[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Original Android Develop] androidlover5842:
This is Old twrp . New for a800i and a800f can be found here http://xdaforums.com/samsung-a-seri...xy-a800i-f-t3350856/post66169421#post66169421 ​

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/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* 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.
*/

Warning

This recovery will

TRIP

your Knox Counter and your warranty will be void.

This recovery is only for Samsung Galaxy A8 (SM-A800F) Exynos Octa 5430 variant running 5.1.1 (Lollipop).

Tested Safely on following devices.

Samsung Galaxy A8 (SM-A800F)

Why TWRP ? Why not some rooted firmware which keeps warranty safe ?

TWRP is a custom recovery. It has many more functionality than stock recovery! if something goes wrong while flashing something you can always make a backup use this recovery which can be restored when things get messed. if mess is of large extend you can always flash stock firmware.

Screenshots

Instructions

Follow the instructions carefully.

Step 1 :

Install Samsung Drivers and connect your device to PC. let it install drivers and if its updating let it update. your device drivers should be perfectly installed without a single failure.

Link to Samsung Drivers

Step 2 :

Download Odin 3 you can use 3.07 or 3.09

You can download Odin from here

Download the TWRP Recovery

Step 3:

Turn of your device and go to odin mode [ Vol down + power + home button (all at the same time) ] release it when you see Galaxy A8 Logo

Press vol up to confirm

Step 4:

Now that you are in Odin Mode connect your device via USB cable.

Now open Odin3 3.09 or 3.07 that you have downloaded.

If there is a pop-up like Installing ADB drivers let it get finished it usually updates.

Make sure the COM : xx (xx is usb port number it can be any number so don’t worry about it, just verify COM is lit up)

Now select

AP

and browse to where you have .tar file and select it

Make Sure only Default

Auto Reboot

and

F. Reset Time

is ticked and nothing. verify twice only these 2 are ticked.

Untick Auto Reboot if you are installing recovery for first time!

Click Start and wait for the process to end. DO NOT Interrupt during this time.

Once it says PASS. BOOT INTO RECOVERY USING VOL UP + HOME + POWER BUTTON.

Done.

OR

If you want to flash TWRP without PC (Odin) then download recovery.img and flash it with Flashify.

You won't be able to boot into twrp after install use rebooter app to boot into twrp

Credits:

TWRP Team i.e. [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION] for his awesome recovery.

@paveenash for testing recovery!

Contributors

androidlover5842, shubham540

Source Code: https://github.com/Grace5921/device_samsung_a8elte/tree/slim-4.4

Kernel Source Code: https://github.com/Grace5921/Kernel_samsung_a8elte

[MENTION=5391886]DigiGoon[/MENTION] for his compressed sources

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x

Based On: Cyanogenmod

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2016-01-01

Last Updated 2016-01-03

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