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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jon12345:
I've had my Nexus 7 a few days now and I am noticing ads all over the place. So, I am thinking about rooting my device so I can put one of the ad blockers on there.

1. Do you recommend it?

2. When Android brings new updates to their OS, does the root stay there or prevent you from upgrading in the normal way? Do you have to reroot each time they do an update?

3. Can I preserve all my data on the device as it currently is or will it get lost on my rooting escapade?

Thanks,

Jon
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bstosnbata:
1. No, too fast system updates.

2. You habe to reroot it every update

3. No idea.

But no!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erica_renee:
Already Answered Follow my Link

You might want to read this OP POST and all user Questions and answers without this thread.. All of the above and more have been asked here. This Thread was STICKIED To avoid to many of this type of thread you just created.. With that said we all sometimes post without thinking.. Please go here where your Questions are already answered..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1907796

Good Luck

Erica Renee. Questions should be in the Questions and Answers Not General..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BTr_RJ:
1 - I surely recommend. For me, root is the best thing you can do in Nexus 7, mainly because 3 apps i can´t live without now:

- PPP widget (3g modem working on Nexus 7) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.draisberghof.pppwidget

- Stickmount (Any flash drive working on Nexus 7, i use it to keep all my emulators roms, and videos and it´s perfect!) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount

- USB/BT Joystick Center 6 (it works with almost EVERY gamepad in the market, be it USB or wireless) and the best thing is that you can map buttons and analog sticks to use as touch controls, so it works with almost all games and emulators for android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.poke64738.usbjoy

2 - There´s a way to keep your root before updating, search for ROOTKEEPER, easy as walk...

3 - You can preserve all your data. JUST DO IT NOW!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Troute:
Without adding toooo much to the spam on the forums I'll answer some of your questions.

Should you root? imo yes, if like me you want to use otg and be able to dim the screen enough that night time use doesn't blind you.

Do updates mess it up? yes but with the likes of Wugs toolkit it's easy to root again.

Your user data is easy to back up and easy to reload if for any reason you lose it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonic:
Normally I wouldn't respond to redundant threads, but I don't like to see misleading information like this post left around to confuse people:

1) Rooting is an individual decision, but there is no real reason not to - outside of personal preference. Sure you could do something stupid and break your device, but 99% of the time it's easily recoverable. If you want to use some nice and very hand apps like Titanium Backup, you need root. If you want to run custom software (kernels, etc.), you might not technically need root, but you will need to do almost all the steps necessary to get there (unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, etc.), so you might as well root it to. The fact that the OS updates come quickly on a Nexus device is irrelevant. While the stock OTA updates will remove root, it won't undo the other things, which makes restoring root (especially with a "root keeper" tool) take about 10 seconds.

2) Yes, OTA updates will remove root. But, as I mentioned above, the fix process is trivial, so that alone shouldn't make any difference in your decision. Having root by itself will NOT break OTA updates. However, modifying other files on the system (framework, system apks, etc.) will. But you can always just reflash the full newer version or make backups of the modified files.

3) The first step of the "rooting" process, or the process to do anything custom, will require you to unlock your bootloader. If you have not done this yet, it WILL force wipe you tablet. No way around that. But once you unlock your bootloader the first time, you're good to go and don't need to worry about it in the future. Additionally, once that's done, using tools like TiBu and custom recovery nandroid backups make restoring your data MUCH easier then stock options.

In my opinion, rooting is a definite benefit, especially on devices like the Nexus7. I would recommend it for anyone who likes to play with their devices and maximize their capabilities. But it's up to you. There really is no downside, and it can easily be undone if you want later.

But as the other poster said OP, you need to read the existing threads/stickies in the future before asking questions that were asked and answered already.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwabby:
The OP question was about whether to root his device or not, then you shot him down by saying he should have done a search and provided a link to how to root his devices. Some thread spun off to other topic but from the thread heading you will not know if you do a search.

I know that search should be done first, but not unless I can't comprehend the English language, that thread will not be the goto thread to answer that question.

I myself try to search for things I have seen before and find it hard to get back to the same thread, we are all here to learn and discover from each other and you don't need to put people down on how you answer their question, not unless they're Apple fanboy (pun intended).

Flame suit on!

Nexus 4 & 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WasherUK:
I agree, while it may be a bind for the regular contributors to answer the same questions over and over people like me learn a lot from others asking questions.

