[A-ONLY][TREBLE][9.0][A530F/A530W/A730F] Vendor Pie For Galaxy A8/A8+ 2018

[prashantp01]

I'm not responsible for whatever damage this could possibly cause to your device.
Before Starting Make Sure You Treble Your Device By This Guide here
If you appreciate the work i have done, Feel free to buy me a cup of coffee @paypal

Welcome to Pie Vendor For Galaxy A8/A8+ 2018 ONLY FOR A530F/A530W/A730F​

Some information you should know..

Full TREBLE Documentation here : https://source.android.com/devices/architecture
Generic System Image (GSI) Documentation here : https://source.android.com/setup/build/gsi

GSIs are not the most stable and many users prove they are unable to read. they just want ready stuff. with this project that is not the case. if you skip the instructions/F.A.Qs and notes, dont bother installing this project as you probably wont be able to get it running.

This is a fully featured VENDOR and KERNEL designed for this device to support project treble, it is based on other Exynos 7885 Vendors and modified to support our devices, i have also added few patches and fixes to this vendor to get the best possible experience

The vendor is pretty much bugles, therefore any bugs you face, Report them to the appropriate Threads of the GSI you installed or github issues section, as those are not mine to fix i only provide the vendor and kernel that allows GSIs to run on.

- VENDOR FEATURES:

• Wi-Fi & Hotspot
• Telephony & Ril (Mobile Data, Calls, SMS, MMS)
• NFC
• Camera
• Bluetooth
• GPS
• Fingerprint
• All Sensors

- STEPS FOR INSTALLING TREBLE VENDOR:

• Make Sure You Treble Your Bevice By This Guide here
• Boot into Twrp recovery
• Wipe System, Data, Dalvik and Vendor.
• Select Vendor_Dumpster.zip

- STEPS FOR INSTALLING GSIs:

• Download the desired GSI (it MUST be A-only_arm64 Variant)
• unpack it if it wasn't in .IMG format
• Go to TWRP , Install , Install IMAGE
• Pick your GSI and select SYSTEM IMAGE
• Reboot to TWRP Recovery

- STEPS FOR INSTALLING GAPPS

• Download the appropriate opengapps
• Go to TWRP , Install
• Pick your OpenGapps.zip
• Reboot to System

- KNOWN BUGS:

• Bluetooth calls are broken

Credits:
- @ananjaser1211 for his contribution
- @TaifAljaloo for testing

Downloads. Changelogs , F.A.Qs below

XDA:DevDB Information
Project Treble, Vendor for the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Kernel Source

Contributors
prashantp01
ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x

Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Stable Version: v1

Created 2019-05-17
Last Updated 2019-05-17

 

[prashantp01]

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Treble Pie Vendor Dumpster V1.0 [LATEST]
Treble folder : Gdrive
Recommended GSI : Gdrive
Generic System Image (list) : Github
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Bugs :
1- some users might face SDCard issues
If you did , back up its data and format it in GSI.

2- If you face "Error 70: Insufficient storage space available in the system partition" while flashing Gapps
If you get do this : Wipe > Advanced Wipe > select system > Repair or Change File System > Resize File System
Go back and flash Gapps

V1.0
-initial release

 

[prashantp01]

F.A.Q

For more details related to this project, read our dedicated Wiki page here.

Q : Do i need to format internal storage ?
A : No

Q : Can i use the Treble recovery for normal ROMs ?
A : Yes, it is preferred especially when making backups. just be sure to wipe vendor when switching to non treble roms

Q : What Camera is recommended ?
A : Footej and open camera works the best

Q : Can i flash any GSIs ?
A : No, only A-ONLY_ARM64 Are supported

Q : Can i flash any sGSIs ?
A : No unless they match the Arch above

 

[prashantp01]

reserved

 

[ferdyroyen]

I just flashed the Lineage OS v16 GSI with this vendor and found no problems other than no network bars (as mentioned above) and there were no problems with the camera and fingerprint. I will notify you later if there is a bugs
Thanks for your hard work ?

 

[mindlery]

Sweet! I'm gonna be up all night!

 

[mindlery]

This is fantastic. The boot time has decreased immensely.
Finally got aosp extended 6.5 to boot. Well i didn't, you did.
What a difference. Ressurection Remix as well. The 9.0. That one seems a bit iffy no matter.
I am noticing a different mobile data icon. It'll say 4g+
Not too far from normal full usage. Thank you.

 

[mchlbenner]

This is fantastic. The boot time has decreased immensely.
Finally got aosp extended 6.5 to boot. Well i didn't, you did.
What a difference. Ressurection Remix as well. The 9.0. That one seems a bit iffy no matter.
I am noticing a different mobile data icon. It'll say 4g+
Not too far from normal full usage. Thank you.

Where you able to get gapps installed it always failed for me.
This has happened on most of these roms

 

[mindlery]

Yes i was. My method is a bit harsh though. I am a fan of internal destruction
So for the gsi, i wipe everything including internal. Then i reboot to recovery. Swipe to allow modifications. Install vendor. Install system image. Then reboot recovery flash fix boot. I almost never bother with gapps anymore until it boots fully. Then i'll immediately go into recovery and flash gapps then reboot of course.
I got sick of errors myself. If you find one you like or want to go back to then it may be worth trying for that perfect install. Almost there.

---------- Post added at 04:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 AM ----------

https://downloads.aospextended.com/treble_gsi

Before only 6.1 worked. Now 6.5 starts in a minute or so. 6.3 boot looped before so i am going to see what happens now.

 

[mchlbenner]

Yes i was. My method is a bit harsh though. I am a fan of internal destruction
So for the gsi, i wipe everything including internal. Then i reboot to recovery. Swipe to allow modifications. Install vendor. Install system image. Then reboot recovery flash fix boot. I almost never bother with gapps anymore until it boots fully. Then i'll immediately go into recovery and flash gapps then reboot of course.
I got sick of errors myself. If you find one you like or want to go back to then it may be worth trying for that perfect install. Almost there.

---------- Post added at 04:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 AM ----------

https://downloads.aospextended.com/treble_gsi

Before only 6.1 worked. Now 6.5 starts in a minute or so. 6.3 boot looped before so i am going to see what happens now.

I'm using ion- v1.0.c 9.0 without any issues.
For some reason on the newer gsi roms you can't get gapps to install.
ion rom gapps are included.

 

[mindlery]

I'm using ion- v1.0.c 9.0 without any issues.
For some reason on the newer gsi roms you can't get gapps to install.
ion rom gapps are included.

I have never heard of that. Of course I am downloading but is there any information about it besides a file on android file host?

 

[mchlbenner]

I have never heard of that. Of course I am downloading but is there any information about it besides a file on android file host?

I had not heard of it also but it seems to work without issue.
Only thing on screenshot you have edit where photo is being stored.

 

[VDavid003]

Does this allow me to use system-as-root gsis? Since android 9 treble implementation is supposed to be system as root even on aonly, I would guess so, but I couldn't get my device to boot with one yet.

 

[VDavid003]

Weird, I can't even get aospextended to work... It just bootloops without bootanimation.
Edit: nvm, I got it to work, but I had to flash the oreo vendor first, and then the pie vendor.
Edit2: fingerprint doesn't seem to work even with fp patch (it's weird, it registers the fingerprint, and even validates it, but it does nothing on the lockscreen)
Edit3: restart fixed it

 

[Nadeem.alawashreh]

I have a few questions
I used to flash the usual custom roms so is this is the same thing i mean that if i can use it to flash custom roms
And which roms exactly working perfectly on this device without any issues
Also should i root my phone before installing it or what exactly should i do
Is it stable and doesn't have any problems or will i face some problems while im using it

 

[CoinKiller]

For some reason on aosp extended gsi the phone will stay stuck at the charging screen (gray one without percentage) when charging when its turned off, disconnecting the cable doesn't do anything, it stays stuck on this screen till i force reboot

 

[slawdos]

For some reason on aosp extended gsi the phone will stay stuck at the charging screen (gray one without percentage) when charging when its turned off, disconnecting the cable doesn't do anything, it stays stuck on this screen till i force reboot

Did you install GSI_Fix_boot.zip?

 

[Roar009]

So I want to install Google phone but I cannot get it to work. Can you give me an alternative ?

 

[Roar009]

If I want to install a different GSI I follow the steps again (install vendor, flash GSI, flash boot fix and fixes if needed) or just wipe system, data, cache and flash the new image+ boot fix

 

[CoinKiller]

Did you install GSI_Fix_boot.zip?

Yes but i had to format /vendor after installing that zip (it wasnt the zip fault!), Didn't that get installed in /system?