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[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
Flash problem with Ics

I think don't try to many flashes and we must wait until there is a Root option.

I mean at the moment my Tablet is runing Ics but without root and i get the same error in the Recovery with update fail so it is not so easy to override the update checkpoints at the moment.

Is it possible to patch the Us Ics to get root or do a nandroid from a device with rooted Ics and install this over an unrooted Device?

I don't now how many people have the same fail, but i think we wait the whole time to get later some news from Condi about this problem.

Greetings Dimes
[Sony Tablet S] compunerd3:
So I should be able to install official non rooted ics just to get it back. I don't mind losing root for now to get the tab back to a normal state. I will try this shortly and get back to you again
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
Stop!

Just use this file :) Post results :)
[Sony Tablet S] compunerd3:
Okay when I came down this morning I switched on my tab and went back up to bed and left it. I came back down and gingerbread is on :) Whatever we done did work last night it seemed to have needed more than 15 mins to boot.

Everything is AOK again so I can now continue to root like before and get it back to basics again.

Thanks so much for your help man I really appreciate it and I will not be pulling any framework-res.apk anymore until I fully understand it :) :)

Thanks for your help I am using your AIO tool again to get back in the game :)

EDIT: ICS Rooted installed and running once again :)
[Sony Tablet S] magick86:
Condi, et all,

Any word on the breaking of Kernel #10 for those of us stuck on Stock ICS? I screwed up my update and now I don't have root :(

I am hoping either someone will have to break Kernel #10 or find a way to flash an old version of HC so I can get root again.

Justin
[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
If anyone have a good Tutorial to go back to stock from Build 9#1 US-ICS with US Region so please tell me how it works to get my German Region with HC 3.2.1 release 2.

Is it not possible to make an Hacked OTA with german Build prop and to bring it over the Recovery to work?

thanks
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
I manually switched him to US, so it would have failed the region check unless that file has 27550100 in detailedSKU.lst for some reason. If it does, it would be useful to know.

Great! You're welcome.
[Sony Tablet S] jb2001:
Android noob ... Rooting ???

Sorry guys this is a bit off topic so please don't flame me. :)

I've been running 3.2.1 on my sony tab for about 2 months and love it, Ive always been concious that the majority of peeps out there seam to have rooted their tab..... really i suppose my question is why ???? other than access to other apps and being able to install ICS (im in the UK) i dont really see what the benefit is??

if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be most appreciated.

Again appologies for being off topic
[Sony Tablet S] SudaDreamS:
You may google the benefits of rooting, every1 has his/her reason(s) to seek root, mine is I use a windows mobile device as an internet acceess point, without root I can't access internet on the go through my tab, but there r 10s of other reasons
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
Yawn, No more problems?,,,

It's too quiet here on Sony Tablet S Topics, xD
[Sony Tablet S] djlars:
Does anybody know where to put init.d scripts in at ICS?
[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
I do not see any solution to root my Kernel Build9#1 so is there an option to brick my device to get it back to Sony for Warranty or something like this.

No Dev tells anything if they work hard or if they don´t see any solution.

I have tried all the OTA but nothing works every time they tells me:

Prohibit Udates as a result of checking version or base sku or something like this.

The Asus Transformer Pad is Rooted on ICS with the Viper Tool is this not possible to change the tool for the Sony S?

I think to flash this device was so easy but my Samsung galaxy S1 had an USB-Jig that makes it possible to get to Download Mode.

I´m waiting this week and weekend and if there is now solution i will sell my Sony or bring it back for Warranty.

I found out that the build in Remote-Control App in the German Tablet´s many more Devices Supports as the US ICS build in App.

So after a Full Reset my Tablet on ICS has now less hardware support on the Remote Control app.
[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
I make today a FUll-Wipe and the Camera dosn´t function

everytime they comes Camera fail´d to start a have done some restarts without luck.
[Sony Tablet S] B-Hard:
So guys,

my tab which was bricked camed today back from the sony support.

They changed the whole Tab and its working fine again.

So any bricked Users out there - send it to sony!

