yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Tablet S] 6laz3r:
sure. i have attached the file to this post. rename to .bat and replace the one in the /files folder.

i was at 3.2.1 rooted before i started the following.

about the procedure:

1. ensure that your tablet is recognized both in normal boot and while in recovery. check using device manager. if the drivers arent there for either mode, the process will not work

2. formatted a external SD card

3. downloaded the ICS firmware from the link provided in OP

4. copied the downloaded firmware to the SD card

5. inserted the card, booted tablet into normal mode

6. started the aio bat (using 'run as admin' just to be safe!)

7. go into 'custom ROM' menu

8. select decrypt update (this takes a while)

9. towards the end it shows pushing install.zip to the external card (this is where it was crashing, but ideally shouldnt if you have replaced the script attached, instead the window will just pause)

10. the device powers off

11. boot into recovery

12. update using install.zip

13. after it fails, update using the ICS zip you have on the external)

14. this will start the copying of the image (to the PC) after it is decrypted)

15. once you get here, the procedure is pretty straight forward, just follow the on screen guidance

remember, in the end, i had to update using the install.zip and then the custom zip to be able to upgrade

lemme know if you have any other questions.
[Sony Tablet S] mikajo:
I think that's a great explanation with good hints!

One further question at the moment:

11. boot into recovery

12. update using install.zip

13. after it fails, update using the ICS zip you have on the external)

After it fails, do I have to boot into recovery again or do I have only to choose the ICS zip (I think this is the original stock rom?!)

Thank you so
[Sony Tablet S] 6laz3r:
no rebooting in recovery required. after install.zip fails, just choose to update again and this time, select the zip you had downloaded from the link provided in OP. When the process starts you will see activity on the AIO window.

similarly, at the very end, you will again need to try install.zip and when it fails, you will flash the custom zip WITHOUT rebooting recovery or normally.
[Sony Tablet S] 6laz3r:
actually Condi had already fixed the issue with the script a day back! :good: just that i didn't look in the general section :( anyway, i would recommend that everyone uses his method instead of my workaround.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756490

thanks again Condi for this awesome tool!
[Sony Tablet S] tranms:
Thanks for your help 6laz3r! I'll give it a try later tonight!:good:
[Sony Tablet S] googlenaut:
Great job

Condi et ALL

Great job - just another happy rooted ICS.

It has been quite difficult though, and things got fixed while I was trying, but finally everything 's fine.

Interesting enough but I bricked my Sony S and had to send it back to service. I was sure I'll get it back on stock ICS, but no, it was HC 3.2.

Actually it wasn't really bricked by me, I simply upgraded to ICS and then read that I was "out of luck" ;-( since no root was available for the stock ICS.

Then the tablet started behaving erratically, I tried to restore it to factory, and then it crashed - stayed in SONY black screen for ages. They said they had to change the motherboard.

So I've got another chance, and this time ICS rooted is working just fine.

Pampers or beer, your call Condi :D
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
I'm not gonna write much, I just took my wife to Farrowing..

So I'm preety sure that Pampers gonna be just great... ;)

Keep your fingers crossed!!! :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Tablet S] mikajo:
If I get this point right, then: Good luck and keeping my fingers crossed :victory: :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Tablet S] Golubev:
Condi!

Thanx a lot. Now I have SonyP with rooted ICS. Sent to you some $ for baby's pumpers.

Good luck!
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
All I need is region.zip from your stock decrypted_update.zip - get it from some 2755xxxx directory and send it to me.

Gonna add your region to AiO :)

Im happy that you guys tried to find solution on your own! Very nice, not only waiting for download-ready, but helping each other! :good:

Gonna include fixed bat in next ver.

Thanks man :)

My wife & our child & me - we are very thankfull ! :) :)

Thank you very much, there gonna be a lot of pampers for your donation.. :)

11.07.2012; 13:51 (GMT+1); 2750g; 49cm.

I've got beautiful daughter !!!
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
CONGRATS CONDI

Hope all is well with the wife and little one :D

Take some time off from the forum for them, ;) we are becoming pretty independent lol

Once again congrats,

Chur

P.S I find out what we are having Friday :)
[Sony Tablet S] 6laz3r:
Congrats dude!
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
Congratulations mate!!!!!!! Wish you (and your family) all the best!!!!

Xyan
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
Congratulations!
[Sony Tablet S] im_iceman:
My wife & our child & me - we are very thankfull ! :) :)

Thank you very much, there gonna be a lot of pampers for your donation.. :)

11.07.2012; 13:51 (GMT+1); 2750g; 49cm.

I've got beautiful daughter !!![/QUOTE]

Congratulations buddy.
[Sony Tablet S] ross231:
is there a way i can backup my stock rom and restore if needed?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Nope. You could just download another copy tho. Look in my signature link. You wont be able to flash without modifying incrementals by having root.

Chur
[Sony Tablet S] googlenaut:
Condi

Congratulations, it's great to have a girl.

I just realized that my joy was short - lost root somehow.

A quick question, triggered by someone else thought - can incrementals be modified in the HC 3.2.1 package to allow install as "upgrade" over ICS?

Then once rooted in 3.2.1 modify the incrementals on the tablet back to allow the install of ICS with AIO?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
You can flash any update as long as the incremental is currently lower than the one you are trying to install. You would want to decrypt and add root etc before doing this. Also you CAN NOT edit build.prop without root permissions. In your case you may still have some root access.

I would try to reflash you custom ics againas incremental should be low enough.

Good luck

Chur
[Sony Tablet S] madchicosmina:
Congrats Condi and family.

I hope everything goes well with the 3 of you.

Taste all of this moments as much as you can.

Cheers

Madchico
[Sony Tablet S] shahzaib.khan:
Congrats :)
[Sony Tablet S] robinwilson16:
Hello condi

Congratulations on the daughter!

My friend has just had a baby girl too.

Is anyone else having problems with 4.1?

I am trying to update my device from a much earlier version of the AIO (2.4 I think) and I have followed the instructions by pressing 3 and 1 to decrypt the OTA update but at the point where it reboots the device after saving hack_recovery.zip it exits. To avoid it closing I ran cmd and then executed the .bat file and the error is:

[*] DONE. Its saved in '/sdcard/_hack_recovery.zip' for future use.

[*]**************************************************************[*]
[*] DEVICE POWERED OFF. [*]
[*]**************************************************************[*]
[*] NOW ENTER RECOVERY MODE = hold vol-up, and push power [*]
1 was unexpected at this time.

C:\S.onyTablet.S [ALLinONE] v4.1>

Is this something I am doing wrong? I did not press anything on the keyboard and have tried this multiple times now but always get the same result.

Thanks

Robin
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Not sure about 2.4 but others have had success with 3.4 as this was the last release before auto-flashing. Give that a go.

Good luck

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] robinwilson16:
Hello Stifilz

Thanks for the suggestion but I tried 3.4 but after pressing 3 then 1 and starting the process some stuff shows on the screen quickly and then it returns to the main menu again.

I did manage to print screen it and the line I got was:

Connecting to sites.google.com:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily

What is the recommended way to upgrade from a previous release? I'm assuming if I go to the latest official version I will lose the ability to patch it.

Thanks

Robin
[Sony Tablet S] 6laz3r:
Please check my post 2 pages back (post 1249). Use the attached file, rename to .bat and replace the original file inside /files. that should fix this issue for you. of course, this is for 4.1 only.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Uh huh. The file is not avail from link try 4.1 with suggestion from 6laz3r. I think that will work as hack recovery file was moved on server.

Good luck again.

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] robinwilson16:
Hello both

Thanks for the help.

That has got me a bit further.

When I booted into recovery it seemed to start trying to do an update straight away which fails with:

E:Error in /tmp/desklunvr/desklunvr.zip
(Status 7)

I then selected install.zip as instructed but that then fails with:

E:Prohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku
Installation aborted.

When I installed the first ICS rom I had to install the one without 3G as it was the only one there was but this time I selected the one which is wifi and 3G which is correct. At the time the instrutions said that if you wanted ICS you would lose the 3G funcitonality until a later version.

Do I need to change the device type somewhere?

Thanks

Robin

EDIT: I have now gone to the region changing section and changed the region to be the 16GB UK model with 3G and I still get the same error about the wrong SKU.
[Sony Tablet S] rfreeman:
Use version 4.0 AIO i used it with success...
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
I give up lol :p Don't you now have ICS with 3G?? If not you know you can upgrade to ICS then change region....

