Faster App Launcher for Galaxy Tab P1000

A Chinese developer has made a very beautiful and fast app launcher for the Galaxy Tab P1000 tablet. Earlier, the launcher was Chinese-only, but thanks to the community efforts, it has now been made available in English. The launcher is called 360 Mobile desktop and has myriad of nice transitions and themes.

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Here are its features:

Download theme from its site
Download custom lockscreen from its site
Download wallpaper from its site
Quick launcher widget (power widget)
Built in clock widget
Built in power saving widget (more setting requires 360 Battery Guard)
Folder in Home screen
Folder in Launcher
Unlimited apps in a Folder
Built in lockscreen
Built quick system setting widget

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Small USB host adapter for the Galaxy Tab Plus

USB connection kit from Samsung is great but forces the user to hold it in awkward position, especially if you are watching the movie while holding the Tab Plus in your hands. An xda user bought himself a cheap third party USB host adapter and glued it all together to one lump. The adapter is actually meant for use in P1000 but works fine in Tab 7.0 Plus. He then paired it with a tiny microSDHC reader. Here is how it looks like.

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Galaxy Tab Plus Stylus

Many opt for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus instead of Tab 10.1 because of the portability factor. As the Tab Plus is narrower, it has a great potential to be the best note taking tool out there and that is why perhaps Samsung offers a conductive stylus for the users that are into scribbling and note taking. Here is a review from an xda user whose wife bought him this stylus.

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She bought it for me for a gift and at first I was skeptical because I had not used one before. But I quickly adapted to it and now the stylus goes with me everywhere I go (it works great on my Atrix and the touch screens at work).

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Galaxy Tab P1000: T Mobile Stock ROM / firmware

Here is the stock ROM / firmware for the T-Mobile version of Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000. This ROM contains no bootloader which is good as it would not brick your Tab in case the firmware is not properly flashed. Flash it in Odin from the PDA button, no .pit file, nothing else.

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Download the firmware from here. You can the T mobile modem’s bin file from here. Credits to the rotohammer from xda developers. [via xda devs]

Galaxy Tab P1000: ROM without Touchwiz

Not a lot of people like Samsung’s custom user interface, which the company calls “TouchWiz”. This UI comes preinstalled on the Tab tablets and Samsung smartphones. Unfortunately, the company does not allows the user to turn it off and the only way to get stock Android experience is by installing a custom ROM.

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Features:

*two keyboards to choose from (N1 and P1 keyboard) longpress a text field and choose input method
*New emoticons added
*Transparent circular zoom controls
*modded Volume Bar and text (created by diz)
*based off of Cyanogen RC 7.2 and AOSP
*made to be run in landscape at LCD density 180 (default) – but portrait is okay also
(blade buddy included for easy density changes)

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Games for Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus

If you thought iPad is better than Galaxy Tab tablets in gaming, this exhaustive list might change your mind. All of these games work like a charm on the Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus.

Games for Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus

Across Ages DX
Aftermath XHD
AngryBots
Blood and Glory
Castle of Shadows
Colosseum heroes
Cyberlords
Deadspace (chain fire, nvidia)
Defender
Destroy Gunners SP
EnbornX
Exitium

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Galaxy Tab Plus ClockworkMod Recovery

This is a guide on how to use CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery) with your Galaxy Tab Plus tablet. Put the installation zip file on your tablet’s external SD card. If you don’t have an external SD card, you won’t be able to install this. MicroSD cards are cheap. If you have a tablet that costs 399 USD, you can afford to spend a few extra dollars on a microSD card. Just get one. Not only is it required for installing this from the factory recovery, but it makes a great place to back things up to. A nice 16GB card is suggested. 32GB is better. You’ll need AT LEAST 1GB for this recovery. If you have a previous version of CWM already in-place, you won’t need the storage card.

Galaxy Tab Plus ClockworkMod Recovery

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Download Latest Galaxy Tab 10.1 Official ROM | ICS for Samsung Tab 10.1

An xda user has released a ROM that gives you latest ICS ROM on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This ROM is the latest, last and official ROM available from Samsung which means everything on it is working like a charm. Nothing is broken – something you may run into while running a custom ROM.

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Instructions:
1) NANDROID BACKUP (if you don’t want to backup, your choice). Download ROM
2) FULL WIPE (Data, Cache, Dalvik)
3) FLASH ROM using odin. If your device is not recognized, you might need the USB driver – downloadable from here. If any of the archives asks for the password, enter “samfirmware.com” without the “”.
4) Reboot (Give it 10 minutes at max)
5) Setup

Of course, all the credit goes to pershoot.

Best P1000 ROM

Overcome ROMs are best known for yielding great performance and stability. Its developer has released ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 as well. Here are its features:

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* JPA Base Rom – ANDROID 2.3.3
* Overcome kernel 4.0.0 included
* No Modem is included – due to a variety of personal preference I decided to leave that
* Fully Deodexed
* Fully Zipaligned
* Rooted with busybox installed
* Reboot/Recovery/Download options added to the power menu
* Accurate battery mod
* Blur removed across system (i.e. behind power option menu) – significantly improves performance
* Power Off confirmation disabled
* Screen off animation enabled
* Overscroll Glow effect enabled
* Added AppWidgetPicker
* CSC set to XEU
* Ads Blocked
* Updated Market to 3.2.0
* Updated Maps to 5.11.0
* Flash Player removed due to compatibility issue – install from market and you’ll be all set.
* Updated GMail to 2.3.5.2
* Updated YouTube to 2.2.16
* Updated SamsungApps to 2.6.046
* Updated StreetView to 1.6.0.6
* Updated Thinkfree Office Suite
* Removed Startup/Shutdown sounds
* Cool boot animation
* A2DP Bluetooth Connection Fix Integrated
* SIP calling enabled over 3g AND WiFi
* Fugutweaks integrated
* Browser mods (enabled “Default Zoom” in settings, added “User Agent” in settings, set plugins to “on demand” by default)

Here is how to install it.

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