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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labrazil:
samsung just released the source code for gt-p3113.

https://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=GT-P3113

It's 175M. I think we deserve a new forum...what do you all think?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
Jcase posted the OTA update here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24484-stock-firmware-images-and-updates/

I flashed it with CWM. After a reboot, I lost root and custom recovery.

My tab went from UELACB to UEALD3. Everyone will now be at the same kernel.

To fix this issue, I flashed an unsecure boot image also posted by jcase: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24762-stopping-recovery-overwrite/ Since all tablets are now the same, I just went and used the P3113UEALD3 boot image. It did not matter.

Then I flashed the rom from dsb9938 (UEALD3 Stock, Rooted, and Deodexed):

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24709-romuealcb-and-ueald3-stock-rooted-and-deodexed/

Booted right up, was up to date and already rooted. re-verified install-recovery.sh did not exist. Now your safe from the recovery from being overwriten and you can reflash the cwm-root if needed.

Hope this helps.

Luis
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayenn13:
I'm still pretty new at this (got a Samsung galaxy player 4.0 in Jan and then the GT-3113 day of release) so the rest of that is virtually meaningless to me. I would like to reroot again but I might wait a little bit to see if they put out another OTA sooner than later.

Also, does anyone know why isn't Win 7 not recognizing the device connection as USB2
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
No problem. This should help the people who lost root and also custom recovery the with OTA update that came out today.

We really need a forum bad.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jir591:
Any idea what the update fixes or adds?

p.s. Come on mods, give us our own forum.:D
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ack154:
You probably realize this already, but just to point out ... asking the Mods for a forum in one your posts here isn't really going to work - whether they're actually paying attention or not.

Best way: go to this thread and add your vote for the Tab if you have not already. This is their "official" request thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416406
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jir591:
Thanks. Too bad we can't make this link a sticky at the top of this thread. I guess we can just bump it up to the top now and then.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Many of us have have gone there and voted. But the Mods don't seem to be paying attention to that thread or any threads here on xda for some reason. I don't know what is going on. I do urge people to go there an vote though. Maybe the Mod's will eventually look at that thread.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo2424:
Here's the reply I got.. hopefully he'll pull through for us! :cool:
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Finally a response. Thank you for sharing. Hopefully he does come through for us.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cataloochee:
Thanks tucstwo,

Your rewritten instructions worked like a charm.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sga999:
Diablo2424, I don't mean to belabor it, but I think your steps still need a minor change.

In step 6, for the "button" method, you need to say to connect the USB after pushing the buttons and going into download mode. It made more sense to me to put the line about connecting the USB in BOTH parts of step 6. However, the position of that line is different for the two parts of step 6, i.e AFTER the "button" way but BEFORE the "ADB" way.

I won't bug you about this again. I think most people have figured it out anyway.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiko1:
Alright so I'm stuck on step 11. After I load odin and my tablet restarts I shut it down and restart holding volume up and power only it doesnt load cwm it goes into the stock andriod recovery thing.

Noob here (yes I watched your video and looked around first) so maybe I'm messing up something obvious. I installed an update today after I bought the thing. In about device it says Im on android version 4.0.3 though...so I duno.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
See my post #246. Flash insecure boot image. Remove install-recovery.sh. flash cwm with Odin. Tutorial by jcase is in the link.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
When can we expect the first undervolt and over clock kernels? And anybody notice we have a wolfson 1811 in here?

let it be.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiko1:
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I do apericiate that you are trying to help. I'm afraid I don't really understand anything of what you just said though. Can you explain it to me like I'm 5?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24709-romuealcb-and-ueald3-stock-rooted-and-deodexed/page__st__10

See my other post #12

Its all there
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benzzo:
I'm confused... If you lost root and custom recovery, how were you able to flash after that without going through the whole rooting process again?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiko1:
Thank you! I was able to follow that.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sga999:
I'm new here, like some others, so I'm a bit confused.

Luis, I've read your post #246 and this entire thread (and other threads here and in rootzwiki) several times, but some things haven't clicked yet.

Can you tell me the steps to take if I have NOT done the update yet? Most of the discussion here is about repairing how the update messed up CWM and root. I'm not in that situation...I got a UEALCB model a week ago, and with the great instructions here, I installed CWM and rooted a few days ago. I did download the update since I saw people discussing it here, but I did not install it.

Would it be sufficient for me just to boot into CWM and install the UEALD3 version from dsb9938 that is stock, rooted, and deodexed? Would I need to do anything else? It sounds like that might put me right where you are, i.e. with a system updated to UEALD3, and CWM and root intact. If that's so, could I just ignore the update? Can I just dismiss that notification?

