Dear fellows,
Hopefully this post is in the right place.
I’d like to install /e/OS on a Samsung A52 5G (sm-a526b).
/e/OS officially supports A52 4G (a525) and A52s 5G (a528): close but no cigar.
How likely is any of those installs to work? From perfectly transparent to “dude no you’ll brick it”.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Hi @JeanPierreTryhard welcome to the /e/ forum.
To answer this question you need to think of device codename.
From Smartphone Selector I find
Device codenames a52q and a52sxq, so each Rom will fit this device only.
From a Google source I find
Branding,Marketing,Device,Model
Samsung,Galaxy A52,a52q,SM-A525F
Samsung,Galaxy A52,a52q,SM-A525M
Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A5260
Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A526B
Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A526N
Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A526U
Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A526U1
Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A526W
Samsung,Galaxy A52s 5G,a52sxq,SM-A528B
Samsung,Galaxy A52s 5G,a52sxq,SM-A528N
As you deduce Samsung,Galaxy A52 5G,a52xq,SM-A526B, is not a fit for either ROM.
Just a guess … but as a52xq also serves SM-A526U + A526U1 you could do some research your end to see if your device actually has a locked bootloader.
Thanks a lot.
I’m not gonna risk bricking my phone, so chosing the safe F-Droid/Aurora path here.
i don’t understand this sentence
.
even if differents “model name” here, when “device name” is the same, “product name” is the same
(also in many case a product name include many device name that include many model name)
(also, a samsung device is next to unbrickable, as you still can reinstall stock OS)
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you can verify for yourself :
Installing adb and fastboot on a Linux PC
Installing adb and fastboot on Windows PC
type
adb shell getprop ro.product.device
it should returns q52xq
adb shell getprop ro.product.name
it should returns q52xq
fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability
It it returns get_unlock_ability: 1 : bootloader can be relocked
It it returns get_unlock_ability: 0 : do not relock the bootloader
for reference on my device :
| Retail Branding | Marketing Name | Model Number | Device name | Product Name / Available Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 Google Edition | jgedlte | GT-I9505G | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 LTE Internationnal | jflte | GT-I9505 | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jflte | GT-I9508 | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jflte | GT-I9508C | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jfltetmo | SGH-M919 | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jfltecan | SGH-M919V | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jfltecan | SGH-I337M | jfltexx |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 AT&T | jflteatt | SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 | jflteatt |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 sprint | jfltespr | SPH-L720 | jfltespr |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jflteusc | SCH-R970 | jfltespr |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jfltecri | SCH-R970C | jfltespr |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 | jfltecsp | SCH-R970X | jfltespr |
| Samsung | Galaxy S4 verizon | jfltevzw | SCH-I545 | jfltevzw |
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