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I was so beyond elated when I got my Galaxy Note 8 (N5110) last night... couldn't want to flash this puppy and ROM it with some Cyanogen loveliness; but to my incredible surprise, I can't find any custom ROMs that don't have the Touch Wiz crap on it. WTH? This tablet was highly rated and I know it's not abscure so I'm wondering why there's so little development on this little wonderous machine. Ideas? Links that I've missed? Winning lottery numbers? All are welcome.
instead of asking what are others plan on doibg for your tablet wouldn't it be morw productive to ask and learn how to do it yourself?
it seems rather rude to ask for someone else to donate their free time with no compensation.
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I was so beyond elated when I got my Galaxy Note 8 (N5110) last night... couldn't want to flash this puppy and ROM it with some Cyanogen loveliness; but to my incredible surprise, I can't find any custom ROMs that don't have the Touch Wiz crap on it. WTH? This tablet was highly rated and I know it's not abscure so I'm wondering why there's so little development on this little wonderous machine. Ideas? Links that I've missed? Winning lottery numbers? All are welcome.
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There's already a few threads like this, so not sure there's a point to another one. Either way, there is CivX custom rom and kernel, but yes it's based on stock TW. Emwno is working on a cm10.1 port too, and beanstown was supposed to develop a custom rom but that has now been delayed. Hopefully he will do it though at some point in the future. Aside from that not many devs seem to have the device which is a shame because the Note 8 rocks.
nothing more annoying on XDA then someone complaining about the lack of free software...quick whining, and learn how to do it yourself, so you can spend endless hours of YOUR personal life creating something that people can post complaints about, request things that you dont put in the rom, and just generally expect you to spend all of your free time upgrading, and improving for them every time they want something..
I agree with you it does rock. Just xame from a Lenovo A2109 where there was a LARGE dev community but no support for Mac users. Thought for sure there would be a crap load of devs here given the Samsung brand and its answer to the iPad mini. Personally, I think its much getter then the mini even though I'm a Mac girl... note: not an Apple fangirl... just a best in class user.
Anyway, thanks for telling me what to look for and which developers to keep and eye out for. Its painful to read post after post and subsequently page after page trying to find answers to my questions. I do appreciate it.
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There's already a few threads like this, so not sure there's a point to another one. Either way, there is CivX custom rom and kernel, but yes it's based on stock TW. Emwno is working on a cm10.1 port too, and beanstown was supposed to develop a custom rom but that has now been delayed. Hopefully he will do it though at some point in the future. Aside from that not many devs seem to have the device which is a shame because the Note 8 rocks.
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First and foremost, this post wasn't about *****ing... it was asking a question and expressing puzzlement. Second of all, I asked no one to DO anything or develop anything for "my device". You added nothing useful or enlightening so who's the one *****ing now? Hint: it's not me!
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nothing more annoying on XDA then someone complaining about the lack of free software...quick whining, and learn how to do it yourself, so you can spend endless hours of YOUR personal life creating something that people can post complaints about, request things that you dont put in the rom, and just generally expect you to spend all of your free time upgrading, and improving for them every time they want something..
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For every ROM that has worked for me, I have donated monetarily. For one device, I actually BOUGHT a unit for development. I've been on this board for several years and have never asked for anything except answers to my questions.
Second of all, I'm a web designer/developer who donates LOTS of time to those who don't know or ask for help. I don't ask for compensation; I ask for them to carry the info forward. It seems rather rude for you to assume and judge rather then ask.
madsquabbles said:
instead of asking what are others plan on doibg for your tablet wouldn't it be morw productive to ask and learn how to do it yourself?
it seems rather rude to ask for someone else to donate their free time with no compensation.
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thewinelover said:
First and foremost, this post wasn't about *****ing... it was asking a question and expressing puzzlement. Second of all, I asked no one to DO anything or develop anything for "my device". You added nothing useful or enlightening so who's the one *****ing now? Hint: it's not me!
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"puzzlement"? what are you puzzled about?
You've been a member here for SIX years; you know where the dev section is in this thread; the roms that are there are what we have at this point..
dont try to "veil" your complaint about so "little development" by saying you weren't complaining, just "asking a question"
We lose enough fantastic developers here when people start threads like this, so please don't encourage the few folks that are dev'ing for this device to leave as well..
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Gentlemen please stop making personal attacks.
I am sure she knows where is the place to find a custom rom although she doesn't mean this.
