Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0 flashing. System replacement or flashing Samsung GT-P5100 Galaxy Tab for ordinary users

Updating the firmwareSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7500

Enough time has passed since our last post on how to update the firmware Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7500, and during this time, not only new firmware for this device appeared, but also new, more advanced models from Samsung with a diagonal of 10.1 inches. But is it so strong latest models will be different from ours. GT-P7500, if we update its firmware and dig a little in the settings. I can assure you that your GT-P7500 will gain a rebirth and will still be able to give odds to the latest newly-minted tablets. Since a person is always very busy, and also lazy, it would be at least unethical to send a respected reader to the previous article, which describes in detail previous firmware of this device. Still, why burden you with a couple of extra mouse clicks: it’s better to read here and now and all at once.

The first thing to do is download the necessary files:

  1. Odin program
  2. Drivers so that your laptop or PC can see the connected tablet
  3. Recovery two files - and
  4. The file needed to be able to make calls, since the phone part will be unlocked on the tablet.

A little explanation about the downloaded files before you start working with them:

Odin - open archive.
Drivers - .exe file install.
recovery+6.0.1.3.tar.md5.7z - open archive
twrp2323-3G - do not open archive
Voice_Call_Enable__Stock__ICS_4.0.4_ROM_Build_1.zip- do not open the archive
GT-P7500 XXLQ8 - open archive

4. Now simultaneously hold down the power key and the volume key (the nearest end of the volume key near the power button, which corresponds to a decrease in volume). As soon as it appears on the screen: SamsungGalaxyTab 10.1 ”, release the on/off key, but keep holding down the volume key. The image shown in the figure below will appear on the screen of the tablet.

There are two options to choose from. If you select "box", you will enter RECOVERY, well, if it's a "robot", then you can flash the tablet through the program Odin. How to flash a tablet using a service program Odin, you can look in the article on our website, but now, since we do not know which one RECOVERY installed on your tablet, it is better to flash the 6th version. You can choose between these two options by pressing "volume down", but to confirm your choice, you must press "volume up". Select a robot and confirm your choice.

5. Run the program Odin and we get on the PC screen the same thing as shown on the screen.
Put a tick in front of the PDA, then click on the PDA key and select the file saved on your PC. We click "Start" and wait for the end of the firmware of the new recovery.

6. When the image shown below on the screen appears on the PC screen, disconnect the tablet from the PC, wait for the download to finish and turn off the tablet again.


7. After the tablet informs you about its complete shutdown by vibration, we will repeat the procedure described above (point 4) and enter the menu for choosing between RECOVERY and Robot to flash the tablet via Odin.

Now choose RECOVERY(box) , confirm the choice made by pressing the on / off key, and then, following the screenshots and the sequence of steps below, we will flash the .

Use the volume key to select the item - installzipfromsd card and confirm your choice by pressing the On/Off key. In the menu that opens select item - choosezipfromsd card. A list of files on your tablet will open. Select twrp2323-3 G. zip and confirm your choice. On the next screen, select Yes - Install twrp2323-3 G. zip.When the installation is completed, select twice in succession +++++ goBack+++++ and RebootSystemNow.

All, preparatory stage finished, and now you can reflash the tablet.

8. Please note that during the firmware process it is possible to choose what exactly you want to install on the tablet. Respectively, if you plan to use your tablet as a phone and make voice calls, then it is necessary during the firmware to select the appropriate modem as it is done on the screenshots.

Turn off the tablet and enter the selection menu again. Select RECOVERY(box). Confirm your selection with the on/off key. This time you will see new interface recovery. Further, following the screenshots, you can easily flash new firmware GT-P7500 XXLQ8 to your tablet.

9. At the end of the firmware, restart the tablet. All.

10. This can be finished, but, unfortunately, there will be no program for making voice calls. So log in again recovery and flash the file. Everything is intuitive and everything is exactly the same as described above for the firmware. Upon completion, restart the tablet again, and you will be happy. Your GT-P7500 will gain a second birth and will be no worse than its new-found and more advanced counterparts. Good luck.