Good luck

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] robinwilson16:
Hello Stifilz

When I used the first version of this hack there was only a version for the non-3G model of ICS and the instructions said to change the region to the Wifi only model to allow the upgrade to happen and said that a future update would restore the 3G when the device was re-flashed.

This time after changing the region to UK + 3G and rebooting it said that the region was not directly supported and that it would change it and then put it back after it has finished but then after a reboot when I try to flash install.zip I get the region error and it fails to go any further. :crying:

Robin
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Ok this may be a long shot but try changing to US Wifi only and check that has worked all good. Then change to UK Wifi + 3G..... It may be having trouble changing between the 2 UK regions.

I asume you mean when trying to decrypt ICS update etc..... It should change back to what it had right before the decrypt. Try the above ^^^

Good luck again,

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] garyhk:
Signing custom update problem

Hey mates! I used more than a week here and read lots of information provided by all of you! Thank you very much for all your help and well appreciate you effort :good:

However I am now stuck at the signing step with JAVA problem for several hours. I tried reinstalled the IE version of most updated JAVA but still not working.Could anyone help on this? :crying:
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Not sure what version you are ment to use. But I dloaded the SDK and it worked. Other than that make sure you have 32 & 64 bit if you are running 64 OS.

Good luck

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] garyhk:
No more MTP?

[ICS-OK] After Installation of "USB Mass Storage" support, the device doesn't support MTP anymore? How could I revert to original?:confused:

---------- Post added at 01:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 PM ----------

Thank you so much!

I tried on other PC and it's work...weird problem...
[Sony Tablet S] mikajo:
Hi!

Today I tried to flash ICS. However I cannot proceed after I tried to use install.zip. My tablet shows me that installation failed - I think this is correct. But AIO-Tool does nothing, it just shows the same screen, is that correct? Here is a pic, which shows where AIO Tool stays:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I use Win XP x64, followed this link (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756490) to solve the problem that tablet crashes and the tablet is recogniced in recovery mode!

Does anyone have an idea for me, what I am doing wrong? :rolleyes:

Best regards!

Mikajo
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Did you say anything about rooting?, I'm going to use this later! :D
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
4.1 is a bit buggy try 4.0 or 3.4. Read page one with how to disable updates etc. Or there is a fix a couple of pages back.

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
Select Settings, select Storage, select Advanced (the icon located in the upper right part of the screen that looks like three squares vertically stacked), select USB computer connection, then turn on MTP by selecting Media device (MTP). The two UMS scripts will always turn off MTP, so after running either of the UMS scripts and doing what you wanted to do, you will need to repeated these steps to turn MTP back on.
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
When I tryed to root my tablet I seen something red and after recording it at try 3 with my 3DS it said that the kernel was blocking the exploit on Ice Cream Sandwich :thumbdown:
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
That would be because you have ICS??? This is only for HC 3.2.1 before kernel10 (most of the time)

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
I wonder when there will be a exploit for Kernel 10 if really possible :rolleyes:
[Sony Tablet S] [Fenix]:
Hi all

First I wanted to thank all those who work on this huge and fantastic project :D

I have a qustion...i have tablet build #1 mounting ICS 4.0.3...

When I tried the procedure the program gave me a red screen that said unrootable...did i made something wrong?
[Sony Tablet S] kulen:
Any news about this?
[Sony Tablet S] Sentinel196:
Read the first post. you can't root ICS devices.
[Sony Tablet S] SULEY1:
Hi condi my sony tablet s is stuck on recovery it keeps booting back to recovery so i cant enable usb to use this wonderful tool what can i do to bring back my sony?

---------- Post added at 04:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:39 PM ----------

Hi condi my sony tablet s keeps rebooting to recovery so i cant turn on usb debugging mode so pls help
[Sony Tablet S] im_iceman:
Take your sd card out and reboot.. it will boot ok.
[Sony Tablet S] xc4330:
Help! Successfully flashed ICS but cannot root anymore!

