yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
What HP shipped me

I have uploaded pics of the two cables HP has sent me. One is some sort of serial cable and the other is a USB/HDMI cable. It sounds like what you have is the second cable. If possible, post a pic of it and I will forward it to HP so they can figure out what to ship me. It is ongoing trying to get the correct cable from them. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Daifex:
Exactly de secon cable is the correct, the part no. reference is the key: 728141-001, it is not USB/HDMI but USB/carging plug (exact as the cable of the slatebook charger) also you can see it in theese threads of hp forums:

http://h30492.www3.hp.com/t5/Android-Tablets-z-B-HP-Slate-7/SlateBook-x2/td-p/179727

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Androi...ok-x2-USB-cable-debugging/td-p/2834681/page/4
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Correct cable
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
USB Debugging
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Looks like there's another method without cable. I'll update the OP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2402681&page=72
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
It works

towelroot works. It took all of a minute - tops.
[General Questions and Answers] ahmad_zakout:
:crying:

Damn, just bought the cable for 50$, what i loss ,they came up with Towelroot, anyways it still will be useful
[General Questions and Answers] micro2112:
TowelRoot ftw. rooted in less than a minute. Thanks to all the dev's who found the cable and managed to get root that way.

EDIT: 1 week later, I have installed Xposed and used that to take control of the wakelock issues my device was having. Used to randomly kill battery in hours of standby, now 3 days of periodic use and tablet is still at 74% (base at 3% and pulling from tablet)
[General Questions and Answers] rippack:
Don't works

Don't works with 4.3 ( towelroot )

Have you any problem, you ??
[General Questions and Answers] awdrifter:
I'm thinking about buying this tablet. When I clicked on the towlroot site it just asks me to donate, there's no other info. How much do I have to donate to get the files? Also, is this hack open source? If so, can someone point me to an alternate download? I'm surprised Geohot hacks Android now, I used to rock the 3.55 Geohot fw for my PS3.
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Use version 1

You must use VERSION 1 of towelroot. The download link is at the end of page 5.
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
I rooted mine for some 15 min, then there was a Google OTA update...and it lost root. tk.apk V1 doesn´t works anymore, V3 doesn´t roots it also.

Back to zero! :(
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Cannot imagine why you get no root. I just reset my tablet and ran version one and it took all of 1 minute after the reset. I am running 4.3.
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
As I posted, I got root, installed SuperSU, etc but then there was a message about a Google update (489 MB if I remember correctly), after update reboot and no more root.

V1 does´t works anymore, it just stay there, nothing happens.

Oh, my Android is 4.3 also.
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
I removed both SuperSU and RootAppDelete. Nothing changed. My devicés Android was 4.3 from the beginning, Google was just an update "Android improvements"
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Won't root

Google may have fixed what towelroot is using to root Android's. Because, the only change you seemed to have made that would effect root is the Google upgrade.
[General Questions and Answers] awdrifter:
Thanks for the help. But in the end I decided to get the Samsung Note 10.1 2014 Edition instead. I have rooted that with Odin.
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
Wise move!
[General Questions and Answers] carthikm:
Without computer

Hi,

Is there a way to root this device without a computer or without the cable?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
Read the previous posts in this thread.
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Google fixes hole

Looks like Google has fixed the "hole" that towelroot was using to gain root. Back to the cable.

---------- Post added at 12:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 PM ----------

Since this latest Google update seems to have patched the hole towelroot was using to gain root, I am back to rooting via the USB/Charger cable.

I have the cable, have followed ALL of the instructions above, including the USB drivers, plugged the cable into the PC and it does NOT recognize my SlateBook. I launch ADB lite and run adb devices and the server starts but shows nothing connected.

Suggestions???
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
PC cannot find SlateBook

Now, if I can get my PC to recognize my Slatebook when I connect it that would be brilliant. So far nothing.
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
I'm an hybrid tablet lover - but not a crippled hybrid tablet lover.
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Rooted or traded?

