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Cannot Root Galaxy tab2 10.1 P5100

Hi, i have a galaxy tab 2 10.1 P5100 and i need to install VNC server. VNC server apps needs rooted device to run, so i want to root my tab..
I have follow this thread step by step but i still have no luck to push CWM.. After flash GT-P5100_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.5.0.4.tar in ODIN, I restart my device into recovery mode but it goes into Android recovery <3e> not into CWM.. has anyone facing this problem?

yuiaddict said:
I have follow this thread step by step but i still have no luck to push CWM.. After flash GT-P5100_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.5.0.4.tar in ODIN, I restart my device into recovery mode but it goes into Android recovery <3e> not into CWM.. has anyone facing this problem?
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Hi.
1) When you connect your Tab to the PC does ODIN recognize it? As in in one of the little boxes it should say something like "COM4".
2) Is your tablet is in download mode? This displays the green android with what I think is Metatron's Cube as its heart.
3) Are you making sure that the .tar file is being placed under PDA?
3) Do you get the green box at the completion of the flash?
4) Can you get past 3E recovery to the Samsung logo then to your home screens(s)?

I have same problem with P5113
I am having the same problem with my P5113. The answer to questions 1, 2 and both 3's is yes. For question 4 if your asking can I reboot to stock and use the tablet then that is a yes also. Like yuiaddict I have followed the step just as they are written several times without sucess. I have 4.0.4 installed.

murdawg said:
I am having the same problem with my P5113. The answer to questions 1, 2 and both 3's is yes. For question 4 if your asking can I reboot to stock and use the tablet then that is a yes also. Like yuiaddict I have followed the step just as they are written several times without sucess. I have 4.0.4 installed.
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Some ppl are having problems flashing cwm on 4.0.4, downgrade to 4.0.3
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How do I downgrade to 4.0.3?

murdawg said:
How do I downgrade to 4.0.3?
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Follow the return to stock instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27671362
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same
i also cant flash clockworkmod on mp p3100 even after truing this link

failed to root, now bricked, lost in the sauce

Rooting my Galaxy S4 has been one of the biggest pains in my rear ever and now I'm bricked and need a bit of help.
Normally, when I want to root a phone, I come here, to XDA, and follow a nice well written up-to-date thread on how to do it and it works. For the S4 however, I can't find any such threads that are not either old, out-of-date, or they use so many abbreviations for things I have no clue what they are talking about.
I started out with a totally stock Samsung Galaxy S4, was a VPUAMDL.
I used ODIN to push TWRP tarball. I then used TWRP to install the CWM SuperSU zip file.
I noticed when it started up that I had no root, I had the SuperSU program however, it nor another program I got on the marketplace, could confirm root.
Bit of looking I found this: galaxys4root (DOT) com/galaxy-s4-root/sprint-vpuamdl-firmware-update-root-fix/
(sorry, can't post full links yet)
Which basically informed me that VPUAMDL needs a new kernel to remove the SetUID restrictions.
I downloaded that file, and put it on my SD card. Booted into TWRP and installed. now my phone is bricked. gets to the "Samsung Galaxy S4" startup splash screen on black background
I am looking for a kernel that will work, either the stock kernel or not.
I am also looking for a good tut on rooting the S4, as all the tuts I have used have been utter wasted time.
I have ODIN, and can boot TWRP, ODIN mode, etc on my phone.
have no clue where to go from here and Im afraid to start trying to download random files and get everything mixed and confused.
Thanks for any help at all.

CF Auto Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
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FanOfSkynyrd said:
CF Auto Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
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I followed that page, pushed it, installed fine, 100% no errors.
still bricked at GS4 startup splashscreen.
It did finish successfully and I saw the screen with the red android.
It removed TWRP and replaced it with the stock recovery as it should have.
I am actually surprised myself that it is still bricked at the GS4 splash.

Odin stock everything. See if it boots. Then try to root after that.

Stealyourface said:
Odin stock everything. See if it boots. Then try to root after that.
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I am failing to find stock everything to push.
I think I stated that, not sure... hmm
none the less. I do not have a stock kernel or recovery on hand. I can not find one either as there seem to be a plethora of kernels and threads and pages all for different files and downloads. Sifting through trying to find something is becoming harsh. Thus this thread.

You are not bricked if your phone can turn on and go to download mode or recovery.
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GiantJay said:
You are not bricked if your phone can turn on and go to download mode or recovery.
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Well then its whatever you want to call it when it wont boot the operating system and is totally un-usable as a phone or mobile device.

I would go HERE
That is the thread for stock MDL stuff.
Download and flash the kernel and full wipe rom for MDL.
Then upgrade to MF9.

