Samsung Galaxy A6 2018 (samsung-a6lte)
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Samsung Galaxy A6 2018 with Xfce4 Samsung Galaxy A6 2018 with Xfce4 | |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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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 |
Flashing |
No data |
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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
- Keneshin
- Manty
- Slersgoevy (Notes: Flaky USB port, touchscreen has deadzones)
How to enter flash mode
- Recovery: Power on the device by holding and .
- Download: Hold and while plugging the device to a computer with an USB cable.
- Hard reboot: Press and hold and for 7 seconds.
Installation
- Unlock the bootloader if not done.
- Select
a6lte
and Xfce4 UI withpmbootstrap init
- Generate the rootfs with
pmbootstrap install
to install postmarketOS to the phone orpmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/sdX
to install it on an SD card. - 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
- Reboot into download mode
- 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. - 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
- Device specifications
- pmaports!3393 Merge request