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Revision as of 12:40, 26 April 2022

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy J5 (2016)
Codename samsung-j5x
Released 2016
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
Display 720x1280 Super-AMOLED
Storage 16 GB
Memory 2 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android 6.0.1 (Upgraded to Android 7.1.1)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline yes
postmarketOS kernel Mainline
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 918.4
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Partial
Touchscreen
No data
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
Partial
Camera
Broken
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Works
GPS
No data
NFC
Broken
Modem
Calls
Works
SMS
Works
Mobile data
Works
Miscellaneous
FDE
Works
USB OTG
Partial
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
Works
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
Broken
Proximity
Broken
Hall Effect
Works
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data

Contributors

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


Installation

lk2nd is a secondary bootloader that provides a standard fastboot interface, which can be used to boot postmarketOS without Android boot flashed or pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel.

  1. Download lk2nd-msm8916.img from Releases page on Github.
  2. Boot your phone to bootloader (Odin/Download) mode by holding Volume Down and Home while powering up.
  3. Follow lk2nd instructions to install lk2nd. Basically flash it to the boot partition (heimdall flash --BOOT lk2nd-msm8916.img)
  4. Follow Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)#Installation to install postmarketOS.
Note Note: Enter lk2nd fastboot mode by pressing only Volume Down + Power (without Home). Pressing Home additionally will bring you to the Samsung Download mode.

Audio

The headphone microphone and buttons are probably broken. Trying to fix them.

USB OTG

J5 2016 is currently unable to power up a usb device in mainline. Try a hub with external power supply.

NFC

The NFC chip is a special version of PN547, which needs patched driver.

See also