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[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

XDA Members:

With the newly released ICS update for the GT-P6810, some users will inevitably update their devices and somehow lose root in the process. For those unlucky users, downgrading to HC for root and then re-upgrading with MobileODIN is no longer the only option. There are some options for obtaining root via stock recovery instead of ODIN, but I saw that a few people were having issues. Probably not a problem with the method, but variety never hurts. So here is a VERY direct method of rooting your GT-P6810 on ICS. Please feel free to simplify or improve upon this method and post it here. Progress helps everyone.

WARNING!!: The following steps MAY trigger the counter on your device. However, they didn't trigger mine.

Prerequisites: ODIN or Heimdall

Notice: Some basic flashing experience is required for this. Review the steps FIRST!

DISCLAIMER: The only guarantee I make is that this worked for me. You run the risk of tripping your device's counter, corrupting your device, or bricking your device. If you don't know what you're doing, this is not for you. I accept no responsibility for ANYTHING that might arise as a result of following this guide!

1.) Download the following files:

a) CWM for P6810: http://db.tt/B6mTm9fd CREDIT: locerra

b) root for P6810: http://db.tt/kcuvYG5k CREDIT: mashkuov

2.) Put your device in "Download Mode" and connect to your PC.

3.) Open ODIN and verify that it sees your device.

4.) In ODIN, click "PDA" and select the CWM *.tar you downloaded.

5.) Make sure that you haven't selected to format/partition your device and flash the *.tar.

6.) Upon completion, your device should reboot. Copy the root.zip to your device, and then reboot into recovery.

7.) In recovery, flash the root.zip and reboot.

8.) You should now have root in ICS!

DISCLAIMER: The only guarantee I make is that this worked for me. You run the risk of tripping your device's counter, corrupting your device, or bricking your device. If you don't know what you're doing, this is not for you. I accept no responsibility for ANYTHING that might arise as a result of following this guide!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] ricep:
Perfect, thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] ewok666:
Thanks.

Does this increase the custom binary download counter?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
It's just the recovery; not the kernel. So it shouldn't. It didn't increase mine. But I'm not making any promises.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] ewok666:
Worked a treat. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
No problem man!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
Thursday, July 19, 2012

XDA Members:

Okay fellas. Just a quick survey. How many of you were able to successfully execute the steps in this guide without difficulty? If problems were encountered, what were they? Did anyone trip their flash counter by using this guide? Did anyone soft or hard brick by using this guide? I'd really like some feedback.

On a second, but similar note, how easily were you able to follow the guide? What do you think I should add to it or remove from it? Should I make it into a full, click-by-click, newb-friendly guide? Should I trim the fat and simplify it? Or should I leave it as-is? I'm flying blind here. I've written small, simple, easy to follow guides for stuff like "build.prop" edits in the past; but I've never written a guide for something that involved ANY kind of flashing. So any critique would be very welcome. I've always felt that the biggest of XDA's strengths was its community's standard practice of openly sharing. So now that I've shared my guide, I would like to, in GPL fashion, open it up to corrections, additions, modifications, and improvements. So if you've got anything, anything at all, please go ahead and post it.

I thank you all for your time and hope this guide has been a help.

Thank you,

Edward (Mister_Mxyzptlk)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Josvaz:
Its straight forward and nice, good work there.

I vote for, leave it as it be!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
Did you use it to regain root after losing it in the update?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Josvaz:
Yea ^^
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
COOL MAN!! Did it trip your flash counter? It shouldn't have; because it doesn't touch the kernel, but weird things sometimes happen.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] acid123:
Quick, easy and straight forward,

Cheers
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Steve_max:
--removed--
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] acid123:
I didn't have root before,

So this method is the best at the moment for anyone running stock ics
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
This guide is for people who are ALREADY on unrooted ICS. How is your suggestion in any way helpful to those people? Unchecking recovery is only helpful if you use CWM. If you use stock recovery, you'll still have stock recovery. Also, MobileODIN doesn't always preserve root. If preserving root fails during the update, there's nothing MobileODIN can do. You'll have to re-root yourself. I've seen this happen first hand. Usually, you have to downgrade, re-root, and then use MobileODIN to upgrade again. This guide eliminates the need for that. If you upgraded and lost root, FOR WHATEVER REASON, this will get it back quickly, and easily.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
You didn't offend me. This is a simple guide for achieving root on the 4.0.4 build for the 6810. This is XDA. If someone searches for a way to update a Samsung device, they're going to find MobileODIN. If XDA were a department store, I could spit in any direction and hit a MobileODIN thread. Don't overcomplicate things. If you're on unrooted ICS, this is as easy as it gets. Furthermore, everroot is a paid option. My method is free. There's no need to go buy an app for an option that simply isn't needed in this case. If you want to write a MobileODIN update guide, go ahead and do it. This is a development thread for a very specific scenario; not a thread to compare preferred update methods. Take care.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] Olt:
**Edit**

Since my issue is relating to not being able to get into Recovery mode at all, i'm going to move it to a separate thread.

