Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5

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Ahhh, yes....
I'll add info here
This is a great tablet, still the best Super AMOLED screen of its size I've ever used.

Details

The Galaxy Tab S is Samsung's 2014 Flagship Android tablet, taking direct aim at the high-range tablet market.

The Galaxy Tab S is available in two sizes, 8.4" and 10.5". I have the 10.5 " version.

They come in Wifi-only and Wifi + LTE versions. I have the Wifi-only version.

Internal storage comes in at either 16 GB or 32 GB options. I have the 16 GB version.

All come with 3 GB of RAM, a generous amount at the time.

The Galaxy Tab S was the first Samsung tablet to be fitted with the highly praised Super AMOLED display, which IMHO was and still is the defining characteristic of this device.

This can be expanded with a microSD card, up to 128GB.

Other features include:

  • Circa: 2014
  • My model: SM-T800 ( aka chagallwifi )
  • Fingerprint reader
  • Large capacity battery at 7900mAh battery.
  • CPU: Samsung Exynos5420
    • Octa-core:
    • 4 x Cortex-A15 @ 1.9 GHz
    • 4 x Cortex-A7 @ 1.3 GHz
  • Cameras
    • 8 MP front-facing and ??? rear-facing cameras
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • Internal Storage: 16 GiB
  • Display
    • Native Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pixels ( ~286 PPI pixel density -- Beautiful! )
    • Default DPI: 320
    • My favorite DPI: 220

Controls

  • Recovery: With the device powered off, hold Home + Volume Up + Power.
  • Download: With the device powered off, hold Home + Volume Down + Power.

Operations

Reset Password

Forgot your password? If you've got TWRP installed and your device is NOT encrypted, you can bypass the lock screen with the following: Credit goes to adithyan25 at SSS XDA Developers' forum

  • Turn the device off
  • Boot into recovery mode (XXX)
  • Perform a TWRP Backup,just in case something goes wrong
  • Use the TWRP terminal (or file manager if you must) to rename the following files:
    • /data/system/password.key
    • /data/system/pattern.key
    • /data/system/locksettings.db
    • /data/system/locksettings.db-shm
    • /data/system/locksettings.db-wal
      I just appended .old and that worked for me.
  • Reboot into the normal system
  • The lock screen should now only require a swipe, no pattern or password

Customizing

Interacting

  • USB Vendor ID: 04E8
  • USB Product ID: 685D
jeremy@latitude ~ $ dmesg -T | tail
 
[Sun Jun  4 07:40:14 2023] usb 1-1.4.4: USB disconnect, device number 35
[Sun Jun  4 07:40:17 2023] usb 1-1.4.4: new high-speed USB device number 36 using xhci_hcd
[Sun Jun  4 07:40:17 2023] usb 1-1.4.4: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=685d, bcdDevice= 2.1b
[Sun Jun  4 07:40:17 2023] usb 1-1.4.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[Sun Jun  4 07:40:17 2023] usb 1-1.4.4: Product: Gadget Serial
[Sun Jun  4 07:40:17 2023] usb 1-1.4.4: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
 
jeremy@latitude ~ $ lsusb | grep -i 04E8:685D
 
Bus 001 Device 038: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)




jeremy@latitude ~ $ lsusb -t
...
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/16p, 480M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/5p, 480M
        |__ Port 5: Dev 7, If 0, Class=, Driver=, 480M
        |__ Port 4: Dev 31, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/5p, 480M
            |__ Port 4: Dev 38, If 1, Class=CDC Data, Driver=, 480M
            |__ Port 4: Dev 38, If 0, Class=Communications, Driver=, 480M
...
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