yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Tablet S] eric1214:
yes , i see ur post again, know dl ur last NEW one is OK, i re download again, hope can once is ok, anyway thank you very much
[Sony Tablet S] aliud:
Tragedy! Just bought this tab and the firmware version is 6a! And Sony also has the nerve to propose to upgrade to 6b! I'm from italy and i hope that our hero Condi find a remedy soon. :good:
[Sony Tablet S] eric1214:
why so this message???

OH My GOD.... what matter??

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[Sony Tablet S] condi:
AiO > Tweaks & Mods & Rescue-backdoor (1)
[Sony Tablet S] treetop777:
Sir, did you see post 1691?
[Sony Tablet S] eric1214:
error status 7...... :crying:

what can i do now ....
[Sony Tablet S] psxpetey:
Did you install rescue backdoor?
[Sony Tablet S] treetop777:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2028524

Did not read the thread but maybe the answer is there.
[Sony Tablet S] o_vdx:
use this - solution of status 7

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ctrl+d or just enter "exit"
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
yes, can we make a teamviewer session? i want to test it out :)
[Sony Tablet S] -16-:
Hi condi,

I'm affraid to tell you that I still get the "applet not found" error when I try to to use rescue-backdoor with 5.3 and copying busybox manually also fails. I will try to film the procedure tomorrow, so you can see the whole problem. Do you think you have the time to help me solve this problem? I'm wondering if it's the best solution to send the tablet to sony and say that I just installed the new update and lost 3G:p
[Sony Tablet S] treetop777:
We sure can. Give me time/day so we can try. I'm usually home after 1900 hrs Easter US. Would need about one hour to set up the tab and make sure it's responding to adb.
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
You may want to look at my shell script, it may help root future firmware versions. http://caftp.3owl.com/Shell_Scripts/Andro.shell.crash/
[Sony Tablet S] noriya:
i lost playstore after root my xperia tap s 4.0.3 r3....help
[Sony Tablet S] abcba123456:
Hello, I would like to have some informations about flashing Sony Tablet P chinese version. Wich ROM I must use ? It is the same ROM as Tablet S in the explications in the first page ? I tried in the past with AIO version 5.2 and I blocked after the 3 dots, no problem for root. (see my old post page 165) Do you have explications for Tablet P ? Thank you for your help.
[Sony Tablet S] jiggykilla:
I think I know the answer to this already, but I'm an optimist and I'm hoping there is a way around the 5a firmware! My question is, is there any hope for those of us that updated to the latest firmware before finding out it was a trap?

Spilled from my Atrix4g utilizing Tapatalk
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Factory reset.
[Sony Tablet S] ross231:
So, i heard the US are getting a JB update in february.

If i switched region to the US, got the JB update, switched back to UK, would this work?
[Sony Tablet S] samkatta:
Dear condi,

First I would like to thank you for the great tool.

Second, I have a problem and I wish that you could help me with.

I have the Sony Tablet P and I've flashed before to the ICS 4.0.3 R1A with pre-root and it worked like a charm, my problem is when I tried to flash R5A and I did choose to replace hidden.img file to keep the device hackable I think that the R1A hidden.img file provided is for the S tablet because now I have a broken recovery screen (only one screen is working and not expanding on both screens) and it will not allow me to update the firmware because of different device build (it's reading as nbx03 while it should read as nbx02).

Please is there any way that I can get back my old recovery (the correct one for the Tablet P nbx02).

I would appreciate your reply as soon as possible and thank you again for your hard work.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
your tab is working fine, yes? except recovery?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
You should be able to use the flasher tool (does not use recover) but replace the hidden.img (recovery) with the one from a decrypted tablet P R1a release.

Theoretically it is correct, just wait for confirmation from condi.... :D
[Sony Tablet S] samkatta:
Thank you very much for the fast reply.

Yes Tablet P is working very fine and I can use your AIO tool to do everything as usual except for updating the firmware because of the broken recovery.

I wish there is a way you can help me with getting my original recovery back.

Also thanks to stifilz for your reply too.

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If it's possible, how can I make a signed file from the decrypted one that I'll replace hidden.img within?

