r/GalaxyTab

I was first happy to see the update, then I just understood it's only security patch for May 🙃

Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra Wifi + LTE (France)

https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-starts-rolling-out-stable-one-ui-8-5-to-tablets-galaxy-tab-s11-gets-it-first/

Tab S9, Tab Active 3

Both have wired DeX output, great screens, good s-pen support, ecosystem connectivity

Tab Active 3 has Galaxy S9 flagship chip, Tab S9 has S23 Ultra flagship chip

I use Active 3 for reading, S9 for productivity. One or the other for content consumption depending on mood

Both great tablets!

I made a tool to use my Samsung tablet as an S Pen input device for my PC. Most existing solutions like SuperDisplay or Samsung’s own thing are great, but they’re second monitor solution.

I don’t need the tablet screen for drawing or osu (my laptop display is better), so I made my own that i can configure and optimized it for latency.

For those who want to know how it works, it runs a daemon that reads raw interrupts directly from the /dev/input/event, then sends only the raw coordinate and pressure data to your computer, and finally a receives those packets.

It's just one of those projects that suddenly i feel motivated to do. Here's the link, everything is there. SpenWindows.

( Note: Only tested on S10 FE )

I've had the S11 Ultra and Pro Keyboard for about a month...

I absolutely love it. This is a pricy combination but I have no regrets. I use this almost exclusively for work. Now I can access my work's virtual desktop with a tablet/keyboard combo that weighs much less. The reduced weight also makes it great for travel. While I do use it mainly for work, this tablet is great for watching movies.

As for the Pro Keyboard, it looks and feels great. It's a legit keyboard with no corners cut. I have seen some reviews that speak negatively of the backlighting the keys. They are plenty bright in my opinion.

I wish it had a dedicated spot to store the spen. I put an ESR pencil case holder to the back part of the keyboard that connects to the tablet. Works just fine. I wish there was some protection for the tablet, like maybe a case you can apply and have it still connect to the keyboard.

I was getting out of bed, and i accidentally dropped this tablet!

It suddenly started doing this. I don't know what is happening and what to do to fix this

S9 Fe. I bought it abt 1.5 years ago

Hi, I got my Tab S10 FE less than a month ago and the tip looks like this in the photos. I'm kind of panicking because I don't know if it's worn out, or if I type too hard, or something like that. Does anyone know? Thank you.

Samsung dropped the Tab S6 on Android 12 and went silent after August 2023. The Snapdragon 855 still has plenty of life left, so I decided to do something about it.

Full guide: https://github.com/ochiuom/Samsung-galaxy-tab-s6-lineageos-guide

What I did

1. Unlocked bootloader
2. Flashed stock firmware via Odin with Magisk-patched AP
3. Flashed TWRP again via Odin in bootloader mode
4. Flashed LineageOS 22.2 GSI — Android 15 base, 3–4 major versions ahead of what Samsung shipped and abandoned after August 2023
5. Rooted with Magisk v30.7
6. Fixed GSI speaker bug via Magisk module
7. Updated Adreno 640 GPU drivers via Magisk module
8. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ARM64 chroot inside Termux + BusyBox, XFCE4 desktop via Termux-X11
9. Full scientific stack: Miniforge, SageMath, CERN ROOT, Octave, VS Code ARM64 + Jupyter

Why bother over stock

- Pure AOSP, zero Samsung/Google bloat

- AdAway system-level + ProtonVPN simultaneously — impossible without root

- Better battery and thermals, no background Samsung processes keeping the SoC awake

- Ubuntu and Android run in parallel on the same kernel, no reboot to switch

- Chroot is real ARM64 hardware, not a VM

Scientific computing — all ran natively on the tablet, no x86 involved

- Raman spectrum plotted with gnuplot

- Gaussian peak fitting with CERN ROOT in C++ and PyROOT

- 11-peak multi-Lorentzian Raman fit with ALS baseline subtraction in Octave — same fitting pipeline I use for actual research data

Snapdragon 855 handles all of it without complaint.

Happy to answer questions — especially around the Ubuntu chroot setup or the scientific stack on ARM64.

At first I was skeptical about the screen brightness and smoothness as it's a 3yr old launch device. But it just blew my mind the brightness is too good for indoors even under window sunlight video looks crisp and vivid (use vivid mode in the settings for better results. Played 4k hdr dolby vision content and it just looked like your playing the same on your 4k TV (comparing with my Sony kd75l 4k tv).

COD M 120 fps 🧈 smooth at high graphics no lags one ui 8 update out the box. UI looks modern and has tab specific good features. Lovin the S pen 🖊 with good grip. I think its still the best. Battery backup is 7hrs avg. not that great but charges fast and screen off time is great.

It's still a beast and overall better value than the S11.