[ROM][6.0.1][T810][ABANDONED] CyanogenMod 13.0 for Tab S2 9.7 wifi

[farell23]

Actually I have CyanogenMod 12.1-20160616-UNOFFICIAL-gts210wifi - Android 5.1.1
I want install CyanogenMod 13 but can you tell me where is stock image Android 6.x for my T810 distributed for country: Poland, I see only 5.0.1
I must install it firstly, before CyanogenMod 13.

 

[lewmur]

Actually I have CyanogenMod 12.1-20160616-UNOFFICIAL-gts210wifi - Android 5.1.1
I want install CyanogenMod 13 but can you tell me where is stock image Android 6.x for my T810 ?
I must install it firstly, before CyanogenMod 13.

And another problem: Odin not see my T810.
My CyanogenMod 12.1-20160616-UNOFFICIAL-gts210wifi not support MTP - it is problem in connect with Odin ?

You get the ROM from Sammobile
Have you downloaded the Samsung drivers for ODIN on your Windows machine?

 

[farell23]

For my country - Poland is only 5.0.2
Can I install other country ?

 

[lewmur]

For my country - Poland is only 5.0.2
Can I install other country ?

What country you install doesn't make any difference. All you want is for the install to create the disk partitions and put the code in the new Samsung partition. That is the same for all countries.

 

[T_I]

The instructions in the OP state clearly what you have to do. You must use Odin to flash the stock MM and TWRP. Only then can you download this ROM to the tablet and use TWRP to wipe, and then flash the ROM and gapps.

Indeed, this is what needs to be done, stock MM must have been on the tablet at least once before you install CM 13.0.

Easy check, when you have a working camera in cm 12.1, you need to flash stock MM, when camera is b0rken in cm-12.1 you already had MM on the tab and probably (untested if it's a requirement then) won't need to flash stock MM before going to cm 13.0 .

 

[hga89]

Indeed, this is what needs to be done, stock MM must have been on the tablet at least once before you install CM 13.0.

Easy check, when you have a working camera in cm 12.1, you need to flash stock MM, when camera is b0rken in cm-12.1 you already had MM on the tab and probably (untested if it's a requirement then) won't need to flash stock MM before going to cm 13.0 .

Thank you, thus since I already have CM 12.1 on my T-810 and now want to move to CM 13 - and, I believe (cannot check it now) the camera works, I will have to reinstall stock MM, then, I assume, again install TWRP, and then CM 13.

I would think that I will - again - lose all software installed? Since I have ca 125 Google Play books, this is a bear to reinstall and takes multiple days until /everything/ is installed.

Can you venture a guess why WiFi suddenly disappeared from my CM 12.1 setup? Have not been able to reactivate it and the "button" for WiFi is darker than the one for Bluetooth (which seems to still work fine)? No new software, battery still at 71% when this happened overnight. May, and I stress may, have happened exactly six months after rooting and I first installed a CM 12.1 build...

Thank you.

 

[Ovevhkin]

My 128GB Micro SD from SanDisk doesn't work as internal storage. It's say the card is damaged.

 

[ad454]

Stupid question, but all Tab-S2-9.7" wifi (SM-T810) firmware, including this one, are incompatible with the Tab-S2-8.0 wifi (SM-T710), right?

Looking at the specifications, other than the physical size and mass, the "guts" of the T810 and T710 are nearly identical, with same processor/chipset, memory, display resolution, etc., and made by the same company and of the same product family. So it is not completely unreasonable to hope that compatibles exist.

Since there are no "official" Cyanogenmod for the SM-T710 as there is for the SM-T810: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=gts210wifi

I wanted to make sure, just in case this and newer SM-T810 Cyanogenmod images would safely run on my SM-T710. I cannot stand the Stock firmware, and Cyanogenmod (with its Privacy Guard) is my first choice Android distro.

 

[T_I]

Thank you, thus since I already have CM 12.1 on my T-810 and now want to move to CM 13 - and, I believe (cannot check it now) the camera works, I will have to reinstall stock MM, then, I assume, again install TWRP, and then CM 13.

Correct.

I would think that I will - again - lose all software installed? Since I have ca 125 Google Play books, this is a bear to reinstall and takes multiple days until /everything/ is installed.

Depends, when you make a backup with tools like Titanium Backup, you can restore from there, which saves time.
BTW aren't the google play books stored on the internal sdcard? (/data/media when I remember correctly) If so, you don't need to wipe that partition.

Can you venture a guess why WiFi suddenly disappeared from my CM 12.1 setup? Have not been able to reactivate it and the "button" for WiFi is darker than the one for Bluetooth (which seems to still work fine)? No new software, battery still at 71% when this happened overnight. May, and I stress may, have happened exactly six months after rooting and I first installed a CM 12.1 build...

Thank you.

Haven't got a clue, haven't been using cm-12.1 since I got my first cm-13.0 build.

 

[T_I]

Stupid question, but all Tab-S2-9.7" wifi (SM-T810) firmware, including this one, are incompatible with the Tab-S2-8.0 wifi (SM-T710), right?

Yep, screens differ in required rotation and driver.

Looking at the specifications, other than the physical size and mass, the "guts" of the T810 and T710 are nearly identical, with same processor/chipset, memory, display resolution, etc., and made by the same company and of the same product family. So it is not completely unreasonable to hope that compatibles exist.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-tab-s2-8-0-t3409700

Since there are no "official" Cyanogenmod for the SM-T710 as there is for the SM-T810: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=gts210wifi

T810 isn't official as well, it's nightly, nothing more. (I know, I wrote it)

I wanted to make sure, just in case this and newer SM-T810 Cyanogenmod images would safely run on my SM-T710. I cannot stand the Stock firmware, and Cyanogenmod (with its Privacy Guard) is my first choice Android distro.

You can run it safely when you rebuild the image (remove the T810 check) and don't mind having a black screen. (I guess it'll boot, as the rest of the code is the same)
I'd say, good luck, when you don't want to use the T710 build.

 

[hga89]

Correct.



Depends, when you make a backup with tools like Titanium Backup, you can restore from there, which saves time.
BTW aren't the google play books stored on the internal sdcard? (/data/media when I remember correctly) If so, you don't need to wipe that partition.



Haven't got a clue, haven't been using cm-12.1 since I got my first cm-13.0 build.

Unfortunately Google Play books seem to be stored in /data/data/..google...books so they will be wiped...

Also, I installed the pico set of applications does not include a camera and since I have lost WiFi access, I cannot download any third-party application to try. Thus, cannot try your suggestion to see if the camera works and maybe skip the stock ROM reversion.

My take from the comments so far is that even though I had CM 12.1 installed, I need to reinstall stock 6.0 which will repartition the internal storage which is then in turn required by CM 13.0.

 

[CuckooPenguin]

Correct. And as this has to be done by odin and usb cable anyhow, .. how about downloading titanium apk to your pc, push to device via usb, install, make your app backups and pull to pc or store on ext sdcard ?

After that, stock, then cm13 and restoring from titanium.

hf

 

[ad454]

Yep, screens differ in required rotation and driver.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-tab-s2-8-0-t3409700
T810 isn't official as well, it's nightly, nothing more. (I know, I wrote it)
You can run it safely when you rebuild the image (remove the T810 check) and don't mind having a black screen. (I guess it'll boot, as the rest of the code is the same)
I'd say, good luck, when you don't want to use the T710 build.

Thank you very much for your helpful explanation, and also for working on these Tab-S2 CM images!

 

[hga89]

Correct. And as this has to be done by odin and usb cable anyhow, .. how about downloading titanium apk to your pc, push to device via usb, install, make your app backups and pull to pc or store on ext sdcard ?

After that, stock, then cm13 and restoring from titanium.

hf

Thank you. Asking many questions because I view my tablet as an indispensable tool and want to make sure I do not screw things up... My understanding, however, is that this tablet cannot be bricked - which is good

I looked at the http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-T810/ website and could not find 6.0 for the US which surprised me! However, my reading of earlier messages is that all releases are identical for this particular purpose so I'll go with the Canadian release.

I have over 50 Gb of user data on the tablet, on both the internal and external SD cards that I do not want to download again. Luckily I do have Titanium on the unit already so I will use that to reinstall apps, settings and their data.

Will do this tomorrow.

 

[lewmur]

Thank you. Asking many questions because I view my tablet as an indispensable tool and want to make sure I do not screw things up... My understanding, however, is that this tablet cannot be bricked - which is good

I looked at the http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-T810/ website and could not find 6.0 for the US which surprised me! However, my reading of earlier messages is that all releases are identical for this particular purpose so I'll go with the Canadian release.

I have over 50 Gb of user data on the tablet, on both the internal and external SD cards that I do not want to download again. Luckily I do have Titanium on the unit already so I will use that to reinstall apps, settings and their data.

Will do this tomorrow.

The U.S. and Canadian ROMs are NOT the same. The Cellular south ROM is the one for the U.S.

 

[hga89]

The U.S. and Canadian ROMs are NOT the same. The Cellular south ROM is the one for the U.S.

Oops. thank you. Will now download the Cellular South ROM. I thought, however, that this would just be used to install something temporarily in a partition to later be replaced by the CM ROM?

 

[lewmur]

Oops. thank you. Will now download the Cellular South ROM. I thought, however, that this would just be used to install something temporarily in a partition to later be replaced by the CM ROM?

I don't know about you, but I use the stock ROM as my goto ROM and experiment with this ROM and the Resurection one. Though it is bloated, everything works on the stock ROM including the camera, the fingerprint scanner, the Mic and all of the wifi channels. Even Netflix works, though if you root your tablet, you have to uninstall the PlayStore version and load an older apk.

The way I do it is to get everything working on the stock MM and then save that via TWRP. Then I can experiment with other ROMs and save them with TWRP also. That way I can switch back and forth between ROMs without losing any data or settings. And, of course, I save the backups on the external SD card so that I don't accidentally erase them by wiping.

 

[hga89]

I don't know about you, but I use the stock ROM as my goto ROM and experiment with this ROM and the Resurection one. Though it is bloated, everything works on the stock ROM including the camera, the fingerprint scanner, the Mic and all of the wifi channels. Even Netflix works, though if you root your tablet, you have to uninstall the PlayStore version and load an older apk.

The way I do it is to get everything working on the stock MM and then save that via TWRP. Then I can experiment with other ROMs and save them with TWRP also. That way I can switch back and forth between ROMs without losing any data or settings. And, of course, I save the backups on the external SD card so that I don't accidentally erase them by wiping.

The stock ROM 6.0 is the Cellular South ROM, is it not?

 

[lewmur]

The stock ROM 6.0 is the Cellular South ROM, is it not?

Yes. It is the U.S.A. stock ROM.

 

[Lightn1ng]

@T_I about your warranty claim

AFAIK manufacturers in the European Union have to prove that your modification caused the issue.