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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
Ok, here are the details:

Samsung GT-P3113TS Galaxy Tab 2

When I bought it, it was running Android 4.1.1 as the stock ROM. I rooted using Chainfire's Auto Root via Odin and that worked fine, no issues. That was the last time. As soon as I tried to Odin in Clockworkmod, the problems started. After Odin failed on that, I no longer had access to recovery of any sort, for whatever reason. All I could do was get into download mode. After Odin telling me it had successfully flashed Clockworkmod, I could still not get into recovery and the phone would just sit at the boot screen (not boot loop, just sit at the boot screen). From there I tried flashing via Odin some packages that were supposed to take everything back to stock that I got from reading around here and getting from sammobile.com, all of which didn't work and will fail in Odin at various points. At some point, I was able to get the 4.0.4 ROM up and running fine. I then followed the instructions to unroot my tablet and just use Kies to upgrade the firmware and call it a day. Well...Kies failed on the upgrade and put me back into the same spot I was in before.

I'm back at the point now where Odin will say that it successfully flashed a Clockworkmod recovery but I cannot get into it and it sits at the boot screen. If I try to Odin in any of the three ROMs I got from sammobile.com, they fail and I have to re-run the Clockworkmod flash or else my tablet sits at the screen that tells you a firmware upgrade has failed and to reconnect Kies.

Can someone help me get this thing fixed?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domoo:
What version of cwm recovery are you flashing?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
Recovery flashing...

I have tried flashing both CWM 5.1.1.4 as well as CWM 6.0.1.1.

Currently, using Odin3 v3.04 instead of Odin3 v1.85 I have it up in "CWM-based recovery v5.5.0.4". I don't have any ROMs or anything on the internal SD card and don't have anything on an external card either (I have a 4GB one while I wait for my 32GB to come in if that helps me get something done).

This is so much more of a pain in the ass than my Samsung Nexus S 4G and SIII were haha. ADB is the way to go!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domoo:
I believe the most recent cwm recovery for the tablet is 6.0.2.3. Maybe you simply need to flash a newer recovery?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
Does it matter if it is old or new if I can't even boot into recovery? Also, how can I get the newest recovery on there when desktop Odin does not flash .img? I don't have a Linux box to compile a .tar.

UPDATE: I got CWM 6.0.2.3 Touch installed but now I need to wait for the battery to charge as it is at a critical level. From there I should be able to load AOKP or CM onto the external card and flash that way. If that works I'll make sure I make some flipping backups this time. All of this could have been averted had I just made a backup after I rooted. As they say "Haste makes waste."
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domoo:
Maybe this link will help you with the cwm:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2037167
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
That is where I got the .zip from. :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultipleMonomials:
Try restoring stock ROM with this: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1068597&d=1337343150

Posted from my Fascinate using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
Didn't work. It seems that the top three ROMs from sammobile.com don't work. One fails right away and two others always fail seconds after trying to write "hidden.img". When I was in CWM it always cut out about the same time too... Could I need to repartition?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
Still stuck at boot screen and back to no access to any sort of recovery...

Everything new seems to work the first time but the second time I try to do it, it doesn't. Frustrating...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidlover123:
Root you tablet.

And if you can boot in Rom install Rom manager and from it flash latest clockworkmod .

Tell if it works
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
I can't root something that won't boot...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultipleMonomials:
Try repartitioning.

Posted from my Galaxy Tab 2 with CM10.1
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
How do I do this? I've never had to repartition before. What are the risks? After the attempted flash fails from the "Downloading...Do not turn off target!!" screen, the Odin log says this:

"<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> cache.img

<ID:0/003> hidden.img

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)"
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultipleMonomials:
Just load the PIT file into ODIN and check re-partition, then load the PDA package and flash as normal.

Posted from my Galaxy Tab 2 with CM10.1

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And it isn't that much riskier than a normal ODIN flash.

Posted from my Galaxy Tab 2 with CM10.1
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_moist:
Can you help me locate the proper PIT file? I was looking around last night and info on that part of flashing is sparse at best. If it helps, I specifically have the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0" GT-P3113TS 8GB.

Update: After struggling with a few different things I decided the best thing to do was to just give up on it, play dumb about the firmware error, and exchange the tablet out for a new one. Being that I've rooted and ROMed many many Android phones in the past and never had issue I couldn't recover from like this one, something makes me think that maybe it was a refurbished tablet for a reason... Of course, it could be that I made a bonehead mistake along the way too. Oh well. Thanks everyone for your help!
[LG Revolution] jjt2mey:
From Android Central: "Updates, patches, and bug fixes are included in version VS910ZVB."

