Samsung Galaxy A8 2018 (samsung-jackpotlte)

Features
Flashing	Partial
USB Networking
Internal storage
SD card
Battery	Partial
Screen	Works
Touchscreen	Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Audio
Camera
Camera Flash
Connectivity
WiFi	Works
Bluetooth
GPS
NFC
Modem
Calls
SMS
Mobile data
Miscellaneous
FDE
USB OTG	Works
HDMI/DP
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Haptics
Barometer

Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
	; Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) running GNOME
Manufacturer	Samsung
Name	Galaxy A8 (2018)
Codename	samsung-jackpotlte
Released	2018
Type	handset
Hardware
Chipset	Samsung Exynos 7885
CPU	2x 2.2 GHz Cortex-A73, 6x 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU	Mali-G71 MP2
Display	1080x2220 AMOLED
Storage	32 GB
Memory	4 GB
Architecture	aarch64
Software
Original software	Android
Original version	7.1.1
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Mainline	partial
postmarketOS kernel	4.4.177

Contributors

VDavid003
Dakotath

Maintainer(s)

VDavid003

Users owning this device

Dsankouski
Hjin06park (Notes: used this as dual boot machine)
JanLuna (Notes: Trebleized)
Manty
Ungeskriptet (Notes: Trebleized)
VDavid003 (Notes: One with EVT 0.1, and a former daily driver with 7885 EVT 0.2)

How to enter flash mode

In a turned off state, press Volume Up + Volume Down + Power then press Volume Up to continue.

Installation

Like other heimdall phones, heimdall doesn't seem to like the subpartitions in the SYSTEM partition. It's recommended to use the android recovery zip installer with TWRP on the phone, but you can also install to an SD card/USB Drive and flash the boot.img using heimdall.

Installing with recovery

$ pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
$ pmbootstrap export

Then copy the zip to an SD card or similar and install it from TWRP.

Installing to external SD/USB

$ pmbootstrap install --sdcard=<SDCARD/USB LOCATION>
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel