Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (2016)

Boot Modes

• Recovery: With the device powered off, hold Home + Volume Up + Power.
• Download: With the device powered off, hold Home + Volume Down + Power.

Unlocking

• Enable “OEM unlock” in the “Developer options” under device “Settings”.

TWRP

• TWRP for Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (2016)

adb reboot bootloader
heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-x.x.x-x-gts210vewifi.img --no-reboot
heimdall print-pit

Wiping in TWRP

1. Backup
2. Wipe, Format Data
3. Wipe, Advanced Wipe, Cache+System partitions

LineageOS

• Download:
  • LineageOS:
    • source code
    • LineageOS official builds are not availabe
    • v15.1 builds (forum)
    • v16.0 builds also at androidfilehost (forum), or at sf.net
    • v17.1 builds
  • GoogleApps (arm64; Lineage 14.1 is Android 7.1, Lineage 15.1 is Android 8.1, Lineage 16.0 is Android 9.0)
  • SuperSU; LineageOS 16.0 su add-on for amd64 is not available
• just for WiFi/non-LTE version:
  • Installation instructions
  • Device info

adb reboot recovery
adb push lineage-16.0-*-UNOFFICIAL-gts210velte.zip /sdcard/
adb push open_gapps-arm64-9.0-nano-*.zip /sdcard/
adb push *-SuperSU-*.zip /sdcard/
# install all ZIP files in the order above in TWRP

Tools, HowTos

Add more Steps (Higher Granularity) to Volume Slider

adb shell "su -c 'mount -o rw,remount /system && echo ro.config.media_vol_steps=30 >> /system/build.prop; mount -o ro,remount /system'"
# and reboot

F-Droid

• AdAway advertisements blocker
• YouTube Player with background mode, no ads, etc.

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