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[Galaxy Tab 4 General] crankybeach:
Hey, brossovitch, I might not have been addressing you, but I am an equal opportunity receiver of responses, and I thank you for yours. :)

However... what you're saying is just a leeeetle bit above my working knowledge (which isn't much) of Android geekery. Can you (or someone else) perhaps explain the Nook rooting process you describe in something more like "captain dummy talk," as Captain Malcolm Reynolds once requested from Kaylee the mechanic aboard the Firefly class ship Serenity? Or refer me to another post or site where somebody else has already explained it in dummy talk? :D Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
No problem.

First, you'll need to make sure you have all the Samsung drivers installed on your PC.

On your device:

Go to settings>general>developer options and check USB Debugging.

(If you don't have developer options go to, Settings>General>About Device and tap the BUILD NUMBER a bunch of times and this will enable it)

You'll need a PC for all this....

Then, you want to download Odin. I reccomend Odin v3.10.7. It will be in a zip package. Extract it where its accessible.

Get it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2711451

Download TWRP recovery from here:

https://dl.twrp.me/degas/twrp-2.8.0.1-degas.tar

Then, boot your tablet into download mode (aka odin mode) by holding volume down, power, & home. You'll see download mode boot. From there it will tell you to press volume up to continue.

Run Odin from the folder you extracted. (You may need to right click and select, Run as Administrator")

Plug the device into your PC

In odin, you should see the word, "added" to the left.

Click the button on the right labeled, "BL" and select the TWRP recovery you downloaded.

It will flash it to your device and restart it.

To ensure it worked. Hold volume up, power, & home until you see the Samsung Galaxy Tab4 splash screen (black screen with model number on it)

Your next screen should be blue and say TEAMWIN. This is TWRP Recovery..

From here you can do a lot. Like make a backup. Which you should do before modding. Just ensure it saves to your sd card and not internal storage..

...when you reboot from TWRP it will tell you that your device is NOT rooted and ask if you'd like to install SuperSU. Install it.

When you reboot open your app drawer and find SuperSU installer or something to that effect... Follow the prompts and it will reboot TWRP and install SuperSU.

You're now rooted.

Goto PlayStore and download BusyBox by Stericson. Find it here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox

Now you're ready to do anything!

I typed all this off the top of my head, luckily I did it last night. LOL

If you need more help let me know. I'll try and find a good link for drivers and maybe a tutorial for this. I wasn't lucky enough to have help when I first started using Odin. The result was a bricked device. But it's easily repairable..

Sorry I didn't use a lot of dummy terms. I could actually do it to my tablet right now and make a video of the actual odin flashing.. It probably won't help much though.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] crankybeach:
THANK you. May not be "dummy" terms but understandable enough for this nearly-senior-citizen. :D I am SO grateful that you took the time to explain it all! I'll consider tackling the project when I've had enough sleep followed by enough coffee. :cool:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Wow that guide.... also tells more cleary that you hit reboot on twrp and then slide for root ^^ on other guides its always badly explained like now slide to root and reboot, and most get confused
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Razorwindmo46:
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Doing everything up to booting to recovery (volume up-home and power) blue but, NO TEAMWIN
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
Blue but no logo?

Try and grab the tab and press those buttons before it gets a chance to reboot after flashing TWRP in Odin. That usually works.

Sometimes you need to do it multiple times to work. Also, before using Odin again pres the reset button and replug the tab.

Also, it the speed of your USB is not good (like a front usb) try a better one, maybe on the rear of the PC...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Disable the auto reboot option if you haven't already, and you should be using the AP button, not the BL one.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
Really? I always use BL and it works for recovery.

AP is what I use to flash an entire system firmware tar file..

But I mean, if it works...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Razorwindmo46:
Ok, disabled reboot in Odin. Turned unit off by holding button for 4 seconds. Rebooted using home, volume up, and power. Says TEAMWIN. Done backup but for what I don't know because it's just default os. Yea! Installed Super SU. Rooted. Thank you all!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
So i recently flashed new stock firmware and now my kernel is different, and i think is it still safe to root by this method? Kernel is now KOT49H.230XXU0AOD2.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
Should be fine. Seeing as how the bootloader is still probably not on full lockdown.

