yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jdmsohc22:
Well consider yourself lucky then.. The first root process that I ever did was as follows..

Move all files to SD Card and launch Haret file..

•Do not touch.

•Wait for green light.

•Skip everything until you are at the "Home" screen.

•Wait for green light.

•Open "Spare Parts".

•Change "End" button behavior to go to "Home".

•Go to Settings - Call setting.

•Set up your Voicemail for Sprint, Verizon, etc..

•Now you can sync your phone.

•Go to Settings - Setting account & sync.

•Let the phone sync. Do not touch. Wait for green light.

•Boot back to Windows Mobile.

•Open File Explorer.

•You can now switch to the camera, 1250 or 1253 kernel located in the files folder.

•Copy the zImage and modules*.tar.gz to the and boot folder level.

•files\first boot zimage and modules 1232 - camera/kb backlight - (you can use Vignette with this)

•files\zimage and modules 1250 - official kernel - kb backlight

•files\zimage and modules 1253 - official kernel - kb backlight/USB headphone

•Boot haret, always wait for green light

•Make a test call, send a text, tell someone to call you, and tell someone to send you a text.

And that was about it.. But then again, this was rooting a Windows Touch Pro phone when Android was still Froyo 2.2 =) the good ole days when it was first cool to have Google Maps on a phone lol..!

#oldschool
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Wow, my oldest android version ever used was 2.3.6 haha :D and about this root method, do i take tht root file to sdcard or internal storage to flash it? and do i lose my twrp recovery when you choose reboot from twrp? like it flash stock in boot? My friend had same in s3 and he needed delete file from root folder to disable overwriting..... BTW it would be nice to have video from this too! And why odins says i9505 at top left corner?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jdmsohc22:
Yeah I remember Android Alpha 1.0 haha, but Eclaire was my first phone, then Froyo 2.2 and years later here I am still messing with Android OS lol..

But I just slid the slider to Yes for SuperSU, and my phone restarted.. I installed the required apps, and was good to go..!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
So i dont need like superuser.zip or anything? does TWRP have root in it alrdy? I saw in youtube tht you need locate your superuser.zip and slide and device reboot.... theres no "superuser.zip" or anything in download section...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jdmsohc22:
No you just swipe that slider when it asks you to, the phone will reboot into android, then goto playstore and download SuperSU by Chainfire and RootChecker.. First run SuperSU and do the update, reboot your phone again, then run RootChecker and see what it says.. You should be good after that..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
FINALLY A DIRECT ANSWER! This should be in a first post! Btw do you mean tablet instead of phone? (Ps pressed thanks button ;D)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] exsheeple:
That did it the 1st time. Thanks for your help!!!!!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] faslane:
Fails during Odin process....ugh. This is killing me, I'm by no means new to any of this and this damn thing simply won't take a custom recovery image or root....ANY help at all would be much appreciated.

Fas
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] troy5890:
Download twrp, then go to play store and download flashify. You should be able to flash the recovery image there
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
I don't think this will work unless the device is already rooted.

What error, if any, are you getting? Which device are you attempting to flash? Which recovery and Odin versions? Which firmware are you on currently? Have you tried booting to recovery even though the attempted flash failed? What happened if you did or do?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
You are right, that process will not work unless already rooted, but is a completely valid way to install twrp without Odin if your device is still susceptible to towelroot.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
Yes, I hadn't thought of that approach. I suppose we'll need to know what version of the firmware and kernel faslane is on currently to see if towelroot would still be a valid option or Odin back to a previous version would be another way to make towelroot a possibility. :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Doesn't matter. It's never worked for 23x
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] faslane:
Thanks all. I don't have with me but I'll be damned if I can't find a way to root it. Weird.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
post screenshot of your about device tab
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Hey! i just found out tht srsroot works for our tab! check out yourself! http://www.srsroot.com/supported <---- theres SM-T230NU and NT versions, im sure srsroot works for 230 too! i know their forums says 4.0, 4.1, 4.2-3 but theres many kitkat devices also! and their method doesnt "brick" your tablet even your device wasnt supported. So its 100% safe way and one click. theres also support for T231 version! please press thanks if i helped! Check out attached file below
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] sbrews:
rooting issue

I received a TAB 4 for Christmas and want to root it...

Following the directions on the first post, all seems to go ok until step 3.

- tab is in download mode

- twrp has been loaded via AP button

- Autoreboot and time reset de-checked (not other options checked).

- Click on "start" in Odin, and in the status box I get:

<OSM> all threads complete. (Succeed 0 /Failed 0)

I am assuming I missed something or an doing something wrong, but don't know what.

