yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Ah boy, I am really hitting in all cylinders this morning...*facepalm*, you're right. I think i'll quietly go back to lurking for a little while:).

BTW, my 4.2 image is almost finished uploading.

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Alright guys, here's a rooted image for you all to TEST: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84559059/rooted4.zip

Note: for the love of god, PLEASE only download once. I already have an infraction on my dropbox account for too many downloads, so please keep downloads to a minimum.

Note: the flashable package is inside the zip, you need to extract it.

Note: This is UNTESTED, meaning that I have no idea whether this will work or not, although it should. If it does not, I can make one that will work fairly quickly (hopefully), but you have been warned. If it boots (which means that our method is working), check the superuser app and update the binary. If it completes successfully, this means that you now have a rooted 4.2. If it fails to gain root access, well, I have some permissions to fix/altenate files to try.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any misfortune caused by this image, including bricks, heart failure, mutant bunny attacks, and other adverse occurrences.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Wait a minute. I have to make a 3.6 rooted image?? but I've been doing the 4.2 image since the beginning of the week??:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Oh, i'll pull it if you want, I just managed to make it first, sorry :o. I'll make a 3.6 image as well as I have a /system pull for both, I just didn't know when you were putting your's up, so I went ahead with mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00029017&fm_seq=29185

please?

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so what do i do? am i still waiting for the .pit?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Well, since you are bricked by using a bad .pit/not using a full restore package, this probably won't help you, although it won't make anything worse by trying. Once we get root on 4.2 devices though, people can make full restore packages for people like to you recovery from.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
btw i cant extract the .tar from the .zip
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
well I've made it first but I went some testing before sharing it because I don't want the same tragedy to happen once again (like with the recovery for US 4.0)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Alright, so do you want me to pull mine? What tragedy are you referring to? Sorry, I didn't mean to step on any toes, I just wanted to get it out to the community.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
no no it's correct, and also it seems that your zip is corrupted. I can't unzip it. The tragedy happened about 3 months ago when trying to find a way to restore US devices. Foolish as I was I decided to put intl bootloaders into us devices. Some people gets their devices shining again but the majority had them hard-bricked:(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Ah, I used a different compression method, you need 7zip to unzip the file I believe. Since the bootloaders are not included in the zip, hard-bricks should be impossible, I think.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I have 7-zip and it shows this error: Can not open file as archive
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Try redownloading, you may have a corrupted download, as I can actually open the zip with the stock windows zip extracter. I will also reupload, for safety's sake.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I've tried with peazip and 7zip, both don't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
sorry to the urgent sounding and pushing but has anyone gotten the .pit file i need????? having a bricked device is not only scary but i need my music -_- thx btw to everyone whoes helped so far :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baladev:
this link describes how to backup/restore your data from/to a device, we were talking about re-installing the official firmware
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
with the root u made, if it works cant we do that? again sorry if pushing just having a bricked device aint fun
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Yeah, as soon as people get root, we can instruct them on how to create a restore package, provided someone can print a pit via heimdall.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] k4ry4k:
@han I need to make a note... If you are using my YP-GI1 image, mine is an European version, i hope there won't be a problem with US versions...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
wait, if u have an image do u have the .pit?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] k4ry4k:
I have the image pull of /system which han is working with. but i think it's not useful to you. Anyway I found in the pages 16 & 17 in samsung 4.2 manual, that explains how to do a recover...

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MacOS said that your zip is incomplete, I think you have to compress and upload again.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
yaya about the recover thing... it didnt do anything -_- it wipes user data and cache. those didnt do anything
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Well, I reuploaded it again this afternoon, so it *should* work.

EDIT: apparently dropbox doesn't like my PC, it failed the second time! I will do some tweaking to the image itself and upload it tomorrow, and I have pulled the link for now. Also, zaclimon, what do you think of signing a zip so it can be flashed in stock recovery, if it's even possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] @localhost:
Exactly, there hasn't been an update for it yet and for kicks I have looked through all the folders with kies installed just for kicks. We need a way to "encourage" kies to download it ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] k4ry4k:
I think baruch has a device with some problems.. Do you think that he could help to do it? I am going to travel at monday and i dont like to reset my device know, but when I return in two weeks... I am all yours
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
thx, seriously. but 2 weeks is a long time. i think @localhost is gonna help tho. but seriously man, thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I can't be on my computer for now because my grub broke, as for the zip han I don't know if this would work. It would be nice to make a zip with the su binary and apk.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
just sayin: ubuntu fail
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Ya I know. However it's more a linux mint fail.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Ouch, how'd you do that? You do know that you can boot an ubuntu live cd and perform grub-install, right?

as for the zip method, I think I will try to create and sign a flashable zip, as that would be the easiest method with almost no chance of bricking. Thank goodness updater-scripts are universal...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
mint fail?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I used rescatux to restore my grub I thought at first I had a problem because the live usb(when I wanted to use it) wouldn't work but I had to use the iso inside of the iso:confused: (inception). As for the script, the updater-script is universal but the update-binary isn't. We need to make an update-binary compatible with the stock recovery. I think I found the way to root the 3.6 as we have the kernel :D. (Just change the ramdisk to incorporate CWM and BAM!!!!!! root is easy after this.) I hope this work though.

I had linux mint and ubuntu installed and couldn't decide which one I keep. At the final I kept ubuntu and need to remove linux mint. I remove the linux mint partition and my grub crashed.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
How did you get the kernel source? I thougth samsung was closed-source, but then again, I am hardly the one to talk to about that stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Samusng (android in general) and closed source isn't something you shouldn't put toghether (it's sure that there's some proprietary modules, I think you had been too long with your ipad:silly:, apple's closed-source environnement) You could download the source all long from here:

opensource.samsung.com

The thing is we don't have the initrd so it is pretty useless to download the source (we can create one but it's too long) Since we have a dump of the actual kernel (normalboot.img) I can extract it and modify the initrd to put CWM into it. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Nah, I hated hacking on my Ipad from the day I got it, and I was happy to get rid of it. I DO understand that linux and closed-source go together about as well as fire and water, but I read somewhere that Samsung decided to be closed source with their releases (I didn't know about opensource.samsung at the time). I suppose they changed their policy since then (or I read false info). If you get CWM working, (and since you have a stock kernel, restoring from a bad kernel should be a cakewalk), I will make a cwm-flashable update.zip with superuser+the binary+init.d folder creation (assuming you/someone bakes init.d into a kernel).
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It isn't necessary for you to make a cwm flashable with the su binaries because it is already available:

Superuser: SuperUser link

SuperSU: SuperSU link

Also we will wait to see if the actual kernel can work before adding init.d support.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baladev:
You should check the 3.6 rooting thread more often. :)

Since last night we have a rooted rom there, that's where he got the kernel from.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
I can be such an idiot sometimes. I completely forgot about that, as I was simultaneously setting up my rma N7, reflashing/locking the defective one, and browsing xda, so I guess I will...wait:D?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
We all forgive you for this:p I think I will ask for help because I think I can't use some sort of random copy-paste of another device ramdisk. I saw someone over at the I9003 forum who ported CWM and had a normalboot.img like the YP-GS1.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
is it possible someone could get in contact with @localhost? he posted on thsi forum and is willing to help get the .pit file for me. however i wont be available tonight or all day tommarow. please if someone could get that file that would be fantastic :) thx
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Oh yeah, sorry I didn't answer your PM, I forgot I had it :D. I will contact him and see if I can help him pull a .pit. Does he have adb installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
absolutely no idea. he posted on this thready tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] @localhost:
ADB installed and working.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Alright awesome, now I just need to remember where the .pit is to pull. I'll get back to you in the morning :).
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] asheehanjr:
How is the progress going for root for the Galaxy Player 4.2? Any luck yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
we get the .pit? hopefully?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
At the request of baruch, I have compiled a howto (kinda ripped from adamoutler's recovery thread) to get the .pit:

How to obtain your partition table

Download Heimdall Suite here: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

Open "heimdall-frontend"

if you encounter errors in windows, you need to install the zadig libusb driver. Remember to "show all" from the menu in the program.

Put your device in Download mode

Click the Utilities tab

select an output filename. The file should always end with a "pit" I'd recommend something descriptive. eg..