So if there is nothing constructive to add in this thread then just don't post.
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thewinelover said:
For every ROM that has worked for me, I have donated monetarily. For one device, I actually BOUGHT a unit for development. I've been on this board for several years and have never asked for anything except answers to my questions.
Second of all, I'm a web designer/developer who donates LOTS of time to those who don't know or ask for help. I don't ask for compensation; I ask for them to carry the info forward. It seems rather rude for you to assume and judge rather then ask.
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maybe I just misread your enthusiasm for the new tablet as cracking the whip on those hard working guys who do what thwy do and ask for norhing back. so If I mistook you excitement as a demand then I apologize.
the gnote 10.1 took a good while to get some dev work on it. for a good while all we had was root, which really wasn't bad at all. It's still not as active as say the s4 or gn2 development, but it still looks like qualiry work. I'd suppose it wouldn't be too hard to port a rom over, but then again what do I know, I ain't no dev.
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I was so beyond elated when I got my Galaxy Note 8 (N5110) last night... couldn't want to flash this puppy and ROM it with some Cyanogen loveliness; but to my incredible surprise, I can't find any custom ROMs that don't have the Touch Wiz crap on it. WTH? This tablet was highly rated and I know it's not abscure so I'm wondering why there's so little development on this little wonderous machine. Ideas? Links that I've missed? Winning lottery numbers? All are welcome.
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I was under the impression you have to keep a lot of the Touch Wiz to keep the pen enabled. Otherwise it's just a generic 8" android tablet.
Thank you... I appreciate that; very much.
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maybe I just misread your enthusiasm for the new tablet as cracking the whip on those hard working guys who do what thwy do and ask for norhing back. so If I mistook you excitement as a demand then I apologize.
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I was very pleased that rooting was so easy. I had to unlock the bootloader in the HTC was a flippin' pain in the arse so I was THRILLED to learn we didn't have to do that on the Samsung. So, clearly I'm very glad to have root... and have deleted a lot of the Samsung crapware as I'm sure most of us have as well. Though I do have to ask... what is a "gnote"? I had a GTab once which was actually the Viewsonic GTablet. However, I've never heard of the GNote...
I'm not a software/hardware dev either... just web... and so wish I had time to learn. I'd be all over it like a gnat on poop!
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the gnote 10.1 took a good while to get some dev work on it. for a good while all we had was root, which really wasn't bad at all. It's still not as active as say the s4 or gn2 development, but it still looks like qualiry work. I'd suppose it wouldn't be too hard to port a rom over, but then again what do I know, I ain't no dev.
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Isn't the Touch Wiz on regular non-Note Samsung devices? For example the Galaxy II & III phones? Though I am just guessing as this is my first Samsung Android device.
*smile* Thank you. However, I am a she.
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Gentlemen please stop making personal attacks.
I am sure he knows where is the place to find a custom rom although he doesn't mean this.
So if there is nothing constructive to add in this thread then just don't post.
Thank you.
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thewinelover said:
Isn't the Touch Wiz on regular non-Note Samsung devices? For example the Galaxy II & III phones? Though I am just guessing as this is my first Samsung Android device.
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yep, pretty much all samsung devices, except for the nexuses and the s4 developer ed have touch wiz. the big downside of using cm or aokp is that you'll lose pressure sensitivity with your pen (or at least that's how it was a few months ago and i haven't really check up on it).
I think its fine the way it is....
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Hey guys.
I'm looking for a new tablet with a 1080p display. All the ones I had seen were 10"+, which is a tad too big for me. I like the idea of a smaller screen but keeping the high res.
My question is, after browsing through the Dev section and not seeing too many ROMs and in the Q&A there are a lot of issue threads, should I buy this tablet? How easy is it to flash stock or something to that accord if its bricked/ messed up? If any of you guys can give honest opinions, should I buy this tablet?
Thank you for your time.
-Riku
99% of the issues in the Q&A thread are due to the users' inability to pay attention and/or follow instructions. If you can't do that, then you should probably look somewhere else (the fact that you would ask that question, raises some red flags IMO).
The 2nd generation Kindle Fires were never intended to run custom ROMs. As a matter of fact, Amazon boasted that it could never be done. Considering that, I'd say we have quite a bit of development going for our devices. Our kernel is built from the ground up with a considerable amount of reverse engineering involved...and it's still under development. If you want an inexpensive tablet where everything works and has 100% functionality with no bugs whatsoever...you should probably look somewhere else.
