Samsung Galaxy A16 4G (MediaTek Helio G99) - TrebleDroid/treble_experimentations GitHub Wiki
📱 Samsung Galaxy A16 4G - sm-a165f
Device Info (arch, VNDK support):
** System-as-root | Full VNDK | ARM64 **
📃 Steps to install
- Set time on device for one month back
- Unlogin Google and Samsung accounts
- Turn device off
- Enter bootloader unlock menu by holding both volume buttons and plugging USB cable in
- Unlock the bootloader. Samsung requires you to wait for two weeks while unlocking bootloader, so rolling time back evades this limitation.
- Download stock ROM
- Unpack AP tar archive, disable vbmeta verification using (this)[https://github.com/libxzr/vbmeta-disable-verification]
- Unpack super.img, replace stock system.img with GSI. Remove other partitions, but keep vendor.img and vendor_dlkm.img.
- Pack super.img and AP tar archive back.
- Flash patched firmware with Samsung Odin.
⚙️ Hardware support
| Component | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| SIM / Mobile Data / Voice | ❌ | After bootloader unlock, mobile data will disappear in 8 hours after reboot. EVEN WHEN YOU INSTALL STOCK ROM AND LOCK BOOTLOADER BACK. DON'T BUY THIS CRAP. Also, you won't recieve calls and SMS messages won't have delivered always. But mobile data works. |
| USB OTG | ⚠️ | Keyboard, mice and flash drives work, but headphones and sound cards don't. |
| Storage | ⚠️ | After GSI installation, only 16 GB will be available. Perform factory reset to get full storage. |
| Camera | ✅ | Both cameras are available. |
| Speaker / Mic | ✅ | |
| Bluetooth | ✅ |
Tested By: wakoo1337 - SM-A165F/DS(SER), A165FXXU3BYE6 @ June 2025