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Will NU work with non NU
I am going to buy this tablet in a few weeks and I live in Australia and the model here does not have NU at the end but just T330. Will this ROM and any other NU ROM work with my tablet? Sorry for the noob question, but I am new to the tablet.

lachiepower0402 said:
I am going to buy this tablet in a few weeks and I live in Australia and the model here does not have NU at the end but just T330. Will this ROM and any other NU ROM work with my tablet? Sorry for the noob question, but I am new to the tablet.
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To be honest, I'm not 100% sure. It should, the only difference between the T330 and the T330NU that I've been able to find is the T330NU has an IR blaster so it can be used as a remote control. No kernel is included with the ROM, so you are more than safe to install it after making a backup. If it works, let me know. If not, Ill figure out why and make it compatible.

MarkusMcNugen said:
To be honest, I'm not 100% sure. It should, the only difference between the T330 and the T330NU that I've been able to find is the T330NU has an IR blaster so it can be used as a remote control. No kernel is included with the ROM, so you are more than safe to install it after making a backup. If it works, let me know. If not, Ill figure out why and make it compatible.
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Should I make a backup through CMW or through the settings?
Once I get the device which like I said is in 3 weeks, I will try the device out for about a week to see how it works and get used to it and then backup and install the ROM and compare it to the stock and then post my comments on the forum.

lachiepower0402 said:
Should I make a backup through CMW or through the settings?
Once I get the device which like I said is in 3 weeks, I will try the device out for about a week to see how it works and get used to it and then backup and install the ROM and compare it to the stock and then post my comments on the forum.
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CWM or TWRP. Either one will work. As long as you have a backup of your system partition in one of those you will be good to go. Sounds good, I'll be waiting.
Hopefully there will be a few more updates by that time. I keep getting errors when decompiling SecSettings which is pissing me off. I'll just have to keep at it until I figure it out. Doesn't make any sense to me.

Sounds good, the more updates the better!
As with the error's you are getting, I have no idea what your talking about, so I'l just agree

lachiepower0402 said:
Sounds good, the more updates the better!
As with the error's you are getting, I have no idea what your talking about, so I'l just agree
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Lol. Its all good. I got it figured out. What I was working on was enabling S5 Settings Mod in SecSettings.apk (aka. Settings on Samsung devices). Its not finished but it works more than well enough so its in the new SuperStocked version.

So I have received my tablet early and it was easier than I thought to use it, so I have decided to install your ROM, I have already installed TWRP v2.8.3.0 and it works and I am currently backing up my tablet to my external sd card and then I will attempt to try and install the Superstocked.
Do you want me to try out both of your rom's?

I have flashed superstock and I have a few problems, when i flashed it had an error with unmounting or something like that and the keyboard is not very good it looks like android 4.2 keyboard and I do not have root access. I tried towelroot but i still do not have root access.
I think I will go back to 100% stock.

lachiepower0402 said:
I have flashed superstock and I have a few problems, when i flashed it had an error with unmounting or something like that and the keyboard is not very good it looks like android 4.2 keyboard and I do not have root access. I tried towelroot but i still do not have root access.
I think I will go back to 100% stock.
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If Towel Root does not work, then try flashing SuperUser via TWRP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Edit, This rom is just a Deodexed version of the 100 percent Stock ROM... There are subtle differences, but the root method is the same..

lachiepower0402 said:
I have flashed superstock and I have a few problems, when i flashed it had an error with unmounting or something like that and the keyboard is not very good it looks like android 4.2 keyboard and I do not have root access. I tried towelroot but i still do not have root access.
I think I will go back to 100% stock.
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If you happen to flash it again in the future, could you copy the recovery log so I can see the unmounting error. Its Advanced > Copy log to SD. I don't know what could have caused that but I doubt it had any effect on the ROM after booting.
As for the keyboard. It defaults to looking like 4.2 keyboard but with a number row because the ROM is kitkat. If you go into the keyboard settings you can change the theme to the material design themes.
I've been having a lot of issues with root. The su binaries are included as well as all the su files. It works fine for some people and it doesn't for others. Flashing the latest SuperSU will give you root. I'll add a link to it in the OP later today and mention root issues.

