yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] nocaldawg:
So I went to Verizon and they changed the sim card and guess what.... The update failed. I know everyone is surprised and shocked. They did connect me to customer support and I was provided two options. 1) do a hard reset and try the update again. They feel sure this will do the trick. 2) They will send me a postage paid box so I can send the unit to Samsung for repair and then if it can't be repaired, they will send a certified like new unit instead (this means used and certainly not treated as well as I treat mine). Wow.

Has anyone tried a hard reset this time? I am inclined to try this when I get back to wifi tonight. Any thoughts on this? Really don't want to root. I did take their survey and let me have it....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] rjohmit:
I'm on FD01....just got the notification that an update was available. Its the 29.3....of course I got the Android guy with the exclamation point...awesome. I knew it wasn't ICS based on the size but...would be nice if it would actually install.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] nocaldawg:
The air is thick with the smell of b. S. I tried the hard reset and got the same result. Triangle with exclamation point. Called Verizon back and was instructed to call Samsung since this was their deal. Called them and was told to download Kies and then call back. Did that and when I called back, was told that my 3.2 firmware was current and that any update would be sent ota.

Placed my final call to Verizon and they advised that the 29.3mb update is bogus and the real update just started yesterday and will arrive over multiple days. They said this bogus comment came from Verizon personnel. He could not tell me how a bogus ota was floating around.

Bottom line this is an absolute cluster by Verizon. How bout some communication and straight answers big red?! Making it up as you go along is just stupid.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] platodd:
I'm puzzled, why are some still waiting for ICS? I've had it for at least a couple of weeks now. What went wrong with the OTA update that was sent around thanksgiving?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] rayjr13:
sitting around waiting on Verizon to resolve this instead of installing yourself at this point is stupid. No offense but if you want the result best to and effective to do it yourself. This thread isn't gaining any up-to-date or useful info with these additional moanings

. Seriously? Let's move on please.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Unfortunately he's right. If you want off honeycomb you're better off doing it yourself via electron's method.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
I have to wait til monday to get my i815, but I have already planned it's arrival :)

I'll probably check for the functionality while in HC and see if its FD01, but with this thread I will promptly root the bad boy. Then use Odin to flash CWM (I've started using TWRP on my phone but will use CWM at first). Once I have CWM, I'll do a nandroid and flash the LP10-wipe version with it. I plan to just flash it as is over HC without doing a factory reset/cache/dalvik wipe prior. Then I'll do the set up and get all my apps and start playing ;)

Did I miss anything?

It's nice that the play store has allowed you to go into 'all' for your apps and be able to delete the crap you don't want. It took me awhile but one day I went through all of them and now it's just the ones I like. This makes it easy to flash a rom and download apps pristine. I've sometimes had issues using TIBU or STP.

Looking forward to it!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] rjohmit:
Honest question here....have I missed the fully functional ICS or JB ROM for the Verizon variant? One that supports LTE, GPS, micro SD slot, camera, and whatever else is sometimes missing from these 3rd party ROMs? I bought the Verizon variant because I wanted the LTE...I'm not going to install a ROM that doesn't support it.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] rrbum:
Investigate furthur.

Read electron73's thread in the developer forum.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] zgx:
Where can one find a discussion of the source code corresponding to this OTA release?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Scotte3:
Verizon has tried (unsuccessfully) to push a version of ICS on the OTA. I have not rooted my device either but I have ICS on my Galaxy Note. It is sweet and smooth with other nice features that would rock on the 7.7 and be a premium tablet

Verizon crippled the device to remove the phone and other features the international versions have available. Now they have painted themselves into a corner by not being able to update their software. (JMO but I think they are not as competent programmers in this area as Samsung and have failed in an attempted update)

On the Verizon forum there are many 7.7 users that have complained to support about the failure and they are clueless how to fix the issue. Most of the users are told to wipe the device and try again. That never works. After they try that and it fails they are told to return the device and they will send them another (refurbished one) with ICS on it.

So unless you are one of the lucky ones that gets the mini update to run, you will likely be waiting until they can find a fix or send your device in for an upgrade.

Did you miss anything by not getting the update is not the question. The question is did Verizon fail to keep the promise of ICS and frequent updates to the tablet? If I had known they would be so inept, I would have opted for other devices as would most of the early purchasers.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
I'm rooted and have root explorer on the tablet. Trying to get cwm on there now. I have Odin installed and it sees the tablet. However I can't find the recovery boot.p file in the system directory. I have show hidden files checked. I've done a search on the whole system. But nada. I'm on FA02. Before I flash the tar is there something I need to do?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
FA02 is an older build I think, which didn't have that file back then. You can probably Odin cwm easily without the recovery from boot file issue that begins at FD01 (I think)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
Yep got it done. Sending from lp10 ;)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
Hey gilbot. I really appreciate this thread. I'm surfing get around for seeing get the different roms. Perbaps you could update the op with the variants I'm seeing. Pa 2.55 and cm10 by aorth that I've found. Also what would be helpful is what's broken in each. Just thought it would be a good place to know that because all the other pertinent info is in that post.