Edit: sorry figured out that this option is available in the AiO tool. Another thing it's mentioned that the flasher will work on R5 firmwares only but I'm still on R1 because I'm not able to upgrade because of the broken recovery, so will it work or not?

Waiting for your confirmation and further help, condi.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
you've got two ways:

1) we can update your tab's recovery with one from r5a - you will not be able to decrypt/flash classic custom, root will remain.

2) you can ask someone to get a copy of /sbin/recovery when recovery booted and _hack_recovery applied.

then i could make some modification in AiO to get you temp booted into that recovery, and you will still be able to use it.
[Sony Tablet S] samkatta:
So replacing hidden.img in the decrypted file will not do the trick?

For option number 2, I don't have someone to get me a copy of /sbin/recovery so if you are able to fetch one from someone you know I would appreciate it and I will try to ask in the forum if someone can upload this folder.

For option number 1, what would be the steps to do that? and what would I lose if we went this way? do you mean that I will lose hacking later on? and if so would there be hope in future updates that would give me the option back or it will be permanent?

Thank you again for your great help.
[Sony Tablet S] abcba123456:
Hello, I use AIO version 5.3 and I am blocked because I do not have installed adb recovery drivers. Where I can find this driver ? Thank you.
[Sony Tablet S] samkatta:
@condi

Dear condi, sorry for being persistent but I'm waiting for your reply hoping that you will find a solution to my problem.

Thank you for your great efforts.
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
Click on the last link in my signature.
[Sony Tablet S] samkatta:
@condi

Dear condi, please just give me word of comfort.

Are you working up some solution for my problem?

Thank you for your care and efforts.
[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
Hello Condi,

i flash´d my Sony Tablet S German with the AiO5.3 Tool and this Firmware

info.update.sony.net/ST003/nbx03_007/contents/0010/signed-nbx03_007-ota-121116077.zip

all things was good but after my 1st reboot than i vent back to the old 4.0.3R1 Release.

Can you make me a Doubleflash Custom Rom with the german Firmware

or is it possible to flash the doubleflash Wifi US Firmware and than the German Firmware without any Recovery Boot-up problems?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Doesn't matter about region. Select Wifi or 3g model and flash away : D
[Sony Tablet S] Dr.Dimes:
THX it works but its in US Region, if i flash the German Firmware is one of the two System Partitions in US and the other one in German?
[Sony Tablet S] alexmartinsrj:
Hi,

In first place, i like to say thanks to Condi for this great tool.

When i tried make a custom zip with AiO v5.3 my desktop shutdown because a energy failure after the region has temporary changed by AiO from Brasil tO US.

What i need todo to change the region back to Brasil using the backup of original region maked by AiO Tool?

Thanks in advance, for help.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
AIO > Region changer > 0
[Sony Tablet S] typedink:
So I finally rooted my Tablet S with your AiO method, and I see the Google Apps are gone, which was to be expected, however I cannot get the AiO tool to install the modded Play Store.

It says that it failed.

Cleaning Current 'Market-to-Google_Store' updates... Failed.

Any ideas?

Tried 3rd option, same error message.

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EDITED TO ADD:

I think I got it working ok now. I had a Jelly Bean version sitting on my sd card. I installed it and tried to run it, it would crash BUT at least it would show up in Applications so I could access the menu to clear the data myself. After that the AiO tool did install the Play Store and it seems to be running ok.
[Sony Tablet S] Maverick923:
I was having that issue and another, but a factory reset took care of that. I was able to install the custom play store.
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Ok guys, I finally emailed Sony to death about why their should be root and a unlocked bootloader, also stating alot of issues and now I got a email from them which seems really interesting, I did give them tips to help out to get development going on Sony Tablets after the following email.

EDIT: After sending the email after the one above they said that my feedback and details are going to the second level of support, that must be good. :D

The reason why I am not going to post the proper email here is because most of it is my serial number and case ID, also that the email part will become short which will not feel right posting when it is short.
[Sony Tablet S] chocobozero:
Can this tool help to flash a ICS firmware on my AT&T tablet P?

I tried the custom firmware option, after several attempt, the tool help me update my recovery, however, the firmware stay as honeycon.

