yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] g96818:
Just follow what post 5 said and follow the instructions for the tab S5e.

https://xdaforums.com/tab-s5e/how-to/galaxy-tab-s5e-sm-t720-root-t3947806

I tried it yesterday and it worked perfectly. Use frija to download the latest firmware ASK1. You need to find your CSC code from the software info section of your device, or the last 3 characters of your full model number.

I can also confirm that magisk 20.1 works and you don't need to hold power + vol up when turning on.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] godmode1970:
Will this method trigger knox?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] g96818:
Doesn't matter which method. Magisk triggers knox.

https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#samsung-system-as-root
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Extreemator:
Ask2 is the lastest. I didn't even change csc. Just flashed over ask2 over current csc.

Ps: Instrictuons are in development sections. If you install root than you as well may istall twrp and remove encryption
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] g96818:
Good for you. Frija still says ASK1 is the latest for my device. I'm not flashing the firmware for another csc over my device's csc. People have posted that they lost functionality for doing that.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] xQuantum:
Will I lose the Widevine L1 if I root this tablet?

can anyone please install DRM info and check this?

I want to play Netflix with HD..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Extreemator:
Only functionality i can think of if it's 865. I just told you thak ask1 not the latest and when people root they format anyway, so it doesn't matter. The csc is also doesn't matter, can be jumped off to another csc and firmware if it's not 865.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] inzel:
Anybody know if this works with the SM-T867V?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] inzel:
Bump
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] bartleby999:
I'm probably a bit late, but I can confirm Widevine is still L1 after rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Logix:
Does this work for the SM-T867U? AkA tmobile tab s6 usa
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] inzel:
Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] BajaBlast4Life:
Yes if you can enable OEM unlocking in the Developer's Options.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] revized:
Thanks for the cool info, might this work on S6 SM-T867? (sprint model)

Let me guess, if I can enable oem unlock and can flash 860 csc over 867?

I have not bought the tablet yet so don't know if oem unlock has any working option or not though
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] VeEuzUKY:
I followed all the procedures of the OP, everything went well and then successfully flashed and all done. Finally after flashing and upon trying to restart into recovery, the Tab just gives me a continuing bootloop of the following message and completely refuses to go into recovery with the Volume up + Power Button combination (or any other mode actually). Also the Tab cannot be turned off because if I press Volume Down + Power, it auto starts again into the same error splash screen message. No idea what happened. What should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] revized:
Oh no, looks like this root method might just ruin some tablets, maybe I should pass then, sorry to hear that your tab got bricked man :(
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ivanox1972:
Which method -

Twrp magisk or

Patch magisk
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] fishmurder:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 SM-T860 WiFi USA version -recover from Bricking?

Were you able to find a fix to the stuck Samsung logo and inability to power it off completely?

I have the exact same problem with my USA version Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 SM-T860

I followed these instructions exactly EXCEPT that I flashed twrp-3.3.1-1-gts6lwifi.img.tar (official TWRP) instead of TWRP_T860_3.3.1-10P.tar (as shown in the instructions).

Prior to flashing TWRP here is what my tab looked like

adb shell getprop

[ril.manufacturedate]: [20190819]

[ril.product_code]: [SM-T860NZAAXAR]

[ril.reject_enabled]: [1]

[ro.boot.em.model]: [SM-T860]

[ro.boot.flash.locked]: [1]

[ro.boot.sales_code]: [XAR]

[ro.boot.sec_atd.tty]: [/dev/ttyHS8]

[ro.csc.country_code]: [USA]

[ro.csc.countryiso_code]: [US]

[ro.csc.omcnw_code]: [XAR]

[ro.csc.sales_code]: [XAR]

[ro.vendor.product.cpu.abilist]: [arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,armeabi]

[ro.vendor.product.cpu.abilist32]: [armeabi-v7a,armeabi]

[ro.vendor.product.cpu.abilist64]: [arm64-v8a]
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] VeEuzUKY:
The TWRP version doesn't matter as I did exactly the opposite of you and got stuck the same.. you flashed twrp-3.3.1-1-gts6lwifi.img.tar (official TWRP) instead of TWRP_T860_3.3.1-10P.tar and I flashed the P one.. same same. I could never get it to work again or even get back into recovery or download mode and had to take it to Samsung for an off-warranty paid repair. I keep insisting there is something very strange going on with some of these Tablets.. even of the guides are followed exactly step-by-step, this keeps happening to a few users. I am yet to find a fix and given up trying to get custom recovery or root flashed.

But if course, your mileage may vary and you might get luckier than me and still at least be able to get into download mode again. My suggestion to you is, first let the battery die completely. When you have no more power, connect it to your PC's USB with the Volume Up + Down so you go into download mode. If it works, the first thing you need to do is relock the bootloader. Then let it try to restart and do it's thing, a d re-enter download mode to flash stock.