Thanks again. I got rooted and on lp10 really quickly.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Kralik:
I think there's only PA 2.52 for i815 right now. I tried asking how stable it is and if anyone has used it, but got no response.

LP10+PimpMyRom is pretty decent, though.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
Oh now I see that's only for the 6800....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Kralik:
Yes, I read through nearly the whole thread. 2.50 seemed stable, 2.55 somewhat stable, and everything in between was problematic. Things like not booting at all due to an animation glitch, etc. So I'm reluctant to try 2.52 for the i815 when there's zero feedback on it. :p

Does anyone know if you could use CM9/CM10 and flash the i815 modem.bin to resolve connectivity issues? It seems like CM10.1 suggests doing that, and I wonder if it would allow data to work.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Data is disabled in cm9/cm10 builds. Flashing the latest modem will not enable data, the rom needs to be built with data enabled for that to work.

Since there has been some new info I will try to update the op later to reflect these things.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
CHANGES TO OP:

12/19/2012

:

-Added LP10 Stock Kernel

-Added LP10 Modem

-Updated CWM version link

-Cleaned up OP by Hiding sections

-CM 10.1 thread link added to custom ROMs
​
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
Thanks gilbot. Is there a custom kernel for lp10? I haven't found one. Just wanted to try some other governors and Oc a little.

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
No. :( The price of these tabs originally really stunted development for it. There are few developers. I'd love to try out a new kernel, but it is what it is :P

I am, however, grateful for those that still remain. Its a Shame tho cause the 7.7 is still as gorgeous and powerful of a device as ever.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
Ok thanks. I might see what I can do in system tuner pro. There are some tweaks for the governor up threshold and power save bias.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] schrochem:
Not sure if anyone is interested but in system tuner pro I was able to change the up threshold to 65% and down threshold to 25% for the ondemand governor.

http://www.3c71.com/android/?q=node/381

I also changed the Sdcard cache size to 1024

SysCtl I used 'recommended' and it changed a bunch of things...

In the Build.prop I used presets "Improve network performance wifi/mobile", "improve responsiveness" and "improve app performance"

In the memory section I used 'very light' preset

For auto-kill I have it for when screen is turned off and when screen is turned on except excluded apps (I went through and excluded the ones I didn't want killed). I may uncheck these though.

I don't need constant 'connection' so I use Llama to sever wifi after the screen is off for 2 min and turn on wifi when the screen is on. Works well and quick.

Anyway, I'll see how she runs over the next couple of days set up like this.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Bandage:
Anyone have ideas for me?

Attempting root process on ota ICS... Root zip file in stock recovery fails Sig check. I've tried both files with no success.

Really rather not roll back to honeycomb just to attain root.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Try to ODIN the old Honeycomb recovery and root with that? Or chainfire's exynos exploit might be able to root it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Bandage:
Exploit did the trick...totally forgot to even try that, thanks!!!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] rayjr13:
ad hoc wifi

Do we still not have a way to connect to AD gov networks via the wifi interface. I know there is wifi direct but I mean mostly for internet sharing. (for other device like laptop)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scchenzheng:
can everyone help me,ibuy i815 in,but i cannot connect to network in China, sir can you help me
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
The i815 is only for the U.S on Verizon wireless. You cannot connect to any other cellular network with it (as far as I know) because of the bands Verizon uses. It can be used over WiFi.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] gmaugham:
Sorry, but the SCH-i815 will not work with mobile data in China. Even though China Mobile uses CDMA technology, it's on a different frequency than Verizon uses in the US.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scchenzheng:
i usued in China telcom,it's EVDO 3G DATA,the network is CDMA2000
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scchenzheng:
sir,can you tellme,where i can open the，phoneutil, i want change the USB connect mode, thanks everyone
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
The tab supports mtp for USB connections.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scchenzheng:
i want change the uart and the USB in open phoneUtil

---------- Post added at 07:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:23 PM ----------

Why,you can enter the phone util(debug mode)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Thank you, Gilbot, for helping me get rooted. Your help was greatly appreciated!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] typester:
this finally worked.

i bought a reconditioned Verizon Galaxy Tab 7.7 i815 and none of the root methods would work. i just kept getting failed...unsigned...errors. the chainfire Exploit took 2 seconds and i was rooted. someone should get the OP to put this uptop because i'm sure it's way easier than flashing back to Honeycomb since i searched for almost 2 hours and couldn't find the stock rom to flash back too. nor could i find instructions on how to do it if it did in fact exist for Verizon...