So, did you ever get it rooted via the cable or did you trade it on something else?
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
I have tried the first one on an HP SlateBook 10 X2 tablet and get the Signature verification error on the "newsigned" file.

The second one, I am working on right now, on the same tablet.

Tried every file on the second link and got the following on each one:

"failed to verify whole-file signature

signature verification failed"
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Patience almost gone

I have tried to root my Slatebook on three different Windows PC's and not one of them will recognize the tablet when I connect that outrageously expensive USB cable to them. I have used the full version SDK to get the drivers and the .android folder and then used the Minimal launcher to get the CMD window to input adb devices. NOTHING.

My problem is that I am not a developer or anything close to it. I just want to take advantage of a rooted Slatebook tablet. It is like someone said, "What is the point of owning Android anything and not having it rooted?"

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] pafje:
Hey,

Sounds like you have the same problem as me, Slatebook is recognized by Windows but not by ADB even with the correct .ini file etc.

BTW it is normal for the LED to not illuminate (it's not a LED I think just some kind of "this side up indicator").

Oh and this is important: You need to connect the cable to the tablet itself *not* to the base, the connector on the base is only for charging apparently...

That's the two major WTFs with this cable!

The good news is it works fine on Linux (I have a dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04 just for that).

Here's what I do for development:

- Boot under Ubuntu.

- Connect the cable.

- The first time, you should see an authorization popup, don't forget to check the "remember" checkbox.

- Enable ADB over TCP/IP:

$ adb tcpip 5555

- Reboot under windows

- Connect via TCP/IP

$ adb connect 192.168.0.11 (or whatever the IP of the tablet is)

- The first time, you'll have yet another authorization popup.

Fortunately the tablet is stable enough that I need to reboot under Ubuntu very rarely..

So you might need to just install Unbuntu in a VM or something like that..

Hope this helps,

Jeremy
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
WTF is you being polite. :) You are the first one I have seen even mention that MINOR feature. Let me see what happens before I have to learn another O/S. You guys do this all of the time, me not. I just want to make this thing a better value and get it ROOTED. Thanks.

UPDATE:

Many thanks Jeremy. It worked. You are second only to prayer!!!

The files that are to be sideloaded need to be placed in the STARTUP folder for the lite version - Minimal ADB and Fastboot - so they can be sideloaded.

Not sure why yours is not being seen by ADB. I plugged mine into the PC and got the ding-dong noise and then launched Minimal ADB and Fastboot and voila followed the instructions and here we are - ROOTED.

It wants me to execute Setuid to complete the root process. How is that done?
[General Questions and Answers] pafje:
Happy it worked for you, not sure why my Windows doesn't see it, seems like I'm the only one to have the issue but it's not too bad, I only need to reboot into Linux once a month or so...

Cannot help you with rooting unfortunately, I only needed the connection to open the ADB port, and I'm too afraid to brick the thing (I need it for OpenGL development)..

Good luck anyway :)
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Finally done.

I finally got around the Setuid problem by trying around10 different rooting programs until one of them finally passed the am I rooted test. So, short of finding out what the term means, I am now completely rooted and using a better tablet. Many thanks.

Do well with your development projects.
[General Questions and Answers] awdrifter:
That's basically what it came down to. I have a good desktop, so for the tablet I'm more using it as a tablet than a netbook. Also the support for the Note 10.1 is more widely available due to it being a more popular tablet. More support for rooting, flashing custom roms and custom tweaks. My previous tablet is a Fujitsu M532 and that tablet had no support, I couldn't even get it rooted due to it being a newer revision and no one made a root for that. So in the end I sacrificed the keyboard for better support.
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
I am not so much worried about the custom ROMs. The machine is pretty fast and I like a hybrid and now that I have it rooted and have removed all of the bloatware it is even faster. Now, if someone will do us all a favor and develop an app that will REALLY move apps from the internal memory to an external SD card and assure that they work correctly from the SD card we will all be better off.
[General Questions and Answers] Sopalajo de Arrierez:
Request for expanding

This sounds great!

