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[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] THEDEVIOUS1:
possible cause...definite fix for internal sd write issue

i have just experienced the same "cant write to internal memory" issue as well...like [MENTION=1473204]edan1979[/MENTION] i THOUGHT everything was working fine on my T705 after a backup & restore. In fact i had restored the same back up a few times before i even noticed it...the device will still allow u to copy from pc to tablet fine & the only way i discovered the problem was trying to manually copy a file from system/app to the internal sd and kept getting an operation failed error using es file explorer. Just to be clear this is a separate (although similar) situation from the already known kitkat sd denial..after doing some reading on another device thread with what seems to be the same problem with twrp i saw that someone said they discovered that the permissions were being set improperly on data/media & that the only way they found to fix it was to adb into the device through recovery and change the perms to the proper setting (will add link below once i relocate it). Although i couldnt connect to the tab through the shell while in twrp i did eventually find a fix that worked for me which was just to factory rest...the catch is that u wont be able to restore after u do so & will need to use titanium backup to restore your apps & data with the only good news being TB can pull your files straight from the twrp backup u made originally.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2222297

^similar situation (do not use zips/scripts from this thread as they are not created for your device...the adb commands from the first post should work but ONLY through recovery for whatever reason)

[MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION] or whoever is maintaining our build

i know you're busy bro but on a related note i was wondering if the adb "switch" had been turned on in our version of twrp...this is a bit off topic but while i'm asking (if i can even get your attention) is there a way to enable tv/hdmi out through recovery & also what about mass storage mode so we can transfer from the pc to the device while still in twrp (other than adb sideload)?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] UpInTheAir:
Request F2FS support for SM-T705 LTE

I have PM Dees_Troy to kindly ask if he could add F2FS support for SM-T705.

I have patched my kernel and ramdisk and ready for testing.

Lets hope he can find the time :)
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] edan1979:
and lets hope the permission error fix as well...
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] gggg:
SM-T705 Tab S LTE Support

TWRP based an SM-T705 Tab S LTE recovery would be great.

Including fixes for

- permission bug

- no screen mirroring

- and full ADB support
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] esmund:
hi, i have a T705, this TWRP used to work, i did try flashing a custom rom via it, but today, i tried going into twrp, it jus hangs at the blue teamwin page. i restored a stock rom via odin, cf autoroot, then using klimwifi, still hangs on teamwin page. :(
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] HLG114:
Me too.

It means flash a new stock rom? :(

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[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] osn19:
Trying to download openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-chagallwifi.tar from Techerrata, but the file is unavailable :(
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] radiobicho:
Hi all. I want to make a nandroid backup and id like to know wich box should i tick? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] UpInTheAir:
I already PM you. ....

I don't know what device and TWRP version you are using, not all are the same......

Generally:

Boot (kernel)

System

Preload (depending on ROM - my devices don't use it and not mounted)

Data

EFS (WiFi - Carrier IMEI etc)

Modem (for 3G/LTE device)

** If restoring - best not to restore EFS. If this get corrupted, your IMEI will be lost and device unable to connect to mobile networks. EFS backup is "just in case" scenario.

Also backup to external sdcard, not internal storage. Even I made mistake of formatting the internal partition and lost my backup ....

Using TWRP recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S models has a bug. Unable to write to internal sdcard after restore. But if you're using my SkyHigh kernel - no issue.

Best of luck :)
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Lordjish:
To confirm, on T-700 (wifi only) there is no bug free version that does not have the "write to internal SD" error?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] UpInTheAir:
Can't 100% remember what's been posted elsewhere, but, I believe it's on all devices, but need a T700 to re-confirm.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] M4jQ:
when i flash this recovery i loose my warranty? (knox flag set)
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] kenkiller:
Anyone having problems with TWRP 2.8.0.0 on Tab S 8.4, buttons pressed react on another part of the screen?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] radiobicho:
Same on Tab S 10.5. :( I put it in DOWNLOAD MOD (using 3 bottons) and reflashed 2.7.1 version.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Tomv5314:
I was going to ask if the unable write to internal bug was fixed but apparently there are bigger problems with this version. Hopefully this will be fixed. Staying on 2.7.1 for now.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] jpearn:
Latest version .1 is working fine with the touchscreen, I also had the problem on .0
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Tomv5314:
Delete
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] kenkiller:
Yup. Fixed.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] gggg:
2.8.0.1

- Is the install of SuperSU working ?