I have installed the stock v1.2 and I am still having root problems, if you can provide the su package I will try that out.
What I meant yesterday was in twrp when I was formatting the message was
E: error sending message to add storage 65537
Also I am wondering if it is alright to close or disable some system apps that are using ram such as
DeviceTest
SmartcardService
Context Service
PageBuddyNotiSvc
ELM Agent
Nearby devices
Unified Daemon
If so, how would I go about doing it?

lachiepower0402 said:
I have installed the stock v1.2 and I am still having root problems, if you can provide the su package I will try that out.
What I meant yesterday was in twrp when I was formatting the message was
E: error sending message to add storage 65537
Also I am wondering if it is alright to close or disable some system apps that are using ram such as
DeviceTest
SmartcardService
Context Service
PageBuddyNotiSvc
ELM Agent
Nearby devices
Unified Daemon
If so, how would I go about doing it?
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Here's the SuperSU flashable zip:
http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
The error you saw in TWRP was an error from trying to mount and unmount MTP. It happens on all of our devices but doesn't affect anything. So no worries when you see it.
If you want to disable/freeze apps you can use an app from the play store like Greenify or Titanium Backup. Titanium Backup can also remove system apps but I wouldn't recommend doing that without making a backup of the app you want to remove first.
However, if you just want to disable some services but not the entire app you can download and use Disable Service from the play store.

Thanks for clearing the meaning of that error. I have flashed the su zip and I now have root.
Lastly, is possible to reset the flash counter, so if I take my tablet in for repair my warrnty will be valid?

lachiepower0402 said:
Thanks for clearing the meaning of that error. I have flashed the su zip and I now have root.
Lastly, is possible to reset the flash counter, so if I take my tablet in for repair my warrnty will be valid?
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That I'm not sure of. I imagine there is but I haven't looked into trying any of the reset counters made for other Samsung devices on the T330/NU. You would probably need to make your own thread and ask in the help section.
My device was seller refurbished so I don't have a warranty. Otherwise I could probably help you out.

I talked to samsung about the knox thing and I was told I still had a 1yr warranty from purchase date no matter what.

Really? Samsung put implemented knox so people wouln't flash rom's but they don't care! Something doesn't seem right here. I'll believe you and just hope that nothing happens to my tablet, just in case they change their mind.

feedback
Hi
I'm very thankful that someone is doing IT for the 8 inch tab.
I'm reading a lot over the years in this forum, but this is my first post lol.
I'm running a tn330nuueu1anca with se enforced
Feedback:
Su works out of the box like everything else but
Viper sound mod doesn't
I used my own in initd script...
U still have some Samsung apps and bloatware left ,:
Dropboxoobe
Street view
Faceunlock
Samsung push
And2 other that I already deleted .... I do love the work u done !!! How about a customs kernel

lachiepower0402 said:
Really? Samsung put implemented knox so people wouln't flash rom's but they don't care! Something doesn't seem right here. I'll believe you and just hope that nothing happens to my tablet, just in case they change their mind.
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Yes really. I was told that I was guaranteed my warranty fr the device no matter what the knox warranty void said.