However, I'm not sure about the install-recovery.sh file. I don't see one in system/etc, so maybe that is not a problem for me?

A couple of other things I'm confused about. For those of you who DID get the update, why couldn't you just do the same procedure that we originally did, i.e. go into download mode, install CWM, then recovery mode, and root? Is that install-recovery.sh file the only reason that you couldn't do that?

Finally, I know CWM has more features than the stock recovery, like backup and restore, so I see its value. But for the sake of argument, could this have been done without installing CWM at all? I mean, when we first got the tablet, could we have rooted using the stock recovery instead? If so, when this update came along, couldn't the rooting have been done again on top of that update?

Sorry this is so long. I'm missing some basics, so I'd really appreciate your help.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
I was confused myself but after some help from JCase and dsb9938, things made sense.

Per Jcase, OEMs overwrite custom recoveries with there updates. It's just how OEMs update recovery.

This update includes a install-recovey.sh script. On the stock rom it is not there until the update is applied. This recovery runs everytime you boot up, constantly overwriting your custom recovery.

You can flash CWM 100 times, with every boot, your back to stock. This file needs to be removed.

This is where the unsecure boot images come into play. On this tutorial by jcase, http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24762-stopping-recovery-overwrite/

you need to send the following commands using adb to get rid of this recovery file.

Per dsb9938, these commands will not work on the stock kernel, so you need unsecure boot images. Your other options are the following:

Cut & Paste from his comments:

FYI (I lost my root with the update, so neither was an option for me)

Option3 - Flash an unsecure boot image and remove the install-recovery, then flash CWM as normal.

After I followed his guidance, I flashed CWM, recovery remained (no install-recovery.sh was there overwrite cwm), which in turn flash the cwm-root via CWM.

I am not sure on the stock recovery, why we can't just use it, but it will not work. When you try to flash zip files, they fail signatures. I am not sure. I am a noob.

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Hope this helps.

I am still learnign myself. Just doing a lot of reading.

Thanks

Luis

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See post#265. Because I used an unsecure boot image that let me use adb to remove the install-recovery.sh script that was kicking my ass. The post explains alot.

Luis

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Nope nothing else. Since you will be at the current kernel. The firmware puts all tablets at the same kernel. That will work. I tested it. The end result is the same. The update puts you at D3. I also had the CB like you. Once at D3 check for an update. It will say there is none. Plus his rom has no recovery so your cwm remains. Plus that pesky install-recovery.sh script doesn't exist. But it your ever in a recovery hell boot loop and can't get to cwm you will know what the issue is.

Luis
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gam3r 4 Life:
Quick question. After reading the new pages here in this thread I found out about the update. So I checked and sure enough it started downloading it. So I stopped it. Since it didnt update does that mean I dont have to worry about the recovery overwrite? Because I flashed the file "IML74K_P3113UEALCB- http://goo.im/devs/j...securedboot.img" thinking that that would update my tablet, but when I check for the update it still attempts to download it.

Nevermind. I flashed UEALD3 version from dsb9938 and am good to go now. PS: If anyones interested in an awesome screen saver actually made for the tab 2 I HIGHLY recommend this one. Ive installed more SP's than I can count and this is by far the nicest one Ive had. Ill write a review if we ever actually get a forum.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
You will run into the issue if you flash the update. The boot.img will not stop the update from being downloaded. You don't have to install it though. You can also flash the the UEALD3 version from dsb9938 that is stock, rooted, and deodexed. This will put you at UEALD3, which does not need an update. Only the UEALCB are requiring the update to make everyone a UEALD3.

Personally, I would just do the update and go through the process of fixing it. This will only help you when future updates come out.

Luis
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gam3r 4 Life:
Thanks edited post before I got your response. Any idea what the update actually does other than break recovery?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
i second that. i got mine off ebay so paid a little more. once you get a few minutes finger time on it swiping your screen is awesome.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
All it does it puts everyone at the same kernel No fixes that I know of. Some shipped with older firmware. Now everyone is at the same baseline. Hope everything I posted helps.

Thanks

Luis

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Does it look good? I have the invisiblehield from zagg. Actually screwed up the first one. $30 a pop. LoL
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gam3r 4 Life:
It looks awesome, and even better feels awesome. Ive installed so many zaggs its ridiculous so trust me I know what you mean. Wet installs sucks but last forever, dry installs are easier, but dont last as long. I didnt even know they made a zagg for it. Did you use one for the 7.0 plus? I have a Xtremeguard wet install type on my 7.7 that is probably the best install of that kind Ive ever done, but I dont like the rubbery feel, and a Zagg on my EVO 3D, I get use to it, but then use my tab 2 and realize how much smoother the Ringbo is.

