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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Root Problems

Hi, XDA members,
I recently rooted my gadget Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite SM-T1100 using ODIN software to flash a custom recovery which is the ClockWorkMod. The flashing went well and after that, I boot to custom recovery to make a flash of the file "android-armeabi-universal-root-signed" and reboot the system. After rebooting, my device has already been rooted. But for a reason I did not understand I tend to restore my device to it's factory default settings thru the tablet settings, after that, it only boot to the custom recovery and did not boot again to homescreen. I know this is because of the deleted OS on my tablet due to factory reset that I've done. Please help me bring back my gadget to life since I already searched for =different kinds of Stock Firmware to recover its deleted OS and bring back to it's original form. Your help will be much appreciated since I really badly need this gadget back to work. I need a step by step instructions and all the links that I'll be needing to bring back my tablet to life again. Thank you very much guys!
Condition: Every time I open my tablet all it does is to flash its name SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 3 LITE SM-T1100 and after that it will boot to my custom recovery which is ClockWorkMod and there is nothing to do.
What I've done before the incident: I rooted it and the rooting process went well. But after that I preferred making a factory reset and poof! There is the PROBLEM
CRITICAL FILES: No, I don't have any files to be backed up and yes. I did not make a Back up or what they called Nandroid...

This is the original galaxy tab forum. Try the tab 3 forum to get your answers.
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-l8190 TWRP logo screen freeze

Hello everyone,
First of all - great to become a part of this community of talented hackers. You guys really make wonders with software on mobile devices.
I have recently tried to flash new unofficial CM12 Lollipop custom ROM from novafusion site on Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-l8190 device.
I've used Odin and proper recovery md5.tar image intended for use with Odin. Also I've installed drivers needed for the operation. I was running it all under Windows 8.1, as this is the only OS that can dual-boot with my Linux OS on a second HDD.
Everything went quite smooth to the step where Lollipop should boot. It did boot for the first time, asked for memory wipe, because internal storage was encrypted in previous version of android Jelly Bean, IIRC, it isi not my device].
I agreed, then device rebooted and since then it is stuck on TWRP screen, no matter how I boot it [vol+, menu and power keys brings device in supposed recovery, but recovery never boots into TWRP menu].
vol-,menu,power key combo works and it brings device into "downloading new firmware" mode properly. However, flashing of any of the firmware listed on novafusion site does not really change anything. I have also tried to flash CWM onto the device, but it goes to the blank screen after showing Samsung logo. "Downloading new firmware" works fine with CWM, too, just as in TWRP case.
Can anyone please suggest any way out here? I think I've done proper research before approaching this operation, but I don't really know what to do now, when the original instruction from the site failed to bring this device to Lollipop.
I tried to contact novafusion/maclaw team, but their mail server is bouncing off all messages.
I'd appreciate all advice.
Thanks in advance,
- marc

marc_smith said:
Hello everyone,
First of all - great to become a part of this community of talented hackers. You guys really make wonders with software on mobile devices.
I have recently tried to flash new unofficial CM12 Lollipop custom ROM from novafusion site on Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-l8190 device.
I've used Odin and proper recovery md5.tar image intended for use with Odin. Also I've installed drivers needed for the operation. I was running it all under Windows 8.1, as this is the only OS that can dual-boot with my Linux OS on a second HDD.
Everything went quite smooth to the step where Lollipop should boot. It did boot for the first time, asked for memory wipe, because internal storage was encrypted in previous version of android Jelly Bean, IIRC, it isi not my device].
I agreed, then device rebooted and since then it is stuck on TWRP screen, no matter how I boot it [vol+, menu and power keys brings device in supposed recovery, but recovery never boots into TWRP menu].
vol-,menu,power key combo works and it brings device into "downloading new firmware" mode properly. However, flashing of any of the firmware listed on novafusion site does not really change anything. I have also tried to flash CWM onto the device, but it goes to the blank screen after showing Samsung logo. "Downloading new firmware" works fine with CWM, too, just as in TWRP case.
Can anyone please suggest any way out here? I think I've done proper research before approaching this operation, but I don't really know what to do now, when the original instruction from the site failed to bring this device to Lollipop.
I tried to contact novafusion/maclaw team, but their mail server is bouncing off all messages.
I'd appreciate all advice.
Thanks in advance,
- marc
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reflash TWRP using odin & dl mode.
-if still cant get recovery,
reset thta phone --> means flash full system image, can be found on sammobile or other sites using odin & dl mode. there are plenty of tuts on the net just seach, same way for many samsung models
-> if you get twrp, its goood to make a full format ´,even more when u switch to new rom (like from JB to LP)
so: in TWRP format internal if possible, data (factory reset), cache & system. can make them f2fs btw if using nova's builds.
-install rom & gapps done. happy boting