T0R3T said:
Hi
I'm very thankful that someone is doing IT for the 8 inch tab.
I'm reading a lot over the years in this forum, but this is my first post lol.
I'm running a tn330nuueu1anca with se enforced
Feedback:
Su works out of the box like everything else but
Viper sound mod doesn't
I used my own in initd script...
U still have some Samsung apps and bloatware left ,:
Dropboxoobe
Street view
Faceunlock
Samsung push
And2 other that I already deleted .... I do love the work u done !!! How about a customs kernel
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Yeah, I was hoping Viper4Android would work on our devices in compatability mode since selinux is enforcing. I haven't had time to actually test it myself, but I did notice that it did ask for a driver install even though I preinstalled and registered the audio driver.
To be honest, street view and face unlock are from paranoid android gapps. I've integrated PA gapps into our ROM over the included gapps. DropboxOOBE I kept because I assumed that was the apk that gave people 50GB of Dropbox space, if not I'll remove it.
Some things I didn't remove because I couldn't find information on them. I only removed stuff I knew was safe to remove. I'm working on getting a kernel with at least init.d by unpacking, editing, and repacking but I'm not planning on trying to find the source and compile a new kernel.
wire55 said:
Yes really. I was told that I was guaranteed my warranty fr the device no matter what the knox warranty void said.
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See below.
lachiepower0402 said:
Really? Samsung put implemented knox so people wouln't flash rom's but they don't care! Something doesn't seem right here. I'll believe you and just hope that nothing happens to my tablet, just in case they change their mind.
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It may be possible that they as a manufacturer don't care. When I had my Motorola I was told by them that they could care less if you rooted it or installed a custom ROM. The manufacturer warranty was applicable either way, it was the carriers that cared and charged for replacements of rooted devices. I have no idea if that applies to Samsung, but its possible I guess.
Samsung devices also include Knox for the enterprise and security. So a company can purchase Samsung devices and guarantee their devices and network aren't compromised. The NSA even said that Knox was secure enough for the government to use it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2836612/samsung-knox-devices-approved-for-government-use-by-nsa.html
You would need to contact Samsung yourself to find out. My device has no warranty. I'm sailing solo lol.

Who wants root/custom recovery/custom roms for the core prime?

So far ive gained root, and made the first custom rom for the galaxy core prime, ill be compiling a custom recovery for this device when i get my linux PC buil environment set up again.
for ANYONE who wants to root use kingroot(not kingoroot)
exactly like superSU but seeing as CF autoroot/framaroot/towleroot dont support this device it will have to do until i release a root method for this device with superSU.
So here goes
ROOT - kingroot(not kingoroot)
RECOVERY - coming soon
CUSTOM ROM - revolutionary core prime(coming soon)

Thank you!!!
Have a core prime and always wanted to check out the Custom ROMs that came out. It's a SD410 so it shouldn't be as hard as if it were an Exynos (I know it is not easy anyways, but at least the Snapdragon makes it a bit easier).
Will read this thread and see what you make!
Thanks and good luck

Me

I would be glad to use custom recovery too ! Thanks

Ricky Divjakovski said:
So far ive gained root, and made the first custom rom for the galaxy core prime, ill be compiling a custom recovery for this device when i get my linux PC buil environment set up again.
for ANYONE who wants to root use kingroot(not kingoroot)
exactly like superSU but seeing as CF autoroot/framaroot/towleroot dont support this device it will have to do until i release a root method for this device with superSU.
So here goes
ROOT - kingroot(not kingoroot)
RECOVERY - coming soon
CUSTOM ROM - revolutionary core prime(coming soon)
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hi for what model of core prime?

I would like a custom rom for the Prime Core also

I have been searching for a recovery and rom. I rooted a while ago with kingroot and now I have trouble with recognizing the charger input. (Same charging issue with nextbook nx7 on diff charger). rebooting usually remedies this. I fear kingroot corrupted my kernel. I would love to replace it with a prerooted kernel.
Btw I'm using the s820c variant galaxy core prime from straight talk. It has the Snapdragon 410 as well.

Sm-g361h??
Does it work for the sm-g361h model??

Minnella_essayons said:
I have been searching for a recovery and rom. I rooted a while ago with kingroot and now I have trouble with recognizing the charger input. (Same charging issue with nextbook nx7 on diff charger). rebooting usually remedies this. I fear kingroot corrupted my kernel. I would love to replace it with a prerooted kernel.
Btw I'm using the s820c variant galaxy core prime from straight talk. It has the Snapdragon 410 as well.
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theres no pre-rooted kernel, i can release an insecure ADBD one if you like that will have to be applied by dd method but that defeats the purpose
ETheHedgehog said:
Does it work for the sm-g361h model??
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yes the root works for all, once i get a working recovery ill make a few recovveries for other variants if i even need to then we will have the wiespread oftions of roms, only thing i lack ATM is a working 64bit linux PC

Thanks for the quick reply Ricky. still looking forward to your finished recovery as well as the rom. Is it cm based, aosp based? This is big news! there is very little support for this phone. good luck in your work.

appreciate your brave work son, for what variation of the phone you gonna make it?

Minnella_essayons said:
Thanks for the quick reply Ricky. still looking forward to your finished recovery as well as the rom. Is it cm based, aosp based? This is big news! there is very little support for this phone. good luck in your work.
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im not a big fan of CM based roms, id rather build a rom from software built for that device and only for it then build from a source that is universal with reduced capabillities

Let me know if I can help. I got root with odin 3.10 but as we are all aware, there aren't many (if any) recoveries and custom roms.
Sent from my SM-G360T1 using XDA Free mobile app

Twrp works to boot into recovery, though I have no idea whether or not flashing a custom rom will brick it. If you want to send me the one you made I can try mounting and see what happens.
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Hey....can you please mirror kingroot for me, as opening it with the link you gave is not working (it shows a blank page and written on the top "you don't have permission ti view this")

Can u view this site? http://androidxda.com/download-kingroot-application
Sent from my SM-G360T1

ETheHedgehog said:
Does it work for the sm-g361h model??
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any 1 confirm work on G361h? or working cwm on this model?

Is that method works on G361H? (with SC8830 processor)

1nv4d3rr said:
Twrp works to boot into recovery, though I have no idea whether or not flashing a custom rom will brick it. If you want to send me the one you made I can try mounting and see what happens.
Sent from my SM-G360T1 using XDA Free mobile app
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hey mate woul you be able to link me to the recovery you are using? and what device is it built for? the way we can check this is make a full backup in recovery then extract the backup andd see if it has backed up the right partitions, if it has we need to check if its the right format, im sure i read a while ago TWRP backs up with tar and just mounts all partitions and wipes the needed partitions recursively, if that is true we wont have to worry about the format but we will do our research an get this successfully up an running

I didnt actually get twrp installed just the app though I'm js u can still boot into recovery with it. Sorry for the mis lead. I am working on the kernel that shiny side posted up. I'll let u know when I get w it
Sent from my SM-G360T1

ROM Support for the SM-T337T?

I have come across some very cheap Galaxy Tab 4's on eBay that I was wanting to try out. I'm a T-Mobile customer so I'm interested in the SM-T337T (band 12 support woo hoo!)
I see that there are recoveries for the tablet so it looks like I'm not the first to wonder.
Basically, my question is: which Lollipop/Marshmallow ROMs are currently supported and stable on the SM-T337T? And have we been able to reliably root/install recovery on them?
Thanks,
-coach

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Coachmark2 said:
I see that there are recoveries for the tablet so it looks like I'm not the first to wonder.
Basically, my question is: which Lollipop/Marshmallow ROMs are currently supported and stable on the SM-T337T? And have we been able to reliably root/install recovery on them?
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Unfortunately there are no custom ROMs for the SM-T337T. There has been an official lollipop update, and since there are working recoveries, you should be able to use chainfire's systemless superSU root method (you most likely need the systemless root because the lollipop update is 5.1.1). The fact remains though that nobody has made a custom ROM for this tablet. Sorry

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Unfortunately there are no custom ROMs for the SM-T337T. There has been an official lollipop update, and since there are working recoveries, you should be able to use chainfire's systemless superSU root method (you most likely need the systemless root because the lollipop update is 5.1.1). The fact remains though that nobody has made a custom ROM for this tablet. Sorry
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Thanks for the reply. What can I do to help the situation? What would be required on my end to port a different ROM to it? Either from a "stock" Cyanogenmod or from an existing Galaxy Tab 4 ROM?

Coachmark2 said:
Thanks for the reply. What can I do to help the situation? What would be required on my end to port a different ROM to it? Either from a "stock" Cyanogenmod or from an existing Galaxy Tab 4 ROM?
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For cyanogenmod you'd need a computer running linux, whether in a virtual machine or dual booting windows and linux (I have that setup on my Windows laptop, Ubuntu works fine), you'd need to set up your build environment, sync the necessary repos from Cyanogenmod's github, you may or may not (but probably will) have to create a device tree, but I imagine you can probably use moonbutt74's github repos to get you started on that, and once all that preliminary work is done you'll have to figure out what proprietary files are needed from the Tab itself. And of course it would be a good idea to download and inspect Samsung's source code for your device. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this would be a good place to start reading: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Development#Learning_To_Build_CM

Thank you for the very thorough response. I just don't wanna be "that guy" who gets on here and says "Waaahhhh the devs aren't supporting my device!" I'd rather help
When I get home in a few days, I'll fire up the build environ and see what I can do with her. Here's hoping no bricking!

SM-T337T
Coachmark2 said:
Thank you for the very thorough response. I just don't wanna be "that guy" who gets on here and says "Waaahhhh the devs aren't supporting my device!" I'd rather help
When I get home in a few days, I'll fire up the build environ and see what I can do with her. Here's hoping no bricking!
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I have that device on 5.1.1 and rooted it here(in case you haven't found this yet);
//autoroot.chainfire.eu/
Root available for both 4.4.4 & 5.1.1.
I would personally love to see marshmallow on this device! Currently settling for some Touch-Wiz debloating for now.

Does anyone have updates on this? I recently got an SM-T337T and would like to de-bloat it -- first on the chopping block would be TouchWiz. If there's a ROM that takes care of this, that would be nice, but I might be able to do it on my own?
Also, I'd really like 6.0.1, instead of 5.1.1 that's currently on it.

SnowWolf75 said:
Does anyone have updates on this? I recently got an SM-T337T and would like to de-bloat it -- first on the chopping block would be TouchWiz. If there's a ROM that takes care of this, that would be nice, but I might be able to do it on my own?
Also, I'd really like 6.0.1, instead of 5.1.1 that's currently on it.
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Just picked one of these up for Mom and have rooted and flashed TWRP, but was wondering if anyone knows of a ROM or at least debloating scripts...?
Thanks!

Hey Coach,
I know this thread is quite dated but just hoping you might have succeeded in either creating or finding a custom ROM for this device? I'm still using mine but finding more and more apps no longer supported on 5.1.1.
Thanks!

Lenovo TB3-850F root?

Just got this tablet today for around the house use light gaming watching YouTube and reading books on it but i can't find any info on this thing and what I do find is conflicting box says 1.00ghz on the 8inch website says 1.30ghz and a completely different cpu, mines manufacturer date was a month ago so I thought I had the latest model it has android 6.0 on it from the factory
Question is its pretty slow in basic games and Web browsing etc is there any info on rooting this or installing a rom allowing over clocking, I'd like to get the performance up a bit if possible.. I have noticed it cuts all cores off but one during some tasks and makes it come to a stand still almost so if I could root just to stop that I'd be happy

Kingroot, maybe?
https://kingroot.net/
I'd be hesitant, though; since it doesn't seem like there's any TWRP - and you'd def want a backup of the system before you root, or OTAs will be a nope.

kingroot failed, requested root and it shows 1 request so i doubt there is any root available for it right now its too new

alastorx said:
kingroot failed, requested root and it shows 1 request so i doubt there is any root available for it right now its too new
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boo-urns.

