yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jmin9012:
Can anyone confirm if this will root T230NZ. Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] bsaucier0810:
Will mobile odin not work with this method? Thx in advance?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] robertime:
Great Tutorial... I root my Galaxy Tab 4 T230NU without problems for Odin!...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
Mobile Odin requires root access prior to using it.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] bsaucier0810:
Thanks..I thought about that after I asked..bit of a blonde moment lol...returned tablet anyways and picked up Tab S 8.4 sm-t700..again tho thx for answering!?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
You got the Tab S?! Ohhh your gonna have fun with cm12 on it :) I own the Tab S 10.5 and it looks amazing
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] lucky_515:
i dont know about it working on this tab 4..but i once had a fake note 3,cheap phone,i used an app from the playstore ,forget the name sorry,but should be easy to find...just search with some key search words within the playstore and should pop up...

anyhow wanted to confirm ,flashed latest twrp recovery on the tab 4 and manually booted into recovery,and swiped to install super su..worked just fine...my first attempt to get into recovery was succsefull but i held the power button to long and took me back into android,and failed to keep twrp installed..i just did the same process over again this time letting go of the haRDWARE BUTTONS SOON AS THE BOOT SCREEN COMES ON,AND I WAS IN RECOVERY NO PROBLEM
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
Hey all! I knmow this is in the wrong place, but....

I've kustomized my degas..

No touchwiz. I use Trebuchet. Using the system UI and "My Files" of a stock Galaxy S5. And AOSP Camera, Calender, Browser & Calculator.

App Ops is also installed.

All working very well. Except setting crashes when you press calender inside setting. But who cares, open the app and click settings. LOL.

I have attatched some screenshots.

I'm going to upload my Kustom Degas "Stock Rom" and share it as a TWRP flashable Nandroid. For all those interested!

PM me for more details.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
That's still touchwiz....
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
Yes. But i have it running smoothly. Rooted and debloated. I get fantastic battery life.

Simply having absolutely no Samsung anything (practically), makes it run better for me.

The GApps package i used is also pretty great.

I love this tablet and have gotten it to be reliable and smooth.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
If you guys want, I can write a guide on how to get the nonfication pulldown look like this even on touchwiz.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Please do I would be grateful to have a guide for that. PM me even if you don't want to post it here for any reason
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Posted in themes and apps thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3048955
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] joeybear23:
I just did this on two tablets, and thought I would give the steps that worked for me (only slight difference from OP, but may help some who are having trouble):

1. Download Odin 3.09 and TWRP(recovery.tar) - all attached at http://xdaforums.com/tab-4/general/root-galaxy-tab-4-7-t230-t2835264

2. Put tablet on Download Mode (Power Button+Volume Down+Home Button) you will need to release buttons just before the screen comes up or you will automatically leave download mode.

3. Flash the recovery.tar thru Odin 3.09 use PDA/AP button, deselect Auto Reboot

4. Shut down tablet by holding in power button until screen goes blank (If you boot into Android, you will need to start again from step 2)

5. Put tablet into TWRP Recovery Mode (Power Button+Volume Up+Home Button) (Do NOT boot into Android or you will need to start again from step 2)

6. Reboot device to recovery. TWRP will detect that tablet is not rooted and ask if you want to install root. Slide to Install

7. Boot into ANdroiod and follow the SuperSU installer instructions to complete SuperSU install.

8. Verify root with RootChecker, TitaniumBackup, or your preferred method of validating root access
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] davidsinnergeek:
ODIN Download missing

Any idea what happened to the ODIN download? Mega says that the file is no longer on their server, at least not through the links I have seen.

TIA.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Hello, I attached Odin 3.07 and 3.09 to this post for you. Download whichever you need, extract the folder inside the zip to your desktop, double click the .exe file to run Odin
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] davidsinnergeek:
Many Thanks!! :good:

This is why I like this community.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] LavLab:
FYI: Make sure you have the proper drivers installed first! Before going into download mode, connect your phone to PC with phone powered on to insure that drivers are installed, then follow instructions in op. Mine failed first try. After installing drivers it worked no prob. Just got this thing today and rooted it almost immediately! Thanks peeps!

