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[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gojapa:
What steps you had to get from download mode the magisk install without getting the removed window ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Do not understand your question. What "removed window"?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Pviniciuss:
Hello. I need the files for the Samsung SM-T295 A8 tablet with XXS3ATB2. could not find on the forum. I would also like to know how to install or twrp for this model. thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Did you read Post #1 ?

There is no TWRP for this model.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] ikbalandi:
hello, can you send me the Ap.Tar file for XXS3ATB2?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Pviniciuss:
Hello. I read the post but I don't understand all of it. I got to unlock the bootloader and activate USB debugging mode. I downloaded the full room too. but I didn't have the knowledge to carry out the other steps. I tried to boot just to install magisk but I couldn't do it either. thank you :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
I will send it tomorrow. I am configuring my new gaming laptop
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Here is the link:

AP-XXS3ATB2.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] ikbalandi:
appreciated that, thanks a lot. is it already have magisk inside? so i just flash it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Yes, it is Magisk modified. Install with BL, CP, amd HOME_CSC
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] ikbalandi:
Thankyou, finally my tab get rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
You're welcome!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] nixaro:
well i tested it on the sm-t290

well when i was testing the method you did on your sm-t295 i got root on a sm-t290 without wifi and then vaultkeeper came in with a vengeance. idk if i am overlaying the boot files right or not i was wondering if you have any insight in to the matter
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Did you go to recovery and do a data wipe?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] nixaro:
yes i did it crashed my andriod systems and vaultkeeper want to tell me no alot but i managed to get it back. idk i tested it with your .tar files for the sm-t295 to see y when i flashed the magisk.imgs.

but yet i can root my tablet with your files but i get no wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] J.Michael:
Moved to https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82873963&postcount=68
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] bime1:
Ok
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
After you flashed the Magisk modified files, did you immediately reboot to recovery and do a wipe data?

You need to disable auto reboot in ODIN when flashing Magisk files. Then, reboot to recovery and wipe data.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Tianhe:
Android 10 rolling out for SM-T295 ?

PDA/AP Version: T295XXU3BTFE

CSC Version: T295OLM3BTFE

MODEM/CP Version: T295XXU3BTFE

Region: XEV (Vietnam)

Build Date: 2020-06-23
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Thanks! Downloading now!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Tianhe:
Hope this is easier to root ! Please provide your impressions / feedback on this version, whenever possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
I will let you know how Android 10 is. May not install until tomorrow.

Have to wait and see after I download it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Android 10 installs without wipng data. So, previous data is preserved.

But, they made some changes to Android 10 which is preventing me from rooting.

I need to investigate further.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Tianhe:
Thank you for the update !
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] LUCID_DREE:
You can help Magisk development by posting it on github. Link is given :

Link

github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] LUCID_DREE:
I meant this post can be posted on Magisk forum so it helps topjohnwu
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Yes, there were problems with rooting 10 android. The loader blocks the installation of the patched kernel :(

But I solved this problem in an unexpected way :)

A temporary solution is possible, but it works.

I will attach screenshots, on which you will understand everything ...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Where are screenshots?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
A small hitch, downloaded from the computer ...

And the solution is simple - change the bootloader to the previous version and then use the already worked out method of rutting :) .

P.S.It is necessary to flash part of BL completely ...

After changing the bootloader, Wi-Fi will most likely fall off, do not panic, just enter the password again.

I will attach the BL bootloader file and the finished file for rutting.

Here is the link to the file Root_T295XXU3BTFE_M20.4.tar.zip GoogleDisc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRq9vZZ6vIYFh1T_T1QMCoCdFsfBYiIo/view?usp=sharing
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Ok, thanks!

Will try this tomorrow. Am busy the rest of the evening.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Did you flash CP* and CSC* ?

Did you add the modded files to the AP* file?

Did you reboot to recovery from Odin and do a data wipe?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
No, no and NO

If the bootloader is unlocked, then just flash the attached file ...

but first replace the bootloader, that is, flash the BL file.

All data will be saved :)

P.S.With all due respect to you, you are doing a lot of superfluous! We have a unique device and it has its own way, but you yourself see it :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Ok, thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
The Root_T295XXU3BTFE_M20.4.tar.zip is corrupt. Will not extract.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Here I repacked.

Something with the site, posted a file, but it is not visible ... :(

Here is the link to GoogleDisc:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRq9vZZ6vIYFh1T_T1QMCoCdFsfBYiIo/view?usp=sharing
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] J.Michael:
Please explain how you made these files.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
I keep getting a file not found message when I click on the link.

Never mind. I click the link in the reply window. Downloaded okay. Unzipped okay.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Well, I'll be damned!! It worked!

But, a little note. I flashed my Note 10 (N9700) qualcomm phone with Android 10., but using previous ROM BL* file. It got bricked - hard brick. I found out that the BL & CP files have to be from same version of ROM. My phone it getting repaired by Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
I took the boot.img & vbmeta.img stock files and patched it using the MagiskManager on the device. Next, you need to overlay the patched kernel file on the stock kernel file so that the full size is 64kb. I pack the files in tar and flash through ODIN :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] J.Michael:
When you say "patched kernel file", do you mean "Magisk patched boot.img"?

Do you make a small tar file with boot.img and vbmeta.img, and give that to Magisk Manager to patch?

Have you seen it written anywhere that Samsung went back to having an initrd in boot.img in Android 10 on the SM-T290? (Or that Android 10, in general, changed back to using an initrd in the boot.img.)

How is your procedure different from the one [MENTION=1826556]gcrutchr[/MENTION] says bricked his Note 10?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
You should not be surprised! In Android 10 loader 3 version, in the previous firmware 9 Android also 3 version of the loader and you can roll back from 10 to 9 Android, but with data reset.And it always has been :) The amazing thing is that Android 10 starts and works with the Android 9 loader.However, this was also previously seen, say on the Note N900 model
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
well, first of all, rooting a qualcomm note 10 is easy. There is a twrp for it. So, root can be installed from twrp. The problem is that before Android 10, you did not have to install the current bootloader when installing a new rom. That allowed you to go back to a previous version. Samsung changed that. Currently, the bootloader & modem have to be from the same rom. Otherwise, you will brick your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
I patch boot.img using MagiskManager, get magisk_patched.img ,this is a patched core,but its size needs to be increased to the original 64kb ... Next, I pack the core and the trimmed (patched) up to 256b file vbmeta.img in the tar archive and flash it... Actually I do the same as the author of the topic gcrutchr,but I do not touch recovery. img,it remains as it is...

About the modem, you can not worry yet,since both the 9 and 10 Android version of the loader 3 .

By the way, now I'm sitting on a device with Root, firmware T295XXU3BTFE with a loader from T295XXS3ATB2 and most importantly on the 4G mobile network(I'm at work) ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] J.Michael:
I'm having trouble understanding. What do you mean by "core" and "kernel"?

I want to know exactly what steps you performed. Did you extract "boot.img" from AP.tar, and direct Magisk Manager to patch "boot.img"? Or did you let Magisk Manager patch AP.tar, and then extract the patched "boot.img" and "vbmeta.img" from "magisk_patched.tar"?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
I do both! that is, the patch is purely the boot.img file and the patch is the AP.tar file. I get the magisk_patched.img file and magisk_patched.tar file. From magisk_patched.tar, I only need the patched file vbmeta.img, which has a size of 256B. Next, the patched kernel magisk_patched.img needs to be applied to the boot.img stock kernel to have a full size of 64kB, otherwise the file will not be flashed by ODIN. I do this with the HxD program(HEX Editor 2.3) , although there are many options for this action ... The resulting 64kB file (the patched kernel) should be called boot.img. We pack it and the patched file vbmeta.img into a tar archive, I do it TotalCommander.

Select the tar file as part of the AP in ODIN and flash it ... After downloading, update or install MagiskManager.

Root rights received :).

P.S. Before flashing, the bootloader must be unlocked ...

It is not necessary to patch the entire AP.tar file, TotalCommander can leave only the files boot.img; recovery.img; vbmeta.img.

TotalCommander can be extracted boot.img from AP.tar
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
So, we meet :)

PDA/AP version T295XXU3BTFG

CSC version T295OXM3BTFG

MODEM/CP version T295XXU3BTFG

The region SER — Russia

Build date 2020-06-29

List of changes 18961046

OS Q

OS version 10

This is a multi-regional OXM firmware for Europe...

You can download it from the Samsung server with the program Samfirm or Frija

or from here slowly, but for free and without registration:

https://4pda.ru/pages/go/?u=https:/...gw4/SER/T295XXU3BTFG/T295OXM3BTFG/&e=98036828
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Is the bootloader V3?

What previous bootloader are you installing to get root?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Is there a setback when using other region? Im on XTC philippines but sadly no android 10 insight
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
I've used different regions with no problems.

Different regions install local apps. That's the only difference I have found.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Yes, the firmware of the 10 android is also on the 3 bootloader. For the T295XXU3BTFG firmware, I used the BL = T295XXS3ATB4 part. But this does not matter, you can use the BL = T295XXS3ATB2, the main thing is to replace BL with 9 android, and then root as 9 android ...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
im planning to flash XEV from frijia... How about knox? will it be broken ? warranty? dont want to mod just want to have 10 in advance. And maybe flash back Android 10 XTC if it is released
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] gcrutchr:
Installing a ROM from a different region should not break knox. Unlocking your bootloader will break knox.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
I see. Will try

By the way this means region will be converted to xev?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
KNOX reacts only to custom files,and we are talking about stock firmware from Samsung :) And I will reveal a terrible secret - the KNOX counter is not present on our device ;) You can root the device,and then flash the drain and block the loader and everything will be completely clean...

Yes, the region will be XEV Vietnam,but I didn't see any difference in the device's operation...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
I used Preconfig to switch CSSC to XEV and now it is installing Android 10 sad to say i was not prepared it wiped my data so sad. Anyway, I will run preconfig again then return to XTC after. is that possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
No! Since the *#272*IMEI # code works on the XTC region and does not work on the XEV region :( However, you can change the region using the Samkey program for a small fee(1 token) and without resetting the data :)

And if you have Root rights, this is easy: change the code /efs/imei/mps_code.dat to XTC and flash the firmware for XTC .
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Guys i have a problem

The code *#273*IME# does not work anymore after switching from XTC to XEV.

---------- Post added at 03:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:52 PM ----------

So I need to flash ODIN?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
If it is not updated over the air, then flash 10 Android T295XXU3BTFE_XEV via ODIN and use it...

The Samkey program is installed on the computer to which the device is connected with USB Debugging enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
In case I want to revert to XTC(A9 PIE is the current OS) will there be a problem when downgrading? I mean coming from A10 XEV then flashing A9 XTC
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
No problem! You can go back from Android 10 to 9, since the bootloader version is 3 and there and there. But the rollback only with wipe data :(
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Ok do you have a list of regions with a working preconfig?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
looked at exactly 10 regions allowed code *#272 * phone IMEI# - GLB, INS, MM1, NPL, SIN, SLK, SMA, STH, XSP, XTC
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
I flashed XTC firmware on ODIN but I am still on XEV sadly.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Is the region so important to You?..

I suggested solutions above:

1) using the Samkey program

2) manually after the device is rooted
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
are there other solution without tripping knox?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Tianhe:
You can although it's preferable to check which CSC codes are available for your device. Knox is present but tripping it will not show up in BL. Warranty is region specific; some don't void it on UBL but mostly they do.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Actually I was able to switch using preconfig dial code but I cant anymore return to XTE because of this. Dont wanna trip knox/void warranty. aside from samkey, is there a way to return to XTE? preconfig dial code does not work in XEV
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Did you read my message with attached images? These are: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=83022715&postcount=123

KNOX will not change in any way after rutting and returning the stock firmware...

The device is rooted,but its condition is Official :)

I would add 2 more images:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
You mean knox is stil 0x0?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
You still haven't read my message: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=83022715&postcount=123

There is no KNOX counter on our device and saying 0x0 or 0x1 is pointless.

KNOX itself is on the device, but is very stripped down.

for example, there is a KNOX Guard and you can get a lock KG Status: Prenormal.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Sorry im kinda new to this knox thing anyway in summarry. If i unlock bl to root then change csc back to xtc then reflash and relock bl then theres no trace of it being modded?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Yes,that's right! There won't be any tracks. This is our miracle device :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
What editor do you suggest to change here?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] J.Michael:
Have you downloaded the XTC stock firmware and used Odin to burn that to your device?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Yes but it is still xev. Tried home csc and next csc only but the same result. Tried using sim card but the same XEV
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] J.Michael:
I think you should be using CSC_etc.tar, not HOME_CSC -- you *want* to reset everything.

Any error messages from Odin or the tablet? Have you checked the MD5 of the stock firmware file?