Firmware update for other models tablets read here:

If you have come across this topic, then you are another user who wants to speed up their device by flashing it to new android. In general, in order not to drag out the topic for a long time and not to describe the whole process in one place, I will describe everything you need and post all the links to information that you will definitely need. The firmware that we will install will only go 10.1 inches, it will not work for kids. Firmware from Cyanogenmod 13 android 6.0. This firmware does not have Google services. More simply, this firmware does not have all applications Google, market and other applications are not installed. There is no need to be afraid and worry, we know how to fix this ailment. Cyanogenmod 13 is already built in root rights a.

  1. Download the program Odin" from the header of this topic. The version you need is 1.87. Download and install on your computer. While the program is being installed on your device, download Recovery TWRP 3.0.2.4 from a hat. Create a folder called recovery on your desktop and place the downloaded file there. The folder can be called by any name, the main thing is that the name is not in Russian.
  2. Open the Odin program
  3. Put your tablet into flash mode via ODIN. (To do this, turn off your tablet, then press the volume + button and then the power button. As the tablet vibrates and the logo appears, release the power button, but continue to hold the volume plus until you see an inscription on English language) Then just confirm the choice by pressing the volume button -. Before you should appear green android and the inscription loading in a foreign language.
  4. Connect your tablet to your computer.
  5. In the ODIN program in the top window you should see your device that it is connected. If this does not happen, then use the search and install the drivers for your tablet.
  6. If everything is ok, move on

In a programme Odin click on the button " PDA"and start searching for our downloaded Recovery. If you find it, select it and press the button" Open" on your computer. Then it remains to click on the button " start". Everything from the moment you click on the start button, the process of installing recovery on your device begins.

At the end of the installation, in the log you will see the inscription Removed! and the window in the upper left corner will turn green and there will be an inscription in it Pass! Now you need to make sure that recovery is installed on your tablet. To do this, take it in hand and turn it off. With the device turned off, press the volume down button and the power button. As soon as the logo lights up or the device vibrates, release the power but keep holding the volume down until you see your recovery.

On this recovery installation installed, so move on to the next step.

When Recovery is installed on your device, you can start downloading the firmware. Download the firmware for your device from the topic header. If your device supports a SIM card, then download the firmware for 3G, if there is no SIM card, then download the Wi-Fi firmware.

In addition to the firmware, download immediately Gapps from the topic about Google services, it is added to the header. Place the two downloaded files on a memory card less than 2GB. If there is no memory card, then turn on your tablet and move these files to the memory of your device. There should be two files at the root of the memory card or tablet, for example: cm-13.0-20160831-UNOFFICIAL-espressowifi and the second file open_gapps-arm-6.0-pico-20160910. If you dropped the files to a memory card, then install it in the tablet, if in the device itself, then disconnect your tablet from the computer and turn off its power.

Now you need to go to recovery. To do this, with the device turned off, press the volume down button and then the power button. As soon as the phone vibrates, release the power button and do not release the volume until you enter recovery. Come on, great! Now we can get to the point.

In Recovery of your tablet, click on the button Install or Install. Next, you need to select the drive, choose the one on which you dropped your files. In my case, I put files on a memory card. I select a memory card and press the button " OK" in recovery.

By choosing a memory card, in the working environment of the program you will see your files that you threw off. I have two files, some will have more, because not everyone knows what architecture the tablet is running on. So when you see your files, the first thing you need to do is select your firmware. As shown in the figure above, I have the first firmware file, click on it.

The entire firmware process is running, wait for the installation to complete. This will take some time. At the end you will see the inscription " Ready". The program will then prompt you to boot into the firmware by rebooting your device. Do not do that.

In the upper left corner you will see the program icon, click on it to exit to the back menu. Next, you need to select and install the second Gapps file on the tablet. If you do not install then you will not have google applications. Market and other services. Do not be lazy, it will not take you time, for then there will be no errors!

Select the second file with google services and click on it for further installation.

We do the same swipe for installation and wait for the services to be installed on our device.

When the installation of all items is completed, you can click on the button with "". All installation of the firmware and additional items has been completed successfully, congratulations.

Let's move on to the last and most interesting point!

