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Samsung Galaxy A6 2018 (samsung-a6lte)

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Samsung Galaxy A6 2018
Samsung Galaxy A6 2018 with Xfce4
Samsung Galaxy A6 2018 with Xfce4
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy A6 2018
Codename a6lte
Released 2018
Hardware
Chipset Samsung Exynos7870
CPU Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T830 MP1
Display 720/1480 OLED
Storage 32/64 GB, microSD
Memory 3/4 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android 8/9/10
FOSS bootloader no
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline no
Features
Flashing
No data
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
Partial
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Broken
Audio
Partial
Camera
Broken
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Broken
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
Broken
SMS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE
No data
USB OTG
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
Broken
Magnetometer
Broken
Ambient Light
Broken
Proximity
Broken
Hall Effect
Broken
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data
Power Sensor
No data


Contributors

  • sleirsgoevy

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  • Recovery: Power on the device by holding Volume Up and Power.
  • Download: Hold Volume Up and Volume Down while plugging the device to a computer with an USB cable.
  • Hard reboot: Press and hold Volume Down and Power for 7 seconds.

Installation

  1. Unlock the bootloader if not done.
  2. Select a6lte and Xfce4 UI with pmbootstrap init
  3. Generate the rootfs with pmbootstrap install to install postmarketOS to the phone or pmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/sdX to install it on an SD card.
  4. Generate the flashable images with pmbootstrap export. They will be stored in /tmp/postmarketOS-export, or you can specify another location like this: pmbootstrap export /home/user/Downloads/pmos
  5. Reboot into download mode
  6. Flash postmarketOS with heimdall flash --BOOT /tmp/postmarketOS-export/boot.img --SYSTEM /tmp/postmarketOS-export/samsung-a6lte.img (replace the paths if necessary). If you installed to an SD card, specify only the BOOT argument. Also you may choose the bigger USERDATA partition for the system image.
  7. The phone should reboot straight into postmarketOS.

Note: installation with heimdall flasher flash_kernel and heimdall flasher flash_rootfs will probably work, but this is untested.

See also