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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
Hello. Yes, I'm a noob. I watched video, and also have been trying to find a solution for last three days. I just really am unsure where to even start!!.... :silly:

I just purchased this Samsung Galaxy Tab:

ebay. com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-w-Otter-Box-Charger-3G-SPH-P100-/140863908008?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&nma=true&si=zdNnh%2F8hBkAfClqVXbmhnrVFeI4%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

(Sorry I can not link without spaces)

I have no SD card.

This is Sprint version of Tab, though I'm not sure if that is still attached to the tab.

I do not know if this is rooted (item description does not say anything about that, but I'm guessing it is..)

Received it, charged it, tried to turn it on, and it loops the glowing Samsung boot screen. :(

I tried to load in recovery mode and the attached image is the screen that I get. fails to mount anything!

(again tried to link to image also but not allowed :( )

I downloaded both kies and odin but can"t seem to connect the tab to the PC? I have never used any of these programs and was just not expecting to need to so soon. :mad:

I'm not trying to do anything fancy just yet, just want to be able to turn the tab on!!

I have searched these forums, and others, youtube, can't seem to find my exact problem and getting to be at wit's end.. :eek:

I used to be pretty tech savvy but haven't done much dealings in last few years so rusty. And I have never had any kind of smart phone or tab before and so I'm just a bit nervous on where to start or to do anything because I think it is good that it at least still turns on?? Don't want to worsen the problem.

I am just between trying to resolve this matter, if it is possible or if nothing is possible, attempting to use the ebay buyer protection but i'd rather it not come to that! :( (also why I haven't made any changes just yet)

I do not have any other communication device at the moment, was kind of relying on this tab for work, and don't have time or money to spend waiting for that to go through plus a replacement unless I have absolutely no choice.. :crying: :rolleyes:

I would be eternally grateful for any help in what direction to go. If I could JUST get a jump start I think I tend to pick things up alright.. as far as development goes. Just off to a bad start with this tab and pretty please if you don't mind give me some reassurance (and maybe some links) that it will be okay :):victory::highfive:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
Probably has been rooted. Boot into recovery ( power volume up ). Press vol up and power. Once the tab starts, keep your finger on volume up and quit the power button. Once you are in recovery, take a picture of the screen and post here.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
i figured so! the attached picture in the original post is from holding the volume up button while powering on. that is supposed to be in recovery mode, but there is "(No such file or directory)" for.. seems to be anything.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
You may want to contact the seller before raising buyer protection.

Maybe he is willing to take it back or willing to refund you some money, then let you play with it.

I hope it is not a case of bad NAND chip.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
I have contacted him, though he doesn't seem to understand what is the problem either. I definitely would prefer to arrange something with him I just don't even know my options right now if that makes sense. He said he hadn't had this problem so I don't know.. because I have not done anything with it myself but open the mail and plug it in. If it was working for him correctly, the chip wouldn't be bad would it?

He had photos of the tab on running screens in his listing. Seems to be the same one.

I guess was trying to see if I even had a chance at it working regardless. I am on a very limited budget so its already been an inconvenience, but thats the risk I take buying second hand I suppose. Just trying to make the best of it any which way. I just have no idea what this screen says about the condition of the tab..

I have no ill will toward the seller just trying to find best resolution.

I'm not opposed at playing around with it, as long as I would actually have a good chance of it actually working and had a clue where to start.

Otherwise I would probably like to return it. Like I said, going the buyer protection route is worst case scenario to me. And I would not use the buyer protection after altering the programming in any way. That is also part of why I have not tried anything so far. Don't want to totally break or brick it.

I just want to turn it on. I actually hadn't even had the notion of playing with any of it whatsoever until I found I had a problem, and started researching it

or if it is fixable . (which I still do not know)

I think I have decent ethics,, mostly I'm just trying to figure out what is wrong with the tab, both for myself and / or the seller if we do happen to return the tab :fingers-crossed:

Thank you!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
I am sure you have the right ethics.

What we are worried is if he hasn't got one.

How do you know the picture is of this tab, and was the condition right before the sell?

If he is genuine, there can be a compromise. Either he take it back, or take it back to fix it and send you again (after sufficiently proof to you that it is now running, with video of him flipping it front and back next to the TV news or something, hahaha, pointing the same scratches and marks on the tab he is holding), or refund you a little money.

But if he is unwilling to compromise, and you would like to try fixing it yourself and be a good guy, then bite the bullet and try and prepare to bear the loss.

But give him no star, afterall it is his choice not to keep you happy, right?

