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[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTall:
Hi Lord Sithek

As i said before i think it is to do with compatability between the rom version, magisk version and twrp version. If you get lucky with all the versions working together then all works otherwise frustration.

My TWRP version was 3.4.0-2-gts4|wifi

Magisk-v20.4(20400)

MagiskManager-v7.5.1

BUILD NUMBER QP1A.19071.020.T720XXU1BTG3

this might be helpfull if you ever try again.

I have also got a twrp backup of a clean instal of android 10.

All the best ExTall
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Thanks. Maybe you're right, but I don't think I'll rollback to those older versions. I use Migrate for backing up apps and it doesnt require custom recovery, so I'll live without TWRP... At least until I get bored with stock and go for crDroid again 😆
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] OhioYJ:
Yes it does. I've gone back to stock a couple times to grab stuff for devs and root to get it. Android 11 can still be rooted. In fact just did tonight.

Make sure you are patching the correct AP file (same version you are running). Also make sure you are using the latest version of Magisk.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] cambunch:
I recently made the move from Android 9 to Android 11 and was running into some issues getting Magisk to work. There is a piece missing from this guide that is in the official Magisk instructions that is an important step:

For some reason, when I was patching my AP file through Magisk on my previous install of Android (before wiping and updating to 11), Magisk was not checking this box by default. The magisk_patched.tar file it was creating was passing through an untouched recovery.img.lz4 instead of a properly patched recovery.img.

So when updating, make sure “Recovery Mode” is checked in Magisk before patching the AP file, and that your magisk_patched.tar has a recovery.img and not a recovery.img.

lz4.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iamkardde:
Hi! I have successfully rooted twice in a week, because i yah yah yah'ed my way thru the debloat cautions... Don't Do That!! I know about vol. up + power on the sm-t720, and have done about 10x so far to get comfortable. This morning i odin-flashed twrp and now every time i reboot i go straight into twrp, which is Yay! but i Need to use my tab otherwise, yea? Can anyone please help? I've tried a few times..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iamkardde:
I had been going past the "unlocked bootloader" screen and letting go of buttons when i see the redletter bs at bottom, still i end up in twrp.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Sorry, but your posts are bit chaotic... As you can read from some posts above, getting TWRP on stock One UI rom is kinda difficult and I myself never succeed in this... Generally I've found it not that important to have TWRP with this tab since we are able to do most of root stuff without it
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iamkardde:
Thank you good sir, am sorry about any confusion. I was after a permission.xml fix another user pointed out to avoid another "Tablet is Locked". I am/was rooted until I flashed twrp hours ago. I'll take your point and try to get back to stock recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Sir-OJ:
I hope someone will still read this thread, since it's been about 2 years old, but will this method also work for a TAB S5E with android 11? Obviousy, I did use Frija to download the correct (Android 11) firmware.

Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTall:
Hi

If you read this thread from current posts back towards earlier posts you will find the answer to your question.

One tip, dont try installing TWRP

Extall
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Sir-OJ:
Thank you. For what I found, I can use this method with magisk to root the S5e with android 11. Forgive me if I'm wrong, I'm not all that technical, so maybe I shouldn't even be doing this in the first place. It's just that the step by step sections make it look not that hard to do.

Well, to sum it up, did I understand what I read back correctly? In other words, rooting the device (SM-T720) with android 11 following the steps mentioned, should work?

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTall:
Yes that is how i understand it.

Even if things go wrong and you end up in a boot loop, which is very likely first time you try, do not worry.

Just reflash original firmware in odin and you can start again

I am happy to stay on 10, i rooted on 9 and then after messing up a few times over 6 months experimenting with different things, upgraded to 10 and rooted on that.

It is unlikly you will do serious damage as long as the battery is well charged and the conection to the pc is good.

You will find the whole rooting quite a challenge the first time, but much easier on future atempts.

Set aside plenty of time e.g. 2 days and work through each step carefully.

All the best

Extall
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Sir-OJ:
Thank you, I really appreciate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi All

Just upgraded from 10 to 11. Decided to go back to 10 as a few apps weren't working. Went through Odin but got a "sw rev check fail" error.

Didn't wipe drive - is that the issue or is it simply a bootloader upgrade issue and I cant go back?

Any options?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] OhioYJ:
I use LOS, so I'm may not be fully up on Samsung releases. However when I got this message it was because the version of Android 10 firmware I was using was older. You need a current version of 10 to "downgrade" from 11 so it will have the same revision, otherwise it will give that error.

This was brought up actually in the LOS thead IIRC, as I had this issue while pulling some information from the stock OS if you want the actual details.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi mate.

Thx for the feedback. Yes I'm using rooted stock and trying to downgrade from 11 to the latest release of 10. Means I cant install TWRP which limits the options as well.