However, if you want a powerful tablet with great value and you don't mind putting up with minor little annoyances while development grows AND you can pay attention & follow instructions, then this might be the tablet for you. No guarantees though.
I know what I am doing, mostly, so I can pretty much fix minor to bad bugs. I am considering this and the Note 8.0. I'm paranoid about specs so the full HD screen is a plus. Having trouble deciding though.
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I know what I am doing, mostly, so I can pretty much fix minor to bad bugs. I am considering this and the Note 8.0. I'm paranoid about specs so the full HD screen is a plus. Having trouble deciding though.
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I guess it all depends on what you are looking for. You can get the KFHD8.9 for less, but the Note 8 has better specs. I'm not sure if you would find the same level of support in Note 8 forums that you would with the 2nd generation Kindle Fire forums. One thing's for sure though...they don't have Hashcode. <-- that's a done deal in my opinion
@soupmagnet
Wow, Hashcode knows his 'Droid. My only two things stopping me is the lack of a pressure sensitive pen and no AOSP/AOSPA. Do you think its possible to port/ build either?
EDIT: just seen that there is a PA port in progress.
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if you use it for basic activities and bigscreen for reading, you may enjoy it.
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if you use it for basic activities and bigscreen for reading, you may enjoy it.
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See, I wouldn't actually use any of the Amazon services, I would try and get it as stock looking as possible. I also want to play N.O.V.A 3 and others.
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See, I wouldn't actually use any of the Amazon services, I would try and get it as stock looking as possible. I also want to play N.O.V.A 3 and others.
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why you can't?
I'm now having root 8.9 LTE and playing NFSMW with no problem. Just download the APK and data then install :laugh:
Did a search and didn't see anything that seemed overly relevant, so giving up and starting a thread
I got a 10.1 (SM-T520) earlier this week to serve as my personal travel computer (since my company is tightening up restrictions and monitoring on work laptops). I want to root it and get rid of all the crapware, but was busy hunting for an easy way to do that since I haven't done a root/custom ROM previously. I did find the list of bloatware apps to remove in another thread, but the ROM seemed like a faster/cleaner option, plus it would let me learn more.
I found the CleanRom option by scrosler, which seemed pretty ideal, was going to pair with a Nova Launcher. However in reading the thread it was noted here that 10.1 devices weren't supported. However this post seems to contradict that. Is there a definitive answer on whether it will work or not. I'll go try it if it's likely to work, just don't want to brick the thing.
Thanks in advance.
Shame there are no roms for the 10.1... I'm really keen to root my 10.1 and have a slimmed down Android experience.
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Shame there are no roms for the 10.1... I'm really keen to root my 10.1 and have a slimmed down Android experience.
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Root and freeze/uninstall bloatware with Titanium Backup. Install Nova to replace TouchWiz. Tablet flies with stock ROM. Then patiently wait for custom ROMs, which will no doubt appear eventually.
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Did a search and didn't see anything that seemed overly relevant, so giving up and starting a thread
I got a 10.1 (SM-T520) earlier this week to serve as my personal travel computer (since my company is tightening up restrictions and monitoring on work laptops). I want to root it and get rid of all the crapware, but was busy hunting for an easy way to do that since I haven't done a root/custom ROM previously. I did find the list of bloatware apps to remove in another thread, but the ROM seemed like a faster/cleaner option, plus it would let me learn more.
I found the CleanRom option by scrosler, which seemed pretty ideal, was going to pair with a Nova Launcher. However in reading the thread it was noted here that 10.1 devices weren't supported. However this post seems to contradict that. Is there a definitive answer on whether it will work or not. I'll go try it if it's likely to work, just don't want to brick the thing.
Thanks in advance.
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I believe Scrosler has already advised CleanRom isnt supported for the 10.1
That being said, I would happily put money towards a rom bounty or similar to "persuade" him to support the 10.1
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I believe Scrosler has already advised CleanRom isnt supported for the 10.1
That being said, I would happily put money towards a rom bounty or similar to "persuade" him to support the 10.1
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Given that 8.4 and 10.1 don't even share CPU architecture, I doubt any 8.4 ROM would be adapted to support 10.1 devices. XDA bunched together very different tablets into the same forum and everyone is confused as the result. I've got bunch of 'helpful' advices from 8.4 owners who dominate these forums.