+2 ^^^^ to what he said :edit:
Nice tut on rooting the s4 thanks to mudavo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...to Full Stock [MF9] w/ Root & Custom Recovery
There is also a video tutorial stickied in android devolpment
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Thanks guys, going to try some of the stuff from there. Hope i get it going. Need mah phone back! lol

Wooo, those links where just what I needed. Thanks a lot.
Got my phone back on and now I have a stock file in case I muck things up again.

Just make a nand back up and restore when something bad happens ive mucked up alot and it has always saved me
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[Q][SOLVED] Cant root it please help ! gt-i9500

Hey guys ! Im having trouble at the moment with rooting my Galaxy s4 GT-I9500 Baseband:I9500XXUBMG9 Build NO: JDQ39.I9500XXUBMG9
I have tried and followed many instructioner guys who suggests either cwm method or cf-auto-root method. And I tried also trouble-shootings that are possible with those steps. (Need to mention that i was able to root my old Galaxy s3 phone without any trouble.)
After using up Odin to flash CWM recovery, phone boots up as usual and then I shut it down and perform VolumeUP-power-home as usual and I end up with stock recovery all the time.
Once I managed to get into CWM recovery and flashed supersu over it , then reboot .after having phone opened, I see that superSu cant install binary then figured out the phone again! turned out to be in the stock recovery.
Please help me out guys! If theres anything that you may not understand above is becuz of my English. Feel free to ask over and over again what I did mean .
I appreciate all your future helps !
thanks from now on.!

I found the solution on my own. It was my fault not to see that usb debugging is unchecked. I supposed it was checked when i was performing on Odin.
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[Q] Safestrap TWRP Galaxy S4 MF3

I just have a few concerns after "rooting" my MF3 S4. I want to run CM.10 nightly rom, and the only way I can install the CM.10 rom is by the Safestrap TWRP method as a "temporary solution" for locked bootloader because of the OTA update to MF3. Backing up a "Rooted Stocked Rom" right after I flash the "custom recovery" (I know it's not really a real custom recovery), will I be able to "Clean Install" CM10 by wiping everything before installing CM.10? Will the backup be reliable source to recover in the Safestrap TRWP "recovery"??? Thanks for reading and thanks for any help to my question and even possible success stories in advance.

franchize1989 said:
I just have a few concerns after "rooting" my MF3 S4. I want to run CM.10 nightly rom, and the only way I can install the CM.10 rom is by the Safestrap TWRP method as a "temporary solution" for locked bootloader because of the OTA update to MF3. Backing up a "Rooted Stocked Rom" right after I flash the "custom recovery" (I know it's not really a real custom recovery), will I be able to "Clean Install" CM10 by wiping everything before installing CM.10? Will the backup be reliable source to recover in the Safestrap TRWP "recovery"??? Thanks for reading and thanks for any help to my question and even possible success stories in advance.
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You can't use cm roms, only tw based roms in safestrap.

thanks for the help. is there any Roms similar to CM.10 that will work? and is a back up of the "root stock ROM" reliable to flash if there are any issues?
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Closest you can get that I know of is the gpe 4.2.2 rom.
Sent from the other side of the Milky Way with my S4.

My MF3 S4's recovery is gone. I rooted then tried installing the TWRP Recovery through Goomanager. The phone works, but I can't factory reset it in anyway possible. Is there a way to fix my recovery image when its fine because of Loki? or, is there a way to install the twrp recovery through Goomanager? maybe keep on trying? any experience?
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franchize1989 said:
My MF3 S4's recovery is gone. I rooted then tried installing the TWRP Recovery through Goomanager. The phone works, but I can't factory reset it in anyway possible. Is there a way to fix my recovery image when its fine because of Loki? or, is there a way to install the twrp recovery through Goomanager? maybe keep on trying? any experience?
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There is a guy that said he took the stock images from his buddies MF3 phone and used ADB to push the image back on his MF3 phone.the thread is in the forum.
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franchize1989 said:
My MF3 S4's recovery is gone. I rooted then tried installing the TWRP Recovery through Goomanager. The phone works, but I can't factory reset it in anyway possible. Is there a way to fix my recovery image when its fine because of Loki? or, is there a way to install the twrp recovery through Goomanager? maybe keep on trying? any experience?
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Took mine up to best buy. If your phone says custom status on it use my guide to fix it and you'll be good to go. All they really do is hook up your phone put it in dfu mode and flash the mf3 firmware back to stock takes only like 5-10 mins
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[email protected] said:
Took mine up to best buy. If your phone says custom status on it use my guide to fix it and you'll be good to go. All they really do is hook up your phone put it in dfu mode and flash the mf3 firmware back to stock takes only like 5-10 mins
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Because I didn't set my phone in "download (Odin)" mode, that's why when the worker connected the phone to the Samsung Tool it read "my device is not supported."? Before the worker connects my phone to Samsung Tool, put my phone in "download" mode?
I've went to best buy Samsung to try to reflash, but somehow my "device is not supported" when they connected my phone.

