Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) (samsung-gtowifi)
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Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) |
Codename | samsung-gtowifi |
Released | 2019 |
Type | tablet |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 (MSM8937) |
CPU | Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Adreno 504 |
Display | 800x1280 |
Storage | 32GB |
Memory | 2GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software | Android |
Original version | 9 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Flashing |
Broken |
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USB Networking |
Works |
Internal storage |
No data |
SD card |
No data |
Battery |
Partial |
Screen |
Partial |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
No data |
Audio |
Broken |
Camera |
Broken |
Camera Flash |
No data |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works |
Bluetooth |
Broken |
GPS |
No data |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE |
No data |
USB OTG |
No data |
HDMI/DP |
No data |
Sensors | |
Accelerometer |
No data |
Magnetometer |
No data |
Ambient Light |
No data |
Proximity |
No data |
Hall Effect |
No data |
Haptics |
No data |
Barometer |
No data |
If you have installed, or if your device shipped with, stock firmware newer than T290XXU3CVG3, you cannot use custom firmware due to a change Samsung made to the bootloader. |
Contributors
- Irihapeti
- Oatm22
Users owning this device
- AlinTriesPorting (Notes: Botched repair job (it works at least))
- ByteXD23!
- Dusky (Notes: LineageOS 12)
- Irihapeti
- Lifehackerhansol (Notes: Official LineageOS maintainer)
- Mirko (Notes: Cracked screen, overheats daily and i dont really use it anymore)
- Oatm22 (Notes: Running lifehackerhansol's LineageOS port.)
- Zephyr1112 (Notes: LCD destroyed, disassembled)
Problems
- LightDM won't start until you disable
logind-check-graphical
in/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
. (see #CanGraphical_issue) nm-applet
doesn't create connection profiles properly. You have to usenm-cli
to connect to a new network for the first time. (see #Connecting_to_APs)- Battery capacity doesn't update.
Download mode
- Turn off the device.
- Plug in a USB A to Micro-USB Data cable from a PC to the tablet while holding down both volume up and down buttons, releasing the buttons when the screen turns on.
- If you are met with a blue screen, press the volume up button. If not, reboot and try again.
Volume up is the button closest to Power
Installation
Run pmbootstrap install
, then pmbootstrap export.
Transfer the exported files to the device using your preferred method. (e.g. microSD, USB OTG, adb push
)
Start TWRP and do the following
- Wipe System and Data partitions.
- Flash
boot.img
to Boot. - Go to Advanced > Terminal and run
dd if=samsung-gtowifi.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p69
and be patient. Make sure you adapt the input file to wherever you copied it to. - Reboot. TWRP will warn you saying "No OS is installed!", you can ignore this.
/dev/block/mmcblk0p69
is the data partition, do not misspell this when installing or you may brick your device.
For Android to work again, you will need to flash stock firmware and wipe Data from inside its recovery. If not, or if you try to use TWRP, Android gets stuck on the bootanimation. |
See also
- pmaports!4414 Initial merge request
- Tablet specs
- How to install TWRP
- Downstream kernel