Re: install a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU, zip skills
On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 10:58:44PM +0000, Nairasuillisnys wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been struggling to get a Linux distro installed onto my Tablet,
> however it is an older tablet, and the only options I have come across
> in my research is Debian armhf, or Arch Linux armhf/arm7.
>
> My tablet is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU. The tablet is
> rooted, and USB debug is active. I am attempting to install from a
> Windows 10 PC. I am unfamiliar with Linux and have been looking to
> not only upgrade my Tablet's software, as most everything on it is
> failing; browsers, apps, Google play, due to its age and out of date
> software/firmware, but also to learn how to use Linux. Linux I feel
> is superior to Windows in many ways, but I cannot afford my own PC at
> this time, nor can I afford a new Tablet, so I am trying to compromise
> and install Linux onto my Tablet and learn to use it on there.
>
> I have read, and I understand that this model of Tablet is not only old,
> but difficult to work with due to its chipset.
>
> The problems I am encountering are thus:
>
> - Tablet does not support OTG adapters, which prevents me from an easy
> USB install.
>
> - I have attempted to use ADB and TWRP to install directly from the
> Tablet's interior SD card (only 1GB), but TWRP only flashes .zip files.
>
> - I cannot find any linux distribution in .zip file format, which
> leaves me unable to flash using TWRP.
>
> - I have attempted to extract the Debian 12.11.0 armhf netinstall
> .iso in order to repackage it into a .zip file, but when I flash it,
> it fails to flash with an error stating "invalid .zip format."
>
> From my research, apparently I am not compiling the .zip file
> properly, as it requires a "META-INF" folder with scripts in it. I am
> not a programmer or a scripter, and I do not have the experience or
> knowledge necessary to create a proper .zip file with required scripts
> to successfully flash Debian onto my Tablet.
Acknowledge
> I was wondering if you would be willing to help me somehow. I cannot
> find any optional .zip file download of Debian on the website,
> even though my searchbar AI states there should be. (I don't trust
> AI anyway...)
>
> Would it be possible, and would you be willing, to compile a .zip file
> that makes it possible for me to flash Debian onto my Samsung Galaxy
> Tab 4 7" T230NU using TWRP?
I would be willing to spend some hours on sharing zip skills,
while sharing food.
Groeten
Geert Stappers
Pleased to see a good description of an interresting problem.
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