Galaxy Tab 7.7: Mount SD card as Flash USB storage

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.

Galaxy Tab 7.7 Mount SD card as Flash USB storage

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Download Galaxy Tab 7.7 Jelly Bean ROM

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.

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Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Rooted, Deodexed, Zipaligned Android 4.1 ROM

An XDA member, romswell has released a pre-rooted firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 that is also deodexed and Zipaligned. The ROM comes with Super SU and Busybox (for running root apps) installed as well. He has made two versions of it – one for the P3100 users and another of the P3113 users.

Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Rooted, Deodexed, Zipaligned Android 4.1 ROM

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Download Jelly Bean open source files for Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and 10.1

Samsung is yet to release official Jelly Bean firmware upgrade for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and 7.0 but has already released source files for Jelly bean operating system to the developers and public. This is extremely weird as Samsung normally releases these files after they have pushed OTA updates to its users. Nevertheless, these files will allow the users to tinker with the new source files until they push the OTA updates.

Download Jelly Bean open source files for Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and 10.1

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Download Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Official Jelly Bean

After Jelly bean Android 4.1 was released for the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, an OTA that upgrades the Tab 2 10.1 users from ICS to Jelly bean has also been made available, thanks to Sammobile. However, to flash this OTA, you must be on the latest firmware and be on Samsung’s stock recovery. Go to Settings; check the version if it is P5113UEBLH3 or not. If not, you are on latest official firmware.

Download Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Official Jelly Bean

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Galaxy Tab 8.9: Zenus Masstige Review

If you like to travel in fashion, Zenus makes some pretty cool cases for the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets. Last week, I bought myself the Zenus Masstige. The case is not really cheap, but then, the quality is not compromised. Here is the review of it for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.

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Download Galaxy Tab 7.7 CWM Recovery

To flash any custom ROM, you will need to have custom clock work mod on your Galaxy Tab 7.7. There are three different versions (i815, P6810 and P6800) and you can flash them via ODIN on your PC. If you do not have it on your computer, you can download it from this post – http://galaxytabblog.com/galaxy-tab-plus-official-us-firmware/ . Download the respective CWM for your Tab from the below given links and open ODIN. Here are the download links:

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Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs iPad Mini

So yesterday, Apple released iPad Mini and in their presentation, they compared it with the Nexus 7. For obvious reasons, they only pointed out iPad Mini’s positives and not its negatives. We, at galaxytabblog.com, will not compare them to Nexus 7, but will compare it to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.

           Galaxy Tab 7.7         iPad Mini
Dimensions 196.7 x 133 x 7.9 mm   200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
Weight     340 g                  308 g
Resolution 1280 x 800             1024 x 768
Screen     7.7" 196 ppi           7.9" 162 ppi
Cams       3.15 & 2 MP            5 & 1 MP
Micro-SD   yes                    no  
CPU        Dual-core 1.4 GHz A9   Dual-core 1 Ghz A9
GPU        Mali-400MP             PowerVR SGX MP4+
RAM        1 GB                   512 MB

As you can see, the iPad defeated in all the areas. Still we expect it to sell like hotcakes because Apple-lovers will buy whatever they release, no matter how it sucks compared to the exciting  products.

Verizon rolling out Android 4.0.4 ICS for Galaxy Tab 10.1

We got a preview of ICS build for 10.1 way back in December. Verizon is rolling out official ICS update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.  The tablet was released with Honeycomb (Android 3.2), which provided amazing tablet experience. Android ICS update will only enhance it further.
Verizon Android 4.0.4 ICS

Features added are:

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Galaxy Tab P3113 Jelly Bean Download

Back when Samsung released Galaxy Tab P3113 tablet, it was slammed for being too slow. Today, we have some good news for you as folks at xda have leaked Android 4.1.1 Jelly bean for the tab P3113.

Galaxy Tab P3113 Jelly Bean Download

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