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[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Praetoriani:
First of all, thanks to Angel_666 for this great work.

But it seems like I cannot flash any zip file via TWRP. Does anyone else have this problem?

Or am I doing something wrong? I always mount the system-partition before trying to install from zip-file.

Is there any chance to get the version before 2.7?

Just to try if I have the same problems with the previous version of TWRP.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] LYandroid:
Im also have this issue, i can't flash any zip's exept ROM's or files from [MENTION=474226]duch[/MENTION]Danny:(, im sure it's from the x86 architecture, and unlike the ARM architecture (usually found in most android devices eg. Samsung galaxy S2,S3...etc)you need to modify the updater-script to every ZIP you wanna flash:D, which is confusing.

Sorry for bad english.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Patrics83:
What error do you get?

I'm pretty sure you are trying to flash zips either with aroma installer or with an incompatible update-binary.

To fix zips that doesn't use aroma installer you can simply take the update-binary from a known working flashable zip and copy it to your zip.

If the zip is using aroma installer you cannot fix it unless you compile a new aroma binary for x86

Sent from my HTC One
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Praetoriani:
I wrote here the error I get, when I try to flash ZIP-Files.

Well, .... I tried to flash AROMA Filemanager, which doesn't work with TWRP

:(

But let me explain you that flashing a ZIP-File doesn't work at all for me on my Galaxy Tab3.

I created a ZIP-File with the app ZIPme and tried to flash it via TWRP, but it didn't worked.

Then I tried it with the flashable ZIP-File I downloaded.

(for example: Xposed-Disabler-Recovery.zip from here)

And it didn't worked as well

:crying:

If I find a ZIP-File where flashing works for me, I'll try to copy the update-binary.

But this can't be a permanent solution. So let's hope that this issue can be fixed.

:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Patrics83:
As I said, AROMA Installer/Filemanager won't work unless you edit the aroma source and compile a x86 compatible binary.

With other words it has nothing to do with the recovery or update-binary.

"ZIPMe" app will most likely use a update-binary made for another device and therefore it will not work with this tablet. This will be a problem on other devices as well ofc.

Try this update-binary

To sum it up, all flashable zips must have a compatible update-binary else the updater-script might fail to load or fail to execute some parts of the script.

Sent from my HTC One
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Praetoriani:
Just to be sure I understood what you tried to explain me.

I need an uptade-binary which is compatible with my device (in this case Galaxy Tab3)

Does this mean when I create a flashable ZIP-File with ZIPme and replace the update-binary

with a compatible one, I finally have a working flashable ZIP-File?

Maybe you can also explain me how I can find out if an update-binary will work for me or not?

Depends it on the installed firmware or the hardware architecture or on what?

By the way, thanks for the link to the update-binary. I'll try it and check if it works for me

:)
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Patrics83:
1) Yes

2) Yes. The link I gave you is what is working for me and others.

3) It depends on the device. One update-binary might work on several devices but not on all.

Just open the zip and go to: "META-INF/com/google/android"

Replace the update-binary with the one in my link and give it a try.

Sent from my HTC One
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Praetoriani:
Thanks for your help. I tried the update-binary you gave me, ..... and it worked :victory:

Do you think it might be possible to write a small batch file or program which can automatically replace the update-binary?

I know that there is the zlib library which can be used to access some functions for dealing with ZIP-Files :)
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Patrics83:
Mmmh, well ever heard about drag and drop? :D

No need to extract the zip just drag the update-binary into the zip.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Praetoriani:
There is something called "Drag & Drop"?? :eek: Always thought this was a program ;) Just kidding.

The Reason I thought about a batch file was to "replace" the update-binary at several ZIP-Files successively.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] gsrac3r:
Can I flash this, with Odin, over my current CWM recovery? Or do I need to revert to stock first?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Snuk265:
Flash over cwm :)

Sent from GT-I9305 CM11 20140131-NIGHTLY + Agni PureCM v2.6c
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] gsrac3r:
Thanks, I'll give it a go and hope for the best.

Been having major issues with bootloops on the Pimpdroid and Grevious builds; no matter how many times I follow the instructions :(
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chairsz:
dont mean to troll or nothing but is this twrp version compatible with all or any other intel atom chip? my tab has the z580 2ghz dual core chip as i understand the SGT3 has the z560 chip correct? thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
Can anyone help please?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
What version of Odin are you using and what is the checksum of the file you downloaded?