I don't have enough posts yet to link, so replace the " [dot] ":

androidcentral [dot] com/lg-revolution-gets-bloat-removing-ota-update
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
I have remove clock work so I can get the update. Been so long since I connected my phone to my pc to this, I will have to start from scratch. Time to search for all the how to's in here.
[LG Revolution] jjt2mey:
I'm rooted but without CWM (still have stock recovery). Can I simply defrost (freezing is all I've done) and get the update? Or do I have to do a hard reset to get back to full stock?

If hard reset to stock is required, any tips or techniques that you use to save time to get back to where you were? Thx.
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
Well I am updated and while I notice that all the extra Verizon apps are gone here is what I see...

1. Kindle, bing, slacker, tunewiki, and Verizon tones are all still installed and no option to remove them.

2, After I installed a dozen apps of my own, I still have 1gig of app space available.

3. The phone is remarkable faster and smoother.

I am going to see if they fixed the Exchange email client issue I was having...
[LG Revolution] mmp17:
Did you need to unroot? If yes how did you do it?

Thx

Mendel
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
Rooted should be ok, you may likely lose your root. It does not install with clockwork. I used lgnpst and imaged my phone, I then did a factory reset, felt like starting from scratch.

Verizon only removed a handful of apps. I am not sure it was worth the trouble. I have to root again so I can go back in and freeze or uninstall all the crap they left.

Id say in the de-bloat department they were a epic fail.
[LG Revolution] mmp17:
I tried to do the update and it fails. I unrooted and it still failed if it is not worth it I'll leave it as it is. let us know if this update can be rooted.

Thx

Mendel
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
yeah I returned my phone to stock with the lg tool and tot file, then did a factory reset, updated, rooted again, used titanium back up to uninstall the rest of the bloat Verizon missed.
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
While I do not know if the update breaks root or not, you can use the root tool in the dev section (esteem root v2) to root your phone. It works like a charm.
[LG Revolution] wslguy:
So was anything else updated? Trying to decide if it's worth my time to bother with. I am already running a zv9 that I seriously debloated and tweaked to where it's useable.
[LG Revolution] ahaninil:
me too. I am running zv9 with root. And uninstalled lots of useless apps for me. I tried update, but failed.
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
It will rebloat your phone. While they did patch some things, my phone did actually run smoother. I did have to root it again and un-install all the bloat they left, vzw tones, navigator, city id, kindle, slacker, etc...

No better battery life and not much of a performance increase. Id wait if you are happy.
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
keeps trying to update

I was planning on rooting & putting BrokenOut ROM on my revo when my contract ended. Then this OTA update came out, and I was worried that it would prevent that. So, I rooted the phone and put CWM recovery on and did a backup. As expected, the OTA update failed.

But, it hasn't given up. It tries and tries, about once a day. I hear my phone chirp, and it has rebooted and drained the battery, and shows at various times either the "update failed" screen, or the "updating in 2 minutes" screen, or recovery. When I get prompted to run the update, I defer it - but the deferal time doesn't correspond to when the reboot happens.

It's possible that the rooting and recovery are behind the problem, and not the update - but I suspect the update has something to do with it.

So, what I'd like to know is:

1) if I get the update, can I still use ROM Manager to change the recovery back to CWM, and still be able to flash BO on it?

2) to get the update, is it safe to just use ROM Manager to put the stock recovery on it, then run the update? I haven't done any debloating or other rooty stuff not mentioned above. I'd rather not lose data by reset, tot, etc.

3) can I fix my problem without getting the update? Maybe one of the options on the "update failed" screen? I'm not sure if I've selected only "OK" or only "Cancel" so far - or what those are supposed to mean.

4) do the security updates make zvb better than BO? (Does anyone here no what the security updates are?)

Thanks...
[LG Revolution] I.M.famous XMAN:
Broken out is based off of V9, so unless there are updates to the radio, you will most likely over-write most, if not all, of the updates.

As posted earlier, someone has rooted and installed cwm. But, someone wants to post up the update (you can rip it from the /data/local/tmp directory, iirc) I will try my best to update BO. Also, if someone can do a backup of the new update and post it up, (not the blob crap, the other one :)) I'll rip the kernel and post a flashable zip. Maybe they did fix something. We will see.
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
Yeah, I figured current BO would undo zvb, that's why I was wondering which I should go with. The update downloaded several times, but I don't see anything in /data/local/tmp. Don't know if the download failed or just didn't persist. It hasn't tried to update for the last 30 hours or so. I'm not eager to encourage it at the moment.

I see that haxcid re-rooted, but nothing about re-cwm-ing.
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
can't find update file(s)

I rebooted my phone, and once again it prompted me to install the update. I selected "defer" and then checked settings / about phone / software update / status which says "Package downloaded successfully".

However, /data/local/tmp is still an empty directory, according to ES File Explorer.
[LG Revolution] I.M.famous XMAN:
That's where the file was stored for v7, v8, and v9.:confused: Maybe they changed it for this update. IDK. I'll look into it. No worries. It's all good. :)
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
I think it gets downloaded to /cache/fota, but deleted once the process finishes failing. I will try to trigger it again and copy it before the phone reboots. I was not given the defer option this time.