GalaxyPlayer4.0-16G.pit, or G70-GalaxyPlayer5.0-8gig.pit

upload that file to http://mediafire.com

I recommend Mediafire because they have no distracting adds, no 50 second wait time, no signup, and everything is straight forward as opposed to 99% of the other file hosting sites.

post the mediafire link here in the forum

Other than that, we cannot find the pit until someone starts analyzing the partition table, or we get root.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
We can analyse it if someone make print pit instead of download pit.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] @localhost:
Heimdall can see the device as connected in download mode but it cannot print or download the pit. I have tried the 2 latest versions with the same result. I wonder if it is possible that Heimdall at its current release cannot work with these devices? Has anyone been able to connect on the 4.2 yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
i dont htink i was able to before this happoned. i kept and actually am still getting error -12 i think? i cant remember the last time i tried but thats what happons

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r u in linux? if not than.... u might need to be. just because i dont think linux needs that libusb thingy and that could be the problem
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] alice90:
I have a linux laptop and the 4.2 device, tell me exactly what should i do to help.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It seems that it's a linux problem because when I had windows, I was able to print partitions and download them no problem. But when I have linux I can just download it, printing it would crash heimdall and soft-brick my device.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] k4ry4k:
Linux and macos need an usb driver and dont work equal with all modes and with all devices

Enviado desde mi YP-GI1
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
look at page 14. there are instructions. however make sure to click download he .pit other wise it could possibly brick it according to zaclimon
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
Did you try it? If not, could you try soon
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] alice90:
I have downloaded the pit file.

P.S.

My device is not rooted.

So, is there a safe and tried method to root it?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
thx a ton!!!!!! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I think I have the way to root your devices... By using the debugfs method you can (I think get your devices running) More infos here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1706588

Also the partition for system is

/dev/block/mmc0blkp8
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] alice90:
Thanx, looks legit, but I don't have a windows machine to try it now (only linux)... Or I can install Android SDK, read the RootDebugfs.bat and enter the commands manually, or try to convert the Bat script to a Bash script, but I'm not a programmer.

If somebody tries this method first, please report the result! Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
heimdall is only for windows?

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god i mdumb. i should read what zac had posted :P can u please do it manuely? just for time reasons? no one else can right now
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] alice90:
No, I've used it in Linux an hour ago to download the PIT file for you.

I must go to sleep now, then go to college, I will come back after 16-18 hours.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ezekiel2610:
It didnt work, That root method didnt got the permission tu access the player...

Oh well... more waiting for me
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Oh wait I put the wrong link. Here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817622
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ezekiel2610:
MM nope... it didnt work either :l

Again.. More waiting for me
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] @localhost:
Tried.

Waiting for device to be detected...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

Found system partition at: /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

Step 1 - Pushing files...
2253 KB/s (1862336 bytes in 0.807s)
2654 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.140s)
138 KB/s (142 bytes in 0.001s)

Rebooting...
Once your devices has finished restarting,
Press any key to continue . . .

Step 2 - Rooting...
debugfs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8: Permission denied while opening filesystem
debugfs: rm: Filesystem not open
debugfs: rm: Filesystem not open
debugfs: cd: Filesystem not open
debugfs: write: Filesystem not open
debugfs: set_inode_field: Filesystem not open
debugfs: set_inode_field: Filesystem not open
debugfs: set_inode_field: Filesystem not open
debugfs:

Rebooting...
Once your devices has finished restarting,

Rooting FAILED! You may want to try running this tool again.
Your device region may not be supported if you see this message again.

Press any key to continue . . .

*******************

Waiting for device to be detected...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
Enter the full path to your system mount:
/dev/block/mmc0blkp8

Found system partition at: /dev/block/mmc0blkp8

Step 1 - Pushing files...
2491 KB/s (1862336 bytes in 0.730s)
2510 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.148s)
69 KB/s (142 bytes in 0.002s)

Rebooting...
Once your devices has finished restarting,

Step 2 - Rooting...
debugfs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
/dev/block/mmc0blkp8: No such file or directory while opening filesystem
debugfs: rm: Filesystem not open
debugfs: rm: Filesystem not open
debugfs: cd: Filesystem not open
debugfs: write: Filesystem not open
debugfs: set_inode_field: Filesystem not open
debugfs: set_inode_field: Filesystem not open
debugfs: set_inode_field: Filesystem not open
debugfs:

Rebooting...
Once your devices has finished restarting,
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ezekiel2610:
Same here
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Oh well... Why it isn't working??
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
cause it was meant for asus?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It works on the GSII and GSIII too. Maybe it's ICS only?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
y would a root for the s2 or s3 work on the player 4.2?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It's a generic root that has been proved to work on these devices...

