[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series ROMs, Kernels, Recover] RGarrido03:
FAQ​

Is this ALPHA rom suitable as a daily driver?​

It can be depending on your requirements. I can't test every app so you try it yourself to see if it's suitable. I've been using this rom myself since January 5, but I haven't used it much. I suggest you do a clean install, and flash this ROM BY ITSELF (i.e., no gapps, magisk, etc) and see if you like it.

What if my app, xyz, doesn't work?​

If your app doesn't work, then go back to your old rom.

Your rom is laggy and buggy.​

If you find the above, then go back to your old rom. There's only so much software can do on a 2015 budget level tablet. Remember a budget tablet will have the slower SoC/CPU and less DRAM than a top of the line model.

How can I know that this ROM doesn't have any malicious code?​

I support a trust value, where each developer should proceed ethically. However, all the source code is available on GitHub (check post above), so you can check the code and build it by yourself.

Does this ROM follow the EU's GDPR? Is my data safe? 🇪🇺​

I guess so. But every question regarding this should be made to LineageOS or AOSP, I don't have any control over it.

However, this ROM still features a permissive SELinux, so every user (including non-EU ones) should pay attention to security breaches that might leak your data. I will release an enforced version of the ROM soon.

What TWRP should I use?​

You MUST use TWRP 3.1.0. Do not use the "latest" or any other version. Get it from this thread.

Will you offer monthly updates with security patches?​

I will try to offer monthly security patches, but that all depends on whether I have spare time or not. Sometimes university takes too much time from me.

Can you help me? I'm a newbie. Can you provide step by step instructions?​

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to help newbies, so please do your own research. There are lots of tutorials, videos, etc on how to flash roms. Newbie questions must be posted in the Questions and Answers forum, not here. I will try to answer prominent or non-newbie questions though.

Can I report a bug with respect to the ROM?​

Of course! But you need to supply some informations, because debugging can be a bad b*tch.

You must provide an adb logcat of the problem and tell me how to reproduce it.

Note: I will not be downloading any apps that require money. For example, if you have problems with Netflix, I cannot help you since I don't have a paid subscription.

To get a logcat, open up a terminal window.

# clear the logcat first
adb logcat -c
# start logcat trace
adb logcat > problem.txt
# reproduce problem
# wait until problem has occured, then stop trace by hitting ctrl-c
# attach the problem.txt ZIPPED as text files don't seem to get attached properly

Do I need to erase everything and format my data?​

Yes, you MUST erase all the partitions (system, data, dalvik/art cache, cache) using TWRP and MUST format your data before installing it, when you are coming from stock or an earlier version of LineageOS or from another custom rom.

If you get stuck at the boot animation for more than 5 minutes, it's likely because you didn't follow the instructions I just wrote. Dirty flashes from stock, other custom roms or older LineageOS versions are not supported and not likely to work.

What Gapps should I use?​

@gunnicom tested the ARM-version of Gapps from LineageOS (as per #5) and it works. However, don't bloat too much, because this tablet is pretty old.

I'm having problems with Gapps, can you answer why it's not working?​

I will not answer any questions regarding Gapps. This thread is about the rom, not Gapps. Android does not depend on Gapps in order to work.

Why isn't my post answered or ignored?​

Questions already answered in the FAQ will be completely ignored.

Also, I do not use Windows (fun fact: I only build on Ubuntu, and do all the rest on macOS).

Does this rom support Magisk for root?​

I don't use Magisk myself so I don't know and Magisk is always being updated to fool Google's certification process. Others have reported Magisk as working, but I won't answer any questions regarding it.

Will this rom ever become official?​

Starting with 19.1, legacy devices like ours will NEVER be official due to lack of ebpf support. See https://lineageos.org/Changelog-26/

Also, I don't want the responsibilities that come with being an official maintainer.

I don't like the taskbar, how do I turn it off?​

Go to Settings, type task into the search bar. Choose enable taskbar and disable taskbar. This will leave the on screen nav bar. If you want to disable that, go to settings, system, gestures, system navigation, gesture navigation.

Okay, I understand the consequences and that this is ALPHA rom and willing to take the risks outlined, now where can I find the rom?​

You can download it from SourceForge.

There is currently a bug while installing it, where the ro.product.device prop is not found and thus fails with the error "This package is for device: gt510lte,gt510ltexx,SM-T555; this device is .". You can use the no-check version, which disables this check and installs it successfully.

NOTE: This allows installing it on every device because there is no device check! You might brick your device if you install this ROM in a device that is not a SM-T555.

I think I saw a thread whose structure is identical to this one. Is it a déjà vu?​

Nope, you saw it clearly! I'm using the same template as @retiredtab did on their ROM thread.