LāvLab / HostileSlothRecords
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Whard42:
Just wanna say thanks everything worked fine....
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] iKlNG:
Bought my friend tablet of a week ago with very good condition like new (anyways) I would like to root my tablet so I move files to SD card.

Please help me I'm new to rooting device

here is my device info:

MOdel number

SM-T230NU

Android version

4.4.2

Kernel version

3.10.0-4357157

dpi@SWDD6217 #2

Tue Mar 3 16:08:24 KST 2015

Build number

KOT49H.T230NUU3U0AOC1

Excuse my bad English
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Instructions and download links are in the first post of this thread, is something not working?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] iKlNG:
Thanks for the fast reply

I haven't touch any thing yet cause I have read some where that the root method only work before November 2014 cause mine is March 3, 2015

Using google to search for more info
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I could be wrong, but afaik the before <month> 2014 thing tends to apply when trying to use towelroot to root a Samsung device. In that case the solution is to Odin flash a kernel (boot.img) from an earlier firmware, root with towelroot, and then Odin flash back the current kernel.

However, this method is different; you are flashing TWRP recovery (i.e. over-writing recovery.img), so it should not matter what date the kernel is. Plus if you check out the previous page there are many users who successfully rooted recently.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] iKlNG:
Thanks

Ill try it later cause my borther currently using the laptop

Edit:

Thanks for the tutorial even though I was having problem booting to TWRP Rec.

I now have successfully root my device thank you

~King
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] exsheeple:
MIssing keyboard

I factory reset my Samsung Tab 7 T230NU and my on screen keyboard is gone, it keeps going to the voice to text option. Under Settings / Controls / Keyboards and Input Methods. The only option is Google voice typing. How can I fix this? FYI: It is still rooted and I can access TWRP
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Justray:
Thanks, but unfortunately TWRP doesn't always detect that the tablet is not rooted, it happened to me, maybe because its the Mexican/LA version, don't know, but this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J71tRF1K-js

and manually flashing SU worked PERFECTLY.

Thanks you all for everything.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] yves010598:
Can i replace the Custom recovery into Philz touch CWM 6.59 after rooting my device?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
Yes. You can just flash philz recovery instead of TWRP to root.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] SadHeroXIII:
I don't want to install that recovery :rolleyes:

are there anyway else to root the device ?

I know that I can return to official recovery after rooting, but I hate this recovery more than nothing !
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Which do you hate, TWRP or CWM? Because if I understand g_ding84 correctly, you can use either. Or do you dislike both custom recoveries? Because you need to use one of them if you want to root, not to mention custom roms, if you're interested in that too. If you just want to root you can always replace whichever custom recovery you use to root with the stock recovery, once you're rooted.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] SadHeroXIII:
thanks, I just hate TWRP.

I think I'm gonna make it with CWM .

BUT WHERE TO FIND CWM TOUCH FOR SM-T230 ?

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Here it's in the development section you can see the thread there :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] yves010598:
I already rooted my phone using TWRP ,so can i just flash philz touch directly through odin now?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Will TWRP root work for my SM-T230 with build KOT49H.T230XXU0ANJ4? And is there any options that wont work in TWRP?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Should be fine

It should work fine, plenty of others here have rooted that exact same model with this method. I would boot up and make sure SuperSU is installed and ready to go before trying anything in recovery. Once that's done there shouldn't be any issues with the recovery
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Jupiter683:
Hello! Can someone help me? I'm trying to root my wife's tablet (T230NU) I follow the instructions to the letter and Odin installed TWRP without a hitch, but when I try to boot into the TWRP recovery mode (Volume key up + power + Home button), it boots into the stock Android recovery menu. Any ideas as to what's happening and/or what I'm doing wrong?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] lazarus0000:
I was able to root with vroot 1.7.8. I was unable to do so with 1.7.7, after several attempts, I let vroot auto update, rebooted computer and phone, plugged phone in vroot connected, restarted phone and viola! - success!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] dreamzvp:
Rooting Failed

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Hi,

I tried to Root as per the instructions, but failed several time. I've recently updated the firmware. Is this update blocks the rooting? :confused:

Please guide me.. :(

I've attached the screenshot.

