TWRP 2.7.1.0 Galaxy Tab 4 7.0

[tgalal]

Quote from General TWRP description by Dees_Troy:

Team Win Recovery Project 2.x, or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.

Recovery image for Tab 4 7.0 uses Linux kernel 3.10.0

Screenshot:

XDA:DevDB Information
TWRP 2.7.1.0 Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4

Contributors
tgalal, Dees_Troy, bigbiff, ketut.kumajaya
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
Based On: twrp

Version Information
Status: Testing
Current Stable Version: 2.7.1.0
Current Beta Version: 2.7.1.0

Created 2014-07-27
Last Updated 2014-07-27

 

[tgalal]

Reserved

Attached is TWRP 2.7.1.0 for Tab 4 7.0 (SM-T230)
Configuration for building: https://github.com/tgalal/android_device_samsung_degaswifi
Compiled kernel source for SM-T230_EUR_XX from http://opensource.samsung.com/

Install instructions:

For some reason odin 3.09 fails to flash the device. If it's the same case for you, you can give it a try with heimdall it works fine.
Extract the tar file then,

heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img

Here is also another method by nointer. I haven't verified it though.


Feel free to submit changes/ report any bugs/enhancements

 

[likearaptor]

I was able to flash this and it booted into recovery just fine. I didn't try to flash anything or backup device yet. It looks like the external sd isn't working. It showed 500mb free for both internal and external. I had 2gb free on the card though, now we just need some cool ROMs

 

[404-Not Found]

Woah.... Hold on there. Are we talking about the TWRP for the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 (SM-T230NU). I thought it wasn't possible since it uses Marvell Hardware.

Sent from my SM-T230NU using XDA Free mobile app

 

[jokowi]

Can I use this TWRP for SM-T231 model?

 

[nowinter]

Yyyiiii-haaaa!!!:laugh:
flashed with adb, looks perfect!!! SM-T230 Wi-Fi

jic there's someone in need of exact instructions, here's how I did it (needs root)

extract the tar, put recovery.img on device's sdcard

adb shell
su
ls /dev/block/platform/soc.2/by-name/RECOVERY -l
<produces "lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-07-28 13:34 RECOVERY -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9>
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/original.recovery.img
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
exit
exit
adb reboot recovery

c'est tout!

 

[tgalal]

Can I use this TWRP for SM-T231 model?

Most probably yes, no guarantees though as I don't have that device to test it out.

 

[ShinySide]

Install instructions:

For some reason odin 3.09 fails to flash the device. If it's the same case for you, you can give it a try with heimdall it works fine.
Extract the tar file then,

You HAVE to add an md5 to flash thru odin on this device. If its not in tar.md5 itll get stuck and eventually fail. I figured that out flashing my kernel

Here

https://mega.co.nz/#!ktcGhD5C!fH2wGFvoS2ljKHkLglb7eWcMATYERiErfbTH9fIZVYs
3052e1d405afffc98e810bcfbc790758

 

[likearaptor]

Woah.... Hold on there. Are we talking about the TWRP for the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 (SM-T230NU). I thought it wasn't possible since it uses Marvell Hardware.

Sent from my SM-T230NU using XDA Free mobile app

That's the model I have. I used Rashr to flash the recovery

 

[404-Not Found]

That's the model I have. I used Rashr to flash the recovery

Does that mean Custom ROMs????!!!! Damn, I want to build already.

Sent from my SM-T230NU using XDA Free mobile app

 

[likearaptor]

Does that mean Custom ROMs????!!!! Damn, I want to build already.

Sent from my SM-T230NU using XDA Free mobile app

I think so We don't have Knox to worry about yet...

 

[404-Not Found]

I think so We don't have Knox to worry about yet...

What do you mean about "yet"?

Sent from my SM-T230NU using XDA Free mobile app

 

[likearaptor]

What do you mean about "yet"?

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I have the S4 and it didn't have Knox until the latest 4.4 Android update and since then it hasn't stopped development, but it might have slowed it down. I don't care if my phone shows the Knox has been tripped for the kernel, recovery, or rom. So if they do implement it on the Tab 4, which I doubt they will (its more of a cheap device for normal people, not businesses), the worst Samsung has done is just scare us with telling us the warranty is void. I wouldn't worry. I doubt it really is coming. I haven't heard it from anyone, so don't take me word for or against it

 

[nowinter]

What do you mean about "yet"?

Sent from my SM-T230NU using XDA Free mobile app

by "yet" he means "already"

Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Free mobile app

 

[jokowi]

@tgalal i've been try to build twrp using your code, but always end with error

Target ram disk: /home/ubuntu1404/cyanogenmod/out/target/product/degaswifi/ramdisk.img
make: *** No rule to make target `/home/ubuntu1404/cyanogenmod/out/target/product/degaswifi/kernel', needed by `/home/ubuntu1404/cyanogenmod/out/target/product/degaswifi/recovery/root.ts'. Stop.

at out folder there's a ramdisk.img with tiny size 367kb only and there is no recovery.img
and i unpack and repack boot.im and get a boot-new.img where i must place this boot-new.img?
thank you

 

[tgalal]

@tgalal i've been try to build twrp using your code, but always end with error

Target ram disk: /home/ubuntu1404/cyanogenmod/out/target/product/degaswifi/ramdisk.img
make: *** No rule to make target `/home/ubuntu1404/cyanogenmod/out/target/product/degaswifi/kernel', needed by `/home/ubuntu1404/cyanogenmod/out/target/product/degaswifi/recovery/root.ts'. Stop.

at out folder there's a ramdisk.img with tiny size 367kb only and there is no recovery.img
and i unpack and repack boot.im and get a boot-new.img where i must place this boot-new.img?
thank you

Have you placed the kernel source at kernel/samsung/degaswifi? If you don't want to compile the kernel you can use a prebuilt one (u can extract it from my recovery.img), but then you need to set TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL in BoardConfig.mk instead of TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE

 

[nl3142]

I have the S4 and it didn't have Knox until the latest 4.4 Android update and since then it hasn't stopped development, but it might have slowed it down. I don't care if my phone shows the Knox has been tripped for the kernel, recovery, or rom. So if they do implement it on the Tab 4, which I doubt they will (its more of a cheap device for normal people, not businesses), the worst Samsung has done is just scare us with telling us the warranty is void. I wouldn't worry. I doubt it really is coming. I haven't heard it from anyone, so don't take me word for or against it

They also break Allshare Cast. To be specific, it will immediately disconnect after you connect rather than stay connected like it should. Apparently it checks that the flash counter is set to 0 and if not then it will refuse to stay connected. Sadly nobody has come up with a patched version yet so the only solution is to wait for Triangle Away to support the Tab 4.

 

[Vintage144]

got root and now got twrp , sweet!!!

 

[nl3142]

Just wondering, does it work with SD cards yet or does everything have to be done using internal memory?

 

[ArmondCroom]

can someone put up a step by step guide sorry i am a noob. i am rooted now i want to have a custom recovery. and then after that will we be able to have custom roms?