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This page contains information about the mobile device. Here you can find and download the latest Android firmware on Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Dual SIM and you can also find out how to get root rights.

You can read more about root rights. Instructions for getting it are below.

In what cases it is necessary to update the firmware

I want to install a new firmware to expand the capabilities of a mobile device;
Recovering from an unsuccessful firmware is necessary
The device constantly reboots for no reason;
The smartphone does not turn on.

What firmware do we have

To download the firmware Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, Android 5.1 Lollipop on Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Dual SIM read the full article - it's important. Installing a new available version of Android, you will be surprised by the possibilities that have appeared. And also you can find the official version of the MIUI firmware of different versions and custom original firmware.

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Firmware available: available.

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Instructions for installing firmware can be found at the links below. Firmware download for Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Dual SIM is available via torrent with instructions.

Firmware installation instructions

To download, select the firmware you need and click on the link.

To install do the following:

Download the file with firmware and special program
Run the program on the computer
Select the desired firmware version
Strictly follow all instructions from the archive

Video on firmware Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Dual SIM

Step-by-step instructions for flashing a Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy phone with the Odin program for a new version of android, as well as step-by-step instructions for obtaining superuser root rights (rooting) of a Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5 smartphone on android 4.4.4 or 5.0.2 firmware
Before starting the firmware of the smartphone, it is necessary to prepare it in order to protect yourself from a non-standard situation.

It is necessary to charge the smartphone by more than 60% (ideally 100%).
Your computer is working fine (no blue screens of death, restarting or shutting down spontaneously), USB cable is not broken.
Kies3 and its services are closed.
Made a backup of all important files on the phone.

1. Download everything you need to your computer and install

If necessary, unpack and put the firmware in any folder (check that there are no folders with Cyrillic characters in the path to the firmware).

Drivers for communication Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5 with your CP – Samsung USB Driver

The program through which we will actually flash -

2. Resetting the device to factory settings

Turn off your phone, go into recovery mode. Press and hold the Volume Up (Sound Up), Home (Center) and Power buttons at the same time until the phone turns on. On the screen of the smartphone should appear:

Using the volume down / volume up keys, go to the menu item wipe data / factory reset. Press the power button to confirm your selection. Select Yes - delete all user data and press the power button to confirm. Go to the menu item wipe cache partition. Press the power button to confirm your selection.

3. Next, we need to put the smartphone into download mode (Download Mode)

Press and hold the Volume Down (Sound Down), Home (Central button), and Power button at the same time until a warning screen appears. Then press the volume up key (Sound Up) to confirm the transition to download mode. A green robot should appear with the words “DownLoading… Do not turn off target!!”

4. The process of flashing a smartphone Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5

Run the Odin program as an administrator

Click on the "AP" button and select the unpacked firmware file

Connect the phone in Download Mode with the original cable to a computer running Odin and the selected firmware file. The ID:COM field will turn blue and the COM port number will appear in it.

Make sure that in the Odin settings (Options) only 2 items "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time"

If everything went well, press the "Start" button, during the firmware the smartphone will reboot, do not panic, it should be so.

After the phone boots up, you will see a welcome screen, and Odin will display PASS! on a green background. The log will show “All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)”

Disconnect the phone from the computer and reset the device to factory settings. Repeat point 2.

Well, that's all the Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5 phone is flashed on the new version of Android OS.

Obtaining Root (superuser rights) on Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5 Android 4.4.4

The process of obtaining Root is similar to the process of installing the original firmware using ODIN.
This manual describes the method of obtaining root only on the Galaxy A5. Please make sure you have downloaded the root package for your specific model. This rooting method works with Android 4.4.4 software and all later versions of Android.

Your Galaxy A5 must be running official software from Samsung, not a custom ROM or mod.
1 – download the CF-Auto-Root package depending on your phone model to your computer and unzip the zip file.

2. - Download the program through which we will flash -
3. – Turn off your phone. Now press and hold the Volume Down (Sound Down), Home (Central button) and Power button at the same time until you see a warning screen.
Press the volume up key (Sound Up) to confirm the transition to download mode.

4. – Make sure that the USB driver for Samsung Galaxy A5 is installed on your computer (if not, download above and install).
5. - Run the Odin 3.09 program as an administrator. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in download mode.
6. – If your phone was connected successfully, one of the ID:COM cells will turn blue and the COM port number will appear in it. This step may take some time.
7. - Now you need to select the file you want to install on your phone, that is, the one you received in Step 1.

Click on "AP" and select the unpacked file.

8. - In the Odin window, check the items "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" if they are not checked.
9. – Press the "START" button in the ODIN window. The installation process will begin and take a few minutes. Once the installation is complete, your phone will reboot, automatically enter Recovery mode and the root package/files will be installed. The ID:COM cell will turn green.

11. – As soon as the home screen appears on the Samsung A5 smartphone, disconnect the phone from the computer. Attention: Sometimes the device does not enter Recovery mode automatically (as mentioned in Step 10) and does not root your device. If this happens, do the whole procedure again.
Optional:

Still no root? Do everything described in the instructions again, making sure that the “Auto Reboot” item is NOT checked in the ODIN window. After installation (Step 10), do the following:

- forcefully turn off the phone.

– Turn on your phone by pressing Volume Up + Home + Power to enter Recovery Mode. The installation process of rooting your phone will begin.

Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F is a branded smartphone running on Android 4.4. Here you will learn the characteristics, how to get root or reset the settings, and you can also download firmware (for Odin, for example) and instructions for Samsung.

Root on Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F

How to get a root for Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F see instructions below.

If the applications did not help, ask in the topic or use the full list of root utilities from the topic header.

Specifications

Type: smartphone
Operating system: Android 4.4
Case type: classic
Case material: metal
Management: mechanical / touch buttons
SIM card type: nano SIM
Number of SIM cards: 2
Multi-SIM Operation Mode: Alternate
Weight: 123g
Dimensions (WxHxD): 69.7x139.3x6.7mm
Screen type: color HD Super AMOLED, touch
Touch screen type: multi-touch, capacitive
Diagonal: 5 inches.
Image size: 720x1280
Number of pixels per inch (PPI): 294
Automatic screen rotation: yes
Type of ringtones: polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Vibrating alert: yes
Camera: 13 million pixels, LED flash
Camera Features: Autofocus
Video recording: yes
Front camera: yes, 5 million pixels.
Video playback: H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VP8, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, MP43, WMV7, WMV8
Audio: MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, FM radio
Dictaphone: yes
Headphone Jack: 3.5mm
Video output: HDMI
Standard: GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G, LTE
Support for LTE bands: Cat4
Internet access: WAP, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+
Interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB, ANT+, NFC
Satellite navigation: GPS/GLONASS
A-GPS system: yes
Protocol support: POP/SMTP, HTML
Processor: 1200 MHz
Number of processor cores: 4
Video processor: Adreno 306
Built-in memory: 16 GB
RAM: 2 GB
Memory card support: microSD (TransFlash), up to 64 GB (combined with a slot for a second SIM card)
Additional SMS features: text entry with dictionary
MMS: yes
Battery capacity: 2300 mAh
Sensors: light, proximity, compass
Book search: yes
Exchange between SIM-card and internal memory: yes
Organizer: alarm clock, calculator, task planner
Features: the phone can be used either with one SIM card + memory card, or with two SIM cards, but without memory cards
Announcement date: 2014-10-24

Firmware for Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F

Android 4.4 official firmware [stock ROM file] -
Samsung custom firmware -

If custom or official firmware for Samsung has not yet been added here, then create a topic on the forum, in the section, our specialists will quickly and free of charge help, incl. with backup and manuals. Just do not forget to write a review about your smartphone - this is extremely important. Firmware for Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F will also appear on this page. Please note that this Samsung model requires an individual ROM file, so you should not try firmware files from other devices.

What are custom firmware (firmware)?

CM - CyanogenMod
lineageOS
paranoid android
OmniROM
Temasek's

AICP (Android Ice Cold Project)
RR (Resurrection Remix)
MK(MoKee)
flymeOS
Bliss
crDroid
Illusion ROMS
Pacman ROM

Problems and disadvantages of a Samsung smartphone and how to fix them?

If the Galaxy A5 SM-A500F does not turn on, for example, you see a white screen, hangs on the splash screen, or the notification light only blinks at all (possibly after charging).
If it freezes when updating / freezes when turned on (requires flashing, 100%)
Not charging (usually, hardware problems)
Can't see sim card
The camera does not work (for the most part, hardware problems)
Sensor not working (depending on the situation)

For all these problems, please contact (you just need to create a topic), specialists will help for free.

Hard Reset for Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F

Instructions on how to make a Hard Reset on Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F (factory reset). We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the visual guide, which is called on Android. .

Reset codes (open the dialer and enter them).

*2767*3855#
*#*#7780#*#*
*#*#7378423#*#*

Hard Reset via Recovery

Turn off the device-> go to Recovery
"wipe data/factory reset"
"yes - delete all user data" -> "Reboot System"

How to enter Recovery?

hold and hold Vol (-) [volume down], or Vol (+) [volume up] and the power button (Power)
a menu with the Android logo will appear. That's it, you are in Recovery!

Reset settings on Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F can be done in a very simple way:

Settings->Backup & Reset
Reset settings (at the very bottom)

How to reset pattern

How to reset pattern if you forgot it and now you can't unlock your Samsung smartphone. On the Galaxy A5 SM-A500F, the key or PIN can be removed in several ways. You can also remove the lock by resetting the settings, the lock code will be deleted and disabled.

Reset graph. blocking -
Password reset -

Instructions for installing the official single-file firmware on the Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500x).

Drivers and programs

Attention!

To install the official stock firmware on the Galaxy A5 and return the phone state ("Settings" > "About device" > "Properties" > "Device status") to "Official" after switching from custom firmware and thereby return the ability to receive updates over the air is enough follow the instructions provided.

Installation instructions

Download and install for your phone.
ATTENTION!
If Samsung Kies is already installed, there is no need to install drivers. You just need to completely unload Kies from memory, through the task manager, and then continue.

Disable option " Activation Lock» in the security settings of the device.

If the smartphone data has been encrypted, it must be decrypted.

Download and unzip the archive with the program to an arbitrary folder.
It is important that there is no Cyrillic in the path to the folder. For example, "C:\A5FW\".

Unzip the downloaded archive to a folder with Odin PC for convenience. The file in ".tar" or ".tar.md5" format must be left, but "SS_DL.dll" can be deleted.

Perform a data reset on the device.
To do this, go to the settings on the tab " Accounts» to the section « Archive and reset”, select the item “ Reset device” and press the button “ Delete everything". The phone will reboot.

Run Odin PC as administrator.

Put the device into download mode ( Download Mode).
To do this, simultaneously hold down the Volume Down, Home and Power keys. Then wait until the phone reboots and agree to the warning by pressing the Volume Up key.

In this state, connect the smartphone to the computer. In Odin, the inscription " COM».

Click on the button " AP» and select the TAR archive of the firmware.

Items « Auto Reboot" and " F.Reset Time" must be activated, a " Re-Partition", if active - must be disabled.

Click on the button " start". The firmware installation process will begin.

At the end of the operation, if everything went well, the message “All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)". The phone must be rebooted manually by holding down the power button until the screen turns off. The initial boot of the device may take up to 5 minutes.
ATTENTION!
If the device does not boot for a long time or a data reset has not been done, it must be performed from the recovery.
To do this, simultaneously hold down the Volume Up key, the Home button and the Power button. After downloading select " Wipe data/Factory reset", then - " Reboot system now". If after these steps the device also freezes at boot, you need to reflash it again.

On firmware 4.4.4 or 5.0.2
Before starting the firmware of the smartphone, it is necessary to prepare it in order to protect yourself from a non-standard situation.

It is necessary to charge the smartphone by more than 60% (ideally 100%).
Your computer is working fine (no blue screens of death, restarting or shutting down spontaneously), USB cable is not broken.
Kies3 and its services are closed.
Made a backup of all important files on the phone.

1. Download everything you need to your computer and install

If necessary, unpack and put the firmware in any folder (check that there are no folders with Cyrillic characters in the path to the firmware).

The program through which we will actually flash -

2. Resetting the device to factory settings

3. Next, we need to put the smartphone into download mode (Download Mode)

4. The process of flashing a smartphone Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5

Run the Odin program as an administrator

Click on the "AP" button and select the unpacked firmware file

Connect the phone in Download Mode with the original cable to a computer running Odin and the selected firmware file. The ID:COM field will turn blue and the COM port number will appear in it.

Make sure that in the Odin settings (Options) only 2 items "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time"

If everything went well, press the "Start" button, during the firmware the smartphone will reboot, do not panic, it should be so.

After the phone boots up, you will see a welcome screen, and Odin will display PASS! on a green background. The log will show “All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)"

Disconnect the phone from the computer and reset the device to factory settings. Repeat point 2.

Well, that's all the Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5 phone is flashed on the new version of Android OS.

Obtaining Root (superuser rights) on Samsung SM-A500 Galaxy A5 Android 4.4.4

Your Galaxy A5 must be running official software from Samsung, not a custom ROM or mod.
1 – download the CF-Auto-Root package depending on your phone model to your computer and unzip the zip file.

4. – Make sure that the USB driver for A5 is installed on your computer (if not, download above and install).
5. - Run the Odin 3.09 program as an administrator. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in download mode.
6. – If your phone was connected successfully, one of the ID:COM cells will turn blue and the COM port number will appear in it. This step may take some time.
7. - Now you need to select the file you want to install on your phone, i.e. the one you received in Step 1.

Click on "AP" and select the unpacked file.

8. - In the Odin window, check the items "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" if they are not checked.
9. - Press the "START" button in the ODIN window. The installation process will begin and take a few minutes. Once the installation is complete, your phone will reboot, automatically enter Recovery mode and the root package/files will be installed. The ID:COM cell will turn green.

11. - As soon as the home screen appears on the Samsung A5 smartphone, disconnect the phone from the computer. Attention: Sometimes the device does not enter Recovery mode automatically (as mentioned in Step 10) and does not root your device. If this happens, do the whole procedure again.
Optional:

Still no root? Do everything described in the instructions again, making sure that the “Auto Reboot” item is NOT checked in the ODIN window. After installation (Step 10), do the following:

Force turn off your phone.

– Turn on your phone by pressing Volume Up + Home + Power to enter Recovery Mode. The installation process of rooting your phone will begin.