Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 (samsung-a5)/Custom Partitioning
Erasing unused partitions/Custom formatting
WARNING: After performing these steps, it will be IMPOSSIBLE to run ANY downstream OS, including, but not limited to One UI stock ROM , Samsung Experience stock ROM , TouchWiz stock ROMS, ANY custom Android ROMs, ANY Halium-based Linux distro, or anything else not using a MAINLINE Linux kernel. |
It is safe to wipe partitions /dev/mmcblk0p18-24,/dev/mmcblk0p26 without any harm being done to the bootloader. Erasing these partitions will leave only mainline kernels bootable.
If you dont need recovery mode you also could remove /dev/mmcblk0p25 and /dev/mmcblk0p17.
If you dont need android boot partition you also could remove /dev/mmcblk0p16.
Reverting to stock from this setup
To revert to stock, Download the stock rom and flash it via heimdall.