franchize1989 said:
Because I didn't set my phone in "download (Odin)" mode, that's why when the worker connected the phone to the Samsung Tool it read "my device is not supported."? Before the worker connects my phone to Samsung Tool, put my phone in "download" mode?
I've went to best buy Samsung to try to reflash, but somehow my "device is not supported" when they connected my phone.
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They can manually select your device from the list. It said my device is not supported but the girl at best buy selected the phone att sgh-i337 and than put it in download mode and ran the flash and it was up and running in 10 mins
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[email protected] said:
They can manually select your device from the list. It said my device is not supported but the girl at best buy selected the phone att sgh-i337 and than put it in download mode and ran the flash and it was up and running in 10 mins
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thanks for the help. I'll try this out tomorrow and report back on this thread with my result. I just didn't want to tell the worker how to do his job, but I'll be more direct when I try again with the information I have gathered since last time. thanks.

Phone stuck in boot loop

Ok so i cant find any solution to my problem... I have a Galaxy s4 SCH-i545 and it was running 4.4.2 and then i rooted it.. i installed safestrap and everything else i made a backup in safestrap and everything and then installed a ROM. after installing the ROM it loads the first samsung screen and just boot loops.. i tried clearing the cache and doing a factory reset.. i also cant get back into safestrap it goes into the default recovery by holding power, volume up and home.. I tried to re-install stock rom and im not sure if im downloading wrong one or what but when using odin or whatever it is called it fails everytime.. Someone please help there is money in it for you.. :crying:

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goninkedup said:
Ok so i cant find any solution to my problem... I have a Galaxy s4 SCH-i545 and it was running 4.4.2 and then i rooted it.. i installed safestrap and everything else i made a backup in safestrap and everything and then installed a ROM. after installing the ROM it loads the first samsung screen and just boot loops.. i tried clearing the cache and doing a factory reset.. i also cant get back into safestrap it goes into the default recovery by holding power, volume up and home.. I tried to re-install stock rom and im not sure if im downloading wrong one or what but when using odin or whatever it is called it fails everytime.. Someone please help there is money in it for you.. :crying:
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No need for the bounty brother...
But then check sammobile.com for the correct firmware of your phone and download only 4.4.2.
Not a version less. I.e DO NOT FLASH 4.3 or 4.2.2.
They wont work at all and will brick your device too..
So stay calm..download your 4.4.2 firmware from sammobile.com and flash it via odin ^_^
Nothing more in that..
Report if some error occurs again.
Plus if you are carrier specific as i can see...
This might work for you...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28866
Flash at your own risk brother..
Press Thanks if I helped
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uhmm
DeepankarS said:
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No need for the bounty brother...
But then check xxxxxxxx for the correct firmware of your pgone and download only 4.4.2.
Not a version less. I.e DO NOT FLASH 4.3 or 4.2.2.
They wont work at all and will brick your device too..
So stay calm..download your 4.4.2 firmware from xxxxxxxxx and flash it via odin ^_^
Nothing more in that..
Report if some error occurs again.
Plus if you are carrier specific as i can see...
This might work for you...
Flash at your own rish brother..
Press Thanks if I helped
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Dude no homo but i love you! thanks for helping. now i need to kmow how to properly intall roms...

goninkedup said:
Dude no homo but i love you! thanks for helping. now i need to kmow how to properly intall roms...
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Haha..nothing great in that too..
●Flash philz recovery.
●deknox it first, then root it and then update supersu by turning the phone on.
●Now flash any rom by using philz ^_^
This long method is just to avoid complications..
Otherwise you can directly flash a rom via philz without deknoxing your phone..most roms a pre-deknoxed.
Press Thanks if I helped
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DeepankarS said:
Haha..nothing great in that too..
●Flash philz recovery.
●deknox it first, then root it and then update supersu by turning the phone on.
●Now flash any rom by using philz ^_^
This long method is just to avoid complications..
Otherwise you can directly flash a rom via philz without deknoxing your phone..most roms a pre-deknoxed.
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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Ok im not familiar with any of that lol. Ive been using safestrap and just tried to install hyperdrive but when it finishes it starts to boot ant i just get a black screen. Also when i select reboot in safestrap on my stock ROM it says no OS found even though it boots fine. Ideas??

goninkedup said:
Ok im not familiar with any of that lol. Ive been using safestrap and just tried to install hyperdrive but when it finishes it starts to boot ant i just get a black screen. Also when i select reboot in safestrap on my stock ROM it says no OS found even though it boots fine. Ideas??
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Not much though.
But have you tried downloading towelroot from towelroot.com?
It is a one touch rooting app.
Press Thanks if I helped
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DeepankarS said:
Not much though.
But have you tried downloading towelroot from towelroot.com?
It is a one touch rooting app.
Press Thanks if I helped
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Yea I used that and I think that was the issue.. not sure.