I recently tried this with a GS4 but it was all locked down and couldn't flash. Had to ADB unlock the bootloader. Pain in arse!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] SneakyBastard:
Worked fantastic and incredibly fast!!

Thanks, ShinySide!!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] evanwins:
I am using Jodin 3 on a Mac and I load the TWRP file (in PDA) and hit start and Odin says it needs a PIT file. Odin asks to search for the PIT file and I hit OK and it can't find one for my device.

Ive looked online for a PIT file for my Tab but with no luck. Why is this so hard for me? Everything appears to be happening correctly except for this PIT file.

Suggestions?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
I'd start with the Jodin 3 thread, it explains the need for a PIT file and how to obtain it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2598203

Good luck. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] datumera:
it works! thanks man.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] xedge:
Is it worth flashing the current/up-to-date firmware before rooting, so as to start with a clean slate?

My Tab4 is up to date, but that was with an OTA update.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
If you took the ota you're already up to date, same as if you flashed the firmware. So no it's not really worth it, it would be an unnecessary step
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Latiosman:
The link is not working for ODIN 3.09. Its not available anymore. can anyone upload it?

and by the way, can you use it for installing "TRWP_2.8.7.0_USA_VERSION" ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ipdev:
Check some other xda forums. I have a copy on my box account but, i can't post the link because I'm too new. You may want to grab TWRP 3.0.0-0 though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2922795

sub77 rocks!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ipdev:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61421937

All you devs Rock! Danke.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] landous:
I already rooted my kid's SM-T230nu with firmware OD1 installed. Can anyone confirm either that

a) I can flash to OD2 OTA and maintain root (I find this unlikely), or

b) after updating to OD2 I won't loose TWRP and I can use it again to re-root?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ipdev:
After I rooted, OTAs failed. (You can always re-root for the most part.)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Biodebacle:
It worked! well...sort of...?

So I read all pages of this thread and a few others too before I attempted to unlock my sons galaxy tab today (snowday!) instead of playing broforce with my brother on ps4 :( As it seems with a lot of other sm-t230nu users the issue was coming up after the odin flash of .tar and rebooting into recovery so I tried to make damn sure I got that down the first time, right? wrong!

The very first attempt (after knowing to uncheck auto reboot in odin) using just the power button to shut down and boot into recovery after odin twrp flash and using the three buttons but the stupid thing just restarted stock (everything was successful in odin flash). So I tried again without power button shutdown and just held three buttons, same thing happened. Installed and tried it again tried this again and again letting go of the buttons at different times to find the sweet spot and after six or so attempts at this it finally booted me into team win. I did get the prompt for the super user after I rebooted to the system but tried picking the option for play install (instead of twrp option) but never worked. Well I had already downloaded the su .zip just from my researching, threw it on the sd card and picked the twrp option and went through like it should have the first time. Rooted and runs good but even after all is well I attempted to hold v-up home and power to get to recovery and just starts normally? I tried with the power on and power off and same results, so I installed titanium backup and boot to recovery just fine using that? That boy get some sticky stuff in them buttons or what lol? It works great and he never needs to get into recovery but it certainly explains alot of bonehead comments :p any thoughts?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
Volume Up, Power, & Home will get you into recovery. Hold them until the screen turns on. Then release. (You know this)

Works better if you're not plugged into anything. I've found Sammy devices don't like booting into recovery while plugged in/charging. It's weird.

Alternatively, there's a few apps in the Play Store that can reboot you into recovery whether it's a reboot widget, or even TWRP manager, or even Titanium Backup has the option. You could also use a terminal emulator it should work fine. They all need root to work. I personally use GravityBox to make my reboot menu just give an option for it on my T230nu. For that you need Xposed Framework but it gives you a lot of tweaks to modify the system how you want. I should actually post some screens but it isn't major. I've been tweaking and modding this thing for a couple years and it's pretty amazing for a low end tablet. Custom Kernel is really useful too.

