Going back to stock android - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've had touchwiz on my tab from when it was released. Would I be able to go back to stock android if I just delete touchwiz from my tab.
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falcons2 said:
I've had touchwiz on my tab from when it was released. Would I be able to go back to stock android if I just delete touchwiz from my tab.
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Probably. Let me know if you figure out how to "delete touchwiz."

I don't see why deleting the update wouldn't work but just to be safe I'm gonna wait to see if someone else already successfully deleted touchwiz
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falcons2 said:
I don't see why deleting the update wouldn't work but just to be safe I'm gonna wait to see if someone else already successfully deleted touchwiz
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I don't see just deleting the update working, nor would I try it. I'm new to Samsung devices and TouchWiz but if it's anything like HTC and Sense when you download, except and install an update that update rewrites the Rom its self.
I know on a stock HTC EVO4G you could roll back an update by finding and installing an older RUU. An RUU is a stock image of your device that can be pushed to your device(in this case a EVO) that is basically what either was installed at the factory or was/is an image of the previous stock rom version. And if I remember correctly it didn't really matter if your device was rooted or not. Of course ourselves if it was rooted, it would break root. That was until HTC added and locked down the new bootloader.... But that's a decision for another forum and thread.
Again I'm new to Samsung and TouchWiz and haven't had the time lately to really really dig into the Tab to see what makes it work.
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Flash clockwork mod recovery via Odin, flash stock 3.1 ota ZIP file via clockwork. All this can be found in the sticky of the dev section.
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i tried flashing that file and its a no go. it aborted install

I thought touch wiz for the tab would of been a lot better then what it is
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2.1 -> 2.2 Error!

how's it going guys.
My Fascinate sometimes pops up with a blue/red screen saying that an update is available. Every time when I confirm it, it reboots but says it can't be completed because of an error or something. I rooted the phone, installed ClockworkMod and that's it. Erased all the unnecessary stock apps that comes with the phone. What's the problem?
You erased all the stock apps.
You have CWM.
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Kevin Gossett said:
You erased all the stock apps.
You have CWM.
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ah! ok ok. now will this be a problem still if I decide to update the firmware manually?
you can update to froyo with cwm by flashing a rom
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akanightmare said:
ah! ok ok. now will this be a problem still if I decide to update the firmware manually?
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yes I believe if you are running a rooted rom you cannot receive OTA updates.. however you can still do what was mentioned in the last post and use odin to put froyo on yourself, there's even debloated/deodexed packages so you don't have to do much work removing anything, but of course most of them will root your phone so still no OTA updates
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How to update my rooted NOTE to the official ATT ICS update that's coming tomorrow?

Hey everyone so I just read here... http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/att-samsung-galaxy-note-ics/...that Samsung is FINALLY rolling out the official ICS update. My NOTE however is running a custom DaGr8's AOKP ICS ROM...I'm a noob, can anyone tell me if I need to roll back to the bloated-stock ATT Gingerbread? And if yes, HOW??? Many thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
Can't help with your query (because I suck) ...I'm sure someone smarter than me (who doesn't)suck) will have the answer you seek..
Nice find on the link though...Thanks for that..Hopefully that will push my carrier up here to follow through ....
http://m-s-j.net/dagnarf/pda-odin-att-stock.rar
i believe this is what you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330
1st is download of tar
2nd is thread link
You can check the GNote super page...in the Gen section is is pinned...if you on a computer, check my links....
superdanfan said:
http://m-s-j.net/dagnarf/pda-odin-att-stock.rar
i believe this is what you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330
1st is download of tar
2nd is thread link
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that was wrong..sorry..go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518962
this is rolo racer thread..file is huge..follow steps..i bootlooped when it was finished ..dont worry..pull battery...3 button combo to cwm-hit factory reset..no need to cahe and davlik just factory reset and hit reboot..i just did this and worked perfectly..i am not a noob was just eager to help someone...i hope this helps someone
How long do you think it would take for the release tomorrow to become rooted? Im using T-Mobile, would 4g still work if I switched or do I have to wait for root?
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Its practically already rooted, do the se thing you did with the leaks
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How would you go about backing up and restoring contacts and texts/mms? Titanium backup shows the contacts and what not but it also says 2.3.6 at the end. I feel like restoring this 2.3.6 onto 4.0.4 might not work.
Also, I'm aware you shouldn't lose anything in the upgrade process but I want to factory reset and erase absolutely everything prior to this upgrade. I run a stock rooted ROM.
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bd11goal said:
How would you go about backing up and restoring contacts and texts/mms? Titanium backup shows the contacts and what not but it also says 2.3.6 at the end. I feel like restoring this 2.3.6 onto 4.0.4 might not work.
Also, I'm aware you shouldn't lose anything in the upgrade process but I want to factory reset and erase absolutely everything prior to this upgrade. I run a stock rooted ROM.
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i wouldnt restore ANY system data from gingerbread to ICS
but thats just me
it might work, but might have problems
Yea that's what I'm saying. So is there another method to backup restore texts? I see a method to put them on the SIM but you can only do them individually.
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bd11goal said:
Yea that's what I'm saying. So is there another method to backup restore texts? I see a method to put them on the SIM but you can only do them individually.
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Why don't you just install SMS backup from the market...that's what I use.
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ICS Update question ...