At this stage using 11 while I get further thoughts on the error. Might give it another go later in the week.

Appreciated.

Cheers

Update:

Just realised I wasn't working with the latest version of 10, hence bootloader issue. Downloaded and now working fine. Thx.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] OhioYJ:
Perhaps I'm reading this wrong... What do you mean can't install TWRP? You don't need to be on Android 10 to install TWRP. You can install TWRP on Android 11 as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] dohvaz:
I'm pretty new to all of this and I apologize if this has been asked/dealt with before. I am currently trying to get my tablet into the unlock bootloader screen yet when i hold the volume buttons (with or without power) and plug in my usb nothing happens. OEM unlock and usb debugging with my pc authorized isn't the issue. i have the exact drivers required as well. 1.7.43.0. Not sure what the issue is. Thank you in advance.

EDIT. guess i was impatient enough to not hold down the volume buttons long enough before plugging in usb. yikes lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] dohvaz:
My issue is at this step in section 12,

Hold 'Volume Down' and 'Power' until the screen goes black (also known as a 'Soft Reset').

The moment the screen goes black, continue to hold down 'Power' but

QUICKLY

switch so now only 'Volume Up' is being held.

Do this until you enter 'Android Recovery'.

As outlined in 'SECTION ELEVEN', use the 'Volume Keys' & 'Power' to navigate the menu.

First select 'Wipe Data/Factory Reset' and, upon completion, choose 'Reboot System Now'.

Your device will reboot several times. This is expected behavior.

I get stuck on a samsung logo that never ends. No Idea what I did wrong.

**EDIT** If anyone gets stuck where I did. I fixed it myself by ****ing around. Instead of wiping and rebooting. I just selected power off and it just rebooted into normal "lets go" to set up. idk why but that fixed it
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi mate.

When rooting this device, you can install TWRP but then can't get back into OS.

If you read previous posts, one user says be managed to make it work with a specific version of Android 10.

Most of us haven't been that successful...

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
I had to format my device and decided to give a TWRP another shot with stock rom :)

So I did a clean Odin flash of latest firmware, I rooted it according the instruction from this thread, then I went back to Odin and tried to flash TWPR. I succeed. Then I immidiately boot into TWRP and formated data (Idk if that was a good move... anyway). My tablet booted just fine! But root access is gone.

I can boot to TWRP and boot to system again without any issues. But how to get root from this place? I tried customary flashing from TWRP and stucked in bootloop. Fortunately flashing uninstall.zip make the tab work again. So now I have TWRP, but dont have root access. Do you guys know how to get it now? Thanks in advance

@OhioYJ @ExTall @Essentrix @TiTiB @AHE_XDA @Conan179 @lewmur @Handeman707
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Conan179:
the only choice is twrp OR root, both are not working.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
:/ Bad news, but thank for reply
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi mate,

I ran into the same issue. As soon as I rooted the device I couldn't get out of TWRP.

Would be great if one of the more knowledgeable guys around these forums came up with an option.

Always amazed at their ingenuity...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Conan179:
It is normal that the twrp is gone, if you rooted as tab, because the tab has no ram disk, the root has to be written into the recovery patition.

Both is not possible.

Installation

The Magic Mask for Android

topjohnwu.github.io
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] TiTiB:
I haven't visited this thread in quite a while (now using the S6 tablet, and have it rooted with Magisk). The whole process is much easier; having TWRP already makes it even more so.

Without re-reading the Magisk instructions in OP (which I helped write), I can tell you that the install process is now much different. To get you started, check this out: https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html

...also the S6 thread https://xdaforums.com/f/samsung-galaxy-tab-s6-guides-news-discussion.9131/
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Sparh4wk:
Hi, I have problem with android 11 root. I was following the tutorial and after flashing patched magisk and then factory reset, I wasnt able to see magisk manager and when I install it manually then I can see that magisk is not installed :( and ofc root checker tells me that device isnt rooted :( any tips?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Conan179:
dont wipe after fashing the magisk patched file.

And to boot with root, read this:

Installation

The Magic Mask for Android

topjohnwu.github.io
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Thanks for your response! I wasnt aware you were partially responsible for this fool-proof guide, thanx a lot! It helped me a lot when I rooted this tab for the first time and I didnt know what exactly is going on 😉

Im well aware of topjohnwu's installing instruction, but as for Sammy devices, I found it basically quite similar to what is presented in this tutorial. With the difference that it advices to patch the whole AP file instead of extracting parts. Additionally, the official TWRP site (https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxytabs5ewifi.html) advices to prepatch TWRP in Magisk and root the tablet first before we flash TWRP. So this is quite confusing and as far as I know, nobody here found a way to keep latest TWRP and rooted stock system working together. Are we missing something? 🙂

And which instructions for rooting S6 do you have in mind exactly? Could you point to the precise thread? Id be glad to take a look

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] TiTiB:
Wish I could help more, but it's been 2 years and my memory of what I did is quite fuzzy. I even spent a lot of time looking for my notes for my S5e, and couldn't find anything even remotely useful. Kinda disturbing because I know I created copious notes...hmm.