Kingo Root
Have you tried Kingo Root (via kingoapp.com)?
I was able to rooot my TB3-710F (Android 5.0.1 lollipop) with their windows version after a few attempts. Not sure if there was a trick to it or not. Have flashed back to stock and will try again to see if I can repeat.
Android 6.0 probably fixed most known exploits.

gb96.apk said:
Have you tried Kingo Root (via kingoapp.com)?
I was able to rooot my TB3-710F (Android 5.0.1 lollipop) with their windows version after a few attempts. Not sure if there was a trick to it or not. Have flashed back to stock and will try again to see if I can repeat.
Android 6.0 probably fixed most known exploits.
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Did u manage to get CWM or TWRP?

I had no problems with kingroot , it work very well and has a nice utility app to remove the bloatware etc. download it from the link in this forum here , because there seem to have many weird places who claim to have the latest and best one.. here is the link in the forum :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461

Any news? Does smb succeed with TWRP or root on device?

Hi All,
This is perfect thread, I was trying to find info on this Tablet, and there is hardly anything about it...
Has anyone managed to find / know, or get TWRP or CWM onto this device yet?? I was planning on picking one up tomorrow, but it all depends if there is a Custom Recovery available for it....
I see there is a custom recovery available for last years smaller 7" brother Tablet.... Please, let it be so....
Cheers, Lister

My Lenovo TB3-850F, Android 6.0, failed to root with KingRoot or KingoRoot (tried both the APK and Windows versions). Anyone have any other ideas?

My TB3-850F running 6.0, cant root. I've tried King Root, KingoRoot, and many others but nothing is working. Does anyone know how to fix this?

ManderZarshall said:
My TB3-850F running 6.0, cant root. I've tried King Root, KingoRoot, and many others but nothing is working. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Lenovo Tab 3 8/TB3-850F, Android 6..0...Full root with SuperSU 2.79 and TWRP 3.0.2-r1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-lenovo-tab3-8-tb3-850f-t3559786

MotoJunkie01 said:
Lenovo Tab 3 8/TB3-850F, Android 6..0...Full root with SuperSU 2.79 and TWRP 3.0.2-r1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-lenovo-tab3-8-tb3-850f-t3559786
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Worked great, thank you!

does any 1 know of any custom roms for this tablet ?

darknight83 said:
does any 1 know of any custom roms for this tablet ?
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None that I've been able to find. I'm currently compiling a modified, pre-rooted, debloated & deodexed stock 6.0.1 ROM for this tablet

Cool, that would be awesome. Let me know when it's done and I'll test it for you
Thanks

MotoJunkie01 said:
None that I've been able to find. I'm currently compiling a modified, pre-rooted, debloated & deodexed stock 6.0.1 ROM for this tablet
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On my TB3-850F I notice that Lenovo doesn't really add bloat to begin with. The non-standard apps can simply be uninstalled in the usual way. After years of using Samsung (Note, Note II, Tab 2) this is a refreshing change for me (on Samsung stock ROM the "extra" apps are baked in and can be frozen but not truly uninstalled; OK you can kind of uninstall them with 3C or Titanium but you can't actually reclaim any space so you might as well just freeze them).
Anyway I think a pre-rooted stock ROM is a good idea as there is no Chainfire Auto Root or similar yet and from the other forum posts on this device it's clear that people struggle when using adb and fastboot and TWRP if they are not already familiar with these kinds of tools and environments.

julian67 said:
On my TB3-850F I notice that Lenovo doesn't really add bloat to begin with. The non-standard apps can simply be uninstalled in the usual way. After years of using Samsung (Note, Note II, Tab 2) this is a refreshing change for me (on Samsung stock ROM the "extra" apps are baked in and can be frozen but not truly uninstalled; OK you can kind of uninstall them with 3C or Titanium but you can't actually reclaim any space so you might as well just freeze them).
Anyway I think a pre-rooted stock ROM is a good idea as there is no Chainfire Auto Root or similar yet and from the other forum posts on this device it's clear that people struggle when using adb and fastboot and TWRP if they are not already familiar with these kinds of tools and environments.
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Lenovo is certainly more sparing on the bloat than manufacturers like Samsung for sure, not to mention all the bloat that comes pre-installed on the bulk of carrier branded devices. There are several Google related applications, however, which are baked in. With deodexing, lib removals, app data and app cache, I have been able to free up nearly 500 MB of space, leaving the end user with a bare bones Google infrastructure -- Google Play Services, Framework, Play Store, etc. More and more Android enthusiasts are becoming focused on privacy, and are steering away from all the Google centered applications.
Yeah on root I'm including a patched boot image for full systemless root support, using @Chainfire's SuperSU v2.79 TWRP flashable zip. I've made a couple of stability tweaks to the TWRP custom recovery already available for this tablet as well.
Oh, keep in mind on this particular MTK Board Platform and partitioning index, the /system image partition is allotted to 3.0GB. With bloat removed and some cleanup, the /system partition can be re-sized to 2.3GB using ext4fs, leaving 700MB to be carried back over to the /data partition.

