[Treble-Enabled Device Guides, News, & Discussion] tablet_seeker:
Hi everybody, I have been looking for a way to get an official version of Vanilla Android 13 on my Tab S6 for a long time and wanted to make sure the community finally had access to a fully working and sufficiently detailed guide.

This ROM improves battery life by 200%, it's absolutely insane.

Every source, link or file referenced in this guide is 100% official and safe.

Cheers!

Download Firmware + Extract:​

Install SamFirm and download the latest firmware for the Tab S6.

(You will also need to install Visual Studio C++ 8 & 9 for this software to function properly)

SamFirm Tool - Download Samsung Firmware Tool

Download the latest version of the SamFirm Tool, which facilitates the free downloading of Samsung Stock Firmware (ROM).

samfirmtool.com

Install 7Zip and extract the firmware zip.

Then open the CSC file with 7zip and extract the PIT.

Unlock Bootloader

Enable Developer Options and turn on OEM Unlocking

Disconnect USB/power cables and turn your device OFF

Enter Download Mode and select the option for device unlock mode.

Download TWRP:

Download the official TWRP and vbmeta image

TWRP > https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxytabs6qcomwifi.html

vbmeta > https://dl.twrp.me/gts4lv/vbmeta.tar.html

Download Official AOSP / Android 13 Image:

The official Android 13 (stable) GSI is available on Google's developer page and needs to be extracted via 7zip. (This will also contain a vbmeta.img but disregard it)

(GMS = Gapps | No GMS = Vanilla | FLOSS = Open Source Apps Only)

(Make sure to get a arm64 version)

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If you prefer the consumer grade "prettier" version of AOSP, you can also download one of the arm64 images provided by phhusson on Github, who exclusively uses official sources code, as well.

https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases

You can also download one of the official daily builds directly from the ACI Project's master-branch (Android Continuous Integration) which represents the literal bleeding edge of AOSP straight from Android : https://ci.android.com/builds/branches/aosp-master/grid?

Flashing Firmware with Odin

Download Odin Flash Tool from a safe source.

Odin - Download

Odin: Samsung-Geräte rooten und flashen - Kostenloser Download für ✓ Windows

www.netzwelt.de

Put the Tab S6 in Download Mode, while simultaneously connecting the USB cable. (The tablet needs to be off)

Open Odin and add the Firmware Files to the appropriate slots

BL > BL , AP > AP, CSC > CSC

Then click on PIT and add the previously extracted PIT file

Lastly click options and select Nand Erase, Re-Partition, while unselecting Auto Reboot

Flashing TWRP & vbmeta with Odin

After successfully flashing hard reset the device but be ready to immediately press the required button combination for your device to re-enter Download Mode.

(USB Cable needs to be connected at all times)

(If you missed your chance, hard reset and try again)

Once back in Download Mode click Reset in Odin

Deselect Auto Reboot in the Options again

Then add the TWRP image in AP and vbmeta.tar in the CP slot.

Wiping Cache & Partitions

After flashing press your device's button combination to enter the recovery the entire time until you see TWRP.

Once inside TWRP wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache in the Advanced Wipe menu. Subsequently re-enter the wipe menu, select Format Data and type yes.

After this (USB cable still connected) make sure the Internal Storage is mounted and transfer the system.img (extracted from the AOSP GSI zip) to the tablet

Finishing Up

In TWRP click Install, select the system.img and choose system image.

Flash it, Reboot to System and your DONE!

Current build - Android 13 (Stable):

Date: August 15, 2022

Build: TP1A.220624.014

Security patch level: August 2022

Google Play Services: 22.18.21

Working:

Fingerprint

Hardware Buttons

SDCard

Wifi

Bluetooth

Gapps and Google Setup

Tablet is very fast!

Charging

USB File Transfer

Audio

Video out for USB-C

Auto-rotate

GPS

Official Samsung Keyboard Physically attached working fine too!

Themes

Colours

Mic

SPen

Not Working:

Top Speakers

This issue has already been fixed in the Beta Version which will soon be moved to stable.

Current build - Android 13 (Beta):

(at the time of writing this)

Date: March 29, 2023

Build: T3B2.230316.003

Build type: experimental

Security patch level: March 2023

Google Play Services: 23.02.14

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