[RECOVERY][OFFICIAL][3.6.1-x] TWRP for Galaxy A5/A7 (2017)

[corsicanu]

Official TWRP 3.6.1-* For Galaxy A5/A7 (2017)​

Only for exynos variants - A520F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); A520F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); A520K/L/S (South Korea); A520W (Canada), A720F (Global Single-SIM); A720F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); A720S (South Korea)
Disclaimer
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this recovery before flashing it!
YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

Features:

- built from Pie kernel source
- built from android-9.0 recovery sources
- built in full 64 mode
- fully compatible with Android 8.*/9.0/10.0

Downloads:

• A5 2017 - https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxya52017.html
• A7 2017 - https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxya72017.html

Instructions:
Odin

1. Download latest Odin zip from downloads.corsicanu.ro/samsung
2. Download and install Samsung Drivers (if you have them installed you can skip this step)
3. Go to settings/Developer options and enable OEM unlock (If you don't see developer settings, go into Settings/About phone/Software info and tap "Build number" 10 times to show Developer options menu)
4. Download TWRP_*.tar
5. Switch off the phone
6. Use Home+Volume Down+Power to enter Download Mode and connect the device to usb
7. Open Odin and untick autoreboot in "options" tab. Also make sure that your device is detected
8. Put TWRP_*.tar.md5 file into AP tab
9. Click Start
10. When Odin shows "PASS", take your device in hands, disconnect the usb cable and press simultaneously the "Home" + "Vol. Down" + "Power" buttons until the downoad mode disappears
11. At the precise moment the screen becomes black, immediately release the "Vol.Down" button and press the "Home" + "Vol. UP" + "Power" buttons during 10 to 15sec to forcefully enter TWRP
12. If it didn`t worked, redo the steps from #1 more careful this time.

TWRP

• Download TWRP_*.img, push it into phone storage, choose install image in your current recovery, navigate to downloaded *.img file, select it, select to flash as recovery.

After booting in TWRP download and flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.1 zip to disable data partition encryption
If for any reason you fail to install TWRP multiple times/different methods, make sure you check this thread

Sources:

• A5 2017 Device tree - https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte
• A7 2017 Device tree - https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_samsung_a7y17lte
• Kernel - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_kernel_samsung_universal7880/tree/android-9.0
• Recovery - https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery

Credits:

• TeamWin, jesec, geiti94, dyneteve, testers, donors and anyone else involved in making this possible

 

[corsicanu]

Misc links:

• TeamWin official website
• Telegram Support Group
• Telegram Channel
• Latest Magisk stable or canary

FAQ / Further reading
Q: TWRP can't mount data partition, what to do?
A: Make sure you formatted data partition.

Q: Phone is not booting even after 20 minutes
A: Try to reboot. If still not booting, make sure you formatted data partition.

Q: How to format data partition?
A:

Q: Phone is showing only Samsung logo
A: Try to reboot. If still not booting, consider installing an older TWRP build or a more recent firmware.

Q: I get "Failed to mount /preload message", what to do?
A: From wipe menu select Advanced Wipe, select preload partition to be wiped and reboot recovery.

Q: Why do i need to format data partition?
A: Because old rom encrypted your data partition and new rom can't decrypt and use that content / root needs access to data partition to place misc files / phone not booting after flashing root until data partition gets formatted.

 

[matkali]

Thanks
like!

 

[e.ahangari]

bootloop

Immediately after installing my phone went on bootloop and restart continuously.
Please help me:crying::crying:

 

[corsicanu]

Immediately after installing my phone went on bootloop and restart continuously.
Please help me:crying::crying:

What device and what method of flashing did you used?

 

[tka4enko.riuk]

a7, when installing Odin, bootlooр

 

[e.ahangari]

bootloop

What device and what method of flashing did you used?

A720F oreo stock rom - I wanted to update from twrp_3.1.0-1 to 3.2.2

 

[matkali]

cant flash in a7 2017 (a720f)using odin

 

[horisont]

on my a7 bootloop too, flash via twrp. flash through odin previous version helps

 

[hexap]

A520F, zip downloaded and flashed in TWRP, It's perfect, no problem (bootloop) at this time!

Thank you corsicanu.

 

[paulo boë]

Well done.

 

[Dor71]

Works great for me, flashed .img in TWRP,A520F.

 

[corsicanu]

Ok, turned out that A7 twrp was broken, fixed that and also tested properly, meanwhile switched from TwrpBuilder repo to my own repo and moved mega downloads to github releases.
New builds will be up soon, beside mentioned, there are no changes.
Enjoy it!

Downloads:

• A520x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte/releases
• A720x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a7y17lte/releases

 

[e.ahangari]

Thanks

Ok, turned out that A7 twrp was broken, fixed that and also tested properly, meanwhile switched from TwrpBuilder repo to my own repo and moved mega downloads to github releases.
New builds will be up soon, beside mentioned, there are no changes.
Enjoy it!

Downloads:

• A520x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte/releases
• A720x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a7y17lte/releases

Thanks a lot.
Its now fixed and work properly.:highfive::highfive::highfive:

 

[devran9]

Thanks

 

[devran9]

A7y17lte

is anyone installed root succesfully?

 

[exnokiafan]

Ok, turned out that A7 twrp was broken, fixed that and also tested properly, meanwhile switched from TwrpBuilder repo to my own repo and moved mega downloads to github releases.
New builds will be up soon, beside mentioned, there are no changes.
Enjoy it!

Downloads:

• A520x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte/releases
• A720x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a7y17lte/releases

I'm about to receive a new A5 2017 and update it to official OREO right out of the box.

After having updated, there's the TWRP step and I just wanted to know of I have to also flash the usual encription thing (opt verity or something like that) I have almost always flashed after a fresh twrp install.

 

[caiquess95]

Works fine for me so far... I will test with the official fw to know if the /data is decrypted. We appreciate the work corsicanu. :good:
@edit


For me, everything works fine! including support for all languages.

 

[devran9]

A7y17lte

Unofficial TWRP 3.2.2-0 For A5 / A7 2017​

Disclaimer
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this recovery before flashing it!
YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

Special features:

- built from Oreo kernel source
- built in full 64 mode
- updated TWRP source
- fully compatible with all Oreo roms

Downloads:

• A520x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte/releases
• A720x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a7y17lte/releases

Instructions:
Odin

1. Download Odin v3.13.1
2. Download and install Samsung Drivers (if you have them installed you can skip this step)
3. Download TWRP_*.tar
4. Switch off the phone
5. Use Home+Volume Down+Power to enter Download Mode and connect the device to usb
6. Open Odin and untick autoreboot in "options" tab. Also make sure that your device is detected
7. Put TWRP_*.tar.md5 file into AP tab
8. Click Start
9. When Odin shows "PASS", take your device in hands, disconnect the usb cable and press simultaneously the "Home" + "Vol. Down" + "Power" buttons until the downoad mode disappears
10. At the precise moment the screen becomes black, immediately release the "Vol.Down" button and press the "Home" + "Vol. UP" + "Power" buttons during 10 to 15sec to forcefully enter TWRP
11. If it didn`t worked, redo the steps from #1 more careful this time.

TWRP

• Download TWRP_*.zip, push it into phone storage and flash it as normal zip in your current recovery.
• Download TWRP_*.img, push it into phone storage, choose install image in your current recovery, navigate to downloaded *.img file, select it, select to flash as recovery.

If for any reason you fail to install TWRP multiple times/different methods, make sure you check this thread

Sources:

• A520x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte
• A720x - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_device_samsung_a7y17lte
• Kernel - https://github.com/corsicanu/twrp_android_kernel_samsung_universal7880

Credits:

• @Dyneteve
• @TwrpBuilder

is anyone installed root succesfully?

 

[DasNuddel]

Hey,
I have a problem and I don't know how to fix it, cuz I never had that.
I've installed TWRP successfully and I can start it normally, but TWRP don't have access to any Files in Internal Storage.

I installed TWRP on A520F (with Firmware DBT, Android 8.0)

Kind regards,
DasNuddel // Charles