Heres a couple pics of the Ringbo on my Gtab 2.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XdaDevelopers 95:
Use Superoneclick
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
I like it. Would you remove the zagg and go with this one if you already had the zagg one on?

Link - Zagg GTab 2 7.0
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gam3r 4 Life:
Yes. I am pretty sure I am going to do exactly that on my Gtab 7.7. It has a Xtremeguard SP on it which is exactly like a Zagg and I might just be pulling that off to install the Ringbo. The one they have is for the Verizon version so I might have to do a little cutting to make room for the earpiece, but it would be worth it. Heres a review of the Ringbo if you want some pretty detailed info and pics.

Duh I remember now about the Zagg. I remember seeing it at Best Buy. Strange that its not on Zaggs site under devices listed.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I used the Armor Suit clear screen protector. Similiar to zagg, works great. It only cost about $10 and has lifetime warranty too.

sent from my galaxy tab 2
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sga999:
Luis, thanks so much for your answers. It's starting to sink in, but I don't think I quite have it all yet.

You said "Personally, I would just do the update and go through the process of fixing it. This will only help you when future updates come out."

Since I'm new at this, I think I'm just going to flash the deodexed version because it's simpler, and I'm much less likely to screw it up. But I realize I may have to go through the more complicated procedures in the future.

I think you're saying that every time one of these updates comes, we'll have to go through some fixing, 2 possible ways. I guess I'd like to have this "deodexed way" every time, but I don't know that I can count on that, right? If not, I would have to go through all the complicated steps.

Why I'm hesitating to going through the more complicated process is because I've never installed the Android SDK, I know nothing about Heimdall, etc. But in the future, if updates always cause this same problem (CWM lost), I may have to bite the bullet (unless there's a deodexed version).

Does this summarize what the "fixing process" will be after each OTA update?

1. Use Heimdall to flash an unsecured boot image (can we use the same boot image forever?).

2. Use ADB commands to delete install-recovery.sh.

3. Run the "ODIN and root procedure".

At some point you mentioned that you (at least I think it was you!) had a problem because the USB drivers had to be replaced between the Heimdall step and step 3. Should this be written up as part of the procedure, or should it "automatically" happen? Since I haven't worked with Heimdall or ADB yet, I don't know if you mean you made a mistake or whether I really need to be careful to install different USB drivers.

Thanks again for all of your help.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
The only reason I went through the update was to actually step through it and learn it. Nothing more. Go ahead and install the deodexed rom, it will save you time. If for some reason you lost root and custom recovery, it is not complicated. I never used these tools a week ago. Its really hard to kill a tablet. Just keep these tools and images handy and you will be just fine. Don't even worry about writing a tutorial for yourself. Just enjoy the tablet.

People on this forum are great and are always willing to help. Today it might be flash this file, but tomorrow it might be flash this new one. But your correct in your "fixing process" listed above. The entire point and big picture is you lost recovery and you want cwm but it keeps getting overwritten by a pesky file.

This only happens if you took the update. If you didn't, wait for a rom.

Or your rom is stock, you do not have root. Your stuck! Flash the unsecure boot images just so you can delete the install-recovery.sh script.

Or your CWM got overwritten, but you have root. Run adb and "su" then delete the script.

Either way, after the script is gone, treat your tablet like you never rooted it before. Flash CWM with Odin, then root it wih cwm.

The big picture is you do not want cwm from being overwritten.

The driver issue I had was that heimdall didnt see my tablet so I used the utility that came with it to get it going. Flashed the boot image once heimdall saw the tablet.

Then when I went back to odin, it would not see the tablet so I had samsung kies installed, I went to the directory where it is installed, there is a drivers folder, USB or something to that effect and ran the installer and bam! Odin saw it. Flashed the cwm md5 file, launched cwm and flashed the root.

So long story short, enjoy your tablet, keep a stock image handy, unsecure boot images handy and the utilities, and just have fun.

Luis
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sga999:
Thanks, Luis, I am having fun! I flashed the deodexed D3 file, and all is well.

The only peculiar thing was that I still had the notification about the update. When I read about the update a couple of days ago, I did the check for update, and it downloaded it (or some info about it). It keeps notifying me and I have just been telling it to wait another 12 hours before telling me again.

After I flashed D3 today, I still had the notification. If I did the check for update, it told me I still needed to install it, and again, I told it to delay.