Thanks again!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
CHANGES TO OP:

01/13/2013

:

-Added Chainfire's ExynosAbuse APK root method for LP10 ICS
​
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Anyone have any ideas?

I got rooted thanks to Gilbot.

But as for flashing recovery, whichever method I use - 6800, 6810, and i815 and from multiple websites - I cannot flash recovery. I almost defecated in my underwear when I flashed CWM and TWRP and got a bootloop @ the Verizon 4G screen. After I had a couple beers to help numb the pain, I flashed stock LP10 recovery...And the gods were smiling on me. But any other recovery flash, they seem to enjoy flinging poo at me...

*Edited
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Locerra's latest CWM port is here: http://goo.im/devs/ohanar/i815/clockworkmod

Flash that sucker with ODIN. not sure why they aren't workin' for ya...

Did you navigate to the /system folder with a root-enabled file explorer app and mount R/W, then locate the file "recovery-from.boot.p" and rename it to "recovery-from.boot.p.bak" ?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Thank you, sir! I'm on my way over to.check it out!

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(Sorry for the double post)

I just saw the part about the recovery file. Funny thing is, I didn't see it there at all. On my G-Nex and other devices, I saw the file there. But this thing didn't have it. Maybe that is the reason for the bootloops? Would you happen to still have the file handy so I can shove it into /system? Lol
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Re: [INFO] SCH-i815 specific information (Verizon Galaxy Tab 7.7) [01/13/13]

I don't have that file handy. I might have it if I restore back to stock ICS. I'll try to pull the file out upon a restore when I get free time.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Before you go through all that work to grab just one file for me, I found a thread with the ISC ROM. And I looked in the zip and it had it. :D

Thank you for the willingness to do that. I appreciate it.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
I forgot to mention that Odin is not turning the familiar yellow. It is turning a blue/cyan/teal, whatever you want to call it. And it sees the device. I nave all the drivers install. Or maybe that is something new with Odin? Even going back tomy WinMo days, Odin turned yellow whenit connexted.

I'm gonna go flash a recovery now that I have the recovery-from.boot.p file. So I'll letcha know how it goes.

(I have no idea why it was never in the/system folder to begin with. And my wife got it straight from VZW.)

***Update

I was able to flash a recovery (finally). And the Odin was my fault. I thought I was selecting the correct Odin. I was selecting the one for my G-Nex. After I selected the electron_i815_odin_pack.zip I was able to get the familiar yellow in Odin. And now I finally have a backup. And can flash away (almost) worry free. :)

Thank you, Gilbot!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Re: [INFO] SCH-i815 specific information (Verizon Galaxy Tab 7.7) [01/13/13]

Great ! I was going to suggest checking Odin version and whether or not you were using the PDA tab, etc.. Good luck and happy flashing!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] helpermonkey:
Hi there,

I soft bricked my tab editing the build.prop file. In an attempt to fix it, I downloaded CWM recovery from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1542897 and followed the instructions here: http://theunlockr.com/2012/11/14/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7/ however, when i subsequently try and boot into recovery mode, i have no luck. It does not seem to "take" the update thus i'm left with odin mode on the tablet. Any advice?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Re: [INFO] SCH-i815 specific information (Verizon Galaxy Tab 7.7) [01/13/13]

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that yet. You might be able to push that build.prop with adb. I don't think the tab can be used with fastboot, or I would suggest booting a recovery image with fastboot. I'll try that when I get home later.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Here. I have the build.prop. Maybe forcing it through via ADB would do the trick? It is not flashable via a recovery. I just zipped it so I can upload it for you or anyone else who may need it. So just download it from your computer and extract the build.prop.

*Edit-

Nevermind. Gilbot beat me to the punch. But there's the build.prop incase it's needed. Lol. And I don't know if it matters, this was for LP10.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] helpermonkey:
Thanks guys, I've never used ADB but i'll pluck around with that and see what I can come up with. If you can think of a good tutorial for it, please let me know. I'm plenty comfortable with command line, just never tried ADB.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] ZenNook:
Rooting stock IMM76D.LP11

Anyone have root on the ICS build IMM76D.LP11 yet (my tab had this out of the box)?. I initially had root with ExynosAbuse 1.4 but it seems it wasn't stable as I inexplicably lost it after about 1 week. Will I have to revert back to a previous build?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
For those of you with build.prop issues, It is not possible to use ADB while in ODIN mode.

In order to fix the tab, you

MUST

be able to boot into clockworkmod recovery.

1. Download this cwm flashable build.prop and place on your sdcard: http://d-h.st/4ua

2. Flash CWM recovery with ODIN, but before flashing, make sure Auto Reboot is unchecked in ODIN (don't pay attention to the file i have being flashed in the pic, it's an old pic):

3. Once you're done flashing recovery in ODIN, hold power to power down your tab.

4. Once your tab is powered down, hold

Power+Volume Up

at the same time until the Samsung logo appears, then immediately let go of the power button while still holding volume up. Your tab will boot into CWM. If you see a green "Warning !! and an exclamation point triangle on your tab then you held the wrong volume button and booted into ODIN mode.