Hope this helps :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] justheretohelp:
I thought to include this in case someone else has the same problem and I hope I can prevent someone from pulling their hair out.

When I first flashing and rooted the Tab S6 I noticed after a couple hours/restarts Magisk was not longer installed, only Magisk manager remained. All root access was removed.

After reflashing rooted ROM (failing due to vbmeta aka RMM was triggered) --> flashing stock ROM followed by resetting it by changing clock to bypass 7 day OEM lock --> flashing back to rooted ROM again

only for it to happen again. All in all wasted a good half of a day and was tempted to try again, this time trying TWRP method. I finally re-read the post and realized it stated

"Important :

Due to the fact that some devices no longer uses ramdisk in boot images, Magisk has no choice but to be installed in the recovery partition. For these devices, you will have to boot to recovery every time if you want Magisk. Since both Magisk and recovery lives in the same partition, what you actually end up getting when you choose to boot to recovery will be determined by how long you press volume up.

(Powering up normally) → (System with NO Magisk)

(OEM Recovery Key Combo) → (Splash screen) → (Release all buttons) → (System with Magisk)

(OEM Recovery Key Combo) → (Splash screen) → (Keep pressing volume up) → (Actual recovery)"

Lo and behold, after holding down Bixby+Volume Up during boot and releasing recovered installed Magisk.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] VeEuzUKY:
How do you boot into system by holding down Bixby+Volume Up during boot?.. and by Bixby you mean the power button as the S6 does not have a dedicated Bixby button.

Usually (always) holding down Bixby+Volume Up during boot will get you into recovery. If you boot into system with this sequence, then how do you go into recovery?

The longer pressing option didn't work for me in the past and I instantly got the vbmeta loading error triggered followed by getting the tab bricked and having to relock the bootloader and re-flashing stock all over again to get out of it. This Tab is the greatest BS pain in the ass I have ever experienced in any Samsung's device.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] eclifox:
FYI don't mind the different name, still the same person but I found my old account.

Sure the power button if you will, the one above the volume buttons. On my device that button is bound to bixby and to shutdown/restart I have to hold that button+Volume down.

Nevertheless, like it says hold it down until you see the splash screen then release and you'll be fine, if you keep on holding you'll reach recovery

Not sure what you mean by "longer pressing option" but when I had the vbmeta lock I first installed stock, change date 7 days in the future, clicked on update(must do, even if it is the latest firmware otherwise lock will stay). Then redo what I did before aka the guide on pg 1.

FYI You shouldn't need to relock bootloader.

I can't imagine the headache when android 10 comes along and I need to update
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] VeEuzUKY:
eclifox, thanks for the reply. Without relocking the bootloader, ODIN refused to re-flash stock ROM, would fail instantly.

As for Android 10 (a useless update anyway) we will be doomed. Best is not to update at all and hang on to the Tab S6 with Android 9 till the S7 is out by year's end or next year and hopefully being a little bit less temperamental to modify.. for sure a fat chance since Samsung is on a quest to make things exponentially more impossible with each new hardware released. Android is becoming like IOS and all the brands like Apple. The fun is almost all gone and I have even started to contemplate making my aging (and secondary) iPhone X again my main device, sidelining Android. I'm slowly getting over these headaches and the lack of flexibility and openness that once Android enjoyed both at hardware and software side of things.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] revized:
I totally agree,EXCEPT personally could never be a 1 button apple man. Probably HTC or moto international models for sure. D

time to move on from any SPAMSUNG devices PERMANENTLY. Because spammy is a big time failure for sure
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] hd_scania:
How to root Tab S6? Just simply, this device has had officially got supported in TWRP, just download the latest recovery there, then flash using Fastboot and ADB commands, by having flashed TWRP you should mostly rm -rf your stock ROM then pick an arbitrary GSI, finally get your device rooted inside your GSI-based ROM. :)

And good news here, i’m going to order one :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] revized:
If you can ignore the fact that spammy is turning some people's tabs into stylish paper weights, then yah because some are still able to be rooted up ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] arsMachete:
SM-t867v

So Reading this thread looks like people have used 2 different versions. My Tab s6 is Sm-867v which method would be best to try to root it as well as will it even work?

thank you for any and all help received.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MadusDogusUK:
I have a SM-T860 version and going round in circles. I can't understand why a dedicated guide can't be put together for the Galaxy Tab S6 instead of having to use a Galaxy Note or Tab 5s guide.

Frustrated isn't the word... I had to walk away from my PC earlier before I had a mental breakdown. I honestly could cry almost. The world's stuck indoors and the ones that have achieved what we wish to emulate are nowhere to be seen to help with assistance.