Edit: also I have no experience with CDMA tab to try to guide you. If it were a GSM tab, at least I have some experience.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
Ah thank you anyway! I am definitely picking up what you're putting down. He has great feedback, 100% positive, or else I probably would not have ordered it, though this seems to be the only electronic type sale he's made. We will see how it goes. I believe its the same device because it included the otter box and I saw no others like it. There are virtually no scratches on it, one tiny one I found near volume buttons, but that is it. And the smear on otterbox in photo seems to match. Though there's no box on the tab in the photos in which it is running properly, they do seem to be on the same carpet as the others.

OHHH ebay I forgot why I shyed away from that website. I really was trying to be very discretionary in ordering the thing but I guess it doesn't always make a difference hahah I almost wondered if he possibly had taken the photos, then tried to wipe his data before sending, and that is where something went wrong. Who knows! I am waiting for his response to the email with photo I posted here.

Actually its relieving just to talk to someone who gives a hoot about it any which way. :highfive:

Really hope can work something out.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
If you decide or have to keep this device, can you, at least, get the seller to tell you what recovery and what o/s was installed on your tab?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
Thanks for suggestion. He is actually corresponding with me a little bit at a time. So I just asked him specifically what you just asked, and a few other questions regarding the tab's past, will update as soon as I find out. It is certainly more difficult with such little knowledge of the history of the item. I did receive confirmation from him that it was rooted. Nothing beyond that so far, however.

But hey on the lighter side of the situation! Haha, My trusty ol' horoscope ( -__- ) popped up and it says:

You're more in tune with the tech world than usual and now is a good time to price out gadgets for later consumption. You may want to look into stuff that doesn't quite make sense to you yet. :good:

That's a good "sign" right? :p
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
Are you sure it's not an horoscope written by the seller? :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
No otter box on the one running properly!

Kind of a clue that it was an older photo?

why would he take out the otter box and run it and take a photo of it?

I am calling foul here.

He must confess and take it back.

Regards,

Hercule Poirot wannabe
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
Well, it actually isn't in the otter box for most of the photos in listing... but that's still a good point... I tried to link to the listing but being a newbie I can't post links. Just realized he is from a town named Brick.. go figure! I don't know if he'll take it back or not..because he listed no returns. So you think the tab is likely not fixable? :( And I may have been ripped off? Wow what a bummer....

Now wondering if there's a time limit on the buyer protection if that may be part whats taking so long.. dragging it out. As far as that goes, never used it before, but I have no feedback, just started a new account recently because I hadn't used it in 5 + years and could not remember my old one. And his 100% positive feedback, I don't know if I would have a chance anyway

If they take that in consideration..

He probably did write the horoscope. jokes on me i guess.. :(
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
If you have to keep the Sprint tab, you might want to restock-it back to Gingerbread 2.3. See the following thread, if you have any questions, don't be shy: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1275031&highlight=odin+drivers
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
after seeing the ebay link you PM me, I do think he has reason to take photo of the tab running out of the otter box.

Initially I thought his shots was with the otter encasing the tab, except for the one that it is running. Apparently all of them are with the otter off, but the one running has no otter nearby.

Well, like in my PM, if you can go download mode, there is still chance to get it running.

The most extreme case is with a broken NAND chip, some have removed the NAND (it was glued on, can you believe that) and still run from microSD card.

There are ways, as long as it still boots to download mode/recovery.

Soon it will be your call....
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
Before removing the nand chip, he should try to restock like I said before and as shown in the thread link I posted.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Yeah, I am sure he know. I already PM him, apparently the same link as yours.

the NAND removal is the last, only if it is proven to be bad.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
I forgot to mention that he should include the pit file and repartition the device, just in case.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
well i haven't heard again from seller. :o No matter which way I go it is going to take some time and energy but I would rather not direct it toward dealing with an argument, so going to try to direct all that more positively and give this a go.

Thanks for all the advice for sure! ;)

I am sure I will end up with some more questions at some point. Though, in spite of the fact that I don't think I should HAVE to do all this right away, as I do, I still feel okay about succeeding.. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
So I have performed the tasks as posted, and made some progress (I think?), though the tab is still stuck on Samsung screen when start up normally.

Now when I load it in recovery mode I get this screen::
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
If you just Odin the ef17 using rodderick guide, you shouldn't even have cwm 4.0 I think...

Need someone to confirm.

Are you past that point and going for ics?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
no, I did not actually have that screen after I used the linked rodderick guide. I went through that process (which says it returns to unrooted device?)

I included the pit file in pit form and the tar file in pda form. odin went through everything and said PASS! and from there the screen I am on now is in the attached image.

I tried to reboot from there and it is still stuck in the Samsung boot loop.

So after I did that I used, I believe the third post in the same thread as that link.. I'm not sure why I did that now that I look back, been lacking sleep but I guess it made sense at the time somehow to me..:o [edit: which is where i got in clockword mod i suppose]

When I turn it off and back on, it is same condition as to begin with.. Sorry for any confusion.

So I'm still bootlooping, Should I post in that thread?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
If you flashed EF17 stock your device should be back to factory default. I think priyana might be right, and there is a problem with internal memory (the nand chip ). Probably why the seller sold the device.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
Oh wonderful. What a headache. Bah. He states that he had no issues, but I just do not see how this would have just mysteriously happened in the three shipping days.. though I guess things go awry all the time. Who knows.. I guess I got a crash course [literally] in Odin if nothing else.

I got a micro sd card now.. is there anything I can do at all? Just try to get my money back?

Thank you both, again.. Sorry we haven't had better results.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
I think that you should try to get your money back and give him bad feedback if he doesn't refund your money.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junoorudont:
Well, his whole town was pretty wiped out from hurricane Sandy so I don't know I'm not trying to hassle him about a gadget even if he did rip me off, to be honest.

Do you think I could have any success with an SD card?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glussier:
I think you could have success, if you follow the thread about the bad mmc.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ableeker:
Sounds like an internal storage chip gone bad to me.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Vire Holland:
I want to change my notification icon at my statbar (signal,battery,..)

can anyone give me the easiest tutorial for those??thx
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Yahyailham:
u can use jelly bread theme in apps and theme thread... :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mrallyluz:
You can Use UOT Kitchen ;)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] deathnotice01:
http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/

Lo and behold....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
Hello, i am new to the android world, and am loving it. Ive tried a couple of roms, and decided to stick with Liquid Smooth Jelly Bean Rom. My only problem is this:

i have set the max frequency for the processor to be 1512 mhz(or lower sometimes), but sometimes it keeps automatically setting itself to 1900mhz, which i do not want. Is there a way to set it so that it will never go above 1512?

btw i am on 3.0.45 leanKernel if that helps.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deoxlar:
Check mark the set on boot box and restart phone right away after you change it back to 1500mhz.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
Thank you! I'm trying it out right now =]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
Hello. So I tried this method and thought it worked.. but today while watching YouTube and texting it went up to 1900 again. I repeated the method a couple more times but it just maxes out all the time. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
are there any solutions to this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarthDerron:
Depends what kernel you're running, some kernel apps let you lock the frequencies so they cannot be changed by apps. If an app needs to run faster it will bump up the speed, so might want to check into that. Works on KT747 Kernel (Ktweaker).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
Ty for reply. Also, Any cm10 kernel will work with liquid smooth jb right? If so, is there a tutorial on just how to flash kernel with a different rom ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
ty will do
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stwandell:
I lost all cell functionality. I've tried flashing stock but to no avail. My MEID is unknown, I have a cracked screen so Verizon and Samsung are no help to me. I have adb/fastboot and radio-cdma.img will NOT flash... it just hangs...

How do I reprogram my phone?

I used getprop in terminal emulator and there are several entries for gsm... that is why I believe I either flashed a gsm rom or radio.

Verizon has tried to help activate the phone by putting in new SIM cards... no luck.
[Asus Transformer TF700] inchrist1:
How do you do a factory reset with fastboot? What are the commands?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ll_l_x_l_ll:
So yeah. My phone screen sometimes flicker a lil when i am making phone calls and the speaker is on. It rarely happens and onlu from time to time. I tried 2 roms to see if thats the issue but no its not . Is it something maybe in the settings in regards of how the screen is disaplayed ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rmead01:
I recently found out that I can use voice commands for things like taking pictures or snoozing my alarm. Problem is I don't have the voice commands option in my settings under language. I'm running stock att but I did remove s voice with titanium and a few other bloatwares.

Is there a way to get this feature back without having to re set up my entire phone from stock flash?

If I made a nandroid backup of my phone as it is now and flashed stock image, could I do a data restore only to keep anything I'm flashing to get back and minimize my restore time?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rolo143:
Hi guys, Im desperate, because I have CM7 installed on my phone and everything was okay until I installed holo launcher plus somewhere, then uninstalled adw launcher, but i think the phone don't recognize the holo launcher because it just won't boot! What can I do? I don't want to reset everything!! All games and apps! Nooo!! Please there must be a way to install another launcher, or something what can I do??? :((
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
Install adb drivers and the android sdk and try it with adb push xx.apk, for example the launcher which came with cm7...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rolo143:
Thanks I manage to find the drivers, I already flashed the kernel, it's all i was missing, now im on cm9. It's awesome! :D
[General Questions and Answers] flipwilton:
Hi! I know this probably have been covered hundreds of times but I've had my Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G by Sprint for some time now & decided I want to root it. I'm not too brand new with this as I've done this previously with my Evo but I searched all the forum & I'm just getting confused with which is the best root method to use.

I'm open to any suggestions that can give me clear instructions for rooting my handset & not bricking it in the process. Also have to add I'm on Android 4.0.4 (ICS).

Thanks!
[Networking] Snow_fox:
Lg Optimus G - Locked bootloader

Htc One X+ - Locked bootloader.

Galaxy note II - Out of my price/size range regardless of bootloader.

Xperia TL- Locked bootloader

Galaxy S3 - may grab but, not really thrilled about it like I would have been a few months back.

Nexus 4 - not paying 400$+ for 16 gb of memory and lack of LTE.

I really don't feel like I'm being *that* picky with what I want... Dev Support, better battery life than my captivate, a nice (preferably ips) screen. Either 32 gigs of memory or expandable storage.. and ideally LTE.

Anyone else out there feel kinda like they don't have any "real" options for their next device? I'm stuck on a family plan at the moment and feel like at&t is trolling me to be quite honest.
[Networking] Shawn:
I feel the same here. I'm not upgrading anytime soon at all. My s2 should last me until I find a good fit for me.

Sent from my SII(i777) SuperNexus 4.1.2 10/17/12 build
[Networking] Snow_fox:
It's a real shame too. There are a lot of nice phones being locked down for no real clear cut reason.

I mean I understand that they will sell regardless of whether or not I buy any given phone.. but, it just seems like a waste of their time/energy to lock up a phone when all it does is discourage users from upgrading.
[Networking] post-mortem:
People like us are not the norm. Probably an iOS fart app has more downloads than the xda android app. The people who are being discouraged essentially don't exist to them.
[Networking] Snow_fox:
While you are probably right on both accounts... I do think it's incredibly sad on all accounts.

They

A. spend money to lock down the bootloader. Even if it's not a lot it's still money.

B. Loose out on customers like me and you and the few who refuse to buy anything that won't get ROM updates for 2 years.

It's spending money to lose money for no real good reason. And while you're right, we don't exist to them in a lot of ways.. they still look for every possible way to get in our pocket and want every dime we have.
[Networking] gagdude:
A. is not necessarily true, because I'm pretty sure they hand out free phones to people who come in with their Android device "that just happened to shut off on them one day." Locking the bootloader cuts down on these numbers and saves them money in the long run.

Either way, AT&T has pretty much super phones from every major Android manufacterer, so you might want to take advantage of that. Also, the Galaxy S3 is a few months old - so what? Why is that impacting your decision on getting it? If I may, #firstworldproblems. I say go for it with incredible development support since that really appears to be the most open.
[Networking] jordanishere:
Also not upgrading anytime soon, but for another reason. As it turns out, I went through 3 devices from sept 2011 thru 0ct 2012.

But yes, nothing coming out appeals to me. I fear the new nexus will be too massive for me, and I don't want any mfg/carrier controlled device.
[Networking] Snow_fox:
There are a number of phones out there that are incredibly hard to brick past the point of repair.

"Average Joe" is going to be scared off by the possibility of a voided warranty and having to do anything requiring any level of technical skill. I don't really think locking down the bootloader saves them nearly as much money as they would like to believe. People are either going to be scared off and not mess with it, or they are going to be angry at you for not fully supporting your phone in any way shape or form.

You also say AT&T has super phones from every major manufacturer, yet the only one you listed with an unlocked bootloader/ample dev support is the S3.. I hardly think that qualifies as a serious or decent selection of "super phones" to pick from. Unless you mean "they have a bunch of phones that will be dropped in terms of support after 6 months."

And you can #firstworldproblem all day long. You're on the internet. The fact that we are even discussing this on the internet means it's a pretty high chance of being a first world issue. Being completely blunt, if you were to argue it's not even a problem I wouldn't really disagree because, quite frankly it's a luxury device and not a lack of water needed for survival.

On the flip side, if you are going to choose to discuss an issue, why not keep it relevant? Even if it is non-existent in scale as far as problems go, we can still discuss whatever we want last I checked.
[Networking] Snow_fox:
It's my understanding the new nexus will be about the same size as the Gnex or AFAIK it is.

I don't care if it has carrier branding, I just want the ability to install the latest version of Cyanogen until I'm eligible for a new device.