[Super Tool][Utility] Nvidia Tegra Note 7 Kitkat Unlock BL, Restore, Recovery, & Root

[Tomsgt]

Don't like the KitKat menu bar debug icon

Kitkat Old classic

Yeah it is boring. Needs some color right lol.

sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.

 

[Deepak Vishnu]

yay im running rooted kitkat .... thanks tomsgt awaiting your deodexed rooted initd stock rom thanks in advance.

 

[drc1]

Hi Tomsgt,
A big thank you for your new super tool for 4.4.2 Kit Kat.
I can confirm it works on the english version of the tegra note the Advent Vega.
Thanks again
drc.

 

[Ouzo]

you can apply the ota with stock recovery put the ota on your external card and then in stock recovery select apply update from ext sd card. testing new super tool now. ran into some snags with restoring system i am looking into it.

I'd like to downgrade from KitKat to Jelly bean. Is it possible to flash the last firmware update (tegranote_7_android_4.3_mr2_update_gms__4.3) using the stock recovery? When I try to do so (with the update on the external SD card) it fails giving the reason "assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device")......Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (status 7)

 

[Tomsgt]

Hi Tomsgt,
A big thank you for your new super tool for 4.4.2 Kit Kat.
I can confirm it works on the english version of the tegra note the Advent Vega.
Thanks again
drc.

glad it works on your version

 

[Tomsgt]

I'd like to downgrade from KitKat to Jelly bean. Is it possible to flash the last firmware update (tegranote_7_android_4.3_mr2_update_gms__4.3) using the stock recovery? When I try to do so (with the update on the external SD card) it fails giving the reason "assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device")......Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (status 7)

down load super tool version 1.5 and click restore this will restore 4.3 to the device. I have tested this and it does work.

 

[tsbrewers]

sorry for the dumb questions, but I am trying to root my tegra note since 4.4 broke it. (sd card)

Anyway, I start your tool and do option 1, it brings up the bootloader screen on the tablet. I do not have an "unlock" or "don't unlock" options. My tablet says,

continue
fastboot protocol
recovery kernal
reboot
poweroff.

then your unlocker tool just sits there saying < waiting for device >

So I am wondering what I am missing, or what I need to highlight and do at this point?

Thanks,

Brew

 

[Ouzo]

down load super tool version 1.5 and click restore this will restore 4.3 to the device. I have tested this and it does work.

Thanks very much indeed.

I might just root my Note and be done with it now. I've been trying to break the habit of rooting/flashing custom recoveries then flashing a thousand ROMs a week with this device, but the latest "update" from Nvidia is the final straw for me - I need to be able to write to the MicroSD card.

Have you tried editing the platform.xml to fix the problem, like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921. If it works I might be persuaded to keep KitKat even if Modern Combat 3 doesn't work Or I may go all the way back to 4.2.2!!!

 

[Tomsgt]

sorry for the dumb questions, but I am trying to root my tegra note since 4.4 broke it. (sd card)

Anyway, I start your tool and do option 1, it brings up the bootloader screen on the tablet. I do not have an "unlock" or "don't unlock" options. My tablet says,

continue
fastboot protocol
recovery kernal
reboot
poweroff.

then your unlocker tool just sits there saying < waiting for device >

So I am wondering what I am missing, or what I need to highlight and do at this point?

Thanks,

Brew

your fastboot drivers are not installed. leave tablet on that screen and close tool then restart tool. go to driver install option 7 in the tool to get the fastboot drivers installed

 

[Tomsgt]

Stock Odex 4.4.2 KitKat rom is up in Matts rom thread. you can us my tool to root it or just flash supersu.zip in recovery.

 

[Pacattack]

Thanks very much indeed.

I might just root my Note and be done with it now. I've been trying to break the habit of rooting/flashing custom recoveries then flashing a thousand ROMs a week with this device, but the latest "update" from Nvidia is the final straw for me - I need to be able to write to the MicroSD card.

Have you tried editing the platform.xml to fix the problem, like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921. If it works I might be persuaded to keep KitKat even if Modern Combat 3 doesn't work Or I may go all the way back to 4.2.2!!!

You don't say, what your problem is..

Platform.xml has already read/write to SD card ???