Sorry for going off topic. I'm actually fairly hyped about this device, I just rooted and modded 3 today. LOL

What version of TWRP did you install? TWRP 3.0.0.0 is very stable on this device, FYI..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] cody88:
cant get root to work

I'm new to here but I tried to root using this method I ran Odin flashed the recovery.tar when I went to open into recovery. It showed the android guy and said no command can't get any farther than that thanks in advice for the help
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Biodebacle:
Tha cord!Tha cord!

It did work better not plugged in, who would of thunk? I installed 2.8.0.1 cause maybe i was too early in the post to feel confident in the 3.0, I had the 2.8.0.1 on my tf300t and worked good so i can always upgrade later but i dont think it needs to? Thanks for the reply :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Dakotahorse:
So, I am on deployment right now, Internet for devices is limited to port calls. I seen my T230 has a update in KIAS, for Firmware PA1. I can't find any information on it, and afraid to update and loose root/ or worse while away. Any info you guys have on this update?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
samsung updates are mostly crap, no new android version max you get is new kernel... just turn ota off or install custom rom :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mingkee:
This is easy.

Recommended: install Kies 3 or Smart Switch in order to get necessary drivers.

If you know adb commands, you can use them, but make sure Developer Options are enabled and USB debugging is checked, and allow you computer.

1. adb devices

2. adb reboot download

3. run ODIN on your host computer

4. let it reboot normally

5. copy SuperSU to internal memory

6. adb devices

7. adb reboot recovery

8. when you're in TWRP, you can flash SuperSU

9. wipe cache

10. reboot to system

11. done
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] schwarzeneagle:
I just got this tablet and I've been trying to follow all the steps in all different ways on how to root it. I have installed Kies and all sorts of drivers. However, every time that I open Odin and put my tablet into Odin mode it, Odin doesn't recognize it being plugged up. I'm using the stock charger cable and I literally just pulled it out of the box 5 hours ago.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Denverfan9:
Will this method work on a T230NY after it updates to lollipop??
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Denverfan9:
anyone?

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got a tab 4 T230NY refurbished from amazon today says it comes with 4.4 another amazon customer says theres recently updated to 5.1.1 will this method work after I update to 5.1.1?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] LivinOne:
Just rooted my T230NU... What (pre rooted would be nice) Lollipop ROMS are you guys using? Thx!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] dave_lp:
link to download odin is dead
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ipdev:
Odin3 v3.x.x thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2711451
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JCDinPGH:
I won a SM-t230NU wireless only model in a contest and now I want to root it. The firmware on it is dated May 8th 2014. I followed the instructions in the op and I get as far as opening the terminal emulator but there is no su command. I looked in all of the regular folders and the only su is the one I copied from the unpacked Replace_VRoot_With_SuperSU.zip but if I execute it like ./su , it does not give me root authority. Did anyone else get this to work? It doesn't look to me like there is even an su that comes with the default firmware. What am I missing?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] inciongnene:
i've tried 3 firmwares from sammobile. all without kies. still im having X on Vroot. its even saying july on my kernel.

Model	Country/Carrier Date	Version	PDA	CSC

SM-T230	Belgium	2014 September	4.4.2	T230XXU0ANH2	T230BSE0ANH1

SM-T230	Unknown	2014 September	4.4.2	T230XXU0ANG2	T230UVS0ANG1

SM-T230 Slovenia	2014 July	4.4.2	T230XXU0ANG1	T230OXX0ANG1

used all this firmwares. all failed

steps i did:

1.) revert back to previous firmware. dated july 2 2014. with odin:

2.) restored my tab to factory settings.