- is the restore issue fixed ?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] woggy:
i have flashed openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi.tar with odin 3.09 on tm800 and i got the bug that causes weird graphics glitches! Now the device hangs in the locked recoery mode (swipe to unlock).no touch reaction, i have pressed the power button for a minute or longer but no reaction, full freeze....!!

[IMG="screenshot"]http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/pictures/140914170432_WIN_20140914_165219.JPG[/IMG]

UPDATE: now the screen get black an wont return on, only the softkeys are on :(

UÜDATE2: the key combination for the download mode has reactivated the device.. so which version of twrp should i use for the t800 at the moment ?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] ewells38:
Had the exact same problem with v2.8.0.1 on the 10.5, so I went back to v2.7.1.1 for the time being, flashed via Odin and it works great :D
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] gggg:
2.8.0.1

- Is the install of SuperSU working now ?

- is the restore issue from 2.7.0.1 fixed ?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] kleinmischa:
ehmm i'm already strugling to find the right device name o.0 what do i have to choose for the tab?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] maxrdlf95:
Changallwifi and download 2.7.1.1 version
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] gggg:
I thought 2.7.1.1 has problems when restoring ???
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] squibly:
How did you manage to get out of the full freeze? Mine's just done this :(

EDIT: oops just read the second update :)
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] hurray:
I have tried it and I was able to restore a full backup with version 2.7.1.1 on my Tab S 10.5 Wifi (T-800)

If I try to flash and boot version 2.8.0.1 I get also only freaky graphics and I am not able to do anything useful. So for now I am back to 2.7.1.1
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] spacecowboy618:
All is good in the hood. Thanks to everybody that made this possible
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] miloytyn:
Updates with Kies

Hi,

Stupid question, but I haven't really used Kies that much. If I flash custom recovery e.g. TWRP but use stock ROM, can I still use Kies to update official ROMs?

I guess updating with Odin does wipe data unless you have no-wipe image.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mac231us:
So based on reading several pages (almost all) and maybe I missed something but there is no TWRP (or CWM as checked elsewhere) working recovery (that backs up correctly too) for the LTE T705? (should have held on to the tab pro and not got this one..he he..lessons learned),,anyway any advice appreciated on whether we have a working custom recovery for the LTE T705? Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] IBraHiM.f:
for me force stop
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mac231us:
Well...i bit the bullet and flashed the 2.7.1....works fine! LTE T705...it so happened I had set up the stock rom, tried to change dpi after root and then it went into bootloop on rebooting (actually system ui was crashing)...(was determined to save data somehow) so I flashed the recovery through ODIN (yes!)..and then flashed a custom rom (the supersamsung v2 dirty flash...even flashed synapse kernel...all works fine!..awesome..did backups and all of stock too though it will run into bootloop..whether the twrp restore will work is another question though)..one thing with diskinfo I see no change in partitions before (took pictures) and after twrp flash..so assuming all is good!

Thanks!

UPDATE

twrp backups also work! both 2.7.1.1 and 2.8.0.1
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] IBraHiM.f:
done and work.please add wipe battery.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] miloytyn:
Wiping battery doesn't actually do anything helpful. There is article written by Google engineer about that which you can check if you don't believe me.

http://www.androidcentral.com/wiping-battery-stats-doesnt-improve-battery-life-says-google-engineer
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] heyjoe66:
Is it only me? Does backup in 2.8.0.1 work for anyone else?

This problem is really weird. I tried to make a backup to external sd and I did and it's finished successfully. So I was pretty sure I am free to perform any dirty things with my current setup and I did. And then, when I was going to restore everything back I find nothing! Lust nothing in TWRP\BACKUP folder on my external SD.

Then I've gone further trying to investigate the problem. I tried to make backup to internal sd and it was saved and persisted across reboots. But backups made to external sd was getting deleted after booting to android!? I checked after just making backup, files was there (at least TWRP was showing them). I tried to "reboot to recovery" and checked again, and files still was there. Then I booted to android and viola, they are gone.