Sorry about the confusing message of, "The whole process is much easier...". After doing some more reading I realized I was thinking about a different thing.

I can't speak to keeping "..latest TWRP and rooted stock system working together." because I have neither.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
No problem. This finally makes me rest in my TWRP quest :ROFLMAO:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Holy crap!

It seems I was unaware that A11 update already came for this tab! Can anyone confirm this is the correct latest firmware for wifi variant (German region)? I dont want to make any huge mistake 😁

https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__Tab__S5e__-WiFi-__/w1zo/DBT/T720XXU2DUD7/T720OXM2DUD7/
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Brock Lee:
I have TWRP and Lineage 18.1 flashed and setup on my s5e. Is following this guide necessary for root in this case, or can I now do it the more familiar (for me) way of installing the manager APK and flashing the zip in TWRP?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi mate. That looks right. I was surprised like you. Been using the Aussie version of 11 for some time now... Works a treat! Only issue is Safetynet pass - the universal patch works but causes random reboots.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Thanx, I installed it too an all is OK. I can tell you that the original USNP 1.1 and 1.2 caused issues for me as well, but 1.1 Samsung mod is working absolutely fine. Attaching it for you!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Thanks for that mate. I also found changing the fingerprint to pixel has stabilised 1.2 for me. Nice to have everything functioning... 👍
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
The only thing I found failing is fingerprint in apps. For some reason my banking app refuses my properly added fingerprint and even biometrics in Play Store crash...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
I managed to fixed fingerprint, using USNF v.2.0.0.test2 from Github. If anybody needs, I'm attaching. Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Glad that option sorted it for you. I've had no problem with 1.2 after changing the fingerprint using MagiskHide Props.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
So.. after reading this thread for some time...

Is it possible to have both ROOT and TWRP even if it is a previous version of android?

I had it all until tablet froze and I have to start all over again. I would hate to loose any one of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Conan179:
@iruiz2 https://xdaforums.com/t/galaxy-tab-s5e-sm-t720-root-instructions-release-1-0.3947806/post-85443935
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
I had it running with both before I (clearly mistakingly) upgraded Magisk. Is there not a way to revert to that?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
I had it with both until a few days ago I upgradid MAgisk. Maybe it is what caused this: https://xdaforums.com/t/s5e-wont-boot.4339397

Is there not a way to revert to this?

I was running Resurrection Remix LuisRom 7.02
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
Yes, I read that. I was wondering if I could revert to the setting I had before. RR 7.0.2 Luisrom, with TWRP and Magisk working.

I updated MAgisk and I think it was the beginning of all my problems... https://xdaforums.com/t/s5e-wont-boot.4339397

Sorry for the repeated posts. My PC is acting weird :(
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] DartGerion:
Hi, saw that you have Netflix HD APK, maybe you could share it in PM?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
I use Play Store version these days since I'm able to pass SafetyNet fully. You should be able as well if you are rooted. You can try latest apk from apkmirror too
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] DartGerion:
Yeah, unfortunately, even though that i pass Safetynet, I still can't use Netflix in HD. That's why i was asking
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Try from apk mirror, I dont have those apks anymore
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Awesomeslayerg:
bootloop on s7fe
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTall:
Hi i have stock android 10 with twrp working fine

Magisk v20.4(20400).zip

Magisk manager v7.5.1.apk

Twrp 3.4.0-2 gts4lvwifi

Android 10 T720XXU1BTG3 UK Version

Hope this helps
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
It does!!

I was able to recover some files from my tablet (finally they replaced the motherboard in the Samsung Repair Center) and I had it rooted with Magisk v20.2. I think latest Magisk versions are why why some people can't have TWRP+Magisk together.

I'll try to root and flash TWRP an android 11 (the updated the software after replacing the motherboard) and will leave feedback here.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
Well, clearly it is possible. I'm running crdroid 7.10 (android 11) with TWRP and latest Magisk (canary).
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
We were talking about STOCK Samsung ROM and root/TWRP, not a custom ROM

It seems the only one who achieved this is @ExTall, but on Android 10 with a particular TWRP/Magisk combo. Many attempts of mine to get goth working together on stock Android 11 failed
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
I see. I never keep stock in Samsung, too much bloatware. CrDroid flies, and battery is astonishing. In case you want to try it out and have TWRP+Magisk ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Actually I've flashed crDroid Luis ROM twice before and I went back to stock because I missed some features. But thanx 😏
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Yes same here mate... Can't beat stock for this device...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] iruiz2:
And... What did you guys miss?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] racenrich:
I'm curious as well to the switch.

been using this tablet for about 4 months now and definitely need root, way too many ads for my liking.