Obviously it hasn't been sent out throught at&t yet and I'm having a crap time with my CPU. Can I download the update like the old school days. Like do the update.zip deal?
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Sadly no....
Either Kies the update to the device,( for unrooted stock devices) or use the stock rooted version from the "note everything" thread...(pending a rooted device of course.) Or you can Odin push the .tar image from another PC.
"Bigfau" has 3 stock rom variants, all rooted, and all stock. these are zip files, so I'm guessing you are already rooted with CWM ?
If so...you can just download/flash these variants....g
gregsarg said:
Sadly no....
Either Kies the update to the device,( for unrooted stock devices) or use the stock rooted version from the "note everything" thread...(pending a rooted device of course.) Or you can Odin push the .tar image from another PC.
"Bigfau" has 3 stock rom variants, all rooted, and all stock. these are zip files, so I'm guessing you are already rooted with CWM ?
If so...you can just download/flash these variants....g
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I am not rooted at the moment
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We need to fix that problem...LOL
Kies update method is your only method until ATT sends the file OTA, or you root...g
I know! LOL my computer is in the shop
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zachsx said:
I know! LOL my computer is in the shop
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Just wait a bit more...IMHO
It's far better to have a solid working PC to flash with, than use a friends etc.
You will know what you're dealing with at least.
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New to S4. Now what?

So I used to have a fully unlocked Dinc2 and I was able to pick ip this S4. Wow what a major difference. I stopped the auto update while in the store and obtained root. Now what do I need to do to keep root and not have the auto update ever happening again. Also I just put on cwm recovery nothing else. What needs to b done now? Am I able to flash any ROM/kernel here or are there restrictions? Thamks yall for the help. Looking forward to the great development that is gonna happen.
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FordNate said:
So I used to have a fully unlocked Dinc2 and I was able to pick ip this S4. Wow what a major difference. I stopped the auto update while in the store and obtained root. Now what do I need to do to keep root and not have the auto update ever happening again. Also I just put on cwm recovery nothing else. What needs to b done now? Am I able to flash any ROM/kernel here or are there restrictions? Thamks yall for the help. Looking forward to the great development that is gonna happen.
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get titanium backup and freeze/backup+uninstall SDM that will keep updates from happening. (only for stock rom, once you install a rom it won't be a problem all roms have SDM disabled by default)
you can now flash any touchwiz rom however unless your cwm is loki'd you can't flash aosp roms (such as cyanogen mod, MIUI, aokp...)
so basically if you are not lokied you can flash only roms on the android development board if you ARE lokied you can flash those AND the ones in the ORIGINAL android development board.
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FordNate said:
So I used to have a fully unlocked Dinc2 and I was able to pick ip this S4. Wow what a major difference. I stopped the auto update while in the store and obtained root. Now what do I need to do to keep root and not have the auto update ever happening again. Also I just put on cwm recovery nothing else. What needs to b done now? Am I able to flash any ROM/kernel here or are there restrictions? Thamks yall for the help. Looking forward to the great development that is gonna happen.
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My suggestion is to flash the hyperdrive rom and have fun!
Drake9897 said:
My suggestion is to flash the hyperdrive rom and have fun!
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+1 for Hyperdrive!
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reinaldistic said:
get titanium backup and freeze/backup+uninstall SDM that will keep updates from happening. (only for stock rom, once you install a rom it won't be a problem all roms have SDM disabled by default)
you can now flash any touchwiz rom however unless your cwm is loki'd you can't flash aosp roms (such as cyanogen mod, MIUI, aokp...)
so basically if you are not lokied you can flash only roms on the android development board if you ARE lokied you can flash those AND the ones in the ORIGINAL android development board.
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Sweet time to look up loki, but first freeze that app... I hate being a flashoholic sometimes
FordNate said:
Sweet time to look up loki, but first freeze that app... I hate being a flashoholic sometimes
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if you look at cyanogenmod's thread it tells you how to do it in the requirements
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Need VZW OTA 4.3 Image to flash with Odin