Thanks in advance..

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[Galaxy Tab 4 General] codinapkin:
I said this just a couple posts back, but here it is again.

It's because of the August update.

You need to revert to the previous update. You can go to sammobile dot com and get the previous firmware for your tablet. Get the latest firmware that does not have Kies. Instructions for how to install it onto your tablet are on sammobile. You'll use Odin 3.09, and once you've flashed the previous frimware, turn off any wifi connection on your tablet so that it doesn't re-update. Then root using the method in this forum and you should be good.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
I have previous firmwares posted in general section hosted on mega if people don't want to take for ever to download from sammobile
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] on0bi:
is this trustworthy?

A chinese app? This looks incredibly shady
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] johndr:
hi

hey, i am not able to root my SM-T230.. i tried it with 3 different computers and also wiith all of the versions i found in posts(including this one)..

but all i get is a message like *chineese letters*SM-T230*Chineese Leters*Root*Chineese letters* and a Circle with an X inside...

i posted a screenshot. current screenshot is the 1.7.8 version but i also got that with every version i tried..

i used also the usb cable i got with the tablet and tried with it also with the cable i got with my GSiii.

windows used: 8.1 x64 and windows 7 x64..

please help me if u know how to root it in my situation.. thanks
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] EdNikNak:
All,

I agree with all of you. The Chinese version of vRoot is problematic.

There is an English version but it stops at v1.7.3. After hours of tinkering with it, I managed to get v1.7.7 in English

Follow these directions to get the English version of vRoot v1.7.7:

- Uninstall and remove all remnants of vRoot off of your machine.

- Download the English version of vRoot here and save it to your desktop: vrootdownload.org/download/#.VAoVM_ldXmc

- Download the Chinese vRoot v1.7.7 and save it to your desktop: products.mgyun.com/api/downjump?id=305

- Disconnect from the Internet

- Install vRoot v1.7.3 first.

- Install vRoot v1.7.7 and then reboot.

- Launch vRoot v1.7.7 and it will be in English.

- While it vRoot v1.7.7 is still open, uninstall vRoot 1.7.3 (in Windows 7 it will be called ROOT - Do not uninstall vROOT!).

- Reconnect to the Internet.

Follow the instructions to root your 230NU.

Sticky this in the General part of the forum, if need be.

Enjoy!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] johndr:
SM-T230

i have the sm-T230 model, not the T230NU.. is it ok with this?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Users post these boot.imgs from these variants. Latest versions.

T230, T230NU , T231 and any other 7 inch variant.

State device, and full firmware version and build date.

I get to many messages about this vroot crap not working. I don't even have windows anymore so hard to help with any of it. So its all about to be deleted with a different method that should work.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] DaedalusWren:
T230NU Aug. update Boot.img

Boot.img

Model: SM-T230NU

Model name: GALAXY Tab 4 7.0 Wi-Fi

Country: Canada

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: 2429927

Build date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:58:03 +0000

Product Code: XAC

PDA: T230NUUEU0ANH1

CSC: T230NUXAC0ANH1

MODEM: T230NUUEU0ANH1

Unfortunately I am unable to post the direct link. Needs the preceding w.

ww.adrive.com/public/ZUGFGg/T230NU-H1_BootImg.zip
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] pbedard:
Does nothing but turn red

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Is there a recovery hehe

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No issues on the last update
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
Could you tell me which update my tablet needs and which version of vroot I need? TY
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Sure I'll swing by your house while you're at work and check it out.

