[HOW TO]Root the Tab Pro 8.4 and 10.1

What recovery we can used on this tablet?

greggriffin13 said:

Hi All,
K8108 was helpful in getting me back in business! I was able to get the tablet to boot up properly again. I went into the settings and enabled USB debugging and then attempted another root. Didn't work. Remember I 'm right of the box. I am using the file from the top of this thread.
What am I missing?

Thanks.

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Can you tell me the steps you are taking to do this? I have rooted several times with this file and had success every time.

Yes, thanks for your willingness to help. After I flashed the firmware with your help, I went into the tablet settings and checked the USB debugging box. I then went back to Odin and plugged in my tablet. The com port turned blue and I left the two boxes checked (auto reboot and reset time). I loaded the tar file (smt520) from the zip and the message box reads as follows:

<ID:0/007> added!
<OSM> checking CS for MDS
<OSM> check MDS... do not unplug the cable
<OSM> please wait...
<OSM> CF Autoroot picassowifi-picassowifixx-smt520.tar
<OSM> checking MDS... finished sucessfully...
<OSM> leave CS...

then when I run it, I get this...
<ID:0/007> Odin v 3 engine (ID:7)
<ID:0/007>file analysis
<ID:0/007>set up connection
<ID:0/007>initialization
<ID:0/007>get PIT for mapping
<ID:0/007>firmware update start
<ID:0/007>recovery.img
<ID:0/007>NAND write start
<ID:0/007>cache.img
FAIL!
<OSM> all threads completed (succeed 0/ failed 1)

I tried to attache a screen shot, but am not being successful at it. I believe I've tried two different ports, and I get the blue box each time.

I appreciate any help to see what I"m not doing correctly.
Thanks so much.

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Yes, thanks for your willingness to help. After I flashed the firmware with your help, I went into the tablet settings and checked the USB debugging box. I then went back to Odin and plugged in my tablet. The com port turned blue and I left the two boxes checked (auto reboot and reset time). I loaded the tar file (smt520) from the zip and the message box reads as follows:

<ID:0/007> added!
<OSM> checking CS for MDS
<OSM> check MDS... do not unplug the cable
<OSM> please wait...
<OSM> CF Autoroot picassowifi-picassowifixx-smt520.tar
<OSM> checking MDS... finished sucessfully...
<OSM> leave CS...

then when I run it, I get this...
<ID:0/007> Odin v 3 engine (ID:7)
<ID:0/007>file analysis
<ID:0/007>set up connection
<ID:0/007>initialization
<ID:0/007>get PIT for mapping
<ID:0/007>firmware update start
<ID:0/007>recovery.img
<ID:0/007>NAND write start
<ID:0/007>cache.img
FAIL!
<OSM> all threads completed (succeed 0/ failed 1)

I tried to attach a screen shot, but am not being successful at it. I believe I've tried two different ports, and I get the blue box each time.

I appreciate any help to see what I"m not doing correctly. By the way, I have no problems flashing back with the updated firmware tar file. Is it possible that I somehow downloaded a corrupted smt520 file?

Thanks so much.

I would try to download again the file for rooting. If you are able to get Odin to recognize your tablet and do other functions them I would assume your drivers and cables are okay. (you are in download mode when flashing, right?)

k8108 said:

I would try to download again the file for rooting. If you are able to get Odin to recognize your tablet and do other functions them I would assume your drivers and cables are okay. (you are in download mode when flashing, right?)

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Makes sense to me because yes, I am in download mode when I flash the firmware. I wondered about the drivers but figured that was okay because of what you stated. I will try downloading the CF root file once more.

HI k8108,

No luck with the file in this thread, BUT success with this one!

Thanks for thinking along with me to help me find the solution.

greggriffin13 said:

HI k8108,

No luck with the file in this thread, BUT success with this one!

Thanks for thinking along with me to help me find the solution.

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In glad you finally had success!

Flash pass.. no root..