So I did something really really dumb and did the OTA update to 4.3 then tried to "downgrade" to 4.1.x using oden and now I cant use my device. Does anyone have the OTA update for 4.3 available for download that I can try to fix my phone with?!?
go to sammobile. com and download it there.
I posted it in the development forum, with the rest of the stock restore images...
same problem here cant downgrade i was in 4.3 and root with kingo and then install recovery with rom manager and the boot in to recovery with the message : software not authorized by verizon,please help
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I posted it in the development forum, with the rest of the stock restore images...
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vladimirtm said:
same problem here cant downgrade i was in 4.3 and root with kingo and then install recovery with rom manager and the boot in to recovery with the message : software not authorized by verizon,please help
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Downgrading isn't possible. Neither is loading custom recovery. You now have a locked bootloader.
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so how i can fixed? im bricked
vladimirtm said:
so how i can fixed? im bricked
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Flash the 4.3 Odin file. Might need the pit file as well.
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where is it i cant found it
akellar said:
Flash the 4.3 Odin file. Might need the pit file as well.
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vladimirtm said:
where is it i cant found it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
As an option, you can still go to stock 4.1.1
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nikhil.kdhand said:
As an option, you can still go to stock 4.1.1
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You can not downgrade, and attempts to do so will potentially trip your KNOX counter. At the very least you'll end up soft-bricked and have to do a repair install....of 4.3.
nikhil.kdhand said:
As an option, you can still go to stock 4.1.1
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No you can't. As has been mentioned in just about every 4.3 thread multiple times.
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Meat & Potatoes:
I tried ODINing my GN2 back to stock 4.1.2 tonight - I rooted it a couple months ago. Did not install a custom ROM, just rooted (the process also replaced the Recovery).
Tried ODINing back to stock using the files and information found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
When I run ODIN, it simply fails. Tells me "0 succeeded / 1 failed". Phone still works, I just can't get anywhere in the rolling back to stock bit.
Longer Version:
I've had the phone since the end of January 2013. I rooted it for a couple of reasons, mostly to get rid of bloatware, but also for an app or two that needed root access. I've had zero problems with usability or stability of the device before or since the rooting.
I couldn't tell you which root process I used, but I know it came from an XDA thread, and it automatically replaced the recovery with something touch-based. I'm not sure of the name of the recovery. It did not replace the ROM - I've had less than desirable results from using non-stock ROMs in the past on a handful of other devices, so I wasn't about to risk it.
Since VZW is rolling out the 4.3 update and it looks like a good deal, I want to get my phone back to non-rooted, non-custom-recovery'd state so I can install the update. I'm also doing it because I'm hoping they get the phone up to 4.4 down the line so I can use HCE and GWallet.
Currently, I'm downloading (very slowly, thanks sammobile, for not hosting files on your own servers) the stock VZW 4.3 package from Sammobile.com in hopes I can do something with that and just go straight up from where I am, but I'm not holding my breath since the OTA fails due to the custom recovery.
Any thoughts on what I might try differently to get ODIN to work?
Guys I had the same issue. What I did to resolve my issue is:
1. Get the Verizon upgrade assistance installed on your PC . Here's one from scoobysnack (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47368638&postcount=7&nocache=1&z=2813086102250963)
2. Boot to download mode
3. plug in USB and wait for the update message on your PC
4. Update should take about 30-40 min depending on your connection speeds.
5. once updated, your phone should boot back to normal, but you will LOSE everything and have to start all over.