I successfully installed ICS by AiO tools but now i cannot root my ICS tablet anymore. Any ideas?
[Sony Tablet S] poebae:
Good thing you quoted the entire OP, otherwise we'd have no idea what you're referring to
[Sony Tablet S] pcoulson:
Lol!
[Sony Tablet S] mikajo:
Hmm, I would assume that if you have

successfully

installed ICS by AiO tools, your ICS is already rooted...

Did you have a rooted HC on your Tablet?
[Sony Tablet S] eric1214:
Sent from Xperia S
[Sony Tablet S] earni:
Haha! Awesome!
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
hi im a new user in sony s tablet... im trying to root it however its of no avail. i could use some guidance :D hope someone would reply to my query thanks
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
What OS i.e HC 3.2.1 or ICS 4.0.3 do you have and what is the kernel build i.e 5

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] dmitry1972:
I've tried to flash prerooted ICS 4.0.3 r1a via S.onyTablet.S v4.1, but I've been surprised that my Tablet S fails to mount SD card. There's an error "E:failed to mount /sdcard (Read-only file system)" in the recovery mode, in addition the SD card does not recognized in the normal boot mode. I've tried this with 2 microSD cards (2 and 16 Gb) through microSD-SD adapter. I'm sure that both cards is formatted properly and operable. Also I'm sure that writability does not locked by switch at adapter. Could you guys help me please to resolve this problem?

PS I'm on prerooted ICS 4.0.3. "USB Mass Storage" support for external SD was installed and write permissions to SD was enabled via S.onyTablet.S v4.1.
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
im using honeycomb 3.2 and kernel build 2.6.36.3 hope that helps >.<
[Sony Tablet S] eduong503:
Hello, so I just recently purchased the sony s tablet and I want to install a rooted version of ICS. I am kinda new to the tablet scene but am somewhat familar with rooting phones. I just needed some clarity on my plans on getting my tablet to rooted ICS.

1. Install ABD drivers

2. Root using the AiO 4.1 tool (menu 1)

3. Follow bluechipj video to install rooted ICS.

I notice that I have to install java. Can I just go to java.com or something?

Anyways, let me know if I am missing something.
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
I want to thank condi for his magnificent efforts.

Sadly, it has been almost a year and the bootloader has not been unlocked. I simply can't keep a product that has half the functionality of other similar products that are much cheaper. I will be selling my Tablet S and moving out into pastures greener. And I am never, ever buying a Sony tablet ever again.
[Sony Tablet S] eduong503:
I just looked at my build. I am running:

Android Version - 3.2

Kernel Version - 2.6.36.3 integ-build@build10 #1

Build number - 1.10.001100001

So am I unable to use the all in one because I have build 10?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
mawnstermew, what version do you have aka build number i.e 1.10.001100001 below??

Same thing here guys. You have 3.2 you can get root please dont flash anything yet. Please tell me you model. I.e sgtp111us and i will try find 3.2.1 for you to flash and then you can root.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
V4.1 is buggy like that. Others have got past this using 4.0 or even 3.4 by disabling updates. See OP for disabling instructions.

Chur

Stifilz

---------- Post added at 04:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:33 PM ----------

Use v4.0 if you can. Users have had some troubles with v4.1. Look in the first post to see how to disable updates for AIO. But other than that, go for it. It is realtivly simple compared to some of the methods for rooting other devices && it is really hard to mess it UP : )

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] eduong503:
Hi stifilz,

My model number is sgpt112us/s....i have been trying to look for the 3.2.1 firmware as well but am not able to find it. Also, once i find it, how do i go about installing it.

Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Then you are very, very, very, very lucky. LOL One of the only regions left that we can root (as Sony removed 3.2.1 from servers when 4.0.3 ICS R1A/R2A came out.

You are on 11000 version so flash this:

0035

http://www.mediafire.com/?cti11ejoxpxx4cm

This will give you 3.2 (newer than 11000) kernel 10 (don't worry about the k10 issue, not relevant with 3.2)

Then flash this:

0042 (under kernel 10 3.2.1 : ) )

http://www.4shared.com/zip/03dah__B/signed-nbx03_001-ota-0042001.html

or

http://www.4shared.com/zip/8nuDXOQZ/signed-nbx03_001-ota-0042001.html

There are the files to install:

Move to SD card (not possible without SD)

Insert SD card

Turn off tab

Hold VOL DOWN BUTTON

Turn on tab, while still holding VOL DOWN

TAHDAH recovery menu. Flash as above

NB vol up, down are up, down and use power to select, install update from SD card, choose update from zip.