Here's what i have and it works great for p5210 (wifi)

File: recovery.tar.zip

MD5: d96865debc274dc732f5c6037fa07771

SHA-1: ea53eea19520663fe5386d35bcbf5a7536290d41

Extract the recovery.tar.md5 for that recovery.tar.zip and flash it.

If odin throws an error rename recovery.tar.md5 to recovery.tar and try again.

I've attached the version of odin that i got it to flash properly with. I've modified it a bit so that things are easier. You will have to reboot manually thought so that the stock recovery doesn't get auto restored and all the options other than PDA have been disabled to make things more straight forward.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] assetttt:
I've been having some random reboot since flashingPimpdroid 2.2.3. Maybe because I dirty flashed over 2.2.2.. If I get some time I'll do a fresh install. all in all the rom is great and works really well.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
I used Odin 3.07. It loaded the tar and had it checked out fine. I assume the file is legit? I didn't check auto-reboot.

I just used your file and made sure the md5 is correct. Same result :(
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Hmmm. I have 3.07 and 3.09 and they didnt work for me but the 3.04 i posted did. Can you post a copy of the output from odin? I'll help if i can.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
I just did it again with 3.04 you posted. Screen is attached. Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Weird. The output looks ok. Try re downloading and just extract file from the zip and don't rename anything then flash the recovery.tar.md5 as before and reboot manually.

Edit: I'm gonna try and re flash this again myself and see if anything goes wrong

Edit 2: just flashed again and everything went fine. Once Odin said it finished i held the power button til it turned off and then i disconnected the usb and did the vol up + power to get into recovery. Works fine so far as i can tell.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
Tried again 100% as you instructed but no luck. I guess I'm stuck with the old laggy twrp lol
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Ah well. You can't say i didn't try. Good luck
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
I just made it work. Here's what I did. I flashed the CWM (final ver) and flashed TWRP afterwards following your instruction. And it now works like a charm. So smooth lol
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] starvenmarven:
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[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] xtacydima:
So whats the latest recovery, is it 2.6 series or 2.7?

I'm confused about this, I tried to update from the link from the first post and I was previously on 2.6.3.0 and then went back to CWM (to make sure it worked) and then again to latest downloaded file from the link on first post and got back to 2.6.3.0? Is there a new link for the 2.7 TWRP series and if so can someone please repost it?

Much Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
Read back in the postings. Its 2.7 but angel is busy making cm11 and rightfully so doesn't want to take the time to fix his twrp build just to fix the version typo. But who cares. It works.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] xtacydima:
OK, thx I saw that but I also noticed written was that the lag was fixed, I just wanted to be sure there wasnt a newer version I'm missing out on. Also, the small glitch of it jumping back to the main screen still exists and I wasn't sure if a floating 2.7 version existed that fixed this issue as well... thx for the fast reply though :good: will check periodically for newer versions I guess
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian D:
Hi! Very nice and very fast. Much faster than 2.6.1.0. I do notice that the timestamp on the top of the screen is two hours ahead of my local time. My time said 20:53 and the program time said 22:53. Not sure if that is on my end or just something built into the program.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] seanyowl:
You need to set your time offset to your correct location in TWRP itself
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian D:
Thanks. I will go look for that next time I go into TWRP. Figured it was on my end.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
After I upgraded to 2.630, TWRP can't backup to external SD card any more. It can see it though but just can't backup to it. Totally strange.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
Ber you are on Pimpdroid. It is a bug. Back up to internal and copy to SD. It will restore fine from SD.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
That solved it only to lead to another problem. I can only get into TWRP recovery from within Android. To make it more clear, I can get into TWRP when I choose Reboot to recovery from system. It will NOT get into it if I press Power + Volume + buttons when starting up. However 2.610 was perfectly fine. What gives??
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
. OK. Confused. You are on P5210. You are on pimpdroid. I have never been in pimpdroid and seen a reboot into recovery. Explain exactly where you found this.

So then with your tab off, you hold down power up ant then secondly hold down per button and hold it til screen says Samsung and let go. You do this and what happens?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
To answer your first question, I am not sure. I am on Grevious 5. It could be Xposed that enabled the reboot menu.

