How to Install Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 in Samsung Galaxy Tab

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This is excellent news for all users and owners of Samsung Galaxy Tablet!  And that the Android 4.0.1 an Alpha version of Ice Cream Sandwich is now supporting the Galaxy Tab. We must thank those from the XDA Developer who were the ones responsible to make this possible for all of us to enjoy and to try the Android version.

Honeycomb is the custom Operating System by Android that is intended for the PC’s tablet only before. Galaxy Tab apparently was the first one among the PC tablets to arrive with Honeycomb Android. And it is now possible to install the Ice Cream Android 4.0.1 on your Galaxy Tablet.

Prior to getting started you must ensure that you have already rooted your device in the ClockworkMod Recovery and have installed it also . Its developers said that it must be in the 2.X Android based-Gingerbread bootloader and must have the file EXT 4 format. And for your device safety you must ensure that your device has enough battery for it to last through this entire process.

Things to be noted:

Supported Versions for GSM networks:
• P1000
• P1000N
• P1000L
• P1000R

Supported Versions for CDMA networks:

The CDMA kernel isn’t perfect at the moment, but it does work, so your tab won’t be bricked if you flash the right kernel, you’ll just have more issues!

• Verizon
• Sprint

Not Supported:
P1010 (Wi-Fi only tab).

Steps to Install-Ice Cream Sandwich on Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Aside from the known reason that your device must have the specific model, the steps for the installation of the Ice Cream Sandwich on this Galaxy Tab can work only when you have the Galaxy Tab rooted.Now if you have rooted P1000 in your own Galaxy Tab you can already start doing the steps for the installation of the Android 4 in your Galaxy Tab.

• The first thing which you have to do will be to download the ICS ROM for your device.
• Then connect your own tablet PC into your own computer to copy the ICS ROM downloaded into the SD Card on your own device. You also have to boot the PC tablet in the recovery mode. The steps to perform this may be followed below.

There is a need for you of the app called ROM Manager to perform this, so go ahead and get it downloaded along an Android Market free. You must launch the ROM Manager to do this then touch in the Install ROM with the use of the option SD Card and browse to the place where you just copied the custom ROM ICS in your own SD card.

This will prompt you to have two options. Cache and Wipe Data and Backup Existing ROM and it has been suggested to have the Backup the Existing ROM for this will help you to resume back all its changes in case you do not want this Sandwich on your own Galaxy Tab.

After its custom ROM has already flashed in Galaxy Tab then it will reboot already. This is the way wherein you can install Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4 in your Galaxy Tablet.Remember that this is the alpha version in the Ice Cream Sandwich and so do not expect all things to work well.

Steps to be followed:-

Step 1 – You must download the newest build of the Ice Cream Sandwich for the Galaxy Tablet- http://forum xda-developers.com/showthread,php?t=1322059.

Step 2 – Then the file downloaded must be properly transferred in the root directory on the Galaxy Tablet.

Step 3 – Then you must reboot in the Recovery ClockworkMod by just holding both the button Power and the buttons Volume Down.  Then just after the logo of Samsung shows, then you will find two menus.Then let go of these buttons at once and hit the Volume Down, the button Volume then you must be in the Recovery ClockworkMod.

Step 4- You must format /system/data and/cache from the mounts and storage just under the CWN main menu.

Step 5- Wipe data/factory reset along the menu main.

Step 6- Return back into the main menu then select the .zip file you have previously transferred on step no.2 frp, install zip from sdcard< choose zip from sdcard. Now the Ice Cream Sandwich may then be flashed into your own Galaxy Tablet.

Step 7- Then return to the main menu.

You are already done and have successfully installed Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich into your own Galaxy Tablet. Enjoy its use!