MotoJunkie01 said:
None that I've been able to find. I'm currently compiling a modified, pre-rooted, debloated & deodexed stock 6.0.1 ROM for this tablet
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Much more info in Lister of Smeg's thread (actually for TB3-850F) re recovery, root, stock ROMs etc, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/lenovo-tab3-8-2016-custom-recovery-t3483454

MotoJunkie01 said:
None that I've been able to find. I'm currently compiling a modified, pre-rooted, debloated & deodexed stock 6.0.1 ROM for this tablet
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You may be interested in this ROM I mentioned in Lister of Smeg's TB3-850F Thread. It's for sister tablet with SIM card, TB3-850M. Fran89 has been working on device tree etc for TB3-850F, but efforts with custom ROM seem to have stalled. PW.
Firmware
Custom ROM - TB3-850M_Corsair_Edition (Android 6.0, odex, root, pure) - for 850M here:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=764969&st=80 (p5)
Points to:
https://mega.nz/#!y4N2FKBR!eBjDn0l5nfKjTuSO46o3QiKv-Sud4NCoMYUBX7IwOTc
Full link text:
http://4pda.ru/pages/go/?u=https://...fKjTuSO46o3QiKv-Sud4NCoMYUBX7IwOTc&e=56808907
They say not for 850F (p14), but someone may want to try. Be CAREFUL! M Model has different processor.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime G50R4 Custom Recovery

Has anyone had any luck flashing CWM or TWRP for this model phone? It looks like it isn't compatible, but just wanted to check. I got my phone rooted (finally), thanks to Aboman . I am kind of concerned about using Odin on my laptop to backup my entire phone, because it is external to the device. I am hoping that I can get some more info on how to ensure I backup my device properly before attempting to add Xposed and other programs. Has anyone had luck with this? I already have used Android SDK to backup my system (I think). Has anyone used this method before? I also have Flashfire Installed and have been searching for more information on shortfalls of backing up using the different methods or even which is best and what is not necessary to backup. I want to take as many steps as I can to prevent any issues, as I need my phone for work, but I still want to get the virtual gyroscope installed and working (along with some other apps I have found on my journey to this point) in order to play apps that require a gyroscope. ((MOST DO! WHO KNEW?!)). Any help would be greatly appreciated. >_<
THANKS

nick.squatta.reynolds said:
Has anyone had any luck flashing CWM or TWRP for this model phone? It looks like it isn't compatible, but just wanted to check. I got my phone rooted (finally), thanks to Aboman . I am kind of concerned about using Odin on my laptop to backup my entire phone, because it is external to the device. I am hoping that I can get some more info on how to ensure I backup my device properly before attempting to add Xposed and other programs. Has anyone had luck with this? I already have used Android SDK to backup my system (I think). Has anyone used this method before? I also have Flashfire Installed and have been searching for more information on shortfalls of backing up using the different methods or even which is best and what is not necessary to backup. I want to take as many steps as I can to prevent any issues, as I need my phone for work, but I still want to get the virtual gyroscope installed and working (along with some other apps I have found on my journey to this point) in order to play apps that require a gyroscope. ((MOST DO! WHO KNEW?!)). Any help would be greatly appreciated. >_<
THANKS
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Go to build.clockworkmod.com
And try creating one for your device.

