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[Q] Verizon G-Tab Update - Effect on rooted tab?

If I do the Verizon update will it "unroot" my Tab? Will it screw anything up?
Thanks.

I'm not sure, I'm rooted and when I clicked to install the update, my tab did nothing. I know that doesn't help.

Same thing happened to me, there is another thread about this and there is a post of the update file, I ran that and it worked

robinsmy1 said:
Same thing happened to me, there is another thread about this and there is a post of the update file, I ran that and it worked
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Do you have a link to that thread?
-- thanks, mike

Here is the dropbox link from the thread
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11358417/fcaaa4b8ca18.htm
this is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12727936&postcount=7

robinsmy1 said:
Here is the dropbox link from the thread
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11358417/fcaaa4b8ca18.htm
this is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12727936&postcount=7
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Hmmm. When I click those links I get a bunch gobblygoop on my screen.
EDIT: Just read it needs to be opened in IE. Weird.

Yeah, I found it weird too.
I never tried from the Tab though, might work from there I guess
Update:tried from tab with Dolphin....same result as Chrome

Ok, so now it's on the Tab. How do I make the update do it's thing?

name it update.zip....put it in root of SD, reboot to recovery and choose install update.zip
At least that is what I did and it worked perfectly......do it at your own risk though.

robinsmy1 said:
name it update.zip....put it in root of SD, reboot to recovery and choose install update.zip
At least that is what I did and it worked perfectly......do it at your own risk though.
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Dumb question: How do I boot to recovery?

Turn off....hold volume up while powering on
Volume down to install update.zip and press home. (after menu comes up)
Make sure you have decently full battery or on AC

Worked! Thanks!

Still can't copy/paste from the mail program.

Update
I zipped the file so it should be easier to dl. Try this link. If you are going to rename it unzip it first, then rename. It was originally a htm file in my cache folder but as above some have had success renaming and flashing it. I have not tried yet myself yet as I'd like to here from people who have root and bootstrapped ext filesystem. If you do let us all know your results. Cheers.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/fcaaa4b8ca18.htm.zip?w=64e40992

I put the update.zip on rapidshare for anyone who wants it
http://rapidshare.com/files/456489639/update.zip

So has anyone successfully updated that was rooted and running ext4?

Will it affect kernels or root access? If this gets rid of my of my kernel and won't allow to reflash ill be pissed! So if anyone has installed this please let me know. And if it's for the worst. Tell me how to get rid of the damn update icon!
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coheirnt said:
Will it affect kernels or root access? If this gets rid of my of my kernel and won't allow to reflash ill be pissed! So if anyone has installed this please let me know. And if it's for the worst. Tell me how to get rid of the damn update icon!
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Root was still there, and kernel build number did not change. the [email protected] did change.
I cannot guarantee that it will not affect kernel, but it did number change the build number so it suggests it did not

[Q] boot.IMG issue

I have a razrm xt907 the ROM I am currently running is deadrage and I wanna flash in the liquidsmooth ROM but every time I attempt to flash liquid smooth in it does work but the old deadrage boot.IMG remains I have wiped everything more than three times and the old logo still remains any help to resolve this would be useful I'm sure its a stupid fix but I am a newbie in this

Musiv said:
I have a razrm xt907 the ROM I am currently running is deadrage and I wanna flash in the liquidsmooth ROM but every time I attempt to flash liquid smooth in it does work but the old deadrage boot.IMG remains I have wiped everything more than three times and the old logo still remains any help to resolve this would be useful I'm sure its a stupid fix but I am a newbie in this
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Goodies! stockboot logo.zip
flash from recovery

Musiv said:
I have a razrm xt907 the ROM I am currently running is deadrage and I wanna flash in the liquidsmooth ROM but every time I attempt to flash liquid smooth in it does work but the old deadrage boot.IMG remains I have wiped everything more than three times and the old logo still remains any help to resolve this would be useful I'm sure its a stupid fix but I am a newbie in this
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DeadCalm(Rage) has the boot logo in 2 locations. The normal place, system/media, and another, I think in system/data. Use a file explorer to find the one that's NOT in the system/media folder and just delete it. You're looking for something by the name of "bootanimation.zip."