Anyone knows the trick please provide a little. I am very appreciate.
[Sony Tablet S] TheGuuH:
Share with us the channel that i can use to senf my "feedback" btw im with the r5a now and i want to help :)

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If you check all apps you can see that the app is there, clean the cache of it, it worked for me at least when i did the root sometime ago.
[Sony Tablet S] sanderbouw:
Is there any news on rooting the r6a/b firmware? I bought it last week and updated it before i knew it couldn't be rooted anymore afterwards.
[Sony Tablet S] Topery Chiang:
never, at present.
[Sony Tablet S] jiggykilla:
"Never" is a scary word and not helpful! People said that about the ios, didn't they? Eventually someone will find a way.

Spilled from my Atrix4g utilizing Tapatalk
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Looks like your tool is famous but they really mistaked release5a for Jelly Bean :p: http://androidadvices.com/sony-tablet-steps-update-latest-jellybean-firmware-click/
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Did you try using the Exploit:Unix/Lotoor?

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/threat/encyclopedia/entry.aspx?Name=Exploit:Unix/Lotoor

The rageagainstthecage exploit is found in this forum: http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=28448
[Sony Tablet S] danny3202:
i havent yet, but as i type i am downloading it, i tried it and it doesnt work.........
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
I was talking to Condi.

It is a android exploit which is used to root android devices but somehow the exploit was in one of the windows software. XD
[Sony Tablet S] djlars:
Hello,

I connected my tablet with USB and when I run "adb devices" it also shows my device and id. But when I use this tool, it tells me "Device not found" when I try to reboot and when I try to change the region it is still doing nothing. Can anyone help me? I tried V 5.3 and 4.0.
[Sony Tablet S] tasar:
HI,

i want to go back to R2a because iam not happy with R5, But can some one tell me, how to downgrade? I dont want loose root.

I have download signed-nbx03_008-ota-120803065, that was the R2a for German.

But i dont know the correct steps for downgrade.

Thanx a lot!
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Ooooo...

We are getting closer...
[Sony Tablet S] psxpetey:
Totally possible haha
[Sony Tablet S] Greenarcher707:
When I try to decrypt the update it says build.incremental.value is too high. Not sure what that means. I can't update to ICS
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Using AiO go to tweaks n mods.. Then install rescue backdoor. Then incremental will be low
[Sony Tablet S] Greenarcher707:
Thanks. I have the at&t variant of the tablet p and might have bricked it after using the fw flasher. I see the sony logo then the screen is just a garbled mess. Is there a stock flashable signed zip of the at&t firmware?
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
i know users who had at&t and updated without any problems.

have you updated hidden.img or chosen to skip it?

when upgrading from 321 to 403 hidden update is required,

because of ics kernel etc.

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] Greenarcher707:
What happened was I chose to flash the hidden img but the command prompt closed out. Brick then? Or is there still hope for it?
[Sony Tablet S] tasar:
Condi, can i use this way to flash back from prerooted R5a to R2a?
[Sony Tablet S] aznjosh:
For those of you having problems with the flasher stalling at "daemon started successfully", replace the adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and AdbWinUsbApi.dll in "S.onyTablet.S [ALLinONE] v5.3\files" with the ones from your android-sdk folder. Fixed it for me
[Sony Tablet S] Greenarcher707:
This is what happened after the command prompt closed while flashing the hidden.img
[Sony Tablet S] ross231:
Send it to Sony?
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Re: S.onyTablet.S v5.3 [ALLinONE] - automatic PERFECT ICS ROOT! (Tab S/P & Xperia Tab

So is their any progress/news on the exploit for the latest version?
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Re: S.onyTablet.S v5.3 [ALLinONE] - automatic PERFECT ICS ROOT! (Tab S/P & Xperia Tab

There has been a report that after using the exploit and then wiping using the settings will erase the system partition and remove some if not most files in the data partition causing a brick.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2112353
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
Don't create rumors. I've made dozens of times wipe, wipe before, after root, and even in the middle of the process.

Its not related. Wipe function can't wipe /system partition.

There were users who got all the partitions empty - and it was motherboard (hardware) failure.
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Re: S.onyTablet.S v5.3 [ALLinONE] - automatic PERFECT ICS ROOT! (Tab S/P & Xperia Tab

I am just going to rage since I have just erased my whole post with over 4000 words in it thinking that I quoted it instead of edited it even though I wanted to edit it since there was alot of stuff coming to me to add on but I though that I quoted it. :mad:

All I can say is that I am not saying that a wipe can wipe the system partition.

