Category: Galaxy Tab S2

Lineage OS which is based on latest Clockwork Mod 14.1 is available for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 android tablet and it is truly amazing if you are looking for something new. Everything si working except the fingerprint scanner, microphone and compass. Installation instructions are given below.

If you haven’t run stock Android 6.x, flash that first with odin. (image won’t boot without this step)
If you don’t have Tab S2 TWRP yet, get it from here.
Download the latest version of ROM from here and the Gapps that are located below to your device
Reboot into TWRP by holding VOL UP + POWER + HOME on boot
In case things go wrong make a backup
After the backup has completed return to home and select Wipe and then Advanced Wipe
Now ONLY tick Dalvik Cache, System, Data and Cache
After ticking those, Swipe below to wipe
Once the wipe has completed return to home and select the ROM
After you selected the ROM swipe below to install it
After the ROM has installed flash the Gapps
When all of this is done, reboot into system, wait, and enjoy LineageOS 14.1

How to ROOT
* In LineageOS 14.1 Enable the developer options
* Select Root access
* Select Apps Only. Done

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 T713 stock firmware is available for download. This will be extremely useful to recover from a soft brick or if you have messed up the system files and want to go back to factory state. Here are the details of this T713XAR1APD9 firmware:

* Model Name: Galaxy Tab S2 8.0
* Model: SM-T713
* Country: Cellular South (XAR)
* Firmware Version: T713XXU1APD9
* OS: Android Marshmallow
* OS Version: 6.0.1
* PDA: T713XXU1APD9
* CSC: T713XAR1APD9

• download link

Just keep in mind that this Galaxy Tab S2 T713 stock T713XAR1APD9 firmware requires ODIN to flash which means you need a windows computer to flash it. After installing it, it will take you to official Tab S2 android marshmallow firmware which is v6.0.1.

Samsung may or may not release Android 7 Nougat for the Galaxy Tab S2 but that has not stopped folks at XDA from churning out a ROM that works on it. In fact, the custom android 7 Nougat ROM has everything working except for the video recording. Also no gapps are installed but opengapps.org are there and you can flash them from the custom recovery of Galaxy Tab S2.

Installation instructions:
* Install image in TWRP (download link to ROMs, SM-T815 / SM-T810)
* reboot to recovery
* install opengapps (I used pico) and supersu to obtain root on Galaxy Tab S2.

There you go – you now have android 7 on your galaxy tab s2 which is the latest version of android right now. If you prefer more stable builds, consider installing cm13 or official android 6 for tab s2 from here.

Again, while almost everything is working, there are couple of bugs. First is unable to video recording and second is pictures are saved with wrong orientation but those are going to bug you only if you use camera. Not a lot of people I know use camera on their tablets so it should not be a big deal. 

MultiCSC ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 SM-T715 is available for download. It comes with custom kernel packing these features:

init.d support
Custom permissive kernel built from Samsung sources
default : permissive enable
You can come back to enforcing by Terminal (su setenforce 1)

Features of this ROM:

* Deodexed
* All this ROM com with French (XEF) Csc by default.
* MultiCsC include (more than 40): After install, use Phone Info here to change CsC.
* You will lost all your unsaved data (no problem with data on SD card)
* Build on the latest stock Rom T715XXU2BPD6 and T715OXA2BPD6
* Knox removed
* Rooted and Supersu v2.74 and busybox Stericson v1.24.2 installed
* External SD Card r/w fix
* CSC & Build.prop features (some features not tested)
* Enable Mode multi-users
* Add 5 way menu boot  +screenshot and recorder screen
* Add Data/App Support (TB , Adfree, Phone info, etc.)

Installation instructions:

Download T715 Jafangie ver 2.1 ROM
Download Rom Zip on Computer and push it on your extsdcard.
Download T715_Jaf_6.0.1_v2.1 from AFH
MD5 Hash :e230a827f6fb7316537465c83603896b
Flashing requirements
– Recovery for T715 you can find it here.
– Jafangie Rom.
If you come from 6.0.1 Rom, you don’t need this extra step:
Download and Extract the file from here Bootloader and Modem for ROM T715_6.0.1
Use odin 3.10.x to push bootloader (line BL) and modem (on line CP).

Turn off your Galaxy Tab S2.
Reboot to "Recovery Mode" .
(Press volume up + Home +Power buttons on boot at same time for 8 seconds until recovery mode is active.).
Perform a Full wipe (wipe Data, wipe Cache and wipe Dalvik Cache)
Choose install zip/ choose zip from /storage/extSdCard1 and flash Rom from location on sdcard
Reboot and let sit for 8-10 minutes (very long) to settle in.
Choose your csc using phone info.

Folks at XDA developers have churned out cyanogen mod 13 aka CM13 for the tab S2 android tablet. It is still experimental in nature and if you are looking for a daily driver, consider getting the CM12 for galaxy tab s2. This ROM is only for the SM-T710 model and so far these things are not working:

* fingerprint scanner
* camera
* LTE module
* microphone not working

Installation instructions:

If you haven’t run stock Android 6.x, flash that first with odin. (image won’t boot without this step).
If you don’t have TWRP yet, get it from here.
Download the ROM from here and the Gapps that are located below to your device
Reboot into TWRP by holding VOL UP + POWER + HOME on boot
In case things go wrong make a backup
After the backup has completed return to home and select Wipe and then Advanced Wipe
Now only tick Dalvik Cache, System, Data and Cache
After ticking those, Swipe below to wipe
Once the wipe has completed return to home and select the ROM
After you selected the ROM swipe below to install it
After the ROM has installed flash the Gapps. Recommended GAPPS by opengapps.org : http://opengapps.org/ (I use pico).