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Ok, I got it, I think. It's called ipth_package.bin

For now, I'm going to skip trying to attach it, and just give the link from which it seems to download:

https : / / pvzwmdmcdn.vzw.motive.com/firmware/LG_VS910_ZV9_TO_ZVB.bin

~47 MB
[LG Revolution] GuestK00134:
Is it weird that my phone never prompted me for the OTA? I am on BO 2.0.1 with ZV9
[LG Revolution] I.M.famous XMAN:
Not really. I believe MT disabled the update feature from BO; hence the 'super fast' FC's at boot.
[LG Revolution] :
Ah ok that makes sense. I have been getting the "SoftwareUpdate etc etc" FC at boot now that I think of it....I think I am going to go back to stock V9 this weekend so I can get the OTA....then wait for a ZVB ROM
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
I would expect a custom ROM to turn off carrier-pushed OTA updates. Parts of the update might be useful to a custom ROM (like the kernel in this one, perhaps), but others would mostly cause problems.

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dbeauch: can you do the backup and post after you update which I.M.famous XMAN requested?

I.M.famous XMAN: were you able to get the update .bin from the link I posted?
[LG Revolution] I.M.famous XMAN:
I got it. Hex files are a beast though. :) So, if someone (wink wink) would like to make a backup of the newly installed update and send it to me, I might be able to make some magic happen. Just remember, no blob crap. I would prefer a tar.gz or something equivalent. I really only need the system, but would like to have the data to. Thanks Guys.
[LG Revolution] :
ok so I went back to stock ZV9 via the TOT and I have yet to be prompted for the OTA. Selecting Check New tells me there is no update which I know is false. How long did it take others to get prompted for the OTA after going back to stock zv9?
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
I never changed ROM - my zv9 got there through earlier OTAs, and I've rejected the zvb update dozens of times So, different situation, but, when I run "check new" it shows the update.
[LG Revolution] :
So weird....oh well, Verizon said they would send me a brand new Revo with ZVB on it if I decide I want that. I will prob do it although I am out of contract 9/1. Alternatively if someone could post the .TOT that would work too!
[LG Revolution] :
Just got off the phone with Verizon, they are sending me out a brand new Revo with ZVB pre-loaded.
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
Cool - are they letting you keep the old one? Maybe you could side-load CWM recovery on it and back it up (old way, not blob way) for I.M.famous, before doing anything else to it, like adding your google account.
[LG Revolution] boruko:
[MENTION=5258610]OrangeJoe[/MENTION] So for clarification (if you don't mind), you stayed on your custom v9 ROM (which was it?) and switched your recovery to stock through Toolbox and updated ZVB through the OTA?

My lady's Revo is on BO 2.0 (I should upgrade to .0.1 lol) but has begun to wig out this past week. I've read that the ROM becomes semi-unstable after a time... I'd love to fix her up with the most recent ZVB OG Revolution ROM by I.M.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks

- b
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
No, I stayed on stock ROM - I've never put a custom ROM on this phone

No, my CWM recovery had been made semi-permanent from within CWM recovery, a process which claims that it ~"cannot be undone". However, all I needed to do to undo it was change the original install-recovery.sh file back to executable, probably using adb shell and a command like "chmod +x install-recovery.sh". I don't remember off the top of my head where that file is.

Well, it still didn't work at that point, or even after resetting the phone. So, I used the zv9 TOT to put a clean system on it, then the OTA worked.
[LG Revolution] nobreak1970:
I know this is an old thread.

I just had a Revo flashed to PagePlus.

It has the ZV9 firmware on it.

Is it possible to do the ZVB update as a side load?
[LG Revolution] thewraith420:
Anyone have a link that works for the ZV9 tot?
[LG Revolution] OrangeJoe:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58364010&postcount=316
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] blackplague1347:
I haven't tested extensively by any means, but I've noticed some surprising struggle with my One. Specifically, while playing Super Hexagon I've noticed jittering and stutters. It surprises me, considering how powerful this phone is compared to the Nexus 4 and Note 2, both of which run it smoothly.

Obviously the One had more pixels to push than the N4 or N2, so is that the cause? For anyone else who plays this game, how does it run for you?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] graffixnyc:
From what I read it's not the phone. It's the actual games not being optimized for 1080p. I read over in the international forums someone having the same issue. He worked with a game dev who updated the game and let him beta test it. After the game dev optimized the game it ran buttery smooth. So it will get better when the devs optimize the games for 1080P
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Silellak:
Yeah, if there's one benefit to the existence of the S4, it's that developers will have to optimize for both a 1080p screen and the Snapdragon 600 processor.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AshleyT:
Hello,

Is there any way to sideload the original HTC clock which is in the new HTC ROMs?