I have followed instructions to the letter and have succesfully flashed the md5 file

however see the screen i have attached..

it reverts to stock image for some reason. and i still have no root even if odin succesfully installs the img

Pls help !

solved it

tinkermale said:

I have followed instructions to the letter and have succesfully flashed the md5 file

however see the screen i have attached..

it reverts to stock image for some reason. and i still have no root even if odin succesfully installs the img

Pls help !

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I held volume up /home key/ and power.. did a wipe cache and factory reset.. then ran the root and it was rooted.. voila!

Hi guys which custom touchwiz rom you guys would recommend? Tia

Hey guys... need some help.
My T520 will not go into downoad mode. What I get instead is a CWM looking screen titled "Android system recovery <3e>"
Menu selections like update from adb, update from external storage, etc.

This is a device fresh out of the box.

Does this device happen to have custom recover already installed and I can just flash a rom via the apply update option?

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miatawnt2b said:

Hey guys... need some help.
My T520 will not go into downoad mode. What I get instead is a CWM looking screen titled "Android system recovery <3e>"
Menu selections like update from adb, update from external storage, etc.

This is a device fresh out of the box.

Does this device happen to have custom recover already installed and I can just flash a rom via the apply update option?

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I'm an idiot... was pressing vol up instead of down.

This root method just worked flawlessly on my friends SM-T320 and upon opening superuser it asked me to disable Knox and it worked, thanks!

dfd

If anybody experiences random reboots it is due to disabling Knox. I let supersu disable knox, then froze it in titanium and had tons of reboots. I defrosted knox in titanium, reinstalled supersu, and said no to the disable prompt and no reboots since. I don't think it happens to everybody but I thought I would just throw it out there.

Stuck trying to find PIT paritition - Resolved with notes for others

I followed all the steps exactly but when it came to "Finishing Up", I waited around five or more minutes after a PASS in Odin with no reboot. When I manually powered down and back up, I was stuck in a boot loop that essentially said:


If I held the power button in, the device would reboot but never power down. Eventually, I got tired and needed to go to bed but didn't want the device to kill the battery completely if it could be avoided. I tried holding the power button in with the volume down button but without luck. Eventually I just tried timing the hold and release of the power button to time itself with the next power on (screen becoming lit with no text yet). This eventually got the device to power down completely. This morning I powered the device on with the volume down button held in and it took me to the "Warning" screen again. From here I was able to run Odin 3.07 (I'm sure 3.09 will work as well) and ran through the process without issues.

The device rebooted back into the standard rom but I let it sit for another few minutes (not sure exactly how long, I did other work for around 30 minutes) and came back to PASS! from a former RESET in Odin. The no PIT partition error was not seen again since a good power down and "warning" boot. I hope this may help others.

Stuck in Odin Mode

I followed the steps described in the guide.
Installed kies, dl cf auto root, extracted and started Odin, power off tab and got into Odin Mode, verified tab connected to COM5, pressed Start and got a "Fail" message with red box.
Tab says downloading with a small blue bar half way across the bottom of the screen, still in Odin Mode.
HELP!!

Nelly729 said:

I followed the steps described in the guide.
Installed kies, dl cf auto root, extracted and started Odin, power off tab and got into Odin Mode, verified tab connected to COM5, pressed Start and got a "Fail" message with red box.
Tab says downloading with a small blue bar half way across the bottom of the screen, still in Odin Mode.
HELP!!

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Try a different computer and/or a different cord. The cord that came with the tablet is usually best. Odin is temperamental that way.

i made all steps and my sm-t320 was rooted but can not lot to recovery mode ever (i used odin to root but i select "PL" instead "Pda" ) and i try again with "PDA" root was Ok, when i log to recovery mode i got a Black Screen

Hello, I rooted the tab with towel root, and everything was ok. Now i upgraded to the Last Samsung android version, but I lost root access! If I re-run towel, it says that my phone is not supported.

magostinelli said:

Hello, I rooted the tab with towel root, and everything was ok. Now i upgraded to the Last Samsung android version, but I lost root access! If I re-run towel, it says that my phone is not supported.

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They fixed the exploit that allowed towelroot to work. In order to root your tab in newer ROM versions you have to downgrade your kernel, then root, then go back to your kernel. You have the 'rootable' kernels and everything explained here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2786800