So deflating :(

---------- Post added at 05:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 PM ----------
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] doggydog2:
so i've got this device day before it ramped price by 150$.

i'm strictly rooting all mobile phones to clean up home calling of apps as they send identifiable user information like SIM card number (equals phone number), device id (equals your home address via bill), mac addresses of all devices etc. now this device will be pretty isolated, only at home, without location, without LTE, so i think about leaving it unrooted as i know how difficult it will be to get kid apps, theme apps, samsung appstore on this device where i'd actually use it.

the question is, does this retain magisk after

shutdown

? .......normally it should. that's what i experienced each time with sammy 2018+ and what people report sometimes.. this is the single most important lifesaver in era of samsung weird root. no basic user would press the combination of keys, of course. i never needed to !, and neither after restart thanks to an xposed plugin.

can i root and keep encryption? .......i'd say yes if i don't install custom ROM, TWRP and yes i am ok to just root. Multidisabler is my enemy:)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MadusDogusUK:
I have managed to root my SM-T860 UK tab using the S5e method, it does keep root but you need to help power and volume up until the Samsung screen that states the device isn't running on official firmware (not the 'the bootloader is unlocked screen).

Encryption I can't tell you, I'm happy to have a look if someone tells me how do I check.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] doggydog2:
but did you ever try to shutdown (or battery died) and start without keys? that's where i expect root to STAY..

encryption is in Security\Encruption&Credentials or something like that, but it can lie, best is to launch TWRP and see it either it sees encoded filenames or asks for a password if encryption is ON, or lets you see the files if it's OFF.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MadusDogusUK:
I haven't installed TWRP and root permissions are not loaded if I don't hold both power and volume up until the red warning screen.

Sorry if I'm repeating myself and not being very helpful with my replies. If I can answer a question you have please ask (again?) and I'll try and be useful with my replies. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] doggydog2:
thanks for confirmation! that's sad to hear as i want to share the tablet with family, and they will not press the button combination.. so i have to stay without root somehow, or with VMOS/VirtualXposed/Taichi but they don't work well.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MadusDogusUK:
I think I read somewhere there's a way to make it boot with Magisk loaded automatically, I'll have a look around and if I find it I'll post the fix here.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] REAL6:
Any word on this? Just got my T-865 today and I don't even know if I want to root at this point with all the headaches I've been reading.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] REAL6:
Did you ever figure this out?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] altae:
Sorry, wrong thread, please delete.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] quasiperfect:
Worked well for me. Only thing missing was that Magisk requires wifi connection the first time you use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] DionWhite33:
Youtube with no ads and Viper4forAndroid...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Daniel Hjelvik:
YouTube vanced doesn't require root.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] bartleby999:
The root version does.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] PrincessSiren:
Still no dedicated instruction for T860? I bought mine with Android 10 so I don't wanna risk it 🙈
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigjun913:
need help

i rooted using guide. i have android 10. it rooted perfectly. only problem can't install apps from google. it states two different message. first need external sd to install apps. have internal 100gb free and external 400 gb free. 2nd error can't install app on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] N1NJATH3ORY:
So i heard for qualcomm processors if one roots and then remove root, Samsung Pay and Knox is unaffected is this correct ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] pierro78:
With root you also get good performance with a Linux-Deployed linux distro : https://xdaforums.com/t/termux-or-l...ripled-the-speed-of-this-12yo-laptop.4254035/ (if you are into linux ...) ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] doggydog2:
Rooting has tiny microscopic advantage for me ;)

i've rooted Samsung SPlus,Note2,Note3,S6,S7,S8,Note9,S10,Note20,Note20Ultra,Tab S4,Oneplus6T,7T,8Pro,Xiaomi Mi9,LGV30.. always within 1 hour after buying it (except Xiaomi wait queue slap in face). Can't stop, won't stop!

advantages:

* privacy, privacy, privacy, blocking apps from snitching your data, forcing discipline to lame users

* permanent debloating, repetitive, right after firmware update, unattended

* call recording in native app with luxury preview of recorded audio right there

* execute scripts at boot, or at runtime based on triggers (e.g. force DNS change on local WLAN, fantastic if you have same domains internally and externally ---> you never need to switch URLs like nzbdrone app does for you... how you even connect e.g. Synology apps without this?)

* real deep adblocking along with VPN, DNS hostname blocking is way too basic

* real backups with data, 1:1 image on new phone for 99% apps

* productive tools like 3C AllInOne, full transparency on system, easy troubleshooting

* swipe/edge UI functions of anything you can imagine, e.g. secret Pen mode, secret area select, Pie menus, keyboard extras like Undo/Redo, tons of gestures

* alternate repos Aurora,FDroid without typical nonroot hassle like you can't even instlall automatically

* sweet adfree and sponsorblockfree YT, YT Music

* UI tweaks <--- this was priority & motivation a decade ago, now it's least important
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] TiTiB:
[snip]

[snip]

I can delete system apps. Game Optimizer, which would not stay frozen, is my latest uninstall. So far I've either frozen uninstalled 148 packages. So, yeah...