bejunk said:
reflash TWRP using odin & dl mode.
-if still cant get recovery,
reset thta phone --> means flash full system image, can be found on sammobile or other sites using odin & dl mode. there are plenty of tuts on the net just seach, same way for many samsung models
-> if you get twrp, its goood to make a full format ´,even more when u switch to new rom (like from JB to LP)
so: in TWRP format internal if possible, data (factory reset), cache & system. can make them f2fs btw if using nova's builds.
-install rom & gapps done. happy boting
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Thanks a lot, mate! I have flashed stock ROM and device is operational again with the old ROM. Now, I will hack some more to make it work with KitKat or Lolipop, this time correctly.
You guys rock.
UPDATE:
Ok, so I've managed to install CM12.1 onto this device and it works beautifully. The only major hickup is the fact that It is unable to encrypt device's internal storage. Any thoughts on that?
Also, I had to restore stock ROM and DECRYPT THE INTERNAL STORAGE FIRST, then boot into TWRP recovery and do wipe.

marc_smith said:
Thanks a lot, mate! I have flashed stock ROM and device is operational again with the old ROM. Now, I will hack some more to make it work with KitKat or Lolipop, this time correctly.
You guys rock.
UPDATE:
Ok, so I've managed to install CM12.1 onto this device and it works beautifully. The only major hickup is the fact that It is unable to encrypt device's internal storage. Any thoughts on that?
Also, I had to restore stock ROM and DECRYPT THE INTERNAL STORAGE FIRST, then boot into TWRP recovery and do wipe.
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I have a somewhat different problem.
Rooted the phone, "installed" TWRP with rashr and now it's stuck in the samsung logo however i start the phone. power button + volume up + home button don't work, just the power button doesn't work, pluging it in the wall or the PC doesn't work and the PC doesn't even see it.
what can i do to fix this problem?

Back to stock

Hy
I see that a lot of people (so did I) had problems of going back to stock, so i wil write a little guide for doing this.
I am not responsibility i anything goes wrong.
Before starting you need the following:
Odin3-v3.07 => you can find it here (CF-Auto-Root)
firmware => http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Before we begin, we need two files. The firmware that you have downloaded and also a file rom this firmware called hidden.img.tar.
Open your firmware with winrar and extract the file "hidden.img". When you have this file rename it to "hidden.img.tar"
Now we can really begin
step 1: (optional)
go to recovery (Vol+ & home & Pwr) and wipe your phone.
step 2:
Open Odin as administrator and put your phone in download mode ( Vol - & home & Pwr)
Click on the "AP" button and choose your firmware.
When the firmware is loaded click "start". The firmware will now being flashed on your phone. Most likely you wil get an error after a while when it was flashing the "hidden.img" file (no stress
step 3:
Unplug your phone and reboot it again to download mode (nothing else will work at this point) and connect it again to your PC. In Odin click again on the "AP" button and choose the file that we have created before the "hidden.img.tar" file. When loaded click on "start".
You don't get an error this time and your phone will restart and your phone is being flashed. when your are stuck at a bootloop, go to step 4
step 4:
Put your phone in recovery mode (will look a bit different if you had custom recovery before) and wipe your phone back to factory settings
I hope that this can help other people who where stuck trying to go back to stock

That's a good guide, thank you, worked for me flawlessly.
It might however be good to add: be patient on first boot! It takes ages

Hmm I am not sure. But for me the step 3 was not needed. I did not get error for hidden.img
Is it OK ? I was following your guide did everything as you wrote here till step 3 but during flashing the error was not there
Hope it will be working. Right now it is doing the first boot so waiting and waiting. Hope it will work as I need to return this phone to my older brother who borrow it to me. And I want to give him the phone as it was when he gave it to me.

