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Samsung Galaxy A8 2018 - SM-A530F/W

(A-only) Oreo Vendor: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a8-2018/samsung-galaxy-a8-2018-roms-kernels-recoveries--other-development/vendor-samsung-galaxy-a8-a8-2018-t3899455

Hardware Support

  • Camera: Doesn't works

  • Speaker / Microphone Speaker, Microphone works

  • Bluetooth works (Bluetooth calls broken)

  • Wifi Works

  • SIM / Mobile Data / ingoing voice calls / outgoing voice calls works

  • VoLTE Doesn't work

  • All sensors works

  • NFC works

  • Fingerprint Reader works

  • 3.5mm audio jack

(A-only) Pie Vendor: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a8-2018/samsung-galaxy-a8-2018-roms-kernels-recoveries--other-development/pie-vendor-galaxy-a8-a8-2018-t3931071

Hardware Support

  • Camera: Works

  • Speaker / Microphone Speaker, Microphone works

  • Bluetooth Works (Bluetooth calls broken)

  • Wifi Works

  • SIM / Mobile Data / ingoing voice calls / outgoing voice calls Works

  • VoLTE Doesn't work (Samsung's VoLTE implementation is proprietary)

  • All sensors works

  • NFC works

  • Fingerprint Reader Works (On Q, the fingerprint workaround needs to be enabled via Treble App in Settings.)

  • 3.5mm audio jack

(A/B) Android 10 Vendor: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/sar-vendor-10-a530f-a530w-a730f-vendor-quack-v2-5-for-galaxy-a8-a8-2018.4157533

Hardware Support

  • Camera: Works

  • Speaker / Microphone Speaker, Microphone works

  • Bluetooth Works (Bluetooth calls broken)

  • Wifi Works

  • SIM / Mobile Data / ingoing voice calls / outgoing voice calls Works

  • VoLTE Doesn't work (Samsung's VoLTE implementation is proprietary)

  • All sensors works

  • NFC works

  • Fingerprint Reader Works

  • 3.5mm audio jack

Additional Notes

Android 11 GSI works with Android 10 vendor (Make sure to flash A/B-arm64-vndklite GSI).

Contain bugs like third-party camera app crashing, VoLTE and Bluetooth calls.

Tested By:

  • @prashantp01 - 2020-12-06
  • @afalce - 2020-05-23
  • @prashantp01 - 2019-05-12
  • @prashantp01 - 2019-04-12
  • @prashantp01 - 2019-03-12
  • @prashantp01 - 2019-02-12