So lets try again to flash ICS :P
[Sony Tablet S] samyukta88:
Did the same thing with my tablet got it back in 2 days with honeycomb and 3g back

But my tablet was not bricked i stocked into official usa ics firmware using region changer but told them tht the fault is with their tablet and got it cbanged back

And I think I wudnt do the same mistake by flashing it again but will wait for official uk release of ics with 3g n wifi :p
[Sony Tablet S] djlars:
Condi, where is the init.d-Folder in ICS? :D So where do i need to put my scripts in?
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
Hi,

If you have flashed prerooted custom ICS, then you should have init.d directory, in default location which is /system/etc/init.d

If you dont have it, then you can try to make wipe,

or try to use init.d function in AiO tool.

AiO init.d wasnt tested with ICS, because I already got init.d in my custom.
[Sony Tablet S] madchicosmina:
Hi,

A few days ago i tried to downgrade from rooted ICS to stock HC. I did as condi sugested but i got a "...sku" error.

I then thougt that probably the error is due to the fact that i have a SGPT113/S (Portuguese 16 Gb 3G), and que file that's outhere is US WiFi.

If someone has or now where i can find the portuguese FW please tell me.

I still have a strange situation: my phone is rooted (tested with several apps), but when i try to run the root option (just because!) the AiO says that the tab is non-rootable. But i managed to run the USB mass storage option in AiO...

Condi... i supose that as soon as a 3G FW is available you will dive into it deeply, right?
[Sony Tablet S] Rumball:
Condi..I used your tool to install the rescue-backdoor but my tablet no longer boots. It looks like build.prop was unable to be created properly (it is zero bytes). When I try and re-run it it now says su binary not found...I can run adb shell to view my tablet...and I can see su in \bin however trying to run it causes a segmentation fault?

Looking in /data/local/tmp I can see the original build.prop and see that there is a new.build.prop file in there as well that is zero bytes. So I guess it copied the zero byte new.build.prop file to my system folder and now I can't boot.

Any thoughts on how I can fix this?
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
su will segfault in recovery. Run /system/bin/tempsu.
[Sony Tablet S] Rumball:
Thanks! Learned something and was able to fix my build.prop and boot again
[Sony Tablet S] sservati:
Any chance we get Canadian or All region pre-rooted dear condi?!!!
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
Run adb shell and type:

getprop | sku

And I will give you proper file for fw downgrade.

As far as rooting is concerned - ICS is not-rootable! Root can be only achieved via AiO custom fw prerooting :)

Im glad that your device is ok :)

There should be no problem with making custom prerooted rom with current AiO version :)

Just use canadian rom instead of US ICS.

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condi
[Sony Tablet S] sservati:
[QUOTE

There should be no problem with making custom prerooted rom with current AiO version :)

Just use canadian rom instead of US ICS.

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condi[/QUOTE]

How can I use Canadian ROM? There is a file for us to download in the op post, where can I find Canadian?

I think if I start the OTA process I can't stop it from installing it and use the downloaded file!

And how can I find out it has root for sure before I flash it to the tablet?

Sorry for NOOB questions!
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
How can I use Canadian ROM? There is a file for us to download in the op post, where can I find Canadian?

I think if I start the OTA process I can't stop it from installing it and use the downloaded file!

And how can I find out it has root for sure before I flash it to the tablet?

Sorry for NOOB questions![/QUOTE]

Start downloading OTA on device, after downloading finish run Root Explorer, go to /cache/ota/ and copy update zip from there. DONT INSTALL IT! Make it custom prerooted, when you will finish creating custom_decrypted_update.zip download ext2explore app on pc, unzip your custom fw, and open system.img - go to /system/bin/ and check if there is 'su' and 'tempsu' binary file in there. Thats all.

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] bandrea15:
The same for me :) and now I have ICS root ;)
[Sony Tablet S] Rumball:
AiO 2.9 is really not liking my tablet. Not sure why but all the functions seem to run into errors. For example...trying to install the latest USB Mass Storage support yields the following errors. The same thing happened when I tried to installed the rescue-backdoor...errors about commands not found.

I have SU and the latest busybox installed. Confused...
[Sony Tablet S] ItsMyMama:
May i ask how do you do this? I ran into the same problem
[Sony Tablet S] Rumball:
Ok...try this:

Your adb shell prompt should have changed from $ to # meaning that you now have superuser rights

Look for the line with "/system" in it. It should start with something like /dev/block/mmcblk0p3. If it starts with something else then replace "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3" in the command below with what your device says.
[Sony Tablet S] wintermute000:
re: you guys missing root with ICS, if you're anything like me, half the point of root is titanium :)

But did you all know that in ICS you can do basically the same thing via usb debugging and adb? Taken from HTC One X forums
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
hi condi......what r u workin on in the next version? can't wait for it!
[Sony Tablet S] djlars:
Is it possible to use 3G Modem with rootet ICS? Are there any drivers for ZTE K3565-Z or Option 4G Systems XS Stick P14? Thank you :)
[Sony Tablet S] ItsMyMama:
Cant seem to do this. Any solutions?

sh: cp: not found
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
/system/bin/tempsu

/system/bin/cat /data/local/tmp/old_build.prop > /system/build.prop
[Sony Tablet S] ItsMyMama:
After i did that the tablet just keeps staying at boot animation... Sorry for any inconvenience..
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
Since you don't know what the issue is with your tablet, I would revert to 3.2.1r2 US (signed-nbx03_001-ota-0042.001.zip), root, and start over. Sony pulled the file from their servers, so you won't be able to download it from there.
[Sony Tablet S] earni:
Just a quick question, if I upgrade to this rooted version of ICS, will I still have the ps3 controller compatibility?
[Sony Tablet S] sservati:
First of all thanks condi for your work...I downloaded Canadian version and root with your tool and installed it perfect...

But it still reminds me that an update is available and asks me download and install it. What should I do to get rid of that?
[Sony Tablet S] ItsMyMama:
i get a E:Prohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku. (i download the zip before) or should i use the one posted at page 83 by condi?

Edit:Recovery log posted
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
Pull and post recovery.log:

adb pull /tmp/recovery.log
[Sony Tablet S] ItsMyMama:
Any luck?
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
You need an update for the region your device is set to, but I don't know what ro.sony.sku.base your sku matches.
[Sony Tablet S] ItsMyMama:
I live in Singapore, could it be that? And how to rectify it if so?
[Sony Tablet S] Haints:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but ...

I can use AllinOne to root first, and then install the rooted ICS later, if I want, right?

I want to install the rooted ICS ROM but I've seen some posts from people who lost all root options trying to do that ....

EDIT: Is there a noobies guide to using this tool? I just took a look at it and there are a lot of options, not all of which I understand ...
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Should be a video link on page one of this thread :)
[Sony Tablet S] rickwyatt:
Hi could someone upload the 'Decrypt Update thanks
[Sony Tablet S] arcatarc:
+1
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
I found a link on BluechipJ's youtube video page. It is decypted, rooted and signed US. Not sure if it will help but you can find it here.

Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] databoy2k:
Run AiO, go into the "Tweaks and Mods" subsection, and choose to "Disable OTA Updates."
[Sony Tablet S] sservati:
Does it work with ICS? I read some of the AiO functions does not work with ICS and will break your tablet.
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
Yes, it works with ICS; I have used it on ICS. In the first message of this thread, Condi indicates which AiO functions work with ICS.
[Sony Tablet S] weaponXandroid:
HI!

I saw we need to place the zip in the sd card, but unfortunately the class 10sdhc cards are out of stock at the Sony store here so got to wait for 10 more days, but I can't wait for ICS.

So can we just use the connector cable and place the zip in pendrive?

Will the AIO tool recognize the zip?

Please reply

Thanks :-)
[Sony Tablet S] ejchis:
Kernel 10

I got my tablet back from Sony today. New motherboard and reimaged hard drive. I was excited to root and install ICS.

I plugged it in, made sure adb was working and popped open the AiO tool. Hit root and got an error that my device is unrootable.

I just looked, and I have kernel 10. Am I locked out, or is there something I can do?

Android 3.2

Kernel version 2.6.36.3 Build10 #1

Thanks.
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
You need to flash 3.2.1r2 before you can root it (assuming your device is set to US region). That build is vulnerable to the root exploit, while the older 3.2 build is not.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Are you 3.2 or 3.2.1 if you are 3.2 then you should be able to download update (be carefull this maybe k10 aswell) there are some rootable builds on these forums, what is your region etc.

