: Maintain a minimum battery level of 50% to safeguard against abrupt power outages. Essential Desktop Preparations

Click on the button (labeled as PDA in older builds of Odin).

: Denotes compatibility exclusively with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 Wi-Fi variant (SM-T310). Flashing this onto other models like the SM-T311 (3G) or SM-T315 (LTE) can result in a hard brick.

Install the official on your Windows PC.

Press and hold the keys simultaneously.

, which permanently marks the device as modified and disables certain official features like Samsung Pay. There is also the ever-present risk of "bricking"—turning the device into an expensive paperweight if the wrong version of the file is used. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 TWRP recovery and root 27 Sept 2013 —

Once flashed, you can enter the custom recovery by powering off the device and holding . Release the power button when the Samsung logo appears, but keep holding the other two until the TWRP interface loads.

Installing TWRP 3.1.0-1/3.1.1-0 on Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 (SM-T310) in 2026: A Complete Guide

Once you're in TWRP, you'll see a touch-enabled dashboard. Here are the most critical functions: