[Q] SGH-I987 - New (to me) Device - Questions

Hey All,

I'm a Sprint Nexus S 4G user/Nook Color user, been around for a while, I've flashed a number of custom ROMs to my devices so I've been around the block a few times when it comes to doing all of this.

I'll be receiving a AT&T SGH-I987 (7" Galaxy Tab) soon, so I figured I'd start doing some research on the subject of installing custom ROMs on it so that I'm well informed before I blow it up.

I'm not an AT&T customer, so I'll probably just use the Wi-Fi capabilities of the device for the time being (unless Sprint upsets me and I move to a GSM carrier).

I'm fairly certain the device will be in stock condition when I receive it, so let's make that assumption for the time being.

I presume the first thing I'll do is check whether it's running 2.2 (Froyo) or 2.3 (Gingerbread).

If it's running 2.2, I'll want to check to see if the bootloader is signed/locked, and if it's locked, I'll need to unlock the bootloader using the patch here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=888071

If it's running 2.3, it sounds like I can pretty much just root the device with the following guide and go from there.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=812367

After that, I'm wide open to flash pretty much any ROM from what I can tell.

I've got enough Android devices around, so I was thinking about buying the media dock for this one and leaving it connected to the TV as a web browsing device, amongst other things.

Because of that, I'll probably try (though it will take some serious self control) not to throw Ice Cream Sandwich (AOKP or CM9) on it - keeping in mind that TV out isn't yet working in either of these ROMs (the biggest reason to go the ICS route would be for the bluetooth keyboard/mouse support...).

Looks like as of January 2012, Overcome 4.1.0 supports HDMI output, so at least I'd be able to get it up to 2.3.6.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas the community can throw my way?

pitcherj

ranger captain,

Awesome!


Thanks for the sanity check!




Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA

grandduke,

Glad my ramblings are of use to someone.

I'll update this thread with more throughts/experiences once I've done some fiddling around - device should be arriving tomorrow.

pitcherj

Well, just received the tab.

It's running 2.2, so thar be dragons ahead.

I'll let you know how it goes.

By the way - thanks for that cached copy of the page! Wonderful!

Specs:
Model Number: SGH-I987
Firmware Version: 2.2
Baseband Version: I987UCJK1
Build Number: FROYO.UCJK1

Hey All,

Everything went well!

One small hangup that may be helpful to others - when the instructions on the teamovercome page say to "sync with kies at least once" - you don't have to transfer data or anything, it just means have kies open, connect the tab, and make sure the drivers install successfully.

The bootloader patch went well - my device only allows installing signed firmwares, but that's fine.

Ran with teamovercome 4.1.0 for a while, but decided since I don't have a dock with HDMI for it yet that I'd give humberos a try.

Very simple install - copied the three zips to internal storage, flashed with CWM as instructed, boom.

Very nice guys, thanks for all of your help!

pitcherj