[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] paulmz:
Detailed Instructions - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 2.3.4 Gingerbread Root

First and foremost, let me personally say "Thank You" to zhangqip for sharing this.

This worked fine on my Tab, but I was leery at first after combing through this whole thread looking for step-by-step instructions on how to do this.

The OP is a bit vague, so, I thought I would itemize the steps as best I can.

The initial problem I had was locating the files to use. All of the links are shady "megaupload" sites - most of which did not work.

Therefore, I have the necessary files that I used permanently in my personal Dropbox (which should ALWAYS be available).

Sprint Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.3.4 Root Kit - Dropbox Download Link

This is the exact file I used to root my Tab. I also included the Windows USB driver for the tablet (which was difficult to find) and the Netflix HD apk (I haven't installed this one yet, but it seems important and inconsistent to find as well).

Now with the procedure:

1. Download and unzip the files from the Dropbox link above (or any other original link you found or trust).

2. Make sure you have the USB driver installed on your Windows computer. As stated, the driver is included in the ZIP from the above Dropbox link (filename: Sprint_P100_Samsung_GALAXY_Tab_USB_Drivers).

3. Power-off the Tablet.

4. Put the tablet into "Download Mode" by pressing the [Volume-Down] and [Power] buttons until the download screen appears.

5. Connect the Tab to the computer with a USB cable.

6. Unzip the "Quens_P100_EF17_ROOTED" file (it's a RAR compressed file, so make sure you have a RAR extraction software - I use "Free RAR Extract Frog").

7. Open the new unzipped folder ("Quens_P100_EF17_ROOTED") and start the "Odin3 v1.85" application.

8. Click [PDA] and select the "Quens_P100_EF17_ROOTED_PDA" file.

9. Click [Start].

10. Just let it sit and work. When it says "PASS!", it's done.

Some notes:

I don't understand rooting enough to say how (or how well) this works. Some people say it is not full root, which may be. I use my Sprint Tablet as Wi-Fi only with no Sprint service, so there are certain aspects of the device that I don't require nor test to work (3G, roaming, etc.). The only thing I can confirm is that this does add Superuser capability and "Root-Only" apps (Titanium, so far) work (which, as far as I'm concerned, is rooted enough).

I also had a concern that this "root procedure" could possibly act as a security breach for my device, even as far as thinking that it would send any login and password I type to the person who created this procedure. But, people have been using this process for almost 5-months and no one has mentioned anything to confirm that this is a "shady" hacker ploy.

This didn't seem to change anything else on the Tab. Still running 2.3.4 Gingerbread, still have all of the apps, no data was erased, and the Tab seems to work exactly as it did before the procedure. Since this seems to be the only (easy) way to root the device, I can't really say it's a bad idea. I'm glad it worked.

After rooting I was disappointed to find that ROM Manager is not recommended and there is no easy way of doing a Nandroid Backup. I was looking forward to putting CM7 on the Tab, since it works well on one of my Incredible phones, but I can't really find any positive information about flashing ROMs on the Tab. If anyone else has any success with this, please share!

I did not, however, come up with the process itemized above. If you have any questions on this, please refer to the OP of this thread.

Hope this helps!

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