yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bmwdroid:
Mine has the same.

Even when randomising is turned on.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] AllGamer:
Installed and working great on the SM-T820 wifi, with one exception.

The camera App keeps crashing.

Searching for a workaround or a fix
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
Sorry for the broken camera. How about this one?

- Release gts3lwifi_lineage-20.0_1700236921 · awesometic/android-ota-provider (github.com)

It should appear in OTA updater if you are using 2023-11-16 version which is based on LineageOS UL project.

In that version I posted, I switched back to LineageOS project.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] AllGamer:
No worries, found the in-line update for the lineage ROM, and after the upgrade, it worked.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] kotoy1982:
I personally recommend using physical buttons. This way, you can perfectly avoid the issue of the taskbar obscuring the screen :)

I set it up in the following order:

system > buttons > enable onscreen nav bar ON

system > buttons > enable taskbar OFF

system > buttons > enable onscreen nav bar OFF

Currently using the version 2023/11/17, and everything is very comfortable.

Sincere thanks to Awesometic.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] vonschau:
Thanks a lot, finally I got rid of the taskbar :)

(y)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] VictorPhelipe:
Good afternoon everybody.

I'm thinking about installing this version of LineageOs, but I use an OTG cable with two outputs to use the keyboard and mouse at the same time. Could you tell me if this would work in this version?

Because I saw in the post that the OTG is not working. In this case, would you have any predictions for how the OTG feature will work?

And thank you very much for keeping our Tab S3 alive today!!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] danahata:
This is a great ROM, so much better than LOS 19.1. My only problem is that the auto-lock/unlock from the original Samsung keyboard cover does not work. That cover has a magnet in it, which automatically turns off the screen when you close it. The current ROM doesn't have that function enabled though. Any way that can be fixed in an upcoming update?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] danahata:
Another thing I noticed with this ROM. If you let the display timeout and go to sleep, it will wake itself back up after about 3-4 seconds. If you manually turn off the screen with the power button, then it won't wake itself. It's only if the screen times out. Try and set the Display timeout to 15 seconds, and you'll see. The screen will time out, and then the tablet wakes after 3-4 seconds. Then it times out after 15 seconds again, then wakes, ad infinitum. Obviously, that's going to drain the battery pretty fast.

UPDATE: I disabled "Display -> Lock Screen -> Lift to check tablet" and now the screen doesn't wake itself anymore. I also needed to disable Ambient Display.

UPDATE 2: I also discovered that the problem may also be caused by a combination of having the Lock Screen set to "None" AND the settings mentioned above. Once I set a Lock Screen, I was able to turn the two feature above back on and not have the screen wake itself anymore. 🤷‍♂️
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Yuanhao Jun:
Can you post the previous version of the package listing the history of the version？
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Yuanhao Jun:
very thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
You can find all the versions here

- LineageOS - Google Drive
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Duvel999:
I use Havoc OS (11) 4.16 Rom since the beginning..

What would you advise for new Rom?

Awesometic Los 20, 19 or 18?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bmwdroid:
Had them all on my T825.

19 suits me best.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] TechDude98:
The camera isn't working for me in any app and auto rotate doesn't work on lock screen. It stays in portrait orientation (SM-T825)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] swaaye:
This firmware will boot with /Data formatted as F2FS but the required TWRP version can't mount it if it's formatted as F2FS. Is this expected?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Andy_Vie:
See #151
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Horem:
Thank you for your work on this ROM. Have a coffee
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
Thank you for the coffee :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
Currently this is my plan for our tablet.

1. MAC address randomization

2. Android 14, which may be LineageOS 21 (-UL)

- Some notes on LOS 21, I could build without error but it doesn't boot at all, even the system is not initialized. This was about 1 or 2 months ago, so I think it is worth to try it again soon.

And I hope we can use kernel 4.4 on our device. But I can't promise it :)

By the way, recently I have tested a few things on my WSL, which is running on Windows so I could migrate my AOSP development environment from Linux to Windows, even with my EXT4 formatted SSD data storage. That is so cool since I wanted to use some apps during development that are only on Windows or macOS.

I hope I can do everything related to AOSP development in the WSL environment.

Happy New Year!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] EmmaWLove:
wooow

thanks

Galaxy Tab S3 Android 14:love:​
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] nmajin:
I got TWRP setup and LineageOS 20 but I cannot get NikGapps working, all the Google services keep crashing. Any idea? I may try GApps out here.

Update: Ah nv, I installed version 14, not 13, wasn't aware of that. Works fine now.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] KeepingItCuttingEdge:
I cannot get the app switcher to work. I have disabled the on-screen buttons -- which I feel should just be removed altogether since they are redundant to the physical buttons and only take up screen space.

Anyway, I've tried in the settings to make a double-tab and long-press on the HOME key and BACK key to access this and it still does not work. The left button just doesn't seem to work at all. And this happens on multiple tablets, so it's not a hardware issue.

If you could please fix in your next release.

All other is GREAT except the somewhat wonky video chat camera.

THANKS FOR YOUR WORK!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] KeepingItCuttingEdge:
Also there is no place in the power settings to change the processor governor. I would always set it to the maximum speed so that the tablet would be more responsive. Really made a difference.

I know there are apps for this, but I would think it could be easily added to settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] VictorPhelipe:
Hello everybody.

Recently I saw videos on YouTube of the dolphin emulator with Wii and Gamecube games running on the same model of tablet in the factory version of Android. So I decided to install the dolphin emulator to run gamecube games. But the performance on this custom rom was well below what I saw on the factory Android 9 of the Tab S3. Could you tell me if there is a problem with the GPU drivers or if there are any hardware limitations in this version of Lineage 20.0?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] PacoRm10:
Hello everybody!

I currently have the android 11 ROM installed, and honestly it runs great, I would say it's 95% perfect. So I'm wondering if this ROM is as good, I'm no expert and I don't like changing from ROM to ROM.

What's your experience with this Android 13 one?

Thanks for the awesome job. Honestly I wouldn't use my tablet anymore if I kept the original ROM, it was garbage. Now it runs so smooth again!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Horem:
I find the tablet runs slow when there are a pile of apps open. I use an app that allows me to force stop all the apps that run in the background and the performance improvement is very noticable. Perhaps that is needed here to see good results? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.visnkmr.bapl&pcampaignid=web_share

I wish I could stop all apps from running in the backgroup without root, buthaven't found a reliable way.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Horem:
I can say this one runs great for me. I can't say I know the comparison from Android 11 as I went straight from 9 to 13.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Horem:
I can't agree that this is a ROM issue since I too disabled the on screen keys and my left button works as expected for switching apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] LapinBleu:
I just installed it on an SM-T820 wifi + the OTA update for the proper functioning of the camera.

Perfect !

Your work is fantastic. Bravo and thank you because you and all the volunteer developers at XDA contribute to the fight against planned obsolescence.

Thanks again :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] PacoRm10:
I decided and installed this ROM, after using the android 11 ROM for several months. I must say this one is very nice and smooth. But I have problems with the navigation buttons and the app bar down below. I found out it is not the system buttons that can actually be disabled, but the navigation bar on the Pixel Launcher. No matter if I change the launcher to Nova, the navigation bar will still be there and it's very annoying.

I disabled the Pixel Launcher with ADB and solved the navigation buttons and applications bar, but it also stopped the app switcher to work! With the physical button or with navigation buttons, it doesn't work. If I enable the pixel launcher again, the app switcher works again, but the navigation buttons and bar come back too...

Does anybody know a solution for this?

Thanks in advance! Other than that, the ROM feels stable and smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bmwdroid:
So that doesn't work:https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unoffic...20-0-for-galaxy-tab-s3.4510785/post-87640055?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] PacoRm10:
I tried this, it did not work. I decided to live with the task bar for the time being instead of loosing the switch apps feature.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] eossam:
@Awesometic,

both versions of Galaxy Tab S3 (SM-T820 + SM-T825) have the identical MAC address MAC: 00-a0-c6-eb-5c-d8. This bug is already present in your releases LineageOS 18.1 and LineageOS 19.1. Can you please correct it. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bozkurtum:
Can Lite mobile network be used? Has this problem been resolved?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] KeepingItCuttingEdge:
Refer to @PacoRm10 for the answer to this (has to do with removing the Pixel Launcher through ADB which makes the app-switcher no longer work).
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Sage:
Developer Options has this setting.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Sage:
root and install Kernel Manager EX. lets you mess with Governors and a heap of other stuff.

What i do rather than set it to Max. is up the Minimum Frequency a bit..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Alk142:
I decided and installed this ROM, after having using the LineageOS 19.1 ROM for a couple of days. Most of it is working fine, however there is one issue: Quick Share is not working

When clicking on "share", it shows a button "nearby" on top right rather than "Quick Share" ("Nearby share" is Samsung's old name for Quick Share). When clicking on it, it shows a popup "Nearby Share is now Quick Share", with an update button. Clicking on the Update button just makes the popup go away, but without actually launching the update.

On one of my other devices, which also has Lineage OS 20, Quick Share is available (button in same position, but says Quick Share)

Or could it be that this is a holdover from the 19.1 ROM? (didn't do a full format when going from 19.1 to 20, although I did do a full format when going from stock Android to 19.1)

Thanks in advance,

Alain
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Alk142:
Another issue: when trying to access a USB stick plugged into the OTG port, the Filemanager only displays an hourglass with the message "Can't load content at the moment"

This seems to be due to the permissions of the /mnt/media_rw directory

On this LineageOS 20, the directory belongs to group media_rw

For comparison, on other devices (such as my Pixel 7a with stock Android 14), the same directory belongs to group external_storage

Chowning it to the same group on the Galaxy Tab S3 fixes the issue. The chown has to be repeated after each reboot though; I do this with the following file in /system/product/etc/init/fix-media-rw.rc :

on post-fs-data

chown root external_storage /mnt/media_rw
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bmwdroid:
@Alk142 fyi: OTG works on LOS21 though
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Alk142:
Thanks for the note. I hadn't noticed that there is already LOS21 out for the Galaxy Tab S3.

In case anybody else is looking for it, here's the link:

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][14][EAS][OTA][SM-T820][SM-T825][2024-3-9] LineageOS 21 for Galaxy Tab S3

/* * Your warranty will be VOID after installing a custom ROM. * * Get notified yourself that I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. * Please do some...

xdaforums.com

However, the issue with the ownership of the /mnt/media_rw directory still is present (as well as the issue with Quickshare)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] greenleaves:
Coming from crDroid 8,9 A12, did what's said and without formatting after wipe. When falshed A13, got "Failed to map" error.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Concept48:
if your on crdroid , reboot back recovery , flash rom ignoring all red lines on top without wipe at all , reboot and you will be up and running ! Watch my video at channel48 Youtube released today.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] greenleaves:
Follow the channel48 youtube and did a dirty flash over T820 crDroid A12 without any Wipe, installation failed with message "Failed to map" see photo, I'm on TWRP 3.6.0_9.0. I noticed on the video, he used an older TWRP version. Does it matter?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Concept48:
Thats fine just reboot !
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Concept48:
Maybe your twrp ..you saw in the video even do i had red lines it booted fine .
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] greenleaves:
Follow channel48 on youtube, did a dirty flash over T820 crDroid A12 without any Wipe, installation failed with message "Failed to map" see photo, I'm on TWRP 3.6.0_9.0, In the video, channel48 used an older TWRP version. Does it matter?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] KeepingItCuttingEdge:
(Answered my own question. Ha)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bouuman:
For lineage20 A13 -> 13 nikgapps
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] EthanCrane22:
Just flashed this latest and greatest ROM onto my Tab S3! Working amazing so far! I haven't had any bugs or issues yet and I am excited to daily this as my new ROM! Thanks again for the great work Awesometic!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Concept48:
Sorry bro i,m in Europe it was very late , felt a sleep but great to read you managed to install , I,m gonna stay on 13 for now to test .
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Concept48:
The right procedure is..I use a older TWRP - and first format data , reboot back recovery , then install

CRDROID , boot it to desktop , then reboot back recovery , flash LineageOS20 ignoring the red lines and as well the end message when installer is done , just reboot , it will now reach the home screen , maybe the formatting of data before installing CRDROid did the trick , ..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bouuman:
you can do it also with actual awesometics twrp-3.6.0_9-0 ... and yes main thing is not to format data before installing Lineage20... and i dont even get red error lines if i do so.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Concept48:
Nice noted here , will chek that TWRP out .. at least I could make a video showing Red lines can be our friend sometimes haha
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] greenleaves:
"Failed to map" error update: Files corruption was the main culprit. It took me some time to find out. Download both files again from OP's link. Wipe without data format, flash A13 and Nikapp without error. Everything looks good. Thank you so much for all the hard work. Much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MachineMasher:
Successfully clean installed lineage-20.0-20221026-UNOFFICIAL-gts3lwifi.zip with NikGapps-barebones-nikgapps-arm64-11-20221031-signed.zip on my SM-820. It was the cleanest, easiest installation of a custom ROM I have ever done. I installed LineageOS the NikGapps without rebooting in between, and everything worked perfectly on the first try without having to modify NikGapps at all.

Excellent job, @Awesometic, and to get LineageOS 20 so quickly is amazing!

Regarding the known issues, I realise you are a volunteer doing this in your own spare time, so you should work on whatever you want to work on (or nothing at all if you choose!). However, from my perspective, the highest priority known issue is the fact that the microphone and speakers don't work in video conferencing apps like Zoom. I can easily put up with the green bar and colour distortion, but without sound, it basically makes it impossible to use Zoom or other video conferencing apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Geoarrge:
Works great for the most part.

