Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6 (SM-T560) (samsung-gtelwifi)
Stock image of Galaxy Tab 3 9.6 running Android | |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Tab E 9.6 |
Codename | samsung-gtelwifi |
Model | SM-T560 |
Released | 2015 |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Original software | Android |
Original version | 4.4.4 (Linux 3.10.17) |
postmarketOS kernel | 3.10.17 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Spreadtrum SC7730SE |
CPU | 4x 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 |
GPU | Mali-400 MP2 |
Display | 800x1280 TFT |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1.5 GB |
Architecture | ARMv7 |
Type | Tablet |
USB Networking |
Works |
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Flashing |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Display |
Works |
WiFi |
Works |
FDE | |
Mainline |
Broken |
Battery |
Works |
3D Acceleration | |
Audio |
Broken |
Bluetooth | |
Camera | |
GPS | |
Internal storage | |
USB OTG | |
Accelerometer | |
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Magnetometer | |
Ambient Light | |
Proximity | |
Hall Effect | |
Barometer | |
Power Sensor | |
Built-in DVB | |
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Camera Flash | |
Keyboard | |
Touchpad | |
USB-A | |
HDMI/DP | |
Ir RX | |
Stylus | |
Memory Card | |
Haptics | |
Ethernet | |
FOSS bootloader | |
Contributors
Maintainer(s)
Users owning this device
User Interfaces
- Gnome starts but is pretty unusable
- Phosh/Plasma Mobile do not work (require mainline)
- Xfce4 works
Installation
pmbootstrap init
pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload
What works
- Flashing rootfs and kernel via TWRP
- Screen
- Touchscreen
- WiFi
Attention: latest edge won't come up with ssh cause of missing /etc/network/interfaces do a "pmbootstrap chroot -r" create and edit the missing interface file and add: auto lo iface lo inet loopback
After that do a install as usual and network comes up with ssh
What doesn't work
- Audio
- USB-OTG
- charging sdl
Additional notes
- ADB sideload stops at 50%, but it actually succeeds.
- The power button instantly shuts down the entire system
- LightDM Hangs after a while but can be restarted from USB/SSH
- Some audio devices do show up, but they don't actually work.
How atipls made wifi work
How atipls made wifi work (with a bit of confusing detours). Inspired by the (sort of) helpful How_bonsaiblue_made_wifi_work.
- Since the kernel provided by Samsung has built-in support for the BCM4343, enabling it was enough to get wlan0 to show up.
- I actually have tried loading it as a kernel module, which ended up with horrible messages like
no wifi platform data, skip
andDHD wifi platform data is required for Android build
- I actually have tried loading it as a kernel module, which ended up with horrible messages like
- Grab nvram_mfg.txt and bcmdhd_mfg.bin from /etc/wifi from either a stock install or an unofficial lineageos port.
- I have also tried
firmware-aosp-broadcom-wlan
, but the firmware seems to be newer than wanted thus either not loading or straight up soft bricking the OS.
- I have also tried
- Bring the interface up:
$ ip link set wlan0 up
- Use XFCE4's menu or
nmtui
to connect to a wifi network.
Useful key combinations
- home + volume up + power: flash mode (TWRP)
- home + volume down + power: reboot
See also
- Specs on GSMArena.com
- Wikipedia page
- Kernel source
- pmaports!1355 Initial merge request
- Device package
- Kernel package
- samsung-gtel3g (mostly similar device)