[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series ROMs, Kernels, Recover] jedld:
This is a port of OMNIRom 7.1.1 for the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016) LTE SM-T285. OMNIRom aims to be a community based project and is a lot "lighter" than CyanogenMod/LineageOS.

5.1.1 is the best that you can get from samsung right now and it is not known if they plan to do any upgrades. I have absolutely no idea why samsung chose to stay with the outdated 5.1.1 mid 2016 when we already got 7.1 coming out. This custom rom is probably the best you can get if you want an upgrade from Lollipop. Performance on the latest build is also better, you be the judge.

Though this is stable enough that I use it currently as my daily driver, make sure you read the pending issues below and decide if this is acceptable to you before you flash this rom. This rom probably won't get much use out of some people until bluetooth is fixed.

Based off on OMNIRom 7.1.1 N4F260 sources which is based on Marshmallow.

For more information on OMNIRom and its features see their site here.

Device Tree:

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https://github.com/jedld/device_samsung_gtexslte.git

https://github.com/jedld/vendor_samsung_gtexslte.git

https://github.com/jedld/kernel_samsung_gtexslte.git

Omnirom Notes:

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- omnirom doesn't have ffmpeg libraries unlike the CM based roms, but no worries since I ported over CMs libraries here.

Works:

- Wifi/LTE/SMS (Some users report data intermittently not connecting, though toggling airplane mode on/off can fix it)

- Audio

- Graphics

- Bluetooth

- Wifi Hotspot

- MTP

Does not work:

- Calls (needs testing)

- Camera

- GPS (no fix)

- probably more (need testers)

Download

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Remember flashing an unofficial ROM on your samsung device will probably void your warranty. Don't expect samsung to support you if you have any issues.

As always flash this at your own risk. Make sure you have a copy of the stock ROM so that you have something to fall back to, which is highly the case when using an experimental rom.

See DevDB download section for older releases. Or click below for the latest release:

https://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=23245

Note that this rom is pure stock and does not come with the Play Store or any Gapps, I suggest you download a micro gapps package separately and install it via recovery.

There have been reports that recent versions of open gapps don't work properly, it is advised to use older versions instead (e.g. open_gapps-arm-6.0-nano-20161109.zip)

Installation Instructions

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Perform a backup of all of your important files. This ROM is experimental and I will not be responsible for your loss of data.

Download the zip file and extract the tar.

Use Odin/Heimdall to flash the tar file to your device. If you are coming from stock oranother rom make sure you wipe first using TWRP. Coming from a previous version of OMNIRom for SM-T285 may not require a wipe, however please perform a wipe if you encounter problems.

Root and customization

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This ROM is a purely based on source and is not rooted out of the box. However you can easily root it by using TWRP to install the latest version of SuperSU.

If you want to customize this ROM and repackage it you may use this guide as a reference.

XDA:DevDB Information

Omnirom 7.1.1 Galaxy Tab A 7 LTE SM-T285, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab A series

Contributors

jedld

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x

Based On: Omnirom

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2017-02-18

Last Updated 2017-02-20