34€ tablet, made brand new with eOS
The story goes like this: we needed a tablet for Sasha to use for a month. She goes to Iceland for 2 months. First month she will do this workaway so she will stay with a family there and help out, so she needed a device that she can use at times to watch videos, browse the web, write, etc.. Because the phones are ridiculously small for most such tasks.
She won’t take the laptop since it is too big and expensive and she will hike the month after the stay, so imagine having to hike with your laptop.
Now the tablet would serve her well even for the hiking month since she can use it to read books (offline as pdf, epud, etc.), but also as a second device for navigation (offline maps) in case her phone dies.
A tablet that is! One that we can sell or give away when she comes back!
We found a Samsung Tablet SM-T550 from 2016 or so. 34€ second hand with case and keyboard. Perfect! We grabbed it.
Now see the video for more info:
Ok, so how did I do it?
Took around 2 days.
First of all, this ONLY works for this specific tablet, but the approach is similar for other tablets.
Our tablet: SM-T550 gt510wifi.
You need to download these files. I will reference them in this tutorial.
1. Erase the SHIT
You need Windows. I installed it in Gnome Boxes (I use TROMjaro Linux). This is going to take time and it is annoying. I forgot how much of a piece of shit Windows is. But well.
In Gnome Boxes you can select Preferences and enable external USB devices to be recognized in Windows. Like:
I’ve put all files on a USB stick from Linux, then had them accessible in Windows via the Gnome Boxes.
Now install the Samsung Drivers in Windows (SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe).
Prepare the Tablet.
Do a factory reset. Then enable the Developer Mode. If you do not know how to do these maybe do not move forward because you will break the tablet.
Make sure the USB Debugging is set in Download/Media file mode.
You can watch how this guy does that:
youtube.com/watch?v=w3Sh4Zti-f…
You then need to put your tablet into Download Mode. See min 3 of that video how to do it.
Connect it now to your computer. In Gnome Boxes allow it to be shared with Windows like I said above.
Let’s Wipe!
Next extract Odin3-v3.14.1.zip. Then open Odin3-v3.14.1.exe. Click ok.
It looks like this:
See if it detects your tablet. Then click AP. Select the file twrp-3.6.2_9-0-gt510wifi.img.tar. Before you click START, go to options and uncheck AutoReboot:
Click Start. Like the guy from the video does.
Now you have installed the WIPER!
Tricky part comes next.
You need to reboot the device into recovery mode. On the model I have I had to press the Power and Volume Down (or could be UP) until the screen turned back then immediately press the Power + Volume Down + Home button and keep press till it boots into the WIPER which looks like this:
Took me many attempts to make this work. If it boots normally you have to start the process again and put the tablet in Download Mode, open Odin and so on….
Now to Wipe it properly just watch the same video to see how the guy wipes it clean and follow exactly.
2. Install eOS
If you managed to do all of this congratulations all of the hard part is done. I recommend putting the e-3.2-t-20251106-UNOFFICIAL-gt510wifi.zip file on a MicroSD card and insert into your tablet. Then select it for install. Again watch that video.
That should be it.
I went with eOS instead of Lineage just because…I like that they keep it simple and you do not need to do much after the install.
Anyway took me a long time to figure what files I needed for the job.
I hope this post can help others too…
Unbelievable that you have to do this….but is not people’s fault. Not even Google or Samsung. It is out trade-based society that is at fault here.
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Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️
in reply to TROM • • •So first up, I am not a lawyer, even if I play one on TV. Seems to me though that even if you didn't post the video, that if your server is seeding it, then technically you, among others, *are* hosting it?
Surely in this case though you could comply just by defederating that particular piece of content / user?
It's interesting though that Amazon are recognizing Peertube content, even if just for copyright. That to me suggests they're keeping an eye on it, even if they likely don't consider it a major threat... yet.
#Peertube #Amazon #Copyright
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Strypey
in reply to Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️ • • •> if your server is seeding it, then technically you, among others, *are* hosting it?
I don't think that's how @peertube works. Remote videos are discoverable by searching on a PT service, but it's the viewer that's seeding them by watching (because WebTorrent), not the PT service providing the search results.
You're right that copyright lawyers and often judges haven't cared much about such nuances though, or we would have won the CopyWars.
@trom
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FinchHaven sfba
in reply to TROM • • •"The video in question, a documentary about "aliens", a garbage piece of content, was NOT hosted on our instance, of course"
As other have said (and may yet say) IANAL
*That said* there is a vast difference between "hosted on" and "served from"
Your instance may *not* be the sole source for that content, but if a video consumer *gets* it though you, guess what?
It doesn't matter what "makes sense"
This is law, and lawyer-speak
Good luck with it
cc @peertube@framapiaf.org
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in reply to FinchHaven sfba • •FinchHaven sfba
in reply to TROM • • •What you "like" or "think should happen" is utterly irrelevant
And you clearly don't understand the usage of the word "Federated"
Which is super common around here
Being federated makes *every* federated instance the [a] source
There is no one single point source -- the sources are all federated into multi-point "sources"
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in reply to FinchHaven sfba • •Maddad ☑️
in reply to TROM • • •@FinchHaven
That's a good analogy re the browser...👍
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in reply to Maddad ☑️ • • •@maddad
If a forum page embeds a YT video isn't it displaying just a link?
Anyway, if we become relevant they will drown us in lawsuits, not because their claims are reasonable but because we can't afford the lawyers to prove that.
That's how the justice system works.
I guess only #EFF could solve this by defending some cases to establish a rule of law.
@trom @FinchHaven
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Rokosun
in reply to FinchHaven sfba • • •The way Peertube federates is different from how Mastodon does its federation. As long as the video in question is not stored on your server and is just streamed from a different instance then that instance should be contacted for the removal - that's what any competent lawyer would do. But now what they've achieved is merely made us put up a curtain to hide the video from their view, a video that still exists on the original instance and free for anyone to watch.
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@FinchHaven
> And you clearly don't understand the usage of the word "Federated"
You probably intended this as a nonchalant segue into your next point (I've done this). But FYI it comes across as quite patronising and out of context. @trom is hosting a PeerTube server. Chances are they have a pretty good understanding of the range of things "federated" can mean in this context.
Strypey
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You're not wrong that a lawyer might see a search result as a 'source' for copyright purposes. This is exactly what they've done with TPB et al. But ...
@FinchHaven
> federated makes *every* federated instance the [a] source
On Mastodon et al, yes. Because text posts are automatically delivered in full to everyone following the account that posted it. But PeerTube doesn't work that way, it just sends a title and a link to followers (or the wasted storage and bandwidth would be extreme).
Birdhouse in Your [Redacted]
in reply to TROM • • •TROM
in reply to Birdhouse in Your [Redacted] • •panu
in reply to TROM • • •Well. I think this is analogous for holding torrent tracker owners liable for torrent content.
The contents of torrents tracked by a tracker never go even near the tracker. The tracker only helps leechers find seeders. But still, somehow, magically, the tracker owner is doing the copyright infringement.
@peertube
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in reply to TROM • • •Gossi the dog had a similar issue, but from a Microsoft linked company.
Reponse was to reply to the email saying we are launching at you hete on the internet. Because Microsoft don't understand how the internet works, then a link to the discussion thread.
Father Hardstone
in reply to TROM • • •Rokosun
in reply to Father Hardstone • • •@harib_murshidi
I'm guessing it was probably some conspiracy theorist nonsense about aliens, or else he wouldn't describe a documentary as garbage.
People watch documentaries to learn about something real and true, but if it's full of misinformation then it is not only a garbage film but also harmful to society.
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in reply to Father Hardstone • •Gondor
in reply to TROM • • •Despite any right or wrong. That's how power works. And the fediverse is not save from oligarchs and/or their power.
We should keep this in mind. And hopefully find a way to avoid such threats somehow.
No one/admin can risk any lawsuit were the other side is something like A.
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in reply to TROM • • •This story is dumb, but the first thing I saw on PeerTube cracked me up peertube.tv/w/cFBgusJfcLw6yUfE…
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Kolja
in reply to TROM • • •If Hetzner causes you issues DM me i am sure we can find an easy solution.
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