TAB info

SM-T230NU

KitKat 4.4.2

Kernel 3.10.0-3008922

Build: K0TH49H.T230NUUEU0ANJ3
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Bigkefjee:
I can confirm this works on the SM-T230!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] exsheeple:
I had that same issue until I didn't the below steps and it was rooted:

"All I can tell you is that you is that I turned off the Auto Reboot and F Reset Time in Odin, flashed TWRP, waited about 10 seonds after it was done, unplugged, and rebooted while holding down power + home + vol up. If it goes to factory recovery, you have to reflash and start again."
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
Did you get any other messages in the status window? When I have seen that message in the past it is usually a device that isn't connected, driver error, etc. and the process started before the device was recognized. Make sure the ID:COM window is showing your device connected before starting the process.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] sbrews:
Hmm... nothing shows up in ID:COM. Looks to maybe be a USB driver issue. Is there a specific driver that should be or needs to be loaded?

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And it was indeed a USB driver issue. Searched for, found and installed a USB driver for the T230NU and rooting is done.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
You'll need the samsung usb drivers, "SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones". Also, you are in download mode, yes?

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I was late getting back to you, sorry. Glad you got it sorted. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] colinwillies:
Good news & bad...

Hi all,

Many thanks for the guidance and discussion :).

Good news: The TWRP method works for me on my new T230 with NJ4 FW.

Bad news: Despite unrooting using SuperSU, and then removing SuperSU, the Samsung OTA update function still says my system is not legit...

Do I need to remove TWRP? If so how? is there any other action I must take to avoid a full stock ROM flash?

Tks agin for the help.

Colin
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
Exactly you need to reflash your stock recovery. If you can't find just that file you can just Odin back to stock.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Try srsroot because theres someone who has rooted with it SM-T230NU, no need play with recovery boot tricks! you can find srsroot from here http://srsroot.com
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
Recovery is the opposite of tricks, srsroot is the vulnerability exploit.

But yes it is easier, sadly you can't update that way.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
what you cant update? you mean install other ROM's? you cant do it even this way because twrp recovery is gone after one reboot.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
It's only gone after a reboot when you dont follow instructions.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
its gone in ANY ways i guess... atleast it was so at s3 phone.... you need delete 2 files from /system to disable overwriting if its like in S3... i might be wrong, getting this tab in 7 days
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Nope. Just have to reboot to recovery before android otherwise it's over written. S3, s4, s5 I've had them all and always been the same
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] sbrews:
I did look at srsroot and was going to try it, but after downloading, the scan said something about the signature and that the exe was invalid - I didn't put any further effort in to srsroot at that point... and rooting is all done now anyway. :D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
well, it worked fine for me with acer tablet.... going to test it on SM-T230 when i get it... If it doesnt i will do TWRP method! Oh i just found out tht google chrome block's srsroot download because it has a root tool called hacktool in it and dump antivirus thinks tht if name includes "hack" its virus. Same happens if you make empty keygen.txt antivirus says trojan detected and remove empty text file(atleast on me). did same with odin 3.09, you need disable it from security settings, theres virus scan of it: http://softfinder.com/srs-root/safe

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If you want your stock back go samfirmware.com there you see at top tab called "firmware" ---> go search type SM-T230 and choose one and flash with odin. You must be in download mode.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] colinwillies:
Thanks , so flashing back is apparently the only answer when using the TWRP method. However, there is another method which does not mod the ROM recovery environment and allows use of Vroot against an earlier kernel (which you must of course first inject with ODIN). Once the rooting is done you can replace the kernel with the one matching the ROM, and the rooting sticks. The only advantage of this method is that you can unroot without flashing anything, but the actual rooting is a little more tedious as it consists of multiple steps.

You can find the alternative method (in French) on the phonandroid dot com forum under "root-de-votre-tab-4-sm-t230-et-t230nu-sous-rom-nh2-nj3nu-nj4-avec-statuts-officiels-grace-a-t99669.html"

Thanks again for sharing.

CW
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
theres working link for french tutorial: http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/root-de-votre-tab-4-sm-t230-avec-kingo-root-t100705.html Can anyone tell if works on newest OTA for SM-T230? i cant understand french tho xd
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] colinwillies:
Thanks - any guidance on where to look / how to identify the stock recovery?

CW

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I have used this method successfully on an SM-T230 (TAB4 7.0 WIFI) purchased in France late December 2014, originally running T230XXU0ANH2, but updated OTA to T230XXU0ANJ4. I followed the instructions exactly the first time, starting by flashing back to T230XXU0ANH2, then injecting the NE6 Kernel, then rooting with VROOT, then reinjecting the NH2 kernel. No issues. I then discovered that the OTA update failed because the rooted status was visible, just as it was with the TWRP method. I then unrooted using only SuperSU and rebooted, after which the OTA function worked again. I have also used the same method directly from NJ4 (both updated from NH2 and from a freshly flashed NJ4) and it works the same as described in the French Tuto (so if you are already on NJ4 no need to flash back to NH2 first). I have not yet tried either TWRP method or Kernel downgrade / VROOT method on the newest ROM T230XXU0ANK3 (I may give this a miss for now since this has turned into a significant time-sink for me over the past few days - next time I will probably go for more "open" hardware such as Nexus / Acer etc).

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BTW - slightly off topic but I am tearing my hair out on what appears to be an excessively simple question, and I hope someone here can provide a simple, clear response : On this particular model, the vibration option seems to be missing from the sound setings menu : I rely on this feature for typing accurately when I have to mute all sounds - is it possible to activate it? If so how? Is my hardware faulty or is this feature just physically absent from this model?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
So, im getting my samsung galaxy tab 4 7.0 wifi only in 50 hours, does kingoroot work for it? And my old tab 3 8.0 doesnt have vibrate in it at all, so does tab 4 have it?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] troy5890:
Yes and no vibration on the galaxy tab 4 7.0
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
The tab 2 didn't have it either.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Well, i personally dont like vibration on any devices tho so didnt missed anything xd. Is there way to install apps to sd card?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
lollipop OTA avaible!

I just found out from google tht samsung galaxy tab 4 series gets android 5.0.x update in 2 months! Is it worth update if you cant get root back then?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] colinwillies:
Guys, FYI Kingo VROOT SRS etc did not work for me on FW NH2, which is why the TWRP method is very useful. VROOT works on NE6 kernel (which can be used with the NH2 ROM for rooting purposes), so Kingo may also though I did not try.

Disappointed there is no vibration on the TAB4 7.0 - is there any workaround to replace keyboard sounds with high volume low frequency sound to make it feel like a vibrate and reduce audible noise as much as possible?

CW
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
But twrp method takes your updates off, so youre not getting lollipop
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
And rooting doesn't?

All you have to do is download the firmware. Really not that big of a deal.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Well, if you use app like srsroot/kingoroot you still can take OTA but you lose root. And true, its not a big deal to download firmware... but its annoying root, go back unrooted after 2 months.... i prefer waiting for deodexed lollipop or root for lollipop ^^
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
No you can't. Samsung has a check point. If the system is modified, IE you added anything to the system partition, IE su , you can not take updates.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] colinwillies:
This is of course true: At that time the options would be to flash back to stock NH2 or NJ4, install the lollipop via OTA or find the lollipop ROM and flash it directly and then apply the TWRP root method (if it works). If that does not work then it might still be possible (though would be surprising) to inject the NE6 kernel into the lollipop ROM, root with VROOT and then re-inject the lollipop kernel as described on the French Phonandroid forum. All of this is however conjecture since we dont yet have the lollipop ROM :)...

Also, remind me please why we need / want Lollipop?... :)

CW

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I concur - I tried OTA after the VROOT root operation and it was refused - the only "advantage" of this method is that the unroot can be performed without a ROM flash.

CW
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
FYI. You would not be able to downgrade the kernel to 4.4.X from 5.0 it won't boot.

Just like you can't boot a TW(stock) kernel on AOSP.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] colinwillies:
OK - this confirms my suspicions - so the future is either a more "open" device or TWRP with this one (assuming they dont find a way to close the door with Lollipop on this method too...).

CW
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
It is an unlocked boot loader device. It will not be locked.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
The newest TWRP should support lollipop builds.....just have to wait for a custom build.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Oh wow, didnt knew :S

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and i've heard tht you can install custom recovery even any android as long as its right for the device.... Recovery only overwrite 3e recovery and if it doesnt change in lollipop update custom recovery should still be able to work.... not sure tho... i know more about CWM than TWRP
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Hey, is there any way to get cwm for our device
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Yeah. Build it
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
To respond a little more politely. Yes we could have cwm, just with the lack of Roms with this device there hasn't been enough interest for someone with the knowledge to build it. I'm sure that if we start getting some Dev love we'll see cwm. Personally I've used philz , twrp and cwm. For the typical user one is really as good as the other.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Ok ty for answer!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] nsl07:
Hi guys. I just got a galaxy Tab 4 7.0 wifi only model SM-T230NU

4.4.2

Build number: KOT49H.T230NUUEU0ANK2

for birthday and I'm trying to root it but running into an issue.

Odin 3.09 detects the Tab when I plug it into my PC but when I try and put the TAB into download mode ODIN doesn't recognize it. Please someone help.

Thanks in Advance
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] e20140:
Launch Odin and keep it open but don't plug in USB. Put phone in download mode and now plug USB to PC, Odin should detect the phone but wait until all drivers are install before flashing. Given you already have Samsung drivers installed on PC before hand.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
install samsung kies and you have solved problem
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] nsl07:
Thanks to both of you I got it going. Fully rooted now :) now to get titanium backup and debloat this bad boy lol
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
NP^^ good to hear you succesed it! I havent rooted my device yet (waiting for lollipop OTA because would be waste of time flash back to stock, update and install all apps again.....)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] sora0710:
Have anyone tried this rooting method for other T23X models? (e.g. T231)

I really want to root my tablet, which is T231 apparently.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
device must be T230/NU or you may brick or bootloop
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mayyeh14:
root sm-t231

hi..how will i root may samsung sm-t231?

badly needed... :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] sora0710:
Oh is that so.. Thanks for the warning though :D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] anjii:
I'm stuck!!!

