Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Android 10 update arrives as unofficial LineageOS 17.1; Galaxy A3 2017 gets LineageOS 17

As per recent development, two older Samsung devices, i.e. the Galaxy Tab 4 and Galaxy A3 (2017) are getting the Android 10 support, all thanks to unofficial LineageOS 17.1 and LineageOS 17, respectively.

To recall, the Galaxy Tab 4 was launched back in 2014 and it came with Android 4.4.2 (Kitkat) out of the box. Whereas, the Galaxy A3 (2017) was launched back in 2017 and it was last upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo.

So, for these devices, the Android 10 update was surely not on the cards for either of the devices. But, you can experience Android 10 on Galaxy Tab 4 and Galaxy A3 (2017) via the LineageOS.

For naive, LineageOS is arguably the most popular custom ROMs known to any Android user who is a fan of tinkering and modding. Moreover, users can install LineageOS without any need to have any Google application installed.

Let us take a look at the complete guide for both the devices, one by one:

Galaxy Tab 4

As per XDA Senior Member, DJABHipHop the unofficial LineageOS 17.1 Lightning Fast ROM supports both the Galaxy Tab 4 (10.1-inch) as well as the Galaxy Tab 4 (8-inch) tablets.

However, note that there are some known issues related to this ROM:

Known issues:
– Camera exposure
– Calendar UI
– Magisk/Root
– MTP
– IR Blaster on matissewifi & milletltetmo have not been fixed yet.

And if you are okay with these issues and still want to experience, Android 10 on your Galaxy Tab 4 then, follow the guide below:

Downloads:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1(matisse)

• matissewifi(SM-T530/SM-T530NU)
• matisselte(SM-T535)
• matisse3g(SM-T531)

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0(millet)

• milletwifi(SM-T330/SM-T330NU)
• milletlte(SM-T335)
• milletltetmo(SM-T337TMO)
• millet3g(SM-T331)

Recovery: Unofficial TWRP

Instructions:
1. Download the latest build, Unofficial TWRP (3.3.1 and newer) by
2. Boot the downloaded TWRP via fastboot
3. Flash the latest build
4. Reboot

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Galaxy A3 (2017)

You can also experience Android 10 update on your Galaxy A3 (2017) with the help of LineageOS 17.

According to XDA member MartinYTCZ, below are the list of features that are working and that is not working:

What’s working?
– Audio
– Calls
– Wifi
– Hotspot
– Mobile data
– GPS
– Bluetooth
– Fingerprint
– Camera (photos), recording only with footej or other 3rd party app
– NFC
– Sensors
– Vibration
– Others I have forgot

What isn’t working?
– Echo present in calls for the other side (investigating)
– Video recording with stock camera (fix known, will be implemented in next build)

This guide also works well with the dual SIM Galaxy A3 (2017) as well. Follow the guide below to install Android 10 based LineageOS 17:

Downloads:

• ROM
  • Link 1
  • Line 2
• Recovery
• GApps
  • OpenGApps (arm64)
  • BiTGApps (arm64)
• Magisk

How to install:
1. Make sure you have latest bootloader and modem before installing this.
2. Make sure you are using the latest OrangeFox build. (the older ones will fail)
3. Make sure you have flashed the repartition script.
4. Download the Lineage build, optionally GApps and Magisk.
5. In OrangeFox format data. (Menu > Manage Partitions > Data > Format Data)
6. In OrangeFox wipe everything except SD and OTG.
7. Flash LineageOS.
8. Optional: Flash GApps (rightafter).
9. Optional: Flash Magisk.
10. Reboot.

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