When all of this is done, reboot into system, wait, and enjoy CM12.1. Rooting instructions:
* In CM 13.0 Enable the developer options
* Select Root access
* Select Apps Only

We will show you how to download and install the official android 6 marshmallow for the SM-T710, T715, T810 and T815 variants of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet. All you need to have tab s2 TWRP or ODIN on your computer.

Continue reading Download Official Marshmallow for Tab S2: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Android 6 download links

Galaxy Tab S2 CM12 is here finally thanks to folks at XDA and installation instruction for downloading and installing CM12 aka cyanogen mod 12.1 for the Samsung Tab S2 are given below. It shall be noted that while almost everything except MTP and microphone is working, this cyanogen mod 12.1 for the Samsung Tab S2 ROM is still very much in beta stage so there could be many bugs. We suggest not to use it as your daily driver.

* If you don’t have TWRP yet, get Tab S2 TWRP from here.
* Download latest ROM build from here and the Gapps that are located below to your device. Get gapps package from opengapps website.
* Reboot into TWRP by holding VOL UP + POWER + HOME on boot
* In case things go wrong make a backup
* After the backup has completed return to home and select Wipe and then Advanced Wipe
* Now ONLY tick Dalvik Cache, System, Data and Cache
* After ticking those, Swipe below to wipe
* Once the wipe has completed return to home and select the ROM
* After you selected the ROM swipe below to install it
* After the ROM has installed flash the Gapps
* When all of this is done, reboot into system, wait, and enjoy CM12.1

To root Tab S2 in CM 12.1, enable the developer options and select Root access > Apps Only > Done. No need to flash anything extra – everything is built in.

Permissive kernel for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 is now available. This kernel is required in order to root your Tab S2 or even run TWRP custom recovery. Keep in mind that this permissive kernel for Galaxy Tab S2 will trip the knox flag too and thus potentially voiding the warranty as well. You need to be on Android 5.1.1 lollipop for this kernel to work.

Source code can be downloaded from here. To flash the galaxy tab s2 permissive kernel,you will need latest version of ODIN which at the moment of this post is ODIN v3.10.7, downloadable from here. To get root working, follow these steps.

1) flash TWRP
2) copy t710_5.1.1_boot.img (pulled out from the corrupted TAR) place it in your Tab
3) go to TWRP
4) select install from Image
5) flash t710_5.1.1_boot.img
6) go back download mode, and flash the CF_auto root
7) go back download mode again, and flash the TWRP again
8) go back and verified got Rooted and Custom TWRP

Download links:

• T710
• T810

CF auto root method is now available for download for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 and it supports all models including SM-T810, T710 and T715.

If you are on android lollipop 5.0.2, then use these download links.

smt810_cf_autoroot
sm-t815_cf_autoroot
smt710_cf-autoroot
smt715_cf-autoroot

Download from these links in case you are on Android lollipop 5.1.1.

t810_cf-autoroot_5.1.1
t710_cf-autoroot_5.1.1

Download the file and flash it using ODIN. To flash, put your Galaxy Tab S2 in download mode. For this press the power and volume down buttons for few seconds and then, connect it to the computer.

Start ODIN on your computer and click on AP button. Then select the file downloaded earlier. Ensure you have disabled auto reboot, f.reset time and repartition. Now click on the Start button to commence flashing process.

Many of us are fans of overclocking and one might want to overclock Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 T810 and T710. Overclocking and underclocking of Galaxy Tab S2 is achieved by flashing custom kernel using ODIN software. In this Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 custom kernel, on demand, power save and conservative governors are available.

Flashing instructions.

1. Make sure you have TWRP of Tab S2 installed. Then download KERNEL. zip to your SD Card (links given below).
2. Back up your current ROM (optional but recommended).
4. Flash KERNEL.zip in recovery
5. Reboot

• T810
• T710

TWRP a k a custom recovery for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 is now available for download. It is available for both Lollipop 5.0.2 and 5.1.1 versions. Supported models are T710, 715, 810 and 815 so make sure you get the right one.

Download links of Samsung galaxy Tab S2 TWRP Custom Recovery for T710, 715, 810, 815

LOLLIPOP 5.0.2 ONLY:
twrp_2.8.7.1_LL_5.0.2_t710
twrp_2.8.7.1_LL_5.0.2_t715
twrp_2.8.6.3_LL_5.0.2_t810
twrp_2.8.6.3_LL_5.0.2_t815
LOLLIPOP 5.1.1:
twrp_2.8.7.1_LL_5.1.1_t710
twrp_2.8.7.1_LL_5.1.1_t810

Just flash it with latest version of ODIN and you should be good. By flashing TWRP, you will be able to flash all sorts of hacks on to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 android tablet. You will also be able to flash custom firmwares on it which is the best part of buying an android tablet.