I have looked in the file you stated I have had no luck finding it
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Musiv said:
I have looked in the file you stated I have had no luck finding it
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
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Sorry, it took me a while to respond. I had to try to figure out if I told you correct locations. The boot animation should be in system/media, however I told you it could also be in system/data on this ROM. However, I looked around a little and I think it's actually in data/local or data/media. I saw this in another thread, but I wasn't able to check in phone because I'm running a different ROM. Delete the one in data/local and leave the other one in system/media.

boot.img issue
RikRong said:
Sorry, it took me a while to respond. I had to try to figure out if I told you correct locations. The boot animation should be in system/media, however I told you it could also be in system/data on this ROM. However, I looked around a little and I think it's actually in data/local or data/media. I saw this in another thread, but I wasn't able to check in phone because I'm running a different ROM. Delete the one in data/local and leave the other one in system/media.
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thank you for responding
is it possible that the deadrage logo was somehow embedded between the rom and recovery and thats why i cannot delete it and if so how do i get rid of it
btw are you one of the original developers of the rom
i have attempted to delete the file in the location you stated but to no avail

Musiv said:
thank you for responding
is it possible that the deadrage logo was somehow embedded between the rom and recovery and thats why i cannot delete it and if so how do i get rid of it
btw are you one of the original developers of the rom
i have attempted to delete the file in the location you stated but to no avail
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So this did not work?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...calm-v14-7172013-412-base/page-30#entry340420

Musiv said:
thank you for responding
is it possible that the deadrage logo was somehow embedded between the rom and recovery and thats why i cannot delete it and if so how do i get rid of it
btw are you one of the original developers of the rom
i have attempted to delete the file in the location you stated but to no avail
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Sorry, I'm a little dense sometimes, it just clicked in my head that you were talking about the image and not the animation. This needs to be flashed in recovery. There is a thread on Droidrzr.com and, I think on here, that have flashable boot images. Again, I apologize for being slow.
Sent from my Droid Razr M using xda app-developers app

Oh believe me I am not complaining thank you for the help I believe I know what to change
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Musiv said:
Oh believe me I am not complaining thank you for the help I believe I know what to change
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
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Here's the thread on DroidRzr. It gives you two options, you can make your own or you can DL the flashable .zip. Personally, I take the easy way and choose the flashable .zip. Just DL and flash in recovery.
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/23376-mega-collection-of-bootlogos-request-thread/

[Q] Cannot change boot animations/sound

Before you all start yelling at me for not looking around on the forum, i actually did look around, but most answers were different and were confusing me.
Im running bobcat Rom and the boot animation and sound are horrible! I tried alot of methodes to install boot animations but always failed.
Can someone please help me out with this stupid thing?
Thanks ♥

From where you are downloading bootanimation? It must be flashable zip file?
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

tollboy said:
From where you are downloading bootanimation? It must be flashable zip file?
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I tried boot animation app, and i tried some bootanimation from here, which i installed trough "install update from ZIP".

Yea..im quite confused with the bootanimation and bootsound file structure of this phone. Usually it will just be sitting there, bootanimation.zip, but here, all I see is .qmg?
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2

snowyfoxy said:
I tried boot animation app, and i tried some bootanimation from here, which i installed trough "install update from ZIP".
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I guess you forgot to paste the boot-animation link.
Your fone must be rooted as you are installing custom rom. you can manually replace the bootanimation file using root explorer.
Try this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993710
Let me know if you still have issue.

Yeah same all i see is .qmg
and tollboy, Isnt it obvious when someone has a custom rom, that hes phone is rooted? lol

snowyfoxy said:
Yeah same all i see is .qmg
and tollboy, Isnt it obvious when someone has a custom rom, that hes phone is rooted? lol
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I was implying the same..:victory:

Ok, but can someone ****ing give the solution already to this easy problem?

I have the same issue, is someone have found a solution yet????

you can copy/paste files to the phone in the followingstructure:-
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungmini.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungminiloop.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOn.ogg
/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOff.ogg
/system/media/video/shutdown/shutdown.qmg
/system/media/video/shutdown/shutdown.qmg.cover
first 4 files are to do with boot animation, next 2 are the boot and shutdown sounds and the last 2 are shutdown animation.
once you copy them accross, you msut set permisions on all files to rw-r--r--
an example of a flashable zip is attached, and this just saves the bother of doing it all manually. just flash it from custom recovery (and maybe need to wipe dalvik and cache, I've heard that changes to system files on odex roms require this?)
p.s. the attached file is the s5 boot animations and sounds. i didn't make it....can't remember where i got it, so apologies to the creator

Recovery Issues

Hey guys I'm fairly new to the droid, but not new to installing stuff and that. I've tried multiple times to install a recovery but twrp doesn't, through fast boot it says it's invalid or something. Somehow I got cwm on it but to install a new Rom I've to make a complete backup since I've heard these phones brick pretty easily. The data can't be mounted to backup And I can't backup on internal storage either.
If you guys could help me out a bit it would be great. Thanks
Sent from my XT907 using XDA Free mobile app

jafferkhan said:
Hey guys I'm fairly new to the droid, but not new to installing stuff and that. I've tried multiple times to install a recovery but twrp doesn't, through fast boot it says it's invalid or something. Somehow I got cwm on it but to install a new Rom I've to make a complete backup since I've heard these phones brick pretty easily. The data can't be mounted to backup And I can't backup on internal storage either.
If you guys could help me out a bit it would be great. Thanks
Sent from my XT907 using XDA Free mobile app
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Which system version are you on, and which version of TWRP did you try? Where did you get the TWRP? Check this thread it has all the walkthroughs and download links needed... Side note this should be in general or q&a not in the Dev section
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