....kinda impossible without even at least a screen shot of your about phone/tab section
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
I have sent you pm with the screenshot
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
You have NG2.... honestly you'll just have to try each. Your kernel is July so should be okay. August is when they blocked it
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
With vroot 1.7.7 or 1.7.9?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
I have tested it but it won't work I have sent you an another picture shinyside
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] pbedard:
JUst need a recovery well be good
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
Shinyside kan you help me? I have tested it I don't know what kan do now
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Tk19882401:
Can anyone help me?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Read step 4b ;) uncheck auto reboot and when you finish flashing TWRP unplug the tab and hold the power button for 10 seconds til screen goes off and do the key combo for recovery or if you leave auto reboot checked just do the key combo as soon as it reboots
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Will you try this method for 5.0.2 after it rolls out (tab 4 10.1 alrdy got it) because i think samsung abandons tab 4 series after 5.0.2 update (may come some bug fixes but no newer android versions)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Numerous 10.1 users confirm that our TWRP is perfectly capable of rooting the official 5.0.2 update, which indicates that this will be able to root the update, if/when it comes to the 7.0 inch.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
oh, good thx for naswer
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Midnitte:
Installed TWRP but it doesn't seem to detect or otherwise offer to root the tablet, tried to install SuperSU via TWRP and I get

.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
TWRP error/bug. I usually "fixed" it by rebooting recovery a few times
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jimbomodder:
Installed twrp fine and flashed su zip and worked fine. I have the su zip on my laptop so root access was no problem.

Sent from my GT-I9195

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Flash this zip in twrp for root.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952600409

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ucfhf:
TWRP is running. Cannot find SuperSU to install. If I go to reboot, it says that there is "no OS installed! are you sure you wish to reboot?" If you swipe, it then asks if you want to install SuperSU. If you swipe to that, it still doesn't seem to install. What am I screwing up on?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Sound like you wiped the system
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Can you boot up android? If not you should flash back to stock. If you can boot then you should try philiz recovery to install superuser zip.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] MavsAreMyTeam:
Worked perfectly, thanks!!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] hatchet618:
Root t230nu

I successfully rooted my sm-t230nu using Kingroot found here
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jimbomodder:
Just download this zip, copy to SD card and flash in custom recovery. Now you rooted :D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] martinezjr231:
Cannot connect....

Just got the t230nu, but I can not get a connection. Odin recognizes it, but file does not transfer. What is the next step?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ShinySide:
Install drivers / use a different port/ disable kies
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] kleinski23:
I'm trying this right now. I will post update after. Thank you!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] glberg17:
I used the AP button.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
You're doing it wrong. As glberg17 said in the post above mine, you have to use the AP button. Trying to use the CP button will result in a failure every single time (the CP button is meant for other partitions).
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Skardale:
How did you use king root. When it doesn't support the 7" version?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jimbomodder:
Just flash twrp via Odin and then boot recovery and flash su zip, root sorted in just 2 easy steps

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Skardale:
The 7" also can be rooted with kingroot. I'm using build that ends in D1. It started saying that kinguser has stopped. So I rebooted device now it doesn't say that for now
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] DROID_4_UsEr:
actually tried it and it works with king root thanks alot man I thought the knew update was gonna affect this tutorial ???
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] mwebb34:
Can the bootloader be unlocked on the T230 tab 4 7.0? Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
Maybe I'm not fully understanding your question.

The bootloader is already unlocked on the SM-T230/NU and SM-T231. And other as well. That's why we can flash TWRP and a custom kernel.

If it was locked. We wouldn't have TWRP or philz CWM. We would need safestrap. Plus it would be harder to root.