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Given that 8.4 and 10.1 don't even share CPU architecture, I doubt any 8.4 ROM would be adapted to support 10.1 devices. XDA bunched together very different tablets into the same forum and everyone is confused as the result. I've got bunch of 'helpful' advices from 8.4 owners who dominate these forums.
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I meant persuade him to develop a specific rom for the 10.1, not add 10.1 support in the 8.4 rom he's already developed.
If we can get a bounty together, he might consider it if he has time/inclination.
keep in mind qualcomm vs exynos
Hello guys,
I am looking for a 300-500$ tablet with good specs and a note-taking pen.
I was considering this tablet,
do you guys recommend it ?
Any other better alternatives out now or coming soon?
Please share your thoughts, thanks
There's already an ongoing discussion about this topic here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m2/help/upgrade-t3320383/page1
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nefedroid said:
Hello guys,
I am looking for a 300-500$ tablet with good specs and a note-taking pen.
I was considering this tablet,
do you guys recommend it ?
Any other better alternatives out now or coming soon?
Please share your thoughts, thanks
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I wouldn't buy it again. Hardware is quite okay but the SW is very buggy. Next thing is that the tablet is not attractive for developers. So you basically have to stay with the standard stock rom.
ojessie said:
I wouldn't buy it again. Hardware is quite okay but the SW is very buggy. Next thing is that the tablet is not attractive for developers. So you basically have to stay with the standard stock rom.
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I would say it always depends on what he's looking for. I'm pretty much happy with it as - just my 2 cent - I really like EMUI. Further more the premium version - in connection with the lecture notes app - is really great for handwritten notes and a lot of digital notebooks.
Writing my blog articles I love the multi window mode of it pretty much as well.
No need for custom ROMs at my end, as I'm petty happy with the basics I need it for.
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Great tablet, it will be shame for Huawei not to publish the Android 6 ROM. Its my first tablet and i like it.
The only thing is, i don't know why, its not supported by developers. I don't like the EMUI Launcher, so the next day I've opened it for the first time, i have replaced it with Google Launcher accessible from Google Play.
I am not playing games on the tablet, bought it for maps, books and surfing. Extra feature is the stylus, which is actually more practical as i thought.
So at the end - if Huawei will offer 6.0, it was a good buy.
I have the mania: do not upgrade, developers spend it. I bought it because the computer magazine today he was given a third quality disappointment. Aluminum design, but the inside EMUI, awful. I want rotearla or throw it away.
It's a very good tablet, but till now without android 6 and I think we can forget to receive nougat.... (it's a shame for a suche good tablet)
LET US HOPE
My two cents. The hardware is pretty good but I'm not a fan of EMUI. And I'm very disapointed that it is still running Lollipop. Rumour is that we will get Marshmallow but there is no hard evidence of this as yet. And as Huawei has only just released kernel source code, there have been no custom ROMs so far. Hopefully we will get one soon.
nefedroid said:
Hello guys,
I am looking for a 300-500$ tablet with good specs and a note-taking pen.
I was considering this tablet,
do you guys recommend it ?
Any other better alternatives out now or coming soon?
Please share your thoughts, thanks
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Don't. At least until there is no update to Android6 ... which there probably won't ever be.
[edit] Didn't look at note taking pen, disregard recomendation below.
I'd look at Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016. It seems to be in the same HW bracket, comes with Android6.
If I end up picking up this device I am going to begin creating a device tree,twrp and start working on a lineage os build. I am creating this thread to gauge peoples interest and which models people would be interested in having lineage os builds supported on. Probably looking at supporting the s7 + as that is the model I'm probably getting
If anyone has experience developing roms on Samsung devices help would be much appreciated as I am going to have to learn everything from scratch as I know next to nothing about android development so I will probably need some help from the community.
I know the device isn't even out yet I'm just really excited that Samsung finally made the perfect android tablet but lets be honest samsungs software is garbage and lineage is better
if I have broken any rules let me know
minilandl said:
If I end up picking up this device I am going to begin creating a device tree,twrp and start working on a lineage os build. I am creating this thread to gauge peoples interest and which models people would be interested in having lineage os builds supported on. Probably looking at supporting the s7 + as that is the model I'm probably getting
If anyone has experience developing roms on Samsung devices help would be much appreciated as I am going to have to learn everything from scratch as I know next to nothing about android development so I will probably need some help from the community.
