Samsung J5 (2017)

Overview

Codename:	j5y17lte
Android:	10
Flavors:	Pro
First released:	2024-06-20
Firmware:	manual
Encryption:	FBEv1
Relockable:	no
VerifiedBoot:	no
Verified & tested by:	The AXP.OS team
State:	stable

Installation guide

You want to switch between flavors or coming from DivestOS?

Please read this first: All about AXP.OS flavors

If you miss a flavor you can request it here.

Known issues

• General Known Issues
• Issue tracker won't fix

Boot modes

Each device has its own method to access its special boot modes, see:

j5y17lte (@LineageOS wiki)

Firmware

AXP.OS for the Samsung J5 (2017) does not include any firmware so you need to ensure having the correct one manually. Skipping this step might result in unexpected behavior and problems later on.

For this follow the firmware guide (this step needs to be done only once).

If there is no specific guide for your device or model check the firmware guide for j5y17lte (@LineageOS wiki) and ensure you choose the Android version matching the AXP.OS release.

Install / Upgrade

recovery

While not recommended you can use any other recovery of course but keep in mind that only the official one is able to verify the AXP.OS OTA signature and is hardened* like the OS itself. So it is HIGHLY recommended to use the official AXP.OS recovery.

Download the latest official AXP.OS recovery from here: leech server

*) note: the hardened recovery by AXP.OS for the J5 includes all security patches and hardening as the OS except for being permissive. exploiting this recovery is not easy though as the only attack surface is the OTA or sideload mechanism (i.e. those must have vulnerabilities and then an attacker still might require additional vulns to get any further). In any case it is WAY more secure then using TWRP or any other custom recovery.

Flashing the recovery should be done by using heimdall (a tool which is e.g. included in mAid):

heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img

then boot to recovery and follow the guide Install (non A/B) guide:

Install (non A/B)

Setup AXP.OS

Follow Setup

Re-locking the bootloader

Supported: no

XDA thread

see here

Debugging

DEVICE-BOOT-DEBUG-PATH: /cache (see Logs)

Download

Flavor (what's this?)	OS Zip	Release key (what's this?)
Pro	(click)	(right click, save-as)
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