If I do that button combo in 2.610, it goes into TWRP. But in 2.630, I get a blank screen.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
OK. You are on grevious and I am on pimpdroid. So likely exposed thing giving reboot option. So try reinstalling new twrp. Don't know why not working.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
Ok I re-flashed it and it now works
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
Thanks for that. I haven't explored Wanam before and you are correct. System > Power Menu > Enable 4 Way Reboot gives you the typical reboot menu and I like it! Wanum is pretty cool. Glad the re-install fixed your TWRP. Remember it is actually 2.7 TWRP but Angel666 fixed the lag but failed to change the version number when he compiled it. It is now fast and lagless and much more pleasant to use. The other glitchy things didn't change and Angel666 said he would get back to TWRP anc clean it up after he got CM11 working. In the mean time, if you refrain from doing typing as in re-naming backups you hardly notice there are any problems so he was right not to prioritize cleaning up TWRP because it is adequate. Why TWRP can't back up to ExtSDcard but can restore it from there is a mystery. I thought it was somehow a ROM issue but it seems Grevious and Pimpdroid both have the same problem. Somehow I think it is a mounting or a permission problem.

:D
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] ludeguy:
Yes Wanam is pretty handy. I also use Gravity Box, and LoserXposed. Check them out if you haven't.

How do you copy the nandroid backup to your SD card? I tried 2 file managers (one of them is ES) and both didn't work. I tried to copy normal files like pictures and mp3 and that worked so I know the SD is not the problem. Is there any trick to do this?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
I will be flashing twrp on my unrooted tab 3 through odin then I can flash root.zip after I flashed new TWRP recovery? I tried to install cwm but it didnt stick I want to try twrp as it is better
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
ANYONE OUT THEIR HAVE THE DOWNLOAD LINK ELSEWHERE??? MEGA DOES NOT WORK WITH CHROME AT LEAST NOT FOR ME.

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anybody
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Here you go - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_OS44jqkY-pd2dMZlhZZDhqQUE/

For whoever else needs it too.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
thank you, what version is it? Latest? It is for the tab 3 10.1 right?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
It's the one from the OP
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
Argh! First CWM then TWRP I follow instructions as instructed the recovery dosent stick it says pass then nothing I reboot to it and I still have stock system recovery what gives? What am I doing wrong? Have everything unchecked except rest F time. Thats it. Theirs no fail message. Auto reboot is unchecked.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Try reading from here - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50373937&postcount=90

I'd suggest using the odin that I uploaded in that post. The key thing to do is to un check auto reboot (already done in my upload) because when it automatically reboots from odin it loads stock recovery
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
Still couldn't get it to stick using odin V4 I dont know what the heck is going on do I have to have idk what could be wrong do I need to have usb debugging enabled? It was disabled just checked it. Will try again in the morning to much fustration to fail again. I did everything right had auto reboot unchecked didnt even touch anything else other than pda slot with recovery posted. Any other suggestions this my 3rd time

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Also when it passed I held the power button till it restarts. Do I have to keep on holding it till it turns itself off??
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian D:
ODIN 4? I used ODIN 3.07. And when I run Odin, I right click and run as administrator. It flashes every time. After flashing, I will boot to system and then turn off. Then I will boot to recovery (Power + Vol Up) and it loads into TWRP.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Yeah what [MENTION=5731352]Brian D[/MENTION] said. Run as administrator and I hold Power+VolumeUp to force a reboot into recovery. And I posted version 3.04. It's the one I got to work for me. You should try flashing Cwm and THEN try twrp. That's what worked for the guy I helped earlier, no idea why.

Best of luck.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] brokie:
After flashing you have to turn it off using the power button. Wait two seconds and then press and hold the volume

up

and power button. Keep holding them (even when you see the samsung logo) until you boot into recovery.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
Im guessing you cant charge the tablet while its backing in CWM im going to try to see if TWRP will stick this time. 2 hours on the backup idk whats the remaining battery. Can my tablet mess up if it dies on you?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian D:
I would think that if all you are doing is backing up then you will corrupt the backup file(s). TWRT should not be affected by a loss of power, but do not hold me to that. That is probably the worst of it. But you are using CWM so I do not know what will happen, but I suspect the same thing.

I have so much bloatware removed so I do not have too much to backup. TWRT takes me about 163 seconds (2 minutes 43 seconds) to do a backup without recovery. When you do the backup you will see what I am talking about. Recovery and Cache are the only two items I do not backup. The other three are checked; system, data, and boot.

Good luck
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
It's been backing up the same game for the past hour. If the tablet turns off do to battery what will happen? Just back up again right? Im going to put TwRP big time
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
So I cant flash twrp recovery all I get is a black screen. Guess I have to go back to wack ass cwm
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] mholloway:
I had same problem, I tried again and for me to boot into recovery I have to use power and vol.up til I see galaxy tab logo then I release and it takes few seconds to boot to recovery
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] chuko303:
Thanks I tried n went to stock recovery for some reason im back on cwm making another backup much slimmer file without no games
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] mholloway:
Using twrp. Try flashing any mods fails.everytime ? I can flash roms but tried flashing crossbreeder, fail tried flashing bravia engine 3 ,fail.any idea why?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Are you sure that they are x86 compatible? And so far as I know the bravia engine is Sony devices only. If you are sure that they are compatible then try flashing with file verification turned off.

