[Galaxy Tab 4 General] upsideverse:
Greetings everyone, this is a root and Xposed installation guide for those who do not want or in my case cannot install TWRP/CWM recovery which is needed for many guides. This will begin with important links used to discover this working method for myself , software used, and a step-by-step guide. See the end of the post for recovery on a possible soft brick/bootloop you may encounter.

This was tested on SM-T330NU version 5.1.1(Lolipop) and is a TouchWiz-based ROM.

Disclaimer: I myself am not an expert, and most likely I cannot aid in troubleshooting, this is one of the very few scenarios I've found which worked for me and hopefully be useful to others.

IMPORTANT LINKS used to do this:

[1]https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980683 !installing root + SU using CF-Auto-Root with ODIN

[2]https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/ !CF-Auto-Root main website

[3]https://xdaforums.com/xposed/official-xposed-lollipop-t3030118 !contains a list of different Xposed framework from different people which works for specific devices. For this scenario it is under the TouchWiz-based ROMs (Samsung) table in the 5.1.x row, ARMv7 column (wanam's ARM(SDK22) version

[4]https://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960 !wanam's thread containing unoffical xposed frameworks for samsung lollipop/marshmellow

[5]https://www.leakite.com/2016/05/how-to-install-xposed-framework-without.html !installation guide on installation of Xposed Framework without custom recovery on lollipop devices

[6]https://xdaforums.com/tab-4/general/links-galaxy-tab-4-official-lollipop-5-t3102844 contains stock recovery files for galaxy tab 4

SOFTWARE/TOOLS/etc needed

The following below is the things I've used, in brackets contain the full file name in case you are curious)

CF-auto-root related to your device[1-2](CF-Auto-Root-milletwifiue-milletwifiue-smt330nu.tar.md5)

Odin (Odin3-v3.10.6.exe)[check xda forums for a (hopefully) virus-free distribution

flashfire [google app store]

xposed sdk22 firmware contained in a .zip file [3-4] (xposed-v87.1-sdk22-arm-custom-build-by-wanam-20161125.zip)

xposed apk(XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk [4]

Stock firmware of 5.1.1[6][check xda forums for a quick download link, sammobile absolutely sucks,](T330NUUEU1BOI1_T330NUXAC1BOI1_HOME.tar.md5)

GUIDE

Step 1 - Rooting your device

Follow this guide and focus on the second post: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/gt-i930x-t-n-cf-auto-root-t1957273

This will show you how to root your device and well as installing SuperSU refer to [1-2] in order to find the right .md5 file you need.

Step 2 - Find the correct Xposed Firmware and apk for your device

Using the source [3] to find what Xposed Firmware supports your device, in my scenario SM-T330NU it is in the [4] click on the download link and look for the recent versions (in the range of 8x.x) --> Lolipop folder --> a .zip file containing the words sdk22 and arm(NOT arm64). Download the Xposed Installer App from this thread as well.

Step 3 - Download apk flashfire

Flashfire is an android app which helps you flash (rom/firmware?) onto your device without the need of TWRP/CWM, but at the same time you will be lacking a way to "recover" see troubleshooting notes below.

Step 3 - installing Xposed firmware

Next is to follow this guide: https://www.leakite.com/2016/05/how-to-install-xposed-framework-without.html [5] which will walk you through in how to get the Xposed Framework onto Lollipop devices. NOTE: make sure that you put the xposed framework file in your SD card, I did not do this from internal storage.

After following these topics, you should have Xposed firmware installed, Step 3 may take under 10 minutes to do, please see troubleshooting notes below.

TROUBLESHOOTING NOTES

The main issues I've faced was in Step 3, in my previous experiments with other methods where I attempt to install Xposed Framework using custom recovery or Flashfire, I faced an issue called the boot loop. Basically you cannot process any further on your device besides having the [samsung] logo appear.

If you do the method I've explained there is no "backup" as such what you need to do now is to find a stock ROM [6] go into "download mode" on your device, and using odin to flash your device using the CORRECT stock ROM. This procedure is very similar to how you install root using CF-Auto-Root.

I hope this is helpful to some of you, please do not PM me for questions, most likely I cannot help since I am not an expert myself, instead post your inquiries in this thread where people can also assist you.