Does the tablet reboot automatically after Odin finishes? Have you tried going straight from Odin/download screen to recovery to wipe data? (I don't remember if that was needed when burning stock firmware.)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
I recommend using RootExplorer, a long press on the file - Open in a text editor, then Save and exit ...

That is, editing mps_code.dat is done right at the place / efs / imei

After that, fill in the firmware of the desired region (XTC)

You can also install firmware 10 of the Android T295XXU3BTFE, the XTC region will be installed, since it is in the firmware ...

Here is a list of regions in the firmware and the default region is XEV Vietnam

Files in the archive ...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Yes i tried the one without home. No error or anything. I remembered that it automatically gone to recovery because it has an error or something it needs a data wipe wipe then after selecting yes It reboots automatically. By the way i noticed something when loading recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
If I understand correctly,

1. extract both the your zip files.

2 Extract the tar file from

3. Replace the two files (boot,vbmeta) in my XEV AP file

4. then flash your BL file and my modified AP file on ODIN

5. then install magisk manager then check root.

Is this correct? or have I miss something?

EDIT:

or

1. Flash the BL File on ODIN

2. where do I flash the Root_T295XXXXX_M20.4.tar? in AP?

3. Reboot then install magisk manager

EDIT2:

Well I rooted it by just flashing (BRAVELY and RISKING whether it will hard brick lol)

EDIT3:

Confirmed here : https://www.samsungknox.com/en/knox-platform/supported-devices/2.5+ that we have no Knox

By the way my tablet is back on Android 9 XTC untouched
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
The easiest way is to flash in one go by selecting in the ODIN in the BL window the BL file from 9 android and in the AP window the file Root_T295XXU3BTFE_M20.4.tar

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
yeah did it awhile ago. you saved my device. it is now back untouched and lucky that there is no knox on this model. our older brother SM-P205 has it
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
I was happy to help You :)

In addition to the region XEV Vietnam Samsung released an update to 10 Android for regions: SER Russia;BVO Bolivia;ARO Argentina;INS India;LUX Luxembourg;AUT Switzerland;PHN Netherlands;TPH Portugal;PHE Spain.

Root rights are obtained in the same way as firmware for Vietnam...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
So the coming soon firmware of xtc, your files will work?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
So the firmware for the XTC region will be the same T295XXU3BTFE as for the XEV region ;) In fact, this is one firmware, but it is issued at different times for updating after testing by regional Samsung offices.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
I see. I should have followed your suggestion to stay A10 but change to xtc

So what will happen if i flash A10 xev firmware while on xtc?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Since there are many regions in the firmware for XEV, including XTC, it will remain XTC. :) And the firmware for XTC will be released compare with this one ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
By the way ypur root files will only apply to those OLM firmwares (XEV, XTC, etc.. region)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Having a lot of experience installing and rooting firmware 9 Android, I will answer - if you apply the rooting file from another firmware, with a different name,the device will load and have Root rights,but it will not work Wi-Fi ,it will simply not turn on :(
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Too bad they still have not released the one for XTC
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy...,__LTE-__/ppc4/XTC/T295XXU3BTFE/T295OLM3BTFE/

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
Yeah its on frijia also but no OTA yet
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
On the other hand its here
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
Installing updates via ODIN is more reliable than using OTA . And if the loader is unlocked, then the OTA software will not be updated at all :(

And the firmware,by the way,is the same as for the XEV Vietnam region. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] amnher:
But yeah its better but I dont have always a working PC due to job here so an OTA will be helpful
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] souzafl:
Friend would it be possible to do a more detailed tutorial on the root procedure, please? I was not able, after countless attempts, to resolve the error of vbmeta.img in odin, in version XXS3ATB2 and XXU3BTFE.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Guides, News, & Discus] Talich52:
The instruction is quite detailed and it means you are doing something wrong. What version of ODIN? You need version 3.13 or higher. I don’t flash the vbmeta file separately, I pack and flash it together with the patched kernel ... On the T295XXU3BTFE firmware, you will not flash either vbmeta or the patched kernel due to the T295XXU3BTFE bootloader, since the protection is reinforced :(

Therefore, on 10 android, you first need to flash a part of BL from firmware 9 of android.

P.S. I guess the bootloader is already unlocked? this is the first thing to do before rooting.

Is this file for rooting being flashed?

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82996769&postcount=103