Then tried to create a folder manually (mkdir) along with copying files from internal sd to external, and what do you think? Files copied from internal SD are persisted, but created folder and files copied in it are gone. Sounds like selinux and it's file contexts, you might say, but rolling back to TWRP 2.7.1.1 resolved the problem, I made a backup and it's still here.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mordeith:
;)

None of mine were visible under 28,ansd just to clarify you rolled back to 2711?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] heyjoe66:
Yeap
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Sorry to bother you's all I got Tab S T705 and so far great but I have kicked off at Samsung due to the settings menu anyway I'm trying to find developer settings I have tapped Build Number several times and it says I'm now a developer but can't find settings

It's really annoying me also is there anyway to root without PC or laptop
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Odd, well mine shows up for me.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Here's a pic
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] edan1979:
try enter recovery mode... clear cache and dalvik... then restart and see if the option appear or not.

anyway... towelroot are working on old firmware last time... i forget which release... try it... who knows it might work on your device...
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
I think towelroot only works on devices with something thats in the kernel or rom that is before june 30. He might aswell try it though.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
I tried towelroot says not compatible and I don't really fancy wiping dalvik etc...
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
You are probaly on a secondary user account. Can you switch users or did you make one for you and one for someone else. Try to download this apk. Its a shortcut to developers options if its enabled. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.selfip.unet.developer_options. If nothing else works factory reset or wipe dalvik chach in ur recovery.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
There's only one account which is mine I tried them developer settings shortcut apps I got one to get me into it but device kicks me out of it as if it's been locked down by the firmware that has been put on it since I'm on EE I think they may locked it down a little
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] hurray:
TWRP 2.8.1.0 installs and boots well on Tab S 10.1 (T-800).
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
I dont know what version of twrp I have. How would you find out which version you have? Anyway mines works perfectly fine.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] hurray:
Look at the screenshots in Post #1. The version is displayed quite big at the top. ;)
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Bluemgt06:
I'm using the 2.8.1.0 update and no backups are getting saved to the SD card, its really annoying because it shows up until I boot into android the poof, gone. I almost lost a bunch of data because of this. Also any files moved from internal to the SD card while in recovery are also deleted after boot.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] hurray:
A full test backup to the external sdcard runs fine with the new version 2.8.1.0. Even the option to save the EFS-Partition is shown again.

EDIT: I checked the external sdcard with chkdsk on a pc: There will be created a folder FOUND.000 with some files in it and the backup folder from TWRP was empty! So for now I go back to TWRP 2.7.1.1 which was stable.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mordeith:
updated ,and yet again a blank folder...:(
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
On twrp 2.7.1.1 and everything works fine. Not sure about the update but twrp 2.7.1.1 works ok
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] miloytyn:
There seems to be problems with sdcards formated with exfat with 2.8.x.x versions. My S4 is also loosing backups when booting to system. There is a lot more discussion in S4 thread.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mordeith:
well,i used an otg formatted to fat32,and guess what...it worked,so i reckon maybe ill have to format the card?..or let it be...maybe ill wait and see if anyone else has had this issue,and fat32 fixed it
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Ok rooted tripped KNOX SuperSU disabled KNOX and just reset my flash count with triangle away
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
You cant reset the flash count becuase of knox.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Yep your right Triangle Away said it could just checked my Knox warranty void 1 anyway not to bothered hopefully there will be a method in the future

Do you know if CM11 works on T705 it says its for T700 but it's same device just one has LTE

TAPATALKED WITH MY TAB S 8.4
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] edan1979:
yes cm11 will work but with a disable phone function.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
OK I may flash when I get in thanks
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] linkhunter:
i want to restoring my tablet i save my backup on otg pen and restore from there too, but look like freezing at 1%

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I guess i just kill my tablet i just gonna wait for battery to die and see i can put in download mode using Odin also see i can find the Firmware for it

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update: i hold the power button down for 2 min and reboot look like i save it
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Sorry to say this but why have you quoted your self numerous times should of just posted as normal any if you need help I can try help you you out

TAPATALKED WITH MY TAB S 8.4
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] linkhunter:
look like easy that way make 1 post instead make 3 post of it

i guess i need to update my TWRP on my tablet also last time gonna try to restore my tablet using TWRP

and i need to find stock version for my tablet
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] linkhunter:
okay i update my tablet to 2.8.1.0 now look like this yay
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Gilg@mesh:
you flashed the wrong version I think.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] linkhunter:
nope using openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi.tar in odin
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Gilg@mesh:
that happened to me when I by mistake chose TWRP for T700... try download again and use 2.8.1.0

Tapatalked from my GALAXY S5
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] xknobi:
Nothing saved during backup

It seems like people above said, it has problem with exFat format.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mordeith:
if you have a external flash drive,with an adapter try backing it up to it...then copy it (the backup) over to your external sd card..problem solved...
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Quantumrabbit:
I've got the Wifi only Galaxy Tab S 8.4 White 16GB SM-T700... And I'm not sure which I choose, klimtwifi vs klimtwifixx. The xx one doesn't have any options, so I chose the other one... it downloads, but then it won't flash. Do I need to change the partition it wants to install to?

