How to root my Galaxy Tab, which guide to follow?

[Edgar Varningsson]

I want to root my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. There are several guides online, like

Root Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100 on Android 4.2.2 [TUTORIAL] - IBTimes UK and

How To Root A Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P51xx - YouTube

The first of these guides says that I need to install Android 4.2.2 first. I have Android 4.0.3. now. Do I really have to update the firmware before rooting the device?

The second of these guides says that I need to install SuperSU. The link to that program has a link to a zipped file, which is damaged and can not be unzipped.

So I wonder how I should proceed and which guide to follow?

 

[VDub2174]

If a root guide is saying you need to be on a specific OS version the yes, it's necessary. You might wanna try this one since it says it should work with OS version 4.0.X

[ROOT][Universal] Single Step - Flash Custom-Recovery + Root + BusyBox - xda-developers

 

[Edgar Varningsson]

Thanks for the link. I would like to try it,but there is not much instructions. The link just mentions the software I should use to root. But maybe I can watch the Youtube link that I posted and follow their instructions, but instead use the software mentioned in the XDA forum link?

 

[Edgar Varningsson]

I got it to work using this guide:

Root Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (Wi-Fi) P5110 on Android 4.2.2 [GUIDE] - IBTimes UK

I had to update the firmware first, but it was worth it:

Android 4.2.2 Official Update Rolling for Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (Wi-Fi) P5110 [How to Install] - IBTimes UK

The reason a lot of guides are so difficult to get to work is that they link to different files, which are downloaded on different locations. Some of these are not accessible, which forces the user to try to find the files somewhere else.

The result of this is that the user often ends up with uncompatible files (versions that don't work with the versions of the other software)
ibtimes's guide is good because they link to files, which are easily downloaded from the same location.