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has everybody given up on the origional Gtab from verizon???

ok I have been searching im lost in a sea of forum topics that dont seem to either work or relate to my GTAB . I have an original Verizon 3g 7inch Galaxy tab I would like to try a rom on it but it seems that my root method no longer works. but i cant seem to weed through the forums to find info on rooting it since its running the updated gb 2.3.6 is there a post out there in this vast sea of a forum that can help me ???? anybody ????
I wanna root so i can load cwm and install AOKP rom

I answered this question earlyer toady. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24634979&postcount=2

Thank you but i still am having issues with cwm installing.
Can someone please explain to me this problem and how i can fix it ?
sorry about the pic i know its not the greatest
http://imgur.com/hlmXq

First you need to do some recommended reading to understand how this awkward system of flashing from heimdall and the various recoveries.
This explains what can happen to your tab should you mess up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
This explains how to revive your tab from that mess if it is possible. Also shows you how heimdall works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175
Finally, this shows you how ClockworkMod Recovery works. To get to CWM Recovery on the galaxy tab hold volume up and the power button.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/
This should give you an idea of what can go wrong and how to fix it. Read carefully because you can disable your device to a point where you can't fix it and will have to send it to somebody who can.
Now there are two ways you can proceed from where you are at:
Flash a rom that doesn't have assert problems in the version of ClockworkMod Recovery that you have installed.
or
Directly flash a recovery and kernel from heimdall.
The easier and safer route is to just flash one of the roms that can be flashed from your CWM Recovery. This one will give you a working MIUI rom and CWM Recovery 5. Just follow the instructions from the CWM Recovery tutorial I posted and the instructions from this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365089
The second route will give you experience on heimdall. Recoveries can be flashed using a recovery.bin and a ZImage file in heimdall. This will let you put CWM Recovery 5 on your tab no matter what rom is installed on it. Unfortunately the zImage kernel is not compatible with the stock rom so once you install this you will only be able to start the device into CWM Recovery.
http://cl.ly/AGBB - CWM Recovery 5 recovery.bin & zImage
To install fire up heimdall after reviewing the directions from the return to stock/heimdall tutorial and put recovery.bin in the recovery slot and zImage in the kernel slot.

Ok update thanks for helping everybody i have aokp working now but it doesnt seem to have any hardware accelaration its running slower than dirt

Ya I bricked it its done for good now can't get it to even turn I have no clue what I did.
guess I'm done unless there is a miracle cure out there
I'm 50/50 for rooting and flashing devices this is the 2nd device (first was an og Droid never bricked it) I attempted to play with in this fashion and its done as far as I can tell.......
Thanks
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have you read this post in the dev sticky section yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14928813
If it truly is hard bricked, I've had Josh resurrect my Samsung captivate using the jtag service. And Adam offers his own unbrick service. Both are excellent. Good luck!
[EDIT]Sorry, I just noticed this link was already referenced above...[/EDIT]
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA

May be a downgrade or upgrade is required for it to work perfectly...

I got mobile tech videos to help me out got their unbrickable mod and jtag. Got it back today and loaded cyanagonmod 9 nightly loaded on it now working great. Still got to play around with it some more its all different.just glad I was able to resurrect its like a new tablet now.
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[Q] A500 Stuck at Acer logo

Sorry to be a bother but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Quite a long time ago my a500 had an issue where it was rainbowing on boot. It remained in that state until I picked up a Nexus 7. Back then I attempted to recover it and I was able to get a bootloader installed, after I got the bootloader working (TWRP) I was not able to get any roms to boot. From there I just let the thing sit around gathering dust. Unfortunately all the specifics are a bit fuzzy for me. But I've read quite a few posts and have tried to figure this out on my own but I haven't had any luck. I would like to get any rom booting and just move forward from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Currently I am only able to boot into TWRP v2.1.3 or I can just sit an an Acer logo that never progresses any further.
I have pretty much all the tools one would require to fix the problem I just need someone to point me in the right direction. No data on the tablet is critical fyi.

Try Nvflash the bootloader and then install a custom rom.... but my A500 can't even get the bootloader

no-success said:
Sorry to be a bother but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Quite a long time ago my a500 had an issue where it was rainbowing on boot. It remained in that state until I picked up a Nexus 7. Back then I attempted to recover it and I was able to get a bootloader installed, after I got the bootloader working (TWRP) I was not able to get any roms to boot. From there I just let the thing sit around gathering dust. Unfortunately all the specifics are a bit fuzzy for me. But I've read quite a few posts and have tried to figure this out on my own but I haven't had any luck. I would like to get any rom booting and just move forward from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Currently I am only able to boot into TWRP v2.1.3 or I can just sit an an Acer logo that never progresses any further.
I have pretty much all the tools one would require to fix the problem I just need someone to point me in the right direction. No data on the tablet is critical fyi.
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Do you have the skrilax_cz unlocked bootloader installed? Should state so (with version) when you boot the tablet.

Well, I borked it again...

