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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGreatTick420:
Samsung Tab 2 7" p3113 custom rom help

Hi all, so i just was given a tab 2 and havent modded an Android in a very long time. im wondering what the best custom rom is for this device for performance. ive done a google search and most guides are outdated. i did manage to get this device rooted, but im not too confident in what im doing after that. id like to sideload a rom instead of using an sd card also.

thanks for any help.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cityneversleepz:
I'm using lineage OS with Android Andy's kernel
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGreatTick420:
I’ve flashed lineage 14.1 with twrp, does Andy’s espresso come with a kernel or is that an extra install? Also which version of lineage do you run? 14.1 lags a bit on my tablet but it could just be getting old.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
You can flash my Anykernel on top of my ROMs. But only useful if Rom is older than the Anykernel. I am always using my latest AnyKernel source on all my ROMs.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGreatTick420:
could you link me to the anykernel download? ive looked on your github

and see model specific ones but none for tab2 and no general one.

also thanks for personally reaching out
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smart-t78:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-2/galaxy-tab-2-unified/kernel-anykernel-t3484739
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EEngineer:
I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 SGH-T779. It's rooted on Android v4.1.2.

Can anyone tell me what BusyBox package can I install? Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
Try this one from f-droid: BusyBox (Install BusyBox) - https://f-droid.org/app/ru.meefik.busybox

It requires Android 2.3+ and is working well for me.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
Does the latest version work with wget with https links?

In my opinion, BusyBox Recovery Flashable Zips from [MENTION=5423715]YashdSaraf[/MENTION] is the best. :good:
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
Yes, it does:

u0_a183@:/ $ su
u0_a183@:/ # cd /sdcard
u0_a183@:/sdcard # mkdir tmp
u0_a183@:/sdcard # cd tmp
u0_a183@:/sdcard/tmp # busybox wget [url]https://ix.de[/url]
Connecting to ix.de (193.99.144.80:443)
Connecting to www.heise.de (193.99.144.85:443)
index.html 100% |*********************************************************| 136k 0:00:00 ETA
u0_a183@:/sdcard/tmp #
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sajedtnt:
hi

so i wanted to update my tablet from version 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 but the problem is that when i got to

-settings

-about device

-software updates

-updates

its says i have the latest version but this site https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/gt-p5100/GT-P5100/ says the latest version is 4.2.2 am i missing something here?

thanks

edit:btw if you cant give me a really good custom rom that enhance my device performance taht will be appreciated
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightracer:
4.2.2 is only for select regional variants of the tab.

For custom roms find it in the unified category
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HafizhRF:
guys, does LOS 14.1 for p3xxx has substratum support?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinjansen:
How do i flash recovery for the gt-p5110?

Dear xda community,

I recently have been given a gt-p5110 to play around with.

Sadly i have not succeed in flashing a rom onto it...

I have some basic knowledge on flashing rom's but so far I hadn't had much luck...

I plan on flashing slimrom7 but I can't even get a proper recovery flashed...

I have tried flashing TWRP recovery using ODIN.

Even tough it says that the recovery is flashed successfully it doesn't appear to be working...

I also tried using ADB but I couldn't maintain a stable connection...

Hopefully someone is able to help me!

Kind regards,

Kevin Jansen.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducnv:
Hi Kevin,

You can use Odin3 v1.85 and flash TWRP

- Tablet in Downloading mode (You know that?)

- Open Odin

- Click PDA and select TWRP and Start

I just did it and OK
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinjansen:
I will try that this weekend!

Thanks for your reply!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinjansen:
FAIL...

Unfortunately it did not work.... (see attached screenshot)

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] champ1919:
Try a different USB port?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducnv:
Try on another computer

Which driver did you use?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smart-t78:
untick "auto reboot" option
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducnv:
I think there is no connection between "auto reboot" and error that Kevin had
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silicon42:
So I've been trying to flash MicroG to my old Tab 2 using Nanodroid for the past 3 days or so mostly using instructions from Shadow53's site and those on the Nanodroid Gitlab and I've been having some problems that I can't seem to find solutions to anywhere. I initially tried to install the latest stable version of Slim7 for it and noticed that it was a bit laggy despite showing plenty of free memory, especially noticeable when trying to view settings, so I decided to revert to SlimKat since I'd had that on it prior to that and it seemed to be working fine. After that I proceeded to attempt to install the latest release of MicroG but it kept goofing up screen auto rotation once I had flashed it, either making it 90 degrees off or breaking it entirely with only a re-flash of SlimKat fixing the problem. In addition the Play Store crashes before it manages to load any graphics when trying to launch it and seemingly does so when they system launches its services in the background as well from the "Play Store has stopped working" dialogs that constantly pop-up. I've also noticed on trying to flash another zip in TWRP (version 3.2.0) that it seems to be detecting android version 7.1.2 despite SlimKat being based on 4.4.4 which may or may not be a related issue and is probably related to my previous flashing of Slim7, which is based on 7.1.2, to the device.

At any rate, the original goal of this was to get a barebones ROM with access to the Play Store that is responsive and has as little battery drain and RAM usage as feasibly possible since it doesn't have much of either of those to spare. At this point, I'm about ready to just forget MicroG and go with OpenGapps instead despite the constant background services that use both memory and battery life and are still a part of OpenGapps and aren't strictly necessary for a functioning Play Store since that's the situation I have on my Kindle Fire. Any insight into these issues and where to look for more information on this site or elsewhere would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dylan25111:
I've installed slimrom, however, my tab is still quite slow. Is it simply to old?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
It's quite old, so its resources are very limited (compared to modern devices). If mediaserver is indexing its files or updates are downloaded and applied you'll feel some lagging.

Best is to start as few apps as possible, avoid installing any g-apps and give the tab some minutes after booting. Then it should run well.

I use OS Monitor (Monitor the Operating System) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.eolwral.osmonitor - to see whats going on...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dylan25111:
But gapps are neccacary right?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G930F met Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
No, I never needed them. I use free and open source apps (FOSS) from f-droid ( https://fdroid.org ) and if I really don't find what I want I use Yalp Store (Download apks from Google Play Store) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore - or apkpure. But mostly there is a FOSS app...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dylan25111:
Which rom can be used without gapps?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G930F met Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
Every ROM should run without.

I use ResurrectionRemix by [MENTION=5917244]smart-t78[/MENTION] as a daily driver. See https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-2/...esurrectionremix-v5-7-4-t3502188/post69673920
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jensi84:
Which ROM to choose?

Hi all,

hopefully this question hasn't been asked a thousand times, but what is the best performing ROM on a Galaxy Tab GT-P5110?!

[MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION]: May I ask you directly, what is the one you are using the most - of the once you are involved or responsible for in terms of development?! (LineageaOS 13;14 / Slim6 / Slim 7)

Thank you very much in advance! And a happy new year to all of you ;)

Best regards

J
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
[MENTION=5534644]Jensi84[/MENTION] I'd stick to a 4.4 ROM, maybe 6.0 depending on your needs.

Since you have TWRP: backup is possible and can be restored if needed.

( https://twrp.me/faq/backupexclusions.html

https://twrp.me/faq/datamedia.html note about that )
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bipindr123:
Hey [MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION] a few 'questions

I tried to compile 3.4/common , and it dosent boot?

The last update to 3.0/common kernel was august, have you made any changes to the kernel ever since?

How are you compiling separate kernels for 3g and Wifi? There is only one defconfig

Can we use clang to compile our kernel, i am using you build script?

Why is OC a bad idea?

I know you have stepped back from android development, can you suggest changes/features that can be added to the kernel?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Maybe ramdisk need an update too?

Never used 3.4 myself because of broken features.

Mentioned on anykernel thread how I am compiling. Separate kernel only for user vs usersebug ramdisk if I compile boot.img inside ROM source (sepolicy for 3g needed). Commits for it can be found in ua's vendor source.

Never tried, you'll find out I guess.

don't like to burn CPU and GPU, also in the past p31xx and p51xx had different settings for OC which you'd need to figure out.

What's needed is added already.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
You need different Ducati firmware, totally forgot.

https://github.com/Unlegacy-Android...mmit/bf33612118d331b676f4cbec6860bf597f62c123
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samcool55:
I'm having some quite annoying problems.

I have a tab 2 10.1 wifi (P-5110). It fully boots, but always crashes after a few seconds.

I can get into recovery, but for some reason i can't install any rom (even tho it says it's fine), i can't update the recovery, i can't fully wipe it (i went as far as to nuke basically everything in recovery and somehow everything is still there).

There are 0 errors but for some reason nothing i try works. It seems to me like the whole thing is in a sort of "read-only" mode, somehow...

ODIN flashes also don't do anything.

Any idea how i can fix this?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smart-t78:
sounds like a broken emmc. replacing the motherboard is the only way to fix
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samcool55:
I was afraid of that. Oh well... I'm not very handy so i guess i'll get rid of it in that case.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdickens98:
GT-P5110 doesn't boot past Samsung logo

Hi,

I've been given a Tab 2 GT-P5110, when I switch it on it gets to the Samsung logo, plays the tune but gets stuck at that point. I've rebooted into recovery mode and it says E:failed to mount /efs

If I boot into download mode it shows Current Binary: SAMSUNG_OFFICIAL

Whats the quickest way to recover this device? I've downloaded Kies and can connect to the device but I don't know what i'm doing. Most of the threads on this device are very old and i'm hitting lots of dead links. I've spent a couple of hours trying to work out what to do and hitting dead ends so can someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks

Matt
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EEngineer:
[MENTION=841100]mdickens98[/MENTION] If it's not mounting the internal drive you'll have to do a hard reset from the recovery menu.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdickens98:
[MENTION=4306087]EEngineer[/MENTION] how do I do that? I've tried every option on the recovery menu and nothing has helped.

Do I need to get hold of the original Rom and reflash it? I managed to download a rom to SD card but when I tried to install it from the recovery menu I got a failed checksum error. I'm totally lost now so if there's a guide somewhere I can follow that would be really helpful.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EEngineer:
Starting with the tab powered off, boot into Recovery:

1. Press and hold the Volume up button then press and hold the Power button.

2. When the Samsung logo appears, release the Volume up button and Power button.

3. From the Recovery screen, press the Volume buttons to select wipe data / factory reset, then press the Power button.

4. Press the Volume buttons to select "Yes -- delete all user data", then press the Power button.

5. Press the Volume buttons to select reboot system now then press the Power button.

Allow several minutes for the factory data reset and reboot processes to complete.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdickens98:
Thanks. I did try that before but I've done it again to be sure, it completes the format without any errors in the recovery menu but after a reboot it gets to the Samsung logo then reboots. It repeated this 3 times then hung on the Samsung logo. I left it for an hour but no change.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] champ1919:
http://andi34.github.io/faq.html

Scroll to bottom and see if end of life fits

Maybe try to change recovery/rom and see if?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Failed to mount /efs doesn't sound good. If efs is broken and you don't have a backup there's no way I know to repair it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdickens98:
I think it's dead, sounds like a problem with EMMC as I tried flashing both CWM and TWRP using ODIN, both showed successful but recovery menu didn't change at all.

Thanks all for your help
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eberfta:
Hi All,

I have a Tab 2 SCH-I705 VRBMI1. Android 4.1.2

I have looked much at your very nice forum, but i cannot see any for sure updates for this phone/tablet.

It is not the same as the p3113, right?

is there a way to take it to at least android 6?

thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Don't flash any P31**/p51** roms, you'll end in a bricked device. There's no development for your Variant afaik.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eberfta:
ok, thanks much.

Google search had returned a lot of things that suggested all tab 2's were supported. When i would check them, never mine was on the list.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
can you help me kane my device show in odin?

i want to flash my p5100 with twrp, but it doesnt show up in odin. i tried : ODIN 1.85 and ODIN 3.13.1 as well as several kies and non-kies drivers. any ides from the experts here would be very appreciated.

*botched Title: make
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smart-t78:
try different usb ports and check your drivers on the pc.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
Doesnt work, not sure about the drivers, i currently have the kies ones
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smart-t78:
try this https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
I am unable to follow googles instructions as i can't see a device. I (at least think) i installed a samsung driver using the legacy driver option which now shows a broken samsung android adb interface with error code 10
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smart-t78:
install the google usb driver from link that i posted. reboot your pc and try again.

do you use original samsung cable or 3rd party??
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
Original. I installed them using the legacy tool, the described way threw an error the driver wasnt compatible. Still error 10, but added the bootloader and composite entries. Tldr: its installed. I think it may be broken or its the cable. Im not able to transfer data, too.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
I got around it using kingroot and the twrp app. Luckily android was old enough. Km now trying to install android-andks slimrom with gapps, but the setup wont work.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
Install [MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION]'s common TWRP (https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=48848&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC) and try again. You may flash the .img file directly from your old TWRP.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
Thanks, that worked. Two more problems though: the OS is not that slim, ram is at 550 / 890 mb idle. It also doesn't seem to be rooted, at least i cant find any option to activate it.

are there even more barebones versions of android out there? is there a (root?) software to keep the google aps away from my precious ram?

Thank you for your help, you are awesome!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
It depends on what you really need. I do not install any g-apps, I use f-droid (https://f-droid.org) as store for FLOSS apps

If I really need an app which is on PlayStore only I use Yalp Store - https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore

There is a nice project which tries to emulate some google core services: Searcj for microG project (or Nanodroid).

To root the ROM you should try Magisk - there are good threads about it here.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
I ended up experimenting further and am now rocking the slimkat(4.4.4) rom [MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION] maintains (or maintained, not entirely sure).

It runs smooth so far, but again no root option in the developer-settings.

I dont think magisk has a 4.4.4 version, can i patch the rom-zip somehow or are there any alternatives to magisk that might work with roms? I'd be willing to switch to aosp if that makes it possible.

My usecase is mainly to read, with the occational video and to control smart-home stuff. so all this is basically to make the pages scroll better and the videos suck less. (priorities, amirite?)

Thanks for the google alternatives, that should make things run even smoother. Ill definetly look into them.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
For older versions of Android SuperSu is a good rootimg solution. You'll find it on SII thread. https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/dev...surrection-remix-v6-2-0-t3847561/post77731982 - there is a download link.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Let's say for latest lineage 11 I could provide a experimental addon-su package together with a userdebug kernel
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
[MENTION=8010004]guest4711[/MENTION] Tried it, didnt work. Its supposed to be pre-rooted, maybe thats interfering?

[MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION] The big man himself! I'd much appreciate it. Im new at this so i dont know how to use that yet, but Ill take everything i can get. If you got something like that for slimrom/slimkat or aosp would be awesome since since im trying to stay as light as possible.

[MENTION=8010004]guest4711[/MENTION] [MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION] My current train of thought is to somehow set the root flag in the android zip, or preroot it in case it isnt. No idea how but ill keep looking.

Thank you both for helping a noob like me :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
For Android 6 and newer Magisk is the best solution.

For my latest LinageOS 11 builds would be a seperate kernel and addon-su package a "one rom only" solution.

Best would be: find one working SuperSu.

[MENTION=9832142]zero010101010101[/MENTION] you can try one of the attached SuperSu zips. I removed root on all of my ROMs for security reasons and personally i don't need root.

I'd suggest try 2.82, if it's not working try 2.76 and if it is still not working try 1.8. (I've more old versions if needed :D )

Note: on KitKat TitaniumBackup was loved by users but i remember it can not get root rights after some security fixes ROM side in the past. It's an App issue because of it's age.

Edit:

1.94 could be a good choice before trying 1.80
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
2.82 worked first try ! wonder why the other su's didn't work tho :confused:

Thank you, now i can finally use my old p5100 again :D
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Thanks for trying and the feedback :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero010101010101:
oh, one more thing: you should add that your roms arent pre-rooted to the github-faq. the current one had me thinking slimrom was rooted, it confused the f*** out of me cause i couldnt get it to work :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
I'll do when I have time ;) but the page is available on GitHub if someone finds time earlier
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest4711:
Wondering why linked 2.46 did not work - it should work for all these old devices. But I did not test it with my tab2 - I'm using Magisk. With my S2 I use it because we cannot install Magisk on it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChamDK:
Help on Custom Rom P3110

Hi all

I recently got a hold of a couple of the Samsung p3110 espressoWIFI, i tried all Roms from [MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION] but i have not succeeded yet, the only rom i have got to work (more or less) is compiled by another (Resurrection remix) however get some bugs....application crashed, youtube not working etc..... I have in the past put quite a few roms on diffrent phones, tablets. But i do think i am doing something wrong since i can get none working.

The first i tried was the SlimRom tried all versions, the closest i get is to the install wizzard, but it halts on the "checking connection" and then nothing. tried disable the setupwizzard, but really want the google support.

i am using TWRP 3.2.3-0 and get no errors. The Omnirom just shows the android blinking with the antennas, nothing else. :(

Using latest open Gapps

UPDATE: 3 things happens

* Can not install Ended with Error 7

* Can install but stuck on Boot

* Can install but stuck on Checking Connection

Any clue? thank you in advance.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Use gapps by [MENTION=5227588]Deltadroid[/MENTION] (Base Gapps Package meant for your Android version)

https://xdaforums.com/android/software/app-minimal-gapps-gapps-lp-20150107-1-t2997368
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChamDK:
Thank you

1: advanced wipe, all except external_sd

2: Install cm-12.1-20160209-2207-UNOFFICIAL-p3110.zip

3: Install gapps-base-arm-5.1.1-20170902-1-signed.zip

4: Dalvik wipe

5: adb reboot (sometimes twrg reboot sends me back to recovery)

Now i only get to the point: Android is starting... nothing happens 20 min

Forced reboot it now completed the task.

6: Choose language --> Danish --> Next --> device reboots (crashed).

7: Choose language --> English US default

8: Connect to wifi -> Next

9: Checking info --> passed

10: Going a bit further.. Seems to work without any errors.

So far so good...

Added my google account on startup...

It is not there, can not log into any google things, it seems to be missing the google play services, however version 11 is installed.

Tried clear cache on the google play services.. no change..

Tried to disable google play services (do you want to replace with factory --> Yes) --> Device reboots

It replaced version 11 with version 16

Tried to open google play

Device reboots.

so i am back to square.

Feel free to suggest any other ROM if you think is better. I need stability and performance and a minimum version of 5