Edit: I just checked the crossbreeder thread and it specifically says that it is NOT compatible with x86
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] mholloway:
Yea I just read that thread about fixing zip files that fail, thank you
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
You should try Android Tuner and setdns, they'll take care of 90% of your needs.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian9391:
PC > Tab 3 connection

Odin 3.07 dosnt seem to be detecting my tab, Possibly due to missing drivers on my PC, The only software i see on samsungs website is Keis or whatever that krap is. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
Win7 automatically installs samsung drivers now when you plug it in. Don't need Kies. Back in xp days you could install just the Samsung drivers alone but many people just installed Kies cuz it has the Samsung drivers inside. Kies is used to update firmware but you only need it for the drivers.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian9391:
So that won't even help me then cause it should already be installed?

I can confirm that the tablet shows up in the list of devices connected to the PC. Also I am able to read and write to the tablet from the PC. So drivers shouldn't be an issue I wouldn't think.

Odin is treating it as if nothing is connected whatsoever when I try to install the recovery. Still not sure what to do.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
Nope. Reading and writing files is quite different. You have to put your tab into download mode to connect adb. Read the directions. Volume down - pwr to get into download mode. Turn on Odin. Plug in. Ahhhhhh. Now win 7 will install Samsung drivers. Give it time to finish. Then Odin will say connected. Then it will work.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian9391:
It wasn't installing the drivers before. That attempt it did but I'm still not getting the recovery installed. Odin even stated that the md5 was successfully installed but when I boot the tab into recovery it's still the stock version. Auto reboot was unchecked
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
OK. Now you got download mode figured out, Samsung drivers installed, Odin talking to tab, recovery installed. But you are facing the common problem that ROM writes old recovery over new one. So probably you missed the next step. After Odin installs recovery, unplug tab, then shut it down, then volume up - pwr and boot into new recovery. Bet it works. You were correct to unchecked reboot in Odin.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian9391:
Worked! Not letting the system reboot did the trick. Having issues getting root now though.

I had a root.zip file I was instructed to flash in the recovery but selecting the file opens the zip into 3 other files which contain nothing supported. Ignoring that I proceeded to reboot system and the recovery offers to install SuperSU. Now I can't update SU binary to obtain root. SuperSU prompts me that the binary needs to be updated and asks which recovery I have. Selecting TWRP/CWM forces reboot into recovery like it should to update but when I reboot system it's still not rooted.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] kb8no:
How's that go? "If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all." Every step has gone badly for you. It shouldn't be this hard.

When the recovery tells you you don't have root and asks you if you want to install su then you know you screwed up and say no. You can't get root by just installing su, you can get root only by flashing root.zip. Everything it says from there on about root is irrelevant.

I can't figure why it didn't work. You're just flashing a stupid zip file. I can't figure how you screwed it up. Bad zip or wrong zip all I can guess. Make sure you have the tab3 zip and download it again.
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] woopdedoda:
Just downloaded and flash koushs superuser from here http://download.clockworkmod.com/superuser/superuser.zip

Worked perfectly for me
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] evilspawnas:
Team TWRP has officialy released Version 2.7.0.0.... is there any difference to this version? if yes, can you port it?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] mrrobc97:
So after being able to flash Pimproid, TWRP fails to flash anything else. I get an error (fail message)when flashing other mods/apps that I have across other devices I own. Anyone has the same issue?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Br1cK'd:
Its due to the binary in the zip you're flashing, a few threads down from this one are easy instructions on how to fix your zips.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2603411

Truth, Zen4 Style
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Brian D:
DST does not seem to work for me. I can change timezones and the time on the device will also change. But when I click DST on or off the time does not change. Me or is there something amiss?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] khaledreno:
just flash this file throught odin in pda section ?
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] Aeyan Ashraf:
Yes bro . But don't forget to unzip the file first or odin won't recognize it .

Please hit thanks If I heled you . It costs you nothing .
[Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development] :
hey

so it's my hope that op will continue working/testing

i'll test, a side note double flashing, once odin, then dd

seems to have cut the lag. i know it sounds plain and folky

but maybe the image just needed to be seated better.

just a thought. oh! and please i need a working terminal.

maybe it's possible to include busybox x86 actual?

thank you for reading :good: