Good news for Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0/9.7 users. Finally, here is the big update. Now you can download and install Lineage OS 16 on Galaxy Tab S2 8.0/9.7 (gts28vewifi/gts210vewifi). The XDA Recognized developer LuK1337 has started working on the next version of Lineage OS based on Android Pie called Lineage OS 16. But be careful, we are not responsible if you brick your device or do something wrong. This update may not be a stable update and we don’t even say when exactly the next version comes out. So be patient. If you want to try, then take a complete backup of data on your device or create a Nandroid backup using TWRP Recovery.
To install Lineage OS 16 on Galaxy Tab S2 8.0/9.7, your device should have Bootloader Unlocked and should be running on latest TWRP Recovery. If you have all this, then you are good to try the new Lineage OS 16 on your device. Follow our guide on how to upgrade, but before that. Let’s understand the features of Android 9.0 Pie and Lineage OS 16.
What’s on Android 9.0 Pie?
As we said, Lineage OS 16 is based on the latest OS, Android 9.0 Pie. Android 9.0 Pie is the 9th iteration and a major update of Google’s Android OS. The new Android Pie brings a couple of design changes to the successor Android Oreo but the most notable one is the gesture-based navigation system. Other features of Android 9 Pie are New Quick Settings UI design, Redesigned volume slider, Advanced Battery with AI Support, Notch Support, Improved Adaptive Brightness, Manual theme selection, Android Dashboard which Google calls Digital Wellbeing, and more other features.
Hello, thanks for your guide. Sorry for my english, I speak French.
You said on ” Instructions to Install”, in point 5 that “You need to Decrypt and Re-Encrypt Data Partition on Galaxy Tab S2 8.0/9.7.”
Can you tell me, please, how i can do it ,on my Galaxy Tab S2 T813 9.7 (2016) ?
I allready install TWRP Recovery, Android 9.0 Pie Gapps Package on it, with your method. And it’s works good.
But supersu root not works. My tablet is not rooted.
Best regards.