GSM working on Galaxy Tab 7 Plus CM9 alpha

After much discussion with locerra and poisike on XDA and github, I’ve got GSM telephony and data working on the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus on my super-alpha CyanogenMod 9 port. Check out the thread on XDA forums for more info (and downloads!). Calls, SMS, and USSD requests all seem to be working reasonably well. Here’s […]

CyanogenMod 9 alpha for Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (GT-P6200)

A few weeks ago I started porting CyanogenMod 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich) to the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus. It was a slow start, but after fixing up the touchscreen driver for ICS things started moving much quicker. It has finally reached a state where I feel that it would benefit from public testing (as well […]

Heimdall firmware packages for Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

I decided to start making Heimdall firmware packages for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. I’ll keep this XDA Developers thread updated as I find, test, and upload new firmwares for this device. Flashing firmware packages using Heimdall Flashing a firmware using Heimdall involves rebooting your device into “Download mode” (also sometimes call “Odin” mode, […]

Using adb on the Kindle Fire

USB debugging is enabled by default on the Kindle Fire but it’s not obvious how to connect to it. Because I’ll never get the thirty minutes I of my life I wasted figuring it out back, I’ve decided to write about it with the hope that it helps some other poor sucker. The short story […]