When you clicked on the "" button in your recovery, the most crucial moment begins. The launch of our tablet begins, when the logo lights up, and after it a black screen appears, do not be afraid everything is fine! This is the first launch of the device, do not expect anything right away, after a while you will see a picture that shows a blue android. After that, you will have to wait again. The system adapts to your device. As soon as you see the light at the end, throw the tablet and run away there will be an explosion. Of course this is a joke. At this point, the tablet installs Google Services. Please wait. When the whole installation is over, you will see that your tablet prompts you to select a language.

Choose wifi network and make a connection to it.

Enter an account from your account google records. If you don't have one, then create a new one. You can also skip this item, but I was not lazy and entered everything at once, so that later I could only enjoy my tablet.

Enable or disable options for google services and click on the next button.

We all loaded our tablet with the new firmware.

Go to the settings of your smartphone and see that android 6.0.1 is installed on your device

The firmware on the device is installed and running. Thank you all for your attention.

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The Samsung GT-P5100 Galaxy Tab, like many other tablets, comes with . Many users after a while prefer to change it to custom firmware, which is usually more versatile and provides more options for using the device.

Usually, the firmware is installed on the Samsung GT-P5100 from CyanogenMod, and we will tell you how to properly download it to the device and not turn it into a brick. We warn you right away - you yourself are responsible for your actions, because minimal non-compliance with the instructions may affect the operation of the tablet!

Many are not satisfied with the standard firmware samsung galaxy. Changing it is not difficult even for a novice user.

But, if you are already interested in such topics, then you probably know about all the risks of such operations. Our business remains to advise you to be careful and careful. And do not forget - when installing third-party software, like any other device, the warranty is automatically voided.

What do you need to flash Samsung GT-P5100 Galaxy Tab?

For flashing operating system you will need the following:

  • Create a folder on your computer's hard drive C called p
  • Drop the following documents into the specified folder:
    • The Odin PC program, with which the menu will be installed
    • Drivers for Samsung GT-P5100 Galaxy Tab
    • - TWRP or CWM at your discretion
    • Directly the firmware of the Galaxy Tab 3 or another version of the model
    • Pa-gapps is the package Google Apps, which you should install along with the new firmware.
  • Before starting the flashing, you need to erase the Kies program from the computer or stop all processes associated with it
  • Disable antivirus
  • Reset to Pa-gapps and the firmware file.

So, first we need to install the drivers for the Samsung Galaxy Tab - just run the downloaded file so that they load on your computer.

Next, we launch the Odin program, and turn off the tablet and hold down the power and volume down keys, as well as the Home button. Then a message will appear telling you to press the add sound button - do this and a menu will appear that says Downloading.

After the performed operations, do the following:

  • In the Odin program, leave a tick only in front of the line "F. Reset Time"
  • Click PDA
  • Specify the path to the file with recovery menu- it will have .md5 or .tar format.
  • The tablet will load the menu and restart automatically. Disconnect it from PC.

Now that we have the required menu through which the P5100 is flashed, we can proceed directly to the process of changing the system.

How to flash Samsung GT-P5100 Galaxy Tab 3?

P5100, do the following:

  1. Go to the Recovery menu - turn off the Samsung Galaxy Tab, hold down the power and volume down keys;
  2. First, clear the cache and reset the system to factory settings using the following commands:
    • wipe cache partition
    • wipe data/factory reset
  3. Return to the main menu and click Install;
  4. Specify the path to Galaxy firmware Tab 2, 3 - the one you need and confirm your choice;
  5. After the installation is complete, click Home and Reboot System;
  6. To download the application package, you need to go to this menu again; click on Install and specify the path to the archive with the assembly. Confirm the choice again, after installation, reboot the device.

Comfortable and full version firmware instructions Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on CyanogenMod 11 with Android 4.4 KitKat

Firmware features:

Install the firmware only on the model indicated in the description, it must match perfectly, up to and including every number and letter.

Everything that you do with your phone, you do at your own discretion and at your own peril and risk!

Charge your phone to 50% minimum.

During the firmware, the smartphone must lie motionless.

Required files:

1.Immediately create a folder on the disk with English numbers or letters for

desired files (example: C:p5100).

2. In the folder, download everything you need for the firmware (better download the most latest version) from the links below:

Classic or touch or recovery

Gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones

Cyanogenmod 11 firmware with Android 4.4

Preparing for the firmware process:

3. Turn off everything unnecessary on the computer;

If the Kies utility is installed, then you have 2 options:

Delete Kies.