No I am not intending to create rumors.

I already have seen lots of irritations of the errors like bootloader errors, texture errors, OpenGL errors, System fatal errors etc.

If Sony allowed freedom then all of this would of been fixed a long time ago.

I am just so angry (just read the top to know why) so I will not type that must now with any funny/weird examples and anything that can cause such errors so no short time entertainment now. :mad:

So basically after using the exploit and reseting via settings just fries the flash memory or just wipes everything off?

Looks like that is a bug, the motherboard just can't malfunction just like that, there is a cause or it could be some security hole causing it (well it was exploited :p)

Last thing, the recovery and APX (which we do not dare speak of it anymore) still works so it is just the flash memory chip which holds the whole OS within so the rest of the motherboard still works.

There is MUCH more stuff I need to talk to you about but I am not in the mood to retype that all since the XDA application does not have confirmation for the submit button. -.-'

Sorry if this looked like a rage post by the faces but the only thing I am raging at is that submit not having a confirmation at all. -.-
[Sony Tablet S] Boxerboy213:
I'm getting a path not specified error on the tool. :( How can I fix???
[Sony Tablet S] Maeur1:
yes i understand what you say here, but the thing is, im on build #10 already, the prob is i cant run any of these choices cause im on build 10 and NOT rooted. Do you see what im saying? unless someone else makes a custom rom (that is rooted i should say) with a higher build incremental than the one that has kernel 10, i cant run anything that you are saying. Ill chuck up the backed up .zip for ya so that if you have the time, decrypt it, add root, init.d, etc, and also increase the build incremental by like 0.1 and then i will be able to flash it and i shall be rooted with build 10.
[Sony Tablet S] obicom:
@Maeur1

Unfortunately this will also not work. You NEED root.

It is a must have to bypass (fake) the signature check.

Sorry for this bad news .. but it is as it is.
[Sony Tablet S] Nesquick95:
So what ?

So who's right ? Sebarkh ? Obicom ?

For what I've seen in Condi's script, disabling the signature check needs root to push the "tempsu" binary in /system/bin and perform the region adjustment.

Will be glad if I'm wrong...
[Sony Tablet S] Schrammi:
So I'll try it today. But it's different from that was condi says afaik.

Condi wrote you must have root already to disable signature check.
[Sony Tablet S] obicom:
Hi Schrammi,

I would bet who is right .. but hope best for you.

Please keep us informed.

I will donate a beer to Nesquick and you, if you are able to run the pre-rooted update.zip without root rights.

Top die Wette gilt ;-)
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
Disabling the signature check requires root, so this will not work. If you could disable the signature check without root privileges, doing so would be another (better) path to root. This is not the case.

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Unless someone here has access to Sony's private keys, this will not work for you. Your tablet will check the update to see if it is signed by Sony. When it fails signature verification, it won't update.
[Sony Tablet S] Schrammi:
As I thought it doesn't work. I wouldn't let it untested but in fact there is no way actually. If we stuck on Build 10 without root there is no way actually to gain root again.

So it seems the Sony is closed like my iPad ;)
[Sony Tablet S] Randy Edge:
Can anyone help me? I can't isntall adb drivers on windows xp.I want to root it as it is build5.
[Sony Tablet S] Schrammi:
Look on the guide with the self modify of the inf file. That's worked for me. The auto one didn't.
[Sony Tablet S] Randy Edge:
Can you give me a link as I bought tab yesterday only.

Thanx

from
[Sony Tablet S] Schrammi:
Automated if they will work for you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1488822

The manual guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327139
[Sony Tablet S] fisch5:
can someone help me when i start the tool it says deaon started and running and then nothing happens anymore:/ did i miss something?
[Sony Tablet S] obicom:
I would guess the adb driver for your tablet is not correct installed.

