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[ROM][A520x/A720x][TW-8.0.0] hadesRom S9+ Port v1.0 [15.07.2018]

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corsicanu

corsicanu

Recognized Developer
May 25, 2012
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Jul 15, 2018 at 8:35 AM
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 ROM 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.


Some personal thoughts:
- you should read at least install instructions stated in this post - i won`t offer support for any issues regarding installation;
- press 'Thanks' button instead of saying it - it will keep the thread clean and keep me motivated to do more;
- feel free to donate to me if you want to support my work;
- if you take any of my work without my permission i'll report you, and you'll probably get banned.

Rom Features
Only for A520F/A520K/A520L/A520S/A520W/A720F/A720S
  • Android 8.0.0
  • Full Samsung S9+ port G965FXXU1BRF8 on A520FXXU4CRF1 ROM base
  • Cell standby drain fixed
  • Deodexed / Deknoxed / Zipaligned / Unbranded
  • Signature verification disabled
  • June security patch
  • RMM prepatched (more info about RMM here)
  • S9+ Native Dolby Atmos
  • S9+ AR Emoji
  • Fingerprint gestures
  • S9+ Infinity wallpapers, Bixby Home, Vision (for Voice you need Button remapper, voice wake-up doesn't work)
  • Heavy debloated
  • Live Drawing, Samsung Max, Applock, S Clean, Usb Backup, Ultra data saving mode
  • Good Lock 2018 integrated
  • Dual speaker mod
  • Multi country csc (OMC) from Samsung Galaxy S9+
    - reboot 2-3 times after booting to be sure everything is applied
  • Under the hood optimisations for buttersmooth experience
  • OneHand+ with some gestures
  • Samsung Social Camera
  • FM Radio
  • Smart Manager from chinese S9+ (contains also Samsung Package Installer with more features)
  • Pin to AOD (notes, links, text can be set as AOD)
  • More AOD themes
  • Freeform/Snap multiwindow
  • Google Assistant
  • Device status Official in settings
  • Some csc related features (call recording, more toggles, internet speed in status bar, some options in messaging app, auto reboot menu, data toggle in power menu, data usage in quick panel)
  • Landscape mode in Touchwiz Launcher
  • More fonts
  • More camera modes (some of them might not work) & 4k/2k video recording
  • enabled outdoor mode in settings, touch key light settings and fingerprint unlock after reboot
  • disabled safe volume warning and high brightness popup
  • increased headphones volume (for better handling of SoundAlive bass with Dolby Atmos)
  • Aroma Installer
    - selectable wipe
    - selectable boot animation color
    - selectable mods
    - selectable bloatware
  • hadesKernel - stock with few enhancements:
    - A520FXXU4CREF June patch (latest available source at the moment of release)
    - selinux fake enforcing (permissive)
    - disabled tima/dm_verity/knox and selinux patched even more, to avoid rejects and spam logging
    - reduced time to sleep, optimised sqrt lib and reduced queue for faster calculation and overall performance increase
    - cmdline patched for safetynet and fake 0x0 knox
    - init.d support
    - several Google wakelocks disabled for better battery
    - data encryption disabled
  • Maybe more.. Will update when i'll remember

Installation steps
Proceed only if you updated Bootloader and Modem to Oreo! (info here)
  • Make sure you have twrp 3.x installed (download from 2nd post, install instructions here)
  • Make sure your phone is charged to at least 70%.
  • Download the ROM, and transfer to your phone / external SD card if you have encryption active
  • Make sure OEM Unlock is on in developer settings
  • Boot the phone into TWRP
  • Do a FULL wipe: Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, System
    - If you come from stock rom, probably encryption is active, you need to format data partition in twrp-wipe menu
  • Flash rom and boot (first boot may take 15-20 min)
  • If you face any lags/hangs at first boot, reboot 2-3 times and it will be fixed
  • uncheck diagnostic data in setting wizard

How about bugs?
Major issues for your info:
  • Selfie focus (background blur on selfie) - will be fixed later
  • Bixby Voice Wake-up
  • Neon Cover
  • HDR
  • test and report
Sourcecode
Credits
@BlackMesa123
@ananjaser1211
@SuperR.
@osm0sis
@Kill-Switch
@mwilky
@farovitus
@morogoku
@tkkg1994
@yash92duster
@Albe96
@Quinny899
testers & donors
*please pm me if i forgot someone

XDA:DevDB Information
hadesRom s9+, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy A Series 2017 A3, A5, A7

Contributors
corsicanu
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
Based On: Samsung Experience

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: v1.0
Stable Release Date: 2018-07-15

Created 2018-07-15
Last Updated 2018-07-16
 
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corsicanu

corsicanu

Recognized Developer
May 25, 2012
1,922
12,126
113
Bucuresti
Jul 15, 2018 at 8:37 AM
FAQ
Q: How to update modem and bootloader?
A: You can find the answer here

Q: How to report bugs?
A: If you want to report a bug make sure you include:
-device variant / modem version / bootloader version / region
-detailed info about the encountered issue
-steps to reproduce the bug
-logs

Q: How to take logs?
A: Download Logcat Extreme and take a look at this.

Q: Phone is showing YYY model but my phone is ZZZ model, is that normal?
A: Yes, that is very normal and very intented. Do not change it or you will break features.

Q: TWRP can't mount data partition, what to do?
A: Make sure you formatted data partition if your previous rom was stock.

Q: Phone is not booting even after 20 minutes?
A: Try to reboot. If still not booting, make sure you formatted data partition if your previous rom was stock.

Q: How to format data partition?
A:


Q: Phone is asking to reboot because sim changed, what should i do?
A: Reboot once and see if it appears again. If yes reboot again.

Q: Phone asks to wipe data because operator changed, should i wipe?
A: Try to cancel and just reboot. If you can't do that or the popup still appear, reflash the rom and wipe in Aroma installer.

Q: GPS not finding my location, what to do?
A: Install GPS Test, enable location services from settings, go outside and wait for 20 minutes.
 
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Ayaz A K

Senior Member
Aug 1, 2017
191
53
0
Jul 15, 2018 at 11:07 AM
corsicanu said:
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 ROM 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.



Some personal thoughts:
- you should read at least install instructions stated in this post - i won`t offer support for any issues regarding installation;
- press 'Thanks' button instead of saying it - it will keep the thread clean and keep me motivated to do more;
- feel free to donate to me if you want to support my work;
- if you take any of my work without my permission i'll report you, and you'll probably get banned.

Rom Features
Only for A520F/A520K/A520L/A520S/A520W/A720F/A720S
Android 8.0.0
Full Samsung S9+ port G965FXXU1BRF8 on A520FXXU4CRF1 ROM base
Cell standby drain fixed
Deodexed / Deknoxed / Zipaligned / Unbranded
Signature verification disabled
June security patch
RMM prepatched (more info about RMM here)
S9+ Native Dolby Atmos
S9+ AR Emoji
Fingerprint gestures
S9+ Infinity wallpapers, Bixby Home, Vision (for Voice you need Button remapper, voice wake-up doesn't work)
Heavy debloated
Live Drawing, Samsung Max, Applock, S Clean, Usb Backup, Ultra data saving mode
Good Lock 2018 integrated
Dual speaker mod
Multi country csc (OMC) from Samsung Galaxy S9+
- reboot 2-3 times after booting to be sure everything is applied
Under the hood optimisations for buttersmooth experience
OneHand+ with some gestures
Samsung Social Camera
FM Radio
Smart Manager from chinese S9+ (contains also Samsung Package Installer with more features)
Pin to AOD (notes, links, text can be set as AOD)
More AOD themes
Freeform/Snap multiwindow
Google Assistant
Device status Official in settings
Some csc related features (call recording, more toggles, internet speed in status bar, some options in messaging app, auto reboot menu, data toggle in power menu, data usage in quick panel)
Landscape mode in Touchwiz Launcher
More fonts
More camera modes (some of them might not work) & 4k/2k video recording
enabled outdoor mode in settings, touch key light settings and fingerprint unlock after reboot
disabled safe volume warning and high brightness popup
increased headphones volume (for better handling of SoundAlive bass with Dolby Atmos)
Aroma Installer
- selectable wipe
- selectable boot animation color
- selectable mods
- selectable bloatware
hadesKernel - stock with few enhancements:
- A520FXXU4CREF June patch (latest available source at the moment of release)
- selinux fake enforcing (permissive)
- disabled tima/dm_verity/knox and selinux patched even more, to avoid rejects and spam logging
- reduced time to sleep, optimised sqrt lib and reduced queue for faster calculation and overall performance increase
- cmdline patched for safetynet and fake 0x0 knox
- init.d support
- several Google wakelocks disabled for better battery
- data encryption disabled
Maybe more.. Will update when i'll remember


Installation steps
Proceed only if you updated Bootloader and Modem to Oreo! (info here)
Make sure you have twrp 3.x installed (download from 2nd post, install instructions here)
Make sure your phone is charged to at least 70%.
Download the ROM, and transfer to your phone / external SD card if you have encryption active
Make sure OEM Unlock is on in developer settings
Boot the phone into TWRP
Do a FULL wipe: Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, System
- If you come from stock rom, probably encryption is active, you need to format data partition in twrp-wipe menu
Flash rom and boot (first boot may take 15-20 min)
If you face any lags/hangs at first boot, reboot 2-3 times and it will be fixed
uncheck diagnostic data in setting wizard


How about bugs?
Major issues for your info:
Selfie focus (background blur on selfie) - will be fixed later
Bixby Voice Wake-up
test and report

Sourcecode
Kernel - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_kernel_samsung_universal7880
RomControl - https://github.com/corsicanu/hadesRC-O

Credits
@BlackMesa123
@ananjaser1211
@SuperR.
@osm0sis
@Kill-Switch
@mwilky
@farovitus
@morogoku
@tkkg1994
@yash92duster
@Albe96
@Quinny899
testers & donors
*please pm me if i forgot someone

XDA:DevDB Information
hadesRom s9+, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy A Series 2017 A3, A5, A7

Contributors
corsicanu
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
Based On: Samsung Experience

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: v1.0
Stable Release Date: 2018-07-15

Created 2018-07-15
Last Updated 2018-07-15
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Thank you so much @corsicanu for your excellent work. Keep it up. By the way, do you have any plans to develop an AOSP based ROM or lineage OS? Curious to know. :)
 
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Edwin Hamal

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Jul 15, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Bro I have got the A520L and it's got all the hardware required for it to support dual-sim but doesn't in actuality. Is there any way to enable it? Thanks in advance. It'd be awesome if you replied.
 
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Edwin Hamal

Senior Member
Feb 21, 2014
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62
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Jul 15, 2018 at 3:05 PM
corsicanu said:
In stock rom do you have duos working?

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
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No, It's been disabled in the stock ROM as well but I've checked and the hardware required for the other sim is there and since its just a re-branded A520F, Is there a way I can flash the A520F stock bootloader ?
Another question, why can't I flash the other custom ROMs like Lineage? It just gets stuck in patching system uncondtionallly but can flash your ROM.
 
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TioLord

Senior Member
Oct 1, 2013
102
18
0
Jul 15, 2018 at 3:08 PM
corsicanu said:
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 ROM 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.



Some personal thoughts:
- you should read at least install instructions stated in this post - i won`t offer support for any issues regarding installation;
- press 'Thanks' button instead of saying it - it will keep the thread clean and keep me motivated to do more;
- feel free to donate to me if you want to support my work;
- if you take any of my work without my permission i'll report you, and you'll probably get banned.