I'm a super noob to android. I found another guide that filled in some of the basic gaps for me, that I didn't know how to get from one step to the next, and I successfully flashed it through Odin and got the green PASS to show up. Then I put it into recovery mode, but now I'm stuck at step 5 in the tutorial I linked to in my OP. The options I have onscreen are:

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset (Obviously not what I want)

wipe cache partition (Also not what I want right now, but for future reference, is this a useful tool (ie. does it just clear your cache?) Or a potentially damaging one (ie. changing partitions)?)

apply update from cache

I don't think any of the update options make sense, as I'm not updating the firmware or anything. But I don't know what to do... these are the instructions I need help figuring out.

5.) reboot device to TWRP directly from download mode. TWRP will detect that tablet is not rooted and ask if you want to intalls root. Slide to Install

6.) find SuperSU installer, follow instruction to install.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] anjii:
Scratch that... I figured out something I did wrong and re-did with with Auto Reboot unchecked. Now I am in TWRP on my tablet, but this "TWRP will detect that tablet is not rooted and ask if you want to intalls root. Slide to Install" did not happen. I have 8 big buttons to choose from, and am thinking the INSTALL button in the upper left corner is the one I need to use, and from there I found TWRP in the folders, and my bar now says "/sdcard/TWRP" and at the top it says "Select Zip to Install" and I have Internal Storage selected (I assume installing it onto the external card wouldn't root the tablet). But I can't figure out how to continue.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
From there you would choose the su zip... If you had one on the tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
If you don't have SU downloaded already try powering down by holding the power button to force a shutdown and then use the three finger salute to boot directly back into recovery. Boot in recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up, Power Button and Home Button at the same time. If that doesn't work, go download the SU apk and leave it on the sdcard so that when you boot back into recovery you'll be able to use the install option from twrp.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] danleon95:
Stupid question really

Hey guys im so sorry to interrupt, but as im unable to find the answer on every page on this post i've read so far, im left with no choice but asking

Does this method (TWRP thing) works on android 4. 4. 2 on the SM-T230?

Im sorry to bother you all, please don't kill me
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
Yes it does. Just follow the steps in the OP.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] handygeek7:
Any chance of an ACHERON ROM for the Samsung Tab 4 T230NU purged of all Google apps?

I've been using HD Camera ULTRA 2.2.2 on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone & it does a good job.

Or is it a simple matter to uninstall Google apps and replace them with non-Google apps?

I'd just like to be as completely Google-free as possible. :fingers-crossed:

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
I can create a removal zip to purge all the extra google apps. It will have to be later tonight.

FYI please post in my thread or the Q&A for my ROM. :)

This is for rooting the T230/NU thread.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] handygeek7:
No rush - sure appreciate all that you share here!

I have posted to the Q&A thread but it's kinda lonely over there ... ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2161234&page=66#post58303864
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
I was talking about this Q&A thread ;) : http://xdaforums.com/tab-4/help/qa-t230-nu-acheron-rom-v1-1-2015-01-12-t3002971

Give me a bit to get the correct delete script working........on that note. Sorry for the thread hijack.....back to your normal thread. :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
So what you want is an ipad or a kindle? :D LOL, I'm just picking, don't take it as anything more than a joke. I prefer to purge a lot the Samsung and Google apps myself, keeping only one of the redundant apps. Saves on space and I just don't need 2 of everything. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
By not asking in multiple treads like a jackass
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Drvaggensberg:
Sorry..... but i wanted to knoe
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] botski:
hello guys, i just wanna ask can i use this root method in T231?

thank you guys! working nice!!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mrkhigh:
Here you go for the 231

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=58355208
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustElisha:
Does the root delete personal data? :confused:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
Installing a custom recovery should not delete personal data, but the safe bet is always make a backup of anything you can't live without. Anything could go wrong and you could end up flashing back to stock in which case you would need a backup. Always backup is my motto. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] grb4545:
No
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] allen_frix:
Is there already root for samsung sm-t235y
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] slushbilly:
Any particular reason why TWRP will not mount the external SD card? By the way, nice job. It was very easy to do. I was kind of worried because this came out of the box with the newest firmware. No KNOX is amazing and suprising.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Saguii:
I can't make the blue screen load up!

And the time and date of my device went back to 2014. Any ideas on what i'm doing wrong?

Also, my device is SM-T230NT.

Thanks and sorry for any grammar issues