Galaxy S8 ROM Ports For Samsung Galaxy A5 2016

You feel bored with the stock TouchWiz UI on your Galaxy A5 2016 and want to  experience the latest layout of Galaxy S8. Finally your desire has now become true as the Dream UX can be ported for your handset. If you feel interested with the new custom ROM and are eager to taste whole features of the Galaxy S8 on your A5 2016, we’re here to help you. Although this ROM is still based on Android Marshmallow, it brings the latest features of Galaxy S8 as well as S7 Edge such as: Galaxy S8 Apps (Music, Voice Recorder, Video, Browser), S8 Clock Font, S7 Nougat Fonts, Sounds and much more.

However, to flash this ROM, you have to meet some pre-requirements. First, your A5 1026 must have already installed a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM. Moreover, make a full backup of important data, as it will be deleted during the update. Besides, you should enable the USB debugging option in Settings> Developer Option. Among other essential requirements, charge your device to at least 50% battery to avoid dangerous issues during flashing the custom ROM.

Warning

This Rom is only meant for Galaxy A5 2016, so flashing it on other devices will make it bricked. Therefore, you should only update if you dare to take the risk yourself. Now let’s see the process to flash custom S8 ROM on Samsung Galaxy A5 2016

Steps to Flash S8 ROM on Samsung Galaxy A5 2016  

• First, download the Custom ROM for your Galaxy A5 2016 from here and Kernel for SM-A510F/SM-A510FD)
• o    Next, plug your Galaxy A5 2016 to your computer and then transfer the Custom ROM to the SD card of your device.
• o    Now, switch off your handset, unplug the USB cable and put it into recovery mode by hold- pressing its Home, Volume up and Power button at a same time, then press the Volume Down button.
• o    Here, tap Wipe and select “wipe data/factory reset”, “wipe cache partition” to avoid bugs later.
• Then select the option “Install” and choose the ROM file that you moved to your SD card.
• Now swipe to install it on your A5 2016 smartphone and wait the file is flashed on your handset.
• Once the process is complete, go back to the recovery menu, and select “reboot”.

Also read: How to get Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for Galaxy Star 2 Plus

Now wait for your device reboots and you can experience all features of Galaxy S8 on your Samsung Galaxy A5 2016. If you get any issues, inform us in the comment below, we shall find out some solutions for you.