Could you please expand about this? I would like to do it too to my rooted stock 4.3-17r20-03-23 (not updated to that last OTA update from Google).

I have installed BetterBateryStats, and it shows a few suspecting processes, like "AlarmManager", "ActivityManager-Launch" or "AudioOut_2", but I am not sure which one shoud I disable using Xposed.

Thanks you.
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
I remember reading on one of the posts that one of the NVIDIA apps runs all of the time, never shuts down, and that is the culprit. It is the app that when you click on it you are taken to their game site. Freeze that one and see how your battery does then.
[General Questions and Answers] micro2112:
i could never get better battery stats to work on my x2, it always just insta-crashes. so i dug through xposed and found DS battery *something like that* using the preset profiles, I set it to the most aggresive one, deep sleep whenever the screen is off. this does make the tablet shut off after too much time idle but small price to pay for days of battery on a tablet that used to last maybe 1.
[General Questions and Answers] sakouhi:
Help

Can any one pls make a video guide for this...
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
MayaMod ROM

I am trying to follow this development in Slatebook 10 X2 rooting but for whatever reason cannot get my PC to "SEE" my tablet.

MayaMod - http://xdaforums.com/android/development/rom-mayamod-1-0-t2885897

I remember when I first rooted it using the "expensive cable" method and that I had a real challenge then and it was all about the USB drivers. Stupid me did not write down the steps so now I am having to go through the same process again, but this time with NO luck.

Does anyone have maybe a list of items for me to check out to assure that whatever conflict I have is removed and I can install MayaMod? It would be most appreciated.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] neal.venables:
"USB 0x03F0" for noobs

Hi,

Thanks so much for the hard work you put into this. I now have a rooted Slatebook X2 :)

As a relative newbie I had to do a little research to cover off the updates to adb_usb.ini, as below...

... so thought I would share my discoveries with other newcomers.

Please note that these are for Windows, not Linux.

0x03F0 is a USB Vendor ID that allows Windows to recognise a USB device, and I found that my Slatebook actually had two VIDs and three PIDS - one pair for ADB, one pair for HBOOT and one pair for Maya Recovery/TWRP.

For me this meant that the following entries needed to be added to two files as follows:-

File 1: <Your Android SDK folder>\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf

[Google.NTx86]

;HP SlateBook

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D002

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D002&MI_01

;HP SlateBook Fastboot

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_03F0&PID_691D

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_03F0&PID_691D&MI_01

;HP SlateBook Maya

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&MI_01

[Google.NTamd64]

;HP SlateBook

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D002

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D002&MI_01

;HP SlateBook Fastboot

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_03F0&PID_691D

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_03F0&PID_691D&MI_01

;HP SlateBook Maya

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&MI_01

File 2: <YOUR USER FOLDER>\.android\adb_usb.ini

0x18D1

0x03F0

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Note that I had three VID/PID pairs. I expect that this will be the same for all Slatebooks, but if mine don't work for you you will need to acquire yours from Windows device manager.

The process is broadly as follows:-

1. Connect the Slatebook over your $$$cable.

2. Wait for the 'Windows could not install driver' message.

3. In device manager find the 'unknown device' entry for your Slatebook.

4. Right click it to bring up its properties, go to the details table and select 'Hardware IDs'

5. Depending on if your Slatebook is connected in ADB, BOOT or Maya Recovery/TWRP modes, substitute your hardware IDs into one of my entries for android_winusb.inf and also adb_usb.inf above.

6. Reconnect your Slatebook.

7. When Windows reports that it cannot find a driver say that you will specify one and select the file <Your Android SDK folder>\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf

8. Your PC should now install the drivers for your Slatebook in the mode it finds itself in.

Please note that steps 1-8 above are largely from memory, so you may need to apply a little thought and common sense to get them working.

Good luck, fellow newbie!

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[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
Got it going!!!

Many thanks for your great efforts. I had mine rooted via the expensive cable method and was trying to flash install TWRP but for whatever reason could not get my PC to recognize my Slatebook.

I then went the route of trying to find an installation program that would use my hybrid rooted Slatebook and install TWRP for me. I found Flashify.

Here are my steps:

xda-developers Android Development and Hacking Miscellaneous Android Development [ROM][MAYA][AROMA] MayaMod 1.0 [23/09]

A Solution for us non-techies

I kept trying to connect my tablet to my PC and failed miserably. So, I started trying ROM installers that I found in Google Apps. After trying 4-5 of them I came across FLASHIFY. It is FREE for the first three flashes and for $3.99 (US) you unlock it and can flash whatever you want.

I used my first two flashes to flash the IMG file provided via the "expensive cable" method and the TWRP zip file, both done as a batch. The TWRP zip file did not fully install so I used my third flash to reflash the TWRP zip file and this time it installed correctly. I then paid the $3.99 (US) and used Flashify to install the MayaMod zip file.

MayaMod is great, has many cool features, not to mention the opening screen.
[General Questions and Answers] SEC_SAM:
USB 2.0 on one end and a charging connector on the other end. Picture is attached.

View attachment 3038864
[General Questions and Answers] gamer35:
thanks ,

and the pinout if possible
[General Questions and Answers] mrazndead:
does towelroot still work for the slatebook 14 first version?

---------- Post added at 06:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:06 PM ----------

what about the original hp slatebook? anyway to root that?
[General Questions and Answers] tulkas84:
Anyone has tried to root it with KingRoot?
[General Questions and Answers] Waelhh90:
yeah i just root my tab with kingroot new version and it works
[General Questions and Answers] Dvalin21:
If I provided the required file, do you think you would be able to build a cwm recovery for my Tegra 4 Tablet?
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Hi, sadly, I don't have anymore a build system available. If you have a Linux box available, you can give a try to build by yourself
[General Questions and Answers] Dvalin21:
I do have a Linux box, but very efficient. Any assistance would be great, I'm mean instruction of course.
[General Questions and Answers] mp3lll:
Hey,

Any one know if can be install a new OS like android 5 ?
[General Questions and Answers] isa7816:
Hi. Is there anyone how would like to sell me the HP Slatebook x2 debug USB cable (728141-001). Or maybe to hire it for some days. Thanks in advance and kind regards.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MuSaddiq:
Hi guys, i hav created a flashable bootanimation now i want to create a flashable bootanination with sound but i tried by placing the .ogg file in system/media nd wen i flashed only the bootanimation came not the boot sound........does anybody know how to create it?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Call it poweron.ogg

Place file in system/etc

set permissions to rw-r-r--
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MuSaddiq:
Thanks for ur help but i wanted to make a flashable zip
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Minions_Army:
same like u make flasable zip for bootanim

just create folder "etc"

/app

/etc/poweron.ogg

/media/bootanim
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MuSaddiq:
Thanks Bro!
[HTC One X] hb5:
Is it possible to install stock Google Keyboard on One X with stock Sense 5 rom? I know that it can't be installed over google play store.
[HTC One X] Tigerlight:
Huh?

Sure can.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GALAXY3535:
I'm running liquids month 4.2 and suddenly when I tried to update apps from the play store it gives me insufficient storage. I have 8gb of available internal storage and 32gb external storage.

How can I fix this issue?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Try wiping the data and rebooting. It's been pretty buggy lately.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GALAXY3535:
How do I do that. Why data do I have to wipe?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Wipe data for Google Play Store in Android's built in app manager. Then reboot.
[General Questions and Answers] Zone57:
I have a Motorola Razr V model # XT885 and wondering if there are any mods for it or will work on it?