Follow the links above (posted by Schrammi) and try to repeat the driver installation steps.
[Sony Tablet S] Schrammi:
know that problem even if the drivers are installed correctly. close the tool and disconnect the device, connect again and start the bat again.
[Sony Tablet S] Randy Edge:
Okay I have done as said but echo thing entering nothing happens.
[Sony Tablet S] sebarkh:
Condi, please enlighten me:

Is root needed to flash prerooted rom.

Because I was sure you can do it, and others say you can't...

I'm a bit confused...
[Sony Tablet S] Schrammi:
so here is your answer already. And mine too...
[Sony Tablet S] quiqsilver:
Can:

Have a rooted tablet running build 10 (I think this is what is confusing you)

Edit and pre-root update files (including the build 10 update)

Flash edited update files if the tablet's signature check for updates is modded

Mod the signature check as root

Can't:

Flash any edited update file without modding the signature check

Mod the signature check without root privileges

Use the known root exploit on build 10
[Sony Tablet S] OCedHrt:
I have kernel build#5 but the root exploit is not working:

Edit: The included MTP driver did the trick. Is this a dummy MTP driver?
[Sony Tablet S] tonycrew:
Hi i keep having icons/shortcuts/folders dissapear of my home screens on Sony Tablet S.

How i updated was Restore to factory, then Rooted using S.onyTablet.S [FLASHER] v2.5

Then used S.onyTablet.S__ALLinONE__v5.3 to Root to R5A installed Rescue Back Door and Market Place.

Is there anyway to go Back to R1a i have signed-nbx03_003-ota-120803004.zip
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Re: S.onyTablet.S v5.3 [ALLinONE] - automatic PERFECT ICS ROOT! (Tab S/P & Xperia Tab

Not a R5a issue.... A Sony issue? Happens to my Xperia S phone also. Only happens for apps on sd storage???
[Sony Tablet S] tonycrew:
Didnt happen before...? wondering if its because this new root has put xperia stuff on my sony s1...? even though i chose sony S1

You are correct though it seems to happen only to stuff i've put on SD using Directory Bind

Although i cant get modern combat 3 or 4 working anymore... was ok on R3a
[Sony Tablet S] tonycrew:
It seems to be happenng to icons on the internal usb as well, everytime i reboot they dissapear, also getting messages when trying to install games that there is not enough space when theres loads of space...? very strange again this didn't happen before R5A root it was ok on R1a....?
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
You should double check that. The problem you described is a know bug in Android 4.0.3r5 and higher (Sony recognized). The problem usually only happens with user apps (system apps are immune) that have been moved to internal sdcard memory (i.e., "Move to USB storage") and the only currently available fix is to move the user apps back to normal internal memory (i.e., "Move to tablet"). Also, the problem does not appear to be specific to Sony's tablets as I have seen people reporting having the same problem with other brands.

You could make the problem less annoying by only placing the icons for the user apps you use the most on your home screens and keeping only those apps in normal internal memory, and then moving the rarely-used user apps to sdcard memory to free up space in normal internal memory.
[Sony Tablet S] tonycrew:
Yes thanks after postiing i did find that its an R5A issue trying to go back to R1A for now.

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Its ok i used AIO 5.3 to create custom and let it do its stuff now back to R1A thanks
[Sony Tablet S] Sirabhi:
I am having a strange problem. Right after I installed the R5 f/w it boots fine but when I reboot the tablet it goes back to R3 the again when I reboot it is R5.

I have reflashed the R5 f/w 2 time still the same thing in happening.

Please help Condi

Regards

Sirabhi
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Re: S.onyTablet.S v5.3 [ALLinONE] - automatic PERFECT ICS ROOT! (Tab S/P & Xperia Tab

Well, at least you can dualboot now lol.
[Sony Tablet S] misterlinox:
Last night, using ALLinONE, I was able to root it fine. Then I applied the gps-fix, enabled init.d, toggled OTA, and installed latest Play Store tweaks. Then I found that certain apps in landscape mode had borders to the left and right sides. Apps aren't fully utilizing the horizontal screen space. Any settings menu is like that, Play is like that, the app drawer is like that, etc. Apps that are just going to fill the screen anyway are fine(such as launchers and file explorers, except for the settings menus for them), but others aren't. I tried changing the DPI and at other ones it was fine but just obviously too big for the screen size and it worked before at the default 160.

I have screenshots in my thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37255134#post37255134