Hello, i have bought Samsung Galaxy S5 MINI model SM-G800F.
There is Cyanogenmod 12.1-20150707-unofficial-kminilte
android version 5.1.1
baseband (i think) G800FXXU1AOF5
Problem is with MMS - I cant send or receive it thats why
id like to go back to stock rom, but i need few details.
i know how to do it in theory, but first of all, i dont know nothing about what last user have done witch phone, what schould i check to not brick my phone?
in your description is written to download Firmware, tell me pls, which version i have to download, my orginal is (i think) :
PDA/AP Version G800FXXU1AOF5
CSC Version G800FDBT1AOF1
MODEM/CP Version G800FXXU1AOF5
Region DBT — Germany
Build Date 2015-06-29
Changelist 5268468
OS KitKat
OS Version 4.4.2
but this is old kitkat and now i have got version 5.1.1 can i use any rom or that one orginal or only newer or the same version is already installed?
second question i bought this phone from Germany and i live in Poland, can i flash my phone with stock polish version of for example PLAY carrier or i have to do it only witch orginal German stock ROM?
thanks for replay T_M
now i know my model is SM-G800FZKADBT so i can only download rom for this model - yes?

Sorry for pulling this old thread from its grave.
I have wiped my Samsung S5 min (SM-G800F, DBT) completely, i.e. all(!) partitions and also did a "format data", since no data worth to keep were on it. Then I started Odin as admin, placed the official latest Samsung FW (G800FXXU1CRG3_G800FDBT1CRE1_G800FXXU1CRG3_HOME.tar.md5) in the "AP" field, had only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" under "Options" ticked, and nothing under "Pit". The flashing worked without errors and the S5 mini rebooted. The "SAMSUNG" logo was blinking for about 10 minutes, but I was already warned that this first boot may really take a while. Finally, the device successfully booted into regular/stock system.
Now my questions:
So far, have I done everything right to go back to stock? I have not tampered with a "hidden.img" or "hidden.img.tar" file, hence this question.
Next, I would like to flash the latest official TWRP. Is it right to put "twrp-3.3.1-0-kminilte.img.tar" in the "AP" field of Odin (as before for the stock FW) and flash it? I would this time not select "Auto Reboot", but instead after successful flashing, plug the USB cable, remove the battery, place it back, and start the S5 mini (SM-G500F) to recovery by holding power + home + volume up. Correct?
Finally, I would lake to have Magisk. Is it right to place the official "Magisk-v20.2.zip" on the external SD card (oh, I wiped that before, too) and to flash it from recovery (TWRP) and then reboot the device to system?
Do I have to enable the developer options and (also?) ADB debugging for any of the aforementioned steps?
Thanks a lot for your helpful hints.
PS:
Stock worked nicely. Then I enabled developer options, ADB debugging, and flashed 1. TWRP (step 2 above) and 2. Magisk (step 3 above). Booting to system took much longer while a message about Android being started and App No. x of y being optimized. Since stock ROM contains tons of crappy apps, this took quite a while. I wonder why now (after flashing TWRP and Magisk) the system sees the need to optimise apps. Ah, is it because I also wiped cache and dalvik cache from TWRP after flashing Magisk? Maybe this was not needed, I dunno...

[GUIDE] [VIDEO] - SM-T550 w/ debloated, xposed-free Marshmallow (Indian ROM)

Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Only for: SM-T550
A trick has been found which will give you root on a brand spaking new Marshmallow ROM for your SM-T550 Samsung Galaxy Tab A. This guide assumes the following:
That you know how to use FlashFire to preserve root on an official OTA update.
That you are aware of the functionality of SuperSU.
That you are starting the process from a stock-rooted Lollipop ROM w/ TWRP recovery installed.
That you own a PC with the correct Samsung drivers and ADB+Fastboot, that you've tested ADB, and it's working.
All of that said, let's begin.
Step 1
Make yourself a backup, both a nandroid in TWRP, and grab all of your important documents, music, videos, hardcore XXX, excetra, from your Internal memory and copy them to your PC. I am not responsible for the loss of data while using this guide.
Step 2
Go and download the French / Indian variant of the ROM on Samdroid. When you have inhaled 3 cups of coffee, listened to some vaperwave, banged head here a few times (on something soft, please. no liability for concussions), your download should be done. Samdroid takes a while, especially when you have a free account. You'll get the official tar.gz file.
Step 3
Copy the tar.gz firmware to the Internal Storage of your device.
Step 4
Get FlashFire from the Google Play store on the tablet.
Step 5
Open FlashFire and grant it root access. This next step is the use of FlashFire. Follow these instructions:
Tap the floating red bubble and select "Flash Firmware Package".
Navigate to your file on your Internal Memory (provided you remember where it is. If not, a rage quit is an option, unless you remembered where you put that USB cable. Deernit!) and select it.
Select partitions: boot, system, data, and cache. Don't flash the stock recovery if you don't want it. If you'd like a clean TWRP install, go that route and select Recovery, then after the flash you'll enter the bootloader from ADB and flash TWRP the normal way.
Allow wiping of the cache, and select the option to inject su and SuperSU before the flash.
Double check your to-do list.
Flash!
Step 6
Okay, so if your tablet hasn't hit a brick wall after the reboot, you're good. I would advise flashing the latest version of TWRP to keep recovery stable. If you somehow don't boot, you probably wiped your data and did not install the default GApps provided by the firmware. A flash of nano OpenGApps 6.0.1 arm32 in TWRP will fix this.
Step 7
One of two things will happen here. You will either:
Weep uncontrollably and start again with Samsung Kies, then Samdroid Lollipop, then root, then...ugh...nevermind. Just talking about it makes me want to cry.
- OR -
You'll be on Marshmallow with SuperSU, without xposed, you can reflash TWRP and go mod-happy!
The Video
I made and edited a 7 minute video explaining most of what I have covered, and proof that the process works.
Hyperlinked here: https://youtu.be/_zuCtAH0a1Y
Questions:
Q: Why not Odin?
A: Because signature checks and no root injection.
Q: There's already a US OTA?
A: You can do this OTA, but then you get the locked Marshmallow bootloader. After flash and boot there's no way to get root this way on Android 6.0.1.
Q: I'm bootlooping. Haaaalp!
A: Samsung Kies. Go download it, and revert to US stock. Odin-flash Lollipop firmware, root, rinse, repeat.
Q: Does this trip the Knox counter?
A: Yes, unfortunetly.
Q: Does this void my warranty?
A: What warranty? This tablet came out 2 years ago. But, if you got it extended...yes...yes it does
Q: Are you a bad person?
A: Everyone can be a good person, if they just try.
Q: I love you.
A: <- The donate button is over there...somewhere.
Q: I hate you.
A: Thank you.
Conclusion
Smash the Thanks button if this helped. Enjoy your bloatware free, rooted Marshmallow tablets!
Thank you to chainfire for the toolz, shabbypenguin for picking up the phones no one wants to (Alcatel, ZTE, my eyes in your direction!), ashryx for the dev love, and apophis9283 for the inspiration.

The bootloader isn't locked so you can actually just flash twrp then supersu.

Question Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 Bricked

Hey there I just bought a Galaxy Tab A8 and have no experience. I tried to do this myself but didn't read replies saying to only patch my Boot.img in odin. Now I'm in a boot loop.
I used a guide that had all the original files already laid out for me. But it said to do the BL. AP, and CSC files on odin. I was only supposed to do AP because it has an empty file that the SM-t200 doesn't like.
Then I used this to try to fix it straight after getting stuck in the boot loop
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP 3.7.0 for 2021 Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 [SM-X200]
Notes: What's posted below is a work in progress, but it should suffice to unblock efforts to build custom ROMs for this impressive tablet. This is unofficial and unsupported, so the usual caveats apply. Since we don't flash the bootloader, you...
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I'm currently stuck at the Teamwin menu on my tablet after power and hold volume up and plugging in tablet.
Is there a way to return to stock and do everything over again? I just bought this yesterday and don't want to have a bricked Tab A8

If you just purchased the tab then yeah do factory reset since you don't have to worry about trying to save any of the data. Just be extra careful and go over the steps again until you are ready to go for a second time.

kevinco1 said:
If you just purchased the tab then yeah do factory reset since you don't have to worry about trying to save any of the data. Just be extra careful and go over the steps again until you are ready to go for a second time.
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I did factory reset, and now it doesn't boot loop, now its just on the team win recovery project with the 8 options : Install Wipe Backup Restore Moutn Settings Advanced and Reboot. what do I do now? Because I don't know how to start over from 0 if it wont let me go back to 0

zeniey said:
I did factory reset, and now it doesn't boot loop, now its just on the team win recovery project with the 8 options : Install Wipe Backup Restore Moutn Settings Advanced and Reboot. what do I do now? Because I don't know how to start over from 0 if it wont let me go back to 0
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What is your end goal? Do you want to install a custom ROM or are you just trying to get root with the stock ROM? You obviously have TWRP working so you could install a custom ROM from there. If you want to go back to a stock ROM, there should be an option in TWRP to reboot to download mode.