Chur

Stifilz

---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 PM ----------

mawnstermew

Same as above to you if you are US. You may or may not need to flash 0035 if you are allready 0035. If you are not US tab then please post your model and I will look.

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
yup my sony tab was bought in the us but sadly im not in the us right now... i have no idea how to flash... Could you please help me.. SOny s tab is my first tablet but i got prior experiences with galaxy ace which has an unlocked bootloader, flashing custom rom was easy enough. thank you
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Lol i have ace to. Atleast the tablet it pretty much unbrickable koz it locked as. Ok so follow abovr flash 0035 first. If it wont let you then allgood dw. Flash 0042 which is hc 3.2.1. Then follow pst 1 to root using AIO through adb.

Good luck

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] eduong503:
Thank you stifilz! I was able to follow your instructions and root my tab. One thing to note...its holding volume UP and then power in order to get into recovery mode. I tried using the AiO 4.1 but it didn't root...i tried 4.0 but it kept going to the this webpage. So finally I tried bluetripJ's tutorial on youtube and was able to root it. Note: i installed bluechipJ's adb files so that maybe why it didn't work with the AiO.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Glad to hear. Lol i allways get vol don mixed with vol up. Haha. Yeh ut can be fidly at timed.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] typedink:
So envious of those being able to root. Darn my non rooted ICS tablet. Darn Sony.
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
before rooting my tab... what will be the changes once i flash those things you mentioned like upgrading to a newer kernel? and will i be able to flash ics and get it rooted too? yeah its unbrickable but it comes without freedom :(
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
You can still upgrade to ICS and ICS R1A by using the first post in this thread, you will also upgrade to a faster kernel (comes with ICS). The best thing we can have atm is ROOTED ICS and thats about it && I don't even have that!!!! :mad:

Don't forget to update the ADB drivers you can find them in my FAQ thread (link in signature)

Chur

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] Tikki Pon:
He have a rooted ics?????? Stifilz?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Me? I dont....:rolleyes: had kernel 10 in a previos life lol
[Sony Tablet S] Tikki Pon:
Ok,i had been read the post,and i understand that someone had rooted ics,or i wrong?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
A US region tab then yes. Also some other, but not many as the 3.2.1 updates have been removed from Sony servers.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] sk0815:
root ics

could anybody help me please?

Before 4 month I think, I had changed my region from Germany to US to get the ics update.... this worked but I could not get root back....

It is now possible to get ROOT and to flash the german ICS rom?

I have:

Android 4.0.3 Kernel - Version 2.6.39.4 integ-build@build9#1

since some days it says that there is an update availlable, shout I flash it or not?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
N

Did you try to root when you flashed ics? Reason I ask is you may have a low enough incremental. If you do then flash tne 0042 US update from my FAQ link in my signature.

If all is good. Then you flash that and root from there then either change to Germany and flash ics or flash ics then change to Germany. Be sure to preroot either way using AIO.

Btw the update you are getting the message about is ics release 1a. Find updates in my other signature link.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] sk0815:
I used the multitool, after I had made the ota update I startet the multitool and start root..... but it says that it is not possible.

und if i would like to flash an other rom, it says you have no root so it could not flash.... or somethink like this :(
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Try to flash it through recovery without AIO. Then you can root from scratch and start again.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] sk0815:
how could i get into recovery and which file should i flash?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30099315#post30099315

Use 0042 file

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] sk0815:
Ok I tried it

-- Install /sdcard ...

Finding update package...

Desklunvr update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:Prohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku

Installation aborded.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Dam!! Perhaps it is Germany. Can you look in the file vendor.prop under the vendor folder. This should tell you what region the tablet is set at.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
will I lose all my data stored in my tablet once I try to flash ICS such as the apps I installed?
[Sony Tablet S] sk0815:
So I found it:

ro.sony.update.service_id=nbx03_001

ro.sony.sku.base=nbx03_001

ro.sony.build.id=TISU0017700

ro.sony.build.incremental=120410004