Officially Samsung states that the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 supports micro SD cards upto 32GB. That is because the Tab 2 7.0 was launched with Android 4.0.4 ICS which does not natively supports 64GB micro SD cards.
Samsung might have abandoned the Galaxy tab 8.9 users, but XDA has got their back. Many developers have churned out Android 4.1.2, also known as, jelly bean firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet. This one is AOSP which has been ported from Motorola’s XOOM. It is bug free and everything just works on it.
To flash any sort of custom ROM like the AOSP Android 4.1 jelly bean ROM for the Galaxy tab 8.9, you need to have some sort of ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM). With the ClockworkMod Recovery, you will also be able to install myriad unofficial updates that keep popping up on XDA and sources like sammobile. Here are how you can download ClockworkMod Recovery to your Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet.
So you just upgraded your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 to Android 4.1 jelly bean operating system but now, you have lost root access and want it back. Luckily, Chainfire has come up with a way to do that. Before following the below given steps, make sure to backup all of your data. Also, check if your tablet has 80 percent or more battery left. Enable USB debugging too by going into settings on your Tab 2 7.0. Here are the steps on how to root P3100/P3113.
Good folks at Sammobile have released Android 4.0.4 ICS firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet. To flash it, you must have stock CWM on board. The best way to have that is by flashing an official firmware for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 which will restore stock CWM.
Remember the hybrid Jelly bean firmware we mentioned for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7? The developer behind it has ported it for the Galaxy Tab Plus. It works on the both P6200 and P6210 tablets.
The Cyanogen Mod team has already started porting the CM10 to the Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus tablet and it runs fantastic on it. The CM10 brings near Android stock experience and tons of other goodies.
TWRP (team win recovery project) is a custom recovery for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. It provides same functionality as the original custom recovery we posted for the Tab 7.7 few months back but uses more user friendly UI. It is also fully driven by touchscreen input which makes more sense on a tablet.
Want to use the internal micro SD card of your P6800/P6810 as external USB flash drive (UMS) on your computer for faster data transfer? You can use the following given method on how to get it done. The only requirement is that you must have rooted your Galaxy Tab 7.7 with Super SU and busybox installed. Find out how to root Galaxy tab 7.7 by following our step by step tutorial.
Samsung might have left the Galaxy Tab 7.7 in the cold by not endowing them with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean treatment but that did not stop ROM developers at XDA to bring Jelly bean to the Tab 7.7. There is a CM10-based firmware that also introduces true tablet mode.