P.S. your instructions were very clear and made perfect sense (having previously rooted a SGS i9000), however linking to Odin in step 2) and specifying how to get into recovery in step 6) might be useful for newer users?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android Development] netags:
Mine didn't work....I used mobile Odin pro to flash ICS ...I used ever root option while flashing to ICS but for some reason root didn't work ...

I have only tried to root without CWM so it threw me signature error...I have lost my USB cable so I cudnt flash CWM by Odin using PC
[Nexus 7 General] dublued:
I received my shipment today.

The very first thing I did after signing in was update the system to 4.1.1.

After playing for a few minutes I noticed a dead or stuck pixel on the right side of the screen. I ran the display test app and found another dead pixel in the middle of the screen.

I tried the camera with Google hangouts and Skype and all I get is garbled green signal. Using the nexus 7 camera launched yielded the same result.

Doing a full factory reset did not fix the problems.

Needless to say this going back. I'm disappointed that this excellent device is having these quality issues.
[Nexus 7 General] redmonke255:
I have a single dead pixel on the very edge. It's only visible on a completely black screen so I'm gonna live with it.

Good luck with your return.
[Nexus 7 General] dublued:
I would recommend you get it exchanged. At the end of the day its still a defect. Maybe wait a little while so they have more stock to ship another one.
[Nexus 7 General] redmonke255:
I got mine from staples so I'll have to deal with them. I'll wait until they have stock.
[Nexus 7 General] Shano56:
They have a little thing in the booklet. I think its referring to dead pixels. It was kind of confusing tho
[Nexus 7 General] dublued:
Do you know what page its on? I didn't see any mention of it

Edit: never mind, I see it in the warranty booklet under the LCD defect policy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AvatarOfFrost:
I flashed a custom ROM and after deciding I didn't like it I restored a factory stock ROM and every since all hell broke loose.

At first I had no connection of any kind whatsoever no matter what ROM or modem I flashed.

Then I dialed ##72786# and it seemed to have restored all connections.

Went to bed.

Woke up with only 3g working and nothing else. No calls and no sms.

Flashed a bunch of ROMS again including factory stock and no dice.

Spent 3 hours with Sprint Customer Service and they could not figure out why my phone cannot make calls or send sms.

When making calls I would get "error 16" and the "your account could not be validated"

Please help! I am ready to sell this phone because I don't know what else to do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Try updating profile and prl. Also give odining a new modem Lg2 is the latest one.

When you did a factory reset, did you clear /efs?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AvatarOfFrost:
tried both....didn't work

i flashed LG2 modem via CWM....not sure if it makes a difference
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Woozy82:
RTN reset, Dial ##786# or *#*#786#*#* put in your MSL or SPC code and do the reset you may have to push the menu button to see the reset option. This will wipe/reset every thing back to factory
[Galaxy S III Accessories] j1mmyc:
Ok just got my bumpers in mail today and i think they are great especially beacause all 5 were only $12 shipped. the down side is i had to get from china and it took 17 days. The back side is a pretty sturdy material and the front is softer for slipping over the phone. They feel nice and smooth in the hand but not slippry. So here are some pics i took with my old sII

I was surprised they were packaged pretty nicely

nice colors

They add very little bulk

The cut outs are all perfect

It protects all the edges so should give pretty good fall protection but still shows a lot of the phones beauty

I wish i had these before i dropped my phone but oh well thats what insurance is for and heres a link to them on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5X-Hybrid-S...040275?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4d02a7e893

And this is my first big post/review hope i did ok and could help someone out
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jawang26:
Thanks great review! Breaks my heart seeing the cracked screen tho :(! I purchased the same one glad to see that the corner isnt exposed like it shows in the picture!

Uhh 1 question or request

Do you think before you send it back in to insurance you can do a drop test since your screens already cracked? Lol worse case you have an idea how much protection it gets might as well get as most out of your insurance claim (lol worth a shot!)

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Stephen1125:
Good info, thanks!

How do the buttons feel with the case on? Are you able to feel the button "clicks" easily?