Chur

Edit: quiksilver, you bet me to it lol
[Sony Tablet S] rickwyatt:
Upgrade to 3.2.1
[Sony Tablet S] ejchis:
Thanks, All. It is just 3.2, so I'll update and try again.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Use a known safe one off this forum if you can... I think it is on page 1 of this thread
[Sony Tablet S] motorsportgod:
still same fail

I have re-tried to ics update with AiO tool. still getting to same stage and still having same fail :- that is when it asks if you would like to add rescue backdoor and add root and i type y, it starts fine, says it is doing its thing, then after a few mins it quickly flashes a few lines of info then promptly closes the AiO tool.

Still no ideas. I did re-install the adb drivers and tablet is connected fine, java is fine, region is U.S. so i am stumped. it has done this same fail 11 times now.
[Sony Tablet S] Maeur1:
Have you put it in the root directory?

As in C:\*files here*
[Sony Tablet S] webbs10101:
I'm having an issue too. When I do the step to create decrypted update.zip it starts, but after it does the daemon started successful it just flashes some text and goes back to the sub menu.

attached is how far it goes before it resets
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
You're probably having issues because Sony took down signed-nbx03_001-ota-incremental-0042.001-from0035.001.zip, which is used by AiO to run an adb shell in recovery. AiO wants that file as files\_hack_recovery.zip to push to the sdcard, and it tries to pull it from Sony's update server if it doesn't exist. It can no longer do so.
[Sony Tablet S] webbs10101:
so did i just miss out or is there another way around? or is it just wait until the AiO tool can do it again?
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
If you already have signed-nbx03_001-ota-incremental-0042.001-from0035.001.zip (_hack_recovery.zip) on your sdcard or you can acquire it and place it there, you could edit the script to skip that part of the process. The md5 is A765850992B93A49FE7DF0E32656136F.
[Sony Tablet S] webbs10101:
I do already have it on the sd card, but I dont know where or how to edit the script :(
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
You could just copy it from the sdcard to your AiO files directory and away you go.

To edit the script you would edit files\_submenu_custom_rom.bat. Look for ":hackv2" on line 326. Add a new line below: "goto:hackbelow". It should look like this afterwards:

:hackv2

goto:hackbelow

files\wget -O files/_hack_recovery.zip http://info.update.sony.net/ST002/n...001-ota-incremental-0042.001-from0035.001.zip
[Sony Tablet S] webbs10101:
i must be doing something wrong, its going well until the recovery part, I have the .zip file on there, but no hack-recovery file
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
Can you please be more specific? What recovery part? What .zip file? On where?
[Sony Tablet S] webbs10101:
when i need to apply the _hack_recovery.zip
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
Do you mean to say that _hack_recovery.zip isn't in the list of update files on your tablet in recovery?
[Sony Tablet S] earni:
Do I need to change the region before I flash the update to ics In the 1st post?
[Sony Tablet S] webbs10101:
yes sorry, it isnt in the list
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
v3.0

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condi
[Sony Tablet S] xpri:
i'm using a class 5 microsd with sd adapter as my ums drive. i assume your benchmark was run on the internal flash?
[Sony Tablet S] shoneb:
I have a 3.2.1 (release2), kernel 2.6.36.3 build10#1, chinese region...

Any chance to root?
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
v3.0 :)
[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
ICS Rootable?

Can i root my Tablet with iCs Us now?

What steps must be done to get my German Region with 3.2.1 release 2. I'm on ICs Us with us region and whant to go back to German full stock 3.0 or 3.1 for examble.

Can i do it like the explained method in the first post?

Is Build 9#1 or Build10#1 now rootable?:eek:
[Sony Tablet S] Aspire4520:
same question ..

SGPT112CNS
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
condi, any suugestions for the bootloader? I know its kept at /sys/firmware/fuse. Could an update.zip pull out the sbk? plz give suggestions
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Thank You condi for New Zealand region add! :)
[Sony Tablet S] vinurohitraj:
thanks

I am so satisfied with my tablet now
[Sony Tablet S] shoneb:
Yes, there is a solution.

Appears that Chinese FW is somewhat different from other ones...

Ang guys, Condi is sooo awesome! :)

He found this difference last night, and made a solution on-the-fly for this one!!!

It was all a matter of minutes...

Solved Chinese Tab S in around one hour, finally... Couldn't do it without his help, never!

So much effort, so much quick and great solutions...

