[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] :
Hey all. Fist off, sorry about the new account and posting here in the Q&A and not development, but let me explain. I have been a member of XDA for a few years- my main account(and only account until being forced to create this one) is andr0id23. However, I am unable to login to that account. I keep getting an incorrect password error message and am constantly locked out of my account. I have emailed the people who can help with this issue, but still not having any luck. They did reset my password(even though I knew my password), but that still doesn't work. I try it once but it says i have used up all my attempts and locks me out for what is supposed to be 15 minutes, but seems to be forever instead. But I digress, just wanted to explain why I am posting from a brand new account and in this section(new accounts are not allowed to post in development). Now on to my issues I am hoping someone can help with. I typed it up in notepad last night while waiting for my account to be accessible and am just going to copy and paste it:

Hi all, I was hoping to get some help on my Galaxy Note 8.0. It is model number GT-N5110. It was given to me by a friend, who likes

to try rooting his devices, but has no experience and is actually quite computer illiterate. When I received it it wouldn't boot up,

but only go do a screen that says something like "Downloading. Please do not power off". I have no idea what is on there as far as firmware

or custom ROMs.

I am pretty comfortable with Android development as far as flashing custom ROMs, rooting, unlocking bootloaders, etc, but haven't been active for

some time now. I have owned a Droid, Droid 2, HTC Incredible, Droid X, HTC Thunderbolt, and Motorola Xoom and have rooted,

unlocked, and/or installed custom ROMs on all of them, ass well as doing so on several devices that aren't mine. I have used "one click" type methods

as well as more hands-on adb methods. I just mention so to show that while I am far from an expert, I do have some experience.

But I am stuck on this tablet. I can boot into Download Mode and was able to flash CWM Recovery via Odin. In CWM I tried

wiping data, cache and Dalvik cache, but when I go to reboot I get a message saying the device is not rooted and would I like to root. It doesn't seem to do any

good. I did try rooting thru odin, and it said it was successful. I have also flashed the stock firmware thru odin, but am still not able to boot. The

closest I get is a boot loop. Also, Kies does not recognize my device.

So, I can boot into download mode and CWM Recovery(though I don't know if I am actually rooted

and it will be of any use), and Odin does recognize the device. I have tried flashing stock firmware to no avail. If anyone

has any suggestions, I would be greatly appreciative and definitely willing to try. I can give you any additional info you

request. I was thinking of flashing a custom ROM, but not sure as I don't know what the tablet is currently running. If anyone

has anything to try as far as flashing a ROM or firmware, a d/l link would be greatly appreciated if at all possible.

I have been having the worst luck with samfirmware or sammobile(two sites that are named something like that). I have spent

literally hours waiting for the downloads, and the 2 times i did get lucky, the files were messed up. Again, I would be

extremely greatful for any and all help.