EDIT: I unrooted my device and used this root and it worked:

Samsung admire root method.

I don't gurantee anything though.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
Did you do it exactly as the instructions said or did you vary a bit? Because I followed them to the wire and the root app wouldn't find my device. First world problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baladev:
he has Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4.0
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] asheehanjr:
I figured I try it and no go for me. t said unrecognized device, and tried to reboot but nothing happened.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
Well, then I guess confirmed to not work on the 4.2. At least that particular root.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
still can't find a root? uchhh :( y cant we just push the power button and it auto root it :P

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well have u guys been trying in windows or linux? hes using linux. it does make a difference. thats how we were able to get the .pit file was from linux. windows was too stupid to get it to work.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Well actually I use linux, maybe it can be different but if it don't work for you I'll try to find something else. Also make sure that usb debugging is checked.

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Also I have a request. Maybe it don't work with the 4.2 or 3.6 I don't remember but can you try to see if unlockroot works with it?

Thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
Speculation, but very likely wouldn't matter in this case. The software does not recognize the SGP 4.2 as an available device, this is on the software end, not the OS.

However, I used Windows.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It's most likely because it wasn't recognized by adb. Is your device recognized by adb normally?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
Yes it is.

Also, unlockroot has recognized my 4.2 and is currently trying to get shell root permission. I will update this post as I get more information. Wouldn't get my hopes up, but you never know.

Failed to get shell root. Ah well.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Ok so I tried once again the admire root method and the su binary was there but not the superuser app :confused:. I modified the script and it's here :D. I will see if I can modify the batch script to get it working.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
I just want to tell you good luck, we're all counting on you.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
Nice! Are you using a 4.0 (which I am assuming) to test this? I believe (of course) that all the root method that work on the 4.0 do NOT work on the 3.6, although you apparently are out to prove me wrong:). Perhaps a stock-flashable root zip would work better, or maybe CF-root. Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] alice90:
Those who want to try the Admire method under Windows, beware!!! There is a bug in the run.bat file, edit it then find and replace the misspelled defice to device.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I use it with the 4.0 but I don't if it will work on the 4.2 though. and CF-root wouldn't work because we need a kernel. In this case, we don't have it. Maybe the exploit used in this root is patched who knows. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
Would you like me to try the Linux version still, provided you got my reply? It didn't seem like the errors were OS-based, but I'm not a dev and I'm happy to do anything I can to move this attempt forward. I've been lurking on this thread for at least a month now, kind of disappointing there's no forum for the 3.6/4.2 yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I know it isn't OS based but I prefer linux over windows so I can see what I can do to resolve it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] alice90:
I've just tried the DebugFS method under Linux, it doesn't work :(

debugfs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8: Permission denied while opening filesystem
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Yippingbyrd:
That's precisely the reason I was going to install Ubuntu -- plays nice with all my Android devices.

If you need anything else just ask, I'm more than happy to help.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] branko.savic:
Is there a rom with cornerstone that is actually up to date?

Right now I am using Megatrons rom with cornerstone, but it is very buggy!

Would love to have an up to date rom, where the bugs are being ironed out!

Thanks!

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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Try Team EOS, they have a CS build dated 2012-06-14.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] branko.savic:
Thanks!

Could you please provide me with a link?

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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Try here, there's a link to take you there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520764

heck here's direct link

http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/cornerstone/nightlies/tf101
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] branko.savic:
Thanks, I appreciate it! :)

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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brgroover:
google "cornerstone" will be avaliable for jelly beans tablets. Wait for Wednesday
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgcruzing:
sounds promising.. got any reading on it?

Edit...so far havent seen to much multi windows type action in jellybean previews..

Mostly its the same, same with more of a " sliding window" or split screen usage as in google currents..

The best i have seen so far is the floating window idea and or the 3 split screens in qq..