 

[Ouzo]

your fastboot drivers are not installed. leave tablet on that screen and close tool then restart tool. go to driver install option 7 in the tool to get the fastboot drivers installed

I just tried rooting the latest 4.4.2 firmware using Tomsgt's Super Tool and then set abut trying to "fix" the SD card write problem. In short, I followed the instructions in the thread over here, so credit to the OP of that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921

After rooting I used ES File Explorer. Before you can do anything, in ES File explorer turn on Root Explorer in the side menu by tapping the button next to that entry, then tap on the Root Explorer text itself to enter the options menu for root access. In the menu that pops up tap "Mount R/W" and press the radio button to mount "/system" as RW, then press ok. After that you can follow the instructions to edit the Platform.xml as laid out in the link above. I used ES File Explorer's in built text editor to do this. After you've made the changes to platform.xml, you to set the correct permissions for the file, again using ES File Explorer (long press platform.xml, press the menu button in the bottom right hand corner, then tap properties) change the permissions to rw-r-r-. That should be it, in theory you can now write files to external storage.

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You don't say, what your problem is..

Platform.xml has already read/write to SD card ???

Sorry, see my post linking to a thread in the Note 3 forum to fix the SD card RW problem

 

[Tomsgt]

If anyone wants 4.4.2 deodex it's on my server

sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.

 

[Ouzo]

If anyone wants 4.4.2 deodex it's on my server

sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.

You work fast

I decided to go back to 4.3 in the end even though I managed to get write to SD card to work. Thanks for giving us all Supertool

Out of interest, I re-locked the bootloader using the command "fastboot oem lock" via ABD, and although it has indeed locked it again, there is still the warranty void warning in red underneath the lock status. Do you know if there's a way round that? (purely for warranty purposes, given that I'm on my second Note already)

 

[Tha T]

restore

Warning use at your own risk. I have tested this on my own EGVA Nvidia Tegra Note 7 on android 4.4.2 and it works great.

This script has 7 options you can see in this picture
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1. unlock bootloader
2. Restore / unbrick device
3. Flash stock android recovery
4. install ClockWorkMod recovery Bat version
5. Twrp recovery place holder if we get it working
6. Root access in recovery with supersu
7. adb and fastboot driver install

this is a pretty easy to use tool just read & follow the steps and it will walk you right through. Hope this is helpful to some noobs out there that dont know how to use android SDK.

How to use the Super Tool Video
Tegra Note 7 Super Tool Video


Link to my download page where you can find the tool and lots of other great files.
Nvidia Tegra Note 7 Super Tool newest version
MIRROR android 4.3

CHANGE LOG

VERSION 1.2
1. Adjusted the cwm recovery install to boot you to recovery after install
2. Cleaned up script
3. After each option tool will now reboot to menu options again
4. Root option now temp boots recovery to flash Supersu. Keeps you on stock recovery if you want it for ota updates.
5. Fixed a problem with the restore files keeping ota's from installing right.
VERSION 1.3
1. Added stock recovery flash
2. updated restore files to 4.3 new 7MB ota
3. added a wipe data factory reset or reboot option to the restore process
4. cleaned up the script
VERSION 1.4
1. added driver install and test feature
2. added better graphical features
3. cleaned up script
VERSION 1.5
1. fixed CWM recovery flash not working. and stock recovery being restored
2. cleaned up script
VERSION 2.0
1. Updated restore files for KITKAT 4.4.2
2. updated to newest SuperSU.zip for root

2 Stock android 4.3 roms odex and deodex
HUGE thanks to Matt Groff for helping with all off the files and script.


sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.

Will using this tool to restore to either 4.3 or 4.4.2 remove my custom rom?

 

[Tomsgt]

Will using this tool to restore to either 4.3 or 4.4.2 remove my custom rom?

Yes it will wipe out a custom rom.

sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.

 

[Pacattack]

If anyone wants 4.4.2 deodex it's on my server

sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.

Invalid File or File Not Specified

Will using this tool to restore to either 4.3 or 4.4.2 remove my custom rom?

Tomsgt has all of the stock roms, to install

recommend using a deodex version

You work fast

I decided to go back to 4.3 in the end even though I managed to get write to SD card to work. Thanks for giving us all Supertool

Out of interest, I re-locked the bootloader using the command "fastboot oem lock" via ABD, and although it has indeed locked it again, there is still the warranty void warning in red underneath the lock status. Do you know if there's a way round that? (purely for warranty purposes, given that I'm on my second Note already)

This is normal ....
Probably .. you will have to unlock again and flash the bootloader etc from stock 4.3 ...

 

[Tomsgt]

Invalid File or File Not Specified



Tomsgt has all of the stock roms, to install

recommend using a deodex version




This is normal ....
Probably .. you will have to unlock again and flash the bootloader etc from stock 4.3 ...

http://batakang.com/ftp/?dir=tegranote
Check here until i get my server fixed

 

[Pacattack]

http://batakang.com/ftp/?dir=tegranote
Check here until i get my server fixed

Thanks m8 ... downloaded

 

[Tomsgt]

Thanks m8 ... downloaded

my server is fixed had to talk with me hosting guy and he fixed it.