In the ebay pics, it shows an entire corner of the phone somewhat exposed, on all of yours that hole seems to not be there, that's a good thing as that exposed corner is what was preventing me from ordering them originally.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] micromania:
thanks for the review.

im a bit confused though.

the ebay link pics show that one corner is exposed??
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cashyftw:
I have these as well! Currently using the black and orange one! :) I like them, and love how I can still have the feel of my phone, with protection.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] j1mmyc:
yea not sure about the links pictures i was happy to see there wasnt any holes tho and the buttons work as if there wasnt even a case there. very easy to feel and click. and i will do a drop test as soon as asurion mails my new one but as of now they dont have any so i am being careful not to make it worse cuz who knows how long it will be til they get them in
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Xcor3:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-TPU-B...ver-Samsung-I9300-Galaxy-s3-III-/170879376121

I bought this seeing how no corner is exposed

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Gadgetz:
That exposed corner is a deal breaker, but I found this one that has no exposed corners and ships from the US

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TPU-Silicon...ccessories&hash=item416810f79c#ht_2752wt_1396
[Galaxy S III Accessories] j1mmyc:
Just to clarify there are no exposed corners
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Xcor3:
Yes. I also contacted the seller to ask and he said no exposed corners

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bone$:
thanks for the review and ordered.. :good:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] HankPete:
Thanks for the great review and pics. Good to hear the corner is NOT exposed.

Just ordered from same seller on ebay.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Roco91:
Fit extended battery?

Has anybody tried one of these bumpers with an extended battery? I'm getting the QCell 4200mah battery now that it has built in NFC and I know the covers are bigger. I'm just worried about protecting the front edges from scratches.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Randomacts:
Did your case shatter your phone?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] khalidabuu:
I got my self a pack 2 tone color bumpers 5 for 12 from hong kong with a white carbon fiber back the bumpers are amazing. The fit is small lip on the front and back to keep the screen and camera lense off of surfaces. The button response is flawless, it looks sexy and it fits snug. Im so happy with this purchase. Im currently using the black and red my fav color choice for some it only took 7 days to get to me in california
[Galaxy S III Accessories] khalidabuu:
My style
[Galaxy S III Accessories] GoneFishing36:
Beautiful setup. Is that the red case from OP's link or another seller?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] khalidabuu:
Thank you. Its the red one from the op.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] AvatarOfFrost:
I flashed a custom ROM and after deciding I didn't like it I restored a factory stock ROM and every since all hell broke loose.

At first I had no connection of any kind whatsoever no matter what ROM or modem I flashed.

Then I dialed ##72786# and it seemed to have restored all connections.

Went to bed.

Woke up with only 3g working and nothing else. No calls and no sms.

Flashed a bunch of ROMS again including factory stock and no dice.

Spent 3 hours with Sprint Customer Service and they could not figure out why my phone cannot make calls or send sms. Kept activating and programming my phone with zero result

When making calls I would get "error 16" and the "your account could not be validated"

Please help! I am ready to sell this phone because I don't know what else to do.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jgalan14:
Have you take it to sprint store?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] AvatarOfFrost:
Not yet
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Ascertion:
I heard people having problems restoring a NANdroid from CM9. What version of CWM did you have? You tried a full odin restore? If so, try a return to stock odin restore with clear /esn checked in odin and see if that fixes it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Sunsparc:
Update profile?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] AvatarOfFrost:
I have tried that with no luck.

I will be taking it in to Sprint today
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ali87va:
Maybe your imei got wiped?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stonew5082:
Maybe try a new SIM card
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jda2631:
I dont get cell service at one of my friend's houses that i go to a lot. Is there anyway to have texts get forwarded to my email if they are not delivered because i dont have cell service? he has wifi so i would be able to check my email to see if i missed an important message or something. Is it possible to do something like this with phone calls?

I just moved to the S3 from an iphone and most of the ppl i talk to, friends and family, have iphones so i used to be able get imessages which come through on internet and not cell signal but cant now that i have an S3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jda2631:
bump. anyone? anyway to have undelivered texts forwarded to email?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] vinuneuro:
Google voice. You can skip the forwarding part too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Skyrocket2Paradise:
Moderator Edit: Off topic.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Illnevertell:
Reported
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Skyrocket2Paradise:
in case its gone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Skyrocket2Paradise:
go away... your user name is full of lies
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
You sir are part of the problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] prbassplayer:
Missed the point did you? Thread locked
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoJoeee42:
Yes, this is another sob story about how I so naively purchased a kindle fire from some guy on craigslist. Before you all ridicule me about morals and ethics you should know that I have spent the past 4 days on the phone with amazon and the state police in which I made every effort to return this stolen/lost kindle to it's rightful owner. To make a very long story short, Amazon won't take the kindle back or provide me with a way to return the kindle and the police say there is nothing they can do. So now I am stuck with this blacklisted kindle fire and being the nerd that I am I couldn't help but try to crack this cookie. So here's where I'm at...

I'm attempting the sign in on my amazon account but of course i'm unable because the serial number to my kindle is blacklisted. I have have successfully rooted the kindle and currently have Gr9.2 modaco Rom installed hoping that would somehow bypass my problem but no such luck. I've looked in to altering my serial number but haven't had much luck with that either nor am I sure it's even possible? I'm just about ready to throw in the towel on this so any advice or ideas would be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trecneps:
Sorry, I feel so bad for you.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoJoeee42:
First of all, thank you for the advice.

I see that you are running both jelly bean and modaco. What are the advantages of that? What I am really trying to achieve here is keeping the look of the stock kindle fire GUI and somehow gaining the functionality of a non-blacklisted kindle. Will installing either of those ROMs achieve this?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoJoeee42:
Yup I think I have it set up as good as it's going to get. I installed Jelly Bean 4.1.1 aka project Jandycane by lithium76 as my ROM and then found a very helpful post by tyriekgo. He basically has a set of kindle fire apk's including the amazon launcher. I put all the apk's on my kindle and using a file manager from the android market ( I used astro file manager ) I installed them all. Now when I push the home key on my kindle I am asked if I want to use Jelly Bean or kindle fire. You can access the amazon store and purchase books and apps but the videos still don't work. I'm sure somebody will figure out a way around this soon enough. I have attached the links to both posts that I used to do everything I mentioned. If you follow the directions on those posts you should have no problems. If anyone needs more help with this just ask. I am very happy with the way it turned out, it's ALMOST like my kindle isn't blacklisted anymore.

For the Jelly Bean ROM I used visit...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766829

And for the set of kindle apk's visit...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1596706
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] 1mile:
hey guys not sure if this is the right place to post. my galaxy s3 with rogers just died. wont reboot or even start up. i took battery out put back in let it charge but still nothing. just to make sure i put my battery in a friends phone to check if its the battery,but his phone started up fine. so its not the battery. i took battery out plug in power and the phone shows red light so i put battery in and red light stays on but still not powering on. anyone know if this can be fixed. I spoke with Rogers they said im 1week past the 15day exchange policy they can fix but would take 15days. I wanted to see if their is a fix to avoid sending in. can someone please help :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Jamin13:
You might want to check the international GSIII forums.

|Trolling with a smile|
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] worn_chaos789:
I understand the E4GT just got ICS, and, according to many people, it is filled with bugs. But would making an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM be too terribly hard? As I understand, the reason making the ICS ROMs was so difficult was because it was a massive upgrade that completely skipped one step in between. Hence why the update took so long in the first place. But since Jelly Bean is just a few enhancements over ICS, would it be difficult to port a Jelly Bean build over to the E4GT? Just a thought I had jumbling around in the ol' noodle lol Thank you for any answers or responses
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _dan:
I don't experience any problems while using ff18 ICS build.. but jb will come in time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sai5o4:
To correct your understanding, ICS ROMs (as in TouchWiz) weren't difficult to make at all. It was ROMS like AOKP, CM9, etc that were more difficult. It was mainly due to not having kernel source for ICS. There are already some developers working on porting Jelly Bean over, you'll just have to wait a little bit more.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] worn_chaos789:
My mistake. Thank you for correcting me. I'm certainly no developer, as you can plainly see lol That is great news though, and I can't wait to see what they come up with. I'm certainly in no rush :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] worn_chaos789:
I also haven't noticed many bugs with it. I don't understand what all the fuss is about it being terrible. I enjoy it. I use it as my daily driver and it seems to work just as well as el29 GB did, if not better because of the new functionality features and improved battery life, etc. Good to know someone else is happy with it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
Ff18 improves battery life? I've heard exact opposite. And I've heard it slows down data speeds
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] worn_chaos789:
My battery life has seemed extensively better than with el29. That's not to say I didn't have satisfactory battery life prior to ff18. I seem to get maybe 12 or 13 hours out of ff18 whereas I would only get 10 or so with el29. Then again, I'm also constantly tweaking my running tasks and such so my battery life generally is much longer than many of my friends lol but yes I have seen some major improvements all across the board with ICS, as well as some bugs here and there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
So prep before going ff18?.... Wrote davlik cache, all cache or just wipe everything? Before attempting to flash? And flash it 3 to 4 times to be safe?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] worn_chaos789:
I manually updated to ff18 from the post by sfhub including what he said was the exact same build as the OTA update. The process used odin to flash the build onto my phone. Upon recieving the update, after a day of use I had some debilitating lag and hanging all over the place. So I was curious as to what wiping the cache and such would do. I went into the stock recovery (not CWM) and did a wipe data/factory reset, then wipe dalvik cache, then I did a reboot from stock recovery. Since then, the only bugs I have noticed are the task manager aesthetic bug, and a few hang ups here and there. However, battery life hasn't been an issue, I haven't had issues with wifi or force closing, and overall it has been an enjoyable experience. I still use the ff18 build daily.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DataHawg:
Don't do a factory reset with the stock recovery. That bricked a lot of phones. Even the OTA FF18 stock kernel was released with this bug. Use one of Agat63's new kernels or Calkulins format all zip. No bricks reported with either of those methods.