I have a Samsung ATIV S and a Developer Unlock...
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinister1:
Without root I don't think it's possible :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maroon1:
I watch a lot of animes, and many animes these days are encoded using 10-bit H.264 (Hi10P).

720p 10-bit is very laggy on my galaxy S3 when using MX player. Can someone test it on galaxy S4 and tell me if it handles ? Also, please use mx player which can be downloaded for free from google play

Also, keep in mind the S4 sold in my country is GT-I9500 which uses samsung exynos processor
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onesolo:
Did you try with VLC ?? (I don't know if it runs better with VLC, just asking)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChronoReverse:
VLC uses the same decoding libs and the performance wouldn't be much better.

10bit can only be decoded in software right now so you simply need more CPU power (and the GS4 might have enough power).

I'm quite curious if 720p 10bit can be decoded myself.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silversun92:
I'm curious about this as well, apparently S4 uses the same GPU as iPhone 5 which plays 10 bit videos flawlessly with no lag at all. Can anyone confirm about this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roninep:
Im getting my S4 quadcore in about 2 hours and use mxplayer. Ill be happy to try it if no one has done it by then. Where can I d/l a video to test that is the right format/rate?

Sent from my rooted/rom'd HTC Evo 4g LTE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silversun92:
Here you are! Sorry if anime is not your liking :p. Thanks a bunch:D.

http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=427698

Almost all 720p mkv files on nyaa.eu are 10-bit, you can try others if you want
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
I'm successfully watching 10-bit 1080 w/ .FLAC and .ASS subs in .MKV format using QQ Video Player. the video file is 1.6 gb and 23 minutes. it's a COALGIRLS video if you know what that is. the only thing I noticed is that it seems to be slightly out of sync.. it's not notable until right 12 minutes in because of how slight it is =/. the vid works fine in Media Player Classic, so Im hoping an app or fw update will correct this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silversun92:
good to know that, is it smooth? :laugh:

Can you check whether 720p is still out of sync:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roninep:
Sorry to have taken so long. I tried to d/l it after I got the phone, but didnt realize it was a torrent. Then I saw it was 341mg and I

only had slow 3g. D/L it when I got home and just watched some of it.

I have never watched anime, so I will simply tell you that it seemed normal to me. Using MX player I had to switch it to software decoder, as the hardware decoder played the audio but there was a black screen. Switched it to software and everything played fine, and the a/v seemed synced. It seemed smooth, I saw no choppiness or halting issues. Screen was clear and bright and crisp. Audio was loud and clear.

I didnt do anything to the phone (stock) and only made the hardware to software change in MX. Otherwise it was straight outta the box.

Hope this helps you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silversun92:
Thanks a lot for you reply, sounds like a perfect player after all:D. I definitely have to buy a S4:p

btw, is MXPlayer better than the stock one ? AFAIK, Samsung and LG appear to be the only ones on the markets that have the best codec support in the stock player! Nexus 4 have serious lag when playing the file above but Optimus G drives it smoothly even though they have the same hardware support (benchmark was lower on Nexus 4 though).

Even Xperia Z has issues when dealing with 10-bit video, and I doubt that HTC One is capable of playing video files well as the codec supported is rather limited (according to GSMArena).

My point is, if galaxy s4 were to have CM10.1, I'm curious whether its ability to decode film still retains by using MXPlayer:eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roninep:
I just tried to play it with the stock player and it wouldnt play video only audio. Il try some other players and see wut happens.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maroon1:
Please test it with MX player. Don't forget that you need to use S/W instead of H/W to play 10-bit

MX player is not the fastest player to play 10-bit. Archos Video player can play much 10-bit faster.

However, mx player is best player I've tested when it comes to rendering subtitles. The other video players can only display subititles at the bottom, but mx players can display the subtitles that appear in middle or top of the screen that appear in many animes. Thats the reason why I'm asking people to test using mx player.

You can also download 720p 10-bit animes from this website. The size of the animes is also much smaller, which good for people who don't have fast connection

http://web.hi10anime.com/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roninep:
I did run it with MX Player first. If you go back a couple posts I used that first for silversun92. You are right and it ran very well. I did have to change it to S/W, but after that it worked without any problems. Silversun92 asked me about the stock player, so I tried that next and it didnt work. Sound did but video did not. Can anything correct that?

FWIW, I also ran it with BSPlayer (which I like and use). It seemed to run slightly jittery, but it automatically showed subtitles which MX didnt when I ran it. That might just be a setting issue though. Regardless, I think MX ran better than BS.

Is there anything else that you all need tested ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben3003:
anyone know how to get DTS video to work on S4? I have 1080p mkv videos with DTS audio, but it wont work at S4 video player.. there is no sound :(