Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 (samsung-a5ulte)
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USB Networking |
Works |
---|---|
Flashing |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Display |
Partial |
WiFi |
Works |
Xwayland |
Works |
FDE | |
Mainline |
Works |
Battery |
Works |
3D Acceleration |
Works |
Accelerometer |
Works |
Audio |
Works |
Bluetooth |
Works |
Camera | |
GPS | |
Mobile data |
Works |
SMS |
Works |
Calls |
Works |
USB OTG |
Partial |
Contributors
- minecrell
- maccraft123 (only wiki page)
Users owning this device
- Alexeymin (Notes: SM-A500F (not FU) replaced battery, like new now)
- Citrullin (Notes: (4x SM-A500FU available to borrow in Berlin))
- Knuxfanwin8 (Notes: (SM-A500FU))
- Maccraft123
- Minecrell
- Rich Morin (Notes: compatibility and deployment testing)
Supported variants
- SM-A500F: Choose
samsung-a5lte
. - SM-A500FU: Choose
samsung-a5ulte
. - Adding support for one of the other variants is likely trivial.
Installation
- Install lk2nd (alternative bootloader that provides a standard fastboot interface)
- Follow the Installation guide
- If you don't install wifi firmware, display won't work
Note: Enter lk2nd fastboot mode by pressing only Volume Down + Power (not the Home button). Pressing the Home button additionally will bring you to the Samsung Download mode.
Audio
Note: The speakers are rather loud on 100% volume and may produce distorted sound that may damage your speakers after long use. Please make sure to use reasonable volumes - your ears and your speaker will thank you!
See Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410_(MSM8916)#Audio.
Modem
See Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410_(MSM8916)#Modem.
Screen
Screen works partially. While displaying the UI works fine, adjusting the brightness doesn't work.
Plasma Mobile
Plasma mobile currently works on A5 2015, but you should set custom scaling factor to 2.
kscreen-doctor output.1.scale.2
should work. From ssh session add the following env variables to the above command:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/10000 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland kscreen-doctor output.1.scale.2
Plasma works smoothly, but there are some graphical glitches like choppy text