Rom Features
Only for A520F/A520K/A520L/A520S/A520W/A720F/A720S
Android 8.0.0
Full Samsung S9+ port G965FXXU1BRF8 on A520FXXU4CRF1 ROM base
Cell standby drain fixed
Deodexed / Deknoxed / Zipaligned / Unbranded
Signature verification disabled
June security patch
RMM prepatched (more info about RMM here)
S9+ Native Dolby Atmos
S9+ AR Emoji
Fingerprint gestures
S9+ Infinity wallpapers, Bixby Home, Vision (for Voice you need Button remapper, voice wake-up doesn't work)
Heavy debloated
Live Drawing, Samsung Max, Applock, S Clean, Usb Backup, Ultra data saving mode
Good Lock 2018 integrated
Dual speaker mod
Multi country csc (OMC) from Samsung Galaxy S9+
- reboot 2-3 times after booting to be sure everything is applied
Under the hood optimisations for buttersmooth experience
OneHand+ with some gestures
Samsung Social Camera
FM Radio
Smart Manager from chinese S9+ (contains also Samsung Package Installer with more features)
Pin to AOD (notes, links, text can be set as AOD)
More AOD themes
Freeform/Snap multiwindow
Google Assistant
Device status Official in settings
Some csc related features (call recording, more toggles, internet speed in status bar, some options in messaging app, auto reboot menu, data toggle in power menu, data usage in quick panel)
Landscape mode in Touchwiz Launcher
More fonts
More camera modes (some of them might not work) & 4k/2k video recording
enabled outdoor mode in settings, touch key light settings and fingerprint unlock after reboot
disabled safe volume warning and high brightness popup
increased headphones volume (for better handling of SoundAlive bass with Dolby Atmos)
Aroma Installer
- selectable wipe
- selectable boot animation color
- selectable mods
- selectable bloatware
hadesKernel - stock with few enhancements:
- A520FXXU4CREF June patch (latest available source at the moment of release)
- selinux fake enforcing (permissive)
- disabled tima/dm_verity/knox and selinux patched even more, to avoid rejects and spam logging
- reduced time to sleep, optimised sqrt lib and reduced queue for faster calculation and overall performance increase
- cmdline patched for safetynet and fake 0x0 knox
- init.d support
- several Google wakelocks disabled for better battery
- data encryption disabled
Maybe more.. Will update when i'll remember


Installation steps
Proceed only if you updated Bootloader and Modem to Oreo! (info here)
Make sure you have twrp 3.x installed (download from 2nd post, install instructions here)
Make sure your phone is charged to at least 70%.
Download the ROM, and transfer to your phone / external SD card if you have encryption active
Make sure OEM Unlock is on in developer settings
Boot the phone into TWRP
Do a FULL wipe: Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, System
- If you come from stock rom, probably encryption is active, you need to format data partition in twrp-wipe menu
Flash rom and boot (first boot may take 15-20 min)
If you face any lags/hangs at first boot, reboot 2-3 times and it will be fixed
uncheck diagnostic data in setting wizard


How about bugs?
Major issues for your info:
Selfie focus (background blur on selfie) - will be fixed later
Bixby Voice Wake-up
test and report

Sourcecode
Kernel - https://github.com/corsicanu/android_kernel_samsung_universal7880
RomControl - https://github.com/corsicanu/hadesRC-O

Credits
@BlackMesa123
@ananjaser1211
@SuperR.
@osm0sis
@Kill-Switch
@mwilky
@farovitus
@morogoku
@tkkg1994
@yash92duster
@Albe96
@Quinny899
testers & donors
*please pm me if i forgot someone

XDA:DevDB Information
hadesRom s9+, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy A Series 2017 A3, A5, A7

Contributors
corsicanu
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
Based On: Samsung Experience

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: v1.0
Stable Release Date: 2018-07-15

Created 2018-07-15
Last Updated 2018-07-15
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