Stock recovery rescue Xperia Tab S

[bjanice44]

From what I have read, you can re flash the same version of firmware you have should you get in trouble if some changes are made to vendor . prop. Does anyone know what exact changes need to be made to vendor . prop? I Also, is vendor . prop the only file that needs to be changed?

I want to safeguard myself in case I run into a boot loop or something so that I may re flash if need be.




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[stifilz]

From what I have read, you can re flash the same version of firmware you have should you get in trouble if some changes are made to vendor . prop. Does anyone know what exact changes need to be made to vendor . prop? I Also, is vendor . prop the only file that needs to be changed?

I want to safeguard myself in case I run into a boot loop or something so that I may re flash if need be.




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Can't remeber exactly. But on the org Tab S there is four lines and it is the bottom one. It says invremental in it. All you have to change is that value by -1.

Or to be extra safe. Decrease it to an even lower number i.e lower than say R4 or R5.
This way you could flash R4, R5, R6 (providing you have the R4 update... no longer on server.)

You will now probably get system updates messages.... this can get annoying, to fix this navigate to /system/app/ and rename automagic.apk to automagic.apk.bak and reboot

Stifilz

 

[bjanice44]

Hey thanks. I tried it but when I do a test it will not flash. Not sure where to go now. I have attached my vendor.prop.
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[stifilz]

Hey thanks. I tried it but when I do a test it will not flash. Not sure where to go now. I have attached my vendor.prop.
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Last line needs to be 120829013 as update is 120829014.

Needs to be lower? Also that is r4....

If install does not work again then please use 'adb pull /tmp' after trying to instal and post your recovery.log

Stifilz

 

[bjanice44]

Sorry. I should have mentioned I am on r5 currently. I so I edited that line to be r4. I was going to re flash r5 as a test. I'll post my recovery.log in a bit. Thanks for the help.

Here is my recovery.log

Starting recovery on Thu Nov 1 13:25:34 2012
can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory
framebuffer: fd 3 (1280 x 800)
recovery filesystem table
=========================
0 /tmp ramdisk (null) (null) 0
1 /hwconfigs ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (null) 0
2 /configs ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (null) 0
3 /system0 ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 (null) 0
4 /system1 ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 (null) 0
5 /cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 (null) 0
6 /misc emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 (null) 0
7 /staging ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 (null) 0
8 /blflags ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 (null) 0
9 /datapp ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 (null) 0
10 /log ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 (null) 0
11 /data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 (null) -32768
12 /sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /dev/block/mmcblk1 0
13 /boot emmc boot (null) 0
14 /recovery emmc recovery (null) 0
15 /system ext4 system (null) 0
16 /vendor0 ext4 vendor0.img (null) 0
17 /vendor1 ext4 vendor1.img (null) 0

Command: "/sbin/recovery"

ro.secure=1
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=0
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp
ro.build.id=TISU0122
ro.build.display.id=TISU0122
ro.build.version.incremental=120914000
ro.build.version.sdk=15
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.0.3
ro.build.date=Fri Sep 14 00:49:44 JST 2012
ro.build.date.utc=1347551384
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=integ-build
ro.build.host=build10
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=SGPT12
ro.product.brand=Sony
ro.product.name=SYS_052
ro.product.device=txs03
ro.product.board=txs03
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=Sony
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=tegra
ro.build.product=txs03
ro.build.description=SYS_052-user 4.0.3 TISU0122 120914000 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Sony/SYS_052/txs03:4.0.3/TISU0122/120914000:user/test-keys
ro.build.characteristics=tablet
ro.opengles.version=131072
wifi.interface=wlan0
wifi.wpa_supp_ready=0
persist.tegra.nvmmlite=1
windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=135
ro.tether.denied=true
ro.sony.sound.enabled=true
ro.sony.display.release=release5
ro.product-res-path=vendor/framework/SemcGenericUxpRes.apk
ro.sony.autovolume.threshold=10
ro.sony.update.server=info.update.sony.net
ro.sony.update.category_id=ST001
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=Notification.ogg
ro.config.ringtone=Ringtone_XPERIA.ogg
drm.service.enabled=true
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=5m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=48m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m
ro.sony.wifisleep=0
ro.semc.enhance.supported=true
ro.semc.clearaudio.supported=true
ro.somc.dmnorm.supported=true
ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
ro.com.google.gmsversion=4.0_r3
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-sony
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
net.bt.name=Android
net.change=net.bt.name
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
tf.enable=y
ro.sony.wan.ipv6.enable=false
persist.sys.sony.cabc.disable=0
persist.sys.sony.hdmi.disable=0
ro.sony.dlna_dms.enabled=false
ro.somc.social_product_model=PRODUCT_MODEL_TABLET
ro.sony.irremote.protocol_type=2
ro.sony.ols.eula=1
ro.pss.ps1content_disable=1
ro.factorytest=0
ro.bootmode=unknown
ro.baseband=unknown
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.bootloader=0x00000006
ro.hardware=txs03
ro.revision=0
init.svc.recovery=running
init.svc.nfx_daemon=running
init.svc.radbd=running


-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
I:Update location: /sdcard/signed-txs03_201-ota-120914004.zip
Desklunvr update package...
Opening update package...
I:1 key(s) loaded from /res/keys
Verifying update package...
I:comment is 1465 bytes; signature 1447 bytes from end
I:whole-file signature verified against key 0
I:verify_file returned 0
prev version[120914004] is larger than post version[120914004]
Erohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku
Installation aborted.

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