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Samsung Galaxy A53 5G (samsung-a53x)

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This device is marked as not booting.
Status: Sort of borked
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy A53 5G
Codename samsung-a53x
Released 2022
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1280
CPU 2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
GPU Mali-G68
Display 1080 x 2400
Storage 128GB
Memory 6 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 12
FOSS bootloader U
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no


Contributors

  • TenTypekMatus (HaxerMatus on pmOS wiki)

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

If not done so, go to the developer settings and enable OEM unlocking. Then reboot to Odin mode which can be done with two ways:

  • 1. (Hard, but achievable) Power down the phone, then connect power cable, and hold power button with volume down simultaneously. If the turquoise menu appears, follow the steps to unlock the bootloder
  • 2. (Easy) Deplete the battery (let it sit around 3 days without charging) and then do the same as in the first option.

Installation

Install pmbootstrap, then initialize it and select this device. Then type these two commands: pmbootstrap install; pmbootstrap export --odin


Then open a Windows VM (if not already on it}, download latest Odin from https://samsungodin.com/ and Samsung USB drivers from https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/file/2ad30860-0932-44e3-bf63-765a5cfa1010. Install the Samsung drivers first, then extract and run Odin as admin. Then read Deviceinfo flash methods for more information, since you probably don't want to brick your device.

TODO: Make the same thing with Heimdall

See also

Using prebuilt kernels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_A53_5G