Distorted colors are also occurring with SuperDisplay. Tried different settings with the app and with the PC driver to no avail. Wonder if it's related to the issue with Zoom and related apps. Tried Spacedesk and got the same issue. Is this happening with other PC display extension apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] yagueitor:
Installed it in seconds.

It works like a charm.

Magisk safetynet ok.

Just been using it for one hour... No problems this far.

Great work.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] vonschau:
Same here, great Rom, works perfectly
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
Hello all,

Unfortunate news here. 🙈

My tablet has been broken since about 2 weeks ago.

During the test of RIL implementation, I did a clean install for the new test ROM but at that time it suddenly stops the boot animation. And it rebooted automatically, which is normal because a kind of watchdog of the system should work, but after that it doesn't show up anything on the screen.

I did try to charge the tablet, but nothing shows up. I did try to enter the download mode to wipe out the tablet using Odin, but it doesn't show up anything by the combo of the keys.

Pressing the vol-down, power key for 7 seconds, which is for the force-reboot, also doesn't work.

It doesn't respond to anything no matter what I do. It seems really hard-bricked. :(

Sorry, so currently I'm considering what to do for the future.

Replacing the motherboard with a new one seems the cheapest way I can choose, but disassembling the tablet looks like I could break the display too.

Or, I could buy a used one from the Internet, but it seems like about $ 120~140. And, I should wait for the sale.

Or, I may wrap up the development of Galaxy Tab S3. Because of its old kernel, supporting the upcoming Android versions can be really hard. We need lots of patches for the Android source tree already.

I will be back as soon as possible after the decision of this consideration.

Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Say_YO:
Hello all,

First of all, excellent work!

i am using the Lineage OS 19.1 latest Build on my Tablet, is it Posible just to Instal the OS 20 without having to wipe everything?

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] chrysopra:
Very sad to read that news. I just bought two devices and installed your ROM. That´s what my daughters will find under the Christmas-tree. I was confident, until then, this beautiful ROM might reach Beta stage. ;-)

With days becoming shorter, foggy cold weather taking over, showing reslilience against frustration becomes sometimes impossible...

No matter how you decide, I just wanted to thank you for your previous outstanding work.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] 908070:
That is not good. The Tab S3 just runs so well again. Thanks for your great work!

If you need money for a new Tab, I'm sure it should be possible with a few donations. How about a poll who would be willing to donate something and how much. After that you could decide, if you want to continue.

10-20$ per user is definitely cheaper and more ecological than buying a new tablet.

...15$ sent
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] vonschau:
Good idea, I'm in for 10 bucks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] 908070:
Yes, wipe the cache _without the data_. Then dirty to 20.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] chrysopra:
I also would support the "new tab initiative", with $15
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] mathematician:
Tried : stuck in reboot loop.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Say_YO:
Thx bro, will try today.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] chrysopra:
See post #30 and #31. Use an older Version of TWRP (3.2.x) or try the one from Awesometic.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MaStErB_1984:
Hello Awesometic,

I do not use your rom at the moment...but I want to try it in the near future....so 30 USD from me to get you a new tablet! Please continue your great work. And sry for my bad german english :-D

with regards,

Ben
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Say_YO:
I am also now stuck in reboot loop. I did the way u wrote. It bootet one time, i got notifications that some apps stoped working and then did restart, since then reboot lopp.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MachineMasher:
Count me in for 10 USD contribution to a new tablet for Awesometic.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] 908070:
Try a clean install of 19.1 and after that dirty 20.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
Okay, please let me do this a little more. 😄

Thank you very much to everyone supporting me!

I'm looking for a good used tablet at a good price now,

If anyone can donate to me, please support me a little. :)

When I get a new tablet I will post the news here and start the development right away.

edit) Thank you all! I got a new tablet today. I will upload the new updates :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MachineMasher:
You want us to just send it as a "buy you a coffee"? Or would it be with some kind of Go Fund Me type thing?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Awesometic:
I don't want someone to send me a fund hoping for a perfect ROM, which is I can't sure too, but I just want to make this tablet a little bit more stable with the latest Android OS and I need some donations for the new tablet to go with me. :)

Just buying me a cup of coffee surely can help me out to go.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MachineMasher:
Just sent 20 CAD, which I believe is about 15 USD.

And it's understood that you're still a volunteer doing this in your spare time, so you should work on whatever you want to work on. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] chrysopra:
Added another $ 15. As warm words may support your motivation, it`s hard cash that will enable new hardware...;)