I know the device isn't even out yet I'm just really excited that Samsung finally made the perfect android tablet but lets be honest samsungs software is garbage and lineage is better
if I have broken any rules let me know
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I would definitely get the Tab S7+ if there was LineageOS for it. I really hate One UI.
Great noticies, if I want colaborate by one dontation how I can do it? Congratulations for th iniciative. Im interested for versión galaxy tab S7+
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Well you see I am primarily getting the Tab S7+ because of Samsung DeX and resizable windows so I won't be of much help. BUT I will try to do whatever I can once the Tab stops getting updates, which I suspect will be sooner than later.
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I would definitely get the Tab S7+ if there was LineageOS for it. I really hate One UI.
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Same I hate oneui I love the iPad pro lineage os if I can get it working makes this the perfect device. Buying it regardless I want lineage os so much I'm building it myself.
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Same I hate oneui I love the iPad pro lineage os if I can get it working makes this the perfect device. Buying it regardless I want lineage os so much I'm building it myself.
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If you built lineage for the Galaxy Tab S7+. If buy the device and donate some money to you via PayPal
Anyone who wants to donate to me, I've added a PayPal link to my signature.
churchner420 said:
If you built lineage for the Galaxy Tab S7+. If buy the device and donate some money to you via PayPal
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Thank you I've added a donation link to my signature.
speedman said:
Great noticies, if I want colaborate by one dontation how I can do it? Congratulations for th iniciative. Im interested for versión galaxy tab S7+
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I've added a PayPal link to my signiture.
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Thank you I've added a donation link to me signiture if you want to donate to me
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Nice where is it? I can't find it ? I'm a bit new to donations... I will get the Wifi version of the Tab S7+ as well.
churchner420 said:
Nice where is it? I can't find it ? I'm a bit new to donations... I will get the Wifi version of the Tab S7+ as well.
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On the profile page click on the user icon and it should be on the about page it's also under all my comments and posts
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On the profile page click on the user icon and it should be on the about page it's also under all my comments and posts
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Thanks bro, there goes 10 $ for you ? have fun with the development
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Well you see I am primarily getting the Tab S7+ because of Samsung DeX and resizable windows so I won't be of much help. BUT I will try to do whatever I can once the Tab stops getting updates, which I suspect will be sooner than later.
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Thakhs Fair enough for Dex you kind of need stock there are launchers that replicate a desktop though. The tab Pro 12.2 from 2014 only got one update and has a version of lineage os 17.1 hopefully Samsung does a better job but who knows this is Samsung after all ?.
Please please do it! I am getting the samsung galaxy tab s7+ 5g 512gb model hopefully when released in us and truly want lineage os for it
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Please please do it! I am getting the samsung galaxy tab s7+ 5g 512gb model hopefully when released in us and truly want lineage os for it
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Yes I really want lineage too ? which is why I'm creating it probably won't be supporting the 5g model though as I have seen in the past that there can be issues with 5g enabled tablets getting everything working .
am interested, will you incorporate the Android 11 desktop mode (yep, alpha stage)?
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If I end up picking up this device I am going to begin creating a device tree,twrp and start working on a lineage os build. I am creating this thread to gauge peoples interest and which models people would be interested in having lineage os builds supported on. Probably looking at supporting the s7 + as that is the model I'm probably getting
If anyone has experience developing roms on Samsung devices help would be much appreciated as I am going to have to learn everything from scratch as I know next to nothing about android development so I will probably need some help from the community.
I know the device isn't even out yet I'm just really excited that Samsung finally made the perfect android tablet but lets be honest samsungs software is garbage and lineage is better
if I have broken any rules let me know
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if its unlocked im definitely interested, not a fan of Samsung software next gen touch wiz basically
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Yes I really want lineage too which is why I'm creating it probably won't be supporting the 5g model though as I have seen in the past that there can be issues with 5g enabled tablets getting everything working .
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Well this is the first 5g tablet so it never been done before. But 4gb works fine so you can start with 4g and try and figure out how to get 5g working once lineage os is up and running and with 4g access so those with mobile data version can use it.
Any custom ROM (and that applies to Note 20) and we losing the S-pen functionality. Is that correct?
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if its unlocked im definitely interested, not a fan of Samsung software next gen touch wiz basically
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Yes it's weird all Samsung tablets are unlocked while Snapdragon phones are locked . I'm mainly working in lineage because I want lineage in sthe s7+. when I have it I'll get started so people wanted lineage might have to wait a while or wait for another dev.