I'm on the stock rom 4.4, and I've already gone through the steps, as I said and understand how these things work, the cwm I'm using now installed but doesn't allow for a data backup. I read there isn't one for this phone which allows that.
Sent from my XT907 using XDA Free mobile app

Which TWRP did you use... Where did you get it from.... Please check the linked thread and ensure you grabbed the proper TWRP for our device also maybe try flashing by a different method if you did use the correct TWRP
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

jafferkhan said:
I'm on the stock rom 4.4, and I've already gone through the steps, as I said and understand how these things work, the cwm I'm using now installed but doesn't allow for a data backup. I read there isn't one for this phone which allows that.
Sent from my XT907 using XDA Free mobile app
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Actually I am also on 4.4 kk.. And also I tried a lot TWRP's they don't work! Idk why but just didn't open when click to recovery!
Also a lot of cwm's won't work. I only found one working recovery.

livecouk said:
Actually I am also on 4.4 kk.. And also I tried a lot TWRP's they don't work! Idk why but just didn't open when click to recovery!
Also a lot of cwm's won't work. I only found one working recovery.
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i went through the suggested link again, decided to go with Twrp and used flashr from playstore to flash it. worked out great, now i've got a fully backed up stock 4.4

dbreezy187 said:
Which system version are you on, and which version of TWRP did you try? Where did you get the TWRP? Check this thread it has all the walkthroughs and download links needed... Side note this should be in general or q&a not in the Dev section
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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got it, thanks mate

Bricked lg g2-d802! Help!

So, I was going to do a clean flash... but I accidentaly checked "Internal Storage" and now I only have TWRP and Download mode working... I have the International Model (D802) and the phone is charged at 100%. With the LG Mobile thingy is reveals the LG G2 D802 has a LGV500 (a G Pad, really?) WHAT DO I CAN DO? ç.ç :crying:

Hey Bro.
Don't worry, I got you
Follow this thread closely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
If it's any comfort, I made the same mistake first time I had to reflash my rom.
So calm down and focus. Don't plug the USB our when doing this, it will brick your phone completely.
Best regards, vPro.

vPro97 said:
Hey Bro.
Don't worry, I got you
Follow this thread closely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
If it's any comfort, I made the same mistake first time I had to reflash my rom.
So calm down and focus. Don't plug the USB our when doing this, it will brick your phone completely.
Best regards, vPro.
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OK, when I was waiting for your answer, I just tried to flash with ADB Sideload... and it actually works! I've flashed the baseband of cloudyg3's... but when i want to flash the rom it says "cannot read "cloudyrom.zip""
So what do i do to flash the rom with adb?

0144walter said:
OK, when I was waiting for your answer, I just tried to flash with ADB Sideload... and it actually works! I've flashed the baseband of cloudyg3's... but when i want to flash the rom it says "cannot read "cloudyrom.zip""
So what do i do to flash the rom with adb?
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You need to type the name exactly as it says on the zip.

vPro97 said:
You need to type the name exactly as it says on the zip.
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I'm a noob... but not so much to make that error... I rename the zip because I was thinking that the dots (CloudyG3_[2.1] <---- these dots) is making adb not read the zip, so I rename it to a simple "cloudyrom" and it doesnt work anyway.... but I'm a little more happy because I know that I can still make the phone work

What's the command you're using?

vPro97 said:
What's the command you're using?
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The same comand that I used for kk_baseband
"adb sideload cloudyrom.zip"

0144walter said:
The same comand that I used for kk_baseband
"adb sideload cloudyrom.zip"
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i have the same problem here (crying::crying:
maybe you cant flash cloudyrom via sideload because it aroma installer try cyanogenmod 11

AJDA said:
i have the same problem here (crying::crying:
maybe you cant flash cloudyrom via sideload because it aroma installer try cyanogenmod 11
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I solved the problem flashing stock ROM with LG Flash Tool 2014, and now I've got again CloudyG3 and somehow the complete wipe made the telephone more faster lol , but there is a little bit of battery drain... Don't know what to do now, but its working good!
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Free mobile app

0144walter said:
I solved the problem flashing stock ROM with LG Flash Tool 2014, and now I've got again CloudyG3 and somehow the complete wipe made the telephone more faster lol , but there is a little bit of battery drain... Don't know what to do now, but its working good!
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Free mobile app
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I'm happy to hear that
and im fix my g2 too hahhaha