partial bootloader-unlock-custom-rom tablet Samsung gts210velte SM-T819, Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (SM-T819) SM-T819Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (SM-T819)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (SM-T819)

Tablet · Samsung
Partial Bootloader unlock + custom ROM
Difficulty
Moderate
Brick risk
Medium
Legal risk
Low

Not stock root. Needs an unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.

US carrier Samsung Snapdragon models (AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile/Sprint/US Cellular) are typically bootloader-locked and cannot be unlocked.

How-to

How to

Unlock the bootloader and install custom firmware (postmarketOS and TWRP). postmarketOS status: testing.

Follow the specialist sources linked on this page. If this path is a jailbreak, unlock, or flash, the specialist wiki is the how-to — we do not copy those steps here.

Notes

TWRP and postmarketOS builds for this device are based on LineageOS device trees.

postmarketOS builds for this device are based on LineageOS kernel source.