Can it be rooted ?Will any of the roots for the other Razr's work?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] BamaRalph:
I would like to know if anyone has had issues with loading proper Nexus 7 usb drivers needed to unlock & root a 2013 Nexus 7 on Windows Vista? I am at wits end trying to get this done. I've followed all the videos and downloaded toolkits (wugfresh, etc), tried all available recommendations and driver types without positive results. The best result was "waiting on device" after the "fastboot oem unlock" command.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] almaximo:
Vista !!!!!!! The Hell is more confy

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
Your old drivers are confusing the system.

You need to delete your old drivers in devmgmt.msc (or use Nirsoft USBDeview), reboot the PC

then reinstall the official drivers from here

http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

It may seem like you are endlessly getting rid of stuff, but eventually you'll get it working.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] BamaRalph:
I used the USBDeview in the wugfresh toolkit many times, rebooted the computer and still have trouble getting the driver/drivers to load right! As soon as I plug in the usb cable, windows starts trying to load drivers which is probably confusing things. Will try again.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
You may need to physically get rid of some drivers in the windows directory, but be careful what you are doing.

I can do this relatively easily in windows xp, but I think vista caches the drivers and puts them back if they get removed.

Alternatively, you can right click on the nexus 7 device and tell it you what to update drivers from a known place.

Best to reboot after every action, because sometimes things get stuck in windows and it doesn't really do what you think it is doing until a reboot.

Almost everyone who has posted has eventually got things working so don't give up hope.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] BamaRalph:
ok, thanks. I do have an old windows XP laptop that I may try and hopefully get better results.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
You may want to try these drivers:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2391236

Also try different USB cables and try different (preferably USB2.0) ports

I've seen a spectrum of different issues regarding getting things recognized, but eventually almost everyone gets them resolved.
[HTC Desire S] mrroks:
Guys i have a Desire s and accoridng to antutu system info brand is showing Vodafone_fr ..

but the bootanimation is just htc's u know quietly brilliant ..

so how can this happen ? is my phone branded ? rooting procedure will be different for me ? y branded rooting procedure is different ?

Please Raply ? :/
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
It could be branded, but, as far as I know, there shouldn't be any difference in rooting. Just the standard method like for every other HTC Desire S.
[HTC Desire S] mrroks:
dude y the bootanimation is not a Vodafone :( ? is that OK ? Thnx for the reply ..

n rooting method , i thought the Gold card thing n all is that process not needed :D ?
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
Well, the Gold Card method is for achieving S-OFF. You can HTC Dev unlock your phone, and then flash a recovery, then a ROM and you'll have root. Keep in mind, you'll need to flash the boot.img from the ROM.zip every time you flash a new ROM. If you want to achieve S-OFF, Gold Card method is required, as far as I know, regardless of the branding.
[HTC Desire S] mrroks:
dude i want ask another ques, sorry for going OFF the topic ...

Official ICS Update is out ... but i want to backup my this present Stock gb rom so that anything can go wrong i can restore it or if i dont like ICS so i can revert back to it .. ? so unlocking and installing 4ext recovery method is needed or there is other way .. cause in past i didnt backed up my stock gb rom of htc explorer n i rooted the dam phone so i was unable to unroot .. i know the RUU thng but .. my Stock was T-Mobile and i was not able to find T-Mobile RUU .. :( so what will be the procedure .. ?
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
Well, in order to do a full backup, you'll need to unlock the bootloader and flash a recovery and do a nandroid backup afterwards. But you'll loose your data, when unlocking your phone, so when you'll want to do a backup, there won't be anything to backup. Another way, is to search for apps that don't require root permissions to backup your data. I think, there were some, "MyBackup" and "Helium Backup". Look for both on Play Store.

If you flash official ICS through RUU, you'll use your data too. There is a WWE(World Wide English) RUU for official ICS, which should work even for branded phones.

I

'm not 100% sure about that, everything you do, you do it on your own risk.
[HTC Desire S] mrroks:
y will i loose my data when i unlock my bootloader ? ive unlocked on htc explorer n nothng happend .. just said Unlocked on HBOOT ..

yeah i have downloaded the ruu from htcdev ...