Samsung Galaxy Tab2 espressowifi (two models 7 & 10)

/e/OS Devices Request a Device
171

I have spent quite a lot of time this week trying and failing to make some up-to-date builds for this device. I had thought about leaving my device on @Android-Andi’s latest unofficial 0.9-nougat build, which works pretty well, but the temptation to try and make something a bit more up-to-date was too great, and the weather here has been too bad to be doing much outside, so…

First I tried a CM-14.1 build of Lineageos4microg, using Docker, but I could not get it to build.

Then I tried a v0.19-nougat build of /e/OS, building the traditional way with (lunch, mka bacon, etc). I eventually managed to get it to build, by removing some of the built-in apps, but the build will not run: it black screens, after showing the splash screen.

I have decided that life is too short to spend more time getting /e/OS to run on a device that is just a bit too old, small and feeble to really do it justice.

My device is now running with a ‘D-I-Y’ lineage4microg, plus sync to /e/'s cloud services, created as follows

  • @Android-Andi’s LineageOS 14.1 ROM from here

  • using the Nanodroid stable zip files from here

    • patched to allow signature spoofing using NanoDroid-patcher-23.1.2.20210117.zip

    • F-droid, Privileged Extension, Aurora Store and Aurora Services installed using NanoDroid-fdroid-23.1.2.20210117.zip then updated via F-Droid

    • MicroG installed using NanoDroid-microG-23.1.2.20210117.zip , updated by adding and enabling the MicroG repo in F-Droid

  • Apps installed from F-Droid - DAVx5, Fennec, NextCloud, NextCloud Notes, K-9 Mail, Open Launcher

All of that gives me something aproaching /e/ OS, but with a sensible launcher, MicroG EN Framework working by default, up-to-date email and notes apps, and mature, trusted app stores. It’s not perfect, and it’s a bit laggy, but it will do for casual use.

I ‘installed’ some other Apps by copying from my daily driver (Xperia XZ1 Compact, running e-0.20 Custom build) using Android Backup and Restore Tools - WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and a couple of other apps that ‘just work’ without my having to enter account details again :slight_smile:

So that’s it for me building trying to build for this device: it’s been fun and frustrating in about equal measures, but I’ve learned quite a bit in the process. Now to get ready for testing v0.21 releases :wink:

172

Might be the combination of repos you’ve used.
On my personal builds I’ve used some combination of lineageos sources and sources from unlegacy-android. Those UA parts depend on some other changes in the frameworks part of android, kernel and hardware repo and blobs.
https://gerrit.unlegacy-android.org/q/topic:“omap-ddk-1.14”+(status:open%20OR%20status:merged)

1 Like
173

Thanks. It looks like building /e/OS and/or LOS4microg is solvable, and would be an interesting problem to solve, but I think I will focus my efforts on more recent, more powerful devices. My espressowifi device is now working well enough for me, with the setup described above :slight_smile:

174
175

2 years later :
espresso3g : 2550 downloads
espressowifi : 2860 downloads

1 Like
176

https://murena.io/s/c884DPG43SWrs5g

1 Like
177

How to use both /e/OS and Linux PostMarketOS Community pre-built image on Galaxy Tab 2

Note20x20 install instructions for Phosh and XFCE4 images

works running from a SD card

as explained in Installation - Flashing - From SD Card Our device can boot a SD card, USB stick or other external storage.

.

preparation in a way to easily switch between /e/OS and PostmarketOS

from your actual Android_OS install file (AP_Stock_Samsung_Firmware.tar.md5 or Custom_Android_Based_OS_like-e-is.zip), extract the boot.img and copy it to your TWRP folder in internal storage (/sdcard/TWRP)

Download the pmOS pre-built image

from the download page

insert a MicroSDcard into your Computer

and find its name by running

$ lsblk

make sure it is the right one as you will overwrite everything on it. Use a path without partition number at the end,

such as /dev/mmcblk0, or /dev/sdd

decompress the downloaded file and write it to your MicroSDcard :

$ xz --decompress --stdout /path-to-pmos-samsung-espresso10.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/name-of-your-SDcard bs=4M status=progress

Wait until the command completes and eject the SD card.

If you are on Windows, see here.

insert the MicroSDcard into your device, and boot it into TWRP

using the mount feature, unselect all /partitions except “MicroSDcard”,

using the install feature, switch to “install image” rather than “install ZIP”

navigate to the “/external_sd/boot.img”, and flash it to the /boot partition

reboot system

The rootfs image will boot right into postmarketOS. You are done with installing postmarketOS, congratulations!

default login is user and password is 147147

to restore your /e/Android_OS

boot the device into TWRP mode,

and simply using the install feature, switch to “install image” rather than “install ZIP”

navigate to the previously stored “/sdcard/TWRP/boot.img”, and flash it to the /boot partition

to restore your PostmarketOS

boot the device into TWRP mode,

and simply using the install feature, switch to “install image” rather than “install ZIP”

navigate to the “/external_sd/boot.img”, and flash it to the /boot partition

.

.
Linux PostMarketOS on samsung Tab2 7.0" all variants (espresso7)
.
Linux PostMarketOS on samsung Tab2 10.1" all variants (espresso10)

.

the “dual-boot” should work also for others devices in the community list :
.
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

1 Like
178

Hi Folks, is there any chance to get a /e/OS 1.x or 2.x running on this device?

179

Hello @SupaKorni, welcome to this Forum.

unfortunatly not because last /e/ versions possible to build are :

  • 0.21 for Nougat
  • 0.21 for Oreo
  • 0.23 for Pie

there are no sources available for :

  • Quince Tart
  • Red Velvet Cake
  • Snow Cone
  • Tiramisu
  • Upside Down Cake
  • Vanilla Ice Cream
180

Ah, thx.
So there is a possibility for a build with 0.21 Nougat instead of 0.9 in this version?!

181

Theoretically yes, but I could not build due to error with OMAP4 hardware sources.

182

doesn’t it the fix ?

1 Like
183

Yeah, could do. Will try in the next days

184

I also needed to apply this fix and one minor other error
https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_hardware_ti_omap4/+/198574

Will upload ROMs later

186

Thank you @ronnz98, i will test this evening !

187

Wasn’t uploaded full and now is extremely slow… will try later

189

e-0.21-n-20240608-CUSTOM-espresso3g.zip
https://share.freepro.com/ac2a4a7b-2308-410a-b0c6-3b95e4d55b35

e-0.21-n-20240608-CUSTOM-espressowifi.zip
https://share.freepro.com/17007988-9daa-457e-a8d2-5f552ee35e9b

1 Like
190

I just tested e-0.21-n-20240608-CUSTOM-espresso3g.zip,
I am sorry but after the Samsung_logo only a black screen is displayed, so i tempt a format /data → not better…
This device is reputed a nightmare to build, Only @Android-Andi have achieved it…
However @Mighty told me yesterday that there will be no problem to build /e/nougat from official LOS sources

191

hmm, I took the official LOS sources and applied the patches needed for hardware_ti_omap4 only.

maybe this is the issue or other patches needed too?

192

ok, last try. I applied now all patches I could find:

e-0.21-n-20240609-UNOFFICIAL-espressowifi.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eosbuildsronnz98/files/SamsungSmartphones/e-0.21-n-20240609-UNOFFICIAL-espressowifi.zip/download

e-0.21-n-20240609-UNOFFICIAL-espresso3g.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eosbuildsronnz98/files/SamsungSmartphones/e-0.21-n-20240609-UNOFFICIAL-espresso3g.zip/download

1 Like