So I recently bricked my tab3 and I could not figure out anything or find anything to do the unbrick in ODIN. I thought that I would share what I found so it can be easily located for a user in the future.
This is going to restore your tablet back to STOCK 4.2.2. This is the most recent version provided by samsung.
YOUR GOING TO NEED DRIVERS INSTALLED!!
THIS FIRMWARE IS FOR THE P5210 MODEL ONLY! IF YOU HAVE P5200 OR P5220 YOU NEED YOUR OWN FIRMWARE! I will be adding them to my MEGA account soon.
1. Download this file:
https://mega.co.nz/#!7BQkCQrT!hdJXKXTVZe_Rx63CYE3xPESxxNr9FWqgGQgmOz1DH3A
Mirror: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23311191640113436
(I have hosted it on MY MEGA account so that no one has to go through the crap I did to get the file. The mirror is courtesy of @r_hippy)
2. Download ODIN:
https://mega.co.nz/#!fJRkzTQL!uUN3LLhSCXIHtEFUlUDyPdf48rgEXj1wh5mgV5q8TkU
(Also my MEGA, for convenience, if you want to find it somewhere else then fine)
3.DO NOT CHANGE THE .MD5 TO .TAR! Flash in ODIN as a normal .md5 file.
3a. Extract and open ODIN.
b. Extract firmware.zip
c. Put tablet into download mode. [Hold power and vol down until text shows, then press vol up]
d. Place firmware into PDA section, and wait to verify. When finished click START at the bottom.
You have successfully just unbricked and unrooted your tablet. For root again follow this guide:
http://true-android.blogspot.com/2013/12/root-p5200xxuamk8-android-422-jb.html
But use this root.zip
http://roms.bindroid.com/downloads/viewcategory/7-root
Sent from my GT-P5210 using xda app-developers app
This is going to restore your tablet back to STOCK 4.2.2. This is the most recent version provided by samsung.
YOUR GOING TO NEED DRIVERS INSTALLED!!
THIS FIRMWARE IS FOR THE P5210 MODEL ONLY! IF YOU HAVE P5200 OR P5220 YOU NEED YOUR OWN FIRMWARE! I will be adding them to my MEGA account soon.
1. Download this file:
https://mega.co.nz/#!7BQkCQrT!hdJXKXTVZe_Rx63CYE3xPESxxNr9FWqgGQgmOz1DH3A
Mirror: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23311191640113436
(I have hosted it on MY MEGA account so that no one has to go through the crap I did to get the file. The mirror is courtesy of @r_hippy)
2. Download ODIN:
https://mega.co.nz/#!fJRkzTQL!uUN3LLhSCXIHtEFUlUDyPdf48rgEXj1wh5mgV5q8TkU
(Also my MEGA, for convenience, if you want to find it somewhere else then fine)
3.DO NOT CHANGE THE .MD5 TO .TAR! Flash in ODIN as a normal .md5 file.
3a. Extract and open ODIN.
b. Extract firmware.zip
c. Put tablet into download mode. [Hold power and vol down until text shows, then press vol up]
d. Place firmware into PDA section, and wait to verify. When finished click START at the bottom.
You have successfully just unbricked and unrooted your tablet. For root again follow this guide:
http://true-android.blogspot.com/2013/12/root-p5200xxuamk8-android-422-jb.html
But use this root.zip
http://roms.bindroid.com/downloads/viewcategory/7-root
Sent from my GT-P5210 using xda app-developers app
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