We don't have AOSP/CM because of how hard it is (due to the chip set.) Not because of the bootloader.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] cassinni:
cant get the recovery installed on 4.4.2 i dont know what to do, i successfully flashed it and didnt allow it to boot to android but always the android recovery opened and i could not install root. rootchecker also says its not rooted. please help
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jimbomodder:
Did u use Odin to flash? Is so try again and untick auto reboot

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] cassinni:
i got team win recovery project 2.8.0.1 open but it did not install root and i got no prompt to swipe to root.

before i checked root checker and it said its not rooted. doing this for a 10 year old cousin of my wife..please help
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jimbomodder:
Ah u need this zip

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952600409

Once rebooted, if su app not installed download it from play store, make sure u get chainfires version as its best out there

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] zeflun:
so i just did it with twrp. so after that step about booting into recovery go to reboot in twrp and choose bootloader it will ask if ask if you want to install root. athis point slide to install root, your device will restart to android and popup with SuperSU asking if you want to install using playstore or twrp i chose twrp and it did everything by itself.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] dadda:
Will this method work if I install the new update
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] g_ding84:
Yes it will. Works all the way up to XXAOD1 firmware.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] nikkijay:
Awesome Post!

I created an account just to thank you for making this so easy! Every other time I have rooted a device, there was so much I had to do, if it worked at all. I thought rooting my newer device was going to be more difficult but you made it easy! Thank you so much!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jimbomodder:
T230 is probably the easiest device to root. All i did was flash TWRP via odin, then flashed su zip via recovery and root done

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Not quite true :D ive rooted 3 devices with srsroot (1 click and wait for reboot) and farmroot (just press root in app and wait for reboot) :D twrp is easy tho
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] VetMichael:
Timetable?

So, I am trying to root my new SM- T230Nu and am following the instructions, having read it a bunch of times, but have gotten tot he Odin part where I flash the TWRP and it is just kind of stuck on SetUpConnection.... and has ben for like 10 minutes. How long does this usually take? I must have messed up somewhere along the line.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Did you boot into download mode (home, vol-, power) and are you using the USB cable that came with the tablet?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] VetMichael:
Yes to both. I found the video on Youtube which directs people to come here for a little more clarity in instructions. I was able to get the SuperSU file onto the tablet and the instructions on the video (which isn't on the original post) was to install the Samsung USB drivers for mobile phones/devices. When I did that, Odin said that there was no connection but when I uninstalled the driver, Odin said the connection was "Added" and I could "see" the tablet. I proceeded to run the TWRP but then it jsut got stuck on establishing the connection.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I'd recommend trying a different USB cable and/or a different port. Also try Odin v3.09 if you're not using it already

Edit try Odin v3.10.7 instead
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] deskwizard:
I had the same issue as he did, used Odin 3.10.7 instead and it worked as a charm.

Might be windows 10 related.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThePeacedog:
Just used this method again successfully with 4.4.2 build AOD1. :D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] crankybeach:
Curious to know whether you (a) successfully rooted your Samsung Galaxy Nook, and (b) whether, after doing so, you were able to move the Nook app and library to the SD card, to free up main memory? Thanks.... :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] brossovitch:
I know this question isn't for me, but...

I had the nook version.

Worked with it for 2 months before someone discovered a root method... Used it. Worked fine.

Then TWRP released a recovery for the device.

Now rooting is simple, Odin flash TWRP and flash SuperSU.

The regular SM-T230nu os the same as the nook version except without the nook BS.

So, I actually have the latest non-nook (OD1) firmware running with root and xposed and many mods. I actually just installed this newer firmware last night so I'm still modding.

But all in all, all SM-T230nu tab4 devices are created equally.

If you need to root, Odin Flash TWRP and root! It's worth it, promise.

After rooting you can also fix the SDcard read/write with a simple app from the playstore.

As for the nook library thing, with root you can get more internal storage by removing apps from the system that aren't needed.

But I think fixing the read/write will work for that.

Especially if they get updates, cuz then they're just installed 2 times!

I also just installed a different kernel i found in XDA and its really good!