Freedom to do what I want with *my* tablet, not what Google or Samsung wants me to do.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr1day_13:
Hello Everyone.

I just got my Galaxy Tab S6 T865 265GB/8GB LTE with Android 11

The benefits of rooting any android device are out of question for me, the only thing i am normally checking before rooting the device is what i will "loose" by doing so and for the Tab S6 all the Informations are wide spreaded and hard to find.

- Is there a way to root an android 11 tab s6 without loosing knox?

- are ota updates working? (found both answers here in the thread, yes they are and no they are not but both for an android version below 11)

- what functions / features will be gone?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] doggydog2:
- no and knox trip isnt something visible, who still cares about it? its purpose is to scare people out of rooting. let's trip it proudly:)

- no OTA, i just keep years old build tbh.. only OnePlus has root OTA

- just some samsung pay and corporate bs. nothing relevant
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr1day_13:
the only thing about knox is that someone should mention a triggered know when reselling the tablet and the people dont understand it and avoiding buying it ;D

So its just a myth that rooting without twrp keeps the efuse alive, just read it before in a galaxy note thread.

Samsung Pass is not working after rooting, some people complaining about that, and i dont even know what that is Oo

The only thing i would care about is if the Widevine Level is still at L1, and my conclusion was that you are still able to watch netflix in HD (so L1 is still there) and HDR is working - but some people say you get thrown back to L3 and Netflix is working but wont play in HD - its a myth too, right?

But as i am using the tablet at home most of the time and running a good pihole setup i will first try to debloat my tab s6 without root and will decide it sometimes in the future.

but it feels awkweard without afwall, adaway, titanium backup etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] bartleby999:
Widevine is L1 after rooting. HDR is still available after rooting.

Samsung Pass is used for storing your personal information. I can't say if it works after root because I don't save addresses, passwords and such on my tab. I can confirm that biometrics still work though so you can lock/unlock with your fingerprint.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] SepticRedhead:
Will I still be able to use Samsung apps afterwards? I like the Samsung apps and want to allow for use of sim cards on mine due to the tab s6's manufacturing being they only remove the software for sims on the ones without support.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] JimBruce:
Hi guys

I upgraded my XDA II a long time ago from 2003 to WM5, and all was fine, however any time I put a new version on 6.1, I still get the old programs installed from a previous version. I tried "downgrading" back to 2003 and there it works fine, however any time I install a 6.1 ROM, the old apps (and their error messages) keep coming back.

Is there a way that I can COMPLETELY wipe my Himalaya device and then install a 6.1 ROM from fresh?

Your help is greatly appreciated

Jim
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] paulpax:
do you HARD RESET, clear storage?, i mean the steps where you set it to NO, YES, YES? hard reset for 2006/2005 is different from 2003.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] JimBruce:
Hey Paul

Thanks for the fast reply... The answer to that part is NO... And that's because the camera button on my XDA is broken and so am unable to do that key sequence...

Any other ways to do the hard reset (with an application or such like)

Thanks

Jim
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] xPreSiDenT:
thats highly unlikely... the new roms(wm6.x) arent hard resetted by the usual manner the old ones were... for wm6.x the whole no, yes, yes routine is necessary... unless maybe some1 builds a rom that isnt hard reset persistent(thats wht they write with these roms n i think thats why these roms dont get cleared with the old hard reset).
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] JimBruce:
Thanks for that...

... So if I understand you correctly, I DO need to run the NO, YES, YES routine to clear out all the other rubbish on my system... But if I can't do the keystrokes, can anyone think of a way that I can emulate this...

Thanks

Jim
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] Jadel:
My understanding is that there is no work around for this. How is the button broken? Is the whole button not there? or is the button there but the internal workings are broken?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pogiroyalhost:
hi. i have a problem with my galaxy a20 android 9 :crying:

in some apps, the brightness Increase without any reason ... for example i set my brightness to 60% but when i open some apps (like instagram or Gallery) , i see that the screen is going lighter a little .... and when i exit the app, it going to normal status again.. adaptive brightness is off .... so what is it? its a bug? i remember i had this problem in chrome too but after a tiny update, its solved . but instagram and gallery is still like this :confused:

any solution?
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] proteccdareich:
I have a F8131 one, and the bootloader cannot be unlocked. I saw someone say there's a way to unlock bootloader without proof. Can anyone help? Thanks.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] Roowz:
Try to unlock it via FlashTool
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] proteccdareich:
Tried bro. It caused bootloop
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] Roowz:
Can i root then? Using dirty cow on marshmallow.. If can, please teach me how to do it :)
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] proteccdareich:
you can try to make a pre rooted mm firmware ask your own risk. I'm not getting sure if it's work