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How To: Root the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

on 14 June at 6:20 am

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition

We always like to bring you good how-to guides for unlocking your favorite gadgets, and today the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets the treatment.  If you live in New York or went to Google IO, you may already have one of these.  If not you still pick it up on June 17th when it becomes widely available, and when you do you can get it rooted right away with this awesome guide from the guys over at RootzWiki, via XDA Developer’s Forum.  And if you head over and sign up for their sight, you can actually enter the contest to win a Google IO edition Galaxy Tab!  So hit them up, sign up, and support these guys in their good work for the Android community.

Warning:

Rooting your device will void your warranty and can cause damage if you don’t know what you’re doing.  gggadgets.com is and RootzWiki are in no way responsible for what you choose to do.

What You’ll Need:

  • A Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, IO edition or Retail.
  • Android SDK available for free from Google

Step-by-Step Guide

  • First you’ll need to download the USB drivers for the Galaxy Tab, which can be found HERE
  • Install and reboot your computer
  • Plug your Tab into your computer
  • Download the root exploit HERE
  • Open a command prompt, and enter your Android SDK directory, where you can run ADB
  • Enter the command:
  • adb push Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip /sdcard/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip
  • Enter: adb reboot recovery
  • When you enter recovery, select the zip file you downloaded, apply, and reboot
  • Once your Tab is rebooted, head over HERE and pick up BusyBox
  • When you’ve got that downloaded to your computer head back to your command prompt
  • Enter the command:
  • adb push su_busybox_misc-sam_tab_10.1-051611.zip /sdcard/
  • Enter: adb reboot recovery
  • Once you’ve entered recovery again, volume down and select the file you pushed over
  • Hit power to select
  • Scroll down to apply and apply the zip
  • Once the flash is done, reboot

That covers it.  You now have a rooted Galaxy Tab!  We want to thank again the folks at RootzWiki, XDA, and Android Basement for the process and tools to get this done.  You guys make Android what it should be!

Via RootzWiki


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