3.) used Vroot 1.7.7 while wifi turned off

Model Number: SM-T230

Android Version: 4.4.2

Kernel Version: 3.10.0-214933

dpi@SWDD5705 #2

Wed Jul 2 15:08:39 KST 2014

Build number: KOT49H.T230XXU0ANG1
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] agriff:
To root successfully, Odin back to the oldest version of your device's firmware you can find, then try Kingo Root. See my post

here for full instructions. Substitute your device model and Odin version of ROM.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] inciongnene:
I did used the oldest firmware on sammobile:

SM-T230 Slovenia	2014 July	4.4.2	T230XXU0ANG1	T230OXX0ANG1

i looked at your post, and you said it is for T230NU US version wifi only. mine is just T230. will it work too?

Model Number: SM-T230

Android Version: 4.4.2

Kernel Version: 3.10.0-214933

dpi@SWDD5705 #2

Wed Jul 2 15:08:39 KST 2014

Build number: KOT49H.T230XXU0ANG1
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] inciongnene:
doesnt matter now. rooted without the vroot help.

i just flashed TWRP recovery thru Odin 3.09 then it detects that im not rooted and it rooted it few clicks

1.) download Odin 3.09 and TWRP(recovery.tar) - all attached

2.) put tablet on Download Mode (Power Button+Volume Down+Home Button)

3.) flash the recovery.tar thru Odin 3.09 use PDA/AP button on Odin

4.) put tablet on Recovery Mode, this time it would be modified recovery TWRP (Power Button+Volume Up+Home Button)

5.) reboot device, 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.

7.) download RootChecker to verify root
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] titusseid:
working root and recovery?

Please sir. Is this method on the latest firmware? I just bought mine today and i have not allowed it to update so it is on an April kernel. do you think this method would work for the April kernel or should I allow it to update? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Use Twrp method
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] titusseid:
Are you recommending we upgrade to latest firmware first then Odin flash twrp and allow twrp to install su? If so what version if twrp do you recommend. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
Twrp and vroot doesent work for me. i have the tab 4 sm-t 230 germany.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JCDinPGH:
Try kingo root at http://www.kingoapp.com. It was the only one that worked for me.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
Kingo Works Not for me...i have tested vroot kingo and twrp Methode thats the Problem

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[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Damaged Gears:
Confirm root on August 6th Kernel, Build: KOT49H.T230NUUEU0ANH1

Odin away and TWRP. Now we can backup and fiddle with our tabs as Root Gods intended!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] michelletbs:
Galaxy Tab 4 7" T231

Hi, I would like to ask whether this method is also applicable for model Galaxy Tab 4 7" T231?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] michelletbs:
Error run vroot installer

Hi,

I have tried to run vroot installer follow the link and instruction to turn off wifi when setup. but somehow I gt an error that file is corrupted.

May know anyone can help ?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] makane716:
This won't wipe the tablet will it? Some early methods of rooting (I had a samsung tab 2) would wipe the tablet back to a factory reset stage. You would have custom recovery and root but had to setup from scratch.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] inciongnene:
We have different opinion about that, i actually wanted to start from scratch when flashing a new roms. But it doesnt. No matter what firmware i flash it just wont reset. I have to do that manually.

So basically you wont be having any troubles from starting from scratch.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] makane716:
That's good news. I just got the tab yesterday and have been setting it up for the wife to use. I told her I wanted to root it (all my other devices are) and she would be a little more than pissed if we had to go through all the account set ups, syncing, etc. again.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
You can flash firmwares til it blows up and it not going to factory reset you. Odin doesn't touch your data partition
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Damaged Gears:
You need to power off after ODIN flash (30 secs. or so holding the power button), then immediately boot to recovery and let it install SU script. Otherwise, you need to flash the recovery again via download mode, since root won't stick. Or you may have flashed an official firmware from ODIN. If that was the case, then yes, you'd gone back to stock.

The only way you're going back to stock is if you flash odin, reboot to system, then boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset from there on. It's entirely possible.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Carlyle_f:
Guys I'm confused with all this vroot and kingo methods, please confirm whether or not I'm understanding this. I only need to flash the twrp recovery and swipe to root on first recovery boot? Do I still need to do the vroot stuff?

