Samsung Galaxy A20

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Samsung Galaxy A20
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Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy A20
Codename samsung-a20
Released 2019
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Samsung Exynos 7885
CPU 2 x Cortex-A73 1.56GHz, 6 x Cortex-A53 1.35GHz
GPU Mali-G71 MP2
Display 720x1560
Storage 32GB
Memory 3GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 9
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline no
postmarketOS kernel 4.4.250
Features
Flashing
Partial
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
SD card
Battery
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Broken
Audio
Broken
Camera
Broken
Camera Flash
Connectivity
WiFi
Broken
Bluetooth
Broken
GPS
Broken
NFC
Modem
Calls
Broken
SMS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE
USB OTG
HDMI/DP
Sensors
Accelerometer
Broken
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Haptics
Barometer


Contributors

  • Arpio

Maintainer(s)

  • Arpio

Users owning this device

  • Lost-Entrepreneur439 (Notes: Bad AMOLED.)
  • Rock Pie (Notes: Alive with dead screen, digitizer only works slightly. It does not seem to trust my computer.)


Installation

1. Use: pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip --recovery-install-partition=data
2. Copy to Internal SD-Card
2. Boot to TWRP
3. Wipe Dalvik, Cache, Data
4. Format Data -> YES
5. Unmount everything except external sd card.
6. Install the zip file from your sdcard. You will see errors "Failed to mount /data", don't worry about.
7. Now reboot to system