tablet
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] prmax:
Another "yes" it runs great on US 6210, but I flashed the stock LA3 first before flashing with mobile Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
With the release of ICS, and seeing that others have taken over carrying the torch for updated and more modern versions of CWM Recovery, I'm no longer going to be supporting this release.

I'll leave the thread intact, but request that it be locked.

Oh, and I am still around, but I'm giving my Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus to my wife. The stock firmware is actually very good for her, and she doesn't demand the amount of control over a tablet that I want.

Take care

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] broncogr:
Closed on OP's request
[Droid X General] TheMuffStuff:
He has a Droid x on Android 2.3.3

System Version: 4.5.605.MB810

Baseband: BP_C_01.09.13P

Kernel: 2.6.32.9-g34b306d

Build Number: 4.5.1_57_DX5-35

I tried gingerbreak, z4root, and even tried droid 2 and droid x bootstrappers, nothing works, gingerbreak and z4 hand, and the bootstrappers give an error message. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. :)
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
Look up Petes root tools.you will need to use that to root the DX

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1258599

There's the link
[Droid X General] TheMuffStuff:
Alright thanks, just figured rootz has all new stuff. Alright so I got it rooted, got the bootstrap. Now I can easily flash liberty but He wants CM7, can cm7 just flash right in recovery over gingerbread or no? I saw the install instructions on rootz and it says to like go back to 2.2 and ****.

Edit; Everything I read was old, I got it now. Thanks. :)
[Droid X General] Jubakuba:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374281

I assume you know what you're doing, but theres a quick guide I wrote.

And CM7 is OFFICIALLY on Froyo kernel still...

But the officials are actually pretty behind now.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/10191-updated-info-on-revnumbers-cm4dx-gb/

Those are what you want, and yes, can be flashed on top of where you are.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] treo...not!:
I'm trying to find and delete that data Asphalt 6 downloads. I see some files in data/data, but the size does not add up. Anyone knows?

I also checked sdcard/gameloft. Still doesn't add up.

Found my answer. It's in sdcard/gameloft/... The TMO version did not seem to show all the , but when I downloaded the $0.10 version they all showed up. Weird. Now I have 928 MB in that folder.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djy:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/diskusage/com.google.android.diskusage
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
the Tmo version is a demo, not a full game

the one from Android Market is the real deal

and yes it goes to /sdcard/gameloft/<something>

it's actually 2 folders inside it, one that goes with GMLF<game code> something that's the 600Mb data

and then another for Asphalt6 for your progress/career saves
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jtdc:
sheesh 526.36 megabytes, there should be a downloadable of this on their site so we can use download managers, this will take alot of time when you just download over the phone!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Blue1k:
Not really. Takes about 3 minutes on my phone on wifi
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] scuzzbag87:
wtf took me like 10 mins maybe a little longer on my phone on wifi (time Warner)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Syfer_Fever:
sorry for bumping this thread, just FYI that asphalt downladed data is loacated in /Android/Data/com.gameloftblablabla/
[Motorola Atrix 2] jstrayy:
I overwrote the original webtop APKs with the one from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1357600 since I don't really know how to use ADB. is there a way to flash the webtop hack like we were able to do with the first atrix or is there no recovery yet? Sorry for the annoyance.... and if there is no recovery can someone mirror the original APKs? My HDMI output is not working at all, thank you guys.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SealsNavie:
Hello,

I've used the Note and I like it very much, i'm not a big fan of stock roms but this one is okay. One question...how do I change my dock icons to custom icons please? I am very familiar with Android having owned a ZTE Blade and more recently a ZTE Skate so not sure why I can't change the dock icons on my Note :) thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SealsNavie:
I want to install a theme, however I need to be rooted, can someone please post a easy version of what to download and instructions please? Come one people...help me out please! :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Cheeze[iT]:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360

^ I used that method for root.

I too just got my note today :) GREAT device! Hope this one is a keeper.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Souai:
go to your apps drawer, tap the menu/settings capacitive button (cant remember what its really called), then tap edit. drag an icon out of the dock, then drag a new one in.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SealsNavie:
Thank you :) oh...when I meant icons...I meant custom icons, not the app icnos in the 'App tray', not to worry though :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sportedwood:
Just got mine today also!