EDIT: also is this method for the NU variant? (Sm-t230NU)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] BookCase:
I think your answer is a few posts up:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Carlyle_f:
Thanks another concern of mine is whether or not those posts apply to the NU variant. Not my device so I need to be extra careful
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] BookCase:
I believe it works for both but, I am not sure. I have the NU.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Carlyle_f:
Did it work on your sm-t230nu?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] BookCase:
Yes, it worked beautifully on the latest OTA.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Carlyle_f:
I just tried, in Odin it says pass but when I reboot it goes to the stock recovery.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] BookCase:
Did you power ofrom from download mode and boot right into recovery?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Carlyle_f:
Lol, I can't thank you enough. I don't know how I missed that. I'm too used to Linux, adb and fastboot. Thank you
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] BookCase:
I'm glad it worked out for you. :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] crazythunder:
worked great. but it won't make a backup to my sdcard. t230nu. it lists my sdcard in backup options but has the same size as my internal storage (1.3gb) which i know is false. i just put in a 16gb sdcard. when i hit backup it says failed due to insufficient storage. can someone recommend a different,working recovery image? thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] nasser.mnj:
Worked

This method worked on my SM-T230NU. However, to make it easier for others here is what I did!

1.) download Odin 3.09 and TWRP

2.) put tablet on Download Mode (Power Button+Volume Down+Home Button)

3.) flash the recovery.tar thru Odin 3.09 use PDA/AP button on Odin -------Do not let the table restart after download mode or it will wipe the TWRP. right away hold Power Button+Volume Up+Home Button even if the tablet is resting.

4.) put tablet on Recovery Mode, this time it would be modified recovery TWRP (Power Button+Volume Up+Home Button)

5.) reboot device, TWRP will detect that tablet is not rooted and ask if you want to intalls root. Slide to Install ------The in the secound screen touch system that's where you will see the screen which asks you to root.

6.) find SuperSU installer, follow instruction to install. ----- after your tablet is on, go to you apps, find superSu and open it, then touch play to update it from Google play.

7.) download RootChecker to verify root
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] paradiabol:
hi,

thanks for the tip, but can someone tell more about point 6, not so clear to me:

"6.) find SuperSU installer, follow instruction to install. "

How do you get superSU installer in your tablet? find the .apk or zip file?

Nevermind: got it rooted now!

Many thanks to all, special mention to inciongnene

Last question: does the root remains after an OTA update?

edit: after flashing new stock rom, root is gone. So you need to flash recovery again and boot from recovery. That's all, no need to reinstall superSU
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] troy5890:
Just rooted my tab 4 thanks to these steps thank you very much it feels great to have root again
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] wictor1992:
Does this method wipe data from the device?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] troy5890:
Nope
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] wictor1992:
Thanks!

EDIT:

Looks like a kind of error..

Any ideas?

[IMG="http://abload.de/img/vroot9zuqj.png"]http://abload.de/img/vroot9zuqj.png[/IMG]

Device info:

Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 - SM-T230

Android 4.4.2

Build-Nr: KOT49H.T230XXU0ANG2

EDIT2: Nvm. rooted successfully via TWRP, thanks [MENTION=4670985]inciongnene[/MENTION]!

When using ODIN to flash recovery, make sure to untick "Auto Reboot" in ODIN.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] badvcr:
Confirm root on August 6th Kernel, Build: KOT49H.T230NUUEU0ANH1 model: SM-T230NU

THIS REALLY WORKS... you just have to make sure to uncheck the box that says auto-reboot and after step 3 then hold the power button until it turns off, and continue with the rest of steps/instructions.

thank you guys!!!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] makane716:
confirmed

Indeed, this does work. Thanks much.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Larock14:
Which method did you use? Picked up one of these over the weekend.

Thanks...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] texastutt:
Unfortunately the only Odin 3.09 I could find comes with so much crap and ad virus I couldn't use it and took time to clean up the mess
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] wictor1992:
Why don't you use the files posted some pages ago?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] texastutt:
OK, I missed that post and found the one that quoted it without the attachments, I have root thanks