I could use the search function and learn for sure, however how would I search for a question that hasn't arose for me yet? Just reading posts is the best way to learn general knowledge, if people didn't ask questions then I'm unlikely to go searching random things in stale posts.

Nexus 7 Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alejandrissimo:
As simple as if you want root apps like ad block, then root it.

There are no risk and you can always back to stock.

For me, a non rooted android is useless.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jon12345:
There are plenty of sociopaths on forums. I just ignore them. :)

Asking questions is what makes a community. Fresh discussion is where it is at, else we would all go to blog posts and read articles on a topic. "Hey, why don't you Google your answer?" Nutters.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
Has anyone found a working root method for the new Tab 10.1 model. It came with 4.0.4.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdn1979:
Also needing root for my sch-i915 any help would be great.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Explore the forums and try root methods for other devices. Just make sure you read read read and know what it's doing. That's what I had to do with the SCH-i705, finally found one that was compatible.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdn1979:
Thanks for the reply, I'll continue searching the forums.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] needsadjustin:
Any luck? I too have been searching for this and came up with nothing. :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdn1979:
Still no luck here, been searching and searching.

Sent from my unlocked SCH-I605 Running Jelly "beans" rom build 3
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bealesbane:
Root, or clockworkmod recovery

Any info on either a working root, or even just a working CWM recovery, for this Verizon Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (a.k.a. SCH-I915) would surely be appreciated...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Has anyone tried making a signed update.zip with all the SU binaries? May not work because of signature check but definitely worth a shot.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Hey yall,

I've been looking for an root method that will root the latest base for our vzw tab 2 lte tabs and I found one that works. Best part is, it should work for you! I unrooted my tab (the 7" vzw) with the latest base J1 which currently has no root method other than a prerooted image, and ran this on linux and it rooted it with no problem :)

Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v18.7z

Found it from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

So here's what you do. Download the above zip and extract it.

Enable USB Debugging on your tab

Plug in USB

Go into the extracted folder, right click on 'RunMe.bat' and select 'Run as Administrator'

Select method 1, Normal

Follow the instructions.

Let me know if this worked for yall.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
I tried this, both methods, but still no root access???
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
What was the output of the script? Copy paste or take a screenshot
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
Strange thing is that it removed all of the bloatware, but I dont have root access....

Device type:

1) Normal

2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)

x) Unroot

Make a choice: 1

Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode

Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now

Waiting for device to shop up, if nothing happens please check if Windows ADB-dr

ivers are installed correctly!

remote object '/system/app/Backup-Restore.apk' does not exist

remote object '/system/bin/ric' does not exist

.

Pushing busybox....

2950 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.359s)

Pushing su binary ....

2876 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.031s)

Pushing Superuser app

2710 KB/s (996704 bytes in 0.359s)

Making busybox runable ...

.

Please look at your device and click RESTORE!

If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.

Running ...

Successful, going to reboot your device in 10 seconds!

Waiting for device to show up again....

Going to copy files to it's place

mount: permission denied (are you root?)

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun!

Bin4ry

Press any key to continue . . .
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
It seems like it should have worked. Did the device ever ask you to press the "Restore" button after unlocking the screen?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
Yeah.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
The only thing that I noted was the failure to change the mount state, then the line asking are you root?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Do you have access to a linux box you could run this on? Put the adb binary from the android sdk in your path so you can run it from anywhere. It gave me permissions problems at first but after doing the below it worked like a charm.

This is what I did on mine:

After extracing the contents of the downloaded package.

chmod 777 -R directory name

to give the entire directory permissions

I then opened up RunMe.sh and did a search replace

Search: ./stuff/adb

Replace With: adb

From Terminal:

sudo adb kill-server

sudo adb start-server (to start server as administrator)

Then from within the directory

chmod a+x RunMe.sh

To make it executable, then

./RunMe.sh

Thought it might work different on Windows running as admin, but maybe not.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
Unfortunately, I don't have access to linux. I wonder if terminal emulator would work?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PieceKeepr:
I've been out of town for a while but just took a look through the forum and didn't see anything new regarding this. Does anyone know if there is a dev even working on the VZW Tab 2? I pm'd Codeworkx and Weltwon but unfortunately neither are doing anything with this device.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PieceKeepr:
Well, let's hope that with the upgrade to 4.1.2 we will see some movement toward getting rooted. I never thought it would take this long to get. I love having a tablet with 4G connection so I don't have to tether my phone constantly, but it's disappointing not having root.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
I wonder if anyone could build android from samsungs android source. Not the kernel, but just the system. Then they could implement root into. Don't know if this could be done, but worth a shot I suppose.