I found something on another forum (unrelated to this tablet) that said to stop some running applications...I happened to find "software update" and "software upgrade" running, and I cleared the data and stopped them. That seems to have done the trick!

Thanks so much.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benzzo:
Seems to me we may be taking too many steps plus i don't even know what the hell a heimdall is. The OTA didn't work because it rebooted into cmw recovery and i haven't flashed the update yet so i still have root. I'm tryin to avoid adb because i haven't had to use it since rooting my Evo3D so couldn't i just flash the unsecured boot image using cwm then flash UEALD3 Stock, Rooted, and Deodexed?

OR, if i haven't lost root because i haven't updated, do i even NEED to flash the boot image at all?

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Man, we need a forum!!!!!! Now i gotta sift through spam boxing threads just to get some help...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiko1:
So now that I have my device rooted, why wont it let me install apps? I'm trying to use Apk installer but it gives me this error: Install blocked For Security, your tablet is set to block installation of applications not obtained from Android Market. From what I can find everyone says to go into settings=> Applications and then check a box but I don't have the box.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Forgot where but it says allow install of nin market apps. Tick and it gives you warning of risks but,youre good to go then.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiko1:
Alright I'll look again. Thank you.

EDIT: Found it! it's in security (go figure).
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
You should not see the update. Can you check if there is a copy of the update.zip in /cache/fota/ ? Maybe wipe your cache? I am now curious about this.

Luis

Edit: Check this link out: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24285-root-for-the-gt-p3110/page__st__80#entry666138

machx0r posted his directions regarding the update.

Since I went with the custom rom, I did not have to worry about this. I think this is for people who kept the stock rom and updated.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sga999:
Luis, as I said, I'm no longer seeing the update, so I'm not sure how to backtrack and see why I still was getting notifications or what exactly fixed it. But I'll answer your questions and see if that helps.

NOW, there are no files in /cache/fota. About wiping the cache, when I stopped the apps "software update" and "software upgrade", it offered the option of wiping the cache at the bottom of those screens, and I'm pretty sure I did that on one of them. Maybe that cache clearing alone is what stopped me from getting the notifications (and not stopping the apps).

I'm not clear about what you're wanting me to read in mach0r's post. That has the "complicated steps" which I was able to avoid. My steps were: I had ODIN'd CWM and rooted. When I heard about the update, I checked for update but did not install it. That caused notifications to start, which I kept delaying. Then, with your help, I decided to flash the deodexed version and avoid lots of complicated steps. THEN I somehow managed to get rid of the notifications by either stopping those apps or clearing cache, or both. That's a lot simpler than going through the whole process that machx0r did.

So....next time I'll be more careful and see if clearing the cache alone is enough to stop the notifications.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
Cases

What are you guys doing for cases? Just pick up a belkin one at best buy for $39. Cases are expensive.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] japper88:
How is that case? It looked nice but I didn't wanna drop $40.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
it's ok, nothing special. Expensive as hell.

Also here is a new rom:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24957-romg-tab-2-7-ueald3-bamf-galaxy-cubed-redux-101/
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bark777:
Fry's has samsung case EFC-1G5NGECXAR for galaxy tab 2 7.0 it is perfect. Stands in landscape, but not portrait. Pics will follow.

Edit: It will stand in portrait mode just not tilted and there are no anti-slip rubber pads.

Full retail $59.00 hope it's less when Amazon carries it. :-)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
How much was it? Looks better then the belkin. I am about to install the cubed rom myself.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Yes. Price please.

let it be.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baezl:
[ROM]G Tab 2 7" UEALD3 - BAMF Galaxy Cubed Redux 1.0.1

I am loving this new rom!!

Galaxy Cubed

Luis
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sga999:
Luis, what are the differences, and what is it that you are enjoying? Is it just some new wallpapers? I don't know what a "cubed rom" is (I tried to search but didn't find anything very helpful).
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdkinc:
Check out " RooCase " leather type case with easel effects $ 25.00 ish on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y586QQ/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayenn13:
I picked up an eWonder Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Case for 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab PLUS and the New Galaxy Tab 2 From amazon.

It is around $40. The texture of the leather could be called "raw tanned" hide. The Keyboard is a silicone deal with a hard back for stiffness. The Bluetooth connection is solid and responsive with no noticeable lag.

If you have some kind of active spellchecker like the spellchecker found in SwiftkeyX, it will mess with your typing (eg "the" will be corrected to be "online"). Uninstall that type of thing if you have weird problems like that.

I'm loving it. It is a perfect match for word processors like Kingsoft Office.

The one thing I would actually like beyond that is a hard-shell back-cover for when I'm just using it as a media/gaming tablet.