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How To Update Galaxy Tab 2 10 1 P5100 To Android 4 4 2 KitKat via CM11 Nightly

You can now update your Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 GT-P5100 to latest and customized Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Google recently introduced Android 4.4.2 KitKat a many Nexus models but that build is not much customized. CyanogenMod team recently introduced Android 4.4.2 KitKat based CM11 build for Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100. You can download and install custom firmware CM11 on your Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100. Since, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100 is capable enough to run Android 4.4.2 KitKat smoothly, CM11 going to be a great experience for you. With nightly build you will receive update daily and bugs are fixed faster as well as new feature introduced regularly. To learn how to flash this ROM, continue reading this guide to know how to install Android 4.4.2 KitKat based CM11 custom ROM on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100.

Warning!
This tutorial is only for Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we (True Android Team) are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.  
Pre Requisites:
1. Backup your device data. You can follow our ultimate backup guide.
2.  Make sure your device have at least 60% battery power. You can install an app like Battery Notifier BT Free on your Android device to check it easily.
3. You already have USB Driver Installed for Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100 in your PC. Download USB Drivers
4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100.
5. Your device have latest CWM version 6.0.4.4 and up or TWRP 2.6.3.0 and up installed.
If you done everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 4.4.2 KitKat based CM11 ROM on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100.
File Required(Download by clicking on it)
  1. CM11 For Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100  [Filename: cm-11-20140110-NIGHTLY-p5100.zip]
  2. Google Apps [Filename: gapps-kk-20131119.zip]

How to Install Android 4.4.2 KitKat based CM11 ROM on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100

  1. Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device.Important: Don’t extract any files.
  2. Disconnect USB and then turn off your Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100.
  3. Now, boot into recovery mode. To do so, press and hold Volume Up and Power button together until Samsung logo flash twice and then leave the button. You should see recovery menu soon. In recovery use Volume Keys to navigate between option and Power to select an option.
  4. Perform a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM that you can restore later if this new ROM not work or you want to go back into your previous ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore, then on the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup is complete.
  5. Now, perform data wiping task. To do so, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm your action. Wait few minutes till the data wipe is complete. Now come back to CWM recovery main menu. Select wipe cache partition and after wiping process done, select Wipe Dalvik Cache under advanceoption to perform Dalvik cache wiping.
  6. Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Now, locate the CM11 Zip file that you copied earlier in Step 1 and select it by pressing Power button. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM installation will begin.
  7. Once the ROM installation process end, repeat the step 6 but choose the gapps-kk-20131119.zip file instead of ROM zip to install the Google apps package.
  8. When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot your Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100 and boot up into Android 4.4.2 KitKat ROM CM11. 
  9. Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.
Congrats! Android 4.4.2 KitKat firmware based custom ROM CM11 is now installed and running on your Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100. [Note: Root is turned off by default in CM ROMs, you must enable developer settings first (tap the build number 8 times under about device), then enable root under Developer Settings].
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