Summery:
I borked my A500 and can't find any download links that work for the Acer UnBricker.
Long story:
Touchscreen glass was cracked, but worked,
then it stopped loading anything, so replaced the touchscreen digitizer rhino glass stuff
now it loaded into recovery, awesome,
wouldn't load android
tried many different ROMs
none would load
Got the bright idea that maybe Skillraz (sp?) V8 boot loader was borked, so tried to change it to Thor's V9, but kind of did it wrong...
Now whenever I boot (Recovery or just power button) I get this:
Skrilax_CZ's Bootloader V9
Then this:
Flashing Bootloader...
ERROR: Update Failed
Then nothing.
I've searched around, (yes, I've used the Glorified Google), to find threads related to the Acer UnBricker, unfortunately Acer no longer provides it and anyone's dropbox megaupload GDrive Box, or otherwise links do not work.
If anyone knows any link to one (and a guide for that specific unbricker) that'd be great. Please keep in mind I cannot load Android to put it into developer mode, I cannot either access my Install ID, Or if anyone could re-upload it if they have it and point to the guide they got it from, that'd be awesome as well
Thanks in advance everyone!!
PS, if this is in the wrong section, MODs please move it, and sorry.
System Specs:
Acer Iconia A500
Rooted, Deoxed, ZipAligned, and all that fun jazz
Any 4.2, 4.3 ROM I've tried
Stuck in a transition between Skrilax's V8 recovery and the V9 one from Thor.
And obviously I didn't heed the warnings enough, I realize that and don't need ripping on for that, I know where I went wrong

See the root guide in my sig...all download links are working to all the tools you'll ever need...oh, and u might wanna get rid of the update.zip you have on yr sd/ext sd card
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dibb_nz said:
See the root guide in my sig...all download links are working to all the tools you'll ever need...oh, and u might wanna get rid of the update.zip you have on yr sd/ext sd card
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AWESOME thanks so much!!

[Q] (URGENT) LG G2 VS980 soft brick (No ROM or Recovery, only download mode)

I have VS980, with some version of PA 4. I hadnt updated it in a while so i downloaded the latest zip and tried to flash it with twrp. (i dont remember the exact version, but not 2.7) For some reason i suppose twrp didnt like to play nice with 4.4.3 and failed to something about updating binaries. I'm not sure what it was, doesnt really matter now though. That sorta messed up the rom enough so that it would never boot. it would get to the boot animation, but no further without intervention. So of course i was like "i gotta update my recovery!!" but alas i tried to flash it using adb and now twrp wont work, it only comes to a black screen. So i have been able to find no way to get into fastboot in lg g2 and i cant adb while in recovery and i have no ROM to work with. All i have is download mode which has (according to me) rendered my phone useless. I have been scouring the internet for hours trying to fix this with Download mode, perhaps with odin, but it's only for samsung devices i think. I have exhausted my mind and options and I am completely dumbfounded. If someone could shed some light on this it would be awesome. Before i take it to verizon to play stupid haha. All help is appreciated. I am a semi noob when it comes to this stuff, or i suppose really nooby.
I have been personally going through a lot lately and i cant handle this right now and i feel really bad but i really need help. all help is appreciated.

If you truly can't get to recovery use the lg flash tool to get back to stock in download mode. But I would keep trying to get recovery with the hardware buttons sequence. I was where you were with a black screen and was about to lg flashtool my phone but someone advised me to keep trying recovery and they were right. Its tricky to get it right and each phone is a little different.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

tatootie67:
If you truly can't get to recovery use the lg flash tool to get back to stock in download mode. But I would keep trying to get recovery with the hardware buttons sequence. I was where you were with a black screen and was about to lg flashtool my phone but someone advised me to keep trying recovery and they were right. Its tricky to get it right and each phone is a little different.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
Thank you Thank you Thank you sooo much. You saved my vs980. I had been trying to wipe it but the drivers never worked. I took your advice and tried the hardware buttons sequence on your advice and after 4 weeks of trying everything my phone is finally back. A very merry Christmas to me. Thanks again!

Help, Dead phone

so me being me always ****ing up my new phone
i'm pretty much stuck on the boot loader is unlocked screen and nothing happens.
not sure what tool to use since i can't seem to find a official rom that i can flash, i know i should have done a backup but were gonna do it the next morning >_>
have also wiped my phone fully using twrp, but not i can't even boot up twrp using fastboot.
treid using this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6t-t3862516 but still stuck
thanks for all the help

Stallern said:
so me being me always ****ing up my new phone
i'm pretty much stuck on the boot loader is unlocked screen and nothing happens.
not sure what tool to use since i can't seem to find a official rom that i can flash, i know i should have done a backup but were gonna do it the next morning >_>
have also wiped my phone fully using twrp, but not i can't even boot up twrp using fastboot.
treid using this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6t-t3862516 but still stuck
thanks for all the help
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Hello,
It seems you have access to fastboot so refer to this thread, unbrick tools are both
for android 9 and 10. See post #2 if you have t mobile variant.
Ask if you have questions you find many kindly users here.
Cheers :fingers-crossed: