[Galaxy Tab General] wingclip:
Seriously, I am as new to Tablets as you can get. I can hold my own ground when building, overclocking, cooling, etc a Desktop PC but I found the Tablets to be incredibly different or at least, in my opinion, they are.

After trying/downloading/installing Soooo many different software that claimed there method was "one-Click simple" and went on to explain the steps in a direct or indirect fashion, I would find that this did not apply to the Galaxy 2 7.0 Tablets, or Jellybean O/S, or was only good if you held your mouth just right and bit your tongue :silly:

What I'm saying is that they didn't work for one reason or another and I can assure you that I followed their instructions to the letter or at least as far as I could before I ran into something that they did not address and that apparently did not exist in their device.

This is particularly true when it comes to the Samsung Galaxy 2, 7.0 tablet because Samsung has two very different tablets out there with that name! Actually one has the additional word "Plus" in the title but the good folks who were lending their knowledge of how to root didn't, and often don't, specify that they're tablet was the ”Plus” version.

So to be clear; I'm speaking about the Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0 Tablet, (GT-P3100 or to be more specific, GT-P3113, or even more so, GT-P3113TS), that’s distributed in the USA and DOES NOT have "Plus" in the title. It runs about $200.00. This will very likely work for several other tablets or phones but I have NO idea which and can therefore only guarantee that it works for the Tablet I specified.

In the instructions below, I believe the writer, Abdullah Saad, is using a Galaxy 2 tablet version that is distributed in Europe. That would explain why his "step 4" regarding holding down several buttons at a certain point in the process is different than the way you would do that same operation with a USA distributed Tablet.

The Step 4 he wrote was: "...Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down and Home buttons while pressing the Power button. A screen will come up; press Volume Down Volume UP key to continue to enter Download Mode."

So I changed those few words to what it would be for the USA distributed version. I pointed this out to Abullah when I sent him a big thank you, (and a few bucks to his PayPal account for the help).

The link to this instruction is: I was prevented from posting this link by the 'XDA website management'

Please be sure to follow his instructions EXACTLY as he listed with the exceptions that I edited in step4 as I spoke about earlier.

Abdullah Saad’s Root Procedure:

If you have not already updated your Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 to UBDMA2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official firmware, you can do so using our guide. And following is how you can root your Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 running UBDMA2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official firmware.

Disclaimer:

In order to root your Android device, we will require to flash CF-Auto-Root in your In order to root your Android device, we will require to flash CF-Auto-Root in your Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 running on UBDMA2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean official firmware using ODIN. This will root your device. However, in this process you may lose your personal data and settings.

Please do note that once your device is rooted, you warranty will be void; However, you can reclaim the warranty by re-applying official firmware update.

NOTE: There's a screeny of the Odin3 user interface that should have been placed right here but the website won't allow me copy and paste it so if you want to see it, just use the link to the actual site that I included

Download

1.	CF-Auto-Root to Root N8010XXUCMA8 firmware [File: CF-Auto-Root-espressorf-espressorfxx-gtp3100.zip]

2.	Odin 3.07

Guide to Root UBDMA2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on Galaxy Tab 2 P3100

1.	Extract CF-Auto-Root-p4notewifiww-p4notewifixx-gtn8010.zip to get a file with .tar extension in extracted folder.

2.	Extract Odin zip file and you will get Odin3 v3.07.exe.

3.	Power off your tablet. Wait 5-6 seconds to confirm complete switch off.

4.	Now, put the Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 tablet in Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down and the Power button. A screen will come up; press Volume UP key to continue to enter Download Mode.

5.	Now run Odin3 v3.07.exe (see Step 2) as an Administrator because Admin rights are required to complete the process smoothly.

6.	Now connect your Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 with your PC using USB cable. A message will appear under Odin’s message box in the bottom left saying “Added!!”. If you don’t get it, then try another USB port. If that too doesn’t work, then reinstall the USB driver. If you successfully see the “Added!!” message in Odin, you are good to go. Also, check for COM port with a number in Yellow to make sure that you have successfully added your device.

7.	Select these files in Odin at respective button:

o	Click the PDA Button, and select the CF-Auto-Root-p4notewifiww-p4notewifixx-gtn8010.tar.md5 file.

o	In Odin window, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected.

o	Double check everything. Hit the START button to begin the flashing process.

o	Once the flashing process is completed, the tablet will reboot automatically and you will see a PASS message in the top-left-most box. You can now unplug the USB cable to disconnect your device from computer.

Your Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 running UBDMA2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware is now rooted. If there are any issues, feel free to post in the comments section for our staff to take a look at it.

I’m sure this will help someone because when it comes to Tablets, if it could get through to me, it can get through to anybody. lol