Go to the application manager (ctrl + alt + del) and finish all the procedures where it says Kies.

If you have an antivirus installed, turn it off.

4. Install utilities.

Install drivers Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones

Unpack Odin3 (Extract Here/Extract Here)

5. During internal memory tablet download required files for firmware.

Firmware CyanogenMod 11

Gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip

Install custom recovery:

6. Transfer the tablet to Download Mode.

Turn off the tablet completely so that everything goes out.

Simultaneously hold down two buttons - Volume right + Power until the splash screen appears.

A warning will appear - press Volume to the left.

The "Downloading" mode will appear in the center, with a green robot.

7. Install the recovery.

Run Odin3, you have it in the Odin3 folder.

Uncheck the Auto Reboot section

Click on the PDA box and find the recovery-clockwork-xxxxx.tar.md5 file saved in the p5100 folder.

Connect the tablet with a factory cable to the PC, ID: COM - the first field will turn blue as in the image.

When all the previous sections are done correctly and successfully completed, click Start

After completing the operations, disconnect from the computer and hold down the Power button.

When the screen goes blank, immediately release the Power key and hold Volume Left and Power again, wait for the splash screen to appear and release the keys.

Your recovery should load. Be sure to do exactly as described earlier, if the device turns on, then the atomic recovery will not be installed.

Firmware installation:

8. Firmware

Do wipes in order in the downloaded recovery:

Wipe data/factory reset

Advanced -> Wipe dalvik cache

Wipe cache partion

- mounts & storage -> format /system

Install firmware and gapps

Install zip from sdcard , find archive with cm-11 firmware

Install zip from sdcard , find archive gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip

Reboot recovery - advanced -> Reboot recovery

When you do everything exactly, after the reboot, a boot animation will appear and then the device itself will boot with CyanogenMod 11 firmware from Android 4.4.2. Usually, loading will take longer!

Instructions for flashing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet to a new official or custom firmware, custom recovery firmware TWRP recovery, getting root superuser rights.

Instructions for installing official firmware

First of all, download and install the Odin program on your computer.

Then you need to download official firmware for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 – Firmware for GT-P3110

On the off tablet, we enter the download mode: we hold down the buttons on. and volume-, when the inscriptions appear on the screen, release both buttons and press the volume +. Downloading… will appear.

You are in the bootloader. Launch Odin on your computer and connect your tablet to it. Write the firmware file in the PDA field of the program and click Start.

For multi-file firmware, write each file in the appropriate field, namely: modem is written in the phone line, platform in the PDA, CSC and Bootloader lines, respectively.

For owners of p3110 and 3113 - the phone line remains empty! The path to the file on your BB in its name must consist of letters of the English alphabet, numbers or symbols (for example, D:\_tut_drova\3100\AMN-P31…, but not _tut_drova)

The firmware process usually lasts a couple of minutes, after which the tablet will reboot itself.

Installing custom recovery TWRP Recovery on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet

We will install the modified recovery through the Odin service program, if you do not have it installed, download it from the link above.

Turn off the tablet and hold the buttons on. and the volume -, when the inscriptions appear on the screen, release both buttons and press the volume +. Downloading… will appear.

You are in the bootloader. Launch Odin on your computer and connect your tablet to it. In the PDA line, specify the path to the previously downloaded TWRP recovery custom recovery file and then click Start.

The Recovery firmware process will start.

Installing custom firmware via TWRP recovery on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

To install custom firmware via TWRP, you must have this custom recovery installed, if not, read the instructions above.

And so the first thing you need to do is download your favorite custom firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 p3100 tablet

Download the archive to a memory card. Also download the Gapps archive (if you want to have google services)
Turn off the tablet and go into TWRP recovery. To do this, turn off the tablet and hold the buttons on. and volume +, when the inscriptions appear on the screen, release both buttons.
It is advisable to make “wipes”: select the item wipe data / factory reset => yes, wait. select wipe cashe partilion => yes, wait

Choose install zip from sdcard, then choose zip external sdcard => look for your archive, squeeze, wait.

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