yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
The three I mentioned are all updated regularly (Bliss and Resurrection the most, Slim slightly less), with each last being updated either 24 or 25 June (so a couple weeks ago). Regular Cyanogenmod 12.1 hasn't been updated since the beginning of June. No you cannot use any roms made for the 8.0 or 7.0 models

Bliss is fast enough for me. Resurrection also seems fairly popular. If you like light and don't need too much customized I'd say try out Resurrection first and if it gives you any major problems try Bliss, which has always been stable in my experience
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
RRMIX = black theme for starters, i have seriously damaged my eyesight this past year with all the time i've spent looking at computer screens :eek:

It's also a good mid-ranged not too bloaty rom, with my kernel it runs nice on my sm-t330nu [no camera but meh...]

And i like the name, :)

m
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] rheckr:
[MENTION=5954417]thisisapoorusernamechoice[/MENTION]

Today has started OTA for SM-T331 with 5.1.1 firmware ;)

http://forum.youmobile.org/downloads/?sa=view&down=3134
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Thanks for the heads up, it'll be posted here as soon as possible

Update: SM-T331 5.1.1 firmware posted in the OP
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Yeaaah looks like 7.0 tabs r dropping the update next! Hopefully there comes root also! (tab 4 8.0 owners reported that twrp works fine but flashing root zip bootloops) Heads up for update!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] rheckr:
[MENTION=5007098]thelous[/MENTION]

What do you bet? T235 will get a first update from 7.0 line?

I think we will get updates starting from monday. I hope so :D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
I think we get first update to 7.0 tomorrow.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ana2019:
flashing failed

flashing failed on my SM-T531 with the indian region .. now i'm stuckk at " Firmware upgrade encountered Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again "

i cannot TURN THE DEVICE OFF OR SWITCH TO DOWNLOAD MODE OR DO ANYTHING BUT STUCK ON THIS SCREEN !!

i'm a newbie to flashing please help ... and the good thing odin still can detect my device as " ADDED ! " when i connect it

what to doo ? :(
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
In Odin options enable "Phone bootloader update" also try using Odin v3.10.6 if you aren't already

Also try a different region if that doesn't help. You should see if you can boot to stock recovery and try to do a factory wipe as well
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ana2019:
this log when i tried the bootloader option

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> T531XXU1BOEA_T531ODD1BOE5_T531XXU1BOE6_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/003> tz.mbn

<ID:0/003> sdi.mbn

<ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

and this when i unticked it

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/003> tz.mbn

<ID:0/003> sdi.mbn

<ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> persist.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] rheckr:
Which exactly firmware file are you trying to flash? Is it for SM-T531?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Now your problem is cache.img and hidden.img. 3g devices tend to fail at flashing those because of some sort of region lock. Basically, i the past, people has deleted cache.img and hidden.img then retar it into a tar file. Then reflash and then go into recovery and wipe cache to it would reformat. Thats what i heard from experiance
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ana2019:
yesss !!

:(

i'm downloading sri-lanka region and hoping for the best ! :(

hopefully .. i could now get into download mode ...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ana2019:
Srilanka region installed !!! Thanks everyone !!! :D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] martynasmck:
The Baltic States - still waiting...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Trouble downloading? I can provide you an alternate link, if there's a file host that would work better for you
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] martynasmck:
Nooo, thanks. I am waiting for SM - T530 :)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Just to make sure you're aware, you can flash any of the SM-T530 firmware files (just not any of the SM-T530NU ones) perfectly fine as long as you factory reset first. But obviously if you want to wait for your specific region to be released, I get that. I promise I'll get it up on here as soon as it is released, just know it might not come out for a while...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Samsung wont make 5.1.1 update for tab 10.1 before tab 4 7.0 models gets 5.1.1
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I'm well aware of this. Nothing in my post or the question it was answering was taking about 5.1.1. I was talking about the release of various regions (of the same model); we'd already seen about a dozen different regions released each for the T530 and T535 before the 8.0 updates even came out, and more for the T535 since. What was the purpose of your post?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] jazzespresso:
darn still no lollipop yet for SM-T330U, a few more days perhaps? :p
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Could be tomorrow, could be next week, could be next month, could be next year. The only ones who know for sure are Samsung and they never give any indication beforehand. Trust me, anyone on this forum who says differently is merely speculating. If you want my idle speculation, I would guess within the next three weeks or so, but take that for what it is, merely a guess (based off the release schedule we've seen for the 10.1 variants)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Snow_Ghost:
Thanks for this fine collection. I've subscribed to this post waiting to hear the good news on the SM-T330NU 5.1.1 update.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
it was meant to that guy who asked about tab 10.1 updates.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I'm bored waiting for the 7.0 updates and the remaining 8.0 updates. Until they finally drop I'm going to keep chipping away at the myriad of 10.1 firmware files (new regions) being released. If anyone has any specific requests please let me know. Otherwise I intend to keep on going in approximate order of descending GDP per capita. (with the obvious exception of Greece :silly: ). Love you guys and galls!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] wf201626:
sm-t330nu flash sm-t330 failed??

i downloaed the st-t330 fimware from OP link and the flash failed.

i used the odin 3.9 and 3.10. both reacted same.

what i did was as advised, factory reset did not help at this point. also, i have rooted my tab, no idea if it is the reason that blocked the flash.

anyway, just share some info and if anybody succeeds installing sm-t330 lollipop on a sm-t330nu. please share some experience.

did a bit research and found other people who own the samsung devices experienced same issue as me. so i am thinking the root method i chose was not right. i am going to flash stock 4.4.2 back and try again.

stay tune...

thank

F
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
As I have stated countless times in this thread, this is impossible. As far as installing firmware goes, SM-T330 and SM-T330NU are two completely different models. You can't mix and match the firmware; you have to wait for the official update for the SM-T330NU. Nice try though.

Don't bother trying again. It's going to fail every time
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] wf201626:
thanks, tried any way. unrooted the device and flashed 4.4.2 stock. tried to flash 5.1.1 again. it did fail at same spot and same error.

thanks for all your info and advice,

F

---------- Post added at 04:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:56 PM ----------

i thought they are same devices, only different region. is it wrong info?

thanks

F
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Yes and no. For custom rom purposes, they are similar enough that roms made for the SM-T330 work for the SM-T330NU and vice-versa. The main difference between the devices is that the T330NU has an IR blaster; the T330 does not. But for Samsung official firmwares you have to stick with your exact model number. That's because whereas flashing roms only really messes with the system, data, and cache partitions (I guess recovery too), Odin firmware files write to all the partitions, even the lower level, write-protected ones that cannot and should not be messed with, e.g. bootloader, hidden, safezone, modem, etc etc. (I might be fudging some of the technical details, but my analysis is not wrong)

TLDR: As far as Odin and firmware are concerned, no. They may as well be two completely different devices.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] wf201626:
thanks for this fantastic answers about my questions. i guess all 330nu owners just have to wait until Samsung does some good to us.

thanks again

Frank
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Carldecruz:
Hi, can you please help me answering this:

When the 5.11 update finally comes available for the tab 4 7.0( sm-t230) Will I be able to install considering my device is rooted and has twrp ? And also lots of bloatware removed..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Yes. You just might have to do a factory reset, so use titanium backup to backup all your app data, then copy any and all files saved to your tablet's internal storage somewhere else.

[MENTION=3902940]wf201626[/MENTION] and others, the SM-T330NU update appears to have rolled out, I will add the file to the OP as soon as I can.

Update: SM-T330NU firmware file for USA added to the OP. I am currently downloading the Canada build and will post that as well ASAP. Enjoy!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Since Samsung released 5.1.1 for the T330NU, I'm wondering if I should update now and lose root... OR, just wait for a Deodexed and Prerooted version.. I have no experience in Deodexing a rom, but I might give it a try.. However I don't have root for it..

If I flash 5.1.1 I will lose my custom recovery.. Too many unknowns before I can update.. I'm a Xposed addict and It would have to be |Deodexed before I can flash..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
Z, in linux, open the firmware archive with file-roller and delete recovery.img

i think you WILL need to have to have a CWM based custom recovery installed though. [cough *>Philz<* cough] sorry, allergies ! :silly:

if the firmware flash is the same as it was for the sm-t530blah the tab will auto reboot to recovery after the flash

is done to complete setup [CSC update] and i don't know if twrp will manage it.

m
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
What version of Linux do you recommend?

I do have a virtual machine of Ubuntu installed..

and Phil's Touch is the only Custom Recovery I use for this device.. I like the option of being able to do a Rom Dump..

Phil's Touch has much more options than TWRP..

Makes me wonder if this could be done in Windows..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
ahh okay for windows try 7zip then, but really any linux distro will do, but use file-roller because ark sucks.

if you have host tools setup for vm you should be good

i believe you can also use tar from the command line but i'm not sure of the actual command.

m

[MENTION=5954417]thisisapoorusernamechoice[/MENTION]

have samsung released android w for hour teb yet?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Ill give it a try..

This will give me the chance to try on both platforms..

This must be Christmas for me.. I got an Early Windows 10 upgrade yesterday and now this!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
how is it? i was sceptical so i carved the nag package out of my windows 7 install.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Damn how'd you swing that? And more importantly I'd love to hear any thoughts/commentary you have on Windows 10
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
I had to uninstall and and reinstall a few drivers, sound, video and my webcam drivers.. but it installed rather nicely..

However its not giving my devices a COM port in ODIN..

Might be a driver issue..

Ah.. Easily corrected! Reinstall the driver..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Sorry, what were you asking? :silly:
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
I think someone has been on the Sauce to early in the morning.. :p
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Nah I got good and chocolatey wasted for my birthday last night but there was a surprising lack of hangover this morning. Unless you were talking about moonbutt74 lol.

Update: Canada build for the SM-T330NU added to the OP. Enjoy!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Oh.. THAT Sauce.. :eek:

Chocolate is not very agreeable with me these days..

---------- Post added at 10:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 AM ----------

Removing the Recovery from the .TAR image worked!!

I can't get the Wifi to come on though? Weird..

Edit: Reflashed with latest version of Odin..

Wifi Works.. Must of been a bad flash.. Will return when I can confirm root is still established.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
AWWW that's soooooo cute! the little android guy's antennae wiggle.... [BARF] :silly:

okay so, holy cow and chicken, WHY must i go through the same stupid crap time and again !?!?!? WHY does samsung have to be sooooo flippity bleeping dicky about the slightest thing? i dunno, more coffee...., coffeee will fix it...., coffee fixes everything. :rolleyes:

so i did the removing recovery.img from tar and got an auth fail while flashing the first time so if anyone else does it, don't do in cygwin, yes, i'm a dork, but now everything seems okay... :confused:

The resolution is UGH-LEE! [whew..!] :eek:

Aaaand it rebooted when i tried the wifi WTF AND RESTARTED IN SAFE MODE !?!? WT-SAFEMODE-F !?!?!

Reflashed recovery and did factory reset, aaand wifi is UP !

Note- in house root in my Philz build does not seem to work, use supersu update zip. [likely it's samsung anti-root feature in kernel] or i just suck. xD
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
I unzipped the TAR file in 7-zip, deleted the recovery.img, rezipped it as a TAR, and it flashed with out issues..

I deleted the .MD5 at the end.. That is likely what caused the failure..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
I'm working on a kernel build to see what happens.... :p
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Be careful.. You might have it explode!
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Snow_Ghost:
Was this to keep root or just your custom recovery?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
If you delete the recovery.img from the TAR file, and keep the Custom recovery, "Phil's Touch" I recommend..

When you Flash the TAR with Stock Recovery removed, when flashed it will give you the option to retain root..

If that does not work, then boot to your custom recovery and flash the lastest SuperSU..

You should have root..

Edit, if your modifying the TAR Image, be sure to delete the .MD5 from the file name or ODIN will fail on Flash..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Snow_Ghost:
Have any of you guys heard about the app called Simple Recovery Switcher? It's an app that allows you to simplify switch between a custom and stock recovery. I'm just wondering if I have the custom recovery installed at the time I flash the new firmware, if the custom recovery would stick or not? I've used this app for awhile now using the custom recovery to backup my entire system then switching back to stock recovery to keep my tablet official. And its the only way that I have had a custom recovery on my tablet. Anyone have any thoughts or advice about this?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
okay so my root attempt resulted in a boot hang, note to self, make backup first. :laugh:

kernel build fails so far, working on it. :confused:

might move to canada build instead. Also GAPPS must be destroyed.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Same thing happened to me.. So your not alone..

---------- Post added at 12:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:53 PM ----------

What's the difference with the Canadian build?

Does the Google Now voice use a Canadian Accent?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
Less jesus and country music !

xD

camera seems to be working better ! i'm prettier than ever ! =)
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Sounds like it's time to move to Canada (I like winter weather better anyway and have been playing hockey since I was old enough to walk)

I'm...too sexy for my Tab, too sexy for my Tab...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
okay, here is the boot.img unsecured so we can get started finding out why root bones it.

flash in recovery, make backup first.

default prop

#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
persist.security.ams.enforcing=0
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=1
ro.debuggable=1
ro.adb.secure=0
ro.zygote=zygote32
persist.sys.strict_op_enable=false
persist.sys.whitelist=/system/etc/whitelist_appops.xml
camera2.portability.force_api=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp
dalvik.vm.dex2oat-Xms=64m
dalvik.vm.dex2oat-Xmx=512m
dalvik.vm.image-dex2oat-Xms=64m
dalvik.vm.image-dex2oat-Xmx=64m
ro.dalvik.vm.native.bridge=0

m

working on a debloat list/script
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
m, your my own personal Jesus Christ! My own personal savior..

I am trying to do the same thing, and epicly failing... lol

Trying to Deodexed it.. not getting far...