I've searched this thread and google, and I don't see anything about how to identify which device to choose, or which partition to use.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] cbb77:
Ok, not sure if I need to set something but I cannot backup to SD card using 2.8.1. Each time it completes and boot back to the system, backup disappears. Downgraded to 2.7.1.1 and it works successfully. Please let me know if there is a setting / patch that needs to be applied. Otherwise, 2.8.1 appears to be faulty.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] miloytyn:
That happens with 2.8.1.0 when using sd card with exfat.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] cbb77:
Ok, but that I consider that a bug. Really need exfat as I use a 64GB card. Hopefully they fix this in the next version.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] miloytyn:
Its definitely a bug and it has been reported for the devs. Hopefully they do fix it soon as it is very annoying and that is why I still use old version.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] retire01022004:
Crash on install

Install crashes each time try install. Tried both versions of TWRP. Have 32GB version on rooted device. Could that be problem?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Could be since most tab s are 16gb and not really much of 32gb.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] retire01022004:
Will try side loading via Odin (unless advised otherwise). Will share results.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] kona786:
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-klimtwifi

This says wifi version though I have 705 LTE version. Is it ok to use the 700 root file for 705?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Yes it's fine to use on T705 as I have T705 as well :D
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] CrashTestDroid:
Danger ahead

DO NOT FLASH THIS RECOVERY!!!!!!!!

Hope I can catch this before somebody else makes the same mistake I did: 2.8.3.0 bootloops too fast to get in a keycombo. I'm either going to wait til the battery dies or pop the case open again to disconnect the battery and hope it works better when it's all back together.

--edit--

Fixed it, wasn't easy or trivial. Back to 2.8.1.0 and it's working.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] edan1979:
i own 2 T705. both flash the 2.8.3.0 and i dont have any of the problem above., its working fine on my end. :cool:
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] mordeith:
mine flaked using flashify,but odin worked with no issues at all...
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] allan1229:
I had the same problem.

Amy plans for f2fs support?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] senel:
Hi, I flashed latest version via TWRP app and now I am stuck in bootloop. Can anybody help me pls?
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Zootopia:
Hold simultaneously: power button + home + vol. down > You'll then get to download menu screen.

Then press vol. down to reboot imediattly followed by simultaneously pressing and holding Power + Home + Vol. UP

Hold and wait until you your TWRP initial screen.

From there you can boot to system, you're safe home.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] hurray:
I flashed the new version 2.8.3.0 via a terminal (the .img-version) with the "dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc.0/by-name/RECOVERY"-command.

Everything went well. The recovery boots and a backup to the external sdcard was created without issues. So for me it is now the successor of the version 2.7.1.1.

Merry Christmas to all!
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
Flashed with flashify it's now caused my Tab S to not boot at all and won't enter recovery :(
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] MohamedN:
It happens, don't panic though.

Download mode then flash the image via odin
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] danny19901:
I know but the downside is I don't have a laptop or computer ATM :(
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] SteveC485:
Should have read here first. I used flashify to attempt 2.8.3.0 and though I'd ruined my tab. The button combos didn't work right, had to use Odin to flash 2.8.1.0 and finally got the tab to reboot manually into TWRP. Restored current backup and I'm good. Gonna wait on a 2.8.3.0 upgrade until my nerves settle. TWRP manager kept crashing which is why I decided to use flashify (as I've done numerous times). Next time I'm using Odin to upgrade TWRP.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] MohamedN:
Take it from me please, never upgrade recovery especially TWRP using anything but pc odin.

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I know how you feel, same exact thing happened with my long gone s3 and TWRP.

Had to go to a neighbor and use his laptop to do it
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] Joker87:
I had trouble restoring a nandroid with this version, I only managed downgrading to 2.8.1.0

It crashed when wiping /data partition

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Definitively!! [emoji106]
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] reubenskelly1992:
New version bricked my device
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
As it seems the latest version seems to be not working for people. Heck im still on 7.1.1. So for anyone new here or is planning to upgrade, try twrp 2.8.1.0. Thats your best bet of not getting bricked.
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] linkhunter:
im using V2.7.1.1 also the T805s getting no love lolz
[Galaxy Tab S Original Android Development] CrashTestDroid:
I figured why not give another shot if others are having success after the dd method failed twice. Tried ODIN and it finally worked. The TWRP site should probably not encourage ppl to use dd or flashable zip on this device.