edit:

actually, check this out!

http://www.srsroot.com/

Supported models lists i535 from first fw to latest. May be able to get you rooted as the two are extremely similar.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
I tried the SRS program.....no such luck :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohnor:
I honestly am starting to feel like the S4 will be rooted before the Verizon Tab 2 does. It seems like Verizon products make it too difficult to root and their products in general have many features stripped that other carriers don't strip away; thus, devs tend to stick with the other carriers which let them have more freedom with their product.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
I agree....this is very frustrating....all I want to do is remove bug reds crap and be able to use my SD card for apps
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
I feel bad for you guys... I wish I knew more about exploits then I could help more.. :/
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
If anyone wants to try... I have the insecure bootloader for our device packaged in an ODIN flashable TAR.

3 Outcomes:

1. It lets you flash it, and you can still power up, then you could flash CWM via ODIN and then flash a root package containing su binary and superuser.

2. It lets you flash it, but it bricks (hard brick.. dead). Fortunately for you, if it bricks it won't power on at all and you can send it in to Samsung under warranty claim of "won't power up". They'll just replace the mainboard. (I just had mine repaird because of a typo and flashed sbl2.mbn on the wrong partition via recovery. Warranty was great and they repaired it)

3. It doesn't let you flash it at all.

invisiblek has a guide on rootzwiki on rooting the GS3.

The steps for rooting with a locked bootloader involve flashing an insecure bootchain, which includes the insecure aboot.mbn (bootloader). He states that the locked bootloader ONLY prevents the flashing of recovery and boot images. So I assume you *should* be able to flash the bootloader i packaged.. but wether or not it'll brick is anyone's guess.

Another option:

Flash a pre-rooted system image I have via ODIN. It's for the i705, so it'll look off, but may get your foot in the door. I believe it should flash and should let you boot, as long as we get the android verision matched up. (4.1.2 --> 4.1.2.. etc..)

Steps that could be taken:

1. Using root explorer, copy ALL contents of /system to /sdcard/system/, then copy entire /sdcard/system directory to your computer

2. Flash rooted system image from i705

3. Boot into system (if it lets you, it may look weird)

4. Manually flash CWM (should not display Verizon warning.. I was able to flash all sorts of broken recoveries on my tab before unlocking)

5. Using the backed up /system you made on step 1, create a flashable zip with all correct permissions, including root.

6. Flash in recovery

7. Reboot

8. Use ADB to dd system.img.ext4 and pull it off device. Build a ODIN flashable tar.

9. Share rooted tar with others to spread the love

It sounds as if it should work..

I was able to flash a 4.1.2 stock rooted rom from a verizon galaxy s3 on my i705. Only bad part was like I said above, it looked aweful because it wasn't built for it.

What android version are you guys on? We're currently on 4.1.2, but I also have 4.0.4 rooted images available. Android version is important for kernel compatibility.

I'm willing to help with this if anybody wants to take the plunge. If we're succesfull in getting you booted into a I705 system, you'll need to dd out the recovery image. I can split your recovery image and inject you kernel into a cwm for my device. (also what I had to do originally from a gs3 -> i705 recovery).

Any takers? I'm willing to walk you through it. Just keep in mind the risks!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohnor:
I actually have no idea how to do the second option =/

When I'm graduated and all I think I'll give it a shot! Right now I'm too swamped on rotations and my tablet is my only form of internet/phone calls since I'm currently phoneless while waiting for the S4 to come out. My old Galaxy S committed suicide and never started back up for me (lots of problems in the past with it as well).

I'm running 4.1.2 on my Tab 2.

Is there no way to flash a stock thing with ODIN if it bricks to unbrick it?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Unless you found a full ODIN fw package, then no. The second option might actually be the "safest" bet. If you wanna try, just let me know when you're done.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdma:
Has anyone had any luck yet
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
Sadly no. I have tried every root method out there with no success.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Anyone look into the Master Key exploit? My device is vulnerable on 4.1.2, which means yours probably is too.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bealesbane:
Finally!

I had completely given up on rooting these things, so imagine my joy when I chanced to come back to this thread and find that the very thing my Apple fanboy friend tried to taunt me with turns out to be the solution to my problem! I used the windows version of Cydia Impactor (www.cydiaimpactor.com) on my SCH-I915, and just like that, I'm rooted. Thanks for posting it!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Awesome. Congrats.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
Wooo hoo! It works!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodgem2012:
Now the big question, Is there ROMs for us???
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtslaughter64:
I doubt it........
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] downhillvinnie:
Atleast with root we can get in and play around a little
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deadly Delta:
Anyone manage to get a custom recovery on this yet? Or even a rom?

Would the P5100 Roms work?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] downhillvinnie:
wont work
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PieceKeepr:
Anyone know if the new update can be rooted?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warlord002:
Google search 'cydia impactor' that will got you root . Go to playstore and install super su and busybox .... Good luck with your root .....
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PieceKeepr:
Has anyone who rooted their device accepted the OTA update that was recently released? I have been putting it off because I do not want to lose root. Anyone have any info?

Beholder, what Android version did your Tab come with and if it's newer than 4.1.2 did the impactor method work for you.?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prince1071:
What recent update are you talking about? When did this roll out?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PieceKeepr:
Sorry for the delay. I started getting notifications in early December that an update was available but I put it off for a while. I did eventually do the update, it's just a newer version of 4.1.2, and the cydia impactor root method still works.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodgem2012:
Yes but is there a rom for it?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k1mu:
Has anyone tried Saferoot on the i915? It works on my WiFi Tab 2.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meet2x4:
Impactor method works great, easiest root yet.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buhlerbuhler:
I just rooted my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 i915.02 that i got today using cydia impactor. SIMPLE!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheNinthAxis:
Cydia Impactor

Worked the first time. Took 30 seconds with reboot of my i915. Anyone know of a mod manager that will work for this. CWM Recovery doesn't work.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PieceKeepr:
I don't think there is a custom rom or recovery for the Tab 2. I'm extremely disappointed in the lack of development for this device.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott4pres:
Root option for SCH-i915

I found a viable way to root the SCH-i915 using Kingo Root PC application and usb cable. However, I have also found a surprising lack of ROMS out there for our device including the Official one by Samsung. Their support confirmed that there is not one public to revert back if ever changed.

kingoapp.com
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdarko:
Can anyone else here confirm that this works? And what benefits would I have to root without having a custom rom to flash?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviralmsharma:
It worked for me!

Went to the website, downloaded APK and a minute or two later, it was rooted

With root on stock rom, I'm able to remove bloatware e.g. Verizon/AT&T/carrier included apps like Amazon Kindle, AT&T's bunch of apps, etc

Plus, install apps that need root
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagullo:
Hi, I searched for a lighter rom and found Redemption 4 on this forum and I love it!

however I now realized I do use the FM radio and it is no longer there --

searched around I I thought I could just install some FMradio.apk , but for some reason install fails (and I can install other apps)

could anybody help me out on this ?

I never really tweaked my android phone untill 2 days ago

thank you!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-fany:
Install other radio app
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagullo:
hmmm...

I tried already a few of them and it's quite strange that installation fails... do fm radio applications (non-streaming) require any extra things beyond the apk file??

any help please? One of the few apps on google play says it only works with motorloa, so I guess there is a dependency on the model/brrand thus not just any radio app will work. And why should not work with the stock one? (which is just fine for me)

If anybody knows of an fm radio that works with galaxy ace s5830i please let me know!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-fany:
Then flash to stock rom, backup fmradio.apk with titanium backup, flash to your custom rom and restore fmradio.apk
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Styrke:
Here is the stock FMRadio.apk.

Flash it with Clockworkmod or RZ.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric.onim:
"earphones not connected"

mine says the earphones are not connected.. i uninstalled and re-installed the radio app but still no joy. the e/phones work fine on other phones/audio equipment though.. i even tried the supplied e/phones from the box.. nothing.. :/

so wondering what it could be..
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xx James xX:
I'm guessing this is cos you're on Jelly Blast, there's several solutions install Rafael baugis kernel, or install soundabout app (in settings find the one that says let phone decide and check it) download from Google play, these will fix your problem

Don't forget to hit thanks :D

The usual Xx James xX only on mobile (XDA Premium)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aniket123:
Can u also give the zip file of music player stock (flash from recovery)??? please:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amro013:
not working

I. tried to flash. this file but not working with cm7.2
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 5617821:
Stock FM Radio doesnot work with CM 7.2 since there are no Samsung frameworks in CM versions. You can use any third party apps from Google Play. Hope I Helped :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amro013:
third party app????

third party app like what?