Edit: With the Unsecure Kernel, it still hangs when attempt at Root.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
you need to install busybox ?

the boot.img is unsecure that's all, and knox is a ****ing pain in the ass
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Busy box won't install if there is no root..

Need to try and DeKnox this thing.. My fable attempts have been failures..

I tried to restore 4.4.4 Stock and it boot looped....
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
[GUIDE] [BIN] Busybox 1.23.1 Stable and Building On Android (from Ubuntu chroot..)

http://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/guide-busybox-snapshot-building-android-t2857650

you want the full selinux version

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3153766&d=1423286979

also attached is my current debloat script, needs tuning. you MUST factory reset after flashing.

you can't do an across the board slaughter of knox, it needs to be dismantled and if i see it right it's tied in to libandroid_servers.so

bet you someone will flash without reading this, derrrr it didn't work... open the zip and talk to jack-the-ripper to see what's what :silly:

so the order, rom flashed, install kernel, install busybox, install debloat if you want, and factory reset, BUT even after all of that rooting still fails and device is only recoverable by doing a full restore of your backup so with your full backup of the new rom done, do the above then make another backup, THEN tinker with rooting and see if you can get it working.

ON restoring 4.4 do a factory reset in recovery first, then odin flash the 4.4 firmware
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Ok, I have installed the Kernel, then busybox, then debloat.. But everytime I get to the deboat, it force reboots..

Now, should I be installing the kernel, then busybox, then REBOOT? then reboot into recovery, THEN Debloat? then factory reset?

Edit yet again.:

After doing the factory reset it "appears" to be debloated.. So I guess I got it right..

Holy crap! When you say debloated.. You left just about obliterated all the GAPPS...
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
debloater script automatically reboots, look at your app drawer

so yes kernel,busybox,debloat but factory reset before debloat i probably screwed up the order :eek:

okay my kernel build boots ! yay!

for those interested the source is here https://github.com/moonbutt74/kernel_samsung_SM-T530_EUR_LL

adjust the script go-millet for toolchain and ummm go.. millet ?

okay, custom kernl killing samsung anti-root and unsecure boot image does not do it,

this is our problem with supersu update zip and i'm guessing a few other methods

root@kali:/# adb logcat -d | grep F/
F/appproc ( 305): Error changing dalvik-cache ownership : Permission denied
F/libc ( 305): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 305 (app_process32_o)
F/appproc ( 1026): Error changing dalvik-cache ownership : Permission denied
F/libc ( 1026): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 1026 (app_process32_o)
F/appproc ( 1389): Error changing dalvik-cache ownership : Permission denied
F/libc ( 1389): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 1389 (app_process32_o)
F/appproc ( 1758): Error changing dalvik-cache ownership : Permission denied
F/libc ( 1758): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 1758 (app_process32_o)
F/appproc ( 2123): Error changing dalvik-cache ownership : Permission denied
F/libc ( 2123): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 2123 (app_process32_o)
F/appproc ( 2482): Error changing dalvik-cache ownership : Permission denied
F/libc ( 2482): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 2482 (app_process32_o)
root@kali:/#
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Yeah I got it right the second time.. and MAN ITS DEBLOATED! You left very little..

Jack the Ripper is was the correct name for that script..
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] ThaddNation:
Yah Moon! Keep us updated on that kernel build. I'm enjoying the new firmware. I'm getting around the same Antutu scores- stock 5.1.1 - as I did with all the custom lollipop builds I played with using your previous kernel releases. Not too shabby...

Quick question for you, or anyone following this forum! Well you seee.... I left my computer at work for the weekend for business related issues. I didn't get around to flashing custom recovery via Odin before leaving work today. In addition won't be able to flash supers until I do so. But I'd like root if possible lol. I know this firmare is hot out of the oven, but has anyone tried a non P.C. based root? For example Towelroot etc? -towelroot is the root method I used to unlock this sm-t330nu stock out of the box.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] :
No no no no. There are differences in the kernel and sepolicy that break root, you will just end up being unable to boot

through to OS go a few posts back and you'll see what happens.

m
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] JustZaphod:
Towel root is a Root Method by a XDA Member named Geohot, who is now current employee of Google. He no longer makes Towel Root as per agreement with Google.. Right now I'm hoping Chainfire makes an Autoroot soon. Right now we are having trouble rooting due Knox issues, Moon created an Unsecure Kernel, and I have to admit, I may create a shrine in his honor.. lol. I'm trying to DeOdexed the ROM, so once we get root..We can debloat what Apps need to be removed. Moon made a very BRUTAL debloating script that is NOT for the faint of heart.. It WIPES OUT almost every app in the System/App folder.. I only suggest using it for testing because if you want to reinstall those missing apps it will fill your Data partition pretty fast..