Post #1840469
2026-04-29 04:04 UTC
As with most Samsung A-series devices, you can install a Generic System Image (GSI), although there’s no support from bigger groups and projects and no guarantee everything will work correctly out of the box. Most notoriously for Samsung devices, support for the cellular modem on third-party ROMs is hit-or-miss.
See: github.com/TadiT7/…/Samsung-Galaxy-A02s.md
You can also ask me more questions about the process of installing a GSI on a Samsung device, if you want to pursue this option. I had one hell of a time getting a GSI working on my Samsung Tab A7 Lite.
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@hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2026-04-29 05:19
nice comment, but just wanted to add that carrier locks and bootloader locks aren’t really related. samsung got rid of the bootloader unlock feature with oneui 8 regardless of the region, so do NOT update the stock OS if you haven’t already. even if it runs oneui 8 now, it might be possible to downgrade to oneui 7 depending on the bootloader anti-rollback version number though.