Thanks Condi!!! :)

Shone
[Sony Tablet S] excentra:
error with ics update and Ai1

hi im trying to update to ICS with my already rooted Sony s. i have been following the instruction but i keep getting errors. the first one i had was "java is not recognized as an internal command". after that i had reinstall java onto my pc and i followed the same steps again and it said that there was an error with the file to delete and try again.. well i deleted and tried again but i keep getting the same message saying that there was an error with the file to delete and try again... can some please help me out ^^, thanks

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never mind got it working ^^,
[Sony Tablet S] Aspire4520:
so how to root the tablet then ?
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
That was pleasure :) ! Thanks man :)

v3.1 !!! Post results :)

Your welcome ! :)

Hell yeah :D

v3.1 RELEASED :) !
[Sony Tablet S] Aspire4520:
thank you Condi ..

now my tablet has been rooted ..

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since i am using chinese tablet s, any service from google is removed ..

how can i install "play store" and use google services without restrection ?

is it done by changing the frameware country to US ?

I downloaded the US framware but i could not open it "signed-nbx03_001-ota-120410004.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged"
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
Read "CHINA DEVICE TUTORIAL" in first post :)
[Sony Tablet S] earni:
is there any way to flash the pre-rooted ICS without an SD card?
[Sony Tablet S] weaponXandroid:
+1
[Sony Tablet S] Aspire4520:
I read it many times .. but I don't want to upgrade to ICS, I want to have an access to google play store ...

what I did is rooting and changing region to US choosen the model number 2 ..

now what ?
[Sony Tablet S] bandrea15:
I have a question... I have ICS root now, what happend if I wipe my tablet?I will lose root?
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
[SIZE="1"]Installing Black Market
Instructions:
1. Put your device in USB debugging mode. ROOT IS REQUIRED.
2. Attach it via USB
3. Run this script.

[*] Press enter to begin...

[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *[/SIZE]

Keeps hanging there

And i have a working ADB, believe me, but is there a way that u can upload the modded black inverted Google Play app? or is it more then only an apk file :)
[Sony Tablet S] sagar13:
I installed it normally on my rooted tablet. It's definitely more than a .apk file according to me - because it either involves altering the existing play store app (which I doubt) or it installs a modded play store app and removes the old one which I guess can only be done via the script in Condi's tool.

But the play store now keeps crashing when I try to install the paid apps. :(

P.S: I did it with version 2.9.7 of AiO tool..
[Sony Tablet S] dmitry1972:
yes.
[Sony Tablet S] k.bergmann2:
Hey,

After installing the modded playstore, i can't buy any apps nomore. How to solve this?

Gesendet von meinem Sony Tablet S mit Tapatalk 2
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
Try to clear cache of google play store.

If it will still not work you can always restore stock - rerun AiO function.

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] tiltyu:
finally the ICS update for Sony Tablet P/S in Japan is up!

I am trying the ICS method for my Tablet P this evening.

Will report back the result.

cheers,
[Sony Tablet S] madchicosmina:
WI-Fi or Wi-Fi + 3G ?
[Sony Tablet S] tiltyu:
wifi+3G unfortunately

expecting someone that can share the official OTA for wifi thoug :)

damn....it stuck with the message

E:Prohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku
[Sony Tablet S] yohandesilva1:
Condiiiiiiiiiiiiii, we need you now :D 3g in our tabs Please :D
[Sony Tablet S] yogiyogs:
Cannot root and no OTA update

Found the signed version of 3.2.1 with higher version in the AiO 1.1 backup folder :)

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Hi,

ICS OTA update was already launched in SG. one of my tablet s (unrooted) already received the update. My other tablet (which I rooted and unroot) does not received the OTA update.

Tried to check settings > about > system updates but still it says "system is up to date" Then, I tried to root it again but it fails "chmod permission denied".

My last resort that I am thinking is to get the official ICS firmware for SG and update the tablet via SD card. Is this possible? If yes, were can I download the official ICS firmware for SG?

Tried to play around with: info.update.sony.net/ST001/nbx03_xxx/contents/xxxx/signed-nbx03_xxxxx.zip but i cannot find the file.

Your help is much appreciated. Thanks! :)
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1630173

have you read my thread, worth a shot
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
I'm finishing small tool which will 'find' correct url for known update zip filename :)

So all you will need to know is the filename!

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] yogiyogs:
Thanks, stifilz! :)