[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] victoriam8a:
PixelExperience Plus for Samsung Galaxy S20 [x1s] [SM-G980F]

What's working?

-Almost everything, only some minor bugs

DON'T FLASH GAPPS, ALREADY INCLUDED

Hi everyone !!!

A few days ago I succesfully installed the pixel experience gsi rom on my Samsung galaxy s20 (sm-g980f) (x1s). I made a YouTube tutorial on how to install it if you're interested. I'll leave all the details below if you're interested. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any !!

YouTube Sep by Step Tutorial

Download Links

Necessary Installation Files

Necessary Commands List

If you wish to download the files directly from their sources please visit these pages:

Platform tools

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools

Odin

https://www.odinflash.com/download

TWRP Recovery

https://dl.twrp.me/x1s/

Pixel Experience GSI (Extract the downloaded file)

https://github.com/ponces/treble_build_pe/releases

Magisk (If you want root)

https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v24.3

Steps to Install Pixel Experience Plus v12.1 on Samsung Galaxy S20 (x1s)

Unlock the bootloader

1. Go to your phone's settings

2. Scroll down and click on the "About phone" section

3. Click on "Software information"

4. Tap on the build number several times until you see a message saying "Developer mode has been turned on"

5. Go back to the settings homepage

6. Scroll down to the very bottom and select the "Developer options" section

7. Enable the "OEM unlocking" option

8. Scroll down and enable the "USB Debugging" Option

9. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable

10. Turn off your phone

12. When you see the screen turn off, press volume up + volume down at the same time

13. When you see the blue "Warning" screen, long press the volume up button

14. When you see the "Unlock bootloader" screen quickly press the volume up button and when the screen turns off, press volume up + volume down at the same time.

Install TWRP Custom Recovery

15. Go to your computer and download the necessary files for the installation listed above

16. Open the downloaded folder and click on the "Odin" sub-folder

17. Open the "Samsung Driver" folder

18. Click on the "Download" link

19. On your browser, choose the latest version of the Samsung Drivers

20. Scroll down and click on the blue button saying "Mirror 1"

21. Click on the "Download" button

22. Open the folder and open the exe file starting with "Samsung USB Driver"

23. Install the drivers using the setup wizard

24. Go back to the folder that I linked above and open the "Odin" sub-folder

25. Open the exe file starting with "Odin3_v3.14.4"

26. Click on the "Ok" button on the popup

27. Verify that your device is recognized by "Odin" (Go to the upper left hand corner and look for a bar with the word "COM" and a number after it.) (Go to the "log" section and look for a message saying "added")

28. Go to the right of your screen and click on the "AP" button / partition

29. Open the folder that I linked above and select the file starting with "twrp"

30. Go to the left of your screen and click on the "Options" section

31. Disable "auto-reboot"

32. Go to the bottom of your screen and click on the "Start" button

33. Wait for the program to flash the custom recovery

34. When the flashing is done you should see a green "PASS" message in the upper left hand corner of your screen

Install Pixel Experience GSI

35. Pick up your phone

36. Press volume down + power keys at the same time until the screen turns off

37. When the screen turns off, press volume up + power

38. Wait for your phone to boot into TWRP recovery

39. Once your phone boots, go to the "Wipe" section

40. Select "Format Data", type the word "Yes" and hit enter

41. Go back to the TWRP home screen and select "Wipe" again

42. Tap on "Advanced wipe"

43. Select "Dalvik / ART Cache" "Data" and "Cache"

44. Slide the "Swipe to wipe" slider

45. Go back to the TWRP home screen and tap on the "Reboot section"

46. Click on "Fastboot" and wait for your phone to reboot

47. Go to your computer and open the folder that I linked above

48. Open the "Platform-tools (name of your OS)" folder

49. Open a terminal or command window on your computer

50. Drag the "fastboot" file on your platform tools folder over to the command window

51. Leave a space on your command window and type the word "devices"

52. Hit enter. If you see your phone's serial number next to the word "fastboot" your device is being recognized.

53. Go back to the "Platform tools folder" and again, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal

54. Leave a space and type --disable verification flash vbmeta

55. Go to the folder that I linked above and drag the vbmeta.img file to the terminal

56. Hit enter. When you see the message "Finished. Total time.." on your terminal the flashing is done

57. Go to the "Platform tools" folder and once again, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal

58. Leave a space and type "erase system"

59. Hit enter. When you see the message "Finished. Total time.." on your terminal your system has been erased

60. Go to the "Platform tools" folder and once again, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal

61. Leave a space and type "flash system"

62. Go to the folder linked above and drag the "Pixel Experience Plus.....img" file to the terminal

63. Hit enter. When you see the message "Finished. Total time.." on your terminal the flashing is done

64. Pick up your phone and click on "Reboot". Then click on "Recovery"

65. Connect a USB drive to your computer

66. Go to the folder linked above and copy the files named "Magisk v.24.3 apk" and "disable encryption.zip" to your USB

67. Eject the USB from the computer and connect it to your phone via an OTG cable

68. Pick up your phone and go to the "Mount" section in TWRP

69. Scroll down and select "USB OTG"

70. Go back to the TWRP homepage and click on "Install"

71. Tap on "Select Storage" and click on "USB OTG"

72. Look for the "disable encryption.zip" file and select it

73. Swipe the "Swipe to confirm flash" slider

74. Wait for the zip file to flash

75. Go back to your USB storage and select the "Magisk v.24.3.apk" file

76. Swipe the "Swipe to confirm flash" slider

77. Wait for the apk file to flash

78. Click on "Reboot system"

79. Set-up your new ROM !!

ENJOY !!!

Screenshots

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