To install the latest version of Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 P7310. Though this update is not an official version released by the SAMSUNG Electronics but will soon be pushed, just in case if you wish to try the beta version of ICS which we will soon be coming up then you need to root the tab.
Please be informed that rooting voids the warranty and the only way with which you can regain the lost warranty is by updating the original stock firmware3 in your tab.
Disclaimer: Please note that we should not be held liable or responsible in any manner in whole or in parts if anything wrong happens to your device which is the most unlikely if you follow the instructions as prescribed in the due course of this article.
Note: For facilitating smoother and safer firmware update, the data in the device needs to be cleared. So, ensure that you are backing up the data before proceeding to root the device.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Ensure that the device is left with the minimum of 60% battery charge so as to ensure that the device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of rooting process.
- Enable USB Debugging in your device from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked in your tab.
- Uninstall all the security as well as antivirus suites installed in your computer so as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of rooting.
So, assuming that you have followed all the instructions from the above mentioned, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up the detailed procedure to root Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 P7310.
