[Q] Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 some system apps deleted

dudeprgm · Feb 7, 2014

I was uninstalling many factory installed apps from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 when I think I deleted the wrong app (I feel very stupid now

).

Background:
I was using App Master to delete, and I moved the things that I thought might still be important to the Recycle Bin. After that, I went to my home screen and saw that it was blank. The tablet immediately rebooted but got stuck on the Samsung splash screen. I waited for about 20 minutes, but it was still stuck.

I finally did a factory reset. Now it turns on, but the Home screen is still black. The only thing I can do now is go to Settings. I did some research and thought that the problem was me uninstalling TouchWiz home. I downloaded the apk from here. I then checked USB debugging and pushed the apk to /system/app/.

Question:
Now the home screen is still black, but there is a message saying "Unfortunatley, TouchWiz home has stopped working". Can anybody help me solve this problem? Even an ls of your Galaxy Tab 3's /system/app would help me.

Note:
SuperSU is still in it's place after the factory reset, so I assume my device is still rooted.
Here is the ls of my /system/app/:

Chris Kurisu · Feb 7, 2014

I have a Galaxy Tab 3 7". I'll grab the directory contents in a bit and edit this post with the results.

EDIT: Sorry. I just remembered I flashed a custom Rom on that device. Won't do you much good. Have you tried flashing a totally stock ROM?

dudeprgm · Feb 7, 2014

Chris Kurisu said:
I have a Galaxy Tab 3 7". I'll grab the directory contents in a bit and edit this post with the results.

EDIT: Sorry. I just remembered I flashed a custom Rom on that device. Won't do you much good. Have you tried flashing a totally stock ROM?

Thank you for your quick reply. Are you sure that flashing a pure android ROM is safe on a Samsung device? I don't want to mess it up more than I already have. Or am I not understanding you correctly? (I 'm pretty new to android and this is my first actual device, not an emulator.)

I couldn't find any ROMs specifically for the Tab 3, but I don't know if any others work with my device. Could you show me to where I could find any ROM image that will work for me? Thanks

.

Chris Kurisu · Feb 7, 2014

It came with a pure Android OS so why not? My Tab 3 is a wifi only model SM-T210S. I flashed Rocket Tab to it and I couldn't be happier.

Rocket Tab: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507772

As far as a stock rom goes try this: cut and paste this into your browser and see what comes up.

site:xdaforums.com STOCK ROM YOUR_MODEL_HERE

lee_w · Feb 9, 2014

dudeprgm said:
Thank you for your quick reply. Are you sure that flashing a pure android ROM is safe on a Samsung device? I don't want to mess it up more than I already have. Or am I not understanding you correctly? (I 'm pretty new to android and this is my first actual device, not an emulator.)

I couldn't find any ROMs specifically for the Tab 3, but I don't know if any others work with my device. Could you show me to where I could find any ROM image that will work for me? Thanks .

Stock firmware for the T211 are on sammobile.com

burgeke · Feb 10, 2014

dudeprgm said:
Thank you for your quick reply. Are you sure that flashing a pure android ROM is safe on a Samsung device? I don't want to mess it up more than I already have. Or am I not understanding you correctly? (I 'm pretty new to android and this is my first actual device, not an emulator.)

I couldn't find any ROMs specifically for the Tab 3, but I don't know if any others work with my device. Could you show me to where I could find any ROM image that will work for me? Thanks .

By pure stock, pure Android, I think the poster's intention was to suggest you flash Samsung stock for your device. The earlier links are a good source but there are also pre rooted options in the development forum.

Sent from my SM-T210R using Tapatalk

dudeprgm · Feb 11, 2014

Sorry for the late reply. I was able to get my tablet back to normal by flashing the Samsung stock ROM using Kies. I followed this tutorial: How do I restore my original Samsung ROM (remove custom OS ROM) using Kies? (search it on Google - I can't put the link because I am a new user).

(Note to people who want to follow the tutorial: you must be in download mode on your tablet when you do the tutorial. To get into download mode, turn the device off. Then press the home button+volume down+power. After the screen lights up, you can let go of the power button.)

burgeke · Feb 12, 2014

Glad you got it sorted out. Thanks for sharing the how to with the community.

Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk

lee_w · Feb 12, 2014

dudeprgm said:
Sorry for the late reply. I was able to get my tablet back to normal by flashing the Samsung stock ROM using Kies

Excellent, glad you managed to fix it.

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