5. Flash the cwm_build_prop.zip file with CWM to restore your build.prop.

6. Reboot and hope for success?​
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
CHANGES TO OP:

01/22/2013

:

-Added electron73's modified LP11 OTA update link.

-Added warning to Root methods for the new LP11 update. They no longer work. Don't accept OTA updates unless you want to lose root access.
​
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Kralik:
I used instructions from here to regain root on my LP10-->LP11:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1911261

Would they work for rooting in general? I accessed adb through CWM recovery and had the # prompt in the adb shell immediately.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
There is also this. Electron has a cool way:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1932597

I have also still used Gilbot's method here (see one of my previous posts above). I was still able to flash a recovery (I used TWRP. But CWM also would work. Hope that helps. But keep in mind the LP11 killed the exy eploit.

____________________

( "King of the Self-Edit'" )

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] helpermonkey:
well, let's call this a mitigated success.

i was flashed cwm-6.0.2.3-i815 via odin and then booted into CWM per your instructions and was able to flash the build.prop zip you pointed us to ... I THINK.

upon completion, the tablet reboots and you see the samsung logo, the screen then goes black .... soooo ... it's possible that this method didn't work for me; but also possible that b/c I tried so many other methods since i thrashed my device, that i've mucked something else up somewhere else.

now that i can get into CWM though, do you have another alternative that will allow me to just go back to verizon's version of stock? I don't care about saving my data at this point.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Helpermonkey, if it was me in your shoes, I'd flash Gilbot's HC 3.2 Nandroid backup that he has on the first page here (the OP). That way you know it's VZW software, and you also can still pull the 4.0.4 OTA - I am assuming his backup is still odexed. And if I read his post correctly, it is flashable in a custom recovery as you have. That would be my move if I were in your predicament.

*Edited
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
It worked, its just that the build.prop might not correspond to your setup. So even though you have a black screen, I bet if you connected your tab to your PC it would show under my computer (windows) from which you could download electron's ICS ROM and put it on your tablet storage and flash it to get back to stock.

OR BETTER YET.... you could just boot into CWM then wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache then wipe dalvik cache (under advanced) then reboot your tab and it will load up as if it was a first boot. Try that option first, It might work.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] ZenNook:
Thanks firefighterguy. Electron PM'd me and gave me the solution: I used CWM to flash a root.zip file available in another forum and it worked like a charm! I am rerooted now and installed voodoo OTA to keep it that way (hopefully)!

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Gilbot,

Just wanted to offer a humble suggestion for the OP. It currently states both rooting suggestions as not working for the LP11 build of SCH-i815. However, I rooted my LP11 with help from Electron as follows:

Instead of flashing the root.zip file you posted in the OP through the tablet's STOCK RECOVERY - which gave me endless signature verification errors - I successfully flashed it via CWM.

For clarity the exact steps are:

1. flash the latest CWM via PC Odin - have tablet in hand to reboot into CWM directly after flashing by pressing power and volume up before it reboots into the ROM (as noted in Electron's OP)

2. reboot into CWM

3. tick down to install zip from storage (for me it was on internal storage)

4. find and flash the root.zip file

5. Enjoy a rooted LP11

Electron also suggested this would work by flashing his entire pre-rooted LP11 OTA ROM (available here) via CWM instead of the root.zip file - I didn't try this method myself.

Hope readers find that useful - it took hours for me to research and finally arrive at root!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Sweet! Glad you got it going again, Zen. Welcome back to the Dark Side. :cool:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Thanks for the heads up.

I'll update the operator with different root options.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] firefighterguy:
Gilbot, FYI:

(I'm not sure why the LP10 isn't working for some after the LP11. Maybe I misunderstood Zens post and some of the others here. That wouldn't be the first time. Lol!)

But after my drinking and flashing from the other day, I can verify that the LP10 root method worked.for me on LP11.

--> I restored my LP10 nandroid and then let the LP11 update install itself. Then Irerooted with both CWM and TWRP after the LP11 finished rebooting. Then I powered down and booted into download mode and flashed the recoveries via Odin and II used your rooting file to flash.

*Edited
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] helpermonkey:
there is no advanced option for dalvik, any suggestions there?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Gilbot:
Boot into CWM. Choose advanced,then choose wipe dalvik cache.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] helpermonkey:
sadly, i don't have that option.

I have

- reboot system now

- apply update from external storage

- wipe data/factory reset

- wipe cahce partition

- test redbend fora[FS]
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] TonyBigs:
That's stock recovery, not CWM.