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Owen007 said:
Go to build.clockworkmod.com
And try creating one for your device.
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The link gives me a 503 and, judging by the text there, I need to know Linux commands. I am willing to learn, but I am sure something this complicated will take more than a noob knowledge of the language. I have NGINX, but don't yet have the Win10 Linux addon and, thus don't have Ubuntu (yet). I haven't looked at NGINX and got it as supporting software for a program I needed off of GitHub. If you could send me another link, it would be appreciated, so that I can at least take a look and see if it is something I could handle.
TYVM for your post.
-Nick

nick.squatta.reynolds said:
The link gives me a 503 and, judging by the text there, I need to know Linux commands. I am willing to learn, but I am sure something this complicated will take more than a noob knowledge of the language. I have NGINX, but don't yet have the Win10 Linux addon and, thus don't have Ubuntu (yet). I haven't looked at NGINX and got it as supporting software for a program I needed off of GitHub. If you could send me another link, it would be appreciated, so that I can at least take a look and see if it is something I could handle.
TYVM for your post.
-Nick
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Nope u dont need any skills of programming to create a cwm recovery from that website when u open it u just need to add your recovery.img file and other files of your device. Click generate and it will create one for your device.. I have tested it on my brothers phonr and it created a cwm recovery for it. That website is specially created for new people.
Maybe try another browser. Or changing your proxy settings.

Owen007 said:
Nope u dont need any skills of programming to create a cwm recovery from that website when u open it u just need to add your recovery.img file and other files of your device. Click generate and it will create one for your device.. I have tested it on my brothers phonr and it created a cwm recovery for it. That website is specially created for new people.
Maybe try another browser. Or changing your proxy settings.
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The link you sent was just a bit off. I Googled it and found it without issue. Thanks for the link. The only thing I am concerned about is my phone being a Samsung and having TouchWiz. I have heard that Samsungs can get into a boot loop when trying to flash the program.

nick.squatta.reynolds said:
The link you sent was just a bit off. I Googled it and found it without issue. Thanks for the link. The only thing I am concerned about is my phone being a Samsung and having TouchWiz. I have heard that Samsungs can get into a boot loop when trying to flash the program.
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Yup samsung will get bootloop I am also on touchwiz. I have twrp 3.0.2 its fine. Have xposed installed.

Owen007 said:
Yup samsung will get bootloop I am also on touchwiz. I have twrp 3.0.2 its fine. Have xposed installed.
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Thanks! Appreciated!

@nick.squatta.reynolds Post screenshot from your about phone. Also post your boot.img nd recovery.img
Nd please if you don't mind make your name shorter it gets confusing while mentioning.

Has.007 said:
@nick.squatta.reynolds Post screenshot from your about phone. Also post your boot.img nd recovery.img
Nd please if you don't mind make your name shorter it gets confusing while mentioning.
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Device name:
Galaxy Grand Prime
Model number:
SM-G530R4
Android version:
5.1.1
Android security patch level:
2015-12-01
Baseband version:
G530R4TYU1AOL2
Kernel version:
3.10.49-6533469
[email protected] #1
Wed Dec 9 19:20:50 KST 2015
Build number:
LMY47X.G530R4TYU1AOL2
Hardware version:
G530R4.03
KNOX version:
KNOX 2.4
Standard SDK 5.4.0
Premium SDK 2.4.0
Customization SDK 2.4.0
Container 2.4.0
CEP 2.0.1
Enterprise Billing 1.1.0
OTP 1.1.0
SE for Android 2.3.0
SSO 2.4.0
TIMA 3.0
VPN 2.2.0
I am unable to upload images, as I have nowhere to host them online, but here are my specs. Unfortunately, I am unable to change my name now that I am registered. If you have any ideas, let me know.

Still trying to get this working, as now I gave up on Xposed and am now trying to UNroot my phone, in order to be compatible with Pokemon Go