Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 (samsung-a5xelte)
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Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy A5 (2016) |
Codename | samsung-a5xelte |
Released | 2015 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Samsung Exynos 7580 Octa |
CPU | Octa-core Cortex-A53 1.6 GHz |
GPU | ARM Mali T720-MP2 |
Display | 1080x1920 Super AMOLED |
Storage | 16 GB |
Memory | 2 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software | Android |
Original version | 5.1.1 |
Extended version | 7.0 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Flashing |
Works |
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USB Networking |
Works |
Battery |
Partial |
Screen |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
Connectivity | |
Modem | |
Miscellaneous | |
Sensors | |
Contributors
- Natsu
Users owning this device
- Bastindo (Notes: works)
- Hjin06park (Notes: used this as dual boot machine)
- Langfingaz (Notes: Running LineageOS)
- SuperPou (Notes: cracked glass)
How to enter flash mode
1. power off the device.
2. press
+ +3. at the blue screen press the
button to enter Odin download modeRecovery
press
+ +Installation
Flash twrp heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-recovery.img
to recovery. (Heimdall can make some problems, just retry multiple times with rebooting device)
Install recovery zip pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
.
Inside twrp, choose "ADB Sideload" and run pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload
Uart