Cheers,

Rich K
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
It's possible to root stock too 😏 Although I'm rooted, I don't use root based AdBlocker, t rather than AdGuard which is VPN based
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Mainly floating windows and easy swap windows in split screen mode, and some other featured. I kinda like OneUi skin as well
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] phocriab:
I got TWRP 'working' next to Magisk on stock Android 11.

pros: you don't have to press [Volume Up] during boot, to get root activated

cons: on my device I don't have any sound / auto rotation doesn't work / TWRP restore function doesn't work (bootloop) (*1)

So it's pretty useless for me! :-(

How did I install TWRP next to Magisk?

Use the detailed guide from page 1!

In "SECTION EIGHT - PATCH YOUR AP FILE" patch also a TWRP (e.g. twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gts4lvwifi.img)

In "SECTION TEN - CREATE YOUR TAR" replace the recovery.img with your patched twrp.img

In "SECTION TWELVE - ODIN PREPARATION AND FLASH" you will not enter 'Android Recovery' but TWRP:

At the very start of TWRP choose [never ask again] and [keep ...].

In [Wipe] do a [Data Reset] (above the slider) and then move the wipe slider to the right.

Go back to main menu choose [Install] and install Magisk23.apk.

Not sure if you need this: Go back to main menu choose [Reboot] and [Shut down]. Switch your device on by pressing an holding [Power] and [Volume Up] until TWRP shows up. Now you can reboot normally.

I did the procedure twice with stock Android 11 (DBT image / August 2021) and once with Linage 18.

On my device the above cons are the same with Linage 18.1 (with Magisk and TWRP).

PS

(*1): one could try to flash Magisk23.apk after each restore (never tried this - it came to my mind - just now)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Lord Sithek:
Good try, mate! Anyway, since it causes more issues than advantages as you reported, I wont try it :sneaky:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] heinzer_2021:
Hi!

I had my SM-T725 being rooted on Android 9, now wanted to upgrade to 11.

The flashing process in Odin failed. Therefore I flashed the freshly downloaded stock ROM (found on Frija). That worked. So I now have my device running with Android 11 - but no root yet.

Every time I try the flashing in Odin fails with the last step, the rebooting. Until there everything goes through.

So these are my steps/efforts:

- download the fitting Stock ROM (SM-T725_2_20211012201807_ug6gb4r3qx_fac.zip) via Frija

- extracting it with 7zip

- transferring the AP file to the download folder on the tablet

- Magisk canary version (from https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk) is installed

- patch the AP file with Magisk, "Recovery mode" being checked.

- retransfer the patched file to the PC, removing the original AP file.

- build up an own/new tar by extracting the patched file with 7z, using the three img-files and the meta-data (folder)

- developer options are activated. they show show an unlocked bootloader and USB debugging activated

- reboot the device to bootloader

- link to Odin, putting in the own/new tar-file in the AP-field.

- let Odin run

- get a "Fail" in Odin, among others with an "<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed." error - after processing (or trying to) the recovery.img.

- the tablet show a "error has occured while updating" message. I therefore have to flash the original AP file - which works. And results to a running Android 11, but unrooted.

I tried several other ways already. Different versions of Magisk. Putting in the complete (NON rebuilt) "magisk patched"-tar-file in Odin's AP field. Filling the remaining (BL, CP, CSC) with the data from the extracted stock file.

Nothing works always on the very end the Odin-Fail occurs.

Any ideas or help...?!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] bigd2337:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e SM-727V. It has Samsung Knox on it with android 11. Is there anyway to remove Samsung Knox ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] dylan54:
heinzer_2021​

i have same problem. have you any solution ? thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] bigd2337:
No I haven’t found any solution yet
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] AHE_XDA:
It is likely the bootloader that is preventing the downgrade. If TWRP is available, you "could" potentially try downgrading.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi mate,

Its been a while - wondering how you went with root/TWRP and later Magisk versions?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] Essentrix:
Hi mate

Been using rooted Android 11 for some time. Decided to go back to 10 some months ago as V4A works better.

After rooting and using I recently realised the recognised space on my internal drive has halved from 64GB to 32GB.

Don't have a working TWRP BTW.

Any thoughts you have would be appreciated.

Update: Its OK - I re flashed Stock and problem resolved.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Guides, News, & Discussion] IngoPan:
Frija link is dead, some1 has a new source please ?

Thanks.