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Halium 11.0 hero2lte Installer Buy

Description

Samsung's flagship for 2016. Features a Exynos 8890 SOC.

Features & Usability

Pro Tip

Use Gitlab to subscribe to the linked Issues. So, whenever bugs get solved (or a fix needs testing) you will know about that.
20.04 - focal 16.04 - xenial

Booting Device State: Abandoned

This is an aggregated rating of the device from the support status indicators . Supported devices are the most stable and up to date devices to choose from.

Q: What does this port need to get better?

A: Complete the following features:

  • - Cellular: Incoming, outgoing calls

Automated Usability (beta)

Minimal system components are functional, but the device is not able to perform well yet. If you need complete calling and cellular data functionalities (as applicable), consider choosing a different device.

Community strength (beta)

  • Actors:

  • Manual brightness
  • Torchlight
  • Notification LED
  • Vibration

  • Camera:

  • Flashlight
  • Photo
  • Video
  • Switching between cameras

  • Cellular:

  • Carrier info, signal strength
  • Data connection
  • Incoming, outgoing calls
  • Dual SIM functionality
  • MMS in, out
  • PIN unlock
  • SMS in, out
  • Change audio routings
  • Voice in calls
  • Volume control in calls

  • Endurance:

  • 24+ hours battery lifetime
  • 7+ days stability

  • GPU:

  • Boot into UI
  • Hardware video playback

  • Misc:

  • Anbox patches (deprecated)
  • AppArmor patches
  • Battery percentage
  • Offline charging
  • Online charging
  • Recovery image
  • Reset to factory defaults
  • RTC time
  • SD card storage
  • Shutdown / Reboot
  • Wireless charging
  • Wireless External monitor
  • Waydroid

  • Network:

  • Bluetooth
  • Flight mode
  • Hotspot
  • NFC
  • WiFi

  • Sound:

  • Earphones
  • Loudspeaker
  • Microphone
  • Volume control

  • USB:

  • MTP access
  • ADB access
Working

Confirmed, depending on the maintenance

Not Working

If there is a link here, follow it to learn more' '

Partial

Working to some extent but with issues

Global Issue

Issue is not specific to this device

Untested

Subject to port development

Global issues

The issues listed below are present in most or all of the devices depending on the technology they are built on.

  • Incoming, outgoing callsBugtracker

    Calling over VoLTE is not supported, please check that this is not a requirement in your country.

    Halium and Legacy ports

  • GPSBugtracker

    Devices may take longer than usual to get the first GPS fix because of missing Assisted GPS support.

    All devices

Unsupported features

The device hardware does not support these features, if you need them, please consider a different device.

  • FM radio
  • Wired External monitor

Support status

The following ratings are indicators of the expected support for this port.

  • Compatibility rating: ★★★★★★★

  • Easy install with UBports installer

  • Has a maintainer

  • Inactive for a long time

    → Last commit on 8/27/2023

  • Has release channels for updates

  • Repositories are hosted by UBports

  • This is an outdated Ubuntu Touch release

Release channels

This device gets updates through these channels, learn more about OTA updates

Ubuntu Release Channel Version Release Date Description
16.04 - xenial devel 2023-05-17 4/18/2023 Daily built development releases

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos)

Specifications

CPU 2.3GHz Quad-Core (Exynos M1) + 1.6GHz Quad-Core (Cortex-A53)
Chipset Samsung Exynos 8890
GPU Mali-T880 MP12
Storage 32/64GB
Memory 4GB
Android Version LineageOS 18.1
Battery 3600 mAh
Display 1440x2560 pixels, 5.5 in
Rear Camera 12MP
Front Camera 5MP
Architecture arm64
Dimensions 150.9 mm (5.9 in) x 72.6 mm (2.9 in) x 7.7 mm (0.3 in)
Weight 157 g
Release date March 2016

Maintainer notes

  • Dual sim Galaxy S7 exynos can only use 3G/4G on one of the sim slot at a time. While it is possible on Android to pick a sim for 3G/4G, on this port, only sim1 can use 3G/4G, sim2 is 2G only.
  • Fingerprint sensor drivers are patched to work with halium, but only tested on one of the possible sensor model. Create an issue if fingerprint sensor is not working for you.
  • Battery charging limit can be set by writing an integer percentage value from 61-94 to ~/.config/limit_charging then reboot, eg. echo 70 > ~/.config/limit_charging; sudo reboot
  • While Ivan Meler might still be attempting to port 8895’s 4.4 kernel onto 8890, this device runs on an extremely old downstream kernel. Though porting work seems mostly smooth on focal, odd systemd behaviors had to be worked around. If you’re looking to buy a device to run Ubuntu Touch or other phone Linux distros, I advice looking for a device with a more recent kernel, or better, mainlined kernel. Focal will likely run unless some big changes happen, but I can’t say for sure for future versions.
  • If my device breaks down, I likely won’t be able to continue maintaining this port unless I somehow receive a replacement.

Port Resources

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Contributors

Ivan Meler and other contributors of 8890q made this port possible with their LineageOS 18.1 porting effort

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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos)

Did the maintainer say that feature ‘works’ but you know from doing it that it really doesn’t?

Start by searching the device issue , if you found it, hopefully the porter is on it. 'Subscribe' to the issue in case it get solved.

Couldn't find it?

Uh-oh… Well it is time to let the porter and everyone else know about the fail and send the tech magic back to the workshop for a makeover.

1. Read 'Bug Reporting' section in UBports docs on 'How to report a bug'.

2. Then (this time), head to the device repository and submit it, so the porter knows about it.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos)
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