[UNOFFICIAL BUILDS] for Samsung Galaxy Tabs S2 /e/OS-R

@tlc630

according to https://storage.googleapis.com/play_public/supported_devices.html

Retail Branding Marketing Name Device Model
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 gts210lte SM-T817

but
not T817A → ( gts210lteatt)
not T817P → (gts210ltespr)
not T817R4 → (gts210lteusc)
not T817T → (gts210ltetmo)
not T817V → (gts210ltevzw)
not T817W → (gts210ltecan)

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Great overview… did not know that so many S2 Tab variants exists

Did you try T810 ROM? gts210wifi= SM-T810
t810 twrp & rom worked for me is stated in this XDA forum entry

I dont see how a T810 ROM could work. The T810 uses the Exynos chipset; the T817 uses the Qualcomm chipset.

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Oh then it will be difficult :wink:

Ah. I think it was possibly meant 810 TWRP and 815 Rom…

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SM-T817 is a turkish variant of the SM-T815

According to
https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__Tab__S2__/nl9l/TUR/T817JVU2CRB1/T817TUR2CRB1
originaly working on

  • TR Turkcell
  • VODAFONE TR
  • Turk Telekom
  • KKTCELL
  • AVEA

According to
https://sfirmware.com/samsung-sm-t817/
CPU 1900MHz ARM Cortex -A57/1300MHz ARM Cortex -A53
CPU Cores Octa-core

According to
https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-T817
Exynos 5433 - T810, T815
Octa-core (4x1.9 GHz & 4x1.3 GHz) - T810, T815

So correct TWRP is gts210ltexx
https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-official-twrp-3-5-2_9-0-t710-t715-t715y-t810-t815-t815y.3719988/
e-1.21-r-20240331-UNOFFICIAL-gts210ltexx
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eosbuildsronnz98/files/SamsungSmartphones/e-1.21-r-20240331-UNOFFICIAL-gts210ltexx.zip/download

New build for Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (SM-T815) :slight_smile:

e-1.21-r-20240426-UNOFFICIAL-gts210ltexx.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eosbuildsronnz98/files/SamsungSmartphones/e-1.21-r-20240426-UNOFFICIAL-gts210ltexx.zip/download

Source:
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unofficial-11-0-microg-signed-hardened-lineageos-18-1-samsung-tab-s2-lte-9-7.4668606/

@ronnz98
Hello ronnz98,
Thanks very much for these builds. By keeping older devices usable, we are all contributing to reducing waste.

I am going to try to install your latest gts210ltexx build on my SM-T817W currently running latest stock firmware (Android 7)…
It is the Canadian variant, with Exynos 5433 SoC.
Droid Info identifies the build fingerprint as “samsung/gts210ltevl/gts210ltecan:7.0/NRD90M/T817WVLU3CQE4:user/release-keys” , in case all that means anything to you.

Several questions:
Which Android version is your build?
Does your build have G-Apps built into it?
Thanks.

There are two SoC variants of the T817. The 2015 variant gts210ltexx has Exynos 5433 SoC. The 2016 variant gts210velte has a SnapDragon SoC.

eOS-R is Android 11. GApps is not included and do not install for eOS
In terms of T817 I do not know much, this is the only information I found:

https://xdaforums.com/t/flash-t815-on-t817.3378469/

Do you mean it is not possible to install GApps in eOS?
Soory if this is a newbie question, this is my first experience with eOS, my past experience has all been with LineageOS.
Just looking for a way to bring my SM-T817W gts210ltexx a bit more up to date, and this ROM seems to be actively being maintained.
Can you suggest an alternative ROM if I need to have GApps?
Thanks.

Take LineageOS if you want GApps. I strongly suppose you wont find a custom ROM for SM-T817W though

Yes it seems there are no LineageOS builds for gts210ltexx.
I am completely open to trying eOS, but just wondering what functionaly or apps i would be losing access to.
Does eOS come with an alternative app store pre-installed? If no, which alternatrive app store would you recommend?

Only for information about SM-817W (gts210ltecan)

:dotted_line_face: I currently use the SM-817W version and using the following get root:

Flashed stock Android 6 image
Flash twrp_3.0.2-1_sm-t810.tar using latest Odin
Flash latest SuperSU sytemless

Boom everything works (lte, wifi, sound, camera)
. . .

Using the same recovery it lets me flash any 810 roms and they work fine (even Nougat versions) except the LTE since the 810 is a wifi only tablet. I see no problem here.

Now I flashed TWRP_3.0.0-1_sm-t815.tar so it would let me flash 815 roms that have LTE. Every rom I flash does not detect the SIM card. Just says it is not inserted. I can obviously get back to my initial setup and have everything work, but would love to use Android 7 on this thing.

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So SM-T817 does have an Exynos chipset. The SM-T819 is the Qualcomm model then…

Model SM-T817W - SoC Exynos 5433 - GPU Mali-T760 MP16
Model SM-T810  - SoC Exynos 5433 - GPU Mali-T760 MP16
Model SM-T815  - SoC Exynos 5433 - GPU Mali-T760 MP16

The basic hardware components of the SM-T817W and SM-T815 are identical.

Theoretically, the ROM e-1.19.1-r-20240217-UNOFFICIAL-gts210ltexx.zip by @ronnz98 should work if the ROM identifier is changed from SM-T815 - gts210ltexx TO SM-817W - gts210ltecan.

Thanks for your feedback. Where do you make this change?

Hey Ronnz, i saw your new Release of V2. You made my day :star_struck: