Please note this post is not meant to steal credit from original creators of rooting guides, it’s more of a help to Linux users who won’t have access to Odin (windows flash tool).

My old Galaxy pad got a new life, Android 7.1 means I can get newer apps installed on it. Heimdall flash –RECOVERY recovery.img –no-rebootħ) from this moment on you can carry on with zip installs using TWRP as per instructions in excellent walk-through by Android Doctor Then Volume up to continueģ) Install Heimdall flash tool on your Ubuntu workstation “sudo apt install heimdall-flash heimdall-flash-frontend -y”ĥ) Unpack TWRP archive, we are after recovery.img, navigate in terminal to this directoryĦ) Plug in your Galaxy Pad in Download mode to your Ubuntu workstation and then run: Then switch it into a Download mode by pressing Home + Volume Down + Power buttons. Android 7.1.2 ViperOS for Galaxy tab E ROM ġ) make sure to turn on USB debugging mode on your running Galaxy PadĢ) Turn off your Galaxy Pad.Links are just a copy from Android Doctor’s Youtube video description, I just noted them here for your convenience: Yeah, that was good 2h of head scratching.Ġ) Download ROM archive and following zip packages to SD card on your pad. It turned out it was Developer Mode – USB debugging being disabled, which also affects hardware in download mode.

What caught me at first was Heimdall flash tool unable to establish connection with tablet. Thanks to both XDA forum and some youtube videos after few hours of fiddling I managed to get it done. So I decided to upgrade my old Galaxy pad, originally running Android 4.4 which is now well dated.

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