Hope this helps.
Blupine said:
Meat & Potatoes:
I tried ODINing my GN2 back to stock 4.1.2 tonight - I rooted it a couple months ago. Did not install a custom ROM, just rooted (the process also replaced the Recovery).
Tried ODINing back to stock using the files and information found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
When I run ODIN, it simply fails. Tells me "0 succeeded / 1 failed". Phone still works, I just can't get anywhere in the rolling back to stock bit.
Longer Version:
I've had the phone since the end of January 2013. I rooted it for a couple of reasons, mostly to get rid of bloatware, but also for an app or two that needed root access. I've had zero problems with usability or stability of the device before or since the rooting.
I couldn't tell you which root process I used, but I know it came from an XDA thread, and it automatically replaced the recovery with something touch-based. I'm not sure of the name of the recovery. It did not replace the ROM - I've had less than desirable results from using non-stock ROMs in the past on a handful of other devices, so I wasn't about to risk it.
Since VZW is rolling out the 4.3 update and it looks like a good deal, I want to get my phone back to non-rooted, non-custom-recovery'd state so I can install the update. I'm also doing it because I'm hoping they get the phone up to 4.4 down the line so I can use HCE and GWallet.
Currently, I'm downloading (very slowly, thanks sammobile, for not hosting files on your own servers) the stock VZW 4.3 package from Sammobile.com in hopes I can do something with that and just go straight up from where I am, but I'm not holding my breath since the OTA fails due to the custom recovery.
Any thoughts on what I might try differently to get ODIN to work?
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akellar said:
No you can't. As has been mentioned in just about every 4.3 thread multiple times.
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Guys...i am back to 4.1.2 rom without touching knox warranty...thanks anyways.
nikhil.kdhand said:
Guys...i am back to 4.1.2 rom without touching knox warranty...thanks anyways.
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You installed the ota or the zip package? Not the same thing. You cannot downgrade from the ota with the updated bootloader.
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akellar said:
You installed the ota or the zip package? Not the same thing. You cannot downgrade from the ota with the updated bootloader.
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So if I am understanding right I upgraded to 4.3 OTA does this mean I cannot gain root access. I have been trying to root with no luck any help would be great. I'm really hoping I am not stuck now that I updated.
jssjnkvch said:
So if I am understanding right I upgraded to 4.3 OTA does this mean I cannot gain root access. I have been trying to root with no luck any help would be great. I'm really hoping I am not stuck now that I updated.
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You can get root. You cannot get custom recovery.
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root 4.3
akellar said:
You can get root. You cannot get custom recovery.
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Could you kindly copy a link to instructions for getting root with 4.3. I have been looking everywhere and nothing seems to be working. Not sure if I am doing something wrong. If I need to unlock the bootloader I could use instructions for that as well. I have been hearing it is more difficult with knox.
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akellar said:
You can get root. You cannot get custom recovery.
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Also what do you mean by I can't get custom recovery? Does that mean no clockwork mod or twrp?
jssjnkvch said:
Could you kindly copy a link to instructions for getting root with 4.3. I have been looking everywhere and nothing seems to be working. Not sure if I am doing something wrong. If I need to unlock the bootloader I could use instructions for that as well. I have been hearing it is more difficult with knox.
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Also what do you mean by I can't get custom recovery? Does that mean no clockwork mod or twrp?
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Google kingo. It's the only root option I'm aware of. You cannot unlock the bootloader and probably never will able again. Yes this means no cwm or twrp.
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