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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (samsung-gts210lte)

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE
Codename samsung-gts210lte
Released 2016
Type tablet
Hardware
Chipset Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa
CPU Octa-core Cortex-A53
Cortex-A57
4 x 1.9 GHz
4 x 1.3 GHz
GPU Mali-T760 MP6
Display 1536x2048 (264 PPI) HD Super AMOLED
Storage 32 GB
Memory 3 GB
Architecture armv7
Software
Original software
The software and version the device was shipped with.
Android 7.0
Extended version
The most recent supported version from the manufacturer.
Android
postmarketOS
Category downstream
Mainline
Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.
no
Device package device-samsung-gts210lte
Kernel package linux-samsung-gts210lte
Features
Flashing
It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher.
Works
USB Networking
After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system).
Works
Battery
Charging and battery level reporting works
Untested
Screen
Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control.
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Untested
Audio
Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.
Untested
Camera
Broken
Connectivity
WiFi
Broken
Bluetooth
Broken
GPS
Broken
Modem
Calls
Broken
SMS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE
Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr.
Untested
Sensors
Accelerometer
Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile
Untested

Contributors

Users owning this device


What works

  • Touchscreen
  • USB network

Unlike on many other Samsung devices, wifi does not work out of the box after adding firmware files. The firmware package that exists for the device provides all the wifi firmware files that should be necessary, but do not actually make wifi work (as of now).

Installation

Installation can be done with the standard installation instructions. Heimdall cannot flash the rootfs though, so if you want to install to the internal storage you need to do that with the --android-recovery-zip method (generate a zip and install it through twrp/recovery).

See also